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It all started over 15 years ago, when the Open Space Institute and the New York - New Jersey Trail Conference acquired a parcel of land off a dead-end road in Kerhonkson known as Shaft 2A from the Napanoch Sand and Gravel Company. Trail Conference members started planning, and trail builders in the region took note; including Eddie Walsh, founder and owner of Tahawus Trails, LLC. Planning to develop trails on this new land began, but didn't get far. Fast-forward eight years, and the Trail Conference had transferred the land over to the Minnewaska State Park Preserve under the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. By this time a new Master Plan to improve public access to the preserves numerous sites had been approved. It would take years for funding to become available to carry out that plan. In 2016, funding was awarded from the NY State Recreational Trails Grant Program to fund part of it and bidding went out to formalize trail access to the increasingly popular southwest flank of the Park: Stony Kill Falls.
As a locally based professional trail building company, Tahawus Trails, LLC was thrilled to be awarded the bid for the project in 2016 and began formulating a plan to involve volunteers to productively contribute to the construction effort. Since 2011, Tahawus Trails already had an ongoing relationship with a unique Hudson Valley based volunteer organization that specialized in stone work: the Jolly Rovers. Together with Parks staff, Walsh reached out to the Rovers' executive director, Chris Ingui, and asked for the Rovers to supplement construction efforts on the ascent up Stony Kill Falls. After a scouting session onsite it was agreed that the Rovers would tackle the initial ascent from the last creek crossing through the lower boulder field to the first viewing area of the falls itself, from there, Tahawus would tackle the remaining ascent up the incredibly steep bedrock ledge to the summit of the Falls providing a view of the valley below. The overall trail plan would involve, as Walsh says, "a little of everything in a short span", including crushed stone tread, timber bridges, dozens of stone steps of all shapes and sizes, stone paving, retaining walls and even ladder embedded in bedrock to ascend the steepest portion of the climb. In the end, both groups couldn't have been more excited about the work site: a beautiful birch forest grove accented by thick layers of moss and ferns next to an 87-foot waterfall; the abundant source of beautiful stone close to home didn't hurt either.


