6. Can Stockpile ever go up? Can there be "stockpile Harvesting Locations" (i.e. gold mines, banks, stock exchanges)?
7. Are Secret Locations/Recon still gonna be a thing?
8. If Glory/Sacrifice seems to be a zero-sum game (Red-team Bob stabs Blue-team Joe, Red Team gains Glory for the Kill, Blue team gains Sacrifice for the Casualty), what happens if Bob instead own-the-libs himself & takes Joe w/ him using a suicide-vest, thus being responsible for his own death also?
9. How does this interface w/ the Commander unit? Can a Commander call in Bombardment/Reinforcements to Locations they are aware of, but where they are not physically present?
10. Do all resources have to be specific? Sure, one could say a catapult is mostly wood or a castle is mostly stone, but modern (let alone futuristic) military machines are highly complex things made out of multiple materials interacting in complicated ways. Can players, for instance, agree to simplify resource harvesting to something like "ore"?
11. Can allies (or even enemies) trade resources (i.e. the classic "wood for sheep" or "I'll give you a shipment of energy crystals if you attack that guy over there for the next 2 turns instead of me")?
SynchingShip wrote: 6. Can Stockpile ever go up? Can there be "stockpile Harvesting Locations" (i.e. gold mines, banks, stock exchanges)?
Ideally, no. The Budget is the game clock and I always want it to wind down, except when new factions enter and reset the clock.
The Budget can be increased by sending a Hero on a treasure hunt Escapade. But all the other factions will hear about it and send their own Heroes to try and grab it first. I haven't balanced it out yet, but my goal will be to have it so the units lost between all players should be greater than the U" gained by any one player, so the total U" in game still decreases.
SynchingShip wrote: 7. Are Secret Locations/Recon still gonna be a thing?
Not at first. I'm holding back stealth and secret stuff from the base rules because right now they slow down the game flow in a way I don't like.
SynchingShip wrote: 8. If Glory/Sacrifice seems to be a zero-sum game (Red-team Bob stabs Blue-team Joe, Red Team gains Glory for the Kill, Blue team gains Sacrifice for the Casualty), what happens if Bob instead own-the-libs himself & takes Joe w/ him using a suicide-vest, thus being responsible for his own death also?
Bob and Joe both receive one Sacrifice for losing a unit. Both of them must give one Glory to an enemy of their choice. Tracking individual kill counts slows down the game, so Glory isn't tied to specific kills.
SynchingShip wrote: 9. How does this interface w/ the Commander unit? Can a Commander call in Bombardment/Reinforcements to Locations they are aware of, but where they are not physically present?
A Commander uses his abilities as an action on his own turn. If he's not taking part in a battle at a location, he doesn't have any actions or turns.
SynchingShip wrote: 10. Do all resources have to be specific? Sure, one could say a catapult is mostly wood or a castle is mostly stone, but modern (let alone futuristic) military machines are highly complex things made out of multiple materials interacting in complicated ways. Can players, for instance, agree to simplify resource harvesting to something like "ore"?
Material Resources are just for the structural part. Machines are complex, but their housing structures usually aren't. Your computer is full of silicon boards and microchips but the casing is just Resource: Plastic. I'm also a fan of Resource: Metal and Resource: Machinery.
SynchingShip wrote: 11. Can allies (or even enemies) trade resources (i.e. the classic "wood for sheep" or "I'll give you a shipment of energy crystals if you attack that guy over there for the next 2 turns instead of me")?
A sends B a single or ongoing resource shipment. A does not have access to that resource while it's in transit.
C can stage an Escapade to attack the shipment and steal the resource.
If the shipment arrives successfully, B has access to that resource now, either for one turn, or until A cuts off shipments, or until C manages to successfully disrupt shipping.
I've updated the campaigns chapter a bit - rearranged stuff, glossaried stuff, tried to make everything smoother and more clear. I simplified the resource gathering a bit, so now your maximum material strengths are based on the simple number of facilities (and industrial machines!) for that material rather than establishing some kind of complicated material processing chain. And finally the section on Fortifications is now done.
The combat and development sections are still in progress.
Alert Levels should be color coded. Once you run out of primary colors & have to decalre Mauve-Alert or Terror-level Chartreuse, you know you are well & trully fucked (and the battle is progressing as it should be).
SynchingShip wrote: Alert Levels should be color coded. Once you run out of primary colors & have to decalre Mauve-Alert or Terror-level Chartreuse, you know you are well & trully fucked (and the battle is progressing as it should be).
seems a tad complicated, you need some way to keep a score, because how many unit inches can i deploy when i'm on alert level Midnight blue?
6. how would multifaction warfare affect things like stockpile & alert level? Say Red & Blue are really aware of each other & all entrenched against each other's attacks b/c they've been slugging it out for a while. Meanwhile, for w/e reasons, almost nobody is aware that Purple even exists - doesn't Purple faction still have to contend w/ Blue's & Red's base defenses, even though they weren't set up exclusively to deal w/ Purple?
A castle wall built by humans doesn't care if it's keeping out orcs or skelly's or both - it's a castle wall.
6a). Say canonically, 2 faction have a long & bloody history of war w/ each other - does it still make sense for them to start out at Alert 1?
7. How do you re-mobilize/gain new workers if all the workers at a location are eliminated?
8. How "easily stealable" do the crates of loot have to be?
9. Does triage & mechanic repair have a U" cost, or is that only repair between strategic rounds?
10. "The harder a Faction fights, the more Glory and Sacrifice it will receive, but the faster its Budget will be depleted."
SynchingShip wrote: 6. how would multifaction warfare affect things like stockpile & alert level? Say Red & Blue are really aware of each other & all entrenched against each other's attacks b/c they've been slugging it out for a while. Meanwhile, for w/e reasons, almost nobody is aware that Purple even exists - doesn't Purple faction still have to contend w/ Blue's & Red's base defenses, even though they weren't set up exclusively to deal w/ Purple?
Multifaction warfare doesn't affect any of these things. A faction keeps the same stockpile, alert level, and defenses regardless of whether it has one longtime enemy or twenty who just showed up. Even if you could keep track of separate stats for every different foe, there's no reason anyone would want to.
SynchingShip wrote: 6a). Say canonically, 2 faction have a long & bloody history of war w/ each other - does it still make sense for them to start out at Alert 1?
The alert level is for the campaign. The two factions may be in the middle of a long and bloody war everywhere else, but this specific campaign is new. If anything, the urgency of all the fighting elsewhere would make dedicating some of that focus to this new campaign even more difficult, not less.
That being said, there's no reason not to start in the middle of a campaign if you feel like it.
SynchingShip wrote: 7. How do you re-mobilize/gain new workers if all the workers at a location are eliminated?
Same way you got the original workers - spend Glory to motivate new minifigs to take up the cause.
SynchingShip wrote: 8. How "easily stealable" do the crates of loot have to be?
Loose, the size of a 2x4 brick, and lying around somewhere within the defensive perimeter but otherwise not behind locked doors.
SynchingShip wrote: 9. Does triage & mechanic repair have a U" cost, or is that only repair between strategic rounds?
Only between rounds. Anything you gain during battle, whether by repairs or theft or other means, is considered spoils.
SynchingShip wrote: 10. "The harder a Faction fights, the more Glory and Sacrifice it will receive, but the faster its Budget will be depleted."
The more losses you take in battle, the more Sacrifice you get, and the more enemies you kill, the more Glory you're likely to get. Replacing those losses depletes your budget.
You can sit out the battle or hide in a bunker, and you won't take as many losses or get as many kills, but you also won't have to spend as much to replace units afterwards. On the other hand, you can throw all your guys into the meat grinder, and get a whole bunch of sacrifice and (probably) glory, but you'll have to spend a bunch more budget to replace them.
Basically, I was wondering if they can be booby-trapped, as per the tradition of treasure chests & such in pirates/castle/Adventurers/etc themes (so that even if active defenders aren't present, it's not a "gimme"), or if the potential of getting a spear in the 'nads would contradict the definition of "easily stealable"
The loose easily stealable stuff is loose and easily stealable because the Location is in the middle of using it - producing it, refining it, shipping it, exchanging it, etc. It's either production resources at an active production site or cash resources at an active spending site.
Now if you want to go on a quest to raid treasure rooms or temples or ancient tombs or whatever, the kind of places where the resources you want to steal aren't in mid-use, that's where traps are more appropriate. Those are going to be covered under Heroic Escapades rather than under Assaults on Locations.
I'm still working out the details, but my goal with the treasure-hunt escapades is that all teams have a chance at the same benefit. This is obvious for something like Indiana Jones and René Belloq hitting an archaeological site at the same time; they both are fighting for the same Artifakt.
It's not as obvious for something like Robin Hood hitting the royal tax wagon. That sets up an asymmetrical benefit; if Robin Hood wins, he gets money and the crown loses money; it's all benefit and no risk. If the crown wins, everything stays status quo - all risk and no benefit. I could try to balance it out by giving the crown extra forces or a bunch of bennies or something, but I don't want to saddle players with that kind of math. Instead, the royal tax wagon is full of unjust "extra" taxes extracted from the poor people of Nottingham. Whoever makes it off the map with the taxes gets to add those "extra" U" to their budget, so all players are fighting for the same potential gain.
Ok, maybe not traditional "booby traps" of the cobb-webby Indy-Jones variety, but what about the dangers of nabbing, say, a bundle of long, hard wood when you're an invading army unfamiliar w/ the exact timing of the giant spinning buzzsaws of unnecessary DOOM?
campaign chapter wrote: The most important consideration when developing Resource production isn't the value or realism of specific Resources involved, but how egregiously unsafe the working environment will be for either production or combat. A simple mine entrance in a blank cliffside is a wasted opportunity. A twisting mineshaft with minecart jump ramps, unexplained lava pits, and rickety ceiling supports that constantly threaten cave-ins is a workplace that justifies putting up with annoying managers and exploitative pay scales.
If a Faction tries to Mobilize a Location in a way that doesn't make it more fun as a battle site, the Mobilization is canceled. Minifigs have no attention span, and their workplace expectations are drawn entirely from reruns of mid-1900s Tom and Jerry cartoons set to Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse." Minifig Workers must be constantly surrounded by the kind of safety violations that guarantee frequent and fatal workplace accidents, and by devices and appliances that can be used to repel invaders just as easily as being turned against the Workers themselves.
Nobody cares if the Lumber Mill needs that many giant constantly-running circular table saws, or if all those conveyor belts and robot welding arms in the Tank Factory serve any useful purpose, or if brakeless minecarts are really the best way to transport live bundles of mining explosives, or why the malfunctioning Insurance Office copier is set to eject printouts at machine-gun velocity. The important thing is that their presence in battle makes hilarious deaths that much more frequent.
I figured the "Flagrant OSHA violations" would count as "traps", especially to outsiders.
campaign chapter wrote: Regardless of the size or power of a Faction overall, the units that it's able to assign to any specific campaign always tend to be roughly equivalent to the threats they're opposing. By Koincidence, other assets in a larger military are inevitably deployed elsewhere and committed to unrelated agendas.
Speaking of the above, how would asymmetrical warfare figure into this? I know in a regular battle, the size difference is made up by awarding bonus ABs to the smallest side... so what about in a campaign?
Yeah, you gotta be careful when grabbing long hard wood.
Falk wrote: Yeah, you gotta be careful when grabbing long hard wood.
SynchingShip wrote: Ok, maybe not traditional "booby traps" of the cobb-webby Indy-Jones variety, but what about the dangers of nabbing, say, a bundle of long, hard wood when you're an invading army unfamiliar w/ the exact timing of the giant spinning buzzsaws of unnecessary DOOM?
Oh yeah, that's fine then. It's just lying around in whatever the normal battle area is. If the battle area happens to have giant buzzsaws in it, that's not the loot's fault.
Same. All factions start with the same basic ability to assign units to the campaign - same starting production capacity, same budget, etc - but the number of their campaign units they send to any one battle is up to them. At the battle level, you're still balancing the scales with bennies.
6. How exactly would "locations attacking locations w/ siege-level weaponry" work?
Campaign Chapter wrote: If players instist on creating a map, they can point out the Locations' relative positioning, but this isn't necessary for campaign play. A Police Station can be a block away from City Hall, or it could be on the other side of town; the travel distance between them doesn't make any difference to the rioting proletariat attacking both Locations.
The whole chapter seems (to me anyway) to strongly imply that each location is it's own little self-contained microcosm bubble, like when you pop into a "level" of a video game.
So we have the Power-Armor K-nnnigits vs the Uber Mutants. The PAK are holed up in Bunker X, while the Muties control buildings (locations) Y & Z, along a blasted, post-apocalyptic streetscape, like this: [X] [Y] [Z].


