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[rana padded: Under this umbrella Hamadeh considers notions of alien-ness – as that which is outcast with regards to the law as well as that which is extraterrestrial. Departing from her claim that justice is the extent to which one has access to the dramatic means of representation – the measure to which one can access theatre – the focal point of the exhibition is an eight-channel sound play, Can You Pull in an Actor with a Fishhook or Tie Down His Tongue With a Rope]<IMG><I_844><I_680><I_7055><I_6120><I_680><I_28><I_7186><I_7067><I_7055><I_2315><I_2315><I_7225><I_7055><I_2218><I_7055><I_6133><I_2315><I_4430><I_2315><I_7055><I_7186><I_7055><I_6171><I_2315><I_2795><I_6133><I_3710><I_3710><I_7055><I_7055><I_7055><I_1977></IMG>
Can You Pull In An Actor With A Fishhook
Or Tie Down His Tongue With A Rope?
Visual and performance artist Rana Hamadeh develops long-term research projects that think through systems of justice, militarism, histories of sanitation, and theatre. Invested in a curatorial approach within her artistic practice, she works on long-term discursive, research projects that operate as umbrellas for a growing series of performances, choreographic/cartographic works, installations as stage sets, and writing projects. Her work stems from an extended investigation into specific concepts and terms, treating the field of theory as fiction. For her exhibition and performance at Gallery TPW, Hamadeh presents a new iteration of her long-standing research project Alien Encounters. Under this umbrella Hamadeh considers notions of alien-ness – as that which is outcast with regards to the law as well as that which is extraterrestrial.
Departing from her claim that justice is the extent to which one has access to the dramatic means of representation – the measure to which one can access theatre – the focal point of the exhibition is an eight-channel sound play, Can You Pull in an Actor with a Fishhook or Tie Down His Tongue With a Rope? (2014). The work takes the Shi’ite ceremony of Ashura, as a field for commentary and research. The theatrical religious ceremony restages the battle of Karbala during which Imam Al Hussein (626–80 AD), the grandson of Prophet Mohammad and an allegorical reference to the figure of the oppressed, was killed. Through a series of rites and orations over the course of ten days each year, Ashura mourners recount the battle’s events, weep and inflict wounds onto their bodies. Fluctuating between the theatrical and the actual witnessing of the crime, Ashura mourners constitute themselves as testimonial subjects while embodying the roles of the oppressor and the oppressed at once. Treating Ashura as a dramaturgical framework that underlies the entire politics of oppression in Lebanon and Syria, Hamadeh decodes, reorders and re-choreographs the ceremony’s theatrical components and considers whether it is possible to script Justice – to rehearse, narrate, weep, chant, choreograph, or even spectate justice.
Hamadeh comes to Toronto via collaboration with Western Front Gallery in Vancouver, with generous financial support of the Mondriaan Fund.
Rana Hamadeh is from Beirut, Lebanon and is currently based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her work has been shown at Western Front, the 8th Liverpool Biennial, The New Museum, CCA Wattis Institute, EVA International, KIOSK and Steirischer Herbst Festival (2014); 12th Lyon Biennale, The Lisson Gallery, Beirut, Witte de With (2013); Townhouse Gallery (2012); Van Abbemuseum (2011); Beirut Art Center (2010). She has an MFA from the Dutch Art Institute/ArtEZ, and is currently auditing within the Curatorial Knowledge PhD programme at Goldsmiths University, London.
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[How To Make Sense of Bitcoin (And Trade It). Their contention is that Bitcoin is so new and so misunderstood that its inherent volatility will lead to a crash before it could become a viable currency]<IMG><I_2262><I_2157><I_3904><I_6296><I_2157><I_2788><I_6003><I_1694><I_6003><I_2157><I_2157><I_3904><I_6003><I_6003><I_2123><I_5611><I_3449><I_1643><I_3449><I_2123><I_6003><I_3904><I_6003><I_3449><I_6003><I_2720><I_5605><I_1694><I_6296><I_6003><I_5611><I_3187></IMG>
Bitcoin is one of the least understood terms of 2018. Many people confuse it with blockchain, which is the technology Bitcoin is based on, while others confuse it with cryptocurrency, while Bitcoin is actually one of many digital currencies billed as alternatives to fiat currency.
A blockchain is essentially a decentralized database, spread out over many computers, that is nearly impossible to fabricate. Because all the participants in the network are incentivised to do the work necessary to validate transactions and add blocks to the chain legitimately, it is in theory, the most secure way of maintaining a record of ownership. Bitcoin was introduced in a 2009 white paper by a programmer named Satoshi Nakamoto, who outlined the initial protocol for a blockchain.
The Establishment’s Take on Bitcoin
Many bankers have been sounding the alarm about Bitcoin for a long time. Their contention is that Bitcoin is so new and so misunderstood that its inherent volatility will lead to a crash before it could become a viable currency. And the anonymous nature makes it a natural form of payment for illegal drugs and other bad stuff on the Dark Web. That does not make for a stable asset.
That may be true. And it might not be. There is no way for anyone to know how all this is going to turn out, least of all bankers that have a vested interested in slowing down a technology that could imperil their monopoly. That is why you do not take Bitcoin predictions from legacy Wall Streeters very seriously. Their level of commitment to fiat currency and all the advantages that their exalted status entails precludes objectivity.
Riding the Bitcoin Wave
Day traders make money off volatility. There is no better profit center than a market that cannot decide which way to go. And cryptocurrencies could be the most volatile asset class in history. There is not much that stocks and bonds could do to outstrip Bitcoin in terms of being a mover and shaker. Bitcoin jumped up to a valuation of $20,000 in late 2017, after starting the year under $1,000. Now it is back in the $6,000 to $8,000 range. That fluctuation with all the opportunity that experienced traders can take advantage of.
Novice day traders need to treat the Bitcoin market with extreme caution. First of all, there not a wide range of online exchanges and brokers that can handle Bitcoin transactions in a way that makes sense for high frequency traders. Coinbase, the most popular and relatively stable crypto exchange, can take up to a week to process US dollars into cryptocurrency. That is not conducive to taking advantage of intense swings in the market.
A Wait and See Approach
What might be the most prudent approach to crypto investing is a long term one. Do your research and fully understand how Bitcoin works and what the differences are in all the other crypto networks. Checking out the Warrior Trading Instagram or Facebook page is another source of updates as well. Ethereum, for example, was designed to be able to execute contracts in addition to serving as a digital currency. The security chops on Ether, the currency of the Ethereum blockchain make it likely to serve as the base for a Fortune 500 company’s foray into blockchain tech. That gives Ethereum a leg up in the long view. So that might be the one to keep buying and holding.
No matter what strategy you follow, know that blockchain innovation could be propelling the next wave of digital companies to new heights. Just be ready to make money off the ride.
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The Gods of Cosmothea Part 3 of 4
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On Adara, Cathor and other worlds, Seth’s Brotherhood became very powerful. Seth’s sister, Mithra, the Sun Goddess and Holy Mother of Paragons, began anointing paragons to stand against her brother’s forces, in hopes of restoring peace in the land of mortals, blessing them with many powerful miracles. Then she lifted up her greatest champions on Cathor, paragons of pure heart, and blessed them with objects of power, and positions of prestige.
The Legion of Good was the first among them, great holy warriors, exemplary paragons, and although it was not Mithra’s intent, she found such actions rapidly increased the number of her followers as others hoped to be blessed like their brethren. And so the religion of Mithraism grew powerful along with her champions and slowly they managed to push back the tide of Seth’s militant brotherhood.
Seeing the impact Mithra had made by bestowing gifts upon her servants, many of the other gods followed suit, desiring champions and more followers, creating artifacts and other objects of power, but the One Above All was not pleased and continued to lift up not champions, but common, flawed mortals, without pomp and spectacle into influential positions. While the One Above All’s followers did great things in his name, the flashier, celebrated heroes of the lesser gods became legendary, their gods’ religions spreading far and wide.
The evil gods, conspired to outdo Mithra’s “blessings” and started boosting their own champions, conducting raids upon Mithra’s temples wherever they were built.
A time came when the greater gods grew concerned that the One Above All’s patience might be wearing thin, and realized their own quests for glory might not be in the best interest of the mortals whom the One Above All seemed to care so much about for whatever reason. Further, they feared the Infinitars and Eternals might carry the trend further still, as they had far fewer followers, and so they began meeting in secret to discuss the matter.
Forming the High Council of the gods, these greater gods, called High Celestials for they had each conquered a dimension and could bring about its full power to bear at will, did not consult the One Above All, nor invite the Illuminari nor the lesser gods to their meetings. They agreed to slow production of their artifacts and gifts to the mortals and regulate intervention, drafting the Laws of Limited Intervention, which they forced upon the lesser gods.
When all was in place, the High Council of the Gods revealed their plans. The lesser gods protested, but were not allowed to enter, much less speak at the High Council meetings. Ranos, the only Celestial other than Chronus to never have conquered a dimension of his own, loathed the High Celestials, but bid the lesser gods remain quiet for a time. The Infinitars and Eternals thought he was planning to betray them, and waited, but instead, Ranos was secretly gathering an army to conquer the Shadow Plane so that he too could become a High Celestial and sit on the council.
As for the Illuminarii, Kyara was still missing, Xokilar, returned from the dead, had gone off to investigate a magical phenomenon in Cosmothea, the dimension of magic, leaving only Zuledragar who never listened to them anyway. In fact, they were afraid of the dark illuminarii and wanted nothing to do with him. Zuledragar had grown quite talented at pitting the gods against each other and had even set Gyria against her own father, Lucifer, keeping him from being released when she could have intervened.
The High Celestials were either ignorant or unconcerned as they went about their business of monitoring the lesser gods to ensure the laws were followed, all the while finding clever ways of breaking the laws themselves. Their followers still ascended to positions of power on many worlds and gifts still found their ways into the hands of their champions.
Welcome to QT Games! Mission Never publish junk or waste people's time. Publish only high-quality fiction and games. 'Nuff said. Company Overview QT Games LLC was created to publish blended-genre (fantasy blended with sci-fi, etc.) fiction, board, card and roleplaying games for a discerning gaming community. Unlike most small press, we have very strict standards: Only pro writing, pro editing and pro art. That means that if we can't get it right, we find someone who can. We pay well for what we don't do in-house. We don't cut corners on quality. This means we stand to make less money than other small publishers, but that's okay with us. We value your time and money, so we're willing to take the bullet. We've designed a large number of games and written a pile of stories. Now we're polishing some of them and getting them out the door. 'Bout time, we know. Good stuff ahead!
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Wouldn’t it be great if your teeth could heal themselves without the need of a painful root canal?
What if damaged teeth could heal themselves without the need of a root canal? Apparently, that’s what Harvard and the University of Nottingham are trying to figure out. They believe they can create stem cell stimulated fillings.
Worldwide, dentists treat hundreds of millions of cavities each year by drilling out the decayed part of the tooth and replacing it with a filling. According to Popular Science, the problem is up to 15 percent of those procedures will fail, which will lead to a root canal to remove the tooth’s pulp, a soft tissue in the center of the tooth that contains blood vessels, nerves, and connective tissue. The downside is, following a root canal, the tooth’s strength is weaker and could eventually need to be removed.
Adam Celiz is a therapeutic biomaterials researcher who believes that stem cells could help reduce the number of root canals and the need for dentures. Celiz and his team developed a new kind of filling that is made from stem cells that can help your tooth heal. Just like regular fillings, the biomaterial stem cells are injected into the tooth and hardened with ultra-violet light.
“Existing dental fillings are toxic to cells and are therefore incompatible with pulp tissue inside the tooth. In cases of dental pulp disease and injury, a root canal is typically performed to remove the infected tissues. We have designed synthetic biomaterials that can be used similarly to dental fillings but can be placed in direct contact with pulp tissue to stimulate the native stem cell population for repair and regeneration of pulp tissue and the surrounding dentin. ‘Our approach has great promise to impact the dental field and this prize provides a great platform to develop this technology further with industrial partners.”
Celiz believes that all fillings could be made of such regenerative material so that damaged teeth could heal themselves, which, in theory, would reduce the filling failures and could completely eliminate the need for root canals.
The researchers believe that if used on a damaged tooth, those stem cells can repair the tooth. It would mimic a filling but would have a very low risk of rejection or failure. The easiest way to explain it is the tooth would heal itself, with the help of the stem cell biomaterial injection.
According to Daily Mail, the research placed second in the materials category of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Emerging Technologies Competition in 2016. Applications were judged on the degree of innovation, the potential impact, and the quality of the science behind it.
Many dentists aren’t sure if stem cells have a place in dentistry. They suggest additional research to prove (or disprove) its benefits.
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There's a lot of ways to talk around this fact of life but the excuses are nothing more than politics and have very little to do with the real world.
The defeat makes the entire Democratic Party look weak and Prez Biden doesn't seem like he's in charge of much given that he can't even control his dog.
Of course hypocrite partisan "right-wing" scumbags are forgetting that Prez W. Bush started this losing fight with a dangerous religious fervor that set the U.S. down the impossible road of nation building.
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The mightiest military the world has ever witnessed retreated from a collection of very mean goat herders who are seemingly celebrating their conquest by putting all of their women in potato sacks.
The end game doesn't help Americans even as pundits attempt to spin the tragedy to the advantage of various demographic groups, superstitious sects or feeble ideologies.
White dudes are deathly (and justifiably) afraid of a world where they're no longer #1.
Our activist friends seem willfully ignorant of how much freedom they enjoy in the United States and that their antics wouldn't last 10 minutes in any other country. For the record, NO LIVES MATTER IN CHINA and most Asian countries are pretty remarkably and openly racist.
Amid culture war and a constant struggle to garner attention on divergent media platforms . . . Very few people understand the horrific cruelty required to support this American house of cards.
There was a "plan" to make the Taliban pay a devastating cost for embarrassing the U.S. military and, at the very least, put the fear of God into the fake Afghan turncoat army funded by American taxpayers . . . But it looks like Prez Biden blinked.
And so we're forced to endure a litany of Saigon references today.
Meanwhile, all that TKC can think about is BILLIONS WASTED IN AFGHANISTAN. All of that cash could have built high-speed rail across the continental U.S., sparked space exploration, saved the manatees, given us an extra year before AOC's doomsday 12 year deadline OR paid off student loan debt for losers who mistakenly majored in communication studies and freed up a great deal of cash so that bloggers could buy more chicken wings for amicable, chubby 30-something blondes with low standards.
Accordingly, and amid the decline of Western Civilization, we share these links and resources in hopes that our blog community of brilliant video game chair generals can make sense of all this . . .
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris avoided appearing on camera as Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan, fell to the Taliban on Saturday and Sunday. Biden spent the weekend at the Camp David presidential retreat, going on vacation as the situation worsened in Afghanistan.
Sen. Marshall on Afghanistan: Biden White House 'continues to get it wrong' on foreign policy
KANSAS CITY, KS (KCTV) --- U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall said Sunday's events in Afghanistan were caused by a "chaotic" pull out by the Biden Administration. "This White House continues to get it wrong every time on foreign policy," Marshall said.
LONDON - World leaders have expressed their dismay and concern at the chaotic scenes coming from Kabul, Afghanistan, with the Taliban now effectively taking control of the country. Since the U.S. began winding down its Afghan operation, the Taliban - which seeks to enforce an austere version of Islamic law - has been seizing new territory on an almost daily basis.
Thousands of Afghans have amassed on the tarmac at Kabul's international airport in the hours following the Taliban's breach of the city. The chaotic scenes at Hamid Karzai International Airport Monday captured by news crews and cell phones convey a terror and desperate rush to escape the country, which was now been entirely overrun by Taliban militants in the lead-up to the complete departure of U.S.
President Joe Biden and his administration struggled Sunday to project order amid a race by American and other foreign personnel to evacuate Afghanistan as Taliban fighters entered Kabul.
Afghanistan: US takes control of Kabul airport to evacuate staff from country
There have been scenes of panic at Kabul airport as desperate residents try to flee following the seizure of the Afghan capital by the Taliban. Eyewitnesses told the BBC that at least three civilians died on Monday in the chaos at the airport, which is being secured by US troops.
'Were all of our sacrifices wasted?' War veterans react to stunning Afghanistan collapse
'Were all of our sacrifices wasted?' Veterans of Afghanistan war grapple with collapse at hands of Taliban Rebekah Sanderlin has never been to Afghanistan, and yet she says the war-torn nation of 39 million has "permeated every single part of our lives'' for the last two decades.
KANSAS CITY, MO (KCTV) - The eyes of the world are on Afghanistan tonight as the government collapses while the United States withdrawals from the country, ending a 20 year campaign to transform the nation. Afghans around the world are mourning today, even right here in Kansas City.
China's state media mocked the US withdrawal in Afghanistan, saying the Taliban takeover was 'more smooth than the presidential transition in the US'
China's state media said the "power transition" in Afghanistan was smoother than the US presidential transfer of powers. The opinion was tweeted by Hu Xijin, the editor of the Global Times, part of China's state media. Hu referenced posts on Weibo, China's version of Twitter, that compared the Capitol riot to the Taliban's takeover.
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and other top U.S. officials were stunned on Sunday by the pace of the Taliban's nearly complete takeover of Afghanistan, as the planned withdrawal of American forces urgently became a mission to ensure a safe evacuation.
The chop of U.S. military helicopters whisking American diplomats to Kabul's airport punctuated a frantic rush by thousands of other foreigners and Afghans to flee to safety as well, as a stunningly swift Taliban takeover entered the heart of Afghanistan's capital.
One last thing . . . We normally don't share stuff that we actually like . . . But . . . Given that we've seen the "Fall of Saigon" part deux and the U.S. is mired in economic inequity, racial hateration and a declining t-cell count amid plauge like some 1979 New York City disco queen who can't quite shake a persistent cough . . . This tune seems apropos and reminds us that societies rise and fall but the song remains the same . . .
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In a UV-steriliser, the aquarium water is directed as a thin film past a UV-C lamp (burner). The UV-C radiation penetrates the water and kills off microorganisms, algae spores and other small organisms.
Using conventional technology the water is only irradiated on one side. EHEIM on the other hand has built in a reflector, via which the reflected radiation penetrates the water from more sides. Thus reeflexUV achieves a significantly higher performance level.
Furthermore, the EHEIM reeflexUV doesn’t have a complicated water flow system. The water is not redirected and flows around the burner without detours. So there is no loss of performance.
The AUTO OFF ensures an optimum level of safety. Since UV-C radiation can cause
to the small amount of water. It is worth reducing this and bringing it back to a normal level. However, the aquarium water should never be completely bacteria free.
damage to skin and eyes, reeflexUV switches off immediately when the device is opened.
What you should also know:
Compared to normal waters the bacterial count in an aquarium is relatively high due substrate are spared.
Torbidity in the water, caused by bacteria or floating algae, is removed very efficiently by the UV-sterilisation. Basically algae growth is curbed, because the spores are killed off.
UV-sterilisers generally ensure healthier fish, because the risk of infection is reduced. A UV-steriliser is especially recommended for breeding tanks, because dangerous pathogens colonise on eggs or infect young livestock, which don’t yet possess enough power of resistance.
UV-sterilisation in general doesn’t cause any kind of changes to the water values.
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HD Radio is a broadcast technology that adds digitally encoded information to an analog AM or FM station. Where once you were limited to listening to, say, 101.1 in New York City, the broadcaster has added a news and talk channel as well as a sports channel to the same 101.1 MHz frequency. The best part is that HD Radio is completely free. If the tuner in your vehicle has this feature, you can make use of it without any activation or subscription costs.
How Does FM Radio Work?
Without getting too technical, each FM radio station in North America is assigned a specific range of frequencies it can use to broadcast its content. The limits for analog FM radio station frequencies are 88.1 to 107.9 MHz, and each station has 200 kHz of bandwidth to transmit both a mono and a stereo signal. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in the US and Industry Canada (IC) control the standards and handle licensing in their respective countries. As such, you can’t just build a radio transmitter and start broadcasting a station from your basement.
Technically, with 20 MHz of bandwidth, there is room for 100 stations within 88 and 108 MHz to simultaneously broadcast within the same area. In reality, few cities have that many radio stations. The FCC and IC see to it that radio station broadcast frequencies are spaced far enough apart so they don’t overlap. Likewise, stations that broadcast on the same carrier frequency need a transmitter that is far enough away from a similar station so that the signals won’t overlap within the target market.
When a broadcaster decides that it wants to transmit additional information using HD Radio, it is permitted to increase the bandwidth of its transmitted signal and send digital information. This technology is called an in-band on-channel (IBOC) digital radio.
Because this signal is digital, it’s much more resistant to noise. As such, stations rebroadcast their analog signal on HD1 – the first of the four available HD Radio stations available on a single carrier frequency. While the system does use a lossy compression algorithm to reduce bandwidth, most users report that the HD1 channel sounds better than the analog signal.
Broadcasters can divide their available digital bandwidth however they choose. If they want the clearest, most detailed digital option for their main station, they may not broadcast anything other than HD1. In one example, HD1 is the main FM radio station and HD2 is a feed from an AM station owned by the same broadcaster. Talk radio and news-only broadcasts that require less overall bandwidth are also common uses for HD2 and HD3.
Compatible tuners are designed in a way that a failure to decode any of the digital radio stations results in the tuner dropping back to playing the analog audio signal. The technology also allows broadcasters to transmit station information, album and artist details and, in some instances, album or radio station artwork for display on a compatible receiving radio.
Currently, HD Radio signals are broadcast in the US, Canada and Mexico. XPERI Corp., the company that owns HD Radio, reports that India will be the next market to add HD Radio broadcasts.
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CPAC in Dallas Was a Different Kind of Strange
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CPAC attendees were told that the liberals wanted to indoctrinate their kids with critical race theory, take their guns away through door-to-door vaccine distribution, steal elections and flood the country with illegal immigrants. Jacob Vaughn
Dressed in a navy blue suit and reflective Pit Viper sunglasses, white nationalist Nick Fuentes stood outside the Anatole Hilton hotel in Dallas and readied himself for a press conference about how the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) had banned him from attending.
Inside the hotel, thousands of people gathered over the weekend for CPAC's "America UnCanceled" convention, which drew bigwig Republican politicians like former President Donald Trump.
True to form, Fuentes vowed to deliver "the most racist, the most sexist, the most anti-Semitic, the most Holocaust-denying speech in all of Dallas this weekend."
He and a group of his supporters then went into the hotel, chanting “America first!” and “white boy summer!” They were removed by security shortly after. Joking, a couple of his followers told me QAnon would be giving a press conference across the street and that I should be there.
CPAC may have barred Fuentes, but a casual stroll through the conference suggested that plenty of far-right figureheads had, in fact, been welcomed with open arms.
Among the thousands of attendees roamed Stewart Rhodes, leader of the radical anti-government group Oath Keepers. The Oath Keepers has been implicated in the planning of the insurrection at the Capitol. More than a dozen Oath Keepers and supporters face conspiracy charges related to the attack. According to NPR, court documents indicate investigators are investigating Rhodes himself.
When the Oath Keepers leader was approached by a reporter with Salon, Rhodes got angry and told them to “fuck off.” Salon reported that CPAC organizers were coordinating with federal officials regarding Rhodes’ presence.
Also on hand were two members of the Proud Boys, an ultra-nationalist group known for attacking anti-fascists and others during protests. The Canadian government recently designated the Proud Boys a terrorist entity, but CPAC organizers apparently had no such qualms.
Still, there appeared to be a divide among the conference's attendees. Some of them felt like it was time for some tough love in the Republican Party — time to move on from Trump, talk of a fraudulent election and the QAnon conspiracy theories. Others walked around proudly wearing Trump 2024 hats and Stop the Steal T-shirts, clinging onto the fringe that Trump helped make mainstream throughout his four years in office.
On some issues spotlighted during the conference, however, they all stood united: critical race theory, so-called election integrity, border security and guns.
Throughout the three-day melee, speakers time and again insisted that liberals wanted to indoctrinate children with critical race theory, steal their guns, rig elections and flood the country with undocumented immigrants. They urged attendees to fight back.
The main speaking sessions at the conference opened with a goofy cartoon poking fun at the Biden administration, his policies and the media’s attention to his love of ice cream.
On stage at CPAC, he said Trump asked if he was ready to do it again. Patrick said Texas stands with Trump, CPAC, God and the Bible. “In 2024, Trumpism will rise again,” Patrick said.
Overall, the event, which would be capped off with a speech from the former president, seemed like a watered-down version of the Q-affiliated For God & Country Patriot Roundup event that took place in Dallas over Memorial Day weekend.
The conspiracy theory entails a so-called “deep state” controlled by pedophile Hollywood elites and powerful Democratic politicians, all of whom are supposedly acting against Trump. QAnon hardliners say only Trump can stop the supposed mass child sex-trafficking plot.
Followers will also often say everything that has happened, including Trump losing the election, is part of some divine plan, and one day soon, the former president will seize the country's reins once again.
Trump previously refused to disavow the conspiracy theory, saying he didn’t know much about it. “I do know [QAnon followers] are very much against pedophilia,” he said during a televised town hall in November. “They fight it very hard, but I know nothing about it.” Some followers saw his comments as an endorsement of the theory.
QAnon and Trump memorabilia sold side-by-side at CPAC in Dallas.
Jacob Vaughn
At the Q convention, speakers claimed the election was stolen and that the pandemic was a hoax.
Throughout CPAC, similar rhetoric came from the likes of Texas U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert, former Texas GOP chairman Allen West and others with a history of flirting with QAnon and other baseless conspiracy theories. Gohmert and Allen both spoke at the Q convention, as did Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, who was also featured at CPAC.
When Alex Berenson, a former New York Times reporter and current conspiracy theorist, lashed out at the country's mask mandates and vaccine guidance, the crowd broke out in applause. "The government was hoping that they could sort of sucker 90 percent of the population into getting vaccinated," he said. "And it isn't happening."
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the president's chief medical advisor and director of the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, later told CNN that widely shared clips of Berenson's speech disturbed him. "It's horrifying," he said. "I mean, they are cheering about someone saying that it's a good thing for people not to try and save their lives."
The same crowd applauded Trump when he bragged that three vaccines were manufactured under his presidency.
Some CPAC attendees were also given a card outlining a seven-point plan to reinstate Trump as president “in days, not years,” according to Business Insider.
QAnon memorabilia has previously been discouraged at Trump rallies. CPAC organizers didn’t respond when asked if there would be such a rule at the Anatole Hilton. But on one of the many tables set up for vendors in the exhibition hall in the hotel lay a stack of Q T-shirts surrounded by Trump memorabilia. Another vendor sold toilet paper with images of Biden made to look like Hitler.
At CPAC, Gohmert suggested that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol was a leftist conspiracy and the resulting arrests were unjust. Gohmert likened himself to Martin Luther King Jr., arguing that he advocates for peaceful protests. “But we can’t let them intimidate us from not protesting,” he said. “That’s what this treatment of people that got arrested was all about — intimidation.”
Other speakers, including Trump, also downplayed the events at the Capitol and said the election was rigged. Many attendees believed them.
Trump easily won a CPAC presidential straw poll, with 70% of attendees saying they'd support him in another run for the White House. DeSantis only got a fifth of the vote. In a second poll omitting Trump, DeSantis received 68%.
[trump cpac jacob vaughn]Trump was still the favorite among attendees, according to a CPAC presidential straw poll.
Jacob Vaughn
During his speech, Trump hinted at a possible 2024 run, downplayed the insurrection and continued to spread lies about the election.
“No evidence? There’s so much evidence,” Trump said. The audience erupted in chants of "four more years! and "Trump won!"
On the insurrectionists, he said, “People that are patriots or conservatives or Republicans, they stay in jail for extended periods of time. … We want law order. We demand law and order.”
Eugene Rivera made the trip from New Jersey to attend CPAC. He insisted the election was fraudulent. He said he was at the Capitol on the day of the insurrection. “I went there with my brother," he said. "I didn’t at all feel threatened by any type of white supremacists. That’s all fake news. I have video to prove it on my phone right now.” (Video of the riot shows demonstrators attack Capitol police, vandalizing the Capitol grounds and storming the building.)
Rivera thinks the country is going down the drain. He's hoping Trump will run in 2024 with Florida Gov. DeSantis as his vice-presidential candidate. He also hopes for a spring cleaning of what he calls "Republicans in name only," or RINOs, in the party. The number of them is dwindling, he said, and what will be left is President Trump’s Republican Party. “This country, six or seven months into the Biden presidency, is a disaster,” he said.
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I’m thrilled to welcome Stacy Gail to Reading Reality. Why? Because not only is Stacy the author of today’s featured review (check out my review of Nobody’s Angel for deets) but she also wrote my absolute favorite holiday story for 2012, How the Glitch Saved Christmas (reviewed at Book Lovers Inc.) I not only adored her glitch, but science fiction romance is one of my reading passions.
And writers like Stacy help me live those circuit-filled dreams. So take it away, Stacy!
Angel VS Algorithm—Let’s Get Ready To Rumblllllle!
by Stacy Gail
Before we begin, I’d like to thank Marlene at Reading Reality, for kindly allowing me to stop by and chat about Nobody’s Angel, my latest release from Carina Press, and the first book in The Earth Angels paranormal romance series!
Confession: When it comes to my heroes, my tastes are…exotic. Heh.
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If you don’t believe me, I have proof. This past December I had a futuristic/sci-fi release in a Carina Press holiday anthology, by the name of How the Glitch Saved Christmas. It was a fun project, a “gateway” novella to a futuristic world that’s going to tie up the lion’s share of my attention in the upcoming months. In Glitch, I created Edison Wicke, a smart-mouthed, street-savvy cop, and, oh yeah—he’s a cyborg. This part-man, part-machine, all-yummy guy had been living in my head for a while, so it was a kick to finally get him out into the world and let him stretch his meched-out legs.
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Months before I wrote a single word on Glitch, I’d submitted a very different sort of project to my editor, along with an outline of a four-part paranormal series. This series, The Earth Angels, would be built around the mythological beings known as the Nephilim—super-powered angel-human hybrids that got wiped out in the Great Flood. But, since Goliath was supposed to be one of these guys, it’s suggested that some survived that extinction event. That amazing concept is where The Earth Angels series picks up, with the modern-day, mostly human descendants of those long-ago survivors. Nobody’s Angel starts things off with Zeke Reece, paramedic by day and masked hero flying through the shadows by night.
The question is, which hero is better?
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I know, I know—that’s like asking a mother which kid is her favorite. 😛 For me, both Edison and Zeke are totally swoon-worthy in their own ways, so it’s hard to make comparisons. Since that’s the case, how about we break it down as to what each hero can do? They both have superhuman strength, speed and endurance (and rest assured, both of their ladies appreciate a man with impressive stamina *straight face*). Zeke can fly, while Edison can withstand a fall of several stories without breaking so much as a nail (he does, however, break the ground like a meteorite wherever he lands). Zeke battles spiritual beings and banishes them from this realm to the next, while Edison can search for information at the speed of thought, can see and record in a broad spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrared, and has fighting skills that rival Neo’s in The Matrix.
In my mind, it’s a dead heat. Whether they were born with some crazy angelic mojo in the DNA, or built in a futuristic lab to take a licking but keep on ticking, these two men haven’t earned the label of hero because of what they can do. It’s who they are that makes them heroic. Edison chose to become more than human because he was devoted to the idea of doing his job to the best of his ability—the job of serving and protecting his corner of the world. Zeke may not have chosen to be born as part of an accursed race, but instead of lamenting that fate he does everything he can to make his world a safer place. Both would sacrifice anything for the sake of others, and both would walk through hell and back for the women they love. When it comes right down to it, who wouldn’t want someone like that—a true hero—in their life?
So tell me, do you have a preference?
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A competitive figure skater from the age of eight, Stacy Gail began writing stories in between events to pass the time. By the age of fourteen, she told her parents she was either going to be a figure skating coach who was also a published romance writer, or a romance writer who was also a skating pro. Now with a day job of playing on the ice with her students, and writing everything from steampunk to cyberpunk, contemporary to paranormal at night, both dreams have come true.
GIVEAWAY: Stacy will be awarding a $25 Amazon GC for the grand prize; and second prize is a Zazzle mug with cover art on front, plus a Starbucks Via coffee pack (US only) to two randomly drawn commenters during the tour, and a $25 Amazon GC to a randomly drawn host. Leave a comment with your email and name in order to enter for a chance to win!
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U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, pulling the S&P 500 back below 2,000, as concerns about Ukraine overtook upbeat reports on the U.S. economy and the labor market.
"The recent U.S. data is positive, but we're grinding against the world; it's hard to decouple for too long," said Paul Karos, a senior portfolio manager at Whitebox Mutual Funds.
"We only need Ukraine and Russia to flare up to trigger a reason to sell," said Nick Raich, CEO at the Earnings Scout.
The improved economic reads on second-quarter growth "are not a surprise, given we had better second-quarter earnings. But what is important is that of the relatively small number of companies that have reported in the last three weeks is there is a weakening trend in earnings revisions for the third quarter," Raich added.
Ahead of the open, stock-index futures briefly cut their losses some after government data.
Figures from the Commerce Department showed the economy expanded more than previously projected, with gross domestic product rising at a 4.2 percent annualized pace, versus an earlier estimate of 4 percent that follows contraction in the first quarter.
Another report from the Labor Department had the government's count of Americans filing for jobless benefits dropping by 1,000 to 298,000 last week.
And, the National Association of Realtors reported more Americans signed contracts to buy existing homes in July, with its index of pending home sales up 3.3 percent.
But the better-than-expected data was overshadowed by reports of intensified fighting in Ukraine, with that nation's president on Thursday saying Russian troops had entered the country and were fighting along alongside Russian-backed separatists.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed just over 100 points, before recouping more than half of those losses to close down 42.44 points, or 0.3 percent, at 17,079.57, with Visa, JPMorgan Chase and Boeing leading blue-chip declines that included 18 of 30 components.
Trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.
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The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell 2 basis points to 2.334 percent and the dollar held steady against an index of other global currencies.
On Wednesday, stocks ended little moved as Wall Street caught its breath, with the S&P 500 closing at a record just above 2,000 for a second consecutive session.
Read MoreStocks near unchanged as S&P 500 ends above 2,000 again
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Article: Introduction & Overview: How can we reclaim free enterprise and restore the dream?
