What is a Kansas Vegetation Management Control Bond?
The Kansas Vegetation Management Control Bond is a requirement of the Kansas Department of Transportation's Bureau of the Right of Way and Outdoor Advertising to all vegetation management control practitioners operating within the state.
This bond is an extensive guarantee providing solid pronouncement that as a business owner, all guidelines on trimming, pruning, cutting down or removing trees, shrubs or any other plants are strictly adhered to in making off-site outdoor advertising signages unless permitted to do so by the state.
Why do you need the Kansas Vegetation Management Control Bond?
You need the Kansas Vegetation Management Control Bond because your business is important to you. You want to be viewed as a business owner who knows how to protect not just clients but also the environment and all plant species found in restricted areas. The bond likewise depicts you as a responsible business owner who thinks of the community it operates, thus, making you appealing to potential customers. With this bond, existing clients and potential patrons will look up to you as an individual of fidelity, trustworthiness, reliability, and uprightness.
There is no particular bond form allocated for vegetation management control surety bonds in Kansas. In its place, surety bond professionals have been instructed by the state to use the Kansas Generic License and Permit Bond Form.
What is the cost of a Kansas Vegetation Management Control Bond?
The Kansas Vegetation Management Control Bond is for $10,000. Premium bond payments are highly dependent on the licensee's credit history and score. The premium amount is likewise reliant on the licensee's reputation as a business operator, his/her standing in the community, and whether or not he/she has a criminal record. For those who have flawless personal and business background, they are expected to pay less compared to bond applicants who have a problematic credit history.
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Ann Intern Med. 1998 Oct 1;129(7):517-24.
Multivitamin use, folate, and colon cancer in women in the Nurses' Health Study.
Giovannucci E1, Stampfer MJ, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Fuchs C, Rosner BA, Speizer FE, Willett WC.
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
High intake of folate may reduce risk for colon cancer, but the dosage and duration relations and the impact of dietary compared with supplementary sources are not well understood.
To evaluate the relation between folate intake and incidence of colon cancer.
88,756 women from the Nurses' Health Study who were free of cancer in 1980 and provided updated assessments of diet, including multivitamin supplement use, from 1980 to 1994.
PATIENTS:
442 women with new cases of colon cancer.
Multivariate relative risk (RR) and 95% CIs for colon cancer in relation to energy-adjusted folate intake.
Higher energy-adjusted folate intake in 1980 was related to a lower risk for colon cancer (RR, 0.69 [95% CI, 0.52 to 0.93] for intake > 400 microg/d compared with intake < or = 200 microg/d) after controlling for age; family history of colorectal cancer; aspirin use; smoking; body mass; physical activity; and intakes of red meat, alcohol, methionine, and fiber. When intake of vitamins A, C, D, and E and intake of calcium were also controlled for, results were similar. Women who used multivitamins containing folic acid had no benefit with respect to colon cancer after 4 years of use (RR, 1.02) and had only nonsignificant risk reductions after 5 to 9 (RR, 0.83) or 10 to 14 years of use (RR, 0.80). After 15 years of use, however, risk was markedly lower (RR, 0.25 [CI, 0.13 to 0.51]), representing 15 instead of 68 new cases of colon cancer per 10,000 women 55 to 69 years of age. Folate from dietary sources alone was related to a modest reduction in risk for colon cancer, and the benefit of long-term multivitamin use was present across all levels of dietary intakes.
Long-term use of multivitamins may substantially reduce risk for colon cancer. This effect may be related to the folic acid contained in multivitamins.
Comment in
ACP J Club. 1999 Mar-Apr;130(2):51.
A role for multivitamins in infection? [Ann Intern Med. 2003]
10.7326/0003-4819-129-7-199810010-00002
Colonic Neoplasms/epidemiology*
Colonic Neoplasms/prevention & control
Confounding Factors (Epidemiology)
Dietary Supplements*
Folic Acid/administration & dosage*
Methionine/administration & dosage
Vitamins/administration & dosage*
Silverchair Information Systems
Dietary Supplements - MedlinePlus Health Information
Folic Acid - MedlinePlus Health Information
FOLIC ACID - Hazardous Substances Data Bank
(L)-Methionine - Hazardous Substances Data Bank

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SA Ambulance Service (SAAS) is South Australia's provider of emergency ambulance transport, clinical care, and patient transport services.
We are committed to ensuring South Australia has access to the best possible emergency pre-hospital medical care, non-emergency transport, and rescue and retrieval services.
Our Purpose: To save lives, reduce suffering, and enhance quality of life, through the provision of accessible and responsive quality patient care.
Delivery of high-quality clinical care and coordination of referral, transport and retrieval services for emergency and time sensitive patients.
Triple zero (000) call receipt and patient triage and dispatch of ambulance and specialist resources to emergency incidents.
Pre-hospital emergency and urgent care, treatment and/or transport.
Emergency management services and multi-agency operations.
Aeromedical and Medical Retrieval services.
Coordination of State Rescue Helicopter Services, via SAAS Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
Management of the Royal Flying Doctor Services (RFDS) contract for fixed-wing inter-hospital air transfers and coordination of medical assistance in rural and remote areas in South Australia.
Natural disaster and major event management.
Coordination of the Patient Transport Service (PTS) for the safe transport of patients from hospital to home, home to hospital, and nursing home to nursing home.
Management of Call Direct, a 24-hour personal monitoring emergency service.
Provision and administration of the Ambulance Cover subscription scheme.
Provision, as a registered training organisation, of in-house, nationally accredited training to SAAS staff.
About our organisation
SAAS reports to the Minister for Health and Wellbeing through the Chief Executive, Department for Health and Wellbeing (SA Health).
SAAS is led by Robert Elliott, Interim Chief Executive Officer.
Our organisation is made up of approximately 1200 salaried and 1500 volunteer staff, operating from over 100 locations across South Australia.
Rob Elliott, Interim Chief Executive Officer
Cathy Wright, Acting Executive Director Clinical Performance and Patient Safety
Keith Driscoll, Executive Director – Rescue, Retrieval and Aviation Services
Robert Cox, Executive Director Corporate Services
Paul Lemmer, Acting Executive Director Operations (Metropolitan)
Robert Tolson, Acting Executive Director Operations (Country)
Kate Clarke, Acting Executive Director Statewide Operational Services
James Doube, Interim Chief Medical Officer
Saffron Kennedy, Director of Workforce
Andrew Pearce, Director Clinical Services, SAAS MedSTAR
At SA Ambulance Service we are doing whatever it takes to support management of the spread of COVID-19.
Learn about our vision, core values and strategies, driving us to ensure South Australia has access to the best possible patient care.
Access a range of SAAS reports, action plans and various other downloadable publications.
Learn about SA Ambulance history dating back to 1920.
Access our interactive map of all South Australian regional and metropolitan ambulance stations and facilities.
Learn about our current fleet of ambulances, emergency response and special vehicles.


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GK Dutta > I-STORY > EMPOWERED RURAL WOMEN IN SATHYAMANGALAM!
The women of this land in Tamil Nadu have been victims of neglect for ages. Now, in the age of mass media and connected technology, they have found a new weapon to fight the oppression-the video camera.
Female volunteers who took part in a film-making workshop conducted by 'Signs' and 'Aide et Action International' are using the isual platform to tell their stories-real tales of oppression that are plainly told and are hard to neglect. This is a movement the rural women of Satyamangalam participate in with their heart.


