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Q: Need help to figure out iptables rule I have this iptable rule listing
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination
ACCEPT     tcp  --  127.0.0.1            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:3306
acctboth   all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
VZ_INPUT   all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:3306
ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:3306
ACCEPT     tcp  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0           tcp dpt:3306
ACCEPT     tcp  -- 94.101.25.40      0.0.0.0/0           state NEW tcp dpt:3306

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination
VZ_FORWARD  all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0

Chain OUTPUT (policy DROP)
target     prot opt source               destination
acctboth   all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
VZ_OUTPUT  all  --  0.0.0.0/0            0.0.0.0/0
ACCEPT     tcp  --  94.101.25.40      0.0.0.0/0           state NEW tcp dpt:3306

I want only localhost and my ip to access tcp 3306. Can i deleted all other rules  as shown above. I don't know if i nned to keep any of them or not

A: The acctboth target is probably put there automatically by bandmin. If you delete it, it'll probably come back. You can disable bandmin with 'chkconfig bandmin off', but it really doesn't do anything other than count packets.
VZ_INPUT looks like a firewall package I'm not familiar with.
Apart from that, you seem to have three entries that accept all traffic for port 3306, and one that only allows new connections from what I assume is your ip.
I suggest you remove those last 4 rules on INPUT and replace them thusly:
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 3306 -s 94.101.25.40 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -i l0 --dport 3306 -j ACCEPT

Having an OUTPUT policy of DROP is a bit tricky, and may mess up a bunch of stuff, so if I were you I'd change it to ACCEPT:
iptables -p OUTPUT ACCEPT

If you insist on keeping what you have the way it is, you are only letting new SQL connections out, so delete the rule and add:
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -s 94.101.25.40 --sport 3306 -j ACCEPT
iptables -A OUTPUT -p tcp -i l0 -sport 3306 -j ACCEPT

This assumes that 94.101.25.40 is one of the machine's own IP addresses, not some remote ip.
How are you accessing your server? Unless one of your other chains has it, I don't even see a rule to allow SSH traffic in here. You should really post your full iptables -L output. The chances are that the only reason you can still access your box are because of the rules in those other chains.
If you post again, please use iptables -L -v. This adds some useful extra information, like which interface the rule operates on.


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package br.ufsm.piveta.system.entities;

import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;

import java.sql.Connection;
import java.sql.PreparedStatement;
import java.sql.ResultSet;
import java.sql.SQLException;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

@SuppressWarnings({"WeakerAccess", "unused"})
public class Author {

    private Connection connection;
    private Integer id;
    private String name;

    Author(Integer id, String name){
        this.id = id;
        this.name = name;
    }

    @Nullable
    protected static Author getFromResultSet(ResultSet resultSet) throws SQLException {
        if(resultSet.next()){
            return new Author(
                    resultSet.getInt(1),   // id
                    resultSet.getString(2) // name
            );
        }else return null;
    }

    protected static List<Author> getListFromPreparedStatement(PreparedStatement preparedStatement)
            throws SQLException {
        List<Author> authors = new ArrayList<>();

        ResultSet resultSet = preparedStatement.executeQuery();

        Author author;

        while ((author = getFromResultSet(resultSet)) != null) {
            author.setConnection(preparedStatement.getConnection());
            authors.add(author);
        }

        return authors;
    }

    protected static Author getFromPreparedStatement(PreparedStatement preparedStatement) throws SQLException {
        ResultSet resultSet = preparedStatement.executeQuery();

        Author author = getFromResultSet(resultSet);

        if (author != null) {
            author.setConnection(preparedStatement.getConnection());
        }

        return author;
    }

    protected static Author get(Connection connection,int id) throws SQLException {
        PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(
                "SELECT id, name FROM authors WHERE id = ?");

        preparedStatement.setInt(1, id);

        return getFromPreparedStatement(preparedStatement);
    }

    protected static Author get(Connection connection,String name) throws SQLException {
        PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(
                "SELECT id, name FROM authors WHERE name = ?");

        preparedStatement.setString(1, name);

        return getFromPreparedStatement(preparedStatement);
    }

    protected static List<Author> getAll(Connection connection,String name) throws SQLException {
        PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(
                "SELECT id, name FROM authors");

        return getListFromPreparedStatement(preparedStatement);
    }

    @Nullable
    public static Author create(Connection connection, String name)
            throws SQLException {
        PreparedStatement preparedStatement = connection.prepareStatement(
                "INSERT INTO authors (name) values (?)");

        preparedStatement.setString(1,name);

        if (!preparedStatement.execute()) return null;

        ResultSet resultSet = preparedStatement.getGeneratedKeys();
        if (resultSet.next()){
            int id = resultSet.getInt(1);
            return new Author(id, name);
        } else return null;
    }

    public boolean save() throws SQLException {
        PreparedStatement preparedStatement = getConnection().prepareStatement(
                "UPDATE authors SET name = ? WHERE id = ?");

        preparedStatement.setString(1, getName());

        preparedStatement.setInt(2, getId());

        return preparedStatement.executeUpdate() == 1;
    }

    public boolean remove() throws SQLException {
        PreparedStatement preparedStatement = getConnection().prepareStatement(
                "DELETE FROM authors WHERE id = ?");

        preparedStatement.setInt(1, getId());

        return preparedStatement.execute();
    }

    public Integer getId() {
        return id;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public Connection getConnection() {
        return connection;
    }

    public void setConnection(Connection connection) {
        this.connection = connection;
    }
}

