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ALBUM REVIEW: THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, "DISSOCIATION"
By gerrod2015 October 26, 2016 October 27, 2016
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Words By: Gerrod Harris
Release Date: October 14th, 2016, via Party Smasher Inc.
Earlier this year, The Dillinger Escape Plan announced that they would be breaking up following their upcoming tour cycle. Lead vocalists, Greg Puciato has stated in a recent interview that "'Extended hiatus' would lead people to believe that we think we're gonna come back. We're breaking up. We're not going on an extended hiatus". He further cited the reason behind this being that "in the last few years, we've started to reach what felt like a thematic conclusion to our band… And we started to reach this resolve, a thematic resolve, and it started to show itself in our music and in our lyrics, and I think we both just started to realize, like, 'Hey, if we're ever gonna draw a line and say that this is over, this seems like a good time". To mark the occasion, The Dillinger Escape Plan will be hitting the road- with a stop at Toronto's Opera House on December 16th– to promote the release of Dissociation, the band's swansong.
"Limerent Death" launches the album off the rails in what feels like a headfirst plunge into uncharted territory. The song feels like at any point it will fall apart, but rather stays collected in a fury of polymetric figures, blistering dissonance, and the vocal cord ripping sound of Puciato. On the other hand, the second track, "Symptoms Of My Terminal Illness", takes a far slower pace and immediately stands out as one of the few songs in which Puciato makes use of his melodic and clean vocals for nearly the entire piece. Both of these tracks were used as the album's lead singles, released ahead of time to promote the album, displaying two very different, equally creative and effective sides of Dissociation.
The album continues on with the unmatched and unique brand of progressive metal that The Dillinger Escape Plan are known for but at a level of pure insanity. "Fugue", the instrumental and electronic track leans towards the style of drum 'n' bass, providing a purely rhythmic adventure drum kits play off each other, bouncing sound back and forth in a manner which captures the same intensity of songs in which the entire band is present. "Low Feelings Blvd" hides the band's jazz fusion influence in plain sight as the band shifts the songs mood from thrashing and pulsating metal, to highly syncopated, lighter, and clean solo section which bends the lines between rock, jazz, and Latin music, and goes on to vamp on a short progression for guitarist Benjamin Wienman to let loose on a very articulate and highly melodic solo. The following track, "Surrogate", similarly blends progressive metal with a slightly more straight forward punk approach and a descending power chord motif in the chorus before launching into a brutally heavy breakdown section, and then heading into yet another fusion fueled section in which Billy Rymer's drums lead the shifting meters of the piece. The Dillinger Escape Plan's ability to go from such extremes under the conditions of such musical complexity is nothing short of creative and technical genius. "Honeysuckle" may be one of the best examples of this as the song thrashes back and forth from one of Dissociation's heaviest sections to interludes of jazz fusion modes and Latin drum breaks, while still incorporating an array of shifting time signatures, grooves, and pulses.
Dissociation is in many ways a perfect embodiment of the chaos and control that The Dillinger Escape Plan are known to demonstrate in their acclaimed live performances. The technical musical ability of each member is nothing short of astounding; to deny this would be wrong. Their collective ability is impressive and damn right inspiring. Without any sense of filler- in that each song is bound to drop jaws- Dissociation marks yet another creative peak for the band. In the same interview quoted above, Puciato stated "now you can look at THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN as an artistic body, not just on an album-to-album basis' You can look at the whole band artistically and say, 'This is what this was, and it had a beginning, and it had an end, and they did close the circle'". While it is clear that the band could continue to deliver killer records as they are known to, Dissociation is The Dillinger Escape Plan going out at a respectable peak; an era where they are still at the top of their game as titans and innovators- both then and now- of the modern progressive metal genre. In many ways, their first record, Calculating Infinity, launched the genre towards where it is today. Their innovation, however, was not exclusive to their 1999 debut, as with every album since has pushed the perceptions of what is even possible. Dissociation is no different. Listening to it, life time fans will feel excitement, happiness, and sadness, but no matter what is being felt, their mind will surely be blown.
1: Limerent Death
2: Symptoms Of My Terminal Illness
3: Wanting Not So Much To As To
4: Fugue
5: Low Feel Blvd
6: Surrogate
7: Honeysuckle
8: Manufacturing Discontent
9: Apologies Not Included
10: Nothing To Forget
11: Dissociation
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Tags: Album Review Benjamin Wienman Billy Rymer Dissociation Gerrod Harris Greg Puciato Liam Wilson Party Smashers Inc. The Dillinger Escape Plan THE HEAVY PRESS
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Studs and Duds for Ravens from Sunday's loss to Patriots
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CB Lardarius Webb
The Ravens were bad on offense. They were uncharacteristically bad on special teams. And they couldn't stop the run on defense. But they did do well against New Patriots quarterback Tom Brady after the first quarter, and Webb was a big part of that. Brady was just 8 of 18 for 96 yards after the first quarter. Webb also had a key tackle to force a fourth down while the game was still within reach early in the fourth quarter.
TE Ed Dickson
Dickson was one of the only players on offense that didn't stick out in a negative way at some point Sunday. He did also make some good catches. Fellow tight end Dennis Pitta was a relative non-factor. So were the Ravens' wide receivers. And Dickson actually tied for the team lead with four catches, at least three of which were contested. The offense as a whole was awful, though.
Honorable Mention: DL Arthur Jones
QB Joe Flacco
Flacco played better in the second half, but he even admitted afterward that he had a bad game. He had the knee injury coming in and played with a brace on his injured left knee, but he said neither the injury or the brace was a factor in his struggles. He completed just one of his first five passes and finished just 22 of 38 with no touchdown passes and two interceptions.
WR Torrey Smith
Smith was invisible for a half and was unable to bring in a catchable pass late that could have maybe changed the game. At that point, the Ravens were down just 20-7 with seven minutes still left. Had Smith made that catch, which would have resulted in around a 30-yard gain, Baltimore would have had the ball around New England's 20-yard line. Instead, the Ravens turned the ball over on downs three plays later, and the game eventually got out of hand.
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Over Christmas Break, I wanted to play a bunch of Mass Effect. I even wrote about it in a vain attempt to force myself to do it. But, I vastly overestimated the amount of time I would be able to spend parked in front of my PS5, which meant that my Commander Shepard has only just reached the Citadel.
Other console games also got minimal attention. I played an hour of Elden Ring and a few hours of Horizon Forbidden West. But, over the two weeks I was off, I played many, many hours of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.
Zelda has been a consistent holiday go-to for almost my entire life. I got Ocarina of Time with my N64 more than 20 years ago, and have kept playing Link's adventures ever since. In 2011, I finally finished Ocarina of Time when I got a copy of the 3DS version, marathoning it over that Christmas break. This year, as an afterthought, I packed Breath of the Wild in my duffel on the off chance that, in between the hours I planned to devote to Splatoon 3, it might be a good time to start a replay.
Turns out it was (to the extent that I didn't end up touching Splatoon 3 at all). I first played BOTW back in 2017 on the Wii U. It was my favorite game of that (extremely stacked) year and pretty quickly cemented its status as my favorite game of all time. But, I made the mistake of returning to it too early, when I picked up the Switch version in 2019. It hadn't been long enough, it was still too fresh in my mind — plus I hadn't yet purchased the HORI Split Pad Pro, which makes it possible to hold the Switch for longer than an hour without getting hand cramps — and I bounced off it before finishing it.
Now, four years later — memories fuzzier, ergonomic controller attached — I started Breath of the Wild again. This time, it took off like Master Cycle Zero speeding off a Dueling Peak.
Portable games are perfect for family gatherings. As someone who wants to spend time with my family and my in-laws even if we're not doing the same activity, playing a game on Switch lets me do my own thing while still being in the same room. While I did really want to play Mass Effect, until I shell out for a Steam Deck, I can't play it portably.
The portable Zeldas are especially perfect for this kind of play. They don't require much reading and their cutscenes aren't the draw. They have good art direction, but they don't require pristine image quality to be fully enjoyed. Breath of the Wild is the pinnacle of portable gaming because it's incredibly self-directed. You can watch a cinematic or do a more story-focused quest if you feel like it, but you can also just spend hours exploring its open-world. And, that's mostly what I did.
At my in-laws, I could suspend BOTW and go play Rumikub or Wingspan or Sequence at a moment's notice. At my parents', I could be in the room while they were rewatching The Newsroom, the TV series that offers the purest distillation of Aaron Sorkin's penchant for sharp dialogue and aggressive centrism, for the third or fourth time. Because it has, weirdly, become a holiday tradition to rewatch it, I have also seen most of it multiple times, so I could follow each episode without actually looking at the TV.
This is what Christmas break is for: extremely lackadaisical multitasking. Breath of the Wild allowed me to switch effortlessly between tasks that required critical thinking — like its shrines and Divine Beasts — and objectives that required less thought and more intuition — like exploration, combat, and cooking.
I'm sorry Mass Effect, I hate to say it, but you are a work week game. Breath of the Wild remains king of the post-Christmas dinner lazy boy fugue state. May it never be overthrown.


