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President Barack Obama walks down the steps of Air Force One under the cover of darkness as he arrives in Afghanistan Tuesday. (photo credit: AFP/ Getty Images)
Trip to Afghanistan "a scene from a spy novel"
The following is from the pool producer who traveled to Afghanistan with POTUS Tuesday.
It was a scene from a spy novel.
A little after 9:30pm, I arrived at a back gate of Joint Base Andrews. No guard or intercom, I just drove up and it opened. I was in. The security guards verified my identity and I made my way to the rendezvous point. Typically, this would be the base passenger terminal, but not tonight. Very few people knew what we were doing there, so we met in a dimly lit parking lot.
Our bags were screened and we gave up all our electronics – laptops, mobile phones, cameras, anything that might have tracking software – were put into bins. We would get them back about an hour after takeoff.
On a bus we drove onto the tarmac. Air Force 1 was in shadow. No lights on, inside or out.
We boarded. Just before midnight, the President arrived. We didn't see him, but more Secret Service agents boarded, the door was closed, and we were off. No lights on in the cabin for takeoff and initial ascent. All window shades down.
In fact, we would not see daylight for more than 24 hours. The plan was to arrive in Afghanistan after dark and leave before daybreak. As we descended steeply to the runway, again, all inside cabin lights were turned off.
Topics: Afghanistan • President Obama • White House Press Corps
President Barack Obama speaks to U.S. troops at Bagram Air Field in Afghanistan Tuesday. (photo credit: Getty Images)
POTUS speech from Afghanistan tonight: excerpts
As released by The White House:
As Prepared for Delivery –
"Already, nearly half the Afghan people live in places where Afghan Security Forces are moving into the lead. This month, at a NATO Summit in Chicago, our coalition will set a goal for Afghan forces to be in the lead for combat operations across the country next year. International troops will continue to train, advise and assist the Afghans, and fight alongside them when needed. But we will shift into a support role as Afghans step forward.
As we do, our troops will be coming home. Last year, we removed 10,000 U.S. troops from Afghanistan. Another 23,000 will leave by the end of the summer. After that, reductions will continue at a steady pace, with more of our troops coming home. And as our coalition agreed, by the end of 2014 the Afghans will be fully responsible for the security of their country."
Topics: Afghanistan • President Obama
President Barack Obama is greeted by US Lieutenant General Curtis Scaparrotti and US Ambassador to Afghanistan Ryan Crocker upon arrival at Bagram Air Field
President Obama to address U.S. citizens from Afghanistan
CNN White House Senior Supervising Producer Stacia Deshishku
President Obama made a surprise visit to Afghanistan today on the one year anniversary of the raid that killed Osama bin Laden. While in country Obama and President Karzai signed the Strategic Partnership Agreement outlining the U.S.-Afghanistan relationship over the next decade. The president will also address the nation live from Afghanistan at 7:30pm ET.
Today's visit to Afghanistan is President Obama's third since taking office. His most recent visit was to the base at Bagram in December 2010. Bad weather kept the president from traveling the almost 30 miles to Kabul. His first visit was on March 28, 2010.
It was 9 years ago today when then-President George W. Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq. Under a banner that read "mission accomplished," President Bush addressed the country live from the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln in the Persian Gulf.
Topics: Afghanistan • President Obama • The News
Michelle Obama takes campaign message to Arizona
CNN Producer Gabriella Schwarz
(CNN) - Michelle Obama waxed optimistic about the policies instituted by her husband and his political future during a Monday evening campaign stop in Arizona, a state that looks increasingly competitive in the upcoming general election.
The first lady highlighted what she called the achievements in the president's first term, including the start of an economic turnaround, health care reform, equal pay legislation and the killing of Osama bin Laden, while appearing before hundreds of supporters in Tucson.
The Arizona stop is one in a series of campaign stops in likely 2012 western battleground states. Democratic representatives have appeared increasingly optimistic about the president's chances of winning the state that he lost by over eight percentage points in the 2008 election.
Discussing Obama's chances of winning the Grand Canyon State in November at the beginning of her remarks, Michelle Obama said "I know we are going to do it because of people like you."
She also gave a shout out to Ron Barber, the Democrat running in the June 12 special election to fill the 8th District seat left vacant by former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, whose mother attended the Obama event on Monday.
Topics: 2012 Election • Michelle Obama
POTUS's staying in the house today
CNN Senior White House Producer Emily Schultze
There is nothing public on the president's public schedule today. He and the vice president will receive the PDB this morning. Then President Obama will meet with some of his senior staff. Vice President Biden will return in the afternoon for a meeting the Sec of Defense Leon Panetta. All of these meeting are closed press. We are waiting to see if the administration will mark the first anniversary of the death of OBL in any way.
Full Schedule after the jump
Topics: 2012 Election • Osama Bin Laden


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Statement on Police Brutality and the Current Uprising
Posted By: WWU1 June 5, 2020
On the Police Killing of Black People and the Current Uprising
We grieve for the lives of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Tony Mcdade, Ahmaud Arbery, Nina Pop and countless other Black people killed by police. We stand in solidarity with those who are rising up against police brutality, white supremacy and racial injustice across the nation and the world. The latest abuses have taken place at a time that our country is facing a pandemic that has killed over 100,000 Americans and that has led to an economic crisis that has left more than 40 million people unemployed. In both fronts, black and brown communities have been disproportionately affected.
Because of all of this and more, the Warehouse Worker Resource Center states loudly that Black Lives Matter.
We believe the combination of this uprising at a time of economic collapse and the collapse of the US public health and environmental protection systems means it is crucial for us to grapple with what cultural theorist Stuart Hall called "race as the modality in which class is lived, the medium in which class relations are experienced." We see every day that the actions of police in our communities also affect who gets access to employment and workplace rights.
The Inland Empire has its own history of white nationalism and police brutality expressed through the murders of Tyisha Miller in Riverside, Bartholomew Williams in San Bernardino, Diante Yarber in Barstow, and others. The Warehouse Worker Resource Center stands in solidarity with the black community, and denounces police brutality and white supremacist violence, as well as economic policies that lead to increasing inequality. We commit to a vision of an Inland Empire in which movements can set the agenda for our communities, including workplaces. In the midst of sorrow and righteous anger, we are inspired by the influx of new and young people into organizing who are taking courageous actions in our community, and we commit to supporting Black leadership in envisioning and building a new social, political and economic reality for the Inland Empire.
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Home > Agile and Lean, Facilitation	> What makes a great trainer?
A great training finds the core message, presents it with clarity and explains the message through several layers for understanding.
My model has three layers and all of them are needed in order to deliver a great training.
The topmost layer is artifacts: rituals, tools, templates, processes and anything else that you can observe at workplace. Many trainings limit themselves to this layer: goal of the training is to learn a new tool or process.
The next layer is stories: it is examples, anecdotes, metaphors and other stories that are used to illustrate the topic. I also include games and simulations in this layer. Stories are a powerful tool to get the message through. Trainer sharing own experience or participants playing a simulation game is a good way to highlight key points of the topic at hand.
The core – and my insight – is that a great training delivers a core message, key points that make the difference.
A good training may fill you with new tools and great sories but a great training connects all this into a meaningful core message.
As an example, Scrum trainings at Reaktor cover the layers in the following way.
Artifact layer is about Product Backlog, Scrum process overview, techniques for scaling Scrum. Anything that you could use as is in your organization after the training.
Stories are trainers' experiences using Scrum and simulations & games we run during the training.
The core message in the training is clear. It answers the question What for is Scrum? All artifacts and stories link to the core message and core message becomes alive through artefacts and stories.
The core message must be relevant, focused and sufficiently unique to the topic at hand.
An example of a bad core message would be: Scrum is about better quality and happier customers. Well, Scrum is also about that, but so is any other method. Such core message lacks uniqueness and focus.
None of the layers alone are enough to provide a great training. Not even the core message is enough alone: The core message is not comprehensible without related stories and artifacts.
OK, so far I have been talking about a great training. How about a great trainer?
To my opinion the most useful skill for a trainer is not creating a structure for a training session or how trainer is using her voice or how to make beautiful drawings on the flip chart. Those skills are needed, but those alone do not make the trainer great.
A great trainer finds the core message in the training he/she delivers. A great trainer understands the the topic – preferably through own experience – so thoroughly that the core message is relevant, focused and unique.
Unique and relevant core message creates curiosity and curiosity leads to exploration.
A great trainer balances between artifacts, stories and core message. Metaphors and stories make the core message more alive and artifacts show how the core message realizes in daily work.
On my way to become a better trainer and qualified CST, I use this framework in all trainings I deliver. As a training participant, I listen the training content through this framework, Most recently, I used this framework to understand conference presentations in Lean Kanban CE. Paying attention to content and layers hopefully helps me become a great trainer.


