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THE LEFT TURN
NASCAR Coke Zero Sugar 400 preview
Seth Livingston
Trey Campbell
Jul 6, 2018, 6:41 am
Daytona was exciting in February. The night race this weekend should be as well. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images
This Saturday, the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series heads for the high banks of Daytona for the annual Coke Zero Sugar 400. This race is one of the most prestigious races on the schedule and many fans of the sport consider it to be one of the crown jewels of the season.
The track is easily one of the most famous in all of the world due to its three and four wide racing and its unpredictability. You never know what can happen when NASCAR comes here; in fact this track has given us some of the biggest upsets in the sports history, like when Derrike Cope passed Dale Earnhardt for the victory in the 1990 Daytona 500 or when Jimmy Spencer outran Ernie Irvan for his first victory in 1994. At Daytona the only thing to expect is the unexpected and this week should be no different.
Last week, Kyle Larson and Kyle Busch had one of the most memorable battles in NASCAR History. On the final lap, Larson attempted to pass Busch in the second corner but after he failed to complete the pass, he made contact with Busch. After this Busch brushed the outside retaining wall giving Larson the lead temporarily but in turn three, Busch was able to get to the back bumper of Larson and pushed him aside as he captured his fifth victory of 2018.
While Larson was not able to hold him off, he did managed to recover and finish second. All day the racing we saw was excellent. There were 24 lead changes and lots of storylines all throughout the day such as the lapped traffic, the sweltering heat that hit the Chicagoland area and of course loose wheels. As much grief as NASCAR fans give Brian France and the powers that be, this time they got it right.
The biggest disappointment of the race had to be Aric Almirola. Early on in the race, it appeared as if he had the car to beat. He went on to win the first stage and lead more laps than anyone with 70. All the stars seemed to be aligning for him but on lap 142, a loose wheel set him back a lap. While it was a big blow to his chances he still had plenty of time to make up for it. By the final stage, he had steadily clawed his way back into the top ten but in the closing stages, due to ANOTHER loose wheel Almirola was relegated to a dismal 25th place finish. Regardless of the finish, he went out and proved that his success this year was no fluke and looks to be in prime performance to do what his predecessor Danica Patrick couldn't do and win a race this year. Look to hear about him later this season and in this article.
Alex Bowman was another driver who deserves a shoutout. He continues to exceed expectations as he went on to score his sixth top 10 of 2018 last sunday. When it was announced last year that Bowman would take over for Dale Earnhardt Jr, there was an enormous amount of pressure that came with it and he has gone out and done exactly what he is supposed to do and more. He currently sits 16th in the "playoff" points standings and continues to improve week by week. Look for Bowman to blossom into a great race car driver in the next year or so.
The favorite going into this race is once again Brad Keselowski. As I have written before, Brad is always hard to beat when there is a restrictor plate race. Some would even say he has picked up where his former mentor Dale Earnhardt, Jr left off. At both Talladega and Daytona, he has a combined total of six victories - the most amongst all active drivers. He was also third quickest in practice on Thursday and if that's any indication as to how he will run, look for Keselowski to be one of the top contenders in the race on Saturday.
The driver that I have winning is Almirola. Over the course of his career at Daytona, Almirola has experienced both the highest of highs and the lowest of lows. He was able to score his first and only victory here in 2014 after the race ended prematurely due to rain and was also on his way to a victory in this year's Daytona 500 before being turned head on into the wall by Austin Dillon on the final lap. He continued to run well on Thursday as he was second quickest in practice behind his teammate Clint Bowyer. Look for Almirola to finish what he started in February in the 500 and take the checkered flag on Saturday.
My sleeper pick for this weekend is Michael McDowell. Coming into this race, McDowell is listed at 100/1 odds to win and while he may not win the race this week, I think that there is a good chance that he is able to finish in the top 10. Not only was he 12th quickest in practice on Thursday but during the last two times that he has raced here, he has finished fourth and ninth. I can see him getting his best finish this week like he did last year because for one, it's Daytona and anything can happen here and also because he is one of the more underrated restrictor plate drivers. If he and his teammate David Regan can work together to get to the front, it is very possible that we can see the Front Row Racing team get their first victory since 2013 and McDowell get the first win of his career. Look for McDowell in the number 34 K-Love Ford to have a shot at going to victory lane.
(All stats and information used in this article is brought to you by the good folks at driveraverages.com and Racing-Refrence.com the best website for all NASCAR stats)
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Corporate Chat
Gray Television - General Thread
By The Frog,
July 1, 2015 in Corporate Chat
kruejac 9
kruejac
Gray won't buy KFMB because San Diego is way out of their market size range.
GoldenShine9 94 posts
JCB4TV 31 posts
TSSZNews
☝ Gotta give credit to any organization that sticks around for 1,065 years. Hey, it's longer than the Notre Dame cathedral.
You've missed this @CircleSeven, but I've talked a bit in the Discord about what Gray is doing. Gray buys LPTVs for two reasons: To provide UHF transmission in the core metro area
Nelson R.
SS8609 17
And now Gray is buying most of Schurz, making the announcement at none other than WDBJ.
More on that here.
TheRolyPoly 1656
TheRolyPoly
Surprised about that because I thought they would announce it first to Schurz's flagship station, WSBT 22.
padrechuck 14
padrechuck
KTBS, KFMB and WDAY+Z are also on the list.
Doesn't Gray already own KVLY 11 in Fargo with NBC on 11.1 and CBS on 11.2 and MeTV on 11.3?
Samantha 2733
My comment was mentioning other isolated family-owned TV stations.
Confirmed per NorthPine:
Gray TV is buying several low-power TV stations in the Fargo market which could potentially be used to give a full-HD bandwidth home to the CBS programming currently seen on a subchannel of Gray NBC affiliate KVLY-TV/11 (Fargo). Gray is buying construction permits for new LPTV stations K30LT-D (Horace), K28MA-D (Argusville), and K30LR-D (Grand Forks) from Landover 2, LLC for $100,000. The Horace and Argusville CP's currently call for sites near Fargo, and the asset purchase agreement says Landover 2 will give Gray permission to file facility change application(s). CBS has been seen on channel 11.2 of KVLY-TV since last fall.
So after almost a year since Gray took ownership of KTVH (11/3/14), the sale of that station to Cordillera was completed on Friday.
And it appears the website is down for maintenance, assuming that they're switching away from the Gray layout.
Marvin Dillweed 57
Marvin Dillweed
Gray to buy KTVF, KFXF, and K13XD in Fairbanks, AK.
http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Gray-Television-to-buy-three-more-Alaska-television-stations-400415621.html
All the transactions with Nexstar, along with the Alaska deal, have closed...just in time for them to be involved in Gray's carriage dispute with Dish Network, which thankfully ended an hour ago with zero pullings. To say that would have been an embarrassing way to ring in new ownership is putting it lightly.
The nation's oldest continuously family-owned station has sold. Diversified Communications is calling it quits and has sold WABI and WCJB for $85 million.
Diversified will always be remembered for its graphic designer's unique talent to rip off other stations' opens...in the 90s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=id=-KhUGrBLFQo;t=628
I think I called it in the media predictions thread. I knew it was going to happen, just when and when is now.
newsbot 267
Just a matter of time before Diversified completed its exit from broadcasting; they've been whittling down their portfolio for the past two decades or so. Their Portland-based trade show business is what drives the operation these days. I wonder what becomes of WAGM's local ops. Diversified owned them for a number of years, so this move brings them back into the same corporate fold. I imagine WAGM will become nothing more than a semi-satellite of WABI much like WLBZ's relationship with WCSH. Apart from adopting the corporate website design Gray has done nothing to upgrade WAGM since their takeover; now their lack of investment makes sense.
It seemed inevitable and well predicted here. I believe WAGM has the Gray on-air graphics package as well. Wasn't WTAP (an ex-Benedek station) rumored to be heading into the fold with WSAZ when Gray acquired the latter about 10 years ago though?
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NewsMaster
I wonder what becomes of WAGM's local ops. Diversified owned them for a number of years, so this move brings them back into the same corporate fold. I imagine WAGM will become nothing more than a semi-satellite of WABI much like WLBZ's relationship with WCSH. Apart from adopting the corporate website design Gray has done nothing to upgrade WAGM since their takeover; now their lack of investment makes sense.
Wouldn't be surprised. I almost think that Aroostook County (or, for you Mainers, "The County") could be folded into the Bangor DMA considering that WAGM is (and, considering that DMA's size, always will be) the only commercial station in the market.
WCJB and WCTV may have internal rivalries as sister stations given that they represent UF and FSU's hometowns, respectively...that should be interesting during football season!
WABI has a news sharing arrangement with WMTW in Portland; it will be interesting to see if that arrangement survives the Gray takeover. WGME is partnered with WVII. I have to wonder if WVII is now in play. Will Sinclair or Hearst make Rockfleet an offer they can't refuse?
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atlnews2
Not a surprise at all. It seemed inevitable that Gray would buy another station in Maine given that it seemed ridiculous to have WAGM all by itself. Will be interesting to see if Gray makes WAGM a semi-satellite of WABI or let's it continue to be it's own station.
The plus side to this is that WABI and WCJB will now finally have a decent graphics package.
I highly doubt Hearst would be interested in WVII, considering that it is by far the last-placed station in what would by far be Hearst's smallest market. Sinclair could make the move though, because...Sinclair. Whomever purchases WVII would have to put a fairly large investment into the station considering that they don't even have a weather department.
And, in WABI's case, better music. CBS Local, anyone?
Gray has almost no way to complete a statewide network in Maine though, unless they swap assets or some blockbuster deal forces a divestment there (like Tegna and Hearst merging) given that Portland is pretty much locked up.
If they want to expand their reach in the peripheral Northeast, WCAX might be another target for them.
Unless Hearst wants out of Portland, of course...
Sinclair might have an interest in WVII; they are not allergic to third-place stations, unlike Gray, and there's that existing news sharing relationship...
Gray has already indicated that there would be news and resource sharing between WABI and WAGM, but Presque Isle is 2-1/2 hours away from Bangor (a half-hour further away than even Portland) so there are limits as to what would be practical.
http://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/WABI-Purchased-by-Gray--413988913.html
scrabbleship 417
scrabbleship
At least Gray would have the will to upgrade WMTW to HD. At that point they might as well toss WPTZ in too.
A wild way in would be WPXT. The local owners who bought them from New Age have wanted out for a while but they don't want to lose the grandfathered LMA with WPME and hitching up with Hearst or Tegna would be a massive headache
The acquiring party might still be able to get a failing station waiver, which is how the WPME LMA was cleared at the FCC in the first place. The station has no chance of staying on the air without the support of a rich uncle. A wild card is the spectrum auction - we don't know if either WPXT or WPME (or both) put their license assets up for bid. I have thought that the only reason both stations remained on the air was as spectrum bait.
The DOJ/FTC has cleared the Diversified deal of any antitrust issues.
Still need to get the greenlight from the FCC.