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The Balkan Wars
Conquest, Revolution, and Retribution From the Ottoman Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Gerolymatos, André
An epic history of the Balkan region probes the history behind the hatred tearing this region apart, traveling back seven centuries to explore the roots of ethnic strife in Southeastern Europe. 20,000 first printing.
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A sweeping history of the Balkans that probes the ancient roots of genocidal passions in modern Europe's most volatile region.
When it comes to the Balkans, most people quickly become lost in the quagmire of struggle and intractable hatred that consumes that ancient land today. Many assume that the genesis of the past ten years of atrocity in the region might have had something to do with Tito and his repressive Yugoslav regime, or perhaps with the assassination of Franz Ferdinand in 1914. The seeds were really planted much, much earlier, on a desolate plain in Kosovo in 1389, when the Serbian Prince Lazar and his army clashed with and were defeated by the Ottoman forces of Sultan Murad I.In this riveting new history of the Balkan peoples, André Gerolymatos explores how ancient events engendered cultural myths that evolved over time, gaining psychic strength in the collective consciousnesses of Orthodox Christians and Muslims alike. In colorful detail, we meet the key figures that instigated and perpetuated these myths-including the assassin/heroes Milos Obolic and Gavrilo Princip and the warlord Ali Pasha. This lively survey of centuries of strife finally puts the modern conflicts in Bosnia and Kosovo into historical context, and provides a long overdue account of the origins of ethnic hatred and warmongering in this turbulent land.
Gerolymatos (Hellenic studies, Simon Fraser U., Canada) demonstrates the role of myth, history, and ethnic memory in the continuity of war in the Balkan region. He proceeds thematically and chronologically, sometimes repeating to show recurring events and patterns in neighboring countries. The CiP shows the subtitle Myth, Reality, and the Eternal Conflict. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
An examination of the Balkan region probes the history behind the hatred tearing the region apart, traveling back seven centuries to explore the roots of ethnic strife in Southeastern Europe.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, c2002
Characteristics: 297 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
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'America's Got Talent' alum Skilyr Hicks dies at 23
"I will miss her like crazy," said the singer's sister, Breelyn Hicks. "She had so much life left to live."
Dec. 9, 2021, 3:27 PM UTC / Updated Dec. 9, 2021, 4:37 PM UTC
By Minyvonne Burke
Former "America's Got Talent" star Skilyr Hicks died on Monday night, her sister confirmed in a Facebook post.
"My super beautiful, extremely talented, hilarious, free spirit of a sister left this world to be with Jesus. I can't possibly put into words how broken-hearted I am," Breelyn Hicks wrote in a post on Wednesday.
"I will miss her like crazy. I'll miss her voice, her long warm hugs, her constantly making jokes using puns. Her ability to create music that inspired thousands of people. She had so much life left to live."
Breelyn Hicks went on to describe her sister as a light that shined "brighter than ever."
"You were my best friend, you were my rock. We always had each other's back no matter what. Just know that I love you unconditionally, That you will live on in our hearts, minds, memories, and through your God Given Musical Ability. Your Songs are your legacy," she concluded.
Skilyr Hicks on 'America's Got Talent'. Bill Records / NBCUniversal via Getty Images
Skilyr Hicks was found dead in a home in Liberty, South Carolina, according to a police report of the incident. She was 23.
The Pickens County Sheriff's Office wrote in the report that it's believed the young singer died from a "possible drug overdose."
The sheriff's office and coroner's office said the investigation remains active.
Skilyr Hicks was 14 when she competed on Season 8 of "America's Got Talent" in 2013. She said she started singing after her father's death.
"That was a really difficult time for me," she said during a segment on the show. "Music helped me let out all the emotion that was building up inside of me."
She was eliminated from the show, which airs on NBC, before the live rounds in New York City.
After her time on the show, Skilyr Hicks was arrested following a domestic violence incident involving her family, according to TMZ. She was later arrested in 2018 for underage drinking.
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Virgil Andriescu (n. 26 aprilie 1936, Botoșani) este un actor român.

Biografie

Primul său rol în teatru a fost cel al lui Varlam din Omul cu mârțoaga de George Ciprian - reprezentație la Teatrul Tineretului din Piatra Neamț.

Filmografie

 Despre o anume fericire (1973)
 Toate pînzele sus (serial TV, 1977) - ep. 5
 Labirintul (1980)
 Un echipaj pentru Singapore (1982)
 Să mori rănit din dragoste de viață (1984)
 Eroii n-au vârstă (1984)
 Mireasma ploilor târzii (1984)
 Lansarea (film TV, 1984)
 Fapt divers (1985)
 Pas în doi (1985)
 Orele unsprezece (1985)
 Bătălia din umbră (1986)
 Luminile din larg (1986)
 Ochii care nu se văd (1986)
 Pădurea de fagi (1987)
 Niște băieți grozavi (1987)
 Vacanța cea mare (1988)
 Umbrele soarelui (1988)
 Nelu (1988)
 Rezervă la start (1988)
 Divorț... din dragoste (1992)
 Balanța (1992) - tatăl Nelei
 E pericoloso sporgersi (1993)
 Privește înainte cu mînie (1993)
 Începutul adevărului (Oglinda) (1994)
 Huntress: Spirit of the Night (1995)
 Privirea lui Ulise (1995)
 Punctul zero (1996)
 Frumoșii nebuni ai marilor orașe (film TV, 1997)
 Ochii care nu se văd (serial TV, 1997)
 Triunghiul morții (1999)
 Război în bucătărie (2001)
 Un caz de dispariție (miniserie TV, 2005)

Teatru
 ca Varlam în Omul cu mârțoaga de George Ciprian
 ca Macbeth în Macbeth'' de W. Shakespeare