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Introduction & Top Questions
National fascisms
Common characteristics of fascist movements
Opposition to Marxism
Opposition to parliamentary democracy
Opposition to political and cultural liberalism
Totalitarian ambitions
Conservative economic programs
Corporatism
Alleged equality of social status
Military values
Volksgemeinschaft
Mass mobilization
The leadership principle
The "new man"
Glorification of youth
Education as character building
Decadence and spirituality
Extreme nationalism
Revolutionary image
Antiurbanism
Sexism and misogyny
Varieties of fascism
Acceptance of racism
Identification with Christianity
Support for Germany
Intellectual origins
Social bases of fascist movements
Fascism and nonfascist conservatisms: Collaboration and crossover
Neofascism
The postwar period to the end of the 20th century
Neofascism outside Europe
Later developments
2-Min Summary
Whereas cosmopolitan conservatives often supported international cooperation and admired elite culture in other countries, fascists espoused extreme nationalism and cultural parochialism. Fascist ideologues taught that national identity was the foundation of individual identity and should not be corrupted by foreign influences, especially if they were left-wing. Nazism condemned Marxist and liberal internationalisms as threats to German national unity. Fascists in general wanted to replace internationalist class solidarity with nationalist class collaboration. The Italian, French, and Spanish notion of integral nationalism was hostile to individualism and political pluralism. Unlike democratic conservatives, fascists accused their political opponents of being less "patriotic" than they, sometimes even labeling them "traitors." Portuguese fascists spoke of "internal foreigners" who were "antination." In the 1930s some French fascist organizations even rejected the label "fascist," lest they be perceived as beholden to Germany.
In France, immigrants—particularly left-wing immigrants—were special targets of fascist nationalism. Jean Renaud of French Solidarity demanded that all foreigners seeking residence in France be rigorously screened and that the unfit be denied entry "without pity"—especially social revolutionaries, who made France "not a refuge for the oppressed but a depository for trash." In 1935 La Rocque blamed Hitler for driving German refugees into France and condemned the "foolish sentimentality" that prompted the government to accept them. He also criticized France's naturalization policies for allowing cities like Marseille and Paris to be inundated by a rising tide of "undesirables." France, he declared, had become the shepherd of "a swarming, virulent mob of outlaws," some of whom, under the pretext of fleeing Nazi persecution, were really infiltrating France as spies.
Fascists often blamed their countries' problems on scapegoats. Jews, Freemasons, Marxists, and immigrants were prominent among the groups that were demonized. According to fascist propaganda, the long depression of the 1930s resulted less from insufficient government regulation of the economy or inadequate lower-class purchasing power than from "Judeo-Masonic-bolshevik" conspiracies, left-wing agitation, and the presence of immigrants. The implication was that depriving these demons of their power and influence would cause the nation's major problems to go away.
Fascists praised the Volk and pandered to populist anti-intellectualism. Nazi art criticism, for example, upheld the populist view that the common man was the best judge of art and that art that did not appeal to popular taste was decadent. Also populist was the Nazi propaganda theme that Hitler was a "new man" who had "emerged from the depth of the people." Unlike left-wing populism, fascist populism did not attribute workers' hardships to big business and big landowners and did not advocate measures such as progressive taxation, higher pay for industrial and farm workers, protection of unions, and the right to strike. In general it spared the wealth of the upper classes—except that belonging to Jews.
Fascists sometimes portrayed their movements as "new" and "revolutionary," an image that appealed not just to the young but to older literary modernists such as Filippo Marinetti, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, William Butler Yeats, D.H. Lawrence, and Paul de Man. However, dozens of fascist writers also praised cultural traditionalism, or "rootedness." Under the Third Reich, Goebbels subsidized an exhibition of modern art not to celebrate its glory but to expose its decadence; he called it simply the "Exhibition of Degenerate Art." Fascism's claims to newness did not prevent its propagandists from pandering to fearful traditionalists who associated cultural modernism with secular humanism, feminism, sexual license, and the destruction of the Christian family.
Fascists also pandered to antiurban feelings. The Nazis won most of their electoral support from rural areas and small towns. In Nazi propaganda the ideal German was not an urban intellectual but a simple peasant, and uprooted intellectualism was considered a threat to the deep, irrational sources of the Volk soul. Jews were often portrayed—and therefore condemned—as quintessential city dwellers. In 1941 La Rocque commented: "The theory of 'families of good stock who have their roots in the earth' leads us to conclusions not far from [those of] Walter Darre, Minister of Agriculture for the Reich." Romanian fascism relied heavily on the support of landed peasants who distrusted the "wicked" city. The agrarian wing of Japanese fascism praised the peasant soldier and denigrated the industrial worker.
Know about the role of women in Hitler's Reich, that of a child-bearers changed to workers in anti-aircraft service and emergency workers for the German army
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Under fascist regimes women were urged to perform their traditional gender role as wives and mothers and to bear many children for the nation. Mussolini instituted policies severely restricting women's access to jobs outside the home (policies that later had to be revised to meet wartime exigencies), and he distributed gold medals to mothers who produced the most children. In Germany the Nazis forbade female party members from giving orders to male members. In a speech in 1937, Charles Vallin, vice president of the French Social Party, equated feminists with insubordinate proletarians: "It is not with class struggle that the social question will be resolved. Yet, it is toward a sort of class struggle, opposing the feminine 'proletariat' to the masculine 'capitalist,' that feminism is leading us."
De Jouvenel equated women with hedonism and hedonism with decadence. Europe, he wrote in 1938, had grown soft and feminine from pleasure seeking, becoming "like a woman who had just escaped a frightening accident. [She] needed light, warmth, music." According to de Jouvenel, an atmosphere of "facility" corrupted everything, and people had become increasingly unwilling to take on painful tasks. In short, he believed the feminization of Europe had been its downfall. In a similar vein, Drieu La Rochelle claimed that educated women undermined his manhood. He characterized political movements he disliked as feminine and those he admired as masculine—fascism, for him, being the most masculine of all.

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N. Ireland selected
N. Ireland Politics
Post-mortem arrangements for children in NI 'not ideal'
By Marie-Louise Connolly BBC News NI health correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-47526314?intlink_from_url=&link_location=live-reporting-story
Image copyright fstop123
Image caption Paediatric post-mortem examinations in Belfast ended in February
Post-mortem examinations on 24 infants from Northern Ireland have had to be carried out in Liverpool due to a lack of specialist staff.
The service ended in January when the remaining consultant left.
Since than bodies have been taken by ferry and air, accompanied by funeral directors, to Alder Hey Hospital.
The Public Health Agency said it was not ideal but it was important that parents could still avail of a high-quality paediatric pathology service.
Speaking to the BBC, the agency's Heather Reid said parents were given the option to accompany their baby on the journey to Liverpool.
"The new part in all of this is making that trip over to Liverpool," she said.
"The same process happens as before and parents can spend as much time as they want with their little one before the baby is accompanied on their journey to Liverpool and back by the Belfast Health trust undertaker.
A space for stillborn babies
'Not well enough'
In November, the BBC revealed that the Regional Paediatric Pathology service at the Belfast Health Trust would be closing.
Since the start of February, 24 families have opted for the service in Liverpool.
Other families will have decided not to have a post-mortem examination performed.
Image copyright SzB
A post-mortem examination can be carried out in the case of a miscarriage, stillbirth or death of a young child.
For some families, it is important to know why they have miscarried - especially if it has happened more than once.
Parents will also have many unanswered questions after a stillbirth.
The Health and Social Care Board accepts that the journey to Liverpool may affect a parent's decision on whether or not to have a post-mortem examination.
One mother told the BBC that it was bad enough losing her child for her to be parted from the baby again.
The mother also said she was not well enough to accompany her baby to Liverpool.
All-Ireland option?
The board and the Public Health Agency say they are working alongside charities to ensure procedures are in place and the entire process is respectful.
It takes between 24 to 36 hours between the baby leaving Belfast and returning again after the post-mortem examination in Liverpool, the board says.
The story has yet again raised the issue of gaps in the workforce.
Three paediatric pathologists in Belfast have either retired or resigned since 2016.
Image caption Ms Reid said the interim arrangement with Alder Hey Hospital had been "necessary"
Mrs Reid said it was becoming a common problem across many specialities.
"About one in five posts are currently vacant in the UK," she said.
"But we are working very closely with colleagues and the department, including the department in the south, and the training agencies to try and encourage students to take this up as a speciality."
The interim arrangement with Alder Hey Hospital had been "necessary to ensure that a robust perinatal and paediatric pathology service continues to be offered to Northern Ireland families from 2019", she added.
With 100,000 births across the island of Ireland, an all-island paediatric pathology service is also being considered as an option in the long term.
NI Health
Alder Hey Children's Hospital
Northern Ireland child post-mortem examinations to be done in England
N. Ireland Sections