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Today . . . we know that our government and economy no longer fit the models
we were taught in school. We know that our efforts to influence government
and the economy as voters, consumers, and workers fail to bring the responses
we would expect from a free market democracy. . . . We find ourselves into the
position of a baffled child in a dysfunctional family. We are burdened with a false
map of reality. And like any other inaccurate map, it misleads rather than helps us.
—Charles Reich (1995), Yale Law Professor
Global civilization appears to be locked in an economic belief system that is
both self-destructive and absurd. Our economists say the best way to restore
economic vitality is to give tax breaks to billionaires, while slashing education and
ignoring infrastructure. Our big corporations poison people and the planet in order
to maximize their owners’ short-term profits, and then label environmentalists
who protest, “eco-terrorists.” Our democratic governments bail out big banks
and subsidize big corporations, while the corporate media blames working class
“entitlements” for our economic woes. Our societies have huge unmet needs,
millions crying for work, and brilliant solutions waiting in the wings, but our
supposedly free-market system somehow lacks the ability to connect these three.
The vast majority of us go along with this insanity because great men have convinced us that what we have is the best possible form of free-enterprise democracy given the nature of humanity and the world. Such men use numbers like the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), assertions such as “free-markets are always right,” and
theories like Richard Dawkins’s selfish genes (1976) to claim that the current
system is the inevitable “end of history.” So, although enriching the already rich
and forcing austerity on an already shrinking middle is not what free enterprise
was supposed to do, most of us sadly accept that this is the only way things can be.
The articles in this special issue explain why we do not have to follow this
insanity anymore because a demonstrably better political–economic system is
already building both in the real world of business and in the empirical world of
science. Moreover, this better way is neither a Utopian scheme nor a Draconian
one, but a rediscovery of our original, democratic, free-enterprise design, now
made practical by new discoveries about what makes human networks healthy and
what makes them fail.
Our goal is to show how the hard science of energy networks links up with
real-life observations of what makes human networks thrive to create an inspiring,
practical, and quantitatively precise vision of how to build durably vibrant Democratic Free Enterprise Networks (DFENs) that work exactly like we imagine they should: generating healthy individuals, communities and businesses at all levels
of the economy, not merely at the top.
OVERVIEW OF THE ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
“Corrective Lenses: How the Laws of Energy Networks Improve Our Economic
Vision”
—Sally Goerner
Outlines how Energy Network Science (ENS) provides the clear framework, effective measures, and practical rules we need to: correct our economic vision, restore political–economic commonsense and build durably vibrant freeenterprise networks from the grassroots up. Provides an empirical explanation
of why economic vitality requires: healthy Democratic Free-Enterprise Networks (DFENs); robust circulation of money; a proper balance of resilience
and efficiency; widespread reciprocity; and a win–win vision of social, economic, and environmental relationships.
The other articles in this issue flesh out the economic, monetary, historical, sociological, and philosophical details of this improved economic vision as follows:
“Distributed Capitalism: A Scientific Validation for ‘Going Local”’
—Frank Nuessle
Uses ENS to explain the need for a Distributed Free-Enterprise Economy, and
why localizing the creation and distribution of credit and money is the fastest
way to energize it. Explains how public banking networks and complementary
currencies can be used to create a more locally anchored monetary/credit system
that will reawaken a more vibrant and effective free-enterprise system.
“Building a New Populist Movement”
—Tony Wikrent
Explains how the largest and most politically and economically successful mass
movement in American history, the Populist Movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, can provide a template for progressive
political–economic change today. Shows how to: build capacity for political
change from the grassroots up by creating infrastructure for recruiting and
educating large numbers of people; and mobilize the broad-spectrum public
by developing practical solutions to our deepest problem: financial/monetary
systems designed for private gain at the expense of the general welfare.
INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW 401
“Reciprocity and Moral Syndromes: An Evolving Fractal View”
—Paul Bundick
Creates a clarifying framework of moral reciprocity and applies it to the problem
of building healthy political economies. Contrasts the efficient (effective) and
deficient (dysfunctional) modes of humanity’s four innate moral-grammars and
explores how they evolved into a multilevel, fractal-like pattern that still provides moral direction at all levels of society: interpersonal, institutional, and
ideological. Argues that diminishing reciprocity accompanied by a predominance of deficient forms is a key cause of today’s societal decay and suggests
strong reciprocity and evolutionary development strategies can help restore
efficient modes and move past deficient ones.
“Money and the Local Economy”
—Steven Peterson
Explores how the design of our current monetary system harms economic health,
especially at the grassroots level, and then discusses two possible ways to
improve our monetary and economic health: complementary currencies and
public service banking.
“Reviving the American Dream by Restoring Balance”
—Navin Doshi
Details how man-made imbalances generated the violent economic storm we
call The Great Recession. Illuminates the dangers arising from excesses in:
budget deficits; trade deficits; massive printing of money; oil prices/gouging;
deregulation; income and wealth inequalities; and destruction of manufacturing
jobs. It then explores possible solutions.
“What Might We Say About a Circular Economy? Some Temptations to Avoid if
Possible”
—Ken Webster
Uses the latest developments in Systems Science to clarify the concept of a
“circular economy,” meaning one that: transforms materials into useful goods
and services; builds capital (human, natural, economic, and material); and
circulates money, resources, and energy robustly throughout.
“Life, Money, and the Deep Tangled Roots of Systemic Change for Sustainability”
—Dan Fiscus
Following Systems Theorist Donella Meadows, identifies the paradigm level as the
greatest place for leverage to intervene in a system, and clarifies and integrates
two major leverage points for systemic change: the dominant paradigms of life
and of economics.
REFERENCES
Dawkins, R. 1976. The selfish gene. New York: Oxford University Press.
Reich, Charles. 1995. Opposing the system. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.
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As part of the Samhain festival in Clonakilty a few years ago, Manchán Magan performed his ‘Arán agus Im’ show. During the performance, he made sourdough bread, and spoke about the connection to the ‘other world’ which he believes is always present in the Irish language. ‘Scim’, a word which means both a dusting of flour on a surface, and the thin veil between the corporal and spiritual worlds, illustrated the magic of sourdough, which, using unseen elements in the air, seems to rise of its own accord. I’m reminded of this in the cellar of Chateau de Montdomaine as Louisa Plou describes the wine which evaporates during the winemaking process as ‘The Angels Share’. The magic of natural yeast, like sourdough bread, comes from these invisible particles with the power to transform grapes into wine, bringing the history of all previous vintages with it.
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Louisa and Fred Plou make their wines in a centuries-old cave, hewn out of the tufa stone for which the Touraine region is famous. The cellar becomes a library of yeast, so this environment is unique to them, and their wines. The atmosphere in the cave is carefully minded, and they are slow to introduce other yeasts which might upset the balance. Fred has in the past made a tank of Gamay, not to make into wine, but to strengthen the good yeast in the air against bad bacteria which could take over. On this point, Louisa says they are practical, not hard-core. They sometimes need to add selected yeast to the red wine if the fermentation is too slow, and Fred ruefully accepts that if you have too high an opinion, you sometimes have to climb down - ‘mettre de l’eau dans le vin’. Having a restaurant has also given them another perspective as wine buyers. While they make their wine in a natural way, the wine must be good. They have heard the excuse for wine where the bad bacteria have overpowered the good that ‘it’s natural wine, you just don’t understand it’. They do. If the wine doesn’t taste good, the customer won’t buy it again.
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Their restaurant, Chez Bruno in Amboise, named after Fred’s late father, and on the site of the pub where Louisa, visiting from England, met her future husband, is a joyful place, buzzing with conviviality, and a great place to enjoy the Montdomaine wines with excellent local food. When Fred’s father died, he worked with his uncle in the family vineyard, but it soon became clear that they had different views. Fred wanted to work in a natural way, more interested in quality than quantity. With a family winemaking tradition going back 500 years, Fred and Louisa began their own domaine in 2015, buying Chateau de Montdomaine, and 15 hectares of land which had belonged to Fred’s father. In the cave, Fred talks about the oenologist approach to winemaking, which advocates a higher temperature to extract certain aromas and flavours. He disagrees. Having this ancient cave with it’s naturally low temperature allows him to ferment at lower temperatures and he has no problem with the fermentation taking longer. This gives a true expression of their terroir, and the ambient temperature, whether warmer or cooler, is the expression of the vintage. This is not something they want to manipulate, but work carefully and meticulously to ensure a good bacterial load in the cave.
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As vignerons, they are at the mercy of nature, and Fred and Louisa have introduced other elements to their business, such as the wonderful Chez Bruno restaurant, a wine shop in Amboise, and vineyard visits which can include lunch or a specially packed picnic to enjoy in their beautiful garden. While a springtime visit ‘á vélo’ is in my sights, for now, I’ll pour myself a glass and breathe in the unique atmosphere of Montdomaine at my own kitchen table.
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Wandsworth Radio is moving! After two successful years of broadcast, the studio has secured a new home where it will continue to bring fresh, meaningful radio programmes to the local area. The move comes as the current studio lease ends, as the space on Battersea Park Road is set to be renovated and turned into flats. After months of searching, the local station has found its new base in the Doddington and Rollo Business Centre in Battersea, just next to Battersea Park and the iconic Battersea Power Station.
Construction of the new, custom built studio is currently underway and looks set to complete in the next two weeks. The move has brought about the opportunity for a rethink of the current studio design and, for the first time, there will be a separate space for prerecords and live news, which will transform the local news output.
In order for this change of premises to be financially viable, the station is using crowdfunding to gain community support. Here is the link to their donations page: http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/newstudio
The move also sees some schedule changes and as the station steps into a new era, so too will Deadbeat Joe’s Radio Show, which will now broadcast under a new format on Sundays from 6-7pm. You can find out more about the new show and what to expect here: http://www.deadbeatjoe.com/sundays/
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Above: some of the Wandsworth Radio Team
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UK Labor Party leader Keir Starmer warned on Tuesday that a possible further lockdown in the UK due to the Covid-19 pandemic would be the result of Boris Johnson’s government ‘incompetence’.
“A second lockdown should not be inevitable. It would be a sign of the government’s failure, ”he said on Tuesday in a speech to“ Labor ”congress, referring to the impact of new restrictions on people’s physical and mental health and the British economy.
Starmer has accused the UK executive of losing control of the fight against the pandemic, which has resulted in at least 41,788 confirmed deaths in the UK, though the actual number, including suspected cases, is over 57,000.
“I tried to be constructive. I understand that these are unprecedented times and that governing is difficult. I tried to be fair, to give the government the benefit of the doubt. But now, with one of the highest death rates in the world, and on the brink of one of the world’s deepest recessions, I’m afraid there is no doubt, ”he said. declared, accusing the government of “incompetence”.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson will announce to parliament on Tuesday new restrictions on the Covid-19 pandemic after an emergency council meeting this morning.
Among the measures already put forward are the reduction of the opening hours of bars and restaurants, with the compulsory closure at 10 p.m., the recommendation of teleworking and the suspension of tests for the return of spectators to major sporting events.
The announcement follows an acceleration in the number of infection cases in recent weeks, which is doubling every seven days, which scientific advisers say could lead to overloading public health services and increased direct mortality and indirect. .
The Joint Biosafety Center, which includes the Directors General of Health in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, has determined that the level 3 alert (general circulation Covid-19 outbreak) at level 4 (epidemic) Covid-19 in general circulation, with high transmission or exponentially increasing).
In the speech delivered on the Internet, since the congress was held in a “virtual” format due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Keir Starmer regretted the problems of recent months, in particular in the reopening of schools, in the development of an assessment system for secondary school students, the lack of protective equipment for health professionals, the high number of deaths in nursing homes and the delay in creating a testing and monitoring.
The leader of the main opposition party has not revealed any new policies or made election promises, while guaranteeing that he will respect the party’s traditional left-wing “values”.
Yes, Keir Starmer tried to distance himself from his predecessor Jeremy Corbyn, whom he succeeded in June, and stressed that this was a “new direction”, promising to stamp out anti-Semitism and a “competent and trustworthy opposition”.
“I don’t underestimate the work that will be necessary. But I can make this promise: ‘Labor’ will never go to elections again without the confidence (of the voters) to deal with national security, jobs, community and (taxpayer money) ) “, he assured.
After the canceled government statement: how the FDP wants to force Merkel to be more transparent – politics
Five minutes before Laschet, Merz and Röttgen: the old people come to audition at the party youth – politics
Europe is now at the forefront: EU countries overtake the US in daily corona-new infections – politics
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Let’s now examine the content of the article by Tolkien Society.
«This seminar aims to explore the many possible applications of “diversity” within Tolkien’s works, his adaptations, and his readership»
I assume that this represents the core of the proposal of the Tolkien Society, which should be carefully analysed and grasped.
Of course, the issue of diversity is an essential theme to understand Tolkien’s works. Here a few examples may be helpful. Thrain, Thorin Oakenshield’s father, failed in his previous attempt to reconquer the Lonely Mountain, for his fellowship didn’t have a guide as Gandalf was and a fellow like Bilbo. The Fellowship of the Ring, that is to say the Nine Companions coming from the most diverse places all over the Middle Earth, including hobbits, all different from each other, are opposed to the Nine Black Riders, the latter being the expression of Sauron’s single will.
In his letters Tolkien explains that Death is one of the main issues, nay, the main theme in his works. It wouldn’t be so, if there was not a huge difference between Elves and Men, the former being bound not to leave the world, the latter, by contrast, doomed to leave it without the possibility to come back. According to beliefs, Elves will pass away once the world dies. I would thereby report a quotation from The Lord of the Rings:
Together the Elf and the Dwarf entered Minas Tirith, and folk that saw them passed marvelled to see such companions; for Legolas was fair of face beyond the measure of Men, and he sang an elven-song in a clear voice as he walked in the morning; but Gimli stalked beside him, stroking his beard and staring about him.
‘There is some good stone-work here’ he said as he looked at the walls; ‘but also some that is less good, and the streets could be better contrived. When Aragorn comes into his own, I shall offer him the service of stonewrights of the Mountain, and we will make this a town to be proud of.’
‘They need more gardens’ said Legolas. ‘The houses are dead, and there is too little here that grows and is glad. If Aragorn comes into his own, the people of the Wood shall bring him birds that sing and trees that do not die.’
(The Return of the King, Chapter IX, “The Last Debate”)
I could carry on like this for pages, reporting examples that show how diversity pervades the whole Tolkien’s Legendarium. The same applies to his short works – which I refuse to identify as “minor” works – such as Smith of Wootton Major and Leaf by Niggle and many others. Furthermore, a broad overview on the adaptations as well as on the readership is a proposal that can only be exciting.
This is not the meaning that the Tolkien Society gives to the notion of “diversity”, however.
In the aforementioned announcement, the Tolkien Society declares indeed that it has been inspired by the debate about the Amazon TV series The Lord of the Rings, which has been working on a casting that should represent the various ethnicities of our planet. Another announcement that still raises many doubts concerns the addition of nudity in the series. In this regard I’ve expressed my opinion here. In other words the Tolkien Society seems to be more interested in the application of the concept of “diversity” in Tolkien, suggested by the Amazon TV series, rather than in exploring the definition that Tolkien himself followed.
Beyond that, among the speeches, there are titles that stand out, such as “Cordeliah Logsdon – Gondor in Transition: A Brief Introduction to Transgender Realities in The Lord of the Rings” as well as “Danna Petersen-Deeprose – “Something Mighty Queer”: Destabilizing Cishetero Amatonormativity in the Works of Tolkien”. Moreover: “Christopher Vaccaro – Pardoning Saruman?: The Queer in Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings”, in which the term “queer” is not a synonym for “weird”; here it stands for “sexually different”, “not heterosexual”. Everyone can read the titles by him/herself.
What emerges is a strong interest in current events and political topics that the most prestigious Tolkien Society in the world is showing.
I feel like I am living in the same nightmare when the new translation of The Lord of the Rings into Italian by Ottavio Fatica was released. At the time we witnessed a separation between the “higher academics” on the one hand and simple fans on the other, the former taking the lead on texts, while the latter had to accept the theories and the interpretations of those academics as absolute, with the only possibility to express their opinion on the social media.
I do not think that debates about what is happening and what is being proposed as a frontier of Tolkienian studies are necessary, because the truth is evident for those who want to see it. The clear attempt of the Tolkien Society is to re-read Tolkien’s works in the context of the epochal change we are living, including, for example, gender revolution, environmentalism and anti-racism, which give definitions of “diversity”, “environment” and “race” that don’t belong to Tolkien. In the same way, they use methods that are very different from those used by the Professor. The reason is very simple: Tolkien died fifty years ago, his mindset was different than ours; he couldn’t know it and, consequently, he couldn’t share it. Academics should try to understand an author’s thinking. Their own thinking can’t be used arbitrarily to re-read any text in a very subjective way, claiming that this is an academic study.
Will Sherwood has supported the initiative of the association he is contributing to as a member of the Executive Council, claiming that it is based on the History of Middle-earth. Despite the texts mentioned by him, I cannot understand what, for example, Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth has to do with the current issues proposed. Here the key topic is that of Death, which is the fruit of sin and evil and, as such, can be defeated only through a radical healing of Arda, that can be carried out only with an incarnation of the One in human form. Following the proposal of the Tolkien Society, a text about the Incarnation of God, that is a Christological treatise, set and discussed in Pre-Christian ages with the method of natural reason (according to me, there’s nothing more fascinating than this both for a believer and an atheist!), would be useful to explain the presence of characters representing the sexual revolution in Tolkien’s work because we will probably see them in the Amazon TV series. The texts take thereby a marked allegorical turn.
As a result, the response to the Tolkien Society by the Tolkieniani Italiani is the equivalent of the one we gave to the project of the new translation of The Lord of the Rings into Italian by Fatica (I talk about this here): spreading information, studying, publishing. In other words, the construction of an alternative project, where everyone can join freely. Our recent Call for Papers concerning “Tolkien as a translator” is the best exemplification of our programme and our working method, aiming at the internationalisation of our experience of fraternal communion and sincere friendship within the truth of Tolkienian texts.
P.S. I apologise for the catchy title, I hope nevertheless that it has drawn you into the reading of this article and that it has raised your interest in this topic.
EDIT: I personally apologise to those people who felt unconfortable with the title, chosen only and exclusively by me, for which I’ll be responsible. The title isn’t aimed at expressing an idea but, as you can see, a fact. I won’t express a personal opinion about a major topic of our time, because it is really a great theme. These opinions are about a cultural association, dealing with a specific author who lived in a precise, well-defined historical period, that is making a gargantuan historiographical and epistemological mistake which should have been highlighted and made known for everyone. I shall make clear how serious the problem is with an example that I consider suitable: scientists could not explain for centuries how it has been possible that physical sciences had been using Aristotle’s Physics as a textbook for over a millennium and a half. The breakthrough came about sixty years ago, when it was realised that, to understand Aristotle, it was necessary to get inside his mind-set, pose his same questions, trying to understand the answers in the light of those questions: it is obvious, in fact, that Aristotle’s Physics may seem a lie in the face of Newton’s mechanics or Einstein’s relativity. Epistemology took decades, maybe centuries, to understand its misjudgment towards such a great philosopher and scientist as Aristotle was. So, with the proposal of the Tolkien Society, we are now falling into the same error of those scientists who used to read Aristotle’s Physics with the eyes of Newton and Einstein, asking the text the wrong questions and, consequently, expecting that it could give answers that the autor never had in his mind. I hope I’ve made clear how serious the situation is. Further, I’d like to point out that, if I had chosen a more neutral title, maybe it would not have brought out this matter with the relevancy it deserved. So, again, this choice is only mine and comes from this reason. That’s all. I hope this clarification is enough.
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Opinion: We can't get there from CVG
Opinion: We can't get there from CVG
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CVG has become to airports what Netscape, AOL and Blackberries are to technology, Don Mooney says.(Photo: The Enquirer/Patrick Reddy)
Recent discussion about creating a viable rail connection to Indianapolis and Chicago could have benefits beyond helping those of us who don't like that long, tedious drive. A fast and convenient rail link is critical for reconnecting us to the rest of the nation and the world after the long, sad decline of the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport.
Could the recent shenanigans at CVG really be just a clever diversion? You've seen the headlines: Board junkets to Italy. Butt dials from Italy. Butt-dial lawsuits. Is this a sequel to "The Dukes of Hazzard"? It's an entertaining way to distract from the bigger story: a death spiral that has relegated air travelers to the minor leagues, paying some of the nation's highest fares to get there more slowly and less comfortably.
Flash back to 2005, the golden age of Cincinnati air travel. CVG was 17th nationally in annual departures, with more than 216,000 to Europe, the coasts and virtually everywhere in between. Then ranked 24th in population among metropolitan areas, we were hitting slightly above our weight in air travel.
Flash forward to today's desultory CVG: In 2013 there were only 57,382 departures, down by 75 percent since 2005. CVG fell from 17th in departures to a sad 41st. Now at 28th in population, we are hitting way below our weight in airport service. CVG has become to airports what Netscape, AOL and Blackberries are to technology.
From a traveler's perspective, it's the pits: We pay fares among the highest in the nation for the privilege of a long walk to a tiny, crowded plane, wondering if we will make a connection in Dallas, Atlanta or Detroit to where we really want to go.
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The big excuse we hear is the de-hubbing of CVG by Delta after merging with Northwest Airlines. Delta's action has shifted north to "hubs" in Minneapolis and Detroit. We had been practicing monogamy with Delta, but Delta had been playing the field, then dumped us.
Still, how does Delta's infidelity explain the fact that other airports in the heartland haven't fared nearly as badly?
Look at Louisville: It ranks only 43rd in regional population, yet its airport had about 60,000 departures in 2013.
Look at Indianapolis: It's 33rd in regional population, but its shiny new airport had more than 62,000 flights in 2013.
The party line from CVG is that help is on the way. Frontier has added a few flights to Denver! But don't count on ever seeing the CVG of 2005 again.
The airline industry is in a long-term contraction. Mergers and flight reductions are shrinking the number of planes and available seats. The surviving airlines are seeking the sweet spot of maximum fares and passenger loads and minimum flights on smaller planes.
Shareholders and the established hubs in cities like Atlanta and Chicago win. Travelers from towns like Cincinnati, Cleveland and Pittsburgh are left in the cold, with higher fares and fewer choices. That's why so many of us are shopping for flights from Dayton, Indy or Columbus, or just driving to get to Chicago, Cleveland or even D.C.
In the long term, we have some soul searching to do: Do we resign ourselves to third-tier accessibility status? What will the cost be in terms of lost jobs, convenience and opportunities?
Or do we get behind other options – like high-speed rail to cities with more air travel options, like Indianapolis and Chicago?
Just don't assume that CVG's golden age is coming back. ■
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Jeanette LeBranc, 55, passed away this fall after battling a flesh-eating bacteria that sent her to the hospital and eventually took over her legs, according to PalmBeachPost.com. The culprit? Twenty-four raw oysters she ate while visiting friends in Louisiana. Soon after eating them, she developed vibriosis, a disease caused by an aggressive flesh-eating bacteria found in salt water.
About a day and a half after she ate the shellfish with her friends, she began experiencing respiratory problems and noticed a rash. At first, they simply thought she was having an allergic reaction. Jeanette fought for 21 days in the hospital, where her legs became destroyed and her kidneys shut down, but she passed away on October 15.
Anyone can come in contact with the deadly bacteria if they eat raw or undercooked shellfish (clams, mussels, oysters, etc.) or have a wound that comes in contact with salt water or brackish water found in lakes, rivers, and streams. "According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates, vibriosis causes 80,000 illnesses each year in the United States, of which approximately 52,000 are the result of eating contaminated food," Dr. Dana Corriel, a board-certified internet and director of Quality at Highland Medical tells CountryLiving.com. Most cases tend to occur May through October.
To protect yourself and loved ones, you should always avoid eating undercooked shellfish. "Adding lemon juice or hot sauce, or washing the oyster down with alcohol does not kill the bacteria," Dr. Corriel says. "Only cooking the shellfish does. As with other aspects of life, if we want to limit risks of certain infections, we must limit intake of the things that put us at risk." You can ensure you kill any bacteria by cooking oysters to an internal temperature of 145 degrees for at least 15 seconds.
If you can't pass up eating raw shellfish, then you should always watch for red flags. "Common symptoms are typically any sign of a blood-born infection—like shortness of breath or fever—but also changes in the skin, like blistering," Dr. Corriel says. If you noticed a change in your skin's appearance or your health after eating shellfish, you should go to your doctor for an evaluation.
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Among Us Physical Edition Release Unveiled
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Among Us was around for a good while but it mainly kept under the radar after it was released. That changed when the summer of 2020 had so many of us stuck indoors being unable to socialize with friends together. This game is based online where players take control of a crew member onboard a space station. With a group of other players, the game starts with you having to do an assortment of tasks. However, among the group of members are impostors who are tasked with killing the crew. With that said, the impostors need to be careful not to get caught as the other players can call for emergency meetings or trigger a meeting when players discover a downed member.
From there, it’s a debate in the chatroom to decide who among them is the impostor. After the votes are cast, the selected player has kicked off the ship with hopes of the group guessing right and removing the impostor. As mentioned, this title blew up in popularity during 2020 and as a result, the development team is continuing support by offering new maps and content for players. However, this is an indie title that was only available digitally.
That’s going to change, but only briefly. If you’re familiar with Limited Run Games, this is a company that does exactly as the name suggests. The company will work with popular digital-only games to provide a limited physical edition release with plenty of games going out of stock shortly after being made available. From there, players have a full copy of the game along with some extra goodies to display or keep in the box for their collection.
Limited Run Games has unveiled that they will be releasing a run of Among Us starting on May 11, 2021, for those that want to pre-order. The collector’s edition comes with not only the game but a steel book case, a makeshift emergency call meeting button, a couple of posters, to even an ID card. This will put players back $80, but as popular as Among Us is at this point, it’s likely to quickly get purchased up by fans.
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[Former Michigan Governor Charged In Flint Water Scandal Snyder. Rick Snyder (who was widely vilified in the press over his involvement in the decisions that led to the contamination) is reportedly about to face criminal charges. The AP reports that Snyder, his health director Nick Lyon and other ex-officials from his administration have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal]<IMG><I_1137><I_2157><I_7827><I_2952><I_2157><I_5791><I_6125><I_1186><I_1770><I_2157><I_2157><I_2961><I_2961><I_3925><I_2961><I_7167><I_2157><I_3856><I_2157><I_7069><I_3925><I_2632><I_3925><I_2157><I_3186><I_2632><I_5832><I_2099><I_5585><I_6084><I_7442><I_6479></IMG>
By now, most of America probably remembers the Flint, Mich. water crisis as one of the biggest scandals of the Obama era. But nearly seven years after the impoverished city’s drinking water was found to be contaminated, former GOP Gov. Rick Snyder (who was widely vilified in the press over his involvement in the decisions that led to the contamination) is reportedly about to face criminal charges.
The AP reports that Snyder, his health director Nick Lyon and other ex-officials from his administration have been told they’re being charged after a new investigation of the Flint water scandal. The city’s water, which was mistakenly contaminated with lead due to an oversight by the state, caused an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in 2014-2015 and untold led poisoning.
Snyder has been out of office for two years, but he was governor when state-appointed managers in Flint switched the city’s water source to the Flint River in 2014 as a cost-saving measure while a new pipeline was being built to Lake Huron. The water, however, was not treated to reduce corrosion, which turned out to be a disastrous decision, as lead leached from old pipes and found its way into the water drank by 100K residents. Meanwhile, bacteria in the water was blamed for legionnaires.
Progressive media latched on to the scandal and transformed Flint into a symbol of governmental mismanagement, as well as an example of how poorer communities of color are treated compared with wealthier, mostly white communities.
Snyder and Lyon announced the Legionnaires’ outbreak and the contamination issue in January 2016, although Lyon conceded that he knew that cases were being reported many months earlier. In 2018, Lyon was preparing to stand trial on involuntary manslaughter charges after a special prosecutor accused him of failing to timely inform the public about the outbreak in a timely manner. His attorneys argued there was not enough solid information to share earlier. But by June 2019, the prosecution had been thrown out as a new attorney general, Dana Nessel, and a new team of prosecutors said they would start the investigation anew.
The looming charges are apparently the result of this second investigation.
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–Where you been?
-I’ve been around…
-You’ve been around somewhere…but haven’t been here in weeks…what gives?
-Nothin’…..
–You used to come here and write about all the nothin’ going on….
-Yeah…I know…..It’s just hard to put some of it into words.
-So….instead of trying to get it out, you choose to let it fester in what’s left of what you call a brain? That’s not very bright.
-Alright…alright….here is what has been going on….in no particular order.
The life that I have called serene for the last 4 years is no longer serene.
For starters, I have 2 bosses.
One boss, who also happens to be one of my best friends, is in rehab. The other boss, who happens to be the other of my best friends, is maintaining his sanity by smoking the gonja. We all got sober within a year of each other. The boss in rehab has successfully put not only the company finances but his personal ones as well on life support, as, well as his marriage and family. He is not in finance rehab…he is in rehab for attempting to drink himself to death.
The other is doing his best to keep us working and keep the company afloat while, also dealing with the other boss, who happens to be his older brother.
My home life is strained. I have tried real hard to keep work and home separate. The stress from one has drained into the other causing a vacuum effect.
I am a intoverted, private, keep things to myself kind of guy.
The true friends I have, I can count on one hand…..with digits left over.
I socialize with others as infrequently as humanly possible and trust about next to no one beside the ones I call true friends.
As the free digits one my one hand increase….my trust travels in the other direction.
If I get any more introverted, I might just vote myself off the island I gave created for me, myself and I.
One of the other employees I work with broke out my back windshield on my truck. I don’t have idiot coverage.
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-You want more or will that work for now?
-Thanks….It’s good to vent every now and then.
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“To be totally honest, I don’t know who I am. And I don’t think people ever will know who they are. We have to be humble enough to learn to live with this mysterious question. Who am I? I am a mystery to myself. I am someone who is in this pilgrimage from the moment that I was born to the day to come that I’m going to die. So, what I have to do is to honor this pilgrimage through life. And so I am this pilgrim who’s constantly amazed by this journey.”
— Paulo Coehlo, from “The Alchemy of Pilgrimage”
Not my photo….not my words…But I like them just same.
I have created my own mathematical equation-
Here are the visuals that make up the equation.
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Turns into one empty pie pan-
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Because Good2begone says “It aint good if it aint gone.”
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It’s not just for the classroom.
Ageism – stereotyping and discriminating against individuals or groups on the basis of their age. This may be casual or systematic.
This word and definition is a basic description of what has happened to the music I grew up with…..although the terminology is not quite as direct.
The music I so fondly am referring to is not classified as a genre such as rock or rap.
It was at one time……
But that time was long ago and is long gone.
Now the proper way to reference it is a subtle…..
It is systematically making me feel uncasual about my age.
I’m clumped into a decade that has decayed.
The hair bands all have receding hair lines.
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The gangsta rappers who fought the power are now media moguls and moviestars.
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And, I’m here stuck with assless chaps, a big clock necklace, boombox, and enough spandex and aqua net to start a worthless revolution.
Yeah…well…we all want to change the world.
Being labeled is wrong.
I will not stand for it.
It’s time for my afternoon nap.
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The author of the book ‘My India: Ideas for the Future’, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam requires little to no introduction. The eleventh President of Bharat is one of the most well-known figures and visionaries of our times. Throughout his lifetime Dr Kalam has written books describing his childhood, and his journey through life.
The book ‘My India: Ideas for the Future’ is a compilation of speeches given by Dr. Kalam in his post-presidency years. The speeches touch upon different themes such as patriotism; they cover Dr. Kalam’s interactions with numerous citizens and provide lessons for the readers, especially the youth of the country, to inculcate certain qualities which would aid in the ultimate goal of national development.
The Country and nothing else
One of the worthiest themes of the book is love towards Bharat. The book in a way is an ode to the motherland, a love letter to the greatness of its men and women and the pure magnificence of its culture and traditions.
Dr. Kalam, speaking about his visit to the Chinese border in Arunachal Pradesh praises the strength and the pride in service to their nation that the soldiers displayed, and encourages each one of us to have such an ambition in our hearts which would make us feel content while serving the nation.
Dr. Kalam’s love for Bharat extends to indigenously made products as well. He is delighted to see Bharat-made mission computers, radar warning receivers, Identification – friend or foe (IFF) systems and display processors in aircraft. It is a moment of pride for him to see Bharat-made devices being used in the defense of the country.
The author praises several unsung fellow countrymen and their qualities. He tells about Mr. Verma, the project director of Light Combat Aircraft project at the aeronautical development agency in Bengaluru. When it was time for him to retire, Mr. Verma decided to settle down in his home district and dedicate the rest of his life to the service of the people of Bihar. Dr. Kalam commends his decision and questions, “How many of you would like to settle down in your home village, after retirement, like Mr. Verma?”
Pages of the book are filled with the praise of other great minds of Bharat. Dr. Kalam covers the life stories of Dr. Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Jamshedji Tata, Gandhiji, Vikram Sarabhai etc., and narrates how they endured the hardships of life and succeeded. The author encourages us readers to idolize these visionaries and learn lessons from their life journey. Dr. Kalam hence appreciates Bharat by commending her children.
Dr. Kalam’s admiration for the arts and culture of Bharat is well known. “Music has the power to cheer a person despite any handicap, be it physical or visual. But the most important aspect is how much happiness can be derived by singing for others”, Dr. Kalam said. He also said, “I am fully convinced that art, music, dance and drama connect the multiple levels of people in society and can elevate the minds of the people,” and he believes that the meritorious artists who give such happiness to the people of the country are a form of service to Bharat.
Dr. Kalam at the end of almost every speech urges the reader to have in them qualities that would enable them in being better Bharatiyas and hence making the nation a better place. He picks out these qualities from the anecdotes in his speeches such as Righteousness, Courage, Integrity etc.
“No time to fear,” says Dr. Kalam replied when a reporter asked him whether he was scared to fly Sukhoi Su-30 fighter planes. He added, “When we are deeply involved in our work and we love our work, there is no question of fear overpowering us”. He encourages the men and women of the nation not to lose hope and courage. He believed that what is most required in Bharat today is a spirit of victory, and destruction of the defeatist spirit among the people of the nation.
