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June Is PTSD Awareness Month — Let's Talk Mental Health, Join Us at the Forum
June 28, 2015 By domani spero in Consular Work, Courage, Foreign Service, FSOs, Iraq, Learning, MEDical, Mental Health, Org Life, Public Service, Realities of the FS, State Department, USAID, War Tags: Candace Faber, Mental Health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD, PTSD Awareness Month 2015, PTSD Forum, Rachel Schneller, Ron Capps	1 Comment
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I've blogged about mental health in the State Department for years now (see links below). I know that a mental health issue affecting one person is not a story of just one person. It affects parents, spouses, children, siblings, friends; it affects the home and the workplace. It is a story of families and communities. While there is extensive support in the military community, that's not always the case when it comes to members of the Foreign Service.
I once wrote about a former Foreign Service kid and his dad with severe PTSD. A few of you took the time to write and/or send books to the ex-FS employee incarcerated in Colorado, thank you.
I've written about Ron Capps, Rachel Schneller, Candace Faber, FSOs who came forward to share their brave struggles with all of us. There was also a senior diplomat disciplined for volatile behavior who cited PTSD, I've also written about Michael C. Dempsey, USAID's first war-zone related suicide, and railed about suicide prevention resources. The 2014 Foreign Service Grievance Board 2014 annual report says that eight of the new cases filed involved a claim that a disability, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or other medical condition affected the employee performance or conduct that resulted in a separation recommendation.
With very few exceptions, people who write to this blog about mental health and PTSD do so only on background. Here are a few:
A State Department employee with PTSD recently told this blog that "Anyone outside of our little insular community would be appalled at the way we treat our mentally ill." The individual concludes with clear frustration that it "seems sometimes the only unofficially sanctioned treatment plan encouraged is to keep the commissaries well stocked with the adult beverage of your choice."
Another one whose PTSD claim from service at a PRT in Iraq languished at OWCP said, "I can assure you that OER and State Med have been nothing but obstructions… as a vet, I have been treated at VA for the past ten months, else I would have killed myself long ago."
Still another one writes: "VA indicates the average time between trauma and treatment-seeking is eight years. The longer it is undiagnosed and treated, the more difficult to ameliorate. I have a formal diagnosis from VA but could not even get the name of a competent psychiatrist from DoS. The bulk of DoS PTSD claims are still a few years away (2008/2009 PLUS 8), with no competent preparation or process."
A friend of a State employee wrote that her DOS friend was "deployed/assigned to a war-torn country not too long ago for a year. Came back with PTSD and was forced by superiors to return to very stressful/high pressure work duties while also seeking medical attention for an undiagnosed then, but eventually diagnosed (took about 6 months) disease triggered by environmental conditions where s/he was last posted."
Another FSO said, "I actually thought State did a decent job with my PTSD. After I was subject to an attack in Kabul, the social worker at post was readily available and helpful. He indicated I could depart post immediately if I needed to (and many did after the attack). When I departed post I was screened for PTSD and referred to MED here in DC. After a few sessions here with MED, I was referred to a private psychologist who fixed things up in a few months."
One FSO who suffered from PTSD assured us that "State has come a very long way since 2005" and that it has made remarkable progress for an institution. Her concerns is that PTSD is widespread in the Department in the sense that people develop it in a wide range of posts and assignments. She cited consular officers in particular, who evacuate people from natural disasters and civil wars and deal with death cases on a regular basis, and are particularly at risk.
June is PTSD Awareness Month. We are hosting a forum at http://forums.diplopundit.net for an open discussion on PTSD.
It's not everyday that we get a chance to ask questions from somebody with post traumatic stress disorder. On Monday, June 29, FSO Rachel Schneller will join the forum and answer readers' questions based on her personal experience with PTSD. She will be at this blog's forum from noon to 2 pm EST. She will join the forum in her personal capacity, with her own views and not as a representative of the State Department or the U.S. Government. She's doing this as a volunteer, and we appreciate her time and effort in obtaining official permission and joining us to help spread PTSD awareness. Please feel free to post your questions here.
Rachel Schneller joined the Foreign Service in 2001. Following a tour in Iraq 2005-6, she was diagnosed with PTSD. Her efforts to highlight the needs of Foreign Service Officers returning from tours in war zones helped prompt a number of changes in the State Department, for which she was awarded the 2008 Rivkin Award for Constructive Dissent.
Prior to joining the U.S. Department of State, Rachel served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Mali from 1996-98. She earned her MA from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 2001. We have previously featured Rachel in this blog here, and here.
The forum, specifically created for PTSD discussion is setup as an "open" forum at this time; readers may post questions without registration. We're hosting, same Privacy Policy apply.
Below are some of our previous blog posts on mental health, PTSD, security clearance and the State Department's programs:
•What to do when different voices start delivering multiple démarches in your head?]
•USAID's First War-Zone Related Suicide – Michael C. Dempsey, Rest in Peace
•State Dept's Suicide Prevention Resources — A Topic So Secret No One Wants to Talk About It
•Former Foreign Service Kid Writes About Dad With Severe PTSD (Many thanks to readers who took the time to write and send books to Tony Gooch! We appreciate your kindness).
•Ron Capps | Back From The Brink: War, Suicide, And PTSD
•Rachel Schneller | PTSD: The Best Thing that Ever Happened to Me
•Senior Diplomat Disciplined for Volatile Behavior Cites PTSD in Grievance Case, Fails
•Pick the Long or Short Form, But Take the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Screening
•On the Infamous Q21, PTSD (Again) and High Threat Unaccompanied Assignments
•Ambassador Crocker Arrested for Hit and Run and DUI in Spokane
•Quickie | Running Amok: Mental Health in the U.S. Foreign Service
•Former FSO William Anthony Gooch: No Mercy for Broken Men?
•Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: The Ticking Bomb in the Foreign Service
•Clinton issues note on mental health; seeking help a sign of maturity and professionalism
•EFM shouldn't have to see three RMOs, do a PPT presentation and wait 352 days for help
•Join the Petition: Revised Q21 for the Foreign Service
•State Dept's WarZone Deployment Incentives, Programs, Training and Medical Support
•DMW: Mental Health Treatment Still a Security Clearance Issue at State Department
•Insider Quote: Returning to the Real World
•What's State Doing with Question 21?
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As part of b-side arts festival, where Variable 4 will be appearing in its fourth incarnation, we'll be talking in conversation with Duncan Whitley on sound and site-responsive work, chaired by Cecilia Wee.
In the Field features Artists Duncan Whitley, Daniel Jones and James Bulley in conversation with each other and the audience. Cecilia Wee (FRSA) will convene, focusing on the motivation, challenges and consequences of site-responsive audio work, where the Artist is engaged in an investigation of place, taking into account geography, locality, topography and community.
The event will take place in the stunning surrounds of St George's Church, built in the 18th century from Portland stone: "a treasure trove of fabulous headstones and memorials that tell tales of murder, piracy and adventure in a gloriously atmospheric setting" (source).
7th September 2014, 2:30pm – 3:30pm.
The forthcoming edition of Variable 4, in Portland Bill this September, is part of an excellent art programme by b-side festival. Countless other events, performances and installations are taking place across the week, by an array of disparate artists all of whom are working in close engagement with the site and landscape.
It is a rarity of an event, expertly curated by a team with acute sensibilities for site-specific work — we urge visitors to dedicate some time to see the events taking place on and around Portland.
See the b-side event website for much more information.
We've been in Portland the past few days on our latest residency trip in preparation for Variable 4 Portland Bill, taking place this autumn as part of the excellent b-side arts festival. As the first time we've been on Portland in fine weather, it's been a great opportunity to get a sense of how the atmosphere changes over the year.
We also had the opportunity to meet Paul Soulellis, another artist in residence as part of b-side. Paul is producing a wonderful-looking publication, created through meeting and exchanging stories with Portland residents — when we said goodbye, he was leaving in search of the flock of wild goats that inhabit one side of the island.
As part of the development for Variable 4 Portland Bill, we've been working with musicians local to the Portland and Weymouth area, developing movements which reflect the area's maritime and social heritage. We've been working in the studio of Simon Swarbrick, an astonishingly talented local violinist who also has an astonishingly nice self-constructed recording space.
Pictured above is Simon performing some of the score fragments we've been devising for Variable 4. We have been experimenting with generating parts of the score based on algorithmic processes, to then be displayed on iPad and performed by musician. An an example, one such process takes the gradual directions in wind speed that have taken place in Portland over the past hundred years, and translates these compass directions into modular score parts. This can then be reassembled to produce musical movements portraying different eras of Portland's weather history — or fed into the system to generate live patterns based on moment-to-moment wind speed detected by the weather station.
From the Jurassic coastlines of Portland, gathered over recent research trips in preparation for Variable 4 Portland Bill.
Imposing skies and wintery air over Portland Bill Lighthouse, next to which Variable 4 will be sited this September.