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\section{Introduction: Theory and Experiment}

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=1in]{fig1.eps}
\caption{Decay of the charged $B$ in the Standard Model}
\label{fig:figone}
\end{figure}

Within the Standard Model the charged $B$ meson can decay through a virtual $W$ to a charged lepton
and its corresponding neutrino, as shown in Figure~\ref{fig:figone},
and the branching ratio for the process  is given by
\begin{equation}
Br(B \to \ell \nu) = {G_F^2 m_B \over 8 \pi} m_\ell^2 \left(1 - {m_\ell^2\over m_B^2} \right) f_B^2 |V_{ub}|^2 \tau_B
\end{equation}
where $m_B$ and $m_l$ are the masses of the $B$ and of the lepton, $\tau_B$ is the B lifetime, $G_F$ is the Fermi constant,
$V_{ub}$ is the CKM element and $f_B$ is the B meson form factor denoting the extent to which the meson can be considered as a quark-antiqquark pair. All of these numbers are well known, and for the $B \to \tau \nu$ decay the predicted branching ratio is of order $10^{-4}$.  For muon and electron decays it is much smaller, due to the $m_l^2$ factor, which in turn is due to helicity suppression: the spinless $B$ meson, like the pion, prefers to decay to the heaviest possible charged lepton because balancing the spins of the outgoing leptons requires them to have the same handedness, and the neutrino forces its charged partner into the unfavoured helicity.

Many ``New Physics"  models contain a charged Higgs boson, which can also mediate the decay, as shown in Figure~\ref{fig:figtwo}.
\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=1in]{fig2.eps}
\caption{Decay of the charged $B$ through a charged Higgs}
\label{fig:figtwo}
\end{figure}
 A minimal model with an additional Higgs doublet\cite{Hou} predicts a branching ratio from the sum of the two amplitudes
\begin{equation}
Br(B \to \ell \nu) = {G_F^2 m_B \over 8 \pi} m_\ell^2 \left(1 - {m_\ell^2\over m_B^2} \right) f_B^2 |V_{ub}|^2 \tau_B
\times \left( 1-\ tan^2{\beta} {{m_B^2} \over {m_H^2}} \right) ^2
\end{equation}
where $tan \beta$ is the ratio of the Higgs vacuum expecation values.  A Supersymmetric version \cite{Akeroyd}
predicts
\begin{equation}
Br(B \to \ell \nu) = {G_F^2 m_B \over 8 \pi} m_\ell^2 \left(1 - {m_\ell^2\over m_B^2} \right) f_B^2 |V_{ub}|^2 \tau_B
\times \left( 1-{\ tan^2{\beta}\over 1 + \overline \epsilon_0 \tan \beta} {{m_B^2} \over {m_H^2}} \right) ^2
\end{equation}
where $\overline\epsilon_0$ is a SUSY correction factor

The $B$ factories have performed several analyses of these decays, using up to 468M  $B \overline B$  pairs at  BaBar and  657M pairs at Belle.
These are not easy measurements, as there is at least one neutrino in the final state so these $B$ mesons  are not reconstructable.
A tagging technique is used:  the decay of the $\Upsilon(4S)$ produces $B$ mesons  in pairs:
if one (the tag)  is reconstructed,  the rest of the event must be a $B$ meson.

There are two classes of tags. In {\em hadronic tags} the charged and neutral particles
are identified, using the excellent $\pi/K$ separation which both BaBar and Belle enjoy, and
reconstructing $\pi^0$ and $K^0$ mesons. From these the analysis attempts to construct
 heavier mesons such as the $D$, $D^*$ and $J/\psi$;  if successful it then attempts
to combine the object with further light hadrons to reconstruct a $B$ meson.
The efficiency is low -- of order $10^{-3}$ --
but a reasonably pure sample of $B$ mesons is obtained.
In {\em semileptonic tags} a charmed meson, $D$ or $D^*$, is constructed as before.
Then a high momentum lepton ($\mu$ or $e$) is required. The efficiency is higher, of order $10^{-2}$,
though the sample is not so pure.
The two tag methods are very different, and give independent data samples, so the two analyses are generally reported separately.

Details of all the cuts used depend on the analysis. There is also a difference of approach: some analyses find a tag and then look for a  pure leptonic $B$ decay in the rest of the event, others
find the signal  first and then look for the tag.  References should be consulted for complete accounts.

\section{Limits on decays to light leptons}

\subsection {The decays $ B \to e \nu$ and $B \to \mu \nu$ }

For the \babar hadronic tag analysis~\cite{emu} a  high momentum charged  lepton is first searched for, and then the requirement that all other observed particles combine to form a system with the mass of the $B$ meson is applied, whereas for the semileptonic analysis~\cite{babarsemi} the tag is applied first and the lepton requirement second.
The main search variables used are the energy-substituted mass, $m_{ES}=\sqrt{E_{beam}^2 - |\vec p_B|^2}$, and $P_{FIT}$,  a linear combination of the lepton momentum the the $B$ rest frame and in the centre of mass, the combination being a Fisher discriminant chosen to suppress backgrounds.

The hadronic analysis \cite{emu} turns out to be more powerful than the semileptonic\cite{babarsemi}.
Figure~\ref{fig:figTHREE} shows the results. There is no sign of an excess at $m_{ES}=5.28$ and high $p_{FIT}$

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3.5in]{fig3.eps}
\caption{Data (crosses) and fits (curves) to the variables $m_{ES}$ (left) and $p_{FIT}$ (right) for the muon (top) and electron (bottom) channels. Taken from \cite{emu}. }
\label{fig:figTHREE}
\end{figure}

This gives upper limits for the branching ratios of
$1.0 \times 10^{-6}$ for the muon and $1.9 \times 10^{-6}$ for the electron channel. (These are 90\% confidence limits obtained using a Bayesian technique with a flat prior on the decay rate.)
The Belle results\cite{emuBELLE} are similar:  $1.7 \times 10^{-6}$ for the muon and $0.98 \times 10^{-6}$ for the electron channel, though different statistical procedures means that the numbers should not be compared directly.
But the conclusion is the same: there is no evidence for any signal.

\subsection {The decays $ B \to e \nu \gamma$ and $B \to \mu \nu \gamma$ }

Radiation of a (spin 1)  photon can evade the helicity suppression factor, at the
cost of an extra factor $\alpha$.
The standard model prediction is of order $10^{-6}$.

