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Q: PHP will not delete from MySQL For some reason, JavaScript/PHP wont delete my data from MySQL! Here is the rundown of the problem.

I have an array that displays all my MySQL entries in a nice format, with a button to delete the entry for each one individually. It looks like this:
<?php

            include("login.php");

        //connection to the database
        $dbhandle = mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
         or die("

Unable to connect to MySQL, please contact support at support@michalkopanski.com
");

        //select a database to work with
        $selected = mysql_select_db($dbname, $dbhandle)
          or die("Could not select database.");

        //execute the SQL query and return records
        if (!$result = mysql_query("SELECT `id`, `url` FROM `videos`"))
        echo 'mysql error: '.mysql_error();

        //fetch tha data from the database
        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
           ?>

<a class="<?php echo $row{'id'}; ?>" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<?php echo $row{'url'}; ?>">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=<?php echo $row{'url'}; ?><a class="del" href="javascript:confirmation(<? echo $row['id']; ?>)">delete

<?php }

//close the connection
mysql_close($dbhandle);
?>

The delete button has an href of javascript:confirmation(<? echo $row['id']; ?>) , so once you click on delete, it runs this:

The JavaScript should theoretically pass the 'ID' onto the page delete.php. That page looks like this (and I think this is where the problem is):
<?php

include ("login.php");

mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
 or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");

mysql_select_db ($dbname)
or die("Unable to connect to database");

mysql_query("DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` ='.$id.'");
echo ("Video has been deleted.");
?>

If there's anyone out there that may know the answer to this, I would greatly appreciate it. I am also opened to suggestions (for those who aren't sure).
Thanks!

A: In your delete.php script, you are using this line :
mysql_query("DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` ='.$id.'");

The $id variable doesn't exists : you must initialize it from the $_GET variable, like this :
$id = $_GET['id'];

(This is because your page is called using an HTTP GET request -- ie, parameters are passed in the URL)
Also, your query feels quite strange : what about this instead :
mysql_query("DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` = '$id' ");

ie, removing the '.' : you are inside a string already, so there is nothing to concatenate (the dot operator in PHP is for concatenation of strings)
Note :

*

*if this works on some server, it is probably because of register_globals

*

*For more informations, see Using Register Globals

*But note that this "feature" has been deprecated, and should definitely not be used !

*

*It causes security risks

*And should disappear in PHP 6 -- that'll be a nice change, even if it breaks a couple of old applications

*your code has a big SQL injection hole : you should sanitize/filter/escape the $id before using it in a query !

*

*If you video.id is a string, this means using mysql_real_escape_string

*

*If you where using the mysqli or PDO extensions, you could also take a look at prepared statements

*with an integer, you might call intval to make sure you actually get an integer.

So, in the end, I would say you should use something that looks like this :
$id = $_GET['id'];
$escaped_id = mysql_real_escape_string($id);
$query = "DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` = '$escaped_id'";
// Here, if needed, you can output the $query, for debugging purposes
mysql_query($query);

A: You're trying to delimit your query string very strangely... this is what you want:
mysql_query('DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` ='.$id);

But make sure you sanitize/validate $id before you query!
Edit: And as Pascal said, you need to assign $id = $_GET['id'];. I overlooked that.

A: In your delete.php you never set $id.
You need to check the value in $_REQUEST['id'] (or other global variable) and ONLY if it's an integer, set $id to that.
EDIT: Oh, also you need to remove the periods before and after $id in the query. You should print out your query so you can see what you're sending to the sql server. Also, you can get the SQL server's error message.

A: You add extra dots in the string.
Use
mysql_query("DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` ='$id'");
instead of
mysql_query("DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` ='.$id.'");
Also check how do you get the value of $id.

A: Thanks everyone. I used Pascal MARTIN's answer, and it comes to show that I was missing the request ($_GET) to get the 'id' from the precious page, and that some of my query was incorrect.
Here is the working copy:
<?php

include ("login.php");

$id = $_GET['id'];

mysql_connect($hostname, $username, $password)
 or die("Unable to connect to MySQL");

mysql_select_db ($dbname)
or die("Unable to connect to database");

mysql_query("DELETE FROM `videos` WHERE `videos`.`id` = $id ");
echo ("Video ".$id." has been deleted.");
?>

Thanks again!


Lately I've been having countless dreams of being naked in front of people.
These dreams are so not fun. We're supposed to picture other people in their underwear, right? Isn't that the advice they give us when we're nervous to give a speech or whatever?
But me? Lately I feel exposed. Vulnerable. And I am battling wanting to run back into the cocoon of my former "safe" (yet depressing and lonely) life in which I lived by myself, worked for myself, and pretty much only ventured outside to drive to Starbucks for a coffee and to continue working (this being my only people time and fresh air for the day).
But didn't I pray for a richer life???
Now it seems every night my schedule is filled with an activity or tacos with a friend (I am a serious taco-holic). I was asked to join a church worship team and to co-lead a small group. I go to 2–3 groups a week along with worship practice, Sunday church, date night, and girlfriend time. My life is becoming more rich and full. So why am I fighting the desire to run back to my cocoon???
As someone who has battled anxiety, depression, and panic, this is all very brave. In the fall of 2015, I ventured back into a recovery group—Celebrate Recovery—after depression, countless rejections, and a job loss left me struggling. I knew I needed help—I needed community.
There I found myself in the corner of a church nursery sobbing after having just revealed to a circle of women that I didn't have enough money for food. Talk about humbling when you're an independent, professional woman. Not too long into my time there, God sent an amazing, patient man who would bless me with boxes of food and kind words. My knight in shining armor came to me when I had literal snot running from my nose after another sob session in my small group. He would lug boxes of food to my car. He helped provide not only sweet smiles and walks to my car but also food to nourish my body. And I would often get to our meetings late and sit off to the side, eating while others were worshipping, and he would sit with me. I later confided that I felt that nourishing my body with a good meal felt like a sort of personal worship offering.
But the enemy has whispered into my ear time and again that I am not worthy to be writing on this blog or in the book I feel God calling me to write, that I am not put together enough to encourage a group of women as a co-leader. That I am too raw. Vulnerable. That because my man and I met in recovery we are disqualified to be considered a "healthy" relationship. We have pasts and are recovering from hang-ups.
I realize as I write this now that we are probably exactly what others are longing to see—two imperfect people with two individual hearts beating for God's best, wanting in our hearts to honor God and each other, and showing each other and those close enough to know us how a relationship centered in Christ can survive, grow, and thrive.
I have battled the desire to flee my relationship because of fear of getting hurt, something I feel God finally spoke healing into. And now I am battling the desire to leave these communities for fear of being vulnerable and misunderstood, something that has already happened a few times and will happen when you step out into your callings or into positions of leadership. You will be more vulnerable to opinions and criticism, BUT there is also growth in being open to listening to others and not being so self-protective.
The amount of growth and the community and friends I have made in the past year or so are real. The growth and healing occurring is deep stuff, the kind that will last. The callings I feel are here and ahead will require me to love more deeply and care more deeply. They will require me to love and encourage people whom my deeply wounded self wouldn't have been able to. They'll require me to have a more stable assurance of God's love and that of the one He has partnered me with.
Today I asked my beautifully imperfect man whose heart I am in love with to be strong for me in something. I asked him to help me not run away from these communities or the places God is taking me. I asked him to help remind me of what God is doing in my life. He reminded me of Noah and Abraham and how God loves to pick the ones with impediments, people who feel they are not worthy or good enough, to do His work. He encouraged me again that he believes I am ready for this, that if God led me to it, then I am ready and He will give me what I need.
Yes, there is definitely balance. And I am getting there.
This past week I went to a worship night, and the pastor asked us to close our eyes and reflect back on when Christ found us, when Christ became real to us. As I sat there, eyes closed, I thought of myself sitting alone a few years ago in my apartment in a little two-stoplight college town in the country. I thought of how I was surrounded by families and retired folks and seemingly put-together, wholesome people and how I felt like the weird one. I would do dishes and look out my window into the huge backyard and see the family from next door tossing a football around, big smiles and hearty laughs. It made me miss my dad, who had recently passed away. I felt alone and isolated, and though I was in a small community full of close-knit people who knew one another and seemingly supported one another, I just didn't feel worthy to be a part. I felt like the odd duck, the single, overly emotional girl with secondhand furniture and clothes and anxieties and griefs that kept her from venturing out into the sunshine of full, healthy relationship.
So I stayed inside, hidden, venturing outside only when I felt together enough physically and emotionally to do so.
And there God found me, and here is where God has taken me as I have let Him guide my life and healing. I am in community. I am letting others, including my romantic partner, see me as I grow and heal. I am loved in the messy moments of growth. I am still loved. I am forgiven. I am encouraged. I am trusted.
So while I am learning I do need to build some alone time into my week so as to recharge, I need to just breathe through these moments of discomfort and be thankful for where God has taken me from and to.
And I am not ashamed of who I am nor my relationship's beginnings. Transparency/authenticity is one of my most precious gifts from the Lord, and while I am learning to wield it more wisely, I will not let the enemy make me feel less than in the very gift God wants me to use to help set others free.
I am getting more and more comfortable with wearing the robes the Lord is gently placing on my shoulders—robes like belovedness, special, uniquely and wonderfully made, beautiful, worthy, a shining star, fun, theatrical, creative, kind and compassionate. And I am getting closer and closer to shedding the other robes like rejection, too much, less than, not as worthy of, weird, strange, etc. Robes I am getting more and more tired of, robes that are fading from too many wearings, that are tattered and tired and less and less appealing.
I promise not every post will be a longform essay like this one, but oh how good it feels to write again from the heart!!!
I hope something in here has blessed you. Have a wonderful week!!! And be brave as God takes you through His journey of complete and total healing. It is worth it!!!
"We have pasts and are recovering from hang-ups." I don't know anyone who doesn't. But when we see them clearly and work on the healing, life does get better. I heard a CR speaker, someone who I thought of as having it pretty much together, share about recent struggles of the heart. I felt so not alone. You are right where God wants you, brave one! Including those re-charge days!
Thanks, friend! The enemy loves to try to keep us from our callings with his messages of "not good enough," but Jesus broke through the cloud and brought truth!
Amen!! Did you know Esther had to put on her royal robe before she entered the kings chambers? I love this analogy, just like Esther, we have to put on our royal robes. You are a beautiful daughter of the King. So excited for you! Now find time to come back to Word Weavers! We miss you!
Your work is a true, transparent working out of your Belovedness. I love that word and I love that you used it. Keep letting Christ use your vulnerability and eventually you will see it as a strength.
My beautiful bestie! Thank you for your faithful encouragement of my dreams and callings and life. I love you so much, and I am so excited to see what God is going to do through you. I loved hearing about your retreat experiences and what God is speaking into your life.
Thank you, girl😊 It is such a pleasure walking out our life journeys together. You encourage and inspire me in so many ways. Thank you for the gift of your friendship.
Thank you! I feel like you just spoke a battle cry over my life, and I'll receive it!!! 🙂 Thank you, friend!


