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Whenever the engine is running at constant speed interestingly the speed at which each driving wheel rotates may vary. However the sum of the speeds can never change. As such any increase in speed of one wheel has to be counterbalanced by equal decrease in speed of the other pair.
It reduces the risk because it release very few amount of flammable vapor and lower exploding possibilities. The carbon monoxide content of the exhaust is minimal so it is also eco-friendly for all that reasons. Volkswagen Sharan engine generate less waste heat in cooling and exhaust that makes people comfortable. Though the other option petrol version of Volkswagen Sharan engine may raise the cost then diesel version but it is still cheaper than any other fuel.
A market value policy allows the value of your car to drop from year to year as the vehicle depreciates. This means if you have an accident what you are covered for may be several thousand dollars less than what you had thought. Agreed value stays the same from year to year. If you haven't included your modifications in your policy and Buying Cars Public Auctions listed the costs then you probably aren't covered for them either! When you consider that many four wheel drives have several thousand dollars of modifications on them it's a serious thought! At the end of the day insurance companies are businesses. They are run for one reason – to make a profit. If they can't do this then they wouldn't exist. It makes sense that they do what ever they can to legitimately get out of claims.
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Healing, relaxing yoga enhances your progress along your chosen spiritual path. The energy of a group adds a further dynamic, increasing the intensity and benefits of yoga classes for mind and body alike.
When you first begin practicing yoga, you will find group classes offer a great support structure. Here, you can learn about asanas and pranayama under the guidance of a yoga teacher. You can amend poor posture, perfect your techniques, prevent injury and begin your journey within the safety of a group.
These classes are the best place to learn your limits. An experienced yogi will teach you when you have more to give, and will not let you push further than your breath allows.
The act of going to a group session offers further benefits, especially at the start of your journey. Classes help you establish a habit of regular practice in those crucial early days, while studios such as these at Evolve Massage in Hamilton are specially designed to reduce distraction and create a relaxing ambience. By making time to visit, you are committing to your journey. Best of all, you will be surrounded by other students on the same path. You can inspire each other to engage, focus and progress.
As we each continue on our spiritual journeys, the people around us play important roles. We can learn much from the experiences of others, and group yoga classes give us the opportunity to consider different viewpoints. We each might be traveling separate paths, but we have a common purpose.
The pursuit of this common goal means great friendships are often formed within group classes. We all need a community, and creating a supportive, loving social circle helps to bring balance to our lives. Coming together to practise and cultivate a positive group energy enhances our progression along the spiritual path, introducing us to new ideas that support our growth.
As fabulous as our new mastery and friends are, these are not the only reasons we choose to experience yoga together.
Companionship helps to keep us focused. We concentrate on our bodies and their connection to our minds and become completely immersed in the practice. It is a state Steven Kotler refers to in his book, The Rise of Superman, as "flow," although others have called it "mindfulness" or "being present".
Whatever you name it, this concept is one of the greatest gifts of group yoga classes – a collective awareness that helps us evolve to a higher state.
The mastery of any form of yoga takes discipline, time and focus. It is not an easy process, and surrounding yourself with a like-minded community at group yoga classes ensures you enjoy your journey every step of the way.


Having a genetic disorder is like living in a pair of jeans that don't fit. I am adopted and my genes never really did fit in but once I learned that I had Elhers-Danlos Syndrome Classical type I, not only did I know for sure that my genes didn't fit, I found out what has been behind any aliments that I have had my whole life. The pictures above clearly show that I am hyper mobile which is a hallmark of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Ehlers Danlos and Mast Cell Activation Disorder are Connected With Depression.
Having a disorder that causes chronic pain can leave the patient feeling very depressed. There are plenty of reason why an adult would feel depressed because of this, but for a child, there are just as many reasons to be depressed because of chronic pain. As I child I was always overweight and slower because my body didn't work like everyone else. I was depressed throughout my childhood because of that and knowing that I didn't measure up with my peers in many different ways. Ehlers Danlos can cause so many problems in a body, after all, we are 80% collagen so that means that collagen is everywhere from head to toe, including in our brains. Depression can be caused by EDS just as having to deal with life with EDS can cause depression.
I want to use this post to educate about how Ehlers Danlos and Mast Cell Activation Disorder are connected with depression.
I believe in counseling and I think it is important to help one grow in maturity with emotions. I wouldn't talk anymore about my own depression here but I do want to express that I believe in counseling for more than just dealing with chronic pain and what living with EDS is like. Depression happens to people for all kinds of reasons and all kinds of things happen to people that are hoped no one will ever find out about and some of those happenings are very damaging to people, more so to kids when they are going through it. I encourage you to help the children in your life whom you think may need to find someone to talk to about whatever may be bothering them, and for you, I encourage you to seek someone to talk to if you have things that just keep tripping you up or something that you always get mad about but you don't know why. I think you get the point that I'm trying to make here about seeking help to learn to grow through any pain or trouble that you are dealing with or and also may not be dealing with so well.
Just click on the link to watch the video and then take some time to look through all of the information Dr. Diana has on her website!
After watching this and talking to Dr. Diana about how this information fits me so well, it really has helped me learn what to do when these feelings jump up and grab me. I take an antihistamine for about two weeks and it helps me get these thoughts under control. Of course, I talk with my counselor to help me deal with the ups and downs of having a chronic illness just to make sure that I keep on track with what is good for me in the long run.
I know you will learn lots by watching the video.
This is another very helpful video where Dr. Diana discusses depression and suicide ideation due to issues related to EDS.
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This is my journey and I want you to come along with me and find in you, what I have and am still finding in me, "The person that God created me to be!" Part of my calling includes writing, photography, singing and being a missionary. My passion is to challenge the minds of fellow believers to look deep inside of themselves to find the true gifting's of God in their lives.
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In 1914, at age 28, Jean Crawford Adams began her training at the Art Institute of Chicago, continued her studies at the Provincetown School of Art in 1920, and finished in the 1920s in Paris. Throughout her career, Adams painted still-life and landscapes, acceptable subjects for a woman artist of her day, but her scenes of Chicago are what memorialize her.
This early painting from her career reflects how she interpreted the modernism of her day. She painted in a bold style of simplified flattened form, distorted perspective, and striking color to capture "the hustle and turmoil of this great windy city." The city was her muse. In her statement, published in 1933 in J. Z. Jacobson's Art of Today: Chicago, she wrote:
'When I attempt to analyze what it is that has had the greatest effect on my art I conclude that it is Chicago--Chicago as it is today. ... [T]here is the breath-taking tempo of our commerce and industry. All these forces have a bearing on the inner life of the painters living in Chicago who do not go about with their eyes closed and their ears stopped up; and out of this thundering chaos intermingled with amazing efficiency and order emanate currents of power which may be spiritualized and transmuted into art.'
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Abolish Bank Holidays in Britain – why stop there?
Whitehall Watch passes 100,000 hits – thank you!
There seem to have been two versions of the Roman God Janus – one with two faces and one with four. The 'Janus Arch' in Rome – with its four openings – is said to be linked to the latter. It seems an appropriate image to link to our "four-faced" human social instincts. Maybe the Romans knew something we have forgotten?
Some of you may know that I have been exploring ideas about why humans seem so contradictory for many years. I even wrote a short, not very successful, book about it (The Paradoxical Primate 2004). I have decided to have another go, with some new and some old ideas. Because this isn't directly about Whitehall, or wider public management, I have set it up as a new blog called 'Homo Janus' (http://homojanus.wordpress.com/). Over the coming months I'll be steadily adding new posts, and hopefully stimulating some debate, on this important and fascinating subject.
BT Infinity – Infinitely Unavailable?
Yesterday I got an email from BT, once again extolling the virtues of BT Infinity* and inviting me to sign up. As I am a BT customer – which is why they had my email – it wouldn't have been too difficult to check that BT Infinity is not available where I live.
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Liang and her colleagues found that abusing a virtual voodoo doll instead of your boss will make you feel better without getting you fired or thrown in jail, according to a study that earned them a 2018 Ig Nobel, the annual prize sponsored by the science humor magazine Annals of Improbable Research for comical but practical scientific discovery.
Winners recognized Thursday included a Japanese doctor who devised a revolutionary new way to give yourself a colonoscopy; a British archaeology lecturer who figured out that eating human flesh isn't very nutritious; an Australian team that found that people who buy high-tech products really can't be bothered with the instruction manual; and Spanish university researchers who measured the effects of shouting and cursing while driving.
The winners, who as usual journeyed to Massachusetts at their own expense, also received a cash prize of 10 trillion virtually worthless Zimbabwean dollars. Each was given 60 seconds to deliver an acceptance speech before an 8-year-old girl complained onstage: "Please stop. I'm bored."
Liang, an assistant professor of business at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, specializes in studying workplace aggression.
Cannibalism is pretty common throughout human history, he said. But the accepted view is that humans have eaten other humans primarily for nutritional reasons. Cole found that the caloric value of humans isn't that high when compared with other animals we know our ancestors hunted and ate.
How did Cole determine the caloric value of a human? Don't worry. No humans were harmed in his study. He used a previously determined formula that bases body-part calorie counts on weight and chemical composition.


