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\section{Introduction}
Some resent research in (super)string theory \cite{1} leads to
consideration the following pseudo-differential equation:
\begin{eqnarray}
(-q^2\partial^2+1)e^{\partial^2}\Phi(x)=\Phi^3(x)
\label{star},\nonumber\\
q,\;x \in \mathbb{R},\; q>0.
\end{eqnarray}
This equation of motion is obtained in \cite{AJK}. It has been
studied numerically in \cite{yar} where in particular a bound for
the critical value of \(q\) was obtained. A generalization of this
equation to non-flat background has been proposed as a model of
cosmological dark energy \cite{IA}. In \cite{3} it was studied the
energy conservation low for this equation. Let us note that a
quadratic term in the right hand side appears for open bosonic
string and this equation has been studied in \cite{MZ, VSV,
Trento-group}.

In \cite{2} it was studied the equation (\ref{star}) for the
partial case when \(q=0\). There it was shown that this equation
has a solution satisfying the following boundary conditions:
\begin{eqnarray}
\lim_{x\rightarrow +\infty} \Phi(x)=1, \nonumber\\
\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty} \Phi(x)=-1. \label{bond}
\end{eqnarray}
In this paper we prove that for enough small \(q>0\) the boundary
problem (\ref{bond}) for equation (\ref{star}) has a solution. To
prove this theorem the Leray---Schauder---Tikhonov stable point
theorem is used.
\section{ The main theorem}
We consider the following equation
\begin{eqnarray}
(-q^2\partial^2+1)e^{\partial^2}\Phi(x)=\Phi^3(x)
,\nonumber\\
 q,\;x \in\mathbb{R},\; q\geq0\label{star1}
\end{eqnarray}
in the space \(C^0(\mathbb{R})\) of all bounded real-valued
continuous functions on \(\mathbb{R}\).
 \begin{eqnarray}
 C^0(\mathbb{R})=\{f(x) \in C(\mathbb{R})|\exists
 C>0:\,\forall x \in \mathbb{R}\;|f(x)|<C\},
 \end{eqnarray}
where \(C(\mathbb{R})\) is a space of all real-valued continuous
function on \(\mathbb{R}\). The equation (\ref{star1}) is a formal
form of the following equation:
\begin{eqnarray}
\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty} K_q(x-y)\Phi(y) dy=\Phi(y)^3
\label{star2},
\end{eqnarray}
 where
\begin{eqnarray}
K_q(x-y)=K^0(x-y)+q^2K^1(x-y), \\
K^0(x-y)= \frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}e^{-\frac{(x-y)^2}{4}},\\
K^1(x-y)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\{\frac{1}{2}-\frac{(x-y)^2}{4}\}e^{-\frac{(x-y)^2}{4}}.
\end{eqnarray}
Let \(T^0\) and \(T^1\) be linear operators on \(C^0(\mathbb{R})\)
defined by the following formulas:
\begin{eqnarray}
(T^0\Phi)(x)=\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}
K^0(x-y)\Phi(y)dy, \nonumber\\
(T^1\Phi)(x)=\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}K^1(x-y)\Phi(y)dy,
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
T_q=T^0+q^2T^1.
\end{eqnarray}
 Let \(P^q:C^0(\mathbb{R})\rightarrow C^0(\mathbb{R})\) defined
by the following formula:
\begin{eqnarray}
(P_q\Phi)(x)=(T_q\Phi)^{{1}/{3}}(x).
\end{eqnarray}

\textbf{Theorem.} There exists a real number \(q_0>0\) such that
for all \(0\leq q<q_0\) equation (\ref{star2}) has a bounded
continuous solution \(\Phi(x)\) such that \(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(x)\) and
the following boundary conditions hold:
\begin{eqnarray}
\lim_{x\rightarrow +\infty} \Phi(x)=1, \nonumber\\
\lim_{x\rightarrow -\infty} \Phi(x)=-1. \label{bond1}
\end{eqnarray}

Note that to prove the theorem we use the
Leray---Schauder---Tikhonov stable point theorem.

\textbf{Proof.} We decompose the proof of the theorem into the
sequence of several lemmas.

\textbf{Lemma 1.} There exists a constant \(C^0>0\) such that for
any \(q\in [0,1]\) and for any bounded continuous function
\(\Phi(x)\) satisfying the condition
\begin{eqnarray}
\sup \limits_{x \in \mathbb{R}} | \Phi(x)|\leq C^0
\end{eqnarray}
we have
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)|\leq C^0\;\forall x \in \mathbb{R}.
\end{eqnarray}

\textbf{Proof.} Let \(\Phi(x) \in C^0(\mathbb{R})\). Let
\(A:=\sup\limits_{x \in \mathbb{R}} | \Phi(x)|\). We have
\begin{eqnarray}
|(T_q\Phi)(x)|\leq A \int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|K_q(x)|dx.
\end{eqnarray}
Let \(B:=\sup \limits_{q\in [0,1]}\int
\limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|K_q(x)|dx\). We get
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)|\leq B^{1/3}A^{1/3}. \label{in}
\end{eqnarray}
Put \(C^0=B^{1/2}\). It follows from (\ref{in}) that condition
\(\sup \limits_{x \in \mathbb{R}} | \Phi(x)|\leq C^0\) implies
that \(|(P_q\Phi)(x)|\leq C^0\;\forall x \in \mathbb{R}.\) The
lemma is proved.

\textbf{Lemma 2.} There exists a constant \(C^1\) such that for
any \(q\in [0,1]\) and for any continuous function
\(\Phi(x):|\Phi(x)|<C^0\) \(\forall x\), the following statement
holds
\begin{eqnarray}
\forall x',\;x'' \in
\mathbb{R}\;|(P_q\Phi)(x')-(P_q\Phi)(x'')|<C^1|x'-x''|^{1/3}.
\end{eqnarray}

 \textbf{Proof.} Let us estimate the derivative
\((T_q\Phi)'(x):=\frac{d}{dx}(T_q\Phi)(x)\). We have
\begin{eqnarray}
|(T_q\Phi)'(x)|\leq \int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|K_q'(x-y)|
|\Phi(y)|dx\leq \nonumber\\
\leq C^0 \int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|K_q'(x)|\leq C^0
E,\;\forall q\in [0,1],\;\forall x \in\mathbb{R}, \label{18}
\end{eqnarray}
where we put by definition
\begin{eqnarray}
E:=\sup \limits_{q\in [0,1]} \int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}
|K'_q(x)|dx.
\end{eqnarray}
Inequality (\ref{18}) immediately implies that
\begin{eqnarray}
|(T_q\Phi)(x')-(T_q\Phi)(x'')|\leq C^0E|x'-x''| \label{A}
\end{eqnarray}
for all \(x',x''\in \mathbb{R}\).

