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16 Most Misleading Food Labels
By Danny Deza
Terms like "fat free" or "all natural" are often slapped on a food item that may not be healthy at all.
Healthy or just hype?
Have you ever picked one grocery item over another because of the health claims on the label? You may have been duped. That's because terms like fat free or all natural are often slapped on a food item that may not be healthy at all.
Frustrated? You're not alone. Nearly 59% of consumers have a hard time understanding nutrition labels, according to a Nielsen survey.
Here's our list of the 16 most common—and most misleading phrases—manufacturers use on food, with advice on how to look past the hype to make smarter supermarket choices.
Don't be fooled, all natural doesn't mean all that much. The Food and Drug Administration doesn't define it, although food makers won't get in trouble as long as so-labeled food doesn't contain added colors, artificial flavors, or "synthetic substances."
That means there's room for interpretation.
So a food labeled natural may contain preservatives or be injected with sodium, in the case of raw chicken. "Some natural products will have high fructose corn syrup and companies will argue that since it comes from corn, it's healthy," says Stephan Gardner, director of litigation at the Center of Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). "Well, that isn't true."
When shopping for healthy bread and crackers, look for the words whole grain or 100% whole wheat. It's not enough if it says multigrain or made with whole grain.
Whole grains, (which include popcorn, brown rice, and oatmeal), have more fiber and other nutrients than those that have been refined, a process that strips away the healthiest portions of the grain.
And don't go by color alone: Some darker breads or crackers have caramel coloring and are no healthier than highly refined white breads. For a list of ingredient to keep on your radar, check out The Whole Grain Council's helpful chart.
If you're concerned about calories and carbs (maybe because you have diabetes or are trying to prevent it), you may toss no sugar added products in your grocery cart.
But foods, including fruit, milk, cereals, and vegetables naturally contain sugar. So although these products may not have added sugar they still may contain natural sugars. And no sugar added products still may contain added ingredients like maltodextrin, a carbohydrate.
Carbohydrates—which can be simple sugars or more complex starches—raise blood sugar, and no sugar added doesn't mean a product is calorie- or carbohydrate-free.
Sugar free doesn't mean a product has fewer calories than the regular version; it may have more. (Although food makers are supposed to tell you if a product isn't low-cal). Sugar-free products have less than 0.5 grams of sugars per serving, but they still contain calories and carbohydrates from other sources.
These products often contain sugar alcohols, which are lower in calories (roughly 2 calories per gram, compared to 4 per gram for sugar), but compare labels to see if the sugar-free version is any better than the regular version. (Common sugar alcohols are mannitol, xylitol, or sorbitol).
Caution: Sugar alcohols can cause diarrhea so don't consume a lot in one sitting.
Zero trans fat
Trans fat is bad for your heart, and the ideal intake is zero. But products that say no trans fat can actually contain less than 0.5 grams per serving.
"If a product says 0 trans fat on it, it isn't actually at zero," says Gardner. "If the consumer were to have two servings, then you would get a good amount added to your diet."
Check for words on the ingredient list such as hydrogenated oils and shortening, which mean trans fat is still present. There are some products that are more likely to contain trans fat than others.
Immunity boosters
Companies can use words like immunity blend or supports the immune system if a product contains certain vitamins, but such words are sometimes used to give an aura of health to a product that may or may not deserve it.
In general, companies must walk a fine line here. If they make medical claims, it can trigger intense scrutiny from the FDA and the federal trade commission.
In 2008, the company that makes the vitamin product Airborne agreed to settle a $23.3 million class-action lawsuit. The product's label said it could "boost the immune system" and was marketed as a way to prevent colds without sufficient evidence that it worked.
Although a food label may say free range chicken, don't assume your bird was scampering around outside Farmer Brown's barn.
Although the US Department of Agriculture does define the words free range, there are no requirements for the amount, duration, and quality of outdoor access.
"What it's supposed to mean is that they are out running in a field," says Bonnie Taub-Dix, nutrition expert and author of Read It, Before You Eat It. "But what it really means is they just have exposure to the outdoors."
This is a notoriously misleading label. When the dangers of saturated and trans fat became clear, the market was flooded with products that touted their fat-free status. The problem? They sometimes contained nearly as many calories as full-fat versions.
"Just because it says it's fat-free, doesn't mean you get a free ride," says Taub-Dix. "Packages could say it's fat free, but be loaded with sugar, and sugar-free products could be loaded with fat."
Check the label for calorie content, and compare it to the full-fat version.
A food label may say a product, such as olive oil, is light, but manufacturers have been known to use the term to refer to the flavor rather than the ingredients.
"The flavor might be lighter, but you aren't saving one calorie," says Taub-Dix. "The wording on light products can be confusing for consumers, but it is important to read the nutritional facts."
To be considered a light product, the fat content has to be 50% less than the amount found in comparable products.
Gluten is a protein found in grains like wheat or rye and it can wreak havoc on the health of those with celiac disease or gluten intolerance.
Gluten-free products are becoming easier to find, which is great for those with gluten intolerance. For everyone else though, there's no advantage to buying them. In fact, gluten-free whole grains may have less fiber than the regular version.
"Unless you have metabolic problems, gluten-free products don't help you lose weight and are not necessarily good for you," says Taub-Dix. "But because it's a buzz word, it's put on packages."
Made with real fruit
Products that claim to be made with real fruit may not contain very much at all, or none of the type pictured on the box.
While companies must list the amount of nutrients they contain, such as fat and cholesterol, they do not have to disclose the percentage of ingredients, such as fruits and whole grain, according to CSPI.
In 2012, a California woman filed a class-action lawsuit over Fruit Roll-Ups, which contain "pears from concentrate" and no strawberries (in the case of the strawberry flavor).
Lightly sweetened
Although the FDA has definitions for terms like reduced sugar, no added sugar, and sugar free, companies sometimes come up with marketing lingo that is, well, just made up.
One of those terms is lightly sweetened, which isn't defined by the FDA.
"Whether Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Bite Size is "lightly sweetened" should be determined by federal rules, not the marketing executives of a manufacturer," according to a CSPI report from 2010.
Cholesterol free
Cholesterol free doesn't mean, literally, no cholesterol. Cholesterol-free products must contain less than 2 mg per serving while low-cholesterol products contain 20 mg or less per serving. Foods that say reduced or less cholesterol need to have at least 25% less than comparable products.
Cholesterol is made by the liver, so only animal products like meat, dairy, eggs, and butter can contain it. If a plant-based product (such as corn oil) touts its cholesterol-free status, there's no benefit compared to other vegetable oils, which also don't contain it.
(The American Heart Association recommends people consume less than 300 mg of cholesterol daily.)
While organic was once a bit like the term all natural—open to interpretation—that's no longer true. If a product has a USDA label that says organic, 95% or more of the ingredients must have been grown or processed without synthetic fertilizers or pesticides (among other standards).
A label that says made with organic ingredients must have a minimum of 70% all ingredients that meet the standard.
Keep in mid that organic is not synonymous with healthy. In fact, it may be anything but. Organic food can still be packed in fat, calories, and sugar. "Companies like to add magnetic words on products to make you think it's healthy," says Taub-Dix.
Two percent milk
Two percent milk sounds great—it's such a low number! What most people don't realize is that whole milk contains only 3.25% fat.
So 2% milk contain less fat than regular milk, but not that much. It isn't technically considered low fat; only 1% milk and fat free (also called skim milk, which has less than 0.5% fat) meet that standard.
Two percent milk may say reduced fat however, because it has at least 25% less fat than regular milk. But the American Heart Association and other health experts recommend that adults choose 1% or fat free over other types of milk.
Omega-3 fatty acids come in three main types: Eicosapentaenoic (EPA), docosahexaenoic (DHA) and a type called alpha-linolenic acid (ALA), which doesn't have the proven benefit for the heart as EPA and DHA.
Some foods are higher in ALA, such as flax seeds, than EPA and DHA. Eggs may contain omega-3 if chickens are fed flax seed or fish oil, but are not considered to have a heart health benefit because of their cholesterol and saturated fat content.
"If you are looking for a good helping of omega-3, stick to fish and seaweed products," says Gardner. "Products will sprinkle flax on their food just to slap the omega-3 label on the front."
Food manufacturers can be tricky with serving sizes. To make a product look low in fat or calories, they may list information based on a tiny, unrealistic serving size.
And FDA recommendations on serving size, the Reference Amount Customarily Consumed (RACC) index, tend to be outdated, based on eating habits of decades past. For example, the RACC for ice cream is a half-cup, or one scoop—a lot less than what most people now eat in one sitting. For example, a pint of ice cream would be considered to have four half-cup servings, a buzz kill for those of us who could eat the whole thing in one sitting.
If you are a two-or-more scoop kind of person, double, triple, or quadruple the label's calorie and fat information as needed.
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Who paid for the Human Genome Project?
Was the human genome project privately funded?
How much did the Human Genome project cost taxpayers?
Who owns the human genome project?
Who is the head of Human Genome Project?
How long did the first Human Genome Project take?
How many genes make up human genome?
How much money does it cost to sequence a human genome?
Who owns the genetic information that come from research?
Is it legal to patent and own the entire human genome?
Where did the Human Genome Project take place?
What is Francis Collins salary?
How old is Dr Francis Collins?
The Human Genome Project? was a publicly funded project that brought scientists together from across the globe. Support and funding from the Department of Energy and US National Institutes of Health and later in the UK from the Medical Research Council and Wellcome Trust enabled the project to run on a huge scale.
The Human Genome Project was a 13-year-long publicly funded project initiated in 1990 with the objective of determining the DNA sequence of the entire euchromatic human genome within 15 years.
Although estimates suggested that the project would cost a total of $3 billion over this period, the project ended up costing NIH about $2.7 billion in FY 1991 dollars and was completed more than two years ahead of schedule.
NHGRI is part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the nation's medical research agency. The Human Genome Project, which had as its primary goal the sequencing of the 3 billion DNA letters that make up the human genetic instruction book, was successfully completed in April 2003.
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Staunton, Virginia, U.S. Francis Sellers Collins ForMemRS (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician-geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He is the director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland.
The Human Genome Project was a 13-year-long, publicly funded project initiated in 1990 with the objective of determining the DNA sequence of the entire euchromatic human genome within 15 years.
An international research effort called the Human Genome Project, which worked to determine the sequence of the human genome and identify the genes that it contains, estimated that humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes.
The estimated cost for generating that initial 'draft' human genome sequence is ~$300 million worldwide, of which NIH provided roughly 50-60%.
Any Genetic Information (your DNA data and any information derived from it) belongs to the person who provided the DNA sample, subject only to the rights granted to AncestryDNA in this Agreement."
Myriad Genetics, Inc., the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that human genes cannot be patented in the U.S. because DNA is a "product of nature." The Court decided that because nothing new is created when discovering a gene, there is no intellectual property to protect, so patents cannot be granted.
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United States DOE Joint Genome Institute, Walnut Creek, Calif., U.S. Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center, Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Houston, Tex., U.S. RIKEN Genomic Sciences Center, Yokohama, Japan.
NIH director Francis Collins accepted $205,000 in taxpayer money in 2019. He has collected no less than $199,700 since 2015, making him a member of the top 10% of wage earners in the nation. Collins, of course, oversees NIH and its $42 billion annual budget (consisting entirely of taxpayer dollars).
Nobel laureate James D. Watson peered deep into his genome yesterday. And soon, anyone else interested in his genetic makeup will be able to do the same. Scientists in Houston presented Watson with a DVD of his genome sequence, which they said was the "first individual genome to be sequenced for less than $1 million".