The demands of today's workplace has left us chained to our desks and slumped over our laptops. Long and irregular work hours have pushed exercise to the bottom of our priority list, meaning it doesn't take long for waistlines to expand and health to deteriorate.
In addition to rising obesity rates thanks to sedentary lifestyles, a recent study suggests employees in Hong Kong are the least active across Asia.
In fact, 66% of us exercise less than once a week, and 70% of us get less than 30 minutes of physical activity each day. How crazy is that?
I'm tai mong (too busy)!
For health's sake, it's time to throw this excuse away. Just because you're glued to your desk doesn't mean you can't get active. The trick here is not to try and "burn it all off", but to keep your body moving in some way.
Whether you're waiting to jump on another call or simply firing out emails all day, you can carry these simple 'deskercises' out. They might not give you rock-hard abs or muscular arms (we're afraid you're going to have to go to the gym for that) they can improve blood circulation to keep you healthy and more importantly, happy!
Ready to ditch your seat? These roles will keep you on your feet!
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Concerns with trespassing issues. If residents want to press trespassing charges, they must first ban the individual from their property.
Concerns about car break-ins and vandalism – mostly happening in surrounding neighborhoods. Stressed locking cars and not keeping items of value in cars.
Seigle Point Above and Beyond Students is in need of volunteers for one-on-one, reading, one-time enrichment programs, summer camp (folks to read to students).
If you can't volunteer, you can sponsor tuition or provide snacks.
Hours are 10:00 am – 6:30 pm at Seigle Point.
Fund balance: $4,584.42, with $2,028 preserved for social senior and $122 for the garden. Cash available = $2,434.14. Better Block expense reimbursement received.
Membership = 27 individual & 6 business | Dues for second half 2018 are $10 per person or $15 per business.
Asking for community input to rank top five ideas through a survey, can be completed online or in paper form to be turned in by July 15th.
Danielle Brown from D Phillip Randolph Institute also spoke about initiatives going on to provide 10,000 bottles of water to postal workers and the organization also assists with voter registration.
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A vote passed to support the rezoning of 2018-011, 801 E 17th St. 22-23 members in favor. 8 opposed.


German Club prepared for Easter this week, decorating a range of eggs through marbling and decoupage. We then decorated one of the trees at School with our eggs in traditional German festive spirit and would like to thank the enrichment fund for helping this tradition to come to life. Students had a fun time.