Referințe și note

Legături externe
 Cinemagia - Virgil Andriescu

Nașteri în 1936
Actori români în viață
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Nonetheless, the Activation-Synthesis model took off. In fact, the prestigious American Journal of Psychiatry published Hobson and McCarley's explication as a lead article. And Hobson, with whom I studied, later wrote extensively about the model, extolling the neurophysiological basis of dreaming, but focusing almost exclusively on activation. Consequently, mental health practitioners, authors of psychology and psychiatry textbooks, and their students came to believe Activation-Synthesis demonstrated that dreams were meaningless, functionless epiphe-nomena of the sleeping brain. This brave, new model of dreaming has largely replaced Freudian theory both in college psychology courses and among clinicians and researchers, even as Freudian dream interpretation remains an essential motif in popular culture and the arts.
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only if they dream about it!
noted in the first century A.D., "Things which could not be recalled on the spot are easily coordinated the next day." In modern times, the scientific study of sleep and memory only began in 1972, with the pioneering work of psychologist and academic Carlyle Smith. And it was only around the year 2000 that the field began in earnest. Since then, understanding of this link between sleep and memory processing has grown exponentially. Here are some examples.
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For patients with rare, life-threatening diseases, there often isn't the option to wait for promising new medicines to come to market. Clinical trials allow these patients to try investigational drugs while they are still in [...]
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What patients are eligible for pre-approval drug access?
Recently approved legislation, the "Trickett Wendler, Frank Mongiello, Jordan McLinn, and Matthew Bellina Right to Try Act of 2017", allows patients in the US the ability to request access to investigational drugs, without any approval or [...]
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FDA commissioner releases statement on Right to Try
The national Right to Try bill was signed into law last month by President Donald Trump. The legislation intends to allow patients with no other treatment options available to them to try investigational drugs that [...]
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Study conducted to examine how to broaden clinical trial eligibility criteria
National Right to Try legislation was passed by Congress last week in an effort to make investigational drugs more readily available to patients who have no other treatment options available to them. However, many believe [...]
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class BP_Docs {
	var $post_type_name;
	var $associated_item_tax_name;

	/**
	 * PHP 5 constructor
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function __construct() {

		// Define post type and taxonomy names for use in the register functions
		$this->post_type_name 		= apply_filters( 'bp_docs_post_type_name', 'bp_doc' );
		$this->associated_item_tax_name = apply_filters( 'bp_docs_associated_item_tax_name', 'bp_docs_associated_item' );
		$this->access_tax_name          = apply_filters( 'bp_docs_access_tax_name', 'bp_docs_access' );

		// Let plugins know that BP Docs has started loading
		add_action( 'plugins_loaded',   array( $this, 'load_hook' ), 20 );

		// Load predefined constants first thing
		add_action( 'bp_docs_load', 	array( $this, 'load_constants' ), 2 );

		// Includes necessary files
		add_action( 'bp_docs_load', 	array( $this, 'includes' ), 4 );

		// Load the BP Component extension
		add_action( 'bp_docs_load', 	array( $this, 'do_integration' ), 6 );

		// Load textdomain
		add_action( 'bp_docs_load',     array( $this, 'load_plugin_textdomain' ) );

		// Let other plugins know that BP Docs has finished initializing
		add_action( 'bp_init',          array( $this, 'init_hook' ) );

		// Hooks into the 'init' action to register our WP custom post type and tax
		add_action( 'bp_docs_init',     array( $this, 'register_post_type' ), 2 );
		add_action( 'bp_docs_init',     array( &$this, 'add_rewrite_tags' ), 4 );

		// Set up doc taxonomy, etc
		add_action( 'bp_docs_init',     array( $this, 'load_doc_extras' ), 8 );

		// Add rewrite rules
		add_action( 'generate_rewrite_rules', array( &$this, 'generate_rewrite_rules' ) );

		// parse_query
		add_action( 'parse_query', array( $this, 'parse_query' ) );

		// Protect doc access
		add_action( 'template_redirect', array( $this, 'protect_doc_access' ) );

		add_action( 'admin_init', array( $this, 'flush_rewrite_rules' ) );
	}

	/**
	 * PHP 4 constructor
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function bp_docs() {
		$this->__construct();
	}

	/**
	 * Loads the textdomain for the plugin
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0.2
	 */
	function load_plugin_textdomain() {
		load_plugin_textdomain( 'bp-docs', false, dirname( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ) ) . '/languages/' );
	}

	/**
	 * Includes files needed by BuddyPress Docs
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function includes() {

		// functions.php includes miscellaneous utility functions used throughout
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'functions.php' );

		// component.php extends BP_Component, and does most of the basic setup for BP Docs
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'component.php' );

		// caps.php handles capabilities and roles
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'caps.php' );

		// access-query.php is a helper for determining access to docs
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'access-query.php' );

		// query-builder.php contains the class that fetches the content for each view
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'query-builder.php' );

		// templatetags.php has all functions in the global space available to templates
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'templatetags.php' );

		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'templatetags-edit.php' );

		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'attachments.php' );

		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'ajax-validation.php' );

		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'theme-bridge.php' );

		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'edit-lock.php' );

		// formatting.php contains filters and functions used to modify appearance only
		require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'formatting.php' );

		// Dashboard-specific functions
		if ( is_admin() ) {
			require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'admin.php' );
			require( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'upgrade.php' );
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Defines bp_docs_load action
	 *
	 * This action fires on WP's plugins_loaded action and provides a way for the rest of
	 * BuddyPress Docs, as well as other dependent plugins, to hook into the loading process in
	 * an orderly fashion.
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	function load_hook() {
		do_action( 'bp_docs_load' );
	}

	/**
	 * Defines bp_docs_init action
	 *
	 * This action fires on WP's init action and provides a way for the rest of BuddyPress
	 * Docs, as well as other dependent plugins, to hook into the loading process in an
	 * orderly fashion.
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function init_hook() {
		do_action( 'bp_docs_init' );
	}

	/**
	 * Defines bp_docs_loaded action
	 *
	 * This action tells BP Docs and other plugins that the main initialization process has
	 * finished.
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function loaded() {
		do_action( 'bp_docs_loaded' );
	}

	/**
	 * Defines constants needed throughout the plugin.
	 *
	 * These constants can be overridden in bp-custom.php or wp-config.php.
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function load_constants() {
		if ( ! defined( 'BP_DOCS_PLUGIN_SLUG' ) ) {
			define( 'BP_DOCS_PLUGIN_SLUG', 'buddypress-docs' );
		}

		// You should never really need to override this bad boy
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_INSTALL_PATH' ) ) {
			define( 'BP_DOCS_INSTALL_PATH', plugin_dir_path( __FILE__ ) );
		}

		// Ditto
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH', BP_DOCS_INSTALL_PATH . 'includes/' );

		// Ditto^2. For deprecated files, we need a non-system path. Note: doesn't work
		// right with symlinks
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH_ABS' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH_ABS', str_replace( ABSPATH, '', BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH ) );

		// The slug used when viewing a doc category
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_CATEGORY_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_CATEGORY_SLUG', 'category' );

		// The slug used when editing a doc
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_EDIT_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_EDIT_SLUG', 'edit' );

		// The slug used when viewing doc histor
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_HISTORY_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_HISTORY_SLUG', 'history' );

		// The slug used when viewing a single doc
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_SINGLE_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_SINGLE_SLUG', 'single' );

		// The slug used when creating a new doc
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_CREATE_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_CREATE_SLUG', 'create' );

		// The slug used when deleting a doc
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_DELETE_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_DELETE_SLUG', 'delete' );

		// The slug used when deleting a doc
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_UNTRASH_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_UNTRASH_SLUG', 'untrash' );

		// The slug used when removing a doc from a group
		if ( ! defined( 'BP_DOCS_UNLINK_FROM_GROUP_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_UNLINK_FROM_GROUP_SLUG', 'unlink-from-group' );

		// The slug used for the Started section of My Docs
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_STARTED_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_STARTED_SLUG', 'started' );

		// The slug used for the Edited section of My Docs
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_EDITED_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_EDITED_SLUG', 'edited' );

		// The slug used for 'my-docs'
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_MY_DOCS_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_MY_DOCS_SLUG', 'my-docs' );

		// The slug used for 'my-groups'
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_MY_GROUPS_SLUG' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_MY_GROUPS_SLUG', 'my-groups' );