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A new test designed to classify tonsil and throat cancers into one of two groups should help deliver the right treatment to the right patients, according to research being presented at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool earlier this month.
The RNAscope* test can be carried out in hospitals and looks for the presence of the Human papillomavirus (HPV) in oropharyngeal cancers**. Doctors will be able to use the results to classify these cancers as HPV positive or negative and offer treatment accordingly.
Researchers at Liverpool and Newcastle universities analysed 79 oropharyngeal tumour samples for HPV using different techniques. They found that the accuracy of classification in the RNAscope test was similar to that of more complex laboratory results.
Previous research has found the risk of death from HPV positive oropharyngeal cancer to be between 50-80% lower than HPV negative tumours but patients are usually younger so may face a lifetime of treatment-related side effects. The researchers hope that, by classifying the HPV status of the cancer, clinicians can offer eligible patients less intensive treatment with reduced side-effects.
They also believe that it will make it easier to recruit patients for clinical trials as they can specifically screen patients for HPV positive or negative cancers. The HPV testing used in clinical trials is not always accurate and no uniform testing standard exists within the NHS. This research has the potential to solve the problem for NHS practice and clinical trials.
Oropharyngeal cancers linked to HPV are on the rise and previous research has shown HPV-related cancers to be biologically different from other head and neck cancers, leading to new avenues of treatment.
Andrew Schache, study author based at the University of Liverpool, said: "Testing the HPV status of cancers will allow us to pick the most appropriate patients for clinical trials and hopefully help to develop new medicines based on a better understanding of these cancers.
"We've shown that the new test, which can easily be carried out in an NHS Pathology laboratory, has the same accuracy and reliability as more complex research laboratory testing. It has the potential to benefit NHS patients because it will help to ensure that they get the most appropriate treatment for their cancer."
Mr Schache, whose research was funded by the Wellcome Trust and Royal College of Surgeons, has been awarded a Richard Hambro prize*** for this work.
Dr Jane Cope, director of the NCRI, said: "The study was carried out on only a small number of patients so it's important for further work to be done to ensure the reliability of such a test. Until further research confirms these results, the risk would be that the wrong treatment was offered to a patient based on the outcome of the test.
"But the accuracy so far is proving to be very promising and this work will help us to target patients in the most effective way possible, which is essential if we are to improve survival and reduce side effects in treatment."
*The RNAscope test has been developed by Advanced Cell Diagnostics, California.
**Pharynx is the medical name for the throat. The pharynx is divided into 3 parts. The
oropharynx is the part of the throat just behind the mouth, including the tonsils and the back of the tongue. Cancers that start in this area are called oropharyngeal cancers.
***The Richard Hambro prizes are bursaries awarded to UK PhD students by Cancer Research UK and supported by a donation from the Joint British Cancer Charities.
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The most in-depth free report on 3D Systems ever.
Three-dimensional-printer maker 3D Systems' (NYSE:DDD) shares were doing quite well -- but since the beginning of this year, they've plunged almost 50%. In this series, we've been looking closer at the company's inner workings to find out why. Today, we'll examine the ratios that tell us how much of the company's sales are reaching its bottom line. And we'll discover why 3D Systems's management's comments about lower margins have so spooked the market, and why you should pay attention to those margins.
As we covered in a previous part of this series, ratios make financial statements' sometimes overwhelming numbers a lot easier to understand. With ratios, you can easily compare a company with its peers, whether you want to see how it stacks up at one point in time, or spot a trend in its ongoing performance.
Remember, always use ratios as part of a larger analysis, rather than taking them in isolation. A single ratio, such as P/E or debt-to-equity, means nothing by itself. You can only draw meaningful conclusions by looking at a company through a multitude of ratio lenses.
Gross, operating, and net margins measure how profitable a company is at different points between its top-line revenue and bottom-line profits. They're a percentage of revenue -- essentially, how many pennies the company keeps for every dollar of sales it brings in. Gross margin measures that profit after removing the cost of goods sold, which tells you how profitable the goods or services the company sells are. Price competition or lower-margin products show up here.
Operating margin takes out operating costs, such as selling, general, and administrative expenses, or SG&A, and research and development, or R&D. These costs should grow at about the same rate as revenue, but when they grow faster (and operating margins drop over time), you'll want to find out why. The company could be investing heavily in R&D for new products (future revenue), or it could be overpaying its salespeople (or management).
Finally, net margin removes interest and tax expenses, as well as non-operating expenses, leaving the famous "bottom line." The costs of having too much debt (higher interest expense) hurts this number, while operating in more favorable tax environments helps.
Note that because of accrual accounting, the profits you see on the income statement don't always translate into cold, hard cash. Even if its 9% net margin makes you think a company is profitable, you still need to look at the cash flow statement. Cash from operations should be greater than net income, or at least the same. If it's not -- and has remained that way over time -- dig deeper, because you've found a problem with that company.
You can also size up a company's performance with return ratios -- returns on assets, capital, and equity. These measure how well the company puts its funding to work, by looking at its return on investments. Assets are an investment in itself, while capital (which is debt + equity) or equity (the amount of money shareholders have contributed to the business) are investments by outsiders. Here, we'll just look at return on equity, or ROE, which measures how much net income the company generated from the equity invested into it.
ROE also lets the investor look at the sources of those returns -- efficient use of assets (measured by net margin and the level of revenue generated by assets, called asset turnover) and leverage. In other words, you can break ROE into those three components to see where its profits are coming from -- something called a DuPont analysis.
Higher net margin and more revenue generated from the asset base create higher ROE. But higher leverage can also boost ROE -- and that's where things get dangerous. For 3D Systems, as we'll see, ROE has been dropping recently; we just have to figure out why.
Today, we're comparing 3D Systems with another 3-D printing company -- Stratasys (NASDAQ:SSYS) -- and with Cisco Systems (NASDAQ:CSCO), a well-established high-tech company. Because fellow 3-D printing company ExOne (NASDAQ:XONE) has such limited information (2011 and 2012 only; both years it had operating and net losses), I won't be using it this time around.
As you can see from the trends over time, 3D Systems has been growing gross profit quite nicely, and it's doing a decent job of growing operating profit. The latter flattened out or went down slightly in 2013, which investors should pay attention to this year, especially given how closely its operating and net income margins have tracked each other in the past.
What leaps out, however, is the decline in net margins over the past two years. For a growing company like 3D Systems, that's not good to see, and it's probably contributed to the share price decline this year. From the conference call for Q4 2013, management attributed this to selling more lower-profit items while spending more on its operations, and on R&D. In Q1 2014, gross margins fell a bit further year over year, again because of "unfavorable mix," which means it sold fewer higher-margin products.
If this continues going forward, expect margins to stay lower, though obviously, everyone would like to see that reverse. Higher R&D spending, however, is a good reason for lower margins, because smart R&D spending leads to new products and even new product categories -- but that won't happen overnight. Keep an eye on this trend, too.
Stratasys, unlike 3D Systems, has been relatively stable in its profit margins over the years until 2013. However, unlike 3D Systems, that drop in 2013 was not due declines in sales of higher-margin products. Instead, it was due to the merger of Objet and Stratasys. According to the company, if the two had been together for all of 2012 for comparison's sake, margins actually grew year over year.
For Cisco, you can see that margins have been quite steady. You'd expect this of a larger, more stable company, which Cisco is, especially compared with 3D Systems and Stratasys.
Looking at ROE, 3D Systems shows a sharp decline from the 2011 high. This is due to both decreased net margin (from 15.4% to 8.6%) and to the past couple of years of lower leverage, measured by assets divided by equity (from 1.76 in 2011 to 1.28 in 2013). Paying down its debt during that time, from $139 million in 2011 to $19 million last year, has helped the company lower that leverage. The third component of the DuPont breakdown, asset turnover, has remained steady over the past several years.
In contrast, the ROE drop for Stratasys since 2011 has happened because of the net margin drop (obvious from the preceding graphs) and a drop in asset turnover (from 0.8 in 2011 to 0.2 in 2013). Leverage has fallen slightly from 1.2 to 1.13, so that's contributed some, but not as much as the other two components of the DuPont breakdown. Same overall effect, different reasons.
Finally, because I mentioned it in relation to net margin, 3D Systems has brought in more cash from operations than it's recorded as net income in four of the past six years. Not stellar, but not a big worry at this point.
Despite my comments about cash flow versus net income, companies do need to be profitable over the long term. 3D Systems has done quite well here, growing all of its profit margins steadily for most of the time period reviewed. Gross profit remains strong, but investors should be a bit concerned over the leveling-off of operating profit and the drop in net profit margins.
I wouldn't call it an immediate worry right now, though the short-term-focused market is obviously concerned, having cut the share price roughly in half so far this year. Assuming 3D Systems can restore its net profit margin by changing its product mix back toward higher-margin items and introducing new products from its R&D effort, this should correct itself.
The company could also probably afford to lever itself back up a bit. The drop in leverage had a negative effect on ROE, and a reasonable amount of debt would help bring that back up. Debt, wisely used, is not a bad thing.
This entire look at the company's ratios has revealed that management seems to have taken its eye off the ball in operating 3D Systems efficiently. In my opinion, it's been focusing too strongly on its acquisitions over the past couple of years. Acquisitions are a fine way to grow and expand a company's reach, but not at the expense of letting the rest of the business suffer.
In the next installment of this deep dive, I'll look at quality of earnings, which looks at cash versus accrual earnings and ties into the cash from operations-versus-net income item mentioned above.
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The series of terrorist incidents that affected France and other parts of Europe in 2015, starting with the Charlie Hebdo massacre led governments, security agencies, and people to take notice of a seemingly strange phenomenon – one of "homegrown terrorists". The Charlie Hebdo massacre started with two gunmen attacking the office of the French satirical weekly magazine – Charlie Hebdo – for the cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed on the cover of their November 3, 2011 edition of the magazine. The attack spread across three days from January 7, 2015 to January 9, 2015 until the gunmen were captured. It was later discovered that the gunmen were two brothers who were French citizens, born in Paris to Algerian immigrant parents. A superficial scratching of the surface by popular media, in search of the source of such a problem, revealed that the source of these "homegrown terrorists" is radicalization of youth; in particular, Muslim youth. The identification of such a phenomenon allowed the governments to combat this pernicious scourge through multiple avenues. The French[i] and Italian[ii] governments had launched programs to prevent radicalization in their prisons. The French and German governments have taken the job of overhauling the education systems in their respective countries, in order to try to prevent radicalization of youth. For example, in the French education system, the concept of laïcité (secularism) involves an ideology of such a strongly neutral secularism that there is no space for any form of religious expression. The next level of precluding radicalization and ensuring security by the government involves allowing the police broad powers of search and arrest to stem any suspicious activities that foster and propagate terrorism.[iii]
The result of all the above activities is that at this point in Europe, as well as in the United States and in
University students hold placards during a demonstration against satirical French weekly Charlie Hebdo, which featured a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad as the cover of its first edition since an attack by Islamist gunmen, in Somalia's capital Mogadishu, January 17, 2015. Source: REUTERS/Feisal Omar
other parts of the world with strong anti-Islamic sentiments, popularly dubbed as Islamophobia, there are large populations of law-abiding and peaceful Muslim citizens who live in fear of their own democratically elected governments. They are constantly on the watch for the possibility of being incarcerated and being deprived of their basic human rights and freedoms. Moreover, it is telling that in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo massacre on January 7, 2015, many French Muslim students in schools refused to participate in the national moment of silence that was organized in solidarity with the French satirical weekly.[iv] In fact, many French Muslim students even sympathized with the attackers and were offended by the weekly's depiction of Prophet Mohammed.
François Holland's government got into a moral panic, interpreting the reactions of these French Muslim children as an indication of a failure of the French education system in fostering a unified French identity, as such a rigorously uniform French identity, devoid of any religious and cultural differences and expressions, would allegedly have far-reaching implications for French social harmony and security.[v] There has been little evidence of success for the anti-radicalization campaigns rolled out in the prisons of European countries, though there have been several criticisms about the gaps in that process. For example, there are not enough Muslims chaplains deployed in French prisons with secure job prospects, which supplement their meager earnings.[vi] Moreover, there is a reasonable gripe over the very low numbers of Muslim chaplains employed in these prisons, when more than 50% of the French prison population comprise prisoners of the Islamic faith.[vii] Also, there are arguments that concentrating radical prisoners in one place – the prison – "would reinforce them, while dispersing them would allow them to spread their ideas and find new recruits."[viii] The lack of trained prison officers could certainly lead to the wrong candidates being identified for isolation in the "secure blocks" created in the French prisons, to stem out radicalization, but that might actually catalyze more radicalization.[ix]
Despite these misdirected and mismanaged steps taken by government authorities to stem the process of radicalization, it is important to note the background and conditions of those who actually get radicalized and travel to Syria, Iraq and other places to fight the holy war.
According to a study by the Soufan Group, most Jihadi foreign fighters are aged between 18 to 29 years, many without a religious upbringing. Furthermore, many are in a vulnerable psychological state of mind, such as being between jobs, experiencing culture shock as university students in a foreign country, and those seeking a sense of belonging.[x] In fact, in a 2015 interview given by Dounia Bouzar, the director of a French NGO established to combat radicalization said that the, "jihadis radicalizing youths hardly talk about Islam at all…Islam is just the final polish." She added that "the majority of youths radicalized in France have never set foot in a Mosque, and others have never seen Muslims."[xi] It is also true that the amount of socio-economic discrimination faced by the marginalized Muslim population can lead to further crimes.[xii] For example, in a study conducted by the Institut Montaigne, on religious discrimination in access to employment, it was found that only 10% of Muslims were contacted for job purposes by potential employers as opposed to 16% of Jews and 21% of Catholics. In fact, Muslim men are punished with blatant and obvious discrimination even if their name does not sound "foreign".[xiii]
In such a contextual setting, Jamal, a young boy of Somalian origin moved with his family to a small town, Aarhus, in Denmark, fleeing the civil war in Somalia. His family was the only black family in a predominantly white neighborhood and being a practicing Muslim did not make life easier for him with the other kids in school. He was often teased for the color of his skin and his religious faith, and asked if he had the same blood as them. Jamal did not fight back as he knew that this would disappoint his father. So, he adopted a different tactic: he studied well, tried to be a good kid and made jokes in class. Soon the other kids and the teachers started to like him and he even started to feel more Danish. Shortly after his family had been on the Hajj, to Mecca and came back, his class teacher organized a debate on Islam. Jamal, infused with a newfound religious identity could not help but retort to a girl who was making statements such as Muslims "terrorize" the West, kill people and stone women. Jamal argued with her and impulsively remarked that "People like you should never exist."[xiv]
Jamal's carefully constructed life went off the rails very quickly thereafter. The teacher complained to the principal and the principal told the police. The police questioned Jamal about being a terrorist and he was forced to stay home, missing his school exams. He eventually took his exams, after the police cleared him, but delayed, and hence had to repeat some of his high school. Jamal, a good student all along, was furious about this. Soon after the investigation his mother passed away, leading Jamal to blame the stress of the situation as the cause of her death. Slowly, Jamal started to feel alienated by the West.[xv]
Just then, he began to socialize with a group of young men who had experienced similar instances of discrimination and influenced by the videos of Anwar-al-Awlaki, a famous English-speaking imam, they made plans of traveling to Syria. They shared stories and plans of their travel in the apartment of one of the men. During this time, Jamal got a call from Officer Thorlief Link, from the Danish police department, who had recently been receiving calls from many distraught parents reporting their missing children. With his partner, Allan Aarslev, he discovered that many of these missing children were making trips to Syria to fight the jihad. Officers Link and Aarslev were crime prevention officers within the Danish police department.[xvi]
Alan Aarslev. One of the crime prevention officers in the Aarhus Police Deparment. Source: Scanpix Denmark/USA Scanpix/Sipa
Jamal's first instinct upon receiving Officer Link's phone call was to put the phone down. But he was stopped when Officer Link apologized to Jamal about the ordeal that his fellow-officers had put him through and took responsibility for Jamal's life getting derailed. With this apology, Jamal agreed to meet Officer Link in his office, whereupon he was introduced to his new mentor – Erhan Killic. Killic is a fellow Muslim, a lawyer with a wife and two children, who identifies himself as being completely Danish. Killic too had faced discrimination as a child, but chose a different path for himself. His strong message to Jamal was that he could choose a different path for himself.
Killic was the first of such mentors to be hired into the Danish police department's Aarhus Program, which involved such mentors developing constant and positive relationships with mentees such as, Jamal, who were susceptible to the forces of radicalization. According to Arie Kruglanski, a social psychologist, one of the primary motivations for radical behavior in individuals is the quest for personal significance, variously labeled as the need for esteem, achievement, meaning, competence, and control.[xvii]
Source: www.barenakedislam.com
In environments with virulent Islamophobia, there is a loss of significance that is experienced by the Muslims and Muslim immigrants, for example, through regular and systematic disrespect of their sacred values, social humiliation through various activities by members of the host group, that lead to lower esteem. These are often exploited by terror propagandists, such as the Al Qaeda and ISIS.[xviii] When the lowering of social and collective esteem reaches extremely low levels, then the individuals who are part of the ostracized sub-groups are willing to even sacrifice their own lives for a greater cause…thereby rendering significance to their selves. Revenge is also a powerful tool for leveling the playing field and by rendering a crushing and humiliating blow to the more powerful host/super-group, one can garner some balance in the situation and avenge their own humiliating experiences. And many times, the act of revenge becomes the greater cause for which the marginalized, ostracized and humiliated sub-group members are willing to give up their own lives.
In these circumstances, it is easy to understand why it is not just Muslim immigrants who are increasingly lured by the seductive call of the ISIS propaganda to fight the jihad, there are reports that a significant portion of the jihadi fighters who form part of the terror units are western fighters, emerging from nations such as France, Germany, Britain, Denmark, Australia.[xix] In fact, there is an over representation of foreign fighters, who tend to be more radical than the average Syrian rebel.[xx] A look at the background of these individuals shows that they have had a history of imprisonment in their respective countries and have generally been socially maladjusted.[xxi] Joining these terrorist organizations provides them with basic psychological needs, such as a sense of belonging, a sense of significance, a sense of respect,[xxii] besides a dash of adventure and some money, which they never had access to in their respective societies of origin.[xxiii]
Some of the crucial steps that the Aarhus Program takes in fighting radicalization are deeply psychological and go to the roots of radicalization, which the regular programs employed by France, Germany, Italy, United States and other countries, do not address. The mainstream programs involve excluding certain sub-groups that exacerbate the situation and fail in the long run.
In Jamal's story with Officer Link and Killic, several important principles of the Third Side underpin their efforts. In his first phone call to Jamal, Officer Link apologized on behalf of the other members of the Danish police department, who were responsible for Jamal's life turning into a nightmare. From a Third Side perspective, Officer Link played the role of a Healer. He took responsibility for the actions of his fellow-officers and attempted to repair the negative and distrustful relationship that Jamal had with the Danish police department at large. By introducing Jamal to Killic, and attempting to bring Jamal back into the folds of the mainstream Danish society, Link placed at Jamal's disposal resources that he otherwise did not have at integrating with the Danish society. Thus, he played the role of a Provider. Killic, played the most crucial role of a Teacher to Jamal – constantly reminding him that he could always choose differently; he could have a well-adjusted and successful life that Killic himself had in Aarhus. Killic shared with Jamal the necessary skills to survive in an environment that may not always be completely accepting of him. Through the example of his own life, Killic showed Jamal that there could be a different possibility to his life.
City of Aarhus, Denmark. Source: Jennifer Joan/Flickr
As of 2012, 34 people traveled from Aarhus to Syria, of which 18 came back. All 18 individuals turned up at Link and Aarslev's office, as did 330 other potential radicals. However, the Aarhus Program has been most admired for the success rates that it has been exhibiting in the several years since it was implemented. None of the potential radicals have left Aarhus since enrolling in the Program. As of 2015, only one person left for Syria from Aarhus, when traffic from the rest of Europe was mushrooming.[xxiv]
At a time when the world clamps down on what is sometimes a plea for help, the Aarhus Program flipped the script by openly embracing those marginalized and creating a place for them in an otherwise untrusting world.
[i] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/12/france-battles-to-prevent-islamist-radicalisation-in-jails
[ii] http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4091858/Italy-aims-combat-radicalisation-jails-deport-illegal-migrants.html
[iii] http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/07/01/484284791/sweeping-raids-in-france-raise-concerns-about-civil-liberties
[iv] https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/02/why-forced-neutrality-leads-to-polarization/516222/
[v] https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/02/why-forced-neutrality-leads-to-polarization/516222/
[vi] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-islam-radicalisation-idUSKBN0EU1SK20140619
[vii] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-france-islam-radicalisation-idUSKBN0EU1SK20140619
[viii] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/feb/12/france-battles-to-prevent-islamist-radicalisation-in-jails
[ix] Id.
[x] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/03/isis-and-the-foreign-fighter-problem/387166/
[xi] https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/02/why-forced-neutrality-leads-to-polarization/516222/
[xii] https://150f11b7-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/mavalfortwebpage/home/research/Valfort-IM-EtudeAnglaise.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cpavKroPly6C0Bkdv3lirgxnMakId7n2kOW8OJQqhl5Qb9nr3onFMU9FEc_NFfKgt_gTnDBrnetbrX6pb0A-Vi56MbZigclJ_sc6BxpsMGkc1B7bZMPFrFTtBIMl0RZLcYuEBC7Yzmj8ts7JSYScgf5YyQpF0Cryui7BmFfpjXFWqunK0yki_a5xru3p11oo0RsnPrL8bO4oOvKyvRpeNNSrTTKkFyvBhXPuaklqTfUrFlbpfRIj_8F-Nen_zhD50gE2vI9&attredirects=0
[xiii] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2015/11/23/new-research-shows-that-french-muslims-experience-extraordinary-discrimination-in-the-job-market/?utm_term=.57c439389a5b
[xiv] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/15/485900076/how-a-danish-town-helped-young-muslims-turn-away-from-isis?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160715
[xv] Id.
[xvi] Id.
[xvii] http://www.gelfand.umd.edu/KruglanskiGelfand(2014).pdf
[xviii] Id.
[xix] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/03/isis-and-the-foreign-fighter-problem/387166/
[xx] Id.
[xxi] Id.
[xxii] http://www.gelfand.umd.edu/KruglanskiGelfand(2014).pdf
[xxiii] https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2015/03/isis-and-the-foreign-fighter-problem/387166/
[xxiv] http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/15/485900076/how-a-danish-town-helped-young-muslims-turn-away-from-isis?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20160715
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by First Comics News on June 11, 2019 SKYBOUND ENTERTAINMENT TEAMS WITH UNIVERSAL PICTURES ON ADAPTATION OF ROBERT KIRKMAN & LORENZO DE FELICI'S OBLIVION SONG2019-06-11T16:47:12-07:00 - News
PORTLAND, Ore. 06/11/2019 — Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures announced this morning that the sci-fi drama Oblivion Song—based upon the New York Times bestselling Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) and artist Lorenzo De Felici's bestselling comic book series of the same name—is being developed for film.
Universal's Executive Vice President of Production Jon Mone and Director of Development Lexi Barta will oversee the project on behalf of the studio. The Oblivion Song adaptation will be produced by Skybound's film team, including Robert Kirkman, David Alpert, Bryan Furst, and Sean Furst, with Sean O'Keefe attached to write the script.
O'Keefe's latest project, Wonderland, which stars Mark Wahlberg with Peter Berg directing, recently wrapped filming. O'Keefe sold the first script based on the Robert B. Parker bestselling Spenser book series in a deal with Netflix.
Image/Skybound Entertainment's Oblivion Song by Kirkman and De Felici is colored by Annalisa Leoni, lettered by Rus Wooton, and edited by Sean Mackiewicz. It takes place a decade after 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them but after many years they gave up. Nathan Cole won't. He makes daily trips, risking his life to try and rescue those lost, alone and afraid, living in the apocalyptic hellscape of Oblivion. But maybe… Nathan is looking for something else. Why can't he resist the siren call of the Oblivion Song?
Oblivion Song, Vol. 1 (ISBN: 978-1534306424) and Oblivion Song, Vol. 2 (ISBN: 978-1534310575) trade paperbacks are available now in comic shops and at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, IndieBound, and Indigo.
The series is also available for purchase across many digital platforms, including the official Image Comics iOS app, Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, comiXology, and Google Play.
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PORTLAND, Ore. 06/11/2019 — Skybound Entertainment and Universal Pictures announced this morning that the sci-fi drama Oblivion Song—based upon the New York Times bestselling Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) and artist Lorenzo De Felici's bestselling comic book series of the same name—is being developed for film. Universal's Executive Vice President...
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This will be a disaster in places like Maryland. No one expects the congregants of Pastor Burns' church to run out and vote for Romney, but they're going to be a lot less enthused about Obama — and a lack of enthusiasm in his base will put an end to hopes of a second term. Maryland is a safe state for Democrats under normal conditions; it last went Republican in 1988, and Obama won it by 25 points in 2008. However, the same reason for that large margin of victory shows the risk for Obama, which is that 30% of the vote in the state comes from the African-American community that Pastor Burns and others serve.
Here's anecdotal support for that. A friend volunteering at Maryland Marriage Alliance headquarters overheard some African American volunteers discussing the president's stand. One woman came in and announced loudly to no one in particular, "Well, President Obama has sold his soul for votes!"
Later I asked this lady if she thought his support of homosexual marriage would sway a lot of people. She said she didn't know what she would do, because she didn't like Romney so she'd probably not vote. Today another lady came in expressing consternation, but said she didn't know what to do because "Romney wants to fire people."
If Republicans had any sense, they'd make like our MD senate candidate Dan Bongino and capitalize on the opportunity to make inroads. People will listen. At least a margin of people will listen. Even alleged noted "racist" Sen. Jesse Helms always managed a certain percentage of the African American vote simply because he never wrote it off and always campaigned in black communities too.


