NHL News : Price is going UP to land Kane!
Price is going UP to land Kane!
Uh oh... what does it mean for the market?
The market is a constant moving place, and that is not different for the National Hockey League and the trade market. For months now, Buffalo Sabres top forward Evander Kane has been at the centre of trade chatter with fans expecting a trade at any moment of the day.
While the rumor has not changed and Kane is expected to be moved before the Feb. 26 trade deadline, there is one important factor that has been revised : the price tag.
Kane, who is not the only pending free agent finding himself on the trade block as Toronto Maple Leafs James van Riemsdyk is in the same spot, is now looking more expensive as the deadline nears. NHL insider Darren Dreger was talking about the asking price for big scorers like van Riemsdyk to Montreal's TSN Radio 690 on Tuesday, and took the opportunity to revise what he reported last Friday regarding Buffalo's asking price for Buffalo's top forward.
"If Buffalo gets a first (round pick), a prospect, a roster player and a conditional pick - which I was corrected on, frankly after I wrote that on Friday, they want a roster player in addition to the other three assets - for Evander Kane, a pending unrestricted free agent. If they get all that, or there's a belief they get all that, imagine what the Leafs might get for JVR, Bozak, Komarov or all three..." he said. "...but the 'own rental' philosophy is probably more likely given the Toronto Maple Leafs' position in the standings."
Many people might have thought the opposite would take place with Kane, especially after last week's incipient during the Sabres' practice. As you all know now, Kane and teammate Justin Falk got into a heated fight during Sabres practice as Falk told Kane he was "selfish" during the team's skate. The incident took place after Kane injured one of his own teammate during a drill.
Video by Ted Goldberg of the Buffalo Spectrum News shows Kane checked Zach Bogosian into the boards as he skated with the puck behind the net during a drill. Bogosian stayed on his feet but fell to the ice with Kane a few moments later in the corner of the rink. He was unable to put weight on his left leg as he left the ice. It was later confirmed that he will miss up to six weeks of action.
But after all, the Winnipeg Jets still managed to move Kane when there was also issues with some teammates before he was traded off to Buffalo.
"When Kane was still in Winnipeg in 2015, he was scratched for violating the team dress code when he showed up in a track suit instead of a standard suit. A later report revealed that Dustin Byfuglien threw Kane's track suit in the cold tub."
Clearly, his talent surpasses any off-ice issues there may be and his price has not been affected by the recent commotion.


Corning's Lady Bobcats lost 57-45 to eventual-winner Pocahontas in semi-final action of the Williams Baptist College high school basketball tournament Friday, December 2, playing in Walnut Ridge.
The girls fell to the second-seeded Lady Redskins after netting a victory over sixth-seeded Sloan-Hendrix.
In Friday's contest, the third-seeded Lady 'Cats trailed 17-11 after the first quarter and led 28-25 at the half.
They were outscored 19-8 in the third frame to go behind 44-36 before Pocahontas finished the game with a 13-9 run in the final stanza.


