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«Хроніки Ріддіка» () — американський науково-фантастичний пригодницький фільм 2004 року режисера Девіда Туї. Це другий фільм франшизи Хроніки Ріддіка після фільму «Цілковита пітьма» 2000 року.

Злочинець Ріддік отримує замовлення врятувати дівчину Джек з найсуворішої в'язниці в галактиці. В цей час на населені планети насувається армада релігійних фанатиків некромонгерів. Лідерові некромонгерів було напророкувано, що його уб'є останній з народу фурійців, і Ріддік виявляється саме таким. Ріддіку доводиться взяти на себе цей обов'язок, щоб захистити тих небагатьох людей, з якими він близький, і тим самим урятувати галактику.

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Нація релігійних фанатиків некромонгерів прокладає собі шлях між зорями до Всесвіту Смерті, де нібито здобуде досконалість. Дорогою туди некромонгери навертають планети у свою віру, а непокірних знищують. Оповідачка Ереон зауважує, що в такі часи не лише добро бореться зі злом. Особливо небезпечний галактичний злочинець на ім'я Ріддік тікає на одній з планет від переслідувачів. Завдяки своїм унікальним очам він здатний бачити в непроглядній пітьмі, але на сонці змушений носити темні окуляри. Так само він дуже сильний, витривалий, жорстокий і практично невразливий. Мисливці за головами сподіваються отримати велику винагороду за нього. Їм вдається загнати Ріддіка в льодяні печери, проте злочинець сам проникає в їхній шаттл, коли ті вирушили його шукати. Він допитується у ватажка мисливців Тумбса хто його найняв. Той зізнається, що замовники з планети Геліон Прайм. Ріддік відбирає шаттл і летить з планети.

На Геліоні Прайм Ріддік відвідує Нову Мекку та знаходить замовника — шанованого імама. Той пояснює, що найманці були єдиним способом знайти Ріддіка. Імам розповідає про просування некромонгерів і скоро вони будуть і на цій планеті. Ріддік зустрічається з мудрою Ереон, яка розповідає, що некромонгери бояться лише жителів планети Фурія. Некромонгери давно знищили її, але Ріддік — можливо єдиний уцілілий фурієць. Правоохоронці намагаються схопити Ріддіка, той дає відсіч і відмовляється допомогти. Тоді імам розповідає про дівчину Джек, яку він мав захищати, але вона втекла і потрапила на планету Крематорія.

Вночі на Геліон Прайм прилітає армада некромонгерів. Вони швидко зломлюють оборону та пропонують населенню приєднатися до них. Ріддік у темряві вбиває загарбників, але йому не вдається врятувати імама. Зранку проповідник некромонгерів закликає вцілілих скоритись. Ріддік кидає виклик ворожому генералу та вбиває його, чим привертає увагу Лорда Маршала некромонгерів. Лорд Маршал дарує йому кинджал генерала, адже за традицією вбивці дістається все майно вбитого. Далі він пропонує Ріддіку служити йому, але Ріддік відмовляється. Тоді лідер некромонгерів веде його на свій корабель, де намагається схилити на свій бік. Жриці некромонгерів відчувають, що це фурієць, і вимагають вбити Ріддіка. Втекти допомагає несподівано прибулий Тумбс, який знайшов Ріддіка за прихованим радіомаяком. Мисливці за головами везуть його на Крематорію, де розташована найсуворіша в'язниця в галактиці.

Лорд Маршал наказує генералу Ваако розшукати Ріддіка. Дружина Ваако, Дейм, допитується у взятої в полон Ереон чому Лорд Маршал так прагне вбити останнього фурійця. Та розповідає про пророцтво, за яким саме останній фурієць уб'є Лорда Маршала. Дізнавшись про таку долю, Лорд Маршал наказав знищити всіх фурійців і досі був упевнений, що йому ніхто не загрожує. Дейм підмовляє чоловіка вбити лідера некромонгерів, адже якщо він чогось боїться, то негідний свого звання. Проте Ваако не наважується, бо Лорд Маршал колись побував у Всесвіті Смерті, що наділило його надзвичайною швидкістю.

Мисливці за головами прибувають на Крематорію. Вдень поверхня цієї планети так розжарюється, що спалює все на попіл, а вночі там панує мороз. Ріддіка везуть у підземну в'язницю, де підвішують на ланцюгу. Ріддіку вдається звільнитись і він зустрічає Джек, яка взяла собі ім'я Кіра. Вона ображена на Ріддіка за те, що він її не врятував, і намагається його вбити. Проте Ріддік ухиляється від удару і Кіра йде геть. Вночі наглядачі випускають звірів, які полюють на в'язнів, що не пішли до своїх камер. Ріддік приборкує звіра та дізнається від Кіри як вона потрапила до в'язниці. Згодом Ріддік розкриває, що шлях на поверхню щодня відкривається на короткий час аби впустити свіже повітря, і він планує втечу. Начальник в'язниці дізнається про наближення корабля некромонгерів та підозрює, що Тумбс викрав Ріддіка в них. Він відмовляється заплатити за Ріддіка, стається бійка, в ході якої спільники Тумбса гинуть. Наглядачі тікають, сподіваючись дістатись до єдиного корабля на поверхні. Ріддік з Кірою вирішують випередити їх. До них приєднуються в'язні, група прямує по поверхні в час, коли температура вже не надто низька і не дуже висока. Некромонгери під командуванням Ваако висаджуються на планету й схоплюють втікачів, коли вони майже добігають до корабля. Проповідник передає Ріддіку послання — триматися подалі від Лорда Маршала, і тоді він житиме. Але також він зазначає, що колись був фурійцем і сподівається, що Ріддік не послухається. З цими словами проповідник виходить на осоння та згорає. Взявши його корабель, Ріддік летить визволити Кіру. Ваако ж, упевнений, що проповідник убив Ріддіка, повідомляє про успіх.

Ереон каже Лорду Маршалу, що Ріддік вірогідно вцілів. Той терміново відкликає війська з Геліона Прайм та готується спустошити планету вибухами. Дейм пропонує Ваако дозволити Ріддіку вбити Лорда Маршала. В цей час Ріддік опиняється на кораблі Лорда Маршала, переодягнувшись некромонгером. Він вривається до тронної зали, та лідер некромонгерів влаштував там засідку. Він показує, що Кіра вже перетворена на некромонгера. Кіра переконує Ріддіка прийняти нову віру, тоді він кидає у Лорда Маршала кинджал. Це лише ранить лиходія, котрий виходить на поєдинок. Лорд Маршал майже перемагає, та Кіра несподівано завдає йому удару в спину, отримуючи рани у відповідь. Ваако хапає зброю та замахується на Лорда Маршала, думаючи, що тепер займе його місце. Проте Лорд Маршал, тікаючи, наражається на кинджал Ріддіка. Кіра помирає, а некромонгери схиляються перед Ріддіком як новим Лордом Маршалом. Ереон коментує це словами, що навіть вона тепер не знає до чого це приведе.

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Employment and Labor Statistics Resource Guide
Basic Print Sources | Electronic Resources Online
Basic Print Sources
Note: Some locations of print materials may have changed. Consult IUCAT for current locations.
U.S. Labor and Employment Statistics in Print
Handbook of U.S. Labor Statistics. Jacobs, Eva E., ed. 2000.
[ET2 Reference Desk: HD 8051.A63].
This may be the best print resource available on the topic. Includes not just present statistics and projections, but also 50-year summaries (e.g., 1948-1998). Includes a nice index. The tables are very easy to use.
Employment and Earnings. U.S. Department of Labor 1954-present.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.41/2:].
We have editions from 1954 to the present. Published monthly and bound together in threes (e.g., July-August-September). Very up-to-date data. Each issue begins with a review of what happened labor wise (statistically). Each issue contains the exact same sets of tables, but, of course, they are updated each month. Focuses on age, sex, industry, and race. Some tables look at total average pay rate per job/sector; others look at total number of employees per sector per major/semi-major city per state. Many tables will give you statistics all the way back to the 1950s or 1960s for comparative purposes. A somewhat intimidating but thorough resource for students.
Occupational Outlook Handbook.
[ET2 Reference Desk: L 2.3/4:2000-01].
For each occupation, the following topics are covered: Nature of the work; working conditions; employment; training, other qualifications, and advancement; job outlook; earnings; related occupations; sources of additional information. This is a terrific resource; very well put together.
Career Guide to Industries.
[ET2 Reference Desk: L 2.3/4-3:2000-01].
The companion piece to Occupational Outlook Handbook, but from an industry perspective.
Metropolitan Area Employment and Unemployment--News. Bureau of Labor Statistics 1998.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.111/5:].
Published since 1979, these bulletins are divided by state, region, and city, and are also divided into four sectors: 1) trade, 2) finance, insurance, and real estate, 3) services, and 4) government. A nice source for very raw statistics, this source is a lot like Employment and Earnings in content and format.