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In the past few days, I've talked about the controversy of what types of stars explode as Type Ia supernovae. But the mystery surrounding these explosions is not limited to what explodes, but also how.
When a white dwarf explodes, it is undergoing an uncontrolled nuclear reaction, turning carbon and oxygen into silicon, iron, nickel, cobalt, and many other elements. In a matter of a second or so, a sun's worth of carbon and oxygen is burned. But there is a question as to how it burns. Burning comes in two flavors. In a deflagration, or what you would call a normal flame, a flame moves more slowly than the sound speed. A good example is a wildfire, which can race across the ground at 60+ miles per hour (more than 100 km/hr), but even seemingly explosive burning, like gunpowder or an automobile engine, is still just a deflagration.
In a detonation, the flame moves faster than the speed of sound. Most high explosives do this sort of explosion. Detonations are more destructive than deflagrations, which is why plastic explosives are used in modern warfare instead of kegs of black powder.
In white dwarfs, the speed of sound is very high. In Earth's atmosphere, it is around 770 mi/hr at Earth's surface. Sound moves faster through dense material. For example, the average speed of sound through the Earth (as measured by earthquakes) is about five miles per second, or 18,000 miles per hour! Even so, this means it can take nearly half an hour for a sound wave to go through the Earth. White dwarfs, on the other hand, are much denser yet. Although the size of the Earth, sound waves can travel all the way through a white dwarf in less than two seconds at a whopping speed of over 14 million miles per hour! So, a white dwarf can completely burn in a matter of a couple of seconds and still not be a detonation.
How can we tell how a white dwarf burns? By what it leaves behind. In a deflagration, the white dwarf burns pretty thoroughly, leaving behind almost no carbon. The same is true of deflagrations on the Earth -- in your car's engine, you burn all of the gas you put into the piston. In a gun, you burn almost all of the gunpowder. Otherwise, you are just wasting fuel! In a detonation, pieces of unburned material are sent flying. So, for a white dwarf, we would expect to see lots of carbon and oxygen left if it detonates.
When we look at the Type Ia supernovae, we usually see a little bit of carbon and oxygen -- not much, but some. Neither the detonation or deflagration models really work! The truth seems to lie somewhere in between -- most of the white dwarf burns "gently," but somehow, somewhere a detonation explosion occurs, adding some extra energy and keeping all of the carbon from burning.
The problem is, it really is difficult for theorists to explain why one type of burning would turn into another type. So, at meetings such as the one last week, scientists argue very heatedly about their latest models. This isn't work that I do, so I am not qualified to make a guess as to which models are more likely to be correct.
The picture above is a model of a white dwarf deflagrating ("gently burning"). The yellow-orange is the unburned white dwarf, while the grey/white indicates where the flame has already burned the white dwarf. You can see that, as the burning continues, the heat causes the white dwarf to get larger. Soon after the phases pictured above, the flame reaches the surface, and the ashes are spewed into space at a speed of 10,000 miles per second!
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So it appears to have 3 bundles: basic ($56), tricentennial ($79), and armor ($199).
As a gift, I'm leaning towards the tricentennial for the ingame unlocks. Unless someone can convince me the armor edition is indeed worth it? Glow in the dark map sounds cool. Would a helmet just sit on a shelf?
Reviews are mixed. We already have a Playstation Plus account (yes it's mostly a ripoff).
Ars Technica unboxes it so you can decide..
thank you! they don't seem to think the helmet is worth it. My teen probably wouldn't wear it, as he now doesn't even bother with halloween and doesn't cosplay.
It's getting a ton of bad press right now after a rocky BETA, by christmas I'm sure the game will have smoothed out.
Granted I only played F4, but that seems wildly optimistic.
From the rumblings in the trenches, not sure this purchase is going to wait until christmas.
Is the allure the online part or just the Falliut part and the online is something to suffer through for the experience of it?
I think both the fallout part, and being able to play with his friends. I hope platform doesn't matter.
He got the hand gesture wrong. Other than that, it looks pretty darned good. The smoke is a nice touch.
It appears to be on sale this weekend, $40 for basic, $50 for tricentennial. Well then.
Bethesda's gamble to reinvent the landscape of Fallout, if only for one game, is off to a historically poor start. Launching almost two weeks ago, Fallout 76 has just 29% of the active players that Fallout 4 had in the same timeframe, and with player reports of countless bugs, low review scores, and a holiday season once again bringing more games than anyone has time for, it may not be too soon to assume most potential players have already moved past the idea of giving much time to Fallout 76.
I mean, a Fallout game without NPCs is like a GTA game without cars. Kinda missing the point.
The kid says it's ok, as long as you have friends playing, but he sees what the reviews mean.
Trying to get their players to be the NPCs. Saves money on voice actors. Is there even built in voice chat?


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Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais est un concours de beauté annuel concernant les jeunes femmes de la région Nord-Pas-de-Calais. Il est qualificatif pour l'élection de Miss France, retransmise en direct sur la chaîne TF1, en décembre, chaque année.

3 Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais ont été couronnées presque successivement Miss France :

 Camille Cerf, Miss France 2015 ;
Iris Mittenaere , Miss France 2016 et Miss Univers 2016 ;
Maëva Coucke, Miss France 2018.

Histoire
En 2010, à la suite de la réorganisation des comités par la Société Miss France représentée par sa directrice Sylvie Tellier, chargée de l'organisation des élections régionales après le départ de Geneviève de Fontenay, le Comité Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais est créé en remplacement de :

 Miss Artois-Hainaut (représentant l'Artois, soit le département du Pas-de-Calais et le Hainaut, soit le sud du département du Nord)
 Miss Flandre (représentant la Flandre française, soit le nord du département du Nord).

