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Maryland hits record-high drug deaths, fueled by fentanyl (Update)
July 27, 2018 by David Mcfadden
Maryland, a state that already had one of the country's most punishing overdose mortality rates, notched a record-high number of drug deaths last year. The grim milestone was fueled by an alarming increase of fentanyl-related fatalities.
Despite renewed efforts to beat back the opioid epidemic, newly released figures from Maryland's health department show there were 2,282 intoxication deaths in 2017. Nearly 90 percent of those deaths were opioid-related, particularly the powerful, cheap synthetic forms that have been sweeping across America amid the nation's worst-ever drug crisis.
Fentanyl is the driving force behind Maryland's all-time high number of fatalities, which increased from 1,119 in 2016 to a 1,594 in 2017. That's an upsurge of some 42 percent over the span of a year. The large majority of those deaths occurred in Baltimore.
"It's terrifying that we're at a point where the numbers escalate every year. We don't even know where the peak is," said Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore's health commissioner.
Focusing in on the state's bleak fentanyl figures, Wen said that 573 Baltimore fatalities last year involved the synthetic opioid. In comparison, there were just 12 fentanyl-related deaths in 2013.
"That's a 5,000 percent increase in four years," Wen said Friday following a round-table discussion in Baltimore with U.S. lawmakers, community representatives and others to hash over the challenges fighting the epidemic and the need for more resources to expand treatment.
The escalation in fentanyl fatalities comes as the hard-hit state is actually starting to see evidence of a dip in fatal heroin overdoses.
"While Maryland is starting to see a decline in heroin-related deaths, fentanyl-related deaths continue to rise in staggering numbers," Maryland Department of Health Secretary Robert Neall said in a statement.
Across the country, overdose tolls have been greatly aggravated by fentanyl, a synthetic opioid up to 50 times more powerful than heroin. The painkiller is often prescribed for advanced cancer patients, but it's also illegally manufactured in clandestine labs.
It's often combined with heroin but can be used alone. Dealers only need to mix a small amount of synthetics like fentanyl or carfentanil into a batch of heroin in order to stretch their supply and further imperil addicts.
The opioid epidemic shows no sign of slowing down. Preliminary figures from the first three months of 2018 indicate that there were 653 unintentional drug deaths in Maryland. These were dominated by 579 opioid-related deaths, 500 of which involved fentanyl, according to state statistics.
Wen said frontline workers in Baltimore are doing the best they can but her agency needs far more support to battle the epidemic in Baltimore, which accounts for a third of all overdose deaths in Maryland. She's been calling for the Trump administration to invoke government authority to slash prices of a life-saving overdose drug or provide funding to expand access.
Earlier this year, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams issued the office's first national public health advisory in 13 years, calling on more Americans to start carrying the overdose drug naloxone and urging more federal funds to be dedicated to increasing antidote access on local levels.
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Developments in research and partnerships between the University of Edinburgh and the cultural heritage sector make this an important time for looking at new research challenges, creating new research relationships across and beyond the University, and planning for major new projects.
The Digital Cultural Heritage Research Network (DCHRN) brings together colleagues from across the University and the cultural heritage sector in a professional network for people investigating digital cultural heritage issues. It includes members and perspectives from diverse disciplines including design, education, sociology, law, cultural studies, informatics and business, and from a wide range of cultural heritage organisations in Edinburgh and beyond. The network was launched with three events, funded by the Academic Networking Fund at the University of Edinburgh, that took place in early 2016, each with an emphasis on collaboration and impact.
This site serves as a space for members to use for digital networking and keeping up with the activities of the network.
The network has been coordinated by the following people at the University of Edinburgh:
Jen Ross, Digital Education – jen.ross@ed.ac.uk
Sian Bayne, Digital Education
Kirsty Lingstadt, Head of Digital Library (from 2016 onwards)
James Loxley, Literatures Languages and Culture
Claire Sowton, Digital Education (2015-16)
Chris Speed, Design Informatics
Melissa Terras, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences (from 2017 onwards)


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"Are the horses settled?" Elizabeth asked with her back turned to Darcy.
All his brain could do was burn the image of her slender shoulders and back swelling at her waist to frame a heart-shaped bottom, which blended into slender legs. He attempted to speak, but it was dry as a man in the desert, "What are you thinking madame?" he forced.
She turned then, with a look that should have set off warning bells, but instead spiraled his desire to degrees he hadn't experienced since his youth, "The rain soaked me to the skin the only solution was to take those wet clothes off. I do not intend to spend my time at Nethersfield Park sick in bed."
"You need to put on clothes. Here, I brought in some of our things, I am sure you will find something." His voice sounded harsh, but anything less would have been a whisper to the ringing in his own ears.
Elizabeth stood on display by the fire. She eyed the bags, but made no move to retrieve clothes, "You are my husband. We married months ago and this is the first time you have seen me naked. You don't think that strange?"
"No. I think it proper." He answered, as he tried to catalogue the species of fish in the Netherfield fish pond. It wasn't helping.
"You dislike seeing me naked then?" Elizabeth asked, hurt bubbling into her voice.
He stepped toward her, then stopped, balling his fists to control his instinct, "No. That is not at all the truth. Like everything about you Lizzy, I am entranced. However, this is very untoward and not how a husband should look at or think of his wife."
"Why?" How she confounded him when she was at her most vulnerable?
"Yes, why is it untoward for a husband and wife to see each other naked, or talk about making love, or expressing passion? Why?"
Darcy stood in the little cottage dripping from the drenching rain more exposed than ever. Tonight would end one of two ways. It would be every desire he had come to life, or his worst nightmare, breaking him and Lizzy beyond repair.
Elizabeth walked with slow, but determined steps. From this day forward he could not see her crossing a room without this vision taking over.
"It would not take your sensibilities into account to assume such a conversation wouldn't upset you." The excuse sounded as hollow as he knew it to be.
She approached him and began unbuttoning his jacket. He looked down and a pink blush colored her cheeks, but no other signs of distress.
"What are you doing?" He asked shakily.
"You are wet." She looked up, guileless curiosity shined in her eyes, Darcy tried to take over his own undressing to no avail. "Please put some clothes on. I will concentrate better if you have clothes on."
"No. This is terribly liberating."
Darcy's head was spinning. He worked daily to tamp down the attraction. His love for Elizabeth was such that he no longer even noticed a beautiful woman the way he used to.
"Oh, look what I found while you were tending the horses," she changed subjects and walked to the table near the fireplace. Her retreat was more erotic than her approach. She swung around holding two glass jars, "I found a food cellar in the corner. We have pickled carrots and green beans, and a dried ham hanging on a hook. We shall feast." Her smile was bright and innocent.
"Just how long was I outside with the horses?" He had either fallen into a bawdy dime novel sold to young bucks in London, or something else was afoot. At least it ceased talk of love making. It wasn't much, but a drowning man will grab onto anything to stay afloat. He finished taking off his coat, vest, and shirt. His pants could dry on his person.
Darcy busied himself, finding a knife to cut the ham, which looked delicious. His stomach groaned, reminding him how long ago lunch was. Lizzy swept by him to grab plates and mugs for the Meade in the cellar with the food. Darcy opened the jars and together they plated their meals and sat to eat.
Darcy's fork hovered over his plate, but couldn't bring the food to his mouth, "You have to be getting chilled."
She plucked a piece of ham put it in her mouth examining him as she chewed, "What memories do you have of your parents? Were they affectionate with each other?"
Darcy failed to see how that pertained, but realized if he were to convince her to get dressed he needed to play along, "I, I haven't considered it in so long," He ate as he remembered.
