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1. The automated call about the non-existent PPI you didn't take out years ago!
There's not even an actual person to vent your frustration at!
2. The important call you've been waiting on that comes through after you've just sat down on the toilet...
You don't even think, you just dash to the phone like a demented penguin.
3. The call that comes through in the middle of an intense argument
It doesn't break the tension. It. Just. Adds. To. It.
4. After you've just got into bed
5. The prank call
Karma's payback for when you were younger. It's definitely not as funny being on the recieving end..
6. Incoming call but Caller ID has been withheld
And now you have to play a landline version of Russian roulette. Do you pick up? Do you let the call bounce?
7. And if you do pick up it is inevitably someone you were trying to avoid or another unwanted sales call!
You'll never answer withheld Caller ID again! Until next time...
When will it ever end?!
9. You answer the phone and are immediately put on hold!?
How the.. what the.. I didn't even...!!!
10. And finally - the one you hear from outside your front door when you get home. You rush to unlock the door! Speed into the house in a frenzy! Get to the phone... only for it to stop ringing the second your hand reaches to answer it.
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Welcome to this week’s edition of Behind The Boards. Today, the marvelous maticulous sits behind the boards and in the hot seat. The Brooklyn producer and crafter of sound, is, well, meticulous in his attention to detail and the construction of intricate, symphony collages. maticulous leans toward the funky, and he assembles soundscapes that can sound as though they are outtakes from a Blaxploitation film from 1974, starring Richard Roundtree, and yet still feel contemporary.
maticulous has formed a fruitful partnership with fellow Brooklynite, Justo the MC, and the pair have released the excellent Mind of a Man, Bonus Room (Summer EP) and their latest collaboration, County of Kings. maticulous has also released two fine albums under his own moniker, The maticulous LP and The maticulous EP. The LP, from 2015, features maticulous manning production duties for a variety of A-list spitters, including Your Old Droog, Rah Digger, Guilty Simpson, Blu, Master Ace, and yU. On The EP, RA The Rugged Man, among others, shows up to lend a hand.
Quarantine got you down? Going a little stir crazy? See if you can identify the carefully chopped and built tracks on “On The Rise,” from Bonus Room (Summer EP). Don’t worry, Justo gives you a hint! Your assignment, if you choose to accept it, is to decipher the whole EP. Now get to work, but finish reading first.
Many phrases are thrown around about artists today. Some are described as slept on, criminally slept on, underrated, feloniously underrated, blah, blah, blah, yada, yada, yada. You can use whatever adjectives or descriptors you like to describe artists who deserve more acclaim and attention. Separately, and with his partner in music, maticulous should be making more waves. Preemo? Finesse? Daringer? Alchemist? Roc? Buckwild? Dilla? Madlib? All outstanding cats, among the best at what they do. But, maticulous should be in that conversation, too. He proudly follows the traditions of hip hop from the County of Kings, while still blazing his own path to immortality in sound.
County of Kings is out digitally now. Purchase the vinyl version directly from maticulous here: https://maticulous21.bandcamp.com/album/county-of-kings Purchase The maticulous EP on vinyl here: https://maticulous21.bandcamp.com/album/the-maticulous-ep Better yet, buy two of each and give the extra wax to your granny. She’ll appreciate you as she never has before. Buy some for all your aunties, too. While you’re at it, throw in a couple for the cousins. They’ll stop making fun of you behind your back and look at you with new found respect. No doubt.
This interview with maticulous has been lightly edited for publication. Photo of maticulous credited to, maticulous!
Backseat Mafia: What inspired you to create music? What inspires you every day?
maticulous: Looking back, I think subconsciously I always had a curiosity for production, specifically hip hop. The moment when it clicked, that I wanted to pursue it, was after hearing Like Water For Chocolate by Common. It’s a perfect record with a diverse, yet cohesive sound. All the artists who created that album are some of my biggest influences…Preemo, Dilla, Soulquarians. Daily inspirations would be sounds, songs, moods, and art in general. I’ve realized inspiration has to come naturally, though; if I force things, 9 times out of 10 I’m not going to like what I made.
BSM: Where is your favorite or usual place to work/create?
mat: I like to work at my studio set up in my apartment best…I also really like working on a plane/train, if there’s enough time to really let my mind free.
BSM: Are you a crate digger? Where is your favorite place to dig? What was your greatest find?
mat: Definitely, aren’t all beatmakers? Haha! There’s nothing like digging, whether it’s just for adding to the collection or finding joints to sample. I like to go anywhere there’s a dollar bin. It’s challenging and you can find a lot of sources that some have over looked. My greatest finds are always things I didn’t expect to see at that cost and in that condition. A couple that come to mind are the white vinyl version of the Pete Rock remix of Public Enemy’s “Shut Em Down”, E-Rule “Listen”, the heart-shaped 7″ of Bobby Caldwell ‘s “What You Won’t Do For Love”, and the bootleg version of Slum Village Fantastic Vol. 2. That record has a backdrop of NYC and they’re from Detroit! I don’t really stay up on how much records are worth, but I was really happy to find those at the time I did.
BSM: What is your preferred music production software?
mat: I’ve been using [Avid Technology’s] Pro Tools since I started making music, along with plug-ins that I’ve added along the way. I hear great things about Ableton and its capabilities, and I’ll probably check it out at some point.
BSM: What is your favorite piece of audio gear/instrument and why?
mat: The [Akai] MPC2000XL. That machine was really how I learned to make music and I feel like I have a band with me creating the track, as opposed to just one person pushing pads. Oftentimes, especially when you’re a beginner, the beats have a tendency to feel stiff, especially the drum programming and arrangements. I love programming basslines on that machine too!
BSM: What is the one-non-musical item that you must have with you when you are working?
mat: A beverage of some sort…seltzer, coffee, beer…all depends on the time of day and my mood!
BSM: What track/album work are you most proud of? Why?
mat: I’m proud of all my releases because of how much goes into each process, whether it’s my producer albums The maticulous EP & LP, Mind Of A Man or instrumental projects. With everything that’s going on in the world in terms of reform, social change, and acknowledgment that we have A LOT to do to make the world a better place, I’m very proud of the track “Shut Up & Rap” that my brother, Justo The MC, penned. It’s a beautiful statement on society as a whole.
BSM: Dream artist or artists to work with?
mat: Black Thought, Andre 3000, Anderson .Paak.
BSM: Favorite artist or artist you admire or influenced you the most?
mat: J Dilla, DJ Quik, DJ Premier, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye.
BSM: Favorite music to listen to when relaxing or chilling?
mat: It all depends on my mood. 70s Soul, Jazz or Yacht Rock keep me the most chill though.
BSM: Dog or cat?
mat: Dog. Cats are cool but they always look like they are judging you, haha! Plus, cat hair kills my allergies…
BSM: Upcoming project(s)? Plugs for new stuff? Shout outs?
mat: Justo and I just released “County Of Kings”, which is available on Limited Edition Vinyl via Bandcamp and all digital services. It is most certainly our best work. Please check that out if you like quality bars and beats. We have another video/single coming very soon. I’d especially like to shout out everyone who’s been rocking with me and supporting my music by purchase or word of mouth. Also, thank you to ALL the DJs who play my music! DJ Premier, DJ Eclipse, DJ Riz, and DJ Rhettmatic…always humbled when those that have inspired me support what I create. Shout to my brother Justo The MC as well…we have a lot of music coming in the future! | <urn:uuid:9c69c717-0a69-4217-9910-739243998f8d> | CC-MAIN-2021-49 | https://www.backseatmafia.com/droppin-knowledge-behind-the-boards-with-maticulous-thats-all-lower-case/ | 2021-12-08T16:28:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-49/segments/1637964363515.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20211208144647-20211208174647-00624.warc.gz | en | 0.944061 | 1,801 |
19.02.2016 - 27.03.2016
Anya Titova's solo exhibition, Exchange Point, in Artwin Gallery is the first of three exhibitions in which the artist explores the nature of societies and their transformations. The second exhibition, A Time Capsule, will open in March 2016 at the LENTOS Kunstmuseum in Linz (Austria).