De 1996 à 2021, Dominique Vilain Alard est à la tête du comité régional Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais (ex Miss Artois, Miss Hainaut, Miss Flandre).

La déléguée régionale pour Miss France, est Anne-Sophie Sevrette depuis le 8 février 2021.

Élections locales qualificatives
 Miss Loon-Plage
 Miss Artois ;
 Miss Arras;
 Miss Avesnois ;
 Miss Bapaume Sud Artois ;
 Miss Bassin Minier ;
 Miss Bruaysis ;
Miss Escaut;
 Miss Douaisis ;
 Miss Hazebrouck ;
 Miss Hem Val de Marque ;
 Miss Héninois ;
 Miss Pays des 7 vallées ;
 Miss Opale Sud ;
 Miss Ostrevant ;
Miss Pays Flinois;
 Miss Pévèle ;
Miss Tourcoing ;
 Miss Val de Sambre ;
 Miss Valenciennois ;
 Miss Caudrésis ;
 Miss Flandre ;
 Miss Dunkerquois ;
 Miss Val de Lys ;
 Miss Audomarois ;
 Miss Littoral-Opale.

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Palmarès par département depuis 2010
Nord : 2011, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 (8)
Pas-de-Calais : 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017

Palmarès à l'élection Miss France depuis 2000
 Miss France : 2015, 2016, 2018
  : 2023
  : 2004, 2013
  : 2002, 2004
  : 2001
  :
  : 2005
 Top 12 puis 15 : 2003(x2), 2005, 2006, 2019, 2022
 Classement des régions pour les 10 dernières élections (2013 à 2022) :  sur 30.

A retenir
 Meilleur classement de ces  années : Camille Cerf, Iris Mittenaere et Maëva Coucke, élues Miss France 2015, Miss France 2016 et Miss France 2018.
 Dernier classement réalisé : Agathe Cauet, 1ère dauphine de l'élection Miss France 2023.
 Dernière Miss France : Maëva Coucke, élue Miss France 2018.

Notes et références

Notes

Références

Liens externes
 Site officiel du Comité Miss Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Personnalité liée à la région Hauts-de-France

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U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb urged U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry to keep the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station online in a letter released Wednesday.
First Energy Solutions, a division of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced earlier this year it was planning to deactivate Beaver Valley by 2021 along with two other nuclear power plants it owns in Ohio. It comes at a time when the nuclear and coal industries are under intense competition in the electrical generation market from both renewables and natural gas.
Lamb, R-18th District, wants what he called "a workable, long-term solution."He had also urged action in a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission that would not exclude nuclear power plants in market reforms.
Lamb had visited the Shippingport plant a few weeks ago.
Last week, U.S. Rep. Keith Rothfus, R-14th District — who Lamb will likely challenge in a reformed 17th District — joined a bipartisan group of legislators in a letter to Perry and President Donald J. Trump urging them to invoke a little-used emergency powers provision to help the Beaver Valley plant.


Hi! My name is Helen and I live in south central Missouri, transplanted here many years ago from Michigan. My husband, Jim, and I have been married for 46 years. We have five children scattered across the country and eight adorable grandchildren. They give us the excuse to do what we like best–travel!
I enjoy traveling, cooking, reading, sewing, crafting and hiking, not necessarily in that order. I also love to take pictures. I hope to use my interest in traveling, cooking and photography as I post my blogs.
That is the coolest reason to keep up a blog I read up to now. . . All the best. . .
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There appears to be a new release on Blu Ray of Miracle Mile and it is supposed to be an 'uncut' version. Do not know how many more minutes of film that means though. It is due for release in May 17 but at the moment it looks like it is a German release only.


Electrician Location: Bristol Salary: £28,000 per annum + Benefits Closing Date: Sunday 30 September 2018 A superb new role within the Property function with Card Factory, market leader in Cards and Giftware. Since our launch in 1997, Card Factory has become the fastest growing greetings card retailer in the UK and one of the leading lights of the industry. We sell a wide selection of cards, as well as gifts, gift bags and decorative wrapping materials. When it comes to special occasions, whatever the need, we've got it wrapped up! And we're still growing; today we have over 900 stores, in every corner of the UK, with more popping up all the time, as well as our online store. We are now looking for an experienced Regional based Electrician to join our Maintenance team. You will be working on electrical maintenance within our existing stores as well as the occasional new store opening installation. Key responsibilities of the role: Ensure all work undertaken is to a good standard, done in a safe manner and complying with the company's health and safety procedures at all times Receive a job specification sheet and attend site to carry out general electrical maintenance works BS7671, fire alarm works to BS5839, emergency lighting BS5266 and data works Complete administrative duties including; expenses and timesheets. Depending on whether you are located nationally or locally, either scan the timesheets on the system and post the paperwork to the Electrical and Maintenance Coordinator, or deliver it by hand The ideal candidate will: Be 17th edition qualified and have experience of BS2391 or BS2394 and BS2395 Need to have a good understanding of emergency lighting, fire alarms and PAT testing Have significant post qualification experience of working in a commercial or shop fitting environment Have a flexible approach to travel and overnight stays Have a full clean driving license is required Be a great team player, enthusiastic and committed Be able to work well under pressure and deliver on time Want to know more about Card Factory? Watch our short video by clicking here! This is an exciting role with genuine prospects for the right candidate. If this role describes you and your career aspirations click apply now or alternatively you can call Hannah within our Recruitment Department on 01924 876 023 for more details.


