Kinerase has long had a celebrity following. Dermatologists regard it highly as well. In fact, you will find it for sale in many of their offices. Kinerase products are formulated using a plant-based antioxidant called N6-furfuryladenine (kinetin).
Kinetin has been shown to stimulate skin cells deep down, which is believed to boost collagen and elastin in the skin to keep it plump and resilient. The brand stands out and ranks among the best because it has been designed for even the most sensitive skin types. Unlike most anti-aging brands, they do not use chemical exfoliants in their products. Kinerase works on the surface skin layers so it is non-irritating to those with tender skin. Those with sensitive skin wanting to prevent and correct aging will adore this line.
This brand is the newest of the bunch, but clearly deserves to be in the top 5. Those who are looking for natural skincare that delivers results will definitely want to try these products. Relevé is the only line to use wildcrafted or organic whole food ingredients in each and every product. There are no harmful toxins, chemical preservatives, or unnecessary fillers in any of their products and this is truly one of the most unique, research-based natural brands I have come across. While many natural skincare brands feel nice on the skin, they have a reputation for not containing the ingredients necessary to combat aging. This brand is different.
What is unique about this line is a special clay that they have exclusive rights to. This clay contains over 80 rare minerals, making it wonderful for detoxification and anti-aging. Relevé has quickly become the choice of many green beauty experts. While there are only a small number of products in the line, they offer facial skincare, body care, and a sunscreen that was ranked as the safest on the market by the EWG in 2012.
Clarins is a pioneer when it comes to using plant-based ingredients in skincare. They were the first line to use a team of botanists to study how specific plants contain anti-aging properties and their research over the decades has been top-notch. They also spend a great deal of time in the trial stage, conducting over 100 trials ensure what they are putting out is truly effective. Clarins stands out when it comes to spa body care products and sunless tanning gels and creams, but what experts love the most are their potent anti-aging facial products.
While Clarins is no longer the only brand on the market using plant-based ingredients, they are still the best because of their research. Of all of the department store skincare brands, Clarins definitely is the most cutting edge in terms of their science. Products rival high end formulas used by spas at a fraction of the cost.
Dr. Nicholas Perricone is a dermatologist who has used his expertise to craft a line of superior skincare products. His patented technologies set him apart from other dermatologist-created brands. He was the first to realize the impact of DMAE on the skin and his products feature the latest of potent ingredients such as neuropeptides and cold plasma.
Perricone MD products are highly concentrated and tend to show results in a shorter time frame than other brands. Dr. Perricone also has stressed the relationship between nutrition and aging for years, so he recommends that an anti-inflammatory diet be followed to produce maximum results with his products as part of a three-tiered program. For those who are looking for potent active ingredients and with a keen interest in diet and exercise, Perricone MD is worth the splurge.
It may seem odd to see a drugstore brand on this list since there are so many incredible brands on the market, but Olay is no longer just that little pink bottle of lotion our mothers and grandmothers used to use.
Olay's parent company, Procter & Gamble, has pumped millions of dollars into research and development to create affordable, yet effective, products. Their advisory panel includes leading dermatologists, molecular biologists and chemists who all have a hand in the impressive science behind Olay.
Olay has several different ranges within the line and their Regenerist and Pro-X products are well-suited for those on a budget looking for anti-aging skincare that will work as well as expensive products. You won't get fancy packaging or all the frills with Olay, but you will get a solid skincare line that delivers on its claims.


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Wisconsin Appeals Court Upholds Public's Right To Emails Under Open Records Law
Decision Involves Lawmaker Correspondence On Water, Land Issues
By Shamane Mills
Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 2:05pm
The Wisconsin Appeals Court has affirmed a lower-court decision regarding the state's open records law and whether requested information has to be given electronically when that's the format asked for.
Wednesday's decision upheld a Dane County Circuit Court ruling requiring Rep. Scott Krug, R-Nekoosa, to turn over emails requested by Bill Lueders, editor of The Progressive.
"Notably, Krug did not refuse to provide the e-mails to Lueders in electronic form on the ground that they were protected from disclosure on some legal basis. No such reason was suggested. Rather, Krug effectively indicated that the paper printouts were 'good enough' to satisfy Lueders' second, enhanced open records request. They were not," Appeals Court Judge Mark Gundrum wrote in the decision, which was unanimous.
In 2016, Lueders asked Krug for all citizen correspondence related to four bills pertaining to groundwater, the stewardship fund, water rights and state parks. Paper printouts of emails were provided. Lueders subsequently asked for the emails in electronic form and sued when he didn't get them.
Dane County Judge Rhonda Lanford decided against Krug and he appealed unsuccessfully.
A paper record is not the same as an electronic record which contains additional information like when the email was sent and by whom, said Lueders, who is president of the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council.
"Our (state's) records law which was written in the early 80s does make specific reference to electronic records but I don't think it anticipated the extent to which electronic records would be the norm. That's certainly the world we live in today. And this establishes that citizens are entitled to records in that primal form," Lueders said.
Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, a conservative law firm, filed a friend-of-the-court brief when the case was appealed and the group said it was pleased with the court's decision Wednesday.
"Public officials must stop playing games with record requests. Copying an electronic file onto a flash drive or sending it via email is cheap and easy, and there is no reason to waste time and taxpayer resources printing out emails one at a time. We're pleased the court of appeals agrees and we hope Rep. Krug accepts the decision and doesn't continue fighting a hopeless battle," Tom Kamenick, deputy counsel at WILL, said in a statement.
Last year, WILL announced a settlement with another lawmaker over a similar issue. The group sued Rep. Jonathan Brostoff, D-Milwaukee, over not releasing electronic records regarding occupational licensing reform. The case was later settled.
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House of Worship Solar Electric Installation Project Profile
The Congregation wanted to go solar for a few years for all the right reasons, and a new financing option introduced by SolarCraft that is very favorable to non-profits gave them a financial incentive as well. Essentially, the financing payments for the solar power are less than paying PG&E each month.
Designed and built by SolarCraft, the North Bay Synagogue's system will reduce their carbon footprint while saving thousands in utility costs in the years to come.
The solar photovoltaic system is ground mounted on a hillside below the building and consists of 104 SunPower high-efficiency solar panels spanning nearly 2,180 square feet. The system's solar panels convert sunlight directly into electricity and is expected to generate approximately 56,100 kilowatt hours of energy annually, reducing their PG&E bills by 90% and providing clean energy to the Synagogue.
The system's solar electric panels allow the Congregation to generate enough electricity each day to power 17 average homes. It will spare the air nearly 25 tons of harmful greenhouse gases annually. Over 30 years, the air pollution saved will be equivalent to eliminating over 1.4 million miles of driving.
Shomrei Torah was founded in 1974 by a group of eleven Sonoma County families. The name they chose for their new congregation translates as "Keepers of Torah" in honor of our Holocaust Torah, which was rescued from Strakonitz, Czechoslovakia, and is on permanent loan from a foundation in Westminster, England. Today, the 450 member households of Shomrei Torah comprise the largest Jewish congregation in Sonoma County, and the fastest-growing congregation in the North Bay.
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Scout's Take: A Tale of Two Games
Written By: William Coppola
Is it possible that we just saw two different games last night between the Yankees and Red Sox?
Game one saw Chris Sale dominate a powerful Yankee team. With a clever mix of 96 to 98 mph heaters, occasional 78 mph curve and nasty change ups and sliders that looked like they were being thrown from first base. His Randy Johnson type of intimidating snarl and deceptive delivery was too much to have to deal with. A walk or weak single was just not going to get it done for the Bombers having to face this monster.
On the other side, J.A. Happ, who has had success verses the Sox having a 3-1 record and 1.94 ERA over the past 2 years, had trouble getting out of the first inning. A single, a walk and a pitch down and in to J.D. Martinez for a three run homer over the Green Monster and just like that, the game was over. I mean the way Sale was mowing down the Yankee order, it was see you tomorrow in game 2.
Then with Red Sox nation laughing and chanting their best derogatory Yankee put downs, things began to unravel for the hometown "bean eaters." When Sale put two runners on with one out in the 6th inning he hit his magic number of 93 pitches. You know, when a pitcher's arm will fall off if he attempts just one more. So after a dominating night where he scattered 5 hits with 8 strikeouts over 5.1 innings, the monster was gone.
Enter the achilles heel, the weak link, the chink in the armor of these 108 win Red Sox, the bullpen. So now game two of game one begins. Sale was replaced by Ryan Brasier who faced Luke Voit. The rookie hit the first pitch he saw for a run scoring single and you could see the Sox fans begin to get a little edgy in their seats. Voit is my pick to be the difference maker for the Yankees this post season.
The Yankees were able peck away over the next 3 innings to get it to 5-3. Then in the 9th, after an Aaron Judge home run to lead off the inning made it a 5-4 game with none out and the meat of the order coming up, things looked scary for the Sox fans. The only possible problem here would be Brett Gardner who had to replace Aaron Hicks in the in the 4th inning after he led off with a hard single to right and had to leave the game with a hamstring injury. Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel struck out the next three batters including Giancarlo Stanton who fanned for the 4th time in the game. Stanton needs to stop looking at three pitches down the middle of the plate once in a while if the Yanks are going to move on in the playoffs. The Yankee slugger left five men on base last night
The Red Sox can be beat but in a five game series but being down one game to none leaves little room for lackluster performances. Once the Sox bullpen was exposed the Yankees took advantage of that but they need Stanton to dominate in the box like Sale did on the mound or this series is over soon.
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As soon as you board the plane, pretend it's whatever time it actually is at your destination. In other words, if you board the plane at 7 pm in New York and you're headed for London where it's 1 am, pull down your window shade or wear dark glasses and, if possible, go to sleep. If you board a plane late at night and it's already daylight at your destination, force yourself to stay awake during the flight. Making believe that you're already in the new time zone at the very start of your trip should help you acclimate more quickly. This seems like common sense, but it takes some discipline and clock watching to get the timing right.


