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Henri Jokiharju won two gold medals last season. ©2019, Hickling Images
Henri Jokiharju impressed Sabres GM Jason Botterill before up-close look
BUFFALO – Sabres general manager Jason Botterill knew of Henri Jokiharju's talents before he watched the defenseman up close during Team Finland's run to a gold medal at the World Championship in the spring.
So even if Botterill hadn't run Team Canada's entry in Slovakia, the Sabres still might've dished winger Alexander Nylander to the Chicago Blackhawks in exchange for Jokiharju on July 9.
"It certainly helps things out to see a player play on that big a stage and not wilt under it, but actually thrive and have success," Botterill said during Saturday's Sabres Fan Fest inside KeyBank Center, an event that celebrated the team's 50th anniversary season. "What made us just comfortable making the move is we had a track record from our scouts watching him very closely over the last couple years."
Botterill said the defensemen the Sabres have acquired this year – they also traded for Colin Miller in June and Brandon Montour in February – fit "a common theme."
"Being able to skate, being able to make that good first pass," Botterill said. "With Henri, that's what we see from him. I've always liked his speed, liked his ability to get out of his own zone."
The Sabres also coveted Jokiharju, who turned 20 on June 17, because he comes from a winning background. In addition to playing 30 NHL games as a teenager last season, he won another gold medal with Finland at the World Junior Championship.
"(He) played games in the National Hockey League, played a full year pro, won a gold medal at World Juniors, won a gold medal at World Championships, which I was a little disappointed about," Botterill joked. "But to have that winning mindset, you've seen it with the players we've acquired – (winger) Marcus Johansson, Colin Miller. (They're) players that have playoff experience."
When new Sabres coach Ralph Krueger set out to assemble his staff, he didn't want hire people close to him.
"I truly am not the type of person that hires friends," he said. "I hire people that will challenge me and help me to grow and bring something different to the table."
Still, Krueger retained his old friend Steve Smith, who ran Buffalo's defense last season under former coach Phil Housley.
Krueger and Smith, who won three Stanley Cups as a player, began their NHL coaching careers together as assistants with the Edmonton Oilers. When the Oilers promoted Krueger to head coach in 2012, Smith served as his top assistant.
"That experience is extremely valuable, because he's now worked in other environments and has grown and developed in a very strong way," Krueger said. "It's good for me. I needed to bring somebody that has experience over the last year. I needed to bring that with me. Smitty really harmonized with the D."
Krueger had never worked with Don Granato and Mike Bales, the assistants he hired in June.
"Don Granato is one of those lifer coaches I was looking for," Krueger said.
Granato, who will be on the bench with Krueger and Smith, has varied experience that includes stints in the NHL, AHL, NCAA and junior, where he coached the U.S. National Team.
Krueger said Granato will run skill sessions following practice.
"When you work in those U.S. development programs, you do a lot of training, you do a lot of development and practicing," he said.
Bales, a former NHL goalie, won two Stanley Cups as the Pittsburgh Penguins' goalie coach before moving to the Carolina Hurricanes two years ago.
"It worked out perfectly that he was hungry and is more than a goaltender coach," Krueger said. "He's really, for me, like an assistant already. That's why we've started quite small."
Krueger also hired Myles Fee as video coach and Kyle Smith as video coordinator.
Fee, Krueger's video coach with Team Europe at the World Cup of Hockey in 2016, will handle analytics, sports science and video, Krueger said. Fee won a Calder Cup with the Charlotte Checkers last season.
Smith spent the last eight seasons with the Rochester Americans.
Not surprisingly, Sabres legends Gilbert Perreault and Rene Robert like the team's decision to switch back to royal blue, Buffalo's original color, for the 2020-21 season.
The Sabres have sported navy blue since 2006.
"I like it, go back to the old roots," Robert said. "I mean, this is the way it should be. … The original jersey will always be the Sabres jersey."
Perreault said when the Sabres changed their logo in 1996, "it killed the alumni."
"You got to keep the same crest, the same color," he said. "That's very important to me."
Author Bill HoppePosted on 08.19.19 08.19.19 Categories Bales, Botterill, Granato, Housley, Johansson, Jokiharju, Krueger, Miller, Montour, Nylander, Perreault, Robert, Rochester Americans, Smith
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Given how atrocious the defense was last season, it's uninspiring that Steve Smith is back.
As for bringing in players with a "winning pedigree," we did that with Sheary, Wilson, Hunwick, Nolan, and so many others, yet it never has any effect on anything.
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I wish there was a place for Gilbert Perreault in the organization as an offensive coach instead of just an figurehead ambassador. I heard a long time ago he wanted to be head coach but no one would take a chance on him. He's got a hockey brain, knows what the Sabres are and should get another chance to excel in a different position with the organization.
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Palmer Memorial Church, Houston, made a difference in the lives of many Houstonians April 30 as church members spread compassion and support to Houston's poor and marginalized citizens and to the professionals who care for them during the church's Serve Sunday.
It was the fifth time the parish has held Serve Sunday since April 2016. It was the second time that the Rt. Rev. Hector Monterroso, Bishop of Costa Rica, participated both as a guest preacher and in the service projects with parishioners. Since Serve Sunday's inception, the numbers of volunteers, community partners and people served has grown steadily.
The Serve Sunday program was developed under the leadership of the Rev. Alexandra "Alex" Easley and the Rev. Linda Shelton. Easley, Palmer's curate, has been at Palmer since August 2015 when she first arrived as transitional deacon. She was ordained to the priesthood at Palmer January 20, 2016. Shelton has served at Palmer since her ordination as deacon in 2007 and is a longtime member with her family.
Easley and Bishop Monterroso became friends several years ago when she was studying Spanish in Costa Rica and Palmer has since sent a mission team on several occasions to work with Episcopal churches in the Central American country. The Bishop shared similar stories of service the Church in Costa Rica has experienced before getting behind a shovel at one of the sites visited during the day.
Palmer celebrates Serve Sunday on a quarterly basis to mark the Easter Season, Pentecost, Advent and Epiphany. Each time between 117 and 215 ministers have given their time and talent and the numbers are on a steady incline.
Almost 50 projects have been completed with the help of 28 different partnering community organizations. Populations served include homeless residents, underserved children, the elderly, people with disabilities and special needs, the Texas Medical Center, people in recovery and refugee populations.
Knowing and being known is a crucial part of our life together at Palmer, and it is one of the foremost ways we share the love of Jesus within and beyond our church family. Listening to each other's stories increases understanding and builds community as we learn more about the people who sit beside us in the pews or across the table on Great Wednesdays.


In March, Faster Payments processed 190.7 million payments, which is a 20% increase on the amount processed in March 2018.
These payments amounted to a total of £157 billion for the month. This is a 15% increase on March 2018's total.
Q1 of 2019 saw 553 million payments processed by Faster Payments, a 17% increase on the amount processed in Q1 for 2018.
The total amount of payments processed during this quarter was £458 billion, which is a 14% increase on 2018 Q1 's total.
2018 saw Faster Payments break the record for the highest amount of payments processed in a single year.
2017 saw 1.7 billion payments processed, whereas in 2018 the figure grew to over 2.0 billion.
In total, there were 387 million more payments processed than in 2017. This is an increase of 23%.
Faster Payments broke the record in 2018 for the number of payments processed in a single year.
£1.4 trillion was transferred via Faster Payments in 2017. In 2018 however, over £1.7 trillion was transferred.
In total, the amount processed in 2018 rose by £309.4 billion compared to 2017. This is an increase of 22%.


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US states investigate how platform targets children
A group of US states is investigating how Instagram targets children, despite it posing potential risks to them.
The group – made up of both Democrat and Republican states – is investigating Instagram and Facebook's parent company Meta to determine if consumer protection laws were broken.
It comes after a company whistleblower testified in the US that the company knew its products can harm children.
A Meta spokesman on Thursday denied that their platforms are unhealthy.