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Taylor Swift Is Going to Court Next Week and You Could Be in the Room
The line to get in will be *long.*
Taylor Swift has been in hiding for the better part of 2017, but she's reportedly set to make a *very* public appearance in court next week in regards to her allegations against DJ David Mueller, who she accused of groping her while they posed for a photo in 2013.
TMZ reports that jury selection will begin Monday in Colorado, and that 32 seats will be held for the public—first come, first serve starting at 6:00 am. People who don't make the cut off will be allowed in an "overflow room with TV monitors," which can hold another 75 people. It's unclear how much time Taylor herself will spend in court.
According to Swift, the DJ (who sued for slander) touched her butt without consent:
"Right as the moment came for us to pose for the photo, he took his hand and put it up my dress and grabbed onto my ass cheek, and no matter how much I scooted over it was still there. It was completely intentional, I've never been so sure of anything in my life."
For his part, Mueller has denied the claim, saying:
"What I was told that night and what I was told that day were different, but what I'm hearing now is that I stuck my hand under her skirt and grabbed her bare bottom. My right hand—I'm looking at the photographer and I'm trying to get my right hand, you know, behind Taylor, because [another DJ] was on the other side of Taylor. My other hand I think was just on my belt or on my pocket, my left hand. So my right hand, I've got my hand closed and my palm down, and I reach behind, toward Taylor. Our hands touched and our arms crossed. That's all I remember."
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Aston Martin Rapide S Hybrid Hydrogen To Compete At Nurburgring
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Aston Martin Rapide S Hybrid Hydrogen Race Car is going to compete at the 41st ADAC Zurich 24 Hours of Nürburgring next month. This is the first hybrid hydrogen car created by the British brand, which is based on the Rapide S four-door, four-seat sports car.
This means that this hybrid is going to be not only the first hydrogen-powered car to compete in an international event but also the first zero CO2 emissions sports car to complete a race pace lap at the Nürburgring 24-hour race.
The model was created with the help of the hydrogen experts at Alset Global. The specialists at both brands have developed a prototype twin turbocharged 6.0-litre V12 engine that will power the race car.
Furthermore, this Aston Martin vehicle is able to run on pure gasoline, pure gaseous hydrogen, or a blend of both. For instance, when in pure hydrogen mode the car delivers zero emissions while emitting only water from its exhaust.
In addition, this Hybrid Hydrogen system consists of a hydrogen fuel rail, storage tanks and proprietary engine management system. The result is flexibility in the control of the combustion process: either pure hydrogen, gasoline or both can be chosen in order to generate maximum power, acceleration and CO2 reduction.
Safety was also considered a major component in this project. The system features four ultra-high strength carbon fibre tanks holding a total of 3.5 kg of hydrogen stored at a pressure of 350 bar. The two tanks are positioned next to the driver and two - in the boot of the car.
Showing a great capability of enhanced performance, the unit under the hood of the Aston Martin Rapide S Hybrid Hydrogen has a top speed of 190 mph and sprints from 0 to 100 km/h in just 4.9 seconds.
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DUO OF FORMER WORLD NO.1s RECEIVE SPONSOR INVITES TO SIME DARBY LPGA MALAYSIA
Laura Davies and Yani Tseng to join star-studded field for October showpiece. Aditi Ashok and Jean Chua receive final sponsor invitations.
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 October 2016 – Former World No.1s, Yani Tseng of Taiwan and Dame Laura Davies of England have accepted sponsor invitations to participate in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia 2016 from 27th – 30th October at TPC Kuala Lumpur at Alya Kuala Lumpur.
Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia Tournament Committee Chairman, Steven Thielke, said the committee is delighted to award the sponsor invitations to a group of "highly talented" players.
"Each player is deserving of their place in the tournament on account of what they have achieved in the game, their future potential, or the contribution they have made to the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia to-date."
"We look forward to welcoming them to TPC Kuala Lumpur at the end of the month for what promises to be the best edition of this tournament yet," he added.
With 111 professional wins to their names, the announcement complements what is set to be the strongest field ever assembled for the tournament.
As the most accomplished English female professional golfer, Davies has an impressive 84 professional wins to her name. Between 1985 and 2010, she has won at least one title every year except for 2005.
The 53-year-old has won the Ladies European Tour (LET) Order of Merit a record seven times, and was also the first golfer, male or female, to win tournaments on five different continents in a single year.
Having been inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame last year, Davies was this year appointed as the first honorary president of the Parliamentary Golf Group in the United Kingdom where she is working on golf development in the country. Earlier this year, she was the first-ever recipient of the Spirit of Golf Award from the Golf Foundation.
Davies said she is looking forward to return to TPC Kuala Lumpur at the end of the month for the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia tournament.
"I'm delighted to return to Malaysia to play in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia once again. I've played in so many tournaments around the world, but it's safe to say that this is one of the best organised and most fun tournaments to participate in. Thank you Sime Darby," said Davies.
Another golfer who is no stranger to life at the very top of the world rankings is Yani Tseng.
The 27-year-old from Taiwan is the youngest player, male or female, to win five major championships, a feat she accomplished at the age of 22.
Having spent an amazing 109 consecutive weeks as World No. 1 between 2011 and 2013, Tseng has amassed 27 professional wins to date. In 2009, Tseng broke Paula Creamer's record of being the fastest LPGA player to reach the $2 million mark in career earnings, having achieved the mark in a mere 32 events.
"I've been feeling pretty okay this year. I'm focusing a lot more on the process and not just the result, and I'm enjoying myself on the course. I'm thankful for the opportunity to return to TPC Kuala Lumpur because this is definitely one of the great tournaments we get to play each year so I'm looking forward to it," said Tseng.
Joining Davies and Tseng are promising Indian talent, Aditi Ashok, and long-time local favourite, Jean Chua. The quartet will join Michelle Wie and Cheyenne Woods on the East Course of TPC Kuala Lumpur.
Having made her debut at the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia last year as the winner of the National Qualifying Tournament, the 18-year-old Ashok was the first Indian player to qualify for the event, and is the first and only Indian golfer to have played at the Asian Youth Games, Youth Olympic Games, Asian Games, and the Olympics.
"It's great to be able to come back to Malaysia because I really love the event and it's the venue of my first LPGA tournament. This year has been fantastic for me as I got to play at the Rio Olympics, and I have had good finishes on the Ladies European Tour these past few weeks, so I'm really excited and am looking forward to the tournament. Being able to return to Kuala Lumpur to play the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia is very special. Thank you," she said.
The final sponsor exemption place was awarded to Jean Chua, who has been invited back in recognition of her many years of support and valued contribution to the tournament. Chua will be the ninth "Malaysian Angel" to participate in the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia this year – a record for the tournament - ensuring that Malaysian fans have plenty of local talent to follow on the course.
For all the latest updates, visit the tournament website at www.simedarbylpgamalaysia.com. Tournament activities can also be followed on www.facebook.com/SimeDarbyLPGAMalaysia, or via Twitter and Instagram using @SimeDarbyLPGA, #SimeDarbyLPGA, #WomenWithDrive.
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About Yayasan Sime Darby or Sime Darby Foundation
Yayasan Sime Darby, or Sime Darby Foundation, was established in 1982 and is the primary driver of Sime Darby Berhad's Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives.
The objectives of Yayasan Sime Darby are supported by its five pillars, namely: community and health; education; youth and sports; arts and culture; environment. While led by independent members of a Governing Council and managed by a dedicated team, Yayasan Sime Darby works closely with the Sime Darby Group, in areas of mutual interest.
Since its inception, Yayasan Sime Darby has awarded scholarships worth RM230 million to 2,894 students both in and outside Malaysia. It is supporting long term research projects of significant scientific value like the Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) project which is the world's largest ecological project, a joint effort with the Royal Society (The UK and Commonwealth Academy of Science). Yayasan Sime Darby is also actively involved in the development and improvements of sports in Malaysia namely track cycling, lawn bowling, cricket, tennis and golf. Under its community & health pillar, Yayasan Sime Darby supports initiatives to promote the well-being of disadvantaged people irrespective of race, culture, religion, creed or gender and works with established organisations to promote the development of arts & culture.
About TPC Kuala Lumpur
Formerly known as Kuala Lumpur Golf and Country Club, TPC Kuala Lumpur is a 36-hole tournamentstandard course strategically located in the lush landscape of Bukit Kiara, just eight kilometres from the heart of Kuala Lumpur. Its proprietor Sime Darby Property; designed the club as an elegant and relaxing golf haven surrounded by natural beauty.
TPC Kuala Lumpur defines new standards in golf and country clubs with its superior service, excellent facilities and warm hospitality. The high quality of construction is synonymous with Sime Darby Property and incorporates state-of-the art technologies with impressive attention to detail. Visit TPCKL.com for more information. Like us on Facebook - TPC Kuala Lumpur to gain insights on our latest happenings.
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Owned, operated, and licensed by the PGA TOUR, the TPC Network is comprised of 34 premier private, resort and daily fee golf properties designed by some of golf's most elite architects. Twenty of the clubs are operated by affiliates of PGA TOUR Golf Course Properties, Inc. Each TPC has hosted or has been designed to host TOUR-sponsored golf tournaments. Since TPC Sawgrass first opened its world renowned PLAYERS Stadium Course in the fall of 1980, TPCs have provided the PGA TOUR with rent-free venues for tournaments, helping to boost championship golf purses and increasing charitable donations to grass roots non-profit organizations. At the same time, TPCs have provided recreational golfers with the unique opportunity to test their skills on the same layouts where the world's best golfers compete.
TPCs are known for their outstanding conditioning and amenities, as well as a commitment to environmental excellence. The TPC Network is also distinguished by its unwavering commitment to further the PGA TOUR's "Together, anything's possible" giving back mission through support of charitable and community-based programs. For more information, please visit www.tpc.com. For the most up-to-date news, follow the TPC Network on Twitter (@PlayTPC), Instagram (@PlayTPC) or www.facebook.com/TPCNetwork
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Cancer Research Malaysia (CRM) is an independent, non-profit cancer research organisation in Malaysia. Dedicated to bringing scientific advancement to cancer patients, CRM leads the fight to reverse cancer and conducts impactful research to identify better ways to prevent, diagnose, detect and cure cancer for Malaysians. CRM is committed to ensuring that at least 90% of funds received are spent on research and works closely with top scientists and clinicians both locally and internationally. CRM connects with the world through its website www.cancerresearch.my and www.facebook.com/cancerresearchmalaysia.
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The LPGA is the world's leading professional golf organization for women. Founded in 1950, the association celebrates a diverse and storied membership with more than 1,700 members representing 29 different countries. With a Vision to inspire, empower, educate and entertain by showcasing the very best of women's golf, LPGA Tour Professionals compete across the globe, while dedicated LPGA Teaching and Club Professionals (T&CP) directly impact the game through teaching, coaching and management. The Symetra Tour consistently produces a pipeline of talent ready for the world stage. The LPGA is headquartered in Daytona Beach, Florida. Follow the LPGA on its television home, Golf Channel, and on the web via: www.LPGA.com, www.facebook.com/lpga.official, www.twitter.com/lpga, and www.youtube.com/lpgavideo.
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The idea of interleaving William Byrd's elaborate polyphonic motets for undercover Roman Catholic consumption during the last two decades of Elizabeth I's reign with his mentor Thomas Tallis's "official" Protestant Psalm Tunes for Archbishop Parker's Psalter might seem perverse on paper, but it works brilliantly. The austerity of Tallis's settings of Parker's English versifications of the Psalm contrasts starkly with the intricate textures and deeply expressed torment of such Byrd masterpieces as Ne Irascaris Domine (in which desolate Jerusalem and Sion reduced to a wilderness symbolise the fate of Catholics during the intensification of Elizabethan persecution after the Babington plot and the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots) and Infelix ego (Savonarola's plea for divine guidance and succour as he awaited his execution as a heretic in 1498). The young singers of Stile Antico, in their second disc of Tudor music, are magnificent; my only quibble is that vocal music "designed not to afford empty delight for the ear, but in such a way that the words may be understood by all" should be performed without distinct consonants. The jubilant strain of Laudibus in sanctis (the only joyful music on the disc) disarms criticism: glorious music, gloriously sung.


