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Dummelow on the Bible
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Jeremiah's Fifth Prophecy (or Group of Prophecies). Address at the Temple Gate (Reign of Josiah or Beginning of that of Jehoiakim)
The prophet takes advantage of a solemn gathering of the people at Jerusalem to stand at one of the Temple gates as they pass in, and warns them against their superstitious confidence that the possession of the Temple was itself a charm against danger from without. As immorality had already brought about the overthrow of an older sanctuary (Shiloh) as well as of the Ten Tribes, so shall it be with them. Punishment for the wickedness of leaders and people can only be averted by a speedy amendment of life.
It is possible that these chapters may be an expanded account of the prophecy closely resembling them, which is recorded in Jeremiah 26 as spoken at the commencement of Jehoiakim's reign. But it is more likely that the two occasions are distinct.
1-20. Ceremonies and sacred places shall be no defence.
4. God, said the false prophets, will never allow His Temple to be overthrown: cp. Micah 3:11.
The temple, etc.] The threefold repetition suggests 'the energy of iteration that only belongs to Eastern fanatics' (Stanley, 'Jewish Church,' ii, 438).
5-7. Their tenure of the Temple is conditional on obedience to the covenant made by God with their fathers.
10. We are delivered] By the discharge of this formality we are set free for a return to wickedness.
11. Den of robbers] a place of retreat in the intervals between acts of violence: see Matthew 21:13 and parallel passages.
12. Shiloh] a town of Ephraim, in a central position, chosen by Joshua as the restingplace of the ark and for the Tabernacle. It was a considerable place in the time of the Judges (Judges 21:19, Judges 21:21). Its fall into idolatry was followed by loss of the ark (1 Samuel 4) and subsequent captare and cruel treatment (Psalms 78:58.) Thenceforward it became insignificant, so that Jeroboam, when setting up calves for his rival worship, passed it by.
15. Ephraim] meaning, as often (e.g. Isaiah 7:2), the ten northern tribes in captivity for nearly a century.
16. So in Jeremiah 14:7, when Jeremiah does intercede for them, the prayer is rejected.
18. Queen of heaven] identified either with the moon or with the Assyrian Ishtar, the planet Venus. The Jewish women were specially given to that worship, offering incense and cakes stamped with a representation of the goddess: cp. Jeremiah 44:17.
19. Do they provoke me] Their sin does not provoke God to a mere helpless anger, but to a wrath that is quick to punish and destroy them.
21-28. The moral law has always taken precedence of the ceremonial.
21. Put your burnt offerings, etc.] Multiply your victims ad libitum. It will avail you nought.
22, 23. This need not be more than a forcible oratorical expression, not meaning that no ceremonial laws were given to Israel when brought out of Egypt, but that in the promulgation of the Ten Commandments on Sinai there was no direction concerning sacrifice. These were the only precepts which had the honour of being treasured up in the ark. Thus from the first they were shown to hold the chief place: cp. Isaiah 1:11-14. 'The law of obedience was the earliest law of all (Genesis 2:16.), and the most important; that of sacrifice was of secondary importance' (Deane).
24. Imagination] see on Isaiah 3:17;
27. Jeremiah need not therefore expect that his words will be heeded.
29-34. Where they sinned there shall they be punished.
29. Cut off thine hair] in token of mourning, or as a Nazirite shaved his head after immediate contact with a dead body (Numbers 6:9) to mark defilement. The hair was the mark of consecration of the High Priest (Exodus 29:6) and of the Nazirite (Numbers 6:5). Here it is the mark of Jerusalem as chief city of a consecrated people.
31. Valley of Hinnom] on the W. and S. sides of the city, Tophet being near the E. extremity of the S. reach. The valley had an evil name, (a) as the place of human sacrifices; (b) as defiled by Josiah; (c) as the receptacle of the offal and filth of the city. Hence it afterwards became with the Jewish Rabbis the visible emblem of the place of future punishment, Gehenna: cp. Matthew 5:22. To burn, etc.] in honour of Moloch, often identified with Baal, the sun-god (see on Genesis 22; 2 Kings 16:3).
32. Till there be no place] rather, 'for want of room's (elsewhere). The carnage of war shall extend far beyond the valley.
Some think that the immediate result of this discourse was the trial of the prophet, as recorded in Jeremiah 26:24, when the mob rose against him and he was saved with difficulty.
Dummelow, John. "Commentary on Jeremiah 7". "John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible". https://www.studylight.org/commentaries/eng/dcb/jeremiah-7.html. 1909.


