Hairy tongue may sound like something straight out of a science fiction movie, and it does look every bit as frightening as its name suggests. However, there's no need to be alarmed. Hairy tongue is harmless and easily treatable.
Hairy tongue, or lingua villosa, is a fairly common condition that is usually caused by an overgrowth of bacteria or fungi in the mouth. This overgrowth prevents your tongue's skin cells from shedding, aggravating the buildup in your mouth. As the name suggests, it causes your tongue to look black, and in some cases even brown, white, green or any variety of color.
the filiform papilla, which covers two-thirds of your tongue. It does not contain taste buds, and its function seems to be mainly abrasive in nature.
One of your body's functions is to shed the outer shell of your skin, called desquamation. This includes your tongue and in the case of hairy tongue, the overgrowth of bacteria or yeast impedes your tongue from shedding old cells to replace them with new ones. This results into hairlike growth or extensions on your tongue, a combination of accumulated bacteria or fungi, and old skin cells.
Many habits and conditions contribute to the development of hairy tongue, but it's usually caused by poor oral hygiene translating to bacterial and fungi buildup in our mouths.
Other causes of hairy tongue include smoking tobacco, drinking too much coffee or tea, dehydration, using medication or other products that contain bismuth, excessive use of mouthwashes, alcohol, dry mouths or a lack of saliva and even radiation therapy to the neck or head. It may also be caused by your inability to produce enough saliva in your mouth and dehydration. While hairy tongue is observed to occur more to avid coffee and tea drinkers as well as tobacco smokers, there is no definitive study on what the exact cause of hairy tongue is; however, it's been generally agreed upon that you have a higher chance of getting hairy tongue when you're older due to the cumulative effects of those who are long-time smokers and coffee-drinkers.
Hairy tongue may also present itself in people who take intravenous drugs or are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV.
Hairy tongue is not painful. Most people do not feel any discomfort at the onset of hairy tongue; however, they may feel a tickling feeling at the roof of the mouth, a metallic taste in the mouth, halitosis, nausea, and in severe cases, gagging.
People who have hairy tongue may also be susceptible to a secondary infection of Candida albicans, also known as mouth thrush. You may have developed this if you feel a burning sensation on your tongue.
Water World. Drink plenty of water to keep your mouth clean and to prevent your mouth from going dry. You can also rinse your mouth with diluted peroxide water, that is one part peroxide to five parts water. Rinse it again with water afterwards. You can also use salycilic acid or apply topical retinoids to your tongue.
Creams. Hairy tongue may also be caused by a fungal infection, and you may use antifungal creams to treat it accordingly.
Diet. Alter your diet. Your diet may be composed of excessive soft foods so add some variety and more roughage, as soft food won't clean off your tongue effectively. This food usually pertains to those with a harder, rougher texture such as apples and pears.
Kick the Habit. Hairy tongue is most likely to occur to those who drink coffee and tea heavily, as well as tobacco-smokers. If you fall under one of these categories, lessen your coffee and tea consumption, if you cannot give it up completely, and smoke less. Giving up tobacco smoking also has other health benefits so do consider doing that as well.
Go Pro. If the suggested treatments do not work, consult your dentist or doctor. If your hairy tongue is caused by bacteria, your doctor may prescribe antibiotics as treatment.
Tthe infected pappilae may also be removed using techniques such as carbon dioxide laser burning and electrodessication. Don't worry, both procedures require a local anesthetic and the infected tissue will be scraped off using a special tool. Carbon dioxide laser burning is usually used for surgical procedures on your skin because your skin absorbs this light very well.
Keep in mind that hairy tongue is different from a condition called hairy leukoplakia, a condition where the side of your tongue appears to have a white fuzzy or corrugated patch. This is usually seen in severe cases of immunodeficiency — that is, if your immune system is very weak.
Hairy tongue, while widely considered a benign condition, is not something that you'd want waking up to. After all, your hair belongs on your head, not on your tongue. As always, prevention is always the best cure, and practicing good oral hygiene, brushing your teeth and tongue twice a day, keeping yourself well-hydrated, and having moderate, if not less consumption of coffee, tea and tobacco, will go a long way in helping you get rid of that nasty hairy tongue.


Lena Iwai, Anna Ramos, Richard Blazeski, Carol Mason; Perturbations of the developing albino mouse RPE during retinal ganglion cell genesis. Invest. Ophthalmol. Vis. Sci. 2013;54(15):5164.
Purpose: During early eye development, the RPE is apposed to the neural retina. As the RPE acquires pigment, retinal ganglion cells (RGCs) are born and specified into two subpopulations, those that project their axons to the same (ipsilateral) or opposite (contralateral) side of brain to targets in the thalamus and midbrain. This divergent projection is the basis for binocular vision. In mice, the ipsilateral projection arises from the ventrotemporal (VT) retina during embryonic day (E) 14.5-E16.5. Our previous studies have identified genes that specify the two RGC subpopulations, including Zic2 and EphB1 for the ipsilateral projection. Albinism is characterized by diverse genetic defects that perturb either melanin synthesis or melanosome biogenesis in the RPE. A universal phenotype of albino mammals and humans is the reduction of the ipsilateral projection, in mice, reflected in fewer RGCs expressing Zic2. However, the molecular mechanisms that link melanin deficiencies in the RPE with a diminished ipsilateral RGC projection, especially the genes specifying the ipsilateral versus contralateral projection, are not understood. To begin to address this, we are investigating RPE development during RGC genesis in the albino and pigmented retina, focusing on RPE cell integrity and cell biology.
Methods: With immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization and EM, we compared the morphological and cell biological features of the RPE in albino and pigmented embryonic retina (E13-17) in littermates generated from crosses between Tyr+/TyrC2J and TyrC2J/TyrC2J mice.
Results: Cell shape, gap junction protein (Gja1) distribution, and polarity of melanosome localization are disrupted in the albino RPE, specifically in VT retina. Studies are ongoing to determine the transcription factors and candidate molecules important for communication with the neural retina that are deficient in albino RPE, and whether perturbations occur throughout the RPE or only in VT retina.
Conclusions: Our results suggest that perturbed RPE cell biology in the albino retina during RGC genesis may affect the integrity of the RPE and in turn, the release of factors affecting ipsilateral RGC specification. These studies should reveal how the RPE normally affects neural retinal development. This information can be applied to directing stem cells into RGCs for replacement in injured or degenerating visual pathways.