In fact, the 9/11 Commission Report was largely based on a third-hand account of what tortured detainees said, with two of the three parties in the communication being government employees.
I have also previously written that Senator Leahy's desire to base a torture investigation on the 9/11 Commission was problematic.
Thank you to Newsweek for addressing this important issue.


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The South Dakota women's basketball rallied from seven points down in the second half to finish off the home portion of their schedule with a 71-67 win over Western Illinois, Saturday afternoon in Vermillion.
The victory kept the Coyotes (9-6) a game-and-a-half behind IUPUI for second place in the Summit League with one weekend left.
Senior Tempestt Wilson, making her 75th consecutive start, and playing in her final regular season game at the DakotaDome, scored 14 of her game-high 24 points in the second half, while sophomore Nicole Seekamp erupted for 16 of her 19 points in the second half to key the USD comeback, as the Coyotes finished 7-2 at home in conference play this season.
Western Illinois (5-9) set a blistering shooting pace in the first half, hitting six three-pointers to open up a seven point lead. But, USD kept chipping away and finally grabbed a 31-30 lead at the break on Pam January's basket with :03 left.
Neither team shot ball well in first half, the Coyotes made just 36 percent of their shots, the Leathernecks 39 percent. A 21-14 rebounding edge and great bench play kept USD in it, as the Coyotes didn't allow Western Illinois an offensive rebound in the first half, while South Dakota's reserve players outscored WIU 12-3.
The Coyote lead was short lived in the second half, as the Leathernecks connected on six of their first ten shots, to re-take a six point advantage with 13:48 to play.
That edge grew to seven four minutes later, and that's when Wilson and Seekamp went to work. Over the next six minutes, Wilson (10 points) and Seekamp (6 points) keyed an 18-7 Coyote run, and gave USD the lead at 65-61.
From there it was free throw shooting that helped USD climb back to .500 (14-14) on the season, as the Coyotes made six-of-eight from the line over the final three minutes.
Ashley Luke finished with a double-double for Western Illinois with 16 points and ten rebounds.
The Coyotes finish the regular season Omaha Thursday night.


