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‘Paralyzed bride’ has a message for drivers who make it tough to access parking spaces

Published: December 28, 2017  |  Source: newsobserver.com  | Spinal Cord Injury:

Rachelle Friedman Chapman – known by many as “the paralyzed bride” – is calling attention to the way people park in and around handicap-accessible spaces.

Chapman, who lives in Knightdale, shared a recent experience in a Facebook post Wednesday showing an SUV in a handicap space parked across the line, into the section designated for wheelchair access.

Chapman was unable to use the wheelchair ramp to her own SUV because the other vehicle was parked outside its boundary.

“What people don’t realize, is that those lines are for a ramp and/or for wheelchair users to transfer,” Chapman wrote. “Because of the way this person parked, I cannot get back into my car independently and it keeps me from wanting to branch out and drive on my own.”

Chapman’s plea for people to share the Facebook post was answered more than 46,000 times by Thursday.

Driving is new again for the 32-year-old, who has been paralyzed from the chest down since a freak accident at her bachelorette party in 2010. A bridesmaid playfully pushed her into a shallow portion of a swimming pool, resulting in a spinal cord injury.

Chapman has become a public figure as she’s worked to overcome challenges since the accident.

She wrote a book and has been featured in Cosmopolitan magazine. A handicap-accessible remodel of the Chapmans’ Knightdale home was featured on the “Today” show in 2011, and a dream wedding and honeymoon was funded by 1-800-Registry that summer.

In 2015, she and her husband, Chris, became parents by way of surrogacy.

Chapman said most of the parking errors she comes across involve vehicles parked in handicap-accessible spaces.

“For whatever reason, they are unaware of why these lines are there and they use it as an excuse to park badly,” she wrote. “There are many people who have disabilities that don’t involve wheelchairs and I guess this is something they just have never thought about.”

She continued: “Please, PLEASE Park within the lines. I seriously need to let the world know so that this stops happening and people in wheelchairs can have as much accessibility as possible.”

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Luis Felipe Suarez handed four-month ban from football

Sporadic incidents of injuries are common in team games, especially in games like hockey, cricket and football. We have had a couple of such in the FIFA World Cup in Brazil so far. One is about Luis Felipe Suarez and the other about Neymar’s injury.

Uruguay footballer Luis Felipe Suarez has been handed a ban of nine international matches as well as four-month ban from all kind of football matches. This penalty came after his infamous biting incident in the match between Uruguay and Italy. Luis Felipe Suarez, the Uruguay forward supposedly bit Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini.

This means Luis will no longer be the part of the Uruguay team in their remaining encounters in this FIFA World Cup 2014, which is currently underway in Brazil. This incident took place on last Tuesday when Uruguay was playing Italy their last group match.

Uruguay, however, defeated Italy in this match 1-0 to progress forward in the world tourney.

The developments on the ban on Luis Suarez were confirmed by FIFA in Rio de Janeiro during the briefing. The Uruguay player has also been financially fined 100,000 Swiss francs, which amounts to a tad less than £66,000.

The international ban means, he will no longer feature in the rest of the World Cup. The four-month ban will also cost Luis his club games that he plays for Liverpool.

But the forward player along with Uruguay FA is very much open to appealing against the ban.

But that doesn’t mean he will be able to play competitive football. Even if the appeal is challenged, Luis Suarez will still have to sit out of the games and will merely remain a spectator. That’s not all; Luis Suarez will also be not able to don any administrative post as well.

As Bollywood star Shah Rukh Khan has been banned from entering the Wankhede stadium for a period of five years, Luis Suarez has also been disallowed from entering any stadium. The Uruguay forward will not be able to even enter the confines of any stadium as long as the ban is in place.

It must be mentioned that the biting incident is not the first in the career of Luis Suarez. In fact, he has a history of being involved in such types of unsportsman-like behavior in the past too. A strict disciplinary action is what is required in such cases in all types of sports to keep the game above every individual.

Neymar’s injury is more serious, which came during the game between Brazil and Columbia. Juan Zuniga knee was planted in the back of Neymar during a tackle. The injury was so serious and the impact was so solid that he got a fractured vertebra. He will not be able to play in the rest of the tournament.

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XFL Seattle Franchise is Named the "Dragons"

Rising from the turbulent sea. Beneath the darkening skies of their weather-hardened home. Relentless, ruthless, ravenous. Not of mythology, but of muscle and might. Not of folklore, but of football. This is your darkest fantasy, in cleats. The Seattle Dragons. Breathing fire.

And there you have it, folks. The Dragons. Seattle's new XFL team, kicking off in February 2020 at CenturyLink Field, as the league makes its return for the first time in nearly two decades, has an official name.

Dragons President Ryan Gustafson announced this morning at a press conference that we will see jerseys sometime around Thanksgiving. The color scheme for Seattle, as you can see from the logos below provided by the XFL, is primarily green and dark blue with an orange/red accent, being the fire coming out of the dragon's mouth.

According to Gustafson, the organization "wanted something unique but represented the entire brand of Seattle." How Dragons connects to Seattle is an interesting question. 2016's "Pete's Dragon" was set in the Pacific Northwest... Seattle's Bruce Lee popularized the "dragon" fighting style of Kung Fu in "Enter the Dragon"... And, well, that might be it. Nonetheless, Seattle's newest team finally has a name, whether you love it or hate it.

Other XFL team names include the St. Louis BattleHawks, Tampa Bay Vipers, DC Defenders, New York Guardians, Los Angeles Wildcats, Houston Roughnecks, and Dallas Renegades. The XFL draft is currently set for October 2019 where Head Coaches will fill their inaugural rosters, including Dragons Head Coach Jim Zorn. According to the XFL, the league will sign eight "leading quarterbacks before its inaugural player draft in October and each team’s Head Coach will select their quarterback just prior to the draft." Former Oklahoma Sooners and Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Landry Jones joined the league recently as one of those eight quarterbacks. Former Washington Huskies quarterback Keith Price has reportedly signed with the league as well.

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The Oakland Raiders have to be considered one of the surprise teams of this NFL season. While I think most pundits had the Raiders improving on their 7-9 2015 record I don’t remember any of them saying the Raiders would get to double digit wins. Oakland has 10 wins right now and they have three games left in this season. The Raiders where in 1st place coming into Thursday nights game against the Kansas City Chiefs and they went out and had what was probably there worst game of the season. Oakland lost 21-13 to the Chiefs Thursday night and the game brought up some questions about the Raiders. Being that it was a short week; was it just a bad night? Is Kansas City that good? or the more pressing question could be; how hurt is Derek Carr? Carr injured the pinky on his throwing hand in the Raiders 38-24 win over the Buffalo Bills in Week 13. Carr left the game for a short period of time, but returned to lead the Raiders to a victory. Carr had his worst game of the season, but even with that he had the Raiders in position to possible tie the game late in the 4th quarter. Oakland had a 4th and 1 on the Kansas City 14 yard line with 2:06 left in the game. A false start penalty made it 4th and 6 from the Kansas City 19 yard line. Carr tried to connect with Seth Roberts on a possible game tying touchdown, but the pass fell incomplete and the Raiders turned the football over on downs allowing the Chiefs to run out the clock. Carr was 17 of 41 for just 117 yards. He was also sacked 1 time for -8 yards. The loss drops the Raiders into the first wild card spot, but they are three games ahead of the next closet wild card team. Should Carr be rested to allow his pinky time to heal before the Raiders head into the playoffs? or should he try to play through it? Week 15 has the Raiders in San Diego to face the Chargers. Week 16 they’re home against the Indianapolis Colts and they end the season on the road in Week 17 against the Denver Broncos. Now winning the division still isn’t out of the questions as the Chiefs play the Tennessee Titans at home in Week 15. Week 16 they host the Broncos and the Chiefs also end the season on the road as they play in San Diego against the Chargers in Week 17. The Raiders advantage is that the Titans and the Broncos are still in playoff contention and the Chiefs have to face both of them while the Raiders will just see the Broncos. So that makes the quarterback question even tougher. Is winning the division enough of a motive to continue to play Carr or is resting that pinky injury more important? If you’re a Raiders fan; what would you like to see them do with David Carr?