“Exchange Point examines the unanticipated effects of the evolution of current systems, which the artist tracks using multiple strategies and techniques, ranging from sculpture, collage and found objects to installations. As a result, the entire environment serves as both a medium and a means to observe that which, depending on one’s position, can be described as either the optics of power or the power of optics. Drawing on a wide range of contexts — from archaeology and the civil rights movements to the behaviour of animals in captivity — Titova explores the mechanisms of surveillance and control and the collection and analysis of data, as well as the impact of these activities on the production of subjectivity. If one’s perception of the visible world is shaped by and subject to ideological schema, then this space functions as a kind of social and cultural construction, poised at the point where the aesthetic and the political overlap. Images and objects, the connections and contradictions between them — each symbol in this structure wields multiple levels of meaning. Their interactions generate a special atmosphere, capable of revealing the dual nature of social activity, which can be used both to uphold and to critique the typical relationship between the methods and objects of surveillance, bolstered by both historical examples and the uncertainty of what to expect when standing on the brink of the future.” | <urn:uuid:63fc9b16-59cc-40ee-bcd1-554ef85430d9> | CC-MAIN-2021-04 | https://artwingallery.com/exhibition/10 | 2021-01-15T20:46:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-04/segments/1610703496947.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20210115194851-20210115224851-00172.warc.gz | en | 0.932863 | 343 |
Current weather conditions and live observations for Grimentz based on the nearest weather station observations (including METAR, SYNOP, ship and quickscat wind data). This is the most reliable place on snow-forecast.com to see what is happening with the weather in Grimentz right now. Also check out the current weather map overlays on our dynamic weather maps.
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Dr. Jennifer Hansen received her undergraduate degree and medical degree from Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in New Orleans. Following this, she completed her internship and residency at Loma Linda University Medical Center in Loma Linda, California. She completed her fellowship in pulmonary and critical care medicine at Loma Linda University Medical Center.
Dr. Hansen is board-certified in internal medicine and pulmonary medicine. She has been practicing medicine since 2013 and on staff at Ochsner since 2019. Dr. Hansen's expertise is in pulmonology and intensive care. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family and gardening. | <urn:uuid:4092d29d-3e88-4f7b-a903-20b61474b2e4> | CC-MAIN-2022-40 | https://scholarlywork.ochsner.org/display/c7593089 | 2022-10-05T17:39:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-40/segments/1664030337663.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20221005172112-20221005202112-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.965382 | 126 |
Like most people, we love the traditional taste of beef. We also know that standard beef is high in saturated fats that can lead to heart disease. We also know that despite the many nutritional benefits of beef, there are also some concerns. In fact, many people are limiting their beef consumption, or eating the very leanest cuts, to address such concerns. We have a better idea: improve the nutrition of beef by improving cattle feed to produce beef with omega 3’s similar to ocean fish.
We’re on a mission to evolve the cattle industry, keeping the same wonderful taste of traditional beef, but making it healthy for our hearts. Same taste … better health.
The Mayo Clinic reports strong scientific evidence that omega 3’s DHA and EPA reduce heart disease.
Omega3Beef Approved in Europe
Great News. The European Commission of the European Community (28 countries in Europe) has approved our algae as a feed ingredient for cattle, hens, pigs, and sheep. We are talking with leading grocery chains in the UK, France, Italy, Spain, and Germany. The grocery chains will order Omega3Beef from their existing suppliers. The feedlot operators and grass feeding operations in these existing supply chains will buy the algae to produce Omega3Beef. Look for Omega3Beef steaks and burgers in stores this Spring.
Seven years back, our founder Don Smith was on his cattle ranch in Oklahoma, talking with animal science professors from Cornell and Oklahoma State Universities about cows, people and health. Consumers were eating less beef and more chicken, and were bored by it. They were also eating fish — not only because saturated fats in beef were bad, but also because the omega 3’s in fish like salmon and halibut were good. Hearing from the professors how grass-fed cattle could produce beef with low levels of omega 3’s naturally, he thought, Wait a minute: what if we could raise cattle on feed containing the same heart-healthy omega 3’s that fish consume when eating algae?
Turns out … great idea. In fact, we’ve now completed small-scale tests of our patented Omega3Beef process at two major universities with great success. Our next step is to obtain the funds needed to scale up our efforts to win approval from the Center for Veterinary Medicine (CVM).
Omega 3’s DHA and EPA per Serving
Company founder Don Van Pelt Smith had a brainstorm in 2008. He had met with professors from Cornell and Oklahoma State Universities to discuss his vision of making beef healthier.
Don learned from the professors that cattle could already produce minute levels of the omega 3’s DHA and EPA just by eating grass. And he already knew the large amount of omega 3’s DHA and EPA in fish came from their eating algae in the ocean.
Suddenly it came to Don: could we feed algae to cattle? More importantly, could we find the right algae and the right diet for cattle to grow the same as always…but also produce high amounts of the same DHA and EPA that fish have? Don’s ranch company began doing research with professors at Oklahoma State University. It took five years to work out the details, but we finally proved it could be done.
Today Don, his wife Krissa, and the company all reside in Colorado, to be closer to where the large-scale cattle feeding will be done at Colorado State University this Spring. | <urn:uuid:6def4a94-0062-4d73-a527-8f7c91003346> | CC-MAIN-2018-39 | http://www.omega3beef.com/ | 2018-09-24T10:32:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-39/segments/1537267160337.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20180924090455-20180924110855-00462.warc.gz | en | 0.968945 | 714 |
By Kirsteen McLay-Knopp
Winter can get us down. Many people suffer from seasonal depression, also known as seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and colds and flu bugs seem to abound at this time of the year. Our electricity bills soar and, very often, those of us who discover we have a lot of “indoor” time with cabin-fever infected young children can start to feel frazzled. For me, having a bit of a plan helps immeasurably and I find crafts a positive way to “beat the winter blues” with our children. I’m sure there are lots and lots of really fun winter ideas out there, but I thought I’d share a few that have worked in our family and in our local community.
The advantage of the “early nights” is that kids can be up after dark and do “cool darkness fun stuff” (as my kids say) which they wouldn’t normally get to do. Making lanterns is a great way to infuse some “magic” and colour into those dark winter nights. There are lots of different designs to be found online. The simplest one we discovered was just using a glass jar with a candle inside it and wrapping the jar in coloured celophane: even different coloured supermarket bags work for this. A string is tied around the jar (and secured with a STRONG tape) and connected to a stick at the top for holding. They look great, especially if you line a whole lot up in a row. (Just watch that the kids don’t drop the glass jar).
Some cities (like ours) have Mid-Winter Carnivals and run “lantern workshops” for constructing your own lantern. It’s wise for kids to have plenty of adult support while building these lanterns, but they are fun to create and look amazing when completed… and lit.
2. Candle Making
We just used tea light candles inside our lanterns, but candle making is another fun activity and candles, like lanterns, add colour, light and a sense of warmth on gloomy winter days. Our family lights a candle at tea time on Sundays, so we always have use for any candles made (we also have pudding on Sunday only, so the kids won’t nag us for it all the other days of the week). I don’t have any pictures of candles we have made (we haven’t done it this year… maybe in the approaching school holidays…). But there are some wonderful online, step by step guides to making simple, safe, but beautiful looking candles with kids. Old wax crayons can be melted to add colours and effects. (Adult supervision is always needed, especially when dealing with hot, dripping wax). I’ll put some links below, there are some great Youtube clips too.
https://youtu.be/-YkVwrM8NXk (Step by step candle making for kids)
https://youtu.be/Mn2UTbdCmLw (Mess Free Candle Making)
3. Snowflake Cut Outs
“Snow flake cut outs” are cool because, like real snowflakes viewed under a microscope, no two are ever exactly the same. If you havent done snowflake cut outs before, they are very straight forward… just get a square piece of paper, fold it (into four or even eight) and then make lots of tiny cuts. When you open it out daa daa… a beautiful snowflake! The kids and I made the poster to the left by sticking small snowflake shapes we’d made onto black paper. Some words of caution: a) younger kids sometimes struggle with the scizzors and need help cutting b) stress to the kids that they need to cut shapes out of the paper: if they just cut it you won’t see anything when you open the snowflake c) the paper has to start of square or you won’t get a “symmetrical effect”. Other wintery things can be cut out too, like the snowman my son made here.
