The graph shows the results for the unadjusted analyses, analyses adjusted for psychiatric indications, and analyses adjusted for all potential confounders by exposure groups using Medicaid data from 2000 to 2010.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Medicaid Analytic Extract (MAX) general information: MAX 1999-2005 state claims anomalies from the "2005 Files" zipped file within the MAX Data 2005 to 2008 General Information, Data Dictionaries, Data Element Lists, Data Anomalies, Validation Table Measures and SAS Loads zipped file. https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Computer-Data-and-Systems/MedicaidDataSourcesGenInfo/MAXGeneralInformation.html. Accessed December 22, 2014.
Importance The frequency of antipsychotic (AP) use during pregnancy has approximately doubled during the last decade. However, little is known about their safety for the developing fetus, and concerns have been raised about a potential association with congenital malformations.
Objective To examine the risk for congenital malformations overall and cardiac malformations associated with first-trimester exposure to APs.
Design, Setting, and Participants This nationwide sample of 1 360 101 pregnant women enrolled in Medicaid with a live-born infant constituted the pregnancy cohort nested in the Medicaid Analytic Extract database, which included data from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2010. Participants were enrolled in Medicaid from 3 months before their last menstrual period through at least 1 month after delivery. Relative risks (RRs) were estimated using generalized linear models with fine stratification on the propensity score to control for the underlying psychiatric disorders and other potential confounders. Data were analyzed during 2015.
Exposures Use of APs during the first trimester, the etiologically relevant period for organogenesis.
Main Outcomes and Measures Major congenital malformations overall and cardiac malformations identified during the first 90 days after delivery.
Results Of the 1 341 715 pregnancies that met inclusion criteria (mean [SD] age of women, 24.02 [5.77] years), 9258 (0.69%) filled at least 1 prescription for an atypical AP and 733 (0.05%) filled at least 1 prescription for a typical AP during the first trimester. Overall, 32.7 (95% CI, 32.4-33.0) per 1000 births not exposed to APs were diagnosed with congenital malformations compared with 44.5 (95% CI, 40.5-48.9) per 1000 births exposed to atypical and 38.2 (95% CI, 26.6-54.7) per 1000 births exposed to typical APs. Unadjusted analyses suggested an increased risk for malformations overall for atypical APs (RR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.24-1.50) but not for typical APs (RR, 1.17; 95% CI, 0.81-1.68). After confounding adjustment, the RR was reduced to 1.05 (95% CI, 0.96-1.16) for atypical APs and 0.90 (95% CI, 0.62-1.31) for typical APs. The findings for cardiac malformations were similar. For the individual agents examined, a small increased risk in overall malformations (RR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.02-1.56) and cardiac malformations (RR, 1.26; 95% CI, 0.88-1.81) was found for risperidone that was independent of measured confounders.
Conclusions and Relevance Evidence from this large study suggests that use of APs early in pregnancy generally does not meaningfully increase the risk for congenital malformations overall or cardiac malformations in particular. The small increase in the risk for malformations observed with risperidone requires additional study.
Since the first systematic review on this topic,3 clinicians continue to have very little information regarding the safety of these drugs for the developing fetus despite the growing use of atypical APs. Registry studies have been small (<250 exposed women) and have yielded mixed results; one study4 reported higher than expected rates of malformations (particularly cardiac), whereas another study5 did not find this association. Results from epidemiologic studies have also yielded inconsistent evidence. The 2 largest epidemiologic studies available to date—which included 570 and 561 exposed women6,7—reported a 1.5- to 2-fold increase in the risk for congenital malformations, in particular atrial and ventricular septal defects. Another study based on 151 exposed women1 suggested that atypical APs are not associated with an increased risk for major malformations. However, this study was underpowered to detect a less than 5-fold increase in risk. Given the need for additional information to enable psychiatrists and their patients to weigh the risks of using these medications during early pregnancy, our objective was to examine the risk for congenital malformations, and in particular cardiac malformations, associated with first-trimester exposure to different APs in a large cohort.
Question Does the use of antipsychotics during pregnancy increase the risk for congenital malformations?
Findings In this cohort study of 1.3 million pregnant women, after accounting for psychiatric conditions and other potential confounding variables, no increased risk for congenital malformations was found for typical or atypical antipsychotics, with a possible exception for risperidone.
Meaning These findings suggest that antipsychotics have no important teratogenic effects; the initial safety signal for risperidone requires further study.
We used the pregnancy cohort nested in the nationwide Medicaid Analytic Extract database, which included data from January 1, 2000, to December 31, 2010. The Medicaid Analytic Extract data include demographic and insurance enrollment information, medical visits and hospitalizations, inpatient and outpatient diagnoses and procedures, and prescriptions filled on an outpatient basis. The development of this cohort has been described in detail elsewhere.8 The cohort consisted of all pregnancies that resulted in live births for which Medicaid covered the health care expenses. Women and girls aged 12 to 55 years (hereinafter referred to as women) were required to have coverage through Medicaid from 3 months before the date of their last menstrual period (start of pregnancy) to 1 month after delivery. Infants were required to have coverage through Medicaid for the first 3 months of life unless they died sooner. Pregnancies with exposure to a known teratogenic medication during the first trimester (n = 8246) and pregnancies with a chromosomal abnormality (n = 2550) were excluded. This study was approved by the institutional review board of Brigham and Women's Hospital, which waived the need for informed consent.
Exposure to AP was defined based on filling at least 1 prescription during the first 90 days of pregnancy (first trimester), which is considered the etiologically relevant period for organogenesis. We evaluated typical and atypical APs (eTable 1 in the Supplement) as 2 separate classes, as well as the most frequently used individual medications, including aripiprazole, olanzapine, quetiapine fumarate, risperidone, and ziprasidone. Women were considered unexposed if they did not fill an AP prescription during the 3 months before the start of pregnancy or during the first trimester.
The presence of congenital malformations was defined on the basis of inpatient or outpatient diagnoses and procedure codes from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) in the maternal (first month after delivery) or infant (first 3 months after date of birth) record. The maternal record was considered because Medicaid claims are sometimes recorded under the mother before the infant's eligibility has been processed.9 We defined 13 specific malformation groups (central nervous system, ear, eye, cardiovascular, other vascular, respiratory, oral cleft, gastrointestinal tract, genital, urinary, musculoskeletal, limb, or other) and considered a malformation to be present if (1) an ICD-9 diagnosis was recorded for the specific malformation on more than 1 date, (2) a diagnosis was recorded on 1 date as well as a relevant surgery or procedure code, or (3) a diagnosis was recorded on 1 date and the infant died before 90 days. If the malformation was identified using codes from the maternal record only and these codes were also present during the first 105 days of pregnancy, the outcome was excluded under the assumption that it reflects a preexisting malformation in the mother. An infant was considered to have a major congenital malformation if any of the 13 specific malformations were present. Because of earlier findings of a possible increased risk,4,6,7 we evaluated the risk for cardiac malformations separately (eTable 2 in the Supplement).
Data were analyzed in 2015. Baseline characteristics were assessed in women treated and not treated with the various APs, and balance was assessed using the standardized mean difference. We calculated absolute risks for any congenital malformation and for cardiac malformations and unadjusted relative risks (RRs) with their 95% CIs. Use of the robust variance estimator to account for correlations within women with multiple pregnancies did not appreciably change the CIs, so correlation structures were omitted from all analyses.
In the first adjusted analysis, we accounted for psychiatric and neurologic conditions and the use of other psychotropic medications to adjust for the possible confounding effect of the underlying disease and its associated factors. In the second adjusted analysis, we accounted for all potential confounding variables described earlier. Given the large number of covariates considered, propensity scores (PS)—estimated using logistic regression—were used as a data reduction technique. We trimmed the cohort by excluding observations from the nonoverlapping regions of the PS distributions and created 50 equal-sized PS strata based on the distribution among the treated women.12 In the outcome models, the untreated observations were weighted using the distribution of the treated women among PS strata. Adjusted RRs were estimated using generalized linear models (PROC GENMOD [SAS Institute Inc] with a weight statement and loglink function).
Exploratory analyses were conducted to further test potential safety signals emerging from the study. We adjusted for high-dimensional PS in the analyses in which exposure was defined based on filling at least 2 prescriptions. We compared the risk for malformations between women who were treated with APs during the 3 months before the start of pregnancy and continued treatment during the first trimester (continuers) and women who discontinued treatment before the first trimester (discontinuers). The rationale for this analysis is that discontinuers might be more comparable to continuers than women who were never treated with APs. We increased the length of the gap between the last prescription fill and the start of pregnancy for the discontinuers (0, 4, 6, and 8 weeks) to reduce the likelihood of misclassifying as unexposed any women who still had medication from their last fill available to consume early in pregnancy. All analyses were conducted using the SAS System for Unix (version 9.3; SAS Institute Inc).
The study cohort included 1 341 715 pregnancies (mean [SD] age of women, 24.02 [5.77] years) who met the inclusion criteria (eFigure 2 in the Supplement). Among those, 9258 women (0.69%) filled a prescription for an atypical AP during the first trimester, and 733 women (0.05%) filled a prescription for a typical AP. The most frequently used atypical AP was quetiapine (n = 4221), followed by aripiprazole (n = 1756), risperidone (n = 1566), olanzapine (n = 1394), and ziprasidone (n = 697). A total of 1 331 910 women had no AP dispensed from 3 months before the start of pregnancy through the end of the first trimester.
Women taking APs during the first trimester were older, more likely to be white, and more likely to deliver prematurely. They had a much higher burden of comorbid illness than untreated women as judged by the differences in baseline characteristics. They had more psychiatric and neurologic conditions and other comorbid conditions, used more psychotropic medications and suspected teratogens, and were generally in poorer health. These patterns were observed for atypical and typical APs and for each of the individual atypical agents (Table 1 and Table 2 and eTables 3-9 in the Supplement).
The absolute risks for congenital malformations overall per 1000 live-born infants were higher among treated women, with 38.2 (95% CI, 26.6-54.7) for those treated with typical APs and 44.5 (95% CI, 40.5-48.9) for those treated with atypical APs vs 32.7 (95% CI, 32.4-33.0) for untreated women. Higher risks were also observed for women treated with all individual atypical medications, ranging between 37.3 and 51.1 per 1000. Likewise, increased risks for cardiac malformations were observed for all AP exposures (Table 3). Unadjusted analyses suggested a significantly increased risk for malformations overall for atypical APs (RR, 1.36; 95% CI, 1.24-1.50) and for the individual agents within that class with the exception of ziprasidone (Figure 1A and eTable 10 in the Supplement). The findings for cardiac malformations were similar, but the effects were less precisely estimated (Figure 2A and eTable 10 in the Supplement). A small, nonsignificant increase in the unadjusted risk was seen for typical APs (RR for overall malformations, 1.17 [95% CI, 0.81-1.68]; RR for cardiac malformations, 1.18 [95% CI, 0.64-2.18]).
These associations were attenuated when we adjusted for psychiatric indications, but the risk for malformations overall, although small, remained significantly increased for atypical APs (RR, 1.12; 95% CI, 1.02-1.23), with the largest increase seen for risperidone (RR, 1.31; 95% CI, 1.05-1.63) (Figure 1B). The corresponding RRs for cardiac malformations were 1.15 (95% CI, 0.98-1.35) and 1.39 (95% CI, 0.96-2.01) for atypical APs and risperidone, respectively (Figure 2B and eTable 10 in the Supplement).
The AP-treated and untreated populations were well balanced in terms of baseline characteristics once we accounted for all potential confounding variables and their proxies, as evidenced by the absolute value of the standardized differences less than 0.1 (Tables 1 and 2). In this fully adjusted analysis, the RR further shifted to the null for atypical APs for malformations overall (RR, 1.05; 95% CI, 0.96-1.16) and for cardiac malformations (RR, 1.06; 95% CI, 0.90-1.24). In contrast, the risk remained elevated for risperidone for overall malformations (RR, 1.26; 95% CI, 1.02-1.56) and cardiac malformations (RR, 1.26; 95% CI, 0.88-1.81). None of the other medications were associated with an increased risk (Figures 1C and 2C and eTable 10 in the Supplement).
Use of the high-dimensional PS and restriction to women with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or psychosis did not affect the findings, but the associations were less precisely estimated in the restricted analyses (eTable 11 in the Supplement). Redefining exposure as having filled at least 2 prescriptions for an AP or having at least a 1-day supply that overlapped with the first trimester also did not meaningfully change the results, although the association appeared to strengthen somewhat for risperidone in analyses based on filling at least 2 prescriptions (RR for any malformation, 1.46 [95% CI, 1.01-2.10]; RR for cardiac malformations, 1.87 [95% CI, 1.09-3.19]). Restricting the outcome definition to malformation codes in the infant's record only did not alter the results (eTable 12 in the Supplement). We found no evidence of a dose-response relationship for any of the individual APs except for risperidone. Dosages of at least 2 mg/d were associated with an increased risk for cardiac malformation (RR, 2.08; 95% CI, 1.32-3.28) (eTable 13 in the Supplement). The RR for any congenital malformation associated with atypical AP use increased from 1.05 to 1.09 and 1.14 after accounting for potential differences in the probability of termination of malformed fetuses among treated and untreated women, respectively, using the best estimates based on the literature (eResults in the Supplement).
Adjusting for the high-dimensional PS in analyses in which exposure was defined based on filling at least 2 prescriptions for risperidone did not attenuate the associations (eTable 14 in the Supplement). Finally, comparing risperidone continuers with discontinuers, the strength of the association between risperidone continuation and congenital malformations was null without a gap between the last prescription fill and the start of pregnancy for the discontinuers but increased in a monotonic manner when defining discontinuation with increasing levels of strictness (eTable 15 in the Supplement).
We examined the association between AP use during the first trimester of pregnancy and the risk for congenital malformations overall and cardiac malformations in a cohort of 1 341 715 Medicaid-insured women. We did not observe a significant increased risk for either outcome for typical or atypical APs after controlling for potential confounding by mental and physical comorbid conditions and their associated behaviors, with the exception of risperidone.
The small increase in absolute risk and RR for malformations observed with risperidone should be interpreted with caution because no apparent biological mechanism can readily explain this outcome, and the possibility of a chance finding cannot be ruled out. This finding should therefore be interpreted as a potential safety signal that will require follow-up in other studies, which also should attend carefully to confounding and have adequate statistical power. Ennis and Damkier15 reported an unadjusted RR of 1.5 (95% CI, 0.9-2.2) for risperidone for major congenital malformations based on a systematic review of the evidence available through May 2014 (432 exposed pregnancies). Although this estimate is similar to our unadjusted estimate (RR, 1.56), it is based on a population reference value with no confounding control. The extent to which this association can be attributed to confounding is therefore not known.
Our study has several strengths, including its large size. Our cohort included 9258 women exposed to an atypical AP during the first trimester compared with 570 in the largest study available to date.6 This number enabled us to assess the risks associated with individual agents. The richness of the source data allowed for careful control of potential confounders through the use of PS methods, including more than 50 variables in conventional analyses and more than 250 variables in high-dimensional PS analyses.
The study limitations are those characteristic of studies that use large health care utilization databases or nationwide registries and center around the potential for misclassification and selection bias. To guard against exposure misclassification (ie, false-positives), we favored specificity over sensitivity in our primary exposure definition, which required women to have filled a prescription during the first trimester. Requiring women to have filled at least 2 prescriptions under the assumption that filling multiple prescriptions increases the likelihood that the medication is being taken as prescribed did not affect the conclusions. However, neither of these definitions guarantees that the medication was actually—although likely—consumed during the first trimester. No risk for recall bias exists given the data source used, and no risk for false-negatives given that APs are not available over the counter. Similarly, we used a highly specific outcome definition because this will result in an unbiased estimate of the RR as long as the sensitivity is nondifferential. Using this definition, the risks among the unexposed were in line with expectations given the known prevalence of congenital malformations, and we previously reproduced the known associations between diabetes and overall and organ-specific malformations.16 Moreover, the definition for cardiac malformations has previously been validated.17 The absence of a validation study for the noncardiac malformations is a limitation, however. Potential confounding by variables incompletely or not captured in the data source (eg, smoking, obesity, alcohol or other drug abuse or dependance, or body mass index) is not a major concern given our null findings. Whereas residual confounding could theoretically be an explanation for the increased risk observed with risperidone, it is unlikely to affect the findings for risperidone but not for other agents. Finally, a potential for selection bias exists because the cohort was restricted to live births. Spontaneous abortions, stillbirths, or planned terminations owing to congenital malformations diagnosed early in pregnancy would therefore be missed. Previous studies1,7 have documented that the rate of therapeutic abortions may be 10% to 20% higher among AP users. The quantitative bias analysis that assessed the potential impact of such missed terminations suggested that selection bias is not a major explanatory factor for our findings.
Whenever possible, given incomplete knowledge regarding the reproductive safety profiles of many pharmacologic agents, medications should be avoided during pregnancy. However, frequently avoidance is not possible, as is the case for women with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or major depressive disorder, in which few alternative treatment options are available.
Our findings suggest that use of APs early in pregnancy does not meaningfully increase the risk for congenital malformation or cardiac malformation, with the possible exception of risperidone. The findings for risperidone should be viewed as an initial safety signal that will require confirmation in other studies.
Corresponding Author: Krista F. Huybrechts, MS, PhD, Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 1620 Tremont St, Ste 3030, Boston, MA 02120 (khuybrechts@bwh.harvard.edu).
Accepted for Publication: May 19, 2016.
Published Online: August 17, 2016. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.1520.
Author Contributions: Dr Huybrechts had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: Huybrechts, Hernández-Díaz, Patorno, Desai, J. M. Cohen, L. Cohen, Bateman.
Drafting of the manuscript: Huybrechts, Hernández-Díaz, Patorno, Dejene, Bateman.
Statistical analysis: Huybrechts, Hernández-Díaz, Patorno, Desai, Mogun, Bateman.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Huybrechts, Hernández-Díaz, Mogun, Dejene, J. M. Cohen, Panchaud.
Study supervision: Huybrechts, Hernández-Díaz, Bateman.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Hernández-Díaz reports consulting for AstraZeneca and UCB for unrelated topics. Dr L. Cohen reports receiving grant support from AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals, Alkermes, Bristol-Myers Squibb/Otsuka, Sunovion Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Ortho-McNeil Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc, Pfizer, Inc, Forest Laboratories, Inc, Cephalon, Inc, GlaxoSmithKline, Takeda/Lundbeck, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and personal fees for consultancy from JDS Therapeutics LLC, Noven Pharmaceuticals, and PamLab LLC. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by grant R01 MH100216 from the NIMH, career development grant K01MH099141 from the NIMH (Dr Huybrechts), career development grant K08HD075831 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Dr Bateman), and grant P3SMP3-158808/1 from the Swiss National Science Foundation (Dr Panchaud).
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.