There was an interesting debate this week on which running back either Ezekiel Elliott or David Johnson is he front runner for M.V.P. Elliott is currently the NFL’s leading rusher with 1285 yards and has 12 rushing touchdowns through 13 weeks. Johnson is 3rd in rushing with 1005 yards and has 11 rushing touchdowns. Johnson is more involved in the Arizona passing game than Elliott is for Dallas. Johnson has caught 64 passes for 704 yards and has 4 receiving touchdowns. Elliott has 28 receptions for 322 yards and a touchdown. Of course Elliott’s Cowboys are 11-1 and are the first team to clinch a playoff spot. Johnson’s Cardinals are 5-6-1 and are currently 2 games out of a wild card spot. In most cases a quarterback is the front runner for M.V.P. so it’s a little different to see a couple of running backs being talked about for the award. While I’m still thinking that Tom Brady will end up winning the M.V.P. award, but how would you separate these running backs. I guess it depends on what the word valuable means to you. (Valuable meaning) Is a running back who’s going to be on a playoff team more valuable than a all around running back on a team that looks like it won’t make the playoffs. The Cowboys are touted as having the best offensive line in the NFL. Does that diminish Elliott’s accomplishments? On the other hand the Cardinals have just 5 wins and you have to wonder where they would be if Johnson wasn’t on the team. With three weeks to go will have to see what kind of numbers these two running backs continue to put up and if they can stay even it will be up to the voters to decide. Now if you had a vote who’s your NFL M.V.P.?

The baseball winter meetings wrapped up with two veteran players finding new teams. Fernando Rodney signed a 1-year $2.75 million dollar deal with the Arizona Diamondbacks. There are appearance bonuses in Rodney’s contract that could boost it up tp $4 million if he hits them all. Rodney turns 40 next March and split last season between the San Diego Padres and the Miami Marlins. With San Diego Rodney was 0-1 with an E.R.A. of 0.31 with 17 saves. In Miami Rodney went 2-3 with an E.R.A. of 5.89 and 8 saves. Will Rodney be used as a closer in Arizona or will the Diamondbacks find someone else to close with Rodney as the set up guy with closing experience. The other signing saw Dexter Fowler leave the World Series champion Chicago Cubs to join there division rival the St. Louis Cardinals on a 5-year $82.5 million dollar deal. The Cardinals where in the market for an outfielder; preferably a centerfielder; so I’m not surprised they signed Fowler. What is a bit of a surprise to me is the length and the dollars involved with the signing. Fowler hit .276 last season with 13 home runs. Fowler has always been looked at as a lead off type of hitter, but he had just 13 stolen bases last season. Fowler did walk 79 times last season and had an On Base Percentage of .393. Fowler turns 31 next March; so he’ll be in a Cardinals uniform until he’s 36 as his deal also includes a full no trade clause. Do you like Fowler as the Cardinals centerfielder?

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Trump Retweets Commercial For His International Golf Courses

President Donald Trump used his White House Twitter perch on Saturday to hyperlink to a industrial for his golfing resorts in Scotland and Ireland.
The put up become the latest example of what ethics experts have complained is Trump’s manipulation of his effective office to enhance himself and his family. His corporations can also function a conduit for money to Trump from those currying choose with him, violating the Constitution’s Emoluments Clause. The clause prohibits federal officials from accepting presents or payments from overseas governments and officers. Unlike other presidents, Trump has refused to divest from his groups.
The president retweeted to his sixty two million Twitter followers a publish from the Trump Organization approximately what it termed the “Trump Triangle” — golfing courses in Turnberry and Aberdeenshire in Scotland, and in Doonbeg, Ireland, in which he traveled in June after a nation go to to London. Trump reportedly had insisted that Ireland’s prime minister meet with him at his golf course, but the Irish chief refused such an arrangement as “unseemly,” in line with a consultant. The guys met as a substitute at a Shannon Airport lounge.
The plug retweeted by means of Trump hails his agencies as “3 of the most brilliant publications in the world @TrumpGolf.” The tweet adds: “Tune into @GolfChannel subsequent week throughout @TheOpen to seize our cutting-edge commercial.” The post related to a 30-second business for the publications. A narrator invites visitors to “go to Trumpgolf.Com these days to e book your last hyperlinks tour.”

Bloomberg News reported that the commercial is scheduled to run the coming week to coincide with the British Open Championship that begins Thursday on the Royal Portrush Golf Club in Northern Ireland.
Trump pulled a comparable stunt in March. He retweeted a Trump Organization plug for his Aberdeenshire membership, and then called it “perhaps the greatest” route inside the international. He also claimed his business “furthers U.K. Courting!”
At the time, Walter Shaub, the authorities’s ethics leader under President Barack Obama whose tenure overlapped for a few months into the Trump administration, referred to as the put up “Trump’s maximum express commingling of personal interests and public office up to now.”
It’s “shameless, corrupt and repugnant presidential profiteering … [and an] invitation to graft,” he said.
Earlier this week the Virginia-primarily based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals brushed off an emoluments lawsuit towards Trump added through Washington, D.C., and Maryland officials. The in shape had accused Trump of illegally making the most of overseas and nation authorities site visitors at his Washington motel. But the 3-choose panel dominated that the officers lacked criminal standing to carry the in shape.
Financial filings in Britain remaining August discovered that Trump’s two Scottish publications posted a blended loss of $6.1 million in 2017, in step with Bloomberg.

The front nine holes have generous huge fairways in which you really can open up your shoulders, a rarity for Spanish golf and the vegetables are adequate too, so get the low score on the cardboard in front 9 if you may. As you negotiate the lower back 9 the fairways have a tendency to narrow down, particularly the 18th which virtually focuses the thoughts but however the lower back 9 aren’t overly cruel. The fairways are narrower than the the front 9 but they have a tendency to be shorter and you’ve got loosened up, so despite the fact that you need to be a little greater unique than on the front nine the golfing continues to be exciting.
If you visit Flamingos ensure you make an effort to discover the motel after your spherical. It’s properly well worth a look.
Over all I might describe Flamingos as a cracking direction which tends to be a touch on the pricey aspect however in case you need to deal with your self you’ll no longer be upset. A Masters or Championship direction of the future I will guess.

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Louise and Martin Igoe have owned and run Springrove House since 2007, building its reputation as a friendly, family run bed and breakfast.

Springrove House B&B

Springrove House is a great place to stay, an ideal location for a Scottish sight-seeing holiday or a business trip.

Built in 1860, the house is a traditional Victorian Manse; a Scottish vicarage. It has been sympathetically developed and crafted into comfortable Bed and Breakfast accommodation by Louise and Martin, the owners, who take great pride in running this very delightful B&B and hosting guests from around the world.  Our aim is to provide you with good service, ensuring that your stay with us is comfortable and relaxing.

Springrove House offers guests private off-road parking

The “new” Springrove Manse stands on the site of the original manse which was attached to the original Bathgate Church, which although now in a historic ruin, sits in the grounds date back to around circa 1220. Certainly worth a visit.

Bathgate is small market town in West Lothian, central Scotland, within ideal commuting distance for Edinburgh and Glasgow, linked by Motorway and served by very frequent rail service

The Scottish Borders and Stirling, the Gateway to the Highlands, are accessible within a 30/40 minute drive

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Old Bathgate Parish Church is situated to the rear of Springrove House, still known to some of the locals as ‘The Old Manse’. The rectangular building that remains is roofless but very atmospheric with door jambs that date from around 1200[AD] and a 13th Century effigy of a Priest. It was given to Holyrood Abbey by Malcom IV but was abandoned in 1739 when the High Kirk was built in Bathgate Main Street.

A walk around the old church yard cannot fail to take your imagination back in time through Scottish History.

