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The Importance of Donating Hair
By Cynthia Measom ; Updated October 04, 2017
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Know the requirements of the organization that will accept your hair donation.
People who undergo hair loss suffer blows to their self-esteem and self-image. Fortunately, people who have long, healthy tresses can choose to donate their hair to help those who are less fortunate. Various organizations accept hair from individuals who want to help out those suffering from short-or long-term hair loss. Find out which type of organization is a match for your donation.
How Hair Is Used
When you donate your eligible hair, organizations can use it to make a wig for someone who is suffering hair loss from harsh medical treatments, disease or an accident. Once you donate your hair, the organization prepares it for incorporation into a wig. The completed wigs are donated to wig banks that distribute them to needy individuals at no or low cost. Often, more than one person's donated hair is used in creating each wig. For example, about 150,000 strands of hair are used in each wig created by the Wigs for Kids organization.
Short-Term Hair Loss
Short-term hair loss can result from chemotherapy, radiation and some drugs. While the hair will regrow after the treatment ceases, it may take weeks to months before the first hairs appear. For example, according to Breast Cancer.org, after stopping chemotherapy treatment, you can expect to see an inch of hair growth after about two months. While children and adults are waiting to regrow their hair, they can wear a wig made from natural hair, which can help boost their self-esteem and image.
Long-Term Hair Loss
Those who suffer long-term hair loss that results from autoimmune disease, such as alopecia areata — which causes hair follicles to stop functioning — or other skin disorders that cause permanent hair loss, can benefit from having a natural-hair wig. Because the person's hair may never grow back to a degree that will allow her to feel confident and attractive, a natural-hair wig can serve as an effective and realistic-looking substitute.
The organizations that accept hair have strict requirements. Take the time to make sure your hair meets those requirements before donating. For example, some organizations require hair to be a minimum length, not bleached and bundled into a ponytail. Not all organizations will have the same requirements. Research your options before donating to increase the chances that your hair will be used in a wig. Some organizations will accept hair that isn't suitable for wigs — such as gray hair — and sell it to offset manufacturing costs.
American Cancer Society: Donating Hair
Locks of Love: What Is Locks of Love?
Pantene: About the Program
Wigs for Kids: Our Mission
Breast Cancer.org: When Will Your Hair Grow Back?
Based in Texas, Cynthia Measom has been writing various parenting, business and finance and education articles since 2011. Her articles have appeared on websites such as The Bump and Motley Fool. Measom received a Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
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How to Mail Donated Hair
Organizations for Donating Hair


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Turks Coast to a 10-3 Win Over the Rebels
Written by Nathaniel Stoltz James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA – On a beautiful Monday evening, the Turks had little trouble picking up their eleventh win of the season, defeating the New Market Rebels 10-3.
Harrisonburg starter Justin Van Grouw (Wake Forest) threw seven strong innings, allowing just two runs and showcasing his excellent fastball and curveball all night. He was relieved by Joseph Charest (Fordham) in the eighth, and Charest promptly struck out three batters over two stellar innings of work. Both pitchers flummoxed the Rebels batters with impressive offspeed pitches, as they both had good curveballs and Charest also threw a number of fantastic changeups.
Although Van Grouw gave up a run in the first on an RBI single from Rebels first baseman John Sgromolo, Turks fans weren't worried for long. Rebels starting pitcher Nick Kendrick couldn't find the plate, and he had the same number of walks and outs – 5. Harrisonburg sent ten batters to the plate in the bottom of the second, and five of them scored. The biggest blows of the inning were doubles by R.J. Perucki and Mac Williamson. Kendrick was yanked from the game with two outs in the second and replaced by righthander Brantley Hattrich.
Hattrich, who's come into each of the three games the Rebels have played at Veterans Memorial Park this season, got out of the second without any further damage, but his first pitch in the third inning was promptly launched over the right-center field wall for a homer by Turks third baseman Ty McFarland. Hattrich also gave up three runs on four hits in the fourth inning, and the Turks pushed across yet another run in the fifth.
By the time the game was halfway through, the score was 9-1, and Turks manager Bob Wease elected to give many of his reserves playing time, enabling Charest to get his first game of the season in a low-pressure situation and allowing the Turks' position player reserves to get several innings in the field and a couple of at-bats.
The win widens the gap between the Central Division-leading Turks and second-place Rebels to four games.
The Turks embark on a three-game road trip starting tomorrow before returning home for games against Luray and Haymarket on Friday and Saturday.

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Salzer Electronics Limited (BSE: 517059, NSE: SALZERELEC), among leading players offering total and customised electrical solutions, announced its unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended 31st December 2018. These financials are as per the IND AS accounting guidelines.
Commenting on the results, Mr. Rajesh Doraiswamy, Joint Managing Director and Chief Financial Officer, Salzer Electronics Ltd said: "This nine months FY19, we have demonstrated revenue growth of 28% YoY, on account of higher contributions from wires & cables and building product segments, despite a challenging industry scenario and rising cost of raw materials.
Throughout the nine months FY19 our products namely three phase dry type transformers, wire harness along with our legacy product of cam operated rotary switches has shown good traction in the industrial switch gears segment and we have been able to increase our sales of Modular Switches, MCB's Distribution Boards, Changeovers, wires & cables which has helped us grow in India.
We continually focus on adding new high margin products under our product portfolio, reach out newer geographies and offer total customized solutions to our customers. Our focus also remains on new opportunities for technical associations/acquisition to further strengthen our base of product offerings."
Shares of SALZER ELECTRONICS LTD. was last trading in BSE at Rs.116.7 as compared to the previous close of Rs. 111.9. The total number of shares traded during the day was 7558 in over 145 trades.
The stock hit an intraday high of Rs. 122.3 and intraday low of 108. The net turnover during the day was Rs. 896995.


I've been going to Miami for years and years and years. Like most Canadians, a vacation down south is a must at least once a year to break up the winter. This year, my visits to Florida took me more north as I stayed with my mother and family for quiet quality time. But this last trip was took me to Miami for a friend's birthday. And what a trip it was! As a member of the Soho House, my friend Elisa was able to book reservations for her entire party to stay at the exclusive hotel. From stylized décor and fine dining to private beaches and penthouse parties, our weekend was fun-filled and gave me quite the inside look into what it would be like to be a Soho House member.
A bunch of friends all travelled to Miami to celebrate the 40th birthday of Elisa Dahan, Co-Creative Director of Mackage. She put together two private events for her birthday weekend: a dinner on Friday night, and a party Saturday night in the penthouse. We partied like it was 2003!
I love weekend getaways with friends; always such an incredible way to bond with old friends and spend time forming new friendships. We spent full days at the stunning private beach. The Soho Beach House has a beautifully treated strip Oceanside that allows for ultimate relaxation. Their pool deck is also exquisite and so nicely decorated. The design factor of the hotel definitely sets it apart from a lot of the places I've visited, but if you know me at all, it's not always the big things that make my jaw drop. Instead, it's the little details that make a place special. Well, the Soho House was equipped with a bucket full of details.
Each room had stunning elements that made them unique. Highly stylized, the rooms had an eclectic mixture of materials and textures, colours and fabrics to give a phenomenal visual aesthetic. I personally loved the tiling in our room and, incidentally, the colour combo was super appealing. The soft moss green made for a tranquil atmosphere (and the perfect backdrop for a photo shoot!). Also, I love great beauty products and take my bath time very seriously, and the bath in our hotel… I swear if I could've folded it up and brought it home, I might have!
I've never had the pleasure of staying at any Soho House. If you don't already know, you have to be a member to have access to any of their amenities (this Samantha Jones, season 6 SATC!). I have, however, eaten at Cecconi's. The courtyard resto located in the Soho Beach House is open to the public, and has a reputation of being one of the best in the city. Every time I go, I discover something new about the place that I love: from the classic Italian food to the art deco bathroom. Walking through the private hotel, guests are ushered straight to the restaurant and do not have access to the rest of the space… unless you're staying at the hotel, of course.
So what does it take to become a member? Well, in order to even begin the membership process, two existing Soho House members have to nominate you. Once you get the application started, there are a few membership options to consider: Local House, Every House, U27 (local and every). If you are accepted into the Soho House community, you get access to club spaces and facilities: bars and restaurants, swimming pools, Cowshed spa, beach club, and more.
Founded in 1995, the Soho house was created on the premise that people who work in creative industries should have a common stomping ground to mix and mingle; a place reflective of their creativity and individuality (trust me, I've done my research… people who don't have the criteria they are looking for, get turned away!).
The concept behind an exclusive, members-only hotel allows for like-minded individuals to gather in one (or multiple, since the Soho Community is international) place offering a space for burgeoning artistry and innovation. I love their mission and although I had always known of the Soho House, I had never had such a close-up experience. Now that I have, I'm afraid there's no turning back! I'm in love!


