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Second time is the charm
Andrew Hagberg|February 15, 2018
Society's obsession with rap has taken the world by storm. It seems like practically every radio station and playlist is filled with the likes of Kendrick Lamar and Cardi B. Rappers have gone from underground no names to worldwide superstars with million dollar record deals. One of the rap groups that seemed to appear out of nowhere and grasp the attention of mainstream media and fans,was Migos. Signed to Quality Control Music in 2017, the rap group has been on their nonstop grind since. It's impossible not to acknowledge everything Migos has done for the rap genre, with everybody and their mother wanting a piece of the Migos mania.
The Atlanta rap group released their project, Culture II, on January 26th. It is their third studio album and was one of the most anticipated projects of the year. Most of the attention is centered around Culture's release on January 27th, 2017. Culture was the trio's best album at the time and its arrival proved to be merely the crest of the monster wave in which the Migos would ride through the hip hop world. This hip hop royalty status came with Met Gala aperencieces, Snapchat promos, an international tour and million dollar endorsements.
No one could ever accuse Migos of being hesitant with expressing their talents. Culture II clocks in at a hulking 24 tracks, spread over 106 minutes. The trio were recently hailed by Rolling Stone as "shapers of the culture … the most influential group of any genre of the last few years."There is no denying their influence over the current music scene. What makes Culture II so exceptional is the true gift of the Migos, which is their ability to create new sounds without sacrificing their authenticity. Aided by other projects throughout the year, the Migos have achieved the very difficult task of entering the mainstream music scene without going pop.
With high caliber producers such as Metro Boomin, Zaytoven, Honorable Cnote and Pharrell coupled with top notch features from the likes of 21 savage, Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, Travis Scott, Post Malone, Drake and the veteran Atlanta rapper Gucci mane, Culture II proves just how influential the Migos are. Most of the album has a combative and aggressive tone similar to the general groove in Culture.
As the album picks up speed, something surprising happens. Almost halfway into the album's tracklist, the Migos switch it up with the song "Gang Gang." The song starts with the feeling of fog lifting as a club like bass line bounces along more perkily than anything before it. As the song continues a sample of a woman's voice quivers like a trap-house flute. This is a example of a track on this album that sets the Migos apart from the rest of the pack, due to its special color and flavor that breaks boundaries while maintaining the spirit of the Migo sound intact.
One of the most slept on tracks in their Culture II album has to be "Open it up." This song stands out above the rest with its sinister rhythmic organ chords giving the song a spine-chilling phantom of the opera trap remix feel. This particular song is the most musically sophisticated and its beat has the most cultivated style. The lyrics are very similar to most of the other tracks on the album but its vibe is completely remarkable in the sheer musicality and arrangement. Culture II ultimately sounds more like a celebratory howl from the mountaintop than a plain and boring inventory dump. With its daunting amount of tracks, the Migos show they have nothing to hide and they can do so much more than just make a good beat.
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The Governorship Candidate of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) in Lagos State, Mr. Jimi Agbaje has listed three critical programmes that would form the plank of his government when elected into office in March.
This is coming just as Agbaje has stated that his government would ensure that an affirmative policy was put in place to ensure that the dichotomy on the issue of indigeneship and non-indigeneship got bridged in a manner that would ensure equity in the distribution of wealth and opportunities in the state.
A statement issued by the Jimi Agbaje Campaign Organisation in Lagos on Monday quoted the governorship hopeful as making the disclosure during a debate organised by the Lagos West Diocese of the Anglican Communion at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Anglican Church in Ikeja.
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Appraising the quality of lives of the people of the state, Agbaje stated that all the needed support that would ensure quality living were not being provided by successive regimes in the state, saying, residents had to grapple with issues that ought to have been tackled by government.
He stated that the contributions of both indigenes and non-indigenes to the socio-economic development of Lagos could not be discountenanced.
According to him, efforts would be made by the state government under his watch to ensure that the two segments making up the demographics of the state cohabited in a manner that would ensure growth and development.
While lamenting the gross deficit in the available infrastructure in the state due to huge immigration numbers, Agbaje stated that the focus of his government would revolve round the issue of human capital development.
He listed the components of the livability plank as accessibility to quality social welfare schemes such as education, healthcare and infrastructure.
To address the problem, he promised priority to quality education at the primary school level, saying that, the foundational aspects of education had been neglected in a sustainable manner that would put the state in the league of knowledge-based economic hub.
On the economy, Agbaje stated that, with the prevailing performance indications, Lagos had underperformed, but that his government would ensure that the state lived up to its full potential as an economic hub not only in the country but in Africa.
He listed some of the issues that would be of primary concern to him in office to include: An effective, fair and streamlined tax system that would cover all residents of the state.
Agbaje also stated that he would focus on ensuring that prosperity and opportunities were shared by all the segments of the state, with all residents regarded as valuable stakeholders in the task of making the state great.
He said the third leg had to do with assisting residents see a positive future in the state in a manner that would enhance their dignity and actualise their potentials.


