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The appointment of retired Army General Mark S. Inch to head the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is a major blow to those working for prison reform under Trump. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on August 1, 2017 that Inch would be taking over the position. In the past, Inch has been responsible for detainee operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, which have been plagued by accusations of torture and abuse. Looking at Inch's record, many prison activists and formerly incarcerated people expressed alarm that his appointment will likely lead to worsening conditions in the future.
This news comes just days after Trump gave a speech before police in Long Island, New York, joking that they should treat suspects "rough" and not be "too nice" to those he called "thugs" and "animals." Throughout his campaign for president, Trump billed himself as the "law and order" candidate — rhetoric that apparently resonated with his base.
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Attorney General Sessions, appointed by Trump, has expressed his own support for the war on drugs, asset forfeiture and anti-immigration policies. In his announcement, Sessions called Inch a "military policeman" who was "uniquely qualified" to head the federal prison system.
Truthout spoke with Amy Ralston Povah, who served nine years in federal prison before being granted clemency by President Bill Clinton. After her release, she founded CAN-DO to secure executive clemency for those convicted of drug offenses in federal prisons. She said that Inch's appointment signals the further "militarization of the Bureau of Prisons." US citizens, she said, are viewed by prison authorities as "combatants" who have no rights to defend themselves.
Give Him an Inch
Since his inauguration, President Trump has appointed several retired generals to prominent positions typically held by civilians. Trump's transition team included three of them in his cabinet: Gen. James Mattis as Secretary of Defense, Gen. John Kelly as Secretary of Homeland Security, and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn as national security adviser. Mark Inch retired from the military in May 2017, after serving since the early 1980s in the Army's military police. He takes the place of Thomas R. Kane who had worked at the BOP since 1977.
Early in his career, Inch worked at the Army's Ft. Leavenworth prison. From 2008-2009, he was chief of staff for Task Force 134, overseeing detention facilities in Baghdad during "Operation Iraqi Freedom." The torture and abuse scandal at Abu Ghraib prison occurred in 2002, and by this time the prison had been transferred over to Iraqis, but Task Force 134 still provided support for reopening the prison which was designed to hold 3,500 people in early 2009.
In 2013-2014, Inch oversaw detention operations with Joint Task Force 435 in Afghanistan. As early as 2002, there were incidents of abuse and deaths at the US-run Bagram prison, later renamed the Parwan Detention Facility.
During the years when Inch was in Afghanistan, a UN report revealed widespread abuses. Although control of the Parwan facility had officially been turned over to the Afghan government in March 2013, the US still maintained a hand in the operations. Among the almost 800 detainees interviewed by UN investigators, one-third said they had experienced mistreatment, including being beaten with pipes, electrocuted, and having their fingernails ripped out to obtain confessions. While prisons used by US-led forces in Afghanistan and Iraq have larger prison populations than Guantánamo Bay, the abuses that have taken place in them are far less publicized.
Military-Prison-Industrial Complex
When asked to respond to Gen. Inch's appointment, people I spoke with who have spent time in federal prison in the US noted that a military culture already exists inside most prisons. Beatrice Codianni spent 15 years in a federal facility and now is managing editor of Reentry Central, a website of criminal legal resources. She told Truthout that, in her experience, the "majority" of corrections officers (COs) had come from the military, and prison officials would recruit at military bases. "These COs had a military attitude that was abrasive and condescending and brought many, many women to tears," Codianni said. Under Inch, they will likely become "even more aggressive."
Former political prisoner Susan Rosenberg had her sentence commuted by Clinton and was released after spending 16 years in federal prison. She is the author of American Radical: A Political Prisoner in My Own Country. There is an "increasing connection," she wrote in an email to Truthout, "between the military-industrial complex and the prison-industrial complex." She pointed out that UNICOR, the Bureau of Prison's work program, sells many of its manufactured goods to the military. In the future, she said, we can expect to see an increase of "slave labor" working for military contractors, and the use of solitary confinement and torture. General Inch, she added, is the "perfect person" to carry this out.
Alan Mills — a lawyer at the Uptown People's Law Center, who has fought to improve mental health conditions and scale back the use of solitary confinement in Illinois — agreed. "The military has a horrible record on the issues of mental health and solitary confinement," he said in a phone interview, giving the examples of Guantánamo and Bagram prisons. He also mentioned José Padilla, who was picked up at O'Hare airport and, without a hearing or even notice to his family, held in complete isolation for three and a half years in a military brig in South Carolina. Chelsea Manning was put in solitary confinement when she felt suicidal due to the treatment she received in military prison. Mental health is a "growing issue," with half of people in prisons diagnosed with mental illness, Mills told Truthout. "Prisons in the United States are supposed to be about corrections, not punishment — it's in the name."
The sheer size of the prison system that Inch will be overseeing is much larger. The BOP is responsible for housing approximately 190,000 people across 122 facilities, and has some 40,000 employees. "It is of concern that General Inch has no experience in civilian corrections or dealing with a prisoner population that is not only much different than a military prisoner population in terms of literacy, drug addiction, criminal history and mental health but is also over 1,000 times larger," said Paul Wright, executive director of the Human Rights Defense Center in Lake Worth, Florida.
The appointment is also a setback for those working on reform from the inside of prison. Adam Bentley Clausen, who is currently incarcerated at Federal Correctional Institution, McKean in northwestern Pennsylvania, told Truthout that over the summer, temperatures have soared to beyond 100 degrees. In recent months, since the election of Trump, he said, "the morale of the inmate population has plummeted."
With General Inch at the helm, we can expect conditions for those incarcerated in federal prisons to further deteriorate.
Note: Thanks to Lois Ahrens, of The Real Cost of Prisons, for assistance with this article.
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The colourful ones on the 3rd line down and the bottom right corner are from a different online multi-media course but I figured that they made good textures too.
The first image and the one below it is created from Tulip Pearl – dimensional fabric paint… it makes a thick 3d line – it's been in a drawer for about 10+ years and I finally used it!!!
As I work in Photography I have a huge selection of textures from this so I have to keep reminding myself that I can cross mediums and I don't have to stick to one – I have photographs of abstract patterns and architectural elements that make wonderful textures in themselves.
You can always have a look at the photographic pattern selection on this blog… I know those are patterns formed from my photography but they could be turned into textures depending on blending modes and opacity etc.