Vital Outdoor is a full service, out-of-home advertising company. Our many billboard locations within the Oklahoma City metro and surrounding areas, including digital and tri-vision faces, enable us to assist anyone who is looking to make the most of their advertising dollar. We take pride in our work and value each and every client we work with. Our goal is to not only to attract new advertisers and land owners, but to maintain and strengthen the working relationship with our existing clients. We utilize great billboard locations to better maximize attractiveness and consumer appeal. We appreciate you taking time to visit Vital Outdoor Advertising and encourage you to browse around and see how "vital" our services are! We look forward to working with you!


Walker Dennis and I have been enjoying playing LEGO Dimensions this past month. I had gotten us to the Prime Time level and something odd happen to the PS4. We started getting the CE-34878-0 error and I thought the PSN was auto updating our saved file, which wasn't happening and this past weekend, we got our saved file corrupted. So I thought "no problem" went to our cloud save and it was barely on the Simpsons level, which is the second level. All of our progress, our vehicle upgrades, the gold bricks, everything was essentially back to zero.
At least, we're smarter now, so I knew to quickly get to a million points, go to the Lord of the Rings adventure world, receive the red brick that provides a 2x multiplier, and that was my first goal. To get to that first million, I highly recommend getting the Knight Rider adventure world, as there are gems for days there, you can easily get to 300,000 with barely any real work, and then you either go into the Knight Industries semi truck, or you go into Devon's mansion or the warehouse next to his office where R3 is. Jump out of either of those locations and the world resets itself and you do that three to four more times, and you get a million points/studs/gems. I go back and forth on the terminology. So I was putting that entire thing off but Walker Dennis has been eagerly wanting to get back to the Scooby Doo level, Monster Mayhem Mash Up, so again, I'm trying to beat a level a night and the levels are very long.
At least my trophies didn't get reset, I may have lost my mind if that was the case.
We have added to our list of characters, so we had the Starter Pack of Batman, Gandalf, and Wyldstyle and of course, we had Michael Knight and KITT. My wife got us Mr. T and his van. So we lost all of the progress we made to the A-Team Van, KITT, and the Batmobile.
Next, my wife saw that both Aquaman and Chase McCain (from LEGO City Undercover) were both priced at eight dollars. I had done my research and both are super important to the worlds but Chase gave us a new world so I asked for him.
Thanks to YouTuber packattack04082 for hosting the above video.
I still haven't had use for Chase's sixth costume, the farmer one. I'm sure it'll become useful eventually.
I also had to redo getting his costumes, the farm land isn't easy to come across in his world. I also had to redo all of the gold and the A-Team world, so that I can change Mr. T into the other A-Team members.
Thanks to TheBricksFamily for hosting how to make McCain's helicopter.
Sometimes, it is just easier to watch a YouTube video instead of turning on the game, loading the game, putting the character on the toy pad and having the game walk me through the process. Though, doing it through the game, I don't have to pause the screen, so that's nice or it is easier to go back a step. Both come with the pressure of trying to assemble it quickly. I do enjoy putting LEGO pieces together and following directions, that is pretty fun.
I saw the Beetlejuice set at Walmart and I failed following the Thou Shall Not Hesitate Commandment (the greatest commandment) and didn't buy it and I've regretted it since.
We bought the Marceline set, from Adventure Time, as I saw she was pretty important to the gameplay, plus she was the only one in the Walmart clearance section. Since I failed before, I was adamant about not passing her up.
Thanks again, packattack04082, for hosting another great video.
So I built her Amp Monster as well and we maxed out all of the vehicles' abilities and forms.
And our file got corrupted so all of this had to be redone.
My wife bought the Ghostbusters 2016 story pack and that is coming shortly and I bought the Goonies level pack, mostly as it has the 4x multiplier, which stacks with the 2x multiplier, for 8x the collected gems. I let Walker Dennis build up as he saw fit during the week, but when we played together last, I had him make sure to boost all of the vehicles to get them to the point where they magnetically collect studs from all around them, which is a real time saver.
We have since got all five vehicles fully upgraded and all of their forms unlocked. We have all of the red bricks we have access to unlocked and paid for. I haven't had a real chance to play the adventure lands with him but we have to go back and buy all of the renovations of each of the adventure lands, each one has six but we should have plenty of points to unlock all of them as we visit them.
I was holding off until the Goonies came in but Walker Dennis has been a real good sport of wanting to make progress in the game, which I'm with him on that, and I have to maintain two million points so that I can unlock the Goonies red brick as quickly as possible. I just want it to get the Rule Breaker achievement in the story missions with ease and to help increase the value of the gems in the Adventure Time world as I had gotten five easy gold bricks and barely had the rule breaker bar filled up a quarter of the way and that was with the 2x multiplier so I definitely need help there.
I also just learned that the giant (than the minifigs) lego bar that turns yellow, silver, blue, and purple, if you hit it when it is a particular color, that color gem comes out. I've been taking it for granted which color gem appears but I noticed it turned purple once and I've tested the theory. So if you see one, wait until it turns blue or purple and break them up at that time.
I've looked for a picture but I can't find one, I may have to take a picture with my phone to see if I can get the right wording of it.
I'm at the Lego Dimensions wiki all of the time now!
At first, I didn't bother making him and then the next time Walker Dennis saw the Voltron main area, he recognized some of the pieces and immediately wanted me to create it.
Thanks to cusman for including the instructions and the video of his first appearance in the game.
We got another CE-34878-0 error over the course of the couple days it took to write up to this point and I performed the quick option of initializing the PS4. The full version stated it'll take a few hours so I didn't want to subject our son to the long wait (though I could have done it over night, I supposed). Doing the initializing means that everything is erased and started fresh, which I felt pretty confident that everything else was uploaded from a while ago, and if not, I'll just commit to getting all of that progress again. I also knew that the bulk of my games I've been playing recently were through the PSN, so those games would be easy enough to reinstall.
One real benefit of doing that was that I was at the halfway mark in terms of storage, like 5GB, and now we're at 1GB, so without Fallout 4 being on the system, I'm pretty sure we got all of that space back. I'll slowly add my disc games again and the downloaded games, as I feel like playing them but right now, we are all about Lego Dimensions.
While waiting for Lego Dimensions to full load, and then getting the DLC (the adventure worlds) reloaded as well, I started Fallout Shelter, and it was much better on the PS4 than on my phone. I haven't gone back to it besides playing it for that almost hour but it isn't bad in short chunks. I should play it like I hope to play Knack, where I do a chapter segment and then play another game but instead of a segment (as there are no segments) I'll just commit to doing it for 30 minutes or so.
My real grief with initializing the PS4 was that we still ended up with the error so now I'm not sure what to do. I've read that people contact SONY and get a replacement PS4 that way but I'm hoping the next big system update might fix whatever problem we're having. Gosh, how I wished I knew what exactly happened that afternoon I was driving home when the PS4 wasn't turned off correctly.
At least I'm being manic about uploading our saved data (which I'm sure is the root of the problem but we've made so much progress that I have to live with the threat of the saved file being corrupted) after beating each story mission. I have a suspicion that it is related to Chase McCain as the game seems to have an awkward pause in-between his costume changes.
The real problem with initializing the PS4 was that my son lost all of his trophies on his guest account. He didn't seem to mind, as he's four, but we played for maybe ten minutes and all of a sudden, he earned like seven trophies, so he'll probably get the bulk of them back as we play together.
We are expecting the 2016 Ghostbusters story pack to come in as well as the Goonies pack. I'm on the Phantom Zone level of the story (the Ghostbusters one), so I'm three more levels to catching up where we left off. Its been pretty fun going back as now that we have Chase McCain and Marceline, we're able to get even more minikits than before.
With the trailers and teases for the 13th Doctor coming up, I've been really wanting to get back into Doctor Who so we watched the Husbands of River Song Christmas special. Walker Dennis was really into it until the ship they were on started to crash and then he got a tad scared, which is super cute. But now I really want that Doctor Who level pack, it is still over $20 but I'm not sure if I can wait until it is under $20 but I'll give it another month. I imagine it won't go down in price that much, due to the franchise still being very popular and the TARDIS being pretty useful in the game. Our son started calling this other toy of his "Doctor Who box" and that was pretty cute too. I can't believe I don't have a toy of the TARDIS, I guess I never came across one that was cheap enough or not a Christmas ornament.
I also can't believe that from 2015 to 2016, there was no new episodes of Doctor Who, that sounds amazing to get BBC to commit to doing that. I was confused as Husbands of River Song and Return of Doctor (Rey) Mysterio were both Christmas episodes and I had to read those Wikipedia pages a couple times as I thought there would be a season in-between them but nope, there sure wasn't.
I really did enjoy Jenna Coleman as Clara Oswald, I keep thinking that she'll probably be ranked as my favorite of the companions, they (Steven Moffat and his crew) did such a great job with her character and I really like Coleman as an actress too.
June 30, 2018 – S&FwM's Fifth Birthday!!!
We turned five years old on Saturday! We're doing it!
Like always, here's our latest stats!
At 3,602 views – our most popular post is still my post about Bounce Patrol.
At 1,468 views – our most popular comic review has been New Avengers 51, beating out last year's Death of Wolverine 3.
Best Ever Single Day View : 275 -July 24, 2014 . I imagine this must still be it, it is the only stat I can't recreate it.
I'm still a tad obsess with getting my visitors from countries with nine views to ten views so if you know anyone in Cape Verde, Guyana, Laos (still!), and Armenia, please let them know they are always welcomed back. Moldova went from 9 to 11 from last year.
I'm trying to do a better job of thinking of posts and maybe I should just bite the bullet and start doing posts that are barely 50 words but I never think that's worthy of a full post but if I do enough of those, maybe it'll ignite a desire to do longer posts. I'm just not really doing anything besides being the best husband and father I can be and that's been cutting into my time to do other posts. I should just do posts regarding the television series and movies I've seen. I just have to get back into the writing habit.
Thank you again for everyone who has come to the blog, even with the lack of reviews of current comics. People do seem to be coming for older reviews.
Right now, I'm making some slow progress in Lego Dimensions. We saw Incredibles 2 in the theater, and really enjoyed it. Last night, we got an hour into Last Jedi and hopefully we can get back to it relatively soon. Its just hard to find time to do everything I want to do, there are only so many hours in the day but I'm going to work harder with the blog as I do enjoy the outlet it provides.


