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Can Playing League of Legends Affect Your Mental Health?
1 League of Legends is a competitive game
1.1 The matchmaking system is a trickster
1.2 The game is just mentally taxing
It seems like destiny how every gamer is haunted by stress and an unusually heavy mental load. It's pretty ironic considering how these games are created for entertainment and the gamers just end up stressed and fuming after every game. League of Legends is probably one of the most enraging games out on the internet. There are probably some of those fake Mario games rigged with traps that are less stressful than playing 3 ranked games of League of Legends. The game's nature attracts a lot of players because of its characteristics. The game is fairly easy to learn unlike other MOBAs and can be really fun to play with friends. So why is there a significant amount of stress linked to this game? And how do you counter it?
League of Legends is a competitive game
League of Legends is full of tryhards determined to make sick outplays and dominate every single game they play. It is true that there is a certain level of satisfaction you get out of outplaying an enemy when you're on 10% HP as Zed, landing that Thresh Q on an airborne Zac or Tristana, or even getting that ultra-rare Yasuo 1v3. However, continuous failures to do so might take its toll on any player and cause them to tilt, which could lead to losing the game, causing more tilt – it's an endless cycle.
The matchmaking system is a trickster
The matchmaking system of League of Legends can be a little fickle from time to time. If you're unlucky enough it matches you with players who don't know half of what they're doing. If you don't play League of Legends enough to be able to carry your team or even just yourself in every game, queueing up for a ranked match could feel like playing Russian Roulette. But sometimes, if you get lucky enough, it might place you in a match where the players are just on a whole different level and you're left at the top lane camped for half of the game. That grey screen of death is pretty demoralizing.
The game is just mentally taxing
If you're not used to playing for long periods of time, grinding ranked games for a significant amount of time could fry up your brain. The game's micro and macro mechanics can take their toll on your head and it may cause you to make small mistakes – a lot. This burnout could make you lose your focus and constantly check out in the middle of the game, and the defeats can make you feel furious. So remember to check on yourself from time to time.
Playing League of Legends can indeed affect your mental health in one way or another. It can make even the calmest and most composed players squirm in frustration. But remember that along with skills, and hard work, keeping a straight head is one of the keys to improving consistently. Remember to take short breaks after every game or couple of games, stop to evaluate every defeat, and remember what you did to get the victories. Even if the progress is slow, remember to keep it steady. And most of all, remember to keep track of your progress on the best LoL MMR checkers.
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this is my first post in three-and-a-half months, and i'm not even sure what to say. so, hello there!
i suppose that i should catch you up on life in these parts. in short, we've been soaking up all that life has to offer, and i've been trying to focus on living life instead of documenting it – hence the radio silence over here.
but, i miss writing about our lives, and i miss sharing our little part of the world with all of you, so here i am.
first, our sweet L turned 4 in June, and he had a memorable baseball-themed bash at our local park. all of his dearest friends and family came to celebrate the big '4', and we sweat and soaked up the opportunity to be amongst kiddo laughter on the gorgeous (albeit windy) day outside. we ate some concessions-themed food in cute little red-and-white-checked cardboard baskets (baseball theme!), we opened gifts (our boy's toy collection continues to burst at the seams, which made Goodwill donations even easier this year – yay for sharing forgotten toys as we acquire new favorites!), and we even played a game of t-ball, which was a fascinating and wildly entertaining way to close out the festivities.
speaking of t-ball, our boy had his first season of organized sports this summer, and he LOVED it. he loved his purple Hawks jersey (go Hawks!), he loved hitting and fielding (playing pitcher was his most favorite; even though pitchers don't throw the ball in this t-ball league, pitchers often see the most action on defense), and he especially loved his coach…Daddy.
we're now in the midst of L's first soccer season, and he adores that as well. he already has four goals to his name, as well as countless steals, assists and, of course, foibles and fumbles. but he couldn't be having more fun, which is all that matters to the Mama of the house.
lastly, in semi-big news, we added a dog to our family…for about 18 hours. unfortunately, we've discovered that L (for sure) and (most likely) Q are allergic to dogs…and we aren't talking stuffy noses; instead, our boys coughed and coughed, woke up with itchy and red eyes, and had buckets of snot making it difficult for them to breathe. so, despite our love for the adorable, perfect, sweet sweet SWEET Golden Retriever that we brought home (we called her Millie!), we returned this sweet dog to the family who had been caring for her in hopes that she would find a new home. we know that she will be a wonderful pet to her new forever family.
we do have hopes that perhaps the boys will outgrow their allergies, as many individuals that we know have experienced. we are also very, very cautiously investigating the opportunity to bring a hypoallergenic dog into our family. we are visiting friends in a few weeks that have a Schnoodle (Schnauzer and Poodle mix), and we've heard that Golden Doodles shed much less than Golden Retrievers, but we aren't ready to make the financial – or, frankly, the emotional heart – investment yet.
our sweet Q has been replaced by a stubborn, insistent, "i do it myself" child who is, to put it nicely, challenging to parent these days. however, he still has that killer smile, so he' s largely walking all over us as we grapple with this new reality. of course, we should have expected this turnaround, as our beloved L also sported quite the stubborn streak around 18 months of age, but my Mama memory (and, ahem, my heart) sure wasn't primed for this transition.
i have all the feelings for the baby stage of my boys' lives, but when they hit the toddler phase, and the "i love you's" give way to the "noooooo's," i begin to lose my mind a bit. in short, attention Jord: #weneedmorebabiesinourhouse.
lastly, Q's love of water knows no bounds. we visited a local water-park as summer drew to a close, and while L wavered between courage and caution when it came to slides, waves and fountains, Q couldn't get enough. "wa wa" is a frequently-uttered phrase in our household; i can't wait to get Q into swimming lessons.