“Success can only come to you by courageous devotion to the task lying in front of you,” he said.
One of the greatest qualities of a leader is perseverance. According to the author, the former chairman of ISRO, Prof. Satish Dhawan embodied the quality. Dr. Kalam believed that Prof. Dhawan defined perseverance: “When you want to achieve, when you want to become a great leader, when you are involved in a great mission, you are aware that there will always be problems. A leader never allows a problem to be his or her captain; he becomes the captain of the problem, defeats the problem, and succeeds”.
Likewise, Dr. Kalam extends the ‘failure is a teacher’ approach of problem-solving to students. He suggests students not be deterred by setbacks in examinations, and says: “In life, we have to be prepared to go through certain unexpected problems. The problem should not become our captain. Students like you should become the captain of the problem, defeat the problem and succeed”.
Path to the future
One of the essential themes of the book is Dr Kalam’s ideas for the future of Bharat. He advices the youngsters of this great nation to stand for what they believe in, have courage, and strive to make the world around them a better place.
The author’s solution to one of the looming problems that Bharat faces, the epidemic of corruption, is to create a pact of transparency between parents and children. He urges everyone to live a transparent life which is honest and free from corruption. He calls upon us to start a movement of ‘transparency at home’ today.
The former President motivates us to stay hopeful about the future while pointing to the scientific developments made, and the ideas that youngsters have for the future such as building a flourishing civilization on Mars etc. The author hence ensured that there was inspiration on every page, making the reader hopeful and excited for a new future.
An admirer of Hindu Dharma
A commendable aspect of the ‘missile man’ of Bharat is his appreciation for Hindu Dharma and the greatest epics of the land. In his address at the Akshardham Temple in New Delhi, he narrated the story of the presiding deity of his hometown of Rameswaram with fervor. He stressed the importance of time, the nobility and the humility of a leader by pointing to Sri Rama as Purushottama or the Supreme Being.
Speaking about an MIT alumnus and the Director of the Bengaluru-based Lotus Energy Systems, Vidyadhar, Dr. Kalam lauded the reply Vidyadhar gave to one of his buyers who asked him what his philosophy was while negotiating. Vidyadhar said: “Do your best and leave the rest”. This is an important teaching from the Bhagavad Gita.
One of the things that Dr. Kalam enjoyed doing the most was interacting with the youth of the country. He had an affinity with the youth of the nation and an unflinching trust in their abilities and intent in overcoming the problems Bharat faces. He dedicated a large part of his presidency to shaping the mind of Bharat’s youth since he believed that “the ignited mind of the youth is the most powerful resource on the Earth, above the Earth and under the Earth”.
Although the former President is not amongst us anymore, his wisdom and advice for the youth, and the future of Bharat live on through his books and so does the opportunity to interact with one of the greatest minds to have lived in our times. The reader is left with a sense of pride and an urge to give back to the country through service. Dr. Kalam as an author is a must-read for every growing young mind of Bharat and out of all the books he has penned, “My India: Ideas for the future” definitely stands out and is a must-read. The book contains one of the most important lessons for the development of the self and the nation, which is that it starts in the home.
The relatable nature of his anecdotes and the easy language used in the speeches in the book are sure to touch the readers and inspire them to succeed in whatever they set out to do.
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[Google to purchase cyber-security agency Mandiant for .4 Billion. “Mandiant fills in a lacking piece, which is strengthening up the safety analysis capabilities of Google and it brings a detection and response platform to Google that Chronicle alone didn’t have.” There was a flurry of dealmaking in cyber safety in latest months, as governments and corporations take care of a rising variety of hacks and international anxiousness escalates over the potential ripple results in our on-line world from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine]<IMG><I_5488><I_680><I_8098><I_3123><I_680><I_5600><I_7224><I_2002><I_6235><I_680><I_680><I_6235><I_6235><I_5679><I_2280><I_6372><I_2157><I_5920><I_2296><I_8098><I_6704><I_5679><I_6235><I_2315><I_2508><I_7797><I_337><I_4165><I_6235><I_6235><I_4083><I_6028></IMG>
The acquisition, Google’s second-biggest ever, alerts that the Alphabet firm has stepped off the sidelines of huge dealmaking regardless of intense regulatory scrutiny. Because it seeks to increase its third-place cloud-infrastructure unit, which sells computing energy and storage by way of the Web, shopping for Mandiant will give Google a fuller vary of software program instruments to guard shoppers by responding rapidly to on-line threats.
Build up the cloud enterprise is a technique Google is working to diversify from digital promoting, which includes the majority of its income and revenue. Underneath Mr Thomas Kurian, who took over because the cloud division’s chief govt officer in 2019, Google has aggressively pursued new enterprise, working to make the service extra dependable and revamping its partnerships to engineer bespoke tasks for extra shoppers.
Mandiant will assist Google promote a extra holistic set of safety applications that search to stop cyber intrusions and assist cloud-computing prospects detect and battle any assaults that do get via.
Google can pay US$23 a share for Mandiant within the all-cash deal, the Mountain View, California-based firm mentioned in a press release on Tuesday (March 8). Mandiant will probably be organised below Google’s cloud enterprise on the shut of the acquisition, anticipated later this 12 months, Mr Phil Venables, Google Cloud’s chief data safety officer, mentioned in a briefing.
He disregarded considerations that the regulatory evaluation course of could also be an extended slog, saying that the deal enhances competitors in cyber safety and suggesting it is going to pose a extra critical problem to Amazon.com and Microsoft.
Microsoft was additionally focused on Mandiant, however pulled out of talks greater than every week in the past, mentioned two folks with information of the deliberations who requested to not be recognized as a result of the negotiations had been non-public.
Google’s cloud division gross sales grew 47 per cent in 2021, however rivals maintained cussed leads – as of the fourth quarter of 2021, Google held 10 per cent of the cloud-infrastructure supplier market, whereas Amazon Net Companies commanded 33 per cent and Microsoft’s Azure captured 21 per cent, in line with knowledge from Synergy Analysis Group.
Mr Kurian has focused cyber safety as a key space for progress, with Google shopping for safety automation and response firm Siemplify for a reported US$500 million in January, meant to enhance an in-house product referred to as Chronicle.
The deal “exhibits Google’s dedication to turning into a viable, aggressive safety vendor”, mentioned Mr Neil MacDonald, a analysis vice-president at Gartner. “Mandiant fills in a lacking piece, which is strengthening up the safety analysis capabilities of Google and it brings a detection and response platform to Google that Chronicle alone didn’t have.”
There was a flurry of dealmaking in cyber safety in latest months, as governments and corporations take care of a rising variety of hacks and international anxiousness escalates over the potential ripple results in our on-line world from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Mandiant has ceaselessly detailed nation-state hacking exercise, together with cyber-espionage from Russia and China, as a part of its threat-intelligence choices.
The largest latest cyber-security deal was non-public fairness big Thoma Bravo’s buy of Proofpoint for US$12.3 billion final 12 months, adopted by NortonLifeLock’s buy of Avast in a deal valued at as a lot as US$8.6 billion.
“Organisations are going through cyber-security challenges which have accelerated in frequency, severity and variety, creating a worldwide safety crucial,” Mr Kurian mentioned in a weblog put up. “The cloud represents a brand new strategy to change the safety paradigm by serving to organisations deal with and shield themselves towards total lessons of cyber threats, whereas additionally quickly accelerating digital transformation.”
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Been based in UK you do see trailers for alot of movies online, alot you desire to see at a cinema near you and your excitement turns to disappointment when the the movie is only going to be released Stateside or one of the other countries worldwide. A flurry of hope is revived when news that movie you wanted to see gets a dvd only release, then its the gamble should I pay £16 for it or not? So many great movies come and go without notice in the UK so anything not mainstream seems to be sidetracked, but one movie Olivier Assayas’ CARLOS has stuck in my mind.
Actually today I was looking through my local arthouse cinema’s October schedule (Glasgow Film Theatre)and notice this time next month the movie will be playing there! IFC Films is distributing the movie stateside and Optimum Releasing is giving the movie a limited release from October 22nd in UK.The movie is the story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez who created the World Terrorism Organisation and to many he is also known as Carlos the Jackal. Sanchez is currently serving life in France after been captured in 1975 after a raid on the Opec Headqaurters. This is actually a mini tv series which lasted nearly 5 hours and was shown at this years Cannes Festival, all in one go and IFC tend to do the same but Optimum Releasing seems to be only shown 2hours 45 minutes, possibly creating a second movie.
If your like me you love movies like Mesrine (Vincent Cassel) you’ll enjoy this, very intense riveting stuff and the reviews so far for the movie are very positive so its worth checking the movie out whatever version of the movie is been screened locally.
check out this UK Poster for the movie courtesy of EMPIRE:
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Win Psychological Thriller John And The Hole On Digital HD
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This game is similar to Defender without the humanoids to rescue. Players must fly around the screen, shooting any incoming ships that appear. Watch out for the satellite-like object, at the top of the screen, as it drops bombs. Play simply continues from wave after wave of ships, until the player loses their last ship.
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5 Poker Hands You Can Always Play
Picking poker hands to play isn’t as simple as knowing poker hand ranks - no one ever built a stack by waiting around to get dealt pocket pairs. Today we’re going to talk about five poker hands you can always play, giving you a chance to improve your online poker play.
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52 cards. Two dealt to each player. 169 different starting hands in Texas Hold’em. If you’ve ever picked up a deck of cards you know that a pair of aces is good and a 2-7 offsuit is bad without having to consult poker hand rankings. But picking hands to play isn’t as simple as knowing poker hand ranks - no one ever built a stack by waiting around to get dealt pocket pairs. Today we’re going to talk about five poker hands you can always play, giving you a chance to improve your online poker play.
One of the milestones in every poker player’s life is when we finally learn that picking hands to play is not always based on the cards. Not all poker starting hands are created equal. But even the same exact hand, dealt to two different players, in two different positions, with two different stacks, are not the same. The two cards in your hand are only as good as your position at the table, the action around you and the playing style of your opponents makes them. Well, that and your own ability to play. For each of the five poker hands we’re discussing today, your success playing them will be based on your understanding of what makes a hand playable and when you should be using your stack to extract the most chips you can from your opponents.
Before we dive into the hands there are a couple of poker terms you need to know to follow along. The dealer is the player with the button; in a home game you may pass the cards around the table, but in a casino the button lets everyone know the position of the “dealer”. The same is true playing online poker. Directly after the dealer are the Small Blind, Big Blind and then the least favorable draw - Under The Gun.
Why is UTG the least favorable place to play? You’re the first to act before the flop and that’s a lot of pressure, just like you’re under th- you know what? I think you get it. To win online poker you don’t just need to know how to play poker, but how to play poker with marginal hands, great hands and everything in between. Ok, we’re ready to discuss five Texas Hold’em Hands you can always play.
I know I wrote up top that there are 169 different starting hands, but there are actually 1,326 possible starting hands once you factor in each suit for each card. We do not evaluate for 1,326 before the flop because A♥ J♥ and A♠ J♠ are identical in value; each is a hand consisting of an ace and a jack of the same suit. But after the flop, the odds of winning with each of those hands may vary greatly depending on the outcome of the flop.
Suited connectors refers to pocket cards that are suited and consecutive, for example Q♥ J♥, or J♥ 10♥. These hands can be strong hands to play because of the potential to form straights and flushes when combined with the community cards - the flop, turn and river cards.
Poker can be tricky - when you look at down at your hold cards and see 5♥-5♦ you’re going to get excited. A pair is better than a high card! You’ve already ‘made’ a hand before the flop. But if you look at the chart below, you’ll see that a pair of fives is only rated as a 6 out of 8 while an 8-9 offsuit is rated a 5/8! But that doesn’t mean you should never play small pocket pairs early - you need to know the table, the players and have a good feeling for what is going to happen if you limp (just call the big blind) or raise from an early position at the table
But that doesn’t mean you should never play small pocket pairs early - you need to know the table, the players and have a good feeling for what is going to happen if you limp (limp = calling the big blind) or raise from an early position at the table. Best case scenario, you’re going to be in a coin-flip situation if you get called - the likelihood is that you opponent has two over cards (two cards that are higher than your 5s) and if they make any pair they’re now significantly ahead of you.
Playing a low pocket pair is much easier when you’re sitting in one of the blinds.
There are only two positions from which we can always call an open-raise with our low pocket pairs: the big blind and the button. We can defend our big blind with all of these hands for a couple of reasons:
Calling from the button with these hands is profitable because of our positional advantage and the reduced chance of a player squeezing behind.
So get your chips in good, and hope you hit a set (or better) to maximize your chip stack.
One of the hardest things to manage in poker is understanding the number of outs you have to improve your hand. Holding a 10-9 and a 10-8 are only one card apart, but when you’re discussing the opportunity to make a better hand, specifically a straight, there is a big difference here. Playing these hands can provide a bit of unexpected value because often times tight players at your table will not consider that others are playing ‘gapper’ hands.
Gappers almost connect in the way that connectors do, but have a gap between the cards. Hands like 79s and TQs are referred to as ‘one-gappers’, given that the cards have a gap of one rank between them, and can make for good, disguised hands when they hit. The bigger the gap (e.g. 96s would be called a ‘two-gapper’), the more the hand is disguised, but remember that you’re not going to connect with the flop in a meaningful way too often.
Nevertheless, when gappers do hit the flop they can make some unexpected and unpredictable hands, so it’s worth considering playing them if conditions are right. As with connectors, you are looking for a situation where the cards aren’t too low, the price isn’t too high, and ideally you have position. And just like connectors, having them suited is a big plus.
Playing suited gappers is such a big plus that if you look at the chart above you’ll see that suited, premium gappers like K-10, Q-10 and J-9 are all playable in early position. The fine folks at CardsChat make it easy to see:
NOW, compare that to Off-Suited hands:
(if you’re wondering why the two charts have different numbers of possible hands, it’s because the top chart includes pairs).
Look, it’s easy to say ‘just play the best hands’ but for a number of reasons that isn’t possible. But you’re always going to try and play as many of the super premium hands as possible. And this can occasionally get you into trouble. So it’s not just enough to say ‘hey, these are two cards you can always play’, you need to know *how* to play them and when to let them go.
We’re turning it over to icon poker coach Jonathan Little to discuss When Your Premium Hand Becomes Marginal on the Turn!
Favorite numbers? Rabbits feet? Special card protector? Superstitions and card players go hand in glove (just remember which glove is the lucky one, the last time you wore the other one was all kinds of yikes!)
Playing a favorite hand can offer you a chance to f around a bit; if it’s not a particularly strong opening hand or you’re playing it out of position and wild? Well, you might find out. But many of the games biggest names swear allegiance to certain marginal hands and that has shined them on a bit. The most famous remains Doyle “Texas Dolly” Brunson and the 10-2, a hand which he held to win not one but TWO WSOP Main Events!
Just like Dolly, you might have a hand that when you look down and just see dollar signs. Keep in mind your chip stack relative to the table, the stakes of the game and what position you’re in. It’s much easier to sit in the big blind and check to the river with a 9-3 off (hey, it's the year you were born! It’s gotta be lucky!) then it is to consider raising Under the Gun.
If you’re keeping score at home Brunson’s two WSOP main event titles were won with T♠-2♠in 1976 and T♠-2♥ in 1977. You can try and play Doyle’s Hand, but remember most of the time you’ll be playing a bluff.
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[Shiba Inu Soars Knocking Dogecoin Down a Notch — 20 Holders Own 75% of the SHIB Supply. SHIB’s ATH was around $0.00008616 and then the value subsequently dipped 11% below the high]<IMG><I_3017><I_2315><I_3748><I_2681><I_680><I_1643><I_3817><I_1716><I_5756><I_2157><I_2157><I_3748><I_5025><I_5756><I_5943><I_3265><I_2157><I_1643><I_2157><I_221><I_5756><I_2620><I_5756><I_2157><I_5756><I_383><I_6075><I_1643><I_5943><I_2681><I_5025><I_4863></IMG>
The meme-based digital asset shiba inu has entered the top ten largest crypto assets by market capitalization, knocking dogecoin down a notch. In the last 30 days, the shiba inu token climbed 976% capturing a market cap of over $40 billion. Meanwhile, the concentration of shiba inu whales is still quite large these days alongside the massive circulating supply of 549 trillion tokens.
This week the crypto asset shiba inu (SHIB) reached an all-time high (ATH) on a few occasions, including today, during the early morning trading sessions. SHIB’s ATH was around $0.00008616 and then the value subsequently dipped 11% below the high. SHIB’s market valuation has soared to $40 billion and it has allowed the shiba inu token market to enter the top ten crypto assets. Shiba inu managed to knock dogecoin (DOGE) down a notch as well from the ninth position to the tenth.
The top SHIB exchange today is Binance followed by Huobi Pro, Okex, Coinbase, and Poloniex. While BTC’s trade volume is around $45 billion on Thursday, SHIB’s is just a hair lower with $41 billion in 24-hour swaps across the globe.
Meanwhile, there’s a whole lot of SHIB in circulation, even after Vitalik Buterin gave away 1 trillion tokens and the network’s deflationary features. Today there are 549 trillion SHIB tokens in existence, which is far from being scarce like other crypto assets such as bitcoin. Bitcoin’s whale concentration is far lower as the rich list is around 14.65% while SHIB’s rich list is shockingly different. BTC’s concentration by large holders, according to Into the Block stats, is only 11%.
I just bought the dip🥰
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PAC publishes A Guide to the Kimberley Process
Polished Diamond Imports to United States Soar 20% in May
The United States increased by more than 20 percent on last year its imports of polished goods in May to $3.19 billion, according to government figures.
In volume, imports were almost the same at 1.5 million carats, while the average price per carat surged 23 percent to $2,117.
American exports of polished stone rose 13 percent to $1.485 billion, with the average price per carat soaring 45 percent to $1,787.
In rough imports, there was a decline of 4 percent to $53 million, while exports of rough dropped 44 percent to $15 million in May.
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Yes, We Know Ryan Gosling As Ken From ‘Barbie’ Looks Fantastic But Did You See That Custom-Underwear?
On Wednesday, Warner Bros blessed our phone screens with the first look of actor Ryan Gosling as Ken from their highly-anticipated film Barbie. Directed by Greta Gerwig, the picture features Ryan in an all-new avatar, dressed up as Barbie’s boyfriend Ken. Yes, that’s correct. The first image suggests, that Ryan and his team have put in a lot of work to bring this look to life. While the eight-year-old me is jumping and excited to see Ken finally come alive in reality, and not just in my very own Barbie world, this is surprisingly a great version of the actual doll, with Ryan’s hair dyed in the brightest blonde, bare-chested look, supported by a jean vest and a matching pair of denim jeans. It pretty much is about the popular Y2k aesthetic, and at times it gives off Salman Khan from the late 90s or swaying to the tunes of “Oh Oh Jane Jana.”
While everything looks top-notch, the internet is zooming in a bit, to only notice the Ken underwear, which is what we are here for (lol). The picture interestingly strikes an uncanny resemblance with the gay ken doll or Earring Magic Ken which was introduced by Mattel in 1993. The significant name tag on the underwear, suggests it’s here to make some point. This also makes us think, what role does the Ken doll actually play in the film. And considering the secrecy around Greta Gerwig’s thoughts for the plot, we can safely say the anticipation is pretty positive. And its not just us, but the internet pariwaar’s dil is also dhad-king like anything.
no thoughts only ryan gosling in a KEN underwear https://t.co/KU28XzgHkr
This Shirtless Photo of Ryan Gosling as Barbie’s Ken Is… Wild He even has custom underwear.
Ryan Gosling Barbie FIRST Look: Not shocking transformation but his underwear is talk of the town https://t.co/YJsnRPgwCI
Urgent: How Do I Get Ryan Gosling’s Ken-Branded Underwear? https://t.co/wmGqywyoAt
Well, it’s not just the latest release of the Ken doll, that’s hitting the internet with a wave of excitement, actress Margot Robbie’s Barbie is no less a star. The first poster that was released back in the month of April this year, unleashed The Suicide Squad star in a never-seen-before avatar. Dressed up as Barbie in her own world, the picture oozed a mix of Barbie’s signature pink, set against a Malibu fantasy land. Taking on the retro aesthetic, she wears a polka-dotted hair band, a backless, ribbed crop top and a matching bracelet all dipped in the colour blue, as she flaunts her platinum blonde big hair mood.
While, neither the filmmaker nor the production house has dropped any significant hints about the plot line, Margot admitted in one of her British Vogue interviews –that playing a part so famous “comes with a lot of baggage” and “a lot of nostalgic connections.”
Apart from Ryan and Margot, Sex Education star and Margot’s doppelgänger–Emma Mackey, will be joined by Hari Nef, Issa Rae, Simu Liu and another Sex Education alum–Ncuti Gatwa. A little birdy has also dropped hints about Bridgerton‘s Nicola Coughlan and our very own rockstar girl–Dua Lipa entering the cast lineup. Is it true or is it not, yeh toh time will only tell.
The movie is set for a 2023 release, and we certainly can’t wait for it.
Best Dressed Stars On The Koffee Couch
By Ritu Sanghvi
On Jun 28, 2022
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Sonakshi Sinha Is Gorgeous In Gulaabi
By Pragya Dubey
On Jun 27, 2022
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Talking points from round six of the 2019 NRL season
One of the biggest issues from the 2018 NRL season had been quiet so far in 2019 — until an explosive round six.
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Daly Cherry-Evans shows his frustration as he speaks to referee Dave Munro.Source:Getty Images
But with the sides ranked sixth to 13th separated by just two points, the season is shaping up for an unpredictable twist.
All teams have claimed a win and suffered a loss as another round in a close season wraps up.
Here are the talking points from round six.
After a 2018 season where the referees were front and centre of nearly every NRL game with penalties taking over, the start of 2019 enjoyed a respite.
The men in the middle had been able to fly under the radar for the opening rounds of the year for the most part but after the wick was lit in the Storm-Cowboys game in round five, when the officials didn’t stop the match for Nene Mcdonald’s broken leg, controversy around officiating has exploded in round six.
South Sydney coach Wayne Bennett kicked off the drama with a cranky take on the Rabbitohs’ 14-6 win over the Canterbury Bulldogs before a stunning finish to the match between the Sea Eagles and the Dragons divided fans and commentators.
Bennett slammed the referees for allowing the Bulldogs to lay in the middle of the ruck and slow the play-the-ball down, exemplified by Sam Burgess’ running battle with Lachlan Lewis.
20 penalties were called for the match but Bennett was furious about how the referees managed the ruck.
“The solution is reffing what’s in front of you - it’s always been the solution. If it’s an unnecessary time on the ground, in the play-the-ball area - blow the whistle.”
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Speaking on Fox League commentary, Paul Kent said the Bulldogs played on the referees fear of blowing the whistle in 2019, after the 2018 season was criticised for over officiating.
Fox League commentator Greg Alexander said the only way to stop the issue was to “blow penalties” or “drop the interchange down to two”.
Annesley was more definite about the Sea Eagles issue, telling Triple M Footy it should have been a penalty.
The Dragons’ Tim Lafai appeared to give Dragons winger Jordan Pereira an escort in the dying seconds of the game, denying Manly winger Reuben Garrick the chance to leap at a Daly Cherry-Evans cross kick.
Cherry-Evans exploded as referee Dave Munro refused to send the call to the Bunker.
“You’re willing to make the hard call when the game wasn’t on the line and unfortunately then that call needed to be made on the field. Chalk and cheese mate,” the Manly skipper said.
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Debate has raged over the call.Source:FOX SPORTS
Debate is swirling with Ryan Girdler arguing Lafai “got to the ball first”, arguing he did nothing wrong.
Back to round five’s big controversy, former NRL referee Bill Harrigan was furious as Grant Atkins and Gavin Badger were demoted after their role in the Macdonald injury.
Suggestions before round six that the NRL is too tough were slammed by Wests Tigers star Josh Reynolds despite 65 injuries sidelining stars in the opening rounds of the season.
Reynolds argued players “know what they sign up for” when they play rugby league, speaking late last week on Macquarie Sports Radio.
“It is a tough sport, it is brutal, guys are so big and strong,” Reynolds said.
“Some of the injuries that are happening are freak accidents. We know what we sign up for, no one’s saying we have to play footy.
“At the end of it, if some guy just says ‘I can’t do this anymore’, you can just walk away. Injuries are a part of every sport, it’s hard to say that you’re not going to get injured.”
While it’s in line with previous season’s NRL legends have a plan to reduce injuries — reduce the interchange.
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Nene Macdonald’s injury could definitely be classed as a “freak accident”.Source:AAP
League legend Mark Geyer spoke to The Daily Telegraph last week, calling for the NRL to reduce the interchanged from eight to six and then to four.
Geyer said the move would arguably reduce the chance of injury as forwards slim down to survive bigger minutes.
“It’ll bring the playmakers back into the contest. Plus, you won’t have guys weighing over 120kg anymore because they won’t be able to keep up,” he said.
“With players getting bigger, stronger and faster, the collisions are going to be bigger.
“But the NRL is also significantly safer now given all of the s*** that’s been taken out of the game too.”
Matthew Johns agreed with Geyer’s take but Greg Alexander has called for the interchange to be dropped to two, which would help with the officiating.
Speaking in response to the Bulldogs and Rabbitohs match which saw Wayne Bennett slam the refereeing, Alexander told Fox League the interchange should be dropped to two.
Kangaroos coach Mal Meninga agreed with Alexander as the NRL had gone through an era of strong defensive qualities and that it’s up to coaches to find the next evolution in attack.
Sydney Roosters centre Latrell Mitchell has long drawn comparisons to Greg Inglis but the 21-year-old has claimed he’s eager to forge his own path.
The star has already achieved club, state and international success with a long career ahead of him with his latest heroics ending the Melbourne Storm’s unbeaten start to the season.
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“The comparison is very humbling, and I’ve grown up always having that comparison since I was a junior,” Mitchell said.
“The hype has always been there, and I’ve tried to live up to it, but I want to play my own game and I have.”
NRL legend Darren Lockyer has slammed the Penrith Panthers after another “soft” loss over the weekend.
Despite a 14-0 half-time lead, the Panthers lost 24-20 to the injury plagued Cronulla Sharks with the loss throwing up more issues.
Paired with The Daily Telegraph’s Phil Rothfield reporting the Panthers Group lost close to $6 million in 2018, it’s been a tough weekend in a tough season for Penrith.
After six rounds, the club many tipped for top four honours are 2-4.
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James Maloney was stunned the Panthers blew up the 14-point lead.Source:Getty Images
Lockyer told WWOS the side won’t make the finals this season.
“I think they’re shot, I just can’t see where they’re going to turn it around,” Lockyer said.
“The football they’re playing, first and foremost they’ve got to fix up their defence.
“They missed 67 tackles two weeks ago, nearly 50 again on the weekend. They’ve got to fix that up. That’s attitude.”
Former Panthers star Ryan Girdler said the team “used to bully sides” and he admitted “I don’t think they have the stock to win the comp”.
Penrith star James Maloney was furious after the loss on Friday, taking the anger into Monday, accusing his side of taking “soft options”.
“I think we’re taking the wrong option too many times,” Maloney said. “We’re not mentally tough enough at the moment and not working hard enough. “
Prime Minister Scott Morrison was clearly excited after the Sharks’ come-from-behind win over the Panthers.
The fan was everywhere after the game, popping up on the field and crashing interview after interview.
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He also said Paul Gallen was his favourite player of all time.Source:AAP
But it was on Triple M that gave the best value for money.
Morrison was on the air, he asked who he was talking to, dropping a dig on Penrith great Mark Geyer.
“Mark, not a great night for you mate,” he said, much to the delight of Wendell Sailor.
Geyer took a humble approach, praising the PM for the support of his side.
But Wendell Sailor didn’t hold back.
“I hope you don’t lose the election like that ScoMo anyway,” Sailor dug back.
“We’re coming from behind just like our boys tonight,” Morrison responded.
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John Jamelske didn’t have many eye-catching qualities. He was quiet and withdrawn. He underachieved academically. He always worked in low-wage blue-collar jobs like carpeting or construction work. He sucked at sports — apparently even more than me, which is one hell of an achievement.
And out of his drab and emotionally crippled life bore a dangerous belief, one he often publicly expressed: I deserve better, I deserve more. It was this belief, coupled with his perseverance, resourcefulness, and emotional issues, that corrupted his sense of morals and drove him to start ruining other people’s lives.
In 1988, John’s wife became bedridden from disease. His main concern, however, was not how she felt or how to help her. No, his main concern was where to get laid now that his wife couldn’t fuck him anymore. And just like that, believing he deserved better, he went on a cheating spree.
But what started as simply seducing women and bringing them home quickly morphed into kidnapping minors and dragging them into a homemade sex dungeon where he raped them daily.
John even fed these girls bullshit stories about how he had a prominent role in an underground slavery syndicate, which the police were a part of, and how he would have their families killed if they snitched.
The more girls John kidnapped, the more intensely he believed he deserved to rape them. And the sicker his wife got, the more frequently he justified his crimes. His rationalization was that he needed to unwind due to stress at home. And while there was more to John’s malice than a sick belief about deserving, we can’t ignore how greatly it affected his actions.
Here’s what I mean: we can’t help but think along the lines of cause and effect. Getting better at communication leads to fewer arguments. Overcoming insecurities leads to being more attractive and magnetic. Frequent meditation leads to faster breakup recovery and higher baseline happiness.
At its simplest, actions have consequences. And we, as humans, are wired to automatically assume that we deserve whatever consequences follow our actions.
But what about when something nasty and unexpected, like a breakup, befalls us? Well, even though we didn’t necessarily, single-handedly, cause it, our minds will have a hard time letting go of the idea that we aren’t somehow deserving of the breakup. That’s why one of the most common phrases I hear heartbroken people utter is, “What did I do to deserve this?”
Now there are a few different ways people cope with this feeling of deserving their breakup:
The truth is, all of these responses suck. Because you don’t necessarily deserve anything after your breakup, good or bad. I’d argue that the belief is not only incorrect but even dangerous. It leads to self-absorption, entitlement, and, as illustrated in John’s story, crime, hate, and violence.
So if you recently got into a breakup, that’s life. Random, chaotic, often thankless, and unfair — to some people more than others. Accept you’re hurting, engage the pain, feel your emotions, learn what you can do better in your next relationship, and then actually do better. Deserving should not be a part of your mental equation. Only self-improvement, topped with brutal honesty and self-compassion.
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Trying too hard to feel better and reach your post-breakup goals usually has the opposite effect — and the backwards law proves this.
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The bullshit behind the 5 love languages, uncovered and exposed, by some random blogger you should totally take super-duper seriously.
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6 Solutions For When You Can’t Sleep After A Breakup
Discover 6 powerful solutions for when you can't sleep after a breakup straight from a retired biohacker and sleep and productivity nerd.
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This blog post was created for Chuck Wendig’s FLASH FICTION CHALLENGE: SHARE AN IMAGE, WRITE A STORY. The idea is to write a story based off of an image someone else provided. I picked two images that I merged for the below effect:
Jeannie looked up just in time to see the giant arthropod about to wander into the road. Instinctively, she slammed on the brakes; whipping both women back like willow brances when the Ford Pinto Fusion came to its full and sudden stop.
The large insect stood by the side of the road and looked around. Its antennae flicked back and forth leisurely.
Looking to her passenger, Jeannie smiled. “Well, I think – oh fuck. Are you ok Beth?” The other woman was looking around slightly dazed. A large, red swelling had already started to form on her forehead.
“Like hell you’re fine. You must have hit your head on the dashboard. Let me just -” She paused for a moment to look around at their surroundings. “Let me just pull in to the gas station over there and see if they have some ice. For the swelling.”
The huge brown beast’s attention finally fell on the near by vehicle, and it began slowly sauntering up to it.
“The wasp. It’s a paper wasp. A giant paper wasp-”
Beth’s words were cut off as the big bug placed its forelegs on the side of the car and pulled itself up to look inside. Though it was only the size of an Irish wolfhound, it still managed to rock the car.
Jeannie flicked her hand back at the wrist in a dismissing motion. “Forget the fucking wasp. You’re hurt.”
“Yes, but Meredith lost a paper wasp, didn’t she? With clipped wings, like this one? We should at least check her tags-”
The car rocked again as the the wasp shifted its weight.
“Fuck Meredith and her fucking wasp.”
The two women sat there in silence for several moments before the car shook again. The giant wasp pushed itself off the car and started to meander away.
Beth turned to look at the insect slowly milling about the grassy embankment. “You wouldn’t like it if Rupert was missing.”
“Rupert is a two year old, male bumble bee. Its a miracle he’s alive as it is.”
Beth forced a disapproving “eh” with a sharp exhale.
“Don’t give me that-” Jeannie mimicked Beth’s “eh” before continuing. “Most male bumble bees don’t live more than a few months. Rupert’s second birth day was-”
“And?” Beth shot, still looking out the window at the aimless bug. In turn, the wasp was looking at the grating on a storm drain.
Jeannie didn’t respond for quite some time. She just looked at the back of the other woman’s head. Turning to look down at the steering wheel, she finally responded. “Rupert is a kind and gentle animal. He’s vegetarian. He’s doesn’t have a stinger. He’s nice an furry. I mean, the local kids and cats love him.”
“The local cats love him because he feeds on that giant catnip plant growing in your back yard.”
“That helps too. But, my point is that everyone likes him – he’s friendly, gentle, and harmless.”
“And Meredith’s wasps are anything but. With their venom-filled stingers and generally anti-personal personalities. And lets not forget she keeps a whole nest full of them. And she’s ‘clipped’ their wings.” Jeannie made air quotes with her fingers when she said ‘clipped’. “Jesus, Mary and Joseph-”
“Really?” Beth interjected, snapping her head around to look at Jeannie. Almost immediately, Beth closed her eyes and gripped the dashboard to steady herself.
“Really.” Jeannie replied without looking up. “You can’t clip an insect wing. They’re not like bird wings-” Glancing over at Beth, Jeannie stopped in mid-sentence. The welt on Beth’s forehead was now red and blue, and had swollen to the size of large egg. “Jesus-”
“What? I’m Jewish and you’re Buddhist.”
“And we were born Catholic.”