The present Springrove House was built in 1860 and modernised in 1920 .It stands on the site of the manse which was attached to the original Bathgate Church. No information can be obtained regarding dates of construction or demolition of the Manse although it was probably demolished immediately prior to the rebuilding in 1860.

A Bit Of Bathgate History – In 1315, Marjorie the daughter of King Robert the 1st of Scotland [Robert The Bruce] married Walter Stewart or Steward [1293-1326] the 6th Lord High Steward of Scotland. The dowry to her husband included the lands and castle of Bathgate. Walter died at the castle on April 9th 1326.

Only the site of Bathgate Castle now remains under the turf of the Bathgate Golf Course. It is situated South of the railway line and adjacent to the old playing fields of the former St Mary’s Secondary School.

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The Big 500 – Fun, games and prizes!

The big 5-0-0! Congratulations and thank you everyone!
The big 5-0-0! Congratulations and thank you everyone!

Hello everyone and welcome to the 500th post on the Daily SPUF! That’s right, we’ve reached 500 articles and almost all of them are full of cool TF2 stuff and you should go and read every single article! Okay, fine, don’t do that (although it can take up a lot of your time), but instead of reading every single article, why not enter this contest!

Yep, we’re hosting a 500th Article Special contest here. No, this isn’t an excuse to make you all do all the work, because I’ll also be writing a bunch of articles too, based on what YOU want me to write! Plus lately I’ve been writing a lot of articles and you’re probably sick of my ramblings. We need some nice new, fresh blood, and you lovely people are just the guys to give it to us!

The Contest

As is tradition with big hundred articles, we’re doing an article contest. Unlike the 400th article contest though, this one will be different as there’ll only be three categories:

Halloween – Write about Scream Fortress, whether it’s complaining about Merasmus or saying how great 2014 is compared to 2013 or whatever, articles for this category MUST be about Halloween and Team Fortress 2. Will also accept good, scary TF2 fan fiction, but only if it’s decent. I’ll be the judge as to whether it’s decent or not.

Maps – There’s a ton of maps in TF2, so why not write about your favourite or least favourite one? Or compare maps! Or tell us why 2fort is so damn awful that it needs to be blown to smithereens! All articles in this category must be about maps in TF2, although comparing TF2 maps to maps in other games is also acceptable.

Class Balance – Tell us how much you hate the Engineer or the Sniper or whatever. This category is for anyone who hates the classes in general. Articles in this category MUST be about classes, not the weapons of a class. So no Wrangler is OP posts, please.

How to enter

Entering is simple. Just submit your entry on the Daily SPUF, making sure you include “500th Article Contest” as a tag, and adding the secret phrase “Snipers can be so annoying” somewhere in your article. I will take away points of you cheat and put the secret phrase in as a tag and will add extra points for the best use of the phrase. Your article must have more than 500 words, up to a maximum of 3000 words. You do not need to add pictures, but it helps.

You are allowed to enter three times, but only one entry per category.

For more information on how to submit articles, click here!

Unlike last time, all articles will be published as soon as you’re ready. When your article is ready to be published, place an asterisk (*) in the title of your post. I’ll remove the asterisk when I publish your article.

“But why publish them when they’re finished, Medic?” Well, a guide to surviving Halloween is no use to anyone if the Halloween event has already ended, right?

On November 10th, I’ll go through all entries (again) and pick out a winner. Whether Aabicus wants to help judging your entries is up to him. We’ll reveal the winners hopefully on the 12th of November. Hopefully.

All entries must be submitted before November 10th!

The prizes

This is the bit you’ve been waiting for. This time, there will only be first, second and third prizes, as all entries will be judged on the same level. This is to make sure that everyone’s got an equal chance of winning, even if one category only gets a couple of entries.

Third Prize – 1 Decal Tool, 1 Strange Revolver, 1 picture of your favourite load out done in Garry’s Mod.

Second Prize – 1 Tour of Duty Ticket, 1 Strange Medi Gun, 1 picture of your favourite load out done in Garry’s Mod, 1 fan fiction of your choice written by me.

First Prize – 1 Mann Co. Supply Key, 1 Strange Sticky Bomb Launcher, 1 picture of your favourite load out done in Garry’s Mod, 1 fan fiction of your choice written by me, 1 piece of art drawn and coloured by me.

Plus any other prizes that anyone donates!

Choose the SPUF!

In addition to the contest, I’m also doing a little bit of fun. Is there something you’d like to read about on the Daily SPUF but just haven’t seen it? Had an idea for an article and never been able to write it? Do you just want to see something different? Well, guess what! Now your SPUF-related dream can come true! I’ll be writing 5 articles, with the topics chosen by the denizens of SPUF.

How does one choose what I write? Simple. All you have to do is either comment on the Daily SPUF article or the thread in the TF2 Steam Powered User Forums. On October 30th, I’ll pick five suggestions, either the five most popular choices or chosen at random if there’s simply too much choice and I’ll get to work writing them. These articles will be published throughout November.

Thank yous

So yeah, that’s it! I’d like to thank everyone who’s contributed to the Daily SPUF, with special thanks to aabicus and Dekky for writing articles, thesupremecommander for hosting the Daily SPUF and iGamr and Confusion for announcing the articles. But most important of all, THANK YOU, all you wonderful readers. Thank you ever so much. We wouldn’t be here without you!

Also known as Doctor Retvik Von Schreibtviel, Medic writes 45% of all the articles on the Daily SPUF. A dedicated Medic main in Team Fortress 2 and an avid speedster in Warframe, Medic has the unique skill of writing 500 words about very little in a very short space of time.

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    I have a request, would you be able to write a “fanfic” about teaching me to play TF2? Could be very useful for new guys.

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Ozzy Osbourne unveiled the artwork and some details for his upcoming LP, Ordinary Man. The Feb. 21 release, which is available for pre-order now, will be Osbourne’s first solo album in almost a decade.

The news came after the launch of the title track – a duet with Elton John –  and the singles "Straight to Hell" and "Under the Graveyard."

"There’s a line in ‘Ordinary Man’ where I sing, ‘I don’t want to die an ordinary man,’ which I don’t think I will,” Osbourne said in a statement. "It was a lot of fun to do, though. It’s a lot different from my other albums. We recorded it quickly, which I haven’t done since the first Black Sabbath album. This made it a different process, which I actually enjoyed.”

He added that securing guests John and Slash "just came together. … When I was writing ‘Ordinary Man,’ it reminded me of an old Elton song, and I said to Sharon, ‘I wonder if he would sing on it?’ We asked and, lo and behold, he agreed, and sings and play piano on the song.”

Ordinary Man will be available as a standard CD, deluxe CD, black vinyl, deluxe gatefold swirl-color vinyl, picture disc and digital album. All physical copies will include a code that can  be entered into a contest for a chance to win prizes, including a laminate that will get the winner into any Osbourne show in 2020.

The road to Ordinary Man was anything but ordinary. Osbourne started working on the LP after a serious fall forced him to postpone touring plans. During the tedious process of recovery, the Prince of Darkness found comfort by working on new material.

“If it wasn’t for making this record, I would still be on traction, thinking, ‘I’m going to be lying here forever,'" the 71-year-old rocker previously confessed. "I’ve missed music so badly. My fans are so loyal and so good. Up until making the album, I thought I was dying. But that got me off my arse. ... It’s the greatest album I’ve done.”

Ordinary Man notably includes some high-profile collaborations, including Elton John, Guns N’ RosesSlash and Duff McKagan and Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith.

As excitement builds for Osbourne’s new LP, the former Black Sabbath frontman is preparing to return to the road. The rocker’s No More Tours 2 will resume on May 27, with Marilyn Manson slated as opening act.

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Safety Andrew Sendejo played eight years for the Minnesota Vikings before signing with the Philadelphia Eagles.  Today, he returned to Minnesota.

The 32-year-old Sendejo had made just one start this season with the Eagles before being released from the team.  He was primarily being used in sub packages, recording just one interception.  Coincidentally, his lone interception with Philadelphia came against the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.

