Massage of Chinese Medicine is known as An Mo (按摩, pressing and rubbing) or Qigong Massage, and is the foundation of Japan's Anma. Categories include Pu Tong An Mo (general massage), Tui Na An Mo (pushing and grasping massage), Dian Xue An Mo (cavity pressing massage), and Qi An Mo (energy massage). Tui na (推拿) focuses on pushing, stretching, and kneading muscles, and Zhi Ya (指壓) focuses on pinching and pressing at acupressure points. Technique such as friction and vibration are used as well.
Pamper yourself and your partner with a full body massage, facial, body treatments that will make you feel brand new. You will receive tender care from our therapists along with complimentary champagne or wine and gourmet chocolate. Le Reve Rittenhouse Day Spa welcomes their guests for a full body couples retreat including Massage, Reflexology, Facial, Body Scrub, and Manicure & Pedicure.
Until recently, reflexology was mostly ignored by science and relied on anecdotal evidence to buoy its good name. Today, though, there are many associations and organizations promoting and supporting the work of reflexologists from around the world. There is even an International Council of Reflexologists which has produced a Research Analysis Document that contains over 300 reflexology research studies, mainly from such places as China, Denmark, and the United Kingdom. Even in North America, a study has been published in the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. Some of this research studies examined the effects of reflexology upon certain health conditions such as: asthma, back pain, cancer, chest pain, childbirth, PMS, heart disease, constipation, gout, migraine, headaches, multiple sclerosis, and nervous exhaustion.
Burmese massage is a full body massage technique that starts from head to toes, drawing on acupuncture, reflexology, and kneading. Signature massage strokes include acupressure using the elbows, quick gentle knocking of acupressure points, and slow kneading of tight muscles. The massage is aimed to improve blood circulation and quality of sleep, while at the same time help to promote better skin quality.
A sports massage is typically a combination of several massage techniques that are tailored to your affected muscle groups based on the activities that you do. A properly administered sports massage can help flush the lactic acid out of your body. There are two types of sports massages that can benefit triathletes depending on when you schedule your appointment and your race schedule.


The biggest story over the last couple of days has been of the victory by Democrat Congressional candidate Jon Ossoff. Well, his near victory, at least. But the Left sure loves to make it sound as though he's already won.
He came just short of the 50% of the vote he needed to outright win the spot, so he will be facing off against the other top vote-getter, Republican candidate Karen Handel, in a runoff election in June.
But the MSM and the Left in general is ecstatic that Ossoff came so close to clinching the spot. CNN went as far as to say that it's a wakeup call to Republicans of Trump's unpopularity.
They really want to hang on to this one, even if he fell just short of it. But let's look at some facts. There were 12 Republican candidates running in this race as opposed to only 5 Democrats. Having this many Republicans running in the same race divides the vote within the party, while Democrats can rally behind the one who's in the lead, regardless of whether or not he or she is the best candidate in the race.
Honestly, the fact that there were so many Republicans running and the Democrats still couldn't win outright tells you something: Democrats are vastly unpopular. It's the equivalent of Hillary running against nearly all of the Republicans that ran in the Primary Election and still falling just short of 270.
Knowing this, these election results are great news, even if a Democrat almost won. This means that, even when most people are undecided on who they want, they still don't want a Democrat.
And things will get tough for Ossoff come the June runoff election. Since he's now running against one Republican candidate in a historically Republican state, having not even won in April when he had the best of chances to win, he'll have to fight an uphill battle. Even CNN agrees with the fact that it will be difficult for him to win.
The New York Times are even hypothesizing that Republicans will hesitate to run in the first midterm election. If they think this "almost victory" will deter any Republican from running, they are sorely mistaken.
The Democrats have yet to awaken to the reality that, no matter what, they are not wanted. In a race that had mostly Republicans running, the fact that a Democrat couldn't clinch a victory tells you that they really are not wanted in the government. Granted, this was in Georgia, a largely and historically Republican state, but that matters little to show just how big of a loss this is to Democrats.
They view it in an entirely different way and express to people that the way they see it is the way it is. At least they'll have better luck convincing people that this was a Democrat win than that Trump is a racist hateful bigot. They refuse to accept the fact that this is no win at all, until Ossoff has clinched the spot. Unless he does that, this should be considered a phenomenal loss, knowing how good of a shot a Democrat had to win it.
But the Left and the devil love to deceive people. The very first sin that Eve committed was in result of the devil's deception, after all. Satan said that if Eve ate the forbidden apple, she would be like God. He deceived her into doing something he wanted her to do like the Left deceives people into doing something they want them to do. But Satan's evil deed will not go unpunished, neither will the Left's. We know what happens in the end, as I've said in the previous article. God wins and the Devil loses.