The village of La Chapelle-Moulière is a small village located west of France. The town of La Chapelle-Moulière is located in the department of Vienne of the french region Poitou-Charentes.	The town of La Chapelle-Moulière is located in the township of Saint-Julien-l'Ars part of the district of Poitiers. The area code for La Chapelle-Moulière is 86058 (also known as code INSEE), and the La Chapelle-Moulière zip code is 86210.
The altitude of the city hall of La Chapelle-Moulière is approximately 100 meters. The La Chapelle-Moulière surface is 17.11 km ². The latitude and longitude of La Chapelle-Moulière are 46.65 degrees North and 0.566 degrees East. Nearby cities and towns of La Chapelle-Moulière are : Bellefonds (86210) at 1.96 km, Bonneuil-Matours (86210) at 3.52 km, Liniers (86800) at 4.87 km, Bonnes (86300) at 5.65 km, Lavoux (86800) at 6.61 km, Archigny (86210) at 7.08 km, Vouneuil-sur-Vienne (86210) at 7.90 km, Jardres (86800) at 8.89 km.
The population of La Chapelle-Moulière was 513 in 1999, 594 in 2006 and 606 in 2007. The population density of La Chapelle-Moulière is 35.42 inhabitants per km². The number of housing of La Chapelle-Moulière was 297 in 2007. These homes of La Chapelle-Moulière consist of 241 main residences, 43 second or occasional homes and 13 vacant homes.
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La Vienne, à BELLEFONDS (86).
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The latest weather data for La Chapelle-Moulière were collected Saturday, 20 April 2019 at 09:51 from the nearest observation station of Poitiers.


