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The group quickly gained success in the ’90s after releasing their self-titled debut album, which hit No. 25 on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold 6 million copies. Third Eye Blind performed the Stone Pony summer stage this past June, and released “Dopamine,” their first studio album in six years.
The three-day festival will take place July 29 to 31, featuring 100 hot air balloons from around the world as well as live music each night.
The concert, presented by PNC Bank in association with Magic 98.3 FM, will be followed by the festival’s annual fireworks extravaganza.
Tickets are $20 to $85 and go on sale at 10 a.m. today. For more information, visit balloonfestival.com.
Here, I am quoting some of my tweets from November 14, 2016.
You can probably guess what facets of my identity motivate these tweets.
If you have autism, ‘Society’ owes you nothing!
Show other individuals what you can do, and people/institutions can reciprocate.
Sogenannte ‘society’ does not have to unilaterally accommodate people with autism. Work on yourself first & then people can reciprocate.
If you have Aspergers and refuse to cultivate yourself, & then you find nobody talks to you & you can’t get a job, that’s on you!
I think I could really boost my income if I got into postmodern victimhood. Anyone have a suggestion as to what angle I could take?
Low income? You are not oppressed. Visa effort failed? You are not oppressed. People mock self-diagnosers? You are not oppressed.
Wallace is the editor of Brian K. White's epic website, Glossy News! Email him with your content at wallacerunnymede#gmail.com (Should be @, not #!) Or if you'd like me to help you tease out some ideas that you can't quite put into concrete form, I'd love to have some dialogue with you! Catch me on Patreon too, or bett...
The Salt Lake City man accused of killing his wife but sending the community on a wild-goose chase for her abductors pleaded not guilty Friday.
Lori Hacking's remains were found in a landfill weeks after her disappearance, and weeks after Mark Hacking was found acting strangely, had to be hospitalized for stress and told relatives he had committed the murder.
The judge set Hacking's trial for first-degree murder for April 18. Prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty.
Authorities believe Lori Hacking, 27, was killed July 19 after learning her husband wasn't enrolled in medical school in North Carolina, though they were arranging to move there. It was among a series of deceptions Mark Hacking had perpetuated over several years, police say.
Security was "incredibly tight" at the courthouse, reports Ben Winslow of CBS radio affiliate KSL-AM. When Mark Hacking came out, he was wearing a bulletproof vest over his khaki jumpsuit, and there were at least half a dozen Salt Lake County deputy sheriffs in the courtroom behind locked doors.
The sheriff's office said this is standard in a high-profile case like this.
The victim's brother, Paul Soares, sent a letter to Hacking in jail, urging him to "be a man" and plead guilty, according to a newspaper story Friday.
"Save your family the grief and cost of this attorney. Just plead guilty for once. Just tell the truth. Take responsibility for your actions," Soares wrote, according to the Deseret Morning News.
"Your father said you were determined to do what is right — even if it costs you your life. ... Just tell the judge the truth. Admit it. Don't ask for some lenient plea bargain. Be a man," the letter continued.
"We want him to get the maximum that he can. I would have no problem at all with him never seeing the outside of bars again. I'd like him to spend the rest of his life in jail," Soares told reporters Friday outside the courthouse.
Hacking's defense attorney has indicated he would take the case to trial and challenge Hacking's alleged confession to his brothers that he shot his wife while she slept and disposed of her remains, the weapon and a mattress in the trash.
Defense attorney Gil Athay declined to discuss his plans Friday. Prosecutor Robert Stott said no discussions have been held about a plea agreement.
Hacking's parents, Douglas and Janet Hacking, attended the hearing.
"It's not pleasant" for the family, said Douglas Hacking. "It's been really hard, very hard, but we're getting through it."
Hacking's brother, Scott, said he wasn't looking forward to testifying against Mark in what would be an emotional trial.
"Any time they call a family member to testify against another family member, it's going to be painful," he said, adding that Mark Hacking was "under extensive psychiatric testing" while in jail.
Publisher Synopsis: Go back to bed, baby, please, baby, please.
From moments fussy to fond, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Spike Lee and his wife, producer Tonya Lewis Lee, present a behind-the-scenes look at the chills, spills, and unequivocal thrills of bringing up baby!
Vivid illustrations from celebrated artist Kadir Nelson evoke toddlerhood from sandbox to high chair to crib, and families everywhere will delight in sharing these exuberant moments again and again.
As a parent, one thing we have done intentionally in our house is look for books that center blackness. It’s important for us that our kids see reflections of themselves in the pages of books that we read. Lucky for us that Spike Lee and his wife, Tonya Lewis Lee decided to craft a book for those of us looking specific...
If you love plants and want to share that knowledge with the community, this might be the perfect volunteer role for you.
May 12, 2014, 2:58 p.m.
If a cheerful volunteer wearing a master gardener nametag greets you at a flower show or botanical garden this year, don’t be intimidated; master gardeners are folks just like you.