The technique used is to find a fully reconstructed hadronic $B$ tag, and then require that there be only one extra charged track, identified as an electron or muon. A high energy photon is also required. From the lepton and the photon one then reconstructs the mass of the neutrino. An event is counted as signal if the mass squared falls below
0.46  ${\rm GeV}^2/c^4$ for the electron channel and 0.41 ${\rm GeV}^2/c^4$ for the muon channel. (The presence of  bremsstrahlung photons from electrons makes the analyses different.)

\babar  \cite{emugamma} see 4 events in the electron channel and 7 in the muon channel, however their expected backgrounds (predominantly from semileptonic decays of the $B^\pm \to \pi^0 \ell^\pm \nu$ and  $B^\pm \to \eta \ell^\pm \nu$, where one of the photons from the hadron decay is lost)
 are 2.7 and 3.4 events respectively, so there is no
evidence for a signal. A combined 90\% upper limit is quoted as $15.6 \times 10^{-6}$. This is model independent
in that nothing is assumed about the direction of the photon.  If specific assumptions are made
about the vector and axial-vector form factors this gives different results: if one assumes that $f_A=f_V$ the limit is
reduced to $3.0 \times 10^{-6}$.

\section{ Measurements of $B \to \tau \nu$}

This is the channel of greatest interest, as the branching ratio is large enough that it can now be measured, as opposed to
merely having limits set on it. It is also the most difficult, as the decay of the $\tau$ produces at least one extra neutrino, and possibly two.  But we now have  measurements from both experiments wth both tagging techniques, and four consistent measured values emerge.

A tag $B$, in the hadronic or semileptonic mode, is found. The remaining tracks are considered as potential products from a $\tau$
decay. All four analyses consider the $e \nu \nu, \mu \nu \nu$ and $\pi  \nu$ decays, some also consider the $\rho \nu$ and/or
the $\pi^\pm\pi^+ \pi^- \nu$ decay. Several requirements(see~\cite{babarsemi,babartauhad,belletausemi,belletauhad} for full details) are laid on the momenta and missing momenta to reduce background. However the lack of any definite mass combination on which a hard cut can be placed means that this is not enough to isolate a signal.

The necessary extra signature is found by summing the total visible energy in the electromagnetic calorimeter
and removing what can be accounted for by known particles in the event. This surplus -- called $E_{ECL}$ by BELLE and $E_{extra}$ by \babar, is close to zero for genuine signal, but generally larger for background events.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3.5in]{fig4.eps}
\caption{The extra anergy for (a) all decay modes (b) $\tau \to e \nu \nu$, (c) $\tau \to \mu \nu \nu$ and (d)
$\tau \to \pi \nu$.  Data points are crosses, blue shading is predicted background, the red curve includes the fitted signal. Taken from Ref.~\cite{belletausemi} }
\label{fig:figfour}
\end{figure}

Fig. \ref{fig:figfour} shows the extra energy distributions from the Belle semileptonic tag analysis. The small (but statistically significant) excess of measured signal over expected background
in the first few bins of the histogram is the signal being sought.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3in]{fig5.eps}
\caption{The extra energy for double decay modes, the first tag being semileptonic and the second hadronc (left) of semileptonic (right)  Taken from Ref.~\cite{babarICHEP} }
\label{fig:figfive}
\end{figure}

To claim this as an observation of the decay mode $B \to \tau \nu$ requires confidence in the simulation and modelling of the backgrounds. Fortunately this is supplied through events in which
both $B$ meson decays are tagged, at least one semileptonically. The `extra' energy  is shown for such events in Fig.~\ref{fig:figfive} for \babar, displaying
excellent agreement between simulation and data; Belle has similarly impressive plots.

\babar\ quote values of
$(1.80^{+0.57}_{-0.54} \pm 0.26) \times 10^{-4}$
for the hadronic tag decays~\cite{babarICHEP}  (a new result presented at ICHEP this year) and
$(1.7\pm 0.87 \pm 0.2) \times 10^{-4}$ for the semileptonic tag, and combine the results (the samples are independent)
to give a combined value of
$(1.76 \pm 0.49) \times 10^{-4}$.  Belle quote
$(1.79^{+0.56}_{-0.49} {}^{+0.46}_{-0.51}) \times 10^{-4}$ for the hadronic tags and
$(1.54^{+0.38}_{-0.37} {}^{+0.29}_{-0.31}) \times 10^{-4}$ for the semileptonic  tags (also a new result preented at ICHEP).
These values are all compatible, and the Heavy Flavour Averaging Group  has combined them~\cite{HFAG} to give a branching ratio of $(1.64 \pm 0.34) \times 10^{-4}$

\section{Implications}

The leptonic decay $B^\pm \to \tau^\pm \nu$ is thus well established. The branching ratio is in good agreement with the Standard Model
prediction of $(1.20 \pm 0.25) \times 10^{-4}$, which is evaluated using the HPQCD value for $f_B$ of $190 \pm 13 $ MeV and the
HFAG value for $V_{ub}$ of $ (4.32 \pm 0.16 \pm 0.29) \times 10^{-3}$

This good agreement means that the effect of extra processes must be small, and the term $(1-\tan^2 \beta {m_b^2 \over m_H^2})^2$ in Eq. 2,
or its equivalent in Eq. 3, must be close to 1. This means that various parameter values can be ruled out,
in particular a large value of $\tan \beta$ is incompatible with a low mass charged Higgs. This is an important constraint
on model building. Given the ratio $r$ of the measured to the predicted result and the combined error $\sigma$, then
the limit at $n$ standard deviations is given by $M_{H^\pm}> {M_B \tan \beta \over \sqrt {1-(r-n \sigma)}}$, as shown in Fig.\ref{fig:figsix}.
There is a narrow window of possibility,${M_B \tan \beta \over \sqrt {1+(r-n \sigma)}}> M_{H^\pm}> {M_B \tan \beta \over \sqrt {1+(r+n \sigma)}}$
but such a fine-tuned coincidence
($\tan^2 \beta m_B^2 \approx 2 m_H^2$) would raise many questions.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\centering
\includegraphics[height=3in,angle=270]{fig6.eps}
\caption{Parameter space for Eq. 2 ruled out at the 2 $\sigma$ level }
\label{fig:figsix}
\end{figure}

As all the terms in the extra part of Eq. 2 are squared, any  BSM effects reduce the branching ratio.   The first preliminary
measurement from Belle was indeed on the low side, resulting in some excitement. However it was later revised upwards, and the  measurement is now
fully in agreement with the standard model.

However there is another problem associated with this measurement.  If it  is included in an overall global fit to all the relevant data for the CKM triangle, a discrepancy appears.
The measured value is larger than the preferred one, which is $(0.805 \pm0.071) \times 10^{-4}$ for UTfit~\cite{CKMone}
and $(0.763^{+0.114}_{-0.061}) \times 10^{-4}$ according to CKMfitter~\cite{CKMtwo}.  The fits adjust the CKM elements and other parameters to fit all the measurements. The form factor $f_B$ may be fit or taken from other calculations, the result is similar.
That the two  fitting groups agree on this result, though they use different methodologies, is an indication that this should be taken seriously. There appears to be a tension between the value of $V_{ub}$ and the measurements of $sin (2\beta)$.

\section {Conclusions}

While increasingly stringent limits are placed on the decay of the charged $B$ meson to light leptons, the decay $B^\pm \to \tau^\pm \nu$
 is now well established. The results agree with the standard model,  imposing significant constraints on BSM parameter values.
The measurement is also a source of tension within global fits to the CKM matrix.  The SuperB factory will improve the resolution by an order of magnitude, and this is
yet another argument for building such a machine.