Note that the following statement holds. There exists a constant
\(\hat{C}\) such that \(\forall\, y',y''\in\mathbb{R}\)
\begin{eqnarray}
|(y')^{1/3}-(y'')^{1/3}|\leq\hat{C}|y'-y''|^{1/3}. \label{B}
\end{eqnarray}
Inequalities (\ref{A}) and (\ref{B}) implies that
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x')-(P_q\Phi)(x'')|\leq\hat{C}(C^0E)^{1/3}|x'-x''|^{1/3}.
\end{eqnarray}
Let us denote by \(C^1\) the constant
\(C^1:=\hat{C}(C^0E)^{1/3}\). We have
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x')-(P_q\Phi)(x'')|\leq C^1|x'-x''|^{1/3}.
\end{eqnarray}
The lemma is proved.

By definition \(C(\mathbb{R})\) is a space of all continuous
functions on \(\mathbb{R}\). The space \(C(\mathbb{R})\) is a
Frechet space with respect to the following set of seminorms
\begin{eqnarray}
\{p_n(f):=\sup_{x \in [-n,n]}|f(x)|\}.
\end{eqnarray}

\textbf{Lemma 3.} Let
\begin{eqnarray}
K:=\{\Phi \in C(\mathbb{R})| \sup \limits_{x \in
\mathbb{R}}|f(x)|\leq C^0,\nonumber\\
 |\Phi(x')-\Phi(x'')|\leq
C^1|x'-x''|^{1/3}\,\forall x',x'' \in \mathbb{R}\}.
\end{eqnarray}
K is a compact.

 \textbf{Proof.}
 This lemma follows from the Arzella --- Ascolli theorem by using
 the Cantor diagonal method.

 Let \(\Psi(x)\) be a function:
\begin{eqnarray}
\Psi(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}}\int \limits_0^x e^{-y^2} dy
\end{eqnarray}

\textbf{Lemma 4.} There exists a constant \(C^2\) and a positive
number \(q_0\) such that for any function \(\Phi(x) \in K\)
satisfying
\begin{eqnarray}
\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x)
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
 \Phi(x)\geq C^2 \Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit \; x>0
\end{eqnarray}
we have
\begin{eqnarray}
(P_q\Phi)(x) \geq C^2 \Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit \; x>0.
\end{eqnarray}
for all \(q \in [0,q_0]\)

 \textbf{Proof.} Let us calculate
\((T^0\Psi)(x)\). We have
\begin{eqnarray}
(T^0\Psi)'(x)=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int
\limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}
e^{-\frac{(x-y)^2}{4}}\Psi'(y)dy=\nonumber\\
=\frac{1}{2\sqrt{\pi}}\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}
e^{-\frac{(x-y)^2}{4}}
\frac{1}{\sqrt{\pi}}e^{-y^2}dy=\nonumber\\
=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5\pi}}e^{-\frac{1}{5}x^2}.
\end{eqnarray}
Therefore
\begin{eqnarray}
(T^0\Psi)(x)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5\pi}}\int \limits_0^x
e^{-\frac{1}{5}y^2}dy
\end{eqnarray}
Note that \((T^0\Psi)'(0)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{5\pi}}>0\). One can
easily prove by using this fact that there exists a constant
\(C^3>0\) such that \((T^0\Psi)(x)>2C^3\Psi(x)\) if \(x>0\).

The following statement holds \cite{2}. For any \(\Phi(x) \in
C^0(\mathbb{R})\) such that \(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x)\) the condition
\(\Phi(x)\geq\Psi(x)\) if \(x>0\) implies that
\((T^0\Phi)(x)>(T^0\Psi)(x)\) if \(x>0\).

Therefore \(\forall \Phi(x) \in C^0(\mathbb{R})\) such that
\(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x)\) and \(\Phi(x)\geq\Psi(x)\) if \(x>0\) one
gets
\begin{eqnarray}
(T^0\Phi)(x)\geq 2 C^3\Psi(x).
\end{eqnarray}
Let us prove that there exists a constant \(C^4\) such that
\(\forall \Phi(x) \in C^0(\mathbb{R})\) such that
\(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x)\) and \(\sup \limits_{x \in
\mathbb{R}}|\Phi(x)|<C^0\) the following estimate holds
\begin{eqnarray}
|(T^1\Phi)(x)|\leq C^4 |\Psi(x)|\;\forall x \in\mathbb{R}.
\end{eqnarray}
It is easy to prove that \(\sup \limits_{x \in
\mathbb{R}}|(T^1\Phi)(x)|<\infty\), \((T^1\Phi)(0)=0\) and \(\sup
\limits_{x \in \mathbb{R}} |(T^1\Phi)'(x)|<\infty\). For example
\begin{eqnarray}
 |(T^1\Phi)'(x)|=|\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}
 (K^1)'(x-y)\Phi(y)dy|\leq \nonumber\\
\leq C^0\int  \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|(K^1)'(y)|dy,
\end{eqnarray}
and
\begin{eqnarray}
\int  \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|(K^1)'(y)|dy<\infty.
\end{eqnarray}
Put by definition
\begin{eqnarray}
A_1:=\inf \limits_{x \in [0,1]}\Psi'(x),\nonumber\\
B_1:=\inf \limits_{x \in [1,+\infty]}\Psi(x),\nonumber\\
A_2:=\sup \limits_{x \in [0,+\infty]} |(T^1\Phi)'(x)|,\nonumber\\
B_2:=\sup \limits_{x \in [0,+\infty]} |(T^1\Phi)(x)|.
\end{eqnarray}

Let us chose \(C^4\) such that \(C^4 A_1>A_2\) and \(C^4
B_1>B_2\). We find
\begin{eqnarray}
|(T^1\Phi)(x)|\leq C^4|\Psi(x)|,\;\forall x \in \mathbb{R}.
\end{eqnarray}
Let \(A\) be a real positive number and  let \(q_0\) be a positive
number such that
\begin{eqnarray}
C^4q_0^2<C^3A.
\end{eqnarray}
(\(q_0\) depends on A.) We get
\begin{eqnarray}
(T_q\Phi)(x)\geq C^3 A \Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0
\end{eqnarray}
for any function \(\Phi(x)\) such that \( \sup \limits_{x \in
\mathbb{R}}|\Phi(x)|<C^0\), \(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x)\) and \(\Phi(x)> A
\Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0\) and for any \(q \in [0,q_0]\).

One can easily proof that there exists a positive constant \(L\)
such that \(\Psi^{1/3}(x)>L\Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0\). So for any
positive constant \(A>0\) and the function \(\Phi\) satisfying:
 \(\sup \limits_{x \in \mathbb{R}}|\Phi(x)|\leq C^0\),
 \(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x)\) and \(\Phi(x)> A
\Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0\) one gets
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)|\geq (C^3)^{1/3} L A^{1/3}\Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0.
\end{eqnarray}
Let \(C^2\) be a positive constant such that
\begin{eqnarray}
(C^3)^{1/3} L (C^2)^{1/3}\geq C^2.
\end{eqnarray}
If \(\Phi(x)\) satisfy the conditions of the lemma then
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)|\geq C^2 \Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0.
\end{eqnarray}
The lemma is proved.