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UQM Technologies, Inc. (UQM) and BorgWarner Collaborate on Electric Powertrain Systems
Sep. 3, 2009 (Business Wire) — UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (NYSE Amex:UQM), a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that it is collaborating with BorgWarner (NYSE:BWA) on electric powertrain products for all-electric and hybrid-electric passenger automobiles. Initially, the companies are working together to integrate UQM Technologies' PowerPhase® electric propulsion system with BorgWarner's 31-03 eGearDrive™ transmission for the all-electric CODA front-wheel drive five-passenger sedan, scheduled for introduction in the California market in mid-2010.
The UQM® PowerPhase® electric propulsion system has a peak power rating of 100 kW (134 horsepower) and a continuous power rating of 45 kW (60 horsepower). It delivers peak torque of 300 Nm (221 ft-lbs) and continuous torque of 160 Nm (118 ft-lbs). With a diameter of only 280 mm (11 inches) and a weight of 46 kg (102 lbs), this motor will fit easily in a wide range of passenger vehicles, including subcompacts. The system also features optimized four-quadrant performance, dynamic torque, speed and voltage control, and system energy efficiency of over 90 percent across a substantial portion of its power curve.
The BorgWarner 31-03 eGearDrive™ transmission is ideally suited for mid-range electric vehicles on either front-wheel drive or rear-wheel drive transverse driveline applications. The single-speed 31-03 uses a unique flange and coupling for adaptation to the PowerPhase® motor housing to accommodate input shaft speeds of up to 14,000 rpm with a wide range of reduction ratios and very high operating efficiency. The 31-03 is also available with an optional ePark feature, an electronically actuated park lock system.
An electric powertrain consisting of a UQM® PowerPhase® electric propulsion system mated with the BorgWarner 31-03 eGearDrive™ transmission provides a compact and torque-dense package, delivering nearly 2,000 Nm (1,500 ft-lbs) of torque with a gear ratio of approximately 6.5 to 1. The package will propel a mid-size passenger vehicle at highway speeds with economical, high powertrain efficiency.
"Collaborating with suppliers such as UQM Technologies will allow us to broaden the reach of our high efficiency, purpose-built electric drive transmissions, accelerating vehicle integration for fast-to-market implementation," said John Sanderson, President and General Manager, BorgWarner Drivetrain Systems. "We believe the pairing of our high efficiency transmission with UQM Technologies' high performance electric propulsion systems present an extraordinary performance and value proposition to vehicle makers."
"We are pleased to collaborate with BorgWarner, a world leader in powertrain technologies, to offer vehicle makers a turn-key electric powertrain that delivers exceptional vehicle performance at high operating efficiencies," said William G. Rankin, UQM Technologies' President and Chief Executive Officer. "BorgWarner's global presence will bring a higher level of visibility to our electric propulsion system products."
Auburn Hills, Michigan-based BorgWarner Inc. is a product leader in highly engineered components and systems for vehicle powertrain applications worldwide. The FORTUNE 500 company operates manufacturing and technical facilities in 60 locations in 18 countries. Customers include VW/Audi, Ford, Toyota, Renault/Nissan, General Motors, Hyundai/Kia, Daimler, Chrysler, Fiat, BMW, Honda, John Deere, PSA, and MAN. The Internet address for BorgWarner is: http://www.borgwarner.com.
UQM Technologies, Inc. is a developer and manufacturer of power dense, high efficiency electric motors, generators and power electronic controllers for the automotive, aerospace, military and industrial markets. A major emphasis of the Company is developing products for the alternative energy technologies sector including propulsion systems for electric, hybrid electric, plug-in hybrid electric and fuel cell electric vehicles, under-the-hood power accessories and other vehicle auxiliaries and distributed power generation applications. The Company's headquarters, engineering and product development center, and motor manufacturing operation are located in Frederick, Colorado. For more information on the Company, please visit its worldwide website at www.uqm.com.
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After multiple requests, I've finally gotten around to sharing my Genesis Sales Page Template that I use across all of our sites. A number of people have come to me and said they weren't in love with the layout/design of the "out of the box" landing page template included in the Genesis theme and most Genesis child themes.
I assume you have a bit of an understanding of how to maneuver around inside your Genesis theme or child theme. It's sorta required to make this work.
If I get enough interest, I'll put this all together in a WordPress plugin to eliminate having to deal with code. If that interests you, leave me a comment below.
Take the code below and upload it as a file to your theme's directory.
The next step is to take the CSS code below and paste it into your theme's style.css file.
If you want to include the top header bar (on ALL of your sales pages) just remove the comment marks in the page_sales.php file on lines 40 and 55.
If your theme already includes the Google Fonts Lato and Satisfy you can remove that section of code (lines 14-21).
I use the Satisfy Google font for my signature at the end of my sales letters.
That's really all there is to it. There's of course tons of ways you can customize this… have fun!
I won't mind if you make the process into a plugin. I don't know how to write codes and I most times feel overwhelmed when copying codes to past into my News Pro theme CSS.
Hi, thanks for the code. It works well but it's not responsive. Can you add a responsive option? Thanks. Good work!
When you're in the Page Edit screen there's a box to the right that allows you to choose a Page Template.
Thanks for the landing page. Simple and stylish. Didn't know you could add code to the sales.php page and forgo pasting into functions.php. Will create one more and use it for the frontpage since my theme didn't include one. Thanks again.
Lovely template, Duston. However, it doesn't seem to be working for me. I first did the copy/paste then just downloaded straight from Github. There's no styling (checked css) and the "Powered by" bit is still there too.
You have to add the CSS to your current Style.css file in your existing theme.
I am a bit new to this.
How do I get the buttons you used for checkout and setup the shopping cart.
Hey Josh – the buttons come from whatever shopping cart you use typically. Or, you can purchase marketing buttons and graphics (images) to use for your button. I have a set of them here.
Hi Duston – what Genesis theme are you using for your examples? I've got your template (and CSS) installed in the Agency Pro theme however it seems the theme's styles and layouts are overriding the Sales Page.
Thanks for the help, and a great template!
Hey Robert – I used the Sixteen Nine Genesis theme in those examples. It's what I'm currently using too. You have to make sure you're adding the right CSS body class or it won't work properly.


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Niger extradites former top Gaddafi official
Abdallah Mansour, once a senior intelligence figure, sent to Libya amid accusations of plotting against government.
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has said the government remains safe and security is under control [EPA]
Niger's government has extradited Abdallah Mansour, a former top Libyan intelligence official under the Gaddafi regime, to Libya on suspicion of plotting against the government in Tripoli, military sources told the Reuters news agency.
Mansour was among a number of senior members of toppled President Muammar Gaddafi's government who fled to neighbouring Niger in 2011 as rebels seized control of the oil-rich North African nation.
"Mansour was extradited yesterday to Tripoli. He was arrested and interrogated by the gendarmerie as part of an enquiry into whether he was plotting against the government in Tripoli," a military official told Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Niger had resisted calls from Libya to extradite Gaddafi's son, Saadi, who also fled in 2011.
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Friday the government was safe and security was under control, dismissing a statement by a senior army official calling for the parliament to be suspended and the armed forces to "rescue" the country.
A second military source in Niger, who also asked not to be named, told Reuters that authorities there had found evidence Mansour was plotting "subversive acts" in Libya following a tip-off from Tripoli.
"Tripoli's accusations were solid and authorities have informed other supporters of Gaddafi in Niger that they should remain calm," the second source said.
Nearly three years after Gaddafi's fall, Libya's government remains fragile. It has yet to draft a new constitution and its armed forces have been unable to impose their authority on the brigades of former revolutionary fighters who refuse to disarm.


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Keep it at the office?
How many times have you heard something along the lines of "don't bring work home" or "your personal life has no business at the office"? Look, I get it. Your employers want you to focus on the subject at hand, and your family life deserves a certain amount of privacy. But I fear that in the process of trying to keep the various aspects of our life separate, we unintentionally end up compartmentalizing ourselves.
Instead of allowing ourselves to focus on either work, or our family at the appropriate times, we end up creating two different personas. We have our "work self" and our "home self".
There have been times when I have observed the office persona of someone I knew in my personal life. It's unnerving. I barely recognized them. I realize this may sound hyperbolic, but the whole concept reminds me of Voldemort's horcruxes. You know, break yourself in more than one piece, and your entire soul is weakened. It doesn't protect you, it makes you more vulnerable.
Here's the deal, the things that happen in your life cannot be put into neat and tidy boxes and wrapped up with bows. Life is legit hard sometimes and if you have a mess in one part of your life, it is going to spill out and affect other parts. It's just the way it is.
You can't abuse your family and be a model citizen at work. You can't lie, cheat, and steal at work but be a person of integrity at home. You either have integrity or you don't. Period.
Two years ago I was battling postpartum depression and my little blog here all but died. I began to find comfort and strength in photography and videography. And what happened? My homeschool blog began to talk a lot about photography and video.
I could have tried to stay on point. Talk about homeschooling even though it was the very last thing on my mind, but that wouldn't have been true to who I was and the reality of my experiences. In fact, this blog post is an assignment for my entrepreneurship class at BYU-I. Do you think for a second that I'm not drawing from my personal life to make connections in my business life? Of course I am! I only have ONE life!
As a woman in a creative field I am privileged enough to be able to embrace my emotions and use them to fuel my passions and creativity.
This is a self-portrait I took not too long ago. I was having a very rough day and wanted to document my experience the best way I knew how.
I took several images of how I was feeling (sad, frustrated, scared), and then I took a few of how I wanted to feel: Beautiful, strong, and a force to be reckoned with. That exercise allowed me to push through some of the pain I was going through and concentrate on other parts of my life that needed attention.
I guess what I'm saying is this: Don't hide from who you are. And if you are not the woman you want to be, model the woman you do want to be in all areas of your life. If you want to be a strong woman, do strong things. If you want to be brave, do brave things. If you want to be righteous, do righteous things.