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, a Democrat who first announced the inquiry, tweeted: "Facebook, or Meta, has known Instagram is linked to depression, eating disorders & suicide among young people."
"We will identify if any laws were broken and end the abuse for good."
Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson, a Republican, said that the companies "treat our children as mere commodities to manipulate for longer screen time engagement and data extraction".
"These social media platforms are extremely dangerous and have been proven to cause both physical and mental harm in young people," added New York Attorney General Letitia James.
Facebook, which owns Instagram and WhatsApp changed its name to Meta last month after a series of scandals.
A Meta spokesman pushed back against the consortium's allegations.
"These accusations are false and demonstrate a deep misunderstanding of the facts," a spokesman said in a statement.
"While challenges in protecting young people online impact the entire industry, we've led the industry in combating bullying and supporting people struggling with suicidal thoughts, self-injury, and eating disorders," he added.
The announcement comes after a series of explosive reports based on of documents leaked by former Facebook employee Frances Haugen.
In testimony to lawmakers in the US, she said the company knowingly pushed its platforms to young children despite knowing that they could cause health issues.
In September, the platform abandoned plans for a child-focused app after a group of over 40 state attorneys general wrote and urged them to cancel it.
Instagram, like other platforms, requires users to be over 13, but the company has admitted that it knows some users are younger.
When Meta's CEO Zuckerberg responded to Frances Haugen's leaks he said something intriguing.
"If we attack organisations making an effort to study their impact on the world, we're effectively sending the message that it's safer not to look at all, in case you find something that could be held against you."
What Zuckerberg was essentially saying is if companies get whacked for conducting research into the effects of their products – they won't conduct the research at all.
It's important because Instagram is by no means the only social media platform that teens use. TikTok for example has an enormous teen following, as does Snapchat. How do they affect teen mental health? Well we don't know, because if they have conducted this research, they haven't released it.
This is Meta' great grievance – that it is facing the consequences of bothering to understand the impact of their products.
But that isn't quite right either. The nature of Instagram, its algorithmic push that promotes beauty, style, success – is different to other apps.
It would be far better if Facebook gave its data to independent analysts to able to research harmful effects.
But it would be far worse if the company simply stopped looking under the bonnet, in case it found something it didn't like.
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James Haj: Leads Children's Trust after 25 years in public schools
Written by Susan Danseyar on May 3, 2016
James Haj learned at an early age the importance of giving back to one's community. His parents, who were both born in the Middle East, enjoyed successful careers in the US but Mr. Haj said they were lucky to have help along the way. His father became blind at 11 months old. Mr. Haj said he was extremely brave to move to New York City alone but, without the many caring people he met who provided assistance daily, his father's life journey might have been stymied at any point.
Mr. Haj's career has been devoted to helping children in this community. It's a passion he said was instilled by his parents. After 25 years working in the Miami-Dade County Public School system, Mr. Haj recently became the president and CEO of The Children's Trust, where he'll be overseeing operations, finances and stewardship of taxpayer money to invest early and well in families and children toward developing a well-rounded child.
Mr. Haj said leading The Children's Trust is a calling and the culmination of his life as an educator. Having only completed his first month on the job, Mr. Haj is still immersed in his plan for the first 90 days to be out in the community and listen to what are the needs of children in this extremely diverse area anywhere from Homestead to the Broward line.
He said he's looking forward to working with nonprofit organizations, community leaders, families and child advocates with the same collaborative spirit that he has with schools, parents, teachers and administrators to help our children and youth – north and south, for every school, in every community – reach their full potential.
Miami Today reporter Susan Danseyar interviewed Mr. Haj in his office at The Children's Trust.
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Reasons to File a Lawsuit Against a University for Unfair Campus Disciplinary Actions
December 17, 2022 Nina Smith Law 0
In general, neither the U.S. Department of Education nor the public show much concern for the rights of those accused of sexual assault on college campuses. However, the courts are progressively granting relief to men whose rights have been violated. Make sure to check studentdisciplinedefense.com.
It often makes sense to examine what you might settle for before filing a lawsuit. It makes perfect sense to be specific about your goals. Few schools will withdraw a finding or overturn a punitive judgment without a judge's order, so you may have to fight for complete dismissal.
If the action were modified, the accuser would need to be informed, which would put the school in danger because if she knew, she might file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education.
But occasionally, with a lot of work, a school might agree to alter the charge's appearance on the student's transcript or the information that will be shared with future schools.
1 IX Title
2 Breach of agreement
3 Duty process breaches
4 First amendment/free speech
5 Administrative mandamus
6 Fraud
7 Negligence
8 What is the procedure to sue a university?
IX Title
Both men and women are protected under Title IX from sex-based discrimination in educational settings. Arguments that these procedures are unfair and that gender bias must be at play as most of the accused are men have encountered significant resistance in the courts.
Breach of agreement
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There are laws in some jurisdictions that define a school's code of conduct as an agreement between the pupil and the institution. A breach of agreement lawsuit may result from the institution breaking its rules.
It typically occurs when the school gives a kid a particular process, and when the hearing is held, the school ignores that provision of its code.
The fact that you would typically need to demonstrate that any infringement of the school's code was material, that is, that it contributed to the outcome, makes these claims challenging.
Duty process breaches
The government has branches that include public schools. Schools must offer a fair hearing before punishing you, as required by the U.S. Constitution and several state constitutions. In general, due process entails that you must be informed of the allegations against you, that perhaps the notice must be detailed enough for you to prepare a defense, and that you should be given a substantive opportunity to present your case to a judge who will not be biased.
First amendment/free speech
In essence, many schools should monitor their pupils' romantic relationships. Therefore, schools occasionally charge that as a distinct infraction when someone in a romantic connection says anything hurtful or unpleasant to their partner.
In addition to being a crazy regulation, this one might occasionally go against the First Amendment. You may have a strong First Amendment case if you were found guilty and punished for your remarks to your girlfriend.
Administrative mandamus
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When an individual or a group decides to file a lawsuit against a university for unfair campus disciplinary actions, they will be required to follow the process guidelines set up by the state governments for challenging a state government decision in state court.
Most state schools are branches of the state government. As a result, when you decide to file a lawsuit, you will be mandated to follow the state set-up protocols. These protocols and rules can be complicated and directly depend on the laws of a particular state's issue. However, these rules allow an individual to challenge their decision as some cases might not be based on "substantial evidence."
Each state interprets the meaning of such cases differently and proceeds with its set of rules and protocols. An experienced lawyer can tell you if administrative mandamus can apply to your case.
Unfortunately, some academic institutions are not legitimate and reputable as they claim. Suppose a student has been offered promises or assurances concerning a school's courses, programs, accreditation, standing, or other services while enrolling.
Every academic university is required to have a set of duties of care towards their students. An educational institution must provide an adequately safe environment for students and professors. The school will also be mandated to ensure its cafeterias follow health codes.
The school will be liable for a litany of possibly negligent actions committed by them. Furthermore, negligence on the part of an academic institution or university can become likely because of failure to follow internal disciplinary guidelines and proceedings.
For example, let us assume a school is aware of a student's multiple sexual and physical assaults on campus. In such a case, if the same student victimizes you after the school is made aware of the misconduct, you may be able to file a lawsuit against the school for its negligence in policing its student body.
What is the procedure to sue a university?
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The first step a student must take to sue a university is to gather information and evidence on the school's internal dispute procedure. It would help if the student searches the school's website for details about the steps they need to take. The student should also consider consulting an attorney for their options.
For the next step, the student must preserve all evidence, data, and information relating to their claim. Additionally, if witnesses are willing to speak about what they saw, heard, or experienced, you should look out for them.
A court would likely require the student to exhaust all internal dispute resolution methods before filing a lawsuit against the university. It would be advisable for the student to let the internal process get completed. The attorney can significantly help the student navigate the internal dispute process.
Depending on the student's claim, the student might receive an adequate remedy for filing the lawsuit, such as a positive grade change or decreased disciplinary action and requirement.