Employment Outlook, 1998-2008: Occupational Change from an Industry Perspective. U.S. Department of Labor 2000.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.3:2522].
BLS has been making such projections for four decades for career counseling and policy making. Nice tables and graphs for projected change per sector. Seems to be a nice resource, but one shouldn't get too carried away with the projections. Predictions/projections say more about the time during which these predictions are made than they do about any time in the future.
Monthly Labor Review. BLS. 1915-present.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.6:].
We have every issue since 1915. Excellent articles, topics change. Sets of tables provided in the latter half of each publication do not, however, change (their format and topics, that is). Actually explains each table and the terminology being used, which is somewhat rare for government statistical publications.
CPI Detailed Report. Previously known as Consumer Price Index. BLS 1996-present.
Published monthly by Breau of Labor Statistics. Each issue contains a featured research article followed by over 100 pages of tables about the CPI. The same tables are updated each month. Most of the tables are concerned with percent changes from the same month of the previous year, while some go back ten years. A nice resource if one knows what to do with such statistics, as the writers/compilers assume a basic level of specialized knowledge. Looks at different regions of the country.
PPI Detailed Report. Previously known as Wholesale Prices and Price Indexes and Producer Price Indexes. 1971-present.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.61:].
The obvious companion piece to the CPI Detailed Report. One group of tables is concerned with the net output of selected industries (and there are many industries selected here) and looks at changes in the PPI over a two-month and a one-year period. The other major group of tables is concerned with PPI and percent changes for commodity groupings and individual items. Again, like the CPI Detailed Report, this resource assumes that the reader already knows how to interpret such data.
Occupational Outlook Quarterly. 1957-present.
Regular features include: more than fifty charts of the newest labor force, industry, and occupational projections in the Winter issue of odd-numbered volumes; "Job Outlook in Brief" for 250 occupations in the Spring issue of even-numbered volumes; and outlook in occupations requiring college in the Summer issue of the even-numbered volumes. Indexes to the volumes are put out every few years; the latest seems to be the "Index to the OOQ, 1995-99" included in the back of the Winter 1999-2000 volume.
Where to Find BLS Statistics on Women. U.S. Department of Labor 1998.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.71:920/998].
Published in 1998. Seems to be interested only in data released since 1990.
Understanding the Consumer Price Index: Answers to Some Questions. 1996.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.2:C 76/19/996].
Obviously this little pamphlet will help someone who doesn't yet know how to read and use CPI statistics.
Working in the 21st Century. U.S. Department of Labor 2001.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.2:W 89/16].
If you're looking for hard statistics, go somewhere else. But if you're looking for big, flashy tables on general trends and projected trends in the national workforce, this is definitely worth a look.
National Compensation Survey.
[ET2 Stacks: L 2.121/].
Most of these surveys were published around 1999. Seemingly all fairly large metropolitan areas (as well as some not-so-large areas, like Bloomington!) are included. The tables contained within provide information on earnings of workers in a variety of occupations and at different work levels. Data presented focus on wage and salaries, incentive pay, cost-of-living adjustments, and hazard pay.
Report on the American Workforce.
[ET2 Reference Desk: L 1.90/2:1999].
The 1999 edition--the fourth such Report--covers three themes: 1) Workplace responses to an increasingly competitive global environment; 2) the central role of improved skills for all participants in the labor market; and 3) the balance of work and family. Each section includes text and statistics to support it. The appendix in the back organizes statistical tables along thematic lines, which is somewhat unusual and quite helpful.
Employment, Hours, and Earnings: United States, 1990-95.
[ET2 Reference Desk: L 2.3:2465].
Looks at the statistics by industry and by month for each of the years (1990-95). And, for each industry, statistics are provided for the following: Total number of employees, total number of women employees, total number of nonsupervisory workers, nonsupervisory worker average weekly hours, average hourly earnings, and average weekly earnings. Very straightforward.
International Labor and Employment Statistics in Print
Bulletin of Labour Statistics. Quarterly.
[ET2 Reference Desk: HD 4826.I 53].
Employment, unemployment, hours worked, and CPI are all chosen topics here. Most countries seem to be participating. Not all countries keep track of labor statistics in the same way--i.e., one country will compile the statistics monthly, while another country will compile the statistics 2-3 times a year.
OECD Employment Outlook: June 2001.
[ET2 Reference Desk: HD 5707.E 47 2001].
Some of the articles and tables here are somewhat esoteric, but if you're looking for international comparative labor data, well, you should at least give this resource a look.
Electronic Resources Online
Before bothering with the print resources or anything else, come here. This is easily the best-organizes and most comprehensive source of labor statistics. The BLS is a department within the U.S. Department of Labor.
Not focused on statistics like the BLS, but the DOL site is still useful. Click on the "Statistics, Research, and Publications" link first.
International Labour Organization: ILOSTAT
Not a very fancy-looking site but it works. Allows you to access information for seemingly every country on the planet from 1991-2000; it also allows you to choose from a large selection of tables.
Fedstats: Labor Statistics
A link from the Fedstats homepage, this link allows gateways to not only the BLS site but the Employment Standards Administration, Employment and Training Administration, and Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy sites.
Federal Employment Statistics
Another U.S. government agency interested in labor statistics
Labornet
Labor information from a left-wing/radical perspective. Lots of links.
The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
This link has information on labor policies in Japan and provides information on the Japanese economy.

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Qatar's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has said he hopes for "progress" in the efforts to resolve the Gulf diplomatic crisis following talks with Saudi Arabia, adding that the parties have "moved from a stalemate" in the two-year dispute, Al Jazeera reported.
"We have moved from a stalemate to some progress where ... some talks took place between us and specifically Saudi," the Qatari foreign minister said at the MED 2019 conference.
"We hope that these talks will lead to our progress where we can see an end for the crisis."
He added that several meetings had taken place between officials of both countries in different places, refusing to confirm reports that he has recently visited the Saudi capital, Riyadh, for talks.
The Wall Street Journal had previously reported that the foreign minister had made the unannounced visit in October. There, he met senior Saudi officials and made an offer to end the regional rift, an Arab official told the newspaper. It was the highest-level visit by a Qatari official to the kingdom since May when Qatar's prime minister attended an Arab summit in Mecca.
Saudi King Salman also recently sent a "written message" inviting Qatar's emir to an annual meeting of the Gulf regional bloc, which will be held in Riyadh next week. The 40th session of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) summit is scheduled to take place on December 10. The GCC is composed of Qatar, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman and Kuwait.
A Qatari delegation headed by Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Soltan bin Saad Al-Muraikhi represented the country at last year's GCC summit, which was also held in Riyadh.
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Q: By only taking Vitamin C, am I safe from getting sick?
Some studies show that vitamin C can reduce the duration of a cold by as much as 24 to 36 hours. However, there is no evidence that taking Vit C can prevent you from getting sick.
Q: What are the best vitamins to take to avoid getting sick?
Echinacea – Although some studies do not show that echinacea works as a treatment, others show it can reduce the length and severity of colds by 10% to 30%. Despite the confusion, many experts are fairly sure that echinacea can help treat colds.
Zinc – Taking zinc, either as a syrup or lozenge, through the first few days of a cold may shorten the misery of an upper respiratory infection, the latest research shows. The research — a review of 15 past studies on the subject — also found that zinc appeared to prevent colds in people who used it over the course of about five months.
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Garlic – Garlic may also help fight viruses. Also, there is some preliminary evidence that garlic may lower the risk of catching a cold.
Andrographis – "Andrographis is called 'Indian echinacea, studies of andrographis show that it appears to improve cold symptoms significantly, at least when started within three days of the onset. There's also some early evidence that it may reduce the chances of catching a cold, at least when taken for several months beforehand. Most studies have used a specific product called Kan Jang, which combines andrographis with Siberian ginseng (eleutherococcus senticosus).
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All the studies around vitamins that have shown effects on flu/colds have been done with supplements. So, while eating a good diet is important, it's probably not a bad idea to take certain supplements as well.
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Game Recap: Bears Dismantle Bengals
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Vikings RB Roc Thomas Suspended Three Games
It's relatively often that you can say that the Bears were involved in a blowout. It's not often, however, that you can say that the Bears blew out their opposition.
That is exactly what happened in Cincinnati this afternoon. The Bears decimated the Bengals, winning 33-7. In all aspects of the game, the Bengals looked like they didn't want to bother showing up, and the Bears did.
It's not an understatement to say that this was the best game of the season for Chicago. The coaches opened the playbook and called a good game and Mitchell Trubisky looked like a great NFL quarterback. However, the most telling sign from this game was the fact that the Bears defense held the Bengals, who put up 20 on a Super Bowl contender just six days prior, to seven points.
The game started out relatively close, with the Bears trailing 7-6 after the first quarter. Mike Nugent's missed extra point ended his "revenge game" before it really began in the first period.
After that, though, the game was all Bears. Nugent converted on two field goals, from 34 and 27, in the second quarter to give the Bears the lead at the half. During the third quarter, a Mitchell Trubisky touchdown run on a beautifully executed read option made it a two-score game.
