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__label__wiki	0.565478	0.565478	Create your own conference schedule! Click here for full instructions Botany 2017 Home Abstract Detail Sender, Luis Miguel [1], Doyle, James A. [2], Upchurch, Jr., Garland [3], Villanueva-Amadoz, Uxue [4], Diez, Jose Bienve [5]. Leaf and inflorescence evidence for near-basal Araceae in the latest Albian (mid-Cretaceous) of Spain. Fossil leaves, inflorescences, and pollen from the Aptian-Albian of Brazil and Portugal have been assigned to Araceae, in the near-basal monocot order Alismatales, and increasingly diverse araceous leaves have been reported from the Late Cretaceous and Cenozoic. We report a well-preserved leaf and several inflorescences resembling Araceae from two localities in the Boundary Marls Unit (latest Albian) overlying the Utrillas Formation in Teruel Province, northestern Spain. The leaf, from Huesa del Común, shows an unthickened multistranded midrib in its lower portion, several orders of low-angle primary lateral veins, transverse veins crossing more than one order of parallel veins, additional veins connecting the finest parallel veins, and paracytic stomata on the adaxial side only. This suite of characters (but with anomocytic as well as paracytic stomata) is diagnostic of the North American genus Orontium in the near-basal araceous subfamily Orontioideae, and similar venation occurs with minor variations in later Cretaceous and early Cenozoic leaves assigned to Orontium and Orontiophyllum. However, phylogenetic analyses, using a modified version of the morphological dataset and the molecular phylogenetic tree of extant Araceae of Cusimano et al. (2011), indicate that this character combination may be ancestral for Araceae. As a result, the fossil could be either sister to Orontium, sister to Araceae as a whole, or nested at several points in a basal grade of the family, below the True Araceae clade. Several types of linear monocot-like leaves also occur at Huesa del Común. The inflorescences, from Estercuel, are spadices of closely packed, sessile flowers with usually four tepals, as in the dimerous flowers that are prevalent in perigoniate Araceae, and a long basal stipe, in contrast to derived Araceae in which the spathe is attached close to the fertile portion of the spadix. Stamens have not been identified, but a protruding central structure is presumably the gynoecium, which shows various degrees of enlargement in different specimens. Among living Araceae, similar inflorescences occur in Gymnostachys and Orontioideae. Phylogenetic analyses confirm that the inflorescences are related to Araceae, either sister to the family or nested within the same basal grade as the leaf from Huesa del Común. Considered together with reports from other regions, these results suggest that Araceae were one of the first families of monocots to diversify in the Cretaceous, but their radiation may still have been in its early stages during the late Albian. Log in to add this item to your schedule 1 - Universidad de Zaragoza, Departamento de Ciencias de la Tierra, Zaragoza, 50009, Spain 2 - University Of California Davis, DEPT OF EVOL & ECOLOGY, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA, 95616-8537, USA 3 - Texas State University, Department Of Biology, 601 University Drive, San Marcos, TX, 78666, USA 4 - Estaci�n Regional del Noroeste, UNAM, Instituto de Geolog�a, Hermosillo, Sonora, 83000, Mexico 5 - Universidade de Vigo, Xeociencias Mari�as e Ordenaci�n do Territorio, Vigo, 36310, Spain angiosperms Cretaceous phylogeny. Presentation Type: Oral Paper Session: 25, Cretaceous/Cenozoic/collections paleobotany Location: Sundance 3/Omni Hotel Date: Tuesday, June 27th, 2017 Number: 25001 Abstract ID:398 Candidate for Awards:None Copyright © 2000-2017, Botanical Society of America. All rights reserved	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line0
__label__wiki	0.931916	0.931916	You are at:Home»Lifestyle»New mayor designates ward officials to tackle citizen plaints New mayor designates ward officials to tackle citizen plaints December 5, 2018 Lifestyle, Our Picks A day after new mayor Firhad Hakim introduced a WhatsApp number for citizens to report their grievances or highlight problems, he went a step further on Tuesday to address issues on the ground by designating an official in each ward and borough to note down residents’ complaints. These officials will send daily reports to KMC headquarters. Administratively, Hakim also decided to make the departments lean and fix accountability on a single person by doing away with the appointment of multiple director generals. From now, each department will have one DG. Sources said a major reshuffle of KMC officials is on the cards The mayor said there would be persons liable for various civic-related complaints and matters in each ward and borough office. “The designated official will maintain a log book where all civic complaints, be it related to roads, water, streetlights or anything else, will be noted down. The officer will look into the complaints on a daily basis and send a report the next day to the department head,” said Hakim. He said the officials concerned would have to inform their superiors about the timeframe within which the problem would be sorted out. This, he believed, would not only address civic problems in local areas expeditiously, but will also ensure proper delivery of services. Hakim also announced that pre-bid meetings would be mandatory for any work that is tendered. This is aimed at reducing delays in finalising tender and implementing projects. He also said at least three agencies or companies would have to participate in the tender process for it to be valid. “These decisions are being taken for execution of operation and maintenance work,” Hakim said. Earlier in the day, the mayor allocated the portfolios to all mayor-in-council (MMiC) members. Hakim has kept several key portfolios with himself, including water supply, finance and accounts, personnel, KEIIP, building and licence. Deputy mayor Atin Ghosh retains health and vector control that he earlier held as MMiC. In addition, he will also look after assessment-collection department. Baiswanor Chatterjee, who has been inducted into the team, will look after housing, law, Gitanjali scheme, PPP and TPDD.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line5
__label__wiki	0.612365	0.612365	“Zombie (1979)” movie review. ZOMBIE (1979) (Directed by Lucio Fulci) (Written by Elisa Briganti) (Starring Tia Farrow, Ian McCulloch and Richard Johnson) Plot: Anne (Tia Farrow) teams up with a reporter (Ian McCulloch) to find her missing Father. Their investigation leads them to an isolated island, which has become infested with the walking dead. Will they stop this mysterious disease or will they become zombie food? Also known as “Zombie Flesh Eaters“, “Zombi 2” and “Zombie 2“. “Zombie” holds a special place in my rotted, undead heart for being the first zombie flick to make me appreciate these walking corpses. Before Hollywood Video was murdered by the likes of netflix (I wonder if it became a zombie!) and VHS had lost the war of the invasion of DVD’s, a lone VHS tape caught my attention. At the time, I thought the whole concept of zombies was stupid…stupid, not scary and stupid. I remember respecting “Dawn of the Dead” for its well written characters and story, yet even I believed that classic was overrated for relying on such an unscary menace. But the creepy cover and the promise of ‘Zombie-on-Shark’ action seduced me into a reluctant affair and suddenly…zombies were awesome. I had a whole new appreciation for the subgenre, re-evaluating all of those films I had previously discarded. “Zombie” did the impossible: Make its titular monster kind of scary. Their nasty appearances and the grotesque ways they’d kill people got under my skin. It also just happens to be a really cool movie, delivering a memorable atmosphere, endearing score, awesome gore effects and my beloved ‘zombie vs shark’ sequence. This experience also began my exploration of Italian Horror, so I was introduced to the benefits of two different genres thanks to “Zombie“. When VHS started to die, Hollywood video sold all of its library for $1, so I tried finding the copy that had such an impact on my cinematic life. Unfortunately, someone must have snatched it away before I could get to it…I did end up buying “Slashed Dreams” though, so…I guess this tale had a downer ending. There are many legitimate complaints directed at “Zombie” and I do understand them, while sometimes even agreeing with them. My feelings towards the flaws tend to change with each viewing. One of the criticisms is the pacing, as the first half is often described as ‘plodding’. When I first watched this, I believe I had braced myself for the awkward pace, so it didn’t seem so slow to me. When I saw it again, I did feel that it tended to drag. This lingered throughout my next few watches, but for my most recent viewing? I didn’t mind it. I thought the characters were interesting primarily because of the actors playing them, which is funny because the acting in itself isn’t very good- although there are exceptions. I thought Ian McCulloch was charming enough to redeem his thinly written role. I liked how Richard Johnson’s Dr. Menard was being built up as a potential villain due to some observations made by the protagonists and even his own wife, but then it leads nowhere. That sounds like a criticism, but I thought “Zombie” resisted a cliche and just painted the doctor as well meaning, but somewhat troubled and drunk as a result of what’s going on. I’ve always really liked Brian (Al Cliver; who isn’t a good actor, but his shortcomings don’t stand out here) for simply outshining McCulloch’s Peter as the hero. He’s just too cool! Yeah, “Zombie” takes its time and I understand why some would complain about this, but it didn’t bother me. If anything, it helped build suspense for the second half. Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t great character writing. They aren’t fleshed out and developed like the cast from Romero’s more respectable zombie flicks. I merely liked them, even if they occasionally did something ass retarded like make out in a graveyard during a zombie uprising… The supporting cast tend to do the worst in terms of acting, not helped by the stiff dubbing. But this is not only the horror genre, but the Italian horror genre…This isn’t that bad compared to some of the shit that I’ve witnessed. One of the reasons I’m okay with the slow burn first half is that it helps set up the atmosphere. Those on the island are becoming increasingly more paranoid, obviously terrified of this mysterious plague which has inflicted the villagers. I might criticize the acting in “Zombie“, but I felt everyone conveyed fear and repulsion perfectly. What they feel starts to rub off on you. Lucio Fulci also restrains from showing too much of the zombies at first, instead keeping them as an unseen menace lurking around the corner. He utilizes zombie POV’s, strange noises, moody music and the characters facial expressions to clue us into their presence, which actually leads to some scary moments. In fact, what we don’t see is definitely scarier than what we do see and that is pretty damn impressive- considering how frightening these monsters are. I always loved the camera placement and the use of zoom-ins, which always magnified the tension or provided some amazingly haunting shots. Fulci loves his slow pushes, but it works and always managed to make me shiver. When we finally do see the walking corpses, we see the most disgusting, undead creatures to ever grace the genre. While I’ve seen more advanced zombie effects, these zombies just look more gut wrenching. The skeletal frames are more pronounced, the rotting flesh literally hangs off them, worms have nested in their eye sockets and their slow shambling…These zombies are even slower than normal zombies, but there’s something very creepy about seeing one stumble around through a deserted village. The makeup is very good and the sound design compliments it. You can hear the flies buzzing around them and added to the actors wrinkling their nose in disgust in response to being around them, you can practically smell the decay. The violence they inflict upon others is very nasty too and Fulci is sure to give plenty of closeups. Even simple kills like bites to the jugular, which I’ve seen many times before, are very gross to behold. The actors might not be very good when delivering their dialogue, but they sell the pain they are feeling like pros. There are plenty terrifying scenarios, like when the doctor’s wife is in peril. The pay-off is one of the most brutal moments in film history, but not ONLY because of the gore effects, but because of that…damn…scream. That change of pitch…Ouch! The village is a nice setting and the ambiance was pretty powerful. The dust and wind give it kind of a western vibe, which adds another layer to the atmosphere. The second half might show more of the zombies, but it becomes more of a survival, action horror film. It’s very exciting and a lot of fun watching the zombies get killed in brutal ways. A nice touch was stressing how these characters aren’t great shots. The majority of the cast never even figures out that they must target the heads, but as they were never told, it made sense and added to the tension. Sometimes the characters can be frustrating, which is especially noticeable whenever they freeze during an attack. I could buy that, as it can be argued that they are going into shock. Plus, it does successfully engage the audience, even if you’re yelling at the screen. But “Zombie” can be argued as both misogynistic and racist- and for once, I kind of agree with these accusations. The women are only there to provide fanservice, scream a lot and die while standing around so the men can do everything. The blacks are consistently presented as servants to the white men. Even their deaths aren’t treated as a big deal, while a random white dude who is introduced as he’s dying gets the emotional send-off. This can make the experience somewhat awkward for some. I don’t think it was intentional, but I don’t think most films condemned for racism or sexism really mean to be offensive in those ways, so it’s up to you whether these complaints have any merits. Fabio Frizzi’s weird, synthesizer score is both chilling and cheesy, but I love, love, LOVE IT. I also adore the many random ideas that show up for no reason other than to be FREAKING AWESOME. Why did the zombie fight the shark? Who knows, but it’s amazing- even if the zombie acts more like a professional shark trainer than a zombie. Why are people driving normally during the outbreak in the final shot? Well, I do know…Fulci never had a permit so they had to resort to gorilla film-making and those cars had no idea they were being filmed…But even if it’s a goof, it’s still an epic moment. I personally think Lucio Fulci- when he cared- was a masterful director. But in this case, the stars aligned to provide a cult classic. He had the right screen-writer, SFX team, set designers, (main) actors, cinematographer and most importantly of all: the right time to make his beloved zombie opus. If this was made any earlier, I doubted he would’ve gotten this budget. If it was made any later, it may have been a bit too safe. I loved this movie, although I can’t say I cared for any of its sequels. I’m glad I got to re-review this gem, as my opinion has approved over time and my original writing was rather sloppy. I look forward to tackling more of Fulci’s (better) works. His immediate zombie-themed followups were just as awesome. “City of the Living Dead” and “The Beyond” are among my favorites from the Godfather of Gore, maybe even surpassing this one…Let’s just hope the likes of “Ghosts of Sodom” won’t start haunting me anytime soon… Violence: Rated NC-17 worthy. This is VERY graphic and there’s a roughness to the gore that makes it more unsettling. These days, gore tends to look too clean and CGI-ish. Nudity: One character goes topless and there’s some sexuality. Overall: “Zombie” is my personal favorite zombie flick, even if it’s not the best. DISCARDED MATERIAL: The Original Review Zombie did two things for me on my initial viewing. It introduced me to the wonderful(?) world of Lucio Fulci, whom is arguably my personal favorite director of all time. It also was the beast that got me into liking zombie films, which I formerly detested. Regardless, this unofficial sequel to Dawn of the Dead enjoys/suffers a love/hate relationship among fans and is trounced by the critics. To all of that, I have to say this: IT S A FREAKING MOVIE ABOUT ZOMBIES! WHAT DO YOU EXPECT!? Zombie basically created the template that Italian zombie films would try to be and fail miserably. Oh, wait, it did succeed in being bad in certain areas. Zombie has its many flaws. The choppy acting, poor dialogue, uneven dubbing, stupid character moves, dispensing logic for the sake of scares, uneven pacing, and obvious budget restrictions are all aspects that the many clones have succeeded in matching Zombie . Of course, now that we ve determined that Zombie is a bad film, let us see why its worth watching. Lucio Fulci did something for me that I thought was never possible. He made gore scary. Now, either films are scary, or gore is used to make up for it. Somehow, the explicit gore and the superb buildup of suspense make the death scenes surprisingly frightening in their gory goodness. Fulci is actually fairly restrained here in terms of style (he still keeps the zoom-in/out fetish going though), but he keeps things constantly creepy. The makeup is disgusting, the score is eerie(go Fabio Frizzi!), and I the atmosphere is astounding. The film looks like a raw, western-zombie epic. The use of fog and dust was so eerie and memorable. The action sequences are intense, and you feel like you are part of the film. Finally, the expert uses of sound adds to the creepy factor of the film. Wonderful job, Mr. Fulci. On a more subjective note, there are a few questionable criticisms. For one, why does everyone keep stating there is something suspicious about the doctor? It s never really clarified. Also, the characters often just stand there and scream while the zombies get closer. On one hand, its pretty frustrating. On the other, it makes the scene that more involving. While the characters are all wooden, you somehow sort of root for them anyway. The acting is often off by the supporting cast, and the dubbing is bad as well. Tisa Farrow (Anne) does okay. She doesn t have much to do expect act scared. Ian McCulloch (Peter) is credible. Richard Johnson (Dr. Menard) is the best here, and is a very endearing character. Al Clive r(Brian) isn ’t a very good actor, but somehow he makes quite an endearing character and you route for him anyway.