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Redskins' Nick Sundberg affecting lives with laundry program – Washington Redskins Blog
ASHBURN, Va. — With his mom and sister standing next to him inside the Fredericksburg, Virginia, homeless shelter, Keyshawn Pendleton did what sixth-graders do: boast about his sports accomplishments. He bragged about his handles in basketball and the time he refused to be tackled during football practice.
But there was another topic that mattered more: clean clothes. He stood inside a burgundy-and-gold laundry room in March at the Brisben Center with three new washers and three new dryers. It mattered to him.
"I don't have to get teased," he said. "I can go to school and not have people looking at me weird and asking me why are my pants so wrinkly?"
Keyshawn is among those affected by a program started by Washington Redskins long-snapper Nick Sundberg and his wife, Flor. The Sundbergs were sitting on the couch one night two years ago when their world shifted. Flor was scrolling through social media when she came across a story about washers and dryers and schools. She showed Nick, who replied with a common response: "I never knew this was an issue."
"This program has exceeded everyone's expectation. Once we started getting positive feedback, we were like, 'This is it.'"
Jane Rodgers, former director of the Redskins' charitable foundation
Turns out it's a big one. And it has turned into a cause for the Sundbergs and the Redskins, one that has resulted in washers and dryers being installed in 47 Title I schools or community centers in the Washington region, with a goal of adding another 103 within the next year. The foundation has raised more than $450,000, and the objective is to add another $400,000 in funding for 50 more schools by the end of the year.
Within a day of formulating their idea, Nick Sundberg approached the Redskins' charitable foundation about helping out, and it has since mushroomed.
"I had no idea I'd ever be passionate about washers and dryers," he said.
That passion led to the formation of the Loads of Love program, whose acronym — LOL — was hatched by Flor. They didn't want something that sounded too serious or might have a negative connotation. This fit perfectly.
They sent out emails, asking schools and centers to submit a proposal. During a conference call with school officials from Prince George's County in suburban Maryland, Sundberg said they were told, "Washers and dryers are the No. 1 thing asked for in donations that we don't get."
"I've been giving money to schools for years and I never heard of this as an issue," said Sundberg, who is heading into his 10th season with the Redskins.
Nick Sundberg and his wife, Flor, with two students in the new laundry room at the KIPP DC WILL Academy. John Keim/ESPN
Next came the hard work. They needed to test the program and determine the costs, so they started with three schools and two homeless shelters. It required an initial $50,000 investment (Sundberg matched a $25,000 donation by the Redskins) to cover the $10,000 cost at each site.
The cost involves more than just washers and dryers. At Magnolia Elementary School in suburban Maryland, for example, they had to convert a custodial closet into a laundry room. There's money for contractors, lawyers and so forth.
"Originally, I looked up washers and dryers and thought, 'Oh, you can get a washer and dryer for $1,000 bucks. It's not that big a deal,'" Sundberg said. "Then you start going through the process, and I totally forgot about electric and plumbing and HVAC and drywall and having a space and whether a room is available."
It took six months to get the first three sites ready. The early returns were positive, and the Redskins and Sundberg grew the program.
"We forget how important it is to have clean clothes, especially for children. It's so easy to become a target with the bullying, so easy to pick on a child who has less than the next child."
Kim Lally, developmental director for the Brisben Center
At the Redskins' Welcome Home Luncheon in August 2018, team owner Dan Snyder announced a $100,000 donation. Proceeds from the luncheon went to the LOL program, and it raised $375,000. Sundberg continues to donate (he is matching another $25,000) while also serving as the public face of the program.
"When we first came in, we were thinking about homeless students," said Jane Rodgers, who was the director of the Redskins' charitable foundation when the LOL program started. They quickly realized the program would have a much broader impact.
"It's offsetting another cost [for families]," Rodgers said. "This program has exceeded everyone's expectation. Once we started getting positive feedback, we were like, 'This is it.'"
Seeing the impact
The third-grade boy entered the Magnolia Elementary School laundry room carrying a bag of clothes. He didn't need to bring his clothes to school in the past, but his aunt (who is his guardian) was undergoing chemotherapy and the little boy did not want her to be burdened with his laundry. So he toted the bag, which contained sheets and clothing, to school. He was led to the laundry room and given a tutorial on what to do. He took it from there.
Giving back | Impacting lives | Providing access to clean clothes
Thanks to the Loads of Love Program, KIPP DC is now the 47th school in the DMV to receive washers and dryer facilities. @RedskinsCR | @NickSundberg pic.twitter.com/4NX6HkLW3s
— Washington Redskins (@Redskins) February 28, 2019
"He was a bed-wetter and he didn't want her to wash his clothes anymore," said Magnolia's principal, Dr. Phyllis Gillens. "When he came in, you could tell in his face this was something he wanted to do. Those things really drive me and [help people] see the impact of having the program here. We have families in need, and sometimes you don't know a family is in need until you start having conversations. Then we say, 'OK, this is a way we can assist you and make it easier.'"
Gillens sees proof of the program's success in students' faces and hears about it from teachers.
"We're not tracking them to gather that type of data," Gillens said. "It's more, when you see them and you just know that they are happy now. It's just a feeling and sense you get they're happy and they're taking on this responsibility. Teachers tell me the children are happier in the class because they have on a clean top, and before, they didn't."
There are NFL players who can relate.
Nick Sundberg and Jane Rodgers, who was director of the Redskins' charitable foundation when the Loads of Love program started. John Keim/ESPN
In a video presentation at the luncheon last August, running back Kapri Bibbs, who once lived in a house with 23 others, said some weeks he would wear the same clothes to school three days in a row.
"We didn't have the money to wash," Bibbs said. "It seems like something that's small from the outside looking in, but kids come around, 'Oh, he's dirty. He don't got this; he don't got that. He stinks. He don't got deodorant.' You're feeling like an outcast when you're noticing you're that kid that doesn't have."
The Sundbergs can empathize, as well. At least when it comes to sitting in class with clothes that aren't the newest or brightest or, at times, the cleanest. Neither grew up wealthy — "underprivileged," Flor said. Nick grew up an only child in suburban Phoenix; his mother smoked.
"I remember the very first time I went to school and sitting in class and someone was like, 'God, who smells like smoke?' I was like, 'Oh damn,'" he said.
"The next day, I picked out my clothes and threw them in the dryer with five dryer sheets and waited 20 minutes to hopefully get the smell out. I did that every single day until we moved my junior year of high school. I was lucky enough that I had the ability to do that."
One of his best friends in elementary school wore the same clothes every day.
• According to NOLA.com, appliance manufacturer Whirlpool's data from schools in its program showed that during the 2017-18 school year, attendance increased by an average of 85% at elementary schools. And more than 70% of elementary students in the program improved math scores by a letter grade.
• According to the New York Times, Benjamin Banneker Elementary in Kansas City, Missouri, went from 46% of students attending school 90% of the time to 84% doing so after implementing this program.
