My only regret about amputation is that I didn't do it sooner–and I'm not alone in that experience.
I don't want to glorify amputation by any means, but I get enough emails from people asking about regret that it's worth talking about regrets–or rather the lack of regrets. Amputation isn't trivially easy or anything like that, but if you've reached a point where you're considering it, you might be surprised at how enabling it can be.
It's important to consider that factors like age, health, financial resources, pre-amputation fitness levels, ability to commit and follow through with physical therapy, access to good medical professionals, support from friends and family, amputation level, and countless other factors play into it. But as someone whose primary goal was to remove the limitations I had with an ankle fusion, I can say that it absolutely worked for me.
Of course, that's just anecdotal data, but in my experience, the only regret shared by active amputees is that they didn't do it sooner. And it's important to clarify the active in that sentence. People who have high expectations for their activity levels generally have the determination to make it work, and almost all of my conversations have been with other active amputees. Through that, I have yet to meet one with any regrets.
Of course, there are probably quite a few people who chose not to amputate and are still very happy with their decision as well. So there could very well be some selection bias at play, but the lack of regret among active amputees is notable.
Whenever I talk to people who aren't familiar with amputation, they're generally shocked at the level of activity that's possible as an amputee. There's this underlying assumption that amputation is severely limiting. That's starting to change, but more often than not, folks are surprised.
They say things like "I couldn't even do that" or "you're so positive!" But, as a left below-knee amputee, it's difficult not to be positive because every day I can't help but get out of bed on the right foot.
On a more serious note, it's not that it's easy, but you adapt. We're all surprisingly adaptable. You figure it out because you don't really have a choice. Thankfully, with modern technology, the limitations are fewer, and the technology is improving rapidly.
I'm not going to sugarcoat it, though. Recovery can be rough, but once you're on the other side, the sky's the limit. At that point, it's more of an inconvenience than a severe limitation. Don't get me wrong, I'm not going to be dunking again anytime soon, but it sure beats my ankle fusion.
Amputation is scary. There's no arguing that. It's permanent. So it's natural for it to be a last resort. And your average orthopedic surgeon is great about reminding you of that. Friends and family are generally scared too.
But once you start researching it, you start to discover that there's quite a few people pursuing some seriously impressive feats. It was almost hard to believe at first. It was difficult to find information that really explained the possibilities and the drawbacks, so while it sounded like an interesting solution, it was still scary. And I wasn't confident.
The second time I brought it up was about six months after that, or about nine months post-injury. A different surgeon suggested an ankle fusion, and I brought up amputation before he could finish his sentence. I had done my research, and I wasn't keen on an ankle fusion. He was shocked. While he didn't actively discourage it, he certainly didn't support it either. I talked to three more surgeons, and they all actively discouraged it in favor of an ankle fusion.
So I went forward with the ankle fusion. I gave it eighteen months. I could ride a bike, but that was about it. I couldn't walk more than a mile without debilitating pain. I tried snowboarding, but I barely made it down an incredibly easy run. The pain was horrendous.
At the same time, that evening, a bilateral (both legs) amputee friend was literally about to summit Mt. Kilimanjaro with a group of amputees. I couldn't slide down a mountain, and he was climbing one. He was with a group of amputees, and they had a lot of medical support, but the comparison still stands.
When we got back after that trip, I scheduled my amputation. By that point, it had been about three and a half years of surgeries, physical therapy, and appointments. The ankle fusion simply didn't cut it.
Fast forward another two and a half years after amputation, and I'm more or less doing any activity I'd like. I snowboard, mountain bike, and I even ran my first 5k. Basketball is different, but a casual game is still fun for me.
My leg doesn't hold me back any more, and even the inconveniences aren't bad. Some things like going to the beach can be a little less enjoyable because I have to disassemble and clean my leg afterwards, but if the beach was a regular part of my life, I could optimize the process to make it easier.
I'm not advising anyone to run out and schedule an amputation tomorrow, but it's definitely worth trying to find and reach out to amputees who are in a similar demographic and situation and get their thoughts. What's difficult? What's possible? What's not as bad as they imagined it would be?
I certainly hope amputation is never necessary for anyone, but if it's on your radar, take the time to do learn about it. It's likely nowhere near as bad as you might imagine.


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Aurila conradi is een mosselkreeftjessoort uit de familie van de Hemicytheridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1935 door Howe & McGnirt.

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Affton é uma Região censo-designada localizada no estado americano do Missouri, no Condado de St. Louis.

Demografia
Segundo o censo americano de 2000, a sua população era de 20.535 habitantes.

Geografia
De acordo com o United States Census Bureau tem uma área de 11,9 km², dos quais 11,9 km² cobertos por terra e 0,0 km² cobertos por água.

Localidades na vizinhança
O diagrama seguinte representa as localidades num raio de 4 km ao redor de Affton.

Ligações externas

Regiões censitárias do Missouri
Localidades do condado de St. Louis (Missouri)


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Looking at this smiling, 11-year-old boy, with his swept-to-the-side long hair, you would never guess the turbulent start he had in this world and what it has meant for us to be connected to the Children's Heart Network during this time. Izaiah Sergioneo Schilling-Regala was born on November 30, 2007, at BC Women's Hospital in Vancouver. There were no complications during the pregnancy or during his birth, but our doctor, Dr. Ferguson, did detect a heart murmur.
It was still present a day later and Dr. Ferguson explained that one in 100 newborns have heart murmurs, but only one in 10 of these need heart surgeries.
Izaiah fell in that one in 10. The murmur hadn't been diagnosed in utero because it was only noticeable once Izaiah started breathing on his own. At less than a week old, he was diagnosed with a ventricular septal defect, an atrial septal defect, and a coarctation of the aorta. Izaiah was admitted to the cardiac ward and a week later, he underwent open-heart surgery. My wife Stefanie and I stayed with him round-the-clock the whole week until they sent us home after his operation.
I remember it was not long after we left the hospital when we got one of the worst phone calls a parent can get. To this day, seeing a call display showing the number of the hospital traumatizes me. We will never forget the nurse's voice. It was grave and monotone and she said we had to return immediately.
Hours after his surgery, Izaiah wasn't doing well. Our cardiac surgeon, Dr. Campbell, got back to the hospital just as Izaiah's heart stopped. Dr. Campbell physically pumped Izaiah's heart with his hands for 15 minutes and then put him on ECMO (extracorporeal membrane oxygenation). ECMO involves a pump that circulates blood through an artificial lung and then back into the bloodstream, essentially "heart-lung bypass" outside the baby's body.
Two weeks later, Izaiah was stronger and was taken off ECMO. The next five months were like a roller coaster ride for us as Izaiah moved between the ICU and the cardiac ward to address various respiratory distresses. BC Children's Hospital became our home. The caregivers were like our family. This is also when we first connected with the Children's Heart Network (CHN). Eventually, through CHN's Coffee Groups, Stefanie connected with many parents of children with various heart conditions. She would go on to attend CHN Coffee Groups in Richmond and later, she started a group in Vancouver and became a resource parent.
In September 2009, Izaiah had his second heart surgery to widen his aorta. They were able to do this one without opening up his chest. His aorta was so weak he had to be put into a medically induced coma for a week to keep his blood pressure low in order for scar tissue to build and strengthen it.
In January 2014, he had another open heart surgery to repair an obstruction in his lower ventricle outflow tract and to widen an area near his aortic valve. Shortly after this, the doctors performed another surgery to adjust and correct the outcome of the initial one.
Perhaps because Izaiah had been bedridden, with very little physical activity for a long time, his feet and ankles didn't develop properly. This meant that he walked on his tippy toes, his heels not hitting the ground. In February 2016, after trying other surgery with little success, Izaiah underwent a massive reconstruction of both his feet and ankles. His doctor, Dr. Alvarez, extended his foot tendons by transplanting his upper leg tendons. Izaiah spent six months in recovery. He couldn't walk for almost three of those and was confined to a wheelchair. I am forever empathetic to people who use wheelchairs long term and am thankful that Izaiah's time in one was only a brief stint. In the end, it was more than worth it because Izaiah loves to play basketball, and after the extension, he was able to fully plant his foot on the ground and shuffle with balance.
In January 2018, Izaiah was diagnosed with five non-cancerous tumours on his right hand. All I could think of when they were testing them was that memory from his first days as a baby when the doctor told us that only one in 10 babies with a murmur will need heart surgery. Thankfully, they ended up being benign and Izaiah spent about six months recovering from their removal.
Which brings us to today. There is a neonatal follow-up program that tracks children who were put on ECMO (infant life support) and we continue to see the doctors there every four years or so. Recently, we went to see them so they could measure Izaiah's lung capacity. It turned out to be Dr. Seear who was on duty for our check-up. We hadn't seen him for so long. He was the doctor, who, almost 10 years ago, told us, in the ICU, that Izaiah might not make it through the night. He was also there for us when Izaiah was able to leave the hospital five months later. It was an emotional moment when Dr. Seear recognized and called out Izaiah's name and saw him, now a healthy and active 11-year-old boy. We all felt so very blessed and thankful when Dr. Seear reported Izaiah had 70 percent lung capacity, an excellent level, considering his medical history.
Some days I get frustrated with Izaiah because he's a preteen boy; however, then I remember those times when I just wanted him to make it through the night.
"Izaiah's Story" is from our winter 2019 newsletter, Heart Matters. See our Newsletters page for more stories and to subscribe.