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line7
__label__cc	0.661708	0.338292	Yahya Abdul-Mateen Finally Confirms He’s Playing Black Manta April 19, 2017 Arelis Aquaman, Movies, News When it was first announced that Yahya Abdul-Mateen was in talks to play Black Manta in Aquaman, back in February, Dwayne Johnson who’s playing Black Adam in the DC Extended Universe, tweeted out a welcome message. Since then it’s now been made clear by Abdul-Mateen that he wasn’t able to respond to the message until now, as his tweet from today officially confirms he’s onboard to play Black Manta and wasn’t able to respond to Johnson until now. Can finally say THANK YOU! The club just got a little more "tan 😉" and a lot more Badass!! @TheRock #BLACKMANTA 💪🏾🌊 https://t.co/JBmC8DcMGF — Yahya Abdul-Mateen 2 (@yahya) April 19, 2017 Congrats brotha. Couldn't happen to a better dude. Welcome to the club. @yahya https://t.co/8EpkPmx001 — Dwayne Johnson (@TheRock) February 3, 2017 Aquaman is set to be released in theaters on December 21, 2018. Sean Young Campaigning For Catwoman Wonder Woman's Early Opening Weekend Forecast at $84 Million AquamanBlack MantanewsYahya Abdul-Mateen	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line10
__label__wiki	0.836843	0.836843	You are at:Home»Uncategorized»New website a one-stop shop for all things Air Force housing New website a one-stop shop for all things Air Force housing By Markeshia Ricks on April 16, 2012 Uncategorized U.S. Air Force Grapic It’s that time of the year where airmen and their families prepare to bid adieu to their current duty stations and start that all consuming process of moving to the next. In an effort to minimize that stress, the Air Force has unveiled a new housing Website that features links to the housing pages of every Air Force installation around the world. The new site features maps of each base, information on housing options and support services, links to other important moving related websites and a list of FAQs, according to a press release. The new site also includes information about local communities, schools and even the weather. But the site apparently isn’t just for airmen with families. It also has information for single airmen who need to know more about the dorms, according to the press release. Visit www.housing.af.mil for information about permanent change of station moves and base housing and off-base housing. Markeshia Ricks No drones for the holidays, MacDill AFB says RPA’s are not alien, Air Force assures	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line17
__label__wiki	0.577042	0.577042	Guest Post: “Language and World-Building” by Emily Croy Barker What sort of languages do they speak in other worlds? I gave some serious thought to this matter in writing my novel, The Thinking Woman’s Guide to Real Magic — and was intrigued and inspired to discover, in reading about the life of J.R.R. Tolkien, that the same question had helped spark the creation of Middle-earth itself. Tolkien was 22 years old and a philology student at Oxford University when he encountered the eighth-century Old English poem Crist by Cynewulf. As Colin Duriez writes in J.R.R. Tolkien: The Making of a Legend, the poem included a couple of lines that Tolkien found intensely evocative: Eala Earendel engla beorhtast Ofer middangeard monnum sended. “Hail, Earendel, of angels the brightest, Sent over middle-earth to mankind.” Tolkien was struck particularly by the name “Earendel,” which has roots in older, Germanic languages and which he called “euphonic to a peculiar degree.” It inspired him to write his own poem about a hero’s quest. Instead of just borrowing the name “Earendel,” however, as a good philologist Tolkien worked out an equivalent in Elvish, the private language that he had been developing from Norse and Germanic roots. Earendel becomes “Eärendil” in Tolkien’s poem – and in the sprawling mythology that would eventually underlie The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. “…The name could not be adopted just like that,” Tolkien later wrote. “It had to be accommodated to the Elvish linguistic situation, at the same time as a place for this person was made in legend.” Elvish, he went on to say, “was beginning, after many tentative starts in boyhood, to take definite shape at the time of the name's adoption….” In a foreword to The Lord of the Rings, he wrote that the legends and myths of Middle-Earth were “primarily linguistic in inspiration and was begun in order to provide the necessary background of ‘history’ for Elvish tongues.” For Tolkien, the creation of a fantasy world, its history, and its language were inextricably intertwined. Creating my own fantasy world, I kept that lesson in mind. In my novel, Nora, a graduate student in literature, wanders into an entirely different world, where she ultimately begins the study of magic. Before that, however, she has to learn the language. Luckily, she’s able to pick up the basics of the common tongue, Ors, while under a translation spell. But it still takes her a while to grasp the nuances of the language and to develop real fluency, not to mention to lose the unfortunate accent that she accidently acquired while under the spell. As she masters Ors, she also learns more about the strange, often frustrating new world in which she finds herself. There are 12 different words for sheep. Given names in the ruling class are all patronymics. Women are supposed to speak slightly differently—more hesitantly—than men. Nora learns just what some of her new friends think of her when she overhears them referring to her with a pronoun used for inanimate objects, animals, or servants. I want to be perfectly clear: In inventing a language, I was nowhere near as rigorous, analytical, or sophisticated as Tolkien was. There’s no Ors dictionary or grammar. But including just a few details of how the language worked added interesting texture to the world that I’d imagined. It also helped me show how foreign this place initially seems to Nora. More than once, she’s frustrated because there’s no Ors equivalent for the English word she has in mind. For an academic like Nora, being suddenly illiterate is quietly terrifying. The first time that she even begins to feel at home in this alien world is when she picks up a child’s lesson book in Ors and realizes that she can teach herself to read. Language is what we build stories out of. We can also use it to build worlds. Emily Croy Barker is the author of THE THINKING WOMAN’S GUIDE TO REAL MAGIC, published by Penguin US this month. To find out more, be sure to follow Emily on Facebook and Twitter. An imaginative story of a woman caught in an alternate world—where she will need to learn the skills of magic to survive Nora Fischer’s dissertation is stalled and her boyfriend is about to marry another woman. During a miserable weekend at a friend’s wedding, Nora wanders off and walks through a portal into a different world where she’s transformed from a drab grad student into a stunning beauty. Before long, she has a set of glamorous new friends and her romance with gorgeous, masterful Raclin is heating up. It’s almost too good to be true. Then the elegant veneer shatters. Nora’s new fantasy world turns darker, a fairy tale gone incredibly wrong. Making it here will take skills Nora never learned in graduate school. Her only real ally—and a reluctant one at that—is the magician Aruendiel, a grim, reclusive figure with a biting tongue and a shrouded past. And it will take her becoming Aruendiel’s student—and learning magic herself—to survive. When a passage home finally opens, Nora must weigh her “real life” against the dangerous power of love and magic. The novel has been described as perfect for fans of Lev Grossman’s Magicians and Deborah Harkness’s A Discovery of Witches. Labels: Elvish, Emily Croy Barker, Guest Post, Language and World-Building, Ors, Penguin US, Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic, Tolkein Quick Review: BATMAN #20-21, Annual #2 (DC Comics) On Meeting Other People’s Expectations… [A Response] “The Eyre Affair” by Jasper Fforde (Hodder) Two Years (ish) of DC Comics’ New 52 “Scars” Episodes I-III, by Chris Wraight (Black Li... Guest Post: “A Commix of Noir & Sequential Art” by... Upcoming: “The Broken Eye” by Brent Weeks (Orbit) “The Magicians” by Lev Grossman (Arrow/Plume) Upcoming: “Stormcaller” by Chris Wraight (Black Li... Upcoming: “Master of Dragons” by Chris Wraight & “... Artwork: Guardians of the Galaxy #5, Variant Cover... Upcoming: “Neferata” & “Master of Death” by Josh R... 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__label__cc	0.557257	0.442743	Raising the Bugle Call Rep. Jay Inslee's Remarks at Bioenergy Symposium US Representative Jay Inslee (D-WA) gave the luncheon keynote address at today's Bioenergy Symposium, held at Seattle's Trade and Convention Center. His prepared remarks, and most of the audience questions concerned the future of climate and energy policy in the US Congress in the aftermath of last week's elections, which gave majority control of the House of Representatives to the GOP. Inslee joked initially that House Republicans had a new plan to address global warming: they would change all measurements in Fahrenheit to now be in Centigrade, thereby lowering temperatures. "Problem solved!" It's funny, but also not funny because it is compatible with "vast ocean of ignorance" displayed by Inslee's "friends in the other party." He noted that all 20 GOP candidates for the Senate deny the reality of climate change, including "the Senator from Arizona" (John McCain) who stood with him when they jointly introduced cap-and-trade legislation, which McCain now repudiates. As a result the Congress as an institution is "willfully blind" to the threat of climate change, a threat, said Inslee that is existential in a way unlike anything humanity has ever before encountered. The seriousness of this threat is not in serious doubt by anyone with expertise in the subject. Inlsee noted that today the American Geophysical Union announced that 700 scientists would work to counter the misinformation of so-called climate skeptics using an organized informational campaign. He "we need a thousand men and women in white lab coats... addressing what they know about science" surrounding the Capitol to get through to his Republican colleagues. Researchers and companies need to get more active in public forums of every kind to counter climate change denial. The new GOP majority "will approximate the McCarthy hearings" in attacking climate change and those who speak scientific truth. Said Inslee: "I'm raising the bugle call to the scientific community!" Also concerning is the GOP leadership's announced plan immediately to cut $100B of federal spending, which will almost certainly include energy R&D. This spending, however, is the "seed corn" that the public sector must invest to create the conditions that stimulate private investment. Government has always played an essential role in launching new industries, and our spending is one fifth "at best... at best" of what China is now doing to dominate the new energy economy. Inslee would like to see funding for the other 5 of Energy Secretary Steven Chu's planned 8 Clean Energy Hubs, including for one in the Pacific Northwest, but that funding is now very unlikely. On a more positive note, Inslee thought that a bipartisan Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) might be achievable. However, when a member of the audience asked who in the GOP would support it, Inslee smiled, saying only "I'll talk to everybody" and promising to be more specific "off-line." He left the venue immediately after speaking, unfortunately, so the off-line details are apparently for another day. Tomorrow and Wednesday will be the Future Energy Conference. I am part of the staff helping manage the event, but hope to attend some of the sessions too. I hope to see you there! Labels: cleantech, climate, critical thinking, environment, investment, policy, politics, renewable energy, wingnuts More on Energy and Sputniks "Is the Energy Race our new 'Sputnik' moment?" Alien Concepts Inventing to Outcomes Solar-Powered Light Where's It Wednesday IX Elements in Common: Carbon and Lead Creeping Socialism Climate Change Positions National Entrepreneurs' Day Utility Perspective on Energy Policy Things I Learned from my Dad II Where's It Wednesday VIII Climate Change Recklessness The Fiction of Michael Crichton Business As Unusual 8 Poo Bah Principles 5 Degrees of Uselessness... Where's It Wednesday VII Face Spiting The Ownership Society Our Changing Hydrological Cycle Where's It Wednesday VI Big Business Responds to Climate Change	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line28
__label__wiki	0.552786	0.552786	EBOLA plague 2014-15-16-17... End Times and Current Events > Forum > General Category > Current Events > Health > EBOLA plague 2014-15-16-17... > Message #70750 Pages: 1 ... 10 11 [12] Go Down Author Topic: EBOLA plague 2014-15-16-17... (Read 34574 times) Re: EBOLA plague 2014-15-16-17... Why Africa Faces The Biggest Threat Of Ebola Explosion Senior government officials in Tanzanian, Rwandan and Ugandan, have said their countries are on a high risk of Ebola outbreak after the disease killed 75 out of 111 patients in neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo. After we sent a wake-up call in July 2018 to the Ugandan Government that Ebola will be introduced to Uganda after vaccine trials are conducted in DRC Congo and that the Ugandan the Tanzanian, Rwandan and Ugandan governments took excessive measurements. We warned the Ugandan government that Ebola will enter in a certain region in the North East of Uganda under the disguise of so-called European proclamation that opposition armed forces will not allow WHO, UNHCR and Europe to interfere in the Ebola outbreak. History of Ebola and Crimean Congo Haemorrhagic Virus Scientists studying viral disease agents in the laboratory for biowarfare purposes and cure against it have become infected in Russia, United States, Crimea, Tajikistan, Philippines, Germany, Former Yugoslavia, United Kingdom, Netherlands, South Africa many decades ago. A similar accident with Ebola had reportedly occurred at the US Army’s biodefense laboratory at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland, where the Ebola virus was invented, but the researcher involved didn’t acquire the disease. This incident is not listed on the CDC’s list of confirmed outbreaks, perhaps because the researcher didn’t develop antibodies. At the beginning of the former century, new concerns about bio-weapons being used to generate terror and also with a series of new disease-causing microbes have resulted in infections and deaths of workers studying them in the laboratories. And now we have bats, monkeys, tics, swine, horse flies and mosquitos are spreading genetic manipulated diseases made in biowarfare Centers throughout the hearts of all epidemics. Some latest examples: the 2014 infections and deaths of five researchers who were isolating the West African Ebola virus for deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) sequencing epidemiology studies. Beginning in March 2014, a devastating Ebola outbreak in West Africa caused widespread suffering and damaged fragile public health systems. Hundreds of thousands of unwitting people are systematically exposed to dangerous pathogens and other incurable diseases. Biowarfare scientists using diplomatic cover test man-made viruses at Pentagon bio-laboratories in 25 countries across the world causing especially Ebola and HIV in Africa for depopulation reasons. These US Ebola biowarfare-laboratories are funded, amongst many others, by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) under a $ 2.1 billion military program, Cooperative Biological Engagement Program (CBEP), and are located in former Soviet Union countries such as Georgia and Ukraine, the Middle East, South East Asia and Africa. It is very striking the number of American research laboratories, who have created the Ebola virus, working on protection against bioterrorism has increased from 20 to 400 over the last 10 years throughout the Ebola and HIV fallout regions. Most of these centers appeared in African countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, DRC, Tanzania, Uganda, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Egypt. Such laboratories allow developing biological weapons. rest: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-09-02/van-dongen-why-africa-faces-biggest-threat-ebola-explosion What can you do for Jesus? Learn what 1 person can accomplish. The Man from George Street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkjMvPhLrn8 Pages: 1 ... 