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Finally, we saw our first Cardinal make it to the bird feeder which contains a seed mix specifically for Cardinals and other songbirds. We have had a variety of small songbirds, constant visitations by several Blue Jays, and various neighborhood squirrels. They eat the most and have become emboldened with each visit to the feeder. The photo quality of this male Cardinal is not very good as he wouldn’t stay still and I couldn’t focus in time for a better image…they are very shy. The female was close by, but she didn’t come to the feeder. We have a pair of Morning Doves who have been getting closer and closer to the seeds each day. Yesterday, one of them finally made the plunge. Beautiful.

As I witness these birds and squirrels move toward the feeder bowl, I see how much they are like people. Some are very bold and some very timid, while most are somewhere in between. And some, like our Robins, don’t like seed at all, but prefer worms and grubs. The Robins remind me of many folks who simply enjoy what they are used to rather than look for something more exotic.

There is an adage which states that, “Variety is the spice of life”. For many this is true, and yet for some the same routine, the same surroundings, the same friends, and games, etc. brings them just as much satisfaction.  Another adage states, “To each his own”, which opens up all sorts of options to living. Both adages have a certain degree of relevance, and both can be viewed as either favorable or not. It all depends on one’s outlook about life.

What lies beyond your front door depends on the scenery and your season of life. When young, the world is your domain, and while older the front lawn may be just as dynamic. This is a personal observation and is not a universal truth. For me, I derive satisfaction from both worlds. How about you?


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Digitalisation of healthcare The answer to Germanys healthcare market

Digitalisation of healthcare: The answer to Germany’s healthcare market

Having a health insurance is compulsory for every citizen in Germany, which costs some hundred euros per month. With many resources for insurance providers, the country decided to ramp up the digitalisation of the healthcare industry that can be seen through two developments that have taken place recently:

  1. A draft legislation, known as the Digital Healthcare Act, which allows fees for e-health applications, that is expected to be reimbursed by public health insurance providers. This will improve the potential for revenue, and;

  1. A €100m venture capital fund, which has been set up by the private health insurance providers for entrepreneurial start-ups, that actively work on the digitalisation of the healthcare industry. For instance, Heal Capital is looking to assist start-ups and provide capital for the development of digital innovations that support the health sector.

The draft legislation is expected to introduce measures such as telematics infrastructure, telemedicine and its advertising, and digital patient file, that would ease that access to the healthcare services provided by Germany. Digital innovations would be widely encouraged to increase the funding on the German Healthcare System, while simultaneously ensure that the returns on these investments are reasonable. Negotiations for the same in the German Parliament have started and it is expected to have extensive health committee hearings before the implementation of such policies and laws. Hence, if approved, the legislation is likely to come into force by early 2020.


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Texas Farm Bureau president encourages action, leadership

Texas Farm Bureau president encourages action, leadership

(ARLINGTON, Texas)—Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) President Russell W. Boening encouraged Texas farmers and ranchers to be active leaders and communicators during his address at the organization’s 82nd annual meeting today in Arlington. Boening called for activism in a time of political uncertainty and challenges to agriculture.

“Texas Farm Bureau has demonstrated the ability to unite the farm and ranch families of Texas, in effect creating another kind of family—a people united by a common bond of belief and of mutual interest,” said Boening, who is a farmer, rancher and dairyman. “This week, in this place, you are responsible for the future of our organization.”

He reminded delegates of the organization’s past and the issues still confronting agriculture on state and national levels.

“You’ve witnessed the organization working for Texas agriculture and many of you have been part of that,” he said. “We’ve come a long way, but there is more to be done.”

Boening noted that Farm Bureau has worked to protect agricultural sales tax exemptions, ensuring that Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) technology was included. Eminent domain laws were strengthened, and TFB was influential in protecting the rights of property owners in brackish groundwater legislation.

Boening also noted the organization was involved in agritourism liability legislation and has taken a stance against the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) oppressive and unreasonable Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule.

“The Waters of the United States rule is an affront to good government, to reasonable regulations and to freedom itself,” Boening said. “The WOTUS rule is so arbitrary that EPA representatives can impose it virtually at will.”

For now, the rule is stayed by court order. But the legislative battle is far from over, he said.

During his address to members of TFB’s delegate assembly, Boening also noted significant progress has been made in the Red River battle between Texas landowners and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

“Congressman Mac Thornberry has a bill in Congress to fix this deplorable situation once and for all. We support it. The Texas Public Policy Foundation has filed suit on behalf of seven property owners,” Boening said. “We are not going away until this issue is resolved.”

The TFB president discussed the attacks on the nation’s farm policy by members of Congress seeking to cripple federal crop insurance.

“Crop insurance policies would simply cost too much if farmers had to bear the entire cost, without government sharing the cost of the premium,” he said. “Our farm program spending is tiny—really tiny—in two ways. It’s less than one percent of the federal budget. Also, compared to what other nations spend to keep farmers on the land, it’s small and getting smaller.”

He applauded the advocacy efforts of Texans to secure a promise from Congressional leadership that crop insurance would be protected. He encouraged the TFB delegation to remain active leaders and communicators.

“The foundation has been built, strengthened and hardened over 82 years by commitment, devotion and sacrifice,” Boening said of the TFB’s commitment to agriculture. “From the first days of this organization, born in the desperation of a great depression, we’ve been driven to prove that no one farmer or rancher is ever alone.”

Texas Farm Bureau President Russell Boening delivers his inaugural presidential address to the TFB delegation at the organization's 82nd annual meeting in Arlington.


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• Democracy in Danger is one to watch!

  • UVA Podcast Explores the Rise of Illiberalism

The Deliberative Media Lab is a part of UVA’s Democracy Initiative.

The Deliberative Media Lab focuses initially on Brazil and the United States—two major democracies that have experienced cultural and political strife influenced and amplified by social media. The Lab will explore the historical, cultural, and technological roots of our media ecosystem, and seek solutions for enhancing global democratic deliberation.

Aftermath 2020

January 25, 2021 -- artsci

In this bonus episode, our guests joined us for a live taping along with more than 80 of our loyal fans. Clockwise from top left: hosts Siva Vaidhyanathan and Will Hitchcock; with guests Carol Anderson, Leah Wright Rigueur, Melody Barnes and Ian Solomon. Spoiler alert: they all agree democracy is still in danger.

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Government by the people can’t work without getting reliable information in the hands of the people. So when disinformation artists hijack the media, democracy itself is put at risk.

On this debut episode of Democracy in Danger, political historian Nicole Hemmer joins hosts Will Hitchcock and Siva Vaidhyanathan to explore the roots of the powerful right-wing media in America, and their influence on Republican politics. How did the party of Abe Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt become the house of Trump and Breitbart?

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How to flash the ET4x00

USB flash drive (FAT32 formatted)
USB device (E.g. USB memory stick) In the root directory, create a folder et4x00 and copy the following 5 files to that location

noforce (can for automatic Flash in "force" be renamed.)

Plug the USB media into the USB connector on the front or back either. Now power off and power on the power button on the back of the box. After switching on, the box detects when the ET4000 is firmware on the USB media. If the yellow / orange LED lights up, detected the firmware to the box. Press the UP button on the front panel to load the firmware ET4000. If the Green LED with it lights up yellow / orange, then the box leads is by loading the firmware. Please be patient, because it will take a few minutes to complete the upgrade. If the yellow / orange LED goes off loading is complete. The box will restart automatically.

In addition to the previous information, you first can make a backup with the autobackup plugin with the auto install option on. The backup should be on the root of the USB stick on which the firmware is placed before. In that way, the box will be up and running right after the reboot because all the previous settings will be restored. In this way flashing new firmware in a ET4000 will take no longer then about 5 min.

- Beware: In some cases it is necessary to do a clean flash and the previous scenario can't be followed.

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Medicare Supplement High Deductible G

medicare supplement high deductible g

Medicare Supplement Plan High Deductible G acts like traditional Plan G. The only difference is that High Deductible Plan G has an annual deductible. In other words, High Deductible G becomes identical to Plan G once the deductible has been met. Keep in mind that neither Plan G or High Deductible G will pay for the Part B Deductible. Medicare Supplement Plan High Deductible G has an annual deductible of $2,370 in 2021. Therefore, your coverage will begin only after you have satisfied the deductible. However, you will find that the premiums for High Deductible G Plan are much less than Plan G. As a result, it is one of the most economical Medigap plans available on the market.

As a result of Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act (MACRA), first dollar coverage plans were eliminated effective 1/1/2020. Therefore, Plans F, C and High Deductible F are not available for Medicare new eligibles. Those individuals that enrolled in Medicare Part A or Part B prior to January 1, 2020 can still enroll in those plans. Those individuals that were already enrolled in Plans F, C and High Deductible F prior to 1/1/2020, can remain in those plans.