After the Eagles released him, the Vikings brought him back on a waiver claim.  The move makes sense since Sendejo is familiar with Miker Zimmer's defense, so it won't take long for him to jump right in and provide depth and some toughness to a defense that hasn't played up to their reputation in key moments.

One thing Sendejo will have to do is cut down on aggressive hits that lead to penalties and fines.  He plays an old-school style in a league trying to distance itself from that type of play.

To make room for Sendejo on the roster, the Vikings released rookie safety Marcus Epps who may end up back with Minnesota in their practice squad.


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Rodeo Inspired Looks

Howdy, friends!! It’s been a good hot minute since I’ve talked to y’all, so I want to apologize for being so MIA. Let’s just say work has been kickin’ my butt these past couple of months, so I haven’t had a lot of time on the weekends to catch up on blog posts. BUT, I’m back + just in time for one of my favorite yearly events in Houston! It’s RODEO time, y’all! I love the fried food, the carnival, the concerts, the fried food — oops, did I already mention that one? 😉 I’m so excited to have put together a couple of Rodeo-inspired looks’ for y’all — one of them in collaboration with Soulfully Adorned! Jen, from Soulfully Adorned, was sweet enough to send me this gorgeous handmade Longhorn necklace that I paired with my first look! Keep reading to see more deets. 🙂

Look 1: The Girly Cowgirl

For this look, I paired a flowy green tunic dress, that I picked up from Ross awhile back, with a denim vest over it.

I wore a pair of black booties with this look to go with the black leather on my Soulfully Adorned necklace. ❤ I added a brown clutch because I love the color combination of olive + brown + black.

The beauty of the Soulfully Adorned necklace is in the details, but also that the length is adjustable! You can adjust it to fall lower or higher, wherever you like. 🙂

Thank you again, Jen – the Longhorn necklace is absolutely beaut!

Oufit deets: Dress: Ross (similar here) || Jean cropped vest: Macy’s (old) (similar here) || Longhorn Necklace: sponsored by Soulfully Adorned || Booties: Top Moda (similar here) || Brown clutch: eBay

Look 2: The De-stressed Cowgirl

For this look, I wore a pair of distressed jeans with a white cold-shoulder top that I knot-tied. I paired this look with some boots + a blue crossbody, for a pop of color.

I love this look cause it felt pretty low maintenance while still being cute! Plus all the holes in my top + jeans were great for a day at the Rodeo! 😉

p.s. you can pretty much turn any button up shirt into a knot tee like I did!

Oufit deets: Top: Poshmark (old) (similar here) || Jeans: Poshmark (similar here) || Necklace: Charming Charlie || Boots: Old (similar here) || Blue crossbody: Sam Moon

Hope y’all enjoyed this post + have fun at the Rodeo!! Best. Time. Of. The. Year. 🙂

‘Til next time y’allllllllll,

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Possible Forms of a World Government: Advantages and Disadvantages

When we try to obtain guidance from the past as to potential forms that a unification of humanity into a world-government could take, we find several models that have been tried, to greater or less success, at the nation level of organisation.  There is the parliamentary model, to some degree the basis for the General Assembly of the United Nations, or there might be a federal approach, whereby there are quasi-independent states welded together under a federal umbrella.  Both of these models are familiar to us, but they each have certain limitations and disadvantages for the vision presented by Sri Aurobindo.

“The idea of a world-parliament is attractive at first sight, because the parliamentary form is that to which our minds are accustomed; but an assembly of the present unitarian national type could not be the proper instrument of a free world-union of this large and complex kind; it could only be the instrument of a unitarian World-State.  The idea of a world-federation, if by that be understood the Germanic or American form, would be equally inappropriate to the greater diversity and freedom of national development which this type of world-union would hold as one of its cardinal principles.  Rather some kind of confederation of the peoples for common human ends, for the removal of all causes of strife and difference, for interrelation and the regulation of mutual aid and interchange, yet leaving to each unit a full internal freedom and power of self-determination, would be the right principle of this unity.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pp. 275-276

An Alternative Vision for Human Unity to the Imperialistic Model of Unification

Humanity tends to fixate its attention on the way things have been done in the past.  Change, however, can only take place when humanity breaks out of the ruts of the past and attempts some new direction.   Historically, human groupings have taken on new size and complexity through local competition and cooperation, and in the larger groupings very much as a result of conquest and imperial development.  The largest groupings, spanning a number of different nations, peoples and cultures, were the result of empire-building, whether it was that of Alexander and his Macedonians consolidating the lands of Persia and the Middle East all the way up to India; or the Roman Empire consolidating peoples across Europe and the Middle East; or more recently the Moghul Empire which conquered much of India, the Russian Empire which consolidated northern Europe and northern Asia in one immense entity, or the British Empire and its world-wide control of colonies through the power of her navy.  It is thus not simple to imagine that larger consolidation of humanity into a unified whole can take place through a process other than imperialistic domination and control.

Sri Aurobindo brings us another vision.  It is said that the vision is the precursor of the act.  Thus, humanity has the opportunity to adopt a more harmonious and positive way forward that relies on the higher capacities of humanity rather than on brute force.  Some pressure of imperialistic action may be present at various stages, but eventually they must give way.

“For the final end is a common world-culture in which each national culture should be, not merged into or fused with some other culture differing from it in principle or temperament, but evolved to its full power and could then profit to that end by all the others as as give its gains and influences to them, all serving by their separateness and their interaction the common aim and idea of human perfection.  This would best be served, not by separateness and isolation, of which there would be no danger, but yet by a certain distinctness and independence of life not subordinated to the mechanising force of an artificial unity.  Even within the independent nation itself, there might be with advantage a tendency towards greater local freedom of development and variation, a sort of return to the vivid local and regional life of ancient Greece and India and mediaeval Italy; for the disadvantages of strife, political weakness and precariousness of the nation’s independence would no longer exist in a condition of things from which the old terms of physical conflict had been excluded, while all the cultural and psychological advantages might be recovered.  A world secure of its peace and freedom might freely devote itself to the intensification of its real human powers of life by the full encouragement and flowering of the individual, local, regional, national mind and power in the firm frame of a united humanity.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pg. 275

The Attempted Justification of Domination by One Culture over Another Based on Eventual Benefit

There has been a debate, throughout human history as to whether the means to an end, no matter how oppressive or even horrific, can be justified by an eventual benefit of some sort.  One can hear this debate in the question of whether torture should be condoned under any condition, if it “produces results” and one can hear this debate in the apologies made for Adolf Hitler that he modernized Germany and put a despondent and unemployed people back to work, as if that can justify the holocaust which he perpetrated on the world.  The imperial powers have historically tried to justify their actions of colonizing and exploiting populations of people by the “development”, “cultural benefits” and “modern technology” that they bring to those countries.  Philosophers and sages have argued against the idea that “the end justifies the means” yet those in power consistently try to make their case that in their case, the end does justify the means.

Sri Aurobindo explains their rationale as follows:  “Still it may be said that, if the old principle of the association was wrong, yet the association itself leads eventually to a good result.  If Ireland has lost for the most part its old national speech and Wales has ceased to have a living literature, yet as a large compensation the Celtic spirit is now reviving and putting its stamp on the English tongue spoken by millions throughout the world, and the inclusion of the Celtic countries in the British Empire may lead to the development of an Anglo-Celtic life and culture better for the world than the separate development of the two elements.  India by the partial possession of the English language has been able to link herself to the life of the modern world and to reshape her literature, life and culture on a larger basis and, now that she is reviving her own spirit and ideals in a new mould, is producing an effect on the thought of the West; a perpetual union of the two countries and a constant mutual interaction of their culture by this close association would be more advantageous to them and to the world than their cultural isolation from each other in a separate existence.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pp. 274-275

The Attempt to Justify Domination by One Culture over Another Based on Superiority Is Flawed

Humanity has seen, repeated throughout the world, the justification for invading, dominating and controlling another society or culture based on some alleged benefit of superiority that will be transmitted to the subjugated society.  Under the guise of this “benefit” Western civilisation, and its Christian basis, have inserted themselves into the lives, religious traditions, cultures and life-ways of vast numbers of people.  Families have been torn apart, languages have been suppressed, religions have been denigrated and stamped out, ways of life have been destroyed.  As part of this process there has been an arrogant feeling of superiority by the dominating culture which was communicated through hostile and ill-treatment of those people who were supposed to be inferior because of the cultural or religious differences, economic or technological backwardness (based on the European model and its standard), or even just the color of people’s skin.  The First Nations people in North America were particularly impacted, children were forcibly withdrawn from their families, traditional folkways were destroyed, languages were suppressed, and cultural background was minimized.  In the process many hundreds of thousands of First Nations people died off.  Similar events occurred in Australia, Africa and Asia; they even took place in Europe with respect to smaller or weaker cultural groups.