		// By default, BP Docs will replace the Recent Comments WP Dashboard Widget
		if ( !defined( 'BP_DOCS_REPLACE_RECENT_COMMENTS_DASHBOARD_WIDGET' ) )
			define( 'BP_DOCS_REPLACE_RECENT_COMMENTS_DASHBOARD_WIDGET', true );
	}

	/**
	 * Registers BuddyPress Docs's post types and taxonomies
	 *
	 * The post type bp_doc corresponds to individual doc page, which in turn corresponds to
	 * individual WP posts (plus their revisions).
	 *
	 * The taxonomy bp_docs_associated_item is a hierarchical taxonomy that connects bp_doc
	 * items to groups. The parent terms 'groups' and 'users' are created automatically when
	 * first doc corresponding to that item type is created. Individual item ids, like
	 * group_ids or user_ids, have taxonomy item created for them (if necessary) when a doc
	 * needs to be associated with them. So a bp_doc post associated with group 6 will have
	 * the taxonomy bp_docs_associated_item '6', where '6' is a sub-tax of 'groups'.
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function register_post_type() {
		// Only register on the root blog
		if ( !bp_is_root_blog() )
			switch_to_blog( BP_ROOT_BLOG );

		// Define the labels to be used by the post type bp_doc
		$post_type_labels = array(
			'name' 		     => _x( 'BuddyPress Docs', 'post type general name', 'bp-docs' ),
			'singular_name'      => _x( 'Doc', 'post type singular name', 'bp-docs' ),
			'add_new' 	     => _x( 'Add New', 'add new', 'bp-docs' ),
			'add_new_item' 	     => __( 'Add New Doc', 'bp-docs' ),
			'edit_item' 	     => __( 'Edit Doc', 'bp-docs' ),
			'new_item' 	     => __( 'New Doc', 'bp-docs' ),
			'view_item' 	     => __( 'View Doc', 'bp-docs' ),
			'search_items' 	     => __( 'Search Docs', 'bp-docs' ),
			'not_found' 	     =>  __( 'No Docs found', 'bp-docs' ),
			'not_found_in_trash' => __( 'No Docs found in Trash', 'bp-docs' ),
			'parent_item_colon'  => ''
		);

		// Set up the arguments to be used when the post type is registered
		// Only filter this if you are hella smart and/or know what you're doing
		$bp_docs_post_type_args = apply_filters( 'bp_docs_post_type_args', array(
			'label'        => __( 'BuddyPress Docs', 'bp-docs' ),
			'labels'       => $post_type_labels,
			'public'       => true,
			'show_ui'      => $this->show_cpt_ui(),
			'hierarchical' => true,
			'supports'     => array( 'title', 'editor', 'revisions', 'excerpt', 'comments', 'author' ),
			'query_var'    => true,
			'has_archive'  => true,
			'rewrite'      => array(
				'slug'       => bp_docs_get_docs_slug(),
				'with_front' => false
			)
		) );

		// Register the bp_doc post type
		register_post_type( $this->post_type_name, $bp_docs_post_type_args );

		// Define the labels to be used by the taxonomy bp_docs_associated_item
		$associated_item_labels = array(
			'name'          => __( 'Associated Items', 'bp-docs' ),
			'singular_name' => __( 'Associated Item', 'bp-docs' )
		);

		// Register the bp_docs_associated_item taxonomy
		register_taxonomy( $this->associated_item_tax_name, array( $this->post_type_name ), array(
			'labels'       => $associated_item_labels,
			'hierarchical' => true,
			'show_ui'      => true,
			'query_var'    => true,
			'rewrite'      => array( 'slug' => 'item' ),
		) );

		// Register the bp_docs_access taxonomy
		register_taxonomy( $this->access_tax_name, array( $this->post_type_name ), array(
			'hierarchical' => false,
			'show_ui'      => false,
			'query_var'    => false,
		) );

		do_action( 'bp_docs_registered_post_type' );

		// Only register on the root blog
		if ( !bp_is_root_blog() )
			restore_current_blog();
	}

	/**
	 * Loads the file that enables the use of extras (doc taxonomy, hierarchy, etc)
	 *
	 * This is loaded conditionally, so that the use of extras can be disabled by the
	 * administrator. It is loaded before the bp_docs post type is registered so that we have
	 * access to the 'taxonomy' argument of register_post_type.
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function load_doc_extras() {
		// Todo: make this conditional with a filter or a constant
		require_once( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'addon-taxonomy.php' );
		$this->taxonomy = new BP_Docs_Taxonomy;

		require_once( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'addon-hierarchy.php' );
		$this->hierarchy = new BP_Docs_Hierarchy;

		// Don't load the History component if post revisions are disabled
		$wp_post_revisions = defined( 'WP_POST_REVISIONS' ) && WP_POST_REVISIONS;
		$bp_docs_revisions = defined( 'BP_DOCS_REVISIONS' ) && BP_DOCS_REVISIONS;
		if ( $wp_post_revisions || $bp_docs_revisions ) {
			require_once( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'addon-history.php' );
			$this->history = new BP_Docs_History;
		}

		// Load the wikitext addon
		require_once( BP_DOCS_INCLUDES_PATH . 'addon-wikitext.php' );
		$this->wikitext = new BP_Docs_Wikitext;

		do_action( 'bp_docs_load_doc_extras' );
	}

	/**
	 * Add rewrite tags
	 *
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	function add_rewrite_tags() {
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_EDIT_SLUG      . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_HISTORY_SLUG   . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_DELETE_SLUG    . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_UNTRASH_SLUG    . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_CREATE_SLUG    . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_MY_GROUPS_SLUG . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );
		add_rewrite_tag( '%%' . BP_DOCS_UNLINK_FROM_GROUP_SLUG . '%%', '([1]{1,})' );

	}

	/**
	 * Generates custom rewrite rules
	 *
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	function generate_rewrite_rules( $wp_rewrite ) {
		$bp_docs_rules = array(
			/**
			 * Top level
			 */

			// Create
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/' . BP_DOCS_CREATE_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_CREATE_SLUG . '=1',

			// My Groups
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/' . BP_DOCS_MY_GROUPS_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_MY_GROUPS_SLUG . '=1',

			/**
			 * Single Docs
			 */

			// Edit
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/([^/]+)/' . BP_DOCS_EDIT_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_EDIT_SLUG . '=1',

			// History
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/([^/]+)/' . BP_DOCS_HISTORY_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_HISTORY_SLUG . '=1',

			// Delete
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/([^/]+)/' . BP_DOCS_DELETE_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_HISTORY_SLUG . '=1',

			// Untrash
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/([^/]+)/' . BP_DOCS_UNTRASH_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_UNTRASH_SLUG . '=1',

			// Unlink from group
			bp_docs_get_docs_slug() . '/([^/]+)/' . BP_DOCS_UNLINK_FROM_GROUP_SLUG . '/?$' =>
				'index.php?post_type=' . $this->post_type_name . '&name=' . $wp_rewrite->preg_index( 1 ) . '&' . BP_DOCS_UNLINK_FROM_GROUP_SLUG . '=1',

		);

		// Merge Docs rules with existing
		$wp_rewrite->rules = array_merge( $bp_docs_rules, $wp_rewrite->rules );

		return $wp_rewrite;
	}

	/**
	 * Show the CPT Dashboard UI to the current user?
	 *
	 * Defaults to is_super_admin(), but is filterable
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0.8
	 *
	 * @return bool $show_ui
	 */
	function show_cpt_ui() {
		$show_ui = is_super_admin();

		return apply_filters( 'bp_docs_show_cpt_ui', $show_ui );
	}

	/**
	 * Handles stuff that needs to be done at 'parse_query'
	 *
	 * - Ensures that no post is loaded on the creation screen
	 * - Ensures that an archive template is loaded in /docs/my-groups/
	 */
	function parse_query( $posts_query ) {

		// Bail if $posts_query is not the main loop
		if ( ! $posts_query->is_main_query() )
			return;