Here are our choices in terms of cameras for photography & videography while travelling.
Before getting into technical details I like to remind you to ask yourself – what will you use the gear for? The moment you start looking into specs you might be attracted by things that you don't even need (crazy high burst photo mode, 4k, 6k, ISO etc…). So make a list of exactly what you want to shoot with your camera to help the process of choosing your gear. Based on that you will narrow a lot down your options. Here are my choices and the reasons behind each.
Why: crazy dynamic range, beautiful high ISO, very durable, great in low light, shoots fast, has two memory card slots. I bought this camera originally to shoot Portraits & weddings. I still love it for travelling IF… I don't carry another camera. If I need to shoot two videos, this camera becomes my nemesis because of its weight & the weight of its lenses – read below! Also, weather sealed – resists well to the elements!
Long range: Nikon Nikkor 70-200 f/2.8 ($$$$). This lens is a BEAST – the shots are sharp, the bokeh beautiful and it is very fast! Now before we go any further this lens is almost 1kg heavy and costs about $2,200… I got it for professional work during weddings & lifestyle portrait sessions. I love this lens so much but really cannot bear the weight when I travel. Why do I still have it? Good question…. The shots are so beautiful I'm having troubles letting go….
Prime 35mm: Sigma Art 35mm f/1.4. This is my main lens. Always attached to my camera. If I go for a day exploration and can take only one this is the one. Love the angle 35mm gives me and the f/1.4 offers an amazing low light capability along with some of the best bokeh I have seen. Shallow depth of field here we are!
Wide Angle: Nikon Nikkor 16-35mm f/4. Love this lens for landscape and fun cityscape where I need to get a whole room/street into a shot. I wish I had taken the f/2.8 as for stars/night shots that 1 stop of light makes a huge difference.
The ergonomics are lacking a bit of grip but I love the dials and all the buttons. Super practical to use!
Photos are not bad – I'm not amazed by them but have yet to try great lenses on it. I get a 16MP raw file out of it – wish it went up to 20 or 24MP but to be honest for what we do with the images nowadays (social media 99% of the time) it's good!
Last but not least – weather sealed – which means I'm not panicking when it drizzles or slightly rains.
All Round: Panasonic 12-60 F/3.5-5.6 – Ok this is a lens that comes in a kit with the G85. I kept it. It's cheap very useful, very light and the range is great (oh and weather sealed). I tried the Panasonic Leica 12-60mm f/2.8-4 version and it is great but not worth for me an extra $500 for my usage. It is a great option if you need a smooth manual focus.
FUTURE Panasonic 12-35mm f/2.8. I really want to get that lens – the quality is amazing and behaves better than what I have in low light.
FUTURE Panasonic 8-18mm f/2.8-4 or Olympus 7-14 F/2.8: Need a wide angle for the Vlog style. Have been hesitating between those two – haven't made up my mind yet. The Panasonic seems good but aperture is variable… The Olympus has raving reviews but the glass sticks out (meaning no filters) and I am not sure how well the AF will work with the Panasonic body….
Future Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8: To replace the Nikon above. I'm sure it won't be as beautiful but this is a great zoom range and super practical for portraits.
Sound: I use this external microphone (Shure VP 83). It makes a HUGE difference in terms of audio quality. Yes, it's bigger on top of the camera but sometimes that's what you need for good audio.
Flexible tripod: totally going Casey Neistat's style with this flexible tripod.
Bigger tripod for stable shots.
Camera Backpack: that took me awhile to find the right one. I used to have a small Lowepro one but when I got bigger lenses that wasn't enough. So I ended up getting an F-STOP bag with a compartment you add in. To be honest, the bag is excellent, seems durable, kinda weatherproof (not if you hike 5+ hours under pouring rain) and super comfy to wear. I fit everything inside, laptop, cameras, extra clothes for the day/food/water, you name it!
I LOVE Drone footages, it just makes any video look 100x better. My go-to travel drone is the DJI Mavic Pro – simply because it is so compact, the image is decent, it is fast and (I repeat) SUPER compact!
Add-ons: Mavic Pro ND Polarized filters. Using those most of the time – allows to get a slower shutter speed and the polarizer is great on any reflecting surface.
Yes, that is WAY too much. I basically need to get rid of one of the cameras. This is something I am planning for very soon. I have a hard time letting go of the Nikon D750 because the pics & the dynamic range is incredible but because of its weight & the lenses, I will let it go in favour of a camera slightly less good for photos but 100x better for video. My goal is to carry only one! I will update this blog post when I change!
Here is the video where I explain it all!
Week #11 – Instagram Shadow Ban – True or False?