Sri Aurobindo notes:  “The British domination in India was justified by the priceless gift of British civilisation and British ideals, to say nothing of the one and only true religion, Christianity, to a heathen, orientally benighted and semi-barbarous nation.  All this is now an exploded myth.  We can see clearly enough that the long suppression of the Celtic spirit and Celtic culture, superior in spirituality if inferior in certain practical directions to the Latin and Teutonic, was a loss not only to the Celtic peoples, but to the world.  India has vehemently rejected the pretensions to superiority of British civilisation, culture and religion, while still admitting, not so much the British, as the modern ideals and methods in politics and in the trend to a greater social equality; and it is becoming clear now, even to the more well-informed European minds that the Anglicisation of India would have been a wrong not only to India itself but to humanity.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pp. 273-274

The Need for a Diverse, Vibrant and Living Unity of Humanity

The materialistic advances of humanity over the last several hundred years have resulted in bringing the world closer together in a certain sense.  There is world-wide instant communication, news and fast international travel.  Certain dominant cultural trends that have accompanied the rise of broadcast radio and television and the rise of the digital era, however, have begun to create a type of outward uniformity that we see in the shape of outward trends toward uniformity of entertainment, material goods and expectations about what is important in the outer life.  To some degree, even a great degree in many places, traditional cultures and values are being swept aside or minimized under the pressure of the influence of mass culture.  The material culture itself thrives and drives towards more efficiency through creation of uniformity, and thus, the administrative pressures towards a uniform culture continue to increase, even as the world moves to confront the unintended consequences of our industrial and technological revolution with its resource depletion, imbalance in access to education and resources between “haves” and “have nots”, exploitation of the environment and the decimation of the biosphere through increase of pollution and waste products which are harming the land, the oceans and the air, and thereby the ability of life to sustain itself on the planet over time.  In addition to this, the speed of interaction between different cultures, religions, and traditions has not been without a significant increase in tensions which are exacerbated through attempts at domination or exploitation by one group over another and by the need to access scarce resources.

Sri Aurobindo makes the point that the unity of humanity is an urgent need in today’s world to address these issues, but not the unity brought about by regimentation and uniformity, but a living, vibrant, diverse and joyful unity with the play of diversity:

“At present, the first great need of the psychological life of humanity is the growth towards a greater unity; but its need is that of a living unity, not in the externals of civilisation, in dress, manners, habits of life, details of political, social and economic order, not a uniformity, which is the unity towards which the mechanical age of civilisation has been driving, but a free development everywhere with a constant friendly interchange, a close understanding, a feeling of our common humanity, its great common ideals and the truths towards which it is driving and a certain unity and correlation of effort in the united human advance.  At present it may seem that this is better helped and advanced by many different nations and cultures living together in one political State-union than by their political separateness.  Temporarily, this may be true to a certain extent, but let us see within what limits.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pg. 273

Economic Cooperation Is the Third Key Condition of a Free World-Union

Human society, as currently organised, encourages competition rather than cooperation.  There is an egoistic nationalism that builds upon individual egoism to try to optimize one’s own advantage at the expense of anyone or anything else.  The competitive marketplace energizes the vital forces of the society and has brought about both focus and results in terms of economic development, yet at an enormous cost in terms of  unequal access to resources and basic life requirements, the destruction of the environment through callous disregard and through the creation of pollution, and the negative impacts of techniques used to create artificial demand, planned obsolescence, and preference of one form of activity over another.

In a world-union built upon the basis of free self-determination and free association, the world can be seen as a unified whole and the pressures of competition at the expense of every other value or need can be eliminated.  By retaining a diversity within this world-union, there is obviously less efficiency than a top-down organized economic order.  Yet, the advantage of free self-determination cannot be overlooked.  If the central governing authority, however, looks upon itself as a coordinating factor rather than a determining factor in the economic life of society, there could remain substantial diversity of effort, based on traditional skill sets, educational focus, technological development, physical conditions and vital interest, while reducing or eliminating the raw aggressive competition that leads to corruption, domination and warfare.

Sri Aurobindo observes:  “…it is likely that once the element of struggle were removed from the political field, the stress of the same struggle in the economic field would greatly decrease.  The advantages of self-sufficiency and predominance, to which political rivalry and struggle and the possibility of hostile relations now give an enormous importance, would lose much of their stringency and the advantages of a freer give and take would become more easily visible.  It is obvious, for example, that an independent Finland would profit much more by encouraging the passage of Russian commerce through Finnish ports or an Italian Trieste by encouraging the passage of commerce of the present Austrian provinces than by setting up a barrier between itself and its natural feeders. … Throughout the world, the idea and fact of union once definitely prevailing, unity of interests would be more clearly seen and the greater advantage of agreement and mutual participation in a naturally harmonised life over the feverish artificial prosperity created by a stressing of separative barriers.  That stressing is inevitable in an order of struggle and international competition; it would be seen to be prejudicial in an order of peace and union which would make for mutual accommodation.  The principle of a free world-union being that of the settlement of common affairs by common agreement, this could not be confined to the removal of political differences and the arrangement of political relations alone, but must naturally extend to economic differences and economic relations as well.  To the removal of war and the recognition of the right of self-determination of the peoples the arrangement of the economic life of the world in its new order by mutual and common agreement would have to be added as the third condition of a free union.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pp. 272-273

A Free World-Union Must Eliminate War and Support Free Association and Expression of All Peoples

It is difficult for us to imagine a world-order founded on a totally different set of principles than what we have heretofore experienced.  Humanity has always based its associations on power relationships, where larger and stronger States held sway over smaller and weaker ones.  This also led to the suppression of the free expression of people who became subjects of those stronger powers and thus, had to abide by the dictates of the ruling elite of that system of governance, whether nation or empire.

In a system based, rather, on a free self-determination of people as to their groupings within a global unification of humanity, a much different dynamic is at work.  Sri Aurobindo describes the conditions that would have to come into play to shift humanity to this new, more mature, model of world unity with diversity and freedom of self-determination:

“Military necessity of forced union for strength of defense or for power of aggression would be non-existent, because war would no longer be possible; force as the arbiter of international differences and a free world-union are two quite incompatible ideas and practically could not coexist.  The political necessity would also disappear; for it is largely made up of that very spirit of conflict and the consequent insecure conditions of international life apportioning predominance in the world to the physically and organically strongest nations out of which the military necessity arose.  In a free world-union determining its affairs and settling its differences by agreement or, where agreement failed, by arbitration, the only political advantage of including large masses of men not otherwise allied to each other in a single State would be the greater influence arising from mass and population.  But this influence could not work if the inclusion were against the will of the nations brought together in the State; for then it would rather be a source of weakness and disunion in the State’s international action — unless indeed it were allowed in the international system to weigh by its bulk and population without regard to the will and opinion of the people’s constituting it. … But this would be contrary to the modern sense of justice and reason and incompatible with the principle of freedom which could alone ensure a sound and peaceful basis for the world-arrangement.  Thus the elimination of war and the settlement of differences by peaceful means would remove the military necessity for forced unions, while the right of every people to a free voice and status in the world would remove its political necessity and advantage.  The elimination of war and the recognition of the equal rights of all peoples are intimately bound up with each other.  That interdependence, admitted for a moment, even though imperfectly, during the European conflict, will have to be permanently accepted if there is to be any unification of the race.”