Jord and i snuck away for a long weekend in July to celebrate the bachelor/bachelorette parties of our friends. we left the kiddos with the grandparents and drove to Wisconsin, which is becoming our new favorite state – it's just so pretty, guys. i wanted to buy every little adorable old house on every street corner in the small town of Hartford, where the parties took place, as well as in the neighboring town of Ceaderburg, where the bachelorette and her girls partook in some delicious wine (i only bought two bottles, but i'm totally regretting not buying a whole case while i was in town). we also had our very first batch of Wisconsin cheese curds, which will definitely not be our last – YUM.
in other news, we're doing well with our budget plan, thanks to Financial Peace University. we've had to put a bit of a pause on our additional payments to our debt as of late, due to some uncertainty with my contract negotiations at my day job (i teach English at a local technical college), but these stalls in extra payments are allowing us to more readily afford a new roof on our home – it's funny how God provides!
both Jord and i are experiencing times of busyness at work, so we relish the opportunity to soak up time with our boys and with each other. one new thing that we've been doing lately: we've been playing board games together (L's newest favorite is this, which he purchased with his own money that he earned doing chores around the house and from his birthday; Jord and i are OBSESSED with this game). we also recently added this game to our collection, and we're anxiously awaiting a break in our schedules to play it.
speaking of a new roof…we learned this summer that our roof experienced significant hail damage during a storm in the fall of 2015 (yes, almost an entire year ago). we had an insurance adjuster come out to survey the damage and estimate replacement costs. during this process, we learned that our homeowner's policy had an ACV (actual cash value) stipulation, which, in simple terms, means that when something is damaged, our policy only covers the actual cash value cost, not the full replacement cost. SO, long story short, if we want to claim our roof damage and replace the shingles, we would have to pay out a bit of money in order to replace our roof. luckily, we've worked with an excellent contractor who's been tirelessly appealing to our insurance company for more comprehensive coverage of our damage, and our out-of-pocket is significantly less than we initially anticipated. so, in the next few weeks, we'll have a new roof installed!
i'm also way behind in updating you on a few little tweaks that we've made to our home in the past few months. i've completed a phase I makeover of our upstairs bathroom (i've had a post on this drafted for MONTHS). these inexpensive updates have made such a difference in the space, and i hope to share it here soon – i just have to find time to clean the bathroom (HA) and then snap some photos.
we've also moved L into his own big boy bedroom downstairs (as mentioned here), and we've reorganized Q's room to better suit him. i have also painted a dresser from my childhood to use as storage in Q's room, hung a few more items around the house, and officially traded (with my brother and his girlfriend!) our black 4×2 Expedit in exchange for a distressed dresser.
we're headed out on a few mini vacations this fall and winter, mostly to bigger cities in neighboring states to take in a baseball game, go shopping and/or see friends. but this December, we will also embark on a Black Hills (South Dakota) family vacation with my parents, my brother and his girlfriend, and their new Yellow Lab puppy, Copper.
that's all the news that i have from our world – what's new with you?
once upon a time, eight years ago today, a boy and a girl began dating. they had met the previous summer at their summer bank job. on the first day of work, the girl greeted the boy, but the boy didn't return her "hello," so the girl thought that the boy was stuck-up and rude.
little did the girl know, the boy would spend the next nine months chasing after her heart, until she finally relented one January 27th, when the boy was away for the weekend with a friend.
"let's date," she said over the phone, one of her friends silently cheering her on in the background.
…and the mother of his two children.
Jord, i'm so lucky to have you – while you may not have won your poker games that fateful day eight years ago, i certainly won, for i got YOU.
This isn't hobbit tale, but more of a self-reflection in my return to blogging. It's been a while since I've posted anything, and I know that at least Sara has noticed. Summer is a weird time for me. I look back at my past efforts in blogging, and the summer is almost always a dry spell. This, at first glance, is quite odd to me.
However, when I think about it more, I'm spending my summers quite busy with many tasks. Before Lionel, there was baseball, softball, friends, family or whatever activity keeping me busy. Now with Lionel, there's less of those activities, but way more family outside activities. Plenty to do, and plenty to write and discuss, but nothing in the tank to put into words.
It's weird; I probably started four posts in my unannounced hiatus and couldn't get through a sentence or two before it became painful to write. Painful might not be the right term – maybe more exhaustive. I'd write a sentence, and instantly, everything past that became work, as if to say each word I wrote was harder than the last word. Today, it's not like that. It's quite different, actually.
Perhaps it should not be a surprise, but maybe I've been trained to just auto-pilot through the summer. But, with today being the first day of fall, something has switched on. From the days of Kindergarten through my Master's Degree, summer has been the break from study. Maybe that's why writing during the summer doesn't work. Maybe it's because I'm busy doing other things. I don't really know.
This free-flowing writing exercise, which is what I'm calling it, is probably the first real reflection on my time in a while. My psychological studies probably have an answer for the experience I've had, but at the moment I've got nothing but guesses. And that's okay.
This summer was full of fun. I stood up for my best friends for their wedding, celebrated my son's second birthday, celebrated my 29th birthday, celebrated my 4th wedding anniversary, did my best to care for Sara through the second trimester of her pregnancy, spent weekend days on my dad's new boat, worked on some projects, ignored some others, won a fantasy baseball championship, and overall, I'm quite happy with how things turned out.
And now I'm blogging again. Maybe it has nothing to do with summer at all. A new video game called Destiny came out a few weeks ago, and I've put more hours than I'd like to admit into it, but video games have always been a source of creative flow for me. Perhaps they go hand in hand?
With a second child on the way and additional obligations being taken on, my life lately has been about eliminating clutter. I thought I was efficient with my time after Lionel was born. Now, I'm finding even more ways to focus on fewer things. It's hard on my brain to do this, but I feel pretty good about trading four or five activities for one I can focus on. Maybe six months from now I'll be singing an opposite tune. Who knows? But, look at that – I've busted out 500 words about nothing and everything, and I'm back in the game.
This past weekend, I got to celebrate a wonderful tradition with my best friend, Brad, for his bachelor party. He and I flew on a jet plane down to a little-known desert town called Las Vegas with three other guys for a little R&R. Well, actually, R&R probably wasn't our actual intention, nor the outcome, but a trip did occur, and we all returned safely, albeit, a tad tired.
This would mark for the first time that I'd be leaving L and Sara alone together for more than a couple of nights – in this case, I was gone for four nights, to be exact. Leading into the trip, I felt like being away from them wouldn't be all that abnormal; I expected that I would miss them, but I thought that my days would largely go on unaffected.
Wrong. I missed them like crazy.
Now, I still had tons of fun, had no issues keeping up with the crew, and was able to not let my feelings of missing them negatively affect the trip. But, I am sure I annoyed some of my traveling buddies because I felt like almost without control that I was talking about L or Sara, or was referencing them all the time. Perhaps that's why it was easy to relax and enjoy myself over this trip, because they weren't far away from me mentally or spiritually – they were always on my mind.