As well as putting the “snowflakes” on black paper, they can be hung in windows, made into mobiles, hung with colourful cellophane behind them (an idea from my 6 year old son) or just hung from the ceiling to give an effect of it “snowing indoors” (if it doesn’t get to you psychologically by making you feel cold!). To the right are some larger cut out shapes we made (these ones are just lying on our bench top). My daughter wanted me to make some “ballerina snow faeries” and cutting out things like this can be a great exercise for kids in spatial awareness… the shapes or figures have to remain joined at several points or they all fall to bits. To get the “leaf” and “round” effects, the corners need to be cut off before opening out the snowflakes. The kids also experimented with folding different ways– diagonally or across as well as just into quarters or eighths. Another idea, when the snowflakes are cut out and opened up, is to paint over them completely (spray paint would be good), then peel off for a different kind of snowflake effect. Thicker paper or cardboard would probably be better for this, especially if you want to use each shape more than once: they would be “snowflake stencils” then. You need a big brush and pan or vacuum cleaner for all the little bits at the end. Actually, as my four year old pointed out, the little bits and the “snowflakes” themselves would make great decorations for a “Frozen Party” or snow themed birthday or even for a Winter Wedding.
4. The “Science” Behind Winter
Our six year old son made this poster for a school project. Unfortunately, it got a bit squashed in his bag, but you get the general idea. Kids love to learn the “science” behind why we have seasons and why there are extremes of hot and cold weather. An exercise like this (making a poster of where our part of the earth is in relation to the sun during different seasons) can be a good activity to do at anytime, but in winter when we are stuck indoors more often than usual, it is especially good. Again, there are online activities and youtube clips to clarify this “seasonal chart”. Our kids are always fascinated, too, by the fact that our New Zealand winter (June, July, August) is Summer in the Northern Hemisphere, so be sure to point that out. My four children like the idea of people having Christmas in the snow– we often spend it in the garden or at the pool or beach.
We always hang any new posters the kids do in our lounge for a while, so the whole family can see them. This serves the double purpose of helping the child who made it take pride in their work and letting us all become familiar with the concept we are learning. As well as this, it makes our environment bright and colourful, especially during cold, winter days.
5. Matariki Crafts and Activities
For those of us in Aotearoa/ New Zealand, winter also co-incides with Matariki, the Māori New Year, when the cluster of seven stars known as the Pleiades elsewhere in the world, but as Matariki in Māori culture, first become visible above the horizon. This is in mid-June (I always associate it with my grandmother’s birth and, 83 years later, death day: June 15th, but I think it’s generally around the 18th). Anyway, there are various stories among different iwi (extended family groups) and in different areas of New Zealand about these seven stars. As well as entertaining our children with these stories, they lend themselves to some great opportunities for artistic expression. Local schools, kohanga reo and kindergartens also come up with some gorgeous arty constructions. Here are some I came across in our little stamping ground, which could easily be done at home too.
Matariki is also a time for sharing stories of those who have passed on. Our children never knew their paternal grandfather, who passed away before any of them were born. We can help them to “know” him, as well as other relatives such as great grandparents, through photos and stories… kids can create posters and booklets about people in their families. I’ve found our children respond to these stories with more interest if there is a funny thing the person used to do or say or if they had an interest similar to theirs or looked like one of them… these things create connection across generations and time. Some people create “Matariki Trees” (Rakau Matariki) with stars with pictures of deceased members of their families hanging from them.
6. Astronomy and Space
Kids love learning about space and winter is a great time to look at the stars (with a telescope is great if you have one or live near an observatory, but without works too). If you are stuck in winter school holidays, or if you home school, making “Space” a topic with your kids is a great idea. As well as looking at stars, “Space” can encompass building a “rocket” out of lounge room furniture, making a paper mache “solar system”, watching documentaries or other children’s media about space, reading about space… the list goes on. I won’t go into detail about “Space crafts”, as that’s kind of a separate topic from winter, but you get the idea. “Space” is good to learn about in winter, because the nights are longer and there’s more opportunity for kids to see the night sky. Also, space, like winter, is COLD!
These ideas are all meant to be fun and not pressured or stressful activities. I hope you will find inspiration from some of them and, through doing them, beat the “winter blues” and connect with your kids. Have a fun winter and keep warm! | <urn:uuid:8140c9a3-1e78-43a0-9934-4375e5930c8f> | CC-MAIN-2018-30 | https://theforeveryears.wordpress.com/category/matariki/ | 2018-07-19T13:47:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-30/segments/1531676590901.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20180719125339-20180719145339-00361.warc.gz | en | 0.958568 | 2,160 |
Robert Chalmers Bamberg, Jr.
The following biographical sketch was compiled at the time of induction into the Academy in 1979.
Robert Chalmers Bamberg, Jr. ("Red"), director of the Alabama Development Office and member of the Governor's cabinet for eight years, was born in Bibb County on December 11, 1911. He had an agricultural background, having grown up on a farm. "Red" graduated from Alabama Polytechnic Institute in 1940 with a bachelor of science degree in agriculture.
From July, 1936, until August, 1938, Bamberg was assistant county farm agent in Butler County and from October, 1940, until July,1942, he served in Dallas County as county farm agent.
In July of 1942, Mr. Bamberg entered the Armed Forces as a Second Lieutenant in the Army Corps of Engineers. He saw service in the campaigns of North Africa, Sicily, and Italy and also in the Pacific Theatre where he participated in the conquest of Okinawa. He was separated from the service in 1946, having been promoted to captain.
After leaving the service, Mr. Bamberg returned to his pre-war position as county agent in Dallas County. He held this until January,1949, when he resigned to operate a farm which he had purchased near Uniontown.
In 1958, Red Bamberg was elected to the office of Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries for the State of Alabama. In this capacity, he worked toward presening Alabama's cotton acreage allotments, provided leadership for building a Swine Disease Diagnostic Laboratory, and supported legislation which would enable establishment of a beef promotion program.
President John F. Kennedy appointed Bamberg to the Advisory Board of the Commodity Credit Corporation, United State Department of Agriculture. President Kennedy also appointed him to the National Cotton Advisory Countil Committee, 1961-63. U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman appointed him to the State Committee of the Agricultural Stabilization and Consenation Service,1963-64.
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Bamberg State Director of the Farmers Home Administration, a position held until January 1, 1969. One of the contributions which Mr. Bamberg made was to assist many groups in the development of central rural water systems.
Appointed by Governor George C. Wallace, Mr. Bamberg served as a director of the Alabama Development Office from January 1971 until January 1979. During the years of his leadership, the total capital investment announced by new and expanding industry averaged nearly $1.4 billion a year. While serving in this capacity, Bamberg was also appointed as Alternate State Member of the 13-State Appalachian Regional Commission.
In addition, he was a member of the Auburn Alumni Association, the National Association of State Development Agencies, and the Industrial Developers Association of Alabama. Other memberships included: Alabama Farm Bureau, State Cotton Council, Perry County Farm Bureau (former president), Sheep Growers Association (former state president), and Alabama Cattlemen's Association (former Director at Large). He also served as chairman of the South Alabama Cancer Drive.