 \textbf{Remark.} We can chose the constant \(C^2\) such that
 \(\sup \limits_{x \in\mathbb{R}} C^2|\Psi(x)|<1 \). Below it will
 be assumed that \(C^2\) satisfy this condition.

\textbf{Lemma 5.} Let \(K_1\subseteq K\) consisting of all
functions \(\Phi(x)\) such that

a) \(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x).\)

b) \(\Phi(x)\geq C^2 \Psi(x)\; \rm if \mit x>0\)

 \(K_1\) is a compact.

\textbf{Proof.} \(K_1\) is a closed subset of the compact \(K\).
Therefore \(K_1\) is a compact. The lemma is proved.

\textbf{Lemma 6.} \(K_1\) is a convex set i.e. if
\(\Phi_1,\;\Phi_2 \in K_1\) and \(\alpha_1\), \(\alpha_2\) be real
numbers such that \(\alpha_1>0,\;\alpha_2>0\),
\(\alpha_1+\alpha_2=1\) then \(\alpha_1\Phi_1+\alpha_2\Phi_2 \in
K_1\).

\textbf{Proof.} It is evidence.

\textbf{Lemma 7.} The equation (\ref{star2}) has a continuous
bounded solution \(\Phi(x) \in K_1\) such that
\(\Phi(x)=-\Phi(-x).\)

\textbf{Proof.} Lemma 1, lemma 2 and lemma 4 implies that
\(P_q(K_1)\subseteq K_1\). Lemmas 5, 6 implies that \(K_1\) is a
convex compact in some locally convex space. Therefore the present
lemma follows from the Leray
--- Schauder --- Tikhonov stable point theorem \cite{4}.

\textbf{Lemma 8.} If \(\Phi(x)\in K_1\) is a solution of equation
(\ref{star2}) then
\begin{eqnarray}
\Phi(x)\rightarrow +1; \rm as \mit\; x\rightarrow +\infty \; \rm
and
\mit \nonumber\\
\Phi(x)\rightarrow -1; \rm as \mit\; x\rightarrow -\infty.
\end{eqnarray}

\textbf{Proof.} Note that the following statement holds.

Let \(D\) be a real number \(0<D<1\). There exists a constant
\(0<C^5(D)<1\) such that
\begin{eqnarray}
|x^{1/3}-1|\leq C^5(D)|x-1|
\end{eqnarray}
for all \(x\geq D\). The proof of this statement is simple and
omitted. Let \(\Phi(x) \in K_1\) be a solution of (\ref{star2}).
Let \(l_0\) be an arbitrary positive number. Let
\(D_1=\frac{1}{2}C^2\Psi(l_0)\) and \(\delta_1=\sup \limits_{x\in
[l_0,+\infty)} |1-\Phi(x)|\). If \(\delta_1=0\) the lemma is
proved. Suppose that \(\delta_1\neq 0\).  Let us estimate the
difference \(|(P_q\Phi)(x)-\Phi(x)|\). We have
\begin{eqnarray}
|(T_q\Phi)(x)-\Phi(x)|=|\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty} K_q(x-y)
(\Phi(y)-1) dy|\leq\nonumber\\
|\int \limits_{-\infty}^{l_0}K_q(x-y) (\Phi(y)-1) dy|+\nonumber\\
+|\int \limits_{l_0}^{+\infty}K_q(x-y) (\Phi(y)-1) dy|\leq\nonumber\\
 \leq 2C^0 \int \limits_{-\infty}^{l_0}|K_q(x-y)|dy
 +\delta_1 A^{(q)}, \label{CC}
\end{eqnarray}
where we put by definition
\begin{eqnarray}
A^{(q)}=\int \limits_{-\infty}^{+\infty}|K_q(x)|dx.
\end{eqnarray}
The first term in the last line of (\ref{CC}) (we will denote it
by \(\chi_{l_0}(x)\)) tends to zero as \(x \rightarrow +\infty\).
Note that \(A^{(q)}\rightarrow 1\) if \(q\rightarrow 0\). One can
prove that we can chose the constant \(C^0\) from lemma 1 such
that \(|C^0-1|<1-2D_1\) if \(0<q<q_0\) and \(q_0\) is enough
small. So \(|(T_q\Phi)(x)|>D_1\) if \(q_0\) is enough small number
\(0<q<q_0\) and \(x\) is enough large positive number. Moreover
\begin{eqnarray}
\chi_{l_0}(x)+\delta_1 A^{(q)}\leq \frac{1}{\sqrt{C^5(D_1)}}
\delta_1
\end{eqnarray}
if \(0\leq q<q_0\), \(q_0\) is enough small number and \(x\) is
enough large positive number. So there exist positive numbers
\(l_1>0\) and \(q_0>0\) such that
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)-1|\leq \sqrt{C^5} \delta_1\; \rm if \mit
\end{eqnarray}
\(0<q<q_0\) and \(x>l_0+l_1\).

We can proof as previous that there exists a positive number
\(l_2\) such that
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)-1|\leq (\sqrt{C^5})^2 \delta_1\; \rm if \mit
\end{eqnarray}
\(x>l_0+l_1+l_2\).

In general by induction we can find a sequence of positive numbers
\(l_i,\;i=0,1,2,...\) such that
\begin{eqnarray}
|(P_q\Phi)(x)-1|\leq (\sqrt{C^5})^n \delta_1\; \rm if
\mit\nonumber\\
x>\sum \limits_{j=0}^n l_j.
\end{eqnarray}
Therefore \(\Phi(x)\rightarrow +1\) as \(x\rightarrow +\infty\).
The lemma is proved.

Combining the consequences of  lemmas 7, 8 we finish the proof of
the theorem.

\section{Conqlusion}
In the present paper we study the boundary problem (\ref{bond})
for the equation (\ref{star}). We have proved by using the Leray
--- Scauder --- Tikhonov theorem that this problem has a solution.