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The University of Campinas (Portuguese: Universidade Estadual de Campinas, UNICAMP or Unicamp) is a public research university in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, with its main campus located in the Barão Geraldo district of Campinas and additional campuses in Limeira and Piracicaba.
Consistently ranked as one of the top universities in the country, Unicamp is responsible for around 15% of Brazilian research. Multiple international rankings place Unicamp amongst the best in the world, with QS placing it in the Top 200 globally and the 11th best university under 50 years.
Established in 1962, unlike top brazilian universities which were created by the consolidation of existing schools and institutes, Unicamp was designed from scratch as an integrated research center. Its research focus reflect on having the highest percentage of graduate students in Brazil, 48%. It offers 66 different undergraduate courses and 153 graduate ones.
In the early 1960s the Government of the State of São Paulo had plans to open a new research center in the interior of the state to promote development and industrialization in the region, and commissioned Zeferino Vaz, a former dean of the University of São Paulo's School of Medicine in Ribeirão Preto to organize it. In parallel, a medical school was being planned in Campinas, a demand from the local population that dated from the 1940's. The new university was created by law in December 28th, 1962, but until effective implementation begun in 1966, only the medical school operated, in the building of the Maternity of Campinas.
Over the following two decades, the new university expanded rapidly. In 1968 construction started on a brand new campus, in the district of Barão Geraldo, about 20 minutes from the center of Campinas. Located on farmland donated by a local family, the campus was near the intersections of multiple highways, and would provide a boom for the otherwise small and rural district.  The campus quickly grew to 19 institutes and schools, and after Zeferino Vaz passed away in 1981 was name after him. The school of medicine's teaching hospital, Hospital de Clínicas, became the largest public hospital in the region.
The plain where lies the University City "Zeferino Vaz," the name given to the campus in Campinas, Unicamp, was part of Rio das Pedras farm. Property of João Adhemar de Almeida Prado, was "sold" by the symbolic amount of a cruise. Almeida Prado received this value from the president Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco.
The campus is named after its founder and creator, Professor Zeferino Vaz, who died in 1981. It was he who guided the preparation of the master plan for the university that its "physical and urban layout represented the best possible relationship between the concept and philosophy of the University, its academic and research goals, character and limitations of the terrain, and necessary stages of growth.
The three areas of knowledge were allocated into three sectors: Exact Sciences, Life Sciences and Humanities. These sectors have links to extensions such as the Hospital das Clinicas, Technology Center and Center for Living.
The first building was constructed at the Institute of Biology in 1968. Today, the campus area reaches nearly 3 million square feet and is filled with buildings surrounded by parks and lawns.
There are a total of 24 colleges and schools 10 of which are institutes and 14 which are colleges. The university is also unique that it is home to 22 interdisciplinary Centers and Nuclei. which conduct research and outreach on topics ranging from dance (such as LUME) to computing and education (such as NIED).
The School of Medicine (FCM) is the oldest school of the university. Its medical assistance programs, education and research are in a complex that includes Teaching Care Hospital das Clinicas (HC), the Center for Integral Attention to Women's Health (CAISM), the Blood Center, the Gastrocenter, the State Hospital of Sumaré, The Municipal Hospital "Dr. Mario Gatti "and public health centers in the city of Campinas.
The curriculum content is accomplished through the common core disciplines and multidisciplinary integration of four units: the School of Medical Sciences (FCM), the Institute of Biology (IB), the Institute of Chemistry (IQ) and the Center for multidisciplinary Research in Chemistry, Biology and Agriculture (CPQBA).
Mechanical Engineering at UNICAMP began in 1967 with the creation of the Department of Mechanical Engineering FEC - Campinas School of Engineering. The FEC also had Departments of Electrical Engineering and Chemical Engineering. The School of Mechanical Engineering (FEM) was established in 1989 through the dismemberment of FEC.
FEM has cooperation agreements with institutions and companies like CNPQ, Petrobras, General Motors, Mercedes Benz, Usiminas, the Brazilian Army, US Air Force and others. Agreements between the university and companies and other institutes are common in Unicamp even on projects managed by students like junior enterprises and extracurricular competitions like Formula SAE and EcoCAR.
The Institute of Biology teaches Biological Sciences. It is one of the first three academic units dedicated to teaching, research and extension to be created at Unicamp.
The institute is composed of six departments (Animal Biology; Biochemistry; Genetics and Evolution and Bioagents; Histology and Embryology; Plant Biology; Structural and Functional Biology), and three complementary units: the Herbarium, Zoology Museum and Electron Microscope Laboratory, with about 120 faculty and 190 non-faculty staff.
The Herbarium holds one of the largest collections in Brazil, with 90 thousand specimens, aiding research workers throughout Brazil and abroad in studies of taxonomy, floristic, phytosociology, ecology, plant physiology, floral biology, chemistry, and pharmacology.
The Zoology Museum holds collections used for scientific studies, teaching, loans and exposition. The 15 scientific collections contain 430 thousand specimens.
The Electron Microscope Laboratory has transmission and scanning electron microscopes and the facilities for the preparation of samples for the study of animal and plant tissues, as well as tissues maintained in culture.
Links to colleges and schools can be found here (in Portuguese).
The university has courts for basketball, volleyball, a regulation soccer field, an athletics field with running tracks, a competition swimming pool, a covered gymnasium for indoor spectator sports, which houses also a convention center.
There is also a sports complex in the Faculty of Physical Education. Engenharíadas (Wikipedia) For inter-university competitions there are athletic associations called Ligas (leagues), like LEU (Liga das Engenharias da Unicamp) that unite all the athletes on engineering courses. One of the most famous competitions is Engenharíadas, that is a tournament between engineering colleges end universities. Unicamp is one of strongest competitors and won in 2012, other strong competitors are University of São Paulo and Mackenzie University.
There is athletic associations for each course, that organize sportive events on Unicamp and with other universities.
The Library System of Unicamp (Sistema de Bibliotecas da Unicamp; SBU) comprises a central library named in honor of César Lattes, and more than 20 other libraries located in the colleges. Historical libraries and historical and media archives, such as the Arquivo Edgard Leuenroth, have been established. The library system is automated and its collections may be accessed and searched on the Internet. Its Digital Library section supports a database with more than 25,000 dissertations presented in the university, as well access to the largest electronic libraries of academic journals in the world.
The admission for undergraduate courses is based on an annual open competition called vestibular. The only requirement to be filled is to have a complete high school diploma. The Vestibular comprises two stages: the first is usually done in November, with three essays of various themes and a 48-multiple choice test on Mathematics, History, Geography, Physics, Biology, Chemistry and English. Those who get the minimum scores accomplish the second stage in January, taking tests with 12 questions of each subject, two subjects a day: Portuguese (including Brazilian and Portuguese Literature) and Biology; Chemistry and History; Physics and Geography; Mathematics and English. Until 2005, the candidate had option to take a French test instead of English, but it is no longer an option. Classes usually start in March.
For graduate programs, the university applies tests, interviews and analysis of CVs. Some graduate programs require an exam on the area (such as ANPEC (in Portuguese), for Economics, and PosComp (in Portuguese), for Computing).
Unique among public universities in Brazil, UNICAMP has a career focused on full-time research. Currently there are approximately 100 full-time researchers at the university.
As most Brazilian universities, Unicamp's administration is centralized on the figure of a rector. Unicamp rectors have a mandate of four years, and are chosen by the state governor from a list of three candidates. The candidate list is formed by the three most voted by the university community (staff, faculty and students), and the governor has always chosen the most voted candidate as rector. Zeferino Vaz, who drove the installation and establishment of the university, was the first rector and held the position for 12 years.
The Hospital de Clinicas da Universidade Estadual de Campinas (HCUNICAMP), located within the campus of the University of Campinas, is one of the hospitals of the hospital complex attached to the Faculty of Medical Sciences, UNICAMP.
The HC has a built up area of 65,000.00 square meters. There are more than 4,000 m² in runners over seven blocks. Along with the other hospitals, the hospital complex FCM-UNICAMP has 820 beds.
The hospital trains the students of undergraduate and postgraduate medical and nursing Unicamp's own and other accredited institutions.
Carlos Henrique Brito Cruz left the office early in 2005 to become the scientific director of the research funding agency FAPESP, and elections were anticipated to choose the new rector.
As of August, 2005 the University Council had granted 24 honoris causa doctorate in recognition of contribution made to society by people through their scientific or humanitarian work. This is the full list of the granted people (the date in parentheses designates when the title was delivered).
The National Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM) is a research center founded in January 22, 2010 that combines the structure of three national laboratories, the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS), the National Laboratory of Science and Technology Bioethanol (CTBE) and National Laboratory of Biosciences, formerly called the Center for Structural Molecular Biology (Cebime). Polo II is located in High Technology, in the district of Barao Geraldo, in Campinas, São Paulo state.
The National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) is a research institution on physics, structural biology and nanotechnology by developing projects in the areas of Physics, Chemistry, Engineering, Environment and Life Sciences. The laboratory designed in 1983 began operating in 1997 and is located in the District of Baron Gerard of Campinas, São Paulo.
The LNLS has Latin America's only particle accelerator, a synchrotron, used as a synchrotron light source for various physical, chemical, geological, and biological studies. It was designed and built in Brazil.
Brazil has started construction on the third generation of electron accelerators; it will run at 3GeV. The facility, named Sirius, will be made at the National Synchrotron Light Laboratory (LNLS) in Campinas, next to the UVX current storage ring building in the CNPEM campus. With the planned creation of 40 experiment stations, this will practically triple the current capacity of the accelerator. 13 will be included in the original budget plan, with the other 27 included in later renovations.
↑ LNLS. "How Synchrotron Works." Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory. CNPEM, n.d. Web. <http://lnls.cnpem.br/about-us/how-synchrotron-work/>.
↑ LNLS. "Sirius Project." Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory. CNPEM, n.d. Web. 7 May 2014. <http://lnls.cnpem.br/sirius/>.
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Q: Table Total Column based on cell values - SQL Report Builder 3.0 I have a table built off a dataset containing timesheet data with possible multiple entries per day (day_date) for a given person.  The table is grouped on day_date. The field for hours is effort_hr (see dataset and report layout below).
The table generates a single row with one column for each day (as expected).
For each day I want only one value (total hours for person) so the expression is Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)   This is properly adding up all the hours for each day.
Now I add a total column at the end of the row to see ALL the hours for the whole timesheet.  The expression in the total column cell is Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)  which is exactly the same as the daily ones.  Again, this is adding up all hours for the timesheet.
So this is working great.

