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With Uranium Poisoning Wells, Navajos Must Drive Miles To Get Drinking Water
Uranium's deadly flow
THE NAVAJO NATION ESTIMATES THAT 54,000 NAVAJOS HAUL WATER FROM UNREGULATED WELLS AND STOCK PONDS NUMBERING IN THE LOW THOUSANDS.
BLACK FALLS — Teeth clack involuntarily and tools rattle on the floor board under the backseat of Milton Yazzie's Silverado as he and his frail mother bounce along the washboard-creased dirt road from their home.
For mile after dusty mile, rise after rutted descent, the truck rocks toward the dry river and then Flagstaff, the screech of Led Zeppelin on the radio inside and of a high-desert wind outside. Three plastic barrels bounce along in the truck bed.
It's water day on the reservation.
Twice a week, the Yazzies, 57-year-old Milton and 83-year-old Della, come down off their lonely hill on the Navajo Reservation's western side and point themselves toward the city for the clean water they need to keep living. For ages, they drank from a well less than a mile from their home. Then they learned that poison lurked there.
Uranium is gurgling up all over Navajo country.
At least three Yazzies have died of kidney ailments, a common result of chronic exposure to uranium. Federal environmental officials warned against drinking more. Milton learned to conserve, using an outhouse across their driveway and leaving the tank-supplied indoor plumbing to Della, because of her failing eyesight.
He begged the tribe, the feds, anyone who would listen, to build a pipeline through the sparsely populated Black Falls area, southeast of Cameron.
"I've been working so hard all these years to get good drinking water," he said, "and it never came."
Though they live out of anyone's sight, the Yazzies are far from alone in their hardship.
When World War II spawned the nation's nuclear program and then a nuclear-arms race, companies came digging. They unleashed a radioactive element that would leach into wells and springs. Not until decades later — and decades after many of the mining companies departed — would Painted Desert inhabitants know the real hazards left to them. Even today, true cleanup is in its infancy, with an uncertain growth chart.
The Navajo Nation estimates that 54,000 Navajos haul water from unregulated wells and stock ponds numbering in the low thousands, potentially putting them at risk for contamination from previously untested sources.
Thousands more, like the Yazzies, know the poison is in their communal wells. Water is the first thing on their minds whenever they leave home.
Parts of the reservation, especially in and around towns, are on treated, piped water systems, often coming from pristine lakes. Their water is good.
But in the remote sheepherding hills beyond the wired world, springs and windmills are the only sources. More than 10 percent of 240 unregulated sources that the Environmental Protection Agency tested were found to have pollution exceeding federal drinking-water standards for uranium or radioactive particles.
New water sources
SINCE 2008, THE EPA, ALONG WITH INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE AND THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, HAD PUT $27 MILLION INTO UPGRADING WATER DELIVERY.
Across the hills southeast of the Yazzie home, Box Springs is one such source that has poisoned many unsuspecting people for decades.
Not far from Grand Falls on the Little Colorado, the well is tucked in a red sandstone arroyo with bleached soils and a big cottonwood tree that conspicuously advertises the rare occurrence of water.
The federal drinking-water limit is 30 micrograms — millionths of grams — of uranium per liter. Box Springs tested at 35 micrograms. It's less than some others, which tested as high as 700 micrograms. But over a lifetime, the exposure accumulates.
Most residents, but not all, have stopped using the water.
The government drilled a test well by the river to replace Box Springs, but that water was too salty.
Since 2008, the EPA, along with Indian Health Service and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, put $27 million into upgrading reservation water delivery. Fourteen projects, when complete, will pipe water to more than 800 homes. One of the projects also enhances water quality for about 1,000 homes that already had running water.
Down dirt roads like the Yazzies', or the dead end at Box Springs, building a web of pipes to sparse pockets of homes is cost-prohibitive. Instead, the EPA paid for a trucking program that sends four tanker trucks to various meeting places once a week. The trucks can serve up to 3,000 homes.
Yazzie has waited in line before, and has been turned away when the water ran out. He no longer relies on it.
Now, the most basic requirement for survival takes planning and gasoline.
Wool doesn't pay the bills. Yazzie earns a small income acting as his mother's home health aide. Those weekly checks plus his late father's pension enable the pair to keep topping off the tank and filling up barrels in town and allow mother to live in the land of her youth and keep son connected to his ancestors.
"As long as I can still haul water," he said, "I'll stay here till I die."
In winter, the drive to Flagstaff can take two hours or more in each direction. That's if muddy roads and a strong flow in the Little Colorado River keep him from crossing and force him to detour through the village of Leupp.
For such eventualities, he stocks up on bottled water whenever it is on sale at Flagstaff supermarkets. He can't afford to be completely out when storms blow across the desert as they did last winter.
"We didn't go nowhere for two weeks," said Yazzie, a self-described former wild child in cargo shorts, high-top sneakers, sweatshirt and bandanna.
In the dry season, it's about an hour to town.
On a June weekday morning, he loaded his three 55-gallon drums onto the pickup, draining what little was left in one into a Coleman cooler before rolling toward Flagstaff.
"I can't waste no water," he said.
YAZZIE'S WATER-HAULING REGIMEN IS BEYOND WHAT SOME OTHERS IN NEED ARE ABLE OR WILLING TO ENDURE EVERY WEEK.
On this day, the river was dry, the 50-mile path to town clear. He helped Della into the passenger seat at 10:25 a.m., and rattled out the road to Black Falls crossing, dust on black rock. They rolled onto blacktop and on through Wupatki National Monument, past haunting ancient Puebloan rock ruins that overlook the rolling plains.
At noon, Yazzie parked outside Flagstaff City Hall, where his mother handed him a $20 bill to reload their water account with a clerk inside. Each barrel subtracts about 40 cents from the account.
From there, they drove several blocks to a city pump, where an overhead hose hung from a crane arm. A city inspection report listed scheduled testing results — including no violations for uranium.
Yazzie swung the steel arm over his truck and dropped the hose into one barrel. Within about five minutes, all three barrels were full, and Yazzie tied off their caps with plastic bags.
He went searching for cheap gas at Fry's, where he noticed the price had gone up 2 cents a gallon, to $3.49, since his visit a few days earlier. Inside the grocery store, he gathered some chicken quarters, eggs, fruit and ice to keep them on the journey home, then two 24-packs of bottled water at $2.47 apiece.
After lunch at a Chinese buffet, Yazzie perused Sam's Club for some bread and melons, then headed for home, arriving just after 4, about 120 new miles on the truck. Before unloading at home, he switched to an older pickup and drove a half-mile to fill a couple of drums at his former watering hole — a well that the EPA told him had elevated uranium at "borderline" dangerous levels. He still uses that water for his livestock and vegetable garden.
Studies have shown that some of the radioactivity in exposed foods, particularly livestock organs, can pass to humans. But the dose from this well is less than others on the reservation.
Yazzie's water-hauling regimen is beyond what some others in need are able or willing to endure every week. The EPA noted in a 2013 report on the water upgrades that some residents had reopened capped wells and started using contaminated water.
A dangerous well
OF 19 HOUSEHOLDS IN THE SURROUNDING HILLS IN BOX SPRINGS, RESIDENT ROLANDA TOHANNIE SAID, HALF HAVE BEEN VISITED BY CANCER.
One of them is Rolanda Tohannie. She lives just over a rise from Box Springs, one of the sources that the EPA closed.
"Most of my family is gone," she said. "They all died of kidney failure. They blame that on the water."
She has had tumors removed from her stomach and the back of her head.
"I believe they have taken out all of the uranium in me," she said.
Still, she said, the water tastes better than bottled, and it's most convenient to use what's readily available. So she routinely uses Box Springs water for washing and gardening, and sometimes for coffee or drinking.
"It's refreshing," she said. "It makes the coffee taste better. It's an artesian well."
Tohannie, 51, tried having family members haul water from Leupp, but it was too salty.
The water-hauling trucks are not convenient, and people are frequently confused about when they arrive, Tohannie said. She is on disability for issues unrelated to uranium, and cannot make frequent trips to Flagstaff.
"I don't have a choice" about using the water, she said.
Linda Begay, 48, believes Box Springs uranium contamination caused her mother's cancer and her own bladder infections and hematuria — blood in the urine and a possible sign of kidney problems. She now meets the tanker truck weekly to supply her family's home and stock troughs, as well as her parents' nearby home and hogan.
Her grandmother died in the 1980s of stomach cancer. That was the start of painful and mysterious ailments afflicting the family.
Her dad has skin lesions that are flaky and sometimes gooey. Her mom has suffered colon cancer, and had a 2-inch piece of intestine removed in a Phoenix hospital.
Her husband, an asphalt worker with long daily commutes, is healthy. But he grew up as a foster child in Utah, California and Colorado, away from the poison.
"I have the bladder infections all my life," Begay said.
Of 19 households in the surrounding hills, she said, half have been visited by cancer.
"I think I'm going to get cancer," she said.
Staying put
"I DON'T WANT TO LEAVE THIS PLACE. IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AS GOOD (ELSEWHERE). IT FEELS LIKE HOME, EVEN WITH ALL THIS URANIUM."
The tribe's 4,000-gallon water truck arrives early on Mondays at a scheduled gathering spot, and stays until 11a.m. or until it is empty, whichever comes first. Begay can fetch 250 gallons at a time in her pickup, and some weeks is able to return three times before the water is gone.
She returns home to dump some of the water in a holding tank, and some in the troughs where every evening dozens of dog-chaperoned sheep return from the parched range to the corrals behind the house.
It's enough, with strict conservation measures such as shutting off the water while scrubbing in the shower.
But if the truck breaks down and doesn't make it, she must drive a couple of hours to Flagstaff for water for her sheep. She feels safer drinking Flagstaff water, and often retrieves bottles of it when she is in town.
Begay's two sons, Andre and Quentin, are in the military. Her daughter, Ashley, is at college in Durango, Colo.
When they return, as she expects they will, they won't live on the homestead.
But for her, home is home, regardless.
"I don't want to leave this place," she said. "It's not going to be as good (elsewhere). It feels like home, even with all this uranium.
"I just feel like if I keep my shoes on and drink water from Flagstaff, I'll be OK."
As she discussed her predicament late last winter, a neighbor from down the road called to ask whether the Little Colorado was passable by truck that day. He was heading to Flagstaff for water.
So why don't they follow the clean water and move to the city?
"We (wouldn't) know what to do," Yazzie said. "We can't raise sheep out in the middle of the street."
Without him and others who feel that way, he sees little hope that anyone will restore or protect the land.
Around a bend from his house at Black Falls, near where he pumps suspect water for his sheep, he has painted a wooden sign warning thieves about taking massive hunks of petrified wood from the hillside. He has seen them do it before, using cranes to lift the valuable stone onto trucks.
He wants the land and its minerals intact, looking the way it did when his ancestors hid from Kit Carson's army, the way it did when they returned after forced relocation to New Mexico.
"We are trying to live up to what they fought so hard for," Yazzie said.
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'Good Morning America' turns viewers on to parodies of agents' bus bench ads
Minneapolis real estate agents have taken in stride the ribbing they got from artist Phil Jones, who poked fun at them by dressing up to look like them and pasting photos of himself over images of six agents who advertised themselves on bus benches. It's all in good fun, agents say, and they're happy to have the publicity that the stunt generated when it got picked up by Buzzfeed.
One of the agents targeted by Jones, Edina Realty agent Graham Smith, even invited people to deface his bus bench ads, snap photos of them and tag him in those photos on Facebook as part of a social media marketing campaign.
Now ABC News' "Good Morning America" show is turning up the media spotlight another notch, inviting viewers to "meet the artist who inserts himself into real estate ads," in the video above.
"I put them up carefully, not to wreck or vandalize the ad, and then removed them after taking the photo," Jones said of the temporary nature of the alterations he made to the agents' ads. Anybody who advertises themselves on billboards is fair game for such parodies, he says, and personal injury lawyers may find themselves targeted in a future project. Source: abcnews.go.com