Do I want to learn more about plant care and gardening?
Do I want to share my knowledge with people in my community?
Do I have the time to attend a practical but intensive training program that lasts 16 weeks?
Am I willing to volunteer 50 to 60 hours for gardening work every year?
If the answer to these questions is yes, then you’ve already addressed two critical considerations in becoming a master gardener: the commitment of time and the spirit of service the program requires. The next step is to apply to the program.
The Master Gardener Program falls under the federal government’s Cooperative Extension Service. It is available in all 50 states and the District of Columbia through each state’s land grant university. A state coordinator, who usually works at the university, manages the statewide program.
Although each state establishes its own program according to the state’s climate, demographics and specific gardening, agricultural and other needs, the heart and soul of the program is at the county level. This is where those who aspire to enter the program submit an application, take courses to earn the designation a...
If you are accepted into the program, you will receive classroom training from Cooperative Extension Service agents in a curriculum developed from university and research-related information. The initial training usually consists of 40 to 80 hours of classroom courses with five to 15 hours of annual training required a...
Then the Cooperative Extension staff, usually the county coordinator, will match your skills and interests with the needs of the extension office and the gardening public in your community. You might be asked to teach small groups in classes and workshops at libraries, botanical gardens, fairs or other events. Or you m...
One of the ways the Cooperative Extension Service is working to ensure it will continue to have volunteers is through the Junior Master Gardener Program. Launched in 1999, JMG has a national office at Texas A&M University and is active in all 50 states through 38 land grant university/Cooperative Extension state partne...
The program is implemented in public and private schools, though 4-H clubs, Scouts, botanical gardens, children’s museums, libraries and after-school programs in partnership with master gardener volunteers. The program’s goal is to grow healthy minds and bodies through garden-based nutrition-education programs. Curricu...
Children from pre-K to high school participate in the program, with the largest group in third through eighth grade. Junior master gardeners typically build vegetable gardens on school grounds or in the community and often provide produce from the gardens to families that do not have access to fresh fruits and vegetabl...
Service learning is incorporated into the program as a requirement for the children to receive a junior master gardener certification. Parents interested in learning more about the program or starting one at their children’s schools can find more information at the Junior Master Gardener website.
“The Junior Master Gardener Program is a wonderful way to grow good kids while also cultivating the next generation of gardeners,” said Lisa Whittlesey, an Extension program specialist and international Junior Master Gardener Program coordinator.
The success of the Junior Master Gardener Program can be seen in improved science achievement scores, increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables in participants’ homes, reduction in childhood obesity, improved leadership in life skills, and an increased level of community service and volunteerism.
Attracting children to gardens and teaching them the benefits of growing and consuming healthful food at an early age is important for another reason, Bewick said.
Measuring the impact of the Extension Service’s Master Gardener Program for adults is a little more difficult, Bewick said. Local program coordinators evaluate the effectiveness of individual programs, but the USDA doesn’t compile local data into a national report, he added.
There is another way, though, to gauge the effectiveness of the Master Gardener Program. If a volunteer inspired you to think about joining the program, or you found a workshop led by a volunteer interesting, or admired their handiwork in restoring or maintaining a garden, you know the Master Gardener Program is having...
FORT MEADE, Md. -- Army leaders have released the latest version of the service's future fighting concept, which focuses on, among other things, possible solutions to counter and defeat layers of stand-off created by adversaries.
"The U.S. Army in Multi-Domain Operations 2028," also referred to as MDO Concept 1.5, further refines the Multi-Domain Battle concept published last year.
The name was changed to better align with sister services and interagency efforts.
In it, the concept asserts that over the years adversaries have studied how the U.S. military operates. Emerging technologies -- such as artificial intelligence, hypersonics, machine learning, nanotechnology and robotics -- have also changed the character of war.
"The American way of war must evolve and adapt," Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. Mark A. Milley wrote in the foreword of the concept, which was published Thursday.
Though not the final product, Milley noted that MDO Concept 1.5 is the first step in the service's doctrinal evolution.
"It describes how U.S. Army forces, as part of the Joint Force, will militarily compete, penetrate, dis-integrate, and exploit our adversaries in the future," he wrote.
In about a year, Army leaders expect to publish another updated concept using lessons learned from previous exercises. The general also encouraged Soldiers to read and understand the concept now, so that they can provide input.
"Every one of you is part of our evolution and the construction of our future force," he wrote, "and we want your critical feedback."
While the latest concept still revolves around operations in the land, maritime, air, space and cyberspace domains, it provides refined solutions based on experimentation.
A challenge the new concept aims to tackle is layered stand-off, which adversaries can use in those domains to achieve strategic aims without engaging in armed conflict. Those aims, for instance, could be to separate the United States from its partners in the political, military and economic realms.