“No one is born Catholic. That’s why they baptize babies who are in critical in Catholic hospitals-”
“Whatever. We were raised Catholic.”
“And we converted. Anyway. Look.” Jeannie stated forcefully, turning the rearview mirror so Beth could look at herself in the mirror.
Watching Jeannie struggle to carry the one pound bag of ice to the car, Beth couldn’t help but laugh. The other woman wobbled precariously on her impractically tall heels on her way to her car.
“Laugh it up.” Jeannie said as she endeavored to open the car door while juggling the amorphous bag of ice and her rather expensive Italian leather handbag. She was doing her best to make sure they didn’t touch, and failing miserably.
“I’m glad I amuse you. Catch.” Jeannie shouted to Beth once the door was open. Remarkably, Beth managed to catch the bag of ice like a pro.
“I thought we were getting ice to help treat my trauma – not to traumatize me further.”
Closing the door behind her, Jeannie slipped into the car and out of her shoes. Popping open her purse, she fished inside briefly before pulling out a small, plastic sandwich bag. “You would never believe the guy in there. I said I wanted a cup of ice – and he refused.”
“Because they inventory the cups and the cups have costs.”
“That’s what he said – but one cup can’t cost that much.”
Beth glanced away and rolled her eyes. While Jeannie continued speaking, Beth opened the larger bag of ice and put a few cubes in the sandwich bag.
“So, anyway, I told him about the wasp and he let me use the phone to call animal control. They should have a nuclear entomologist up here shortly.”
As she leaned her head back against the headrest, Beth gently pressed the ice against the bump on her forehead. Gazing out the window, she saw that the giant wasp had turned around to look at the road again. It seemed to be watching the traffic zip up and down the street.
“Do you remember what life was like before the meltdown?” Beth asked.
“Well, I was like six when the reactor went critical-”
Jeannie immediately interrupted the younger woman. “And I was only eight. I’m not that much older than you.”
Unseen by Jeannie, Beth rolled her eyes again. “Anyway. I’ve never been out of the county either. So I don’t know life any other way.”
Jeannie shrugged, even though the younger woman couldn’t see her. “Well, we didn’t have giant plants or bugs. We didn’t have to deal with zombies either. I’m just glad they’re the slow, shambling, not-highly-infectious kind. But,” Jeannie continued, pulling a glowing bottle out of her bag. “then again, we didn’t have this either.”
Beth turned to look at what Jeannie was referring. They both smiled and said in unison “Worth it.”
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The image from the top of this post was created by merging and editing two images provided by Kristin Mireles and vlsperry in the comment section of Chuck’s blog post (mentioned earlier). The other image was derived from a Nuka-Cola Quantum picture I found floating around the Internet. Both images were created without consent from the original photographers, and I believe the images’ creation falls under fair use. If the base pictures are yours, and you disagree, please contact me.
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The budget season looms and the police and fire chiefs are predicting reduced staffing, slower response times, and fewer services.
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Both Police Chief Phil Langmeyer and Fire Chief Mike Morin detailed restructuring plans for about 60 residents and the elected Board of Trustees, listing consequences like reduced staffing, slower response times, and fewer services.
For example, he would like to eliminate the township’s traffic investigations unit and redirect three traffic officers and a traffic sergeant for preventative road patrol duties.
Budget negotiations loom, and public safety dollars are a concern.
In August, voters said no to higher taxes to largely fund retiree healthcare for township police and firefighters. The special assessment district proposal would have levied up to a 2.3-mill tax for 15 years to fund retirement benefits, primarily healthcare, for township police officers and firefighters. About $9 million was expected in the first year.
No voters won 6,678 to 4,058, according to official results. Poor budgeting on the township’s part, a lack of transparency and scare tactics were cited as reasons the proposal was defeated.
Some trustees protested the two chiefs’ moves to restructure because of finances at Monday’s meeting.
“It absolutely sickens me, somebody who has been on the board for about 16 years, to hear about having to make cuts to our police department,” Trustee Neal Barnett said. “It wasn’t a scare tactic. When the money’s not there, this is what happens. If this had been done prior to or instead of (a special assessment district), the same thing would have happened. It really is the new reality that we’re dealing with.”
“Nobody wants to cut police and fire,” she protested. “My question is who came here to say, ‘It’s on you to do this.’ I’m wondering who put that on your shoulders.”
Langmeyer said his proposed changes are necessary unless he gets more officers.
Morin manages 60 fire personnel members. He has four vacant positions that are on hold. In 1989, the township had 76 fire personnel.
Some of the most elderly want to stay at home, and Morin wants his firefighters to retain their quality of life.
“If the caregiver isn’t there, or the family isn’t there, that’s the fire department that shows up with the big truck, because that’s the only way we can get there,” Morin said, “to put you back in bed, a lot of times just cleaning you up and giving you a little dignity so you don’t have to go to the hospital.”
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(AP) — A teacher says two dozen Indiana high school students who were visiting a French city when an armed man went on a rampage remained calm during that attack.
Madison High School teacher Michael Heitz says 25 students and nine chaperones were having lunch Friday in the medieval city of Carcassonne when the attack began about 5 miles (8 kilometers) away.
He tells The Madison Courier the group wasn’t in any danger and “no one panicked” after learning of the attack, in which a man killed three people before police killed him during a standoff.
Heitz says the students from the Ohio River city of Madison about 40 miles (64 miles) northeast of Louisville, Kentucky, were kept in the restaurant during the standoff.
Police later led them to their tour bus.
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Well, it seems that sharing a room is going to be a bit of an awkward and difficult task for both mothers and sons. In the recently released episode, we saw how Kelle Mortensen made her first move by flirting with Shannan Diggs’ son Ryan. She asked him to come into her room. However, Kelle’s son Joey wasn’t comfortable seeing her mother being goofy around some men his age. He immediately told his mother that he would not share the room with anyone.
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The Baileys Women’s Prize for Fiction shortlist of six – announced this week – come from three continents, four countries and five publishers. Here they are (and Granta must be feeling pretty pleased with itself):
The winner will be announced on June 7 at The Royal Festival Hall, and receive £30,000…
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If Charlotte is to succeed, it must create more opportunities for minorities to be in positions of leadership, so said a panel of women who spoke at the YMCA of Greater Charlotte’s 29th MLK Breakfast.
The women, all in leadership positions, said it’s important to create an environment where minority communities can be mentored, thus creating a pipeline for the next generation of leaders of color.
The breakfast is held annually to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. But unlike in previous years, organizers of this year’s event said they were deliberate in selecting an all-women panel.
“We chose all women because we realize that a lot of challenges, as it relates to income gaps or climbing the corporate ladder, are often related or directly tied to women,” John Ham, board chair of the McCrorey Family YMCA, told Qcity Metro last week.
Close to 1,300 people attended the event, the YMCA’s first in-person MLK breakfast since the pandemic.
Creating an ecosystem that molds leaders
Trotman, with Foundation For The Carolinas, said Charlotte has a lot of hidden talent that goes undiscovered.
“We have this trend where we find the most popular, this small group, and we cycle them through and focus on them,” she said.
Trotman said Charlotte needs more leadership programs that build a pipeline for the next generation of leaders.
Gonzalez, with the Women’s Business Center, emphasized a need for improved education, including classes that teach financial literacy. She also called for more community involvement when seeking solutions to community problems.
Coltman, with Advocate Healthy, said she often finds herself the only woman in a room of men. Still, she said, she tries to remain true to herself and who she is as a woman. She wants to set an example, she said, for her 5-year-old daughter.
“I think sometimes women have been told that we need to not be emotional,” Coltman said. “I will cry at work if I’m called to do that. I’m not going to artificially suppress that.”
Terrell, with ASC, said being a woman and Black is even more difficult, because Black women are often placed in demanding positions with inadequate resources. She said women of color must advocate for themselves and what they need.
Trotman agreed, saying community leaders should be held accountable for how they support Black women.
“I’ll say for all the Black women in the room, we know how to pull something together and make it work,” Trotman chuckled. “But we shouldn’t have to do that. We should be given that runway so when we have the vision, we know it’s going to work.”
Gonzalez said women are disproportionately given responsibilities but often go unrecognized for their contributions. She urged attendees to become champions for minority women by looking beyond their quirks and physical appearances to recognize their talents.
Don’t talk about it, be about it
When it comes to inequity and inequality, Trotman said, what’s needed is less talk and more action, especially when it comes to providing resources to strengthen people and communities.
“What I do want to do is put out a challenge for us to, as a community, think about 50 years from now,” she said. “What do we want to look back on and say?”
Terrell said Charlotte can’t move forward to address inequity if efforts are simply performative. And while she noted a handful of minority leaders in Charlotte, she said white leaders must be willing to distribute their power.
“It really is about working with those that you want to invest in and being able to do that work together,” Terrell said. “Think about [it] from a lens of power and who’s able to really make decisions.”
CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that Elizabeth Trotman is the senior vice president of civic leadership programs and initiatives at Foundation For The Carolinas. She is no longer in this role and is now president and CEO of One Catalyst Consulting.
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Sergeant Vadim Shishimarin could get life in prison for shooting a 62-year-old Ukrainian man in the head through an open car window in the northeastern Sumy region on February 28, four days into the invasion.
Shishimarin, a captured member of a Russian tank unit, was prosecuted under a section of the Ukrainian criminal code that addresses the laws and customs of war.
It was not immediately clear how many of the suspects are in Ukrainian hands and how many would be tried in absentia.
Prosecutors plan to continue presenting evidence against Shishimarin following his guilty plea, although the trial is like to be shorter.
As the inaugural war-crimes case in Ukraine, Shishimarin's prosecution was being watched closely. Investigators have been collecting evidence of possible war crimes to bring before the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Venediktova's office has said it was looking into more than 10,700 potential war crimes involving more than 600 suspects, including Russian soldiers and government officials.
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The outcome may have already been decided, but Thursday’s high school football game between Mitchell and Sturgis in the South Dakota state playoffs may have produced the best finish of any game this season.
With Mitchell leading by a wide margin in the state quarterfinals, the Kernels called a timeout and inserted senior Tayler Reichelt into the game. A play later, Reichelt burst through the line sprinted to the end zone for a 58-year touchdown run.
Reichelt, who was born with Down syndrome, was mobbed by his teammates in the end zone.
"I don't have the words," said Mitchell head coach Kent VanOverschelde told the Mitchell Republic. "That'll be a moment, that all of us will cherish. Anyone that was in this ballpark, will cherish that moment for a long time."
Best sports moment I've ever been a part of! Thanks to the entire Sturgis football program! #KingT #KernelFB #sdpreps pic.twitter.com/5hfFiGIlFb
"To me, it's a no-brainer," Sturgis head coach Chris Koletzky said. "It's a great thing because that's something he'll never forget and we're all out here for the kids and to create memories. That's a great one tonight and I bet our kids won't forget it either."
Reichelt, who was named Mitchell’s homecoming king earlier this year, told the Mitchell Republic the run was “really good.”
"Tayler has worked extremely hard. He shows up every day and waits for his opportunity," VanOverschelde said. "Tonight was definitely well worth the wait."
Reichelt and his Mitchell will play for a spot in the state championship game next week.
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Only another two days until SXSW music starts. Depeche Mode have been announced as a performing band (although you have to enter the draw/ballot for a chance to get a ticket). It made sense that they would be playing as they’re also in town for a SXSW interview at the Austin Convention Centre.
Presented by Yahoo! the exclusive show will take place at Austin’s Brazos Hall with Depeche Mode scheduled to take the stage at 10pm
Depeche Mode are nearly ready to unleash their new album Delta Machine on us all and their performance is going to be one of the first opportunities for the public to hear the new tracks that they’ve been working on. The band’s new album, was recorded over the last year in Santa Barbara, California and New York City and was produced by Ben Hillier and mixed by Flood.
Of course we’ve entered all of the ballots again this year and we definitely didn’t want to miss out on a chance of this surprise SXSW addition. We picked up a ticket for Bruce Springsteen last time around through the same ballot, so we may as well give it another go right?
Check out the video to their new track ‘Heaven’ and get a load of Depeche Mode at SXSW if you’re in town.
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“We didn’t just release an NFT collection. We created a household name. The pieces to make that happen are now being revealed a step at a time”— CryptoGrims, Artsy Monke Artist
Released with music producer The Duck Of Mischief, who already boast over a million Spotify streams, and featuring vocals from rising star Fran Fuzz, the rock track has quickly become an anthem for the thriving Artsy Monke community.
Registered for chart eligibility in the US, UK and Canada, with a global release on all music platforms, the song is making all the right noises.
Artsy Monke, which recently broke through 200 eth ($332,788) of secondary trading volume on NFT marketplaces within just a few weeks of launching, is focused on establishing a high quality brand for its community.
“We didn’t just release an NFT collection. We created a household name. The pieces to make that happen are now being revealed a step at a time.” said CryptoGrims, the project’s co-founder and artist.
The Artsy Monke brand has already revealed a browser game in development to bring new audiences into the NFT scene, as well as their Play-To-Earn (P2E) world, MonkeLand. In addition, the Artsy community have started a weekly campaign to free caged chimpanzees, with funds to release two apes already donated to PASA.org.
“This is just the beginning.” said Grims. “The Artsy Monke community are coming up with incredible real world ideas on a daily basis.”
Even Vitalik Buterin, creator of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrencies, Ethereum, has Artsy Monke on his radar. When asked if he liked their project he replied immediately on twitter, “Does Monke contribute to funding public goods? If so, yes.”
“Our partnership with PASA is only the beginning. We recently released our roadmap which included our long term philanthropy goals.” said Dan Hovey, co-founder and blockchain dev of Artsy Monke. “The Artsy Monke collection includes 20 different themes. Our community will be selecting 20 different charitable organizations that will be contributed to every time a Monke NFT is bought or sold. Also like many other NFT communities we will have real world meet ups, but they will be based around the charities that we support.”
The song is available on Spotify, Apple Music, and all other major music platforms.
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The hopping hypocrite of Frog Jump
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I'll bet that Mark Twain, who wrote "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County," would've loved a current saga that I call: "The Jumping Congress Critter of Frog Jump, Tennessee."
I’ll bet that Mark Twain, who wrote “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” would’ve loved a current saga that I call: “The Jumping Congress Critter of Frog Jump, Tennessee.”
The critter’s name is Stephen Fincher, a millionaire, agribusiness operator, gospel singer, and tea party Republican who was elected to Congress in 2010 from the greater metropolitan area of Frog Jump. Declaring “limited government,” to be his priority, the 40-year-old right-winger recently jumped all over the food stamp budget, demanding that $20 billion (and 2 million poverty-stricken families) be chopped out of the program.
In his attack, Fincher cited an odd moral source to rationalize his minginess toward America’s poor families: The Bible. “The one who is unwilling to work shall not eat,” declared the Bible-thumping budget-whacker, quoting the Book of Thessalonians. Of course, several passages in the Bible depict Jesus teaching an exact opposite moral code – indeed, a heavenly duty of generosity toward the poor. But Fincher the Austerian was not about to let Jesus trump the tea party’s small government dogma. “We have to remember,” he lectured, that “this is other people’s money that Washington is appropriating and spending.”
Piously put, sir. But then, the Critter from Frog Jump suddenly lept to another budgetary lily pad! Now the “limited government” ideologue became a croaking freespender, demanding a $9 billion increase in a taxpayer subsidy program that protects – guess who? – the income of a few agribusiness outfits like his.
In fact, Fincher is the second largest recipient of farm subsidies in Congress, having taken at least $3.5 million in “other people’s money” in the past dozen years. For more on this hopping hypocrite, go to Environmental Working Group at www.ewg.org.
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Combustion engine block tube in which a piston operates
In a reciprocating engine, the cylinder is the space in which a piston travels.[1]
The inner surface of the cylinder is formed from either a thin metallic liner (also called "sleeve") or a surface coating applied to the engine block. A piston is seated inside each cylinder by several metal piston rings,[1] which also provide seals for compression and the lubricating oil. The piston rings do not actually touch the cylinder walls, instead they ride on a thin layer of lubricating oil.
Cylinder (and piston) in a double-acting steam engine
The cylinder in a steam engine is made pressure-tight with end covers and a piston; a valve distributes the steam to the ends of the cylinder. Cylinders were cast in cast iron and later in steel. The cylinder casting can include other features such as valve ports and mounting feet.
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The cylinder is the space through which the piston travels, propelled to the energy generated from the combustion of the air/fuel mixture in the combustion chamber.[2]
Cylinder liners (also known as sleeves) are thin metal cylinder-shaped parts which are inserted into the engine block to form the inner wall of the cylinder.[4][5] Alternatively, an engine can be 'sleeveless', where the cylinder walls are formed by the engine block with a wear-resistant coating, such as Nikasil or plasma-sprayed bores.
During use, the cylinder liner is subject to wear from the rubbing action of the piston rings and piston skirt. This wear is minimized by the thin oil film which coats the cylinder walls and also by a layer of glaze which naturally forms as the engine is run-in.
On some engines, the cylinder liner is replaceable, in case it becomes worn or damaged. On engines without replaceable sleeves, the cylinder can sometimes be repaired by boring out the existing liner to produce a new smooth and round surface (although the diameter of the cylinder is slightly increased). Another repair technique is 'sleeving' the cylinder— boring it and then installing a sleeve in the extra space created by the boring.
Most engines use 'dry liners', where the liner is surrounded by the engine block and does not make contact with the coolant.[6] However, cylinders with 'wet liners' are used in some water-cooled engines, especially French designs. The wet liners are formed separately from the main casting so that liquid coolant is free to flow around their outsides. The advantage of wet liners is better cooling and a more even temperature distribution, however this design reduces the rigidity of the engine.
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The best ways to discourage kids from using tobacco
The large majority of people who use tobacco start early, and the younger they start, the more likely they are to become addicted to nicotine and have difficulty quitting.
With more than 20% of middle school kids in South Dakota reporting they’d tried tobacco, it’s important to talk with kids about the dangers of tobacco early and often. Start chatting with them as soon as age 5 and keep an open and ongoing conversation through their high school years. If you need help getting started, try these talking points:
Tobacco is not safe in any form — cigarettes, electronic, cigars, pipes or smokeless (chewing tobacco and snuff). Using tobacco can cause cancer and smoking may lead to heart disease, stroke, lung diseases, diabetes and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). On average, smokers die 10 years sooner than non-smokers. Make it personal with your child by using examples of relatives, friends or celebrities who’ve battled tobacco-related illnesses.
Teens may think they won’t become addicted or that it will be easy to stop. But nicotine addiction can start within a few days and after just a few cigarettes. Chewing tobacco, cigars and e-cigarettes that contain nicotine are also addictive.
Calculate the cost of smoking, vaping and chewing tobacco with your child. Talk about ways that money could be spent, like purchasing electronics, clothes and other items instead.
One of the most obvious ways tobacco is unappealing is in its effect on oral health. Tobacco usage damages teeth and gums and can cause tooth loss. Smoking can lead to yellow teeth and cause the dreaded “ashtray breath” (plus stinky hair and clothes). Tobacco usage also increases the risk of oral cancer and many other oral diseases and complications.
Kids often try tobacco to fit in with other kids. While they may see tobacco used in media or among peers, remind them that most teens and adults don’t use tobacco.
Talk about ways to refuse tobacco. Work with your child on language to employ if they are pressured to try tobacco. It’s helpful to role-play so they know how to act before a situation arises.
The more you keep the lines of communication open, the more likely your child will feel comfortable asking you questions and following your guidance to avoid tobacco.
And if you or your child needs help quitting tobacco, free resources and tools are available from the SD QuitLine.
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Into the Past with Thilak: Cricket at Olympics, Com Games, and Asiads
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Cricket, a leading team-sport originated in England, was first planned to be held as part of a multiple-country sporting event at the inaugural 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. It would have been the only team sport of that Olympics. There were, however, insufficient entries and cricket had to be scratched off in the end.
When cricket was included at the next 1900 Olympics in Paris, only two countries competed in the sport; Great Britain and hosts France. Therefore only one match was to decide the gold and silver medal winners.
The French team, though, was mostly represented by English expatriates, and was officially considered “a mixed team”. The English team was represented by ‘the Devon & Somerset Wanderers Cricket Club’ – not a national team.
The match was played over two days with both 12-a-side teams batting two innings. It did not attract first-class status, though. England won the match by 158 runs to win the gold medal.
A cricket tournament was scheduled for 1904 Summer Olympics held in St. Louis, U.S.A. but was eventually cancelled again, like in 1896.
Only a women’s cricket tournament will be held at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, during July and August 2022. The matches will be played under the T20 International format.
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In the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, cricket was played again. Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, and Bangladesh were the medals winners respectively in men’s, and in women’s, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka were the three respective medal-winners in women’s.
Lahiru Thirimanne was Sri Lanka men’s Captain that time. Chamari Atapattu was the Captain of the Sri Lanka women’s team. The 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China too will have cricket. The format in the Asiad’s cricket had right throughout been T20.
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In conversation with Andy Ford
Increasingly record labels bring in professional songwriters to work in collaboration with new acts. Andy Ford is one of those guys. You may not have heard of him, but you most definitely have heard his music. His career originally began as a guitarist and writer for band, Sumo Giants. This developed into writing and producing for international acts throughout USA and Europe. Andy Ford is now venturing upon his first solo album.
When did you pick up your first guitar?
Guitars have been in my life since I was a little kid. My uncles were in a band called the Blackhearts from Aston, Birmingham (long before Joan Jett and the Blackhearts). I was just an observer but their musical influence and love for music transferred to me. My dad bought me my first guitar at 11; a massive Hofner Jazz guitar … it was unplayable!
You have a vast collection of guitars. Which ones are your favourites?
My favourite guitar is my ‘67 Gibson 355 that I bought from The Animals. Not only is it a work of art / great memorabilia but it just sounds incredible. I also love my gold Gibson Firebird. It’s got the most beautiful neck. I feel great playing it. My Taylor baby acoustic goes everywhere with me and features on a track from my new album.
What’s your inspiration for the album you are currently recording?
I’m making music. It’s what I’ve always done. I do it because I love it. It’s the ultimate expression.
I make it for me, but if you can touch somebody with something you write, how cool is that?
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Tell us about your experience of recording with Jeff Lynne
I was at Trident Studios, London doing a record for Sumo Giants with Jeff Lynne. It felt like quite a strange set up with the control room above looking down on the live room.
Originally, I had done a budget to run our sessions at ABBA’s Polar Studios located in Stockholm, Sweden. It was one of the first digital studios in the world and housed the first 24 track digital desk in Europe. I got such a great deal. It was cheaper to do it there than in the UK. We were going to live on a boat in the harbour. I got the budget passed, but Jeff didn’t want to go there because it was ‘too cold’. I was gutted!
In the end, Trident Studios were great. Jeff Lynne was a total pro. He didn’t take kindly to fools, but he knew what he was doing and he got on with it. This was when I found out that being in a band was a serious business.
Jeff Lynne worked with so many iconic artists…
Yes, actually, Jeff was a great friend with George Harrison at the time. George had given him an Oberheim drum machine, which we were using as part of our session. Jeff mentioned to me that George might be coming in to the studio. I was petrified! Anything Beatles, I adored! Harrison’s multitudes of guitar tones are still mind blowing. Anyway… George didn’t show but the thought running through my head was, what if he shows up while I’m doing my guitar bits? Thankfully, I got away with it, but Alan, our keyboard player had to do his takes with Rick Wakeman in the control room.
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Are there any crazy, weird or scary experiences you can share?
Weirdest?! It’s not printable! The craziest, was the British Council sending me to Yugoslavia during the war to deliver rock guitar seminars. The scariest was having our band’s security undertaken by Hells Angels with axes!
From your years of experience as both a session guitarist and writer, what advice would you give to people just starting out?
Always keep the faith and remember that you have something worth fighting for. Be open and listen to all music but forge your own path. Unless you are very lucky, be prepared to be broke and ready for rejection. Don’t do what everyone else does. Write your own truth. Bang on every door. Use every route available. Be driven and do something every single day to forge your career.
What has been your experience of recording at Flow Studios?
I have only positive things to say. The studio is a fantastic creative environment. The setting is stunning with the beautiful woods that are right outside the door. The gear is great. There’s a beautiful SSL analog desk with superb monitoring. The studio is new and magnificent with a great live room; a beautiful control room; small and large isolation booths. It has a custom piano room with a fully restored 1904 C.Bechstein. All in all I highly recommend it and I have worked in studios all over the world.
Find out more about Flow Studios
get in touch to check our availability or to book your session.
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Clay Waters
January 22nd, 2013 1:38 PM
The cat's out of the bag: Obama's a liberal. A banner headline across Tuesday's New York Times front page confirmed what conservatives have been saying about the president for years: "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We Must Act.'" Peter Baker's lead story "Inaugural Stresses Theme of Civil and Gay Rights -- Safety Net Praised," also stressed Obama's liberal message. So why has the paper spent the…
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Surprise! ABC Discovers That Barack Obama Is a 'Progressive' 'Liberal
Scott Whitlock
January 22nd, 2013 11:57 AM
After years of downplaying ideological labels for Barack Obama, ABC has seemingly accepted the idea that the President is a "progressive" and a "liberal." While recapping the inauguration, Good Morning America's journalists used the terms four times in just two minutes and 45 seconds. Yet, when Obama was a Democratic primary candidate in 2007, the networks deployed the L-word just twice– in the…
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Andrea Mitchell: 'I Was Very Moved, Being Up There, Looking Out Over T
Mark Finkelstein
January 22nd, 2013 9:06 AM
Ah, the masses. How they loved President Obama's inaugural speech. And how Andrea Mitchell, being "up there," loved looking out over them. She was "very moved." Yes, on Morning Joe today, NBC correspondent Mitchell not only said that she was "very moved, being up there . . . looking out over the masses," but that she found the speech "uplifting," and that it was "a bigger moment that a lot…
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Matthew Sheffield
January 22nd, 2013 7:52 AM
Yesterday was a historic day. Sure we had presidential inauguration but it was also perhaps the first and only day when loudmouth MSNBC host Chris Matthews actually shut his yap for a few seconds. The cat that got Matthews’s tongue was being reminded by fellow MSNBC host Martin Bashir of his inane 2008 remark that he gets a “thrill going up my leg” when hearing Barack Obama speak. Watch below…
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Ken Shepherd
January 21st, 2013 7:10 PM
Detecting media bias is often an exercise in contrasting two analogous events to see how the media worked to write the narrative in the public's imagination. We at NewsBusters have already looked at how the media love the party atmosphere of the Obama inaugurals but groused at the expense of Bush's second inaugural, for example. So it's instructive to see how Washington Post veteran…
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Brit Hume: Obama's Speech Should Kill Notion Held By His Admirers in t
Noel Sheppard
January 21st, 2013 6:53 PM
Brit Hume had some harsh words for America's Obama-loving media Monday. Appearing on Fox News's Special Report, Hume said, "[The President's] inaugural speech should put to rest for all time the notion much favored by his admirers in the press that he is a centrist. He is not" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
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Scott Whitlock
January 21st, 2013 5:37 PM
MSNBC's Joe Scarborough, who now spends much of his Morning Joe program trashing the Republican Party and various conservatives, used the inauguration of Barack Obama as another chance to slime the National Rifle Association. The former Republican Congressman sneered at the National Rifle Association, suggesting that the gun group is promoting the "big lie" that government will come after most…
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Matt Hadro
January 21st, 2013 5:35 PM
After CNN correspondent Jim Acosta felt like pinching himself at Monday's inauguration parade, host Wolf Blitzer couldn't contain himself as he tried to get the attention of both President Obama and Vice President Biden. Blitzer gushed that "Look, this is history over here," as the President and First Lady made their way down Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House. He waved to Obama…
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Ken Shepherd
January 21st, 2013 5:11 PM
Discussing Barack Obama's second inaugural address with Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) shortly after 4 p.m. EST today, MSNBC host Martin Bashir approvingly noted how the president "critiqued some of the negative things" in American politics today, such as when he said "name-calling is not a reasoned debate" and "I've taken an oath to God and country, not to party and faction." "I was thinking,…
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Like one of President Obama's adoring fans camped out along the inaugural parade route on Monday, during live MSNBC coverage of the event, NBC Today weatherman Al Roker excitedly yelled at Obama and later Vice President Biden to get their attention as they walked by. His hard-hitting question to the President of the United States: "Is the weather good?"
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Giddy CNN Correspondent: ‘I Feel Like I Should Pinch Myself Right No
Matt Hadro
January 21st, 2013 4:22 PM
CNN correspondent Jim Acosta was positively giddy while covering President Obama's inauguration parade on Monday afternoon, and didn't hold back his feelings on-air. "You know, I feel like I should pinch myself right now, Wolf. I can't believe I have this vantage point of history in the making," Acosta gushed. [Video below the break. Audio here.]
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Kyle Drennen
January 21st, 2013 4:11 PM
In an exchange with former Secretary of State and prominent Obama supporter Colin Powell during NBC's live inauguration coverage on Monday, NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams urged Powell to go after Republicans: "General, there's just flat-out hatred out there, too. There's nastiness out there in the land. There's nastiness between these two parties....Let's especially go to the Republican…
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NYT's Tale of Three Inaugurals: 'Questioning the Propriety' of Bush, B
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Liverpool which now has a slavery museum had become Europe’s number one slave port by the 1740s.
Liverpool could introduce plaques to give an “honest account” of places connected to the slave trade.
Much of the city’s 18th Century wealth came from the trade involving British slavers transporting Africans across the Atlantic.
Mayor Joe Anderson said paintings, street names and buildings in the city were “important parts of the historical record which should not be concealed”.
He is calling for new signs to explain their relevance to slavery.
Dr Richard Benjamin, the head of the city’s slavery museum, said while he understood “the argument for placing street names in context”, he thought it was important to consider changing road names instead.
A motion to Liverpool City Council submitted by Mr Anderson, to be discussed next week, said: “Many notable figures in the city were associated with slavery, both as abolitionists and slave traders.
“Within the town hall there are many paintings that depict men who became fabulously wealthy from the slave trade, yet, there is no mention of their role in their description plaques.”
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Joe Anderson said it was important residents and visitors had an honest account of the role of slavery in Liverpool. Getty
He said some street and place names were also named after those who had a role in the slave trade and the city should “accurately reflect how some of the wealth and prestige accumulated for the benefit of Liverpool was gained through the business of slavery”.
“It is important to ensure that city visitors and residents are given an honest account of the historical role which our city and such figures played in history,” he said.
The plaques would accompany portraits, street and place names explaining their origin and their relevance to Liverpool’s historical slave trade.
Dr Benjamin said there was a “need to talk about full renaming as well as adding additional information”.
“We’re supportive of [Mayor Anderson’s motion] as a museum and we’re happy to work with the council, [but] I don’t think it’s a bad move to rename streets for people who you would want to represent your city.”
However, he said whatever was decided “if anyone can take it on the chin and move forward, it’s the city of Liverpool”.
“There’s a long way to go but… our discussion is a bit further ahead than London and Bristol, so we should take the positives that we’re moving in the right direction.”
In 1999, the council made a formal apology for the city’s role in the slave trade and it has since held annual events to commemorate Slavery Remembrance Day.
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The road made famous by The Beatles is thought to have been named after slave trader James Penny. Credit: Nick Macneill, Geograph.
Liverpool’s role in the slave trade
Liverpool was late in entering the slave trade but quickly surpassed London and Bristol by the 1740s, to become Europe’s number one slave port.
Overall, Liverpool vessels transported half of the three million African slaves carried across the Atlantic by British slavers, according to the International Slavery Museum.
Penny Lane – made famous in the Beatles song – is thought to have been named after 18th Century slave ship owner James Penny.
Tarleton Street in the city centre takes its name from the Tarleton family, which produced three generations of slave traders including Banastre Tarleton (1754-1833) who fought to prevent the end of the slave trade.
This article was originally published by BBC News.
Featured image: Liverpool which now has a slavery museum had become Europe’s number one slave port by the 1740s. Credit: Jonathan Hutchins, Geograph.
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Interview with Bill Reid about Celebration of the Raven Part 3
Item is the third of a three part sound recording of an interview with Bill Reid about the origins of his carving The Raven and the First Men, located at MOA. The interviewer is unknown. During the interview, Bill Reid discusses symbolism in the carving. This recording is part of Celebration of the Raven which documented the creation of the Raven and the First Men Sculpture, its relocation to the Museum of Anthropology, and the unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1982.
Item is an audio recording of ambient noise which was recorded for the soundtrack for the film Celebration of the Raven, directed by Ken Kuramoto, which documented the work process and installation of Bill Reid’s carving titled The Raven and the First Men and its unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1980. This is Reel #4 of the soundtrack.
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Item is the second of two audio recording of performers singing Haida songs at the opening reception of Celebration of the Raven. The recording is Reel #5 of the soundtrack for the film Celebration of the Raven, directed by Ken Kuramoto, which documented the work process and installation of Bill Reid’s carving titled The Raven and the First Men and its unveiling by the Prince of Wales in 1980.
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Across the Region: Lawsuit alleges ‘culture of abuse’ at boarding school
Several of the students’ parents also joined the lawsuit filed Monday against the now-closed Midwest Academy, in Keokuk, and its owner, Benjamin Trane. The parents allege the high-priced private school for troubled teens made false representations to persuade them to enroll their children and then failed to “provide appropriate and quality education, medical and therapeutic services.”
“My role here is to try to use the law to bring some fairness and justice to this horrible situation,” said one of the plaintiffs’ attorneys, David Ferleger, of Pennsylvania. He announced the lawsuit on Tuesday in Keokuk, a Mississippi River community of about 11,000 residents that borders Illinois and Missouri.
Trane and the school are the subjects of a state and FBI investigation of wide-ranging alleged abuse, including that Trane sexually abused a female student and that the school kept students in prolonged detention in small, concrete isolation rooms. The school, which had operated without state oversight since 2003, abruptly closed after a law enforcement raid in late January, sending its nearly 100 students home and laying off 60 workers.
“Midwest Academy maintains a culture of punishment, confinement, coercion, physical confrontation and violence. It seeks to break the will of the vulnerable children entrusted to its care through a harsh and inflexible indoctrination system,” according to the lawsuit, which was first reported by the Des Moines Register.
George B. Jones, an attorney for Trane and Midwest Academy, said Tuesday that he needed to review the allegations before deciding whether to comment.