The Bears completed the drubbing in the fourth quarter, however, after an Adam Shaheen touchdown reception followed by a Jordan Howard touchdown run sealed the game. For the last drive, the Bengals went to the bullpen and brought in their backup A.J. McCarron. I can't remember the last time this was a positive for the Bears.
All-in-all, this Bears team looked incredible today. Yes, I know the Bengals were incredibly beat up, but the offense looked like an NFL-level unit, which is a promising sign.
I know I'm not supposed to do this, but I'm not giving this to a player. I'm giving this award to Dowell Loggains.
Loggains finally realized today that using the passing game in early down situations opens up the running game, and it worked like a charm today. Not only did Mitchell Trubisky get the time to look like a great quarterback, but both Jordan Howard and Tarik Cohen had their best games of the season.
It may be because they got orders from upstairs, but the constant use of Adam Shaheen is another plus on Loggains's resume in today's game. Trubisky looked to be perfectly in sync with his fellow rookie, and thus Shaheen had his best game of the year by far.
I know that everyone (rightfully) are calling for Loggains's head, but if today's gameplan was his mastermind and not Ryan Pace's, he deserves a ton of credit for it.
Play Of The Game
Eddie Jackson, on his birthday, continued his elite rookie season with another two takeaway game. While this one wasn't as dramatic as his two touchdown game earlier this year, his forced fumble and fumble recovery was today's play of the game.
Jackson never gave up on the play and hustled over from his free safety position to force a fumble on an AJ Green reception. Green got behind his man, Prince Amukamara, into a pocket on the left sideline. Jackson did his best Charles Tillman impression, punching the ball from Green's grasp and recovering the fumble himself.
It was initially called an incomplete pass on the field, but after a John Fox challenge, the call was rightfully overturned.
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If Today Was Your Last Day is the third single from their sixth studio album Dark Horse. It was originally planned as the first single, but decided to lead with Gotta Be Somebody instead.
The song was used for promotional videos in the Winter Olympics in 2010, and was used as the closing song during NHL Tonight's 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs coverage.
As an official single, it reached a peak at #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. It is their second top twenty hit on the Hot 100 from Dark Horse, and their ninth top twenty hit on the chart overall. In Canada, it would go on to reach #7.
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East Lancs woman in double sex ordeal claim
By Peter Magill
A SCHOOLGIRL who confided that she was being sexually abused by a Jehovah's Witness was then repeatedly molested by the man she had turned to for help, a court heard.
The 12-year-old was 'infatuated' with Eugene Nugent, who was in his early 20s, and 'followed him around like a puppy', jurors at Burnley Crown Court were told.
But after the girl, a member of a Jehovah's Witness family in Haslingden, told Nugent that a senior member of the congregation had been sexually assaulting her, he also began abusing her, the court heard.
Nugent, now 53, is accused of inciting her to commit sex acts at his home, the garage where he worked, near Grane Reservoir and in a shed.
Prosecutor Sara Dodd said that on one occasion, while his wife was out of the house, he also had full sex with the girl, despite her telling him to stop halfway through. She later told one of her sisters about what had happened.
Nugent, of Cobden Street, Hapton, has denied having sexual intercourse with a girl aged under 13 and seven charges of indecency with a child between July 1983 and July 1984.
The prosecutor said the alleged offences only came to light in May 2013 after the partner of the woman, now in her 40s, confronted Nugent. Police were later informed.
The court heard when Nugent was arrested in July last year by investigating officers he refused to answer any questions but handed over a prepared statement denying there had been any sexual activity between the pair.
Miss Dodd told jurors the alleged victim had not come forward previously out of loyalty to Nugent's wife and because she believed what happened 'was her fault'.


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What Life Looks Like For A Toddler Growing Up In A Mexican Women's Prison
April 25, 2018 | Irene Caselli | HuffPost
CHIHUAHUA CITY, Mexico ― Melissa is 18 months old, and she lives in the Aquiles Serdán female state prison in Chihuahua City, Mexico. The chubby toddler hides behind her mother's legs when strangers address her, but she is at ease surrounded by the inmates.
When her mother, inmate Barbara Sánchez, attends her Zumba class in the morning, Melissa observes as the women dance. She stands around while the women dance. In the afternoon, after her nap, she watches Spongebob on a small television in the cell her mother shares with two other women.
"It's the strength that God sent me to keep going while in prison," said Sánchez. "When I found out I was pregnant, it made me very happy."
Sánchez, 27, was charged with being an accomplice to kidnapping six years ago after police arrested her former husband on abduction-related charges. Sánchez says she was unaware of his real occupation and played no part in the crime, but she was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Her former husband is serving a 20-year sentence.
Mexico's violence, which has been fuelled in part by the intensifying war on drugs in the last decade, is increasingly affecting women. A recent study from the Mexican feminist organization Equis found a 103.3 percent increase in women imprisoned for drug-related crimes between 2014 and 2016. While some women are willing collaborators with their partners, others are forced to take part in the crimes.
Twelve children, including Melissa, are housed with 167 women inmates in the Aquiles Serdán Social Rehabilitation Center. Children are allowed to stay with their mothers until they are three or four years old, depending on when the mother was arrested. Some women were pregnant when they were arrested, but others got pregnant while in custody; most of Mexico's prisons allow conjugal visits.
Melissa is Sánchez's fourth child, and the second born in prison. When she was arrested, she was six months pregnant. Her baby boy was born premature, and the prison authorities took him from her, arguing that he could not receive proper care within the prison. Her son now lives with her ex-husband's family in Ciudad Juárez, some 230 miles away. He doesn't know that Sánchez is his mother.
But things were different with Melissa, who has a different father. The authorities allowed Sánchez to keep her baby daughter because there were no health complications. Though Melissa will leave the prison before Sánchez serves her full sentence, she is happy that they have a relationship. "She will know that I am her mother," she says.
Sánchez said she is grateful for the support she receives raising Melissa in prison, but she still worries her daughter will be taken away from her. She also hopes that growing up with her in prison will serve as a cautionary tale.
"I am in here because I was naive," she says. "This place has taught me a lot about life, even if it's in a hard way."
In the United States, nine states operate prison nursery programs: California, Illinois, Indiana, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, South Dakota, Washington and West Virginia. There, mothers and children are usually given separate units to live. In Mexico, however, children grow up within the main correctional facility, following their mothers' regular routine. Rules about how long children can stay in prison vary from state to state. In Mexico City, for example, children can stay with their mothers until they are 6 years old.
There are between 300 and 600 children living in Mexico's federal and state-run prisons, according to the Mexican nongovernmental organization Reinserta. These children are often "invisible," the group says. Prison authorities do not account for them in their budgets, and often children do not have their own beds or food allocations. Mothers often rely on their families outside or on charities for food, clothes and toys.
Children in the Aquiles Serdán prison can see a pediatrician in the in-house clinic, and there are donated cribs, strollers, toys and baby food. When the children are a little older, like Melissa, they share a bed with their mothers.
Fernanda Moreno plays with fellow inmate Saira Durán's 9-month-old daughter, Isaura. "Isaura is the owner of this bunker," says Moreno.
"Imagine waking up and seeing this child smiling in this place," says Deira Silva, another inmate. "She lights up the whole cell."
The three women share a cell, and Moreno and Silva have become Isaura's resident aunties.
"It's been hard to have her here, but I am happy," says Durán. "She gives me motivation and makes the time in here go by faster."
Studies have recognized the positive psychological effects on mothers.
"It provides a huge emotional support," said Macario Vela Corral, the on-site psychologist at the Aquiles Serdán prison. "It is important for them to have someone else to look after."
There are not, however, clear studies on how living in a prison affects the children, and Vela Corral is concerned about how suitable the prison is for children.
"They are locked up, and children shouldn't be locked up," said Vela Corral. "They did not commit a crime."
But prisons are part of life, says inmate Areli Estrada, 42, a former certified public accountant awaiting sentencing on a fraud conviction. She says she has learned a lot from being incarcerated. She shares a cell with her daughter, Maria Jose, who is one and half.
"No matter how bad this is, it gave me time to reflect, to look at my mistakes, to understand what I had done wrong," says Estrada. "Of course the children are not guilty. They are little innocent creatures. But now what they need is to be with their mothers, independently from the place. If we are on a mountain or in a desert, the important thing is to be together."
See more photos by photojournalist Melissa Lyttle of children living with their mothers at Aquiles Serdán prison below: Irene Caselli and Melissa Lyttle were in Chihuahua thanks to a grant by the International Women's Media Foundation .