As a result of these changes in Medicare Supplement plans, a new Medigap plan was made available. Plan High Deductible G is available to individuals who are new to Medicare on or after January 1, 2020.

Medicare Supplement High Deductible G Benefits

Part A Hospital Coinsurance

  • Days 61-90 of a hospital stay in each Medicare benefit period.
  • Days 91-150 of a hospital stay. Medicare will only pay for these 60 days once during your lifetime.

Additional Part A Hospital Benefits

  • An extra 365 days of inpatient hospital care after you use your Original Medicare hospital benefits.

Part B Coinsurance

  • Pays for the Part B coinsurance. Part B co-insurance is 20%. But plan deductible ($2,370 in 2021) must be met first.

Part A and B Blood Coverage

  • Pays for the first three pints of blood per calendar year.

Part A Hospice Coinsurance

  • Pays for outpatient prescriptions drug and inpatient respite care coinsurance. In other words, you pay nothing for hospice care.

Part A Deductible

  • Pays for Part A Deductible. In 2021, the Medicare Part A Deductible is $1,484. Therefore, It increased $76 from 2020.

Skilled Nursing Facilities

  • In 2021, the co-payment for skilled nursing is $185.50/day for days 21-100. It was $176/day in 2020. Therefore, it increased $9.50.

Part B Excess Charges

That is to say, if you go to a provider that does not accept Medicare assignment, that provider is allowed to charge an additional 15%. Above all, Medigap High Deductible G plan pays for the excess charges.

Foreign Travel Emergency

  • Plan High Deductible G pays only for emergency care
  • Pays only after you first meet and pay a $250 deductible.
  • Pays 80% of billed charges for Medicare eligible expenses. Services must me medically necessary.
  • Has a $50,000 lifetime maximum benefit.


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Celebrating the Medical School Class of 2021: Leaders during the pandemic

After almost a year-and-a-half of perseverance, 169 doctors-to-be gathered with loved ones to participate in a virtual commencement ceremony and celebrated entry into their profession

U-M Medical School commencement

The U-M medical student education experience uniquely prepares graduates to make an impact in health care. The COVID-19 pandemic — which greatly affected their final two years of medical school — also provided the Class of 2021 with unforeseen opportunities to show others that they are ready to lead and change medicine.

Indeed, many of this year’s graduating class volunteered through the M-Response Corpscreated new learning experiences and led other important initiatives to help in any way they could. They did not watch and observe as the world changed; instead, they stood up, engaged and helped their community respond.

On Friday, after almost a year-and-a-half of perseverance, 169 doctors-to-be gathered with loved ones around their mobile phones, monitors, laptops and screens to participate in a virtual U-M Medical School commencement ceremony and celebrated entry into their chosen profession.

The online ceremony featured remarks from the honored speaker, Joneigh S. Khaldun, M.D., M.P.H., a U-M alumna, chief medical executive for the State of Michigan, and chief deputy director for health in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services; student speaker Steven Goldenthal, who was selected by his peers to speak for the graduating class; and Gifty Kwakye, M.D., a faculty member chosen by the class as the Senior Award recipient.

“You embody what medicine and what this great university is all about: service, community, caring and stepping up when things get tough,” Khaldun said. “Because being a doctor is not just a job, it is a calling, it is a way of life.”

Khaldun continued by discussing all the efforts the med students made during the pandemic.

“You worked to make sure health care workers had enough PPE, trained to be respiratory therapist extenders, brought food to the elderly and even volunteered to comfort patients so they did not have to die alone.”

In addition to Khaldun’s speech, U-M and medical school leadership delivered remarks and guided graduates through many of the traditional segments of the ceremony, including an official reading of each student’s name and recitation of the Hippocratic Oath.

In case you weren’t able to stream the ceremony, you can still celebrate through the Commencement 2021 website at There, graduates, families, friends, faculty and staff can post their messages of thanks, congratulations and well wishes. Community members can also share messages on their Twitter and public Instagram accounts by using the hashtag #GoBlueMD.

“Our graduating students have reminded us of just how remarkable they are in these challenging times,” said Marschall S. Runge, M.D., Ph.D., executive vice president for medical affairs at U-M and dean of the U-M Medical School. “Through observing their many demonstrations of leadership, I am confident that the future of health care is in very good hands. Congratulations to the Class of 2021.”

Commencement day capped a two-week celebration of the Class of 2021, which began May 3 with a daily sharing of the Graduation Awards recipients on the medical school’s social media channels, as well as its website.

“As we reflect on the journey of this graduating class, we need to recognize how this pandemic disrupted the most formative phase of their education; the time when students typically make choices to understand what kind of physician they want to be,” said Rajesh S. Mangrulkar, M.D., associate dean for medical student education and the Marguerite S. Roll Professor of Medical Education. “Through it all, this class went through this time with grace and kindness, and they also doubled-down on their commitment to serve our patients and communities. We are so proud of the Class of 2021.”

There are many other notable accomplishments for this year’s senior medical students:

  • Thirty-three percent of the students will stay in the state of Michigan for their next level of training, which includes 22% who plan to continue their education at Michigan Medicine. The rest will embark on training in 30 other states. A resounding 98.2% of U-M Medical School students matched for their residency, which exceeded the national average of 92.8% percent.
  • Twenty-seven students will graduate with both a medical degree from U-M and an advanced degree in another field from a top-ranked graduate program at U-M, Stanford, Columbia and elsewhere. These degrees include Ph.D.’s as part of U-M’s Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), or master’s degrees in public health, clinical research or business. Three students have also completed both a medical degree and a residency program in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.
  • While COVID-19 has elicited feelings of uncertainty and anxiety, it also inspired a groundswell of humanitarianism. When the pandemic impacted their world, U-M’s medical students immediately wanted to make a difference — and they have. Members of the quickly formed M-Response Corps worked tirelessly to meet an endless stream of pandemic-related needs since last March, involving more than 500 medical students.
  • U-M Medical School offers students the chance to choose a “Path of Excellence” (PoE) a scholarly concentration where they can learn about important fields that improve health such as bioethics, health policy, the humanities, scientific research or global medicine, nurturing their passion, interests and their projects from the moment they enter medical school. Approximately 82% of 2021 grads completed a PoE.
  • Beginning with this cohort of graduating students, U-M Medical School now requires students to complete a Capstone for Impact (CFI) project, as they build experience in learning how to lead change in medicine. Eighty-two percent of the graduating students completed a CFI project this year. Projects ranged from developing a novel supplemental oxygen therapy control system, to training and deploying U-M medical students as respiratory therapist extenders during COVID-19, and building an equitable surgical training pipeline.

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Keep reading for advice and insights into protecting your property and its heating, cooling, plumbing and electrical systems.

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10 Ways to HVAC Troubleshoot Before You Call In the Pros

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Nothing can ruin your day quite like repeated circuit breaker trips or a mysteriously dark lightbulb. Instead of watching your favorite show or reading a new book, you spend your evening poking around a circuit breaker box with your smartphone flashlight, trying to diagnose and fix some electrical issue without receiving a nasty shock…literally. We’veRead More

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Graduate education and research is an essential mission of the Mechanical Engineering Department; the most critical component of our research program is the students who carry out the theoretical and experimental studies under the guidance of our faculty. Without the dedication and outstanding work of our highly accomplished graduate students much of the valuable and challenging research carried out in the Department of Mechanical Engineering’s diverse laboratories could not take place.

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Mel is fortunate to work with a non-profit organization in Brooklyn called Turning Point. The amazing staff at Turning Point help their clients find resources to make better decisions for brighter futures. Services like helping someone get the GED, find permanent housing, improve literacy, and even providing HIV tests are improving the Brooklyn community.  Over 7,500 people are using Turning Point’s varied services everyday!  That kind of community service needs support.  We would especially like to let you know about another essential service that they provide called the Shower Project:

The Shower Project is the gateway to mental and physical well-being for many Turning Point clients. A community outreach initiative, the project invites the homeless in for a shower, change of undergarments and a hot beverage. A washing machine is also available, as is access to detergent. It’s a simple service, but one that is irreplaceable to the hundreds of people the project serves.

It is also a service that brings them in contact with Johnny, who runs the Shower Project. He is crucial in finding them help, first with a shower, then with access to all of Turning Point’s other social services, including education, housing, drug rehabilitation, HIV/AIDS care and prevention, and vocational and career development.

We humbly ask you to go to this link to donate. The link will lead you to the donation page for “DISCIPLESHIP OUTREACH MINISTRIES INCORPORATED,” the corporate name for Turning Point. Your contribution will pay for heat, hot water, soap, towels, basic toiletries and underwear.

  • Donate $20 and provide showers for one person for a week.

  • Donate $80 you will cover a month of showers for someone.

  • Donate $1,000 you will provide an individual with safe and warm place to shower for a year!