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The Lord Clan is a gaming clan with a ranking structure based around the ranking structure of the United States Marine Corps. Our members are good friends and help each other out ingame and outside of games. Lords work together to better each member to their full potential in whatever they want to accomplish. Our history is a long one, and we have played many games including BF2, BF2142, Freelancer, and more!. Today Lord members play the games Battlestar Galactica Online, Star Trek Online, and Neverwinter. We try all the time to find new challenges and have fun with our brothers in the clan.
It's been very very quiet around here, so it's time to bring some action back! A small group of Lords (Jani, Deathspeed, Oman and Salthy, and soon me hopefully :P) have been playing World of Warships together for some time now and have found it to be enjoyable, with the potential for recruitment.
As of now, World of Warships is an Official Lord Game, and will be the only one due to the activity/size of the clan in this present point. This doesn't mean that you have to stop playing other games (we are a gaming clan after all!) it just means that you can only get awards/promotions/other nice stuff for playing this game. At this point in time, the game isn't on Steam however you can add it as a non-Steam game and launch it through Steam.
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KABOOM!* Ethics Dunce: Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch Fame
October 6, 2014 October 6, 2014 / Jack Marshall
While we are on the topic of ridiculous ideas that are a waste of energy, pixels, and hot air:
Here's a headline from the web:…not from 2009, but from today:
"Could Barack Obama Be Deported Over Using a Fraudulent Birth Certificate? Yes, Says Former DOJ Attorney"
This is of a piece with such headlines as…
"Can World Hunger Be Solved with Edible Cotton? Yes, An Expert Believes"
"Was George Washington a Martian? It's Possible, Historian Claims"
'"I Am Marie Of Rumania!' Virginia Ethicist Declares After Latest Judicial Watch Effort Causes His Head To Explode, Killing Three"
What is the matter with Larry Klayman? The former head of Judicial Watch, the conservative public interest law firm that has occasionally broken through partisan government stonewalling, has jumped the shark for all time by filing what he calls a "deportation petition" against President Barack Obama, asking authorities to begin the process of removing Obama from the country.
This is the equivalent of wearing an "I am a loony!" sign around one's neck. It undermines the credibility of Judicial Watch (with which he is still associated in the public mind—indeed until reader Ric Anderson corrected me, I still thought he was), and anyone who has ever cited the organization as authority for anything. It could well undermine objective judicial determinations of unrelated cases in the future. It embarrasses him, his former organization, conservatives, his family, and people named "Larry."
The birther phenomenon is itself an embarrassment, and like failed predictions of Doomsday, becomes more ridiculous with the passing of time. Even if Obama wasn't really born here, as a contemporary birth announcement that I'm pretty sure he didn't forge in the womb asserts, he's not getting deported. No court or agency will order that he be deported. That train was never in the station, and yet it left long ago. The man has been President of the United States for six years! He's been elected twice! At this point, it wouldn't matter if he announced that his real name was Sinclair Blodget, that he was once female, has some lizard DNA, and grew up in a circus. So what? If he had been a terrific leader, nobody would care. He hasn't, and such an announcement would still leave him with 95% support from African Americans.
Klayman's grandstanding nonsense looks desperate, silly, racist and unserious, and it just hands ammunition to the President's allies to use against more prudent, legitimate and realistic critics not comparing rentals on rubber rooms. Whatever the President has done or not done, he has earned the minimal respect not to be subjected to Mickey Mouse tactics like this.
Plus it made my head explode, and I was wearing a new shirt.
* "The Kaboom! is a special category reserved for cases that should require no ethics commentary from me, since the ethical breach is beyond obvious, but where the individual's ethics alarms have proven so spectacularly useless that attention must be paid. The name of the award derives from the sound my head made as I read the story, because I don't know how to spell the sound my brains made when they hit hit the ceiling and then slowly fell to the floor" ( November 14, 2013)
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15 thoughts on "KABOOM!* Ethics Dunce: Larry Klayman of Judicial Watch Fame"
This annoys me no end, because as you note, Judicial Watch has, on occasion, done important and successful work.
One could argue that jousting with windmills, believing them to be evil giants, is romantic. One could pose a better argument that it's psychotic.
Chris Marschner
I am beginning to wonder whether the Tea Party News Network is a fictional site created to portray the Tea Party as lunatics. The comments that follow the article are almost in lock step with the Birther perspective and reflect all the negative stereotypes associated with the Tea Party. This is not the first story carried here that was absolutely outrageous. There is no doubt that there are some in the Tea Party with ideas that border on being dangerous but I cannot believe that every comment would reflect such animus toward the President. For that reason I am somewhat suspicious of these pseudo-news blogs reflecting the opinion of the Tea Party. With that said, I cannot be absolutely sure that it is bogus when the leadership of the Tea Party do not disavow such opinions or seek legal action to block the use of the name Tea Party by malicious users seeking to discredit the political objectives of the group.
When the Tea Party came into being some years ago I attended several rallies and found no evidence of this type of thinking. The principal goal was to challenge the expansion of government into our lives and the associated bloated costs of doing so in a grassroots movement. If the Tea Party has morphed into a group so removed from reality that it resorts to such insanity then I can no longer support such an agenda.
The Klayman story, however, does appear to be accurate. And the hard core Tea Party types are pretty scary. Remember Ronbo?
Nobody made him up, and he is indeed a lunatic.
It's interesting that right wing militants/miscreants have the power to create the illusion that everyone ever associated with the Tea Party is a lunatic or a fanatic, but progressives who want big government can divorce themselves publically from the actions and attitudes of left wing militants/miscreants and portray themselves as reasonable.
The left-wing lunatics tend to not get elected to Congress and are relegated to pure punditry on cable TV. The tea party, however, is making up a growing percentage of Congress. That is the difference.
Nancy Pelosi? Debbie Wasserman Schulz? Alan Grayson? Sheila Jackson Lee? Elijah Cummings? Elizabeth Warren? Henry Waxman? Maxine Waters? Eleanor Holmes Norton?
Phlinn
Don't forget Cynthia McKinny and Bernie Sanders. I'm sure there are others both past and present, but those two are pretty fare out on the left. Cynthia is my go to example for people who think Michelle Bachman is some unique creation of the right wing.
I'll give you Shultz. Elizabeth Warren doesn't belong on that list though.
Warren absolutely belongs on the list. And in addition to being crazy, she's a liar many times over. She IS clever, I'll grant you that.
Oh, and Phlinn? Spot on about McKinney – though she's been gone so long that it's easy to overlook her. Were we to look at knaves and crazy bastards from the past, the list would be longer (I left a number of current members off, citing the current or still-yapping. Sanders is like the beloved crazy old uncle in the attic. As an escaped Vermont resident, I can tell you that he's actually rather charming, in his own bizarre way.
Neil Dorr
As I mentioned before, it's not the "head exploding" analogy I find distasteful, but rather your increasingly vivid description of "brain shrapnel" and comments about needing a squeegee to clean up the resulting mess. As someone who has, quite literally, seen someone else's head come apart, it's gross and off-putting. "Kaboom" is a metaphor, "brain explosion" (complete with a helpful illustration for those of us who can't read) is not.
Then again, maybe I'm just overly sensitive — I'm just Jackie Onasis would have been far more appreciative of such subtle wit.
Art Hawley
Even more disconcerting, if you have contracted Ebola. 🙂
I've crossed swords with the bat-guano birther crowd forever, pointing out that Occam's Razor slices and dices their arguments. For it to be true, you have to believe that the very pregnant Ann Dunham and her husband flew half-way around the world at a time when it was exorbitantly expensive to fly, and that the airlines would have let her fly in the first place (labor can come at any time, and you're a long way from the nearest hospital) to give birth in a Third World country with primitive health care facilities, just so he could escape the trappings of American citizenship under a quirk in the law? To state the case is to refute it.
Besides, the legal remedy would be "President Joe Biden."
Steven Mark Pilling
Unless, of course, Biden were adjudged either insane or incompetent and remanded to the custody of professionals. Nor is Larry Klayman a dunce. If he's doing this, there's a purpose in mind. It just may not be the claimed one. I'm not taking sides on the issue of Obama's birth, but there are a lot of things about his background that remain unknown. Maybe this is a means of finding out.
Of, for God's sake, Steven—if ever Hillary's Dodge (At this point, what difference does it make?" had validity, its on this issue.")
What scares me is that the question might BE valid. Can you imagine what would happen if Obama were actually proved to be ineligible for the Presidency… for ANY reason? After six years, everything he's signed- good or bad- would be of dubious validity. With no precedent or constitutional guidelines for this, the result would likely be chaos and economic collapse, followed by civil war. That worries me!
I decline to reward presidents for choosing poor VP's by holding them unaccountable. The systemic effect of letting that strategy work is worse than the effect of one or two bad replacements taking office.