Touch Design Page type is more than just a fun page to use in your app - it's a powerful and useful tool for creating real sports strategies and tactics or for having a drawing board in your app.
With this simple yet incredibly versatile page type, you can create, save and share complex sports tactics or kids drawings.
1. In order to add a new Touch Design page to your app access its Dashboard. Go to Edit Pages menu then click the "+" (Add New Page) button.
From the list of the page types available select the Touch Design one and click the "Create" button. Once the page is added, you are able to proceed with editing it.
**NOTE: The page displayed in iPhone simulator on the left is for illustration purposes ONLY. It is just an image and there are NO clickable areas. Please preview this page using SeattleClouds app for iPhone/iPod Touch or SeattleClouds app for iPad.
**NOTE: If you need a drawing board without any markers and with white background skip Step 2.
Preview this page on a real device (I used an iPad 3). I tried to create a basketball attack tactic.
THIS PAGE TYPE IS NOT YET AVAILABLE ON SC ANDROID.
I've tried working with this page but the soccer pitch remains even though I have uploaded a background image. The resources are not seen either. Do I need an ipad to preview these elements?
This page type is working as expected for me, please feel free to open a support ticket if you have an issue related to this page.
This feature is perfect for my app. I can see that it works well when tested on an iphone. Will it be available on Android too?
Chris, I don't have any info related on your request.
I have some great ideas for a page like this and many others but I am still hampered due to the lack of ability to "Post to Twitter". This is crucial with today's social networking.
I been asking for this functions for a couple of years now and I really wish Seattle Clouds would drop everything and get this implemented as a standard feature.
Fortunately, Android offers this feature to post to all social networks from the phone or so it appears. I'm not sure if it's the phone or the google apps but I need this for Apple as well.
Thank you for your feedback. I think that very soon we'll integrate Twitter as sharing option.
My app utilises the 'touch design' page type for the iphone. Unfortunately it's not available on the android meaning that my product isn't consistent over both platforms. This is resulting in some confusion and negative feedback amongst my android customers.
I made this enquiry some time ago (see above) but recieved a limited response. Can I ask again, have plans developed to make this feature available to android? If not, may I ask if there is a particular reason why not and how difficult this might be to achieve.
Sorry Chris, still no ETA.
Is there a way to add the property of "resizable images" and "custom color palette" maybe including textures?
Any update on Android availability for this page type?
Need to find out if the word Background can be edited or change to something like Camera? Its the one when you choose, it will let you take picture from camera or choose from library.
Sure, from the Localization Settings of your app.
Any updates on Android availability?


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Fair pay - that's what refuse workers in Barrow are asking for. Their bosses can't even guarantee that, so they're balloting for strike action ✊
NEW: Research from GMB shows 2/3rds of NHS workers have considered quitting over the last six months
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Today is Holocaust Memorial Day – marking 77 years since Auschwitz concentration camp was liberated. Today we should remember the importance of standing against prejudice and hate in the UK and around the globe. #HolocaustMemorialDay #LightTheDarkness
The lowest paid council staff in West Dunbartonshire have been working harder than ever for wages that haven't even kept pace with inflation ❌ That's why we're calling for a pay rise and wages of at least £12ph ✊ https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/unions-call-west-dunbartonshire-council-26042885
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Mr. Yovino is smart, cost-conscious, efficient and really knows matrimonial law. He does not waste your time and helps you not to waste his which saves you money. Tony is personable, supportive and a pleasure to work with, as well.


Many of my amigurumi designs have been quite small and pocket-sized, averaging around 6 inches in height. Some of my larger amigurumi dolls and stuffies stand at around 10-12 inches, but this one by far blows them all out of the water!
Can anyone guess how large my latest bunny is? Here's a hint... I used JUMBO weight 7 yarn, and a size 6.00mm hook. So, we're dealing with pretty big tools for amigurumi here!


Several times a week I have to eat on the go, running to teach yoga at various locations. Drive thru windows are not on my diet. And neither are energy bars. I'm focusing on eating real food and making better choices in what I put in my mouth.
This year we purchased a grill. I've never owned one up until this point in my life, big surprise I know! And I have fallen in love with my grill. We don't eat meat a lot so I purchase salmon burgers at Costco, they grill up fast and taste delicious. While the salmon burgers are grilling I also put on whole peppers. Within 10 minutes dinner is ready! Salmon burger topped with hummus, roasted red peppers and sliced tomatoes from the garden.


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Haymo von Halberstadt (oder Haimo von Halberstadt) († 27. März 853 in Halberstadt)  war ein Benediktiner-Mönch. Von 840 bis zu seinem Tod 853 war er Bischof von Halberstadt.

Biografie
Über Haymos Lebensumstände liegen nur dürftige Nachrichten vor. Zwar hat ein Mönch des Klosters Ilsenburg namens Rochus eine Biografie verfasst, allerdings erst anderthalb Jahrhunderte nach dem Tod des Bischofs. Sie ist auch nur fragmentarisch erhalten.

Haimo war Mitschüler und Jugendfreund des Hrabanus Maurus, vermutlich bei Alkuin in Tours. Hraban widmete dem Studienkollegen um 845 das Werk "De rerum natura". In Fulda war Haimo 815-22 Urkundenschreiber, danach Mönch in Hersfeld. Im Jahr 840 setzte ihn Ludwig der Deutsche zum Bischof von Halberstadt ein. Als solcher nahm er an den Synoden von Mainz 847 und 852 teil.

Dem Kloster Hersfeld ließ er die Zehnten vom Friesenfeld zufließen, was seiner Stadt missfiel. Ungewiss ist seine Tätigkeit für die Bibliothek Halberstadts, die Schenkung des Evangeliars (Domschatz Nr. 44) und einige der ihm zugeschriebenen Homilien.

Nach heutigem Kenntnisstand hat Haymo keines der ihm von Johannes Trithemius zugeschriebenen theologischen Werke (Patrologia Latina 116-18) verfasst. Stattdessen sind die Autoren dieser Werke Haimo von Auxerre oder anonym.

Haymo von Halberstadt wurde im Kloster Werden beigesetzt, wo er zuvor Abt gewesen war.

Literatur

 K. Storchenegger: Les 17 homélies de Haimon, thèse Zürich (Juris Druck) 1973

Weblinks

 Alcuin

Einzelnachweise

Bischof von Halberstadt
Benediktiner
Römisch-katholischer Bischof (9. Jahrhundert)
Autor
Geboren im 8. oder 9. Jahrhundert
Gestorben 853
Mann

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Lemon House Theatre and The Bunker present
written by Samia Djilli
Sundays and Mondays, 7pm
The performance on Sun 15 September at 7pm will be Relaxed. This means that you are free to move about, make noise and come and go during the show.
For more details on accessibility at The Bunker, please click here.
Double Bill Tickets
See both Different Sand and Willow for £15
Amira and Linda live day-in-day out in their dingy North-London flat, whilst trying to match the needs of their Algerian father.
Career driven Amira prays five times a day, takes care of the house and pays the bills, whilst Linda is busy partying and pulling pints at the local pub.
When Amira decides it's time for her to get married, the sisters battle over what's going to happen next, and who they really are.
This modern family drama discusses what it means to come from two cultures and, ultimately, what it means to be sisters.
directed by Nadira Amrani, assisted by Jordana Belaiche
starring Kheira Bey and Iman Boujel
Stage Manager Ellen Taurich
Lighting Designer Holly Ellis
Assistant Producer Andrea Munoz
Marketing Assistant Natalie Pulfer
Lemon House Theatre is a new theatre company rooted in the idea of collaboration. The company was created as a way to build a community hub where artists felt supported in taking risks and experimenting, with the aim of Lemon House Theatre being to make vibrant theatre that creates conversation between artists and audiences.
There is a Visual Guide / Access Pack for this performance, which can be downloaded HERE. For more details on accessibility at The Bunker, please click here. Do contact us at [email protected] if you require any more information, or to let us know of any support we can provide during your visit.


