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North Korea's launch of multiple ballistic missiles threatens South Korea
North Korea launched at least 23 missiles into the ocean on Wednesday, November 2, one of which came down less than 60 kilometers (40 miles) off the coast of South Korea. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol called it "territorial encroachment."
According to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), one of the missiles that Pyongyang launched was a short-range ballistic missile that landed close to South Korean territorial waters for the first time since the division of Korea.
It was also the most missiles fired by the North in a single day, and it was the first time a ballistic missile had landed near South Korean waters since the peninsula was divided in 1945.
JCS noted that the missile landed in international waters 167 kilometers (104 miles) northwest of South Korea's Ulleungdo island, which was located around 26 kilometers south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) – the de facto inter-Korean maritime border that North Korea does not recognize.
The launches came only hours after Pyongyang urged an end to extensive military drills between South Korea and the United States, claiming that such "military rashness and provocation can no longer be permitted."
John Kirby, the White House's national security spokesman, described the North Korean launches as "reckless" and promised that the U.S. would take steps to ensure that it has the military resources necessary to defend its treaty allies Japan and South Korea.
The missile touched down south of the Northern Limit Line (NLL), a contentious maritime border between North and South Korea, but outside of South Korea's territorial seas.
"Strictly speaking, it did not land in our territory, but in the Exclusive Economic Zone under our jurisdiction, therefore it was not subject to interception," a senior presidential official responded when asked whether the missile was heading toward the South's territory and if it should have been intercepted. (Related: North Korea's satellites revealed to be in "ideal position" to unleash EMP attack on America's most populated cities.)
Kirby said the U.S. has received information that North Korea is covertly supplying Russia with a "significant" number of artillery shells for its conflict in Ukraine. He added that Washington will also consult with the United Nations on accountability issues regarding the shipments. He also noted that North Korea was trying to hide the shipments by passing them through nations in the Middle East and North Africa.
North Korea escalates provocations
North Korea is also getting into the nerves of Japan. On Wednesday, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told reporters that North Korea is launching missiles at an "unprecedentedly high frequency." Kishida has already called for a National Security Council meeting to be held as soon as possible due to the rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula.
Japan's Ministry of Defense said North Korea conducted another launch, which included at least one more ballistic missile toward the east that fell into the sea outside of Japan's Exclusive Economic Zone.
"North Korea has rapidly escalated its provocations, launching more than a dozen missiles today alone and reportedly firing more than 100 artillery shells into the Japan sea since announcing an extremely provocative statement earlier in the day," said Toshiro Ino, Japan's deputy minister of defense.
The ballistic missile flew a short distance at a maximum altitude of fewer than 50 kilometers. No damage to aircraft or vessels has been reported.
Meanwhile, Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong tweeted on Wednesday: "North Korea's unprecedented launch of multiple ballistic missiles is recklessly threatening the security of the Republic of Korea. Pyongyang must cease this action."
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SHIMLA: After three consecutive days of snowfall and rain, Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday got some relief, but the cold continued to grip the hills, said an official.
The meteorological office here said no major snow or rainfall has been reported in the state since Monday.
Keylong, the headquarters of Lahaul and Spiti, was the coldest in the state with sub-zero eight degrees Celsius.
Kalpa, 250 km from the capital, recorded a minimum temperature of minus 2.6 degrees Celsius, Manali minus 6 degrees, Dalhousie 1.7 degrees and Dharamsala recorded 2.2 degrees Celsius.
Shimla saw a low of 4 degrees Celsius with partly cloudy skies.
All buses for upper Shimla towns like Rohru, Theog, Kharapathar and Chopal, which were earlier suspended due to snowfall, are now plying normally, said an official.
However, the Met Office has warned of more snow during the weekend.
A fresh western disturbance is likely to affect the western Himalayan region from January 18, said the weather office.


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Shortly after ordering his new Audi, Filipe spotted AWE Tuning's newly released exhaust system for the car and bought it immediately. Next he turned his attention to the suspension – Filipe wanted to go lower, but knew he would need a smooth ride and solid handling if his wife would make this Audi her daily driver. After debating different coilover setups, he opted to go with an H&R performance set paired with SPC adjustable control arms to dial in the camber. During the install, Felipe struck a deal with AWE Tuning to test their new non-resonated downpipes, and drove his SQ5 over to have these pre-release downpipes installed. To finish it all off, he chose a set of 20×10 et25 Avant Garde M590 wheels (originally wrapped in 275/40/20 Continental DWS) and put on a meaty set of 295/40/20 Continental DWS 06 tires. Filipe's next step is to get his SQ5 a full tune from EPL. This clean build Filipe's put together makes for a head turning daily driver with a solid OEM+ feel. The car is a looker, and we had a ton of fun shooting it for this feature. Like many things, moderation is key. It only takes a few changes to take a good looking car and turn it into a fantastic looking one. We hope you enjoy the photos as much as we do… Cheers!