"Well, I remember mine. There was a time that mother was not so nervous and ridiculous and my father not such a recluse. He would stare at her over the breakfast table and she would giggle, or father would pat her bottom when he didn't realize we were looking."
Darcy thought about it, "Well, yes I guess when you explain your experience I can remember they were as well, when at home with no guests."
"So, I'll ask you this, do you not think that your father saw your mother naked?"
"Well, possibly, but I would wager it wasn't at the dining table." That got a giggle out of Lizzy, and Darcy couldn't help smiling. He sat back in his chair, with his Meade in hand, "I like to insist I am not an ignorant man, so is there a lesson in this outrageous scene."
Now, Lizzy's cheeks blazed, "Well, Mr. Darcy every time I attempted to speak with you about our marriage bed, you shut yourself off to me. I had an opportunity to create a situation where you could not avoid it."
Perhaps the Meade was potent, or his resolve died, it mattered not at this point. He rose, reaching for Lizzy's hand. At the table's end he pulled her into the circle of his arms. Lizzy would tempt and challenge him every day. Her breasts soft on his cooled skin. He bent, taking her mouth with his. Oh, God she tasted of sweet Meade and smokey ham adding an earthy element to his senses. Lizzy reacted as she did every time he came to her bed. She never turned him away, or appeared to dislike his attentions.
Lizzy's hands rubbed his back from waistband up to the shoulders. Each brush an electric shot to his desire. He pulled her to him, exploring her back drinking in the softness, but with no waistband to slow his progression he traveled beyond the sensual curve of her buttocks fitting nicely in his hand. Her reaction was a low moan in her throat, without breaking the kiss.
Caressing up her body, he cupped her breast in his. He looked down his larger, darker hand against the tender ivory skin of her breasts made him harder if that possible. Caresses through her nightrail, held nothing to this, he was lost, "Lizzy. I-- need you, but I don't want to upset you." He managed through the haze of lust he kept banked. Once he broke the reigns, he wasn't sure he could pull it back.
"Perhaps," She said with slow meandering swirls of her hands around his chest, "We should not worry so much about the unknown and let it happen as it should." She leaned in and kissed the center of his chest.
He reached down and tipped her face to his, "If you are uncomfortable I must tell me." She smiled at him, "No, Lizzy, I am serious. I could not live with myself if I scared you, or worse hurt you."
Lizzy laid a hand on his cheek, "I will, but you must promise you will not hold yourself back until I say you need to"
He nodded once, unable to talk through the passion building to levels making him shake with need.
Within minutes Darcy was out of his pants, with his boots. He led his beautiful wife to the bed, that was conveniently nestled into an alcove next to the fireplace chimney.
The most decadent experience in all his years, was not something he purchased, it was Elizabeth Bennett laying naked, next to him with her pressed against him. "Oh God Lizzy, you will be my death."
She answered his plea with a gentle kiss to his neck. He was lost. Giving himself up to his banked desire. Desire forced away for months. Turning Lizzy under him, her long black hair a contrast to the witness of her skin, he forced his brain to slow and bent to take her nipple into his mouth, extracting a deep moan from his wife. A noise he wanted to pull from her every day for the rest of his life.
"Lizzy, I need--"
"Yes." She answered, lifting her hips undaunted.
Darcy rose above his wife, naked with nothing between them, society's expectations expelled from their little cottage. He took a moment to search for any signs from Lizzy, but nothing but pure desire burned in her eyes. Slowly, he entered her and once seated, he lay back down so their bodies touched from toes to chest. Within moments, Lizzy rolled her hips, shooting desire through him like a lightening bolt. The feel of her surrounding him much stronger now, than when he would creep in the darkness and take her without branding her as his. Now, there was no mistaking.
How would he go back to proper discord and behavior once tonight ended. Tonight, he would enjoy his mistress-wife, and put reality out of his mind.
"Lizzy, I believe we can add something to your list of accomplishments."
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By J.M. Snyder
GENRE: Gay Fantasy Erotic Romance
A Vic and Matt Story
A late season hurricane bears down on Richmond, causing power outages and property damage. When the doggie day care closes early, Matt leaves work to take Sadie home. Unfortunately, a sudden tornado and washed out road take him on a detour he didn't expect. His beloved Jaguar skids out of control and off the road, leaving Matt unconscious in a ditch.
When he comes to, he finds himself in the merry old Land of Oz.
As Matt struggles to find his way home, Vic has a much more pressing problem -- locating his lover, who has suddenly gone missing in a violent storm. Can the two men find each other again before it's too late?
Slowly Matt became aware of an insistent tapping on the driver's side window. Tap tap tap. It seemed to mimic the throbbing in his head.
Tap tap tap.
He stirred, and suddenly felt hot breath on the nape of his neck. For one flitting moment he thought, Vic? But the wet tongue that licked his ear, causing him to jump in surprise and hit his head again on the windshield, brought to mind someone else. He flapped a hand ineffectually behind him. "Sadie, stop."
Of course, she didn't listen. Matt rolled away from her and felt the steering wheel dig into his ribs. Where was he again?
Tap tap tap. This time, a familiar voice followed. "Hey, are you dead in there, or what?"
Why does it have to be Roxie? he thought, opening his eyes to stare at the tree sprawled across the crumpled hood of his car. Gingerly, he eased himself back into the driver's seat, rubbing his head with one hand. He glanced out the window, saw Roxie's impish face pressed to the glass, and closed his eyes against the sudden flare of pain across his temples.
Then he opened them again, wide this time. What the hell was she wearing?
Roxie tapped the window again, using the shining star atop what looked like a fairy wand in her right hand. She still wore the double ponytails, but now a sparkly tiara sat between them, and her usual Goth makeup had been replaced with glittery pastels and metallic stardust. What looked like a pair of gossamer wings sprouted behind her shoulders. When she saw him staring, she smiled. "Good, you're alive. Now get out here so I can kick your ass, mister!"
Matt groaned. God, what now? He fumbled for the door latch, remembering it'd been stuck before, but this time when he tugged on it, the door opened with ease. But what began as a slow extraction took a nasty tumble when Sadie bullied her way past him out the door, leaving Matt on his hands and knees in a trickling creek bed.
A strong hand caught him under his arm. "You okay?" Roxie asked, hauling him to his feet. "You just about ran me over when you came flying out of nowhere, man. What the hell kind of witch are you, anyway?"
"What?" He brushed her away, but stumbled back against his car. "I'm not a witch. What are you talking about?"
Now he saw the rest of her getup -- a barely-there shift made of some sort of shimmery material that moved easily with her and left little to the imagination. A pair of three-inch heels were on her feet, covered in ruby red sparkles. He so didn't need this right now.
With her wand, Roxie pointed after Sadie, now squatting by a nearby bush. "Then is that the witch? How'd you get here?"
"Where's here?" Matt countered. Pushing away from his car, he took a few steps up a lush, grassy embankment and turned to stare at what remained of his beloved Jaguar. The hood had accordioned up against the spider-webbed windshield, and even from this distance, he could see the scratches in the paint. "Fuck. Look at my car!"
Despite her painful-looking footwear, Roxie moved nimbly in the grass to where Matt stood. There she turned and frowned at the Jag. "Yeah. Tough shit. Guess you won't be getting home in that, will you?"
He looked at her, unable to think of anything to say except, "Where'd you come from, anyway?"
She grinned. "I live here, stupid. You're the one who dropped in."
Matt pressed his hands to his head in an effort to make it stop hurting. "You live in the Fan," he told her. "Downtown. I've been to your place. This is ..."