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One year of legal pot sales and California doesn't have the bustling industry it expected. Here's why
By Patrick McGreevy
25 - 32 minutes
When Californians voted in 2016 to allow the sale of recreational marijuana, advocates of the move envisioned thousands of pot shops and cannabis farms obtaining state licenses, making the drug easily available to all adults within a short drive.
But as the first year of licensed sales comes to a close, California's legal market hasn't performed as state officials and the cannabis industry had hoped. Retailers and growers say they've been stunted by complex regulations, high taxes and decisions by most cities to ban cannabis shops. At the same time, many residents are going to city halls and courts to fight pot businesses they see as nuisances, and police chiefs are raising concerns about crime triggered by the marijuana trade.
Gov.-elect Gavin Newsom, who played a large role in the legalization of cannabis, will inherit the numerous challenges when he takes office in January as legislators hope to send him a raft of bills next year to provide banking for the pot industry, ease the tax burden on retailers and crack down on sales to minors.
"The cannabis industry is being choked by California's penchant for over-regulation," said Dale Gieringer, director of California NORML, a pro-legalization group. "It's impossible to solve all of the problems without a drastic rewrite of the law, which is not in the cards for the foreseeable future."
After voters legalized marijuana two years ago under Proposition 64, state officials estimated in there would be as many as 6,000 cannabis shops licensed in the first few years. But the state Bureau of Cannabis Control has issued just 547 temporary and annual licenses to marijuana retail stores and dispensaries. Some 1,790 stores and dispensaries were paying taxes on medicinal pot sales before licenses were required starting Jan. 1.
State officials also predicted that legal cannabis would eventually bring in up to $1 billion in revenue a year. But with many cities banning pot sales, tax revenue is falling far short of estimates. Based on taxes collected since Jan. 1, the state is expected to bring in $471 million in revenue this fiscal year — much less than the $630 million projected in Gov. Jerry Brown's budget.
"I think we all wish we could license more businesses, but our system is based on dual licensing and local control," said Alex Traverso, a spokesman for the state Bureau of Cannabis Control, referring to the requirement that cannabis businesses get permission from the state and the city in which they want to operate.
Less than 20% of cities in California — 89 of 482 — allow retail shops to sell cannabis for recreational use, according to the California Cannabis Industry Assn. Cities that allow cannabis sales include Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco and San Diego.
Eighty-two of Los Angeles County's 88 cities prohibit retail sales of recreational marijuana, according to Alexa Halloran, an attorney specializing in cannabis law for the firm Solomon, Saltsman & Jamieson. Pot shops are not allowed in cities including Burbank, Manhattan Beach, Alhambra, Beverly Hills, Inglewood, Compton, Redondo Beach, El Monte, Rancho Palos Verdes and Calabasas.
"While some cities have jumped in headfirst, we've taken a deliberate approach," said Manhattan Beach Mayor Steve Napolitano, "to see how things shake out elsewhere before further consideration. I think that's proven to be the smart approach."
Voters have also been reluctant to allow cannabis stores in their communities.
Of the 64 California cities and counties that voted on cannabis ballot measures in the November midterm election, eight banned the sale of cannabis or turned down taxation measures, seven allowed sales and 49 approved taxes on pot businesses, said Hilary Bricken, an attorney who represents the industry. Among them, voters in Malibu approved pot shops while Simi Valley residents voted for an advisory measure against allowing retail sales.
Javier Montes, owner of Wilmington pot store Delta-9 THC, says he is struggling to compete with a large illicit market unburdened by the taxes he pays as a licensed business.
"Because we are up against high taxes and the proliferation of illegal shops, it is difficult right now," Montes said. "We expected lines out of our doors, but unfortunately the underground market was already conducting commercial cannabis activity and are continuing to do so."
Montes, who received his city and state licenses in January, says his business faces a 15% state excise tax, a 10% recreational marijuana tax by the city of Los Angeles and 9.5% in sales tax by the county and state — a markup of more than 34%.
He says there isn't enough enforcement against illegal operators, and the hard times have caused him to cut the number of employees at his shop in half this year from 24 to 12.
"It's very hard whenever I have to lay people off, because they are like a family to me," said Montes, who is vice president of the United Cannabis Business Assn., which represents firms including the about 170 cannabis retailers licensed by the city of Los Angeles.
DELTA-9 faces a 15% state excise tax, a 10% recreational cannabis tax by the city of Los Angeles and 9.5% in sales tax by the county and state, the shop owner says. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)
Sky Siegel, who operates a cannabis business in Studio City, said he recently gave up trying to open another store in Santa Monica because of its restrictions on such businesses.
"It turns into this 'Hunger Games' to try to get a license," said Siegel, who is general manager of Perennial Holistic Wellness Center, which has a dozen employees in Studio City and also operates a delivery service.
He says his firm is up against thousands of unlicensed delivery services going into cities where storefronts are banned.
"To me, it doesn't make sense" that many cities have prohibited shops, he said. "Banning does nothing. It's already there. Why not turn this into a legitimized business, which is what the people want."
California has also issued fewer cultivation licenses than expected in the first year of legalization, with about 2,160 growers registered with the state; an estimated 50,000 commercial cannabis cultivation operations existed before Proposition 64, according to the California Growers Assn. Some have given up growing pot, but many others are continuing to operate illegally.
The trade group hoped to see at least 5,000 commercial growers licensed in the first year, said Hezekiah Allen, the group's former executive director who is now chairman of Emerald Grown, a cooperative of 130 licensed cultivators.
"We are lagging far behind," Allen said. "It's woefully inadequate. Most of the people in California who are buying cannabis are still buying it from the unregulated market. There just isn't a reason for most growers to make the transition."
Assemblyman Jim Wood (D-Healdsburg), who has crafted cannabis regulations, said the licensing system had not yet lived up to its promise.
"The state licensing process this past year has been a painful one," said Wood, adding that the complex rules are particularly difficult for small businesses. "I recognize that this has been a significant undertaking for the state, and you combine that with the cannabis industry learning how to navigate the process — it's been difficult for them both."
The legalization of recreational pot has also created tension in areas of the state where cannabis growers are operating close to residents.
Jesse Jones said he moved his family to Petaluma from Marin County six months ago so his three children could enjoy more open space, but he is now fighting a proposal for a cannabis farm to operate a few hundred feet from his home, in part because of safety issues.
"You are going to have what is still a [Schedule 1] narcotic being produced in line of sight of my kids' trampoline, on a shared road that was never intended for this type of commercial operation," said Jones, an energy industry executive.
Sanjay Bagai, a former investment banker who lives with his family next door to a new cannabis farm in Sonoma County, is a leader of a residents group called Save Our Sonoma Neighborhoods, which has obtained a preliminary court ruling against one cannabis-growing operation.
Bagai said his group was "not anti-cannabis" but added that pot cultivation "is not something that fits into our neighborhood here."
"The smell is horrific," he said of the marijuana plants. "It's like rotting flesh. And the traffic is insane."
Quality-of-life complaints have also surfaced in neighborhoods where cannabis sellers have set up shop.
Van Nuys Neighborhood Council President George Thomas said he had received about a dozen complaints in the last year from residents living near pot stores who were concerned about loitering, the smell of marijuana smoke and other issues. Thomas, who is the publisher of the Van Nuys News Press and is an LAPD volunteer, passes complaints on to police officers.
"If they are not in compliance," Thomas said, "if they are within a thousand feet of a school or church, we are totally against them and we are happy to work with the neighborhood prosecutor in the city attorney's office to shut them down."
At the same time, he said, the neighborhood council has worked with licensed cannabis stores to get them involved in improving the community and has asked the Los Angeles City Council to devote some of the tax revenue from Van Nuys shops to solving local problems, including homelessness and crime.
Meanwhile, despite concerns from law enforcement, the state is finalizing a proposal to allow deliveries throughout California — including in cities that ban retail stores. The new rule by Lori Ajax, chief of the state Bureau of Cannabis Control, is expected to be implemented in January.
Ajax says she believes that as the system is refined and is shown to operate successfully in some cities, other local governments will allow retail pot sales. But opponents of pot legalization, including Kevin Sabet, president of Smart Approaches to Marijuana, are happy that most cities are saying "no" to selling the drug.
"The residents of Compton and these other cities have seen the ills that come with allowing marijuana in the door," Sabet said, "including skyrocketing drugged driving; the promise, then failure of social justice; and the targeting of children through the use of colorful and deceptive candies, gummies and sodas."
Even in cities that allow cannabis sales, businesses face big hurdles.
The various taxes and fees could drive up the cost of legal cannabis in parts of California by 45%, according to the global credit ratings firm Fitch Ratings.
There is less of a tax burden in Oregon, where voters legalized recreational pot in 2014, and state and local taxes are capped at 20%. With nearly a tenth of the population of California, that state has more licensed cannabis shops — 601. On a per capita basis, Alaska has also approved more pot shop licenses than California, — 94 so far. The state imposes a tax on cultivation, but there is no retail excise tax on pot.
Assemblyman Rob Bonta (D-Alameda) tried and failed this year to push for a temporary reduction in California's pot taxes to help the industry get on its feet.
"It's a work in progress," Bonta said of the current regulatory system. "We knew we weren't going to get it exactly right on Day 1, and so we're always looking for ways to achieve the original intentions and goal."
Bonta said he may revisit the taxation issue in 2019 and is exploring the idea of having the state do more to get cities to approve businesses, possibly by providing advisory guidelines for local legalization that address cities' concerns.
California cannabis businesses, like their counterparts in Colorado and Oregon, also face costs to test marijuana for harmful chemicals.
"The testing costs are excessive — $500 to $1,000 per batch, and most crops involve multiple batches," said Gieringer, the director of California NORML. "No other agricultural product is required to undergo such costly or sensitive tests."
Another problem hampering the legal market is a lack of banking for cannabis businesses. Federally regulated banks are reluctant to handle cash from pot, which remains an illegal drug under federal law.
"Banking continues to be an issue in terms of creating a real public safety problem with significant amounts of cash being moved for transactions," said Bonta, who co-wrote a bill this year that would have created a state-sanctioned bank to handle money from pot sellers. It failed to pass after legislative analysts said the proposal faced "significant obstacles," including no protection from federal law enforcement.
Industry leaders and activists said they knew it would be a slow process to establish a strong legal market, noting other states with legal pot, including Colorado, Washington and Oregon, also faced growing pains and problems along the way.
But Ajax, the state pot czar, says her agency has had a productive first year, issuing initial licenses, refining the rules and stepping up action against unlicensed operations, including partnering with the Los Angeles Police Department to seize $2 million worth of marijuana products from an unlicensed shop in Sylmar in October.