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The nonprofit sector in the US is very fragmented. GuideStar estimates as of July 2015, more than 1.5 million nonprofits were registered with the IRS as tax-exempt, not including 6000 nonprofits not registered with IRS which are included in GuideStar database. Since most of the nonprofits work on their own mission with little overlap between other nonprofits and in wafer-thin budgets, the social impact over the years of the nonprofits has not been very prominent. Only in the recent years, with the rise of new age focused philanthropists like Bill Gates, Pierre Omidyar, Thomas Siebel, Sergey Brin and Mark Zuckerberg to name a few more accountability has come into the nonprofit sector. One of the major structural change brought by new age philanthropists is an increase in capital resources, innovation and technical know how.


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Impact of Cloud-Based Software Service Providers on HIPAA Covered Entities and Business Associates
Impact of Cloud-Based Software Service Pro…
The message from patients to healthcare providers is clear: increase the quality of health services while decreasing cost. The message from the federal government to healthcare providers and their business associates is even clearer pursuant to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act ("HIPAA"): protect patient data or face serious financial penalties.
In response to these pressures, healthcare providers and their business associates are increasingly relying on cloud-based software service providers ("CSPs") as a way to manage, store, access, and transmit enormous quantities of health information while cutting costs and enhancing coordination and communication among providers to improve patient care.
Until recently, in the absence of clear guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services ("HHS"), most healthcare providers (and CSPs themselves) relied upon the "conduit exception" to conclude that CSPs were not business associates under HIPAA. This exception exempts service providers of HIPAA covered entities (and their business associates utilizing these services) from the business associate standard if the service provider merely acts as a "conduit" for protected health information ("PHI"). Examples of such PHI conduits are the US Postal Service, certain private couriers, and their electronic equivalents providing transmission-only services.
HHS's New Guidance on CSPs
HHS Guidance published this month now makes it clear that CSPs offering a variety of services, from basic online data storage to entire electronic medical record systems and computing infrastructures, fall outside of HIPAA's "conduit exception."
Accordingly, CSPs that qualify as HIPAA business associates must now comply with HIPAA and its regulations, including without limitation the Privacy Rule, the Security Rule, and the Breach Notification Rule ("HIPAA Rules"). Additionally, HIPAA covered entities that utilize CSPs must now consider the CSPs to be their business associates and must enter Business Associate Agreements with them. Failure to comply with HIPAA Rules can result in considerable penalties.
HHS's rejection of the conduit exception for CSPs is broad and includes CSPs that lack an encryption key for encrypted electronic PHI ("ePHI") they store and maintain. That is, even if a CSP cannot actually access or view the ePHI it stores (so-called "no-view services"), the CSP still qualifies as a business associate and must comply with the HIPAA Rules.
To maintain flexibility in these relationships, the HHS Guidance notes that where CSPs are providing no-view services, the requirements under the HIPAA Rules can be satisfied by the combined actions of both the HIPAA covered entity and the CSP. For example, a CSP offering no-view services can be responsible for encryption access, and the covered entity using the CSP's services can be separately responsible for user authentication, and both of these actions combined may satisfy the requirements under the HIPAA Rules.
Nevertheless, regardless of the way the responsibilities are delegated or divided, a Business Associate Agreement is required to ensure that the CSP does not impermissibly use or disclose ePHI. Depending on the nature and complexity of the relationships, covered entities and business associates may also want a Service Level Agreement with the CSP to further detail each party's responsibilities. Service Level Agreements can address a number of issues, such as system availability and reliability, backup procedures for data recovery, delegation of security responsibilities, data retention, and termination of the relationship. The Service Level Agreement terms must remain consistent with the parties' Business Associate Agreement and the HIPAA Rules.
HHS does allow for one small exception to the general rule that CSPs are HIPAA business associates: a CSP that only receives and maintains ePHI that has been "de-identified" in compliance with the HIPAA Rules does not qualify as a business associate; and, as such, a Business Associate Agreement is not required. Under HIPAA, information is de-identified if it does not identify any individual and the covered entity has no reasonable basis to believe it can be used to identify an individual.
Implications for Healthcare Providers, Business Associates, and CSPs
HHS's Guidance on CSPs means that if a healthcare provider or other HIPAA covered entity or a business associate of a HIPAA covered entity uses a CSP to maintain, process, store, or transmit ePHI that has not been de-identified, the CSP must be treated as a business associate and the covered entity must require a HIPAA compliant Business Associate Agreement with the CSP before utilizing the CSP's services. Covered entities may also want to explore Service Level Agreements to further clarify the parties' financial and legal responsibilities for the ePHI.
HHS's Guidance also means that every CSP must analyze the services it provides to HIPAA covered entities (and business associates thereof) and determine whether it will now be considered a business associate under HIPAA; and, if so, implement HIPAA policies and procedures to comply with the HIPAA Rules.
Failure on the part of a covered entity, business associate, or CSP to comply with applicable HIPAA obligations could result in significant penalties. To illustrate such risk, the HHS Guidance cites a case that settled in July, 2016, where it was discovered that, in addition to other potential violations, ePHI was being stored on the Oregon Health & Science University's cloud-based server without a Business Associate Agreement in place with the CSP. Following HHS's investigation, the University agreed to pay $2.7 million in fines to HHS to resolve the matter.
Despite the risks, the HHS Guidance does have a silver lining. It confirms that healthcare providers can utilize cloud computing, which may mean improvements in efficiency, decreases in cost, and ultimately, advancements in patient care. All of these positive results will depend upon covered entities and CSPs working collaboratively to ensure that proper privacy and security measures are in place.
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Rita Ora, Louis Tomlinson, Khalid, J Balvin & Willy William Singles Added By 102.7 KIIS FM
"Your Song," "Back To You," "Location," and "Mi Gente" have won the support of Los Angeles' 102.7 KIIS FM.
by Brian Cantor Jul 24, 2017, 3:12 pm
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102.7 KIIS FM officially added songs by Rita Ora, Louis Tomlinson, Khalid and J Balvin & Willy William to its playlist this week.
Reporting to the July 25 add board, the influential Los Angeles pop station confirms it picked up Ora's "Your Song," Tomlinson's "Back To You (featuring Bebe Rexha & Digital Farm Animals)," Khalid's "Location," and J Balvin & Willy William's "Mi Gente."
"Your Song" and "Back To You" are currently inside the Top 60 at pop radio. "Mi Gente" is already inside the Top 50, while "Location" holds a Top 40 position.
Headline Planet's complete pop radio add recap is due Tuesday evening.
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Alabama safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix reportedly has met -- or will meet with -- at least nine teams, but not with the team that he perhaps is most associated with in this draft.
Clinton-Dix, who is the top safety available and might be the first defensive back to come off the board, has met with teams whose picks range from No. 6 (Atlanta) to No. 28 (Carolina). NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport tweeted last week that he has met with the Falcons, Lions (10th pick), Titans (11th), Bears (14th), and Panthers. He has also visited the Ravens (17th) and Eagles (22nd), according to the National Football Post. Rand Getlin of Yahoo! Sports reported that Clinton-Dix will also visit with the Jets (18) on Thursday, and had previously met with the Patriots (29).
That list of teams does not include St. Louis, which picks 13th. NFL Media draft analyst Daniel Jeremiah has said he would be surprised if Clinton-Dix makes it past the Rams. Fellow analyst Bucky Brooks has written that the Rams are a "perfect fit" for Clinton-Dix; actually, he wrote that Clinton-Dix is a perfect fit for five teams, but the Rams pick first among that quintet. Even the Rams' official website -- which called Clinton-Dix "a proven winner" -- notes that numerous draft experts have Clinton-Dix pegged as "a potential option" for the Rams with the No. 13 pick.
Does not having a visit with a player preclude a team from picking that player? Of course not. Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert had just one team meeting last year, and he went in the first round. Oregon State wide receiver Brandin Cooks, a first-round lock this year, has just one scheduled meeting.
In addition, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that the Rams had a "formal meeting" with Clinton-Dix at February's NFL Scouting Combine.
Clinton-Dix to the Rams makes a lot of sense. The biggest reason: The Rams' projected starting free safety right now probably would be Rodney McLeod. If you said, "Who?" when you heard that name, you wouldn't be alone.
Pairing Clinton-Dix with second-year strong safety T.J. McDonald, a third-round pick last year, would greatly increase the talent level on the back end. Having talented safeties in a division that also has Arizona, San Francisco and Seattle is a must.
St. Louis has two first-round picks: its own at No. 13 plus the No. 2 pick, which it acquired in the Robert Griffin III trade. The Rams are said to be interested in trading the second pick; if they don't, they could pick up a needed offensive tackle or wide receiver at No. 2. The biggest defensive need is safety -- while the No. 2 pick is a bit steep for a safety in this draft, taking one at No. 13 would make a lot of sense.
If the Rams do trade the No. 2 pick but remain in the top 10 or somewhere close, taking a safety then makes a lot of sense, too.
While Clinton-Dix has met with the Falcons, it's extremely difficult to see them taking a safety -- even one as highly regarded as Clinton-Dix -- at No. 6. But Detroit, Tennessee and Chicago using their picks on Clinton-Dix makes a lot of sense on a lot of levels.
If Philadelphia and Carolina don't trade up, neither is going to have a shot at Clinton-Dix.