Hammerfight is a Physics-based Combat, and Single-player video game developed by Konstantin Koshutin and published by Kranx Productions. In the game, the player acts as the member of the tribe known as Gaiars, a strong race who have fought with huge bugs to survive. When the tribe of the player is completely demolished, the player is taken the prisoner and transformed into a slave. As the player is found to be the final living human, he is forced to fight in the brutal arena. In competition, the man uncovers the player as the son of a friend, and together they struggle to revenge on those who are responsible for the destruction of their beautiful land. In the game, the player swings a huge melee weapon, depending on the centripetal force to give enough Kinect energy to the object to destroy the enemies. In the start, the game comes with six weapons four of which are melee and two are ranged. The game is played from a side-scroll perspective, and there are numerous levels that the player needs to complete to become the master. Check it out, and have fun.


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L&W, Wachtell and Ropes & Gray guide Mallinckrodt's Chapter 11 restructuring
Published by: Sandy Bhadare on 13 Oct 2020
Opioid manufacturer Mallinckrodt has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptc...
Opioid manufacturer Mallinckrodt has filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
Latham & Watkins, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz and Ropes & Gray are acting as legal counsel on the bankruptcy proceedings for Staines-Upon-Thames-headquartered and New York Stock Exchange-listed Mallinckrodt.
The voluntary bankruptcy proceedings have been started in in the US Bankruptcy Court For The District of Delaware by Mallinckrodt and all of its US subsidiaries, as well as certain international subsidiaries.
In filing for voluntary bankruptcy, Mallinckrodt intends to alter its capital structure, which will involve restructuring parts of its debt and settling potential legal liabilities that could cost billions of dollars.
Mallinckrodt aims to amend its capital structure via a restructuring support agreement that would result in a financial restructuring. It hopes to settle alleged opioid liabilities in a revised proposed opioid claim settlement. The proposed settlement will become effective when the bankruptcy process comes to a close, subject to receiving court approvals.
The restructuring support agreement is intended to reduce Mallinckrodt's overall debt by about USD 1.3 billion, placing it in a better position for long term growth.
"After many months of deliberation, negotiation and consideration of alternatives, Mallinckrodt's management and board of directors determined that implementing a Chapter 11 restructuring provides the best opportunity to maximize the value of the enterprise and position the company for the future in light of the current challenges it faces," explained Mallinckrodt's president and CEO, Mark Trudeau, in a statement.
He continued to state: "We have worked diligently over the last several months to evaluate all available options to achieve a comprehensive resolution to the significant litigation and debt issues overhanging our business," adding that now, the company is "now on a clear path to eliminating legal uncertainties, maximising enterprise value, strengthening [its] balance sheet and moving ahead with [its] strategic plans".
In a company press release, Mallinckrodt said: "The current consolidated cash balance of the Chapter 11 filing entities is more than USD 650 million. Together with cash generated from ongoing operations, this is expected to provide ample liquidity to support continued operations during the court-supervised process."
Ropes & Gray advised Mallinckrodt back in 2017 on a USD 35 million settlement agreement with the Department of Justice relating to alleged failures to observe and report suspicious orders for controlled substances.
Latham & Watkins used a restructuring team to advise Mallinckrodt on the Chapter 11 proceedings, led by New York partner George Davis and Los Angeles partner Jeff Bjork.
Fashion retailer FatFace's restructuring last month also called on Latham & Watkins for advice, while White & Case took the reins on electric vehicle company e.Go's restructuring, and Clifford Chance played a part in the Republic of Argentina's debt restructuring, also last month.
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What can be learned from a teenage player's first NHL season?
There is plenty of time for Jack Hughes and Kaapo Kakko to develop into the players the hockey community expected them to become, but chalking up their challenging rookie seasons merely to age is a gamble, Travis Yost writes.
By Travis Yost
Jack Hughes, Kaapo Kakko, Kirby Dach , The Canadian Press
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One of the most interesting statistical nuggets from the National Hockey League's last regular season is that despite a younger-than-ever talent pool, the 2019 draft class was not a particularly effective one. Not yet, anyway.
You might think I am a difficult grader. After all, we are generally talking about 18- and 19-year old teenagers who are trying to jump to the highest professional level of competition with little preparation.
The handful of players making the jump each year are usually selected at the top of the class. This past season we saw 18-year-olds in New Jersey's Jack Hughes, New York's Kaapo Kakko, Chicago's Kirby Dach and Winnipeg's Ville Heinola make the jump. (On average, we see about seven teenagers make a same-season jump from their draft class to the NHL per year.)
While Dach looked impressive in 64 regular-season games and a cup of coffee during the NHL playoffs, the rest of the group left a little to be desired.
Kakko amassed 23 points in 66 games, but was routinely shelled at even strength, with the Rangers outscored 45 to 21 with him on the ice. Hughes had a similar story, with the Devils were outscored 39 to 18 with him deployed at even strength. Heinola was used sparingly, dressing for just eight games.
Development, of course, is not linear. Remember the Boston Bruins' version of Tyler Seguin? His 2010-11 regular season was unspectacular, followed by a blistering second year – his development, especially on the defensive side of the ice, taking a bit longer to materialize.
Seguin's career has been sterling since, and he isn't alone. Buffalo's Sam Reinhart had a short, underwhelming 18-year-old season followed by a second-year breakout. More recently, Carolina's Andrei Svechnikov's second-year explosion has already pushed him into star territory.
Being a teenager at the NHL level, especially one who gets three months from his draft day to his first game, is the most difficult of tasks. Coaches and scouts calibrate expectations accordingly. But there is a similar trap to avoid or ignore what we have learned from a player's first professional season. We may be far off from rendering a player as a hit or a miss, a boom or a bust. But the data isn't meaningless, either.
I mentioned a few examples of players who took big jumps in their second year after a so-so first year. There are, unfortunately, a laundry list of names who under-delivered in both seasons. Buffalo's Rasmus Ristolainen is probably the best example of that, but he isn't alone.
One thing is clear from the data, though: teenage players who had strong rookie seasons tended to have comparatively strong second seasons, whereas teenage players with weak rookie seasons were much more of a coin flip to improve in year two:
The key takeaway here is that merely throwing away a player's draft year season on the merit of simply being exceptionally young may not be appropriate. Players develop at different speeds and we have plenty of examples of prospects developing into stars in their second, third, or even fourth professional seasons. Each player's strengths are unique and their limitations – be it size, skating speed, skill – are all critical variables to understand and can impact how quickly a player develops at the NHL level.
Superstars tend to manifest themselves immediately, though – some of the best draft-year seasons we have seen from players have come from names like Connor McDavid, Auston Matthews, Nathan MacKinnon and Aaron Ekblad, all of whom made seamless transitions. And even players a step or two below in talent level who had strong rookie seasons tended to have strong sophomore seasons, unlike their struggling first-year counterparts.
In other words, there is plenty of time for players like Hughes and Kakko to develop into the NHLers the hockey community expected them to become. But chalking up challenging rookie seasons like the ones they had merely to age is a gamble – if only because we know that strong first seasons do mean something for the trajectory of a player going forward.
Data via Evolving Hockey, NHL.com, Hockey Reference


On February 17, 2009, just sixteen months from now, all television transmitters in the United States will forever cease transmission of analog signals (NTSC). From then on, only televisions with modern digital tuners will function.
I've known about this for years but I just read about a study showing that only 4 percent of Americans even know the year of the changeover and 60 percent of Americans know nothing at all about it. What's more, you can still purchase a shiny brand new TV that will be obsolete in 16 months and simply stop working unless you get a converter box for it. So I thought I'd do my little part to get the word out.


