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New Richmond U10 softball team competes at national tournament
Getting the opportunity to play at the national level was just part of the experience for the New Richmond U10 softball team that played in the U10 national softball tournament July 26-28 in Bloomington, Minn.
The New Richmond team had recently placed fifth among 22 teams in the Minnesota state tournament.
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Discoveries from the deep
Scattered across the world, on the floors of our oceans, seas and lakes, there are an estimated three million shipwrecks. Whether sunk naturally in ancient times or torpedoed in the wars of the past century, most are quietly waiting to be discovered, have their stories told and their secrets revealed.
We join teams of explorers, investigators, and maritime experts from across the globe as they discover, identify, and uncover the truth about some of the most fascinating wrecks on earth. From ships believed lost to the curse of the Bermuda Triangle, to the largest naval battle in history, this series uses cutting edge underwater technology to gather the clues and piece the evidence together and lay to rest some of the mysteries of the deep.
Series 1: 6x60 | HD | 2018


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Sorry this is such a late reply; messages sometimes get missed with the way the forum is set up.
I am not yet at the point where I would consider stopping treatment but I have thought about when that might be.
Are you stuggling at the moment on Kadcyla?
When to stop treatment is such a personal decision and only you can know when that might be, but sometimes treatments and side effects take us to a dark place where it is the only option we can see and if we felt better and our side effects were controlled we might see things differently.
You will know the right decision for you and whatever you decide I wish you love and strength.

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What if I told you there was a fun way to review math concepts, practice functional life skills, and introduce new topics… in under 5 minutes? Use math meeting to teach skills in a different way and watch your students improve!
What is this magical anticipatory set I speak of? I bet you’re already doing something in your classroom similar to this technique. It’s math meeting! I’ve been amazed at how effective this anticipatory set can be… and the best part is that kids enjoy it.
Never heard of it? It’s comparable to circle time or morning meeting, but more geared to, you guessed it, math!
Math meetings are an activity that more teachers need to know about. They’re a great way to introduce and reinforce calendar skills, place value, money concepts, functional life skills, adding, regrouping, and even social skills. What better way to start off your math lessons?
What is a Math Meeting?
A math meeting is a like a math- themed circle time or morning meeting. You can make it as advanced or as simple as you want to, depending on the needs of your class. I do my math meetings before our math lessons as an anticipatory set to start us off.
Math meetings usually incorporate concepts such as calendar skills, counting, and other math skills. It will often start off with the calendar, counting up/ down the days of the year, and other math activities. At the end, you can mix in your topic of the day for a smooth transition into your lesson.
3 REASONS TO USE MATH MEETINGS:
1) Math Meetings Provide a Consistent & Predictable Routine.
Humans are creatures by habit. We generally crave predictable and structured routines. We like to sit in the same chair at the dinner table. Many of us prefer doing things in a certain way, such as loading the dishwasher. Uncertainty and unpredictability can be stressful, so we generally like having a set schedule and knowing what they’ll need to do for the week.
Students with autism crave predictability and organization even more. They can especially benefit from a structured and consistent daily schedule. Math meetings are the perfect way to provide that daily dose of consistency while reinforcing academic skills!
2) Math Meetings Provide Social Opportunities to Engage with Math Concepts.
Instead of starting your math lesson with a worksheet or workbook Do Now, math meetings can provide a more social alternative.
Incorporate the skills from the worksheet into your math meeting instead for a more lively and memorable lesson. Invite students to sit together and interact with hands- on math materials.
They’ll have opportunities to work on turn taking, listening, social interaction, and language development. You can’t get all of that from a worksheet.
3) Math Meetings Combine Academics and Functional Life Skills.
During a math meeting, you can incorporate calendar skills, money concepts, math facts, place value, and problem solving. These are important math skills for a range of elementary grade levels. You can make your meeting as basic or challenging as you like, depending on your students’ needs. Throw some division in there (“If there are 96 days left in school, how many more Mondays do we have until summer break?”). Use your meeting as a quick gathering and warm up for the day’s math objectives. The possibilities are endless.
Tips to Implement Math Meetings Effectively
I’ve used math meetings with non-verbal students with limited academic skills. I’ve also used them with more advanced students. Math meetings with preschoolers and upper elementary students. There are so many possibilities and options that math meetings can work with a wide range of classroom settings.
How you implement math meeting will depend on what is appropriate for your class. Math meeting in a non-verbal autism classroom would look different from a math meeting in a general education setting. Preschoolers need to focus on different skills than older students. Determine which skills you’d like to incorporate and plan from there.
You Don’t Have to Choose Between Circle Time and Math Meeting.
You may already be brainstorming ways to use math meetings in your classroom. I’ll share my math meeting approach, but it may be different from what your students need. That’s okay! Use math meeting in whatever way works for your class.
I like using math meetings in addition to circle time. In the morning, I start out with a typical circle time (or morning meeting, depending on the grade level). I tend to leave out the math components so I can save those activities for my math meeting.
How I Used Math Meeting in My Classroom
Then, after lunch we gather in my math center and do our math meeting there. This is when I like to count out the days of the month (identifying numbers and counting up). We add a popsicle stick to our “days in school” collection and determine if we can group our single popsicle sticks into a ten yet (addition with regrouping).
We then add a penny to our “bank” each day, checking to see if we can trade up for any bigger coins (coin identification, subtracting, and equivalency). I also like to count by ones, fives, tens, and twenty-fives with coins to for added money practice. Maybe I’ll throw in some multiplication or division for older students (“I want to buy a book for $2. I have 6 quarters and 4 dimes. How much more do I need?”)
Once we are done with our daily math practice, I introduce the day’s topic. I like to start off with an easy math problem to get them thinking about that concept. Then we wrap up our math meeting and start our lesson!
Work on IEP Goals During Math Meeting.
All of my math meeting activities reinforce the daily life skills that my students have in their IEP goals. Take a peek at your IEPs and use your math meeting as an opportunity to work on them.
Math meetings provide a structured and consistent routine for students to practice their daily math skills. It’s a perfect time to incorporate math concepts that don’t always fit in with the day’s lesson. You’ll be amazed at how much further your students get with the skills included in your daily math meeting.
Math Meeting Materials Ready to Go in One Click
My Calendar Time Materials resource includes exactly what you need for a great Math Meeting routine. If you’re short on time and just want a quick and easy download, it’s just what you need.
My Calendar Time Materials resource includes calendar pages for each month of the year, along with tokens that you can paste on if you prefer an alternative to using bingo markers. It also comes with place value mats with and without ten frames so you can use them with a variety of manipulatives.
But my favorite part of this resource is the money concept components. You can stick real coins onto the piggy bank poster, or use the coin pieces included with the resource.
The set even comes with a “Making Cents” (Get it?) poster to help students identify coins and determine if they can trade up.
Save Yourself Time and Get My Math Meeting Resource Now
Get your math meetings off to a great start with my Calendar Time resource. I used it in my own classroom for years and have been amazed at how well my students did with it.
By the end of the school year, I was always shocked at how well my students were counting, using coins, adding, and even regrouping!
Seeing my lower performing students use a place value mat independently has confirmed over and over that math meetings are absolutely a great way to start each math lesson.
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Background: Over the past decade, three million veterans have returned from military service and another one million are expected to return to civilian life over the course of the next five years. The particular challenges faced by veterans with disabilities in obtaining employment has been the subject of increased attention in recent months, as large numbers of veterans return from service in Iraq and Afghanistan. Twenty-five percent of veterans of recent conflicts report having service-connected disabilities, as opposed to only 13 percent of all veterans, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. According to a recent report this fall from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment for veterans hovers around 10 percent, which is more than three percentage points higher than the overall unemployment rate.
Through our private sector enforcement and litigation efforts, our policy and outreach work, and through our federal sector hearings, appeals, and coordination work, EEOC employees perform important services to veterans, ensuring that their rights to equal employment opportunity are upheld.
Below is a summary of what EEOC is doing for Veterans:
These are only highlights of EEOC's work in this area. We remain committed to removing barriers to employment for veterans with disabilities.
"We want veterans with disabilities to know that the EEOC has resources to assist them as they transition to, or move within the civilian workforce," said EEOC Chair Jacqueline A. Berrien."