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Metachanda louvelella is een vlinder uit de familie sikkelmotten (Oecophoridae). De wetenschappelijke naam van deze soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1956 door Viette.

De soort komt voor in tropisch Afrika.

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Vietnamese stone lions roar online
A teenager's passion for stone lions has given them an imposing global presence via a wesbite on which he uploads photographs that can be seen in three dimensions.
Saturday, May 02, 2015 17:15
Creators of traditional fine arts throughout the country can satisfy their hunger for images of Vietnamese temple and pagoda nghe (kylin/lions) lions at a unique website set up by Hanoi-based teenager Nguyen Tri Quang.
Quang's father, who is himself a sculptor of traditional mythical animals, accompanied his son on many of his photographic journeys.
Through his www.vr3d.vn website, people can flip through thousands of photos of the animals depicted in statues at pagodas and temples throughout northern and central regions.
With one click, stone sculptures can be viewed in three dimensions and from different angles.
Fine-arts researcher Nguyen Duc Binh from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told Vietnam News that the site was the first of its kind in Vietnam.
Culture Deputy Minister Dang Thi Bich Lien praised Quang's efforts to scan and post up photos of Vietnamese stone nghe. He did it to support the ministry's decision to raise awareness of the Vietnamese style of sacred animals, which do not have the needle sharp teeth and claws aped from foreign countries.
"At his age, many teenagers are more interested in games and other entertaining activities," she said, "Quang developed his passion for pagodas and temples and spent much time designing the website. It's an encouraging sign that there are such young people spreading traditional fine arts."
When the culture ministry advised religious and other authorities to remove alien animals from worship and public places, experts searched everywhere for the best models of Vietnamese nghe.
"We were very surprised to find Quang's website, which had run almost a year before the advise was introduced. It was truly a gold mine," Binh said.
Quang has gathered ancient models of Vietnamese nghe from about 50 pagodas and temples in the northern and central regions to inspire craftsmen to design true models of traditional holy animals.
His photos include some of a stone nghe from the Ly dynasty (1010-1225) at Phat Tich Pagoda in the northern province of Bac Ninh, stone nghe [mythical animal with head of lion and body of dog] in Hue inner citadel, and a dragon staircase at Kinh Thien Palace in downtown Hanoi.
"The website is a golden key to preserving Vietnamese holy sculptures," said researcher Tran Hau Yen The.
Nguyen Quang Dieu, head of management board of Ninh Van Handicraft Village in the northern province of Ninh Binh is overjoyed about the website.
"We can save our time going to relic sites to research stone objects. Now we have a reliable source for our creative products," he said.
Quang said he had accompanied his father to the most remote and deserted pagodas and temples to record holy animal sculptures and decorative patterns for the family business.
Quang loses himself in traditional fine arts. "It depends on the sculpture," he said, "If it contains too many small details, then the time spent in scanning is quite long. I have to scan every detail, measure single small corners and then process all statistics and images on computer to make final sculpture in 3D style."
One of Quang's first successes was supporting sculptor Nguyen Van Vu in making a 17th century model of a nghe for Le Thanh Tong temple in the central province of Thanh Hoa.
The trouble was that the tail of the animal in the original sculpture was broken. However, this does not deter Quang, who added a photographic image from a similar beast from the same period to the image.
"Holy animals and antiques are just my first steps," Quang said. "My longer-term purpose is to disitalise the whole Vietnamese cultural heritage and gather them in a virtual museum."
He said through his scanning process, original colours and sizes of sculptures had been preserved.
Quang also dreams of getting permission from museums around the world to scan Vietnamese antiques they possess.
He taught himself computer skills to design the website and post images that audience can examine from all directions.
He has succeeded in persuading his parents to let him quit school after finishing 9th grade to concentrate on his website.
"At first, I just intended to create a website to introduce my family's products," he said, "Then, I realised that the same technology could be applied in e-commerce."
Quang said some Vietnamese museums had already contacted him for their virtual museum projects.-VNA


What Makes a Well Being?
What makes a Well Being? There is a lot of talk about Wellness. But, for me, the question is really, what makes a Well Being?
So, the obvious in all is BALANCE!
Each of these elements of Well Being are segregated – people, places and activities. And, those that teach each element of Well Being, teach just one piece, and often don't even recognize it's a small part of the whole.
People can get stuck! Even in trying to be WELL, you can get off balance! A hyper-focus on one aspect of wellness can completely dismantle all the work and investment, because of not tending to the other areas.
We are not simply bodies…nor are we simply minds.
We are mind-body energetic beings. Energy has to flow within us, around us. And, we require BALANCE!
Meditation Vs. Medication: An Honest Mistake or a Profound Thought?


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Clausilia whateliana is een slakkensoort uit de familie van de Clausiliidae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1850 door Charpentier.

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 Clausilia whateliana exoptata A. Schmidt, 1856
 Clausilia whateliana whateliana Charpentier, 1850

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A: Saxon-HE (there is a .net version) or XQSharp (commercial).

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Kelly O'Donnell Appointed Director of NCA's CandyPAC
O'Donnell joins the Public Policy & Government Affairs team with a decade of experience grounded in advocacy and fundraising.
The National Confectioners Association announced that Kelly O'Donnell has joined NCA's Public Policy & Government Affairs team as PAC director. In this role, she will support NCA's political efforts and manage NCA's CandyPAC, the confectionery industry's political action committee.
Brian M. McKeon, NCA senior vice president of public policy, said, "Kelly brings extensive political and fundraising experience to NCA and will play a key role in advocating on policy issues that impact the confectionery industry. With Kelly's expertise, the CandyPAC will continue to be a strong voice for the nearly 700,000 Americans whose jobs are tied to the confectionery industry."
O'Donnell joins the Public Policy & Government Affairs team with a decade of experience grounded in advocacy and fundraising. Before joining the National Confectioners Association, she served as the PAC director for various organizations, including the National Association of REALTORS, TriNet, and the Farm Credit Council. She holds a B.A. in Politics & Government from Ohio Wesleyan University and resides in Washington, D.C.


Jade Esteban Estrada has been featured in several books including The Dance Information Sourcebook by Cheryl Obal, From Our Own Lips: A Book of GLBT Quotations compiled by Paul Harris, Youth, Education and Sexualities: An International Encyclopedia by James Thomas Sears, Chekhov: The Cherry Orchard, Plays in Production by James N. Loehlin, Auf Rollschuhen Zum Welterfolg: 20 Jahre Starlight Express Live in Bochum, To be Christian and Gay by Margery Wakefield, Award-Winning Men: Up Close and Personal with Gay Honorees by Ed Karvoski, Jr.and Holy Headshot! A Celebration of America's Undiscovered Talent by Patrick Borelli and Douglas Gorenstein.
He is currently the playwright-in-residence at Prohibition Supperclub in Houston, Texas. Past script writing credits include Magnolia City, a stage adaptation of The Masque of the Red Death and Tales of a Hard Nut.


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El Jardín botánico de Metz (, también Jardin botanique de la Ville de Metz) es un jardín botánico de 4,4 hectáreas de extensión, ubicado en Montigny-lès-Metz, departamento de MoselaFrancia. Está abierto al público todos los días del año. La entrada es libre.

Se encuentra encuadrado en la agrupación de Jardins sans Limites que comprende jardines de la región de Mosela, Sarre y Luxemburgo.

Historia

El jardín que era conocido inicialmente como « Frescatelly», era una finca de Philippe d'Aubertin de Bionville, cuyo pabellón de verano (edificado en 1719) actualmente alberga la sede del Departamento de Parques.

La finca fue comprada por la ciudad de Metz en 1866 y tranformado en un parque a la inglesa por el arquitecto de la ciudad Demoget.

El parque alberga un conjunto de árboles notables y raros de más de ciento cincuenta años de edad, siendo alguno de ellos fechable a finales del siglo XVIII.

Los invernaderos fueron originalmente construidos para la « Exposition universelle de Metz» de 1861, en una explanada propiedad de la ciudad, y desmantelados y trasladados al jardín botánico en 1880.