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Kitchener maps its urban forest
People can zoom in on individual trees on their street
By Catherine ThompsonRecord Reporter
Tue., April 11, 2017timer3 min. read
KITCHENER — The hundreds of thousands of trees in the City of Kitchener are an asset, just like the sewer pipes and the street lights.
They provide enormous benefits, including protecting the water supply, improving air quality, reducing noise, cooling the air and, of course, creating a more beautiful city, said David Schmitt, who is heading the city's urban forest project.
But unlike roads and water pipes, people have strong emotional connections to the city's trees, he said. At community tree plantings, families will often mark a tree they've planted, with a circle of stones or in some other way, so that they can come back and visit the tree later and see how it's doing.
Trees are long-term assets that don't yield maximum benefits until 40 years or more after they're planted. So it's not enough to simply plant trees and hope for the best. The city must nurture its trees to ensure they survive, thrive and reach their full growth.
People often assume that trees, being natural, can thrive without human intervention, Schmitt said. But cities aren't natural environments, and urban trees need more care and attention.
Kitchener is working on a strategy to better manage the urban forest. Starting at the end of April, the city will seek public input on the strategy. Teams will be out at public events, as well as at parks and trails over the summer and fall. The aim is to increase understanding about the value of the city's trees, and hear from people about what the tree strategy should include, Schmitt said.
The city has posted a couple of maps on its website at kitchener.ca/trees to help encourage that conversation. One map allows people to explore the trees in their own neighbourhood, or in any part of the city, allowing a viewer to click on one of the thousands of trees on city land, and find out what species it is and how big it is.
In June, the map will go interactive, and people will be able to pin specific trees on the map and share stories about a favourite tree or spot.
There's also a map of the city's tree canopy that was developed using high-resolution LIDAR, a technology similar to radar that uses laser pulses. The city paid a lab at the University of Vermont $12,000 to map out Kitchener's tree cover in such detail that individual trees as small as two metres high could be identified.
The new map reveals that the tree canopy covers about 26 per cent of Kitchener. That's more than Brampton, Vaughan or York Region, but less than Toronto, Aurora or Oakville.
"The presence of the forest is pretty significant across the city," Schmitt said.
But the map also makes it clear that the canopy varies widely across the city. The most heavily treed parts of the city are in older, downtown neighbourhoods and in the south of the city, where there are more natural areas. The most recently developed areas in the west of the city have the fewest trees with just 16 to 20 per cent tree cover.
The map could help pinpoint where it makes most sense to concentrate tree planting efforts, and will also be a resource to see how the city's forest does over time. Schmitt warns that the forest cover will likely shrink a bit as the toll of emerald ash borer, the invasive beetle that has devastated ash trees, plays out.
Because just 44 per cent of Kitchener's trees are on city property, a key part of the city's tree strategy is to work with private landowners on how best to manage the urban forest.
With so many trees in private hands, Kitchener can't maintain the urban forest on its own. "The city can only do so much. That's why the community has to be involved and engaged," Schmitt said.
Kitchener tree facts
•Less than half — 44 per cent — of all the trees in Kitchener are on city property, including city boulevards, parks, cemeteries and golf courses.
•Kitchener streets are lined with 46,578 trees, 43 per cent of which are maples.
•City parks have 15,847 trees.
•The city's 169 natural areas, which cover 1,036 hectares, provide large zones of tree cover; thermal maps have shown the city is cooler near natural areas and where trees are plentiful.


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Home | Llanllechid Tourist Information and pictures of Llanllechid, Gwynedd, Wales.
In the foothills of the Snowdonia Mountains in North Wales, sits the village of Llanllechid. The village sits 2 kilometres north of Bethesda and south of the coastal city of Bangor, in the county of Gwynedd. The Afon y Llan flows through the village before joining the Ogwen River on its way to the Irish Sea at Aber Ogwen, west of Port Penrhyn. A section of the North Wales Cycle Route cuts through Llanllechid and a network of walks lead out from the village toward the Ffrancon Pass and the foothills of the Carneddau, including Moel Fabon (408m) and Gyrn (542m).
The North Wales Coastal Path is just over 1km north of the village. There are several ancient settlements close to Llanllechid and a leisure centre 1.5 km south of the village between Llanllechid and Bethesda.
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Posebni rezervat, vrsta zaštićenog područja. Jedna je od devet vrsta zaštićenih područja u Hrvatskoj. Namjena mu je očuvanje radi svoje jedinstvenosti, rijetkosti ili reprezentativnosti, a osobitog je znanstvenog značenja. Razina upravljanja je državna, županijska, općinska i gradska. Proglašava ga Vlada RH.

Posebni rezervat je područje kopna i/ili mora od osobitog značenja zbog jedinstvenih, rijetkih ili reprezentativnih prirodnih vrijednosti, ili je ugroženo stanište ili stanište ugrožene divlje vrste, a prvenstveno je namijenjen očuvanju tih vrijednosti. U njemu nisu dopušteni zahvati i djelatnosti koje mogu narušiti svojstva zbog kojih je proglašen. Dopušteni su zahvati i djelatnosti kojima se održavaju ili poboljšavaju uvjeti važni za očuvanje svojstava zbog kojih je proglašen rezervatom.