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Striper activity in the San Pablo Bay is good to very good, with party boats and private boaters reporting lots of live bait showing and with those lots of stripers on a feeding frenzy.
Anglers are advised to fish areas containing large concentrations of anchovies.
SACRAMENTO – Fishing on the river in the Anderson area is wide open as most guides report limits to near limits caught daily. At present the water flow is stable and holding at 8500cfs.
This past Wednesday, local anglers Bob and Bev Dorsett along with myself and Colonel Eric Ecklund fished the river. Bev Dorsett out-fished the three male anglers on our boat. Guides that day report Bev probably was the hot rod on the river that day.
The four limits of king salmon had an average per-fish weight of 20 to 30 pounds. Bouncing roe is the technique of choice at present.
SUISUN – Same as last week – more stripers moving into the sloughs. Trolling is still productive until the water temperature begins to drop.
Live or frozen bait is producing good-sized fish. Bank fishermen are reporting lots of schoolie stripers taking anchovies or fresh shad. No report on sturgeon.
EMERYVILLE – Salmon fishing off the coast is slow at present. The only fish worth targeting at present is rockfish out at the islands. Everything remains slow inside the bay.

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The Western District Executive Committee met on September 16th for the Fall Executive Board Meeting. This meeting is a Kick-Off and On-Boarding meeting for our Secretary-Treasurer-Elect Pat Marnell and also provides an opportunity for the current Board to review current income and expenses and check our current budget year-to-date. Additional discussion topics included the closing of the fiscal year of 2021/2022 and review of the 2022 Annual Meeting budget and begin planning for the budget for the 2022/2023 Fiscal Year. We were pleased to recognize that the 2022 Annual Meeting had excess revenue and the Board discussed the best ways to provide support to future annual meetings (2023 Portland, 2024 Sacramento, 2025 Long Beach, and 2026 Bellevue) as well as provide for an additional Leadership ITE scholarship and support for our Section 101 initiative which helps the Board to outreach with selected local sections. Thanks again to the Annual Meeting LAC and all who helped organize as well as those who attended the meeting. It was a technical and financial success!
There are a few different Western District Committee Chairs that have been reappointed including Advertising Manager, Ryan Zellers, Student Funding and Initiatives Chair, Kayla Fleskes, and District LAC Committee Chair, Cathy Leong. Jeanne Acutanza has been appointed to fill the Technical Committee Chair position as Pat Marnell moves into the Secretary-Treasurer position in January.
It is never too early to start looking forward to our 2023 Annual Meeting in Portland! It will be a joint meeting with ITE International on August 13-16, 2023 and we look to have great representation from the Western District.
Lastly, I wanted to highlight Western District Members and organizations that were recognized at the International Meeting in New Orleans: Transportation Achievement – TSMO, STC Traffic, Section Momentum Award, Southern California Section, Student Chapter Momentum, Portland State University, Western District Rising Star, Cameron Shew, Pedestrian and Bicycle Standing Committee John LaPlante Award, City of West Linn, Oregon and one of the 2022 ITE Young Leaders to Follow, Kimberly Leung. Congratulations to all of the award winners!!
Sincerely, Joe De La Garza President, ITE Western District
The future of the transportation profession depends upon a stable and continuing flow of students who are excited and passionate in the career opportunities afforded by transportation engineering and planning.