I now need a new row that only shows a max of 8 hours per day.  So if the person works less, it shows less, but if the person works more, show a max of 8.
In this case, the daily column expression is:
 IIF(Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)>8.0,8.0,Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value))

And again, it displays perfectly for each day.
The total for this row is where I run into trouble.  I have tried so many ways, but I cannot get the total for the columns in this row.  The report keeps showing an #Error in the cell.  The report saves fine and there is no error in the expr.
The problem seems to come from the fact that there are 2 values for a given day.  So in other words, for 5 days, the person has 6 entries.  When I try it for a person with only 5 entries, no problem.
I have tried:
Sum(IIF(Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)>8.0,8.0,Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)))

RunningValue(IIF(Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)>8.0,8.0,Sum(Fields!effort_hr.Value)),Sum,Nothing)

I either get an #Error, or I get the wrong total.  Is there any way to just get a total for the cell values in the table?  The daily numbers are correct, just give me the total at the end (like Excel).
I could do this in the SQL, but that would mess up other parts of this report.
DataSet:
res_name   |   day_date   |   effort_hr
J. Doe     |   Apr 6, 2015   |   2
J. Doe     |   Apr 6, 2015   |   9
J. Doe     |   Apr 7, 2015   |   8
J. Doe     |   Apr 8, 2015   |   7
J. Doe     |   Apr 9, 2015   |   10
J. Doe     |   Apr 10, 2015   |   9
REPORT TABLE Layout:
           |   Apr 6   |   Apr 7   |   Apr 8   |   Apr 9   |   Apr 10   |   Totals
Total   |      11       |       8      |       7      |      10    |       9       |      45
Reg    |      8       |       8      |       7      |      8    |       8       |      39
OT     |      3       |       0      |       0      |      2    |       1       |      6
Problem:
Row 1 Column Total works great and gives 45 hours ;
Row 2 Column Total either gives #Error, 41, or some other wrong number - just need it to total the actual values of each cell in the row ;
same problem for Row 3 total
Thanks in advance for your time!

A: I used your input data and tried to create the report in given format. I used following function for Row 2 Total
=Sum(IIF(Fields!Efforts.Value>8.0,8.0,Fields!Efforts.Value),"DataSet1",Recursive)

This shows sum as 39 for second row. You can try and let me know if it works for you. If it doesn't I will list the exact steps how I created Matrix and groups.
Note: Don't forget to put your dataset name in the second argument of function Sum. And Recursive, as clear by name, applies Sum recursively for the group.
Update: I followed following steps.
1. Add a Matrix on the report.
2. Under Column group section on Matrix, Select any column name from the dataset. (Otherwise it won't show any columns in the next step)
2. Right click Column --> Add Group --> (Under column group) Add Parent Group. Select Day as Group By --> OK. It will create a new row. Put expression Sum(Efforts) in first row. And your expression =IIF(Sum(Fields!Efforts.Value)>8.0,8.0,Sum(Fields!Efforts.Value)) in the second row.

*Right click on the column group section in the group pane --> Select Add Total --> After. It will add new column at the end of Matrix. Put expression Sum(Efforts) in first row and expression =Sum(IIF(Fields!Efforts.Value>8.0,8.0,Fields!Efforts.Value),"DataSet1",Recursive) in the second row.

*Save and run you should see following in the report.

Remember to change the names of columns and dataset as par your code.
This is an idea on how to do such grouping, obviously you'd need to do changes for the headers and the 3rd row etc.
HTH.

A: Posting another answer as the previous one has become so long.
I referred to this MSDN link, and used the selected answer. Apparently we need to use custom code to achieve this (if you are not willing to change your dataset and have the calculated values in there).

*

*Right click on report --> report properties --> Go to tab 'Code' --> Paste this
Dim public nettotal as Double
    Public Function Getvalue (ByVal subtotal AS Double) AS Double
                nettotal = nettotal+ subtotal
                return subtotal
    End Function
    Public Function Totalvalue()
                return nettotal
End Function

*In the row group expression of second row put
= code.Getvalue(IIF(Sum(Fields!Efforts.Value)>8.0,8.0,Sum(Fields!Efforts.Value)))

*In the Total cell expression (for second row) put
=code.Totalvalue()

*Save and run, you should see following result.

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Chamber will vote for similar action next week as well
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., talks with Democratic women members of the House after a group photo on the East Front of the Capitol on January 4, 2019. On Friday, she directed House lawyers to intervene in the lawsuit challenging the 2010 health law. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted January 4, 2019 at 4:43pm
Lawyers for the House announced on Friday they had filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought by conservative state attorneys general targeting the 2010 health care law.
The motion comes after the House voted Thursday night on a part of its rules package, which included authorization for the House to join the lawsuit, Texas v. U.S.
A federal judge ruled last month the entire health law should fall after Congress ended the penalty for not having insurance coverage and Democratic attorneys general defending the law on Thursday filed a motion to appeal the ruling.
"On Day One of the new Congress, the new Democratic House took action to protect people with pre-existing conditions and all Americans' health care," Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California said in a statement. "The Affordable Care Act and all its life-saving protections are the law of the land. While the Administration refuses to meet its responsibilities to defend the laws, the House of Representatives is acting to uphold the constitutionality of this law and protect the health care of every American."
The House's filing argues that Congress has the authority to defend federal laws when a federal agency does not. The Justice Department declined to defend the part of the law protecting coverage for people with pre-existing conditions.
The judge stayed the ruling pending appeals.
House General Counsel Douglas Letter is representing the House along with co-counsels Donald B. Verrilli Jr., the former solicitor general who argued on behalf of the Obama administration in the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that upheld the law, and Brianne Gorod, chief counsel of the Constitutional Accountability Center.
The House is set to vote on Jan. 9 on a standalone resolution to intervene in the lawsuit by freshman Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, Pelosi spokesman Henry Connolly said on Twitter. That resolution would be similar to Title III of the Democratic rules package detailing the authorization to intervene in the case.


On Friday Lin-Manuel Miranda released his Hurricane Maria relief song to benefit Puerto Rico, and now he's giving the world a behind-the-scenes look at the recording process.
Miranda released a video to accompany the song, which fosters an even greater feeling of togetherness in wake of the tragic natural disaster.
After opening with a shot of the island the video shows talented celebrities like Marc Anthony, Camila Cabello, Jennifer Lopez, Luis Fonsi, Gloria Estefan, and Gina Rodriguez belting out their verses in the studio.
All proceeds from the song will go to the Hispanic Federation's Unidos Disaster Relief Fund.