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I quit piano lessons when I was seventeen. I remember vividly the day I quit, too, because when I told my teacher I wouldn't be coming back for our next lesson, her response surprised me.
She said, "I'm not going to try and convince you to keep playing the piano with me, but I am going to convince you to keep playing." She went on to tell me about how her father had just passed away, and how, in the days after his death, the grief was so heavy she couldn't eat, couldn't sleep. The only time she found any peace was when she sat down and put her fingers on the keys.
All she could do was to play the piano.
At seventeen, I didn't know this kind of grief, but her words did have an impact on me. I remembered them. They came back in whispers, like words sometimes do, when I lost my grandpa during my sophomore year of college. I sat in my dorm room, fingers rested on my keyboard, trying to remember the chords she had taught me.
They came back when I went through a painful break-up and found my only solace in writing secret letters in a journal.
They came back when I lost a friend to suicide and stayed alive myself by writing poetry. During a dark depression, I survived by strumming a few chords I had learned on guitar in my friend's attic (where the acoustics were forgiving) and putting my poetry to music.
And it comes back to me now, in a time in my life where grief is heavier than it may have ever been before, and I find my way back to myself through movement, music, yoga, planting things, planning gatherings and of course, my old standby—a paper and pen.
It makes me wonder: have too many of us "quit" on our creativity too soon?
Have we forgotten how much we need it?
The evidence is mounting that the act of writing about traumatic experiences for as little as fifteen or twenty minutes a day for three or four days can produce measurable changes in physical and mental health. Emotional writing can also affect people's sleeping habits, work efficiency, and how they connect to others. Indeed, when we put our traumatic experiences into words, we tend to be come less concerned with the emotional events that have been weighing us down.
Creativity is how we wrestle and thrive and search and grow and learn and make sense of the world. It's how we find our purpose and our joy and our way through long, dark days until we get to better ones.
But if creativity can have such a measurable impact on our mood, our brains, our happiness and our overall well-being, why do so many of us dismiss it as frivolous, secondary, unimportant, or something to be done with the more pressing responsibilities of life have already been taken care of?
Why aren't we making a greater point to live and breathe creativity in our lives?
This is probably the excuse we most often hear (and give) for not engaging our creative minds and spirits more often. But perhaps the reason we believe we are not creative is that we have mis-defined creativity.
Other excuses you'll hear when it comes to creativity are: "I don't have the time for that" "I have too many responsibilities" "that seems frivolous" "I'm busy" "that's too much money" or "what will people say?" I could go on… as a writing coach, I've heard ALL the excuses in the book.
As a creative myself, I've made all the excuses.
And yes, creativity is messy, cluttered, silly, exhilarating, embarrassing, unpredictable. But what if we all need way more of it in our lives?
What is your creative outlet?
Creativity is less about the action than it is about the motivation behind the action. This is the thing you do because you can't not do it. It's the thing that brings you great joy. It's the thing that may not make you any money, may not be "productive" or "efficient" in the ways we normally think about these words, but that has tremendous under-the-surface power to help you make progress.
Are you considering becoming a creative person? Too late, you already are one. To even call somebody "a creative person" is almost laughably redundant; creativity is the hallmark of our species. We have the senses for it; we have the curiosity for it; we have the opposable thumbs for it; we have the rhythm for it; we have the language and the excitement and the innate connection to divinity for it.
Even if you grew up watching cartoons in a sugar stupor from dawn to dusk, creativity still lurks within you. Your creativity is way older than you are, way older than any of us. Your very body and your very being are perfectly designed to live in collaboration with inspiration, and inspiration is still trying to find you—the same way it hunted down your ancestors.
All of which is to say: You do not need a permission slip from the principal's office to live a creative life. Or if you do worry that you need a permission slip—THERE, I just gave it to you. I just wrote it on the back of an old shopping list. Consider yourself fully accredited. Now go make something.
I love that. I love it because we are all making something, whether we recognize it or not. We are making friendships and homes and careers and breakfast and dinner. We are busy sculpting our bodies and our health and the future of our families. You are creative in that you are creating the life you live every single day.
Losing sight of our creativity.
Robert Fulgram, author of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, points out that, when you ask a room full of three-year-olds, "who in here is an artist?" nearly every child will raise her hand. And when you ask the same question of a group of adults, you might get a few reluctant responses.
What happened to us along the way?
Where did we lose this sense that we are creative?
Somewhere under the piles of laundry and in the cloud of exhaustion and the weight of having to pay my mortgage every month. Somewhere between the persistence of emails and the pressure of trying to be more efficient. I am creative. I know I am. But where can creativity fit into this life of chaos?
Her question is a valid one: where can we fit creativity into this life of chaos?
Because sometimes life gets away with us. And creativity does not always seem like the most "productive" choice. It is not always the most efficient. It's not always the most "profitable"—at least if we're talking about money. But it's binding. It's essential. Maybe we need it more than we can even fathom.
The problem with losing our creativity.
If by our very nature we are creative—creating our environments and our friendships and our lives and our careers and our marriages and our families—then denying our creativity is dangerous. When we push our creative selves under the surface, they gasp for breath and eventually suffocate.
A part of us dies.
I've done this dozens of times in my life—ignoring the creative intuition which lives inside of me for the sake of more money, or approval, or fame, or making a name for myself—and the result is always the same. I'm left with all kinds of external "rewards" while the most important part of myself, my spirit, suffers.
The longer we go without listening to our intuitions, the more silenced they become.
Would you keep speaking if no one was listening to you?
And our creative selves are like our engine. This is what gets us up in the morning. It's the wind at our back that keeps us pressing forward throughout the day. It's the quiet reminder that life matters for something. And if we give that up in order to earn a bigger paycheck or make someone in our family happy or to put forward the appearance that we have our lives together—or whatever reason—we are ultimately sacrificing our souls.
No wonder we're suffering from depression and anxiety and overwhelm and burn-out and just a general sense of being in a "funk" at unprecedented rates.
Do you wake up some days wondering what you're doing here on this earth? Are there moments when you aren't sure what your place is or what your purpose is? Do you feel discouraged with what's happening in the world but powerless to stop it? Are you under the weight of terrible grief to where you can't see an end to the pain?
Do you sometimes just feel down for no reason?
Maybe the peace and the answers and the help and the progress we are all looking for will not found in gaining more information but in exercising our creative energy.
Let us put our hands to something: a garden, a book, a journal, a meal, a gathering, a home, a piece of clothing, a piece of jewelry, a business, a math problem, a puzzle, a song, a piano, a guitar, a bouquet of flowers… it doesn't really matter, just something.
Maybe creativity is more powerful than we even believe it is.
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Love this!! And I definitely agree with everything you said! My creativity has always been writing too. As a child I always wrote stories, as a pre-teen and teen I journaled, and in college I wrote essays. After college, I stopped writing completely. I felt so strongly that something was missing in my life, but for whatever reason, I didn't recognize that it was the lack of creativity. In the past few months, I have introduced writing back into my life and it has brought back a sense of meaning and wonder.
Thanks for posting & thanks for the additional resources too!
You're welcome Nicole! So glad it was helpful for you and that you're finding a way to reintegrate writing into your life. Hope you grab the free eBook and enjoy some of the other resources, as well. They're some of my favorites.
Absolutely love this. It was exactly what I needed to read this morning. You've summed up so many thoughts that have been rolling around my head lately. Thank you for sharing!
You're welcome Asharae! So glad it was helpful for you.
I have a question — you are talking about creativity in broad terms (including math, science, relationships, sports), but I don't know that some of these have the same powerful effect as engaging our mind to make something (cooking, writing, music, etc). Running around bases or solving math problems or talking to friends at a bbq are engaging your mind and good for you in a lot of ways, but I wouldn't consider them creative outlets (ok, depends on the type of conversation with friends). So would you consider these to be a different type of creativity?
Thanks for reading Sho. And glad you like those extra resources. They're some of my very favorites.
As for your question, remember that creativity has less to do with the activity as it does with the attitude behind the action. The primary qualifiers for creativity are innovation and imagination (dictionary definition: "the use of the imagination or original ideas, especially in the production of an artistic work") So although we tend to think of creativity as being related to a "creative work" like a painting or a book, that doesn't mean we can't engage our creative brains and spirits when we are going for a run, or solving a riddle, doing a crossword puzzle, or playing a game.
Here's why it matters. Not everyone is going to be drawn to sit down and journal for an hour in the morning. But then again, some people who are drawn to journaling might feel totally out of place in a dance class or a baseball game. However, when we can learn to move our bodies and our minds in new ways—even ways that make us feel uncomfortable—we will discover new solutions to problems and discover new aspects of ourselves.
Thanks for replying! (I've been following you for a long time, so it's kind of exciting to me:)) I like that you are trying to remind people of possibly overlooked creative outlets — and I really like that you include kinetic activities. I guess it was hard for me to equate crosswording to creating a world via art…but you're right, it's still using imagination, and I can see how it could be a creative outlet for someone. (Don't get me wrong, I love crosswords and sports but they aren't the same emotional release for me. I think I've been a bit of a creative "snob" too; like I'm a "creative person" and that person over there isn't. A bit of a silly view, considering I like to consider myself somewhat mathematical and analytical and wouldn't want to be put into an "only creative" box.
Such a great book! Matt is a friend and fellow Moody Collective author. Should have included that in my list.
Terrific post. Your style is engaging, informative and not preachy. Another inspiring piece.
Thanks Francis! So glad it's helpful for you.
I have been journaling since I was a young girl first starting with creative writing which led to my diaries then when I was in my 20's in the late 1990's I read The Artist's Way which led to morning writings (free writing). I continue to write in journals but I'm discovering other outlets of creativity in my life. I know I'm being creative when I feel like a child again, a free spirit, trying out a new recipe and altering it to my liking or making up an exercise workout as I go and enjoying the unveiling of it all. Thank you Allison for your words that help us to recognize the gifts we already have!
I have always enjoyed creating – writing, drawing, coding, photography, whatever – but for years I had a huge reluctance to share any of it. I finally decided to get over that fear so I started blogging and (gasp!) sharing these deeply personal thoughts on Facebook! Turns out, people really don't care about your flaws but they do care about you.
I still face perceived judgement but I deal with it better. So there's been a lot of personal growth. Now I paint, and there's always a feeling of vulnerability when a new person comes over and sees my work. I think this is a good thing though because it has made me invest the hours necessary to do quality work. So, the more reluctant you are to share your work, the more you should! Happy creating and thank you Allison for a great post!
"Turns out, people really don't care about your flaws but they do care about you." I love this. This has been my experience with blogging, too. It's funny. The more embarrassed I am to share something, the better response it gets—ha. What a funny paradox.
But people really do just want to connect in their humanity. Creativity helps us do that.
Keep up the good work, Brad. Thanks for sharing.
I have been thinking a lot about creativity lately. Thank you for putting so many of the things that I have been considering into such beautiful words.
Until recently, I did not think of myself as a creative person. In fact, I felt like I was inept in that realm. My mom is the most creative person I have ever met. She always has such great ideas and executes them flawlessly in art, design, and crafts of all shapes and sizes. I grew up watching her beautify everything she touched, which made me feel like I could never even come close to measuring up to her creativity, and, therefore, was not creative at all.
It was like a lightbulb went on in my head not too long ago when I realized that creativity comes in many forms, and we are all born to be creative, just like you said. We all create in different ways, which is what gives our world the depth and variety that it has. How boring it would be if we were all good at the same things!
This is so great Lynette! I have met so many people in my lifetime who claim to be "not creative" and then, later on down the road, I find them building something or solving some kind of problem or innovating in some way… it really is in our DNA.
Beautiful post, Allison. I've wrestled with a lot of the excuses you talked about. The two biggest ones for me are time and energy. Things are really busy right now at work and my kids are really young (4 and 2), so when I get home I find myself expending a lot of my remaining energy with them. By the time they're in bed and I've gotten everything ready for the next day I have very little to give to the creative pursuits that give me life. I need to let some things in my life so I can participate in the things that give me life. Thanks for the reminder!
Jeff—the struggle is real. I don't have kids, but I have enough friends with young children and have nannied a few different times, and I know how much energy kids can take just to get through the day-to-day. Remember, though, what an incredible act of creativity raising your kids is and will continue to be! You're using a lot of creative energy in that direction right now, and there will be more to share toward other pursuits later.
For now, just do what you can. Have tons of grace for yourself in this season (and always). Beating ourselves over the head for "not doing enough" just makes our creativity go into hiding.
Love this post! I was just thinking about this very thing this morning as I did an art project with my daughter: how we are all born creative and seem to lose it as we grow up! It needs to be exercised. Thanks for this reminder.
Yes! You're so welcome. Thanks Esther.
So beautiful, thank you so much for writing this. It's really helpful.
"I've done this dozens of times in my life—ignoring the creative intuition which lives inside of me for the sake of more money, or approval, or fame, or making a name for myself—and the result is always the same. I'm left with all kinds of external "rewards" while the most important part of myself, my spirit, suffers." — You're absolutely right, this is what it's all about… The process is its own reward. Soooo easy to forget, especially when working in a creative field. Thanks heaps for the reminder.
Yes! And you bring up a great point—about working in a creative field. For me, for example, I write every single day, but that doesn't always mean I'm being creative. Again, less about the activity, more about the attitude behind the activity.
Creativity is play (watch kids). We do it without rushing, without trying to systematize it, and without expectation of return. We all need a little more of this in our lives.
This hit the nail on the head for me today. I was just telling a mentor/friend of mine that I feel like I'm dying a bit inside. She started asking about what I was creating or doing with my creativity. The truth? Nothing right now. We just moved half way across the country, I have two toddlers at home, and I'm up to my eyeballs in paperwork and parenting – those great excuses we all make. I need this kick reminder that taking that time is so worth it – even just a little bit of writing in my day makes me feel so much better. I could hardly believe it when this article popped up on my feed. I think my eyes almost popped out of my head! Thank you for your honesty. I so enjoy your work.
I know this feeling of "dying inside" so well. It's awful, but it's our soul's way of screaming to us to let it out of the small box we've locked it in, and to give it space to play, to create, to explore, to make a mess, to forgive ourselves, to laugh, and to act like a child again. Healing healing healing—so much healing comes from creativity.
Thank you for reading, Sheri. And for sharing your story!
I seriously LOVE that you said this. God has asked me this same question over and over again to me whenever I seem to fall into a mindset that robs me of creative writing or speaking. I sometimes find myself wanting to write or speak on a topic that might get more views, yet have no passion behind it, and it is in those seasons that I feel disconnected from myself and God. I need to stick a post-it note on my desk as a reminder to ask myself this question before I write. Thank you, Allison, for writing from your heart and for loving people you don't even know through your writing. God is using you.
Alicia—It's amazing how many of us (myself included) ignore our intuitions and then wonder why we aren't getting more information about where to go next. We're like, "I just don't know! I don't feel like God is speaking to me!" Meanwhile I imagine God must be like, "Um… I've been over here talking to you and you don't listen!" Ha. I don't say this to be hard on us. We can just laugh about it, and realize how important it is to listen for that still, small voice and tune out the other noise, and do better next time.
We have to cultivate our intuitions if we want them to be of use to us.
So glad this was helpful for you. Thank you for reading and sharing your thoughts.
This post really resonated with me, as I recently started blogging as creative outlet and form of accountability. I had overlooked this side of myself in the sea of academia, and now my career, for far too long. Sometimes I worry that I'm out of practice and readers won't relate, but you reminded me that I write first and foremost for myself. Thank you! My art has a lot of growth ahead, but I'm really enjoying the process.
Yes! I teach writers I work with that the answer to the age-old question about who you're writing for—yourself or your reader—is BOTH. It's like a relationship. You cannot abandon your own thoughts, needs, desires, etc. But you also have to reach out earnestly for the person you want to be in relationship with. I talk about this quite a bit in my Find Your Writing Voice course, which I'll be opening for registration again in a couple of weeks.
Thanks Allison for your post. It can be so easy to follow the "shoulds" in life rather than an invitation to creativity. Thanks for the reminder.
I wrestle often with the feeling that I should work more, as I only work part time and do make time for creativity, yet there is this cultural pressure to work more, make more money, etc that isn't in line with just making time for enjoyment. Yet creativity is worth it!
That idea was so freeing for me! Hope it helps you too.
It is amazing the healing power of creativity! So many great works have been created as a result of an artist healing through what they were making. I so appreciate this piece as each of us are creative but society will lead us to think we are not. I know I feel I am very creative but was hurt recently when someone said they would not call me creator. It made me realize it isn't what someone else thinks but how I feel.
It's so easy to let others define us—which is why so many of us end up believing we're not creative. One way this plays out in schools, I think, is that the words "artistic" and "creative" are used interchangeably. In other words, a child who is gifted with words or colors is told, "you're a great writer" or "wow, you're so creative" or "what an artist". I would define "artist" a little more narrowly than "creative". Just because you don't love to write or paint or draw doesn't mean you aren't creative. And if we believe we aren't creative, we just haven't found our creative outlet yet.
Have actually written two different novels, to put my mind at rest when people I've loved died suddenly. The first was a mystery, Potter's Field. The last was a western romance, The Milch Bride. Writing really does help.
It really does! Love that Janet. What an incredible accomplishment, and so very healing in the midst of grief.
I know I had many creative outlets as a child, and I pursued them unabashedly. But as I got older, I grew more and more self conscious about my more creative endeavors. I stopped drawing and writing poetry and who-knows-what-else I did at a young age, all because I feared what others might think of me.
It got to the point where I felt almost ashamed of my words, even if no one else would read them. I'd start a journal, and then I'd dislike myself for what I'd written, so I'd stop writing and hide that journal. Then when I felt the urge to write again, I'd start with a blank journal. As a result, I probably have at least a dozen diaries/journals/notebooks from throughout my childhood (and adulthood) that are less than half full.
Recently I got the urge to write again. Something was different this time, though. I committed to filling a whole journal, without shame for my words or my thoughts. This was two months ago, and I now have less than a dozen pages left in my Moleskine.
I was drawn to writing this time around because anxiety has reared its ugly little head in my life yet again, and I've found that writing is such a healing tool when it comes to anxiety management. Your words just amplified all that I've come to realize, and encourage me to just let creativity flow for the sake of my own sanity and healthy.
Jessica—what you're talking about here is so very common. Julia Cameron calls this our "inner critic" and it's one of the reasons she gives the assignment of Morning Pages (writing in a private journal every morning). Because she says you will essentially start to see your inner critic come out and flare up—and you'll have to deal with him/her (for each of us, that critic takes on a different identity and gender).
Anyway, it's important to remember that your inner critic is not only NOT on your side, but will be the greatest obstacle for you not only in your creative work, but also in your life. The better we can get at putting that little critic in its place, the better off we'll be.
Great post! I stumbled upon this article by chance and it was so timely. My mom passed away last month and returning to my creativity zone of writing and music is what has been giving me the strength to keep going. Creativity heals my soul.
I'm so very sorry to hear about your mom. What an incredible loss. I will say a prayer right now that your creative spirit continues to bring healing to you, and that your creative work would be like a monument to your mom, holding her memory here with you.