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We have a range of responses available to tackle tenancy fraud. The actions we will take to ensure effective enforcement of this policy are to:
i. Investigate 100% of tenancy fraud cases reported to us.
ii. Act promptly, commencing investigations within seven working days of receiving the tenancy fraud report. The type of investigation and action taken will be dictated by the type of tenancy fraud alleged.
iii. Log all reports and actions taken on our case management system.
iv. WHBC may undertake covert surveillance, which is a legitimate tool in fraud investigations, in accordance with our obligations under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000.
v. Where it is suspected that a criminal act may have taken place, trained officers may conduct interviews under caution and in accordance with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.
vi. If we determine there is no reasonable action that can be taken to deal with an issue reported to us then we will inform the complainant and provide an explanation as to why this is the case. We will also close a case where there is no evidence to progress it and no further action can reasonably be taken.
vii. Work with other agencies, including but not limited to; NAFN Data and Intelligence Services, the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) and the Police.
viii. In some cases it may be considered appropriate to allow the tenant to return the keys of the property with no need for further court action.
ix. For tenants who do not surrender the property the Anti-social Behaviour Team will commence legal action by issuing a Notice to Quit and/or a Notice Seeking Possession, as appropriate and instruct our legal team to commence Possession Proceedings.
x. Undertake criminal prosecutions under PoSHFA 2013, where a property has been found to sublet without consent and the tenant(s) cease to occupy their property as their only or principal home.
xi. We may apply for an Unlawful Profit Order (UPO) in cases where a tenant has been found to have made a profit from letting whole or part of their home.
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A warning device D is fitted to an emergency vehicle and is arranged when deactivated, to transmit a radio signal carrying an audio warning,. this radio signal being transmitted repeatedly at successively different carrier frequencies, corresponding to the channels available in the local area. The VHF/FM radio receiver of any vehicle within range will tune to the signal of one of these carrier frequencies, as being identical or close to, but stronger than, the channel selected by the driver, so that the audio warning will be delivered to the driver.
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1. A warning device for fitting to an emergency service vehicle, the device being arranged, when activated, to transmit a radio signal carrying an audio warning, said radio signal being transmitted repeatedly at successively different carrier frequencies.
2. A warning device as claimed in claim 1, arranged to be selectively programmed with said carrier frequencies at which said radio signal is transmitted.
4. A warning device as claimed in claim 3, in which said scanning radio receiver is arranged to decode RDS data of the received channels and store said RDS data.
5. A warning device as claimed in any preceding claim, arranged to include RDS data in said warning radio signal transmitted by the device.
6. A warning device as claimed in any preceding claim, in which said audio warning comprises a spoken message.
7. A warning device as claimed any preceding claim, in which the radio signal transmitter by the device has a range limited to 300 metres.
 The present invention relates to a device for use by an emergency service vehicle, to warn other road users of its presence.
 Frequently, when an emergency service vehicle is travelling in heavy or even moderate traffic, its progress is impeded because other road users are slow to become aware of the approach of the emergency service vehicle, despite its use of its sirens. This problem is suffered by all emergency service vehicles, including ambulances, fire and rescue vehicles and police and paramedic cars.
 A marked deterioration has been noticed, over recent years, in the way that road users react when an emergency service vehicle approaches. This is due mainly to improved sound proofing in cars and other vehicles and the use of more powerful sound systems, producing higher sound levels, such that there is an increased likelihood that the siren of the emergency service vehicle will not be heard, or at least will not be heard sufficiently early.
 I have now devised a warning device which substantially alleviates the above-described problems.
 In accordance with the present invention, there is provided a warning device for fitting to an emergency service vehicle, the device being arranged, when activated, to transmit a radio signal carrying an audio warning, said radio signal being transmitted repeatedly at successively different carrier frequencies.
 The different carrier frequencies, at which the warning device transmits its radio signal, may be selectively programmable. Thus, for use of the warning device, or emergency service vehicle to which it is fitted, in any particular location, the different carrier frequencies, at which the device operates, may be selected to match the available radio broadcast channels, or at least the most popular channels, used in the operating area. Accordingly, the warning device may be arranged to transmit its radio signal at a relatively small number of different carrier frequencies, say between 5 and 15 and most probably between 7 and 10.
 The radio signal is transmitted at the different carrier frequencies in sequential manner, rather than simultaneously, to make use of the FM capture effect in receivers and to avoid the effect of intermodulation between signals at different carrier frequencies in the warning device.
 It will be appreciated that the VHF/FM radio receiver of any vehicle within range will tune to a stronger signal of identical or closely adjacent carrier frequency. The radio signal transmitted by the warning device of the present invention will therefore over-ride the signal being received by a vehicle's VHF/FM radio receiver tuned to a corresponding channel, for the warning message to be relayed over that unit.
 Preferably the audio warning, provided by the warning device, is a spoken message, such as "Emergency Vehicle Approaching". Preferably the warning device includes a voice chip or voice synthesiser for generating the audio message.
 The radio transmitter of the warning device need have only a very low radiated power level giving limited range, preferably of the order of 100 to 300 metres, so that only road users within the immediate vicinity are affected.
 Preferably the radio signal transmitted by the warning device includes RDS data which is recognised by the RDS decoder of the VHF/FM radio receiver of any vehicle within range, serving to interrupt the operation of the receiver, if replaying a tape cassette or CD, to deliver the warning message instead.
 Optionally, the RDS data may be acquired by the warning device automatically, using an inbuilt scanning RDS radio receiver, arranged to scan the whole FM band and assess the signal strengths of channels transmitted in the area of usage. The device then stores the carrier frequencies of those channels and uses them, in sequence, for transmission of the warning radio signal: also the device decodes and stores the RDS data of the channels concerned, and inserts this RDS data into the RDS data set transmitted in the warning signal.
 FIG. 3 is a schematic block diagram of the warning device.
 Referring to FIG. 1 of the drawings, there is shown a fire and rescue vehicle F fitted, as usual, with a siren which is sounded when the vehicle is travelling through traffic to attend to an emergency incident. In addition, the fire and rescue vehicle F is fitted with a warning device D in accordance with the present invention: in the example shown, the warning device D is fitted to the roof of the driver's cab but in general may be located at any appropriate position on the vehicle. The warning device D is arranged to transmit a radio signal whilst the blue warning lights L of the vehicle are energised: in particular, the warning device D is programmed to transmit its radio signal repeatedly at successively different carrier frequencies, for a purpose which will be explained below.
 The warning device D includes a voice chip or voice synthesiser and a VHF/FM radio transmitter for transmitting its radio signal, this radio signal carrying a warning message recorded in the voice chip. The warning message may be a spoken message such as "Emergency Vehicle Approaching". The radio transmitter is of limited power, typically of the order of microwatts, feeding a suitable antenna, such that its range is of the order of 100 to 300 metres.
 The purpose of the radio signal transmitted by the warning device D is that it should be picked up by the VHF/FM radio receivers of vehicles within the immediate vicinity, and the audio warning message accordingly delivered to the drivers of these vehicles. The car C shown in FIG. 2 is fitted with a VHF/FM radio receiver A equipped with RDS (radio data system).
 If the emergency service vehicle of FIG. 1 approaches and transmits its radio signal at a carrier frequency identical with or close to the frequency to which the VHF/FM radio receiver A of car C is tuned, then the radio receiver A automatically retunes to the radio signal from the emergency service vehicle, because this signal will be stronger than the signal from the relevant radio transmitting station. The warning message carried in the signal from the device D of the emergency service vehicle is accordingly delivered over the car's radio receiver.
 In accordance with the invention, the warning device D transmits its radio signal repeatedly at different carrier frequencies, to take account of the different vehicles in range having their VHF/FM radio receiver tuned to different channels. In any given location, there will be relatively few radio channels available, so that the warning device D need be programmed to transmit its radio signal at a correspondingly low number (e.g. 8) of different frequencies: by transmitting at these different frequencies in sequential manner, rather than simultaneously, the FM capture effect is used to ensure that the warning message will be tuned to by each of the different VHF/FM radio receivers within range. In any particular locality, it is a straightforward exercise to determine which radio channels are available, or most popular, and program the warning device accordingly.
 Alternatively, the warning device D may include an FM receiver and RDS decoder, programmed to scan the FM band and determine the channels for which the received signals are strongest: the carrier frequencies of these channels are then used by the device, in sequence, to transmit the warning radio signal. In addition, the decoded RDS data is used to set RDS data to be transmitted by the device, on each of the carrier frequencies used.
 Thus, the radio signal transmitted by the warning device D of the emergency service vehicle also includes RDS data which is decoded by the RDS decoder of the VHF/FM radio receivers of vehicles within range. Then a VHF/FM radio receiver with basic RDS performance, tuned to any of the frequencies transmitted in sequence by the warning device D, will receive the RDS data: this RDS data includes the PTY-Alarm signal, which will cause the receiver to be re-set to audio reception, even if the audio tape or CD is playing, and the audible warning message will be delivered.
 Simultaneously, the RDS PS name carried by the warning signal serves to cause a warning message to be displayed on the visual display panel of the vehicle's audio unit A. According to the receiver type, this may be over-ridden by an ALARM message, which also serves to confirm the importance of the audio message received.
 A schematic block diagram of the warning device which has been described is shown in FIG. 3. The device comprises a transmitter T feeding an aerial AN. A voice chip VC stores an audible message and its output is passed to a modulator M, which receives carrier signals, of selected different frequencies, in a repeating sequence from a carrier signal generator G. A data entry device E (e.g. a keyboard) is provided for programming a memory CM with the selected carrier frequencies. In addition or instead, the warning device D includes an FM receiver R coupled to the aerial AN and programmed to scan the FM band and determine the channels for which the received signals are the strongest, and store data as to the carrier frequencies of these channels in the carrier frequency memory CM: an RDS decoder DEC is coupled to the receiver, to store the decoded RDS data in a memory RM, to be recalled for transmission with the warning signal at the corresponding carrier frequencies.
 It will be appreciated that the warning device which has been described, when fitted to an emergency service vehicle, will be effective in ensuring that other road users, having an in-vehicle, RDS-equipped VHF/FM radio receiver which is switched on, regardless of listening mode, will promptly become aware of the approach of the emergency service vehicle. This enables the other road users to take prompt action to move out of the way of the emergency service vehicle and so improve the vehicle's response time to its emergency call.
 The warning device has been shown fitted to a fire and rescue vehicle but may in general be fitted to any type of emergency service vehicle, including a police motorcycle.