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Court rejects Howard County's challenge to noisy flight path
By: Steve Lash Daily Record Legal Affairs Writer August 11, 2020
Federal aviation officials in 2016 approved a change in the flight path of airliners heading west from Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. Howard County officials waited too long to challenge that policy, a federal appeals court has ruled. (File photo)
Howard County waited too long to challenge a federally approved change in the flight path of commercial airliners heading west out of Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, and thus residents must endure the loud noise the jets make over the county's historic district, a U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday.
County leaders had 60 days to seek judicial review of the Federal Aviation Administration's February 2016 flight-path alteration that has jets flying over an area of Howard that had seen little air traffic and at an altitude of less than 3,000 feet, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals held.
But the county did not seek review for more than 1,000 days — and after having "unreasonably" waited 110 days to even seek voluntary relief from the FAA "as a first resort," the 4th Circuit held in its published 3-0 decision dismissing the county's request that the court overturn the agency's "TERPZ-6" flight plan.
"We're disappointed at the court's ruling and are carefully considering our options moving forward," Howard County Executive Calvin Ball said in statement Tuesday.
"We know this is a significant issue for our residents, and we're not done fighting on behalf of them," Ball added. "In the meantime, we will continue engaging with the BWI Roundtable and encourage the FAA to implement proposed changes to flight paths. We're also urging the State of Maryland to get back on track with the Noise Abatement Plan, which has been severely delayed. Our residents deserve progress, and we will continue to pursue all options to provide relief."
In its decision, the 4th Circuit said the county's 60-day clock for seeking judicial review under the Federal Aviation Act began on Feb. 4, 2016, when the FAA took "final' reviewable action by publishing its administrative order and beginning the TERPZ-6 flights.
The court rejected Howard's argument that the 60 days began on Sept. 18, 2018, when the FAA rebuffed by letter the county's formal July 2018 challenge to the legality of the agency's change. Under the county's argument, its Nov. 13, 2018, review petition would have been timely filed.
The FAA's commencement of TERPZ-6 flights "produced the legal consequences that the county now seeks to vacate: It required westbound departing aircraft to follow the prescribed flight paths, thereby producing the 'increased noise' of which the county complains," Judge Albert Diaz wrote for the 4th Circuit.
"While the FAA's letter did effectively terminate the agency's decision-making process with respect to the county's grievances, it neither produced any legal consequences nor determined any rights or obligations," Diaz added. "To the contrary, because (as the FAA pointed out) the county's petition wasn't rooted in any legal right, the FAA's rejection of it left the county in the same legal position it had occupied beforehand."
The 4th Circuit added that the county provided no "reasonable grounds" for having missed the 60-day deadline, such as if the FAA had left the impression it would again revise the flight path or if confusion existed regarding whether TERPZ-6 was final.
In fact, "the county waited 110 days – nearly twice as long as the limitations period – before it so much as voiced its concerns to the FAA," Diaz wrote. "The county articulates no grounds, let alone reasonable grounds, for waiting so long to take this initial step in seeking administrative relief, and the record furnishes none."
The county had sought judicial review, arguing that FAA's adoption of the new flight path was "arbitrary and capricious" and without regard to its environmental impact, in violation of the federal Administrative Procedure Act.
But the county did not raise any objection to TERPZ-6 until May 24, 2016 — 110 days after the new flight path went into effect, the 4th Circuit said. The objection came in a letter elected officials sent to the FAA, expressing frustration with the agency's inattention to the "significant disruption" caused by the noise and seeking an early June meeting with agency personnel.
The FAA did not respond until August 2016 and only after Maryland's U.S. senators sent letters expressing the county's concerns, the 4th Circuit said.
The FAA had a conference call with the Maryland Aviation Administration that month and co-sponsored a community meeting in October 2016 at which about 500 residents in the flight path complained about the noise.
That meeting was followed by the creation of a "BWI Roundtable," which met monthly between March 2017 and April 2018 to hear community concerns about the noisy new flight path the FAA said was necessitated by the move to very high-tech air traffic control technology.
When those sessions did not yield the noise relief sought, Howard County sent the FAA an administrative petition on July 18, 2018, stating that adoption of the TERPZ-6 violated the Administrative Procedure Act and urging the agency to return to the prior flight path. The FAA rejected the request in a Sept. 18, 2018, letter, prompting the county's failed bid for judicial relief in the 4th Circuit on Nov. 13, 2018.
Diaz was joined in the opinion by Judges Diana Gribbon Motz and Allison Jones Rushing.
The 4th Circuit rendered its decision in Howard County, Md., v. Federal Aviation Administration et al., No. 18-2360.
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July 19, 2017 — Louise H
Feeding the Championships & congratulating Carly
Alasdair Fowle, Divisional Marketing Manager, is at the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017 and told us why he's loving it:
Stadium branding
The championships started with a bang (courtesy of some fireworks) on Friday and the atmosphere has been electric ever since. The brand exposure for Co-op has been phenomenal, our British messages have been viewed millions of times, the feedback from the 4,500 volunteers on our British meal deal range has been great and thousands of visitors have experienced our food and interacted with our brand on our stand in the Hero Village. Then of course there's the amazing job our Co-op runners and our very own Carly Tait have been doing too!
Carly on our Co-op stand
Carly competed on Friday against a very strong field in the 100m T34 race, and put in an extraordinary effort to come in 5th, covering the 100m in a mere 19.58 seconds which was just 0.4 seconds off her all time personal best. Carly followed this up on Monday in her weakest event, the 800m T34 race, and managed to finish just off the podium in 4th with a time of 2minutes and 21 seconds, which was simply amazing to watch. She's really grateful for all our support and sent this message:
Carly's next race is on Wednesday evening and we'll all be cheering her on loud and proud when she competes in the 400m T34 race.
Co-op food for the runners
The main part of our partnership with the championships is the Co-op food we're providing to feed the 4,500 runners who make the games a reality. The feedback I've had from the runners themselves and also from the management team, is that it's by far the best food that's ever been provided to runners it's safe to say we've changed the perceptions of Co-op to a massive number of people in such a short space of time.
The Experiential team have created an amazing customer experience activation in Hero Village. In fact, it's so good that demand has been huge' and some customers have queued for 20 minutes just to sample some of our delicious products! It's been great to witness so many people experiencing some of the products from our range and instantly changing their view of Co-op's own-brand food. I've been lucky enough to be down in London for a few days and it's great talking to visitors at the Co-op stand. It's been a pleasure to meet so many existing members but also to talk to people who haven't joined us yet and tell them what makes us different. We can sign-up new members on the stand and the team have been busy welcoming visitors as new Co-op members!
We're back shortly with a response lucky enough to have 3 medal presenter positions. Amanda Jennings (Director of Marketing Communications, Customer Team) took part in the first medal presentation on Saturday, which included Hannah Cockcroft's Gold Medal for the 100m. Nick Crocker, who's an Area Manager in South Division, and Andy Phelps (Head of Commercial) will also be representing Co-op at medal presentations this weekend.
I've managed to experience the atmosphere inside the stadium and also spoken to some of the athletes who've talked about the difference the crowd makes to their performance. It really has been amazing to see the home crowd not only get behind the British athletes but also support the visiting athletes and create an amazing atmosphere for everyone to enjoy! If you live in the south then please do get along to the championships and show your support – it really is an unforgettable experience.
Here's a transcript of Carly's message in case you can't hear the video:
"I want to say a big thank you to everyone at the Co-op for all your support, it's been amazing to have you on my journey, from Rio to now at the World Championships in London. Without you all I could not do it, I couldn't be here. Big thumbs up to all the runners here as well, it's been so nice to meet you all. And I can't wait to get back to the office and say hello to all of you guys. Keep watching, keep supporting and keep cheering for me! Bye!"
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Jenny Cook
As one of the volunteer Runners, I'd just like to add my thanks to the Co-op. The food was brilliant, great choice, well-cooked (no soggy broccoli) and plentiful. Having been at the Olympics, Paralympics and Glasgow Commonwealth Games, I can echo other people in saying your catering was streets ahead of the others. Thanks again and thank you too for supporting this wonderful event.
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By Chris KrommDecember 22, 2007
THANK YOU to all of you who have already pitched in for Facing South's Year-End Holiday Fundraiser -- already more than $5,000 has come in! We've fixed the online donation server -- try it out now! -- and you can always give by snail-mail at ISS, P.O. Box 531, Durham, NC 27702. All donations tax-deductible!
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THE 2007 INSTITUTE HOLIDAY INDEX
Number of North Carolina pilots linked to CIA "torture flights" that an Institute investigation helped identify in spring 2007: 5
Number of fact-finding trips to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast conducted by Institute staff this year: 6
As revealed in an Institute report this August, percent of President Bush's "big check" for Hurricane Katrina that is actually going towards long-term recovery: 30%
Percent of that long-term recovery money that the Institute exposed had not even been spent as of August 2007: 55%
Date in September that Institute director Chris Kromm addressed Congress on the need to act swiftly to address the Gulf Coast housing crisis: 26
Number of times Institute staff were interviewed on TV and radio about Hurricane Katrina, the Jena 6 case and other key issues this year: 48
Estimated audience this media coverage reached: 25 million
Copies of reports on the Katrina recovery that the Institute distributed to grassroots leaders, policy-makers and the media: 12,000
Date in January that the Institute will release the first in-depth report on Hurricane Katrina and human rights, in tandem with a visit by a United Nations delegation: 14
Amount of money the John Locke Foundation, a right-wing think tank, received from fossil fuel while it denying the existence of human-caused global warming, according to a November Institute report: $125,500
In response to the report, number of times the Locke Foundation president called the Institute "kooks," "anti-Christian bigots" and Castro sympathizers: 1, 1 and 1
Minimum number of times that a senior editor at the Locke Foundation, which claims more science science is needed before states take action on climate change, has publicly stated that global warming isn't caused by humans but instead is fulfillment of biblical prophecy of End Times: 1
Percent of the Institute's Investigative Reporting Fund supported by readers: 92%
Value of government and large corporate contributions the Institute receives: $0
Date in May 2008 that the Institute will launch Facing South Magazine, the first in-depth online magazine about the South: 1
Goal for Institute's 2007 end-of-year fundraiser to support a fearless and independent voice for change in the South: $10,000
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Steelers Game Recaps
Steelers 38, Texans 17
PITTSBURGH (AP) -Willie Parker ran for 138 yards and three touchdowns and a near-perfect Ben Roethlisberger threw two scoring passes to Hines Ward in a Steelers rout that began with Houston's fourth-down failure on its opening possession.
The Steelers retain most of the top players from the team that won the Super Bowl three seasons ago, and many played a role in Pittsburgh's sixth consecutive season-opening win. The streak is the NFL's longest since Miami won 11 in a row from 1992-2002.
Parker showed no loss of speed or cutback ability from the broken right leg that ended his 2007 season in the Steelers' next-to-last game, when he was leading the NFL in rushing. Roethlisberger missed on only one of 14 passing attempts until being lifted after three quarters.
Steelers 10, Browns 6
CLEVELAND (AP) - Ignoring his sore right shoulder and wind gusts of 60 mph, Ben Roethlisberger threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Hines Ward as the Steelers made it 10 straight wins over their closest rival, beating the Browns to extend the NFL's longest current winning streak between two teams.
As is their way, the Steelers wrecked Cleveland's return to prime time after a five-year hiatus. Pittsburgh has won eight in a row in Cleveland (0-2), 16 of 17 in the series and 23 of 26.
During the game, it was disclosed on TV that Roethlisberger sustained a separated shoulder last week in a win over Houston. But Big Ben didn't seem bothered as he completed 12 of 19 for 186 yards and improved to 10-0 in NFL games inside his home state.
Eagles 15, Steelers 6
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Brian Westbrook limped off the field in the first half. Donovan McNabb missed part of the third quarter. With their best player sidelined and star quarterback hurting, the Eagles did it with defense.
A swarming D had nine sacks, forced a safety and got three turnovers against the Steelers (2-1). Ben Roethlisberger had no time to throw and Willie Parker couldn't find any room to run. Juqua Parker had 2 1/2 sacks as the Eagles banged around Big Ben, eventually knocking him out of the game.
Steelers 23, Ravens 20, OT
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jeff Reed's 46-yard field goal in overtime gave the Pittsburgh a 23-20 win over Baltimore, as the Steelers overcame a 10-point deficit, numerous injuries and a late Ravens comeback.
Reed's third field goal ended a back-and-forth game in which the Steelers were down by 10 late in the third quarter, rallied but couldn't hold a seven-point lead, then found a way to win despite being without their top three running backs.
Pittsburgh came back to win despite losing two players to season-ending injuries, running back and first-round draft pick Rashard Mendenhall (fractured shoulder) and right guard Kendall Simmons (right Achilles tendon).
The Ravens, losing for the seventh time in their past eight games in Pittsburgh, won the important overtime coin toss but were backed up by two penalties and a sack and had to punt out of the end zone.
Then, on third-and-8, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger found fourth-string running back Mewelde Moore - playing only because of the injuries - on a 24-yard pass for a first down at the Ravens' 31-yard line. On third-and-14, Moore made a 7-yard catch to move the ball to the 28, bringing kicker Reed closer to goal.
Steelers 26, Jaguars 21
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Big Ben's big night gave the Pittsburgh Steelers a big boost in the AFC North.
Ben Roethlisberger threw for 309 yards and three touchdowns, helping the Steelers (4-1) overcome their offensive woes and snap a four-game losing streak against Jacksonville.
Roethlisberger finished 26-of-41, rebounding from an interception on his third pass that Rashean Mathis returned 72 yards for a score. Roethlisberger's perfect 8-yard fade pass to Hines Ward in the corner of the end zone put the Steelers ahead 26-21 with 1:53 remaining.
Roethlisberger misfired on the 2-point conversion, but Pittsburgh's defense sealed the win by sacking David Garrard and then forcing two incomplete passes.
Steelers 38, Bengals 10
CINCINNATI (AP) - Mewelde Moore scored a career-high three touchdowns, and Pittsburgh piled up seven sacks in a 38-10 victory that solidified the Steelers' hold on first place in the AFC North and left the Cincinnati Bengals wallowing without a win at the bottom of the league.
The Steelers (5-1) asked a lot of him in an offense known for running the ball no matter who's in the backfield. Moore ran for a pair of touchdowns and caught a pass for another.
Roethlisberger improved to 11-0 in his native state - he's never lost in Cleveland or Cincinnati. With his separated passing shoulder much better after a bye week, Roethlisberger threw two touchdown passes, including a 50-yarder to Nate Washington that started the fourth-quarter scoring spurt.
Giants 21, Steelers 14
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The New York Giants did little with the exceptional field position the Steelers gave them. Finally, when it seemed Pittsburgh had too much depth and defense for the Super Bowl champs, the Steelers were tripped up by - of all things - a bad punt snap.
Eli Manning threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Boss with 3:11 remaining for the Giants' only touchdown after they tied it several minutes before on a bizarre safety. Linebacker James Harrison's high snap on the punt gave New York two points, and the Giants held off Pittsburgh for a 21-14 victory in a matchup of division leaders.
The resilient Steelers (5-2) playing with backups all over the field, tried to make up for Ben Roethlisberger's four interceptions by turning two big-play scores into a lead they preserved with a goal-line stand midway through the fourth quarter.
But the Giants (6-1) tied it with 6:48 remaining on the safety.
Pro Bowl linebacker Harrison, playing center due to long snapper Greg Warren's knee injury, snapped the ball over punter Mitch Berger's head and out of the end zone. It wasn't certain why Harrison was snapping rather than starting center Justin Hartwig or right guard Darnell Stapleton, a center at Rutgers.
John Carney kicked four field goals for New York.
Steelers 23, Redskins 6
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) - Byron Leftwich came on at halftime and led two touchdown drives in the Steelers' 23-6 victory over Washington.
Starting quarterback Ben Roethlisberger reinjured his throwing shoulder on a 1-yard sneak that gave the Steelers a 10-6 lead in the final minute of the first half.
Roethlisberger was 5-of-17 for 50 yards and an interception, while Leftwich went 7-of-10 for 129 yards and a touchdown as Pittsburgh (6-2) beat an NFC East team for the first time in three attempts this season.
The Steelers' top-rated defense had seven sacks and became the first team this season to intercept Jason Campbell. It also held Clinton Portis to 51 yards rushing, ending his streak of five straight games with at least 120 yards.
Pittsburgh won its 15th consecutive Monday night home game, a streak that dates to a 1991 loss to the New York Giants at Three Rivers Stadium.
Colts 24, Steelers 20
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Peyton Manning took advantage of Ben Roethlisberger's fourth quarter interception to find Dominic Rhodes out of the backfield on a 17-yard touchdown pass with 3:04 remaining for Indianapolis' only lead, and the Colts rallied in a virtual must-win game to beat the Steelers 24-20.
Manning also hit Reggie Wayne on a 65-yard touchdown pass play on a tipped ball that wasn't well thrown and Dallas Clark on a 2-yard scoring pass six seconds before halftime following an unnecessary interception by Roethlisberger, helping end the Colts' 40-year losing streak in Pittsburgh.
The Colts (5-4) had dropped their last 12 in Pittsburgh counting the postseason, dating to a 41-7 win in 1968 when the Steelers played at now-demolished Pitt Stadium.
The Steelers (6-3) had a chance to win at the end, but Roethlisberger's pass into the end zone on the final play - with Nate Washington open briefly - was intercepted by Melvin Bullitt.
Steelers 11, Chargers 10
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The only thing perfect on a snowy, frigid day when the weather and the offenses were equally awful was San Diego's regular-season record in Pittsburgh.
Make it 0-13, losing the first 11-10 final in NFL history.
Ben Roethlisberger stayed away from the mistakes that cost the Steelers their previous two home games, Willie Parker ran for 115 yards and Jeff Reed's third field goal won it - a 32-yarder with 11 seconds remaining.
The unusual final scored was in jeopardy when Troy Polamalu returned an errant lateral 12 yards for an apparent touchdown on the final play. But it was overturned on replay - called an illegal forward pass - and the 11-10 score was restored.
The Steelers outgained the Chargers 410-216, and most teams with a 300-yard passer and a 115-yard rusher normally have plenty of offense. But the Steelers couldn't get into the end zone even as Roethlisberger went 31-of-41 for 308 yards, partly because they had 13 penalties for 115 yards to San Diego's two for 5 yards.
A snow squall about 45 minutes before the late-afternoon kickoff left Heinz's grass surface snowy white at the start and snow splotches remained the rest of the game.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Steelers honored defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau with a pregame ceremony for his 50 years as an NFL coach and player. His league-best defense found the best possible way to pay tribute to him.
The Steelers limited the depleted Bengals to six first downs following an early touchdown drive and found just enough offense themselves amid the snow flurries to control the clock behind Ben Roethlisberger and beat Cincinnati 27-10.
Pittsburgh (8-3) wasn't dominating - except defensively - in winning its fifth in a row over Cincinnat, its longest streak since an eight-game run in the early 1990s. The Steelers trailed 7-0 until Roethlisberger threw a 3-yard pass to tight end Heath Miller, their first touchdown in more than seven quarters, and didn't take control until backup running backs Mewelde Moore and Gary Russell led a third-quarter drive that made it 20-7.
Steelers 33, Patriots 10
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Pittsburgh's NFL-best defense stopped Matt Cassel's two-game offensive surge and pushed New England closer to strange territory: a sideline seat for the playoffs.
The Steelers (9-3) held the Patriots to 267 yards, got two touchdown passes from Ben Roethlisberger and four field goals from Jeff Reed and beat the Patriots 33-10.
Cassel lost two fumbles and two interceptions in the second half and was sacked five times after throwing for at least 400 yards in his past two contests. He was 19-for-39 for 169 yards and no touchdowns against Pittsburgh, which has held all 12 opponents under 300 yards.
In the second half, the Steelers outscored the Patriots 23-0 and gave up just 81 yards.
Steelers 20, Cowboys 13
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Deshea Townsend scored on a 25-yard interception return with 1:40 remaining as the Steelers scored their only two touchdowns 24 seconds apart to rally from a 10-point deficit.
Pittsburgh was stopped on fourth down at the Dallas 1 early in the fourth quarter while falling behind 13-3, but came back to tie it at 13 on Ben Roethlisberger's 6-yard pass to Heath Miller with 2:04 left. Roethlisberger found Nate Washington three times for 51 yards on a 67-yard drive after the Cowboys twice stalled.
On second-and-8 from the Cowboys 17, Jason Witten ran the wrong pass route, allowing Townsend to step in front of the pass for the fifth turnover forced by Pittsburgh's league-leading defense. Until the closing minutes, that defense had been outplayed by a determined Dallas defense that held Pittsburgh to 70 yards rushing and 238 yards.
Steelers 13, Ravens 9
BALTIMORE (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers used a second straight fourth-quarter comeback to earn another AFC North title.
Santonio Holmes caught a 4-yard touchdown pass from Ben Roethlisberger with 43 seconds left, and the Steelers clinched their second consecutive division crown by beating the Baltimore Ravens 13-9.
The Steelers (11-3) trailed 9-6 before moving 92 yards in 13 plays to take their only lead and score the game's lone touchdown. Roethlisberger went 7-for-11 for 89 yards on the drive.
The Steelers have won five straight, and this was their first win in Baltimore since 2002. It also earned the Steelers a first-round bye.
The Steelers began their final drive at their 8 with 3:36 left. Two straight completions to Hines Ward moved the ball to the 34, and a third-and-10 completion to Nate Washington for 16 yards took Pittsburgh to midfield.
Washington caught a 24-yarder to the 14, and a 10-yard pass to Ward set up first-and-goal at the 4. After two incompletions, Roethlisberger scrambled left, then found Holmes over the middle for the winner.
Titans 31, Steelers 14
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Kerry Collins threw for a touchdown, Chris Johnson and LenDale White ran for a score apiece, and the Titans routed the Steelers in a showdown of the AFC's best teams. Tennessee clinched the No. 1 seed and home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
The Titans improved the NFL's best record to 13-2 with their 15th win in 17 games. But they were coming off a loss to Houston in which they failed to score a touchdown for the first time this year and were up against the NFL's stingiest defense.
They snapped back well, ending the Steelers' five-game winning streak and becoming the first team to top 300 yards against Pittsburgh (11-4) this season. They finished with 323 yards.
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Ben Roethlisberger gave the playoff-bound Steelers a major scare by sustaining a concussion during an essentially meaningless victory over the embarrassed Cleveland Browns.
Roethlisberger, expected to play a half to stay sharp before a two-week break, lay on the turf for nearly 15 minutes after being leveled by Willie McGinest and D'Qwell Jackson while delivering a pass late in the second quarter.
Despite the long delay, Roethlisberger's teammates did not react as if he had been seriously hurt and the quarterback flashed a thumbs-up while being driven off the field.
The Browns didn't score a touchdown on offense while losing their final six, setting an NFL record by going 24 consecutive quarters without an offensive touchdown. The 1974 Bears' streak lasted 22 quarters.
Divisional Playoffs
PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Steelers, owners of the NFL's best home-field record since the 1970 NFL merger, shook off a 7-0 deficit barely two minutes into the game, controlled pint-sized playmaker Darren Sproles and returned some normalcy to the postseason by beating the San Diego Chargers 35-24.
With a now-healthy Willie Parker running for 146 yards and two touchdowns, Ben Roethlisberger ignoring his late-season concussion to throw for a score and lead an efficient offense, the Steelers did what the favored Titans, Panthers and Giants couldn't do by winning at home. It was the first time since 1971 that three road teams won during a single playoff weekend, and the Steelers made certain that road teams didn't go 4-for-4.
The Steelers had the worst offense of any playoff team coming in, only to put up 35 points to support the NFL's top-ranked defense.
Sproles, subbing for 1,100-yard rusher LaDainian Tomlinson, wasn't much of a factor despite a 63-yard kickoff return and a 62-yard TD catch in the game's final two minutes after Pittsburgh had opened a 35-17 lead.
Sproles was held to 15 yards on 11 carries after rushing for 105 the week before and. He had 91 yards on five catches and 164 yards on five kickoff returns.
The Steelers are headed to their seventh AFC title game, and sixth in Pittsburgh, in 15 seasons. They were 2-4 in the previous six, with an unprecedented four losses in five tries at home during the 1994-2004 seasons.
AFC Championship
Steelers 23, Ravens 14
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Tough and mean, like the original Steel Curtain.
These Steelers delivered too many hard hits and Troy Polamalu ended any chance Baltimore had for a comeback with a 40-yard interception return, Pittsburgh bullied their rivals 23-14 to reach their seventh Super Bowl.
The Steelers harassed Joe Flacco all game long as he tried to become the first rookie quarterback to take a team to the Super Bowl. Normally unflappable, he looked lost at times and finished 13-for-30 for 141 yards and three costly interceptions.
Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger, picked off four times by New England in his rookie-year AFC title game, was a workmanlike 16-of-33 for 255 yards and, most importantly, no interceptions.
After beating Baltimore for the third time, the Steelers set up an intriguing matchup - Mike Tomlin vs. the Cardinals' Ken Whisenhunt, the offensive coordinator when the Steelers won the Super Bowl three seasons ago who went to Arizona after being passed over for Pittsburgh's job.
Whisenhunt and his top assistant, Russ Grimm, left after the Steelers unexpectedly hired Mike Tomlin, who has done something even Chuck Noll and Bill Cowher couldn't do by taking Pittsburgh to the Super Bowl in his second season.