Scientists have developed and tested a vaccine that they say could be used to treat chronic pain caused by osteoarthritis.
In a collaboration by the Jenner Institute and the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology at the University of Oxford, researchers have developed a virus-like particle vaccine able to trigger the immune system to produce antibodies to block naturally-occurring NGF, which causes pain in patients with osteoarthritis.
The new vaccine was tested in mice that had signs of painful osteoarthritis – an uneven distribution of weight across the hind legs, and it was shown to "visibly reverse" these effects, they said.
Osteoarthritis is the most common joint disease in humans, but less than 25% of patients currently have adequate pain control for their condition, and long-term use of certain painkillers can pose significant risks to health, highlighting the need for new treatment options.
"Too many people living with pain do not get effective relief from the treatments that are currently available, and that is why the development of more effective pain killers, with fewer side-effects, is vital for people living with arthritis," said Dr Stephen Simpson, director of research at charity Versus Arthritis, which funded the research.
"This is the first successful vaccination to target pain in osteoarthritis, one of the biggest healthcare challenges of our generation," added Professor Tonia Vincent of Oxford University's Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology.
The research paper, Active immunization targeting Nerve Growth Factor attenuates chronic pain behaviour in murine osteoarthritis, can be read in the Annals of Rheumatic Disease.


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Q: How to change the destination url if the site is visited from a redirection? The same problem, but alternative questions:

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*How redirect the user to another site when user visited the site from a redirect?
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*How to add another url (excluding the destination) that is set automatically when the visitor would like to load the destination from a redirect? or:

*How to detect if the visitor came from a redirect and navigate him to another destination based on the certain source he came from?

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xyz.co.nr is redirected to xyz.deviantart.com I would like to redirect the visitor to another site, not the "base" destination, so when the user types the xyz.co.nr it redirects him to google.com.
Is this possible with just JQuery?
Thank you in advance!

A: // check if you came from a redirect
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Bitter in the Mouth
By Monique Truong
Category: Women's Fiction | Literary Fiction
Aug 09, 2011 | ISBN 9780812981322
About Bitter in the Mouth
From the author of The Sweetest Fruits, a brilliant, virtuosic novel about a young woman's search for identity and the true meaning of family.
"What I know about you, little girl, would break you in two" are the prophetic last words that Linda Hammerick's grandmother says to her. Growing up in small-town North Carolina in the 1970s and '80s, Linda already knows that she is profoundly different from everyone else, including the members of her own family. She can "taste" words. In this and in other ways, her body is a mystery to her. Linda's awkward girlhood is nonetheless enlivened and emboldened by her dancing great-uncle Harper, and Kelly, her letter-writing best friend. Linda makes her way north to college and then to New York City, trying her best to leave her past behind her like "a pair of shoes that no longer fit." But when a family tragedy compels her to return home, Linda uncovers the startling secrets of her past. Monique Truong's acclaimed novel questions our assumptions about what it means to be a family and to be a friend, to be foreign and to be familiar, to be connected to and disconnected from our bodies, our histories, ourselves.
Bitter in the Mouth is a brilliant, virtuosic novel about a young woman's search for identity and the true meaning of family from the author of The Sweetest Fruits
Also by Monique Truong
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About Monique Truong
MONIQUE TRUONG was born in Saigon and currently lives in New York City. Her first novel, The Book of Salt, was a New York Times Notable Book. It won the New York Public Library Young Lions Fiction Award, the 2003 Bard Fiction… More about Monique Truong
Published by Random House Trade Paperbacks
Aug 09, 2011 | 320 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780812981322
Published by Random House
Aug 31, 2010 | 304 Pages | ISBN 9780679603429
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"A coming-of-age tale with a magical ferocity that recalls Doctorow and Nabokov."—Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark & Termite
"A beautifully written, complex story of self-discovery."—The Boston Globe
"Truong explores—and explodes—[her characters'] secrets at a captivating pace. . . . Reminiscent of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter."—The New York Times Book Review
"A searing exploration of intimacy and enmity, language, betrayal, and silence, Bitter in the Mouth is as dazzling as it is deeply emotional. It also has the best twist in its tail—ever."—Parade


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Latvia and Estonia discuss joint air defense
Photo: Kārlis Miksons / Latvijas Televīzija
On January 10, 2023, Latvian Defense Minister Ināra Mūrniece met with Estonian Defense Minister Hanno Pevkur during a working visit to Tallinn.
During the meeting, the officials discussed the bilateral cooperation between Latvia and Estonia to date, as well as regional security issues, and the implementation of the decisions of the NATO Madrid summit.
"The Baltic states must take into account the lessons of Ukraine's struggle with the aggressor, and strengthening air defense capabilities should be made one of the common goals of the Baltic states. In order to achieve this goal, we need to work both at the national level and among all the Baltic States together with NATO.
"Latvia and Estonia are already closely cooperating in order to identify possible manufacturers of medium-range air defense systems and then decide on joint procurement," said Mūrniece.
The defense ministers of Latvia and Estonia agreed that joint and coordinated action is essential for the successful acquisition of a medium-range air defense system.
On June 30, 2022, during the NATO Madrid summit, Latvia and Estonia signed a joint letter of intent for the purchase of medium-range air defense systems. The letter of intent serves as the basis for concluding a joint procurement agreement between the two countries.
On January 11, Mūrniece will participate in a meeting of the Committee of Defense Ministers of the Baltic States, where she will discuss regional security challenges again with both Pevkur and Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anušauskas.
During the meeting, the defense ministers of the Baltic states will discuss the current situation in Ukraine in connection with the war waged by Russia and its impact on regional security, as well as the support already provided and in the future to Ukraine.
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Corymbia torelliana, commonly known as cadaghi or cadaga, is a species of tree that is endemic to north Queensland. It has smooth, greenish grey to white bark, rough at the base of older trees, egg-shaped, heart-shaped or lance-shaped adult leaves, flower buds in groups of three or seven, white flowers and urn-shaped or shortened spherical fruit.

Description
Corymbia torelliana typically grows to a height of  and forms a lignotuber. It has smooth greenish grey to white bark, although older specimens often have rough, tessellated, greyish bark on the lower trunk. Young plants and coppice regrowth have heart-shaped to egg-shaped or elliptical leaves that are glossy green on the upper surface, paler below,  long and  wide. Adult leaves are arranged alternately, paler on the lower surface, egg-shaped to heart-shaped or lance-shaped,  long and  wide on a petiole  long. There are many small oil dots visible to the naked eye.

The flower buds are arranged on the ends of branchlets on a branched peduncle  long, each branch of the peduncle with three or seven buds that are sessile or on pedicels up to  long. Mature buds are oval,  long and  wide with a rounded, conical or slightly beaked operculum. Flowering occurs from August to November and the flowers are white. The fruit is a woody urn-shaped or shortened spherical capsule  long and  wide with the valves enclosed in the fruit.

Taxonomy and naming
Cadaghi was first formally described in 1877 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Eucalyptus torelliana and published the description in his book Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae. The type specimens were collected near Trinity Bay by Eugene Fitzalan. In 1995, Ken Hill and Lawrie Johnson changed the name to Corymbia torelliana, publishing the change in the journal Telopea. The specific epithet (torelliana) honours "Count Luigi Torelli", who proposed using water-loving eucalypts to reduce the incidence of malaria by drying out marshes.

Distribution and habitat
Corymbia torelliana grows in wet sclerophyll forest, on rainforest margins and as an emergent in rainforest. Its natural range is from Cooktown to Ingham and inland as far as the Windsor Tablelands. It has been used as a fast-growing garden and landscaping tree and has established itself beyond its natural distribution.

Ecology
Cadaghi has become naturalised beyond its native range in south-eastern and central Queensland. It is regarded as a weed in south-eastern Queensland where it grows on roadsides, waterways, disturbed sites and waste areas. Its dense canopy often inhibits the growth of understorey species, affecting the composition of native forests in subtropical areas. The sticky resin from the fruiting capsules of this species is collected by the native stingless bee Tetragonula carbonaria, clogging the honeycombs and sometimes sealing the hive entrance and killing the bees inside.