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HunHan is a couple name that was made by fans of EXO's Sehun and Luhan. HunHan is literally the abbreviation of their name SeHUN and LuHAN. They debuted together in one of the most popular K-pop groups, EXO. Their fans ship them because they were close to each other, and they even looked like good-looking siblings. They also were known to show some affection or bromance. Bromance is a close but non-sexual relationship between two or more men.
Unfortunately, Luhan reportedly filed a lawsuit against SM Entertainment on October 10, 2014, five months after Kris left the group. How is the HunHan relationship now? Are they still close with each other?
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Before we talk about HunHan's current relationship, let's talk about their facts first.
HunHan began to become close to each other because they share the same favorite drink. Both of them love bubble tea. It started when Sehun wanted to buy a bubble tea, but no one wanted to go with him except Luhan. During their pre-debut days, they always bought bubble tea together. The owner of the bubble tea shop they'd go to said that they come to order bubble tea often, and always take the spot at the back of the shop.
They don't really fight with each other. They said they can't fight for more than 5 minutes. For Sehun, Luhan is like a brother whom he loved the most in EXO, because during their trainee period Luhan always cared for and protected him. For Luhan, Sehun is like his adorable little brother, though he is messy and naughty.
In an intervew, Sehun said that if he had a sister, he'll definitely want her to marry Luhan. On Luhan's birthday, EXO-K wanted to make a recording for him. After recording their blessings to Luhan, everyone left. Sehun hid the camera and continued the recording. Sehun said, "Luhan hyung Happy birthday, Sehun misses you." Luhan cried after hearing that, and Sehun wiped the camera saying, "Is Luhan hyung crying? Luhan hyung don't cry.. Sehun is a grown up now."
They were very close, and loved each other like siblings.
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After Luhan left EXO in 2014, their fans are wondering whether Sehun and Luhan are still close, and whether they're still in contact. Some fans believe that they are still contacting each other and others think it's doubtful.
In 2016, Luhan visited Seoul, South Korea. He landed in South Korea on January 31. It was the first time he visited South Korea after he terminated his contract with SM Entertainment. He was seen alone, without a manager or anyone with him.
During his visit, Sehun uploaded a picture on his personal Instragam. Some fans believe that the person in the picture is Luhan, some others don't agree. no one really knows the truth, however.
Channel Korea thinks they might still be in contact with each other, given they were as close as siblings before. Even they are on the different paths now, they still can be friends with each other.
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PRIVATE healthcare clients are up in arms after their insurance provider suddenly cut back on its service without warning.
The members of Sanitas are furious that the company pulled out of one of Andalucia's top hospitals Hospiten, in Estepona, allegedly for financial reasons.
One client Peter Buxton slammed the company after discovering that his policy no longer covered him for treatment there.
Buxton, 62, who runs a marketing company, was outraged that he only found out about the change to his 1500 euros a month policy when his daughter visited the hospital with her baby.
He said: "I wish Sanitas had informed me themselves. But the company's attitude towards its customers with its lack of communication must now be brought into question.
Eventually he received an email response from Sanitas (seen by the Olive Press) which confirmed that the company was pulling out of Hospiten from November 9.
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But, ironically, according to an independent insurance broker, even USP might now be considering cancelling its contract with Sanitas.
The leadiing broker said: "Xanit in Benalmadena does not deal with Sanitas and I understand that now USP is starting to do the same.
Other sources told the Olive Press that Sanitas is not the only healthcare insurance provider having difficulties.
It is rumoured that other international companies have stopped offering any new policies outside of the UK.
One insurance broker, Sue Wilson from A La Carte Healthcare explained: "Insurance providers need to ensure that they are collecting sufficient premiums to provide adequate cover.
Last night, a spokesman from Hospiten confirmed that the hospital was no longer dealing with Sanitas.
Despite constant calls and emails Sanitas did not officially respond. However, one employee Jose Maria Cano finally confirmed that Sanitas was no longer working with Hospiten. "But it is very complicated. It is not only a matter of euros," he said.
With medical inflation running at up to 20 per cent, despite the credit crunch, and premiums increasing by up to 30 per cent customers like Mr Buxton are unsure of their next move.


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Q: TinyMCE not appearing in Flask I've followed this guide quite closely: https://www.kevin7.net/post_detail/2 but can't seem to get TinyMCE to work in my Flask application.
Essentially it doesn't render on the screen at all, as if I'm missing something.
This is the code I'm using in the html template. I'm trying to get it to render the content text area field from the create post form.

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I notice you have a typo in your code..
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Besides that everything looks fine. I copied your code onto my PC and it works.
Also I assume you are passing the form to your template? I left that out in the original blog posting, I will try and update the blog to include all the details soon.

A: I spend quite time to solve similar problem which i also referenced from exact that website. I needed to add some additional code to make it work for my flask application. I will post here maybe someone can find it helpfull.
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Grey skies hang over a barn and harvested cornfield west of Sleepy Eye along U.S. Highway 14 on a late October morning.
AS THE SEASON SHIFTS here in Minnesota, I struggle to hold onto the light. To the color. To memories of lush landscapes and warm days.
A bare field near Belview in southwestern Minnesota on a late October morning.
I am no fan of the transition months—November and March. I've always thought these the least visually inviting. Grey skies dominate. Cold winds rage. The land appears devoid of color. Black fields. Muted tones. Everywhere.
One of my favorite barns in the Springfield area along U.S. Highway 14 in southwestern Minnesota.
But then a barn flashes red in the monotone landscape.
Clouds break apart over a farm along U.S. Highway 14 in southwestern Minnesota.
Sun spotlights through the clouds beaming light upon the land. A patch of blue emerges overhead.
In the final days of October, my camera landed on this stunningly beautiful treeline near Shieldsville. I've seen some of the prettiest fall colors near my Faribault home. This is true every year.
Nearing the end of October, some corn remained to be harvested.
Along U.S. Highway 14 east of Springfield, this brick barn stands strong and tall.
I begin to notice patches of color—autumn leaves still hanging on, corn carpeting fields, defiant red barns still standing.
The barn with the smiling lips, between Sleepy Eye and Springfield, always makes me smile.
Harvesting corn along U.S. Highway 52 in the Rochester area in mid-October.
A country church along Interstate 90 near the Winona exit reminds me of blessings and thankfulness, especially at harvest time.
Reasons to smile. Reasons to appreciate November. This eleventh month raises my awareness of thankfulness. Thankfulness that I live in Minnesota, a state of four seasons, of changing landscapes, of bountiful harvests. And this week of unexpected November warmth.
The golden Larch & rusty Oaks are such a nice last warm color… Generous offering before the winter paints its palate on that part of the world.
Blessings on the bright barns!
Thinking of you during this transition time.
Wishing you some blue skies & many Cardinal sightings!
You are so sweet, Marney. The weather the past several days has been gloriously warm and sunny. A treat in November.
So glad you have some unexpected warmth to tide you over through the upcoming cool months. That is indeed a blessing.
Another beautiful morning of sunshine here.
That is a great barn with its A.C.O. block and silo. I concur with your transition month notion. This next five or so months are challenging. B&W imagery yields some amazing results though. The story can no longer rely on color, but rather a full tonal range, contrast and composition.
You are right in your assessment of photos during the upcoming months.
That barn near Springfield is one of my absolute favorites. To see a barn in such remarkably good condition, obviously loved, is wonderful. And the silo rates as a bonus.
YES!!!!! Let's hear it for "unexpected warmth"!!!!!! The landscape out my livingroom window this morning is a tad fogged. I suspect that the valleys may be experiencing total white out and, as in the past, it will slowly creep up the narrow cracks in the ridge and begin to envelope our little corner of the world. Your assessment of this time of year echoes mine although I very much like March as its blustery winds come through and "clean house", so to speak, ushering in that grandest of seasons….Spring—–bursting with promise and dreamy thoughts of lush greenery. For now, the season of "bedding down" is upon us with the softly falling crystallized droplets blanketing the rolling hills with hushed frigid whiteness.
How's that for some "mind pictures"????? Hope to get a short ride in before Tom heads to the station for "Full Service Wednesday". Hugs………………….
Your comment sings poetic. You are not only an artist of thread and fabric, but of words. Beautiful description of your part of the world.
Please email and tell me more about "Full Service Wednesday." I want to incorporate that into my upcoming post on Houston.
November is a month for oaks. While all other trees have shed their leaves, the oaks hang on. A bit of white snow, a path of blue sky and the color of oaks – now there is a picture.
I can picture that scene in my mind. Oaks are probably the most beautiful of trees. Such strength. Such majesty.
Thank you. I hope your visit back to Minnesota went well, despite the reason.
My visit went well – service was nice and at the cemetery two eagles flew over when taps played (I heard about it, but did not see it). Amazing Grace and the Honor Guard Gun Salute always makes me emotional. It was nice to see my family and friends 🙂 Need to go back for a longer visit next time.
I feel the same when I hear Amazing Grace, the gun salute and taps. What comfort those two eagles offered. That is lovely. I'm glad you had a good visit "back home." With family is where you needed to be.
I can only imagine the shrieks of joy and hugs that followed your sudden appearance.
How wonderful that you have this second set of parents. I can read the family love in your words.
Barns are meant to be red and some beautiful ones lines U.S. Highway 14 in southwestern Minnesota.
Yes, I still think the blue barn was odd but it did make people look so I guess they were successful.
Yes, the Culvers blue barn along Interstate 35 succeeded because it got people's attention.
call me crazy but there it is!
Also I like the looks of that red barn, so Midwestern!
Don, welcome back to the comments section after your lengthy unexpected "vacation." I am thankful to have you here. That said, yes, I will call you crazy with ranking winter second at four months. My friend Jackie would agree with your high placement of winter. She loves that season. Maybe if I could ski, ice skate (I could once upon a time) and had a fireplace, I would share your attitude.
Heavenly in all the vast colors.
Thank you, my dear. Fortunately I've been blessed with many photo sales recently to support your assessment of my skills.
So glad you've had some warm weather days your way as yes, winter is "sliding down the slopes" so to speak. Our days here have been high 70's and lows 50's and past few mornings have been totally white-out with fog. Here in central Texas we've had over 10″ of rain and more coming in tonight, so our bare and plowed fields are starting to sprout "green"; green weeds I'm sure, but that's ok as we'll take the moisture. Most years we've already had a freeze but not sure when this year. Enjoy those fall colors as long as they last.
I have definitely enjoyed this spell of warm weather in November. These bonus days allowed me to finish the yard work. Tomorrow the weather will switch to more November like. I'm glad to hear you got much-needed rain.
You are warm-blooded aren't you? Still sleeping with the windows open. I have flannel sheets on the bed already.
Thank you. I attempt to tell a story with my photos. And that always includes detailed and overview shots.
Happy to take you back home to Nebraska this morning.
Love the sentiments over the passing of one season to another. Your words and photos inspire your readers to pen poetic thoughts too. Sometime I enjoy reading the comments as much as the postings.
I agree. Some of my readers are poets, and perhaps don't even realize it.