Auditrix, Inc.: Show Me the Money:Four Key Streams of RevenueFor Professional AthletesGuest Post By Jaia A. Thomas, Esq.
Are you a professional athlete? Do you work with one? In her guest post below, sports and entertainment attorney Jaia A. Thomas shares with you her expert knowledge about how pro-athletes earn contingent and guaranteed compensation. Need help maximizing these revenue streams? Contact Jaia!
Signing Bonus - This is a non-conditional bonus, paid once the player signs his contract.
Roster Bonus - This is a conditional bonus, paid only if a player is still on the active roster of the team at a specific date.
Workout Bonus - This is a conditional bonus, paid only if a player works out at the team facilities during the off-season.
2). ENDORSEMENTS - From sneakers to credit cards to home insurance, there are very few products and services professional athletes haven't endorsed. Lebron James currently receives over $40 million in endorsement income from Nike, Coca-Cola, Samsung and McDonalds. Professional athletes receive a considerable sum of revenue every year from endorsement deals. These deals usually vary in regards to performance related pay structures. However, payment is usually contingent not only on player performance on the field but also player performance off the field. All endorsement contracts contain a 'morals clause,' making payment contingent on an athlete's ability not to act in a way that significantly devalues the endorsement or embarrasses the company. It is also worth noting that many companies are now offering stock, ownership rights and a percentage in company sales as opposed to traditional monetary compensation.
3). EVENT EARNINGS/WINNINGS - In such sports as golf, tennis and boxing, where players are not employed by a specific team, they earn money through event earnings. However, even in those sports where players are employed by a team, players can earn additional revenue from event winnings. For instance, in 2012 the Patriots players earned an additional $62,000 each as part of the NFL's playoff shares and even though they did not win the Super Bowl, they did receive an additional $44,000 for making a Super Bowl appearance (the Giants players received $88,000 each).
4). APPEARANCE FEES - From Eric Berry (Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Back who charges $5,000 for an appearance or speaking engagement) to Robert Allen Dickey (Toronto Blue Jays Pitcher who charges $20,000 for an appearance), athletes frequently earn additional revenue and income from speaking engagements and appearances.
Jaia A. Thomas is a sports and entertainment attorney, focused on transactional and intellectual property matters. She is a graduate of Colgate University (BA) and The George Washington University Law School (JD). She also holds a Certificate in Television, Film and New Media Production from University of California, Los Angeles. She is the author of "Entertainment Law: The Law Student's Guide to Pursuing a Career in Entertainment Law," available via Amazon and Barnes & Noble. For more information: www.jathomaslaw.com or @jaiathomaslaw.