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I've just returned from living and travelling overseas for the last year and a half. The typical question I get asked is "How was it?" to which I can only respond, "It was phenomenal!" At some point, the discussion turns to my experience teaching English in South Korea. I'll sum up my enthusiasm by saying: best. decision. ever.
This is something I've been thinking about recently. A lot of people particularly parents for example think that when their kids choose to take a gap year or go traveling around the world for a pro-longed period of time instead of settling down, getting a job and starting a career etc that they are 'taking the easy way out' and going galavanting and enjoying themselves choosing fun over the 'real' world so to speak.
When appropriate, I think it's important to add some funny to your pictures. I like to express what I'm feeling and what I'm doing in my pictures.
I've finally been able to get a cost summary of how much I've spent. It would require way too much work to get it broken down by country though. The money took me throughout Asia, Australia, and South America. I know one things for certain, I've spent over the intended budget (Usually happens doesn't it?).
After nearly a month traveling around Bolivia, I cannot tell you how relieved I was to be in La Paz with more options of food than the usual chicken and rice that seemed so prevalent throughout Bolivia. The Star of India restaurant was recommended by a few hostel mates, listed in Lonely Planet, and popular for the worlds most dangerous Vindaloo.
The White Lady only comes out at night, towed by a tractor to Commerce Street in downtown Auckland, just behind the train station and around the corner from Showgirls. With bright Christmas lights along her flanks like a beacon to the congregating barflies, the White Lady has been serving New Zealand's late night crowd for more than 60 years, piling burgers high with pineapple, eggs, beets, and a series of accoutrement most would never consider atop on a beef patty.


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Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006
Contents: Proclamation 8088— National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, 2006, December 1, 2006 Proclamation 8089— National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2006, December 1, 2006 The President's Radio Address, December 2, 2006 Remarks at the Children's Holiday Reception, December 4, 2006 Remarks Following Discussions With Chairman Abdul Aziz Al-Hakim of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, December 4, 2006 Remarks on the Resignation of John R. Bolton as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, December 4, 2006 Statement on the Resignation of John R. Bolton as United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations, December 4, 2006 Remarks Following a Meeting With Secretary of Defense-Designate Robert M. Gates, December 5, 2006 Executive Order 13416— Strengthening Surface Transportation Security, December 5, 2006 Remarks Following a Meeting With the Iraq Study Group, December 6, 2006 Remarks Following Discussions With President Oscar Arias Sanchez of Costa Rica, December 6, 2006 Remarks Following a Meeting With Members of Congress, December 6, 2006 Statement on Senate Confirmation of Robert M. Gates to Be the Secretary of Defense, December 6, 2006 Executive Order 13417— Establishing an Emergency Board to Investigate Disputes Between Metro-North Railroad and Certain of Its Employees Represented by Certain Labor Organizations, December 6, 2006 Presidential Determination on Waiver of Conditions on Obligation and Expenditure of Funds for Planning, Design, and Construction of a Chemical Weapons Destruction Facility in Russia for Calendar Year 2007, December 6, 2006 The President's News Conference With Prime Minister Tony Blair of the United Kingdom, December 7, 2006 Remarks on Lighting the National Christmas Tree, December 7, 2006 Remarks Following a Meeting With Congressional Leaders, December 8, 2006 Remarks Following a Meeting With President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, December 8, 2006 Statement on the Death of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, December 8, 2006 Statement on the National Economy, December 8, 2006 Digest of Other White House Announcements ________________________________________________________________________ Nominations Submitted to the Senate, Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006 Checklist of White House Press Releases, Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006 Acts Approved by the President, Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006
Author: George W. Bush | Date: December 8, 2006
Statement on the Death of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick,
Laura and I are deeply saddened by the death of Jeane Kirkpatrick. As a professor, author, ambassador, and adviser to Presidents, she influenced the thinking of generations of Americans on the importance ofAmerican leadership in advancing the cause of freedom and democracy around the globe. She defended the cause of freedom at a pivotal time in world history, and her courageous service as our United Nations Ambassador inspired her fellow Americans and lovers of liberty around the world. Jeane's powerful intellect helped America win the cold war. Her insights and teachings will continue to illuminate the path ahead for the United States in the world. We send our condolences to Jeane's family and friends, and on behalf of all Americans, we give thanks for her extraordinary life.
Title: Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006
Chicago: George W. Bush, "Statement on the Death of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, December 8, 2006," Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006 in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006), 42:2142-2143 Original Sources, accessed July 18, 2019, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PGIFQ9HUCL9INA5.
MLA: Bush, George W. "Statement on the Death of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, December 8, 2006." Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006, in United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006), 42:2142-2143, Original Sources. 18 Jul. 2019. www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PGIFQ9HUCL9INA5.
Harvard: Bush, GW, 'Statement on the Death of Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, December 8, 2006' in Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006. cited in , United States. Executive Office of the President, Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents, Week Ending Friday, December 8, 2006 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2006), 42:2142-2143. Original Sources, retrieved 18 July 2019, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PGIFQ9HUCL9INA5.