10 11 [12] Go Up	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line42
__label__wiki	0.828048	0.828048	14 Episodes Set in Bologna PICK A FORMAT REGION 1, NTSC REGION 2, PAL REGION 1, NTSC In the United States, buy Episodes 1-8 on DVD from MHz Networks or Amazon Region 1, NTSC Region 1, NTSC Region 1, NTSC Episodes 1-4 Episodes 5-8 Episodes 1-8 BUY NOW from MHz! BUY NOW from MHz! BUY NOW from Mhz! REGION 2, PAL Region 2, PAL Region 2, PAL Episodes 1-4 Season 1 Episodes 5-8 Season 3 Episodes 13-14 RAI Trade, the distributor of world-wide licensing for the series. Day of the Wolf (Il giorno del lupo) Coliandro, a young, low-ranking police officer in Bologna, accidentally comes into contact with Nikita when she comes to see a colleague of him in another department. She wants to show him a suspect package that she has been given to deliver. Coliandro, seeing this as his big break in the force, offers to help her. The package contains a large sum of money in cash and a mysterious floppy disk that blocks the police computing system. When they try to deliver the package to the addressee, they find him dead in his office. Into a Trap (In trappola) Inspector Trombetti returns fire during a police operation in a dark garage. When the lights come on, the body of a local gangster is found, but he was unarmed. Trombetti is suspended, and there are even rumours that he once worked for the gangster. Coliandro, convinced of his friend's innocence, clears Trombetti and discovers who the dishonest cop really is, all with the help of the gangster's sister, with whom he falls in love. Chinese Revenge (Vendetta cinese) Chinese child vanishes, leaving behind a dragon key ring. Urged on by his sweet but insistent niece, Ispector Coliandro, theoretically on leave to look after the little girl, begins an investigation of his own within Bologna's Chinese community. Black Magic (Magia nera) A Nigerian girl is killed. After a series of blunders, Coliandro is accused of being racist. He is taken off the case and assigned to escort Kiru, the victim’s sister, from Nigeria. The two wind up having a passionate affair as Coliandro discovers that the victim was actually a maid killed by Kiru’s sister, who was trying to get her hands on a large sum of money. The Pistol (La pistola) Jelena, a young woman of Slavic origin, steals Coliandro’s pistol while he is trying to arrest her for theft. Unable to let his fellow officers or superiors know what has happened to his weapon, Coliandro sets off on yet another personal investigation. In his search for the pistol, he uncovers an alliance between the merciless "Balkans Mafia" and the Neapolitan Camorra, as well as a racket involving the recycling of toxic waste. Sex and Secrets (L'escort) A minor murder case would go unnoticed, were it not for the escorts, or high-class call girls, involved. Plus the fact that the investigation is being sandbagged from on high. Though Coliandro is told to work on other matters, he naturally begins a counter-investigation of his own. With the help of Simona, also an escort, he uncovers a complex plot that incriminates deviant portions of the secret service and strongholds of economic and political power. Double Robbery (La rapina) A group of armed robbers takes the customers and personnel of a bank hostage, little knowing that Inspector Coliandro is using the bank’s bathroom, or that there are three even more desperate criminals - armed with real weapons and not toy ones like the robbers – already in the bank, ready to do whatever it takes to retrieve important documents that could send them to prison. Coliandro, once again leaving his superiors speechless, foils both plots, saving the hostages in the bargain. Never Steal from a Thief (Il furto) A band of gipsies robs the wrong house. Realizing as much, their chief Vlad tries to take the loot back. But, shortly after, he and a gipsy girl are killed. Another girl, who Coliandro once let go after catching her stealing, survives the attack and runs to the Inspector for help. Working alongside Elena, a young social worker specialized in gipsy affairs, as well as his fellow officer "Gambero", Coliandro uncovers a dangerous criminal band. Never Retreat (Sempre avanti) While on duty at a soccermatch, Coliandro arrests a hooligan who provides an important tip in exchange for his release. But Coliandro, injured by an escaping girl hooligan at the same game, fails to hear the information. When the informant, plus the other officers who were with Coliandro that day, die inmysterious circumstances, Coliandro, with the help of Lara, a female kick-boxing champion and friend of the dead hooligan, sets out to discover exactly what he “doesn’t know”. The Suspect (Il sospetto) Coliandro’s long-time friend Gargiulo is the primary suspect in the murder of a beautiful young Slavic girl named Giada. A desperate Coliandro draws on the help of Catena, Gargiulo’s cousin and a female folksinger. Giada was an aspiring actress, and thanks to Catena’s undercover work in the office of the murdered girl’s press agent, Coliandro brings to the light a prostitution ring specialised in blackmailing leading political and financial figures. Campus Thrill (Sangue in facolitá) The murders of two professors and a student convince Coliandro that a serial killer is on the loose at the University of Bologna, but nobody on the force buys his theory. While carrying out yet another one of his “private” investigation, Coliandro also does his best to protect Valentina, a young, sightless assistant professor whom hebelieves is on the killer’s list, and whose delicate, sensitive personality makes for a marked contrast with the Inspector’s own uncouth, superficial self. Cous Cous (Cous cous alla Bolognese) Inspector Coliandro receives a missing-person report from Amina, a young North African woman whose honest, hard-working father has disappeared. With Amina by his side, and increasingly in his heart, Coliandro stumbles onto a colossal error on the part of foreign intelligence services and rogue elements of domestic intelligence. Though in over his head from the start, Coliandro’s investigation leads to the arrest of a dangerous terrorist and thwarts the plot of the rogue Italian agents. Anomaly 21 (Anomalia 21) Though Coliandro has been transferred to the passport control office, he manages to save a young states witness from being killed by the Mafiosi against whom she will be testifying. A new prosecutor mistakes Coliandro’s unconventional methods for aiding and abetting the Mafia and has him jailed. After narrowly surviving an attempt on his own life, Coliandro uncovers an underworld spy within the force, though naturally the credit for what he has done goes elsewhere. Coliandro, whose latest transfer finds him in the police-dog department, is asked by his sister to find out whether her daughter Angelica is involved in a satanic sect. Coliandro infiltrates the group and saves Vanessa, a sensual “dark lady”, from an attempted rape. Vanessa offers to help Coliandro search for his niece Angelica, who has gone missing. But when Vanesssa turns out to be the leader of the sect, it looks like both Angelica and Coliandro are about to be sacrificed by the Satanists.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line49
__label__wiki	0.822512	0.822512	Home Aintree Becher Chase and Tingle Creek meetings 2016 by Will Kedjanyi Becher Chase and Tingle Creek meetings 2016 by Will Kedjanyi This weekend’s racing is so good that it’s only right to a) Cover it all and b) Showcase it for the masses. This is an example of what you get from me when you sign-up, on a weekly basis and for the big festivals too. Plus you’ll get Daily Tips plus our profitable Plays and Lays. We also offer our Saturday Steamer (recent winners 10/1, 10/1, 11/2 and 11/2) for free. Happy racing and enjoy! We finally hit some form through last weekend with three winners, two of them double figure prices, all coming from the red-hot yard of Gordon Elliott. His six winners was just reward for a huge effort on his team’s behalf, having sent 27 runners from his yard, and it was fitting that his stable staff were all in an end-of-day picture taken to commemorate the occasion. His strength in depth has increased exponentially over the last two years, with the dispute between Willie Mullins and Gigginstown having been of huge benefit him. Whilst Elliott was no small player beforehand, the moving of talent across yards does promise for several big head to head clashes earlier through the season and the prodigious talent is to be applauded for his feats. The opportunities and pitfalls come thick and fast this weekend, with a strong renewal of the Becher Chase (1.35) at Aintree the feature betting contest of the day. Six of the last 10 winners of this contest had seen the famous fences before, so it may be wise to have at least one of those horses in your portfolio. Vieux Lion Rouge’s petrol gage ran out when he was seventh in last year’s National on testing ground but he had jumped with nothing but aplomb before and over a trip more like today it’s not hard to imagine him being far more involved. The handicapper has dropped this seven year old 4lbs for that effort, a lenient move, and the form of the National Hunt Chase has worked out remarkably well, so much so that even a 20 length sixth is nothing to be ashamed of (over a trip probably too long for him as well). This is his first run since the National but David Pipe can be trusted to get him spot on with the major incentive of encouraging the handicapper to raise him from a mark of 142 – which would not have been sufficient to make the final field in the National last year – encouragement enough to back him on this first run. A clear standout amongst the first timers at Aintree is Viconte Du Noyer, who is one of many new recruits to Colin Tizzard’s yard that have already made a serious mark. It was a wild Grade 3 chase that he won at Cheltenham’s Open Meeting over just about the same trip here, but it was one that was filled with quality, including Minella Rocco, National Hunt Chase winner, in third. He appeared dramatically improved for the step up in trip and whilst this is once again tougher, his jumping held up at Cheltenham were many others failed. If he is to be considered, then so must Alvardo, who was fourth in successive Nationals and then second in the Scottish edition last year. He has often been handed with minimal effort for end of season goals in the past but with the rising standard, connections are keen to grab the handicappers attention earlier in season in order to ensure entry. A fine sixth at Cheltenham when he was staying on eye-catching, that was his first since since Ayr in April and he ought to progress plenty for that. This is a crucial question with The Last Samuri, sensibly sent here to see more of the fences that he took to with such aplomb when he was second in the national last year. His return at Down Royal suggests that he should be coming here fit and ready, although on a mark of 159 entry to the big prize is assured and victory is not the be all and end all that is could be for some others. Gordon Elliot took a big staying handicap prize with Empire of Dirt and the claims of Ucello Conti are obvious. The French import was second in the Paddy Power Handicap Chase and then third in the Thyestes last season before his National sixth, and having had a spin over hurdles, he ought to be ripe and ready for an attack on this big prize. The Young Master, a winner of the Bet365, went up just 1lb for that and appeals as still being well treated here, Cogry still holds a great deal of potential as a staying chaser although a clear round would be a bonus for the midlands National third here. Highland Lodge won this race last year (although certainly a weaker renewal). He didn’t get into the National, although anther win would give him great chances of making Aintree. It would be a surprise where he not ready to go for here. Saint Are disappointed in the National last year but the ground may not have been to his liking. He’s still just 1lb higher than his last winning mark and he’s impossible not to notice at 16’s Sizing Coal disappointed when last seen on these shores, but he redeemed himself with a fine run at Punchestown in April over 3m5f and won nicely at Sligo when last season, giving the Potts a solid hand. The Grand Sefton (3.15) is no less competitive but Benny’s Mist, an impressive winner last year, could take the beating once again. He disappointed at the National meeting but didn’t run a bad race for the rest of the season and improved rapidly from his first run at the last time of asking last year. This has clearly been the plan since and it’ll likely take a good effort to beat him. This is Valadom’s first time over these fences but the way that Richard Hobson’s seven-year-old has shaped suggests he will adore them. He was brilliant in the Cross-Country at the festival last year, leading the field at a fearsome gallop until his stamina gave out from the third last, but recently he has won impressively over three miles and Uttoxeter and Bangor, the last time getting the better of the topweight Seventh Sky. This trip is probably exactly what he wants and he looks sure to go well. Down south at Sandown, the Henry II Novices’ Chase is a race that defines the term small but select. Altior, the stunning winner of last year’s Supreme when he won by seven lengths going away, has always promised so much as a chaser and he looked in love with jumping in his own time during a match race at Kempton. Today he has just three more rivals, but this is going to be a far tougher test with the front running pair Charbel and Marracudja in attendance to test him – and the first time out winner Max Ward. He should still be far too good for that pair – he was 12 lengths ahead of Charbel in the Supreme of last year and is rated 8lbs clear of Marracudja – but today will not be the gallop round that he enjoyed. Charbel was sensationally tough when he beat the subsequent Grade 2 winner Le Prezien and the subsequent dual winner Top Notch at Uttoxeter from the front. Marrcudja is a dual chase winner already, having bolted up by nine lengths at Newton Abboy before getting home by a neck having set strong fractions at the Showcase meeting (Cheltenham) when the first three (one of whom has won since) ended up 24 lengths clear of the rest. Mac Ward himself came from a long layoff when he won on his chasing debut by four lengths, so we should see a bit more from the Arkle favourite. The Tingle Creek (3.00) has been all about what horse hasn’t turned up, but it’s a fascinating renewal nevertheless and it might well go to Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh in the shape of Un De Secaux. He has fallen on his seasonal reappearance for the past two years, but he appears to be a more tractable horse now than he was in the past and it’s worth remembering the best of his form. He beat God’s Own by six lengths in the Arkle as a novice and then he beat Sire De Grugy by 5 lengths in the Clarence House in January; Whilst he was thrashed in the Celebration Chase here, there is no Sprinter Sacre around here for him today and he ought to take the beating. Gary Moore is a key player with Sire De Grugy, the 2013 and 2015 winner. Tears will be shed if he wins again and his recent victory was deeply impressive at Ascot last time, although he has to improve again a little on the figures if he is to turn around the form with Un De Secaux. The one horse in the field with the most potential is Ar Mad, who was wildly impressive when he took the Henry The II novice chase last year over course and distance before then taking the Wayward Lad. The times he recorded on both occasions (he was faster than the Tingle Creek last year on this card) particularly in the latter, where he was faster than Sprinter Sacre on the same card to the tune of three were remarkable, and nobody doubts that he has more to offer given his short career and the fact connections had only just discovered his best tactics when he suffered injury last year. God’s Own, fourth in the Champion last year, then won the 2 mile Champion at Punchestown and made a fine return in the Old Roan. However he didn’t find nearly as much as had been expected in the 9165 for pressure and that might leave him with something to prove. It was a weak renewal of the Haldon Gold Cup that Sir Valentino won and Vibrato Valtat was behind God’s Own at Ascot. The December Handicap Hurdle (2.25) is a tough affair but as with so many things, the answer may lie with Nicky Henderson. His Consul De Thaix is fascinating contender after just three runs off 132, having debuted in promising fashion when third in a Grade 2 at Cheltenham, but another younger of his might be best. Brain Power didn’t quite live upto the heights that were promised at points during his novice season, but an 11 length defeat to Charbel doesn’t look as bad now and his third at the Punchestown Festival in a Grade 1 showed plenty of potential. He didn’t really build on that a lot in the Greatwood, but he travelled well before blowing up significantly and it would be a surprise if he didn’t strip significantly fitter this time around. Zubayr, booked for second in the Elite Hurdle when coming down at the last, and Wishfull Dreaming, who is still open to improvement despite disappointing at Cheltenham when well fancied, are both of interest, as is the UK debutant Indietir, who has three wins and two seconds in nine starts over hurdles in France including a second in a Grade 1. The young Grassten should improve for the Moores, and Faithful Mount, second in a fair race at Musselbrugh, is also of interest. Over in Ireland, there is a fantastic weekend of action which starts in the strongest fashion with the Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Beginners Chase (11.55). This is usually a well upto scratch race and this-years also looks right up there. It’s a surprise that Martello Tower didn’t go chasing last season when he ran three times over hurdles with a moderate amount of credit, but he looked at home over fences when he was second to the smart Anibale Fly (Grade 1 placed) on his chasing debut at Navan with a smart previous winner behind – the three 11 lengths clear. This step up in trip ought to bring about bundles of improvement, as a step to three miles will in the future, and he holds strong claims today. He’ll need to be on his game if he’s going to be able to get the better of Acapella Bourgeois, a double Grade 2 winner last year, and A Genie in a Bottle, who impressed on his chasing debut at Galway. If Childrens List can recover his form over hurdles, then he ought to be able to go very well over fences. The Irish Racing Year Book Maiden Hurdle (2.00) is of great interest for the return to the racecourse, and hurdling debut, of Castello Sforza. A deeply impressive winner