\section{Acknowledgements}
 I wold like to thank V.S. Vladimirov, I.V. Volovich, I. Ya. Aref'eva, L. V. Joukovskaya
  for very useful discussions.\newline
 \indent This work was partially supported by the Russian
 Foundation of Basis Reasearch (project 05-01-008884), the grand
 of the president of the Russian Federation (project
 NSh-1542.2003.1) and the program "Modern problems of
 theoretical mathematics" of the mathematical Sciences department
 of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

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Kelsey & Ashley S. From 'The Bachelor' Are Unusual, But Calling Them "Crazy" Is Unnecessary and Destructive
By Allison Piwowarski
This season of Chris Soules' farm-tastic journey on The Bachelor has been full of drama, crying, panic attacks, jealousy, and everything else ugly about dating 25 women at a time on reality television. There has been a wide range of women on the show, but the most common label this season has been "crazy," especially for The Bachelor's Kelsey & Ashley S. The idea of calling women on reality television "crazy" seems to be the most destructive. Which is why I hope that the show, Chris Harrison, and Chris Soules all stop referring to certain women on the show with that word (or a variety of others like it) while the show takes one final lap before the finale.
This season, it seems instability was the show's main theme, if we focus on where the Bachelor editors were driving our attention. There was Ashley I. (Lashley, as I've come to call her), the woman who was a virgin and who cried a lot on camera... about everything. There was also Ashley S., the woman who was made out to be mentally unstable; "insane" has even been used to describe her. Then there was Kelsey, the woman who told her "amazing" story about her late husband, who was made to look like a complete villain. And yeah, the word "crazy" has been thrown her direction too.
Look: These women don't just show up off the street. You can bet that the casting of The Bachelor includes a lot of screening, interviews, and background checks (the producers have to know the dirt before they cast you, obviously). In fact, Sean Lowe claims in his book For The Right Reasons that contestants are put through rigorous mental evaluations before they are put on television. The show's producers knows what they are doing while casting, and they are even more knowing of what they're doing while they piece together scenes for air.
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One argument that we've heard from past contestants and fans is that we're not really seeing the real personalities of the women on the show. Ashley I. appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live after being sent home and after the show made her appear to be an overly emotional woman ("I cried a lot," she admitted to Kimmel). During her appearance on the late-night show, she seemed like your average adult woman who can joke about her constant water works on The Bachelor. Why was there such a difference? Likely because we saw the worst moments of Ashley I. on The Bachelor brought on by the fact that these women are living in a petri dish of emotion; when Ashley I. was allowed to return to real life, the craziness of her environment was stripped away along with all the crying. Don't be mistaken: The environment of The Bachelor is crazy, not the women on The Bachelor.
Of course, after the episode when Kelsey Poe called her story "amazing" aired, the Internet erupted with calling her a sociopath (insane person, psychopath, etc. — just pick any insult, really). And while you're allowed an opinion about the situation, Kelsey's sister took to Kelsey's Facebook page to defend her sister. She said that only part of the footage had been shown, and that Kelsey absolutely didn't mean that her husband dying was amazing. Sister Poe, Kelsey was referring to going through such trauma and rising back up to being the strong woman she is today — that's what she was referencing as "amazing." The producers know how to manipulate and chop up a clip to get the maximum response from their loyal audience. Would people be tweeting about Kelsey saying how amazing it is that she was able to move on after such a traumatic experience? Probably not. Would people be tweeting about Kelsey saying her story (which we're left to assume is her husband dying) is "amazing"? Absolutely.
But there's more. The show also encourages the women that appear on it to be memorable — no one wants a boring cast. Let's be real here: There are probably a handful of women (and men) that go on The Bachelor or Bachelorette when they're not actually looking for love. There are almost certainly a few looking for a little camera time and a smidge of fame. It's very possible that there is encouragement from the producers on the other side of the cameras to act goofy (See: Ashley "Onion Lover" S., who is an actress in real life). The possibilities for a fame-hungry person are endless, really:
More people will be talking about you.
You'll be a fan-favorite.
You could be on the franchise after this season.
No one is getting screen time if they're boring; that's why we don't remember the girls who get sent home first. This show is built to encourage contestants to flail about for attention and then they're rewarded with the destructive "crazy" label. It's simply not OK.
We're not even using the term for what we really mean. In most cases, all we really mean that the person in question has a unique personality or did something we're surprised to see on television. Sure, "she's crazy" is an expression that can be used in good fun, but when it is used in a way that the show has allowed, we're really insinuating that these women have mental issues. Heck, Chris Harrison himself even used the phrase to imply that Ashley S. was "mentally unstable" during Chris Tells All, rather than using it to mean "She's crazy, LOL" like you might say about your friend who skinny dipped last weekend. Maybe they do; maybe they don't. But if they do, should we be laughing or using it as entertainment? If they don't, let me tell you a little story about how "reality" TV isn't always as real as it seems: Their "crazy" is absolutely the product of staging, editing, and the setting itself.
And oh what a ridiculous bubble they live in. Between Courtney Roberts' tell-all book, Lowe's book, and Sharleen Joynt's Bachelor blog, we've learned that The Bachelor and Bachelorette involve extremely late nights (just look at the way that the sun was rising as Chris Soules cut his first batch of women this season) and lots and lots of alcohol without the requisite snack pairing (who doesn't give you snacks with an open bar? I mean really). How anyone can stay mentally aware and comfortable during all of that? Anyone would look crazy in that environment.
But beyond the conditions on The Bacheloror the magic of editing, the idea that women are crazy on reality television has become such a trope and crutch of TV for years now. And you know what? It's getting old. Let's come up with a new way to edit women for TV, or, here's a "crazy" idea: Let's let them be shown the way they really are and leave the insulting words out of it.
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OBIT-Edward F. Coughlin, 89, son of Patrick & Maria [Proctor] Coughlin
By Elaine Bailey May 17, 2010 at 10:50:30
LOWELL -- Edward F. Coughlin, 89, a resident of Lowell, died unexpectedly on Sunday, April 18, 2010 at his home. He was the husband of the late Dorothy H. (Smith) (Bonin) Coughlin.
Born in Lowell on November 18, 1920, he was a son of the late Patrick and Maria (Proctor) Coughlin.
Prior to his retirement, he was employed as a Cab Driver for both the Diamond Yellow Taxi Service and the A & L Taxi Service for 30 years. He had been previously employed by the Robinson Top Dye Company of Lowell for 20 years.
He was a lifelong resident of the Centralville section of Lowell where he was a communicant of St. Michael Church.
He is survived by a son and his wife, Thomas E. and Elaine (Morin) Coughlin of Chester NH, two grandchildren, Sean E. Coughlin and his wife Dawn of Pelham NH and Monica R. Coughlin of Chester NH, also several nieces and nephews.
He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary E. (Lachapelle) Coughlin. He was also the brother of the late Cornelius, Thomas and Joseph Coughlin and Mary Drew.
COUGHLIN -- Relatives and friends may call at the McKENNA-OUELLETTE FUNERAL HOME, 327 Hildreth Street, from 4 until 7 P.M. on Thursday. His Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Friday morning at 10 A.M. in St. Michael Church. Burial in St. Patrick Cemetery. For directions or condolences, please visit www.mckennaouellette.com
Published in Lowell Sun on April 21, 2010