We've all seen the commercials, promising that an energy shot or caffeinated drink will free us of that sluggish "3PM feeling." But while a jolt of java might make it easier to power through the afternoon, there's no avoiding a crash later. What if, instead, you avoided that head-on-the-keyboard slump altogether? Turns out, the key may not be in a caffeine-filled drink, but in the foods you eat throughout the day.
A new study from the Penn State College of Medicine found that foods high in fat were associated with daytime sleepiness, while high-carb foods helped subjects stay alert for longer. So does that mean you get free reign to keep a box of Lucky Charms at your desk and go for the lo mein at lunchtime? Not exactly.
Nutritionist and Prevention advisor Ashley Koff, RD, has the scoop on nutrient-balanced meals and snacks that will keep you up and alert throughout the workday—without any spikes or crashes. Follow this meal plan to have energy all day.
7 AM: Wake up to a glass of water with lemon & a probiotic, which sets up the digestive tract for balance throughout the day. Then, for a nutrient-balanced start, Koff suggests, making a smoothie—liquids wake you up even faster than food, since you get the nutrients quickly. Combine protein powder, like Manitoba Harvest Hemp Pro Fiber Protein Powder with 1 cup hemp, coconut, almond or organic milk, 1 tsp raw honey, and ice. For additional fiber and plant nutrients, add fresh organic greens.
10 AM: Need to keep your energy up throughout the morning? Try an antioxidant-rich snack, such as organic greens juice with containing apple and pear with a handful of mixed nuts & seeds. If you need your morning brew, now's the time to drink it, Koff says. The effect will wear off early enough to stave off insomnia.
1 PM: Get your salad on for lunch. A large green salad with sardines, salmon, or another seafood choice—the fatty acids are essential for balancing energy, Koff says. Carb-loading will keep your energy up for the afternoon, but don't go for starchy foods that will make you feel sick hours later. Instead, pile some beans on your salad; they provide both carbs and protein, which means your energy burst will last through the afternoon.
3 PM: As for the chocolate craving that happens around this time everyday, your body is on the right track—sort of. Koff suggests a healthier version of the sweet stuff to power through the afternoon slump. "Chocolate gives you a boost without the caffeine—it's a natural endorphin but it also relaxes your body due to a high magnesium content, which means it keeps your energy in balance," Koff says. Try vegan chocolate truffles or pudding.
6:30 PM: Need to work tonight, but don't want to toss and turn at bedtime? Go for a plant-based dinner, like wild plant tacos. Koff suggests including tofu taco crumbles, avocado, Daiya cheeze shreds (you'd never guess they're dairy-free!), organic salsa, and either optional sprouts and chard or romaine lettuce leaves. "This meal is all about the nutrient balance," Koff says.
9 PM: If you're hungry this late, Koff says, it's because you should be in bed already—hunger signals mean your body would need more energy to stay awake and function. To wind down, she suggests doing some stretches, turn off your mobile devices & electronics, try meditating for a few minutes, and sleep should come more easily.
You'll be surprised when you DON'T feel like the walking dead on your commute tomorrow!


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Michigan sees spike in number of coronavirus cases as testing increases
(WXYZ) — There are now 4,787 deaths from coronavirus and 49,582 cases in Michigan, according to the latest numbers released by the State of Michigan on Thursday.
That's up 73 deaths and 1,191 cases from Wednesday when there were 4,714 deaths and 48,391 cases.
According to the state, today's numbers include 35 additional deaths identified through regular review of death certificates, which happens three times per week.
The number of cases is also up significantly due to several factors, according to the state.
That includes backlogged results being reported electronically and increased testing at correctional facilities in the state.
"Today's report of 1,191 cases includes cases from commercial labs Garcia, a lab with significant presence in Michigan's correctional facilities and corporate environment, Orchard Technology and P4. Results from these labs were being entered manually, which led to a backlog, and are now being reported electronically into MDSS," the state said.
That backlog, according to the state, did not result in delays of notification for people with positive cases.
Michigan also tested 14,242 people on May 12, the largest number of tests conducted since the outbreak began.
Overall, 22,686 have recovered from the virus, according to the state. That number will be updated Saturday. Recovery includes confirmed COVID-19 cases who are 30 days out from their onset, but the pool will expand as the pandemic continues.
In an interview with 7 Action News on Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she hopes to resume gatherings of 10 people or less "pretty quickly" in an interview with 7 Action News.
The governor said her goal is to make sure the state is back in a position of "some normalcy." Having gatherings of 10 or less falls under the next phase of the MI Safe Start Plan, and the governor said she is hopeful that we can move into the next phase quickly.
Hundreds gathered at the Capitol on Thursday to protest Whitmer's order.
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Вале́рий Никола́евич Восконя́н (; ) — украинский футболист, вратарь николаевского «Васта»

Игровая карьера
Воспитанник ДЮСШ села Радсад Николаевского района Николаевской области. Первый тренер — Александр Николаевич Гаранин. Далее занимался в киевском РВУФК у тренеров Владимира Ижко и Владимира Филонюка. После спортинтерната вернулся в свой родной город. Играл на любительском уровне за вторую команду МФК «Николаев». Летом 2012 года по приглашению главного тренера первой команды Руслана Забранского проходил сборы с основой, после чего подписал с «корабелами» свой первый профессиональный контракт. Дебютировал в первой лиге 26 мая следующего года в домашней игре против «Динамо-2». Юный голкипер получил от тренера несколько минут перед финальным свистком уже практически выигранного матча и успел парировать дальний удар. В следующем сезоне из-за травм основных вратарей николаевцев Товта и Козаченко, Восконян впервые вышел на поле уже в первом туре, а во втором — и вовсе со стартовых минут. Новый главный тренер «корабелов» Олег Федорчук на послематчевой пресс-конференции отметил, что Восконян сумел справиться с волнением, и предрёк ему хорошее будущее. Зимой у «Николаева» вновь сменился главный тренер. Вячеслав Мазарати за полгода проведённые во главе команды дважды доверил Валерию место в стартовом составе. Обе эти игры команда, завершившая вытоге чемпионат последней, проиграла с общим счётом 0:6. Следующий сезон 2014/15 стал для Восконяна лучшим в футболке «Николаева». Двадцатилетний голкипер сыграл в 13 матчах и по итогам сезона был признан лучшим игроком команды. В следующем сезоне основным вратарём команды стал Роман Чумак, а Восконян на поле практически не появлялся. Летом 2016 года перешёл в ереванский «Пюник». В высшем армянском дивизионе дебютировал 8 августа 2016 года в игре против «Ширака» (1:3).