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Six Pointer Preview: OKC Energy FC at San Antonio FC
Match Day 16 will see San Antonio FC back home for a special July 4th holiday matchup with Oklahoma City Energy for their first of two regular-season meetings this year – both happening this month. We caught up with Tyler Vaughn from Off Pitch Podcast (@offpitchpodcast) to get his views on OKC's 2018 season so far. Here we go into another Six Pointer Preview.
1 – (RB90) It has been awhile! When we last saw you guys, Y'all were busy eliminating us from the 2017 USL playoffs via a PK shootout. What has changed roster-wise for OKC since then?
(TV) Tons! In addition to an entirely new coaching staff, about half of the squad is new as well. CJ Cochran, our keeper on that night, has since joined Nashville and is now on loan at Fresno, but we added another quality keeper in Matt VanOekel to replace him. Jose Angulo, our leading scorer from last year, is no longer with the team, but we've added some great attacking options with the arrivals of Jaime Siaj, Kalif Alhassan, and Christian Volesky, as well as FC Dallas loanees Francis Atuahene and Ema Twumasi. We also recently signed a center back Drew Beckie, formerly of Jacksonville, who has really been immense in his short time with the club.
2 – Most of 2018 has been a big struggle for OKC so far – although things are looking better recently. In your estimation, what is the biggest reason for such a drastic fall in the standings from 2017 to 2018?
I think a bit of a transition is to be expected when you replace half the squad and the coaching staff. The new style of play has probably been the main reason for the adjustment period, however. Coach Cooke likes to keep position and build up through the midfield. Jimmy's teams tended to be more defensive-minded, constantly absorbing pressure and looking to hit on the counter – sometimes bypassing the midfield altogether. Things have picked up recently though. At the time of writing, we've won three matches in a row and are playing our best football of the season.
3 – Fans here will definitely be interested to know more about Christian Ibeagha, brother to former SAFC defender Sebastien. Tell us more about him as a player and how his season has progressed.
Christian is fantastic. We heard good things about him once we signed him, and he hasn't disappointed. He's physical, smart and has an eye for goal, having already scored twice this season! Even though we've given up more goals than we'd like, no one has placed any blame on him. A lack of a consistent center back partner hasn't helped any, but with the arrival of Drew Beckie, we expect the goals for our opponents to be few and far between going forward. He's also a natural leader. Our captain, Juan Pablo Guzman, has been sidelined for a couple of months, and Christian has been wearing the armband just about every match since.
4 – OKC is near the bottom of offensive production in all of USL. Only 12 goals through 15 matches as of this writing. But things have looked a lot better recently in a run of consecutive wins. If there's hope for a consistently improved offense for the remainder of this season, where will it come from?
It's hard to say if there is just one player that will carry the load similar to what Angulo did for us last year. Alex Dixon has been a consistent threat for us, but Jaime Siaj has really turned it on since returning from his debut with the Jordan national team. He scored a goal in their win against Cyprus, and his confidence has only grown from there. Christian Volesky has given us a different look as well with his brilliant hold up play and clever runs in behind the defense. We haven't seen much of Kalif Alhassan so far as he's been gaining match fitness, but what we have seen has been brilliant. He's got talent that not many players in the league can match. Same for Francis Atuahene and Ema Twumasi from FC Dallas. They started off really well for us then had a bit of an injury spell, but are back and looking dangerous again. Hopefully not too dangerous to where FC Dallas won't let us hang onto them for a bit longer!
5 – Oddly enough, San Antonio FC has never defeated OKC Energy. The only team in USL West that SAFC has never beaten. Is that streak finally coming to an end? What's your prediction for the match?
Well, we've only drawn once this year, so I'd bet against us getting a point! I'd like to think we've turned a corner and will be on a three-match win streak when we come to your place! And hopefully, you all and some others will drop points before then to open the door a bit for us to sneak into the playoff spots. I think it will be a tight one, but we'll nick a late winner – 2-1 to OKC.
6 – Tell us something we should know about OKC Energy.
Our supporter culture has changed a lot recently. In the past, we had just one group, the Grid. Then Furia Verde, our mostly-Hispanic group, came along a couple of years ago. This year, we had three new groups join the newly-formed "46". The 46 is a collection of all the groups and all of them stand as one in our north stand. The name comes from Oklahoma being the 46 state to join the Union. One of the new ones, the Main Street Greens, is an LGBTQ (and allies) supporters group and the first of its kind in Oklahoma. They also have some sweet merch that you should check out! @MainStGreens on twitter.
Current Form (W-D-L)
San Antonio FC – L W W L D, 2018 Home Record 3-2-2
OKC Energy – L L W W W, 2018 Road Record 1-1-4
Table Position
San Antonio FC: 21 points, GF 15, GA 16, GD – 1, 11th in USL West
OKC Energy: 16 points, GF 13, GA 24, GD – 11, 13th in USL West
All-Time History (W-D-L)
Wednesday will mark the eighth time these two teams have met. In six previous USL regular season matches, these two teams have drawn five times, and SAFC lost once, at Toyota Field in May 2016. OKC also defeated SAFC in the USL playoffs last year. San Antonio FC has never defeated OKC Energy in any competition. All-time, OKC has the edge. The series stands at 0-5-2. This will be the first time that the two regional rivals do not meet three times in USL regular season play.
Season Series
7/4/18 @ SA
7/28/18 @ OKC
Most fans will barely want to remember this one. In their second ever playoff match, SAFC was unceremoniously bounced from the post-season in PK's. Things got off to a very positive start for SAFC when Cesar Elizondo tallied in the 7th minute. But Wojcik equalized in the second half for OKC, and the rest is history. After a 1-1 draw through 120 minutes, OKC took it in penalties by a 4-1 margin.
If you can bear to watch them again, here are the highlights.
Match Highlights:
The Matchup (W-D-L)
OKC Energy (5-1-10) at San Antonio FC (5-6-4) #SAvOKC
Toyota Field, Wednesday, July 4th
Kickoff 7:30 pm Central Time
Where to Watch: ESPN+
Key to victory
San Antonio will no doubt feel like enacting some revenge on the team that ended their 2017 playoff run in heartbreaking style. Until three weeks ago, we would have said this matchup favored SAFC in a big way, which is something that we haven't been able to say much this season. But we're not even sure that sentiment holds true, now that OKC has reeled off three straight victories while SAFC has stumbled to one point in their last two games.
OKC had a very ugly start to the season, only winning twice in their first 13 games, and losing ten. Since then they have caught fire and have won three straight, including winning their first road match of the season a couple weeks ago in Portland. They've been slowly climbing the USL West table and they have a chance to close the gap between another team in front of them, in SAFC. As if all of that wasn't enough, they will also be well rested, having not played since June 23rd. Meanwhile, San Antonio will be coming off a short week and a road match to boot. One that saw a match with a delayed start due to inclement weather. And once it got going, it wasn't much better as it was played-out in less than ideal conditions on a field filled with excess water and a sharp wind in the air. Toyota Field never looked so good.
Just a few weeks ago, OKC was the worst scoring offense in all of USL. Not anymore. Led by Christian Volesky and Jamie Siaj who both lead the team with three goals, the offense has finally come to life in the month of June. And suddenly a team that looked destined for the bottom three in USL West this season now finds themselves on the verge of possibly challenging for a playoff spot as we near the midseason mark. How quickly fortunes can change when you can bank 9 points out of 9. Their goal differential of minus eleven remains one of the worst in USL West, however.
On the San Antonio side, it's the same old story. The offense looks mostly lost and the defense, while sturdy, can't hold teams off when the scoring isn't there to support them consistently. Lopez's two goals in two games to start the year are a distant memory. He hasn't scored in USL play since March 24th. Gordon scored in three straight matches, followed by three without a goal. Bruce scored against Portland. He hasn't even played since. Guzman is finally healthy but may need some time to get his legs back before he can be counted on again. The Forwards as a unit have only accounted for four total goals on the season. It just isn't enough. And there are no easy answers to fix it.
Things would have been much more dire for SAFC if not for the heroics against T2 (offensively), Sacramento (defensively) and Colorado (Rafa's PK specialty). As it stands, San Antonio remains in striking distance of a playoff berth mainly because the teams beneath them are REALLY bad. San Antonio keeps daring teams to jump them, but they can't take advantage. With half a season to go, there's still ample time for San Antonio to pull their own "OKC move" up the table and get on a winning streak. But that statement has an expiration date, and that date is drawing closer every day.
SAFC hasn't looked great lately, and they are starting to come down to Earth at home a little bit too. Even their most recent two victories have felt more like sighs of relief than stellar performances. But it also feels like there might be some holiday magic in the air for this one. SAFC will be wearing a third kit for the first time ever. Seems like a good time to beat OKC for the first time ever, too. It won't be pretty, but we think they'll eek it out. There may or may not be on-field fireworks, but there will definitely be post-game fireworks. That's enough of an omen for us. San Antonio rings in America's birthday with a win.
San Antonio FC – 1
OKC Energy – 0
SAFC "Did You Know?"
In seven all-time meetings, all competitions, SAFC has never scored more than 1 goal vs OKC Energy.
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The film, The Longest Summer in America, screened around the world on September 20th – and we were on hand to make sure that the London debut went with a bang. Taking over Rich Mix Cinema in the heart of Shoreditch, we threw a private screening party for fans who had won tickets to attend. We arranged and installed wall vinyls and provided rainbow themed ice cream, candy floss and pick 'n' mix sweets, which were inspired by the album cover. To create extra buzz on the day of the screening, BROCKHAMPTON stencils also appeared around Shoreditch – and in particular on the road to the venue. The album was then also promoted on 48 sheet billboards in key locations around London, everywhere from Tower Hamlets to Lewisham.