Once done, the student will be needed to determine whether they will be facing a public or private institution. Pubic entities cannot be sued unless the state government allows lawsuits per the legal concept of "sovereign immunity." You will be relieved to know that most states treat private colleges as private businesses. Therefore, you will be allowed to sue them in court and file a lawsuit against them.
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To Secure Kashmir, India Must Uphold Rule Of Law
By Siddharth Mohan on November 4, 2021
The recent action against Kashmiri students for celebrating Pakistan's victory in a cricket match is yet another example of gross misuse of the law against Kashmiris. If the government intends to bring back a semblance of normalcy to the valley, it must shed draconian laws and try to win the hearts of the people.
"Terrorism is one of the manifestations of increased lawlessness and cult of violence… A 'terrorist' activity does not merely arise by causing disturbance of law and order or of public order." This is the definition for terrorism the Supreme Court expounded in the Hitendra Vishnu Thakur v. State of Maharashtra case, which was recently referred to by the Delhi High Court while granting bail to students Natasha Narwal, Devangana Kalita and Asif Iqbal Tanha.
A few days after Union Home Minister Amit Shah held his "mann ki baat" with the youth of Kashmir, students from Kashmir were slapped with the draconian anti-terror law – the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) – and may be charged with sedition, all for celebrating Pakistan's glamorous victory in the recent T20 cricket match with India.
Police have registered cases under the UAPA against the management and students of two colleges in Jammu and Kashmir, while also arresting three students who are to be charged with sedition and other violations in Agra.
Sadly, this is not the first time that Kashmiri students have paid a price for celebrating a Pakistani victory in cricket, with instances dating back to the 1980s. The problem has a lot to do with not just the attitude of the Indian government, but also Kashmir's sense of belonging in India, as a state which has been ravaged by war and unease for as long as its residents can remember with no end in sight.
Gross Misuse of the Law
Let's first look at the use of the UAPA. The Delhi High Court's observations in June this year are noteworthy: Notwithstanding the fact that the definition of 'terrorist act' in the UAPA is "wide and even somewhat vague", the phrase 'terrorist act' cannot be permitted to be casually applied to criminal acts that fall squarely within the definition of conventional offences, the Court said.
Given the fact that celebrating a cricket match is in no way a criminal offence, let alone an act of terrorism, it is easy to understand how the absence of a definition of terrorism in the UAPA is being exploited once again, with the criminal procedure serving as the punishment.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath tweeted that the three Kashmiri students arrested in his state will be charged with a criminal offence under Section 124A (sedition) of the Indian Penal Code. But this too would not hold any weight as per the famous Kedar Nath Singh v. State of Bihar judgement of 1962, which has been reiterated many times.
The judgement, while upholding the sedition law, emphasised that it can only be applied against the subversion of the government through the incitement of violence or the intention to create public disorder. The Uttar Pradesh government now has the task of explaining how a few WhatsApp messages celebrating Pakistan's victory in a cricket match amounts to any of the two.
"If they went through the various judgements on sedition, celebrated judgements, the Chief Minister would have been well-advised not to issue such a tweet," remarked the retired Justice Deepak Gupta in an interview with The Wire, adding that Adityanath's tweet was "against the law of the land". "In sports, why can't you support the other side? That's the spirit of the game," Justice Gupta said, rubbishing all the charges against the three students held in Agra.
But apart from the technicalities of the charges, one must take into consideration the plight of the Kashmiri people and the hollow and counterproductive policy of forcibly imposing patriotism in the union territory.
Absence of the Law
An Indian citizen in Kerala, for example, believes in the structure of governance in the country, and their sense of belonging to the country emanates from its constitutional elements. In other words, a person from Kerala can identify themselves as a civic nationalist. They believe that the rule of the law and constitutional rights shall protect them.
By contrast, in Kashmir, many instances of blatant human rights abuse have been left unresolved and swept under the rug. In 1990, the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) fired upon the peaceful funeral procession of Mirwaiz Moulana Muhammad Farooq, resulting in more than 60 deaths during what is called the Hawal Massacre. The announcement of a time-bound inquiry followed but in vain.
It was finally up to the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) to run an inquiry in 2017 after its order to the government to furnish a report was left unattended. The Commission's report found that 15 CRPF personnel were guilty of "indiscriminate firing" and the Court of Inquiry held them responsible for the killing. Yet, the SHRC could not ascertain if any action had been taken against them.
Successive reports by international bodies and organisations such as the United Nations have highlighted the state of human rights in Kashmir. On the other hand, outside Kashmir, in cases such as the Delhi riots, not only were civil society and the judiciary able to course-correct the system, they were also able to make their apprehensions heard. Probes and judicial proceedings have been conducted and the Delhi High Court even called out the Delhi police for its shoddy investigation. As the case moves on, and those who were arrested on flawed evidence continue to get bail, rule of law retains some grasp over society. Sadly, one cannot say the same for Kashmir.
With the abrogation of Article 370 still looming over the union territory, and the recent spate of killings adding to the turmoil, the government should have responded more sensitively to the latest cases following the Pakistan cricket match. The picture of the students' impoverished families struggling for legal representation, as lawyers boycotted them for being "anti-national", does not bode well for the promise of a "Naya (new) Kashmir".
In 2018, the Madras High Court had observed that it is a lawyer's duty to represent a client irrespective of the crime. After all, the right to representation is an extension of the fundamental right to a fair and speedy trial guaranteed under Article 21. To quote the firebrand lawyer, Ram Jethmalani, "I decide according to my conscience who to defend. A lawyer who refuses to defend a person on the ground that people believe him to be guilty is himself guilty of professional misconduct."
Former Kashmiri chief minister Mehbooba Mufti rightly notes that patriotism and loyalty are cultivated with compassion and not by "wielding the baton or by the barrel of a gun". All that the government has achieved through its indiscriminate use of draconian laws is further alienation of the youth of Kashmir, fueling more hate and possible violence.
One may disagree with the actions of the students, but as Justice Deepak Gupta points out, moral opinions are different from what is laid down by the law. Abusing legal provisions like sedition and the UAPA to ruin the lives of students and their families, right after the Home Minister's visit, shows that the government has little faith in its own handling of Kashmiri affairs. If the government intends to bring back a semblance of normalcy to the valley, it must shed authoritarian tools and try to win the hearts of the people. It could start by ending the usage of grave laws for such paltry matters.
Siddharth Mohan
Siddharth Mohan is a student at St. Joseph's College Autonomous, Bangalore. He is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Economics, Political Science and Sociology.
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A healthy body, soul and mind can lead you to a happy life. Undoubtedly, staying healthy is the most significant part of your life. It affects you physically as well as emotionally. However, in the millennial age where everything is fast-processed, staying healthy has become a daunting task. From the slice of your pizza to a muffin, the portion sizes have increased and the number of restaurant-goers is skyrocketing. So, the trends have shifted as people now consume more calories than ever before.
People tend to eat unhealthy food because it is cheaper, flavorful and easily accessible. Even being aware of the consequences, people crave for junk food knowing that poor nutrition is related to heart problems, high blood pressure, hosting depression, overweight and other diseases. That's quite worse!
An unhealthy diet is going to gain unwanted pounds. Here are some points that can help you curb that pesky poundage and reach your ideal weight.
Everyone has the right to look beautiful and fit. However, people themselves have made it difficult and complicated by consuming unhealthy foods. We need to understand that extra pounds in our body can result in low performance, laziness, heart problems, depression, and many other diseases. A proper diet with nutritious food and physical exercises should be planned to attain the goal of staying fit and healthy. "Dieting is like any other skill—you have to buckle down and work at it. As long as you act in a smart, reasonable way, you'll ultimately get where you want to be," states therapist Deborah Beck Busis, a Ph.D. coordinator of the diet program at Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and also a coauthor of The Diet Trap Solution.
Before switching from unhealthy to a healthy diet, always remember that getting slimmer is an achievement you must accomplish. So, a little effort and commitment can remove that extra fat from your body.