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Planned Parenthood and Institute of Medicine poised to beget 'cheaper than free' birth control, and that spells C-O-E-R-C-I-O-N
By Judie Brown
Next week, an independent agency and a team of "experts" will meet to discuss the issue of contraception and will advise the government about whether contraception should be considered preventive health care. Should this group determine that it is, millions of women could be receiving abortifacients at taxpayers' expense. In today's guest commentary, ALL's own Rita Dillard explains how this would be of great detriment to our society. The time is now to voice our opinions — to contact those who have a say in this matter and to express why our tax dollars cannot serve this purpose.
Unless there is a loud outcry from the American people, all prescription birth control will very likely be listed as preventive health care http://www.ppaction.org/ppaction/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=20176134 under the Obama administration's health care reform act by August of next year — leaving the taxpayers to foot the bill for billions more dollars that will flow into Planned Parenthood's bottomless money pit to pay for deadly concoctions that are neither "preventive" nor "health care." And, according to the philosophy of the leader of the Institute of Medicine, the non-governmental agency advising the government on this matter, it could result in health care incentives being given to those who use birth control — incentives that are not available to those who spurn it.
In an e-mail from the Planned Parenthood Action Fund in March following the adoption of Obamacare, PPFA president Cecile Richards wrote, "Anti-family-planning groups will no doubt try to keep the Women's Health Amendment from covering family planning services. But family planning is preventive health care... The administration must include all forms of contraception as part of the preventive health care covered under the new law — and it's up to us to make it happen." http://www.ppaction.org/ppaction/notice-description.tcl?newsletter_id=20176134
To facilitate forcing its agenda down our throats, Planned Parenthood has launched its "Birth Control Matters" campaign, http://www.plannedparenthoodaction.org/get-involved/birth-control-matters-935.htm seeking one million signatures on a petition being circulated on college campuses and elsewhere to "make prescription birth control available to every woman without co-pays or other out-of-pocket costs..."
Despite all its empty, deceptive rhetoric about expanding health coverage to the poor, Planned Parenthood, in all its diabolic wisdom, realizes something most Americans don't: If it succeeds in getting birth control on the list of preventive services in the health care reform law, not only will new health insurance plans be required to fully cover the cost, but state Medicaid programs will be required de facto to cover the full cost http://www.ktul.com/Global/story.asp?S=13339243 of even the most expensive, invasive forms of birth control — such as implants and IUDs — to millions of women with incomes well above poverty level, providing an instant pot of gold for the abortion and birth control mogul.
For years, Planned Parenthood has been trying to force all health care plans to pay for birth control, to force pharmacists to dispense abortifacient birth control despite conscientious objection, and to force all emergency rooms — including those operated by Catholic hospitals — to dispense abortifacient "emergency contraception." http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ppneo/ohio-prevention-first.htm
In 2007, Planned Parenthood touted its Prevention First campaign — also known as the Medicaid Family Planning Option — to try to force its will on those who objected. But when it was dropped from President Obama's stimulus package, Planned Parenthood responded, "We are working with members of Congress and the Obama administration to ensure that the provision is sent to the president in the next possible vehicle." http://www.all.org/pdf/PlannedParenthoodTalkingPoints2009EconomicStimulus.pdf
The abortion mammoth soon found that vehicle with the help of Senator Barbara Mikulski who succeeded in incorporating the so-called "Women's Health Amendment" into the Obama administration's health care takeover. While Mikulski managed to keep the focus of discussion about the amendment on free mammograms, she cleared the way for the listing of anything that HHS, headed by notorious abortion supporter Kathleen Sebelius, decided to list as preventive care.
A "panel of experts" will be convened this month to advise Sebelius on what should be considered preventive care. That panel will be convened by the Institute of Medicine, whose president, Harvey Fineberg, stated in his October 2009 annual address, Health Reform Beyond Health Insurance, that a great way to remedy the current crisis in health care coverage is to require employees to pay tax on the value of employer-provided health insurance — not suddenly, so as to rile the peasants, but gradually, over a period of years. According to Fineberg, this would "generate hundreds of billions of dollars in tax revenues to ease the public burden of health costs." http://www.iom.edu/~/media/Files/About%20the%20IOM/PresAddress%202009.pdf This gradual taxing is akin to placing a frog in warm water and slowly turning up the heat so he never notices he's being boiled to death. The American taxpayer must be alert so he does not become that frog.
And on the subject of preventive care Fineberg stated, "I want prevention to be cheaper than free..." insinuating that incentives will also be provided. "We should reward individuals with insurance reductions, with access to additional services, and with outright bonuses for doing the right thing for their health," he said.
Taking that to the next logical step, it is easy to foresee that those who use free birth control will receive reductions in the cost of health insurance, access to services those who choose not to contracept cannot access, and other "bonuses" not afforded those who spurn birth control.
The National Academies, which encompasses the Institute of Medicine, was set up by President Lincoln as a non-governmental agency to advise the government on matters of science and technology, and is funded almost entirely by tax dollars. http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/DEPS_037300 We must send a loud, clear, message to the Institute of Medicine and to our members of Congress that we will not tolerate paying billions of tax-generated dollars to provide free prescription birth control.
The first meeting of the "panel of experts" convened by the National Institute of Medicine will take place on Nov. 16. Please act today to insist that the American taxpayer is not forced to pay the enormous bill and suffer the consequences of "free" or — God forbid — "cheaper than free" birth control.
ACTION STEPS:
First: Pray for the proposal currently under scrutiny to be soundly defeated.
Second: Contact the Institute of Medicine to register your opposition prior to its November 16 meeting in Washington, D.C., addressing preventive services for women. The web site provides a place to register for this meeting should you be able to attend. Further, e-mails and letters should be sent to the Study Director, Rose Marie Martinez, at the address below.
Keck Center
500 Fifth St. NW Washington, D.C. 20001
nas.edu/">rmartinez@
nas.edu
Third: Register your opposition with the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, at the address below.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, S.W.
http://www.hhs.gov/
Fourth: Spread the word so that others are familiar with the danger and are able to understand that action is a must.
© Judie Brown
Judie Brown is president and co-founder of American Life League, the nation's largest grassroots pro-life educational organization... (more)
Judie Brown is president and co-founder of American Life League, the nation's largest grassroots pro-life educational organization.
She has served three terms as a member of the Pontifical Academy for Life in Rome. Daily Catholic cited her as one of the top 100 Catholics of the 20th century.
Judie has appeared on 20/20, 60 Minutes, Mother Angelica Live, The O'Reilly Factor, Good Morning America, Today, Oprah, and Larry King Live, as well as hundreds of other television and radio talk shows. Her comments regularly appear in major print media nationwide, and she has written numerous editorial pieces for magazines and newspapers, including The Washington Post and USA Today.
Judie is married to Paul A. Brown, and they have three children and nine grandchildren. She and her husband have been involved in the pro-life movement since 1969.
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            'name' => 'print',
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    }
}


The pain could have been easily endured!
You saw me in distress!
What you did, you had no reasons!
When you did, elated you were!
Yet when you realized, fear crept in.
You were scared I would go!
But your deceit scarred me forever!
If you did a mistake, it is always better to confess.
Trust, as they say takes years to build, seconds to break and forever to repair.
Confessions are very difficult but gives us the bliss at last.


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Q: Redirect with anchor in IE On session time out I redirect to an error page with a QueryString containing the previous URL including a hash bookmark. But in IE 8 & 9 the window.location.hash part is not available after a redirect.
e.g.
SessionTimedOut?returnUrl=mylastpage#bookmark5
The bookmark5 hash either does not appear in IE after a redirect or oddly it cannot be read window.location.hash returns null.
It works in FF & Chrome and the bookmark can be read if I don't redirect beforehand..
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I consider myself very lucky to live in a state where we embrace the art of lane splitting. Hell, we even have a pizza chain named after it.
I personally partake in it when safe to do so, and I've personally seen both the bright and dark side of it. In high traffic situations, it's a huge perk to be on a motorcycle. Okay, yes, we are decreasing traffic, but it really feels more like a "get out of jail free" card when we're driving. When done at reasonable speeds and full awareness, it feels almost completely safe and puts us into control.
The flip side of this argument, particularly in our traffic-ridden and frustrated city of San Francisco, is we are targeted by drivers. In my car, I keep an eye out for motorcycles and give them as much room as I safely can so they can pass, but this is not a typical sentiment amongst others on the road. I've had to break hard when a car swerves into my path so I can't easily pass, or because they've tried to change lanes without signaling to get ahead. Slow and steady, folks.
RideApart, which is a project by Hell for Leather, takes a look at lane splitting and breaks down the benefits while providing some basic tips. There are some good points here and is a solid beginning to make the case for other states in the Union to allow for it.
Let things go! Angry driver making your day difficult? Respond with kindness and let it go. Remember this one, kids.
Paint has less traction — and you know what lines are made of right?
Stop within the car's field of vision. This is imperative. Cars are not paying attention and will make rash decisions without realizing you're there. This really is the case whether or not you are lane splitting. Also, refer back to point #2.
Watch driver's blind spots. They have big ones and you should try not to be in them.
To add one in of my own: Don't lane split if you're a nervous nelly. You have to commit to it. Take your time and build your confidence.


This is what the new kit that's coming this month looks like.
It's to get us geared up for the new year. Chase Your Dreams.
You can subscribe to this kit here to receive at a discounted price. Subscribers also receive a code in their boxes to download exclsuive printables for free.
You can also buy a One Off Kit here.
The planner sets are ready to ship this week and the main Lollipop Box Club Kits will be sent on the 17th December.
I hope you love the look of what's coming this month.
We also have some Bargain Boxes still left here if you haven't grabbed one yet.
These are being shipped today and tomorrow.


We are seeking a Junior Corporate Risk Manager for our North American Headquartersdistrict office located in Edmonton, Alberta .
PCL's Risk Management team provides and facilitates professional counsel to internal stakeholders on risk management and insurance matters, advocacy on risk and insurance issues and innovative, cost effective risk solutions in support of PCL's strategic plan. The successful candidate will report directly to the Vice President of Risk Management and work closely with the Corporate Risk Manager and Risk Management Counsel for all department activities.
Assist in the planning, design and implementation of the company wide Risk Management process.
Aligning risk management processes with the company's business objectives and risk appetite.
Conducting risk identification through assessments including analyzing documents, statistics, reports and market trends.
Evaluating and quantifying the risks flagged by the organization, determining costs, legal requirements, environmental factors and historical loss analysis.
Assist in providing advice, counsel and direction on risk and insurance matters to a variety of internal stakeholders mainly Operations and Corporate Services.
Assist in directing and managing outsourced service providers in the areas of insurance, finance and legal.
Assist in developing innovative, creative and cost-effective techniques to manage, mitigate and finance the cost of risk.
Assist in educating, training and building risk awareness to others within the organization.
Working together with the Legal Group to monitor external legal counsel on insurance claims.
Providing internal coverage opinion regarding all insurance policies applicable to PCL (including corporate master program policies, owner-controlled, and project specific policies) on all applicable losses.
Ensuring consistent approach to PCL's insurance claims handling throughout the company, in keeping with best practices and manages third party adjuster relationship and in particular the overall strategy of the "boots on the ground" for liability claims.
Monitoring first party claims activity and, where applicable, elevating issues appropriately with the insurers.
Attending claims review meetings with Risk Management Counsel and assist in providing direction for best practices.
A post-secondary degree in Risk Management, Business, Engineering, Finance, Economics or Law.
Leadership skills and results orientated.
Excellent analytic, problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
Ability to cope under pressure in a fast paced environment.
Self-directed, results-oriented, able to work under extremely tight deadlines.
Ability to plan, organize and maintain attention to detail.
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"This Is Shocking": Gautam Gambhir Outraged By Eden Gardens Honour For Mohammad Azharuddin
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"This Is Shocking": Gautam Gambhir Outraged By Eden Gardens Honour For Mohammad Azharuddin Former India skipper Mohammad Azharuddin was given a special distinction by Eden
I persuaded Wadekar Sir to let me open: Sachin Tendulkar
It's really shocking, very troubling to hear that Wadekar Sir is no more. Our relationship went back a long way. It was in 1992 when
When Wadekar made Tendulkar open the innings in ODIs
MUMBAI: Former India captain Ajit Wadekar passed away in Mumbai on Wednesday. The 77-year-old, who served Indian cricket in various capacities, had been in and
Yo-Yo test should be held before selection, says Azhar
NEW DELHI: Having the Yo-Yo test as a benchmark for fitness is not a bad thing in itself but one has to understand that every