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HOPE HIGHLIGHTS – JUNE 7
by Abby Hope | Jun 7, 2021 | Professional | 0 comments
By Abigail Hope
The Rise of the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL)
This past Friday, Saturday, and Sunday was opening weekend for the Premier Lacrosse League. The regular season PLL is composed of eight weeks running from June 4-August 18. Last weekend Cannons Lacrosse Club, who the founder and CEO of the PLL, Paul Rabil, plays midfield for, along with University of Tampa's own, Andrew Kew beat Redwoods 12-11. Chaos beat Whipsnakes 13-7, Atlas downed Archers 18-6. #1 Draft pick Michael Sowers out of Duke University plays for the Waterdogs and they were defeated by the Cannons in the Cannons' second game, 13-7. Chrome beat Redwoods 14-11.
The five games were played in Gillette Stadium and broadcasted on NBC Sports Network. At halftime, the college lacrosse Tewaaraton winners were announced. Just as I called it in last week's column, well-deserving Charlotte North, from the National Championship team, Boston College, earned the women's honor accompanied by Maryland's Jared Bernhardt on the men's side.
In my opinion, lacrosse is an unrivaled sport because it is the fastest game on two feet. With the agility and aggression of football, combine the endurance of soccer, plus the speed of basketball. It can change on a dime, just like ice hockey. Hits can be merciless and the little rubber ball can soar at speeds nearly 120mph. The origins of lacrosse go back earlier than any other sport on the continent. Jai Thompson spoke about his son, Lyle Thompson, former Tewarton winner who plays for the Cannons, and likely the greatest lacrosse player in the world, and stated that "each one of my boys, at birth, they were all given a stick, that would be their individual medicine. It gave them strength, it gave them belief in our game. The lacrosse game is entertainment for Our Creator. That's why it is so important for us to play the way we play it. To play the game, you have to train for it, you have to be able to do it mentally, physically." He goes on, "when athletes are set free like a thoroughbred horse, you just let them run, you don't try to pull back on the reigns, you just let them run and see what happens."
Lyle is from the Onondaga Reservation: a Native American reservation in Onondaga County, New York, United States. It is the territory of the Onondaga Nation, that lies just south of the place I grew up, Syracuse.
Before this year, two professional lacrosse leagues existed; the Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL). The MLL began in 2001 and operated under a traditional American sports model where teams represented specific cities. The PLL was created in 2018 and operates under a tour-based model. Late last year, the decision was made to merge the two forces, and the unification has been monumental for the growth of the sport. Both of the founders of the PLL, Mike & Paul Rabil, as well as the commissioner of the MLL, Sandy Brown, were in agreement that the consolidation would be positively constructive for the sport by creating one destination for the best talent in lacrosse.
Unlike a nightmare merger story, and some of you may remember this debacle, that said so long to the red, white, and blue ball. In 1976, the National Basketball Association (NBA) merged with the American Basketball Association (ABA) and took on only four of the ABA's well-performing franchises: Denver Nuggets, Indiana Pacers, New York (now Brooklyn) Nets, and the San Antonio Spurs. Successful franchises like the Kentucky Colonels and the Utah Stars along with the Virginia Squires were left out in the cold and folded. This amalgamation came with many failed attempts, litigation known as the Oscar Robertson suit, legislative proposals, and cripplingly harsh merger terms, but the recent lacrosse merger did not.
The PLL is composed of eight teams, Archers, Atlas, Cannons, Chaos, Chrome, Redwoods, Waterdogs, and Whipsnakes. Notice anything? There is no city-to-team attachment, which allows for people to celebrate and enjoy the sport of lacrosse on a weekend the league visits their city.
With a tour-based model, the PLL avoids the colossal costs of facility financing, which in modern days, "needs to have it all." The days of the "giant donut" stadiums and .50 cent hotdogs have been replaced with luxury, added amenities, club levels, lounges, and vendors that all burden a franchise with the need to satisfy the benefit principle. The benefit principle says that those who benefit from a project should be the ones taxed on it. The problem therein lies in convincing non-sport fans to support a tax increase for a stadium they will never enter. Not a real good selling point to the voters, correct?
Next week, the PLL will travel to Atlanta, GA, and then up the east coast to Baltimore, MD, all the way across the map to San Jose for Week 6. The quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship are scheduled to be played in Salt Lake City, Philly, and D.C., respectively which presents the opportunity for anyone in the country to buy tickets and catch a game.
Viewership is skyrocketing, ticket sales in Week 1 of the 2021 season were more than any location in the entire 2019 season, and Patriots Owner Robert Kraft is one of the newly joined investors backing PLL. Lacrosse is the sport of the future and its rapid growth backs that up. Plus, you can now bet on lacrosse on DraftKings and Pick 'Em. Lacrosse has taken huge strides forward and people should consume it. Stream it. Tune in. To NBC Sports Network or Peacock streaming services June 11-13.
I'll be back next Monday with another edition of Hope Highlights. Until then, play smarter not harder.