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Have you worked on a project but still owed money? Is the amount $5,000 or less? Take them to small claims court!
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Most people go to the gym to achieve physical fitness goals such as weight loss, muscle tone or increased endurance. But regularly working out at the gym can provide excellent emotional benefits, too. According to Harvard Medical School, regular fitness activity can improve your mood while reducing stress and anxiety, and helping you fight symptoms of depression.
If you've had a particularly stressful day, a half-hour walk at the gym track or on the treadmill can provide the emotional lift and stress reduction you need, according to the Mayo Clinic. But those who experience occasional bad moods or a downturn in their emotional state aren't the only ones who can benefit from regular trips to the gym. The Mayo Clinic finds that regular exercise could make a big difference for some people by helping to ease symptoms of anxiety and depression.
As you begin your workout, your brain's neurotransmitters -- one of its chemical messengers -- connect memory with muscle to get you moving, according to the Franklin Institute. The feelings of satisfaction and accomplishment you experience during your workout stimulate the pleasure center of your brain and lift your mood. At the same time, the stress hormones cortisol and adrenaline are reduced as endorphins are released, finds Harvard Medical Center. This combination of activity helps decrease stress levels, while increasing feelings of happiness, calmness and pleasure.
Consistent workouts at the gym will eventually help you achieve your fitness goals. When you look in the mirror and see a thinner or more muscular body staring back at you, you'll gain improvements in self-esteem and self-confidence. Additionally, time spent exercising with other people in an aerobics class provides you with a social environment where you can reap the emotional benefits gained through the camaraderie you develop with other classmates.
To reap emotional benefits from going to the gym regularly, you should exercise at least 30 minutes most days of the week, according to Kansas State University. If you find it difficult to find a half-hour block of free time, you can reap the same benefits by exercising in 10-minute spurts. Vary your exercise and engage in workouts that are fun; the Mayo Clinic finds that those who enjoy working out tend to stick with it longer.


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Kareena Kapoor Khan opened up about these rumors
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Jab we met actress Kareena Kapoor Khan is all set to feature in Aamir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha. She has been busy promoting her upcoming film on numerous TV reality shows and on social media. Laal Singh Chaddha is a remake of the popular Tom Hanks film, Forrest Gump. In one of her latest interviews, Kareena finally broke her silence on being offered the role of Sita in the much-talked Hindu Mythology film Ramayana. Reportedly, she was offered a whopping Rs 12 crore for the same. And now, Kareena Kapoor Khan opened up about this gossip.
Kareena Kapoor and Rs 12 crore
Kareena Kapoor Khan has always been in limelight and once again she is in the headlines. Back then the rumors surfaced of Bebo being offered the role of Sita and a whopping amount of Rs 12 crore being offered as a payment to the actress, she was called out.
Kareena faced backlash for charging such a hefty amount for a film. Well, there were also conversations about gender-based pay disparity in the country. And now, the Laal Singh Chaddha actress has finally opened up on the same. In conversation with India Today, Kareena expressed her shock at the rumors. She said that she has no clue about how these rumors started.
Actress breaks silence
The glamorous diva said that she didn't give any explanation because she wasn't even approached with the role of Sita, as claimed by reports. Khan was never offered the film. She further said that she has no clue why she was dragged into it all as she was not even considered for the role. She called them all made up and said
" I don't know from where it came,".
Last year Kareena Kapoor Khan was termed as 'greedy' for charging Rs 12 crore for the role of Sita.
She told a portal that she thinks that respect should be given
"I make it quite clear what I want and I think that respect should be given. It's not about being demanding, it's about being respectful towards women. And I think things are kind of changing,"
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M. Polo Earns Win, Women Drop Two
The men's and women's polo each took on their Yale counterparts this past Friday, although the Red squads returned home with different results, as the women fell to the Bulldogs, 14-8, while the men's team came away with a 29-8 victory. The women suffered an additional, 20-11, defeat at the hands of Maryland on Saturday.
After being absent from competition for over a month, the women's polo team did not waste any time easing into its spring schedule. The Red faced two formidable foes this weekend, starting with an away match at Yale Friday night and Maryland at home on Saturday.
In New Haven, Conn., the women's team came together for its first match since getting juniors Ariel Katz and Julie Nicholson back after spending last semester abroad. Head coach Dave Eldredge '81 knew heading into the match that Yale's strength could cause problems for the Red.
"I knew we would see some problems on our side from not being gelled yet. Stamina was an issue. Also, we always have had teams go there and struggle since the surface is much deeper than what we are used to," Eldredge said.
The Red's preparation paid off, as the starting three – Katz, Nicholson, and junior Monica Ganley, – jumped out to a 4-1 lead after the first chukker. However, as Eldredge pointed out, the conditioning of the Red's athletes became apparent as the Bulldogs kicked the pace of the match into a higher gear and Cornell began to fall apart. At the half, the Red still held the lead, 6-4, but the momentum had shifted for the long haul.
To start the third chukker, Eldredge replaced Ganley with senior Morgan O'Brien.
"Monica [Ganley] and Morgan [O'Brien] were the two standouts from the fall. They both did quite well and now I am just still seeing who will rise to the top," Eldredge said.
However, the move was not able to recharge the Red, as Yale came out of the gates after the half even stronger. By the end of the third chukker, Yale had taken the lead, 9-7, and cruised through the fourth chukker to ultimately win by a 14-8 margin.
Despite suffering this tough loss, the women had little time to ponder on it and even less time to rest. After traveling over the night, the Red met Maryland in its familiar home turf, the Oxley Equestrian Center, for a grueling exhibition match.
Unlike the Yale game, this time the Red was slow starting and the Terrapins had no problem clicking from the get-go. After falling behind, 5-1, the Red was able to close the gap to 5-3 by the end of the first chukker.
"This was a good test at home. Maryland is a very solid team although they aren't competing in the Collegiate Circuit. They are much more physical than we are, which is something we will have to improve on," Eldredge said.
The hardnosed play wore out an already tired Cornell team. Maryland was having no problems finishing its charges while the Red struggled to keep a burst of momentum going. After Ganley substituted in for O'Brien in the third, the Red put together what Eldregde considered a very well-played chukker. However, in the end, the Red was lacking defensively, suffering a 20-11 loss.
"I was hopeful coming out of this weekend. As the girls got more used to each other, finishing around the goals will come together. And on defense, when the girls are more comfortable together, we won't see so much over compensating." Eldredge said.
The men's team traveled to Yale Saturday and had no trouble beating the Bulldogs for the second time this season. After Bobby Harvey strained his back in practice this past week, Eldredge decided it would be best to rest him for next week's match. Thus, the Red sent junior Stan Feldman, sophomore Dan Crespo, and seniors Will Yang and Jared Ravich – giving sophomore Brian Fairclough the weekend off.
The men's team didn't miss a step, handily beating the Bulldogs, 29-8.
Archived article by Roman Barinas
Fencers Earn Four Wins At Wellesley Invitational
Coule, ballestra coupe, plaque, croise. The women's fencing team pulled out every attacking trick to thoroughly dominate this past weekend at the Wellesley Fencing Invitational in Wellesely, Mass.
Coming off a weekend where the team finished 3-4 against stiff competition, including No. 9 Penn and No. 7 Northwestern, the Red came out last Saturday confident, and dusted off Vassar and Hunter, while earning convincing victories over Wellesley and Tufts. The wins gave the Red six wins in its last seven matches, moving the team to 7-4 overall.
"We just weren't nervous anymore," said sophomore epeeist Erica Waichman. "Last week was our first match and we played tight. After some good work in practice, though, I felt both emotionally, and physically stronger."
What it really boiled down to, according to freshman standout Alex Heiss, was that most of the teams this past weekend "weren't as competitive" as Cornell's previous opponents, as noted by scores of 26-1 and 23-4 in their routes over Vassar and Hunter, respectively. Heiss led the sabre team to records of 9-0 in each blowout.
"Still, we fenced our hardest," she said. "It was important that we thought touch by touch and continue to think that way. Personally, I didn't do as well as last week, so I will work on landing a longer attack
Colgate Takes Two at Home, Leads ECACHL
In the ECACHL, only 10 points separate the top team and Clarkson, Rensselaer, and Union, who are all in a seventh-place tie. Yet, what really shows the competitiveness of the league is the fact that the 10th-place team, Princeton, swept a weekend against Colgate and Cornell two weekends ago. This past weekend, conference action really heated up, as Quinnipiac was the only team to play a non-conference slate. Lynah Rink was one of seven rinks where ECACHL squads skated this past weekend, as the No. 5 Red (14-4-3, 9-3-2 ECACHL) took down Brown (3-13-5, 2-9-3), 4-3, on Friday night, and tied Yale (7-11-3, 6-7-2), on Saturday evening. Here's a recap of what happened at the other six rinks:
Clarkson 3, St. Lawrence 2
The Saints (15-10-1, 9-5-0) got a late third-period goal from T.J. Trevelyan to make the score 2-2, but it was not enough, as the Golden Knights' (13-11-2, 6-7-1) Shea Guthrie netted the game-winner at the 8:10 mark to seal the win at Clarkson's Cheel Arena. The game was the first in the home-and-home weekend series between the two rivals.
Colgate 2, Yale 1 O.T.
Before skating to a tie with the Red the next night, the Bulldogs stormed into Colgate's Starr Rink, battling the Raiders to the bitter end before succumbing to an overtime goal by Jon Smyth. The goalies stole the show in this matchup, as Yale's Alec Richards made 36 stops, while his counterpart, Colgate's Mark Dekanich, recorded 25 saves.
Dartmouth 5, Union 1
Much like its Nov. 12 win over the Red, the Green (10-10-1, 8-5-1), dismantled Union (12-11-5, 5-6-3), 5-1, prompting Dutchmen head coach Nate Leaman to pull starting goaltender Kris Mayotte, just as Cornell head coach Mike Schafer '86 did with junior David McKee during Dartmouth's 6-1 drubbing of the Red. Nick Johnson and David Jones, who each tallied a goal and an assist, led the Green in the convincing win.
Harvard 3, Rensselaer 1
The Crimson's Bright Hockey Center was good to the Engineers (11-13-3, 5-6-3) for two periods, as they led 1-0 going into the final frame. Yet, Harvard (11-8-2, 8-7-1) got goals from Steve Mandes, Dan Murphy and Charlie Johnson before the midway point in the third period to seal the win.
Niagara 4, Quinnipiac 3
The day's only non-conference game was also the only game in which the home team fell. Quinnipiac (13-14-0, 4-11-0), playing at the Northford Ice Pavillion, got three second-period goals to take a one-goal lead into the third period. But Niagara's Tim Madsen and Les Reaney notched the game-tying and game-winning goals, respectively, to upend the Bobcats. Purple Eagle goaltender Scott Mollison made 35 stops on the night for the win.
St. Lawrence 5, Clarkson 4
The Saints returned the favor to the Golden Knights at their home Appleton Arena after going down 3-1 in the first period. Trevelyan, who notched a pair of goals and an assist, led St. Lawrence on the offensive end. Despite giving up the three early goals, Saints goalie Justin Pesony settled down, allowing just a late goal on a 4-on-4 situation, and finished with 28 stops.
Colgate 5, Brown 2
After a heartbreaking loss to the Red the night before, the Bears became the second victim of the weekend at Starr Rink. The ECACHL-leading Raiders jumped all over Brown, as Ben Camper, Tyler Burton and Kyle Wilson all recorded scores in a three-goal run to start the game. Burton led the squad with a pair of tallies. Brown goalie Adam D'Alba was yanked from net after allowing all five Colgate goals.
Union 2, Harvard 1
Torren Delforte put home the game-winner at 9:18 in the second period, as the Dutchmen earned a road weekend split with the win at Bright Hockey Center. Delforte also recorded an assist on Union's first score. Mayotte shook off his rust from the night before, stopping 26 shots, including 12 during the third period to preserve the one-goal lead.
Dartmouth 6, Rensselaer 3
The Green continued its scoring raid on its home ice at Thompson Arena, behind two goals from Kevin Swallow. The game not only gave Dartmouth a weekend sweep, it also marked the second time in as many nights that the opposing goalie was pulled, as Mathias Lange sat down in favor of Jordan Alford after allowing the first five goals of the game.
Quinnipiac 5, Niagara 2
The Bobcats earned revenge from the previous night's loss, attacking the Purple Eagles early and often in the non-conference contest. In the first period, Quinnipiac out-shot Niagara 20-2, resulting in an early 2-0 lead. The shots never let up, as the Bobcats peppered the Purple Eagle net with 54 shots on the night.
Archived article by Chris MascaroSun Sports Editor