Deterrence through the "rapid and continuous integration of all domains" is key in overcoming this challenge, according to Gen. Stephen Townsend, commander of Army Training and Doctrine Command.
"If deterrence fails," he wrote in the concept's preface, "Army formations, operating as part of the Joint Force, penetrate and dis-integrate enemy anti-access and area denial systems; exploit the resulting freedom of maneuver to defeat enemy systems, formations and objectives and to achieve our own strategic objective...
Army leaders believe they can do this by using three core tenets -- calibrated force posture, multi-domain formations, and convergence.
"Calibrated force posture combines position and the ability to maneuver across strategic distances," Townsend wrote. "Multi-domain formations possess the capacity, endurance and capability to access and employ capabilities across all domains to pose multiple and compounding dilemmas on the adversary.
"Convergence achieves the rapid and continuous integration of all domains across time, space and capabilities to overmatch the enemy. Underpinning these tenets are mission command and disciplined initiative at all warfighting echelons."
Based on foundational work by TRADOC and Army Capabilities Integration Center, the Army Futures Command, which was created last year to lead modernization efforts, will implement the concept. It will also work to develop MDO Concept 2.0.
"The Army is refining strategic direction, integrating the Army's future force modernization enterprise, aligning resources to priorities, and maintaining accountability for modernization solutions," said Gen. John Murray, the AFC commander. "We are delivering concepts and capabilities that ensure our Soldiers and form...
The concept will take years to refine as did the Army's previous AirLand Battle concept, which took a decade to finalize.
A Multi-Domain Task Force has already tested in the Pacific theater some new capabilities to defeat an enemy's anti-access and area denial, or A2/AD, system.
Designed to integrate long-range precision fires with an intelligence, cyber, electronic warfare and space detachment, the task force could support, or enable, a new way to fight.
"Given its capability to compete and provide an initial penetration, the MDTF, as a forerunner to other multi-domain formations now in development, is the essential first step to realizing an MDO-capable Army by 2028," the concept states.
The Army has also worked extensively with the Marine Corps and Air Force in the past 18 months to further refine the concept.
TRADOC and the Air Force's Air Combat Command, for instance, teamed up during four multi-service tabletop exercises over the past year.
"What has become clear is that a single-service concept without undergoing a lot of joint or multi-service experimentation probably has little value in the future," said Brig. Gen. Mark Odom, director of ARCIC's Concept Development and Learning Directorate.
As a component of the Army Strategy, Odom said, the concept also attempts to operationalize the National Defense Strategy and National Military Strategy.
The concept is significant for three reasons, he noted.
First, it focuses on solving operational problems that strategic competitors like Russia and China present to the Joint Force.
"This represents a return to a threat-based approach rather than a capabilities-based approach to concept development," he said.
Second, the concept is inherently joint and recognizes the requirement to develop joint solutions from the top-down.
"Our traditional approach of synchronizing federated or service-federated solutions," he said, "will not work against Russia and China in the future."
Lastly, he added, the concept provides a hypothesis to drive experimentation and modernization.
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AUTHORITIES arrested Monday afternoon, April 15, the intelligence unit head of the Baguio City police office for extortion.
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Oscar Albayalde identified the arrested suspect as Lieutenant Colonel Allan Docygen.
He said Docygen was nabbed by joint elements of the PNP Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF) and intelligence group in an entrapment operation in front of Daddy’s Restaurant in Barangay Azco, Baguio City around 2:30 p.m.
Docygen received a total of P50,000 during the operation.
Albayalde said the operation stemmed from a report from an unknown caller that Docygen was demanding for P200,000 in exchange for the release of a person who was nabbed for robbery.
The complainant also said that Docygen threatened to kill the arrested robbery suspect.
The complainant said P47,000 was handed to Docygen on April 12 as initial payment, and the agreement was the remaining balance will be given on April 15. The amount, however, was reduced to P50,000.
Seventeen infrasound stations in the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization's network detected the infrasonic waves from the meteor that broke-up over Russia’s Ural mountains on Feb. 15, 2013.
A far-flung system of detectors that make up a Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty network made its largest ever detection when a meteor exploded over Russia’s Ural mountains last week.
The Vienna, Austria-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) runs the International Monitoring System made up of infrasound stations. Infrasound is low frequency sound with a range of less than 10 Hertz. Humans cannot hear the low frequency waves that were emitted by the meteor blast over Russia...
When the space rock detonated, the blast was detected by 17 infrasound stations in the CTBTO’s network that track atomic blasts across Earth. The furthest station to record the sub-audible sound was some 9,320 miles (15,000 kilometers) away in Antarctica.
A Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization Infrasound station IS21, Marquesas Islands, France.
In a CTBTO statement discussing the Russian bolide, Pierrick Mialle, an acoustic scientist for the group said: "We saw straight away that the event would be huge, in the same order as the Sulawesi event from 2009. The observations are some of the largest that CTBTO's infrasound stations have detected."

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