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https://www.haguelawblog.com/2017/02/outsource-international-work-version-3-0/ | Luther College Farm, Decorah, Iowa (the college recorded the deed, I'm guessing). Image by Karen Noecker. via Wikimedia Commons.
Another real lifer here… why should you outsource your international work instead of keeping it within your firm’s cloistered walls? Simple. Because your clients will be better off if you go outside.
Our collective groan at the mere thought: just record the damned deed, man. It’s not that difficult.
Apparently, every software developer and barber and realtor** within a twenty-block radius is suddenly an expert on marital property law.
They have the forms on the county website.
Call a title company instead of a lawyer.
Now, every lawyer who read the original question had flashbacks to Property 1 and the words “I convey Blackacre to the second daughter of my landscaper, Felipe, on the condition that she marries on the evening of a harvest moon and only gluten-free beer is served at the reception.” This hypo raises a host of questions.
What if Felipe doesn’t have a second daughter?
What if Felipe is no longer the owner’s landscaper?
What kind of estate is created in the second daughter—a life estate? A leasehold? Fee simple?
What if Brookside Wine & Spirits is out of gluten-free beer?!
Back to the real-lifer. Let’s say Next Door’s blushing bride ignores the lawyers, does what the laypersons recommend, and simply makes the conveyance with a quit-claim.
What if there’s a divorce? Does she want a contingency for that?
What if the newly-powerful Alt-Right succeeds in rolling back Obergefell, and Missouri courts subsequently nullify marital defaults for same-sex couples?
What if the question-asker’s new wife dies and the wrong tenancy causes the question-asker to lose half the interest in the house to her new in-laws who hate her?
What if she wants her new wife only to have a life estate, but intends the remainder to go to the Saint Helen of the Blessed Shroud Orphanage in Calumet City, Illinois?
Seriously? You’d want this woman involved?
It’s a parade of horribles, truly. And every single person with a law license looks at such a situation and emits a silent scream at the absurdity of someone not contacting a lawyer for an hour of advice.
Until I’m blue in the face, I’m going to continue the argument… outsource this stuff, y’all. Just like the newlywed in my ‘hood. If she doesn’t talk to someone who can ask the right questions, she’ll never be able to say what the right answer is.
* Version 1.0 here, and Version 2.0 here.
** Yep, the realtor weighed in with the preface “I’m not a lawyer, but in my opinion…” before suggesting something other than she’d requested. I mean, I’m not a doctor, but in my opinion… you can cure psoriasis with a hefty dose of Arthur Bryant’s Original Barbecue Sauce. Okay, I am a doctor, but a Doctor of Jurisprudence. Not the kind that can speak authoritatively about dermatological cures. | 2023-04-13T01:12:19.485359+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:53:31Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 351,923 | 521 |
https://www.redcat.org/event/11-september-2001 | Presented in association with the Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne.
A landmark international collaboration between the Center for New Theater at CalArts and the Théâtre Dijon Bourgogne culminates with the world premiere of French playwright Michel Vinaver’s 11 September 2001, staged by Robert Cantarella, director of the National Dramatic Center of Dijon. A dramatic oratorio composed of newspaper and documentary accounts, 11 September 2001 was written by Vinaver in English as a meditation on the events of 9/11. Performed in multiple variations by an ensemble cast, Cantarella’s daringly physical production takes on complex and shifting perspectives. Discussions with the artists, readings and other activities are part of this residency.
Funded in part by Étant Donnés, The French-American Fund for the Performing Arts.
| 2023-04-13T01:12:41.370306+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:49:46Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 351,940 | 125 |
https://newmediarules.com/land-auction-may-determine-future-use-of-land-near-chapel-hill-town-center/ | CHAPEL HILL, Tennessee (May 27, 2016) – The future of approximately 53 acres of land along Nashville Highway in Chapel Hill may become a little clearer after the land sells in an absolute auction on Thursday, June 16, with Sims Commercial Realtors & Auctioneers conducting the live event.
The land is currently zoned B-2 (Intermediate Business), which permits a wide range of uses such as health care, education, cultural, recreation, and retail. “With more than 1,000 feet of frontage on Nashville Highway, it’s certainly suitable for commercial development. But it’s also bordered on the north by Chapel Hill Elementary School, and it’s just a few blocks from Forrest High as well. So with appropriate rezoning, it would also be very suitable for residential estates,” said Larry Sims, broker for the auction company.
Tracts range in size from 5.01 acres to 7.44 acres.
“Chapel Hill is really an undiscovered gem where people can enjoy peace and quiet without the clutter of the city. Yet, it’s only a half hour to Franklin or Murfreesboro,” said Sims.
All of the land could go to one bidder, or it could have as many as nine buyers. “By dividing the land into tracts, we’re making it possible for people to bid on just the land that suits their budget and needs. People can bid in any combination from a single tract to the entirety,” said Sims.
The auction will begin at noon on June 16 at the property, at the corner of Nashville Highway and Patterson Cemetery Road.
Additional information, including aerial photography, video, surveys and utility maps, is available at larrysims.com, or by calling |||PHONE_NUMBER||| . Showings are available by appointment.
| 2023-04-13T01:15:15.762083+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:36:20Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,005 | 285 |
https://www.dahliabarn.com/hello-fall-festival-at-the-dahlia-barn/ | This weekend, September 27-28, 2014 will be the last of the U-Cut gardens. We’ll be open Saturday-Sunday 10am-5pm for anyone who is within driving distance from our farm. We want to thank all of our U-Cut customers and we hope you have enjoyed all the experiences you’ve had with us.
We are new to the northwest, arriving from San Diego a year ago. I grew three Fred Meyer dahlias last summer, and fell in love! I can’t wait to see what you have to offer, and thrilled that you are relatively close by! | 2023-04-13T01:15:57.513660+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:39:35Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,037 | 102 |
https://www.foodvegnonveg.com/2009/06/a-butler-manor-southampton.html | Greenwich, CT, may be the hedge fund capital of the world. But a short ferry-ride, and a quick spin in the Ferrari, and you're in the hedge capital of the world, otherwise known as Southampton. Great, long, neatly trimmed hedges, as far as the eye can see. Like a big green blanket, keeping your 11 room beach shack protected from prying eyes. But what about the rest us? Whither the Jitney class? Those forced to scrape out an existence on the wrong side of the hedge. Is a Hamptons holiday out of reach? Is there a life for us South of Route 27? Well yes, as it turns out. A very pleasant life at A Butler's Manor, 244 North Main Street, Southampton, NY, Tel +1 |||PHONE_NUMBER||| . And a very good breakfast, too.
It's a B+B, of course, so if you want the breakfast you need to buy a bed. But you won't be disappointed. Over three mornings, my favorite was an egg strata, which is an egg pie concoction, blending cubes of sourdough, chunks of ham, cheese, eggs, some veggies and a crusty cornflake topping. Baked to perfection by Kim and served with the touch of a seasoned butler by Chris. Very civilized.
This was the first time I'd had egg strata, and it was a welcome discovery. Who knew you could successfully combine eggs and cornflakes in one dish? And just when I thought I'd heard it all, another breakfast discovery lands in my lap. That same day, while chit-chatting over post-wedding drinks and nibbles (including mini-croque monsieurs, to my great delight), I'm asked if I've ever had scrapple. Scrapple? Never heard of it. Until now. But I'm already planning a trip to Pennsylvania to rectify this oversight. How can I resist the lure of a fried slice of pork mush topped with a couple of eggs?
The only twist with breakfast at Butler's is that everyone dines together and everyone eats the dish du jour. This can be a good thing, since it eliminates the stress of choosing, and you can meet and talk to strangers whether they like it or not. But don't worry. Those with special food or social needs can always request special treatment. The hosts are very accomodating. | 2023-04-13T01:16:05.048642+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:58:27Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,044 | 391 |
https://www.greatriverhomes.org/news-events/ | The 2019 Spring Formal King and Queen!
Deb Koopman joined the Great River Homes team in July of 2017. What a breath of fresh air she has been! Great River Homes, Inc. is so fortunate to have Deb on our team. If you talk to Deb, she will tell you that she loves her job and wished she would have known about it years before. Deb has a positive enthusiastic personality paired with a smile which are a dangerous combination for those who are having an off day. Deb has a great working relationship with her co-workers and has brought new and fresh ideas to the table in order to foster positive forward thinking growth for all. By utilizing a “can do” attitude, Deb looks at things with the mind set of how can this be achieved vs we can’t do it that way. Deb is continually thinking of ways to be inclusive with all.
Deb is a natural at nurturing people in fostering as much independence as possible. She analyzes situations and is able to see how to connect with others in a more efficient and effective manner. She is a person who can make others feel at ease in the most stressful of situations. Deb provides direct support to several individuals whom receive services through Great River Homes, Inc. One person spoke very little before Deb came into his life. This person attended an ARRM Day at the Capital Rally this past year and lead our group of 32 in a chant. A chant that he came up with, but one he would have never felt comfortable enough or empowered enough to lead us in if it hadn’t been for Deb’s reassuring nature to give him enough confidence to use his words.
Not only does Deb provide supports to multiple people at multiple locations, but she brings integrity, creativity, and a person centered approach to each person she works with. When you walk into a space while Deb is working, it is likely you will hear laughter, music playing, see some dancing and witness those whom she is there to support actively and enthusiastically engaged in activities of daily living. Each year for Christmas, Deb and people she provides support to make personalized homemade crafts for businesses, family, friends, and neighbors. The gifts are warmly received by all and proudly placed on display in homes and many of our local businesses because the stories that go into making each one are priceless.
Deb has assisted several of the individuals she provides supports to in coordinating and hosting many parties no matter what the occasion (neighborhood cookouts, birthday and sporting event parties, holiday gatherings, etc.) as she realizes these types of social engagements are important. Music and food are things that seem to bring people together so there is never a shortage of either when Deb has been a part of the planning.
Deb also knows the people she provides supports to enjoy giving back to their communities. Finding ways for people to carry out civic responsibilities (participating in fundraisers, community clean ups, food shelf collections, etc.) is important to both Deb and those she supports.
When someone is experiencing medical concerns, Deb is the first person to contact the needed people, leave notes for others and to offer to go above and beyond to ensure proper care. Deb has a big heart and we are grateful for all that she brings to Great River Homes, Inc.
It felt good to give back and help others in our community. Great River Homes, Inc. donated 127 pounds of food to the Wabasha Food Bank before the Christmas Holiday.
Great River Homes, Inc. is a private non-profit organization which has been part of the Wabasha community for the past 42 years. Established in 1975 by a group of local citizens who were charged with developing and operating community-based residential alternatives to institutional placement for persons with disabilities in Wabasha County. Great River Homes, Inc. is dedicated to assisting and empowering others to live as independently as possible in the community in which they live. We feel honored and blessed to be able to do the work that we do and be a part of such a supportive community. We look forward to what this new year will bring and our wish for you is a happy and healthy 2019!
Bob and Diane Scheel of Wabasha were recognized by Great River Homes, Inc. as Good Neighbors for the nurturing and kind rapport they have with the people who shopped daily at Scheels Super Valu. The award was presented at the Providers’ Network Annual Good Neighbor Awards Banquet held at the Rochester International Event Center on November 7, 2018.