Yesterday Summer was kind enough to come to visit one last time, and I spent a few hours in the afternoon lounging by the pool. I even dragged the hubby out with me, and he mixed us 2 gin and tonics. The G&T was my summer drink this year, since my new SodaStream made mixing one up a breeze. I had lots of other things I should have been doing instead, but I just couldn't resist having one last slice of the season. I know as soon as September hits, it starts to feel like fall. But I'm never quite ready to let go, so I hold on to every last bit of summer as long as I can. Here in Canada, we really treasure the warm months.
The hubby and I had a dip in the pool, knowing that with the year's cool temperatures it would be one of our last ones. And I read a book Olivia chose as one of my summer reads. Pretty chill.
It's already much cooler today, and I know fall is just around the corner. So before I charge full steam ahead, I thought it might be nice to recap a little. Here's a little slice of life from our summer.
And a few too many break-the-rules breakfasts.
Olivia closed the book on high school, and her sister made a crazy fondant cake to celebrate.
We took one Crazy Awesome Sister Road Trip to New York.
We worked on some decorating projects.
Isabel went a little overboard on the crazy nails.
And we roasted a few meals on a fire.
How about you? Are you in fall mode yet? What did you do this summer? Does it already feel like ancient history?
Yes! Yes! Yes! We did this this summer too. We did the DIY Tie Dye and mu kids loved it!
Awesome! Such a fun thing to do with kids. I'd love to see some pictures!
Fabulous photos of summer memories. And that pool is definitely very "Miami"! Gorgeous!!
I love G&Ts. My mum introduced me to them when I first reach drinking age (which is 14, in the home and with an adult, in the UK). After that, they became my drink of choice! Amazing.
Did you know that no gin is made the same? If you have the opportunity, buy Bombay Sapphire. My mother in law bought us some from the states but accidentally picked up the 'Thai' version. It's gin with lemongrass, which is truly summery.
I promise, I'm not commissioned to talk about gin…although I totally wish I was.
Glad you enjoyed a truly British drink over the summer.


