As the hair twisted around him, the familiar feeling immediately turned more intense. The blood in his body boiled as he felt the strand of hair he was squeezing turn into a winding dragon shadow.
Yi Yun gave the girl a deep, meaningful glance. There was a hint of shock in his eyes. He had a clear feeling that the girl in front of him was… not human!
Her lifeblood and strange aura all imply that she's likely an Ancient Fey. At least more than half her body is that of an Ancient Fey's!
This… Yi Yun was stunned by this. The beloved daughter of the Nanxuan family clan was actually an Ancient Fey?
At that moment, the blue-dressed girl looked curiously back at Yi Yun. She could clearly sense the sudden appearance of a boundless and dense aura, one that was somewhat familiar to her.
But at that moment, the masked elder and the maidservant failed to sense the changes in Yi Yun's aura. The masked elder was simply staring coldly at Yi Yun with more than a little impatience. Yi Yun had been holding that strand of hair for fifteen minutes.
He absolutely refused to believe that Yi Yun could figure out anything meaningful from a strand of hair.
Finally, the masked elder snorted coldly and said, "How long do you plan to keep looking at it? Stop trying to act mysterious. What did you discover from my mistress's hair? Are you going to tell me that she has contracted some unknown illness?"
"Uncle Lian." The blue-dressed girl held the masked elder back. Her eyes were trained silently on Yi Yun like bright stars. "Sir, if you sense any problems, just tell me straight."
Yi Yun sighed for a moment before asking, "Might I ask why you have been eating Heart Nourishing Pills for so many years?"
"That matter is none of your business. Didn't you want a strand of my mistress's hair? Can't you tell enough from that? If not, then what was the point of wanting the strand of hair?"
The masked elder's voice was filled with sarcasm. He guessed that Yi Yun had heard the conversation between the blue-dressed girl and Alchemist Feng and believed that it gave him enough information to act on. By asking his mistress's reason for eating the Heart Nourishing Pills, he could then give reasons such as 'unbalanced lifeblood,' 'chaotic Yin and Yang' to scam them.
If Yi Yun truly had such thoughts, he would be a joke. She did not have any problems. She only had a unique body.
He had already decided to persuade his mistress not to sell the herb to Yi Yun. He believed that she would agree once she saw Yi Yun's true colors.
Upon hearing the masked elder's words, Nanxuan Luoyue shook her head and said with a voice transmission, "Uncle Lian, don't make things difficult for him. You know very well that it's impossible to tell anything about my body from a strand of hair. No one can do it."
At that moment, Nanxuan Luoyue's maidservant spoke, "We are not at liberty to answer your question."
Nanxuan Luoyue's matter was something the Nanxuan family clan wanted to be kept confidential. The Nanxuan family clan's head was worried that if Luoyue's body was a special body as recorded in ancient literature but they had failed to discover the information, an opposing family clan could use it to their advantage if they learned of it.
"Yes, I understand." Yi Yun nodded. After a short hesitation, he flipped his hand. A tiny jade bottle appeared in his palm and he handed it over to the blue-dressed girl. "Miss Luoyue, you and I are fated. I'll be giving the thing inside this bottle to you."
The blue-dressed girl was slightly taken aback as she reached out her slender hand and received the jade bottle. It felt extremely heavy, as though it contained dense metal. It was so heavy that warriors with weak cultivation levels would not even be able to lift it.
"If you refine it with the cultivation technique you have, you should see some benefits. With that, I bid you farewell." Yi Yun turned and left after he gave her the jade bottle.
A strange look flashed in the blue-dressed girl's eyes as she looked at Yi Yun's back.
"Miss, that person's intentions are unknown. You have to be careful with something he gave you," said the masked elder. He too was unsure what Yi Yun was up to. However, he did not have a good impression of Yi Yun at all.
The blue-dressed girl knew that he disliked the scholar but for some reason, she did not think that he had any nefarious intentions.
She was also curious about the item Yi Yun had given her. She gently opened the jade bottle.
A rush of lifeblood surged out the jade bottle like the belligerent smoke of war. When she focused her eyes on it, she realized that there was an extremely dense drop of blood contained within the jade bottle.
At that instant, what sounded like a dragon's roar resonated in the blue-dressed girl's mind. It even reverberated within her lifeblood.
The blue-dressed girl was taken aback. She looked at the masked elder and maidservant beside her. Their expressions clearly indicated that they had not heard the sound. She was the only one that had heard it.
"What is it?" asked the masked elder. A complete stranger had produced a bottle of blood for his mistress to refine for herself. Was he joking?
Ignoring the wealth and the deep heritage the Nanxuan family clan had, as well as how it was a powerful faction that had encountered countless formidable foes, even in the mortal world, if an ordinary person were to meet a complete stranger who gave them a bowl of water, not many people would dare to drink it.
"Miss, give this to me. I will assess it."
The blue-dressed girl hesitated for a moment but did not give it to him. She flipped her hand and stored the bottle of blood away.
"Miss, by doing that… don't tell me you actually wish to refine it for yourself?" The masked elder looked at the blue-dressed girl in shock. He had watched her grow up and knew her character. She was definitely a cautious person. Why was she so trusting of a stranger now?
The blue-dressed girl did not elaborate. She could sense that the blood was extraordinary.
It had created an inexplicable sense of resonance with her own lifeblood.
Since she was born, there were many strange aspects to her. She grew at a rate much slower than other children. She barely looked like a toddler after thirty years. It took her a hundred years to look like a young girl.
Her cultivation talent was excellent. Be it her nomological insights or strength, she far exceeded her peers. But strangely, when she cultivated to the Dao Palace realm, she realized that she could not condense a stable Dao Palace. Her cultivation level would slowly deteriorate for unknown reasons.
The Nanxuan family clan repeated checked her body but found no problems. They never did find the cause of the problem.
One day, an alchemist master prescribed Heart Nourishing Pills for Nanxuan Luoyue so as to stabilize her essence, preventing her cultivation level from dissipating.
The Heart Nourishing Pills were indeed effective but the pills could not be eaten forever. It was not that the Nanxuan family clan could not afford them. It was that, in recent years, Nanxuan Luoyue realized that the effects of the Heart Nourishing Pills were no longer as strong as they were before. It was as though her body had developed a resistance to them.


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21 Facts The World Found Out In March
It was a busy month for scientists. Featuring a new type of cloud, new fossils showing early life on Earth, and stegosauruses in Australia.
Kelly Oakes
NASA / BuzzFeed
1. It looks like life on Earth existed in deep sea thermal vents as far back as 3.77 billion years ago.
2. Stegosauruses lived in Australia too.
3. If ocean temperatures keep rising, coral bleaching is just going to get worse.
4. A new type of cloud that looks a bit like a rough sea has been officially recognised. It's called asperitas.
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5. There's a giant deep-sea octopus called Haliphron atlanticus and it likes to eat jellyfish.
6. The sex of a type of fish called a sea lamprey might be determined based on how fast it grows when it's a larva.
7. It looks like we've been classifying dinosaurs wrong this whole time.
8. It's possible to create a tiny female reproductive system in a dish (in case you were wondering).
9. Scientists have finally figured out how to heat up (a very small amount of) cryogenically frozen tissue.
NASA / Via photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov
10. Saturn's moon Titan might be covered in electrified sand dunes.
11. Saturn's other moon Enceladus might have got its tiger stripes after a giant rock crashed into it, punching through the 20km-thick layer of ice over its ocean.
12. Huge, planet-sized ripples called Rossby waves that we already know exist on Earth have been spotted on the sun.
13. The two moons of Mars – Phobos and Deimos – might have formed when something big collided with the planet.
14. It turns out that it is scientifically possible to make a wine bottle that doesn't drip.
15. A small study showed that the brains of some blind people have structural differences to those of sighted people, associated with hearing, smell, and touch.
16. The Barnes Ice Cap, the last remaining bit of North America's ice sheet, will probably have totally melted away in a few hundred years.
17. This is what a landslide looks like on a comet.
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18. There's a newly discovered species of crab in Hong Kong that can climb trees.
19. Spiders eat between 400 and 800 million tons of insects per year.
20. Laughter appears to be contagious in parrots.
21. When tardigrades go into suspended animation, they fill their body with a glass-like substance.
Kelly Oakes is science editor for BuzzFeed and is based in London.
Contact Kelly Oakes at kelly.oakes@buzzfeed.com.