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Learn / Research Archive / Human Life articles by Sibyl Wilbur (1906-1907)
Human Life articles by Sibyl Wilbur (1906-1907)
In honor of Women's History Month, "The Human Life Articles on Mary Baker Eddy by Sibyl Wilbur 1906-1907" is being offered at a special sale price of $15, including shipping. Click here to order your copy!
From December 1906 through December 1907, the Boston-based magazine Human Life ran a ground-breaking series of articles on the life of Mary Baker Eddy. Written by noted journalist Sibyl Wilbur, these articles formed the basis of her book The Life of Mary Baker Eddy – the first book-length biography of Mrs. Eddy.
Miss Wilbur's articles were published in thirteen installments, during a period of intense public scrutiny of the life of Mary Baker Eddy, scrutiny that was filtered through lenses ranging from the outright hostile to the laudatory.
In 2000, these Human Life articles on Mrs. Eddy were reproduced by Longyear Museum Press in the hopes of making them more readily available to researchers and readers, as well as to those who find enrichment and enjoyment in getting a flavor of the times in which Sibyl Wilbur's work appeared. The book's introduction, by Longyear's former Curator·Director Stephen Howard, explains the significance of the articles and offers historical context.
Sibyl Wilbur's Human Life articles on Mary Baker Eddy have been reproduced by Longyear Museum Press in their original full-size format as a hardcover book.
It is not altogether easy today to capture the depth of feeling in 1907 that surrounded articles on the life of Mary Baker Eddy. That year, detailed information about her history was available to the public for the first time. Two serialized magazine accounts, very different in their interpretations, offered probing scrutiny of her past.
Oil portrait of Sibyl Wilbur by Haydon Jones, 1914. Longyear Museum collection.
Sibyl Wilbur's thirteen articles appeared in Human Life from December 1906 through December 1907. Running concurrently, McClure's Magazine was treating the public to Georgine Milmine's lurid and sensational account of Mrs. Eddy's life, largely ghost-written by Willa Cather.1
While this battle over Mrs. Eddy's history occupied these magazines, intense interest in her present occupied newspapers. A month before the Wilbur series began, the New York World headlined that Mrs. Eddy was dying and was under the control of her household. With financial backing from the World, the "Next Friends'" suit was launched on March first. Although ostensibly on Mrs. Eddy's behalf, it was in fact intended to secure control of her property for close relatives, by proving her incompetent. The suit dragged on during the spring and summer, providing rich fare for the press. The suit collapsed on August 21, when Mrs. Eddy's mental competency and physical health were unassailably established by a court interview. Mrs. Eddy had won a moral, but not a legal, victory.2
While the suit was still playing itself out, the two magazine series in McClure's and Human Life offered the public two strikingly different portraits of Mrs. Eddy. Each series was later revised and issued in book form. Two strikingly different biographies: the first, by Sibyl Wilbur, was entitled The Life of Mary Baker Eddy and was published in August 1908; the second, The Life of Mary Baker G. Eddy and the History of Christian Science, was published in 1909 and was credited to Georgine Milmine, though it was mostly written by Willa Cather.
Each biography was more extreme than its original magazine series. Demonstrably inaccurate in many respects, the Milmine/Cather biography remained for many years the unquestioned source of information about Mary Baker Eddy, while the adulatory style of Sibyl Wilbur's biography made it easy game to dismiss as mere hagiography.
A portrait of Sibyl Wilbur (who is carrying a copy of Human Life in her hands!) was printed in one of the installments she wrote for the magazine. Human Life, March 1907.
Readers of the Wilbur biography often find, however, a freshness in her Human Life articles. The articles are an important source of information, and they themselves constitute documents in the history of biography on the Discoverer and Founder of Christian Science. The series represented the work of a journalist who had spent months in investigation and research, interviewing people who had known Mrs. Eddy decades earlier, and obtaining statements and gathering information that otherwise might have been lost. She crisscrossed New England, tracking down leads and getting to the bottom of legends.3
Today's reader will not, of course, find in Sibyl Wilbur's series the "last word" on biography about Mary Baker Eddy. The series belongs rather to the inception of biography on this religious leader. Nearly a century of research and documentation unavailable to Sibyl Wilbur (and to Willa Cather, for that matter) has accumulated in the intervening years and adds perspective necessary to a balanced assessment of Mrs. Eddy's life.
Sibyl Wilbur's original articles have been photographically reproduced by Longyear, making this ground-breaking series of articles more readily available. Recognizing that Miss Wilbur wrote during a period of caustic attacks on Mrs. Eddy can assist modern readers to appreciate more the author's dry, sometimes sarcastic humor, and to understand the context of her sympathetic portrayal of Mrs. Eddy.
While the articles present valuable first-hand interviews, they are not exempt from the sort of error that may occur in any biography. For instance, a photograph caption states that Mrs. Eddy wrote Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures in the attic room of her house on Broad Street in Lynn. The fact is that she wrote about a dozen pages there and corrected proof pages for the first edition. But a mistake like this does not detract from Miss Wilbur's later firsthand observation of how uncomfortable living in such an attic room would be, experience she herself had gained while living in an attic room when she reported on the working conditions of Lynn shoemakers.
When the Human Life series concluded in December 1907, Miss Wilbur was already at work on her biography of Mrs. Eddy. The road to publication proved bumpy. The book was issued in August 1908, financed by John V. Dittemore, who had been a businessman in Indiana, was serving as Committee on Publication for the state of New York, and would be appointed Clerk and a Director of The Mother Church in 1909. Mrs. Eddy felt, however, that the time was not right for a biography of her and requested Alfred Farlow, Manager of the Committees on Publication, to see whether its circulation could be stopped.4
Sibyl Wilbur's biography, The Life of Mary Baker Eddy, which drew heavily from her Human Life articles was published in 1908. The book at left is a copy of the first edition from Longyear's collection, and at right is the current edition which is sold in Christian Science Reading Rooms worldwide. LMDB-2998, Longyear Museum collection.
When the news reached Sibyl Wilbur, she at first apparently acquiesced; but she also consulted Samuel Elder, one of Mrs. Eddy's attorneys during the Woodbury libel suit some years earlier, to explore the possibility of legal action to resume sale of her book. This development was reported to Mrs. Eddy, who withdrew her prohibition. She also issued a public statement of her permission for the book to be circulated:
I have not had sufficient interest in the matter to read or to note from others' reading what the enemies of Christian Science are said to be circulating regarding my history, but my friends have read Sibyl Wilbur's book, "The Life of Mary Baker Eddy," and request the privilege of buying, circulating, and recommending it to the public. I briefly declare that nothing has occurred in my life's experience which, if correctly narrated and understood, could injure me; and not a little is already reported of the good accomplished therein, the self-sacrifice, etc., that has distinguished all my working years.
I thank Miss Wilbur and the Concord Publishing Company for their unselfed labors in placing this book before the public, and hereby say that they have my permission to publish and circulate this work.5
Mrs. Eddy's approval and recommendation of Sibyl Wilbur's biography was published in the March 12, 1910 issue of the Christian Science Sentinel and the April 1910 issue of The Christian Science Journal.
In the heart of this reserved endorsement is Mrs. Eddy's remarkable declaration that "nothing has occurred in my life's experience which, if correctly narrated and understood, could injure me."
Quoting Mary Baker Eddy's words ("Truth demonstrated is eternal life") in her inscription, Sibyl Wilbur autographed a copy of her book, The Life of Mary Baker Eddy, in August 1930 to Davye M. Haefale. LMDB-45453, Longyear Museum collection.
Given the hostile press of 1906 and 1907, it is hardly surprising that Sibyl Wilbur's writing should slide more toward adulation in her biography than in her magazine articles. Yet it is instructive to shake the dust off the Human Life articles and read them afresh with the perspective of nearly one hundred years.
Biographical information about the biographer herself, however, is not plentiful. Sibyl Wilbur was orphaned at a young age, and moved from her native New York State, where she had been born in 1871, to live with relatives in the Midwest. She grew up a Methodist, the religion of her relatives (her father was of Quaker background, her mother a Congregationalist). She attended a Methodist college, Hamline University, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Attracted to journalism, she worked for the Minneapolis Journal, Minneapolis Times, Chicago Journal, Washington [DC] Times, and the Boston Herald. She served as an overseas correspondent, reporting from Europe. The Birmingham Ledger referred to her as "one of the most widely known newspaper women in the United States."6 It noted her reporting for the New York World on the conditions of working women, adding that "she was the first writer to start this line of work, which was subsequently taken up by Wyckoff, Upton Sinclair, and many others." The Ledger also noted her work as Chicago Journal's labor editor:
Sibyl Wilbur, circa 1940. LMDB-7336, Longyear Museum collection.
She was sent to write accounts of the striking miners in the soft coal district of Illinois and at the time of the memorable Virden riot she scooped the country with her story…. She also reported the big anthracite strike in Pennsylvania and the annual convention of the American Federation of Labor for the Hearst papers and was their special labor reporter, investigating child labor conditions in New York.
About the time Miss Wilbur became interested in writing about Mrs. Eddy, she married a dashing Irishman named O'Brien. It was an unfortunate marriage and did not last. At the time of her marriage, she converted to Roman Catholicism, which she left when the marriage dissolved. She received class instruction in Christian Science from Alfred Farlow in 1907. Though not a member of the Church of Christ, Scientist, she had a large community of Christian Science friends in San Diego, a hundred of whom joined in presenting her with a copy of the "subscription edition" of Science and Health in 1941. At the presentation, Sibyl Wilbur's close friend Laura Conant, who had served as Second Reader of The Mother Church from 1905 to 1908 and had known her since then, read a brief sketch about her work. Sibyl Wilbur continued to live in San Diego until her passing, on July 21, 1946.
Cover of Sibyl Wilbur's Human Life articles on Mary Baker Eddy, reproduced and designed by Longyear Museum Press.
For further information, consult indexes to Robert Peel's three-volume biography Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery, The Years of Trial, and The Years of Authority, and Gillian Gill's biography, Mary Baker Eddy, particularly pp. 563-571.
The plaintiffs withdrew the suit, with the result that the case never had a legal ruling. Something of the cost to Mrs. Eddy is indicated in her letter to her church written a month after the suit began (The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, p. 135): My Beloved Church: — Your love and fidelity cheer my advancing years. As Christian Scientists you understand the Scripture, "Fret not thyself because of evil-doers:" also you spiritually and scientifically understand that God is divine Love, omnipotent, omnipresent, infinite; hence it is enough for you and me to know that our "Redeemer liveth" and intercedeth for us. At this period my demonstration of Christian Science cannot be fully understood, theoretically; therefore it is best explained by its fruits, and by the life of our Lord as depicted in the chapter Atonement and Eucharist, in "Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures." MARY BAKER EDDY
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, provided financial assistance to Miss Wilbur for her research (see Gillian Gill, Mary Baker Eddy, p. 569).
See Robert Peel, Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Authority, pp. 324-325.
The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and Miscellany, pp. 297-298.