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from __future__ import unicode_literals
import os
import re
from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
from django.core.files import File as DjangoFile
from django.http import QueryDict
from django.template import RequestContext
from filer.models.foldermodels import Folder
from filer.models.imagemodels import Image
from cms.api import add_plugin
from cms.utils.plugins import build_plugin_tree
from cmsplugin_cascade.models import SharableCascadeElement
from cmsplugin_cascade.bootstrap3.container import (BootstrapContainerPlugin, BootstrapRowPlugin,
        BootstrapColumnPlugin)
from cmsplugin_cascade.bootstrap3.picture import BootstrapPicturePlugin
from cmsplugin_cascade.bootstrap3.settings import CASCADE_BREAKPOINTS_LIST
from .test_base import CascadeTestCase
from .utils import get_request_context

class PicturePluginTest(CascadeTestCase):
    maxDiff = None

    def upload_demo_image(self):
        demo_image = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), 'demo_image.png'))
        folder, dummy = Folder.objects.get_or_create(name='Samples', parent=None)
        file_obj = DjangoFile(open(demo_image, 'rb'), name='demo_image.png')
        image = Image.objects.create(owner=self.user, original_filename='Demo Image',
                                     file=file_obj, folder=folder)
        return image

    def test_plugin_context(self):
        # create container
        container_model = add_plugin(self.placeholder, BootstrapContainerPlugin, 'en',
            glossary={'breakpoints': CASCADE_BREAKPOINTS_LIST})
        container_plugin = container_model.get_plugin_class_instance(self.admin_site)
        self.assertIsInstance(container_plugin, BootstrapContainerPlugin)

        # add one row
        row_model = add_plugin(self.placeholder, BootstrapRowPlugin, 'en', target=container_model,
                               glossary={})
        row_plugin = row_model.get_plugin_class_instance()
        self.assertIsInstance(row_plugin, BootstrapRowPlugin)

        # add one column
        column_model = add_plugin(self.placeholder, BootstrapColumnPlugin, 'en', target=row_model,
            glossary={'xs-column-width': 'col-xs-12', 'sm-column-width': 'col-sm-6',
                      'md-column-width': 'col-md-4', 'lg-column-width': 'col-lg-3'})
        column_plugin = column_model.get_plugin_class_instance()
        self.assertIsInstance(column_plugin, BootstrapColumnPlugin)

        # add a picture
        picture_model = add_plugin(self.placeholder, BootstrapPicturePlugin, 'en', target=column_model)
        self.assertIsInstance(picture_model, SharableCascadeElement)
        picture_plugin = picture_model.get_plugin_class_instance(self.admin_site)
        self.assertIsInstance(picture_plugin, BootstrapPicturePlugin)
        picture_plugin.cms_plugin_instance = picture_model.cmsplugin_ptr

        # upload an image and change the form
        ModelForm = picture_plugin.get_form(self.request, picture_model)
        image = self.upload_demo_image()
        post_data = QueryDict('', mutable=True)
        post_data.update({'image_file': image.pk, 'link_type': 'none',
            'responsive-heights-xs': '50%', 'responsive-heights-sm': '66%',
            'responsive-heights-md': '75%', 'responsive-heights-lg': '100%',
            'responsive-zoom-lg': '40%', 'responsive-zoom-lg': '25%',
            'responsive-zoom-lg': '15%', 'responsive-zoom-lg': '0%'})
        post_data.setlist('resize-options', ['crop'])
        picture_model._image_model = image
        form = ModelForm(post_data, None, instance=picture_model)
        self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
        picture_plugin.save_model(self.request, picture_model, form, False)

        # render the plugins
        plugin_list = [container_model, row_model, column_model, picture_model]
        build_plugin_tree(plugin_list)
        context = get_request_context(self.request)
        html = container_model.render_plugin(context)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
        self.assertEqual(soup.img['height'], '240')
        self.assertEqual(soup.img['width'], '720')
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__720x240_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in str(soup.img))
        sources = dict((s['media'], s['srcset']) for s in soup.picture.find_all('source'))
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__720x120_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(max-width: 768px)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__345x76_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 992px)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__293x73_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1200px)'])
        # Due to an different round implimentation in python3 height can vary by 1 to 2 pixels
        self.assertTrue(bool(re.search(r'demo_image.png__262x8\d_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg$', sources['(min-width: 1200px)'])))

        # with Retina images
        post_data.setlist('resize-options', ['crop', 'high_resolution'])
        form = ModelForm(post_data, None, instance=picture_model)
        self.assertTrue(form.is_valid())
        picture_plugin.save_model(self.request, picture_model, form, False)
        html = container_model.render_plugin(context)
        soup = BeautifulSoup(html)
        self.assertEqual(soup.img['height'], '240')
        self.assertEqual(soup.img['width'], '720')
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__720x240_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in soup.img['src'])
        sources = dict((s['media'], s['srcset']) for s in soup.picture.find_all('source'))
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__720x120_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(max-width: 768px) and (max-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__1440x240_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(max-width: 768px) and (min-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__345x76_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 992px) and (max-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__690x152_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 992px) and (min-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__293x73_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1200px) and (max-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])
        self.assertTrue('demo_image.png__586x146_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg' in sources['(min-width: 992px) and (max-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])
        # Due to an different round implimentation in python3 height can vary by 1 to 2 pixels
        self.assertTrue(bool(re.search(r'demo_image.png__262x8\d_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg$', sources['(min-width: 1200px) and (max-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])))
        self.assertTrue(bool(re.search(r'demo_image.png__524x17\d_q85_crop_subsampling-2.jpg$', sources['(min-width: 1200px) and (min-resolution: 1.5dppx)'])))

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"Манчестър Юнайтед от Свищов" е български пълнометражен документален филм, режисиран от Стефан Вълдобрев.