Mrs. Flora Marie Kelley Tolbert of Wicksburg passed away Sunday, January 7, 2018 at Westside Terrace surrounded by her family. She was 94.
Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 10, 2018 in the chapel of Sorrells Funeral Home & Crematory in Slocomb with Rev. Jeff Lunsford officiating. A private interment will follow in the New Hinson Baptist Church Cemetery.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1:00 p.m. until service time.
Mrs. Tolbert was born September 9, 1923 in Fadette to the late Claude and Annie Griffin Kelley and attended Fadette High School. She married and moved to Napier Field where she lived for many years before moving to Wicksburg. She retired from ANSEL after 20 years and worked at the Senior Center in Midland City. Flora was a loving mother, grandmother and great grandmother and was known as "Grandma Tolbert" by most everyone in Wicksburg. She was a great cook and made the best biscuits. She was a member of Goodwater Freewill Baptist Church and loved her church family very much.
In addition to her parents, her loving husband, J.C. Tolbert and a daughter, Joni Marie Tolbert and an infant son preceded her in death.
Survivors include three daughters: Jane Dean (Dewey), Jean McClanahan (Terry) and Joy Cox (Slade); three sons: Jerry Tolbert (Melba), Michael Tolbert (Phyllis) and Joe Tolbert (Susan); grandson, Justin Tolbert (Melanie); sister, Eloise McNeil; several grandchildren, great grandchildren, nieces, nephews and other extended family and friends.
Pallbearers will be Jeremy Tolbert, Jason Tolbert, Justin Tolbert, Bradley Cox, Todd Dean and Josh Jones.
The family would like to thank the nurses and staff on Mulberry Lane at Westside Terrace and Kindred Hospice for the love and kindness they gave to their mother.
Aunt Marie was a wonderful Christian lady and loved by all who knew her. We will miss her and cherish the wonderful memories we carry in our hearts.


JUSTICE4CHILDREN:2019: Lobby: Her Majesty,the politicians, even Gaunty!
and equally important is getting that information to the right people!
updated on this so she an 'advise our future Prime minister, as well as Kevin Rudd in Australia, Stephen Harper in Canada as well as the administrations in New Zealand and south Africa!Even President of new hope Obama seemed to have a much higher regard for our Monarch then anyone perpetrating as our Premier.
This can only be won on a global scale!
Whilst the Lords rarely reply to us minions they should be made aware that when Lord Justice Ward complains about the failings in Family Law Courts it is in fact he and his cronies that should be putting it RIGHT!!
Jon Gaunt started a new Internet radio station at Sun-Talk in April 2009 following his sudden departure from Talksport, and whilst I am not privacy to his 'Nazi councellor'comments I have found him to be forthright and honest in his view if a little anti PC probably like most other people in the UK (and Southern Spain and Tenarife) and as accessible around the world. I find Nick Ferrari and James Whale to be of the same ilk though I do question is college Kelvin McKenzie who appears to have started a one man Harriet Harman fan club.