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18 days in United Kingdom Itinerary
Created using Inspirock United Kingdom itinerary planner
Start: Kharkiv
Kharkiv — London Heathrow Airport
2566 kms / 8h 45min
London Heathrow Airport — London
1h 15min
Oxford — Didcot Parkway
24 kms / 1h
Didcot Parkway — Bath
21 kms / 30min
Bristol — Edinburgh
Edinburgh — Glasgow
York — Huntingdon
Huntingdon — Cambridge
— 1 day
Luton — London Stansted Airport
1h
London Stansted Airport — Kharkiv
End: Kharkiv
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The Square Mile
Vibrant and noisy, London is one of the world's leading cities, an international capital of culture, education, fashion, music, finance, trade, and politics.
Your day-by-day itinerary now includes Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter, Coca-Cola London Eye, King's Cross Station, and other attractions you added. Get a sense of the local culture at Westminster Abbey and Tower of London. Kids will enjoy Tower Bridge and St. James's Park. The adventure continues: step into the grandiose world of Buckingham Palace and get a sense of history and politics at Houses of Parliament.
To find where to stay, other places to visit, maps, and other tourist information, refer to the London trip planner.
Kharkiv, Ukraine to London is an approximately 13.5-hour flight. You can also drive. The time zone changes from Eastern European Time to Greenwich Mean Time, which is usually a -2 hour difference. Traveling from Kharkiv in July, you will find days in London are little chillier (26°C), and nights are about the same (15°C). Wrap up your sightseeing by early afternoon on the 10th (Wed) to allow time for the train ride to Oxford.
Parks Historic Sites Tours
Side Trip
Warner Bros. Studio Tour London - The Making of Harry Potter
12:30pm, Sun Jul 7
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City of Dreaming Spires
A busy, cosmopolitan city, Oxford is perhaps best known for its ancient university.
Your day-by-day itinerary now includes Bodleian Library as well as University of Oxford.
To find traveler tips, maps, and tourist information, refer to the Oxford attractions planning site .
Take a train from London to Oxford in an hour. Alternatively, you can drive; or take a bus. In July, daily temperatures in Oxford can reach 27°C, while at night they dip to 13°C. On the 12th (Fri), you'll travel to Bath.
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Queen of English Cities
A World Heritage Site, Bath has been one of Europe's most popular spa destinations since the Roman era.
On the 12th (Fri), admire the landmark architecture of Bath Abbey, get engrossed in the history at The Roman Baths, and then relax and rejuvenate at some of the top local wellness centers. On the 13th (Sat), you'll have a packed day of sightseeing: appreciate the extensive heritage of Castle Combe Village, admire the striking features of Lacock Abbey, and then delve into the distant past at Stonehenge.
To find reviews, where to stay, more things to do, and more tourist information, go to the Bath trip itinerary planning website .
Take a train from Oxford to Bath in 1.5 hours. Alternatively, you can drive; or do a combination of bus and train. On the 14th (Sun), you're off toBristol.
Things to do in Bath
Historic Sites Spas Museums
Lacock Abbey, Castle Combe Village, Stonehenge
Castle Combe Village
11:00am, Sat Jul 13
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1:00pm, Fri Jul 12
Bristol is famous for its Georgian and Victorian architecture, street art, underground music, maritime history, and the world-famous Clifton Suspension Bridge.
Clifton Suspension Bridge has been added to your itinerary.
To see where to stay, reviews, traveler tips, and other tourist information, read Bristol road trip planning tool .
Bristol is just a short distance from Bath. Finish your sightseeing early on the 14th (Sun) to allow enough time to travel to Glasgow.
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Scotland's Style Capital
Scotland's largest city, Glasgow is known for its cultural heritage and the friendliness of its people.
You'll discover tucked-away gems like The Scottish Crannog Centre and Loch Lomond Bird of Prey Centre. Bring the kids along to Five Sisters Zoo and Almond Valley Heritage Trust. Go for a jaunt from Glasgow to Killin to see Falls of Dochart about 1h 40 min away.
To find traveler tips, maps, and more tourist information, read Glasgow road trip app .
Traveling by flight from Bristol to Glasgow takes 3.5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of flight and bus; or drive. July in Glasgow sees daily highs of 22°C and lows of 12°C at night. Finish your sightseeing early on the 18th (Thu) so you can drive to Edinburgh.
Parks Wildlife Zoos & Aquariums
Five Sisters Zoo, The Scottish Crannog Centre, Loch Lomond Bird of Prey Centre, Almond Valley Heritage Trust, Falls of Dochart
Five Sisters Zoo
12:30pm, Tue Jul 16
The Scottish Crannog Centre
11:30am, Wed Jul 17
Falls of Dochart
2:00pm, Wed Jul 17
Athens of the North
World Heritage-listed Edinburgh combines ancient and modern in a uniquely Scottish atmosphere.
Kick off your visit on the 18th (Thu): appreciate the history behind Scott Monument and then steep yourself in history at Georgian House.
To find where to stay, other places to visit, and other tourist information, go to the Edinburgh tour planner.
You can drive from Glasgow to Edinburgh in an hour. Other options are to take a train; or take a bus. Expect a daytime high around 22°C in July, and nighttime lows around 12°C. On the 20th (Sat), you're off toSouth Shields.
Things to do in Edinburgh
Historic Sites Neighborhoods Childrens Museums
St Giles' Cathedral
The Real Mary King's Close
Edinburgh Old Town
11:30am, Fri Jul 19
South Shields is a coastal town at the mouth of the River Tyne, England, about 4.84mi downstream from Newcastle upon Tyne. Kick off your visit on the 20th (Sat): pause for some photo ops at Lord Collingwood Monument and then kick back and relax at Seaton Sluice Beach.
Start your trip to South Shields by creating a personalized itinerary on Inspirock.
Traveling by car from Edinburgh to South Shields takes 3 hours. Expect a daytime high around 22°C in July, and nighttime lows around 13°C. Wrap up your sightseeing by early afternoon on the 21st (Sun) to allow time for travel to York.
Things to do in South Shields
Beaches Parks Outdoors
Roker & Seaburn Beaches, Lord Collingwood Monument, Seaton Sluice Beach
Lord Collingwood Monument
City of Festivals
Situated on the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss, York has witnessed an abundance of major political events throughout its two millennia of existence.
For ratings, photos, maps, and more tourist information, read our York trip planner .
Traveling by car from South Shields to York takes 2 hours. In July, daytime highs in York are 25°C, while nighttime lows are 13°C. On the 22nd (Mon), you'll travel to Cambridge.
Things to do in York
Nightlife Parks Outdoors
City of Perspiring Dreams
Steeped in history and tradition, Cambridge is renowned for its ancient colleges and sprawling green gardens.
On the 22nd (Mon), steep yourself in history at St. John's College and then look for all kinds of wild species at The Backs.
For reviews, other places to visit, and more tourist information, go to the Cambridge trip planner .
Traveling by car from York to Cambridge takes 3 hours. Alternatively, you can take a train; or do a combination of train and bus. Expect a daytime high around 27°C in July, and nighttime lows around 17°C. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 23rd (Tue) to allow time to travel to Luton.
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The Backs
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Luton is a large town in Bedfordshire, England, 20mi east of Aylesbury, 14mi west of Stevenage, 30mi northwest of London, and 22mi southeast of Milton Keynes.London Luton Airport, opened in 1938, is one of Britain's major airports. On the 23rd (Tue), contemplate the long history of Wrest Park, contemplate the long history of Woburn Abbey and Gardens, then look for gifts at The House of Coffee, and finally indulge your thirst for a good beer at The Bald Buzzard Alehouse.
For where to stay, other places to visit, more things to do, and tourist information, use the Luton itinerary builder website .
Getting from Cambridge to Luton by car takes about 1.5 hours. July in Luton sees daily highs of 26°C and lows of 15°C at night. Wrap up your sightseeing on the 23rd (Tue) to allow time to travel back home.
Things to do in Luton
Historic Sites Breweries & Distilleries Shopping
Leighton Buzzard, Woburn Abbey and Gardens
Woburn Abbey and Gardens
11:30am, Tue Jul 23
Wrest Park
The House of Coffee
2:30pm, Tue Jul 23
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Your Guide to This Weekend's Oak Cliff Film Fest: Movies, Panels, Assassins.
James Wallace | June 12, 2012 | 11:20am
This week, the first-ever Oak Cliff Film Festival kicks off in and around the Bishop Arts District. According to Texas Theatre/OCFF co-founder Barak Epstein, the fest is intended to be "a new hyper-local film festival that would all take place in one bikeable area." So bikeable, in fact, that Saturday features an "On the Trail of Lee Harvey Oswald" bike ride that takes cyclists from the site of the JFK assassination, following Oswald's escape route and ending up where he was finally and famously captured: the Texas Theatre.
"We really wanted to highlight some of the great venues around Oak Cliff," Epstein says, "in addition to the Texas Theatre, like the Kessler Theatre, the Bishop Arts Theatre, the Belmont Hotel, the Oak Cliff Cultural Center, Oil & Cotton, El Sibil Studio, the Turner House and the Dallas Zoo."
And highlight the OCFF does, providing as much diversity in its varied venues as it does in its programming. Aside from über indie films, there are parties, panels, music and more. Here's a day-by-day breakdown.