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Why did we hand pick 88 Baron van Reede Guesthouse?
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Charming sandstone building dates back to the 1860's
Beautifully renovated with colourful, cosy rooms
On a quiet street near the heart of town
88 Baron van Reede Guesthouse
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In Oudtshoorn
This guest house in the heart of Oudtshoorn is a charming example of the unique sandstone architecture that was brought to the town by Scottish stonemasons all the way back in the 1860s. The house with green roofs has been maintained to look exactly as it was when it was first built, and original features such as wooden floors and doors with stained glass inserts still hold pride of place.
The guest rooms are by no means old-fashioned, having been decorated in a homely contemporary African style and kitted out with plush furnishings. The verandah rooms are the most spacious, and visitors can choose between Queen, King or twin beds. As the name suggests, each room comes with its own verandah, where guests can sip a cup of tea while enjoying the balmy Oudtshoorn climate. There is plenty of wardrobe space to pack your clothes, and the stylish en-suite bathrooms are appointed with twin basins and a large shower.
Less spacious but still comfortable, the rest of the rooms have en-suite showers. Guests who prefer to stay grounded can choose to stay in one of the four twin barn rooms on the ground floor, while the more adventurous can take on the steep staircase leading up to the quirky barn loft double room.
Also accessed by a staircase, the loft triple room is a good choice for energetic couples with a child over 12, or for travelling friend groups.
Standard amenities include televisions, hairdryers and air conditioning and heating, while the verandah rooms and loft double room have the added bonus of a bar fridge.
Owners Zoë and Huw pull out all the stops to ensure that guests are well fed, taking breakfast orders in the evening to ensure that everything is exactly as you want it the following morning. A wide range of continental and Full English treats - cooked by Huw - are on offer, accompanied by delicious homemade jams and marmalade.
The couple also has a thorough knowledge of Oudtshoorn, having been to most of the town's attractions themselves, and are very willing to impart travel advice to guests. The Cango Caves, meerkat safaris, township tours and of course a visit to one of numerous ostrich farms, feature high up on the list of things to do.
Oudtshoorn has almost year round sunshine and can get hot during the day, so after a day of exploring, guests will appreciate being able to cool down in the swimming pool. Dinner can be taken at several good restaurants an easy stroll from the guest house, and savouring a succulent Karoo dish is the perfect way to end the day.
Rates & Summary
4 Stoep/Verandah Rooms
Each sleeps 2 in Queen, King or twin beds
En-suite shower and double basins
Verandah with seating area
4 Twin Barn Rooms
Sleeps 2 in twin beds
Barn Loft Double Room
Each sleeps 2 in double bed
Barn Loft Triple Room
Upstairs room
Sleeps 3 in double and single bed
For pricing detail, click on CHECK AVAILABILITY & BOOK ONLINE above
Continental and English breakfast included
Children 12 and older are welcome.
Why Stay Here?
Situated in a quiet street conveniently close to the attractions of Oudtshoorn, 88 Baron van Reede is a charming bed and breakfast offering accommodation in a range of cosy, colourfully decorated rooms. The 150 year old sandstone building has been classily renovated while losing none of its rich historical charm. The refreshing swimming pool allows guests to take full advantage of Oudsthoorn's 330 days of sunshine per year.
Things to consider Bringing
Sunblock, hat, walking shoes, swimming costume, swimming towels, binoculars for bird watching/game viewing.
All roads leading to the guesthouse are tarred.
Nearby: De Hoop Nature Reserve, Bontebok National Park, hiking, golf course, Tradouws Pass, Route 62, Faerie Sanctuary, township tours, pottery studio.
Accommodation & Hospitality
Verandah / patio
Heater included
Bed linen supplied
Bathroom towels supplied
Swimming towels supplied
Hair dryer available
Self-service tea and coffee available
Catering & Kitchen
No Restaurant
Braai area available
Fridge or minibar
Water supply good for drinking
Electric geysers
Eskom electricity
Leisure Amenities
Business & Connectivity
Good cell phone reception
No business centre
No conference facilities available
Access & Convenience
Limited wheelchair friendliness
Nearest shops within 2km
Nearest fuel within 5km
No shuttle service available
EFT accepted
Buffelsdrift Game Lodge
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Kruisrivier Gallery Apartment
28km from Calitzdorp
Soeterus Guest Farm
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The name 'Karoo' is synonymous with vast semi-arid landscapes, small rural towns, large farms, and few people, and here it is no different, except for that small word 'Klein' (meaning little). There's really nothing small about it, and only its modest title differentiates it from its big brother to the north, the Great Karoo.
The reason the Klein Karoo is dry is because it lies in the rain shadow between two long ridges of the Cape Fold mountains - these are made up of the Swartberg and Little Swartberg ranges in the north and the Outeniqua and Langeberg in the south.
The 125 000ha Swartberg Nature Reserve, which includes the lost valley of Gamkaskloof, embraces most of the Swartberg range from De Rust in the east, past Oudtshoorn and Calitzdorp, and on towards Ladismith. It achieved World Heritage Site status in 2004. A section of the popular tourist 'Route 62' passes through the Klein Karoo from east to west, and is sometimes referred to as the 'mountain route' because the visitor is never out of sight of the impressive ridges.
Getting to and from the region, the traveller has a choice of interesting options through or over the mountains.
In the north, the amazing natural gateways of Meiringspoort and Seweweekspoort wind beneath the plunging cliffs, while the high altitude route is via the Swartberg Pass. In the south the Outeniqua and Robertson passes are no less sublime.
Big, bold scenery aside, the Klein Karoo has lots of smaller natural wonders that make it interesting, one of these being its wealth of plant species - the region is part of the succulent Karoo biome.
Plant lovers will be happy to know the region takes a healthy third place in the succulent diversity rankings in South Africa. Many of these unusual plants are tiny and finding them requires the donning of hiking boots and a sun hat and stepping out into the veld. Other outdoor pursuits are plentiful with hiking trails, mountain bike routes and bird watching being popular.
The Klein Karoo also has a wealth of tourist attractions, many of which are centred around the region's biggest town, Oudtshoorn. The fascinating Cango Caves, for example, attract around 250 000 visitors a year.
However, every town along the route has something unique on offer.
As part of the longest wine route in the world, each town has either wine estates or a wine co-operative. Running parallel with this viticulture, but not as well known, is the R62 Brandy Route. This should bring a gleam to the eyes of many a South African, as Brandy is amongst the nation's favoured spirits. Producers include Mons Ruber near De Rust, Kango Wine Cellar and Grundheim in Oudtshoorn, and Boplaas in Calitzdorp.
As a destination the Klein Karoo is generous in its offerings which, like all good things in life, should be enjoyed slowly.
The Cango caves are situated at the end of the R328, about 40km north of Oudtshoorn. Of the 5.3km of caves, 1.2km is open to the public and the Standard Tour is an easy walk through the first six largest and most spectacular halls to the 'African Drum Room'. The Adventure Tour lasts 90 minutes and takes one deeper into the caves, but is strictly for lean, fit people who are definitely not claustrophobic because adventurers have to squeeze through narrow fissures. There's an interpretive centre offering a short film, a museum, gift shop, bureau de change, bar and coffee shop, and a photographic Fantasy Theatre; plus a restaurant specialising in ostrich dishes. Open 363 days a year, but closed on Christmas Day.
Wine, Port, and Brandy tasting - each town has at least one cellar where visitors can sample some of their produce, from Mons Ruber in De Rust, through to Kango Wine Cellar and Gundheim in Oudtshoorn, Boplaas, De Krans, and Calitzdorp cellars in Calitzdorp and Ladismith Wine Cellar in Ladismith.
Swartberg pass - This sinuous road, which climbs and dips between Prince Albert in the north to Matjiesrivier valley near the Cango Caves is widely regarded as one of the most spectacular mountain roads in the world.
Gamkaskloof, or Die Hel, as it is more commonly known – this lost valley, which was only connected to the outside world in the 1960's, was once home to a remote group of people for over a century. At the time, they were described as 'the most isolated community within a community of their own kind in the world'. The valley is now a nature reserve and offers overnight accommodation in some of the restored houses from that amazing era, as well as camping. Getting there is half the experience. It takes more than two hours along the narrow gravel road from the top of the Swartberg Pass to cover the 50km to the end of the valley.
Meiringspoort - is the eastern gateway into the region and once in the poort the serpentine road winds around sheer cliffs of orange rock and across the mostly serene waters of the Grootrivier (Great River), which it crosses 25 times. It falls within the Swartberg Nature Reserve and there are numerous well-maintained picnic sites along the way, some with braai facilities, and it's easy to spend half a day exploring from one end to the next. Make a point of stopping at Waterfall Drift picnic site and taking the short stairway to view the waterfall with its 60m drop culminating in a deep pool.
Seweweekspoort - This spectacular gateway through the Swartberg Mountains is situated 24km west of Calitzdorp and winds below the imposing 2 325m Seweweekspoort peak - the highest in the Swartberg. In many ways it's similar to Meiringspoort, except here the road is gravel and the atmosphere is more primitive. Visitors can also picnic in the poort itself, and one spot that's perfect to break out the sandwiches is at the thatched umbrella below the cliffs.
Accommodation in the Klein Karoo
7 Church StreetAccommodation, Montagu
88 Baron van Reede GuesthouseAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Bojaankop 4x4 Trail4x4, Calitzdorp
Boplaas CellarFood & Wine, Calitzdorp
Buffelsdrift Game LodgeAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Calitzdorp Country HouseAccommodation, Calitzdorp
Cango CavesNatural Attraction, Oudtshoorn
Cango Wildlife RanchAnimals & Birds, Oudtshoorn
CP Nel MuseumMuseums, Oudtshoorn
Crocodile Cage Diving - Cango Wildlife RanchMiscellaneous Activities, Oudtshoorn
De Denne Country Guest HouseAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
De ZeekoeAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Earthbound B&BAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Gamkaberg Nature ReserveParks, Oudtshoorn
Historic Architecture in OudtshoornHistory & Culture, Oudtshoorn
Karusa Premium Wines & Craft BreweryFood & Wine, Oudtshoorn
Koedoeskloof Country LodgeAccommodation, Ladismith WC
Kruisrivier Gallery ApartmentAccommodation, Calitzdorp
La Chocolaterie RococoFood & Wine, Oudtshoorn
Madi-Madi Karoo Safari LodgeAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Matjiesvlei Guest FarmAccommodation, Calitzdorp
Minwater 4x4 Trail4x4, Oudtshoorn
Mons Ruber Winery Food & Wine, De Rust
Mooiplaas GuesthouseAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Mymering Guest HouseAccommodation, Ladismith WC
Oudtshoorn Rock ClimbingClimbing, Oudtshoorn
Pictures Guest HouseAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Pied Barbet Trail Hiking, Oudtshoorn
Rietfontein Ostrich PalaceAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
Roger Young Woodwork and PhotographyArt & Craft, Calitzdorp
Safari Ostrich FarmMiscellaneous Activities, Oudtshoorn
Safari Ostrich Farm Classic TourMiscellaneous Activities, Oudtshoorn
Seweweekspoort MTB TrailMountain Biking, Ladismith WC
Soeterus Guest FarmAccommodation, Calitzdorp
Stanley's Light Trail Hiking, Ladismith WC
Swartberg PassNatural Attraction, Oudtshoorn
Thabile LodgeAccommodation, Oudtshoorn
The Retreat at GroenfonteinAccommodation, Calitzdorp
Towerkop Rock Climbing, Nel's CaveClimbing, Ladismith WC
Wild Meerkat ToursAnimals & Birds, Oudtshoorn
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Colors and Symbolism of New Hampshire State Flag
The state flag of New Hampshire features the state seal of New Hampshire on a dark blue field. The blue field came from the blue canton of the American national flag, which hints at New Hampshire's position as part of a larger union. The state seal is dominated by an image of the USS Raleigh, which was one of the first ships to be constructed for the American navy during the Revolutionary War.
History of the New Hampshire Flag
The New Hampshire flag, like many other state flags, dates back to the earliest years of the 20th century. The New Hampshire State Legislature authorized the flag in 1909, and the specifications of the design have never changed. The flag has always consisted of the state seal on a blue field, but changes to the seal have necessitated changes to the flag despite the fact that the legislature has never directly authorized a new design for the New Hampshire flag.
The government of New Hampshire decided to change the design of the state seal in 1931, and so the state flag's design had to change at the same time. The original seal displayed the USS Raleigh in the background, and many of the details had been left vague. The design often changed when the physical seal had to be replaced, which had lead to inconsistency in the various depictions of the seal, including on the state's flags. The 1931 design both moved the ship to the center of the seal to ensure that it caught the eye of the viewer and went into greater detail about the design's specifications. The change creates the modern design for both the state seal and the state flag of New Hampshire, which has not undergone any changes since that time.
A short history of the New Hampshire State flag
New Hampshire was the first to declare its independence of Great Britain on June 15, 1776 and was one of the original states of the Union. The seal has the optimistic rising sun in the background with a ship in the shipbuilding yard at Portsmouth, supposedly the Raleigh. The Raleigh was first launched in 1776, and was one of the earliest ships of the U.S. Navy. In 1784 the seal was adopted and used as a military flag from 1792 on a blue background. The state flag with the addition of nine stars within a laurel wreath was adopted in February 1909. The seal was redrawn and used on the flag in 1931. 1776 replaced the date of 1784 at the foot of the original seal, which was the state's independence declaration. Some attempts were made in 1944 to redesign the flag completely but it came to nothing.
A short history of New Hampshire (The Granite State)
The state lies between Canada and Massachusetts Bay. Inland are the granite-based mountains that give New Hampshire its nickname. It became a separate province in 1679. In 1776, an independent state government was set up, and on June 21, 1787 the state ratified the U.S. Constitution.
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This time it is some of the writers who worked on Perplex City coming together to try another project. While not quite a full on ARG it shares enough elements that those who enjoyed Perplex City might want to consider backing the project. As always with Kickstarter there is a video from the team explaining their idea.
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Q: What is the best way to introduce XML Configuration of a Spring Portlet? I have been trying, unsuccessfully, to define some primitive constants in my Spring Portlet that can be used for application defaults. I want them to be defined in an XML file.
This sounds like it should be an easy issue, but the combination of Spring 2.5 and Vignette is making it tough. Because I am using Spring, I already inject data structures into my portlet by defining data structures using things like
<util:list></util:list>