Colecciones

Actualmente el jardín botánico contiene especies y variedades de plantas de todo el mundo, incluyendo:

 Rosaleda con 80 variedades de rosas,
 Jardín de las fragrancias,
 Colección de plantas de porte herbáceo, sobre todo Gramineae y Poaceae.
 Lechos de flores, con plantas anuales, bisanuales y bulbosas.
 Rocalla,
 Arboretum de árboles maduros incluyendo Aesculus flava, Taxodium distichum, Diospyros virginiana, Fagus sylvatica asplenifolia, ginkgo, Melia azedarach, una sequoia de 140 años de edad, y Sophora japonica,
 Un bosquete del bambú resistente a bajas temperaturas Phyllostachys aurea.
 Invernaderos con 1,000 m² contiene unas 4,500 plantas representando a 80 familias botánicas, incluyendo orquídeas, cactus, y palmas.
 3 Charcas y numerosas sendas de paseo.

Además alberga una estatua de bronce de un águila de 1866 obra del escultor animalista de Metz Christopher Fratin, y un tren de ferrocarril de juguete que circula a través del recinto.

Referencias

 CDT Moselle, « Jardins sans Limites 2011» sur www.moselle-tourisme.com, CDT Moselle, 2011. Consultado 6 de junio de 2011

Enlaces externos

 Jardin botanique de Metz
 Capmetz57 blog (fotografías)
 Chibislife blog (fotografías)
 Entrada en la página de "Parcs et Jardins" (Francés)
 Entrada en la página de "Conservatoire des Jardins et Paysages" (Francés)
 Entrada en la página de "1001 Fleurs" (Francés)
  Entrada en la página de "Je Decouvre La France" (Francés)

Bibliografía
 Dufour, Lasaulce, Félix Maréchal, « Rapport sur le jardin botanique lu au conseil municipal dans sa séance du 11 janvier 1851 », S. Lamort, Metz, 1851, 26 p.
 Ville de Metz. Jardin botanique. Catalogue des graines récoltées en 1931, s.l.n.d., 4 feuilles.

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Sunshine Aquarium is Japan's first metropolitan high-rise aquarium. Be enchanted in this aquatic environment where you can experience an awakening of all your senses in the center of bustling Tokyo. One can get up-close, unwind and become one with nature… a place for people to connect with other living creatures in an atmosphere of learning and relaxation.
It's actually my second time there; the 1st being around 8-9years ago when we only had Wayne with us. I remember being fascinated and impressed by their wide variety of interesting creatures. So I was super excited to bring the kiddos there!
You start at the Second Floor where you enter the Waterfront Journey to see a diverse range of living creatures, including fish, invertebrates, waterweeds, frogs, turtles and mammals from waterfronts of rivers, lakes, and coasts of the world.
The oceans cover about 70% of the Earth's surface. So you can imagine the countless fishes, mammals, and invertebrates such as corals, squids, and jellyfishes that live along the shore, in bays and deep in the open seas…. many of which are featured here.
COULD WATCH THEM ALL DAY… MUMMY'S FAVE!
Less you think you're done, do not leave Sunshine Aquarium before you visit their outdoor Marine Garden, where the sky, light, water and greenery all come together for you to experience. Here, you see both Penguins in the Sky exhibit and in their natural(recreated) habitat at the 'Penguins in the Grassland' exhibit.
Be enthralled by the majestic Sea Lions swimming gracefully around you in the Sunshine Aqua Ring. There is also a Performance Stage where they hold impressive Otter Greeting shows and Sea Lion performances which allows you to be up close and personal with these cuties!
Not forgetting Pelicans Feeding where you see these beautiful creatures opening their gular pouch in a powerful display to eat their prey right above you in the Sky's water tank. A spectacular sight!
*Last admission is one hour before closing time.
If you have time, do also visit the Toys R Us in the connected Sunshine City shopping mall. They have one of the largest Thomas and Friends section with an array of trains. Plus if you're thinking of getting some special toys for your nieces and nephews or friends, you can find many from their popular well loved Anpanman character here!


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Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Neuropsychiatric and Non-neuropsychiatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Arantzazu Zabala, Monika Salgueiro, Oihane Sáez-Atxukarro, Javier Ballesteros, Guillermo Ruiz-Irastorza, Rafael Segarra
Journal: Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society / Volume 24 / Issue 6 / July 2018
Objectives: Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease. Its most prevalent manifestation is neuropsychiatric SLE (NP-SLE), which is characterized by increased involvement of the nervous system, with relevant symptoms, such as marked cognitive deficits, which are directly involved in subsequent functional disability. The objective of this study is to identify and compare the profile of cognitive deficits in patients with NP-SLE and patients with non-neuropsychiatric SLE (nonNP-SLE) by means of a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: We performed a systematic literature search based on the key words "cogn* OR neurocogn* AND lupus AND neuropsychiatry*" and included articles published between April 1999 and December 2016. A total of 244 articles were retrieved. We excluded reviews and meta-analyses, experiments not performed in humans, and single case reports. We included studies that used standardized cognitive measures and had included at least the subgroups NP-SLE and non NP-SLE. Results: The meta-analysis was finally based on six studies, and 10 neuropsychological variables were examined. Significant differences were observed between the groups for six variables. In the remaining four variables, we observed marked heterogeneity between the groups or a low number of studies. Conclusions: The data obtained indicate greater cognitive impairment among NP-SLE patients than among nonNP-SLE patients, at least for the cognitive domains of visuomotor coordination, attention, executive function, visual learning and memory, and phonetic fluency. The identification and definition of cognitive deficits in SLE patients is necessary to develop adequate cognitive remediation programs to improve functional outcomes. (JINS, 2018, 24, 629–639)
Low-fat dairy products and blood pressure: follow-up of 2290 older persons at high cardiovascular risk participating in the PREDIMED study
Estefanía Toledo, Miguel Delgado-Rodríguez, Ramón Estruch, Jordi Salas-Salvadó, Dolores Corella, Enrique Gomez-Gracia, Miquel Fiol, Rosa M. Lamuela-Raventós, Helmut Schröder, Fernando Arós, Emilio Ros, Valentina Ruíz-Gutiérrez, Jose Lapetra, Manuel Conde-Herrera, Guillermo Sáez, Ernest Vinyoles, Miguel A. Martínez-González
Journal: British Journal of Nutrition / Volume 101 / Issue 1 / January 2009
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 May 2008, pp. 59-67
High blood pressure (BP) has been ranked as the most important risk factor worldwide regarding attributable deaths. Dietary habits are major determinants of BP. Among them, frequent intake of low-fat dairy products may protect against hypertension. Our aim was to assess the relationship between low-fat dairy product intake and BP levels and their changes after 12-month follow-up in a cohort of asymptomatic older persons at high cardiovascular risk recruited into a large-scale trial assessing the effects of Mediterranean diets on cardiovascular outcomes. Data from 2290 participants, including 1845 with hypertension, were available for analyses. Dairy products were not a specific part of the intervention; thus, data were analysed as an observational cohort. Dietary information was collected with validated semi-quantitative FFQ and trained personnel measured BP. To assess BP changes, we undertook cross-sectional analyses at baseline and at the end of follow-up and longitudinal analyses. A statistically significant inverse association between low-fat dairy product intake and systolic BP was observed for the 12-month longitudinal analysis. In the longitudinal analysis, the adjusted systolic and diastolic BP were significantly lower in the highest quintile of low-fat dairy product intake ( − 4·2 (95% CI − 6·9, − 1·4) and − 1·8 (95% CI − 3·2, − 0·4) mmHg respectively), whereas the point estimates for the difference in diastolic BP indicated a modest non-significant inverse association. Intake of low-fat dairy products was inversely associated with BP in an older population at high cardiovascular risk, suggesting a possible protective effect against hypertension.


