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Jon Lester of the Chicago Cubs named National League Player of the Week
Starting pitcher Jon Lester of the Chicago Cubs has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending June 12th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.
Starting pitcher Jon Lester of the Chicago Cubs has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending June 12th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.Lester was tied for the Major League lead in wins last week, going 2-0 over two starts, without
Lester was tied for the Major League lead in wins last week, going 2-0 over two starts, without yielding an earned run over 15.0 innings pitched. Among qualified NL hurlers, Jon paced the Senior Circuit in innings pitched, and tied for first in ERA and strikeouts (16). The veteran left-hander permitted just nine hits and did not surrender a walk during his award-winning week. This is his third career weekly award, last winning as a member of the Oakland Athletics on September 14, 2014.
On Monday against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citizens Bank Park, the Washington native tossed 8.0 shutout innings, while walking none and striking out nine en route to his seventh win of the season. After striking out 10 and not allowing a walk in his previous start (a complete game on June 1st against the Los Angeles Dodgers), Lester became the first Cubs lefty since at least 1913 to walk none and fan at least nine in consecutive starts. Just three other Cubs pitchers since 1913 have had consecutive outings meet that criteria: Hall of Famer Fergie Jenkins in 1971, Jon Lieber in 1999 and Rich Harden in 2008. In Sunday's 13-2 win over the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field, Lester went 7.0 innings without allowing an earned run, while striking out seven and not permitting a walk. The outing marked his third consecutive start without issuing a free pass, encompassing a career-best 24.2 innings pitched. With his current ERA set at 1.89 and teammate Jake Arrieta at 1.86, the Cubs are the first team to employ two starters with ERAs below 2.00 this late in the season since the 1981 Houston Astros (Hall of Famer Nolan Ryan and Bob Knepper) and 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers (Hall of Famer Don Sutton and Andy Messersmith), according to the Elias Sports Bureau. With yesterday's win, the Cubs became the first team since the recordsetting 2001 Seattle Mariners to win at least 43 of their first 61 games.
Other noteworthy performances last week included Danny Espinosa (.429, 3 HR, 20 TB, .952 SLG) and Jayson Werth (.500, 5 R, 8 RBI, .625 OBP) of the Washington Nationals; DJ LeMahieu (.423, 11 H, 4 2B, 20 TB) of the Colorado Rockies; Martin Prado (.480, 12 H, 4 XBH, .536 OBP) of the Miami Marlins; Wil Myers (.333, 7 R, 3 HR, 7 RBI) of the San Diego Padres; and Zach Davies (2-0, 1.38 ERA, 13.0 IP, 12 SO) of the Milwaukee Brewers.
In recognition of his National League Player of the Week Award, Jon Lester will be awarded a watch courtesy of Game Time, the leader in licensed sports watches, available at MLB.com.


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As I noted in an earlier post, my effort to be polite and not use flash at sensitive moments left me with many unusable photos. These are the half-decent ones. Lesson learned: If you want a good photo, sometimes you have to be rude!
Dave Kress relaxes before a reading at Hallwalls.
But is it art? Christina Milletti fuzzily introducing Mary Caponegro.
Founding Fathers bar–Yep, that's the way I remember it.
Ted Pelton, Thomas Jefferson, and Barack Obama.
The U. Maine contingent at Founding Fathers bar. Dave Kress extreme left.
Dimitri Anastasopoulos introduces Nathaniel Mackey.
Mackey and audience member blur as Shelley Jackson looks on.
Nathaniel Mackey chats with audience member following his Friday reading.


In India, music is considered as one of the easiest and most accessible forms of entertainment. In conjunction with global markets, India has a thriving digital music industry with a rise in the number of digital delivery platforms and massive changes in digital consumption habits. The overall music industry in India has grown to Rs. 10.7 billion in 2014 at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 5.5% only over the past four years.
While the digital music segment in India has been dominated by Caller Ring Back Tone (CRBT) in the past few years, new formats like streaming and downloads are getting high traction among consumers. Currently, downloads and streaming contribute almost equally to the overall digital music industry revenues, however, the streaming revenues are growing much faster. Globally as well, download revenues have seen a fall. iTunes saw a fall of around 13-14% in 2014 from music downloads sale worldwide, at the same time streaming revenues saw a major jump.
Digital music industry ad revenues are expected to mirror the growth rates to be seen by total digital ad revenues in India by 2020. These revenues would come majorly from display ads followed by video and audio ads. At the same time, the paid subscriber penetration among online music users is expected to reach 10-15%. Contribution from digital music segment to overall Indian music industry revenues is expected to grow from 55% in 2014 to 72% in 2017. Further, with that growth digital music industry revenues including streaming, downloads, other formats revenues, subscription, and ad revenues are expected to cross Rs. 31 billion by 2020.
The popularity of music among Indians can be corroborated with the number of successful music channels on Indian television. There are different channels which play different genres of songs catering to multiple subcategories of consumers. 9XM tops Indian music viewership. The Indian version of MTV, MTV India, focuses on music, reality and youth-centered programs. It features music encompassing all genres of music which has enlisted it amongst the most successful and popular music channel of the country. VH1, ETC and channel V are some of the other popular music channels in India.
With access to compatible multimedia capable devices i.e. smartphones, tablets etc. and improved network bandwidths (3G, 4G coverage), a completely new generation of online music listeners has emerged in India. There were an estimated 27 million online music users in India in March 2015. The number of online music listeners is expected to grow to 273 million by March 2020. Most of this growth would be driven by youth in the age group of 18 to 35 years and almost 85% of these users would access the music through connected mobile devices. 29 This would be driven by the preference of consuming the music services anytime, anywhere.
The consumer traction for on-demand music is more than promising and players are using a mix of business models for monetizing this opportunity. Two most promising models that are emerging are ad-supported content delivery and subscription for services. There are global examples of both ad-supported (Pandora) and subscription (Spotify) models that have created large scale of operations.
Current penetration for subscription music services in India is less than 1% among all online music listeners. Going forward it is expected to increase as the propensity to pay among the customers for using premium services increases and the access to various payment mechanisms improves.
At the same time, leading brands will factor mobile as a key platform to their brand advertising strategy and plan for the year with allocations to mobile channels that can create an immersive brand experience.
India will see the evolution of the ecosystems around both subscription and ad models; however, most of the music service providers are adopting hybrid models. These players are providing a huge music library for free to the consumer to generate traffic and monetize through ads. While providing select content or services to charge subscription premium.
As monetisation of digital music is under evolution, cost of serving for these services also poses a challenge. A large part of the digital music industry revenues goes to content labels and rights publishers, thus these services require very high scale to fund the operational costs. Most of the players are coming up with innovative models to acquire customers and scale up fast. Saavn has partnered with e-commerce player Snapdeal, Gaana partnered with PayTM while Hungama tied-up with Aircel 35 for customer acquisition leveraging the cross-selling opportunity.
Piracy is another area which hinders the customer's willingness to pay. However, the ease of access and popularity of digital platforms like Gaana and Saavn with younger generation has helped reduce the piracy to some extent.
Digitisation of old content is still a challenge. While new music releases are easily available in digital form, a large part of the old and popular music content is not yet digitised. However, most of this content is expected to be digitized within the next 1-2 years.
High dependence on carrier billing for subscription monetisation is another challenge and is expected to remain for the next few years. In India, the cost of collection through carrier billing is very high and ranges from 30% to 60% which directly impact the subscription revenues for online music service providers. Most of the players are focusing on acquiring subscriber through other payment modes like credit cards and mobile wallets. Differentiated service is another challenge. Players are experimenting with personalized offerings, curated playlists and genre-specific radios in absence of content exclusivity.
"The consumption of digital content in India is exploding right now, as Indians continue to opt for smartphones in the hundreds of millions. We'll likely see our next phase of user growth come from Tier 2 & 3 cities across India. We are just getting started here," said Mahesh Narayanan, COO, Saavn.