We believe you will enjoy every visit to the Collins Aerospace Rec Center, and are confident we have all the programs, services, equipment, and expert fitness staff to help you attain whatever your goals may be.
We encourage you to make use of our complimentary fitness staff services, as this can be your most powerful tool while being a member at the Rec Center. All of our fitness specialists have a four-year degree in a health related field, and have earned their ACSM (American College of Sports Medicine) certification. Upon enrollment, a fitness specialist can give you an orientation to our multitude of offerings. Further, they can tailor an exercise program to your every need and show you the proper mechanics of prescribed exercises.
If we don't meet your expectations, we would certainly like to hear from you, so we can make your member experiences even better. Please feel free to provide feedback by using our suggestion/comments box, located in the lounge or by setting up an appointment with one of us at the Front Desk.
Friday: 4:00pm – 6:30pm (No Friday evening babysitting June 1 – August 31).
Youth members and guests (ages 7-11) will be provided a blue jersey to wear while in the facility and are not allowed to use the locker rooms. Youth members & guests must be accompanied by an adult member (18 years or older) at all times.
Retirees paying for an unrestricted membership do not have time restrictions.
The personal use of cameras and video equipment are prohibited.
Please refrain from use of fragrant products while using our facilities (fragrant free facility).
Alcoholic beverages are not allowed in the Rec Center or on company grounds.
Member consumption of food and beverage is to be confined to the lounge. Water bottles and contained energy/protein/sports drinks are allowed on the fitness areas.
League and free play may occasionally be pre-empted for special activities or events.
Non-marking shoes are required for use on our wood basketball and racquetball courts.
For the safety of our members and guests, please refrain from using cell phones on motorized equipment. In addition, we ask that you be respectful of others when using your phone in the facility.
Cell phone usage is not permitted in locker rooms.
Shirts and shoes are required. Revealing attire is not acceptable, please use good judgment.
Hours of operation, fees and rules are subject to review and revision without notice.
The management reserves the right to deny, restrict, suspend, or revoke memberships.
All Collins Aerospace properties (indoors and outdoors, including parking lots) are 100% tobacco and smoke free.
All fees, goods, and services are subject to Iowa State Sales Tax. In addition, we will charge in accordance to the local option sales tax.
Match Play Tennis Centers, Inc. is a contract management firm that has operated the Collins Aerospace Recreation Center and Physical Therapy since it opened in 1986. In May 2013, Match Play Tennis Centers, Inc. was purchased from Hank and Lesley Aldrich by Pam Fox and Mike Duffy.
When the Rec Center first opened it's doors, the High Court area consisted of 4 indoor tennis courts, and the current cardiovascular area was a basketball court. There were a few pieces of cardiovascular equipment, limited free weights and three rows of weight machines, surrounded by a padded carpeted track.
Today, the Physical Therapy and Recreation Center continue operating as one of the best corporate programs in the state. A major renovation was completed in 2012 and we are in the process of completing the locker room renovation/expansion.