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The origin of almond is Western Asia and the Middle East. It is Native to the Mediterranean climate. Cultivation of almond in North America and small Quantity California during 1959 there was 7044531 trees. The average yield of almond during years of 1961-67 was 183000 tons. The variety which is present in California came from southern Europe and North America. Most organic varieties are Perennial in nature. In Pakistan and India almond is known as a badam. During the old time almond came into North Africa and South Europe and recent past it travelled to California and United States. Almond also has a wild form which is present in the Levant, almond first cultivated in this region. The wild form of almond has Glycoside Amygdalin that converts into hydrogen cyanide after any damage. Almond is the first cultivated plant among nuts. Wild Almond has a bitter taste and mechanically Hard and produce cyanide. Wild types of almond produce toxins which are not produced by cultivated almond. It is said that sweet almond originated through mutation in the genetic material of bitter almond (Jared Diamond). The domestication of almond occurred during (2000-3000BC) and the fruit of almond first found in Egypt.
Geographical distribution
Almond has a large geographical allocation of wild species through the southwest, Turkey, Syria, Iran, the desert of Tian-Shan and Hindu Kush Mountains. It also considered that there is the distribution of 30 species, but due to some reasons, this distribution is not absolute like polymorphism and the Existence of races. These species divided into four groups; 1) Section Euamygdalus; the tree size is moderate and are present at 1500m height in Turkey. 2) Section Chanae amygdalus; present in southern and central Russia and also present in Turkistan. 3) Section spartiods; at 1500m height in central Iran, and 4) Section Lycioides; Iran, at 300-1500m height. The family of cultivated almond is Rosaceae. The subfamily is prounoideae. Some almonds have different genus.
Almond has decorative effects because it has early pink blooms. It is not productive when early flowering occurs in almond the frost and cold air damages the flowers. It is the crop which is bloom in spring as it responds readily to warm temperature and also for its relatively low chilling requirements. It is the main reason of low yielding in almond. An ideal condition for the strong almond culture is the Mediterranean type of climate which has mild winter combined with the frost tree and rainless spring and warm summer for the nuts ripening.
There are two types of almond i.e. bitter and sweet almond. Most of the nuts of sweet almond (Prunus amygdulus) are used for confectionary and also for a desert purpose. Bitter almond, which is known as Prunus amygdulus amarus, used for Icing and Marzipan and in some flavoring agent but it can not use for the desert purpose. Both sweet and bitter almond have the same appearance, but bitter almond has a small amount of the hydrocyanic acid. So it produces the bitter taste in the nuts.
The treatments in cultural practices for almond are same as peaches. Almond can grow on any soil either soil have fragile texture or stony material. Whenever almond tree grows in heavy clay soil, the plant has a significant progress. Only a small amount of pruning is required. Almond grows from seeds or nuts for the production of varieties almond scion should be grafted on almond or plum rootstock. Almond has a double variety which cannot produce seeds. When nuts begin to fall, then it is considered that crop is ready for harvesting. At this time shells start to break. Sometimes shells of nuts so hard that it is hard to break them. Almond fruit has three layers i.e. exocarp which is pubescent, mesocarp and endocarp. Almond is the oldest crop which is used by human beings but due to the small environmental adaptation production is restricted only in the low region of the world. The cultivated almond Prunus amygdalus belong to a family Rosaceae and subfamily Prunoideae. The genus Prunus has more than 30 species which show a broad range of geographical and morphological forms. Italy, Spain, Iran, Morocco and Portugal are major almond producing countries.
Phosphorus 500 mg
Ash 3 mg
Fiber 3 mg
Carbohydrates 20 mg
Proteins 19 mg
Thiamine 0.24 mg
Ascorbic acid trace
It is a deciduous plant. Tree size is a practical term which not only depends on the distinct almond genotype but also upon the orchard age, location (environmental condition) and organization (irrigation, fertilization, and pruning). Size is related to the precocity and productivity. The size of the different tree is directly associated with the yield and must be stable against the tree arrangement and density to improve the production per acre. A most excellent cultivar of the Prunus dulcis falls inside the tree size ranging of intermediate to large size, dependent upon the stage and place. Size difference among the almond species is greater than within the Prunus dulcis, with some species (e.g., P. webbii, P. argentea, P. fenzliana) being quite small and shrubby. The height of almond tree is up to 13-33 feet (4-10m) and with the diameter of logwood is about 30 cm.
Almond trees have distinct shapes determined by angle and amount of branches primarily. Sometimes vigor and size may also have related to the branching habits. Vigorous tree rottenly upright and tend to be large. Weaker trees have a wide angle and small size. Tree with the intermediate shape between the two extremes is desirable. Shapes appear to be quantitatively inherited, often being intermediate between the two parents. Young branches are green in color and become purple under the sunlight during 2nd-year branches become gray in color. Leaves length about 3 to 5 inches, the margin of leaves scattered up to some extent. The petiole is about 2.4 cm.
It has two colors of flowers, white flowers and pale pink which have a 2-4 cm diameter. Petals are five. May be single or in the form of pairing. The flowers of the different cultivars and species may change in the number of stamens, size of the petal, color, and form, and arrangement and size of anthers relative to the stamens. The number of stamens may differ from 20-40, with the usual number being 30 to 33. Although the carple is one and some genotype (Eureka) have a tendency to produce two carples, and doubling of the fruits may take place as a result, and a potential to enhance the output. The carple also has the different structure. Some carples are erected and elongated, spreading above the anthers, by the bee a trait that has linked with the enhanced cross-pollination. In the other individuals, the stigma and anthers are close to the same level, a situation that related with the more chances of self-pollination. In some other plants, the pistils are not straight they are bent, twisted and modified to the different forms that mostly depend on the age of flowers.
Present day the cultivated Prunus have the two distinct groups; one group grown for its nuts or kernels and other group grown for flowering or as ornamental. The former belongs to the Prunus dulcis and late to the p. triloba, p. glandulosa and p. Japonica and valued for their white, glowing or rose, single or double flowers. The almond kernels for their high oil content are the rich source of concentrated energy. The oil of almond contains the linoleic fatty acid and oleic fatty acid and contains the important contents of protein, some vitamins like riboflavin, thiamine, and niacin. Contain the minerals mainly Ca, P, K, and Mg. Economic fruit production starts in almond after three years of plantation and full production starts after six years.
Breeding methods
Different propagation methods and molecular markers like SSR, RAPID and RFLP used for the improvement of the available germplasm. Desirable genes introduced in germplasm by using the tissue culture techniques and embryo culture technique. Aneuploidies also help in the genetic study of almond. Breeding of almond started in 1971. During 1981 about 81 cultivars collected from Spain and introduced into different regions of the world. First crossing in almond done in 1985.There were two objectives of this crossing i.e. Self-incompatibility and late flowering. When the late flowering occurs in almond, it outflows from frost damage, and due to self-incompatibility, only one genotype can grow in the garden.
Stratification required for the proper germination of almond seed (seeds are dripping in water for 10-20 hours). During the first year, crosses made in spring season after germination of the seeds in the greenhouse. First, we choose male and female plants. Female flowers emasculated and pollinated by the pollen of the male flower. In 2nd-year crossed seeds planted in the nurseries and 3rd-year desirable almond trees, grown at 3-6ft. In fourth -year flowering provoked but minimized by pruning and 5th-year flowers and fruit formed, preliminary trials conducted. In 6th-year real fruit-bearing occurs, if the environment is suitable, then further trials conducted for seed multiplication and distribution. The breeding period can be reduced using molecular markers.
Almond used as a raw, toasted or in different dishes. The sweet nuts which are utilized as a fresh or prepared either branched or unbranched, salted, roasted, used mostly in the formation of confectionary or processed products like ice cream, biscuits, chocolates, candies. The nuts husk utilized for animal feed. Almonds oil is utmost effective for the human brain. A few almonds every day aids in refining remembrance and attentiveness, particularly in children. It is also thought to make offspring shrill and energetic. It also used in making the perfume products, baby oil, for good human skin and massage. Almond maintains the cholesterol level by increasing the HDL and decreasing LDL, so it used in medicine. The almond used as an essential ingredient of the ancient Ayurveda and Tibb-e-Unani systems of human treatment since time immemorial. Sweet almonds used as a laxative as well as in the treatment of a dry cough in the children.
Health constraints
A small amount of almond has beneficial effects on human's health but overdosage cause defects such as high weight and high blood pressure. It has manganese which interacts with medicine. An overdose of vitamin E which is not suitable for health causes gastrointestinal problems. Bitter almond has Hydrocyanic acid which is toxic to human health.
Scope in Pakistan
Almond production in Pakistan is deficient due to the early shedding of flowering by frost. In Pakistan, Baluchistan is the major producer of almonds; production in other provinces is negligible. Pakistan produced about 26,487 tons of almonds during 2008-2009 from an area of 11,002 hectares. However, we still need to import hulled and unshelled almonds from abroad to meet the domestic demand. In Pakistan, almonds are used not only as an essential ingredient of Indian Ayurveda and Tibb-e-Unani therapies but shelled almonds also have many traditional uses in household cuisines and the preparation of sweet dishes.
This article is jointly authored by Yousif Shafiq1, Zahoor Ahmad2* and Sajjad Akhtar3-_1Department of Plant Breeding and Genetics, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, 2Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, 3Department of Plant Sciences (Plant Breeding) university of Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa.
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Special Containment Procedures: Due to difficulties inherent in containing SCP-277, it has been placed under a Level-█ lockdown. Activities of the residents of SCP-277 must be monitored by no less than ██ embedded agents, and civilians are not to be aware of Foundation presence or influence. Any attempts to contact civilians within SCP-277 by those outside SCP-277 must be investigated. Personnel must undergo psychological screening before being assigned to SCP-277.
Description: SCP-277 is a moderately populated town in ████, █████. The principal anomaly within SCP-277 are apparitions found throughout the area that seem to be images projected from children's thoughts, or imagination. These are collectively referred to as SCP-277-1. Incidents of SCP-277-1 appear as figures 'drawn' in white outlines, with no physical substantiality of their own. The size, 'style' in which they are 'drawn,' and the complexity of the projections vary from child to child.
Pre-pubescent children are the only individuals capable of producing such incidents, and the process of projecting one seems for the most part to be unconscious and involuntary. An average of ███ incidents of SCP-277-1 are present at any given time within the area; a largely comprehensive catalogue of pre-pubescents and the designation of their projections may be found in Document 277-██. While embedded Agents are requested to report potentially uncategorized children to their supervisors to be examined, due to the size of SCP-277, the pre-pubescent population there within, and security complications, this is recognized as occasionally unfeasible.
Incidences of SCP-277-1 are capable of interacting with each other, although physical objects pass through leaving no damage to either party. Children frequently play with their projections, and the existence of SCP-277-1 is regarded as normal by residents of the town.
Civilians in SCP-277 claim that the projections have been present within the town since its colonization. This claim is dubious at best, as there are no records of the Area's existence before the year 2███, and the towns immediately surrounding the Area deny any knowledge of the city. Testing of members within SCP-277 revealed that their dental, fingerprint, and DNA records correspond with no recorded population databases. When under questioning, civilians denied having memories of living or traveling anywhere but within SCP-277.
OPERATION 277-██████ UPDATE THE FIRST: Attempt #█ to evacuate SCP-277 has commenced on 6/15/██. Small changes were made to the previously detailed methods of evacuation, namely [EXPUNGED] in hopes of avoiding what may have caused previous failures. Documents outlining past attempts to remove civilians from SCP-277 may be found at [DATA EXPUNGED]. Residents continue to deny any memory of previous evacuation attempts. Personnel members involved in previous assignments involving the suppression of SCP-277-1 and SCP-277-1-█R in particular seem to have been [REDACTED] more trained personnel and Class-D subjects are requested along with the necessary medical equipment in the event of another such incident.
OPERATION 277-██████ UPDATE THE SECOND: As of 6/23/██, Operation 277-██████ has proven unsuccessful due to [DATA CORRUPTED]. SCP-277-1-█R demonstrated the ability to render mental damage not only to pre-pubescents, but to physically mature Agents. No further evacuation attempts are to be carried out. Level-█ Lockdown suggested.
Foundation personnel have been unable to trace the source of File Operation 277-██████. Foundation databanks have been unable to produce an unexpunged copy of the file. No personnel or civilians in the area are able to recall any attempts made to evacuate, and the legitimacy of the file has been called into question multiple times. As per common consensus, however, no further evacuation efforts have been planned. Furthermore, it has been discovered that when a resident of SCP-277 leaves the area for over ██ minutes, they are violently [REDACTED] and then may be found within the area with no memory of departing from the Area.
Addendum 277-A: As of 9/14/██, an unaccounted-for SCP-277-1 was photographed in the local library by a Foundation Agent. No one in the vicinity claimed to be responsible for the projection. As the appearance and actions of incidents of SCP-277-1 are often telling of a child's psychological profile, efforts are being taken to identify the owner of these projections, designated SCP-277-1-R█. Projections that match the image shown in 'drawing' style or behavior are to be reported immediately.
Addendum 277-B: Sightings of projections that are similar to SCP-277-R█ have tripled in frequency since 9/23/██. On 10/5/██, there were ██ child casualties made by members of SCP-277-R█ upon childrens' projections. See Interview 277-A for details.
UPDATE: Three months following this incident, members of SCP-277-R█ have vanished from the area. It is still unknown whether they were projections from a child or a manifestation native to SCP-277 itself.
Inquiries made to civilians regarding the incident on 10/5/██ have returned with mixed results. A number of the residents claim that they had never witnessed such an occurrence before and expressed desire for Foundation officials to quickly identify and prosecute the perpetrator. Others claim that similar events happen periodically every █ years.
Personnel staffing SCP-277 have expressed discomfort when dealing with members of the town. They smile too wide, as if this entire place is just a fairy tale and that massacre was just part of their happy ending.