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How is power managed differently by different generations?
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Lauren of Spanish Sabores and Devour Spain is an expat that we truly admire. Since her move to Spain, she's started a successful company and also runs a noteworthy blog on Spanish cuisine. Her desire to support local business and create a life surrounding what she truly loves is inspiring beyond measure. We had the honor to chat with Lauren about how to successfully start a company in Spain, her favorite part of the food culture and why you shouldn't settle for a job you don't like.


The 2012 NFL Kickoff game will be played on Wednesday, September 5, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. ET on NBC. The full press note is included below.
A total audience of over 36.5 million Americans watched last night's race, according to fast national ratings issued today by Nielsen Media Research, making 2012 Daytona 500 the most-watched in FOX history. The 36.5 million total viewers, a measure of the audience that saw at least a portion of the race, is +22% higher than last year's total audience of 30 million and +22% better than 2010's 29.8 million. Yesterday's total audience is the second best ever for a Daytona 500 on any network behind 37.0 million viewers in 2006 on NBC.
The 2012 Great American Race, which included a fiery crash caused when Juan Pablo Montoya hit a safety truck/track-drying engine and red flagged the race for over two hours, earned an 8.0/14 rating/share and averaged 13.7 million viewers. While down slightly from last year's Sunday afternoon race that occurred without any significant delays, (-8%, 2011 Daytona 500 – 8.7/20), Monday night's race was up +4% when compared to the 2010 event (7.7/16), which saw lengthy delays for pothole repairs to the track.
Super Bowl XLVI set a record for Hispanic viewership with an average of 10.4 million Hispanic fans tuning in, according to data from The Nielsen Company.
Continue reading Super Bowl XLVI reached 166.8M viewers in the U.S.
NFL Network will televise five additional regular-season games in 2012 as part of its Thursday Night Football package, NFL CommissionerROGER GOODELL announced today.
The Thursday Night Football schedule on NFL Network will now feature 13 games, all on Thursdays, from Weeks 2-15 (skipping Week 12). In previous years, the NFLN slate included at least one Saturday night game. NBC will televise the Thursday night game on Thanksgiving in Week 12, in addition to the NFL Kickoff game.


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"I am very saddened to hear this news as the University is a great boost to the community in Surrey, and provides a hub of learning for not only Surrey residents but also those who choose to move and study here. I am worried that the impact on universities from Brexit will mean that our highly diverse student populations are going to dwindle whilst students from other countries don't feel welcome to come here anymore.
"Whilst it is clear that the uncertainty surrounding Brexit is one of the contributing factors, it is important that this does not have a negative impact on the educational service provided by the university. It would be very disappointing if this is the start of the UK's well respected higher education system going downhill.
"But perhaps this is a good opportunity for the whole higher education system to be reviewed, and for there to be more opportunities outside the typical university route opened up to students?"


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For our London office, we are looking for a Paid Media (PPC) Consultant to join our growing team helping our clients to grow their business with innovative use of digital marketing technology, creativity and data. You will bring a genuine passion for digital and paid media and can translate that into winning strategies for our clients.
You want to progress your career at a fast growing international agency and bring experience in digital marketing and paid media. You will manage the execution and performance of paid search campaigns through the client lifecycle including kick-off, workshops, client relationship management, implementation of tooling / technology, and campaign optimisation.
In this role you will be helping our clients to maximise their paid search activities and will offer expert advice on strategy, implementation, and reporting. You will also advise clients on industry trends and the competitive landscape to help them achieve their goals and uncover opportunities to drive long-term value. You will work with the Managing Director and / or strategists on pitch responses, presentations and be involved in marketing efforts of the agency.
You will work in a vibrant environment with clever minds that work for a variety of large global clients. Yes, we are eager to hire the most talented experts in the game but we are also looking for a perfect Dept-fit. Someone who is eager to learn, inspires, strives towards a better world, takes the stage, a futurist at heart, and someone who will toast to a successful week with us.
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Q: Php из функции загрузить класс class hello{
public function echo()
{
return 'omg';
}
}

function world()
{
global $a;
$a = new hello();
}

world();
$a->echo();

Есть идеи как можно такое реализовать правильно?
A: А что вы хотите получить таким образом? А вообще, как-то так:
function world()
{
    return new hello();
}

$a = world();
$a->echo();

A: @Manitikyl, вы пытаетесь реализовать что-то вроде очень-очень легковесного контейнера Symfony (создать сервис по его имени). Могу посоветовать две штуки:

*

*Обзавестись автозагрузчиком (spl_autoload_register()), который позволит абстрагироваться от инклюдов

*Завести типичный реест (Registry) и сохранять все туда. В результате получится такая штука:

...
class Autoloader
{
    public function loadClass($className)
    {
        // произвольная реализация
    }
}

...
class Registry
{
    protected static $storage = array();
    public static function set($name, $item)
    {
        static::$storage[$name] = $item;
    }
    public static function get($name)
    {
        return static::$storage[$name];
    }
    public static function has($name)
    {
        return isset(static::$storage[$name]);
    }
}

...
class Di
{
    protected $registryPrefix = 'di:services:';
    public function createService($className)
    {
        $instance = ;
        Registry::set($this->registryPrefix . $className, new $className);
    }
    public function getService($className)
    {
        if (!Registry::has($this->registryPrefix . $className)) {
            $this->createService($className);
        }
        return Registry::get($this->registryPrefix . $className);
    }
}

index.php
spl_autoload_register([new Autoloader, 'loadClass']);
Registry::set('di', new DI);

любой друго файл
// создали и забыли
Registry::get('di')->createService('\App\Services\TextDecorator');
// создали и получили
$decoder = Registry::get('di')->createService('\App\Services\ImageDecoder');
// получили тот же инстанс, что и в первый раз, не создавая лишний объект
$decoder = Registry::get('di')->createService('\App\Services\ImageDecoder')