Премиерата на филма се състои в рамките на 15-ия София Филм Фест от 2011 г., след което е показван и на редица други международни фестивали, включително в рамките на Юго-източния европейски павилион на фестивала в Кан..

Филмът представя живота на Марин Здравков Левиджов от Свищов в светлината на борбата му да смени рожденото си име с това на своя любим футболен клуб "Манчестър Юнайтед". Сюжетът оставя по-скоро встрани футболните теми и се стреми да покаже съвременния живот в малък български град и жителите му, които всячески се опитват да избягат от заобикалящата ги действителност. Филмът поставя въпроса за идентичността и за желанието да бъдеш някой друг

"Манчестър Юнайтед от Свищов" е първият документален филм на режисьора и сценарист Стефан Вълдобрев. Историята на борбата на Левиджов-Юнайтед с българските институции събужда любопитството на Вълдобрев. Запитвайки се за мотивите, вдъхновенията и разочарованията, каращи напълно нормален човек да предприеме толкова радикални стъпки към личността си, режисьорът решава, че трябва да създаде филм за Марин.

Сюжет

Историята на Марин Левиджов започва през 1999 г. по време на финала от Шампионската лига между "Байерн" (Мюнхен) и "Манчестър Юнайтед". Към 89-а минута на мача неговите любимци от "Юнайтед" губят с 0:1 и Левиджов заявява, че ако любимият му отбор обърне мача, той ще се преименува на Манчестър Юнайтед. В следващите 3 минути англичаните постигат обрат и предопределят перипетиите в живота на Мартин през следващите 15 години. Главният герой повежда битка с българската правна система, която след множество обрати завършва с частична победа за него.

По-голямата част от действието във филма се развива в крайдунавския град Свищов, където зрителите се запознават с живота на Левиджов-Юнайтед, неговото семейство, котката му Бекъм (наречена на едноименния футболист Дейвид Бекъм) и приятелите му. Всички герои, показани от режисьора, са обединени от недоволството си от ситуацията в страната и града си, както и от желанието да постигнат нещо и да бъдат нещо повече. Самият Левиджов е строителен работник, които изпитва трудности да си осигури постоянна работа.

Кулминацията на филма е телефонен разговор на Левиджов-Юнайтед с мениджъра на Димитър Бербатов - Емил Данчев. Данчев информира Левиджов, че му е осигурил пътуване до Великобритания, където ще има възможност да наблюдава мач на "Манчестър Юнайтед". Филмът се фокусира върху силните емоции на Левиджов-Юнайтед преди и след футболната среща на Театъра на мечтите. Следва и среща със самия Димитър Бербатов, който по онова време е сред звездите на "Манчестър Юнайтед". Последните минути на филма са посветени на завръщането на Левиджов-Юнайтед в родния Свищов, където животът продължава да тече по стария начин.

Номинации и награди
"Манчестър Юнайтед от Свищов" е номиниран за най-добър документален филм на международните фестивали в Сараево и Варшава. Печели наградата за най-добър документален филм/портрет на международния филмов фестивал в Минск,, както и Специалната награда на директорите на фестивала "Звездите на Шакен" в Казахстан.

Източници и бележки

Филми от 2011 година
Български документални филми
ФК Манчестър Юнайтед
История на Свищов
Култура в Свищов