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On March 31, a violent tornado struck the Bara and Parsa districts in southern Nepal, killing nearly 30 people and injuring more than 600 others. Officials estimate that more than 1,500 households were affected.
To support the victims of the storm, Humanity & Inclusion is distributing mobility devices–crutches, wheelchairs, and walkers–and providing rehabilitation care to those injured. These activities are in collaboration with our partner rehabilitation center, the National Disabled Fund and Nepal Physiotherapy Association (NEPTA).
"Our priority is to provide appropriate rehabilitation care to the injured in order to prevent them from developing a long-term disability and to enable them to regain their quality of life," explains Willy Bergogne, Humanity & Inclusion's director in Nepal.
Humanity & Inclusion has been present in Nepal since 2000. Our team took immediate action to help victims of the earthquake that hit Nepal on April 25, 2015. We continue to deliver rehabilitation sessions and provide walking aids in the seven districts. In addition, our programs have diversified with additional focus on health and access to services such as inclusive livelihoods, inclusive education and community based disaster risk management. Learn more about the work we do in Nepal.
On the 25th of April 2015, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal, killing more than 9,000 people and injuring 22,000. Hundreds of thousands were left homeless as entire villages crumbled or were wiped out by mudslides and avalanches.
With Humanity & Inclusion present in Nepal since 200, more than 50 physical and occupational therapists and other staff were on hand during the earthquake and immediately jumped into action to help the injured. Emergency response experts arrived within days. In the aftermath of the quake, the organization held more than 10,500 rehabilitation sessions for some 4,000 people with disabling injuries, carried out psychological support sessions, and distributed more than 2,300 mobility aids like walking frames, wheelchairs, and crutches. HI also distributed over 4,300 tents, cooking kits, hygiene kits, and other emergency items to the most vulnerable families. In addition, eleven thousand people were given sheet metal roofing.
Today, HI employs 80 staff members in Nepal who provide rehabilitation, disaster and earthquake preparedness training, and support to students and job seekers with disabilities.
As an active member of the Nepalese American Nurses Association (NANA), she had a group of colleagues who were keen to help. They were also adamant that any money sent to Nepal would support professionals who were directly helping Nepalis with injuries—especially nurses.
The next day, Ngima grabbed a folding table, a little brown collection box, and posters calling for donations. She set up a stand on the sidewalk, along the path to her child's school.
By the third day, NANA had collected about $20,000, as well as enough medical supplies to fill an office. And on May 3, 2015, a handful of nurses traveled to Kathmandu to deliver relevant supplies directly to the professionals they knew they could trust: Nepalese nurses. "We went to every hospital, and left a bag of supplies," she says. Additional supplies were used to stock two shelters in New York.
The only catch? The Association of about 300 nurses in the U.S. didn't yet have a place in Nepal to donate the funds they'd raised. And before long, their fundraising results had almost doubled. So, in 2017, Ngima took her family to Nepal, where she set aside time to find a charity that she felt she could trust.
So far, the generous grant to Humanity & Inclusion has benefited 34 people who lost limbs from the 2015 Nepal quake. These individuals had originally received rehabilitation and artificial limbs at the National Disabled Fund, a Kathmandu-based rehabilitation center set up by Humanity & Inclusion with support from USAID. Three years on from the earthquake, many people's artificial limbs had worn down from so much use on Nepal's uneven roads. HI's younger beneficiaries simply grew, and were ready for replacements.
Sunita Bhandari of NANA visits NDF, a Kathmandu-based rehabilitation center that is supported by Humanity & Inclusion in Nepal.
"When the water shook" is a new series of short videos that follows 10-year-old Nirmala from Nepal. The series includes five short films that feature Nirmala's life: the earthquake, rehabilitation with Humanity & Inclusion, her life at school, and much more. Watch the trailer and the first few episodes, share with your friends, and stay tuned for the next one!
Nirmala lives in Nepal. The earthquake which hit the country on April 25, 2015 killed more than 8,000 people and injured 22,000. The Kathmandu valley is particularly exposed to seismic risks. In Nepal, more than 40% of the population live below the poverty line.
In Nepal, disability is primarily considered a social issue. It is rarely addressed as a public health issue or taken into account in education, health, and economic development. An estimated 78% of children with disabilities are excluded from school and only 1% of population of people with disabilities has access to decent, waged employment.
Episode 5 is coming soon!
Kamala Tamata has made a life for herself, and now she is paying it forward.
When she was less than a year old, Kamala acquired polio, which severely damaged her left foot. Doctors suggested amputating, but her mother wouldn't let them. Still, walking was extremely difficult for her, and as she grew, other children made fun of her. She and her parents thought her future was limited.
That all changed when she met a community disability worker with Humanity & Inclusion in the Kailali district in southwest Nepal. Thanks to a USAID grant and HI donors, Kamala received a brace for her foot and physical therapy to help her walk. She expressed an interest in being a tailor, so she participated in sewing classes and received support finding her first job.
Today, she works in a dress shop and teaches classes to other women, including some with disabilities. She is also a leader with the disabled persons' organization in her community. Her monthly wage is enough to support herself and her family. She is even able to put some money away in a savings cooperative.
The Humanity & Inclusion team in Nepal provides support to people with disabilities so they can find meaningful, waged jobs. In addition, we work with employers so they can better understand disability and how to recruit and retain employees with disabilities by providing the tools they need to succeed.
When Dharma Devkota was five months old, she was burned so badly that both of her legs had to be amputated. At the time of her accident, she and her family were living in the western hilly district of Surkhet. After her injury, they moved to Kailali, a district in western Terai.
For years, Dharma was carried to school by her mother, and sometimes by her father. In rural Nepal, children generally start school when they are four or five-years-old. Dharma started when she was eight, and would sometimes miss class when her mother became busy with household chores or agricultural activities.
Reema, 14, is dancing around gracefully, clearly in a happy place, surrounded by fifteen or so children. Everyone is watching her in admiration. "Reema used to live in a district of western Nepal, a long way from here," explains Uma, a woman who manages an orphanage in Kathmandu.
She was six years old when she arrived at the orphanage. Her father died when she was a little girl and her mother abandoned her. She had phocomelia, a congenital malformation, and her foot was attached to her knee so she couldn't move around by herself. I used to carry her around Kathmandu. I can still remember the stares we used to get in the street: 'She's already a mother at her age?' 'That child is disabled.' I think of Reema as my daughter," she added.
Unable to walk for many years, Reema talked to a local journalist about her experiences when she was nine years old. The interview was published and someone showed it to HI, who arranged to meet her. The organization examined her left leg and decided she needed an immediate amputation. After surgery, our rehabilitation team immediately started working with Reema to strengthen her muscles and prepare her leg for a prosthetic.
Once her leg had completely healed and it was strong enough, our team fitted Reema with her first prosthetic leg. "That was the first time we saw Reema walking. Shortly after, she started to dance. It's incredible," says Uma.
In Nepal, most primary school students are unable to read at grade level. The outlook is dire for Nepali children with disabilities, since Nepali children's capacity and adaptability to learn are rarely screened.
Starting this month, Humanity & Inclusion will tip the balance so more Nepali children can thrive at school and become strong readers. The project, Reading for All, is possible thanks to a generous USAID grant.
The transformative project comes at a perfect moment. In 2017, Humanity & Inclusion (then working under the name 'Handicap International') conducted a pilot screening. With funding from World Education and UNICEF, our teams met children between the ages of four and seven years old to assess them for functional limitations. The teams found 26% of children were at risk of at least some kind of hearing, sight, mobility, communication, learning or concentration limitation, with 9.4% classified as having a disability.
The three-year project focuses on children in grades 1 – 3 in the 16 districts participating in Nepal's early grade reading program. Working together with local and national partners, the project will improve data quality on children with disabilities.
The team will also enhance institutional and technical capacity to deliver quality reading instruction and support to children with disabilities. Currently, Nepal's teachers are highly dependent on traditional teaching methods, with little supportive supervision and feedback from the children. The result is a significant communication gap between educator and learner. By 2021, Reading for All will have reached 6,775 head teachers in each of the targeted districts.
Finally, the team will test inclusive instructional models so they can benefit more children with disabilities. Trainers will ensure that teaching and curriculum development professionals in Nepal have the skills to improve and sustain the Reading for All tools and results.
Partners at World Education, Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind, National Federation of the Deaf Nepal, and Disable Empowerment and Communication Center are helping to implement the Reading for All project.
"With strong partners in the Government of Nepal, among the USAID Nepal team, and with other local actors, this ambitious initiative is set up to help Nepali children with disabilities to succeed," Bergogne adds.
In the project's first year, Reading for All will reach 2,071 schools in four districts (likely Banke, Surkhet, Bhaktapur, and Kaski). Teams will train head teachers, who will then lead early detection screenings for 178,117 children through grade 3. In its second year, after fine-tuning the process, Reading for All will roll out to the remaining 12 districts, reaching about 557,828 students.
Photo caption: Deaf students learn in an inclusive classroom in Nepal.
On April 25, 2015, Nepal was hit by a violent earthquake. Hundreds of miles apart, Nirmala and Khendo were both buried under the rubble.
Rushed to hospital, Nirmala and Khendo each had a leg amputated. The girls met shortly thereafter while attending physical therapy sessions with HI's rehabilitation team.
Three years have passed and Nirmala and Khendo are almost never apart. Nirmala's family has moved to Kathmandu where her father works in a textile factory. Khendo lives without her parents, who have moved back to Sindhupalchok district. During the school term, the two girls stay at boarding school.
On April 25, 2015, the earth shook in Nepal, killing more than 8,000 people and injuring 22,000. Already present in the field, HI launched an immediate response in aid of those affected, providing assistance to more than 15,000 people. Ramesh, 20, was one of them.
Here, Ramesh smiles as he finishes a training swim for the 2020 Paralympic Games. Thanks to HI donors, Ramesh has the independence and motivation to compete in sports competitions. He's even won 22 medals!
Over the past three years, HI has continued providing support to thousands of people who, like Ramesh, have been affected by the earthquake. We have completed more than 34,000 rehabilitation and psychological support sessions for more than 15,000 people and supplied 6,300 prostheses, orthoses, etc. to people with injuries.
Our teams have also distributed more than 4,300 kits containing tents, cooking kits, hygiene kits, blankets, etc., to more than 2,200 families. We organized the storage and transport of more than 5,400 tons of humanitarian equipment in remote villages to ensure that no one is left behind.
More than 1,500 earthquake-affected households have been given financial support in order to get them back to work through goat breeding, setting up small stores, etc. In addition, in the winter of 2015, we supplied warm clothes, blankets, etc., to more than 9,000 people.
We've enabled the most vulnerable people to access humanitarian services, such as education, healthcare, etc., offered by partner organizations. We also continue to organize awareness-raising sessions for more than 3,000 people to ensure the most vulnerable individuals are taken account in natural disaster risk management.
HI currently has a team of 70 people in Nepal. We support five rehabilitation centers in the country, help earthquake casualties earn a living, and makes sure children with disabilities have access to school. HI also assists victims of the floods of August 2017 by helping restore their livelihoods.