Bob and Diane Scheel owned and operated Scheels Super Valu in Wabasha for the past 22 years. The store has been owned by the Scheel family for over 49 years until it was recently sold. The Scheel family has supported the mission or Great River Homes, Inc. since 1976 when Great River Homes, Inc. began providing services. The Scheels have supported our fundraisers including the Great River Homes, Inc. Benefit Golf Tournament, The Grumpy Plunge, the Tootsie Roll Fundraiser and the Direct Mail Fundraiser. Bob and Diane Scheel have also provided a discount on groceries. Beyond their financial support, the Scheels have always made everyone associated with Great River Homes, Inc. feel accepted as valued members of the community.
Shopping is an essential activity in people’s lives. On any given day when you walked into Scheels Super Valu you could have heard people visiting in the aisles, sharing future plans or activities in the checkout lanes, and leaving the store feeling better than they did when they went in. The Scheel family did an amazing job connecting to people served by Great River Homes, Inc. They knew people on a first name basis, what they are looking for, and would go above and beyond to ensure everyone had a satisfactory shopping experience.
Cari McCann began employment as Executive Director of Great River Homes, Inc. on October 1, 2018. Cari replaces Michael Weinandt who is retiring after 42 years as Administrator of Great River Homes, Inc.
Cari has a teaching degree and 17 years of experience with Home and Community Options in Winona, MN. Cari was most recently Director of Human Resources for Home and Community Options. Cari lives in Wabasha with her husband and three children.
Cari’s office is in the Central Office of Great River Homes, Inc. at 611 Broadway Avenue in Wabasha. Cari invites employees, family members and the community to stop by to meet one another. Cari looks forward to knowing everyone associated with Great River Homes, Inc. and continuing the tradition of quality person-centered services.
Great River Homes, Inc. is a private non-profit organization established by a group of local citizens to develop and operate community-based residential alternatives to institutional placement for persons with disabilities in Wabasha County.
Great River Homes, Inc. established the first residential program in Wabasha County in 1976. Great River Homes, Inc. started with six employees, serving eight people in one home with a budget of $64,000. Today, Great River Homes, Inc. has seventy-six employees providing services to seventy people and has a budget of $3.2 million. The growth has been in response to community needs.
“It was very exciting to start providing services in 1976 because of the need to deinstitutionalize and because there were elderly parents who had adult children living with them and they were concerned about their future,” said Weinandt.
Sheryl and Michael Weinandt started working for Great River Homes, Inc. on August 2, 1976 and have both worked for the non-profit ever since. Sheryl has worked as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Michael had a teaching degree and was a licensed nursing home administrator. Michael’s career began by providing direct service on a part time basis while in college in Worthington, MN in 1971.
After graduation from college they saw an ad for the job in the Minneapolis Star Tribune and thought the opportunity to work together and develop services was an opportunity just right for them with their backgrounds. They were sold on the job when they encountered the genuine compassion of the board members during the interview.
Their fondest memories are of the people. The people receiving services, family members, employees, volunteers, board members and the community. “We have been surrounded by caring and supportive people. It truly has been a privilege and honor to have this career. I have always believed the reward of working for Great River Homes, Inc. is working for Great River Homes, Inc.,” said Weinandt.
Michael is quick to point out the success of Great River Homes, Inc. during the past 42 years is the result of quality services provided by dedicated employees and support from families and the community.
The immediate plans for Michael are to help train the new Executive Director who will start work on October 1, 2018. Retirement plans include more time together as a couple, more time with their three children, their spouses and eight grandchildren. They plan to continue to make a difference in the lives of others as parents, grandparents and volunteers. Although Sheryl has not set a definite date for her official retirement.
Great River Homes, Inc. held a Pizza Party celebration with people receiving services and their families, employees and their families and board members and their families on September 13, 2018.
The celebration was in conjunction with National Direct Support Professionals Recognition Week held the week of September 9-15, 2018. The Pizza Party was held at Round Hill in Arkansaw, WI and featured brick oven pizza with more than 100 people in attendance.
Great River Homes, Inc. recognized the sixty-five employees who provide direct support to seventy children and adults. “The success of Great River Homes, Inc. during the past 42 years is the result of quality services provided by dedicated employees and support from families and the community,” said Michael Weinandt, Administrator.
“Great River Homes, Inc. would not exist without caring and compassionate employees. Direct support is one of the most challenging and rewarding occupations. A special thank you is extended to our employees and their families for the sacrifices you make to be there to provide essential support. Your work is appreciated this week and every week of the year,” said Michael Weinandt, Administrator.
Dan Schaefer, a board member of Great River Homes, Inc. took the opportunity to recognize the importance of the trust and respect between direct support staff and individuals. Dan also said, “We need to keep telling the story of Great River Homes, Inc. to increase public awareness, understanding and support”.
Employees of Great River Homes, Inc. receive special recognition after five years of employment and every five years thereafter. Longevity of employment is valued because of the experience and accumulated knowledge. The 2018 milestone employees of Great River Homes, Inc. are: Shelly Kopp (5 years), Susan Hermann (10 years), Tom Grable (15 years), Kim Pyle (15 years), Jim Newman (30 years) and Mitzi Ryan (35 years).
Round Hill donated the brick oven pizza. Tim Kriese of Lake City provided musical entertainment at no charge. Kwik Trip donated bottled water.
Great River Homes, Inc. is a non-profit organization with a mission of improving the lives of people with disabilities in Wabasha County by providing person-centered services.
Darcy has lived in Lake City, MN all of her life. She went to school at Lincoln High School and began working after graduation. Darcy chose to live independently in her own apartment in Lake City soon after beginning to work. Darcy was encouraged by her family to have choice and control over her life. She was supported in her decisions to work and live independently by her family, support staff of Great River Homes, Inc. and staff at her worksite in Red Wing. Everyone uses supports to make decisions and individuals living with intellectual and developmental disabilities need supports to make choices in their lives just like everyone else.
Darcy and the people who support her help her make both large and small decisions about her life. Darcy chose to take care of her health by learning about her conditions and the medications that help her manage her health. This was a large decision for Darcy who now is able to package her daily medications and take them in the correct doses at the correct time. Darcy also discovered that she enjoys giving back to her community by sharing her time and talents with the residents of the Lake City Care Center. Darcy states that the people there make me so happy. She feels valued and accepted there. Darcy’s family and support providers supported and encouraged her decision to try volunteering and she loves it!
Like everyone, Darcy has not always made the best decisions for herself, but each time has learned from those mistakes. Her family and support providers respect Darcy’s right to make decisions for herself even if they don’t always agree with them. Darcy is empowered to live the life she chooses for herself by making informed choices and decisions.
| 2023-04-13T01:16:07.519556+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:31:28Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,050 | 2,214 |
https://www.pocket-lint.com/phones/news/samsung/127517-there-is-an-octa-core-samsung-galaxy-s5-version | Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S5 yesterday at Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, but it has now been quietly revealed that there's an octa-core version as well.
The presentation of the new flagship Android handset focused on the functions, with Samsung talking about the heart rate sensor and the accessories, as well as battery saving features and the 16-megapixel camera.
Although it was confirmed that it would offer a 2.5GHz quad-core processor, an infographic from Samsung late last night shows the progression of the Galaxy S handsets through the generations, culminating in the Galaxy S5, with both quad and octa-core versions illustrated.
Samsung hasn't pushed the details of the hardware as strongly as some manufacturers, focusing on function over hardware. It wasn't until Qualcomm confirmed that it was Snapdragon 801 that we knew what the 2.5GHz chipset was.
The source page (linked below) appears to have been taken down, but we still had the infographic in our RSS feed, so we've included it below.
We can only assume that this will be an Exynos octa-core version that appears in some territories, in a similar fashion to the Samsung Galaxy S4, although note the disclaimer: "subject to change without notice or obligation" on the bottom of the infographic. | 2023-04-13T01:16:27.460512+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:38:20Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,066 | 220 |
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/masterslave/ | Has Los Angeles requested equipment vendors avoid using the industry term 'Master/Slave' in product descriptions?
Claim: The County of Los Angeles has requested that equipment vendors avoid using the industry term “Master/Slave” in product descriptions and labeling.
Origins: Social changes of our era have been accompanied by linguistic changes: as discrimination based upon race, gender, or physical condition has become less socially acceptable, we began to frown upon the use of pejorative terms associated with race, moved towards more gender-neutral usages of language (e.g., ‘chairperson’ instead of ‘chairman’), and replaced terms for describing the disabled with less stigmatizing ones (e.g., ‘mentally handicapped’ rather than ‘retarded’).
How far we should take this linguistic sensitivity to social issues has long been a subject of (often heated) debate. Can female members of the fire department be referred to by the traditional title of ‘fireman,’ or does true gender equality require that they be identified as ‘firewomen’? Is the existence of separate gender words for the same concept itself a form of gender discrimination, requiring us to adopt a neutral term such as ‘fireperson’ for everyone? Or should we just chuck the whole thing and call everybody ‘firefighters’? What one group sees as socially progressive, another group is bound to view as a needless discarding of the familiar and traditional.
supplies or services that are provided to County departments do not possess or portray an image that may be construed as offensive or defamatory in nature.
One such recent example included the manufacturer’s labeling of equipment where the words “Master/Slave” appeared to identify the primary and secondary sources. Based on the cultural diversity and sensitivity of Los Angeles County, this is not an acceptable identification label.
To verify that this wasn’t a hoax or an internal joke which mistakenly escaped to the wider world of the Internet, we called the Purchasing and Contract Services division for the County of Los Angeles, and they informed us that yes, they did issue this message, and yes, it was meant seriously. In May 2003, a black employee of the county’s Probation Department filed a discrimination complaint with the Office of Affirmative Action Compliance after spotting “master” and “slave” labels on a videotape machine, whereupon the Internal Services Department was obligated to issue notification requesting that vendors refrain from using the master/slave terminology.
Sandoval said that he had already rejected a suggestion that the county stop buying all equipment carrying the “master” and “slave” labels and had no intention of enforcing a ban on such terms with suppliers.
Whether this message reflects more a “socially progressive” change or one of the “needless discarding of the familiar and traditional” variety we couldn’t say, but — much to the chagrin of several vendors who passed it along to us — the County of Los Angeles is apparently serious about it.
CNN.com. 26 November 2003. | 2023-04-13T01:16:35.014164+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:16:55Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,074 | 485 |
http://recercom.com/en/five-tips-to-get-maximum-exposure-with-your-research/ | The most important thing when you have to disseminate the outcomes of your research is how to convey the content. It’s interesting to consider some aspects of the adaptation of the message and the communication format.
Here we will see five ways to make the results of your research more attractive and an effective reach to the general public.
1. Contextualize them. Explain the results relating them to nowadays things, adapting your speech to the cultural level and interest of the public and using comparisons to an everyday use. This way people will feel more identified with the issue and even if they don’t know or has nothing to do with them you will make them feel closeness and empathy.
2. Apply them. Try to emphasize that the results of your research have a potential use in real life so that people can understand the relevance.