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Lagos collapsed building: Distressed buildings' demolition has split my family, says resident
SERAP seeks compensation for Lagos, Oyo collapsed building victims
Maureen Ihua-Maduenyi, Oladimeji Ramon and Oluwatobi Akindele
Following the demolition of some distressed buildings on the Lagos Island by the Lagos State Government, a resident, Mr Femi Oshibodu, has lamented that the action has dispersed his family.
PUNCH Metro had reported that the government, through the Lagos State Building Control Agency, had on Friday begun the demolition of some distressed buildings on the Lagos Island on the order of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode.
The government's action followed the collapse of a three-storey building in the Ita Faaji area of the Lagos Island on Wednesday, which killed 20 people.
Our correspondents gathered that LASBCA had in the last three days demolished about 13 defective houses in the area.
Buildings that have been demolished are those on 60A Freeman Street; 47 Smith Street; 16 and 28 Apatira Street; 39 Alli Street; 45 John Street; 16 Egerton Street; 27 Inabiri Street; 28 Elegbata Street, Apongbon; 199 Tokunbo Street; 21 Okediji Street; 34 Seriki Street; and 33 Ojo Giwa Street.
Oshibodu, who lived at 60A Freeman Street, Epetedo, said the demolition of the building had rendered him and members of his family homeless, such that they had to distribute themselves to friends and relatives in order to survive.
He pleaded for government's intervention to bail him out of his predicament.
He said, "Myself and my wife have been sleeping outside the demolished building but we had to take the kids to extended family members around. If things continue like this, my family will have to split. As it is now, it's our extended family members who brought food for us.
"We don't know what the government wants to do for us. We are still waiting to see what's going to happen. We learnt that Asiwaju Bola Tinubu arranged for some people to write down their names with the promise that he would give them a place as well as food and money. It has not got to us but I want to speak with the woman leader of my area, probably I can get help from him (Tinubu).
"We never expected something like this and we did do not have any savings for a time like this. What happened was not our fault; we would have loved it if they had given us more time to prepare. I still owe about three months' rent on the demolished building, how do they expect me to get the money for a new apartment?"
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Another affected resident, simply identified as Segun, who lived on 39 Alli Street, Ita Faaji, said the government should have made better provision for them before they were told to evacuate the buildings.
He stated, "The government needs to be proactive. They cannot tell us to just evacuate our houses without any provision. It is totally unfair. We just paid our rent last week Sunday. Our votes are what put them there; they should not treat us like animals.
"If we are truly practising democracy, the government should have called a meeting of the affected residents before making such a decision. Me, my wife and children as well as my mother and brother, where do they want us to live? If one wants to rent an apartment now, they will ask that one should pay for two years in addition to the agreement and commission in these hard times."
Another resident, Mutiat Muyideen, asked the government to make low-cost housing available to the masses.
She said, "Since the developers are not meeting up with the regulations of the government, the government should make low-cost housing available that will not inconvenience us. During the era of Alhaji Lateef Jakande, he built low-cost estates. But afterwards, houses built by the government have been for the rich.
"I lived in an apartment with my sibling and we do not know where else to go. I've been sleeping at my friend's place because I do not have money for another rent. Though the action of the government is commendable, the notice was, however, too short."
The Secretary, LASBCA, Mr Tayo Fakolujo, said the agency would demolish over 150 defective buildings in the coming weeks, adding that about 30 had been demolished in the last one year.
He added that the buildings would be brought down in phases, some mechanically and others manually.
"For buildings that are still occupied, we are going to evict the occupants to avoid disaster, because their lives are important to us," he stated.
Meanwhile, the state government has taken over the land where Wednesday's building collapse occurred.
A signpost that was placed on the plot on Friday evening, read, "The general public is hereby notified that the Lagos State Government has sealed off this property and has commenced the process of its forfeiture.
"The owner and the developer of number 14 Massey Street, Ita Faaji (off the Ita Faaji Market) are hereby invited to report immediately to the office of the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development."
The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mrs Boladele Dapo-Thomas, said the entire state would be sanitised and rid of distressed and dilapidated buildings.
However, an advocacy group, Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, has called for investigations into the circumstances surrounding the separate collapsed buildings in Lagos and Oyo states last week and the payment of adequate compensation to the families of the victims.
While expressing concern about the frequency of building collapse in the country, SERAP said the two states should take immediate steps to investigate the latest incidents with a view to bringing to justice complicit developers and contractors.
It also urged the states to publicly apologise to the victims, their families and Nigerians, and to provide the affected families with immediate remedies.
In a statement on Sunday by its Deputy Director, Kolawole Oludare, SERAP said it was ready to offer free legal services to the affected families so as "to ensure that justice is not only done, but also seen to be done in these cases."
It said, "These tragedies point to weak enforcement of building regulations and oversight by the two states, and the urgent need for effective action and reforms.
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"SERAP is concerned that the responses so far by the governments of Lagos and Oyo states have been insufficient to deal with the massive extent of the human costs of the incidents.
"The Lagos State Governor, Akinwumi Ambode, and Oyo State Governor, Abiola Ajimobi, should ensure, as a matter of priority, access of the victims and their families to effective remedies in a transparent manner; specifically, access to justice, adequate compensation, reparation and guarantees that incidents like these can never happen again.
"The governments should have done more to prevent them from happening. The governors should act decisively on their commitments to do everything in their powers to prevent more such tragedies and to bring to justice those responsible in order to serve as a deterrent and end the negligence at which many are carrying out their duties."
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Nearly a decade since a Democrat-controlled Congress and President Obama passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, it is evident that Obamacare failed to live up to its many promises, particularly those related to affordability of and access to care.
In Oklahoma, premiums have increased 227 percent since 2014, and the lowest cost plan option in the Obamacare exchanges has increased 159 percent. Additionally, the number of insurers participating in the exchanges has dropped by two-thirds in that time. Clearly, Obamacare has done little to restrain the growth of health care costs and to provide consumers with choices in their health care. Unfortunately, some in Congress now believe we should abolish private, employer-sponsored insurance entirely and implement a single-payer system – in which the government manages health care costs and delivery – at a projected 10-year cost of at least $32 trillion over 10 years and with exorbitant new taxes.
The Need for Real Solutions
I believe Congress should work to implement a market-based system that gives consumers more choice and states the freedom to tailor health care options to meet the needs of their citizens. Some aspects of the current system enjoy bipartisan support, such as preserving the ability for young Americans to remain on their parents' plans until age 26 as well as protections for pre-existing conditions and lifting bans on annual and lifetime limits.
However, Congress must move away from Obamacare's one-size-fits-all approach and repeal its more onerous provisions like the health insurance and Cadillac taxes, which make premiums and health care more expensive, and cuts to Medicare providers, which endanger hospitals and Oklahoma's rural health care facilities.
Solutions at the federal level should focus on:
Lowering prescription drug costs: While it is important to preserve incentives for manufacturers to innovate and create new and better drugs, affordability of prescription drugs remains a real problem for many Americans. That is why I support solutions to prevent the "evergreening" of patents, a practice when brand-name manufacturers file dubious patents on their drugs to extend their monopoly, and to encourage the quick entry of generic drugs into the market once patent and exclusivity periods expire. Competition in the drug space is a proven tool to reducing costs. The Government Accountability Office estimates that the market entry of generic drugs lowers brand-name prices over 50 percent within their first year on the market.
Encouraging medical research: As a former Chairman and now the Ranking Member of the House Appropriations subcommittee that funds the Department of Health and Human Services, I have been a strong supporter of increasing funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Federal support for medical research at our nation's universities and laboratories quickens the pace of research and offers the chance to bring to market new and innovate therapies based on discoveries made by American researchers.
Increasing competition in the health care industry: Americans deserve access to health care options that fit the needs of their family, and Congress should broaden the types of plans from which to choose from and permit the sale of insurance across state lines to encourage competition. In 2018, the House passed Republican legislation removing restrictions that barred most Obamacare exchange enrollees from accessing available lower cost plans options. Additionally, the Trump Administration has issued regulations to expand access to association health plans and short-term insurance that are estimated to result in 1.1 million newly insured. The Trump Administration is also working on guidance to facilitate the formation of inter-state pacts for the sale of health insurance across state borders between participating states.
Preventing waste, fraud and abuse: The non-partisan Government Accountability Office estimated waste, fraud and abuse within Medicare cost taxpayers $52 billion in fiscal year 2017. Estimates for Medicaid fraud are also in the tens of billions of dollars. By providing the resources necessary to combat waste, fraud and abuse, we can lower the cost of health care for everyone.
Expanding opportunities for consumer-directed care: Congress should pass legislation expanding access to Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), savings accounts that permit Americans to set aside pre-tax dollars for their health care costs. The median income of an HSA-holder is roughly $57,000, meaning these accounts directly benefit middle class Americans by making their health care dollars stretch further. In 2018, the Republican-led House passed a series of reforms to expand the number of health care plans that could be paired with an HSA, raise the maximum contribution amount and expand the number of services and products an HSA can cover.
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Cole, Coffee, Benge: Pelosi Health Care Bill Will Create Crippling Unfunded Mandate for State Governments
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WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Rep. Tom Cole recently sent a letter to Oklahoma Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee and Oklahoma House Speaker Chris Benge asking them to assess the impact on the state of Oklahoma if Speaker Pelosi's health care bill, H.R. 3962, passes. The bill is expected to be considered late this week.
House Democrats Reveal "More of the Same" in Health Care Plan
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July 17, 2009 Press Release
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today during the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee markup, U.S. Congressman Tom Cole (OK-4) worked with members of the Committee to redirect $10 million dollars of funding for pediatric cancer research and eradication efforts. Cole is Oklahoma's sole member of the House Appropriations Committee.
Saving Medicare
March 3, 2008 Weekly Columns
"Entitlement reform" has become a popular phrase over the past few years. As America's baby-boomer population reaches retirement age, the issue has gotten a lot of attention.
Rep. Cole Announces Public Health Emergency in Oklahoma
September 8, 2005 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Cole announced today that the Department of Health and Human Services has declared a public health emergency in Oklahoma. Declaration of a public health emergency streamlines procedures the government must follow in awarding grants or contracts to help prevent or treat health threats.
Congressman Cole Votes for Funding for Education and Health Programs
June 24, 2005 Press Release
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Congressman Cole Votes for New Benefits for Federal Employees
December 6, 2004 Press Release
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Congressman Cole Votes for Increased Access to Physicians in Rural Areas
October 6, 2004 Press Release
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Cole today voted for legislation that will improve rural access to physicians by giving foreign students studying and graduating in the U.S. the opportunity to practice medicine in the U.S. Access to Rural Physicians Improvement Act of 2004 (H.R. 4453) passed in the House today.
Rep. Cole Votes for Labor HHS Appropriations, America's Students, Families and Workers
Washington, D.C. – To continue his commitment to education, healthcare and America's workers, Congressman Tom Cole voted today for the Labor Health and Human Services Bill (H.R. 5006).