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4) Hmm... weird again. Dunno what books you've read, but that is totally false. Nothing is perfect and the "LoA" I subscribe to doesn't say what you've described. Visualizing is only one tool of LoA... one which I don't really use. The perfect relationship and perfect diet are total BS. you don't visualize those things, you either build them (a good healthy relationship, not a perfect one) or follow them (a good diet).
Realizing all Churches need fellowship and accountability, GOD led Pastor A. G. Mullen, Jr. to the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship in New Orleans in July 1995. Seeing the potential of this fellowship, Pastor Mullen returned to Jacksonville and quickly began to initiate training toward this fellowship. A new freedom of religious expression was realized by the members and the powers that Jesus had left behind for use by the believers. Teaching became more dynamic, families of souls are being saved, sick are being healed ....
You claim that "positive thoughts always resulting in positive things" is not the basis of the LOA. In part you are correct. The foundational basis in science, as I alluded to in the article was that thought stuff particles travel through ether (not air) and interact with formless stuff to create whatever it is that you are thinking about. This was how "the law" started.
Sure, you may have your fights, disagreements, etc.. I am not talking about creating some ‘perfect’ relationship where you never experience conflict or get annoyed by each other. I am talking about a relationship that feels right to the core, that doesn’t have all this ‘stuff’ in it that we really don’t want, but put up with because we think we have to.
Staying motivated is also a way that you can ensure you take action on a daily basis. But, what are the ways that we can stay motivated even when times are tough and we don’t feel like putting in the work on a given day? How can we still push forward even when nearly every fiber in our beings are screaming that we should either take a break or possibly even give up?
Gratitude is another crucial aspect within the Law of Attraction, which can be key in helping to unlock the abundance of love that is waiting to bring glorious color into your world. Being grateful for all of the love that you are already blessed with in life, no matter how little this may be, is a sure way of encouraging a greater abundance of love into your life.
At this stage, the principle of ‘Divine and Perfect Timing’ will put you and your Soulmate together at the right place and at the right time for you to meet. Your job from this point forward is to continue to hold the intention of the ‘what’, while you let God or the Universe figure out the ‘when’ or the ‘how’. Why? Because we cannot control the time and place when this will happen, but we certainly can control our ability to feel good, be optimistic, open to love and continue to do the necessary inner work that will magnetize our soulmate to us.
The process of attraction happens at the level of what we feel and believe, and when you don’t set standards and boundaries, this shows you don’t feel very good about yourself, and that you have a lot of crappy beliefs that essentially amount to not feeling good enough, and not being deserving of the best life has to offer. These types of beliefs can mess with various aspects of our life, but can be particularly problematic in the love department. And guess what types of people and situations we attract when we feel this way? Shitty, shitty, shitty ones.
True love is all about being caring about each others needs and desires. Love is affectionate, virtuous, passionate and sweet. But, no matter how you define love, if your relationship lacks support and care, it’s not love. Love is about being with each other during all phases of life – good or bad. Caring is the first and most common trait of being in “Love”.
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and share your experience with me. You are certainly on the right track with what you are doing, and you are certainly lining yourself up for an amazing relationship. That is where a lot of people struggle with LOA in general, and relationships in particular–it can be really hard to feel okay with how things are now when we want them to be different. Feeling okay with being single and feeling that fulfillment with life in the absence of that other person can be a challenge, but it is necessary to let in a GOOD relationship.
There is no real risk to chasing your dreams. As far as I can tell, it’s a lot of fun and a thrilling journey. My experience with countless clients over many, many years, is that all the risk…all the frustration…and all the disappointment, is born from not chasing dreams. (But please remember, there is a way to chase dreams successfully which is like chasing butterflies. Put yourself in the right energy field, and become a magnet for those butterflies. The more direct method of butterfly catching is so much harder).
Focus on understanding your part in this overall process, rather than feeling guilty or ashamed. Recognizing how your fears have manifested in your life does not mean that the bad things in your life are your fault. It simply means that the Law of Attraction has responded to the signal you sent out. Just acknowledge that the system works and your new awareness will guide you. No need to shame yourself or even feel responsible.
Think about the strengths and energies that make you unique. When you were a child you thought to yourself “Wow, I am ME. Nobody else is me or can feel the feelings I feel. They’re mine alone. This energy is uniquely my energy.” Then, of course, the world trained you out of this way of seeing things. You wanted to be the same as everyone else (or at least, they wanted you to be the same). Breaking free and removing failure from your vocabulary allows you to follow your bliss with ease.
When you think of a passionate person, Joshua's name should come to mind. He is driven to present the Scriptures in a way that will change lives every time a service is held. His current style of preaching seems to break down barriers and cause audiences to hear what God is saying to them in a lighthearted but real way. The ministry times that follow his preaching are anointed and anticipated at each service. He truly has a pastor's heart and desires to see people blessed.
As with all Law of Attraction work, trying to manifest love requires you look at the underlying assumption that holds you back. In this case, limiting beliefs that might block you from finding love. Try to write them down first. Then identify where they came from. Most importantly, write down a contradictory belief that you can then turn into a daily affirmation. Here is an article to get you started with three tips for creating powerful affirmations.
The problem comes about whenever we attempt to control our reality without first adjusting our vibration. No amount of physical manipulation will create the world that we wish to see. All of the work is done on the inside, in our minds. This means that no amount of action alone will produce the results that we desire. However, once we gain the ability to condition our minds to our desired frequencies of vibration, our physical reality quickly follows suit and reflects back to us our new vibration.
And then, sometimes I think that the current relationship will eventually end in some way if the person working consciously with LOA makes such dramatic shifts that she and her current partner are just too far away from each other vibrationally. This could definitely happen without your ending it specifically–the other person could end it, it could be mutual and amicable, something could happen that creates a large rift and you both can’t see a way to move past it, or you may decide to end it and it won’t feel as scary as it may currently because you just know it is the right thing to do. I don’t think being unhappy with a relationship as it currently is now is an absolute sign that it is not right..ultimately, it depends on so many individual factors, and as the person doing the LOA work gets deeper and more in touch with what is happening, she will have a sense of what she really wants and how she thinks it will play out. It does take a degree of honesty that can feel a bit uncomfortable, but necessary.
However, I recognize that certain particular accomplishments tend to mean success to most people. These are: finding a job and a career that has status in our society and that brings with it enough financial reward that it is possible to live comfortably. This is the familiar picture of a house with a picket fence. The particular kind of work they will engage in will otherwise vary widely. Part of this success—in the eyes of most people—is a loving family, usually including children--and good friends. And having a place in the community.
While there are likely dozens, if not hundreds, of secrets to success, these five are crucial. Harrington says that if you follow these, you can navigate your way to success in the long term. Not in the short term. Remember, this is about consistency in your approach. It's not about faltering or giving up or making excuses. It's about staying on the straight and narrow.