of the George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper, where he beat Sunni May ans a certain Death Duty in impressive style last April, he changed hands to JP McManus and was not seen until the festival last March when he was a fine fourth on his only run of last season. The form of that race has taken a couple of knocks but he could easily be called the most promising prospect from the race and after two runs it would be a shock if he didn’t have plenty of improvement left in him. This is not a gimme assignment, given that the talented Gunnery Sergeant, third in the Royal Bond last year, is in opposition, and Runfordave, who was third over 2m4f at Punchestown in a smart event that has already seen a subsequent winner, now gets to drop in trip here to boot. However he is a horse of immense potential and it would be no surprise if he were to take higher rank than his contemporaries here. Take the chance that tomorrow’s price is correct, and back him for the Neptune at what is a big each/way price. The action does not stop today, however, with the Hatton’s Grace day at Fairyhouse. We start with the Bar One Racing Juvenile (12.40), where one of the leading Triumph contenders takes shape in Landofhopeandglory. Fourth in the Queen’s Vase and second in the Curragh Cup on the flat, he has won both his starts with ease but will have his first tough examination here as Mega Fortune, a 13 length winner at Down Royal and useful himself on the flat, is in opposition and receiving weight, whilst Bapaume was a seven length winner of the Milly La Foret on her second French start. Fellow import Soir De Chanetenay is already a three-time winner, twice at Auteil, and ought to be respected, whilst the money had come for Daktoa Moirette before her debut at Gowran when she fell early. Easy Pass also unseated in the same race but looked exposed on the flat. The Royal Bond (1.10) is even better. Peace News, well races and consistent on the flat, was impressive when winning a strong maiden hurdle at Cork when he beat two fellow Irish debutants, both of whom are well regarded (especially the third, Timi Roli). The fourth, eight lengths back from the first three, was beaten 12 and a half lengths further than he was on his debut. It’s understandable that he’s favorite for this and short for the supreme, although this is a deep race. The most striking visual performance came from Saturnas, who streaked away from his field to leave them eight lengths behind and in the dust at Naas. That victory showcased limitless potential for him to go further and that must be respected although it should be noted that Valgor Du Ronceray, runner up that day, has since been beaten further (13 & ½ lengths at Thurles), to dampen down the form. Labaik is already a Graded winner, having overcome a bad trip and some worse jumping to win the For Auction Novice Hurdle at Naas. A fine ride from Ruby Walsh got him home that day but he will have to be sharper on all counts. He was too good for Le Martalian, who disappointed there. The blinkers are off for the hood, which should allow him to settle better The finish of his was fought out between two horses who had long summer campaigns and it’s interesting that Ruby Walsh has kept faith with Penhill of Willie Mullins, the classy flat performer who would most likely be unbeaten if it wasn’t for him bleeding in July. He didn’t jump as well as one would have hoped a five time winner over hurdles would have when he won the Joe Mac Novice Hurdle and that most likely won’t be sufficient here; His speed isn’t in doubt. Airlie Beach, the remarkable mare who has already foaled (she did so at 3!) is on a roll and impressed when giving weight and a beating to Shattered Love at Down Royal. She looks to have been a little underestimated by the market given that runner up’s useful. Forge Meadow is 25/1 following a debut win where she got the better of the very useful flat horse Toe The Line. Only a short head separated them there but that’s no shame and she was second only to Augsta Kate at Punchestown last year, having previously won a valuable Fairyhouse Bumper by five and a half lengths. Getting weight from all, she can go well. In the Hatton’s Grace (1.40), the will they won’t they story has left us with Vroum Vroum Mag from the Ricci and Mullins battalion. It will be fascinating to see the mare return after her hard fought win in the Champion Hurdle at Punchestown, where she beat Identity Thief and My Tent Or Yours, a career best on her first start in open company. Repeat that performance and she most likely wins here but this is her first start of the season and she will have to be fit and on her game to get better of some talented enough rivals. The market only give stabemate Shaneshill a chance. Graham Wylie’s chosen charge – Nichols Canyon stays home – mixed between chasing and hurdling last year, finishing second at Cheltenham in the RSA and then second to Thistlecrack at Aintree over hurdles. He could well have won his Grade 1 over hurdles had he stayed up at Punchestown in the World Series Hurdle, and he appears big having had a run to boot; although he would want a strong pace here; he made his ground too late on his reappearance at Navan in the Lismullen Hurdle. Apple’s Jade is interesting – she’s not yet been as impressive as she was as a juvenile, but had she not been hampered she might have won the Fighting Fifth and surely would want to step up in trip too. If she’s gotten over that hard race then she’s a serious player even if this demands yet more improvement. Ivanovich Gorbatov has been a disappointment this year whilst this is surely too short for Dedigout as he showed when he was fourth in the Lismullen. Monksland may enjoy hurdling again but has something to prove still and Whiteout is in the same category. The Drinmore (2.40) is arguably the race of the day. Diamond King is favourite having won the Coral Cup last year before finding the World Series Hurdle too far for him. The way he jumped so easily on his winning debut at Galway suggests that he’ll do well here, but this is a seriously, seriously hot race. A Toi Phil was disappointment in the spring of last season but before that he’d been deeply impressive in winning a Grade 2 and he trashed his opposition in the Florida Pearl at Punchestown. He appears to be a winter horse and a repeat of his best efforts here will make him a serious player. Alpha Des Obeaux is the best staying hurdler that will go novice chasing through the season in the absence of Thistlecrack, but his start to the larger obstacles has not gone as smoothly as hoped. A step up to three miles will help him and his jumping but it has come a cropper once or twice already and he faces speedier rivals too already this season. Tony Martin’s Anibale Fly was impressive on chasing debut and looks still to be improving in what has been a short but fruitful career. He jumped nicely on his chasing debut when he won a strong enough race and the step up in trip ought to be a big benefit to a horse whose career best came when stepped up four furlongs in trip over hurdles. Those four are the clear best on figures and it is very hard to look outside that. Coney Island will be much better for a step up to three miles and the same can be said of Road To Respect and Lieutenant Colonel. 11.55 Fairyhouse – 2 pts win Martello Tower (15/8 general) 1.35 Aintree – 1 pt each/way Alvarado (10/1 Bet Victor, general) 1.35 Aintree – 1 pt each/way Vieux Lion Rouge (9/1 Coral, Paddy Power, Bet Victor) 2.25 Sandown – 1 pt each/way Brain Power (15/2 Paddy Power, Bet Victor) 3.15 Aintree – 1 pt each/way Valadom (9/1 *Sky Bet, 11/1 general) 3.05 Sandown – 2 pts win Un De Sceaux (2/1 general) Ante-Post Advice 1 pt each/way Castello Sforza, Neptune (25/1 Hills, 20/1 general) Further ante-post advice available for Community Members. Previous articleBetfair Chase 2016 Preview and Tips Next articleFIVE GOLD RINGS Grand National 2018 A-Z plus Aintree tips Ladies Day at Aintree 2018 – Preview and Tips Can ladies make the difference at the Grand National?	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line53
__label__cc	0.506766	0.493234	Shadow Club ‘Shadow Series’ The ‘Shadow Series’ introduces Danny Benedict (‘Benedict’) and Detective Inspector Ellen Wallace (‘Wallace’) and other characters. This series will provide an insight into the murky corners where murder and robbery mixes with ‘high-crime’ and the world of global finance. Benedict is an ex-murder detective now working at the National Crime Agency (NCA). He has history; some is well-known and public knowledge but some isn’t. Wallace is a highly regarded Detective Inspector in the ‘Flying Squad’; the robbery squad within the Metropolitan Police (Met). They are working on independent cases, which come together and start them down a path … one they never would have expected to travel. #1 The Weight of Shadows When you have spent your life in the shadows, what would you do at the dying of the light? Three years ago the best murder detective in London is blamed for the death of his colleague and kicked out of the Met. A man with secrets buried in the past and present returns to London, the city that started the mysterious career which made him a billionaire. The two need each other. But they have no idea how much. Amazon UK Kobo UK Amazon US Kobo US #2 The Wait for Shadows Every morning you can watch the sunbeams glitter, certain you no longer need to wait for shadows. An assassin wants revenge but doesn’t know who to kill. A drug dealer wants revenge without the muscle to kill. A ‘wild beast’ can help them both. Can anybody stop it? The last six days in ‘The Weight of Shadows’ were just the beginning. Danny Benedict and the whole team must get ready — it’s day seven. #3 The Water’s Shadow Deep down, we lose the light. Far beneath in the sickly light, dark secrets sleep in the depths. Do you stay in the shallows or seek answers in the water’s shadows? Where you know, Benedict and the team discover more as they go deeper. It’s day fourteen. © 2023 . Built using WordPress and the Mesmerize theme	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line54
__label__wiki	0.601771	0.601771	SOMETIMES IT'S HARD TO BE A WOMAN! Judy Murray, no mean slouch as a role model herself, uses the same mantra with all her wee female tennis wannabes: If you can see it, you can be it. In some cases, in some places, that’s a whole lot easier said than achieved. I give you the United States of America where the smartest, most gifted challenger to be the Democratic Party’s candidate to run against the appalling Trump person has had to drop out. Elizabeth Warren did, in fairness, have one outstanding character flaw. She’s a woman. When Hillary Clinton failed to stop Trump four years ago many people thought it was because she carried too much personal baggage from a lifetime in politics. And that was undeniably a factor. Yet throughout the campaign, and most especially during the TV debates, she also suffered from a prejudice encountered by all females in politics – an innate hostility towards any uppity woman daring to seem smart. (ask Nicola Sturgeon.) Elizabeth Warren is blessed with capacious energy levels, an enviable intellectual grasp of contemporary issues, an articulate delivery, a natural empathy and, not at all unimportantly, a discernible sense of humour. So she lost to two old men who have been round the same block more times than the folk delivering the mail. Should either get elected, they will be over 80 at the end of one term. That is way too old. I’ve got enough years on the clock to know that nobody gets a free health pass. As Bernie Sanders’ heart attack might have told him. As Joe Biden’s serial inability to remember any punch line demonstrated. You don’t necessarily lose your marbles when you get older – but sometimes it takes longer to locate them. If this were just about Biden and Sanders, their egos, and their reluctance to leave the political stage, you could retain a fondness for the positive qualities both men also harbour. But this too serious to be indulging their fantasies. 2020 is about one thing only; ridding their country of a malign presence in the top job. Someone who has trashed the best American values, feathered his own unlovely nest, appointed family and sycophants to crucial roles, dismantled vital agencies, and, throughout it all, demonstrated an overweening personal vanity wrapped up in the thinnest of skins. Try as I might I can’t visualise Mr Angry or Mr Bumble kicking him out. I’ve never wanted more fervently to be wrong. There has been another smart American woman in the news this last week. Another woman with the temerity to have actual opinions of her own. Another woman demonstrating an effortless ability to relate to people without seeming even slightly patronising. Yet even as Meghan Markle was delighting over-awed pupils at an East London school or accompanying her husband on a farewell round of engagements, there was still sniping and trolling from the media. And not just in the tackier tabloids.One female columnist in a Murdoch Sunday broadsheet wrote yesterday: “However glossy and glamorous Meghan’s final trolling lap of the country may seem, let us never forget the appalling and destructive and grasping manner in which she left.” And we wonder, or maybe we don’t, why this effortlessly glamorous, long standing supporter of good causes, felt that if life as a grafted on Royal was going to stay this poisonous she was outta here. I’ve never thought the House of Windsor was over endowed with functioning grey matter, but you think someone might have grasped that Meghan was the best thing to happen to their brand since Diana. And rather more gifted than that fragile specimen. Watching Meghan entrance star struck students – most especially teenage boys – at that school the other day, reminded me forcibly of the way Michelle Obama came over during a similar visit to a girls’ school in London. Just instinctively dishing out hugs, because that was the most natural thing to do. Given a fair wind and an even break, Meghan could have been the Royal Family’s Michelle. Instead she’s made the great escape to a country where she can bring up her son in relative normalcy and taken the most popular, nearly normal, Royal male with her. Back at our own ranch we’ve watched a couple of smart young female politicians decide to throw in the towel at Holyrood because of a political system which makes few allowances for the competing demands of work and family. As one of my colleagues shrewdly noted on the airwaves yesterday, if you can make all kinds of alternative arrangements for a possible pandemic, why should it be beyond the wit of parliament to offer family friendlier ways of working? You will note that those men standing down are not doing so because they have young children at home. Most of them are quitting because they have put in years and decades before the mast, and they reckon they’re owed some downtime. And they are. Maybe they could make a quick call to Joe and Bernie. The unpalatable fact is that there are still very different ground rules for working men and women; different expectations, different standards to be held to. And, most especially, very different ways of viewing personal characteristics. We’ve know for a very long while that men who persist are admirably assertive and women doing the same, annoyingly pushy. We know that men can wear the same soup stained suit to work for weeks at a time (unless the little woman takes it to the cleaners for them), but that every stricken detail of a high achieving woman’s wardrobe is subject to minute analysis. And there is a sad PS to all this. It’s still said in some quarters of the UK that “women won’t vote for a woman.” Worse still, in America it was often Warren admiring women who suggested that their country wouldn’t put a woman in the White House. That a woman couldn’t beat Trump. Personally I believe Elizabeth Warren could have had him for breakfast. But now we’ll never know. Grrr. First published in The National 9.3.20	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line64
__label__wiki	0.581512	0.581512	Topic: New Dead Space Trailer Highlights A Grand Re-Envisioned Sci ... And it's glorious. If all we wind up with is a shiny new Dead Space with some additional voice acting and other 'fresh' elements, we'll still be sinners. However, EA and Motive are promising so much more and today's new trailer titled Humanity End Here is perhaps our best look yet and just how fundamentaly different this reimagining of the OG will be. Prepare to unravel a thrilling mystery in the darkest depths of space. When Isaac Clarke and the USG Kellion were dispatched to repair the USG Ishimura mining vessel, they had no idea how quickly a routine mission could turn into a complete nightmare. What did the Ishimura crew discover in the darkness? What happened to them? And what does this mean for the future of mankind itself? In addition to the new trailer, and even more content around the game in the pipeline ahead of its January 27 release date (so stay tuned), EA and Motive also updated the game's official development blog with an entry titled "Story Matters". Here's an excerpt: Fortunately, in remaking Dead Space, the team at Motive™ had the benefit of working from a story that was already pretty great, one based in recognizable and near-universal themes. “You’re descending into Hell to save your beloved,” says Senior Game Writer Jo Berry. “That’s one of the oldest stories there is. But the Dead Space interpretation of that is also very relevant, because it talks about corporate corruption, about spirituality going awry, about division versus reconnection....” “And it plays on fears that we all share,” says Realization Director Joel MacMillan. “The fear of the unknown, of isolation, paranoia, dehumanization—these fears are common in all cultures, communities, and generations. They’re ingrained in us at a genetic level.” “But it’s also a really personal story,” says Lead Level Designer Catherine Stewart. “Despite the monsters and the sci-fi nature of it, you’re still very anchored in something that’s a personal journey, and that keeps it relatable.” Click the link above for the full blog post which is a really great read for people who pour over story details, layered narrative and storytelling philosophies. And as mentioned above, also, stay tuned for more closer to launch right here on AusGamers.