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A letter to my best friend Sirius Beagle
Dear Siri Beagle
From the first day I brought you home from Stevens Point in 2014 to the walk we took this morning, you have been my best friend. That spans 5218 days, which to a human is 14 years but in the dog world that means you are well over 100 years old.
Every day in between, I have made sure that you have lived the grandest of all lives. Because every 52 days for me, is like an entire year for you, so I wanted you to see the world and experience everything. Often I have put your needs well above my own; that is how much you mean to me.
As a pup, we spent countless hours together where learned to obey, listen and do several tricks. I don't know if it is a beagle trait, but the way you lay down by pushing your face onto the carpet and then flopping your butt down before happily accepting a treat as a reward is priceless. You are super smart which means that you are very stubborn! Sometimes I think that you were training me, and not the other way around.
I named you after the Harry Potter series, with your full name being Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius Beagle. You were Siri before Steve Jobs and Apple ever thought of the name Siri. You were the first.
You've had dozens of nicknames over the years, including Prissy Paw because of the way you sat as a puppy, with a slight bend in your front right leg. For awhile I called you Abby when I wanted to talk about you but didn't want to use your name because you were wake up. But you have always been Siri Beagle.
We've been on hundreds of miles of walks together in the neighborhood. Your personal best distance is 11 miles when you were a younger pup. But you really love being a beagle and running on single track trails. Your nose drops to the ground and you gallop with the greatest of ease. For the longest time I wasn't able to keep up with you, but you would always stop and look back, waiting for me to catch up. In those miles I've shared my inner thoughts with you on long walks, and together we've solved all the worlds problems.
At 100 years old, you are still walking 10-15 miles a week; That is more than most humans. I know you don't know what miles are, but you know the smiles that you get from being outside.
And when I wanted to go on longer walks and you weren't able to, I started pushing you in a dog stroller, stopping to take you out from time to time. You love being in the dog stroller, holding your head out the front as the wind blows in your face and making your ears flair out like you are an airplane taking off.
The good doctors at Valley Animal Hospital have taken care of you like you were their own since we moved to Huntsville. They welcome you with love when you go there to play and they recognize your howl when I show up for you to come home. I truly believe that it is because of Dr. Wilson MacManus and others that you have had such a long and health life. They have said that for all these years you were the healthiest beagle in all of Huntsville and I truly believe them.
It is a good thing that we have Dr. Mac, because along the way, you had your share of health issues. They started with your incurable allergies as a pup back in Wisconsin when we discovered you were allergic to grass and dust mites which meant you could not go outside or stay inside. Luckily you out grew them!
We were worried that you had ruptured a ligament in your hind leg when you were a few years old, but that was hundreds of miles ago and it healed without surgery.
But you have had a number of surgeries, including the most recent back surgery after some age-related nerve damage that caused your back right leg to stop from working. With the best medical care and the surgeons were able to get you back to running and walking.
After your back surgery, I sat in a cold bathtub with you, so you could work through your rehab. Swimming was non-impact and the icy cold water helped with your pain as you built of the strength in your leg. So, I sat in there with you, holding you just right so your legs would make the swimming motion. You were able to get back on your feet, literally and today you walked 4 miles pain free.
Earlier this year you lost your hearing, but because we spent time training all of those years ago, you still know hand signals. And nothing can take away your sense of smell and you know what your dad smells like. You know when I hold you close.
You were there for me after I had me known knee surgery, with the torn meniscus during Mountain Mist 50km. I was in so much pain in the recovery, that I remember hobbling on crutches for a ¼ mile walk, and crying the entire time that I would never run again. But you walked next to me and gave me hope that I could come back, which I did, qualifying for the Boston Marathon on the final race of my career.
You welcomed a new baby sister when you were just 4 years old yourself. And you served as a great big sister for her. Even when she is a pesky little sister and refuses to lay next to you on the couch, but wants to lay on top of you, you didn't just tolerate her but you love her back. You even welcomed another sister when Lyla moved six years ago. With Rachel as the mom of all three girls, we formed a family.
We've driven across the country together countless times where we spent summers in Michigan. You love to sneak off down the stairs and swim in the Menominee River. You are loved by my parents as my mom refers to you and your sister as her grand doggies. She had pictures of you on her desk at work.
When I wanted to start sharing my thoughts on running with the world, I created a blog, aptly named SiriusUltraRunner, after you. You've had your own email address, Facebook page and Twitter account @SiriusBeagle ever since.
When I come home, you have welcomed me lovingly with a bark and a face lick every time. Even if I had to be at work all day and you peed on the floor before I got home, it is hard to be mad at you for very long. Even if I was only gone a few minutes, to you it was like welcoming me home after I had been gone for a week.
So I want you to know that I don't have a single regret about anything with you in the last 14 years. Everyday I have told you that I love you. I have not once walked past you and not stopped to pet your head. I have given you the best care and shown you the best dog life imaginable.
And now, we face the greatest challenge of your entire life. A recently discovered growth on your right cheek warranted a trip to the vet where they said that they did not like what they saw. We don't have all the answers yet, but the doctors are being aggressive with your diagnosis. On Thursday we will head to Blue Pearl in Nashville to have the mass looked at by a surgeon and meet with an oncologist. I promise you that they will take good care of you and I will be there with you every step of the way.
Siri you have so many miles left in your legs. You have a million more wags left in your tail. You have enough barks and howls left to drive the neighbors crazy. You are still a vibrant, healthy, active and beautiful little beagle and it is not your time to leave us. You are a tough old girl and will put up a very good fight. Please know that you have a lot of people praying for you.
Please also know that if the time comes when you are in pain, or can no longer have a quality of life, we will have to have a very difficult talk about what will come next.
I know that you may not understand all of what is going on; it is difficult to understand. I tried to explain this to you during our walk on Sunday, but a combination of your loss of hearing and my shaky voice and falling tears, I don't think that I did a very good job.
But until that day, we will do everything we can to give you the best care known to man's best friend. Because you are my best friend. You are my daughter. You are my family.
I love you Siri Beagle. Yesterday, today, tomorrow and forever. You will always be my girl.
Your Dad
My Favorite 42 Actors of the Last 42 Years
What is the best part about making a list? The reader is at the mercy of the writer!
This is my personal list of the top 42 actors within the last 42 years, representing the span of my lifetime. You can argue that my first movie watching impressions were not made until the mid-80's, but this is my list, so it's my rules. Let's call the time period of 1975 to the present, the "Modern Era of Movie Making."
I tend to watch more drama than comedy. More action than horror. More adventure than sci-fi. So, while I do enjoy a good Dan Aykroyd and Billy Murray movie, not many actors who focus on the comedy genre made my list. It is comprised mostly of movies that have had some sort of impact on me in my younger, impressionable years. The list involves mostly movie actors, but there are some actors I nominated because of tv roles they've played, and some who did both movies and tv, excelling at both.
The best part about my list, is that it is my list. I can guarantee you that no one on earth has the same list, in the same sequence. That is because each person has their own movie watching history, and while you may appreciate what I have assembled, you will likely disagree somewhere along the way. The uniqueness of each person in this world is one of the many things that fascinates me. It's what makes lists of this nature, so much fun.
With any list, there are going to be snubs. Despite endless hours of research on this project, I inevitably overlooked or forgot someone. And it is probable that if I start over, the sequence of the list may change. But eventually you just have to drawn the line in the sand and call it done. I've drawn my line.
Before you start leaving comments about my choices, note that I am able to separate the craft from the person. I am not looking for role models in my movie stars. So, if they lean one way or the other politically, or have had other issues off stage, I've put those things aside. And I am sure that someday I will take the time to create an actress list, but there are only so many hours in the day and I had to start somewhere.