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U.S. Returns Trove of Looted Antiquities to Pakistan
Written by David Klein
U.S. authorities returned to Pakistan 104 artifacts that were among thousands of antiquities looted from Asian countries and seized from New York art dealer Subhash Kapoor, the Manhattan District Attorney's office said last week.
"Hopefully soon these artifacts will be displayed in Pakistani museums," Pakistan's Consul General Ayesha Ali said. (Photo: Manhattan District Attorney's Office)Kapoor, who ran a swanky art dealership on Manhattan's Upper East Side, specializing in South and Central Asian antiques, had long been pursued by New York authorities on suspicion that much of his stock was illegally acquired.
Though Kapoor was ultimately arrested in India and is currently languishing in a Chennai prison, authorities in New York found as many as 2,500 artifacts, valued at over US$100 million, in his collection that were believed to have been looted or trafficked.
So far some 497 of those have been repatriated to 11 countries.
"With every repatriation there is a new joy and satisfaction that goes with returning a piece of history to its home country," said Peter C. Fitzhugh, Special Agent in Charge of HSI New York. "Each pilfered artifact tells its own story, as each line or scratch retells its journey and with this being the final chapter – going home."
Among those 104 artifacts being returned to Pakistan were a ceremonial casket and two bodhisattva statues dating from between the 2nd and 4th centuries A.D.
"This magnificent collection of artifacts returned to the people of Pakistan today epitomizes that nation's rich cultural heritage and humanity's never-ending quest for enlightenment and peace," said District Attorney Vance. "It also evinces the importance of all collectors and gallery owners performing due diligence and ensuring all pieces they purchased were lawfully acquired."
The illegal antiquities trade is a multi-billion dollar global industry according to a 2018 report by Standard Charter Bank, and it's beneficiaries are not just high society art aficionados like Kapoor and his Manhattan clients, but often the trade is a major funding source for criminal and militant groups on the supply side.
"You cannot look at it separately from combating trafficking in drugs and weapons. We know that the same groups are engaged, because it generates big money," said Catherine de Bolle, Executive Director of Europol after a major crackdown on the illegal antiquities trade last May.
The looting of cultural property from active war zones is considered a war crime under the 1954 Hague Convention.
"Hopefully soon these artifacts will be displayed in Pakistani museums," Pakistan's Consul General Ayesha Ali said.
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Al Green - Love And Happiness on I'm Still In Love With You (1972)
"Love and Happiness" is a 1972 song by Al Green from his album I'm Still in Love with You. Green co-wrote the song with Teenie Hodges. It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on London Records in 1973 and in the United States on Hi Records in 1977. It has been covered by Etta James, Al Jarreau, and many other performers.
The song was rated #98 in Rolling Stones's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #861 in Dave Marsh's The Heart of Rock & Soul: The 1001 Greatest Singles Ever Made. Soul Train historian Stephen McMillian called it "quintessential Al Green" and "one of the greatest soul songs of all time." Writing in Vibe, Alan Light called it "perhaps his most perfect song.
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Let's Stay Together by Al Green from the album Let's Stay Together
Let's Stay Together is a song by American recording artist Al Green from his 1972 album of the same name. It was produced and recorded by Willie Mitchell, and mixed by Mitchell and Terry Manning. Released as a single in 1971, "Let's Stay Together" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, and remained on the chart for 16 weeks and also topped Billboard's R&B chart for nine weeks. Billboard ranked it as the No. 11 song of 1972.
It was ranked the 60th greatest song of all time by Rolling Stone magazine on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
It was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". The song went on to claim the number-one position on the Billboard Year-End chart as an R&B song for 1972.
The song was used in the Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction (1994), the 2004 film Hellboy and the 2005 film Munich. It was also used in the 2003 romantic comedy film How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and be heard in the films Down to You (2000), Jersey Girl (2004), and the 2012 romantic comedy Hope Springs features the song.