The 2016 Stop Oil Trains Week of Action was a powerful demonstration of resistance to oil trains. Across 70 cities the public, the media and elected officials were reminded that 25 million Americans still live in the blast zone.
We made sure decision makers and public officials know that we have not forgotten the Lac-Mégantic tragedy or the fiery June 3rd oil train derailment in the Columbia River Gorge — we know the blast zone is a dangerous place to be. There has been more damage done by oil trains in the past three years than the previous four decades combined.
And July 6 to 12th, we did something about it. Together, we sent a powerful message that it's time to #StopOilTrains.
Every oil train battle, every action and event, is part of a bigger movement to protect public health, safety, and the climate.
Friends — I wanted to give a big thanks from all of us at Stand.earth for all of the incredible actions that took place around North America this past week. We have a photo blog here which will give you some flavor of what happened….
It goes without saying that the movement to #StopOilTrains and other fossil fuel infrastructure doesn't just happen one week a year. But this past week was a powerful reminder for all of us of the incredible creativity and resourcefulness of our movement. And in what I can only describe as some sort of divine justice, during the week of action our allies in Baltimore achieved a huge organizing victory when Targa Resources withdrew its application for a crude oil storage and loading facility.
Thanks again from all of us, and let's work together over the next year to ensure that next year's week of action isn't even necessary.
On November 12th, I boarded a train headed to Pittsburgh, PA to attend the first national independent gathering focused on the topic of oil trains. The trip would take me through Philadelphia where an Amtrak train crashed in May resulting in eight fatalities and over 200 injuries.
There is general consensus that the accident would have been avoided if positive train control technology had been in place. In 2008, Congress mandated that positive train control be installed by the end of 2015. However, the railroads failed to do this and were recently given a three to five year extension by Congress after the rail companies threatened to shut down rail service if the mandate were enforced.
It is a reminder of the power of the rail lobbyists. Another example of this power is currently playing out in Congress. Earlier this year, the Senate voted to raise the amount of money that could go to victims of accidents such as the one in May. However, rail lobbyists and members of Congress are working to strip this change out of pending legislation.
Having covered the topic of oil trains for the past two years, none of this is surprising. The rail and oil lobbyists have been very effective at weakening new oil-by-rail regulations and achieving huge delays for any actual implementation of these changes.
In 2013, an oil train full of Bakken crude oil derailed in Lac-Megantic resulting in a fire that killed 47 people. The existing regulations will allow trains like the one in Lac-Megantic to roll on the rails until 2023.
These known risks and lack of regulations have created new activists across the continent and the Oil Train Response 2015 conference was the first time they have all come together in one place to discuss the issue and organize together. The event was sponsored and organized by The Heinz Foundation, FracTracker and ForestEthics.
The first day of the conference was designed to inform the attendees about various aspects of oil-by-rail transportation and included presentations from first responders, politicians, Riverkeepers, legal experts and railroad safety consultant Fred Millar.
Ben Stuckart is president of the Spokane city council, a city currently seeing 15 oil trains a week and facing the potential of as many as 137 a week by 2020 by some estimates. During his presentation, Stuckart described a trip he took to Washington, D.C. to meet with Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx to express his concerns about the oil trains.
Earlier this year, Reuters reported that when the White House was finalizing the new regulations, Secretary Foxx requested that the regulations address the volatility of Bakken crude oil. His request was denied.
Stuckart's recounting of Foxx's candid explanation of the reality of regulation in Washington, D.C. is an excellent example of the power of the industry, and provides insight into why these trains continue to run despite the known risks.
Much of the morning session of the first day of the conference was devoted to emergency response, featuring three different presentations on the topic. A bit later, rail safety consultant Fred Millar took to the podium and wasted no time in getting everyone's attention. With the earlier emergency response presenters flanking him on either side of the podium, Millar did not pull any punches.
"We need not be polite with the railroads and first responders," Millar said. And then he proceeded to point out what a farce the idea of emergency response planning is regarding Bakken oil trains.
"It's a lie," Millar said as he showed a slide of emergency responders operating fire hoses standing very near a black rail tank car that was on fire. Millar noted that these are public relations efforts meant to calm the public, but the reality of a Bakken oil train accident is that everyone within a half mile is evacuated and the train is allowed to burn itself out because it is too dangerous for first responders to approach. Often the fires last for days.
Millar's presentation was enthusiastically received by the conference audience. As he delivered one of his many hard-hitting lines to applause, an audience member could be heard saying, "He's like a preacher up there!" However, as repeatedly noted in his presentation, his opinion is that very little is being done to address the risks of oil-by-rail transportation.
Things got a bit heated in the question and answer session following Millar's presentation. One point of contention was that the first responders maintained that they need to keep information about oil trains secret so as to not help out "the bad guys" — an idea not well received by the many people in the audience living near oil train tracks.
As the session came to a close, a frustrated DeMichiei said, "Get 'em off the rails. I'll be a happy guy." It was one point that everyone in the room could agree on.
A week before the conference, an ethanol train derailed in Wisconsin and spilled ethanol into the Mississippi River. The next day, an oil train derailed and spilled oil in a residential neighborhood in Wisconsin. On the first day of the conference, news broke that an oil train derailed near Philadelphia, although there was no spill.
Sarah Feinberg, head of the Federal Railroad Administration, commented on the accidents in Wisconsin saying, "We feel we got really lucky." When I pointed out on Twitter that luck is currently a big part of the oil train safety plan, she responded.
While it is true that regulators are taking many steps to improve safety, it is also true that the oil and rail industries are working hard against any real improvements to safety. The dangerous oil is not being stabilized. The unsafe tank cars will be on the rails for at least eight more years. Modernized braking systems are years away and the industry is fighting that as well. And trains continue to run through many large cities.
On my train ride home from the conference, I saw many of the signature black tank cars on the rails. Some were carrying liquid petroleum gas, some ethanol and at least one was a unit train of oil cars (although likely empty as it was traveling West). The potential of an accident involving a commuter train and an oil train didn't seem far fetched.
View from Amtrak train, photo by Justin Mikulka.
And that is good news for the 25 million people currently living within bomb train blast zones. Because if there is one lesson learned from the long delay over the implementation of positive train control, it is that this battle is likely to be a long and difficult effort.