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The Deadly Lure of City Lights
Migrating birds can become disoriented as they fly at night. But the 9/11 Tribute in Light has come up with a solution.
By Andrew Farnsworth and Kyle G. Horton
Drs. Farnsworth and Horton are scientists at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
Every Sept. 11, beams of light rise more than four miles into the night sky from the National 9/11 Memorial & Museum in Lower Manhattan to honor the nearly 3,000 lives lost in America's most devastating terrorist attacks. The glowing columns elegantly trace the outlines of the twin towers. But they also beckon thousands of migrating birds into the city's skyscraper canyons, where they can become disoriented and crash headlong into buildings.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/opinion/9-11-tribute-in-light-birds.html
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AMU Homeland Security Intelligence North America Opinion
FAA: Unmanned Aerial Systems in National Airspace
By Dr. Charles Russo, American Military University and Anthony Galante, Unmanned Safety Institute
This January, a personal unmanned aerial system (UAS) crashed on to the White House lawn. While the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) intended to bring forward new regulations for the public and commercial use of UAS in 2015, this incident seems to have accelerated the timetable.
On February 15, the FAA released proposed rule changes. The key components of the new proposed rules include safety and reasonableness for the operators, the community, and the UAS manufacturers.
Currently, to fly any UAS , permission from the FAA can be granted after the public safety agency applies for a certificate of authorization (COA). The operator of the UAS is required to possess the flight hours or medical rating of a private pilot's license. These proposed changes, if approved, should be welcomed by public safety agencies seeking to operate these devices.
According to the new FAA proposal:
UAS weighing up to 55 pounds would be allowed to fly within visual line of sight of operators during daylight hours without the need of a COA.
The UAS must stay below 500 feet in the air and fly less than 100 miles per hour.
Operators who are flying UAS would need to be at least 17 years old, pass an aeronautics test, and be vetted by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
The FAA's statute prohibits the operation of an aircraft unless the aircraft is registered. Pursuant to this statutory prohibition, the proposed rule change would require small unmanned aircraft to be registered with the FAA using the current registration process. In order to register a small unmanned aircraft with the FAA, the aircraft's owner would have to submit to the FAA an aircraft registration application providing information about the aircraft and contact information for the aircraft owner. This registration would need to be renewed every three years.
It is important to know that the proposed rule changes do not just impact public safety agency operations. The following are examples of possible small UAS operations that could be conducted under this proposed framework:
Crop monitoring/inspection
Educational/academic uses
Power-line/pipeline inspection in hilly or mountainous terrain
Antenna inspections
Aiding certain rescue operations such as locating snow avalanche victims
Wildlife nesting area evaluations
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Eleanor Margaret Gibson-Carmichael
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Sir Henry Raeburn
Scottish, 1756-1823
119.4 × 95.2 cm (47 × 37 1/2 in.)
Bequest of Florence Thompson Thomas in memory of her father, John R. Thompson Sr.
Sir Walter Armstrong, Sir Henry Raeburn (London and New York, 1901), pp. 92, ill., 98.
James Greig, Sir Henry Raeburn, R.A.: His Life and Works with a Catalogue of His Pictures (London, 1911), pp. 5, ill., 38, 41.
Alfred M. Frankfurter, "Paintings by Raeburn in America," Antiquarian 14, 1 (1930), p. 33, ill.
John D. Morse, Old Master Paintings in North America (New York, 1979), p. 219.
Malcolm Warner in Susan Wise and Malcolm Warner, French and British Paintings from 1600 to 1800 in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1996), pp. 266-68, ill.
London, Colnaghi, Pictures of the Early English and Other Schools in Aid of King Edward's Hospital Fund, 1905, no. 8.
Commissioned by the sitter's father, Sir John Gibson-Carmichael of Skirling, sixth Bt. (died 1803); by descent to Sir Thomas David Gibson-Carmichael, eleventh Bt., first baron Carmichael (died 1926); sold Sotheby's, London, June 8-10, 1926, no. 496, ill., to Duveen, Paris and New York, for £8,800 [annotated copy of the sale catalogue, Ryerson Library, Art Institute of Chicago]. Mrs. John R. Thompson, Sr., Chicago, by 1930 [Frankfurter 1930]; sold Parke-Bernet, New York, January 15, 1944, no. 33, ill., to her daughter, Florence Thompson Thomas (died 1972), Palm Beach, Florida; bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1973.
Portrait of a Man with Gray Hair, 1810/20
Adam Rolland of Gask II, 1800/10
Robert Brown of Newhall, 1792
The Banks of the Marne in Winter, 1866
Portrait of Monsieur Rouland, c. 1875
Adolphe Joseph Thomas Monticelli
Stoke-by-Nayland, 1836
Bathing Nymphs and Child, 1855/60
Poppy Field (Giverny), 1890/91
Fishing Boats with Hucksters Bargaining for Fish, 1837/38
Prince Otto von Bismarck, 1896
Franz Seraph von Lenbach
Te burao (The Hibiscus Tree), 1892
Tobias and the Angel, 1878


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Unibet — платформа для ставок на спорт, онлайн-казино, бинго и онлайн-покера, является частью холдинга Kindred Group. Обслуживает более 11 миллионов клиентов в 100 странах мира.

Главный офис расположен на Мальте, на 2012 год оборот компании составил GBP 197,2 миллиона.