Sri Aurobindo, The Ideal of Human Unity, Part Two, Chapter 31, The Conditions of a Free World-Union, pp. 271-272


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Redfield Battle Zone 6-18 x 44. Excellent condition, no ring marks, three interchangeable elevation turrets included for MOA, .223 55gr and .308 168gr.
I purchased new for $495, has only ever been on my .223. Will be sent in the original box with warranty and instruction booklets. Happy to post at buyers expense.

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Add “a phone number I never gave Facebook for targeted advertising” to the list of deceptive and invasive ways Facebook makes money off your personal information. Contrary to user expectations and Facebook representatives’ own previous statements, the company has been using contact information that users explicitly provided for security purposes—or that users never provided at all—for targeted advertising.

A group of academic researchers from Northeastern University and Princeton University, along with Gizmodo reporters, have used real-world tests to demonstrate how Facebook’s latest deceptive practice works. They found that Facebook harvests user phone numbers for targeted advertising in two disturbing ways: two-factor authentication (2FA) phone numbers, and “shadow” contact information.

Two-Factor Authentication Is Not The Problem

First, when a user gives Facebook their number for security purposes—to set up 2FA, or to receive alerts about new logins to their account—that phone number can become fair game for advertisers within weeks. (This is not the first time Facebook has misused 2FA phone numbers.)

But the important message for users is: this is not a reason to turn off or avoid 2FA. The problem is not with two-factor authentication. It’s not even a problem with the inherent weaknesses of SMS-based 2FA in particular. Instead, this is a problem with how Facebook has handled users’ information and violated their reasonable security and privacy expectations.

There are many types of 2FA. SMS-based 2FA requires a phone number, so you can receive a text with a “second factor” code when you log in. Other types of 2FA—like authenticator apps and hardware tokens—do not require a phone number to work. However, until just four months ago, Facebook required users to enter a phone number to turn on any type of 2FA, even though it offers its authenticator as a more secure alternative. Other companies—Google notable among them—also still follow that outdated practice.

Even with the welcome move to no longer require phone numbers for 2FA, Facebook still has work to do here. This finding has not only validated users who are suspicious of Facebook's repeated claims that we have “complete control” over our own information, but has also seriously damaged users’ trust in a foundational security practice.

Until Facebook and other companies do better, users who need privacy and security most—especially those for whom using an authenticator app or hardware key is not feasible—will be forced into a corner.

Shadow Contact Information

Second, Facebook is also grabbing your contact information from your friends. Kash Hill of Gizmodo provides an example:

...if User A, whom we’ll call Anna, shares her contacts with Facebook, including a previously unknown phone number for User B, whom we’ll call Ben, advertisers will be able to target Ben with an ad using that phone number, which I call “shadow contact information,” about a month later.

This means that, even if you never directly handed a particular phone number over to Facebook, advertisers may nevertheless be able to associate it with your account based on your friends’ phone books.

Even worse, none of this is accessible or transparent to users. You can’t find such “shadow” contact information in the “contact and basic info” section of your profile; users in Europe can’t even get their hands on it despite explicit requirements under the GDPR that a company give users a “right to know” what information it has on them.

As Facebook attempts to salvage its reputation among users in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, it needs to put its money where its mouth is. Wiping 2FA numbers and “shadow” contact data from non-essential use would be a good start.

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More single bags

Another half dozen or so varied single bags from different record labels on the site. There’s no special plan to this, just whatever happens to be at hand when I can find a few spare moments with the scanner. Here’s … Continue reading

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Record Store Day

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The death of Storm Thorgerson, one of the founders of the Hipgnosis design team, brings an end to over forty years of striking and ground-breaking album sleeves which he and his partner were responsible for. By way of tribute, I’ve … Continue reading

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A couple of nice old record shop adverts, for Smiths and provincial record shops, which I scanned recently

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Great Article In Men’s Health On Weights and Longevity

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A recent study from Penn State College of Medicine revealed that strength training reduced the risk of death in subjects aged 65 and older. The study surveyed people 65 and older about their exercise habits and then followed them for a 15 year period. Of the less than 10 percent of subjects who lifted weights, they were 46 percent less likely to die during the course of the study than other subjects.

Strength training combats the age-related muscle loss which occurs over time, improves bone density, and is also correlated with improved mood, memory and concentration. Even individuals who have never weight trained in the past can easily incorporate resistance training into their regular routine and reap the multiple benefits which it confers.

Will You Ever See Your Abs? REPOST

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One of the most common questions I get from people is how to lose belly fat and get defined abs. Since a tight midsection is one of the most enviable and desirable body attributes, I am never surprised by these inquiries. I have noticed that there is a relatively common misconception that defined abs come solely from exercise, which is definitely not the case. While a certain amount of development in the abdominal muscles must be present for the washboard appearance which many people covet, an individual’s food choices often interfere with the quest for six-pack abs.

If you really want to see abdominal definition, you need to eliminate the following foods from your diet:

Processed foods (including crackers, luncheon meats, cheese, chips, breads)
Foods high in saturated fat (red meat, fast foods)
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Though it may be difficult at first to eliminate the foods listed, you will notice over time that your palate will adjust and that food cravings will subside. That’s because processed foods and sugar set up a vicious cycle in which you crave more bad foods when you consume them. Cut them out of your meal plan, and your cravings will subside. Another benefit of avoiding these foods is that you will avoid the rapid spikes in blood sugar and insulin which they trigger. Why is this important? Because sharp spikes in insulin release promote increased fat deposition in the midsection.

Another dramatic change which you need to make is to drink plenty of water daily. My general rule is to buy an attractive 1 liter bottle, fill it 3 times during the course of a day, and drink all the water you put in that container.

If your abdominal muscles haven’t seen a sit-up in years, you should also incorporate abdominal exercises into your regimen. Here are my three favorite abdominal exercises which work for everyone, from beginners to advanced athletes:

bicycle crunches
ball crunches

If you are consistent with making healthy food choices and getting regular exercise, chances are good that you will see a toned tummy if you are already at a normal weight. If you are overweight, the healthier food choices will help you to slim down and get rid of belly fat, putting you on course for a tighter midsection.

Breaking Up With My Gym

Last December I severed ties with the gym that I had been a member of since 2004, and it honestly felt like a bad breakup.  I had been feeling very dissatisfied with the gym ever since ownership and management changed hands in November of 2017. Members had to deal with constant construction and renovation, which meant that some areas would be closed off for extended periods of time. When equipment broke down, the management would leave the machines sitting in a state of disrepair. The management removed great equipment and replaced it with new, yet cheaply made items. I was also quite frustrated when the management decided to remove the prone leg curl machine, citing two different possible reasons:

1. Female members were getting upset about male members staring at their asses, or
2. The wrong machine (a second seated leg curl) was delivered, and the management decided to keep it.

Both explanations are completely lame. If the management was so concerned about men staring at the gluteal regions of the female members, then why would they keep the butt blaster machine? Another reason why the first explanation especially irked me is that the promotional video which constantly plays throughout the gym features a rather mannish Spin instructor who has several closeups featuring her sweat-laden, exposed, muscular decollete. I have always found this footage offensive, and I will always refer to the instructor as Miss Sweaty Boobs. It’s disgusting. And if the wrong machine was in fact delivered, then I would think the company from which they purchased the machine would take responsibility for the mistake and switch out the wrong machine with the correct one. It was bizarre trying to talk to staff members, not unlike speaking to a spineless, lying, cheating lover who can’t get his stories straight.

Another very frustrating thing which occurred was that though I had been paid up through the old owner for membership through 2022, the new owners decided not to honor that, instead telling me that they would be “generous” and honor membership through the end of 2018, provided I paid two “enhancement fees” of $25 each at different intervals during the year to keep the membership active. It didn’t matter that I had paid so much money up front to ensure that my membership would be paid for well in advance.