The two tracks are Underground River which is about the vital force in all of us, that a lot of us don't see or want to see… and Putain Putain which is the B side asks the timely question what does it mean to be European. This is a track that we all look forward to playing in Switzerland, that most European of non European countries.
Who knows what Europe means anymore? We don't!
This song Putain Putain is a cover version of a song by TC Matic with the Belgian singer Arno- there are some lyrics in Flemish. I threw a Beastie Boys rap into the mix, just go and check it out. Hope you enjoy the sound.


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Len Ziehm On Golf
Fitzpatrick's stay at NU didn't last long
Northwestern men's golf coach Pat Goss labeled Matt Fitzpatrick as "our most high-profile recruit since Luke Donald.'' Unfortunately for NU, Fitzpatrick's stay in Evanston didn't last long.
Fitzpatrick, the reigning U.S. Amateur champion and No. 1-ranked amateur in the world, withdrew from the school on Thursday to pursue more playing opportunities as an amateur in his native England.
As U.S. Amateur titlist Fitzpatrick has invitations to this year's Masters, U.S. Open and British Open in addition to the top amateur event world-wide. Playing a full schedule of these competitions while remaining a full-time student would have been difficult.
"Based on the opportunities I have right now from a golf perspective I feel it's important to dedicate 100 percent of my time to the game,'' Fitzgerald said in a statement released by NU.
Fitzgerald played in five fall tournaments for the Wildcats. He was second on the team with a 71.63 scoring average and was co-medalist at Duke's Rod Myers Intercollegiate. He also finished third in NU's Windon Memorial.
Goss understood Fitzgerald's decision. "He has an incredible future ahead of him,'' said Goss. "We wish him nothing but the best in his career.''
Winnetka resident Dennis O'Keefe, a Western Golf Assn. board member since 1992, has been elected the WGA's chairman. His father Jim was the WGA chairman in 1955-56.
O'Keefe, president of a Lake Forest law firm, succeeds Jim Bunch of Denver as WGA chairman. O'Keefe is a member of the Glen View Club in the Chicago area as well as three other clubs in Florida.
Based in north suburban Golf, the WGA conducts the PGA Tour's BMW Championship, the Western Amateur and the Western Junior while raising funds for its Evans Scholarship program for college-bound caddies.
Two new indoor teaching facilities – The Golf Academy at Terra Cotta in Crystal Lake and Catalyst Golf Performance in Lincoln Park — have opened recently.
The Illinois PGA announced its 2014 tournament schedule this week with a notable change in the site of August's IPGA Championship. The section's third major tourney of the season will be back at Stonewall Orchard in Grayslake instead of going to Medinah No. 1. The tourney has a three-course rotation, but Medinah No. 1 was renovated last year and it won't return to the tourney rotation until 2015.
Chicago's Mike Keiser has decided on the architects for his first course at Sand Valley in Wisconsin. The team of Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore will design the first 18 of Keiser's latest project. His multi-course Bandon Dunes in Oregon has received rave reviews.
The Illinois PGA will offer free lesson programs from 5-9 p.m. this Friday and again on Jan. 17 at the White Pines Golf Dome, in Bensenville. Links & Tees, in Addison, will hold an open house from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday.
January 10, 2014 lenz
Golf developments in 2020 were shocking, unprecedented
Big things are happening on the Citrus Golf Trail
GOLF TRAVEL NOTES: Two long-time favorites are changing course
The bulk of the pictures produced by Len Ziehm on Golf have been taken by Joy Sarver. We have travelled extensively to develop this website and her well-received photos have enhanced most all the pieces on these pages. Below is Joy's first magazine cover shot, from the September 2020 issue of the Ohio Golf Journal.
eSouthern GOLF Tom Gorman's properties include New England dot Golf, Pro Golf Weekly, Golf Life Real Estate, Under Par Media and eSouthernGOLF.
Golf Now Chicago – Cheryl Justak, based in Indiana, will be celebrating the 16th anniversary edition of her printed golf guide in 2018 and she also delivers periodic newsletters..
Golfers on Golf Radio Big Three partner Rory Spears hosts the longest-running Chicago golf radio show and is also a frequent contributor to area golf publications. .
GolfTrips Wisconsin-based Brian Weis producers an elaborate series of websites on golf travel destinations.
Illinois Golfer Big Three partner Tim Cronin, well-known for his books on golf history, has developed a website filled with news from a Chicago perspective.l.
Links Video Dave Lockhart is Chicago's premier golf videographer and has won awards for his pieces on travel destinations.
LinksNation Florida-based Jason Bruno touches on all phases of golf but brings a unique perspective on equipment issues.
Ohio Golf Journal Fred Altvater also has a companion video site, Back 9 Report TV which is posted to http://back9report.com/
From Our Peers
The Golf Channel's Damon Hack helped me celebrate a big night on Jan. 24, 2018, when I was honored for three of my pieces at the 24th International Network of Golf's Media Awards in Orlando, FL. Damon was the emcee for the awards presentation.
By email: lenziehm@gmail.com