Physically, my days got turned upside down. The pace of Vegas is incredible, and just like my first visit to Vegas a few years ago, it never slowed down until I entered to the airport in Vegas, readying to return home. Just like I expected, I felt this uneasy shift of life screeching to a halt.
This time, however, that feeling was lessened somewhat, as the fast-pace of Vegas was replaced by my excitement to see my family.
Instead of sleeping on the plane, as we started to descend, my levels of excitement peaked. In short, I was so ready to see my family.
Now, given that the plane landed at home past L's bedtime, and he was a bit cranky when he was awoken by the jolt of the car returning home, I didn't quite get the grand reception you see in the movies, but nothing could replace the warm feeling of returning home.
For me, the major takeaway of the trip, apart from a really fun time, was this: I don't know how many times I heard people giving Brad a hard time about how getting married or having babies changes your life, but every time I heard statements like that, I just smiled and knew, on the inside, how positive those changes have been for me.


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Goats Thrive in Arid and Savannah Climates Because That's Where They Evolved
D. de Treville. An earlier version was published in: THE GOAT RANCHER MAGAZINE, Sarah, Mississippi, November 2003; the original version appeared in ChevonTalk.
I was thinking about the very negative impacts on your goats that a lot of you experienced in humid areas of North America, during Summer 2003, due to high temperatures/heavy rain - climates that are technically associated with subhumid and humid ecosystems. Maybe that's not the kind of climate that you normally experience in your area - but it is clearly seems to have been the ecosystem construct for many of you over the last year.
This has had major implications for parasite population explosions: coccidiosis, stomach worms, flukes, etc. - affecting goats to a far greater extent than cattle and horses, and other livestock. As well, pasture grasses in wet climates will be less nutritious because they will be water-logged and minerals will have been leached out of them.
Water Point, Goats & Donkeys in the Sahel
- Zootechnie des régions chaudes
As well, heat stress, lowered libido / oestrose, pneumonia, hoof-rot, and increased vulnerability to other diseases are often found in goats experiencing these climatic conditions – when either by breed or by conditioning, they are not able to efficiently cope with these conditions.
Why do most goats suffer so much in these conditions?! Simple. For tens of thousands of years they evolved in, and developed optimal survival strategies for living in arid and semiarid ecosystems where extensive pastoral, rather than intensive sedentary farming systems, are the norm.
For a bird's-eye view of how close the species-breed-ecosystem link is, here's how goat (and sheep) populations stack up in Africa - where over 30% (160 million) of the world's goat population is found:
% Goats By Ecosystem
On The African Continent:
Semiarid
Subhumid
Humid
[Note - %'s do not add up to 100% due to irregularities and/orambiguities of some of the data associated with this survey
Why are there only 9% of Africa's 160 million goats in humid zones, while 39% are in arid and 27% in semiarid areas - the latter two representing a whopping 66% of the goat population? Because that's the kind of climate in which they evolved and therefore thrive: able to travel long distances in search of forage that is often coarse and of high tannin content and so unsuitable for other stock, and able to go long periods without water - 5 days for some breeds.
Map of goat distribution in Africa; 1 point = 100,00 heads of goats
By nature goats are not heavy water drinkers as they have a highly efficient digestive process whereby liquid is efficiently extracted from ingested food. Compare, for example, goat berries with cow dung and you'll se how much more liquid the goat's digestive tract removes than is the case with cow dung. As well, goats HATE rain! They evolved largely in ecozones where there is little rainfall – and when rain does fall in arid and semiarid regions, it is generally a brief cloudburst. Hence, goat coats in many breeds do not have the oily, protective 'anti-rain/snow' features of cattle, horses, dogs and other breeds that evolved in wetter climates. As well, many goat breeds are easily susceptible to hoof-rot in these wet conditions.
Due to extensive browsing patterns by which goats in their natural habitat travel many hundreds of square miles annually in search of food, as well as due to the pattern of browsing whereby goats do not generally eat close to the ground, it was not necessary for the original breeds to develop high levels of resilience or genetic resistance to parasites. Therefore, many of today's breeds coming from arid and semi-arid regions simply cannot naturally (efficiently) cope with high worm burdens and some diseases that are met in more humid areas – without substantial inputs by way of wormers and more intensive management practices. In such humid or wet areas, goats may have to graze close to the ground rather than browse, thus increasing parasite intake from pasture and forbs. As well, the goat-to-land ratio may be so high as to result in dangerously high parasite populations in pastures
Goats do exist in humid areas, but without increased inputs and more systematic management practices, a high price is paid as regards productivity: prolificacy can be much lower and pre/post-weaning mortality much higher. As well, heat/humidity stress, virulent tick-borne diseases, lower nutritive value of fodder, hoof problems, etc, are common.
West African Dwarf- of Guinea origin browsing Ficus leaves and twigs
Some of the breeds in Africa that have been many generations in humid and subhumid ecozones have, through natural selection, developed a certain varying degrees of genetic resistance to certain parasites. Examples include West African Dwarf breeds, the Small East African Goats, and our own Central African Goats. These breeds have adapted to a wide variety of brush and grasses that are closer to the ground and generally more dense. Hence, travelling long distances and 'reaching high' are not necessary adaptive strategies. Shorter, more compact body types and greater resilience or genetic resistance to parasites have apparently been the adaptive strategies for goats that have been in these areas over the last several millennia.
As well, lower twinning rates, reduced oestrose cycles, greater heat/humidity tolerance, tolerance to some tick-borne diseases, resistance to pneumonia and foot-rot, etc, are adaptive strategies that have helped indigenous goat breeds to survive - and thrive - in these more humid areas. However as mentioned, the price paid is lower productivity - with the exception of the Boer, whose origin in the South African veldt fairly closely replicates the semiarid regions in which goats originally evolved.
Dwarf breeds in tropical areas of West Africa have over generations evolved to deal effectively with high parasite burdens.
- International Livestock Research Institute
So, it's a risky strategy to think that – in subtropical areas of North America where meat goat production is increasing goat-to-land rations and where goats are being grazed rather than browsed - that wormers and medical inputs alone are going to solve the problems. When exotic goat breeds – such as the Boer, which originated in a semi-arid environment – are introduced into theses areas they simply aren't genetically equipped to deal with the problem in ways that can sustainably lead to high production levels and therefore high economic returns. In areas typified by cold weather part of the year, the parasite and disease cycles will be cut or at least modified.