No use trying to lose weight unless you've got your Weight Loss Control-ler working for and not against you!
Using acupuncture for weight loss control, would you expect your acupuncturist to overlook the most important energy in your body?
The Heart, as far as digestion and health is concerned, introduces one final and vital aspect to Blood (from the point of view of Chinese medicine). Your Heart gives your blood life movement. After all, without the Heart, it won't move.
In terms of yin and yang, your Heart provides your blood with YANG.
Until blood passes through the heart organ, it isn't what Chinese medicine regards as being Blood. The Heart adds this vital 'ingredient'.
Since your whole body is nourished by your Blood ... it is rather important to make sure that your Heart is working OK!
Using acupuncture for weight loss control HAS to take account of this.
You may think that the heart is merely a pump, and that the blood entering it is the same as the blood leaving it and of course, I agree: I doubt you could find any chemical difference between the two bloods, before and after.
And, you might ask, what about artificial, substitute, replacement or transplant heart organs? Please don't confuse the physical heart organ with the Heart function in Chinese medicine.
The latter is a far bigger concept, and acupuncture for weight loss control treats the Heart function.
Without that ceaseless regular pumping, you die: it isn't the Spleen, Liver, Kidneys or the Lungs which provide the pump - although actually the lungs can provide a sort of pump, otherwise modern CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) techniques would fail.
But nobody suggests that you could live without your heart working.
The main sign of death is when the heart stops.
So the Chinese concept that the Heart provides life, creating Blood, is not so far-fetched.
When using acupuncture for weight loss, the Heart Organ function can be vital to keeping you on course.
The Heart belongs to the Fire Element or Phase of life. Read more about Fire here, but you can get some idea of what Fire does in you by thinking about how you use fire: probably mainly for cooking and heating your house.
Sitting round a fire must have been an essential part of the fabric of human society since before the last ice age. It's like a spark from the sun brought down to comfort us as a centre to congregate around.
The sun is the source of all life because it provides us with warmth, and warmth stirs life. Were there no sun, our planets would not exist and nor would we. The sun is the centre of gravity of the solar system and, you could say, controls it.
Similarly, your Heart energy controls your life and regulates its seasons. In your body, Chinese medicine says your Heart governs all your other Organs (for instance your Liver, Lungs, Spleen, Kidneys, Stomach etc), like an Emperor controlling all his Ministers.
Without that direction and control, without that reason for being there, the court falls apart.
So in your life: your Heart energy is your single most important energy and is intimately involved in your desire and decision to lose weight and ultimately in your success in that.
What if your Heart doesn't control?
If your Heart organ fails to do its job, you lose control of your aims in life and of your body systems: your objectives change daily, you can't stick to decisions, you don't even realise you're not thinking clearly, and you're easily thrown off course by outside suggestions.
Physically you can't get off to sleep, your dreams are restless, your emotions unpredictable and unstable, and friends start avoiding you.
Worse: you think they're avoiding you!
As far as using acupuncture for weight loss control is concerned, with your Heart energy imbalanced, you probably change your diet daily!
In short, with your Heart organ imbalanced, you're desperate for help but intolerant when it comes. Worse, you panic easily.
You want someone else to be responsible until you're ready to take control again yourself. That's why you look outwards for advice, you read books and watch videos on dieting and health.
Even so, you never feel quite certain you're doing it right for very long.
You want attention but you're anxious what people might say.
What can you do to help your Heart?
Plenty! You can improve your Heart function with skilled acupuncture for weight loss control - on other words, to balance your Heart.
So ... What can you do to help yourself?
Your acupuncturist will probably suggest you do a number of things that together or individually could make a huge difference.
However, do bear this in mind: usually your Heart energy is protected by your other Organ energies. Unless you've had a severe shock, your Heart energy is one of the last Organ energies to suffer.
Even if it improves fast, you won't benefit fully from acupuncture for weight loss until the other organs mend.
So getting better doesn't happen overnight. It does take time.
Regular meals, the right food, chewing and eating properly: you'd expect this to be high on the list, of course, but Chinese ideas on Nutrition are intelligent and ancient and may help.
Regular meditation or prayer: You probably didn't expect this suggestion, but quiet contemplation every day is very steadying and helps you to see how your mind buzzes around all the time unless regulated.
Sympathetic company that encourages interaction. Yes, and choose company that is supportive and, preferably, makes you laugh a bit!
Regular exercise. If you want a healthy heart, and if you want to lose weight, you must exercise. The human race has seldom been overweight in the past, because we needed our bodies to escape predators, to dig, carry and build. Hard work, and that's what are genes know about. Also they knew about fasting, unfortunately necessary in times of peril or famine. Exercise keeps you fit, better able to survive these problems.
Yoga and certain stretches can benefit your Heart channel, helping your Heart function.
However, a healthy Heart organ energy isn't the end of the story.
For the next part of it, click on Healthy Weight Loss.
Otherwise, click on one of the other links below to read about other vital aspects of this.