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Temple Records Index Bureau, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 18.
Temple Records Index Bureau of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846. Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1974.
–13 Jan. 1871.
History of Mills County, Iowa, 674–675.
History of Mills County, Iowa Containing a History of the County, Its Cities, Towns, Etc. . . . Des Moines, IA: State Historical Co., 1881.
Carpenter, miller, merchant.
"Carpenter and Joiner Shop," Nauvoo Neighbor, 5 June 1844, [4]; History of Mills County, Iowa, 674–675.
Nauvoo Neighbor. Nauvoo, IL. 1843–1845.
Born in Bangor, Hancock Co., Maine.
Son of John Kittridge Coolidge and Rebecca Stone Wellington.
Black and Black, Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 2:888.
Black, Susan Easton, and Harvey Bischoff Black, eds. Annotated Record of Baptisms for the Dead, 1840–1845: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois. 7 vols. Provo, UT: Center for Family History and Genealogy, Brigham Young University, 2002.
Moved to Cincinnati, by 1817.
History of Mills County, Iowa, 674.
Moved to area of Mackinaw, Tazewell Co., Illinois, 1834.
Tazewell Co., IL, Deed Records, 1824–1920, bk. 4, pp. 276–277, microfilm 1,314,789, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL; History of Mills County, Iowa, 674.
U.S. and Canada Record Collection. FHL.
Married Elizabeth Buchannan, 17 Dec. 1834, in Tazewell Co.
Tazewell Co., IL, Vital Records, 1827–1922, Marriage Records, bk. A, p. 18, microfilm 1,314,687, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Baptized into Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, by 1838.
"Coolidge, Joseph W.," Patriarchal Blessing Index, 1833–1963, microfilm 392,644, U.S. and Canada Record Collection, FHL.
Moved to Far West, Caldwell Co., Missouri, before 20 Jan. 1838.
Moved to Nauvoo, Hancock Co., Illinois, by 1840.
1840 U.S. Census, Hancock Co., IL, 182.
Census (U.S.) / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Population Schedules. Microfilm. FHL.
Member of Nauvoo Legion.
"The First List of the Officers of the Nauvoo Legion, as Made Out by John C. Bennett. M.GI," Nauvoo Legion Files, CHL; "List of the Commissioned and Non Commissioned officers of the second reg second Cohort NL," Nauvoo Legion Files, CHL.
Stout, Hosea. History of the Nauvoo Legion, Draft 1, ca. 1844–1845. Nauvoo Legion Records, 1841–1845. CHL. MS 3430, fd. 10. One of three drafts of the history; includes material dated 4 February 1841 through 22 June 1844. Pages are out of order; in the current order, this draft includes pp. [5]–[8], [15]–[22].
Admitted to Council of Fifty, 18 Apr. 1844.
Council of Fifty, "Record," 18 Apr. 1844.
Council of Fifty. "Record of the Council of Fifty or Kingdom of God," Mar. 1844–Jan. 1846. CHL.
Participated in plural marriage during JS's lifetime.
Joseph F. Smith, Journal, 28 Aug. 1870, in Joseph F. Smith, Papers, CHL; Brown, Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings, 66–67.
Smith, Joseph F. Journals, 1856–1883, 1909, 1912. Joseph F. Smith, Papers, 1854–1918. CHL. MS 1325, bxs. 1–4.
Brown, Lisle G., comp. Nauvoo Sealings, Adoptions, and Anointings: A Comprehensive Register of Persons Receiving LDS Temple Ordinances, 1841–1846. Salt Lake City: Smith-Pettit Foundation, 2006.
Appointed administrator of JS's estate, 19 Sept. 1844, in Nauvoo.
Oaks and Bentley, "Joseph Smith and Legal Process," 190.
Oaks, Dallin H., and Joseph I. Bentley. "Joseph Smith and Legal Process: In the Wake of the Steamboat Nauvoo." Brigham Young University Law Review, no. 3 (1976): 735–782.
Appointed to Nauvoo trades council, Feb. 1845.
Leonard, Nauvoo, 487.
Leonard, Glen M. Nauvoo: A Place of Peace, a People of Promise. Salt Lake City: Deseret Book; Provo, UT: Brigham Young University Press, 2002.
Ordained a high priest, by 16 Dec. 1845.
Moved to Winter Quarters, unorganized U.S. territory (later in Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska), 1846; to what became Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie Co., Iowa, 1847; to Keg Creek, Pottawattamie Co., 1849; and to Coonsville (later Glenwood), Mills Co., Iowa, 1851.
Mills County, Iowa, 233.
Mills County, Iowa, 1985. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, 1985.
Appointed Glenwood postmaster, 1860.
Died in Glenwood.
Account of Trial, 26 April 1844 [ City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al. ]
Appendix 1: Letter to Oliver Cowdery and Others, circa 17 June 1838
Appendix 3: Willard Richards, Journal Excerpt, 23–27 June 1844
Appendix 4: Council of Fifty, Roll, 22 April 1845–27 December 1846
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 1, 10 March 1844–1 March 1845
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 2, 1 March–6 May 1845
Council of Fifty, Minutes, March 1844–January 1846; Volume 3, 6 May 1845–13 January 1846
Deed to Joseph W. Coolidge, 30 March 1843
Discourse, 26 May 1844, as Compiled by Leo Hawkins
Docket Entry, circa 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
Docket Entry, circa 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
Execution, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
Habeas Corpus, 13 June 1844, Copy [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
Historian's Office, Martyrdom Account
Historian's Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft
History Draft [1 January–30 June 1842]
History, 1838–1856, volume D-1 [1 August 1842–1 July 1843]
History, 1838–1856, volume F-1 [1 May 1844–8 August 1844]
Introduction to City of Nauvoo v. C. L. Higbee et al.
Journal, December 1841–December 1842
Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 3, 15 July 1843–29 February 1844
Journal, December 1842–June 1844; Book 4, 1 March–22 June 1844
List of Members, Council of Fifty, May 1844
List of Members, Council of Fifty, probably between 25 April and 3 May 1844
Minutes and Testimonies, 12–29 November 1838, Copy [ State of Missouri v. Gates et al. for Treason ]
Minutes, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
Minutes, 6 May 1844
Minutes, 9 November 1844
Nauvoo City Council Minute Book, 3 February 1841–8 February 1845
Nauvoo City Council Rough Minute Book, February 1844–January 1845
Pay Order from Joseph W. Coolidge for Brother Fisher, 15 July 1842
Petition from Alanson Ripley and Others, 10 June 1844
Petition from Elbridge Tufts and Others, circa 18 September 1843
Petition from Robert L. Campbell and Others, 13 January 1844
Petition, 13 June 1844 [ In the Matter of H. Smith et al. ]
Poll Record, Nauvoo Legion, 13 August 1842
Receipt to Joseph W. Coolidge, 12 August 1840
Receipt to Joseph W. Coolidge, 17 June 1841
Venire Facias, 10 March 1842 [ City of Nauvoo v. Davis for Slander of JS–A ]
Warrant, Robert F. Smith for Arrest of Joseph W. Coolidge, 24 June 1844, Willard Richards Copy