Improved management and breeding for genetic resistance seem, now, to offer the best, non-chemical methods to begin to deal with the problem of increasing sustainable, intensive production of goats in subtropical and tropical ecosystems - both in Africa and in North America. Improved management can be accomplished in the short term, particularly management that works to strategically incorporate browse and agroforestry species into the farming system and to manage pastures in ways that minimize parasite loads.
As for breeding for genetic resistance, this is a long-term and sometimes costly process – possibly more easily sustained in Africa, Australia and New Zealand than in the Northern Hemisphere for reasons of cost and prior experience in resistance breeding. But with lessons-learned that are wholly applicable to North American and elsewhere.
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Book/Printed Material [ Martha Graham, Kilbourn Hall, May 27, 1926]
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[ Martha Graham, Kilbourn Hall, May 27, 1926]
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Graham, Martha (performer)
Horst, Louis (instrumentalist)
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Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, May 27, 1926.
- From a XII Century Tapestry
- Danza Degli Angeli
- Bas Relief
- Tanze
- "Suite" from Alceste
- Scene Javanaise
- Dances
- Florentine Madonna, A
- "Prelude" from Alceste
- Kilbourn Hall, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester (venue)
- May 26, 1926 (date)
- "Assisted by Concert Dance Group" (performers)
- Program for recital at the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester, Kilbourn Hall on Thursday Evening, May 27, 1926. (source note)
- Reproduced with permission of Martha Graham Resources, a division of The Martha Graham Center of Contemporary Dance, www.marthagraham.org. (Copyright Notice)
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From a XII Century Tapestry
Scene Javanaise
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For nearly a century, fruit-flavored, liquid-filled Nik-L-Nip Mini Drinks have been a party and holiday favorite. The "Bite 'Em, Drink 'Em, Chew 'Em" Nik-L-Nip wax bottles offer a nostalgic candy version of popular, fruit-flavored drinks. They're a tasty, fun, kids treat.


What should be the role of the United States in the world today?
First, the United States needs to wake itself from its Wilsonian nightmare.
We need to get out of world affairs for the next seventy years.
America needs a good night's sleep.
We've been tossing and turning fitfully.
As we have been tossing and turning, the world has been tossing and turning as well.
America needs a break from the world; the world needs a break from us.
It's a different world now than it was in 1953.
America must learn to share its leadership.
It is not economically sustainable for the United States to be all over the world anymore.
Other countries want to participate also.
We need to enable that.
The best way to influence world affairs is through our trade policy.
By setting a few basic rules that are important to us and backing compliance up with sanctions, we can do more through peace than we can through war.
By enabling people, we create friends rather than than enemies.
This does not mean of course that we do not maintain a military and that we do not keep the peace.
To employ a metaphor, America should adopt the role that John Wayne played in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
John Wayne was the peacekeeper in town.
He wasn't the richest guy in town. He wasn't the mayor of the town. He didn't even get the girl. What he did was quietly work behind the scenes to ensure that evil people like Liberty Valance did not run roughshod over good people.
I would say that's a pretty good metaphor for the United States and its role in the world today.


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In Audio Music News
ABSOLUTELY NOT Are Rich with "Blood Money" in New Song Stream
By Aaron Willschick 06/27/2017
Absolutely Not has released their new single "Blood Money," the third track to be released from their new, fifth album Errors. The album will be out July 28th through No Trend Records. The song displays the darker side of Absolutely Not, a song about a female cyborg programmed to kill. Frontman Donnie Moore has had a longtime interest in 1970s and 1980s sci-fi horror cinema so this track "Blood Money" is something of a musical ode to those movies.
Errors covers some dark and heavy political and social themes, but intertwined with a comical twist and a pop sensibility. It keeps the vibe playful and bratty. Errors is a collection of tracks about people either mislabeled as "errors" by the general public just as a result of them being misunderstood or different, or people who have horrible motivations or perceptions.
audiopunkrocksong stream
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Paltrocast with Darren Paltrowitz: #066 ft. "Dirty Dancing" Songwriters Franke Previte & John DeNicola


We serve children—and their families—from birth through grade six. Our aim is to partner with parents in the discipleship of their children. Our holistic approach to ministry values children and challenges them to become fully devoted Christ followers, not only when they "grow up" but in age appropriate ways now.
We attempt to engage children's minds and hearts through developmentally appropriate Bible study and we watch for spiritual gifts to emerge and encourage children to use them in the church and in their daily lives. But most importantly, we listen. Our hope is that every child feels like family here and leaves knowing they are loved by God and by those who are sharing life with them.
At 9:00: Infants through kindergartners gather downstairs for playtime and Bible stories. 1st through 6th graders are always welcome and encouraged to worship with their families.
At 10:30: Infants through Kindergartners gather downstairs for activities, music, Bible stories, and outdoor play. 1st through 6th Graders are invited upstairs to join their small group leaders for activities, worship, and relationships.
CLUB Paradise is our youth group for 4th through 6th graders. We meet Wednesdays from 5:30 to 7:00pm to play crazy games, spend time learning about following Jesus, and connect with our friends and peer leaders. Find out more about our new CLUB Paradise coordinator, Leah Mahood.
The Psalm Singers is First Pres's children's choir for students in grades 1 through 6. Rehearsals are Wednesdays — 4:45 to 5:45pm — from September to May.
Children's Library — upstairs in the nook by the elevator is our Children's Library with great books available for check-out.
Kids Day Out is a play-based curriculum for children aged two through five years old. KDO focuses on age appropriate activities incorporating art, music, science, literature, and outdoor play.
Presbyterian Preschool, on the campus of First Pres Santa Rosa, has been providing quality early-childhood education to children in Sonoma County since 1962. Visit their website for more information.
Have any questions about our activities?


New Abolitionists Radio seeks to educate the public and agitate for an end of 21st Century Slavery and Human Trafficking. It is an extension of the group Move To Abolish 21st Century Slavery on Facebook.
In the News: Police brutality and domestic violence are obviously linked, the NC solitary lockdown and it's profit driven motives, black men shot by police disproportionately in major cities, the modern slave plantation populations are growing larger.


Among premium grinders Diamond Grind stands out with their anodized aluminum construction that makes it one of the most durable grinders out there on the market today. If you find yourself going through grinders kind of fast due to them dulling you can throw that out the window with the Diamond Grind. The anodized aluminum stops the teeth from dulling and drastically lengthens the life of your grinder. In addition the stainless steel sifting screen is very durable as well.