		// Bail if filters are suppressed on this query
		if ( true == $posts_query->get( 'suppress_filters' ) )
			return;

		// Bail if in admin
		if ( is_admin() )
			return;

		// Don't query for any posts on /docs/create/
		if ( $posts_query->get( BP_DOCS_CREATE_SLUG ) ) {
			$posts_query->is_404 = false;
			$posts_query->set( 'p', -1 );
		}

		// Fall back on archive template on /docs/my-groups/
		if ( $posts_query->get( BP_DOCS_MY_GROUPS_SLUG ) ) {
			$posts_query->is_404 = false;
		}

		// For single Doc views, allow access to 'deleted' items
		// that the current user is the admin of
		if ( $posts_query->is_single && bp_docs_get_post_type_name() === $posts_query->get( 'post_type' ) ) {

			$doc_slug = $posts_query->get( 'name' );

			// Direct query, because barf
			global $wpdb;
			$author_id = $wpdb->get_var( $wpdb->prepare(
				"SELECT post_author FROM {$wpdb->posts} WHERE post_type = %s AND post_name = %s",
				bp_docs_get_post_type_name(),
				$doc_slug
			) );

			// Post author or mod can visit it
			if ( $author_id && ( $author_id == get_current_user_id() || current_user_can( 'bp_moderate' ) ) ) {
				$posts_query->set( 'post_status', array( 'publish', 'trash' ) );

				// Make the 'trash' post status public
				add_filter( 'posts_request', array( $this, 'make_trash_public' ) );

				// ... and undo that when we're done
				add_filter( 'the_posts', array( $this, 'remove_make_trash_public' ) );
			}
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Make the 'trash' post status public.
	 *
	 * This is an unavoidable hack for cases where we want a trashed doc
	 * to be visitable by the post author or by an admin.
	 *
	 * Access is public because it needs to be accessible by
	 * call_user_func(), but should *not* be called directly.
	 *
	 * @since BuddyPress 1.5.5
	 *
	 * @param $request Passthrough.
	 */
	public function make_trash_public( $request ) {
		global $wp_post_statuses;
		$wp_post_statuses['trash']->public = true;
		return $request;
	}

	/**
	 * Reverse the public-trash hack applied in self::make_trash_public()
	 *
	 * @since BuddyPress 1.5.5
	 *
	 * @param $posts Passthrough.
	 */
	public function remove_make_trash_public( $posts ) {
		global $wp_post_statuses;
		$wp_post_statuses['trash']->public = false;
		return $posts;
	}

	/**
	 * Protects group docs from unauthorized access
	 *
	 * @since 1.2
	 */
	function protect_doc_access() {
		// What is the user trying to do?
		if ( bp_docs_is_doc_read() ) {
			$action = 'bp_docs_read';
		} else if ( bp_docs_is_doc_create() ) {
			$action = 'bp_docs_create';
		} else if ( bp_docs_is_doc_edit() ) {
			$action = 'bp_docs_edit';
		} else if ( bp_docs_is_doc_history() ) {
			$action = 'bp_docs_view_history';
		}

		if ( ! isset( $action ) ) {
			return;
		}

		if ( ! current_user_can( $action ) ) {
			$redirect_to = bp_docs_get_doc_link();

			bp_core_no_access( array(
				'mode' => 2,
				'redirect' => $redirect_to,
			) );
		}
	}

	function flush_rewrite_rules() {
		if ( ! is_admin() ) {
			return;
		}

		if ( ! is_super_admin() ) {
			return;
		}

		global $wp_rewrite;

		// Check to see whether our rules have been registered yet, by
		// finding a Docs rule and then comparing it to the registered rules
		foreach ( $wp_rewrite->extra_rules_top as $rewrite => $rule ) {
			if ( 0 === strpos( $rewrite, bp_docs_get_docs_slug() ) ) {
				$test_rewrite = $rewrite;
				$test_rule = $rule;
				break;
			}
		}
		$registered_rules = get_option( 'rewrite_rules' );

		if ( is_array( $registered_rules ) && ( ! isset( $registered_rules[ $test_rewrite ] ) || $test_rule !== $registered_rules[ $test_rewrite ] ) ) {
			flush_rewrite_rules();
		}
	}

	/**
	 * Initiates the BP Component extension
	 *
	 * @package BuddyPress Docs
	 * @since 1.0-beta
	 */
	function do_integration() {
		global $bp;

		$bp->bp_docs = new BP_Docs_Component;
	}
}


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A lot of great advice has been written about the new search engine optimization (SEO) rules due to the Panda and Penguin releases of Google's algorithm. In many cases, what previously worked may no longer and some of the practices can damage the ranking of your website. If you are implementing an inbound marketing strategy, make sure you are familiar with the new, up-to-date SEO best practices and stay away from the older techniques, which will be coming in my next post, that could get your website penalized.
Let's face it! Your future patients, clients and customers are going to find you one of two ways: Through a referral from a family member or friend, or by searching online using keywords containing a local component. And if they look online and you aren't there, or worse, you are there with negative reviews and an inconsistent brand, they will choose someone else to meet their needs. So in order to effectively compete, you need a high quality online presence that is consistent, controlled by you and helps your business or practice stand out from the rest.


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Citizen Partisanship, Local Government, and Environmental Policy Implementation
David Switzer | Early on in the Trump administration, it was clear that the role of the federal government in environmental protection would be lessened, with then Environmental Protection Agency administrator, Scott Pruitt, suggesting that the Trump administration would focus on "cooperative federalism," emphasizing the role of states in environmental regulation. The developments at the federal level have led scholars and journalists alike to question how this prioritization of state administration in environmental policy will impact implementation. Read More
Factional Voting in Local Elections: The Case of Cambridge, MA
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Is Zimmerman America's Dreyfus?
By Anthony Wile - April 21, 2012
I've been tracking the George Zimmerman case and it does seem to have some surface parallels to the infamous Dreyfus Affair.
For those of you who may not know, Dreyfus was a Jew who was accused of passing French military secrets to the German Embassy in Paris. He was declared guilty and sent to Devil's Island in French Guiana where he spent almost five years.
In 1896, evidence was unearthed that a French Army major named Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy may have been the one passing information but that evidence was suppressed and Dreyfus's conviction was sustained.
It took many more years but Dreyfus was eventually set free. He was reinstated as a major in the French Army and served throughout World War I, eventually reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
Regardless of whether Esterhazy was an agent of a greater power or whether the affair itself was orchestrated, the controversy surrounding Dreyfus was surely indicative of larger issues surrounding France at the time.
The issue then was anti-Semitism. And while modern France has in a sense moved on, it remains a society riven by class conflicts and economic inequalities that are either glossed over or sanctioned by law.
The French Revolution itself stands athwart the American revolution that was fought somewhat within a republican ambit, thanks to the framing of thinkers and visionaries like Thomas Paine and Thomas Jefferson.
The American Revolution's espoused aim was individual freedom. Unfortunately, the French Revolution was evidently influenced by the Age of Enlightenment and the Rousseau-like vision that humankind could be perfected by the proper application of logic and scientific thought.
The medium that was to provide this transformative grace was the government itself, in this the case a "republican" government that was created out of the terror of the Revolution and the busy bloodletting of the guillotine.
French society, in my view, has never entirely recovered from the Age of Enlightenment and still habitually looks to government to provide both solutions and economic succor.
In fact, they're apparently about to elect another socialist to the presidency and that's not going to end well, either. History continues.
And it continues in America, too, which began as a republic but is now surely turning into something else. The alphabet soup of American spy agencies as well as Draconian, authoritarian legislation now issuing out of Washington, DC, tells us that the formal US legislative process has gone badly wrong.
The US is surely an authoritarian state these days. There are millions on the government payroll, thousands of government spies and US official institutions are growing more and more frightened of their own people. The US Department of Homeland Security recently placed an order for hundreds of millions of hollow-point bullets. Homeland Security is a DOMESTIC agency.
Empire was achieved after World War II, but all empires eventually oppress their own citizens as well as those in other countries. That seems to be what's happening today.
Empires by their nature are pathological societies. Fear is a paramount signature of empires, along with corruption at the top, public shows of immorality and a general, evolutionary breakdown of civil society.
This is because empires substitute the rule of law for the discipline of private markets. Societies often begin anarchically, with private law and private morality enforced by the culture itself.
But over time, the private nature of society is gradually replaced by "law" and government mandates. What was once voluntary becomes coercive and people's behaviors become regulated by bureaucracies rather than by internal codes of behavior.
Within this context, society itself becomes increasingly unmoored. Once moral values have evolved into legal codicils, social mores become public passion plays. This is what's happening now with the Zimmerman mess.
Just as with the Dreyfus Affair, individual acts are being imbued with larger, societal characteristics. This can only happen in a society where the government has grown so large and intrusive that people are used to projecting their own problems and prejudices onto public events.
Once the private has become the public, it is relatively easy for government-controlled media to imbue almost any incident with moral and cultural power. In fact, in a healthier society such transformative conversations would not be possible. People would not put up with it.
But in a society where the power elite has worked relentlessly to make government the arbiter, such a trick is much easier to pull off. People have been trained to look to government for moral and legal insights.
In such societies, people no longer look inward – they've lost the habit of introspection. Instead, government itself sets the parameters of behavior and creates the larger societal conversation as well.
I would argue this is what's happening in the Zimmerman case. People are projecting their own prejudices and belief systems onto the case.
If Zimmerman is guilty, it's because he saw a young black man, assumed he was up to no good and shot him. If he is innocent, it's because he was attacked by the young man and shot him in self-defense.
I won't speculate on Zimmerman's guilt or innocence here. My point is only that the amount of attention being paid to the case and the heightened emotions it arouses may tell us more about the current state of the US union than about Zimmerman himself, or his actions.
The US is a pretty miserable place right now with unemployment between 20 and 30 percent and food stamp usage soaring well beyond 40 million. People are looking for outlets for their frustration, and the Zimmerman affair provides one.
In this sense, it is perhaps a window into the collective psyche of the American people. The mechanism itself – this too-public dialogue about an issue that in another place and time would have been localized – is discouraging.
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module Ransack
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    def visit_and(object)
      nodes = object.values.map { |o| accept(o) }.compact
      return nil unless nodes.size > 0