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Title 18 of the United States Code, Section 3056, describes the agency's authority as provided by law. Since the U.S. Secret Service's protective mission began in 1901, the agency's jurisdiction has expanded to meet the needs of an evolving security environment.
The Secret Service is world-renowned for the physical protection it provides to the nation's highest elected leaders and other government officials. Permanent protectees, such as the president and first lady, have details of special agents permanently assigned to them. Temporary protectees, such as candidates and foreign dignitaries, are staffed with special agents on temporary assignment from Secret Service field offices. All current former presidents are entitled to lifetime Secret Service protection.
The protection of an individual is comprehensive and goes well beyond surrounding the individual with well-armed agents. As part of the Secret Service's mission of preventing an incident before it occurs, the agency relies on meticulous advance work and threat assessments developed by its Intelligence Division to identify potential risks to protectees.
Advances in technology and the world's reliance on interdependent network systems also have changed the Secret Service's protective responsibilities. No longer can law enforcement rely solely on human resources and physical barriers in designing a security plan; agencies also must address the role and inherent vulnerabilities of critical infrastructures upon which security plans are built.
A Uniformed Division officer waits along side his patrol vehicle while monitoring events on the north grounds.
A security teams stand post during the Presidential Inauguration.
Special Operation Division team members conduct training exercises in preparation for a Presidential assignment.
In May of 1998, President Clinton issued Presidential Decision Directive 62 (PDD-62). In effect, this directive formalized and delineated the roles and responsibilities of federal agencies in the development of security plans for major events. The clarifying of responsibilities serves to focus more clearly the role of each agency and eliminate the duplication of efforts and resources.
In 2000, the Presidential Protection Act of 2000 became public law. Included in the bill, signed on December 19, was an amendment to Title 18, USC § 3056 which codified PDD-62. Now, with the support of federal law, the Secret Service is authorized to participate "in the planning, coordination and implementation of security operations at special events of national significance."
When an event is designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security as a National Special Security Event (NSSE), the Secret Service assumes its mandated role as the lead agency for the design and implementation of the operational security plan. The Secret Service has developed a core strategy to carry out its security operations, which relies heavily on its established partnerships with law enforcement and public safety officials at the local, state and federal levels. The goal of the cooperating agencies is to provide a safe and secure environment for Secret Service protectees, other dignitaries, the event participants and the general public.
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Dr. Jeff hails from Southwestern Minnesota. Marshall to be exact. He grew up an avid racquetball player and lettered in golf. He also enjoyed singing in a small ensemble called the Roaring Twenties and performed in many theater productions and musicals. After high school, Dr. Jeff began his collegiate career at Bethel University in St. Paul where he majored in Biology and was on the varsity Men's Volleyball team. After two years Dr. Jeff transferred to UCLA and continued his biology degree. At UCLA Dr. Jeff captained the Water Ski Team for two years and was a proud member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. After graduation, Dr. Jeff earned his Doctorate in Chiropractic from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles. There he earned the distinction of California Chiropractic Student of the Year in 1995 and then took a position with the Chiropractic Offices of Santa Monica where he was an associate doctor and cared for the likes of Gregory Hines, Ted Danson, and many high level professional athletes.
Wanting to return to his roots, Dr. Jeff accepted a staff doctor position at a clinic in Burnsville, MN. It was 18 months later that Northern Life Wellness was born in February of 1999. Dr. Jeff is the President and Clinic Director of one of the Midwest's largest wellness clinics. They have delivered well over one million spinal adjustments and have become the area's premiere Pediatric and Family Specialists. Dr. Jeff also specializes in difficult neurological cases such as Multiple Sclerosis, Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Fibromyalgia, and the complex injuries sustained in Auto Accidents. There is always hope at Northern Life Wellness!
Dr. Jeff also owns Body Kneads Massage, Minnesota's finest therapeutic massage company. Dr. Jeff is an Adjunct Faculty member at Palmer University in Davenport, Iowa and also at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, Minnesota. He is a regular guest speaker in numerous wellness organizations, graduate courses, and business management companies. His newest venture is the creation of The Power of PIF, a company that is focused on "Paying It Forward". Dr. Jeff trains young doctors and invests in local clinics that, with the help of his newly trained doctors, will help shape the profession into the future.
Dr. Jeff's crowning achievement, however, is remaining married to his beautiful wife Dyonne whom Jeff met when he was 12 years old. They have 3 kids together; Maddy, Cooper, and Sydney. They reside in Prior Lake, Minnesota and enjoy the many athletic and school activities that the kids are involved in and enjoy serving in their community church. Dr. Jeff's mission has always been to serve God by serving people whether it be through their family's activities or through the art and science of chiropractic. His desire is that those that are reading this would connect with the hope that is found in a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Dr. Jeff Danielson has been voted as one of the Top Rated Chiropractors in Burnesville, MN.
Dr. Seth was born and raised in Milnor, North Dakota on a small farm where he grew up riding horses and racing around on dirtbikes. In high school Seth was a three sport athlete participating in football, basketball, and track. After high school, he attended North Dakota State University and enrolled in the Exercise Science program. After 3 years at NDSU he pursued his dream of becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic and graduated from the Chiropractic Program at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN. He currently utilizes many different techniques including, manual adjusting techniques such as Diversified, Thompson, and Motion Palpation. He has also been trained in Activator Protocol, an instrument assisted technique. Dr. Seth loves to educate the importance of living a healthy lifestyle through chiropractic care, nutrition, and exercise.
Dr. Seth resides in St. Louis Park with his wife and Goldendoodle. With his free time he enjoys working out, snowboarding, spending time at the lake, hanging out with family and friends, and playing with his dog.
Dr. Andrew Newman was born and raised in Waconia, Minnesota where he was a multi-sport athlete and avidly involved in his school's music program. Dr. Newman earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Human Biology and his Doctorate of Chiropractic from Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington, MN. Dr. Andrew incorporates numerous techniques and strategies to meet the needs of his patients. He is well versed in Diversified and Motion Palpation adjusting techniques as well as advanced extremity manipulation, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization, trigger point therapy, and FMT kinesiology taping. Dr. Newman has the goal to inspire patients and educate the importance of chiropractic care, exercise, nutrition, and the cause and prevention of disease. He loves working with families and sport specific athletes.
Dr. Newman enjoys playing frisbee, boating, getting haircuts and keeping a nice tan. He also loves all Minnesota sports.
Dr. David was born in Buffalo, New York where he grew up playing football, baseball and golf. He graduated from Niagara University where he received his Bachelors of Science in Business. David got his Doctorate at Northwestern Health Sciences University in Bloomington. He uses many chiropractic techniques including Diversified and Activator as well as Neuromuscular Release.
Dr. David resides in Lakeville with his wife and kids. He enjoys sports and school projects with his kids. In his spare time, David enjoys golfing and maintaining a saltwater reef tank.
Dr. Bryan grew up in Burnsville, Minnesota where he participated in cross country running, swimming and lacrosse. He also performed in a traveling choir that toured England and Austria and studied American Sign Language. Before finally becoming a Doctor of Chiropractic, Dr. Bryan had many interests including paleontology, marine biology, meteorology, anthropology, architecture, and art. In short, he wanted to be a dolphin-training, storm-chasing architect, who animated cartoons for Disney and traveled the world on weekends digging up fossils and studying ancient cultures.
In 2006, Dr. Bryan graduated from Lakeville North High School and started his collegiate education at St. Olaf College. While there, he studied art and environmental sciences, lived abroad in Australia for a semester, met the love of his life, Megan, and graduated in 2010 with his BA.
Dr. Bryan married Megan in 2012, and shorter thereafter, with the support of his wife and family, Dr. Bryan enrolled in Northwestern Health Sciences University where he studied the art, philosophy, and science of chiropractic. He graduated with his Doctorate in November of 2017 and currently lives in Plymouth, Minnesota. Dr. Bryan loves spending time with his wife, his cat, and his parents. He also enjoys photography, videography, and all things LEGO, Star Wars, Marvel and Disney.
As a Doctor of Chiropractic, he is trained in a number of techniques including Activator, Diversified, Thompson, Motion Palpation, and the application of Rock Tape.