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Potential Barriers to Training- Early Sports Specialization
As a strength and conditioning coaching company, one of the potential barriers we most often face for the youth population is early sports specialization. A growing concern for children and adolescents is the injury risks associated with excessive exposure to the specific sport.
Early sport specialization refers to the engagement in intensive year-round training within a single sport and likely limits the child's exposure to a breadth of sporting activities. Certain sports traditionally favor early specialization (i.e., gymnastics or figure skating) because of the relative advantage for a young athlete to perform extreme specialized posturing and rotation of the torso and extremities(Lloyd et al., 2015).
However, young athletes should also be engaged with an integrative strength and conditioning program focused on diversifying motor skill development and enhancing muscle strength to maximize performance and reduce their relative risk of injury(Lloyd et al., 2015). Unfortunately, an increasing number of sports are focusing on exposing children to high levels of formalized sports training at younger ages, even in sports typically classified as late specialization sports (e.g., football and rugby) without supportive training to enhance motor skill competency.
A review from Lloyd et al. (2015) indicated that youth who specialize early in a sport are at an increased risk of overtraining, overuse injury, and burnout (i.e., stress-induced withdrawal). Talented youth selected for a sporting team during late adolescence but have not engaged in age-appropriate conditioning during their childhood years are more likely to present with poor fundamental movement skills. For example, the muscle-loading patterns associated with youth soccer can lead to alterations in functional hamstrings to quadriceps strength ratios about the knee, and that untrained young soccer players presented with greater quadriceps dominance than those who have participated in formalized resistance training.
We have experienced the proportion of acute versus overuse injuries in youth is approximately 50:50; however, we feared that overuse injuries are rising. Conditions such as patellofemoral pain, Osgood– Schlatter disease, calcaneal apophysitis, little league elbow and little league shoulder, spondylolysis, and osteochondritis dissecans are all common overuse injuries seen in children and adolescents subject to repetitive sports training (Lloyd et al., 2015).
Potential Solutions to the Problem
We believe that encouraging youth to participate in various sports during their growing years can help them develop more diverse motor skills. Sports specialization in youth may underlie reduced diversity in motor skill proficiency as young athletes focus on sport-specific skills while ignoring motor skills developed through a diversified participation portfolio.
Lloyd et al. (2015) suggested that specialized athletes involved in the intense competition should be allowed sufficient recovery time between repeated bouts of the same day. Before prolonged competitions, athletes can also benefit from limiting intense training 48 hours before the competition. Lloyd et al. (2015) review the current evidence and encourage youth to engage in preparatory INT (Integrative neuromuscular training) before initiating competitive sports participation. Integrative neuromuscular training includes general (e.g., strength-building exercises) and specific (e.g., exercises targeted to address motor control deficits) conditioning activities designed to enhance health- and skill-related related fitness. In terms of physical conditioning, youth sports practice and games may not enable the young athlete to accumulate the recommended amount of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, as a large proportion of time in practice (and even competition) can be spent in sedentary or low-intensity physical activities(Lloyd et al., 2015).
Bompa and Buzzichelli (2019) suggested a young athlete's sport participation should evolve out of preparatory conditioning and instructional practice sessions that address individual deficits and prepare their motor systems for the demands of practice and competition.
Lloyd et al. (2015) suggested that adequately designed INT implemented in preseason and off-season periods can be especially beneficial to athletes who have specialized in sports and may not have had adequate exposure to developmental motor skill activities. Integrative neuromuscular training provides supportive conditioning that can reduce injury risk and enhance performance in all athletes. In athletes, success at young ages does not predict long-term success, and in some cases, early sport specialization may limit the potential to achieve elite status. Lloyd et al., (2015) review data provide support to the concept of early sports diversification and recognizes that while deliberate play and practice and formalized sports training is certainly necessary for success in sports, it is not likely sufficient to achieve maximum performance with reduced injury risk without the integration of appropriate long-term athletic training programs.
Bompa, T. O., & Buzzichelli, C. (2019). Periodization: Theory and methodology of training. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics
Lloyd, R. S., Oliver, J. L., Faigenbaum, A. D., Howard, R., Williams, C. A., Best, T. M., … Myer, G. D. (2015). Long-term athletic development, part 2. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 29(5), 1451–1464.
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by Swarajya Staff - Dec 4, 2020 05:52 AM
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In a massive infrastructure and connectivity boost for the State of Nagaland, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari will today (4 December) inaugurate and lay the foundation stone for highway projects worth Rs 4,127 crore via a virtual ceremony, reports Economic Times.
The total length of highways involved in the ceremony stands at 270 kilometres and include a project to provide alternate access fromImphal to Dimapur and connect Kohima to the Phek district and Myanmar border, besides improving transportation between Dimapur and other districts.
The virtual inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony will also be attended by the State's Chief Minister (CM) Neiphiu Rio.
It should be noted that before this, on bygone 17 August Gadkari had also laid the foundation stone for 13 different highway projects in Nagaland, while also inaugurating a road safety project. The 13 highway projects involved around 316 kilometres of highway length and a cost of Rs 3,000 crore. Then, Gadkari had also told that soon the foundation stone for an elevated highway will also be laid in the State capital of Imphal and that the detailed project report for the same was in the works.