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For me, biking in Chicago has always been an experience of mixed pleasures. There's the lakefront trail, the fairly extensive network of bike lanes, and the flat terrain that almost justifies the pretension of riding a fixed gear. The drivers are, for the most part, decent, mixing Midwestern calm with keen big-city awareness.
But then there's the dreadful winter, the open-grate bridges, the fatal potholes that yawn wider every spring, and the tiny but terrifying minority of asshole drivers.
I picked up the bike commuting bug in Beijing, where I lived for about nine months while working for a local magazine. The pollution was noxious, and the crush of minimally regulated traffic resulted in periodic pools of blood dotting the pavement along my commute. On the street where I lived, the traffic would tip every evening into an unsanctioned and unstoppable contraflow, with both lanes coursing north as if the city center were in the midst of an unprecedented evacuation.
So as a cyclist, moving to Chicago was like returning from the Battle of the Somme to a rousing game of freeze tag. I downplayed the rants of my fellow cyclists as the whiny indulgences of the privileged. If only they knew, I'd think and shake my head.
But I had to admit that even Chicago offered some harrowing experiences for cyclists. My commute into River North took me down a stretch of road that, in a half-mile, packed in ambiguous stretches of unmarked double lanes, single-lane choke points, an open-grate bridge, and a blind turn-in from Merchandise Mart. Drivers liked to use the wider stretches to barrel around other cars, merging at crazy angles under the Metra tracks and on the bridge over the North Branch. That open-grate bridge, made infamous by Dave Matthews in 2004 when one of his tour buses dumped 800 pounds of sewage through it onto the decks of a tour boat below, was also exceptionally slippery for bike tires. This was Kinzie Street, and from a biker's perspective, it was Chicago's little slice of Beijing.
Dave Matthews's favorite bridge| Photograph via Flickr by Chicago Bicycle Program
So this past June, it was exciting to bike past city workers marking out a new separated bike lane down this deadly stretch of Kinzie. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who had taken office less than a month earlier, was wasting no time on a campaign promise to build 100 miles of separated lanes in four years. Compared to the recent bike-lane furor in cities like New York, the plan has attracted notably little controversy. In the past several years, bike/car relations in Chicago have, if not quite warmed, at least descended from the fiery heights of mutual hatred, to the point where opposition to the separated lane plan seems quaint and goes mostly ignored. Bikes are finally being considered a legitimate piece of the infrastructure-planning puzzle in Chicago, which, as it turns out, is not such a new idea.
In 1897, Carter H. Harrison, Jr., won a fractious five-way mayoral campaign on a pro-bike platform. The son of another five-term Chicago mayor (dynastic politics run deep in the city), Harrison distributed campaign pins that depict the avid competitive cyclist biking boldly onward, with the slogan NOT THE CHAMPION CYCLIST, BUT THE CYCLIST'S CHAMPION. The public terrors of the day weren't reckless drivers but unregulated private streetcar companies, which ran street-grade rails willy nilly across the city's core. An early film of Thomas Edison's, shot in the Loop a few months after Harrison's election, shows one of these streetcars slicing through a sea of people and horses, with the crowd closing instantly over the tracks behind it. Widespread revilement of these public menaces garnered Harrison four more terms. "The streets of Chicago belong to the people," ran his campaign rallying cry.
A lot of the people that Harrison was referring to were bikers, or "wheelmen." By the 1890s, the unwieldy, aristocratic highwheel bicycle had given way to cheaper, lighter frames that were accessible to the middle class. Over 10,000 Chicago wheelmen belonged to 54 clubs. In an undated picture from the time, the members of the Lake View Cycling Club strike a strangely familiar pose—serious guys with funny facial hair and bike caps, posing on porch steps with wry-looking women and a bullmastiff, their single-speeds with dropped handlebars piled against the front railing.
These proto-fixie wheelmen had clout. They were organized and middle-to-upper class, and they had just gotten one of their own elected to the mayor's office. Ironically, they immediately set about using that clout to literally pave the way for the mass-produced automobiles that were about a decade over the horizon. The wheelmen lobbied for better street surfaces, clearer rights-of-way, and what ultimately became the state highway system. They converted a transportation system designed for horses, which fare better on softer dirt roads, into a hardtop network ideally suited for the cars that would soon be running them off the roads.
An 1898 bike map of Chicago shows this robust network of "good cycling roads" criss-crossing the Loop and stretching far out into the suburbs. The crown jewel of this cycling network was the city's boulevard system, which banned the heavy horse-drawn wagons and streetcars that were ever at odds with cyclists. It was a logical, separated system: paved boulevards for cyclists, dirt roads for heavy wagons, and, eventually, elevated tracks for the streetcars.
Bike map of Chicago, 1898
The wheelmen's heyday was short-lived. In 1903, a Chicago dentist became the first purchaser of the Model A, and five years later, the Model T came roaring off Ford's production line. The good cycling roads, it turned out, were excellent car roads too. But far from displaying a sense of gratitude and camaraderie towards the cyclists who had been early boosters for the paved road system, drivers began to develop the notion that bikes were sissy toys that didn't belong in the rights-of-way of their big, burly motor vehicles.
I've seen this arrogant anti-bike attitude diminish even in the few years since I moved here—there are simply more bikes on the road, and drivers have had to get used to them. But pockets of resistance persist.
A few months ago, a bike advocate friend of mine was stopped at a light in the marked bike lane on Halsted when he heard someone honking behind him. When the light turned green, he says, a driver shot out around traffic and attempted to hit him. "What are you doing in the road on those fucking bikes?" the driver supposedly screamed after hopping out of his van. Recently, my friend finally got a call from the detective on the case—the suspected driver, whose plates had been taken down by witnesses, had been told that he had 48 hours to turn himself in. If he didn't show, the detective said, he'd get a visit from the "fugitive apprehension unit."
But incidents like these are the rare, if scary, exception. I won't borrow the favored tactic of the anti-bike crowd and claim that all drivers are murderous psychopaths because one tried to kill my friend—though note that the corollary argument would be that all cyclists are . . . rude? inconvenient?
Mark Konkol, whose solid local reporting for the Sun-Times won him a Pulitzer earlier this year, made just such an argument in an op-ed attacking the Kinzie separated lane and everything it represents. After a biker of somehow "swerved" in front of him through the line of parked cars separating bikes from traffic, Konkol writes that he resisted the urge to "give in to road rage and run him down with my station wagon," wisely sparing himself a visit from the CPD's fugitive apprehension unit.
Though it's masked as plain old bike hatred, which feels increasingly old-fashioned and quaint in a city with a mayor who has committed to building 99.5 more miles of protected bike lanes in the next four years, Konkol's op-ed was really the lament of a motorist who sees the easy days of his road domination drawing to a close. Like the heavy horse-drawn wagons and streetcars of the 19th century, cars need to be managed within an infrastructure plan that offers safe, viable options for bikes too. And, if history is any guide, that's going to take changes to the infrastructure itself, and the political will to make them.
Carter H. Harrison, Jr.
In 1897, the first year of Carter H. Harrison's term, two aldermen who were cozy with the streetcar moguls proposed running tracks down the center of Jackson Street. The cycling clubs organized a massive protest campaign, flooding the streets with yellow ribbons that read "Jackson Street Must Be Boulevarded." As a boulevard, Jackson would be off-limits to streetcars, heavy trucks, and wagons—an entire road separated for the use of bicycles and light carriages. The cyclists carried the day, and Jackson Street became Jackson Boulevard.
Today, construction is under way to install Chicago's next separated bike lane on Jackson Boulevard. Most drivers will adapt to it quickly, and even be grateful that they don't have to worry as much about accidentally hitting a biker. A few might fume behind their windshields as they gaze at the strip of pavement now tantalizingly beyond the reach of their car, but they forget: the bikes were the first to share the road.
And, long after it becomes a ridiculous anachronism to combust fossil fuel for short trips in the city, bikes will still be around. Maybe a right of way separated by more than a strip of paint and a prayer isn't such a radical idea after all.
Keith Griffith is a theater critic for the Chicago Reader and a project manager at a small Internet startup called Groupon.