is an annual, heartfelt wedding giveaway package presented to a couple whose lives have been recently touched by breast cancer.
We aim to give a silver lining to those affected by breast cancer.
The Wedding Pink is a heartfelt, wedding giveaway package awarded to a couple whose lives have recently been touched by breast cancer. It is held annually in Colorado and is an opportunity for one deserving couple to be awarded a dream wedding nearly cost free and valued at over $40,000.
Cheryl Ungar, the founder of The Wedding Pink, is a 28-year breast cancer survivor and a professional photographer. Each year she puts together an extraordinary team of some of Colorado's top wedding vendors -- all of whom generously agree to donate their services and products to ensure The Wedding Pink is a spectacular event for one very special couple.
This year's wedding, awarded to breast cancer survivor Sabrina and her fiancé Rex, will take place at Spruce Mountain Ranch in Larkspur, CO on October 17, 2019.
Each year, we gift one couple whose life has been affected by breast cancer in some way, the chance to have their dream wedding.
In the spirit of passing it on from one survivor to another, Robin Roberts was kind enough to send a video message to Roxanne and Joseph, the recipients of The Wedding Pink - 2012. You can imagine the surprise, delight and gratitude they felt when this video was played during the reception.


Spring has officially sprung, even if temperatures across much of the country remain stubbornly wintry. On the bright side, the new season brings several hotly anticipated bars, perfect for late-night revelry, patio sipping, and so on.
From an experimental cocktail laboratory in the Pacific Northwest, to a chic Midwestern hotel bar, to an izakaya next to a cult ramen shop, here are 10 places where we are eager to toast spring's arrival.
Chicago's most star-studded opening comes courtesy of Julia Momose, an alum of The Aviary and GreenRiver, with Noah and Cara Sandoval of Oriole restaurant. (In 2016, Noah was named Chicago Tribune's Chef of the Year. He also holds a Michelin star.) Conceived as an omakase cocktail bar, Kumiko, whose name refers to intricate Japanese woodworking, will serve 11 to 15 drinks, including some non-alcoholic options, created by Momose, a Japan native, and served alongside cocktail-inspired bites from Sandoval's kitchen.
This Monday night pop-up series is settling into full-time, brick-and-mortar digs in southeast Portland. Adam Robinson will oversee the 50ish-seat space, which will have a 16-seat bar and a "cocktail lab" where patrons can get a front-row view of Robinson's cocktail technology. (The latter was reportedly inspired in part by bars like Operation Dagger in Singapore.) Scheduled to open in late April or May, Deadshot will share space with Holdfast Dining, a two-person chef's table from Will Preisch and Joel Stocks.
Think pink at Candy Bar, a bubblegum-hued cocktail den opening this month in the lobby of The Siren Hotel. The 106-key boutique hotel is housed in the Wurlitzer Building, a downtown landmark that had been vacant since the 1980s. Interiors are by Brooklyn-based ASH NYC (The Dean Hotel, Providence), and the 30-seat lounge will have plush banquettes, a marble bar, glittering chandelier, and a disco ball from Paris's Les Bains nightclub. The drinks list will riff on classics, and include a house Martini and a Japanese Highball with extracted oils.
The owners of Cheu Noodle Bar, a fleet of Asian-Jewish ramen shops, and Bing Bing Dim Sum, will debut this 40-seat Japanese bar in Fishtown in late May or early June. The izakaya will be located right next door to Cheu Fishtown, and the two will share a patio and bar service. nunu will serve late-night cocktails as well as Japanese bar snacks like yakitori (grilled chicken skewers) and katsu (breaded pork cutlets).
The first branch of New York City's iconic Death & Co. cocktail bar is coming to The Ramble Hotel, a 50-key stunner that appeared on myriad "2018 Hotel Openings to Watch" lists earlier this year. Set to debut this spring, the bar will be located in the hotel lobby, and will serve the innovative cocktails that made the original Death & Co. famous, plus all-day cafe fare, beers from local craft favorites like TRVE and Cerebral, biodynamic wines, and grower Champagnes. The bar will also have an intimate, evening-only mezzanine.
Housed in the original location of the Mission's legendary Slanted Door restaurant, this tropical cocktail bar marks the return of Josh Harris and Morgan Schick, whose first bar, Trick Dog, is less than a mile away. The drinks list at Bon Voyage! will change frequently and seasonally, and will feature tiki-esque cocktails like a reimagined Singapore Sling made with whiskey and nitro coconut milk. Designer Wylie Price (Ramen Shop, The Progress) is behind the vaguely '70s-inspired, bi-level interior.
The second interstate transplant on our list comes courtesy of Elad Zvi and Gabriel Orta, who are bringing Miami's James Beard-nominated Broken Shaker bar to NYC this spring. The 2,500-square-foot space will occupy the roof of Flatiron's new Freehand Hotel. In addition to seasonal, tropical cocktails (Miami's Broken Shaker serves a colada with lemongrass and Chinese Five Spice), Broken Shaker NYC will offer light snacks.
Agricole, the firm behind some of Houston's hottest bars and restaurants (Coltivare, Eight Row Flint) is creating three linked developments in East Downtown Houston. Miss Carousel, a cocktail den named for a Townes Van Zandt song, will occupy some 5,000 square feet of the project, and will span a living-room-esque interior with couches and a fireplace, plus a secluded patio. Two-thirds of the 25 to 30 cocktails will be Miss Carousel originals, and the rest classics. The destination will also have a 3,000-square-foot restaurant, Indianola, and a pizzeria.
From the team behind the newly opened Player's Club, a hip spot with pool tables and board games, comes this multi-level craft cocktail lounge in Logan Circle. It will reportedly have indoor seating as well as a rooftop space. Details on the drinks at French 75 remain scarce, but the operators' pedigrees — Eric and Ian Hilton also opened the Brixton, Gibson, and El Rey, among others — have much of the District waiting with bated breath.
Music City is getting its first tiki bar this spring, taking over the former Bar Luca space in East Nashville. The all-star trio at the helm includes Mike Wolf, bar manager of Nashville's esteemed Husk, plus Isle of Printing founder Bryce McCloud, and Barista Parlor owner and founder Andy Mumma. Drinks at pre-opening events, such as last month's pop-up at Nicky's Coal Fired, included a frozen Jungle Bird riff, plus an Appleton-spiked Sassafras-Falernum swizzle.
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Het WTA-tennistoernooi van Forest Hills (officieel Forest Hills Tennis Classic) van 2004 vond plaats van dinsdag 24 tot en met zaterdag 28 augustus 2004 in Forest Hills, een deel van de wijk Queens in New York. Het was de eerste editie van het toernooi. Er werd gespeeld op hardcourtbanen. Aan dit evenement was geen dubbelspeltoernooi verbonden.

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Het eerste reekshoofd, Jelena Lichovtseva uit Rusland, won het toernooi. In de finale versloeg zij de als vierde geplaatste Tsjechische Iveta Benešová in twee sets. Het was Lichovtseva's derde WTA-titel, de eerste sinds 7½ jaar.

De Belgische Kirsten Flipkens was door middel van een wildcard tot het toernooi toegelaten. Zij bereikte de halve finale, waarin zij werd uitgeschakeld door Iveta Benešová.

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Sierra Norte is a line of Oaxacan whiskeys from Douglas French, the founder of Scorpion Mezcal, featuring native Oaxacan corn varietals. This is a single barrel expression featuring yellow corn, with a mash bill of 85% corn and 15% malted barley. It's aged in French oak and released in single barrels.
"This yellow corn bottling of Sierra Norte's whiskeys is arguably the best so far. It's bright and lively, with notes of lemon peel, vanilla, coriander seed, and hints of malt. The finish fades fairly quickly, leaving a light note of jasmine."