Mr. Bamberg was an honorary member of Gamma Sigma Delta, national honorary agriculture fraternity. He was on the Presidential Advisory Council of Marion Institute and served on the Board of Trustees of Auburn University, at one time being elected vice-chairman.
On May 28, 1946, Mr. Bamberg married the former Olivia Barnes, and they had one son, Robert Chalmers Bamberg, III. Mr. Bamberg is now deceased. | <urn:uuid:77d36f8b-a5cc-4ad7-a557-c594addad4fc> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.archives.state.al.us/famous/academy/r_bamber.html | 2014-04-21T14:45:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609540626.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005220-00492-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97576 | 716 |
A wine brokerage startup in the Arizona area with limited funds.
Break into and differentiate the new wine brokerage firm in a very competitive marketplace.
In our discussions the key to success was to take advantage of the relationships and unique personality of the owner. He is known in the industry as knowledgable, delivering on his what he says he’s going to do, high level of customer service, very likable, and gregarious. The brand was developed around his personality traits and expertise. | <urn:uuid:fedf7401-e263-400d-9feb-5e4bdf59fcee> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://sdmmarketing.com/portfolio/loose-cannon/ | 2017-06-23T01:32:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319943.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623012730-20170623032730-00683.warc.gz | en | 0.980985 | 102 |
First of all, welcome to my profile. 7
As you might have noticed, it's quite empty at the moment, because I'm still new and haven't had a lot of time to make something (finals etc.).
Anyways, what can you expect? Well, euh, mostly website designs or coded ones, as I'm a Digital Marketing student. I'm just learning, so don't expect anything out of the ordinary, at least for starters
That's it for now, I guess, but soon lots more of things will be posted
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Feeling thankful can be one of the most powerful — and inexpensive — things in life. Discover frugal ways to express your gratitude.
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COBA is a privately funded group of manufacturing and distribution businesses. Our key activities are invested in the design, manufacture and distribution of thermoplastic products and matting and flooring solutions.
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Oh September, what a fickle month you have been!
It seems about 5 minutes ago I was pinching and punching people on the first of the month and now I am suddenly in October and wondering what on earth happened?!
I suppose the downside of working for a university is that September is busy busy busy, long days at work followed by shamefully early nights. Having said that when I look back over the month I actually managed to squeeze in a bit of a social life too! Unfortunately blogging took a bit of a back seat but que sera sera...
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- Total volumes for the quarter amounted to 550,000 MT (521,000), an organic growth of 6 percent (5).
- Operating profit, including a positive currency translation impact of SEK 2 million, reached SEK 454 million (409), an improvement by 11 percent.
- Net result amounted to SEK 310 million (273), an improvement by 14 percent.
- Earnings per share increased by 15 percent, to SEK 1.20 (1.04).
- Cash flow from operating activities amounted to SEK 396 million (171). Cash flow from working capital was positive, amounting to SEK 65 million (negative 66).
- Return on Capital Employed (ROCE), R12M, was 15.5 percent (15.6 at December 31, 2017).
- Food Ingredients – operating profit improved by 8 percent to SEK 292 million (271).
- Chocolate & Confectionery Fats – operating profit reached SEK 169 million (165).
- Technical Products & Feed – operating profit improved by 256 percent, reaching SEK 32 million (9).
The positive trend we have seen over the last few years continued during the second quarter. Organic volume growth reached 6 percent (5). Based on our initiatives and by focusing on selected segments and applications in line with our company program The AAK Way, we continue to gain market shares.
Year-over-year, operating profit increased by 11 percent to a new all-time high for a second quarter.
All three business areas showed volume growth as well as profit growth. In addition, most of our geographic markets have seen good progress. However, there has been a slightly weaker development in the US market during the quarter.
Food Ingredients had another strong quarter with Dairy and Special Nutrition leading the way. For the second consecutive quarter our Bakery segment continued to show growth.
After a challenging first quarter, Chocolate & Confectionery Fats was back to a small profit growth. This despite being hampered by a stretched utilization of some production lines as well as a planned maintenance stop which will support future volume growth of high-end products.
Business area Technical Products & Feed reported strong volume and profit growth in the quarter. The product mix continued to improve within the fatty acids business. Compared to last year we had a shorter maintenance stop and lower raw material prices.
Based on our customer value propositions for health and reduced costs, and our customer product co-development and solutions approach, we continue to remain prudently optimistic about the future. The main drivers are the continued positive underlying development in Food Ingredients and a continued improvement in Chocolate & Confectionery Fats.
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AAK is a leading provider of value-adding vegetable oils & fats. Our expertise in lipid technology within foods and special nutrition applications, our wide range of raw materials and our broad process capabilities enable us to develop innovative and value-adding solutions across many industries – Chocolate & Confectionery, Bakery, Dairy, Special Nutrition, Foodservice, Personal Care, and more. AAK’s proven expertise is based on more than 140 years of experience within oils & fats. Our unique co-development approach brings our customers’ skills and know-how together with our own capabilities and mindset for lasting results. Listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and with our headquarters in Malmö, Sweden, AAK has 20 different production facilities, sales offices in more than 25 countries and more than 3,400 employees. We are AAK – The Co-Development Company. | <urn:uuid:066e4080-331f-455b-80f0-35cc547138fe> | CC-MAIN-2020-10 | https://www.aak.com/news-and-media/press-releases/2018/aaks-interim-report-for-the-second-quarter-2018--continued-strong-performance/ | 2020-02-19T09:24:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-10/segments/1581875144111.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20200219092153-20200219122153-00225.warc.gz | en | 0.93364 | 862 |
As most security professionals are probably fully aware by now, the process of securely deploying virtualization technologies into a production environment requires serious effort. This is true from inception throughout the rollout process.
Specifically, the planning phase of a virtualization initiative requires the security team to be involved in a number of critical engineering tasks: locking down hypervisors, hardening guest platforms and evaluating current security controls for applicability in the new virtual ecosystem. Once planning is complete and actual rollout begins, a new set of operation issues emerges: virtual machine (VM) sprawl, long-term latent (i.e., "mothballed") images and logistical challenges associated with keeping a reliable and thorough inventory of images, to name a few.
Because of the amount of effort to get these kinks ironed out, the temptation can sometimes be to scale back efforts from the security team once these early phases are complete. However, this attitude can be dangerous because there are some issues that emerge only as the environment matures. It's important that security teams be aware of these complications and keep an eye open for them because they can impact the security of the environment and turn into virtualization security issues.
Virtualization security issues: Expansion of virtual images
The post-virtualization phase comes about once the initial bootstrapping of a virtual initiative is complete and the environment is operationalized into a "steady state." But the term steady state is deceptive because it is really anything but; there's natural expansion of the footprint through growth and other factors.
Some routine growth is to be expected as new physical platforms are virtualized and brought under management, and through the routine generation of clones and snapshots. But growth can also occur when disparate environments are consolidated. For example, consider two different business units (each with its own virtual footprint) coming together into one larger environment or similarly, two different virtual data centers merging into one larger environment. These situations are more likely to occur than you might expect -- and they greatly compound the complexity of the environment.
But expansion of virtual images is not the only source of added complexity. The proliferation of virtualization products can also play a role. Keep in mind that there are quite a few different types of virtualization: server virtualization, application virtualization, VDI, storage, and so on -- with multiple vendors and community-supported initiatives supporting each category. It's not unusual for the same organization to use dozens of different virtualization products from a wide swath of different vendors. Even within the same vendor's product portfolio, there are different "flavors" of products with different legacy versions that might be supported. Each particular instance of the same product can have different security profiles; for example, you might have a "locked down" hypervisor environment for high-security applications and a lower assurance platform for development and quality assurance (QA).
All this complexity makes the virtualization environment harder to keep secured. It also makes inventorying more challenging due to proliferation of images (for example, the same image might be cloned out of one product, re-imported into another, with both clones being snapshotted multiple times in parallel.)