A male student alleges that he was sexually abused by other students in April 2015, an incident he reported to the Department of Human Services. The lawsuit contends that he was victimized again the next month after the academy “failed to separate the children involved from one another.”
The lawsuit accuses Trane of seeking to interfere with the abuse investigation by taking the boy out to lunch, offering to buy him books and telling him, “I can make sure you get things.” The department ruled in August that the abuse allegations were founded for “failure to provide proper supervision” and that Trane would be considered the perpetrator, according to the lawsuit. A department spokeswoman said child abuse findings are confidential, as are any appeals.
Trane also taught a class on body image for girls, who were required to fully or partly undress in the academy’s uniform room, look into mirrors and then come out and tell Trane about their body types, the lawsuit alleges. One female student says she was humiliated by that requirement.
Parents say they were not told how the brightly lit isolation rooms were routinely used as punishment. Students were required to sit on the cement floor for 19 hours in a specific posture before getting a chair, and had to spend a minimum of 24 hours in the rooms, which were often “filthy with urine and feces,” the lawsuit alleges. Students were fed a minimal diet while in the rooms that wasn’t close to the amount of calories they needed, it says.
The North Dakota Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of a man who was tried last year on a 20-year-old drunken driving charge.
Jason Gale was arrested for drunken driving in 1995 in Grand Forks but wasn’t called to court until last July, when a jury found him guilty. Gale’s attorney, Scott Brand, argued to justices in December that the delay violated Gale’s right to a speedy trial.
“The government was clearly negligent. It’s 20 years, memories are going to fade and that was obvious at the trial,” Brand told The Associated Press on Wednesday. “The officer just memorized his report. He didn’t have any independent recollection as to what happened on that night.”
The opinion released late Tuesday said justices can’t presume that a 20-year-old case was “diligently prosecuted when there is no evidence of any prosecution at all” and that two decades is an unprecedented amount of time for a DUI case to remain idle.
“I have never seen a case like this in my life or even so much heard of one,” Brand said. “When I was analyzing the case law on my end, I didn’t see a case that had been as long as this one.”
Venhuizen had argued that Gale made a concerted effort to avoid prosecution and that there was ample evidence to pursue the case. But Brand said Gale moved to Colorado shortly after the DUI arrest and was told by his previous lawyer that he would settle the case in Gale’s absence. Later, Gale was involved in separate court cases in two North Dakota counties and authorities failed to flag the outstanding warrant.
Venhuizen said the city sent Gale three notices two decades ago telling him the case was not settled. Gale said he wasn’t aware of the warrant until he discovered it while applying for a job earlier this year. A judge rejected his request to dismiss the case and it went to trial. Gale lost and was ordered to pay a $500 fine.
“This shows that justice may not be swift,” Brand said, “but it will come when the right case presents itself.”
A Wisconsin judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging school officials came down too hard on a group of Crivitz girls basketball players accused of cyber-bullying a teammate two years ago.
According to court documents, three basketball players from Crivitz were kicked off the team in February 2014 after one of them took pictures of a teammate getting dressed.
The girl’s father, the school board president, complained to school officials and the girls were suspended for the rest of the basketball season.
The girls sued, saying the punishment was too severe. But the judge found the law gives schools “wide discretion in determining how best to maintain discipline and order.”
An attorney for the girls expects they will appeal.
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GENEVA, Switzerland, November 22, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- The Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Sudan began a 10-day mass vaccination campaign against yellow fever in Darfur on 20 November 2012, in response to the outbreak.
As of 17 November 2012, the outbreak is reported to have affected 26 localities, with a total of 459 suspected cases including 116 deaths. Two cases were confirmed by IgM ELISA test and RT-PCR by the WHO regional reference laboratory for yellow fever, the Institut Pasteur in Dakar, Senegal. An outbreak investigation team led by the Ministry of Health, with support from WHO are in the field to assess the extent of the outbreak and prioritize areas for the mass vaccination campaign.
With support from the International Coordinating Group on Yellow Fever Vaccine Provision (YF-ICG), the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), and international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), the vaccination campaign will be carried out in the most affected 12 localities in Darfur region, targeting approximately 2.2 million people.
The YF-ICG is a partnership which manages stockpile of yellow fever vaccines for emergency response. It is represented by United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and WHO, which also serves as the Secretariat.
Seven INGOs, including the International Committee of the Red Cross, MSF-Belgium, MSF-Spain, MSF-Swiss, Merlin, Save the Children-Swiss, and International Medical Corps are currently working in the 12 localities prioritized for the vaccination campaign. They will actively support the FMOH in this emergency response.
WHO is supporting the State Ministries of Health in conducting field investigations to better assess the epidemiological situation and the risk of disease spread, as well as on-the-job trainings for health staff to strengthen their disease surveillance systems and to improve collection of samples and laboratory diagnosis..
WHO has activated the Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network (GOARN) and additional support will soon be provided to the ongoing response efforts in the country.
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He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister
As a fairly new Denver resident and a lover of all arts, I’ve made it a priority to delve into the local arts scene, hoping to unearth the city’s many talents and artistic treasures. This translates to frequent excursions to local galleries, theaters, collaborations, and music venues.
One band I’ve come to adore for both its artistic ingenuity and immense talent is Paper Bird—a Denver gem I collaborated with back in the fall for Wonderbound’s (formerly Ballet Nouveau Colorado) production of Carry On. So, it was a no-brainer when it came to whether or not I would attend their CD release party at the Oriental Theater back in March to celebrate the creation of their newest album, Rooms. I expected a great night of music from Paper Bird, but what I hadn’t bargained for was discovering a new musical obsession—one from West of the Rockies, an eclectic LA band called He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister.
With an edgy, indie sound, rock-star worthy attire, and a catchy name, the charisma of the entire ensemble was palpable. But, as a dancer and rhythm-driven individual, I found myself particularly drawn to the band’s percussionist, Lauren Brown.
I’ve seen many drummers that can rock—the lead singer and ferocious drummer of rock-a-billy band Cowboy Mouth, Fred LeBlanc, comes to mind. But, I’m specific in labeling Brown as a percussionist and not merely a drummer. Standing high atop her instrument, Brown towers over her fellow musicians, pounding out a song’s rhythm with both her drumsticks and her tap shoes.
“I’ve been a dancer for a large part of my life,” says Brown.
Starting with modern dance when she was about four or five, Brown picked up tap, jazz, and ballet a few years later, and it wasn’t long before dance had become an integral part of her life. By high school, she began to focus more on tap dancing and developed a “great love” for the style of movement.
Formally trained in dance, Brown was mostly a self-taught drummer—it’s something she picked up only two years ago, which is surprising given her ease and skill with a pair of drumsticks. With the help of a few friends, she learned the basics, but discovering out how to tap dance and drum simultaneously took a more trial and error approach.
“I mostly had to figure it out for myself,” she explains. “Nobody really knew how to [drum while tap dancing], including myself.”
Though she had to carve out her own technique, Brown was able to hone her special craft because of the many similarities she found between the two disciplines. “They are tremendously connected,” she says, having approached learning the drums the same way she approaches learning new choreography. “I break it down into individual physical sequences, then put it all together. The phrase begins with the tap of the foot and ends with the beat of the drum. It’s all one dance move.” She adds, “Also keeping time is keeping time. You have to pay attention to the rhythm in a very similar way.”
While at first it may seem an odd artistic trajectory for a tapper to get involved with a rock band, Brown has known the brother-sister team behind He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister since college; so, getting involved with their musical journey and working together felt like a natural choice.
Now, Brown is thrilled to call it her full time job and the rock group is currently tackling a busy summer tour schedule, performing in cities throughout the U.S. and U.K.
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Fun Facts: What Makes the Tapper Keep On Tapping
Brown sites tap legend Savion Glover as one of her biggest inspirations, calling him a “king.” She says, “I wish I had his ability to create rhythmic patterns…[and] to riff like that.” Brown also admires his “freedom and the flow his upper body.”
Does she have a favorite song to perform?
It’s not an easy question for Brown to answer, but she does confess that she enjoys performing a cover of The Velvet Underground’s “What Goes On.” She revels in the challenge and speed of the song. “It’s so freaking fast, and my tap is just constant,” expresses Brown. “It ends up being a test of stamina while trying [at the same time] not to speed up [or loose] the groove.”
See Brown in action for yourself and find out if He’s My Brother, She’s My Sister is coming to a city near you by checking out their website.
Stephanie Wolf
Stephanie Wolf is a public radio journalist based in Louisville, Ky. She's also a DIYdancer co-founder, and developed and produces DIYdancer's UnSequenced, a podcast about the choreographic process. She danced professionally for 12 years with ballet and opera companies.
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For the final 37 years, it has been a convention for El Paso households to assemble at Album Park for the annual Halloween parade hosted by our associate station KLAQ.
Final 12 months alone, over 20,000 individuals celebrated the Halloween parade, blowing away earlier attendance information even after skipping out in 2020 as a result of pandemic.
Moreover displaying up in full costumes, 1000’s of El Pasoans made a full day trip on the annual vacation, establishing full picnics at Album Park. In the meantime, others held household banquets with full-on hibachis and coolers stuffed with ice-cold drinks alongside sidewalks and storage ports all through the parade route.
This 12 months will likely be no totally different because the annual free parade returns with festive, spooky Halloween enjoyable in a family-friendly surroundings at Album Park on Halloween Day.
As typical, El Pasoans are inspired to decorate up whereas lining up alongside the path to benefit from the parade or take part within the Halloween Parade Costume Contest. Members may take part on the rock n’ drive class, the enterprise float class, or as walkers within the parade for an opportunity to win prizes.
Attendees who want to enter the costume contests should join prematurely or on the day of the parade. To register prematurely and for full particulars, go to KLAQ.com.
Come October, do not miss out on considered one of El Paso’s annual household enjoyable traditions throughout the thirty seventh Annual Halloween Parade.
The parade will start at Album Park, heading west on Album to Cork, then left on Cork to Daphnie, and west on Daphnie to Fir. On Fir, the parade will flip left and head south on Bermuda, east to Zanzibar, north to Album Road, and proper on Album again into the Album park.
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Pranayam is the science of breathing or it is a disciplined way of controlling the breath. It has three stages.
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Controlled and stable breathing or the rhythmic breathing calms the nervous system, strengthens the respiratory system & cures desires.The first step in Yoga is to learn rhythmic breathing. It takes time to learn & master it. Start by taking deep, slow breath and stable breaths. Once this is learnt, Khumbak should be started. Yogi believe that pranayam liberates from bondage of material desire and unites one with God.
During the the practice of Pranayam the eyes are to be closed for getting the best result. Closing eyes cuts off the material world that is outside and at the same time it connects the mind to inner world of the Creator. Shutting off eyes brings mind and Prana together thus one learns & tap happiness ( khushi)
It is noticed that one nostril is usually blocked in the morning the recommended time of the regular practice of Yoga. It will be prudent & necessary to correct this condition. One should turn to side, on which the nostril is blocked. Start deep breathing even if it is uneasy with one nostril. After about two minuets the nostril is cleared. Lie on your back horizontally and ensure both the nostrils are clear. In case it is not, repeat the same procedure until both nostrils are cleared. This clearance may also be done by following mild salted lukewarm water washing of the Nostrils.This is called Jal neti ( water washing of the nostril). Special water kettles are usually available at Yoga centres.
The main aim of Yoga is to control the mind. Yogis initially learn Paranayam in order to control breathing. That in turn gives him the ability to subjugate his sense organs. When sense organs are under control then the mind is able to withdraw into itself. At that time ready to enter the next stage of Meditation or Samadhi.
The mind has two states the Pure and Impure. The pure mind is in vibrant & upswing of spirit mode or in ‘chardi kala’. One is free of lethargy and unsteadiness and reaches the state of nothingness, free of all desires and is into Samadhi.
In state of Meditation or Samadhi, one’s consciousness merges with the Universal goodness or the almighty God. It is not in any way the state of lust or fleeing from the ground reality. You face life with a spirit of doing good for all.The sense organs are under the control of Chitta (Mind). So, ultimately, the union of Prana and the mind( chitta) brings one to be a Yogi.
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[Ravi Rampaul Re-Joins WI T20 World Cup 2021 Squad. The selection panel of Cricket West Indies (CWI) have announced a 15-man squad and four travelling backup players for the global ICC event scheduled to take place in Oman and the UAE between October 17 and November 14. Talking to the media, chief selector Roger Harper said, “Ravi Rampaul is a highly experienced bowler who performed well in the last CG Insurance Super50 Cup and the current Hero CPL to date]<IMG><I_6429><I_680><I_5234><I_1587><I_680><I_5378><I_565><I_7358><I_8126><I_2157><I_2157><I_7515><I_122><I_6622><I_4839><I_6040><I_2157><I_1133><I_300><I_7655><I_2339><I_6098><I_8126><I_2157><I_6821><I_3314><I_300><I_7655><I_122><I_8126><I_4839><I_7954></IMG>
Thirty-six-year-old veteran fast bowler Ravi Rampaul is set to return to international cricket after a gap of six years having been included in the West Indies squad for the upcoming ICC men’s T20 World Cup. Meanwhile, six-hitter Carlos Brathwaite has been left out the defending champions’ 15-man squad.
Rampaul last played for the West Indies in 2015. Brathwaite famously hit four sixes in the last over by Ben Stokes in the 2016 T20I World Cup to help his side to their second world cup title. Another surprise omission in WI squad for the T20 World Cup is Sunil Narine renowned for his accomplishments in the shortest form of the game.
His performances in the Caribbean Premier League have earned all-rounder Roston Chase his first opportunity to play in the WI T20I team. The selection panel of Cricket West Indies (CWI) have announced a 15-man squad and four travelling backup players for the global ICC event scheduled to take place in Oman and the UAE between October 17 and November 14.
Talking to the media, chief selector Roger Harper said, “Ravi Rampaul is a highly experienced bowler who performed well in the last CG Insurance Super50 Cup and the current Hero CPL to date. He will boost the team’s wicket-taking options in the power-play and the middle phase and will provide another option for the death overs.”
“Roston Chase has shown that he is a very capable T20 player. He performed well in the CPL in 2020 and has been outstanding in the 2021 edition so far. He has shown the ability to knit the innings together while still scoring at a fast rate with a low dot-ball percentage. He will be an excellent foil for the explosive players in the team.”
Defending champions West Indies are the only team to have won the T20 world cup on two separate occasions. Their previous title win came in 2016 when they beat Sri Lanka in the final held at Colombo’s R Premadasa Stadium. They went to defend their title four years later at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens by beating England in the final. If the West Indies win the upcoming World Cup, they will become the first side to complete a hat trick of title wins.
In his media statement, Harper added,
“The squad is one with good depth and strength in all departments. There is tremendous T20 experience along with World Cup winning experience which should stand the team in good stead.
This squad is made up of many world-beating players who, once knitted into a world-beating team, will be extremely difficult to beat. I expect the team to do very well and with the ‘rub of the green’ I think the team has a good chance of defending the title”.
WI Drawn in Group One with England, SA, Australia
The West Indies who are in Group One will jostle for space with England, South Africa, Australia and two qualifying teams from round one. The top two teams in the group will qualify for the knockout stage of the competition. After a year-long delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the T20 World Cup will finally take place in the UAE and Oman between October 17 and November 14.
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Plenty of white people have no clue about how their neighbors of color experience America.
By Jill Richardson | July 6, 2016
I believe the appropriate response to Trump can be expressed by a quote from The Princess Bride‘s Inigo Montoya: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”
I’ve seen plenty of white people get upset about people of color referring to themselves as “people of color.” Some even insist that they, as white people, have a color too. It’s kind of a pinkish-peachy color that sometimes tans.
Well, from one pinkish-peachy person who tans sometimes to another, I have a few things to say.
Racism is often invisible to white people. Our society is set up that way. Sure, we notice it when somebody uses the N-word, or when there’s overt violence. We can spot racism when someone is denied entry to an exclusive club because they’re not white. But aside from that, it can be hard to notice.
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Here’s an example. The other day I was in the makeup aisle of a grocery store. This store has clients and employees of all races, yet it only sold foundation in various shades of white and light brown skin tones.
It’s subtle, but it sends a message to black people: This store is not for you.
I’m sure the shop would say this wasn’t their intent. It probably never even crossed their minds that they were being exclusionary or making their store a less welcoming environment for some of their customers. But that’s the effect.
On its own, this is trivial. But it’s one example among thousands that people of color deal with day after day after day.
For example, black men with no criminal record are less likely to get called back for a job interview than identically qualified white men with a criminal record. To employers, whether they admit it or not, being black is worse than being a criminal.
Some hardships stem from historical oppression, from back when it was legal and even orchestrated by the government. Richard Rothstein traces how racist housing policies from the mid-20th century, for example, have left black people today with only 5 percent as much wealth as whites, despite making 60 percent as much income.
But racism hardly ended with Jim Crow or redlining. And much of it is sneakier — we may not even recognize it. This is called implicit bias, and almost all of us have it. Including me.
Those who say we should be “colorblind,” that we shouldn’t recognize race, are saying that we should pretend centuries of racial oppression never happened, sweep them under the rug, and move on.
Well, that’s not how you fix a problem.
As for whites who insist they count as “people of color” because they have a tan? Nobody ever discriminated against you because of your tan.
Feeling like the “other” and sometimes facing outright discrimination or malice is a day-to-day affair for people of color — from shopping in stores that don’t sell makeup in their skin color to being the targets of racial slurs.
Healing our history of racism begins, for the vast majority of well-meaning white folks, with accepting that people of color have had experiences we know nothing about, and listening to them.
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[Republic Ireland Feature: How it has all changed, not just in football, but across Irish sport. These days, Irish teams are increasingly populated with names which reflect their African heritage. Just as Israel Olatunde and Rhasidat Adeleke, both of Nigerian descent, wore the green singlet with distinction in the European Athletics Championships, so the Irish football team is increasingly indebted to families who have moved here from African countries. In the first Irish team selected by Stephen Kenny as manager, in September 2020, there was one player of African descent, Adam Idah, born in Cork to a Nigerian father and Irish mother. For Kenny's second anniversary as manager, against Scotland in Glasgow on September 24, no fewer than five of the team could claim African heritage]<IMG><I_7632><I_2157><I_3525><I_5248><I_680><I_5003><I_3786><I_6273><I_2050><I_2157><I_2157><I_4174><I_7994><I_3019><I_3514><I_1000><I_2157><I_4104><I_2315><I_501><I_1910><I_2050><I_3019><I_2157><I_3019><I_3514><I_6087><I_7549><I_2517><I_3142><I_1878><I_4943></IMG>
On a Monday afternoon, almost 43 years ago, I queued at the Connaught Street turnstiles at Dalymount Park for a ticket to see the Republic of Ireland play the USA in a friendly.
As much as the opponents were a novelty, the presence of Chris Hughton in the Irish team was another.
Hughton, then emerging as an attacking full-back in an exciting Spurs side I'd seen play at 'Dalyer' the summer before, became the first black player to be capped for Ireland that day.
Born in London to an Irish mother and Ghanaian father, Hughton went on to win 53 caps, starred in the finals of Euro '88 and was part of the squad which traveled to Italia '90.
Irish fans accepted Hughton from day one, simply because he could play. Right-back or left-back, classy Chrissy never looked out of place.
They all shared surnames that were not uncommon either side of the Irish Sea. How it has all changed, not just in football, but across Irish sport.
These days, Irish teams are increasingly populated with names which reflect their African heritage.
Just as Israel Olatunde and Rhasidat Adeleke, both of Nigerian descent, wore the green singlet with distinction in the European Athletics Championships, so the Irish football team is increasingly indebted to families who have moved here from African countries.
In the first Irish team selected by Stephen Kenny as manager, in September 2020, there was one player of African descent, Adam Idah, born in Cork to a Nigerian father and Irish mother.
For Kenny's second anniversary as manager, against Scotland in Glasgow on September 24, no fewer than five of the team could claim African heritage. Of that quintet, one is 25, the others are 21 or younger.
Gavin Bazunu, 20, favourite to reclaim the gloves and start in goal since his transfer from Manchester City to Southampton, is a Dubliner of Nigerian descent.
Norwich City defender Andy Omobamidele, from Leixlip of Nigerian parents, is fit again and pushing for a recall in the heart of defence. Omobamidele, also 20, made a huge impression against Portugal and Serbia in the World Cup last year.
Chiedozie Ogbene, who had scored four goals in five games for Rotherham before last night's EFL tie against Morecambe, has nailed down a place under Kenny thanks to his versatility, verve, and eye for goal. Ogbene, 25, was born in Lagos but moved to Cork aged eight and regards himself very much as a Rebel.
Kenny has waited patiently for the opportunity to play Idah and Dublin-born Michael Obafemi in the same XI. Idah, 21, is fit again after a long absence with a knee problem, during which time Obafemi seized his opportunity in green.
Obafemi's goal rush last season for Swansea was impossible for Kenny to ignore and he delivered with a stunner in the 3-0 Nations League win over Scotland in June.
As cover on the left flank, Kenny has speed merchant Festy Ebosele, 20, from Enniscorthy of Nigerian background, to consider. Ebosele recently made his Serie A debut for Udinese after his transfer from Derby County.
Bazunu, Omobamidele, Ogbene, Idah, Obafemi and Ebosele have all figured in the Irish senior setup so far under Kenny, with Ebosele the only one yet to be capped.
Should 18-year-old defender James Abankwah, born in Waterford to Ghanaian parents, continue his progression alongide Ebosele at Udinese, this could be his breakthrough season into the senior ranks.
Of the five who can claim Nigerian heritage, three players have started in two games, against Azerbaijan and Luxembourg away in the World Cup last year. Ireland won both qualifiers 3-0, the first two competitive wins for Kenny.
Since John Giles gave Hughton his debut in 1979, Irish managers have always chosen players based on their ability, rather than their background.
Race, religion or ethnicity have never come into it. That's as it should be. Hughton was the trailblazer all those years ago, but bit by bit, Africa's drain has become Ireland's sporting gain.
These youngsters are here to stay and if they can lift the Irish football team like Olatunde and Adeleke lifted athletics in Munich's Olympic Stadium, a brighter future beckons.
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We received a number of responses to last week’s piece on lesser-known American destinations from folks who were dying to know where they could get their wine-and-golf fix outside the United states.
So, we pulled together a group of international destinations where the grapes are as pleasing as the greens.
Wine is made all over the world, as you probably know, so a truly exhaustive list would probably be so long, it’d put you to sleep faster than any tannins we know of.
So here are our choicest five selections from the “wine world” of golf:
We start out close (relatively speaking—only a couple thousand miles away) to GVI headquarters. Most people unfamiliar with America’s neighbor to the north are quick to label Canada as perpetually icy and snowy, perhaps with a brief respite in the middle of summer for some pleasant weather. But there’s more to it than that, especially in British Columbia’s Okanagan Valley, which produces many of the country’s best wines. The southern portion of the valley, in particular, boasts a climate that most reminds of Napa and Sonoma. The best golf course in the area is the Thomas McBroom-designed Tobiano, laid out on some breathtaking land with broad views of the mountains. The town of Oliver is home to the Golden Mile Winery Route, where visitors can sample the offerings of a number of wineries on foot.
One of our favorite resorts in all of Continental Europe happens to be in the heart of Tuscany in the village of Il Borgo. Its Tom Weiskopf-designed golf course is good, not great, but the rest of the resort is, in a word, tremendous. And it should be, as rooms start at €450 per night. For visiting oenophiles, there is no shortage of wineries in the area—too many good ones to name—many of which produce one of Italy’s most delectable wine varieties, the Sangiovese-based Brunello di Montalcino.
Clear on the other side of the planet, this Tom Doak-designed gem features some of the most spectacular cliff-hanging golf you are likely to see anywhere, and is close to some of New Zealand’s many fine wineries (which go particularly well with another New Zealand comestible: lamb). If you explore the surrounding Hawke’s Bay wine country, prepare to sample a lot of reds—Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah are among the area’s most popular varieties, but Chardonnay is also plentiful for fans of whites. The growing wine empire under former pro golfer-cum-analyst Frank Nobilo has an outpost in Hawke’s Bay, and Craggy Range, Mission Estate and Te Mata Estate receive high praise as well.
Another seaside Tom Doak gem, St. Andrews Beach doesn’t have the scenery of Cape Kidnappers, but it has Doak’s classical design sensibilities and sense of fun in spades. The course is situated on Victoria’s Mornington Peninsula, less than 90 minutes from the city of Melbourne, which is home to yet more incredible grounds for Australian golf. Mornington Peninsula is also home to more than two dozen wineries which produce a wide range of grapes, but locals rave most passionately about the area’s Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs.
The thrilling 2003 Presidents Cup played out over Fancourt’s Links course, one of three courses on-site designed by the country’s own golf legend Gary Player. The resort’s Outeniqua and Montagu tracks are worth a play, too. The surrounding region is home to Herold Winery, which grows both white and red grape varieties for its Sauvignon Blanc, Pinot Noir and Cabernet Sauvignon/Shiraz/Merlot “Red Men” blend. Other area wineries include Domein-Doordekraal, Excelsior-Vlatkeplaas and Grundheim Wines.
If you want to combine golf and wine (and gourmet food and sightseeing…) and money is relatively little concern, we recommend one of numerous Kalos Golf Cruises, from New Zealand to Europe to their “Golf Around The World” private jet tour.
We fully recognize there are many other great places to enjoy both wine and golf outside the United States. Be sure to share your favorites in the comments!
To Shankar
When in Barcelona you have to play the two courses at PGA Catalunya (1 hrs drive north of the city), two of the best in Europe.
In Valencia the must play is El Saler.
in the Malaga area you find numerous of outstanding courses like Valderrama, Sotogrande (neighbours) and La Reserva.
In Madrid RSHE Club de Campo and Real Club de la Puerta del Hierro.
Enjoy!
Castiglion del Bosco is (was until recently at least) a highly private course. As a golf journalist it took me two year/two visits before they would let me play the course - and then only under the promise of not writing about it! I have kept my promise, but feel rather certain that the Ferragamo family will have to open up for public play within short.
When it does, go play and enjoy this fantastic area with all it has to offer of good wines, delicate food , superb scenery and excellent accomodations.
We are vacationing in Barcelona, Valencia, Malaga & Madrid in late Devcember. We would apprecaite your suggestions of some good courses in this area for a couple of rounds of golf. Cheers, Shankar
Argentina offers excelent wines and golf courses at a fraction the prices you pay in the rest of the world. In Buenos Aires, i.e. there are more than 50 first class courses for less than 30 bucks a round and really amazing wines for 10. The main vinery area is in Mendoza, in the west of the country, but Buenos Aires is a much interesting city and you can enjoy all of the good wines, and also excelent beef. Córdoba and Mar del Plata are very nice golf destinations too.
Argentina is currently, value per money, the best golf and wine (and beef) destination in the world. By far.
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Fancourt (George) in South Africa is not renowned for its vineyards and wine in South Africa! The vineyards you mention are at least another hours drive away and beyond the mountains more inland. The Links at Fancourt is a fantastic course but tough! Would be more appreciated by single figure golfers ....or if you have unlimited supply of balls!! The Outeniqua and Montugu courses much more playable!
If you want to combine good wine and golf .....visit Paarl and Stellenbosch area! It is within 30 minutes from Cape Town International airport and most courses are surrounded by the vineyards and estates that cater fr the visitor! Golf courses include Pearl Valley (Jack Nicklaus designed and host of recent SA opens) and Erinvale, De Zalze and Stellenbosch GC. The wine varieties are much more varied in these areas and you would get a much better "taste" of South Africans wines here.
Tobiano is a couple of hours from the main wine producing region of the Okanagan Valley it is a tremendous golf course. Located at the Northern end of the Okanagan Valley are two outstanding courses - Predator Ridge, particularily the Ridge Course and Tower Ranch. Fairview Mountain is also a very good course with amazing views and is located in the southern end of the Okanagan Valley in the most concentrated region for wine in the Valley. Another outstanding course that is closer to Tobiano is Sagebrush. Finally in, about an hour and a half south of Fairview Mountain is located is the new Washington State course Gamble Sands designed by David Mclay Kidd of Bandon Dunes fame. I have had a great year for golf travel and played 8 of the top 100 courses in the world this year alone and I would not hesitate to say that any of the course listed above stood with anything I played abroad.
I don't know where you get your info, but your Golf and Wineries suggestion of Tobiano and the Golden Mile are way off base; Tobiano is at least a 21/2 to 3 hour drive from that area (and really isn't part of the Okanagan Valley. However, there are several great courses in the Oliver area, including Osoyoos (36 holes), In-ka-meep and the best of them, Fairview Mountain. There are at least 25-30 wineries within a half hour of these courses, and plenty of accommodation in the area.
Another great Canadian wine & golf destination would be Niagara Falls. Dozens of great wineries and almost as many great golf courses not to mention great theater at the Shaw Festival, the shops, restaurants and great accommodations of Niagara on the Lake and oh yeah that little picturesque waterfall too.
Kira K. Dixon
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"Nothing but greatness is coming from this for me. I tell everybody, ["Trap Queen"] isn't even my best song. This is just the breakout for Fetty Wap. There's going to be a lot more coming." — Fetty Wap, the Boombox
Almost everything about Fetty Wap screamed one-hit wonder when he first emerged on the scene in late 2014. He had an addictive hook, a new piece of slang to introduce to radio listeners and a warbling club yodel that seemed like it would get tired quick. It hasn't.
Read more: The Story Of How Fetty Wap Became Famous Will Make You Appreciate His Success Even More
Fetty Wap's newest song, "Wake Up," is a sleeper hit. Its chorus isn't as immediately as show-stopping as "Trap Queen" or "Again," but it's got some real stickiness to it. But that song's surprising strength, or the headline stir its marijuana-friendly video created, are not going to ensure a seat for Fetty Wap at the table of music's elite. One small note hidden in his biggest songs' liner notes will.
In the liner notes of both "Wake Up" and "Trap Queen," and several of other hits, only one moniker appears: Willie Maxwell, Fetty Wap's real name. In a pop world where most chart-topping hits come out of huge writing camps and beat farms with rosters of writers longer than a football team, this is huge.
To put it in perspective, out of all the hits that made it into the top 10 of 2015's Billboard Hot 100 end of year charts, Fetty Wap's "Trap Queen" was the only song with one writer.
Similar artists pushing Fetty Wap's melodic blend of hip-hop, R&B and pop — the Weeknd, Wiz Khalifa, Jason Derulo — all sport numerous writers on their top 2015 hits. Straight pop stars, even more. Taylor Swift's "Blank Space" only sorts three, but two of them, Max Martin and Shellback, are two of the most expensive and most ubiquitous hitmakers in pop history.
Nineteen names had a hand putting together Kanye West's "All Day."
Maxwell's ability to write his way from Paterson, New Jersey, to the top of the charts has surprised even the most well-known industry critics. When Noisey asked John Seabrook, author of The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory, to name some of his favorite pop stars, he jumped to sing Fetty's praises.
"People think it's too far out there but that guy is a pop star. And he's a real artist," he said, describing him as "a real singer-songwriter in the old school terms."
A February 2016 article discussing Fetty Wap's unique solo writing credit in Music Business Worldwide, incidentally compared Maxwell to David Bowie, whose "Starman," "Life On Mars?" and "Rebel Rebel" all sport one writer in their liner notes. At this stage, Fetty Wap is far from the next Bowie, but he's already sporting at least some of the same singular vision.
A Noisey article attempting to digest Fetty Wap's meteoric 2015, stressed the fact that there were no big name producers on Maxwell's tracks either, one of the more common ways newcomers break into the industry. However, the publication noted "the true test" is still to come.
"The true test of Fetty Wap's talent will come when major labels inevitably begin seeking him out to provide hits for other artists," it reads. "There's a wealth of signed rappers who have some degree of fame and even rapping skills but can't write a chorus to save their lives, and when someone like Fetty Wap shows up with hooks to spare, they quickly become a hitmaker for hire. We didn't know how good T-Pain or Future was until they started cranking out choruses for the entire industry."
This may be how we see Fetty Wap popping up throughout the latter half of 2016 — in the liner notes guiding every pop/rap crossover through the perils of their debuts, or out of their sophomore slump. Talent like Fetty Wap's doesn't go out quietly.
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Rising pop star Lauren Wright has spoken out about the emotional torment she has suffered at the hands of online bullies.
The 21-year-old singer from Kidderminster, who has supported superstars One Direction and Union J, regularly gets abuse on her social media accounts.
Bullies make fun of her eczema and tell her that she doesn’t deserve her fame and success.
Lauren admits that when the cyberbullying began she found it really difficult to cope.
But as her fame has grown, she has “toughened up” and learned to ignore the hurtful comments.
“I was always a jolly person and very bubbly,” Lauren said.
“But when the taunts and insults started, I used to think really negatively. I let the bad things get to me.
“When I first started out in the industry a couple of years ago, and I was putting my videos on YouTube, I’d take them down if they got a few ‘dislikes’ or if people left nasty comments. I’d sit there and ask myself ‘Why am I even doing this if people are just going to say hurtful things?’
“There’s a really dark side to the internet. With online bullying it’s easier to get nasty things said to you because people can hide behind a wall. It’s anonymous. They wouldn’t do it to your face.
“People do it to try and get a reaction and you’ve just got to switch off. It’s taken me years to learn how to do it.
“I used to get so affected by the things that were said but now I’ve learned not to give them that reaction.”
Lauren’s experience with online abuse has prompted her to become an anti-bullying ambassador for the Diana Award Anti-Bullying Programme.
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In some cases it has been so bad that people have been driven to suicide.
Research commissioned by the Diana Award shows that nearly half of all young people – 42 per cent – have suffered from online bullying in some form and that 35 per cent have received threats online.
Lauren says she is most hurt by comments from people who tell her that she does not deserve to be successful.
She recently posted the music video of her new single, Sneaking Out at Midnight, on YouTube and stunned when she saw someone had commented “You don’t deserve this” underneath.
“I work so hard and this is such a tough industry so it really affects me when people say that I don’t deserve to be on Radio 1 or I don’t deserve to support amazing artists,” she said. “They don’t know how hard I’ve had to work to get here.”