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On other pages, we have listed books which lie in the intersection of the application of information theory, physics, and engineering practice to the area of biology. Here we try to do a somewhat better job of providing a finer gradation of technical level for both the hobbyist or the aspiring student who wishes to bring themselves to a higher level of understanding of these areas.
General Readership
These books are written on a generally non-technical level and give a broad overview of their topics with occasional forays into interesting or intriguing subtopics. They include little, if any, mathematical equations or conceptualization. Typically, any high school student should be able to read, follow, and understand the concepts of these books. Though often non-technical, these texts can give some useful insight into the topics at hand, even for the most advanced research.
Complexity: A Guided Tour by Melanie Mitchell (review)
Possibly one of the best places to start, this text gives a great overview of most of the major areas of study related to these fields.
Entropy Demystified: The Second Law Reduced to Plain Common Sense by Arieh Ben-Naim
One of the best books on the concept of entropy out there. It can be read even by middle school students with no exposure to algebra and does a fantastic job of laying out the conceptualization of how entropy underlies large areas of the broader subject. Even those with Ph.D.'s in statistical thermodynamics can gain something useful from this lovely volume.
The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick (review)
A relatively recent popular science volume covering various conceptualizations of what information is and how it's been dealt with in science and engineering. Though it has its flaws, its certainly a relatively good introduction to the beginner.
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The classical text from which major strides in biology have been made as a result. A must read.
Information Theory and Evolution by John Avery
The Touchstone of Life: Molecular Information, Cell Communication, and the Foundations of Life by Werner R. Loewenstein (review)
Information Theory, Evolution, and the Origin of Life by Hubert P. Yockey
The three books above have a significant amount of overlap. Though one could read all of them, I recommend that those pressed for time choose Loewenstein, which covers a bit more than Avery who also has a more basic presentation. Most will later read Yockey's Information Theory and Molecular Biology which is similar to his text here but written at a slightly higher level of sophistication.
The Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature by Matt Ridley
Grammatical Man: Information, Entropy, Language, and Life by Jeremy Campbell
Life's Ratchet: How Molecular Machines Extract Order from Chaos by Peter M. Hoffmann
Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos by M. Mitchell Waldrop
In the coming weeks/months, I'll try to continue putting recommended books on the remainder of the rest of the spectrum, the balance of which follows in outline form below. As always, we welcome suggestions and recommendations based on others' experiences as well. If you'd like to suggest additional resources in any of the sections below, please do so via our suggestion box.
Lower Level Undergraduate
These books are written at a level that can be grasped and understood by most with a freshmen or sophomore university level. Coursework in math, science, and engineering will usually presume knowledge of calculus, basic probability theory, introductory physics, chemistry, and basic biology.
Upper Level Undergraduate
These books are written at a level that can be grasped and understood by those at a junior or senor university level. Coursework in math, science, and engineering may presume knowledge of probability theory, differential equations, linear algebra, complex analysis, abstract algebra, signal processing, organic chemistry, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, thermodynamics, advanced physics, and basic information theory.
These books are written at a level that can be grasped and understood by most working at the level of a master's level at most universities. Coursework presumes all the previously mentioned classes, though may require a higher level of sub-specialization in one or more areas of mathematics, physics, biology, or engineering practice. Because of the depth and breadth of disciplines covered here, many may feel the need to delve into areas outside of their particular specialization.


Whilst working as Head of Design in MOJ Digital one of my tasks is to create mission patches (stickers) that are used to celebrate project milestones, such as passing a GDS assessment, as well as to commemorate or mark important events for the whole team. Taking our cue from GDS, who themselves took the idea from NASA's mission patches, each team chooses a 'spirit animal' and the patches are designed around this.
Since I started at MOJ I've designed over 25 patches, including ones celebrating the team's birthday and ones that mark when members have been on the team for one year, two years etc. As you'll see from the pictures, I used different materials, including gloss, matt, shiny (gold and silver) depending on the milestone or intended use.
This is the bottom of my iMac at MOJ with some of the earliest patches I designed, including for the Prison visits booking product that I worked on.
Three patches that were designed to mark milestones on a project our team worked on that was called Civil Claims (and Accelerated Possessions by the time it launched).
One of our product teams is based in the city of Manchester and this patch was designed for them. It's based on one of the emblems of the city, the worker bee, which was a motif adopted during the industrial revolution.
These patches were not project-related and instead the left two celebrated team birthdays and the one on the right was used to promote the team at an internal event.
Homaging the badge worn by legendary 2000AD character Judge Dredd, this patch was designed to celebrate when people had been on the team for a year. There is also a similar patch for the second year anniversary.
One of my colleague's laptops covered in stickers that I designed (except for the two GDS ones top left and bottom right).
A pile of most of the stickers I've worked on at the Ministry of Justice.


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Q: Align the bottom of a div I would like to know if there is a way in css to align a div from the bottom.
I have a div next to a check box, and the top-left corner of the div is next to the top-right corner of the checkbox. But I want the bottom-left corner of the div to be next to the top-right corner of the checkbox.

.ToolTip {
  position: absolute;
  display: inline-block;
  background: #fff;
  border: 2px solid black;
}

  <input id="checkbox1" value="true" type="checkbox">

    There is a table in the div

If my problem is not clear ask me some questions, I'm not fluent in English.
Thank You.

A: You have x2 methods you can explore here:
1) vertical-align: super with position: relative

*

*Change your position property value on the element .ToolTip to
relative to benefit from the vertical-align property;

*With the element now back in the normal document flow, and since
the element in question is already an inline-block, declare
vertical-align: super
Example:
.ToolTip {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background: #fff;
  border: 2px solid black;
  /* additional */
  vertical-align: super;
}

Code Snippet Demonstration:

.ToolTip {
  position: relative;
  display: inline-block;
  background: #fff;
  border: 2px solid black;
  /* additional */
  vertical-align: super;
}

  <input id="checkbox1" value="true" type="checkbox">

    There is a table in the div

2) retain position: absolute and offset with bottom property

*

*Retaining the position property with the value of absolute on .ToolTip, the element position can be offset with the bottom property;

*As a requirement to the aforementioned solution, the containing element (of an absolutely positioned element) must be positioned relative as to maintain positioning relative to the parent - otherwise, the absolutely positioned element will be positioned relative to the window.

Example:
.ToolTip {
  position: absolute;
  display: inline-block;
  background: #fff;
  border: 2px solid black;
  /* additional */
  bottom: 5px;
}

Code Snippet Demonstration:

.ToolTip {
  position: absolute;
  display: inline-block;
  background: #fff;
  border: 2px solid black;
  /* additional */
  bottom: 5px;
}

.relative-container {
  position: relative;
}

    <input id="checkbox1" value="true" type="checkbox">

      There is a table in the div

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Mike Lowe Press Herald
When Mike Lowe joined the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram's staff in 1982, he never thought he was setting roots. But he learned to love Maine, its people, its games and, especially, its stories. It's hard to say what he covers because, well, he covers everything. Over the years he's been fortunate to witness some of the biggest sports events in Maine and elsewhere, from the Little League World Series to the actual World Series, from an NCAA ice hockey championship for Maine to an AHL championship for the Portland Pirates, from seven Super Bowls for the Patriots to the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He's interviewed stars and personalities such as Muhammad Ali, Tom Brady, Seth Wescott, Michael Phelps, Ian Crocker, Paul Kariya, Julia Clukey, Kevin "Killer" Kaminski and Joan Benoit Samuelson. Yet his favorite stories often involve Maine high school sports and the passion they stir. Nothing compares to the bond between a high school and its town. He collects comic books, loves listening to the Red Sox on the radio on a warm summer night or leaning back in his recliner with a good book. He also loves, absolutely loves, chocolate-covered peanuts. A native of New Bedford, Mass., he lives in Saco with his wife Tracie and has three children and two grandchildren.
Boys' basketball: Fryeburg rallies past Yarmouth in OT
The Raiders send the game into overtime on a long 3-pointer and then win it when Bobby Hallam hits four foul shots in the final 11 seconds.
In cost-saving move, MPA shifts some tourney games to the Expo
The Class A and B South boys' and girls' basketball semifinals, traditionally held at Cross Insurance Arena, now will be played at the Portland Expo.
Registration dates set for 2020 Beach to Beacon 10K
Cape Elizabeth residents get to register for 600 slots on March 11, while 4,000 general public slots will open up on March 12.
Blanca Millan hopes to return to UMaine women's basketball next year
The Black Bears will apply for a medical hardship waiver for Millan, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in Maine's sixth game of the season.
Going through Patriots withdrawal? Consider these epic moments
Take a few minutes away from your angst about Tom Brady's future to recall some of the greatest moments of the NFL's greatest dynasty.
Schools back decision to curtail Unified basketball playoffs
The MPA has suspended the postseason for the next two years after getting feedback that the playoffs had become too competitive.
Red Claws clamp down on Delaware for 126-115 win
The Red Claws force 22 turnovers to beat the Blue Coats at the Portland Expo.
College roundup: Former UMaine QB Chris Ferguson lands at Liberty
The Black Bears' starter at the beginning of the season, he announced his intention to transfer in November.
Black Bears sign eight football recruits on early signing day
Maine lands a record number of players during the early signing period, including two quarterbacks and two running backs.
UMaine QB Chris Ferguson decides to transfer
Ferguson won the starting job as a redshirt freshman and will transfer with one year of eligiblity remaining, leaving freshman Joe Fagnano as the Black Bears starter.