Give whatever you can. Every bit helps! We try to practice gratitude on a daily basis. As we rush through this Holiday Season, remembering that others may need something as a basic as hot shower is a poignant reminder that we should not only be grateful, but lend a helping hand. A hot shower could make the winter season easier to get through and help someone get a job or lift the spirits of an individual struggling to stay on a more productive path.

We are humbled by the efforts of the Turning Point staff to recognize a need and provide an answer.

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APA Term Paper Format

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APA Term Paper Format

The general formatting rules usually do not differ from each other in different formats. The APA style is no exception. If you are currently getting familiar with the methods of creating a term paper sample, then these guidelines will serve you in two ways. Nonetheless, it is important to note that this format does have an innovative aspect in the monotonous domain of indentations and margins. Term paper examples include the effect of interest rates on economic growth and the relationship between drugs and teen delinquency. Such papers should follow the following the following rules:

  • Typically, the text is written/typed on a normal white paper that has the standard limits of 8.5 inches by 11 inches.
  • The APA format needs the use a simple to read font, and it recommended that one uses 12pt Times New Roman font.
  • Double spacing is typically used on both the cover page and across the entire paper.
  • The margins should be confined to an inch on each side of a paper.
  • The indentation of paragraphs should be set to 1.5” from page’s left side.
  • The distinguishing feature is in the creation of a special header on the page that is comprised of the page number along with the running head typed using the upper case.

Format of term paper outline

Title page: Each term paper, aside from MLA, begins with a title page. APA focuses on the creation of the cover page. Whereas the rules are simple, they are strict. The paper’s title is centered on the pager; this done with the consideration of the margins and is situated in the middle of the vertical axis.

  • The title may have as many characters, and words as the writer require but the APA style recommends not more than 12 words and to avoid useless abbreviation and information.
  • One should be mindful of adhering to double spacing, and the author’s name is placed beneath the title. The author’s name should not have any formalities like Mr. or Ph.D. and should have just the first and last name.
  • The same rules apply to the name of the institution which the writer is representing in the paper.
  • The running head has a shortened name of the title, the header of the title page contains the terms “Running head” which is proceeded by a colon and the shortened title written similarly as before.

Abstract: The abstract is another distinguishing feature of an APA term paper since other styles do not usually recommend the use of an abstract. The objective of an abstract is to act as the introduction to the idea the author is discussing, a summary of questions investigated by the author, and the method which the author used to arrive at the answers. It is comprised of all usual information like describing any special words and terms and in-explicit abbreviations. In regards to the technical perquisites, the abstract page begins with the term “Abstract” which is centered on the page and written in the 12pt Times New Roman font. It is then followed by text that is not intended and does not go beyond 250 words to act as a summary of the main points of the paper, and any key types are typed in italics. The abstract page helps the paper to be discovered in searches and facilities the reader with a short overview of what the paper is talking about.

Body: The APA format follows the traditional guidelines of using essay-from while typing the research work. The body’s text can have many sections or paragraphs as the writer desires, but only on the condition of reinforcing the notion by answering questions associated with the topic. The start of the body also starts with the name of the term paper, which must not be italicized, underlined, or bold.  To enable the clear identification of every section, the APA style suggests centering the heading of paragraphs in bold font.

References and Text Citation: The APA style does not differentiate from the other styles in regards to the theme of citation guidelines. The manual is keen to remind writers on the importance of academic honesty and urges that the writer cites other works properly. The style also applies the use of in-text citations. Such a citation is put in the parenthesis where the author’s name and publication year of the cited section is stated. The information has to be similar in the reference list. The formatting of the reference list is done in the following way.

  1. The list is indented 1.5 inches from the left margin.
  2. The reference list should be inserted in alphabetical order by listing the last name of the authors and can identify up to 7 authors by first typing their last names and then the initial of the first name.
  3. The publication year should then follow the names of the authors in parenthesis.
  4. After the name of the reference, the page numbers or volume of the referenced work is inserted in parenthesis.
  5. The last step is to state where the source was found, that is, the web-page where the work was obtained.

The APA style has several rules to enable the precise editing of term papers. This guideline do not entail unnecessary efforts. Instead it ensures the correct and effective formatting of typed research that assists both the author and reader to arrive at a mutual inference

MLA Term Paper Format

The Modern Language Association (MLA) is an institution the one that developed the MLA format. The MLA style was created as a way for researchers, scholars, and students in the language and literature disciplines to use as a universal method to format the assignments and papers. This consistent, or universal, style to creating an MLA term paper makes it easy for a person to read. Currently, MLA is not only applied to language and literature paper as other disciplines have also adopted it.

Features of an MLA Term Paper

Margins: With the excpetion of the continuos header, the margins should be left 1” at each ends of the paper and both sides of the text. If one plans to print the work on paper whose dimension is larger than 8.5” x 11”, the text should not be typed in a section larger than 6.5” by 9”.

Text Formatting: One should always opt for text that is easily readable (typically 12pt Times New Roman). The writer should not rationalize the lines of the text at the margin situated on the right side. It is advisable to switch off the default hyphenation setting of the word processor. The whole term-paper should be double-spaced and include notes, quotations, and the list of works cited. The paragraph’s first line should be intended 0.5 inches from the left margin. Likewise, set-off quotations should be indented 0.5”. Typically, one space should be left following a punctuation mark that concludes the sentence in the case that the instructor does not specify anything.

Title and Heading: Starting 1” from the upper section of page one and in alignment with the left margin, the author should type his/her name, and then the name of the instructor, the name of the course he/she is taking, as well as the date placed on different lines which are double-spaced. On a novel line which is double-spaced, the title should be centered. The title should not be formatted in italics and underlines, further, it should not feature quotation marks and upper-case letters. The writer has the choice to italicize the text as required in the body. The writer should not apply the use of a period after the title or following the heading in work (for example, Works Cited). The paper should start on a novel page and should be double-spaced. Further, the line that starts the paragraph should be indented 0.5’ from the left margin. A term paper does not usually require a title page; however if the essay is written by a group, a title page should be created, whereby each writer is are listed on it rather on the header on the essay’s first page. If the instructor needs a title page as well as a header, it should be formatted in accordance with the instructions of the essay.

Running Head that features the page Numbers: All pages should be numbered in consecutive order across the paper in the top right corner of the page; the space should be 0.5” from the top and aligned with the margin on the right side. One should type his /her surname, and then create a space before typing the page number. An abbreviation should not be used prior to writing the page number. To that extent, the word processor will most likely enable you to develop a running head of this type that appears on each page automatically. One should follow the instructor’s preference since some tutors prefer that the first page should be with a running head.

Placement of the Works Cited List: The works cited list is inserted in the last section of an essay, following the endnotes if any. The list uses a similar running head as the primary text. The numbering of pages in the running goes on throughput without any interruption. For instance, if the text of the term paper (which includes the endnotes) ends on page 5, then the works-cited list starts on page 6. The word “Works Cited” should be centered 1: from the upper section of the first page. The heading should be “Work Cited” if the list has only a single entry. The space that divides the first entry and paper’s title must be depicted in double-space. Each entry should start aligned with the left margin; if a sentence occupies two or more lines, the preceding line should be indented or lines of 0.5” from the margin on the left. The style is at times referred to as the hanging indentation, and the word processor can be set so that it can automatically create it for a set of paragraphs. The hanging indentation simplifies the use of the alphabetical list. The list should be double-spaced.

Summary of Section

The guideline of how to develop an apa format term paper is the most discrete part of each formatting style. The above formart of term paper outline shows APA has its own discrete format.

How to Write A Term Paper in APA Formart

A term paper formart sample is useful in helping you to learn how to create the style. A stduent should constantly look at samples to farmilizrize him/herself with the style, that is, how to apply the different styles of citation in the essay.

Importance of APA

It is perceived that the APA format term paper is in touch with the major formatting styles used in the world and does not place emphasis on many irrelevant guidelines. The style is relevant in a multitude of disciplines.

How to Format a Term Paper

The running head introduction brings both the reader and writer back to the primary idea of the paper visually. In all other aspects, the APA style is the same as other formats with the exception of one puts in-text citations and the reference list.

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Weddings include a few readiness and arranging forms including investing a lot of energy looking for wedding decorations. The time and exertion put into choosing the ideal decorations for your wedding makes them hold nostalgic worth and most couples think that its hard to leave behind the decorations. The incredible news is that most decoration pieces utilized during weddings can be put away and re-utilized for different events.

The primary thing is to basically choose the decorations that can be re-utilized; decorative layouts are not commonly the most sturdy wedding decorations and you may need to discard the greater part of them once they whither. Highlights, candles and pruned plants are the decorations to keep from your wedding since they are profoundly re-usable. Infant christenings, birthday celebrations, family gatherings, absolutions and suppers are a portion of the events when the decorations can be placed into utilization by and by.