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Arron Lilley
Full name Arron Mark Lilley
Born April 1, 1991, Tameside, Lancashire
Current age 28 years 109 days
Major teams Lancashire, Lancashire 2nd XI, Lancashire Under-13s, Lancashire Under-15s, Lancashire Under-17s, Lancashire Under-19s
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Education Mossley Hollins High School
First-class 15 18 5 426 63 32.76 453 94.03 0 2 53 9 4 0
List A 18 10 1 92 25 10.22 78 117.94 0 0 11 2 10 0
T20s 71 42 9 499 47 15.12 325 153.53 0 0 56 19 33 0
First-class 15 28 2685 1407 40 5/23 6/151 35.17 3.14 67.1 1 2 0
List A 18 14 540 516 15 4/30 4/30 34.40 5.73 36.0 1 0 0
T20s 71 57 939 1145 40 3/31 3/31 28.62 7.31 23.4 0 0 0
First-class debut Lancashire v Glamorgan at Manchester, Jul 15-18, 2013 scorecard
Last First-class Leicestershire v Loughborough MCCU at Leicester, Mar 26-28, 2019 scorecard
List A debut Worcestershire v Lancashire at Worcester, Aug 27, 2012 scorecard
Last List A Lancashire v Leicestershire at Manchester, Apr 28, 2019 scorecard
T20s debut Yorkshire v Lancashire at Leeds, Jul 5, 2013 scorecard
Last T20s Leicestershire v Lancashire at Leicester, Jul 19, 2019 scorecard
- Leics v Lancashire Leicester 19 Jul 2019 T20
0/23, 2 Leics 2nd XI v Nthants 2nd Rugby 15 Jul 2019 Other T20
12, 2/39 Leics 2nd XI v Nthants 2nd Rugby 15 Jul 2019 Other T20
0/34, 4 Leics 2nd XI v Durham 2nd Gosforth 9 Jul 2019 Other
0/13, 2 Leics 2nd XI v Durham 2nd Gosforth 8 Jul 2019 Other T20
4, 2/22 Leics 2nd XI v Durham 2nd Gosforth 8 Jul 2019 Other T20
0/35, 0/67 Leics 2nd XI v Worcs 2nd XI Stourbridge 1 Jul 2019 Other
30, 0/11 Leics 2nd XI v Notts 2nd XI Leicester 24 Jun 2019 Other T20
0/30, 20 Leics 2nd XI v Notts 2nd XI Leicester 24 Jun 2019 Other T20
3/24, 0/11, 10* Leics 2nd XI v Warwcks 2nd Birmingham 18 Jun 2019 Other
Arron Lilley, an offspinning allrounder, was primarily used as a T20 specialist by Lancashire. When he was released at the end of 2018, Leicestershire had wider ambitions, hoping that he could develop into a useful player in all formats, an ambition also shared by the player himself. He had played only 14 first-class matches by the time he left, at 27, but a batting average of 32 and bowling average of 36 suggested there was something to work on. His economy rate was decent, at 7.31, and Lancashire also used him as a pinch hitter at No 3.
Lilley's T20 reputation was higher. He played a key role as Lancashire ended a 16-year wait without a limited-overs trophy by winning the NatWest Blast at Edgbaston in 2015. Lilley and his fellow spinner Stephen Parry had strangled opponents all season, both conceding less than seven runs an over, and their combination was a decisive factor on a slow surface.
Lilley, who fires in his offspin at a pace that would even have made an illustrious predecessor "Flat Jack" Simmons blush, joined Lancashire's Academy in 2011 after making his Second XI debut in 2010. He was a key member of the Lancashire side that won the Second XI Trophy in 2012, taking 19 wickets. He made his senior debut in a Clydesdale Bank 40 match against Worcestershire in the same season but the match was abandoned before he had chance to bat or bowl.
His standing grew the following season, where his bowling impressed in the limited-overs game to add to Lancashire's plentiful spin options. There was progress in the Championship, too, nothing better than a career-best 5 for 23 against Derbyshire at Southport in Lancashire's promotion year in 2015, but that did not bring regular opportunities for a county that tended to view its spinners as short-format options.
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Home | I Only Came For The Music
39 - Instructions For A Life
Betty McKay tells of a moving Christmastide encounter.
Sadly this is the concluding chapter of Betty's life story. If you missed any of the earlier chapters you can find them by clicking on I Only Came For The Music.
If you type Betty's name in the search box on this page you can read some of her splendid stories - and fortunately for Open Writing readers there are more of those still to be published.
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Written by Betty McKay - Published at 09:12 AM | Permalink
38 - A Literary Quest
....Baltimore is a city well endowed with great restaurants, many of them serving ethnic food. I looked in vain for the Homesick Restaurant but one day there will be one, because I know Anne Tyler is here to stay, just like Dickens and Jane Austen. In a hundred years people will still be reading her novels as classics....
Betty McKay visits the home city of one of her favourite authors, Anne Tyler.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's engrossing life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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41 - Oriental Magic
...I adored Singapore from the minute we touched down and realised immediately that I belonged there...
Betty McKay tells of life in an exotic city.
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37 - A Change In Lifestyle
Betty McKay and her husband Hugh move to live in a Leicestershire village where she gets a job working a a pub kitchen.
...We were a polyglot crew - Dario, the Italian chef, Peter and Antonia his two assistants, and three very short-tempered Spanish waiters whose names I never learned to pronounce properly. For some reason, which I never really understood, the Latin inhabitants of the kitchen always appeared to me to be on the verge of open warfare, with Peter and myself on the sidelines wondering all the time how and when hostilities would break out...
To read earlier episodes of Betty's life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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36 - A Wonderland Of Discovery
...On Wednesdays, sports afternoon at the War Office, Hugh would call for me at one o�clock and off we would go exploring London. I loved our Wednesday afternoon jaunts. We would have a quick snack and then take the tube into the city. Sometimes we�d go to Harrods to see how many well-known personalities we could spot. It was surprising the number of famous people who went there on a Wednesday afternoon....
Betty McKay and her husband move to London and enjoy the thrill of exploring the city.
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35 - Young and Foolish - Part 2
Betty McKay continues the story which she began last week in Open Writing concerning an embarrassing incident in Kuala Lumpur.
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...New sounds assailed me - the Muzzien calling the faithful to prayers, the Cicada's bell-like buzzing. The ceaseless drumming of rain when the monsoon came. In the house the soft chick-chack of the house lizards and rhythmic tock-tock of the ceiling fans didn't encroach. They were all part of the way we lived then...
Betty McKay describes her life years ago in Kuala Lumpur.
33 - Beaches � Part Two
...A large, white sulphur-crested cockatoo flew into the flat and perched on the back of the settee and looked around, very self-possessed and sure of itself. Then, having made up its mind, it flew over to where Hugh was sitting and took possession of his big toe...
Betty McKay tells of the day a bird with attitude flew into her life when she and her husband Hugh were living in Singapore.
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32 - Beaches � Part One
...When I was a child I didn't like beaches, associating them with gritty sandwiches and general discomfort. I vividly recall at the age of three being kicked by a donkey on Southport beach...
Betty McKay tells of beaches, and love.
For earlier chapters of Betty's autobiography please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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31 - Laughing Into The Future
...At the speed of light Captain Evans reappeared determined to save me from a fate worse than death. "McKay, I think you'd better leave!"
McKay, was that his name? I didn't want to be saved. He didn't know it yet but McKay was the man I was going to marry. I walked outside with him.
He took my hand and we ran laughing into the future, and within my head a thousand angel voices soared into the Hallelujah chorus....
Betty McKay meets the man who is still at her side more than 50-years on.
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Written by Betty McKay - Published at 12:12 PM | Permalink
30 - A Kind and Caring Friend
Betty McKay loses someone who was very important in her life.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's frank and entertaining life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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29 - In The Steps Of Dick Turpin
...When it came to drill, because I was tall I was inevitably cast as 'right-marker'.
It wasn't as easy as it looked. At first I managed to get everything wrong, 'camel walked', tripped up and was asked sarcastically if I were in possession of two left feet. By this time I hopefully believed I was, then these feet would walk right out of this nut house and go marching back home...
Betty McKay joins the WRAC.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's engaging life story please visit I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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28 - Only For The Music
Betty McKay tells of a curious musical evening - and a meeting with one of the Twentieth Century's greatest men, Winston Churchill.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's wonderfully entertaining autobiography please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on his page.
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27 - Honourable Vermin
When Betty McKay was 18 she went canvassing for the Conservatives in Wigan - and ended up chatting to a Communist candidate.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's engaging life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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26 - Rejected By The Burne-Jones Girl
Betty McKay finds herself involved in an unfortunate misapprehnsion when she has her portrait painted.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's totally absorbing autobiographyplease click on I Only Came For The Muic in the menu on this page.
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25 - Accepted and Valued
...I found being a semi-adult (no such thing as a teenager in those days) and working in an adult work-place stimulating. People were so pleasant and forthcoming. Unlike my family, these people really liked and warmed towards me. I discovered grown-ups were interesting and entertaining and enjoyed my company....
Betty McKay meets new people and makes new friends, finding that she is liked and valued.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's engrossing autobiography please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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24 - From School To Work
...On her this powerful combination attracted every man she came into contact with. Our office could hardly be called busy but the week after Margery's arrival, every male on the staff of the Battersby Lane plant managed to find some excuse, however feeble, to visit the manager's office to catch a fleeting glimpse of this entrancing vision. It was exciting and amusing to be a mere acolyte observing from the fringe Margery's formidable powers of attraction for the male of the species...
Betty McKay continues her vividly-recounted life story. To read earlier chapters please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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23 - Doing As I was Told
Betty McKay tells of fear - and a timely escape.
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22 - Tid's Sound Advice
...One morning Tid and I walked into town to the library. On the way we passed Mrs. Lewis and I remarked on how fat she was becoming. Tid looked at me, laughed and said: "Well yes, she would be. That's because she's going to have a baby."
I further compounded my ignorance by asking how she knew. During that trip to the library, Tid took my sexual education in hand. Of course, straight off I said I didn't believe a word of it and came out with the stock saying: "My mum and dad wouldn't do anything awful like that."...
Betty McKay tells of the day she left the world of childhood.
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21 - The Coldstream Guard
...Their first house was in Longford Street, where they stayed for a few years. Joan was borm in that house in 1920. She told me that my parents were so smart and well dressed at that time, or it could have been because they had ideas above their station, that when they went out walking, the neighbours christened them Lord and Lady Longford...
Betty McKay writes with searing honesty about her father who served in the Coldstream Guards.
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20 - The Skinner Family
...My father was christened William Charles but was always known as Bill. The other family members are totally unknown to me. I know there was a distant cousin, who had been put into Colney Hatch, a famous, no sorry, infamous lunatic asylum, suffering from delirium tremens. I know that because Joan, wanting to upset dad, mentioned it at the table one Sunday lunchtime. Father was so incensed he dropped the gravy boat onto the floor and broke it, all very exciting and great entertainment...
Betty McKay, with warmth and frankness, writes about her father's family,
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19 - The Lady In Distress
Betty McKay tells of the day when her grandmother saw the White Lady.
To read more of Betty's richly-recounted life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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18 - The Best Things In Life In Little Parcels
...It was part of Mary-Ellen's duties to wait on the rest of the servants at table, and this proved to be an excellent initiation into life below stairs. She enjoyed listening to the gossip about what went on above stairs amongst the gentry, the Masterson family who owned Harton Hall. Because she was small, four feet ten in height, and by far the youngest member of the household, everyone made a fuss of her...
Betty Mckay tells of her grandmother's early life.
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17 - Restoration
...Grandfather had a high pile of pillows in bed at night. When he couldn't sleep because of his asthma he made models of ships; exact and beautiful models of the old sailing ships and tea clippers with each and every tiny detail correct and in proportion.
Grandmother's name was Mary-Ellen. I saw her only once. That was when I was three years old. She was eighty-four and it must have been shortly before her death. I remember my mother lifting me up and saying, "Kiss your grandmother." I leaned forward and did so.
It was a very small face for an adult. Mary-Ellen must have been a tiny lady, because my mother said she remembered Uncle Charlie picking her up and sitting her on the Welsh Dresser, saying as he did so: "Ma, if I'd realised how little you were, I'd never have let you wallop me when I was a youngster and had been naughty!''...
Betty McKay remembers her grandparents and other members of her family.
To read earlier chapters of Betty's vivid life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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16 - A Glimpse Of Queen Victoria