KEVIN Rudd's plan for a ''big Australia'' quickly turned into a ''sustainable Australia'' once Julia Gillard became prime minister. She had consulted the focus groups, and Australians, it seemed, did not want rapid immigration and a population of 36 million by 2050, which the 2010 Intergenerational Report had predicted.
This insularity appears to sit oddly with Australia's history and economy: a sparsely populated migrant nation whose wealth has grown with its size. But this view ignores the immediate impact of more people in local communities, and in particular, on the hip pocket of taxpayers. If increased population growth means higher taxes, people are unlikely to embrace it.
Debate about Australia's population is framed with national aggregates and ignores how local governments deal with increased population. Part of the reason Australians are averse to more people is because local councils are ill equipped to absorb them and many are forcing residents to pay for them.
We surveyed all 560 of Australia's councils to find out how they have been responding to population growth.
To help defray the costs of extra people, about 80 per cent of councils surveyed are imposing levies on developers for infrastructure associated with extra houses and apartments - sewerage, roads, playgrounds.
These ''developer levies'' push the costs of construction onto developers. Although ''make Big Development pay'' might seem appealing, they will pass on these costs. The levies simply make houses and apartments more expensive for residents. And it is not only the new residents who enjoy the benefits of better local infrastructure and a larger market for goods and services.
More than 80 per cent of local councils surveyed wanted a slice of the GST or a part of income tax. Part of the revenue from those taxes might sensibly be given to local councils if they could determine how much had been generated in their local area - the link between local taxation and expenditure is strength of local government.
But that would be difficult and it is not the first hurdle in any case. The Commonwealth constitution doesn't mention local government, and the states' constitutions only briefly (Victoria's document uniquely requires local government to be ''democratically elected''). This makes it difficult for the Commonwealth to transfer funds directly to local councils. Referendums to recognise local government in the Commonwealth constitution have failed twice, in 1974 and 1988.
Councils also thought the existing grants process, whereby state governments distribute money to councils, was obscure and arbitrary. Just as the Commonwealth tries to ensure ''horizontal fiscal equalisation'' among the states, the states attempt a similar feat among their local councils.
Tweaking the state grants processes to make dollars follow people more quickly and certainly is one way to encourage councils, and their ratepayers, to absorb new residents. Failing that, local councils could be allowed to borrow to pay for new development. It is better that all ratepayers - young and old, new and established - contribute to local infrastructure costs.
If Australians can more readily enjoy the economic benefits of a larger population, the government's meaningless ''sustainable Australia'' mantra might be quietly dropped.
This year's tax summit should look at how to make local councils compete for more people. Our politicians would do well to remember the American aphorism: all politics is local.


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Criminal Practice – Evidence – Prior Bad Acts – Standard of Review — Sufficient Similarity – 10- to 12-Year Gap
By: North Carolina Lawyers Weekly Staff June 19, 2012
State v. Beckelheimer (Lawyers Weekly No. 12-06-0637, 11 pp.) (Robin E. Hudson, J.) Appealed from Chatham County Superior Court. (D. Jack Hooks Jr., J.) On discretionary review from the Court of Appeals. N.C. S. Ct. Full-text opinion.
Holding: Although defendant would have been in his teens at the time of the acts testified to by a prosecution witness, the details of defendant's acts were sufficiently similar to allow the witness to testify about an incident 10 to 12 years before the one at issue.
We reverse the Court of Appeals' award of a new trial.
When the trial court has made findings of fact and conclusions of law to support its ruling under N.C. R. Evid. 404(b), as it did here, we look to whether the evidence supports the findings and whether the findings support the conclusions. We review de novo the legal conclusion that the evidence is, or is not, within the coverage of Rule 404(b). We then review the trial court's Rule 403 determination for abuse of discretion.
Instead of reviewing the similarities noted by the trial court, the Court of Appeals focused on the differences between the incidents and determined they were significant. The Court of Appeals found that the 404(b) witness's account resembled "apparently consensual" "sexual exploration" by young people rather than a forcible sexual offense, a finding that was not made by the trial court and that we conclude is not supported by the record. The 404(b) witness did not testify that the acts were consensual and explained his single act of oral sex on the defendant as an attempt to stop defendant's efforts to penetrate him anally. Moreover, even if the record had shown voluntary actions by the witness, as a matter of law a child under age 13 cannot consent to a sex act with a person more than four years older than he.
The Court of Appeals also focused on the age difference between the defendant and the victim in each case: four and a half years versus 16 years. We conclude, as did the trial court, that the similar ages of the victims is more pertinent in this case than the age difference between victim and perpetrator.
Near identical circumstances are not required; rather, the incidents need only share some unusual facts that go to a purpose other than propensity for the evidence to be admissible. The prior acts here were sufficiently similar to the charged acts to be admissible under Rule 404(b).
From the evidence that defendant rarely left his mother's house except to go to work and that both victims were young male cousins of defendant who visited defendant at his mother's house, the jury here could infer that defendant acted as alleged when he had access to potential victims in the house. The trial court concluded that "given the similarities … temporal proximity is reasonable." We agree that, given the similarities in the incidents, the remoteness in time was not so significant as to render the prior acts irrelevant as evidence of modus operandi; thus, temporal proximity of the acts was a question of evidentiary weight to be determined by the jury.
The trial judge excluded testimony about one incident that did not share sufficient similarity to the charged actions, thus indicating his careful consideration of the evidence. Moreover, the judge gave the appropriate limiting instruction.
Given the similarities between the accounts of the victim and the 404(b) witness and the trial judge's careful handling of the process, we conclude that it was not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to determine that the danger of unfair prejudice did not substantially outweigh the probative value of the evidence. The trial court properly admitted the 404(b) evidence here.
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Annual Budget,
The Annual Budget sets out the Council's spending plans for the financial year and shows how these are to be funded including the contribution from council tax payers via the Council Precept.
Annual Accounts and Governance Statement
The Local and Audit and Accountability Act 2014 and Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 set out a number of important statutory provisions regarding the financial management of local authorities including the specific requirements for the production, approval, audit and publication of annual accounts and governance statements. It is a statutory requirement in the Accounts and Audit Regulations 2015 for all local authorities to prepare a statement of accounts and annual governance statement every year, in accordance with proper practices.
With effect from the 2016/17 financial year, the Council has been identified within the regulations as a "smaller relevant body".
Status as a smaller relevant body means that the Council, along with all other town and parish councils, is subject to different accounting and audit requirements to larger bodies such as principal councils.
Smaller bodies are required to prepare and publish their annual accounts and governance statements via an Annual Governance and Accountability Return (AGAR), and are subject to the limited assurance audit regime.
Proper practices in relation to the accounts and annual governance statements of smaller authorities are set out in 'Governance and Accountability for Smaller Authorities in England – A Practitioners Guide to Proper Practices to be applied in the preparation of statutory annual accounts and governance statements'.
The accounts and annual governance statement must be prepared, certified by the Council's Town Clerk and approved by the Council normally by 30th June each year. Due to Covid-19 this is extended to 31st August 2020. The unaudited accounts must then be made available for public inspection.
The accounts and annual governance statement are then checked independently by an external auditor who must issue an opinion that the accounts and governance statement have been prepared in accordance with the relevant statutory requirements and that they present a 'true and fair view' of the Council's finances and governance arrangements. The Council's external auditor is currently Mazars LLP.
The audited accounts and governance statement must be published by no later than the 30th September each year. Due to Covid-19 this is extended to 30th November 2020.
Annual Governance and Accountability Return
The Annual Governance and Accountability Return of the Council includes the following documents:
Annual Governance Statement which sets out a number of statements or assertions in relation to good governance, financial management and internal control. The Council is required to provide a 'yes' or 'no' to each assertion and is expected to have relevant evidence in place to support each 'yes' answer. It would also need to provide an explanation to the external auditor if it is not able to provide a 'yes' answer, including details of how the Council will address any identified weaknesses in its governance arrangements.
Accounting Statement which present, in accordance with proper accounting practices and in the format required by the Annual Return, the financial position of the Council for the financial year, including details of income, expenditure, opening and closing balances, fixed assets values, outstanding borrowing and cash and bank balances.
Internal Auditor's Report which provides a summary of the work undertaken and assurances provided by the Council's Internal Auditor during the year in relation to their review of the Council's internal control arrangements, providing an opinion as to whether the Council has in place an effective system of internal control.
2020/2021 Annual Governance and Accountability Return
The 2020/21 Annual Governance and Accountability Return of the Council was approved at a Council Meeting on 22nd June 2021. It was submitted to the Council's external auditors along with various supporting records and information.
A copy of the statutory notice of public right in relation to the inspection of the 2020/21 Annual Governance and Accountability Return can be viewed by the link below:
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2019/20 Annual Governance and Accountability Return
The 2019/20 Annual Governance and Accountability Return of the Council was approved at a Council Meeting on 25th August 2020. It was submitted to the Council's external auditors along with various supporting records and information.
The audit is now complete and the Council is pleased to report that the auditors have signed off the 2019/20 Annual Governance and Accountability Return and issued their External Auditor Report and Certificate with no issues of concern identified.
A copy of the audited 2019/20 Annual Governance and Accountability Return of the Council can be viewed via the link below:
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A copy of the statutory notice of public rights in relation to the inspection of the 2019/20 Annual Governance and Accountability Return can be viewed via the link below:
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Once again the Council has had to consider its budget in an ongoing difficult economic climate.
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This year the Council has had to consider its budget not only in the light of ongoing econonic difficulties, but also the introduction by the Government of a new Local Council Tax Benefit scheme which has resulted in a significant loss of income from Council Tax.
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Once again the Council has had to consider its budget in an ongoing difficult economic climate. In the circumstances the Council has again agreed to impose no increase in Council Tax levels this year, resulting in the same charges being in place for the third year in a row.
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Thought it a prize to be grasped at to be as God.
Though it not a prize to be grasped at to be as God.
Took upon Himself the form of a bondservant (slave).
And being found in appearance as a man (Rom. 8:3).
And became disobedient unto death.
God highly exalted Him and gave Him the name and position of Lord.
New Geneva study Bible. 1997, c1995 (electronic ed.) (Flp 2.5). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
1 Corinthians 9:24-27 Race Go into strict training in order to get the prize. We train on ourselves to run the race of life. So we keep our eyes on Christ - the goal - and don't get sidetracked or slowed down. When we do this we will win a reward in Christ's Kingdom.
Philippians 3:13, 14 Race Focus all your energies toward winning the race. Living the Christian life demands all of our energies. We can forget the past and strain to reach the goal because we know Christ promises eternity with him at the race's end.
1 Timothy 3:13, 14 Training Training for godliness will help you grow in faith and character. Just as we exercise to keep physically fit, we must also train ourselves to be spiritually fit. As our faith develops, we become better Christians, living in accordance with God's will. Such a life will attract others to Christ and pay dividends in both this life and the next.
2 Timothy 4:7, 8 Fight, Race Fighting the good fight and persevering to the end. The Christians life is a fight against evil forces from without and temptation from within. Is we stay true to God through it all, he promises an end, a rest, and a crown.
3. Joy in giving (4:2-23) Although Paul was writing from prison, joy is a dominant theme in this letter. The secret of his joy is grounded in his relationship with Christ. People today desperately want to be happy but are tossed and turned by daily successes, failures, and inconveniences.
Christians are to be joyful in every circumstance, even when things are going badly, even when we feel like complaining, even when no one else is joyful. Christ still reigns, and we still know him, so we can rejoice at all times.