Without further ado, here is the list of my 42 favorite actors from the last 42 years.
42. Heath Ledger
Reasons why: A Knight's Tale, The Dark Knight. His portrayal of the Joker is one of the best acting performances I have ever seen. It is likely how much he got into character for this that brought about his demise.
41. Mel Gibson
Reasons why: Maverick, Braveheart. While I enjoyed his ability to play an insane cop in the action and adventure series Lethal Weapon, it was his role in Maverick opposite James Garner that I preferred.
40. Al Pacino
Reasons why: Heat, Insomnia. Watching Will Dormer try to stay awake, while hiding secrets in the Alaskan thriller, Insomnia, was one of Pacino's most masterful performances and it totally flew under the radar.
39. Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Reasons why: Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, 500 Days of Summer. With a host of credits from his youth that include 3rd Rock from the Sun, Roseanne, and Family Ties, JGL has been at it for a long time with his best roles to come.
38. Andrew McCarthy
Reasons why: Mannequin, Pretty in Pink, Less Than Zero, St. Elmo's Fire. An original brat-packer, McCarthy's role as the rich kid falling in love with the girl from the wrong side of the tracks in Pretty in Pink earns him a nomination.
37. James Spader
Reasons why: Blacklist, Stargate, Less Than Zero, Pretty in Pink. One of the actors who played such a bad boy in his youth, then went on to reinvent himself later in life with his role in Blacklist, which is must watch TV.
36. Donald Sutherland
Reasons why: Without Limits, A Time to Kill, Outbreak, JFK, M*A*S*H. Ironically the movies that earned him a spot on the list are mostly in supporting roles like JFK which he plays so convincingly.
35. Jon Voight
Reasons why: The Rainmaker, Mission: Impossible, Deliverance. Jon Voight's career was mostly before my lifetime so I've seen him play the role of dad (National Treasure) quite a bit, but some of his early stuff like Deliverance is A+.
34. Christian Slater
Reasons why: Pump Up the Volume, Gleaming the Cube, Heathers, Young Guns II. Always playing the rebellious teenager during my rebellious teen years meant that I couldn't get enough of Christian Slater.
33. Richard Gere
Reasons why: Unfaithful, The Jackal, Primal Fear, Pretty Woman. I will be honest that I have never seen An Officer and a Gentleman (*gasp*), which I've read may have been peak Richard Gere, but otherwise his resume is stellar.
32. Ben Affleck
Reasons why: Changing Lanes, Gone Girl, Runner Runner, Argo, The Town, Good Will Hunting. Ben really should be ranked higher on this list, but has a series of bad movies from Gigli to Batman, which are forgettable roles.
31. Anthony Hopkins
Reasons why: Fracture, Silence of the Lambs. Sir Anthony's role as Dr. Hannibal Lecter makes my skin crawl just thinking about it. While he has had other good films, Lambs is one of the most epic acting performances of all time.
30. Tommy Lee Jones
Reasons why: The Fugitive, Double Jeopardy, Blown Away, Lincoln. Chasing down Dr. Richard Kimble, Tommy Lee Jones as Samuel Gerard in The Fugitive has some of the best 1-liners as that character was written for him.
29. Kiefer Sutherland
Reasons why: Flatliners, A Time to Kill, A Few Good Men, Young Guns, Stand by Me. Kiefer from the mid-80's to early 90's are what trip my trigger, especially playing bad ass roles like Lt. Jonathan Kendrick and Ace Merrill.
28. Nicolas Cage
Reasons why: National Treasure, Con Air, The Rock, Gone in 60 Seconds, Face/Off. Sure it is an 8 to 1 ratio of bad movies to good, but when Nic was in his prime fighting bad guys, no one did it better.
27. Kevin Spacey
Reasons why: The Usual Suspects, A Time to Kill, Se7en. Who better portraits the criminally insane than Kevin Spacey? The twist (spolier alert) at the end of The Usual Suspects is one of the great movie endings of all time.
26. Edward Norton
Reasons why: Fight Club, Primal Fear, Rounders, The Italian Job. When someone with an innocent smile can play the role of such a bad guy, it is such a rare combination that you just never see coming, aka Tyler Durden.
25. Mark Wahlberg
Reasons why: Lone Survivor, The Departed , The Perfect Storm. I couldn't believe it either until I started the research and realized all of the movies that this former New Kid was in I really enjoyed--Thanks Marky Mark!
24. Tom Berenger
Reasons why: Last of the Dogmen, Platoon, Major League. Probably an actor that is left off many lists, Berenger was meant to wear a cowboy hat. His role as Lewis Gates in Dogmen opposite Barbara Hershey was one of his best.
23. Daniel Day-Lewis
Reasons why: Lincoln, The Last of the Mohicans, Gangs of New York. Day-Lewis doesn't do it often, but when he is aleading man, prepare to be blown away. I really thought I was watching Abraham Lincoln for 2 hours and 28 minutes.
Reasons why: Spy Game, Money Ball, Fight Club, Sleepers, Se7en. Screaming "What's in the box?!" before shooting John Doe was a great movie ending, but Pitt has countless other roles (Tyler Durden) that earn him a top 25 spot in my list.
21. Andy Griffith
Reasons why: Matlock, The Andy Griffith Show. I could watch Ben Matlock with his southern charm crack murder mysteries in an Atlanta courtroom all day long and twice on Sundays.
20. John Krasinski
Reasons why: 13 Hours, The Office, A Quiet Place. Definitely a newcomer to my list, but John proved his versatility as he went from goofy Jim Halpert playing pranks on Dwight in The Office to a six-pack of muscle in Benghazi.
19. Sean Connery
Reasons why: Medicine Man, The Rock, DragonHeart, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, The Hunt for Red October, James Bond. The list is never ending for Connery, but I love him most as Indiana's dad in Last Crusade.
18. Tom Hanks
Reasons why: Saving Private Ryan, Apollo 13, Big, Splash. Hanks was the go to leading man in Hollywood for two decades, and deservedly so. But I think it was his crossing dressing role in Bosom Buddies that helped launch his stardom.
17. Robert De Niro
Reasons why: Heat, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Goodfellas, Cape Fear, The Deer Hunter, Taxi Driver. Most people didn't know that De Niro played the Creature in Frankenstein, which was far and away the best adaptation of this story.
16. Matt Damon
Reasons why: The Departed, The Talented Mr. Ripley, Saving Private Ryan, The Rainmaker, Good Will Hunting. The story of Will Hunting makes me want to go out and conquer the world. Thank you for writing and starring in it Mr. Damon.
15. Neil Patrick Harris
Reasons why: How I Met Your Mother, Doogie Howser, M.D. The original blogger and child doctor prodigy with a crush on Wanda Plenn went on the play a womanizer in HIMYM. Two totally different roles showing great diversity.
14. Billy Crystal
Reasons why: City Slickers, When Harry Met Sally, Throw Momma from the Train. Watching Mitch Robbins yell "moo cow" in a river during a mid-life crisis while he search for the meaning of life on a cattle drive with his best friends = priceless.
Reasons why: Insomnia, What Dreams May Come, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Good Morning Vietnam. A life cut tragically short, I have never been so moved (queue the tears) as I was with his role as Sean in Good Will Hunting.
12. Bruce Willis
Reasons why: Die Hard, Unbreakable, The Sixth Sense, Armageddon. Known as a blockbuster movie guy, it is the roles of David Addison on Moonlighting and Paul Stevens on Friends that move Demi Moore's ex-husband near the top of this list.
11. Alan Alda
Reasons why: Murder at 1600, ER, Blacklist, MASH. Alan Alda's laugh is utterly infectious and his portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce is one of my favorite on screen performances. Goodybe. Farewell. Amen.
10. Morgan Freeman
Reasons why: Kiss the Girls, Se7en, Unforgiven, The Shawshank Redemption, Batman Begins. The old joke is that if you could have anyone narrate your life, it would be Morgan Freeman. Ellis Boyd 'Red' Redding for the win.
9. John Cusack
Reasons why: Love & Mercy, Runaway Jury, Identity, Serendipity, Con Air, Say Anything... His role as Brian Wilson from the Beach Boys is so stunning that it took this top 25 guy and vaulted him into the top 10 for me.
8. Harrison Ford
Reasons why: Star Wars, Raiders, The Fugitive, What Lies Beneath. Maybe the one actor on this list who has been on top for all 4 four decades. When they killed him off in Star Wars, I shed more than a few tears.
7. Kevin Bacon
Reasons why: The Following, Mystic River, Stir of Echoes, Wild Things, Apollo 13, A Few Good Men, Footloose. No one else can claim to have a "six degrees..." game named after themselves, but Kevin Bacon. He is Kevin-freaking- Bacon.
6. Scott Bakula
Reasons why: Quantum Leap. The highest ranking of any actor largely known for a single role. Yes, yes, yes, I know he has a few other credits, but leaping from life to life, striving to put right what once went wrong is legendary for me.
5. Kevin Costner
Reasons why: JFK, Tin Cup, Field of Dreams, Dances with Wolves, The Bodyguard, Bull Durham. "If you build it, they will come." And as long as Kevin Costner keeps making movies about my passion, I will be in the front row.
4. Patrick Swayze
Reasons why: Ghost, Point Break, Dirty Dancing. Three of my favorite movies of all time. Swayze is the first person on my Mount Rushmore of actors. Nobody puts Bodhi in a corner.
3. Matthew McConaughey
Reasons why: Lincoln Lawyer, A Time to Kill, Dazed and Confused, Sahara. If there is such a thing as one man having a man crush on another man, I have one on Mattew McConaughey for his role as Jake Tyler Brigance.
2. Tom Cruise
Reasons why: Top Gun, Mission Impossible, American Made, Rock of Ages, The Last Samurai, Minority Report, A Few Good Men, The Firm, Risky Business. Jump on as many couches as you want Tom. You've earned your ranking.