In light of my new job, I am publishing this post that I've had hanging out in our drafts folder for a while. I'd like to hear from y'all though! What are some major differences between internship interviews and job interviews that you've experienced??
While there are a lot of similarities between internship interviews and job interviews, they are also entirely different. Employers are not just looking at you as a candidate to teach and then send on their way, but employers are evaluating your potential to benefit their program for as long as you and they see fit.
While I do not have a ton of experience in this arena, here is some advice I have collected from my wonderful colleagues.
1. Do your research on the hospital (or organization) including Youtube searches, hospital Facebook stalking, search local news articles, and read as much on the website as you can take in.
2. For first time job searchers: Go back and read ALL of your internship journals, assignments, projects, evaluations.
For veteran job searchers: Go back and look through your own stories you've kept, journals you've written, performance evaluations, goals you've set and met, etc.
3. Make sure you give your interview panel time to talk. Ask questions that will allow them to talk about themselves and the program they have built and developed.
-Tell me about your goals for this program.
-Why did you choose this hospital?
-What expectations do you have for child life in this position (or unit)?
-What qualities are you looking for in a potential child life specialist?
What am I missing? What tips do you have to add to this? What are you looking for as a potential employer?
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Costa da Caparica beach in summertime. The boulevard of the village itself is undergoing major reconstruction. A huge boardwalk is being built, where half of Lisbon is parading on a warm summer day. Take the little train (in season) at the end of the boardwalk (€ 5 return) and it will take you 8 kilometres south to the quiet stretches of sand. The train has 21 stops (the first three are under the new boardwalk now, so it starts at stop (paragem) number 4 (September 2008). Stop (paragem) 19, also known as Beach 19 or Praia de Bela Vista, is where the nudist beach starts, also world famous for being Portugal's most popular gay beach. The best ones are Morena and Sereia, surrounded by dunes and with good bars. At almost every stop there's a beachclub and the further south you go, the more you have the place to yourself. As everywhere in the world: where the nudist beach ends, the gay cruising begins and this is the largest in Portugal. In the vast bushes behind the railway track, guys from all over Europe and beyond, meet for some fun and relaxation. From Lisbon to Costa da Caparica: by car, go South to Caparica and south again all the way to the last access to the beaches. When the road goes uphill, you have just passed the access you want to go! Go past Praia do Rei until the parking at the end of the dust road. Upon Bela Vista, walk south, to the left of the restaurant. It's some 2 miles of white sand beach and dunes! A taxi will take you there from downtown Lisbon for a little over € 20. By bus: from Praça de Espanha take bus 153 to Costa de Caparica busstation. Walk five minutes south along the boulevard and you'll see the little train, that leaves every half hour (until end of September). The 161 bus from Praca de Areeiro will also take you to Caparica. An alternative route includes a mini-cruise on the ferry from Cais do Sodré across the river to Cacilhas. Get on bus 138 (directo) to Costa da Caparica (bus 124 via Almada will provide you with a long detour past 1960 highrise architecture, that's better avoided). By train: cross the Tagus river to Pragal railway station and take bus 196 to Caparica. The train may be a good alternative on weekends, it'll help you avoid the traffic jams on the 25th of April Bridge. From Lisbon to Costa da Caparica: by car, go South to Caparica and south again all the way to the last access to the beaches. When the road goes uphill, you have just passed the access you want to go! Go past Praia do Rei until the parking at the end of the dust road. Upon Bela Vista, walk south, to the left of the restaurant. It's some 2 miles of white sand beach and dunes! A taxi will take you there from downtown Lisbon for a little over € 20. By bus: from Praça de Espanha take bus 153 to Costa de Caparica busstation. Walk five minutes south along the boulevard and you'll see the little train, that leaves every half hour (until end of September). The 161 bus from Praca de Areeiro will also take you to Caparica. An alternative route includes a mini-cruise on the ferry from Cais do Sodré across the river to Cacilhas. Get on bus 138 (directo) to Costa da Caparica (bus 124 via Almada will provide you with a long detour past 1960 highrise architecture, that's better avoided). By train: cross the Tagus river to Pragal railway station and take bus 196 to Caparica. The train may be a good alternative on weekends, it'll help you avoid the traffic jams on the 25th of April Bridge. At stop (paragem) 21 at the end of the line where the train turns, there's the village of Fonte da Telha ('Fountain of the roof'). This little fishermen's village is perfect for that holiday feeling. This is the real Portugal, with some trendy beach cafés added to it. Fonta da Telha can also be reached by bus from Cacilhas harbour. Beach 19 is just a short walk from the centre of Fonte da Telha. A taxi there from Lisbon will put you back a little over € 25. Even further south, about 10 kilometres from Fonte da Telha: Meco Beach, a real mecca for nudists & surfers A useful place to contact is the Centro Comunitário Gay e Lesbica de Lisboa, at Rua de Sao Lazaro 88 in Lisbon, contactable on 218 873 918, which arranges gay events in the town and can advise on similar activities in other destinations, perhaps providing contacts or at least pointing you in the right direction for more information. In Lisbon you will find several gay bars, community centres, restaurants, saunas and even beaches. The best place to go is the Bairro Alto or the Praça do Prínçipe Real where the relaxed atmosphere in the clubs and bars is a welcome change to the rest of Portugal. Although scenes of homophobic violence are rare, discrimination at work and at school is reported regularly.
The beach of Meco is really wonderful, very popular by the Portuguese and the most well known internationally. Meco near Alfarim, 40 km south of Lisbon, is located in the middle of a natural park called 'Serra da Arrabida'. This is a real 'mecca' for nudists & surfers. The excellent beach cost line in this area, the well persevered surrounded forest and the climate attracts tourists from all across Europe. Nudist tourism is growing vastly in the last several years in Portugal. The beach of Meco got famous in the 70s as one of the first nudist beaches. Website Young Naturists. At the beach, facing the ocean, on the left side is a high dune from where onwards start the naturist area, opposing to the right side, where the beach amenities are situated, frequented by families. Protected by a high cliff, with small springs (drinking water) and excellent green mud for skin treatments, which is a common sight. Beach restaurant ""Bar do Peixe (Fish)"", an excellent bar/restaurant with a chill out area (closed Tuesdays). Traditional Portugese meals. Our choice for lunch: Salada Russa con gambas (Russian salad with shrimps) € 7.50, Salada Atum (Salad with tunny) € 7.50, a small bottle of white wine (vinho branco) € 3.80, agua (water) € 1.00. Rua Praia do Moinho de Baixo, Meco. Fishermen with their nets, September 2008. The village lives mostly from the local tourists; when the season is over, people like to visit Meco because of the good restaurants and to walk on the beach. This friendly lady will take care of your car for the whole day: € 1,00. Closer to the beach the price is € 1,50 per day. If you travel by car: from Lisbon, take the A2 South Highway, then towards Sesimbra and after Fernão Ferro turn right to Alfarim, and right again to the beaches ("Praias"). Meco Beach has several paid parking lots. Once agricultural fields, nowadays transformed into car parking lots during summer time, as it is much more profitable for the local families. Public transport: from Lisbon this beach is not the best to be reached. You'll need to catch the bus to Sesimbra from Praça da Espanha bus terminal in Lisbon and get off at Santana. Several buses run to Meco on a regular basis. Don't forget to ask for a timetable to go back to Lisbon. Meco Beach: excellent for activities such as surf, parapente, fishing or windsurf. On windy days the sea can be quite rough.