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Nicole Ruggiero Designs The Future With The Past In Mind
"When I can't tell the difference between real life and a digital creation, I actually get quite bored."
Words by Tierney Finster
Photos by Kofi Dua
Nicole Ruggiero (@nicoleruggiero) is a 3-D net artist from New York who compares her work to a dream, something that mixes influences and items from different times and spaces together in one place, and in doing so, creates a logic all its own. Nicole's design and animation work is inspired by the internet, online subcultures and personal nostalgia (sometimes for nostalgia for past iterations of the internet and its former subcultures).
Nicole tells TRASH about how finding current design inspiration in favorite cartoons from childhood, feeling guilty while trying to avoid burnout and envisioning the way virtual and physical reality will merge in the future.
To borrow a question you've used in your art, how has the internet impacted your life?
I had a very difficult childhood growing up. Both of my parents had drug problems and I really turned to the internet to find people who I could relate to and befriend. I feel like it was a lot harder in my local communities to find people to relate to than online, especially being a queer person. I was very lonely but found people I could directly relate to online, which is what really got me interested in creating digital art.
When I first really started going online and finding these communities, I would go to websites like Gaia Online, Myspace or LiveJournal. I also met a lot of people with similar interests to me in AIM chat rooms. I got into manga and anime this way too.
Anime got me into drawing. I started off digital painting and Photoshop. My Dad actually bought me a drawing tablet when I was twelve and I started painting in Photoshop. I would post all my horrible digital paintings to forums, get feedback, make friends through the pieces and just look at a lot of art. I met a lot of queer people and created this resource that became a really positive outlet and space for me to develop my interest in art, online culture and digital media.
What forum or anime had the most impact on you creatively as a child?
Drawing wise, I think I started off drawing characters from this Manga series called Ranma 1/2. I also really enjoyed Chobits and Kingdom Hearts, which is a video game, but it's in anime style. Kingdom Hearts was a huge influence on me and still is. I don't play it because it's super long, but I just watched the gameplay of the whole game basically. It was a really big influence for the last animation I did.
Looking back on it, Chobits is really interesting. It's about this android girl who winds up experiencing human emotion but doesn't understand how to participate in society at all. This guy finds her and basically teaches her how to be part of society. She can only speak one word. I loved this. It's very funny to look back on, because I don't think I realized how relevant that is to what I'm doing now.
Ranma is about this character of who switches gender when they're hit by water. That's also very interesting. I read a lot of very queer manga. That didn't really inform my art, but it informed me as a person. It helped me feel comfortable coming out in 2003 when I was 12 years old, which was hard.
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I feel like it's always happening; I'm constantly trying to level up. You always want to reach that next level. You always want to push yourself to do better, to do more, to engage in new experiences. I guess the first time that ever happened was probably when I started doing 3-D. I was doing a lot of 2-D before. When I was in middle school, I was doing digital painting and then flash animation.
As I went into high school, my family really wanted me to be in all the smart classes. I wasn't able to do as much art as I wanted to, which I've always been very sad about. My family was encouraging me not to be an artist, I didn't know how to do anything else and didn't really have any interest in anything else.
I remember struggling in college and finally just switching into the art school and being like, "That's it."
I wound up switching into graphic design. Eventually one of my friends at school was doing 3-D. I was like, "How are you doing that? Please. I keep trying and I just get so frustrated. It's very hard to make my way into this program that's so different than what I'm used to."
She just encouraged me. Finally, I got out of a relationship and had extra time. I was like, "You know what? I'm here to focus on doing 3-D."
I thought about what I wanted to make art about and was like, "The internet." My roommate was always calling me an internet person. For the longest time I didn't fully understand what he meant. I was just like "Everyone uses the internet. What are you talking about?"
Then I realized, I do use the internet differently than people. I do know things about the internet that are very niche but also very interesting. Within a few weeks, I was leaving my full time job and coming home to do 3-D stuff at night. I started posting what I made to my Instagram. I think it was a very good time for me to have started doing that because I got picked up by a couple of different publications.
I think my first "Wow" moment was when I had a piece school viral on Tumblr. Then I got picked up by this publication called Philippines and they posted my work and I was like, "Oh my God. People think this is cool."
That really encouraged me to just keep going.
I was like, 'I'm onto something. Let me keep making work like this."
And that lead to more work in augmented and virtual reality?
I wanted to get more into those spaces, so I reached out to people who were already working in them to help me improve my development work and to collaborate. I worked on an augmented reality project called "Slide To Expose," which was a bedroom exhibition that you would enter and download this app to your phone. I worked with this teen from Berlin called Refrakt and the artist Molly Soda. We made this bedroom and you would find different objects in this room, using the app to scan 3-D pop-ups, 2-D pop-ups, an audio sequence, whatever. That was a super fun project and it toured the world.
Then I worked on a VR project with a team that took place in other bedrooms. That one was for the Oculus audience, called "No Escape." It's about being stuck in this space where you are constantly being bombarded with messages, emails, phone calls, television programs, loud music. Like all these consequences of contemporary culture and at the very end of the experience you're transported.
You snap all these electronics in the room and then you're like, "Oh my God, it's done." You're transported to this nature environment. Then at the very end you hear one last message before the experience ends. The whole idea is like no escape. There's no removing yourself from this culture even when it is extremely frustrating.
Right now I'm working with the Magic Leap, which has been unbelievably difficult. The Magic Leap is a really cool device. Basically it's an augmented reality headset. You see your environment and you see all these digital components at the same time; it's interactive. It's much like the Oculus Live, except it's in you're seeing these objects in your actual environment. It's such a new thing that is pretty difficult to create experiences for still. My progress is very slow but very exciting. I wanted it to move faster like some of these other projects I've done, but we have to put so much more effort into this one because people haven't really used this before. There isn't much information on how to do things, so you just have to figure it out.
How do you forecast the future of AR applications in modern society?
I really think that AR is going to be implemented to where we're no longer looking at a phone or device, but we are wearing glasses and goggles or contacts and just interacting with these visual cues. Physical and virtual realities would merge. I would absolutely love that. I would love to be able to work on my computer without having to hold a pen. I'd be able to move my hands freely. There's this video called "Hyper-Reality" that I absolutely love. It's basically this video where this person's walking home in a city and everywhere she looks is digital, but digital mixed with real life. I really think that's the direction we're going.
What do you envision for the future of AR and AI in media and entertainment?
Well, I know that applications are being developed that allow people to participate in live events and feel very immersed in those events without actually being there, using VR. I feel like this is really captivating.
Code is also being written right now to predict body movements, mouth movements and sounds. To the point where in the near future, we're going to have videos of people that were created entirely digitally. You will not be able to tell the difference between that video and the real person. Talk about fake news. That's gonna get a million times worse, which is actually quite scary. You're gonna have people creating things that represent real people and show them taking certain actions that they never actually took. It's going to look completely real and you're not going to be able to tell the difference at all. That's the scary part of it.
I remember learning about primary versus secondary sources in elementary school, and soon we're going to have to really look and make sure the videos we trust aren't coming off Facebook or from some random website. Get your information from like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes or whatever publications that you can trust, that have been around them, that is reputable that's not going to put out something that's entirely untrue.
However, this same technology is going to be quite amazing because it could also be used to make very beautiful art, great movies, video games and any kind of entertainment like that. I do think that if you get that far to where we can recreate human behavior digitally almost perfectly, it's going to be really interesting if there's good storytelling behind it.
As for virtual characters, I feel like one day we'll hopefully have like a reality TV show with the virtual characters just doing real people things. To get that to look completely realistic is still going to take a long time from now though. When things look too real, I feel they lose some of their magic. When I can't tell the difference between real life and a digital creation, I actually get quite bored. I feel like I want to see the corner of the computer. I want to see how this isn't exactly like a person.
How have friendships impacted your art practice?
I just got finished doing a design collaboration with a group of my friends, mostly using Cinema 4D. It was funny because we were sending a file back and forth the whole time. I was looking at the way she set things up and it was really interesting because we were doing the same thing in different ways. There were a couple of things that I didn't realize before seeing her work. I think it's always nice to collaborate with people, exchange information with people and not stay in one hole all the time.
What's a question you'd like to ask another creator?
How do you balance art with all of your other interests? Do you think it's important to take a break from making work?
I ask this because I have moments where I get very exhausted from making work. I feel like I need to take a break and I do, but I also feel lazy when I do. I also get worried that the next person is going to do something better me because I'm not constantly working. I give myself these breaks because I know it's not healthy to not do that, and I don't want to overwork myself and die early or something.
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My new treadmill. Apparently, treadmills minimise the impact on your joints by up to 15%. So I'm hoping that I can start running again, without getting such knee and hip pain (I was running on roads before, which is tough on your joints). I really hope so, because we had such a job getting this bad boy into our tiny cottage and into the spot we wanted it, that I dont think it's ever leaving.
Toast. I got some fabulous stuff in the mid season sale.
Winter Kitty artisan perfume. I have one of her perfumes – amazing – but I love the sound of this one. Not to mention the product shot.
This cover version of Ruby by Kaiser Chiefs. And this one of Bohemian Rhapsody.
Bill Bryson's new book, At Home. Fascinating and funny.
A performance of Pride & Prejudice in the grounds of one of our local castles, complete with picnic and knitting project.
eBay. At least, not for sellers. I listed a bunch of vintage clothes and expensive shoes a couple of weeks ago, and didn't even get a quarter of what I was hoping for them. Sigh.
Football. They think it's all over – well, it is now!!!
Anthropologie. They've rigged their website so that I can no longer access the US one, it automatically forwards me to the UK one, and I can't figure a way around it. Annoying, because the UK site has such a limited range.
Jaffa keeps killing baby birds. But I think we've stopped him – we've hung FOUR bells around his collar (one just wasn't working). Now he sounds like Christmas. Lol.
Sugar. I'm trying to do a 30 day sugar fast, suggested by a book on PMS. Argh, I've managed one week, and it's killing me. But I've lost 2lbs already, so maybe it will help me drop the last 15 lbs I really wanted gone.
Versailles. I'd finally got to the waist shaping bit. But oh, I'd decided that I would knit it in the round. Even though 4ply grows slooooooowly. Anyway, I found to my horror, after 5 inches of knitting, that I had twisted it when I joined it in the round, right back at the cast on. AND I HADN'T NOTICED. There's no way I'm pulling it back and starting again. For one thing, when I tried to pull it back, I discovered that the yarn twists around the twist, so every round you frog, you have to thread the yarn through a loop. GAH.
How well do you know yourself? Do you like who you are? In theory there should be no one in the world who knows us better than ourselves, but in practise, an awful lot of people pull the wool over their own eyes. They have a fixed idea of who they should be, and spend all their time and energy trying to convince themselves and others that that's who they really are. But it doesn't work, not really. Most of us have a pretty good radar for fakeness, and there's nothing more offputting than someone who wears an assumed personality. At least, to me. I value honesty very highly, and that includes the way that people portray themselves to others. Besides, there's a trust issue when you know that someone is behaving in an insincere way. Why can't you trust me enough to be genuine around me?
Granted, we all try to project a better version of ourselves, especially around people we don't know well. But how far do you let that extend? Are you so invested in that better version that you've forgotten who the real you underneath it is? I'll guarantee you, the people who matter would much prefer it if you dropped all pretence, and were just you, authentic, sincere, genuine, flawed, human, YOU.
On a more frivolous level, this also applies to how we look. So many of us spend a great deal of energy, time, and money trying to change our appearance. Why?? You are who you are. No one else is like you, and you shouldn't try to be like someone else. I wish that the media didn't push such a narrow ideal onto girls, so that they think they have to squeeze themselves into this perfect mould to be attractive, acceptable even. Not that there's very much we could do about the media. But as women, we can set the example for the girls growing up around us. If we learn to embrace the features that make us who we are, instead of struggling to compress them into a bland copycat version of some celebrity, then they might learn to enjoy their own uniqueness too.
If you have curls, let them run riot. If you have curves, rejoice in them. If you have a big nose, wear it with pride. If your teeth are crooked, smile for all the world to see. These things make you you.
And that's someone you should be proud to be.
The shop preview is now up – don't forget to be here when the shop opens at 7pm on Sunday!
……. if you're lucky, someone else will make you lemonade!!!
Look at this amazing shawl. Last week, the postman delivered a smart black box, and inside was the most stunning shawl, a zingy lime/lemon colour (in Maisie, colourway When Life Hands You lemons), circular in design (the pattern is Daffodils by Marianne Kinsel) and delicately beaded, just the most beautiful amazing shawl. It drapes perfectly over my shoulders, folded in half, its just the right size.
Me and Tony sat and gazed at it for a solid five minutes. I can't tell you how touched I am that someone would gift something so precious to me.
Did I tell you how much I adore my customers???