Paul Lindley, who founded Ella's Kitchen in 2006 motivated by his desire to feed his daughter Ella tasty, fun and healthy food, will be stepping down as Chairman on 6th April and leaving the company he created.
Seven Hills is extremely proud to have worked with Paul Lindley since 2011 as he took on global FMCG giants to become the UK's no.1 baby food brand.
This year, Ella's Kitchen is expected to surpass £90M in global revenues; it has just filed its 12th annual accounts showing a 12th successive year of double digit or more growth and has just this month reached its one billionth 'Tiny Tummy Touch Point' – Paul's very personal, and the company's very public, long standing core metric goal of 1 billion servings of Ella's Kitchen food.
Since selling the business to The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. in 2013, Paul has been able to take on an active lobbying role successfully promoting business as a force for good and highlighting the role of food in childhood health concerns, touching even more lives around the world in a meaningful way.
It is testament to Paul's leadership that he leaves Ella's Kitchen as a growing, profitable, values-led, people-centred business that is recognised around the world. It is the UK's No. 1 baby food brand, is in The Sunday Times 100 best small companies to work for and has become a B Corp. accredited company.
Paul Lindley commented: "I am delighted to announce that Ella's Kitchen has reached one billion tiny tummy touch points – something that was a distant Big Hairy Goal of when I was first starting the business at my kitchen table just 12-years ago.
"I am incredibly proud of how far Ella's Kitchen has come over that time and what has been achieved since its inception. I have always believed that business is about people, and I am privileged to have worked with such a motivated, inspiring and energising team.
"We have become one of the UK's leading mission-led businesses, showing that profit and purpose really can go together hand-in-hand. This is something that is very close to my heart and I have been actively campaigning for it during my time leading the business.
Seven Hills will continue to work with Paul as he campaigns for the evolution of capitalism so it better serves all of society.


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We might be over 250 days away from the 2012 Olympic games in London, but now is time to bring the excitement, the anticipation and the intense feelings of success, failure and celebration to your office.
Therefore, hold on to your seat, as we bring you the office Olympics. What you will need is two or three teams representing the countries/ states/county's of your choice, some willing volunteers within those teams, and a free lunch break.
B) Only legs are allowed to be used to propel the chair along- no arms allowed.
Imagine shot put crossed with basketball. Throughout the lunch time, or perhaps the whole day the idea is to throw as many "shot puts" (a shot put constitutes a rolled up ball of paper with an identifiable mark) into your competitors bin. The competitor will be trying to defend his bin, alongside attacking yours. This can be done in between doing tasks related to your actual job and yes you are allowed to be sneaky and use as many diversionary tactics as you wish.
A) For a valid goal the thrower has to be at least one meter away.
C) The shot put ( i.e. scrunched up bit of paper) has to have the competitors symbol on it to make it easily identifiable .
We all know Rhythmic gymnastics, beautiful sculptured dance using a range of equipment including, balls, clubs or ribbon, but this is the office version. What you need is 3 judges, 3or 4, depending on number of want- to- be (or-will- be- bullied- into it) gymnasts, pieces of suitable office equipment, such as a stapler, pen holder, even a white board, and a massive bout of creativity.
A) Each competitor has 30 seconds to wow the judges with their office rhythmic routine.
C) Judges decision is final.
Lastly the game that tests all the core skills needed to be an elite athlete- Think Gymnastics/diving. The box event.
What is needed is a box without a lid (preferably a cereal box size) about 4 competitors, (but this can vary) and a whole heap of determination. The idea is you lean over and pick up the box by the exposed edge, using just your teeth. Once you have done this, you are allowed to tear off a reasonable strip ( about two inches in thickness) of the box and it is then the next person's go.
A) There are no hands or knees allowed to touch the floor at any time. If this happens it is immediate elimination.
B) The last competitor left in the game wins.
So pick your teams, pick a country and liven up your lunchtime. This is your chance to be an elite Olympic athlete.


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October 14, 2006 | 4:00am
A disgraced NYPD detective sobbed uncontrollably as he told a Brooklyn judge he robbed drug dealers not out of greed – but to feed his high-stakes gambling habit.
"I do not use gambling as an excuse for what I did," said Thomas Rachko, who gambled away roughly $800,000 in drug money he plundered over a five-year period until being busted for stealing $169,000 from a drug courier in Queens in November 2003.
"I knew when I did what I did I was doing wrong and I was breaking the law – but I just could not control myself," the retired 20-year veteran told Brooklyn federal court Judge Carol Amon, who sentenced him to seven years in prison yesterday.
He told the judge he was always looking for action, "almost like a junkie would be for a bag of heroin. I just wanted that money to gamble."
The hulking Rachko, 48, choked up as he explained how his "hideous actions" dishonored the NYPD and the people who live around him in the Riverdale section of The Bronx who showed up in droves and packed the courtroom to support him.
But he burst into tears when he apologized to his wife and two sons – who were not in the courtroom – for having "to read about my disgusting behavior."
Jeffrey Lichtman, Rachko's lawyer, pointed to many good things Rachko did as a cop and noted that he was the first to come forward and spill the beans about other crooked cops after he and former partner Julio Vasquez – who was sentenced last week to six years – were arrested.
"He deserves punishment, there's no question," said Lichtman. "But he also deserves compassion."
The judge apparently agreed, stating that, "I believe Mr. Rachko is remorseful and his statements are genuine."
She could have meted out a life sentence, but felt seven years was appropriate, since he pleaded guilty in June 2004 and will have to pay a $10,000 fine when he finishes five years' probation.
Rachko's court days may not be over, however.
Two convicted drug dealers freed following the arrests of Rachko and Vasquez have filed federal civil-rights lawsuits against the two rogue cops and the city.
Bertrand Canty and Nelson Belliard are seeking $56 million for false arrest, negligence, battery and other claims.
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Amazon Web Services is aiming to support more data-heavy applications and workloads with the launch of its new EC2 product.
Amazon Web Services is expanding its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) with the addition of new high storage instances.
The primary goal for this new family of solutions is to better serve and provide quicker access to data-heavy applications. Some examples of these applications include Hadoop workloads and parallel file systems for analyzing large data sets.
Peter De Santis, vice president of Amazon EC2, added in prepared remarks that these instances will also be used to power Amazon Redshift, a new petabyte scale data warehousing service.
All in all, AWS asserted in the product announcement that these instances "are capable of delivering more than 2.4 GB per second of sequential I/O performance."
Available now in Amazon's U.S. East (Northern Virginia) cloud region, customers can subscribe to the High Storage instances as either on-demand or reserved instances.
After that, the instances can be launched through a number of options, including the AWS Management Console, SDKSs, third-party libraries and, of course, the Amazon EC2 and Amazon Elastic MapReduce Command Line Interface.
Amazon promised that these instances will be launched across other AWS Regions in the coming months.