Protein, produce, and plant-based fats are your assets for weight loss. They will help you from gaining weight.
A simple, yet easy and quick way of maintaining weight and losing unwanted body fat is the consumption of protein. It helps you in building lean muscles which result in improving your metabolism and reduce hunger. Adding muscles to the body makes you active and helps in the reduction of calories intake.
According to Caroline Apovian, the director of nutrition and weight management at Boston Medical Center, if you are eating a lot of vegetables, it becomes difficult to consume calories in huge quantity. Fruits also help in controlling your appetite as they have enough amount of nutrients to keep you healthy. People who prefer fruits and vegetables in their diet consume 308 fewer calories and do not feel hungry than the time when they do not eat any such produce.
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If you could survive a black hole, where would you end up?
By Elizabeth Rayne
Credit: NASA
As long as we've known black holes existed, there has been speculation (some of which reads like science fiction) about where you'd end up if you were able to get out of the other side of a black hole alive. Proxmia Centauri? The other side of the universe? Tatooine? Narnia?
Ending up in another realm that actually exists—sorry, Tatooine—might not be so far-fetched if black holes are actually wormholes to places humans could never hope to reach by spaceship, unless we could figure out a way to stay alive while traveling at the speed of light. They may be dead ends. They may lead to white holes, a cosmic blast from the past. They might even be portals to another universe (Narnia?).
Assuming you wouldn't be shredded by the unimaginable gravity of a black hole and somehow make it to the other side, you might end up in a Farscape type of situation where you're suddenly dropped into another galaxy or even universe. How could that be possible? Even Einstein had ideas about them swirling in his brain when he started to theorize bridges to other worlds with physicist Nathan Rosen. The problem is actually getting evidence for this. Not even light can escape a black hole's gravity, so there can be no photographic evidence that someone actually made it to the other side.
If you do end up on a living ship with a menagerie of aliens you've never seen in your life, please find a way to beam a message to Earth and let us know.
White holes are another possibility. This was a theory first proposed by Russian cosmologist Igor Novikov, who believed that a black hole might be a gateway to a white hole that exists in the past and allows matter and light to leave, but not enter. So it's essentially the opposite of a black hole. More recently, scientists have been, at least theoretically, chasing white holes. Instead of a black hole collapsing, information would come out the other way because of a quantum bounce. Even Stephen Hawking believed particles and radiation get away from black holes, though that means they eventually vaporize.
Maybe black holes are just dead ends in space. For all we know, and we don't know much, they may lead to nowhere at all. The newer AMPS firewall theory is a hypothesis that uses quantum mechanics to turn the event horizon into a gargantuan firewall that instantly burns anything that dares to enter. Unfortunately, this twists Einstein's theory of general relativity because anyone crossing over supposedly wouldn't feel the intense gravity. Also, a firewall burning things up and leaving no trace means information, which can never be lost according to Einstein, now can be lost.
Where do you think you'd end up if you managed to see the other side of a black hole in one piece? After the possibilities of being torn apart by gravitational forces or just burning up in seconds, Narnia doesn't sound that bad.
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Q: Why can we treat probability density function the same way as probability itself when doing calculations I noticed that the density function also has formula that are direct analogs of discrete probability in the sense that we can apply the law of total probability or Bayes' Rule to the density function itself, for example:
$f(x|y) = \frac{f(x,y)}{f(y)}$ is the analog of $P(x|y) = \frac{P(x,y)}{P(y)}$
or how we "integrate out" a variable in f(x,y) to get marginal distribution the same way we would "sum out" a variable in P(x,y) to get marginal probabilities.
In discrete case, with the definition of probability, these formula and operations make sense to me, but can someone please explain both intuitively and mathematically how the same formula exist for PDF as well?
Thank you.

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"The Unmitigated Disaster of Gay Marriage"
by David Kyle Foster"
In order to insure a reasonable understanding of the article, personal references and appeals to authority are not included.
The declaration of the number of sexual partners is a product of the openness of Modernity. The interested reader may read the article himself.
"I saw the narcissism and arrested emotional development all around me, and in me. "
"I recognized the obsession with youth and beauty that drove their fantasies and lusts and knew that once I entered my thirties, the thrill of being wanted would quickly come to an end. "
Plato writes that the unexamined life is not worth living. It is good to be aware, but it is better to be self aware.
"I cringed at the epidemic of perverse sexual behaviors commonly practiced and celebrated by gay culture and wanted nothing to do with them."
It is possible to be in a culture or subculture and not participate. I don't celebrate Saint Patrick's Day, because I am neither Irish nor Roman Catholic, but on Saint George's Day I party like its 1999. I don't participate in everything Americans do because of the accident of my birth.
"Such behaviors were so obviously perverse. Simple anatomical design declared it. A man was designed to interact sexually with a woman. That's the design."
"God created a man and a woman to become one flesh in a lifelong covenant of love (i.e., "marriage"), and to be fruitful and multiply when possible."
Mr. Foster is hedging when he adds "when possible" to Genesis. One supposes that certain individuals are not "designed" correctly and are infertile.
"God invented marriage."
Assuming facts not in evidence.
"Even cultures that do not know Him have followed that design from the beginning."
Unfortunately, not all cultures adhered to the one man/one woman rule as an ideal of marriage.
"There is no ambiguity about His design nor His description of it in the Scriptures."
We believe there is either an ambiguity or a flaw in the design, as men have nipples.
"Indeed, every departure from that model is universally condemned and forbidden by Him.."
The only laws that applies to Gentiles are the Noahide laws-don't eat blood, don't kill and avoid fornication. Unfortunately, fornication is not defined. Saint Paul completely addressed the Law and Grace. "All things are lawful for me" as the Apostle writes.
"Having same-sex desires is a great trial—there is no doubt about it. The feelings have as great an intensity as those found in the alcoholic for alcohol, the drug addict for drugs, the smoker for nicotine."
Replacing "same sex" shows the absurdity of the statement:
"Having heterosexual desires is a great trial—there is no doubt about it. The feelings have as great an intensity as those found in the alcoholic for alcohol, the drug addict for drugs, the smoker for nicotine."
"... it seems unfair to the natural mind that God would allow us to have such intense desires yet not allow us to act on them."
Philosophers, in general, and Rousseau and de Sade, in particular, would agree with the above statement. Alas, the social contract prevents us from killing, raping and pillaging...
"The idea floated by so-called "gay theology" that God created people to be homosexual (i.e., that He is the cause for such desires) is as ridiculous for the homosexual as it is for the drug addict."
This is an interesting premise. However, homosexual behavior is found in lower animals, and hence natural, whereas drugs are man made and unnatural.
"The Scriptures are clear about what God designed and what He desires."
It is clear that God demands sacrifices in the Torah, but in Isiah, He tires of sacrifices. His final sacrifice is Himself to Himself to change the Law that He created.
"It does no good to pretend that it is good and natural and holy."
Like Socrates, I don't know what good or holy is, but I know what is natural.
"Statistics overflow with evidence that homosexual sex causes damage to body, soul and spirit."
I look forward to the CDC report on damage to the soul and spirit or will the CDC shrug and leave that responsibility to the Roman Church?
"In fact, an entire cottage industry of scientific study and medical care has arisen from the proliferation of gay sex in our modern culture."
Anytime Modern Culture is mentioned, I become a careful reader.
"Because active homosexuals are trying to find something through gay relationships that can never be found there."
The unexamined life...
"The happiness that they seek..."
If certain people are seeking happiness from a one night stand, then they will probably lead unfilled lives.
"All that to say—the term "gay marriage" is an oxymoron. It is an invention of broken man..."
No comment needed.
"Even the misnamed "gay Christian"—those who practice homosexuality without repentance and therefore are not Christian"
In Modernism, Christianity has become a believe system, like being a Republican or Democrat. This is not historically accurate as people are made Christians with the anointing of oil, not a confession of faith.