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Businesses still in "survival mode" as Chinatown International District small business relief fund raises over $750,000
Chetanya Robinson
Artists painted murals throughout the CID. Photos by Auriza Ugalino.
In mid-March, before Gov. Jay Inslee's order to close businesses to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, restaurants in the CID already needed help. "They were the ones that were hit the most, just because of the anti-Asian sentiment, and then people not really wanting to go out," said Jamie Lee, director of community initiatives for the Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Authority (SCIDpda).
SCIDpda, the Chinatown International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA), and Friends of Little Saigon banded together to form a relief fund for small businesses. After an early donation of $100,000 from Vulcan, Lee thought "it would be cute if we could raise, like, another ten [thousand]."
Ten thousand poured in in the first few days. Soon, larger companies started noticing and offering big chunks of money. Employees at large companies donated with employer matches — for example, a group called "Asians at Google" raised $15,000 for the fund this way.
One day, the fund received an email offering $250,000 dollars in Amazon stock. Lee and the other coordinators thought it was a scam at first — but it wasn't.
The CID Restaurant and Small Business Fund has now raised over $750,000 dollars from 1,500 individual donors, and helped 165 businesses in the neighborhood. The fund has released three rounds of grants, providing businesses between $1,500 and $5,000 since the start of the pandemic. It has also helped secure another $700,000 in COVID-19 related grants, including doing outreach, translating and helping businesses apply.
But with the coronavirus surging once again, restaurants and other businesses are still figuring out how to survive — and the fund is still seeking donations. Last month, Maneki, Seattle's oldest Sushi restaurant, launched a GoFundMe to help the business stay open.
Getting cash in the hands of small businesses was a priority for the first round of grants, especially after restaurants closed in-person dining to comply with the first stay-at-home order. "We just wanted to give them cash to cover whatever expenses they might need," said Lee. The cash infusion helped restaurants make payroll. It has since helped businesses pay for rent, business loans, utilities, and to buy products and ingredients, allowing them to offer a consistent menu.
"It's not going to ultimately save a business who's on the brink of closure, but it's definitely keeping people hanging on,"' said Valerie Tran, operations director for Friends of Little Saigon.
One story that stays with Tran: While helping a customer one day, the owner of Mi La Cay restaurant in Little Saigon suddenly broke down in tears over how difficult things had been. The customer wrote a post in the Support the ID Facebook group (which has since been archived, and is no longer active). SCIDpda wrote a feature piece on the business and shared it on social media, and suddenly business exploded.
SCIDpda has been sharing stories from businesses that have been helped by the fund throughout its existence — they can be read here.
In the course of awarding grants, a few businesses were doing well enough that they turned down the grant money, so it would go to businesses in need. "This, to me, just kind of shows the sense of community that we have in the neighborhood," said Lee.
With King County in Phase 2 of re-opening, businesses seem to be in "survival mode," Lee said. They may have adapted to takeout, but some businesses are still concerned about the liveliness of the neighborhood.
Tran and Lee hope the spike in enthusiasm to help the neighborhood at the beginning of the pandemic will continue. Donations for the fund are trickling in, but may have slowed a bit.
"There's a lot of fatigue out there," Tran said. "I don't know how that's going to change over time, but that ultimately will affect businesses."
And when the time eventually comes to transition to Phase 4 and full recovery, it will be a challenging process, Lee said. "It's not like we have an expert to go talk to to be like, 'When you were re-opening a business district after a global pandemic, what did you do?'"
In the fall, the coordinators of the fund will evaluate whether to start more active fundraising for businesses. For now, there is a "rainy day fund" set aside from extra donations. After all, a resurgence in the virus is expected in the fall.
A worst-case scenario at the start of the pandemic was that small businesses in the CID would have to close, Lee and Tran said. As of yet, this has been averted. No CID businesses have closed permanently as a result of the pandemic.
Donors can donate and find information about the fund at bit.ly/cidbizrelief.
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Trademarks in the bakery: let the batter begin!
Home Blogs Trademarks in the bakery: let the batter begin!
We have become a nation obsessed by cake. Cake is not, as we once thought, a treat reserved for birthdays and special occasions. You can barely order a cup of coffee without having your arm twisted into buying some form of patisserie.
Cupcake stores, tea houses and dare I say it 'bakers' are popping up on high streets everywhere and you only need to switch on the television to see Mary Berry and her grumpy sidekick talking about "soggy bottoms" and "even crumb texture". Don't let me get started on "buttery biscuit bases"!
After all of this it is likely that you will be suffering cake fatigue, (or it may just be the result of a horrible post-cake sugar comedown). Victoria Sponge? Boring. Lemon Drizzle? No thanks. You are looking for something innovative, new and exciting. It should be like a cake, but not a cake. Maybe more like a muffin and maybe just a little bit like a doughnut, hang on…what if we made a doughnut that was also a muffin?
It was probably a similar conversation that occurred in the Starbucks Baked Goods Product Development brainstorming session shortly before the conception of the 'Duffin'. Half doughnut, half muffin, the birth of the Duffin was a happy time for all, not least for the factory suppliers to Starbucks (Rich Products) who skipped straight down to the Intellectual Property Office and registered "Duffin" as a trademark.
A glorious new cake-come-fried dough concoction had been created and everyone was patting Starbucks on the back for being so great and making our wildest cake fantasies a reality. Everyone except for Bea, owner of the boutique tea house "Bea's of Bloomsbury", who took to the social media platform Twitter to start #DuffinGate and make her feelings known about Starbucks' latest creation. It turns out, that Starbucks was pretty late to the 'doughnut masquerading as a muffin' party. So late that it had totally missed the fact that Bea had been baking and selling Duffins for years, the recipe for which sat in her widely-sold 'Tea with Bea' recipe book published in 2011.
Bea is naturally concerned for the future of her Duffins. Will Starbucks assert its right to prevent her from selling them? Must she cease and desist from selling Duffins? Starbucks has responded by way of a public statement and said that it won't stop Bea from selling her wares, however it seems that Bea is on the lookout for a trademark lawyer to help her fight Starbucks on this. Whether this is just "Duff talk" on Bea's part or she actually plans to pursue Starbucks remains to be seen.
Registered trademarks can be challenged and if the opposition is successful, the registration may be cancelled. Bea does, to some extent, have the common law on her side. Even without a registered trademark the owner of goodwill in an unregistered mark can sue for "passing off".
Watch this space, it could get messy!


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The childhood-onset neuropsychiatric background to adulthood psychopathic traits and personality disorders
Anckarsäter, Henrik LU ; Nilsson, Thomas LU ; Sjodin, Anna-Kari ; Carlstedt, Anita and Forsman, Anders (2005) In Comprehensive Psychiatry 46(2). p.111-116
Childhood conduct disorder (CD) and adult psychopathic traits according to the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) were the closest psychiatric covariates to repeated violent crimes and aggression among offenders under forensic psychiatric investigation in Sweden. As psychopathy is not included in the present psychiatric diagnostic systems, we compared total and factor PCL-R scores to Axis I disorders, including childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders, and to Axis II personality disorders, to establish the convergence of psychopathic traits with other psychiatric diagnoses, and to identify possible unique features. Psychopathic traits were positively correlated with bipolar mood disorder and negatively with unipolar depression. The... (More)
Childhood conduct disorder (CD) and adult psychopathic traits according to the Psychopathy Checklist Revised (PCL-R) were the closest psychiatric covariates to repeated violent crimes and aggression among offenders under forensic psychiatric investigation in Sweden. As psychopathy is not included in the present psychiatric diagnostic systems, we compared total and factor PCL-R scores to Axis I disorders, including childhood-onset neuropsychiatric disorders, and to Axis II personality disorders, to establish the convergence of psychopathic traits with other psychiatric diagnoses, and to identify possible unique features. Psychopathic traits were positively correlated with bipolar mood disorder and negatively with unipolar depression. The total PCL-R scores as well as the Factor 2 (unemotionality) and Factor 3 (behavioral dyscontrol) scores were significantly correlated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, Asperger's syndrome/high-functioning autistic traits, CD, substance abuse, and the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition Cluster B personality disorders. The interpersonal Factor 1 showed none of these correlations and may capture features that are specific to psychopathy, distinguishing core psychopathy from other diagnostic definitions. (Less)
Anckarsäter, Henrik LU ; Nilsson, Thomas LU ; Sjodin, Anna-Kari ; Carlstedt, Anita and Forsman, Anders
Forensic Psychiatry, Malmö (research group)
Comprehensive Psychiatry
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Hurricane Dorian: What We Know as Storm Approaches Florida
Further strengthening is likely Friday, and Dorian could eventually become a Category 4 storm
By Michael Page	• Published on August 30, 2019 at 11:07 am
All eyes remain on Hurricane Dorian, as it continues to strengthen over warm Atlantic waters. Here's the latest on the storm:
What's new as of Friday
The storm is a Category 3 hurricane with sustained winds nearing 115 mph, as of the 2 p.m. National Weather Service advisory on Friday. Those strong winds are in a very small area though, with hurricane force winds expanding just 25 miles out from the center of the storm.
Further strengthening is likely today, and by afternoon or tonight the storm may be a major Category 3 storm.
What's next: A turn left
As Dorian becomes stronger, potentially becoming a Category 4 storm, an area of high pressure over the Atlantic will send it west towards Florida. We know this will happen. We also know that the storm will slow to a crawl as it approaches the Sunshine State this weekend.
Outer bands from the storm will arrive Sunday, with the worst weather then continuing into Monday and Tuesday. That's when a potential landfall would be most likely along the state's East Coast, particularly from the Space Coast, around Cape Canaveral and down to Miami.
Biggest question: A turn north
The biggest uncertainty right now, aside from where exactly a landfall would be, is when and where the storm will turn north.
That area of high pressure over the Atlantic, turning the storm west, is like a roadblock in the atmosphere. There's another one over the western United States. Dorian will try to squeeze between the two next week, impacting the Florida Peninsula for several days.
But does that turn happen just before the storm makes landfall, meaning Dorian would parallel the coast for days, does it make the turn up through the middle of the state impacting areas like Orlando, or does the turn happen closer to the West Coast? All of those options, for now, remain in play.
That's why the entire state needs to prepare.
By the end of the week, what's left of Dorian may impact the Carolinas.
Will it impact New England?
At this point, it's far too early to know if Dorian will impact New England, but it's definitely possible.
If we get a piece of a much-weaker Dorian, or its leftovers in the form of tropical rains, it likely happens sometime next weekend.
When we will know more
Each hour we're getting new and better information, helping us better analyze the storm. Hurricane-hunter aircraft continue to fly in and out of the storm, measuring wind speeds and pressure and extra weather balloons are being launched in part of the country to see what type of environment the storm is moving into.
This storm is definitely one that we'll be talking about for at least another week, so stay tuned.