The Memorial Candle Program has been designed to help offset the costs associated with the hosting this Tribute Website in perpetuity. Through the lighting of a memorial candle, your thoughtful gesture will be recorded in the Book of Memories and the proceeds will go directly towards helping ensure that the family and friends of Donald Newbold can continue to memorialize, re-visit, interact with each other and enhance this tribute for future generations.
A private celebration of Don's life will be held at the Priddis Greens Golf and Country Club on Saturday, November 22, 2014 from 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, with reflections for Don at 2:00 pm.


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Absconditella rosea is a species of crustose lichen in the family Stictidaceae. Found in Venezuela, it was formally described as a new species in 2018 by lichenologists Klaus Kalb and André Aptroot. The type specimen was collected at a location between Laguna Mucubají and Pico Mucuñuque (Mérida) at an altitude of about ; here it was found growing on detritus in páramo. The specific epithet refers to the pale pinkish colour of the ascomata. The lichen is only known to occur in Venezuela. A similar species in genus Absconditella is A. lignicola, which can be distinguished from A. rosea by its whitish apothecia and differences in ascospore morphology.

References

Ostropales
Lichen species
Lichens described in 2018
Lichens of Venezuela
Taxa named by André Aptroot
Taxa named by Klaus Kalb


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Tag: Softball Player Profile
January 2021, Sports
Softball Player Profile: Vern Rodgers
Larry Wolfe Remember the Beach Boys' 1964 classic, number one hit song "I Get Around"? Well, that phrase could also describe Vern Rodgers' work career. A native of Quincy, Mich., Vern attended Glen Oaks Community College and Western Michigan University before beginning his vocational odyssey. Vern first joined the Kroger Company in Coldwater, Mich., and…
December 2020, Sports
Softball Player Profile: Thom Stephens
Larry Wolfe Ask any of the guys at the Field of Dreams to describe Thom Stephens, and the most likely responses are, "really good player" and "really nice guy." Thom's probably prouder of the latter. A Santa Clara, Calif., native, Thom graduated from Buchser High where he played both varsity baseball and basketball for the…
Sports, March 2020
Softball Player Profile: Jerry Hester
Larry Wolfe Minutes after he smashed a long grand slam homer that iced a recent win for his team, I sat down to interview Jerry Hester. Jerry's a modest guy and not one to boast, but teammate Larry Kaufmann walked by and said, "Tell him about the Vegas tournament when you hit 11 homers!" As…
Sports, February 2020
Softball Player Profile: Suzy Steinmann
Larry Wolfe Talk about a busy lady: From realtor to house renovator and "flipper" to professional singer to sports participant to working with charitable and church organizations, Suzy Steinmann does it all! And then wonders why her husband says she's a "workaholic"! A native of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a mid-sized city on the southern…
Sports, January 2020
Softball Player Profile: Terry Zeltinger
Larry Wolfe A true North Dakotan, Terry Zeltinger was born in Minot and grew up in the small town of Tolley (population 50!) in the northwestern portion of the state near the Canadian border. Terry's graduating class totaled nine, so he was involved in everything the school had to offer, including baseball and basketball. He…
Sports, November 2019
Softball Player Profile: John Castro
Larry Wolfe John Castro was born in Caguas, Puerto Rico, but grew up in Chicago after his family moved there when he was just three years old. John graduated from Lane Tech High on the north side of Chicago where he was on the Indians baseball team. He also played Connie Mack baseball as a…
Sports, September 2019
Softball Player Profile: Tom Koshar
Larry Wolfe This article could have been entitled "Tales of the Hollywood Shoe Shine Boy," because Tom Koshar could fill a book with stories about his teenage days as "shoe shine boy to the stars." He worked on the set of various TV programs at Allied Artists, Columbia Pictures, and Paramount, among others, and shined…
Sports, August 2019
Softball player profile: Tom Bersano
Larry Wolfe "If the game involved a ball, I could play it," says Tom Bersano. "My whole life has been devoted to sports and competition." From his high school days in Lockport, Illinois, where he was a three-sport star at Lockport High, to today, Tom has been a "sports nut." Although he was born in…
Sports, July 2019
Softball player profile: Wayne Newman
Larry Wolfe Wayne Newman (no, not Wayne Newton!) is a native of the "Show Me State;" he was born in Trenton, Missouri, and graduated from Chillicothe (MO) High. (Both towns are located in northwest Missouri not far from the Iowa/Missouri state line.) Soon after graduating, he went to work for the Rock Island Railroad, but…
Sports, May 2019
Softball Player Profile: Kelly Anderson
Larry Wolfe A true Arizona native, Kelly Anderson was born and raised in nearby Maricopa. He graduated from Maricopa High where he was on the baseball, basketball, football and track teams. He was an All-Conference quarterback for the Rams and also excelled in the classroom, earning Salutatorian honors. He then graduated from the University of…


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Q: Need to display list with brackets and comma removed I need help solving an issue with my assignment, I am not asking for anyone to complete the coding for the entire assignment. I just would like some input on why my current code is not working properly. I am new to Python and about two months into my course. My current code is as follows:
import random
values =[0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
COLS = 7

def main():
    for c in range(COLS):
        values[c] = random.randint(19, 81)
    outfile = open('nums.txt', 'w')
    outfile.write(str(values))
    outfile.close

    infile=open('nums.txt', 'r')
    numbers = infile.readlines()
    index = 0

    while index>len(numbers):
        numbers[index]=int(numbers[index])
        index += 1

    print(numbers)

main()

When the code is supposed to output the numbers from the list, it only prints [] (empty brackets). I need it to display the list of 7 numbers without brackets or commas on one line.
This is the assignment if it helps:
In the main function:
Create an empty list named nums.
Use a loop (type of your own choosing) to add seven integers, each in the range 20 to 80, to nums. Duplicates are okay.
Use a second loop to display the seven integers all on one line separated by a single space. This second loop must be a while loop.
Display the largest integer in the list.
Display the smallest integer in the list.
Call a void function named process that takes a slice made from nums as an argument. This slice should be missing the first and last elements of nums.
In the process function:
Display the elements in the slice all on one line separated by a single space and sorted in highest to lowest order.
You must use a for loop in process. The elements should NOT be displayed inside [ ] separated by commas.
Example Output
79 30 39 33 41 43 53
The highest number is 79
The lowest number is 30
The middle 5 sorted high to low:
43 41 39 33 30

As I said before, I am not requesting anyone to complete the assignment for me, I would just like help fixing my code up to this point. I have read through this site many times when I hit roadblocks and just cannot figure this one out.

A: your loop condition is wrong:
while index>len(numbers):

should be:
while index<len(numbers):

to print the list you can use the str.join() function:
print ' '.join(numbers)

A: First, I don't know why you need to write the data into file, but you are doing it wrong. You made a careless mistake and didn't close the file properly. You should use:
outfile.close()

Next, you are writing the python expr of the array into the file, which is kind of wrong, too. I think it's better to do this:
for v in values:
    outfile.write(str(v) + '\n')
outfile.close()

And while reading the file, like yurib suggested, you should use:
while index<len(numbers):
    numbers[index]=int(numbers[index])
    index += 1

Again, I don't know why the file operation. But now it finally works


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Students who remain at school after 2.00pm also have the opportunity to join the After School Care Club which is open from 2.00 to 5.30pm Monday to Thursday. Here there is a wide variety of opportunities for them to play with others, use the computers or do some cookery. For more information please click here.