Where was he, exactly? He'd been driving down Hermitage when he saw a twister, then the road had washed out, and he hydroplaned ... "Where is this, again?"
Roxie held out the hand not holding the wand. When he just stared at it, she grabbed his own hand and pumped it once in greeting. "Welcome to the merry old land of Oz."
"Oz," she said again. "I'm the Good Witch of the North, and you just about plowed me down when you came falling out of the sky."
Oz. Matt laughed. It hurt his head worse when he did, but he couldn't help it. "Oz," he said out loud. "To be honest, my money would've been on you being the Wicked Witch of the West."
"Where do you think I got these kick-ass shoes?" she asked, indicating them with a swish of her wand. "You caught me on a good day. Stick around long enough, and I'll turn wicked on you."
Turn the Tables
V: The V in Vulnerable
The Powers of Love
With This Ring
Matching Tats
Leatherman and Sexy Boy
The Bonds of Love
Seventh Inning Stretch
An Evening with the Rush Hour Hero
Worst. Power. Ever.
V: The V in Valor
V: The V in Vengeance
V: The V in Vigilant
Santa Vic
V: The V in Virtue
V: The V in Valentine's
Come Whatever Storms
A Present for Daddy
The Regent's Knight
Good Breeding
Colin and Martin's Goodbye Christmas
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Sony launches all new range of Extra Bass Headphones & Wireless speakers in India, starting at Rs. 2,790
Best Tech Guru Team April 17, 2017
Sony has launched an entire series of its 'Extra Bass' headphones and wireless speakers in India. The Extra Bass headphones will be available for sale from Thursday, 20th April while the Extra Bass wireless speakers will be up for sales from 25th April through Sony centres and major retail stores across the country.
Under the 'Extra Bass' series, three new headphones, the Sony MDR-XB950B1, MDR-XB550AP and MDR-XB510AS are launched in India. Out of the three, the Sony MDR-XB950B1 is a pair of wire-less headphones with circum-aural design. The MDR-XB550AP and MDR-XB510AS, both are wired headphones with Supra-aural and in-ear design respectively. All the three headphones come with voice assist function support through their inbuilt mic.
The Sony MDR-XB950B1 which is priced at Rs. 12,990 works wireless based on Bluetooth v4.1 and also supports NFC connectivity. The headphones hold 40mm drivers and an inbuilt battery which is claimed to deliver up to 18 hours of playing time and takes 4 hours for complete charging. The headphones come bundled with 1.2m cable which can be used to connect the headphones when the battery runs out.
Coming towards the MDR-XB550AP, they are priced at Rs. 3,290 and are wired supra-aural headphones. The headphones come with 30 mm drivers and are provided with an in-line remote used to control volume and track sequence. The in-line remote can be customised using the free Smart Key app for Android. Now, the final and the cheapest variant of the series are the MDR-XB510AS priced at Rs. 2,790. These are also wired headphones with an in-ear design. The highlight of the headphone is that they come with IPX7/IPX5 rating which makes them water and dust resistible, making them apt for Sports use. The headphones come with 12 mm drivers and an in-line remote as well.
Apart from the headphones, there is also a line-up of exciting new wireless speakers. Sony brought in four new speakers i.e The SRS-XB 40, SRS-XB 30, SRS-XB 20 and SRS-XB 10 priced at Rs. 13,990, Rs. 9,990, Rs. 6,990, and Rs. 3,590 respectively. All the four speakers are based on Bluetooth v4.1 connectivity and can also be connected using NFC. Sony has included a feature under which up to 10 speakers can be connected in party chain and can play a single track. Also the speakers come with exciting lighting with them which light up with the music. The speakers come with IPX5 rating and can be used as power-banks for charging smartphones.


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I'm thinking my answer is self explanatory but just looking to clarify. In the guide some lakes say use of internal combustion engines prohibited, but some say use or possession is prohibited. I'd like to run my gas powered boat in an electric only lake, just using the trolling motor. Is this legal as long as it's not a possession prohibited lake?
I've never had problems with electric only or < 10hp lakes. I usually just raised my outboard so prop is out of water. On windy days, I'd lower the prop into the water, but keep motor at an angle, just for some drag. As long as you don't start up, you should be fine.


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Halloween special program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe
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Welcome to the Suffrage Wagon Cafe.
As a partner in the Inez Milholland Centennial of her death in 1916, we continue in our special coverage about how we've been writing Inez into American history. Inez is America's suffrage martyr. She collapsed on October 25, 1916 when on a lecture tour of the West to appeal to women voters there to take part in the extraordinary effort to add the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Inez died on November 25, 1916, a special day for remembering. Inez was just thirty years old. We've been urging everyone to watch the video, "Choose It and Use It," a music video reminding us that when we vote, we're also remembering Inez Milholland.
In our special Suffrage Wagon Cafe program for Halloween, we're touching into the address Inez gave to the men running Essex County in upstate New York where Inez grew up and where she is buried today. In 1911, Inez gave them a piece of her mind about women being invisible and without representation. Today in 2016, Essex County in upstate New York is run only by men in elected positions.
Here is what Inez told them more than 100 years ago.
Taken from the September 19, 1911 speech by Inez Milholland to the Essex County Board of Supervisors
Gentleman, you are about to elect a representative to the Assembly of the State of New York. The man you elect will be sent to the legislature, to look after the interests of the people in Essex County.
He is there to protect your rights, to voice your needs, and to safeguard your liberties…. He must do the right thing by you, no matter what the result to himself as a politician.
You have had representatives in the past who did not play fair with you. On the contrary, they left behind your interests, needs, and desires to look after themselves.
You all know that a man will promise anything while he is running for office in order to get your support, your vote, and once he's elected, more often than not, he often fails to keep those promises. You have all been fooled that way, time and time again.
Unless—and here is your only protection — unless the man you elect to office is a Just man. If he is fundamentally Just, he will deal fairly with you, whether or not he has hopes or desires for reelection.
If he is fundamentally just, he will stand up for those measures in the legislature, no matter what party bosses may say, and no matter how much his stand may affect his chances of personal advancement.
If he is fundamentally just, he will protect the weak. He will not only look after the interests of those who help him, but he will look after the interests of his constituents, who can give him nothing in return.
But how are you going to tell whether or not your candidate for office believes in justice?
Here is one way. …..a man who protects the interests of those who can give him nothing in return, is a just man.
At present women are —politically speaking—weak and without protection. That is, they have no guarantee that their interests will be safeguarded, their demands listened to, or their needs attended to… Women have to obey laws, which they have had no voice in making. This is contrary to the American idea of government, which is "government with the consent of the governed."
Women are taxed without being represented. This is contrary to the Revolutionary Idea on which our Republic was founded, which says that, "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
Women have the same interests as men: in clean government, good roads, and sound education. Yet they have nothing whatever to say about the laws. All these questions are handled by a legislature, which pays no attention to the wants, the needs or the voice of women… If women should break any one of these laws, which they have no voice in making, they would be fined, imprisoned, or put to death –exactly the same as men.
Women, you see, pay all the penalties of citizenship, but enjoy none of its privileges…
Margaret Bartley is a former elected official in Essex County, New York who is determined to remember Inez Milholland. She reminds us that Inez took her case for women's rights to the Essex County Republican Convention in Lake Placid where she received the unanimous support of the Republican Party. Two years later, she led a parade of 8,000 women marchers in Washington DC, during President Woodrow Wilson's inauguration.