Dr. Kyle was born and raised in Burnsville, MN. Dr. Kyle attended Apple Valley High School where he was a multi-sport athlete playing hockey and golf. After high school he played junior hockey for Tri City, NE in the USHL and Fairbanks, AK in the NAHL. After Juniors he attended the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and got his Bachelor of Science degree in Pre-med. After college he pursued his doctorate degree at Northwestern Health Sciences University to become a Chiropractor. Dr. Kyle first experienced Chiropractic as a freshman in high school when he couldn't bend over to tie his skates due to low back pain. This experience led to his passion for chiropractic and he loves to work with athletes of all ages and those who are passionate about their health. Dr. Kyle uses many techniques including Diversified, Motion Palpation, Activator, and Drop Piece.
Dr. Kyle resides in Burnsville, MN. He spends his free time playing adult league hockey, volleyball, and spending time with friends. Dr. Kyle also loves spending time with his English Bulldog Bruno.
Dr. Wyatt is from Minot, North Dakota where he grew up heavily involved in the athletic programs as well as academics. Through high school, Wyatt ran track and played football, and was a member of National Honor Society. After high school, Dr. Wyatt attended Minot State University where he continued playing college football while receiving his degree in Biology. After graduating from Minot State, he and his wife moved to Bloomington, Minnesota where he attended Northwestern Health Sciences University and graduated as a Doctor of Chiropractic. He utilizes a variety of techniques, including Diversified Technique, Activator Protocol, Thompson drop, and Neuromuscular Release.
Dr. Wyatt currently lives in Savage with his wife Erin, son Bennett, and their dog Drekker. Dr. Wyatt enjoys sports, playing music, snowboarding, watching movies, and relaxing with his family.
I am originally from Oconomowoc, WI and currently reside in Apple Valley, MN. I graduated from the University of Minnesota with a major in Nutrition in 2010. In my free time I enjoy hiking, reading, traveling, watching movies and PACKER games with my husband, son, daughter and our two cats, Xeno and Luna! I have been working at Northern Life Wellness since 2011 and truly love everything about my job. My life has been totally turned around since I started working with Northern Life Wellness, the love and care that the doctors have for the patients and staff is incomparable to anything I have ever witnessed.
I've been with NLW since May of 2013. I graduated from the University of North Dakota (Go Sioux) and then worked in the sports industry previously to Northern Life Wellness. I worked for two baseball teams & a hockey team doing mostly Marketing & Promotions. I have a huge passion for the MN Twins & KC Royals. My favorite pastime activities include going to my family's cabin with my husband, attending baseball games, reading, & spoiling our two fur babies. I love that our clinic is Faith-based and it truly shows. Working for Northern Life has totally changed my perception on healthy living and the importance of wellness care!
I've been with the clinic since fall of 2011. I handle all of the insurance billing as well as manage the automobile or workman's compensation claims. I am primarily upstairs working on our patient accounts, but you might see me occasionally walking through the clinic or doing a one on one with a patient So, if you have any questions regarding your account or insurance, do not hesitate to stop and chat with me or contact me via telephone or email. Aside from working at the clinic, I enjoy spending time with my 2 children and 2 dogs doing activities like camping or playing outside. You can also find me enthusiastically cheering at one of my children's sporting events. My favorite part of working here is knowing that I'm part of an amazing and caring team that provides natural health care to the surrounding community.
I grew up here in the south metro and now live in Eagan with my husband and our three young daughters, including a set of identical twins. In my free time, I enjoy reading, puzzles, attending services and events at our church, and spending time with my extended family at the cabin. I have been with NLW since August of 2015 and have loved getting to know all of the people I get to encounter! I have a bachelor's degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in Sociology/Anthropology and have been working primarily in childcare since I graduated. Making the switch to NLW has been so exciting and I am looking forward to getting to know everyone better!
I have been with NLW since July of 2018. I grew up in Mendota Heights, MN with my two loving parents, older sister, and dog, Kirby! I recently graduated from the University of Minnesota with a Bachelor's Degree in Retail Merchandising. I was involved in dance team throughout High School and developed a huge passion for it. I have continued to stay involved by coaching dance team for the past two years. I stay active and enjoy doing yoga, weightlifting, and just walking/exploring around my neighborhood in St. Paul! I also enjoy traveling and spending time up north with my family on the lake (especially with my adorable niece, Ruby!).
I have a passion for learning about how I can live my life as natural as possible and promoting natural healing which has led me to this position with NLW. I am so excited to get to know the team better and seeing where this new opportunity leads!
I joined NLW in December of 2017 and feel so blessed to be here! I am originally from Onalaska, WI and grew up on the Mississippi River. I absolutely loved it! I attended UW-LaCrosse and then moved to the Twin Cities where I received my Bachelor's Degree in Business Finance from Concordia University in St. Paul. I now live in Lakeville and have a son and a daughter who both attend college here in Minnesota. I enjoy attending church, playing golf, tennis, basketball and watching sports--especially football! I love the warm and caring people that are a part of the NLW team. It is very apparent to me that everyone here cares about the health and wellness of every single person that walks through our doors!
I've been a front desk coordinator at the clinic since November 2016. I live in Lakeville with my husband, 3 active kids and dog Murphy. When I'm not driving kids around I enjoy playing tennis, golf and being at the cabin. Since my family participates in athletics (3 kids in hockey) working here has been a great addition to learning more about health and wellness.
I joined Northern Life Wellness as an Account Relations Coordinator in July, 2017. I have worked in a variety of settings and vocations, including 5 years at a very large, south of the river church. My faith continues to travel with me wherever I go! My husband and I, originally from Lakeville, have resided in Elko New Market with our three children for the past 17 years. Our two cats, Henry and Hazel, are the daily center of attention! Outside of attending the many soccer and volleyball tournaments for my children, I enjoy bonfires, boat rides, books, walks, and movie nights with my family. I am grateful and excited to be a part of the NLW team!
I've been with the clinic since Fall of 2018. As a Front Desk Coordinator for NLW, I am here to help establish new patients and coordinate ongoing care for all patients in their journey to wellness.
Originally from Wisconsin, I bring with me the spirit in all Packer fans (GO PACK)! As a prior Military spouse, I enjoyed our time in the south where I earned my degree in Marketing and acquired a love for southern cuisine and sweet tea! Most recently, I have enjoyed making Minnesota our new home while raising my two boys from home. In my down time, I enjoy reading and napping. In my family's spare time we enjoy hiking, camping, walking/biking the many trails around our neighborhood, and our family-night dance parties!
I look forward to serving our patients and adding to the already warm atmosphere you are greeted with when entering Northern Life Wellness. See you soon!
Dr. Michelle grew up in Newton, IA. She was involved in track, swim team, band, and choir during high school, as well as several other clubs. She attended Bethel University where she received her degree in Athletic Training. She earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy at Des Moines University, where she was recognized as Graduate with Distinction and Valedictorian of her class. She loves being active and has run several marathons and competed in triathlons. She also enjoys cooking, playing board games, and spending time with her niece! She enjoys working with a large range of patient populations and ages. Her favorite part about being a physical therapist is seeing the smiles on her patients' faces when they accomplish their goals.
Dr. Michelle currently resides in Richfield with her husband, Ryan. They enjoy traveling, camping, spending time with their families, and attending church services and events together.
I grew up in the small town of Windom, MN. Throughout high school, I raced BMX, played football, basketball, and baseball . After that, I received a scholarship to play baseball for the Northern State University. I was D2 pitcher of the month three times. After that, I went to North Iowa Area Community College where I graduated with my Physical Therapy Assistant degree.
I've been a baseball coach for 6 years and held pitching clinics throughout the Windom community. I currently live in Stillwater and I enjoy powerlifting, softball, and fishing. I play drums and bass guitar for my church's worship. I enjoy motivating patients and helping them reach their goals and potential!
I was born and raised in Red Wing, MN. I played football, basketball, and track all throughout high school. I've had 3 ACL reconstruction surgeries which is essentially what led me into the Physical Therapy field. I have my Associates in Exercise Science from Inver Hills Community College and I got my Physical Therapist Assistant degree from Anoka-Ramsey Community College. I am also a Certified Personal Trainer. I currently live in Hastings with my wife and 2 daughters. I enjoy strength training, playing any sport, fishing and being active with my wife and kids. I enjoy working with a wide variety of people to help them reach their personal goals and to promote an active and healthy lifestyle!