And if it’s impossible to perform “applied science” we should emphasize the importance of this basic science for further possible implementation. That is, your research can be a piece that can’t be applied to anything alone but to put it in a gear, this mechanism does have applications. It explains how your piece in that gear will help improve the people’s lives.
3. When you have to spread your results, relate your content to the topics that always work to draw people’s attention. If possible, focus your results with topics (man vs. woman, sex, work…), with phobias, manias and obsessions or relate them to anniversaries, celebrations, gatherings, etc. This makes it more likely that the media will include them in their agenda.
4. When you present your results to the media or to an audience, do a physical setting, with an object or something that is tangible, something you can play with, record and take pictures of. This will help bringing in the real world something that can be abstract. Be creative and stage a performance so they can get a better idea of your research.
5. If you do an online dissemination, think of the video. This audiovisual tool is very appealing to social networks, but must have some conditions that make it easily consumable. For example, make them short, with a dynamic and fast style, with sketches that don’t take long, with a good speaker to go throwing some questions and solutions. Each video could address a specific question. All videos together explain what you have discovered.
Every research is different and you might not have felt identified, as these tips, and many others, are customizable and adaptable in each case. What do you think about them? | 2023-04-13T01:17:33.460990+00:00 | 2020-01-25T21:01:08Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,099 | 443 |
http://www.betinos.com/disque/7173 | For over forty years, the Apostles of Aba have stood as the jewel in the crown of the music scene in Eastern Nigeria. Since their formation in 1973, the band has turned out memorable performances in a variety of styles including rock, soul, funk, pop and reggae. Even today, the Apostles continue to thrill audiences in their hometown of Aba with dazzling shows. Cultures of Soul is proud to present one of the Apostles’ more obscure—yet relentlessly funky recordings in a full-color custom reverse board jacket. Banko Woman, originally released on the eponymous LP on Love Day Records in 1977. Straddling the world realms of afro-funk and disco, the track has long been a coveted dance floor filler amongst DJs, and for the first time is available for a wider audience. On the B-side is “Faith, Luck & Music,” also from the original Banko Woman album.
| 2023-04-13T01:17:47.958199+00:00 | 2020-01-25T21:09:53Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,104 | 150 |
https://blinderman.com/posts/2018-07-09-extensive-renovations-to-palmer-elementary-school | On Sunday, July 8, 2018, John M. Palmer Elementary School hosted a ceremony to announce the construction of a $20 million annex and a turf field, in addition to the $13 million in renovations to the school’s main building which Blinderman is currently executing. The ceremony was attended by Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Alderwoman Margaret Laurino (39th Ward), Palmer principal, Jennifer Dixon, along with students and their families.
The ceremony acknowledged the academic achievements at Palmer, and also formally kicked off Blinderman’s project - a complex renovation that includes extensive concrete repairs, roofing and masonry work.
For over 47 years, Blinderman Construction has worked together with Chicago Public Schools (CPS), and the Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC), to improve the quality of Chicago educational facilities.
| 2023-04-13T01:18:24.726743+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:45:53Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,112 | 127 |
https://codefluegel.com/en/augmented-reality-vom-wow-effekt-zur-marketing-strategie/ | Nowadays, Augmented Reality (AR) is a concept known to most. Fiction became reality and linking digital content to the real world is no longer a problem. Although the technology was more of a gimmick in its beginnings, more and more companies and brands are now recognising the marketing potential it offers. In this article, I’ll tell you why every company should be thinking about an Augmented Reality marketing strategy – because AR is able to do so much more than just entertain!
According to recent polls, 90% of companies with a revenue between 100.000 and 1 billion USD are using either AR or VR technologies. For companies with a smaller revenue this figure lies at 10%. The polls further indicated that 72% of companies overall are planning to establish AR technologies in their day to day business activities.
Augmenting reality also gives us a new level of comfort and flexibility – it can make a whole new brand impression. Thus, Augmented Reality is not only a new added marketing channel, it can also be something that sets your brand apart from the others right now. AR provides an experience and if this experience is good enough, your customers will tell their friends about it.
But be careful! Developing an AR application only because you want to appear innovative can’t and likely won’t be of much value. Using Augmented Reality as a gimmick will get you attention for a short time at most and it won’t lead your company to the kind of success you’re shooting for.
If an AR experience needs a marketing campaign in order to generate a user base, you’re doing something wrong. If your AR application *is* your marketing campaign, you’re doing it even more wrong.
Ideally, Augmented Reality is one part of a successful marketing strategy. This technology will only unfold its full potential if you also offer a brand-related interaction and authentic communication. The application should offer a new way of engaging with your brand, Augmented Reality needs substance. It must add value, tell a story and offer an immersive experience in order to generate a lasting impression. And Augmented Reality really can offer all that – provided you’re doing it right.
I’m now going to give you three examples for successful AR applications as an inspiration for your own implementation of an AR marketing strategy.
If something is fun, you’ll spend more time interacting with it. The longer customers interact with your brand, the faster they’ll commit it to their long-term memory making it relevant to them.
One of the first applications which brought Augmented Reality to our collective attention was Pokémon Go. Unfortunately, this application quickly decreased in popularity, because it started out with a very limited set of functions and not much was added over the crucial period of the first few weeks. Thus, the users got bored and lost their flow, resulting in a substantially decreased time investment for casual players. In order to create a good flow within an application, you should neither demand too little or too much from the users. Agreed, it is a fine line you’re treading here, but if you get it right, your target audience will thank you by spending more time using your application.
In order for AR to work in a long-term context, it must offer a little bit more than just placing a virtual character or object in real surroundings. What we learned from Pokémon Go, though, was that local marketing and cute avatars are a great combination for getting people to visit certain places.
Google, for example, announced during their I/O 2018 that the navigation function in the Google Maps mobile app will soon be spiced up with visual overlays and an animated guide which will enable its users to find their way faster. The reason for this move is that Google noticed, rightly I think, that many people find it difficult to read maps or to visualize them correctly. The little blue dot currently showing you where to go in the app isn’t always very helpful and many people just start moving in any direction in order to check where the dot is moving. Augmented Reality can help solve this problem, as pictured above.
Companies can take this idea and appropriate it for their own use cases. Shopping malls, for example, could show the optimal route through the stores based on the customers’ shopping lists. At the same time, valuable data about shopping frequencies and such can be gathered, which in turn can be used to improve the experience further. Restaurants and food delivery services could offer their customers the possibility of visualizing their menu beforehand, giving them a look at the plating, portion size, info about ingredients etc. After all, it should be a feast for the eyes, too.
Historic places could create a view of the past and show how the surroundings used to look at different points in time. Examples like this one show that Augmented Reality could be a valuable extension of our reality and provide us with relevant and interesting location-based information. Retailers could create special experiences for the customers visiting their physical stores by offering, for instance, an augmented reality treasure hunt. This would have the added benefit of increasing the average time customers spend in their stores, which can be utilized to gather data and provide valuable information to the customers. As any marketer knows, the longer people spend in a shop, the more money they spend there.
IKEA is a perfect example for a company that has done a great job of integrating Augmented Reality into their marketing strategy in order to solve an actual problem for their customers. They are now able to visualize and understand how a piece of furniture is going to look in their own home – color, size, proportions, etc. – before they buy it. They can thus virtually test it before having to make the buying decision. The fact that this massively lowers the product return rate is only one of the many benefits. IKEA is not alone in this, however – there are countless other examples of companies using AR to solve actual problems.
Seeing something and experiencing it with multiple senses is much more effective than only visualizing it with your mind. Multi-sensory experiences create a strong impulse for an “I need to have this” moment and, obviously, these moments not only help us in our decision making, but make shopping for something much more personal and enjoyable.
The biggest challenge in this case is letting the customers know that these possibilities exist. But there are many ways of doing that and its mainly a question of creativity for the marketers generating attention for such experiences. Integrating this technology into existing apps, however, is not a big obstacle at all.
The virtual “try before you buy” principle combines the features of online and offline shopping and offers the best of both worlds. You can experience products in the context of their destined surroundings and use without the need for it to be physically available to you. Thus, you can experience and test things before finally owning them.
In other marketing channels, there is often a big gap between the selection and buying process and the actual product. Moreover, most channels only offer general and limited product information. Augmented Reality is a big step towards personalizing the shopping experience – what’s marketed here is the individual customer’s unique product experience.
Up until now, storytelling used to be very abstract. Objects were presented on a flat screen and were put through various motions and situations meant to tell a story and elicit emotions. While this way did an OK job, Augmented Reality now offers a powerful tool for deepening and intensifying the digital storytelling and experience.
At this point it has to be said that there’s, of course, also Virtual Reality, where the user delves into a wholly different world. This technology provides an equally powerful way of storytelling. The drawback, however, is that the user loses the reference or link to the real world during this experience. Further, it requires a stationary setup, provides little flexibility and is tied to specialized hardware. AR doesn’t have this obstacle, since it is tied to reality and can be experienced with just a smartphone or tablet.
AR as well as VR can make characters come to life, though. With VR, you are in their world, while AR makes the characters on the screen enter yours. Augmented Reality has the potential of being just as disruptive as television once was. It could establish itself as this entirely new and exciting medium. The reason for this hypothesis is that with Augmented Reality, the viewers are no longer just passive spectators, but an active part of the story being told. They can interact with the characters on the screen, be sent to a particular place or asked to do certain things in order to trigger individual actions or discover parts of the story.
This way of storytelling is extremely powerful, since the higher engagement and multi-sensory experience work to elicit more and stronger emotions, creating a longer-lasting impression.
I hope I could show you that AR is much more than just a nice gimmick for a short wow-effect. Augmented Reality not only expands reality, it also augments your marketing possibilities for creating a more personal and immersive experience for the customer.
By now, Augmented Reality has become accessible and affordable for any company. Creating an AR experience, however, definitely takes some careful planning beforehand – otherwise you might spend a lot of money for next to no results. Most companies understandably still lack the necessary know-how, but luckily there are people with extensive expertise who can help with that (such as CodeFlügel, for example ;)). Companies who are already starting to implement AR in their marketing strategy can still gain an important competitive advantage, gain valuable experience and know-how in using this technology.
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Yesterday’s employees … are today’s CodeFlügel Superstars! | 2023-04-13T01:18:30.309457+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:41:33Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,114 | 1,789 |
https://craigmedred.news/2016/12/16/american-justice/ | After years of putting up with the incessant barking of a neighbor’s dog, 69-year-old Jin Bong So of Anchorage finally couldn’t take it anymore and decided to do something about it. His plan was not particularly well thought out. He bought a pellet gun and several times shot the dog named Lenny to teach it that barking had consequences, bad consequences.
Lenny was injured, but not seriously, more than once. The owner, Denise Rosales, reported Lenny’s injuries to authorities. They traced the wounds back to Bong So. He ended up in court earlier this month.
Months before Lenny was shot, Jason Mellerstig of Anchorage strapped a 9mm handgun to his hip in preparation for taking his 3-year-old son to daycare.
Mellerstig was never charged with anything. Not even the discharge of a firearm in the Municipality of Anchorage – one of the three charges brought against Bong So. The others were criminal mischief and animal cruelty.