Lauren has spent the last three years breaking into the music industry after studying Music Performance at Kidderminster College. She describes her music as “positive pop music, upbeat and very fun.”
Her advice to people suffering online abuse is to be positive and not to dwell on negative comments.
“Positivity has helped me so much in my life,” she explained. “That’s what I tell all the young people I help, to always focus on the positives.
“If anyone wants to talk about bullying they should find the Princess Diana Award’s page. You don’t have to deal with it alone.
“My fans can also reach out to me on social media if they want to chat about bullying or anything else.”
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Jon Stewart is determined that he and his movie will be taken seriously.
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Jon Stewart, as any fan of “The Daily Show” can attest, is a really funny guy.
An experienced stand-up comic, he skewers politicians and their foibles, as well as the media that cover them, with a lacerating wit and a healthy appreciation for the absurd.
His debut as a director is something else again. “Rosewater” is serious stuff, based on the book “Then They Came for Me” by Maziar Bahari, a journalist who was detained in Iran and kept prisoner for 118 days, accused of being a spy. He was not. There is plenty of absurdity in the situation, which is one of the reasons Stewart says he was attracted to the book and wanted to make a film of it.
But as a director, Stewart seems doggedly determined that he and his movie will be taken seriously, and practically every second of the film reflects that. Not that it is without humor. There are some smiles to be had here and there, particularly after we’ve gotten to know some of the characters. But at every turn we are reminded that this is A Big Deal kind of movie. It’s a good film, but eventually you’ll wish we weren’t.
Bahari, played by Gael Garcia Bernal, is an Iranian national living in London. Newsweek sends him to cover the 2009 Iranian presidential election. So he leaves his pregnant wife behind in England and heads to his birthplace. He visits with his mother (Shohreh Aghdashloo) and, thanks to a young, hip cab driver (sort of) played by Dimitri Leonidas, taps into an underground network of young Iranians whose thinking leans more westward. The cab driver takes him to Dish University — a network of banned satellite dishes they’ve stashed atop a building. Through this setup they learn about the outside world, more than their government wants them to. Or allows them to.
They also know that the election, between the conservative incumbent Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the more progressive Mir-Hossein Mousavi, is going to be close.
Except that it’s not. Ahmadinejad wins in a suspect landslide, touching off protests that evolve into the Green Movement. Bahari reports on all of this, until the day government goons show up at his bedside, rifling through the “pornography” he has stashed in his boyhood bedroom, like episodes of “The Sopranos.” This is pornography? It is because they say it is, which seems to be the guiding principle behind their methods and motives.
Bahari is dragged off to prison, accused of being a spy for, well, several outfits; it seems to depend on whichever one his captors think of that day. For Bahari, this is especially painful. His father and sister had been imprisoned by previous regimes, accused of being Communists; we meet them in flashbacks and ghostly visits.
This is all interesting enough, presented in relatively straightforward fashion. But it’s when we — and Bahari — get to know his main interrogator that the film is at its best. Bahari nicknames the man (Kim Bodnia) Rosewater.
The man is certainly earnest but not particularly good at his job. He roughs Bahari up, but he seems to enjoy their exchanges, particularly when Bahari starts making up stories about visits to New Jersey, among other sordid trips. Everybody knows what goes on in New Jersey, Rosewater intones gravely, shaking his head. It’s ridiculous and it’s funny, and the more salacious Bahari’s stories, the funnier Rosewater’s reaction.
These scenes are well-composed and shot; it’s just Bernal and Bodnia, often with Bernal in the front, facing away from Bodnia. Thus, Rosewater can’t see the bemused look on Bahari’s face. It’s an effective tool, and a highlight of the film.
Stewart proves to be an able filmmaker in “Rosewater.” But he also shows hints of being something more.
Jon Stewart makes his directorial debut in a film about a reporter (Gael Garcia Bernal) detained and accused of being a spy in 2009 Iran. R. 103 minutes.
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Every time somebody blows his nose at Bajaj, a Discover is born! But in a new twist to the tale, a new Discover mule with a change has been seen undergoing real-life tests and has been photographed by Overdrive.in.
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The bike in the photographs shows a mutant sporting a half fairing similar to Pulsar 220F and has been speculatively called by Overdrive guys as F150! We are unsure why is it being called as sporting a 150cc engine considering that the current Discover series is kept limited to the 125ccs. Bajaj earlier had Discover 135 and Discover 150 and this new one, if it is Discover F150, could be the cap on the Discover brand of bikes from Bajaj.
The frame, rear monoshock, front disc brake appear to be from the Discover 125ST and observing carefully, the accompanying motorcycle in these pics also appear to be the 125ST. The resulting product looks like it’s out from the Bajaj stock-clearance sale.
The fairing, the monoshock, the disc brake, the electric start all point out to the fact that this new bike might well be the top-of-the-shelf flagship Discover. Overdrive also claims that there is a naked version based on the same 150cc Discover F150 which will also be launched this year.
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The competition – Honda Stunner and Hero Ignitor both are aimed at the commuter segment desiring a small-capacity bike that’s also a bit of a show off. This new Discover F150 should fit in nicely into that segment.
Considering that Discover 125ST generates 13PS of power, this 150cc DTS-i engined Discover F150 is expected to generate about 14 odd PS and somewhere around 12 Nm of torque. If that be so, the new Discover F150 has something to show to its competitors in the way of more power (the Stunner and the Ignitor top out at around 11 PS), and longer list of features.
The new Bajaj Discover F150 is expected around October-November this year and will definitely be placed under Pulsar 150 which is also going through a makeover and has been spied testing earlier.
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photo from TheSugarSyndicate.com’s Flickr account
Believe it or not, we are swamped with new Stonehenge replicas of all sorts and you might think, if you were not in possession of all the facts, that we should be posting here at least a couple of times per week, if not every day. You could be forgiven for assuming we are just lazy.
But nothing could be further from the truth! What people don’t realise is that unlike other bloggers, who just use mass-produced letters and words, often imported from countries where they have been grown with pesticides by people who are paid sub-subsistence wages and who have no access to health care despite their crippling work, here at Clonehenge we personally grow every letter and every word ourselves, nurturing them with great care and at much expense.
This labour of love gives us precious little time for the fun of producing these posts for our adoring public, but because we know you are waiting breathlessly we tear ourselves away from the Palabra beanfields to craft these posts like drystone walls, turning and fitting each word and each letter until somehow they fit and balance to make the august edifice that is Clonehenge.
Today our topic is Stonehenge cakes, or cakehenges. The example above, beautifully done, was the 2007 creation of a Chicago-based bakery, The Sugar Syndicate, which is, alas, no longer a going concern. It is an outstanding example of the cakehenge genre, second only to our favourite, the mom-made cakehenge from New Zealand’s Vanda Symon.
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The confection in the pan above was posted on the Clonehenge Facebook page by reader Siobhan Jess Sarrel, about whom we know nothing, especially not how to pronounce her first name. She baked gluten-free brownies, used fondant to fashion the Stonehenge on top, and took it to a friend’s solstice party. (We do not know if Ms. Sarrel is in the northern or southern hemisphere, so we don’t know if it was a summer or winter solstice party.)
These henges have many things right with them. First, they are our preferred type–replicas of Stonehenge as it stands today. In both cases the builders looked at pictures of Stonehenge to guide their modeling. Both show the trilithon horseshoe and the three remaining adjacent lintels. Both show fallen stones.
The top cake is more accurate in scale and placement and also includes the bluestones. It is impeccable and professional looking. The brownies, on the other hand, are gluten-free.
This may not mean much to the average reader, but for us this is a huge factor. Not only are we at Clonehenge among those who are required for health reasons to eat gluten-free foods only, but it is a little-known fact that the original Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain IS IN FACT GLUTEN-FREE!!! Well caught, Lady S. J. Sarrel!
Scores? We give the Syndicate henge 7 ½ druids and Ms. Sarrel’s brownie henge a solid 7. We figure we don’t want to run afoul of any syndicate out of Chicago!
Well, it looks like we’ve just about run out of words that are developed enough to pick. We’ll have to let the fields grow a bit before we can post again. Here’s hoping the aliens don’t come by and ruin things with crop circles!
If you’re still hungry for cakehenges, find more here. And until next time, happy henging!
P.S.: What the hell is fondant, anyway? Yes, we know we could google it but the truth is we’re far too lazy. Oops.
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Landlords with tenants who occupy their premises under assured shorthold tenancies will be affected by changes introduced by the Deregulation Act 2015, which received the Royal Assent in March 2015. The commencement date for the changes has not yet been announced.
Among the changes of greatest importance is that the Act makes invalid a possession notice made under Section 21 of the Housing Act 1988 if the tenant has served a notice of complaint regarding the condition of the property on the landlord and the local authority has served a relevant notice on the landlord as a result. A possession notice will not be able to be validly served by the landlord within six months of the issue of the notice by the local authority.
In addition if legal proceedings are to be brought in relation to a possession notice under Section 21, these must be commenced within six months of the service of the notice.
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Founded in 1944,[2][3] AFP is the third largest news agency in the world, after the Associated Press (AP) and Reuters. Journalists of the French Resistance established the AFP in the headquarters of the former "Office Français d'Information", a Vichy news agency, following the liberation of Paris.
Currently, the CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and the News Director is Michèle Léridon.[4] AFP has regional offices in Nicosia, Montevideo, Hong Kong, and Washington, D.C., and bureaux in 150 countries. AFP transmits news in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German.
The Agence Havas was founded in 1835 by a Parisian translator and advertising agent, Charles-Louis Havas[5] as Agence Havas. Two of his employees, Paul Reuter and Bernhard Wolff, later set up rival news agencies in London and Berlin respectively, starting 1848. In order to reduce overhead and develop the lucrative advertising side of the business, Havas's sons, who had succeeded him in 1852, signed agreements with Reuter and Wolff, giving each news agency an exclusive reporting zone in different parts of Europe. This arrangement lasted until the 1930s, when the invention of short-wave wireless improved and cut communications costs. To help Havas extend the scope of its reporting at a time of great international tension, the French government financed up to 47% of its investments.
In 1940, when German forces occupied France during the World War II, the news agency was taken over by the authorities and renamed "Office Français d'Information" (French Information Office); only the private advertising company retained the name Havas.[6] On August 20, 1944, as Allied forces moved on Paris, a group of journalists in the French Resistance seized the offices of the FIO and issued the first news dispatch from the liberated city under the name of Agence France-Presse.
Established as a state enterprise, AFP devoted the post-war years to developing its network of international correspondents. One of them was the first Western journalist to report the death of the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin on March 6, 1953. AFP was keen to shake off its semi-official status, and on January 10, 1957 the French Parliament passed a law establishing its independence. Since that date, the proportion of the agency's revenues generated by subscriptions from government departments has steadily declined. Such subscriptions represented 115 million Euros in 2011.[7]
In 1982, the agency began to decentralize its editorial decision-making by setting up the first of its five autonomous regional centres, in Hong Kong, then a British Crown colony. Each region has its own budget, administrative director and chief editor. In September 2007, the AFP Foundation was launched to promote higher standards of journalism worldwide. The mission of the AFP "... is' 'defined by its statutes: to report events, free of « all influences or considerations likely to impair the exactitude » of its news and « under no circumstances to pass under the legal or actual control of an ideological, political or economic group."[8]
The Mitrokhin archive identified six agents and two confidential KGB contacts inside Agence France-Presse who were used in Soviet operations in France.[9]
In October 2008, the Government of France announced moves to change AFP's status, including the involvement of outside investors. On November 27 of that year, the main trade unions represented in the company's home base of France – the CGT, Force Ouvrière, Syndicat national des journalistes,[12] Union syndicale des journalistes CFDT[13] and SUD, launched an online petition to oppose what they saw as an attempt to privatise the agency.
On December 10, 2009, the French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand announced that he was setting up a Committee of Experts under former AFP CEO Henri Pigeat to study plans for the agency's future status.[14] On February 24, 2010, Pierre Louette unexpectedly announced his intention to resign as CEO by the end of March, and move to a job with France Télécom.
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AFP is a government-chartered public corporation operating under a 1957 law,[15] but is officially a commercial business independent of the French government. AFP is administered by a CEO and a board comprising 15 members:
The board elects the CEO for a renewable term of three years. The AFP also has a council charged with ensuring that the agency operates according to its statutes, which mandate absolute independence and neutrality. Editorially, AFP is governed by a network of senior journalists.
The primary client of AFP is the French government, which purchases subscriptions for its various services. In practice, those subscriptions are an indirect subsidy to AFP. The statutes of the agency prohibit direct government subsidies.
In November 2013, AFP and Getty Images were ordered to pay $1.2 million compensation to freelance photojournalist Daniel Morel for using his images posted on Twitter related to the 2010 Haiti earthquake without his permission, in violation of copyright and Twitter's terms of service.[16][17]
AFP GmbH is the subsidiary of AFP in Germany, producing German-language services for local press, internet and corporate clients.
In November 2007, AFP announced its investment in Scooplive, a news photo and video agency online, created in France in 2006. Scooplive became Citizenside after this investment. Citizenside is now named Newzulu.
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Well, in a way I hardly feel like the person to be giving out advice to aspiring designers, since I still don’t get published nearly as often as I would like. However, I was emailed a question yesterday by a woman that has done some knit designing and is trying to get published. She said that she has designed some clothes made to fit the American Girl(R) dolls. She said that she has also designed some adult clothing items. She tried submitting the doll designs to both the American Girl doll company, and to Interweave Press and was rejected by both. She was wondering about the idea of submitting the doll designs as individual patterns to Interweave Knits and wondered what I thought about that idea and if designing for them paid well enough to be worth it.
Here was my reply:
“I would guess that doll clothes wouldn’t be their style, however they did publish one just recently along with a matching girls jumper in the most recent Interweave Crochet. I don’t look at Interweave Knits often, but the few times I have looked it seems that their primary interest is women’s clothing items. The same is likley true for their knit books. If I were you, I would go to a book store and look at knitting magagzines and books, and find one that seems to be publishing the sort of things you are designing. Then submit your designs to them. Different publishers have different areas of focus. If you wanted to submit your adult clothing patterns to Interweave you might have more luck with those. I have published two children’s clothing items, a scarf, and an afghan block with Interweave and I felt that I was well-paid for it, though I think any designer will admit that it isn’t a business that pays extremely well. I have heard from other designers that Interweave is one of the better publishers in terms of designer pay. I was paid $325 and $375 for my two children’t items. I know that one other crochet designer once told me that an experienced designer could expect to get $500 for an adult clothing pattern. You could also try self-publishing and selling patterns on Ravelry, Etsy, Artfire, or Patternfish. I have only worked with Ravelry and Etsy myself, but there is a pretty good audience there. Good luck to you!!”
Maybe this will be helpful to others that are interested in publishing patterns.
Are any of my blog readers aspiring designers? What have you designed? What craft?
Have a lovely day, and happy crocheting!
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Born in Pittsfield on April 13, 1943, the first daughter of Stephen and Rose Szymanski Trzepacz, she was a 1961 graduate of Pittsfield High School with high honors, and furthered her education in 1965 graduating from the University of New Hampshire where she earned a bachelor’s degree. Continuing her education, she received a master’s degree from Wellesley College.
Mrs. Daly was employed by the Pittsfield Public Schools for many years. She began her teaching career as a history teacher at Herberg Junior High School and spent the rest of her career also as a history teacher at Taconic High School retiring in 2000. She enjoyed her students of which many she would follow their accomplishments, that she felt very proud of being an educator to them.
Rosemary was a member of the Dalton Art League and the Housatonic Valley Art League, she excelled in art with many of her paintings shown at art shows and enjoyed by people through-out the Berkshires. She was an avid golfer who belonged to the Bas Ridge Country Club enjoying playing golf with the girls. She enjoyed teaching Art on Wednesday afternoon at her sister Susie’s house. On a Thursday afternoon she enjoyed playing Mah-jongg with her sister and friends.
She is also survived by a son Frank Daly (friend Annette Perreault) of Dalton; a step daughter Chris (husband Joseph) Young of Tennessee; a sister Susan Chalifoux (friend Doug Webb) of Pittsfield; Brother-in-law Don Daly, and many cousins. Rosemary with her great smile and laughter will be missed by family, friends and the students she taught.
FUNERAL NOTICE: Funeral services for Rosemary Daly will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that those who desire may make memorial contributions to Housatonic Valley Art League or to B.M.C. Cancer Center, both in care of DERY FUNERAL HOME, 54 Bradford Street, Pittsfield.
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Sussex, WI–Congrats to the following eight ladies who earned all-state honors this fall, which is a team record in one season. The previous team record was five in 2019.
Senior Ayana Phelps set a team record for most tries scored in a season (7), eclipsing Morgan Price’s (Class of 2018) record of six in 2018. Price also lost her hold on the record for most points in a season (36, 2018), as junior Meghan “Meggy Leggy” Rank used her kicking leg to score most of her 51 points this season. She single-handedly outscored three WGR teams: Kettle Moraine, Muskego, and Madison. Rank also set the team’s conversion percentage record, making 59% of her kicks (23/39). The previous record was held by Alex Werra (Class of 2018) who converted 11 of 30 for a 37% rate. Rank’s twin sister Rachel Rank, scored six tries this season, becoming the first Hamilton player to score a try against DSHA A. and the first Hamilton player to score a pair of tries against their A squad in a single game. Junior Ronny Ruedinger also added six tries for the team, and junior Grace Farrell has proved to be a reliable tackler and stallwert defender. Farrell became the first Hamilton player to earn all-state honors playing primarily from the flank position. Senior Brenna McLay also provided grit on both sides of the ball. She became the third second row player to earn all-state after the duo of Savanna Thorne and Sydeny Raymond (Class of 2018) won it in 2018. Junior twins Jasia and Camille Torres became the first Hamilton wings to earn the distinction since Lauren Leonardi (Class of 2018) in 2017. Jasia had four tries, and Camille scored three.
Because of the pandemic, no all-state players where selected in 2020.
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Kinetic was the first studio of its kind within the state and surrounding areas to offer in-house development and integration of three electronic media: Internet applications, video production and interactive programming. Founder Jay Brandrup named his new company Kinetic, inspired by the energy of movement, both physical and psychological. From the beginning, Jay’s healthy respect for incorporating “fun” attitudes and atmosphere into the business has nurtured growth and success.
In the wild years since, the Internet has boomed, busted, and resurged again. And Kinetic has consistently flourished, helping a range of clients with their interactive needs — from Alabama Power and McAfee to America’s First Federal Credit Union and Buffalo Rock.
From a desire to contribute to the greater Birmingham community, Kinetic works with the City of Birmingham, the City Council, and the Greater Birmingham Convention & Visitors Bureau, among others, promoting Birmingham through web and app development. Other notable non-profit community projects include the Birmingham Zoo, Lakeshore Foundation, Birmingham Children’s Theatre, and the McWane Science Center, among others. If you’d like to learn more about these, and other Kinetic projects, check out our section on “the work.” You can also check out our 10th , 20th , and 25th mosaics to see what we have accomplished for our clients over the years.
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unexpected hairstyles have been well-liked for women before the 1920’s. Louise Brooks’s bob hairstyle in 1917 became the most popular hairstyle of the 1920’s. Women of this era become old threw out their corsets as they ventured out on a quest for forgiveness and they began biting their hair short. rapid hair became the other hairstyle for women as they entered the workforce. unexpected hair has long prudence been a story of forgiveness and professionalism for women.
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Home » My RA Stories » A Decision that I will Reverse if I could Turn Back Time – One Known to Trigger My RA Onset
My RA Stories, Vaccinations
If only I could turn back time, a decision that I will reverse and probably change my life before Rheumatoid Arthritis claims the rest of my life is NOT to take cervical cancer vaccination.
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I’m speaking from my own experience because Gardasil vaccinations were the reason behind my RA. I’ve been telling an account of what I believe are the causes of my rheumatic disease in some earlier posts. And I shall re-iterate this point once again here.
My RA came about following a sad incident that happened to me in October 2010. I was into my 2nd pregnancy and I had a miscarriage. That was the saddest moment of my life. Saddest ever… It is difficult for one to understand how much pain and misery I was going through during that rough time. I was carrying for more than a week a fetus inside my womb while knowing that it wouldn’t have the chance of coming out into this world. I have hoped and prayed very hard for a miracle but it didn’t appear. In the end, I had a D&C performed. Right after the operation, I thought I would feel better after my emotions settled. But physical pain started to be felt on my right wrist. It started off mild and doctors dispensed me with two doses of prednisone (steroids) ease the pain. As my symptoms prolong, a blood test was finally ordered and that was when I learnt that I have an active RA with Rheumatoid Factor (RF) of 250 (usually RF should be below 14-20 range).
I was convinced ever since that the miscarriage was the sole event that have caused the onset of my RA. But this is only half true. Under the care of a very experienced naturopathic practitioner of Nambudripad’s Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET), I soon also learn that my cervical cancer vaccination – 3 shots of Gardasil taken throughout a few months – was the root cause behind my RA. The miscarriage was only a trigger, one that upsets the whole immune system, which had already been compromised, to get all haywired and start attacking my joints. Because it attacks my joints, they call it Arthritis.
Vaccine Claims – “Safe” and “Effective” – are Far from Truths
The only myth that we are made to believe is the unscientific claim that Gardasil vaccine is safe and effective in protecting one against Human Papillomavirus (HPV virus). Ever since Gardasil vaccine was licensed in 2006, there have been reports of serious adverse health issues triggered by the vaccine. Some of which include cerebral vasculitis, a fatal type of condition caused by inflammation in brain and spinal cord involving blood vessels; and other autoimmune and neurological disorders.
Since in majority of the cases, most women can naturally clear the HPV infection from their bodies within two years without any complications, then what sense does it make about the widespread recommendations that such vaccine is safe to do so without proper long term study of its safety to back these recommendations? My stupid mistake is to quickly jump onto this bandwagon at the heat of the moment
In fact, all vaccines can be immune suppressive. The lab-altered bacteria and viruses in vaccine often affect your immune response in a negative way. The ingredients in vaccines are neurotoxic due to heavy metals presence such as mercury preservatives and aluminium adjuvants. Therefore, it is no wonder that vaccines have known to alter T-cell function and trigger allergies, chronic illness and autoimmune diseases. Once the foreign protein invades our body and induce an inflammatory response to stimulate antibodies but if our body’s response cannot resolve this inflammation, you can imagine the results of this situation!
I urge you to watch the profiles of two Gardasil vaccine victims below. Nothing can be further from the truths.
Gardasil – The Damage is Done: From A Best Friend’s View
Gardasil Victim Speaks Out After 2 Years
If anyone is going to ask me whether she should take vaccination against cervical cancer, my answer is ALWAYS going to be NO! Period.
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”The idea of using VR as a way to scale education in person and remotely is a very exciting thing,“ veteran Hollywood producer says
Acclaimed film producer Walter Parkes is launching “Men in Black” in the virtual reality world as his company Dreamscape Immersive releases “Men in Black: First Assignment,” set 25 years after the Men in Black first saved the planet from destruction.
The new interactive experience, available at Dreamscape’s flagship location in Los Angeles beginning next month, is part of the 4-year-old company push to build virtual reality media across the entertainment, enterprise and education sectors.
“I have not been an enormous fan of VR,” Parkes said of his late jump into the sector, which came after discovering impressive VR projects while in Geneva in 2016. “It just struck me that this was a qualitatively different sort of experience. One that could really support mainstream entertainment and beyond in education, training and other applications that we’re very much committed to now.”
The following year, he co-founded Dreamscape Immersive, which operates four locations across the U.S. and is building a fifth, with aims to expand across seas in the Middle East. (The sites have all recently reopened after the pandemic shut them down last spring.)
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As the producer of Hollywood hits like Minority Report,” “Gladiator” and the “Men In Black” series that have grossed more than $6 billion worldwide. Parkes said he found similarities between traditional moviemaking and producing VR experiences. “Over the last 10 years, movies have become increasingly more digital in terms of how the assets are actually created,” he said. “I like to work on lots of big-effects movies, so those technologies are not foreign to me.”
Since its launch, Dreamscape has rolled out VR arcades in Ohio, Dallas, Los Angeles, with plans to open in New Jersey in coming months with AMC Theatres as its partner. The company has raised roughly $67 million, backed by some the biggest players in Hollywood — including Steven Spielberg, AMC, MGM and Majid Al Futtaim in Dubai, according to Crunchbase.
The company has also been collaborating with government agencies to create defense and intelligence immersive training and guided simulations. In the last year, it partnered with Arizona State University to build a virtual reality world for biology students globally. Parkes believes VR also lends itself to the medical education. “There’s a great future in what we can do with tele-health, but we only have so much bandwidth as a relatively new company,” he said. “The idea of using VR as a way to scale education in person and remotely is a very exciting thing for me personally, and a very important aspect of our businesses.”
In his conversation with TheWrap, Parkes discussed where the VR business is headed in the entertainment industry and how they plan to tackle health care and education in the future.
How did Dreamscape Immersive start?
Artanim, our tech partners from Geneva, saw this initial use in the medical context, having to do with either rehabilitation or performance improvement. I have not been an enormous fan of VR prior to this. I just found it a little bit lonely in there, the fact that I didn’t have a body and I was only connected by controllers. But when I found myself in Geneva in late 2016, actually entering into a digital world as a completely rendered avatar is full touch with all of my senses, untethered to a computer able to explore and walk around and be with other people — it just struck me that this was a qualitatively different sort of experience. One that could really support mainstream entertainment and beyond in education, training and other applications that we’re very much committed to now.
What is it like going from the movie world into working on VR?
In some ways, they are more seamless than one would think. I was actually just speaking to one of the producers of the newest “Avatar,” which is virtually an entirely digital movie. In a funny way, even though these are small experiences that try to tell a story in 12 to 14 minutes, it still comes down to the three acts and how you engage an audience. It’s sort of a microcosm of lots of the issues you deal with in making movies.
How was the business impacted by COVID?
In April of the first year of the pandemic, basically they all shut down for the better part of that entire summer going into that year. Luckily, as a company we had already begun some exciting work in the field of education and training. But we always hoped and waited for the moment when circumstances would allow us to come back to our first love, which is location-based entertainment. I’m happy to say all of our sites are open. The location in Jersey is, once again, under construction to be opened in the next few months. We’re open in Dubai, and we’re looking at expansion in the region there.
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What sort of government agencies or training programs are you involved in?
Due to issues of classification, I can’t go into too much detail. What it mostly has to do with is the creation of simulated environments in which actors can train — either train competency, or abilities. So we create environments that allow people to train for certain things without having to move them all over the world.
So do you see people engaging in VR as an activity like they would go to a movie theater?
I think they are separate activities. What we found was that there’s a new kind of night out that people enjoy around Dreamscape. So we’re seeing that people will go into the mall, do a Dreamscape and then walk around the mall and have dinner. Then come do another Dreamscape and maybe have a drink. And that sort of adds up to a new version of dinner and a movie, seeing these more snackable entertainment experiences in between a lot of other experiences. I think it coexists very nicely with movies. I think both media need each other.
Any other sectors you are interested in?
Health and wellness is most likely our next target. The ability to actually bring a patient inside a 3D rendering of whatever condition they’re being treated on, or take interns or residents into systems or have fully rendered avatar avatars for telemedicine. It’s not just the screen, but you have a sense of presence.
Last year, we have been working on education in a partnership with Arizona State University. That first project we’ve taken was our very first pilot Alien Zoo, and it’s becoming an immersive laboratory that will serve the needs of all introductory biology students, both nationally and internationally. It’s a way for students to become actual scientists inside of the virtual world. The idea of using VR as a way to scale education in person and remotely is a very exciting thing for me personally, and a very important aspect of our businesses.
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Preparations for the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup are well underway, with the Indian team now set to undergo a 10-day camp in Kalyani, West Bengal, later this month.
The India U-17 women’s team has already been in camp for the last four months, and after a brief break, the players will once again assemble in Kalyani on November 9. The probables in the camp will be divided into four different teams, who will play each other in the round-robin format on November 11, 13, and 15.
Coach Alex Ambrose, who recently led India to the SAFF U-15 Women’s Championship 2019 title last month, believes that this tournament will help the coaching staff gauge the talent pool that they have at their disposal.
“The tournament in Kalyani will open up a lot of avenues for us. We have already had a set bunch of players for four months now but this will allow us to take a look at other players as well,” said Ambrose. “This is the future of women’s football in India, and we need to build them up in the best possible manner, in order to further improve.”
The coach also believes that the 10 days in Kalyani will be crucial for the girls who did not get much game-time in the previous exposure tours or in the SAFF U-15 Championship.
“Also, for the girls who did not get much match-time in the exposure tours or in the U-15 SAFF Championship, it is a good opportunity to show what they have got,” he rounded off.
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In British Columbia, the Green Party has tabled legislation that seeks to prohibit conversion practices in the province. Already outlawed in Quebec, Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and the Yukon, an attempt was made by the B.C. Green Caucus in 2019 to ban conversion practices for anyone under the age of 19. Unfortunately, the BC NDP did not bring the bill forward for a second reading. Now, two years later, the B.C Greens have tabled the issue again in the hopes of prohibiting the practices within the province once and for all.
What are conversion practices?
Commonly known as conversion therapy, conversion practices refer to the use of interventions that aim to change a person’s sexual or gender orientation. The goal of these practices is, essentially, to “[change] people from gay, lesbian or bisexual to heterosexual and from trans or gender diverse to cisgender.”
Despite their prohibition in four Canadian provinces and one territory, a 2021 study published in the scientific journal PLOS One found that 10% of “gay, bi, trans and queer men and Two-spirit and non binary people” in Canada report having been subjected to some form of conversion practices.
According to Sonia Furstenau, leader of the B.C Greens, many of these practices are “targeted to young people and have devastating and lasting effects on their mental well-being.”
On the devastating effects on conversion therapies, the United Nations Human Rights Commission is in agreement with the BC Greens. In a June 2020 report presented to the ‘Human Rights Commission’ by an independent expert on protection against violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identities, the independent expert called for a “global ban on conversion therapy.” The expert found that conversion practices “constitute an egregious violation of rights to bodily autonomy, health, and free expression of one’s sexual orientation and gender.” Furthermore, the report stated that “when conducted forcibly, [conversion practices] also represent a breach to the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment.”
With the tabling of this new legislation, the B.C Greens are seeking to “protect the LGBTQIA2+ community from the harms [caused by these practices],” and “penalize any person who might try to administer them.”
While it remains to be seen whether or not the legislation will be passed, the Green’s proposal has already received support from both the scientific and LGBTQIA2+ communities. In response to the initial tabling of the legislation in 2019, the B.C Ministry of Health stated that conversion practices are “unethical, terrible and abusive practices not supported by science.” Furthermore, according to Nick Shiavo, founder of ‘No Conversion Canada‘, the passing of the bill would not only make “LGBTQIA2+ British Columbians safer and freer,” but for some would also be “life-saving.”
Jules is an investigative journalist and podcast producer from Montreal, Canada. His areas of interest are the politics of the Americas as well issues surrounding immigration.
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In September, Gray’s Reef and its partner, Georgia Southern University, completed the last in a series of dye and drifter releases to track the outflow of the Altamaha River. The Altamaha is the third largest river basin on the Atlantic seaboard, and its watershed drains almost 25 percent of Georgia’s land mass. It is also the closest freshwater source to Gray’s Reef, found 16 miles offshore.
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Dye being released from the stern of the research boat.
By tracking the path of the dye and drifters, researchers can provide estimates of the extent to which the Altamaha River outflow delivers various contaminants, nutrients, freshwater and solid material to hard-bottom reefs such as Gray’s Reef and to Georgia’s coastline.
Georgia Southern University invites educators to replicate the drifter study and has developed an instructional video and guide for future drifter deployments.
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DELHI: The Supreme Court Wednesday granted 10 days to the Centre to inform on the date of meeting of the Selection Committee for the appointment of Lokpal members.
The three panels – one for the Lokpal and two for judicial and non-judicial members of the Lokpal – has been forwarded to the Selection Committee headed by Prime Minister, added Attorney General Venugopal.
“Will tell the Department of Personnel and Training Secretary to ensure convening of meetings of selection committee for appointment of Lokpal as soon as possible,” the Attorney General informed the top court.
The Supreme Court also rejected Prashant Bhushan's plea seeking direction to make the proposed names of Chairperson and members of the Lokpal public.
Nearly five years after the Lokpal Act came into force, the government had sought applications for chairman and members of anti-corruption ombudsman Lokpal.
An advertisement seeking applications from eligible candidates was issued by the Personnel Ministry on February 6, following a meeting of the eight-member search panel headed by Desai.
The Supreme Court had recently set up a February-end deadline for the Lokpal search committee to send a panel of names who could be considered for the appointment as its chairman and members by Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee.
The Lokpal Act, which envisages the establishment of the anti-graft body Lokpal at the Centre and Lokayuktas in states to look into cases of corruption against certain categories of public servants, was passed in 2013.
The Lokpal selection committee is headed by the Prime Minister and has as its members the Lok Sabha Speaker, leader of the opposition in the lower house, the Chief Justice of India or a judge of the apex court nominated by him, and an eminent jurist who could be nominated by the President or any other member.
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Got all that? Hope so – in 51 years of production, the Mustang has built up quite the train of personal baggage behind itself. It’s a car of staggeringly humble underpinnings, which became a global phenomenon before lapsing into self-parody and eventually isolationism. As a metaphor for the history of America itself, you couldn’t get much better. Especially as now, in the post-Bush-era, the Mustang is extending a hand across the ocean, and, amazingly, it’s now the right (and indeed, right) hand…
Thanks to the ‘One Ford’ plan initiated by former Ford CEO Alan Mullaly, eventually all Fords will be ‘Merican Fords and that means that, for the first time in 50 years, you’ll be able to buy this none-more-stars-and-stripes muscle car with the steering wheel on the Imperially British side of the car.
And hooray for that. It would be easy to get bogged down in talk of value for money, build quality and suspension settings (and in a moment, we will…) but the simple fact is that, in the sensible grey-black-and-blue world of the modern day, German-dominated, car park, the Mustang will represent a crimson streak of pure Hollywood escapism. Rather like going to see Avengers: Age of Ultron after spending a day stuck at your desk and paying the bills, driving a Mustang here in Blighty will be a reminder that things don’t need to be quite so serious all the time.