Летом 2017 года дебютировал и в еврокубках, отыграв все 90 минут в проигранном для «Пюника» матче 1-го раунда квалификации Лиги Европы против «Слована» (1:4).

Примечания

Футболисты Украины
Выпускники Олимпийского колледжа имени Ивана Поддубного
Игроки ФК «Николаев» Николаевская область
Игроки ФК «Пюник»
Игроки ФК «Пюник-2»
Игроки ФК «Николаев-2»
Игроки ФК ВПС
Игроки ФК ВПС-2
Игроки ФК «Арагац»
Игроки ФК «Кристалл» Херсон
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Points must stand at NRL resumption – because nobody plays to lose
It can be revealed that Nick Politis had a cunning plan for his Roosters this season: lose the opening two games.
It was a top-down order from the chairman to his first-grade coach and team, the logic of which would become apparent as the season wore on.
But let there be no mistake, it was a brilliant idea that the Bondi boys executed flawlessly, heading into Round 3 of the season on zero points.
As was their plan all along – sitting at the bottom of the table, right where they wanted to be.
And then this bloody pandemic came along, turned the entire comp on its head, and now Uncle Nick's plan has been undermined.
Losing the first two games doesn't make sense anymore. Not like how it had previously.
"If you change the draw, you've got to start again. If the current points are to stand, we have to play over a full season," the Chooks boss told the Daily Telegraph last week.
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"It's like changing the race from a Melbourne Cup (two miles) to a Doncaster (one mile) after it's already started."
Right. Because the ideal way to start a Melbourne Cup is for your horse to pull a Chautauqua and just stand still when the gates burst open.
"We have been preparing all along for a 24-round season. That's why we rested Boyd Cordner for the first two games," Politis said.
And with his timely complaint, Politis suddenly reopened the door which Peter V'landys had apparently closed when he declared, "There is no way we are taking anyone's points away."
The thing about the NRL – and I know this flies in the face of Politis' apparent plan – is that there is never an advantage to losing a game.
Take 2016, when the Knights won a grand total of one match all season. As for 2017, Newcastle took out the wooden spoon again.
Tanking isn't worthwhile in the NRL, because there's no draft. Losing just means you've got far less chance of signing decent players, attracting large crowds or getting a fat sponsorship deal – because no one likes a loser.
The closest you'll get to having a 'plan to lose' is in the last rounds of the regular season, when your spot in the top eight or top four is already settled, so you give players a rest ahead of the finals.
But that's simply not the case in the opening two rounds. No one wants to start the year with a loss – let alone two – because it makes getting back into the eight all the more difficult, especially for a team like the Roosters that is guaranteed to do it tough through the Origin period due to their high number of representative players.
James Tedesco of the Roosters celebrates with Roosters Club Chairman Nick Politis (AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts)
The Chooks may have 'rested' their captain for the opening two rounds, but have a look at the teams they named for the opening week and then again for Round 2.
They're full strength, apart from Cordner missing (and let's be honest, who buys that the NSW and Kangaroos skipper was 'resting', rather than injured).
They gave it their all and they lost. It wasn't a brilliant plan that has since been upended.
They didn't play as well as their opposition in the opening rounds and thus they have zero points. That's also the case with the Dragons, Bulldogs and Titans. They lost fair and square.
The competition may look different when it resumes, but it's not like any of those winless teams planned to lose their opening matches, nor have they been any more disadvantaged by COVID-19 than the likes of the undefeated Eels, Knights, Raiders, Storm, Broncos and Panthers.
The outlier is, of course, the Warriors, who had to play their Round 2 'home' game on the Gold Coast and down on troops who had flown home, subsequently losing to Canberra.
I'm not going to discount that but the Warriors are a whole different kettle of fish – if they are going to be relocated to Australia for the entirety of the 2020 competition, certain dispensations and consolations may be in order. That's a discussion for another day.
But for the rest of the clubs, there is no argument to be made that the opening two rounds were an injustice. Because everybody went into their games with the outright intention of winning.
"This isn't just about the Roosters. It's about the integrity of the competition and giving every club and their fans a fair chance."
Truer words were never spoken, Mr Politis. And it's exactly why the points earned thus far must stand.


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Miss Universe Spain 2015 was the third edition of the Miss Universe Spain pageant. It was held in the Auditorio de Marbella in Marbella on July 30 with 15 finalists competing.

At the end of the event, Carla García, a former Miss Spain 2010 runner-up and Miss World 2011 semi-finalist, won the crown and the rights to represent Spain at Miss Universe 2015. Carla was crowned by the outgoing winner Desirée Cordero Ferrer. In second place was Raquel Bonilla, who later represented Spain at Miss Supranational 2015. Placing third was Sofía del Prado, who went on to be crowned Reina Hispanoamericana 2015 and also later won the Miss Universe Spain 2017.

Results

Special awards
 Miss Photogenic - Zaida Naranjo
 Miss Congeniality (voted by the contestants) - Laura Gonce
 Miss Kadus: Sofia del Prado
 Miss Public Vote on Instagram: Zayra Naranjo
 Best Hair: Sofia del Prado

Delegates

References

Miss Spain
2015 in Spain
Universe Spain


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The horrific series of bombings at police stations in Basra have also killed or injured large numbers of civilians, including children, and cast a pall of dread over the southern port city. Basra had been spared major violence during the recent Shiite uprising, in part, apparently, because the British commanders did some sort of deal with the Sadrists. But Iraqi hyper-nationalist and ex-Baathist elements appear still to be at large, targeting institutions such as the police that are viewed as collaborating with the Coalition Provisional Authority and aiding the transition to a new government. Wael Abdul Latif, the governor of Basra, tried to blame the bombings in al-Qaeda. This is not impossible, especially since al-Qaeda does like multiple simultaneous attacks, and Riyadh was hit, as well. But my suspicion is that the Basra attacks were done by Iraqi Sunnis.
On the other hand, al-Qaeda did strike Riyadh, Saudi Arabia today, hitting a building associated with private security provision (probably for the royal family).