Chinese stocks surged on Thursday, with the Shanghai Composite Index playing catch up with global equities after mainland markets reopened from a week-long National Day Holiday.
The Shanghai Composite Index, China's benchmark gauge, rose 90.58 point or 3% to 3,143.36. The Shanghai Composite Index last traded on September 30 before the start of the holiday.
With Thursday's gains, the Shanghai Composite Index is up nearly 7% from its lowest point during the summer. However, the benchmark is still down nearly 40% from its June peak, having declined 25% in the third quarter alone.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index closed down 0.7% or 160.85 points at 22,354.91.
After gaining for six consecutive days, Tokyo's Nikkei 225 Index fell 181.81 points or 1% to 18,141.17.
European markets also lost traction on Thursday, with Eurozone blue-chip STOXX 50 declining 0.2%. London's FTSE 100 was up 0.3%. Germany's DAX posted slight gains, while major averages in Paris and Madrid edged lower.
Wall Street had rebounded on Wednesday after a choppy session, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbing 122 points.
In economic data, Japanese machinery orders declined unexpectedly in August, fueling concerns about a protracted slowdown in China.
Machinere orders fell 3.5% annually in August, following a 2.8% increase the previous month, government data showed. A median estimate of economists called for a gain of 4.2%.
The figures came just one day after the German government reported an unexpected decline in industrial production. German factory output fell 1.2% in August after rising 1.2% the previous month.
Waning factory output in advanced industrialized economies is just the latest sign of a slowing global economy. The global economy is forecast to grow just 3.1% in 2015, the slowest rate since the 2009 recession year, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said earlier this week in a revised World Economic Outlook report. The 2015 growth rate was revised down 0.2 percentage point from the July estimate.
In commodities, oil prices shot back up on Thursday after weakening in the previous session due to a bigger than expected rise in US commercial crude inventories. The West Texas Intermediate (WTI) benchmark for US crude advanced 34 cents or 0.7% to $48.15 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed 42 cents or 0.8% on ICE Futures Europe.


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Author: Bruce Williams
Bruce Williams was born in Oklahoma and grew up in Colorado. He was educated at Grinnell College, U.C.L.A., and Claremont Graduate School, where he received an M.A. and PhD. He has taught English and creative writing for many years at Mt. San Antonio College, east of Los Angeles. He has published four chapbooks, including The Mojave Road at Last and Stratification, and his work has appeared in O'Brien Literary Speculator as well as numerous scholarly and literary journals and anthologies. THE MOJAVE ROAD AND OTHER JOURNEYS is his first full-length collection. He lives in San Dimas, California, from where he explores the desert in one of his two Jeeps every chance he gets.
The Mojave Road and Other Journeys
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"What is one of the top areas of operational optimization that you would recommend we start with in order to get the maximum value for our efforts?"
My answer always seems to be a surprise at first, but when we get into the reasons for my recommendation and I explain the successful outcome of several of my real-life experiences, nearly all management reps readily admit to the necessity and immediately begin to eagerly apply the recommended procedural update.
Like most good business formulas, my top optimization technique is simple, direct, and associated with long-standing best practices. We all battle it, work around it and try to eliminate it with a dire vengeance, and sometimes (hopefully most of the time) we try to correctly manage it; what I am talking about is the bane of all call centers: Agent Unavailability.
Contact centers hire agents with the idea of having them handle client interactions for the entire period of whatever shift they are assigned, but in an eight hour day an agent might actually just handle interactions for only five and a half hours or less. I have been in contact centers where agents only handled contacts solidly for just over 3 hours a day out of an 8 hour span. When you do the math on this, the numbers are shocking. For every hundred agents who are not able to take calls for 2 hours out of an 8 hour day, (for whatever reason, valid or not) we end up missing out on 200 hours per day of productivity, and that translates into 1,000 hours per five day work week. Additionally, during this 1000 hours you could potentially not only be losing the cost of payroll to keep them working, but you might be losing revenue brought in by purchases that would have been made through the agents, and with such additional details figured in, the cost/loss can turn out to be enormous.
All contact centers have to deal with unavailability. All ACD systems I have ever used have the built-in ability to track unavailability. And finally, all reporting tools offered along with ACD systems have an inherent capacity to report on agent unavailability. But well over 85% of the contact center managers I have consulted with confessed to only a minimal understanding of proper methods to manage unavailability into the most profitable state possible in their environment.


Q Why do the Japanese sometimes cry at graduation?
A The Japanese do not feel secure being out of a group. They refer to their company as uchi no kaisha (our company) or to their school as uchi no gakko (our school). Uchi means "being a pmt of' or "our/my" in this case. One would still call one's affiliated group as uchi or "our" even if one is not promoted at all in the company or even if there are bullies at school.
As a member of the group, the Japanese try to get a long with the other members by showing restraint in not doing anything that would displease, but rather, by doing things that would please the other members in the group. A sense of camaraderie develops as a result.
Graduation is a time to part from one's fellow class-mates, in other words, a dismantling of the group. Although the friendship of close friends formed within the group would still continue in the future, the dismantling of the group cannot be avoided. A certain sentiment prevails that is intensified by the song, "Auld Lang Syne" and TAKEDA Tetsuya's (with the Kaientai Band) "A Message for You."
The mood builds up to a height and is released in tears. A graduation ceremony is called commencement in Engli sh and its original meaning is, " to begin." Embarking on a new life is filled with hope and anxiety for what the future may hold. There is no reason to cry about it. There are basic differences in the way Americans and Japanese view graduation.


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Kek Huey Lian, aged 41, was found raped and murdered in her double-storey terrace house in Bayu Perdana, at 3:30pm yesterday. Police had answered her husband's call when she did not answer the door. They found her naked on a mattress and her throat slit from ear to ear.
Police have not ruled out robbery as the room was ransacked. It is believed that more than one person is responsible and they might have entered the bedroom through an unlocked window along the roof. Kek's maid and 4-year-old daughter were at a neighbour's house at the time.
A man, believed to be a close relative, and two domestic helpers, one of whom worked for Kek's neighbour, were detained and the case has been classified as murder.