      if nodes.size > 1
        Arel::Nodes::Grouping.new(Arel::Nodes::And.new(nodes))
      else
        nodes.first
      end
    end

    def quoted?(object)
      case object
      when Arel::Nodes::SqlLiteral, Bignum, Fixnum
        false
      else
        true
      end
    end

    def visit_Ransack_Nodes_Sort(object)
      return unless object.valid?
      if object.attr.is_a?(Arel::Attributes::Attribute)
        object.attr.send(object.dir)
      else
        ordered(object)
      end
    end

    private

      def ordered(object)
        case object.dir
        when 'asc'.freeze
          Arel::Nodes::Ascending.new(object.attr)
        when 'desc'.freeze
          Arel::Nodes::Descending.new(object.attr)
        end
      end
  end
end


Plastic Surgery: Is It Safe for My Elderly Loved One?
As plastic surgery becomes more common among younger people, an increasing amount of seniors are opting to undergo these cosmetic procedures. Plastic surgery is often seen as a safe and easy way to look younger and more attractive to boost confidence and self-esteem. While it may have some aesthetic benefits, elderly plastic surgery is still an important decision that seniors and their family caregivers in Palm Desert must consider carefully.
According to Dr. Max Yezhelyev from the Vanderbilt University Department of Plastic Surgery, seniors do not experience more risks than younger people during plastic surgery. In his study, Dr. Yezhelyev examined postoperative complications after plastic surgery. A group of seniors with an average age of 69 had a 1.94 percent rate of complications, whereas a group of younger people with an average age of 39 and a 1.84 percent rate of complications. With these findings in mind, seniors do not have a significantly larger risk of complications during surgery compared to people 30 years younger than them.
Seniors may not face a higher number of severe health concerns, but this does not mean that their bodies react to plastic surgery in the same way as younger people. Dr. Michael Niccole, a plastic surgeon with a popular practice, cautions that seniors tend to heal at a much slower rate than their younger counterparts. Therefore, a relatively simple procedure for a younger person may result in months of recovery for a senior.
The lack of more dangers for seniors undergoing plastic surgery is most likely due to the caution that cosmetic surgeons practice before they agree to operate on an individual. Seniors may deal with more intensive screening beforehand to rule out any health problems that may cause an issue during the surgery. Seniors with high blood pressure, prescriptions for anticoagulants, or diabetes may not be able to have plastic surgery because they are far more likely to have health issues during or after the operation.
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"Those who approach the sacrament of Penance obtain pardon from God's mercy for the offense committed against him, and are, at the same time, reconciled with the Church which they have wounded by their sins and which by charity, by example, and by prayer labors for their conversion" (CCC #1422).
This sacrament of Reconciliation is celebrated by a child during a retreat on the day before First Communion, which is celebrated on the first or second Sunday in May of each year.
A child, having grown to understand the meaning of sin and of God's love and mercy, makes his/her confession of sin for the first time and receives God's forgiveness through the words of forgiveness pronounced by the priest.
This celebration can be a time of grace for parents who are encouraged to seek and obtain forgiveness for themselves.
Direct preparation for this sacrament begins the previous September, but indirect preparation begins with the family's practice of the faith, attending regular weekend Mass, participating in the life of the parish, and educating their children at Cathedral School.
Preparation for First Reconciliation is done at the same time as preparation for First Communion, and the requirements are similar.
Participate in scheduled parent meetings, scripture studies, and other activities.


The New York Times was "quite willing" to quash stories at the behest of the government, writes Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter James Risen. He warns that America's press has been muzzled by "hyped threats" to national security.
Risen's NSA scoop, which later won him a Pulitzer Prize, was eventually published a year after he submitted it to his seniors – but only after Bush had been safely re-elected. Risen said that upon hearing the story was finally going to print, Bush telephoned Arthur Sulzberger, the Times's publisher, requesting a private meeting to convince him against running the story.
Risen also recounts how, in the run-up to the Iraq War, his stories questioning alleged links between Iraq and Al Qaeda "were being cut, buried, or held out of the paper altogether." While cooperation between the press and the government poses a number of troubling questions, Risen also points to the zealous persecution of whistleblowers, leakers, and even journalists themselves, as a root cause of the troubling state of American media.
Under the auspices of protecting "national security," this presumed culture of tolerating leaks and respecting a journalist's special relationship with his or her sources was tossed out the window after the 9/11 attacks. After being dragged to court by the Bush administration in an attempt to force him to reveal the identity of one of his sources, Risen was saddened to discover that the war on press freedoms only got worse under Obama.