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Of course, Ford is serious about finding European buyers for the Mustang, and while that doesn’t mean that there will be a company-car-friendly diesel version any time soon, that does mean that you can buy one with an engine more useable than the 5.0-litre V8 model we’ve tested here. That would be the 2.3-litre EcoBoost four-cylinder turbo, which will also shortly find a home in the new Focus RS.
That engine, although pretty good actually, kind of quivers at the might of the 5.0-litre V8. This may be an old-school bent-eight, and 415bhp is hardly what you would expect from as big an engine as this, but by heck, this is as good an engine as you’ll ever drive. Loud, proud and just a little bit mad, it makes noises that no decent person should listen to and consumes enough fuel in one sitting to require a major change in US foreign policy. It’s brilliant, to be honest, as raucous as you’d expect yet also tractable and easy-going around town. Fuel consumption is laughable, of course. Ford reckons it’ll crack 20mpg on average. We got more like 15mpg.
And that’s with a manual gearbox. You’d expect to find an automatic here in such an all-American car, but as far as Europeans will be concerned, the six-speed manual transmission is actually a delight to use — hefty and mechanical in feel, even if it sometimes baulks at a rushed change.
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The steering is also uncommonly good by American standards. It’s an electrically-boosted system, and while you can alter the weighting between Normal, Sport and Comfort modes, there’s really not much point in doing so. Just leave it in Normal and you’ll find a rack that responds surprisingly briskly for a car with such a big, bluff front-end and one that actually has a modicum of feel about it.
The only problem is that the steering, being so good, goads you into pushing the ‘Stang just a little bit harder and more enthusiastically than you probably should. It’s not a bad car to drive, not bad at all; it’s just that you have to accept certain limitations. Take for example driving along a stretch of two-lane blacktop, just outside Munich (the location for the Mustang’s launch event). The corners are plentiful and the surface excellent and, combined with a paucity of local traffic, it’s an ideal location to get to know the Mustang. So far, it’s felt decently controllable and tractable with a comfy, not-too-soft ride quality. So, push a little harder… And suddenly it all falls apart. That underlying softness becomes sloppiness and the steering suddenly comes over all Congressional Committee Hearing and decides it’s going to take the fifth. So, it’s no sports car then.
But was it ever supposed to be? While this Fastback feels a little better tied down to the road than its convertible cousin, this is not a sports car — it’s a muscle car, and that means it’s an expert at going very fast in a straight line, going very fast while sideways and being essentially useless at all other times. Actually, it’s better than that but it’s certainly not going to cause the suspension engineers in Munich or Ingolstadt sleepless nights any time soon.
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Equally, the quality control stewards of Germany’s car industry aren’t going to be bothered by the cabin. By American standards it’s not bad, and basic boxes such as a good driving position and clear instruments are ticked. But some of the materials used, and some of the ergonomics, are just dreadful. The ‘leather’ on the door cards feels as if it was extruded from recycled lino and the bit of plastic around the electric window switches (something your fingers are going to encounter a lot) wouldn’t be out of place on a Suzuki. A second hand Suzuki. From 1992.
There’s a bit of a question over price. This Convertible lists at £32,995 (minus options), which makes it look a bit pricey, given that you can have a V8 Coupé for the same cash, or an EcoBoost Coupe for £5k less. Then again, all things are relative. That’s still cheaper than a BMW 435i, and significantly more powerful. OK, so it doesn’t drive as well as the Beemer at the limit, but as I’ve already pointed out, who in hell buys a muscle car to drive it at the limit? Never, at any point during my time with the ‘Stang, did I ever think ‘I’d rather be in a nice, sensible 4 Series or A5’.
Slightly soggy of suspension and gimcrack of interior the Mustang may be, but I have never been quite so happy to be driving a car. There are cars that are more agile, more communicative, faster, better built and indeed better value. But, top down, Tammy Wynette warbling, shades on and glorious V8 soundtrack rumbling its song of freedom, I honestly couldn’t think of one I’d rather have been in.
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Draya has received some high praise from Diddy.
Although gorgeous, Draya is not just a pretty face as she has forged a career for herself that includes acting, modeling, and launching her own fashion range. And if there is anyone who knows about having their fingers in numerous pies, it’s Diddy. The hip hop legend not only has three Grammy Awards to his name, he was regarded by Fortune Magazine as one of the Top 40 Entrepreneurs Under 40 courtesy of his own fashion line, range of tequila and vodka, and stakes in Revolt TV.
Draya was one of the guests at Diddy’s birthday party this week, and the “Can’t Nobody Hold Me Down” rapper took the opportunity to express his admiration for her. In a clip from the event, Diddy was seen raising a glass to the Basketball Wives star and called her the “hustler of the year.” The 51-year-old’s guests followed his suit and raised their own glasses in a toast to Draya.
Aside from the Beige & Coco designer, other famous names were present at Diddy’s island bash. Mary J. Blige, Nas, and French Montana were amongst those who made their way to Turks and Caicos, where Diddy celebrated by dancing around fire pits, sipping cocktails made from Ciroc vodka and DeLeon tequila, and turning up to tracks spun by DJ M.O.S. Videos of the festivities were shared by Diddy on his Insta Story, but the Caribbean soirée was panned by those on social media for feeling that throwing a mass party with a bunch of celebrities during a pandemic was inappropriate.
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This is the sort of thing that could only happen to chess. Here is a cutting from the news section of the Jewish weekly Ha-Magid (hat tip: Moshe Roytman, our frequent contributor, and -- like most if not all selections from newspapers on this blog -- The Historical Jewish Press web site.)
You know your favorite hobby is not held in high esteem when the following three items appear in succession, by the weekly's correspondent Aharon Tetenboym :
Antisemitism in chess -- or in Russia for that matter -- is nothing new, but here is a nice counter-example. Hatzfira (Warsaw) reported on May 25th, 1891, that Mikhail Chigorin has celebrate his victory over Wilhelm Steinitz (in their well-known "telegraph match", which Chigorin won 2-0), in the St. Petersburg Chess Club. (The club's name, by the way, was literally translated into 19th century Hebrew as 'The Committee House for the Community of those who Play in the Game of Chess'...)
The paper notes that Chigorin proposed a toast to his 'master and guide, the well known master' (as Hatzfia describes him) Szymon Winawer, and, what's more, sent a telegram to him, in Warsaw, notifying him of this. The paper reports he thanked Winawer for 'managing him [Chigorin] and supporting him when he first went out to compete in chess at a time of difficulty and trial'. Hatzfira added that this event was also published in another, non-Jewish Warsaw newspaper (whose name is only given in initials by Hatfira), and adds:
That newspaper's editor did not know, or did not want to know, that the man toasted by the St. Petersburg Chess Club is a Jew. As is well known, Jews are not allowed to be members of that club.
Kudos for Chigorin, who was not a Jew, not only for remembering his Jewish teacher at the moment of his greatest triumph, but also toasting him openly in a "no Jews allowed" chess club.
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The above picture of Siegbert Tarrasch is probably the first portrait of a chess player printed in a Hebrew-language newspaper, Ha'Melitz, on April 2nd, 1903. It is part of a long article about chess, appropriately titled "What have the Jews been Doing" (ישראל מה פעל), as every player mentioned in it is a Jew. This article was pointed out to me by our frequent correspondent, Moshe Roytman, who usually posts on the excellent Chess-il forum (in Hebrew).
Most of the article deals with Tarrasch's biographical information and chess career. But, alas, the paper already libels Wilhelm Steinitz, claiming that 'poor Steinitz' could not stand his 'humiliation and distress' due to losing the world title (rematch) to Emanuel Lasker in 1896, and therefore 'went insane' and died in 1899 (actually 1900).
It is true that Steinitz was, in fact, hospitalized in a mental hospital in the end of his days, but it is at the very least extremely doubtful that the loss of the world championship to a much younger Lasker was the cause. It is sad to see this myth, which smeared Steinitz's memory every since, has been going on for so long.
פורסם על ידי Avital Pilpel ב- 12:45 PM No comments:
I don't Read, I Just Look at the Pictures
The Argentinian / Israeli chess player, Horacio Volman, has kindly agreed to an interview with me. He and his wife have told me many interesting stories about many chess players they have known (especially Miguel Najdorf and Moshe Czerniak) -- more of which will be posted soon on this blog, I hope.
For the meantime, one "appetizer": Volman pointed out to me that a biography of Najdorf by his daughter, Liliana Najdorf, has been published in Buenos Aires in 1999. Volman told me the book, Najdorf X Najdorf [Najdorf on Najdorf], is excellent. The book was unfortunately not translated into English, let alone Hebrew; so, not reading Spanish, I was reduced to looking at the pictures (and the high-quality glossy paper...). But, for what it's worth, I agree.
The book has numerous photographs that clearly come from the Najdorfs' private photo albums, showing the family man in a way never seen before, as well as pictures of Najdorf from various sources with personalities ranging from Yehudi Menuchin to Che Guevara. Above is one such photo, of Najdorf, a Jew of course, wearing his skullcap and prayer shawl at the Western Wall, Jerusalem, during a visit to Israel in the 1990s.
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To this blog's fans: on 4/11/2012, there will be a memorial event about Moshe Czerniak's life and love of chess, from 15:30 on, in the Chess House @ 26 Tagore St., Tel Aviv (near Tel Aviv University). All are invited -- especially the young players who have never met the man. The more the merrier! Click on the image for a larger (Hebrew-language) version. NOTE: Invitation says 15:30-19:30, but the event will actually be an hour to an hour and a half.
פורסם על ידי Avital Pilpel ב- 11:28 AM No comments:
The 1932 Championship of Palestine -- High Hopes, Zionism, and other things
As we have seen before, there was no official chess tournament in the 1932 Maccabiah. However, there was supposed to be a championship of Palestine.
The indefatigable Moshe Roytman notes that on 24.2.1932, Doar Hayom published a note [link in Hebrew] similar to (but not the same as) the one later published in Davar on 31.3.1932 which we have already mentioned -- that promises the Levant Fair will include:
1). First of all (in the first paragraph), a tournament including 'ten of the best players in the country'.
2). Also, there will be a 'Palestine vs. foreign countries' match, (without naming who will be on the 'foreign countries' team); a blitz tournament; and finally (on the last day of the fair) simultaneous displays, promising in particular Marmorosh will play vs. 30.
Of all these high hopes, as we discussed before, it is not clear that anything, not even the "real" tournament, actually took place.
On the other hand, while these hopes were disappointed, at least those who came to see the first round of the championship on 9.4.1932 heard Tel Aviv's mayor, Meir Dizengoff, make an interesting speech, linking -- as was the custom of the time -- chess to Zionism. (reported in Davar 10.4.1932, again brought to my attention by Mr. Roytman). Dizengoff noted two similarities:
1). Chess is a symbol of free competition, and a place where every nation has the right to show its creativity and ability, which the Jewish nation is also demanding.
2). In chess, the simple pawn who goes up and climbs, with the goal of becoming a queen when he reaches 'the first rank' (sic). Thus, 'going up and climbing are the main thing' -- that is, emigrating to Palestine is the most important thing.
('Going up' [עליה] and 'climbing' [העפלה] are two Hebrew words for emigration of Jews in particular to Palestine or Israel, the latter usually signifying illegal emigration -- as opposed to emigration of people in general, which is 'hagira' [הגירה]).
This is, presumably, the first time -- and probably the last time -- anybody linked chess terms in particular to emigration.
פורסם על ידי Avital Pilpel ב- 6:53 AM No comments:
How many chess players of significant strength were killed in wars? The death of numerous Jewish players in the holocaust is well known, but what about in actual acts of war? Some non-Jewish players were, of course, killed. Most famously, Vera Menchik was killed (with her sister, also a strong chess player, and her mother) in a V-1 bombing raid in 1944 (according to Wikipedia; some sources claim it was a V-2 attack).
One example is given to me by Almog Burstein. The Jewish player Simon Weil, who played in the 1935 Maccabia, was killed in an Italian bombing raid on Haifa in WWII. Also, after the 1973 war, for example, the Israeli chess magazine had obituaries for chess players who were killed, although (appropriately) without explicitly noting how strong, or weak, they were. This blog had noted some cases of problemists or players who were killed in wars or in terrorist attacks, but are there other cases?
פורסם על ידי Avital Pilpel ב- 6:59 AM No comments:
How to Build a World Champion
I hope I am not jinxing Boris Gelfand here by using the words "world champion", but this is the title (in Hebrew) given to an in-depth investigative report about his life recently published in Calcalist ["The Economist" in Hebrew], an Israeli business journal.
Even if you do not read Hebrew it is worth while visiting the site, for the list of photographs -- including Boris as a child, his living room, the notes of his daily life his father kept, and many others. (For a change, the interview really is in depth, about Gelfand's history, life, friends, trainers, philosophy, etc., and not the oft-repeated collection of cliches about "the genius chess player"). It turns his father trained him from childhood; that he knows the Polgars very well, in particular Sophie (Zsophia) Polgar, who is his neighbor for many years -- although they never played chess as neighbors, only table tennis. Ms. Polgar notes that Boris' father was using, in effect, her own father's methods for "raising geniuses", if more intuitively.
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A chess friend from Munich alerted us to the existence of an article about the Lasker statue we have previously talked about in this blog in the British Chess Magazine, June 1944. Checking the Internet about the matter, it turns out that we have forgotten the indefatigable Edward Winter had already posted the article online, in Chess Notes 5052, as a reply to ... our own letter to him about the subject, which he published in Chess Notes 5035. It is worth noting this again, not because of the bust, but because of the quick and interesting snapshot it gives of chess in Palestine at the time (see link).
Winter's quote from the BCM mentions various people. Naturally, Weber and Rabinowitz [in the "Lasker statue" post] are the same persons as Veber and Rabinovich in the BCM. Foerder, as mentioned here many times, later changed his name to the Hebrew Porat. In general I prefer the "German" way of spelling ('w' instead of 'v' and 'tz' or 'tsch' instead of 'ch', for example -- that is, Nimzowitsch instead of "Nimzovich") in this blog, since usually it is eastern or central Europe where the players came from.
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A wonderfully accessible Side Scrolling Roguelike.
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My Quest for a Legitimate Shiny Mew in 2022
Over the past four years, I have been attempting to complete a Living Shiny Dex in the Pokémon series titles. For the uninitiated, every Pokémon has a 1/4096 or 1/8192 chance, depending on its game of origin, of being a rare colour varient. Optional methods can in many […]
It’s a dark and spooky night on the streets of L.A. as a trio of hardened street racers pull up to a makeshift starting line. Next to them, a plastic children’s toy car full of raccoons prepares for the night of their lives. In this Crash Pandas ( […]
A promising concept we hope works well in practice.
Disabilities can come, go, and change in the support needs they require.
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[EB-5 Visa, EB5 Visa, EB-5 Investment. We want to make sure we’re there to support our candidates as much as we can,” Amestoy says. Amestoy says the money contributed by Quiros and Gulisano was spent in the 2012 and 2014 cycles]<IMG><I_247><I_680><I_2165><I_2632><I_680><I_2447><I_1512><I_7820><I_1248><I_2157><I_2157><I_7427><I_2296><I_8151><I_2165><I_7820><I_2157><I_5958><I_6255><I_1049><I_5366><I_2476><I_1049><I_2315><I_6940><I_7427><I_6901><I_2296><I_2296><I_2296><I_3773><I_6197></IMG>
The alleged fraud involving developers in the Northeast Kingdom has put new scrutiny on donations to the Vermont Democratic Party. The party’s three candidates for governor now say the VDP should give up the contributions it received from the man at the center of the scandal.
Between 2012 and 2014, Jay Peak owner Ariel Quiros and one of his close associates donated $30,000 to the Vermont Democratic Party. Those contributions came under a microscope last month when the Securities and Exchange Committee charged Quiros and Jay Peak CEO Bill Stenger with misappropriating $200 million from foreign investors.
Federal officials say that in addition to the misappropriations, Quiros outright stole $50 million from investors to subsidize luxury purchases, including a $2.7 million condominium at Trump Place in New York City.
Democratic candidates for governor are now weighing in on whether the party should return those funds.
“Let me put it this way: If I were the head of the Democratic Party, I would certainly do so,” candidate Matt Dunne said at a press conference Thursday.
"Let me put it this way: If I were the head of the Democratic Party, I would certainly do so." - Matt Dunne
“And when outsized contributions come into the process, these are usually from people who are trying to get something,” Galbraith said by phone Thursday. “And in the case of Stenger and Quiros, what they were after was for the state to be promoting their projects and not to be looking too hard.”
Galbraith says money from Quiros and Gulisano “should be returned.”
“It’s really about making a statement,” he said.
Asked for her stance on how the party should proceed, candidate Sue Minter said in a written statement that if she ends up being the Democratic nominee, she’ll make sure the party gives $30,000 to charities in the Northeast Kingdom, to offset the money it got from Quiros and a Jay Peak executive named George Gulisano.
"It's really about making a statement." - Peter Galbraith
Democratic Party officials said last month that it was weighing whether or not to return the contributions.Christina Amestoy, the party’s communications director, says those deliberations continue.
“Thirty-thousand dollars would have an impact on us, and that’s something we’re considering. We want to make sure we’re there to support our candidates as much as we can,” Amestoy says.
Amestoy says the money contributed by Quiros and Gulisano was spent in the 2012 and 2014 cycles. She says returning the money now might upset donors who thought their contributions were going to support Democratic candidates in 2016.
“If we were choosing to redirect money that represented the contributions we got in 2012 and 2014, a lot of that money would come from donations we’ve received in 2016,” she says.
Amestoy says there’s no timeline for making a final decision on whether to return the money.
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Finally, the day we’ve all been waiting for. Amazon Games has decided to fix a lot of issues that were present in the game, among which the buggy Tier 4 and Tier 5 Corruption Portals were not working. Furthermore, the developers have decided to enable the World Transfer which is going to make it easier for friends to join up and play together.
So, even if I was LVL 60 and had the highest watermark for 1 week, I have not been able to get gear above 591 just because the developer wanted to be that way. Instead, people that have been focusing on professions are higher level gear to me. Thanks a lot, Amazon Games. Finally, we can head over to Myrkgard and slay all the major corruptions with our fellow players and opposing factions. So, let’s team up and meet up there.
Now, let’s take a look at the changes with today’s update.
Update: Our team was able to include a few other urgent fixes into this week’s update. The following issues have been fixed.
Additionally, we discovered that our fix for the issue with titles and achievements not always updating correctly will need some additional work, and we’ve removed it from the list. We’ll continue to work on a fix for this issue, and many more, to release in future updates.
The fixes listed below are tentative fixes and mitigations. Our goal is to get these changes out and see if issues persist, so we can continue to work on them and address in a future update if necessary.
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The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has revealed the 15 finalists in its Art of Building Photographer of the Year competition.
… photographs from Australia, China, Indonesia, Russia, the USA and the UK…
… competition is a universal conversation…
The 15 images made it past the judging panel out of the thousands submitted from more than 100 countries around the world. In the final are photographs from Australia, China, Indonesia, Russia, the USA and the UK.
Now the CIOB is asking the public to help choose this year’s winner, as the competition now enters its final stage.
The competition, now in its 11th year, celebrates the creativity of the construction industry and the built world around us.
Caroline Gumble, CIOB chief executive, said: “We applaud everyone who entered our competition – so much of the photography we’ve seen for this year’s Art of Building is breathtakingly beautiful. It’s also truly inspiring to see how these photographers can tell the story of the built world around us with new and unusual perspectives. This competition is a universal conversation between those who build and those who wonder at the buildings around us.”
Vote for the winner on the competition website. Winners will be announced on 26 January 2021.
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Disney XD(LOS ANGELES) — (NOTE LANGUAGE) For actor Ewan McGregor, the revelation this past summer that he’d be reprising his role as Jedi master Obi-Wan Kenobi in a Disney+ series came as no surprise. He’d already been keeping the secret for years.
So when the news was finally revealed McGregor was able to exhale, he tells Men’s Journal. “It’s a f****** massive relief. Because for four years, I’ve been having to lie to people about it,” he declared.
“The storyline sits between Episode III and Episode IV,” McGregor confirmed to the magazine, adding, “The Jedi Order was falling apart.”
Once meant to be a big screen project, the as-yet untitled Kenobi series will feature a half dozen hour-long episodes.
You may remember that Obi-Wan and Yoda went into hiding after Emperor Palpatine ordered his clone army exterminate the Jedi in Star Wars: Episode III — Revenge of the Sith. Anakin Skywalker’s/Darth Vader’s twin babies Luke and Leia were separated to protect them: Leia was adopted by the royal family of Alderaan, and Luke was delivered to his aunt and uncle on Tatooine, where Kenobi watched over him from afar.
McGregor says, “…[H]is arc will be quite interesting…dealing with that the fact that all the Jedi were slaughtered with the end of Episode III. It’s quite something to get over.”
He adds, “I want to get closer and closer to how Obi-Wan felt while Alec Guinness was playing him. I feel like I’m grayer and nearer him in age, so it’ll be easier to do that.”
The Kenobi series as yet has no release date. Launching November 12, Disney+ will first premiere The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal as the titular bounty hunter; 2021 will debut a show centering on one of Rogue One’s doomed heroes, Diego Luna’s Cassian Andor.
‘The Wonder Years’ star reacts to Fred Savage’s exit: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”
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My attention has been drawn to a not-so-distinguished statement by the Senator Ovie Omo-Agege Campaign Organization, which was signed by failed presidential spokesman, Ima Niboro.
Typical of the APC and their penchant for lies and vile propaganda, the statement claimed that Delta State has received “over N770b” in receipts from the Federation Account without visible developments. It is pitiful, immature, and shameful when supposed leaders make unfounded and unguarded statements in their desperate bid to score cheap political points.
It is on record that Delta State, under the watch of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa, has reached new heights of fiscal discipline, infrastructural development, and human capital development.
Since May 29, 2015, the Delta State Government, has committed more than N600b to 798 road projects with a total length of 1,811.4km and 977.84km of drains. As a result of the administration’s proactive approach to infrastructural development, the hitherto neglected riverine communities have been enjoying a new lease of life. Asaba has shed its rustic look and is now wearing the status of a state capital because of the network of road projects constructed by the Okowa administration. In fact, it is reputed to be one of the fastest developing cities in Nigeria today. Major roads like the Maryam Babangida Road, Okpanam Road, and DLA Road, are now a beehive of business activities following their rehabilitation/reconstruction by the Okowa administration. Furthermore, with the Asaba Storm Water Drainage Project, residents of the capital city are no longer in panic whenever it rains.
The ultra-modern Prof. Chike Edozien Central Secretariat Complex, the Stephen Keshi Stadium, the Ogheye Floating Market, bridges connecting communities across the three senatorial districts and the Asaba Film Village and Leisure Park are some of the flagship physical infrastructure projects of this administration. Meanwhile, a six-story High Court Complex is nearing completion in Asaba while several markets have been completed across the three senatorial districts as part of the administration’s efforts to boost trade and commerce.
Following the downgrade of Asaba Airport to a Category 3 airport by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority in February 2015, the Okowa administration rehabilitated/reconstructed the runway, taxiway, and other ancillary works, completed the perimeter fence, and evacuated the hill beside the airport for the provision of obstacle free zone for the runway as demanded by the regulatory authority. The administration also completed the installation of the Instrument Landing System and the Airfield Ground Lighting System to enable the airport to handle night operations. The airport was fitted with a medical centre, while the previously unserviceable Automatic Weather Observation System and the Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System were repaired. Subsequently, the Asaba Airport was upgraded to Category 6, enabling it to handle large aircraft. The assurance of safety and the attractive nature of the route has continued to attract new airlines to the Asaba International Airport, which was concessioned to First Investment/Menzes Consortium for better management and profitability.
In the human capital development sector, the Okowa administration has trained and established over 120,000 Deltans in their choice enterprises through its various entrepreneurship development programmes, prompting the state to be ranked Best State in Human Capital Development in 2017 by the National Competitiveness Council of Nigeria. In 2020, Delta was adjudged the Second Least Poor State by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics as evidence of the impacts of the job creation scheme of the Okowa administration.
Delta State became the first state to launch the Universal Health Coverage in 2016 with the establishment of the Delta State Contributory Health Commission. So far, 1, 130,884 persons have enrolled into the scheme while 510 healthcare facilities are accredited to provide service under it.
In the education sector, the Okowa administration established the Ministry of Technical Education. In line with the administration’s policy emphasis on skills acquisition, the moribund technical colleges in Iselle-Uku, Agbor, Ofagbe, Sapele, Utagba-Ogbe, and Ogor were rehabilitated and are now functional with state-of-the-art equipment. Ten new technical colleges in Asaba, Uvwie, Owa-Alero, Obiaruku, Orerokpe, Oghara, Irri, Omadinor, Kiagbodo, and Akugbene are currently at different stages of completion.
In consonance with the Sustainable Development Goals Number Four, the Universal Basic Education Act, and the new National Policy on Education, the Okowa administration has substantially improved access to primary and secondary education with the maintenance of existing schools and establishment of new ones. A total of 8, 617 classroom blocks and administrative buildings have been rehabilitated, renovated, or reconstructed since 2015. Meanwhile, the administration has established 62 new schools, 17 primary and 45 secondary.
These are just few highlights of the record-breaking achievements of the Okowa administration in building a Stronger Delta standing on the tripod of Prosperity, Peace, and Progress. Senator Omo-Agege needs to be reminded that it took money to get these projects done. It is either he is not seeing clearly, or he is suffering from amnesia for him not to have noticed all the infrastructural developments in the state, including those in Delta Central such as the Effurun Otor Owor Bridge, Ughelli, new Sapele Road, and the Agbarho Orherhe road, among many others.
Indeed, Omo-Agege’s criticism of “successive administrations” of the PDP in Delta State suggests the latter to be the case. Apparently, he has forgotten that he served in various capacities under the James Ibori administration as Special Assistant, Executive Assistant, Commissioner and Secretary to the State Government. Omo-Agege is best advised to concentrate on his doomed governorship ambition instead of trying to throw stones at Governor Okowa whose enviable place in history is already guaranteed.
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Doing easily what others find it difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.
(Henri-Frédéric Amiel)
The majority of the television show The Big Bang Theory concentrates on physics in science particularly. The four leading male characters are employed at Caltech (California Institute of Technology) and have science-related occupations, as do the female characters Bernadette and Amy. The characters regularly chat about precise theories or news (markedly around the start of the show) and make science-related jokes. Additionally, science has interfered with the characters' romantic lives. Leslie broke up with Leonard when he took sides with Sheldon while supporting the String theory rather than her support for Loop Quantum Gravity. When Leonard united Raj, Howard and Sheldon on a three-month Arctic research journey, it separated Leonard and Penny at the time their relationship was growing. When Bernadette became interested in Leonard's work, it made both Penny and Howard resentful. This led to Howard confronting Leonard and Penny requesting Sheldon to teach her physics.
Furthermore, Sheldon and Amy briefly concluded their relationship after a disagreement over which of their fields was superior to the other's. Whereas Salzberg knows physics, he sometimes desires support from Mayim Bialik, who has a Ph.D. in neuroscience. David Saltzberg, who has a PhD in physics, has served as science mentor for the show for six seasons and appears at every taping. Salzberg sees initial versions of scripts which need scientific facts added to them and he also points out where the journalists, regardless of their knowledge of science, have made an error. Usually, he is not needed during a taping unless a lot of science, and especially the whiteboard, is involved.
So what precisely is the Big Bang Theory about? It is only one of the most significant theories in astronomy. The basics of the theory are justly simple. All of the present and past matter in the universe came into existence at the same time. At a point in time, about 13.7 billion years ago all matter was compacted into a very small ball with infinite density, and intense heat called a singularity. Unexpectedly, that singularity began to expand and the universe came into being. As stated by generally acknowledged theory, singularities are zones which challenge the current understanding that human beings have of physics. They are thought to be at the core of most black holes. A black hole is a region of intense gravitational pressure. That pressure is theorized to be so intense that finite matter is essentially compressed until it has infinite density. This area of infinite density is named a singularity. The universe is believed to have arisen as one of these infinitesimally small, infinitely hot, infinitely dense singularities. The where and why of it all (there still isn’t a firm grasp of) but the big bang is the topic at which that singularity suddenly began to increase and generated our universe as it moved outwards.
Various scientists supposed that if the universe was created by a singularity, there ought to be a background heat still in existence in the universe. In order to comprehend why a scientist would deliberate that there is still heat from the big bang, it is noteworthy to be familiar with the notion that the universe is still expanding. Galaxies seem to be moving away from planet earth at speeds relative to their distance. This is referred to as Hubble’s Law, named after the person who discovered this fact, Edwin Hubble, in 1929. This observation supports the development of the universe and proposes that the universe was once compacted. So, if the universe was at first compact and very hot, it would be easier to find some of that heat still. In 1965 two radio astronomers, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, discovered a 2.725 degree Kelvin (-454.765 degree Fahrenheit, -270.425 degree Celsius) Cosmic Microwave Background radiation (CMB) which infiltrates the observable universe. This is viewed to be the remainder which scientists were looking for.
The Big Bang Theory is an American sitcom formed by Chuck Lorre and Bill Prady, who both serve as executive producers on the show along with Steven Molaro. They also serve as head writers. It premiered on CBS on September 24, 2007.The seventh season premiered on September 26, 2013. The fictional character in the sitcom that interests me the most is Sheldon Cooper, B.S., M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D. He was a child prodigy from Galveston, Texas with an eidetic memory who began college at the age of 11 (after completing the fifth grade), started graduate studies at 14, and earned a Ph.D. at 16. Evidently an early genius in life: - many scientists, nerds, geeks, polymaths and curious beings can relate to or admire such an imagined character as in the case of William James Sidis. Moreover, he is a theoretical physicist researching quantum mechanics and string theory. With two master's degrees, a Ph.D., a Sc.D., he also has an IQ of 187. The character’s personality demonstrates a severe adherence to routine and a lack of understanding of irony and sarcasm; he is as well uninterested in many of the romantic hijinks of his friends. Sheldon has an apartment with Leonard Hofstadter, crossways the hall from Penny and turns to both for advice in social scenarios. Sheldon is quite egotistical and he habitually boasts about his intelligence, although he lacks social skills.
Sheldon depends on his friends to drive him around and he eventually tries to go for his driver's license in season 2, but is unsuccessful in completing the task. In season four, he starts a relationship with Amy Farrah Fowler, who becomes his first girlfriend during the fifth season, even though he is wary of germs and physical contact. His character is somewhat introverted, except when it comes to getting his own way or demeaning the accomplishments of his friends. In addition to that, Sheldon follows an extreme ritualized way of living and has an obsession to see things completed. This entails sitting in the same spot on the sofa or knocking on a door three times before saying the name of whom he's addressing and repeating this three times, (to name a few examples).
When reviewing Sheldon’s character, it was clear that he was interesting but the term interesting can be viewed from many perspectives. Some people in society view geniuses as skilled persons who were trained in their respective fields in order to accomplish their goals from an early age in their lives. Other individuals believe that geniuses have a greater ability for learning and therefore become successful earlier in life than other members of the public. An example of this as mentioned before was William James Sidis, another child prodigy but not a fictional character.
William James Sidis, the world-famous child prodigy was said to have been a "prodigious failure.” He actually wrote many books, articles, and periodicals under various pseudonyms. In addition, there are as many as ten manuscripts not yet found. He created a general theory of the phenomena of the universe based on the theory of logical probability as well as the Animate and the Inanimate. Recent discoveries by the Hubble Space Telescope, other NASA and EU satellites suggest the correctness of his theory that "Big Bang" is wrong. Sidis argued that it is far more likely that the universe is eternal. When comparing the characters of Sheldon Cooper and Sidis, both are usually characterized as extremely intelligent, socially inept and rigidly logical. Despite Cooper’s intellect, he occasionally displays a lack of common sense. He has a superiority complex but also has childlike qualities, of which he seems unaware, such as extreme stubbornness. The first four episodes of The Big Bang Theory depict Sheldon inconsistently with his later characterization. As said by Prady, the character "began to evolve after episode five or so and became his own thing.”
What makes Sheldon Cooper interesting? It depends on what particular individuals consider admirable in the ideal personality. Many believe that humans are imperfect beings and personality being a largely significant factor to human well-being, that being intelligent is important. However, what precisely should intelligent be? The ability to be educated with high scores on every test or possessing common sense? It is factual that having both qualities in the makeup of a personality are essential for a healthier and more intellectual mind.
Sheldon possesses an eidetic memory and an IQ of 187, although he claims his IQ cannot be correctly measured by normal tests. In the beginning he claimed to have a Master's Degree and two doctoral degrees, but this list has increased. Cooper also has an extensive general knowledge in many subjects including chemistry, biology, astronomy, cosmology, physics, mathematics, algebra, calculus, differential equations, vector calculus, computers, computer science, electronics, engineering, history, geography and linguistics. He is also a polyglot that speaks various languages like Spanish, French, Chinese Mandarin, Persian, Arabic, Finnish and Klingon from Star Trek. Furthermore, he shows gifted talent in music, expressing himself by playing the piano and the recorder as well as having the 'perfect-pitch'. Even though his friends have similar intellects to him, his eccentricities, obstinacy and lack of empathy often aggravate them. Sheldon occasionally uses slang (in a very unnatural fashion) and follows jokes with his catchphrase "Bazinga!” This became a formally registered trademark of Warner Brothers.
Humor writer Josh Billings once stated, “Genius learns from nature; talent from books.” In the same year 1953, he also declared, “Men of genius are scarce, but men of genius who use their genius for the benefit of the world are scarcer.” The question remains whether true geniuses lack common sense and social skills when dealing with ordinary global citizens. In today’s world, the term “misfit” has been deemed as something positive although it carried a derogatory connotation before. Therefore, what should be deemed as greater? To be greatly skilled as a polymath and universal genius with an inability to relate to other human beings or being an ordinary sociable person with many friends? Would the world truly be a better place with more geniuses that had more in common with those who questioned their personalities or would it be an improved place if everyone was similar to each other but not intellectuals? When there are geniuses involved, there is room for inferiority for those that are not considered to be genius and therefore, social inequality. Whether it should be imperative to promote being highly intelligent for everyone in an already unequal world is a question to be discussed by theorists and those who desire to advance the global society.