Affirm your belief in your soulmate. While you’ve already worked hard to combat limiting beliefs and create a clear image of the person you want to be with, you make it easier for the Universe to send that person your way if you constantly stay connected to your belief that they exist. Try daily affirmations (written or spoken) like “I am looking for love, and my soulmate is on their way to me”. Plus, “Nothing will stop me from receiving the love of my soulmate.”
Your soul is created for a connection to twin and God and is very powerful and brings you directly toward God because the soul receives Divine Love flowing inside and is the same way God loves you. God created you in the same image of him and twin also. You cant stop loving twin, there is no limit no matter how separated you are, they are with you energetically for they are part of the Divine in you. They know you love them. Love them for who they are and allow the divine powers to teach them what love is. He teaches the twins to live in truth and dont hide from each other and no shame or guilt and be vulnerable. Soul love opens doors at the soul level to obey and listen to the lesson you need to learn. You were made for ea other to unite in Soul Love and have same Divine love vibration. Your soul vibration and love in soul is the only one which has to be taken by twin, nobody else can take or match. God gives vibration and creates you and from that vibration created another one made in your image and likeness for each other. Eve was given to Adam as his twin flame as a helpmate. A pure Divine Love inside given from God to love unconditionally. Powerful Divine Love inside will open the door to unite to twin. You could be having dreams about them and show you everything in order for you to awaken and to open your soul to the precious gift given to you to find perfect Divine Soul Love as you live by the truth. When things are in place door opens. Powerful love inside will not die. A deep love inside of soul of who you are as Divine Beings for you are both ONE soul connected to God. So Be It. As it was in the Beginning, So Is It Now In the End. Return as One Sacred Flame to Source of Where YOU Came From in Light and Love shining radiance from Your Eyes. lol and hugs to all. Love and Light, Uriel
If you are constantly worried about bad things happening, or negative outcomes, then you are using the law of attraction against yourself. To worry is really to apply most of the above steps, towards a negative outcome. You are visualizing the negative outcome and asking the universe for it with pictures of the negative outcome; you are feeling the feelings of the negative outcome. Stop worrying and follow step seven above.
Dear Elisabeth…I am in relationship with my boyfriend almost 8 years..We were very in love. But during these years he did to me something I couldn´t forgive him for many years..I were very much angry with him all these years..but I was also still in love. I think I was so angry that I was very often pushing him out of me without even noticing that. Yesterday he told me he does not know if he wants to be with me anymore. Because in last two years he was feeling very alone, told me I was not listeting. He was right. I have forgiven him already. But I did not notice I was behaving this way all these years. I am very sorry for that. Because I forgived and I love him all the time. I want him back. But he is not sure any more he loves me. He likes me very much. But he told me I destroyed the love in him. He does not leave in this moment. He told me he needs time. I told him I want to repair everything, I want to change. I do not want anymore to behave in this way. I did a big mistake and I am sure I can change. How to make him change his mind? How to let him find the love again? I know he likes me a lot..and that I am important for him. But it seems it is not enough anymore. Thanks
Kelley is so positive and inspiring!! I read the whole workbook and now I can't wait to complete the workbook. Best book I've read on love and loa- I can't wait to find my true love!! I stumbled upon Kelleys videos over a year ago and look forward to watching them. Her words and inspiring and sets a motivational positive tone. This workbook will definitely change your outlook on love and life. Thank you!!!
Step 3: It’s time to let the universe know you’re truly ready to manifest your soulmate. Simply coming into a more positive vibrational alignment can certainly help you find love. However, there’s also a specific process you can follow to help you attract love more quickly. These steps will open you up to a soul-deep connection with the specific person you want to find love with:
In the short term, the cigarette smoker cannot bear to quit because the pain of withdrawal and detox from cigarettes is just too high to bear. Similarly, the cravings that a person might feel who’s overweight and needs to be dieting, which eventually turn into physical withdrawals from things like fat, sugar, and carbohydrates, bring on an intense amount of pain in the short term.


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What's the difference between "social conflict," a normal part of development, and bullying?
For Carrie Goldman, author of "Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear," the difference lies in the mutuality of the action.
"Social conflict is more of a two-way action, so you can mediate it. People can talk about how kids can work it out themselves. You're fighting over a toy, you're fighting over a boy, you're fighting over an outfit, you're jealous about a friend who's become close with another friend. This is a situation where both can talk it out."
In bullying situations, "you can't mediate bullying because one of the parties is being the victim."
Goldman will discuss her book and ways parents, teachers and children can handle bullying at Temple Beth Sholom on Monday evening.
Parents can run through a checklist of characteristics if they're trying to decide if their child is being bullied or just in the midst of a tricky social conflict.
"There are three or four characteristics," said Goldman. "No. 1, it's repetitive. Two, it has to be unwanted. There's a lot of confusion between teasing and taunting. If both parties aren't laughing, it's not teasing, it's taunting. Three, it has to be a power imbalance, older kid against a young, three against one. There's also a social capital power imbalance, where one kid is perceived as more popular. And a fourth characteristic is fear. The person is actually feeling such fear they change their actions."
Goldman's own interest in bullying came after her then-first-grade daughter Katie was teased for carrying a "Star Wars" backpack and water bottle — evidently "Star Wars" gear is gender-specific.
Goldman wrote a post to her blog, "Portrait of an Adoption," on the ChicagoNow server. She got so many responses the server crashed.
"I was just a parent like every other parent whose kid runs into trouble," said Goldman. Her research into how best to handle Katie's situation led her to "a ton of research that wasn't that accessible, so what I decided to do was speak to all these experts but have them describe their work in layman's terms."
Goldman found herself acting as a spokesperson for the anti-bullying movement.
In writing the book, she is intensely focused on helping parents, teachers and children find solutions to being bullied. She deliberately did not interview parents whose children had committed suicide as a result of bullying.
"I wanted the focus to be on making it through to the other side," she said.
Media attention too often is focused on "negative outcomes," she said. "The media tends to cover it in the sense that bullying leads to suicide. You don't want people to think, 'Oh, this is an option for me.' We don't want them to think about it that way."
Families with a child who is being bullied should take a multifaceted approach, she said.
"Bullying is a very complicated dynamic. As a parent, you have to attack this from all different places."
Among her suggestions:
*Teach the child how to cognitively reframe the situation: "I know what's happening is because someone is choosing to be mean."
*Get the child into other social groups outside where the bullying is happening. Create a safe place with a totally different group of children.
*If the child is on the receiving end of physical aggression, "get them into tae kwon do or martial arts so they can learn to carry themselves differently"
She also suggests that parents of elementary-aged kids keep a record of what's happening, "Who was there, what happened, what day, what time. Keep emotion out of it. When you leave the emotion out of it and you take it to the school, it makes it a lot harder for someone to deny."
Middle-school and high-school kids are sometimes loathe to have parents intervene. In that case, start by being a sympathetic listener," said Goldman, "Someone who can tell them this isn't your fault, and I'll help." Older children can keep their own record of evidence.
Ultimately, though, parents need to reassure their children that they will help.
"You have to make sure your child knows that you're there to help if what they try doesn't work," she said.
CARRIE GOLDMAN will discuss and sign copies of “Bullied: What Every Parent, Teacher and Kid Needs to Know About Ending the Cycle of Fear” at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at Temple Beth Sholom, 1050 S. Tuttle Ave., Sarasota. Tickets are $15, $25 for two. Call Lynne George, 366-2224, Ext. 181, or email firstname.lastname@example.org.