I honestly feel that NONE of the changes the new owner and management made were beneficial to members. The renovations to the facility are STILL NOT FINISHED! When I inquired about membership renewal, I was told what the monthly rate would be, which made me snicker because it was rather high. In addition, I was told that I would have to pay a $54 activation fee, yet another employee told me this would not be a new membership, but just a renewal. More lies in a toxic relationship were being fed to me. The last straw was when they ran my card for duplicate charges, yet wouldn’t issue a credit for the duplicate charge back to my card.

At that point it was time for me to break up.

I severed ties with the old gym, and signed up with two other gym groups. What’s funny is that the total charges for the two gyms I signed up with are less than the amount I would have paid at the old gym.  How’s that for a toxic relationship where I got stuck paying for a high maintenance partner?

I love the new gyms I work out at, and what’s even better is that both gyms are part of chains, meaning I can go to other locations when I am traveling. I can visit a network of over 400 clubs with one group, and over 80 clubs with the other. That sure beats going to ONE busted up, half-finished gym which only cares about money.

There was one final incident which really upset me, which occurred the day after Christmas. Keep in mind that my membership at the old gym was valid through December 31st, 2018. I went to the gym and worked out, and when I was on my final exercise for the day, the manager approached me and asked me what I was doing there. She stated that she was quite sure that my membership had expired on December 24th. She told me she was going to have to check my account. Fine. When she didn’t return, I knew that she realized her error, and was probably too embarrassed to admit that she was mistaken in her assumption.

Has anyone else dealt with a similar situation?


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What about Winnipeg?

Two schools for university students to consider in Manitoba’s capital

University of Winnipeg. (University of Winnipeg)

University of Manitoba

“Here at the University of Manitoba, we like to toot our own horn. Our university may not be highly ranked, but we have so much to be thrilled with. The satisfaction kicks in as you drive down Chancellor Matheson Road, which provides a glimpse of the Fort Garry campus’s rich architectural history. That includes the iconic 1912 Administration Building, which, like several others on campus, has an awe-inspiring design. It was one of the first buildings constructed when the university replaced the Manitoba Agricultural College at the Fort Garry site. Beside it is the University Centre—the campus hub. It houses the glitzy Campo Food Court, the bookstore, the Hub Pub, the Gallery of Student Art, a mosque, and other facilities catering to the daily needs of students.” – University Insider Tobi Nifesi

University of Winnipeg

“The University of Winnipeg is known as the downtown castle. Wesley Hall—which looks like a castle—faces out onto busy Portage Avenue, so it’s inevitable that everyone talks about the Winnipeg castle.The university is also known for being the home of an artistic crowd. There are about 9,000 students on campus, so it’s not too crowded.
Another great thing about having small class sizes—sometimes as small as five people—is that the profs will actually know who you are. If you want to work for the university—as a research assistant, for example—you likely won’t have too much of an issue getting that position. If you need a referral from a prof for a job, you’ll probably be friendly enough with one who will help you out.” – University Insider Skylar Smallacombe


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We offer a robust lecture and exhibits program to foster discovery and demonstrate the research value of the collections. All events and exhibits free and open to the public. For more information please contact Polina Ilieva.

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The exhibit highlights ways individual professionals affiliated with UCSF acted to address HIV/AIDS following its outbreak in the 1980s.

Past events

Symposium: Memory Lives On: Documenting the HIV/AIDS Epidemic
October 14–5, 2019 video recording

In Whose Best Interest? Children, Aspirin Poisoning, and the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1947-1976
October 18, 2019

Elderhood Author Louise Aronson in Conversation with Sharon Kaufman
September 18, 2019 video recording

Documenting While Black
August 14, 2019 video recording

Heart to Heart: Dr. Sandeep Jauhar in Conversation with Dr. Victoria Sweet
March 22, 2019 video recording

What Came Before Zero? STIs Among Men Who Had Sex With Men in California, 1945-1965
Richard McKay, D.Phil
January 10, 2019

Lest We Forget: Slavery, Race and the Birth of American Gynecology
Associate Professor of History Deirdre Cooper Owens
December 10, 2018 video recording

Medicine as Mission: Black Women Physicians’ Careers, 1864-1941
Meg Vigil-Fowler, PhD., with Renee Navarro, MD and Aimee Medeiros, PhD
October 10, 2018 video recording

Group Weight Loss and Multiple Screening: A Tale of Two Heart Disease Programs and the Problems of Postwar American Public Health
Nicolas Rasmussen
June 7, 2018 video recording

A Long Way from Wisconsin — The Work and Wanderings of Henry Wellcome
Marilyn McEntyre
April 24, 2018 video recording

The Evolution of Urology at UCSF
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Tchilinghirian, S. D.; Ashford, P. T.: The Postage Stamps of Armenia. – Bristol, 1953. The British Society of Russian Philately

A extremely solid and systematic work. The foundation of most of the Research on Armenian stamps and postal history. It is very hard to get and prices are quite high.

Ceresa, R.J.: The Postage Stamps of Russia 1917 – 1923 Volume 1. Armenia

Based in large parts on the work of Tchilinghirian and greatly enhanced with a lot of detail from over 40 years of collection and researching. Especially forgeries are described in large detail. Ceresa had thees books printed in private. Its a bit easier to find on the market than the books from Tchilinghirian.

Zakiyan-Saltikoff, Post and Postage Stamps of Armenia, Erivan 1988

The collectors and authors in soviet Armenia were not as free as there colleagues in the western world. The soviets did not like it when national informations were promoted. Zakiyan is the first expert that published a book on Armenian stamps and postal history in Armenia. The book is written entirely in Russian.

Zakiyan, Armenia Postage Stamps, Fiscal Stamps, Postage Cancels, 2003 Erivan

An updated work with less detail on specialties and forgeries. New is the section about fiscal stamps. The book is written in Russian, Armenian and English. Print run was apparently only 500. Its probably still possibly to buy them.

Artashes Taroumian, Artar Catalog 2010

The first specialized catalog for Armenian stamps. Its obvious, a lot of effort went into this book. Print and layout are exceptionally well executed. There are many pictures of stamps and covers. There is also one large drawback. The author seems to be very frank regarding new items and varieties. Were Tchilinghirian and Zakiyan only accept items (overprints etc.) as genuine, when the authenticity can be proven or has been proven, Taroumian lists several new finds without a proof. There are pictures of cancels from Erevan and Aleksandropol which are described by Ceresa and Tchilinghirian as fake. The D.1d type that is listed as forgery in Tchilinghirian is pictured here as Type c.
The catalog tries to correct many of the errors that catalogs like Michel and Gibbons make by introducing new defined prices. I like a lot of this, but her is also some room for discussion. As an example: the prices for canceled stamps where town and date is readable should in my opinion much higher. Also, some cancels are very rare and its important to distinguish between CTO and real usage.

Liapin Catalog 2009 – The Catalogue of the Postage Stamps of Russia 1856 – 1991, Moscow 2008

The catalog also lists the stamps issued in Armenia from 1918 till 1923. Numbering and pictures of the types of the overprints are used from Zakyian. Over the counter productions are not listed, since Zakyian disapproved of them. They are still legitimate stamps that were back then valid and also used for postal services.


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Abubacarr Tambadou, Minister of Justice, on the Janneh Commission Report.

Today’s ceremony is the culmination of nearly two years of painstaking investigations by the Commission of Inquiry into the Financial Activities of Public Bodies, Enterprises and Offices as regards their dealings with Former President Yahya Jammeh. Allow me to state from the outset that due to various constraints including limited time, the Commission could not look into all the financial activities of former President Jammeh, but there was no illusion about the magnitude of the task entrusted to the Commission, and the challenge was no doubt daunting. It is impressive that they were able to complete their work within a period of 18 months given that their temporal mandate covered a 22 year period from July 1994 to January 2017.