It also can have an impact on the security of those images themselves. For guest OS instances, shops usually maintain a "golden image" that is the basis for virtualized hosts. This image includes both required integration software specific to the hypervisor (e.g., VMWare Tools), but it also usually includes security parameters and a hardened configuration. Proliferation of virtualization products means multiple different images need to be maintained while at the same time proliferation of virtual appliances, each with their own particular configuration, makes the situation worse.
Virtualization security issues: Monitor for sprawl, administrative access
As the virtual environment moves into a more operational focus and expands, the security organization's strategies need to shift. Even from the get-go of a virtual initiative, sprawl is a huge concern. But monitoring for and weeding out sprawl shouldn't stop just because the environment has been running along smoothly for a year or two. It goes without saying that getting the environment to the operational steady state requires disciplined provisioning to control sprawl. But it is important to keep scanning and discovery controls running, too, as the environment is expanded, and to stay alert for these issues, because they are almost certain to resurface as time goes by.
In addition, take stock of administrative access and build out tools to monitor for proliferation of administrative credentials. Just as in a traditional IT environment, controlling administrative credentials is imperative for a virtual environment. As time goes by, administrative credentials tend to collect; you should be keeping tabs on this to make sure that administrative rights are reasonable and appropriate. Last, keep an eye open for situations where relocation of images breaks your security model. This can happen when virtual images are "teleported" to locations that are undesirable from a security standpoint -- for example, when someone vMotions the billing server to a QA lab (yes, this happens). This extends to user-oriented scenarios as well. For instance, give employees a virtual image to run as their corporate managed endpoint (i.e., to support BYOD) and it's only a matter of time before someone gets the great idea to import that image into a user-accessible service like Amazon EC2. That could lead to a compliance violation for organizations with requirements for retaining data within predefined boundaries.
About the author:
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New York daily double
Updated: August 31, 2010, 6:14 PM ETBy Paul Biancardi
Steve Lavin did a great job bringing in local product and ESPNU 100 small forward Maurice Harkless (Queens, N.Y./South Kent), who is St. John's only 2011 recruit. The former UConn commit has a tremendous skill set, high-level athleticism and is a great finisher. Harkless has excellent body control and is at his best in transition as the recipient. The 6-foot-6, 200-pounder also showed off his good mid-range shot and capable 3-point stroke at the Fab 48 in Las Vegas, where he led the New York Panthers to the semifinals and was named to the all-tournament team. He is currently ranked No. 81 in the country, but is poised to move up the when the new rankings are released on Friday. Harkless is just scratching the surface of his potential and he will be a factor in the Big East, especially if he can make sure to keep his motor going throughout games.
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An Eligible Student
If the Special Education Team has determined that the student is presenting with one or more disabilities in the areas identified by federal and state law, and has determined that the student, as a function of their disability, is failing to make effective progress in the regular education curriculum, the Team may recommend the development of an Individual Education Plan (IEP). The Special Education Team, including the parent, will then work collaboratively to develop an IEP which meets statutory compliance and is reasonably calculated to provide the student with educational benefit.
The disability categories, as identified under the IDEA 2004 and their characteristics are as follows:
Autism is a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction. The term shall have the meaning given it in federal law at 34 CFR 300.7.Federal Definition:
(i) Autism means a developmental disability significantly affecting verbal and nonverbal communication and social interaction, generally evident before age 3 that adversely affects a child's educational performance. Other characteristics often associated with autism are engagement in repetitive activities and stereotyped movements, resistance to environmental change or change in daily routines, and unusual responses to sensory experiences. The term does not apply if a child's educational performance is adversely affected primarily because the child has an emotional disturbance, as defined in paragraph (b)(4) of this section.
(ii) A child who manifests the characteristics of "autism" after age 3 could be diagnosed as having "autism" if the criteria in paragraph (c)(1)(i) of this section are satisfied.In April, 2006, Chapter 71 B, Section 3 was amended to insert the following:
Whenever an evaluation indicates that a child has a disability on the autism spectrum, which includes autistic disorder, Asperger's Disorder, pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified, childhood disintegrative disorder, and Rhett's Syndrome as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DSM-IV, 2000), the IEP Team shall consider and shall specifically address the following: the verbal and nonverbal communication needs of the child; the need to develop social interaction skills and proficiencies; the needs resulting from the child's unusual responses to sensory experiences; the needs resulting from resistance to environmental change or change in a daily routine; the needs resulting in engagement in repetitive behaviors and stereotyped movements; the need for any positive behavioral unusual responses to sensory experiences; the needs resulting from interventions, strategies and supports to address any behavioral difficulties resulting from autism spectrum disorder; and other needs resulting from the child's disability that impact progress in the general curriculum, including social and emotional development.
The capacity to use expressive and/or receptive language is significantly limited, impaired, or delayed and is exhibited by difficulties in one or more of the following areas: speech, such as articulation and/or voice; conveying, understanding, or using spoken, written, or symbolic language. The term may include a student with impaired articulation, stuttering, language impairment, or voice impairment if such impairment adversely affects the student's educational performance.
The learning capacity of a young child (3-9 years old) is significantly limited, impaired, or delayed and is exhibited by difficulties in one or more of the following areas: receptive and/or expressive language; cognitive abilities; physical functioning; social, emotional, or adaptive functioning; and/or self-help skills.
As defined under federal law at 34 CFR 300.7, the student exhibits one or more of the following characteristics over a long period of time and to a marked degree that adversely affects educational performance: an inability to learn that cannot be explained by intellectual, sensory, or health factors; an inability to build or maintain satisfactory interpersonal relationships with peers and teachers; inappropriate types of behavior or feelings under normal circumstances; a general pervasive mood of unhappiness or depression; or a tendency to develop physical symptoms or fears associated with personal or school problems. The determination of disability shall not be made solely because the student's behavior violates the school's discipline code, because the student is involved with a state court or social service agency, or because the student is socially maladjusted, unless the Team determines that the student has a serious emotional disturbance.
A chronic or acute health problem such that the physiological capacity to function is significantly limited or impaired and results in one or more of the following: limited strength, vitality or alertness including a heightened alertness to environmental stimuli resulting in limited alertness with respect to the educational environment. The term shall include health impairments due to asthma, attention deficit disorder or attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder, diabetes, epilepsy, a heart condition, hemophilia, lead poisoning, leukemia, nephritis, rheumatic fever, and sickle cell anemia, if such health impairment adversely affects a student's educational performance.
The permanent capacity for performing cognitive tasks, functions, or problem solving is significantly limited or impaired and is exhibited by more than one of the following: a slower rate of learning; disorganized patterns of learning; difficulty with adaptive behavior; and/or difficulty understanding abstract concepts. Such term shall include students with mental retardation.
The capacity of the nervous system is limited or impaired with difficulties exhibited in one or more of the following areas: the use of memory, the control and use of cognitive functioning, sensory and motor skills, speech, language, organizational skills, information processing, affect, social skills, or basic life functions. The term includes students who have received a traumatic brain injury.
The physical capacity to move, coordinate actions, or perform physical activities is significantly limited, impaired, or delayed and is exhibited by difficulties in one or more of the following areas: physical and motor tasks; independent movement; performing basic life functions. The term shall include severe orthopedic impairments or impairments caused by congenital anomaly, cerebral palsy, amputations, and fractures if such impairment adversely affects a student's educational performance.
The term shall include the following:
1. Hearing - The capacity to hear, with amplification, is limited, impaired, or absent and results in one or more of the following: reduced performance in hearing acuity tasks; difficulty with oral communication; and/or difficulty in understanding auditorally-presented information in the education environment. The term includes students who are deaf and students who are hard-of -hearing.
2. Vision - The capacity to see, after correction, is limited, impaired, or absent and results in one or more of the following: reduced performance in visual acuity tasks; difficulty with written communication; and/or difficulty with understanding information presented visually in the education environment. The term includes students who are blind and students with limited vision.