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Fontainebleau (French pronunciation: [fɔ̃tɛnblo]) is a commune in the metropolitan area of Paris, France. It is located 55.5 kilometres (34.5 mi) south-southeast of the centre of Paris. Fontainebleau is a sub-prefecture of the Seine-et-Marne department, and it is the seat of the arrondissement of Fontainebleau. The commune has the largest land area in the Île-de-France region; it is the only one to cover a larger area than Paris itself.
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It took the staff at Two Fish Art Glass three weeks to decorate their baby elephant statue purchased in honor of the village's Centennial Celebration this summer. But it took only a few days for someone to swipe the monument.
Between 9 p.m. on June 13 and 9 a.m. on June 14, the 400-pound statue (including cement base) was stolen from the sidewalk outside of the artisan shop in the 7400 block of Madison Street, according to Cecilia Hardacker, a co-owner of the store. Store employees had put it on display only six days prior.
"I think it may very well have been a prank and the people just didn't realize how much it meant to us," Hardacker said.
The statue was part of a cooperative effort between the village and various businesses to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Forest Park's founding. Similar to the pig statues found in Chicago and the horses found in Oak Park, the baby elephants in Forest Park are a symbol of the village's history. Elephants also mark Showmen's Rest in Woodlawn Cemetery where the victims of a 1918 train wreck involving a traveling circus were laid to rest. Other elephant statues can be seen along Madison Street and in front of the public schools.
Police are investigating the incident.
"We're suspecting it was college guys, but we're not exactly sure," Deputy Chief Tom Aftanas said.
Police have talked to a witness who observed three college-aged men loitering near the statue around the time it may have been taken, Aftanas said, but apparently no one saw the actual heist. Because the statue is so unique, Aftanas said he's hopeful someone will remember seeing it and may be able to help authorities recover the item.
"It's kind of tough to move that thing quickly, I would think," Aftanas said.
The elephants are fixed to a slab of concrete before being placed on the sidewalk, but are not secured to the walkway. That practice, Village Administrator Mike Sturino said, will be changing.
"It's more than disappointing," Sturino said of the theft. "This is something that's meant to highlight the community and instill some community pride."
In the elephant's stead, Hardacker and her staff have drawn a chalk outline. Flyers and e-mails are being circulated throughout the community to try and locate the statue, and Hardacker said she's regularly checking online auction sites to see if anyone is trying to sell it.
"We really were surprised at how upset we are, because we work on projects all the time, they go out the door and that's that," Hardacker said.
Aside from the $200 in materials and roughly $1,000 worth of labor invested by the staff, Hardacker said all of the employees made a personal investment in the project. The store owners said they are willing to forgive the thief and take the elephant back, no questions asked.
"I look every morning and hope that somebody had some pangs of guilt and brought it back," Hardacker said.


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Less than a third of teachers say they feel like they have enough time to collaborate with their peers, according to the newly released results of a RAND Corp. survey.
Teachers are least likely to have opportunities to observe their peers, with 44% responding that they never visit other teachers' classrooms to gather ideas for their own instruction.
The researchers recommend that states and districts increase opportunities for collaboration, especially in high-poverty schools. "This will require buy-in from principals, who should see their support for teacher collaboration as a part of their role as instructional leaders," they write.
For years, American educators have pointed to Asian schools as examples of how to create more time for professional development and teacher collaboration. In Asian schools, teachers tend to have larger class sizes, but teach fewer hours during the day. The model has allowed for strategies such as lesson study, in which teachers plan, implement and continue to refine lessons until students successfully learn the material.
With shifts toward personalized learning and flexible scheduling, some U.S. schools expanded time for teachers to learn from and provide feedback to each other. Open classrooms and team teaching also create natural opportunities for teachers to observe and benefit from the strengths of their peers.
One question for administrators, however, is how willing teachers and parents would be to see class sizes increase by more than just a few students if that's what it took to significantly make time for collaboration. Recent research also shows that placing teachers in classrooms close to each other can increase collaboration — a strategy that appears far simpler than reworking schedules and knocking down walls.


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Murderous, vile, and cruel black metal/noise/sludge in the debut full-length album from this recluse and mysterious duo hailing Virginia. Songs of torture and disgust that evoke spellbinding visions of violence and despair. A merciless foundation of cold and heartless black metal entwined with soulless drum machines, skin-peeling noise/power electronics abrasions, blood-chilling ambient soundscapes, and bone-crushing sludge metal. Artwork and layout by Kevin Gan Yuen / Viraloptic.com.