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Russell blames infatuation with girls for lingering knee injury
By Farhan Nawaz
Veteran West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has established his credentials as one of the most explosive power-hitters in world cricket. While excelling on the international stage, Russell has proved his mettle more markedly in several franchise competitions around the globe.
One of the finest shorter-format cricketers in the world, Russell recently revealed that his struggles with a knee injury prolonged due to his stubbornness to look good and impress girls. Making the confession in an interview, Russell stated he focused all of his attention during workout sessions on the upper body.
"I would have been pain free from my knees and hopefully I wouldn't have to have had surgery. Unfortunately, at 23 you are fearless, and I used to ignore that pain and I always gave it a quick fix by taking pain killers and kept running"- Russell said.
"I used to go to gym and just work only on my abs and my shoulders because I wanted to look appealing for the girls. At the end of the day being attractive and then your legs being weak, don't work"- the star player claimed.
#West Indies


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Is public funding of media a good idea? That's what Spot.us, an open source project to fuel "community powered reporting," wanted to know. So it did an online survey with assistance from the Reynolds Journalism Institute and Free Press. Just over 400 web users participated to answer, among other things, how media should be financed. Would they support a pubmedia endowment to increase funding for educational programs, arts, and investigative journalism? Overwhelmingly, 84 percent, said yes; 3 percent said no; the rest were undecided. They also would overwhelmingly support (93 percent) the creation of a matching grant program that would combine foundation grants with public funding to support innovation and investment in local news and journalism. Details at MediaShift's Idea Lab.
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PMC will establish a public benefit corporation as part of the changes.


I am looking for documentation on the relationship between EVK Module Expansion Connectors and the Python GPIO references.
i.e. Which EVK Module Expansion Connector pin is effected when GPIO 1 is set high in Python? etc?
Specifically on CS1324A interface boards.
In Hardware User Guide 4.1 Pinout (page 13 in rev. 14)): GE865 GPIO 01 is ball D3.
In EVK2 User Guide GE865 Interface board schematics (page 120 in rev. 11): GPIO 01 ball D3 is routed to PL104 pin 2.
I have seen this schematic.
Is there any other documentation of this in table form you could point me to?
Several of the other interface boards have this.