"To invent a form of marriage... is insanity and can only lead to the destruction of those involved, and... the society that allows it to happen"
"But inventing and sanctioning homosexual marriages is a....consequent disaster."
Although Mr. Foster and I do not agree on all the particulars of the subject matter, in this instance, Philosophy and Christianity make strange bedfellows. However, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and, therefore, we are in agreement with the outcome of this Modern experiment that even Wiemar Germany did not attempt: an absolute and unqualified disaster.
The Gentle Reader may find the following links of interest.
Apprentice Graham writes about Natural Law and marriage and comes to a controversial conclusion.
Apprentice Anon Amos researches modern day Gay Pride and reaches an unexpected conclusion.


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Latest news from the Squash Travel HQ!
Squash Travel, the Hull based travel company specialising in travel to the squash industry, has been appointed the preferred travel partner to England Squash for a period of three years.
The contract, awarded following a competitive tender process, will see Squash Travel provide all travel and hotel bookings domestically and internationally for staff and players. In addition the arrangement will see Squash Travel provide travel services for major international events such as The British Open and British Junior Open and domestic tournaments such as the British National Championships.
As part of the arrangement, England Squash will work with Squash Travel on a range of other opportunities that will benefit the sport and widen the appeal of the game.


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Mairia Cahill's Rapist 'Abused Two Girls Aged 13 and 14' – Serious Questions Raised About Barra McGrory's Prosecution Service
The Broken Elbow
Serious questions have been raised about the functioning of the North's prosecution service following the collapse of criminal proceedings brought on behalf of two West Belfast women who were allegedly sexually abused when they were young teenagers by Marty Morris, the IRA member at the centre of the Mairia Cahill abuse scandal.
The women were aged thirteen and fourteen at the time of the alleged abuse.
The two women, who at this stage do not want their names revealed, claim that Morris had subjected them to sexual abuse over a three year period between 1997 and 2000. They complained formally to the PSNI in early 2011, Morris was returned for trial in July 2011 but proceedings were delayed repeatedly and then indefinitely adjourned by the North's prosecution service to facilitate Morris' trial on IRA membership charges.
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Louder Than War Interview: I.E."
Louder Than War catch up with one of the latest artists to be released on one of our favourite labels, Deathbomb Arc; the mercurial Margot Pauline, (aka the artist known as I.E.)
September 11, 2013 10:34 am Written by Guy Manchester
Peter Hook and the Light: The Electric Palace, Bridport – live review"
Louder Than War's newest writer, Nick Holmes, kicks off with a review of an emotional return from Peter Hook & the Light.
September 10, 2013 8:42 am Written by Nick Holmes
Factory Floor: Factory Floor – album review"
The long-awaited debut from Factory Floor delivers experimental electronica beyond expectation – one of the best, and most original, albums of 2013
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Dystinkt: Dystinktion – EP Review"
Dystinkt's knack for creating dark, dirty and twisted music is at its most evident here, and allow the listener to settle in nicely to what the rest of the EP has to offer.
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Talk In Colour: Rushes – ep review"
Louder Than War Simon Tucker reviews folktronica artist Talk In Colour's Rushes EP.
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When not writing code, Sara enjoys cooking and tries to spend as much time sewing as she does ripping out stitches. She also has an unreasonable love for period British dramas and has seen every film incarnation of Sense and Sensibility.


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Austria's Kurz on quest to form government coalition
By Florence Schulz | EURACTIV.de | translated by Daniel Eck
If a government cannot be formed with the SPÖ or the Greens, the far-right party might reassess the situation. However, a minority government with the ÖVP is not something the FPÖ would support, according to Hofer. [Christian Bruna/ epa]
Sebastian Kurz, Austria's conservative Chancellor who was re-elected on 30 September after being ousted in May, has been meeting with potential coalition partners. With the Austrian Freedom Party preferring to join the opposition and the social democrats still hesitant, the Greens may become a new partner. EURACTIV Germany reports.
Kurz's ÖVP party has already met with leaders of Austria's socialist party (SPÖ), as well as with the Freedom Party (FPÖ). Kurz and his party are meeting the Greens on Wednesday (9 October), after which more details on the government's formation will be made public.
The talks will allow the parties to test the waters and explore which alliance would make the most sense to start concrete coalition negotiations.
After meeting with Kurz, SPÖ leader Pamela Rendi-Wagner said the talks were professional but did not address details or the red lines. The social democrat added that she had not yet received an invitation for a follow-up meeting.
FPÖ leader Norbert Hofer confirmed his party's earlier statements, that his party does not consider the election results to have given Kurz a mandate to govern. He also said FPÖ would be joining the opposition.
If it turns out that a government cannot be formed with the SPÖ or the Greens, the far-right party might reassess the situation. However, a minority government with Kurz's ÖVP is not something the FPÖ would support, according to Hofer.
Austria's Kurz does not oppose coalition with far-right
Austria's former Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and leader of the conservative party is not excluding the idea of re-establishing a coalition with the country's far right, he said in an interview with the Austrian public broadcaster ORF. EURACTIV Germany reports.
The ÖVP has three options to form a government.
First, the conservative party could build a large coalition with the social democrats (SPÖ). But it could also revisit an alliance with the far-right FPÖ, even though this had failed prematurely last spring. Or it could cooperate with the Greens for the first time.
So far, the SPÖ has not been given many chances to form an alliance. Besides differences in content, the personal relationship between party leaders is considered tense. Since the social democratic party obtained record-low results in the legislative elections in September, it is now seeking to reposition itself.
An alliance with the Greens appears more probably. Although the parties are far apart when it comes to content, such a pact would appeal because it is something 'new'. According to political scientists, however, the parties should be able to agree on key projects such as the ecological tax reform.
Should negotiations with the Greens fail, Kurz could still form a coalition with the FPÖ once again. Such an alliance would be easy to set up when it comes to content but given the political turmoil between the parties, the Ibiza scandal and embezzlement allegations against former party leader Heinz-Christian Strache (FPÖ), it is considered risky.
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Ever-elusive Vick an option as Jets' wildcat QB
New York Jets quarterback Michael Vick (1) runs the ball against the New York Jets in the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game, Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014, in East Rutherford, N.J. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
(The Associated Press)
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer
CORTLAND, N.Y. (AP) — Michael Vick and the wildcat package could be the perfect pairing for the New York Jets.
Sure, the mere mention of the formation might cause some Jets fans to break out into sweats after how it was so unsuccessfully executed with Tim Tebow two years ago. But with this quarterback and in this offense, it could make a whole lot of sense.
Used sparingly, of course.
"It's Mike Vick," linebacker Calvin Pace said Saturday. "Anytime you see that name on the back of the jersey, as a defensive player you are aware of what he could do with his legs and also with his arm. It puts pressure on the defense."
And even if Vick doesn't overtake Geno Smith for the starting quarterback job, there's a potential for seeing the 34-year-old quarterback on the field throughout the season. Rex Ryan did not dismiss the idea of using the ever-elusive Vick as a change-of-pace option in a wildcat-like or zone-read package.
Vick, signed in March to back up Smith, has struggled to stay healthy in recent seasons because of his all-out approach on the field. But, as he showed in the Jets' 13-10 preseason win over the Indianapolis Colts on Thursday night, he still has a knack for making plays. Vick drew loud cheers with a 15-yard run for a first down in the second quarter.
"I recognize the guy's got special talent," Ryan said. "There's no question about it. But am I aware of, 'Hey, could he be more vulnerable?' For instance, we only ran a couple of zone-read runs the entire game. During the season, we ran more than that, so we ran some wildcat, we ran zone-reads, all that type of stuff, but in the preseason we only ran two of them in the entire game."
Smith, an athletic quarterback in his own right, had a 10-yard, Vick-like scramble for a first down on a zone-read option against the Colts.
The Jets worked on the wildcat for an entire period Saturday as the team returned to practice, a planned package of plays put into the schedule — Vick or no Vick.