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Q: Create a New xmlElement in c# Hi i have a Problem I have this XML file as my Config file
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configs>
   <config>
     <starmade_path>null</starmade_path>
     <gui_path>null</gui_path>
     <first_start>true</first_start>
     <dark_theme>false</dark_theme>
     <light_theme>true</light_theme>
     <OSM_theme>false</OSM_theme>
   </config>
 </configs>

And i need first to add a new Element if it doesent exist in the file so my XML file looks like this
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configs>
   <config>
    <starmade_path>null</starmade_path>
    <gui_path>null</gui_path>
    <first_start>true</first_start>
    <dark_theme>false</dark_theme>
    <light_theme>true</light_theme>
    <OSM_theme>false</OSM_theme>
    <Red_theme>sampleText</Red_theme>
  </config>
</configs>

A: Use this code, this code add starmade_path if not present, this way you can check and add other nodes too
            XDocument doc = XDocument.Load(@"D:\a.XML");
            XElement root = doc.Element("configs");
            XElement config = root.Element("config");
            XElement starmade_path = config.Element("starmade_path");

            if (starmade_path == null)
            {
                XElement n = new XElement("starmade_path");
                n.Value = "aljd";
                config.Add(n);
                doc.Save(@"D:\a.XML");
            }

A: Try this. It will add Red_theme if not exists in xelement.
 XDocument xml = XDocument.Load("yourfile");
        XElement configelement= xml.Descendants("config").First();
        XElement element = configelement.Elements().FirstOrDefault(x => x.Name== "Red_theme");
        if (element == null)
        {
            element = new XElement("Red_theme");
            element.Value = "sampletext";
            configelement.Add(element);
        }