In today's market, European retailers and manufacturers are often pitted in a fierce battle for share of declining disposable income. They face major disruptions, including new shopper values, changing habits and technologies. In short, developing and selling new products and services has become more complex. To survive, companies must understand the changing shopper needs and proactively alter their business strategies.
In this report, the Europe Council found that many well-known shopper insights, such as their need for smart convenience and focus on sustainability, are still poorly met. Retailers can capture business growth opportunities by finding more effective solutions to those needs.
If retailers and manufacturers want to reignite growth in the European retail sector, they must shift from lengthy market research projects and learn by adhering to three fundamental principles: think big, test small and learn fast. Read the report below to discover more about these approaches.


Follow this celebrated maker on a creative journey inspired by a simpler time. In Maggie Bonanomi's world, hand-drawn patterns and hand-dyed wool combine with artful motifs and casual stitches. The result is a plain-and-simple collection of primitive projects that are a delight to make, use, and enjoy.
* No fancy skills to learn, no expensive tools to buy: a needle, thread, and wool are all you need to begin.
* Create pillows, runners and toppers, wall art, and even clever vegetables crafted into sewing essentials, including a pincushion and scissors keeper--make them in minutes to warm up any nook or cranny.
96 pages, soft cover, May 1st, 2018.


The SCG003S Is After The 918's Nurburgring Record.
The SCG003S Is After The 918's Nurburgring Record.
Well Lets see what happens!
James Glickenhaus, the man behind Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (SCG), does not need certainty. We took in this firsthand when visiting with him about the SCG003S, his first road lawful supercar. The upstart American automaker sharpened its cars on the Nurburgring and obviously the unbelievable German race track implies an extraordinary arrangement to Mr. Glickenhaus. That is the reason we weren't amazed when Autocar revealed that SCG needs to crush the track's present lap record held by the Porsche 918 Spyder.
The objective is to beat the 918's season of 6:57 by an entire 30 seconds. That is a high stamp to shoot for. Be that as it may, if the SCG003S is truly comparable to Glickenhaus says then a keep running of 6:27 may not be distant. The supercar's 4.4-liter twin-turbo V8 permits it to race up to a top speed of 217 mph. It can purportedly pull more than 2Gs through corners on street tires and up to 2.7Gs on hustling slicks.
On account of its track-centered plan there is 1,500 pounds of downforce on tap. While those are as of now just numbers on paper we're slanted to trust the SCG003S can move down all the extreme talk. Give James Glickenhaus the shot and he'll talk unendingly about how essential it is for his supercar to have the capacity to run throughout the day on the track with no broad prep required.
On the off chance that the SCG003S bests the 918 Spyder's record it will start a furious level headed discussion. All things considered, different cars have beaten the half and half hypercar's chance. The principal issue will be what constitutes a creation car. The 918 had a full creation keep running of, sit tight for it, 918 cars. The SCG003S may not do a small amount of that. At that point there's the topic of whether the two are even in a similar alliance.
The 918 Spyder isn't an every day driver by any methods yet it is significantly more humanized than the SCG003S. As we as a whole know including politeness and decency diminishes a car's execution potential. Regardless of civil arguments, SCG's quest for Porsche's Nurburgring record will be a win regardless of what in that it will bring the organization included reputation. We're discussing it at this moment.
⟵The Chiron Just Shocked All Of Us With It's Claim Of 0-250 Mph In Less Than A Minute.


I never thought to be a sidekick (c'mon, Wonder Woman has a WHIP!), but that's actually a really great choice!
Thanks for stopping by! I'm now following back!
What a great choice! I also always wished for a teacher like her!
GREAT answer! I loved Mrs. Frizzle! Thanks for stopping by my blog; I'm a new follower of yours now, too!
New follower, check out my #FF here!
Love the alter-ego! Thanks for stopping by:) Old follower!
I love your superhero! Thanks for stopping by!
I love Ms. Frizzle!!! I've actually wanted to watch some clips on YouTube soon. :P Thanks for stopping by my blog, happy Follow Friday!
Thx for hopping by my blog! I followed you back!
I really like your reviews. Great blog. Ms Frizzle is a funny-great choice!!
Wow, great choice! Never would have thought of Mrs. Frizzle.
lol - great choice! i love it!
I love Ms. Frizzle! Great and original idea!
New Follower. Come see my Alter-ego & 2 Awesome Giveaways! Have a great weekend!
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Can't believe you picked that lady from The Magic School Bus :D Nice to meet you and following you back.
You know, I would never have thought of her, but that's actually a really good choice.
I loved The Magic School Bus as a kid, and I always wanted a teacher like her too. Great choice, I wouldn't thought of her.
Ms. Frizzle is awesome! She's totally a superhero.
I love your pick, Ms. Frizzle is great and so much fun!
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lol Did you change your answer??
LOL! Ms. Frizzle is so awesome! She definitely counts as a superhero! x) Who doesn't want to ride the magic school bus?
New follower passing through thanks for the follow. Ms Frizzle is definitely a super hero any person that teaches for a living is.
Nice choice! I don't know her but her name is familiar... maybe I heard or read it somewhere today... Anyway, thanks for stopping by at Books4Juliet.
Awww the Magic School Bus! I can't believe I never watched it when I was younger!
Thanks for followng! & I'm following back!
Ms. Frizzle is awesome! Great pick. :) Thanks for hopping through!
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Oh, wow! I forgot all about the Magic School Bus! I used to LOVE The Magic School Bus. And I agree, she IS a super hero. Great choice! Thanks for following!
What a great choice!! Teacher's are super heros in their own way! Thanks for stopping by my FF earlier.
Thanks for stopping by my blog - I'm following you now. I used to love the Magic Schoolbus - great choice!
My kids loved The Magic School Bus and learned so much from it. What an awesome superhero alter ego!
LOVE Ms. Frizzle! I still watch that show LOL.
Thanks for stopping by and happy Follow Friday!
Very cool pick *high 5* new follower. Thank u for stopping by & following my blog.
Awesome choice and great tv show! Thanks for visiting my post. New follower.


i'll take one of each, please and thank you!
Those blueberry pie bars look delicious. I made lemon blueberry muffins from a JOy the Baker recipe earlier this week using my u-pick blueberries. May have to go back and get another haul soon. I use them on my cereal every morning too.
great ideas!! 🙂 brad loves to eat blueberries & plain greek yogurt with a drizzle of agave with his breakfast.
Ha, I JUST had that for breakfast, but with brown sugar instead of agave!
You should see the tower of empty half-flats in our garage ready to go back to the farmer's market! No, we didn't pick our own, but the hubs gets quite the deal when he buys a bunch of flats at a time– all kinds of berries, but the number of blueberries we have now, while it may not be Lord of the Rings, I'm still going to call it epic. I got sucked in to the post by your picture of the blueberry barbecue sauce and was happy to see the recipe for it at the end. It's going on my Pinterest now and I'll make a smaller batch to try it out.
mmm! I am a big believer that blueberries are the only reason for summer! I made a blueberry cobbler smoothie for breakfast this morning and it was like a gorgeous summer evening in a glass! Blueberries for president!
I love love love all these great Recipes!! I was sitting here with a bunch of berries and didn't want them to go the waste!! I made the pie bars, the blueberry infused vodka, the blueberry perserves and the BBQ sauce. I think I messed up the BBQ so I wanted to pick your brain. It's really watery…did I not reduce it enough? Or perhaps I strained out to much of the bits and pieces. Flavor is great! If ya get a chance, could you give me your advice! I'd like to try again!
It probably needs to reduce more — keep simmering and reducing until it is the consistency of a thin barbecue sauce, and you'll be all set!
How many half pint jars of BBQ sauce does this recipe make?


The upcoming RPG evokes both Dark Souls and XCOM.
It seems that Red Hook Studios wants to dispel two myths: first, that RPG's are too easy, and two, that evil is something that can be killed with a sword. Set in the modern tradition of "what doesn't kill you only twists your mind, leaving you a fragile shell of a man", Darkest Dungeon recognizes that monsters aren't the only thing to fear: there are also brutally hard RPGs to deal with! While it doesn't show any gameplay, the recently released trailer does demonstrate the kind of horror that awaits adventurers in poorly-lit subterranean passageways.
"Darkest Dungeon is intended for gamers who appreciate a tough-but-fair challenge and want to experience dungeon crawling in a way they never have before," Red Hook Studios warns. A key feature will be managing your team of heroes as you plunge further and further into darkness. "You will recruit, equip, and manage a stable of over 16 heroes, and watch as their experiences organically mold and shape them in positive, and...not-so-positive, ways," it continues. Meaning, they'll go mad, develop new powers, and fight amongst themselves in what the company is describing as Dark Souls meets XCOM.
If that sparks your interest, know that Red Hook will likely be funding it via Kickstarter soon, so pay attention. Darkest Dungeon is currently set for a 2014 release on PC, Mac and Linux, and Red Hook is also ""considering all appropriate options at this point in development, including consoles and tablets."