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Ignacio De La Fuente (born January 1, 1949) is a former Oakland City Councilmember.  He was also the President of Oakland's City Council until January 2009, when he became vice mayor of Oakland. De La Fuente was an unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Oakland in 1998, 2006, and 2022.

Background
De La Fuente was born in Mexico City, immigrated to California at the age of 21, and subsequently became an American citizen. De La Fuente settled in Oakland, California and began working in a foundry as a machinist.

Trade union representative
In 1977 he was elected as a union representative of Phoenix Iron Works.  Today De La Fuente serves as an International Vice President for the Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics, and Allied Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, where he negotiates for members through the collective bargaining process.

Oakland City Council
First elected to the Oakland City Council in 1992, he served as the chair of the Council's Economic and Community Development Committee until January 1999.  When Oakland adopted the Strong-Mayor form of government, that removed the Mayor from the City Council and created the position of Council President. De La Fuente became the first Council member to be elected by his peers to serve as President of the Oakland City Council in 1999. He has been re-elected to this position every two years since then.

Opposition to medical marijuana movement
In 1998, when the Oakland City Council deputized the Oakland Cannabis Buyer's Cooperative to distribute medical marijuana, De La Fuente cast a negative vote, saying that he could not support such efforts in "good conscience," citing concerns over abuse as well as control, certification, and monitoring of caregivers. De La Fuente supported efforts in 2003 to shutter all of Oakland's dispensaries but one, contending that "at least half of the clubs (were) selling pot for recreational use."

2006 mayoral campaign
De La Fuente ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Oakland in 2006, placing second of three major candidates, behind the winner (former Congressman Ron Dellums) but ahead of challenger Nancy Nadel. On June 16, 2006, after a careful ballot recount, and a dispute over whether votes for unqualified write-in candidates such as George W. Bush and Homer Simpson counted towards the total, Dellums was declared the winner in the Oakland mayoral race. Dellums garnered the 50.18 percent majority he needed to win the election  This was 155 votes more than needed to avoid a runoff. Dellums received 41,992 votes, while De La Fuente received 27,607 votes, and Nadel 10,928 votes.

2012 at-large city council campaign
In 2012 De La Fuente challenged Rebecca Kaplan for the at-large set on the Oakland City Council, leaving open the district 5 seat. De La Fuente lost to Kaplan, while Noel Gallo won the district 5 race to succeed De La Fuente. De La Fuente made false statements during his campaign.

2022 Oakland mayoral campaign
De La Fuente ran for Mayor of Oakland in the 2022 Oakland mayoral election. He is ran on a "back to basics" slogan. His campaign has received most of its funding from coal lobbyists. Other candidates have signed a pledge not to take lobbying money from the coal industry. De La Fuente lost; only receiving about 10% of the vote.

Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority
In January 2017 De La Fuente was appointed to the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority board.

Personal life
De La Fuente lives in Oakland.

On October 26, 2007, the councilman's son, Ignacio De La Fuente Jr., was sentenced to fourteen years in prison for the rape of three women, and a 15-year-old girl. The councilman maintains his son's innocence, and claims there was a "conspiracy" within the Oakland Police Department to target his son, and publicize the charges, for the purpose of embarrassing the elder De La Fuente during his unsuccessful 2006 mayoral bid. His son pleaded guilty and admitted to the sexual assaults.

On December 23, 2010, De La Fuente was arrested for speeding and DUI. A California Highway Patrol officer alleged to have observed De La Fuente speeding around  and making unsafe lane changes while driving his 2006 Buick on the Nimitz Freeway, I-880, near the Fruitvale Avenue exit in East Oakland. A CHP spokesperson alleges that, after being stopped, De La Fuente was noticeably impaired and failed field sobriety and driver coordination tests.  He was booked into the North County jail in Downtown Oakland before being released the same evening to the custody of his wife, Elvia. De La Fuente failed a sobriety test and driver coordination tests. Prosecutors, citing a lack of evidence, mainly lack of a blood test to prove his blood alcohol level, declined to seek DUI charges against De La Fuente.

References

1949 births
Living people
Mexican emigrants to the United States
Oakland City Council members
Politicians from Mexico City
Democratic Party San Francisco Bay Area politicians
Mexican-American people in California politics
Hispanic and Latino American city council members


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Clinton Emails
Hillary Clinton's private server was stored in a bathroom closet
byBonnie Kristian
As the emails exchanged on Hillary Clinton's private servers during her term as secretary of state continue to raise red flags — just yesterday, 60 were marked as containing state secrets; today, it's more than 300 — the Daily Mail reports that those servers were kept in an apartment bathroom closet.
The apartment held the offices of Platte River Networks, the Denver, Colorado IT firm that maintained Clinton's servers. Per accounts of former employees which were confirmed by the company's co-founder, the servers containing State Department secrets were stored in the bathroom.
"At the time I worked for them they wouldn't have been equipped to work for Hilary Clinton because I don't think they had the resources," said Tera Dadiotis, who used to be employed at Platte River. "[T]hey were based out of a loft, so [it was] not very high security, we didn't even have an alarm."