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The Hosteling Experience
By Steve | March 1, 1984
I quickly discovered the allure of hostels as I began my new bicycling life… and this one is one of the finest of the breed. If you ever pass through Brunswick, Georgia, take some time to savor this complete non-sequitur.
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by Steven K. Roberts
Online Today – March, 1984
They lie beyond the glitter of the Hiltons, the multicolored neon of the Holiday Inns, and the faded signs of countless rural motels. They appear in odd places, like Red Lodge, Turtle Lake, Ohiopyle, and Jack's Reef. They take many forms, from musty suburban basements to exquisitely fashioned domes nestled in the Georgia woods. They are the American Youth Hostels (AYH).
As I wander America in search of tailwinds and modular phone jacks, I occasionally find these havens of the true traveler, tucked safely away from airports and interstates. No little strips of paper labeled "Sanitized For Your Protection" will be found here. Nor will you find machine-generated wake-up calls, plastic key fobs that you can drop in any mailbox, or tacky postcards with aerial views of a motel. Hostels have character.
Much of the magic is attributable to their clientele — travelers as varied as the far-flung lands of their origins. Here may be found a lone Japanese cyclist, a New York couple hitchiking to New Orleans, an expatriate female Buckeye exploring the East coast, and a startling pair of Swedish ladies learning English by plunging headlong into a three-month American adventure. Next week, the faces change but the hostel remains; its character deepened by those who have passed through.
The organization behind all this is American Youth Hostels Inc., which licenses these low-budget establishments and publishes a directory. Spending the night at a hostel can cost upwards of $2 a night, more commonly around $4-5. Staggering. But far from degenerating into cheap flophouses, they have become the preferred overnight stops of a unique breed of tourists. For this we can thank the "houseparents," almost invariably cyclists or world travelers themselves.
I arrived at the Hostel in the Forest, located near Brunswick, Ga., with the intent of stopping overnight and pressing on for Jacksonville, a scant 90-odd miles away via a circuitous route down the coast. (It's not Jacksonville I'm after, it's Florida, but CB friends in the JAX node make it a good stopover.)
The Hostel in the Forest, however, isn't the kind of place where you can spend just one night. Those who do are either missing something or are in a mighty serious hurry, for this hostel lays a gentle hand on your shoulder and bids you stay and relax.
Perhaps it's the twin domes, one a community building and the other a dormitory; perhaps it's the treehouse, a lofty bedroom that sways slightly in the breeze and treats the early riser to an unparalleled forest sunrise. Or maybe it's the quiet, the clear sky, or the pond, or Leroy and the other goofy chickens. It's all of this, I think, but it's mostly the people, people on journeys instead of trips.
I'm sitting by the fire, my feet propped up on a coffee table, the Model 100 on my lap. Work gets done, slowly and with a refreshing languor. Sean, the Australian manager, speaks:
"Tea, mate?"
'That would be fine, yes," answers one of the three German Thomases, and I nod as well. Thomas is a classical music buff, a teacher. Now he travels the United States on the proceeds of an occasional profitable car deal. "In my garage stands a Mercedes," he explains in careful English. "It must change its owner next year." A single import can net $6-7,000 — enough to support months of hosteling and touring in this endless land. He daily checks the business section of the paper for the mark's exchange rate.
Headlights appear through the trees, winding slowly along the bumpy road that links this small cluster of buildings with the outside world. A few minutes later, a middle-aged couple appears at the door. "Do you accept late-night drop-ins?" they ask pleasantly.
Before long, they have joined us in the main dome, bringing a plate of cheese and homemade bread to the table. We talk lazily: I relate the tale of tracking down my biological parents and meeting newfound kin; they speak of international bloodlines; Thomas the German attorney and Thomas the German teacher swap tales of their adventures. Sean and George throw darts, and the fire crackles into the night.
The beauty of all this lies not in luxury. At the Whitehall in Chicago, for a mere $135 a night, you can have not one, but two chocolate mints on your pillow — and a nifty little linen cover on the lemon for your morning tea. Here, you make your own bed, tolerate whatever temperature the night offers, and help with the morning chores. But a night here is a night in a community; a night there is solitary luxury. The choice is so easy.
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Rob Lowe Looks Back At His Bizarre And Cringeworthy Career Low
Jan 6, 2019 10:00 am·
By Bryan Brunati
Award show season will officially kick off on Jan. 6 when the Golden Globes air, so it is only right everyone is reminded of one of the most cringeworthy moments not only in award show history, but quite possibly in all of TV history. And unfortunately for Rob Lowe, it involved him.
The 54-year-old actor sat down with The New York Times to discuss the time he baffled everyone at the 1989 Academy Awards by doing a duet with… Snow White. "I remember vividly looking out in the audience and seeing Barry Levinson, who on that particular evening was the belle of the ball with Rain Man, and I could see him very clearly pop-eyed and mouthing, 'What the f–k?'" Rob recalls. But it wasn't all bad for the Parks and Recreation alum, because there was one comic legend that actually enjoyed his performance.
"I got to the green room and Lucille Ball told me she didn't know I was such a good singer and made me sit next to her and hold her hand and watch the next 20 minutes of the Oscars," Rob says, adding, "If it made Lucy happy, it made me happy, because I love Lucy." And while people continue to talk about the disastrous and awkward moment 30 years later, Rob sees the positive in the moment. "I for sure have gotten more money and acclaim out of being in that Oscar opening number than if I had won an Oscar," Rob reveals. "And that's fitting."
This wasn't the only bizarre television moment Rob has been a part of, as he once revealed he communicated with a ghost while filming his A&E show The Lowe Files. "It was through the Ovilus. There's a device they use that the theory is it can translate… that the spirits can talk through this device, for a lack of better term," Rob said during a Television Critics Association's press tour. "Don't ask me how, don't ask me the science, I don't know." Rob added, "It said the dead woman's name where she was murdered. Judge for yourself… I don't want to seem like a nut. I don't want to end my career here."
The Lowe Files was never renewed for a second season, but at least Rob will always have that ghostly memory.
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Manuela Hidalgo
Manuela was born in 1986 to Javier and Hilda Hidalgo. She lived in relative happiness and was idolized by her parents. She was unaware of her father's vast criminal empire but the riches he earned ensured she received a privileged upbringing and a good education. But Manuela's happy existence was shaken at a very young age when in 1991 her mother developed a rare form of terminal cancer. In desperation, Javier signed a contract with Umbrella to acquire a specialised strain of the t-Virus to use as a form of medical treatment. Although initially successful, repeated injections of the virus mutated her into a horrific monster. Hilda was sealed away in secret and Manuela was told that she had died.
Manuela was brought up wanting for nothing, smothered in her father's generous affection. She attended school in the local waterside village of Mixcoatl. Her mother's death left her with a very fragile personality but she was good-natured and had a gentle heart, the polar opposite of her father. She often liked to sing and remembered a lullaby her mother used to sing to her when she was young. This song was special to her and it reminded her of happier times.
She remained oblivious to Javier's life as a major crime lord and lived a relatively normal life until 2001 when she was diagnosed with the same rare form of cancer that had claimed the life of her mother. Javier was distraught at this news and the prognosis from his private team of doctors was not good. All they could deduce was that the illness appeared native to Amparo so Javier once again turned to Umbrella for help. But this time he was contacted by Albert Wesker after Wesker had learned of his vast criminal empire having turned his attentions to South America following the turn of the millennium. Javier purchased a t-Veronica sample from Wesker who posed as a virus trafficker and planned to use it on his daughter. Javier believed that he could prevent any mutation by constantly transplanting Manuela's organs and so his crime syndicate, the Sacred Snakes, began to traffic organs on the black market and kidnap local girls for harvest. Manuela was taken out of school and her treatment began. Her schoolmates sent her a get-well soon card in which they wrote they hoped she would be back at school the following spring.
By 2002 the treatment appeared to be working, but local newscasters were constantly reporting an increase in disappearances of young girls from the surrounding region. This was because the Sacred Snakes were kidnapping them and harvesting their organs. Manuela eventually learned of this when she convinced her private team of doctors to tell her the truth behind her treatment. Horrified that so many innocent girls had died so that she could live, she fled the mansion and hid in the jungle for three nights and three days before arriving back at Mixcoatl. She was helped by the Guide who would later speak with Krauser and Leon. But when the t-Virus was unleashed upon the village by Javier, the Guide mistakenly believed Manuela was the cause of all the chaos.
Manuela was eventually found by Leon and Krauser and agreed to take them back to Amparo and to Javier's mansion. Along the way, she admitted to Leon that she was infected with the t-Veronica virus. Despite her father's pleas to return to him, she could not forgive Javier for the evil he had done and so sided with Leon and Krauser when the final battle came into play. Using her flammable blood, which was a side effect of the virus, she was able to assist Leon and Krauser in defeating Javier.
Following the incident, Manuela was placed into protective custody with the U.S. Government. She continued to undergo regular organ transplants and samples of her blood were passed onto Carla Radames through unofficial channels so it could be used in the ongoing C-Virus development.
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Winter triathlon delivers silver in the snow
With only two days to go until the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the British Triathlon GB Age Group Team has delivered its own success on snow
Published: February 10, 2010 at 12:45 pm
With only two days to go until the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games, the British Triathlon GB Age Group Team delivered its own success on snow, winning two Age Group medals at the 2010 Lygna ETU Winter Triathlon European Championships on Sunday 7 February.
The two medals included silver for Tom Phillips in the male 40-44 Age Group, and silver for British Triathlon's very own President, Sarah Springman in the female 50-54 category.
The third and final member of the team, Stephen Gray did exceptionally well on a tough course, finishing a credible fifth in the 45-49 Age Group.
Jem Lawson, Secretary General of European Triathlon Union commented: "Lygna, in Norway, played host to a successful ETU Winter Triathlon Championships last weekend. There was a high standard of elite competition with the men's event proving particularly competitive. It was only disappointing that more countries did not take part, but those that did provided a colourful and entertaining spectacle."
Sarah was delighted with the team's performance commenting: "The 2010 Lygna ETU Winter Triathlon European Championships was a great success, with perfect conditions, excellent organisation by the Norwegian Triathlon Federation, and some impressive athletes competing across the elite and Age Group categories. That British Age Group athletes won two silver medals is a great start to the year and it was both challenging and fun to boot. There must be many more summer triathletes who could make the conversion to winter triathlon and we hope to see them racing on snow in the future.
"As National Olympic Committee member for triathlon, I would also like to add British Triathlon's best wishes to all the Winter Olympians to achieve their lifetime best performances in the forthcoming Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games. We invite some of them to discover another really tough and exciting winter sport, and to join our elite team at the ETU European and ITU World Winter Triathlon Championships next year!"