This year's Fort Verde Days was organized with the idea of keeping the hundreds of folks who show up at the parade, busy all weekend, with what is arguably the longest list of events ever, on Main Street and at the fort.
CAMP VERDE - When Carlie Androus's sister volunteered her to take over planning for Fort Verde Days, Androus hadn't a clue what she was doing."I honestly didn't know the first thing about it. I had been to Fort Verde Days, but that was about it," she says.


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Bicorb (oficialment Bicorp) és un municipi del País Valencià de la comarca de la Canal de Navarrés.

Limita amb Millars i Quesa (a la mateixa comarca), Aiora, Cortes de Pallars i Teresa de Cofrents (a la comarca de la Vall de Cofrents).

Geografia
Està situat entre el riu Escalona i el Massís del Caroig. Emplaçat sobre un tossal baixet, està envoltat quasi completament per un meandre que forma el Barranc Bru.

Té un clima mediterrani, encara que presenta algun tret del clima continental, conseqüència de la ubicació allunyada del litoral; els vents dominants són sud-est i nord-est, el gregal provoca pluges, generalment de novembre a maig.

El patrimoni natural de Bicorb és abundant, presenta un gran massís muntanyós on destaquen les grans masses forestals de pi blanc i roig. Zones de carrasca, fleix, amb sotabosc molt dens, predominant la coscolla, argelaga, romaní, estepa, llentiscle, margalló, espart, ginebre entre altres.

Cap al nord del terme municipal es troba la Reserva Nacional de Caça, que aprofitant la gran massa forestal, es va crear per a la pervivència d'animals com la cabra o el mufló. Altra fauna característica són els senglars, conills, guineus, genetes, gat salvatge, llebres, perdius, àguila real, falcó pelegrí, etc.

Transcorren pel terme municipal els rius Frare, Ludey, Cazuma i el barranc Bru.

Les altures més significatives són: Toro (893 m), Santís (949 m), Hongares (842 m), La Cazmilla (986 m) i la Mola de Bicorb (904 m).

Història
Antiga alqueria musulmana que fou incorporada al Regne de València amb la conquesta de Jaume I (1208-1276); qui l'any 1259 va donar les alqueries de Bicorb i Benedrís, de l'àrab Benidrix, (fill de Jonàs), a Sanxo Martínez d'Oblites. En 1392 Martí Sanxis d'Orís, del llinatge Orís, posseïa el lloc que posteriorment, prèvia facultat reial, fou vinculat per Lluís Castellar de Vilanova. Fou centre de la baronia de Bicorb i, des de 1574, rectoria de moriscs; segons el cens de Caracena. En 1609 hi havia 180 famílies, que es rebel·laren contra el decret d'expulsió. Durant la rebel·lió, el poble va sofrir l'assalt, el saqueig i l'incendi del castell. La repoblació postmorisca només va reocupar 37 cases amb cristians vells. El senyor de Bicorb, Lluís de Vilanova va participar en els combats del rei contra els agermanats a Xàtiva. La baronia tingué com a successius senyors els Castellví, els Frígola, els López de Ayala i els Muguiro. L'11 d'agost de 1961 es va autoritzar l'ajuntament a dotar-se d'escut heràldic.

Demografia

Economia
L'agricultura i la ramaderia són sectors importants de l'economia de Bicorb. En l'agricultura es cultiva principalment oliveres, ametlers i, en menor mesura, vinya i garroferes; a més, s'hi conreen hortalisses i arbres fruiters com ara tarongers, pereres, pomeres i cirerers, entre altres. La ramaderia ha prosperat molt, havent-hi granges de porcs, de pollastres i de conills.

Altres fonts d'ingressos són una fàbrica de filats, un taller de confecció i diverses empreses de construcció.

Política i govern

Composició de la Corporació Municipal
El Ple de l'Ajuntament està format per 7 regidors. En les eleccions municipals de 26 de maig de 2019 foren elegits 6 regidors del Partit Socialista del País Valencià (PSPV-PSOE) i 1 del Partit Popular (PP).

Alcaldia
Des de 2015 l'alcaldessa de Bicorb és Josefina García Pérez, del Partit Socialista del País Valencià (PSPV-PSOE).

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| Alcalde_2 = Severino Mercé Domènech
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| Alcalde_3 = Vicente Martínez Tortosa
| Partit_3 = PSPV-PSOE
| Alcalde_4 = Vicente Martínez Tortosa
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 Monuments
 Església de Sant Joan Evangelista. Segle XVI.
 La Puerta del Castillo. Nom amb què es coneixen les escasses deixalles de la casa del comte de Castellar, que s'aixecà en el  sobre les restes del castell musulmà.
 Fort de les Pedrizas. Fortificació situada a prop dels nucli urbà aixecat per lluitar contra la revolta morisca. En absolut estat de ruïna.
 Azud de los Moros i Charco de los Morteros. Obra morisca.

 Llocs d'interés
 Cova de l'Aranya, patrimoni de la humanitat, datada entre 1300- 1500 aC, és una de les més importants representacions de l'art rupestre amb la seua famosa escena de la recol·lecció de la mel.
 Massís del Caroig (1.125 msnm) travessat per una ruta ciclista de molta anomenada.
 Poblats de Calderón, la Rotura i els Morcones, tots tres de l'edat del bronze.
 Rincón del Jinete''. Microrreserva de flora

 Museu
 Ecomuseu de Bicorb. Creat per a la difusió i recuperació dels recursos patrimonials.

 Festes i celebracions
 Festes Patronals. En honor de la Santa Creu i a Sant Joan Evangelista, patrons de la població. Es realitzen del 3 al 5 de maig (actualment han passat al primer cap de setmana de maig). És típic el repartiment de rotllos beneïts en la porta de l'església

 Festes d'Agost. Tenen lloc del 10 al 20 d'agost, dedicades a La nostra Senyora de l'Assumpció, Sant Roc i Santa Cecilia, en les quals es fan cercaviles, processons i revetlles. El 18 d'agost es realitza una desfilada de moros i cristians.

 Fills il·lustres
 Armando Mercé Vidal (Bicorp, 1972), conegut com a Armando, pilotari valencià de raspall.
 Mar Giménez Gascó''' (Bicorp, 2000), pilotari.

Notes

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Ajuntament de Bicorb
 País Valencià, poble a poble, comarca a comarca, de Paco González Ramírez, d'on se n'ha tret informació amb el seu consentiment.
 Institut Valencià d'Estadística .
 Portal de la Direcció General d'Administració Local de la Generalitat .