1. Leonardo DiCaprio
Reasons why: Shutter Island, Inception, The Revenant, Titanic, The Beach, Growing Pains. Team Leo has starred in more of my favorite movies than another other actor, putting him on the top of the mountain for this list.
Editing credits courtesy of Rachel Charette.
Top 20 Cereals of the Last 40 Years: The Mount Rushmore
Unless you have been sleeping under a rock for the last month, you have been on the edge of your seat waiting for the day to come when I would reveal the best cereal of the last 40 years. By now, it is highly likely that you have scrolled to the bottom and ruined the surprise. But, if by chance you are a purist when it comes to lists and have stuck with me for this long, maybe you will stay just a little bit longer.
This was never about the cereal. Okay, maybe it was a little about the cereal. But in reality, this was always about the journey that I wanted to take the reader on. This was a way for me to let you peer inside my childhood years and see why I developed a lifelong passion for cereal. Not many things other than Star Wars have encompassed my entire life like cereal. It likely taught me to read, having spent every morning staring at the side of the box wondering what riboflavin was and why the cereal inside was providing me with 20% of my daily requirements of it. This list also reflects the quirkiness of my nature in the fact that I made a list of my top 20 cereals of the last 40 years. Who does that? This guy.
And this was also about the writing. Having started writing about the same time I started eating cereal, this was a chance to return to my roots. I wrote my first novella at age 16, But the years that followed were more filled with engineering technical pieces and running race reports than with the type of writing that I truly enjoy. I have dipped into that passion from time to time over the last few years with my series on the rare virus that attacks my vocal cords and how it has changed my life, but you have to be close family or my mom to enjoy reading those words. This was an opportunity to write for the pure joy of writing.
Write what you know. Seems like the golden rule of writing. Well, I know cereal. So thank you for joining me on this journey and hope that you have been entertained along the way.
Let's start with a recap of numbers 20 through 6 from my three previous blogs.
20. Cap'n Crunch
19. Cocoa Puffs
18. Kaboom
17. Crispix
16. Cookie Crisp
15. Honey Nut Cheerios
14. Zucaritas
13. Cinnamon Toast Crunch
12. Coco Wheats
11. Sugar Crisp
10. Lucky Charms
9. Banana Bugs 'n' Mud
8. Honey Comb
7. Teddy Grahams
6. Marshmallow Krispies cereal
And now, the top 5. Thank you for reading along.
5. S'mores Crunch
By now you have likely realized that many of my favorite cereals were produced during my peak cereal eating years of 1980 to 1984. S'mores Crunch made a debut in my cereal bowl in 1982 which was during the same time I was watching Super Friends, Shirt Tales and the Richie Rich Show on Saturday morning cartoons. It basically was Golden Grahams on steroids, as General Mills flavored the graham cracker pieces with chocolate and added tiny marshmallows. Until creating this list, I never knew that I had such a passion for tiny marshmallows in cereal but apparently it is a real thing. Like so many other cereals, S'mores Crunch was retired too soon, as production was stopped in 1988. But maybe this is actually for the best? Just like going back to watch a movie from the 80's that I thought was so good (then) and turns out to be not good today, S'mores Crunch may be better left in the 1980's.
4. Apple Jacks
Not many fruit flavored cereals survived the rigorous process I went through to create this list. Is it possible that my strong diastase for Fruit Loops has clouded my judgement for other fruity cereals? Apple Jacks makes a strong entry on the list at number four. Originally just orange colored loops, it was not until the late 90's that the green circles were added to provide diversity. Apple Jacks is the perfect balance of crunchiness, robust flavor and nutritional goodness. But it truly reigns supreme as one of the best cereals to provide drinkable milk at the bottom of the bowl, along with Apple Cinnamon Cheerios.
3. Grape Nuts
My number three entry likely does not appear on any other top cereal list other than a list where people confuse dog food for cereal. Grape Nuts can literally taste like gravel if eaten straight out of the box. But when combined with two scoops of sugar and skim milk, this concrete cousin transforms into gritty goodness. Before this metamorphosis, it is clearly the healthiest cereal to make the list. The third and final entry for Post, Grape Nuts has tremendous scoop-ability for getting the most amount of cereal onto a single spoon. And if you want a totally mind blowing experience, try substituting microwaved evaporated milk (for cold skim milk) and you may just replace filet mignon as your last meal on earth.
2. Golden Grahams
I have previously admitted that some cereals may have been ranked higher than normal due to pure sentimental value. When I think about my dad eating cereal, I think of him eating a bowl of Golden Grahams. But unlike my approach of simply adding milk, my dad goes about this a little differently. In fact, in his bowl of Golden Grahams, there are very little Golden Grahams. He adds granola, fresh fruit from the garden, nuts and an occasional raisin which in other cases may be a grounds for disownment, but that is another list. He also prefers warm(er) milk and if my mom will allow it, he would want it to be whole milk. I have to eat mine in ice cold skim milk and have been known to actually add ice cubes. A box of Golden Grahams will last my dad for a month, whereas it may not make it to the end of grocery day for me. But regardless of our methods, it is something that we share as father and son. This honey and brown sugar flavored cereal narrowly missed top billing.
1. Ice Cream Cones
I believe that 1987 was the greatest year of all time. I was 12 years old. Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard was on the radio. I was an all star first baseman for the First National Bank little league team at Lodal Field. I was dating the older sister of a team mate. We went to school camp and my friend Ryan Milkey made me much cooler than I actually was. I had my first Mark McGwire rookie card and life was good. I was in the advanced math and reading classes at Garden Village School and life could not be better.
In that same year, General Mills introduced Ice Cream Cones cereal. It was a combination of sweetened puffs with sugar cone-shaped pieces sweetened with waffle cone flavor. Do I really need to say anything else? Our local grocery store in Kingsford, Michigan only carried the vanilla flavor, while the big cities were treated to chocolate and chocolate chip varieties. Before adding milk, you could make tiny ice cream cone replicas by carefully balancing the ice cream puffs atop the waffle cones. Though I will never mention it under oath in a court of law, this cereal was actually two sugary to be eaten right out of the box. But the milk would actually cut though the sweetness and produce an amazing result. An occasional cone might pierce the roof of your mouth, but it was worth the risk.
Peddling on a bicycled shaped ice cream cart, Ice Cream Jones battled life threatening conditions like man eating cartoon bears and falling trees in the woods to deliver Ice Cream Cones to kids. He also manged to sing a catchy jingle where he chimed "No storm keeps Ice Cream Jones from bringing you, your Ice Cream Cones."
What is beyond comprehension is the fact that this cereal was discontinued in the same year in which it made its debut. General Mills did bring this cereal back in 2003 for the 100th anniversary of the ice cream cone, but I refused to bite on this gimmick. For me, Ice Cream Cones cereal is what 1987 was all about. Eating something that made you feel good without worry.
If there was a Mount Rushmore of cereals, Ice Cream Cones would be the Abraham Lincoln, cut down before their prime.
Until next time my cereal eating friends...
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Fond du Lac County reports 359 new COVID-19 cases; provides updates on contact tracing, testing
Daphne Lemke
FOND DU LAC - The Fond du Lac County Health Department reported 359 more positive COVID-19 tests since Friday, according to its Community Impact Dashboard.
The county's total positive case count is now up to 4,425, as of the 2 p.m. Monday update. There are 1,659 active cases in the county, and 13 of those people are hospitalized. To date, 159 have been hospitalized, 2,747 have been released from isolation measures and 28,885 have tested negative. Virus-related deaths within the county are at 19.
With the dashboard's breakdown of age ranges, residents in their 60s have seen the biggest jump in cases with an additional 64 since Friday, followed by residents in their 50s with 61 new cases. Residents in their 20s and 50s each account for about 18% of the total cases.
All of the age categories break down as follows:
Ages 0 to 9, 146 cases, 17 new since Friday
Ages 10 to 19, 431 cases, 36 new
Ages 90 to 99, 20 cases, 1 new
The county also on Monday updated its Safe Restart metric status report, which shows an "excellent" status across two of the criteria: testing availability and personal protective equipment.
The criteria looking at number of cases, county hospitals' ability to care for patients without going into crisis standards and contact tracing are all in the red "of concern" status.
To combat the contact tracing difficulties during the continued rise in cases, the Fond du Lac Health Department has implemented a prioritized model of contact tracing: the department will prioritize notifying individuals 65 and older and 18 and younger. Everyone else will be called as capacity allows, according to the health department's Facebook page.