•The Redskins' data, collected by the accounting firm Deloitte, shows of the schools that were fully functional by March 2019, 25% answered "yes" when asked if attendance and grades for those in attendance had improved. Then, 75% said they did not yet have enough time to measure the success. No one answered "no."
"He got picked on all the time," Sundberg said. "I remember seeing how defeated he looked in those situations, and I remember trying to make him feel better, so [now] being older and being able to possibly curb some of those issues coming up now is something I absolutely want to do."
Flor was born in Mexico, and her family settled in Delano, California — about a two hours' drive north of Los Angeles — when she was about 5 years old. They lived with family members for "a couple years" while her dad worked in the fields picking grapes and strawberries and split time as a mechanic.
"I remember going to laundromats with my parents to get clothes cleaned and how much hassle that was," said Flor, now a licensed attorney in Virginia and California. "Where I grew up, a lot of migrant farmers live in labor camps. You live in a trailer park camp or shack connected to the fields where your parents work. There's barely running water and toilets, much less washers and dryers."
The workers at the Brisben Center often hear of families facing similar circumstances.
"Sometimes before you get into the shelter, you might be living in your car," said Kim Lally, the developmental director at the Brisben Center. "And then you have to make a decision: 'I have $6, so am I going to get burgers for my kids tonight or am I going to have to take that $6 and go do laundry?' Well, you know what's going to win out. We were hearing that a lot. We take clean clothing and having a washer and dryer at our disposal for granted."
The need for the program was obvious in many places.
Sixth-grader Keyshawn Pendleton's mother, Mishanda Green — who has since moved the family out of the Brisben Center — beamed as she showed a visitor the laundry room in March. During her time at the center, she became a de facto mayor of the room. She would show new guests how to work the machines — not everyone there can read. Green also would clean the machines to keep them looking new.
"I'm thankful to have them because I've been in many places and I didn't have a washer and dryer," Green said. "It's costly when you're a single parent, and you don't always have the funds. Even at the laundromat when you put money in the machine, they're still not dry. You put the clothes in here, one spin and they're dry."
Lally offered additional insight.
"We forget how important it is to have clean clothes, especially for children," Lally said. "It's so easy to become a target with the bullying, so easy to pick on a child who has less than the next child. I guarantee you any child who walks out this door for school Monday through Friday has clean clothing. I can't stress how important that is."
Nationwide issue
During the 2017-18 school year, a girl approached Patrick DiSalvo, the mental health practitioner at KIPP DC WILL Academy, with a problem.
She didn't have a clean uniform. KIPP had yet to set up the LOL program, so there was one option for DiSalvo: wash the clothes himself. Sometimes, other teachers at the school did the same.
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"It's not a conversation where they come in and are like, 'Hey, I need a uniform,'" DiSalvo said. "You can see the demeanor and the body language. They're not coming to me with a proud chest and a chin picked up. Usually it's like, 'I'm not in a great situation; I need a little help.'"
DiSalvo doubled as the school's basketball coach. Before he had a car, he would lug a bag of 15 uniforms home on the bus every night so he could wash them. In February, the ribbon was cut on the school's new laundry room — a converted custodial closet.
There are similar stories around the country, and this program aims to reduce that number. The key will be where it goes next.
As of now, the Redskins' program is limited to the D.C. region. Sundberg said he would like to find a way for it to help other areas; he has heard from players about wanting to do something in their hometowns. For Sundberg and the Redskins, it could be providing a grant or, perhaps, advice.
"You try not to think about where you are and only about where you can go," Sundberg said. "One of the things that got me so amped about this program was this isn't a region-specific issue. This is a nationwide issue."
It leads to conflicting emotions. Sometimes at the ceremonies, parents will come up to the Sundbergs and thank them. Nick admits to feeling tears well up. But he also knows what the program is doing helps — and that there's more that can be done.
"It's been a huge boost for a lot of our kids," DiSalvo said. "Math, reading, all these things are super important, and why we work with students is to teach them these things. But if we don't have that baseline, providing them dignity and a safe space and helping them feel good, it's really hard to get to that other level."
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Odell Beckham Jr.'s legal issues in his native Louisiana appear to be over.
The Cleveland Browns wide receiver was potentially facing a misdemeanor charge of simple battery for slapping the buttocks of a Superdome police officer in the LSU locker room after the Tigers' national championship victory over Clemson on Monday in New Orleans.
However, the officer in question signed an affidavit saying he did not want to pursue charges, Beckham's lawyer, Daniel Davillier, said in a statement Saturday.
Later Saturday, a spokesman for the Orleans Parish District Attorney said, "Absent a complaining witness, this is not a case our office intends to pursue." The New Orleans Police Department has not yet commented.
Video surfaced this week showing Beckham slapping the officer during the locker room celebration. According to records obtained by NOLA.com, the officer had been telling LSU players to put out cigars in the locker room.
No case had been instituted against Beckham because no arrest was made. And since it was not a felony charge, the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office was not involved in the decision.
"We are aware of the incident and have been in touch with Odell and his representatives on the matter," the Browns said in a statement issued Thursday. "They are cooperating with the proper authorities to appropriately address the situation."
Beckham also was seen on video passing out money to several LSU players immediately after the Tigers' 42-25 victory.
The 27-year-old Beckham is from New Orleans and played for LSU.
The university's athletic department issued a statement Wednesday saying it was aware of video showing "apparent cash" being given to players by Beckham and that it had been in contact with the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference regarding the matter.
The warrant out against Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. has been recalled, his lawyer said Saturday.
The news comes after an officer signed an affidavit saying he did not want to pursue charges, Beckham's lawyer, Daniel Davillier, said in a statement.
As result, Davillier said, "This legal matter has been resolved."
Beckham was potentially facing a misdemeanor charge of simple battery for slapping the buttocks of a Superdome police officer in the LSU locker room after the Tigers' national championship victory over Clemson on Monday in New Orleans.
Beckham, 27, is from New Orleans and played for LSU.
According to the law enforcement source, the Superdome officer said in his affidavit that he was a commissioned law officer who chose on his own not to file an arrest. The source expects the NOPD to withdraw the warrant as a result — which would effectively end the case against Beckham. The NOPD has not yet commented on its plans.
No case has been instituted against Beckham because no arrest has been made. And since it is not a felony charge, the Orleans Parish District Attorney's office is not involved in the decision at this stage.
Beckham was also captured on video passing out money to several LSU players immediately after the Tigers' 42-25 victory.
The university's athletic department issued a statement Wednesday, saying it was aware of video showing "apparent cash" being given to players by Beckham and that it has been in contact with the NCAA and the Southeastern Conference regarding the matter.