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Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Youth More Likely to Experience Mental Health Disorders
Kelly Davio
Mental healthcare is an important priority for transgender and gender nonconforming children, who may experience distress related to gender dysphoria, compounded by stress resulting from prejudice and discrimination. Existing literature on this population, mostly from small, specialized, clinic-based studies, has shown a high prevalence of mental health diagnoses and self-reported emotional and behavior problems among transgender and gender nonconforming youth, but the existing literature typically involves small sample sizes and lacks information on individuals who have either not sought or have had no access to care.
A new, large cohort study of transgender or gender nonconforming youth—the Study of Transition, Outcomes, and Gender (STRONG)1—showed that people who first presented as transgender or gender nonconforming before their 18th birthday have a higher prevalence of mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, and attention deficit disorders compared with cisgender counterparts.
STRONG, designed as an electronic medical record (EMR)-based retrospective and prospective cohort study of members at 3 Kaiser Permanente sites in Georgia, Northern California, and Southern California, in partnership with the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, identified a cohort of 588 transfeminine and 745 transmasculine children and adolescents, and each individual in the cohort was matched to 10 cisgender male or female children or adolescents. The researchers calculated the prevalence of mental health conditions for patients at any time in their lives and within 6 months of the index date (the date of first evidence of gender nonconforming status) among the transgender and gender nonconforming cohort, and compared the findings with those of the cisgender referents.
Across all diagnostic categories, prevalence of mental health conditions was higher among transgender or gender nonconforming youth than for the matched cisgender group. Common diagnoses included attention-deficit disorders (transfeminine 15%, transmasculine 16%) and depressive disorders (transfeminine 49%; transmasculine 62%). Prevalence ratios for a history of self-inflicted injury in adolescents 6 months prior to the index date ranged from 18 (95% CI, 4.4-82) to 144 (95% CI, 36-1248), and the prevalence ratios for suicidal ideation ranged from 25 (95% CI, 14-45) to 54 (95% CI, 18-218).
The authors wrote that these results support the findings from previous research, and demonstrate that, among this population, mental health conditions are common and often severe, as evidenced by diagnoses associated with hospitalization. Children to present as transgender or gender nonconforming should be thoroughly and immediately evaluated for mental health needs, and also provided with gender identity support.
Writing in an accompanying commentary,2 Stanley Ray Vance Jr, MD, and Stephen M. Rosenthal, MD, warned that stress associated with adverse childhood experiences—including mental health conditions—can have both an immediate and a lifelong negative impact on health.
"Understanding the types of trauma and adverse experiences for which LGBTQ and gender nonconforming youth are at risk could be crucial for screening of risk factors and providing appropriate services," wrote Vance and Rosenthal.
But even before such risk factors can be addressed, providers must create clinical environments that allow youth to feel comfortable disclosing their gender identity and be confident in their ability to identify this population appropriately in order to provide them with potentially life-saving support.
1. Becerra-Culqui TA, Liu Y, Nash R, et al. Mental health of transgender and gender nonconforming youth compared with their peers. [published online April 16, 2018]. J Pediatr. doi: 10.1542/peds.2017-3845.
2. Vance SR, Rosenthal SM. A closer look at the psychosocial realities of LGBTQ youth. [published online April 16, 2018]. J Pediatr. doi: 10.1542/peds.2018-0361.
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Anthony Weiner and a Boro Park man engage in a shouting match earlier today.
Anthony Weiner, known to spar with the occasional heckler, got into his biggest shouting match to date today.
After an Orthodox Jewish man called Mr. Weiner a "scumbag" as he was leaving a Boro Park bakery, the mayoral hopeful furiously spun around to confront the voter.
"Very nice, very nice, in front of kids. That's a charming guy right there," Mr. Weiner, chewing on cookies, uttered during one of several campaign stops on a visit to the neighborhood on the eve of the Jewish New Year.
"You are disgusting, disgusting," the man, Saul Kessler, replied, referencing the sexting scandal that forced Mr. Weiner to resign from Congress and continues to engulf his campaign.
But Mr. Weiner, sagging in the polls as Election Day rapidly approaches, was not interested in brushing aside Mr. Kessler.
Against the wishes of his aides, Mr. Weiner waded back into the packed bakery to confront Mr. Kessler, who later identified himself as a real estate manager from Far Rockaway.
"You have the nerve to walk around in public," Mr. Kessler began.
"I'm not running for office; I'm not out there in the public," Mr. Kessler fired back. "Think about your wife. How could you take the person you're closest to and trusts you and betray her?" Mr. Kessler questioned, nearly as enraged as Mr. Weiner.
The men continued to shout at each other, with Mr. Weiner still clutching the cheese Danish and cookies he had calmly purchased minutes before.
"You don't get to judge me, because you have shown no signs of being superior to me and you are not my God!" Mr. Weiner erupted.
Mr. Kessler said he wasn't judging Mr. Weiner but simply calling his past behavior "deviant." "Go home, go home, and get a job like everyone else," he grumbled.
"By the way, I fought very hard for this community and delivered more than you ever will in your entire life," the ex-congressman, who once represented a slice of the city's Orthodox Jewish community in Congress, said. An aide, prodding Mr. Weiner, seemed to finally convince him to exit the bakery. Back outside, Mr. Weiner brushed off the confrontation, telling Politicker he'd had more heated showdowns with constituents over President Barack Obama's health care plan.
"When people want to talk to me about things, whether it's something I want to talk about or not, whether my background or my issues, I'm eager to talk about it," he said.
Here's the original exchange, via blogger Jacob Kornbluh.


Heat pumps are used to heat and cool buildings. They don't create heat; instead, they work by moving heat, either into or out of a specific area. When combined with solar-generated electricity, heat pumps provide homes with a renewable option for year-round heating and cooling.
Heat pumps have been a part of daily life for more than 150 years. In fact, refrigerators and air conditioners are actually heat pumps. Air conditioners move heat from the inside of a building to the outside, and refrigerators work by extracting heat from inside and discharging it as warm air from the base of the unit.
There are two primary types of heat pumps: air source heat pumps and ground source heat pumps, which are also known as geothermal heating and cooling. Air source heat pumps extract heat from the outside air and transfer it into your house, while ground source heat pumps extract heat from the earth. Both systems can be used for efficient home heating and cooling.
Why are heat pumps better?
Heat pumps are superior to standard combustion and resistance heating and cooling technologies because they move heat rather than create it. Since moving heat uses less energy than making it, heat pumps operate more efficiently than their conventional counterparts.
For example, a standard high-efficiency gas furnace turns 90% of its fuel into heat for a house, and the remaining 10% is lost up the chimney. A heat pump furnace, on the other hand, operates at between 200% and 600% efficiency, meaning that for each unit of energy that it uses, it produces 2 - 6 (and sometimes more) units of energy (heat) for your home. Additionally, heat pumps run on electricity, meaning they can be supplied with electricity from renewable resources like solar and wind.
In short, no, although conventional wisdom may say otherwise. One of the main reasons for this is because people often associate electric heat with electric resistance heat, which, due to the cost of electricity, can be an expensive way to heat a home.
Also, until recently, electricity was produced almost exclusively from fossil fuels. Producing electricity in this way results in significant air pollution and CO2 emissions, which in turn, has made natural gas a better choice for home heating. With the increasing availability of renewable electricity and the increased efficiency of heat pumps, electric heat pumps are the most efficient and least carbon-intensive way to heat a home.
What if I don't want air conditioning?
Understandable! Having lived without it for years, some people have no desire for air conditioning. If we install a heat pump heating system, however, it will almost always have cooling functionalities by the very nature of its design. The good news is that you don't have to use the A/C if you don't want to. That said, the demand for cooling systems has been increasing recently and is projected to increase even more in the future. By combining your heat pump technology system with solar, you can feel good about cooling your home with renewable energy if you choose to. Furthermore, if you decide to sell your home later on, you will already have the cooling system that most buyers desire.
How does a heat pump work when it is cold outside?
Believe it or not, even cold air contains heat! Air that is warmer than absolute zero (-459˚F) contains some amount of heat. Even in very cold weather, heat pump technology is able to extract heat from the outside air, concentrate it, and move it inside a home. Some heat pump technologies are able to operate at temperatures as low as -18°F, extracting heat from the air, concentrating it, and moving it inside a home.
During the summer, heat pumps can do the same thing, except they extract heat from inside a home and move it outdoors. This is why heat pumps are superior to standard combustion and resistance heating and cooling technologies: because they move heat rather than create it. Since moving heat is easier than making it, heat pumps operate more efficiently than their conventional counterparts.
Heat pump technology is generally very reliable. Like any home equipment, though, heat pumps can have some limitations. Many heat pump systems come with a backup electric resistance heating element because, as the outside air gets colder, heat pumps decrease in efficiency and require more energy to operate. Comparatively speaking, these resistance heating elements are not very efficient, but they are very effective and will provide extra heat if the outside temperature drops so low that heat pumps no longer work well (or, when it is so cold out that it no longer makes economic sense to have them running).
Fuel Switch's advanced energy modeling can predict the hours a home's heat pump will operate each year, as well as the number of hours that backup electric resistance heat will be needed, which is usually for a very short amount time.
Can a heat pump work with my home's existing heating system?
Usually, yes! Heat pumps can be applied to many types of home heating systems. The two most common heat pumps are central heat pumps and zoned "mini-split" heat pumps. A central heat pump looks and functions just like a standard central furnace. These pumps have an air handler that connects to the existing ductwork in a house, and the heat pump is positioned outside, looking like a standard air conditioner.
Mini-split heat pumps are connected to a heat pump that also sits outside, but that provides heating and cooling via wall units in each room. A single exterior heat pump can power as many as eight wall units. These mini-split heat pump systems offer homeowners the ability to control rooms individually, heating and cooling only the rooms in use, which maximizes overall efficiency.
Actually, no. Heat Pumps have been around for more than 150 years in different forms, although the US has been slow to adopt them, in part because natural gas is inexpensive here. With recent advancements in heat pump technology that allows them to run at much colder temperatures, as well as a social push for sustainable, renewable energy options, heat pumps have been gaining popularity in North America. Since the technology is the same as standard air conditioning, most HVAC contractors have the skills, tools, and knowledge to service these systems.