The large size is 62mm (about 2.5") which is ideal for those who are grinding a lot of material in one setting. No more packing the grinder over and over.


52 mins ago#DXCLUSIVE: Truth Enlists Tragedy Khadafi For "TNT (Large Professor Remix)" Video 10 hours agoRico Nasty Teams With Kenny Beats For "Anger Management" Album 10 hours agoLil Nas X Might Change His Name Because Nas Is A Legend 13 hours agoDave East Blames The Internet For Exaggerating His "Old Town Road" Hate 14 hours agoPromising R&B Collective Emotional Oranges Serves Lusty Number With "Someone Else"
Chris Brown is taking some serious safety precautions with the purchase of a $350,000 bulletproof SUV. According to TMZ, the R&B star ordered the Rezvani Tank several months ago but it was only recently delivered to him.
The customized, ivory-colored vehicle boasts thermal night vision, electric door handles to shock would-be intruders, defensive spike strips and smoke screens. It can withstand multiple rounds from automatic weapons and is reportedly street legal, too.
Brown, who also owns a 2015 Rezvani Beast, has always had an affinity for luxury cars and has photos of them scattered across his Instagram page.
The same model appeared in Belly's "Maintain" video featuring NAV last month.


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News: Man bust transporting drugs
Yesterday afternoon, police officers from the Provincial Drug and Firearm Unit received intelligence about a man who was on his way to distribute drugs in New Germany. They proceeded to the area where police spotted the man driving on the M19 Highway. He was approached on Creak Street in Pinelands where a search was conducted. Police recovered 48 moons of rock cocaine.
The man, 34, was immediately arrested and charged for possession of drugs. He was taken to Pinetown police station for detention. He will appear at the Pinetown Magistrates Court on 28 September2020. The drugs have an estimated street value of R120 000. The suspect was also charged for contravening the Immigration Act after he produced fraudulent documentation. Police are also conducting investigations to determine if he can be linked to other drug-related crimes.
Eastern Cape – Domestic violence perpetrator slapped with 26 years' imprisonment
Makhanda police investigate house robbery – Eastern Cape
Cyclist critical after being struck by truck
Police are investigating three counts of murder and six of attempted murder – North West
Assortment of cigarettes seized at Telle bridge port of entry
Another CIT robber arrested for police killing


UCD welcomes applications from Malawian students to our undergraduate programmes. Find out about our courses, entry criteria to UCD programmes, how to apply, what the visa requirements are, fees, scholarships and who to contact for further information.
UCD requires a Cambridge Overseas Higher School Certificate (COHSC) with minimum grades 5 and 6.
A minimum score of 90, with a minimum score of 20 in each sections, is required in the Internet based TOEFL (iBT).


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Could tutoring be the best tool for fighting learning loss in US students?
n-person tutoring is expensive, requiring close coordination with the classroom and a large supply of tutors. PHOTO: NYTIMES
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NEW YORK – While scrolling through Instagram, Ms Joi Mitchell saw an advertisement for Saga Education, a non-profit organisation that provides high-impact tutoring in schools, and clicked on it.
"I was running away from teaching because my whole family are teachers," she said. "But I always wanted to work with kids."
She signed on and started tutoring students at two Washington public high schools in 2021.
At first, it was heavy lifting. With one student especially, she said, it felt "like I was falling on a brick wall – he was always trying to ditch Saga".
So she spoke to him one on one, explaining how tutoring could help him. He began showing up and making progress.
"The most fulfilling part of tutoring is that 'aha' moment when students finally believe in themselves too," said Ms Mitchell.
The most recent National Assessment of Educational Progress scores – often called the nation's report card – came out on Sept 1 and the results were not just a wake-up call, but also a fire alarm.
The test, taken by nine-year-olds nationwide, showed mathematics scores plunging by seven points from pre-pandemic levels, and reading scores by five, erasing roughly two decades of academic progress.
As schools confront this massive learning loss, in-school tutoring may be one of the most effective tools they have to get students back on track, many experts said. The federal government is confident enough about the evidence behind tutoring that it is investing heavily in such programmes.
While tutoring during Covid-19 conjures reports of teachers hired away to lead private pandemic pods, or families with means paying generously for tutoring outside school, the kind of tutoring Ms Mitchell did – high-dosage, in-school learning in small groups – is one of the most powerful interventions the public education system has, with a large body of research showing benefits such as higher graduation rates, reduced absenteeism and the ability to close half a year's gap in learning.
Research from The University of Chicago on Saga Education's model shows an even greater potential impact: the ability to close a gap of up to 2½ years of maths in a single school year.
In April, the US Education Department announced more than US$220 million (S$310 million) of funding – US$160 million in federal grants from the American Rescue Plan, along with additional funding from philanthropic sources – to help districts build evidence-based tutoring and enrichment programmes to assist with academic recovery.
This is in addition to the US$122 billion in rescue plan funding, passed in March 2021, which was allocated for school support over three years.
Paying it forward: NUS students mentor and tutor children from low-income families
NYC schools reopen with focus on recovery from pandemic losses
The national report card results "show the historic disruption in schooling the president has been sounding the alarm on", said Ms Maureen Tracey-Mooney, special assistant to the president for education policy. The American Rescue Plan funding, she said, is a multi-year response to that. Research from Georgetown University suggests that many districts are spending some of funds on tutoring.
The biggest challenge to implementing these programmes is cost. In-person tutoring is expensive, requiring close coordination with the classroom and a large supply of tutors. But advocates argue that it is worth the effort.
Ms Joi Mitchell, an in-school tutor, at Cardozo High School in Washington. PHOTO: NYTIMES
Dr Matthew Kraft, an associate professor of education and economics at Brown University and a co-author of a paper on how to build a national tutoring programme, said that in more than a decade of research, he has yet to see a body of evidence "as broad and compelling as the evidence for high-cost, intensive long-term tutoring" in public schools.
He estimates the cost of universal K-12 public school tutoring at about US$50 billion a year.
Still, while the current rescue plan funding is not enough to support every public school student experiencing learning loss – "and that's a hard truth to swallow", he said – the initiative presents a real opportunity to help students.
As long as it is done right.
Mr Alan Safran, chief executive and co-founder of Saga Education, which has provided tutoring guidance to the Education Department and is Ms Mitchell's employer, explained that high-impact tutoring "has to be built into the school day, not as an after-school afterthought".
Students also need to meet consistently the same tutor, in groups of two or three, two to three times a week.