Conservation status
This eucalypt is classified as of "least concern" under the Queensland Government Nature Conservation Act 1992.

Use in horticulture
Cadaghi is a fast growing tree that has been used as a street and garden tree further south than its natural range, including in inland towns such as Narrabri, Chinchilla and Cunnamulla. Its dense canopy of large leaves can provide shade in these places. A sooty fungus that often grows on the tree can discolour objects underneath it. Large branches can sometimes break off and there are serious environmental problems caused by this species in coastal and near-coastal areas. Less invasive alternatives include brush box (Lophostemon confertus), Moreton Bay ash (Corymbia tessellaris) and Queensland maple (Flindersia brayleyana ).

See also
 List of Corymbia species

References

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Flora of Queensland
Plants described in 1877
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The golden age of pedestrians is waiting for us.
As the auto and tech industries pour millions into developing autonomous vehicles, some of the biggest gains will be realized by those who aren't even riding in self-driving cars. Transportation experts see the dawning era of autonomous transportation as a chance to tame speeding cars and trucks, creating a vastly safer world for drivers, passengers, pedestrians and cyclists.
Speed is a factor in every crash, experts say. The faster a driver is going, the less time they have to react, and the more space their vehicle will need to stop.
"The link between speed and safety is very clear," said Corinne Kisner, the director of policy at the National Association of City Transportation Officials. This summer, the group called for autonomous vehicles to be limited to 25 mph on city streets.
The technology already exists to electronically restrict cars and trucks to the speed limit. Millions of dollars in damage and many lives would be saved. The federal government government has even proposed speed limits on large commercial trucks, but no one is calling for such a move on passenger vehicles.
"It would be a tough sell to make," said Jeffrey Wishart, an automotive systems professor at Arizona State. "People like the freedom."
Even if speeds were brought down by only a few miles per hour, it would have a huge impact on safety.
Getting struck by a car moving at 30 mph is eight times as likely to be deadly for a pedestrian as being hit by a vehicle going 20 mph, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation. A person struck by a vehicle moving at 31 mph has twice the risk of suffering a severe injury as a pedestrian struck by a vehicle going 23 mph, according to AAA research.
Cities are starting to catch on and take some steps to limit speed. This November, Seattle dropped the speed limit on arterial streets to 25 mph and residential streets to 20 mph. Boston officials have pushed this year to lower their speed limit from 30 to 25 mph.
Of course, drivers routinely flout speed limits, blunting the best intentions of transportation officials.
So we find ourselves in what Wishart calls an unfortunate arm's race, as drivers choose larger and more powerful vehicles to protect themselves from high-speed crashes.
"I can't have a lighter vehicle because if we get in an accident, your big vehicle is going to demolish my little vehicle," Wishart said. "I must have at least as much protection."
Autonomous vehicles are the chance to rein in this urge. Self-driving cars could be designed with slimmed down engines and frames that are designed to never go above 25 mph in the city. These vehicles wouldn't need to be sturdy enough to survive a high-speed crash.
Of course, that's not a future everyone will want to live in.
"For certain people," Wishart said. "They'll say -- 'You'll take the steering wheel out of my cold, dead hands.'"


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ARAS (A Radio Automation System) es un programa libre para la automatización de emisoras de radio. Se compone de un reproductor para ejecución en segundo plano, un reproductor y un grabador. Se configura mediante un fichero de configuración, un fichero de descripción de horario y un fichero de descripción de bloques. Un fichero de registro recoge los datos sobre el trabajo del planificador.

ARAS usa la librería multimedia GStreamer como base para la reproducción y la grabación de programas. Por ello, es capaz de reproducir gran variedad de formatos multimedia, así como recibir contenidos tanto desde ficheros locales como flujos a través de internet.

ARAS soporta ALSA, JACK Audio Connection Kit, OSS, OSS4 y PulseAudio. Además, ofrece la posibilidad de enviar su salida como audio PCM hacia un archivo o un archivo de dispositivo.

Características

Algunas características del ARAS son las siguientes:

 Reproducción de un gran número de formatos multimedia
 Trabaja con ALSA, JACK Audio Connection Kit, OSS, OSS4, PulseAudio y flujos PCM
 Recepción de contenido desde archivos o servidores de flujos
 Señales horarias
 Señal de intervalo
 Bloques compuestos de un solo archivo, una lista de reproducción, un conjunto de archivos aleatorios, un archivo aleatorio y dos bloques entrelazados
 Fundido de salida en la terminación de los bloques
 Planificación de las transmisiones de modo flexible o inflexible

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Risk and resilience are common themes for public authorities, insurance companies and commercial enterprises alike – with a focus on the ability to assess, plan, mitigate impacts and share costs relating to expected and unexpected events. Faced with a worldwide increase in natural disasters and the intensification of their impact on people, the economy and property, and thus on insured property and items, the insurance industry must continuously respond to new challenges. During an event, the insurance industry needs to rapidly assess damage and costs. Beforehand, information is required on risk exposure and what is at stake in given areas. We apply our expertise to the rapid production of geo- and other ancillary information - information that improves and accelerates impact evaluation after an event.
This is also key for assessing risk and vulnerability, measuring exposure and forecasting the financial consequences of various hazards. Society, companies and also individual citizens rely on the integrity of assets, such as urban and transport infrastructure (roads, railways, pipelines and airports), industrial facilities and plants, reservoirs, damns and oil platforms, to name just a few. We deliver top quality information, services and solutions for public works, industrial infrastructure, and the insurers, owners and operators of utility assets everywhere on our planet. Since 2012 we operate our rapid mapping service, which is accessible around the clock and ready for immediate response.