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Canadian Videogame Awards
Justin Amirkhani
Awards, Always Sometimes Monsters
Vagabonds Steal Two Canadian Videogame Awards
Last night Always Sometimes Monsters took home awards for both Best Writing and Best Indie Game from the 2014 Canadian Videogame Awards. In addition to the awards won, Always Sometimes Monsters was also nominated for Best Original Music, and Best Downloadable Game.
Fellow nominees included excellent Canadian-made games like Super Time Force, The Long Dark, The Fall, Mercenary Kings, Child of Light, and Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
It was an insane night for all of us and a total surprise to hear our name called at all, nevermind twice. As it always does, seeing friends and peers from the Canadian game industry reminded us how fortunate we are to live in a country that supports and lavishes such attention on its creative talent. We are truly honoured to be a Canadian game studio and part of Toronto's independent game development community.
Tagged: CVA, Canadian Videogame Awards


Jesus had compassion on people, often seeing them as sheep without a shepherd (Matthew 9:36). He taught his followers to love their enemies and pray for those who persecuted them (Matthew 5:44). He even gave up his own life so that we, who had sinned against God and were his enemies, could be forgiven (Romans 5:8-11).
Likewise, God calls us to have compassion and to forgive. If we start from a place of compassion, where we have empathy for our brother or sister, we will see better how the world looks from where they are standing. If we can sense what it's like to have their struggles and their pain, that will guide us toward forgiveness.
Forgiveness does not mean pretending someone hasn't hurt us. Sometimes the hurts we experience are extreme and devastating, and we can carry scars throughout life.
But if we hold on to anger, it will wear us out and lead us to hurt others. Forgiveness sets us free from anger and bitterness, allowing us to let go of our desire for vengeance. The relationship may never be restored, but we can begin to see those who hurt us as God sees them—broken people in need of grace.
Can you forgive others and trust that God will provide justice? Is there someone who needs your compassion and forgiveness?
Lord, teach us to forgive, as you have forgiven us. Help us to have compassion for one another and to let go of any anger we might have. Heal us all for Jesus' sake. Amen.


Here is another of my pet projects brought back from the land of the deceased.
Have a look at it HERE. Let me know if you find it amusing... or not.
My company - Technova Pvt Ltd - is currently working on bringing a full fledged Dhivehi OCR software to the Maldivian public. It will probably be made available early 2006, as a service for customers requiring bulk OCR processing. We shall be releasing Windows, Linux and Mac versions of the software for home and business use around mid 2006.


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Cambuslang dog facility could still be shut down, warn local councillors
The business was recently ordered to scale down from three fields to two
Marc McLean
The Run Free Secure Dog Fields in Cambuslang have proved controversial with locals (Image: Rutherglen Reformer)
A facility for dogs that was recently allowed to continue operating could still face being shut down if owners break council rules.
Run Free Dog Fields had been operating without full planning permission and the noise from barking dogs was causing a nuisance to people living nearby.
The business on Loanend Road, between Cambuslang and Blantyre, was ordered to scale down from three fields to two, and reduce its weekly operating hours.
At last week's South Lanarkshire Council planning committee, councillors expressed concerns that the Run Free site will not be properly monitored because it is unmanned.
Run Free has been given retrospective planning permission (Image: Rutherglen Reformer)
Speaking as an objector, Cambuslang East councillor Katy Loudon asked her colleagues to consider the impact on local residents.
Councillor Loudon said: "I have been to residents' houses where you can clearly hear the dogs barking loudly. Of most concern has been this expansion into the third field.
"One of the key issues for me is that there is no monitoring at this site. The applicant has a number of sites with a small number of staff.
Cambuslang East Councillor Katy Loudon. (Image: Andrew Thompson, SLC PR)
"This site is unmanned. There is no remote monitoring or CCTV. It is very difficult to see how the applicant could monitor the site."
The application site is classed as a rural area and is subject to greenbelt and rural area planning policies.
Objectors had complained that the site could be used by more than the advertised eight dogs at a time and was still being used as late as 10pm.
Rutherglen and Hamilton West MP Ged Killen had written to the council asking for a hearing into the planning application but the committee heard that there wasn't significant objection to merit a hearing.
MP Ged Killen says a public health emergency must be called in Scotland (Image: Rutherglen Reformer)
As a result, permission was granted and conditions have been attached to restrict business hours on weekdays to between 8am and 8pm during the summer, 8am to 5pm during the winter and 10am to 5pm on Saturdays.
Councillor Alex Allison was concerned about the enforceability of some conditions as the site was unmonitored.
Tory group leader Alex Allison (Image: East Kilbride News)
He was also concerned about the distance between the third field and the Loanend Cottages .
Councillor Peter Craig added that the site "really needs to be monitored closely".
Tony Finn, Clydesdale area manager for planning and building standards services, said that the council would need to rely on residents to notify them if more than eight dogs were in a field; he also said officers could undertake unannounced visits to help enforce conditions.
Pauline Elliot, the council's head of planning and economic development, told councillors that by granting permission, enforcement action would be easier as they would know what conditions were being breached.
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The forecast over the next six month indicates a gradual transition from predominantly surplus conditions to deficit, though western Cambodia and Papua New Guinea stand in contrast with current deficit conditions persisting throughout the period. In the near-term through February surpluses will diminish in Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Papua, but will persist in Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam. After February deficits will emerge throughout Malaysia and Indonesia, diminish in western Cambodia, and moderate in Papua New Guinea.