...When I was small my mother told me the strange, sad story of George and Elizabeth. Elizabeth who was three, died in her sleep on the Sunday morning. In the afternoon five-year-old George suddenly clutched his mother's hand. Then, smiling he pointed toward the open bedroom door. He said that Elizabeth was standing in the doorway, and a man with a kind and beautiful face was holding her by the hand. Later this must have surely been a source of wonder and comfort to his mother, for George died that evening...
Betty McKay tells of her mother's East End background. To read more of Betty's entertaining life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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15 - Saturday Evening Visitors
...It was at this time that I discovered a set of books belonging to Eve. She was the only one in our house who didn't rely totally on libraries. She actually bought books, which at that time was unusual for working class people. These particular books were well-stacked bumper volumes, containing enormous collections of varied categories of literature. The Great Books of Humour, Romance, Ghost Stories, Thrillers and Horror. I devoured their contents like a locust feeding on corn.
It was when I tackled the Great Book of True Murder Mysteries that nemesis set in for me...
Betty McKay tells of Saturday night frights.
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14 - Wailing Winnie
...Hearing the air-raid siren soon became a regular experience. My mother used to call it 'Wailing Winnie'. Fear disappeared after the first few air raids.
Unlike most of our neighbours, we didn't have an air-raid shelter of our own. If I was at home when Winnie wailed, then I went down underneath the table in the living room....
Betty McKay recalls a night when German bombs fell on her home town.
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13 - Walking Day In Warrington
...I adored the crowded atmosphere of the fairground, it was irresistible. I thought the unusual combination of smells - diesel, candy floss, toffee apples, crushed grass and people - that went to make up the fascinating aroma of the fair was incredibly exciting. The noisy clamour of the many attractions - swing-boats, dodge-em's and the different carousels with their accompanying jingle-jangle of hurdy-gurdy organ music - held a unique fascination...
Betty McKay recalls a visit to a fair when she was told in earthy language to go away.
For earlier chapters of Betty's engrossing story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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12 - Minding Babies
...Every day the pair of us would say, "Where shall we go?" We knew it would be the cemetery. Warrington cemetery was enormous. There were, we knew, at least two famous people buried there, George Formby's father, a music hall comedian, and Steve Donaghue, a champion jockey. Both had imposing gravestones. Inside the cemetery the wide paths meandered for miles. It was quiet and deserted. We would run wildly with the pram while Duggy shrieked with excitement...
The exuberant Betty McKay tells of sin in the cemetery - and the day she forgot baby Duggy.
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11 - Lord Of Misrule
Continuing her engaging life story, Betty McKay tells of a childish game which seemed to result in dire consequeces for a boy called Georgie who suffered from epilepsy - or did it?
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10 - Tagging Along
...I had to agree. Georgie never did any harm, he was quiet, and never fought like the other boys, never bullied smaller children, or teased the girls. He didn't live in our street. He preferred our street to his own though, because there were so many children around. I suppose in his own way he was happy, tagging along with our rag-tag-and-bobtail crowd...
The latest episode of Betty McKay's wonderfully engaging autobiography confirms that children are capable of great levels of compassion and understanding.
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9 - The Riddle Of The Dressing Gown
...Mum always said that curiosity would be the death of me. I've never been able to resist a mystery, and I'm very glad I solved the riddle of the dressing gown lying on the bush...
Betty McKay tells how she became involved in the outcome of wartime "goings on''.
For earlier chapters in Betty's engaging life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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8 - The Phoney War
Betty McKay and her friends were excited when soldiers returned home, having been ecacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk. "We schoolgirls took our autograph books along to get the soldiers' signatures, just as if they were famous film stars. They were very brown and healthy looking and were happy to be back. When I showed my dad the book, I said they looked as if they'd come back from their holidays.''
Dad looked angry and said, "Some holiday, poor sods. It was a bloody defeat and no picnic. Those boys have been through hell."
Mum said, "Bill for heaven's sake watch your language."
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7 - If War Comes
...At eleven o'clock our family was gathered in the living room. Joan, as usual, had to be different. She was perched on the edge of the dining table swinging her legs and ignoring Mum's remark 'For heavens sake Joan, get off the table and stop making the place look untidy.' I don't remember very much about Chamberlain's speech, other than he told us that a country called Poland had been occupied in August, which we knew already. He announced that Britain and France were now at war with Germany. I remember thinking what a very old, tired voice he had...
Betty McKay recalls the day war was declared. To read earlier chapters of Betty's engaging autobiography please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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Written by Betty Collins - Published at 11:22 AM | Permalink
6 - Departures
...On the Saturday afternoon Dad went to the library and Mum and I went shopping. We returned to an empty house. On the living room table lay a letter addressed to my parents. As my Mother read it, her usually pallid face became quite pink, and she said in a funny voice: "Go up to your room Betty."
I took a book and sat on the stairs reading, until I heard Dad open the back door. Mum said: "She's gone! I hope you're satisfied." Then she started to cry.
I heard Dad say: "I'm sorry Nell."...
Continuing her vivid life story Betty McKay tells of amily friction. To read earlier chapters of her autobiography please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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5 - The Party
...When Eve and Joan brought in sandwiches and more beer, Mum put her head round the door and called to me: "Come on young 'un, it's half past nine and time you were in bed." I washed at the kitchen sink, went upstairs reluctantly and fell asleep to the sounds of singing and laughter.
The next morning was Sunday and when I woke I heard raised voices from downstairs, so I kept out of the way till things quietened down. Someone had cracked a leg on one of the armchairs and Mum was furious...
Betty McKay recalls the the excitement of a family party - and its aftermath.
For earlier chapters of Betty's life story please click on I Only Came For The Music in the menu on this page.
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4 - Fussing About Names
...Five of the girls in my class at school were called Betty, and there were three Bettys living in our street. When I was born the newspapers and magazines were full of stories about Princess Elizabeth; apparently everyone called her Princess Betty...
Betty McKay continues her captivating life story.
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3 - More Bullying
...Things went wonderfully well at school. I was top of my form, and had played Gepetto in Pinocchio before we broke up for the summer holidays. Then one day as I was going shopping for my mother I passed a gang of boys. I recognised most of them, except for one sturdy, red headed, freckled-faced boy, who was staring at me. I heard someone say: "Go on Roy, go on then. Do it."
My antennae quivered...
Betty McKay tells how she dealt most satisfactorily with bullies.
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2 - Born On A Sunday
...One day a small boy called Johnny Screawn, who I am quite certain had never spoken to me before, gave me a blue, knitted purse. He told me that he had asked his big sister to make it especially for me. The purse was a lovely surprise and I thought perhaps I was special.
Miss Craig, my teacher, seeing it on my desk, picked it up. "That's a pretty purse, Betty. Did your mother make it?"
When I said Johnny had given it to me she gave me an amused look, then smiling she showed it to the rest of the class. At playtime I was surrounded by children admiring my purse. That was to be my undoing...
Betty McKay, with irresistible narrative verve, continues her life story. Further chapters will appear Sunday by Sunday in Open Writing.
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1 - Mint And Marigolds
...When you are a small child your world is miniscule. People are larger; adult faces distorted by close proximity loom down upon you. Mr. Taylor appeared to have an enormous face and huge teeth. The wheel had come off my pram and he kindly put it back on again. That is my first conscious memory. I was eighteen months old. I know that happened, I was there and I can still remember it...
Today we begin the serialisation of the autobiography of a lassie from Lancashire, Betty McKay. Betty has an engaging narrative style and, as the above paragraph indicates, an enviably keen memory.
Follow her story week by week. A new chapter will appear in Open Writing every Sunday.
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Children's music, a neglected artistic form, remembered for song contest
By Vassilis Angelikopoulos - Kathimerini
August 31, 2004 31.08.2004 • 08:00
It's been a summer of sport and the competitive spirit generated by it all. In the latest addition, one indirectly linked to sports – as a cultural side event for the upcoming Paralympics – 19 songs by young singers will be presented as the best entries of a children's song contest organized by Athens 2004 and the Orchestra of Colors, the Athens outfit founded by the late composer Manos Hadjidakis. Nine singers, culled from a starting list of 40, will interpret 18 children's songs selected from a total of 100 entries. This will be done over two nights at the Athens Concert Hall, the Megaron Mousikis, on September 7 and 8. They will not vie for places. The song contest was announced last February by the Orchestra of Colors on behalf of Athens 2004. The idea was proposed by the orchestra's artistic director, Giorgos Kouroupos. The jury appointed to select songs for the final could not have been more appropriate when it comes to children's songs. Besides being respected musicians and composers, the jury's members, Kouroupos, Nikos Kypourgos, Dimitris Maragopoulos, and Spyros Sakkas, all contributed to the now-legendary radio production «Lilipoupoli,» a highly successful children's music series for state radio in the late 1970s. Also included in the jury is Evgenios Trivizas, the prolific children's writer and also a criminologist in the UK. The nine finalists, aged between 9 and 12, are Marianna Nomikou-Tsiokou, Eleni Orfanidi, Dafni Lazou, Dimitris Dimopoulos, Costas Zafiris, Alexandra Athanasiou, Leonora Kaziani, Danai Komodromou and Magda Plessa. Both the finalists and the Orchestra of Colors will be conducted by Miltos Logiadis. Tickets will not be issued for the two-night performance but interested parties can attend by obtaining free passes at the concert hall's box office. «There was an era, between the late '70s and early '90s, when children's song in our country offered new blood [to music] that was very interesting,» noted Kouroupos. «I'm talking about the period of 'Lilipoupoli,' my songs 'Six Songs for Mice,' 'Melodonia,' by Petros Perakis, 'Icho ke ta Lathi tis,' by Lena Platonos, 'Mila Mou Gia Mila' by Stavros Papastavrou, the traditional children's songs accumulated by Domna Samiou, 'Nanourismata' (Lullabies) by Kypourgos and Savina Yiannatou, and others,» he added. Kouroupos said that, in more recent years, quality children's songs had vanished from the scene. «With great dismay I see kids on television aping songs and singers along the lines of Eurovision. Is this, then, the solitary form of children's song today?» questioned Kouroupos. «What would emerge if we were to stage a competition for new compositions of children's songs like those organized by Hadjidakis in Corfu back in '81 and '82, and Kalamata in '91? It's been a while since something like this was organized. That's how this latest venture got started. I suggested it to the people at Athens 2004 and it was accepted.» A total of 80 composers, as old as 40, submitted 92 songs. «We ended up with 18 songs because that's how many we assessed as being worthy – I must admit I thought that some entries were ingenious. Songs given between three and five votes qualified for the final. We held meetings for songs that received two votes and listened to them again,» noted Kouroupos. He stressed that the two upcoming nights at the Athens Concert Hall will not be a competitive occasion in search of the «best» song. «We avoided that as we wanted to stage an event that was more of celebration than a competition,» said Kouroupos. All 18 short-listed songs, he noted, are already considered winners. Their composers will each receive 1,000 euros. This amount will also be given to each of the singers. The composers behind the songs are both professional and amateur songwriters, known and unknown. «The songs are diverse in style. I find some to be very advanced, while others are on the verge of your typical popular Greek song (laiko) but possess very clever lyrics,» Kouroupos said. The performance will be recorded for a possible CD release. Kouroupos said that, at this stage, it remained unknown whether the concept would continue on a regular basis. «For this occasion, we're kind of testing the waters,» Kouroupos said. «We'll see how things are amid the scene. If there's potential, nothing's out of question.»
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Went up on the hill today not expecting to find anything besides ferns and trees. Found black cohosh. Would Like confirmation on that though. Tried to find a book on wild plants at the library but all they had was a few books on gardening. Goin to get the scott pierson book next month but in the meantime I'd appreciate your help identifying the other plants on the hill. I have a few pics. Thank you. Its appreciated.
Not sure what this is Wild Ginger maybe?
I've no idea what this is but it reminds me of the T rex footprints in some of the dinosaur movies.
Sorry got more pics than I was planning on computer was having problems and when it first took me to the thread there where pink pots in the first pic. Don't know what happened there. If you could Identify any of the plants that are around the main ones that would be great.
Just one more question. When is the best time to dig the cohosh. Although I may need to remove some of it before its time to plant the seng. My hill is full of this plant.
First three photos are absolutely black cohosh...no expert on the wild ginger, but it looks right. I have seen it with dull looking leaves and shiny leaves. Wait until it flowers and that's a dead giveaway.