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Adams 14 files complaint with state board of education
Dispute over reorganization heads to court
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The ongoing war of words between the Adams 14 School District and the Colorado State Board of Education is heading for a court hearing.
The district filed a complaint for judicial review …
Posted Tuesday, June 28, 2022 6:10 pm
Adams 14 Superintendent Karla Loria
Adams 14 School District
The district filed a complaint for judicial review with Denver District Court June 28 in protest of the state board's decision to remove Adams 14's accreditation and subsequent order for reorganization. The Classroom Teachers Association, which represents Adams 14 employees, also joined in the lawsuit.
The district has been plagued by low test scores for years. Earlier attempts to bring the district up to speed have not worked or been cut off early, including a contract with an outside management firm earlier this year.
The complaint cites a dozen claims for relief, including challenges to what the district says is an "unconstitutional manner" that the state board used the Accountability Act against schools, such as Adams 14.
The Legislature adopted the act in 2009. It authorizes the state department of education to do annual performance reviews of public schools and districts and allows CDE to make recommendations to the state board concerning improvement plans.
"Never in Colorado's history has a Colorado public school district been faced with such an abuse of power by the state board," the district said in a prepared statement. "Colorado Department of Education data indicates that Colorado public school districts serving a large number of low-income, non-English speaking students of color are far more likely to be placed on the state's accountability clock than school districts that serve predominantly affluent White English-speaking students."
The state board of education declined to comment.
"We have received notification of the legal action but don't discuss ongoing legal matters," said spokeswoman Erica Grasmick. "The state board of education has followed their obligations to intervene in a struggling district as statute dictates. We look forward to exploring the district's concerns with the court."
The district went on to say that once a school or district is on the accountability clock, the state board "can take punishing action against that school or school district."
Adams 14 also accused the state board of "arbitrary and egregious conduct."
"This complaint is a line in the sand against an extremely abusive state agency that thumbs its nose at local control," said Joe Salazar, Adams 14 chief legal counsel, in the prepared statement. "A local school district's constitutional right to local control has been a mainstay of Colorado law for decades. In all my years serving the public and litigating cases, I have never seen a state agency openly and flagrantly ignore Colorado's Constitution in the manner we are seeing from this state board.
The state board is obliged to file an answer, the district said. Adams 14 officials said litigation on this could take a year or longer.
Adams 14 School District, Colorado Board of Education, Adams 14 reorgnization