The municipality considers an airgun a firearm, though the state does not. In court, Bong So testified through an interpreter that he did not know it was illegal to fire an airgun in the city, and that he didn’t think the pellets would penetrate Lenny’s skin.
He didn’t want to hurt Lenny.
This didn’t matter. Bong So was convicted, ordered to jail for 15 days, fined $1,500, and required to reimburse Rosales to the tune of $250.80 for Lenny’s medical bills.
Given the history here, one might conclude that if you have a problem with your neighbor’s dog in Anchorage it is better to kill it than injure it, but hopefully no one will proceed on that assumption because there is clearly more to this story.
Did race play a part in his conviction?
“It’s certainly possible,” said his attorney Chris Provost, but more than that he believes Bong So’s limited English made him an easy mark for municipal prosecutors.
Provost thought he could negotiate a reasonable plea deal for Bong So. The city, he said, was having none of that. The best plea offer was for Bong So “to plead out and spend months in jail,” Provost said.
He had to sit down with his client after that and talk about what to do next. The American criminal system is costly. Bong So could have fought the charges at trail, but it would have cost him thousands of dollars, and there was good possibility he might be convicted anyway.
The very things that made Bong So an easy mark for prosecutors – his race, his limited English, and his lack of understanding of the cultural norms of the West where people love their dogs – were working against him.
Bong So eventually decided to plead no contest to the charges and throw himself on the mercy of the court. Provost at sentencing argued the issues involved in the shooting were as much cultural as criminal.
“Had he known these community norms, it would have never come to this,” reported the Alaska Dispatch News, which thought the case important enough it had a reporter covering the trial.
The same newspaper lent a sympathetic ear to Mellerstig, a white graduate of the University of California School of Law working as a commercial airline pilot in Alaska because he loves to fly.
When Mellerstig started shooting, there was no doubt about what was going to happen to Skhoop. There was no question about the penetrating power of multiple rounds from a 9mm.
But what exactly transpired in the Mellerstig case was never settled. Mellerstig claimed Skhoop rushed him, that he felt threatened, and that he shot in self-defense. At least one of his neighbors questioned that scenario.
Skhoop, a chocolate Labrador retriever, was behind an invisible fence and had been staying behind it for months. But he was also on report for having once broken out and scared another neighbor though she was not harmed. It was never determined whether he broke containment on the fence before Mellerstig shot him or whether Mellerstig knew an invisible fence was in place.
Likewise, the full extent of Skhoop’s earlier behavior was unclear. Instead of contesting the charge that Skhoop was aggressive, Brailey told the city he’d make sure Skhoop was kept in the yard. There were no further reports of his breaking containment, but after his death, Brailey’s acceptance of the report of an aggressive dog worked again Skhoop.
Then, too, he was known to run to the edge of the lawn and bark at some people.
All of these things made the Mellerstig case hot news in Anchorage for a few days in April, and then it just sort of faded away. The city’s decision not to prosecute was never announced. The bureaucracy did what it often does when faced with a hot-button issue; it sat on the matter until the issue went cold.
A follow-up request on May 23 went unanswered.
“The case remains under review” was the answer to a June 23 request.
A July 7 request again went unanswered. By then, the story was long out of the public eye in a state where the media follows up on almost nothing. And even this website had grown tired of asking.
“The burden for presenting a self-defense claim to the jury is quite low (“some evidence”) and does have to be disproved beyond a reasonable doubt to a unanimous jury. The highest burden we have, of course.
It would be unfair to the office of the Municipal Attorney to end this story there.
Theno is correct when she says the standard for demonstrating self-defense in Alaska is low. The standard was low even before the state approved a “stand your ground” law in 2013 that lowered the standard further.
The latter provision details one of seven specific situations in which retreat is no longer required before resorting to the use of deadly force. With Mellerstig’s young son on the scene of the Skhoop shooting, it would have made prosecution an uphill battle.
And, as Provost noted, prosecutors don’t like to fight uphill. The legal system is weighted to winning. Prosecutors want a strong won-loss record every bit as much as any sports teams. What they decide to do is determined largely by their assessment of the odds of winning.
Bong So was an easy mark. A naturalized citizen who didn’t speak English, a man born in a country where dog was on the menu in some restaurants until not long ago, a “personal-care provider,” and an Asian, he was pretty much Mellerstig’s social opposite.
Now, he is out of work and facing a hefty fine for what he did, though Lenny is doing fine. The only upside, Provost said, is that the judge relented on the sentence and told the elderly man he could serve his time at home wearing an ankle monitor.
It was American justice.
Shoot a dog with a pellet gun in AK and get 15 days in jail….run a few dogs to death on the Iditarod Trail and you get a belt buckle and a chance to win a new Dodge truck. | 2023-04-13T01:18:31.289451+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:58:07Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,116 | 1,212 |
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https://news.sky.com/story/ryanair-boss-criticises-mcdonalds-for-sacking-ceo-who-dated-an-employee-11853963 | McDonald's sacked CEO Steve Easterbrook because of his relationship with another member of staff - which the company forbids.
Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary says McDonald's has gone too far in sacking its chief executive over a consensual relationship with an employee - and compared the company to the Catholic Church.
Mr O'Leary was asked about the company's decision to part ways with boss Steve Easterbrook during an interview on Ian King Live.
He said: "We [Ryanair] don't have a policy on this. I really get very worried when companies start having policies on people's private activity.
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"The organisation that has the most trouble imposing morality on everybody is the Catholic Church... they've had celibacy for 2,000 years and never been able to manage it."
Mr O'Leary added: "I think companies should have company policies that affect corporate behaviour, but trying to impose policies on what consenting adults do between themselves is a step too far.
"We don't have those kind of policies at Ryanair, but you know, we expect everybody to behave as mature adults and if there's a consensual relationship between managers or between people in Ryanair then that's fine."
His comments came after Steve Easterbrook was let go from Mcdonald's, with the company saying he had demonstrated poor judgement.
Mr Easterbrook, who grew up in Watford, Hertfordshire, but now lives in Illinois in the US, told staff in an email his relationship was consensual but admitted it violated the company's rules.
The recently divorced 51-year-old is believed to have been earning $15.9m (£12.3m) a year and is largely credited with turning around the fast food chain's fortunes. | 2023-04-13T01:19:05.910730+00:00 | 2020-01-25T21:15:43Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,136 | 296 |
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https://www.justklikproductions.com/single-post/2015/04/05/Melanie-going-18th | For as we know, debuts are definitely a night to remember. It's a fairytale dream about to come true in one enchanting night. This also means that she will be embarking the world of adulthood.
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https://www.relyonhorror.com/in-depth/resident-evil-in-depth/resident-evil-2/resident-evil-2-files/ | We received a report of a suspicious individual skulking around the sewer in the outskirts of Raccoon city. I searched the area and located the individual, but he ran away before I had a chance to question him.
Chief Irons has voiced concern regarding the issue of recent unresolved incidents. On the very day of the zombies’ attack, he made the decision to relocate all weapons to scattered intervals throughout the building as a temporary measure to prevent their possible seizure. Unfortunately, this decision has made it extremely difficult for us to locate all ammunition caches. It has become our top priority to recover these scattered ammunitions.
To unlock the weapons storage.
September 27th 1:00pm.
Three additional people were killed following the sudden appearance of an as yet unknown creature. This creature is identified by missing patches of skin and razor-like claws. However, its most distinguishing characteristic is its lance-like tongue capable of piercing a human torso in an instant. Their numbers as well as their location remaining unknown. We have tentatively named this creature the “Licker” and are currently in the process of developing countermeasure to deal with this new threat.
September 28th Early Morning 2:30am.
Zombies overran the operation room and another battle broke out. We lost four more people, including David. We’re down to four people, including myself. We failed to secure the weapons cache and hope for our survival continue to diminish. We won’t last much longer… We agreed upon a plan to escape through the sewer. There’s a path leading from the precinct underground to the sewage disposal plant. We should be able to access the sewers through there. The only drawback is that there is no guarantee the sewage disposal plant is free of any possible danger. We know our chances in the sewers are slim, but anything is better than simply waiting here to die. In order to buy more time, we locked the only door leading to the underground, which is located in the eastern office. We left the key behind in the eastern office since it’s unlikely that any of those creatures have the intelligence to find it and unlock the door.
I talked to the chief today once again, but he refused to listen to me. I know for certain that Umbrella conducted T-virus research in that mansion. Anyone infected turns into a zombie. But the entire mansion went up in the explosion; along with any incriminating evidence. Since Umbrella employs so many people in town, no one is willing to talk about the incident. It looks like I’m running out of options.
We’ve been receiving a lot of local reports about the strange creatures appearing at random throughout the city. This must be the work of Umbrella.
With the help of Jill and Barry, I finally obtained information vital to this case. Umbrella has begun research on the new G-virus, a variation of the original T-virus. Haven’t they done enough damage already ? We talked it over, and have decided to fly to the main Umbrella HQ in Europe. I won’t tell my sister about this trip because doing so will put her in danger.
Please forgive me Claire.
As per your request, we have conducted our internal investigation and discovered the following information : 1) Regarding the G-virus currently under development by Umbrella Inc. So far it is unconfirmed that the G-virus even exists. We’re continuing with our investigation. 2) Regarding Mr. Brian Irons, Chief of the Raccoon Police Dept. Mr. Irons has allegedly received a large sum of funds in bribes from Umbrella Inc. over the last five years. He was apparently involved in the cover up of the mansion case along with several other incidents in which Umbrella appears to have direct involvement. Mr. Irons had been arrested under psychiatric evaluation as a result of the charges but released due to circumstantial evidence as well as his phenomenal academic standing.
As such extreme caution advised when dealing with him.
It’s all over. Soon the streets will be infested with zombies. I’m beginning to think that I may be infected myself. I’ll kill everyone in town if this turns out to be true !!!
I was successful in spreading confusion among the police as planned. I’ve made sure that no one from the outside will come to help. With the delays in police station, no one will have the chance to escape my city alive. I’ve seen to it personally that all escape routes from inside the precinct have been cut off as well. There are several survivors still attempting to escape through the lower levels, but I’ll make sure no one gets out.
I’ve had a change of heart about the remaining survivors inside the precinct. I’ve decided to hunt then down myself. I shot Ed in the back through the heart less than an hour ago. I watched him writhe in pain upon the floor in a pool of his own blood. The expression on his face was positively exquisite. He died with his eyes wide open, staring up at me. It was beautiful. I wonder if the mayor’s daughter is still alive ? I let her escape so I could enjoy hunting her down later…I’m going to enjoy my new trophy. Yes, frozen forever in the pose I choose to give her.
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The P-Eplison has proven to weaken the B.O.W.s cellular functions. However, prolonged exposures will result in the creation of adaptive antibodies to the agent. Furthermore some species have been observed to absorb the P-Eplison gas as a source of nutrition and use the toxins extracted against anything that is a threat.
Use of P-Eplison gas should be severally limited to extreme cases only. We strongly request the authority to re-evaluate the P-Eplison gas development system. We would like this re-evaluation take place immediately.
I heard that all the art pieces from the chief’s collection are rare items, literally worth hundreds of thousand of dollars. I don’t know which is the bigger mystery : where he finds these tacky things, or where he’s getting the money to pay for them.