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The following is adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures by Susan Bernard, photos by Bruno Bernard In New York City, Marilyn...
| Published Oct 14, 2011 9:40 AM
An early photo Bruno Bernard sold of young Norma Jean, for a pharmaceutical company. © 2011 Susan Bernard; photos: © Renaissance Road, Inc. Los Angeles
The following is adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures by Susan Bernard, photos by Bruno Bernard
In New York City, Marilyn walks out of the Trans-Lux theatre onto the movie set. She steps directly over the subway grate, four steps to the left, and comes down hard on her feet, with the stance of a lion, legs splayed, feet in high-heeled white sandals. Her skirt is in the air, a soft, billowing sheet, revealing fleshy thighs and white cotton panties.
An exasperated director, one Billy Wilder, holds up his megaphone, shouts "Roll it!" for the 16th time. She throws her blonde head back, closing her eyes in exhilaration, enjoying the warm breeze. She whispers, "Ahhh, what a relief! Isn't it delicious?"
In the crowd, camera bulbs burst like shattering glass. An iconic moment of the 20th century is minted, with a photograph that further amplifies Marilyn's mythology.
My father was not the only photographer to capture the moment, but 50 years later, when New York's Museum of Modern Art chose its most significant symbol of the century (for its Fame After Photography exhibition in 1999), it was his picture that appeared 60 feet high on the exterior of the museum. Why?
My father's friendship with Marilyn outlasted all of her relationships with other men. He knew the real Marilyn, not the created one. Their enduring bond stretched back to 1946, when a young woman named Norma Jean passed him as he emerged from a dentist's office. What follows is excerpted from his journals from that period. —Susan Bernard
The Indian summer temperature had made the thermometer climb up over 90 degrees. After more than two hours under the laser light of my dentist, I groggily left the office with a swollen cheek and slowly made my way back to my studio a few blocks away. While I was making up my mind whether to cancel my next appointment, a dazzling teenager with a voluptuous figure wiggled by. She had curves in all the right places and she moved with the unadulterated sensuality of Lili St. Cyr and Tempest Storm when they were stripping on the stage of the Burbank Theater on Main Street. I found my arm waving and my mouth whistling the lovely vision to a halt. A rather rude method, I must admit.
Not knowing what to say, I offered my card and said, "Miss, this is strictly professional. I'd like to take some photo tests of you."
At six o'clock the next morning, Norma Jean's black Ford jalopy screeched to a halt outside the Bernard of Hollywood Studio at 9055 Sunset Boulevard. —SB
Before I finished putting my unwieldy 5×7 Eastman camera on its tripod, Norma Jean emerged from her large beach towel, ready for action.
I started giving her directions. "Would you please climb up on the front girder so I can get a better angle on your leg?"
"Oh, you want to make a Varga girl out of me," Norma Jean commented knowingly. "All legs and a shrunken head. I know what you're up to, Mr. Bernard!"
"What's wrong with the Varga girls?" I wanted to know.
"Not a thing. I wish I could look like his Ziegfeld beauties in Esquire—they're divine—but no real girl could ever look like those drawings, could she?"
"Not quite, but photographers can create a similar illusion by elongating the legs from a low perspective, but not so low as to distort the proportions of the head too much." Her enthusiasm and tenacity were infectious. After hours of continuous shooting, she was still fresh.
"I want to become a movie star!" she declared, swirling her hips. "It's been my dream since I was a kid. You've got to help me, Bernie." And she quickly took out my publicity brochure and repeated every word. "Professional photography has as its prime purpose selling an actor or a professional performer to producers, directors and, of course, the public."
"You've got to take a few more sexy photos of me," she insisted, making boring obscene gestures. "That will be my open sesame to the studios."
"Norma, darling, whatever you do, never put hot on hot—that looks vulgar and would turn a real man off. Let your curves tell it all, and counteract the body language with a complete look of innocence. Your eyes should be asking, 'Why do men look at me?' Blend waif with Venus and you'll create combustion in photos."
After sessions, she started to confide in me. Especially after she heard that I, too, was brought up in an orphanage because of the pitiful way we lived when we were with my family.
"I never really lived with my mother. I had… let's say 10 or 11 foster families. My mother was put in a crazy house in Norwalk. You ever been to Norwalk, Mr. Bernard? I was told she had paranoid schizophrenia. My grandmother and grandfather died in one of those crazy places. I don't know when she went away, but I have dreams of her pushing me in a baby carriage and I'm wearing a pretty white dress.
"After a while in the orphanage I'd pretend she was dead. I cleaned toilets and worked in the kitchen washing dishes. There were a hundred of us. We made five cents a month. At night when everyone was sleeping, I'd sit up in the window and cry. I'd look over in the distance, and there was this tall water tower, and on the top of it, it said 'RKO.' My mother had worked as a cutter at RKO. I can't even see her face. She was a woman with red hair."
"And your father, Norma Jean?"
"On weekends, sometimes the foster families would sit me in a movie theater from morning 'til night." In the corner of her eye a tear appeared. "I'd watch Clark Gable and pretend he was my father…" Norma Jean told me there was a portrait of a smiling Gable tacked to her wall.
This real-life Cinderella story transported me back to the newspaper and scrap-metal route of my childhood in Berlin. It released my empathy for this girl born on the wrong side of the tracks who seemed hell-bent on making the American Dream come true for herself. She became my "little sis" and I promised to help her all I could. "The world is your oyster, Norma Jean. I was alone and penniless when I kissed the ground on Ellis Island. We are survivors, you and I."
From the initial sitting I was able to place an advertisement with a pharmaceutical manufacturer depicting Norma Jean bandaging Rolf's "injured paw." The dog definitely stole the show, a fact that did not escape Norma Jean's critical judgment when she looked at the proof sheets. After she became Marilyn Monroe she saw to it that nobody stole a scene from her again.
In 1949, after being dropped by two studios, my father took her on a modeling assignment at the private Palm Springs Racquet club—a destination for disappearance. —SB
"Who's this gorgeous dame—your girlfriend?" I knew at that instant this could only have been Johnny Hyde. Short in stature, but long in connections. I felt annoyed at what he was implying.
© 2011 Susan Bernard; photos: © Renaissance Road, Inc. Los Angeles
"Trust you don't mind me taking a few snaps, strictly for private use!" Without waiting for an answer to his rhetorical questions, Johnny made a quick dash to his bungalow adjacent to the pool and stormed out armed with a Leica and several telephoto lenses. To the amusement of all bystanders, the former circus acrobat turned agent crouched on his belly and fired away from his frog perspective as if Eastman Kodak would go out of business tomorrow. After he had shot his bolt of 36 exposures he ran back to his bungalow for more ammunition.
This interlude prompted Marilyn to ask, "Who is this jerk snapping all of these pictures?"
"This jerk is Johnny Hyde, an ardent amateur photographer. Professionally he happens to be vice president of the William Morris Agency," I whispered in her ear. After this input, I might just as well have packed my camera gear.
Johnny was Marilyn's Professor Higgins. He revamped her completely from the loveable, carefree All-American Girl to the breathtakingly beautiful but dumb Hollywood blonde, a type that could be sold much more easily to the studios and the masses. A cosmetic surgeon in the Springs restyled her nose and straightened the facial tissues under her skin. The changeover from the natural nice girl next door to the siren Marilyn was complete. Johnny negotiated a seven-year contract with Fox for her.
Her childhood dreams coming true, days later, Johnny succumbed to a heart attack. —SB
Upon seeing the marquee advertising for As Young As You Feel, she was in such high spirits that she climbed high on the top of a ladder and pointed proudly to her name. "Look at Marilyn up there," she mused, referring to her motion-picture persona in the third person. "She's bigger than me. Soon people will turn their heads when I walk down Hollywood Boulevard and they'll say, "That's her, that's Marilyn."
But deep down in her psyche gnawed a dissatisfaction with her fame, based solely on her physical attributes rather than her acting talent. Cinderella lives happily ever after only in the fairy tale. In reality, no matter how many clothes she puts on—or takes off—her heart remains embittered and her spirit soiled by the ashes she swept in childhood.
After starring roles in Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and__ How to Marry a Millionaire, Marilyn was a bona fide sensation in 1954, when legendary directory Billy Wilder offered her a starring role in the comedy The Seven Year Itch, where the name of her character was simply "The Girl." Redbook_ wanted my father to shoot Marilyn on the set, and after much cajoling, he reluctantly agreed. —SB_
Sept 14, 1954. A very humid day in New York. What kind of life is it that starts with getting up at six o'clock in the morning in this asphalt jungle? Had I not accepted the Redbook assignment, and had it not been with Marilyn, not 10 horses could have drawn me from my Hollywood oasis to photograph The Seven Year Itch on its original location.
Marilyn was fluffing her lines. The scene was repeated 30 times. When the exasperated Wilder again began explaining the simplicity of the scene, Marilyn discovered me and winked me over, embracing me spontaneously. "Bernie, what are you doing here?" she asked in her famous breathless whisper. And then she added, so the whole crew within earshot could hear, "Remember, Bernie, everything started with you." AP
The preceding is adapted from Marilyn: Intimate Exposures_ by Susan Bernard, photos by Bruno Bernard, published by Sterling Signature, $35_
For more, visit marilynintimateexposures.com
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Hamas: Resistance Only Way to Extract Our Rights; Its Flame Will Never Fade
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On the 34th anniversary of the First Intifada [uprising], the Palestinian resistance movement "Hamas" affirmed that the flame of the resistance will not fade, stressing the continuity of resisting the 'Israeli' occupation.
The resistance group said in a press statement on Wednesday, that the comprehensive resistance, especially the armed one, and the unity of our Palestinian people behind a unified struggle program and a strategy of confrontation with the occupation, is the only and the shortest way to extracting our rights and liberating our land, and detainees.
Hamas added that the occupied city of al-Quds and the blessed al-Aqsa Mosque are the core of the conflict with the Zionist entity, noting that "our people with their valiant resistance will remain an impenetrable dam to protect and defend them by all means."
Hamas underscored that the detainees languishing in the 'Israeli' occupation jails are an integral part of the Palestinian people and that their liberation is a national responsibility that Hamas puts at the forefront of its priorities, and as the resistance excelled in fulfilling its promise to the freed detainees, it is able today to renew its loyalty to the remaining ones in an honorable deal that frees them all.
Hamas renewed its rejection of all settlement schemes and projects of absurd negotiation with the occupation, and security coordination with it, which has proven to be unsuccessful in protecting our people and extracting their rights. Rather, it opened the way for the occupation to expand settlements, escalate aggression, Judaize sanctities, and besiege our people.
It also renewed its rejection and condemnation of all normalization agreements with the 'Israeli' occupation entity, and efforts to establish relations with it, and affirmed that these relations are a stab in the back of our people, and a blow to the depth, security, and stability of our nation and that the only beneficiary of it is the occupation.
Hamas further called on the people of the Arab and Islamic nations to confront all forms of normalization with the common enemy of the entire nation.
In its statement, Hamas called on our Arab and Islamic nation, leaders, governments, parties, organizations, and peoples, to act effectively and to strengthen activities and projects of support and solidarity with the Palestinian people and their just cause, in defense of themselves, and protection of their land and holy sites, until the end of the occupation and the liberation of occupied Palestine.
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Hope for forests at COP22
Tony Juniper
A logging truck in Asia Pulp and Paper's PT Wira Karya Sakti pulpwood forest license. Jambi Province, Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2005. Now APP is financing forest restoration through the Belantara Foundation. Photo: Rainforest Action Network via Flickr (CC BY-NC).
COP22 has revealed signs of real momentum toward an effective role for tropical forests in achieving a low carbon future, writes Tony Juniper. Now for the hard bit - connecting with realities on the ground to make it happen. This will mean working with indigenous and other forest communities to support and reward their conservation efforts, while harnessing large-scale international carbon finance.
Critical to making landscape scale conservation work is the livelihoods of rural people and the extent to which they have influence and control over the resources that sustain them, especially land title.
With government negotiators from across the world working hard to deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement, the COP22 meeting in Marrakesh has revealed a welcome sense of momentum on the vital role of forests.
Two broad themes have been under discussion: one is the suite of actions needed to slow down and halt the loss of natural forests. The other is how best to achieve officially agreed targets to restore hundreds of millions of hectares of already lost.
One well-founded estimate suggests that if these two agendas were successfully pursued then about one third of what the world needs to do during the coming couple of decades to reduce emissions in line with a two-degree warming limit can be achieved.
There is a growing realization moreover that this huge carbon contribution can be secured at the same time as a range of similarly vital co-benefits, including for improved rural livelihoods, protecting human cultural diversity, water security and wildlife conservation.
Striking in the conversation at COP22 has been the number of moving parts now involved. Whereas a decade ago there was a strong mainstream emphasis on projects, particular companies, individual concessions or national parks, today the debate is far more wide ranging and COP22 has heard of several new and dynamic fronts that have opened.
Landscape-level carbon management
Prominent in this respect was the emphasis on conservation at the scale of landscapes - based for example on entire river catchments. They involve a multiplicity of interests, land uses and social contexts, taking the frame of action beyond for example the protection of areas of remaining natural forests or a focus on single commodities, such as palm oil or cocoa.
The reason for this is because the different interests in landscapes are generally not aligned behind any single vision and pursue their own goals in ways that cause forest degradation and clearance.
Once landscape-scale areas are identified then data can reveal what might be the most rational choices in relation to different goals - for example food production, carbon storage, wildlife protection and watershed integrity.
A number of multi-stakeholder initiatives, such as that embodied in the High Carbon Stock Approach initiated by Greenpeace, are now being deployed to render this task structured and based on good quality information.
Critical to making landscape scale conservation work is the livelihoods of rural people and the extent to which they have influence and control over the resources that sustain them, especially land title. If people can make a living through the sustainable and optimum use of water, soils and forests then they'll be less inclined to degrade those resources.
There are many ways to pursue this goal, including through support for and investment in agroforestry. This style of farming mimics the structure of the natural forests with for example timber trees grown on the same plots as cocoa and coffee, bananas, avocados and vegetables.
This generally enables more to be produced on the same land and can boost incomes, reduce pressure on remaining forests and increase farmer resilience, as growers become less dependent on any single crop. Soils are protected from heavy rain, more carbon is locked up and nutrient cycling can be rendered more efficient.
Agroforestry and other sustainable production methods can in turn produce food and materials that reach markets via the supply chains of private sector companies, including those with global reach and that have adopted zero deforestation policies. They can use their brands to increase the positive economic impact on the ground via the power of end consumers. Coffee and chocolate companies are among the pioneers making these connections, so are paper and soya producers.
Integrated action
These kinds of integrated strategies are now increasingly backed in tropical rainforest countries by national targets adopted at COP21 in Paris last year. For some of the world's biggest emitters, such as Brazil and Indonesia, have greenhouse gas reductions goals that are being cascaded into policies working at state level.
For example in the state of South Sumatra in Indonesia a Green Growth policy aims to reduce forest loss via improving rural livelihoods. That and other state level frameworks are already proving to be important catalysts in getting companies, communities and NGOs on the same page.
During the coming years they could bring major dividends, for example in the prevention of the kind of fires that in 2015 raged across Sumatra and which caused daily emissions equivalent to that of the entire United States.
Other targets adopted internationally are also driving landscape-scale forest restoration. The global ambition in relation to that is set out in a target agreed via the Bonn Challenge initiative. Countries have agreed under that framework restore forests on some 350 million hectares of land by 2030.
As well as creating negative carbon emissions this initiative could be harnessed to reconnect fragmented landscapes, thereby improving the fortunes not only of people but also declining animals, such as tigers and forest elephants.
Finance for equitable outcomes
These different strategic activities in landscapes are being backed by a new wave of finance, some of which is coming via funds allocated for implementing the United Nation's Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) initiative.
While some campaigners and analysts have been wary of the effect of carbon finance on forest people, fearing their interests might be sidelined as governments seek access to lucrative international financial flows, delegates at COP22 heard how there is a considerable opportunity to harness that cash for equitable outcomes.
It was for example pointed out in several side events how the cheapest way of getting the biggest carbon benefit from forests is through the recognition of the land rights of forest peoples. For evidence of this take a quick look at satellite images of the so-called 'arc of deforestation' that spread across the eastern and southern margins of the Amazon basin rainforests during recent decades.
Despite the large-scale loss of forests large blocks do still remain. Most of those surviving forests are in protected areas or on lands controlled by indigenous people. The view from space conveys an important lesson as to how the empowerment of forest of the forests can deliver big benefits not only for them but also for the rest of the world, in carbon, water and wildlife.
While the complexity on the ground is of course considerable, an observation made by Indonesian conservationist Professor Jatna Supriatna might help us to master the challenges ahead.
He urged delegates at COP22 to beware "the tyranny of the small decision" and suggested that the pursuit of environmental goals could only be succeed through a holistic and proactive view, compared with the piecemeal and reactive approach that has characterized so much of past and present activity.
To that end he spoke about the work of the Belantara Foundation. This new body was established and received initial funding from pulp and paper giant Asia Pulp and Paper as part of its plan to support the restoration of one million hectares of natural rainforest across Sumatra and West Kalimantan in Borneo.
Belantara's mission is to achieve that proactive integration of agendas at the scale of landscapes and to do that through the kinds of multi-stakeholder collaborations that have in the past so often evaded those seeking to stop the destruction of the Earth's most diverse and carbon dense terrestrial ecosystems.
As delegates at COP22 considered the opportunity of integrated landscape scale approaches, a common message came through. It was about the need to generate not only more data but also more trust, so that evidence-based collaboration can actually thrive. That in turn is about transparency and good governance.
If these sometimes hard to pin down concepts can be developed at the level of landscapes then perhaps the fate of the forests might not be so gloomy as sometimes appears to be the case.
Dr. Tony Juniper is environmentalist and writer. Among many other things he is the co-chair of the advisory board of the Belantara Foundation and is a former advisor to Asia Pulp and Paper. His latest book 'What's really happening to our Planet?' was published by Dorling Kindersley in June 2016. Website: www.tonyjuniper.com. Twitter: @tonyjuniper .
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Trump's National Monument order could open 2.7 million acres to oil, gas, coal
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| 12th May 2017
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
To conserve tropical forests and wildlife, protect the rights of people who rely on them
Prakash Kashwan
Who are the best guardians of forests and other wild places? Governments? Conservation NGOs? Corporations? No, writes Prakash Kashwan, it's the indigenous peoples who have lived in harmony with their environment for millennia. But to be able do so, they must first be accorded rights to their historic lands and resources, both in law and in practice. Among the countries leading the way, Mexico. Among the laggards, Kenya and India.
Hope for a breakthrough year
| 1st May 2019
We need a new deal for Nature – one that is forged at the highest political level.
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| 9th November 2018
There is public demand for action on global warming, now we need political will.
Join the People's Walk for Wildlife
| 21st September 2018
Tomorrow (Saturday) thousands of people will go to Hyde Park to join The People's Walk for Wildlife to demonstrate support for action to reverse the collapse in nature going on all around us. TONY JUNIPER reports
The Ecologist has a formidable reputation built on fifty years of investigative journalism and compelling commentary from writers across the world. Now, as we face the compound crises of climate breakdown, biodiversity collapse and social injustice, the need for rigorous, trusted and ethical journalism has never been greater. This is the moment to consolidate, connect and rise to meet the challenges of our changing world. The Ecologist is owned and published by the Resurgence Trust. Support The Resurgence Trust from as little as £1. Thank you. Donate here