"She worked tirelessly for the cause of American women," Margaret says. "In 1916, while delivering a speech in Los Angeles, Inez fell ill and died a few weeks later at the age of thirty. Her body was returned to her Meadowmount home here in Essex County, and over 2,000 people attended her funeral at the Lewis cemetery. Four years after her death the 19th amendment to the Constitution was passed in 1920 giving American women the right to vote. It took another 60 years, in 1980, before a woman became a member of the Essex County Board of Supervisors. The 18, 740 women of Essex County no longer have a representative or a voice in county government. This is also true for Essex County women in 14 of the 18 town councils in Essex County, New York. But it has not always been this way."
"Spirit of 1776" suffrage storytelling explores equality on Vimeo.
Marguerite Kearns is the host at Suffrage Wagon Cafe.
Smell something good? Find out what's going on at Suffrage Wagon Cooking School in the next special program at Suffrage Wagon Cafe. We're in our second year and you can visit some of our videos.
Follow SuffrageCentennials.com for news and views about upcoming suffrage centennials.
"Choose it and Use it" is a video reminding us of how the past is linked to what we do today and its impact on the future.
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Women's suffrage storytelling is expanded with audio podcasts!
Goal of 200 storytelling videos about women's suffrage movement makes learning American history easy for young people on Vimeo.
THREE AUDIO PODCAST SERIES THAT SHOW THE U.S. SUFFRAGE ACTIVISTS FOR THE COMPLEX AND PERSISTENT INDIVIDUALS THEY WERE:
(1.) "Trouble Brewing in Seneca Falls." Podcast #1. Podcast #2. Podcast #3. Podcast #4. Podcast #5. Podcast #6. Podcast #7.
(2.) "Playing Politics with the President." Podcast #1. Podcast #2. Podcast #3. Podcast #4. Podcast #5. Podcast #6. Podcast #7. Podcast #8. Podcast #9.
(3.) "The Night of Terror." Podcast #1. Podcast #2. Podcast #3. Podcast #4. Podcast #5. Podcast #6. Podcast #7. Podcast #8.
Videos keep people coming back to see what's new on Suffrage Wagon News Channel. Highlights of some of the personal videos about Edna Kearns and family. We're adding new videos often. AND TAKE NOTE OF OUR EXPANDING COLLECTION OF AUDIO PODCASTS!
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Honor the grandmothers in the kitchen!
Honor the grandmothers in the kitchen! on Vimeo.
The year 2016 is an election year –more reason than ever to remember the grandmothers and great grandmothers who spent more than 72 years working to win voting rights for women.
When you visit Suffrage Wagon Cooking School you'll see a representative sampling of the cooking demonstrations during 2015, plus an archive. Chef Marguerite is your host.
Suffrage Wagon Cafe is closed during January 2016. Programming resumes in February. Your host: Marguerite Kearns.
SuffrageCentennials.com for trends, news and views about upcoming suffrage centennials. Suffrage Wagon is a partner in the Inez Milholland Centennial observance in 2016. Inez Milholland is America's suffrage martyr.
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Episode #10 of Suffrage Storytelling: Bess cautions Edna about falling in love!
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Over 100 years ago young women questioned marriage and whether or not it was in their best interest. Back then, women were property, not individuals with the rights of citizenship. Women were expected to pay taxes and accept their second-class citizenship. "No way," said Bess, Edna's best friend. Bess decided that she didn't want to get married if it meant giving up the freedom to realize her potential rather than be evaluated on how well she cooked and cared for children.
100 YEARS AGO YOUNG WOMEN LOOKED FOR WAYS TO COMBINE FAMILY AND FREEDOM TOO!
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In Episode #11, Edna invites Wilmer to meet her family. But will Wilmer make a good impression? Already we've discovered that Edna loves Wilmer's storytelling, but she hates his pipe and cigar. Wilmer is figuring out whether or not Edna is worth changing his lifestyle. But he needs advice. In New York City where Wilmer is working at his first job, he meets Aunt Sarah. She isn't his biological aunt. But Aunt Sarah loves young people and giving advice. Enjoy Episode #10, and stay tuned for Episode #11 in this first season of Suffrage Storytelling.
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Episode #9: Bess tells why Mary Wollstonecraft upset so many people on Suffrage Storytelling!
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Many people haven't heard of Mary Wollstonecraft today. She wrote about women's rights in the late 1700s. And even by 1900, Mary was still considered a hot property because of the controversy she stirred up. Mary not only found fault with men who put women into subservient positions. She also criticized women for going along with the program. She called them "servile parasites." this upset a lot of people.
Bess, Edna's best friend. got in trouble at home after her parents found a copy of Mary Wollstonecraft's writing in her bedroom: "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman." This work influenced women, not only in England, but throughout the world. Bess read Mary Wollstonecraft, and she made sure her friends did too!
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Canada leaves Spengler Cup without a win after 3-1 loss to Sweden's Orebro
December 29, 2022, 1:58 p.m. ·2 min read
DAVOS, Switzerland — Canada finished with a winless record at the Spengler Cup after dropping a 3-1 decision to Swedish club Orebro HK on Thursday in quarterfinal action at the international hockey tournament.
Goals from Filip Berglund and Linus Oberg put Orebro up 2-0 after two periods but Chris DiDomenico scored with just over six minutes remaining in the third to halve the lead.
With DiDomenico in the penalty box for cross-checking, Mathias Brome scored into an empty net with 26 seconds left to seal the win.
Canada, which entered as the defending champion and winner of four of the previous five Spengler Cups, finished 0-3 at the tournament for the first time.
The Canadians opened with a 3-2 loss to HC Sparta Prague before ending group play with a 2-1 loss to HC Davos.
"It's disheartening. Going into the tournament and looking at our roster, I didn't think scoring was going to be problem and ultimately it was," Canada head coach Travis Green said. "We scored two goals, one goal and one goal, and it's hard to win.
"The guys battled back hard tonight. I felt like the last two periods we had control of the game, but we just couldn't score and that seemed to be the issue every night. Looking at all three games, we could have won all three. It's a fine line between winning and losing and it never feels good when you lose."
Michael Hutchinson stopped 27 shots for Canada, while Jonas Arntzen made 34 saves for Orebro.
"It was my first time representing Canada, and at 32 (years old) you don't really think it's an opportunity that will come around," Hutchinson said. "It was unfortunate we couldn't put a couple more pucks in the net, but guys played hard and it was fun to play behind them."
Competition continues through Saturday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 29, 2022.
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Another major deal concluded at Canmoor's Westway Park
Canmoor has announced another new occupier for Westway Park in Renfrew.
Following on from the recent record-breaking deal with AMG Group last month, TNR Packaging and Case-making has just agreed terms to lease Block A (Units 1 and 2), which extends to 27,000 sq ft.
TNR is an aspiring Renfrewshire business, which specialises in the manufacturing of export packing, crate and pallets and industrial storage, is upsizing operations from an existing base at Linwood. The unit at Westway will be used for manufacturing, with TNR also using the extensive crane facilities in both units. The units also include office space and will see the workforce of the company increase to around twelve people.
Tom White, director at Canmoor, said:
"We are delighted to conclude another deal at Westway and it is particularly pleasing to see a local Renfrewshire business expand.
"It is clear that our strategy of investment in the future of Westway is proving attractive to occupiers."
Thomas Cochrane, owner of TNR, said:
"The time was right for our business to expand and Westway proved to be the ideal central location, close to the airport, where the majority of our customers are located.
It also offers the added benefit of 24-hour security. The unit itself gives us excellent manufacturing space and having access to on-site cranes is a real benefit for our future business needs.
Mike Brown from joint agent JLL, added:
"Westway offers the ideal location for ambitious and growing businesses. TNR was attracted by the location and specification of the units, as well as the ample power and cranage that is available on site."