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Mexico City. May 4, 2019. See: Source. [1].
Cape Town, South Africa. May 5, 2018. See source, with more photos.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 26, 2018. See source. Part of "Green May" (many cities) [2][3][4] in Brazil. See another 2018 photo. See video showing massive crowd (from 1 minute on, especially the time lapse video).
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 6, 2017. See source.
Cape Town, South Africa. May 7, 2016. See source.
Athens, Greece. May 9, 2015. See source, and more photos.
Medellin, Colombia. May 3, 2014. See source. See more photos: 2013 May 4. Also: 2011 May 7. (b, c.)
Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 3, 2014. See source. [5]. See also: 2012 May 5 photo.
Buenos Aires, Argentina. May 4, 2013. See source. [6]. See street-level crowd shot.
Medellin, Colombia. May 5, 2012. See more photos: a, b, c.
Sao Paulo, Brazil. May 19, 2012. See another photo.
Toronto, Canada. May 2, 2009.
May 8, 2004 in Madrid, Spain. Million Joint March (La Marcha del Millón de Porros en Madrid, Mayo 2004). See source. [7]. For more info and photos: [8][9][10].
May 4, 2002 in Paris, France in front of the Hotel de Ville. See a source. [11].
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GMM: years, photos, basic city lists, maps, detailed city lists, nations, links, graphics, regions. Google images: Crowds, flyers: Marcha da Maconha. And: Marche Mondiale du Cannabis. And: Marcha Mundial de la Marihuana. And: Global Marijuana March. Add city name to searches. See signup. And: Facebook hashtags: [12][13][14][15]. Twitter hashtags: [16][17][18][19][20]. Google Plus searches: [21][22][23]. Pinterest: [24][25].
Cannabis March & 420 signup
See: 420 and Global Cannabis March event lists by year.
Some Facebook links of native speakers of various languages below. More to come.
Some GMM and 4/20 organizers. Facebook pages, etc.. Native languages indicated. English: Dana Beal (USA). Aron Kay [67] (USA). Max Stone (Australia). Quanita Booley [68] (South Africa). Imiël Khaya Visser (South Africa). Andre du Plessis (South Africa). Timeshifter (USA) - wiki, 2. RIP: Narina Walls (Mexico. From South Africa). German: Martin Steldinger (Germany). Steffen Geyer (Germany). French: Allu Marine (France). Farid Ghehioueche (France). Norwegian: Piotr Gleichgewicht (Norway). Danish: Klaus Trier Tuxen (Denmark). Czech: Robert Veverka [69] (Czech Republic). Italian: Giovanni Foresti (Italy). Filipino: Maria Noriza (Philippines). More to come. See talk.
See also: City list page editors. The Global Cannabis March (GCM or GMM) is the first Saturday in May or thereabouts. 420 events are on April 20 or thereabouts.
See: GCM and 420 on Facebook, Twitter, and more.
Share links: facebookgcm - gcmfacebook - facebookgmm - gmmfacebook. See also: GMM links.
2020 Global Cannabis March and 420 event map. And: 2020 Facebook events.
2018 Global Marijuana March and 420 event map. And: 2018 Facebook events.
Main Facebook pages: Main Global Cannabis March and 420 fan page. International GCM-420 group. Europe GCM-420 group.
See closed GMM group (only members see posts in closed groups). For the rest of the world see the yearly GMM-420 lists (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, etc.). They list some of the many other GMM and 420 Facebook pages and groups from around the world. See also: Global Marijuana March and 4/20 signup.
Facebook tags: [70][71][72][73]. Instagram: [74][75][76][77][78]. Twitter: [79][80][81][82]. Searches: [83][84][85][86][87][88][89]. Add year to searches. Use the advanced search filters to narrow the date range further, search for an exact phrase, and so on.
Note: How to Spot Online Marijuana Scammers. And: Police Using Social Media For Marijuana Stings. Organizing is your legal free speech right in most of the free world. But buying cannabis (the kind that gets you high) over the internet is usually not legal. The Six Top Marijuana Scams to Avoid.
Do not buy most cannabis stocks. There is a huge inventory of unsold cannabis:
Aurora Cannabis Is Dumping Its Pot, Which May Be A Sign It's All Over.
- Many Facebook links are found on city and country pages.
Ask any of the local and regional GCM and 420 organizers for help about anything.
There are many Global Cannabis March and 420 Facebook pages organizing cities and countries for GCM and 420. Search Facebook. Find more people, groups, and organizations via the GCM links box (many links in one place), and the GCM links page.
Overall categories: 420 events and Global Marijuana March.
You can add links directly to the country, state, province, and city pages (no log-in required).
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Search site for cities via Google site search.
See map of GMM cities here: Global Marijuana March.
See all cities (not just Global Marijuana March).
See: 420 and Global Marijuana March nations and states.
Find GMM graphics and other event graphics. Global Marijuana March Links.
Flat list: Event graphics & photos. Alphabetical.
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Medical Cannabis Worldwide. (zoomable English map). And: Spanish.
-Commons: Category: Cannabis by country.
See: Google Translate. And: Firefox addon.
Add local or regional links
See the above pages for additional Facebook and other links.
Global Marijuana March.
The International Women's Cannabis Coalition. See chapters worldwide.
Moms United to End the War on Drugs.
Moms for Marijuana. Make up your own mind. See:
Cheryl Shuman Pulls Wool Over New York Times. By Steve Bloom.
Cheryl Shuman Attacks Parents 4 Pot. By Steve Bloom.
Articles by Steve Elliott:
Is Anyone Surprised? Shuman Finishes Taking Over Moms For Marijuana.
Let's Set The Record Straight About Moms For Marijuana.
Moms For Marijuana's Lindsey Rinehart: I Will No Longer Be Silent About Cheryl Shuman.
Anonymous Takes Down Cheryl Shuman's Website.
Is Moms For Marijuana Imploding? Board Dissolved; Major Resignations.
Dads for marijuana.
Parents 4 Pot.
Legalise Cannabis International. See: The Team at Legalise Cannabis International.
The "Marijuana Tea" Party. "This is not a politically conservative group!"
International Cannabis Union (ICU).
National and Other Language Forums. International Cannagraphic Magazine Forums.
Global Marijuana March news searches and archives.
DrugWarFacts.org -Table of Contents. Left column has links by country and region.
MercyCenters.org -The World of MERCY; a Guide to Medical Cannabis around the Globe. See the links by country midway down the right sidebar. The country pages cover more than just medical cannabis.
PriceOfWeed.com - The Price of Weed, Marijuana, Cannabis. Worldwide..
MarijuanaGames.org: Cannabis Club Reviews. Marijuana Directory | Cannabis Clubs, Coffeeshops & Marijuana Attorneys.
International Network of People who Use Drugs. Blog: INPUD's International Diaries.
Harm Reduction Coalition.
Websites with Useful Information Related To The Dietary And Medicinal Study And Use Of Cannabis. Cannabis International.
Weed.Wiki.
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Search: Wikipedia. Wikitravel. Wikivoyage.
CannabisVoter.info -- Vote for cannabis
Cannabis news sources. And: Cannabis event lists and calendars.
Drug Policy Organizations (from MAP). US cannabis organizations. And: Canada. State, province, nation from Area menu. Can also sort by topic. See advanced power search. It can search news, and it can Google search many organizations (choose one from menu).
News Source Directory (from MAP). State, province, nation from Area menu. Or A-Z from Source menu. Google search MAP site for news, sources, topics, city, state, province, nation, organizations, etc..
Marijuana Travel Database. Marijuana and travel reports, cities, countries, smoking laws, legality.
WeBeHigh.org - Click "Travel Guides" button at top for continents. By U.S. state. And: Google site search.
Marijuana Dispensary & Strain Reviews - Leafly.
SmokeShops.com | Smoke Shops, Head Shops, Vape Shops, CBD Stores, Dispensaries.
PotGuide.com | Comprehensive Guide to the World of Marijuana.
LonelyCannabis.com - World's best cannabis travel guide.
Facebook: Global Marijuana March. [90][91][92].
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16 Dec 2019: Majority Of Americans Support Marijuana Legalization, Two More New Polls Show. "Voters who supported President Trump in the 2016 election expressed greater opposition to the policy than Republicans and Republican-leaning independents as a whole."
2 May 2019: Time to Admit It: Trump Opposes Cannabis Legalization. He opposed latest 3 bills for veterans' access to medical cannabis.
23 Feb 2019: Trump Continues to Flip-Flop on Medical Marijuana.
See: Reagan's war on cannabis. And: Holy War on Drugs, Republican-led mass incarceration.
Ronald Reagan, 1980 campaign speech: "Leading medical researchers are coming to the conclusion that marijuana, pot, grass whatever you want to call it, is probably the most dangerous drug in the United States, and we haven't begun to find out all of the ill effects, but they are permanent ill effects. The loss of memory for example."
Share link: Obama.
Obama correctly said that cannabis is safer than alcohol. See: Cannabis is safer. He also said marijuana should be treated more as a public health issue than a criminal one. And: Obama signals support for legalizing medical marijuana. [93]. See video.
USA. 1 in 10 deaths of working-age adults are alcohol-related (disease, overdose, car crashes, falls, violence, etc). 87,798 per year, 2006 to 2010. [94][95][96][97][98].
See longer article: Cannabis is safer.
Imagine if Mitt Romney had been elected President in 2012 instead of Obama.
Obama on marijuana legalization. [99]. "My suspicion is that you're gonna see other states start looking at this". The Washington Post. Jan. 22, 2015.
Above quote is from Sanjay Gupta interview of Obama on April 15, 2015. Interview aired on CNN on April 19, 2015. [100][101][102].
Obama administration asks Supreme Court to reject lawsuit filed by Republican governments in Oklahoma and Nebraska to stop legal marijuana in Colorado [103]. December 2015.
Obama helped turn around the Reagan-Bush War on Pot, mandatory minimums, mass incarceration. See: US incarceration peaked in 2008.
Holder's Legacy: Steering Away From the Drug War and Mass Incarceration. [104]. Attorney General Eric Holder (2009-2015) under President Obama. 25 Sep 2014.
USA. The state of the nation.
Vote out most US Republicans and their cannabis war.
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To the delight of pensioners, President Abdel-Fattah Al-Sisi ordered the Ministry of Social Solidarity last week to withdraw its appeal against a High Administrative Court ruling issued in February on the right of pensioners to receive annual increases to their pensions.
The court had ordered the government to include 80 per cent of the last five special allowances received by government employees since 2010.
Since 2006 the Public Authority for Social Insurance (PASI) has overlooked the special allowances the insured received in the last five years before retirement.
A group of pensioners had petitioned for their right to receive the special allowances based on a 2005 ruling by the Supreme Constitutional Court that granted pensioners the right to receive the allowances. Another group of pensioners appealed the PASI decision on the grounds it was unconstitutional before the Supreme Constitutional Court in 2013.
The government is seeking to reform the wage system in the coming fiscal year in line with the president's directives, said Finance Minister Mohamed Maait.
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'Chhapaak': Deepika Padukone Portrays an Acid-Attack Survivor in Intriguing First Look
When films tackle real-life stories, especially ones that involve sensitive topics that can be easy sensationalized, there is always hesitation about the final result. The announcement of "Chhapaak" created that same hesitation for many of us at Brown Girl Magazine, as the film is inspired by the story of acid-attack survivor, Laxmi Agarwal. But once we heard Meghna Gulzar (of "Raazi" fame) would be directing, and the main cast was comprised of Deepika Padukone and Vikrant Massey, our hesitation settled into cautious optimism.
The "Chhapaak" team recently released the first look of Padukone as "Malti" (the character based on Agarwal) and our cautious optimism has evolved into excitement, as a few BGM writers share in their own words.
Tina Lapsia:
When I first heard that Deepika Padukone signed on to play an acid attack victim based on Laxmi Agarwal in 'Chhapaak,' I was a bit skeptical and curious to see how that would actually work. However, I was happy that she chose to take on a difficult role and tries to do justice to a social issue and needless to say, the first look of her in character in Malti left me speechless (in a good way). These people are actors and their job is to do just that – act and tell a story, but I feel like Deepika, the director, and the makeup artists have gone above and beyond with creating the look to make this come true. Bollywood and actors like Deepika Padukone have such power and potential to actually create change in society by talking about and making movies about such terrible things that shouldn't be happening.
The fact that people will go out to theaters to see "Chhapaak" and hopefully will go home thinking about the underlying theme and message will hopefully be better than nothing to stir some discussion around acid attacks. My only hope is that Bollywood doesn't act in its typical Bollywood way and make light of this issue as it has done with other topics in the past. I really would like to see a serious film that is realistic – sans all of the song, dance, and other Bollywood's flamboyant antics. I have faith that Deepika is a talented actress and can do justice to this role, but it comes down to the script, direction, and what the purpose of this movie truly is — is 'Chhapaak' actually trying to create societal change or simply show the world that it can be just as versatile as Hollywood? I'm praying it's the former and, by extension, prove the latter!
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Jashima Wadehra:
Acting requires skill and nuance. Deepika Padukone portraying a role with an important story is vital because she's a seasoned actress who can do due diligence to the story she's telling and bring it to the eyes of MANY. We want representation in situations where there is a more appropriate or accurate choice that is just as talented and hard working. Storytelling is important, and I'm excited and intrigued to see how "Chhapaak" and Deepika's portrayal plays out on screen.
Shruti Tarigoppula:
I'm so glad to see Deepika Padukone tackling this role. While it's true that the ideal would be an acid attack victim playing herself, based on my knowledge of Meghna Gulzar and my guess of the story, Deepika might needed to play before and after or flashbacks. Also I think more often than not, (especially for a Hindi movie) for a properly thought provoking movie to actually reach people, it needs a massive star behind it. It's like when Aamir Khan did 'Rang De Basanti,' '3 Idiots,' 'PK,' or when Paresh Rawal did in 'OMG,' and when Akshay Kumar did 'Toilet: Ek Prem Katha' and 'Padman.' So I'm glad Deepika is committed to bring acid attacks, their disturbing prevelance and their victims' plight to the big screen. I'm looking forward to watching 'Chhappak'!
We're also heartened to see the outpouring of positive responses for the Chhapaak first look. Bollywood celebrities have been extremely vocal about their support, from many leaving positive comments on Padukone's Instagram post, to Alia Bhatt, Rajkummar Rao, Vicky Kaushal and Parineeti Chopra (among others) sharing their excitement for the film.
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— Alia Bhatt (@aliaa08) March 25, 2019
This is brilliant. Can't wait to see you as #Malti. It's path breaking. More power to you Deepika. ??? https://t.co/Shu5QqoVSP
— Rajkummar Rao (@RajkummarRao) March 25, 2019
How amazing is this! Can't wait already. Best wishes to Team #Chhapaak …@meghnagulzar @deepikapadukone @masseysahib ??? https://t.co/JD1prHEuMa
— Vicky Kaushal (@vickykaushal09) March 25, 2019
Now THATSSS an important film!!!! Amazeeee @deepikapadukone https://t.co/HI18suUiMv
— Parineeti Chopra (@ParineetiChopra) March 25, 2019
Rangoli Chandel, sister of Kangana Ranaut and an acid-attack survivor herself had lovely words of support for the team as well.
No matter how unfair and unjust the world is we musn't reflect what we hate, this is commendable on @deepikapadukone and @meghnagulzar part, being an acid attack survivor I pledge to be their biggest cheerleader #Chhapaak ???????? https://t.co/TdY5WpZjtE
— Rangoli Chandel (@Rangoli_A) March 25, 2019
Agarwal herself also explained that she was on board with the film's first look and confirmed she was, in fact, involved in the film in some capacity. In an interview with India West, Agarwal explained:
"I was happy to see Deepika's first look from the film. The response and the messages I got on social media was overwhelming. In fact, it was my daughter's birthday, and more than messages for her, I got congratulatory messages about the film… I was feeling good that a celebrity has come in that look. A lot of make-up artists changed a natural face to acid-distorted face after that (on social media). And I felt, 'see, they are finding beauty in an acid-burnt face."
We look forward to the "Chhappak" trailer, additional images, and the release of the film itself, on January 10, 2020!
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I like to be nice to be people. I like to be helpful. I want to be kind. I want to come off as loving and caring and flexible. I want to serve others and help them feel appreciated.
I want to be present for my family. I want to have energy for my kids. I want to truly care about the things my family cares about and listen with a smile and full eye contact that says this conversation matters.
Sometimes it's hard to do all of this at once. Sometimes it feels like there's nothing left for my family after I've met all of the demands of the world outside our home. Sometimes, once I've given a little, people don't even ask for a "yes" or a "no"; they just tell me what I'm going to do for them. Sometimes people outside my home start controlling my life and my decisions.
Sometimes it feels like there's nothing left for the rest of the world once I've met the needs of my family. Sometimes it seems like there's not enough time in the day to keep everyone clean, dressed, fed, organized, and shuttled to all necessary locations. Being responsible for the physical, emotional, and spiritual wellbeing of my home is a big job and it can leave me feeling drained and unable to reach out to others outside of my home.
Maybe you've felt this way before. Sometimes it's appropriate to have an internal focus or an external focus for a time. For me, it can be hard to realize that the time for a skewed focus has passed, and that I have crossed into unhealthy living. I don't always detect the slow progress toward letting my actions be controlled, rather than deciding what I will do with my life and my time. Eventually, life becomes too out of control to ignore that things need to change.
I've felt like foster care controls my life for a while now. Things have gotten speedily more difficult in the last few weeks. I'm sure part of that had to do with being a single parent for 13 days while Josh was in Chad, but I think it's mostly to do with some changes in the needs of Baby S's birth family in the last couple of weeks. Instead of "would you guys be willing to..." things have become "here's the way your day is going to go regardless of your plans or needs." Instead of "in case of emergency we know you're willing to..." it is suddenly "every time something needs to change we'll assume you'll do it." And this is not just birth parent. We've just become the go-to solution.
I get why it happened. We've tried to be helpful. Our case worker is extremely understanding and communicative and we love her and want to make things as easy for her as possible. She's overworked, stressed, and coming up against the same broken system sending kids back to awful situations as we are.
So a few "yeses" to the case worker, and some flexibility for birth family, and all of a sudden we're constantly on call. Early pickups and late deliveries. Canceled visits. Indecisiveness that leaves me glued to an hours-long back-and-forth on my phone with no ability to plan a day for myself and my kids. And more. All resulting in a lot of anger and frustration simmering inside as plan after plan gets wrecked.
Last week, I found myself so worn out by constantly being on call that I broke down. I'm thankful my sister was there to help me pick up the pieces so I could get it back together. But it was a clear sign : things are out of hand. I need to build some walls. I'm all out of giving and I need a way to get some back.
Part of me always cringes at the idea of "boundaries". It seems a lot like drawing lines around my generosity. At refusing flexibility. At putting myself first. At a "no" that will make a lot of work for someone else. But if I don't start now, I'm going to find myself saying no to all of it after Baby S leaves. If there's not a way to be a foster parent AND have a healthy family (nah, let's set the bar lower - let's set the AND at mental stability), then foster parenting will have to go. That's not what I want. That's not what my case worker wants. My family had - has - a passion for this. And there has to be a way to do this without letting it control every part of me.
I don't want to put me first in an "I'm entitled to me time" kind of way. However, I can't pour and pour and pour myself out without allowing myself to refill with the God-given refreshers that God has built into me. I feel my effectiveness lessening. God hasn't called me to foster care so I can be stressed, sad, angry, and ineffective. Craving effectiveness is not selfishness.
Just deciding to fix this won't get me anywhere. So I'm working on some concrete goals. Right now, those look like writing regularly (this is like a mental health thing for me, guys; when I'm not posting it's because I don't agree with myself for more than five straight hours), going to the gym regularly, and spending one-on-one time with Big Brother A while ignoring all texts and phone calls. They can wait. Seriously. I cannot be Plan A Solution for everybody all the time. And I can't pull Big Brother A through foster care without having a good pulse on how it's effecting him and open communication to help him process it.
We need these moments to be off-the-grid. But this one was spent waiting for my day's schedule to be finally decided on.
That can't be the norm any longer.
I'm empty. All my best attempts at refilling are getting thwarted, while the demands are increasing. Sometimes God calls me to rely on him when I'm empty and he rewards that dependence. But/and he's given me tools and wisdom for staying healthy (spiritually, emotionally, physically) that cannot be neglected for the long term.
I've got to reprocess, both internally and externally. My service is next to worthless when my heart isn't there. My hands aren't doing good work when my mind is moaning and complaining and struggling through it all. I want to serve so people see God's love in me, but I don't feel loving when every good thing in my day is stolen away. I feel resentful.
I'm going to take a step back and fight for the necessary ability to refill. To have control over my schedule. To be healthy enough to be able to be flexible AND say no. Not for me. Not JUST for me. But for effectiveness. To be God's hands and feet and see lives change. I need to do some work to get back to that place.
If you're in this situation with me, I'm praying for you. I know we're all here sometimes. You and I aren't alone. We don't have to stay here, though. Let's make some changes so we can be what God calls us to be. Let's remember why we allowed our balance to become off and seek out godly ways to recover our balance and use our passions to serve our homes and our communities.
God always gives us the power to do the next right thing. We can fight for internal restoration AND external effectiveness.