Since 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – one of the philanthropic investors providing funding for in-school tutoring – has worked with Saga to significantly bring down the cost of in-person tutoring to US$1,300 a pupil from US$3,400 a pupil.
That accomplishment represents the kind of innovation the new funding is designed to support.
Mr Bob Hughes, director of K-12 Education for the foundation, hopes that, through research, schools can eventually understand which students need a US$500 tutoring model, versus US$1,200 or US$3,400, making these programmes more sustainable with public dollars.
Mr Safran believes a national tutoring programme would be effective if schools focus most aggressively on third grade literacy and algebra, as research shows students who are at grade level in these subjects are four times as likely to graduate high school. He puts the price tag at US$3 billion a year and said – between federal Title 1 funding for highest-need students and the American Rescue Plan – he believes it is possible.
The Education Department will track programmes' effectiveness through its School Pulse Panel survey, with the specific goal that students close a four-month gap in learning.
One of the most urgent, and potentially transformative, areas for research is online tutoring, which could greatly expand the pool of trained tutors available to schools. First, though, it would have to overcome the wariness left by Zoom school among many parents and districts. NYTIMES
China adds harsher penalties for illegal private tutoring
Helping young children catch up after years lost to the pandemic
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Marilyn Silverstone - Nepal. Thubten Choling Monastery
Former MAGNUM photographer Marilyn Silverstone after taking her vows the March 1977 following 5 months of training, became the Tibetan nun with the name of Nga
His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche at Thubten Choling Monastery in Nepal, with Trulshik Rinpoche.March 1977.
His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche at Thubten Choling Monastery in Nepal, with Trulshik Rinpoche. March 1977.
His Holiness Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche at Thubten Choling Monastery in Nepal, with Trulshik Rinpoche.March, 1977.
Nepal. Thubten Choling Monastery. Incarnate lamas, SHECHEN RAHJAM and DRUNGRAM GYATRUL.


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Q: How to use Asynctask establish socket connections? Recent study utilizing Asynctask to establish socket connections, but encountered some situation
now I can use to press the button to establish a connection, , but I do not know how to make the button text from "unconnected" to "Connected ".Compile no problem but it can not be executed on the simulator, press the button, I can see a text from "unconnected" to "Connected", but the next second forced off the APP.
The following is my code fragment:
public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    public static Button Btn_Wifi,Btn_Power,Btn_Flame;
    public static Boolean connected=false;
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    public static DataInputStream dataInputStream = null ;
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            try {
                socket = new Socket("ip", port);//
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                changeConnectionStatus(true);//change the connection status
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Button.OnClickListener BtnWifiOnClickListener = new Button.OnClickListener(){
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        //SocketTask sockettask = new SocketTask();
        new SocketTask().execute();
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public static void changeConnectionStatus(Boolean isConnected) {
    connected=isConnected;//change variable
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Positive solutions
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A: you can't touch UI from doInBackground()
you need to use onPostExecute()
move the call of changeConnectionStatus(true) from doInBackground() as following:
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Song Analysis with the Songwriter
NEM#77: Shawn Phillips: Uncategorizable from Texas
July 7, 2018 by Mark Lint
Shawn started as a '60s folk singer, went to England to cavort with the greats of classic rock, and emerged in the '70s with ten albums of eclectic, progressive music with shamanic lyrics delivered with a twang.
We discuss "Woman" from Second Contribution (1971), "A Christmas Song" from Faces (1972) and "Mr. President" from Furthermore (1974), then play two songs from his new album, Continuance: "C'mon Round" and "Bach to the Fusion." Opening music: "I'm a Loner (I'm a Drifter)" from I'm a Loner (1964). For more, see shawnphillips.com.
Hear more Nakedly Examined Music. Like our Facebook page. Support us at patreon.com/nakedlyexaminedmusic.
© 2019 · Nakedly Examined Music


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Publish Open Access @UC Berkeley
For decades, scholars, researchers, funders, the taxpaying public, and others have desired that research be accessible online without paywall barriers in order to advance knowledge, promote progress, and maximize research impact and return on investment. The Library is a key stakeholder in advancing all of these open access initiatives. Here are just some of the ways we support you in publishing open access at UC Berkeley.
Put a copy in a repository
Deposit in eScholarship.org
UC Berkeley faculty, staff, students (and departments!) can make a copy of their scholarship available in the UC's open access repository, called eScholarship.
This is because the Academic Senate of the University of California adopted an Open Access Policy on July 24, 2013, ensuring that future research articles authored by faculty at all 10 campuses of UC will be made available to the public at no charge. On October 23, 2015, a Presidential Open Access Policy expanded open access rights and responsibilities to all other authors who write scholarly articles while employed at UC, including non-senate researchers, lecturers, post-doctoral scholars, administrative staff, librarians, and graduate students.
The UC system-wide Office of Scholarly Communications has a helpful guide on both the OA policies and how to make deposits of post-prints—peer-reviewed versions of scholarship prior publisher formatting—into eScholarship. To quickly get started, just follow their link for: Deposit your work.
Using Other Repositories
You may choose to deposit your manuscript in a repository other than eScholarship. Or, if you prefer, eScholarship can be one of several repositories where you deposit your materials. Here are a few discipline-specific repositories worth considering; to find more, check out OpenDOAR (the Directory of Open Access Repositories).
ArXiv: e-prints in Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Quantitative Biology, Quantitative Finance and Statistics
SocArXiv: Platform for social scientists to upload working papers, pre-prints, published papers, data, and code
PsyArXiv: Psychological sciences pre-prints
LawArXiv: Pre-prints for legal scholarship
bioRXiv: Pre-prints for biological sciences
HumanitiesCommons: Through its CORE feature, offers a repository for the Humanities
PubMed Central: Repository for biomedical and life sciences journal literature at the U.S. National Institutes of Health's National Library of Medicine
If your author agreement permits it, you may choose to add your manuscript to a social networking research platform like Mendeley, ResearchGate, or Academia.edu. These networks can help generate interest and readership for your work. Just keep in mind that many of these scholarly profiling tools are not geared toward actually preserving a copy of your work. So, to ensure that a copy of your work remains publicly available, it's best to make sure you also deposit a copy in your institutional repository (such as eScholarship.org).