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Why: The 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines encourage eating more fruits, veggies, whole grains, nuts, seafood, and beans and legumes. They also recommend limiting sugar and meat, particularly highly processed meats. This isn't really news for the majority of us, but there's no harm in reinforcing the message. For some, it's still a challenge to figure out how to translate these guidelines to the food we put in our shopping carts and the dishes we prepare.
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Kristy Mugavero is a ?public health analyst in the Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Mugavero currently serves as the acting lead for the division's policy and partnerships team. She also leads the national Sodium Reduction in Communities Program, working with communities across the United States to increase access to and availability of healthier food, including lower-sodium items. Previously, Mugavero worked in the policy office of the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, where she focused on cardiovascular health, adolescent and school health, obesity, and physical activity. Prior to joining the CDC, Mugavero served as a registered nurse in a post-cardiovascular surgical unit. She received her master's degree in nursing and public health in 2006.
Lisa Cimperman is a clinical dietitian at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, where she works with physicians to provide specialized nutrition support to critically ill patients in the surgical intensive care unit. She also educates patients on dietary modifications after heart, esophageal, and lung surgeries. Prior to specializing in critical care nutrition, Cimperman's experience included adult and pediatric outpatient counseling. In addition to direct patient care responsibilities, Cimperman provides ongoing nutrition education for physicians, and mentors dietetic interns. She has participated in the completion and publication of a pilot study to further discern the effects of antibiotic use and probiotic supplementation, and has lectured on probiotics and other topics as a guest speaker in Case Western Reserve University undergraduate and graduate-level nutrition courses. Cimperman has a special interest in helping individuals with functional and inflammatory gastrointestinal disorders and volunteers with the local and national chapters of the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America. Cimperman is a graduate of Case Western, where she also earned her master's degree.
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Not just folklore
As I type this I'm taking a pleasurable meander through Black Stone Cherry's new album, "Folklore and Superstition" and frankly, they've done it again. Already I'm hooked.
It opens with "Blind Man", a song that got the crowd going at Download despite no-one knowing the words. In the same way that "Rain Wizard" punched you in the face on the first album, "Blind Man" gives you a good slap and demands that you listen. It's impossible not to tap along for the first four songs and it really does start to feel like these guys have given us another future classic.
The inclusion of piano ballad "Things My Father Said" may seem a little odd for those expecting the pure Southern rawk strummings of their s/t first album but it fits, and it has a genuine emotional tone. Still, if it's too soft, wait until "The Bitter End" appears and the balance is quickly restored. The good ol' reverb trick employed at the beginning of "Shooting Star" on the first album makes a welcome resurgence on "Long Sleeves" and "The Key" but the sound is altogether more mature.
John Fred's drumming has also improved ten-fold, although there's always the chance that this is down to more expensive production (everyone's a critic, eh?) - their forthcoming live dates will tell all. There are already some identifiable crowd-pleasers - "Peace If Free" sounds as though it's written almost specifically for a mid-gig break, where the distortion is turned off and the lighters are held aloft. I'm always a bit sceptical of songs that include huge crowd sing-a-longs on the album as it feels a bit contrived. Still, it's good to hear a good old fashioned protest song on a "modern" rock 'n' roll album. It's not just the BSC guys' hair that's keeping the 1960's alive.
The references to swamps, 'gators and general truck drivin' ol' boys gives this album a truly authentic Skynrd-esque vibe, especially with the excitable organ-into-guitar solo in "Devil's Queen". It's clear to see the relevance of the oft used Soundgarden parallels in "The Key" but the bluegrass banjo keeps it Southern all the way.
"Sunrise" has a bit of a bizarre reggae feel but again, it fits. Black Stone Cherry have dipped their toe into a number of different genres across "Folklore and Superstition", 90% of the time with great success. It's great to hear a band genuinely mature with album number two but not change so much as to leave us fans confused. These guys are still a good ol' Southern rawk band - listen to the yokel intro of "Ghost of Floyd Collins and try not to smile. They're versatile, young, passionate, and fucking good at what they do. Roll on December 14th.
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Labels: Black Stone Cherry, Soundgarden
You just ask the lonely
Thumbing through a recent issue of Classic Rock magazine I stumbled across an article on the new Journey album. Time for a confession: I love Journey. There's something about "Don't Stop Believin'" that makes me want to put my arms around my wife, sit her on the back of my hog and drive off into the sunset. I don't actually have a hog but if I did, I would do this. Often.
Anyway, I was scanning the review and accompanying photo an lo, no Steve Perry! I'm sure there's a huge percentage of you who already know this but I couldn't believe he's not there! Apparently the new chap sounds just as good - will have to consult with YouTube to verify this, to be honest.
I'm glad I didn't buy tickets to see them play in London - I would have been the one retard in the crowd screaming "YOU'RE NOT STEVE! IMPOSTER!".
Nearly saw Meatloaf play at the London Motor Show last week but Bro Dude reminded me that, no matter how frankly obliterated we were, there really was no need to go and see Meatloaf. In fact, there really never is any need to see Meatloaf. My Hot Chick is not going to be happy with this post as she's a 'Loaf fan. And I suppose with this ode to Journey, I can't really talk about terrible music tastes.
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All Hope Is Still There...
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Point A - Reading Festival, not Download
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Point C - a huge amount of Kerrang! Coverage, which means a large portion of the metal contingent will see them as going more and more mainstream
"Psychosocial" aint, to be honest, the best track I've ever heard from them. This being said, it's pretty par for the course for them to release a radio-friendly unit shifter in the vein of "Wait and Bleed" and "Vermillion". Let's hope the album is as heavy and raw as they're promising.
Black Stone Cherry's follow up to their first s/t album is coming in a few days too - "Folklore and Superstition" is going to be fuckin' huge - can't wait for the tour later this year. They're one of those bands who never fail to deliver, both live and on CD (not that there's a huge amount to judge them on yet!)
DragonForce's new widdly-widdly outing is coming too, but I know bugger all about it yet. Let me make a prediction though - 10 songs, 7-8 minutes each, at least 5 minutes of guitar wankery. Good lads - don't change that formula!
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Writing, writing, writing. Writing papers, writing thesis, writing grants, writing scholarship application; who knew that being a scientist would also make you a writer by opportunity?
Writing is a big deal in research because it is a way of communicating our work to the world. It is also a key task in the good practice of science where we need document every detail of experiments, procedures and findings, to ensure the integrity of the work. I also learn that progressing through the stages of a research career means that we will be exposed to different kinds of writing. As a PhD student, I am dealing with a range of writing tasks including reports, manuscript for publications and of course, the final document that will get me my doctorate degree, the PhD thesis.
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Here is a short piece about the invaluableness of animals in medical research. Sometimes, public may find it hard to understand that animal use is very much needed in research involving translational medicine (like cancer or drug development) and cannot be entirely eliminated. In addition to carefully thought ethics and proper care for the animals, there cannot be enough ways to honour their contribution to science and medicine.
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Popular science books.
Intriguing, beyond inspirational, and embody realism from which one can learn the origin many things present today.
They don't just tell imaginary stories like fictitious books do, neither do they explain facts like in academic treatise or report findings or explain data like in a science journal. Popular science books carry all of those elements, and present them as a prose, in an entertaining way and possibly understood by everyone, including people from non-science field and kids! Because of this broad target audience, popular science book can be written by anyone (even non-science fellows) who has the urge to tell a story about science, inspired by science, and is dedicated to write only the facts-checked and scientists approved science!
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Mikhail of Tver before Khan Uzbek by Vasili Vereshchagin, 1889
Staunton, June 8 – European scholars now recognize that no one can understand the present without a thorough understanding of the Middle Ages, and they are beginning to include in that understanding the Golden Horde, as a recent conference in Leyden shows, according to Rafael Khakimov, the vice president of the Tatarstan Academy of Sciences.
Unfortunately, he continues, Russian scholars are not in a good position to help them. On the one hand, the study of the past remains extremely politicized. "Heaven forbid that you find anything positive in Tatar history…or anything negative in Russian history." In the former case, you'll be denounced as a separatist; in the latter, as "an enemy of this branch of humanity."
And on the other hand, Khakimov continues, "the next generation of historians will not soon appear: they have ceased to be trained. No one apparently needs historians or an honest history. No one welcomes the latter," especially if it leads to the explosion of old but very useful "myths."
But there are historians within the borders of the Russian Federation who do know the history of the Golden Horde and who are not afraid to speak the truth or share it with the Europeans, and Khakimov, the longtime head of the Kazan Institute of History and former advisor to Mintimir Shaymiyev, is perhaps the most eminent and outspoken.
In a commentary this past weekend for Kazan's Business-Gazeta in which he discussed his presentation to the Leyden conference, Khakimov says that "all of Eastern (and part of Central) Europe in one form or another depended on the Golden Horde," although few in these regions know the details.
Relations were warm: in 1272, Nogay took as his wife the Byzantine princess, Yefrosinya, and thus the third wife of Khan Uzbek became the daughter of Emperor Andronik III. Given the stress Russian historians put on the marriage of Ivan III with Sofia Paleologue who supposedly brought the symbol of empire, the two-headed eagle, one should not neglect this other marriage.
"At the time of the flourishing of the Golden Horde," Khakimov continues, "Byzantium was already the 'weakened old lady,' as one of the Russian historians expressed it. The destruction of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade in 1204 undermined the empire, and it finally fell to the Turks in 1453.
Byzantium thus could not be "a positive model" for the rising Russian state, he argues, adding that "in general empires are not build by the emanations of spiritual forces. For their rise are needed concrete structures, experience of conducting large-scale state affairs, contemporary arms, a financial system, an economy and the ability to support a large army."
"All this" was true of the Golden Horde at that time, the Kazan historian says, and that "became the source for the construction of the Russian empire." The notion of Muscovy as the Third Rome never was "about a mechanism of the construction of the empire." Instead, it was only "about the ambitions of Russian monarchs who pretended to the inheritance of the Golden Horde in Orthodox packaging."
The Tatars "participated in all political events in the Balkans up to the 14th century," and thus played a role in the history of Bulgaria, Hungary, Serbia, Romania and Moldova. They played a no less important role in Poland and Lithuania both in terms of state to state relations as the source of the Lithuanian forces who occupied Moscow in the Time of Troubles.
"Of course," Khakimov says, "the influence of the Hordes on Europe was relatively brief, about 150 years long, but it was significant" and cannot be reduced to attacks or pressure given that there were clearly established borders with customs collections and the like.
All this has been obscured by the launch of the Crusades against "the agents of Satan and servants of Tartarus" and more recently by the work of "certain Russian historians" who like to view as opposites the Russians and the Tatars. That Roman paradigm allows them to view themselves as part of Europe and assign the Tatars to backward Asia.
But those who make or accept that argument should remember that "Europeans in those times considered the Russians as born Tatars, and on their maps, designed Muscovy as 'Moscow Tataria' in contrast to Novgorod Rus. In fact, the Russians are no more European than are the Tatars."
"The image of the Tatars as fiends has long been part of the sub-consciousness of Europeans," the Kazan historian says. But the Leyden meeting gives him hope because "changes in public opinion in the West always begin in the universities where are prepared scholarly studies on which journalists and the media then rely."
"And only after several Hollywood films can one count on a change in attitude toward the Tatars," Khakimov concludes.
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Pip Casey, Tourism New Zealand's Regional Manager Europe says while the backpacker visitor numbers are good, they could be even better. "We are showing the backpackers that as well as the magnificent scenery and landscapes, New Zealand offers life experiences and unique activities unmatched by other destinations.
"European backpackers tend to stay for an extended period of time and get involved in work or volunteering so we also want to show New Zealand as a destination that helps backpackers build and develop life experiences.
The number of backpackers visiting from the UK and Germany grew by 16 percent last year, accounting for more than 159,000 young travellers throwing packs on their backs and heading for New Zealand. This is supported by 8 percent growth in working holiday visa approvals which means that young people are also combining travel with work during their extended stay here.
Tourism New Zealand has joined up with STA for the new campaign, headlined "Play More Every day, Work and Travel." The campaign is targeting young travellers who are planning to come to New Zealand this spring. The campaign includes digital marketing and shop window advertising, supported by travel agent training webinars and STA's "flight and adventure" promotional deals.
The backpacker market, 18-to-24 year olds, is a valuable visitor segment for New Zealand accounting for about 11 percent of total international visitors and visitor spend. As well as staying longer, backpackers also travel to more regions around New Zealand than the average visitor which fits Tourism New Zealand's drive to encourage greater regional dispersal of visitors.
Pip says there is great potential to capture more of the backpacker market and the feedback from travel agents suggests that the timing couldn't be better.
"European travel agents report that enquiries about travel to New Zealand are booming. There is still huge awareness and interest in the Hobbit, particularly among young travellers, and with safety concerns in the Western Mediterranean region, Europeans are seeing New Zealand as a great option" she said.