The New Orleans Police Department could withdraw the arrest warrant issued for Cleveland Browns wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. as early as this weekend after an officer signed an affidavit saying he did not want to pursue charges, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the developments.
NOLA.com was the first to report that the officer decided he did not want to press charges.
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Professional football players apparently think they can justify kneeling during the playing of our country's National Anthem because you and I elected Donald Trump rather than Hillary Clinton to be our President. They, quite obviously, are not sufficiently educated to understand what our National Anthem means, and why we stand for its playing before such events as a football game.
They are not involved in anything remotely approaching what those who gave their lives for us were involved with. They play a game. Those we remember during the playing of this National Anthem gave their all and many left that on the field of battle…which differs so significantly from the field of football as to create an otherwise laughable comparison.
Google "Trump Derangement Syndrome" and see the copious references that pop up. Have us Americans finally slipped the last cog as Europeans have expected would occur for centuries? Congress, too, suffers from Trump Derangement Syndrome or TDS. It is very nearly impossible to avoid displays of TDS no matter how carefully one treds through his or her daily life.
At first, I, like many others, thought this apparent illness would subside as President Trump took office, but that did not seem to occur. Instead, this mysterious affliction seems to have grown into something approaching a physic plague that deprives otherwise reasonable and seemingly intelligent people of their abilities to reason and to act like normal people…like Americans.
Even professional football players who are awarded evermore exorbitant amounts of money for athletic prowess bestowed on them by the Almighty at their birth have succumbed to TDS as we see when they feel they have to blatantly hold our National Anthem in disrepute for all to see. Rather than to seem the strong professional athletes they used to appear to be, they are now the whining jerks who decided they have to demonstrate their angst. This has now become a full-blown protest amongst the pro football players. These very well-paid men, paid for their athleticism rather than their wisdom I might add, are using their status to tell the rest of us what we ought to be believing or disbelieving.
Rather than to seem the strong professional and somewhat rational athletes they used to appear to be, they are now the whining jerks who decided they have to demonstrate their angst. This has now become the preferred outlet for what Hillary Clinton has been feeling since the last national election. They apparently think they, too, were somehow cheated by this massive conspiracy that we know as The Electoral College.
We think Kim Jung Un is deranged. Take a look at some who suffer from TDS. North Koreans bow to Kim Jung Un because to not do so is to die figuratively or literally. Those with TDS are simply suffering from their personal whining over Hillary's failure, yes failure, to win an election. An election that was fairly and squarely decided in keeping with our Constitution and recognizing the wisdom of our Founding Fathers who created the Electoral College.
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I keep logging, keep exercising and keep my goals interesting (goal tend to be fitness ones).
I keep logging, exercising, and keep my goals interesting also stuffinmuffin.
I'm going to vary my routine some next Friday. I am going to try kickboxing.
I finally have developed the habits to go back to eating healthy, not matter how bad a meal or day is. It almost takes effort to eat bad now for an extended amount of time because it's going against my habits. I can also really feel the unhealthy food making me unfocused and tired all the time. The trick is to go back to eating healthy as soon as possible and not let it go for weeks or months.
Agree as well. There is a day during each month that I designate to eat without regret. Thanksgiving is this month. I can't eat as much as I used to. And I also subconsciously eat healthier foods. It is hard to eat crappy anymore and I'm glad. Plus, I've made exercise a routine that I get cranky if I miss.
yeah - I get cranky if I miss too many workouts too. Makes it tough to fall off the wagon when my hubby and kids are telling me I need to go run for THEIR sanity. LOL!
I eat whatever I want but log it and keep an eye on the scale as well as exercising. I've found I maintain on more than I thought I would. If I hit 135, then I start tightening up my food choices.
I changed my mindset to fitness and health rather than weight loss.
And I'm a cheapskate, so I don't want to buy larger clothes, I like it right where I am.
Funny about being cranky when missing workouts. I had a headache last night but still got up at 5am this morning to workout. My husband asked me why. Because missing the workout would make me feel worse.
I just keep doing what I'm doing.
What is helping me is to keep going.
Continue exercising and being active daily. Continue being mindful of what I'm eating and my portion sizes. Continue planning out my meals the night before and also planning out my weekend treat meals. Continue writing down everything I'm eating and my workouts in notebook. Continue researching and reading about weight loss and fat loss online and read books and forums. Continuing looking at weight loss transformation photos - I find them very inspirational.
Also what helps me is looking at the small handful of photos I have when I was obese (I don't want to go back there!) and also going shopping for clothes and shoes help tremendously. It feels great being able to walk into any clothing store and buy cute, regular-sized clothes and smaller shoes/boots which gives me more options (my foot shrank two sizes and when from wide to regular width).
I don't feel like this is "work". When I was losing I made sure to do things I could do ongoing. For example it's freezing where I live now. I knew it would be tough to get out of my warm bed to go to the gym, so I decided to slowly build a home gym so I would have no excuses. Best decision ever.
These little things has helped me to maintain so I will keep going!
I manage to stay within a weight range 191-195 lbs without too much control . Once I cross the line I start logging food and doing more excercise until I reach the bottom.
If you don't know how many calories in something, don't eat it.
Weigh weekly - same time, same/similar clothing.
Target maintaining goal weight plus or minus 5 pounds.
Watch out for salt in food, as it will cause water retention and flux your weight.
For me, maintenance is about the same as when I was losing weight - everything is the same - diet, exercise etc. the only difference is that I get a few hundred calories a day more to eat. I log everything and weigh everything. I will be doing it for life, because I never want to be fat again. I am working towards strength now, as my next goal.
I've been maintaining nearly 2 years after losing 52lb; it's a mixture of regular logging, regular exercise & knowing what my TDEE is and making sure my macro's are well balanced around it.
There are so many positive responses here, I can really relate to pretty much all of them!
I weigh myself every morning, log most of the time, and make exercises/activity part of my life. I like feeling healthy and energetic, wearing smaller sizes, and being strong so it's really not too hard to "keep my head in the game." Of course, sometimes I go way over my calories and sometimes I don't get enough exercise. It all works out though.
Habit. It doesn't have to be in the game. I just have to do it - and I just do. My life is set up so I eat healthy and exercise pretty regularly. I notice when I don't feel good when I eat too much (last week for example). And I stop doing it. Logging helps.
I've been at this long enough to know that if I stop paying attention, I'll put on weight. I've never put on more than a few pounds without getting back in the game. I've been maintaining for about 20 years.