Publish in an open access journal
Get help to defray article processing charges
If you are publishing in a fully open access journal, the Berkeley Research Impact Initiative (BRII) can reimburse your fees paid for article processing charges (APCs). Publishers use APCs to replace revenue the publisher would have generated via library subscriptions if access to the journal had been licensed by the library for campus readers. BRII began in 2008 by redirecting a small amount of Library collections funds to help authors cover these APCs for open access journals so that Berkeley authors could participate in the wider dissemination that OA publishing offers.
To read about eligibility and submit a form for reimbursement of your APC, check out our BRII guide. It will walk you through the easy application process. The BRII program is open to authors in any discipline, and especially encourages applicants from the humanities and social sciences.
Note that the BRII program reimburses for APCs when you publish in fully open access journals. Unfortunately, BRII can't reimburse for publishing in "hybrid" OA journals—ones that charge us for a subscription for read access, and an additional payment to make a copy open access—because of the double payment situation that creates for the Library.
Publish open access through a UC-wide transformative agreement
The University of California has entered into several transformative open access agreements with publishers. Over time, these arrangements facilitate a cost-effective transition from paying for subscriptions to paying to publish open access articles. Typically these agreements provide free reading access to the UC community, and support open access publishing by UC authors by defraying some or all of the article processing charges.
Here are the UC-wide transformative agreements to which authors can take part:
Candian Science Publishing
Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR)
National Academy of Sciences
Public Library of Science (PLOS)
Other APC discounts and waivers
As a member of the UC Berkeley community, you may also be entitled to other discounts off of many APCs through our membership and license agreements. For more information see the UC-wide list of publisher discounts. And at UC Berkeley, we also have membership arrangements with MDPI and other publishers that offer instant discounts to UC Berkeley authors.
Publish an open access book
Get help to defray book processing charges
While many scholars in the humanities and social sciences publish in OA journals, they also publish scholarly books (sometimes called "monographs"). These books become a critical component of professional credentialing, yet their readership is limited by the same kinds of access barriers endemic to subscription-based journals: The scholarly books are quite expensive, and increasingly fewer libraries can afford to purchase them. The Berkeley Research Impact Initiative (BRII) can also help UC Berkeley authors publish open access books, thus supporting long-form scholarship that can be read by anyone at no cost. BRII covers up to $10,000 of a book processing charge.
In addition to BRII, UC Berkeley and Springer Nature signed an agreement to support open access book publishing. The agreement will provide open access funding to UC Berkeley affiliated book authors, and will cover a broad range of titles across all disciplines—from humanities and social sciences to sciences, technology, medicine and mathematics.
Grants to create open textbooks/open educational resources (OERs)
We continue to offer a limited number of grants to UC Berkeley instructors for the adoption, adaption, and creation of open textbooks. Contact schol-comm@berkeley.edu to discuss whether this program might be right for your project. For more information, see the page on open & affordable course materials.
Open access book creation and hosting platform
Pressbooks is a digital publishing platform that makes it easy for UC Berkeley authors to create and share open access books and instructional materials. The service is available for anyone with an active @berkeley.edu email address via the UC Berkeley Open Book Publishing Platform. Pressbooks features professionally-designed templates, flexible and customizable licensing, and tools to maximize accessibility.
Other ways we support open access publishing
In addition to the direct financial support for UC Berkeley authors described above, the Library is engaged in several strategic projects—including investments, memberships, and leadership—to improve open access publishing for the entire community.
Support for journal transitions
We provide guidance for journal editorial boards, authors, and scholarly societies seeking to transition their journals to open access. We have co-authored the guides and toolkits available through the UC systemwide Office of Scholarly Communication website, and offer individual consultations. If you'd like to discuss transitioning your journal to open access, please e-mail us at schol-comm@berkeley.edu.
We helped create the group Transitioning Society Publications to OA (TSPOA), where we "facilitate OA publishing by society journals by providing support, advocacy, and referral services within the library and scholarly publishing communities and related professional organizations." TSPOA has partnered with LYRASIS to develop the Open Access Community Investment Program, "a community-driven framework that enables multiple stakeholders (including funders, institutions, libraries, authors, and editors) to efficiently and strategically evaluate and collectively fund open access content initiatives."
Strategic memberships and investments
Our efforts to support sustainable OA publishing means incorporating OA principles into our acquitions and collections policies.
As noted above, we have set up memberships with publishers (e.g. PeerJ, MDPI, and Sage Journals) to offer APC discounts for UC Berkeley authors. Likewise, UC Berkeley is a member of UC Press' Luminos, which subsidizes OA book publishing charges, and offers a significant discount for UC authors who have a book accepted for publication and wish to make it open access.
We also eagerly acquire, subscribe to, and catalog open access books, articles, and other media. Searching our Library catalog will yield thousands upon thousands of books and materials that are openly available—often based on our subscription to or participation in a number of open access endeavors, such as:
Knowledge Unlatched
Language Science Press
Open Library of Humanities
HathiTrust Digital Library
JSTOR Open Access eBooks
Open Book Publishers
University of Michigan Press eBook Collection
We are committed to and actively pursuing efforts to greatly expand the corpus of open access content in our collections, and welcome your feedback and suggestions.
Chairing and supporting UC systemwide efforts
Our Office of Scholarly Communication Services has chaired and supported a number of UC system-wide efforts to support a wide-scale transition to open access.
Open Access Investment Working Group
In 2019 UC Berkeley Library's Collection Services Council charged a working group to develop local best practices to guide investment in open access products and services. Advancing open access to scholarship is one of the Library's key goals, and addressing how and when UCB invests in OA resources and materials is one path to supporting this priority. In May 2020 the working group completed its report, recommending key criteria and a workflow for evaluating open access investment opportunities.
Pathways to Open Access 2018 Toolkit
We chaired the creation of the 2018 Pathways to Open Access toolkit oo advance data-driven decision-making on scholarly communication issues. Prepared on behalf of the University of California (UC) libraries and the California Digital Library, the Pathways toolkit analyzes the many approaches and strategies for advancing the large-scale transition to OA, and identifies possible next action steps for UC system-wide investment and experimentation.
Pathways to OA: Full Report [PDF]
Pathways to OA: Executive Summary [PDF]
Pathways to OA: Chart Summarizing Approaches, Strategies, & Next Steps [PDF]
Choosing Pathways to OA (CP2OA) Forum
On October 16-17, 2018, we chaired the University of California (UC) libraries working forum in Berkeley, California, called Choosing Pathways to Open Access (CP2OA). Sponsored by the University of California's Council of University Librarians (CoUL), the forum was designed to enable North American library and consortium leaders and key academic stakeholders to engage in action-focused deliberations about redirecting subscription and other funds toward sustainable open access (OA) publishing. The goal was for everyone to leave with their own customized plans for how they will repurpose subscription spends within their home organizations or communities—and more broadly, through collective efforts, move the OA needle forward.