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line73
__label__wiki	0.812187	0.812187	Tag: The High Window The High Window Press By Richard \| June 7, 2022 by Richard Delighted to have a couple of poems in the latest edition of the High Window, out today. Haven’t had the chance to read through yet, but knowing some of the other poets appearing it will be great. Have a read through here https://thehighwindowpress.com/category/poetry/ Landings – Fifth Review By Richard \| January 6, 2020 January 6, 2020 by Richard The Fifth, and for now, most recent, review of Landings appeared on the High Window Press Website at the end of last year. Sydney Whiteside completed her review by summarising: Landings gracefully articulates anxieties about the future, though these fears are balanced by an uncompromising sense of hopefulness. Williams grounds philosophical musings in brilliant, concrete detail. He evokes the history and topography of Portsmouth with confidence and honesty. The poems in Landings champion the power of memory, uniquely…	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line77
__label__cc	0.608911	0.391089	Cyrillic transcription of the middle text of the Rosetta Stone Rosetta Stone - The Monument of Ancient Macedonian - Pre-Slavic Script and Language Tracing the Script and the Language of the Ancient Macedonians Tracing the Script and the Language of the Ancient Macedonians - Rosetta Stone 1. Basic characteristics of the script 2. Wiring for sound of the identified signs 2.1. Wiring for sound of the syllabic signs 2.2. Wiring for sound of the signs for isolated consonants 2.3. Wiring for sound of the signs for isolated vowels 2.4. Wiring for sound of the pictographic signs 2.5. Wiring for sound of the ligatures 3. Some rules for writing 4. Mentioning the name of the emperor (pharaoh) 5. Mentioning the names of the emperor's (pharaoh's) ancestors 6. Categories of young maids 7. Categories of priests 8. Deciphering the last line of the text 9. Names of the territories and peoples 10. Names of gods and their functions 11. Vocabulary < Tracing the Script and the Language of the Ancient Macedonians - Rosetta Stone The syllabic scripts contain the characteristics of the language that they are used to write much more than do the sound scripts. If the basic assumption is that the analyzed text is written in the language of the ancient Macedonians, the determination of the sound characteristics of that language will be realized through the sound features of the domestic population in the Balkan area, as their parent territory. We assume that the sound values of the vowels and consonants, as mostly not liable to changes, have retained the same pronunciation up to the present day. ‹ 1.4. Writing of ligatures Вверх 2.1. Wiring for sound of the syllabic signs ›	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line81
__label__wiki	0.900374	0.900374	Baltimore 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 3 5 0 Toronto 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 x 6 8 0 W: Y. Kikuchi (5-7) L: J. Lyles (10-11) 4:07 PM PT5:07 PM MT6:07 PM CT7:07 PM ET19:07 ET23:07 GMT7:07 4:07 PM MST6:07 PM EST6:37 PM VEN3:07 UAE (+1)5:07 PM CT, September 16, 2022 Rogers Centre, Toronto, Ontario Attendance: 36,573 Matt Chapman homers twice, Blue Jays beat Orioles 6-3 MLB Headlines Mets lock up McNeil on 4-year, $50M deal Dodgers, P Gonsolin agree on 2-year deal Rays extend INF Diaz for 3 years, $24M Jays ink reliever Green for 2 yrs, $8.5M M's, Diego Castillo head to arbitration OF Fowler retires after 14-year career RHP Greinke returns to Royals for 2023 Marlins acquire Red Sox reliever Barnes Marlins' Chisholm on MLB The Show cover Plan outlined for new Rays' ballpark By IAN HARRISON TORONTO (AP) Matt Chapman hit two home runs, George Springer added a three-run shot and the Toronto Blue Jays maintained their position in the AL wild-card race, beating the Baltimore Orioles 6-3 on Friday night. Chapman went 3 for 4 with three RBIs and three runs to help the Blue Jays (82-63) earn their AL-leading 39th comeback win. "We've got our most important baseball left to play," Chapman said. "For me to be able to take good at bats and help this team is huge." Adley Rutschman hit a two-run home run and Gunnar Henderson added a solo shot for Baltimore (75-68). The Orioles finished with five hits and were unable to gain ground on the three leading wild-card contenders, Toronto, Tampa Bay and Seattle. "We didn't have our best night offensively," Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. The Blue Jays moved 1 1/2 games ahead of the Rays after Tampa Bay (80-64) lost 4-3 at home to Texas. "Obviously, every game is crucial," Chapman said of the tight AL playoff race. "You're playing against your own division but not only that, the calendar. There's only so many games left. It's hard to make up games. Any opportunity we can get to gain a game, whether it's separating ourselves from Baltimore or putting the pressure on the teams that are right in the mix with us, every game is huge." Toronto improved to 34-17 when hitting two or more home runs, bouncing back from an 11-0 loss to the Rays on Thursday. The Blue Jays won for the fifth time in six meetings with the Orioles. Chapman opened the scoring with a solo homer off Jordan Lyles in the second inning, his first since Aug. 20, ending a season-long 25-game drought. "He's always a threat to hit it hard," interim manager John Schneider said. Chapman made it 6-2 with a two-run shot off Joey Krehbiel in the sixth. The homers were his 25th and 26th. It was the 10th multi-homer game of his career. "They're a great offense," Hyde said about Toronto. "They've got a bunch of guys that can go deep." Julian Merryweather pitched two shutout innings in relief of Trevor Richards, who struck out the side in the first. Yusei Kikuchi (5-7) followed by allowing two runs in two innings. Lyles (10-11) allowed four runs and five hits in five innings, his second straight losing decision. "This is just one loss," Lyles said. "Obviously, the end of the season is upon us and each game means just that much more, but we've got a chance to win the series." Rutschman gave his team a 2-1 edge by homering off Yusei Kikuchi in the fourth, his 11th. The homer was Rutschman's first off a left-handed pitcher. "He's struggled a little bit right-handed," Hyde said of the switch-hitting Rutschman. "Good to see him get his first home run." Springer restored Toronto's lead with a two-out, full-count blast into the second deck in the fifth, his 21st. "That was huge," Chapman said. Chapman drove in Bo Bichette's leadoff single with another two-out homer in the sixth. After Kikuchi, Tim Mayza, Adam Cimber and Anthony Bass each worked one scoreless inning before Yimi Garcia allowed Henderson's homer in the ninth. The homer was Henderson's second. Blue Jays: C Alejandro Kirk (left hip) did not play for the third consecutive day. Orioles: LHP Alex Wells was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. STRONG IN SEPTEMBER Toronto is 12-4 in September. BATTLING BIRDS The Orioles and Blue Jays have split 14 meetings so far this season. Toronto concludes the regular season with three games at Baltimore. TRAIL AND FAIL The Orioles are 26-52 when their opponent scores first. RHP Kyle Bradish (3-6, 5.01 ERA) starts Saturday for the Orioles. RHP Jose Berrios (10-5, 5.07) starts for the Blue Jays. Berrios is 7-0 in 10 career starts against Baltimore. More AP MLB: https://apnews.com/hub/MLB and https://twitter.com/AP-Sports	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line82
__label__wiki	0.585706	0.585706	Trey Gowdy Exposed the Disturbing Truth That Terrifies Nancy Pelosi Trey Gowdy just put Nancy Pelosi on blast. The speaker of the House tried to pull off a massive power grab. Trey Gowdy exposed the disturbing truth that terrifies Nancy Pelosi. Nancy Pelosi blew up any credibility a January 6 select committee might have by rejecting House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s selections of Jim Jordan and Jim Banks to serve on the panel. McCarthy responded by pulling all Republicans that he initially chose to serve on the committee. On his Sunday night Fox News program, Trey Gowdy tore into Pelosi for her hypocrisy in rejecting Banks and Jordan while always turning to Adam Schiff – one of the most partisan hacks in the House of Representatives – as her go-to selection for investigations. Gowdy explained Pelosi’s reliance on Schiff as her pit bull began with the Benghazi select committee – which Gowdy chaired – for the express purpose of protecting Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. “She put Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on the Benghazi committee, even though his mind was fully made up, and he did everything he could to protect the Democrat nominee for president,” Gowdy told viewers. “That was his job. Not to interview survivors, not to access information, not to ascertain why the military did not respond in a timely manner, but protect Hillary Clinton. Pelosi picked him despite his bias.” Gowdy also noted that Pelosi tapped Schiff to serve as the lead impeachment manager when Democrats impeached President Trump for his phone call to the Ukrainian president in July 2019. The former South Carolina congressman added that in that investigation, Schiff fabricated a conversation between Trump and the Ukrainian president by adding his own dramatic reading of the transcript of their call and also lied about his staff working with the whistleblower whose complaint started off the entire ordeal. “She picked Schiff to lead the prosecution in a failed impeachment trial, even though Schiff misstated facts, misrepresented a meeting with the whistleblower, and manufactured evidence during a committee hearing…Pelosi picked him anyway,” Gowdy continued. Gowdy compared Jordan – who served on the House Oversight and Intelligence committees – taking part in multiple high-profile investigations, never leaked – compared to Schiff and Eric Swalwell, who Republicans accused of acting in bad faith, leaking constantly and attempting to undermine the investigation’s ability to get to the truth. In his monologue, Gowdy wondered why the press never asked Pelosi to explain her hypocritical behavior. “That is the question,” Gowdy told viewers. “Why Schiff and not Jordan? Why Swalwell and not Jordan? Why is it your members can have their minds already made up, but somehow that is disqualifying for the other side? It’s the sort of question a serious objective media would ask.… but the modern media in this country is just as partisan as politicians themselves. ‘Truth to Power,’ they claim. ‘Democracy Dies in Darkness,’ they claim. Well,” he said, “it doesn’t do well in the slew of hypocrisy either, that is where we are right now, and in no small part because the referee is just as partisan as the players.” Previous ArticleA Compromising Photo Put One Top Democrat in the Middle of a Crippling Scandal Next ArticleA Republican Senator Made a Major Announcement About Leaving the Chamber	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line91
__label__cc	0.584664	0.415336	Media & Hi Tech mygreece.tv Home / Nine muses / Politics / Cinema Costas Gavras will make a film about Varoufakis 31 August 2015 / 11:08:47 GRReporter Photo collage: thetoc.gr World famous director of Greek origin Costas Gavras is preparing to make a film about the negotiations between the SYRIZA government and Greece’s creditors in the first half of 2015. According to publications in the Greek media, he will film it in 2016 and his aim is to present all the events surrounding the protracted negotiations, including what happened behind the closed doors of meetings in Brussels. The main character in the endless negotiations, former Minister of Finance Yanis Varoufakis, will perform the main role in it. His confrontations with his German counterpart Wolfgang Schaeuble, chairman of the council of euro zone finance ministers Jeroen Dajsselbloem and Director of the International Monetary Fund Christine Lagarde will be in the centre of the script. Thus Gavras will offer Varoufakis the opportunity to present things through his prism and probably to reveal hitherto unknown details. Expectations are that the whole story will be associated with Yanis Varoufakis’ personality, style, eccentricity and public appearances. His flirting with the media, which he generously ‘fed’ with statements and appearances to satisfy his desire to hold the global public interest in himself will also be part of the script. Director Costas Gavras, who is also a resident of France, has become popular as a maker of films with political content. The emblematic political thriller "Z" (1969), which presents the assassination of Grigoris Lambrakis, a deputy of Unified Democratic Left, in troubled Greece in the middle of the 20th century won an Oscar in the Best Foreign Film category. In his latest film "Capital", Gavras criticizes modern capitalism. More about it is available here. Tags: CinemaPoliticsCostas GavrasFilmYanis VaroufakisNegotiations between Greece and creditors GRReporter’s content is brought to you for free 7 days a week by a team of highly professional journalists, translators, photographers, operators, software developers, designers. If you like and follow our work, consider whether you could support us financially with an amount at your choice. You can support us only once as well. More from "Nine muses" Greece's exit from Schengen will not solve the refugee crisis Incompetence fails SYRIZA’s governing Pensions, taxes and non-performing loans hinder negotiations with creditors Christ crucified again ... in Crete SYRIZA’s self-dissolution is a matter of weeks, the problem is what will happen afterwards	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line92
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__label__wiki	0.549338	0.549338	Discover the best of Tavistock November 12, 2020 \| by Marc Blake Discover the best of Tavistock: Tavistock Gift Card launches in time for Christmas in a bid to drive high street recovery The new Tavistock Gift Card has launched in time for Christmas, making it even easier to give the gift of Tavistock this festive season. Each gift card is a prepaid Mastercard that can be redeemed with over 50 businesses in the town, keeping money locked into Tavistock, and driving high street recovery. Tavistock Gift Cards can be purchased online and spent in person or online with retail, leisure, hospitality and on services in the town, offering a way for people to support Tavistock businesses whilst they are closed for the second lockdown in England. Both national and independent venues are part of the scheme, including Boutique 32. Owner Danni moved to a bigger store on Brook Street in August and said the Tavistock Gift Card will help people to shop locally: “We have a lot of independent businesses in Tavistock, which makes it unique. More people want to shop locally now and support us, and the Tavistock Gift Card is an easy way for them to do that. It will also bring more people to the town who want to use the gift card as an experience, to have some lunch, do a bit of shopping or get their nails done. It’s a nice family present. “Around 40% of the shop’s income is from Christmas sales, and another 30% from summer sales. We have experienced lockdowns in both of these key periods. When people shop locally, it is helping businesses in Tavistock to keep going and keep giving our customers the best shopping experience. You don’t get that with Amazon. “During this second lockdown, I’m lucky to have a website to sell through. The few orders I get each day are enough to get by and pay the bills. It is a stressful time, but even whilst we are closed, people can still support us in buying the Tavistock Gift Card as a present. I’m really grateful that the gift card has been set up.” The Tavistock Gift Card project is an initiative from Tavistock Business Improvement District (BID) supported by West Devon Borough Council as part of its Town Recovery Fund. Independent school Mount Kelly has also supported the programme: “Mount Kelly has been involved in discussion with various bodies focussing on developing ways that the town can bounce back from the impact of Covid-19,” said Guy Ayling, Head Master at Mount Kelly. “Tavistock BID’s gift card idea is a plan that drives business directly to the heart of town and as such deserves support. Mount Kelly is supporting this initiative because of the inter-dependence between town and school; we will both emerge stronger for working together, and both benefit when the other thrives.” Tavistock’s new gift card is part of the Town and City Gift Cards programme from Miconex. Exeter launched its Town and City Gift Card, the In Exeter Gift Card, in 2018 with thousands spent through the programme since then. Data from the Centre for Cities suggests Exeter is experiencing a moderately strong recovery from lockdown, whilst McKinsey data pinpoints the South West as one of the regions of the UK with the greatest percentage of jobs at risk. Tavistock hosted the Great Goosey Gander in October, to encourage people offline and into the town. The event was in place of the Goose Fair which usually attracts people into Tavistock en-masse. A popular Dickensian evening was also cancelled amidst requirements to avoid mass gatherings. BID Manager Janna Sanders said the Tavistock Gift Card will drive the recovery of the town and encourage visitors in a careful, managed way: “As a BID, we have wanted to introduce a gift card for nearly two years and have been fortunate in securing the funds necessary to launch the Tavistock Gift Card this year, thanks to West Devon Borough Council and Mount Kelly. “Tavistock is a destination town for visitors from Plymouth, South Devon and locally. Our position on the edge of Dartmoor with a high proportion of independent shops makes Tavistock a day out as well as a place to shop. With the introduction of the Tavistock Gift Card, we are bringing the focus back to our town and encouraging visitors and locals alike to look at what we have on offer in Tavistock. We have recently welcomed new traders to the town including homeware and lifestyle, a wine bar and an antique shop. “We’ve had a very positive response from residents about the introduction of the card and from businesses too. It’s free for businesses to be a part of the scheme. COVID-19 has been hugely challenging for businesses so the launch of the card comes at a really critical moment for our high street. “With Christmas around the corner and a new lockdown in our town, there is an opportunity for people to buy the Tavistock Gift Card as a present for others. We hope employers will buy the card for their staff as a reward through the UK trivial benefits scheme, and that cards will be given as gifts for teachers, for birthdays and more. It is the card for all events.” The Town and City Gift Cards programme has been growing throughout the UK and Ireland, driven in part by the shop local movement. In the South, Canterbury, London and the Isle of Wight will launch new Town and City Gift Card programmes in November. Managing director of Miconex Colin Munro said the programmes are instrumental in driving high street regeneration: “The first Town and City Gift Card was introduced in Perth in 2018. With Tavistock, we launch our 50th programme. 