in the Context Configuration xml file. However, Spring does not allow for a mechanism to introduce single primitives like strings and ints using this paradigm.
I have been trying to introduce this data via the portlet.xml file. I tried adding "init-param" nodes, but it seems to me that this is for specific parameters related to back-end configuration and should not (and can not) be used for application specific variables.
Currently my Controller implements PortletConfigAware and I would somehow expect to be able to define parameters in an XML file that will be available through the PortletConfig object (which contains the PortletConfig.getInitParameter("PARAMETER_NAME") method).
I am using Vignette (OpenText), but want to use a modality that is vendor-independent... ideally.

A: You may put your config file somewhere in WEB-INF/path/to/config.xml
Then, use the following path to get it back:
String pathToConfig = portletConfig.getPortletContext().getRealPath("/") + File.separator + "WEB-INF" + ...;

Hope this helps,
Philippe

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Note: Suppose admin is table in my database so the above model is for admin table. In the above code Admin class is create for admin table and column of the admin table will be a properties of this class object and this object is also provide as save() method etc.
In the above code we see User Model that is extends User class here both class(base and derived class) same show we take base user class as alisa. And User is table in my Database.


Nara has more UNESCO world heritage sites than any other prefecture. Todai-ji is a must-see. The temple is the largest wooden structure in the world and houses the largest Buddha in Japan. Also the deer roaming the streets make for great (/frightening) memories.
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Clutches – ATS manufactures each and every clutch used in any transmission or torque converter, and we are the only ones who do this. We do this by using a 3 axis high-intensity CNC laser to cut out all our clutch steels which allows us to make even the smallest of changes any time we see room for improvement. What this means is we can make the change and put it into testing and get it to the market almost immediately, where other company are stuck with what they can buy.
Along with this, we have formulated our own unique clutch material that is ONLY used in ATS transmissions. It also uses a bonding agent that will not disintegrate with heat or water, once it has bonded with the steel, they essentially become one piece. All clutch material is also bonded in house, which means unparalleled quality control over the parts that YOU rely on to get you to work, down the race track, or through a family vacation.
With our clutch designs and the style in which we build those clutches, we are able to add over 200% torque capacity to the transmission, allowing for more power and heavier loads put on the transmission without compromising reliability.
Valvebody and pump – The valve body, while working with the computer, is essentially the brain of the transmission. It is what routes fluid to particular clutch packs based on which gear your truck needs to be in. Needless to say, this is an important part, so naturally it was in need of improvement. A stock transmission will run with line pressures, somewhere around 90 psi. While this is no problem for stock power, it has little room for any added torque.
With the ATS shift kit (A and B trim valves and converter flow valve) and pump upgrade kit (pressure regulator valve and pressure regulator spring) we bump the pressure in the transmission up to 250 psi. This is what is going to give the clamping force on the clutches and give that added torque capacity. Add in a co-pilot, and that has the ability to reach 300 psi. Not only does this allow the transmission to hold more power, but it also allows for quick, crisp shifts with little to no delay in shift timing. So what you are going to notice, is that not only do you get through the gears quicker, but you will not kill off RPM, and more importantly boost from your turbo charger.


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Christian McCaffrey's Injury Status Downgraded To Dead
Charlotte, NC-After previously misinterpreting Christian McCaffrey's injury as one that would only derail him for a week, which then turned into two, and has now turned into a three-week IR stay, Carolina Panther Team Doctor Pat Connor announced that McCaffrey is actually dead. "We didn't notice it the first time when he came to us with his calf injury. By the second examination, we noticed the injury had progressed. In the third examination, it was clear this kind of injury would land him on IR. It was only upon the fourth examination that we were able to properly diagnose the issue- he was dead. We apologize for our ineptitude in diagnosing the injury, but as the NFL bylaw clearly states, if the player has physically moved in the last 24 hours, he has an 80/20 shot of playing". Panther's Team Doctor Pat Connor concluded by saying "McCaffrey's family is in our thoughts as well as McCaffrey's fantasy owners". At press time, NFL doctors said if there was ever a treatment to bring someone back to life it was probably in the back of an NFL medical room.


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U.S. DOT to redistribute Florida's high-speed rail funds
by Steve Hymon , March 14, 2011
The home page of Florida's high-speed rail project as of Monday morning.
As expected, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Friday that the $2.4 billion rejected by Florida Gov. Rick Scott for a high-speed rail line between Tampa and Orlando will instead go to other high-speed rail projects in the U.S.
Which ones? It's unknown at this point — Secretary LaHood said projects will have to apply for the funds and they will be awarded as grants. California profited handsomely when Ohio and Wisconsin also rejected federal funds for high-speed rail.
Here's the press release from the U.S. Department of Transportation. The New York Times also ran a good story Friday explaining the politics behind what happened in Florida — where the Obama Administration believed the Tampa-Orlando line could serve as a demonstration project for the rest of the U.S. Excerpt:
Tampa and Orlando are only 84 miles apart, generally considered too close for high-speed rail to make sense. The train trip, with many stops along the way, would have shaved only around a half-hour off the drive. Since there are no commercial flights between the two cities, the new line would not have lured away fliers or freed up landing slots at the busy airports. And neither Tampa nor Orlando has many public transportation options. So the question arose: Could riders be persuaded to leave their cars behind and buy tickets to places where they would still probably need cars?
Tagged as: Barack Obama, bullet trains, Ray LaHood
Transportation headlines, Monday, March 14
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Hey, Northest Corridor! Yes you! I see how ur starin at that money! Don't think ur gonna get all of that, after all, California is certainly equally if not more deserving of those funds… Hmm lets see, an already well built up and well funded corridor for transit, or one that still has no practical intercity rail link between its two largest metro areas. Hmmm thats a hard one, I wonder who should get that funding…