История
Основана Андерсом Стрёмом в 1997 году в своей квартире в Эрлс-Корте, в Лондоне. В 1998 году компания Unibet получила лицензию в Великобритании, чтобы заниматься игровой деятельностью. Компания открыла офис в Лондоне и начала свою коммерческую деятельность в качестве букмекера, принимая ставки по телефону. В 1999 году запущены интернет-сайты на шведском и английском языках. В 2000 году зарегистрирована группа Unibet Group Plc. В этом же году компания Unibet получила международную лицензию и открыла офис на Мальте. В 2001 году запущена вторая версия сайта Unibet, которая затем переведена на 12 языков, а также Unibet стал осуществлять свою деятельность в более чем 50 странах мира. В 2003 году совершился запуск обновленного веб-сайта и новых продуктов, включая ставки Live и онлайн казино. В этом же году зарегистрировано более чем 256.000 пользователей в более чем 100 странах мира. В 2004 году компания была зарегистрирована в NASDAQ OMX Nordic Exchange. В этом же году совершился запуск Supertoto и покер, а также запуск мобильной платформы, скретч-карты и ТВ-формата «Pokermiljonen». В 2005 году приобретён MrBookmaker.com. В 2006 году веб-сайт переведён на 20 языков, совершился запуск Бинго. В этом же году на Мальте создана новая холдинговая компания. В 2007 году компания приобрела холдинг Мария, для укрепления позиции в бинго и на северных рынках. В 2008 году компания приобрела крупного сообщества Скандинавии, Travnet.
Unibet сертифицирован G4, Global Gaming Guidance Group, и соблюдает их кодекс по отношению к ответственной игре, а также сертифицирован по стандартам eCOGRA (в www.ecogra.org).

Unibet является членом Европейской ассоциации азартных игр и ставок (EGBA), которая объединяет 12 ведущих компаний азартных игр в Европе. Устав ассоциации определяет, каким образом компании-члены должны иметь дело с такими вопросами, как зависимость от азартных игр, незаконных азартных играх несовершеннолетних, неприкосновенность частной жизни игрока и отмывании денег.
По состоянию на январь 2009 года, в Unibet зарегистрировано клиентов из более чем 150 странах мира.
<p>В 2010 году Unibet получает французскую лицензию на спортивные ставки, конные скачки, а также на покер. В 2011 году Unibet объявляет о приобретении EurosportBet и EurosportPoker, французский оператор спортивных ставок и покера, полностью отвечающие требованиям регулированного рынка. В этом же году Unibet награждён одной из 48 лицензий на повторно прошедший регуляцию датский рынок. В 2012 году следующим приобретением Unibet стала компания Betchoice, австралийский онлайн букмекер, сумма покупки которой составила GBP 13600000. Betchoice предоставляет спортивные ставки, а также ставки на автоспорт, работая на австралийском рынке через свой веб-сайт. В 2006, 2008, 2009 и 2014 годах она была признана «букмекером года» на престижной ежегодной церемонии «eGaiming Review» в Лондоне.

В декабре 2013 года Unibet объявил, что покерная деятельность была перемещена на отдельный покерный сайт.

В апреле 2014 года Unibet подписал контракт с Thunderkick, благодаря чему компания стала одним из первых брендов, поддерживающих игры Thunderkick.
В мае 2014 года акционеры Unibet Group plc одобрили предложенное расширение их субсидиарной Kambi Group, ориентированной на B2B-сегмент. 95 % акций компании были распространены среди акционеров Unibet. Доля Kambi Group plc начала продаваться на NASDAQ OMX Стокгольм в июне 2014 года.

В июле 2015 года компания Unibet выкупила онлайн бизнес компании Stan James Group plc, а также права на управление брендом.

Unibet Group Plc приобрел домен Bingo.com и его реальный денежный онлайн бизнес в сфере азартных игр на общую сумму $8 млн с 31 декабря 2014 года. $2 млн. Unibet заплатил наличными, а остаток был выплачен путём выкупа 15 000 000 простых акций Bingo.com по $0.40 за акцию.

6 декабря 2016 года было проведено собрание акционеров Unibet Group, на котором было принято решение о переименовании Unibet Group в Kindred Group. Таким образом с 12 декабря 2016 года акции компании начали торговаться под новым именем — Kindred Group Plc. Такое решение было принято потому, что, по мнению руководства компании, пользователям легко запутаться между Unibet и Unibet Group. Таким образом, ребрендинг будет проведен в целях разграничения брендов, принадлежащих компании (Bingo.com, iGame, Stan James, Maria Casino и ряд других), чтобы пользователи акцентировали внимание и на эти сайты.

23 февраля 2017 года компания Kindred Plc (бывшая Unibet Group) приобрела компанию 32Red за $219,000,000

В 2019 компания заключила соглашение с бельгийским футбольным клубом Брюгге, согласно которому, UniBet стал титульным спонсором команды на  сезон 2019/20.

Награды
Unibet был неоднократно награждён международным журналом «eGaming Review», как лучший Европейский оператор спортивных ставок в 2006, 2008 и 2009 году, а также как оператор live ставок в 2009 году.

Unibet Open
Unibet Open (UO) — это серия живых покерных турниров Texas Hold'em, которые проходят в красивейших городах Европы. Впервые UO был проведён в Варшаве во второй половине 2007 года, а затем в 2008 году турнир продолжил своё шествие, посетив Мадрид, Милан и снова Варшаву.
В 2009 году UO приобрел популярность одного из самых известных покерных турниров в Европе и посетил Будапешт, Золотые Пески (Болгария), Прагу, Валенсию и Париж. Тур 2011 года состоял из Мальты, Барселоны, Дублина и Риги. Серия турниров Unibet Open 2012 года стартовала в Праге, где турнир был дополнен абсолютно новыми уникальными мероприятиями, такими как турнир по ставкам на спорт, турнир блэкджек, а также отдельный женский покерный турнир, затем в мае UO завоевал Париж. На очереди Лондон, а в завершении года турнир пройдет на Карибских Островах.

Примечания

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 Сайт компании

Сайты азартных игр
Сайты по алфавиту
Компании, основанные в 1997 году
Игорные компании Мальты
Компании, имеющие листинг акций на OMX