Thursday, June 14Opening Night Film, The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, 7:30 p.m. Texas Theatre
I'll let Epstein take this one: "This is a really cool '50s throwback film that will appeal to both fans of
Phantom of the Paradise
. It's the last film to be shot on 35mm Kodak Plus-X B&W film stock as well as the last film to feature Kevin McCarthy (
)."
Opening Night Party, 10 p.m., Texas Theatre The opening night bash features rockin' rockabilly tunes from Dallas' own the King Bucks, the first of the nightly music showcases, which will include performances by New Fumes, Diamond Age, Neeks and Night Game.
Friday, June 15 Sunrise, 9 p.m., Texas Theatre It's not often you get the chance to see an iconic silent film from the 1920s in a historic theater built in the 1930s -- not to mention one from the legendary director of such no-talking classics as Nosferatu. Bonus: The film's score will be performed live. F.W. Murnau's Academy Award-winning 1927 black-and-white, silent classic will screen with a live score from Austin-based band My Education at the Texas Theatre, built in 1931, just four years after the film's release.
Saturday, June 16 Saturday is packed with films and events, from the LHO bike ride (11:30 a.m., Sixth Floor Museum) to the "Fearless Filmmaking" panel (2 p.m.) to the Cinema 16 Shorts (3:30 p.m., Oil and Cotton) and Music Videos (9 p.m., El Sibil Studio), plus plenty of other fantastic cinema-nerd stuff in between.
Love and a .45 (1994), 8 p.m., Texas Theatre Aside from local film fare, you'll get plenty of retro screenings at the OCFF, something we've come to know and love about the Texas Theatre. Those include this cult classic road movie, shot in Texas, directed by C.M. Talkington and starring Renée Zellweger and Rory Cochrane, one year before they made Empire Records together. The film will be presented in a rare 35mm format, with Talkington and Cochrane in attendance.
Other films you'll want to check out on this day: The indie drama On Down the Line (4 p.m. The Kessler), made by UNT film school alums and hot off a premiere at the Little Rock Film Festival. It was a featured film at last year's Texas Theatre Rough Cut Labs. The doc Your Brother, Remember? (5 p.m. The Bishop Arts Theater) is about two brothers who, over a 20-year span, remake shot-for-shot Jean-Claude Van Damme's Kickboxer. Don't let the title of this one fool you: The Comedy (5:30 p.m., The Texas Theater) features unexpected dramatic turns from Tim & Eric's Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim. The experimental found-footage flick V/H/S (11 p.m., Texas Theatre) features an amalgamation of today's youngest and hottest directors of the horror genre coming together to present one terrifying tale.
Sunday, June 17 "State of the Scene" Indie Filmmaking Panel, 2 p.m., Oak Cliff Cultural Center The fest provides plenty of free opportunities for filmmakers and fans alike; just look for the word "free" and make sure to RSVP. They include this free panel featuring C.M. Talkington (Love and a .45); Austin-based, award-winning director David Hartstein; Mike Malloy (Eurocrime!); veteran indie film producer Mike S. Ryan (named one of 10 producers to watch by Variety, with films at OCFF including The Comedy, The Turin Horse and Think of Me); and Paul Bunnell (The Ghastly Love of Johnny X). Moderated by two-time Independent Spirit Award nominee Bryan Poyser (Lovers of Hate).
Other films screening on the fest's final day: Juke Joint (12:45 p.m., Texas Theatre), a 1947 race film, shot and set in Dallas, that happened to be the last in a series directed by famed black filmmaker Spencer Williams and produced by Sack Amusement Enterprises, a white-owned, Dallas-based company that distributed race films to segregated movie theaters all over the States. Jeff is a doc about Jeffrey Dahmer as told through the eyes and mouths of the people who knew him during and after his killing spree (1 p.m., The Bishops Arts Theater). The Turin Horse (2:30 p.m., Texas Theatre) is legendary filmmaker Bela Tarr's final film. And of course the Community Shorts (5:30 p.m., The Kessler).
Closing Night Film: Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) at the Dallas Zoo, 8:30 p.m. What better place to watch Wes Anderson's fantastic stop-motion fable than among the very woodland creatures it features? Epstein dropped a hint that a few celebrity guests may show up: "I've been told live badgers may be in attendance."
Tickets, passes and showtimes can be found here. Get 'em.


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Almost all fish are prone to parasite infestation. Most parasites do not cause much harm to the host when present in small numbers. However, they grow and reproduce quickly under ideal living conditions. When the population grows beyond a certain limit, it can be life-threatening.
Parasites can commonly transmit to another organism quite easily. So, an infected fish needs to be isolated and treated as soon as possible.
Presence of worms or leeches on the body of the fish.
Presence of ulcers and holes on the body of the fish. This sign mostly indicates the presence of flukes.
The infested fish's eyes are cloudy, or contain white patches.
The affected individual often appears to gasp for air, and rubs its body against some object.
When fish have internal parasites, they show a marked loss of appetite, erratic swimming, or torpidity.
The area around the fish's tail becomes red, irritated.
Argulus or Fish Louse: Argulus is a flat crustacean. It attaches itself to the fish's body. It causes a lot of discomfort to the host, which develops clumped fins, inflamed body parts, and becomes restless.
Anchor Worm: The fish hosting anchor worms, also called Lernaea, is often found to scrape its body against objects, and develops an inflamed area at the point of attachment. The worm hangs out its whitish-green thread-like body from the fish's skin. Anchor worms usually infest goldfish and other related carps.
Ergasilus: Like anchor worms, Ergasilus makes the host fish scrape its body against some object and extends its whitish-green threads hanging from the fish's body. It mostly borrows into the gills.
Chilodonella: Chilodonella is a ciliated protozoa, which causes the host fish to secrete excessive mucus. The host fish is often seen to flash and show irritation. When the number of Chilodonella becomes more than 10 in the host fish, it may die. The presence of scrapings of mucus and gill filaments under a light microscope indicates the infestation of Chilodonella in a fish.
Cryptobia: Cryptobia is a flagellated protozoan, mostly found in the stomach of the host fish. It may take shelter in other organs of the fish as well. The infested fish may become thin, lethargic, and often develops dark skin pigmentation.
Myxozoa: Myxozoa normally infest native and pond-reared fish populations. On infestation, it creates relatively less discomfort to the host. However, heavy infestation may be fatal.
Coccidia: Coccidia is one of the common parasites in freshwater fish. It commonly affects the intestine, liver, swim bladder, and reproductive structures.
Hexamita: Hexamita is usually seen in tropical fish. It is an unicellular organism, and infests fish like discus, angelfish, oscars, etc. Fish infested with Hexamita show certain specific signs and symptoms, such as loss of appetite and uneven swimming. They also develop holes around their head.
Isopod: Isopods have sharp, nasty claws. They eat the tongue of the fish and replace the organ.
If you breed fish in an aquarium, there is every likelihood that they may get infested with parasites. If it is so, you must take some necessary actions. This will save the healthy fish, and the aquarium as a whole, from getting disease-infested. The infected fish needs to be treated for the parasite. The entire content of the aquarium needs to be changed as it may contain eggs or larva of the parasite. To keep yourself on the safe side, call a professional for help.


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Posted on November 21, 2014	by Harrison Barnes	in Benefits, Careers	with No Comments on Companies With Childcare Benefits for Working Mothers
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Would you like to drop your kids off at a licensed day care center next door to your workplace and share lunch with them? Are you looking for a place to take a sick child? What if there was a prenatal education program at work to help your pregnancy go smoothly? Wouldn't it be nice to return to work after delivery with access to a lactation room?
These are just some of the new childcare benefits employers are offering to soothe the troubled souls of working parents. A working parent's biggest concern is often not the availability and expense of company life insurance, but the prospect of finding a safe and happy environment for one's children during the workday. With innovative and long overdue childcare benefits, some firms are finally providing their employees with the peace of mind they need to concentrate fully on their jobs. And the payoff for employers is just as profound. Their bottom line improves by reducing absenteeism, increasing productivity, and boosting recruitment and retention efforts.
The workplace of the new millennium will be composed of many single parents.
Finding Joy in All Parts of Life
In Austin, TX, Motorola built a child development center just across the street from each of its three new employee activity centers. The independently run centers, which are also open to non-Motorola families, take care of children from six weeks to six years old. Motorola gives its own employees preferred placement and subsidizes the cost.
These centers help employees find more joy in their lives, at home and at work. We know that employees want three things besides a paycheck: a meaningful life, peace of mind, and more time. Our programs aim to fill those basic human needs.
Benefits for Moms, Babies, and Bosses
CIGNA Corporation provides a unique benefit to new Moms who want to balance their new babies and existing careers. The company, which has a high percentage of female workers, has instituted an on-site "Working Well Moms" lactation program, which supports quick return to work for new mothers who wish to breastfeed. The rate of mothers who continue to breastfeed beyond six months is three times the national average at CIGNA. The program provides mothers with a professional lactation consultant before and after they give birth, access to a private room, a hospital-grade breast pump, refrigeration, a carry case, and supplies. Such progressive measures have helped to make CIGNA one of Working Mother magazine's best companies.