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It is aimed at all those who want to enhance their knowledge and expertise in the management of pain. Our aim is to foster and support a community who want to improve the lives of those suffering pain and we welcome your advice, help and support in developing the community further.


A cool deck is a concrete deck that has been treated with a coating substance that prevents the surface from becoming hot to the touch. Cool decks are extremely common around pool areas where barefoot kids and adults run and play. Since cool decks look like regular painted or textured concrete decks, it may be difficult to tell if the product on your deck is regular paint or a cool coat. To test the coating, simply test the surface for heat on a particularly hot day. If the surface is cooler than other concrete surfaces on your property, the coating is a cool-coating product.
Gather all supplies, and remove everything from the surface of the deck including furniture, plants, pool supplies and storage totes. Inspect the deck surface for damage.
Spray the deck down with the water hose in a long, sweeping motion that pushes the dirt and debris off to the side of the deck. Avoid pushing the dirty water into the pool or spa.
Fill a large spray bottle with warm water, a small amount of detergent and ¼ cup bleach. Shake to mix. Spray the deck until it is completely saturated with the mixture, stopping to refill the spray bottle if necessary. Allow it to soak for 5 to 10 minutes.
Prepare a large batch of the cleaning solution in a bucket. Increase the amount of bleach used to 1 cup. Dip a sponge mop into the solution, and begin scrubbing the deck without wringing out the mop. Start at one corner of the deck, and work your way methodically to the opposite side, cleaning the deck in rowed sections. Repeat the process until you have thoroughly scrubbed the entire deck.
Rinse the deck with the water hose in a long, sweeping motion that pushes the cleaning solution away from the pool and spa. Allow it to air dry.


The Law Times quoted Ben about a new survey that says the driving forces behind future law firm growth will be litigation and corporate law. Ben was quoted as saying that the report missed the mark by not identifying specialization, such as franchise law and franchise lawyers, as the most important factor.
See the full article in Law Times, Click here.