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"Name?" asks the DJ, as he stands in front of me with a clipboard.
He hands me a schedule for my upcoming shows, and a room key. In the back of the bar are five small rooms, each with a red number on the door. Swinging open the door before I enter, in hopes of scaring away any lingering rodents, I notice a small cot, a rickety nightstand with a yellowed, crooked lamp, and a chipped, foggy mirror that's screwed to the wall.
Right before my show, I hand the DJ my cassette with my show music on it. He barely looks up while he blurts out the regular DJ spiel he says to every girl.
"Have a good one," he says. "Time to feed the pigs," I tell myself. I paste on a fake grin, and walk up to the stage. As soon as the music starts, I go someplace else. My eyes are open, but I can't see their faces.
The bouncer then stands in between me and the old man, so I can make my way up to the DJ booth.
"Wow, what's his problem?" the DJ laughs. "Yeah, that was kinda weird," I chuckle.
Back in my room, I flop down on the cot. As I lay there, my mind starts to reflect on the old man in the bar. I feel bad for him: he seemed so genuine. My eyes wander around the room. There's hundreds of names on the wall. It kind of reminds me of a list of soldiers sent off to war that never found their way back home. Which leads me to reflect on my own home, or what I could remember of it. I picture my sisters, standing at the gate. They looked so beautiful in their gingham dresses, sobbing as the social worker took me away. The cold child services lady yelled at me to sit still on the back seat. I turn to the back window, and placed my hands upon the cool glass. I wonder if they knew my heart stayed with them that day.
I feel a warm tear roll down my cheek and, for the first time since that day, I start to cry. I cry until there are no more tears left. Wiping my face, I sit up, and exhale a huge, heavy breath. Suddenly, I feel a powerful strength come over me. I quickly slide on my street clothes, and leave all my stripper remnants behind. I have no idea where I'm going, I only know that BACK is not an option.
"Oh, shoot. Yes, I must've dropped it when I was putting on my jacket," I answer.
It's dusk as I roll on to the freeway and head south. The most amazing sunset casts neon colours in the sky. A huge orange sun hangs at the end of the flat road. Throwing on some cool-grind blues. Opening the window, I let the warm summer wind blow over my face and through my hair, washing away all of what I've been, a victim, a sinner, and a throw-away. This is my moment, my time to shine. Everything that I was, is no longer, I clench the wheel and press hard on the gas, speeding off down the road to chase the sun.


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Introducing Strictly Business: Elk Grove's Business-Friendly Podcast
Put away the binoculars and close the blinds! Now there is an easier (and less creepy) way to snoop on your business neighbors. Elk Grove Village is thrilled to announce 'Strictly Business', a podcast that gets up close and personal with Elk Grove companies, and explores the latest trends, challenges, and industry best practices — coming mid-June 2016.
Elk Grove's Director of Business and Development, Josh Grodzin, will be hosting the all-new podcast, with two new episodes per month. He'll be visiting local makers, business owners, and entrepreneurs at their facilities to discuss hot industry topics, including workforce development, women in manufacturing, innovation and business leadership.
Josh spends his days helping businesses connect and build relationships in Elk Grove Village. Over the years, as he continues to connect with business owners, he realized that many of them have great stories to share. While Elk Grove has been sharing these stories here on Block Party and MakersWanted.org, Josh wanted to find a new and unique way to promote these stories in the village and beyond.
"With over 3,600 businesses right here in Elk Grove, the podcast seemed like the ideal solution to not only connect more businesses, but to also educate and inform the residents of Elk Grove and listeners across the nation of the diverse companies representing the largest industrial park in North America," stated Josh.
'Strictly Business' will be housed in the EGTV Channel 6 digital production facility. The EGTV team is partnering with the Village of Elk Grove to record and produce high-quality episodes in-house.
In the U.S. alone, over 21 millions hours of podcast are listened to every day. In fact, a neighbor you may know, Jim Carr of CARR Machine & Tool, co-hosts 'Making Chips' with friend Jason Zenger of ZENGERS, and has seen a great deal of success stemming from the podcast.
But what's so unique about 'Strictly Business', is it's the first time a municipality has launched a podcast as an effort to keep its business and residential community well connected. How's that for being beyond business friendly?
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Put your business in the spotlight and be a guest on the show. We're looking for businesses in Elk Grove that have a great story to share, and people who want to help lead discussions on the issues that matter to our listeners.
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Lone Fir Cemetery invigdes 1855 av Colburn Barrell på ett landområde han hade köpt av James B. Stephens. Den äldsta graven är Stephens fars Emmors grav från år 1846, alltså flera år före området förvandlades till en allmän begravningsplats. När Stephens sålde sin farm till Barrell, ställde han nämligen villkoret att Barrell skulle sköta Emmor Stephens gravplats.

År 2007 togs begravningsplatsen över av regionalförvaltningen Metro efter att i årtionden ha skötts av Multnomah County. Begravningsplatsen hade ursprungligen varit i privat ägo men övertagits av countyt år 1928.

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Strange Boom in Alabama Has NASA Puzzled and Locals Alarmed
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Alabama residents don't need anything more (no pun intended) to worry about right now and they certainly don't need any more (see previous note) unwanted publicity, but they're demanding answers from NASA, the military, local officials and anyone else who will listen to their reports of a mysterious loud boom that thousands heard on November 14th, 2017. Should they be worried? Praying? Digging a bunker? Moving?
"Birmingham area law enforcement agencies said they've received reports, and so has St. Clair County EMA. The areas that experienced whatever it was include Arab, Oxford, Anniston, Hayden, Kimberly, Center Point, Jasper and Gardendale just to name a few."
Al.com reported that the boom occurred around 2:39 p.m. EST (1:39 CST – the rest of you can figure out what time that was in your area) and social media was immediately flooded with "What was that? #WhatWasThat #LoudBoom" comments and speculations. St. Clair County and Birmingham are heavily populated areas near the center of the state. Reports from government organizations soon followed. The National Weather Service seemed to be first with a statement that:
"loud boom heard: we do not see anything indicating large fire/smoke on radar or satellite; nothing on USGS indicating an earthquake. We don't have an answer, and can only hypothesize with you. 1) sonic boom from aircraft; 2) meteorite w/ current Leonid shower?"
The US Geological Survey soon updated that report, saying seismic data from its Lakeview Retreat near Centreville, Ala., showed "a fairly loud boom occurring on or before 1:39 p.m. CST." That report was confirmed by the Elginfield Infrasound Array at the University of Western Ontario which picked up the infrasound signal at 3:02 p.m. and observed it for 10 minutes.
Sound graph from the U.S. Geological Survey near Centreville, Ala. (NASA)
Covering all the bases, NASA said it was either a bolide (exploding meteor), larger supersonic aircraft or a ground explosion. However, it downplayed pointing fingers at the recent Leonid meteor shower because those meteors are too small to produce audible sounds. Many eyewitnesses reported seeing at least one vapor trail, but there's been no word of responsibility from the military and no further meteor reports.
That leaves … a good reason to hold an annual festival! The small town of Fyffe in the northeast corner of Alabama has been holding a yearly UFO (Unforgettable Family Outing) Festival every August to remember a series of unexplained UFO sightings on February 11–12, 1989, by over 50 people.
If there's any state that needs something to celebrate right now, it's Alabama. Maybe it's time to call off the search, hire some bands, bring in the food trucks and hold a "Bama Boom, Brews and Burgers Bash."
Where were you when the Big Boom of 2017 hit?
Hoaxing and Fantasists: A Few Observations