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12 Saving Lives Initiatives…Doctors on free surgery in Koinadugu
HomeAYV News12 Saving Lives Initiatives…Doctors on free surgery in Koinadugu
Welcoming the medical doctors on behalf of his chiefdom and the district, Paramount Chief Gbawuru Mansaray III of Wara Wara Yagala Chiefdom described the visit as 'timely' owing to the fact that the country is just crippling out of the Ebola disease and also their district is deprived in terms of health service delivery and access to the available government hospital by his constituents. He assured the team of ensuring their visits is well utilized by locals thereby pleading for more subsequent visits.
In an exclusive interview with the team during lunch at the Kabala Government Hospital, one of the Sierra Leonean doctors, Malik Jallon, said they are twelve in number with one Orthopedic Surgeon who is a medical director and head of the mission that deals with bones and general surgeon, two aestheticians, four nurses, a logistic officer, two physicians assistants and one surgical officer.
He said their goal is to work with the community and learn from each other as a team and not to work in isolation because, according to him, their visit is expected to be a learning session between them and the local doctors as well.
The head of the team, Dr. Salvagno said prior to their visit the local doctors have already identified some surgical cases to be treated during their stay in that part of the country which, according to him, is very important to work with local partners in such mission, pointing out that the medical practitioners can help make things easier by explaining to them how they have been working.
Dr. Salvagno said their visit is a fact finding trip, hoping to do more but need to search more on what the needs are, the potential ones and set the base for more visits, saying they have greater and limited expectations which he said will not be based on the number of cases they do or look at per day but rather the relationship they are going to establish.
The Logistics Officer, Badara Kamara said they are grateful to the NATCOM and NASSIT for facilitating their visit and that after this first ten days visit they will come back in October if all goes well to promote the common good," he emphasized.
The Section Chief of Balondugu in Koromasilaia in the Folosaba Dembelia Chiefdom, Pa Mamudu Conteh while expressing their gratitude described Agbamgba as 'development focus' and a 'serious leader' whom according to him is presently contributing to the construction of their school.


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Covering Oregon: State's Health Authority Still Enforces Masks Unless Proof of Vaccination Status
CastleBranch's RealVaccinationID.com Card Makes it Easy to Comply with Oregon's COVID-19 Guidelines
WILMINGTON, NC—Oregon's guidance on enforcing wearing face coverings requires all businesses, employers and faith institutions to check for positive vaccination status before admitting people into facilities without masks, leaving many in the state scrambling to implement a procedure that helps them comply with the Oregon State Health Authority.
The official SHA document stipulates that individuals must produce proof of vaccine status in order to go without masks in designated circumstances. But, with the CDC—issued paper documents easy to forge or counterfeit and understandable concerns from citizens about personal data with government– or big tech–issued vaccine passports, many are asking what is a manageable, reliable solution that protects Oregonians' privacy while also protecting them from the virus?
In uncertain times, one U.S.–based company is providing the certainty these organizations need. Developed by CastleBranch, RealVaccinationID.com cards provide individuals with clear, verifiable digital and physical proof of their vaccination status. The cards are issued in two separate formats: a vaccine card, which proves the individual has received all doses of a COVID-19 vaccine; or a waiver card, which allows the individual to communicate a request for vaccination exemption based on medical need, or closely held religious or philosophical beliefs. With these cards, Oregon–based organizations have a clear process forward to implement vaccine passports to help fully comply with SHA guidelines. The cards make it simple for organizations to know which individuals are safe to go maskless per updated guidelines, and which individuals require reasonable accommodations based on their exemption status.
To obtain a RealVaccinationID.com card, individuals are be asked to provide documentation to prove their vaccination status or legally permissible waiver request. Once validated, a driver's license–sized card featuring highly sophisticated anti–fraud technology is issued to the individual that includes their name, address, date of birth, physical identifiers, photo, and a QR code. Using the QR code on the back of the card, along with a unique access code and PIN number, third parties presented with this information can access digital copies of primary–source documentation to confirm status. However, it is completely up to the cardholder when and with whom this data is shared. Private data gathered for the RealVaccinationID.com cards will never be shared or collected in a database and distributed to third parties by CastleBranch, ensuring a "Nothing About Me Without Me™" approach that empowers individuals to maintain control of their own digital information and identity.
"We have many conscientious, concerned business owners, faith leaders and organization leaders who want a concrete, reliable process in place to protect their employees, clients, and customers," said Brett Martin, CEO of CastleBranch. "These organizations require thoughtful approach and clear process that leaves nothing to chance. Our RealVaccinationID.com cards provide the level of certainty they need to ensure the safety of their people and their organization."
For more information, visit www.RealVaccinationID.com.


"This Is Not My Town, But I Had A Good Time Anyways"
Even If You Tell Me, I'll Never Know What's Going On In Your Head.
It Was Just A Kiss. It Was Only A Kiss.
Always Looking For A Story To Tell.
We Have Nothing Unique About Us.
It's Hard To Tell You This.
Surrounded In Our Own Words.
As Fresh and Exciting As Everyone's Fresh and Exciting.
Like Everything Left And Forgotten.
In A Million Summer Cities Right Now.
All We Have Are Kitchens of Dishes.
The Story of Rose Lee.
I Used To Be Carried In The Arms of Cheerleaders.
You Say Life Is Entropy, I Say Life Is A Fire - Burning Fast And Bright For Some. We're Both Morons, Fumbling In The Dark, Lost In The Smoke.
For some reason I called this 'We're The Lucky Ones.' So...there ya go.
We Were Broken, Didn't Know It.
I See Things I Don't Really See.
It'll Be About 45 Minutes.
It Was Then, I Could See I Was Not Magnificent.
It's About The Sky. But The Sky's About Everything.


St. Charles United Methodist Church is looking for part-time Nursery Workers who will be responsible for providing a safe, loving and nurturing environment in which children (ages 0 – 6) receive care and supervision while their parents/guardians attend worship services, educational programs, or fellowship events at the church. We are creating a pool of nursery workers to work as team to provide excellent care for our children.
Hours: Up to 20-25 hours/month. Sundays from 8:00 am – 12:15 pm, and Wednesdays from 5:15 pm – 7:30 pm, plus occasional additional hours throughout the year. Other work hours may include extended Sunday hours for special events and additional opening times around Easter and Christmas holidays.
Pay: The hourly salary range is $10.00/hour, commensurate with experience.
Requirements: Nursery Workers must be a follower of Jesus Christ and at least 18 years of age.
Maintain CPR, AED and First Aid certification (updated every 2 years) Church will provide for the training.
If interested in applying for the position, please email Gwen Keller at programs@stcharlesumc.com. Please provide references in your email. Or if you are unable to email, you can call the church office – (985) 764-8292.