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Prince William kicks off New Zealand tour on Anzac Day meeting Jacinda Ardern
Prince William received a traditional Maori greeting from Jacinda Ardern when he arrived in the country on Thursday. The two-day royal visit as started with a hongi with a prime minister who warmly welcomed Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Auckland.
Prince William's tour began with a service for Anzac Day, which commemorates the military veterans of Australia and New Zealand. According to the royal schedule, British prince has laid a wreath on behalf of the Crown and The Last Post was then played before WWI and WWII planes flew over. Immediately after the service, Queen Elizabeth's grandson flew to Christchurch, a city he and his brother Harry have been to several times before.
Later on Thursday, Prince William met survivors of March's Christchurch mosque attacks and their families. The duke is also expected to visit emergency services personnel and Muslim community leaders.
To avoid misunderstanding with the safety and security, the local armed police were present in large numbers across New Zealand and there were snipers ready at the Auckland service.
The Duke of Cambridge was whisked through the South Island city in a police motorcade, helicopters circling overhead, after touching down on Thursday afternoon, accompanied by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as he got off his plane.
Prince Charles to visit Rwanda, 25 years after genocide
Amal Clooney appointed UK envoy to protect journalists world-wide
Philip Hammond pulls out of key discussion on Europe in Davos
The Queen Elizabeth II handed over two royal patronages to Duchess Meghan
Dozens migrants rescued from English Channel in surge of Christmas crossings
Meghan Markle, Prince Harry reject offer to stay with Prince William and Kate Middleton this Christmas


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Yves Boisset (14 de marzo de 1939) es un director de cine y guionista francés.

Boisset comenzó su carrera como asistente de dirección. Después de trabajar con directores como Robert Hossein, Yves Ciampi, Jean-Pierre Melville y René Clement, comenzó a dirigir cortometrajes hasta finales de la década de 1960, cuando debutó en el cine. Boisset contribuye con frecuencia a los guiones que graba y es conocido por sus aventuras de acción de ritmo rápido y sus thrillers sociales y políticos. Su película de 1972 L'attentat participó en el 8.º Festival Internacional de Cine de Moscú, donde ganó el Premio de Plata.

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Joan Cadden, Professor Emerita of History at the University of California, Davis, is a historian of medieval science. The foci of her research have been (1) questions related to gender and sexuality in scholastic texts on natural philosophy and theoretical medicine and (2) women's understanding and deployment of scientific and medical concepts.
She is the author of Meanings of Sex Difference in the Middle Ages: Medicine, Science, and Culture (Cambridge, 1993), winner of the History of Science Society's Pfizer Prize, and of Nothing Natural Is Shameful: Science and Sodomy in Late Medieval Europe (Philadelphia, 2013), which centers on problema IV.26 of Pietro d'Abano's Expositio Problematum Aristotelis. In addition, she has published articles on the scientific and medical knowledge of Hrotsvit von Gandersheim, Hildegard von Bingen, and Christine de Pisan.
Cadden taught undergraduate and graduate courses on medieval and early modern science and medicine for thirty-five years. She received awards for mentorship and was honored as a Foremother by the Society of Medieval Feminist Scholarship.
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Cadden, J. (2001). 'Nothing natural is shameful': vestiges of a debate about sex and science in a group of late-medieval manuscripts. Speculum, 76(1), 66-89. Retrieved from http://www.kup.at/journals/speculum/archiv/index.html.
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Richard Tice RELISHING election challenge - 'Let me stand against Keir Starmer - I'll beat him hands down'
Reform UK leader says he ordered his party to stand aside in 2019
RICHARD Tice says he is the only person who can beat Keir Starmer at the next General Election.
The leader of Reform UK also reveals how he ordered his party to stand aside in 2019 so Boris Johnson could "get Brexit done".
But in an interview with GB News, Mr Tice says the Tories have since failed and he is ready to unleash candidates across the country to take on Labour.
Richard Tice sat down with Gloria De Piero for an exclusive interview
Speaking exclusively to Gloria De Piero he said: "We're going to stand candidates everywhere. I've never said this before, but the simple fact is in 2019 we stood down. We allowed the Conservative Party to get a thumping majority in order to run the country properly, and to get Brexit done. And what have they done? They've ruined the economy. They haven't done Brexit properly. Our public services are in a state. Frankly, they've had their chance. They've blown it, they've messed up and they've made lives worse for everybody."
Mr Tice said the right thing for the country was for the Tories to accept they couldn't win.
"We stood down for them, so the right thing now for the country is for them to stand down, and stand aside," he said.
"Let me stand against Keir Starmer - I will beat him hands down. They've had their chance and they've blown it. Nothing could be worse than what this Conservative Party has done to our country in recent years."
On the preparations he is making for the next election, Mr Tice continued: "I'm standing in Hartlepool. I've already started canvassing there and campaigning there. We just delivered our first leaflets.
"Hartlepool is going to be a two horse race between the Labour Party and myself and we're going for it hard and I'm very confident I can win it."
Revealing the areas he plans to target for seats he said: "As we speak, I've got about 600 seats of which we've allocated. So we are well on the way. We're being inundated with applicants to be candidates. We've had an absolute surge of members join us in recent weeks. We've had over seven and a half thousand. Literally, since Liz Trust left office.
Great parts of this country have been let down by both main parties. Labour let down those constituencies for decades and then the Tories came in. They promised to level up and they've done absolutely nothing. These are constituencies that actually benefited from the energy treasures we have under our feet, the coal, the gas, the oil. They understand what makes Britain tick and what makes Britain competitive in the manufacturing industry. They've all been let down."
On the checks being carried out on potential candidates Mr Tice added: "We have to go through the whole vetting process. The most important thing is that candidates have a connection with the constituency. They're either born there, they live there, or they work there. You've got to do this stuff, and every party always ends up with one or two horror shows. We're doing the best we can. It's often social media, stuff they've written, or said, and you have to look back a long way. So that's what's being done. There's a cost and process to it, but it's important to do it."
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In 2014 Prop 47 passed, which reduces numerous felonies to misdemeanors including grand theft property of under $950 and various drug use.
While violent crime has gone down, property crime has spiked. Making an increase need for neighborhood watch groups.
Putting together a neighborhood watch group helps to keep the community safer and creates more awareness in the neighborhood.
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It is possible that hundreds of people may die. One day you get a helpdesk request from a staff member asking for an email to get released. The easiest way to do this is to use an example from your background and experience. The decision will be yours, but it's helpful to hear other people's thoughts. In addition, according to Welch, the answers you garner through this approach not only can help you make sound decisions, but they can also help you to explain your choices to the people who will feel its impact, such as your staff and company management. That helped give him the strength and the courage to strike out on his own. Example: When tough decisions arise, I take the time to weigh the pros and cons of the situation and make a decision that has the least negative impact on the business, and on my colleagues.
Her defining moment came when she went back to work after the birth of her third child. I am thinking a lot about change and found out that it is not the hardest thing that initiator might face a lot of protest. In fact, you are sure that they are dead. Some examples of Kohlberg dilemmas presented to students at Haverford include the following: Joe is a fourteen-year-old boy who wanted to go to camp very much. You might keep raising the bet because you've already invested a lot of money, even though your hand is no longer the strongest.
E Eat: You are what you eat. It is ok to tell that you to ask for advice and information when you are unable to get it by yourself as you are always looking for the best decision. This article was co-authored by. Understanding what is, and what is not ethical behavior is the key to training employees about your expectations regarding their behavior and choices. It is interesting, however, in my experience, how often the toughest decision is the smartest decision. If the answer is no — just say no.
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It was just a real good decision because it got people involved who had a lot of skills but who previously were not able to implement them. In Europe, a woman was near death from a special kind of cancer. Or even worse, its what your parents told you to do. However you feel that by not telling you friend that you are aiding his wife get away with adultery and this troubles you greatly. That can be just cash in your bank.
Try to look for an alternate option. Yet, the ability and willingness to make the tough calls — and doing it well — is what often separates the successful leaders from the not so successful. You interviewed both men and women leaders for your book. They run down to the sand, and you begin to unpack the car. Avoiding Getting Too Personal: A mistake that some candidates make is getting too personal. Highlight Your Skills: Your decision-making abilities should show naturally in your answer to this question. Every leader I know wants to be liked.
The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, 16 February, 2011. At the time it seems like nothing. But cleansing the four bodies I mention above, also begins the arduous process of alchemizing those prior decisions into a gold you could not have imagined. But, some of the best leadership discoveries I have made came with untested people. He went to school in the morning to learn the academic side of law, but he needed a job in the afternoon to learn the practical side and also to support himself. This includes saying no to good things so you can say yes to best things.
I decided to analyze the costs associated with losing and keeping the client, using the data we had on acquisition costs and the expenses that are associated with each client. . Unfortunately not enough evidence can be found to convict him. Questions about decision-making and judgment skills are asked in many job interviews, however most likely to be asked in interviews for executives positions and positions that require making quality decisions, such as: project managers, customer service, medical, finance positions and many more. Nieces and Daughters You and your family are going away for the weekend.
This is probably because you're not thinking in limited, inflexible terms, which allows you to be more open to possibilities you may not otherwise have considered. If they die or get sick then you die and get sick in some way. If you have felt down for an extended period of time longer than two weeks , or if you have noticed that you don't enjoy things that you used to like, you may be depressed. This means create obstacles where we should find solution by our own blind spots. Keep in mind though that the only proper way to be diagnosed is to see a mental health professional.
However, you should take all the data into account here: are you different from the person you were when you got married the first time? Release your right to get even. Be very careful before deciding. Those are 7 examples of tough, but smart decisions I have to make in leadership. However, listen to your mom's objections and think them through, and perhaps get an opinion from a guidance counselor as well. Someone taking more breaks than the schedule permits is not following the rules and while this isn't life-threatening or illegal, it does affect the team morale since others could resent the action. When you arrive you see that the car belongs to your wife.