Deutero-Isaiah's work, which comprises Isaiah chapters 40–55, has exerted its influence on testimonies of faith in both Jewish and Christian tradition down to the present day.
Baltzer's magnificent commentary places the document in the new context after the Exile. The experience of catastrophe, the need to grapple with new problems, and hope for a peaceful future are linked in Deutero-Isaiah's composition. The work aims to establish accord between adherents of the Jacob/Israel tradition on the one hand and those committed to the Zion/Jerusalem tradition on the other — the background being the tensions between the exiles and the people who had remained on the land.


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Celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day with America's Papermakers
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In celebration of Earth Day (today) and Arbor Day (April 30), the makers of paper and packaging have created a toolkit that captures the industry's strong environmental sustainability story. From planting more trees at double the rate they get used to ensuring no part of the tree goes to waste, the industry's toolkit covers the history of Earth Day, the connection between sustainable forestry and a thriving wildlife, and a paper recycling guide. To spread sustainability messaging among younger consumers, P+PB also launched a TikTok channel featuring influencer generated videos and original content with the industry's favorite ambassadors, Casey and Page. All this content is available for amplification to spread awareness of key sustainable forestry and recycling tips in a fun and trendy way.
Key sustainability messages include:
96% of consumers have access to some form of paper recycling.
On average, 93% of corrugated containers are recovered for recycling every year, and 68.2% of paper and paperboard are recycled making paper and boxes one of the most recycled materials in the U.S.
The paper industry plants about 2x as many trees as it uses each year, resulting in 20% more trees than there were 50 years ago.
Shipping boxes can be recycled 5 to 7 times.
Paper makers are expected to invest $4.1 billion in manufacturing over the next two years to recover paper fibers.
Now, that's something worth celebrating!
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PINK Performs Family Portrait at the World Music Awards
PINK comes alive on the CEEK stage as she performs at the World Music Awards. Pink was nominated for World Selling Pop/Rock Artist and won World's Best Selling American Pop Female Artist.
The edgy Pop Star performed her hit single "Family Portrait" to packed fans as she raised the roof with her incredible vocals.
The Superstar has over 210 nominations and won more than 130 awards including 3 Grammy Awards. Pink has sold over 90 million albums and singles worldwide. She has also starred in movies including "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle", Happy Feet Two and many more.
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» Longest man page you've seen?
Longest man page you've seen?
Self-explanatory title. I just opened up mplayer's man page to look at the shortcuts and noticed the dizzying number of options it has.
Re: Longest man page you've seen?
is long enough that I can't scroll all the way back to the beginning.
[23:00:16] dr_kludge | i want to invent an olfactory human-computer interface, integrate it into the web standards, then produce my own forked browser.
[23:00:32] dr_kludge | can you guess what i'd call it?
[23:01:32] dr_kludge | i really should be going to bed. i'm giggling madly about that.
You people should just paste the output of wc -l.
Damn, I also thought of mplayer ... know that it's long, because some time ago I had to search for something and just thought "will this man ever end?!"
Mmm, yes you're right string, gcc has a whopper of a man page. I don't have wireshark though, so I can't comment on how big its man page is.
Over 6 MB uncompressed, almost 230000 lines.
MPlayer. It only kind of counts though, I think, because it's a man page for mencoder as well.
I don't use wireshark (still stuck in "tcpdump land") so I've not seen its manpage.
fvwm has a pretty huge man page. 8707 lines.
It isn't the longest by line count, but the CVS manpage is the worst one I have ever seen when it comes to usability because of its length. Try finding things in it using search (which for gcc works surprisingly well). The cvs manpage makes it painful.
I believe the site used to boast that fvwm had the second longest man page in existence, but I can't find the quote (nor remember what was the longest).
Although this is a "meta man page", so I do not know if it can enter the "competition"
Because zsh contains many features, the zsh manual has been split into a number of sections.
Is each word on it's own line!?
Stop looking at my signature. It betrays your nature.
Yeah, but a lot of those are created because of the huge amount of unneeded line breaks in the man page.
The question is what the longest man page is that you (I) have seen.
Not: which manpage do you think is the biggest.
Still an ArchLinux lover though.
Much as I respect programs like mplayer and bash, lengthy manpages are a shame.
You think so? I'd rather have complete docs.


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2.0: Rajinikanth & Mahesh Babu to come together but with a difference!
Neena Gupta to play Akshay Kumar's mother in Rohit Shetty's Sooryavanshi!
Miss World Manushi Chhillar to make her debut with Akshay Kumar's Prithviraj Chauhan biopic!
Telugu superstar Mahesh Babu will soon inaugurate his multiplex AMB Cinemas in association with Asian cinemas in Gachibowli, Hyderabad. The multiplex was reportedly said to be opened with Aamir Khan's Thugs of Hindostan. Now, according to the latest news, the first movie to be screened at the multiplex will be Rajnikanth's much anticipated science fiction 2.0.
As per a source which was quoted saying to a daily, "At the moment, Mahesh Babu is a creative partner in the project. AMB is a one-off partnership-project between Mahesh Babu and Asian Cinemas. But if the multiplex is a success, Mahesh Babu is open to further partnerships in the movie-theatre business. However at the moment, the AMB multiplex is a one-off project. Though it's being reported that Mahesh Babu is looking at expanding in the multiplex business, this not the truth at the moment."
It is also said that ANB Cineplex is looking at a "premium placement" among movie theaters in Hyderabad. Talking about it, the source added, "Mahesh Babu's fans should feel they are in for a special treat when they come to AMB."
For 2.0, Mahesh will personally invite Rajinikanth and Akshay Kumar at the theater.
Stick to this space for the latest updates!
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Shah Rukh Khan reveals how Abram reacted to the Zero trailer and it's too cute!
Ranveer Singh & Deepika Padukone's hand impressions are adorable!


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Hosono, Harumi - Cochin Moon CD
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"The unbelievably prolific Haruomi Hosono is one of the major architects of modern Japanese pop music. With his encyclopedic knowledge of music and boundless curiosity for new sounds, Hosono is the auteur of his own idiosyncratic musical world, putting his unmistakable stamp on hundreds of recordings as an artist, session player, songwriter and producer. Hosono's solo career would take many twists and turns from this point forward, with forays into exotica, electronic, ambient, and techno, culminating in the massive success of techno pop group Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO). Released in September 1978, a mere two months before YMO's debut, Cochin Moon is a clear precursor to the groundbreaking synth and sequencer-dominated sounds that would come to define the iconic trio. Credited to Hosono and Pop Art legend Tadanori Yokoo (who created the cover art), Cochin Moon is a fictional soundtrack to a journey into unknown worlds, inspired by Hosono and Yokoo's trip to India. Initially the album was to be a kind of ethnographic musical document, using found sounds and field recordings made by Hosono himself. Instead, after Yokoo introduced Hosono to the sounds of Kraftwerk and krautrock during the trip, Cochin Moon became something much stranger. Created almost entirely on synthesizers and sequencers with the help of future YMO collaborators Ryuichi Sakamoto and Hideki Matsutake, the music on the album is the perfect encapsulation of Hosono's concept of "sightseeing music," transporting the listener to an exotic place that may or may not exist. This highly sought-after album sees it's first-ever official release outside of Japan. Admired by artists ranging from Van Dyke Parks to Mac DeMarco, Hosono continues to forge ahead as he heads into his fifth decade as a musician. With the re-release of his key albums for the first time outside of Japan, his genius will be discovered by a whole new generation of fans around the world."
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text: This moody, experimental, extraordinary offering from teenage Ghanaian afro rock outfit Edzayawa is one the more obscure and unique releases that Soundway have brought back to life. Having been taken under Fela Kuti's wing after arriving in Lagos during the spring of 1973, they were signed by EMI Nigeria's visionary producer Odion Iruoje. Over two days in May 1973 they recorded "Projection One" which would be their sole release before disbanding two years later. The majority of their songs were based around a 6/8 rhythm influenced by the music of the Ewe people from the South East of Ghana and Western Togo. With themes that draw heavily on traditional folklore and deep philosophy the album has a heavy feel that sets itself well apart from the much of the lighter happier highlife of the previous decade.