More impressive is the fact that they were able to sift through thousands of transcripts of 253 witness testimonies and other documentary evidence, analyse and make sense of the information collected, and produce a report in 9 volumes all within this short period. It demonstrates commitment, dedication to duty, responsibility, and above all the zeal and patriotism with which the Commission has carried out its work.

Your Excellency,
The Commission’s Report exposes former President Jammeh’s financial activities ranging from complex webs of intricate and sophisticated international financial transactions that bear all the hallmarks of criminality and money laundering in particular aided by his close associates, to shameless acts of brazen outright thievery at the Central Bank of The Gambia.

The total amount of money spent by the Commission from its inception in July 2017 to date is D50,951,261. This includes all the expenses incurred in the course of their investigations including but not limited to honorarium paid to the three Commissioners and 58 staff working full time at the Commission throughout this period, counsel’s fees, fuel, stationery, food, security, rentals etc.

However, this figure pales in comparison to the huge amounts of money embezzled by the former President and his close associates which the Commission has uncovered and which we intend to recover. For instance, it has now been established that the former President alone pilfered at least D1,065,012,512; $304, 718, 071; 29, 475, 269 Euros; and 2,250,000 Pounds Sterling. This is a staggering amount of money that could have had significant impact on the lives of the ordinary people of this country, in health, in education, in agriculture and many other priority areas. Instead, it was money used to satisfy the pretentious and delusional lifestyle of an egotistic megalomaniac; acts that were both unconscionable and criminal.

Meanwhile, Your Excellency, the Commission was also able to generate income for the State in the course of its work totaling D100,617,442 and $498,481 discovered from hidden accounts at local commercial banks, the sale of recovered tractors and other items. Moreover, we intend to recover the entire cost of the Commission’s investigations by making those against whom adverse findings have been made to bear the costs of recovery in proportion to their responsibilities.

Your Excellency,
The work of the Commission should not be measured in monetary terms alone. I am proud to report that largely because of their work, conducted in a professional manner with respect for and adherence to due process, fairness and transparency: we have exposed the alarming scale of corruption of the former President and his close associates; we have now established that he claimed title to 281 landed properties in the country; we have shared information generated in the course of the Commission’s work with foreign governments that are assisting us with the tracking and recovery of assets abroad and which led to the freezing of the Potomac residence by US authorities; we now know that the value of his Kanilai assets alone are worth D1,404, 000; and we have seen a tightening of financial regulations by government departments and agencies to prevent corruption and financial leakages in the system.

More importantly, we now have a legal basis for our recovery efforts going forward. Allow me to re-iterate that our primary objective henceforth is to recover as much as possible if not all, and we will use all legal means at our disposal including civil and criminal proceedings to achieve our objective. All options are on the table and we are not ruling anything out. We now have six months to study the details of the Report and advise the President on appropriate actions. His excellency will then decide whether or not to publish the Report or any part thereof.

Before concluding, allow me to extend my sincere gratitude to the Chairman, Mr SBS Janneh, his fellow Commissioners Mr Bai Mass Saine and Ms Abiosseh George, and of course the indefatigable Counsel who assisted the Commissioners, Mrs Amie Bensouda for their hard work and commitment throughout the work of the Commission. They have displayed remarkable maturity, patience, and adherence to and respect for due process, fair hearing and the rules of natural justice in general. It clearly demonstrates that we have what it takes to handle our own affairs with the highest standards without resorting to foreign assistance in many governance areas. Those who were around to see the commissions at work following the military coup in 1994 would not have failed to notice the marked difference in proceedings between those commissions and this one.

I salute the courage of these group of commissioners for accepting this challenging but noble task for our country and I re-iterate their statement in the Report that the most important feature of their work “is the potential to help shape the future direction of our country by avoiding some of the exposed pitfalls and follies of the past 22 years”.
Finally, I wish to thank many who have supported the work of the Commission. These include my own staff from the Ministry of Justice, former Secretary to the Commission Mr Alhaji Kurang, the lawyers, the investigators including members of The Gambia Police Force, the clerks, the drivers and the security personnel who were deployed at both the residences of the Commissioners and at the seat of the Commission. We thank you all

Janneh Commission


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Exports by Industry: a data cube slice

Scottish international exports and Scottish exports to the rest of the UK broken down by industry sector.

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Export Destination
  1. EU
  2. International
  3. Non-EU
  4. Rest of UK
  5. Total
Industry Sector (Sic 07)
  1. Accommodation and Food Services (Section I)
  2. Administrative and Support Services (Section N)
  3. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (Section A)
  4. Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery (Section CH)
  5. Basic Pharmaceuticals and Their Products (Section CF)
  6. Coke, Refined Petroleum Products, Chemicals and Chemical Products (Section CD,CE)
  7. Computer, Electronic and Optical Products (Section CI)
  8. Construction (Section F)
  9. Education (Section P)
  10. Electrical Equipment (Section CJ)
  11. Financial and Insurance (Section K)
  12. Food Products, Beverages and Tobacco Products (Section CA)
  13. Furniture, Other Manufacturing; Repair and Installation of Machinery and Equipment (Section CM)
  14. Information and Communication (Section J)
  15. Machinery and Equipment N.E.C. (Section CK)
  16. Mining & Quarrying (Section B)
  17. Other Services (Section (Q-U)
  18. Professional, Scientific & Technical (Section M)
  19. Real Estate Activities (Section L)
  20. Rubber, Plastic and Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products (Section CG)
  21. Textiles, Wearing Apparel and Leather (Section CB)
  22. Total
  23. Total Manufacturing
  24. Total Services
  25. Transport Equipment (Section CL)
  26. Transportation and Storage (Section H)
  27. Utilities (Section D,E)
  28. Wholesale, Retail and Repairs (Section G)
  29. Wood and Paper Products, and Printing (Section CC)
Measure Type
  1. Count
Reference Period
  1. 2002
  2. 2003
  3. 2004
  4. 2005
  5. 2006
  6. 2007
  7. 2008
  8. 2009
  9. 2010
  10. 2011
  11. 2012
  12. 2013
  13. 2014
  14. 2015
  15. 2016
  16. 2017
Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data)
  1. Countries
Entire dataset
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January 2020

The Scottish Government produces a National Statistics publication, Export Statistics Scotland, which estimates the nominal value of Scottish exports (excluding oil and gas) at sector level. It includes estimates for goods and service exports and is the only source of estimates for exports from Scotland to the rest of the UK.

Confidentiality Policy

Company specific details and any data from which it might be possible to identify individual companies will not be published.

Quality Management

Following the collection of data on exports, the data are cleaned and quality assured by Scottish Government statisticians. Outputs are subject to rigorous quality assurance and where possible other sources are used to review figures.

Accuracy and Reliability

Export Statistics Scotland is a National Statistic, certified by the UK Statistics Authority as compliant with its Code of Practice for Official Statistics. The code of practice is available here.

Coherence and Comparability

There is no UK survey which compares exactly with Export Statistics Scotland. Section 8 of the publication provides charts and commentary comparing Export Statistics Scotland export estimates with other UK and Scottish sources. Total exports for the UK which combine HMRC Overseas Trade Statistics and the UK International Trade in Services are published by ONS:

Accessibility and Clarity

These statistics are published in the Export Statistics Scotland National Statistics publication. The data are published in Excel format and is also available as a PDF with accompanying commentary, available here.

The results of this survey are of interest to government policy makers, politicians, the business community, economic commentators, academics and members of the general public with an interest in the Scottish economy. The international exports estimate in is used in National Indicator to “Increase exports”. Further information on this can be found on the Scotland Performs website:

Timeliness and Punctuality

The publication is published January each year, with the 2017 publication published in January 2019.

Estimates for previous years are revised from those published in the previous year and are largely due to new information being provided by companies. The most recent results are provisional, and are likely to be revised in the future when improved information becomes available.

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A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values

Dimension Locked Value
Reference Period
Industry Sector (Sic 07)
Coke, Refined Petroleum Products, Chemicals and Chemical Products (Section CD,CE)
Export Destination
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Reference Area
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Measure Type
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