The symbol for nickel is Ni and it is a transition metal. Its atomic number is 28 and its atomic mass is 58.69. There are 28 protons, 31 neutrons, and 28 electrons in this element.
The word nickel comes from the German word Kupfernickel. Kupfer means copper and the term nickel in German referred to Satan or the devil. Baron Axel Fredrik Cronstedt discovered Nickel in 1751 while trying to extract copper from the mineral kupfernickel. The earth's core is made up of 5.5% nickel and the crust is made up of 0.0068% nickel. Pure nickel is rarely found on Earth. Approximately 30% of the world's nickel is found in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada and is mined from an asteroid that crashed into the Earth millions of years ago.
Nickel does not react with air under uncontrolled atmospheric and weather conditions. Finely divided nickel metal reacts readily with air and in this form may easily ignite. At higher temperatures, the reaction between nickel metal and oxygen appears not to proceed to completion but gives some nickel(II) oxide. Nickel does not react with water under normal conditions but can with changing temperatures. Nickel dissolves slowly in dilute sulphuric acid to form solutions containing the aquated Ni(II) ion together with hydrogen gas, H2. Nickel does not react with aquaous sodium hydroxide.
Check out this video of a very hot Nickel ball reacting with hot water.
Nickel forms compounds such as hydrides, fluorides, chlorides, bromides, iodides, oxides, sulfides, selenides, tellurides, nitrides, and carbonyles.
Meteorites contain both iron and nickel, and earlier ages used them as a superior form of iron. Because the metal did not rust, it was regarded by the natives of Peru as a kind of silver. A zinc-nickel alloy called pai-t'ung (white copper) was in use in China as long ago as 200 BC. Nickel can be a skin allergen in some people and can also cause cancer if the dust of some nickel compounds is inhaled. Another interesting fact is that even at high temperatures the metal holds its form and is used in gas turbines and rocket engines. The melting point of nickel is 2647 degrees Fahrenheit. Other common uses include the wire used in electric toasters and heaters which is an an alloy of nickel and chrome and as a plating to protect the surfaces of many metals. It is often added to steel to make the "shiny" parts for automobiles. We also consume nickel in our diet through whole grains and vegetables. It is extensively used for making stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant alloys such as Invar(R), Monel(R), which is used in rechargeable batteries, Inconel(R), and the Hastelloys(R). Tubing made of copper-nickel alloy is extensively used in making desalination plants for converting sea water into fresh water. Nickel is a silvery white metal and is approximately 25% of the 5 cent coin which is where the coin gets its name. Nickel steel is used for armor plates and burglar-proof vaults, and is also a component in Nichrome(R), Permalloy(R), and constantan. Nickel gives glass a greenish color and finely divided nickel is a catalyst for hydrogenating vegetable oils. It is also used in ceramics, in the manufacture of Alnico magnets, and in the Edison(R) storage battery.
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Great inspiration, need to fin me the perfect leather jacket!
ive been searching for the perfect leather moto jacket for forever! its so hard to find one with a good fit that is not stiff!
gorgeous jackets!! i still don't have a leather jacket...still looking for the perfect one!
I only recently got my first leather jacket (from a leather artisan at a local market fair) and you are absolutely right about the fact that is a great versatile piece! I really like the simple black one of the Zara current collection.
Excellent you bought one from Maje? I have two leather jackets - a blue one from Ted Baker from years ago (I still wear it now and then) and a brown coloured one from All Saints which pretty much goes with everything, like you say. This in between weather here in NYC is the perfect time to wear it, as well.


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Tadeusz Zaręba (ur. 19 sierpnia 1932 w Radomiu, zm. 22 lipca 1988) – polski cenzor i dyplomata, ambasador PRL w Kairze (1984–1988).

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W 1954 ukończył studia w Szkole Głównej Służby Zagranicznej. Podjął pracę w Głównym Urzędzie Kontroli Prasy, Publikacji i Widowisk, gdzie sprawował stanowiska dyrektorskie. W latach 1982–1984 pełnił obowiązki zastępcy kierownika Wydziału Zagranicznego KC PZPR. W 1984 objął urząd ambasadora PRL w Egipcie.

Odznaczony Krzyżem Oficerskim i Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski, a także Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi.

Pochowany na cmentarzu Powązki Wojskowe w Warszawie (kwatera C39-8-1).

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Kto jest kim w Polsce: informator biograficzny, "Interpress", Warszawa 1989

Cenzorzy Polskiej Rzeczypospolitej Ludowej
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Oficerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Krzyżem Kawalerskim Orderu Odrodzenia Polski (Polska Ludowa)
Odznaczeni Złotym Krzyżem Zasługi (Polska Ludowa)
Pochowani na Powązkach-Cmentarzu Wojskowym w Warszawie
Urodzeni w 1932
Zmarli w 1988
Ambasadorowie PRL
Ambasadorowie Polski w Egipcie
Absolwenci Szkoły Głównej Służby Zagranicznej
Zastępcy kierowników wydziałów KC PZPR

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WOMEN WHO WON
By Ros Ball
Extraordinary elected women from across the world that everyone should know
Women Winning in 2020
Dear Winners
Happy New Year, and for those of you in the UK, welcome back to a parliament with a record 220 women elected as MPs. Good news in part, but women are still only just over a third of MPs, so we have a way to go until the UK has equality in parliament. #WomenWhoWon wants to inspire more women to stand by increasing the visibility of those who came first.
In this update I'm introcuding you to Iceland's Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, the world's first democratically directly elected female president. Finnbogadóttir fought for the environment, national culture and equality for women and girls. She was divorced and was the first single person allowed to adopt a child in Iceland. She was re-elected three times and served for an extraordinary 16 years.
There's a cute advert for Icelandic water with this update that has great footage from when Finnbogadóttir won the Icelandic presidency in 1980. I don't think it has anything to do with the water. She was elected after women in Iceland went on strike to protest inequality. She was convinced to stand by those striking women and duly elected. More power to the Icelandic women rather than the water.
Thanks so much for supporting this book and please do recommend pledging to everyone you know would be interested. I'm always looking for corportate/organisations who would like to have a thank you or frontispiece in the book. Please do get in touch if you can connect me with anyone who wants to support women through their work.
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Glock: 'FIA does not want to interfere in championship with wrong decision'
During the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, there was a lot of confusion and chaos at the restart when the FIA negotiated with Red Bull about the starting position of Max Verstappen. During and after the race, the stewards also handed out penalties to Max Verstappen. Timo Glock doesn't think the FIA want to interfere too much in the championship.
According to Glock, the FIA is partly responsible for all the chaos that ensued during the race. The German analyst sees that the race management does not want to interfere in the championship.
"It is clear to me that the FIA does not want to interfere in the championship fight at all with a wrong decision. This is one of the toughest title fights we have seen in a long time", Glock told Sky Germany.
Surprise at decision not to punish Hamilton: "Did I miss something?"
FIA wants to distribute cards fairly
Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton leave for Abu Dhabi with the same number of points, so the tension will be there until the very last moment. That's exactly what the FIA had in mind, according to Glock.
"They just want to keep the tension as long as possible. If you had decided aggressively in one direction, the championship train would have left. They're all keeping out of it and saying, 'Come on, let's see how we divide the cards fairly from left to right, so we can all see another exciting championship battle.' It can't end up being that", the German ends.
Hamilton must behave properly in Abu Dhabi to avoid grid penalty
Tim Glock
Australian GP comes up with four-part series on rebuilding circuit
Decision Marko caused Tsunoda to change 'lazy' attitude