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Immunohistochemical demonstration of fibronectin in the most superficial layer of normal rabbit articular cartilage
K. Nishida, H. Inoue, T. Murakami
Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Objective-To locate fibronectin ultrastructurally in the most superficial layer of normal articular cartilage of rabbits, in order to clarify its role in joint physiology. Methods-Articular cartilage was obtained from the femoral condyle of seven normal adult rabbits and prepared by a method that included tannic acid fixation. Polyclonal antibodies against rabbit fibronectin were used in an immunohistochemical electron microscopic study, without any enzymic digestion but with a pre-embedding method for the transmission electron microscopy. Results-The cardlage surface was successfully preserved by tannic acid fixation. The most superficial layer in electron photomicrographs was approximately 200-300 nm thick, cell free, and appeared to have two parallel components: the more superficial lamina and the deeper lamina. Gold labelled fibronectin lined this layer in immunohistochemical electron photomicrographs. Conclusions-Fibronectin covering the surface ofthe articular cartilage may have a role in joint lubrication and protection of the cardlage by binding with the collagenous matrix and hyaluronic acid in synovial fluid. Chondroitin sulphates may act as a charge barrier in close relationship with the collagen fibrils in the deeper lamina. Significant alteration in these functions may be one of the first causal steps leading to destruction of the articular cardlage.
Annals of the rheumatic diseases
https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.54.12.995
10.1136/ard.54.12.995
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Nishida, K., Inoue, H., & Murakami, T. (1995). Immunohistochemical demonstration of fibronectin in the most superficial layer of normal rabbit articular cartilage. Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 54(12), 995-998. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.54.12.995
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In: Annals of the rheumatic diseases, Vol. 54, No. 12, 1995, p. 995-998.
Nishida, K, Inoue, H & Murakami, T 1995, 'Immunohistochemical demonstration of fibronectin in the most superficial layer of normal rabbit articular cartilage', Annals of the rheumatic diseases, vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 995-998. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.54.12.995
Nishida K, Inoue H, Murakami T. Immunohistochemical demonstration of fibronectin in the most superficial layer of normal rabbit articular cartilage. Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 1995;54(12):995-998. https://doi.org/10.1136/ard.54.12.995
Nishida, K. ; Inoue, H. ; Murakami, T. / Immunohistochemical demonstration of fibronectin in the most superficial layer of normal rabbit articular cartilage. In: Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 1995 ; Vol. 54, No. 12. pp. 995-998.
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Coaches are fully committed to the success, growth and effectiveness of their clients. Most coach training focuses on what happens during the actual coaching conversation, but masterful coaching starts long before the conversation begins. In this 20 hour training, you'll look at a lifestyle of coaching and develop repeatable behavior patterns that move your coaching toward mastery. How can you leverage what you do first thing in the morning to make your coaching more effective in the afternoon? That's what 900 Habit is designed to accomplish. 900 Habit also includes 4 triads for practice coaching and written feedback from your instructor.
The 20 hours of coach specific training in 900 Habit is divided into key sections, delivered online in group cohorts under the guidance of a trained instructor.
900 Habit meets from either on Wednesdays from 4-6 pm Eastern OR 12-2 pm on consecutive Thursdays. Be sure to confirm that the cohort you're interested in meets on the day you want. Two hours per sessions with follow up writing and a final triad which is recorded and evaluated by your instructor.
Runs 8 consecutive days at the same day and time.
Instructor: John Mocko, ACC | This course is designed for the integrating coach who is working with multiple clients simultaneously.


Has Andrew Marr Damaged his Reputation?
This morning newspaper and TV revelations feature Andrew Marr, the likeable BBC political presenter and former editor of the Independent newspaper. Marr has revealed that he has in the past sought and been granted a super injunction (popularly known as a gag order) to prevent any hints of a past extramarital affair coming to light.
Is it enough that Marr has (now) unburdened himself and can sleep at night? Alternatively, is it a shallow move after benefiting from the privacy effect for several years.
Marr wasn't totally open about this having decided to come clean only when Private Eye (a UK satirical magazine) sought to challenge the injunction.
For companies, brands and individuals alike: dealing with a PR crisis takes preparation as well as honesty, acting quickly to neutralise or deal as best as possible with the subject in hand, and show that there is a human face behind the brand.
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Karoline Kan is a second child born among the one child generation in 1989. In order to give birth to her, her mother hid from local officials for almost ten months. But the challenges didn't end there — to her paternal grandparents, she was an unwanted girl, an idea that shadowed her whole childhood.
Yet she was also a lucky girl with a strong mother who pushed the family out of a remote Chinese village and completely changed Karoline's life by providing her with the best education she could. In her late twenties, Karoline, a girl with humble background, became an author and international journalist for The New York Times.
Recently, she published Under Red Skies, widely touted as the first English-language memoir written by a Chinese millennial.


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use Zend\Service\ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha as ReCaptchaService;

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 * @uses       Zend\Service\ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha
 * @category   Zend
 * @package    Zend_Captcha
 * @subpackage Adapter
 * @copyright  Copyright (c) 2005-2010 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
 * @license    http://framework.zend.com/license/new-bsd     New BSD License
 */
class ReCaptcha extends AbstractAdapter
{
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     */
    public function setPrivkey($privkey)
    {
        $this->getService()->setPrivateKey($privkey);
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    {
        $this->_service = $service;
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     * Retrieve ReCaptcha service object
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Als Wurzelanlauf wird in der Forstwirtschaft der verdickte Übergangsbereich der verholzten Sprossachse (Stammwalze) in die Wurzel bezeichnet.
Die Wurzelanläufe werden entweder vor dem Fällen senkrecht durchtrennt oder im Zuge des anschließenden Aufarbeitens des Stammes ebenso wie auch der Waldbart entfernt und verbleiben als Sägeabfall am Fällort.

Siehe auch
 Fälltechnik
 Portal:Land- und Forstwirtschaft

Literatur

Forstwirtschaft
Wurzel


More than 2,500 Port Authority employees pulled down salaries exceeding $100,000 last year - including a police sergeant who took home $250,000, a watchdog report released Tuesday shows.
The payroll at the Port Authority grew by more than $15 million to $664.7 million from 2008 to 2009, thanks in part to eye-popping paychecks for some employees, according to the report.
The Empire Center for New York State Policy, part of the fiscally conservative Manhattan Institute, found 54 people made more than $200,000 last year, much of it overtime.
A little more than a third of the agency's 7,499 employees made more than $100,000.
The top salary on the PA's payroll went to Executive Director Christopher Ward - more than $304,000. Former Deputy Executive Director Susan Bass Levin made $290,862.
The study zeroed in on police overtime as a problem and a few cops in particular.
One police sergeant made more than $250,000 last year, including overtime, more than doubling his base pay and outearning all but the two highest-paid PA execs. One cop pulled down $207,265, more than doubling his base pay of $99,923, while another broke the $200,000 barrier, with more than $111,000 in overtime on top of his $89,647 salary.
Port Authority spokesman John Kelly defended the agency's overtime spending, calling it "something that we watch closely."