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Doctor Who: Jodie Whittaker makes history as first ever female Time Lord – get the details
The 35-year-old actress makes history as the first woman to play the Doctor
July 16, 2017 - 18:45 BST Hanna Fillingham Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the 13th Doctor in BBC drama Doctor Who. The 35-year-old actress is known for her role in ITV drama Broadchurch
Jodie Whittaker has been announced as Doctor Who's 13th Time Lord, making history as the first ever female to play the iconic lead role and taking over from Peter Capaldi. The news was announced on Sunday in a trailer at the end of Wimbledon men's singles final on the BBC. Jodie, 35, is best known for playing Beth Latimer in ITV's drama Broadchurch. She has also appeared in films including One Day, Attack the Block and St Trinian's.
Jodie Whittaker has been announced as the 13th Doctor Who
Jodie and actor Kris Marshall were the bookies favourites to become the next Doctor, while other possible successors included Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Olivia Colman. Actors to have played the Time Lord in recent years include Jodie's Broadchurch co-star David Tennant, Matt Smith and Christopher Eccleston.
Following the announcement, social media went into overdrive, with Jodie Whittaker and Dr Who both trending on Twitter. Fans were quick to share their excitement at the news, with one writing: "So happy Doctor Who 13 is a woman, it's about time! Looking forward to the new season & how she does," while another said: "This is AMAZING! I'm so excited!," a third added: "Congratulations! Loved her [Jodie Whittaker] in Broadchurch, I'm sure she will be an amazing Doctor Who."
Jodie is best known for her role as Beth Latimer in Broadchurch
Jodie told the BBC: "I'm beyond excited to begin this epic journey – with Chris and with every Whovian on this planet. It's more than an honour to play the Doctor. It means remembering everyone I used to be, while stepping forward to embrace everything the Doctor stands for: hope. I can't wait."
Meanwhile, Broadchurch's creator Chris Chibnall was recently unveiled as the new showrunner for Doctor Who, and praised the "inspiring, super-smart," Jodie in a statement.
"I always knew I wanted the 13th Doctor to be a woman and we're thrilled to have secured our number one choice. Her audition for the Doctor simply blew us all away. Jodie is an in-demand, funny, inspiring, super-smart force of nature and will bring loads of wit, strength and warmth to the role. The 13th Doctor is on her way."
Adding, he said: "Anyone who has seen Jodie Whittaker's work will know that she is a wonderful actress of great individuality and charm. She has above all the huge heart to play this most special part. She's going to be a fantastic Doctor."
Jodie's first appearance as the new Doctor is expected to air later in the year.
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Q: Can I use my own heap in place of the priority_queue used in  dijkstra_shortest_paths? I want to write a Dijkstra's algorithm, and I like to take advantage of the boost graph library's code, but I want to use my own implementation of binomial heap and heap instead of the default priority queue. This is my first time using downloaded library code, and I just couldn't figure out a way to do this. Does anyone know how to do this or if this is impossible?