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Charter supporters to 'Rally in the Valley' Saturday
Craig Clough | September 13, 2016
Charter school supporters outside LA Unified headquarters in 2012. (Courtesy: CCSA)
Over 2,000 parents, students and supporters of charter schools are expected to attend a "Rally in the Valley" on Saturday to advocate for pro-charter policies, as well as to celebrate the 25th anniversary of charter schools coming to LA Unified. The first several charter schools to open in the district were in the San Fernando Valley, including Vaughn Next Century Learning Center in Pacoima, where the rally will begin.
The rally, which is being hosted by California Charter Schools Association Families, will include a march from Vaughn Next Century Learning Center at 9:30 a.m. to nearby Vaughn G3 (Green Global Generation) before a public program that will feature speeches from LA Unified school board member Monica Ratliff and Congressman Tony Cardenas. Board members Monica Garcia and Ref Rodriguez are also scheduled to be in attendance, as well as Assemblymember Raul Bocanegra and the four candidates running to replace Ratliff on the LA Unified board. Ratliff, who represents the East San Fernando Valley where the Vaughn schools are located, announced in June that she will be running for a seat on the Los Angeles City Council.
"Ratliff has proven herself to be a thoughtful, independent voice on the board and so results focused. She has been a model for what her community is looking for from a school board member," said Jason Mandell, spokesperson for the California Charter Schools Association.
The rally comes after a year of increased tension between LA Unified's charter supporters and traditional school supporters, as well as some more peaceful moves recently. In February, 23 charter operators sent a letter to the school board complaining about what they said was increased scrutiny of charter schools during the application and renewal process. Another point of conflict was an early draft of what became the Great Public Schools Now plan to fund successful school models at LA Unified. The early draft called for expanding charter schools to enroll half of all the district's students in eight years and was met with strong opposition, including from board President Steve Zimmer, but has since been amended to include magnets, district schools and other successful models.
Since taking office in January, Superintendent Michelle King has sought to ease tensions between charters and traditional supporters. Her efforts culminated in a "Promising Practices" forum in July that brought together charter leaders and traditional school leaders to share ideas and practices. At the forum, Zimmer gave a speech that was seen by many charter leaders as a call for détente when he said both sides should "work together" to make students' dreams come true.
Despite the forum, conflict still exists. The LA teachers union, UTLA, recently launched a media campaign that includes an anti-charter agenda and also announced a 10-point plan that includes a push to change state law to increase oversight of charters.
Aside from celebrating charter schools, the rally "will also call upon elected representatives in local and state government to support pro-charter policies, including the expansion of high-quality charters, better facilities for charter students, and an end to the politics and rhetoric challenging parents' right to choose the best public school for their children," according to a press release from California Charter Schools Association Families.


The Grey Coat Hospital is seeking to recruit exam invigilators for the examinations commencing mid May 2019.
A Leeds primary school are looking for a Nursery Teacher to start a maternity cover after Easter.
A Nursery Teacher with QTS is required for a good, 2 form entry Primary School in Central/ East London. Creativity & flair is a must!
The successful candidate must be able to use their own initiative and be able to manage a small cleaning team.


The men's and women's pro tours make six stops across the state during the next three months. The tournaments are all familiar but they're not all in the same places at the same times.
-- Virginia Slims of Florida, Feb. 16-22 (qualifying Saturday and Sunday), The Polo Club, Boca Raton -- The 56-draw women's tournament was played in Key Biscayne the past two years and at PGA National the two years before that. Hopefully, Slims will settle down at the plush new resort where Chris Evert Lloyd is the defending champion. Evert, the four-time defending champion, and Steffi Graf, last year's runner-up, are the top seeds.
-- The Lipton International Players Championships, Feb. 23-March 8 (qualifying Feb. 19-22), Key Biscayne -- The LIPC began at Laver's in Delray Beach, moved to Boca West last year and was supposed to go to Weston in Fort Lauderdale this year. Then Key Biscayne came along and offered Butch Buchholz a permanent home for his wandering tournament.
It's a long drive from Palm Beach but the reward is a galaxy of the top stars in tennis. John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors are the only name players who did not commit and either or both could sign up at the last minute. The LIPC falls two weeks later on the schedule this year because the Australian Open switched to January.
-- The Plymouth Women's Team Championships, March 12-14, the Marriott Marco Beach -- The big-money, eight-team doubles event stands alone. The Tournament of Champions, held in conjunction with the doubles last year, has been banished to Europe. Defending champions Martina Navratilova and Andrea Temesvari return.
-- The PaineWebber Classic, March 16-22, Grand Cypress Resort, Orlando -- The only Nabisco Grand Prix men's event in the state continues its journey, from Boca West to Sanibel Harbor (where it was played the past two years) to the beautiful Central Florida playground. Defending champion Ivan Lendl and Jimmy Connors are entered.
-- The Sunkist WITA Championships, April 13-19, Amelia Island -- Same tournament, same time, same place. Same lackluster field.
-- The Eckerd Florida Open, April 27-May 3, Bardmoor C.C., Largo -- The women's event moves from fall to spring, from cement to clay, to a new site, and gets a better field, headed by Chris Evert Lloyd.
-- It will be like old times Saturday when Chris Evert Lloyd takes the court with her sister Jeanne Evert Dubin, and childhood friends Laurie Fleming Rowley and Carrie Fleming Cromartie in a special exhibition doubles match following Evert's clinic at The Polo Club in Boca Raton.
Chris (32) and Laurie (31), the childhood rivals, will take on Jeanne (29) and Carrie (29). Laurie, Carrie and Jeanne were all national junior champions who joined Chris on the pro tour at one time before settling down, getting married and having children.
"Jeanne and I have been waiting a long time for this," Carrie said. "We've been practicing and we're really ready for the match."
The free clinic begins at 10:30 a.m.
-- Jimmy Connors turned down John McEnroe's offer to play doubles at the U.S. Indoors in Philadelphia this week. With his regular partner Peter Fleming unavailable, McEnroe asked Connors. But Connors, who rarely plays doubles, declined. USA is televising today's final at 1 p.m.
-- Vitas Gerulaitis, the new director of the International Tennis Resort in Delray Beach, wants to model his students after Bjorn Borg. "The problems with Americans are they all serve and volley and they can't play more than 30 minutes at a time," he said... Australian Open champion Stefan Edberg has climbed to No. 3 in the computer rankings behind Ivan Lendl and Boris Becker. Edberg is the fifth player in the Open Era to win back-to-back Australian Opens. Ken Rosewall (1971-72), Guillermo Vilas (1978-79), Johan Kriek (1981-82) and Mats Wilander (1984-85) have done it... Chris Evert Lloyd, Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver have been named to the U.S. team for the Federation Cup, July 27-Aug. 2 in Vancouver.