3. Deaf-Blind - Concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes severe communication and other developmental and educational needs.
Specific Learning Disability
The term shall have the meaning given in federal law at 34 C.F.R. 300.7 and 300.541.Federal Definition:
Specific learning disability is defined as follows:
(i) General. The term means a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, that may manifest itself in an imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell, or to do mathematical calculations, including conditions such as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia.
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Im a bit of an optimistic pessimist l always seem to think the worst case sinario & that really happens so what ever the outcome its always a plus
i'm positive......everythings gonna go wrong
Dear optimist, pessimist and realist, <br />
While you guys were busy arguing about the glass of water, I drank it!<br />
I am more optimistic with a side of reality. I just choose to turn negative experiences into positive learning lesons.
A optimist all my life....If you always see the positive the positive will always see you.....even through the negative I always can't wait to see what lesson Ms positive have for me.....awww man I wish god made more of me lol.....feeling myself today hello universe
Not sure. I never measured the glass.
Well I am optimistic, but it took a few tries with the medication to get there. O.o
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Two men found guilty in 2009 Vancouver homicide
Two men have now been found guilty of first-degree murder charges in the 2009 murder of Rajinder (Raj) Singh Soomel.
Rajinder Soomel was fatally shot on Cambie Street almost seven years ago, not far from the halfway house he had been paroled to. When officers arrived they found him lying dead in the middle of the street.
Although his criminal past had ties to the world of gangs, police believed Soomel’s murder was a case of mistaken identity.
Soomel was not the intended victim and was in the wrong place at the wrong time when gunmen came looking for another target, Randy Naicker. Vancouver Police Detective investigators did speak with and inform Naiker that his life could still be in danger. He would later be murdered on June 25, 2012, in Port Moody. That homicide remains under investigation.
On June 20, 2014, police arrested and charged thirty-two-year-old Colin Victor Stewart of Surrey and 35-year-old Vancouver resident Kevin James Jones with first degree murder. They were found guilty of murder earlier this week by a jury, and have been sentenced to life in prison with no parole for 25 years.
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3 Behavioral Health Case Management Best Practices
Behavioral health case management is a complex task that must incorporate strategies from multiple fields—social work, psychology, and medicine—to be successful. Despite its complicated nature, best practices for behavioral health case management can be summarized by three guiding principles: individualized care, professional responsibility, and a holistic approach to treatment. Each of these is an umbrella under which many aspects of effective case management fall.
It’s important to recognize that there is no one-size-fits-all approach to behavioral health case management. Effective case management must take each client’s unique combination of situations and needs into account. Case managers must listen to their clients, doing their best to avoid biases that may inappropriately influence decisions related to care.
The initial assessment is often the most crucial point where client-focused, individualized care must be exercised. The case manager should use this opportunity to establish any factors that may affect outcomes and quality of care, including:
- Finances — A lack of funds may make recovery difficult and impede access to necessary medical care. Case managers can help low-income patients access available resources.
- Current housing situation— The case manager should address whether or not the patient lives in a safe environment. In the event that a client is homeless, living with domestic violence, or is in another situation that negatively affects recovery, the case manager should help locate safer housing options.
- Cultural competency — To best interact with clients from different socioeconomic backgrounds, case managers should understand where their patients come from.
- Linguistic competency — When a case manager encounters a significant language barrier, he or she has a responsibility to refer the client to a colleague better able to manage care through fluent communication.
- Substance abuse and dependency— Many clients who have been referred for other mental health issues have comorbid substance dependencies. An effective case manager should identify whether this is a factor and possibly refer the client to another case manager, as substance abuse case management has its own unique challenges.
- Other health issues — A wide variety of physical illnesses are more prevalent among people with severe mental illness. Referral to medical doctors will likely be needed.
Each of these issues should also be reevaluated at regular points over the course of the patient’s care.
A case manager should also employ a strength-based approach that focuses on resolving problems through the cultivation of the positive aspects of a client’s life that promote mental well-being rather than on specific pathology. Points of focus should include:
- The client’s personal strengths and talents
- Positive interpersonal relationships in the client’s life
- Identifying realistic goals and discussing possible ways of achieving them
While it may seem obvious that effective case management requires professional rigor – case managers and social workers need a special kind of discipline. The following are indispensable for effective case management.
Case managers and their support staff must be sure to keep accurate, up-to-date records of their clients that are easily accessible when necessary. While in the past that meant detailed, hand-written notes kept in a physical folder, the transition to digital patient records has facilitated more diligent documentation along with more streamlined coordination of care.
Like other health services in the United States, behavioral health case management must comply with privacy standards outlined by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). This means that patient health information, including behavioral health information, may only be shared under certain circumstances, usually with the patient’s express permission. Additionally, case managers must also recognize when some patients with severe mental illness may not have the capacity to make decisions regarding the sharing of their information, as in the case of intoxication or temporary psychosis.
Social work isn’t easy. However, case managers have the responsibility to remain compassionate and to maintain a professional demeanor even when faced with the most difficult patients. At the same time, behavioral health case managers must also keep healthy professional boundaries. An overinvolved case manager is counterproductive to the client’s recovery.
Case management is a service with an ultimate goal that, at some point, the client will no longer need the help of his or her case manager. Care continued beyond this point often wastes valuable time—both the patient’s and the case manager’s—and limited community resources. Instead, the client should be counseled on his or her possible “graduation” from behavioral health case management.
It’s also important to recognize when the case manager–client relationship isn’t working out due to the lack of a “right fit.” When that happens, it’s necessary to give a referral to another competent colleague who may be a better match for a particular client.
Because of the interconnected nature of the mind and body, physical health influences mental health and vice versa. Thus, behavioral health case management and general health management should be integrated. An effective case manager should work to promote efficient coordination of care with both mental health and bodily health care providers.
Additionally, successful behavioral health case management should focus on all aspects of a patient’s life. A case manager should network with local community resource providers so as to better refer clients to available medical, social, educational, and vocational services.
Behavioral health case management should be outcome-based. A patient’s progress notes should highlight measurable indicators of success, which include:
- Increased quality of life.
- Higher level of functioning.
- Fewer days spent hospitalized (when applicable).
- Less dependency on community programs (when applicable).
Did you find yourself or your organization lagging behind while you were reading through the best practices above? There is always room for improvement! Some aspects of these best practices, such as maintaining proper levels of privacy and accurate documentation, may depend on choosing the right software for your organization.
If you have questions about how you can implement these best practices or evaluate your organization, Social Solutions is happy to help answer any questions you may have. Make sure you stay up-to-date with the latest news in the Health and Human Services space by heading over to our News page. See what is going on in your industry today! | <urn:uuid:6cf97fb5-5fac-4815-8401-1e9d7783af37> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/3-behavioral-health-case-management-best-practices/ | 2020-09-24T12:57:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400217623.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20200924100829-20200924130829-00097.warc.gz | en | 0.939948 | 1,271 |
Louse and Human Coevolution
Author(s): Anna Monfils1, Julie Allen2, Brad Goodner3, Debra Linton1
1. Central Michigan University 2. University of Nevada Reno 3. Hiram College
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Upon completion of the module, each student should be able to:
- Evaluate how an organism’s form and function is influenced by evolutionary history, interspecific interactions, and environmental selection pressures.
- Evaluate an organisms’ evolutionary history using phylogenetic and morphological data.
- Hypothesize how biotic and abiotic factors in the environment relate to the form and function of an organism.
- Critically evaluate competing phylogenetic hypotheses.
This is the first of three modules that uses the lowly louse as the study system. We will be investigating lice to help us consider this question: “What determines the form and function of an organism?” There are three broad categories of influences on the form and function of an organism. These categories are: (1) the phylogeny, or evolutionary history of the organism, (2) selection pressures acting on the organism (including interspecific interactions), and (3) the genetic makeup of the organism.