A:
Does anyone know how to do this or if this is impossible?

No, dijkstra_shortest_paths doesn't take a queue type.
That doesn't mean it's impossible. Boost's Dijkstra is an application of BFS. BFS does support custom buffer types.
Keep in mind that Dijkstra requires a priority queue that supports the DECREASE-KEY operation
The decrease-key operation can be specialized for your queue type:
/**
 * @brief Updates a particular value in a queue used by Dijkstra's
 * algorithm.
 *
 * This routine is called by Dijkstra's algorithm after it has
 * decreased the distance from the source vertex to the given @p
 * vertex. By default, this routine will just call @c
 * Q.update(vertex). However, other queues may provide more
 * specialized versions of this routine.
 *
 * @param Q             the queue that will be updated.
 * @param vertex        the vertex whose distance has been updated
 * @param old_distance  the previous distance to @p vertex
 */
template < typename Buffer, typename Vertex, typename DistanceType >
inline void dijkstra_queue_update(
    Buffer& Q, Vertex vertex, DistanceType old_distance)
{
    (void)old_distance;
    Q.update(vertex);
}

All Dijkstra invocations go through dijkstra_shortest_paths_no_init, which is responsible for invoking the BFS:
// Call breadth first search
template < class Graph, class SourceInputIter, class DijkstraVisitor,
    class PredecessorMap, class DistanceMap, class WeightMap, class IndexMap,
    class Compare, class Combine, class DistZero, class ColorMap >
inline void dijkstra_shortest_paths_no_init(const Graph& g,
    SourceInputIter s_begin, SourceInputIter s_end, PredecessorMap predecessor,
    DistanceMap distance, WeightMap weight, IndexMap index_map, Compare compare,
    Combine combine, DistZero zero, DijkstraVisitor vis, ColorMap color)
{
    typedef indirect_cmp< DistanceMap, Compare > IndirectCmp;
    IndirectCmp icmp(distance, compare);

    typedef typename graph_traits< Graph >::vertex_descriptor Vertex;

    // Now the default: use a d-ary heap
    boost::scoped_array< std::size_t > index_in_heap_map_holder;
    typedef detail::vertex_property_map_generator< Graph, IndexMap,
        std::size_t >
        IndexInHeapMapHelper;
    typedef typename IndexInHeapMapHelper::type IndexInHeapMap;
    IndexInHeapMap index_in_heap
        = IndexInHeapMapHelper::build(g, index_map, index_in_heap_map_holder);
    typedef d_ary_heap_indirect< Vertex, 4, IndexInHeapMap, DistanceMap,
        Compare >
        MutableQueue;
    MutableQueue Q(distance, index_in_heap, compare);

    detail::dijkstra_bfs_visitor< DijkstraVisitor, MutableQueue, WeightMap,
        PredecessorMap, DistanceMap, Combine, Compare >
        bfs_vis(vis, Q, weight, predecessor, distance, combine, compare, zero);

    breadth_first_visit(g, s_begin, s_end, Q, bfs_vis, color);
}

Your could replace the d_ary_heap with your own queue in your own entry point wrapper function. (You could bypass existing BGL Dijkstra algorithm entry points, or you could conceivably hack it with an overload that kicks in on your specific argument types (graph type or any of the other arguments)).
Proof Of Concept
E.g. a proof-of-concept that arbitrarily wraps the Graph type. In hindsight it could be much easier to wrap e.g. the comparison predicate instead.
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#include <boost/graph/adjacency_list.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/dijkstra_shortest_paths.hpp>
#include <boost/graph/graph_utility.hpp>
#include <iostream>
#include <queue>