I don't know why I'm surprised that two films in the same series would use the same terrible device, but here we are, ruining things again. At first, I thought the film was going to be clever, and show the actual 'Aftermath' of a Dead Space incident, seeing as things open with characters gathered in the heart of a spaceship, having recently resolved whatever it is their problem was.
At fist it seems like the movie is going to be about what happens next to all of these people - but that quickly gets tossed aside in favor of a structure where an interrogator asks them what happened in the plot of the film, and each one tells their own part of the story (each rendered in a different art style).
1: We already know what happened in the story - everyone on the ship except for the four of them were killed, but they managed to destroy a thing that saved the day. This means that everything they do feels a little pointless, and every death a fait accomplit.
2: The 'everyone has a part of the story' thing is completely misused, and has no real value. The main action of the film features all four characters running around as a group, trying to accomplish goals. As a result, all four of them know everything that happened on the ship. They don't have their own 'parts' of the story, and there's no reason each one can't tell the whole thing, yet the movie is parceled out into four sections in chronological order for no good reason. Well, other than to have the framing device eat up running time.
That's the real kicker which makes the whole film so frustrating. The 'after the end' framing device removes all drama and surprise from the film, and replaces it with absolutely nothing. It's not like we need to be told that a 'rescue' from a situation like this isn't going to turn out well - all you have to do is watch Alien 3 - the guys from the corporation are never there to help. What makes the whole thing worse is that at the end of the very first flashback the villains lay it all out on the line - all they need are people who have touched the marker, everyone else is expendable. Since either fate is essentially death, just twenty minutes into the movie the last surprise has been sprung, and we can commence ignoring the thing.
Look, I know Palmiotti and Grey are overly fond of this device. To a fault. To like, seven faults. That doesn't mean that people working on the sequel to something they wrote have to use that same device. It didn't work there, why did you think it was going to work here?


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Q: Calculating p-value from an arbitrary distribution I hope this isn't a silly question. Let's say I have some arbitrary continuous distribution. I also have a statistic, and I'd like to use this arbitrary distribution to get a p-value for this statistic.
I realize that in R it's easy to do this as long as your distribution fits one of the built-in ones, like if it's normal. But is there an easy way to do this with any given distribution, without making that kind of assumption?