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Why the text entered in the cell is not appearing in Notes?
If you put a note into the cell and then can't see it appearing in the Notes section or the Notes report, please read this article to prevent a common input mistake.
Please note that depending on the way the note is entered in the cell, Smart Flow recognizes it differently. For instance,if a Note is a single word (or any phrase that does not require spacing), it will be recognized as initials that only indicate treatment execution. Therefore this note will appear in the Billing report and Medical records as an indication that a treatment procedure was carried out, but not in the Notes section. However, if the Note contains more than 2 words (with a spacing between them), the Note will be identified as a technical note and will be observed in the Notes section. This note can be used by your colleagues and would be crucial for further healing.
Two items seen in the Note section: TB - 1.56 and sh - 1.35, are spaced out, thus they are recognized as a few words. While the note sh-1.35, that didn't appear in the Notes section, is not spaced out and is assumed to be a single word.
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Mr. Alejandro De la Parra Solomon(Biography)
Mr. De la Parra is an entrepreneur focused on Information Technology, Education and Health. He is creative and results-driven and has 16+ years of Digital Strategy experience in architecture and implementation. Mr. De la Parra is the COO and Co-founding Partner at The Solomon Brokerage Firm. He currently leads as CEO at Mass Media Division & De la Parra Mobile Solutions, while also being the President of PetroM Renewable, VP of Operations & Strategy at PetroM Logistics, both divisions of PetroM Corp. Former COO & Co-founder at RegenerAge® Clinic & RegenerAge® Beauty & a member of the Board of Advisors. Former CEO & Founder at Astrum Salud Móvil and its Telemedicine service Astrum Móvil, former Digital Strategy Director & Co-founder at Dr. Jois®, BiorganicAging®, What Skin Needs™/WSN International Pty. Ltd. He also served as a member of the Board of Advisors and is former CMO at ReAnima Advanced Biosciences and former Digital Media Director at Bioquark, Inc. Within the academic and educational fields, Mr. De la Parra acted as the Executive Vice President: Executive Chairman of the WAMS Mobile Health Division, WAMS Chief Coordinating Officer, a member of the WAMS Executive Council (WAMS Executive Board), a member of the WAMS Education & Training Board (ETB), a member of the WAMS Editorial Board, an Honorary Member of the Academy Faculty FWAMS, an Honorary Fellow of the Academy & is also a Senior Partner at WAMS, The World Academy of Medical Sciences. He is also an Advisory Board member, functioned as the Chief Operating Officer and is a Co-founding Partner at The Reprogramming Medicine Association. Mr. De la Parra is also a member of the National Introducing Brokers Association and a part of the National Biofuel Board, (Alliance Program), also being the founder and former Board of Directors member of Astrum Fundación, an Advisory Board member of the Lifeboat Foundation, an Advisory Board member of the Future Worlds Center - Cyprus Neuroscience & Technology Institute (Senior TV Program), a Federated member of the International Longevity Alliance, and volunteered as Digital Strategy adviser at the Major Mouse Testing Program. He is also a member of the Web Committee at the Life Extension Advocacy Foundation / Lifespan.io and has volunteered with SENS Research Foundation for the OncoSENS Program in Digital Strategy.
Mr. Alejandro De la Parra Solomon(Research Area)
Neuroscience, Regenerative Medicine, Continued Medical Education, Information & Communications Technology, Biotechnology, Social Development, Energy Technologies
Diane Baruch
Patient Care Director
Diane Baruch(Biography)
Diane Baruch DNP MBA RN CCRN-K NE-BC is an experienced manager with over thirty years of experience in the fields of cardiac and critical care. She has worked at both Mount Sinai in NYC and Northwell Health on Long Island, and currently works as the Patient Care Director for the cardiothoracic step-down unit and remote telemetry center for New York Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She recently graduated from George Washington University in Washington, D.C. with her DNP.
Diane Baruch(Research Area)
Nursing, Patient care
Kathleen Diatta
Kathleen Diatta(Biography)
Dr. Diatta is an experienced clinician and leader with 32 years of nursing experience including twenty years of direct bedside experience plus 12 years of progressive leadership. She earned her BSN from SUNY Brockport (Magna Cum Laude) and her PhD in Philosophy with a concentration in Adult learning and Postsecondary Education (Graduating with Distinction). She is a Transformational leader and mission driven. She has great experience in curriculum development, training, and teaching. Her experience with creating Training Scenarios & Clinical Simulations, motivating nursing staff to "want" to achieve Strategic initiatives, and the deep-rooted experience of working with research processes, implementation methods, outcome measures, and finding clinical evidence that speaks towards Nursing Theory and utilizes Adult Learning Practices. She has managed as many as 135 staff members as a leader and career successes include motivating nursing staff to embark on and secure Beacon silver and Gold status.
Kathleen Diatta(Research Area)
Patient Care, Nursing, Healthcare Management
Monika Tukacs
ECMOlogist
Monika Tukacs(Biography)
Monika Tukacs has her expertise in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), its physiology and clinical application, and is passionate about evidence-based research in ECMO. Her pioneering in early recognition of the importance of liberating from invasive mechanical ventilation during ECMO is fundamental. The paucity in literature has led her to perform a qualitative study on experts' perceptions about ECMO and Extubation in adult patients. This ground-breaking investigation has already raised an interest of researchers internationally. She has recently been asked to join in developing and conducting a multi-center prospective research study on the topic. Her contribution to this innovative application of ECMO therapy trailblazes the path towards the future of contemporary ECMO
Monika Tukacs(Research Area)
Medical Terminology, Nursing, ECMO
Shannon Faythe Brown
Universal Nursing Services, LLC
Shannon Faythe Brown(Biography)
Shannon Faythe Brown, a Registered Nurse with a passion for elder care, is an accomplished entrepreneurship and public speaker. She is a U. S. Army veteran and co-founder of Universal Nursing Services, LLC, where she is the Director of Clinical Services. As a Certified Case Manager, Shannon supervises a staff that delivers home health services to hundreds of clients each year under Medicare, Medicaid, and private insurance programs. An aspiring business consultant, she shares her extensive experience with a large staffing firm as their healthcare clinician and Joint Commission Compliance Officer. Mrs. Brown holds a Masters in Health Administration and a Bachelors in Nursing. With over 30 years of experience in healthcare, Shannon has held various positions of leadership in home health, hospitals, and skilled nursing facilities. She was the Interim Director of Medical Surgical/Oncology and Clinical Coordinator for Medical Surgical/Oncology at Northeast Baptist Hospital, and she served as the Assistant Director of Nursing for Mountainside Care Center, a 95-bed skilled nursing facility. Shannon is the Immediate Past Vice-President and current Treasurer of Judson Education Foundation. A knack for self-improvement led Shannon to Toastmasters International, where she is a Charter Member and Past President of Rising Toastmasters. Shannon serves on several boards to include Black Effort Against the Threat of AIDS (B.E.A.T. – A.I.D.S.) and Olympia Oaks Homeowners Association. She served as a member of the South Texas Gerontological Nurses' Association, the Alamo Area Home Care Council, the Metrocom Chamber of Commerce, Case Management Society of America, and the Texas Association for Home Care.