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Der Rößling ist ein Naturschutzgebiet in der kreisfreien Stadt Dessau-Roßlau in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Das Naturschutzgebiet mit dem Kennzeichen NSG 0091 ist 24,44 Hektar groß. Das Gebiet steht seit dem 1926 unter Schutz (Datum der Verordnung: 25. Januar 1926) und wurde 1983 erweitert. Zuständige untere Naturschutzbehörde ist die Stadt Dessau-Roßlau.

Das Naturschutzgebiet liegt westlich von Mosigkau, einem Stadtteil von Dessau-Roßlau, am Südrand des Elbeurstromtals. Es stellt einen naturnahen Laubwaldrest in einer zum Urstromtal abfallenden Hanglage unter Schutz. Der Wald wird von Eichen, Hainbuchen und Winterlinden sowie Kiefernbeständen in verschiedenen Waldgesellschaften geprägt. So sind Pfeifengras-Eichenwald und Eichen-Hainbuchenwald zu finden. In der Krautschicht der Waldgesellschaften und insbesondere entlang der Böschung an der Bahnlinie treten u. a. Weißes Waldvöglein, Weiße Waldhyazinthe, Fichtenspargel, Vielblütige Weißwurz, Großblütiger Fingerhut, Großes Zweiblatt, Prachtnelke, Preußisches Laserkraut, Heidelabkraut, Berg-Platterbse, Bergsegge und Turmkraut sowie Silbergras, Weißes Fingerkraut, Berg-Haarstrang, Ähren-Blauweiderich, Knäuel-Glockenblume, Gewöhnlicher Flügelginster, Rispige Graslilie und Heidegünsel auf.