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In this 2014 photo provided by Ryan Parker, two pigs consume discarded milk at Nights And Weekends Homestead in Newport, Maine. The state of Maine has recently clarified rules about giving food waste to pig farms. (Photo courtesy Ryan Parker)
A solution for food waste in schools: Give it to the pigs
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine has decided that eating like a pig could be a good thing, especially for schools looking to cut down on food waste. A law saying schools can give food scraps away to pig farmers is now on the books in the state. The practice of feeding human food waste to pigs goes back...
South Carolina: Google can pump drinking water for servers
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina is allowing Google to cool its servers by pumping nearly 550 million gallons of water annually from a declining aquifer. The State reports the Health and Environmental Control Department approved a groundwater permit on Wednesday that runs through 2023. Google...
Bosnians protest Croatian plans for nuclear waste facility
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Hundreds of Bosnians on Friday rallied against plans by neighboring Croatia to store part of the waste from the region's only nuclear plant near its border with Bosnia and the area's main river, which is known for its natural beauty. The protesters in the...
In this Thursday Aug. 15, 2019 photo, dairy farmer Fred Stone pauses while working in the milking room at his farm in Arundel, Maine. Fred Stone and his wife Laura, whose dairy farm is contaminated by toxic chemicals known collectively as PFAS, so-called "forever chemicals," have high PFAS levels in their blood. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Concerns grow over tainted sewage sludge spread on croplands
LAPEER, Mich. (AP) — For more than 20 years, the eastern Michigan town of Lapeer sent leftover sludge from its sewage treatment plant to area farms, supplying them with high-quality, free fertilizer while avoiding the expense of disposal elsewhere. But state inspectors ordered a halt to the...
A boat sits grounded in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian, in Marsh Harbor, Abaco Island, Bahamas, Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. The Bahamian health ministry said helicopters and boats are on the way to help people in affected areas, though officials warned of delays because of severe flooding and limited access. (AP Photo/Gonzalo Gaudenzi)
The Latest: Winds buffet New England as Dorian speeds north
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Dorian (all times local): 2:25 a.m. Hurricane Dorian is producing tropical storm-force winds in southeastern Massachusetts as it speeds toward eastern Canada. The Category 1 storm was around 170 miles (275 kilometers) southeast of Nantucket,...
In this Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, photo several dead fish float along the bank of Burns Ditch near the Portage Marina in Portage, Ind. Some beaches along northwestern Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline are closed after authorities say a chemical spill in a tributary caused a fish kill. (John Luke/The Times via AP)
Steel mill sorry for spill that killed fish, closed beaches
PORTAGE, Ind. (AP) — A steel company apologized for a spill of cyanide and ammonia that led to a fish kill and prompted the closure of beaches along Lake Michigan. ArcelorMittal issued a statement Friday night saying it "apologizes and accepts responsibility for the incident from the Burns Harbor...
This Friday, Aug. 2, 2019, photo provided by Recology, shows nearly $23,000 in cash discarded at a recycling bin in a shoebox, which was recovered by a worker at the Samoa Resource Recovery Center operated by Recology in Samoa, Calif. A man who accidentally tossed the money into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday, Aug. 3 after a worker at the recycling facility in Northern California spotted it. Linda Wise, the facility's general manager, told the Santa Rosa Press-Democrat most of the recyclables from the truck had been sorted by the time the man contacted Recology. Someone spotted the box down the sorting line Friday and recovered all but $320. The money somehow stayed in the shoebox during the 200-mile trip to the facility. (Brian Sollom/Recology via AP)
Man reunites with $23K found in recycling sorting facility
EUREKA, Calif. (AP) — A man who accidentally tossed $23,000 into the recycling bin reunited with his life savings Saturday after a worker at a recycling facility in Northern California spotted a shoebox stuffed with money. When the man from Ashland, Oregon, realized his mistake on Thursday, the...
This photo provided by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) shows wildfires burning in Idaho, Wednesday, July 24, 2019. The largest wildfire at the nation's primary nuclear research facility in recent history had been burning close to buildings containing nuclear fuel and other radioactive material, but a change in wind direction Wednesday was pushing the flames into open range at the sprawling site in Idaho, officials said. The lightning-caused fire at the Idaho National Laboratory is one of several across the U.S. West. (Bureau of Land Management via AP)
Wind shifts huge wildfire away from nuke facilities in Idaho
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The largest wildfire at the nation's primary nuclear research facility in recent history had been burning close to buildings containing nuclear fuel and other radioactive material but a change in wind direction Wednesday was pushing the flames into open range at the sprawling...
FILE - In this July 14, 2018, file photo, a sign warns of a falling danger on the crest of Yucca Mountain during a congressional tour near Mercury, Nev. Nevada's governor and congressional delegation say recent earthquakes should make the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks at a site eyed as the place to bury the nation's nuclear waste, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
Nevada: Feds should restudy seismic risk at nuke dump site
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department to look again at seismic risks of burying the nation's most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the Mojave Desert. In a...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's governor and congressional delegation are pointing to earthquakes this month in the California desert and calling for the U.S. Energy Department look again at seismic risks of burying the nation's most radioactive nuclear waste at a site in the Mojave Desert. In a opinions...


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Sälliksaare is a village in Mustvee Parish, Jõgeva County in northeastern Estonia.

References

Villages in Jõgeva County

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with ADOCE 3.0 to develop a Pocket PC application in eVB.
basic question. Any help will be appreciated.
> with ADOCE 3.0 to develop a Pocket PC application in eVB.
> basic question. Any help will be appreciated.
11. Does ADOCE 3.1 do weird things to eVB?


Three top five finishes for Team JCT600 with GardX driver Sam Tordoff was enough for him to extend his advantage at the top of the standings.
Pole-sitter Plato celebrated his 500th BTCC race in style by taking a commanding lights-to-flag success in the opener, becoming the 11th different winner in this incredible season so far.
The Silverline Subaru BMR Racing driver built a strong gap over the first half of the race, before Team IHG Rewards Club's Jack Goff began reeling him in. Plato's advantage was then completely eradicated by a safety car period, but he managed the remaining racing laps with consummate ease to claim a staggering 95th career victory. Goff and Colin Turkington completed the podium positions.
Triple champion Neal then clinched a Knockhill classic as the Halfords Yuasa Racing driver stormed through from eighth on the grid to win race two at the Fife track.
Neal gradually made his way up the order while Subaru battled BMW for supremacy at the head of the pack.
Long-time leader Plato began to struggle late on as he backed up the chasing pack behind him. Tordoff and Turkington traded second position on several occasions, but neither could make a move by the defending Plato.
Honda man Neal nipped past both Turkington and fourth placed Goff after the pair made contact on the exit of the final hairpin, and when Plato strategically held up Tordoff again on the penultimate lap Neal eyed his opportunity to blast into the lead.
You could have thrown a blanket over all three cars as they shot across the line to start the final lap, and when the dust settled it was Neal from Tordoff and Plato taking the podium positions.
Jackson produced his own memorable defensive drive in the final encounter, as the Motorbase Performance driver fended off a gaggle of cars to claim his fourth win of the season.
It was status quo in the opening laps as initially, Jackson led the squabbling duo of Rob Collard and Turkington. That scrap spilled over on lap eight as Turkington's Subaru tapped Collard's BMW into a lurid slide. Further contact ensued as the damaged Team JCT600 with GardX car straightened out, and both cars were fired onto the grass and out of contention.
This brought Tordoff, Plato and home hero Gordon Shedden into play as Ford battled BMW, Subaru and Honda. The quartet remained inseparable throughout the remainder of the race, but any attempts to make a pass were always quickly rebuffed.
The leaders were covered by just 1.2 seconds as the chequered flag fell, with Jackson celebrating the win ahead of Tordoff and Plato.
In a day that was largely dominated by the aforementioned marques there was still a top six finish for the Toyotas of Tom Ingram and Rob Austin, whilst the other Motorbase Ford of Andrew Jordan took a best of sixth in race one.
The fallout from a frenetic day of action sees Tordoff now leading Neal by nine points in the race for the championship. Collard, Shedden, Jackson and Plato also remain in close contention.
WSR/Team JCT600 with GardX top both the Manufacturers' and Teams' standings, whilst Jordan/Motorbase head the respective Independent Drivers' and Teams' tables.
MG Racing RCIB Insurance driver Ashley Sutton leads the Jack Sears Trophy, although honours in that class went to Mark Howard at Knockhill.
The entire BTCC community, including all 31 drivers, paid their respects to inaugural champion Jack Sears with a minutes silence prior to today's action.
Rounds 22, 23 and 24 of the 2016 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship take place at Rockingham on 27/28 August.