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Chinese NBA star Yao Ming retires from basketball
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Image caption Yao Ming said he had been through an agonising six months
China's biggest sports star, basketball player Yao Ming, has announced his retirement after weeks of rumours.
The 7ft 6in (2.3m) Houston Rockets player said he had been suffering ever since he broke his foot at the end of last year.
Yao said he would join up with Chinese team the Shanghai Sharks, possibly in the role of general manager.
The 30-year-old is the NBA's most famous Asian player. Injuries forced him to miss the 2009-2010 season.
His retirement was expected, after widespread media reports in the US last week.
He told a news conference in Shanghai that the past six months had been "agonising" as he weighed up his future in the game.
"I had been thinking over and over. Today I am announcing a personal decision: ending my career as a basketball player. But one door is closing and another one is opening," he said.
Yao had missed an estimated 250 regular-season games - roughly half of Houston's schedule - in the last six seasons with a number of foot and ankle injuries.
Analysts say Yao has had a huge international impact on the game and was a driving force behind the NBA establishing a China venture in 2007.
NBA official David Stern said in a statement that he looked forward to continuing to work with Yao in some capacity in the future.
"Yao Ming has been a transformational player for our league and a source of enormous pride to the people of China and people of Chinese descent in the United States," he said.
Yao 'to retire from basketball'
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Try to report bug via abrt-cli with RHTSupport (python one in my case) and you'll see that it claims there are some wrong settings for RHTSupport plug-in.
Perhaps it's missing login/password options in RHTSupport.conf but they are not there by default.
No changes were detected in the report.
Wrong settings were detected for plugin RHTSupport.
Actually, RHTSupport needs a login and password.
/etc/abrt/plugins/RHTSupport.conf should be extended to include such information.


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Season Miller and David Farshchian announce their engagement and Sept. 24, 2016, wedding.
Season is the daughter of Kenneth and Melissa Miller of Fremont. She graduated from Lakota High School in 2003, Bowling Green State University in 2007 and Case Western Reserve University in 2012. She is a therapist at Signature Health.
David is the son of Massoud and Marion Farshchian of Mentor. He graduated from Mentor High School in 2003, The Ohio State University in 2008 and Case Western reserve University in 2012. He is a team lead at Willis Towers Watson.