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Kate del Castillo Speaks Out For the First Time About El Chapo and Sean Penn
She says Penn kept her in the dark about his Rolling Stone article.
By Kate Storey
Kate del Castillo has been a big-name actress in Mexico for years, but many Americans first heard her name when Sean Penn published his notorious Rolling Stone interview with Joaquín Guzmán Loera, a.k.a. El Chapo. Del Castillo―who arranged the meeting between the actor and the drug lord―has remained quiet since the article ran and news broke that her contact with El Chapo helped Mexican authorities find him once he escaped from prison.
Del Castillo has now spoken out in a lengthy New Yorker article about her relationship with El Chapo, how Penn got involved, and her life today. Here are nine revelations from the interview:
El Chapo reached out to her by tracking down her parents. After del Castillo wrote a passionate post on Twitter about her support for El Chapo, one of his associates tried to find her address so El Chapo could send flowers. When they couldn't find the address, the associate tracked down her parents' phone number and pretended to be a movie producer who wanted to talk to del Castillo about a project. After del Castillo insisted she was too busy to talk, he admitted he was El Chapo's lawyer and told her the drug lord wanted to make a movie about his life.
El Chapo wanted del Castillo to star in his movie. El Chapo sent a private plane to bring del Castillo to Mexico City to discuss the project. The lawyers told her El Chapo wanted to sign over his life rights to the actress, who he'd never met. It was up to del Castillo whether she wanted to make a documentary, movie, or TV series. But El Chapo wanted her to have a starring role.
El Chapo wrote her gushing hand-written notes. One of the letters obtained by the New Yorker reads:
Some friends told me that they went to the movies to see a horror film you were in, amiga. They told me it's really cool. Hopefully they'll play it soon on some TV channel. . . . I love your acting, you really go for it. I congratulate you. I imagine acting can't be so easy, amiga. I hope to say hello to you in person someday. Hopefully soon. Say hello to your dad, and your whole family, for me. I watch your father very often, because they show movies where he's the main character. O.K., amiga, my respects to you. You're a love. Thanks so much. Your friend, Joaquín Guzmán.
She found out El Chapo escaped from prison by watching the news. Later, she got a text from one of his associates saying, "I'm celebrating!" To which she responded, "Me even more."
Penn reached out to her about a meeting with El Chapo. Del Castillo had told Argentine producer Fernando Sulichin about her film project with El Chapo. Sulichin told Penn. And then Penn reached out to del Castillo about connecting him with the drug lord. She assumed Penn was interested in becoming a partner in her film project.
Del Castillo claims the first time she heard about the Rolling Stone article was when Penn told El Chapo about it. She says Penn never mentioned it on their long trip to the mountains of Mexico to meet El Chapo. (Penn denies this, saying he told the actress from their first meeting that he was intending to interview the trafficker for an article. Sulichin and another producer, José Ibáñez, believe the article was discussed earlier.)
Sean Penn recounts his secret visit with El Chapo, months before the drug lord's recapture https://t.co/OnaRMVr1tv pic.twitter.com/A0WGY6xFpj
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) January 10, 2016
Del Castillo feared El Chapo would assault her. When El Chapo walked del Castillo to her bedroom after the meeting with Penn, she told the New Yorker, "So I say, 'What the fuck, I might as well say my last words.' I told him, 'Amigo, you know why I'm here. And you know what I wrote about you. You're a very powerful man. And you can do a lot of good. There's a good man inside of you. So let's do it.'" El Chapo told her he doesn't sleep in the same area as his guests for their safety and told her goodnight and, "Thanks for giving me one of the best days of my life."
After the Rolling Stone article ran, del Castillo found out from the news that her correspondence with El Chapo may have helped Mexican authorities find him. She says when she heard that, "I wanted to die."
She still wants to make that El Chapo movie. And so does he. One of his lawyers told the Associated Press "that the movie has to go forward." In the meantime, she's living in LA, while the Mexican government has launched an investigation into her involvement with money laundering, which she calls, "a witch hunt." She's expected in Mexico soon to begin filming a Netflix series.
From: ELLE US
Kate Storey Senior Staff Writer Kate is a writer for Esquire covering culture, politics, style, and lifestyle.
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The Gift of Christmas
A Kentucky family comes together for a Christmas Eve church concert.
Movie: The Gift of Christmas
Rated: N/A
Director: Tom Whitus
Actors: Bruce Davison, Dee Wallace, J. Barrett Cooper, Jeff Prater, Jenn Gotzon Chandler, Marissa Ghavami, Nathan Todaro
She's In Portland
Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work…
Upon returning from serving in the U.S. Army, Chaplain Darren Turner faces a crisis that shatters his Family and Faith in God but through the help of his fellow soldiers,…
The film captures the daily duality of three young Palestinian women in Tel Aviv, caught between hometown tradition and big city abandon, and the price they must pay for a…
Country: France, Israel
A conservative church-choir director moves to San Francisco to run her deceased gay son's drag club.
As Luck Would Have It
Lindsey travels to Ireland to acquire land that is perfect for a resort. She decides to enter the town's matchmaking festival to prove her investment and win over a handsome…
Country: Ireland, USA
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, TV Movie
The Departure
Before leaving Los Angeles to start a new job in New York, Nate, with the help of his best friend John, devises a wicked plan to test his girlfriend's loyalty.
Dashing in December
When Wyatt returns home for the holidays to try to convince his mom to sell their family ranch, an unexpected romance with handsome ranch hand Heath may throw off his…
The near future, a time when both hope and hardships drive humanity to look to the stars and beyond. While a mysterious phenomenon menaces to destroy life on planet Earth,…
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend….
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I am so excited. I LOVE college football, and there is a staple that goes along with football in our house—queso. Not cheese dip or hot cheese, but honest to goodness queso. Now, I have been known to take the easy route and mix a brick of American cheese with a can of seasoned tomatoes, but there is a very easy way to make it from scratch that, in my opinion, is so much better.
I have this thing about cooking with fresh vegetables. I do it as often as possible. I prefer the flavor. I know sometimes I share recipes with frozen or canned vegetables. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. I just like fresh better, when I can. This is a Back-to-Basics recipe because you are starting with all fresh ingredients and turning it into something amazing. Everyone should have a simple recipe like this in your game day rotation.
This queso is creamy and rich with a punch of heat. The best part is you can modify it to the particular tastes in your household. I like to make a bit for Butters with just tomatoes as she isn't much on heat, while I make full strength for the rest of our game day crew. You can add sausage or bacon for even more flavor.
First things, first. Heat the skillet with olive oil over medium heat. Combine the onions, peppers and garlic and sauté until tender.
Once the vegetables are cooked, add the cheese mixture to the skillet and seasonings. Reduce heat to low-medium.
Slowly stir or whisk in the milk as the cheese is melting.
Once all of the cheese is melted, add the tomatoes and stir to combine.
Serve immediately or pour into a slow cooker to keep it warm during the game. I like to have it ready for halftime, so I make it a little ahead of time and place it in the slow cooker on the warm setting. Quick tip: You can get slow cooker liners at the grocery store that are lifesavers when it comes to queso. It makes clean up a breeze and helps keep the cheese from burning. You can usually find them on the same aisle as the aluminum foil and plastic storage bags.
I hope you enjoy football season as much as we do, be it for the food or the sport. From all of us at Texas Table Top, enjoy!
Sauté onion, jalapeño and garlic until tender.
Reduce heat to low-medium and add in cheeses and seasonings.
Slowly stir in milk as the cheeses melt.
Once the cheeses are completely melted and smooth, add in the tomatoes and stir to combine.
Serve immediately with tortilla chips or move to slow cooker on the warm setting.
Now, Kelly, when you say American cheese, do you mean Velveeta?
Hi Margie, Yes it is one in the same. There are several brands available Velveeta is probably the most popular though. Sometimes you can find white American cheese at the deli counter too. White or Yellow are about the same to me so I go for the less expensive prepackaged cheese.