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Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 PC Not Coming to Steam
By Rishi Alwani | Updated: 17 May 2018 23:22 IST
Black Ops 4 is skipping popular digital distribution platform Steam
It will be exclusive to Activision-owned Battle.net
This comes after Destiny 2 seeing record sales on PC via Battle.net
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 PC will not be coming to Steam. At the Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 gameplay reveal, it was announced that the game would be coming to Blizzard's Battle.net only. This follows Destiny 2 being a Battle.net exclusive. The PC version of Black Ops 4 will support 4K and HDR with enhanced security that comes with Battle.net. Black Ops 4 PC is being developed by Beenox.
Earlier it was leaked that Black Ops 4 would be exclusive to Battle.net with a quality assurance team in charge of bugs for Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 on PC is a dedicated unit "as they want to focus on PC a great deal this year."
What's most interesting though, is the possibility of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 being a cross-play title, similar to current industry darling Fortnite.
"The push for a separate platform is also, according to this source, to directly respond to pressures placed onto Activision by the rising battle royale juggernaut, Fortnite. From what this source has heard, a greater focus is being pushed onto Battle.net because multiple devs have been testing cross-platform functionality," the report states.
Furthermore, it appears that Battle.net may resemble Epic Games' own PC client and allow users to add those from PS4 and Xbox One.
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Mark Levin: 'Squad' Hates Trump Because He Loves America, Is Greatest President Israel Has Ever Seen
By Michael Morris | July 19, 2019 | 10:35am EDT
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host, TV host, author and American lawyer Mark Levin (Screenshot)
President Donald J. Trump tweeted out a clip of nationally syndicated radio talk show host of "The Mark Levin Show" Mark Levin speaking on the Fox News show "Hannity" on Thursday evening, Levin calling out "the Squad" in the clip and saying they hate President Donald Trump because he loves America and is the greatest president Israel has ever seen.
"So, they hate the president because he has two strikes against him: he loves America, and he's the greatest president that Israel has ever seen – recognizing their capitol in Jerusalem, moving our embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing sovereignty of Israel over the Golan Heights, kicking the PLO the hell out of our country, cutting off funds for terrorists that are linked to the Palestinian Authority," stated Mark Levin on "Hannity" with host Sean Hannity.
Mark Levin's remarks on "Hannity" came after the House on Tuesday night voted to condemn Trump's tweets targeting Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.), Rashida Tlaib (Mich.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), and Ayanna Pressley (Mass.) and after subsequent resolution for impeachment was "tabled" on Wednesday. As reported by CNSNews.com, "On Wednesday, 137 Democrats joined 194 Republicans and one independent voting to kill the resolution, while 95 Democrats – just over 40 percent of the caucus – voted against the motion." High-profile freshmen Reps. Omar, Tlaib, Ocasio-Cortez and Pressley were among the 95 votes in favor of keeping Green's resolution alive.
Below is a transcript in pertinent part of Mark Levin's remarks from "Hannity" on Thursday:
"And Sean, I want to thank you for having me on tonight as I watch this idiocy that's taking place in our country.
"President Trump was addressing the content of the character of these four women, not the color of their skin, but the media want it to be otherwise. The media are projecting, and the media are insisting on the opposite because they want the narrative of racism. He didn't talk about race. He didn't talk about skin color. He didn't talk about religion. He talked about them, the content or lack thereof, of their character.
"On the other hand, Omar, Tlaib, AOC – I don't know this Pressley that well— They are degrading an entire faith, an entire people – Jews, Israelis – an entire country: Israel. So it shouldn't surprise anybody that their venom for America is the same as their venom for Israel and vice versa. That's typical of the radical, hard left.
"And the evidence is overwhelming that these women are anti-Semite bigots, and they don't hide it – they don't hide it – the BDS movement, constant references to Hitler and the Third Reich and concentration camps. They have no knowledge of history. They've never visited these sites. Their families have really done nothing for this country. I'm going to be very blunt about it. I don't know what they've done in support of this country, while they rip this great country apart, while we have men and women in uniform of all faiths and all colors in one hell hole after another all over the world trying to defend people and promote freedom. We have this fifth column in our country – and they're not alone, the media's a fifth column too – undermining us at home while our brave men and women are fighting abroad.
"So they hate the president because he has two strikes against him: he loves America, and he's the greatest president that Israel has ever seen – recognizing their capitol in Jerusalem, moving our embassy to Jerusalem, recognizing sovereignty of Israel over the Golan Heights, kicking the PLO the hell out of our country, cutting off funds for terrorists that are linked to the Palestinian Authority – and it's driving these three anti-Semites nuts. That's what's going on.
"Now, 50 percent of the hate crimes in this country are against Jews. The media don't mention, 'You know, Democrat Party, you have a high tolerance for anti-Semitism in your ranks. Maybe you ought to tone it down. Maybe you ought to tone it down, Omar and Tlaib and AOC.' But no, they're celebrated. They're promoted.
"Now let's look at Donald Trump's record when it comes to Muslims and women of color, particularly overseas. Let's take a look at Syria, where this commander in chief ordered attacks on Syria to prevent that regime from gassing women of color, men of color, babies of color, Muslims. It was this president who stepped in, not Obama. It's this president who ordered the military to destroy ISIS and the caliphate that was killing women of color, men of color, babies of color, Muslims. – Yazidis and Christians too, but primarily Muslims. It's this commander in chief that oversees the war in Afghanistan to protect Muslims from the Taliban. That would be men, women, children of color.
"Now, what the hell have Omar and Tlaib and AOC done for men and women and children of color? Not a d--- thing.
"Now, let's talk about the southern border. It's this president, who said, 'Look' – and I didn't even agree with this – 'one, 1.2 million individuals who are here illegally, most of them south of the border, from south of the border, I'll give them legalization, maybe even citizenship if we can cut a deal on immigration.' The Democrats said, 'No.' Does that sound like a racist to you? It's this president who was prescient and said, 'Secure the border. You have people coming into this country, some of them are being kidnapped, brought into this country. We need to have a rational, humane process for immigration.' It's the Democrats who first said, ten years ago, 'Secure the border,' then called this a joke, a manufactured crisis. Now, they created the crisis. They created the lack of detention space. They created the lack of physical barriers. And now they blame the president who tried to prevent it.
"The media have allowed this to happen. They are a disgrace. They have a high tolerance for racism and anti-Semitism. Why? Because they are the mouthpiece for the hard left.
"This president is not a racist. This president is a patriot."


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Markham was a provincial electoral district in Ontario, Canada created in 1986.

Tony Wong resigned in the fall of 2006 to successfully seek election to York Regional Council.  His provincial seat was filled in a by-election on February 8, 2007. However the riding was abolished at the October 4, 2007 provincial election, and redistributed between the new provincial ridings of Markham—Unionville and Oak Ridges—Markham as its federal counterpart already has been.

Members of Provincial Parliament

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External links
 Elections Ontario  1999 results and 2003 results

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Greensboro, N.C. (Aug. 15, 2017) – A group of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University scholars experienced unique opportunities last summer through the university's partnership with the Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute (BHLI), a program developed by current Board of Trustees Member John W. Bluford to cultivate the next generation of healthcare leaders. Bluford is a national innovative leader in the healthcare field whose career has spanned four decades.
As members of the 2017 BHLI Cohort, Aggies Kailyn Price, bioengineering (2020); Myles Ross, electrical and biomedical engineering (2020); James Washburn, business management (2019); and Teeghan Wiggins, bioengineering (2020), spent two weeks in Kansas City, Missouri, for a comprehensive overview to healthcare leadership from leading executives in the field.
Through a series of experiential activities, national presenters, site visits, and internships, BHLI exposes scholars to today's healthcare landscape and challenges the future leaders to develop innovative solutions and policies to improve health outcomes for vulnerable populations.
The scholars' activities included a luncheon hosted by Esther George, president and chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. George shared important leadership principles to help the scholars prepare for their future roles.
Joan Evans, executive vice president of Innovation and Transformation for Cone Health System was a featured presenter. Sharing the scholars' profile results from their Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, she taught students how to recognize their own strengths and the strength of others when collaborating on group projects.
In addition to the presentations, the cohort discussed current issues with Dr. Bruce Siegel, president and CEO of America's Essential Hospitals, during the event's Public Policy Day and with Mayor Pro Tem Viola Lyles of Charlotte, North Carolina, for Social Determinants of Health Day. Additional topics of discussion included health law, community health, physician leadership, integration of healthcare services, mental health, healthcare information technology and entrepreneurship and innovation.
Former members of the cohort credit BHLI with expanding their knowledge and cite their experiences with Bluford and the institute as critical to their success.
"The Bluford Healthcare Leadership Institute introduced me to dynamic and powerful leaders within my field of interest. My fellow scholars and I were able to develop an unmatched executive presence through participation in the program. My internship provided me with valuable relationships and direction for a career as a leader in the field of pharmacy, said Mariah Franklin, a 2016 member of the cohort. Franklin is slated to graduate in May 2018, with a degree in chemistry and a minor in biology.
Sixteen N.C. A&T scholars have participated in BHLI since its initial 2013 cohort. For more information, about BHLI or to apply, visit www.blufordinstitute.org.