Fond du Lac School District updated its totals Friday, reporting 20 active cases among students and eight among staff. To date, 87 students and 21 staff have tested positive.
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Fond du Lac offers testing opportunities
The Fond du Lac Health Department reminds county residents to stay home if they're feeling sick and to socially distance with the appropriate face covering when leaving the house.
A free drive-thru testing site is open every Thursday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. — or until they reach testing capacity — at the Fond du Lac County Fairgrounds, 520 Fond du Lac Ave.
Appointments aren't required, but Wisconsin residents can pre-register at register.covidconnect.wi.gov if they don't want to register at the site.
Visitors will need to be prepared to give their name, address, phone number and date of birth.
On the other days, anyone with even minor COVID-19 symptoms, such as cough, difficulty breathing, sore throat or fever, is asked to call 1-844-225-0147 for testing information.
Individuals will be screened and directed to the COVID-19 clinic, as locations may vary. They will also be asked to provide their insurance information at the time of testing for billing.
Contact Daphne Lemke at 920-907-7968 or dlemke@gannett.com.
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Grassroots consultative approach adopted to end NPA scourge: Exec
By Samantha Burgos on February 17, 2020
A top official from the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) in the region said they will try a different approach to end local communist armed conflicts.
"We want to address a new approach by talking to the barangays and asking them what they need instead of us assuming what they needed," DILG XI regional director Alex Roldan said in a press conference on Friday.
Under the new approach, local government executives and civil society groups will take the lead role in communicating with the communities, while the military will take a backseat.
They already started teaming up with the barangays and made sure that local officials know where to address their concerns.
"We changed it. We go there not to give them projects which we decided, but talk to them and ask them what they need," he said.
He also said that he wanted to establish a partnership between the local government and these communities.
This is in line with Executive Order No. 70, which institutionalizes a whole of nation approach in attaining inclusive and sustainable peace, creates a task force to end local communist armed conflict, and directs the adoption of a national peace framework.
Councilor Mabel Sunga-Acosta filed a resolution supporting EO No. 70. She said that as for the city, "we already been doing this for long now, especially that we have Peace 911, which is similar to the aim of EO 70," she said.
Meanwhile, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), which is helping former rebels obtain livelihood skills to help their transition back to mainstream society.
The Tesda, being the poverty and livelihood and employment committee, also teamed up with other agencies to uplift the communities, particularly those still languishing under the influence of the New People's Army.
"The training for these people depends on what an individual or the community needs. Talaingod surrenderers, for example, have been enrolled in construction training, carpentry, masonry and welding, and these people were hired for the road construction in their place," Tesda assistant regional director Arlyn Bandong said.
"We have focused resources in 2020 to sustain we had in 2019, in cooperation with the national agencies, local government units, and civil societies," she added.
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Greece is doomed
By Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias Jun 27, 2015, 10:30am EDT
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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras
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Things seem to have reached Desperation O'Clock in Greece, where Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is now seeking a referendum as a way to avoid a choice between agreeing to the kind of austerity budget he promised to avoid and the Greek exit from the eurozone that he also promised to avoid. For the latest developments, you should probably check a dedicated financial news service like the Wall Street Journal, or Bloomberg. For a sophisticated and well-informed account of what Greece's European partners have done wrong, you should read Karl Whelan. For an analysis of the specifics of Tsipras' gambit, you should read Hugo Dixon.
But to understand the deeper causes of what's been going on since Tsipras' government swept to power in January, you really need to set the finance and economics aside and focus on the politics. Greece has been drawing dead this whole time, and the future outlook appears bleak for one simple reason — nobody else in Europe who holds power has any interest in making things anything other than painful for Greece.
1) Giving Greece a better deal would be a political disaster
Tsipras' fundamental miscalculation has been that he thought that by cloaking his specific requests for more lenient terms in the larger cause of anti-austerity politics, he could build a coalition of political support throughout Europe for his position. The reality was just the opposite. While politicians in Europe's creditor nations were naturally reluctant to grant Greece a better deal, politicians in Europe's debtor nations were even more opposed.
After all, if electing a bunch of far-left types to parliament so they can demand a better deal actually worked, then voters in Portugal and Spain and Italy and Ireland would take note of that fact. And the last thing the current crop of elected officials in Lisbon and Madrid and Rome and Dublin want is to all be turned out in favor of a bunch of far-left types.
2) Letting Greece default gracefully would be a disaster
Even if Greece's European partners weren't inclined to give Greece a better financial deal, they could have at least smoothed the path to default. A Greece that doesn't pay what it owes would be instantly cut off from credit markets and forced to run a very austere fiscal policy.
It's in Europe's interest to make things as hard as possible for Greece
Things could have been left at that. Instead, throughout the year, the European Central Bank has been saying that it will cut the Greek banking system off from emergency funding if Greece doesn't keep paying its debts. That means default will lead to the collapse of Greek banks, and the end of Greek membership in the euro.
That's a political decision the ECB isn't legally required to make. But politically it's the only possible decision. After all, if a default works out non-disastrously for Greece then other countries could be tempted to default. And international investors might worry that other countries could be tempted to default, raising interest rates and slowing the European economy. Only making default as painful as possible can safeguard the interests of other countries.
3) Letting Greece leave the Eurozone gracefully would be a disaster
Here's where the news gets really bad for Greece. Leaving the Eurozone could, in theory, go better or worse. But Europe needs it to go as badly as possible. After all, if Greece leaving goes pretty well, then other countries might be tempted to leave. And that raises the prospect of debt defaults, higher interest rates, and slowing European growth.
Once again, it's in Europe's interest to make things as hard as possible for Greece.
4) This is the time to fold 'em
The tragic irony, if you are Tsipras, is that his plan very well might have worked back in 2010 when his predecessors originally agreed to the terms of a bailout. Back then, the whole situation was considerably more fluid. Greece could have threatened to default and essentially commit a murder/suicide on the entire European economy unless it got better terms. That would have been a very risky strategy and you can see why the Greek government didn't pursue it. But it might have worked.
Yet as the song says, you need to know when to hold 'em and know when to fold 'em.
Five years ago was a good time for a risky bet. Today, Greece has no cards, and their best bet would have been to surrender months ago and hope to quietly score some small concessions down the road after building some good will.
Tsipras couldn't very well sweep to power promising to tear up the old deal and then agree to basically the same old deal. He had to make a great months-long show of trying for something better, even though it's always been impossible for him to get something better.
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Coach Dan Bell
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Month: October, 2013
Thank You, CrossFit
Like all close family, weightlifters and CrossFitters have our contentious times, but also like family, we show how much we appreciate each other from time to time. In that spirit I'd like to say to CrossFit and CrossFitters everywhere, THANK YOU for what you have done and keep doing for the sport of weightlifting in the USA.
I took four lifters to a local meet at CrossFit Endeavor, near Columbus, Ohio, yesterday. Two of them needed a total to qualify for the American Open in December. Now I've been in the sport a long time, and local meets have always been much the same: 15 to 30 lifters in a session or two, mostly the same few faces we've seen for years. The spectators would be a smattering of girlfriends, husbands, parents or bored friends trying to sit through the sameness of the competition until their friend or relative lifts, when they can–mercifully–go home and watch the last half of the football game or finish weekend errands. But that was before CrossFit. Before CrossFit introduced barbells and Olympic lifting to tens or hundreds of thousands of average people.