Alzheimer's Support has been granted planning permission to convert The Old Silk Works in Warminster into an innovative Dementia Centre.
The centre, with its flagship day club, will open early next year. It will provide a spacious, purpose-designed club premises on the first floor, reached by a innovative access 'bridge'. The centre will also have space for singing, art and exercise groups, plus offices for dementia advisers and staff who run the charity's growing network of community services across South Wiltshire. A tranquil garden will be created at the side of the building.
A team from Alzheimer's Support has already spent a day clearing the site in readiness for the building work.
Bernice Robbins, who cared for her late husband with dementia and now volunteers as Warminster's Carers' Champion, said: "This is such good news. I am delighted. It is a perfect site for this wonderful new resource for the town, which will be welcomed by so many people."
Chief executive Babs Harris said: "We are so pleased to be moving ahead with this. It took us a long time to find this building and the more time we spend there the more excited we are about its possibilities . We have had a great deal of support to get this far and we are looking forward to working with the community to create something that will transform the lives of people affected by dementia in the town and surrounding area."


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is a Japanese comedy manga series written and illustrated by Hiroaki Mizusaki. It has been serialized online via Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website since April 2019 and has been collected in five tankōbon volumes. An anime television series adaptation by Quad aired from January to April 2022 on ABC and TV Asahi's  programming block.

Plot
Throughout Japan, there are both evil secret organizations that seek to conquer the world, and superheroes who rise up to challenge them. One such evil organization, Agastia, operates out of a base hidden underneath a front company headquartered somewhere in Tokyo. Agastia's attempts to conquer the world are often thwarted by the superhero Divine Swordsman Blader. This story focuses on Miss Kuroitsu, an assistant in Agastia's Monster Development Department, responsible for creating a monster powerful enough to defeat Blader once and for all. However, this organization operates like any large corporation, as Kuroitsu and her Department are forced to fight for resources and funding with other Departments in the organization, make proposals to the board to justify their costs, or deal with their leader's whims forcing them to redo their designs at the last minute.

Characters

The titular Miss Kuroitsu, an assistant for the evil secret society Agastia's Monster Development Department, who finds herself forced to balance the outrageous and sometimes contradictory demands of her superiors as she tries to create monsters to fight against Agastia's enemies.

Kuroitsu's superior, an intelligent professor who usually wears a high-tech visor over his eyes. However, his laid-back demeanor often interferes with his work, forcing Kuroitsu to fix issues that arise. It is later revealed that Hajime is the older brother of Kenji, but neither one knows about the other's secret identity.

One of Agastia's latest monsters, a wolfman whose body was abruptly changed to a wolfgirl before completion, after Akashic demanded Bete be "cuter." After surviving his initial battle with Blader, Bete was transferred into the Monster Development Department as another assistant.

The Chief of Staff for Agastia whose menacing appearance hides a pragmatic temperament. He often works overtime to keep Agastia running smoothly, and is not afraid to go against Akashic when necessary.

The leader of Agastia, a small girl with a flighty personality who secretly wields immense strength.

A 22-year-old convenience store worker who is secretly the superhero Divine Swordsman Blader that Agastia is fighting against. He has a crush on Kuroitsu, as she is a frequent guest at his shop, but is unaware of her real job. Later revealed to be the younger brother of Doctor Sadamaki, but neither sibling is aware of the other's secret identity.

A seemingly-immortal vampire lady known as the "Pluripotent Cellular Executive" of Agastia. She takes pride in her work and ability to audit the departments underneath her. Outside of work, she is a secretly a big fan of a certain idol group.

A monster designed by committee. Initially a giant mech with railguns and thunder-strike abilities, but over the course of development and several meetings between Agastia's departments, it was heavily scaled down until it was finally released as a large, robotic yellow bird with a visor attached.

Another of Kuroitsu's monsters who was scaled back due to time and budget constraints. Originally designed as a monster with regenerating abilities and eight extra heads that spit venom, the venom was cut out of the final product and even after revisions only four extra heads were added. In addition, each head has a separate personality and they often bicker with each other.

A contract worker from a rural part of Japan who moved to Tokyo for work, she accidentally becomes a low-level henchman for different villains under Matsuyama.

A foreman for the "Death Staff Temp Agency" who supplies different evil organizations in Japan with low-level henchmen.
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One half of the licensed Magical Girls: Pilia Magia duo. An incredibly short-tempered middle-school girl.
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One half of the licensed Magical Girls: Pilia Magia duo. A taller boy who is Reo's classmate, his Magical Girl body is that of a slightly shorter girl but with larger breasts than Reo, making her jealous.