In this module we will look at the complex coevolution of humans and lice.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under DBI 1730526; 1925312; 1902031. Any opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
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- Monfils, A., Allen, J., Goodner, B. W., Linton, D. (2020). Louse and Human Coevolution. Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/JJBH-SG27
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I figured by now, I'd have figured out the whole blog thing. I have blogs I read on a regular basis, like daily or weekly. I regularly comment on some. I even have a bunch that I regularly read on my blog page. I have 1 person that follows my blog. And 1 or 2 that have actually commented on it. Not that I really mind so much, because it's more for me that I write, not others. Hubby doesn't read it, nor does any of my family, or friends, because I've chosen not to tell very many people that I blog. Hubby knows, but has so far not chosen to read my blog. Mostly because he knows how I am about things like that. Here's a little known fact: I've had poems published in a couple of anthologies. Used to write all the time. Wrote a good 2 or 3 dozen poems over the course of 2-3yrs. Stopped writing after I met hubby and got married. Just seemed at the time like there wasn't anything else to write about. I really thought about writing again, but can't seem to get back in the groove of things. It just seems like most of what I wrote before just flowed from my fingers to the paper. Now it actually takes work just to write out a few sentences, and even then they don't seem to flow or even make sense some days. Like a colossal writers block. And it sucks. I used to love writing, it was how I spent most of my teen years. I thought writing was something special that I was good at. And then came the kids, and there was no time to write. No time to think. To dream. To anything. I even thought for a time that I might write a book. I mean heck, if Jenny McCarthy can multi-task, so can I right? Apparently not. Can't seem to string a sentence together that doesn't make me feel like my IQ might drop 30 points just to read it. I want to write about how having 2 boys with autism feels. How it feels to have other kids that need my attention. How my day never ends. How terrified I am that my youngest may never live on his own. But when I try, it just seems to come out sounding fake and hollow. Dull and unimaginative. Boring. My little triumphs are nothing to the real world. Most people wouldn't be able to understand where I'm coming from, why little things excite me. Why an almost 8yo using the potty is awesome. I just can't find the words to describe what I'm seeing, feeling, and dealing with at any given time. I just don't know how to do it. I want to tell my kids' story, and let other people know that it's not all sunshine and roses. It's hard work. It makes me cry or want to most days. The hardest is seeing my son look at something that kids way younger than him are doing, and still not being able to make sense of it. Seeing other kids hurt his feelings because they don't understand why he is the way he is. Sometimes I blame myself. If I hadn't been in denial, had gotten him evaluated earlier. If I hadn't allowed him to do any number of things, maybe things would be different. Maybe it's bad genetics, bad parenting, bad vaccines. The what ifs drive me nuts. The hardest day was when they diagnosed him as mentally retarded. Not when they said autism. Autism I can deal with. But brain damage, mental retardation, that I'm not sure how to deal with. What to do, how to do it. I just can't wrap my mind around it. It hurts just to think of it. It makes me wonder what caused it. Was it when he fell off the bed? Or fell at the park? Or was it before that? When he had his surgery at 4 months? Thats the part that kills me inside. The whole what caused it, was it something I did or didn't do? Could I have prevented it? I guess that's where I stand now. Getting past the what ifs and moving on to the what nows. That's all for now. I'm sure this will make more sense in the morning, or maybe never.
Hubby went back to work today. That at least went well. Had my eye appointment yesterday, which did not go so well. My eyes are ok, need a different script for my glasses, that part was fine. He dilated my eyes, and told me that they should be back to normal in about 2 hours. Yeah. Right. Not. More like 12 hours at least. Got them dilated at 3:30, and by 11pm, they were still huge! I looked like I'd done some heavy duty stuff, if you know what I mean lol. Went to bed with a ginormous migraine, and woke up being able to see, but with the same headache. Not cool. Of course, Wednesdays are guitar lesson days, and Adrian's mom also wanted to hang out. No problem, had another friend pick her up, and bring her down to meet me where the boys get their lessons. Things were busy, but it wasn't too bad. Took her and Adrian home with me, and hung out here for a while. Things are going well, Adrian's taking a nap now, and we're gonna keep him for a couple days (or more lol). I still have the headache from yesterday, but it's not quite as bad. Kids are being quiet, Hub's is playing on the net, and I'm thankfully able to post on here, as my net has been up and down since the crash. I think I have the problem fixed though, downloaded some drivers and reset my modem, and it's been working for the last couple days just fine. Weather here is nice right now, it's about 40 degrees, and all the snow is melting into huge puddles that the kids of course cannot avoid. It even tried to rain for a few minutes this morning. Have to wait a week for my glasses, but I will also have a back up pair, since we all know I can't help losing/mangling/destroying a pair. Not too bad, I got a full exam, and new bows and lenses for the original pair, plus my new frames and lenses for about $200. Thankfully I only have to do that every 2 years. Hope everyone else is doing well, and the weather is fine other places too.
So now we just need the Health Dept, and the Dr's office to both fax a note to work saying that he can go back to work! Unfortunately, the health dept lady is "away from my desk at the moment", and has been all day. The Dr's office is faxing their note, and faxing the health dept as we speak, to get them to fax the note we need. All it means is that he'll be home tomorrow too, and go back on Wednesday, exactly 2 wks after he got called off work. It also means that he'll get a 3 day paycheck, which will cover his gas back and forth to work and a few groceries. It's great news, and I've been praying that it would hurry up and be done. Thank you to all who have been praying for us, and have kept us in their thoughts. It's meant a lot to us. I'm still reloading my computer, and have lost some of my bookmarks forever, but am slowly getting things set back up the way I had them before. The kids are all well, and I'm getting back to normal, just glad things have turned out for him to go back to work. With my stomach in knots the way it's been, I've been living on coffee, and lots of Monster. Hopefully once he is back to work, my stomach will be back to normal. Gotta go for now, need to finish loading some more things into my bookmarks, and finish loading my music. Got bored yesterday so I took a break from getting it done.
Well the good news is that Mikes clear of the Giardia and the Crypto. The bad news is that they weren't done with the test for Cdiff by the end of the day, because of how busy the lab was. So we'll here about that one on Monday. More crappy news. My computer crashed, and I lost everything I had saved. All my pics, all my music. The only blogs I have still are the ones I saved on here. So I'm in the process of figuring out who all I did read daily, besides the ones on here, and re-saving them. Again. And of course re-loading all my music. And hoping I didn't delete the pics off my SD card yet. Not holding out much hope for that though. Hoping his test for Cdiff comes back negative, then he can go back to work Tuesday or Wednesday at the latest. Today's his last day on the antibiotics too. I'm sure the kids are hoping he'll go back soon too. He's driving us all nuts, and we're happy to drive him nuts as well. My sis came out this way from Missouri for the weekend. Got here Friday evening, and left this afternoon. We did dinner together Friday night, and got to hang out yesterday for most of the day as well. Wish I'd thought to take pics of the kids while they were here. Got to catch up on all the happenings where she is and got to tall her about all the things going on here in the last 5 mos since she's been gone. I was surprised at how big the kids got in the time she's been gone. The kids were all glad to see each other and played for hours. They even got along for a change! Anyway, got a lot to fix, so need to stick my nose to the grindstone. If you sent me anything, or sent me your blog addy, please re-send it. Then I can re-add you quicker.
Too much stuff on my mind. Hubby takes in his "sample" today to see if he can go back to work. We can't afford for him to be home for another week, so I'm praying that the meds have worked and he's good to go. Stressful, because he throws off the whole schedule by being here, and is driving me nuts. Also because we need to figure out how we're gonna pay bills and get groceries and everything if he's 0ff for more time. I know that he can take his other week of vacation if he needs to, but I'm hoping it doesn't come to that. What amazes me is that no one else has gotten what he has. I've been obsessively cleaning for the past week and a half, and rearranging and vacuuming like a madwoman. Not to mention mopping and scrubbing everything, and making kids wash their hands a million and one times a day. I don't do well with this kind of thing. Or pretty much anything to do with the city, the health dept, important ppl that can come and inspect your house, or the ones that can take your kids if you know what I mean. It makes me nervous, it even sometimes makes me physically ill.