Development of learning software solutions ( Artificial neuronal networks., Deep Learning, Genetic algorithms).
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Network protocols protocols: TCPIP, UDP, RTP u.a.
Operating Systems: Linux ( inclusive embedded: Buildroot , Yocto etc. ), QNX, OSX/iOS, Windows, Android.
IDE's : QtCreator, XCode, Visual Studio, Keil uVison, Eclipse, Mono Develop u.a.
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Sanctions Evasion Helps Russia and Threatens Your Business
Citadele bank
Since February 24th this year, when the military aggression Russia began against Ukraine in 2014 became full-scale warfare, the democratic world has enacted several rounds of increasingly powerful economic sanctions. Citadele has informed its customers and the wider public multiple times about European Union and United States sanctions which apply to the Baltic states by law or the bank's internal policies. In this article, we would like to update you on the latest trends in sanctions evasion and its potential impact on the war against Ukraine.
The bank has noticed increasing attempts to use businesses established in the European Union (EU) and in third countries as an intermediary for making payments or goods deliveries to or from Russia. This trend has clearly changed from the cases which were typical even until July this year, when the payment chain matched the end recipient or seller. This demonstrates the effectiveness of the sanctions, and the acute need of Russia and its consumers to obtain or sell sanctioned goods.
Namely, to evade sanctions, goods are delivered to, for example, Kazakhstan or Serbia, while the true end recipient is in Russia. Or, for example, raw materials are procured from the United Arab Emirates, Bulgaria or Tajikistan, but their true origin is Russia, and they may also have been transported via Belarus or other countries.
"The aim of recent sanctions against Russia and Belarus is not just to signal to these countries the West's strong position, but also to take specific actions to reduce Russia's ability to fight this illegal war by denying access to financial resources and the goods, services and technologies needed to fight and finance the war. Therefore, attempting to evade EU sanctions is not just criminally punishable, but also supports Russia's crimes against Ukraine and its people," explains Uldis Upenieks, chief compliance officer at Citadele Bank.
Know your partners and all your partners' partners
The bank believes that one of the best ways to avoid accidentally supporting Russian aggression or the Lukashenko regime is to investigate your business partners and the entire delivery chain in full. You should ensure that your business partner is not merely a front company which hides its true owners, manufacturers or buyers behind overseas companies or offshores, or other complex ownership or delivery chains. This is particularly apparent when business partners or even just one business partner have no apparent business use, which points to efforts to hide something.
These and similar schemes threaten legitimate business operations, because even unknowing involvement in sanctions evasion attempts may cause serious complications. For example, payment for goods which have already been delivered may be frozen if it is discovered that the true end recipient is subject to sanctions.
Sanctions evasion is not acceptable
Banks may cease cooperation with any customer if they suspect they may be involved in breaching or evading sanctions. The bank is also obliged to notify the relevant institutions of all such cases, and to freeze the sanctioned person's funds at any point in the illegal transaction chain.
As part of our sanctions risk avoidance measures, and alongside our April decision to cancel legal entities' payments with Russia and Belarus, Citadele cancelled private customer payments with Russia and Belarus on August 20th. We noticed a feverish transfer of funds from Russia, and each transfer had to be checked manually by the bank to avoid breaching sanctions and other rules. "We would like to remind that, in accordance with EU regulation, additional controls are applied to Russian and Belarussian citizens who do not have a valid residence permit, including a limit on the maximum account balance in one credit institution and limits on operations with financial instruments," adds Upenieks.
Useful materials for businesses
To discover and avoid potential sanctions breaches and evasion even more effectively, the bank has been strengthening and expanding its internal control measures since the start of the war, and is working closely with the relevant institutions and other market participants. As part of this collaboration, the Financial Intelligence Unit of Latvia (FIU Latvia) led a months-long project with the involvement of Citadele's sanctions expert Saiva Krastiņa and experts from other banks to produce a document entitled "Indicators of Russia-Related Sanctions Evasion," which is available on the FIU Latvia website in Latvian and English.
The bank invites businesses to be vigilant and, particularly if their operations are linked with a sanctioned industry, take the relevant steps to ensure adherence to the sanctions. We would like to remind that Citadele published a document in March entitled "Five Steps to Adhering to Sanctions for Businesses" to help businesses implement these controls in their businesses. The document is available in Latvian, Lithuanian, Estonian, English and Russian.
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A crutial part of the Diageo alcoholic beverage company, Zacapa Rum is often regarded as one of the finest rums in the world. Zacapa is well known for their aging and blended process in the 'House Above the Clouds', 2300m above sea level. It is said that the cool mountain air slows aging, allowing Zacapa time to rest and develop character. Zacapa Rum has focused its work around the concept called 'The Art Of Slow'. More info here.
AWB is the strategic and creative PR partner for Zacapa. We work with developing new ideas and concepts to strengthen the brand across Sweden and Denmark, including the 'The Art Of Slow' series. This past spring we crafted and launched the campaign entitled Nuet and are now in the middle of the second round of the series.
Zacapa Rum is often regarded as one of the finest rums in the world. Zacapa is well known for their aging and blended process in the 'House Above the Clouds', 2 300 m above sea level.
Dinner time has traditionally meant an opportunity to slow down and talk to friends or family while enjoying tasty food and drinks. However, in a world where many people use their phones over 300 times a day, we have become more and more visually driven, often at the cost of our other senses. People are more often rushing through their meals, or putting their focus on taking photos of the food to.
In order to give the guests an opportunity to be present and to appreciate what surrounds them, we teamed up with Zacapa to create the concept 'Nuet', an experience to enhance 'The Art of Slow'. The concept was executed as a pop-up restaurant where no phones or digital devices were allowed, enabling live conversations without interruptions.
'Nuet' visited five restaurants in five different cities – Stockholm, Linköping and Gothenburg in Sweden and Copenhagen and Århus in Denmark. The take-over dinner concept was put together with Edin Dzemat, the winner of 'Kockarnas kamp' and world class bartender Jonas Brandenborg Andersen. Together the two created a menu with many unexpected components. To top off the unique experience, the guests weren't given specific information on what the dishes were until the meals were finished. We also invited the sommelier and taste expert Mischa Billing to be a part of the project. She was present at the dinners and shared her knowledge and tips on how we can use our senses to enjoy food and drinks in the best way.
The 'Nuet' and 'The Art of Slow' concept was warmly welcomed by influencers, media and visiting guests. Over 250 people visited the pop-up restaurants during the five nights they were in operation. There were 49 articles and 104 social media posts written about the concept, which generated a total reach of over 10 million people and a PR-value of € 2 196 501 00.
We're living in a time where we are constantly online and pretty much all of our impressions are filtered through screens. We're also living in a world full of distraction, interruption and stress.
Dinner time has traditionally meant an opportunity to slow down and talk to our loved ones while enjoying a good meal. However, in a world where many people use their phones over 300 times a day, it can be hard to stay in the moment. People rush through their meals, or put their focus on taking photos of the food instead.
We decided it was time to do something about this and created "Nuet" together with Zacapa Rum. A concept to reconnect, contemplate and stimulate all your senses. An experience to celebrate "The art of slow".
Together with top chef Edin Dzemat and some of the world's best bartenders we created a "here and now" food and drink experience, executed as a restaurant take over. The menu was carefully created in a symbiosis between the chef and the bartenders, pairing food and drinks, flavors and textures, unexpected and traditional.
We also invited the sommelier and taste expert Mischa Billing and the mindful eating expert Maria Helander to be a part of the project, sharing their knowledge on how we can strengthen our senses and slow down. Danish violinist Andreas Bernitt also composed music for the events to further enhance the experience.
During the events no phones or digital devices were allowed, enabling people to react and interact with each other and deepen their conversations without interruptions. The guests didn't know what dishes and drinks they were served until the full dinner experience was over. We encouraged them to be totally present and focus on the flavors, textures, impressions and smells to give the act of eating the respect it deserves.
The 'Nuet' concept was warmly welcomed by influencers, media and visiting guests. Over 350 people visited the pop-up restaurants during the seven nights they were open. There were 80 articles and 136 social media posts written about the concept, which generated a total reach of over 14,7 million people.