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Molly Long
Feb. 09, 2018 02:54PM EST
Where Choreographer Molly Long Finds Inspiration
Molly Long (photo by Lee Gumbs, courtesy Long)
Molly Long is the rare prodigy who grew up to be even more brilliant. At the ripe old age of 16, Long (now 25) took charge of the minis at her home studio, Dance Precisions, in Southern California, leading the team to big wins at Nationals. It wasn't long before she was traveling the country to choreograph and teach. Long's infectiously musical, explosive yet clean style has been seen on "Dance Moms," "America's Got Talent," "Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition," "Raising Asia," and at New York Fashion Week. Since 2015, Long's been touring with Revel Dance Convention and growing her Orange County–based company Project 21. Read on to find out where Long finds inspiration for her many winning numbers. —Helen Rolfe
Long with Moises Parra at Disneyland (courtesy Long)
I was born and raised in Orange County, CA, and still live there today. People are always envious of the idea of California. They feel like you can do so much more because L.A. is so close, and that out-there ideas are more acceptable because it's such a laid-back region of the country. Having spent so much of my life here gave me the creative freedom I need to do what I do.
I work with a choreographer named Noel Bajandas on Revel. He's so fabulous; I love his vibe and his energy. Every time I watch a combo of his, I want to learn it, I want to dance it. The feeling I get when I watch his choreography is the feeling I want people to get when they watch mine.
Long (left) with Emily Shock (courtesy Long)
Emily Shock is my most important mentor. I really respect her, not only for the way she choreographs but also for her integrity, which I know can be hard in this industry. Whenever I have an issue—a personal issue, a dance issue, anything—I always know I can go to her.
Late, late at night is when I feel most creative. Even when I was 16 and was just getting started choreographing, I would always go into my bathroom and listen to the music at one in the morning. Maybe it's something about the sleep deprivation that hits at that hour, but that's when the ideas and plans and outlines come.
One of Long's paintings (courtesy Long)
I grew up an artist—I even took AP Art when I was in high school! I love painting, especially landscapes. Anything colorful and beautiful inspires me. I paint when I'm really stressed-out and have a lot going on with the dance side of my life, just so I can do something that isn't directly dance-related.
A version of this story appeared in the February 2018 issue of Dance Spirit with the title "Choreographer's Collage: Molly Long."
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by Retro Gamer Team, 17 August 2008
Format reviewed: ZX Spectrum
Publisher: Melbourne House
Developer: Philip Mitchell and Veronika Megler
Submitted by: Ian Marks
I remember first playing this game at a friends house, we spent many hours making Thorin 'GET INTO CHEST' and then closing the lid on him. How we laughed. More fun could be had by putting on the Ring you found in the Goblin's dungeon and then going on an invisible killing spree… Elrond was always the first to get it… smug git.
Once I had successfully copied the game (shhh don't tell Melbourne House), I began to play it seriously at home, and my goodness it was a difficult game. I well remember trying to get out of the Elves dungeon by climbing in a barrel and being thrown out of the hatch. Timing was everything. Also if memory serves closing the barrel too, otherwise you drowned. My memory grows hazy now but other difficult scenarios included digging sand, standing on people and waiting for daylight. Some solutions were surreal and I'd have got nowhere if it hadn't been for the marvellous work of Derek Brewster (belated thanks there Derek)
In the Hobbit the big feature was that you could interact with the other characters. If interact was the correct word… be annoyed by is another (if not three words). Thorin was next to useless, unless you needed to stand on his shoulders or listen to his endless singing about gold. Gandalf was obviously senile (or on some Hobbiton weed) as he spent most of his time talking nonsense and taking important items off you to examine them. But I'd never seen anything like it. Characters that moved about by themselves, did things for themselves… it was like proper artificial intelligence of the sort only seen on BBC Micro Live with Fred Harris.
I actually finished the Hobbit eventually, and remember feeling a great sense of pride, but also disappointment because I had wanted it to go on longer. I did however go back to the Hobbit…back for just one more go with the ring and the bow and arrow…. I stopped Thorin singing about gold for good that time……


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Power: Leaders In South Sudan Disengaged Despite Crisis
LINDA WERTHEIMER, HOST:
There are so many conflicts happening here and around the world that it is easy to lose sight of the incredibly brutal war in South Sudan. At the end of this past week, fighting broke out again in Africa's newest country. More than a million people have fled their homes in the last six months. And now much of South Sudan has missed the growing season because of that displacement. Leaders are now talking about famine there.
Samantha Power, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, has just returned from a trip to South Sudan, and she is with us from the UN Mission in New York. Thank you very much for taking this time with us.
AMBASSADOR SAMANTHA POWER: Thank you for having me.
WERTHEIMER: Now you said on Twitter on Friday that you are sadly not shocked by the new violence in South Sudan. Could you tell us why? Presumably you're basing that on what you saw this past week?
POWER: Indeed. I traveled to South Sudan with the entire UN Security Council which doesn't happen very often. And what we found in engagements with the president of South Sudan, his cabinet and with Riek Machar, the former vice president who broke away, is a detachment and far more passivity than is needed when the country is facing a famine and a massively destructive war.
WERTHEIMER: Detachment - what do you mean by detachment?
POWER: Just a sense that it was someone else's problem. Blame the opposition if you're the government. Blame the government if you're the opposition. And lose sight of the fact that before December of just last year, these leaders were operating together to bring the country to independence in the first place three years ago and to govern the country.
But all of that is forgotten and in the polarization that happens when conflict starts. They're much more focused on he said she said and who did what and who started what then actually doing what is required to put together a transitional government to get through this crisis and begin the long process of reconciliation.
WERTHEIMER: Now you met with the president of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, who, I gather, likes to appear in a big cowboy hat like the one given to him by former President George Bush. What was your message to the president?
POWER: The message is famine is looming. People are being killed in the countryside largely on ethnic grounds. The Security Council and most of the international community has lost patience. You have got to make compromises in the regional negotiations that are being led by Ethiopia, Kenya and others. And if you don't, there will be consequences.
WERTHEIMER: What kinds of consequences are you talking about?
POWER: Well, the United States has already imposed targeted sanctions on a couple individuals so far who were involved in committing gross violations of human rights and spoiling the path back to peace. We made it very clear that that is just the beginning and that more sanctions can be imposed on leaders close to President Kiir and on leaders close to Riek Machar and on the leaders themselves.
WERTHEIMER: Now you have said that there is no military solution here - that it has to be negotiated, worked out. But what about the famine? What is the solution to the possible famine if it develops? And what is the rest of the world's role there?
POWER: Well, there are several causes to the famine. The main cause, however - the precipitating cause is the conflict. So the first thing that is needed is peace. The other thing that is needed, though, is money because money buys food. The United States just this week announced an additional $180 million in assistance. It is extremely important that other countries step forward themselves even at a difficult time like this.
WERTHEIMER: I want to turn briefly to Iraq because the UN Security Council on Friday approved a resolution aimed at weakening the militants from the group Islamic State. Can you explain what this resolution is intended to do?
POWER: Well, the resolution is aimed at cutting off financing to the Islamic State. It sanctions six individuals who are prominently involved as leaders of the Islamic State, but it also makes clear that anybody involved in actually facilitating the work of the Islamic State themselves can be sanctioned going forward. It goes without saying that they are managing to self-finance as they take territory, as they take over banks, as they take over equipment.
And that's where one should look at the resolution on Friday in conjunction with what happened in Baghdad which is the beginning of the formation of the Iraqi government. If they are able to do that, then you will see the Iraqi Army and the Kurdish fighters more successful on the ground against the Islamic State. You will see fewer Sunni tribes going along with the Islamic State and, perhaps, it will be in a position to see something along the lines of the Sunni Awakening which we saw several years ago.
WERTHEIMER: One of the sort of byproducts - perhaps an intended byproduct - of the rescue of the Yazidi minority on Sinjar mountain was that it did slow the Islamic State down when they were headed right for Erbil which would be a disastrous situation.
POWER: Correct. The president announced a mission with two components. One of which was the rescue of people on Mount Sinjar and the second novel, of course, to will prevent the overrun of Erbil - not just the home to American diplomats and aid workers and much of the UN humanitarian community also in Erbil. But also to hundreds of thousands of refugees who had been displaced in the prior fighting in northern Iraq. So it would have been disastrous had Erbil been overrun. And so far that Islamic State offensive, as you say, has been halted.
But it is clear that the Islamic State's ambitions are very large, and that they will be unspeakably brutal wherever they take territory. And that's why, as the president has said, it's extremely important for us to engage with our allies and, most importantly, to engage with the Iraqi leadership in coming together to formulate an anti-Islamic State strategy that will actually halt the Islamic State in its tracks.
WERTHEIMER: Samantha Power is the United States Ambassador to the United Nations. She spoke to us from New York. Madam Ambassador, thank you.
POWER: Thank you, Linda. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