The first time that Ford Fusion arrived is back in 2012, with Mondeo platform, so the prototype is quite old. With better systems, the lineup is more efficient and ready to make a highway difference. By the time people are demanding improvements on the model so the company decided to make a difference. This is one of the best-selling Fords models in the world. So, no wonder why demand for 2019 Ford Fusion is high with new equipment in the mix. Improvements on the car are strong competition to other class models on market.
2019 Ford Fusion redesign
The new 2019 Ford Fusion is more likely to be larger and more comfort. Including American market where dimensions are familiar, it may be a problem for Europe. European platforms are smaller and people develop a habit to have smaller models. Ford will make small changes in shape and size to make a makeover for some units. Beside the exterior changes which are mostly enlarged, the real magic is inside the cabin. Many fine materials will be there, such as a combination of genuine leather materials and fine black glass. LED lighting systems are installed in all segments from outside and inside.
2019 Ford Fusion drivetrain
It is very likely that new 2019 Ford Fusion to keep the traditional engine, smaller size but with the efficient transmission. The base model will use a 1.0-liter 3-cylinder petrol engine with turbocharger. It can deliver 160 horsepower and 160 lb-ft of torque. The combination of 1.5-liter engine with 200 hp and 200 lb-ft of torque, is a more likely option. It seems that both of these options are coming, and will be available with front-wheel drive. We are still waiting for official confirmation about this.
2019 Ford Fusion release date
New 2019 Ford Fusion is coming by the end of 2019 since the final production is still in progress. Some speculations say that we can expect it in the fall or winter next year. Price is not final yet, but comparing to previous models, base unit should cost $24,000. What is not going to be a surprise, it that some more updated models have a higher price. The difference will be higher from 1-3 thousand more with technical updates.


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Ohio's Issue 1 puts the debate about abortion rights into the hands of Ohio voters. If passed, Issue 1 would "establish an individual right to one's own reproductive medical treatment, including but not limited to abortion." The ballot initiative comes after the United States Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last year and individual states were given the opportunity to decide their own laws on the matter.
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Flashback fifteen years or so and you would find me laughing with my family, frying fish by the riverside. Moving from the Jamaican countryside to inner-city London was a time I could probably write a novel about, but moving from London to Cambridge, a decade later, was an equally defining experience in my life.
It may seem ridiculous, but before Cambridge, I had not really thought about the fact that I was a working-class, black woman. I was Jamaican, my best friends were Chinese and Pakistani and Zimbabwean and Ethiopian, but in Cambridge, our differences paled to insignificance when we stood alongside the white, middle-class majority.
I quickly realised that being a working-class, black woman meant something. I initially felt the need to disguise my ignorance of this new world but it was quickly exhausting. I got tired of feigning laughter at cheese jokes (no, I’d never heard of Camembert) and nodding knowingly at philosophical French sayings (but seriously, what?). The ‘them and us’ divide between Cambridge university students and the wider Cambridge population made me feel uneasy about inviting university friends to my own community.
I got tired of the words “caramel” and “chocolate” slipping into chat-up lines. I got tired of the requests to teach people how to twerk, dutty wine or *insert next dance fad appropriated and popularised by X celebrity*. Coming to Cambridge, I found myself single-handedly having to tackle every black stereotype and it was frustrating. I had to accept that I would spend the next three years of my life dodging the hands that made their way towards my hair uninvited. I would need to spend the next three years asserting my right to my own body.
After a while, you grow tired of being tired and get increasingly angry and of course I was assigned the dreaded label of the angry black woman. If I am honest, I can be pretty disagreeable. However, until you find a meta-analysis demonstrating a correlation between the absence of a Y chromosome, high melanin content and a tendency to irrational outbursts of wrath, I will continue to be offended by this reductionist, demeaning and ignorant label.
I have had very few encounters with people who are overtly malicious, but much of the wilful ignorance I come across is equally damaging. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said “the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.” When you continuously squeeze me into your box of preconceptions, you limit me, you reduce me to abstract portraits painted by news reports and ‘statistics’.
There is a lot in the media about the number of BME students admitted to Oxbridge. However, there is little focus on representation. Diversity alone is insufficient to bring about equality. I quickly joined the university’s African Caribbean society and became president the following year. I was also my college’s first Ethnic Minorities’ Officer. See the thing is, the number of working-class or BME students in your college may be increasing, but if their voices are failing to be heard, the system is still failing. As long as I continue to be referred to as ‘the black girl from X college’ there is work to be done. You see, when you create a box from preconceptions and then squeeze people inside it, you are hiding them away.
Yes, I am working-class. Austerity measures do affect me differently to how they affect you. If you do not see class, you are simply failing to acknowledge the reality of my experience. Yes, I am a black. When I am hanging out with friends, the police will approach us ‘just to make sure everything is alright’. If you do not see race, you are simply failing to acknowledge the reality of my experience. Yes, I am a woman. The decisions I must make about advancing my career and having a family are real ones. If you do not see my gender, you are simply failing to acknowledge the reality of my experience.
I am a working-class, black woman. And that’s ok. What is important is that we recognise that these labels, these boxes, are inadequate. I am far more complex than a checklist could ever capture. However, you will never know this until you allow me to speak. Allow me to challenge you.
Cambridge is a place to learn; not just about bacteria and scientists, thinkers and ideologies, but to learn about the people around you and their ways, their ideas. Allow me the same individuality, the same clean slate on first-meeting, that you would expect me to allow you. Let me be my own spokesperson and you may gain a far greater insight into intersectionality than a fifty minute lecture could ever teach you.

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The crucial feature of the pectoral muscular tissues — guaranteeing the movement of the shoulder joint in numerous planes. At the same time, the setting of the hands and the angle of inclination of the body throughout the exercise establishes which of the sectors of the upper body will handle the main job.
Standard exercises for the reduced part of the pectoral muscular tissues are push-ups on the uneven bars (specifically in the phase of pressing the body up), in addition to bringing the arms together in the simulator or on the blocks. Including them in the training program enables you to create a substantial chest with a well-defined lower boundary.
The reduced part of the chest — what is this?
From a physiological viewpoint, the breast muscles are divided right into several groups. At a deep level lies the pectoralis small muscle, from above — large upper body. Likewise, when carrying out exercises on the upper body, the serratus muscle mass (located in the armpits) and also the front of the deltoid muscles are involved. When trying to find the best pushups for lower chest, make no mistake. Push-ups to reduce chest fat won’t work, and your arms won’t get pumped up if you don’t check your daily menu. Foods should be high in protein and contain vitamins and nutrients.
The pectoralis significant muscle mass has a top as well as reduced head. The fibers of the very first are associated with the job when breeding as well as increasing the arm from the bottom up; consequently, the lower head is filled when the arm prolonged onward or to the side is given the body.
In practice, the angle of the body when doing bench press exercises contributes. For instance, the head down bench press decreases the lots on the upper breast, raising the lots on the bottom. Details on the blocks works in a comparable way when the arms relocate specifically in the aircraft below the line of the shoulders.
Exactly how to pump your chest correctly?
Note that targeted training for the lower chest is not advised for beginners — in their instance, it is first essential to create a neuromuscular connection and discover to consciously involve the pectoral muscles in the job. The very best means to do this will certainly be the typical push-ups from the flooring or bench press.
In addition, the chest must be pumped no more than 1-2 times a week — in overall for training, executing no greater than 4-10 repetitions of various exercises. Usually we are discussing one heavy exercise (bench press on a horizontal bench) and two isolating — to work out the type.
Workouts for the reduced breast
It is very important to keep in mind that it is impossible to make sure the job of specifically the lower part of the pectoral muscles — when doing most exercises, both the entire breast and arms and also shoulder band work. It is rather concerning the capability to consciously rearrange the lots between the areas of the chest muscle mass.
Push-ups on bars
Push-ups on uneven bars — an important workout for the advancement of the lower chest, along with enhancing the muscle mass of the shoulder band. The primary trick of technology — optimal series of movement, slow-moving rate and emphasis on powerful pushing at the top.
Push-ups with foot rest
Performing push-ups from the floor with a foot rest aids to boost the participation of the reduced pectoral muscles in the work. Actually, in this situation, the angle of application of the tons of the shoulder joint modifications. The size of the setting of the hands likewise plays the worth — the more detailed the hands, the more powerful the triceps muscles work.
Incline Bench Press
Bench press with head tilt down — One of the most effective strength exercise for exercising the lower upper body. Training involves a serious functioning weight and also a reduced variety of repeatings in each set (no greater than 8) — which calls for the control of a trainer or a safety companion.
Information in the simulator “butterfly”
When doing this workout, the load can fall both on the lower part of the upper body as well as on the central one. Because the kind of grasp and also the angle of the body are very important, it is necessary to listen to your sensations and also carry out the workout as if it functions all-time low of the chest.
Crossover on blocks
The pull-down (crossover) on the blocks, in which the arms expanded forward move down and towards the body, is an isolating workout for the lower head of the pectoral muscle mass. Nevertheless, it is important to ensure that the tons does not move to the triceps muscles as well as shoulder muscle mass — for this, the body needs to be in a minor incline.
Raising the mass of the pectoral muscular tissues implies training for hypertrophy — that is, using hefty weights and also reduced reps. This, consequently, needs perfect adherence to the proper method and the aid of a belaying partner.
Likewise, given that the lots in the workouts falls on the shoulder joint, it is very important to monitor its health. Prevent extreme wringing of hands, as well as unexpected motions. If you experience discomfort in your shoulder or elbow joint, quit the exercise instantly.
Bear in mind that a shoulder injury suggests a ban on any type of weightlifting for a minimum of a few weeks or even months — that is why it is constantly essential to heat up prior to doing stamina exercises on the upper body.
The crucial workouts for the lower breast muscular tissues are dips, slope bench presshead down, crossover on the blocks and also information in the simulator. To exercise the shape of the breast, consist of 1-2 of these workouts in your training program — paying unique interest to the warm-up of the shoulder joint.