Municipis de la Canal de Navarrés


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NIJ Home Page > Topics > Crimes and Prevention > School Crime and Safety
School Crime and Safety
Using Technology to Prevent Violence in Schools
Delinquency Prevention Programs
Effects of the Second Step Program in Middle School on Violence, Victimization, and Substance Use in High School
Comprehensive School Safety InitiativeCurrently selected
Ongoing Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Research
Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Federal Partners
NIJ's Comprehensive School Safety Initiative
NIJ images (see reuse policy).
The Comprehensive School Safety Initiative (CSSI) is a research-focused initiative that brings together the nation's best minds to increase the safety of schools nationwide.
Ongoing Research
The initiative was a response to disturbing, high-profile incidents of school violence. Schools are mostly safe places — but when violence does occur, it can have far-reaching ramifications. CSSI is an investment in developing knowledge about the root causes of school violence, developing strategies for increasing school safety, and rigorously evaluating innovative school safety strategies through pilot programs.
Creating and Sustaining a Positive and Communal School Climate
States' Roles in Keeping Schools Safe: Opportunities and Challenges for State School Safety Centers and Other Actors
Summary of School Safety Statistics
"Using Technology to Prevent Violence in Schools."
What We Know About What Works
As part of the Initiative, we looked at existing school safety research and rated programs and practices on CrimeSolutions.gov.
Review the list of rated programs and practices.
CSSI projects aim to:
Identify and understand the potential root causes and consequences of school violence and its impact on school safety.
Increase the safety of schools nationwide by developing a solid foundation of knowledge and best practices that can be sustainably implemented through individualized school safety programs, policies, and activities.
Help identify matters internal and external to the school that may result in harm to students, teachers, staff, and schools.
Implement programs, policies, and practices that improve school safety and climate, focus on the school environment, or enhance educational and other outcomes for students and schools.
Identify effective strategies to respond to and resolve safety issues faced by schools and students.
In collaboration with key partners from education, law enforcement, behavioral/mental health, and social work, develop and test a comprehensive framework for school safety.
The initiative is focused on K-12 public schools, including public charter schools. CSSI projects require close collaborations between educators, researchers, and other stakeholders in the school community to ask the right questions, prioritize challenges, identify solutions, collect data, and make sense of the findings.
Through projects funded under the CSSI, NIJ works to produce knowledge that can be applied to school safety across the nation and for years to come.
Additional Comprehensive School Safety Initiative resources:
Read the 2015 NIJ Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Report to Congress (pdf, 30 pages)
Read the 2014 NIJ Comprehensive School Safety Initiative Report (pdf, 47 pages).
Read the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment to the Text of H.R. 3547, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (pdf, 1,582 pages).
Read the Explanatory Statement Submitted by U.S. Congressman Hal Rogers, Kentucky, Chairman of the House Committee on Appropriations, Regarding the House Amendment to the Senate Amendment on H.R. 3547 (pdf, 143 pages).
NIJ launched the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative in 2014. The table below gives an overview of the funding amounts per year, number of awards, and provides links to descriptions of awards for each year of the initiative.
No. Awards
2014 $68 29 2014 awards
2015 $69 million
25 2015 awards (pdf, 14 pages)
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Q: BeautifulSoup won't replace string Function doesn't throw any error but strings stay the same after execute. It look like replace_with is doing nothing. So I checked types of var's and I thing this is the problem:
<class 'str'> <class 'bs4.element.Tag'>
fixed_text is str and blog_text is tag type. I don't know how to resolve this problem.
    def replace_urls(self):
        find_string_1 = '/blog/'
        find_string_2 = '/contakt/'
        replace_string_1 = 'blog.html'
        replace_string_2 = 'contact.html'

        exclude_dirs = ['media', 'static']

        for (root_path, dirs, files) in os.walk(f'{settings.BASE_DIR}/static/'):
            dirs[:] = [d for d in dirs if d not in exclude_dirs]
            for file in files:
                get_file = os.path.join(root_path, file)
                f = open(get_file, mode='r', encoding='utf-8')
                soup = BeautifulSoup(f, "lxml", from_encoding="utf-8")
                blog_text = soup.find('a', attrs={'href':find_string_1})
                contact_text = soup.find('a', attrs={'href':find_string_2})
                fixed_text = str(blog_text).replace(find_string_1, replace_string_1)
                fixed_text_2 = str(contact_text).replace(find_string_2, replace_string_2)
                blog_text.replace_with(fixed_text)
                contact_text.replace_with(fixed_text_2)

A: Your solution seems to work perfectly. However, from what I see, what you try to do is replace a whole href by another one. The simplest way to go is to do:
blog_text.attrs['href'] = replace_string_1

This will change the element inside soup, so at the end you can do:
str(soup)

and see your changes. By doing str(blog_text).replace, you are working on a string which is detached from soup.

Minimal example:
find_string_1 = '/blog/'
replace_string_1 = 'blog.html'

from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
soup = BeautifulSoup('the text', "lxml")

blog_text = soup.find('a', attrs={'href':find_string_1})
blog_text.attrs['href'] = replace_string_1

print(str(soup))

result:
 'the text'

Edit: to write the changes back to a file:
with open(some_file_name, 'wb') as f_out:
    f_out.write(soup.prettify('utf-8'))

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Contributor Nature
Subversive sleeper agents
How Salmonella persisters ensure both virulence and the spread of resistance plasmids
Médéric Diard
Salmonella enterica Typhimurium is a facultative intra-cellular pathogen. This means that Salmonella is not only living in the host gut, but it can also infiltrate and survive in the tissues of mammals for long periods (Figure 1). Antibiotics can help to limit such life-threatening systemic dissemination in patients at risk and eventually eradicate Salmonella from the gut lumen. However, antibiotics rarely sterilize the host tissues where the pathogen forms slow growing or dormant persisters [1, 2].
After the end of the antibiotic therapy, persisters can wake up, reseed and occasionally bloom in the gut lumen [3]. Thus, the ability to form persisters makes Salmonella diarrhea hard to treat with antibiotics. We found that this has two major evolutionary consequences.
Figure 1. Cryosection of an infected mouse cecum showing Salmonella Typhimurium (green) in a lamina propria cell (blue; α-ICAM-1; white: DAPI; red: epithelium). Image by Andreas Müller, ETH Zürich.
Promoting the transmission of virulent clones
Virulence factors are necessary to invade the host tissues. Therefore, intra-cellular persisters are mainly virulent clones that have the entire armoury of virulence factors. In contrast, attenuated clones that lose some key virulence factors tend to emerge naturally in the gut lumen. This happens because virulence factor expression is costly and represents a non-essential burden as long as gut inflammation is caused by some means [4, 5]. We call such attenuated mutants "defectors", as they get a free ride on the gut inflammation that is triggered by S. Typhimurium cells that express the virulence factors. Upon antibiotic treatments, virulent intra-cellular persisters survive, while gut luminal defectors are eliminated. This de facto selects for Salmonella virulence [3].
Promoting resistance by horizontal gene transfer
After the disappearance of symptoms, i.e., when the intestinal inflammation and diarrhoea has ceased, the host microbiota usually re-colonizes the gut. In this situation, the full re-colonization of the gut lumen by S. Typhimurium from the host tissues might be difficult as the luminal niche is filled with competitors [6]. Nevertheless, persisters can initiate a very efficient transfer of genetic information to their competitors. Selfish mobile genetic elements like conjugative plasmids, detected in many strains of Salmonella, can jump from reseeding ex-persisters cells to other Enterobacteriaceae occupying the gut lumen [7]. These plasmids often harbour virulence and antibiotic resistance genes. Strikingly, this spread of the plasmids is very efficient even without selection for their genetic payload (Figure 2).
Figure 2. Schematic recapitulating how Salmonella persisters promote the spread of plasmids
These works show that infection of mice with the archetypal entero-pathogen S. Typhimurium offers the opportunity to understand the evolution of virulence and resistance in a relevant and tractable ecological context. From this, we also infer preventive and therapeutic strategies to fight pathogenic bacteria while keeping evolution on our side.
We discovered a way to prevent persister-related effects. Tissue invasion, mucosal disease and horizontal gene transfer can be reduced by high avidity Immunoglobulin A generated after oral vaccination with killed bacteria [7-9]. This is because specific IgA excreted into the intestinal lumen of vaccinated hosts enchains growing S. Typhimurium into clumps [8]. This drastically limits infiltration of the tissues and gives a competitive edge to the competing microbiota thus ensuring elimination of Salmonella without the detrimental effects associated with classical antibiotic therapies.
We are currently asking how we can fortify the protection as an efficient means to prevent the spread of antibiotic resistance plasmids and the emergence of new pathogen variants.
1. Claudi, B., et al., Phenotypic variation of Salmonella in host tissues delays eradication by antimicrobial chemotherapy. Cell, 2014. 158(4): p. 722-733.
2. Kaiser, P., et al., Cecum lymph node dendritic cells harbor slow-growing bacteria phenotypically tolerant to antibiotic treatment. PLoS Biol., 2014. 12(2): p. e1001793.
3. Diard, M., et al., Antibiotic treatment selects for cooperative virulence of salmonella typhimurium. Curr. Biol., 2014. 24(17): p. 2000-2005.
4. Stecher, B., et al., Salmonella enterica serovar typhimurium exploits inflammation to compete with the intestinal microbiota. PLoS Biol., 2007. 5(10): p. 2177-2189.
5. Diard, M., et al., Stabilization of cooperative virulence by the expression of an avirulent phenotype. Nature, 2013. 494(7437): p. 353-356.
6. Lam, L.H. and D.M. Monack, Intraspecies competition for niches in the distal gut dictate transmission during persistent Salmonella infection. PLoS Pathog, 2014. 10(12): p. e1004527.
7. Bakkeren, E., et al., Salmonella persisters promote the spread of antibiotic resistance plasmids in the gut. Nature, 2019.
8. Moor, K., et al., High-avidity IgA protects the intestine by enchaining growing bacteria. Nature, 2017. 544(7651): p. 498-502.
9. Diard, M., et al., Inflammation boosts bacteriophage transfer between Salmonella spp. Science, 2017. 355(6330): p. 1211-1215.
Professor, Biozentrum, Basel University