Im Naturschutzgebiet sind u. a. Mönchs- und Gartengrasmücke, Gartenbaumläufer, Trauer- und Grauschnäpper, Kernbeißer sowie Sumpf-, Schwanz- und Haubenmeise als Brutvögel heimisch.

Nach Süden schließen sich weitere Waldbestände an. Ansonsten ist das Naturschutzgebiet von landwirtschaftlichen Nutzflächen umgeben. Das Naturschutzgebiet wird von der 1840 gebauten Bahnstrecke Dessau–Köthen durchquert.

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Q: How to assess the efficiency of unsupervised algorithms? How does pam algorithm work? I am working with k-means and K-medoids. With K-means execution appear the following info:
Within cluster sum of squares by cluster:
[1] 12636160  7631152 10226254
(between_SS / total_SS =  79.2 %)

Is between_SS/ total_SS a rate that shows the general throughput from the algorithm?
And with pam:
Objective function:
build     swap
211.6604 210.5670

How do you interpret these results?

A: If by "throughput" and "efficiency" you mean anything
about processing speed, then no. These are all measures
of how successful the clustering algorithm was at finding
a good grouping (or perhaps how well these points can be grouped).
k-means
The meaning of between_SS (between clusters sum of squares) and
total_SS (total sum of squares) has been explained in this previous
Cross Validated
question and its answers.  The ratio of between_SS to total_SS
is some measure of how well the points clustered.
PAM
From ?pam  help page

the algorithm first looks for a good initial set of medoids
  (this is called the build phase). Then it finds a local minimum
  for the objective function, that is, a solution such that there
  is no single switch of an observation with a medoid that will
  decrease the objective (this is called the swap phase).

The values listed are the values of the objective function
(sum of distances of points to their medoid) at the two stages.
Again, this is a measure of how well the points clustered.
For more details, see the pam help page ?pam ,
the pam.object help page ?pam.object,
the Wikipedia Page
on k-medoids  or
the original paper Kaufman, L. and Rousseeuw, P.J. (1987),
Clustering by Means of Medoids

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Jesus gives us his wonderful and remarkable teaching every day in the Four Gospels of the New Testament. The people of his own day were indeed privileged to hear the message of God's love and goodness from the very Son of God, Jesus of Nazareth. We ourselves are blessed to hear and read the words and Good News of Jesus in the scriptures handed down to us during these past 20 centuries.
At the same time, we receive even more than Jesus' teaching. We also receive heavenly food from the Lord, and we receive the Bread of Eternal Life and the Chalice of Salvation which share with us the very life of Jesus Christ. The disciples of Jesus' own day were amazed at the bread he shared with them. May we also be amazed and grateful that Jesus shares divine life with us as well in the breaking of the bread at each and every Liturgy and in the Eucharist that we receive in Holy Communion. God bless!
Would you like to try silent prayer? It just might change your life! We've scheduled extra meditation sessions so you can experience what it is. We'll meet Tuesday afternoons on August 7 and 21 (1:00pm--2:00pm) as well as Thursday evening August 16 and 30 (7:30pm--8:30pm) in the Ministry Center Library (enter the back door of the former convent building on Fourth Street). There is NO registration or fee. Each session stands on its own. Just come when you can. Our regular meditation sessions begin after the 8:30am Mass in the Church on Wednesdays.
Reserve the weekend NOW for this year's Men's Retreat, Friday, November 16 (5:00pm) through Sunday, November 18 (Noon) at the Saint Paul of the Cross Retreat Center above the South Side. Take time to recharge your spiritual batteries in quiet reflection, talks, conversation, prayer, and Liturgy. This year's theme is "I Have Chosen You!" Call Jim Fanning (412-680-7419) for more information.
Thank you for your annual support of our Parish Share Campaign which allows us to support Bishop Zubik and our Diocesan Church!
Our 2018 Parish Share goal is to raise $67,780 for the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh. Each household is asked to contribute $250 or more at this time or to make a monthly pledge. On behalf of our Bishop, thank you for helping our parish community to meet our 2018 Parish Share goal!
Having served Saint Scholastica Parish for 23 years as both Religious Education Director and Youth Minister, Mrs. Jamie Dillon has completed her work here and will begin a new ministry as Pastoral Associate at Mount Saint Peter Parish in New Kensington on Monday, August 6.
Jamie has planned and directed our CCD program throughout these many years since 1995. She has trained numerous parish catechists in these decades. She has conducted many seminars as well as mega-meetings for our Confirmation classes and sessions for our First Eucharist classes.
Jamie Dillon has lead countless Youth Liturgies on Saturday evenings and at Christmas. She has provided many events and service projects for our high school students. She has coordinated and lead 15 Annual Mission Trips to Appalachia as well as a dozen Camp Helping Hand weeks for middle school students. Jamie has also been an integral member of our parish staff throughout all these years.
Jamie has served the young people, students, families, and community of Saint Scholastica Parish extraordinarily well during these 23 years, and we are most grateful to her and her family for their generous service and witness to this faith community of Saint Scholastica Catholic Parish.
Many thanks and best wishes to Jamie Dillon as well as Scott, Jesse, and Casey! May the good Lord bless you all in the years ahead—and in your continued ministry in service to Jesus and his people!
During the 9:00am Liturgy this Sunday, August 5, Mr. John Lubawski will enter into the Full Communion of the Catholic Church. John was baptized into the Methodist Church. His sponsor is Holly Lubawski. John's wife Joy and son Gunnar were received into the Church in April 2018.
Both John and Joy wish to deepen the faith life of their family, and as a police officer, John hopes to bring the strength he finds in faith to his interactions with people whose lives are in turmoil. Welcome to our Catholic community, John, and congratulations!
The new Clergy Team, Regional Vicar, and Diocesan staff are developing an interim Sunday Liturgy schedule for these four parishes. With three priests assigned here, the Diocese is allowing nine Sunday Liturgies as of October 15. Today, there are 7 churches in use and 17 Liturgies each Sunday.
To be fair, each of the four parishes will have at least two Sunday and/ or Saturday evening Liturgies with one parish having three Liturgies. This will bring the total to nine Liturgies.
In October, given the seating capacity in these seven existing churches, there will still be seating for 4500 to accommodate the 2650 members who do participate during the weekend. There will be fewer Liturgies but also fewer empty seats on Sunday.
An approved interim schedule will be set in August and will begin October 15. This interim October schedule will be reviewed after Easter 2019.
In September, our parish will begin the Catechetical Year and our Religious Education programs for all public school students in Grades K-8 as well as our Youth Ministry. Every year, we rely on the generous volunteers of our parish who serve as CCD classroom teachers and aides as well as small group leaders and home study catechists.
Before the new parish grouping comes together in October, Miss Meredith Troyan will assemble our Religious Education program for this new year.
If you'd like to assist by being a catechist or classroom aid or small group leader, please contact Meredith Troyan or our parish office. Your help with our catechesis is needed and appreciated!
"Living in the Spirit" brings together a group of adults who meet monthly to support each other and to share practices and resources for spiritual growth. The next session will be this Thursday, August 9, at 7:30pm in the Ministry Center Library. There's NO need to register—simply join us this Thursday!
For new and expectant parents, we'll hold a Baptism Preparation Seminar on Monday, August 13 at 7:30pm in the parish hall. Come and learn about the Sacrament and the Ceremony with Mr. Andy Bechman of our parish staff. Contact the parish office now to register. Please make arrangements for the Baptism celebration now by calling the parish office!
Bishop David Zubik has requested that all of our current 188 parishes host time for Eucharistic Adoration in our churches to pray for the success of this program. The date given to our parish for this prayer will be Tuesday, September 25, 12 noon—7:00pm. Let's all pray for our "On Mission" effort!
On Saturday, August 25, from 9am—12pm, the Magnificat program for Catholic women will host their breakfast and speaker at the Double Tree Hotel in Cranberry Township. In addition to breakfast and prayer, the guest speaker will be author Doctor Carol Razza from Florida who will speak about our Catholic faith and the freedom and fulfillment in God which it offers. Call Pam (412-461-8906) for registration before August 17. The donation is $23 per person.
Your August donations of mac and cheese, pasta, and spaghetti sauce (and any non-perishable items) are most welcome. Please put donations in the red bin in our church's main entrance.
Thanks for your generous donations. Please contact our office if you or your neighbors ever need confidential help from the St. Vincent de Paul Society!
On Saturday, October 27, the Catholic Women's Fellowship of our Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will hold its 2nd Annual Catholic Women's Conference entitled OVERFLOW! This will be a time of friendship and prayer, talks and Liturgy. Speakers for the day include Barbara Heil, Sister Bernadette Beamsley, DLJC, and Benedictine Father Benedict Hicks. Come celebrate God's overflowing love and grace given to us so that we may minister to our families and community. Visit www.cwfpitt.org for information!
Sing praise to the Lord, sing praise!
Our Christian Meditation Time is changing to 9 am on Wednesdays in the church. All are welcome!
Thanks for your help! These items are needed now: canned red or black beans; powdered or shelf-stable milk; macaroni and cheese; and prepared meal mixes like Hamburger Helper. [Note: This list is more current than the print bulletin.] Please leave donations in plastic bags. Gray bins are in the church entrance. Larger donations in bags (NOT boxes) and ALL clothing may be brought to the SIDE DOOR of 316 3rd Street, Aspinwall, from 10am-12pm on Mondays and Fridays. Please do NOT leave any donations outside 316 or 318 Third Street. Thank you!
Catholic Charities of our Diocese is hoping to collect 100,000 baby diapers and other baby items this summer. Call 412-456-6969 to ask how you can help!
Our thanks go to Gentilcore Jewelers, Fox Chapel Plaza for being a sponsor. Please see their advertisement for location and contact information.
Each year, most of our families and students at Christ the Divine Teacher Catholic Academy receive financial assistance with their tuition. Much of this financial help comes from the Bishop's Education Fund of the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh as well as Pennsylvania businesses contributing to the SOS and EITC contribution/ tax credit programs. Contact our school office to learn more about tuition help!
CDTCA is preparing for the coming school year by accepting registrations for 2018-2019.
Give your child/children an excellent education and a fine formation in our Catholic faith! Call our CDTCA office (412-781-7927) to register for August.
It's come to the attention of our pastor and staff that the exterior window frames of the church building need repairs and repainting due to deterioration in recent years.
If you stand outside the main entrance of the church and along the left side, you'll see that the paint is peeling off the frames. However, what's made this repair and painting project something of a challenge is the fact that at some time (perhaps in 1975 when the colored glass artwork was installed) a covering of plexiglass was placed over all the glass artwork and was then permanently sealed to the window frames.
Having consulted with Hunt Studios which installed our glass artwork in 1975, the plexiglass covering was never really needed because modern glass artwork is even more sturdy and solid than traditional leaded glass windows.
By carefully removing the plexiglass covering, we'll be able to repaint all the church window frames and make any repairs that might be needed. At this time (and for many years to come), the window frames will be in much better condition once repainted, and there won't be any need to construct a new plexiglass covering. This project will be funded by parish savings donated by past generations of our parish community.
Jesus promises eternal life in God!
The most wonderful promise of Jesus is that we will share in the eternal life and love of God if we share in the life and love of the Lord in this world. It is Jesus' pledge to all who are his disciples. It is a sacred pledge given to us through the gift of the Eucharist in the Lord's Supper. May we gratefully receive this gift!