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Bush and forest fires also create larger and longer lasting embers than from a grassfire. These embers can travel over many kilometres before landing and starting another, new spot fire well ahead of the main fire front. Falling material from a crown fire can also start new surface fires below. how to make video game sound effects What to do with standing burned trees The fire in Sunshine and Four Mile Canyons left many property owners with burned and blackened trees. As a homeowner and a good steward of the land, you will need to determine the best approach to cutting, thinning or leaving these trees.
Make sure you can breathe, and wait for the fire to travel over you. Safe Campfire Tips According to the U.S. Forest Service, people cause nine out of 10 wildfires. how to make a fireplace burn slowly Bush and forest fires also create larger and longer lasting embers than from a grassfire. These embers can travel over many kilometres before landing and starting another, new spot fire well ahead of the main fire front. Falling material from a crown fire can also start new surface fires below.
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Portsmouth Daily Times | Evidence out against Calver
By Operation Clean Recovery / August 8, 2017
POSTED ON JULY 13, 2017 BY PORTSMOUTH DAILY TIMES
Evidence out against Calver
By Nikki Blankenship – nblankenship@aimmediamidwest.com
Evidence is stacking up against a local drug treatment professional accused of sending narcotics to an inmate at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility (SOCF).Jennifer (Kortney) Calver, 36, of West Portsmouth, was indicted on charges of illegal conveyance of drugs of abuse onto grounds of a specified governmental facility, a felony of the third degree, on June 6. According to the prosecution's case, Calver was sending narcotic K2 to inmate Todd Williams, of SOCF.Following a request for discovery filed by the defense, Prosecutor Joe Hale filed a response Thursday, July 13, which included transcripts of conversations between Williams and Calver as well as other conversations, which led to the interception of the drug.
A copy of the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) Report of Investigation completed by Trooper Jeffrey T. Moorhead explains that he was first informed of the possible conveyance by SOCF investigator Charlie Miller. In the report, the officer also provides a summary of the inmate's telephone conversations.
"The transcript summary states the suspect inmate (Todd Williams) telling his suspect son (Todd Williams II) how to put K2 (narcotic) on paper and mail it to him in the prison," the report stated. "The transcript also stated to have suspect Calver assist with the drug coating of the paper and she will mail it in U.S. mail."
Further investigation of the telephone conversations revealed even more information about how the couple and their son planned to get the drugs into SOCF.
An email from a Global Tek Link (GTL) intelligence analyst provides the exact transcripts of such conversations. It is also noted in the findings that there was a "possible inappropriate relationship with a guard."
The findings stated, "It is assessed that inmate Williams will be receiving two to three sports schedules in the mail that are laced with probable liquid K2. The schedules will be arriving via mail on Tuesday or Wednesday sent by his significant other Courtney (Kortney). Along with the schedules will be a card in regards to an anniversary. Inmate Williams' son added a correctional officer to his Facebook. It is unknown whether there is an inappropriate relationship here or not."
In a conversation between inmate Todd Williams and son Todd Williams II that took place on July 28 Williams told his son to look up a guy on Facebook by the name of Zachary Summers. His son replied by stating, "Is that your buddy?" to which the inmate confirmed it was. The two discuss that the son knows the man and says that the guard goes swimming at "the pretty place" in Quincy, Ky., a statement referenced several times by both inmate and son. On Aug. 4, the inmate again called his son.
This time he gave specific instructions on how to prepare and send the drugs, stating, "Get the brush OK. Listen to me son, go over it the whole thing one time, lightly okay. Have your mom and have a hair dryer or something, and then go over it again. I want you to do it five times alright, four times do it, four times okay. Now the paper is going to get wet and its probably going to get crinkly or whatever, it don't matter, run it through the machine and print me two or three Bengals schedules out. If you do it four times on each one you should be able to at least get three pages out… how many can you get?"
His son responded that he could get two.
The inmate then told him to coat the paper as many times as possible. He also warns about the dangers of the drug.
"You promised me you wouldn't do nothing with it son… that (expletive) will get you stoned, make you see zombies and everything" the inmate said before adding, "If I can get three papers, I can get $1500 out of this."
The inmate then called Calver stating, "that stuff came in yesterday."
On Aug. 7, he also instructed Calver on how to order the liquid K2 and get it ready. He told her to print it on Buckeyes and Bengals schedules and include them with an anniversary card she was sending him.
"I reviewed the intercepted letter that suspect Calver mailed to inmate Williams from the SOCF vault. The envelope had a greeting card and (2) two sheets of paper (football schedules) included," Moorhead's report stated. "The schedules were processed and sent to the crime lab in Columbus to be analyzed for K2 narcotics. The card and envelope were processed and placed in the District evidence locker."
On Feb. 14, Moorhead further noted that the OSHP Crime Lab had results that showed the substance was found to be "synthetic cannabinoid pharmacophore, a schedule I substance."
Following the result, on Feb. 17, Moorhead visited Calver at her place of employment, which he noted was Recovery Works in South Shore, Kentucky, to question her about the charges. She refused to give a statement. As did Williams when he was questioned.
Calver has plead not guilty. Williams was arraigned on Thursday.
Reach Nikki Blankenship at 740-353-3101 ext. 1931.
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Behind the Scenes Podcast
Written by Ashley Spriggs
EP 58: Dreaming Small, Debunking Mom Guilt, and Making Decisions with Liz + Ben Bohannon
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This week we are super excited because we are interviewing Ben and Liz Bohannan! They are the founders of Sseko Designs. Sseko Designs uses fashion to create opportunity and community for women globally! We are going to talk through all things business, family, and more! Let's get into it!
Here are all the things we mentioned in this episode:
Our book, A Love Letter Life (releasing in April 2019)
Our marriage Journal, The Marriage Journal
Liz's book, Beginner's Pluck
The Bohannon's Company, Sseko Designs
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Liz and Ben are husband and wife, parents, and the co-founder team behind Sseko Designs (more on that in a bit!). Liz is the author of Beginner's Pluck: Build your life of purpose and impact now. Among other notable honors, Liz was recently named a top three Transformation Leader by John Maxwell, Forbes listed her as a top 20 public speaker in the U.S. and Bloomberg Businessweek named Sseko as a top social enterprise.
Sseko Designs
Sseko Designs started after I (Liz) was living in Uganda. I met an incredible group of young women (who were between high school and university) who couldn't afford to go to college. That is where the passion started!
Sseko Designs began and now operates to create income and employment opportunities for these young women. We have a factory with a staff of 60 women in Uganda. We have been able to send about 136 women to a university through our work-study program.
Sseko Designs is a socially conscious fashion brand that works to educate and empower women across the globe. By providing employment and educational opportunities, Sseko enables women in East Africa to continue their education and become leaders in their country and our world.
The Sseko story has been featured in dozens of publications including Vogue Magazine, Redbook Magazine, O Magazine, Inc, Fortune, and others. Sseko has appeared on national broadcasts including ABC's Shark Tank and Good Morning America.
Advice for People Who Want to Raise Awareness and Start New Businesses
Beginners Pluck is all about building your life or business and how to have an impact and purpose NOW (not later). It is packed with Liz's greatest advice and wisdom!
My advice is to dream small. I am giving you permission to have small dreams… To be faithful with the small steps and small dreams that lead to building an extraordinary life of big dreams and big impact because of your small beginnings of faithfulness.
Take your big dream, slow down, think of the small dream within it, and just do it.
Whenever you are faithful with what's in front of you, the next step becomes clearer.
Brick by brick, step by step. - Liz
Who is Beginners Pluck for?
Beginners Pluck is for anyone in any season of life. It's for someone who wants to build a purposeful life and wants to create an impact not just for themselves, but for others.
My hope is that this book is a kick in the butt, but also a woo towards a life that is a lot bigger than just you. - Liz
How do you use your weaknesses and strengths in working together? What is Your Process in Making Decisions Together?
Our skill sets are different, although our personalities are similar. We are more like fire and fire which creates really awesome opportunities but really unique challenges.
One thing we really use in our marriage is- Who's the expert and who's the consultant?
We ask each other, what are you good at? And what we are good at and what we really care about is normally what we are "experts" in, while the other spouse is the consultant in that area.
But, once a decision is made, it is treated as a decision that we both have made. So, if something goes south, it isn't a "me against you" thing.
Trusting one another
Partnership and agreement. At the end of the conversation, an agreement is the only option. If there isn't an agreement, the decision wasn't made.
There are specific areas that we trust each other to make decisions. And that was built from working through the hard stuff, together. We have a commitment to reconciliation. If our opinions aren't the same, we are committed to reconciliation.
Don't react and defend. Dig in and go beyond. The difference between building a great marriage or giving up is to just keep showing up, digging in and fighting for your better selves. It's there, but you won't find it if you give up.
"It's better when we are together."
Kids & "Mom Guilt"
Once we decided to build a family, we had to make some big shifts in our life. From a business perspective, having kids has been a huge asset. I feel so committed to treasure something outside of work, so it creates a natural boundary and drives me to get things done within business hours. Having our family creates natural rhythms in our life!
Mom guilt… I was told, "get ready you're going to feel guilty for the next 18 years when you're working!" I have my own issues, but mom-guilt is not a thing for me.
When I am at work doing what I feel called to be doing, it is not a problem for me. I don't feel guilty about it. If God has equipped and called me into, it's going to be right for my family. And, if it's not right for me, it's not right for my family. If it's not right for my family, it is not right for me. You don't have to feel guilty.
Feel all the feelings. Missing your kids is not guilty, it's sad. Guilt is the emotion you get when you are doing something wrong. If you are doing something wrong, and you feel guilty, then check yourself. But, if you are doing what you are called to and are being faithful to the call, feel the peace of that call, and it's also okay to be sad because you miss your kids. The emotions can coexist.
How do we raise children who are securely attached, without needing them to be securely attached to us all of the time?
We live in an intentional community with a few other families. What's important to our community is proximity, commitment and pushing each other to be more of who God created us to be. We share life, we are committed to bringing the fullness of who we are to the table. The good, the bad and the ugly. We continue to show up, and all of our kids know how loved they are by just another voice loving on them and caring for them within our community. They are secure with us, and our community.
Wow… what a super awesome episode! This one is a great one to share with anyone who runs their own business or wants to start their own. Their advice is so practical and inspirational. We so appreciated them & hope you did too!
EP 94: Crafting Your Marriage Mission Statement & Committing To Family Values Mar 09, 2021
EP 93: How To Dream Together Mar 02, 2021
EP 89: "Lock It In" + The Best Valentine's Day Gift Ever Mar 02, 2021
EP 92: Behind The Scenes With @Beating50Percent LIVE Feb 23, 2021
EP 91: Navigating Conflict, Fighting Fair and Forgiveness Feb 16, 2021