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December 15, 2021 News + Opinion » Coronavirus
COVID-19 Surge Has Pushed Hospitals to Their Limit, Hurting Patients in the Process
By Colin Flanders @CFlandersVT
Published December 15, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. | Updated December 26, 2021 at 7:19 p.m.
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Keilani Lime with her dog, Mookie
Keilani Lime of Vergennes was just two days away from surgery at the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital last week when she learned that it had been canceled.
The New Hampshire hospital, which is part of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Health network, needed to free up beds and staff amid a surge of COVID-19 patients. That required postponing some upcoming surgeries, including a lumbar shunt procedure Lime has been waiting on for more than five months, in the hope that it will reduce pressure on her spine caused by a congenital defect and several painful cysts.
The pressure has become so intense that it's started to erode the base of her spine, and Lime recently started losing strength in one of her legs. With no idea when her surgery will be rescheduled, the 32-year-old now fears that the condition could worsen to the point where she can no longer walk on her own.
"I feel like the sand is falling rapidly through the hourglass," she said, fighting back tears.
Lime represents the collateral damage of the latest COVID-19 surge, which has clogged New England hospitals with mostly unvaccinated patients in recent weeks, pushing an already overburdened health care system beyond its capacity.
The ripple effects hurt many more people than just those infected. Hospitals have canceled hundreds of surgeries such as Lime's that require overnight stays. That includes roughly 250 procedures at the University of Vermont Medical Center and many more at hospitals across the border in New Hampshire.
The logjam means rural hospitals are finding it difficult to transfer patients who urgently need specialized care to hospitals that can provide it.
The surge in COVID-19 hospitalizations is expected to last through the rest of the month. "Getting through the holidays is going to be probably our most difficult time," Vermont Gov. Phil Scott said last week.
Hospitals in the region were strained long before the arrival of the Delta variant in the summer. Dozens of beds are empty because hospitals don't have enough nurses to staff them. Meanwhile, patients who put off tests or procedures during the early parts of the pandemic are now showing up sicker, requiring more complex care.
"We basically just keep trying until we either find a bed, the patient gets better or the patient expires." Dr. Josh White tweet this
Also, most hospitals have been unable to discharge patients to nursing homes, which are themselves at capacity. Up to 50 beds at the UVM Medical Center were filled on any given day this fall with patients who could otherwise be served elsewhere.
The surge has pushed the system to its limit. Vermont's hospitalizations have increased tenfold since mid-July. Last week brought several grim milestones: The state surpassed its single-day record for hospitalizations (92), ICU stays (31) and new daily infections (740).
On Tuesday, 77 people were hospitalized with COVID-19, including 19 in ICUs. Add that to the 70 or so people suffering from other medical issues who are also receiving intensive care, and only 11 of Vermont's roughly 100 ICU beds were available.
The situation was even worse in New Hampshire, where hospitalizations have also spiked this month. State data showed that just 5 percent of its roughly 215 ICU beds were staffed and available.
The region's two largest hospitals, UVM Medical Center and Dartmouth-Hitchcock, have responded by adding capacity wherever possible. But those moves have come at a cost. To create room for five extra ICU beds, for example, UVM shut down seven of its 22 operating rooms earlier this month, and only two have reopened. Dartmouth-Hitchcock officials said last week that they've been putting off certain procedures, such as hip replacements and heart studies.
The impact of these postponements goes beyond delayed care. Most insurance plans bill on an annual cycle, and many people awaiting procedures have likely already hit their yearly deductible, the amount they must pay before insurance will take over.
Lime's insurance company told her this week that she would need to meet her $5,700 deductible again if her surgery got pushed into next year. "[We] just bought a house," said Lime, who is the partner of Seven Days culture coeditor Dan Bolles. "We're living paycheck to paycheck, trying to make it work."
Hospital leaders say they are working with insurance companies to try to resolve such situations, but they've yet to find a solution.
Surgical patients aren't the only ones affected. Large hospitals have had to limit the number of patients they're accepting from smaller, rural hospitals, which typically do not employ specialty doctors best equipped to handle the most complex cases. Staffers at the smaller hospitals must then scramble to find somewhere else to send their sickest patients.
"Our providers are spending an ungodly amount of time on the phone," said Megan Sargent, the vice president of patient care services at North Country Hospital in Newport. "We're calling as far out as Connecticut and New York to get people transferred."
At Gifford Medical Center, a 25-bed hospital in Randolph, staffers have had to call up to 24 facilities with a single transfer request. As that process unfolds, physicians often consult with doctors at the bigger hospitals on ways to keep the patients stable until they can be moved.
"We start to MacGyver the situation," said Gifford's chief medical officer, Dr. Josh White. "We basically just keep trying until we either find a bed, the patient gets better or the patient expires."
Finding somewhere to transfer a patient is only half the battle. Hospitals must then find a way to get the patient there, an increasingly difficult task given that staffing shortages extend to emergency transport services. Hospitals say it can take hours to secure an ambulance, wasting precious time for someone in acute medical distress.
There's also the question of how patients sent to faraway hospitals can return home. "A lot of folks don't have family members that can pick up and drive three hours each way on a moment's notice," White said. Several times, Gifford has had to send a member of its chaplain volunteer service to pick up patients who were transferred to Albany, N.Y., with no way to get back.
Faced with the prospect of a long trip to an out-of-state hospital, some patients decide they'd rather take their chances at the smaller hospitals.
Dr. Michael Rousse, chief medical officer at Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital in St. Johnsbury, said some of those patients have been so ill that it's been unclear whether they would have survived the trip. But others with far better odds have also turned down transfers because of the distance, only to die shortly afterward.
"That's a tragedy, because they could have been saved," he said.
State officials in Vermont and New Hampshire have taken steps to alleviate the pressures facing their hospitals, with limited success.
Vermont has helped pay for traveling nurses to staff nearly 120 beds at long-term care facilities so that there's somewhere to transfer patients who no longer need hospitalization. Most of those beds are now full.
The state is also trying to secure a federal contract that would provide more EMT and paramedic staff. But officials suspect that Vermont will not be high on the list, as other states have been harder hit.
In New Hampshire, state leaders have deployed up to 70 members of that state's National Guard to add staff at hospitals hardest hit by COVID-19. The service members will lend a hand on nonclinical tasks to free up frontline workers for patient care.
But officials in both states maintain that the best way to help the health care system is to vaccinate more people. The overwhelming majority of COVID-19 patients are unvaccinated.
Lime is now waiting for a new surgery date after last week's cancellation. Her neurosurgeon, who works at an Upper Valley private practice, has advocated to get her in as soon as possible but doesn't yet know when Alice Peck Day Memorial will resume overnight procedures. A spokesperson there said the hospital expects to perform most scheduled surgeries in the coming weeks but that the situation could change any day.
Lime fears that her prognosis could change, too. The development with her leg suggests that her condition is worsening faster than she and her neurosurgeon had hoped, so they have decided to install a shunt into her brain instead of her spine. The change won't get her into surgery any quicker, but it should provide faster relief. Still, it's riskier, which is why she hoped to address the problem before it reached this point.
As she steels herself for the prospect of brain surgery, Lime can't help but feel angry when she considers how she has been swept up in a largely avoidable crisis. She did everything she was supposed to do, from following health protocols early on to getting vaccinated as soon as she could. But because so many others decided not to protect themselves by getting vaccinated, she's left with no choice but to wait for the surge to subside.
"Their decision may put me in a wheelchair," she said.
The original print version of this article was headlined "Collateral Damage"
UVM Health Network CEO John Brumsted to Retire This Fall
UVM Medical Center Enacts Emergency Staffing Plan Amid COVID Surge
Letters to the Editor (12/29/21)
By Seven Days Readers
COVID-19 Tests Are the Hot Holiday Item This Year in Vermont
Vermont's First Case of Omicron Variant of COVID-19 Confirmed
Statehouse Panel Drafts Safety Rules for Another Pandemic Session
By Anne Wallace Allen
Vermont's Surging COVID-19 Hospitalizations, ICU Cases Break Records — Again
COVID Surge Forces UVM Medical Center to Postpone Hundreds of Surgeries
By Derek Brouwer
Vermont Officials Keeping Tabs on Omicron COVID-19 Variant
Vermont Lawmakers Approve Bill That Allows Towns to Require Masks
By Kevin McCallum
Tags: Coronavirus, COVID-19, hospitalizations, hospitals, ICU beds
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Colin Flanders is a political reporter at Seven Days, covering the Statehouse. He previously worked as a reporter at a group of Chittenden County weekly newspapers covering Essex, Milton and Colchester.
COVID Long-Haulers Struggle With Debilitating Symptoms, Few Treatment Options
Mirroring a National Trend, RSV Hospitalizations Rise in Vermont
Essay: Natalie Miller Riffs on How Her Nightclub Survived the Pandemic
Vermont Officials Release Relaxed COVID-19 Guidance for the School Year
Vermont Historical Society to Create an Oral History of COVID-19
Checkup: How Can Parents Help Kids Deal With Changing COVID-19 Policies?
COVID Cases Continue to Drop Sharply in Vermont
How Pandemic Need, Federal Dollars and Local Collaboration Are Driving Better Ways to Help Food-Insecure Vermonters
By Melissa Pasanen


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