Geoff and I have been on the receiving end of an outpouring of love over the past few days, and while I'm still a bit overwhelmed by it and I can't seem to concentrate on very much very well, I wanted to acknowledge it and to say thank you. Many of you have helped me feel the knife-wound a little less sharply.
I want to emphasize that I would never judge a woman who has suffered a miscarriage or any other loss and who has chosen to grieve privately, or even not at all. We are all so different from one another. What bothers me is the thought that women remain silent because they feel they have to, because they think no one wants to hear about it, because the physical reality of a miscarriage is far from pleasant (it can take weeks before it ends), or they remain silent after following the cues of the people around them, particularly in the workplace. I know that people don't know what to say, or they're afraid of saying the wrong thing. But silence, for me at least, feels cruel, as is the thought that anyone might be annoyed with me for not keeping the raw emotion to myself. Luckily, in my case, many of my friends are also verbal.
This is a different example, but it's one that I know and so I will relate it: almost ten years ago when a friend of mine was diagnosed with a recurrence of melanoma, she was afraid to talk about it and had a mutual friend tell me the gut-wrenching news. I was young and completely inexperienced in these matters, and frozen for two days until the mutual friend emailed me and said "Listen. Just reach out. Don't talk about cancer. Say something, anything. She's scared of losing everyone." When Sarah responded to the email I sent (neither of us was big on talking on the phone), I could sense her relief. Oh sweet Sarah Jane!
I hope this won't seem condescending, but I want to add it. Through beautiful Emily I found this link on Jezebel; I am not too impressed with Jezebel at the moment but I think the post, on how to help a friend who has had a miscarriage, is helpful. There are things on there that I don't necessarily agree with, personally (if someone says "you can try again" and it comes from a place of love and support, I could never be offended), but I still think the piece is worth committing to memory if you have women in your life who are important to you (basically 99% of you). Reading these sorts of pieces (whether on miscarriage, or infertility, or cancer, or any other source of immense trauma for another human being) is always a useful exercise.
I just remembered that Tori Amos wrote a song about her miscarriage. When it was released I wasn't much of a Tori Amos fan anymore but I've always loved this song. A pop culture reference to miscarriage that is pretty different from recent ones on Nashville and Girls.
Finally, if any of you stumble on this post and want to talk to someone, even a stranger, about your experience, whether it was ten years ago or ten days ago, please email me. hi at fieldguided.com.
<3 <3 <3 that is all.
I was raised to believe there should always be a conversation about things, thank you for sharing this.
"What bothers me is the thought that women remain silent because they feel they have to, because they think no one wants to hear about it, because the physical reality of a miscarriage is far from pleasant..." I couldn't agree more. I also along with many women and I'm sure men am very glad you shared this on your blog. There are too many things women keep silent about and I hope to be a part of a culture where we can openly talk about these issues and support each other even in whatever capacity is needed.
I've been reading along on your blog for a long time and find it to be very beautiful.
I just wanted to say you are an amazing woman! So strong and a beauty. I really admire your 'Verbal' quality and can relate to it very much.
I am sorry for your loss and although I have never gone through anything like this my heart truly aches for you two.
anabela, i am truly sorry for your loss and wanted to let you know how much i admire your strength to speak and not being silent. it's very touching to read all this and i'm sending you lots of love.


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Diane Lachman's oil paintings and watercolors have been widely exhibited. Her interest in how color defines our idea of form and meaning. It is an intuitive approach that complements her years of teaching color theory at Penn Design at the University of Pennsylvania
After studying at the Rhode Island School of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, she moved to rural North Dakota, there she immersed herself in painting the vast landscape. She continued her education at the Cleveland Institute of Art and received her BFA and MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. She has been an instructor in the Department of Fine Arts of Penn Design at the University of Pennsylvania since 1993.
After learning about a branch of her family living in Panama, she was invited to exhibit her watercolors in a solo show at the Arlene Lachman Galeria in Panama City in March 2009. Her work was enthusiastically received and extensively covered by the Panamanian press. The Arlene Lachman Galeria continues to represent her work in Panama.
Her other recent solo exhibitions include the Burrison Gallery in Philadelphia PA and the Orchard Gallery in Bethesda Maryland. She participated in many juried group shows. Highlights include: The Other Colors Gallery in Exton PA, Art/Fashion/Art at The Art Trust in West Chester, Nouns, at the Da Vinci Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Consequential at the Addams Fine Arts Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, and the Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA.
Other shows include: Winter Salon: Women's Work at Artspace 129 in Montclair, NJ and Small Works at the Silicon Gallery in Philadelphia, PA. Her paintings received the Juror's Award in a watercolor exhibition at the Perkins Center for the Arts in Moorestown, NJ. The New York Times reviewed this work and said, "Lachman creates a "swirling pattern of intertwined shapes." The State Museum of Pennsylvania in Harrisburg selected her painting "Biorhythms 1" for the Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2001, and a painting from her "Germination Series" was chosen for the International Small Works on Paper exhibit at Art International in Asheville, NC.
Lachman's paintings are represented in many private and corporate collections.
She is a member of the Muse Gallery in Philadelphia.


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WHOOP User Chris Murphy: Trombonist to Para-Cycling Champion
BY Mark Van Deusen
"I knew I could do well in the 1K race but it didn't occur to me that I could actually win. I posted a time I expected to be second best, but the guy going last was the favorite. When he finished off the podium I couldn't believe it. I was like 'Holy crap, what just happened?' My team started swamping me, I was in disbelief. It was the most amazing and unexpected moment–just pure excitement."
– Chris Murphy on winning gold at the 2017 Para-cycling Track World Championships
When he was a child, Chris Murphy's mother didn't allow him to play sports because of a brachial plexus injury he sustained at birth that gave him permanent nerve damage in his left arm. "I was almost too big for my mom when I was born," Murphy told WHOOP. "I was 11 pounds 9 ounces and almost 2 feet tall. She was a 5-foot nothing little Asian women. I got stuck behind her pelvic bone during the birthing process. In order to get me out the doctor had to pull on my head, which stretched and permanently damaged the brachial plexus nerve bundle that leads into my arm."
"The major consequences are lack of strength, range of motion and sensation," he explained. "By my own estimate, I've got about 25 percent of what would be considered normal. For example, as far as lifting a weight, for a bicep curl I can do maybe 5 pounds. I can't lift anything over my head and I can't reach behind my back with my left arm."
With athletics off the table, Murphy turned to music: "It was just kind of a relief for me. My mom wouldn't let me play sports because of my arm, so I did music instead. That's kind of where I learned how to be a high-level person in general. I went to Cal State Fullerton and got a degree in trombone performance there. I was pretty successful for my age in that area and when I graduated I had an opportunity to start working at Disneyland as a musician."
However, after several years as a professional musician the competitor in Murphy knew he wouldn't be able to reach his full potential as a trombonist:
"Complications from my arm prevented me from really performing my best on the trombone. My affected arm was the one that carries the weight of the instrument. I started doing some brachial plexus research online after I began feeling some overuse injuries in my good arm. It was also around that time that I discovered cycling as a means to commute to and from various part time jobs. I happened to randomly come across an article about an Australian para-cyclist who was a world-record holder on the track with a similar brachial plexus injury. I thought to myself 'Oh, I didn't know that existed, I'm going to try that!' In 2013 I learned to ride the track in L.A. and I started competing shortly after."
Today, Murphy is a full-time resident of Colorado Springs, CO, where he trains at the U.S. Olympic facility. Last month, both Murphy (pictured below with his right arm raised) and his three-man relay team won gold medals at the world championships.
Four years in the making! Super proud of #TEAMUSA @lefty68USA @MusicalBikes @Tripalope pic.twitter.com/YtuXGNFlD9
— USParacycling (@usparacycling) March 6, 2017
"The team gold was a little more meaningful to me," Murphy said. "We'd finished 4th in the past 4 major world competitions [last year's Olympics in Rio and the previous 3 world championships]. It was really frustrating to finish just off the podium so many times in a row. But then we switched up the combinations a bit this year and ended up winning it. It was really satisfying because I'd wanted it for so long. To win as a team as well was even more enjoyable. It was the best feeling in the world."
When asked when he first discovered WHOOP, Murphy remembered the exact date. "It was January 9th of this year," he said. "I was flying to the national team camp and listening to the Ben Greenfield podcast [with WHOOP founder Will Ahmed] on the plane. When we landed I checked out the website and decided to order it right then and there."
The Sleep analysis is what Murphy enjoys most about his WHOOP Strap:
"I'm kind of a data nerd. The ability to measure my sleep quality and quantity is very appealing. Before, I never really knew how good my sleep was. WHOOP is definitely helping me make better decisions about how I choose to structure my sleep. As far as I'm concerned, sleep is the No. 1 thing you can do for recovery, and training without recovery is pointless. To get where I need to be I need to optimize my recovery as much as possible. The first priority there is sleep and WHOOP has opened my eyes to this. The amount of time that I was allowing for sleep wasn't as much as I should've been doing. That really educated me as far as the Sleep Coach goes. It's been huge for me."
Jokingly, Murphy added "It also allows me to tell my girlfriend 'I need to go to sleep at this time.' But in all seriousness, it's helped me a lot to make better decisions and be more honest with myself. The questions that the app asks every day help keep me accountable. The fact that I have to type in when I look at a screened device before bed every day makes me realize I sleep better if I put my phone down. I've noticed my sleep has improved when I stop doing that."
Murphy is also a big fan of the manner in which WHOOP tracks heart rate variability: "Another feature that I really like about WHOOP is that it measures HRV while I'm sleeping. My HRV is one of the numbers that I look at every day. WHOOP helps me understand the training process and gives me confidence when I need to train hard and recover. It helps me understand that I'm putting the work in in the proper way."
Let's hope his mother agrees.
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This is the only office in town which operates on a strictly walk-in basis. There are no appointments and little-to-no wait to see Dr. Shane. The are the only chiropractic office in the surrounding area with Zenith and Lloyd handicap-accessible hydraulic hi-lo tables. The office provides complete care for the chiropractic patient, offering subluxation based chiropractic services.