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Whatever is at the center of our life is what will shine for others to see. One of the beautiful parts of life is that center of life is always change; from education to career to family to health. We spend so much time centering our identity in these things that when life changes we lose ourselves in the pit of darkness. It is into this darkness that God’s servant, the Light of the World, comes and make us His lighthouse.
The season of Epiphany is a season of light. In this season, we are returning to a familiar children’s song to be our guide. In this first week we are reminded that light always rises in the face of darkness. When light rises, we can too. Sometimes, darkness has to surround us so that the light within us can burst forth. When it does, it has the power to dispel every corner of darkness and transform it into the the light of Christ.


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The golden age of gas
The International Energy Agency (IEA) is an international organisation that represents one of the points of reference in the world energy industry. Every year IEA publishes on its website a great quantity of data and analyses divided by energy source and country. In 2011 the Agency experts worked on a study called “Some gold for gas?” that presents an alternative scenario that depicts how the contribution of natural gas in satisfying energy requirements might evolve in the future up to 2035. According to this document, in the coming years we might witness a substantial increase in the use of natural gas, as a response to the world’s growing demand for clean energy and also because of the considerable supplies of this source worldwide. According to data published on World Oil and Gas Review (a magazine regarding oil and gas in the world) in 2010 world natural gas consumption was about 3,000 billion cubic metres, equivalent to about 21% of primary energy consumption. The world’s natural gas reserves today are about 193,000 billion cubic metres. But these are just a part of the reserves of gas present in the subsoil. In fact, this number refers to “proven” reserves, i.e. those gas reserves that can be recovered at the current market prices and utilising existing technology. The majority of these reserves is represented by “conventional” gas. However, if we add “unconventional” gases such as shale gas, tight gas and coal bed methane, the quantity that can be supplied for future consumption increases sharply and reaches about 400,000 billion cubic metres.
This quantity of gas would be enough to satisfy the current consumption for over 250 years.
The blue hydrocarbon
Natural gas is the cleanest of hydrocarbons, the one with the lowest local and global impact. The combustion of natural gas produces about half the carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides produced when burning oil and coal, and small quantities of carbon monoxide and dusts. Moreover, unlike coal and oil, the combustion of natural gas does not produce sulphur oxides, the main source of acid rain. Hence, until we are able to achieve a greater contribution of renewable sources of energy, natural gas could guarantee environmental sustainability and could satisfy the growing energy demand. IEA pinpoints other four factors that could make natural gas the protagonist of the energy future: an increased share of gas in China’s energy mix, the decline of nuclear power after the accident in Fukushima, a growth in the number of gas-powered vehicles and a greater exploitation of unconventional gas.
Unconventional gas: shale gas
The technology required to extract natural gas from the subsoil was developed many years ago: the rock has to be drilled until the gas reservoir is reached, then the difference in pressure created allows the collection of gas that rises up the pipes naturally from the drilled deposit.
Unconventional gas, instead, refers to a gas that until quite recently was difficult to extract because it was technologically complicated or too expensive. Among the most promising unconventional sources there is “shale gas”, i.e. gas that is trapped in rocks formed from layers of clay at a depth of 2000 to 4000 metres.
The main difference between a conventional well and a shale lies in the kind of rock that contains the gas and in the techniques used to produce it. In the case of conventional gas, the reservoir is made up of porous and permeable rock into which gas has migrated from the source rocks rich in organic material where it was generated. Shale gas, on the contrary, is trapped in the same rock where it was formed, usually consolidated clay, that is porous and rich in gas, but not permeable. Hence, unlike conventional gas, once drilled, these rocks do not allow the gas to flow to the surface. However big a conventional gas deposit is, it is limited when compared to shale formations that can extend for hundreds of kilometres.
Another difference between the two kinds of deposits regards the amount of gas extracted in time. The production rates of shale gas decline rapidly after an initial peak but the reservoir lasts longer than traditional deposits whose production is more uniform but does not last long. Moreover, shale gas has a lower productivity respect to conventional gas. In fact, up to 70% of the gas contained in a convenional natural gas deposit can be recovered, while shale rocks have a maximum recovery factor of 30%. Due to the low productivity, a large number of shale gas wells have to be drilled: in the United States, for example, there are about 1000 active drilling rigs that can drill 8-10 thousand extraction wells a year. The cost of perforation and completion of a well depends mainly on its depth and the number of hydraulic fractures required to extract the gas: in the United States costs can range from 4 to 10 million dollars.
Since shale gas is trapped in rock, the latter must be “stimulated” to promote the migration of gas towards the well and up to the surface. Horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing are the main techniques utilised to increase the productivity of shale gas. Hydraulic fracturing involves injecting a fluid down a well bore at high pressure. This process brings about the formation of new microfractures in the rock and the connection of existing fractures, creating escape routes for the gas towards the well. To prevent the fractures from closing again, the fluid utilised, made up mainly of water, contains grains of sand or ceramic. Hydraulic fracturing takes place in different stages and can entail the use of up to 20-30,000 cubic metres of water per well.
Even horizontal drilling reaches the objective of increasing the production of shale gas by intersecting natural fractures in the rock. Horizontal drilling has been used for several years: the drill is gradually deviated, exploiting the elasticity of steel, in order to obtain a wide curve that positions the drill bit parallel to the surface of the ground.
Shale gas in the world
Even though unconventional gas has taken on great importance and popularity only in recent years, in the United States this gas has been produced for over thirty years. However, it is the rapid exploitation of this gas that has brought about the expansion of shale gas production in the USA. In the decade 2000-2010 its production grew from 10 to 140 billion cubic metres (in Italy annual consumption is slightly more than 80 billion cubic metres) and was sufficient to satisfy about 23% of the annual natural gas requirements of the United States.
In addition to the USA, important shale gas deposits can be found in Canada, Europe, Asia (especially China, one of the countries with a growing energy demand), even though production in these areas has not yet got off the ground.
The exploitation of shale gas has some drawbacks. The main worry regards the risk of contaminating the water-bearing strata during hydraulic fracturing. In actual fact, the deposits are much deeper than the water-bearing layers used by man and the potential risk of leakage in the more superficial parts of the wells is improbable because they are totally encased in cement. Along with the water contamination issue, recently there has been much debate regarding the alleged contribution of shale gas to the greenhouse effect. The worries arise from the fact that during the initial stages of production, a small part of the gas extracted is released into the atmosphere. Currently, specific technologies are being developed to curb these leakages which do not, however, exceed 1% of the total production of a well.
Not only shale: tight gas and coal bed methane
Tight gas is contained in reservoirs in many ways similar to those of conventional gas, but much more compact and hence with low permeability. The extraction techniques utilised are the same as those used for shale gas, i.e. hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.
Coal Bed Methane (CBM) is a natural gas trapped in coal seams present in the subsoil. In these reservoirs, methane is chemically bonded to coal and in order to release it all the water must be pumped out of the coal seam.
For more information, the World Oil and Gas Review can be consulted, an online publication full of articles and data in English.
Another important source of data is the IEA website: in the pages dedicated to publications, the reports mentioned in this special can be found in English.
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There’s only a few shows that I’m actually caught up on, but that’s all I need to write a blog post. This week, it’s Ao Haru Ride, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Hanayamata, and Himgoto.
Ao Haru Ride
This show is starting to make me laugh more often than not. These characters remind me a lot of younger teens, including myself when I was that age, and the dumb ways they deal with infatuation and the opposite sex. Like getting overly nervous and flustered by the slightest act of kindness or attention from your totemo kawaii crush, or thinking up bullshit like “if he doesn’t get off [the train], I’ll give up on him. If he does, I won’t.” It’s not a bad thing for the characters to act so juvenile, given that they are in fact juveniles, but it still makes it difficult for me to take this show seriously as a melodrama. But then again, there’s also been shows that have combined juvenile characters and issues with melodrama with better results, such as Inari Konkon Koi Iroha, so maybe Ao Haru Ride just has bad melodrama. Nonetheless, I can clearly see why this would be a relatable series to younger teens.
Early in this week’s episode Futaba thinks to herself in regards to Kou: “When someone who’s usually mean acts just a little nice, you start to think he might really be nice. This is kind of like that! And there are plenty of people in the world who are just as nice as him!” I find this awfully ironic, since it points out the big problem I have with Kou myself: he’s a jerkass who’s only saving grace are these occasional acts of kindness. He’s a jerk with a heart of gold so to speak, but that’s not really the best way to justify a love interest who does almost nothing but insult you. I do think Kou is an interesting character for what he is, as with all the other characters too, but it’s another thing that makes the melodrama and romance hard to swallow.
The new conflict of Chie getting a crush on Kou is better at least. That sort of love triangle is certainly a problem that happens a lot in real life, especially with all those dumb middleschoolers, and at least with this I don’t get the feeling that Ao Haru Ride is making it a more serious and dramatic issue than it really is. It’s only reasonable that Futaba would feel uneasy about a close friend of hers sharing the same crush, and it’s understandable why she would deny her own feelings for Kou in fear of hurting Chie. But of course, as she realizes at the end of the episode, she can’t deny her feelings for Kou just because of something like that. Close friends be damned.
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun
Favorite comedy of the year so far. It’s even funnier and more charming than Barakamon, my other favorite of the season, albeit that has a more potent message about art and creativity.
What I really like about Nozaki-kun is that the cast feels like real people, who interact with each other in a variety of ways each episode. That’s not to say the characters are particularly realistic, as for most of the character real life people acting like them. But they feel like dynamic, well-rounded characters, which is what’s important—especially since most characters in all fiction hardly act totally like real life people to begin with. They’re not just rehashes of typical anime archtypes which repeat the same gags and jokes over and over again. Sure, some of them are clearly parodies of certain archetypes, but even then there’s more to Mikoto than just riffing on bishounens. And like I said, the whole cast interacts with each other in a variety of ways, and so each episode is hilarious without getting stale.
Kind of hard to say anything more specific than that for what I like about the show, without just listing all the things I thought was funny, and that doesn’t make for much insightful commentary.
Hands down one of the most visually captivating shows of the season. Everything from the detailed backgrounds, Akiko Watanabe’s* character designs, and the vibrant use of warm and cool colors is absolutely stunning with each episode, especially with the all around consistency of it all. Of course, you could argue that there are shows which use their visuals to convey more interesting themes and subject matter than just cute girls having fun—Zankyou no Terror comes to mind first—but still, It’s a very well done effort from Madhouse, I must say. (*not to be confused with that certain other character designer I worship, Akio Watanabe.)
As for the subject matter in question, well, it’s cute girls doing cute things, and I quite enjoy it for that, and it’s another one of my favorites of the season. In a sense it’s a sports show though, for lack of a better word, considering that it revolves around a club for something sort of competitive like yosakoi dancing. But that aspect is a bit underwhelming considering that it takes them a third of the show just to officially form their club, and most of the training occurs off-screen. Not to mention they haven’t entered any competitions at all, albeit they’re training for one and getting there.
Of course, the show seems to be more about overcoming such things as shyness or an overly busy schedule in order to have fun with your friends, and actually like, do something worthwhile with yourself. So perhaps we just haven’t seen much actual yosakoi because being a hot-blooded sports show isn’t it’s top priority. Plus dancing is difficult to animate, especially with the limited animation of anime, so there’s only so much Madhouse can do with these visuals. That’s why nowadays you often see dance sequences done with CGI models rather than traditional animation. Plus this is adapted from a manga, a medium where it’s pretty much impossible to fully convey the motion of dancing. But you know, in an ideal world where anime studios had an unlimited supply of time and money, more yosakoi dancing in a show about yosakoi dancing would be nice.
Plus the manga is still on-going, so the reason this all feels like the beginning of a larger narrative is probably because that’s precisely what it is. And that’s okay with me. Anyways, I do love the show as a cute girls doing cute yosakoi things way. The characters are great, the comedy is hilarious, and the visuals aid the show and its goals quite well.
The humor of the last four episodes has been an improvement over the first two. Instead of a bunch of jokes along the lines of “haha look at these traps and their penises,” it’s the student council forcing Hime to do stuff for other clubs. Like be a cheerleader, or pose half-nude for an art club. Or in the case of this week’s episode, cosplay at comiket. It’s also amusing how for some reason, every member of the school, boy or girl, finds Hime insanely cute and attractive. Not just as a boy or girl, but as a “trap” in general. The boys of the school’s basketball team don’t even get fully pumped up and win their game until Hime trips and reveals a bulge in his panties.
I’d love to live in a utopia like that where everyone gets turned on by cute boys dressing up as a cute girls, but you know, that’s far from how just about any school in reality would react to seeing a crossdresser. But hey, Himegoto’s a comedy, so that doesn’t matter. Trap’s a terrible term by the way, though it almost feels like its just its own genre within the whole “crossdressing genderbender” spectrum, y’know? Or maybe that’s just my imagination given how common the term is used to describe anime crossdressers. Either way, don’t use the word trap.
I also find it bit uncanny the way Hime’s nipples are drawn. They’re just like, two large pink circles on his chest. Just looks unnatural, man.
In unrelated news, I recently found out that you can have a custom logo for Media Player Classic, and so I’ve have been using this (nsfw). Thanks, /a/.

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Wednesday, October 21, 2020
Got to the village a little later than planned but knew what I would face in the un-insulated, un-heated (except for my little heater) loom house.
At least the humidity was right in the middle where it should be.
In spite of the cold (wearing four layers part of the time) I got the loom all set for weaving the table runners.
Went to my traveling basket and realized that I had not put the weft yarns in the basket. They were still at home on my desk!
Oh, Well. Time for spinning!
See that lovely, little bare spot at the top of the photo. That means I am now on the very last layer in the basket and from here on more and more of the bottom of the basket will appear, through the bag! When I started spinning this fleece (June, 2018) the basket looked more like this.
At this photo I had half the fleece spun already because it would not fit in the basket without falling over. Once enough was spun it would stay upright in the basket.
I had a good and full morning. The afternoon was looking at clothes and giving descriptions and information so the inventory entries could be more complete on the computer system. We have some interesting things.