A: If you have a cumulative distribution function $F$, then calculating the $p$-value for given statistic $T$ is simply $1-F(T)$. This is straightforward in R. If you have probability density function on the other hand, then $F(x)=\int_{-\infty}^xp(t)dt$. You can find this integral analytically or numerically. In R this will look like this:
dF <- function(x)dnorm(x)
pF <- function(q)integrate(dF,-Inf,q)$value

> pF(1)
[1] 0.8413448
> pnorm(1)
[1] 0.8413447

You can tune integrate for better accuracy. This of course may fail for specific cases, when the integral does not behave well, but it should work for majority of the density functions.
You can of course pass parameters into pF, if you have several parameter values to try-out and do not want to redefine dF each time.
dF <- function(x,mean=0,sd=1)dnorm(x,mean=mean,sd=sd)
pF <- function(q,mean=0,sd=1)integrate(dF,-Inf,q,mean=mean,sd=sd)$value

> pF(1,1,1)
[1] 0.5
> pnorm(1,1,1)
[1] 0.5

Of course you can also use Monte-Carlo methods as detailed by @suncoolsu, this would be just another numerical method for integration.

A: Yes, it is possible to use any arbitrary distribution to get a p-value for any statistic. Theoretically and practically you can calculate (one-sided) p-value by this formula.
$$\mathrm{p-value} = P[T > T_{observed} | H_0 \quad \mathrm{holds}]$$
Where $T$ is the test-statistic of interest and $T_{observed}$ is the value that you have calculated for the observed data.
If you know the theoretical distribution of $T$ under $H_0$, great! Otherwise, you can use MCMC simulation to generate from the null distribution of $T$ and calculate the Monte Carlo integral to obtain p-value. Numerical integration techniques will also work in case you don't want to use (may be) easier Monte Carlo methods (especially in R; in Mathematica integration may be easier, but I have no experience using it)
The only assumption you are making here is -- you know the null distribution of T (which may not be in the standard R random number generator formats). That's it -- as long as you know the null distribution, p-value can be calculated.


On 10 February 2004, a Fokker F27 operated by Kish Airlines, crashed on approach to Sharjah, UAE, as a result of loss of control caused by selection of both propellers to the ground range in flight.
"The aircraft involved was a Fokker F27 Mk.050, owned by the Kish Airlines, based at Ekbatan in the Islamic Republic of Iran… On this particular flight, IRK 7170, EP-LCA, was operating a scheduled passenger flight from Kish Island to Sharjah, UAE, and was approaching to land on runway 12 at Sharjah International Airport in good daylight visibility. The aircraft was observed to pitch down and suddenly turn to the left. The aircraft continued to descend and turn at high pitch and roll angles and impacted a sandy area within a residential area 2.6 nm from the runway threshold. Immediately a large explosion was seen. The aircraft was destroyed and there were 43 fatalities.
"The power levers were moved by a pilot from the flight idle position into the ground control range, which led to an irreversible loss of flight control."
"By suddenly insisting the First Officer fly the final approach, the pilot in command created an environment, which led to a breakdown of crew resource management processes, the non observance of the operator's standard operating procedures and a resultant excessive high approach speed.
An attempt to rectify this excessive high approach speed most likely resulted in the non compliance with the Standard Operating Procedures and the movement of the power levers below flight idle."
For further information see the full UAE GCAA Accident Report.
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IBM's Center for the Business of Government has just released a special report titled "A Manager's Guide to Designing a Social Media Strategy". The report is based on my research and ongoing conversations with social media directors in the U.S. federal government.
The 2009 White House Open Government Directive requires all federal government agencies in the U.S. federal government to "open new forms of communication between government and the people." In response, agencies quickly adopted a wide range of social media platforms, such as blogs, wikis, webcasts, and social networking sites that have become popular channels to increase participation, transparency and collaboration of government agencies with the public. However, there were few government-wide standards. In June 2011 the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) therefore released a report urging federal agencies to set up policies and procedures for managing and protecting information they access and disseminate on social media platforms (GAO-11-605).
Social media encourages widespread spontaneous use and the platform providers frequently change the technological features. Government agencies therefore need to develop clear guidelines so that social media administrators, lawyers, public affairs officials, etc. are all on the same page to avoid violations of and compliance with existing laws and regulations.
This Manager's Guide is designed to provide a quick overview of issues agency managers need to address as they engage in the social media world. It is organized into three parts. The first part outlines the main components of a social media strategy. The questions posed in this section can be used to help design an organization's social media strategy. The second part presents tactics that government organizations can use so that social media can help fulfill the mission of their organization. The final part presents support available from the General Services Administration (GSA) to assist agencies in their social media activities.
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La locuzione latina ipse dixit significa lui stesso l'ha detto. L'espressione compare nel De natura deorum (I, 5, 10) di Marco Tullio Cicerone, il quale, parlando dei pitagorici, ricorda, con piglio critico, come fossero soliti citare la loro somma autorità, Pitagora, con questa frase (in greco, αὐτὸς ἔφα, autòs epha).

Nel Medioevo, la somma autorità cui ci si riferisce con la locuzione non è più Pitagora, ma Aristotele: il detto, infatti, è attribuito ad Averroè, il più importante studioso arabo del filosofo. Secondo una sua interpretazione, Aristotele afferma in forma scientifica le stesse verità esposte nel Corano e, pertanto, il pensiero aristotelico non va interpretato ma accettato, perché ipse dixitBurton, George Ward. (1909). Burton's book on California and its sunlit skies of glory, p. 27; excerpt, "But by the time of Bacon, students had fallen into the habit of accepting Aristotle as an infallible guide, and when a dispute arose the appeal was not to fact, but to Aristotle's theory, and the phrase, Ipse dixit, ended all dispute.".

Simile modo di presentare la verità viene definita dagli scolastici sophisma auctoritatis: una tesi viene accettata solo in virtù dell'autorità di chi la presenta.

L'espressione è oggi utilizzata quando, in un discorso, si vuole evidenziare la bontà delle proprie opinioni in quanto sostenute anche da una persona comunemente riconosciuta come autorità in materia. A volte viene usata anche in senso ironico, per deridere chi si considera autorevole senza esserlo realmente, o chi si sottomette acriticamente a una simile autorità.

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Ipse-dixitismo
Alla fine del XVIII secolo, Jeremy Bentham adattò il termine ipse dixit nella parola ipse-dixitismo. Bentham coniò il termine da applicare a tutti gli argomenti politici non utilitaristici.

Uso legale
Nelle moderne decisioni legali e amministrative, il termine ipse dixit è stato generalmente utilizzato come critica di argomenti basati esclusivamente sull'autorità di un individuo o di un'organizzazione. Ad esempio, in National Tire Dealers & Retreaders Association, Inc. v. Brinegar, 491 F.2d 31, 40 (DC Cir. 1974), il giudice di circoscrizione Wilkey ha ritenuto che la "dichiarazione delle ragioni del Segretario dei trasporti per la sua conclusione che il requisiti sono praticabili non è così intrinsecamente plausibile che il tribunale possa accettarlo sul mero ipse dixit dell'agenzia".

Nel 1997, la Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti ha riconosciuto il problema della "prova dell'opinione che è collegata ai dati esistenti solo dall'ipse dixit di un esperto". Allo stesso modo, la Corte Suprema del Texas ha dichiarato che "un reclamo non potrà reggere o cadere sul semplice ipse dixit di un testimone accreditato".