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SeaWolves Pitching Coach Ray Burris Shares Storied Past
Ray Burris has no regrets and the SeaWolves need men like him. Jay Stevens checks in with the Howlers Pitching Coach
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When I tell Erie SeaWolves pitching coach Ray Burris that in 1976 while with the Chicago Cubs he was the fourth-best pitcher in the National League right behind Tom Seaver – and better than Cy Young winner Randy Jones – he looks askance at me. "I wasn't aware of that," he says.
Burris is tall, 6-foot-5, with enormous hands. He's the son of segregation-era Oklahoma sharecroppers and played ball only after the work in the fields was done. The soft-spoken twang of the tobacco, cotton, and sorghum crops still lingers in his voice, and you have to lean in to hear what he's saying, especially in the clubhouse with its constant traffic, murmur of voices, and hum of air conditioning. His formal, distant bearing reminds you he's a self-made man from a bygone era, one that rewarded hard work and instilled a certain kind of pride and humility you don't see much anymore. In Burris' case, he played his way into an athletic scholarship at Southwestern Oklahoma State College and was drafted afterward by the Chicago Cubs. He made the big club quickly and had a long, if unremarkable, career as – what else? – a workhorse for a half-dozen rotations. Since falling out of his playing career, he's bounced around in a number of organizations, working as a scout, in the front-office, and now as a pitching coach.
It's his job to turn boys into major-league pitchers. He oversees throwing sessions, leads them to understand their own mechanics, and teaches them the fundamentals, which he reels off at me like buckshot: "Attack the strike zone. Make something happen early in the count. Cut down your base on balls. Have the ability to trust your stuff. Put the ball in play. Trust your defense, and let's see what happens."
So if there's doubt in Burris' voice when I tell him about his '76 season, that's understandable. Few couple the names of Tom Seaver and Ray Burris. Tom Seaver is a Hall of Famer, a three-time Cy Young winner, and a media darling for his leading role on the '69 Miracle Mets. Ray Burris – if the comments on online fan forums are any indication – was known for perspiring heavily on the mound. That, and as a bit player on the losing side in the fifth and deciding game of the 1981 National League championship, the game in which Rick Monday propelled the Los Angeles Dodgers over the Montreal Expos and into the World Series for their fifth championship with a ninth-inning homer. The Expos never reached the playoffs again and eventually skulked out of town a losing franchise.
But Burris was almost as good as Seaver that year. At least according to new advanced baseball statistics. As listed on baseball-reference.com, Ray Burris in 1976 was fourth in "wins above replacement" (or WAR) – a statistic that takes into account the ballparks he pitched in and the defense behind him, and that mashes his strikeout, walk, and hit rates with other objective indicators of pitching into a single number that rates a player's value for his team. Burris' 15-win, 3.11-ERA season looks a lot better when you consider he pitched a majority of his games at Wrigley Field and backed by a defense that was adequate at best.
Burris describes the pitcher he was as a "strike-throwing machine," a "sinker-slider pitcher with a so-so changeup." A guy who mixed speeds and spotted pitches and relied on batters to get themselves out by making poor contact. In 1976, that contact led to a lot of outs.
"That's pretty awesome," says Burris, "there are some great pitchers there, Hall of Famers." As if uncomfortable with his own mark of distinction, he immediately launches into a glowing dissertation on the pitching of Randy Jones. "It was a lot easier on me to see Randy Jones pitch," says Burris, "how hard he didn't throw. But he won 20 games, a Cy Young award, just groundball after groundball."
And Burris' performance in the 1981 league playoffs looks a lot better, too, when you dig down a little. He spun a 5-hit shutout in game 2 to beat Fernando Valenzuela, 3-0. In game 5, he left a 1-1 tie after eight innings, lifted for a pinch hitter despite having shut down Los Angeles in the latter half of the game.
Did he want to come out? No. "I was getting stronger," he says. Did he tell manager Jim Fanning? Yes. "All you can do is voice your opinion," he says, "his decision is final." If you look for any regret in Burris, you won't find any. "I was able to give my team eight, keeping them in the ballgame," he says. But consider: if Burris stays in the game, maybe Monday doesn't get his homer, maybe the Expos win the game, the World Series. Maybe baseball takes off in Montreal, the team stays. Maybe we'd talk about Ray Burris in the same gushing tone we use when we talk about pitchers like Orel Hershiser, Jack Morris, Bob Gibson.
Baseball is a funny game that way. "When you think you got it all figured out," says Burris, "it'll flip you upside down, and you're wondering what happened."
Take tonight's game, a gut-wrenching 11-8 defeat at the hands of the Altoona Curve. It was an ugly game marred by walks and hit batsmen (including Erie DH Brandon Douglas, who was pegged in the head), a game in which Erie rallied from behind four separate times, only to see SeaWolves' reliever Brendon Wise give up the lead for good with a five-run ninth, the highlight of which was a rare squeeze play by Altoona's Greg Picart for the 11th and final run. The inning drove the game past 10 o'clock, and as the runs scored one by one, the confused and frustrated yelling from the stands diminished steadily until a stunned silence descended on Jerry Uht Park, interrupted only by the sharp wail of an exhausted toddler.
It's games like these that makes men like Ray Burris necessary. This is the hard part of his job and has no checklist. "It's not about what the people are hollering in the stands," says Burris, deadly serious now, "they can't understand because they've never been out there on that mound. They don't know what it's like to give up base hits, they don't know what it's like to go through the failing rate of the sport, which is 70 percent. It takes a special individual to deal with that failure rate. That's what makes him so unique.
"I tell my young men here, when you put on that uniform, it's making a statement. It's saying something to you, of what the organization thinks of you, what your team is thinking of you, what your family thinks of you. Now, what do you think of you? Represent the highest content of your character. And protect it, on and off the field."
Burris says he "has to compete with 12 minds" to get them to "understand what they've got to do." Burris says he works to muster "the energy and spirit that it takes so they'll know I have their best interest at heart." And I believe he does. I believe because Ray Burris believes. And because Ray Burris respects the game that gave him a 15-year stint in the major leagues and took him to within an inning of greatness.
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Our company worked with Pat Aubort and Delta Healthcare for several months developing dashboards with which to measure our business. We are a healthcare start up and had no metrics at all. Our data was not clean due to many past years of insufficient attention paid to systems. Pat and her team helped us mine and cleanse the data and produce meaningful metrics with which to run our business. Not only does Pat possess the vision of what can be produced but she is also laser-quick when it comes to sizing up the most important areas to focus on to make the business better. We have really benefited from her involvement with our business.
Working with Delta Health Care's Randy Bauman, Pat Aubort and Arial Simpson on a multi-specialty physician group/hospital acquisition and integration was an exceptional and rewarding professional experience. Randy and Pat brought the operational and financial knowledge, industry perspective and experience, technical and strategic skills, and judgment that were crucial to the integration process. Most importantly, they understand group practice and the physician mindset. They take a collegial approach, build relationships and educate without condescension. They listen and advise mutually-acceptable solutions. Bridging the cultural divide between, and the disparate interests of, physician practices and hospital systems is at least as much art as expertise. Pat and Randy are artists.
Delta Health Care helped us merge 20 independent practices – almost 50 physicians – into a large multispecialty group. They prepared us to begin the process of independent growth and development. They gave us the plan we needed to survive.
We have used Delta Healthcare to provide valuation services for our physician practice acquisitions for almost 20 years. The service they provide is stellar: combining a quality product with fast turnaround in a cost-effective way. We use them whenever we can.
For almost 25 years Delta HealthCare has provided consulting services to our multispecialty group – helping us grow and navigate the changes in healthcare.
With Delta's guidance we doubled our size, developed ancillary services (including an ambulatory surgery center, physical rehab center and a complete radiology center). The resulting growth in critical mass supported development of our own 23 bed hospital adjacent to our clinic.
Delta helped us negotiate a successful sale to a larger healthcare system and continues to be an important part of our success. I highly recommend Delta and their consultants Randy Bauman, Pat Aubort and Arial Simpson.
What struck me immediately about Delta is the depth of expertise they had inside physician practices. As a hospital it was amazing to watch them dissect a practice and hone in exactly on what was going on and why. They helped us avoid some bad decisions and showed us how to rehabilitate some others. Too many consulting firms talk a good game while providing canned solutions. Delta's team scrupulously avoided that – working at a granular level to address both our unique situation and the uniqueness of each practice they examined.
Why is it that so many consultants charge huge fees for boilerplate advice? We appreciated the personal attention Delta provided.
Independent physicians in our community had tried to merge our practices several times without success. Then we met Randy Bauman and Angela Herron from Delta.
Their process was amazing to watch – addressing the tough issues upfront in a deliberate and experienced manner. They accomplished in months what we had been trying to do for years. The result was a 40 physician multispecialty group that allowed our local physicians to preserve private practice in an era when our colleagues were being gobbled up by hospitals.
Our large single-specialty group had always been employed by a hospital system. When our hospital employer changed the economics, we thought we might do better on our own but had a lot of questions and concerns. We didn't know where to start.
Delta helped us examine the feasibility of establishing a private group practice – walking us through the steps, patiently addressing our questions and concerns while working through the issues. We went live as an independent group in late 2015 and are grateful we found Delta to guide us.