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Oct. 26, 2011 | Press Release
DynaSys to team with West Monroe in North America
The alliance with DynaSys covers distribution and integration of DynaSys's n.SKEP solutions across Canada and the United States.
DynaSys, a European developer of expert solutions for demand and supply chain planning, has formalized an alliance with West Monroe Partners, a full-service North American business and technology consultancy with a strong practice in supply chain optimization.
With more than 350 clients, West Monroe Partners is established and well recognized across North America, and it has developed a strong reputation for helping clients improve business performance and transform their operations to compete more effectively in a changing environment. The company operates in various industries, including energy, manufacturing, health, or distribution, but also in the tertiary sector, with banking and insurance.
The alliance agreement with West Monroe Partners allows DynaSys to serve North American companies together with a well-respected consultancy.
West Monroe Partners will assist DynaSys with implementation of n.SKEP solutions for DynaSys clients in North America, as well as for its own clients.
The terms of this partnership
West Monroe Partners and DynaSys have established a dedicated team of six consultants trained to sell and integrate n.SKEP and oversee design and implementation of n.SKEP solutions.
The opinion of both firms
Yves Leclerc, Managing Director, Leader of the Canadian offices and Supply Chain Practice at West Monroe Partners, "We are delighted to be part of the introduction of DynaSys in the North American market. Through this alliance, DynaSys and West Monroe Partners will be able to offer a complete supply chain solution that is, flexible and adaptable to the realities of our clients' diverse operations. We now can offer a best-of-breed demand management, inventory management, distribution management and operations planning solution that produces results in all types of environments.
The combined offerings of DynaSys and West Monroe Partners enable our clients to optimize their entire supply chain and reduce operations costs significantly. "
Ariel Weil, CEO of DynaSys: "We are very pleased to launch this rich professional alliance with West Monroe Partners. We share the same pursuit of delivering excellence to our clients.
The transfer of skills between our teams was fast, and we are delighted with West Monroe Partners' deep supply chain knowledge and experience. With two projects already complete and others in process, West Monroe Partners already is able to market and integrate n.SKEP solutions.
Our distribution network now extends from Europe to the Americas and offers a competitive offering to those of larger publishers. "
About DynaSys
Founded in 1985, the company DynaSys is among the European leaders in the field of expertise and collaborative solutions in Demand & Supply Chain Planning. Its integrated collaborative n.SKEP offering covers all Supply Chain processes at strategic, tactical and operational levels, and allows the development of sales forecasts and planning and optimization of multi-level distribution, production and supply. Present in many industries such as distribution and trading, food processing, consumer goods (CPG), health (pharmaceuticals, chemicals and cosmetics), fashion, and luxury, DynaSys has over 250 customers around the world including: Goal International, Cadbury, Dorel Europe, Ipsen, Labeyrie, LVHM, Mars, Martell, Mumm, Perrier-Jouet, Petit Bateau, Piaget, Valeo. For more information visit www.dys.com
DynaSys
Arnaud Hédoux
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Symphony Communication
Françoise Fouquet
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At only a month old, a black cat named Fum was introduced to a baby owl named Gebra. Normally, this situation would be a Sylvester & Tweety-style recipe for disaster, but in this case, something totally adorable happened.
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What the back pages say: FIFA probe transfers, Arsenal legend Vieira Spurs snub revealed, United boss in Tevez jibe, City's huge bonuses, Chelsea Kakuta defence, Nigel set for Villa exit - and more
Updated: 04:26 EDT, 20 September 2009
Fifteen new transfers involving top English clubs are under investigation by world governing body FIFA, raising fears that football has slipped back into the bung culture of the Nineties. ALSO: Sir Alex Ferguson has cranked up the pressure on Carlos Tevez ahead of today's Manchester derby by claiming he was not bothered when the Argentina striker exited Old Trafford at the end of last season. ALSO: Teenager Dan Evans, stripped last summer of his privileges by the LTA after being caught in a nightclub hours before he was due on court at Wimbledon, is likely to have the fate of the British Davis Cup team in his hands this afternoon.
Role model: Former Arsenal star Thierry Henry
Moneybags Manchester City have paid their players a staggering £459,000 in bonuses already this season. ALSO: Chelsea will produce evidence from the FA which they claim can clear their name in the Gael Kakuta 'tapping up' controversy. ALSO: Nigel Reo-Coker will be sold in the January transfer window after his astonishing bust-up with Aston Villa boss Martin O'Neill.
Mark Hughes has warned Manchester United they will not remain England's dominant force much longer and that he is aiming for Manchester City to be the side who "knock them off their perch", the way United once did to Liverpool.
Manchester City boss Mark Hughes had a swipe at United before today's big Manchester derby by pointing out the Premier League champions are not even in the city. ALSO: Patrick Vieria snubbed a move back to the Premier League with Spurs because he still has a great rapport with his old Arsenal fans.
Thierry Henry has slated Emmanuel Adebayor for showing a lack of respect to the manager, club and fans who made him a star. ALSO: Fernando Torres scored twice as Liverpool pulled off a controversial 3-2 win over West Ham at Upton Park. ALSO: Manchester City manager Mark Hughes aims to follow Sir Alex Ferguson's blueprint - and shift the balance of power in English football. ALSO: The Football League are demanding to know the identity of the owners of Notts County.
Carlos Tevez looks to have won his battle to face Manchester United - as he aimed a pre-derby blast at Sir Alex Ferguson. ALSO: Fernando Torres was the hero as he struck twice to help Liverpool overcome battling West Ham. ALSO: Phil Brown's job is on the line at Hull City - with Alan Curbishley or Gordon Strachan set to get the call to give the struggling Tigers some new teeth.
INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Controversy is never far away in the Premier League. Emmanuel Eboue managed to lose the plot (twice), performing a poor man's Adebayor and punching in a "goal", while West Ham scored a penalty despite the converter, Italian Alessandro Diamanti, seeming to take two touches. ALSO: The season may be only a few weeks old, but already it is turning into a hard struggle for Bolton manager Gary Megson.
Portsmouth remain at the bottom of the table with zero points, a sixth consecutive defeat rendering their start to the season the worst in the top flight since Leicester's campaign opener 26 years ago. ALSO: One way or the other, Carlos Tevez could be as much the centre of attention in today's Manchester derby as Emmanuel Adebayor proved to be in playing for Manchester City against his former club last week.
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Ari Vatanen, the FIA presidential candidate, has launched a stinging attack on world motorsport's governing body, arguing that a "total break from the current system" is needed to restore public confidence. ALSO: The head of South African athletics has apologised to the country for his mishandling of the Caster Semenya controversy, after admitting that a gender test was carried out on the teenager prior to last month's World Championships in Berlin.
SUNDAY EXPRESS
Sir Alex Ferguson is planning a January transfer window raid for Valencia's £25million Spanish star David Silva. ALSO: Manchester City boss Mark Hughes is aiming to knock Manchester United off their perch - a loft ambition which will resonate with Old Trafford counterpart Sir Alex Ferguson. ALSO: Freddie Flintoff's England career is over following the snub of a central contract.
FIFA to probe 15 transfers: Premier League furious after FA send on dossiers for new inquiry I'm not worried one bit that Tevez has joined our rivals, says United boss Sir Alex Ferguson
Injured Andy Murray is forced out leaving Britain facing Davis Cup relegation
What the back pages say: FIFA probe transfers, Arsenal legend Vieira Spurs snub revealed, United boss in Tevez jibe, City's huge bonuses, Chelsea Kakuta defence, Nigel set for Villa exit...
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I am completely blown away by Blurb, a company where you can create your very own baby book that looks like a professional hardcover coffee-table book that you will treasure forever. I have just received my first order and it's an amazing feeling to have published my very own book.
I already had all my favourite photos stored on the hard drive and had been meaning to print them for months and put them into an album. After designing my book and uploading it to the Blurb website, I received my order in Australia 3 days later. Such an easy system.
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hardcover coffee-table book, it's spectacular. The Blurb software is very easy to use, just add your own text, backgrounds, borders and photos which you can pull directly from your computer, iPhoto or Flickr account.
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The only problem I can see is stopping at just one book. I may need to publish a book for my toddler's artwork, our first overseas holiday, my favourite recipes… and the list goes on. This will become addictive.
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Anji Mountain has a lovely product line that we review here. Let's start by taking a look at the Anji Mountain Silky Shag area rug. This area rug design is silky and smooth. It feels great against bare feet when walking across the carpet. The reason why this carpet is silkier and smoother then other shag carpeting is because of a custom yarn used in the manufacturing process. The paper shag carpeting is also lovely - it's made of recycled paper, too. If you are eco-friendly or green sensitive, but still want to have a shag carpet, then the paper shag carpeting is an excellent choice.
If you are looking for kitchen or bath mats, Anji Mountain has a great selection of these as well. For instance, we have a high gloss inlaid bamboo kitchen mat. This adds beauty and is extremely resilient as well. It has a lovely inlaid design and is made from only the finest quality bamboo. A non-skid rubber backing will help keep the mat in place, and a water resistant finish adds a glossy texture.
Anji Mountain Silky Shag Area Rug Anji Mountain Silky Shag Area Rug is an inspired chenille shag rug that features innovative, modern construction details and an irresistible eco-retro style. Its billowy tufts are softer and silkier than those of traditional shag rugs made from wool or synthetic fibers. The uniquely luxuriant look and feel of this rug is due to a custom specified blended yarn of 50% rayon made from bamboo and 50% cotton.
Anji Mountain Paper Shag Area Rug This marvelous balance of comfort and style presents an array of dazzling applications throughout the home. The Anji Mountain Paper Shag Area Rug also makes a compelling sustainability statement with its inventive use of recycled paper in its pile.
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Emerald and Diamond Brooch Created by Raymond C. Yard
May 3, 2015 August 2, 2015 / hardythomast
What does this brooch have to do with the Highwaymen?
Raymond C. Yard used the highest quality gemstones and the most exquisite platinum mountings to create some of the most magnificent jewels in the Country, worn by clients such as the Vanderbilt's, DuPont's,' Woolworths,' and even movie stars including Douglas Fairbanks and Joan Crawford. Today the Yard name is synonymous for the highest standards in fine jewelry.
He created the most magnificent jewels in the Country. In recognition of how Yard elevated Art Deco jewelry to a new level, in 2008 Natasha Kuzmanovic, with an introduction by David Rockefeller, wrote the hardcover book: "Yard: The Life and Magnificent Jewelry of Raymond C. Yard." David Behl was the photographer of Yard's jewels. Behl has been a master photographer of the world's finest jewels for over 20 years.
So what do Yard and this book have to do with the Highwaymen? If the Yard name is synonymous for the highest standards in fine jewelry, so too did the Highwaymen achieve the highest standards in fine American folk Art. So it is that Natasha Kuzmanovic, with David Behl as her photographer, is writing a book on A. E. "Bean" BacKus and the Florida Highwaymen. The book will consist of six chapters; five on BacKus and one on the Highwaymen.
The reason BacKus deserves so much attention is that he was the genius behind the Highwaymen. Not a Highwayman himself, he inspired them and was their mentor. Born in 1906, BacKus, according to the BacKus Museum and Gallery in Fort Pierce, "after Winslow Homer, he was one of the few artists in the early 20th Century to depict Florida's rugged beauty on canvas. There is a great deal of misinformation about BacKus' role in teaching art to a wide range of students. While he did teach many students, it was Alfred Hair who was the one who primarily taught the loosely allied group of African-American artists who hastily created rendered images of a fantasized Florida.
Gary Monroe, professor of fine arts at Daytona State College, author of numerous Highwaymen books, including the Seminal, The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters (UPF, 2001), and who has been recognized with numerous exhibitions and fellowships, told me there is really "nothing new" about the Highwaymen's story. What is significant, however, Mr. Monroe points out "is that it happened like spontaneous combustion; it was born complete and ripe for the telling."
Gary Monroe
The Highwaymen: Florida's African-American Landscape Painters
"A number of factors led to the Highwaymen phenomenon; there was a convergence of factors – the 26 young African-Americans who seized opportunity when others felt the extremes of social alienation; an all-inclusive Caucasian, Bean Backus, who was also the epitome of a regionalist; and the times themselves contributed to the success of the Highwaymen.
It was an optimistic era with many young families establishing themselves in the Southeast region of Florida, and the Highwaymen paintings were like extreme welcoming-wagon gifts."
In writing this article, we questioned if it was hoe hum; that everyone already knew about the Highwaymen. But Mr. Monroe, who is a very popular lecturer with the Florida Humanities Council's Speaker's Bureau (his presentation is made available through FHC to Florida-based non-profit organizations), said when he begins his talks he asks by a show of hands who has heard of the Highwaymen, and its barely about half.
In conclusion, there are several more interesting tidbits to share. An exhibition of Highwaymen paintings at the Vero Beach Art Museum in 2013 had the second highest one-day attendance in its history. The exhibition was off-season. The highest one-day exhibition attendance was in-season.
Harold Newton, who's painting is illustrated below, produced 30,000 paintings. If you assign a market value of $ 3,000 to each painting = $ 90 million. Newton died penniless. The Highwaymen have produced over 250,000 paintings.
The only woman Highwaymen is Mary Ann Carroll. After years of obscurity, in 2011, she was invited to an exclusive First Lady's Luncheon, where she presented Michelle Obama with a painting of her iconic Poinciana. Mary Ann Carroll made a name for herself in a man's world while struggling to provide for her family.
Mr. Monroe's recently released book, Mary Ann Carroll: First Lady of the Highwaymen, tells her story with grace and insight. In 2004, Gary Monroe successfully nominated the Highwaymen to the prestigious Florida Hall of Fame, a function of the State Department in Tallahassee.
Florida Secretary of State Glenda Hood and Gary Monroe and the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Here are three Highwaymen paintings from, perhaps, the most prominent collection in Vero Beach.
Harold Newton – The significance of this painting is that depicts people
Ray McLendon – Once again, a painting depicting a person
Alfred Hair (A. E. BaKus' student)
In conclusion, and this is important, Gary Monroe wrote: "Tom, The necklace is a creative way to segued from it to the paintings. But it's only slightly relevant to your story… the Highwaymen phenomena. All best, G"
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Hydrofluoric Acid – The Flesh Eater!
Hydrofluoric acid is a colorless liquid that mixes readily in other fluids. It's highly corrosive and is classified as an acute poison that immediately begins to degrade tissue on contact.
If you're a fan of the Breaking Bad TV series, you might remember that this was the acid that Jess Pinkman used to dissolve a body in his bathtub, the tub that eventually was eroded by this acid and came crashing through the ceiling.
Ironically, when hydrofluoric acid comes into contact with skin, it initially causes painless burns. Several hours after exposure, however—even after washing the skin—deep, irreversible and painful damage can result and tissue death follows shortly after.
But the damage doesn't stop at the skin's surface. After contact, the acid interrupts the body's calcium metabolism and causes systemic toxicity. As the body's calcium balance is further disturbed, systemic calcium metabolism is halted. This can lead to cardiac arrest and death. And it doesn't take much to create this cascading lethal effect. As little as 25 square inches (a 5"x5" area) of affected skin can lead to death.
For example, a drink laden with hydrofluoric acid spilled on someone's clothing could be considered accidental and easily forgotten. But, over a period of a few hours, the person's skin would begin to dissolve, calcium metabolism would be interrupted and the person could die from a heart attack.
It's easy to see how this acid could be an intriguing method of killing off a character in your novel and still not have it link back to the murderer since visible damage may not appear until hours after exposure.
As one might expect, the degree of tissue damage and the resulting lethal effects of this acid depend on the amount, the route, and length of time of exposure.
For instance, if this acid were added to someone's eye drops or a nasal spray, the systemic damage would be accelerated due to the greater absorption rate of the acid into ocular tissue and mucous membranes.
If used as a nasal spray, lung tissue damage is assured. Lung tissue swelling and fluid accumulation could cause an irreversible pulmonary edema and the victim would essentially drown in his or her own fluids—thereby allowing a writer to create a rather dramatic murder scene.
And swallowing only a small amount of highly concentrated hydrofluoric acid will cause major organ damage and, more often than not, result in a painful death.
Furthermore, if the person suspects that he or she has been poisoned and vomiting is induced, then the tissue damage is enhanced throughout the upper GI tract. This results in even greater absorption of the chemical into mucosal tissue and a more effective shutdown of systemic calcium metabolism. In short, the end result of induced vomiting is a more rapid advancement to cardiac arrest.
One of the reasons this poison would make such a great murder weapon is that hydrofluoric acid is readily available in auto parts stores. It's one of the main ingredients in aluminum wheel cleaners.
I have not yet had the chance to use this interesting chemical as a death tool in a murder scene, but the possibilities are intriguing and as numerous as the routes of administration for this versatile poison.
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20 Responses to Hydrofluoric Acid – The Flesh Eater!
There is no doubt that hydrofluoric acid is dangerous stuff and can be used as an effective fictional murder weapon, but it is also true that TV shows are not the best place to learn science. MythBusters (http://www.today.com/entertainment/mythbusters-proves-breaking-bads-walt-needs-some-more-schooling-6C10904583) proved that it is not an effective way to actually dispose of a body, nor will it cause a bath tub to come crashing through the ceiling. Actually, that is better for the murderer — maybe more time until the results of her crime are discovered.
Yes, that might be good news for the murderer if the crime is not discovered when a bath tub comes crashing thru the ceiling – you have to love the drama of television or a good fiction story! Thanks for your comments.
Okay, this is going to stick with me every time I use eye drops or nasal spray. How do people who use this stuff for cleaning wheels keep themselves safe. And are there other uses?
LOL – Yes, Jinx, this stuff is dangerous to handle. People handle this carefully, and with gloves. Other uses for hydrofluoric acid include making freon, making Teflon products, for etching glass, and it's used in a bunch of other industrial manufacturing processes. It's actually amazing how easily accessible this product is to someone who knows where to look for it. Thanks for your comments. All the best to you!
Breaking Bad also suppossedly used hydrofloric acid to disintegrate a body in a plastic barrel. Then they just poured out the fluid somewhere. Would that work? How long would it take to turn a body to liquid? Ugh! This is so disgusting. That's why it would work perfectly in a story. Thanks Jim, you sick puppy.
Take care and thanks for commenting – All the best to you!
Great article. Informative as always. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I've missed a couple of your posts, I think — new software upgrade did violence to my contact lists, consigning some to internet pergatory (the Junk folder!). Thought you were taking a hiatus, but finally tracked you down! Enjoy your articles.
I was wondering where you went – I missed your comments!! Glad you're still among the group of readers and thanks for your comments. All the best!
Incredible story there. Whaat happened after? Thanks!
what will be the effect if concentrated hydrochloric acid is consumed per oral?how much will prove fatal enough to kill some one?
An interesting question! Stomach contents are acidic because of its hydrochloric acid content (usually between pH 1.5 and 3.5) with each degree of pH being 10 times more acidic than the previous number. For instance, a pH of 2 is 10 times more acidic than a pH of 3. There is no 100% pure hydrochloric acid (with a pH of 0) but somewhere around 40% is highly acidic and a very small amount could prove fatal if swallowed. The predominant effect would be severe burning of the mouth and throat and cause severe swelling of the throat, which will interfere with breathing.
I was wondering would it then be possible to ingest an organic (or even inorganic if prepared quickly and want it to dissolve in the stomach) capsule to avoid burning of the throat and mouth, thereby leading to less traceable symptoms?
More than likely, the corrosive/highly acidic content of the capsule would dissolve the capsule also. And if you used a capsule that did not dissolve in acid, then it would not dissolve in the stomach acid (Hydrochloric Acid-rich) juices either. So I don't think that's a good possibility.
I'm writing a story where victims are dropping dead from heart attacks and was wondering how many ways there are to do this where the method used is undetectable. I saw your blog talking about potassium chloride and thought I might use that as the method but I'm afraid there may be other means of doing the same thing that some reader will come up with. If you have any suggestions I would be very grateful!
Thanks for a wonderful and informative blog; it's such a great resource!
Thanks, Wendy, for your kind words. Many poisons end up causing cardiac arrest, but the remaining poison trace is always a giveaway. Potassium Chloride is a good choice since it causes complete heart failure, and a heart attack often increases the blood's potassium level. Other suggestions out there for Wendy?
I am no expert so feel free to correct me. But I've also wondered if one could use a concoction consisting of many small doses making it all the more difficult to trace as there would be no one agent in a great enough concentration to be a lethal dose? Just thinking out loud would be great to hear your feedback on this.
I don't think small doses of a multiple acids would work – the sum of the acidity of multiple types of acid would leave signature trace also. I'm sure you could google "synergistic effects" of various chemicals and maybe come up with a lethal concoction for you murder scene.