Shannon Faythe Brown(Research Area)
Susan E. Mazer
Healing Healthcare Systems
Susan E. Mazer(Biography)
A co-founder of Healing HealthCare Systems, Susan is a thought leader and knowledge expert on how the environment of care impacts the patient experience. She is a well-published author, having written articles and whitepapers for major healthcare journals and periodicals focusing on noise in hospitals, speech privacy, patient safety, elder care, and other related topics. Susan writes about the patient experience in a weekly blog on this website and is also a contributing blogger to the Huffington Post's "Power of Humanity" editorial platform dedicated to infusing more compassion into healthcare and our daily lives. Susan has also been featured on ABC's "Good Morning America" as a hospital noise expert. She earned her Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Development from Fielding Graduate University, where she also holds a Master of Arts degree. Susan was previously awarded a graduate fellowship to Stanford University where she completed her Master of Arts in Musicology. She is a Fellow of the Institute of Social Innovation at the Fielding Graduate University. Susan graduated from Wayne State University and was born in Detroit, Michigan. Prior to her work in healthcare, she had a full-time career as a jazz harpist, performing with Dallas Smith, and such notables as Ahmad Jamal, Frank Sinatra, and Julio Iglesias. Susan and Dallas's music has been featured on NPR, the Discovery Channel, and NOVA. They are also the founders and sponsors of the Elder Care Concert Series in Reno, Nevada, which is administered by the Sierra Arts Foundation. She is a member of the American Gerontological Society, Global Society for Arts in Health, Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Beryl Institute Speakers Bureau and Resource Advisory Council, Stanford Alumni Association, Wayne State University Alumni Association, and Cass Technical High School Alumni Association. Susan oversees the strategic direction of the company including sales, marketing, and product development.
Susan E. Mazer(Research Area)
Noise in hospitals, speech privacy, patient safety and elder care
Dr Princess Fumi Stephanie Hancock
Founder & Publisher of WebPsychNP.com
TEDxIntl Speaker & Bestselling Author
Dr Princess Fumi Stephanie Hancock(Biography)
Dr. Fumi Stephanie Hancock, DNP an African Princess living in Diaspora is a Psych-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, 9x Bestselling Author of 21 books, African Oscar Winning Literary Arts Award Recipient, Women of Essence Global Award Recipient, Literary Arts. She is known as the Global Vision Midwife™ whose passion is to merge Mobile Technology to Nursing with storytelling as the vehicle. She has spoken on several international platforms, featured on national and intl' newspapers, magazines as an expert voice in her industry. Recently, she was nominated to speak at TEDxTalk as the 1 st African American in Saudi Arabia where she delivered a standing ovation presentation on the power of storytelling as a Nurse. Her zeal for bringing awareness to Disordered Eating across globe has earned her opportunities to speak on several International Nursing Organization platforms and beyond.
Dr Princess Fumi Stephanie Hancock(Research Area)
Disordered Eating & Use of Mobile Application as Adjunct Treatment for People Living with Mental Illness
Yoshiko Yamaguchi
Kwassui Women's University
Yoshiko Yamaguchi(Biography)
Yoshiko Yamaguchi has received her Ph.D. in. Kyushu University during the period of 2013-2016. Currently, she is working as a research associate in Home Care Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Kwassui Women's University, Japan. She has successfully completed her responsibilities as a reviewer of The Open Nursing Journal, Archives of Nursing Practice and Care, Journal of Nursing and Women's Healthcare and LIFE: International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences. She has authored research articles on International Journal of Nursing Studies in Dec 2016. She is an editor of LIFE: International Journal of Health and Life-Sciences. And she is honorary president of the scholarly association IAPHLSR: International Association for Promotion of Healthcare and Life-Science Research. She has been awarded as the best presentation of 7th International Conference on Healthcare, Nursing and Disease Management, 2016, Singapore. (Oral presentation), and as the best paper of Journal of Japan Academy of Nursing Administration and Policies, (Research article), 2013.
Yoshiko Yamaguchi(Research Area)
Home Care Nursing
Abdulqadir Nashwan
Nurse Research Scientist
National Center for Cancer Care & Research (NCCCR)
Abdulqadir Nashwan(Biography)
Abdulqadir Nashwan is a Nurse Research Scientist (NRS) at the National Center for Cancer Care & Research (NCCCR) a member of Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) in Qatar. He received his Bachelor Degree in Nursing (BSN) in 2007 & Master Degree in Nursing Oncology (MSN) in 2011 from the Hashemite University (HU) in Jordan. In 2012, he joined the nursing department in NCCCR as an Oncology/Hematology Charge Nurse; then he became a Head Nurse for Urgent Care Unit in 2013 and in 2014 he has been appointed as a Nurse Educator. In 2015, he has been appointed as a Senior Adjunct Instructor at the faculty of nursing at the University of Calgary in Qatar (UCQ). His current research interests include Research Utilization, Evidenced-Based Practice, Clinical Hematology, Medical Oncology, Nursing Informatics, and Cancer Immunotherapy. Mr. Nashwan has published more than 50 research articles in peer-reviewed journals such as the Blood, BMJ, and Journal of Pediatric Oncology Nursing. In November 2015, he has received Award of Merit for Placing HMC at the Cutting Edge of Cancer Research as a part of Stars of Excellence Program introduced by HMC. In October 2016, Mr. Nashwan has completed a Cancer Biology & Therapeutics (CBT) Program; provided by Harvard Medical School (HMS). Mr. Nashwan has been committed to mentoring and encouraging young clinical investigators throughout his career; he has formally supervised the training of more than a dozen MSc candidates and nursing fellows. His expertise is routinely sought in an advisory capacity both nationally and internationally; he has served as a member of health policy subgroup at ICN Nurse Practitioner/Advance Practice Nursing Network (APNN), also he has served a reviewer for several reputable journals (e.g., Journal of Applied Nursing Research, Asia-Pacific Journal of Oncology Nursing, and Journal of Cancer Therapy) and as an editorial board member at the American Journal of Nursing Science (AJNS), International Journal of Nursing & Hospital Care, and Trends in Medicine & Health (TMH).
Abdulqadir Nashwan(Research Area)
Research Utilization, Evidenced-Based Practice, Clinical Hematology, Medical Oncology, Nursing Informatics and Cancer Immunotherapy.
Neurophysiology 2019, UK
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Portland Parks & Recreation
Healthy Parks, Healthy Portland
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Projects Completed Projects Luuwit View Park (formerly Beech Park)
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Britta Herwig, Project Manager
Luuwit View Park (formerly Beech Park)
Beech Park is now Luuwit View Park
(pronounced loo-WIT)
Spread on 16 acres adjacent to Shaver Elementary School in northeast Portland's Argay neighborhood, Luuwit View Park will feature a soccer field and basketball court, accessible play and picnic areas, parking, community gardens, a fenced off-leash dog area, and foot and bike paths with expansive views – including a majestic vista of Luuwit (the Native American name for the iconic Mt. St. Helens).
"Recommending an appropriate name was difficult, but ultimately we enjoyed a rewarding outcome," says Nina Palacios, a member of the Luuwit View naming committee. "I'm excited about the new park, one we've been eagerly anticipating for so long. I volunteer at the adjacent Shaver School, and the kids there are bursting with anticipation for their new park! I very much appreciate being a part of the naming process."