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in ENGLISH, The White House and the Black Continent
The White House and the Black Continent
The White House and the Black Continent was designed for a wide circle of readers. The authors, who include a number of leading scholars from the Institute of African Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences and important persons from Soviet government and public organisations, are all specialists in African affairs.
The period covered is largely restricted to the early eighties, but brief excursions into history are made so that the present can be better understood.
The authors analyse a wide range of problems in the context of the opposition of the just slogan of the African peoples, "Africa for the Africans", to the US imperial thesis of Africa as a zone where the United States has vital interests. On the basis of numerous documentary material, authoritative sources, official declarations and, most important, concrete facts and figures, the authors show the role and position of Africa in the global strategy of US imperialism and expose the plans and actions of the Pentagon on the African continent in its bid to create a firm stronghold there. They show convincingly that the "Soviet threat" myth is only a clumsy attempt to disguise the neocolonialist designs of the White House on the independent countries of Africa and the national liberation movements. This policy is revealed through an analysis of US plans to subvert the progressive transformations that have occurred on the African continent and of the type of obstacles that the US puts in the path of the developing countries to prevent them from achieving economic independence and establishing a New International Economic Order, i.e., the restructuring of their economic relations with the industrially developed capitalist states on a just and equal basis.
An important place in this book is given to exposing the aggressive nature of the Washington-Pretoria alliance, which is increasingly threatening the liberated countries of the continent, and encouraging and facilitating the use of terror by the racist authorities in South Africa. It also contains an analysis of the forms and methods by which the White House uses the Israeli Zionists to further US policy in Africa.
The facts adduced here show convincingly that the "ideological guarantee" of the White House is designed to conceal imperial ambitions, and facilitate and justify US political, economic, and military expansion on the African continent.
In the United States it has become fashionable to talk of what are described as "serious differences" among political and intellectual circles on matters of African policy and to divide the two contending sides into "globalists" and "regionalists" with the latter claiming to be the devoted friends of the African peoples. This book shows how, as distinct from the "globalists", the "regionalists" do at times try to take account of the realities of our epoch and even come to terms with them. This position is far from being determined by sympathies for the Africans. It is primarily the result of fear that the United States will lose important positions on the continent if "globalists'" policies are implemented. The dispute is not about a change of strategy towards the African countries, but about the choice of optimal means and methods for the US monopolies to have a free hand in disposing of the African countries' natural resources and for the Pentagon to use Africa to further its own military goals.
The aim of this book is to show how and in what way the present policy of the United States runs counter to the interests of the African peoples and the cause of peace and stability in Africa. It is therefore logical that the concluding chapter considers the main forms and methods used by the independent countries of Africa in their struggle against the imperial ambitions and the aggressive neocolonialism of the United States.
The idea for the present book arose through observation of the increasing attempts on the part of the United States to destabilise the international situation on the African continent after the Reagan administration came to power. Current US policy in Africa points to the growing importance of this area for the political, economic, and strategic plans of the US government. As was noted at a plenary session of the ministers of foreign affairs of the non-aligned states, which was held at UN headquarters from 4 to 9 October 1982, the general worsening of the international situation is the result of the policies conducted by the forces of imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism, apartheid, racism, and Zionism-all led by the United States. The subsequent Communique adduced concrete examples of the way in which Washington aids and abets the aggressive and racist regimes, and spoke of the direct responsibility that rested on the Reagan administration for aggravating the situation in Southern Africa, for encouraging the South African government's aggression against neighbouring countries, and for delaying a solution to the Namibian problem.(1)
The countries of Africa are undergoing a complex process of political, economic, social and cultural renaissance. The sym-pathies of the Soviet scholars, as of all the Soviet people, are on the side of the Africans. The Soviet Union, like the Africans themselves, wants to see Africa as a peaceful, independent and flourishing continent, since Africa is a zone of vital interest to no one but the African people.
Naturally, in adopting this position the Soviet researchers expose the activities of those who do everything to prevent an African renaissance. The White House and the Black Continent which reveals the true aims, methods and means used by the United States in Africa today is regarded by its authors as a modest contribution to the cause of solidarity between the USSR and the peoples of Africa and its support for their liberation struggle.
Anatoly A. Gromyko, Director of the Institute of African Studies of the USSR Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR
(1) The Final Communique of the Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Heads of Delegations of Non-Aligned Countries, NOALlCont, 6/PL, 4 Doc. 1 / Rev. 2.
Chapter I AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES
1. The Main Objectives and the Methods Employed
2. Economic Interests
3. Strategic Significance
4. Ideological Guarantees
Chapter II THE POLICY OF UNDERMINING PROGRESSIVE TRANSFORMATIONS
1. Gambling on Force Under the Pretext of a "Soviet Threat"
2. Against the Laws of Historical Development
3. Subversion
4. Reaganomics: the African Version
Chapter III THE OBSTACLES TO ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE
1. Economic Difficulties and Their Causes
2. The Transnationals Make Things Worse
3. Washington Against a New International Economic Order
Chapter IV PENTAGON EXPANSION
1. US Strongholds in East Africa
2. Penetrating the North African Countries
3. The Foothold in Southern Africa
Chapter V THE UNHOLY ALLIANCE BETWEEN WASHINGTON AND PRETORIA
1. The Roots of the Unholy Alliance
2. The White House Strengthens Apartheid
3. The Unholy Alliance's Plans for Namibia
4. The Conspiracy Against Angola
5. The Joint Policy of Aggression
Chapter VI AMERICAN "AID"
1. A Short Survey of History
2. "Aid" Under Reagan
3. Food and Politics
4. The Cost of "Aid"
Chapter VII ISRAEL: AN ACCOMPLICE OF US IMPERIALISM IN AFRICA
1. Israel's "Quiet" Expansion
2. The African Aspect of "Strategic Cooperation"
3. The US and Israel in the North-East of the Continent '
4. From Suez to Southern Africa
Chapter VIII THE SUPPORTERS AND "OPPONENTS" OF REAGAN'S AFRICAN POLICY
1. Different Methods, but One Aim
2. Discussions on the Problems of the South
3. The Debates on North and East Africa
4. Who Should Be President in Zaire?
Chapter IX INDEPENDENT AFRICA AGAINST THE IMPERIAL AMBITIONS OF THE UNITED STATES
1. Do Not Allow a Build-up of Tension
2. For the Demilitarisation of the Indian Ocean
3. The Southern African Watershed
4. The Fight with the Organisers of "International Terrorism"
5. Against a Split in African Unity
Translated from the Russian
Designed by Oleg Grebenyuk
Белый дом и черный континент
Group of Authors: An. A. Gromyko (Editor's Note);
Ye. A. Tarabrin (Ch. I, III, Conclusion); V. P. Kasatkin (Ch. II
IX); V. Ya. Lebedev (Ch. IV); A. Yu. Urnov (Ch V)-
V. S. Baskin (Ch. VI); A. V. Prudnikov (Ch. VII)-
M. L. Vishnevsky (Ch. VIII)
Издательство "Прогресс", 1984.
English translation. Progress Publishers 1984
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When you've been learning and speaking a language for a long time there are certain words and phrases that stick out and embed themselves in your everyday life. Italian is such a beautiful language, it just sounds so lovely and flows off the tongue so well, two of the reasons I wanted to learn it. For this blog post I've picked five Italian words/phrases that stand out for me.
This word has made it's way into my everyday vocabulary even in an English setting. I say it when I'm trying to get the boys out the house on time in a morning. I shout it when I'm in the car and get road rage. Normally it's accompanied by a face and a hand gesture or a stroppy movement!
This is the verb but this word is used in a few forms in our house. The everyday question "Cosa mangiamo sta sera?" What are we eating tonight?, "Mangia!" "Eat!" when the boys are taking forever to eat their dinner. "Cos'avete mangiato a scuola oggi?" "What have you eaten at school today?" When you live with an Italian, life revolves around meal times!
There are many translations for this phrase which you can read here. Most of them are quite strong and would be considered swearing. The Collins dictionary says that porca miseria means "bloody hell" but Matteo says it isn't so strong and would liken it to "flippin heck". He uses it all the time and I suppose we consider it a safe phrase to use in front of the boys when you need to swear!
Here I am referring to this noun being used as a term of endearment. Ever since we have been together Matteo and I have called each other "Amo" or "More" and he and his parents and sister call the boys "Amore" when they speak to them or in answer to a question eg. "Si amore!" "Yes darling".
You can see my previous Dolce Vita Bloggers post here.
Love this list! I use 'dai' probably too much but as Lulu mentions, it has so many uses you can't help it!
I love the greengrocer, I didn't know this! The others I think are used in our house all the time! Dai and Mangiare I think the most as with children you're always trying to get them to hurry up or eat! I have a lot of friends who use Amore with each other it's very sweet. We've always used nicknames for some reason. And the er porco! Yes he gets mentioned a few times! Just hoping it doesn't get repeated in front of Nonno!
Fruttivendolo is so melodic! And I can never get enough of Italians saying "Dai!!!" Probably because as you said it usually comes along with a gesture…aaahhh I love it because it's so uniquely Italian!!
Hahaha porca miseria. I love when Italians use this, especially when they are super frustrated. It's one of those expressions I love the sound of and would love to use but when it actually comes down to the right moment, it doesn't come naturally to me yet!!!
I agree with Matteo, "Porca miseria" isn't as strong as "bloody hell" and it's quite "safe" to use it in front of kids 😉 . We like to add little variations to it sometimes like "porca miseriaccia", ihih.
Lovely choice of words! "Dai" is really easy to remember and I think I will use it more often. I just have to pronounce it right so that it does not sound like "die"!
Anyway, in Filipino, the word "amo" means "master". Language is fascinating, isn't it?


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Crash with an asteroid: NASA could ensure that the first artificial meteorite rain
This is a report of the "Planetary Science Journal". Accordingly, the so-called "Double Asteroid Redirection Test" - Mission, short, "DART was planned", f
22 May 2020 Friday 08:27
This is a report of the "Planetary Science Journal". Accordingly, the so-called "Double Asteroid Redirection Test" - Mission, short, "DART was planned", for the September 2022. The objective of this Mission: to change The trajectory of potentially hazardous asteroids so that the earth may be protected from an impact.
collision could be for a high amount of debris to ensure
parts target a erdnahes asteroid was about to get caught in Didymos, Pair, of which the sun circles. The approximately 1,100-pound "DART"spacecraft, NASA wanted to meet the smaller, 163-metre-long asteroid Didymoon and its trajectory to four minutes to move. But in the collision it could also come to an artificially produced meteorite rain.
"Doing quite a lot of Material is discarded," said Paul Wiegert, author of the report and a Professor at the University of Western Ontario. Between 22,000 and 220,000 pounds of debris, with a diameter of about one centimeter. With a speed of 3,000 kilometers per hour, this debris would then follow the larger asteroids. Some parts, however, could reach the earth, about 15 to 30 days after the collision.
Manageable risk of giving way to important discoveries
it should be "few-to-ten" meteorites, so only a few grams. No danger for our planet, and still could arise as a result of findings on the nature of the heavenly bodies. "If you burn out, you light," said researcher Audrey Bouvier of the University of Bayreuth. Depending on the color whether it is possible for an item to assign.
Also for the other satellite in orbit there is no danger of collision with various debris. Important is the knowledge about how the human being could also intervene in the space. "It is the First of a possibly high number of meteor showers that we are creating in the solar system, and could be a danger," said Wiegert finally.
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Have you ever encountered an animal in your dreams? As much as I love animals, I just realized that don't remember encountering very many, if any while sleeping. That's really odd now that I think about it, lol.
Drawn for a client named Tim, of his lovely partner.
I just love how everything flows in this picture, the gress, the hair, the animals, also I love the coloring style!
All that comes to mind as I saw this, was this.
Oh, that is so wonderful! What music will she listen too?
For myself, I have encountered a lot of animals in my dreams.
And many other weird things... creatures made for horror movies too.
You're lucky! I wish I could encounter more animals and creatures (as long as its not a nightmare lol) I find that dreams can be a great source of inspiration too.
Nice, you still take commissions?
I should be available again fairly soon. Would you like me to add you to a wait list?