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Schaeffler partners with plug and play to expand its startup network in the U.S.
January 4, 2019 By Mike Santora
Global industrial and automotive supplier Schaeffler has entered into a partnership with Plug and Play, a Silicon Valley-based innovation platform that connects startups with established corporations and venture capitalists. Of the 14 industry-specific programs offered by Plug and Play, Schaeffer will focus on technologies from the Mobility and Internet of Things (IoT) verticals, while also keeping an eye on innovations coming out of Energy, New Materials & Packaging, and Supply Chain & Logistics.
"We are excited to engage with our new partners at Plug and Play, who give us a compelling new avenue to uncover trends and opportunities for advancing our 'Mobility for tomorrow' corporate strategy," said Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tim Hosenfeldt, Schaeffler's Senior Vice President for Technology Strategy & Innovation. "Just as our recently launched 'in-house' startup Bio-Hybrid GmbH has invigorated our efforts to transform personal mobility, Schaeffler looks forward to connecting with the creative minds within external startups who can provide us fresh perspectives to help us meet the present and future needs of our automotive and industrial customers."
With over 20 locations worldwide, Plug and Play's ecosystem will help Schaeffler build on its renowned capacity for in-house innovation – which produced more than 2,400 new patents in 2017 alone – by partnering with external business enterprises and startups to uncover new technologies, products and processes as well as untapped market segments and customers.
"The partnership with Schaeffler brings a new perspective to our mobility ecosystem. We look forward to working closely with our new partners and to introducing them to new technology that supports their mission," says Sobhan Khani, VP of Plug and Play's IoT, Mobility, and Real Estate & Construction programs.
Schaeffler's partnership with Plug and Play is the latest step in the company's mission to tap into Silicon Valley's deep reservoir of creative talent and innovative thinkers. Earlier this year, Schaeffler opened a new office in San Jose, California, whose staff has been tasked with fostering new relationships with potential technology partners and local disruptors to advance Schaeffler's corporate strategy that is dedicated to shaping "Mobility for tomorrow."
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Zarif Reports 'Progress' in Talks with Ashton: West Has 'Political Will' to Reach Deal
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said today progress has been made in his talks with EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton. He added that the West has "political will" to reach comprehensive agreement with Iran. Zarif made the comments after two days of meetings with Ashton in Istanbul.
"We have made progress; we exchanged views during lengthy discussions that we have had in the last two days in Istanbul with Catherine Ashton," said Zarif.
"Iran is determined to find a solution that respects the rights of the Iranian people and also clear up any misunderstandings about the sites of the Iranian nuclear program," Zarif told reporters today during his visit to Algiers. (AFP, 28 My)
"It's a matter of time, but also political will must be expressed to reach an agreement. I can assure you the other party has the political will to reach an agreement," Zarif said.
File photo: Catherine Ashton (L) and Javad Zarif at Iran-P5+1 talks in Vienna, 14 May, 2014. (Dieter Nagl/AFP)
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@-I have been praying for this LADY to be a Muslim !.By reading her body language ,it seems she notices and understands the unjust and virulent approach taken by the West on the Iranian Nation and that it seems to her time is up for those crazy mistrusts .
@-I would advice Her to take time and study Islam -I PRAY FOR HER to convert to ISLAM ,get married to a practicing Muslim -
HOW wonderful cab she be in a noble MUSLIM garb!! . may peace be upon her !!.
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September 30, 2003 American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress to House the Storycorps Archive
Library of Congress to Partner with Sound Portraits Productions to Create StoryCorps, a National Movement to Help Americans Tell Their Stories
Contact: Library of Congress: Helen Dalrymple (202) 707-1940 | Dan Klores Communications: Jo Flattery (212) 981-5228; Gary Baronofsky (212) 981-5140
The American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress today announced that it will house the recorded archives of StoryCorps, a groundbreaking oral history project that kicks off Oct. 23 in New York City.
StoryCorps is a national initiative to instruct and inspire Americans to record one another's stories in sound. The project is the brainchild of MacArthur Fellow Dave Isay and his award-winning nonprofit documentary company, Sound Portraits Productions (SPP). It has the potential to become one of the largest documentary oral history projects ever donated to the Library of Congress, and it will be one of the first "born-digital" collections to come to the American Folklife Center.
"This project will provide America with important social documentation on a grassroots, nationwide scale that mirrors what the historic Works Progress Administration (WPA) Federal Writers' Project accomplished more than half a century ago," said Peggy Bulger, director of the Library's American Folklife Center. "We are delighted to be partners with StoryCorps and to house a new generation of America's stories."
The American Folklife Center was created by Congress in 1976 and placed at the Library of Congress to "preserve and present American folklife" through programs of research, documentation, archival preservation, reference service, live performance, exhibition, public programs and training. The center incorporates the Archive of Folk Culture, which was established in the Library in 1928 and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world.
The Archive of Folk Culture will be the repository for the StoryCorps collection. The Library's folklife specialists will be responsible for ensuring that the collection is preserved in digital form, appropriately indexed and cataloged, and then made accessible to the public at the American Folklife Center and on the Library's Web site at www.loc.gov. In this way, the StoryCorps collection will be available to future generations of researchers and family descendants.
"StoryCorps is a manifestation of the decade-long mission of Sound Portraits Productions to tell the stories of ordinary Americans with dignity, celebrating the power and poetry in their words," Isay said. "We're honored to be entering this historic partnership with the Library of Congress and thrilled that the StoryCorps collection will be housed alongside the WPA recordings—the inspiration for this project."
StoryCorps will build soundproof booths across the country where, for a nominal charge, Americans can bring relatives or friends to conduct broadcast-quality oral history interviews with the guidance of a trained facilitator. The facilitator will help create a list of questions and handle all of the technical aspects of the recording. At the end of the 40-minute session, the participants will be able to keep a CD of their interview. With their permission, a second copy will become a permanent part of the American Folklife Center's archives at the Library of Congress.
The opening of the first StoryBooth on Oct. 23 in New York City's Grand Central Terminal will launch StoryCorps' multiyear program. While the primary purpose of StoryCorps is to create a meaningful personal experience for participants, the project will also have a public component. In New York City, StoryCorps has partnered with WNYC, New York public radio, which will broadcast the best material recorded in the New York City StoryBooths. Selected segments may also air nationally on National Public Radio's (NPR) "All Things Considered" and be compiled onto "Best of StoryCorps" CDs.
StoryCorps is made possible with the generous support of the Rockefeller Foundation, the Corporation for Pubic Broadcasting and the Carnegie Corporation. WNYC Radio is the public radio sponsor of StoryCorps-Grand Central.
American Folklife Center collections include the earliest field recordings made anywhere in the world, ex-slave narratives, folk music collected by John and Alan Lomax in the 1930s and '40s, original recordings of musical legends such as Woody Guthrie and Leadbelly, the work of Zora Neale Hurston, and the documentary record of more than 1,000 community heritage events and festivals that were designated "Local Legacies" by members of Congress as part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Library of Congress. For more information on the center and its activities, visit its Web site at www.loc.gov/folklife.
Sound Portraits Productions, a nonprofit company based in New York City, is one of the country's most acclaimed documentary production houses; its mission is to tell the stories of ordinary Americans with dignity. Sound Portraits has accomplished this goal primarily through the creation of dozens of award-winning radio programs broadcast on NPR's "All Things Considered." To hear Sound Portraits programs, visit www.soundportraits.org.
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Immigration in Canada has seen a number of policy changes over the past year, making the process more difficult for both new and existing immigrants. If there was any question as to the effects of these changes, new data from the Migrant Integration Policy Index (MIPEX) has the answers. In the latest world ranking, which is based on 167 indicators and includes 38 developed countries, Canada moved from third to sixth place in providing migrants access to equal rights, support and opportunity.