"It made no difference on who was here," Ryan said. "We did it last year. So, you're trying to get your team prepared, your offense, because it is something that we have in our playbook and the same thing with the defense. You've got to defend it. You've got to be ready to see some of those plays. So it's good on both sides. To say I've really changed or thought about it, I really haven't."
After the game, Vick wasn't high on the idea of being used in a wildcat-like role, saying it disrupts the timing of the starting quarterback and the offense. But he also recognized that it could be a possibility.
"When the time calls for it," he said, "then I think the coaches will see fit that that's put in."
The wildcat is a formation in which the ball is snapped to someone other than the quarterback — many times a direct snap to a running back. A zone-read is an option offense in which the quarterback takes the snap and decides whether to hand it off to the running back or run the ball himself.
"A guy who is running around, he puts a change-of-pace element in the game that you can't really prepare for," Pace said. "That's not the guy you can really defend. You can't put somebody on him 1-on-1 the whole game. He just adds the element to you that he can take a broken play and take it 80 (yards).
Ryan acknowledged that an offense can be disrupted by using a change-of-pace quarterback, but also recognizes the benefits of having a player who can be effective in those types of plays.
"It's been done and teams have been successful doing it," he said. "You look at Miami with Ronnie Brown. I think it's who your personnel is. Sometimes it doesn't have to be a disruptive thing. It could be something that's to your advantage."
NOTES: C Nick Mangold missed practice to be with his wife Jennifer, who gave birth to a girl. Ryan was asked if he knew the baby's birth weight. "I'm sure (she's) big," Ryan joked. ... WR Eric Decker didn't practice because of a quadriceps injury after previously dealing with foot and hamstring ailments. ... RB Chris Ivory sat out after injuring his ribs against the Colts. "Doing much better," Ryan said. "He's going to be fine." ... Other injuries: LB Tim Fugger left practice with a hyperextended knee, CB Jeremy Reeves (groin) sat out and WR Greg Salas (hip) was limited. ... Ryan said he has been impressed with rookie CB Dexter McDougle, whom the coach said reported to camp a bit overweight. "He works his butt off," Ryan said. "We've just got to get him down a little bit more."
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The Parramatta Writers' Room is the second of three Writers' Rooms to launch across Western Sydney, with other rooms located in Campbelltown (Wedderburn) and Katoomba. The WestWords Western Sydney Writers' Rooms project aims to provide pathways of opportunity for the development of the authentic and articulate voices from the region writers need space to work and to feel themselves to be part of a supportive and well-resourced community.
Monthly and six-monthly members have access to writing workshops. Every 6-8 weeks each writers' room will host a day-long workshop with an experienced writer.
Half day (3hr) $22.50 member, $35 for non-members.
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IBM is partnering with the Red Cross, the Linux Foundation, the United Nations and several other organizations on a disaster relief effort called the Call for Code Global Initiative. The goal is to encourage developers to leverage cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence, blockchain and the Internet of Things to create apps that can help humanity prepare for and respond to natural disasters. IBM CEO Ginni Rometty said her company will contribute $30 million and a variety of technology to support the initiative.
The project includes a coding contest that will honor 30 semi-finalists, 3 finalists and an ultimate winner. Apps can be submitted to the contest between June 18, 2018, and Aug. 31, 2018. More information can be found at CallforCode.org.


DegreeDiscussion.com • View topic - Does everyone think he's crazy?
Does everyone think he's crazy?
Re: Does everyone think he's crazy?
Biggest threat to world peace is the weather. At least he's gone in 6 months. Obama is an idiot. Hillary acts like an idiot to get the votes from idiots. Trump is not an idiot.
Oregon wrote: Hillary acts like an idiot to get the votes from idiots. Trump is not an idiot.
I don't actually think he is either, but acting like one to get the votes from idiots is a much better descriptor of him than Clinton.


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Directory of Belgian Photographers
Browse photographers
Images of photographers
Directory: structure of entries
Place Names in Belgium
Archival and online
Directories and other print media
Bibliography - published research
Gody, Léon
Person (Male)
Alternative name or descriptor
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Hasselt, 1847 - ?, ?
1880 - 1911 Bruxelles
Jean Léon, ° 18.9.1847. Entered the Military Academy in 1867. Lieutenant in 1874. Attached to the Military Academy. Captain in 1879. Professor of chemistry at the "Ecole de Guerre" [War College] on 5.7.1880. Captain-commander in 1883. Resigned his commission in 1889. Author of "La photographie appliquée aux arts militaires et aux arts civils. Leçons théoriques et pratiques", Namur, A. Wesmael-Charlier, 1890 (2nd ed., 1901). He also wrote a standard work on explosives, published under the same imprint, which ran to three editions, the final one in 1907. Remained professor of applied chemistry at the "Ecole militaire" until at least 1911. Honorary member of the "Cercle Photographique d'Ixelles".
Brussels, 1883.
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FotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen
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How Social Media Marketing is Like Bass Fishing (Part 2) – Kent Huffman: Marketing. Branding. Strategy. Tactics. Results.
After Sammy and I parted ways, I couldn't help but think that fishing and social media marketing have a lot in common.
Moments after the next cast, the rod tip dove straight downward, almost touching the water's surface. This was no bluegill, that's for sure! Sammy jerked his rod with just the right tension to set the hook and began reeling. After the fish passed under the boat a couple of times, Sammy brought it to the surface, and wow! This was a nice largemouth bass, at least four or five pounds!
That little voice in my head was no longer mouthing off about luck. This guy knew what he was doing. No sooner had the bass been placed in the boat's livewell than I watched Sammy's lure hit the water again. This time, the rod tip actually did touch the water when it bent down, as the strike was fierce.
Within a few seconds, Sammy had the monster bass on his scales. Almost nine pounds! He turned and asked if I would take a picture with his cell phone, and I was more than happy to oblige.
After Sammy and I parted ways, I couldn't help but think that fishing and social media marketing have a lot in common. Sammy was experienced. He was disciplined. He was certainly patient. He was prepared. He knew what bait to use. He had the right gear—tools if you may. And he obviously knew where the fish were. Those are some of the same traits that a good marketer needs to succeed in the social media world.
The mandates in my book—used consistently with discipline and patience—will, without question, elevate your social media marketing skills. And as a result, you'll catch a lot more fish… oops, make that customers.


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MILAN – In rapidly growing emerging markets, a combination of internal economic forces, supportive policies, and the shifting nature of the global economy drive high-speed and far-reaching change. The transformation of economic structures occurs so quickly that it is virtually impossible not to notice – though the complexity of the change is, at times, bewildering.
In this fluid environment, mistakes are frequently made. Arguably the most damaging is to stick to a successful growth strategy (a combination of comparative advantage and supportive policies) for too long. In the economy's tradable sector, comparative advantage always shifts, causing structural change and creative destruction. Countries undergoing a "middle-income transition" out of poor-country status frequently try to resist these changes, but doing so causes growth to slow, if not stop altogether.
While the private sector (domestic and external) drives these shifts, government policies and public-sector investment patterns play an essential supporting and complementary role. These need to adapt, too. The policy framework that has proven to serve the major emerging economies best is one that focuses not only on macro and monetary stability, but also on adaptation, guided by a forward-looking (though inherently imperfect) assessment of coming micro and macro structural shifts and the measures needed to support them.
What of the large advanced countries? For historical reasons, the policy mindset is less flexible and adaptive. Structural change is viewed largely as the province of the private sector, and hence not as a key part of long-term policy thinking. In the postwar period, until recently, advanced economies dominated the global economy. Emerging economies' impact on them was relatively small, and they have yet to respond adequately to the rapid structural changes in the global economy.
A small example: as recently as July 8, after the latest disappointing employment report in the United States, President Barack Obama expressed the widely held view that an agreement on the debt ceiling and deficit reduction would remove the uncertainty that is holding back business investment, growth, and employment. In other words, America's fiscal problems explain its extremely weak economic recovery. Once a fiscal deal is done, government can step aside and let the private sector drive the structural changes that are needed to restore a pattern of inclusive growth.