Dr. Prof. Sadhana Kala is senior consultant gynaecologist at Moolchand hospital, Delhi, since 1985, and Professor at Medical College, Dehradun. Earlier, she was also, concurrently, Senior Consultant at Apollo, Batra and Modi hospitals, Delhi. She specialised in Reproductive Health from Upsalla University, Sweden; and in endoscopy (laparoscopic surgery) and infertility and menopause treatment from various institutes in the US. She regularly goes to the US for workshops/seminars/conferences to keep abreast with the latest advances in these specialities. She has wide teaching, research and clinical experience in India and abroad and has published many research papers. In 1985, she was offered research and teaching assignment at Yale University, USA, but returned to India to join Medical College, Guwahati, as Visiting Surgeon & Professor. She was university topper in MBBS, with distinction in medicine, winning several gold and silver medals and certificates of honour. After MS (Obs & Gyn), she taught at Medical College, Kanpur, as Assistant/Associate Professor before going abroad in 1982. Her areas of special interest are infertility, menopause, endoscopy(laparoscopic surgery) and high risk pregnancy.
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Ignatius Ayau Kaigama
Ignatius Ayau Kaigama (born 31 July 1958 in Kona, Taraba, Nigeria), is archbishop of Jos in Nigeria.[1]
Kaigama studied for the priesthood at St. Augustine's Seminary in Jos with further study in theology in Rome. He was ordained on 6 June 1981. He attended the Pontifical Gregorian University, earning a doctorate in theology in 1991.
Pope John Paul II appointed him bishop of the newly established Roman Catholic Diocese of Jalingo. He was consecrated as bishop on 23 April 1995 by the Bishop of Yola, Patrick Francis Sheehan OSA, the co-consecrators were Gregory Obinna Ochiagha, Bishop of Orlu, and Athanasius Atule Usuh, Bishop of Makurdi.
In 2000, Kaigama was appointed by Pope John Paul II to succeed Gabriel Gonsum Ganaka as Archbishop of Jos.
Kaigama is currently President of the Nigerian Bishops' Conference and the also the President of the Episcopal Conference of West African Catholic Bishops. He is also chairman of the Plateau State-convened "Interreligious Committee for Peace". Together with the late Emir of Wase, Alhaji Haruna Abdullahi, he has been involved in promoting mutual understanding between Christians and Muslims.
After the riots in Jos in January 2010, he calmed the situation and clarified the conflict in the international press.[2][3] On 25 July 2012, Archbishop Kaigama was appointed a member of the Pontifical Council for the Promotion of the New Evangelisation by Pope Benedict XVI.[2]
In 2014, the Catholic Bishops Conference in Nigeria supported legislation to make participation in a same-sex marriage a crime punishable by 14 years imprisonment. It noted the move as a "courageous act" and a "step in the right direction". Kaigama argued that the action was "in line with the moral and ethical values of the Nigerian and African cultures", and blessed President Goodluck Jonathan for not bowing to international pressure: "To protect you and your administration against the conspiracy of the developed world to make our country and continent, the dumping ground for the promotion of immoral practices".[3]
Kaigama also openly condemned the disproportionate focus on contraception in foreign aid programs. In 2014, Kaigama said: "In the first place, children die in infant mortality, in inter-tribal wars and diseases, but yet you come to say 'decrease your population and we will give you economic help.' We want food, we want education, we want good roads, healthcare. We are being given the wrong things and we are being asked to accept, simply because we are poor.


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Рамон Абеледо (,  29 квітня 1937) — аргентинський футболіст, що грав на позиції нападника. Виступав, зокрема, за клуб «Індепендьєнте» (Авельянеда), а також національну збірну Аргентини.

Клубна кар'єра

У дорослому футболі дебютував 1955 року виступами за команду «Індепендьєнте» (Авельянеда), в якій провів вісім сезонів, взявши участь у 87 матчах чемпіонату. У складі «Індепендьєнте» був одним з головних бомбардирів команди, маючи середню результативність на рівні 0,34 гола за гру першості і двічі ставав чемпіоном Аргентини в 1960 і 1963 роках.

Завершив ігрову кар'єру 1964 року, у віці 27 років, погравши за уругвайський «Насьйональ» та «Бока Хуніорс», з яким виграв ще один чемпіонат Аргентини, хоча і зіграв лише 2 матчі у тому розіграші.

Виступи за збірну
1960 року дебютував в офіційних матчах у складі національної збірної Аргентини. Протягом кар'єри у національній команді, яка тривала 3 роки, провів у її формі 7 матчів.

У складі збірної був учасником чемпіонату світу 1962 року у Чилі, але на поле не виходив.

Досягнення

Клубні
 «Індепендьєнте»
 Чемпіон Аргентини (2): 1960, 1963

 «Бока Хуніорс»
 Чемпіон Аргентини (1): 1964

Збірні
 Переможець Панамериканського чемпіонату: 1960

Примітки

Посилання

аргентинські футболісти
Гравці збірної Аргентини з футболу
Гравці чемпіонату світу з футболу 1962
Футболісти «Індепендьєнте» (Авельянеда)
Футболісти «Насьйоналя» (Монтевідео)
Футболісти «Бока Хуніорс»
аргентинські футбольні легіонери
Футбольні легіонери в Уругваї