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Limacoccus venezuelana är en insektsart som beskrevs av Imré Foldi 1988. Limacoccus venezuelana ingår i släktet Limacoccus och familjen Beesoniidae.

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Doris Jane Lee 83, passed away peacefully on Tuesday January 15th 2019. Doris was a strong and wonderful woman. She loved playing her blackjack and watching Jeopardy. But most of all she loved her family.
She was born January 8th 1936 in Frankston, Texas to Ree and Janie Ellis.
She was preceded in death by her husband Robert E Lee, and oldest daughter Shirley Tilley. Her brother Leroy Ellis and two sisters Molly Wilson and Betty Pecorino.
She leaves behind two daughters, Beverly Wreede and Rhonda Villarreal.
Five grandchildren, Joann McCorquodale, Michael McCorquodale, Angela Willis, Leslie Peck, and Donnie Tilley.
Eight great-grandchildren, and six great-great-grandchildren.
Two brothers James Ellis and Elven Ellis and one sister Mary Ray. As well as many other family members.
The celebration with visitation and viewing will be Saturday January 19th 2019 from 3 p.m. till 8 p.m.
Please join the family in celebrating the life of Doris Lee.


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Georgia utilities say power restored to nearly 95 percent of customers
"If you are one of that 75,000, we want you to know that we hear you and we are working as hard and as safely and as quickly as we can to get you back up and running", said Meredith Stone with Georgia Power corporate communications in a statement.
Two east coast law firms filed a lawsuit that seeks class-action status to represent FPL customers who paid storm charge fees that were supposed to cover hurricane preparation work.
According to News 6 WKMG, only 13 of Florida's 67 counties do not have outages, and Gould explained crews are working overtime to restore power: "We are racing to get the lights back on, we've been making some really good progress".
In Florida Power & Light's 35-county service area, which includes roughly 5 million customers, more than 86 percent had power Saturday.
Georgia Power and Georgia Electric Membership Corp. reported Saturday morning about 26,000 Georgia customers were still without power because of Tropical Storm Irma.
"We do appreciate the effort FPL made in being here in full force all week", Deputy Town Manager Jay Boodheshwar said.
More news: U.S. announces opposition to Iraqi Kurdish independence referendum
Overall, the number of customers without power across Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia is going down. Additionally, most customers in Immokalee and Lehigh Acres - the most impacted areas by the hurricane - can expect restoration by September 22.
Georgia Power will not refuse to reconnect service to customers impacted by Hurricane Irma due to a past due bill and demand payment prior to reconnection.
The company is on target to restore power to all by Wednesday, McDermitt said, except in areas with flooding or extensive wind damage.
Electrical linemen from all over the state and the country have worked day and night for over a week since the hurricane struck. Up to 80 percent of the flood damage to residential properties is not covered by any flood insurance, CoreLogic said. This means that when FPL responded to her area, the rest of the homes around her had power, but not hers.
FPL insists that solar customers install a switch on their systems to cleanly cut them off during an emergency and they can not turn it back on. Other people in the county lost everything. Georgia Power focuses on delivering world-class service to its customers every day and the company is consistently recognized by J.D. Power and Associates as an industry leader in customer satisfaction. The lawyers also say FPL did not do almost enough to trim trees and keep lines reinforced in the days before Irma hit.
"Our customers are angry and frustrated that we could not provide them better information".
PM Modi inaugurates world's 2nd biggest dam Sardar Sarovar
Earlier, the Prime Minister had stressed that the project will start a new chapter of prosperity for Gujarat. Rest all the projects of BJP announced in Gujarat were a fake doublespeak, fallaciousness and falsehood.
Ghani To Off To New York For UN General Assembly
McMaster emphasized that it's the responsibility of all nations to enforce U.N. sanctions on North Korea and address the problem. Security Council met on Friday afternoon to discuss the North Korean launch, as requested by the United States and Japan .
Injured In London Underground Train Blast
A witness told Reuters that there were six ambulances, fire engines and a helicopter at the Parsons Green station. London Mayor Sadiq Khan appealed for calm, saying the city "will never be intimidated or defeated by terrorism ".
IUC cut disastrous, incumbent telcos may move court: COAI
Mobile companies now charge 14 paise a minute for allowing a domestic call from a rival operator to terminate on their network. Experts pegged the benefit to Jio from this decision at Rs 5,000 crore annually.
Exits game with groin injury
Before he got banged up late in the game, recent trade acquisition Phillip Dorsett proved to be a surprisingly reliable target. The Patriots rolled up 354 yards in total offense and 18 first downs in the first half, and Brady was almost ideal .
Spain Striker: This Is Why I Snubbed Chelsea On Deadline Day
He's still a little bit away from his best performance, but he's doing well and I am so happy with everyone. Harry Kane failed to score in Tottenham's first three games despite taking his fair share of shots.
U2, Ed Sheeran Cancel St. Louis Concerts After Protests Over Police Acquittal
The concert at the Dome at America's Centre was cancelled because the band said it could not risk its fans' safety. Protests turned violent for the second night on Saturday in reaction to the acquittal of a white former St.
Hamas dissolves Gaza administration in Palestinian unity bid
Fatah Vice Chairman Mahmoud al-Aloul welcomed Hamas's announcement, but said his party would first like to confirm its veracity. There was no immediate comment from Abbas's government, and a senior Palestinian official was guarded in his optimism.
ESPN's Jemele Hill: Tweet calling Trump white supremacist expressed 'personal beliefs'
Sehorn didn't call for Hill to be fired, but he wants ESPN to be consistent in its calls to rein in political commentary. Hill's supporters inside and outside ESPN have rallied around her . "We accept her apology ", the statement read.
US Considering Shooting Down Any Missiles From North Korea, Reports Claim
The United States often sends powerful military aircraft in a show of force in times of heightened animosities with North Korea . If diplomacy fails to coerce North Korea to the negotiating table, he said, "our military option will be the only one left".
South Carolina's Deebo Samuel may be out for season with broken ankle
They are keeping South Carolina's offense off the field. "We're not going to have excuses in this organization". SC takes on Louisiana Tech, which is led by former Gamecocks offensive coordinator Skip Holtz, on Saturday.
Crypto prices dive as China shuts exchanges
Cryptocurrency is a new market , and governments are still struggling to figure out how to regulate this new store of value. The nosedive comes after reports claim China plans to stop exchange trading of cryptocurrency by the end of September.
Pressure grows in Ryanair to release full list of cancelled flights
According to Ryanair , customers who have bought seats on cancelled flights will be offered alternatives or given a full refund . Be sure to document what you spend, though and keep receipts. "This is when having a decent policy can really come in handy".
Gas prices drop as weather cools in Las Vegas
The most expensive gas reported Sunday in the city was $3.31 at a North Patterson Street retailer, according to gasbuddy. The national average price for a gallon of gas has fallen 4.7 cents in the last week, but is averaging $2.60 per gallon.
About 1.5 million without power in Irma's wake
Traffic heading to a checkpoint to access the Florida Keys after Hurricane Irma on September 16 in Marathon, Florida. The company on Tuesday said it expected to have the lights back on by the end of the weekend for the Atlantic coast.
Valuation Of Cowboys Increases By 14 Percent To $4.8 Billion
That's up from $770 million in 2012, when owner Shad Khan purchased the team from Wayne and Delores Weaver, according to Forbes . A article published by Forbes on Monday said that the value of the Jacksonville Jaguars has risen to $2.075 billion.
US Considers Closing Embassy in Cuba
It hard to believe that the Cuban government would have resorted to armed propaganda by attacking US embassy staff in Havana. The Cuban government even offered the Federal Bureau of Investigation to visit Havana and investigate the case.
President Trump To Make Debut At UN General Assembly
On Monday, Trump is set to address a US -sponsored event on reforming the 193-member organization he has sharply criticized. Meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a strong Trump ally, will be a focal point for the White House.
Trump gets a great deal on lawn care
Frank "FX" Giaccio from Falls Church, Virginia, realized a dream on Friday morning when he mowed the lawn in the Rose Garden. While mowing the lawn , his one-time client suddenly walked out onto the lawn: The President of the United States.
British Airways jet evacuated in Paris after 'direct threat'
The flight BA0303 was scheduled to depart Paris' Charles De Gaulle for London Heathrow Airport at 7.25 am. He continued: "I believe the intention is to return to the same plane assuming the search is all clear".
Antonio Conte wants Chelsea to play on after terror attack
I don't know if they went through Arsenal membership, on the internet... they did very well. They lost only one player now, [Alex] Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Teacher assaulted student after not standing during pledge of Allegiance
Officials for the district said Friday the teacher has been placed on administrative leave while the matter is investigated. His parents demanded action at a school board meeting, now both teachers have been placed on administrative leave .
Slender Man stabbing: Anissa Weier found mentally ill
The state said Weier complied with the Slender Man story and the murder plot for the sake of her friendship with the co-defendant. Weier told investigators she and Geyser believed they had to kill Leutner or else Slender Man would kill them and their families.
Harry Dean Stanton dead: Legendary character actor dies at 91
Stanton had a long road to stardom as an actor, appearing in many uncredited roles, primarily in westerns, before he hit it big. You are really going to be missed Harry Dean! "Everyone loved him, and with good reason".
'Narcos' location scout shot to death in Mexico
Mr Portal is reported to have been killed on Monday, but the news of his death only broke last night (SAT). His body was found in a compact vehicle with several gun shot wounds hours after leaving for the site.
State Attorney General advises Iowans to take action after Equifax data breach
It can be a pain because you'll have to unfreeze it every time someone needs to run a credit check on you or if you need a loan. One thing that Clark doesn't want you to do is call the Equifax help line listed on the company's data breach website .
Turkey: Iraq's Kurds Will Pay 'price' for Independence Vote
Both the Catalans and Iraq's Kurds have tried to negotiate for more autonomy from their capitals but been rebuffed time and again. He noted that the United States has proposed an "alternative path" to the Kurdistan Region's upcoming independence referendum.
India Seeks Deportation of Rohingya for Security Reasons
Rohingya in India voiced worries that they were being unfairly tainted by the allegations and sought more understanding for their plight.
Pelosi shouted out of press conference by Dreamers
But then a group stormed in carrying a banner, signs and chanting - "We undocumented youth demand a clean bill..." In August, U.S. Trump has said he wants to protect those immigrants, despite his decision to wind down the program doing so over six months.
Fortnite quietly enables PS4 and Xbox One cross-platform play
It looks like these brief glimpses of the big, attractive world of cross-console play were total accidents. Was it a mistake? In an email Epic said: "We had a configuration issue and it has now been corrected".
Trump, South Korean leader vow to increase pressure on North Korea
Since 1998, it is the sixth North Korean missile to fly over Japan. "I spoke with President Moon of South Korea last night". The test was North Korea's second missile over Japan in as many months.
Hurricane Maria Approaches Caribbean Islands Struggling to Recover from Irma
Virgin Islands to Dominica, by late Monday, and its wind speed could make it a hurricane at that time, forecasters said . Tropical storm watches remain in effect for coastal Connecticut, New York and New Jersey.
Anna Nordqvist wins Evian Championship after playoff
The Evian Championship was reduced to 54 holes after wind and rain washed out play on the first day on Thursday. It was the 30-year-old Nordqvist's second major title after she claimed the LPGA Women's Championship in 2009.
Panthers TE Olsen to miss time with broken foot
McDermott seems to have already won the respect of his players, and now's an opportunity for them to prove it to their coach. Overall, the Bills' offense gained only 39 net yards on 16 plays in the first half - and 176 yards for the entire game.
Four US tourists attacked with acid outside train station in France
More than 1,800 attacks have been reported since 2010, with 458 of them taking place past year , according to BBC . French police say it is too early to determine if the incident was terrorism related.
Global hunger on the rise for the first time in a decade
Houngbo, IFAD President; Anthony Lake, UNICEF Executive Director, and Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. Anemia among women and adult obesity are also cause for concern. "The prevalence of malnourished has also increased".
Cuomo promises NY's help for US Virgin Islands
The Democrat visited the Virgin Islands Friday to survey storm damage to better understand how NY can assist in the recovery. Andrew Cuomo made the announcement of resources for the islands after touring hurricane-ravaged areas there on Friday.