Notwithstanding, you don’t need to hold up until your next enormous event to place the decorations into utilization; you can join your wedding decorations into your home style. Utilizing the decorations as a major aspect of your home style assists with reviving the unique snapshots of your big day, before starting to make extraordinary minutes as a wedded couple. Couples who move into new houses additionally discover their wedding decorations very accommodating with regards to giving the house a plain look, before putting resources into other home beautifying pieces.

Have the decorations modified to make a new search for various events. For example, in the event that you could utilize diverse hued candles with the light holders utilized during your wedding or wrap the candles delightfully in wrapping paper to make a new search for different events. Inside decorations can likewise be set around the house or additionally put in a safe spot and utilized during unique events. Highlights specifically can be re-utilized during occasion parties.

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I recently came across an answer in the wrong language and thought "I'll save anyone else from having to see this!" I flagged it as VLQ believing it a good fit:

This content should not exist. Delete it. Now. It is not salvageable through editing.

I mean, maybe not "delete it now" like it's urgent...but definitely delete it.

I figure either

  1. I'm wrong and the answer deserves (according to a mod or queue voters) to live on forever or
  2. I should have used a custom flag saying "read the comments, where the author says it's garbage"

...but can't figure out which it is.

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    I almost never flag anything because most problems I see can be fixed with close-votes and editing. I'm just curious. – Frank May 18 '15 at 23:06

It wouldn't be obvious to many viewers that this answer wasn't just wrong. It wasn't obvious to me; I don't use Perl or Ruby, so I had to look up a few things to confirm the claims made in the comments.

At which point I did delete the answer.

VLQ is pretty hit & miss with stuff like this; if it isn't obvious to whoever is reviewing the flag, it probably won't seem very low quality. I would tend to recommend you just flag as "in need of moderator intervention" and type a succinct explanation, something like "author mistook this for a Perl question, answer is irrelevant and potentially slows down future readers".

  • Using Ruby wouldn't have helped you, that question is about R-the-statistics-computational-language – Ben Voigt May 20 '15 at 0:03

I have a differing, or possibly a clarifying, position... Please consider these three scenarios:

First scenario:

Somebody asks a programming question about an algorithm and I provide an answer using pseudocode.

Second scenario:

Somebody asks a programming question tagged about an algorithm and I provide an answer using pseudocode

Third scenario:

Somebody asks a programming question tagged about an algorithm and I provide an answer using C#

Now, of the above three scenarios, which are acceptable, and which should be deleted because they are Very Low Quality (aka unsalvageable junk)?

I'd argue that all of them are acceptable. The first scenario is obviously acceptable. Pseudocode is always an option for describing how one would construct an algorithm.

The second scenario is also acceptable. I might not have provided the OP a compilable solution to their problem, but I have provided them information they may use to construct one on their own. We do not delete answers that are incomplete or that contain syntax errors. As long as the answer attempts to help the OP with their issue, they are worth something.

Now, the third scenario... Should this be deleted? I would argue not, as an answer in another language is still a form of pseudocode. The OP would still have to read and understand the pseudocode (so, please hold your counter-examples of Brainfuck pseudocode, thanks) and then construct their solution in their guttural language of choice, but it is still equivalent to the second scenario.

I'd suggest judging the answer on the basis of whether or not the OP could use the information provided in the answer in their own language after translation, and voting appropriately. If the example relies on elements not available in the OP's platform (e.g., javascript pseudocode + jquery to answer a VB question), then that is worthy of a downvote, comment, and if truly egregious--a delete vote. But if that pseudocode-that-seriously-looks-like-C# answer contains what the OP needs, then toss 'em an upvote.

  • Yeah, that's fair. In this instance, it is not an algorithm, though, just a simple helper function, for parsing a whitespace-separated string like "word egad bah" into a vector of strings, looking in R like c("word","egad","bah"). While one can imagine algorithmic concerns, like how to do this most efficiently, it's not really about that, so pseudocode doesn't really help much. (I'm not 10k and so can't review the deleted answer in light of what you say here yet, though.) By the way, you say "judging the question" in the last para, but mean "the answer", right? – Frank May 19 '15 at 15:37
  • @Frank ya, fixed. – user1228 May 19 '15 at 16:36
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    Well, one can see "specific programming language" as a form of pseudo-code. Though the fake is worse than real pseudo-code, because it means you have to know that language, at least good enough to extract the algorithm. So, it depends on how close the "specific language" and the language in the question are whether it's acceptable, though one only has to assess the part of the language actually used. If in doubt, it's probably too far apart. – Deduplicator May 19 '15 at 17:15
  • In your hypothetical, C# has the added benefit of basically being VB.NET code with semicolons and curly braces. – GalacticCowboy May 19 '15 at 23:41

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This page is maintained by Cristina Muñoz-Pinedo, from the Preclinical and experimental research in thoracic tumors (PrETT) group, part of the Oncobell program at IDIBELL, Barcelona.

For a list of publications please check: ResearcherID or search Pubmed (Munoz-Pinedo) for the most recent ones.

Research lines:

• Characterisation of immune-tumour-stroma connections in thoracic tumours to improve therapeutic approaches.
• Metabolic vulnerabilities of lung cancer and malignant pleural mesothelioma.
• Molecular mechanisms of apoptosis and other forms of cell death induced by metabolic challenges and ischaemia.

Current research topics:

Our lab is interested in the regulation of apoptosis by the glycolytic metabolism, and its aplication to cancer therapy. In particular, we are studying how inhibition of glycolysis triggers apoptosis and autophagy in tumors, and how inhibitors of glucose uptake sensitize tumor cells to chemotherapy. We are also studying the role of endoplasmic reticulum stress and the Integrated Stress Response in apoptosis and necrosis induced by glucose deprivation and ischemia, and in interactions of the tumor cells with the microenvironment and the immune system

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Fedra Luciano Mateo, Postdoctoral researcher

Miguel Hernández Madrigal, PhD student (predoc)

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  1. Hello Cristina,
    Could you please share our most recent publication that details the outcome of our pre-clinical trial that tests mono-therapies and combinations therapies for ability to inhibit development of spontaneous breast cancer in a GEM model that is hyperactive for mTOR and cancer cell metabolism.
    Thank you.

    Oncotarget November 25, 2014.

  2. Muchas gracias, por añadirme al grupo, y por no poner mi nombre al revés.
    Para mi fue un placer conoceros. Lo pase muy bien.

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FIRST IMPRSSIONS Volume 27: Kittie – Spit

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Volume 27: Kittie - Spit

FIRST IMPRESSIONS Volume 27: Kittie – Spit

This is the twenty-fifth entry of my blog series ‘First Impressions.’ In each entry of the series I write about discovering an influential or genre-classic album for the first time and then write about that experience in a semi-planned, semi-stream of consciousness manner that is less helpful than a traditional album-review, but which does contain more personal flavour.

I prefer my actual reviews to be serious and informative. ‘First Impressions’ allow for a more director’s commentary approach. I can be silly and talk bollox, or make points that only a handful of people will understand. Usually I will deliver insights into my history with similar music as well as into how my mind works and how both of these things change over time. You will have to either possess a fairly detailed understanding of Rock and Metal history and Subgenre conventions or have a second tab open at Wikipedia to fully follow every single point that I make, but don’t let that put you off…I’m not honestly expecting you to know every single riff or tone I’ll point out off by heart.

The album chosen for me this time is ‘Spit’ Kittie. I thought ‘Oracle’ was the famous one, but whatever. I guess you can say I’m applying the FI formula to a non-classic album. Its happened before.

Anyway, Kittie are a Canadian, all-female (apart from Thine Eyes Bleed’s Jeff…something) band who might’ve been in The Sopranos once, or maybe just a poster. Good memory. Good start.

I usually talk about my history with the genre/subgenre. The subgenre is Nu Metal. I know a lot of people really hate Nu Metal and the term was used as an insult for any bad Metal album at all from about 1997-2005 by idiots who like to complain and who now would be termed ‘trolls.’ Nu Metal to my generation is like Hair Metal to an 80s-Metaller; it got you into Metal, you later grew ‘too cool’ for it when the market became over-saturated, but a few years later when you get drunk in a rock club, you know all the words and drunkenly sing along.

Still, a lot of people are either a bit embarrassed of Nu Metal and either a) pretend not to like it anymore or b) call it ‘guilty pleasures,’ to retain ‘Metal credibility’ but still get to listen to it. Having their cake and being too cool to eat it too. Of course, some people refuse to ever give it a fair chance and act like an elitist tosspot. Look at Amazon reviews of The Burning Red or Iowa from the time if you haven’t experienced this.