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FFCRA Toothache Becomes Litigation Root Canal
Friday, March 19, 2021 05:49 PM EDT Updated: Friday, March 19, 2021 10:15 PM EDT
By Paul Sinclair
Paul Sinclair
I went to the dentist this week and was reminded of the time a few years ago when I ignored a toothache for a while, mostly because I hate going to the dentist. It's nothing against my dentist, but the sound of the drill, the poking with a sharp stick, etc. I could live with a little pain, knowing I would get to it later. Well, because I waited, the toothache turned into a root canal. A recent lawsuit filed under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ("FFCRA") looks like a simple toothache when you first read the allegations, but it quickly turned into a litigation root canal for the employer. The great poet Ogden Nash once mused, "Some tortures are physical, And some are mental, But the one that is both, Is dental." Perhaps the same can be said of employment litigation.
Lawsuits claiming violations of the FFCRA are in full swing all over the country. Last year, nearly 3,000 lawsuits were filed under the FFCRA. One of those cases caught my attention, not so much because of the immediate lessons it teaches about how to comply (or not comply) with the FFCRA, but instead because of the lessons it teaches about how badly things can turn when an employer's policies and practices get put under the microscope.
Cheryl and Judy worked for the same company in the retail industry. They also happened to be very good friends and next-door neighbors. When one of Cheryl's kids got COVID-19, everyone in both families quarantined. Cheryl and Judy both sought leave from their employer, and each of them also received medical treatment. Cheryl was out of work for just over three weeks, and Judy was out for about a month. Although the company granted a leave of absence to each of the employees, Cheryl and Judy claimed they did not get any COVID-19 pay under the FFRCA. Eventually, Cheryl quit, and Judy was fired.
You will not be surprised to learn that Cheryl and Judy hired a lawyer. What may be surprising, however, is what at first appeared to be an FFCRA toothache, turned into a litigation root canal.
We could have anticipated a lawsuit under the FFCRA, but once Cheryl and Judy saw a lawyer, things got much worse. Both Cheryl and Judy were non-exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"), so they were entitled to overtime after working 40 hours in a week. Cheryl and Judy claimed their company only paid them for "scheduled" hours of work, instead of the hours they actually worked. Even when they were scheduled to work more than 40 hours in a week, they said they did not get overtime pay because the employer also had a practice of paying overtime only when an employee worked more than 80 hours in a two-week payroll period. Cheryl and Judy also claimed their employer "docked" their pay for any shortages of cash that occurred during their shift. They said the employer had a written policy which stated: "If the money in the register is short/over at the end of your shift, then it will come out of your paycheck." The company also had a written policy, according to Cheryl and Judy, that stated if you failed to give two week notice of quitting, "your final check will be held for two weeks." Unfortunately, the employer also did not have lawfully signed wage deduction/assignment forms, according to Cheryl and Judy. Cheryl and Judy also said that if the company did not get the money for shortages deducted from an employee's paycheck, the employee had to pay the company for those shortages out of pocket, in cash. Cheryl's and Judy's lawyer called these payments "illegal kickbacks" under the FLSA because the required payments violated the company's obligation to pay minimum wages and overtime pay. All of this, Cheryl and Judy claimed, was done not in ignorance, but in "bad faith" by their employer.
We all recognize that all these allegations made by Cheryl and Judy are just that—allegations. Just because something is alleged to have occurred in a lawsuit, that certainly does not make it true. Often what is alleged in a complaint is far different from the actual evidence. However, when it was all said and done, Cheryl and Judy sued under the FFCRA, the FLSA, the state wage payment statute, and the state wage claims statute. They asked the court to order damages for unpaid regular wages, unpaid overtime wages, unpaid minimum wages, repayment for illegally deducted wages, damages for late payment of wages, triple the amount of wages under state wage laws, liquidated damages under federal law, front pay, reimbursement for the costs of bringing the lawsuit, and, of course, attorney's fees.
It would be difficult to count the number of conversations we lawyers have had with clients over the last year talking about the "risks" of violating the FFCRA. Although employers were trying to do their best to meet their obligations to comply with a brand new law and hundreds of pages of regulations (which were changing and expanding, almost daily at times), an employer could always look at the situation and say, "even if we get it wrong, the risks are limited because the FFCRA only provides limited pay for a limited period of time." There are some additional remedies available under the FFCRA, but it's true enough.
So, at first blush, the Cheryl and Judy problem was an FFCRA toothache. But there are more and better lessons here. This employment lawsuit took what was a relatively straight-forward FFCRA toothache and turned it into the equivalent of a litigation root canal: the more you dig, the more you find that must be fixed. Most employees don't challenge their employer's policies and practices, that is until they get fired. And many employers don't really dig into their policies and practices, until they get sued. And because statutes of limitations are so long in employment cases, anywhere from 300 days to three years, former employees' long memories prompt an in-depth scrutiny of every policy and every practice they have ever run into. The same way a toothache becomes a root canal, an FFCRA misunderstanding becomes a multiple count federal court lawsuit challenging every pay practice and every employment policy.
It was probably not until the lawsuit was filed that Cheryl's and Judy's employer determined that perhaps its pay practices should be reviewed, that its wage deduction policies may have been questionable, and that its payroll deduction authorization forms may have been out of date. The result was not a lawsuit limited to the FFCRA, but instead a lawsuit that covered virtually every aspect of Cheryl's and Judy's entire career with the company. Things often look fine from a distance, but that may be simply because they have not been looked at closely for a long time.
This FFCRA case is a reminder that the time to review your policies and practices is before you get sued. It is time well-spent and may keep the toothache from becoming a root canal. With apologies to Ogden Nash:
Policies should be read
Bad practices make companies blue
Review both with your lawyer
Before you get sued.
For more information about the FFCRA, please contact Paul Sinclair or the Labor & Employment attorney with whom you normally work.
This publication is intended for general information purposes only and does not and is not intended to constitute legal advice. The reader should consult with legal counsel to determine how laws or decisions discussed herein apply to the reader's specific circumstances.


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The Long History of Official Lies about Presidential Health – Cato Institute
By Staff | October 7, 2020
Let's hope President Trump's health is as sound as he says it is and he's well on the road to recovery. He certainly seems… chipper, at any rate. Still, you'd be a fool to take such professions on faith—not just because of the non‐stop frenzy of dissembling and double talk we've seen since Friday, when the president revealed he was COVID-positive—but because of the long history of official lies about presidents' health.
When I saw the headline "Medical Spin in Past Undermines Trust" in Sunday's New York Times, I thought they'd go into some of that history. But the article's mostly about past dissembling by this president's doctors about this president's health. Fair enough, but a longer view gives us still more reason to verify, instead of trust, official pronouncements about the state of any president's health.
The best‐known story is probably Woodrow Wilson's massive stroke in October 1919, which left him bedridden and almost wholly incapacitated for the remainder of his term. His wife Edith essentially served as acting president, "shield[ing] Woodrow from interlopers and embark[ing] on a bedside government that essentially excluded Wilson's staff, the Cabinet and the Congress." But, as historian Robert Dallek recounts in his 2010 article "Presidential Fitness and Presidential Lies," examples are legion. FDR managed to keep the public mostly in the dark about his partial paralysis from polio, aided by camera‐snatching Secret Service agents who wouldn't allow photos of the president in a wheelchair. While pursuing a fourth term in 1944, Roosevelt was "suffering from an enlarged heart and severe hypertension that threatened his life, [and] experienced significant weight loss, headaches, fatigue, and an inability to concentrate for sustained periods of time." He died 82 days after inauguration. "In running for reelection under these circumstances," Dallek writes, "FDR committed a terrible ethical breach."
John F. Kennedy's aura of vitality and "vigah" depended on deliberate lies about his massive health problems, including the adrenal‐gland disorder Addison's disease, for which he required regular steroid treatments. In 2013, after examining a raft of newly released Kennedy papers, Dallek reported that
"during his presidency—and in particular during times of stress, such as the Bay of Pigs fiasco, in April of 1961, and the Cuban missile crisis, in October of 1962—Kennedy was taking an extraordinary variety of medications: steroids for his Addison's disease; painkillers for his back; anti‐spasmodics for his colitis; antibiotics for urinary‐tract infections; antihistamines for allergies; and, on at least one occasion, an anti‐psychotic (though only for two days) for a severe mood change that Jackie Kennedy believed had been brought on by the antihistamines."
Kennedy's regimen also included a potent cocktail of painkillers and amphetamines regularly administered by celebrity physician Max "Dr. Feelgood" Jacobson; "I don't care if it's horse piss, it works," JFK said of the injections.
One of the most brazen—and successful—health-related coverups in presidential history has to be Grover Cleveland's cancer surgery in 1893, a story Cleveland and his loyalists managed to keep under wraps for over two decades. That summer, during the first year of Cleveland's second (nonconsecutive) term—and after a lifetime of cigar‐smoking and tobacco chewing—the president needed an operation to remove a malignant tumor from the roof of his mouth. Using the cover story of a Long Island fishing trip, Cleveland had the surgery performed on a friend's yacht. Under a single, swaying light bulb, a team of six doctors removed "five teeth, about a third of the upper palate, and a large piece of the upper left jawbone."
The press was told "nothing but dentistry" had been performed during the president's four‐day voyage. One reporter for a Philadelphia paper got the scoop, but the administration damped down the rumors with a campaign to label the story "fake news." And with a specially fitted rubber insert plugging the hole in his upper palate, Cleveland managed to look normal enough to pass (the fashion for bushy mustaches probably helped).
The Mutter Museum: great place for a first date!
Today, at the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, you can take a look at "the jaw tumor of President Grover Cleveland" (and chunks of presidential assassin Charles Guiteau's brain, if you're so inclined). The public didn't learn the full truth about Cleveland's surgery until 1917, nearly a decade after his death, when one of the doctors published an account in the Saturday Evening Post.
If today we have less reason to worry about such large‐scale deception, that's not due to any moral improvement in the political leadership class. Rather, such schemes have become much harder to pull off: it's now impossible for a president to keep a two‐hour hospital visit secret, let alone a multi‐day "fishing trip" for major surgery. And, were the president's health to take a dramatic turn for the worse, Melania Trump won't be stepping in as a latter‐day Edith Wilson.
To a far greater degree than in Cleveland's, Wilson's, or even Kennedy's day, presidents are now under constant scrutiny from adversarial journalists, nonprofit watchdogs, and potential whistleblowers. In his 2012 book Power and Constraint, Jack Goldsmith coined the term "Presidential Synopticon" to describe "the gargantuan array of eyeballs gazing at the presidency, in secret and in public." In Bentham's Panopticon, the one watches the many; but in the Presidential Synopticon, the many watch the one. Modern technology has radically enhanced both forms of monitoring: presidents are now constantly on camera and at risk of being recorded even in situations of apparent privacy. Crowdsourced surveillance via social media makes even small‐scale deception harder to pass off, even if excitable internet sleuths often get things wrong. These social and technological changes aren't an unmitigated blessing, but they do make official secrets much harder to keep.