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Amazon Prime 2017 Series: Fortitude – Season 2
by soundtrack · April 19, 2017
The sci-fi psychological thriller series Fortitude returned with its second season on April 14, on Amazon Video.
The TV show, created by Simon Donald, set in the fictional town of Fortitude, located in Svalbard (Arctic Norway), follows an international community, with many inhabitants involved in researching the icy climates, telling several disparate stories that connect at some point. There is Sheriff Dan Anderssen, who disappeared into the wilderness after having shot the woman he loved, and returns later, when he is believed to be dead and the new sheriff, Eric Odegard, starts investigating the death of a man. There is also Michael Lennox, a fisherman who is struggling to come to terms with his terminally ill wife and will try anything to find a cure.
The cast ensemble includes Richard Dormer, Björn Hlynur Haraldsson, Michelle Fairley, Ken Stott, Robert Sheehan,
Sofie Graaboel, Christopher Eccleston, Jessica Raine, Luke Treadaway, Alexadra Moen, new cast addition Dennis
Quaid, and others.
Fortitude, which premiered in 2015, became the Sky Atlantic's most successful original drama commission to date. Season 2 of the series has been picked up as an Amazon original in the U.S. to premiere on Prime Video.
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TLC 2017 Series: Celebrity Fat Fighters
by soundtrack · Published December 28, 2016
HBO 2017 Series: The Leftovers – Season 3 (Trailer Song)
by soundtrack · Published January 24, 2017
Netflix 2017 Series: Gypsy (Opening Theme Song)
by soundtrack · Published June 26, 2017
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2016 Movies: The Eagle Huntress (Trailer Song)
2016 Movie: Lights Out (Trailer Song)
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Herbal health expert expands to Victor Harbor
In Innovation
/ Published on 09 May 2014
Widely respected professional herbalist and iridologist Rob Elliott, who has recorded more than 20,000 patient visits in Adelaide, has expanded his reach by launching a consulting practice in Victor Harbor.
Under the banner of Western Herbal Medicine & Iridology, Rob will meet with patients at the Victor Podiatry Centre, located at 10 Seaview Road, Victor Harbor.
"Our body has amazing powers of recovery, but sometimes it needs a little help," said Rob, a futures trader who turned his back on high-flying finance two decades ago to study herbal medicine.
"Herbal Medicine works! It successfully treats many diseases and illnesses while iridology is a very accurate diagnostic indicator. It was after I experienced the benefits of herbal medicine personally back in the 90s that I left the finance industry and began to study and work in this area."
Rob graduated with a Diploma with distinction in Herbal Medicine from the Dorothy Hall College of Herbal Medicine in October 1999. This study included modules in anatomy and physiology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry and diagnostics.
Rob went on to obtain a Bachelor's degree in Health Science from Victoria University in 2003, with modules including pharmacology, research methods, medical ethics and law.
Since launching his herbal medicine practice in Adelaide in the year 2000, Rob Elliott has conducted more than 20,000 patient visits, proving that herbal remedies are effective and safe in helping people return to good health. He has also lectured at professional development classes in herbal medicine and personally mentored many young practitioners in the field.
Rob Elliott said his new practice aimed to offer the benefits of herbal medicine to people in Victor Harbor. "Herbal medicine looks to fix the underlying causes of illness and disease," he explained.
"It provides improvement over time which is usually easier to sustain in the long term. It does take longer to provide optimum benefit, but noticeable change is discerned early on.
"Herbal medicine is based on fact and evidence acquired over many centuries. A qualified herbalist tailors a liquid tonic for each patient, selecting from around 400 different herbal extracts and flower tinctures at his or her disposal.
"In recent years, I've made a number of professional visits to country towns around SA where I've been able to meet the demand for people seeking for a herbal alternative to help improve their health. I believe Victor Harbor is a great location because it has many residents who are looking for non-invasive methods to maintain and improve their health over the long term."
For more information about Western Herbal Medicine & Iridology, call Rob Elliott on 0439 990 327 or email rob@elliottherbalhealth.com.au
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Stephen Melton (born 3 October 1978) is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder.