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Dan Hoard - Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame
Year Inducted
Dan Hoard was born to be a broadcaster.
Just ask him.
"I joke that when the doctor pulled me out of my mother's womb and slapped me on the behind, I said, 'That's 15 yards for unnecessary roughness.'"
It's been figurative touchdowns, buzzer-beaters and walk-off home runs ever since for the Jamestown native and 1981 Southwestern Central School graduate.
"I have no complaints," Hoard said. "I tell people I've never worked a day in my life."
In other words, he's always considered his job a labor of love.
Maybe it was due to the fun he had making play-by-play recordings of imaginary games on cassette tapes from his bedroom growing up. Or maybe it was learning from watching New York Mets television broadcasts on WOR-TV. Or, quite possibly, it was the public-address work he did for Southwestern sporting events and his role on the school's debate team.
"I did anything I could think of to do, and it has paid off," he said.
In a big, big way.
In 2015 Hoard was named Ohio Sportscaster of the Year by a group of his peers. He received the award in June from the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association & Hall of Fame.
"Really, I was very surprised," he said. "I received word by phone call. I had learned that I had been nominated for the award and that, in and of itself, was a big surprise. I didn't think there was a chance at all that I'd win."
But being included among the Mount Rushmore of Ohio's announcers is only part of Hoard's lengthy resume.
Following are a few additional highlights:
Hired as a minor league baseball announcer for the Syracuse Chiefs a month before he graduated from Syracuse University, Hoard spent several years in radio as the sports director at WSYR-AM, before getting into TV at WTVH-5, the CBS affiliate in Syracuse. The person most responsible for his hiring was Mike Tirico of ESPN fame, who was one of Hoard's Syracuse classmates.
Formerly the radio play-by-play voice of the Pawtucket Red Sox (the Triple A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox), Hoard has served for years as the radio play-by-play man for both the football and men's basketball teams at the University of Cincinnati.
Has worked many Major League Baseball games, including filling in for legendary Cincinnati Reds announcer Marty Brennaman.
And is in the midst of his fifth season as the radio play-by-play voice for the Cincinnati Bengals of the National Football League.
"I admired the broadcasters growing up as much as the athletes," said Hoard, who named former Buffalo Bills broadcaster and Chautauqua Sports Hall of Fame inductee Van Miller as one of his favorites
Hoard, who used to commute between Pawtucket and Cincinnati, is now settled permanently in Cincinnati with his wife, Peg Rusconi, and their son, Sam.
"When I was doing Pawtucket and University of Cincinnati games, I was on the road 200 days a year for the first five years of my son's life. (The move to Cincinnati full time) has worked out great for my family, and professionally it's been tremendous."
Given all those credentials, Hoard, the son of Larry Hoard of Jamestown and Diane Bailey of Chautauqua, didn't hesitate when asked about his most memorable moment in 30 years of broadcasting.
Here's the story: Hoard and his color analyst, Chuck Machock, were working the 2003 NCAA men's basketball tournament first-round game between Cincinnati and Gonzaga.
"Bob Huggins (the Bearcats' coach at the time) got kicked out and the official that ejected him happened to come right over to where we were broadcasting the game to put the ball back in play," Hoard said. "My partner was so incensed that Huggins had been ejected that he stood up on press row and began yelling at the official.
"The official turned to him and said, 'Buddy, keep it up and I'm going to kick you out, too.' That was all Chuck needed to hear and he stood up and began riding the official as I was trying to pull him back in his seat.
"At the next dead ball, I see security walking and pointing in our direction."
Before Hoard and Machock knew it, the security guards told Machock that he had to leave.
"Buddy," Hoard remembered the security guards saying, "the NCAA wants you out of here."
Hoard worked the final 16 minutes, 43 seconds alone.
"To this day, when I sign off a University of Cincinnati basketball broadcast, the last thing I say is: 'For my partner, Chuck Machock, who tonight extended his consecutive game streak without being ejected to (fill in the blank), I'm Dan Hoard.'"
At last report, Machock's ejection-less streak stands at well over 200.
"Chuck is the best," Hoard said. "He's a tremendously funny person, in general. He takes it as well as he gives it."
Maybe that's why the pair get along so well and, maybe, just maybe, Hoard is describing himself.
"It's nice when reality exceeds your dreams," he said.
more about Dan Hoard
An audio library of play-by-play broadcast excerpts is available at "Dan Hoard." Soundcloud. Accessed March 30, 2019. https://soundcloud.com/dan-hoard.
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Dan Hoard, the radio play-by-play voice of the Cincinnati Bengals.
Dan Hoard, the radio play-by-play voice of the University of Cincinnati football and men's basketball teams.
Dan Hoard.
Dan Hoard with his son, Sam.
Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton and Dan Hoard.
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Kindberg, Scott. "Dan Is 'The Man'." Post-Journal (Jamestown), January 20, 2015.
Kindberg, Scott. "Lakewood Native Made Radio Call On Bengals' TD That Ended Buffalo Drought." Post-Journal (Jamestown), January 2, 2018.
Jim Boeheim in Dare Dan challenge
Dan Hoard Sports Anchoring
Dan Hoard Humorous Anchoring
Erardi, John. "Dan Hoard Has Lots of Jobs: Sportcaster, Host, But Most Importantly, Dad." Cincinnati People. November 2, 2017. Accessed March 28, 2019. https://www.cincypeople.com/features/2017/11/2/dan-hoard-has-lots-of-jobs-sportscaster-host-but-most-importantly-dad.
Gargano, Jason. "Exceeding the Dream." CityBeat. March 25, 2015. Accessed March 28, 2019. https://www.citybeat.com/best-of/feature-story/article/13002887/exceeding-the-dream.
"Heard It From Hoard." (Blog). Accessed March 30, 2019. https://mlblogsdanhoard.wordpress.com/.
Koch, Bill. "Hoard's Five Years of Travel Nightmares Nothing But A Dream." GoBearCats.com. May 13, 2016. Accessed March 30, 2019. https://gobearcats.com/news/2016/5/13/KOCH_Hoard_s_Five_Years_of_Travel_Nightmares_Nothing_But_A_Dream.aspx.
"Dan Hoard." Wikipedia. Accessed March 28, 2019. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Hoard.


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