using G = boost::adjacency_list<>;
using V = G::vertex_descriptor;
using E = G::edge_descriptor;

namespace PoC {
    template <typename Graph> struct Wrapped : Graph {
        using Graph::Graph;
        Graph&       get()       { return *this; }
        Graph const& get() const { return *this; }
    };

    template <class Graph, class SourceInputIter, class DijkstraVisitor, class PredecessorMap,
              class DistanceMap, class WeightMap, class IndexMap, class Compare, class Combine,
              class DistZero, class ColorMap>
    inline void dijkstra_shortest_paths_no_init(Wrapped<Graph> const& g, SourceInputIter s_begin,
                                                SourceInputIter s_end, PredecessorMap predecessor,
                                                DistanceMap distance, WeightMap weight, IndexMap index_map,
                                                Compare compare, Combine combine, DistZero zero,
                                                DijkstraVisitor vis, ColorMap color) {
        using namespace boost;
        indirect_cmp<DistanceMap, Compare> icmp(distance, compare);

        using Vertex = typename graph_traits<Graph>::vertex_descriptor;

        // Now the default: use a d-ary heap
        boost::scoped_array<std::size_t> index_in_heap_map_holder;
        using IndexInHeapMapHelper   = detail::vertex_property_map_generator<Graph, IndexMap, std::size_t>;
        using IndexInHeapMap         = typename IndexInHeapMapHelper::type;
        using MutableQueue           = d_ary_heap_indirect<Vertex, 4, IndexInHeapMap, DistanceMap, Compare>;
        IndexInHeapMap index_in_heap = IndexInHeapMapHelper::build(g, index_map, index_in_heap_map_holder);
        MutableQueue   Q(distance, index_in_heap, compare);

        std::cerr << "SEHE WAS HERE - pretend we use different MutableQueue" << std::endl;

        detail::dijkstra_bfs_visitor<DijkstraVisitor, MutableQueue, WeightMap, PredecessorMap, DistanceMap,
                                     Combine, Compare>
            bfs_vis(vis, Q, weight, predecessor, distance, combine, compare, zero);

        breadth_first_visit(g, s_begin, s_end, Q, bfs_vis, color);
    }
}

template <typename G>
    struct boost::graph_traits<PoC::Wrapped<G>> : graph_traits<G> {};
template <typename G, typename P>
    struct boost::graph_property<PoC::Wrapped<G>, P> : graph_property<G, P> {};

int main() {
    PoC::Wrapped<G> g(10);
    add_edge(1, 3, g);
    add_edge(2, 4, g);
    add_edge(3, 2, g);
    add_edge(4, 8, g);
    add_edge(8, 3, g);

    print_graph(g);

    std::vector<V>         pred(num_vertices(g));
    std::priority_queue<V> q;
    dijkstra_shortest_paths( //
        g, 0,
        boost::predecessor_map(pred.data())                           //
            .weight_map(boost::constant_property_map<E, double>(0.0)) //
            .max_priority_queue(q)                                    //
    );
}

Printing, as expected:
0 -->
1 --> 3
2 --> 4
3 --> 2
4 --> 8
5 -->
6 -->
7 -->
8 --> 3
9 -->
SEHE WAS HERE - pretend we use different MutableQueue

Notes/Caveat
Note: I see two reasons to report this as an issue/feature request with the library maintainers:

*

*the added code will depend on detail::dijkstra_bfs_visitor; the name implies it's not intended as public interface

*conceptually, BGL tries to be generic with regard to algorithms and data-structures; the omission of the queue from algorithm parameters could be an oversight