He played as a professional in the Football League from 1996 until 2006, featuring for Nottingham Forest, Stoke City, Brighton & Hove Albion, Hull City and Boston United. At Non-League level he has represented Tamworth and King's Lynn before re-joining Boston United and then moving on to Lincoln United, Lincoln Moorlands Railway and Grantham Town.

Career
Born in Lincoln, Melton started his career back in 1996 as a trainee with Nottingham Forest. He made his debut for Forest in the Premier League on the last day of the 1998-99 season against Leicester City. Melton only appeared for Forest on three occasions in the league before moving on to Stoke City in February 2000. At Stoke, made seven appearances in 1999–2000 and was an unused substitute in the 2000 Football League Trophy Final. He joined Brighton & Hove Albion in the summer of 2000. Melton managed to find his way into the starting eleven and played 46 league games in which he scored three goals. In November 2002, he joined Hull City after spending time on loan with the club. Although he never scored in a competitive game for Hull City, he was the first player to score at their Kingston Communications Stadium in a friendly against Sunderland to commemorate the stadium's opening on 18 December 2002.

Melton joined Boston United in March 2004 on a contract until summer 2005. During his time with The Pilgrims, Melton was sent out on loan to Conference National side Tamworth. He was released by Boston United in summer 2006. Melton joined King's Lynn in 2006. He re-signed for Boston United in September 2008, but was released at the end of the season. Melton went on trial with Retford United in July 2009, but subsequently joined Lincoln United alongside former King's Lynn and Boston United teammate Matt O'Halloran. In February 2011 he signed with Lincoln Moorlands Railway. He joined Grantham Town in the summer.

Career statistics

A.  The "Other" column constitutes appearances and goals in the Football League play-offs, and Football League Trophy.

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1978 births
Living people
English footballers
Nottingham Forest F.C. players
Stoke City F.C. players
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. players
Hull City A.F.C. players
Boston United F.C. players
Tamworth F.C. players
King's Lynn F.C. players
Lincoln United F.C. players
Grantham Town F.C. players
Worksop Town F.C. players
Association football midfielders
Premier League players
English Football League players
Northern Premier League players
Lincoln Moorlands Railway F.C. players

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Why Is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome So Common If It Impairs Fertility?
Posted on February 15, 2013 | Comments Off on Why Is Polycystic Ovary Syndrome So Common If It Impairs Fertility?
The Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is a complex endocrine disorder characterised both by reproductive and metabolic disturbance, and is the most common cause globally of ovarian infertility. It is also a familial polygenic condition, linked genetically to both Type 2 diabetes and the metabolic syndrome. The striking evolutionary paradox of this prominent genetically-based condition, which impairs fertility, is that not only should it have diminished in prevalence, but it should have done so rapidly – unless there has been some form of balancing selection.
PCOS affects between six and 12% of women.
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Hans de Vries
Head, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL)
On 1 November 2014, Hans de Vries became head of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), residing under the Cyber Security Department of the National Coordinator for Security and Counterterrorism. Hans has worked for the central government since 2002, most recently for the Ministry of the Interior and Kingdom Relations, where he served as head of the ICT Management Division and head of Operational Management Coordination. In recent years he has worked in ICT security at interministerial and international level. Hans studied law at Leiden University and began his career in the private sector, working for Dutch department store chain Vroom & Dreesmann. In his current position, Hans will also deputize for the Director of Cyber Security.
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The Ontario Health Coalition visited Oxford County Monday afternoon, working to raise attention on the need to improve long-term care throughout the province.
Health coalition members were joined by the Oxford Coalition for social Justice during their visits to Tillsonburg and Woodstock to help highlight a new report, situation Critical: Homicide and violence in Ontario's Long-term Care Homes, that was released last week.
Oxford County featured heavily in the report due to the seven murders committed by former nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer at the city's Caressant Care facility. A number of local frontline health-care workers were also interviewed during the report's preparation.
Smith said the report used government sources, reports from inspectors on longterm care facilities and firsthand knowledge through interviews conducted by the Ontario Health Coalition.
The report offered four recommendations to improve long-term care in the province, starting with increased funding to improve care and establish a minimum care standard of four hours a day of hands-on nursing and personal support. The second called for a plan to increase the capacity of non-profit and publicly run homes to lower wait times.
The group also said the downsizing of hospital staff had to stop, with that capacity being rebuilt to proper staffing levels while long-term care homes commit to having trained staff to deal with the increase in responsive behaviours.
Other information in the report indicated Ontario had fewer hospital beds than most Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries, with Canada having 2.61 per 1,000 people and Ontario at 2.24 per 1,000 people.
The talks in Tillsonburg and Woodstock – part of a 30-community tour – also brought personal stories from people who have experienced long-term care facilities as either patients or personal support workers.
"Every one of them was heartbreaking to hear," Smith said.
There are currently 604 long-term care homes in Ontario, according to the report, with 355 for-profit facilities and 249 nonprofit.
Among the bright spots are non-profit and government run long-term care homes in caring for patients, Smith said.
Smith said if change is going to happen, all people involved in decision making have to work together to improve long-term care.