Ashiana Housing announced that it has entered into joint venture with Maglam Group for development of group housing project at Jaipur. The aforesaid JV aims for development of 131,000 sq. yard land situated in village Kanakpura, Jaipur. It is proposed to develop the same as group housing project. Expected saleable area of the project would be 23 lac sq. ft. with total expected revenues of Rs 5 billion.


Do you love to play sports? Alright, here's the deal…if you are like the majority of the human race, then just maybe you enjoy sports on some level. And if you are among the male gender I would like to stress this point even further. With the enormous range of sporting events, athletic stores as well as friendly games thriving throughout the US of A, it's for sure that sports are quite the rage.
Posted in Sport on November 7, 2018 by John Xavier.
When you get a team together for any sport, there are some things you need to identify your team members from others you are playing against. One of those things is custom sport apparel for your team. This may mean team uniforms, team jackets, sport bags, head wear or simply t-shirts or warm up suits. Regardless of the type of custom sport apparel you need there is one shop that can help you find the perfect apparel, a custom shop.
Custom shops offer a large line of all sporting apparel for you to choose from and can customize it with your team name, player names and numbers and the color scheme you desire. From team uniforms to sweats and fleece, you will find all of your custom sport apparel you need for your team. The variety a custom shop has is far greater than that of a sporting goods shop. They can customize your jerseys to be as unique as your team members.
Posted in Sport on December 2, 2018 by John Xavier.
Sports books and catalogs provide very authentic means of learning and staying in touch with any sport. No matter which sport you play, these books play a vital role to make you understand the insights of the game. From baseball to basketball training and from soccer to basketball shooting, the sports books can give you everything and keep you updated with current knowledge in sports. Such books are a complete guide for a sports lover and even those who want to become a professional athlete of any game.
A sports book is a kind of instruction manual that can increase the sports learning of the person. It enhances the skills and talents of a sports player. It provides you all the knowledge which you want for any sports of your type. Sports books are very clear and very straight to make you understand. You will not have any headache trying to decipher their meaning. In fact, you will feel more enthusiastic to go to the ground and practice what you have read.
Posted in Sport on November 28, 2018 by John Xavier.
As you may be aware, hypnosis healing has been utilized to help millions of people stop smoking and lose weight. Today, you can tap the powers of your unconscious mind to achieve many other health goals. Regardless of whether you want to commit to an exercise routine, or manage intolerable pain, hypnosis healing can help you along. Once you learn these powerful techniques, you may even be able to get rid of conditions that modern medicine cannot cure.
Consider a situation where you are diabetic, and obese. While medications may be helping control your glucose level, you may be having a hard time with your diet. Interestingly enough, you can circumvent all the mental mechanisms that prevent you from eating a healthy diet. Once you reprogram your unconscious mind, eating healthy will become natural and effortless.
Posted in Sport on November 22, 2018 by John Xavier.
Arm wrestling is an exciting sport that is played by two opposing participants. Each of the participants will use one arm for the game. They have to plant either their right or left arm on a flat table surface with bent elbows secured in place. Then they will both get a good strong grip of each other's hand. The game officially begins at the call of a referee. Pinning the opponent's arm down on the table surface is the ultimate goal of the sport; the referee declaring the winner with his arm over that of the loser's.
Posted in Sport on November 11, 2018 by John Xavier.
Posted in Sport on November 10, 2018 by John Xavier.
A question that has been at the forefront of the minds of many sports authorities is whether or not professional sports leagues should implement a minimum age requirement before players can turn pro.
My thoughts on the topic are two-fold. Yes and No.
No, because this is a free country. Who are we, or the commissioners of the various sports leagues for that matter, to tell a person what to do with his or her life? Is it not our God-given right to choose our own path? Furthermore, as a college-aged person, you are considered an adult. You can vote, you can get married and most importantly, you can go to war. Now, I am no politician, but in my estimation if you are capable of fighting and dying for your country, you should be able to play professional sports. But then again, that is just my opinion.
Posted in Sport on November 8, 2018 by John Xavier.