The payoff for the company? CIGNA's program has reduced medical costs for breastfeeding mothers and their children by over $200,000 annually. The company also saves an annual $60,000 through reduced absenteeism among breastfeeding mothers at more than 250 CIGNA offices. With the cost savings, this program has a clear business benefit, while also benefiting employees.
In fact, many companies now offer special wellness programs, such as well-baby/child care and prenatal advice. Occupational health nurses at BankOne–one of the nation's largest banks–host an ongoing series of lunchtime seminars. "Healthy Moms-Healthy Babies" covers everything that expectant mothers need to know to ensure safe, healthy deliveries. And BankOne actually pays its employees for completing the course.
A full 70 percent of its 95,000 employees are women, making pregnancy-related expenses a huge part of the company's annual healthcare bill. Expectant women who participate in the prenatal education program have fewer C-sections, fewer low-birthweight babies, and lower pregnancy-related costs.
The Federal Bureau of Infants?
On-site childcare now extends beyond the private sector, where companies are using benefits of every kind to attract scarce talent, to more conservative areas like government employment. At the remote Federal Bureau of Investigations complex in Clarksburg, WV, where federal investigators examine fingerprints and conduct background checks for handguns, a state-of-the-art child development center sits beside the sprawling FBI complex in a private wooded setting. A non-profit corporation runs the center, serving 150 children of various ages. Tuition is fully paid by employees, not taxpayers.
Landing a spot in a quality childcare center near work is a working parent's version of Nirvana. A few forward-thinking companies contract directly with benefits providers who operate 24-hour referral hotlines. Through these services–underwritten by the employer–an employee can get pre-qualified leads to childcare providers or even guaranteed placement. A host of other referral services are also provided, including legal, marital, and mental health consultation.
A Common Problem Solved
"I don't feel well." These four words strike panic in the heart of every working parent. It's a nightmare, and 500,000 working parents are forced to cope with the dilemma every workday. Parents and caregivers lose an estimated 5 to 29 workdays per year because of sick children.
Get Well Centers, a Nashville-based enterprise staffed with healthcare and childcare professionals, is one company that works with employers to provide care for their employees' sick children. Employers buy a certain number of sick-child-care days per month to help parents with ill children concentrate on something other than fevers and flu. Employees also want backup care when normal childcare fails. Operating much like sick-child-care, the backup care concept covers working parents on non-schooldays or when the regular care provider is unavailable.
The workplace of the new millennium, with its anticipated shortage of 2 million skilled workers, will be composed of an increasing number of women and single parents. These employees are already asking for childcare benefits that allow them to balance work and family life. Many employers are aware of this trend–and are making fundamental changes to meet demand.
Companies With Childcare Benefits for Working Mothers by Harrison Barnes
Tags: benefits, child care, children, working mother
Authored by: Harrison Barnes
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Jam Today : SOE Live
Anyone following SOE Live in the hope of hearing something substantive about EQNext might be looking in the wrong place. Azuriel, reporting from a panel at GenCon, quotes EQN lore writer Maxwell Drake as estimating development has another two years to run.
I think we all got overexcited this time last year, what with supposed gameplay footage and "something playable" just around the corner. A 2016 launch would bring things back on track with my own original guesstimate. If that's confirmed at SOE Live then we can all officially forget about Next for the time being until we start getting excited all over again when the alpha packs go on sale sometime in 2015.
We should be getting the hang of this new, hyper-extended, "open" development cycle after Landmark, which looks precious little nearer any form of "launch" than it was six months ago. Massively has an interview with Terry Michaels and Dave "Smokejumper" Georgeson, in advance of any panels, in which they out August 27th as the day combat comes to the not-yet-a-game game.
It's an instructive read, stating as plainly as I've yet seen it laid out that Landmark is not going to be "just a building game". As Smokejumper says, "The reason Landmark right now revolves around the building tools is because we had to have the building tools or we couldn't build anything." What he doesn't emphasize is that combat systems are another massive chunk of development time. If we're seeing the initial alpha implementation in late August then any kind of official launch of a "finished" game surely can't be expected this year.
Nothing yet on H1Z1 that I've seen. Maybe that'll be the new SOE game that bucks the trend and finds a launch window sometime this year. Sod's law says it is since it's the one that doesn't really interest me.
Much, much better news comes from the Keynotes and follow-ups for the games SOE actually has up and running. The forthcoming EQ2 expansion, Altar of Malice, looks like an absolute corker. Not counting the "Features" expansion, Age of Discord, which I personally loved but about which most EQ2 fans were considerably less enthusiastic, the last time I read a contents list that sounded as exciting must have been Rise of Kunark back in 2007.
Dinosaurs! New playable race! Luclin! (ok, a crash-landed chunk of Luclin but it's still Luclin!) Islands! Storylines that I'm interested in! (we might finally get to find out something about why the Far Seas Trading Company closed the Isle of Refuge and even who the heck they actually are). Not to mention the reportedly amazing new graphics that, to quote Feldon from EQ2Wire, "Holy crap. Doesn't even look like EQ2".
The various quality of life and systems improvements due in the pre and post expansion updates sound excellent too. EQ2 Wire has the full details and the panel transcripts but frankly they had me with the return of the Isle of Refuge, which we get back twice, once as a playable area and again as the 10th Anniversary Veteran Reward. I suppose I 'd better go play through Tears of Veeshan before AOM arrives, so conveniently close to my birthday, in November. Now if I can just pry Mrs Bhagpuss away from GW2 for a bit...
The Everquest expansion, The Darkened Sea, sounds pretty spiffy too but frankly level 100-105 content is notional to me. I may well still buy it because it will come with the previous-expansion-but-one rolled in and that's the one that gives access to the Bazaar and the Barter system from anywhere in the game. I've already nearly bought that expansion several times just for that convenience alone.
I'm very curious that the upcoming expansions for the two games share settings, themes and protagonists. I can't recall that happening before. Both take place in the seas off Antonica, both feature dinosaurs and Lanys T'Vyl has her hands in the plot of each. She's a goddess (or a demi-goddess - I forget) so I imagine a mere 500 year time lapse won't offer much of an impediment.
All in all it's been a great news day for longtime EQ and EQ2 players. Not so good for those who've moved on. It may be a long wait until Landmark and Next are real games but this will do me fine until then.
Posted by Bhagpuss at 10:40 PM
Labels: Altar of Malice, EQ2, EQNext, Everquest, Expansions, H1Z1, Landmark, MMO, SoE, SOE Live, The Darkened Sea
NetherLands August 17, 2014 at 4:03 PM
While the news on the EQ's was good (even though the EQ1 news has even less 'impact' on me than the EQ2 news, as while I play EQ2 sporadically - a.o.t. I like the 'Neverwinter Nights' graphics - like I wrote elsewhere I just can't get into the EQ1 controls), for me personally the news on EQN being 'action combat' was a big letdown, even if not too unexpected.
The Vanguard emulator is shaping up well, from what I understand, so I guess I'll be looking forward to that instead.
Bhagpuss August 17, 2014 at 11:33 PM
Compared to last year, when EQNext dominated the whole event, it was barely visible this year. It was always going to be action combat of some kind. I find that as unattractive a concept as you do but it was inevitable. I don't mind "action" in principle and if it's anything like, say, GW2 that would be fine. It's the idiotic fixed cursor that I can't stand. 2016 seems so far away I can hardly bring myself to care one way or the other though.
I have a fantasy that the Vanguard emulator may actually improve on the versions of Vanguard we've seen so far but really so long as it runs at all it'll be one heck of an achievement.
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by B.H. James
Joining hands, they walked through the arched entryway. Stone covered in ivy. "Like a movie," Laura said as they passed beneath. Daniel smiled. They entered an open courtyard with a cobblestone floor to which their feet had to adjust after the smooth concrete they had been walking on. People were scattered, also in couples, wandering the courtyard's perimeter, as if assuring themselves nothing of interest was missed before inevitably making their way to the courtyard's focal point: a fountain. A few couples, having already completed the process, sat on the edge of the three-foot-tall stone retaining wall that held the pooled water, or stood and admired the statue at the fountain's center—Poseidon, each of his bare feet planted on the back of a lunging dolphin. The couples were all similar in age—mid to late thirties—Daniel and Laura, the youngest.
From across the courtyard, Daniel stared at the statue, first at the dolphins, then Poseidon. He pulled Laura forward.
"Let's get in," Daniel said as they reached the retaining wall. A couple, sitting on the edge nearby who had been talking quietly, both turned and looked.
"In?" Laura asked, letting go of Daniel's hand.
"Yes," Daniel said. He began to take off his clothes.
"Why are you doing that?" Laura said.