2020 has made us appreciate our communities, towns and cities all the more. Small local businesses give high streets their heart, their buzz and their atmosphere but without local support, they will close. Amazon is posting record profits but local traders are facing a real fight for survival. “From other places, we know that recipients of gift cards spend around 65% more than the value of the card they receive, and they are more experimental. This means more revenue for traders, and new customers too. Every Tavistock Gift Card sold is money locked into the area, protecting jobs and protecting livelihoods.” For media enquiries, please contact: jannatavistockbid@gmail.com Tavistock BID has raised the profile of Tavistock significantly over the last five years. Through national, regional, and local promotions, the initiative has helped increase footfall in the town resulting in positive changes for both businesses and tourism. Since the BID started back in 2011, the town has continued to flourish, winning its first gold in the Britain in Bloom awards to help improve the high street. There has been a significant reduction in parking fees, an increased number of coaches coming into the town, as well as community events and training opportunities for all to enjoy. We have worked closely with the business community to be the voice, and force, that takes action to combat any issues and ensure Tavistock’s prosperity. Over the past five years, we have learned, evolved and developed relationships with local authorities and community groups that now provide a firm footing to go forward and continue the work that has helped improve Tavistock and its business. It is our promise to endeavour to ensure Tavistock continues to thrive during difficult economic times. But ultimately we need you to decide if the next five-year program should go ahead. We want to continue the BID and help provide funds towards important projects in the town that other organisations would struggle with due to budget cuts.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line97
__label__cc	0.688654	0.311346	Destinatios Moscow Map Moscow Map and Country Region CORSICA The gammadia L, the cornerstone, appears for the first time with its christological meaning in the catacomb of the Via Dino Compagni in Rome on a person’s pallium 4th c.. In his left hand, this person holds a scroll resting on his hip and with his right the hem of his pallium on which is portrayed the L. At times it is represented with a double L, as on the pallium of St. Stephen 6th c. and the small basilica called the “basilica of the Traditio clavium,” and the cemetery of Commodilla at Rome. At Naples, in the only painted arcosolium in the cemetery of St. Severo, a person shows on the hem of the pallium the same gammadia flipped in the opposite direction, L, a perspectivism of sorts. The use of the L as cornerstone became very widespread. One finds it at Ravenna in the side chapel of the mausoleum of Galla Placidia 5th c.. In the procession of the martyrs of S. Apollinare Nuovo, it appears in a pair LL on the pallium of St. Hippolytus 6th c.. At Milan, in the small chapel of St. Aquilino, on the mosaic of the apse on the righthand side, the young Christ seated on a throne in the middle of the apostolic college, displays the L on the hip of his pallium 5th c.. In the apse of Parentium one can see the Madonna with child and the two angels with L’s. History for Moscow Map After losing the printing contract for William Brooker’s Boston Gazette, Benjamin Franklin’s brother, James, begins publishing The New England Courant, the third regularly produced newspaper established in the Country colonies. Unlike the stiff and torpid reporting that characterizes the Boston NewsLetter and the Boston Gazette, the New England Courant is designed to entertain, amuse, and stimulate readers. Moscow Map Benjamin Franklin, writing under the pseudonym of Silence Dogwood, frequently contributes satirical essays to the Courant, and he will briefly assume the paper’s editorship, when his brother is jailed on contempt charges in 1722. Moscow Map Photo Gallery Campinas Subway Map St. Louis Map Toronto Subway Map Turkey Metro Map St. Louis Metro Map Shenzhen Subway Map Hi guys, My name is Derek, welcome to my Travel blog enjoy it..:)) Tags:map of moscow, map of russia, map russia, moscow on map, moscow russia thirty two − twenty five =	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line98
__label__cc	0.64715	0.35285	Home Tag Development News Sri Lanka Tag: Development News Sri Lanka A Japanese firm has entered into an agreement with the government of Sri Lanka to undertake the cleaning and beautification of the Colombo Beira Lake, free of cost. The agreement ... Chief Government Whip and Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday said that 98.5 percent of the new Kelani Bridge has been completed. The bridge is erected on an engineering design known ... Construction of the Marine Drive extension in final stage Highways Minister Johnston Fernando said that the construction of two new sections of the Marine Drive, which has been identified as the most suitable option to reduce traffic congestion on ... Prime Minister to open National Sandun Uyana for public today The “National Sandun Uyana”, the country’s first-ever, state-funded national sandalwood garden constructed in Sri Jayewardenepura, Battaramulla will be vested with the public tomorrow (20) at 6.00 pm under the patronage ... PM commence construction of first phase of the Ruwanpura Expressway The first phase of the Ruwanpura Expressway, which connects Kahathuduwa and Ingiriya, began construction this morning. The Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa, presided over the inauguration ceremony. The ... Prime Minister opens Sri Lanka’s first waste-to-energy facility Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa Wednesday declared open Sri Lanka’s first waste-to-energy plant constructed at Kerawalapitiya. The Kerawalapitiya Solid Waste Power Plant (Colombo Waste to Energy Power Plant) is expected to ... PM inaugurates Phase II of BIA expansion project Phase II of the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) expansion project was inaugurated by Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday. The project is the largest development project to be launched in Sri ... Prime Minister to open new Manning Market complex in Peliyagoda today the new Peliyagoda Manning Market will be opened to the public today (20) morning under the patronage of the Minister of Urban Development and Housing, Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. The ... Mannar Wind Power Plant project to finish early 2021 The construction of the Mannar Wind Power Plant is expected to be finished by the beginning of 2021, according to the State Information Office. A 100MW wind power plant is ... Cabinet nod to establish an Expressway Investment Company Local News: Sri Lanka’s cabinet nod has been received to establish an Expressway Investment Company in such a way that the company is able to raise the funds required for ... 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Gafoor building to become a luxury hotel soon Development News \| Colombo: The Gafoor building, a prominent four story wedge-shaped building in Colombo Fort, will soon be converted into a luxury hotel, said Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, Minister of ... New Manning Market Complex is set to open to the public before November 17 Development News \| Colombo: The new Manning Market complex established in Peliyagoda is expected to open to the public before November 17. The construction of the new Manning Market complex ... Navy-devised Reverse Osmosis plant vested in the public Development News \| Sri Lanka Navy: Another Reverse Osmosis plant installed as part of a Naval Social Responsibility initiative at the Debarawewa National School in Tissamaharama was declared open for ... Navy-installed 03 Reverse Osmosis plants declared open Local News \| Colombo: Bringing another community service endeavour of the Naval Social Responsibility (NSR) project to fruition, 03 more Reverse Osmosis (RO) plants were declared open for community use ... Cabinet approves construction of 3 flyovers in Slave Island Development News \| Colombo: Cabinet of Ministers approval has been given to build 03 flyovers over the Sri Uttarananda Mawatha railway line near the Slave Island Railway Station. The railway ...	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line110
__label__cc	0.660218	0.339782	Home Tags Bio Tag: bio A 3D multifunctional and flexible neural interface DSMW - October 1, 2021 New nanoparticle developed for intravenous cancer immunotherapy DSMW - September 30, 2021 Novel fluorescence imaging assay gives new insight to develop biomimetic nanoparticles... New nanomaterial for treatment of skin infections New method to deliver therapeutic drugs using elongated nanocrystals News DSMW - January 31, 2023 Personnel files showed four of the five indicted MPD officers had been previously reprimanded. Two failed to file a response to resistance report. ... Philly bus driver reportedly thwarts carjacking by barreling toward crooks with his 40-foot vehicle,... A Philadelphia bus driver reportedly thwarted a carjacking last week by barreling his 40-foot vehicle toward the suspects, blocking their escape, and scaring them into running off without the car they were targeting.What are the details?Chris DeShields, a bus driver for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, was driving north on Frankford Avenue in the city's Fishtown neighborhood not long before midnight last week when he said he saw a trio of twenty-something-year-old men surrounding... A school district employee in suburban Chicago is accused of stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings. Vera Liddell, 66, was arrested and booked into the Cook County Jail with a $150,000 bond. Liddell was charged with theft and operating a criminal enterprise, according to Cook County court records. Liddell, a food service director, is accused of stealing more than 11,000 cases of chicken wings, said to be worth $1.5 million, over a period of...	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line119
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__label__wiki	0.639853	0.639853	Nachrichten Verbindungen Haupt newsitems CFE/EcoSoc+Digit.Panel/Day-3: Citizens tell EF they can Debate+Change Agenda. Moves Start Geschrieben von ACM < Vorherige Nächste > Haupt Press Deontology/Ethics 2009 Innovation Year EU endorses EuroFora's idea Multi-Lingual FORUM Subscribers/Donors Häufig gestellte Fragen Die Elxis Lizenz Erweiterte Suche EuroFora supports Seabird newsitems In Brief European Headquarters' MAPs CoE Journalists Protection Platform Besucher: 52263666 Daten merken Noch keinen Account? Account anlegen They voted to "freeze" UK Government's draft to put People in jail for 42 Days on "anti-terrorist" suspicion without charge, or they abstained. Don't they look suspect ? CoE's debate on UK controversy stirs PanEuropean check of anti-terror suspects' imprisonment Former Leftists of the Sixties would boil in hot water if they heard PACE's debate on the controversial 42 days detention without charge, currently drafted by the British Government : A "Socialist" Government, a Socialist PACE Rapporteur and a Socialist Chair of PACE's Legal Committee, opposed a .. "Conservative" amendment (supported by .. Liberals, Democrats, etc), to freeze the measure, in order to protect Citizens' Freedom, by "waiting" until CoE's Venice Committee checks its conformity with Human Rights' principles. "Left"'s support to Conservative-Lib.Dem's criticism, wasn't enough to obtain a majority, nor to make things as they were back in the good old days, when "Left" and "Right" had a clear meaning, as "liberty" and "restrictions"... Conservatives and most Democrats were joined by the Left in voting for the "freeze", as well as Liberal Paul Rowen, while Socialist MEP Ivan Popescu, an experienced MEP from Ukraine (PACE Member since 1996-2008) abstained. But most Socialists, added to a few Liberals and EPP's Right, voted against. Fortunately, someone inside PACE had the wise idea to shorten the Debate for less than 1 Hour, and put it on the Agenda only at the end of an exceptionally busy day, towards the end of the Evening, when most MEPs had already gone to taste wins and foods at various Receptions all around Strasbourg's "European" area : As a result, not even 42 MEPs weren't present.. Socialist Lord Tomlinson accused the leaders of the PanEuropean Assembly, in its highest body : the "Bureau", to "lack wisdom" by deciding to hold a Debate on an issue that neither the Socialist Chair of the Legal Committee, nor its Socialist "reluctant Rapporteur", did "not want to do", ... Finally, everybody (critics and supporters alike) was happy to agree, in substance, that the controversial measure "may" gravely violate Human Rights, and therefore, PACE asked Legal Experts of Venice Commission to check UK Government''s plans. But this might take more than .. 42 Days to do, since PACE's Rapporteur asked the Experts to enlarge their study in a PanEuropean comparison of all that is happening on "anti-terrorism" legislation in 47 CoE Member Countries, including Russia, Turkey and Azerbaidjan.. Bad lack : "The existing 28 days’ detention without charge in the UK is, in comparison with other CoE member countries, one of the most extreme : In Turkey, the period is 7,5 days, in France 6 days, in Russia 5 days, and in .. the U.S. and Canada just 2 and 1 days respectively", denounced Democrat MEP Ms WOLDSETH from Norway.. "Numerous respected human rights organisations, including Liberty and Human Rights Watch, have expressed serious concern" "The proposed legislation ...could easily lead to extensive abuses. ...Detention for 42 days means six weeks in which one is taken away from one’s family, friends, home and livelihood only to be let off without being charged. That will destroy lives and isolate communities", she added. - "3 years ago, the UK Government sought to increase the period of pre-charge detention from 14 days to 90 days. Not long before that, it had been only 7 days. There was a vigorous debate ...and a ...compromise was reached of 28 days. We have to ask whether there are proper safeguards in place to extend the period to 42 days. I suggest that there are fatal flaws", reminded British Conservative Clappison. - "What sort of society holds someone in detention for 42 days and does not have to tell the person who is in prison why they are there, or explain the suspicions that arose and led to their detention? What sort of society believes that that is the way to treat its citizens? That is an appalling injustice, ...A 42-day detention period will not make the UK safer. Instead, it will be the first step to giving in to terrorists; it is saying that we are prepared to sacrifice our democratic rights and the principles for which we have stood for centuries", criticized British Liberal Michael Hanckock "Comments made ...by Norwegian delegates are unfortunate", replied British Socialist MEP Ms.Curtis-Thomas, accusing them to "besmirch the reputation of our police force, which is one of the Best in the World", as she said, believing that "there are significant safeguards ...to ensure that individuals are not subjected to unlawful detention" PACE "has serious doubts whether ...the draft legislation are in conformity with the ...case-law of the European Court of Human Rights. A lack of ..safeguards may lead to arbitrariness, resulting in breaches of ... liberty and ...right to a fair trial". 