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Multi-Artist 'McCartney III Imagined' Wins Its Own Four-Star Acclaim
The Independent called the album 'delightful, crisply produced, and well-arranged,' and the NME said it was 'a vibrant, well-earned victory lap.'
Paul Sexton
The release of the multi-artist McCartney III Imagined album, featuring interpretations of Paul McCartney's current record by a host of cutting-edge artists, has been welcomed with a raft of four-star reviews.
The album comprises new mixes and readings of last December's McCartney III album by St. Vincent, Damon Albarn, Beck, Phoebe Bridgers, Josh Homme, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien and more. Acclaim for the project has mirrored the huge enthusiasm for the original set, which topped the charts in the UK to become McCartney's first No.1 there since Flowers In The Dirt achieved the feat in June 1989.
"It's always nice when artists sound genuinely excited to participate in a collective project, and that comes through in spades on the delightful, crisply produced, and well-arranged McCartney III Imagined," wrote Rachel Brodsky in The Independent. "The source material was released mid-pandemic. This assembly of talent feels symbolic of future social gatherings to come."
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Reviewers have remarked on the unusual nature of Imagined, which is part-remix album, part-new interpretation, brought together by McCartney's casting vote on the results. St. Vincent, indeed, has said it was a highlight of her career when the former Beatle approved her take on "Women and Wives."
In a chat between McCartney and St. Vincent on Instagram Live, he told her: "One of the things for me was I didn't really know too much about who was going to be asked and who was agreeing and stuff like that. I left that to the record label and my manager. So it was a great surprise for me to get — in the post, or on the phone — your track, Beck's track, Dominic Fike, so many cool people."
Thomas Smith's NME review observed: "McCartney III Imagined, then is a vibrant, well-earned victory lap…McCartney takes a step back and hands over complete control of a song each to his collaborators. Some have used the opportunity to insert their own twist on Macca's songwriting in the shape of a cover, while others merely mess around with the provided colours in the palette for their own gain; both approaches are intriguing."
Paul McCartney - The Kiss of Venus III Imagined: Dominic Fike (Official Video)
In The Observer, Neil Spencer wrote: "Last year's DIY album McCartney III proved both playful and resilient; a timely antidote to the stifled, existential mood of the Covid era. 'Curated' by himself, McCartney III Imagined is a classy set of remixes from assorted studio alchemists that allows Macca to experiment further by proxy."
For Pitchfork's Stuart Berman, "the ultimate goal of McCartney III Imagined is to sell Macca to the "who is Paul McCartney?" generation, the album finds its most effective Trojan horse in Dominic Fike's "The Kiss of Venus," where the Florida SoundCloud sensation transforms the creaky acoustic serenade into a slice of quirky indie R&B that, if not a surefire chart-topper, could score a premium position on a Spotify Bedroom Pop playlist."
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Colombia plans initiative for solar to benefit milk producers
The government of Atlántico Department, on Colombia's Caribbean Coastline, has announced plans for an initiative to support the region's dairy producers, by financing PV systems to power milk cooling tanks.
June 19, 2017 Mark Hutchins
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Anatolio Santos, Atlántico Department's Secretary of Economic Development, brought up the initiative at a government meeting.
The aim of the proposed initiative is to boost the region's milk sector, to make it more competitive through lower costs. Currently, farmers pay up to COP 1,500,000 ($500) per tank, per month in electricity bills for milk cooling facilities.
Santos is now seeking support for the scheme from Colombia's Ministry of Agriculture. Local dairy producers have reacted positively to the suggestions: "This idea was born because of the high costs we are paying in electricity," said Robinson Yance, of the Association of Agricultural Producers of Atlántico. "It is very important to target alternative energy that is environmentally friendly."
Colombia has recently begun to turn toward solar and wind in order to diversify its energy mix. Currently the country relies on big hydro for around 70% of its electricity. Earlier in 2017, new legislation was published by the Ministry of Mines and Energy to regulate self-consumption for PV systems up to 100 kW.
Colombia's first utility scale PV power plant, a 10 MW installation located in the Valle del Cauca region, is currently under construction and expected to come online in the third quarter of 2017.
Mark Hutchins
Mark Hutchins joined pv magazine in September 2016 as production editor of the monthly global title. Mark also works online reporting on upstream technology and markets, as well as newly emerging solar regions.
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On March 1, the first $85 billion of the $1.2 trillion sequester will go into effect, hitting almost every aspect of the government with across-the-board spending cuts.
The cuts go to the heart of several government functions — military readiness, food safety, flight logistics and law enforcement — and could prevent several agencies from functioning at their intended level.
$85 billion might seem like a drop in the bucket, but indiscriminate cuts will have consequences.
Top military leadership has repeatedly warned of the sequester, with General Ray Odierno claiming that the cuts will result in a "hollow Army."
There's good reason for the panic. According to the Department of Defense, the Army will cut training for 80% of soldiers. The Navy's official website says they will have to cancel major exercises and submarine deployments, and cut flying hours on deployed carriers. On the Air Force side, the cuts will curtail facility sustainment, reduce flying hours by 20 percent, and put an end to all "non-mission essential" flights — meaning no more air shows, according to Federal News Radio.
Buck McKeon (R-Ca.), the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has also said that reduced budgets "could lead to another round of [base] closures," which would have major economic effects for the communities around those bases.
But the troops do need to keep on eye on their health care coverage. The Defense Health Program is one notable exception that is eligible for sequester, and is set to receive $3 billion in cuts unless Congress moves money from another account to cover the shortfall.
Budget cuts to the Defense Health Program could also affect research, including studies of post traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, and infectious diseases.
As the largest funder of research and development, the Department of Defense will be feeling deep cuts in weapons development, missile defense, and space-based communications.
An analysis from the AAAS pegs DoD cuts at over $30 billion, meaning they'll likely have to take a hard look at big budget programs like the Joint Strike Fighter.
Purchases of new weapons, aircraft, and ships all will take a big hit under sequestration, as will funding for ammunition, fuel, and spare parts, according to one report from Army Times.
Since most contracts are working on funds appropriated a year or more ago, the defense industry won't be forced to make drastic cuts right away — but they will come in 2014 when the full effects are realized.
It's not only the military that will be affected.
According to the Federal Times, every FBI employee, including special agents, will be furloughed for almost three weeks by the end of September if the sequestration isn't averted.
The bureau would rotate the furloughs to lessen the impact, but "the impact of that sequestration would be felt for many years in the future," said FBI Director Robert Mueller.
NASA is already operating on a reduced budget, but sequester would mean more cuts for the agency.
The largest impact of the cuts would be a continued reliance on Russia for transporting astronauts to and from the International Space Station. Other cuts could result in cancellations of technology projects, flight demonstration projects, and the elimination of research grants, according to science blog io9.
A particularly scary part of the sequester relates to the NNSA, which would face over $1 billion in cuts, according to an official report from the Office of Management & Budget.
The NNSA is responsible for management and security of U.S. nuclear weapons, nonproliferation, and naval reactor programs, in addition to responding to radiological emergencies.
Obama proposed an increase of $535 million in his 2013 budget request, but that would be reversed in the event of the sequester, adding to the $500 million reduction included in the sequester.
Serious cuts are coming to humanitarian aid, assistance to Israel, and funding for diplomatic security abroad, according to Secretary of State John Kerry.
"Sequestration would force the Department and USAID to make across-the-board reductions of $2.6 billion to fiscal 2013 funding levels under the continuing resolution," Kerry wrote in a letter to Sen. Barbara Milkuski (D-MD) on Feb. 11.
U.S. meat and poultry processing could come to an abrupt halt if federal meat inspectors are put on a two-week furlough, USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack has warned.
The USDA — which inspects all meat, poultry and dairy products for quality — will be hit with the across the board cut. As a result, the futures market for cattle has entered a downward slide, and production losses could hit $10 billion according to the National Cattlemen's Beef Association.
The NCBA also projected $400 million in wage losses for industry workers and limited meat and poultry supplies nationwide.
The FAA budget will be cut by $600 million, which could result in air traffic controllers being furloughed one day per pay period, according to AVWeb.
Budget cuts could close air traffic control towers, reduce flight capacity and cost 132,000 jobs, according to the Aerospace Industries Association.
The move could cut two billion pounds of freight capacity due to the reductions in staff and could delay or cancel flights for millions of passengers all year, a Second to None study showed.
The Center for Disease Control will also be hit by sequestration, and it could result in a diminished ability for the agency to protect Americans from infectious diseases.
According to the American Public Health Association the CDC will be unable to immunize a projected 30,000 children and 20,000 adults, and may have to eliminate staff responsible for implementing vaccination programs at the state and local level. The cuts would hit HIV/AIDS prevention programs, cut back on food-borne illness investigations and hurt the ability to respond to biological threats.
At the National Institutes of Health, billions will be cut after sequestration, restricting the agency's ability to give research grants and carry out their own studies into fatal disease and cancer, the Washington Post reported.
President Obama is working to stop the cuts, but he may have his hands full.