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Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a film eagerly anticipated by devotees of the DCEU, premiered on HBO Max in 2021. Snyder’s vision for the superhero team-up film was heavily altered during production, but the four-hour epic gave viewers a look at Snyder’s original concept. In the director’s cut, a thrilling Knightmare sequence showed a dystopian future in which Henry Cavill’s Superman has gone bad, and Batman must work with his enemies to save the world.
Zack Snyder DIscusses The Knightmare Scene
The Joker is one of Batman’s unlikely allies, and many viewers were confused about why their favorite superhero would want to work with his archenemy. Zhenryack Snyder recently explained his reasoning for Batman’s alliance with the Joker in the film’s nightmare sequence, which had been one of the film’s biggest mysteries.
In Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the post-apocalyptic future depicted in the Knightmare scene sees the world ruled by Darkseid and most superheroes dead or corrupted. Batman gathers a motley crew of heroes and villains to stop Henry Cavill’s Superman, who has gone insane over the death of Lois Lane, from bringing about this dystopian future.
The Joker appears briefly but significantly as one of these allies. At the SnyderCon 2023 panel for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Snyder explained why Batman would require the Joker’s assistance during the climactic Knightmare scene.
Our theory is that [the Joker is] the one who knows where the Kryptonite, what shards of Kryptonite exist. He has that information. And so he’s being carried… He has basically made a deal with Batman. ‘Don’t kill me, and I’ll show you. I’ll get you a tool to fight Superman.’ And so [Batman] is kind of stuck with him, in that way. If he kills him, or gets rid of him, then he’s screwed himself.”
The director claims that the Joker is the only person who knows the whereabouts of the Kryptonite shards that Batman needs to defeat Henry Cavill’s Superman. The Joker offers to help Batman find Kryptonite in exchange for the latter’s life. To eliminate the Joker would mean eliminating Batman’s only hope of defeating Superman.
The Knightmare Scene in DCEU
The Knightmare scene is pivotal to the DCEU because it depicts a possible future that the heroes can prevent by making the right decisions. It also establishes a plot that could be developed in sequels or spinoffs.
While Zack Snyder’s plans for the DCEU have been put on hold, fans are still pushing for more of his story to be told, with the release of the “Ayer Cut” of Suicide Squad being a particularly popular demand.
James Gunn and Peter Safran, the new heads of DC Studios, have thrown the DCEU into disarray. Snyder’s DCEU has an indefinite future, but some of the original cast members have plans to return. The Flash, starring Ben Affleck, will delve into the multiverse concept.
Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom, the last DCEU film approved before the Gunn-Safran takeover, will also feature Affleck. Jared Leto has no plans to reprise his role as the Joker in any upcoming DCEU films.
The Flash will hit theatres on July 16, 2023.

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truck tire dismantling machine / truck dismantling device professional
Universal truck tire from Fabbri dismantling device for heavy wheels from 14'' - 56''. Equipped with double speed, movable control system and automatic space-saving arm.
Heavy duty tyre changer suggested for professional truck tyre service and high volume shops, bus and agriculture tyres. Suitable for both tube and tubeless tyres.
- Clamping capacity = 14" - 56''
- Maximum tire weight = 1500kg
- Max. tire diameter = 2300m (90.5'')
- Max. tire width = 1100mm (42'')
- Hydraulic unit = 1.1kw / 400V
- Hydraulic power unit motor = 1.3 / 1.8kw 400V - 3 phase
- Max. operation pressure = 130bar
- Bead breaking force = 2690kg
|Product Length||2,020 mm|
|Product Width||1,800 mm|
|Product Height||950 mm|
|Product Weight||854.0 Kg|
|Package Length||2,140 mm|
|Package Width||1,870 mm|
|Package Height||1,080 mm|
|Package Weight||1,205.00 Kg|

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The Long March 5BY2 rocket carrying the main module of the Chinese space station Tianhe launched on April 29, 2021 from the Wenchang Space Launch Center in Hainan Province, China. (Purpose file photo for image representation only)
BEIJING: A large portion of the Chinese rocket is expected to be out of control of the Earth’s atmosphere over the weekend, but Beijing has eased that fear and said there is little risk of any damage.
A Long March 5B rocket The first module of China’s new space station was launched into Earth orbit on May 29. Its 18-tonne critical segment is now in freefall, and experts say it is difficult to say exactly where and when it will enter.
Re-entry is expected around 2300 GMT on Saturday Pentagon, With a plus window or minus nine hours on either side.
Chinese officials say most Rocket components May be destroyed on re-registration.
“On Earth … damage is very unlikely,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin told reporters Friday.
Although there is speculation as to where the rocket – or part of it – will stand, there is a good chance that any debris that does not burn will slide into the ocean on a planet made up of only 70% water. .
A Pentagon spokesman, Mike Howard, said: “We hope it will land in a place where no one will be harmed.”
Howard said the United States was tracking part of the rocket but “its exact point in the Earth’s atmosphere could not be determined within hours of its re-entry.”
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said earlier that US Army There was no plan to bring it down, and suggested that China was neglecting to bring it out of orbit.
“Given the size of the object, there must be large pieces,” said Florent Delphi, an astronomer. Paris-PSL Observatory.
“The chances of debris landing on a populated zone are slim, perhaps one in a million.”
In 2020, the wreckage of another Long March rocket landed in Ivory Coast villages, causing structural damage but no injuries or deaths.
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The beautiful cinematography and wonderful acting in this over-the-top period piece barely makes up for its historical inaccuracy and a grueling 2-hour run time.
Written by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara and directed by Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite is artistically filmed, the acting is wonderful, and cinematography top notch. If you’re looking for a realistic account of Queen Anne’s 18th Century British court, however, you’ll be sorely disappointed. The Favourite chooses to enshrine gossip and rumor as historic fact, while delivering a film that is as tedious as it is tantalizing.
As the film opens, Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) is deciding whether to continue a war with France after an English victory, or sue for peace. Her natural inclination, and that of opposition leader Robert Harley (Nicholas Hoult), is for peace, but her influential friend and Keeper of the Privy Purse Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz), wife of Lord Marlborough (Mark Gatiss), wants to prosecute the war to the bitter end. During negotiations, a dirty but charming Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives seeking employment in Lady Sarah’s household.
Things get complicated when Abigail discovers Queen Anne and Lady Sarah’s dirty little secret, and uses it to her advantage to get closer to the Queen. Abigail and Lady Sarah engage in a private war for the Queen’s affection, while Robert Harley and Samuel Masham (Joe Alwyn) conspire to use Abigail to get closer to the Queen, wh0 only has time for one friend, I guess. Who will become the Queen’s favourite?
Using extreme wide-angles (shot with Panavision lenses) to achieve a sense of expanse even in a small room, the filmmakers capture a delightfully Baroque portrayal of an outlandish and amoral British aristocracy. The acting is top-notch, with Emma Stone giving one of the best performances of her career. Olivia Colman should receive an Oscar nod for her portrayal of Queen Anne. The film, however, could’ve been improved by cutting at least 20 minutes of silence, screeching violins, and arthouse chapter titles.
Historically, Queen Anne ruled England, Scotland, and Ireland (and then Great Britain) from 1702 to 1714. The film takes place during the War of the Spanish Succession. John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, the husband of Queen Anne’s close friend, Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, was commander of Allied forces in that conflict. Marlborough was caught between the two political parties in Britain: the Tories and Whigs. Queen Anne favored the Tories, who wanted peace, but the Whigs had gained considerable power alongside Sarah Churchill, who had the Queen’s ear and advocated on their behalf.
Sarah was notoriously headstrong and spoke her mind freely and openly, which began to get on the Queen’s nerves. In 1711, Queen Anne dismissed the Duke of Marlborough from service over charges of embezzlement. John and Sarah Churchill went into exile a year later. Sarah’s break with the Queen was exacerbated by her rivalry with her younger cousin, Abigail (Hill) Masham. Sarah tried to have Abigail removed from the Queen’s household, and when she could not, accused Abigail and the religiously conservative Queen of having a sexual relationship (among a litany of other insults).
The Favourite indulges in sensationalism at the expense of history. It depicts Sarah as a jealous lover carrying on an illicit sexual affair with the Queen and omits Queen Anne’s great religious devotion and her marriage to Prince George of Denmark, though he died in 1708. The only evidence of a love affair comes from romantic-sounding (but entirely Platonic) letters and rumors spread by political rivals. Director Yorgos Lanthimos admitted he didn’t care whether a real love triangle took place between Queen Anne, Sarah Churchill, and Abigail Masham. “We never really discussed it [the historical accuracy],” he said.
As a story of two rivals competing for the affections of a monarch, The Favourite is similar to The Other Boleyn Girl (2008), directed by Justin Chadwick and starring Natalie Portman, Scarlett Johansson, and Eric Bana. It is about the rivalry between sisters Anne and Mary Boleyn for the affection of King Henry VIII. Sarah Churchill and Abigail Masham were also related (though distantly). It wasn’t uncommon at the time for ambitious families to seek employment at a royal court, and becoming a royal mistress could be very advantageous.
Like The Favourite, The Other Boleyn Girl has little regard for historic accuracy, but where The Favourite imagined sexual trysts where there probably were none, The Other Boleyn Girl turns the Boleyn sisters into innocent virgins. In that film, Anne is depicted as a pure and devoted wife when she met King Henry VIII. In reality, she had already been kicked out of the French Court for sleeping around (King Francis called her “my English mare”). You know it’s bad when even the French think your sex life is scandalous.
The Favourite currently holds a 94% positive rating from critics and 58% audience favorability on RottenTomatoes. Despite winning a litany of praise and awards, it barely made back its $15 million budget at the box office. Why the discrepancy? This is exactly the type of film critics love, and it will appeal to art house aficionados. There’s nothing wrong with that. But while general audiences might snicker at the absurd spectacle, they will feel the clock ticking on every single minute of this two-hour film.