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Pseudoanthidium cribratum är en biart som först beskrevs av Morawitz 1875.  Pseudoanthidium cribratum ingår i släktet Pseudoanthidium och familjen buksamlarbin. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Abstract: K01.00012 : Insights from density functional theory into the formation and rotation of an enantiospecific assembly of molecular raffle wheels
Abhishek K Adak
(Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)
Shobhana Narasimhan
Dennis Meier
(Technical University of Munich)
Peter Knecht
Joachim Reichert
Johannes V barth
Anthoula C Papageorgiou
Nithin Suryadevara
(Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
Kuppusamy S Kumar
Mario Ruben
Sourav Mondal
(Trinity College Dublin)
Keitaro Eguchi
Matthias K Muntwiler
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
Francesco Allegretti
We have performed a joint theoretical and experimental study of the assembly formed when BPP-COOH ( 2,6-bis(1H-pyrazol-1-yl)pyridine-4-carboxylic acid) is deposited on Ag(111). Three-fourths of the molecules form a rigid Kagome 'host' network. The cavities of this network are occupied by the remaining 'guest' molecules, which display a punctuated rotation between positions corresponding to global minima in the rotational energy landscape. Calculations show that the topography of this landscape can be explained by the making and breaking of hydrogen bonds between the guest molecules and the host network. The height of the rotational barrier computed theoretically is in excellent agreement with that extracted from temperature-dependent experiments. The host network also bestows enantiospecificity on the system, due to the twist between the host network and the underlying Ag(111) surface.


Thank you Human Performance for being a great trainer-pushing me hard and making it fun!! 2014 is going to be the year I hit my goals and I couldn't do it without you!
When I started this journey at Human Performance, I weighed in at over 200 pounds. This was not the first gym I joined and not the first time I tried to lose weight. I felt like I failed at every weight loss program and regiment that I came across. When I got tired I stopped, if it hurt I stopped, when I didn't lose weight I completely stopped. I almost came to terms that I was going to be "big" the rest of my life. Then I came across Human Performance and decided to give this personal trainer thing a shot. I started coming once a week for two months. I was really tired and was sore, but then I was losing weight. Then I came in twice a week for a month. I was kind of tired and it continued to make me sore, but I was losing inches. Since November 2012, I have been coming in three times a week. Now, if I am not sore or tired, then I am not working hard enough. This is a caring and non judge mental facility that makes me feel powerful when I leave. Human Performance makes me work harder than I ever have before. I trust Human Performance completely when I do exercises that I have only seen on TV. This time, this place, has finally worked. To date I have lost 73 glorious lbs & 45 amazing inches.


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Esther J. Cepeda: Complexities of race and ethnicity
Esther J. Cepeda
Our society gives a lot of lip service to the importance of diversity in fields like science, medicine and technology because multicultural people bring unique viewpoints, varied life experiences and new ideas.
Rarely do we come upon an ideal example of how this plays out in real life.
Karen M. Tabb Dina, an assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, recently published a paper in the journal Ethnicity and Health that found that adults who identified as one race when they were young but now identify as multiracial report being healthier compared with those who continue to identify as monoracial.
The idea for this study came 10 years ago when Tabb Dina was a health policy researcher in low-income communities studying how race and ethnicity impact long-term health. She noticed that the way some of her patients identified racially didn't always match the way their medical records categorized them.
Identity is a complex and often thorny issue. There are many reasons – including education level, geographic location and gender – why someone with a multiracial background would choose to identify as a single race or multiracial, and why that could change throughout a lifetime.
Research has shown that multiracial people are likelier than those who are monoracial to change categories over time. For instance, a child of a white and an Asian parent would be likelier to change their self-identification from white-only or Asian-only, to mixed-race, than the child of two Asian parents.
But because these identity changes are almost always self-reported, they are often not captured in population health research.
Tabb Dina combined this knowledge with the well-documented issue of health disparities for minorities and the boom in multiracial children after anti-miscegenation laws were ruled unconstitutional in 1967, and she came up with an interesting theory.
"I went in with this hypothesis that people who maintained the same racial identity over time would probably have better health outcomes," said Tabb Dina, who told me she studied a nationally representative school-based sample of American youth. "I thought the consistency of categorization would say something about other consistencies in the subjects' lives and that their health would probably be better. But, no, it turns out that people who go from 'one' to 'many' are healthier."
For example, Tabb Dina found that adults who identify as multiracial white and Asian are healthier than those who identify as only Asian or only white.
Like any good research, these findings don't answer a specific inquiry so much as open our eyes to more questions and issues that merit interest.
"Of course, everyone wants to know 'why,' and I do too, but I want to do more qualitative, interview-based research," said Tabb Dina, who herself is the daughter of a white mother and black father. "I want to know about skin color, phenotype, about what it is about certain individuals and what it is about being mixed-race that makes the difference."
Being mixed-race can indeed make all the difference in the world. As Tabb Dina provided health care to low-income multiracial individuals who identified as only one race, she learned things leading to this research that others might not have.
"I was working on studying hypertension and diabetes and I would talk with individuals engaging in poor behavior and they might, for instance, be mixed-race black and white and they'd say to me, 'I eat soul food every day because I'm black' or 'I smoke Kools because I'm black,'" Tabb Dina said. "I identify as black and because of that, when working with certain people, they shared things with me that I'm not sure they shared with other researchers. It certainly informed my view."
This research also brings up concerns about how to capture and classify race and ethnicity – which are the de facto proxy for many unmeasured factors in the majority of health research – in a country where mixed-race children are becoming a norm.
"This is America now," said Tabb Dina, "and we're in a bind because right now we're compartmentalizing five race categories and two ethnicities, and we need to broaden that. We can't keep lumping people with significantly different experiences into a small set of single groups."
We won't. Public pressure for the U.S. Census to change the way it collects race and ethnicity data is already building. Research like this will hopefully help nudge the process along.
Esther Cepeda's email address is estherjcepeda@washpost.com.