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Q: Connect and update Azure Blob with Blob-specific SAS Token What I am trying to do: I have a clientside (Browser, not node.js) JS App that uploads files to Blob Storage with the @azure/storage-blob package. To do so, it fetches a SAS Token from an Azure Function for a specific Blob. The Blob is created by the Function on each request and a SAS Token is returned to the client. Blob and SAS generation works and I can download it when the Blob Url with SAS is opened in a Browser.
Now what does not work is when I try to connect with the BLOB SAS (not Storage Account SAS or Connection String) to the Storage Account. The code below works when used with SAS from the whole Storage Account, but I do not want to give that much of permissions. I do not understand why a SAS token can be created for a specific Blob, if it is not possible to connect to it via Blob Service Client.
It is possible to create a Read-only SAS token for the whole storage account to get the connection up and running. But where would the Blob SAS go afterwards, so that the Blob can be accessed?
There is something fundamental that I seem to miss, so how can this be accomplished?
const url = `https://${storageName}.blob.core.windows.net/${sasToken}`; // sas for blob from the azure function
// const url = `https://${storageName}.blob.core.windows.net${containerSas}`; // sas from container
// const url = `https://${storageName}.blob.core.windows.net/${containerName}/${fileName}${sasToken}`; // does not work either
const blobService = new BlobServiceClient(url);

await this.setCors(blobService);

// get Container
const containerClient: ContainerClient = blobService.getContainerClient(containerName);

// get client
const blobClient = containerClient.getBlockBlobClient(fileName);

const exists = await blobClient.exists();
console.log('Exists', exists);

// set mimetype as determined from browser with file upload control
const options: BlockBlobParallelUploadOptions = { blobHTTPHeaders: { blobContentType: file.type } };

// upload file
await blobClient.uploadBrowserData(file, options);

EDIT:
The SAS token for the Blob:
?sv=2018-03-28&sr=b&sig=somesecret&se=2021-07-04T15%3A14%3A28Z&sp=racwl
The CORS method, though I can confirm that it works when I use the global storageaccount SAS:
private async setCors(blobService: BlobServiceClient): Promise<void> {
  var props = await blobService.getProperties();
  props.
    cors =
    [{
      allowedOrigins: '*',
      allowedMethods: '*',
      allowedHeaders: '*',
      exposedHeaders: '*',
      maxAgeInSeconds: 3600
    }]
    ;
}

Errors:
When using the Blob SAS, at the setCors/getProperties method: 403 (Server failed to authenticate the request. Make sure the value of Authorization header is formed correctly including the signature.)
When using the following service url, at the setCors/getProperties method: https://${storageName}.blob.core.windows.net/${containerName}/${fileName}${sasToken} => RestError: The resource doesn't support specified Http Verb.
When using a Storage Account SAS with only READ permissions, when accessing the blob (blob.exists()): 403 (This request is not authorized to perform this operation using this resource type.) (makes sense, but then I would like to use the Blob-specific SAS)

A: The reason you're running into this error is because you're trying to set CORS using a SAS token created for a blob (which is a Service SAS). CORS operation is a service level operation and for that you need to use a SAS token obtained at the account level. In other words, you will need to use an Account SAS. Any SAS token created for either blob container or blob is a Service SAS token.
Having said this, you really don't need to set CORS properties on the storage account in each request. This is something you can do at the time of account creation.
Once you remove call to setCors method from your code, it should work fine.
Considering you're working with just a Blob SAS, you can simplify your code considerably by creating an instance of BlockBlobClient directly using the SAS URL. For example, your code could be as simple as:
const url = `https://${storageName}.blob.core.windows.net/${containerName}/${fileName}${sasToken}`;
const blobClient = new BlockBlobClient(url);
//...do operations on blob using this blob client

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Image is not my own - edit from tumblrThere are moments in life which are completely spontaneous, a moment, a stitch in time which feels completely rare, special and unique. A moment you know that you will never see, feel or have again, and this was something that really made me think about my own life and how when I think of my happiest memories or reminisce about a previous place, the best memories that I remember are all those random spontaneous moments.
This year I have made it my mission to keep a journal, so that I can document my day to day being and see what makes me smile at the thought of it when I look back on my early adulthood in a decade or so. Whilst staying with my boyfriend Connor at his university in Sheffield both of us were in the kitchen with his flatmates listening to Sabrina's Spotify playlist when all of a sudden a really old throwback to an Eminem song came on and the whole flat, Connor and myself included started rapping all the lyrics in perfect time altogether and it was a beautiful moment to be a part of.
So my advice to myself, and you is to really live in the moment, think about what has made you smile the most over your life and start documenting more, whether it's with pictures of you, your friends, places you go, making home videos of holidays you go on, scrapbooking. Let this year be the year you appreciate all the good that you, the big, the small and the unplanned but brilliant points of day to day living. Since doing this I've been a lot happier, found less to moan and complain about and certainly started to smile inwardly more.


B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix, seen in this file photo, says the billing practices of three private health clinics in his province are being audited.
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott and her newly appointed B.C. counterpart, Adrian Dix, say three of the province's several dozen clinics are being examined for billing patients extra for medically necessary care, a violation of the Canada Health Act.
"The audit will determine the extent to which extra billing and user fees have been a barrier to accessible care for people in British Columbia," Dr. Philpott said in a statement Thursday.
In June, a Globe and Mail investigation found significant, unlawful extra billing by physicians through private doctor-owned clinics, where patients increasingly pay out of pocket to access everything from medical appointments to surgery. Provincial laws forbid doctors who bill the public system from also charging patients to access any type of medically necessary service.
The Globe found that because extra billing is not supposed to be allowed, prices that clinics charge for various services are unadvertised, unregulated and all over the map. Not only is the government not reining in those private fees, but, in contrast to the situation in the United States, insurance companies aren't allowed to step in to negotiate and cover the costs, either. Canadian patients are barred from buying private insurance to cover necessary medical services, except in Quebec, where the law allows it for minor treatments.
Patients interviewed in The Globe investigation said they simply paid the asking price, without question – not necessarily because they had the money, but because they were desperate to get treatment. Some even took out bank loans, not unlike some Americans who have no health insurance.
Mr. Dix, a former B.C. NDP leader and health critic who became Health Minister last month, said he strongly supports the audit agreement, which was negotiated under the province's previous Liberal government.
"We have to act to ensure that access to medical care in B.C. is based on need and not on an individual's ability to pay," Mr. Dix said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
"That is the reason the law exists and that is something that has been fundamental to Canada's health-care system for a long time and is something we strongly support."
Mr. Dix was unavailable for further comment.
Late last year, Dr. Philpott wrote to her provincial counterparts about double-dipping, singling out ways each jurisdiction could tackle the issue.
Health Canada and B.C. decided to proceed with the audits in March, Mr. Dix said to CP, noting that a considerable amount of planning has flowed from that decision.
"The results of the audit may have consequences … but the audits haven't been completed yet so commenting on conclusions that haven't been drawn would be incorrect and unfair," he said. "We are not assuming the results of the audits."
The Canada Health Act, which imposes conditions on the provinces and territories in exchange for health-care funding, prohibits so-called extra billing or user charges for services that are deemed medically necessary. If extra billing or user charges are confirmed, a dollar-for-dollar deduction from that region's federal health transfer payment is required.
Ottawa has the power to fine provinces that don't put a stop to extra billing, but British Columbia is the only province it has penalized in the past five years, with fines totalling a million dollars.
And that is a drop in the bucket compared with the tens of millions of dollars that flow through private-billing facilities each year.
Ottawa gets its data from the provinces – on how much unlawful extra billing it should penalize them for – so the provinces have a vested interest in minimizing those figures.
Ross Outerbridge, a surgeon interviewed in The Globe investigation, said he doesn't know if the Kamloops Surgical Centre he founded is being audited, but he said these actions are pointless as long as an unresolved court challenge involving a Vancouver surgery clinic drags on.
"It's clearly in the courts so they should leave it in the courts and have them figure it out first before they start auditing clinics," Dr. Outerbridge said Thursday.
Brian Day, medical director of the Cambie Surgery Centre, a private Vancouver clinic, will return to B.C. Supreme Court this fall to continue his constitutional challenge of Canada's public health-care system.
The challenge was started a decade ago after the province told him that auditors were on their way.
On Thursday, Dr. Day said these three audits do not involve his centre, but he suspects the government might have begun them after he recently pointed out, in his court case, that other clinics have been allowed to continue charging the same fees.
"Since we started our lawsuit, they haven't targeted any other clinics [until now]," he said.
The federal government is also engaged in the Cambie case, which it believes could have important implications for public health care across Canada.
Mr. Dix said "some of the principles" being defended by the government in the case are similar to the questions at play in the audits.
"It is what the Medical Services Commission in B.C. and the [provincial] ministry of health are defending in that case," he said.
Dr. Philpott, meanwhile, has also warned other provincial counterparts about extra billing and user fees, noting Ottawa will not tolerate the practice.
She has applauded Quebec for its decision in January to ban user fees, and she has also been in discussions with Saskatchewan officials about upholding the Canada Health Act.
In addition, she has been pushing back against a Saskatchewan law that allows private MRI scans if they are ordered by a doctor and if the private clinic does a second scan to someone on the public waiting list at no charge.
Allowing people to pay for private scans contravenes the act, Dr. Philpott says.
The situation is particularly acute in B.C., where there are now dozens of private medical facilities.
Geneticist Stephen Scherer says that Canada's medical expertise should be focused on a moonshot to surmount mental health issues. With advances in our understanding of the brain, Scherer says now is the ideal time to stake a claim on the future to help the one-in-five Canadians who will be affected by mental health issues in their lifetimes.