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Cerri A. Banks Joins Syracuse University's Student Experience Team
The national search for new leadership to oversee Student Experience has resulted in the appointment of two highly experienced, dynamic and innovative individuals who will work as a team to guide the division in building a best-in-class, outside-of-the-classroom experience. Chancellor Kent Syverud has appointed Allen W. Groves as senior vice president, Student Experience, and Cerri A. Banks '00, G'04, G'06, vice president, Student Success, and deputy to the senior vice president. Both appointments were approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees. Groves and Banks will start on July 1.
"I credit Syracuse University with changing the trajectory of my life," says Banks. "To be able to return to an institution and create the type of experience that I had for other students is an honor I had not expected in my career. Today's students are smart and savvy, but the challenges they face are demanding greater resources in dealing with mental and emotional health needs, and issues related to race, gender and sexuality. It's our job to support, empower and prepare them to be successful—professionally and personally."
Banks has been Skidmore College's dean of students and vice president for student affairs for nearly five years, overseeing all student services, serving on the president's cabinet and overseeing the bias response group and the COVID-19 campus planning and response. She served in a similar position at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts, from 2011 to 2016, and at William Smith College in Geneva, New York, from 2009 to 2011, where she was also director of the President's Commission on Inclusive Excellence.
Banks' undergraduate degree from Syracuse University was in inclusive elementary and special education (2000). She earned an M.S. in cultural foundations of education in 2004, a C.A.S. in women's studies in 2005 and a Ph.D. in cultural foundations of education in 2006. Her dissertation was titled "This is How We Do It! Black Women Undergraduate, Culture Capital and College Success-Reworking Discourse." Banks is currently the chair of the School of Education Board of Visitors.
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Shelby: Appropriations Committee Advances Important Spending Measures
WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, today held a full committee markup where the committee approved the FY2020 bills for the Appropriations Subcommittees on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (T-HUD); Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; and Financial Services and General Government. The bills were each reported favorably out of the committee by a vote of 31-0 and contain important provisions impacting the state of Alabama.
"These spending measures advanced by the committee today are a positive step in this year's appropriations process," said Senator Shelby. "From supporting local farmers to building upon our strong infrastructure, transportation, and financial systems, these bills prioritize the needs of the people of Alabama and the nation. I am proud of the progress made on these bills, and I am hopeful that we can move other bills forward in the right direction."
The T-HUD bill provides funding to improve our nation's transportation and housing infrastructure and will continue to advance our air traffic control systems and aircraft certification processes. The Agriculture funding measure supports the U.S. Department of Agriculture, rural development, conservation programs, and food and drug safety. It also creates incentives for military veterans to enter careers in agriculture and supports significant resources for the Federal Drug Administration to combat the opioid epidemic. The Financial Services and General Government bill includes targeted funding increases for the Treasury Department to combat money laundering and terrorism financing; for the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to oversee our nation's securities, swaps, and futures markets; for the Federal courts to support the administration of justice; and for the General Services Administration's Federal Buildings Fund.
Senator Shelby's full remarks, as prepared, are as follows:
"The committee will come to order. Today the committee considers the FY20 appropriations bills approved by the subcommittees on Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development; Agriculture; and Financial Services.
"I want to congratulate the chairs and ranking members of these subcommittees for their hard work in crafting these bills: Senators Collins, Hoeven, and Kennedy on the Republican side; Senators Reed, Merkley, and Coons on the Democratic side.
"I also want to thank each you for working together in a bipartisan manner.
"Together, these three bills account for 20 percent of non-defense discretionary spending.
"They contain critical investments that will enhance our nation's infrastructure, aid America's farmers, and strengthen our financial system.
"Momentarily, I will turn to each of the chairs and ranking members to present their respective bills.
"First, I want to briefly comment on where we are in the overall appropriations process and how we need to proceed.
"Yesterday on the floor, we tried to bring up the first package of appropriations bills sent over by the House.
"Unfortunately, our Democratic colleagues would not allow us to do so.
"Because we were not allowed to proceed, our military's efforts to plan deliberately in countering Russian and Chinese influence could be undermined.
"Because we were not allowed to proceed, our plans to provide soldiers with the largest pay increase in a decade will be delayed.
"Funding our military in a timely manner should not just be a Republican priority; it should be an American priority.
"I know that my Democratic colleagues want to restrict the President's ability to transfer funds to secure our border.
"But the budget agreement — negotiated by Republican and Democratic Leaders — plainly prohibits such restrictions.
"If that agreement was negotiated in good faith, then a bill containing no such restrictions should be our common goal — not a source of division.
"I also understand that my Democratic colleagues want to move domestic spending bills promptly.
"So do Republicans — that is why we tried to proceed yesterday to the same package of bills the House sent over.
"Since that package was crafted by a Democratic majority in the House, it is puzzling why the Democratic minority in the Senate believes it shortchanges domestic spending.
"Ultimately, we have to move forward together. To do that, we have to be able to work in good faith. If we cannot, this process will not work very well at all.
"The Members of this committee on both sides know how to work together to get the job done. We demonstrated as much in the FY19 process.
"Today we find ourselves at a critical point in the FY20 process.
"Hopefully, the three bipartisan bills we are considering today will help move us in the right direction, which is bipartisan cooperation.
"I now recognize the Vice Chairman for any remarks he may have and to make a motion."
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Blinkers On enjoyed a successful Del Mar summer meet and now we move on to Los Alamitos, Santa Anita and back to beautiful Del Mar for the fall meet. Our next runner to go to post at Los Alamitos is Square Peggy in the $100,000 Barretts Debutante for 2 year old fillies going 6 1/2 furlongs on 9/15. She is coming off a smashing win at Del Mar, owns the best speed figures and looks like the speed of the speed. She will be a short price in this small field. Peggy will come out of the 2 hole with regular rider Tiago Pereira in the irons. Good luck to the Blinkers On Partners! The following day at Los Alamitos our stakes winner Right Hand Man will shoot for his 5th win in 11 starts in an open allowance race going 5 furlongs. Salty field but he is training great and there seems to be plenty of speed to flatter his off the pace style. Leading rider Fuentes will be in the saddle to enjoy the ride. When we move to Santa Anita stakes winner Steph Being Steph will try the turf for the first time in the $75,000 Unzip Me Stakes going 6 1/2 furlongs on the downhill turf course. We have always wanted to try her on the turf, she has a brother that has won on the turf and a number of Majestic Warrior's have had success on the weeds. Also, this will be one of the last chances to run against 3 year old's only. The next horse in the blocks will be Cupid's Claws, very impressive in his debut and training great. Looks like he will be tough 2nd time out. He is a 2 turn grass horse and the problem is they didn't write a MSW race going long on the grass in the first book at SA so we may call an audible and ship to Golden Gate. First Dudette will resume training on 9/18 so we will have her back in stakes action in the next 90 days or so. Rose Dunn, our beautiful daughter of Violence, is back in the Koriner barn and is on the same 90 day time table. She is with Don'tteasethetiger, a 2 year old in training also at Los Alamitos. Two year old's A Man's Man and Grinningeartoear are both huge horses and will make their appearances on the racetrack as late 2 year old's or early 3 year old's.
In other racing news...the Blinkers On horse racing partnership purchased 2 Cal-bred fillies at the Barretts Select Yearling Sale. The first filly acquired was the filly sale topper, an outstanding individual by Shackleford. She is from the family of Wise Dan and is built like a rocket. We were very excited to land her! The 2nd filly we added to the stable is by the leading first crop sire in NA, Cross Traffic. We feel she was a terrific buy and we hope to add to the success of a new sire. Partnerships are forming now on both of these outstanding fillies. You can check them out by clicking the offerings tab on the website. Good luck at the races!


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Man jailed for six years after burning lover on roasting hot cooker ring
William Stevenson's victim ended up unconscious and had no memory of her ordeal.
The High Court in Glasgow (Image: John Linton/PA Wire)
A thug who burned his lover on a roasting hot cooker ring has been jailed for six years and nine months.
William Stevenson and the 24 year-old had a bust-up at his home in Drumry, West Dunbartonshire last July.
The woman ended up unconscious and had no memory of her ordeal at the hands of the 34-year-old.
But, she was eventually discovered naked and bleeding outside the flat by a passer-by.
Her string of injuries including a large burn on her bottom.
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Stevenson – who already had 52 convictions – pled guilty to assaulting the woman to her severe injury, permanent disfigurement and to the danger of life.
He also admitted taking hundreds of photos of his victim while she was naked and unconscious.
Lord Woolman today told him: "Her life was in danger and you failed to seek medical attention.
"You took videos of her unconscious body.
"There is no alternative to a custodial sentence as this must reflect your conduct."
The High Court in Glasgow heard how the woman planned to leave Stevenson after the row last July 21.
Stevenson apologised and begged his lover to stay.
Prosecutor Liam Ewing said the woman eventually went into the living room and had "no further memory" of what then occurred.
A visitor to the tower block later that morning found the victim sprawled near a lift.
Mr Ewing said she was naked and bleeding from the mouth.
By the time police turned up, she was not there and the woman was eventually found unconscious in Stevenson's home.
Mr Ewing: "He said that she had been fighting with junkies at the flat."
The woman was meantime rushed to hospital. Stevenson was not initially held by police.
The victim had "multiple" cuts and bruises as well as the large burn, which left her scarred for life.
She was also treated for pneumonia before being able to leave hospital days later.
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The court heard Stevenson was eventually arrested after a hammer at his flat had the woman's blood on it.
Medics believe the "blunt force" injuries could have been caused by such a weapon.
A specialist burns unit was asked to examine the mark on the victim's buttock.
The hearing was told it was "consistent with contact with a solid heated surface".
The 20cm x 15cm injury was "consistent" with being placed on Stevenson's electric cooker during the horror attack.
It emerged Stevenson had tried to pawn his phone after initially being allowed to leave by police.
The mobile was soon seized – a total of 327 photos and 86 videos of the woman taken on the day of the attack were found.
The court heard she was "naked, in a state of undress and unconscious" in many.
Mr Ewing: "She confirmed that she had never consented...or was aware of any of the images being taken."
Stevenson pled guilty to a charge under the Sexual Offences Act in connection with the photos and clips.
He was placed on the sex offenders register for an indefinite period.
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