To be fair, there have been exceptions to this stance. In the US, a postwar alliance of government, business, and academia created the human capital and technology base of a dynamic economy, reinforced by the post-Sputnik commitment to scientific and technological excellence and innovation. In Germany, the post-2000 reforms that reset the economy's productivity, flexibility, and competitiveness have proved crucial to the country's current economic strength and resilience.
Despite these examples, economic and financial commentators appear increasingly puzzled about the weak US recovery, with its modest GDP growth and meager employment gains. Growth estimates since the 2008 crisis have been revised downward several times.
The political narrative runs in parallel. A recent (admittedly partisan) study by the US Congress's Joint Economic Committee documents the relative weakness of the current recovery. Indeed, the differences between the current situation and other postwar US recoveries are so large that the term "recovery" in today's context is dubious. But US leaders nonetheless accept the cyclical view of the economy, see a weak recovery, and blame it on post-crisis policy failures.
But, while that might play well politically, the sensible conclusion is that this is not just a cyclical recovery, but rather the beginning of a delayed process of structural adaptation to a rapidly shifting global economy, to emerging economies' growth and shifting comparative advantage, and to powerful technological forces. While these changes are difficult to think about with any degree of precision, that doesn't make them unimportant.
Of course, no one would deny that there are cyclical elements in the downturn of 2008. But they were accompanied by structural imbalances that had been building over at least 15 years, and that are at the heart of the US economy's inability to bounce back in a normal cyclical way.
Skeptics might well question why, if these alleged structural imbalances are now impeding GDP and employment growth, they did not appear before the crisis. The answer is that they did, but not in growth and employment figures. Other signals were missed, ignored, or deemed unimportant.
A short list of these signals would include excess consumption (now gone) and deficient savings, based on an asset bubble and high debt; a persistent and growing current-account deficit (signaling that domestic consumption and investment exceeded income and output); and negligible net employment growth (over two decades) in the economy's tradable sector. With domestic aggregate demand in short supply, the only functioning growth engine, external trade in goods and services, is not an employment engine.
Missing all of these signals produced the pre-crisis illusion of sustainable growth and employment, and helps explain why the crisis, rather than its causes, is viewed as the culprit. The crisis, however, merely exposed the underlying imbalances and unwound some of them.
The "grand bargain" that PIMCO CEO Mohamed El-Erian recently alluded to in describing the appropriate response to the current situation in the US needs to include a fiscal stabilization plan. But it also must include a shift to a policy framework that accurately reflects the non-cyclical nature of the longer-term structural adaptations that will be required to restore growth and employment.
Michael Spence, a Nobel laureate in economics, is Professor of Economics at New York University's Stern School of Business, Distinguished Visiting Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His latest book is The Next Convergence – The Future of Economic Growth in a Multispeed World (www.thenextconvergence.com).
Copyright: Project Syndicate, 2011.
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There is one component that is the key to keeping hearing aids cost effective and that's the batteries. The cost of exchanging them adds up fast and that makes it one of the largest financial issues when shopping for hearing aids.
It starts when you are beginning to shop for your hearing aids. Brand quality and hearing aid features are a couple of the factors which determine battery life. Not every battery is made the same, either. Cheap components and even cheaper batteries are what defines low quality hearing aids. You'll be switching those batteries out a lot, so make sure to talk it over with your hearing specialist.
Think about what features you need, and make some comparisons as you shop around. You'll find that non-wireless hearing aids have batteries that can last two times as long as the wireless models. The larger the hearing aid, the longer the battery will last, too. The smaller devices require new batteries every couple of days, but larger units can go for around two weeks on one set of cells. Get the features you need but understand how each one impacts the power drainage of the hearing aids.
A dry, cool location is where you should store the batteries. Batteries are adversely impacted by high temperature and humidity. Room temperature is okay just keep them out of the sun and away from heat sources include light bulbs.
Be certain your hands are dry and clean. Dampness, dirt, and grease all impact battery life. Don't forget to leave the plastic tab in place until it's time to use the new batteries, too. The latest hearing aid batteries mix zinc with the air to power up. You don't want that to happen before you are ready.
After you remove the tab, but before you put them in, it's good to let them sit out for 5 minutes. Doing this can extend the life of the battery by days.
High quality batteries will last longer than bargain ones, obviously. Don't just think about the brand, though, but what types of hearing aid batteries you're using and also where you purchase them. If you buy in quantity, you can get good batteries for less at some big box stores.
If you buy them online, particularly from auction sites like eBay, use caution. Batteries have an expiration date that they need to be sold by. Once they expire, they shouldn't be used.
Eventually, the batteries are going to die. If you don't want to end up in a pinch, it's better to get an idea when this will happen. Keep a schedule of when you change the batteries and when they fizzle. You'll get an idea of when you need to change them over time.
Some current day hearing aids are rechargeable and that is one of the best features. You could pay a little more for those units, but it will be worth it if you can save money on batteries. If you need a bunch of features such as wireless or Bluetooth, then rechargeable batteries are probably the best choice.
Hearing aids are a significant investment but so are the batteries that you need to make them work. Lengthening the life of your batteries and saving money starts with a little due diligence. To find out what your best option for you is, schedule an appointment with a hearing aid specialist.


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My 2014 World Cup Playlist
Playlist: World Cup 2014, Brazil
Swept into the World Cup whirlwind, I find myself yearning for a soundtrack to what feels more like a festival than a sporting event. Since the host country is home to some of my favourite music, it's fitting to craft a Brazilian-inspired playlist to enliven things.
This playlist owes a debt to radio programmers who expand and sometimes erase boundaries to help popularize music like this. Gilles Peterson of BBC Radio 6 is credited with a quarter of the tracks on this list, simply due to his excellent collective, Sonzeira and their new release, Brasil Bam Bam Bam (Brownswood, 2014). Similarly, I need to thank Toronto DJ John Kong for introducing me to track #11 by Wando, which has been in high rotation for the better part of a decade since I first heard it. Another standout is Gilberto Gil's excellent acoustic session for MTV Brazil: Gilberto Gil Acoustic (Atlantic, 1994)
Um Toque (feat. Gabriel Moura), Sonzeira, Brasil Bam Bam Bam (Brownswood, 2014)
America Latina (feat. Marcos Valle & Patricia Alvi), Sonzeira, Brasil Bam Bam Bam (Brownswood, 2014)
La Costa, Natalie Cole, Thankful (Capitol, 1977)
Pais Tropical, Jorge Ben, Jorge Ben (Universal, 1969)
Maculele, Nazare Pereira, Beleza Tropical: Brazil Classics 1 (Luaka Bop, 2003)
Samba em Pilet, Luciana Oliveira, Pura (YB Music, 2013)
Palco, Gilberto Gil, Gilberto Gil Acoustic (Atlantic, 1994)
Aquelle Abraco, Gilberto Gil, Gilberto Gil Acoustic (Atlantic, 1994)
Flamengao, Bebeto, Malicia (Copacabana, 1980)
Waters of March, Basia, Clear Horizon – The Best of Basia (Sony Music, 1998)
Nega De Obaluae, Wando, Wando: Retratos (EMI Music, 2006)
Brasil Pandeiro (feat. Emanuelle Araújo, Arlindo Cruz & Chico Chagas), Sonzeira, Brasil Bam Bam Bam (Brownswood, 2014)
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Tags Basia, Bebeto, Brazilian Music, Gilberto Gil, Gilles Peterson, John Kong, Jorge Ben, Luciana Oliveira, MPB, Natalie Cole, Nazare Pereira, Sonzeira, Wando, World Cup
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'Chill' is for fridges. This is Pure Brazil.
Album Review: Pura, Luciana Oliveira (YB Music, 2013)
Luciana Oliveira is a Brazilian vocalist whose music is classified as Musica Popular Brasileira (MPB), which is more of a movement than a genre. Its membership is as broad as the styles it encompasses. With her sophomore album, Pura, Oliveira manages to expand MPB just enough to distinguish herself from a crowded Bossa Nova revival that surged in the 90's.