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Boardwalk Empire Review: "The Old Ship of Zion" (Episode 4.08)
By Sean Gandert | October 28, 2013 | 2:01pm
TV Reviews Boardwalk Empire
It's unfortunate that Boardwalk Empire's seasons almost without exception take a long time to get good. When they finally hit that point, though, as "The Old Ship of Zion" finally did for the show's fourth season, they can be excellent. Many of the issues that plague the show early on, particularly both a lack of focus and a lack of surprises, seem to drop away effortlessly and we're left with a far leaner viewing experience.
Case in point: almost the entirety of this episode took place in Atlantic City, and its cast of characters was, while still large, at least manageable. The unity of place doesn't sound like it should be important, as either way characters and stories are being intercut, but it really does because of how it mixes the stories together in a way that the show rarely does well, if at all. It's understandable that Boardwalk Empire wants to set up as many pieces of its giant, clockwork plot machine as it can early on in the season, but having episodes with 15 minutes devoted to each of three stories leads to much more depth than seven minutes on seven stories, and with this each plot feels more compelling. Boardwalk Empire has always been about excess, both thematically and structurally, but its best moments almost always occur when this is stripped away and the personal finally seeps into its episodes.
Weirdly, it isn't even all that important which stories get this treatment, as much of the episode was devoted to stories that have mostly been lukewarm so far. It's still difficult to care, or in any way empathize, with the plight of Willie Thompson. But on the other hand we do care about Eli and Nucky, and the relationship between the brothers has been fraught with difficulties since the first season. Foregrounding the brothers didn't remove Willie's brooding dullness, but it did give his choice some stakes. The episode raises the question as to what Willie, as a living metaphor for the Thompson family as a whole, means to each of them and what they're willing to do to protect it. There's a reason why the episode ends with a look at the Thompson family, as the relationship between the brothers may finally be heading toward a break that for once cannot be mended. Nucky forgave Eli in the past, but betraying him to the Bureau of Investigation is almost certainly a permanent rupture between them. What's more, I don't know that Eli's family would forgive him, either.
The surprises in later episodes of Boardwalk Empire result from characters finally being asked to make choices, whereas early on it feels like they're on rails. Whether Eli will collaborate with the bureau or not isn't a sure thing, even though he's betrayed his brother in the past. Similarly, Dunne has for a while been the only interesting part of the rivalry between Dr. Narcisse and Chalky White because he's been the variable, the person we can't predict. He's playing, we know by now, only for himself, and he seems perfectly willing to betray either of them to save his skin. He's also the person most at risk, easier for either side to deal with. The tension he imbued in every scene he appeared in this episode led to the explosion at the ends. But the real choice here came from Daughter Maitland, who finally decided she cared more about Chalky than Narcisse. This is probably the best material we'll see from this storyline, because while the winner between the two of them is yet to be determined, the unpredictable elements have now been resolved.
There was one more major part of "The Old Ship of Zion," Sally Wheet's unexpected appearance in Atlantic City. It added little to the episode, but it also didn't particularly interfere with the intensity of what else was going on. Sally is also enjoyably unpredictable, like Capone, so while little that she did really mattered, at least her material didn't feel rote. Plus, it meant we got another moment of Nucky abusing Mickey Doyle. That's just good television.
In all it led to the best episode of the season so far, an excellent hour of television that put the humanity back into a frequently cold and mechanical show. The dialogue was still stiff (although I laughed out loud at the meta-fictional play by Dr. Narcisse, whose heavy-handed symbolism was clearly too sophisticated for the audience, clearly), but the cast felt human emotions, and they were for once given the screentime to make them plausible. "Ship of Zion" nimbly bounced between concerns about race, religion and family loyalty, and for all of this never stepped into its usual pitfalls of preachiness or pretentiousness. In short, it was an episode of the show Boardwalk Empire always wants to be but so rarely is. It's also a great sign for where the season is headed from here, even though we're certain to head back to more of the excruciating and interminable Gillian Darmody storyline post haste.
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Attorney Profile: Barry has been a criminal defense attorney since 1985 and practices in both State and Federal Courts. Barry was an Assistant Public Defender from 1985-1994 and in Private Practice ever since. Barry has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science from Florida State University and a Master's Degree in American Government and Politics from Florida State University. Barry has his Juris Doctor Law Degree from Shephard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University in 1984. Barry was the Secretary for the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Attorney's(BACDL) for over twenty years.
Community Involvement: Barry has lived in Broward County since 1976 and was involved with the Jewish Federation of Fort Lauderdale. Barry has been a judge at Nova law school for student competitions. Barry has been a member of the American Civil Liberties Union in Florida(ACLU) since 1982 and is a former President of the Broward Chapter and is the current Co-legal panel chair of the Broward Chapter. Barry was formerly on the State Board of Directors for the ACLU of Florida. Barry is a volunteer and participates in legal redress for the Fort Lauderdale Chapter of the NAACP for almost Ten(10) years.
Trial Experience: Barry has had one hundred and Fifty-Seven(157) jury trials in his career including Felonies and Misdemeanors of all kinds. Barry has participated in Five(5) Penalty Phase Cases Homicide case and None of those clients received the Death Penalty.
Achievements: Barry was on the Dean's List Twice at Florida State University the Fall Quarter of 1978 and the Spring Quarter of 1979. Barry attended the National Criminal Defense College in Macon, Georgia in 1993.
Accomplishments: 2009 Hat Trick Award from the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Attorney's for having three Not Guilty verdicts in a row.
Born in the Bronx, New York and moved to Florida in 1976
Graduated from Florida State University in 1979 with a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science
Graduated from Florida State University in 1980 with a Master's Degree in American Government and Politics
Graduated from Shepard Broad Law School at Nova Southeastern University in 1984
Member of the Florida Bar since April 15th, 1985
Member of the United States Southern District since April 24th, 1995
Member of the United States Court of Appeals at the Eleventh Circuit since March 16th, 2000
Worked in the Broward County Public Defender's Office from 1985-1994
In Private Practice as a Private Attorney since 1994 concentrating in criminal defense
Former Member of both the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (FACDL) and the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (NACDL) for many years.
Former Chapter Chair of the Broward County American Civil Liberties Union from 1997-2003
State Board Member of the Florida Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1995-2003
Co-Legal Panel Chair of the Broward ACLU from 2003 to the present and litigated Two(2) free speech cases for the Chapter
Former Secretary of the Broward Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Association for Twenty(20) years
Completed the National Criminal Defense College in 1993
Completed One hundred and fifty-five(157) jury trials
Quoted in City Link, New Times, all three South Florida newspapers, appeared on the Today Show, MSMBC, Fox News Channel(Hannity and Combs) and all the local networks about civil liberties issues and criminal defense cases.


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Op-Ed: Support Mental-Health Services for DPS Students, Staffers
R.I.P. Kent Haruf, Colorado Author Who Captured the Plains
Patricia Calhoun
| Calhoun: Wake-Up Call |
Patricia Calhoun | December 1, 2014 | 11:50am
I spent the weekend driving across the plains of Colorado, and it's impossible to travel over that terrain without thinking of Kent Haruf, the author who captured both the land and the people who live there so well in his books, including Plainsong and Eventide. Now comes word from his publisher that Haruf has passed away at 71.
See also: Kent Haruf stakes out the Literary Turf of Colorado
Haruf was born in Pueblo, and several of his novels were set in the fictional town of Holt, based on the small towns on the Colorado plains where he grew up. His first book, The Tie That Binds, published in 1984, was a runner-up for the PEN/Hemingway award for first fiction; his next book, Where You Once Belonged, came out in 1990. But it was Plainsong that really put Haruf -- and Holt -- on the literary map. Its success allowed him to stop teaching and move to Salida, where he wrote full time.
Although Haruf's work would have seemed to make him a natural for Denver's One City, One Book program, he was never chosen -- and the adult portion of that Denver program was phased out last year, just as Haruf's last published book, Benediction, brought the Plainsong trilogy full circle. A sixth novel, Our Souls at Night, will be published next year, according to Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, which yesterday confirmed that Haruf had died after battling cancer.
Governor John Hickenlooper tweeted out these words after hearing of his death: "Our thoughts & prayers are w/ the family of longtime Coloradan, Kent Haruf, who wrote so beautifully about our state."
Colorado has recognizable schools of art, peopled by painters and sculptors who've captured our landscape over the last century and a half. But the most famous fiction set in this state has been done on a drive-by basis. Jack Kerouac passed through for On the Road; James Michener set up shop temporarily for Centennial. While Montana has Ivan Doig and a host of writers who capture Big Sky Country, and New Mexico's bookstores boast shelves of everyone from John Nichols to Tony Hillerman, Colorado had Kent Haruf.
It will always be impossible to drive across the plains without remembering his words that capture that landscape, including these from Benediction: "Out from Denver, away from the mountains, back onto the high plains: sagebrush and soapweed and blue grama and buffalo grass in the pastures, wheat and corn in the planted fields. On both sides of the highway were the gravel county roads going out away under the pure blue sky, all the roads straight as the lines ruled in a book, with only a few small isolated towns spread across the flat open country."
Send tips to patricia.calhoun@westword.com.
Calhoun: Wake-Up Call
Patricia Calhoun co-founded Westword in 1977; she's been the editor ever since. She's a regular on the weekly CPT12 roundtable Colorado Inside Out, played a real journalist in John Sayles's Silver City, once interviewed President Bill Clinton while wearing flip-flops, and has been honored with numerous national awards for her columns and feature-writing.
Twitter: @calhounwestword
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module Lipsiadmin
  module Attachment
    # Attachment processors allow you to modify attached files when they are
    # attached in any way you are able. Attachment itself uses command-line
    # programs for its included Thumbnail processor, but custom processors
    # are not required to follow suit.
    #
    # Processors are required to be defined inside the Attachment module and
    # are also required to be a subclass of Attachment::Processor. There are
    # only two methods you must implement to properly be a subclass:
    # #initialize and #make. Initialize's arguments are the file that will
    # be operated on (which is an instance of File), and a hash of options
    # that were defined in has_attached_file's style hash.
    #
    # All #make needs to do is return an instance of File (Tempfile is
    # acceptable) which contains the results of the processing.
    #
    # See Attachment.run for more information about using command-line
    # utilities from within Processors.
    class Processor
      attr_accessor :file, :options

      def initialize(file, options = {})
        @file = file
        @options = options
      end

      def make
      end

      def self.make(file, options = {})
        new(file, options).make
      end
    end