Sadamaki's former classmate who runs the Monster Development Department for Black Lore.

Hoen's assistant who enjoys teasing Wolf Bete whenever they meet.

A monster composed of homemade chocolate in hopes of creating a Valentine's Day themed monster to fight Blader. Melty was later scrapped after it was revealed the chocolate used to make her was embedded with metal pieces. However, the Monster Development Department kept Melty's design and brings her out on various occasions.

A middle-manager working for Black Lore, carrying out his leader's wishes. After being hit by Bull Head's psychic attack, he immediately quit the company.

The leader of the evil organization Black Lore

Media

Manga
Miss Kuroitsu from the Monster Development Department is written and illustrated by Hiroaki Mizusaki. A one-shot was first published on Flex Comix's Comic Meteor website on April 17, 2019. A full serialization began on the same platform on October 7, 2020.

Anime
In July 2021, an anime adaptation was announced by Flex Comix. It was later revealed to be a television series produced by Quad and directed by Hisashi Saitō, with Katsuhiko Takayama overseeing the series' scripts, Kazuya Morimae designing the characters, and manzo composing the music. It aired from January 9 to April 3, 2022, on ABC and TV Asahi's  programming block. AXXX1S performed the opening theme song "Special force," while Maybe Me performed the ending theme songs "Aimai Identity" and "Destiny." Crunchyroll licensed the series outside of Asia. Medialink licensed the series in Southeast Asia, South Asia, and Oceania minus Australia and New Zealand.

Episode list

Notes

References

External links

2022 anime television series debuts
Anime series based on manga
Asahi Broadcasting Corporation original programming
Comedy anime and manga
Comic Meteor manga
Crunchyroll anime
Japanese comedy webcomics
Medialink
Shōnen manga
Superheroes in anime and manga
Supervillain comics
Supervillain television shows
Tokusatsu television series
Webcomics in print

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Finished Part One of the AU novel! 83,000 words! Already making progress on Part Two!
Exciting times! On track to finish novel in autumn of 2016!
Pardon me while I boggle for a while at 83,000 words for a Part One. I'm still stuck on 32,000 and change, and wondering if I'll even make it to 50,000 for my whole novel.
Yeahhhhh, I don't know if it's a good thing? One of my biggest problems/weaknesses in long prose is that I tend to describe everything, instead of being comfortable just saying, like, "they had an argument and she ended with this, and they didn't talk for three weeks." That kind of thing. I'm sure when I edit I'll cut a lot of stuff out, or condense it down.
Haha, yes. It's too long. And what I have outlined as parts might end up being separate novels. But I'm not doing big macro edits right now, so I'm not worrying about it.


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Q: Cannot get on http://localhost:3000/ I am using gulp.The tasks are getting run creating required folders. But I get Cannot GET/ error when run in browser.I have attached the image of my project structure and also the output in command line. .My index.html contains the following
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en" ng-app="helloWorldApp">
    <head>
        <title>Angular hello world app</title>
        <link href="css/main.css" rel="stylesheet">
    </head>
    <body>
        <ng-view class="view"></ng-view>
    </body>
    <script src="js/scripts.js"></script>
</html>

I want to know why it cannot get or not routed properly and what should be done. So the problem is when the server is running on localhost and I hit  localhost:3000/ in browser it says cannot get with a white background.Following is my gulpfile.js
const gulp = require('gulp');
const concat = require('gulp-concat');
const browserSync = require('browser-sync').create();

const scripts = require('./scripts');
const styles = require('./styles');

var devMode = false;

gulp.task('css',function(){
    gulp.src(styles)
        .pipe(concat('main.css'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/css'))
        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
            stream : true
    }))
});

gulp.task('js',function(){
    gulp.src(scripts)
        .pipe(concat('scripts.js'))
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/js'))
        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
            stream : true
    }))
});

gulp.task('html',function(){
    gulp.src('./templates/**/*.html')
        .pipe(gulp.dest('./dist/html'))
        .pipe(browserSync.reload({
            stream : true
    }))
});

gulp.task('build',function(){

    gulp.start(['css','js','html']);
     console.log("finshed build");
});

gulp.task('browser-sync',function(){
    browserSync.init(null,{
        open : false,
        server : {
            baseDir : 'dist'
        }
    });
     console.log("finshed browser ");
});

gulp.task('start',function(){
    devMode = true;
    gulp.start(['build','browser-sync']);
    gulp.watch(['./css/**/*.css'],['css']);
    gulp.watch(['./js/**/*.js'],['js']);
    gulp.watch(['./templates/**/*.html'],['html']);
});

A: You need to point browserSync to the dist/html/index.html file as the start page with index.
gulp.task('browser-sync',function(){
    browserSync.init(null,{
        open : false,
        server : {
            baseDir : 'dist',
            index : "html/index.html"
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Matthew Barker (1619 – 25 March 1698) was an English Independent minister and parliamentarian, known for his work on natural theology and for his participation in English 17th-century politics.

Life

Matthew Barker was born in Great Cransley, Northamptonshire, to parents unknown.  He worked as a schoolmaster in Banbury, Oxfordshire, until the outbreak of the English Civil War, at which point he became preacher to a London parish.  Barker was an avid parliamentarian and was invited to preach a sermon before the House of Commons on 25 October 1648.  The new republic welcomed him, and his moderation earned him the favour of the Cromwell regime, which made him an assistant to the London commission.

After the Restoration of the English monarchy, Barker became a nonconformist, forming his own London congregation.  Following the Glorious Revolution, Barker worked to promote unity among Dissenters.  To this end he published a collection of advice for scholars entering the ministry, entitled Flores intellectuales.  Barker's major published work was Natural Theology in which Barker sought to demonstrate the existence of God from the properties of nature. He died in London.

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E. C. Vernon, 'Barker, Matthew (1619–1698)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 23 Jan 2009

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1619 births
1698 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge
English naturalists
Paleobotanists
People from Wellingborough
English Congregationalists
English independent ministers of the Interregnum (England)
Ejected English ministers of 1662


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The following is a month by month baby feeding schedule chart to be used as a guide for your infants growth. Keep in mind that every baby is different, and will have unique growth patterns, however the below chart can be used as a guide to ensure that your baby is getting the proper amount of nutrition for his/her age.
It is always recommended to slowly introduce different types of foods, especially those which could be a potential allergen gradually into a child's diet. This way if an allergy is present, it will be easier to determine which food was the culprit. The most important factor however is your baby's feeding cues.Your baby will be the one to tell you when he/she is having a growth spurt, when he/she is ready for solids, and which type of food they prefer. Your job as the parent is to be aware of these cues, feed them appropriately and guide them into a future of good feeding habits.
The following chart shows types of foods and amounts appropriate for most babies according to each specific age group. For the first 6 months, the amount of breastmilk needed for infant growth is estimated at 2.5 to 3 times their body weight in ounces per day. For example your 8lb baby would require (after the first week of life) between 20-24oz a day. When introducing solids such as vegetables and fruits, it is a good idea to start with the vegetables so your baby will be more willing eat them. Fruit, as we know is much sweeter then our veggies so babies who have fruit before veggies aren't as interested. Who would want to eat mushed peas when you can have juicy peaches? Studies have shown when veggies are introduced prior to fruit babies adjust to a more well rounded diet.
All babies will differ in appetite and readiness for solid food. It is important that you follow the guidance of your pediatrician for the appropriate time to introduce different types of solid foods into your baby's diet. Your baby's doctor or a registered dietitian may make other recommendations for your child to meet their specific needs. For further questions on your child's over all health consult your pediatrician.
0-2 months (0-8weeks) Breastmilk or Newborn formula**Can't overfeed a breastfed infant.You can overfeed a FORMULA fed infant.Newborn formula Feed on demand 8 or more x in 24 hour period(Baby should regain birth weight between 10-14 days of life. Normal infant weight gain is 4-7 oz a week)2-3 oz every 3 hours. (based on infants weight baby should receive between 16-28oz a day.
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Please clarify. Your baby is growing 2 inches every 4 weeks? As long as your baby is growing, you are doing well. Just keep feeding and monitoring to make sure that the baby is peeing and pooping enough. That is how you know a baby is getting enough milk.