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Musical coincidences # 49
Today's coincidence isn't a note-for-note piece of pilfering – it's more of a general vibe*.
GANGgajang is an Australian band who have been around since the 80's and best known for basically one song, "The Sounds Of Then", which almost always appears on Australian compilation CDs with names like Australia's Best Barbecue Songs, or Songs For Down-Under Dads, or Aussie Songs You Can't Escape etc. GANGgajang have released plenty of albums, had a sustained career, and as far as I know are still plugging away. In November 25, 1985 they appeared on the TV music program Rock Arena performing live in the studio. One of the songs they played that night, "Surfin' Round The World", was only ever played during encores and never put on a GANGgajang album until 2006 when they recorded it for a surfing movie called Delightful Rain:
GANGgajang – "Surfin' Round The World" (2006)
Link The rhythm of the song, the chord progression (A minor to F major), and especially the twangy guitar riff, all reminded me rather strongly of… Elvis Costello – "Watching The Detectives" (1977) Link GANGgajang on MySpaceElvis Costello on MySpace (*Man.)
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Here's a well-known Elvis Costello song:
Elvis Costello And The Attractions – "Pump It Up" (1978)
"Pump It Up" appeared on Costello's second album, This Year's Model (1978), an album I've already raved about.
The song may or may not be about, shall we say, onanistic endeavours, but one thing is for certain: the main riff has been stolen by at least two other artists that I know of – and none-too-subtly, either.
The first is "Wild, Wild West" by The Escape Club, a long-forgotten band who, in the late 80's, were being heralded as the Next Big Thing in rock:
The Escape Club – "Wild, Wild West" (1988)
But the most blatant rip-off of "Pump It Up" is a song called "Voodoo Child" by English/Australian techno riff-nicking outfit Rogue Traders:
Rogue Traders – "Voodoo Child" (2005)
I know that the Rogue Traders fully acknowledged the lift (and gave Costello a co-writing credit), but that doesn't make it alright. Some things are just plain unacceptable.
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Song of the day: Elvis Costello and The Attractions – "No Action"
Here's the non-Australian Elvis Costello and The Attractions with "No Action" (1978):
"No Action" is the opening track of Costello's second album, the still-astonishing This Year's Model, an album that, for me, hasn't dated one bit since it was first released in 1978. It's still near the top of my list of all-time favourite power-pop albums. A lot of people probably don't think of Elvis Costello as a power pop artist at all, and never have. Most people think of him as rock's original Mr. Bitter, or as Punk's First Man of Letters due to his exceptional wordplay (during the punk period, most artists around him were simply yelling "Destroy!"). Although he later dabbled in other genres such as country and lounge, I don't think Elvis' music has ever been considered power pop. Yet I think This Year's Model is a Grade-A power pop album – it's full of great tunes and has boundless energy. As far as I'm concerned, that's power pop.
Here's track 2 on the album:
Elvis Costello and The Attractions – "This Year's Girl" (1978)
And here's track 9:
Elvis Costello and The Attractions – "Lip Service" (1978)
Now, listen to those tracks and tell me that's not power pop.
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On April 24, during an event honoring His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, Martin Indyk asked about Qatar's views on the Syrian crisis, the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, and the still unfolding Arab Awakening. The event marked Qatar's ten years of support for the Brookings Doha Center and the Project on U.S. Relations with the Islamic World, created in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the United States.
On April 24, during an event honoring His Excellency Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Qatar, Martin Indyk asked about Qatar's views on the Syrian crisis, the stalled Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, and the still unfolding Arab Awakening.