Well, my Mom and Dad showed up in Italy today.
Actually, it had sort of been planned from the beginning, but it was so up in the air for so long because of money and things that I had almost stopped counting on it when I heard from my sister Maryah that they were coming for sure. So it was so great to see them again that I can't even really write it. What's more, everybody here thought they were really cool, confirming the festering suspicion that I have had for a while that my parents are in fact, really cool. They ended up going out with Samuel and Amber Spatola for coffee and made friends with them... which is almost weird, but anyways, I'm really glad to see them again. They are going to travel around by themselves for the rest of the week and then come back and pick me up on Sunday to spend the day in Venice and the leave for the States together.
My parents and sibs are enjoying your photos! So am I.


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The ability to modify the weather has long belonged in the realm of science fiction, but now a team of scientists in Idaho think they've figured out how to make it happen outside a lab.
Cloud seeding, the process of causing tiny particles in clouds to break into rain or snow, is a decades-old process, but it has long been confined to controlled experiments in pristine conditions. - has been studied for decades, but it is only now that researchers say they have proven how it works outside a laboratory. Kurt Vonnegut based his fictitious ice-nine on this original discovery, which may be responsible for how fantastical this all seems.
By identifying the chain of events from cloud seeding to actual precipitation on the ground, scientists can now figure out what hasn't been working since the technique was first discovered in the '40s. Though we discovered back then that silver iodide causes supercool clouds of water vapor to freeze into snow in a lab, the equipment of the day wasn't able to measure droplet sizes in real time, and erratic weather patterns made controlled experiments near impossible.
"Once you seed, you're contaminating the cloud. You can't repeat the experiment because you'll never have the same atmospheric conditions again," Katja Friedrich, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Colorado in Boulder, told Science Magazine.
Now with funding from the National Science Foundation and Idaho Power, Freidrich and her team are ready to try a new approach. Traveling to the mountains of southwestern Idaho, they waited for supercooled clouds to appear, then flew an aircraft over the clouds that dropped silver iodide onto them.
"The radar can only see [water] particles that are big enough, and these clouds had tiny droplets not detectable by radar," said Friedrich. "Suddenly, we saw lines appear. It was really astonishing." The lines matched the flight path of the plane, and within them they saw the cloud's water particles grow, hit the silver iodide, and freeze. A couple of hours later, the snowflakes became heavy enough to hit the ground.
"The intent of glaciogenic seeding of orographic clouds is to introduce aerosol into a cloud to alter the natural development of cloud particles and enhance wintertime precipitation in a targeted region," reads the abstract of this study on the breakthrough. "Here, the full chain of events from ice initiation through crystal growth and fallout of snow has been documented. These observations are critical to our understanding of how cloud seeding works and will help direct future research efforts into the effectiveness of cloud seeding."
Other recent meteorological breakthroughs include the creation of diamond rain to study Neptune's strange weather, and the discovery of a new planet that snows sunscreen.


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Fla. school agrees to appeals process for yearbook photo dress code
A female high school student who was not allowed to wear unisex ormale clothing in her yearbook photograph has settled a lawsuit against aHillsborough County school.
Under the settlement announced May 10,Robinson High School can enforce its dress code for seniors' yearbook portraits,but administrators must create an appeals process so that students can seek anexemption.
Nikki Youngblood and her mother sued the Hillsborough CountySchool District in June 2002 after Kevin McCarthy, the then-principal ofRobinson High School, refused to make an exception to the yearbook photo dresscode for Youngblood. The lawsuit claimed the school's policy was discriminatoryand that the school violated Youngblood's rights to free expression and equalprotection.
According to the lawsuit, the dress code mandated that maleswear "business or professional clothing" and females wear a "scoop-neckeddrape." Youngblood asked administrators if she could wear a shirt, jacket andtie instead of the drape because she felt uncomfortable in "stereotypicallyfemale clothing," the lawsuit stated.
McCarthy refused, and the photo wasnever taken.
A federal district court dismissed the lawsuit, andYoungblood appealed to a federal appeals court. That court granted a request formediation.
Youngblood was pleased with the terms of thesettlement.
"I'm just happy that no other female student will have to beexcluded from her senior yearbook just because she doesn't want to conform tosomeone else's gender stereotypes," Youngblood said. "All along my goal has beento make sure that no other student has to go through what I did. With thissettlement, I believe we have achieved that goal."


I am in the last push of spring cleaning. It hasn't been easy but it has been quite successful. The only remaining space that I have left to tackle is my sewing studio. I spent the weekend putting up new lights around my light box as well as some new lights above my cutting table. While I am still in the process of putting the organized chaos back together I thought I would share several pictures that I have used as either guidelines or inspiration to further organize and personalize my creative space.
1. Create a pegboard to hold all rulers, tools, and scissors. I want to put one next to my cutting table .
2. Create a caddy from tin cans to hold notions on sewing table.
3. Organize ribbon in a decorative and efficient manner. I liked the look of these…maybe paint paper towel holders?
4. Create furniture that has more than one use. I LOVED this idea of a shelf and a ironing board.
5. Organize smaller yardage fabrics. Place on either a shelf or in drawers.
6. Create a focus wall. I have too much white going on in my area. I would really like to create a unique wall display.
Are you in the midst of organization? Do you have any ideas that would be helpful? Would love to hear from you!
Command hooks are life savers! I like the idea of hanging up holders for all the little tools. Good luck with putting your room back in order!
What did you wind up deciding for your storage problems?
Oh my goodness! That bias tape sounds like an amazing rainbow of sewing fun!
I have a few more pieces to get to better store my patterns but it is coming along nicely.