LG kicked off 2018 with some huge news about artificial intelligence and bigger, brighter televisions that can even order you a pizza.
Artificial intelligence was the top theme at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, with every manufacturer racing to capitalise on the success of personal voice assistants like Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant.
In 2017, LG made headlines when they announced that every single product they released was going to be Wi-Fi compatible. This year, they've announced that on top of Wi-Fi, every product will have their new Artificial Intelligence standard LG ThinQ as standard.
Products with ThinQ will learn more about your needs as you use the products over time. Say, for example, ThinQ learns from your diary that you have football every Saturday. It can program your LG washing machine to a sports setting automatically when you get home, so all you need to do is put your muddy kit inside and press go.
You can relax in front of the TV, because when the cycle's over, it will send an alert to the TV screen asking you to move the washing into the dryer. And the washing machine will then instruct the dryer to change to a sports setting too. That's the magic of AI and machines that speak to each other.
LG's gorgeous, world's thinnest W OLED TV was the stand out television of CES 2017. So this year, the new W8 is more evolutionary than revolutionary. The biggest news is the inclusion of Google Assistant, which you access by talking into the remote.
While you're watching television, you'll be able to access Google Assistant to catch up with news and weather, view maps and get translations. You'll also be able to order a pizza through Dominos, and your TV can order an Uber, all through voice control.
A subtle little box comes up at the bottom of the screen, so it won't interrupt the action.
LG's 2018 AI OLED TV range has the new Alpha 9 processor, which offers 50% more powerful image and data processing. This powers the new artificial intelligence, gives some impressive improvements in picture quality and means your television will respond blisteringly fast.
The 4K cinema HDR screens offer seven times more colour points for better colour quality and clarity. And the new object based enhancer works its magic to improve the texture and edges of objects on screen, creating more natural looking images.
The televisions also have Dolby Atmos built in as standard, for deliciously rich, powerful sound. And activate the new Gallery Mode to get beautiful artworks and travel scenes displayed on your television when it's on standby.
Last year, LG announced its cute little robot Cloi - which is their version of a smart speaker, just much more interactive.
Cloi also had some practical business uses too. Larger versions of the robot become Guides at Seoul's Incheon Airport. And this year, LG has expanded their use to hotels. The Serving Robot can bring room service, towels and newspapers to your room. Porter Robot can carry your bags. And the new Supermarket Robot will scan products as you add them to its trolley, and then help you check out when you're finished.
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Is Pickleball a Good Workout? YES & It's Coming to YouFit
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Have you heard people raving about pickleball lately? You're not alone. In a massive surge of growth, pickleball is now considered the fastest-growing sport in America and here's why: pickleball is a good workout! It's also fun, accessible, inexpensive, social, and great for your body.
Invented by three dads in the sixties, pickleballå is a mix between tennis, badminton and ping pong. Using a paddle and Wiffle Ball, the game is played on a court slightly smaller (and slower) than tennis but don't mistake pickleball for an old timer's game. All at once, it's noisy, aerobic, competitive, and fun, thanks in part to the name. Rumor has it the name "pickleball" was inspired by one of the inventors' dogs which was called Pickles.
Why is pickleball so popular?
"Not many sports or activities can be enjoyed by such a huge cross-section of people at different ages, fitness levels, income and sheer physical ability," says YouFit CEO Brian Vahaly, who's also a former professional tennis player. That's what makes pickleball so unique. And so popular. "It is the fastest growing sport in the U.S. And we definitely see that trend continuing," explains Laura Futterman, spokesperson for the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA). The funny-sounding sport is no joke these days, Futterman continues, leaping 40% in popularity between 2019 and 2021, steadily growing to include 4.8 million players and counting.
4 Reasons Why Pickleball is a Good Workout
Pickleball is a great source of aerobic exercise and can help burn off those unwanted calories. Any exercise that makes your muscles burn more oxygen is considered aerobic and pickleball certainly fits that description. Some fitness experts even consider pickleball a HIIT activity, because it involves high-intensity movement punctuated with short periods of rest. Yet the unique rhythm of pickleball also means less strain on joints and muscles compared to other workouts.
Pickleball can improve your overall mood and ward off depression! Exercise is clinically proven to boost your mental health, and that includes pickleball. Researchers found that older adults in particular were more likely to avoid depression than those who didn't play. "I believe it makes older adults' lives richer and happier," says Jungsu Ryu, 3Ph.D., an assistant professor of sport management at Marshall University in West Virginia. "Engaging seriously in playing pickleball may buffer any tip of negative emotions that people have during transitions to retirement and later life. Adding another mental health boost, pickleball is very social! We know relationships help people live long, healthy lives, which means pickleball offers two mental health boosters for the price of one! Exercise and connection. No wonder it's so popular.
Pickleball is known to improve your balance and agility. As we age, many adults start to slow down physically, with 80% not getting the recommended amount of physical activity each week, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Exercising less means losing range of motion along with hand-eye coordination and reflexes. Using a racquet to hit the ball, while bouncing gingerly around the court, makes pickleball a simple enough sport to help revive these skills – and fun enough for participants to come back again, and again. When you love something, it doesn't feel like work. Yet the benefits are yours to reap all the same.
Pickleball can help reduce health risks! Playing an hour of pickleball three days a week has been linked to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and improved cardiorespiratory fitness levels, according to the International Journal of Research in Exercise Physiology. Considering that all three issues contribute to the number one chronic disease in America, heart disease, this is a powerful plug for pickleball. Ready to hit the court? As with any sport, don't forget to warm! But don't forget to warm up properly, otherwise, you run the risk of injury.
Where can I play pickleball?
YouFit Gyms members are in luck! This year, the gym is launching indoor pickleball courts at 15 locations in Florida, Texas, and Virginia.
Pickleball for Charity
Grab your paddles! YouFit Gyms is also hosting its first-ever Charity Indoor Pickleball tournament on September 17-18, 2022 at three South Florida locations. As part of the gym's YouFit Lifts initiative, a community-focused program that partners with, and supports, local charities, and nonprofit organizations in the communities surrounding their 79 locations across the country, the Pickleball Tournament will donate all funds raised to the Cancer Research Institute in honor of longtime employee, David Sarner, who recently lost his battle to the disease. This event is open to the public and gym members.
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Vahaly is excited to bring the fastest-growing sport in the country to YouFit. "We strive to make fitness affordable and fun and with the addition of indoor pickleball in our clubs we continue to succeed," says Vahaly. "Pickleball is an incredible exercise for both beginners and experienced players and the sport helps to build a sense of community, another important pillar for YouFit."
This article was originally published by Youfit.com. Read the original article here.
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You will find that selecting an individual to work for you and handle all your money matters is very hard. You need to realize that there are people out there who are looking to make money, and therefore be careful who you hire. The expert you are hiring needs to be the one who is not looking for their interests first and also need to do a job that is of high quality. You need to know what it is you are looking for in a financial advisor before you can go out to find one.
It will be important for you to be ready with the qualities you are looking for. Take the time to write down why it is you are looking for a financial advisor and the goals you are looking to reach. You also should have a list of questions ready for the advisor interviews. There is a high chance of not remembering some of the questions you need to ask a professional until after they have left, and this is why you need to write down these questions.
It is important if you can decide the kind of fee structure that you will have no trouble paying. There are many ways of compensating the financial advisors and you need to know the one you are comfortable with. Some advisors will receive a commission every time they buy or sell something for you no matter their performance. The others will tend to earn a certain fee per year depending on the amount of money they are handling for you. To make sure that you do not end up paying some excessive fees, you need to make sure that all the terms are agreed beforehand.
The important thing is that you do not depend on only the information you are getting from friends and family. It will be good for you if you realize that you are not in the same financial situation and that you do not have the same personality as your loved ones have. For this reason, you need to keep in mind that the financial advisor who was suitable for your family and your friends does not have to be suitable for you.
Reasons for Attending Music Lessons.
Music is a very wide discipline that people choose to pursue. Music also serves very great importance in our lives. People who know about music say that music came to remove the boredom in the world. Music has to be practiced and perfected so that the listeners can be able to capture the message of the music. Music is a very wide platform that provide the learners with very many options from where they can specialize on that field. Some of the popular music categories are the dance music, emotional music and even the hymn music that we encounter in our daily lives. Listening to music can at times facilitate our productivity especially at the informal hour's jobs. The people's minds are able to calm down under the presence of music because it brings an extraordinary sensation to the brain and the soul.
Some of the regular learning institutions normally teach music to facilitate the students' performance and involvement in extracarriculum activities while at other institutions, it is a full time course. People can subscribe for the music lessons at granite bay. From this institution, you are going to be guided by the tutors present there step by step to ensure that you will fully understand all that they teach. Some of the things that are taught in music are such as dancing, singing and the playing of the musical instruments. Vocals are mainly involved in the singing category of the genre. People practice the vocals in order to perfect their singing skills. Granite bay lessons are the perfect solution to any interested musician and instrumentalist.