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__label__cc	0.525086	0.474914	Explore the BrightLocal platform Local SEO ToolsTrack and improve local SEO performance Local Rank Tracker Local Search Grid Citation Tracker Local Search Audit Google Business Profile Audit Reputation ManagerManage and generate online reviews Showcase Reviews Agency FeaturesWow clients and grow your agency White-labeling Build Citations Ready to build citations? Citation BuilderBuild and fix Citations quickly and cost-effectively Local Data Aggregators Yext Replacement Service Learn how our customers have accelerated their success with BrightLocal. AgenciesWin and retain clients with white-label solutions. EnterpriseTake control of online visibility – for brands and agencies managing 100+ locations. Multi-locationManage SEO, listings and reputation across multiple locations. Small BusinessesIncrease search visibility and attract new customers. Local SEO Insights Want to learn how to do local SEO successfully? Insights / Research on November 23, 2021. Nearly a Third of Google My Business Users Unaware of Major Rebrand Kristian Bannister Google Business Profile, Local SEO Nearly a third of Google My Business users aren’t aware of the major rebrand Two-thirds of users aren’t sure how to feel about the changes to Google My Business Agencies and consultants are most likely to view the changes to Google My Business as negative 90% of local businesses don’t believe the changes to Google My Business will have an impact on their business At the beginning of November 2021, Google announced that it is rebranding Google My Business as Google Business Profile. The name change isn’t major news in itself as the product has undergone a few name changes over the years—most notably, the switch from Google Places to Google My Business back in 2014. However, with the latest rebrand, there’s also a number of changes to how businesses will manage their listings on Google. The biggest change is the forthcoming retirement of the Google My Business app for single listings (Update: this has now been discontinued as of July 2022). Going forward, local businesses will no longer be able to access and manage their listings in the app. Instead, they’ll rely on a control panel which appears when they enter their business name into Google Search. From here, listings managers will be able to do anything that’s possible within the app: update business information, add photos, publish Google Posts, etc. For businesses managing multiple locations—including agencies working with local clients—not much has changed. These users will still have access to the app, which is now called Business Profile Manager. There are also hints that Google will invest more resources into features and functionality for businesses managing multiple listings, but no big reveals have been made yet. Major changes from Google always inspire a lot of chatter within the local SEO community, and this update has been no different. Plenty of local SEO experts weighed in with their take—many of which we included in our blog post covering the changes. Some experts viewed it positively, some were more skeptical, and some were left with many unanswered questions. While the local SEO community was a tad divided, it’s worth recognizing that local SEO professionals make up a small fraction of people who use Google My Business. So we were keen to see how different types of Google My Business users feel about the rebrand, and if they were even aware of these changes in the first place?! We set out to answer these questions by polling over 500 BrightLocal customers, including local SEO professionals working in agencies or as consultants, marketers working in-house at multi-location businesses, and small business owners themselves. So what did we find out? Nearly a third of respondents weren’t aware of the changes Google is making to Google My Business 32% feels particularly high given how integral this Google product is for any business marketing itself online. What’s more, it could be argued that BrightLocal customers are typically in the know and invested in their digital marketing efforts. So arguably the average local business owner is even less likely to be aware of these changes. Extrapolating out, it’s fair to posit that millions of business owners who have been using GMB have no idea about the changes. 22% of respondents felt that they were either very familiar with the changes or knew all about them. 46% of respondents felt that they were fairly familiar with the changes. Local businesses were the most unaware of the changes Within the poll, we asked what type of business participants worked in. Segmenting this data down by business type we can see that local businesses are the least in the know. 42% of small local businesses were unaware of the changes and only 12% were very familiar or knew all about the changes. Only 15% of marketers at multi-location businesses weren’t aware of the changes. 28% of agency professionals and consultants didn’t know about the changes. Two-thirds of respondents weren’t sure how they felt about the changes Next we wanted to know how people felt about the changes. We excluded responses from anyone who wasn’t aware of the rebrand. The overwhelming majority (66%) said they weren’t sure how they felt about the changes. Interestingly, the split between negative and positive sentiment from respondents who did have an opinion was fairly even. 18% felt negative or very negative. 16% felt positive or very positive. Overall, only 2% of respondents consider the changes to be very negative. There can often be a knee-jerk negative reaction within the SEO community to any search-related changes made by Google. Google rewriting page titles is a recent example of this. But this data seems to suggest that people aren’t immediately going into panic mode and claiming that the sky is falling. It would seem most people are waiting to see how this plays out before making any kind of judgement. Nearly three quarters of local businesses are unsure how to feel about the changes Not only are small local businesses the most unaware of the changes, they’re also most undecided when it comes to viewing the changes positively or negatively. 73% of small local businesses weren’t sure how to feel about the rebrand. Given that the changes are more significant for local businesses, it could be the case that they’re waiting to see what impact they experience over time before reaching a conclusion. Agencies and consultants are most likely to view the changes as negative Google was initially unclear about how these changes will affect agencies and consultants who work with local business clients. Their first announcement only discussed the changes in relation to businesses managing a single listing or multiple listings. Google later clarified that agencies would still be able to make use of Google Business Profile— which is going to cause significantly less disruption—but it’s still interesting to see that agencies and consultants were more likely to view the changes as negative than positive. When grouping these two segments together, the data shows that 24% of agencies, consultants, and freelancers have a negative view, compared to only 13% with a positive view. People are generally unfussed about the name change What’s in a name? Not much it seems as only 12% of respondents felt like the name change would have an impact on their business. For businesses, this makes sense. The name of the product isn’t really that important when it comes to the day-to-day management of listings. But surprisingly, to me at least, agencies are even less fussed about the impact. Only 4% of agency respondents and 3% of consultants considered that the name change would have some impact. At BrightLocal, the name change is definitely going to have an impact—we have a tool called Google My Business Audit after all! There’s also many more places that Google My Business is referenced across our website and product. We also rank highly in the search results for a number of GMB-related keywords. Right now, it’s safe to assume that search volumes around Google My Business are going to remain higher than Google Business Profile. Google Trends shows that it took nearly four years after the last name change for ‘Google My Business’ search volumes to overtake ‘Google Places’. My assumption is that agencies and consultants are likely to be in a similar position to us—they have services and content that refers to Google My Business, and will need to decide if and when they are going to make changes. Additionally, client education is a common ongoing struggle for agencies and consultants working with small businesses, so a new name could create confusion. But it seems we’re one of the few businesses out there who are experiencing an impact from the name change. Most small businesses don’t see the changes as having an impact on their business On the surface, the changes are clearly most drastic for small local businesses. They’ve lost access to the Google My Business app and are now going to be fully reliant on managing their listings in the search results. However, only 10% of small local business respondents believed losing access to the app would have an impact on their business. And, only 10% viewed relying on in-SERP listing management as having an impact. It’s worth noting that the in-SERP editing for GBP is not new. Businesses have been able to edit their listings in Google Maps and Search since August last year. So many local businesses might already be doing it this way. Reflecting on all of this data, the biggest takeaway is not how people feel about the changes—time will tell whether this is a good thing for businesses of all types—it’s the fact that a third of businesses who responded had no idea about the changes. As I alluded to earlier, our customers are likely more in the know than the average local business, which means that it’s possible that millions of businesses are completely unaware that things are changing. Hopefully these businesses will learn to adapt quickly and the changes will actually help make management of their Google Business Profile easier than ever. Kristian is BrightLocal's Director of Product and Marketing. He'll pop up on the blog to let our audience know about big things happening at BrightLocal and in the local SEO industry. Kristian draws from a decade of SEO experience and has spent the last few years working in SaaS companies. See all of Kristian's articles (28) Join 45,000+ savvy marketers Get the latest local SEO news, research, and tactical advice sent straight to your inbox. We never share your private data. GMB Rebrands to Google Business Profile: What Does it Mean for Local Businesses? by Alix Coe Update Nov 5, 2021: Search Engine Land has reported that “if … you are a local SEO that manages a number of businesses, you will still continue to use an ... 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When he tried to punch Aeneas again, the smaller man’s agility kept him from harm. The trio was astonished, and that’s when Aeneas attacked with precision kicks worthy of a Shaolin. “What the hell?” Weathers yelped as he was sent reeling from the nimble feer of Aeneas. “Ow, dammit!” yelled another of Weather’s men. First one, then the other ran off, leaving Weathers alone. “Where the hell did you learn to fight like that?” yelped Weathers as he lay on the ground. It’s like getting kicked by a horse!” “Or perhaps like a goat,” laughed Aeneas, “Get going or you’ll get more!” Weathers got to his feet and left in rather a hurry, without another word. Aeneas continued his journey with a smile, whistling a very ancient tune. It was whispered among the young ladies of the school that Aeneas was the campus Lothario and that even the faculty wives were not immune to his charms. In fact, the first year he was a student at Pemberton, it was rumored that Dean Evers’ divorce was the result of his wife’s affair with the untiring Aeneas, and possibly two others as well. One young thing left a suicide note after a brief affair with him. Each semester, Aeneas was there for the arrival of new students, particularly the prettiest young women. He carefully watched the girls disembarking from taxis and family vehicles, and as usual, he chose the most beautiful to assist with her luggage. “That’s a bit heavy for such a pretty thing as yourself,” Aeneas smiled at the most beautiful of the latest arrivals at Pemberton, “Let me carry your luggage.” “No, thank you,” the young woman replied as she brushed past him. He quickly followed. “But Miss, they seem awfully heavy for…” “I said ‘no, thank you,” she said with a grimace, and continued toward her assigned dorm. Aeneas was amazed at her rebuff and began to feel something very mortal. He ignored the other girls and walked slowly back to his own dorm. Once in his room, he looked at himself in the mirror. “I’m still young and certainly handsome,” he boasted, “What just happened? This never occurred before!” Aeneas moved to his desk and sat down glumly. As the weeks past, Aeneas tried to engage the new beauty in conversation. He found her in the campus cafeteria one morning before class. “At least tell me your name,” he begged. “You can call me Cypriana,” she finally replied. “A beautiful name for a beautiful woman,” the persistent suitor exclaimed, “My name is Aeneas. Would you like to go to a movie with me this evening, Cypriana?” “No, thank you,” she coldly replied, “I’ve heard of your reputation with other women here at Pemberton, Master Panetti. “But don’t you believe that people can change? “Not you,” countered Cypriana, “I think it would take a most unusual event to soften your heart.” Aeneas left the cafeteria, dejected. “I’ve never felt this way before,” he murmured, “What’s happening to me?” He began to wonder, could it be love this time and not lust? Impossible, he concluded. As time passed, Aeneas saw how practically all the other males on campus became infatuated with Cypriana. Not just students, but faculty members as well. Aeneas began to have feelings he’d never experienced before. “What’s wrong with me?” he moaned, “I think I’ve fallen in love with her!” And he felt another new emotion – jealousy. Every time he saw another male talking to her, he began to seethe with anger. He stopped seeing other women entirely. At last, after several weeks of sulking in his room, he decided to confront her one more time. The semester would soon end and he feared she might leave forever. He found her sitting on a bench in the campus commons and approached her. “Cypriana, I must talk to you.” She started to get up. “Stay, please,” he begged, and she sat back down. Aeneas sat down beside her. Her nearness excited him and he could barely speak. “Dear lady, I’ve never felt about any woman before as I feel about you. I – I think I love you,” he declared. “Do you truly love me, Master Panetti?” she asked. “Yes, oh yes, beautiful one!” “And would your heart break if I told you I don’t love you in the least?” “W – what?” “Would your heart break just like all the many, many female hearts you’ve broken here at Pemberton? “Yes, but why…” “You can never have me, you prideful puppy! Don’t you know who I am? My name isn’t Cypriana although I am sometimes called The Cyprian. No, you can never have me, but you shall always remember me with longing and a broken heart!” “But – but…” “Look at me, Master Panetti,” she demanded, standing up before him. As Aeneas gazed upon her, she seemed to change before his eyes. Her beauty became almost blinding and at last he recognized her – she was no more a mortal than he – this was fabled Aphrodite herself, one of the powerful Olympians. Before her, he was nothing – almost as insignificant as a mortal man. “I have come to teach you a lesson, Master Panetti, for you have had your way through your limited powers, with far too many women here. You have precipitated broken hearts, divorces and even a suicide – and that I could not abide. You shall be punished, Master Panetti. You will return to Arkady and your nymphs but you shall love me forever – a love that will never be returned, a longing that can never be satisfied. Do you understand?” The valley and forests of Arkady rang with the songs of exotic birds, the humming of insects and the laughter of nymphs at play. The pipes of Pan were silenced. He sat upon a log, longing for the immortal Aphrodite, who he could never have. It was many centuries before he began to take an interest in the nymphs again and to play sensuous music on his pipes. But even then, her beauty haunted him. Copyright (C) 2013 by John Bliven Morin This entry was posted on Monday, March 4th, 2013 at 2:07 pm and is filed under Elf Poems, Fairy Poems, John Bliven Morin, Pixie Poems, Spiritual. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line126