He should've pitched Snooki as a potential spokesperson. She's about the same shade of orange as the cones.
And about the same height.
Orange Cones are much more popular than the alternative Asphalt-Black Cones.
Really? I guess you never lived in a town with bright orange roads.
I don't know, I drive so fast all the colors turn to grey.
Let's not forget that Consolidated had ties to the Lithuanian People's Front and their terrorist campaign to topple the Lithuanian government by diverting petroleum away from the manufacture of traffic cones.
Ah, Karl remembers the Lithuanian connection. Few others will. Too bad none of the cones in the photo display the L.
Those who forget history are doomed to re-cone it. Or re-gum it. Whichever comes first.


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The specialty conundrum
By sa | September 23, 2015 | 0
A doctor's career orbits their chosen specialty. The patients they see, the journals they read, their medical interests and alliances, all revolve around a specialty.
Presently, the Irish Medical Council recognises some 56 specialties, with one aspirant specialty (military medicine) awaiting a decision on its status. In deciding on specialty recognition, the Council examines such aspects as whether the proposed specialty is a well-defined area of medical practice; that it demonstrably contributes to substantial improvements in safety and quality in healthcare; and that recognition would be a wise use of resources within healthcare.
However, the Council has stopped accepting new applications, pending a review of the specialty recognition process next year. The Council wants to "open a discussion" on how it protects the public through recognising particular areas of medical practice. Dr Paul Kavanagh, Director of Professional Development and Practice at the Council, says a key question is whether specialty recognition is always the best way to meet this objective, or if other options are available.
Dr Paul Kavanagh, Medical Council
In the context of a changing health service and changing population needs, Dr Kavanagh says the time is "ripe" for analysis and discussion on recognition processes. He confirms to the Medical Independent (MI) that an option that will be explored is "credentialing". Dr Kavanagh notes that this concept is implemented in a number of ways across jurisdictions.
Most recently, the General Medical Council (GMC) in the UK has been examining the idea, which has been discussed in various UK medical fora for a number of years. In July, the GMC opened a public consultation on introducing "regulated credentials". This exercise closes next month and recommendations will go to its governing body in February.
Presently, the Irish Medical Council recognises some 56 specialties, with one aspirant specialty (military medicine) awaiting a decision on its status
The GMC consultation paper describes credentialing as "a process which provides formal accreditation of competences (which include knowledge, skills and performance) in a defined area of practice, at a level that provides confidence that the individual is fit to practise in that area…" On the benefits of credentialing, the document states: "In areas of medicine which fall outside recognised medical specialties, the creation of UK-recognised standards, and a system that we quality assure, would help to make sure that doctors have the appropriate competencies and capabilities. This would be particularly helpful in fields where regulation is limited and patients are vulnerable."
Doctors who have met GMC standards and been awarded credentials in particular fields of practice will have this recorded in their entry on the medical register. A mock-up of how the register may look shows registration details for a fictional doctor whose specialty is noted as plastic surgeon, with additional credentials in "cosmetic surgery (breast) 2017" and "cosmetic surgery (facial) 2020".
Areas that have been suggested as suitable to become credentials include forensic and legal medicine; breast disease management; musculoskeletal medicine; psychosexual medicine; cosmetic surgery; remote and rural medicine; and medical leadership and management.
The proposals would also mean that the GMC would be able to recognise GPs' credentialed special interests on the medical register.
How organisations can establish a GMC-approved credential, and how doctors will obtain and maintain a credential, are among the matters on which feedback has been sought.
GMC guidance requiring doctors to work within the limits of their competence would continue to apply.
In Ireland, credentialing was aired in the influential Building a Culture of Patient Safety — Report of the Commission on Patient Safety and Quality Assurance (2008). However, it described credentialing as "a process whereby healthcare organisations review the qualifications and track record of doctors and other professional staff who are either joining or are already working within their organisations".
The report added: "In the United States, credentialing is linked to the concept of privileging, which is used by healthcare providers to define the scope of practice of healthcare practitioners."
The report said that privileges are related to an individual's documented experience in categories of treatment areas or procedures, to the results of treatment and to the conclusions drawn from quality assurance activities.
It recommended that a group be established to collaborate on the scope, design and implementation of a credentialing system. It also advised that the group should report on the ways in which a credentialing database could potentially be used as part of a privileging system for healthcare professionals.
A Department spokesperson noted the Council's upcoming review, which will examine international best practice.
Back at Kingram House, Dr Kavanagh says that the Council will have to carefully assess what it can move forward in terms of recommendations arising from next year's review.
"Because, for example, to move towards a system of credentialing, some of the initiatives required to give effect to credentialing may reside outside the Medical Council," he comments. "While the GMC in the UK are taking a very particular lead role around credentialing — and we will be very interested in looking at their work — in other health systems, particularly North America and Australia, where credentialing and privileging are quite well established, they tend to operate as what I would term 'clinical governance processes'. So they tend to be functions that are undertaken by the employer, by the healthcare organisation, at an organisational level, and they tend not to involve the medical regulators — they tend to sit outside the medical regulator.
Key lead role
"As you can see in terms of the work the GMC is doing, it has identified a very key lead role for itself. I suppose until we undertake the review, and go through that process, and have those discussions with various different people, it is hard and it would be unfair for me to pre-empt where that might bring us. I think, very definitely, credentialing is likely to be something that we will like to explore, but giving effect to the final view that we take around what is best for the health system in Ireland may have roles and responsibilities for the Medical Council but it may be about making recommendations to other organisations."
Dr Kavanagh believes the Council has done good work in the area of specialty recognition under the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. "Specialty recognition is something that is demand-driven," he adds. "So here at the Medical Council, we don't reach out and suggest that specialties would come forward. It is very much something that happens within the medical community, and groups of doctors come together and determine whether or not they think it would be useful to be evaluated …
"We would know through our interaction with the medical sector that there is quite a bit of interest in this, and quite a number of different groups of doctors are asking that question — should what we do be recognised as a specialty?"
Vascular surgery was the specialty most recently recognised by the Council. It achieved recognition in late 2014, joining intensive care medicine, neonatology and pain medicine as having been accorded specialty recognition last year.
MI has learned of collaboration over recent months between the Office of the State Pathologist, Department of Justice and the RCPI in developing a new application for recognition of forensic pathology (a previous application was not approved).
Meanwhile, Dr John Hillery, Director of Communications and Public Education at the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland, who notes the Council's current moratorium, says the College has been keen to pursue recognition of forensic psychiatry.
The manner in which these areas of practice may be assessed in the future is yet unclear. But Dr Kavanagh says reviewing the process is important, "because that [process] is only fit for purpose in the context of where the health system is at any point in time; in the context of what our population health needs are at any point in time; in the context of where the education and training sector is, and in the context of where the health service is".
"And we know that over recent years we have had Future Health [A Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012- 2015], we have a lot of changes happening in terms of the move towards universal health insurance, shifting the balance between secondary care and primary care, reconfiguring our acute hospital system, and you know the time is probably ripe for us — having done good work in line with international best practice around recognition of specialties over the last number of years, under the 2007 Act — to just pause and have that discussion with the sector around 'is this meeting everybody's needs?'"
One other aspect of specialism is that greater flexibility is required for doctors in training. An upcoming Council report on career intentions and retention intentions will describe the "interest that there is among some trainees to move horizontally from training in one specialty to training to another". Facilitating such movement is an important challenge for the health system, concludes Dr Kavanagh.
The birth of vascular surgery as specialty — the evolution of a profession
Globally, proliferation of medical specialisation has sometimes sparked concern, particularly around possible care fragmentation. However, on other occasions, specialisation has been considered vital to patient care. The latter rings true in the case of vascular surgery, recognised as a specialty in Ireland by the Medical Council in late 2014.
Its journey to monospecialty took time. The view of Mr Sherif Sultan, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, University Hospital Galway and the Galway Clinic, is that, in the years preceding the application in 2011, there was a degree of disquiet about separating vascular surgery from the body of general surgery. He says that long-established work practices, such as the fact that some general surgery lists in private hospitals are undertaken by vascular surgeons, were among the barriers. Mr Sultan says change always meets "challenges and objections". However, he contends the widening technologies and techniques associated with vascular surgery deconstructed any arguments against the move.
Dr Niamh Hynes, Clinical Lecturer in Endovascular Surgery at NUI Galway, and a Senior Registrar in Vascular Surgery at the Galway Clinic, says that from the 1980s, vascular surgery began to acquire "rather unique catheter skills that are not affiliated in any way with general surgery".
The demands of mastering vascular surgery's open and endovascular cohorts necessitated an end to its subspecialty status within general surgery, and specialty status in its own right, she outlines.
The application for specialty recognition in 2011 was spearheaded by the Irish Association of Vascular Surgeons (IAVS), currently chaired by Mr Paul Burke, Consultant Vascular Surgeon at University Hospital Limerick (Mr Dermot Moore was chairman in 2011).
Mr Eamon Kavanagh, the Association's Honorary Secretary when the application was prepared, says the worldwide trend towards monospecialty status laid a solid groundwork, and particularly developments in the UK. In addition, he says the RCSI was very supportive of the Association's plans.
"General surgery accreditation is overseen by the Joint Committee on Surgical Training and our trainees currently sit an intercollegiate examination run by RCSI and the UK Royal Colleges," explains Mr Kavanagh, who works as a Consultant Vascular Surgeon at University Hospital Limerick. "The recognition of vascular surgery as a separate specialty in the UK meant that an exit examination in 'general surgery with a special interest in vascular surgery' would no longer exist — this was a big factor in proceeding with our application."
Some concerns were articulated preceding the application. These included that there would be enhanced demands on a relatively small vascular workforce, in respect of the training, examining and counselling of trainees; and there was also a sense of the unknown, in terms of attracting trainees into the specialty. Private practice in general surgery was an issue touched on, but "wasn't the chief concern", outlines Mr Kavanagh.
In recent years, 10 vascular units in Dublin (five), Cork (two), Waterford, Limerick and Galway have provided vascular training as part of RCSI Higher Surgical Training. Many of the graduates from this programme have also undertaken international fellowships in world-renowned centres in the US, Canada and Australia. Currently, there are approximately 30 consultant vascular surgeons working in the 10 Irish units. This high level of training will continue, but with an enhanced and earlier focus on vascular surgery, says Mr Kavanagh.
A majority of vascular surgeons have already stopped performing elective and emergency general surgery, he reports. "Of course, nobody would like to see a gap in the provision of emergency general surgical care as a result of this change. I think each unit has slightly different challenges and this is likely to lead to an expansion of general surgery posts in some hospitals, whereas some of my vascular colleagues may continue to provide emergency general surgery, as well as their emergency vascular commitment."
As with any specialty, there are challenges in the delivery of care. With an ageing population and increasing prevalence of diabetes, workload is increasing and casemix becoming more complex. "We manage some of the oldest and sickest patients in our hospital and as many as 50 per cent of vascular patients present to hospital on an urgent basis," Mr Kavanagh reports.
Prof Sean Tierney, RCSI Dean of Professional Development and Practice, Surgical Affairs, says the drive for specialisation is based on good data, which shows that "surgical procedures, particularly complex surgical procedures, are best done in high-volume centres by people who do a lot of them, and deal with a lot of those patients, rather than having it diffused".
"People doing smaller numbers of lots of different operations isn't as good, in terms of outcomes, as focusing expertise. And that is really where the drive for specialisation is coming from," he adds.
A number of specialties have grown out of general surgery, but Prof Tierney, who is a vascular surgeon, indicates that a substantial body of work remains for the general surgeon.
As the RCSI website describes, general surgery in itself is not truly a specialty in Ireland. Rather, it has been replaced by general surgeons with a special interest in areas including upper and lower GI and breast surgery.
Prof Tierney says general surgery remains an attractive option, with "no problem recruiting into the specialty".
As to a training programme for vascular surgery at the RCSI, Prof Tierney says the Medical Council has examined the proposed curriculum, which it will either approve or recommend changes to. It is likely to be 2017 before any trainees are taken into the new specialty programme.
The power of experience — undergraduate exposure to different specialties
The battle for space on the undergraduate curriculum intensifies as medicine's knowledge base grows, says Mr Paul Harkin, Director of Strategic Development at UCD's School of Medicine and Medical Science.
Specialty groups have, on occasion, lobbied for more time in the curriculum, sometimes unaware that their specialty may be taught across modules rather than as one. Over the years, UCD and other medical schools have integrated the clinical curriculum into earlier stages of their programmes, in order to expose students to medical practice early on.
Dr Mary Sheehan, ICGP
"For graduate-entry medicine students, in week one, semester one of year one, they are out with a GP observing the patient-doctor interactions," notes Mr Harkin. "Bringing the specialties earlier into the curriculum is one way in which we make the students aware of the different specialty types."
Structured career evenings and formal clinical attachments also contribute to the students' sense of specialties.
Mr Harkin says many students are also well-researched on their options before starting their degree. "For some of them, they have mapped what they are going to be, what type of doctor, what specialty they are going to pursue. Now, that might change during the course of their studies, but they have researched a lot of the options."
Students do sense a long journey ahead and the School tries to "reassure them that there are very clear milestones that they will achieve, and each step in the process gets them down that road".
Medicine is ever-changing and the practitioners of tomorrow may travel down quite different roads, adds Mr Harkin. "More sophisticated therapies are being developed, many with accompanying diagnostic tests, which seek to stratify patients by disease type or stage as well as by response to these interventions. One consequence of personalised or precision medicine — if it is every fully delivered — is that each patient becomes a unique case. Specialism might become redundant or perhaps unattainable."
There are other factors which might impact on the sustainability of specialties. "These include the ability to sustain differentiated training programmes and an increasing trend towards operating across a number of specialties," he explains.
"The long-term strategy of most healthcare systems is to move towards community-based care delivered by general medical practitioners who are supported by allied health professionals and who have good and appropriate referral pathways to specialists when required," he notes. "In the US, insurance companies are increasingly insisting that patients can only be admitted to acute hospitals under the care of a hospitalist (generalist) and explicitly not a specialist.
"Hence, the trend seems likely to continue worldwide away from individual, independent practitioner, towards multi-professional healthcare teams that manage the care continuum. It remains to be seen if this will result in less specialities or, more likely, a clearer differentiation between generalist and specialist," Mr Harkin says.
In respect of UCD medical students, the School seeks to deliver competent individuals who have the necessary skills, knowledge and attributes to be successful in a range of specialties and as a generalist.
"In our 'preclinical' subjects such as chemistry and physics, we look to expose them to the emerging possibilities within nanomedicine," says Mr Harkin. "Mathematics and statistics extends to include computational methods and systems biology. As a strategy, we look to expose our students to research methods and encourage them to participate in research projects in conjunction with our research groups. We look to expose them to early clinical contact and early engagement with a variety of specialists."
It is emphasised to students that medicine is a career with plenty of choice, he says. This point is echoed by academic epidemiologist Prof Anthony Staines, who trained in public health medicine after beginning his career in paediatrics.
"I was working in the Coombe as a neonatal paediatrician," he recalls. "I liked what I was doing but the questions I wanted to ask about my patients were public health questions. I was interested in why they were premature, why they were low birth weight, and I was really interested in what happened to them when they went home. Obviously the clinical questions matter a lot, but what interested me more was the later stuff — which is very much a public health set of questions."
One area of specialism that Prof Staines would like to see developed is child health in the community.
"We don't have a model for general practice with a special interest in, and specialised training in, community child health, which I think would be a valuable model," he says.
In respect of managing multi-morbidity, the ICGP has positioned GPs as specialists. However, it says appropriate resourcing is required. "As a society, we need to learn to value generalism," says ICGP Chair Dr Mary Sheehan. "Based on Barbara Starfield's research, countries that invest in primary care, which is of its nature generalist, have better health outcomes at a lower price."
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