Performing the instrument playing is a very broad coverage form a general perspective. A person cannot learn or be taught to play all the musical instruments at once. People can only choose the allowed number of instruments to learn at a time. The rhythm must be able to carry the emotions of the audience and also the flow of the singer. Any person around granite bay can arrange for the booking services for guitar playing learning at guitar lessons granite bay.
Drum players have a very important role in music genre. Drums are available in very many models and makes. Drum playing can be performed alone or be accompanied by other instruments and singing. To be a professional drum player, it is best if you subscribe to the drum lessons granite bay sessions and you will learn how to become a professional drum player. The best way to learn music s by attending schools that are much into practical rather than the ones that are theory oriented.
There are also the music lessons that can be taught and learnt online if at all the learning institution if far away from where the learner lives. The lessons can be subscribed for at a fee and followed through several internet facilities that will enable the learner to perfect their learning skills.
Advantages of Regular Skin Care from the Pros The skin is very important because it covers every part of the body. Nothing hurts the heart than having a skin that has fissures. Skin should be taken care of, more than you even take care for various parts of your body. realizing that you have skin disorders can cost you joy. You can have skin problems from the soaps and lotions you use every now and then because they are made of chemicals that are toxic. It can also develop problems from contamination.There is no need for you to go looking for the pros to take care of your skin when it is too late. A lot of individuals still don't believe in spending their money for skin care.There is a need for you to have proper and regular skin care from experts. You need to have a skincare professional who will take time to understand your skin care concerns.Along with your everyday skincare, these are the benefits you will reap when you hire a professional skin care for treatments. You will improve the blood flow The skin cells will be renewed when the blood flow to the skin. The flow of blood will make you look fresh and glowing. Why No One Talks About Resources Anymore Youthful look Why No One Talks About Resources Anymore The regular skin care from pros makes your skin to slow in aging. They will remove all the wrinkles of your face and unwanted blemish. They will reduce the age spots on your face making you look young. exfoliations As you grow up, your pores become clogged up with dead skin cells and bacteria that can make us look older than we may be.During your skin care by the pros, they will do some extractions to clean up your clogged pores. This will for sure make your skin clear because bad skin formation will be stopped. You must involve the professional skin care experts because it is not possible to do exfoliations by your own. Your confidence will improve You are likely to develop panic when you are aware that you cannot appear before people simply because your skin is not okay. Your anxieties will be dealt with when you have regular skin care . You will have significant skincare information The professionals are knowledgeable about the skin, and they will teach you about the skin care. They will give you a piece advise you on the best lotion and soap to use so that you cannot develop complications because of the chemicals. They are educated about various causes of skin problems, and they can also provide you permanent solution.
Most young men and women can stay healthy and fit without much of a struggle. The body is usually in its prime and can regulate most things easily and naturally. As one gets older however, there are some changes that happen in the body that makes staying fit more challenging. For instance an individual's basal metabolic rate starts declining when they get past 30 years of age. This means that you have to be more conscious about your health and put in more efforts to stay fit. Below are some useful tips that will help you stay healthy even as you age.
To begin with, you need to engage more in physical exercise. You will find a whole lot of literature which explains why exercise is beneficial for the elderly. Physical exercise is good for improving your cardio vascular, helping you with weight loss, reducing bad cholesterol in your body and causing you to feel energetic. Exercise does not have to be a tedious burden for you. Participate in activities which you think are fun like tennis, swimming, riding bicycles and yoga. You will enjoy the full benefits of exercise if you are committed and engages in it frequently.
As you become older, you should reassess some of your lifestyle choices. Many men and women begin experiencing the consequences of the lifestyle choices when they're older. One of the most harmful habits is smoking. Smoking is credited with many health issues like higher blood pressure, cancer and other issues. While quitting smoking is a challenge for many people, you can try using tobacco substitutes such as vape liquid. This liquid works like an e-cigarette, being a healthier substitute for real cigarettes.
The other lifestyle habit that you should manage well is alcohol consumption. Excessive drinking can also cause liver cirrhosis, heart problems and even weight gain problems. The important thing is to lower the quantity and frequency of your drinking as you become older. It is also advisable that you drink more non-alcoholic beers so as to reduce the liver damage. Individuals that are pill poppers also ought to eliminate the habit.
You need to get sufficient sleep if you want to enjoy good health even in old age. Sleep deficiency may result in physical and psychological issues. No matter how busy your schedule is, always ensure that you have enough time for sleeping and rejuvenating your body. People who suffer from various sleeping disorders should seek expert help as opposed to self- medicating. For the best results, apply all these tips and also make sure that you consume a healthy diet for an all-round improved well-being.
The first example of uploading a playlist on the website is by using a WordPress audio plug-in for wordpress users. The plug-in that are available for this purpose are audio album, seriously simple podcasting, cue plug-in, MP3-jPlayer, compact WPaudio player and mb.mini Audio player . One only needs to install a plug-in of the choice and plug in first downloaded in the computer then you click plug-in button on the website the go to add new, then select the downloaded plug-in and the install.
Another method of uploading music on a website is by using the wordpress audio player. This method is vastly used because it is incredibly user-friendly. Built-in wordpress audio player can be used to upload Online music playlist directly to the website using. One simply goes to the WP dashboard and directly goes to add media, then click on upload add the audio files you want to your playlist. One is only required to enter the relevant information of the file such as title, artist and album and the click into post.
Thirdly is to embed a SoundCloud Audio player. This is a popular music sharing platform with millions of songs and playlist. If one prefer a given artist or soundtrack and wants to place it on his website the following steps are followed: find the music playlist or song and see if it has embedding enabled, then click on the share button and choose embed the copy the code and paste on your website. When one is using music for website the user experience should be provided to the audience.
A Match Made In Heaven Starts On An Equal Footing.
Having both partners on an equal footing creates the right conditions for the relationship to thrive In the past, the man was the one in control in a relationship. In the modern day, however, things have changed. Though the situation has changed, it has led to confusion during dating. Being a new phenomenal, equality might make new relationships difficult. A the relationship which is beginning might be affected by the happening changes. Comapring the past and what is happening today, it can be noted that things have changed. In the past, it was expected that making decisions and paying off bills was to be done by men. A majority of women are not looking for those qualities. In fact, a majority of women get irritated if a man gets control in such a way today.
Most of the men, however, often go back to the tried and tested methods of the past as they have not been able to adopt to the changes. This is due to the uncertainty brought by the new changes. A majority of men have found it difficult to cope. Ladies should play the leading role in setting the right tone for the relationship as they are the ones who have experienced these changes. One of the important considerations that should be done by a lady is what they are looking for in the relationship. They should enjoy themselves if they all want is fun since they are the ones making that decision. It is no longer the case for women to be in a relationship for the just to have fun. A majority of women are concerned with making their date the best.
One of the new roles that have been conferred to women is planning. In the past, men were the ones who decided what happened on the first date. That no longer happens nowadays since both have equal responsibilities. Throwing a suggestion about a date by a lady in many cases makes it appear she is the one in charge. Since most ladies are not used to picking date locations, it's important to allow the man decide about it. Allowing the man to make the important decision helps him feel in control.In planning for the second dates, the ideas of the first date should help make it better. What the man said and did on the first date should help a lady make the second date fun.
The Most Effective Word Press Plug-in for SEO for your A hypnotic Approach Blog.
Being a hypnotic approach blogger and practitioner, your main goal is to share the numerous benefits of hypnosis with many people as possible. In any case, you have to create and actualize a genuine SEO procedure for your blog.
The WordPress SEO Plugins will assist you to grow your audience, get more clicks and increases conversions. There are tools that will enable you to accomplish this.
The first tool is the Yoast's WordPress SEO. When you have worked hard to earn your various a hypnotic approach certifications, this plugin will increase your clout and ensure that your job would not go to waste.
It truly is known to be one-stop-shopping centre for all things SEO. This the device causes you coordinate your online networking accounts, making sitemaps, and even help you in getting your blog recorded.
The the second plugin is the SEO smart links plugin. This is another critical addition to our rundown of the best SEO plugins. However, its focus is mainly on one page optimization.
This plugin spares you massive amounts of time amid your exploration by giving significant keyword records. It also assists you to automatically link past blog posts to these keywords.
The the third plugin is the SEO benevolent pictures plugin. These days, the images on your blog are essential just like your written content when it comes to your SEO strategy.
Make sure that your images are formatted correctly to grab a huge opportunity to bring more traffic to your hypnosis blog. Utilize this instrument to include programmed "Alt," however recollect that you will be in charge of calling the picture.
The last plugin is the broken link checker. You may be striving to guarantee you incorporate quality links to essential online journals and sites thought your content.
Whenever it comes to that part of doing your due-diligence to link -building is checking for broken links. In the event that your blog contains an excessive number of, then you will fall in web index rankings.
It is conceivable that you don't have time to check each connection you have ever incorporated various times each week. Fortunately, this plugin will do all these. Rememeber to take advantage of these WordPress SEO plugins today.