Daniel did not answer. Soon he was naked. The couple sitting nearby stood and walked away. Another man who had been standing with a woman, admiring the statue, put one hand on the woman's shoulder and turned her away from Daniel. Daniel extended his right hand toward Laura.
Laura began to undress. A woman somewhere across the courtyard gasped. Another couple left through the stone archway. Once Laura was naked, Daniel said, "Get in." Daniel got in and sat down in the water. The water came up just above his waist. Laura got in and sat down, facing Daniel.
From his seat in the water, Daniel looked up at the statue of Poseidon, now looming over them. Laura looked up, too.
"It's so beautiful," Daniel said.
"Yes, it is," Laura said.
A man, taller and older than Daniel, walked up to the fountain. He seemed angry. He stood at the edge of the retaining wall and stared at them. Daniel and Laura looked back at the man.
"Excuse me," the man said.
"Yes?" Daniel said.
"What do you think you're doing?"
"We're sitting in the fountain," Laura said. Daniel nodded.
"You're naked," the man said.
"Yes," Daniel and Laura agreed.
The man said nothing. Then he said, "This is a public place."
The man paused again, then said, "People are trying to enjoy the fountain."
"We are enjoying the fountain," Laura said. Daniel nodded.
The man stared at Laura. For a second, he looked down at her breasts, then back up at her face. Somewhere across the courtyard, the woman who had gasped gasped again. The man took a step closer to the retaining wall. Another couple left through the stone archway. The man seemed angry again.
"Listen," the man said, "You have to get out of this fountain. Get out of the fountain."
"Why?" Daniel said.
"I'll make you," the man said.
"So make me."
The man stepped back. He stared up at the statue, first at the dolphins, then at Poseidon. His angry look went away.
"We have every right," Laura said. Daniel nodded.
There were still four couples scattered about the courtyard, all looking toward Daniel and Laura and the man. The man's wife stood twenty feet behind the man and to his right, holding her elbows.
The man stopped staring at the statue and turned back to Daniel and Laura. "Well," he said, "Are you going to do it?"
"Should we?" Laura asked.
"It's probably only right," the man said. Behind him, the man's wife nodded.
"How do you want us to do it?" Daniel asked.
"Have her stand on her hands and knees in the water and get behind her," the man said.
Daniel had Laura stand on her hands and knees in the water. The man's wife and the four other couples began to walk toward the fountain. Daniel got behind Laura and began doing it with her. The couples stood at the edge of the fountain, watching. Twice Daniel's knees slipped and he had to start over. Laura first tried her palms on the floor of the pool, then her forearms, then palms again. The couples moved their heads, straining to see from new and different angles, but didn't dare move their feet. Daniel stopped slipping, and at once both Daniel and Laura pushed toward one another and began to do it more smoothly. One person took out his phone and took a picture; three others began recording a video. "More splashing," someone said. Daniel dropped one hand into the water and began splashing Laura.
"Hey, stop splashing," Laura said.
"They asked for it," Daniel said.
"It's okay," the same person said. "You don't have to."
The couples watched silently. Then someone said, "Rub her back." Daniel began to gently rub Laura's back as he did it with her. Then he stopped rubbing her back and began to do it faster and faster.
"How does it look?" he shouted. Laura lifted one hand from the water and rested it on the stone dolphin beside her, then gazed up.
"Beautiful," someone answered. "So beautiful."
B.H. James's novel Parnucklian for Chocolate was a finalist for the 2014 PEN Center USA Literary Award. He is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha MFA in Writing program and has taught high school English for eight years. He lives in Northern California with his wife and son and two cats: Rooster and Mike Tyson. For more info visit: www.bhjames.com.
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Magua Character Analysis
The novel's antagonist, and a high-ranking Huron warrior (itself a subset of the Mingo, or Iroquois, tribes), Magua wishes to defeat the English and Mohican / Delaware forces, and also to take Cora, Munro's dark-haired older daughter, back with him to his "wigwam," as his wife. Magua is portrayed as caring more about amassing power and gaining influence than about honor, as he has a history of switching alliances in whatever way is most beneficial to him, which fits with his nickname Le Renard Subtil ("The Wily Fox"). He also has a long memory for any slight he has received, and is focused on Cora to redress wrongs he feels he has been dealt by Colonel Munro. After numerous attempts to kidnap Cora, Magua is eventually killed by Hawkeye, but not before Cora is killed by another Huron, and Magua kills Uncas.
Magua Quotes in The Last of the Mohicans
The The Last of the Mohicans quotes below are all either spoken by Magua or refer to Magua. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
). Note: all page numbers and citation info for the quotes below refer to the Bantam Classics edition of The Last of the Mohicans published in 1982.
Should we distrust the man because his manners are not our manners, and that his skin is dark?
Related Characters: Cora Munro (speaker), Magua
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A Huron! They are a thievish race, nor do I care by whom they are adopted; you can never make anything of them but skulks and vagabonds.
Related Characters: Hawkeye (speaker), Magua
Yes, the pale-faces are prattling women! They have two words for each thing, while a redskin will make the sound of his voice speak for him.
Related Characters: Magua (speaker), Duncan Heyward
And am I answerable that thoughtless and unprincipled men exist, whose shades of countenance may resemble mine?
If the Great Spirit gave different tongues to his red children, it was that all animals might understand them. Some He placed among the snows, with their cousin the bear. Some he placed near the setting sun, on the road to the happy hunting-grounds. Some on the lands around the great fresh waters; but to his greatest, and most beloved, he gave the sands of the salt lake.
Related Characters: Magua (speaker)
The pale-faces are dogs! The Delawares women! Magua leaves them on the rocks, for the crows!
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Magua Character Timeline in The Last of the Mohicans
The timeline below shows where the character Magua appears in The Last of the Mohicans. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Alice, the fair-haired of the two young women, asks Heyward whether the runner up ahead is not a "specter" of the forest, and if he is a loyal... (full context)
Cora, her dark-haired sister, asks Alice whether she mistrusts the runner simply because his "skin is dark." Alice also wonders why they are not traveling with... (full context)
...sing at some point in the future. The group, now four on horseback plus the runner, continue heading along the path to Fort William Henry. (full context)
...Hawkeye, and says that his party has become lost in the woods—that their guide, the runner, has lost his way. Hawkeye wonders how this is possible, and Heyward explains that the... (full context)
Hawkeye asks to see the runner, who is standing back behind the psalmodist (named David) and Alice and Cora; Hawkeye, after... (full context)
Hawkeye tells Heyward to busy the runner, whose name is Magua, or Le Renard Subtil, in conversation, so that he (Hawkeye), Chingachgook,... (full context)
Heyward, however, asks Magua whether that is a wise move—leaving the party—since Magua has been promised a reward by... (full context)
Magua then approaches Heyward, who has dismounted from his horse, showing Heyward that the corn in... (full context)
Uncas, Chingachgook, and Hawkeye attempt to track Magua for a moment, but then return to Heyward, who has been frozen in his spot,... (full context)
...tells Cora, Alice, and David that they are saved—they have escaped detection. Just then, however, Magua sees the cavern and, poking his head into it, past the blanket blocking its entrance,... (full context)
...Alice and Cora and David, but instead roam through the caverns in search of Hawkeye. Magua tells Heyward that the Mingos desire to find Hawkeye above all else; Magua also complains... (full context)
Magua asks Heyward where Hawkeye went, and Heyward replies that Hawkeye and the two Mohicans floated... (full context)
En route, Heyward attempts to play on Magua's vanity by congratulating him for his cunning displayed over the previous day. Heyward implies that,... (full context)
The party switches from canoe onto horseback, with Magua and the other warriors leading the prisoners through the forest. Cora remembers Hawkeye's injunction to... (full context)
...top of the clearing, some of the Hurons sit and eat, and Heyward goes to Magua, telling him that perhaps they ought to hurry on to Fort William Henry, if Magua... (full context)
Magua begins telling Cora the story of his own life: his fellow Hurons were given "fire... (full context)
But Magua continues, saying that he wishes to take Cora for his wife, since his previous wife... (full context)
Magua turns to the warriors and begins a rousing speech, extolling the warriors' power, the strength... (full context)
Magua curses Cora again, saying she believes she is too good for the "wigwam of Le... (full context)
Magua, angered by Cora's final refusal, throws his tomahawk at the band, nearly slicing Alice—the tomahawk... (full context)
...Hawkeye, and the Mohicans beat and stab beat back and kill the Hurons. Chingachgook and Magua begin to wrestle, as Magua is the only Mingo left, but after Chingachgook appears to... (full context)
...Hudson to see if they could track the Hurons, and after hearing their cries (during Magua's rousing speech to the warriors), Hawkeye and the Mohicans believed the group to be close... (full context)
...French have finally subdued the English and overpowered their fort. On his walk, Montcalm encounters Magua, who has also walked in the night from his own encampment—that of the Hurons—toward the... (full context)
Magua pulls out his rifle and takes aim at a form he sees on the ramparts... (full context)
At this, the Huron war cry is raised—directed by Magua, who has also emerged from the woods—and Hurons begin massacring the English families as they... (full context)