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"""
tests.utils.py
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:copyright: (c) 2014 by @zizzamia
:license: BSD (See LICENSE for details)
"""
import unittest

from flask import g

# Imports inside Bombolone
import core.utils

# Fake text to use in tests
TEXT = "This is a test"

class TestUtils(unittest.TestCase):

    def test_get_message(self):
        """should handle valid requests"""

        g.lang = 'en'

        g.test = {'fake_entry': TEXT}
        get_value = core.utils.decorators.GetValue(g.test)
        g.test_msg = get_value.check_key

        message = ('test_msg', 'fake_entry')
        data = dict(success=True, message=message)

        result = core.utils.get_message(data)
        self.assertEqual(True, result[0])
        self.assertEqual(TEXT, result[1])

        errors = [{'code': message}]
        data = dict(success=False, errors=errors)

        result = core.utils.get_message(data)
        self.assertEqual(False, result[0])
        self.assertEqual(TEXT, result[1])

    def test_get_message_invalid(self):
        """should return an empty string on invalid request"""
        message = ()
        data = dict(success=True, message=message)
        result = core.utils.get_message(data)
        self.assertEqual(True, result[0])
        self.assertEqual("", result[1])

        data = dict(success=False, message=message)
        result = core.utils.get_message(data)
        self.assertEqual(False, result[0])
        self.assertEqual("", result[1])

    def test_set_message(self):
        data = {
            "success": ""
        }
        result = core.utils.set_message(data)

    def test_msg_status(self):
        success = ""
        result = core.utils.msg_status(success)

    def test_linkify(self):
        # Test with some random characters
        string = u"fòò bàr !£##"`ñµ@ł€¶ŧ←↓→øæßðđŋħ«»¢""ñµ"
        result = core.utils.linkify(string)
        self.assertEqual("foo-bar-nn", result)
        # Test with a real string
        string = u"Foo bar... O fuì bar lol Mare!"
        result = core.utils.linkify(string)
        self.assertEqual("foo-bar-o-fui-bar-lol-mare", result)

    def test_ensure_objectid(self):
        item_id = ""
        result = core.utils.ensure_objectid(item_id)