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Republicans embrace their phoniness
Dana Milbank
Phony accusations have been roundly debunked
Truth is catching up to Republicans
Cold water thrown on conspiracy theories
WASHINGTON – The Republican Party has finally admitted what has been fairly obvious for much of the past six years: It produces fake news.
This is not an earth-shattering revelation to anybody who has been paying attention but, still, it's an important step for the party to embrace the phoniness.
"NRCC Launches Fake News Sites to Attack Democratic Candidates" was a headline in the National Journal on Tuesday.
As Shane Goldmacher reported, "The National Republican Congressional Committee, which came under fire earlier this year for a deceptive series of fake Democratic candidate websites that it later changed after public outcry, has launched a new set of deceptive websites, this time designed to look like local news sources."
These two dozen sites, with names such as "North County Update" and "Central Valley Update" look like political fact-checking sites; the NRCC's spokeswoman, Andrea Bozek, called it "a new and effective way to disseminate information."
An NRCC official told me the sites are legal because, if you scroll all the way to the bottom, you'll find, "Paid for by the National Republican Congressional Committee" in small print. "They're not fake websites," the official said. "These are real attack websites."
Real attacks, but fake news: This is a fairly accurate summary of what the GOP's scandalmongers have been purveying during the Obama years.
There was the assertion that the White House was covering up high-level involvement in "Operation Fast and Furious," a gun program under the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that went awry. No evidence was found.
There was the accusation that the Obama White House pushed through money for Solyndra to pay the president's political cronies even though officials knew the solar-energy firm was going bankrupt. Didn't happen that way.
Accusation: Obamacare would bring about the collapse of the American health care system and replace it with socialized medicine and death panels. No such thing has occurred.
The IRS scandal, it was alleged, could be traced back to the White House, which targeted Obama's enemies for political reasons. Nope.
The actual truth of the allegations doesn't matter. Each one sullied President Obama's name, and investigators' failure to deliver the goods did little to remove the taint. That's why fake news works: Falsehoods can drive a president's approval rating into the cellar while the truth is still getting out of bed.
And now we have the Benghazi exoneration.
For nearly two years, Republicans have been alleging all manner of scandal involving the 2012 attacks on U.S. facilities in the Libyan city. That somebody — Hillary Clinton? — issued a stand-down order to prevent help from getting to American officials under fire; that Clinton had rejected pleas for more diplomatic security in Libya; and that the Obama White House pushed false talking points to play down the terrorist attacks.
The accusations have been roundly debunked, most recently in military officers' testimony released by the GOP-controlled House Armed Services Committee.
Now there's a bipartisan report, adopted unanimously by the GOP-controlled House Intelligence Committee on July 31, awaiting declassification by the administration. It throws yet another bucket of cold water on the conspiracy theories. In a statement, the top Democrat on the panel, Dutch Ruppersberger of Maryland, said the report finds that:
"There was no intelligence failure surrounding the Benghazi attacks."
"There was no 'stand down order' given to American personnel attempting to offer assistance that evening, and no American was left behind."
"The talking points reflected the conflicting intelligence assessments in the days immediately following the crisis."
"There was no illegal activity or illegal arms sales occurring at U.S. facilities in Benghazi."
"And there was absolutely no evidence, in documents or testimony, that the intelligence community's assessments were politically motivated in any way."
The report is not yet public, and Republican sources indicate that there is more disagreement in the report than Ruppersberger's statement indicates and that the report is not as exculpatory as he implies. But there has been no challenge from the Republican side to the accuracy of the findings Ruppersberger detailed in his statement.
Now that the truth is catching up to them, House Republicans will need to stay one step ahead. Rep. Trey Gowdy of South Carolina, chairman of the select committee on Benghazi, told CNN's Deirdre Walsh last week that, despite what the Intelligence Committee found, "there is more work to be done and more to be investigated."
Excellent. Maybe he can post his phony accusations on some fake news websites.
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Mom and I used to take road trips all the time. That is, we traveled to visit her mother, my grandmother, by road. We were always on a timeline to get to grandma's house and our return trip was much the same. Even still, we had a good time traveling the roads of America.
We decided this road trip would be different. We didn't have to be anywhere by a specific time. We didn't even plan hotel rooms along the way. We just wanted to hit the open road and let it take us wherever it will. Our only restraint was we had to be back by 7:30 AM on Monday.
Day one begins with me at the rental car agency. When I arrived to pick up my car, I was pleasantly surprised to be given a bigger car for the same price as the smaller one I reserved. I drove out of the parking lot and made my way to Mom's. We were ready for our adventure to begin!
It wasn't long before we had to make our first pit stop. The car was doing great on fuel, but we needed to get out and stretch. I began looking for a suitable place to pull over. I spot a gas station with a fast food establishment attached and proceed to exit the highway. We pulled in the lot but once we got closer, we couldn't help noticing how deserted it appeared. It was obviously open, but it exuded a certain stop-here-if-you-want-to-be-kidnapped-and-murdered vibe. We continued around the building and jumped back on the highway in search of somewhere a little less scary.
We found it a few exits away. We loaded up on coffee and snacks and made our way back to the highway. It won't be long before we abandon the highway for a while to check out what the state has to offer.
Who knew that while traveling a little piece of the country that we would visit so many exotic places? We drove through towns named Mexico, Cuba, New London, and Louisiana. Traveling through these towns reminds me of our global connections. It seems we might be worlds apart, but we are more alike than we think.
I wanted to visit Hannibal, the boyhood home of Mark Twain, a.k.a. Samuel Clemens. It was one of two cities we planned to visit along the way. We arrived to town and drove around until we found Main Street and the Mark Twain Museum and Boyhood Home. We parked our car and went inside to find that tours included several buildings so we purchased tickets and started on our way.
The tour was nice and a must see in the city where Mark Twain lived, but my favorite part of our visit to Hannibal was walking along the Mississippi river. It was a hot Midwestern day and the breeze off the river offered some relief, though that was only an added benefit of walking the banks of the Big Muddy.
Mom and I drove over the Mississippi every time we visited my grandmother. Standing at the bank with her was a welcome change and an added perspective. Driving over the river doesn't allow you to fully appreciate its size or beauty.
While on our stroll one of the many trains that run along the tracks by the river made an appearance. I rushed my mom back to the tracks so we could see the train close up while it sped by. After the train made its way past us, we crossed the tracks to head back to Main Street in search of food.
After eating at a cute little coffee shop and meandering along Main Street for as long as the heat permitted, we got back into our rented car and headed toward our next planned destination.
We planned to drive the scenic route south to St. Charles. We hoped we would get to drive along the river, but that was not the case. Instead we traveled through large hills surrounded by trees and cliffs. With only a few chances to leave the scenic route, mostly to stop and appreciate the gorgeous vistas, good planning is necessary. Prepare to not stop for at least an hour.
We had a very specific destination in mind for St. Charles, but upon arrival, we discovered a place I wasn't expecting. A suburb of St. Louis, St. Charles offers the charms of a village with cute shops and beautiful walkways along Historic Main Street. Because we had a short time for our trip and we arrived in town late in the day, we had to prioritize. We could spend extra time in St. Charles or we could continue traveling the open road. We selected the road, but I decided I would be back to explore this area along the with Katy Trail just about a block from Main Street. Both on the banks of the Mississippi. In the space of one day, I fell in love with the waters of this magnificent river.
We did not want to be confined to a timeline on this road trip, so we had no plans on where to stay. We drove around, tired from all the walking and heat of the day to find a place to spend the night. Luckily, when we stopped at the first hotel they told us they had two rooms available and we got one. We found our room and saw the clean soft beds waiting for us. We were both exhausted and the room was cool and welcoming. It was still a tad early to go to bed, at least for me, but it wasn't long before I was asleep.
Stay tuned for part two of Weekend Road Trip! In the meantime, please share your favorite weekend road trip destinations in the comments below.
I love that you found $2 in the casino restroom!! Too funny! My fav destination is Estes Park, Colorado. Love it there, but it's a long drive!
Thank you for taking the time to read this post, Michele. Estes Park is on my list to visit very soon!