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EA at PAX East 2017: Day 2
Filed under Conventions
The hits didn't stop on Saturday as we got to check out more awesome games at PAX East 2017. Saturdays always bring in the packed crowds, and the bitter winter cold kept the gamers inside. We wiggled around the crowds to get some play time with some arcade style "sports" games, a new take on a classic movie and much more. Read on to find out about everything we saw on Day 2.
"CROWD UP FOR WARMTH"
Neurovoider:
We kicked things off on Saturday by visiting the Playdius booth, who are becoming a major up and coming indie publisher and the first game we checked out was Neurovoider. An old school twin stick shooter, you play as a brain riding in a robotic shell taking on evil robots that have gone haywire and are threatening the world. You collect both scrap and loot drops and can upgrade your robotic shell after every level with new weapons, armor and movement styles. It's fast paced and there's a great variety of weapons and armor types you can equip on your bot and the soundtrack is fantastic as well. It will be out sometime this Spring for PC and console.
Striker's Edge:
The next game we checked out at Playdius was Striker's Edge. At it's base level, it's dodgeball, but you are playing as a variety of historical warriors and the goal is to hit your opponent with your weapons enough times to bring down their life bar and kill them. It's super fast paced with normal and special charged shots and each character plays differently, so there's lots of room to expirment and find which one works best for you. It also feels like an arcade classic like Windjammers and there's a single player campaign as well as 1v1 and 2v2 modes and it should be out later this year on PS4 and PC.
Pankapu:
The last game we checked out at the Playdius booth was Pankapu, which is a 2d action platformer with absolutely gorgeous art that tells the story of a boy who is being threatened by nightmares and you play a dream warrior (cue Dokken) that battles through the dream realm to stop them. You character can switch forms, each with a unique weapon and skills and it's all around solid platforming like you would have found on the SNES or Genesis back in the day, except now with the aformentioned incredible art style. The game is also episodic and episodes 1 & 2 are out now on Steam and should be out on PS4, Xbox One and Switch soon as well.
Forts:
Coming from Earthworks Games out of Australia, Forts is a realtime 2D base building/siege game that will most likely draw comparisions to Worms but the real time aspect really sets it apart. Chris and I got to play head to head with some prebuilt mega forts but in the actual game, you'll first build up your fort using similar mechanics to what you might find in something like Bridge Constructor and then you'll place weapons and take on your opponent across the map. There is a wide range of weapons available including giant lasers, cannons and silo launched missiles and the destruction they cause is insanely satisfying as you see the entire structure rock and supports collapse. It will be out on Steam on April 19th.
Conarium:
Conarium is first person horror game that takes it's inspiration from HP Lovecraft, specifically "In the Mountains of Madness" as your character explores bizarre arctic ruins that seem to have mysterious and dangerous secrets. The game looks fantastic thanks to the Unreal 4 engine and the "Madness" part comes in when your character sees glimpses of the past to a prior expedition at the site. You will have to track down items and use them to solve environmental puzzles, like in our demo we had to find an artifact that was able to clear away deadly vines from a tunnel opening and use an ax to chip away at ice to move some ancient machinery. It's coming later this year to Steam.
Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days:
Announced shortly before PAX started, Big Star Games is working with Lionsgate for Reservoir Dogs: Bloody Days, a new take on the Tarantino classic. Featuring something the team is calling "single player co-op", Bloody Days puts you in control of a team of three of the Dogs, one Leader, one Required and one player choice character and the missions are all various heists based on the film or expanding on things mentioned in the film. The Leader character moves first and sets a time checkmark and then you can rewind time and move the second character while the Leader does what you just did prior again and the same for the third character, which leads to a ton of strategy about who is going where and doing what and you can do things like kill an enemy that killed another of the Dogs and rescue that character so they can continue in the heist. It's super creative and much more exciting and interesting than just a generic 3rd person shooter based on the movie. It's out later this year on Steam.
Redeemer:
We spent some time in the Gambitious booth on Saturday afternoon and the first game we checked out there was top down action game Redeemer. Playing as Visily, a former mercenary turned monk, you have to return to your violent past when the corporation you used to work for attacks the monastery. The game is brutally awesome, with visceral melee and ranged attacks and it zooms in for some great looking finishers and environmental kills. There's a great sense of destruction as well as you kick open doors and punch guys through walls and it just feels like you're playing a great, bad ass action movie, which is exactly what we are looking for. It's coming out in the Spring for Steam.
Oh Sir! The Hollywood Roast: A follow up to the original Oh Sir, The Hollywood Roast has you competing against the computer or a human opponent to try and craft the best insults possible. You share a list of words and phrases with your opponent and take turns picking them to fill out your insulting sentence. In this version, the characters are all parodies of movie characters like Harry Potter and Gandalf and there's lots of specific weird references based on the characters. It's fun, unique game that seems like it would be perfect as a party game with friends.
Machiavillain:
What's more horrifying than 1 monster? 2 monsters. Or 10 of them living in a mansion together. Machiavillan is a sim game that has the player build and manage a death trap mansion. As an Evil Villain, its up the the player to gather resources to create the rooms of the mansion, summon cutesy but deadly horror creatures and lure in victims in to the mansion. The game was inspired by similar games like Prison Architect, and there are obvious references to the classic Universal Monsters (Plus a handful of neat modern monsters). As you build a simple house into a mansion, the missing victims that you have killed increase the level of interest by the towns folks and will attract Monster Hunters to battle the mansion's creatures. The demo we tried had us start from absolute scratch, with only a few starter helpers to gather resources and slowly maul low level victims to build up the mansion's infamy, we started with basically a cabin in the woods type house, killing curious bystanders and building up a small army of simple zombies. There was a learning curve to get the flow of the controls and understand each monster's mechanics, but the game felt really balanced and was addictive to try and build my humble horror cabin into a multiple room death lodge. Developer Alexandre Lautié showed us a later build, where the Mansion is fortified with various monsters, traps, fully decorated rooms and a crowd of torch & pitch fork wielding towns people had tried to burn the place down. The game is planned to be released for PC, and is currently in a beta build.
Bobby Throne Saves the World:
Coming from the team who brought you the bizarre adventure that was Soda Drinker Pro, Bobby Throne Saves the World is the first televangelist simulator where you step into the shoes of Bobby Throne, the self proclaimed "Prophet of the Coins" and try to build up your worship empire from a strip mall church to a televised megachurch and you can step into VR and puppet Bobby to perform faith healing and expound on the virtues of the Coins or you can also become a spectator in someone else's game and attend a sermon. We didn't experience the game hands on but we did get a QA with Bobby himself and try to learn the power behind the coins. It should be out sometime this year.
Dunk Lords:
Coming from Andy Hull, programmer on Spelunky, Dunk Lords is an arcade style basketball game with tons of additional features layered on top. After picking a team from a cast of colorful characters, the game plays sort of like NBA Jam with tons of over the top dunks and stealing the ball from the other team but in between quarters, your team can share money earned and buy upgrades like a magnet that sucks the ball directly to you after any bounce off the net or armor to make it harder to steal the ball. There are also spots on the floor that can give power ups or additional money a la Mario Kart and you can use fighting game style moves like uppercuts to steal and block the ball as well. The game will feature a single player campaign in addition to the multiplayer action and it should be out sometime next year on Steam.
Flipping Death:
Flipping Death is a new adventure platformer game about a teenage girl named Penny, who has mysteriously crossed into the world of the dead. She is forced into taking a job as a Grim Reaper and is given the power to posses the citizens of Flatwood Peaks, flipping between the two worlds to solve puzzles, complete side quests and uncover the nature of her death. The gameplay is similar to Zoink Games' Stick It To the Man, but with the powers of Death and teen angst. We found the art style to be very interesting and the wacky character interactions to be funny, and it's also supposed to take place in the same world as Stick It To the Man. The game requires a lot of exploration and it's vital to flip between worlds to discover clues to solve some puzzles. Flipping Death is scheduled to be released sometime in 2017, and is coming to PS4, PC and the Nintendo Switch.
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Maybe you stopped reading a long time ago. But I bet you stopped living a long time ago, too.
Maybe you are never wrong but I bet you love being right more than anything else.
The challenge with knowledge is that it can be useless. However, not knowing anything can also prove to be weakness. Strength is never knowing more than someone else, strength has to do with where you put your focus.
1 Cor. 8 says that knowledge puffs while love builds. It was said by a man named Paul who knew his stuff. However, today is not a day to observe or just read or just watch Donald Trump say what he wants to say. Today is day to embrace, and to live.
Eccl. 3- there is a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing.
With the present moment in front of you you will face what puffs and what builds. 50,000 thoughts will fill your mind today, it is just a matter of which one's to listen to.
Santa Cruz is only an hour away. That is what is next.


Reminiscing over the years that we, the Salon, have been together I realize only now that we have grown up together.
We saw each others joy, pain, children, sorrows and other emotions.
So the Salon is a reflection also of life itself. The Salon goes beyond decorative painting. Evidently we meet all once a year; but the communication after lingers on daily. And friendship goes to all corners of the world. Professionally many among us meet frequently due to shared projects and teaching for each others´ students. The Salon is very much alive. Personally I am very happy with the outcome of what once started. I consider it as a temple and worshipping of each others abilities and visions. The Salon can only exist by keeping it alive and bringing in new energy. That means a lot of enthusiasm of us individually. As in life, the Salon evolves and renews slowly. It is as the "Circle Dance" we did with Don Gray at all closing dinners. We all hold hands in a special "chain"-like way. One may break away from that chain of people but through a clever system the Salon itself will remain strong. I have witnessed through all these years so many talents. Women and men.
To come to the Salon is a special thing to do. Sacrifices are made financially, in time and in technical sense. One has to travel to meet up again with the Salon-friends. So the gathering MUST be something special when so many come out once a year. And to create a Salon, done by prominent -members, is something that inflicts ones own life very much.
The main issue is decorative painting in all different forms. Ornamental, grisailles, imitating materials, Trompe l'oeil or sign-writing.
Whatever skill or talent one has, only the very best will be part of the Salon. And only the finest personalities in life are found within the Salon.
We all worked very hard to create the only and first unique gathering in the world....without discriminating on believes and religion.....you have to be a good and trustworthy both as a person and painter.
I came to the very first gathering in Belgium by mistake in 1992,but what a revelation it was. Then in 1996 I met many, many more beautiful characters that influenced my work and also personality. They uplifted my thinking, and so many from all over the world became closer friends then my own neighbours. They sustained my ideals for a new group that uplifts the craft with knowledge and technique, new visions and startling surprises in a new adventure . The prediction for the future came out, I realize only now. In 1997 the Salon was re-founded in the Netherlands in the form as we know it now. Then 1998 the first (Kirwin-) Salon-USA was a fact. So many new talents came in that Salon and determined further the future. We never saw so many public-visitors as in Sweden which was again repeated in Paris. The decorative craft proved to be alive and kicking.
Obviously many spin-offs came from the Salon....commercial and educational. There is only one original !!!! Most unique and ONLY once a year, exclusively. Each Salon is a piece of Art on its own. The painters work separate for the exhibition and live-demonstration nervously a whole year long. All those panels together is an explosion of energy. Therefore it is also an honour to organise one.
It is meaningful,......therefore it is a temple.


Summary HP Universal CMDB (UCMDB) Probe 9.05, 10.01, and 10.11 enables the HTTP TRACE method, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the headers of a response.
description The version of HP Universal Configuration Management Database Server running on the remote web server is affected by an authentication bypass vulnerability due to the JMX-Console component performing access control only for GET and POST methods. A remote attacker, using the HTTP HEAD method, can bypass authentication to add a new administrator user to the system, allowing full access.


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Q: How to check whether particular column completely match or not I would like to compare particular column with the other one.
For instance,when I compare A column with B by using some method,
it should return False.
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0   1   2
1   2   2
2   3   3
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when I try
df.A==df.B

But this returns whether each elements match with the other.
How can I compare column with the other one ?

A: You can use equals:
df['A'].equals(df['B'])
Out: False

This checks whether two Series are exactly the same - labels included.

A: You want to use all
(df.A == df.B).all()

df.A.eq(df.B)

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df.A.eq(df.B).all()

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Conservative MEPs made clear today they will be supporting proposals put forward by British EU Commissioner Lord Hill which would force multi-national companies to publicly report their tax dealings on a country-by-country basis.
Economics spokesman Kay Swinburne MEP said: "Lord Hill's proposals reflect UK Government policy. Conservative MEPs support this proposal and welcome the opportunity to fully debate the introduction of public country-by-country reporting for the largest multi-national companies."
The legislation, which will be implemented via the Accounting Directive, intends to crackdown on tax avoidance and will be considered by the European Parliament later this year.
However, Conservative MEPs opposed a Labour-backed amendment which sought to add public tax reporting to separate legislation considered by the Parliament in Strasbourg today.
Tax spokesman Ashley Fox said: "To try bring forward this issue as an amendment to a piece of technical legislation is inappropriate and cheap opportunism by the Socialists and Greens.
"We are interested in framing good legislation that will tackle tax avoidance, not empty political gestures."