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Magherafelt based Rainey Endowed begin their Ulster Schools' Cup campaign on Saturday at home to Portadown College (11.00).
Over the years the Rainey school teams have developed a proud tradition of stepping up to the mark when it comes to Ulster Schools' Cup time.
Rainey are coached by Chris Campbell, himself a Schools' Cup winner with the school. He is assisted by Chris Campbell, Charlie Simpson, Stu McCalmont as well as Ulster player Tommy O'Hagan.
Recent morale boosting victories, as well as a training camp in Portugal prior to Christmas, have put the Rainey squad into a very positive frame of mind as they finalise preparations for Portadown College-one of the few teams to have defeated them this season.
There are three sets of brothers playing in the Rainey Endowed School squad this season. Twins, Ryan and Matthew Brown are joined in the Rainey pack by Daniel and Sam Clarke.
In the back division, David and Matthew Dripps feature regularly with their try scoring exploits. The vital link between the Rainey Endowed School forwards and backs is Tim Campbell who is a son of the Rainey coach, Chris Campbell.
"The squad contains a group of players who are hard-working and committed to improving themselves as players as well as individuals," commented a Rainey spokesperson. "We would appreciate all support for this cup game and spectators are asked to park in the main school car park."


Dolce Vita Harbor Women~s Bootie. Black. Leather. Leather straps around heel. Exposed zippers and belted straps lend on-trend appeal to an edgy leather bootie with a flirty peep-toe and a skinny heel. 4 1/4 inch heel (size 8.5). 7 inch boot shaft. Leather upper/synthetic lining and sole.


Published on August 5th 2005.
Grrrrrr, rednecks at the ready, Monster truck fans will be out in force at the MEN Arena next week as Monster Jam comes to town.
You can join the testosterone fueled party by filling out the form below as we've got two Monster tickets to give away for next Saturday's 2pm show.
One of the biggest sports events in the States and already a hit show on Channel 4, car crushing, vehicle leaping, free wheeling, engine roaring action is the order of the day. With more destruction and death defying stunts than a night out with Gordo, the show is certainly going to be a memorable one. You might even get to meet our roving reporter Pam who might just be walking out of the door as you arrive.
A monster truck is approximately 11 feet tall and 12 feet wide. They are unique custom-designed machines and weigh a minimum of 9,000 pounds. The tyres alone are 66-inches tall! Monster trucks are built for short, high-powered bursts of speed, these beasts generate 1,500 to 2,000 horsepower and are capable of speeds of up to 100 miles per hour. Monster trucks can jump a distrance110 to 115 feet (a distance greater than 14 cars side by side) and up to 25 feet in the air.
All monster trucks have a name - Monster Mutt, Superman, Grave Digger and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle are already confirmed for the UK dates and more will be announced too.
The monster trucks compete in two different competitions - side-by-side racing and freestyle. Side-by-side is the traditional format - the first truck, with the least penalties, across the line is the winner. The freestyle competition allows drivers a limited amount of time on the open floor to show off their skills and outrageous tricks.
**Please note - please give us a mobile phone number of a contact number you can be easily contacted on. If you don't answer your phone we can't give you the tickets!


Gucci - The Soho is Gucci's answer to the need for a go-anywhere bag, now reimagined in black grained leather. It's made in Italy, framed with black lacquered edges, and finished with the signature quilted GG motif across the front and a coordinating leather tassel on the zip pull. Use the coordinating adjustable shoulder strap to wear it across the body.


How do you book a viewing appointment to see the wedding venue?
We would be delighted to show you around our wedding venue and discuss your wedding plans in more detail. To book a viewing appointment, please email Caroline at info@swantonmorleyhouse.co.uk, call on 01362 637828 or use our contact enquiry form. Our private viewing appointments typically take 45 minutes and we are happy to offer weekend appointments with weekday and evening appointments also being available upon request.
Are you an exclusive venue?
Yes, we will only hold one wedding over a three-day period to give our couples plenty of preparation time either side of their wedding day. To keep things extra special, we also only hold up to ten weddings every year.
Is it possible to book the venue for a ceremony only?
We are an exclusive wedding venue and do not hold more than one wedding over a three day period. This therefore gives couples time for access for wedding day preparations on the day immediately prior to a wedding day and also time to collect their personal belongings during the morning immediately following the day of their wedding. We are therefore unable to offer any reduction in our hire fee for those couples looking to use our venue for a ceremony only as we would not be able to hold any further weddings over this period.
We can offer a ceremony only hire for a small mid-week (Wednesday) wedding with guest numbers of up to 60. This would be £2,000 for a three hour hire period to include time for your ceremony, drinks reception and photographs in our gardens and grounds.
What is your guest and seating capacity?
Our licensed ceremony room can comfortably seat 90 guests or our maximum is 100 seated guests. We can also offer outside ceremonies and have many areas within the grounds which couples can choose for their ceremony and these areas include formal gardens, a decked area, an oak pergola, meadow and a circular glade area in our woodland.
Our courtyard marquee area comfortably seats 100 guests. For couples who wish to have more guests seated for a wedding breakfast, they may hire a separate marquee to be located in our gardens. This may be used for the day and wedding breakfast and then the courtyard marquee and surrounding wedding venue rooms would be used for the evening.
Our overall limit for the day and evening guests is 120 and for weddings on Fridays and Saturdays we do have a minimum day guest requirement of 60.
Do you offer a small wedding option?
Yes, small mid-week weddings are offered on Wednesdays where guest numbers are up to 60 adults for a ceremony and afternoon reception. In addition, a small wedding option is also available for a Saturday wedding where guest numbers are up to 60 adults for a ceremony and afternoon reception with the option to add an evening reception with a further 20 evening guests.
Do you offer weddings all year round?
Our venue is available for wedding receptions and civil weddings and partnerships between May and October each year.
Is access allowed prior to our wedding day?
We believe that every wedding is unique and special and that is why we only hold one wedding over any three day period. Access is therefore available on the day prior to your wedding day and couple's often wish to use this day to dress and decorate the marquee and courtyard rooms. Access is also available during the morning after your wedding day so you can collect your personal belongings.
We appreciate that access may also be required outside these times for deliveries etc. and we will always try and accommodate any such requests.
We consider your food and service to be one of the most important parts of your day and have therefore hand-picked the finest local caterers for you to choose from. All our professional caterers know our venue well and are able to offer a huge range of options to cover all tastes and budgets.
As a bespoke venue we do not offer any set plans or packages and we hope this gives couples lots of freedom to be able to choose the various elements of their day and have greater budget flexibility.
How many cars can we park?
Up to 40 cars make be parked on a grass area reserved for parking. We would encourage the use of taxis and minibuses wherever possible and we are happy to provide details of taxi and minibus firms who work with us regularly.
Do you have any accommodation at your venue?
We do not provide any accommodation at our venue but have put together a comprehensive list of places to stay in Norfolk which we can provide upon request. Our list covers all tastes and budgets from luxurious retreats to comfy rooms for the night and we are also happy to assist our couples and their guests with any specific accommodation requests.
Are children allowed at your venue?
Children of all ages are most welcome at our venue and they love running around our gardens! Why not keep them entertained with some garden games or even a children's entertainer which might include a magician or even teddy bear making in our woodland -we would be very happy to provide recommendations.
Our caterers are also happy to provide children's meals at a reduced rate.
Can we supply our own drinks and do you charge corkage?
Couples may supply their own drinks at our venue and we do not charge corkage. For couples who wish to have a pay bar, we work with some great local mobile bar providers who are able to deal with all the necessary licencing and who can also offer a variety of bespoke bar options.
Due to the large areas of meadow at our venue and the surrounding farmland, Chinese lanterns and fireworks are unfortunately not allowed anywhere within our gardens and grounds.
Are live bands allowed at your venue and what time does the party end?
Yes, live bands are allowed to play at our venue within our Dance Room and they may play amplified music until 11pm. After this time, the music may continue with a disco or your own playlist until just before your event finishes at midnight.