Its reasonable to assume that some people just actually don’t like it without having to act like a knob about it I suppose, but that seems less common because of how the internet works. Its usually the assholes with the loudest voice, which is why the million selling works of famous Hair and Nu Metal bands sometimes seem a lot smaller than the thousand-selling works of some ‘cool’ extreme Metal band. When I was a kid I thought Black Metal bands were millionaires in luxurious Mansions… as opposed to a bunch of nerds, pretending to be more important than they are and who have to work real jobs to afford the hobby.

My first few albums were mostly all Nu Metal (about the only thing that wasn’t was Green Day) and I got into or at least tried many bands who influenced the genre (Rage Against The Machine) started off in the genre or got lumped in with it (Slipknot, Mudvyane, System Of A Down) or typified it (Papa Roach, Korn, Linkin Park, Powerman 5000, Limp Bizkit, Union Underground, Ill Nino, Drowning Pool, Soil, Alien Ant Farm, Spineshank, Static-X).

I also enjoyed a few singles here and there by other Nu Metal bands like ‘A Certain Shade Of Green’ by Incubus, ‘The Last Time’ by Downer and ‘Fish Out Of Water’ by One Minute Silence. Oh and Coal Chamber’s ‘Fiend’ and ‘Something Told Me’ but I got a lend of their debut album and it seemed so bad to me at the time it turned me off them completely and absolutely forever.

Even after it had mostly gone away I still managed to get into Flaw, who I still really enjoy to this day.

Still, its not like I’m Mr. Nu Metal and love it unconditionally, there were loads of bands about I never got into at all, like Crazy Town, OPM, Taproot, Adema, Hoobastank, Defenestration, Dope, Slaves On Dope, Dry Kill Logic, Orgy, Otep, and the subject of this entry, Kittie.

You see, the problem with Nu Metal was that a lot of it was shite. More specifically, a lot of the albums were shite. More specifically, the bands wrote good singles, but dull albums. More specifically, collectives of musicians wrote…. Oh you get the picture.

For every Tonight The Stars Revolt and Through The Eyes (actually good albums) there was five Satellites, Strictly Diesels and One Minute Sciences. (NOT actually good albums.) Its hard to stay a fan when you only have two or three songs to cling on to, especially because a lot of the bands only released one or two high profile albums and dropped off into obscurity.

How many people know every word to every song on Alien Ant Farm’s Truant album?

Some lucky bands (Disturbed and Linkin Park) just got to stay massive and just get called Rock when the Nu Metal bubble burst. Wait a minute…. Fuck the history lesson.

Kittie Spit.

[Press ‘Play’]

A heavyish riff comes in. It’s a bit like ‘St Anger’ and ‘A New Level.’ Some drums come in. The production on them is awful. But at least the song sounds angry. It reminds me of Ross Robinson. Did he produce it? …Wikipedia said no. Oh well. It also said all the songs were written when the band were 14. That’s impressive I guess.

The song is short. The vocals mix “bored talking” and angry shouts. Like much post-Nirvana music did.

The next song reminds me of Chimaira’s debut in the heavy parts and Silverchair in the melodic bits. Its called ‘Charlotte.’ Its probably not about Charlotte Church. Then it quiets down to a nice, bass-lead clean part that reminds me of Blink-182 for some reason. It sounds like water. If there was a music video it would either have to be on a lighthouse or a galley, or else the director would have failed. Its ending is especially like Chiamira’s debut. (I wonder if Kittie become a fucking amazing Metalcore band after this? – probably not)

The next song, called ‘Suck’ reminds me of the ‘My Own Summer’ by the Deftones. The vocals aren’t great. Its more melodic than “bored talking” but its that Jonathan Davis influenced, “hurt talk-singing.” The song then falls asleep around 2.40. That’s cool I suppose. The Mars Volta did it better. But still, it’s a cool idea. The ending is a giant anti-climax though. I hope they made it bigger live.

Next up comes ‘Do You Think I’m A Whore?’ – It really reminds me of Korn’s first album until a flappy drum beat comes in. I don’t think she’s a whore to be honest, but I’m not entirely sold on the song, except the fun staccato bits with the quick tom rolls. That’s the good Nu Metal right there. Its just the grunge influence lets it down for my particular tastes.

I don’t know how else to describe it other than “the good bits come in stabs” and “the bad bits come as waves.”

The next song, at first reminds me of early Soulfly. Then it turns out to be ‘Brackish’ when the chorus kicks in (it was always Brackish to be honest, but that’s not the point) and I drown in a fit of nostalgia. Images of the music video, and my youth, and laughing at the famous ‘car crash’ live performance as a teenager all slap me about the face. I can barely hear the song, I just hear the nostalgia. Where’d that electronic bit come from and how badly is it meshed with the return of the chorus. The producer. …and VERY.

The next song sounds a bit like Fear Factory (of all things) in places, with plenty of Korn. Its surprisingly heavy. Anyone who says that Nu Metal isn’t Metal should listen to this and reassess. ‘Johnny’ by the way. It was called ‘Johnny.’

The next song is called ‘Trippin’ the vocals really remind me of Papa Roach’s debut. The song keeps stopping, in a way that I’d say was cool if a Prog band did it. (Hey, I’m just being an honest hypocrite) and the main riff is fairly good.

It goes fast after a bit, and sounds like ‘My Own Summer’ again. Terribly anti-climactic ending though. Still, best song so far.

‘Raven’ comes next. It sounds so perfectly like the stereotype Nu Metal song that it would be a good example to use in a documentary about the genre, alongside one that was a bit more Rappy and one that was a bit more Industrial. Cuz that’s how it works. …its entireity is made of different elements. Sometimes it was a bit, oh, you know. Or you don’t… but, figure it out. Listen to ‘Raven’ by Kittie and then ‘Infest’ by Papa Roach and then ‘Bombshell’ by Powerman 5000, and know that they’re all Nu Metal and then process that information so as to understand, at least partially, the parameters and boundaries of the subgenre. Or don’t. And just call it all ‘Screamo’ like teenagers around Manchester do, or ‘Grunger Music’ like teenagers in Nortern Ireland did when I was growing up. Call it those things and be WRONG. And A Dick. Cannibal Corpse and Clutch and Pantera are all the genre ‘Screamo’ and Hawthorn Heights are the genre ‘good rock music’ and eggs are bacon and the internet is a Ford Mondeo and you aren’t a dick.

Rant over.

Next up is the song ‘Get Off (You Can Eat a Dick)’ which has a fun drum beat until it goes overused, and guitar moaning that I don’t really care for. It gets good when it gets energetic briefly. As a song its too mushy. It would’ve been enjoyable if I’d heard it at the time, I’ll give it that. It reminds me of Slipknot when it isn’t being slow. It also commits the cardinal sin (geddit) of slapping an unnecessary prayer in there. And then ending again without ending. Geez, why do these gals hate satisfying endings so much? (That is not a sex joke by the way, I’ve decided apart from saying ‘Gals’ patronizingly once, I’d avoid anything sexual or sexist since the internet already has that covered… even though they write songs with ‘Dick’ and ‘Whore’ in the title).

‘Choke.’ Bored talking. Not-my-taste guitars. Good in the energetic bits. Same old story. Except it actually ends properly. Hooray. New best song thus far.

Next up is ‘Paper Doll.’ It has additional-percussion and actual singing. Its cool. It adds a nice touch of variety to the album that had started to get a bit samey.

The last song ‘Immortal’ has lots of new ideas and reminds me a lot of Fear Factory again. Its instrumental. Its short though. And it barely ends at all. So, the album barely ends at all. Should’ve swapped it and ‘Choke’ around then. Also put ‘Paper Doll’ in the middle of the album.

I doubt I’ll ever want to listen to this again, but it wasn’t a laugh-at-how-bad-it-is mess of terrible proportions. It actually had some neat ideas, a few enjoyable heavy bits and it was better than a lot of other Nu Metal albums I’ve heard.

I’ll never be a Kittie fan. Still, for a Canadian Nu Metal All Girl group, Kittie have a remarkably high mind-share among me and my peers. I’ll give them this though – a lot of Nu Metal bands drag their albums down being annoyingly slow and dull in the verses and Kittie rarely do that. Even their slow bits are actually kind of mid-paced. They aren’t annoying.

They aren’t particularly good though. I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone for any reason really. Its got some of the right elements but it doesn’t have any magic or x-factor. So, uh… give it a miss I guess.

Ironically, I don’t know how to end this entry.

Side note – Kittie have a song called ‘Pussy Sugar.’ …Just sayin.

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MORBID ANGEL To Headline SPREAD THE METAL FEST; More Bands Announced To Lineup

Halifax based Spread The Metal Festival, whose goal is to raise $100,000 for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada with 100% of ticket revenues, is proud to announce headliners Morbid Angel, along with Blackguard, Cryptopsy and Last Call Chernobyl as the next batch of bands added to the line up to support the festival charity fundraiser.