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Content » Vol 90, Issue 6
Prevalence of Atopic Dermatitis, Allergic Rhinitis and Asthma in Taiwan: A National Study 2000 to 2007
Chian-Yaw Hwang, Yi-Ju Chen, Ming-Wei Lin, Tzeng-Ji Chen, Szu-Ying Chu, Chih-Chiang Chen, Ding-Dar Lee, Yun-Ting Chang, Wen-Jen Wang, Han-Nan Liu
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-0963
To study the prevalence of atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and asthma in Taiwan, we analysed the claims data of a nationally representative cohort of 997,729 enrolees from the National Health Insurance register from 2000 to 2007. Overall, 66,446 patients were diagnosed with atopic dermatitis, and 49.8% of them had concomitant allergic rhinitis and/or asthma. The overall 8-year prevalences of atopic dermatitis, allergic rhinitis, and asthma were 6.7%, 26.3% and 11.9%, respectively. Children and adolescents had significantly higher prevalences of these atopic diseases. The prevalence of atopic dermatitis in females was lower than that in males before the age of 8 years, but became higher after that. Patients with atopic dermatitis were more likely to have allergic rhinitis and asthma. Those having both atopic dermatitis and allergic rhinitis possessed an even higher risk for asthma (odds ratio 9.04). The numbers of visits for atopic dermatitis were highest in late spring to mid-summer. These data suggest that atopic diseases are common in Taiwan.
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Something about these dark glowering industrial shapes that I'm always drawn to. I love the strength, the over-engineering, the man-made attempt to resist nature. Sometimes claustrophobic, sometimes expansive, these structures are an exercise in function over form, with the occasional nod to a sense of design – a curve instead of a right-angle, a circle instead of a square.
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Changing Community
Samantha Kellogg
Cartoon by Maddi Rihn
The classic single-family Urbana home are being constructed all over the community, along with other facilities.
The Urbana community has always been a flourishing neighborhood and it looks like there is no stopping that trend in the years to come.
Homes are under construction for yet another development, Stone Barn Villages. This neighborhood is being built off of Urbana Pike, next to the Urbana Community Park. This community is where the site of the new school, Sugarloaf Elementary School, is planned and will be built on the 13 acres promised by developers.
The elementary school will be a two-story building with features including geothermal heating, and a large gymnasium that will also be used for Frederick Parks and Rec. The new school will be used to relieve the overcrowding issue at Centerville and Urbana Elementary, so a redistricting study will start after the Urbana Replacement Project is completed. There is no clear date as to when either of these projects will be fully completed but it is hoped that the school will be finished for the 2017-2018 school year.
Another addition to our nearby community is the Clarksburg Outlet off of Exit 18. The construction for this project started in October, 2015, and is nearing completion. The outlet will cover 390,000+ square feet and feature higher end stores including Coach, Armani/ A|X Armani, Calvin Klein, Steve Madden, Tommy Hilfiger, and approximately 80 more stores. The shopping center is said to "feature a sophisticated, contemporary design" to go along with top-notch stores. Other features to this mall will include two family restaurants and a food pavilion that will host several other options. The outlet grand opening will be on October 27 and deals are expected to be between 25-65% at most stores.
Another addition that we can see from our very own school are the Urban Green Apartments off the corner of Fingerboard Road and Urbana Pike. The complex covers 23 acres of land with 8 buildings and a total of 352 "luxurious apartments".
Different features for the tenants include a resort style pool, an outdoor grilling station and pizza oven, along with a stunning clubhouse with a gym, a big screen theater, an entertainment area and more. It will also have 12,000 sq. ft. of retail space in the front complex open to our community. The complexes are opening in stages, with a building opening each month and is scheduled to be completed by spring 2017.
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Q: Can't set properties on child class after async calling constructor of base class. NodeJS v8.2.1 Could you please help to understand what can be wrong while using promises in callback on parent class and then trying to set properties on child class?
I'm using nodejs v8.2.1
Here is example of base class:
class CGLBase extends CAuthClient
{
    constructor(req, res)
    {
        return new Promise(resolve => {
            super(req, res, (authClient) => {
                this.setAuthClient(authClient);
                resolve(this);
            });
        });
    }

    setAuthClient(authClient)
    {
       //setting authClient (this.auth will contain property)
    }
}