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Araucaria schmidii ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Araukarien (Araucaria). Es handelt sich um einen Endemiten der zu Neukaledonien gehörenden Insel Grande Terre.

Beschreibung
Araucaria schmidii wächst als immergrüner Baum, der Wuchshöhen von bis zu 30 Metern erreichen kann. Die aufsteigenden und gefiederten Äste werden 6 bis 9 Millimeter dick. Die graue Borke blättert in langen Streifen ab, die 10 bis 15 Zentimeter breit sind.

An jungen Exemplaren sind die dicken Blätter schuppenartig und besitzen eine eingekrümmte Spitze. Sie sind bei einer Länge von rund 2 Millimetern und einer Breite von rund 1,5 Millimetern lanzettlich-gekielt. An älteren Exemplaren sind die sich dachziegelartig überdeckenden, schuppenartigen Blätter bei einer Länge von 7 bis 10 Millimetern und einer Breite von 1,5 bis 2 Millimetern lanzettlich-gekielt mit einer eingekrümmten Spitze.

Die männlichen Blütenzapfen werden rund 5 Zentimeter lang und 1,5 Zentimeter dick. Die weiblichen Zapfen erreichen eine Länge von 9 bis 11 Zentimetern und einen Durchmesser von 7 bis 9 Zentimetern.

Vorkommen
Das natürliche Verbreitungsgebiet von Araucaria schmidii umfasst den im Nordosten von Grande Terre gelegenen Mont Panié. Man findet sie dort in der Gipfelregion und an den höher gelegenen Berghängen. Das gesamte Verbreitungsgebiet umfasst eine Fläche von rund einem Quadratkilometer.

Araucaria schmidii gedeiht in Höhenlagen von 1500 bis 1630 Metern. Sie wächst als einzige Araukarien-Art Neukaledoniens nicht auf ultrabasischem Gestein. Man findet sie vor allem im Wolkenwald.

Systematik
Araucaria schmidii gehört zur Sektion Eutacta innerhalb der Gattung der Araukarien (Araucaria). Die Erstbeschreibung als Araucaria schmidii erfolgte 1969 durch David John de Laubenfels  in Travaux du Laboratorie Forestier de Toulouse 1(8) Art 5: S. 1.

Gefährdung und Schutz
Araucaria rulei wird in der Roten Liste der IUCN als "gefährdet" geführt. Der Gesamtbestand wird auf weniger als 1000 ausgewachsene Bäume geschätzt. Aufgrund des kleinen Verbreitungsgebietes und der geringen Anzahl an Bäumen gilt die Art als anfällig gegenüber Wetterkapriolen, da diese den ganzen Bestand schädigen können. Da der Mount Panie ein beliebtes Ausflugsziel für Öko-Touristen darstellt, besteht auch die Gefahr, dass durch diese Krankheiten wie Phytophthora in den Bestand eingeschleppt werden.

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Araukariengewächse
Araucariaceae
Endemische Pflanze Neukaledoniens
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Despite being a dud at the box office, and not Jonah Hill's finest hour, I enjoyed True Story nonetheless and thought Franco did much better than folks are saying.
The reality of it all, however, the story itself...left me virtually speechless.
The opening scene will stop your heart, and when the credits roll, I suspect it will stop again.


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Aspidoscelis maslini est une espèce de sauriens de la famille des Teiidae.

Répartition
Cette espèce se rencontre :
 au Mexique dans la péninsule du Yucatán ;
 au Guatemala ;
 au Belize.

Description
C'est une espèce parténogénique.

Étymologie
Cette espèce est nommée en l'honneur de Thomas Paul Maslin (1909-1984).

Publication originale
 Fritts, 1969 : The systematics of the parthenogenetic lizards ot the Cnemidophorus cozumelae complex. Copeia, , , .