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Author: Christopher DeBacker, MD; Chief Editor: Hampton Roy, Sr, MD
Entropion is a malposition resulting in inversion of the eyelid margin.[1] The morbidity of entropion is a result of ocular surface irritation and damage. Successful management of entropion depends on appropriate classification and a procedural choice that adequately addresses the underlying abnormality.[1]
Involutional entropion. Note overriding orbicularis oculi muscle, eyelid margin entropion, and relative enophthalmos with deep superior sulcus.
The pathophysiology of entropion depends on the type of entropion seen and is discussed below.
Mortality/Morbidity
The primary morbidity is ocular surface irritation. Corneal abrasions and scars can occur.
Entropion has no sexual predilection.
Although all ages can be affected, entropion is seen primarily in older adults.
The first order of business when assessing the patient with entropion is to determine the etiology and place it into an appropriate classification.
Congenital entropion
Dysgenesis of the lower eyelid retractors may be present creating instability in the eyelid with consequent entropion, or a paucity of tissue may be present vertically in the posterior lamella of the eyelid. Structural defects in the tarsal plate also may result in a tarsal kink syndrome, with entropion in the upper eyelid.[1, 2]
Acute spastic entropion
Spastic closure of the eyelids allows the orbicularis oculi muscle to overwhelm the oppositional action of the lower eyelid retractors, resulting in an inturning of the eyelid margin and further irritation of the ocular surface from the inturned eyelashes. Most of these patients often have an involutional component as well.[1]
Involutional entropion
The patient may exhibit horizontal laxity of the medial and/or lateral canthal tendons.
The snap test is a useful diagnostic maneuver. The eyelid margin is pulled away from the globe, with poor resultant snap back to the globe surface. Make sure the patient does not blink the lid back. If entropion is suspected but not elicited when the patient is in an upright position, lay the patient in a supine position and have him or her squeeze the eyelids closed. This will often manifest the entropion by allowing the orbital soft tissues to settle posteriorly, allowing the eyelid to turn inward. Patients usually have an involution of the posterior eyelid retractors, with the eyelid inturning in much the same manner as with spastic entropion. Involution of the soft tissues of the orbit, particularly the orbital fat, may lead to involutional enophthalmos, which in turn can lead to unstable eyelid position with entropion.[1]
Cicatricial entropion
These patients usually will display scar tissue of the conjunctiva, usually a result of trauma, chemical burns, Stevens-Johnson syndrome, ocular cicatricial pemphigoid (OCP), infections, or local response to topical medication. Digital eversion of the eyelid margin is difficult in cases of cicatricial entropion, whereas it is quite easy in cases of involutional entropion. Examination of the tarsus and palpebral conjunctiva usually will point to the diagnosis in these cases.[1]
Left lower eyelid cicatricial entropion with lower eyelid retraction.
Entropion can be divided into the following classes: congenital, acute spastic, involutional, and cicatricial.[1]
Cicatricial entropion of upper eyelid. Note eyelid margin inversion.
Cicatricial entropion of the upper eyelid with eyelid everted. Note scar tissue involving tarsal conjunctiva.
The congenital form of entropion is very rare. It may arise due to a number of underlying developmental abnormalities, usually in the lower eyelid. Facial nerve paralysis in the pediatric population has been shown to be associated with lower lid entropion.[3]
Acute spastic entropion usually occurs as a result of ocular irritation, which may be due to infectious, inflammatory, or traumatic (eg, surgical) processes.
Involutional entropion usually is due to a constellation of problems.
Cicatricial entropion occurs as a result of scarification of the palpebral conjunctiva, with consequent inward rotation of the eyelid margin.
Other diagnostic considerations
Entropion must be distinguished from a number of other conditions that may simulate entropion.
Epiblepharon is a congenital condition in which the pretarsal orbicularis muscle and the skin covering the eyelid override the eyelid margin and push the eyelashes vertically or inwards. The eyelid margin in these cases actually is in a normal position. This condition most commonly is seen in the lower eyelids and is more common in Asians. Compared to congenital entropion, epiblepharon usually resolves spontaneously as the face matures.
Eyelid retraction also may simulate entropion in both the upper and lower eyelids. However, the eyelid margins in these cases display a normal apposition to the globe.
Trichiasis and distichiasis are conditions in which misdirected eyelashes are directed toward the globe. While trichiasis may coexist with entropion, particularly in cicatricial cases, it is a distinct entity and requires its own treatment approach.
Distichiasis
Trichiasis
Very few laboratory ancillary studies are required in the workup of entropion.
For patients with a cicatricial entropion picture in whom ocular cicatricial pemphigoid is suspected, an autoimmune process should be ruled out by testing for antibasement membrane antibodies on a section of conjunctiva obtained during a biopsy.
For patients with involutional entropion it is helpful to document exophthalmometry readings to determine if relative enophthalmos is present.
It is wise to examine the mouth of patients with cicatricial entropion, for the purpose of detecting oral mucus membrane lesions and also to verify the presence of adequate mucus membrane or hard palate if grafting procedures are required.
Medical therapy may be warranted for patients with entropion who decline surgery and as a temporizing maneuver in patients who may improve spontaneously.[4]
Ocular lubrication and tear preparations are helpful for protecting the ocular surface and also may break the cycle in patients with spastic entropion due to dry eye syndrome.
Eyelid hygiene, antibiotics, and corticosteroids are useful for the treatment of blepharitis, which may cause spastic entropion.
Small amounts of botulinum toxin (BOTOX®) (approximately 5 U) are quite effective for the treatment of spastic entropion by weakening the pretarsal orbicularis oculi muscle.
Patients with cicatricial entropion secondary to ocular cicatricial pemphigoid may benefit from systemic chemotherapy, usually dapsone.
Multiple surgical procedures have been described for the management of entropion.[5, 6, 7, 8] The procedure chosen must be appropriate for the class of entropion being treated.
Involutional entropion. Correction of entropion with eyelid retractor reattachment and lateral canthopexy.
The most common procedures utilized in the management are discussed below.[8]
Temporizing Quickert-Rathbun sutures
They are effective for many cases of spastic entropion, as well as for some cases of involutional entropion in which the patient refuses or is medically unable to undergo more definitive procedures.
Full-thickness eyelid sutures (usually gut suture) from the inferior fornix anteriorly toward the lashes are used to torque the eyelid margin away from the globe. Tissue reaction to the gut suture helps to create a cicatrix in the eyelid that maintains the eyelid in the everted position.
Repair of involutional entropion
This may require repair of the horizontal laxity via medial and/or lateral canthal tightening.
The vertical component is best repaired by vertically shortening or reattaching the lower eyelid retractors to the inferior border of the tarsus via a lower eyelid transcutaneous approach.
A small amount of the pretarsal orbicularis oculi can be resected concurrently to prevent further overriding of the tarsus.
Procedures for the repair of cicatricial entropion
They will depend on the degree of scarring and entropion, the etiology of the cicatricial changes, and the status of the tarsal plate.[9, 10]
Mild cases can be treated with a transverse blepharotomy with marginal rotation (Wies procedure).
More extensive scarring may require oral mucous membrane (eg, buccal mucosa) or cadaveric dermis (eg, Alloderm) grafts.
It is important that the inflammatory process is in a quiescent state in patients with OCP prior to any procedure that violates the conjunctiva. Any manipulation of the conjunctiva in these patients may cause a recurrence of inflammation with failure of the procedure.
Assess the status of the tarsal plate in all cases of cicatricial entropion. If it is distorted, place a facsimile of tarsus following excision of the distorted portions of the tarsal plate. Materials such as autologous tarsus, hard palate grafts, and chondromucosal grafts have been used successfully for this purpose.
Consultation with an internist or a hematologist is recommended for patients with OCP requiring immunosuppressive medications, as well as for systemic evaluation to rule out other autoimmune diseases.
Any surgical procedure can have immediate or delayed complications.
Immediate complications include hemorrhage, infection, wound dehiscence, graft failure (donor and recipient sites), corneal injury, and recurrence of the entropion, as well as consecutive ectropion.
Hemorrhage is treated with cauterization of the bleeding points, and infection is managed with antibiotics directed at culture-specific organisms.
Wound dehiscence may require immediate surgical repair if extensive or conservative management if mild.
Maintain grafts by stenting the grafted site for the purpose of graft immobilization.
Graft failure may require debridement with delayed re-operation.
Donor site complications, particularly bleeding, are managed with appropriate packing material.
Consecutive ectropion may occur and may respond to conservative observation during the healing period with late secondary repair.
Topical, local, and systemic medications may be useful in the management of various forms of entropion.
Ocular lubricants
Topical ocular lubricants may be necessary to increase patient comfort and to diminish abrasive conjunctivopathy and keratopathy.
Preservative-free artificial tears are preferred to avoid preservative-associated ocular reactions.
These medications have been shown to effectively diminish the autoinflammatory reaction associated with ocular cicatricial pemphigoid.
Dapsone (Avlosulfon)
Bactericidal and bacteriostatic against mycobacteria; mechanism of action is similar to that of sulfonamides where competitive antagonists of PABA prevent formation of folic acid, inhibiting bacterial growth.
Neuromuscular transmission blocking agents
Weakening or paralyzing the orbicularis muscle of the lower eyelid helps in preventing the inturning of the lower eyelid in cases of spastic and involutional entropion.
OnabotulinumtoxinA (BOTOX®)
Temporarily paralyzes the muscles by inhibiting acetylcholine release. Duration of effectiveness usually is 3-4 mo.
Christopher DeBacker, MD Clinical Professor, University of the Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine
Christopher DeBacker, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Robert M Dryden, MD, FACS Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arizona School of Medicine
Robert M Dryden, MD, FACS is a member of the following medical societies: Alpha Omega Alpha, American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery, American Academy of Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Phi Beta Kappa
Simon K Law, MD, PharmD Clinical Professor of Health Sciences, Department of Ophthalmology, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine
Simon K Law, MD, PharmD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, American Glaucoma Society
Hampton Roy, Sr, MD † Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Hampton Roy, Sr, MD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, Pan-American Association of Ophthalmology
Ron W Pelton, MD, PhD Private Practice, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Ron W Pelton, MD, PhD is a member of the following medical societies: American Academy of Ophthalmology, American College of Surgeons, AO Foundation, American Society of Ophthalmic Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Colorado Medical Society
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