A simple test will let you know if your breast are sagging. If a pen stays in place under your breasts, it is probably the case, if it doesn't, then you shouldn't worry about breast ptosis. This test can't replace a proper clinical examination by a certified surgeon, but if the pen did stay in place under your breasts, this probably means you can benefit from breast lift surgery, also called mastopexy.
The result of breast lift surgery is permanent, however, if natural aging causes breast sagging again (which isn't likely to occur within 10 years following the surgery), another procedure can be considered. The final result can be seen 6 to 12 months after surgery).
The initial recovery time varies between 2 to 3 weeks on average. Postoperative pain is easily controlled by painkillers during this time. Bruising and swelling almost always develop following surgery. Bruising usually subsides in 1 to 2 weeks whereas swelling can persist during a few months before completely resorbing.
Just like any type of scar, breast lift scars require specific care. Massages, topical creams and sun protection are paramount. For patients following these guidelines, scars fade almost entirely a year or so after surgery.
Drains on the incision sites might help immediately after the operation, but they aren't always necessary. Exercising, on the other hand, is dangerous during the recovery. The patient has to ask the surgeon's approval before resuming any sport or physical activity. Walking is usually the only one allowed during the first few weeks.
A compressive garment such as a sports bra has to stay in place during a month after the operation to support the breasts while they're healing.
Breast lift can make wonders for breast shape and position, restoring them to their younger state. Each year, this procedure helps women regaining confidence and well-being, it is also commonly combined to other procedures to treat imperfections caused by weight fluctuations, pregnancy or natural aging that affect different areas of the body.


The relationship between agriculture service industry and agricultural regional specialization was explored in this paper, aiming at finding out some possible ways to improve the sustainable development of agriculture service industry and agricultural regional specialization. The panel data of 28 provinces from year 2003 to year 2015 in China were employed to establish the simultaneous equations model to study the synergy effect between agricultural service industry and regional specialization. The results show as follows. (1)It is statistically significant at 1% level that every1% increase in output value of agricultural service industry can make agricultural concentration index up 0.08% from the perspective of the whole country, and the result is significant at 5% level that the previous period agricultural concentration index increased by every 1% can make current agricultural service industry output value more 5.345%. (2)In the western area, every1% increase in output value of agricultural service industry can make agricultural concentration index rising 0.342%, and the previous period agricultural concentration index increased by every 1%can increase current the output value of agricultural service industry by 7.474%, statistically significant at 10% and 5%level respectively; (3)In the eastern area, every 1%increase in output value of agricultural service industry can rise agricultural concentration index by 0.099%, and every 1%increase in agricultural concentration index of the previous period can improve the output value of current agricultural service industry by 5.874%, both statistically significant at5%level; (4) In the central area, agricultural service industry has no significant effect on agricultural concentration index, and agricultural concentration index of the previous period has positive effect on the output value of current agricultural service industry, and it is statistically significant at 5% level. The elasticity of the effect is 4.531.It suggest that (1)On one hand, synergistic effect is displayed between agriculture service industry and agricultural regional specialization to promote each other from the view of the national level, but on the other hand, there are some different synergistic effects in eastern area, central area and western area; (2) The synergistic effect between agriculture service industry and industry and agricultural regional specialization in the western area is the most significant; (3)There is a synergistic effect between agricultural service industry and regional specialization in the eastern area, but the synergistic effect is less obvious than that in the western area; (4)There is no obvious synergistic effect between agricultural service industry and regional specialization in the central area. Based on these conclusions, attention should be paid to the synergies between agriculture service industry and regional specialization as well as the regional differences to optimize the layout of agricultural industry.


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Tereza Ramba, née Voříšková (born 29 June 1989, Prague) is a Czech film and television actress. She has notably played the role of Beruška in the 2008 film The Country Teacher (). She has also played roles in Zemský ráj to na pohled, Peklo s princeznou and Bobule.

She was a student at the Prague Conservatory, majoring in music drama. She also dances professionally for Fantasy Studio.

Filmography

2005: Rafťáci
2006: Ro(c)k podvraťáků
2006: Místo v životě (TV series)
2007: The Country Teacher (Venkovský učitel)
2007: Trapasy (TV series)
2007: Svatba na bitevním poli aneb Hodiny před slávou aka The Wedding on Battle Field (International: English title)
2007: Překažené dostaveníčko
2007: Grapes
2008: Soukromé pasti (TV series)
2008: Bobule (https://www.csfd.cz/film/233933-bobule/prehled/)
2008: Peklo s princeznou
2008: Než se táta vrátí (TV series)
2008: Kanadská noc (TV film)
2008: Ďáblova lest (TV series)
2008: Černá sanitka (TV series)
2008: BrainStorm (TV film)
2009: Peklo s princeznou aka It is Hell with the Princess (International: English title)
2009: An Earthly Paradise for the Eyes
2009: Little Knights Tale
2009: 2Bobule
2011: Alois Nebel
2011: Borgia (TV series)
2012: Missing (US TV series)
2013: Rozkoš
2014: Všiváci
2015: Život je život
2015: Laputa
2015: Padesátka
2016: A Vote for the King of the Romans (TV film)
2017: Po strništi bos
2018: Chata na prodej
2020: Vlastníci
2023: Docent (TV series)

References

Further reading
 Tereza Voříšková in the Osobnosti.cz portal
 Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze: Tereza Voříšková

External links

1989 births
21st-century Czech actresses
Actresses from Prague
Czech child actresses
Czech female dancers
Czech film actresses
Czech television actresses
Living people
Prague Conservatory alumni
Czech Lion Awards winners

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A key hub in the heart of the region, Gullbergsvass unites five districts around the water. There are plans to house 20,000 – with a further 20,000 working – in Nya Gullbergsvass, which spans land equivalent to 200 football pitches. However, it will take up to 30 years for the development of the area to be completed.
Gullbergsvass stands out from all the other districts. Boasting a rich heritage as a vital cog in the development of the city, the area is defined by industry and infrastructure as well as defence and maritime activities. 150 years ago, there was nothing but moorland here. With a new transformation under way, Gullbergsvass boasts considerable potential to become a more vibrant part of the city, uniting an area which is currently separated by a series of barriers.
Gullbergsvass will be reinforced through a combination of features while maintaining its local characteristics. A consultancy team has been working on a feasibility study in order to identify conditions and suggest potential avenues for the development of the area in line with the RiverCity Gothenburg vision and the three strategic pillars, Connect the city, Embrace the water and Reinforce the centre. Take a look at the feasibility study here.
Block model: a traditional grid layout with dense, tall developments approaching a central park, a canal between Gullberget and the river and a port basin at the river.
European model – a street system adapted to the landscape, a park and lower developments towards the railway in the south, tall, dense developments towards the river, a canal between Gullberget and the river and a port basin at the river.
Cluster model – an intricate street system with a variety of developments and a park along the river. This model involves several small, dense districts integrated into one.
All three alternatives involve covering the E45 between Lilla Bommen and Gasklockan in order to minimise disruption caused by traffic. During spring 2015, the proposals were presented to stakeholders and interested members of the public at a series of meetings. There are proposals to develop a quayside path to be completed by the city's 400th anniversary in 2021.
Dialogue around Gullbergsvass is set to continue through an active, open approach and regular contact with residents and other participants. An urban development programme will get under way in 2017.
Edge-of-Center Transformation is a project involving seven cities which is run within the scope of the wider Eurocities network.
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