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Ann Blair recognizes some of the sponsors for the Carol's Kitchen comedy show at dinner.
A night of comedy, good food and raising money to feed the hungry were the ingredients for a thrilling event last Saturday night during the Carol’s Kitchen fundraiser in the Morongo Tukwet Canyon Clubhouse in Beaumont.
Approximately 145 people – more than anticipated – attended the event sponsored by the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
“The whole reason for the evening was to honor our sponsors and to have a little fundraiser,” said Ann Blair, chairperson for the dinner and comedy show.
Guests were treated to an elegant dinner, which started at 6 p.m.
The fundraiser started at 5 p.m., with guests arriving and finding their tables, which were decorated with beautiful purple and silver centerpieces.
Complementing the stage were purple, silver and white balloons.
Schwertfeger, who lives in Calimesa, said friends who live in Four Seasons told her about the Carol’s Kitchen event.
She decided to invite her sister, who lives in Indian Wells, to join her at the fundraiser.
“I would like to get more involved with the community,” said Schwertfeger.
Muela was not familiar with the non-profit organization that served its first meal 21 years ago.
Jim and Arlene Ragan founded Carol’s Kitchen in honor of their late daughter Carol, who was fatally struck by a drunk driver in 1996.
Carol was passionate about helping those who were less fortunate and the Ragans’ decided to start Carol’s Kitchen to continue her legacy.
Today, the non-profit serves 3,000 meals a month at six locations in Banning, Beaumont and Cabazon.
Carol’s Kitchen does not receive any government funding and relies on donations and fundraisers to continue its mission of feeding the hungry in the San Gorgonio Pass.
Sponsors are an important part of the group’s goal to raise enough money each year to provide meals in Banning, Beaumont and Cabazon.
Richard Weiss was the first comedian to take the stage.
He teased emcee Bob Allbaugh, who bore a resemblance to a famous popcorn giant.
“Give it up for Orville Redenbacher,” Weiss said as the audience clapped.
Weiss joked about his father mixing up names. Weiss said he wanted music ranging from Richard Marx to Skid Row.
His dad searched and searched, but was unsuccessful in finding his son the right music.
“Nobody had the Skid Marks album,” he said.
Weiss did some Rodney Dangerfield impersonations, having been told his comic style is similar to the late comedian, famous for the phrase “I don’t get no respect.”
After Weiss was comedian and high school teacher Mark Schumacher, who loved telling stories about his students.
Schumacher, who teaches social studies, said the students can wise-crack like the best of them. One of the kids said, “Did you notice that during Career Day, he took more notes than anyone?”
Schumacher realized that when he started telling jokes about marriage, the audience was faster to respond.
He described his wife as a Type-A personality – feisty and Italian. “She will honk the horn at cars when I’m driving. I point to my wife so they know. “It wasn’t me. It wasn’t me,” Schumacher said.
Ron Rhuman interacted with the audience by walking around between the tables and choosing people to tease.
He selected one audience member, Steve, who was wearing shorts to the dinner. Then he found the dapper Pete Anton, a former Carol’s Kitchen volunteer with a black hat and dressed in black.
Pete said he would gladly take Steve to the Garment District in Los Angeles for some shopping.
He also teased a man named Bernie who sells toilet paper for a living and Ruhman’s comic foil in the audience, Connie, said “He has job security.”
Ruhman also talked about going into Ralph’s grocery store, which has self-checkout. “I went down there and said, Oh, it’s just a mirror,” Ruhman said.
Chairperson Ann Blair said they had started planning the fundraiser in March and was told that the Morongo Band of Mission Indians was going to fund the dinner and comedy show.
Tickets were $50 per person.
Blair said that Cindy Graves coordinated the comedy show and found the comedians.
Carol’s Kitchen board president Marty Bauer said he was very pleased with the event.
“I feel it was a huge success,’’ Bauer said. “I was very pleased with all of the people who showed up.”
The annual Cherry Festival in Beaumont, scheduled for June 4-7 in Stewart Park, has been cancelled by the city of Beaumont, city manager Todd Parton announced at Tuesday night’s city council meeting.
How parents are explaining the coronavirus pandemic to their children; Nickelodeon puts together explanatory segment for kids
Many adults are trying to make sense of the coronavirus pandemic and sorting out the facts about this disease. Often times it can be a challenge to know what to tell children so they are not frightened.
Table of Plenty will provide a drive-thru food distribution starting Tuesday, April 7, outside of Freedom in Christ Church, 500 Grace Ave. in Beaumont.
The Beaumont-Cherry Valley Recreation and Park District announced Monday, March 30, that it is closing its doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic, until further notice.
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[taylor monahan: Interact with the Ethereum block chain easily & securely. The first tweet, carrying MyCrypto.com handle, directs to a blog post giving the timeline of events which led to the creation of the new crypto currency wallet service by Taylor. The blog post ends with a bold statement: MyEtherWallet LLC was sufficient for the early stages of growth]<IMG><I_5115><I_2157><I_8186><I_4095><I_2157><I_3585><I_4175><I_2786><I_4899><I_2157><I_2157><I_4899><I_5136><I_6583><I_7963><I_2786><I_2157><I_3209><I_2157><I_3609><I_4899><I_6697><I_6583><I_2157><I_3323><I_455><I_3323><I_3495><I_6583><I_7068><I_4899><I_1332></IMG>
All of a sudden yesterday, without any kind of notice, the MyEtherWallet social media account handle was changed to @MyCrypto and without the permission of MyEtherWallet co-founder Kosala. The move to change the twitter handle name coincided with MEW’s co-founder Taylor Monahan announcement that she would launch a new crypto currency wallet service named MyCrypto.
The unannounced changes caused confusion and outrage among the users of the MyEtherWallet (MEW), a free, open-source, client-side interface for generating Ethereum wallets & more. Interact with the Ethereum block chain easily & securely.
The first tweet, carrying MyCrypto.com handle, directs to a blog post giving the timeline of events which led to the creation of the new crypto currency wallet service by Taylor.
The blog post ends with a bold statement:
MyEtherWallet LLC was sufficient for the early stages of growth. MyCrypto is designed with next-level scaling in mind from the beginning. The team I have assembled over the past 9 months and I will now be be building, providing support, educating, and ensuring the security of https://mycrypto.com and all future products.
The above tweet was followed by another blog post by Taylor to clarify the doubts that may arise in the minds of MyEtherWallet users. The self-generated Q&A post provides the following clarifications:
a. MyCrypto team comprises of 20 members, including Kevin Monahan, Taylor’s husband. Most of the MyEtherWallet employees have joined voluntarily.
b. Some of the objectives of the new company ( according to Taylor) are:
• the best product to empower people to interact with the blockchain.
• to operate as a fully transparent, compliant, and legitimate organization capable of balancing all the interests involved.
• Build MyCrypto with the proper business and legal structuring mindset from day one to avoid these types of circumstances in the future (hired a Compliance Officer and proper lawyer!).
c. Regarding the use of MyEtherWallet handle, Taylor has clarified that “MyCrypto in no way intends to steal the fruits of MyEtherWallet’s promotional efforts.” MyCrypto team further stated in the blog post “We have worked with Twitter to follow all procedures and policies, including becoming a verified user. We apologize for any confusion or inconvenience this has caused the community.”
Soon, the other co-founder Kosala (@kvhunke_) gained control and restored the twitter handle to MyEtherWallet. He also posted the following tweet:
https://t.co/zD327znNCg is secure and functioning normally. Your wallets have not been compromised, and you may continue to use MEW as intended. At present, however, we are investigating what we believe to be an improper, perhaps unlawful, social media account switch
Further, Kosala made a detailed Reddit post explaining the events and the latest status. He has also also appreciated the manner in which she took care of business development/designing in the early stages of the company.
According to Kosala
“Alas, for reasons I cannot delve into here, our partnership had to end. During the transition yesterday, however, MEW’s Twitter account was switched from @myetherwallet to @mycrypto, and tens of thousands of MEW followers were left scratching their heads. Indeed, the change was unexpected, and I’m still in the process of determining the justification behind the switch, and how this issue will be resolved. I don’t know what the fall out from this will be ultimately, but I will not be on the offensive or defensive discussing the circumstances surrounding our decision to separate beyond my statement here.”
While acknowledging competition as a good thing, Kosala stated that he and his new team will focus on improving MEW for existing and prospective users.
Last year, Kosala had asked for the company books, records, and documents and Taylor had refused to give. That had resulted in a court case, where Kosala is the plaintiff and Taylor is the defendant. The case was filed on December 14, 2017.
The hijack of twitter handle by Taylor was responded with acrimonious comments by the users of MyEtherWallet.
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Tron Inks Deal With Shift Markets, TRX To Be Offered By 9 Forex Brokers
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"Heyyyy! So you landed? You’re all safe?"
"Yup. What did your message say? I haven’t listened to it."
"Nothing. Just, I love you. Work is on the other line… I have to go. See you soon."
Normally, this would be, well, normal. But there was a hesitation in his voice, as if he were planning something at home. Maybe some kind of celebration with cake or streamers that needed to be taped to the ceiling. I listened to his message. It was just as he’d said. Short. But it said, "Call me when you can." So that meant he had something to tell me. Usually, if he just called to say he loved me, wanted to make sure I landed, all that, he’d just say so. This wasn’t that message. I pulled into a gas station and put the car in park. I checked my email. Nothing unusual. My editor letting me know the cover for Moose should have arrived. Maybe Phil saw it and thought I’d hate it or something. Maybe that’s why he was being so short with me. He’d called to warn me, perhaps, but then figured, I’d just see for myself.
He paused, as if he were about to release something heavy. And then he did.
"I had to take Lucas to the hospital."
That’s how long it took for me to feel sick, just that word: hospital. I felt it in my stomach in three syllables. I wasn’t there. I was on an airplane. What happened? Is he still there? I don’t understand. Talk already!
Then Phil explained that he’d been playing with Abigail, flipping her around over his head as he usually does. She giggled, he said. Then he did the same with Lucas. But when he put him down, Lucas fell onto his side. "Come on Lucas, buddy, sit up." But he wouldn’t. "So I put him into a seated position, but he just fell back down again. Something wasn’t right." Oh my God. "Everything is fine," he says.
"What do you mean ‘everything’s fine?’ It’s not fine!" I was shouting I think. I don’t know.
"He was absolutely fine by the time I got to the hospital. He was crawling around, smiling at people, pointing at things. Normal. They ran tests–"
"What kind of tests?"
"They took his temperature and checked his oxygen levels, but there was nothing else to do. He was acting totally normal."
"It doesn’t sound normal. What did the doctor say?"
"Well, I decided he didn’t need to see a doctor, or to get a shunt series taken."
"I don’t understand."
"It was an equilibrium thing. You know, like when you play Dizzy Lizzy, and you can’t walk straight."
Had it happened to Abigail, had she been the one who couldn’t sit up, we’d have thought this right away. But with Lucas, we’re always on high alert. May 12, he goes for another MRI to check the progress of things, and until then, I’m going to focus on the upside of down.
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It was an enthusiastic group of students that braved some nasty weather last Saturday to attend a summer sausage making class at the Hermann Wurst Haus. Many of the students said they were in the class to improve their sausage-making, hinting at failures in the smokehouse.
Teachers Mike Sloan and Ron Leibach had the pork and venison pre-ground and the flavor and spice choices displayed on the stainless steel table so the class could focus on “the process” of making summer sausage. One false move during any part of the process and chances are, if the sausage wasn’t fit to eat, it wouldn’t resemble anything you’d want to eat.
Summer sausage is a product of fermentation and slow drying. Fermentation keeps the sausage meat and fat from spoiling. Outside of a controlled environment, that roll of sausage is at the mercy of air temp and humidity, which directly affects the rate and thoroughness of fermentation. Making dry sausages also involves curing salts, which contain sodium nitrite and sodium nitrate, a necessary precaution against Botulism (deadly Clostridium bacteria) when making sausage.
The students would be taught sausage making in the German tradition, meaning the sausage would be semi-dry, having a finely ground meat particle size, a “moderate” sausage diameter and a tangy flavor, which means it has an acidic pH. The tangy flavor in the sausage is natural lactic acid, produced when sugars are broken down by bacteria, lowering the pH in the process, so there is an acidic fermentation process that leads to shelf stability—important before the days of refrigeration.
Mike says traditionally, sugar has been used to start the fermentation process, along with some friendly bacteria that was present on knives, cutting boards and grinders, but sausage makers can purchase commercial fermentation starters such as a mix of Lactobacillus sakei and Staphylococcus carnosus.
Relying on the traditional fermentation process is effective about 90 percent of the time, said the voice of experience.
The sausage made in this class was a mixture of one-half pork (pork shoulders and butts) and one-half venison. The meat to fat ratio should be around 70 percent meat to 30 percent fat.
“You can make summer sausage out of just about any type of meat, but I wouldn’t suggest poultry, ducks or geese, because they have a lot more moisture in the meat,” said Mike. “Since we’re trying to dry our sausage, the longer it takes moisture to leave the meat, the chances are increased for things to happen to that meat. Moisture is a carrier of bacteria, and though we want bacteria, we don’t want the bad bacteria.”
Summer sausage is as much about texture as it is about taste, and the finer grind allows for better protein extraction (see below). Grind your meat through a 1/2” to 3/8” plate and put it back on a tray and place in the freezer to keep the meat chilled after the first grinding process, which heats up the meat temperature—something you don’t want. Chilled meat, between 28-33 degrees allows the grinder to achieve the small particle size you want for making sausage. Bring it back out of the freezer and grind again through a smaller plate (5/32” - 1/8”).
“I like the two-grind system because it makes a better [meat] particle definition,” said Mike.
Once the meat is ground, it will be put into a mixer with a liquid, spices and flavorings.
The reason you add a liquid is that it helps disperse the seasoning and helps with mixing the meat, cure and spices for uniformity throughout, so each sausage has consistent ingredients. It also aids with “protein extraction,” the breakdown of protein that forms a glue to hold thousands of tiny meat particles together.
“You want to be able to slice your sausage and not have those slices crumble,” said Mike.
“Most people use water, but you should use ice water. Water out of the tap is 42 degrees, which is too warm—you need to keep your meat cold.”
The class of 10 was divided into three groups and all of them chose beer for their liquid, though whiskey and wine was on hand, as well. The amount of liquid to use is about three percent of the meat weight.
Mike demonstrated the result of the right amount of liquid added to the meat in the grinder. He pulled some meat from the grinder, made a little ball, smashed it on the palm of his hand and turned his hand palm down—the meat stuck to his hand without falling off.
Spice packets included the curing salts and usually some mixture of garlic, peppers and other spices such as cumin. One group added cheese cut into small pieces, but this was high temperature cheese that wouldn’t melt under smoking or cooking. Mike says you can find high temperature cheese at a butcher shop. One group also added dried jalapeno peppers. Protein extraction binds the additives in the sausage, so when it is sliced, the sausage and its contents hold together.
The three groups used prepared (“cut and tied”) natural beef intestine (called “beef middles”) for casing their sausages. The untied end is slid over the snout of the filler machine. As the meat is pressed down from above, it moves through the snout and into the casing. The trick is to not press the meat down too quickly while filling or you run the risk of bursting a casing. With the natural casings, as it gets close to filling the intestine too tightly, you will see white striations appearing on the casing (stretch marks), which means you have a filled sausage. Forcing more meat will burst the side of the casing. Twist the casing to keep out air on the end and tie two half-hitches with string to finish.
Summer sausage needs to be hung up so the casing can dry, which may take up to a week. Mike recommends hanging in a place where the temperature is 50 degrees or less, but not below freezing.
“Once the casing is dry, it will take the smoke,” said Mike.
Summer sausage doesn’t have to be smoked, but it acts as a preservative and imparts a flavor that people like. Regardless, the sausage takes about 39 days to “season,” before it can be eaten.
“You want it to dry very evenly,” said Mike, “or you get a condition known as “case hardening.”
Hot smoking refers to the process of smoking a sausage, then cooking the sausage to an internal temp of 152 degrees for immediate consumption or freezing. Cook above 152 degrees and you’re in danger of the fat rendering in the casing.
Mike and Ron will both say making summer sausage is an art because there are many variables that may be out of the sausage-maker’s control. It is the challenge, however, and the tasty finished product, that will keep the tradition and the art alive for centuries to come.
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“To Kill A Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee
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To begin with, Atticus Finch’s actions contribute to the theme. Harper Lee uses Atticus, in the novel, to show compassion when he is asked to justify a man named Tom Robinson. Atticus makes the comments, “I’m simply defending a Negro-his name’s Tom Robinson…It’s a peculiar case-it won’t come to trial until summer session” (Lee 100). Atticus’s comment reveals that he will be defending an African man in a town full of racism and prejudice.
With this in mind, he gladly takes the case, knowing that he would lose and open his family up to danger and ridicule. Deep down Atticus knew that Tom was innocent because he couldn’t have raped Mayella due to the fact that his left arm is crippled. Thus, showed Atticus’s compassion towards Tom Robinson. In addition, Atticus further explains to Jem what happened between him and Bob Ewell. Atticus’s simple explanation brought out the sympathy he felt towards the Ewell children.
Atticus tells Jem, “I destroyed his last shred of credibility at the trial,… So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take” (Lee 293). To elaborate, Bob Ewell needed to vent out his frustrations on Atticus because Atticus had embarrassed him during the court trial. Not to mention, Atticus was more than willing to put up with Bob Ewell, if it meant that he would be saving Mayella Ewell from getting beaten. Which further showed his compassion towards the children in the Ewell family, who are left to deal with a drunken and violent father. Therefore, the novel’s theme is set by the character of Atticus Finch.
Furthermore, Boo Radley, the Finch’s neighbor, also demonstrates the novel’s theme. Harper Lee uses the mysterious and violent character, Boo, to foreshadow the theme when he covers Scout with a blanket. Jem, who saw everything that happened that night said to Scout, “Boo Radley. You were so busy looking at the fire you didn’t know it when he put the blanket around you” (Lee 96). In this case, Jem and Scout were woken up by their father, Atticus, when their neighbor Miss Maudie’s house catches on fire. The children were then instructed to evacuate the house and stand by the Radley fence as most of the town showed up to put the fire out. Although Scout and Jem were both busy looking at the fire, Jem didn’t think twice when he saw Boo Radley place the blanket on Scout. Therefore, Boo shows compassion towards Scout by taking action and covering her up as a sign of him protecting her from the cold. Scout, now fully aware of what Boo had done, had a change of thought because Boo is not the bad person she perceives him to be after all. However, Boo also demonstrates his compassion towards the children when he saves them from almost being killed. Scout, who was still confused with what was happening said, “The man was walking with the staccato steps of someone carrying a load too heavy for him. He was going around the corner. He was carrying Jem” (Lee 352). To add on, Scout and Jem were walking home from the Halloween pageant when they began to hear the footsteps of someone following them. Scout and Jem began to stop to hear if the footsteps stopped and walked to hear if the footsteps continued. As soon as their assertions that someone was following them were confirm, they began running, which was the start of everything going downhill. Then, it was not too long until the children realize that the person chasing them was no other than the evil man himself, Bob Ewell. From there Boo realizes that the children are in danger. Thus he shows compassion by emerging from his home and killing Bob Ewell to protect the children from being stabbed. All in all, Boo Radley contributes to the final theme of the novel.
Overall, the author, Harper Lee, uses the static character, Atticus Finch and the dynamic character, Boo Radley to reveal an overlying theme of compassion. Atticus Finch is a lawyer and father to two children, Jem and Scout. While, Boo Radley is the Finch’s half man, half monster neighbor, who is a local legend in, Maycomb, Alabama. Events like how Atticus took Tom Robinson’s case, Atticus explaining to Jem why he allowed Bob Ewell to spit on him, Boo covering Scout with a blanket, and Boo saving Jem and Scout from Bob Ewell all lead up to the theme of the novel. To conclude, the various actions of Atticus Finch and Boo Radley allowed the reader to get a better understanding of the novel’s theme.
“To Kill A Mockingbird”, by Harper Lee. (2020, Jun 02). Retrieved from https://studymoose.com/to-kill-a-mockingbird-by-harper-lee-4-essay
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When Conor's parents give him a present of a cowboy suit he wants to wear it all the time. At school Conor is teased about his cowboy outfit, but he doesn't care. Then the other children in his class think it's great fun and they want to dress up too.
So their teacher decides that all the class may dress up on Fridays. Even Teacher dresses up -- as the sheriff! Conor's big sister is jealous, so she wears her magician's outfit to school -- but everyone else in her class is in uniform, until, of course, they too want to dress up. And all because of Conor and his cowboy suit!
Gillian Perdue is a children's writer and dancing teacher. She previously worked as a primary school teacher for over fifteen years, and has always had a deep love for children's books. Gillian acted as chairperson of the Bisto Book Awards 1999-2000, and she has written resource materials for the use of real books in the classroom. Gillian's first book, Adam's Starling was written for older readers and won the Eilis Dillon Memorial Award 2002. The Irish Times described Adam's Starling as an impressive debut. Since then she has written three books in the successful O'Brien Panda Series - Conor's Cowboy Suit, Panda No. 23, Conor's Concert, Panda No. 25, and Conor's Canvas, Panda No. 35. The spirited and determined Conor, who loves to do things his way and his way only has proved to be extremely popular with younger readers. Gillian is married with two children, and lives in Dublin. Michael Connor is a school teacher who lives in Limerick.
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[His first film, “Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest” is an award winning documentary that has screened internationally. Alan is now working to produce new films about the wonder of nature, including films on burrowing owls and wolverines, and has recently launched a brand new series that explores the world of wildlife filmmaking. In this series, Alan will bring the viewer alongside his adventures and show what it’s like to film wildlife, and make wildlife documentaries]<IMG><I_79><I_680><I_3704><I_3707><I_680><I_5791><I_3088><I_1712><I_1749><I_680><I_680><I_1749><I_3707><I_5374><I_7134><I_1712><I_680><I_7229><I_5121><I_1749><I_2567><I_1749><I_4839><I_680><I_3363><I_1749><I_6147><I_2258><I_8071><I_3707><I_2177><I_7131></IMG>
Alan Lacy is a multi-award winning filmmaker who is passionate about the natural world, and has been enthralled with wildlife since childhood. He works to make the world a better place for both nature and people. Coming from a background in aviation and business, he adapted his skills to the world of wildlife filmmaking, and simultaneously fell in love with it. His first film, “Gray Area: Wolves of the Southwest” is an award winning documentary that has screened internationally.
Alan is now working to produce new films about the wonder of nature, including films on burrowing owls and wolverines, and has recently launched a brand new series that explores the world of wildlife filmmaking.
In this series, Alan will bring the viewer alongside his adventures and show what it’s like to film wildlife, and make wildlife documentaries. There are so many avenues to get involved with wildlife, and this new series, called “Filming The Wild” seeks to inspire new people to fall in love with nature. So if you have ever been curious to see what it’s like behind the scenes of wildlife filmmaking, be sure to check out one of his latest episodes!
Alan lives with his wife and four footed fur-kid in Portland, Oregon, is often out exploring the wild Cascades of Washington and Oregon.
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In Udhampur district of Jammu is the naturally forming 4-foot lingam of Lord Shiva. It is located amidst beautiful snow-capped mountain ranges. Jammu is well known as India’s heaven on earth. And if you visit Shivkhori, the title seems to justify itself. This divine shrine is attended by thousands of devotees. Naturally located in a cave, the Lord Shiva lingam is also known as Swayambhu. It is of great religious significance amongst the Hindus. The shrine is dedicated to the unborn and invisible form of Lord Shiva. Shivkhori is a destination famous not only for its divinity but also its enchanting beauty. The difficult route to the lingam inside the cave is worth the effort, considering the blissful feeling of being in the presence of such high divine power.
Worshippers visit the cave from all over the world. And all of them are well-equipped for the 3 km trek to reach the cave. The trekking route goes through exquisite mountain ranges with lush green beauty for miles. Inside the cave, you can see naturally forming shapes resembling Lord Shiva, Goddess Parvati, Lord Ganesha, Nandi, Kartikeya and Sheshnag. The naturally forming power of these idols is what draws devotees towards them in utter awe. The hypnotic beauty of this place is one of the reasons why devotees keep coming back.
According to the myth, a demon named Bhasmasur prayed for years to Lord Shiva, who in turn, seeing his dedication, granted him a wish. Bhasmasur in turn wished for a power that would allow him to kill anyone just by placing his hand on their head. On being granted the said wish, Bhasmasur moved forward to kill Lord Shiva himself. In order to save his life, Lord Shiva fled with Goddess Parvati and Nandi. While on the move, they decided to rest for a while at Shivkhori. In search of Lord Shiva, Bhasmasur also reached Shivkhori, where he got into a fight with Lord Shiva. The demon lost but was spared his life by Lord Shiva. He, further, created a passage through the cave by throwing his Trishul and passed through it with Goddess Parvati and Nandi.
The cave at Shivkhori is 200 metres in length, 3 metres in height and barely a metre in width. The rocky cave leads up to the magical naturally forming lingam. It forms up to 4 feet in height. 300 people can be accommodated at the entrance of this cave at once.
Going further inside the cave, you follow a passage that leads to a much smaller chamber. The chamber is small enough to let only one person pass through at a time. The person would have to crawl or crouch to get through this chamber. The passage further divides into two different ways, one of which is currently closed. It is said that the closed path leads straight up to Swami Amarnath Cave in Kashmir.
Navratri: Another auspicious festival, Navratri celebrates Goddess Durga and all her nine forms. A pilgrimage to Shivkhori during Navratri is said to grant blessings to the devotee.
October to April is considered to be the best time to visit Shivkhori. The temperature during this time is pleasant and it makes the trek up to the cave much easier.
How to Reach Shivkhori
The closest railway station is in Udhampur called the Udhampur Railway station while the nearest airport is 75 km from Udhampur in Jammu city. Public and private transport are available from the airport to the Shivkhori cave.
If the trek is too tiring for you, you can avail the palkhi and pony services at the bottom of the trek. You can also opt for the scenic trek going through Ranso, Reasi, to reach the divine Shivkhori cave at the top. The trek is 3.5 km to the cave.
Helicopter services can also be availed from Katra. The travel time is 20 minutes from Katra to the Shivkhori shrine.
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The U.S. auto industry is expected to report its lowest yearly sales tally in nearly a decade Tuesday, as the fallout from the Covid-19 crisis in 2020 upended a record run for the American auto sector.
But a sharp bounceback in demand in the year’s second half led shoppers to pay record sums for new wheels, bolstering car-company profits and giving executives optimism for a sustained recovery in 2021.
Analysts from several research firms expect U.S. vehicle sales to total 14.4 million to 14.6 million in 2020, which would be down roughly 15% from a year earlier and the lowest level since at least 2012. The decline snapped an unprecedented five-year stretch in which sales topped 17 million vehicles annually.
The top-line figure tells only part of the story of a topsy-turvy year in the car business, though, one that included industrywide factory shutdowns last spring, soaring prices for new and used vehicles and shifts in the way Americans shop for cars.
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Now, analysts say the conditions are ripe to further lift results this year, buoyed by near-record-low interest rates and another round of federal stimulus, including direct payments to some Americans beginning this week. Dealers and executives are optimistic the fallout from the pandemic will spur new-car demand as some consumers opt for personal-vehicle ownership over public transit or shared rides.
Still, potential pitfalls remain, including the unknown duration of the pandemic, a continued shortage of dealer stocks and possible supply-chain snags, including spotty availability of semiconductor chips.
The net result for 2020 is likely a relief for auto executives who feared the worst last spring, when their North American factories were closed because of Covid-19 for nearly two months, and analysts wondered whether people would buy cars amid a pandemic. Some forecasters had predicted 2020 sales would fall below the 13-million-vehicle mark.
By late spring, though, car buyers began turning out in unexpectedly strong numbers. Car companies, which quickly put in place safety protocols to prevent the spread of the virus among factory workers, have been straining to meet demand ever since.
“The resilience of both the industry and the consumer has amazed me,” said Jeff Schuster, president of global forecasting at research firm LMC Automotive.
Now, the industry faces a lingering inventory crunch expected to last well into 2021, dealers and executives say. New-vehicle stocks at U.S. dealerships have been running roughly 25% below normal for months, with more-severe shortages in large pickup trucks. That has curbed overall sales, but also resulted in a seller’s market, sending prices soaring to record levels, along with profits for some car companies, dealers and parts suppliers.
The average price paid for a vehicle in December was around $38,000, up from about $34,000 in early 2020, research firm J.D. Power estimates. Dealers whose lots are only half full have been stingier with discounts, said Tyson Jominy, J.D. Power’s vice president of data and analytics. On top of that, buyers are shifting toward bigger, pricier vehicles like pickup trucks, he said.
Another factor, dealers say, is that some quarantine-weary American consumers—forced to forego travel and dining out—have spent their money on big-ticket items like boats, home projects and new cars.
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Chicago-area dealer Mike Maheras said his three Illinois Chevrolet dealerships have strained to meet demand for high-end pickup trucks. The stores, which normally keep more than 100 days of truck supply on their lots, have been operating with less than one month’s worth.
“We see a lot of pent-up demand for trucks,” he said. “In lieu of taking vacations, customers are treating themselves on their vehicle purchases.”
Some dealers say 2020 was among their most profitable years ever, due in part to better pricing and surprisingly strong used-car sales. Used cars—a key profit center for dealers—have been hot, partly because the shortage of new vehicles has steered more customers to the preowned lot.
Analysts predict auto makers will remain in catch-up mode on restocking inventory for much of the year, likely resulting in better profit margins for manufacturers and dealers—and fewer deals for consumers.
Research firm IHS Markit recently said it expects new-car demand to remain healthy, but it is wary of lingering pandemic-related supply-chain snags that could crimp production. It expects tight inventories to last well into 2021.
IHS pegs 2021 U.S. vehicle sales of around 16 million, which would be a roughly 10% increase from last year.
Write to Mike Colias at [email protected]
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Material: Tab Benoit is an artist singing and playing rock & roll, blues, country and a combination of all three mixed with assorted good vibes, licks, progressions and melodies from old to new. Each song is arranged to appeal to all three genres at once. Country songs with rock & roll appeal, blues songs that sing about the heart’s angst when a relationship goes awry (stopping just short of your dog getting run over by a truck), rock & roll songs with such soulful, beautifully placed riffs that only seasoned and well marinated musicians can conjure. All the songs are executed in great taste and arranged with superb craftsmanship from the covers to the originals and from beginning to end.
Musicianship: Benoit is a superb guitar player who takes his audience for a joyride like no other. Having great skills is an understatement as he pulls out every lick available to him from his already diverse and sundry repertoire. He wields his ax, chopping and shredding everything in sight. He is very well versed in rock & roll and blues licks, then adds them to graceful blues and country progressions and—BAM—it’s instantly appealing. It doesn’t hurt to have a rhythm section comprised of a very talented and unselfish drummer and bass player. Duplechin and Higgins pretty much pulled out all the stops, dancing, posing and gave Benoit the stage and said, “Do it!” And he did. He lit his fretboard afire and went to town. Except for a few moments of spotlight on each of them, the rhythm section pretty much sat back and played in the pocket and that’s what Benoit needed to put this show over the top.
Performance: Exceptional. Not a still body in the place. Everyone was dancing, toe-tapping or shakin’ what the good Lawd gave them; and that was just the music. The lighting and sound guys were on point. Beautiful, well-placed lighting effects and a perfect sound mix was more than Benoit could ask for and it pushed him over the top (not too shabby for a small club). Funny at times, as he spoke of his hometown, then serious, it didn’t matter; he telling his stories through exceptional guitar work and with a little help from his friends.
Summary: Duplechin covered Sainte Rock with a cloud of bass for about two hours on this cool, cloudy autumn night and that was enough time for Benoit’s guitar and Higgins’ drums to cut through it like butter and set the table for the fans. That being stated, it’s no wonder Benoit was just recently inducted into the Louisiana Folk Life Center, Hall of Master Folk Artists. He is also a dynamic environmental activist who was featured in the documentary Hurricane on the Bayou. This was definitely one of the best shows of 2019 and a must-see for all you music fans. Don’t miss Tab Benoit or the movie.
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Over the past week and a half, Justin Bieber‘s image–which had already taken several hits after his alleged prostitute flings in Brazil coupled with his arrest in Miami–took a major hit once again, after two videos were leaked to the internet, courtesy of TMZ, of Bieber making racist jokes. In the initial video, which was taken when the pop star was 15, Bieber used the “n word” in the punchline to a joke–it’s worth noting he knew he was being filmed–but that was, for the most part, chalked up to be a young kid who made a bad joke, and a bad mistake.
The very next week, another video–this one was taken when Bieber was 14–surfaced that was significantly worse. Bieber changed the chorus of one of his early hits, “One Less Lonely Girl” to “One Less Lonely N***a”, and went on to sing about killing black people and joining the KKK.
It’s also worth nothing that Bieber’s two mentors, Usher and Ludacris, are black, and while most wondered if Usher would address the budding controversy, the veteran singer–who is gearing up to release his new album–has finally released a statement on the awkward situation.
At my core, I am a person that supports growth and understands without judgement, that growth often comes as a result of pain and continues effort. As I have watched Justin Bieber navigate difficult waters as a young man, I can tell you that he hasn’t always chosen the path of his greatest potential, but he is unequivocally not a racist.
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Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari may be announced soon as the new chief of staff to President Muhammadu Buhari.
He will replace Mallam Abba Kyari who passed away on 17 April after succumbing to coronavirus complications.
The appointment is yet to be confirmed but Vanguard, which broke the news appears to have an official source.
Prof. Gambari, 74, is a Nigerian scholar, diplomat and an indigene of Kwara state.
He is not affiliated to any political party, but was supported the Enough is Enough campaign in his home state of Kwara last year.
Gambari, who has the national title of CFR was born November 24, 1944, in Ilorin, Kwara State.
He was educated at King’s College, Lagos.
He later went to London School of Economics where he obtained his B. Sc. (Economics) degree (1968) with specialisation in International Relations.
Gambari once served as external affairs minister under the military regime of Buhari between 1984 and 1985.
He also served as Nigeria’s Representative in the United Nations.
He is currently the Special Adviser on the International Compact with Iraq and Other Issues for the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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