The park's name helps to honor the indigenous people who first lived on the land, and to recognize the overall history of the area.
"The name 'Luuwit View Park' holds meaning on many different levels", says Cary Watters, a member of the Tlingit Tribe and of the park naming committee. "The fact that this park's name is a Native [Cowlitz] word, and that it honors the traditional way in which our people named places, is a huge step forward in healing - not only for the Native community, but for the land and the at-large community."
Luuwit View Park (formerly Beech Park) will be 15.7 acres of neighborhood park adjacent to Shaver Elementary School between NE Fremont St. and NE Shaver St. The Master Planning process in 2008 outlined some important features including a community garden, soccer field, high intensity sports area, fenced off-leash dog area, grassy open space, children's play area, water play area and picnic areas.
July 2014 - RFP for design is issued
October 2014 - Hire design team
October 2014 - May 2016 - Complete design and public involvement process
June 2016 - Fall 2017 - Construction
Fall 2017 - Grand Opening
Luuwit View Park consists of two parcels that are adjacent to single-family residences, working farmlands, and Shaver Elementary School. Located in outer northeast Portland between Shaver and Fremont, the site has a long history of being farmed, and is currently a gently sloping open grassy field with grand views of the Columbia River floodplain.
During 2008/2009 Portland Parks & Recreation, in collaboration with local residents and a Public Advisory Committee, developed a park master plan. The design of the park will preserve views, reflect the farming history and context, manage storm water on site, and provide buffers from adjacent land uses. The north parcel (5.64 acres) of the site will act as a neighborhood park and features a children's playground, a gathering space, a parking area, and a fenced dog off-leash area. The south parcel (10.07 acres) will incorporate more active and passive open space uses including a shelter, a full-size sports field, display and community gardens, picnic areas, parking, natural play, and an area of high intensity sports. In addition, a multi-use paved trail loops around the entire site, and public art and bilingual interpretive signage will be incorporated into key areas such as the unique center point where the two parcels connect.
Britta Herwig, britta.herwig@portlandoregon.gov
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GMG Launches Handbook on Migration Data
The Global Migration Group launched a handbook for producers and users of international migration data, particularly in developing countries.
The handbook was launched at an event in New York on International Migrants Day.
Susanne Melde, IOM, highlighted the links between migration, the environment, climate change and disasters.
18 December 2017: The Global Migration Group (GMG) launched a handbook that provides guidance to producers and users of international migration data, aiming to contribute to the monitoring of the SDGs. Launched on International Migrants Day, the handbook is designed to help develop country-level capacity in the production and use of migration data for development, especially in developing countries.
The publication titled, 'Handbook for Improving the Production and Use of Migration Data for Development,' was launched on 18 December 2017, at UN Headquarters in New York, US. The launch event was co-organized by the GMG, the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the World Bank.
The handbook was developed within the framework of the World Bank's Global Knowledge Partnership on Migration and Development (KNOMAD) initiative, with contributions from 16 members of the GMG. The handbook summarizes existing standards and definitions for the collection and dissemination of migration statistics, and takes an inventory of the availability of data. It showcases the main international data sets on international migrants and international migration, indicates how they can be used for policy making, and provides examples of good practices for the collection of migration data and their use in policy making. The publication also assesses progress in implementing global standards and guidelines on migration statistics, and identifies the remaining gaps and challenges.
The handbook's recommendations for policy makers include:
Use data on detected cases of trafficking for trend analysis at the national, regional, and global levels;
Use innovative methodologies to assess the hidden part of trafficking in persons;
Support national capacities to produce data on trafficking in persons;
Use existing international and national surveys for analysis;
Take advantage of existing data collection vehicles, especially in industrialized countries;
Encourage collection and analysis of data in micro-level settings and do not rely on current estimates;
Carefully define indicators for trafficking with common characteristics to allow for the development of common measures that reflect all international legal frameworks; and
Establish a global "test bank" to host various examples of trafficking instruments together with their supporting documents and validation studies.
Among GMG members' contributions to the handbook, the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) examines the role of migration in trade; the International Organization for Migration (IOM) analyzes labor migration; the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) addresses educational migration; and the World Health Organization (WHO) looks at the health dimension of migration, as noted by Christina McElwaine, UN University (UNU) Office at the UN, during the launch event.
Sonia Plaza, KNOMAD, called for a methodology to map diaspora, in order to harness its potential for development.
Also at the launch event, Bela Hovy, DESA, highlighted the importance of unofficial sources of information, and stressed the need to disaggregate data by migratory status when tracking SDG implementation. Sonia Plaza, KNOMAD, via videoconference, suggested that countries with aging populations should think ahead, given the expected increase in migration pressure, and create jobs and policies to welcome migrants. She also noted the lack of a conceptual framework for diaspora, and called for developing a methodology for mapping it in order to harness its potential for development.
Susanne Melde, Global Migration Data Analysis Centre (GMDAC), IOM, highlighted the handbook's suggestion of indicators on the links between migration, the environment, climate change and disasters, including with regard to resilience and recovery. Recommendations in this regard include: linking census data with climatic information to identify environmental and climate hotspots in areas of high population density; adding an environment component to existing population and migration surveys, such as censuses and living standards measurement and housing surveys; and using innovative means of data collection, such as unmanned aerial vehicle (UAVs), to produce images of settlements affected by disasters. She also announced the launch of the Migration Data Portal on 15 December 2017.
In the ensuing discussion, participants raised issues including the weakness of data on birth registration for migration measurement, data on rural migrants, and ways to quantify the effects of xenophobia on social integration. [Publication: Handbook for Improving the Production and Use of Migration Data for Development] [Event Website] [Migration Data Portal]
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June 26, 2014 - The Eastern Florida State College Board of Trustees will hold a special meeting on Tuesday, July 1, at 11:30 a.m. at the King Center for the Performing Arts in Rehearsal Room 168, on the Melbourne Campus.
The Melbourne Campus is located at 3865 N. Wickham Road Melbourne, FL 32935.
The public is invited to attend. Please contact Gina Cline at 321-433-7024 for further details.