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Govt to reduce stake in VTB
MOSCOW. Sept 29 (Interfax) - The government will reduce its stake in the VTB bank in the medium term, Deputy Prime Minister Alexei Kudrin, who is also the country's finance minister, said at the VTB forum.
"If in 2009 and perhaps even in 2010 we will have to increase our stakes in some [companies and banks], then in the mid-term we propose to divest these stakes, which we acquired during the crisis period. This applies to VTB also," Kudrin said.
Kudrin later told reporters it would be five years at least before the government reduces its stake in VTB to less than 50%.
"The stake could be reduced to less than controlling in time, but only in the long term. I can't see any prospect of this happening in the next five years," he said.
VTB placed 37.364 billion rubles worth of new shares in September. The share issue consisted of 9 trillion shares, par value 0.01 rubles each. They were sold for 4.82 kopecks a share. VTB sold just over 41.5% of the issue and raised 180.094 billion rubles.
The issue increased the government's stake in VTB to 85.5% from 77.5%.


This energized hand made Yantra can cure Masan which is a nefarious form of black magic in which a person is fed with the funeral pyre ash in eatables.
This yantra is made by Gaurav Malhotra (A renowned Astrologer) in an ancient way on an auspicious Muhurta on Bhoj Patra or on plain white paper using energized pomegranate twig and asht gandh (Mix of 8 expensive ingredients like saffron and Musk). After it is made, it is then energized by him keeping all the precautions,suggested in ancient scriptures, in mind which makes the Yantra very effective and powerful.
This can be worn around neck or arm or be kept in wallet or purse.


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Europe's first Mars rover gets funding — despite crash of test craft
Elizabeth Gibney
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Asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt
Space physics
But the European Space Agency's participation in a mission to deflect an asteroid moon is now cancelled.
A prototype of the ExoMars rover explores a simulated Mars environment. Credit: Adrian Dennis/AFP/Getty
The European Space Agency (ESA) has secured the €436 million ($464 million) that it needs to land its first rover on Mars — despite rising costs and the failure of its Mars lander, Schiaparelli, in October.
"After the many challenging, difficult and rewarding moments of 2016, this is a great relief and a fine result for European space exploration," says Don McCoy, ESA's project manager for the overall mission that includes the rover, called ExoMars.
ExoMars 2020, a joint Mars rover mission with the Russian space agency Roscosmos that will launch in 2020, had already been delayed from a planned launch in 2018 — a major cause of the cost increase — and its future looked on shakier ground following the failure of Schiaparelli, which was designed to test Europe's ability to land a craft on the red planet, as part of the ExoMars project.
At a meeting of European government ministers in Lucerne, Switzerland, on 1–2 December, ESA member states agreed to provide an extra €339 million for ExoMars 2020, on top of the more than €1 billion already committed to the ExoMars programme. ESA also announced that it will find a further €97 million by moving funds internally. Speaking at a press briefing after the meeting, ESA director-general Jan Wörner said that this would be done "without detriment" to ESA's wider science budget.
But not all projects were so fortunate. Member states did not commit the €250 million needed to fund a plan for ESA to participate in a mission to deflect the moon of an asteroid, although they left the door open to future, similar projects.
The meeting was a crunch point for the ExoMars mission. ESA officials had hinted that if member states did not commit to coughing up the extra funding, there was little point in proceeding at all.
ESA hopes to learn lessons from the Schiaparelli crash. Last week, the agency confirmed that the crash was caused by errors in the sensor systems, which made the craft behave as if it was closer to the Martian surface than in actuality. This prompted Schiaparelli to jettison its parachute too early, before falling from a height of about 3.7 kilometres.
"We will have learned much from Schiaparelli that will directly contribute to the second ExoMars mission," said David Parker, ESA's director of human spaceflight and robotic exploration who is based at the European Space Research and Technology Centre in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, in a statement.
If successful, the rover will be the first one that either Europe or Russia has operated on Mars's surface. Its major selling point is a 2-metre drill which would allow the robot to dig to a depth where signs of ancient life could have been preserved, protected from the red planet's harsh radiation.
Didymoon fail
But it's lights out for the Asteroid Impact Mission (AIM), which was designed to test a strategy for protecting Earth from incoming asteroids by subtly changing their course using projectiles. Insiders say that the mission missed its target sum by perhaps a few tens of millions of euros.
"A cool project has been killed because of a lack of vision — even short term — and courage, and this is really sad," says Patrick Michel, a planetary scientist at the French National Centre for Scientific Research in Nice, who leads the AIM project.
Wörner suggested that a similar, smaller asteroid mission could still go ahead. And ministers supported making a smaller amount of funding available to explore ways of taking planetary-protection projects forward, he said. But the original project will not continue.
AIM would have sent a probe, two miniature satellites known as cubesats and a lander to the asteroid Didymos. There the scientists planned to watch a NASA craft, known as the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART), smash into a 165-metre wide rock that orbits the asteroid, known as Didymoon.
Scientists had hoped to study how the impact would alter the moon's orbit. In 2022 Didymos will be close enough to Earth to monitor the deflection from the ground, meaning that DART — which is awaiting its own approval decision in March 2017 — can go ahead without AIM.
But the ESA craft would have provided more-detailed knowledge, says Michel. "This knowledge is crucial to be able to use our impact models with higher confidence for a real deflection mission."
Bitter disappointment
AIM also included a plan to study the asteroid system and land a probe on its moon. Its cancellation means that ESA now has no small-body missions planned for at least the next 15 years, a particularly bitter disappointment following the success of ESA's Rosetta mission, which orbited and landed on a comet.
"We have now a lot of expertise, thanks to Rosetta, that we need to teach to new generations, and this expertise will be lost," adds Michel. The mission would also have been ESA's first test of laser communication in deep space, and of its interplanetary cubesats.
Overall, ESA was able to obtain €10.3 billion of the roughly €11-billion sum it had requested from its 22 member states, plus Slovenia and Canada, for a variety of programmes, ranging from satellite communications to Earth observations. The sum includes commitments to continue to fund the International Space Station up to 2024, and to fund a future space-weather mission in cooperation with NASA and the Japanese space agency, JAXA.
Moon hope
Ministers also agreed to further finance plans for ESA to work with Roscosmos on a moon craft, the Russian lander Luna 27, a collaboration first pitched in 2014. ESA will spend around €30 million on preparatory work for the mission, which is scheduled for 2020. European scientists and industry hope to contribute landing, communications and drilling and analysis instruments to the craft, which is designed to study soil and the atmosphere at the Moon's south pole.
Credit: ESA - ScienceOffice.org
The collaboration also lays the foundation for ESA to work with Russia on its planned follow-up mission to bring back the first samples from the Moon's south pole, says Ian Crawford, a planetary scientist at Birkbeck, University of London. Roscosmos is planning that sample-return mission for the early 2020s.
Related links in Nature Research
Computing glitch may have doomed Mars lander 2016-Oct-25
Mars launch to test collaboration between Europe and Russia 2016-Mar-11
Europe proposes joint Moon trips with Russia 2014-Dec-09
Related external links
Gibney, E. Europe's first Mars rover gets funding — despite crash of test craft. Nature 540, 177–178 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.21091
Issue Date: 08 December 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.21091


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