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Chairperson's Forum demonstrates great GGF progress
Events | 23.03.21
The annual GGF Chairpersons' Forum took place via video conference on 18th March, with all the GGF's technical groups, committees, regions and countries represented by 33 Members as chairs, vice-chairs or as nominated representatives.
Chaired and hosted by Greg O'Donoghue (Chair of the GGF Marketing and Communications Committee), the Forum was opened by GGF President, Tony Smith and then followed by a comprehensive presentation from John Agnew, GGF Managing Director before an Open Forum when representatives of the GGF's 14 Technical Groups, 4 Committees and 11 Regions were invited to make comments, raise concerns and ask any questions of the GGF Board, President and Managing Director.
In his opening remarks Tony Smith paid tribute to Stephen Byers, a GGF stalwart and a former Chair who sadly passed away recently. Tony also praised Mark Austin, for his contribution as President, the GGF Board and GGF Group Staff for their outstanding commitment and productivity during an extraordinary year that was 2020.
In his presentation, John Agnew clearly showed the Forum where progress has been made and the extent of the developments of the GGF over the last 12 months including:
An increase in technical influence across standards committees (International, European and UK) as well as more direct technical meetings with Government departments BEIS (Business Energy and Industrial Strategy) and MHCLG (Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government) on energy efficiency and fire safety.
The output of the GGF technical department highlighting that the GGF holds over 70 technical meetings per year for its Members and has published 44 technical documents in the last 12 months.
The investment in Health, Safety and Environment, with the appointment of a new manager leading activity in this area that has seen output, during the COVID-19 pandemic, of dozens of updates and articles, a suite of safe guides and the new Health, Safety and Environment Webinar Programme which has been launched recently.
The increase in consumer awareness through the GGF's Stay Safe with MyGlazing.com campaign which attracted over 200k unique visitors to the MyGlazing.com and has received coverage that has reached a potential audience of over 100 million.
Other new products and services were highlighted such as the GGF Deposit Insurance Scheme, the GGF Digital Marketing Toolkit and the new training courses available through the re-launch of GGF Training and the partnership with Total Support Training.
On the Forum, GGF President Tony Smith said, "I was pleased to see over 90% of all the GGF's Chairs present at the Forum and also to hear their views and concerns for the Federation's future. We all share the same goal for the GGF to be an exceptional trade body that not only represents Members to Government but also helps us grow our businesses."
John Agnew added, "It was great to see Members from all parts of the GGF represented at the Forum and I was pleased to demonstrate the progress we have made in what has been an incredibly tough year. We will continue to work on behalf of Members to ensure the Federation progresses to even greater heights. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all those who attended and shared their views at this important GGF annual event."


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Les Heterostygninae sont une sous-famille d'opilions laniatores de la famille des Stygnidae.

Distribution
Les espèces de cette sous-famille se rencontrent en Amérique du Sud et au Antilles.

Liste des genres
Selon World Catalogue of Opiliones (04/10/2021) :
 Eutimesius Roewer, 1913
 Imeri Pinto-da-Rocha & Tourinho, 2012
 Innoxius Pinto-da-Rocha, 1997
 Minax Pinto-da-Rocha, 1997
 Stenostygnellus Roewer, 1913
 Stygnidius Simon, 1879
 Stygnoplus Simon, 1879
 Timesius Simon, 1879
 Yapacana Pinto-da-Rocha, 1997

Publication originale
 Roewer, 1913 : « Die Familie der Gonyleptiden der Opiliones-Laniatores [Part 2]. » Archiv für Naturgeschichte, , , ,  (texte intégral).

Liens externes

Notes et références

Stygnidae
Sous-famille d'opilions (nom scientifique)

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Best outdoor film screenings, London 2022
Whoever said cinematic escapism was an indoor activity? Make the most of warm summer evenings with our pick of the best outdoor film screenings in London
Pop Up Screens
Pop Up Screens celebrates its 10th birthday this summer, selling tickets for only £10 a head. This year, their outdoor cinemas unfold over three months across seven London parks and open spaces including Holborn, Hammersmith and Greenwich Peninsula.
The venues boast a 'relaxed atmosphere' in which to enjoy many crowdpleasers including No Time to Die, Grease, and The Greatest Showman. There's also something of an 80s vibe with films like The Breakfast Club, Dirty Dancing, The Goonies and Back to the Future filling the schedules.
Photo: Strike Media
Friday 22 July - Sunday 18 September
Rooftop Film Club
Rooftop Film Club has cooked up another season of outdoor venues in two picturesque London locations. With hot food and alcohol, of course.
In Stratford and Peckham, you'll find screenings throughout July: featuring both timeless classics (True Romance, Do the Right Thing) and contemporary offerings (Elvis, Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Everything Everywhere All At Once). Rooftop also provides height-adjustable deckchairs and state-of-the-art wireless headphones to enhance your immersive comfort.
Photo: EPK/Paramount
Until Sunday 31 July
Roof East, Stratford, 7 & 8 Stratford Multistorey Car Park, Great Eastern Road, London E15 1BB / Bussey Building, 133 Rye Lane, Peckham, London SE15 4ST
Luna Cinema
Luna Cinema has a near-ubiquitous presence across the country, and this year comes to 40 locations in the UK. They're even returning the venue to Sandringham Estate, the Queen's Norfolk home. The London locations include Westminster Abbey, Clapham Common, Kew Gardens, and Greenwich Old Royal Naval College.
There are plenty of excellent titles rolling out this year, from sing-along hits like West Side Story and Moulin Rouge! to sci-fi/fantasy epics like Dune and Harry Potter. And Little Moons are also providing their mochi ice cream balls to make your screening even more delicious.
Photo: Cow
Until Sunday 2 October
Barbican Outdoor Cinema
Fancy something more high-brow? Well, the Barbican will sort you out with their succinct selection of intelligent films – shown in the architecturally amazing Sculpture Court.
Coexisting with their recent ecological exhibition Our Time On Earth, this year's programme aims to reignite a passion for the planet. This includes the famous Pink Floyd concert Live in Pompeii (1972), the lauded Studio Ghibli film Princess Mononoke (1997) and Julie Dash's magic-realist drama Daughters of the Dust (1991), which was the first movie directed by a Black woman to receive a nationwide release in the US.
There's also a double-bill of animations by the French writer-director René Laloux: La Planète Sauvage (1973) followed by his earlier short film Les Escargots (1966).
Photo: PR
Tuesday 23 August - Sunday 28 August
Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
Backyard Cinema: Miami Beach
Okay, this isn't technically outside, but Backyard Cinema has created the convincing illusion of a sun-sprinkled Miami. Pull up a beanbag on the sand, taste a Backyard Pizza, and savour an exotic cocktail amid the bohemian beachscape. And if you're up for it, there's also a dancefloor.
Backyard has prepared a dazzling line-up of buzzy movies to enjoy – whether for a romantic night out, a day trip with the kids or a party with friends. Dirty Dancing, Lightyear, Thor: Love and Thunder, and Top Gun: Maverick are all showing.
Capital Studios, Ram Quarter, 13 Wandsworth Plain, Wandsworth, London SW18 1ET
Outdoor Screenings
Elvis movie review ★★★★★
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande review ★★★★★
Top Gun: Maverick review ★★★★★
Everything Everywhere All At Once review ★★★★★
The Worst Person in the World review ★★★★★
In cinemas this weekend: Brendan Fraser stars in Oscar-bait obesity drama


Admission with Advanced Standing may allow you to complete the Master of Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling degree in approximately 18 months (three semesters) instead of two years, depending on prior preparation. This program is designed for individuals who already have up to 15 hours of qualifying graduate-level coursework. In addition, IIT undergraduate students who meet the criteria for regular admission to the master's program can consider completing their master's degree more quickly by smart use of electives. In the junior and senior years, qualified students can take graduate courses to meet their undergraduate elective requirements.
IIT undergraduate students applying to the program must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0/4.0 in their undergraduate coursework at the time of application to the program, and must also meet the minimum graduate admission criteria for the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program.
Candidates who hold a B.A. or B.S. in psychology or another relevant degree (or international student holding a relevant professional degree from outside the U.S.), and who have completed some relevant graduate-level courses may qualify for Advanced Standing in the Master of Science in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program.
For a course to be accepted toward Advanced Standing, the student needs to obtain a grade of B or better. Candidates will be asked to provide additional evidence on their previous coursework, including projects and course syllabi, to determine eligibility.
Interested candidates should submit a formal application to the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling Program. For current IIT undergraduate students who wish to apply for Advanced Standing, this should be done in the junior or senior year. Candidates must meet the minimum graduate program admissions criteria for the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program, in order to be considered for the program. It is important to work closely with the Head of the Division of Counseling and Rehabilitation Science and (if applicable) your undergraduate academic advisor to determine course sequencing and/or whether completed courses meet the criteria for acceptance toward Advanced Standing. Candidates will be notified upon admission as to their acceptance of Advanced Standing.
Undergraduate students admitted to the program complete the requirements of their undergraduate program in four years. Students are awarded their B.S. in psychology after successfully completing their fourth year of study. The course work during the fourth year serves as the final year of the B.S. program and includes coursework for the first semester of the M.S. program.
Undergraduate students enrolled in the Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling program with Advanced Standing must follow the IIT Undergraduate Catalog to satisfy requirements for the bachelor's degree and the requirements set out in the Graduate Bulletin for the master's degree. Close communication with advisors is required.


REWIRING THE SOUL with Gabriella Kortsch, Ph.D.: Why Walk When You Can Fly?
Another newsletter I read that comes from Gaia brought the trailer of a wonderful movie to my attention. You can watch the trailer here and the entire film online here, or purchase it for home viewing.
Isha, a spiritual teacher from Australia, works with seekers from all paths (including prisoners in Uruguay, where she lives today), and shares her message of enlightenment through uncompromising and unconditional love.
This May, her book Why Walk When You Can Fly? has become a movie. It's a beautiful film, narrated in Isha's lilting accent, and illustrated with her passion for horses and hawks, clips from her music videos, and countless wonderful stories. And in it, as in the book, she shares the secrets of her unique Isha System: the path she followed to awakening.