Nel 1858, Abraham Lincoln disse nel suo discorso a Freeport, Illinois, al secondo dibattito congiunto con Stephen A. Douglas:Tralascio uno o due punti che ho perché il mio tempo scadrà molto presto, ma devo ammettere che il giudice Douglas ricorre di nuovo, come ha fatto in una o due altre occasioni, sull'enormità di Lincoln, un individuo insignificante come Lincoln, dopo il suo ipse dixit accusando un gran numero di membri del Congresso, della Corte Suprema e di due presidenti di aver cospirato per nazionalizzare la schiavitù. Voglio dire che, in primo luogo, non ho addebitato alcun tipo al mio ipse dixit. Ho solo schierato le prove tendendo a dimostrarlo, e l'ho presentato alla comprensione degli altri, dicendo quello che penso che dimostri, ma dandovi i mezzi per giudicare se lo dimostra o no. Questo è esattamente quello che ho fatto. Non l'ho messo affatto sul mio ipse dixit.

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Voci correlate
Pitagora
Aristotele
De natura deorum
Principio di autorità
 Avvelenamento del pozzo

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A worried woman checks a pregnancy test. Photo: Getty Images.
Our current understanding of infertility is limited and leads to unfair stigma, Hannah Gibson writes.
Ask most people what they think infertility is, then they will most likely answer 'it is when you can't have children.' It is nearly always contexualised contrary to the idea of 'fertility', sitting in opposing categories and corners from one another. I used to think this way too.
When I was 17, I woke up from an anaesthetic after a laparoscopy – to find my gynaecologist standing to the left of me. As I peered drowsily at him from my hospital bed, he got a paper hand towel, coarsely drew a female reproductive system, circled one ovary and crossed out all the rest. I looked at it and then again at him, when he said quietly, "we did the surgery and found that you have nothing." So solemn.
The next few seconds of silence hung in the air, the dramatic bow to his punchline. But he continued, filling the air with words that stung because they marked me as different, as a strange specimen. "We didn't find a tumour, but we did see you have no uterus. Nothing." I was sent home with the knowledge that I had MRKH, a condition where my reproductive system (along with other things) failed to develop in the womb. A complete case of infertility as it was diagnosed – and I had to pick up the thousand pieces of my identity that had crumbled, to grieve what I would never have.
It was not until later in my 20s that a gynecologist stopped me mid-sentence, chastising me for using the word 'infertile'. "You're not infertile. You have a working ovary. You are fertile." It stopped me in my tracks.
Never had I looked upon my situation in this way. Her words were one of the reasons that I ended up starting my PhD in reproductive anthropology three years ago. I am fascinated by how we think about fertility and in turn infertility. I wanted to explore 'wombs' because so many people were concerned with my lack of one. I have learnt that my body challenges the dominant cultural understanding of what a woman is expected to have and be.
I research surrogacy and how it is practiced in Aotearoa. I have met so many people who, like me, further challenge the fertility/infertility binary. There are so many nuances to 'fertility'. Cis-gendered (non-transgendered) men are considered socially infertile because they cannot, with another cis gendered male, 'naturally' (meaning without the use of assistance in this context) produce a child. A woman who undergoes a hysterectomy due to cancer may still have viable eggs but is considered medically infertile because she would not be able to conceive 'naturally'. I am medically infertile because I do not have a womb. Someone may have a womb that may gestate a baby successfully but has no viable eggs.
Why do I even think about this? Because infertility is stigmatised and people are rarely comfortable talking about it outside of their homes. I want to ever so gently (or perhaps forcefully) flip the script and highlight that the spectrum of differing levels of fertility does exist and things are not black and white.
For many, the value of fertility is not equal. Think of those communities where often members of the public are quick to judge based on their own ideas of what a family looks like. In relation to Māori, people have told me that they are 'too fertile', which places a value on their rights to have a family. This is not just an isolated opinion that has no impact, because it seeps into funding criteria that has a racial bias against Māori and Pasifika.
The disabled community are often considered to be incapable of giving children a quality of life that they deserve. As a disabled woman, I have been told at different points that perhaps not having a womb is a blessing, because it would be hard for me to be a good mother as I am.
For the LBGT, as Sharyn Graham Davies pointed out in her recent piece for The Spinoff, they are often publicly seen as less worthy to having children than heterosexual couples.
Am I infertile? I cannot deny the fact I would require someone to gestate a baby for me if I wanted a genetically related child. Yet, at the same time I am also fertile. I have had to somehow hold these two realities side by side and find peace with both. It is neither one or the other, even though it does feel like I will not ever have genetically related children for many reasons. At the same time, I have found it important to embrace the one ovary that hangs out in my lower abdomen. To love what is fertile about my body and what is not. Which brings me to my last point.
I want to very firmly tell anyone who reads this and thinks that those who require assistance to create a family should 'just adopt' or 'accept it because there are enough people in the world as it is' – Adoption is an option for very few people. Yes, they can foster but not everyone is comfortable to do that, and that's okay. Infertile individuals or couples are not solely responsible for doing something about the world's growing population and they should not be made to feel that way. There is no way that saying this to someone is okay, and I suggest that if one does have the urge to let a judgement slip out, they look at their own contribution and responsibility first.


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Das Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum ist ein Spital in der österreichischen Marktgemeinde Schwarzach im Pongau. Es befindet sich am Kardinal Schwarzenbergplatz 1. Die Trägerschaft haben die Töchter der christlichen Liebe (Barmherzige Schwestern) der Provinz Salzburg inne. Das zweitgrößte Spital des Bundeslandes nimmt eine führende Rolle für die Versorgungsregion im Süden des Landes mit seinen 200'000 Einwohnern ein.

Geschichte
1839 kaufte der Erzbischof von Salzburg Friedrich zu Schwarzenberg das ehemalige Benediktiner-Missionshaus. Nach einer Sanierung wurden 1844 sieben Schwestern, ausgebildet bei den Barmherzigen Schwestern in München, in die neu geschaffene Institution eingeführt. 1876 übergab der inzwischen nach Prag translozierte Schwarzenberg das Kardinal Schwarzenberg'sche Krankenhaus inklusive Schulden und 45 namentlich angeführten Pfleglingen den Barmherzigen Schwestern. Mit dem Bau der Salzburg-Tiroler-Bahn kamen mehr Menschen und Arbeitsmöglichkeiten in den Pongau und so stieg auch der Bedarf an Betten im Krankenhaus. 1928 wurde ein neuer Trakt, vor allem für die Chirurgie, eröffnet. Damit stieg die Bettenzahl auf 130.

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg diente das Haus als Lazarett. Die Enteignung von 1942 wurde 1945 zurückgenommen. In der folgenden Zeit wurde das Krankenhaus stetig erweitert: Die Schwarzacher Volkschule wurde 1952 zum Kinderspital umgebaut, 1955 wurde die Interne Abteilung geschaffen, die Unfallabteilung wurde 1966 fertiggestellt. 1974 wurde der Neubau der Krankenpflegeschule eröffnet, ebenso 1974 wurde das Spital in St. Johann als Außenstelle gepachtet. 1981 zerstörte ein Brand die Kirche und ein angrenzendes Gebäude, weshalb die Innere Abteilung für 9 Jahre nach St. Johann wanderte. 1984 startete ein Neubau der zerstörten Bereiche, der bis in die 1990er Jahre dauerte. Nachfolgende Erweiterungen und Erneuerungen betrafen unter anderem Kreißsäle, Unfallambulanz und Kinderspital.