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Lockheed Martin Corporation Performance, Technical Analysis and Valuation
Lockheed Martin Corporation
(NYSE:LMT)
Lockheed Martin Corporation 1 Year - Performance
How is LMT price-to-earnings ratio currently?
LMT has a current P/E ratio of 21.17.
How are LMT's price-to-sale and price-to-book ratios?
The LMT stock has a trailing twelve month price-to sales (P/S) ratio of 1.83 while its price-to-book (P/B) value is 12.74.
Is Lockheed Martin Corporation's price-to-cash ratio high or low?
LMT's price-to-cash (P/C) ratio is 47.31, an indicator that is currently being trending upward.
What's current simple moving average (SMA) for LMT?
Based on LMT's recent bid, its distance from 20 days simple moving average is -0.44%. It is -2.94% apart from 50 days simple moving average, and it is 4.12% apart from 200 days simple moving average.
What is the 52-week price range for LMT?
The 52-week high for LMT is $498.95 which is 0.08% away from the current price level whereas the distance of that from the 52-week low of $373.67 stands at 0.23%.
An overview of LMT's stock performance: how did it fare?
The performance of LMT stock was not encouraging with most of its significant price indictors in red. Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) shares have moved downward -0.05% or -$0.21 in the latest trading session and have loss -5.53% year-to-date (YTD). The stock has gained nearly 17.47% over the past year. After moving -0.64% over the trailing 3-month period, the stock is 13.18% higher in the 6-month period. Looking at its performance over the shorter term, it's up 3.68% a week and -5.33% a month.
What is LMT's 14-day relative strength index (RSI)?
The current 14-day RSI for LMT stock is 47.93. Investors and traders alike rely on the relative strength index, or RSI, as an oscillating indicator. In terms of values, the RSI operates within a range ranging from 0 to 100. A rising RSI line indicates strength in the shares. As the RSI line falls, the opposite occurs. It is possible to examine different time periods when using the RSI indicator. Shorter time frames can cause the RSI to be more volatile. Most traders pay close attention to the marks between 30 and 70 on the RSI scale. When the stock price moves over 70, it is often considered to be an indicator of overbought conditions. Dropping below 30 indicates oversold territory. These levels are often used by traders to forecast stock price reversals.
For LMT, what is the average true range (ATR) for the past two weeks?
ATR stands for Average True Range, which may be useful when traders or investors are assessing technical inventory. Currently, Lockheed Martin Corporation (LMT) has a 14-day ATR of 9.50.
What is LMT's current enterprise value?
After closing at $459.6 with 256.8 Million of its shares outstanding, the current enterprise value of LMT is roughly N/A.
Over the past year, how has the stock price of LMT changed?
Lockheed Martin Corporation (NYSE: LMT) is up N/A when it comes to the percentage price change over the past 52-weeks. The percentage price change came more than that of broader S&P 500 index that came at a rise of N/A. LMT stock price is also down -5.53% on its value in year-to-date trading.
What is the average trading volume for LMT shares?
The number outstanding shares of LMT is 256.8 Million, and of these 255.09 Million shares are freely available for trading. On average, LMT stock has traded 1.92 Million shares per day for the past 10 days. A total of 1.56 Million shares changed hands during the last trading session with the average session volume of 1.43 Million shares.


Discussing Your Own Death is not Popular – even when counseled by doctors and mailed material and being over 75, less than 10% of the patients created a new end-of-life directive. Not only are people wary of making plans surrounding their demise, doctors often were cajoled and reminded to start the conversation. Doctors said they didn't have the time to discuss the issue with patients even when allowed time during the workday to do this. The ethical ramifications seem to weigh on them particularly if they worked for assisted living or nursing homes.
Higher Income Seniors were More Willing to Make Provisions for End of Life Care – The patients who had a higher median income (52k for the study) were twice as willing to make a new directive for the end of their lives than those with a median income lower than the state average were. Wealthier households are usually better educated, read more and stay abreast the latest news (health, advances in medicine, technology, etc.). Poorer households may be more suspicious of doctor's intentions.
Patients Still Trust their Doctors, Particularly Long Term Patients – Patients over 75 who already had directives on file updated them 15% of the time when prompted by a physician intervention vs 4% w/o a physician's discussion.


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Father openly carries pistol into Calhoun County school, initiating lockdown
By: Erica Francis
HOMER, Mich. -- Lillian Fletcher Elementary School in the Calhoun County community of Homer recently went into lock down after a father carried a loaded gun into the school.
While it was in the father's legal right to do so, the incident is shedding light on a bigger debate across America: the right to bear arms and where and when it's appropriate.
9 mm pistol Mullen brought to a school in Homer, Mich.
Joseph Solis-Mullen brought his 9 mm pistol into Lillian the school Dec. 4 Friday afternoon while attempting to sign his son into class.
Mullen said his weapon was clearly visible. "It was right in front. I made sure my shirt was behind it," he said.
A school official told him openly carrying the gun was inappropriate because he was in a weapon-free zone, despite his concealed pistol license, Mullen said.
After a lot of confusion, Mullen left and returned Monday afternoon to discuss what happened with Homer Community School District Superintendent Robert Wright.
Homer Community School District Superintendent Robert Wright
Mullen entered the school yet again with his gun on his waist.
"He [Wright] said if you don't disarm and take the weapon to your car right now, I'm going to lock the school down, because that's the school policy," Mullen said. "I had felt like I had been put unfairly in a situation where now I was being pressured to comply with a school procedure."
FOX 17 looked into school policy, and it prohibits visitors from possessing or storing a weapon of any kind while inside the school. However, there are exceptions:
Weapons under the control of law enforcement personnel.
Items approved by a principal as part of a class or individual presentation under adult supervision, if used for the purpose of and in the manner approved (working firearms and ammunition shall never be approved).
Theatrical props used in appropriate settings.
Starter pistols used in appropriate sporting events.
Firearms that are lawfully stored inside a locked vehicle in school parking areas, if the district appropriately provides for student safety.
Superintendent Wright told FOX 17 Thursday that for now the policy will not change, adding that the first thing Homer Community Schools does when a weapon is seen is go into lock down.
However, in a recent court case in Michigan it was determined that a school does not have the authority to ask an individual on school grounds to leave if they have a valid CPL and are open carrying.
As for Mullen, he says he didn't carry his gun to spark controversy or to promote a political stance; he did it to keep himself, his son, and others safe because of recent mass shootings.
"Everybody wants to think it's not going to be us, it's not going to be here. And it's a very small chance," he said.
Mullen hopes he and the district can find a balance between student and staff safety and individual rights.
"The superintendent agreed wholeheartedly that there is a way that we can do both," he said. "It's something that needs to be answered in Lansing, but until Lansing can answer thata question definitively, I think it's up to local communities to get together and talk about what they want for their community."
So, is Mullen going to be charged? At this point no. Police tell us that while districts may have their own rules, they legally can't press charges when gun owners legally open carry.
Mullen says he is not sure if he'll be carrying at the school until the situation is resolved, he hopes during a meeting later this month. The Homer Community School District board will discuss the issue their meeting on December 21 at 7 p.m. in the high school media center.
Mullen is encouraging everyone both for and against open carrying in gun-free zones to come out, because he says that's the only way things will change.
The final question here is whether it is legal to carry a loaded gun into a Michigan school. The answer is yes, but you must have a valid concealed pistol license (CPL), and you must carry the gun openly so it can be seen by the public.


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The research, published Monday in BMJ Open, found that workplaces where managers support and help employees with depression have lower rates of missed days on the job due to depression. That support can come in the form of a formal policy, a referral system for care, or transitional support to help employees take time off work for mental health reasons and then return to their roles.
Past studies have suggested that depression takes a significant economic toll on the workforce. To look into what might help, researchers at the London School of Economics and Political Science examined survey data from 16,000 employees and managers in 15 countries, including the U.S. They asked about how managers handled mental health concerns among employees and collected data on how often employees with depression took time off work due to their illness.
The researchers found that in countries where more managers say they would avoid talking with an employee about depression, employees with depression missed four more days of work due to their illness, on average, during their most recent episode of depression.
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