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Munyan leaving a trail in Sheridan's backfield
Jarrett Munyan is continuing the tradition of strong running backs at Sheridan.
Munyan leaving a trail in Sheridan's backfield Jarrett Munyan is continuing the tradition of strong running backs at Sheridan. Check out this story on zanesvilletimesrecorder.com: http://ohne.ws/2k99xZ8
Brandon Hannahs, Reporter Published 2:57 p.m. ET Sept. 28, 2017
Sheridan's Jarrett Munyan points to teammate Taylor Deem after scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarter.(Photo: Times Recorder file photo)Buy Photo
THORNVILLE - Jarrett Munyan understands the significance of being a Sheridan running back.
The senior has shouldered those responsibilities with a determination like his predecessors.
Munyan has run for nearly 600 yards with 10 touchdowns on 74 carries through five games.
"The coaches tell us there are kids watching you who want to be you," Munyan said. "I was excited when the coaches asked me to be the guy. Not many can do it, but Coach Chad (Culver) prepared me well to handle that role."
Sacrifice was one of the conditions in stepping into that role. Munyan was a two-year starter at linebacker, but Sheridan head coach Paul Culver III knew the physical toll playing both positions could take.
Munyan is still used on defense in a limited capacity.
"Our offense has always been tailback-dominated," Culver said. "We wanted him to carry the ball 20 times per game. The first time he had that many carries, he came up to me and understood why we made that decision. He has bought in to being our workhorse."
Munyan's stature — 5-feet-8 and 160 pounds — may not intimidate the opposition. Yet, his intangibles are why he's one of the toughest running backs to tackle.
"He's like Saquon Barkley at Penn State. Despite his size, he's one of the strongest guys on the team," Culver said. "He has strong hips and fantastic feet. He hits the hole hard and has that low center of gravity that makes him hard to take down."
Size plays to Munyan's advantage, having the ability to hide behind a stout offensive line. His trust with that group also allows Munyan to focus on what he does well.
"My mindset is no one can stop me," Munyan said. "I know those guys will do their job so I just have to worry about mine. When I get the ball, the hole is going to be there."
The line has seen what Munyan can do so their objective is simple — give Munyan his space.
"It's easier since we have a lot of weapons, but (Jarrett) can break tackles and runs hard all the time," junior lineman Taylor Deem said. "We believe he has the potential to break one every time. We just have to keep the defense in check and let him go to work."
Munyan success has trickled through the rest of the offense. The offensive line has had time to find its identity, and quarterback Ethan Heller is coming off consecutive 200-yard passing games and has thrown for more than 800 yards this season.
A talent like Munyan allows the coaches to open up the playbook. Culver wants to utilize all of the senior's tools to benefit the team down the stretch.
The Generals travel to Philo Friday and host Tri-Valley in Week 7 before rivalry games with New Lexington and Crooksville.
"Our play-action passing game is working because of Jarrett," Culver said. "Our offense still has reads built in. We can give the ball to a lot of guys and be successful.
"We go into every game wanting to establish the run first," he added. "It helps having five good offensive lineman and Heller's ability to air it out. Our success starts with Jarrett, and his effort is something we know we can count on down the stretch."
bhannahs@zanesvilletimesrecorder.com
Twitter: @brandonhannahs
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I've always loved things that glow in the dark, and I've made tons of monster crafts, so combining those two things seemed like a fun thing to do! Halloween is coming quickly and it's always been my favorite holiday. So making some glow in the dark monster rocks ended up being a really fun way to celebrate, just like making these Skull rocks, too! This post is sponsored by I Love to Create.
These glowing monster rocks are super cute and they are really fun to make. This is more of a weekend project due to drying time, so be sure to plan accordingly.
I used Tulip Glow in the Dark dimensional fabric paint over the top of acrylic paint on my monster rocks. You can use any acrylic craft paint that you want, but I have included the colors I chose below if you want to match them. UV lights and black lights are the best way to charge your glow in the dark paint. Otherwise sunlight is the best since there's plenty of UV rays there!
Using colorful acrylic paint means that your glow in the dark monster rocks will look fun even in the daytime! So let's get started, shall we?
First off, if you are using rocks you found outside, be sure they have been washed and dried and are completely free of dirt.
This first step is actually optional. My rocks were very dark, almost black. So I chose to give them a couple coats of white paint first. You don't have to do this, but if you don't you may end up adding more color coats to cover the dark rocks.
Paint each rock in desired color. Let them dry then add a second coat. Let them dry completely.
Use the "natural" (this is the color name on the bottle) glow in the dark paint to add eyes and teeth.
You will need to prop up your rocks on something that will keep the glow in the dark paint from dripping before it dries. Just make sure the surface is level with the horizon.
At this point you can begin adding designs with the different colors of glow in the dark paint. Try polka dots, stripes and squiggly lines. Be careful not to bump the wet paint with your hand as you design.
PRO TIP: If you make a mistake you can carefully wipe it off with a Q-tip and start again.
Here's the hard part, you will need to let these dry overnight. It may even take longer depending on the thickness of your application. Once the glow in the dark paint is dry enough that it has a solid surface, use a black marker to add the eyeballs. You can also use a fine point marker (I use these micron pens for my craft projects) to draw carefully along the edges of the glow paint mouths so that the rocks look good in the daytime as well.
Finally, charge your glow in the dark paint using a UV light or black light. Then turn out the lights to see your cool glow in the dark monster rocks!
If you enjoyed this project, you'll love these glowing jack o lantern jars made with glow sticks! We also have this glow in the dark Frankenstein jug that's lots of fun for Halloween. if you're having a Halloween party or a monster themed birthday party, you'll definitely want to make these twirling paper monsters. Check out all the Halloween crafts here!
This first step is actually optional. My rocks were very dark, almost black. So I chose to give them a couple coats of white paint first. You don't have to do this, but if you don't you may end up adding more color coats to cover the dark rocks.
Use the "natural" glow in the dark paint to add eyes and teeth.
At this point you can begin adding designs with the different colors of glow in the dark paint. Try polka dots, stripes and squiggly lines. If you make a mistake you can carefully wipe it off with a Q-tip and start again.
Here's the hard part, you will need to let these dry overnight. It may even take longer depending on the thickness of your application. Once the glow in the dark paint is dry enough that it has a solid surface, use a black marker to add the eyeballs. You can also use a fine point marker (I use these micron pens for my craft projects) to draw carefully along the edges of the glow paint mouths so that the rocks look good in the daytime as well.
I LOVE the glow in the dark rocks. I'm wondering what I could do with this for stars/moon, or flowers that glow in the dark? I'm not super creative…. but I copy well! lol I moved to NV and we get plenty of sunshine, so they'd glow in the dark pretty well. Not looking for halloween type stuff – more for Spring/Summer – so flowers maybe? Larger rocks, I'm thinking… any ideas, or have you posted these types of glow in the dark ideas???
That would be fun :) I would use the same method as described in this tutorial, except instead of the monster polka dots and stripes, make flower petals and a flower center!
These little monsters are looking very cute. Amazing idea. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic idea Amanda! These little glowing monster are looking really cute.
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These are so simple and SO incredibly fun!!!


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Biden Announces His Aim is to 'Defeat' Pro-Second Amendment NRA. NRA Responds.
Democrat Joe Biden announced in a statement late last week that he aims to "defeat" the NRA, a civil rights organization dedicated to protecting the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding citizens.
Biden made the statement last week on the 10-year anniversary of a shooting in Tucson, Arizona, that killed six people and wounded Gabby Giffords, a former congresswoman.
"As President, I pledge to continue to work together with Congresswoman Giffords, and with survivors, families, and advocates across the country, to defeat the NRA and end the epidemic of gun violence in America," Biden said in the statement.
Defeat the NRA?? Oh boy … talk about escalating tensions. https://t.co/JCi2R4vvyO
— Ildefonso Ortiz (@IldefonsoOrtiz) January 9, 2021
"On Friday, Biden pledged to DEFEAT THE NRA," the National Rifle Association wrote on Twitter. "Biden wants to ban our semi-auto rifles, tax our guns/mags & more. He knows the only thing standing in his way to DISMANTLE THE 2ND AMENDMENT is NRA. Gun owners must stay vigilant & be engaged in elections and the legislative process."
On Friday, Biden pledged to DEFEAT THE NRA.
Biden wants to ban our semi-auto rifles, tax our guns/mags & more. He knows the only thing standing in his way to DISMANTLE THE 2ND AMENDMENT is NRA.
Gun owners must stay vigilant & be engaged in elections and the legislative process.
— NRA (@NRA) January 10, 2021
Biden has openly called for banning semi-automatic firearms, high capacity magazines and has said that he wants to tax owners of semi-automatic firearms under the National Firearms Act for weapons that they already own. An NFA tax stamp costs $200 per item.
Biden's remarks come after national tensions escalated last week following the infamous incident that broke out at the Capitol as Congress was certifying the Electoral College results.
Biden also made remarks that were widely deemed racist and sexist following the incident when he announced that "priority" for economic business relief would be made in part based on race and gender.
This is an excerpt from The Daily Wire.