“Spread the Metal Records has lofty ambitions for this festival and as it grows each year, I want to prove that the label is as committed to philanthropy as we are to releasing phenomenal records. We take on the responsibility to help those who cannot help themselves, and this festival has the power to help a lot of people, year after year.” – Matt Day STM owner and festival organizer commented.

Tickets available at the Halifax Forum or by phone at 1-888-311-9090 and online

Event Link –

Answer With Metal – 12pm –!/answerwithmetal

Last Call Chernobyl – 1pm

Dischord – 2pm

Hallows Die – 3:15pm

Descend – 4:30pm

Fallen Joy – 6pm

KATAKLYSM – 9:15pm

Cry Oh Crisis – 12pm

Strigampire – 1pm

Death Valley Driver – 2pm

Crimson Shadows – 3:15pm

Blasphemy Reborn – 4:30pm

Black Moor – 6pm

CRYPTOPSY – 7:30pm

ABOUT: Spread The Metal Fest was inspired by STM Records owner Matt Day, whom previously worked for HSF as a volunteer and decided it was time to give back to the community and help an organization and cause that promotes awareness of heart disease along with financial support.

ABOUT: Spread the Metal Records is an artist-oriented label. They recognize the commitment of all those who have signed with them and those who continue to support them in other ways. A label is only as strong as its artists, and indeed the job of the record label is to create an environment where they can pursue their artistic vision. That means giving straight answers, holding themselves accountable, taking responsibility for their mistakes, and recognizing their own limitations. STM believes in every release that they put out and they have more respect for the fans than to expose them to a sub-par album. STM demands the best from themselves, and so they can’t accept any less from the bands that they represent.

Stone Says: I’ve stated once before, the sincere admiration I have for Matt Day’s charitable kindness through his Spread The Metal Festival and Spread The Metal Records. I also admire each and every band that are giving their time to perform at this fabulous festival; along with the sponsors and anyone else that is involved in making this event happen. This Spread The Metal Fest proves that Metal can make a difference in people’s lives.

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Date: 1785

"Heav'ns! of how cynnical a Nature / The school-taught Race of ALMA MATER! / Who, of cramp'd Mind and clouded Brain / Bind GENIUS in a Gothic Chain."

— Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)

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Date: 1787

"Fat is foul weather--dims the fancy's sight"

— Wolcot, John, pseud. Peter Pindar, (1738-1819)

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The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.


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Allergic reactions can be caused by a variety of different causes. These causes can include but are not limited to insect bites, vaccinations, atmospheric contaminants and medications. Generally, food allergies are not a cause for these types of allergic reactions in veterinary patients. Unfortunately, there are no good tests to determine the underlying cause of these reactions.

Clinical signs can include:

  • redness
  • hives
  • facial swelling
  • Pruritus (itchiness) of the muzzle, eyes, eyelids, nose and ears.

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Great Britain’s team of Nick Skelton, Ben Mayer, Scott Brash and Peter Charles have won gold in the showjumping after a jump-off win over the Netherlands.

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Nick Skelton riding Big Star was first to go in the decisive jump-off (Pictue: Getty)

After Skelton (riding Big Star) and Maher (Triple X III) produced faultless rounds, Brash, riding Hello Sanctos hit one fence, but with two Dutch riders – Mikael van der Vleuten and Marc Houtzager – having incurred penalties, that left Great Britain in pole position.

Charles, on Vindicat,  was the man trusted with the final round, and he rode at a steady, safe pace to record a clear round and win Great Britain’s first Olympic showjumping gold since the 1952 Helsinki Games and their first of any colour since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

Saudi Arabia won bronze behind the Dutch.

54-year-old Skelton, who is also going for gold in the individual event, described the victory as ‘a dream come true’.

‘I wish I could have gone four times,’ he said, after being the first rider out, then having to stand and watch his team-mates.

‘They’ve done great, the lads have done great. Absolutely brilliant. I’ve got a wonderful horse, wonderful owners, it’s a dream come true.’

When asked about the prospect of a second gold medal, he said “One’s good. Absolutely brilliant. Great for the country, great for our sport. It’s taken all these years.’


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By Lucas Vargas, Zane Harding, Conor Stemme, and Matthew Jo

Minnesota Vikings

By Lucas Vargas

2017 Record: 13-3 (1st in NFC North)

Projected 2018 Roster

Coaching Staff
HC – Mike Zimmer
OC – John DeFilippo
DC – George Edwards

Projected Offensive Starters
QB – Kirk Cousins
RB1 – Dalvin Cook
RB2 – Latavius Murray
WR1 – Adam Thielen
WR2 – Stefon Diggs
WR3 – Kendall Wright
WR4 – Laquon Treadwell
TE – Kyle Rudolph
LT – Riley Reiff
LG – Tom Compton
C – Brett Jones*
RG – Mike Remmers
RT – Rashod Hill

Projected Defensive Starters
DE – Everson Griffen
DT – Linval Joseph
DT – Sheldon Richardson
DE: – Danielle Hunter/Brian Robinson
MLB – Eric Kendricks
WLB – Ben Gedeon
SLB – Anthony Barr
CB1 – Xavier Rhodes
CB2 – Trae Waynes
FS – Andrew Sendejo
SS – Harrison Smith

Projected Special Teams Starters
P – Ryan Quigley
K – Daniel Carlson
LS – Kevin McDermott
PR – Marcus Sherels
KR – Mike Hughes

Other Notable Players
WR – Kendall Wright
C – Pat Elflein (starter; will likely miss week one)
CB – Mike Hughes
S – George Iloka

Season Preview

On January 14, 2018, Stefon Diggs threw his helmet in celebration of the Minnesota Miracle. A week later, the Vikings lost 38-7 to the eventual Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles. Since then, Kirk Cousins signed the first fully guaranteed contract in NFL history to replace departed quarterbacks Sam Bradford, Teddy Bridgewater, and Case Keenum. Almost every other key contributor from a year ago returns to the Vikings, who have their sights set on another playoff run.

Offensively, Captain Kirk takes command of an offense that returns Dalvin Cook from a torn ACL and adds Kendall Wright on a cheap one-year, $1 million deal. Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen, and Kyle Rudolph validated themselves as legit weapons that may improve with the addition of Cousins. Laquon Treadwell enters his third season as a pro still looking to demonstrate the potential he displayed during his time at Ole Miss. Joe Berger who started at right guard a year ago retired and it was recently announced that starting left guard Nick Easton will miss the season with a neck injury meaning the offensive line will have to develop over the preseason. Pat Elflein is on the PUP list while Mike Remmers and Rashod Hill are dealing with ankle injuries early in the preseason. The Vikings could potentially be without four offensive line starters to begin the year.

The Vikings’ calling card is a defense that lacks a clear weakness. The top defense from a year ago found a way to improve by signing Sheldon Richardson and drafting Mike Hughes. All 11 starters return to that side of the ball for Minnesota. The Vikings may possess the deepest secondary in the NFL. Xavier Rhodes is as close to a shutdown corner as exists and was named First-Team All-Pro last year. Harrison Smith graded out at 98.8 according to Pro Football Focus, the best in the league. Andrew Sendejo, Trae Waynes, Mackensie Alexander, Marcus Sherels, and Terence Newman return and are joined by rookies Mike Hughes and Holton Hill. Hughes was first team all-AAC on an undefeated “national champion” UCF team and could see the field as a kick returner. Hill went un-drafted after only playing in nine games as a junior for Texas. He tallied 51 tackles and three defensive touchdowns before being suspended for a violation of team rules. The Vikings believe that Hill has starting CB potential. Toss in newly signed George Iloka and competition in the secondary should be fun to watch.

The depth on defense is enough to carry the Vikings in 2018, but the offense is poised to score points through the air or on the ground. The Vikings should not need a miracle this season.

Players to Watch

Kirk Cousins

“You Like That!?” Kirk Cousins signed a monster fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million deal this offseason. It was an unprecedented contract coming off six seasons in Washington that immediately puts Cousins under pressure to produce for a team that played in the NFC Championship last season. Can Cousins back up the contract?

Dalvin Cook

Cook was effective as a rookie before going down with a torn ACL. He is set to return and take over as the workhorse back in Minnesota.

Trae Waynes

There is substantial competition among the Vikings cornerbacks not named Xavier Rhodes with the return of Mackensie Alexander and Terence Newman along with the selection of Mike Hughes and the signing of undrafted Holton Hill. Waynes will get the first shot at starting but he has very little room for error.