Pat ArnowTeacher Jennifer Elliot (left) and student honoree Angel Caraballo (holding plaque) with other students from Careers in Sports HS.
Pat ArnowCity Councilman Daniel Dromm, a former teacher and the current chair of the City Council's Finance Committee (right) listens to Rashad Brown, the UFT Pride Committee co-chair and a chapter advocate remarks. City Councilman Daniel Dromm, a former teacher and the current chair of the City Council's Finance Committee, received the Vanguard Award, the UFT Pride Committee's highest honor, at its inaugural Daniel Dromm Scholarship Brunch on June 2. Dromm "has been on the forefront of LGBTQ activism since as early as his career as a teacher," said Rashad Brown, the UFT Pride Committee co-chair and a chapter advocate. "As an out teacher, he had to endure criticism and maltreatment within his school community. Now as a City Council member and former head of the Education Committee, he has placed an emphasis on an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum." Brown also cited Dromm's work organizing the Queens Pride celebration and forging a partnership with the city's Department of Education to hold yearly LGBTQ workshops on Chancellor's Day. Craylyn Dillard-Skinner from PS 88 in the Bronx, one of the more than 100 UFT members who gathered at UFT headquarters in Manhattan for the event, said Dromm had the UFT's support as an educator when he needed it. "That support allowed him to continue with his career in education and eventually move on to the political realm," she said. "The event demonstrated the power of our union and why it is important that we are able to maintain it." Mindy Rosier, a teacher at PS 811 in Manhattan who attended the brunch, said, "There is a special place in my heart for Councilman Danny Dromm and I love that we awarded two students with a scholarship named after him." The committee also awarded scholarships to two students from the Careers in Sports HS in the Bronx for their exceptional grades and LGBTQ advocacy. The school's Genders and Sexualities Alliance also was recognized for piloting the Cops+Conversations program with the New York Police Department, developing videos for LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum and helping the school host the DOE's first Healthy Relationships Celebration in the fall of 2017. That all three honors were bestowed upon a single school "speaks volumes to the work this school is doing in the lives of LGBTQ youth," Brown said.


Aidan is home... I am tired... will find time to blog soon, I hope!
yay yaya yay!!! he looks so precious in the car seat!!! ahhh. so glad you are all at home now, that must be a huge weight off your shoulders!
Hooray! Congratulations. So happy for you and can't wait to hear how it is going.
YEY! So happy you're home (all 3 of you!)! Keep us updated on what its like to be a stay-at-home mom for now!
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Judge Bans Professional Fundraiser from Iowa Fundraising
(DES MOINES, Iowa) A Polk County judge has banned a West Des Moines telemarketing company and its principals from all future Iowa fundraising, after the company agreed to permanently cease its operations.
Polk County District Judge Richard G. Blane, II ordered the ban against Michael and Vicky Davies of Waukee, owners of Lino's, Inc. of West Des Moines, in a consent judgment filed Friday in Polk County District Court. The consent judgment settles a consumer fraud lawsuit filed by Attorney General Tom Miller.
The consent judgment resolves a case that began with the execution of a search warrant in November 2010 by the Iowa Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, the United States Postal Inspection Service, and the West Des Moines Police Department. At the time of the search, Miller said that Lino's was conducting telephone solicitations for eight non-profits, all headquartered in other states: Children's Charity Fund, Inc. (a.k.a. A Child's Wish Association of America); American Veterans Foundation; Americans Helping Veterans Corp.; Defeat Diabetes Foundation, Inc.; Firefighters Burn Fund, Inc.; Hope Cancer Funds, Inc.; Operation Lookout; and Reserve Police Officers Association. Each of these non-profits' fundraising contracts allowed Lino's, the for-profit telemarketer, to keep between 80 and 85 cents of every dollar raised.
(Note: The hyperlinks in the preceding paragraph link to recorded audio clips of Lino's telephone solicitations on behalf of the respective non-profit organizations.)
The search warrant application detailed the contents of numerous undercover tape recordings of fundraising calls conducted by Lino's on behalf of several of the non-profits. According to the application, the recordings showed that telemarketers lied repeatedly about how much of each donation would go to the charitable purpose, where the charity was located, and whether the callers were unpaid volunteers.
"We alleged that Lino's telemarketers engaged in a pattern of deceptive fundraising pitches, so we seized evidence under a search warrant," Miller said. "After we executed the warrant the operation closed down. The owners have since accepted a court-ordered ban on further fundraising. We think it's a good result, because this will protect Iowans from further deception."
Miller also noted that when several of the non-profits were confronted with the deceptive solicitations that had been conducted by Lino's under their contracts, they agreed that all fundraising directed to Iowans would stop, either permanently or for several years. Such out-of-Iowa agreements were reached with Children's Charity Fund, Americans Helping Veterans, Defeat Diabetes Foundation, Firefighters Burn Fund, Inc., and Operation Lookout.
"Too often, a questionable charity hires a telemarketer and doesn't much care whether donors are being misled in the charity's name," Miller said. "We believe such charities may be liable for the deceptive pitches of the fundraisers they hire, especially if the charities don't make reasonable efforts to control and monitor how solicitations are conducted."
Miller noted that Iowans give generously to worthy causes, and they deserve to get honest answers to their questions when donations are solicited. "Our undercover phone line has meant that telephone fundraisers can never be sure whether they might be talking to a staff member at the Consumer Protection Division who is recording the call," Miller said. "If that makes dubious fundraisers and questionable charities avoid Iowa, so much the better."
Miller praised the work of the law enforcement agencies that worked with his office in coordinating the search of Lino's Westown Parkway offices last fall. "The Postal Inspection Service and the West Des Moines Police exhibited their usual professionalism and competence, and we are grateful for their participation," Miller said.
Donor Beware! How to avoid charity fraud and make the most of your donations:
Ask questions. Be wary of claims that the caller is a charity worker or volunteer, that most of your donation goes to the cause, or that your donation will be used locally.
Don't let a sympathetic charity name fool you – some fundraisers exaggerate or fabricate their support for veterans or military families, law enforcement, fire fighters, victims of disease, and children's causes.
Ask phone solicitors to send written information. Be suspicious if they insist on a pledge before they'll send you information. Check them out at the national Better Business Bureau "wise giving" site – www.give.org.
Don't give your credit card or checking account numbers over the phone to someone you don't know.
Give directly to a known charity of your choice.
Bottom line: Keep giving generously, but give wisely! Giving to a known charity you're confident about is often the best option.
If you think you have been cheated by a fundraising scheme, contact the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division, Hoover Building, Des Moines, Iowa 50319. Call 515-281-5926, or 888-777-4590 toll free. Web site: www.IowaAttorneyGeneral.gov.


Lawyer Brenda Mitchell this week led the Borders Belles on Bikes tribute to Billie Fleming by taking part in a national celebration of the woman who still holds the female world record for the greatest distance cycled in a single year.
The Billie Fleming Tribute Cycle Ride 2015 attempts to emulate Billie's achievements of 1938, when she who rode 29,603.4 miles – 35 times the distance from Land's End to John O'Groats – by staging a ride every day this year.
Brenda and the Border Belles, who were joined by Kathy Gilchrist of Scottish Cycling, cycled 26 miles from Peebles to Galashiels, recreating part of Billie's tour of Scotland.
The Borders ride was one of a number planned around Scotland, culminating in a 'Ride like Billie' event on August 15 and 16.
Brenda set up Belles on Bikes in the Borders a year ago and regularly organises cycle rides, training and maintenance instruction specifically for women.
London-born Billie, who died in May 2014 aged 100, developed a passion for cycling when she met a boy at a youth club who rode a bike.


In February 2019, the median list price of homes in Arlington, VA was $682.5K, trending up 9.2% year-over-year. The median listing price per square foot was $387. The median sale price was $570K.
Arlington, VA is a seller's market in February 2019, which means that there are more people looking to buy than there are homes available.
On average, homes in Arlington, VA sell after 37 days on the market. The trend for median days on market in Arlington, VA is flat since last month, and flat since last year.