Toys are too complicated these days.
I sometimes hear parents saying that their kids get bored if their toys don't make sounds or light up, or aren't animated or interactive games. And of course all these electronic toys and games cost more and break really easily.
I sometimes feel like an old fogey, but seriously, do children really need all those bells and whistles? Sometimes it's the simplest of things that make people happy, and the same goes for the classic games that kids have been playing for generations.
Make a big colored mess?! Yes, please! What fun it is to bundle them up and watch them fall all over the place, like a big moving rainbow!
I think that this is one reason why pick up sticks have been a cherished game for such a long time. They're aethetically pleasing, but also such a simple game that requires concentration and small motor agility.
There are lots of variations on this game, but what I propose here is Mikado, the classic pick up sticks version. They're really simple to make with very basic materials, and are a wonderul gift for kids and adults alike when you sew a little pouch for them and include playing instructions!
And I know that you probably don't have time to create an instruction sheet, so I've made one for you that you can download and print out! You're welcome!
I actually researched Mikado quite a while to find the "official" rules, colors, stripe scheme and point system, but it turns out that there are loads of different versions. I made up my own colors and stripes (I also made a set without stripes which looks more like the plastic game I had when I was little), as well as my own point system based on what I found most often. Feel free to vary any of these as you please.
So, what do you say? Are you ready to have some good old-fashioned fun? Let's get right to work on our homemade pick up sticks!
1. Cut off the very tip of 41 skewers. Those tips can be very pointy and we don't want anyone getting hurt!
2. If you want striped sticks, wrap little bits of masking tape around the sticks. You can make them all the same or vary the stripe scheme. Just make sure that you keep the same scheme for each color. I put three pieces of tape on 20 sticks and two pieces of tape on 20 other sticks, and left the remaining stick plain for the special black Mikado stick.
Omit this step if you prefer solid-colored sticks. Just be forewarned that it's much easier to paint the striped sticks because you can hold on to the masking tape without having to hold onto the wet painted sticks!
3. Paint the sticks according to your color scheme/point system. If you follow the one given in my printable playing instructions sheet, you will paint one stick solid black, then five blue, five yellow, 15 green and 15 red.
4. Let the sticks dry completely on the wax paper or other non-stick paper. Paint a second coat if necessary.
5. Peel off the masking tape when the paint is dry.
And you're done! Wasn't that easy?!
I can't decide which type I like more, the solid-colored sticks or the striped ones.
As you can see above, I accidentally bought two packages of skewers that were different sizes, but it really doesn't matter what size you choose.
I love how the different colors look, like a holding a rainbow in my hand!
And I love the way they look scattered during the game, too!
It's really easy to make a little zipper pouch to carry the game in. Just get a zipper 2 or 3 cm longer than the sticks and cut a rectangle of fabric as long as the zipper tape and 15 cm wide and follow my instructions here on how to sew a simple zippered pouch.
You can play with your own rules, or download and print my Mikado instructions from my free downloads page. Fold the sheet in half, then in thirds, trim off the blank margins, and it will slip right into the carrying case!
In a nutshell, you hold the sticks in a bunch with the tips touching the table, then let go, which makes them fall in a jumbled heap.
Players then take turns picking up one stick at a time without moving any of the other sticks.
There are variations on the game. Some people play that you pick one stick, then it's the next player's turn. Others do it so that a player continues to pick up sticks until he moves one, and only then play passes to the next player. Some people like to re-bundle and re-release the sticks at each new turn. I've added a few variations on playing rules in the instruction sheet.
Likewise, there are variations on scoring. Usually each color is assigned a point value and you add up your points at the end of the game. Sometimes you keep a tally of scores over five (or any other number of) games, or decide that the first player to reach 100 (or any other number) of points over various games wins.
After I prepared the downloadable rules, my kids told me that at their summer camp they played that you count up the number of stripes on the sticks you've collected, which is an easy variation for kids. However, in this case you might want to vary the number of masking tape tabs you put on the sticks in step #2.
And when you're done playing, just stick them back in the carry case for easy storage!
And if you want to give an extra special gift, why not make a set of tile or rock dominoes in a matching fabric carry case? There's nothing quite like old-fashioned games with a modern twist!
It's super easy (and inexpensive!) to make your own handmade pick up sticks, and you'll be able to spend hours of fun without any batteries or electronic gizmos! So what are you waiting for? Go make a set of homemade pick up sticks for your family… and everyone else you know!
Do you love making simple, but stimulating, toys and games? Then check out my super easy felt bowtie pasta tutorial with a free downloadable box to make it look even more realistic!
I used to love playing Pick Up Sticks, Lisa. I totally agree, kids don't need all the bells and whistles to which many of them have become accustomed. I would never have thought to make my own set.
I used to love it, too, Pam! I hope you make a set and enjoy it!
This is a fabulous idea! I will definitely be making these for my daughter when she gets a bit older! Pinned!
So glad you like it, Lisa! And I'm sure your daughter will, too!
This is such a cool idea. LOVE the striped look. And I agree, kids do not need bells and whistles! 🙂 Thank you so much for linking up to Funtastic Friday!
Thanks, Kimm! I'm so glad that you like this and that you agree about simple toys and games! Thanks as always for hosting!