IBASHO is proud to present Tokyo Rumando's solo exhibition 'I'm only happy when I'm naked'.
Rumando's work reveals an intuitive drive for authenticity defying gender roles that the Japanese patriarchal society puts on its women. She plays with 'the male gaze' parallel to her Western predecessors such as Cindy Sherman, to produce her own vision of identity, sexuality and intimacy. In that respect she is part of 'Girlie Photographers', a phenomenon of the mid 1990s in which photography was discovered by women and advanced to a central medium of self-expression and ways of establishing an identity.
Although she is a young artist, work from Rumando's series Orphée was included in a major exhibition in Tate Modern London 'Performing for the Camera' in 2016.
IBASHO will exhibit works from several series Rumando has created.
In her series Rest 3000 Stay 5000 from 2012 Rumando emerged herself in the world of the love hotels. With this series for which she visited more than 20 love hotels in Tokyo, she gives the viewer a peek into this other, secretive world.
In Orphée from 2014 Rumando transformed herself into 26 different characters standing to the side of a magical mirror. The mirror not only reflects reality, but also retrieves lost memories of Rumando herself. The repetition of the composition represents oppression to Rumando and brings out themes of horror and madness. This composition doesn't entail a confrontation between Rumando and the 'reflection' in the mirror, but she is watching the scenes from afar, like an outsider. For Rumando this series, named after Jean Cocteau's film Orphée, functions as a way to look back at herself objectively: "I was shaping my inner self again, projecting it on a picture and once again reintroducing it inside. Rather than finding, I'd say I was receiving something".
Available at IBASHO are also Rumando's books: Rest 3000 Stay 5000 , Orphée and a special box set Self Polaroids, containing 32 large format postcards of the artist's polaroid selfies, a book of Tokyo Rumando's new Peel Apart series, and a sealed pack of the artist's personal belongings or stage props (unique to each box) all housed together in a luxurious printed clamshell box. And lastly, Rumando has created a rare limited edition of 3 handmade Peel Apart books.


Replace : Deepsea Blue is lastly coming to the US on November 16. Scroll right down to see the place you can snag the brand new shade.
Samsung's Galaxy Be aware eight phablet is now official with a 6.Three-inch QHD Infinity show, dual-lens rear digicam, a Three,300mAh battery and tremendous highly effective internals.
The design is remarkably much like the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus, however that does not essentially imply you may have the identical shade choices in your new telephone.
Samsung has confirmed some shade selections for the discharge of the Galaxy Be aware eight and under you may discover the entire shades you can purchase.
Not all colours can be found in all markets at launch, however all could also be topic to vary and Samsung could determine to launch additional colours in your house market at a later date.
The primary shade for the Samsung Galaxy Be aware eight is Midnight Black, which we noticed out there on the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus. It is the darkest shade for the Galaxy Be aware eight and can go well with you nicely in case you're in search of a pitch-black model of your new telephone.
Will I be capable of purchase it? These within the UK, US and Australia will be capable of purchase Midnight Black, whereas it is also anticipated to be out there in another markets too.
The lightest, however not the boldest, shade for the Galaxy Be aware eight is the Orchid Grey shade choice. If you happen to're in search of a gleaming model of the telephone you can get this selection.
Will I be capable of purchase it? Orchid Grey is accessible within the US at launch, however will not be out there within the UK or Australia. Different markets for the Orchid Grey shade are at present unclear.
Maple Gold is making a return for the Galaxy Be aware eight, making it one of many bolder shade selections for the brand new phablet. If you happen to're in search of a glamorous design in your Be aware eight, this can be the one for you.
Will I be capable of purchase it? This one is not out there within the US at launch, however it's within the UK and Australia. Different market availability for the Maple Gold model can also be unclear proper now.
Coral Blue will not make an look as a shade for the Galaxy Be aware eight as as a substitute there's Deep Sea Blue. It is a darker blue than we're used to on Samsung merchandise.
Will I be capable of purchase it? Sure, beginning November 16 within the US, solely at Greatest Purchase and on Samsung's web site. It might finally launch within the UK or AU nonetheless, so we'll be sure you replace this function if we hear of a launch.
Samsung is susceptible to together with new colours for its telephones after launch so we could get to see the Galaxy Be aware eight in different shades sooner or later. In that case, we'll be sure you maintain this piece up to date with the most recent shade choices.
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Aechmea contracta est une espèce de plante de la famille des Bromeliaceae, originaire d'Amérique du Sud.

Synonymes
 Aechmea trigona E.Pereira ;
 Billbergia contracta Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f. ;
 Platyaechmea contracta (Mart. ex Schult. & Schult.f.) L.B.Sm. & W.J.Kress.

Distribution
L'espèce se rencontre en Amérique du Sud, notamment au Brésil d'où provient l'holotype, et également en Colombie, Guyana, Pérou et Venezuela.

Description
Aechmea contracta est une espèce épiphyte.

Notes et références

Espèce d'Angiospermes (nom scientifique)
contracta


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I alw ays feel like I should enjoy Alfredo sauces more than I do. I am not sure what it is about them … I have no problem with cream or cheese but it always feels like it is lacking something – and truth be told, I am much happier without the dairy in my diet. Here is one of the best recipes I have made. Tangy and delicious and super quick to make!
1 chopped onion – sauteed until translucent.
In a strong blender mix the nuts, water, lemon juice and salt and pepper until smooth.
Add the nut mixture to the vegetable and garlic and warm slightly – do not boil, you want it to stay raw so you get the good nutritional value. Pour over pasta or better yet spiroolied zucchini. If you are using the zucchini you may eat it raw or I find it tastes more like real pasta when you warm is slightly. You can also add steamed broccoli or steamed green peppers to this as well as a few TBSP of nutritional yeast for flavour and "cheesiness".
NOTE: I liked this so much that I made it again the next day but I had to buy more cashews and I don't think the quality of them was as good and it changed the taste. So buy the best cashews that you can.