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] watchers may want to check out the Financial Times article
on how the Atlanta-based, publicly traded asset manager is faring in recent years, highlighting the good and the bad.
| Martin L. Flanagan|
President and CEO
On the good side, the FT
notes that nearly one-third (six out of 19) of Bloomberg-tracked analysts who are tracking Invesco expect the acquisitive mutual fund firm's stock to outperform, while one of those 19 analysts thinks its shares will fall. For the optimistic analysts, a key piece is Invesco's post-OpFunds deal cost-savings from job cuts: the firm has already trimmed about $501 million in costs, $26 million than Flanagan previously predicted publicly.
The paper also notes that Invesco had record net inflows this year into its European ETFs and had other wins in China and Europe. And thanks in part to that OpFunds deal (as well as the rising tide of favorable markets), Invesco is now part of the exclusive $1-trillion-plus-AUM club. (And 25 percent of the firm's AUM is on the ETF side of its business, up from 17 percent three years ago.)
On the bad side, Invesco has suffered an average of $1 billion per week in net outflows for the past 12 months, including $7.8 billion in November alone. Setting aside ETFs, Invesco has suffered $62 billion in net outflows since Flanagan unveiled
the OpFunds deal in October 2018. (That deal closed
in May 2019.)
"On the U.S. distribution side it's worse than expected — there have been more outflows than anticipated," an unnamed Invesco employee tells the FT
notes that Invesco's share price has fallen more 50 percent since the beginning of 2018. One unnamed ex-Invesco veteran worries to the FT
that "Invesco is a supertanker" that is tricky to turnaround due its size.
Neil Anderson, Managing Editor
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Course Description 1. Specially designed for Olympiads, NTSE & Class X. 2. Ideal for CBSE students enrolled in Class X, or about to enter Class X. 3. Covers Mathematic for the class X (Board Exam)"
Unit I: Chemical Substances-Nature and Behaviour
Chemical reactions: Chemical equation, Balanced chemical equation, implication of a balanced chemical equation, types of chemical reactions : Combination, decomposition, displacement, double displacement, precipitation, neutralization, oxidation and reduction.
Acids, bases and salts: Their definitions in terms of furnishing of H+ and OH- ions, General properties, examples and uses, concept of pH scale (Definition relating to logarithm not required), importance of pH in everyday life; preparation and uses of Sodium Hydroxide, Bleaching powder, Baking soda, Washing soda and Plaster of Paris.
Metals and nonmetals: Properties of metals and non-metals; Reactivity series; Formation and properties of ionic compounds.
Carbon compounds : Covalent bonding in carbon compounds. Versatile nature of carbon. Homologous series.
Periodic classification of elements: Need for classification, early attempts at classification of elements (Dobereiner’s Triads, Newland’s Law of Octaves, Mendeleev’s Periodic Table), Modern periodic table, gradation in properties, valency, atomic number, metallic and non-metallic properties.
Theme: The World of the Living
Unit II: World of Living (50 Periods)
Life processes: ‘Living Being’. Basic concept of nutrition, respiration, transport and excretion in plants and animals.
Reproduction: Reproduction in animals and plants (asexual and sexual) reproductive health-need and methods of family planning. Safe sex vs HIV / AIDS. Child bearing and women’s health.
Heredity and Evolution: Heredity; Mendel’s contribution - Laws for inheritance of traits: Sex determination: brief introduction.
Theme: Natural Phenomena
Unit III: Natural Phenomena
Reflection of light by curved surfaces; Images formed by spherical mirrors, centre of curvature, principal axis, principal focus, focal length, mirror formula (Derivation not required), magnification.
Refraction; Laws of refraction, refractive index.
Refraction of light by spherical lens; Image formed by spherical lenses; Lens formula (Derivation not required); Magnification. Power of a lens.
Refraction of light through a prism, dispersion of light, scattering of light, applications in daily life.
Theme: How Things Work
Unit IV: Effects of Current
Electric current, potential difference and electric current. Ohm’s law; Resistance, resistivity, Factors on which the resistance of a conductor depends. Series combination of resistors, parallel combination of resistors and its applications in daily life. Heating effect of electric current and its applications in daily life. Electric power, Interrelation between P, V, I and R.
Magnetic effects of current: Magnetic field, field lines, field due to a current carrying conductor, field due to current carrying coil or solenoid; Force on current carrying conductor, Fleming’s Left Hand Rule, Electric Motor, Electromagnetic induction. Induced potential difference, Induced current. Fleming’s Right Hand Rule.
Theme: Natural Resources
Unit V: Natural Resources
Our environment: Eco-system, Environmental problems, Ozone depletion, waste production and their solutions. Biodegradable and non-biodegradable substances.
ONLY FOR INTERNAL ASSESSMENT
Note: Learners are assigned to read the below listed part of Unit V. They can be encouraged to prepare a brief write up on any one concept of this Unit in their Portfolio. This may be an assessment for Internal Assessment and credit may be given (Periodic assessment/Portfolio). This portion of the Unit is not to be assessed in the year-end examination.
Management of natural resources: Conservation and judicious use of natural resources. Forest and wild life; Coal and Petroleum conservation. Examples of people’s participation for conservation of natural resources. Big dams: advantages and limitations; alternatives, if any. Water harvesting. Sustainability of natural resources.

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French Realist/Impressionist Painter and Sculptor, 1834-1917
French painter, draughtsman, printmaker, sculptor, pastellist, photographer and collector. He was a founder-member of the Impressionist group and the leader within it of the Realist tendency. He organized several of the group exhibitions, but after 1886 he showed his works very rarely and largely withdrew from the Parisian art world. As he was sufficiently wealthy, he was not constricted by the need to sell his work, and even his late pieces retain a vigour and a power to shock that is lacking in the contemporary productions of his Impressionist colleagues. Related Paintings of Edgar Degas :. | Miss Lola an Cirque | Woman at her toilette | Evariste de Valernes | People | LAbsinthe |
Related Artists:Johan Laurentz Jensen
(8 March 1800, Gentofte - 26 March 1856, Copenhagen) was a Danish artist who specialized in flower painting.
In parallel with his studies at the Danish Academy, he became a pupil of Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg and also of Cladius Detlev Fritzsch. Specializing in flower painting, Jensen continued his education in Paris under the Flemish flower painting brothers, Gerard and Cornelis van Spaendonck, and at the porcelain factory in Sevres where he learnt the art of miniature flower painting. Taking 17th-century Dutch flower painting as a starting point, he revived the art in Denmark. His floral arrangements often had both a decorative and symbolic value. Danish plants were often accompanied by exotic flowers and fruits, sometimes even birds. He also became head artist at the Danish Procelain Factory. Jensen had an extensive circle of customers and many students, especially women, including Louise of Hesse-Kassel who later married King Christian IX. Since the 1980s, his works have gained wide international recognition. Many are exhibited in Statens Museum for Kunst and in Thorvaldsens Museum.Jenny Hoppe
Jenny Hoppe (Dusseldorf, 1870 -Elsene, 1934) was een Duits-Belgische kunstschilderes.
French Symbolist Painter, 1849-1906
French painter and lithographer. He is best known for his spiritual interpretations of maternity and family life. Characteristic are his Crucifixion and Maternity (both: Louvre). He also painted some large canvases for the Sorbonne and the Hôtel de Ville, Paris. Among his works are many notable portraits, including those of Verlaine, Daudet, and Edmond de Goncourt.

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