"Under the new ownership, Westway is re-establishing itself as the prime industrial and distribution base in the West of Scotland and we continue to see increased demand for this type of space."
Canmoor was advised by JLL, whilst TNR was self-represented.


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Q: Use generating function to check how many solutions are to get balls from boxes and roll dices In the box are 4 red balls, 5 blue balls and 2 yellow balls. How many possible solutions there are to get 7 balls from box to have at least 1 red ball and exactly 2 blue balls?
I'm not sure I am doing it correct. My answer is:
Taking blue possibility is
$1 +x^2$
Taking red possibility is
$(1 + x^1 + x^2 + x^3 + x^4)$
Taking yellow possibility is
($1+x^1+x^2$)
So the generating function looks like
$  (1 +x^1 + x^2 + x^3 + x^4)* (1+x^1+x^2)* (1+ x^2) $
And the coefficient of x^7 is 3
So there are only 3 ways to take them
This same problem i got with exercise:
Using generation function show on how much possibilities you can throw n points on k dices.
I was trying to do this like:
n - number of points
k - number of dices
I made function for this, but I dont know what to do later.
$(x^1+x^2+x^3+x^4+x^5+x^6)^k$ // 6 walls in dice
And here i'm stuck.

A: I do not think your first example is correct. We have between $1$ and $4$ red balls, exactly $2$ balls, and at most $2$ yellow balls. You have an extra $1$ in two of your expressions (I am not sure why).
$$[x^7](x+x^2+x^3+x^4)(x^2)(1+x+x^2) = 2$$
Your answer to the dice question is exactly correct. You can make it a little more compact
$$(x+x^2+x^3+x^4+x^5+x^6)^k = \left(\frac{x^7-1}{x-1}\right)^k$$

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Proprietary Transdermal Advancements for Easier, Non-Daily Contraception Options in Women: Agile Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AGRX)
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July 19, 2021 at 14:46 PM EDT
Women's Healthcare Company with Proprietary Transdermal Products.
Focus on Innovative Alternatives to Oral Contraception for Modern Women.
Prescription Growth Reflects Increasing Demand for Twirla Product.
Growing Distribution Network and Marketing Efforts Expected to Drive Healthcare Provider and Consumer Engagement.
Presentation Given at 2021 American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting.
Agile Therapeutics (NASDAQ: AGRX) is a forward-looking women's healthcare company dedicated to fulfilling the unmet health needs of today's women. AGRX product and product candidates are designed to provide women with contraceptive options that offer freedom from taking a daily pill, without committing to a longer-acting method. The initial AGRX product, Twirla®, (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol), a transdermal system, is a non-daily prescription contraceptive. Twirla is based on AGRX proprietary transdermal patch technology, called Skinfusion®, which is designed to allow drug delivery through the skin.
First Quarter 2021 Update
On May 4thAGRX gave a corporate update for the three months ended March 31, 2021.
Twirla Performance and Updates
During the first quarter 2021, total prescriptions were 1,853. The growth was driven by an increase in the number of prescribers, which as of March 31, 2021 was more than 850 HCPs, and growing refill rates. As of March 31, 2021, 447 of prescriptions dispensed at pharmacies were refills. AGRX also saw an increase in the number of total prescriptions by prescriber.
AGRX believes its momentum in prescriptions reflects underlying demand for Twirla and is supported by steady growth in the first quarter, which has continued into the early second quarter.
AGRX continues to focus on expanding access and reimbursement coverage for Twirla across managed care and government health insurance plans. During the first quarter 2021, AGRX made progress in obtaining Medicaid coverage for Twirla. Currently, Twirla is covered with no prior authorization in 20 states with expected coverage pending in Texas in May 2021. The Medicaid market represents a large number of combined hormonal contraceptive ("CHC") users; Medicaid volumes for oral CHC total prescriptions in 2020 were nearly eight million.
In February 2021, AGRX entered into a specialty distribution agreement with Sterling Specialty Pharmacy ("Sterling"). AGRX believes that the relationship with Sterling will facilitate increased access to Twirla based on early results, which have been productive in increasing uptake of Twirla. AGRX continues to explore the potential to expand its distribution network through other channels that can support growth of Twirla demand including telemedicine.
Marketing Campaign Updates
AGRX continues to support I'm So Done, an education and empowerment unbranded awareness campaign that encourages women to think about their current contraceptive method and decision-making journey. AGRX has seen increased activity on its website and various applications, including Tik Tok.
Beginning in the second quarter AGRX plans to shift a significant portion of its investment in marketing to its branded campaign. AGRX plans to focus its branded campaign efforts on driving awareness and trial of Twirla, with a goal of meeting women throughout their everyday routine with a targeted digital strategy. Ongoing efforts include a multi-channel creative campaign that positions Twirla as the first and only weekly contraceptive patch that delivers a low dose of estrogen. AGRX plans to expand its digital reach to other applications including Tinder and OkCupid, as well as Spotify. These three applications reach millions of U.S. women between the ages of 18 and 34 on a monthly basis.
Financial Update
AGRX has $25 million of capital potentially available through its loan facility with Perceptive Advisors, including a tranche of $15 million in 2021, and a tranche of $10 million, which will be available through June 2022, both contingent on achieving a pre-determined revenue target.
Additionally, AGRX has the potential to access additional capital through its existing at-the-market arrangement, under which AGRX may sell up to an aggregate of $50 million in gross proceeds through the sale of shares of common stock.
ARGX Presentation of Safety and Efficacy Data on TWIRLA® (LEVONORGESTREL and ETHINYL ESTRADIOL) Transdermal System in Women of Differing BMI Categories
On April 30th AGRX announced that a post hoc analysis of the Phase 3 SECURE Trial evaluating the safety and efficacy of its Twirla® (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) transdermal system in women with BMI < 25 kg/m2 and women with BMI 25-30 kg/m2 would be presented at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) Annual Clinical and Scientific Meeting from April 30 – May 2.
The AGRX Twirla product was approved based on the Phase 3 SECURE Trial, a United States, multicenter, single-arm, open-label, 13-cycle trial that evaluated the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Twirla in 2,032 healthy women. Twirla is a combination of levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol indicated as a method of contraception for use in women of reproductive potential with a BMI < 30 kg/m2 for whom a combined hormonal contraceptive is appropriate.
The AGRX U.S. package insert also includes a Limitation of Use statement guiding prescribers to consider Twirla's reduced effectiveness in women with a BMI ≥ 25 to < 30 kg/m2 before prescribing. Twirla is contraindicated in women with a BMI ≥ 30 kg/m2. This post hoc analysis of SECURE assessed the efficacy, safety and tolerability of Twirla in women with BMI < 25 kg/m2 and BMI 25-30 kg/m2. When compared to women with BMI < 25 kg/m2, Twirla demonstrated lower but acceptable efficacy while maintaining similar safety and tolerability in women with BMI 25-30 kg/m2.
The results of this post hoc analysis help AGRX to inform providers counseling women that fall within BMI 25-30 kg/m2 who may be considering a non-oral, noninvasive contraception option. These data support the safety and tolerability of Twirla in women within BMI 25-30 kg/m2 as well as those with BMI < 25 kg/m2."
The AGRX Twirla product (levonorgestrel and ethinyl estradiol) transdermal system is a once-weekly combined hormonal contraceptive (CHC) patch that contains the active ingredients levonorgestrel (LNG), a type of progestin, and ethinyl estradiol (EE), a type of estrogen. Twirla is indicated for use as a method of contraception by women of reproductive potential with a body mass index (BMI) < 30 kg/m2 for whom a combined hormonal contraceptive is appropriate.