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Key facts, such as addition facts to 10 and multiplication tables should be learnt so that children can focus on new concepts.
The school's mathematical curriculum fully accords with the requirement of the National Curriculum, and a daily lesson is spent on the subject in addition to any mathematical learning linked across other subjects.
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This program prepares students for entry-level employment in the machining and manufacturing industries. The curriculum features basic to advanced machining concepts involving various machine tools such as conventional lathes, mills, grinders, and their Computer Numerical Control (CNC) counterparts. Coursework also involves blueprint reading, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing, shop math, and statistical and mechanical measurements. The second year of the program places emphasis in CNC and CAD/CAM systems and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing in preparation for employment in computerized manufacturing processes. Opportunity to certify in MasterCAM Mill is available to students who succesfully complete the program.
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Calculate inferred dimensional information and tolerances from a blueprint to industry standards.
Use a computer to word process, create spreadsheets, and access the Internet.
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Transfer knowledge of conventional machine setups to programmable machine controls and write programs to run CNC mills, lathes and grinders.
Use CAD/CAM application software to produce drawings, tool paths, and NC Code to CNC Software Certification Standards.
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Take advantage of priority registration each semester. Complete NIC Foundation scholarship. Explore option of applying for the Machining & CNC Technology 1 year Intermediate Techniclal Certificate.
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Dr. Gordon Hamilton, pictured here on the Helheim Glacier in Greenland during a previous season.
On behalf of all of us in the National Science Foundation's Division of Polar Programs, which manages the U.S. Antarctic Program, I wish to express our deepest sympathies and regrets to the family, friends, and colleagues of Gordon Hamilton, of the University of Maine's Climate Change Institute, who died this weekend while conducting field research in Antarctica.
He was killed when the snow machine he was riding fell into a crevasse.
The U.S. Antarctic Program is a close-knit corps of researchers and support personnel who carry out the nation's program of research in Antarctica, working at the frontiers of human knowledge, but also at the physical frontiers of human experience.
The death of one of our colleagues is a tragic reminder of the risks we all face--no matter how hard we work at mitigating those risks--in field research.
Gordon will be missed by many and our hearts go out to all whose lives he touched.
He joined the university's Climate Change Institute in 2000 as an assistant research professor. Prior to coming to Maine, he was at the Byrd Polar Research Center at Ohio State University and the Norwegian Polar Institute in Olso.
He also taught undergraduate and graduate courses at the university, and was involved in statewide Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) initiatives for grades 9-12.


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Cosplayer ammnra built this Garrus outfit that shakes the heavens with its amazingness, as almost everything is spot-on, from the chicken legs to the three-fingered gloves to battle damage to his trademark sensor getup on his weary, alien eye.
The thing even lights up, with both the eye sensor and omni-tool (which appears to have been crafted for a Tali cosplayer) packed with LED lights.


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Score one for the good guys. A team led by Microsoft's DCU (Digital Crimes Unit) that includes Symantec, NTT Ltd, ESET, and Lumen's Black Lotus Labs is working on something new. They have launched a sustained, coordinated attack on Trickbot's infrastructure in a bid to destroy it, preventing the hackers who control it from making and launching new campaigns against servers around the world.
Microsoft fired the opening shots in the campaign against the group, securing permission from the US District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to take out 19 IP addresses that Trickbot's handlers used to control infected computers.
While the initial salvo certainly got the hackers' attention, they moved quickly to rebuild their infrastructure. In a twist that Microsoft's coalition hadn't counted on, the hackers reached out to their partners. Their partners control the Emotet botnet and got their assistance as well, with Emotet's bots being reprogrammed to launch attacks using Trickbot.
Bolstered by Emotet's vast botnet, Trickbot's controllers hit back fast and hard, launching a series of new attacks against a wide range of targets, and for a time, the outcome of the campaign was very much in doubt. Microsoft, however, has vast resources and they kept the pressure on.
An update, posted on October 18, reads in part, as follows:
"As of October 18, we've worked with partners around the world to eliminate 94 percent of Trickbot's critical operational infrastructure including both the command-and-control servers in use at the time our action began and new infrastructure Trickbot has attempted to bring online."
For now at least, the battle appears to be mostly over, and the good guys won. You can bet, however, that the hackers will regroup and return. As important as Microsoft's victory was here, it is only a temporary one. Still, a bit of very good news indeed.
Chrome Users With Weak Passwords Will Get Notifications Soon
Ransomware Attackers Demand 20 Million From U.S. Kia Motors
Malware Called Phorpiex Delivers Ransomware With Old School Tactics
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They established this through a couple of experiments, in which subjects were asked to add up series of 2-digit numbers, with small payment by results.
In one experiment, subjects were split into two groups, with one being shown a short comedy film and the other not. Subjects shown the film were 10% more productive than those who weren't. This productivity boost was confined to those who actually enjoyed the film.
What's more, subjects did not realize that this effect was happening; only 31% felt that watching the clip had improved their skill on the test.
In another experiment, subjects were asked before the test whether they had suffered a family bereavement or parental divorce in the last two years. Those who said they had were about 10% less productive than those who said they hadn't.
All this suggests that happiness can actually cause greater productivity. This is not a trivial fact. It's quite possible in theory that happier workers are less productive - if, say, Gooners spend their time at work dreaming of Cesc or if women think about their new boyfriend.
It is, however, unclear from these experiments how long-lasting the effect is; for example, were the bereaved less productive because bereavement has lengthy adverse effects, or were they temporarily unhappy because the questionnaire had reminded them of their loss?
First, it suggests that the link between happiness and incomes runs both ways. The question: does income raise happiness? has had tons of attention. But it might be that the link also runs the other way. Maybe happiness raises incomes by raising productivity. Happiness is an input into the economy as well as an output.
Secondly, it raises the question: what, if anything, can employers do to make workers happier? It might not be helpful to follow Andrew's experiment literally, and show them a comedy film before the working day begins - as people will quickly resent being manipulated. So, what policies are possible?
As you'd expect, I'd point out that greater autonomy at work is one possibility - because people are happier when they have more democratic control. You might add that policies that improve the work-life balance - such as flexible hours - would do the trick. What wouldn't work, though, is continuous innovation; other new research finds that this reduces workers' well-being.
But another possibility is that employers simply discriminate in favour of happier people when they hire.
"if, say, Gooners spend their time at work dreaming of Cesc or if women think about their new boyfriend"
As a Gooner, I'm not sure I like that side-by-side comparison.
I think the issue is how do you keep yourself happy when at work. If, like me you are surrounded by complete idiots then being happy is hard. But in my past I have been happy at work and what is said in the blog seems to hold true. The happier you are the move things get done.
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If happiness and productivity (and therefore income) are indeed causually related both ways, then they woulf form virtuous or viscious cycles. Does this account for the gap in wealth between rich and poor?
hello guy, I am eugenio Proto, the other author of the paper, your reading is correct, just note that the question about bereavement has been asked at the end of the experiment, so subjects have not been primed before.
I am happy read your article and I will full enjoy this article in future.