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Annie In The Water Announce 2019 Fall Tour Dates
Annie In The Water is coming off a successful summer playing headlining shows and festival dates all over the northeast including a standout performance at Adirondack Independence Music Festival featuring sit ins from members of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong, Lucid, Pink Taking Fish and much more. The band is making stops all over the east coast and Midwest starting September 19th opening up for Michael Franti and Spearhead at Paper Mill Island in Baldwinsville, NY which will also include an after show performance at Average Joe's Beernasium.
The group then heads to Alexandria Bay, NY for the Riverboad Bar send-off party on September 28th. From there, Annie in the Water heads south to Washington D.C. for a date at Gypsy Sally's on October 1st featuring support from Ben Carrey of Pigeons Playing Ping Pong. On October 3rd, the band heads to Charlotte, NC for a show show at Broken Spokes followed by an appearance at Shakori Hills Grass Roots Music Festival in Shakori Hills, NC. Later in the tour, Annie in the Water performs at Stella's Music Club in Cleveland, OH on October 10th. The tour will also feature stops at Orlando's Bar in Burlington, VT on November 1st, Wild Adriatic's "The Summit" Music Festival in Glens Falls, NY on November 8th and wrapping up in Watertown, NY at Maggie's on the River on November 27th. For full tour dates, please see below:
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It was good too see so many people charging out there this morning! The waves were big but breaking pretty perfect at Tres Palmas. I had so many good shots from this morning that I had to post an extra bonus shots gallery. Enjoy.


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Trustees & CEO
Nicholas Tubbs
Nicholas Tubbs has been working continuously in the property industry since 1979, after turning down an Army Scholarship to attend university.
In 1988 Nicholas was appointed Chief Executive of Stickley and Kent Ltd, becoming the country's youngest Chief Executive, before selling the company and setting up his own property development business.
In 2013, together with Ken McMillan, Nicholas formed Armed Forces and Veterans Estates Ltd and AF&V Launchpad, a veterans' charity. Nicholas remains a Director of AF&V Estates Ltd and became Chair of the trustees of Launchpad in January 2017.
Ken McMillan MBE
Ken McMillan joined as a soldier at 17 and then rose through the ranks to become a commissioned officer in 2006, having served in all major conflicts since the Falklands War.
In October 2009 and after 25 years' service Ken left the Regular Army and then, in partnership with Nick Tubbs, he set up Armed Forces and Veterans Estates Ltd and the veterans' charity AF&V Launchpad.
Ken was awarded the MBE in 1998 for services to the Army. He continues to serve as a Major in the Army Reserves, most recently in the role of Battery Commander of 207 (City of Glasgow) Battery with 105th Regiment, Royal Artillery. He is currently deployed to the British Army Training Unit in Suffield, Canada.
Lucy Perriam
Lucy Perriam was educated in Newcastle and graduated from Girton College Cambridge in 1985. She worked for two years as anaccount manager for J Walter Thompson Advertising in London. She became one of the first TA Public Information Officers, before being commissioned as a full time officer into the WRAC. She came top of her Sandhurst course. Following a series of postings, including Adjutant of the HQ Signals Regiment, she retired and worked for several years in Primary schools in East Lothian, as well as bringing up her family.
Since 2008 she has been employed as a private PA in Edinburgh, has been a volunteer member of the Children's Panel. In 2013 she trained as a mentor with homeless charity The Rock Trust. She became a trustee of Launchpad in2016.
Dr Philip Mixer
Philip, for the past 30 years, has successfully combined a career as a full time General Practitioner in a Yorkshire market town where he is the senior partner, with a career in the Army Reserve, culminating in his appointment as Deputy Director of Army Medical Services in the rank of Brigadier.
His medical interests include teaching and training. Within his practice he heads an Occupational Health Consultancy. In addition he has held a part time judicial appointment within the Tribunal Service and was recently appointed to the War Pensions & Armed Forces Compensation Chamber (WPAFCC).
He has been fortunate in being recognised for his services with appointment as an Honorary Physician to her Majesty the Queen, a Deputy Lieutenant in the East Riding of Yorkshire and receiving the Queen's Volunteer Reserve Medal.
David Shaw CBE
David Shaw concluded his military career as the Major General commanding 2nd Division and Governor of Edinburgh Castle in 2012. He is co-founder ofthe veterans' charity AF&V Launchpad and has been Chair of Trustees since 2013.
He has a significant background in change management and public relations, and among other appointments, he was Director of the Army's Media and Communication. David was awarded the CBE in 2012 for services to the Army. He is now a Director of Unicorn ARC Ltd and a Visiting Professor in Leadership and Communication at the Aberdeen Business School.
Having co-founded and been Chair of trustees from inception of the charity until Jan 17, he is now CEO of the charity under contract.
Updated: 6th March, 2019
Author: Dave Jackson
Forces Support
Speke House to benefit from major refurbishment
Launchpad's Speke House is set to benefit from a major refurbishment thanks to funding of £73,000 from Forces Support
North East veterans use fishing to help their mental health
Veterans living at Avondale House have been fishing this week to help with their mental health
Launchpad receives donation to the tune of £3,600
Sing United presents a cheque for £3,660.86 to Launchpad
(Newcastle) Avondale House
Launchpad has two houses - one in Speke, Liverpool and one in the Byker Wall Estate in Newcastle Upon Tyne
The charity, Launchpad, opened Avondale House in Newcastle's Byker Estate in August 2013; since then...
Phil Thompson has been appointed as the new manager of Avondale House in Newcastle. He gave 31 years' service in The British Army.
(Liverpool) Speke House
Please go to the following website to see Launchpad's latest report and accounts on the Charity Commission website:
Patrick's Story
Veterans Strategy - New all-UK strategy that should help veterans for the next 10 years
Author: David Shaw
Help our Veterans (This is not the NHSBSA appeal)
Help us help veterans who are in need! The picture supporting this appeal is of a Launchpad resident, Shaun, and you can read his unique story elsewhere; unique it may be, but typical of the people Launchpad's WONDERFUL staff support. Please help by making a donations - go to the donate page. Read more
Published: 8th April, 2019
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NHS staff fundraise to support Newcastle's veterans


Just a few days back Google announced a Wear OS version 2.2 also known as update H for smartwatches, it looks like Google is rolling out a newer version of Wear OS already. Though this update just brings in bug fixes and reduces battery usage.
This new update is already rolling out to a handful of smartwatches including Montblanc Summit 2 and Fossil Sport apart from a few Mobvoi TicWatch S users. Though Google has not released the changelog yet, however, the Home App has been updated to version 2.21 from 2.20, but Play services and security patches haven't got any update.
The previous version unlike this incremental update brought changes like battery saver mode, improved off body efficiency, smart app resume, and more.
Added support for 4100 chipsets.
We require the battery saver mode in all kinds of smart devices these days, be it iOS, Android, or even smartwatches like this.


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