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(467031) 2016 CK198 es un asteroide perteneciente al cinturón de asteroides descubierto por el Mount Lemmon Survey el 3 de noviembre de 2010 desde el Observatorio del Monte Lemmon.

Véase también

 Lista de asteroides del (467001) al (468000)
 Cuerpo menor del sistema solar

Referencias

Objetos astronómicos descubiertos por el Mount Lemmon Survey
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos desde el Observatorio del Monte Lemmon
Objetos astronómicos descubiertos en 2010
Asteroides del cinturón principal
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Heroes on the front line in the fight against Ebola
By Jo Dunlop
As an outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa continues to spread, health workers in Sierra Leone are risking their lives in the effort to contain the deadly disease.
KENEMA, Sierra Leone, 6 August 2014 – The Ebola Unit at Kenema District Hospital has become what could be described as the 'Ground Zero' of Sierra Leone's Ebola outbreak.
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Sister Nancy Yoko talks to a colleague in the isolation area in the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenema, Sierra Leone.
There are 45 Ebola patients in the hospital, which is packed to capacity, and more beds are likely to be filled before they start emptying. As one health official commented, "We can't send anybody away – this is where you come if you have Ebola symptoms. If we have to, we will add more beds."
In the past week, there have been more than 10 deaths in the hospital, and about five new cases admitted daily.
Ebola spreads through direct contact with bodily fluids of infected people or indirect contact with contaminated environments. There is no known cure or preventive vaccine, but early diagnosis and medical attention can increase the chances of survival.
Fallen colleagues
Behind the ominous chicken-wire fence and white plastic sheeting that surround the centre are the unsung heroes of the response effort: the health workers who are risking their lives to do their jobs.
Health workers take a break outside the Ebola Treatment Centre in Kenema.
Since the first cases emerged in Kenema District in March, the hospital has lost six health workers to the disease. A week ago, Sister Mbalu Fonnie, who was in charge of the nursing team at the treatment centre, passed away after contracting the virus two weeks earlier. Sister Fonnie was a mentor, a leader and a friend to many.
Sister Nancy Yoko wells up when she speaks of her colleague Sister Fonnie. "She is the reason I keep coming here every day. She motivated us. We all miss her so much," she says. "But I will keep coming for her and all the other colleagues who have fallen ill to Ebola."
"She taught me a lot, even when she was on her sick bed she told me how to do things, she never stopped helping us," says Nancy.
A few days ago, Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, the only Sierra Leonean virologist at the forefront of the fight against Ebola in Kenema, also passed away after testing positive for the virus.
Increased risk
Given the number of staff cases and the high dropout rate of nurses unwilling to risk exposure to the disease, there is an overwhelming shortage of health workers at the centre. "I have not had a day off since this problem started three months ago," says Sister Nancy, who, like most of her colleagues, has been on 12-hour shifts every day.
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Members of a UNICEF-supported social mobilization team walk on a street in Freetown, Sierra Leone, carrying posters with information on Ebola virus.
Under such conditions, those on the front line are in even greater danger of becoming infected. When used properly, protection suits worn by staff who come in contact with patients provide an effective shield against the virus. But the suits are uncomfortable, with two pairs of protective gloves, a mask and boots creating a furnace in Sierra Leone's tropical temperatures. When health care workers have been on the ward for long hours, they become tired and less vigilant. They make mistakes and increase the risk of contracting the virus.
Trained to sacrifice
Despite their brave efforts and unwavering commitment, these nurses are also subjected to the stigma and fear that have characterized the epidemic since it first arrived in the country. "We are known as the 'Ebola nurses'. No one wants to come close to us," Sister Nancy says. "The nurses in the general ward won't talk to us. Even our families are scared they will catch the virus from us."
Nonetheless, Sister Nancy continues to show up for work every day. "I don't feel afraid. I'm a nurse. I'm doing my job," she says. "We are trained to sacrifice."
Along with assisting in coordination efforts, UNICEF is collaborating with the Ministry of Health and Sanitation, World Health Organization and other partners to support the medical response and to strengthen social mobilization and messages around prevention to reduce the spread of this deadly disease.
To date, 214 people have been confirmed dead out of a total of 591 cases, while 161 have survived and have been discharged from treatment facilities.
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I am currently tuning my 2004 Evo 8 MR via Ecuflash, but I received very strange WGDC Log Parameters from Evoscan. The WGDC Correction stays always 63.5 no mater what value I enter in the table.
I am using 3port Pierburg BCS(I have changed the solenoid with brand new but there is no improvement). It makes 15PSI pick and holds 10PSI.
Below are the logs and values, these were made with manual boost controller at 25psi pick, down to 20psi until redline.
I will be thankful for any advice.
No one has seen this before? Any Idea for Boost limiters, or WGDC Correction max value?
im no tuner.. .but since no one else is chiming in... lol..
your waste gate duty table looks way low to me.
that map looks like it would got to about 15 and the back to 10 (spring)... just like you say its doing.
i would set it to 50 from 2500rpm all the way up and then see what it does.
Thanks man, I will try this settings tomorrow.
tune the wgdc table SLOWLY.
i suggest you read a little but so you gain a better understanding of what your doing and WHY.
go to this link, bookmark it,and scroll down to boost control. thats where you will see how the ecu controls boost.


Creative and (hopefully) kind — I enjoy being of service to others. My business is a "creative services" business — specifically editing, writing, and design for publishing and marketing purposes, both in print and online. We're your virtual art department!
I've been in business for myself for more than 30 years.
Why did you choose to start your particular business?
I've always loved the elements of publishing — writing and drawing — while growing up. As a young girl, I had opportunities to put some of those elements together, and realized early on that publishing would be a career path that I could enjoy and also excel at.
My family (I'm a single mom of two, and I have to support us) and my love of creating.
I have a 19-year-old boy and a 23-year-old girl. They've each had their own special and difficult personal challenges, and yet, strive to be the best they can be. I'm very proud of how far each has come. We lost my husband and their step-dad — a person who was a father-figure for them during their formative years — in 2014 to cancer. So we've all had to deal with that serious loss. However, I've never been a person to stay in one place, or move backward… I always move forward. So I look ahead to the future with much hope. How do you prioritize family and your business? Working at home for the last 20-plus years certainly has helped. At the very least, I could be with my children and never had to have them in daycare very long. I have an open-door policy when I'm in my home office, so they always have access to me. And I've always tried to make boundaries with my business so that I end at a decent time and have free time on the weekend to spend with my children. One of the things that have always been important to me has been the family dinner. We all eat the meal together, and we do so on a fairly regular basis. It's a time to laugh, to share stories, and to catch up with each other's lives.
Sometimes, believe it or not, it's via working. I love creating avenues of my business. So often when I have free time, I find myself pursuing a new product or developing new business relationships. But when I'm not working, I like to cook or bake, I love to dance, and I enjoy a nice dinner out. And, to have the time to just "veg" on the sofa and watch TV is a real treat as well. Where do you see yourself in 5 years? If all goes as planned, selling more products for residual income, while still offering services, but to fewer "choice" clients.
Peace is the by-product of acceptance. What is your secret to success? Perseverance. Really, that's it. I'm extremely goal-driven, and I enjoy the self-satisfaction that comes from meeting my goals. The saying, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going" comes to mind. If you want something bad enough, then you have to keep going and never, ever give up. All entrepreneurs encounter bad days. How do you handle yours? Sometimes, you have to feel the bad — but not wallow in it. The key is usually in forgiveness, of both others and of your own self. We are all human, and we are going to make mistakes. I try my darnedest not to play any "blame games." I'd rather just learn the appropriate lesson and move forward.