__label__wiki	0.575249	0.575249	E-mail: joo@annexpublishers.org Editorial Board Member - JOO OMAR A. OBEID Professor of Human Nutrition Department of Nutrition and Food Science Dr. Omar A. Obeid is presently working as a Professor of Human Nutrition in Department of Nutrition and Food Science at American University of Beirut, Lebanon. He also worked in UNICEF and WHO public health expert in the field of Nutrition. He has 24 years of experience in the field of Nutrition and Food Science. He has completed PhD in Nutrition at King's College London, University of London, UK. He had worked as Principal Investigator in various research grants at American University of Beirut. He has delivered more than 40 invited lectures in various countries. He has supervised more than 35 theses till now and 2 PhD students. His research interests are Human Nutrition and Metabolism Relation between eating behavior and metabolic syndrome, including diabetes Micronutrients (vitamins and minerals) and metabolic syndrome Effect (acute and chronic) of dietary (nutrients) manipulation on the different components of the metabolic syndrome Other Editorial Board Members - JOO KONSTANTINOS KANTARTZIS Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology Nephrology, Vascular Disease and Clinical Chemistry University of Tübingen VOJTECH HAINER Institute of Endocrinology Obesity Management Center RYSZARD PLUTA Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences Charles C. Muscoplat Department of Food Science and Nutrition CARLOS ALBERTO NOGUEIRA DE ALMEIDA Department of Paediatric Nutrition Brazilian Association of Nutrology University of Ribeirao Preto ASISH K. SAHA SHAMSUN NAHAR Department of Family & Community Medicine Baojun Xu Division of Science and Technology Beijing Normal University-Hong Kong Baptist University United International College KEQUAN ZHOU Department of Nutrition & Food Science UMA D PALANISAMY Department of Biomedical Science Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine and Health Sciences Monash Universtiy	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line132
__label__cc	0.519326	0.480674	by Richard Tornello Neko's sword, a wakizashi with a coal-black blade, lies beside her as she sleeps, as it did when her tiny body was discovered in a cove by the Sorceress years ago. The Sorceress must keep the infant's hand close to the sword in order to move it. Somehow the sword is connected to Neko, in a manner beyond the sorceress's understanding. She could not lift it. No amount of magic would work. The Sorceress dared not, nor could she take it from Neko. For some reason she never felt threatened by the strange metal weapon that was propped up by the child's bed. In fact she felt just the opposite, even though she had no power to use it. She could manipulate the child. That was power enough. She keeps a close watch on Neko. The sword has features that only Neko can arouse. The sword, light and indestructible, conceals a claw-like blade in the hilt for use in close combat. It links to her mind in a mysterious fashion and they become as one. A long swan, engraved into back of the hilt, glows as Neko touches it. Two gold crane mons are cast, on either side, just under her hand's grasp. The sword guard is made of the same strange metal deeply imbedded with an intricate geometric design and covered in thick gold leaf. The gold leaf is pounded into the metal giving a wood block like, engraved image to the designs underneath. If any but Neko attempt to take the sword, it instantly acquires a mass beyond the ability of the offender to lift. The sword is hers, a gift from the gods. The ancient city is in ruins. The glistening marble in the piazza is encrusted by mold, moss, and algae the color of bile. The aqueducts were destroyed by repeated invasions in the past; all that remains are occasional crumbling archways and piles of rubble. The highways, overgrown, straight line indentations, lead to nowhere but death. The world outside the city is being encapsulated by an emerging forest. The extensive infrastructure that once supported the city is all but gone. The sanitary system is an open sewer. The stench of death and offal are the springtime perfumes. No one stays long. The faces are covered to repel the odors. Considering ones health and well being, it is too dangerous to remain center-city other than for a few daylight hours. In the remaining hours, the rats, thieves and kidnappers hold court. No one has the training to maintain the old world. And even if they did, it would be impossible to accomplish in this world of chaos and quick death. Brute power is the only arbiter. The Sorceress likes it like that. She is the only entity with an organized force. She has physical and magical strength. She is the ultimate law. The Sorceress's once beautiful body, covered in art tattoos, is now a walking horror of color that ran from a fading green mush to smeared black and blues. The vivid reds, yellows and other tints had long since disappeared. One might think that the color reflected her soul for she was once physically extremely attractive. She keeps herself covered all the time to hide the disfiguration that came upon her. In the hottest weather she wears robes dark and opaque enough to hide the marbling colors yet light enough not to cause too much discomfort. The Sorceress observes it all, all there is to see, and is content. No one approaches who she does not summon. She fears no man and answers to no name. Only the chosen have names. The sorceress respects power. To know her name would be to have power over her. "All those human beasts down there in the streets, those without names, they have no power and have no rights," she utters to no one in particular. She glares at Neko. Neko looks up from her training. She has just been thrown by one of her trainers. And in a fashion, that is what the Sorceress has done to Neko, her ward. Her true identity is kept from her. Without a name there is no legitimacy and no recognition. Neko is only known as Neko the Foundling, ward of the Sorceress. That is no name. "Being my ward is something, and better than nothing. You could be one of them," she says, pointing to those outside her residence. This is reiterated by the Sorceress countless times. Neko knows there were better times. She can see the ruins and Neko can read. She has a secret place. When she was a child, Neko discovered an old metal encased vault of a room buried deep in one of the buildings in the enclave, a place to hide away when she needed the solitude. Little did she know that it was sheathed in lead and made of ancient steel. That combination of metals kept the Sorceress's vision from penetrating Now the room is her library. "Reading is my escape from all this," Neko whispers to her sword. "I know there is something about me the Sorceress fears. What exactly, I do not know. She is not actually mean to me. I can't complain. She treats me with a modicum of respect -- but.there is no love." The sword's swan glows. "Reading is something the Sorceress is not aware that I can do. She assumes she knows everything about me. One day I will surprise her. These books may give me what I require." Neko has no name, no family and no roots. Without those links, being alone, one has no chance of life except by being taken in as she has been. Others are not so lucky. They are made slaves or worse, in her case, being female, prostitution. And she is the Great Sorceress's ward. Neko the Foundling with no name is beyond reproach. She is protected. She is free to do as she pleases, except when the Sorceress deigns to give her some task to occupy her time. But what pleases Neko most is her search for her family. And that does not please the Sorceress. For the most part Neko keeps that part to herself. Every now and then it comes out. The girl-warrior is all the Sorceress is allowed to vision. Launching herself from a rooftop, spinning, Neko ricochets off the building walls, and plants her landing. Her face, flushed from exertion, is a pleasant mixture of black, ginger and white. When she stares out of her dark green eyes, no one can withstand her gaze for long. A few local beings are known to have pigmentation like Neko's. It is believed they were distantly related, possibly bastards of the deposed royal family. They have no names, no benefactors and they are treated worse than a regular person. Their kind are abandoned at birth to perish -- a grim reminder of a past long gone. No family needs the additional burden of a throwback to an ancient bloodline as part of their daily existence. Everybody notices Neko's coloration. No one says a thing. They glance at her as she passes by, then just as quickly, lower their heads or pull their hood lower so as not to be observed staring. Neko is oblivious of her resemblance to the old royal line, of the fair and just world that had existed. But the Sorceress knows and uses Neko as a badge of legitimacy enhancing her stature. Neko is petite, agile and fearless. She accepts any challenge from man, woman or beast. Although she is sometimes bloodied, she never loses a battle. There is something about her and that sword. It seems to guide her in combat, as if it knows what the opponent has in mind and communicates that knowledge to Neko. Observers claim that the swan glows when she touches the hilt. The sword cuts through anything without suffering so much as a scratch or dent. The deep ebony color remains flawless, like an obsidian mirror, no matter how it is used or abused. It rings like a finely-crafted silver bell when it strikes another blade -- and it seems as if it is that very sound that shatters or cleaves the other sword (or the armor, or spear, or skull) when contact was made. And yet, the sword is light in Neko's grasp. It never leaves Neko's person, ever. "I'm a foundling. Where, who is my family? I must know, please," Neko questions the Sorceress at every opportunity. "You are who you are. You are my ward. Accept that as it is," the Sorceress says, intending to cut the conversation short. "I have to be someone. Look at this sword!" Neko cries. "I am someone in my own right, not just 'your ward'. And you know. Tell me!" "Neko, to your room," the Sorceress commands. When Neko does not obey immediately, the sorceress places a spell of silence upon the girl that lasts a day; sometimes more. The assistants quickly leave the area whenever one of these episodes began. Neko's screams could be heard on the streets. That Neko still lives after making demands of the Sorceress earns her a legitimacy that the Sorceress could not even begin to understand. No one dares speak loud of it. Neko sees their furtive glances as they scurry away, and smiles fiercely though she cannot make a sound. Neko brooks no insult. One day she finds herself in the path of a monstrous warrior. She is about to move out of his path, but stops when he shouts, "Out of my way," and spits in her direction. She still intends to step aside until the man sneers and mutters, "Foundling." "I have a name!" Neko shouts. "Neko the Foundling? That's a name?" the warrior scoffs. His sword is not sheathed. It stands planted in the ground in front of him. His gauntleted hand rests on the hilt. Neko frowns. The man is looking for a fight. It doesn't matter with whom or what. It could be a dragon, a warrior, another brute like himself, it doesn't matter. Fighting is his life. He has a reputation to uphold -- and he knows that Neko has a reputation too. To defeat her would greatly enhance his fame. "A girl with a sword?" He laughs the question. "This will be a snack," he says, and then adds, "That's a damned good idea. She does look good enough to eat." With a cool head Neko draws her sword. Then faster than his eye can follow, she leaps to the nearest building. She rebounds off a wall and spins into a tight ball to gain momentum. This gives her speed and power beyond what her small size promises. Her sword finishes the rest of the discussion, shearing through sword, armor, flesh and bone like a scythe through straw. The warrior lies on the ground, dismembered, his sword still planted in the ground, his gauntleted hand still attached. Neko looks around as the people turn their heads away. One man -- a serf -- does not turn away as quickly as the others. His face bears patterns in black, ginger, and white like Neko's. Neko does not notice him, being more concerned with the few drops of blood that have stained her clothing. Getting away from the urban decay, a forest is growing back and reclaiming that which was once cultivated. Neko feels that she is beyond the vision of the Sorceress out here. She feels free and unencumbered. The wind blows through her hair turning it into a knotted mess. She does not care. Swinging from the vines in the nearby wood, Neko notices movement in the bushes below. She tucks her body into a tight ball and launches herself toward the movement. Her eyes shine brightly. Her smile is tight but wide. "You! Halt or die!" she demands, landing silently, cat like. The bush shakes. From the other side a serf drops something dark. Bowing low, quivering like a leaf, he pleads, "Please do not harm me I was picking berries. I saw you flying through the air. I was struck by your agility, Your Grace." Neko gently slides her wakizashi from its scabbard. Two mons, the golden cranes, reflect the sun, blinding the serf. "I know you have no name, but what do you call yourself?" Neko demands. His hands rise slowly, to indicate no evil intent, blocking the glare of the sword's mons. "Lady Neko, I have no name. I am called Man-child. And that is all." "Man-child come closer. I want to see your face." Quaking, bowing, he approaches. "Stop. Look at me," she commands. "I dare not. It is forbidden." "I unforbid it. Eye to eye, Man-child. Do it!" "If I am discovered I will die. I have been warned. Please don't force me," he blubbers. "I will never say anything. Now gaze at me and I will the same of you." He looks up. "Stand straight, Man-child." As commanded he rises to his full height -- a few centimeters taller than Neko. She looks him up and down. She observes no likely weapon. She sits down. "Now, you sit right there," she orders, pointing to a spot in front of her. One hand holds the unsheathed black wakizashi as she lays it across her bare, well-formed calico legs. With the other hand, she points to the spot where she wants him to sit. After he lowers himself to the ground, she notices that he is staring at her. Neko laughs, her eyes sparkling with a new found pleasure, and tapped him with the sword. He quickly brushes it away. His green eyes glare at hers. She springs to her feet instantly, sword up, her feet shifting into a defensive posture, her eyes wide. The hidden claw-like blade instantaneously appears. She peers at Man-child, looking for any hint of hostile intent. Man-child does nothing. He just sits there, returning her emerald stare with his own. Neko blinks, recognizing the same penetrating gaze she has seen in the mirror a thousand times. The claw-blade retracts into the sword-hilt, and she slides the sword back into its scabbard. Leaping high, she grabs a vine and disappears into the leafy shadows above. But before she vanishes from sight, she says, "I will see you again." The serf gets to his feet and moves quickly away, his stride quick and graceful for someone who seemed terrified only moments before. Neko watches him go, the memory of his facial markings and his bright green eyes fixed in her mind. "I knew it," she says to herself. "The Sorceress is hiding something from me. She is afraid of something. I know I was found in a cove, this sword by my side. No one can use it but me. No one can stand before it. But he brushed it away. And he was not really afraid." Scaling the walls to her benefactor's quarters, Neko silently enters a passageway that lies behind the study. Therein, the Sorceress is speaking to a troll. "Kill the Man-child," the Sorceress says. "I saw him with Neko in my scrying mirror. If she discovers her real name -- and his -- we are doomed. They are both of the royal line. I kept her alive because she gives me the legitimacy to rule. The folk would never rise against me with her at my side. I had no idea about him. How did he stay hidden? I see all." The troll nods and picks up a weapon among the assortment the sorceress has laid out. "No, use these and leave them in this house." She points to one house on the map. "They have been stirring up trouble. The evidence you leave will end that issue." Neko's eyes narrow and her lips draw back from her teeth; her hands grip the hilt of her sword, and the claw-blade emerges. The hidden door bursts open and Neko emerges like a whirling shuriken blade, the sword a shadowy blur in her hands.The troll died instantly without a sound. The sorceress would be next. She sits in her chair waiting for Neko. "Yes, I knew it would come to this. I was hoping for a different ending. I am sorry dear Neko, but your time is up. I will rule without you. The masses are but sheep and fodder. " "Before I die, tell me who I am. I must know. I have that right!" "You're stalling. I will tell you that you are more than you can imagine. Your pigmentation and wakizashi affirm that. But my little Neko, you are standing on the exact spot you should be. In a few seconds you will be plunging to your death just like the rest of your ancient family." "You killed them?" "Not all. Obviously. You exist." She thinks of the other one -- 'Man-child', somehow hidden from her sorcery until this day -- but keeps her knowledge to herself. Neko pleads again, "I've been searching for my history, my family, my Name. No one would say. I must know. How can I be anyone if I don't know who my family is? " "As I commanded. Now give it up and say good-by dear. I will miss..." Tiapan venom-dipped darts, fired in quick succession, pierced the body of the Sorceress. "This... I never ... oh my. Where did you..." She still had the nerve connections to hit the switch. The calico youth, holding a semi-automatic crossbow made of the same metal as Neko's sword in one hand, grabs Neko's arm with the other and pulls her away from the maw of the trap door as it drops away. "Lady Neko, we do meet again," he says, bowing. "As you foretold." © 2010 Richard Tornello This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in the story are fictional. Any resemblance to persons living, dead, and incidents, real or imagined elsewhere in this or any other universe or time-space setting is purely coincidental. Steel Mouse Trap Publications, LLC South Riding VA 20152 Bio: Richard Tornello is a business owner/consultant/technical recruiter with 28+ years experience, married and kept by one very neurotic cat Stella. He has a degree from Rutgers University in Asian Studies. Richard's poetry and fiction has appeared a number of times in Aphelion (with one or more poems almost every month!); his most recent short story was Temptress in a Teapot in the November 2010 edition. E-mail: Richard Tornello	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line133
__label__cc	0.580285	0.419715	Architectural Features: Paintings by Barbara Horosko Nichols Entrance (from Oaxaca Walls series), mixed media on museum board Barbara Horosko Nichols is an artist who currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California. In her practice, Barbara creates paintings of architectural features and shadowy geometric structures around Los Angeles and other regions. Passion Flower and Hibiscus, coloured pencil and graphite on paper I really enjoy the unique texture in Barbara’s paintings -- the artist works mostly in mixed media on museum board, and the resulting works look somewhere between frescoes and pencil crayon drawings. There’s a sense that these works would be rough to the touch, and that notion serves the dual purpose of creating visual interesting and giving the viewer a more visceral, realistic impression of the artist’s subject matter, which often heavily features stone and concrete walls, gateways, and other moments. www.barbarahoroskonichols.com In her Los Angeles Rivers series, Barbara takes a more abstract approach, inspired by aerial views of the LA landscape, as well as close-ups of the texture and movement of the water. The works use the same uniformly rough texture, lending to a visually interesting sense of contrast. Bend (from Los Angeles Rivers series), pastel, acrylic, coloured pencil and graphite on paper	cc/2023-06/en_middle_0042.json.gz/line134

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