One area where Canada saw a substantial decline was in the "access to nationality" category. In 2010 Canada scored a MIPEX score of 71 out of 100 points, while this year that category score dropped to 67 points. If you ask any immigration lawyer in Canada, they'll probably tell you this decline is no surprise. Canada is making it more difficult to become Canadian, first by raising the citizenship application fee to over $500 (a 430 percent markup from 2013) as well as by increasing the difficulty of the citizenship test.
Another area where immigration in Canada fared poorly was the "secure from state arbitrariness" category. With a mere 23 points, Canada's score was much lower than that of Australia, New Zealand, the United States as well as the European average. Again, any immigration lawyer in Canada could have seen this score coming after recently introduced laws give the government permission to revoke citizenship from dual citizens for certain crimes instead of using our existing criminal justice system.
If you ask any immigration lawyer in Canada, they'll tell you that while this information does show areas that need improvement, it doesn't mean Canada is a bad place to live. In fact, Canada's immigration system still leads in labour market integration, anti-discrimination and creating a sense of belonging for newcomers. While immigration in Canada has certainly taken a few steps backwards, in many ways it is still ahead.
For more information on the changes to immigration in Canada, contact an immigration lawyer in Canada today.
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POLAND SPRING 100% NATURAL SPRING WATER PRESENTS: "Calling 207: Mainers Helping Mainers"
POLAND SPRING, MAINE – For more than 170 years, Poland Spring® Natural Spring Water has been part of the fabric of Maine, not only as one of the state's most iconic brands, but also as a responsible steward of Maine's natural resources. A true community partner, Poland Spring is active in the communities where its employees live and the business operates a bottling facility or load station, or where it sources its spring water. Philanthropic support of local projects always has been and continues to be a priority for Poland Spring.
With the launch of "Calling 207: Mainers Helping Mainers," Poland Spring is now widening that effort to other communities across Maine and is looking to the state's citizens to help find and select special activities, known as 207Acts. A 207Act is something that lends a helping hand to a community project and could include such projects as repainting a building, planting a garden or organizing a food drive.
How can someone nominate a 207Act? It can be done online at PolandSpring.com/calling207 where Mainers will find guidelines and dates for nominations and voting, or in person at summer events around the state wherever you find the Poland Spring Hydration Station. Look for the Hydration Station (a self-contained mobile trailer where people can fill up their reusable bottles with Poland Spring water—and enjoy flights of Poland Spring sparkling water flavors) and you'll also find Calling 207 ballots. Once a 207Act is posted to the Calling 207 website, anyone can vote for that act.
In each of three periods this summer, five acts with the most votes will be reviewed by a panel of judges, who will then select two acts from each voting period between now and August 31, 2018. During the three periods, six projects ultimately will be chosen and be carried out between July 23 and October 13, 2018.
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Must not take more than eight hours to complete
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Carry a maximum budget of $5,000
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Established in 1845, Poland Spring® Brand 100% Natural Spring Water has invested in Maine and created jobs using an abundant, renewable resource. The company, a division of Nestlé Waters North America Inc., operates three Maine bottling plants in Poland, Hollis and Kingfield. The Kingfield facility, which officially opened in January 2009, represents an initial $60 million investment and ninety jobs in rural western Maine. In the Spring of 2017, the Kingfield facility added an additional bottling line representing a $25 million investment. Poland Spring maintains spring sources in Fryeburg, Poland, Dallas Plantation, Poland Spring, Pierce Pond Township, Kingfield, Denmark and Hollis, Maine. Poland Spring also:
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Kentucky MEDEVAC assists in local hoist rescue
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1 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe with Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation and members of the Wolfe County Search and Rescue transport a patient to UH-60 Blackhawk for a medical evacuation in Slade, Ky., May 18, 2019. The Guardsmen responded to a request for assistance from Wolfe County Emergency Management to conduct a hoist rescue from a cliff at Natural Bridge State Park. (Photo courtesy of Wolfe County Search and Rescue) (Photo Credit: Courtesy) VIEW ORIGINAL
2 / 3 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe, Chief Warrant Officer Cliff Flanagan, Capt. Jonathan Strayer, Staff Sgt. Shaun Morris, left to right, with Charlie Company, 2nd battalion, 238th Aviation responded to a request for assistance from Wolfe County Emergency Management for a hoist rescue near Slade, Ky., May 18, 2019. The Guardsmen conducted a medical evacuation of a patient from a cliff in Natural Bridge State Park. (Courtesy photo) (Photo Credit: Courtesy) VIEW ORIGINAL
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FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Kentucky Guardsmen with 2nd Battalion, 238th Aviation rescued a hiker suffering a medical emergency at Natural Bridge State Park near Slade, Kentucky May 18. Guardsmen arrived with a UH-60 Blackhawk and hoisted the hiker to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Kentucky Soldiers worked alongside Wolfe County Search and Rescue (WCSR), Powell County Search and Rescue (PCSR), and Red River Gorge Special Treatment, Access and Rescue (Red STAR) to rescue the hiker. This mission culminated over a year's worth of training between the Kentucky Guard and WCSR centered on wilderness search and rescue.
"We worked with Wolfe County last year doing all kinds of search and rescue scenarios and extractions for this very mission," said Staff Sgt. Jeremy Lowe, a flight medic with the 2/238th. "We worked a lot in rural areas in Wolfe County's terrain doing confined space hoists."
The Blackhawk, configured for medical evacuation and internal patient care, was the first Blackhawk in Kentucky's history to perform a hoist rescue mission. The flight crew used a high-performance rescue hoist and a SKED extraction device to lower Lowe to the cliff more than 100 feet below, and lift the patient into the helicopter for emergency medical treatment.
Powell County paramedic, David Fifer, was also rigged to accompany the patient on her flight to the University of Kentucky's hospital, more than 60 miles away.
For more than five years, the 2/238th has assisted and trained alongside local first responders throughout Kentucky for emergency missions requiring critical care in the air.
"We are projecting our capabilities back toward the state by taking our specialized resources and making them available to the citizens of the commonwealth," Lowe said.
According to WCSR, the years it took to develop the search and rescue program just paid off. The all-volunteer search and rescue team gratefully acknowledged the impact that training with the Kentucky Guard had on the mission and emphasized how prepared they were for this kind of emergency.
For Lowe, this was an opportunity to conduct an emergency mission he and his team train for every day. Since there are only three helicopters in the state of Kentucky that have the hoist capabilities used during this rescue mission, Lowe and his team are always ready to respond when duty calls.
"This is what medical evacuation does-whether it's wartime, peacetime, anytime, what we do is patient care," Lowe said. "Minimizing suffering is what we are built to do."
The patient was listed stable for transport but in need of urgent medical care. The flight crew immediately turned the patient over to Lexington Emergency Medical Services at Bluegrass Airport.
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Michael Blum
Michael Blum is a jazz guitarist located in the Upper Valley area of New Hampshire and Vermont. Michael has performed and studied with world- renowned jazz educator and Berklee School of Music professor Jim Stinnett, Michael Manring, Joe Hunt and Dom Moio.
Blum has performed at a diverse selection of venues, including Jazz at Lincoln Center, Berklee College of Music, the Bowery Poetry Club, the New London Barn Playhouse and The Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts.
In February 2014, The Michael Blum Quartet released their debut album, "Initiation."
"He has an attractive sound, a melodic style, and a thoughtful approach to improvising...Initiation is a strong debut from Michael Blum, a guitarist who will clearly have an important future in jazz."
- Scott Yanow, legendary Jazz writer (Read the full review here. )
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Early one chilly January morning, I met up for a last minute session with this precious little girl. I could not believe that despite the frigid temperatures she stuck it out, with wardrobe changes and all! What a trooper. I was so thrilled that her sweet mommy and daddy chose me to capture her six month old pictures and I'm definitely looking forward to the next time little Emma ends up in front of my camera!