A 17-year old Dalit student was allegedly tied to a tree and was beaten up by at least two men in Patan district. The incident occurred on March 18 when the teenager was about to appear in class XII board examination. He was forcefully taken to a secluded farm where he was thrashed brutally.
The police have apprehended the main accused and given protection to the family of the victim.
Patan district's Chanasma police, about 100 km from Ahmedabad city, registered an FIR on March 20, two days after the alleged incident. Police said that the victim Meetkumar N Chavda, a resident of Dhanorda village in the district, had gone to the school-Sarvajanik Vidya Mandir- to appear in board examination of English paper. The school is located at Dhinoj village in Mehsana district.
The FIR states that while he was waiting in the school compound, a man identified as Ramesh Patel came to him and asked him to come with him for some urgent work. Chavda has told police that he knew Patel by face who works as a conductor in state transport bus.
According to his complaint, Patel took Meet to another person who was waiting with a motorcycle outside the school. Patel made Meet sit on the bike and rode towards the farm in Gorad village, which is about 2 km from the school.
"They took him to the farm and beat him black and blue. He was first tied to a tree. The attackers tore a piece of wood from the tree and started charging him. There are marks all over his body that reveals how brutal the assault was. This happened on March 18 and we filed the complaint only after his mother saw the marks on 20th March while he was going to take shower," said Bharat Solanki, maternal uncle of Meet.
The police registered an FIR against Ramesh Patel and one unidentified person under various sections of atrocity act among other section of Indian Penal Code. No arrest has been made yet.
Independent MLA and Dalit leader Jignesh Mevani has criticised the incident on his Twitter handle where he wrote, "A Dalit youth Meet Chavda was abducted, tied to a tree and beaten up..."
Mevani's tweet also hinted that the reason behind this brutal assault was a love affair. Mevani also asked the government to take immediate action else "there will be a bandh call in Patan."
When asked about the love affair, the family of the victim denied it. They said that they didn't know the reason behind the assault.
When contacted, Patan district superintendent of police Shobha Bhutada said that prima facie it looks like a case of a love affair but "we are investigating it." She confirmed that the main accused Ramesh Patel has been apprehended last night.
She also said that protection has been given to the family of the victim who is going to appear in an examination on Friday escorted by a police officer.


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HomeNewsArticlesWrexham Glyndwr University sets out ground-breaking project to become first trauma-informed universi
Wrexham Glyndwr University sets out ground-breaking project to become first trauma-informed university in country
An innovative project aimed at transforming how trauma is approached in Welsh communities has been set out at a major public engagement conference.
Delegates at this year's National Co-ordinating Centre for Public Engagement Conference heard from Head of Public Policy Engagement at Wrexham Glyndwr University, Nina Ruddle, about the way Glyndwr is working with partners across Wales to co-create its civic mission – listening to Welsh communities and working with them to tackle the issues they face.
The university's ambition is to end social inequality across North Wales by 2030 - through this work, via its research, its staff and students, and through piloting and developing new ways approaches which will improve people's lives.
As part of its civic mission work, Glyndwr has already developed a strong partnership with the 2025 Movement to tackle avoidable health inequalities – an ongoing mission which was shortlisted for the Guardian Public Service Awards 2019 for Public Health and Well-being.
The university co-created a systems leadership programme to drive whole systems change working with housing, Public Service Boards, the health board and more; built a bespoke community volunteering practice with third sector organisations in Wrexham; led and established a Community of Practice for Social Prescribing in North Wales with more than 300 members – and has undertaken many other community projects.
Now, Glyndwr is working to become a Trauma and Adverse Childhood Experience (TrACE)-informed institution – the first of its kind in the country.
This new focus means that people who may have encountered trauma or adverse childhood experiences will be given the opportunity to progress and thrive while at Glyndwr – and the university hopes, ultimately, to develop this approach so it can be embedded in communities right across Wales.
The project is being carried in partnership with the Welsh Government-funded and Public Health Wales-hosted ACE Support Hub.
Vicky Jones, North Wales Lead for the Hub, added: "It's not about treating trauma and symptoms, it's a fundamental approach recognising that adversity and trauma are a possibility for everyone and it's about promoting opportunities for well-being, healing and recovery with everyone having a role.
"It's underpinned by five core principles, including choice, collaboration, empowerment, where we help individuals recognise their strength and resilience factors and build on these - and it's about prioritising physical and emotional safety that, ultimately, builds trust and trusted relationships.
"Using the Glyndwr work as a platform, we want every single person in North Wales to thrive, no matter who they are, where they are from, or what they have been through."
Nina explained how the impact of this year's coronavirus pandemic had emphasised to staff working on the project how important their work was.
She said: "This has really amplified our experience of trauma and vulnerability, and I think it's even more important now we start shaping and understanding our approach to TrACE, in the university and with our wider community partners – that's where it gets really exciting for me with the work we do across the region."
At Glyndwr, the TrACE-informed model will work alongside the university's on-going social inclusion work - which has seen the university rated the most socially-inclusive university in England and Wales by the Times and Sunday Times good University Guide for the past three years.
Glyndwr's Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Claire Taylor, said: "As the top university in England and Wales for Social Inclusion, this project absolutely fits with our commitment to widening access and participation.
"Our values of being accessible, supportive, innovative and ambitious guide all that we do and this forms an essential framework for our partnership working."
"The TrACEs approach chimes really well with our purpose and our approach to civic mission, which is all about tacking social inequalities."
Alongside the direct work on developing Glyndwr as a trauma-informed university, there will also a stronger research focus on the issue led by Glyndwr.
Dr Caroline Hughes, Associate Dean in Glyndwr's Faculty of Social and Life Sciences, is the academic lead for the project.
She said: "A research-informed approach is imperative.
"We plan to connect PhD students who are exploring ACEs and trauma across universities in Wales into a research network, which will create a community of practice where members can share ideas and share knowledge."
As this community grows, the work of researchers such as Tegan Brierley-Sollis, a PhD candidate and Graduate Teaching Assistant at Glyndwr, who is examining trauma informed-practice, will be crucial.
She said: " Glyndwr University has honestly changed my life. There is an over-arching belief at Glyndwr that students can succeed in their studies and make a real difference to their life.
"That belief is incredibly important, especially for those students that have never had anyone believe in them before
"We are creating a university where adversity is met with kindness, patience, and understanding. We are creating a safe space for our community which sparks passion through opportunity and sends the message that there is no ceiling to what we can achieve.
"Yes, I am helping to shape the future of Glyndwr through this research project, but Glyndwr has helped to shape me - by empowering me to recognise my own strengths, providing me with the most amazing opportunities, and believing in my abilities."
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By Dave Sewell
Outrage after armed police enforce French burkini ban
A woman in a Burkini
Anti-racists in France and Britain are preparing to protest against the "burkini ban" imposed in 18 localities in France.
The ban targets women who cover up in ways judged "ostentatiously" religious on beaches.
The protests come after armed police forced one woman to remove her burkini in the southern city of Nice yesterday, Tuesday. They then gave her a warning and an on the spot fine.
Siam, a woman in Cannes, was threatened with pepper-spray in front of her crying daughter, fined and ordered off the beach—for simply wearing a headscarf.
People gathered round. Siam said, "The racist abuse was just off the leash.
"I was stunned. I heard things no-one had ever said to my face before. Things like 'go back home', 'Madam, the law is the law—we are sick of this', 'Here we are Catholics'."
Cannes' Tory mayor David Lisnard said the police were just "doing their job".
Surged
Since the first "burkini ban" was brought in by the mayor of Cannes last month they have surged to the top of the political agenda.
The clampdown has provoked outrage in France and abroad. The Collective Against Islamophobia in France appealed to overturn one ban, though the court upheld it, and is supporting women who contest their fines.
The New Anticapitalist Party (NPA) is currently holding its summer school in Port Leucate, one of the first towns to bring in a ban. Activists are set to protest there tomorrow, Thursday.
Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) and Muslim Engagement and Development (Mend) have called a protest at the French embassy in London on Friday.
The bans are led by the racist hard right of the Tory "Republicans" party (LR). But they simply push further the Islamophobic policies of discrimination pushed by the political mainstream.
Prime minister Manuel Valls—of the centre-left Labour-type Socialist Party (PS)—interrupted his holiday to "support" the mayors. He said, "In the face of provocation, the nation must defend itself".
But women who choose to cover up at the beach are nothing to do with terrorism. The outrage in Nice took place just metres away from the site of last month's terrorist attack. A third of its victims were Muslims.
And it is grotesquely surreal to claim that armed cops ordering them to strip are fighting sexism.
The hounding of Muslims in France is fuelling the growth of the fascist Front National and its imitators such as the AfD in Germany. It is essential to take a stand for women's right to choose and against racist scapegoating and repression.
Emergency demonstration. Friday 26 August, 6pm, French embassy, 58 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7J
Topics France, Islamophobia, Stand Up to Racism
Fascist Front National grabs a record vote in French elections as anti-racists organise
Muslims join mass rally to condemn mainstream parties' Islamophobia
LETTERS: The stench of hypocrisy runs through this society
Activists push to turn the tide against 'burkini' ban
Israeli land grabs fuel Palestinian resistance
An eviction in Sheikh Jarrah
Decades of poverty and plunder make Tonga disaster worse
The islands' royals live in luxury
Solid school strikes for Covid safety in France
75 percent of primary schools shut
Workers in the United States strike as Omicron spreads
Workers' are fighting back for better pay and conditions