I'd have to say, getting to a place in my business where I could direct its path without necessarily being the one doing all the heavy lifting. I feel like I'm finally reaching that place.
I am! I write to help other entrepreneurs with their own challenges from my own experiences. I also wrote for about a half a year for Millo, a website that helps other creative business owners.
Are there any blogs that you regularly read?
I read millo.co pretty regularly.
What brought you to Society of Socialpreneurs?
Honestly, I have to take a stab, because I'm not 100 percent sure which FB group I saw the invitation at, but I believe I saw it in the "Moms helping Moms" business group.
How would you like our readers help you grow your business?
Just that I love being an entrepreneur. If you told me that I would grow up to be one when I was a little girl, I wouldn't have believed you. But when I think back to all the things I did even then to make money — the lemonade stands and the backyard shows and carnivals — well, I guess I'm not shocked. I always wanted to be the one to call the shots and create my own life and career, and I love that my business gave me an opportunity to be with my kids as they grew up.
I do have a newsletter! I like to call it news you can REALLY use — information specifically to help other entrepreneurs run a successful business. You can sign up for my newsletter by going to my website, and fill out either the pop-up or the opt-in box at the bottom of the homepage.


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Search is on for Belfast's Best Business Idea
Current: Search is on for Belfast's Best Business Idea
Belfast City Council has launched a competition designed to unearth, recognise and help to fast track the best business ideas in Belfast.
The Belfast Business Idea Award, supported by Danske Bank and Pacem Accounting & Tax Advisory, differs from other awards in that it is the strength of the idea that will be assessed, rather than the achievements of the venture so far. This means that people who have yet to set up a business have as much chance of winning as those who have already started to trade successfully.
Deputy Lord Mayor Councillor Peter McReynolds launched the initiative along with Aisling Press from Danske Bank and Daniel Glover from Pacem Accounting & Tax Advisory.
Speaking at the launch, the Deputy Lord Mayor explained: "The prize pool for the Belfast Business Idea Award is outstanding and will make a real difference to early stage businesses and those thinking of taking the next step with their idea. I would encourage people who have a business idea, or those who have already started up and have been trading for less than one year, to take the time to enter the award via our simple online application."
The overall winner will receive £2,500 cash plus a support package worth over £3,000. Two runners-up will also receive a support package worth over £3,000 which includes nine months Innovation Factory membership (which includes co-working space and bespoke business mentoring), nine months free accountancy services (including software) from Pacem and a free place on the Digital Marketing Communications course at Ulster University.
The deadline for applications is noon on Thursday 31 October and all applicants will be invited to Finalists' Night at Danske Bank, Donegall Square West on Tuesday 19 November when the three winning ideas will be announced with each winner being given 120 seconds to pitch for the overall £2,500 cash prize.
The competition is open to those who have a business idea but have not yet acted on it, those who are in the process of starting-up and those who are in business and have been trading for less than one year. Applicants must be over 16 years old and reside within the Belfast City Council area or a have a business registered in Belfast.
For further information on the Belfast Business Idea Award and to enter, go to www.belfastcity.gov.uk/ideaaward
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These .50 Caliber Bottle Openers Combine Your Favorite Things: Ammo And Beer
Have you ever wondered what to do with all those used .50 caliber shells after a long day at the...
By Sarah Sicard | Published Nov 7, 2016 5:15 PM
Have you ever wondered what to do with all those used .50 caliber shells after a long day at the shooting range? Former Navy SEAL Eli Cain has one answer: Turn them into bottle openers.
Cain's brother was a helicopter pilot in the Marine Corps, and after a 2009 tour in the Philippines, he brought back a bottle opener as a gift.
"A couple year's later, I was like, this thing's really cool, but I could make it a lot better," Cain told Task & Purpose in an interview.
And so, the Bottle Breacher was born, adding a military twist to a classic tchotchke.
To make the Bottle Breacher, Cain uses .50-caliber shells bought at auction from Marine Corps live-fire training exercises. After that, his staff reloads the shells, cuts them into bottle openers, tumbles them to smooth any sharp edges, and adds a chrome finish or the preferred color of the buyer.
Check out how they're made here.
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That crucial role Pat Robertson plays for way too many American political journalists
What images leap into your mind when you hear the word "televangelist"?
If you are a certain age, you probably think of the Rev. Jimmy Swaggart weeping and choking out the words, "I … HAVE … SINNED!" For millions of other folks — especially journalists, like me, who once worked at The Charlotte Observer — this term will always be linked to the Rev. Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker.
But what does the word actually mean and is it the best term to describe the Rev. Pat Roberson? That's one of the topics that came up during this week's "Crossroads" podcast. Click here to tune that in, or head over to iTunes and sign up. The main topic we discussed this week? That would be Robertson's headline-grabbing remarks about Alabama's new abortion law:
"I think Alabama has gone too far," Robertson said Wednesday on "The 700 Club" before the bill was signed into law by Alabama's Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. "It's an extreme law."
The key question: Why did Robertson say what he said? What did readers need to know to understand what he was trying to say, whether they agreed with him or not? Hold that thought.
Meanwhile, back to that mild journalism curse word — "televangelist." The pros at Merriam-Webster online offer a nice, logical definition:
… an evangelist who conducts regularly televised religious programs.
OK, that assumes that this person's primary job is doing public, evangelistic events — like, for example, the Rev. Billy Graham.
The definition offered by the Cambridge Dictionary is a bit more candid:
… The activity of preaching (= giving religious speeches) on television in order to persuade people to become Christians and give money to religious organizations.
Ah, yes, raising money is crucial. But note that the primary goal remains winning people to Christian faith. Does that describe most of the work Robertson has done during his long media career?
I think the blunt offering at Dictionary.com — the source favored by Google — is precisely what most reporters are thinking when they use this term:
… an evangelical preacher who appears regularly on television to preach and appeal for funds.
That's the ticket — especially if the word "preach" is used in a negative manner, as in someone who goes on and on and on talking about an awkward or unwelcome subject.
That's the Pat Robertson that journalists know and love, the lion of the old-guard Religious Right who can be counted on to say something edgy and embarrassing that will — for pundits and late-night humorists — be seen as damaging to whatever cause he thinks he is backing. That's the Pat Robertson who, allegedly, is the authoritative voice for traditional religious believers in America.
Here's how I stated this thesis in 2005, writing for the ethics team at Poynter.org:
Let's pretend it is Oct. 1, 2005. After a long, long September of storms, Hurricane Wilma misses the Keys and veers into the Gulf of Mexico. It heads straight for Louisiana.
After a long, long day in the newsroom, you sit on the couch flipping from one cable news channel to another. Then you see a familiar face in an MSNBC tease and hear, "We'll be back, live, with the Rev. Pat Robertson, who says that this new hurricane is more evidence that God is angry at New Orleans because …"
Pause for a minute. When you hear these words do you experience (a) an acidic surge of joy because you are 99.9 percent sure that you know what Robertson is going to say, or (b) a sense of sorrow for precisely the same reason?
If you answered (a), then I would bet the moon and the stars that you are someone who doesn't think highly of Christian conservatives and their beliefs. If you answered (b), you are probably one of those Christians.
In other words, we have reached the point where some journalists are happy to see Robertson's face on television screens, because every time he opens his mouth he reinforces their stereotype of a conservative Christian.
Now, let me pause for a word of confession: I have never met Robertson and, frankly, I have never been anxious to cover him — even though the very first "On Religion" column I wrote, 31 years ago, was about one of his political rallies during his gadfly run for the GOP presidential nomination.