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Q: How do I make an if statement in with multiple parameter using excel columns in python csv So basically I am trying to write a statement where if a value in Col1 = 1 or Col2 = 1 than create a new column with the value 10 and if both Col1 and Col2 = 0 the new column should print 0 or just skip.
so far this is what I did
if df.Col1 == 1 or df.Col2 == 1:
    df['newCol'] = 10
else: pass

This is giving me an error.

A: You can do this:
df['newCol'] = np.where(((df['Col1']==1)|(df['Col2']==1)), 10,np.nan)

A: Try this assuming df is your dataframe.. df['newcolumn'] =df.apply(function, axis=1)  then in function write   def function(row) :  if row['col1'] == 1 or row['Col2'] == 1:
return 10        (you can pass 0 in else part as well)

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This Tender Mary Cassatt Painting of a Mother and Child Is Surprisingly Fraught. Here Are 3 Things You Might Not Know About 'The Child's Bath'
When Mother's Day was proposed as a holiday in 1913, American-French artist Mary Cassatt was not particularly keen on the idea. "As a staunch supporter of women's suffrage, she thought granting women the right to vote was a far more pressing issue than a single day celebrating mother," explained Kimberly A. Jones, curator of the National Gallery's 2014 exhibition "Degas/Cassatt."
The lack of enthusiasm might come as a surprise. Cassatt and motherhood are nearly synonymous in the public imagination —in her painted world babies and young children tenderly cling to their mothers, their tangles of hands and limbs becoming like one entity.
Detail of The Child's Bath. Collection of the Art Institute of Chicago.
The Child's Bath (1890), one of her most beloved paintings, encapsulates many of the nuances of Cassatt's best work. A woman holds a small child on her lap as the child, a girl, dips her toes in a bowl of water, perhaps testing their temperature. The mother appears to be telling the child a story as she bathes her. Both tender and intimate, the image is also stylistically and technically innovative and full of surprises.
Ahead of Mother's Day, we've found three insightful facts that just might change the way you see The Child's Bath—and perhaps Cassatt's work as a whole.
1) The Child's Bath Reflected Anxieties About Motherhood and the "New Woman"
Correggio's Madonna and Child with Sts. Jerome and Mary Magdalen (1528) was one of the paintings Cassatt was hired to copy by the bishop of Pittsburgh.
Cassatt's depictions of mothers and children are often described as secular visions of the Madonna and Child—Cassatt scholar Nancy Mowll Mathews, for instance, described The Child's Bath as resembling "Madonna washing the feet of the Christ Child."
This was purposeful; as an upper-class woman artist in the late 19th-century, Cassatt was largely confined to depicting the domestic sphere—not the bustle of cafes and racetracks her male cohorts had access to. It benefitted Cassatt, therefore, to place her contemporary depictions of mothers and children in conversation with Renaissance religious scenes (Correggio, in particular, was an influence on the artist; early in Cassatt's career she was commissioned by the bishop of Pittsburgh to travel to Parma and make copies of two Correggio paintings).
Jean Geoffroy, L'asile de Nuit (1891). Courtesy of Wikimedia.
But these religious allusions and reference points had startlingly contemporary moral connotations, too. In France, the late 1800s were an era marked by an impassioned public fervor over disintegrating families among the working class and declining birth rates among the better off. The idea of the femme nouvelle was picking up steam in the public consciousness as women gained increased access to education, and by 1884, divorce. Many upper-class women, whose respectability was tied to their position as mothers within the patriarchal family system, felt their positions threatened by this dawning new womanhood—upper-class woman who made up a devoted collector base for Cassatt, it might be added.
"If Cassatt's presumably natural and spontaneous images of the mothers embraced by children who hang affectionately upon their necks remind us not only of Renaissance madonnas but also of the happy mothers of the 18th-century bourgeois art that too is not accidental," explained art historian Norma Broude, "And as we now know such images were part of a wider… program of moral edification and reform that encouraged women to assume and indeed to wallow in the joys of maternal responsibility at a time when such behavior had not been the cultural norm."
Considering the fact that Cassatt herself never married or had children and chose instead to pursue a career as an artist, her seeming embrace of these traditional values may seem antithetical—but the choice reveals the complex realities Cassatt and women of her time were navigating. Such idealized images of motherhood, Broude noted, offered Cassatt "one of the few, narrow gaps of possibility with which she, as an ambitious woman artist of the upper classes, could fully grasp and define for herself a socially acceptable professional status and identity."
2. The Child's Bath Embodies the Passage of Knowledge
Between Generations of Woman
A detail of Mary Cassatt's now destroyed Modern Woman mural (c.1893). Courtesy of Slide Gallery University of California, San Diego.
The same year that Mary Cassatt painted The Child's Bath, she was commissioned to paint a mural depicting the "Modern Woman" for the annual World's Columbian Exposition and Fair in Chicago. The mural would measure some 58 by 12 feet and occupy the tympanum of the entranceway to the exposition's Women's Building.
Cassatt divided the mural into three sections: Young Girls Pursuing Fame (left), Young Women Plucking the Fruits of Knowledge (center), and Arts, Music, Dancing (right). The imagery combined mythical scenes and biblical allusions (Eve and the apple) and art historical references into three scenes of women pursuing their goals. To Cassatt's frustration, the mural drew sharp criticism, both for its modern style and the scene's conspicuous absence of men—the largest central painting which depicted women passing down the fruits of knowledge to a younger generation particularly drew critical ire.
Mary Cassatt's now destroyed Modern Woman mural (c.1893). Courtesy of Slide Gallery University of California, San Diego.
The artist wrote in a letter to a friend, "An American friend asked me in a rather huffy tone the other day, 'Then this is woman apart from her relations to man!' I told him it was. Men I have no doubt are painted in all their vigor on the walls of other buildings."
The Child's Bath can be read in concert with the Modern Woman mural of the same year. Unlike the multitude of Madonna and Child paintings throughout history which offered glimpses of intimacy between mother and son, traditionally most depictions of mothers and daughters had been painted as portraits, images constructed to be viewed by an audience. In Cassatt's painting, instead, the mother and daughter appear absorbed in a world of their own and to which the viewer's presence is not acknowledged.
Detail of The Child's Bath (1893) by Mary Cassatt.
"Cassatt's oeuvre … has figures who are oblivious to the outside world. These mothers and children, who depart from convention in their mutual absorption, challenge stereotypes because Cassatt acknowledges the strong emotions which are the human dynamics of the relationship," wrote art historian Susan Fillin Yeh in her essay "Mary Cassatt's Images of Women"
What's more, their bodies seem to mirror each other. Similarly, in the central panel of Modern Woman, one woman on a ladder passes a fruit down to a young girl, and their bodies echo each other. In The Child's Bath, that physically mirroring happens between generations too. Both mother and child's heads are tilted down toward the basin of water. As the mother seems to lightly squeeze the child's right foot, the child mimics that pressure on its thigh, and as the mother wraps her arm onto the daughter's right side, so too does the daughter grasp her mother, as though in unison.
3. She Took Cues from Japanese Ukiyo-e Prints
Kitagawa Utamaro, Bathtime (Gyōzui) (circa 1801). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 1890, Cassatt had seen a large exhibition of Japanese prints at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and would subsequently produce a series of lithographs inspired by these prints, including several scenes of bathing and mothers bathing children. The Child's Bath most fully captures these influences with the figures popping against a flattened background.
It's worth noting that ukiyo-e prints, too, captured a world of daily rituals and tasks—not of the upper-classes but of working-class performers, and courtesans—and in the world of courtesans, men too appear only as visitors.
Mary Cassatt, Woman Bathing (1891). Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Though faithful to the influence of Japanese prints, the quality of the drawing in the painting, seen so clearly in the child's body, also alarmed some viewers, because of gendered beliefs in the nature of artistic ability. Charles Blanc, Beaux-Arts administrator and historian once remarked, "drawing is the masculine sex of art and color the feminine one." As such, Cassatt's strong graphic talents alarmed some viewers. Professor Paul Fisher noted that when the work first was shown in 1895 one critic found the painting, "hard…crude…brutal…a shock to the eye."
"Cassatt's strong drawing….was not what a woman was supposed to be biologically capable of doing," wrote Broude, "According to Cassatt's own report Degas once said of her work that 'no woman has a right to draw like that.'"
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PSYOP Regimental Blog: Counterespionage – An Indicator of Effective Influence?
Counterespionage – An Indicator of Effective Influence?
The July 19, 2007 edition of the UK publication Telegraph (see: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/19/eu-employing-counter-espionage-tools-brexit-talks-amid-fears/, which is also the photo source) ran an article "EU employees espionage tools at Brexit talks amid fears of British spying". The article talks about the security concerns of the EU BREXIT negotiating team.
The implication is that the EU is concerned that Britain would employ unfair means to learn about the plans and intentions of the EU team. Is it possible to interpret this in another way?
Increased security efforts reflect a fear that the 'enemy' is gaining an advantage in the 'battle'. In this case the battle is over the terms of the British exit from the EU.
In other situations, Venezuela for instance, increased actions against opponents are often cloaked in security terms when the real motivation is that the enemy force is winning the influence battle in the mind of public opinion.
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Sacramento, Calif., Apr 5, 2019 / 03:01 pm (CNA).- A 2014 California rule forcing religious groups, including churches, to cover elective abortions for employees was the result of direct pressure from Planned Parenthood, internal emails have shown.
On April 4, three churches filed a notice of appeal against the measure, which they contend violates basic religious freedom and conscience protections. In support of the appeal, attorneys from Alliance Defending Freedom, which represents the churches, submitted internal emails between Planned Parenthood employees and state Department of Health and Human Services.
"The government shouldn't be forcing churches to pay for abortion, and it is shameful and inappropriate that the government did so in this case at the bidding of Planned Parenthood," said ADF Legal Counsel Jeremiah Galus in a statement.
The emails show lobbyists from Planned Parenthood insisting that agency rules be changed to force religious groups – specifically naming Catholic universities – to provide coverage for elective abortions.
Under the rules in force in March 2014, Loyola Marymount University employees were obliged to take out third-party coverage for abortion and Santa Clara University intended to bring in a similar arrangement, an email from Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California's chief legal counsel said.
The email was addressed to staff at California HHS and asked for "another meeting" to discuss the matter.
A subsequent email between a Planned Parenthood legislative advocate and an HHS staff member recorded a March 13, 2014 meeting with Donna Campbell, Deputy Secretary for the Office of Legislative Affairs at HHS.
The emails notes the meeting was to "explore whether there is a regulatory/administrative fix" to prevent religious groups opting out of covering elective abortions, "or if legislation is needed." If the rules could not be tightened, the email says, Planned Parenthood had drafted legislation which it would arrange sponsorship for.
In a March 17, 2014, email to Campbell, the Planned Parenthood legislative advocate said that "while we would prefer to see [the exceptions for employers not to fund elective abortions] resolved without legislation," the abortion provider was "concerned" that HHS would not make the necessary changes.
The email then offers a trade: Planned Parenthood would not have new legislation introduced provided the state administration offered certain guarantees, including an undertaking to rescind already-approved healthcare plans which did not meet with Planned Parenthood approval.
"Simply saying that [employer] healthcare plans only need to cover 'medically necessary' abortions has been the source of the issue and [this] does not solve the problem," the email warns.
In an email dated the next day, Campbell responded to thank them for "checking in" on her progress.
In August, 2014, California's Department of Managed Health Care ruled that all healthcare plans must cover elective abortions.
Alliance Defending Freedom, the Life Legal Defense Foundation and the Catholic Bishops of California filed several federal legal complaints against the rule, citing the 2005 Weldon Amendment which denies federal funds to state or local governments if they discriminate against institutional or individual healthcare entities that decline to pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
Washington D.C., Mar 8, 2019 / 12:25 am (CNA).- With the Lenten season fully in swing, Catholics are immersing themselves in 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries.