2017 wurde die Einrichtung in Kardinal Schwarzenberg Klinikum umbenannt. Sie ist auch Standort der Fachhochschule Salzburg. Seit Oktober 2019 wird der Bachelor-Studiengang Gesundheits- & Krankenpflege angeboten. Zu diesem Zweck wurde ein multifunktionaler, siebengeschossiger Neubau errichtet, der 2020 fertiggestellt wurde. Darin befinden sich ein Studentenwohnheim mit 121 Einzelzimmern, moderne Hörsäle und Unterrichtsräume, 22 geförderte Mietwohnungen sowie die neue Schwarzacher Rotkreuzdienststelle.

 Geplante Erweiterungen
2019 wurde von der Salzburger Landesregierung der Masterplan 2025 beschlossen, der umfangreiche Ausbauten vorsieht. 2021 soll das ehemalige Kinderspital im nördlichen Bereich bereich des Spitals abgerissen und ab 2022 ein siebengeschossiger Neubau errichtet werden. Die Bruttogeschossfläche beträgt 12'370 m², es sollen die vergrößerte Abteilung Psychiatrie, die Anstaltsapotheke, die klinische Diagnostik sowie die Intensivstation der Anästhesie einziehen. Alle Operationssäle sollen auf eine Ebene zusammengefasst werden. Die Finanzierung teilen sich das Land Salzburg, der Salzburger Gesundheitsfonds und die 25 Pongauer Gemeinden.

Weblinks
 Website des Klinikums

Einzelnachweise

Krankenhaus im Land Salzburg
Unternehmen (Bezirk St. Johann im Pongau)
Gegründet 1844
Barmherzige Schwestern vom hl. Vinzenz von Paul Mutterhaus München
Erzdiözese Salzburg
Schwarzach im Pongau


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41-2415. Crime laboratory assessment fund; definition
A. The crime laboratory assessment fund is established. The crime laboratory assessment fund shall consist of monies collected pursuant to section 12-116.01 and distributed pursuant to section 41-2401, subsection D, paragraph 12. The department of public safety shall administer the fund.
B. Monies in the fund are subject to appropriation by the legislature for the following purposes:
1. Providing enhanced crime laboratory services.
2. Purchasing and maintaining scientific equipment for crime laboratory use.
3. Educating and training forensic scientists regularly employed in a crime laboratory.
C. The department of public safety on a quarterly basis shall allocate and distribute the monies in the fund to political subdivisions that operate crime laboratories. The department shall distribute the monies according to the following schedule:
1. Twenty-two per cent to the Phoenix police department.
2. Twelve per cent to the Tucson police department.
3. Seven per cent to the Mesa police department.
4. Four per cent to the Scottsdale police department.
5. Fifty-five per cent to the department of public safety.
D. The schedule for the distribution of monies pursuant to subsection C of this section may be adjusted annually, if appropriate, based on the crime laboratory services provided and the percentage of the state population served by each crime laboratory. The crime laboratory directors of the political subdivisions providing crime laboratory services in this state shall agree on the formula and allocation. The minimum allocation for a political subdivision that provides crime laboratory services is four per cent.
E. For purposes of this section, "crime laboratory" means a laboratory which is operated by a political subdivision, which has at least one regularly employed forensic scientist who holds a minimum of a bachelor's degree in a physical or natural science and which is registered as an analytical laboratory with the drug enforcement administration of the United States department of justice for the possession of all scheduled controlled substances.


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António Teixeira (conhecido como Tony Teixeira) é um empresário luso-africano. Nasceu em Portugal mas emigrou para a África do Sul, naturalizando-se mais tarde sul-africano. Viveu e estudou em Nigel, e mais tarde saiu da escola para trabalhar na empresa mineira SASOL, antes de passar para a indústria de transportes. É proprietário e CEO da empresa de comércio de óleo, diamantes e ouro Energem.

Em 2003, Tony Teixeira foi seleccionado pelo Sheique Maktoum Hasher Maktoum Al Maktoum como CEO do campeonato A1 Grand Prix. Tony Teixeira tomou controlo do campeonato em 2006 e levou-o à liquidação em 2009.

O comércio do stock da Energem foi suspenso em Toronto e em Londres em Junho de 2009, e arquivos da Bolsa de Londres indicam que 54 milhões de dólares americanos da sua dívida são relacionados à A1GP, e os accionistas da Energen e A1GP prometeram o pagamento dos 54 milhões de dólares iria ser feito a 16 de Julho de 2009, uma promessa que foi quebrada, feita novamente e quebrada outra vez a 6 de Agosto, 11 de Setembro, 22 de Setembro, 22 de Outubro, 9 de Dezembro, 31 de Dezembro e novamente a 8 de Janeiro de 2010, com a promessa de 9.5 milhões de dólares adicionais em interesse.

Tony Teixeira fez uma promessa pessoal que iria doar 50 000 dólares para caridade se a A1GP não tivesse a sua corrida inaugural de 2009, em Gold Coast. Esta promessa foi desonrada.

Tentando comércio enquanto dura a situação de insolvência, Tony Teixeira promoveu rumores de ser capaz de adquirir uma equipa de Fórmula 1 depois de outra, sem sucesso.

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Extreme heat, humidity blanket U.S.
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Extreme Heat, Humidity Blanket Nation
Tuesday August 7, 2007 6:31 PM
By JIM SALTER
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Hot, humid air is blanketing wide areas of the nation this week, and Missouri health experts have been urging people to stay in air-conditioned buildings and take it easy.
Temperatures in much of Missouri are expected to reach well into the upper 90s - and in many cases above 100 degrees - through much of this week. The heat index, calculated from a combination of temperature and humidity, is predicted to climb above 105.
Highs in the 90s were expected from the western Plains to the East Coast.
``People don't realize it but heat is generally the number-one killer'' among weather-related causes, said Ben Miller, a meteorologist for the National Weather Service office in the St. Louis area. ``We've gone all year without a serious heat wave so we want people to be aware of what to do to keep themselves safe.''
``It's just that time of year,'' he said.
The weather forced the St. Louis Rams inside for daytime workouts this week.
``You don't want anybody overheating and passing out,'' rookie defensive tackle Keith Jackson said.
Most of Georgia was under a heat advisory Tuesday, with the weather service predicting a high of 99 degrees for the Atlanta area. Metro-area thermometers haven't hit triple digits in seven years.
Rafael Gonzalez just shook his head and whistled when told the forecast Tuesday morning. The landscaper had already worked up a sweat working in Decatur, just east of Atlanta.
``I've got to work - this is what I do,'' said Gonzalez. ``You just do it.''
The Arkansas Health Department said Monday it had recorded the state's second heat-related death of the year. The agency did not say when the death occurred, identifying the victim only as an elderly person. The state's first heat death of the year came last month.
Last summer, Arkansas had seven heat-related deaths, and in 2005 the toll was 11.
Authorities in parts of Tennessee issued warnings over the weekend and Monday to those with heart or lung disease, older adults and children to avoid prolonged exertion outdoors.
On the East Coast, Tuesday's horse races were canceled at Delaware Park because the temperature was expected to hit the 90s with a heat index above 100, a threat to horses and jockeys, track officials said.
``Safety is far more important than monetary gains that are always secondary,'' said John F. Wayne, Delaware's thoroughbred racing administrator.