Pura has a rawness that evokes a kind of folk music rather than the constructed coolness of recycled Bossa Nova. The production reminds me of the spartan treatment on Da Lata's excellent debut, Songs from the Tin (Palm, 2000). The style is showcased in two very different tracks. "Condicionada" is a dissonant melody with sparse arrangements and a tribal rhythm track. It's dark and raw, about as far as you can get from trendy 'chill out' collections. A brighter and beautifully playful track, "Samba em Pilet" offers a nice contrast and borders on 'singalong.'
My favourite track, "Menina Guiné" is different yet again, this time borrowing from Oliveira's history with reggae artists, including the Brazilian band Natiruts and dub legend Mad Professor.
With Pura, Oliveira proves that contemporary Brazilian music is more varied and substansive than the style that was "on trend" in the lounge music era. What more could we ask from a distinguished member of the MPB movement?
Tags Bossa Nova, Brazilian, Da Lata, Dub, Luciana Oliveira, Mad Professor, Musica Popular Brasileira, Natiruts, Reggae


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A psychotherapist, Dyer received his doctorate in counseling psychology from Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, and has taught at many levels of education from high school through graduate study. He is the co-author of three textbooks, contributes to numerous professional journals and lectures extensively in the United States as well as abroad. Please visit his website at www.drwaynedyer.com.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Viktor Stalberg scored three goals for his first NHL hat trick and the Chicago Blackhawks beat Columbus 5-2 on Tuesday night to end a season-high four-game losing streak and spoil the debut of interim Blue Jackets coach Todd Richards.
Dave Bolland and rookie Ben Smith also scored for Chicago.
R.J. Umberger and Antoine Vermette had goals for Columbus, which lost its second straight and is 2-9-1 in its last 12.
Richards replaced Scott Arniel, who was fired on Monday. The Blue Jackets are 11-26-5, the worst record in the NHL and their worst start since entering the league in 2000-01.
Corey Crawford made 32 saves for Chicago and Stalberg snapped a six-game streak without a point.
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Have you ever watched a movie or a television series and said to yourself I could do that? I could do better, or I would have written it differently? If your answer to any of these questions is yes, then this is the contest for you. And if you are a scriptwriter or ever wanted to be one, then this contest is definitely for you too.
When I first joined WDC I did it because I wanted to write my Scripts without the Hollywood Headache. I wanted my writing to show what my Scripts should look like before the television or movie industry got them. Once they get them, they can be changed so much the original writer can't even recognize their own creation. But who gets the blame when those movies and television shows aren't well received. It's usually the writer that does. By joining WDC I have limited that. At least I think that I have. Anyone who wants to read the real Script all they have to do is read it here, or anywhere else online that it might be.
The only problem is I haven't written any Scripts for WDC. I've barely started writing one of them. I haven't even written them in Word yet, let along WDC. It's just handwritten so far. What I have been doing is mostly writing Short Stories. When I first started writing on WDC it was a Short Story. Once I wrote it, I was hooked. I have been writing them ever since. True, I have also written a couple of poems and tried to write a couple of Blogs. But most of my writing experience has been with writing Short Stories.
Most of those Short Stories have been Contest-related. I love Contest. And I have always wanted to create at least one of my own. Now I have done that on WDC too. I always wanted to start a Script Writing contest too. Mostly because I am a Script Writer, but I also am doing it because there has never been one like it. At least it doesn't look like there has been one up until now.
There aren't too many Script Writers on WDC. I'm hoping that will change with this contest. It doesn't matter whether you are a movie writer or a television writer or like me both the only thing that matters is the writing. Starting in January this contest begins.
This is a Prompt Contest. Your challenge in this contest is to write a five to ten-page script based on that Prompt. Every month there will be a different Prompt starting in July 2018. It is up to you, and what genre(s) you us. As long as you follow the Prompt that month you can use any genre(s) that you want. It doesn't matter to me.
The only difference between a movie script and a television scripts is that 'Acts' begin the first page of next act of the television script. Below, there is a link to both types of Script Writing styles. I know these examples aren't the same as the real thing I wrote with Word because of WDC formatting. But it's close to it.
This is the sample of what a Movie Script should look like. It's a made-up example.
This is my sample of what a Television Script should look like. It's a made-up one.
It's not going to be easy. But it can be done. I use twenty s for the Character Names, fifteen s for Character Descriptions, and ten s for the Dialogue. Usually, there are only a few words in Character Descriptions and they are only on one line. But if it's more than one line then you need to start the next line as a new paragraph with fifteen s. The same is true for Dialogue lines too because there is almost always more than one line of dialogue. Only instead of fifteen s it's ten s.
1 All scripts must be in b-item format. If you don't know how to do that please email me. And I will show how to do it.
2 Only five to ten pages per script. Because this is WDC your formatting probably won't be accurate. But it needs to be as close to it as possible.
3 One movie and one television script can be entered each month. They can be from the same genre(s) or different ones.
4 You can edit up to the end of the month deadline. In fact, I encourage you to update it as much as you can, or feel you need to, until then.
5 It runs from the beginning of the month. I plan on posting next month's prompt a day or two before the beginning of that month. Only you can't enter it until the first.
6 Follow the prompt. Continue to place them above the first page of your script. The same is true about the genre(s) you use too.
7 Which genre(s) are you using? These genre(s) do need to be written at the top of the first page too. Something like Horror and Action or Scary and Mystery.
8 All Ratings are welcomed. But please create your Items reflecting them. Also, remember to post them according to Posting Standards. All Contests are 13+ and below Ratings.
9 Whether it's five or ten pages, or anything in between, it must have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Of course, it doesn't have to be The End of it. There could be a question(s), a comment, a cliffhanger, etc.
10 True, these entries aren't Short Stories. But grammar and punctuation rules still need to be followed.
Now for the good part: The Prizes. Every winner likes to get GPs. But they also like getting MBs and Awardicons. So, I have decided to let those winners choose their winnings. They can have just GPs if that's what they want, or they can have it combined. The choice is yours.
Of course, this is a competition. So, there must be at least three scripts for the first prize to be rewarded. It doesn't matter if they are movie scripts or television scripts, a script is a script. If only three are posted just the first prize will be rewarded. Four to seven scripts will get the chance at the first and second prizes. And if it's eight or more all three will be given.
Everyone who enters will get one thousand GPs just for trying. It may increase in the future. But for right now it's one thousand each. Which means if you post both a movie script and a television script you will get two thousand GPs.
So far, I am the only judge, jury, and executioner for this contest. If you want to be part of all this fun, please let me know.
You don't have to be worried about not winning if your script isn't Science Fiction. I might specialize in Science Fiction. But that doesn't mean I can't write in these other genres. Because I have written in almost all of them. The only one I haven't yet is Western. I have thought about it a lot. But I haven't written one so far.
The Monthly Script Writing Contest Bank.
This is the Bank I'm going to be using for this contest. If I get any donations for it.
I know how it feels to not know what the latest Prompt is without looking for it. Especially, when it comes to Monthly Contests. So, I decided to put them here for this contest. That way you can access them any time that you want to, or need to, do it.
You can find it at any time with the link below. It will be updated monthly.
Hopefully, there will be a lot of entries each month for this contest. But even if there is only one it will be placed here for you and everyone else interested can see it. All the entries each month will be placed here. That way you can see how many entries there is that month without searching through the posts. You can also see how many entries there are for the prizes.
They can be found at any time with the link below. It will be updated as needed throughout the month.
It's where of all the entries for this contest will go. It will be updated as needed.
The link below is a better way to see who the Monthly Entries are. You can still look at them at the link above. But instead of opening several new tabs, you only need to open this one.
REMEMBER: You have until the end of the month to enter your script. That means you have until 11:59 WDC time on the last day of each month. If you don't know what 'WDC time' is all you need to do is look at the bottom of your left side navigational menu.
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