We view every project as an opportunity to make a difference for our clients and our communities, which is an extension of our mission of creating a better world through the power of design. For a firm that works on projects of all scales, from wine bottle labels to the Shanghai Tower, we see the need to bring innovation to each of our 3,500 clients around the globe. In terms of the projects we've recently completed, Cadillac House in New York's SoHo district is a compelling example of how great design is helping established brands like Cadillac re-think human experience and community engagement.


A well-established family-run Italian restaurant situated in a restored historical building. Delicious Italian cuisine pasta dishes, pizzas and other meat dishes are offered in a cosy, romantic atmosphere. Live music (Classical Guitar Play) every weekend.


We are delighted to be able to present this year's season, which thanks to our fantastic partners, will take a big step forward this year. We are sure of that!
The last few years together with Yamaha Europe, then mainly with Alexandre Kowalski on our side, has been an absolutely incredible chapter in our over 30-year history – in the Enduro EM and World Cup series. These years as Yamaha's official junior team have really been amazing and I can't thank everyone involved for all the support and wonderful memories together. Having been a part of Yamaha's racing with Outsider's Yamaha with everyone involved is something I will have with me all my life, says team manager Joakim Johansson.
Working with future GP-winners has been both fun, rewarding and a very big challenge, but now is the time to move on. With a good support from our passionate colleagues at Yamaha Motor Scandinavia, it is now time to add the next gear and try to take our first GP-title, says Joakim Johansson.
We are very happy and incredibly proud to be able to present Finnish triple and reigning world champion Eero Remes as a rider in the GP-class. We have not decided class yet, the tests of the various Yamaha models are on right now, continues Joakim Johansson.
By his side he will have Australian junior rider Wil Ruprecht who is a strong candidate in the junior-class. Wil was with us already at the last race in Germany in 2018, where he took a victory already the first day, continues Joakim Johansson.
EnduroGP is now in a really in a positive phase with both support classes, running at the same time as the extremely professional in the GP-classes.
Swedish Marcus Adielsson will together with Finnish Hugo Svärd, defend the team's colors in the Youth Cup on enduro-adapted YZ125 motorcycles.
In junior class, British Alex Walton along with Estonian Priit Biene, will defend the team colors with the WR250F and WR450F models.
We have also opened for riders in the World Cup classes and Swedish veteran champion Patrik Andersson will be here for full sail in the senior class, concludes team manager Joakim Johansson who is very happy and positive for the season!
The countdown has begun, 22-24 March, the first competition for the year in Germany.
We are happy to announce our EnduroGP team for 2019!


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LOL at the last line. I think that would make my memoir pretty short too, though mine's a lot more boring as it is.
And welcome to Rainbow Snippets!
Aw! Thanks! I really hope you enjoy them!
Great snippet, I'm looking forward to reading more of this.


Groms killing it every night. Lessons available.
The Refuge is an amazing indoor skatepark in Greeley. Operating out of the city of Greeley, the park first became a reality in 2001, and has since seen many renovations and new faces to make it what you see today. As a part of Northern Colorado Youth For Christ, The Refuge offers you a place to do what you love, regardless of weather or time of year, all while showing you Jesus' love in practical ways. The Refuge is not about religion or Sunday church, it is about living out a life focused on Jesus and worshipping him in the things that God created us to have passion for. Forget what you may have heard about God, or Christianity and come see the truth about Jesus and how much he cares for you.


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Lee McQueen Wanted Alexander McQueen to Live On
"People always ask if I think about a concept or the show or the front row or whatever first. No! Fuck off! The client comes first! The collection is
Kate Kaunitz
"People always ask if I think about a concept or the show or the front row or whatever first. No! Fuck off! The client comes first! The collection is driven by what clients want in different parts of the world, so I want them to be able to see it straight away and to judge it for themselves. Well I just think that which celebrities are wearing it, what reviews say---none of it matters if it's all there for people to make their own minds up. I'm 40 now, but I want this to be a company that lives way beyond me, and I believe that customers are more important to making that happen than press. When I'm dead, hopefully this house will still be going. On a spaceship. Hopping up and down above the earth." -Alexander McQueen in LOVE
Krupp Group Is Seeking A Spring '22 PR Intern In New York, NY
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Pat McGrath Lives the Life
"And ultimately I enjoy it because I've worked in Pizza Hut, in a shoe store, on hotel reception, so I know how much fun my job is. I'm putting on som
By Kate Kaunitz
Alexander McQueen: Our Favorite Collections
The fashion world is devastated by the loss of one of it's greatest and most fearless pioneers. Alexander McQueen's creative genius was daring. He br
Carine Roitfeld On Her Own Barbie Doll, Magazine, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen
How cool would a Carine Roitfeld Barbie doll be? Well according to a recent interview with the inimitable Miss Roitfeld in Madame, a supplement to the French paper Le Figaro, a Carine Barbie almost happened. She told the paper that she gets so many offers for projects, one of which was from the folks at Mattel. Sadly, Roitfeld shot that offer down. Future projects "must be logical and make sense" she said. Carine's gone back on her word before--she did after all, say she wanted to branch out from the magazine world after her tenure at Vogue Paris ended, only to recently announce she has plans to launch her own publication. So let's keep our fingers crossed just in case (think of all the amazing mini Monolos and Givenchy you could buy!).
By Hayley Phelan
Fashion News Roundup: "I Was Touched By Terry" Sticker, McQueen's Coroner Report & Marc Jacobs Makes Time's 100
Laughing Out Loud: We're not sure who makes this sticker, but we want one. People see the darndest things on the streets of New York! {Racked} Tragic


In a luxurious a very high standard residence with security 24/24, fitness, sauna, large heated pool and pool house.
At the heart of the Golden Square, facing the hotel Le Metropole, close to the Casino and a few steps from the Larvotto beach & Japanese garden.
Magnificent double exposure 3 rooms apartment entirely & luxuriously refurbished in a contemporary style, offering pleasant views of the sea and the Cap Martin.
Two possible access by avenue Princesse Grace to the Larvotto beaches or avenue des Citronniers to the Metropole Shopping Center.