    # Due to how ImageMagick handles its image format conversion and how Tempfile
    # handles its naming scheme, it is necessary to override how Tempfile makes
    # its names so as to allow for file extensions. Idea taken from the comments
    # on this blog post:
    # http://marsorange.com/archives/of-mogrify-ruby-tempfile-dynamic-class-definitions
    class Tempfile < ::Tempfile
      # Replaces Tempfile's +make_tmpname+ with one that honors file extensions.
      def make_tmpname(basename, n)
        extension = File.extname(basename)
        sprintf("%s,%d,%d%s", File.basename(basename, extension), $$, n, extension)
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Q: Promise chaining not working in angular js I am using promise chaining in which the completion of first function should start the second one.But what happens is before completing the first one the second one gets started and works.I would like to know how to start the second function based on the completion of first one.
Code in which the promise gets breaks:
LoadReviewService.saveLoad(productDetails)
    .then(LoadReviewService.saveWorker(vm.load.workers.data, vm.load, vm.smsswitch), dataFailure)
    .then(LoadReviewService.daybookWorkerDelete(vm.deleteoldworkers), dataFailure)
    .then(LoadReviewService.daybookSyncDelete(), dataFailure)
    .then(LoadReviewService.daybooksync(), dataFailure)
    .then(gotoNextPage, dataFailure);

Old code where the promise works as expected:
return LoadReviewService.saveLoad(productDetails).then(function () {
      return LoadReviewService.saveWorker(vm.load.workers.data, vm.load, vm.smsswitch);
    }).then(function () {
      return LoadReviewService.daybookWorkerDelete(vm.deleteoldworkers);
    }).then(function () {
      return LoadReviewService.daybookSyncDelete();
    }).then(function () {
      return LoadReviewService.daybooksync();
    }).then(function () {
      CommonService.hideLoader();
      gotoNextPage();
    }).then(null, function (err) {
      CommonService.handleError(err);
    });

I would like to know why the first code is breaking the promise.


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Japanese study abroad program grows in prestige
By Manny Rodriguez on November 18, 2016
There are so many opportunities given at Rollins to help and benefit us in many ways. We may sometimes miss our chances; however, do not miss the JET Program.
The JET Program stands for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. It is a competitive service opportunity that allows young professionals to live and work in cities, towns, and villages all throughout Japan.
Being a JET is an opportunity of a lifetime; you get to work and represent the United States as cultural ambassadors to Japan.
Activities you can engage in include:
Assisting Japanese teachers in foreign language classes taught in elementary, junior, and/or senior high schools.
Supervising foreign language activities, during or after school in elementary schools, junior, and/or senior high schools.
Preparing class materials for teaching a foreign language.
Providing information on language and other related subjects for people such as teachers' consultants and foreign language teachers.
Helping out in extracurricular activities and club activities (e.g. class activities, homeroom activities, student council.)
Assisting in foreign language speech contests.
Engaging in local international exchange activities.
The JET Program seeks applicants who are adaptable, caring, outgoing, and who have a deep interest in Japan. Only the best candidates are chosen to represent the United States.
The JET Program typically collects 4,000-5,000 applications each year from the U.S. Of these, only 1,000-1,100 will be chosen for participation on the JET Program. Each fall, applications are revised to ensure that all needed documents have been submitted. Applicants who pass the initial screening are invited to interview and will be offered a position with the JET Program and then fitted with a contracting organization. Then participants will live and work in the cities and towns of Japan, and they will become a part of their communities in a deeper, more meaningful way than the average American has a chance to experience while traveling abroad.
The JET Program participants' flights to and from Japan are provided for free, but they are expected to be at work for whatever position they are in approximately thirty-five hours a week, excluding lunch breaks. You would most likely be required to work during normal office or common school hours, which are from around 8:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m., Monday through Friday, while Saturdays, Sundays and Japanese national holidays are days off. All new JET Program participants must attend orientations that take place at the Japanese Embassy or Consulates General prior to departure for Japan. This orientation is designed to prepare new JET Program participants for the imminent departure. The JET Program participants are assigned to placements in all areas of Japan, from Hokkaido to Okinawa. Most placements are in rural or suburban areas of the country, and only a very limited number of placements are available in urban locations. So hurry up and email JET@mi.mofa.go.jp for more information. The deadline is November 18.
`Manny Rodriguez


What is considered illegal open burning?
The disposal of solid waste or combustible material by open burning.
It is the goal of Solid Waste Branch of EPA to improve the health and well-being of residents of American Samoa by implementing regulatory control measures to prevent the improper disposal and burning of solid waste.


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Was it Civil Rights or a Movement?
By Avis Thomas-Lester, Urban News Service
Two Caucasian women sit in an otherwise empty bus during the African-American boycott of bus companies throughout the city, Montgomery, Alabama, March 1956. Beginning in December of 1955 with the arrest of Rosa Parks, the political protest campaign eventually led to a United States Supreme Court decision that declared unconstitutional the Alabama and Montgomery laws requiring segregated buses. (Photo by Grey Villet/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images
Avis Thomas-Lester, Urban News Service
Engineer's 'Hustle' Becomes Successful Construction Company
From homelessness to hairstylist
Black farmer fights to kill death tax
African hair braiders fight for "economic liberty"
They fought for integration, equal education and voter registration.
There were Freedom Rides, a march on Washington and mayhem on Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge. There were sit-ins, brutal attacks and stands against violence.
In the end, freedom was achieved – at least in part.
"There is no question that the Civil Rights Movement was a defining time in American history …" said Marc Morial, CEO of the National Urban League. "It significantly changed the landscape of the country."
It has been chronicled in countless news stories and books. Most people who participated, watched it unfold, or learned about it later agree that it was the seminal protest crusade in U.S. history.
But they disagree on when it started, when it ended and how it should be identified: Was it the civil rights movement or the Civil Rights Movement?
Sixty years after the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the story of the Civil Rights Movement still is being written, historians and activists say. Some consider it a historic era. They believe that referring to the movement informally or generally – in the lowercase – minimizes its importance. One-hundred years from now, "Civil Rights Movement" will indicate that something monumental happened.
But others say the movement was a series of events that started when enslaved people began to run away — soon after the first ships delivered their human cargo — and the abolitionists demanded their freedom, said Library of Congress historian Adrienne Cannon.
"The thinking is that it's a civil rights struggle, and that it extends over a period of centuries and has different phases to it," Cannon said. "That's much different from the more standard chronological paradigm."
Dr. Khalil Gibran Muhammad, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, agreed. "One of the challenges with capitalizing it is determining when it began and ended," Muhammad said. "Historians don't agree on that. The question then becomes: When was the Civil Rights Movement?"
Dorie Ladner, a Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) member who was with Medgar Evers just hours before his assassination in Mississippi in 1963, said invoking the movement informally trivializes the struggle.
"It doesn't matter when you think it started – with the Dred Scott decision in 1857, when the Supreme Court decided that a black person wasn't a whole person, or with the court's decision in the Brown school desegregation case in 1954 — it should be referred to with capital letters," said Ladner, of Washington, D.C.
University of California, Riverside history professor V.P. Franklin, editor of the "Journal of African American History," said he and the Journal use the formal reference. The Journal was founded by black historian Carter G. Woodson in 1915.
Franklin said the movement spanned from the Brown case to the founding of the Black Panther Party in 1966, and was characterized by related "social, political and cultural activities."
"There's an evolution that goes from events to campaigns to a movement," Franklin said. "A movement, such as the Civil Rights Movement, is an historic era, the same as the Progressive Movement and the Women's Liberation Movement."
Many publications and websites geared to black audiences, such as Black Enterprise and Ebony, follow the Journal's example. Not so, for many mainstream publications.
The Associated Press spokesman Paul Colford said via email that the news agency, the style guide for many news organizations, follows Webster's example.
Merriam-Webster editor Peter Sokolowski said the company "make(s) every attempt to reflect actual current usage."
"A quick check on the phrase 'civil rights movement' shows that lower-case styling is overwhelmingly preferred by newspapers and magazines including the AP, The New York Times … the Chicago Tribune, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The Guardian," he said.
Professor Franklin said historians ultimately will decide how to record the Civil Rights Movement. He said the mainstream media often are slow to update references to blacks.
"A lot of publications have changed it … It's a matter of pointing out to them that using the lowercase is outdated and … denigrating," he said. "It's a matter of putting pressure on them to adopt it …"
Capital Press Club President Barbara Arnwine, the former head of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, said the magnitude of the Civil Rights Movement has yet to be measured.
"Show me another era that had the same impact that this one had," she said. "They were responsible for the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. None of those accomplishments would have occurred had it not been for that movement."
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