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Do We Need a Soulslike Genre? [Video]
Thread: Do We Need a Soulslike Genre? [Video]
12th Jul 2017 15:07 #1
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The always-excellent Mark Brown just uploaded a video on the topic of popular and unique games spawning their own genres, and I think he makes a lot of great points.
I do agree with the bottomline that we shouldn't be too precious about new games sticking to the established "rules" of a genre.
Brown suggests that the deliberate combat, with attack warm-ups and stamina-management are the main distinguishing features of a soulslike, and I agree. My own idea for a soulslike is an FPS where use of your lasergun and lasershield would be limited by an energy-meter, and powerful shots would take a bit of charging up.
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What is the game at 11:40 ?
Oh, it's Bloodborne.
Looks nice. Too bad I won't play it until it is available on a PS-emulator in 2023.
(FYI, I've read that Demon Souls is now playable on an emulator. Whenever I have time to mess around with emulator software I might give it a try).
On topic: I think Mark Brown is correct. But what he says is also not very new. What he says is: don't follow other games too much, or the new game will lack any originality or freshness or even fun. Duh.
I think one problem is the fact that games cost a lot of money to develop. And therefor need investors to put money in. And investors rather play safe and make back double their investment, than risk their money to make something "groundbreaking". Too bad someone like Gabe Newell is not into making games anymore. He probably doesn't care about money anymore. He could just make a different game he would really like. Or Tim Sweeney. He's only interested in rendering technology, not games.
It's like with books. The most interesting books were not written because the author wanted to make a lot of money. Or even just make a living. They were written because the author wanted to write a particular book. I'm sure indy-games are more like that. But unfortunately lack of money has a much bigger impact on making games than on writing a book. Even making a good movie can be done a lot cheaper these days. But making a good game is gonna cost ya.
I know exactly what game I would like to make for myself. I would love it. I'm sure there would be more people who'd love it. But most gamers will think it's boring. (I don't care much for combat). And therefor there will never be budget for a game like it.
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Originally Posted by Gryzemuis
He's more specific than that, though, juxtaposing cloning and more creative ways of drawing inspiration, and how these can and should be different from one person/team to another. He tends to have a practical element in his videos, and I'd definitely say that this one goes beyond saying, "Don't just copy, duh!" for a dozen minutes or so.
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The original soulslike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdLX6Ibdnyc
Has 2 things which I think any future soulslike games would do well to consider - dismemberment & key combo special attacks.
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Steam baths have been around for centuries and were deemed a luxury of high-end houses. However nowadays steam generators can be installed and used in every home. Taking a steam bath regularly helps boost your immune system and relieves stress. A steam bath followed by a cold shower prepares you for a fresh energetic start and a warm shower for a good nights sleep. Steam improves blood circulation, has cardio vascular benefits, increases the pulse rate without raising blood pressure; as a result nutrients are carried to the skin making it healthy, glowing, soft and youthful.
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The Existential Crises of Ja'mie: Private School Girl
Goodbye, housewives! I've found a new guilty pleasure! It's called Ja'mie: Private School Girl and it's on HBO.
You may recall star, writer and director Chris Lilley from his last HBO show, Summer Heights High, which also featured the eponymous Ja'mie (pronounced Ja-MAY, and played by Mr. Lilley).
Now, I've never been to private school (nor have I ever been a teenage girl), but I have to say that Mr. Lilley has captured this world with all the detail of an anthropologist! One of the things that makes the show so simultaneously entertaining and horrifying, is the way it demonstrates the degree to which Valley Girl-isms have saturated the conversation not just of teenage girls (and many adults of both sexes) in the United States, but apparently Australia, as well.
Part of me wants to feel above getting caught up in the exploits of Ja'mie and her ability to turn every minor event in her life into an existential crisis and part of me wants to totally give in to it and jump up and down on her bed with her.
To say that Ja'mie is fond of hyperbole would be an understatement. After a while, you too may find yourself overusing such words/phrases as "seriously," "literally," "I'm literally freaking out right now" and "I seriously can't even deal."
I must give kudos as well to the supporting cast for being able to maintain a straight face through all this. The other "private school girls" are played by actual biological girls who seem to be in or near their teens and ground the show in something approaching reality. Also on hand are Ja'mie's tirelessly patient parents and school principal, her gay best friend, her hot new boyfriend, and an African boy that Ja'mie's family "adopts" (and has yet to utter a word of dialogue).
The show is also educational. For example, up until now, I didn't realize that being called gay was the worst thing that could happen to a teenage girl. (Homophobia: it's not just for boys anymore!)
In his earlier show, Mr. Lilley also played a somewhat effeminate drama teacher and a teenage thug in addition to Ja'mie, but it's in Ja'mie that he has found his true calling. (His talents also extend to interpretive dance and singing, as he demonstrates in some of the show's other running motifs.)
I look forward—with unrestrained teenage longing—to watching Jai'mie's travails unfold the rest of this season.
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As the Sacramento region cultivates its tech reputation, both companies and potential recruits take notice
Back Sponsored Oct 1, 2017 By Bill Sessa
Sacramento may not have eBay or Google, but as scientific and high-tech companies gain a foothold in the region, many have discovered that being a smaller city with multiple higher education institutions attracts talent that rivals that of the Bay Area. When it comes to pitching to prospective employees — both locals and out of town recruits — Sacramento's calm sells over the chaos of other cities.
Sacramento State's computer science program is one of the oldest and largest in the CSU system with about 900 students. "One of the biggest changes is the blurring of boundaries between computer science, engineering and electrical engineering," says Lorenzo Smith, dean of the College of Engineering and Computer Science. "It's more interdisciplinary than ever before," which reflects the working world students face after graduation.
"Of course companies want employees who have a solid foundation," Smith says. "But our focus is on applying the science and our students are so well rounded they can grapple in all three fields … If they can't solve a problem, they can network to find a solution."
Related: Nevada County incubator builds on region's video tech legacy
Work projects, sponsored by tech companies such as Intel and Hewlett Packard, also allow computer science and computer engineering students to work with potential employers on real-world challenges. "The projects might be something that the companies don't have the time to work on, so the students do it," Smith says, noting that the companies pay for all the course materials.
All seniors are expected to work on a sponsored interdisciplinary project in their field as a practical transition between the classroom and the workplace. "We're proud of that approach," Smith says. "We think it meets the needs of local companies and it shows that our students can hit the ground running."
The projects have to fit within many real world criteria that determine their success, such as cost, packaging, market feasibility and safety. A team of mechanical and electrical engineering students, for example, recently designed a set of steps for a mobile home that fold into a flat-surfaced lift for wheelchairs with the touch of an electric switch.
"We have a close relationship with Sac State and it has been our best source for entry-level hiring … We've hired 52 software engineers from Sac State in the last two years." Chris Mohler, talent acquisition leader, PowerSchool
PowerSchool, a Folsom-based education technology platform that's focused on better connecting students, teachers and parents, invests significant funds and effort into recruiting from Sac State. By sponsoring internships inside the company, PowerSchool provides students hands-on experience and in return gets a chance to vet potential hires before they hit the job market. Currently the company, which has about 30 interns from the computer sciences, serves approximately 32 million students in 70 countries — and, according to PowerSchool Talent Acquisition Leader Chris Mohler, many of its entry-level employees come from Sac State.
"We have a close relationship with Sac State and it has been our best source for entry-level hiring," Mohler says, which can include software developers, engineers and software architects. "We've hired 52 software engineers from Sac State in the last two years."
Even as interns, software engineering students at PowerSchool develop mobile apps for IOS/Swift and Android use. Other interns are building databases and online customer education modules.
Evolve BioSystems (team pictured above) was founded by five UC Davis research faculty and continues to benefit from the talent pool of university grads.
PowerSchool also sponsors an annual dinner to get acquainted with computer science students and to give them a chance to meet alumni and executives from the company. "Last year, the room was filled with about 40-50 students, plus alumni who work for us and our VP of Development," says Mohler.
Beyond entry-level hiring, Mohler says the company has also recruited high-level employees from the Sacramento area who have worked at places such as Intel and HP. But he's also noticed many computer engineers he has hired at senior levels willing to migrate from metropolitan areas such as Seattle, Portland and the Bay Area. "People want to move here for the quality of life," he says.
Related: Nevada County companies are in desperate need of techies
When it comes to actively recruiting talent to the region, many local companies find themselves competing with the Bay Area. "People who are not originally from here initially think that Davis is part of the Bay Area," says Tracy Shafizadeh, director of scientific communications at Evolve BioSystems, who has recruited new employees from as far away as Chicago and Connecticut. "When we first talk to them, they may be hesitant to pull out of Chicago and move," she says. "Once they bring their families here, they realize that the area has a special lifestyle."
The company, founded by five research faculty from UC Davis, is a spin-off from the university's Foods for Health Institute and develops products to address gut microbiome problems in newborn children and nursing animals. "We're at the intersection of microbiology and nutrition," Shafizadeh explains. She says that the opportunity to work in infant microbiome research is the biggest reason why employees are willing to migrate to Davis. "The university is a wonderful anchor for us," she says. "It legitimizes the work we do and the level of science we work on."
The five founders of Evolve BioSystems continue to teach at UC Davis, which is well-known for its programs in agriculture and microbiology. "It gives us an opportunity to talk to students and provides a talent pool," Shafizadeh says.
As someone who has worked in life sciences in the Sacramento area for 15 years, Shafizadeh says that the biotech health industry in the area has grown, resulting in more jobs for those with a technical background — and UC Davis is not the only source for that talent. "Many of us have been in the business for a long time and have our own network of contacts to find prospective employees," Shafizadeh says. Recruiters that specialize in the biotech industry, including those in the Bay Area, have taken notice. "They see the passion and dedication we have and they get excited," she says, to steer good candidates to the company.
Overall, the region's high-tech industry is small and entrepreneurial-sized compared to the behemoth it is in the Bay Area. Nonetheless, the local talent pool is growing and the region is attracting out-of-town talent as well. "I think the perception of Sacramento is changing," says Mohler, of PowerSchool. "When we recruit people from out of the area, we encourage them to stay in Historic Folsom or Midtown Sacramento to see how compelling this area is."
Virtual reality is no longer just for the gaming industry — but how wise an investment the cutting-edge technology is remains up for debate
From police shootings to incidents like the Fort Lauderdale airport shooting, gun violence has been dominating news cycles in recent years. Additional virtual training could help civilians know how to respond in a hostile encounter.
Mar 21, 2017 Russell Nichols
Local Business Aims to Transform the News
VR media startup in Nevada City plans to build platform to immerse readers
The push to integrate VR into the media has surged in recent years. The Guardian last summer unveiled its first VR project, 6×9, putting viewers into a solitary confinement prison cell. Last fall, The New York Times introduced The Daily 360. These immersive videos, made with Samsung technology, give readers rare glimpses into scenes worldwide.
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