Discussion in 'Android Devices' started by surfologist87, Aug 19, 2010.
Ok, i have searched and im sorry, i cant find a definite answer..Im a bit confused.
Can we root 2.2 yet?
I just got a macbook air and now that i am running 2.2 (updated a week ago wouldnt ya know) i realize that i wish i would have decided to root.
But now i really would like free wireless tethering, because i really wont use it much and dont wanna spend 30 bones a month for that.
So, can someone show me some answers..please?
Thanks. I knew it was right in front of my face.


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namespace backend\controllers\user;

use dektrium\user\filters\AccessRule;
use navatech\language\Translate;
use navatech\role\filters\RoleFilter;
use yii\filters\AccessControl;

/**
 * Created by PhpStorm.
 * User: phuon
 * Date: 10/14/2016
 * Time: 10:09 AM
 */
class AdminController extends \dektrium\user\controllers\AdminController {

	/**
	 * @inheritdoc
	 */
	public function behaviors() {
		$behaviors                     = parent::behaviors();
		$behaviors['role']             = [
			'class'   => RoleFilter::className(),
			'name'    => Translate::user(),
			'actions' => [
				'index'  => Translate::lists(),
				'view'   => Translate::view(),
				'create' => Translate::create(),
				'update' => Translate::update(),
				'delete' => Translate::delete(),
			],
		];
		$behaviors          ['access'] = [
			'class'      => AccessControl::className(),
			'ruleConfig' => [
				'class' => AccessRule::className(),
			],
			'rules'      => [
				[
					'allow' => true,
					'roles' => ['@'],
				],
			],
		];
		return $behaviors;
	}

	/**
	 * {@inheritDoc}
	 */
	public function actionIndex() {
		return parent::actionIndex();
	}
}

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The 'Scream' Parents Guide You Need If Your Kid Wants To Watch Ghostface
by Julie Sprankles January 13, 2022
ICYMI, we're in the midst of an "everything old is new again" renaissance, and that's especially true for '90s and early '00s nostalgia. Happily for those of us who fall under the elder millennial parenting umbrella, that means we get to enjoy the second coming of some of our favorite things growing up. Like Brendan Fraser. And chokers. The latest example? The revival of the Scream movie franchise, which started way back in 1996 and spawned three sequels spanning more than a decade. Now, 2022 brings a highly anticipated revival with Scream 5. You obviously want to watch it, right? But here's the rub: Between the nostalgic trendiness and the addition of a cast of young Hollywood "it" actors, your tween or teen might be begging you to watch the long-awaited sequel, too (not to mention the rest of the franchise). Enter: the Scream parents' guide.
Need to know what dicey scenarios you can expect? How awkward it might be sitting next to your teen during certain scenes? If your tween will see Ghostface in their nightmares for all eternity? Keep reading.
Scream Parents Guide: Is It Appropriate for Kids?
What is the premise of Scream?
Directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson, the original film introduced us to the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, and a group of teens who become the target of a mysterious killer in a Halloween costume. Ghostface, as the killer comes to be called, begins terrorizing one teen in particular by picking off her friends and peers. That teen's name? Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell). Throughout the film's sequels, nearly every person Sid becomes close to dies at the hands of Ghostface — with the exception of tabloid news reporter Gail Weathers (Courteney Cox) and Woodsboro Sheriff Dwight "Dewey" Riley (David Arquette).
This year's "requel" picks up where the action left off in Scream 4. Campbell, Cox, and Arquette are back (along with Marley Shelton as Deputy Sheriff Judy Hicks). But, and here's where your tween or teen's interest in the rebooted franchise really kicks in, Ghostface has found a new group of modern-day teens to stalk. The hot young cast includes Melissa Barrera (In the Heights), Jenna Ortega (You), Dylan Minnette (13 Reasons Why), Jack Quaid (The Boys), Jasmin Savoy Brown (Yellowjackets), Sonia Ammar (Jappeloup), Mikey Madison (Better Things), and Mason Gooding (Love, Victor).
What are the Scream films rated?
If you're a fan of the franchise, it probably comes as little surprise that every single Scream film is rated R. The Motion Picture Association defines this rating as: "Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them." And since you must be 17 or older to get into an R-rated movie, anyone under 17 must have a parent or adult guardian present.
So, is Scream OK for tweens?
It's pointless to speak in absolutes where parenting and any sort of screen time is concerned, because every parent has different thresholds. Maybe you've made it clear to your kid that you aren't comfortable with them watching anything rated PG-13 or higher until they're seniors in high school. Or maybe you let your kid watch World War Z when they were seven. No one knows their kid better than you do, so ultimately, it's your judgment call to make. Yes, you'll find studies that suggest scary movies can cause emotional problems in young kids, ranging from depression to aggressive behavior. However, you'll find just as many counterarguments that indicate such emotional issues, if they present, are usually short-lived. If your child is already anxious or easily scared, their temperament points toward waiting until they're older.
Based on reviews by critics, parents, and even tweens and teens themselves, the consensus with the Scream franchise seems to be that your kid should be older than preteen to watch. For context, Stranger Things — another popular "teen" production — is rated TV-14, the MPA equivalent of PG-13. So, if your kid watches that and finds it too intense or scary, the Scream franchise would be a no-go. Not only are the films clearly centered on violence (*so.many.stabbing.scenes*), but they also include lots of mature language, some seriously risky behavior, and references to sexual activity. The films got progressively more graphic as the franchise went on, meaning the original might be the safest bet if your tween keeps begging to watch (and you know their horror-loving heart can take it). Hey, it's better than caving and letting them watch Squid Game, right?
How about teens?
You may have been a teen yourself when the first film came out. Did watching it — or any of the other rated R movies you managed to see in your youth — have a lasting impact on you? Besides your abiding love for Neve Campbell, Skeet Ulrich, and Matthew Lillard, that is? Probably not. Still, Common Sense Media recommends only kids over 16 should watch the franchise, including the requel. Having said that, parents on the site think it's safe for 14+, with kids weighing in that 13+ should be OK. Hey, what can we say — parenting's a crapshoot. Take your kid or don't; someone somewhere will still probably take issue with your decision.
If it helps inform your choice, Slate's Scaredy Scale rates Scream 5 a 7/10 for suspense (right on par with Jaws) and an 8/10 for gore (same as the OG Scream and Alien). You should know that the film contains "over-the-top" blood scenes, "quite strong" language, teen drinking (plus a reference to drug use), and "several instances of sex-related dialogue."


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Home Administration Ingram Arts Visionary Award Honors Belmont President Bob Fisher
Ingram Arts Visionary Award Honors Belmont President Bob Fisher
Martha Ingram presents award to Bob Fisher
Each year the Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville celebrates a Nashville resident for their inspiring leadership and patronage of the arts with its Martha Rivers Ingram Arts Visionary Award. This year the organization presented the award to Belmont President Dr. Bob Fisher, a long-time Nashville business leader and arts supporter.
Fisher's friends, family and colleagues from his many business endeavors as well as his community and arts leadership activities gathered at Nashville's Schermerhorn Symphony Center to honor his significant volunteer and community support work. The reception included a musical tribute from students of Belmont University's Musical Theatre program and remarks from community leaders including Joseph "Pepe" Presley, David Minnigan, R. Milton Johnson, H. Beecher Hicks, III, Butch Spyridon, Ralph Schulz, Rick Byrd, Marty Dickens, and Matt Largen. The award was presented by Martha Ingram and 2016 honoree Steve Turner.
"The Arts & Business Council was founded on the belief that a vibrant and creative culture is what makes Nashville a great place to live, work, and play," said Jill McMillan, executive director of the Arts & Business Council. "He has had a transformative impact on not only cultivating this culture, but ensuring that the arts community is sustainable and thriving. He is the perfect choice for this year's Ingram Arts Visionary Award."
Previous Ingram Arts Visionary Award winners include: Earl Swensson, Denny Bottorf, Walter Knestrick, Steve & Jay Turner, and Shirley Zeitlin.
Corporate sponsors of this event include Earl Swensson Associates and Cumberland Trust.


'Paper Plane Pilot' is the new single from Sean Christopher, released today on Dumont Dumont (RY X, Charlie Cunningham, Josin). This beautiful, evocative song is the first track to be taken from the Dutch-born, Bristol-based artist's forthcoming debut album 'Yonder', due for release in first half of 2018.
Sean Christopher has been immersed in music all his life. As a child growing up in the Netherlands he would listen to his father play Flamenco guitar for hours and hours every day, while his mother's extensive vinyl collection introduced him to legendary musicians like The Beatles, Leonard Cohen, and David Bowie.
In his teens Sean attended the Royal Conservatory in The Hague as a drummer, but wanting to broaden his education, he moved to Rotterdam and began a new course in music production at Codarts, immersing himself into the world of recording and producing. Throughout his studies, Sean continued to learn and master new instruments.
Shortly after graduating Sean began creating music for films and commercials, delivering for a diverse range of projects. In 2014 his song 'Everything', composed and produced for an international car commercial, began to get him noticed, reaching a million streams on Spotify. He then also released the beautiful track 'Wasteland' (click to listen).
Charlie Cunningham, RY X and Josin.