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Q: Probability of consecutive heads We want to compute the probability of the following event :
"Getting two consecutive heads in 25 coin tosses".
What I did is the following : There are $2^{25}$ possible outcomes for the coin tosses that can be written as sequences $(a_1,\cdots,a_{25})$ with $a_i \in \{H,T\}$. The sequences that satisfy our events are the ones like $(H,H,...)$ with $2^{23}$ possibilities for the "...". We do this 24 times for forms like $(\cdots,H,H,\cdots)$. That gives us a probability of $\frac{24\cdot2^{23}}{2^{25}}=6$. I realized this is false because I counted some sequences twice or more.
How can I do it properly (would like to avoid using inclusion-exclusion principle) ?

A: For a different approach:
Let's compute the number of toss sequences with no $HH$.  Let $a_n$ be the number of such sequences of length $n$.  Clearly $a_1=2,a_2=3$.
Now, any such sequence of length $≥2$ must end in one of $T$ or $TH$.  Hence $$a_n=a_{n-1}+a_{n-2}$$ for $n≥3$
It follows that the $a_n$ are the Fibonacci numbers,  and that $a_{20}$ is $17711$.
Note:  the $a_n$ have a different indexing than the usual Fibonacci numbers.  Indeed, $a_n=F_{n+1}$.
Thus the number of sequences of length $20$ which do contain an $HH$ is $$2^{20}-17711=1030865$$
Since all sequences have the same probability (namely $\frac 1{2^{20}}$) the answer is $$\frac {1030865}{2^{20}}\approx  .983$$
Note:  on review I see the problem asked about $25$, not $20$.  Of course the same procedure works and we get $$\frac {2^{25}-a_{25}}{2^{25}}\approx .994$$

A: This is an example where it's easier to work out the probability that the event doesn't happen.
Hint: if you don't get two heads in a row, that means every head is followed by a tail.

A: My idea would be to consider two series of numbers :
$R^T_n$ : the numbers of the n first draws that have no consecutive heads and are terminated by a tail
$R^H_n$ : the number of the n first draws that have no consecutive heads and are terminated by a head
you have $R^T_1= R^H_1 = 1$
Then the recursive equations :
$$
\left\{
    \begin{array}{l}
        R^T_{n+1}= R^H_n + R^T_n \\
        R^H_{n+1}= R^T_n
    \end{array}
\right.
$$
This is closely related to the recursive sequence of the Fibonacci sequence $F_n$. Actually, $R^T_n=F_{n+1}$ and $R^H_n=F_n$
We can use the closed-form of $F_n=\frac{(\frac{1+\sqrt{5}}{2})^{n+1}+(\frac{1-\sqrt{5}}{2})^{n+1}}{\sqrt5}$ but you can find tables on the Internet.
So $P = 1- \frac{F_{25}+F_{26}}{2^{25}} = 1- \frac{196418}{3355432}\sim 1-0.005853713$

A: Suppose we want to find the number of strings of length $25$ containing e.g. $3$ times character $H$ and $22$ times character $T$ and not containing $HH$ as substring.
We can start with a string $HTHTH$ in the understanding that then character $T$ must be added $20$ times.
This boils down to writing $20$ as a sum of $4$ nonnegative integers an applying stars and bars we find $\binom{23}3$ possibilities.
Above we did it for $n=3$ characters $H$ and $25-n=22$ characters $T$ but of course we can do that for every integer $n\in\{0,1,2,\dots,13\}$ finding $\binom{26-n}n$ possibilities.
This proves that the probability of getting no consecutive heads by $25$ coin tosses equals:
$$2^{-25}\sum_{n=0}^{13}\binom{26-n}n$$Then the probability of getting at least $2$ consecutive heads equals:$$1-2^{-25}\sum_{n=0}^{13}\binom{26-n}n$$
I vaguely suspect the summation also equals the $14$-th Fibonaccinumber so that we can write the probability as:$$1-2^{-25}F_{14}$$but now it's time to go to bed. Tomorrow I will have a second look.

Edit
Unfortunately I made a counting mistake (@#&*). The summation does not equal $F_{14}$ but $F_{26}=196418$.
The probability is:$$1-2^{-25}F_{26}=1-\frac{196418}{33554432}=\frac{33358014}{33554432}\approx0.994146$$
This answer agrees with the nice answer of @lulu.
For completeness: in my answer the Fibonacci numbers start with: $F_0=F_1=1$.

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