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Would New Mexico's Assisted Suicide Proposal Hurt Minorities?
by Diana Valentine
Democrats in New Mexico are pushing legislation that would allow physicians to help their terminally-ill patients end their own lives.
This past June, the New Mexico Supreme Court ruled against a case that would deem physician-assisted suicide a constitutional right. The new proposal challenges this ruling and would ensure that physicians who prescribe life-ending drugs to their patients do not face any legal consequences.
The ACLU, which opposed the practice of physician-assisted suicide at its conception in the 1960s, now holds that physician-assisted suicide is in fact a constitutional right, and voiced their outrage for the court's ruling last June.
So, what's the case against physician-assisted suicide? Among the most basic arguments is the simple fact that some terminally ill individuals do get better, especially with the medical advances being made every day. Additionally, it is not irrational to say that doctors make mistakes and that patients are diagnosed with terminally ill diseases only to find out later that their condition can be treated. A more complex but equally valid argument is that physician-assisted suicide makes suicide more socially acceptable, raising general suicide rates.
The New Mexico Conference of Catholic Bishops (NMCCB), however, makes a further compelling argument for why assisted suicide targets minority groups. Minority groups make up the majority of New Mexico's population, with a minority population approximately 23 percent higher than that of US average, according to a 2014 report. According to NMCCB Executive Director Allen Sanchez, low-income minorities would be coached and guilted into ending their lives, rather than burdening their families with expensive medical treatments. The Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund backs Sanchez's claim, adding that it would not only hurt minorities, but also the disabled. Alternatively, according to Sanchez, New Mexico should turn its focus to making healthcare more affordable and improving hospice care. This would in turn benefit minorities and make physician-assisted suicide a much less appealing choice.
A spokesperson for Republican Governor Susana Martinez says that the governor will likely oppose the proposal, given her opposition to similar legislation.
Diana Valentine
Diana Valentine works for the American Principles Project.
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PhD on AI/ML for 6G communications and Networking
Beyond-5G and 6G communication will focus on cloud-native and artificial intelligence (AI) centric design of communication networks to obtain ubiquitous connectivity, near-zero latency and an extremely high reliability. The goal is to enable ambitious and challenging use-cases and applications relating to the augmented/virtual reality, holographic communications, digital-twins, metaverses and industry 5.0, to name a few. In terms of Radio access network (RAN) design, OPEN-RAN defined by the O-RAN alliance has emerged as a potential RAN candidate. OPEN-RAN architecture promises interface interoperability between different RAN components, embraces AI/ML extensively in the RAN design, and follows the cloud-native principles to allow an increased RAN disaggregation.
The PhD candidate will work on the broadly-defined topic of interactions of AI/ML techniques and 6G RAN architecture. There are many directions possible such as optimization of AI/ML training/execution in RAN, extending the AI/ML in Open-RAN to sub-frame levels decision making, privacy-preserving AI/ML induction in a highly disaggregated RAN architecture such as Open-RAN, and end-to-end resource allocation (network slicing) design, etc. Based on the interest of the PhD candidate, a specific research direction will be chosen.
As part of the Advanced Networking Lab and the Center for Wireless Technology (CWTe), the project invites candidates with strong analytical skills and willingness to test novel approaches on our 5G Core, Backhaul and Radio Access Network laboratory testbeds. There will be ample opportunities to collaborate with the leading national/international researchers working at the intersection of AI/ML and future telecommunication networks.
A MSc degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer science or Telecommunications engineering.
A good understanding of 5G Radio Access Networks concepts such as Disaggregation, Network Slicing and NFV.
Knowledge of Machine learning and mathematical optimization techniques
Programming experience in Python and/or C++
A team player who is willing to work in a multi-cultural and international environment.
A good level of English knowledge skills.
Familiar with Open-RAN concept and knowledge of the open source platforms for 5G RAN implementation, e.g., OpenAIRInterface.
Experience with Machine learning libraries(PyTorch, Keras) and toolkits.
A meaningful job in a dynamic and ambitious university, in an interdisciplinary setting and within an international network. You will work on a beautiful, green campus within walking distance of the central train station. In addition, we offer you:
Full-time employment for four years, with an intermediate evaluation (go/no-go) after nine months. You will spend 10% of your employment on teaching tasks.
Salary and benefits (such as a pension scheme, paid pregnancy and maternity leave, partially paid parental leave) in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.
Eindhoven University of Technology is an internationally top-ranking university in the Netherlands that combines scientific curiosity with a hands-on attitude. Our spirit of collaboration translates into an open culture and a top-five position in collaborating with advanced industries. Fundamental knowledge enables us to design solutions for the highly complex problems of today and tomorrow.
Please contact dr. K.C. Joshi, email k.c.joshi[at]tue.nl or prof.dr. S. Heemstra, email sheemstradegroot[at]tue.nl.
Visit our website for more information about the application process or the conditions of employment. You can also contact HR Services, email HRServices.Flux[at]tue.nl.
Are you inspired and would like to know more about working at TU/e? Please visit our career page and www.tue.nl/en/education/graduate-school/.
We invite you to submit a complete application by using the 'apply now'-button on this page.
The application should include a:
Brief description of your MSc thesis.
We look forward to your application.
We will screen your application as soon as possible and the vacancy will remain open until the position is filled.
We do not respond to applications that are sent to us in a different way.
Please keep in mind you can upload only 5 documents up to 2 MB each. If necessary, please combine files.
The Department of Electrical Engineering teaches highly motivated Masters of Science, designers and doctoral candidates, and carries out breakthrough research in its field. The department has three spearheads: Connected World, Care and Cure, and Smart Sustainable Systems. These themes are reflected in the department's nine teaching chairs.


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Q: How to read structural rules In the wikipedia page on structural rules, we have the following "weakening" rule.
$$\frac{\Gamma \vdash \Sigma}{\Gamma \vdash A, \Sigma}$$
This makes no sense to me. It seems to be saying that, if, in some context $\Gamma$, we can deduce $\Sigma$, then we can also deduce $A,\Sigma$ in that context. So in particular, in every context $\Gamma$ we can deduce any sentence $A$.
How are structural rules actually meant to be read?

A: In sequent calculus the intended meaning of a sequent $A_1,\dotsc,A_n\vdash B_1,\dotsc, B_m$ is $\lbrace A_1,\dotsc,A_n\rbrace \vDash_L B_1 \vee\dotsc\vee B_m$ where $\vDash_L$ means "logical inference".


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Q: what model to use for placebo controlled trial? First time posting a question, apologizes if I am not doing this correctly.
I have a placebo-controlled, 4-way crossover trial: (1) placebo, (2) drug A, (3) drug B, and (4) combo of drug A and B.
Each patient has a baseline pain score (continuous, 0 to 10) and 4 separate "post-treatment" pain scores, one for each of the 4 regimens.
I would be interested to see if certain baseline characteristics (I can use them as continuous variables or turn them into categorical variables by binning) are associated with the pain response.
At a loss of what statistical setup I would need, would appreciate any insights. (I am reading about mixed effect model but I can't seem to understand how this would apply to my situation).
Thanks,
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Start of day, raking section of meadow mown the previous day.
Caterpillar possibly of the Knot Grass moth.
With raking complete and coffee break over it was time to tackle scrub on the 'butterfly bank'.
Fruit of wild service (chequers), blackthorn (sloes) and hawthorn (haws).


On Thursday, Italy luxury fashion house Gucci posted an apology to Twitter following blackface backlash over its $890 black "Balaclava knit top." The garment features an exaggerated cloth neckline that pulls up and over the nose, not unlike its namesake headwear, and exaggerated, bright red lips—a textbook example of minstrelsy from the early 20th century. What a Black History Month it has been.
Gucci pulled the sweater, writing that the company "deeply apologizes for the offense caused by the wool balaclava jumper," and "can confirm that the item has been immediately removed from our online store and all physical stores." A quick search reveals that it's still available on some third-party online retailers.
Gucci isn't the only major fashion house guilty of utilizing racist imagery in its products. In December, Prada apologized and removed a holiday window display that featured monkey creatures with huge, inflated lips only after getting called out. In November, Dolce & Gabbana cancelled a Shanghai fashion show just hours after racist promotional material appeared on their Instagram account showing an Asian model attempting to eat various Italian foods with chopsticks while a man made jokes about "penetrating" a cannoli with chopsticks.
This behavior extends to fast fashion, too: in January 2018, H&M UK pulled a picture from their web store showing a young black boy in a sweater that read, "Coolest monkey in the jungle," once again, only after outcry.


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New scholarships to assist rural and remote students
The University of Southern Queensland has been awarded $1,030,000 in scholarships to assist more than 200 first year students make the move from outer regional and remote locations to study at one of its three campuses in Toowoomba, Springfield or Ipswich.
Scholarships, Students
The Tertiary Access Payment (TAP) has been developed to strengthen tertiary education in regional and remote Australia.
Starting in the 2021 academic year, the TAP is a one-off, means tested payment of $5,000 (paid in two instalments) per student. It is designed to encourage and assist students to access tertiary study immediately following school (year 12 or equivalent). To be eligible, a student must relocate to a tertiary institution more than 90 minutes from their home by public transport to undertake full-time study.
Vice-Chancellor Geraldine Mackenzie said the scholarship scheme offers an incentive for students to start tertiary study immediately after completing secondary school.
"We know that for many school leavers, making the decision to leave their hometown to attend university is an emotional one and it's often further burdened by financial stress," she said.
"Our graduating Year 12 students have had a challenging year, and while $5,000 will not cover all costs, it is a huge boost that could mean the difference between starting university in 2021 or having to take a gap year to save money.
"Particularly when combined with our Residential College scholarships which guarantee all students living at our residential colleges receive financial support, this scheme will help ease the financial burden and provide greater certainty for their future studies."
The TAP is expected to contribute to the Government's Closing the Gap targets, by improving participation rates of Indigenous students from outer regional and remote areas through providing improved financial support for further study.
The University of Southern Queensland has been allocated funding for 206 TAP scholarships.
Visit the USQ Scholarship website for more information on the Tertiary Access Payment.
USQ has been awarded $1,030,000 in scholarships to assist more than 200 first year students


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The Producer runs EL34s, EL84's or 6L6s in an extremely safe and unconventional way that no off-the-shelf guitar amp transformer can do. So with help from Mercury Magnetics, we've come up with a new transformer that that not only makes our EL34s, EL84's and 6L6's outstandingly reliable, but also produces a really great tone. In fact, our circuit is so loving to power tubes, we've estimated that you won't have to change your tubes for years to come! No more re-tubing every year and paying for biasing and tune-ups!
Much to even our surprise, the Producer also achieves an amazing clean sound. EL34s are not known for their clean sounds and 6L6s don't do distortion, but with this new setup, they both sound fantastic.
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