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Nonviolence International's Giving Tuesday!
As we approach Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday in this very difficult year, we want celebrate the inspirational work that is done by Nonviolence International (NVI) and our partner organizations.
We at Nonviolence International ask that you make a generous donation to support our partner's work and invest in nonviolence. By doing so, you help put your deeply held values into effective action. Below, is some history about our organization and what we do to achieve our vital mission.
About NVI
Nonviolence International was founded by Palestinian activist and teacher, Mubarak Awad, in 1989. Since then NVI has established a proud legacy of creative, constructive nonviolent activism. Still, we recognize the challenges of this moment require us to do even more.
We are convinced that this is the moment that NVI was built for. Our Board of Directors is coming together like never before to ensure that we maximize our impact on our beautiful and broken world. At this moment, the world needs us to do much better and we are committed to rise to the challenges before us and substantially expand both our impact and reach.
Currently, NVI is focused on providing powerful tools to activists around the world. We do this primarily through our Database of Nonviolent Tactics and our Archive of Nonviolent Training materials.
Furthermore, we are proud to serve as a backbone organization of the global diverse nonviolent movement through our fiscal sponsorship of leadership groups around the world. We are excited to raise up our impressive partners and their inspirational work at this critical time. Here is our list of partners.
To learn more about our partners and To Donate Click Here.
Nonviolence International is not like other organizations. These are not normal times and this is not a normal group. NVI has a rare and precious mix of activist passion, intellectual depth, and personal warmth. Just what the world needs now.
We ask for your donations to expand our capacity, help us build momentum, and to inspire other people to join you in giving.
Growing Our Supporter Base
Finally, we ask - who do you know who we should know? Please connect us with a handful of new potential supporters and consider if you might become one of our growing team of Major Donor Solicitors. We will provide you with all the support and guidance you need to fulfill this vital role. Our hope is to have 20 people who each take an average of 5 prospects and stay in touch with them throughout the year. By doing this we can transform NVI from a proud, small group of leaders doing good work into an even more significant force for good, able to have a real impact on our troubled world.
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The study and use of nonviolence sadly remains in its infancy. As a people, we have spent far too much time and too many resources studying how to make war. NVI is convinced that if we put a small fraction of that effort into studying nonviolence, we will find it to be even more powerful than previously understood. The transformational potential of nonviolence is truly the only hope for our people and our planet.
Together we are going to build NVI into an organization with the power to achieve our vital mission. We ask you to join us in this much-needed effort.
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Glenn Reynolds wrote last night, "Looking at Ted Cruz with the beard, I wonder why he didn't grow it before the election. I've seldom seen a face more improved by a beard."
Here is why Cruz's beard works.
He has a girly face. He's too pretty. His eyelashes are Elizabeth Taylor-ish.
It is not his fault. God gave him those eyes. Somewhere a girl envies his eyes.
And he has a less-than-strong chin. The cut of his jib just does not cut it.
Plus there's the whole Joe McCarthy-esque look he has.
His decision to grow a beard may have been a concession to the fact that he will never be president. Or maybe he got tired of shaving.
But Ted Cruz's beard hides a less-than-masculine face, which is why it is a good thing. The rough texture of his beard offsets the daintiness of his eyes.
Paul Ryan's beard failed because he had a manly face. His lookalike is Aaron Rodgers.
When Rodgers grew out his facial hair, Ryan followed.
Now neither man is Speaker of the House. Let that be a lesson. If you have a manly face, don't hide it.
But if you are Lincoln, well, you need to hide those hollow cheeks.
And if you are Ted Cruz, let it grow, let it grow, let it grow.
One never knows when we will return to electing presidents with beards.
Cruz looks like Grandpa Munster.
Well.... now we know who's old..
a girly face ??? Speaking as a girl, I'd like to know if the Poca water supply has been tampered with?
You love his beard. You love his fluttering eyes. Does Mrs. S know about this?
In the name of diversity, democrats may nominate a bearded lady.
He said a man once told him he was the ugliest man ever. Lincoln responded, well, better shoot me then, because if I'm uglier than you, I don't want to live.
Sabo's rendition is the ne plus ultra.
Commander Will Riker benefited from the addition of a beard in the second season.
I'm glad Gene Roddenberry took my advice.
Soon it will be sexist to grow a beard.