Detroit Lions

By Zane Harding

2017 Record: 9-7 (2nd in NFC North)

Projected 2018 Roster

Coaching Staff
HC – Matt Patricia
OC – Jim Bob Cooter
DC – Paul Pasqualoni

Projected Offensive Starters
QB – Matthew Stafford
RB – LeGarrette Blount
RB – Theo Riddick
RB – Kerryon Johnson (43rd overall selection)
WR1 – Marvin Jones Jr.
WR2 – Golden Tate
WR3 – Kenny Golladay / TJ Jones
TE – Luke Wilson
LT – Taylor Decker
LG – Frank Ragnow (20th overall selection)
C – Graham Glasgow
RG – T.J. Lang
RT – Rick Wagner

Projected Defensive Starters
DE – Ezekiel Ansah
DE – Anthony Zettel / Kerry Hyder Jr.
DT – A’Shawn Robinson
DT – Sylvester Williams
OLB – Devon Kennard
MLB – Jarrad Davis
OLB – Christian Jones / Jalen Reeves-Maybin
CB1 – Darius Slay
CB2 – Nevin Lawson (?)
CB3 – Teez Tabor / DeShawn Shead
SS – Quandre Diggs
FS – Glover Quin

Projected Special Teams Starters
P – Sam Martin
K – Matt Prater
PR – Jamal Agnew
KR – Ameer Abdullah
LS – Don Muhlbach

Other Notable Players
DT – Ricky Jean Francois
MLB – Jonathan Freeny
SS – Tavon Wilson
FS – Miles Killebrew
OT – Tyrell Crosby

Season Preview

Our president, Zane Harding, has written a 7500-plus-word Detroit Lions preview. You can read the preview here.

Green Bay Packers

By Conor Stemme

2017 Record:

Projected 2018 Roster

Coaching Staff
HC – Mike McCarthy
OC – Joe Philbin
DC – MIke Pettine

Projected Offensive Starters
QB – Aaron Rodgers
RB1 – Jamaal Williams
RB2 – Ty Montgomery
WR1 – Davante Adams
WR2 – Randall Cobb
WR3 – Geronimo Allison
TE – Jimmy Graham
LT – David Bakhtiari
LG – Lane Taylor
C – Corey Linsley
RG –Justin McCray
RT – Bryan Bulaga

Projected Defensive Starters
DE – Mike Daniels
DE – Muhammad Wilkerson
NT – Kenny Clark
OLB – Clay Matthews
ILB- Blake Martinez
ILB – Oren Burks
OLB – Nick Perry
CB1 – Tramon Williams
CB2 – Kevin King
FS – Ha Ha Clinton-Dix
SS – Kentrell Brice

Projected Special Teams Starters
K – Mason Crosby
P – JK Scott
KR/PR – Trevor Davis
LS – Hunter Bradley

Other Notable Players
FB – Aaron Ripkowski
CB – Jaire Alexander

Season Preview

The Green Bay Packers are coming off a lost season where they went 7-9 en route to a 3rd-place finish in the NFC North. Their offense was lackluster, ranking 26th in total yards with 4891 yards as they finished 17th in rush yards and 25th in pass yards. (Hey, that’s what happens when you lose Aaron Rodgers for a majority of the season.) Their defense was not much better, allowing the 11th-most yards and 7th-most points per game. The Packers had a lot to do in the offseason, including improving the receivers, finding a running back and trying to improve their defense.

The Packers solidified their secondary by re-signing two cornerbacks: Davon House and Tramon Williams. Both played for the Packers last year, and Williams will enter the year as the team’s top corner (unfortunately, he is not at the level of the NFC North’s other top corners). The Packers also improved their defense by signing Muhammed Wilkerson. He has 44.5 career sacks over seven seasons but has only posted eight over the past two years. The Packers had struggled at tight end over the past few years with Jared Cook and Richard Rodgers, so they went out and signed one of the better tight ends in football in Jimmy Graham. The Packers only targeted tight ends 100 times last season, but that may change this season (for context, Davante Adams had 118 by himself last year). Whether or not it does change, Jimmy Graham is a big upgrade over Martellus Bennett, Lance Kendricks, and Richard Rodgers.

The Packers should at least compete for the division this year, as long as Rodgers stays healthy. The offense should be helped by the return of Rodgers, the clear running back, the addition of Jimmy Graham, and the depth at wide receiver. The defense is definitely weaker than the offense especially after losing linebacker Jake Ryan, but should be good enough to keep the games close.

Players to Watch

Aaron Rodgers

Aaron Rodgers is coming off an injury-hampered season due to the shoulder injury he was given by Vikings linebacker Anthony Barr. He only played seven games, but in typical Rodgers fashion, he threw for 16 touchdowns while completing 67% of his passes. With that said, Rodgers did not look like vintage Aaron Rodgers in the games he did play. He finished with an approximate value of 7, which left him on pace to hit 16. He has exceeded that number four times in his career, so he wasn’t exactly on pace for a world-breaking year. That said, Rodgers should have at least a few years left in him as he is 34. If Rodgers can return to form and avoid injury, the Packers should compete for the division. If he’s hurt, you might as well consider the Packers eliminated from the postseason.

Jaire Alexander

Jaire Alexander is currently slated to be the team’s third cornerback position after being drafted with the 18th overall pick in this years draft. Alexander comes from Louisville and only played six games last season, so the Packers must have seen something in him to draft him in the first round. In three seasons, he managed 58 tackles and seven interceptions.

Jamaal Williams

Jamaal Williams is the Packers starting running back at the moment. The second-year player from BYU had more than five rush attempts in the last eight games of last season, leading him to the starting job this year. Since week nine, Williams only had one week under 40 yards, with most around 60 yards per game. He probably will not catch many passes, however, as fellow running back Ty Montgomery is a converted wide receiver.

Chicago Bears

By Matthew Jo

2017 Record: 5-11 (4th in NFC North)

Projected 2018 Roster

Coaching Staff
HC – Matt Nagy
OC – Mark Helfrich
DC – Vic Fangio

Projected Offensive Starters
QB – Mitchell Trubisky
RB – Jordan Howard
RB – Tarik Cohen
FB – Mike Burton
WR1 – Allen Robinson
WR2 – Taylor Gabriel
WR3 – Anthony Miller
TE – Trey Burton
LT – Charles Leno
LG – James Daniels
C – Cody Whitehair
RG – Kyle Long
RT – Bobby Massie

Projected Defensive Starters
DE1 – Akiem Hicks
DE2 – Jonathan Bullard
NT – Eddie Goldman
LOLB – Sam Acho
LILB – Roquan Smith
RILB – Danny Trevathan
ROLB – Leonard Floyd
CB1 – Kyle Fuller
CB2 – Prince Amukamara
CB3 – Bryce Callahan
FS – Eddie Jackson
SS – Adrian Amos

Projected Special Teams Starters
P – Pat O’Donnell
K – Cody Parkey
PR – Tarik Cohen
KR – Benny Cunningham
LS – Patrick Scales

Other Notable Players
WR – Kevin White
ILB – Nick Kwiatkowski

Season Preview

This offseason saw Chicago say farewell to a few familiar faces, but it also brought in many new ones to compensate.  Willie Young, Jerrell Freeman, and Josh Sitton were all released before the in flood of acquisitions arrived, but when free agency hit, impact players such as Allen Robinson and Trey Burton joined the team ready to start and play.  Although there were some changes to the roster, there was also turnover in the coaching staff – most importantly, the Bears hired Matt Nagy as the head coach to replace John Fox.

As the spring progressed, the team continued to find help through the NFL Draft.  Their first three picks (Georgia linebacker Roquan Smith at 8th overall, Iowa o-lineman James Daniels at 39th overall, and Memphis receiver Anthony Miller at 51st overall) are all listed as starters on the depth chart, and they will have an immediate effect on the success of this roster.

Mitch Trubisky is in his second season as an NFL quarterback, and he looks like he has the chops to be successful in this league.  Already, he has made it clear that he is the leader of this new offense constructed under Matt Nagy and former Oregon head coach Mark Helfrich.  Last year, Nagy helped guide the Chiefs to a top 10 ranking in scoring and yardage as the offensive coordinator; now, the Bears hope to replicate the success of that offense with the weapons on their own roster.  Jordan Howard is coming off another campaign with over 1000 yards rushing and finishing top 5 in rushing touchdowns; Howard and Cohen should pack quite the 1-2 punch again this season. Even in the wake of Sitton’s departure, the offensive line also looks promising as it welcomes back Kyle Long from injury, and most of the other lineman who as a unit were ranked just outside PFF’s top 10 lines last year.  The biggest question mark here is the receiving corps – Allen Robinson is coming off an ACL tear, and the other two starters are unproven, but Trey Burton could be the answer filling in for Zach Miller. With five starters who have never played a regular snap for the Bears, there are sure to be some growing pains, but the future looks bright.