As I was straightening up the chief’s room, he burst through the door with a furious look on his face. It’s only been 2 months since I’ve started working here, but that was the second time I’ve seen him like this. The last time was when I bumped into that statue, only this time he looked even more agitated than ever. I serious thought for a moment that he was going to hurt me.
I have deposited the amount of $10000 to the account for your services this term as per agreement. The development of the G-virus scheduled to replace the T-virus, is near completion. Once completed, I am certain that I will be appointed to be a member of the Executive board for Umbrella Inc. It is imperative that we proceed with caution. Redfield and the remaining S.T.A.R.S. members are still attempting to uncover information on the project. Continue to monitor their activities and block all attempts to investigate the underground research facilities.
I finally had the chance to see blue skies for the first time in ages, but did a little to lift my spirit. I was reprimanded by the chief for neglecting my duties while I was up on the clock tower. There’s only one thing I still don’t understand : the chief seemed more concerned about the fact that I was up on the tower rather than that I was neglecting my duties. Why was access to the tower prohibited in the first place anyway ?
I recently talked to the old man who works in the scrap yard out back. His name is Thomas. He’s a quiet man and really seems to enjoy chess. He even went so far as to design a special key and lock engraved with chess pieces on them for one of the doors in the disposal yard. We made plans to play chess tomorrow night. I can’t help but wonder how good he is. One thing that’s been bothering me about him is the way that he’s always scratching himself…Does he have some sort of skin disease or is he rude ?
Thomas is a much better player than I has imagined. I used to think of myself as a fairly decent player, but he did a pretty good job of humbling me. About the only thing I imagine that could match his skills in chess is his appetite. All the guy did was talk about food throughout the entire game. He sounded fairly healthy, but he didn’t look quiet right…I wonder if he’s okay.
On the first and third Wednesday of the month, Angelica Margaret, chief of maintenance, will make use of the facilities. Be sure to reduce the moisture levels in the facility by activating the fan, as the equipment she will be using in susceptible to the effects or water vapours. On the 28th of every month, the chemical transporter Don Weller will use the facility. The chemicals he will be transporting are extremely volatile. Extreme caution should be observed throughout their transport. On the 6th and 16th of every month, police chief Brian Irons will visit the facility to attend the regular meeting that take place in the lab. On the 4th Friday of every other month, William Birkin will use the facility to conduct a training seminar for the Chicago branch of Umbrella Inc. as the probability of an attack upon William Birkin will be high, take every measure conceivable to guard his life. You will be informed of all other potential visitors and times they will arrive as needed. Guide these individuals to their destination safely. We expect nothing but the best for you.
It’s been a while, but I saw Don today and we talked after completing our work. He told me he had been sick in bed until yesterday. It really doesn’t come as much of a surprise given how long he’s been working here. He was sweating like a horse and kept scratching his body while we were talking. I asked if he was hot, but he just looked at me funny. What’s wrong with him anyway ?
Chief Irons has been visiting the lab quite often lately. I don’t know what he’s doing over there but he always looks grim. The expression on his face has been even more unsettling than usual… My guess is that it’s because of Dr. Birkin’s impossible requests. The chief has my sympathies though. After all he’s done for the town, he doesn’t deserve this.
I rarely drink because I’m on the graveyard shift, but I don’t suppose I have much to complain about it since this is how I make my living.
Chief Irons came in late today, looking grimmer than his usual self. I tried to joke with him to cheer him up but he wasn’t amused. He pulled his gun and threatened to shoot me ! I was able to calm him down, but that guy must have some serious problems. He knows he can’t enter the lab without my help and my medal. This is what it means for the chief “to serve and protect” !?
William informed me that the police and media have begun their investigation on Umbrella’s affair. He said that the investigation will be citywide and that there is a possible they’ll even search through the sewer. He asked me to suspend all Umbrella sewer facility operations until the investigation has concluded. The sewer will still be used for passage, but he stressed that I have to be extremely cautions and that I’d lose my job if anyone finds out about this operation.
In the instance of an uncontainable biohazardous breakout, all security measures will be directed toward the underground transport facility. In the instance that any abnormalities are detected among cargo it transit, designated high-speed train. At which point, all materials will be isolated and disposed of without delay. In the instance of a Class 1 emergency, the entire train will be purged and disposed of without delay. In the instance that the lab itself becomes contaminated, the northern most route currently used to transport materials to and from the facility will be designated as an emergency escape route. This route will secure passage to the relay point outside the city limits. Disclosure about any information regarding research conducted here, or the existence of this facility, is strictly prohibited. Since it is top priority to keep all research classified, escape access may be denied under certain extenuating circumstances.
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Any beings infected by the G-virus will reproduce through the impregnation of an embryo within another living being. Unless rejected by the host, the embryo will undertake a process of gradual cellular invasion, infecting the host’s cells on a molecular level as it rewrites their DNA. Once the metamorphosis is complete, the host will be capable of continuing this cycle of self-replication. The duration of time for the process to run its course will vary from subject to subject. In the early stages of cellular invasion, it is possible to hart progression of the metamorphosis through the administration of the G-vaccine antigen. The following procedure details its synthesis. The vaccine creation requires the base vaccine. This can be arranged by the activator VAM. First set the empty cartridge to the VAM and activate it. After the several moments the process will be complete and the white-color base vaccine will be set in the cartridge automatically. Then confirm the green light is on, remove the cartridge and proceed to the next step. Once the base vaccine has been prepared, set it in the vaccine synthesis machine located in the P-4 level experiment room. The machine is fully automated and only requires the user to push the sequence start switch. At this point, the program will run automatically and synthesis will be complete within approximately 10 seconds. As the synthesis of DEVIL is an extremely delicate process, the quality will vary with slight shocks or changes in temperature. Careful handling is required for the proper results. | 2023-04-13T01:20:19.545758+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:11:31Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,183 | 2,500 |
https://www.scpr.org/news/2018/04/27/82597/southern-california-s-surfing-padre-known-for-bles/ | Rev. Christian Mondor, left, heads to the surf with Rev. Matt Munoz during the Blessing of the Waves ceremony at the pier in Huntington Beach on Oct. 3, 2010.
The Rev. Christian Mondor, the "Surfing Padre" who wore a wetsuit under his clerical robe and presided over an annual Blessing of the Waves ceremony in the coastal Southern California town known as Surf City, died just two days before his 93rd birthday.
"He just loved life," his colleague the Rev. Ryan Thornton said Friday. "The community was drawn to him because he had an extraordinary ability to connect with people."
A competitive swimmer since he was a boy, Mondor only took up surfing in 1990 — when he was in his mid-60s — after joining the church just blocks from the shore about 40 miles south of Los Angeles.
"He figured that if he lived near the beach, he better learn how to surf," Thornton said. Before long he earned the nickname the Surfing Priest and, later, the Surfing Padre.
His fellow surfers would ask for his blessing before they paddled out in the mornings. Eventually Mondor started a yearly interfaith prayer service on the sand with a rabbi and other religious leaders. It became known as the Blessing of the Waves and drew thousands of people.
Mondor said the event was to honor St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of the environment. Recent gatherings included representatives from the Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Islamic and Zoroastrian faiths. After presiding over the blessing, Mondor shed his robe and grabbed his board to join a crowd of surfers in the water.
"We find that the ocean can bring people of all faiths together," Mondor told The Associated Press in 2010. "And since this is Surf City USA, it's the perfect place to gather."
In 2013 Mondor was honored with a star on Huntington Beach's Surfing Walk of Fame.
During his nearly 70-year career, Mondor worked as a priest and teacher across his home state of California, as well as in Oregon and Canada.
He is survived by his sister and "many nieces and nephews," Thornton said. A memorial is planned at Saints Simon and Jude church and the surfing community will organize a ceremonial paddle-out in Mondor's memory, he said.
| 2023-04-13T01:20:22.253267+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:20:29Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,184 | 383 |
https://www.sustainablesport.net/2011/06/women-overcoming-traditional-barriers.html | Sixteen teams will compete at the sixth FIFA Women’s World Cup in Germany 26 June through to 17 July. Two-time defending world champions Germany are in Pool A with Canada, Nigeria and France. Japan, New Zealand, Mexico and England make up pool B while United States , North Korea, Colombia and Sweden are in pool C. Pre-tournament favourites Brazil, Australia, Equitoral Guinea and Norway are in pool D.
Refereeing at the tournment will be one of Asian football's most experienced women officials, IM EunJu of South Korea. She is a FIFA instructor, AFC Referee, Korean OC, Professor of Eulji University, CEO of Allive Creative and a commentator for MBC TV.
She was the first Asian woman referee to officiate in the World Cup (1999), Olympic Games (Sydney 2000), Asian Cups, the Asian Games, the premier Korean leagues (importantly, both Men and Women) as well as the FIFA U17 World Cup.
Jorge Ribeiro - It’s not easy to a woman refereeing at men’s competitions (international and national).What do you think about this?
Dr. IM EunJu - We still have practical problems. Firstly, football is universally recognised as men’s sports in most of countries. FIFA has 208 member associations but only half of the countries have women’s football league.The reputation about women-referees is exceptionally low because of the religious and cultural reasons. Naturally, women's football is suffering, as the number of women-referees is low.
Secondly, Physicality is an issue. Men’s football has superior speed comparing to women’s football and there are very few women-referees officiating at a higher level. I guess I was a special case as trained through elite sports from very early childhood and had exceptionally fast, I timed 12.8 speed in the 100m run. My physical condition (my height is 5.64 feet) was good compared to other referees. Also, as a former national women's football team player my skills and knowledge of the game was good compared to other referees.
I was assigned only to men's matches in my country which was an advantage for me to grow as a professional referee. I think we should compete with specialities rather than peculiarities. Also I believe challenges and achievements as well as competitive edge is better than preferential treatment for women.
Nowadays, more women-referees are working in men's football game than in the past and the number will increase by their own efforts.
Jorge Ribeiro - FAIR PLAY within women’s football is it any different?
Dr. IM EunJu - I don’t think we have separated FAIR PLAY for women and men. I believe that a player’s fair play is when she/he follows the spirit of sportsmanship to achieve the best during the match and for the referee fair play is applying the rule of law rule in the game.
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https://aldianews.com/articles/culture/film-television/cartels-and-forced-exile-how-us-veterans-deported-mexico-live/56905 | The documentary "Ready for war" focuses on the sad fate of the thousands of deported U.S. war veterans who are at the mercy of drug cartels.
Cartels and forced exile: How U.S. veterans...
The day he left prison he had an immigration van waiting for him at the door. "If they'd come later, you'd go home," the guards told him. No one thought it was fair. Not the lawyers he spoke to, not the judges who refused to take the case. No, it couldn't be more than a mistake, everyone knows that veterans can't be deported, can they?
"My grandfather was an American. I was born in Mexico, like my father, but since I was a little boy I have lived in the United States; I have studied primary and secondary in Chicago; I married and had my daughter in this city, and I also enlisted in the army to serve my country. Then 9/11 happened, I was assigned to Afghanistan twice and when I returned home I started to feel weird. I couldn't be surrounded by people, they gave me sweats, and although my family pressured me to go to the veterans' hospital, I took refuge in drugs and alcohol," says Miguel Perez, who spent seven and a half years in prison for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.