IU Health has relaxed its dress code policy to allow visible tattoos in a sign that stigma against body art may be eroding as more millennials work.
The signature look for a nurse once consisted of crisp whites, from a hat perched atop the head right on down to blindingly white shoes.
Even as the dress code eased to allow colorful scrubs, visible tattoos were taboo.
Indiana University Health, the state's largest health system, has relaxed its stance on tattoos and other parts of its dress code, allowing employees for the first time to sport non-natural hair color and visible ink.
The move, say hospital system officials, reflects the organization's value of "messaging authenticity" and trusting employees to make their own decisions about their demeanor.
Increasingly industries have relaxed their once-stringent policies on tattooing. Part of the shift comes from the increased popularity of tattoos, said Rue Dooley, a human resources knowledge adviser and senior certified professional with the Society for Human Resource Management.
Between 30 to 40 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 35 sport at least one tattoo and that number is growing, Dooley said. Companies located in sectors or areas where good employees can be hard to find tend to be more inclined today to look the other way at a tattoo then they would have been in days past.
Even today, though, employers can have policies that prohibit visible tattoos in the workplace.
More and more workplaces, however, are relaxing such regulations. IU Health is not the first hospital system to give tattoos a green light on the nursing floor. At the start of this year, the Mayo Clinic amended its ban on visible tattoos.
Still, that attitude is not as common in the healthcare industry as some others.
A 2013 Statista survey found only 13 percent of those in healthcare had a tattoo — the same percentage as in finance and banking.
Agriculture and ranching represented the most decorated industry, with 22 percent of its respondents tattooed. Hospitality, tourism and recreation was close behind with 20 percent.
At IU Health, the state's largest healthcare employer, a 50-plus-page policy used to govern employees' appearance. The "look of assurance" policy dictated what type of scrubs caregivers had to wear – the signature red and black garb, the type of socks, shoes, down to the type of underwear.
But a few years ago, Janney and Elizabeth Dunlap, at that time a new chief human resources officer, decided it might be time to update the policy, to reflect the desires of the many millennials on staff. In addition to allowing for visible tattoos, the updated policy allows employees to choose their socks and sport logos on their shoes, two modes of previously forbidden personal expression.
The very first day the policy changed, Sarah Love, a nurse at IU Health West, came to work for the first time wearing a short sleeve scrub shirt that revealed the two tattoos on her arm.
Love, who has worked at IU Health for about five years, had a few tattoos at the time her job interview but they adorned her back and legs, so her interviewer did not see them. Over time, however, she decided she wanted to have more work done, this time on her arms, knowing that would mean she would have to cover them at work.
An angel wing sits on her right shoulder. On her left inner arm scrolls a quote from Mother Teresa, "Do it anyway." Once the tattoos were visible below her elbow, she donned long sleeves under her scrub shirts every day.
The visible tattoos also meant that Love could not work in certain areas of the hospital, such as the NICU or in surgery where one has to have bare arms to be able to scrub in. Wearing long sleeves allowed Love to work in the emergency room without a problem, other than the fact that the shirts proved hot and expensive. Still, Love accepted it without question.
If anything, she said, the tattoos have had a positive impact on her relationship with her patients, many of whom have tattoos of their own. They see her tattoos and assume she's a tough nurse who means business. Even some seniors have shared their own ink art with her.
So Goris, 30, held off for a while when he first decided he wanted to get a sugar skull tattooed down his arm to commemorate his Mexican heritage. Eventually he decided he would go ahead with it and cover it with a shooting sleeve like the ones basketball players wear.
Before that happened, he heard about the new policy.
While Goris now can show his tattoo with pride at his workplace, that would not necessarily pass muster at every local hospital, though that may be changing.
Community Health Network has a policy that is "restrictive in the areas of tattoos, hair color and piercings," hospital spokesperson Kris Kirschner said in an email. A hospital committee, however, is in the process of reviewing those standards, she added.
Eskenazi Health policy says that employees can have non-offensive visible body art that is no larger than 2cm by 3cm and that does not draw attention. Like IU Health, Eskenazi does not allow body art above the shoulders, said hospital spokesman Todd Harper in an email. Nor does Eskenazi allow employees to have tongue piercings.
The hospital's dress code aims to give employees some leeway while ensuring that they maintain a professional image, Harper said.
"We support an employee's expression of their individuality and have a dress code that incorporates both this and professionalism into the work environment," he said.
Franciscan Health and St. Vincent officials did not respond to requests for comment.
The Indiana Nurse Practice Act emphasizes the need for nurses to look and act professional but does not offer specifics on what that means in terms of a nurse's appearance, said Jennifer Embree, president of the Indiana State Nurses Association, an affiliate of the American Nurses Association.
For IU Health, however, it came down to whether or not they could trust their employees to make reasonable decisions. Before changing the policy, officials went back and reviewed market research that showed that patients were less concerned about details of an employee's appearance than they were about the care that person gave.
The hospital decided that a blanket policy against visible tattoos was having more negative consequences than positive ones.
And in some instances, the new policy may actually help to retain employees.
While Love is not sure she will take advantage of the more flexible dress code to have more body work done, she said it could dissuade her from ever leaving.
"If I was to go somewhere else, that would be my first question, Can I show my tattoos and if not, then I'm not going anywhere," she said.


Wow. Beautifully written. But I'm so glad that, in the end, you were wrong. Caesar won!
*laughs* I guess I was, wasn't I? Good thing, too, I think.
Amazing, especially the last line. Definitely a favorite.
Author's Response: Truly, thank you.
Loved also how he let loose all the emotion with Mark and Mark's girlfriend. I can't imagine the pain he must have been feeling on the drive back to his apt.
Oh, I know that agonizing pain. Midway through the season I went back and re-read some of my work as well as that of others. Kind of depressing, then, to see what hope we all had had.
This was so very sad and so beautifully written. And this line brought tears to my eyes - "She pulls him to her into a hug and he cries quietly, because he's never been a sobber but it hurts too much for anything else and he can't put on a brave face any longer."
Author's Response: Thank you very, very much!
Ohhhhhhh! It's sad and lovely. I could clearly picture Jim throughout the story. Wonderful job.
Author's Response: Thank you so much.
Oh! Just...oh! There were so many times that you hit me in the grief bone, in such a good way, but THIS????? He is Caesar, but he has lost the war.
That did me in, but in such a good way. I may cry. I blame you. This is beautiful and amazing.
Don't cry! ;___; You'll make me cry, and then where will we be?!
Thank you so much; you really did just make my night.
Oh, this is just incredibly good. Thanks so much for this.
Author's Response: You're welcome, and thank you for those kind words.
i've read this story on lj a million times, cause i'm in love with it. and i'm die hard fluffy pam/jim - those crazy kids will work it out. but i love this.
Author's Response: LJ's my home base. Good to know I have a bit of a fan. *grin* Thank you so much.
I love that you just used the literary form of "conceit." Win.
I loved this the first time I read it, and enjoyed it again after seeing it posted here. I still think it's one of the best (maybe the best?) immediate post-Casino Night stories out there. Something about that scene with Jim, Mark & Mark's GF feels so real and heartfelt - hurty in the best way possible.
Aw, thank you. I wrote this not long after Verve, so his fiancee in that should be the one in here. At least, that was the image in my mind.