Can a mitzvah be removed from the Torah? Are we even allowed to consider such a thing? Charity as a case study.
Can a mitzvah be removed from the Torah? Are we even allowed to consider such a thing? Charity as a case study. What does Rambam say about this? A fascinating insight from Rav Nachum Rabinovitch.
Can a mitzvah be removed from the Torah?


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ROBERT ALLAN LTD. PROUDLY WELCOMES UZMAR SHIPYARD TO ITS CENTURY CLUB!
It is our great pleasure to announce that UZMAR SHIPYARD of Turkey has officially joined the Robert Allan Ltd. Century Club, with construction underway on its 100th tug to a Robert Allan Ltd. design. This new tug is a well proven RAstar 3200-W destined for service on Canada's West Coast with SAAM-SMIT Canada.
This new tug is a great fit for this significant milestone, as it represents the state-of-the-art in the design and construction of ASD escort tugs in a sub-500 GRT hull. With its RAstar hull and deep skeg, the design is optimized for generating high indirect escort forces and is also capable of providing towing operations from the stern. The tug features several other notable features such as gas detection, explosion-proof deck equipment, off-ship fire-fighting capability, and one of the first applications of an IMO Tier III emissions compliant propulsion package on a tug. Together, these features will make this newbuild the most advanced and capable tug in SAAM-SMIT Canada Inc.'s fleet, and one of the greenest tugs in the world.
Delivery of this major milestone in UZMAR's history of building high quality tugs is expected in early 2019, providing yet another illustration of UZMAR's record for delivering tugs with remarkable speed and efficiency.
Robert Allan Ltd. is also pleased to share that UZMAR is hard at work on reaching new milestones, with construction of eight other tugs also currently underway alongside this new RAstar 3200-W at their modern shipyard in the Kocaeli free zone. These tugs include six (6) new RAstar 3200s and a pair of RAmparts 3000 tugs, all designed by Robert Allan Ltd. In addition to those tugs already under construction, UZMAR will soon start building twenty (20) tugs each of 50-85 tonnes BP. These are the latest additions in UZMAR's advanced building programme from which they have delivered dozens of tugs to owners all around the world.
Others to look forward to in the "next 100" from Robert Allan Ltd. and UZMAR include the new RAstar 3000-UZM, RAmparts 2300-UZM and RAmparts 2500-W designs, all of which are being actively advanced by the UZMAR production design team. Work is also underway at Robert Allan Ltd. on new "UZMAR exclusive" DRAfter 2500-UZM and RAVE 3200-UZM tug designs, and both companies are eager to see these join the UZMAR product portfolio in the near future.
Link:http://ral.ca/2018/04/06/robert-allan-ltd-proudly-welcomes-uzmar-shipyard-to-its-century-club/


At F/1.9, the Fujifilm Natura Black F1.9 is the widest aperture compact point and shoot camera of the era. It is sometimes known as the 'Moonlight Camera'. Designed to benefit from Fujifilm's high speed 'Natura' range of films, if the camera is loaded with any film cartridge that has a DX value of ISO800 or higher, the camera utilises a different exposure program that makes best use of available light.
With a focal length of 24mm, the Fujifilm Natura Black F1.9 has one of the widest angles of view on a compact point and shoot camera.
Released in July 2001, and discontinued in November 2006, the camera was not marketed outside Japan. The camera is rare and sought after by collectors. The camera was also available in green grey and pink metallic finishes, known as the Fujifilm Natura S.
Despite the impressive lens specification, the camera tends to produce less than ideally exposed images with vignette and distortion. High speed film images come out grainy and with high contrast.
The camera is is strictly Program AE only and the aperture is not user-selectable.


The Partido Republicano Social Cristiano (PRSC) – Republican Social Christian Party – used photoshopped images to charge the Tribunal Supremo de Elecciones (TSE) – elections tribunal – with at least two false billboards that were never placed during the last presidential election campaign.
The images of then-presidential candidate Rodolfo Hernández were placed digitally on two real "publitapias" billboards which in reality were empty.
"Yes we can fight corruption and fight against poverty," reads the alleged billboards, where Hernandez appears with the thumb of his right hand raised in approval.
An investigative team from La Nacion was able to verify, through interviews with residents and one of the owners of the land where the billboard stands, that such publicity was never seen.
The witnesses told the investigative reports that in fact on the billboard they have never any type of advertising ever.
The altered photos are part of the settlement of expenses that the political party gave to the TSE with the objective that the money paid, ¢9 million colones, for the advertising be reimbursed with public funds.
The detailed cost submission to the TSE says the ads were for a period of 4 months, from October 2017 to January 2018.
However, the owner of "publitapias", Wilberth Fuentes Núñez, confirmed, swearing on his dead mother, that the billboards were in fact rented to an American for three and a half years and during all that time there has been no type of ad.
Read the original report (in Spanish) from La Nacion.


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