And yet, he warns that ironically it was the best thing that could happen to him: "In prison, I received medical treatment and discovered my vocation: I helped other prisoners with their studies."
Miguel is one of the protagonists of "Ready for War," the documentary directed by Andrew Renzi that premieres tomorrow and follows the lives of veterans deported to Mexico after having served in active combat for the United States. It is a reality that happened even before the 2016 elections which gave Trump victory, but it has accelerated in recent years due to President Trump's anti-immigrant policies.
"The most surprising thing is that all of the deported military would gladly return to serve in the U.S. military, regardless the way they have been treated," Andrew Renzi.
Andrew traveled with his producer to Tijuana to meet Héctor Barajas, one of the soldiers who starred in the documentary and has been running a destination center for years to help thousands of deported veterans gain citizenship while they continue to arrive, most of them deceived by members of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
"After learning Hector's story, we visited journalist Luis Chaparro in Juarez and began meeting with deported veterans who had been forced to work for drug cartels because of their war training. And we knew we had to make this movie," Renzi said.
"No one knows this is happening to a lot of people. And the most surprising thing is all of them would happily serve in the U.S. Army again regardless of how they've been treated," continued the director, who spent more than two years working on the project in cities like Juarez and Tijuana, living situations, as he himself confesses, that are quite dangerous.
"We often had to prove that we weren't from the DEA and that led to tense moments. Once a narco asked me to prove that I wasn't an undercover agent and he threatened to kill us if I didn't; I took out the phone and looked for me on Google and found an old photo in which I appeared with Richard Gere. I guess the sicario had seen 'Pretty Woman' because he smiled and said, 'Hey, I know that guy!'"
In Matamoros, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, there is a Central American refugee camp where more than two thousand people live in cramped living conditions awaiting political asylum. Tamaulipas is a drug trafficker's natural environment; every day gunmen are shot down and there are attacks and shootings between the army and the police with the cartels of the northwest.
Just there, in Matamoros, across the Texas border, Miguel Perez was transferred in March 2018 after spending a year and a half in a detention center. But he was, as he himself says, "conned." And it wasn't the only thing that happened...
"In the detention center I had suffered many violations of my rights: they wouldn't give me the right medication, they wouldn't let my doctor in; they cut off the water in my cell to beg them... And one day, after a lot of fighting with my lawyer, they made me swear citizenship. But it was a lie, after two hours I was denied citizenship for the same crime I had already paid for, and in a week I was also deported, even though I knew it was a risk for me."
Forcibly expatriates, many of the deported veterans suffering from post-traumatic syndrome as a result of years of combat. According to Miguel Pérez, they live trying to hide their true identity in the hope of eluding the cartels. "They pass themselves off as tourists, they are visiting, even though some have been fighting for up to 15 years to return to the U.S."
"We left our families to go to war, and they suffered. We returned with mental problems, and they continued to suffer. And then came deportation.", he stated.
With a stunning photographic direction by Jeff Peterman that totally eludes the traditional aesthetics of the documentary and resembles the style of a thriller—"We wanted the audience to forget what they were watching and when they came back to earth, reality hit them harder," said the director—"Ready for war" also takes us to the bloody war between two cartels in Juarez, and the testimony of a veteran who fell into drug traffickers' hands and hides behind a mask.
"We left our families to go to war, and they suffered. We returned with mental problems, and they continued to suffer. And then came deportation. The worst thing after fighting for your country is to be separated from your relatives. But I don't feel betrayed by my country; I fought for it, even if the law isn't perfect," concludes Miguel Perez, who became a U.S. citizen this September. Now back in Chicago, Perez works to help other veterans return home.
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https://bestgolf.typepad.com/blog/2010/01/cape-kidnappers-will-blow-you-away.html | Young guns battled gale winds at the Cape Kidnappers Kiwi Challenge this last November. Four of golf's most charismatic, young PGA TOUR contenders––Anthony Kim, Camilo Villegas, Hunter Mahan and Sean O'Hair––scrambled to stay on the greens in the 50-mile-an-hour winds off the ocean on one of the world's greatest golf courses, Cape Kidnappers on New Zealand's North Island. The opening round of the two-day event was suspended due to high winds, which repeatedly moved the balls around, even after they landed on the fairways (on the practice range, hitting into the wind, "spiderman" Villegas watched his 5-wood shots actually fly back over his head). Anthony Kim only needed a bogey on the first playoff hole to defeat Sean O'Hair and collect $1 million.
Tom Doak-designed Cape Kidnappers lies on a series of rugged bluffs above the sea. Doak said, "If it were any bigger or any more dramatic, it would probably be cordoned off as a national park. It's an overwhelming experience to stand up on the cliffs, 140 meters above sea level, and look out across the waves far below in Hawke's Bay. Not true links terrain, with the wrinkles of sand dunes, instead the land tilts toward the sea as a series of ridges jutting out toward the edge of the cliffs. Yet, the play is seaside golf at its finest. The surface is firm and fast, the conditions can be windy, and the player who can control his trajectory will be master of the course. You'll hit shots over the tops of the tea trees, and play along the edges of deep ravines. If you stray on your approaches, you'll actually hope to get caught up in bunkers hanging off the green's edge, some of them deeper than you've ever seen before. Three times, you'll have to make the perilous leap from the end of one ridge to the end of the next. And at the 6th and 15th holes it's possible to pull your approach off the very end of the earth, though it will take nearly ten seconds of hang time for your ball to reach the ocean below.
A luxury-level Relais & Chateau property, 20 cottages at The Farm at Cape Kidnappers are adjacent to the golf course on a 5,000-acre sheep and cattle ranch. The Farm ranked among Travel + Leisure's "World's Top 100 Hotels".
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https://dogdeep.com/7-reasons-why-two-dogs-are-better-than-one/ | You already have a dog and you love it in a way that you’ve never loved anything before.
So, why would you want to go and get another dog? Why would you want to risk messing up a good thing? Because, in the end, it could turn out to be the best decision you’ll ever make.
Without further ado, here 7 reasons why two dogs are better than one.
While having one dog can be fulfilling, having two dogs is typically even more fulfilling. Why? Find out below!
The fact of the matter is that dogs are pack animals. They need company in order to function, and if they don’t get it, they will get nervous and tear apart everything around them.
While dogs enjoy human companionship, human companionship isn’t always enough to keep them satisfied. After all, most dog owners are forced to go away to school or work for 8 to 12 hours a day. This means that their dogs are left alone for almost half of the day with no one to keep them company.
Fortunately, this problem can be quickly rectified. All you have to do is add another dog to the mix. As long as you ease your new dog into your living situation, your old dog will begin to take a liking to it, and they will eventually become friends.
Dogs have a habit of getting attached to their humans. In fact, they tend to get so attached that, while their humans are gone, they’re in a constant state of fear and nervousness. This is commonly referred to as separation anxiety.
Separation anxiety isn’t just a problem for your dog. It’s also a problem for you and the possessions that exist in your house.
Why is this? Because, when dogs feel separation anxiety, they (as a coping mechanism) often start to destroy the things that are around them. For instance, they’ll defecate in places where they shouldn’t, chew on valuable possessions, and scratch at the carpet.
The good thing is that there are ways for you to ease this separation anxiety. One of the most effective ways is by bringing another dog into the house. The new dog will serve as a companion to your old one, helping to keep him or her calm while you’re gone.
It’s estimated that around 6.5 million animals enter shelters in the United States every year. A good many of these animals wait months or years to finally be accepted into forever homes. Some of these animals are never accepted into forever homes at all.
While you certainly shouldn’t feel obligated to rescue all of these animals, you should at least be cognizant of the fact that the more animals you bring into your home, the fewer animals there will be that will have to live in shelters.
In essence, by taking in 2 dogs instead of 1, you make a bigger impact on the lives of companion animals at large. You contribute more to the solving of the problem.
Is there anything better than coming home after the end of a long day at work and being greeted by your dog? The simple embrace of your dog can take your existential dread and turn it into pure, unbridled joy.
Now, just imagine what two dogs could do! With two dogs in your home, you’ll be living in a world of almost perpetual bliss. The only occasions on which you’ll feel less than great are those occasions in which you’re forced to be away from your canine friends.
Maybe you’re skeptical about taking in a new dog because you’re not sure if you’ll have time to train it?
While your skepticism is justified to an extent, the fact of the matter is that having a trained dog around an untrained dog greatly simplifies the process.
By having a trained dog in your home, your new dog will be able to learn by example. For instance, if your old dog rings a bell in order to alert you that he or she has to use the bathroom, he or she will be able to slowly teach your new dog the same process.
While some training will still be needed on your part, it won’t have to be anywhere near as intensive as it otherwise would have been.
The fact of the matter is that dogs need love and attention on a regular basis. If they don’t get it, they become depressed and anxious, and might even start behaving in an irrational manner.
If you have only one dog, that one dog relies on this love and attention from you and you only. However, if you bring two dogs into the house, they can rely on each other for love and attention. This will allow you to get things done without feeling any guilt.
Do you rely on your dog to keep your home secure? Are you dependent on his or her bark to scare off potential intruders? If so, you can double up on your security by bringing in another dog.
Not only will two dogs sound louder and meaner than one dog, but they’ll also help each other pick up the slack. For instance, if one of your dogs happens to sleep through a door knock, the other of your dogs will most likely be ready to bark on his or her behalf.
Are you convinced? Do you now see how two dogs are better than one? If so, and if you’re thinking about bringing home a second dog, you might be in need of further information.
Fortunately, you can find it right here at DogDeep. We have information on everything dogs, from grooming tips to training tips to dog-related stories and more.
Check out our featured articles now!
| 2023-04-13T01:22:29.286581+00:00 | 2020-01-25T21:31:28Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,248 | 986 |
https://ic.steadyhealth.com/radiation-therapy-for-lymphoma | A non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer affecting a crucial part of our immune system, the lymphatic system. This system spreads all around our body and, when one is suffering from a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, the number of lymphatic cells rises uncontrollably or the cells themselves die slower than other cells in the body. There are many types of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas or NHLs.
One common type of these lymphomas is referred to as aggressive. Also, it can be called high-grade lymphoma or intermediate-grade lymphoma. These are quite dangerous, spread rapidly and trigger numerous health issues.
Alternatively, slow-spreading, less dangerous type of lymphomas is called non-aggressive. Also, there is a difference between a non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and a Hodgkin's lymphoma. Basically, the NHL can appear at any possible location in the body, starting in a single lymph node or a group of these nodes. Furthermore, it may affect an internal organ and spread to other organs and parts of the body. This is why an early diagnosis of NHL is necessary for a successful treatment. Finally, NHL is not contagious and the causes of this cancer are still a mystery, even though many experts claim that it has something to do with infections in the body or exposure to environmental triggers.
Once a person is suffering from NHL, he/she has swollen lymph nodes in the neck, groin or armpit. Additionally, fever may affect this individual, without any other causes behind it. Furthermore, night sweats, tiredness, mysterious weight loss, itchiness of the skin and appearance of red rashes may signify NHL as well. Finally, shortness of breath, coughing or back and belly pain, all add on to the list of possible symptoms.