The CP2OA Planning Committee prepared a report to CoUL analyzing forum outcomes. Our report also synthesizes forum outcomes into recommendations for further collective action by CoUL to advance open access.
OA2020's Expression of Interest
OA2020 is one of several international movements aimed at establishing universal open access for scholarly journal literature. In March 2017, UC Berkeley signed the OA2020 Expression of Interest, agreeing to make a good faith effort to devise and implement practical strategies and actions for attaining wide scale open access. For more on what we signed and why, please see our site OA2020.us. In particular, you may find the FAQs quite useful.
Open & Affordable Course Materials


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CFMoto Australia welcomes the 2018 650MT, boasting a number of improvements over its predecessor and creating a true Adventure Tourer.
"We are excited to release the 2018 650MT into the Australian market. It's a great value bike that's up for any task, be it touring, commuting or even for those looking to learn to ride," says CFMoto Australia's Director Michael Poynton.
CFMoto's popular 650cc parallel twin with Bosch EFI powers the MT and gives the bike a responsive and usable power band, perfect for a diverse range of riding.
Key improvements focus on rider comfort and enhanced touring features.
These include, crash bars, designed to protect the main fairings and engine side cases. Made out of steal, powder coated in black and neatly provides an extra layer of protection whilst enhancing the bikes overall road presence.
A redesigned windscreen and new addition of side wind deflectors to aid rider comfort when in the saddle at highway speeds for long periods of time.
New integrated handguards provide protection and tie into the aggressive styling.
Stopping power is provided by twin 300mm front discs paired with twin Juan (Spanish) twin piston calipers and a single 240mm disc on the rear. Continental ABS braking system is standard issue for added safety.
2018 650MT is $7,990 ride away, available in two colours, matte grey or blue and includes a 2-year, unlimited km factory warranty.
For the weekend getaway a pair of 41-litre black aluminium panniers are available as an optional extra, priced at a RRP of $650 inc GST. There is also an optional lower 820mm seat available, RRP of $165 inc GST.
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There's a lot to be said for staying in a large hotel. For starters, the facilities are usually larger and better-equipped. Moreover, there tends to be more variety when it comes to activities or dining choices. Certainly, these characteristics apply to the Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel in the heart of Atlantic City. You'll enjoy a fitness center, pool, sundeck, a variety of dining options, and meeting rooms to accommodate groups, large and small. Rooms here are spacious, with many offering lovely views of the surrounding area. You can also enjoy the brand's signature Sweet Sleeper Beds, flatscreen TVs, complimentary newspaper delivery and more. Of course, this is Atlantic City, so take a stroll on the legendary boardwalk; go shopping at The Walk, which is right next door to the hotel; or try your luck at any of the casinos. If you choose the latter, we hope Lady Luck is on your side.
Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel is a 3.5-star hotel located at Two Convention Boulevard, Atlantic City, NJ 08401, US . Its nightly price usually falls between $75 per night and $474 per night, excluding tax, depending on room category.
At Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel, AAA members often get 10.7-13% off the regular rate. For example, on January 22, 2019, a AAA rate of $67 per night was offered - a 10.7% discount from the next-lowest rate. Depending on your itinerary, your savings can be more than the annual AAA membership fee itself! Many Room 77 users are able to pay for their entire AAA membership in a single stay.
At Sheraton Atlantic City Convention Center Hotel, seniors often get 5.3-10% off the regular rate. For example, on January 22, 2019, a senior rate of $71 per night was offered - a 5.3% discount from the next-lowest rate.
$75 per night found for a Standard Room, 2 Double Beds room type.
For January 22, 2019, a special AAA rate of $67 per night was found for the AAA Promotion, AAA Membership Card Required, - See Rate Rules, Standard, Guest Room, 2 Double room type.
For December 11, 2018, a special Senior rate of $71 per night was found for the Marriott Senior Discount, 62 Years and Older - Valid ID Required, Standard, Guest Room, 2 - Double room type.
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CGL - How do I add an Additional Insured to a new General Liability policy?
Modified on: Wed, 23 Oct, 2019 at 4:02 PM
You may add Additional Insureds in the mobile app or on the web when you purchase a policy.
Adding to a New Policy (Web Browser)
Adding to a New Policy (App)
Sharing a certificate of insurance with your Additional Insured
To add an Additional Insured to a new policy on the web:
After you have entered your job category and selected the dates of your policy, you will reach a screen that reads "Need to add Additional Insureds?" You can add them at that stage, or you can skip and add them after purchase.
To add at this stage, click "Add them now." You can then search and select the Additional Insured you would like to add from the list, or tap "Add New" to create a new Additional Insured.
When adding a new Additional Insured, you must include a name or description of the person or organization. You also have the option to include a label for your reference, an email address, a description of operations, and a certificate holder. If you specify a "Certificate Holder" it will appear on your ACORD 25 certificate in the "Certificate Holder" box in the lower left. If you specify content for the "Description of Operations," it will appear in the "Description of Operations" box on your certificate.
If you enter an email address, your Additional Insured will receive a PDF copy of your certificate of insurance and their Additional Insured endorsement, including Waiver of Subrogation and Primary and Non-Contributory status endorsement (as well as policy extensions and cancellations).
After you have added the Additional Insured(s) and entered all relevant information, click "Save."
You can modify or remove Additional Insureds when you reach the "Review & Purchase" screen by clicking "Manage Additional Insureds."
To add an Additional Insured to a new policy on the mobile app:
While you are on the policy builder, tap "Additional Insureds" near the bottom and then tap "Add Additional Insured." You can then search and select the Additional Insured you would like to add from the list, or tap "Add New" to create a new Additional Insured.
After you have added the Additional Insured(s) and entered all relevant information, tap "Save Additional Insured."
To share a certificate of insurance with your Additional Insured:
You can manually share your certificate of insurance by email with whomever you choose.
If you would like to share your certificate of insurance directly with your Additional Insured from Thimble (not from you, the insured), you can do so as well. Just add the email address of your client/business partner when you create the Additional Insured, and they will be sent an email directly from Thimble containing the certificate.