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Saurien (nom scientifique)
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Last fall I opined that the Afghani conflict against the insurgent Taliban was an internal civil conflict that was not and should not be the concern of the U.S. Military (Afghanistan: Never America's War). In an interview with The Sunday Times of London, Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar confirms my assertion, while also creating an opening for peace in that troubled region, and a chance for American troops to return home.
At a meeting held at night deep inside Taliban-controlled territory, the Taliban leaders told this newspaper that their military campaign had only three objectives: the return of sharia (Islamic law), the expulsion of foreigners and the restoration of security.
Obama himself articulated three objectives for America's military campaign in Afghanistan in his December 2009 speech to the cadets at West Point, when he announced a military buildup in that country:
To meet that goal, we will pursue the following objectives within Afghanistan. We must deny al Qaeda a safe haven. We must reverse the Taliban's momentum and deny it the ability to overthrow the government. And we must strengthen the capacity of Afghanistan's security forces and government so that they can take lead responsibility for Afghanistan's future.
It is important to note that al Qaeda--the terrorist movement that remains the justification behind American military adventures in Afghanistan--is not a movement borne of the Taliban but is as foreign to Afghan soil as Americans, being the inspiration and creation of Osama bin Laden, born in Saudi Arabia to parents of Yemeni descent. Bin Laden is the sole connection between Afghanistan and al Qaeda, as the Afghan guerilla war against the invading Soviet army gave bin Laden his first opportunity to engage in jihad.
Son of a wealthy construction magnate, bin Ladin had taken to the religious sermons of Abdullah Azzam, a Palestinian and disciple of Sayyid Qutb. While he participated in few actual battles in Afghanistan, bin Laden became known for his generous funding of the jihad against the Soviets.
However, bin Laden's ambitions extended beyond the boarders of Afghanistan, and he began to develop a complex international organization. He set up a financial support network known as the "Golden Chain," comprised mainly of financiers from Saudi Arabia and Persian Gulf states. Using this immense new fund, bin Laden and Azzam created a "Bureau of Services," which helped channel recruits for the jihad into Afghanistan. With Saudi Arabia and the United States pouring in billions of dollars worth of secret assistance to rebels in Afghanistan, the jihad against the Soviets was constantly gaining momentum.
The link between Afghanistan and Al Qaeda went dormant in 1989, after the Soviets pulled out of that country, and bin Laden returned to Saudi Arabia:
When the Soviets pulled out of Afghanistan in early 1989, bin Laden and Azzam decided that their new organization should not dissolve. They established what they called a base (al Qaeda) as a potential general headquarters for future jihad. However, bin Laden, now the clear emir of al Qaeda, and Azzam differed on where the organization's future objectives should lie. Azzam favored continued fighting in Afghanistan until there was a true Islamist government, while bin Laden wanted to prepare al Qaeda to fight anywhere in the world. When Azzam was killed in 1989, bin Laden assumed full charge of al Qaeda.
This aspect of al Qaeda history takes on new importance in light of the Taliban's potential peace overtures, for the very simple reason that Obama and Mullah Omar might actually agree on two of three military objectives: removal of foreigners, and securing Afghanistan and its borders. Both sides want a secure Afghani government, and while Obama focuses on denying al Qaeda safe haven within Afghanistan, the political reality is that, if al Qaeda is expelled from Afghanistan, the rationale for a continued American presence evaporates; expell al Qaeda and all foreign forces will be happy to return home.
If the Taliban's statements are sincere and credible, the only real sticking point between Obama and the Taliban should be the matter of making Sharia Law Afghan Law. If the Taliban's statements are sincere and credible, the only major obstacle to negotiating that point is the US policy prohibiting direct talks with the Taliban. Taliban sincerity is and should always be presumed problematic, but the Taliban statements to The Sunday Times are certainly in keeping with their articulated three objectives:
Looking back on five years in government until they were ousted after the attacks in America on September 11, 2001, the Taliban leaders said their movement had become too closely involved in politics.
Abdul Rashid said: "We didn't have the capability to govern the country and we were surprised by how things went. We lacked people with either experience or technical expertise in government.
"Now all we're doing is driving the invader out. We will leave politics to civil society and return to our madrasahs [religious schools]."
The Taliban's position emerged as an American official said colleagues in Washington were discussing whether President Barack Obama could reverse a long-standing US policy and permit direct American talks with the Taliban.
Mullah Omar's interview also highlights another area of agreement with the United States: The Karzai government is corrupt and of questionable electoral legitimacy.
The Taliban objectives specified on their website had already shifted, Nato officials said, from the overthrow of the "puppet government" to the more moderate goal of establishing a government wanted by the Afghan people.
This objective fits rather nicely with another highlight of Obama's West Point speech:
This effort must be based on performance. The days of providing a blank check are over. President Karzai's inauguration speech sent the right message about moving in a new direction. And going forward, we will be clear about what we expect from those who receive our assistance. We'll support Afghan ministries, governors, and local leaders that combat corruption and deliver for the people. We expect those who are ineffective or corrupt to be held accountable. And we will also focus our assistance in areas -- such as agriculture -- that can make an immediate impact in the lives of the Afghan people.
This much, therefore, is certain: in this moment, at least, the Taliban are saying the right words to move towards a real process of negotiations and ultimate peace. It is also certain that Obama's surge is costing the United States a minimum of $30 Billion, and it is also certain that over 1,000 American servicemen have lost their lives in Afghanistan, and it is therefore certain that more American troops will perish in Afghanistan if a pathway to peace is not found.
Whether Mullah Omar's words open that pathway is the great unanswered question. The possibility his interview is nothing more than a posture calculated to slow and stymie the troop surge within Afghanistan is real and cannot be dismissed. Yet the question should be answered--the lives of American soldiers and the tax dollars of American citizens demand it.
Answering that question will require direct talks with the Taliban, if only because neither the United States nor the Taliban has demonstrated any great confidence in the legitimacy of the Karzai government, rendering Karzai and his administration completely compromised as a negotiations partner for either side. Mullah Omar is suggesting the time for those direct talks is now; if he is sincere, then he is right. For Obama, the question reduces to one of how to engage the Taliban directly without compromising troop deployments vital to the surge or otherwise ceding vital initiatives to the Taliban.
If Mullah Omar is on the level, and Obama can seize this moment of diplomatic opportunity, then his surge in Afghanistan will have succeeded beyond all expectations. Proper respect for the Americans who fell in Afghanistan-and the Americans who will yet fall in Afghanistan--demands that Obama explore every diplomatic avendue to engage the Taliban and pursue peace rather than continued war. Mullah Omar has given Obama a chance; pray God Obama finds the courage and the vision to pursue it.
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Ralph Garr might be the most anonymous batting average champion of post-World War Two big league baseball. He won the N.L. title by hitting .353 for the Atlanta Braves in 1974, after hitting .343 in 1971. He made the All-Star team only once, in '74, but finished first or second in the N.L. in batting three times in four years, 1971-1974.
On his first time at bat against Gaylord Perry of the Giants last week, Garr bluffed a bunt on the first pitch, drawing Third Baseman Hal Lanier halfway to home. The next pitch he bunted hard right at the charging Lanier, who overran the ball for Garr's first of four hits that night, the third game this year he has collected that many. The next time up, Garr singled off Perry's leg on a two-strike count, and seconds later he was doing a hop, skip and jump around the bases when Henry Aaron hit his 600th career homer.
Garr's speed has become something of a problem for Aaron. "I like to concentrate when I'm batting," he says, "but the pitchers throw over to first five and six times to keep Ralph close. That breaks my concentration." Aaron also sees more outside pitches than usual, since catchers want to be in throwing position if Garr tries to steal.
The Braves have taken advantage of Garr's speed, entering into an agreement with Warner Brothers Inc., and its agent, the Licensing Corporation of America, for exclusive rights to nickname their new star Road Runner II. "Our contract with the Braves makes Ralph the first licensed nickname to our knowledge anywhere in the world," says LCA chairman Jay Eminent. Urged on by the management, Atlanta fans squeak "Beep! Beep!" when Garr reaches base.
Garr was supposed to challenge converted Shortstop Sonny Jackson for the center-field job, but he became the regular leftfielder when Rico Carty, last year's National League batting champion, broke his leg playing in the Dominican League. Garr played in the same league and finished with the best average ever recorded there, .457. According to Paul Richards, vice-president of the Braves, Carty may not return as a regular this season. "We can't risk it if he isn't fully recovered," Richards says. "When Carty is ready we will decide on a new lineup. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see Garr lead the world in hitting. We knew last year he was a big-league hitter. Even without his speed he would be good. But the speed gives him a chance to be a superstar. His fielding kept him at Richmond." Garr's fielding is not all that bad. Third Base Coach Jim Busby and Aaron have worked with him. He is not as aggressive in the field as he is at bat and he still makes mental errors, but these should be eliminated in time.
He hit .325 and .386 (a modern league record) in the International League and .343 his first full year with the Braves. He "slumped" to .299 in 1973 but won the batting title the next year at .353. (He was hitting .382 in mid-June and had collected more than 200 hits before the end of August). His salary that season was $55,000, the Braves offered $85,000 for 1975, he asked for $114,500 and won in arbitration, becoming the highest-paid player with Atlanta, (Hank Aaron having taken his $200,000 salary to the Milwaukee Brewers).
Some more from that May 1985 article: During the 1974 season, Garr became the first player since 1930 to reach 200 hits by August, finishing with 214 after a knee injury sidelined him for three weeks in September.
In 1976, he was traded to the White Sox, lasting three years before joining the Angels in 1979.
Released at 34 by the Angels with a .306 career average in 1980, Garr was bitter.
The anger has dissipated over the years, with Garr saying he may have overreacted after his release.
After leaving baseball, Garr went into business at the doughnut shop with his godfather.
I appreciate this artical on I'd say one of the games most exciting players. Living in Richmond, Va in 1969 and loving baseball, I walked with my friends from the streets of west end to Parker Field on many a Sunday to see the Braves play.
It was a great walk and escape for me. What made it great was 1)the fact that I got a chance to witness major league baseball for apx $4.50 maybe less not certain now as time has passed.
Also what made it great was 2)to witness the coming of age of Ralph Garr.. before the Roadrunner stuff. Yes, I rembember you Ralph and I wish to thank you for your performances in Richmond that year and I am sure you recall, as many of you will not, 3)that you were AWESOME.
What also contributed to your success, was the team..that consisted of a baseballs who's who… Coach Mickey Vernon, Hal Breeden, Dusty Baker, Tommy Aaron(on occasion) and Darrel Evans and many more. Ted Turner – Atlanta was not joking during those years.
What a AAA team and organization.
It's been a while and I am not certain anyone will forward this email to you, but I wanted to say that I recognized your skill, courage and heart and believe it or not as a young impressionable teen, was very proud of knowing you even as a fan.
I am aware that you moved on the the "Bigs" but this is where I was not able to follow you except now and then on National TV. Cable was not around in those days.
So, in closing, what you did irregardless of compensation mattered and I'd bet that you will find many more like me that witnessed one of the best to play the game.
Thanks for your inspiration. I am hopefull that you write a book about those "early" days of your career.


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