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NANCY MARGUERITE ANDERSON
An Accidental Historian, writing about the people who worked in the Territory West of the Rocky Mountains before 1858 — so many good stories!
THE YORK FACTORY EXPRESS
"York Factory Express"
"The Brigades"
Brigade Trails
London Ship
Alexander Caulfield Anderson
Anderson-Seton Family
A.C. Anderson's Writing
Fur Trade History
Deaths and Murders
HBC Transportation Systems
Natives in the Fur Trade
Native plants & foods
James and Charlot Birnie of Cathlamet
John O'Brien
By Nancy Marguerite Anderson November 20, 2021 "Journeys", "York Factory Express"
This is a painting by Henry James Warre, unidentified location. Courtesy American Antiquarian Society. It is highly likely that this is Athabasca Pass, possibly as seen from the west. It could literally also be drawn in the pass, at the lakes. What do you think?
I have one man I keep stumbling across: his name is John O'Brien. I found him first when he was mentioned in Thomas Lowe's York Factory Express journal of 1847. Lowe writes:
Thursday 15th July 1847. Started from York Factory at 11 am with 2 boats, in one of which is C.F. Rowand and Mr. O'Brien, and in the other Mr. Ferdinand McKenzie & myself, passengers… Mr. Rowand retires this year to Canada. [He didn't]. Mr. O'Brien is for McKenzie's River, and Mr. McKenzie accompanies me to the Columbia. Warm day. Fine breezes up the [Hayes] River.
I don't think he was spoken of again in Lowe's journals, but in order to identify him (as I attempted to identify everyone mentioned), I looked in the various biographies on HBCA and in other places, and did not find him. So I wrote him off as a spear-thrower. If you are a writer, you know what that means: the person is so unimportant to the story that he is just another character in it and there is no need to make him more important than he is. He is one of the men who throws the spears in battle.
Then I found John O'Brien's biography in The Letters of John McLoughlin from Fort Vancouver to the Governor and Committee, Second Series, 1839-44. And here it is, in stages:
John O'Brien came from London and was engaged by the Hudson's Bay Company as an apprentice clerk for the Montreal Department in January, 1833, when he was fifteen years of age. He sailed from the London Docks for North America on the Great Britain, and after a short time spent in the Lachine office he was sent to the Timiskaming district, where he was employed for about two years. In 1835 he was transferred to the Lake Huron district, and he served there until 1840, when he volunteered for service in the Columbia district. In his own words … his journey "without interruption from Lake Huron to the most distant Post on the North West Coast of America…occupied… from May until February [1841]. At this Post 'Tako' he was subjected to considerable peril & fatigue…"
So he was at Fort Durham, built on the northwest coast in June 1840. John O'Brien went to Fort Durham in 1841, to replace Roderick Finlayson who was transferred out, and he was in turn replaced by Thomas Lowe in 1842. His biography continues:
He gave notice of his intention to retire when Sir George Simpson was at Taku in the autumn of 1841, and in the spring of 1842 he was sent to Fort Vancouver, preparatory to returning to England. O'Brien was employed there for a time in the counting-house, and he was a member of Douglas's party which explored the southern end of Vancouver Island in the first part of the summer of 1842.
And so he is also in my stories about the founding of Fort Victoria! He seems to be everywhere!
He was also with Donald Manson on the Coast during the enquiries into the murder of young McLoughlin [at Fort Stikine]. O'Brien apparently changed his mind about retiring and McLoughlin recommended that he should be allowed to remain in the service. He wintered at Fort Vancouver in 1842-43, and on the instructions from Simpson and the Council of the Northern Department, who were of the opinion that resignations "should be considered binding," he left for York Factory in the spring of 1843. He carried the Columbia express to Red River and York Factory, and he afterwards claimed that the hardships endured on his journey "affected his eyesight & he experienced intermittent blindness from June to November and continued deafness for a considerable period…"
So it is likely that John O'Brien led out the 1843 York Factory Express. His story continues:
O'Brien returned to England from York Factory on the Company's ship Prince Rupert, but after being away so long he found it difficult to obtain employment in London, and so applied in February, 1845, for re-admission into the Company's service. He was reappointed a clerk on a five years' contract…
He turned that position down, but on re-applying he was again appointed a clerk in June 1846, with a contract that offered better terms.
He sailed for Hudson Bay in the summer of 1846, and his first duty on arriving at York Factory was to conduct the second brigade of the 6th Regiment of Foot (which had been sent out to Ruperts Land by H.M. Government pending the settlement of the Oregon Boundary) to their station at the Red River Settlement. He then proceeded to Edmonton House, where he wintered during 1846-47. He accompanied Chief Factor John Rowand and the Saskatchewan Brigade to York Factory in the spring of 1847, and then, according to his "Memorial," returned to Edmonton House in charge of the brigade.
As you see from Thomas Lowe's comments, above, John Rowand was there and presumably in charge of the brigade. Perhaps Rowand was supposed to retire and chose not to, and John O'Brien went out thinking he would be in charge on its return journey. Lowe, however, says that John O'Brien is "a passenger." O'Brien's story continues:
At the end of September he and his party started for Mackenzie River, the district in which he had been appointed for outfit 1847-48. He got as far as Peace River on October 25, and finding it already full of drift ice and impossible to navigate in a frail bark canoe, he decided to return to Edmonton. He left Edmonton in March, 1848, on snowshoes and arrived in the Mackenzie River district late in the following June. He had charge of Fort Simpson until the return of the brigade from Portage la Loche at the end of August, when "he was dispatched to the most barren region in the Country… to assume charge of Frances Lake & Pelly Banks Posts."
I did run into John O'Brien in the Mackenzie District when I was writing my yet-to-be-published "Journeys" book. I did not pay a lot of attention to him, because even there, John O'Brien is little more than a spear-thrower. Here is how he is written up in the book by Theodore J. Karamanski, Fur Trade and Exploration: Opening the far Northwest, 1821-1853 [University of British Columbia Press, 1983]:
It was some time before [Robert] Campbell and his men heard of the change of command. They were dependent upon the Pelly Banks and Frances Lake posts to relay supplies and communications. Campbell had no faith in either Pierre Pambrun, Jr., or John O'Brien, the clerks responsible for those posts. His opinion was confirmed in September 1848, when Campbell sent James Stewart to Frances Lake for the winter's trade outfit. Stewart found both Frances Lake and Pelly Banks in a state of confusion. The supply boats from Fort Simpson had been late, and the men had suffered from hunger. By the time things were straightened out ice was beginning to form on the Pelly River, and Stewart was unable to forward his trade goods to Fort Selkirk.
This is the rest of John O'Brien's story, from the same source as above:
The winter of 1848-49 was one of great privation at Frances Lake, and O'Briens party also suffered on the journey to Fort Simpson with the returns of trade in May, 1849. On arrival there he was directed by the Chief Factor in charge of the district to wind up the season's business and conduct the brigade to Portage la Loche. He was again appointed to Frances Lake and Pelly River for outfit 1849-50, but…he became so ill in body and mind whilst en route to his charge, that on this account and owing to troubles with deserting Indians and an incompetent guide, he returned to Fort Simpson.
Robert Campbell (of Fort Selkirk fame) tells the story of what happened in his various journals. James Green Stewart and Andrew Flett waited for the boats until it was far too late in the year, and were almost skeletons by the time they made it back to Fort Selkirk, "The cause of all this disappointment & suffering was they waited at Frances Lake in vain for the boats till near the close of navigation, then seeing that further delay was useless, they crossed to Pelly Banks without provisions." At the Pelly Banks post they found the men in confusion, with no provisions laid by to carry them over the winter. Stewart and Flett lived from hand to mouth as they made their way downriver to Fort Selkirk, "& made up their minds to lie down and die when they came on the caches I had caused to be made."
What happened to John O'Brien, you may ask? He never saw the Frances Lake post again. "He spent the winter of 1849-50 in charge of Fort des Liards. Simpson was displeased with O'Brien's conduct as he considered that the return to Fort Simpson in the fall of 1849 had been made "without any good reason for so doing & without … due efforts to accomplish the journey," and he considered that the consequences would "be attended with privations to the Company's Servants & the Indians & with great injury to the trade." This is true: two HBC men starved to death that winter, and one cannibalized the other. Two more men barely survived the winter, and were taken out to Fort Simpson to recover their health.
John O'Brien was appointed a clerk at Fort Simpson for outfit 1850-51, and as his contract expired on June 1, 1851, Simpson arranged for him to accompany the Portage la Loche brigade to York Factory in the summer of 1851, and there take the Company's ship to England, as it was not intended to renew his contract. His account in the Company's ledge was closed On October 10, 1851, and his further efforts to rejoin the Company's service were unsuccessful."
An interesting story indeed! But in spite of knowing all this about John O'Brien, he remains a spear-thrower. An interesting spear-thrower, perhaps, but a spear-thrower nonetheless.
So, if you want to purchase my newly published book, you can do so here: http://ronsdalepress.com/york-factory-express-the/ John O'Brien might be mentioned in the book, so don't look for him there. Fortunately for you, you will learn about the York Factory Express that he travelled in — this is how he came into the territory west of the Rockies, and how he travelled out.
Copyright, Nancy Marguerite Anderson, 2021. All rights reserved.