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Home / Research / Labs / Behavioral Neuroscience Research in Stress (Conrad)
Behavioral Neuroscience Research in Stress (Conrad)
Keywords: stress; spatial memory; hippocampus; neural plasticity; anxiety; corticosterone; rodent behavior; PTSD
Conrad Behavioral Neuroscience Lab 2018 Team
Our goal is to understand the mechanisms by which stress influences brain plasticity and resilience. The stress response is vital for organism survival and yet, a dysregulated stress response can be deadly. Understanding stress balance will be necessary for optimal health and survival. We have received funding from the National Institutes of Health and several foundations to study chronic stress in rodents. Chronic stress shares many parallels with major depression, including a dysregulated stress hormone profile and altered size and function of limbic brain regions. As such, research using chronic stress in animal models provides unique insights into the neurobiological underpinnings that could provide novel directions for therapeutic treatment. We also study models for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) by investigating the mechanisms underlying fear memory formation, extinction and reconsolidation.
Current studies in PTSD research are aimed at understanding the processes by which a robust fear memory can be weakened so that a previously traumatic memory becomes less distressing. Additional collaborations include understanding morphological changes that manifest following traumatic brain injury with the goal of identifying novel targets for potential intervention.
Lab Director and Principal Investigator:
Cheryl D. Conrad, PhD, Professor and Honors Disciplinary Faculty and Assistant Vice President of Research Development in Knowledge Enterprise Development
Professor Conrad is a member of the Behavioral Neuroscience area and is affiliated with programs in the Molecular and Cellular Biology and Animal Behavior in the School of Life Sciences, and the interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program. Her passion is in neuroendocrine modulation of cognitive processes, with an emphasis on the stress system on memory and anxiety. She first studied auditory neuroplasticity with Dr. Norman Weinberger at the University of California, Irvine, earning two degrees in Biology and Chemistry. At the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign, Dr. Conrad worked with Dr. Edward Roy on the neuroendocrine (gonadal and adrenal) system influences on spatial cognition. As a postdoctoral fellow, Dr. Conrad worked with Dr. Bruce McEwen to investigate mechanisms of stress on spatial ability. Dr. Conrad has been at ASU since 1997 is passionate about her student's training and success. Curriculum Vitae.
Current Doctoral Students
Jessica Judd, Doctoral Student, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology
Jessica did her undergraduate work at the University of Missouri where she majored in Chemistry and Psychology. She joined Dr. Conrad's lab due to the wide range of psychological disorders that chronic stress is implicated in and her history of collaboration with other researchers to answer the question at hand. Her current research focuses on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A history of chronic stress has been identified as a risk factor for the development of the strong fear memories that characterize PTSD. She uses chronic stress in rodent models and fear conditioning to understand the cellular and molecular changes that are responsible for PTSD with the goal to identify targets for treatment. In her free time, she enjoys dancing, bike riding, cooking, traveling, and playing video games.
Dylan Peay Doctoral Student, Behavioral Neuroscience, Department of Psychology
Dylan earned his undergraduate degree in Biology with a secondary teaching certificate from Temple University, College of Science and Technology, Philadephia. He joined Dr. Conrad's research team in the fall 2017 semester and is interested in the cognitive effects following chronic stress.
Current Undergraduate Research Assistants
Amanda Acuna, Psychology student and Barrett Honors Student
Bryce Badaruddin, Psychology student and Barrett Honors Student
Megan Donnay, Biological Sciences and Neuroscience
Jinah Kim, Psychology and Biological Sciences
Ruguta Takalkar, Biological Sciences and Barrett Honors Student
Gillian Thornton, Biological Science student and Barrett Honors Student
Chris Willis, Biochemistry student
Cindy Reynolds , Biological Sciences, minor in English and Barrett Honors student
Our Lab Alums: where are they now?
Former Doctoral Students and Post-doc Associates:
J. Bryce Ortiz, PhD, 2017, currently a postdoctoral student at University of Arizona
Sara Taylor, PhD, 2012-2014, currently an Assistant Professor at Hendrix College, AR
Annie Hoffman, PhD, 2013, currently a postdoctoral associate at UCLA
Sarah Baran, PhD, 2008, Neurophysiologist, Active Diagnostics, Inc., CA
Katie McLaughlin, PhD, 2007, Medical Liaison, Eli Lilly & Co, IN
Ryan Wright, PhD, 2007, Medical Liaison, Eli Lilly & Co, IN
Former Undergraduate Students:
Charles Armstrong, graduated 2009, earned MD from University of Arizona, Phoenix
Milica Miocevic, graduated 2010, earned PhD from ASU in Quantitative Psychology
Agnieszka Mika, graduated 2011, earned PhD from University of Colorado Boulder
Jeffery Hanna, graduated 2012, currently in master's program at U of A medical school
Salma Kemmou, graduated 2015, earned a masters from ASU in Global Affairs and Management
Julia Anglin, graduated 2014, currently in PhD program at UCLA
Kenji Nishimura, graduated 2016, in PhD program at the University of Texas, Austin
Pooja Paode, graduated in 2016, working at ASU in the College of Health Solutions
Diego Padilla-Garcia, post-bac volunteer, currently in PhD program at the University of California, Santa Barbara
Eshaan Daas, 2017, graduated with BS in Molecular Biosciences and Biotechnology, currently in Medical school at Univ of Arizona, Phoenix
Aaron Flegenheimer, 2017, currently in medical school at Tulane School of Medicine
Brittany Le, 2017, graduated 2017, currently in Opthamology School at Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona CA
Vrishti Shah, graduated in 2018, applying to medical schools
Elizabeth Hanson, graduated in 2018
Jamie Jackson, graduated 2002, earned PhD at Ohio State University, OH
Lindsay Wieczorek, graduated 2004, earned PhD at Washington University, MO
Jonathan Kleen, graduated 2005, earned PhD and MD at Dartmouth University, NH
Cainan Foltz, graduated 2005, earned MD from Stanford Univesity
Rudy Bellani, graduated 2005, earned PhD from The Rockefeller University, NY
James Harman, graduated 2005, earned DO from West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Juan Gomez, graduated 2006, earned PhD from Hunter College, CUNY, NY
Gillian Hamilton, graduated 2007, earned PhD from University of Delaware, DE
Jessica Wilson, graduated 2007, University of Illinois, Chicago, MD program
Matthew Young, graduated 2008, earned PhD from University of Pennsylvania, PA
Mariam El-Ashmawy, graduated 2008, University of Texas, Southwestern Med Ctr, Dallas, MD/PhD program
Thu Huynh, post-undergraduate volunteer, earned PhD from New York University, NY
Logan Martin, graduated 2017
Iva Vracar, graduated 2017
Recovery from Chronic Stress: Chronic stress impairs hippocampal plasticity and function, but these return to pre-stress conditions in the weeks after chronic stress has terminated. The following papers report upon these neuroplastic and cognitive outcomes in the recovery phase following the termination of chronic stress. A more complete listing of Dr. Conrad's work may be found in her curriculum vitae.
For an updated list, visit Google Scholar.
Ortiz, J.B., Taylor, S.B., Hoffman, A.N., Campbell, A.N., Lucas, L.R., & Conrad, C.D. (2015). Sex-specific impairment and recovery of spatial learning following the end of chronic unpredictable restraint stress: Potential relevance of limbic GAD. Behavioural Brain Research, 282, 176-184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbr.2014.12.051
Hoffman, A.N., Parga, A., Paode, P.R., Watterson, L.R., Nikulina, E.M., Hammer, Jr., R.P., & Conrad, C.D. (2015). Chronic stress enhanced fear memories are associated with increased amygdala zif268 mRNA expression and are resistant to reconsolidation. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 120, 61-68. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2015.02.004
Prokai, L., Nguyen, V., Szarka, S., Garg, P., Sabnis, G., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., McLaughlin, K.J., Talboom, J.S., Conrad, C.D., Shughrue, P.J., Gould, T.D., Brodie, A., Merchenthaler, I., Kolulen, P., Prokai-Tatrai, K. (2015). The bioprecursor 10b, 17-dihydroxyestra-1,4-dien-3-one delivers 17-estradiol selectively into the female brain. Science Translational Medicine, 7, 1-10. DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aab1290
Taylor, S.B., Conrad, C.D., & Olive, M.F. (2015). Stress and spatial performance in the rat. Chapter 8, In The Maze Book: Your Guidebook to Theories, Practice, and Protocols for Testing Rodent Cognition, Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. (Ed), Humana Press, NewYork, NY, Neuromethods, Vol 94, pp. 211-258. ISBN 978-1493921584
Ortiz, J.B., Mathewson, C.M., Hoffman, A.N., Hanavan, P.D., Terwilliger, E.F., & Conrad, C.D. (2014). Hippocampal BDNF mediates recovery from chronic stress-induced spatial reference memory deficits. European Journal of Neuroscience, 40, 3351-3362. DOI: 10.1111/ejn.12703
Hoffman, A.N., Lorson, N.G., Sanabria, F., Olive, M.F., & Conrad, C.D. (2014). Chronic stress disrupts fear extinction and enhances amygdala and hippocampal Fos expression in an animal model of post-traumatic stress disorder. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 112, 139-147. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2014.01.018
Taylor, S.B., Anglin, J.M., Paode, P.R., Riggert, A.G., Olive, M.F., & Conrad, C.D. (2014), Chronic stress may facilitate the recruitment of habit- and addition-related neurocircuitries through neuronal restructuring of the striatum. Neuroscience, 280, 231-242. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroscience.2014.09.029
Hoffman, A.N., Anouti, D.P., Lacagnina, M.J., Nikulina, E., Hammer Jr., R.P., & Conrad, C.D. (2013). Experience-dependent effects of restraint stress on corticolimbic c-Fos expression. Stress, 16(5), 587-591. DOI: 10.3109/10253890.2013.804505
Ortiz, J.B., McLaughlin, K.J., Hamilton, G.F., Baran, S.E., Campbell, A.N., & Conrad, C.D. (2013). Estradiol and perhaps cholesterol protect against corticosterone-induced hippocampal CA3 dendritic retraction in gonadectomized female and male rats. Neuroscience, 246, 409-421. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2013.04.027
Mika, A., Mazur, G. J., Hoffman, A.N., Talboom, J.S., Bimonte-Nelson, H.A., Sanabria, F., & Conrad, C.D. (2012). Chronic Stress Impairs Prefrontal Cortex-Dependent Response Inhibition and Spatial Working Memory. Behavioral Neuroscience, 126(5), 605-619. DOI: 10.1037/a0029642
Conrad, C.D., McLaughlin, K.J., Huynh, T., El-Ashmawy, M., & Sparks, M. (2012). Chronic stress and a cyclic regimen of estradiol administration separately facilitate spatial memory: Relationship with CA1 spine density and dendritic complexity. Behavioral Neuroscience, 126(1), 142-156. DOI: 10.1037/a0025770
Hutchinson, K.M., McLaughlin, K.J., Wright, R.L., Ortiz, J.B., Anouti, D.P., Mika, A., Diamond, D.M., & Conrad, C.D. (2012). Protective effects of enriched environment against chronic stress on cognitive and morphological measures of hippocampal integrity. Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 97, 250-260. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nlm.2012.01.003
Camp, B.W., Gerson, J.E., Tsang, C.W.S., Villa, S.R., Acosta, J.I., Braden, B.B., Hoffman, A.N., Conrad, C.D., & Bimonte-Nelson, H.A. (2012). High serum adrostenedione levels correlate with impaired memory in the surgically menopausal rat: A replication and new findings. European Journal of Neuroscience, 36, 3086-3095. DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2012.08194.x
Huynh, T.N., Krigbaum, A., Hanna, J.J., & Conrad, C.D. (2011). Sex differences and phase of the light cycle modify chronic stress effects on anxiety and depressive-like behavior. Behavioural Brain Research, 222, 212-222. DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2011.03.038
Hoffman, A.N., Krigbaum, A.M., Ortiz, J.B. §, Mika, A., Hutchinson, K.M., Bimonte-Nelson, H., & Conrad, C.D. (2011). Recovery after Chronic Stress within Spatial Reference and Working Memory Domains: Correspondence to Hippocampal Morphology. European Journal of Neuroscience, 34, 1023-1030. DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2011.07820.x
Conrad, C.D. (2011). Chronic stress and hippocampus vulnerability to functional changes and health in the adult. The Handbook of Stress: Neuropsychological Effects on the Brain. Conrad, C.D., Ed., Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, New York, NY, pp. 324-348. ISBN: 978-1-4443-3023-6
Conrad, C.D., Ed., (2011) The Handbook of Stress: Neuropsychological Effects on the Brain, Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, New York, NY. Forward by Robert Sapolsky and reviews from Drs. James McGaugh and Mary Dallman. ISBN: 978-1-4443-3023-6
ASU Now news story: Stressed out over your misplaced keys? Or is it the other way around? by Emma Greguska, 4/13/16.
The Behavioral Neuroscience group moved back into a newly renovated Psychology building in state-of-the-art facilities in August 2015! The layout of the wet labs and graduate/postdoctoral offices allows for frequent personnel interactions across research laboratories. Several sitting areas are strategically positioned to allow impromptu meetings in a relaxed, comfortable atmosphere. Designated testing rooms in a separate quarter provide quiet space for optimal testing of behavior.
On June 21, 2015, Cheryl Conrad was an invited speaker at the Society for the Promotion of Applied Research in Canine Science (SPARCS) and spoke on the topic of, "Does Stress Make You Stupid?" For more information, go to: http://www.sparcsinitiative.org/
Congratulations to Bryce Ortiz for acceptance in the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) 2015 Summer Program in Neuroscience, Ethics & Survival (SPINES) at Woods Hole! Bryce was among a few dozen graduate students, postdoctoral associates and junior faculty who were selected to participate in the prestigious summer program.
Congratulations to Pooja Paode (left) and Eshaan Daas for earning the School of Life Sciences Undergraduate Research (SOLUR) awards in 2015-2016! Pooja and Eshaan were undergraduate volunteers who were able earn a SOLUR standing based upon their academic success and research proposals! They also presented their work locally at ASU and nationally at the Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago, 2015.
Brain Awareness activities are very important. We showcase our behavioral neuroscience research laboratory work to the community. All faculty, postdoctoral, graduate and undergraduate students volunteer at many events throughout the year. Cheryl Conrad (right) is showing an actual human brain to one of the visitors to the Psychology Booth at ASU Homecoming. We bake cookies to commemorate the event!
The Conrad team (below) attends conferences throughout the year to disseminate our findings, network with other neuroscientists, and learn about the newest discoveries and technologies.