$80 million for environmental restoration projects. $45 million for lake-wide aquatic invasive species control and a watercraft inspection program.$20 million to recover the Lahontan cutthroat trout, a federally threatened species. $2 million for the cost of land exchanges and sales on both the California and Nevada sides of the Tahoe Basin.
The Lake Tahoe Restoration Bill authorizes 5 million to carry on the work of the original bill, improving water quality, reducing hazardous fuels to prevent wildfires, fighting the spread of invasive species and restoring critical habitat throughout the Tahoe Basin, Donald Trump said in a statement.
Some TV stations even offer streaming weather radars. Also, visit live webcams and a live weather station from Fort Worth, Texas.
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Supreme Court Associate Justice Antonin Scalia addresses the Legal Services Corporation's 40th anniversary conference luncheon Septemeber 15, 2014 in Washington, DC.
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)Trump's reported comments, made at closed-door White House talks on an immigration deal, were a reaction to a plan to cut the number of people entering the United States through its visa lottery program. As much a skill as it is a sport, ice fishing isn't for the faint of heart.
A geologic block fault is a fracture in the Earth's crust causing blocks of land to move up or down.
Uplifted blocks created the Carson Range on the east and the Sierra Nevada on the west.
Lake Tahoe fires - history of forest fires going back to 1950.** Very low wildfire activity in the Tahoe Basin **"Climate may also contribute to the lack of large fires.
Lake Tahoe is still fire prone, but the seasonal window at which the fuels are most explosive is fairly short, and suppression resources are increased during that time." Wildfire map of Cal Fire history of fires from Sac Bee The Lake Tahoe Basin was formed by geologic block (normal) faulting about 2 to 3 million years ago.
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Cannabis sales in Colorado is almost a $100 million per month industry.
Colorado's cannabis dispensaries sold more than $270 million worth of marijuana, edibles, and other marijuana products in the first three months of 2016, according to the latest numbers from the Colorado Department of Revenue.
In March 2016, pot shops across the state pulled in $88.9 million in cannabis sales, which is a 30 percent increase from March 2015.
The industry brought in $92 million in February, one of the most profitable months since legal sales started in January 2014, The Denver Post's The Cannabist reported.
In 2014, the state's legal retail stores sold more than $699 million worth of pot. In 2015, the industry brought in a record-shattering $996 million in 2015.
If sales continue on the same trajectory this year, pot sales should top $1 billion by the end of 2016.


A Government's right to make legislation restricting foreign ownership of our housing stock should not be hamstrung due to free trade agreements signed up to by either Labour or National, Green Party Co-Leader Dr Russel Norman said today.
The Prime Minister John Key has received preliminary advice from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) that any policy restricting foreign ownership of New Zealand's housing stock could breach free trade agreements including the China deal negotiated by a previous Labour Government.
"Free trade agreements that include clauses restricting current and future Governments from putting in place laws to prevent property speculation are inherently anti-democratic," said Dr Norman.
"The debate over whether the investment provisions of the free trade agreement allow restrictions on foreign residential property investors in New Zealand shows the dangers of these kinds of investment clauses in trade agreements.
"The upcoming Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement being negotiated in secret will make it even harder for future New Zealand Governments to introduce regulations that impact on multi-nationals associated with the TPP countries, including the United States and Canada.
"The Green Party supports the right of any future Government to introduce measures that will make buying a first home more affordable for New Zealanders.
"Regardless of John Key and MFAT officials' concerns over our obligations under free trade treaties we consider restricting home ownership to New Zealanders and permanent residents essential to making housing In New Zealand more affordable.
"Our current weak overseas investment laws mean New Zealand is a good place to speculate in property for overseas buyers.
"Reducing price pressure from overseas buyers is however, only part of the Green Party's solution to making housing more affordable," Dr Norman said.


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Twitter, Facebook, MySpace Coming to Obama's White House
By: Nicholas Kolakowski | May 05, 2009
Twitter, Facebook and MySpace accounts for the White House will contribute to President Obama's attempts at public engagement. Although the White House has maintained a long-running site at WhiteHouse.gov, this marks the first time that the executive branch has utilized a broad range of social-networking tools to spread its message. During his presidential campaign, Obama utilized such tools to rally supporters and spread messages.
President Obama's plans for public outreach by the executive branch reached a new level with the announcement that the White House will soon have more social-networking accounts than a 14-year-old kid, including Twitter, Facebook and MySpace pages.
In an April 25 address, President Obama suggested that, "To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative."
One of the steps toward that goal, evidently, is having the White House become the nation's friend on Facebook, followed on Twitter, and a connection on MySpace.
The White House blog (RSS) will provide much of the content for these networks, but as a recent Twitter posting indicates, officials will be available through these social-networking tools to answer questions and take comments from the public.
In addition, the White House also plans on utilizing Flickr, Vimeo, a dedicated YouTube channel, and even iTunes to spread its message.
"There's a lot to talk about right now," said a May 1 posting on the official White House blog. "From an economic crisis to wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the President and his Administration have a full plate - not the least of which is making sure the public stays up-to-date and involved in our efforts."
In keeping with that up-to-date motif, the same blog posting suggested that readers direct themselves to the Centers for Disease Control Website to learn more about the H1N1 virus, also known as "swine flu," that has incited a fair amount of panic online.
Obama's reputation as a tech-savvy president has steadily built since he took office on Jan. 20. Even before his inauguration, he promised heavy investment in computers and broadband connections for schools and hospitals, and announced plans to update and expand the country's Internet infrastructure.
On April 18, Obama nominated Aneesh Chopra as the nation's first CTO, tasked with coordinating and reforming the federal government's technology systems. Chopra's previous posting was as Virginia's secretary of technology.
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