MARCH 22 Report: Due to snow and trail conditions, there will not be a "race" but we will have a mass ski out to the Main Aid Station on Saturday for festivities out there and all Skagway events are still happening. See schedule and trail report for updates.
NOTE: You will be directed to online registration forms through Zone 4. There is one registration form online for all races and racers. Before you register, it is advised that you also scroll down to view the entry fees and decide which race or option you plan to enter on the online form. There will be no paper registrations accepted this year. Late registrations in person will be accepted in Whitehorse and Skagway (see dates and locations below). See Race Schedule page for your start time.
• Thursday before Race (3-21-19), Sport Yukon in Whitehorse from 3-6 p.m. Yukon time.
• Friday before Race (3-22-19), AB Hall in Skagway from 3-6 p.m. Alaska time.
In you have questions about your registration or did not receive an e-mail confirmation from Zone 4, please email Beth at hawkings@northwestel.net or call Cara at 805-503-8496.
DINNER GUESTS – You may pay for additional Awards Dinner guests on the registration form for $15.
JOIN & SUPPORT LOG CABIN SKI SOCIETY – You also may sign up on the online form to become a Member of Log Cabin Ski Society for $10 per year. Members will be entered in our annual ski drawing at the race banquet. We also welcome additional donations on the form to our Warming Hut Fund.
ALSO VERY IMPORTANT: We suggest you allow at least an extra half hour if coming from Skagway to make the start on time. Expect lines at Fraser border crossing on way north to Log Cabin, and at the Skagway Port of Entry on way south after the race. Bring your Passport! Refer to Race Schedule page for your start time and check close to the race to see if there are any changes due to weather or conditions. No dogs please during the race.
NO REFUNDS POLICY – We do not give refunds. If you are unable to race, then you may treat your entry fee as a donation to LCSS. We are a registered non-profit.


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Bid History for 1993 Ford LN 8000 Dump Truck
Auction Start Date: 08/06/19 12:24 PM ET
Auction End Date: 08/11/19 10:51 AM ET
1993 Ford LN 8000 Dump Truck
High Bidder: g******e
Tax (8.000000%): $446.00
1993 Ford LN 8000 1FTYS85E6PVA36496 48,247 (Accurate?: No) No Title Restriction
1993 Ford LN 8000
1FTYS85E6PVA36496 48,247 (Accurate?: No)
Used/See Description Trucks, Heavy Duty 1 ton and Over
-1993 Ford LN 8000 -DPF installed, working and serviced annually. -All six tires in really good shape. -New air brake lines up front. -Newer radiator. -Remanufactured steering gearbox recently installed. -Manual tarp installed. -Windshield and windows good. -No A/C. Compressor, condenser, receiver and hoses have been removed. -Never failed a BIT. -8.3 Cummins engine. Timing gear case leeks a fair amount of oil. I see evidence of dried coolant on the side of the block and I smell coolant when the engine is under a heavy load. There is no oil in the coolant and no coolant in the oil. The vehicle has passed PSIP every year. -10 speed Fuller transmission. -Vehicle removed from service because we bought a replacement.
Q: Is there any documentation as to what this truck might weigh? (7/8/19 4:57 PM)
A: I've not weighed this truck and I don't see anything on the truck that tells me what it weighs but, the registration card says that the unladen weight is 14,200 lbs. (7/9/19 11:22 AM)
Q: Is the bed a sizzor lift or a e stage single cylinder hoist? (7/11/19 12:38 PM)
A: It has a scissor lift. I'll add a picture. (7/11/19 1:20 PM)
Q: What type hoist does it have to lift the bed, a sizzor lift ot a 3 stage hoist that lifts the bed straight up? (7/11/19 12:50 PM)
A: This dump truck has a scissor type lift. (7/22/19 5:21 PM)
Q: And would this truck make a 3k mile drive back to TN, in your opinion? (7/11/19 12:52 PM)
A: Probably, however the engine is the weak link. (7/12/19 10:11 AM)
Q: Road worthy to make it to Arkansas? (7/11/19 3:24 PM)
Q: Is there a specific reason why you say the engine is the weak link? (7/13/19 6:09 PM)
A: The timing gear case leaks a fair amount of oil and I see dried coolant leaking from in between the head and the block. Sometimes I can smell coolant when the engine is under a heavy load. (7/15/19 10:33 AM)
Q: Do you mean that the truck has no air conditioning or do you mean that it doesn't work? (7/15/19 2:31 AM)
A: The truck came from the factory with air conditioning but, some of the components have been removed. (7/15/19 11:33 AM)
Q: Would you have any idea what the horse power of the engine in this truck would be? (7/15/19 2:34 AM)
A: The engine is rated at 275 hp. I'm not sure about the torque. (7/15/19 11:34 AM)
Seller Name Twentynine Palms Water District, CA
Asset Location 72401 Hatch Rd
Twentynine Palms, California 92277-2935
Wire Transfer is the only payment option for this item. The Wire Transfer Transaction Summary page will provide payment and account information. The Wire Transfer must be completed within 5 days unless otherwise specified below.
****** This agency does NOT provide SMOG CERTIFICATION or EMISSIONS RETROFIT******* **All smog related repairs and certifications for vehicles are the sole responsibility of the buyer as outlined in California Vehicle Code, Division 12, Section 24007.5.**
TITLE 13 CALIFORNIA CODE DISCLOSURE OF REGULATION APPLICABILITY: WHEN OPERATED IN CALIFORNIA ANY OFF ROAD DIESEL VEHICLE MAY BE SUBJECT TO THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD IN-USE OFF-ROAD DIESEL VEHICLE REGULATION. IT THEREFORE COULD BE SUBJECT TO RETROFIT OR ACCELERATED TURNOVER REQUIREMENTS TO REDUCE EMISSIONS OF AIR POLLUTANTS.
Guaranty Waiver. All property is offered for sale 'AS IS, WHERE IS.' Twentynine Palms Water District, CA makes no warranty, guaranty or representation of any kind, expressed or implied, as to the merchantability or fitness for any purpose of the property offered for sale. Please note that upon removal of the property, all sales are final.
Quick Asset Lookup (QAL) #: 9357-17 (GD)


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Flexible commercial space on Main Street. 11 Main Street has 3 levels, lots of square footage, great access and visibility. For just $7000 per month, which includes all utilities and some dedicated parking spaces, you can lease the main floor, Unit A, of the building. It shares a freight elevator with upstairs and downstairs, has an alley entrance and Main Street entrance. The upstairs, Unit B, which is approx. 4500 sq. ft. is available for just $1400 per month, plus $400 per month for utilities, with a 5 year lease, tenant does significant leasehold improvement, including additional stairs, windows, 2 bathrooms, and decor upgrade to landlord's satisfaction. Or, something else? Flexible landlord, flexible lease terms. It has good access via stairways and a freight elevator.


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Birthers doubt presidenitial eligibility of Texas' Cruz
Some question whether Canada-born freshman senator's American mom meets Constitution's test
Published March 29, 2013 at 12:09am
(National Review) Birthers, it turns out, can be bipartisan. They have a new target — the rapidly rising GOP senator Ted Cruz.
Though he bears all the marks of a Texan — the swagger, the signature twang, and the ever-present cowboy boots — 42-year-old Cruz was born in Calgary, Alberta, to an American mother and a Cuban father. By dint of his mother's citizenship, Cruz was an American citizen at birth. Whether he meets the Constitution's requirement that the president of the United States be a "natural-born citizen," a term the Framers didn't define and for which the nation's courts have yet to offer an interpretation, has become the subject of considerable speculation.


As already declared, on November 12, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court entered a request affirming the Company's Second Amended Plan of Liquidation and Second Amended Disclosure Statement. On December 31, 2015, all conditions to the event of the viable date put forward in the Plan and the Confirmation Order were fulfilled or deferred in agreement therewith and the powerful date of the Plan happened.
On the same date, BPZ Resources, Inc (BPZ) recorded a Notice of Effective Date of the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court.
As per the Plan, the greater part of the Company's advantages have been exchanged to a selling trust for the advantage of the Company's leasers. Gilbert E. Nathan has been designated as the Liquidation Trustee with the end goal of liquidation and circulating the greater part of the Company's outstanding resources for holders of permitted cases as per the terms of the Plan.
The Trust plans to make an appropriation of around $9mm to holders of selling trust interests on the viable date or as sensibly practicable from that point as dictated by the Trustee.
As an aftereffect of the Plan being successful, the majority of the Company's value advantages, comprising of approved and extraordinary shares of basic stock, were crossed out without thought and have no worth. When practicable and as per the Plan, the Company's corporate presence will be ended.
The Company will in no time record a Certification of Termination of Registration on Form 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission with the end goal of ending the enrollment of its normal stock under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as revised (the "Trade Act"). After documenting a Form 15, the Company will quickly stop recording any further intermittent or current reports under the Exchange Act.