Biopsy is necessary for a proper diagnosis and the sample tissue is obtained from a lymph node in most cases. However, more tests may be necessary for definitive diagnosis.
Once NHL has been diagnosed, possible ways of treatment are observations, radiation therapy, chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody therapy or stem cell transplant.
The radiation therapy is conducted by exposing the cancer cells to a high-intensity dose of X-rays. The radiation may be delivered from a machine located outside the patient's body, directed towards the affected spot, or it may be done from the inside with radiation coming from needles, wires and other such materials.
Since radiation is involved in this treatment, patients may experience certain side-effects once it is over. Low blood count, tiredness, redness of the exposed skin, hair loss, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, all may affect a person undergoing radiation NHL therapy.
Please I need some advise? | 2023-04-13T01:22:42.581436+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:35:02Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,255 | 443 |
https://johnericksonnews.com/2018/04/11/wednesday-april-11-2018/ | Good morning team! It’s Wednesday, April 11, 2018, and time for a little 411 from the good old Daily Drip. We expect wind and rain today, with a quarter of an inch in the bucket and highs of 50. And–four days ahead of the stud removal deadline—the Cascades are in for a prolonged period of accumulating snow today and tomorrow. Sunrise 6:32 AM, sunset 7:51 PM.
Our hearts are in our throats upon hearing that a family of four has vanished on a drive from Portland, where they spent Spring Break, to their home near Los Angeles–and that a maroon Honda Pilot that sounds just like their car was swept away in a rain-swollen river along the Redwood Highway in Mendocino County last Friday. That was the same day the Thottapilly family–including a mother, father, 12-year old son, and 9-year old daughter–was due to stop over at a relative’s house near San Jose, but didn’t show. Rough water conditions in the Eel River have prevented a search for the vehicle, and the sheriff says it may have been carried a distance downstream. This is not far from where the Hart family drove over a cliff into the Pacific more than two weeks ago.
Two of the deepest pockets in Portland business are partnering with City Hall in building a sturdy green homeless shelter beneath the west end of the Broadway Bridge. South Waterfront developer Homer Williams, who developed an interest in solving the homeless crisis, and Columbia Sportswear CEO Tim Boyle, an outspoken critic of the impact of homelessness on local business, are the private money behind the new shelter, which should be open before the next winter.
Oof…Portland has zoomed from 32nd to the 6th best place to live in America, in annual rankings by U.S.News and World Report. The article doesn’t miss a single Portland cliche…the Naked Bike Ride, Voodoo Doughnuts, the terminally overplayed “Weird” thing…it acknowledges that “Portland’s average living expenses are [duh] higher than the national average”… hits the soft-pedal on the houseless situation by saying “the homeless population isn’t as high as some metro areas. But the mild winters allow for year-round camping, so displaced individuals remain a permanent fixture”… it lists as one of the city’s many recreational opportunities “the world’s smallest park (24 inches)” (I know our family plays at Mill Ends Park quite often, in the middle of the Naito Parkway traffic..how about yours?)…and literally puts the restaurants, beers, and wines here at the very end of the story. Almost sounds like they haven’t actually been here. On the bright side, Austin is #1!
The Portland Resistance today is staging a combination demonstration and coat drive in response to the police shooting of John Elifritz at a homeless shelter. They will be holding a rally at 4 PM at City Hall, and asking people to bring coats, tents, sanitary items, and other supplies for those without homes.
The world is waiting to see if President Trump attacks Syria for gassing people in a Damascus suburb, after having excoriated President Obama for not responding similarly (he asked for Congressional approval and didn’t get it). Oregon’s Jeff Merkley was on MSNBC last night saying Trump is trying to distract from his mounting legal problems. Russia has vowed to respond militarily against the US to any missile strike against Syria. Russia also blocked a UN Security Council resolution that would have set up an independent investigation into the chemical weapons attack.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell blocked legislation that would have protected special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg seemed, to some, to robotically endure a Senate committee’s probity for more than 5 hours yesterday, but must have done OK for his investors; the company’s stock jumped almost 5%. Today a House committee takes its whacks, chaired by former Oregon radio guy Greg Walden.
Don’t know if it’s your color, but ODOT advises us that today is Wear Orange Day, as a reminder for drivers to pay attention when you see orange signs, barrels, cones or barricades. On average in Oregon, distracted drivers cause 10 crashes a day, and construction zones are particularly vulnerable.
The Portland Winterhawks were blown off their own ice by the Everett Silvertips 6-2 last night, and now trail the WHL playoff series 2-1. They’ll hopefully even it up Thursday night at the Coliseum.
The Blazers’ regular-season finale is tonight–for Fan Appreciation Night–at home against the Utah Jazz. At stake is the vital home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
From our Department of Something Good!
That’s the report from the DD news desk! Hope you can join us on K103 for the drive in to work, and we look forward to reading your comments and updates!
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https://psychcentral.com/ask-the-therapist/2019/08/29/do-support-groups-online-encourage-toxic-behavior/ | Home » Ask the Therapist » Do Support Groups Online Encourage Toxic Behavior?
Do Support Groups Online Encourage Toxic Behavior?
I’m part of a FB group that supports women born with a congenital disease that prevents conception. I’ve noticed that a lot of women in the group, though their intentions are good, are very negative and discouraging. Everyone talks so much about trying to be strong but they seem to do nothing to actually feel good about themselves. They just wallow in self-pity like the world owes them. And there seems to be a lot of people who seem to think it’s perfectly ok to blackball other women in their life because they fall pregnant.
Every time I read one of the posts, the comments are so pitiful it upsets me.
Am I crazy to think this kind of environment is probably causing more damage to these women than good?
While there are many positive qualities of support groups, they are not without their problems. This is especially true regarding online support groups.
The benefits of online support groups include finding comfort in knowing that you’re not alone in experiencing a particular problem. It can be good to connect with other people who understand what you’re going through.
Online support groups may also provide education and insight into your own situation. You might learn something that could lead to new ideas and treatments.
It’s always good to have a supportive network of people in your life, even if only online. People who have good support networks don’t feel alone, and overall have more positive experiences in life.
Alternatively, there are drawbacks with online support groups. Unmoderated, some of the group members can devolve into negativity. It is easy to be nasty or offensive to persons with whom you have no chance of having personal contact. Ideally, it would be best if it were supervised by professionals but when it comes to Facebook and other social media sites, that’s not likely to occur. Joining a moderated group with clear-cut guidelines about behavior might help to improve the online support group experience.
In addition, unmoderated groups may be apt to share misinformation. The feedback of group members may be anecdotal in nature and thus not based on sound scientific principles. Some information can even be harmful.
For instance, NBC recently reported a story about parents of autistic kids sharing misinformation in private Facebook groups. Some of these groups were small, with as few as 10 members, but some were large, with thousands of members.
They discovered that some parents used dangerous methods to “heal” their children with autism, a disorder that currently has no cure. These included utilizing chlorine dioxide (orally or via an enema, or in baths). The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), indicates that chlorine dioxide is essentially bleach and using such treatments can cause permanent harm to the child, even death. Some parents even posted pictures of themselves forcing their children to ingest chlorine dioxide. It appears that some people were so desperate to help their children that there were willing to engage in harmful and potentially disastrous behavior.
It’s not uncommon for people to have experiences like what you’ve described in the online environment. If the group were better moderated, or moderated it all, there would likely be rules about complaining or otherwise creating an atmosphere in which negativity could prosper.
To answer your question directly, you are not “crazy” to think that the support group is causing more harm than good. It certainly seems to be. Unfortunately, there’s probably little you can do to change the dynamics of the group. It may be best to avoid it. Thank you for your question. Best of luck to you.
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https://www.business.unsw.edu.au/news-events/news/gdp-figures-herald-secular-stagnation-in-australia | “Today’s GDP figures showing anaemic growth are further evidence that secular stagnation has hit Australia,” says Professor Richard Holden from the UNSW Business School.
Secular stagnation is a long run lowering of potential growth, generally heralded by a cooling of the economy.
Figures out today indicate that Gross Domestic Product (or GDP) year-on-year growth is now at 2 per cent, compared with 2.3 per cent at the end of the first quarter. GDP grew 0.2 per cent in the three months to the end of June, compared with 0.9 per cent in the first quarter.
The weak GDP numbers have hit the dollar hard, which has slumped to a new six-year low of 69 US cents.
Professor Richard Holden from the UNSW Business School can comment on the economy, GDP and the dollar.
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https://www.collegefactual.com/majors/engineering/chemical-engineering/rankings/most-focused/southeast/north-carolina/ | What North Carolina Schools are the Most Focused in Chemical Engineering?
North Carolina State University is a good option for students pursuing a Chemical Engineering degree. Want a large student body? This college has over 20,000 students on campus.
Get higher than 28 on the ACT? That's above the average applicant score, so you have a good chance of getting in. 93.0% of freshmen return for their sophomore year. Get an idea of what campus life at NC State is really like by watching a few campus videos.
North Carolina A & T State University is among your top options if you're planning on studying Chemical Engineering. The location in a major city is great for scholars trying to find adequate possibilities for social networking, adventure, and exploration.
There is an advanced degree program available for students who are interested. Ranked #11 in North Carolina for overall value, we might have expected this university's excellent academic programs to be more expensive. Interested in knowing more about North Carolina A & T State University's campus? Take a virtual tour. | 2023-04-13T01:23:38.697144+00:00 | 2020-01-25T20:43:32Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,289 | 183 |
https://www.nrgedge.net/company/australian-government-future-fund | The Future Fund was established in 2006 to accumulate financial assets to offset the Australian Government’s unfunded superannuation liability from 2020. This was particularly important in view of the pressure that Australia’s aging population is likely to place on Commonwealth finances into the future. Since then we have taken on the management of additional public asset funds, including the DisabilityCare Australia Fund, the Medical Research Future Fund, and two Nation-building Funds. Our role is to generate high, risk adjusted returns over the long-term. Every dollar that we make is a dollar that adds to Australia’s wealth and contributes to its future. We operate independently from Government and tailor the management of each fund to its unique investment mandate. We are an intergenerational sovereign wealth fund, not a superannuation fund. We are designed to allow the Australian Government to save today to meet the costs of tomorrow.
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https://www.writersvoice.net/2010/01/wars-of-islamic-succession-and-partners-in-health-in-haiti/ | Journalist Lesley Hazleton talks about AFTER THE PROPHET. It’s about the wars of succession after Mohammed’s death that led to the split between Shia and Sunni. And author Tracy Kidder talks about Haiti, Dr. Paul Farmer, and the organization Farmer founded, Partners in Health. Kidder’s book is MOUNTAINS BEYOND MOUNTAINS, published in 2003.
As the prophet Mohammed lay on his death bed in 632 AD, the plotting about who would succeed him swirled around his prostrate form. The wars of succession that ensued are still going on today, in the split between Shia and Sunni. Yet Islam was a religion founded on an ideal of unity — unity that, my guest Lesley Hazleton says, was undermined by human folly. Her fascinating book, [amazon-product text=”After the Prophet: The Epic Story of the Shia-Sunni Split in Islam” type=”text”]0385523939[/amazon-product] chronicles the bloody history of this folly — the tensions, jealousies and power plays that followed on the heels of Mohammed’s death.