However, when thinking about the Alabama abortion law, I understand why the press thought it was unique and newsworthy, if not downright odd, that Robertson spoke against the bill.
The key was that Robertson — speaking as a media pundit — was trying to make a legal point, and then a political, point about the law.
Thus, as I noted in a GetReligion post this week, it really would have helped if political journalists covering this story had included one or two sentences of extra content noting that Robertson (a) is a graduate of Yale Law School and that (b) he grew up in Washington, D.C., as the son of a U.S. Senator.
Readers: Did you know those facts?
We're not talking about your normal credentials for a charismatic-Pentecostal reverend-religious broadcaster. That might be worth a sentence or two, when someone addresses an issue of law and politics (whether you agree with him or not).
Let me end with one final fun fact about this hard-to-label man.
Yes, Robertson is an ordained minister. In fact, he has been ordained twice. That twist led me to make the following observation back in 2000, in an "On Religion" column:
Six prominent ministers recently gathered in Virginia Beach, Va., for a rite to renew religious broadcaster Pat Robertson's vows as an ordained minister, a role which he surrendered in 1988 to run for president. Among the clergy who placed his hands on Robertson's shoulders during the ordination prayers was Episcopal Bishop John Howe of Orlando.
So I'm curious. Historically speaking, are we talking about the Rev. Pat Robertson or Father Pat Robertson?
You can't make some of this stuff up.
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2. Read for pleasure every day.
3. Math puzzles and tongue twisters are fun - and they help build numeracy and literacy skills as well.
4. Start a journal where you and your family members can record your thoughts and special moments together.
5. Choose a subject you know nothing about and see if it interests you by learning about it online or in the library.
6. Do a crossword puzzle or Soduko game in your daily newspaper.
7. Discuss what you have been reading at the dinner table with your family.
8. Set aside time every evening to read with your child.
9. Ask your children to share their daily homework assignments with you.
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Women Holocaust survivors find joy in fighting poverty
by: LUIS ANDRES HENAO, Associated Press
In this Jan. 22, 2020 photo, Dolly Rabinowitz, center, exercises with other Holocaust survivors at Nachas Health and Family Network in the Brooklyn borough New York. The community center provides survivors with meals, legal assistance, exercise classes and social events. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)
NEW YORK (AP) — Frumie Cisner remembers the first time she witnessed a Holocaust survivor picking through trash — how the woman scavenged a box of baked goods from a dumpster in front of a Brooklyn synagogue.
"It was heartbreaking," Cisner said. "You're not talking about luxuries. It's food. You would never dream that they go through this kind of poverty."
And yet, it's not uncommon. Decades after they suffered unspeakable horrors at concentration camps, many Holocaust survivors in the United States live in poverty and rely on donations because they struggle to pay their rent and even food.
Cisner's shock at seeing survivors rummaging through the trash prompted her organization, the Nachas Health and Family Network, to offer daily meals to dozens of survivors who visit the Brooklyn center.
Nachas (Yiddish for "joy") is part of a network of community centers that offer all sorts of services to the diminishing ranks of Adolf Hitler's victims. About 40 survivors come here to socialize, receive legal assistance, study Torah, exercise, get counseling — and to eat.
"Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in the U.S. are more likely than other Jewish elderly and other American elderly to be living in poverty," according to the New York-based Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. "Survey research shows that 25% of all Nazi victims live at or below the official U.S. poverty threshold."
The number is even higher in the New York City metropolitan area, where it is estimated that more than 38,000 Holocaust survivors live, according to Selfhelp Community Services, a non-profit organization that focuses on research on Holocaust survivors and provides them with services.
"This last generation of survivors will have complex needs. Fully 35% of survivors will be coping with serious or chronic illnesses, and 41% will need help with daily tasks," the group said in a report. "Fifty-two percent will be `poor' under Federal guidelines" in 2020, the report said.
"It's a tough statistic to wrap your head around. After what the survivors went through earlier in their lives, it's certainly a struggle that they have to deal with this as well," said Sandy Myers, vice president for external relations and communications at Selfhelp.
"Many people don't know about this because speaking about poverty is not easy for any of us and they're incredibly strong and proud and resilient," she said. "They sometimes say: 'We survived Hitler, so we can get through anything.' This is a population that's very proud, and it makes it difficult to talk about their struggles."
Many of them were tattooed with ID numbers, shorn of hair and used as slave labor. Some nearly starved and witnessed family members killed. Sometimes, they'll share these experiences, but mostly they prefer to focus on the activities that keep them alive.
On a recent day, in a room decorated with paintings of Israel's Hebron Valley and of people praying at the Western Wall, a group of survivors placed their hands on their waists, lifted their arms and legs and swayed side to side. Some held chairs for balance.
"No cheating!" announced fitness instructor Mindy Landau, eliciting giggles from three dozen women, all in their 80s and 90s.
Afterwards, Rizy Horowitz, who handles the Holocaust project at Nachas, handed out containers of kosher food to the group. They also took home a second meal. "Each time they come here, they go home with a packed meal," Horowitz said. Some days the center schedules a pizza night, combining dinner and socializing.
"This is wonderful for us," said Shirley Fernbach, 92. "What would I do at home? This way we get out and we meet people."
"And we share stories!" said Berta Einhorn, 89. They shared a table with Lilly Klein, 94. The three friends were born in Hungary, survived Auschwitz as well as a death march to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. But they only met decades later at Nachas.
"We're getting together like like-minded people," said Klein, who lost seven siblings and 34 nieces and nephews in the Holocaust. "We all went through the same."
Blocks away, Club Nissim offers survivors a wide range of activities ranging from swimming, cooking and choir lessons to movies, arts and crafts and trips to museums and parks. The program that began in 2001 is located at Borough Parks' Young Men's and Young Women's Hebrew Association. Its name Nissim comes from the Hebrew word for miracle, chosen by survivors because they felt it was a miracle to be alive.
Director Simonne Hirschhorn said Nissim also tries to offer activities that they may have missed because their childhoods were often spent fighting for simple survival. Recently, it sponsored a slumber party for the women, complete with pajamas and a breakfast with pancakes.
"It shouldn't sound like it's kindergarten for the elderly. It's about giving joy to people who have had very hard lives," she said.
Holocaust outreach at Nachas began in the mid-1990s as an effort to obtain reparations. It came after the Swiss government decided to create a fund for survivors, Horowitz said. The decision followed criticism by Jewish groups who said that Swiss bank officials blocked survivors and their heirs after WWII by claiming they could not find accounts.
Since then, Nachas has helped hundreds of survivors apply for thousands of dollars in reparations. Some of them also count on reparations money that they get from Germany as part of a program that began in 1952. Horowitz said the money is not enough, so survivors often reach out asking for help to pay for rent and other expenses.
Nachas has received funding from groups, including the Elie Wiesel Foundation, and the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, the organization that negotiates compensation with the German government. Some of the money continues to pay for the group's exercise classes and therapy.
"It's group therapy. They didn't have friends because when they came back from Holocaust, they didn't have time for this luxury to have friends," said Yafa Fetman, a social worker who has led the counseling and Torah lessons at Nachas for more than a decade.
"They have two options: they can go to the doctor's office or to come here three times a week."
A recent day ended with the group sharing chocolate cake. The entertainment: 9-year-old Avrumy Cisner, who stood on a chair and serenaded them in Hebrew.
"This is a good place, Nachas," Einhorn said. "We have exercise, we have lectures and we have movies. And it just keeps us going a little."
Emily Leshner in New York contributed to this report.
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