Defense wins championships.  This mantra has been the heart and soul of the Chicago Bears for decades, and after a brief hiatus, they look harder, better, faster, stronger than their opponents.  The monsters of the midway reemerged in a big way last season as the defense found itself top 10 in scoring and yards allowed for the first time since 2012 – back when Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher was still on the roster.  The defensive front looks scary with studs like Hicks and Floyd leading the pass rush, the secondary retained all their starters from last season who helped put the Bears in the top 10 pass defenses, and the linebacking corps looks dynamic with Roquan Smith and Danny Trevathan on the inside.  Fangio has done a tremendous job turning around this once 30th-ranked defense.

Players to Watch

Akiem Hicks

Hicks broke out again last year in the absence of Leonard Floyd.  Finishing with 20.2% of the Bears’ sack total and in 2nd for run stops for less than 2 yards, Hicks should now be considered an elite defensive lineman.  With so many other threats to worry about, offensive lines will have a handful trying to stop him from having a career year.

Trey Burton

This former Philly tight end has not had many career snaps, but even with limited playing time, he has shown flashes of huge potential in the passing game.  Last season, Burton turned almost a fourth of his receptions into touchdowns, and with the tight end-focused offense Matt Nagy will implement in Chicago, he looks to have a breakout campaign alongside Mitch Trubisky

Adrian Amos

Safety can be a flashy position, but a lot of the best ones just do their job by never missing their assignments and staying consistent.  This is how Amos likes to play – make solid tackles, cover receivers in his zone, and defend against passes thrown his way. If he continues to do his job, this secondary should be surprisingly good once again.

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June 20, 2021 Supporting Manhattan-area entrepreneurs, businesses, events

Experience Poyntz

It’s summer in Manhattan, and the days are still getting longer. Bluegrass music washes down from the Taphouse rooftop over the crowd below. Across Poyntz, a group of friends and their dogs lounge on AJ’s patio, sipping beers, when a group of cyclists walk up with their bikes and ask to pet the pups. A small crowd has gathered outside the Village Geek in the Orville Huntress building to learn about X-Wing figurines and a Star Wars themed game. The smell of bouquets for purchase outside Steve’s Floral mixes with the aroma of fresh baguettes in the back of Radina’s bike cart. Artists and musicians fill every available space between the restaurants and stores. There are paintings of prairie sunsets outside of Bourbon and Baker, necklaces and earrings by Brown’s Shoe Fit, a young woman gets henna on her arm inside Connected Fair Trade, and a man plays kick drum and accordion near El Patrón. A child squeals as she feels a potter’s mud morph under her grip. It’s Third Thursday in Manhattan.

After a successful inaugural season in 2018, Manhattan’s Third Thursday event will once again highlight the local art community and downtown businesses from May until September. The concept, along with First and Final Friday events, has provided a regular boom for local economies in other cities and is on track to become one of Manhattan’s favorite traditions. For Annette Radina, who organized artists during the inaugural season, Third Thursdays were a no brainer. “A few years ago, I realized that Lawrence had Final Fridays, Kansas City, Salina and Topeka had First Fridays and there wasn’t any reason why Manhattan didn’t. The Manhattan Arts Center and I looked around and saw those cities moving on the arts scene and realized that it was time for Manhattan, but it takes that person to stand up and say, ‘Hey, let’s do this!’”

Working with Gina Scroggs, executive director of Downtown Manhattan, Inc., Radina and the Manhattan Arts Center, worked with local businesses, artists and musicians to find new ways to create an artistic experience in the downtown business district. “We have wonderful indoor opportunities to experience art in Manhattan like the Beach Museum and the Strecker-Nelson West Gallery, but we hadn’t provided too many opportunities for new people to experience art outside of a traditional art space. Third Thursdays are a great opportunity for the community to interact with artists and introduce art to new people.” Since many of the artists recruited by Radina lived in other communities with First or Final Friday events, it wasn’t hard to sell the concept. “Everyone was so excited to participate, and afterwards, they told me how much they loved the exposure and loved being out meeting people!”

For Scroggs, the growth of each Third Thursday event was both exciting and a sign of the event’s potential. “We had more artists and entertainers signing up to perform each month, and each month, we had more patrons spending their evening with us. By the end of the first season, we think we were really starting to create a vibe by representing the arts and entertainment community in Manhattan. I think last year really showed us that we have lined up the culture with the audience, and that gives us lots of room to grow.”

Art walks like Third Thursdays don’t only culturally enrich a community, they create significant economic impact for vendors and nearby businesses. In Lawrence, the Final Friday event serves as a way for locals to enjoy downtown and arts districts while also attracting tourists from similar events in Kansas City and Chicago, where many university alumni reside. In 2011, the City conducted an arts census to determine the initial economic impact of the event and found that, on average, close to 3,000 people attended a Final Friday event and spent over $26 per person, leading to a 2011 impact of over $80,000 per Final Friday in the event districts alone. In more established markets, both the average spend and the attendance increase. In Oakland, Calif., a 2013 study found that their First Friday attendees spent $80 per visit on average, which increased revenue per business by 100 to 250 percent.

While Downtown Manhattan has not assessed the total economic impact, individual businesses have seen an increase in business around the event. At Bourbon and Baker, Managing Partner Evan Grier, who also owns Harry’s and manages Tallgrass Taphouse, saw a 20 percent year-over-year increase in revenue during the months with Third Thursday events. While this increase is significant, Grier believes that the largest positive impact of Third Thursdays was the new energy that the event brought to downtown. “Looking out across the downtown, I was seeing more families, more kids, which is different from what I typically see on a weeknight or even a weekend downtown. For us, that was the most exciting thing: to see those families downtown, out on the sidewalks.” Grier brings a savvy restaurateur’s perspective to Third Thursdays. “For restaurants, the commodity of the future isn’t food, but time, which is why we’ll need to engage the full entertainment spectrum to win the day.”

This impact wasn’t only felt at Harry’s, Tallgrass Taphouse and Bourbon and Baker. Adam Peyton, owner of AJ’s Pizza, saw a 10 to 50 percent revenue increase from Thursdays from the year before. In addition to the revenue increase, Peton saw the broad community participation as a significant benefit. “Both retail and restaurants were active participants in the event. It was good to see shops open later than usual and restaurants full of people.”

Evan Grier agrees: “Third Thursdays were a really positive overall experience for downtown businesses and the byproduct was an increase in sales. For example, we had music in front of Bourbon and Baker and Harry’s a couple of times, and while that didn’t directly bring people into those restaurants, I believe a rising tide lifts all ships.”

Following the success of last year’s Third Thursdays, Annette Radina is confident in the second year. “I think it’s going to grow even more this year because we have Morgan Biles with Downtown Manhattan heading up organizing this year, Taylor McFall with MHK Music Scene will schedule the musicians, and Courtney Smith is going to be working with USD 383’s art teachers on art programming. Thanks to what this group brings, we’re hoping to add even more diversity to the artistic and musical lineup this year! Third Thursdays bring a lot energy to downtown and to Manhattan, but most importantly, they bring the whole community together.” Like Radina, Peyton is excited for “a wide variety of entertainment and a good mixture of music” this season. To the community at large, he says “come downtown and experience our local art and music scene.”

For Taylor McFall, Third Thursday events fit within a broader movement to promote local music and musicians across the community. “At MHK Music Scene, we see events like Third Thursday as opportunities to showcase the talent and diversity of musicians and bands in the Manhattan area. The musicians we are booking are community minded and want to see Manhattan thrive. The city has an opportunity through Third Thursday and other events like MidFest, to embrace and value the local creative culture. The economic return from festival-type events through increased tourism and commerce is well established. Manhattan can easily be the entertainment hub of the Flint Hills and beyond by intentionally valuing and participating in the atmosphere generated at these events.”

Energy among musicians, business owners and others has led Scroggs to set a lofty goal for the second Third Thursday season. “We have a goal to close the streets for the July Third Thursday event and host a band or two on Poyntz Avenue. We would love to enhance the overall experience with a street festival and think that mid-summer is a great time to bring the community together.” Never short of vision or energy, McFall is on board. To the community, he emphasized the need for demonstrating community support. “All bands and singers that make it big start locally. By uplifting the talent that is right here in our community, you are encouraging what could be a superstar of tomorrow.”

While direct sales increases provide an immediate return on Third Thursday events, the largest value might be realized by activating the Downtown Manhattan brand. Reflecting on the event, Grier said, “Downtown’s brand is a great representation of how key employers, entertainment venues, arts, dining, full- and part-time residents are converging as a community. It’s one of the few places in Kansas where you can walk from home to multiple dining options, the grocery store, church, and work, find leisure activities and have friends and family at a hotel within walking distance. I can’t name a similar situation in all of Kansas outside of the Power and Light District in Kansas City. Downtown Manhattan is a true lifestyle center alive in north central Kansas.”

Josh Brewer is the agency marketing director a 502, a strategic marketing agency in Manhattan.

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