But Magua hears David's hymns, too, and comes running over to Alice and Cora. Magua repeats his... (full context)
Magua leads his horse back up to the top of the mountain, south of Lake George,... (full context)
Uncas, Chingachgook, and Hawkeye also find signs of David's and Magua's footprints and clothing near Cora's torn shawl, causing them to conclude that Magua has taken... (full context)
But Hawkeye says that Alice is perhaps in the company of Cora, Magua, and David, and Hawkeye and the Mohicans vow to search through the wilderness for them.... (full context)
...and on the means by which the band can find Alice and Cora and defeat Magua. Heyward is entranced by the music of the Delaware language and by the civility with... (full context)
...the lake, and get out at a different location, preparing once again to search for Magua, Cora, and Alice in the woods, and hoping any following Hurons will be tricked by... (full context)
...not very well known even by natives. Uncas, Chingachgook, and Hawkeye hunt for traces of Magua and the two young women, but finding very little, they begin to despair that perhaps... (full context)
...they continue on this almost imperceptible trail, which begins to show signs of the horses Magua is using, Uncas stops by a creek and finds the faintest imprint of a moccasin,... (full context)
Suddenly, Uncas, Chingachgook, and Hawkeye realize that David, perhaps, became tired in his walking—Magua's and the two young women's footprint are now visible, too, and it appears that Magua's... (full context)
...greets David heartily, preparing to learn news of what has become of the rest of Magua's group. (full context)
...their current location, and David briefly tells of their journey, and the fact that, although Magua kept them as hostages, he did not harm them. He instead made them walk long... (full context)
Before Heyward can depart, Magua enters the lodge, having been away conveying Cora to the other, related tribe nearby. The... (full context)
After the old man leaves, Magua turns and recognizes Uncas in the lodge—although he does not recognize Heyward, whose medicine-man clothes... (full context)
Just as Heyward is telling Alice that he loves her and wishes to marry her, Magua enters the cave partition, and smiles: he now has both Alice and Heyward trapped. But... (full context)
...and Uncas—and the conjuror begins telling of Hawkeye's trickery in helping to rescue Alice, when Magua emerges from the caverns, having broken his bonds, and seething with rage. (full context)
The Hurons are shocked to find that Magua, so great a warrior, has been trapped and duped by Heyward, Uncas, and Hawkeye. Magua,... (full context)
...long speech, complete with exhortations to the gods and to the strength of his people, Magua convinces the Hurons to follow his plan. He passes the night in his hut, and... (full context)
Magua, having reached the nearby Delaware village, leaves his fellow warriors in the outlying forests, and... (full context)
Magua begins by asking the Delaware warriors how the prisoner Cora is faring. The Delawares say... (full context)
Magua then brings his Huron warriors into the village, where they assemble in a circle and... (full context)
...realize that Hawkeye is La Longue Carabine, and, this having been determined, the Delawares ask Magua to speak to the assembled crowd. Magua, with his skills at public speaking, gives a... (full context)
Tamenund, accepting the compliments Magua has bestowed upon the Delaware people, states succinctly that Magua may take the prisoners from... (full context)
...friend, Uncas tells Tamenund and the other Delawares to accept Hawkeye as their ally, too. Magua and the members of the band then turn to Tamenund for his judgment: Tamenund says... (full context)
...would not have accepted Hawkeye's generosity anyway, that it is her lot to go with Magua. Cora then tells Heyward to take care of Alice, and follows behind Magua out of... (full context)
Once Magua disappears into the woods with Cora, and the sun has passed several hours on its... (full context)
...location of the Hurons, and David says that they are nearby in the woods, that Magua has taken Cora back into the Huron village and placed her in the cavern formerly... (full context)
The Delawares push farther into the Huron village, and encounter Magua, who does his best to defend the Huron encampment, although the Delawares, having now overpowered... (full context)
...that two Huron warriors are in fact carrying Cora up the rocky hill, and that Magua is with them, directing the warriors toward "his wigwam" out in the wilderness. On the... (full context)
...this Huron from Cora, and, with his back exposed, and weaponless, Uncas is stabbed by Magua multiple times, and killed. Heyward and Hawkeye then pursue Magua, who jumps from ledge to... (full context)
Schlegel, Chris. "The Last of the Mohicans Characters: Magua." LitCharts. LitCharts LLC, 9 Jun 2014. Web. 18 Jan 2020.
Schlegel, Chris. "The Last of the Mohicans Characters: Magua." LitCharts LLC, June 9, 2014. Retrieved January 18, 2020. https://www.litcharts.com/lit/the-last-of-the-mohicans/characters/magua.


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AT&T has officially spun off DirecTV, which is now its own business
DirecTV will become its own company
By Catie Keck Aug 3, 2021, 7:46pm EDT
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AT&T announced earlier this year that it would spin its video properties DirecTV, AT&T TV, and U-verse into a new company it would co-manage with private equity firm TPG Capital. That transaction is finally complete, and the services will now operate as a single company under the name DirecTV.
As outlined earlier this year when the company initially announced plans to off-load its struggling DirecTV business, AT&T will retain a 70 percent stake in the company, while TPG will take a 30 percent stake. The telecom giant said the deal for which it received $7.1 billion in cash would help pay off its massive debt, with the company projecting it can put a stop to the bleeding by the end of 2023.
Part of that debt is owed because of AT&T's acquisition of the original DirecTV in 2015, at which time AT&T paid $48.5 billion ($67 billion accounting for debt) to acquire the business. To say that that business decision has failed to deliver is putting it mildly, as DirecTV bled customers for years prior to the TPG deal.
At the time the TPG deal was announced in February, AT&T boss John Stankey said that the company planned to focus specifically on "connectivity and content," including 5G wireless and fiber as well as its service HBO Max. More recently, however, AT&T's revised strategy is to focus on its core business and as Stankey put it recently, "unleash the media assets."
The deal with TPG does not include any of WarnerMedia's various assets, including its marquee streaming service HBO Max, because those are being offloaded to Discovery instead. (WarnerMedia and Discovery are currently awaiting approval for the merger of their two companies.)
But the deal will include existing DirecTV content deals for things like NFL Sunday Ticket. AT&T added that DirecTV would "continue to offer HBO Max to subscribers along with any bundled wireless or broadband services and associated customer discounts."


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India's Next Moon Mission Will Cost Less Than 'Interstellar' and Half As Much As 'Avengers: Endgame'
By Aristos Georgiou On 7/10/19 at 12:41 PM EDT
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In just four days times, India is set to launch its Chandrayaan-2 Moon mission from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre on the east coast of the country.
The mission—operated by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)—consists of a lander, orbiter and rover. If everything goes to plan and the lander successfully touches down on the lunar surface, India will become just the fourth nation to complete a soft—or controlled—landing on the moon, after the U.S., former Soviet Union and China.
In total, the latest mission will cost around $143 million, which is less than some Hollywood blockbusters as Indian outlet The News Minute reports. For example, Christopher Nolan's sci-fi hit Interstellar cost about $165 million to make, while the recent Avengers: Endgame had an estimated budget of around $356 million.
Take=off is currently scheduled for 5:21 p.m. EDT, weather permitting. The Chandrayaan-2 spacecraft will be launched via the ISRO's own GSLV-MK3 three-stage rocket, according to the Planetary Society.
Initially, the GSLV-MK3 will launch the orbiter—which carries the other two components—into orbit around the Earth. Operators will then progressively raise its orbit until it enters the influence of the moon's gravity.
Once it is orbiting the moon at an altitude of about 62 miles, the Vikram lander—carrying the Pragyan rover—will separate, before touching down on the lunar south pole on September 6. After Vikram has landed, it will deploy the rover, which will conduct science experiments over a 14-day period.
During the mission, the orbiter will act is a midway point, mediating communications between operators on Earth and the lander and rover. Similarly, the lander will facilitate communications between the rover, orbiter and Earth. It will also carry its own scientific equipment to conduct experiments for a period of 14 days. Overall, the aim of the mission is to collect data on the moon's geology.
Chandrayaan-2 is not ISRO's first mission to the moon. In 2008, the space agency launched the Chandrayaan-1 mission, which included an orbiter and a small impact probe designed to crash into the lunar surface (as a result, this does not qualify as a soft landing).
Around $88 million of Chandrayaan-2's total budget is for the orbiter, lander, rover and ground support network, while about $54 covers the cost of the GSLV-MK3 launch vehicle.
NASA has also set its sights on our moon as part of its longer-term goal of reaching Mars. The space agency wants to begin conducting sustainable lunar surface missions by the late 2020s, which will be conducted from the so-called lunar "Gateway"—a small spaceship for astronauts and science experiments that will orbit the moon, acting as a kind of staging post.
The Vikram lander and Chandrayaan orbiter in the clean room at the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in Bengaluru. Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images
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