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Tencent to distribute Nintendo Switch in China
Joseph Knoop
It will still take some time while individual games get approved, but it's a significant win for Nintendo, and could point towards their hopes for mobile gaming success in China.
China's media giant, Tencent, has finally gained the Chinese government's approval to sell the Nintendo Switch in the country. The decision brings one of gaming's fastest-selling consoles to an already massive market that historically has been dominated by PC games thanks to strict regulations and outright bans previously established by China's government.
Tencent received the approval on Thursday after a lengthy process. Tencent Holdings can now distribute the Nintendo Switch console with a test version of Super Mario Bros. Deluxe.
The Chinese government has long proven a roadblock to video game publishers hoping to work their way into a ripe market. A strict approval process, led by China's General Administration of Press and Publications has routinely been frozen and unfrozen. Analysts expect that only 2,000 to 3,000 individual games will be approved for release in China in 2019.
Nintendo previously released its consoles under the brand name "iQue," but the Wii U never made it to Chinese shores, and the iQue hardware business was shut down.
"Nintendo must work with a partner to enter the China market so it is no surprise that it has partnered with Tencent, the largest games company in the world, to distribute the Switch in Mainland China," said Daniel Ahmad, an analyst at Niko Partners. "This move will please investors who have been asking about whether Nintendo will enter China, the world's largest gaming market, for some time."
Investors and gamers interested in the Chinese gaming economy shouldn't leap from their chairs quite yet, though. Ahmad says that we can expect some time before Nintendo will be able to follow through on the Switch's release in China.
"China has a complicated regulatory environment and it is worth noting that consoles were only unbanned in 2014 after 14 years," Ahmad said. "Nintendo is currently going through the approval process and whilst the news today is a positive sign, the company still needs to receive approval from China's Certification Commission….Nintendo and Tencent will also need to submit each game for approval in China and ensure the games comply with content regulations. This too is a lengthy process and means that it will take some time before Nintendo can build up a large library of official games in China."
Ahmad points out that Nintendo has already made some significant gains between the iQue branding and grey market imports from Hong Kong. Nintendo has provided a proper, if obtuse way of acquiring games by removing region lock and localizing its first-party games into simplified Chinese.
"We believe that with official distribution and marketing from Tencent that the Nintendo Switch could reach a much broader audience in the country," Ahmad said.
China's console gaming market grew 14.6 percent in the last year, reaching $736 million in 2018, according to Niko Partners. Ahmad says that growth is driven in part by China lifting its ban on consoles in 2014, the lower prices of consoles, and Nintendo's strong international brand. While Niko Partners expects the Switch to grow the console market in China, but expects it will still play a niche role when compared to the long-established PC and mobile games platforms.
"The big question that will be on everyone's mind is whether this partnership with Tencent will extend to Nintendo's mobile game business," Ahmad says. "Nintendo has yet to launch any of its mobile games in China and we believe that the potential of Nintendo's mobile game business in China is significantly larger than its console business."
Joseph Knoop is a writer for Game Daily, IGN, PC Gamer, and plenty more. He owns an irresponsible amount of Overwatch merch. Break it down with him on Twitter @JosephKnoop.
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Beneficiaries of international protection travelling to and contacting authorities of their country of origin: challenges, policies and practices in the EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland: EMN Synthesis
This EMN study explores the policies and practices in 24* EU Member States, Norway and Switzerland regarding beneficiaries of international protection who travel back to their country of origin, or who have contact with authorities from these countries. The study also examines the motivations of the individuals in question, and how such cases would be assessed by the national authorities in the countries that granted them refugee status.
Increased attention given to this issue in some of the countries taking part in the research have contributed to changes to national policies and practices, as well as changes in legislation to provide national authorities with supplementary means of monitoring the situation. The study found that most countries participating in the research did consider travel to the country of origin as an indication that protection may no longer be needed, which could lead them to examine the purpose of the travel or contact with the authorities, and to reassess the international protection status. However, the act of travel alone would not automatically lead to cessation.
Beneficiaries of international protection travelling to and contacting authorities of their country of origin: EMN Inform
Beneficiaries of international protection travelling to and contacting authorities of their country of origin: Ireland
* Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, German, Estonia, Finland, France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, UK
Publisher: Directorate General for Migration and Home Affairs, European Commission
Reference Period: 01 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2018


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