I encountered something very different from my previous experience at this local meet. There were not 20 lifters but 70. Not a dozen spectators, there were a couple hundred. And they were engaged. They cheered and stood and crowded shoulder to shoulder for a better view. And mind you there were no world or national records being put up. Not even state records. They cheered for 150 or 200 pounds. And when someone put 300 pounds over their heads, the place went nuts.
You see most of the crowd was CrossFitters. They knew what even two hundred pounds over their heads feels like. They know in their bones and tendons and shaking muscles just how heavy 300 pounds really is–and they appreciate like hell anyone who can get that from the ground to overhead and hold it.
Most of the competitors were CrossFitters, too. Their technique was shaky. Their understanding of how a meet runs–counting attempts, kilos instead of pounds, the time clock and rules, even how the bar is loaded–was sketchy at best. But they came with fire in their bellies and love in their hearts for this sport. The rest are details they'll fill in as they go.
For CrossFitters, competitors and fans alike, qualifying for a national level meet is a big deal. Those of us who have been in the sport for some time come to think of qualifying for Nationals or the American Open as simply a foot in the door, the beginning of a real weightlifting career. CrossFitters understand just how few people get that good, good enough to be at Nationals. They appreciate it. My lifter Jon Dawson had a good but not great day for him. He went 3 for 6 and hit just what he needed for the American Open. But his last two Clean & Jerks were the heaviest of the meet. And when it was announced that he'd qualified for the AO, you'd have thought it was announced he'd won gold at the Olympics. Jon has labored long and hard for those lifts and I think he was touched how many people acknowledged the accomplishment. It is a big deal. And CrossFitters know it.
How does all this help weightlifting? CrossFit has brought a big injection of passion to weightlifting. As many have pointed out already, CrossFitters are eager to better themselves at the lifts, and this has allowed some of us weightlifting coaches to scratch out a living from teaching the lifts. Paid coaches are professional coaches who keep getting better at their craft rather than treating it as a hobby. CrossFit has created a growing fan base for weightlifting, which I believe will eventually lead to growing numbers of kids entering the sport. CrossFit means more talent, more money, and a growing and better funded USA Weightlifting. After yesterday, it is clear to me how true that will be in the coming years. Someone said recently that if you don't love weightlifting, you are not in weightlifting. Well CrossFitters are bringing the love by the boxful.
A Review of American Weightlifting
Coach Greg Everett's new documentary American Weightlifting is an earnest insider's look at a little known and even less appreciated sport in the United States. While Coach Everett is obviously passionate about his subject, he is a novice filmmaker and storyteller; these shortcomings may keep American Weightlifting from finding a broader audience and raising public awareness of the sport the way Pumping Iron did for bodybuilding in the '70s.
Everett interviews coaches and athletes trying to find what drew them to and keeps them involved in a sport that offers little in the way of financial reward or social recognition. With a tiny budget for the film, thus little for travel, Everett focuses on the veteran coaches and athletes close to him, rarely straying from the West Coast. This does not hurt the film, as the emotions and problems expressed in the interviews seem representative of many weightlifting coaches and athletes. Still, it would have been interesting to hear the thoughts of other successful American coaches such as Glenn Pendlay, Kyle Pierce, Tim Swords, Don McCauley or Mark Cannella.
The film addresses problems of the sport in the USA, but little is offered in the way of answers. Oddly, the only interview with anyone in a leadership position within the sport is with Rick Adams, former CEO of USA Weightlifting. If you are talking about the lack of popularity of a sport, it's anemic growth and poor international results, wouldn't an interview with the current CEO or members of the Board of Directors be an obvious approach? Some contrast with the view of those in the trenches might be a source of conflict that not only would raise the level of storytelling, but help illuminate the story for viewers. Nor are we ever offered a look at the powerhouse foreign lifters and programs that loom so large over US weightlifting; it is a David versus Goliath story that has the potential to be riveting.
But it is in the art of film making that Everett falls short. He has a great subject, and even with limited travel finds revealing interviews. However, the film is overly long with far too many training scenes. It would have benefited greatly from a stronger and more experienced hand in the editing room. With a wealth of material and potential conflict, there is no rising action, no climax scene, in short, not a hint of classical story structure. It leaves the film flat and repetitive. Which is a shame, because it is a story ripe for telling. American Weightlifting is a noble effort, driven by love of the sport and no doubt an equal share of frustration, but it is likely to strike home only with people who already spend a lot of time with their hands on a barbell.
Now That I Have Your Attention . . .
Wow. My faith in humanity has diminished just a bit. Normally my posts get from 400 to 600 views total. My last post was a nearly substance free and obscenity laced rant, for much of which I railed against putting foreign programs, lifters and coaches on a pedestal. It pulled almost 3,000 views in less than two days. A more cynical man might take that as a cue for more of the same. I am cynical, but not that cynical. (Not always, anyway) But thanks for reading. As a reward, here is a post that's actually worth something.
The Back Half Drill
I use this drill with all of my lifters. Experienced lifters use it to warm up and as a reminder/reinforcement of a proper pull. Newer lifters use it to learn how to properly direct the second pull. I wish I could say I invented it, but it is an amalgam partly stolen from the heel jump drill I first encountered in Don McCauley's book Power Trip and partly from a Sean Waxman instructional video.
It is not that difficult to teach a proper first pull, but once the bar clears the knees, that's where a lot of lifters go very wrong. While Sean Waxman's drill can be useful, I still think lifters have a tendency to be too far forward in the foot with this drill. Taking away the ball of the foot by hanging it off of a raised surface accomplishes a few things: it is impossible to push the hips too far forward because there is no front of the base to go to; this means the hips finish going forward at full extension and no more forward than that; the balance being so far back in the foot puts the athlete in a bit of danger of losing their balance backwards, which forces the hips to pull out and down in the right timing.
This can all be accomplished with the heel jump drill, but adding a bar forces the lifter to engage the bar as well. Even in the best pull the hips will drive the bar a little forward. That will happen in this drill unless the lifter makes a conscious effort to keep the bar pinned to the hip–to engage the lats and keep them engaged.
If we were only jumping, though, it would ignore learning to transition under the bar in the right timing. So we do one jump, one power snatch, one jump, one power snatch.
I can already hear someone out there protesting that, "The lifter should not be driving through the heels at the top of the pull!" I agree, and I have never seen this drill result in that. What it does is teach the lifter to go to the ball of the foot as late as possible. The resulting pull has most lifters going to the balls of their feet, some simply rising on them, many actively driving through the balls of the feet. My lifter Jon Dawson is as close to pulling exactly the way I'd like as anyone I've coached. He had been lifting for a little while when we met and he had the tendency to drive the hip too far forward and lean back away from the bar. This drill helped him a lot, as you can see.
Give this drill a try. And I promise to be back later (much later) with a profane and riveting post long on rant and short on substance.
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The incidence of myopia (nearsightedness) continues to not only grow - but accelerate. The American Academy of Ophthalmology studied trends in the incidence of myopia and estimates a large increase over the period of time from 2000 to 2050, resulting in almost one billion individuals with potential complications from high myopia by 2050. Complications may include functional blindness to some individuals in areas of the world with limited to no access to appropriate care or lens correction. Complications may also include long-term medical problems, such as an increased prevalence of glaucoma and retinal detachments, in our country where access to care is generally good.
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Through personal experience I found out that people who are severely myopic have a much greater risk of retinal detachment as they get older. Does this cornea reshaping reduce this risk?
From what I understand, severe myopia causes thin retina's and nothing you do to the outside of the eye like Lasik surgery or cornea reshaping will help with the thin retina on the inside of the eye?
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