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Welcome! Visitors are welcome in Beaverton, Michigan especially the kind that like to stay and play awhile! Come with your family, your friends or just yourself and I'll bet you'll make new friends while you're here! Wixom Lake is an approximately 2,000 acre all sports lake, inside Gladwin County and located in Beaverton, Michigan. The lake takes in Billings and Tobacco Township and is formed by the Tittabawassee River system and is also fed by the Cedar and Tobacco Rivers.
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In less than five months since its launch on Android and iOS, PUBG Mobile has surpassed 100 million downloads worldwide. In a press release announcing the milestone, publisher Tencent Games congratulated the game's developers and thanked the millions for making the game a runaway success.
In a prepared statement, PUBG Mobile general manager, Vincent Wang, said that the company will keep raising the bar for mobile gaming, and promised more exclusive content in the coming months.
"We will continue to set the bar for mobile gaming and look to deliver even more great contents to our players later this year"
After the massive success of PUBG on PC and XBOX, a scaled-down version of the game was launched on mobile earlier this year. The company back in May announced that the game had as many as 10 million daily active players on Android and iOS combined, and is among the most downloaded apps on both the Play Store and the App Store.
In the most recent major update, PUBG Mobile also added a War Mode, a more frenzied version of the classic mode, which means players are more likely to make play more than one match at a time.
The company earlier this month also launched PUBG Mobile Lite, a less-resource-hungry version of the game for low-end smartphones. While PUBG Lite is yet to hit many markets, it has the potential to become a massive hit, as it already gives you a very good gameplay experience. You can download PUBG Mobile Lite for your phone by following these steps.
Consumer spending in PUBG Mobile has steadily increased since it arrive on the scene. In June, the game saw an increase of 365 percent in in-game revenue thanks to the launch of the Royale Pass. The game also recently received a new theme based on Tom Cruise's 'Mission: Impossible – Fallout' as part of a deal between Tencent and Paramount Pictures.
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Stellar Lumens (XLM) An Open Network for Storing and Moving Money
April 21, 2022 | 5:00 pm
What is Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency?
The Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency is a simple open network that allows money to be stored and moved; when it was released in July 2014, one of its main aims was to boost the financial inclusion by reaching the world's unbanked, but soon afterward, its priorities got shifted to helping different financial firms connect with one another through blockchain technology.
The native token of the network, lumens, also serves as a bridge that makes it less expensive to various trade assets across borders. All of this focuses on challenging the existing payment providers, who often charge high fees for a similar service. If all of this thing sounds familiar to you, it is worth noting that the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency was originally based on the Ripple Labs protocol. Therefore, the blockchain was created as a result of hard fork, and the code was also subsequently rewritten.
Who Are The Founders Of The Stellar (Xlm) Cryptocurrency?
Jed Mc Caleb founded the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency with the lawyer Joyce Kim after leaving the Ripple cryptocurrency in the year 2013 over various disagreements about the company's future direction. In explaining the rationale behind the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency in September 2020, the founder, McCaleb, said: 'The whole original design of Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency is that you can have much of the fiat currencies and other kinds of value that run in parallel with each other and with the other crypto assets. So this is super important to drive this stuff mainstream.'
The goal of McCaleb is to ensure that the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency can give people a way of moving the fiat currency into crypto and also eliminate all the friction that different players commonly experience when they are sending the amounts of money all around the world. Furthermore, he serves as the CTO of Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency and the cofounder of Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency. This not-for-profit organization focuses on unlocking the economic potential of the globe by making money more fluid, markets more open, and the people around the world more empowered.
What Makes The Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency?
The fees are a sticking point for many. However, high costs when making cross-border payments are not exclusive to fiat-based charges solutions like PayPal- transaction fees have also been known to gone through the roof on the Ethereum and Bitcoin blockchains because of the congestion.
Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency is unique because every transaction costs just 0.00001 XLM. Further, how one unit of the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency only costs a few cents at writing helps ensure that the users keep more of their money. Some blockchain projects have secured partnerships with big brand technology companies and fintech firms. For example, a few years ago, IBM and Stellar teamed up to launch the world wire, which is a project that allowed various big financial institutions to submit the transactions to the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency network and the transact using bridge assets such as stablecoins. Other blockchains have the community funds, meaning that the grants can be given to the projects that further help the ecosystem grow and allow the users to vote on which the ventures should be given to this support.
How Is The Stellar (Xlm) Cryptocurrency Network Secured?
This network is secured using the stellar consensus protocol, which has four main properties: low latency, decentralized control, flexible trust, and asymptotic security. Through the SCP, any person can join the process of achieving the consensus, and not a single commodity can end up with the preponderance of decision-making power. These transactions are also confirmed cheaply.
How Many Stellar (Xlm) Cryptocurrency Coins Are There In Circulation?
Around 100 billion XLM were issued when the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency network was launched in 2015, but things have changed since the release date. The total supply stands at 50 billion Stellar (XLM) cryptocurrencies, and the circulating collection is currently 20.7 billion.
In 2019, the Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrency Development Foundation announced that it was burning over half of the supply of the cryptocurrency. This means that it now controls approximately 30 billion Stellar (XLM) Cryptocurrencies. While some of the capital is earmarked for marketing and helping the organization develop, about one-third is reserved for making investments in other blockchain ventures.
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In 1974, farmers digging a well near their small village stumbled upon one of the most important finds in archaeological history – vast underground chambers surrounding a Chinese emperor's tomb that contained more than 8,000 life-size clay soldiers ready for battle. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen shares the fascinating history of Emperor Qin Shi Huang.
Each year, archeologists discover more about the Terracotta Warriors as new technologies become available and researchers employ innovative approaches to their work. For example, one study used facial recognition software to determine that each of the Terracotta Warriors is, most probably, unique. Watch this video about how this technology is being used.
Sometimes the answers don't come from technology, but from human knowledge. To understand how the Terracotta Warriors were made, one research team consulted Zhang Binruo and Han Ping Zhe. These two men make replicas of the Terracotta Warriors for a living today in China. Zhang and Han know if you attempt to make an entire statue out of clay, it will collapse under its own weight. Instead, they make their replicas in pieces and later join them together.
Zhang and Han can produce 200 full-sized replicas of the Terracotta Warriors each year using modern technology, but the original artisans made more than 700 per year. How did they do it? Learn more at: "Secrets of the Dead: China's Terracotta Warriors" from PBS. What were some of their secrets?
Another study compared how people in the Qin Dynasty made weapons like arrowheads. Read this Washington Post article: Chinese terra cotta warriors had real, and very carefully made, weapons to find out a bit more about what these Terracotta Warriors carried.
It is hypothesized that the Terracotta Warriors could have been built in a "cellular production" system in which small groups of artisans made different parts of the warriors that would later be joined together, much like Zhang Binruo and Han Ping Zhe (see paragraph above) do today. These articles explain more. Take a minute and read them: "Imperial Logistics: The Making of the Terracotta Army" from UCL Institute of Archeology, and "Ears of Ancient Chinese Terra-Cotta Warriors Offer Clues to Their Creation" From National Geographic.
Research has also revealed more about Emperor Qin, including a tale about a royal counselor hiding the Emperor's death (by disguising the smell of his corpse with pungent fish) until a suitable moment could be found to announce his successor. This article describes more about the life of Emperor Qin: "Terracotta Soldiers on the March" from The Smithsonian.
Archeologists and paleontologists have used computer modeling in replicating ancient relics as well have digital scanning technology to assist with excavation efforts. Read about how they use these tools to assist their work in learning more about the Terracotta Warriors.


PMRW published posters and guidebook are intended to raise better understanding of the situation of migrant workers and their families and how we could all work together to uphold, promote and protect their rights. Ten posters were developed and the guidebook contains its description highlighting a particular migration issue, a short narrative of migrants' experiences, and some guide questions for discussions.
•both will be given to migrants rights advocate, NGOs, and other stakeholders.