Hazleton is a psychologist and journalist who writes about the intertwining of religion and politics in the Middle East. In addition to AFTER THE PROPHET, she’s the author of [amazon-product text=”Mary: A Flesh-and-Blood Biography of the Virgin Mother” type=”text”]1582344752[/amazon-product] and [amazon-product text=”Jezebel: The Untold Story of the Bibles Harlot Queen” type=”text”]0385516150[/amazon-product]CORRECTION: In the audio, Lesley Hazleton is mis-named “Laurie” by host Francesca Rheannon.
The heartrending scenes out of Haiti in the wake of the devastating earthquake are spurring Americans to open their pocketbooks and give to the relief effort. One of the best places to give is to the organization Partners In Health, which has been bringing health services to the poorest people in Haiti for more than 20 years. It does this by training local doctors and medical workers, and by listening to the people it serves to find out what they need and how best to give it. P.I.H. serves some 1.5 million people in Haiti’s rural areas.
It has so gained the trust and respect of Haitians and the international community alike, that it has been tasked with leading one of the largest medical operations for earthquake victims, at Port au Prince’s Central Hospital. It is coordinating care of critically injured Haitians with the US Navy hospital ship Comfort and running 24 different operating rooms round the clock.
Partners in Health was founded by Dr. Paul Farmer, a Harvard-educated anthropologist who traveled to Haiti to write his thesis in anthropology and ended up deciding to become a doctor to serve the people he had come to know in that desperately poor country. Farmer and Partners in Health are the subject of Tracy Kidder’s 2003 book, Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, a Man Who Would Cure the World . Farmer has been named the UN’s Deputy Special Envoy to Haiti and is expected to be instrumental in Haiti’s reconstruction efforts.
Tracy Kidder is the author of numerous books, including Among Schoolchildren . He’s spoken to Writers Voice about his memoir, My Detachment , and his most recent book, Strength in What Remains .
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http://beatlesabbeyroad.ning.com/forum/topics/what-new-beatle-fact-have-you?commentId=6286498%3AComment%3A56757 | What Beatles fact have you learned recently?
Posted by Annalina Lennon McCartney on July 2, 2011 at 5:09am in The Beatles: Music, Movies, & More!
Learn and share new Beatles facts everyday!
LOL!!! I kind of like Ringo's artwork, even if it is childish & simple-minded! Lmfao at least it isn't Caveman like drawing!
That is Sad that Larry Williams died of suspected suicide in 1980!!
“Short Fat Fannie” has been covered by The Beatles while filming “Let It Be"
present during one of their recording sessions? But, it may be?
I actually did not know that "The First U.S. Visit" was shelved and unreleased until 1991.
I always figured it had a limited theatrical release in 1964, but maybe only in England or something. LOL.
The main difference between the original 1964 documentary and the 1991 re-edited version is that 22 minutes of the Beatles' live recorded performances on The Ed Sullivan Show have been inserted the 1991 release. However, as the 1964 documentary is 81 minutes long[4] and the 1991 version is 83 minutes, some 20 minutes of the 1964 documentary have been excluded, such as several scenes with Brian Epstein.
The original 1964 documentary is still being shown at various festivals, such as the Silverdocs in 2008, and was also shown at a special screening at the Maysles Cinema in New York on 18 November 2011 in honour of Albert Maysles' 85th birthday.
re: "Amazing how even after nearly 15 years of being a Beatles fan I still learn a few new things about them every once in a while."
Me and BeatleNut may be hardcore but we actually learned some new things in the chatroom last night!
I just now about 30 seconds ago learned "something new!" When Paul replicated the Abbey Road album cover for 1993's "Paul Is Live" album, the number plate on the car reads 51 IS. (This is to counter the 28 IF number plate on the Abbey Road album cover.) As you all probably know, the 28 IF raised eyebrows because Paul would have been 28 *if* he hadn't died in 1966. Well, 51 IS says that he is alive & 51, which he was in 1993! Genius! I love that.
I used to have that "Paul Is Live" (1993) DVD!
I remember that Abbey Road recreation picture but never noticed that little license plate detail before!
Very clever! Thanks for pointing that out, BeatleNut!
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https://myillini.illinois.edu/Programs/MajorDetail/10KP0115BS | Electrical Engineering is a major within the Department of Engineering. The major involves technology in all aspects of life; whether it's wires, devices, space, the human body, or other mediums. It has applications in electrical power, communications, information technology, nanotechnology, and biotechnology. This major may be for you if you enjoy tinkering and dream of making something new. | 2023-04-13T01:26:47.173089+00:00 | 2020-01-25T19:37:51Z | common-crawl | cc_en_head_0019 | 352,392 | 60 |
https://studio5.ksl.com/talking-to-your-child-about-your-past/ | Studio 5 Contributor Dr. Liz Hale says whether you tell your child about your past or not, you need to be prepared when the conversation comes up.
Kids have always said the darnedest things. But, today they are asking even more frank and personal questions about their parents’ past lives than in previous generations, thanks to curiosity prompted by the Internet and social media. Our children are the Facebook Generation. Each and every sordid detail of their personal lives are routinely posted for all peers to see. Also easily accessible to them are scandalous details of popular celebrities and politicians, whose poor life decisions can powerfully influence vulnerable minds.
There is not one fool-proof way to respond to a child’s curiosity. Factors depend on the parent’s personality (and past!), the child’s developmental age and stage, and current social circumstances.
There is also a common concern that if you come clean and share the sordid details of your past, you run the risk of showing your child that it’s fine to experiment because you did and you survived.
Sex and drug education is one thing, but past deeds and indiscretions can be trickier.
It appears that children’s decisions have very little to do with what parents say. Instead, it has to do with how involved parents are to perceive the struggles their children are having below the surface!
We do not want shame to contaminate our responses to our children. Take some time to reflect on your own feelings about your past and remember that whatever you choose to share with your child, listen carefully to determine what your child really wants to know. Details are rarely helpful. It’s not about YOU. It’s about THEM.
The truth about a topic doesn’t have to mean YOUR personal truth. It is fine, even necessary, to have and model appropriate boundaries.
I was SO inquisitive as a child…curious about relationships, decision-making, and life choices; I’m sure it’s why I chose to become a psychologist. Throughout my childhood, my mother had always been open to any and all conversations. One day, however, I took it too far and I asked her about something far too personal about my parents’ marriage. And she calmly, kindly said, “Elizabeth, now THAT is none of your business.” She was certainly right! At the same time, I knew I could ask her anything about the topic of sex in general and she would be truthful.
We teach children about privacy when we teach them to cover their bodies, say no to inappropriate touching or closing the door when they use the restroom. When we make major life decisions, however, they often don’t stay private because the end result is public! Teenage pregnancy: A public, obvious outcome to a private, personal decision.
DUI: A public consequence to another personal decision. Reputation: Decisions we make at a party, to participate or not participate in certain behaviors, attach themselves to our character and can last forever even after a new and better decision has been made.
Continually remind your child that decisions are in their control…no matter the social circumstances of whether or not “everybody else is doing it!” They are powerful beings with their own minds and directives.
BOTTOMLINE: Whatever you choose to tell your child, explain your current family rules, goals and values. The best antidote for drugs, drinking and premarital sexual activity is NOT what you tell your child about your past but what you do to be a present, “hands-on” parent. To build and maintain a healthy and respectful relationship with your children, monitor what they do and consume, set certain rules based on your values, and keep the communication flowing.
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https://www.cfob.co.uk/news/boris-backs-british-bangladeshis | Thank you so much for coming to my ‘Friends of’ reception last week.
to speak in the House of Commons with a deepened understanding of the crisis.
to increase the number of Bangladeshi parliamentary candidates and hopefully deliver our first Bangladeshi MP.
served nearly a decade as the Mayor of the city in which the largest portion of the UK’s 500,000 Bangladeshis lived.
country’s worst off in exactly the same way.
standards as a result.
Thank you for all you do for our party.
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https://www.med.uc.edu/systemsbiology/areas/modelsystems | In addition to their role in the development of nearly every life-saving surgical procedures and medicine animal models play an irreplaceable role in our understanding of the function of living systems.
Whether bacterium, plant or animal, model organisms are used in biomedical research every day to investigate life’s processes from the earliest stages of development to senescence and death. This group boasts a cadre of researchers with wide-ranging expertise in the care, maintenance, husbandry and experimental manipulation of living model systems spanning most living taxa.
Traditional murine models (e.g. Mus and Rattus) abound in laboratories studying phenomena as diverse as obesity and drug addiction while fruit flies (Drosophila) are used to investigate tumor suppression. Still others take advantage of the unique life history characteristics of fungi (e.g. Neurospora) to study the mechanisms regulating circadian rhythms, fish (e.g. Danio) to determine the factors involved in birth defects, or frogs (e.g. Xenopus) as an oocyte expression system within which to investigate mechanisms of iron transporters.
Animal core facilities provide comfortable and controlled environments with expert veterinary care and administrative oversight of animal welfare at the both the federal and local level.
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https://www.velonews.com/2019/11/news/american-road-team-earns-four-female-and-two-male-spots-for-2020-olympics_502769 | The UCI confirms allotments for next summer's road events at the Olympic Games, and the United States has four spots for women and just two for men.
USA Cycling will send six total road cyclists to the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, as the UCI confirms the official national allotments for next year’s summer games.
Of the six, four spots are for women, and two are for men.
The Olympic national quotas were set by each nation’s spot on the UCI World Rankings, a hierarchy that weighs the individual UCI points by top riders from each nation.
The rankings for October 27, 2019 established the Olympic quotes for 2020. In those rankings, the U.S. men were ranked No. 26 internationally, just behind Eritrea.
By contrast, the U.S. women were ranked fourth.
A strong performance at September’s world championships gave the U.S. extra slots in the time trial events, with two each in the men’s and women’s categories.
American men only earned two starting slots for the road race out of a maximum of five, but they also gained two starting positions for the time trial. Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, and Colombia all earned the maximum five spots, with Great Britain and Denmark, among other nations, earning four, and Canada, Czech Republic, and Kazakhstan earning three.
On the women’s side, the team earned a maximum of four starting positions for the road race, and two for the time trial. Other nations to earn the maximum four spots include Australia, Germany, Italy, and the Netherlands.
In all, 130 men will compete in the road race, with 40 for the time trial, while 67 women will start the road race, with 25 in the time trial.
The UCI could reallocate some positions if countries do not fill their respective quotas by December 15.
The announcement caused a stir on social media, with critics wondering why there are more start positions for men than women. Since 1996, when professionals were first allowed to race, the men’s allotment dropped from 184 in Atlanta to 144 from 2004-16, and will dip to 130 in 2020. On the women’s side, the allotment was at 58 in 1996, and grew to 66-68 riders starting in 2004.
The Olympic road race courses already came under criticism earlier this year when it was revealed that the men’s race is much more challenging and features a climbing sector along Mount Fuji that is not featured in the women’s race.
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