And here example of child class:
class СSheet extends CGLBase
{
    constructor(document, urlRequest, urlResponse)
    {
        super(urlRequest, urlResponse);

        this.document = document;
        this.someAnotherProp = "some property";
        //etc..
    }

    someFunc()
    {
       //using this.document and this.auth
    }
 }

After that I'm creating instance of СSheet and trying to set properties:
var document = { ... }; //here I create object

(async () => {
    var docSheet = await new СSheet (document, req, res);
    docSheet.someFunc();

    console.log(docSheet.auth);  //return correct property
    console.log(docSheet.document); //return undefined. why...
})();

So, I don't understand why property this.document wasn't set. I see only this.auth that was set in the async callback. All properties except this.auth are undefined.
I will be very grateful for advice or help.
Thank you in advance.

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I don't understand why property this.document wasn't set. I see only this.auth that was set in the async callback.

Your CSheet constructor did set the document and someAnotherProp properties on the promise returned by super(). awaiting the new CSheet gives you the CAuthClient instance that the promise was resolved with, and which does not have the properties.
You could work around that by using
class СSheet extends CGLBase {
    constructor(document, urlRequest, urlResponse) {
        return super(urlRequest, urlResponse).then(instance => {
            instance.document = document;
            instance.someAnotherProp = "some property";
            // …
            return instance;
        });
    }
    …
}

but you really absolutely never should do that. This of course is the fault of CAuthClient taking an asynchronous callback. Fix that class and all its children to do the asynchronous creation of authClient in a static helper method, and only pass plain values into the constructor.

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Student-athletes can become instant millionaires via NIL deals
College athletes can now become a millionaire through Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) deals. After the NCAA lifted the restrictions that ruled against players profiting from the NIL deals over a year ago, now it is common for players to cash out big at schools.
NIL is now an integral part of college athletics. With the deals being that powerful, there have been concerns that they may fill locker rooms with tension and cause discrepancies between programs.
Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Marvin Mims said that the team was aware of its dangers, but "no one ever talks about it." According to Mims, in Oklahoma, the roster never saw landing a NIL deal as a competition.
"As far as NIL goes in the locker room, you see stuff, but no one ever talks about it. It's never like, a competition, like, 'Oh, I got this much more money than you did. I've got this deal. You couldn't get this deal.' But you do notice the NIL deals that other guys are getting," Mims explained.
Aside from the TV and media rights deal, NIL is among many other things that changed college football into the money-making field it is known today. While it might seem lucrative, it is only accessible to select players, proven not only by playing abilities but also influence and exposure.
More about NIL
Some examples of players cashing out big from NIL are Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback CJ Stroud and Alabama Crimson Tide's Bryce Young. Stroud said that signing the deal had changed his life.
"It's definitely changed my life for the future and I think it's a jump-start to being a businessman before you get to the NFL if that's your path," he said.
The most significant impact of NIL would be the sudden influx of cash flow to young players. According to The Associated Press, approximately $1.14 billion will be poured into athletes, and NFL's Opendorse projected that almost half of it would be spent on football.
Not all players can access NIL. Landing a NIL deal means that a player has proven they have the abilities, enough influence, and off-field exposure. These deals also came from contracts such as endorsements from businesses.
Stroud inked a deal with Sarchione Auto Gallery, while Alabama outside linebacker Will Anderson, touted to be among the best OLs, signed a deal that would allow him to drive a $120,000 Porsche Cayenne GTS.
A third-party collective at Ohio State has raised over $500,000 for the program's players, including Stroud, running back TreVeyon Henderson, wide receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba, and cornerback Denzel Burke.
"Having an opportunity to change other peoples' lives, that's what's cool about NIL," said Penn State Nittany Lions quarterback Sean Clifford, who founded Limitless NIL, an agency established to help fellow athletes.
"It's not what we're doing or what I'm doing, it's about what Ji'Ayir came from to now where he's at, being able to impact a dude like that. And I'm proud to be able to say he was our first guy to jump on board."


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Восстание в Соуэто — серия массовых протестов чернокожих учащихся в ЮАР эпохи апартеида, начавшаяся утром 16 июня 1976 года в городе Соуэто.

Беспорядки начались на фоне протестов против введения языка африкаанс в качестве обязательного языка обучения в местных образовательных учреждениях (согласно закону 1974 года, большая часть школьных предметов с 1975 года должна была преподаваться на нём, несколько предметов — на английском, а на языках коренных народов могли преподаваться лишь богословие, музыка и физкультура). Утром 16 июня от 10 до 20 тысяч учащихся Соуэто не пошли в школы в знак протеста, собравшись на местном стадионе «Орландо» на митинг и затем отправившись процессией в количестве от 3 до 10 тысяч человек к одной из школ города с антиафриканерскими лозунгами.

Один из южноафриканских полицейских, которых направили на подавление беспорядков, произвёл выстрел, после чего некоторые из детей швырнули в полицейских камни, начались крики, последовали новые выстрелы. Некоторые полицейские, как сообщается, спустили на протестующих собак, но те встретили их градом камней и убили несколько животных. После этого полицейские стали стрелять непосредственно в детей, и ситуация окончательно вышла из-под контроля. Одним из первых погибших стал 13-летний школьник , который впоследствии стал символом восстания в Соуэто. За первый день беспорядков погибло 23 человека, в том числе двое белых, одним из которых был доктор Мелвилл Эдельштейн, много сделавший для улучшения социального обеспечения чернокожих. Было также большое количество раненых, в основном чернокожих, но некоторые больницы не принимали их, а если и принимали, то в медицинских картах писали, что у пострадавших абсцессы, а не пулевые ранения.

На следующий день приказом министра Крюгера на улицы Соуэто было выведено 1500 вооружённых полицейских, несколько бронемашин, небо патрулировалось вертолётами, однако протестующих это не остановило, а беспорядки перекинулись и на другие города страны. С 17 по 18 июня волна насилия охватила , в августе были серьёзные беспорядки в Порт-Элизабете, в августе—сентябре — в Кейптауне. Окончательно сопротивление протестующих было подавлено только к концу года, точное количество погибших и раненых неизвестно до сих пор. Число убитых, по различным оценкам, составляет от 176 до 700 человек, а раненых — от тысячи до нескольких тысяч, хотя тогдашнее правительство ЮАР признало гибель только 23 чернокожих учащихся. ООН, АНК и правительства многих стран выступили с заявлениями, осуждающими расправы над школьниками, в самой ЮАР также прошло несколько демонстраций, в том числе белых учащихся, протестующих против подавления беспорядков.

В современной ЮАР день 16 июня празднуется как День молодёжи. О восстании в Соуэто написано несколько романов и снято несколько фильмов.

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La la la! Today I am in Atlanta shopping for furniture for my new room with mother. The time is limited and the budget is… college appropriate so there is no time to lose! I have a very specific idea of what I want the room to look like when we're all said and done these pics are the inspiration.
Other highlights of today include being reunited with my Savannah jewels one by one! So so so excited!
Pictures of the results later. Wish us luck!
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i LOVE the roomspiration! the white. and the books. and creative inspiration just popping. i might come visit.


A new study published in the Journal of Food Protection has added up the annual cost of illness from 14 foodborne pathogens. Those pathogens make up 95% of the foodborne illnesses and hospitalizations in the United States. They also account for 98% of deaths caused by foodborne pathogens.
The study also counted the number of QALYs lost to these pathogens. We've mentioned QALYs before; that acronym stands for quality adjusted life years. That means it is a measure of disease burden, and is used to calculate the value of medical treatments.
Every year lived in perfect health equals 1 QALY. Every year not lived in full health has a value less than one. For some diseases, for some people, QALY can actually be a negative number; that is, worse than death. The researchers cataloged the symptoms, severities, durations, outcomes, and likelihood of health states for each pathogen.
It's interesting that although Campylobacter infections have a lower monetary cost than the other four pathogens, the loss of QALYs is higher than all but one of the others. That may be because Campylobacter causes the most cases of foodborne illness than any other pathogen, even though fewer hospitalizations are associated with that bacteria. In fact, the top pathogen-food combination is Campylobacter in poultry.


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