For an example, we had a dealing with CPS about 4 yrs ago. We'd had a friend (my best friend) and her boyfriend staying with us. He's not known for his good temper. Caleb is a very difficult child to put to bed some nights. This was before I started putting him and Gabe to bed together. So I'm downstairs with Gabe, and he went up to tell Caleb to quit jumping on the bed and go to sleep. Well, he's yelling, and Caleb's yelling. So I put Gabe down on the couch, and went to see what was going on. I go up, and the boyfriend was coming down. He said that he swatted Caleb on the butt for screaming in his face and spitting at him. I went up and checked on him, and asked him what happened, and he told me a different story. Caleb told me that he was jumping on the bed, which I already knew, and BF came in and told him to go to bed. He said that he told BF that he wanted mom and wasn't going to bed. BF told him to lay down, and he screamed in BF's face, and then BF backhanded him, twice, hard across the side of his neck. Well, I'd never known BF to EVER hit my kids, because he knew that if there was a problem to come get me. And I didn't see any marks, so I figured that Caleb was being a drama queen and I'd just check it again later. Yes, BF knew that hitting my child was not appropriate, yes he knew that there would be consequences if there was even 1 mark on him. So I let Caleb sleep in my bed with me, since he was upset, along with Gabe (who at the time ALWAYS slept in my bed). And I went to bed, figuring on checking it in the morning. (BTW BF was asked, and denied hitting him like that.) So when I looked in the morning, I was totally shocked by what I saw. A hand print shaped red mark, with petechiae (hemmoraging) , his neck looked like it was bloodshot. And he had a finger splint shaped bruise. And guess who was wearing a finger splint because he had hurt his finger at work? That's right, the BF.
So I called hubby, told him the situation, and when he got home, he asked BF if he'd hit him and he still said no. So we took Caleb to the police station, filed a report, and had them come talk to him. He told the cops that he did indeed hit him, and that he'd actually hit him twice. He knew it was wrong, and was willing to leave without a fight. Since BF was on probation, his PO revoked him, and he spent 5 days in jail. What does that have to do with CPS? Well if you report that someone else has hurt your child, YOU are investigated too. Yup, that's right, you are investigated. So, being the not great housekeeper that I am, and having been called on myself because my house was a mess, I totally freaked the hell out! I cleaned everything, called my mom and mil, and they came over and helped me clean every nook and cranny. The worker came and talked to the kids, at school, and called me to say that she needed to come out to the house. So, she came, and looked thru the whole house--even the fridge and freezer--and her only concern was that she thought the birds cage needed to be cleaned. Of course I laughed, and said that if I cleaned the cage more than 3x a week, the bird would not stay sitting on her eggs, and that since I was breeding birds, I needed her to sit. I told her how nervous she made me, and how I felt about spanking and how all it takes is just 1 person getting mad and turning you in for something stupid (ie house was a mess cause everyone was sick) to make you freak whenever something happens to your kids. The whole experience affects me even now, I don't leave my kids with anyone except grandma, and my cell phone is on the whole time. I freak over little bumps and bruises. I get physically ill, and sometimes even to the point that I throw up. During that experience I lost 16 lbs in 2 weeks, because I was so freaked I couldn't eat, or sleep and kept throwing up. Long story short, the case was closed, BF got 5 days in jail, and a 1yr no contact order on us and the kids. He and my best friend got married, he got counseling, and they had a child. My godson, Adrian. Even though he's had counseling, he will never be left alone with my kids. Even if I'm home, because I can't trust that he won't hurt one of them again. Well, this got way longer than I intended, and I didn't plan on partially writing my life story, lol, but I just wrote how I felt and what was on my mind. Comment away!
Yup! For the first time EVER, not including the one time that his teacher got him to count to 3, my boy counted! Not to 3, not to 5, but to 10. We used M&M's and raisins to accomplish this magical feat. Told him if he could count them he could have them. And he counted all 10 M&M's. Then later, to make sure we could duplicate it, we did it again with raisins and mixed fruit. I'd put 2 in his hand and say "how many?" and he'd say 2, then I'd add 1, and say it again, and he'd say 3. On and on til 10. He mixes up 7 and 8. But he's trying! And he was sooooo thrilled that he did it (or maybe thrilled cause of the treats?). Caleb wrote his first ever paragraph in his own words. He decided that he would write about teradactyls. Below is an excerpt, not spell corrected (yes he did ask how to spell some things):
"I think Birds was alive wen dinosaur was alive. A Bird is telodados (teradactyls). Telodados are big birds and thay die off. And now telodados are fostois (fossils). But because thay are istec (extinct) was a big firey rocks hit ever weir (everywhere) and Now thay are telodados fostois (teradactyl fossils) in the guon (ground)."
Not bad considering how hard he has to try to remember how to spell the words. He is in 2nd grade, doing reading and writing at a late kinder level. He's learning to capitalize and punctuate a sentence. He's also learning that sometimes you should look words up and not ask mom, cause she'll probably misspell it too (case in point: teradactyl. it looks ok to me, but blogger keeps underlining it, so I know I spelled it wrong. Just trying to get this post done before I get interrupted again!). That's all for now, gotta go chase kids!
Having him home is great, especially if I need help with something or need him to get the kids to do their chores or something. But he's driving me NUTS! It's fun enough to rearrange my schedule because of him being home, because I can get things done that would otherwise have to wait for the weekend. Like we got the front room and dining room rearranged on Wednesday and Thursday, and the basement picked up and looking decent on Friday. Ordinarily I would've had to get it all done in 10-15 minute spurts, over the course of a few days to a week. And had to re-do a lot of that work due to the kids and the dog messing things up day by day. But other things, like the kids getting school done, and the little things like the work I do at the Cup on Mondays and Tuesdays, and the kids guitar lessons on Friday's. I've had to rearrange those types of things, either because he doesn't want to go, or thinks the kids should stay home and do more in the way of school work, or from Dr appts.
Of course I think I'm driving him nuts too. I've been vacuuming at least 2x a day, but when he was working, all he saw was once a day. I mop everyday, but he only saw when I mopped at night, which is only like 2x a week. We do 3-4 loads of laundry a day, but he only sees like 1 or maybe 2 when he's working. There are dozens of little things that we do everyday (when he is working) that he never sees that are driving him nuts. The kids are going stir crazy too, wanting dad to leave them alone. He has definite opinions on how much school work they should be doing each day, and what they should be working on at any given time. But like I told him, the kids' school time is MINE. He needs to back up and leave it alone. Gabe is doing well, better than he was before. He may not do as much "book work" as the other kids, but he's learning in his own way. The others are doing well too, to a point, but they don't deal well with dad constantly up their butts as far as what they're doing and when. Caleb has a problem with reading, and doesn't do well when pushed (he will cry and get very upset to the point where he sometimes throws up), so I've backed off and used what he wants to know to get him to read more. Mike doesn't back off, he pushes and pushes, because apparently "back off and leave him alone" is NOT in his vocabulary. Hence, one of the reasons that he isn't allowed to do school with them. It's not just Caleb, he does it with all the kids. That's why it's my job and not his. Anyway, off to find something else to do, since I've actually caught up on emails and everything else on the computer!
So he went back to the Dr today, expecting to get cleared to go back to work, or at least get a general idea of when he could go back. Yeah right! Work's pissed at him, because the state (Health Dept) is up their butt. HR at work is pissed at him too, and actually TOOK his name badge from him today when he went to drop off his Dr's note and get his check. He was told in no uncertain terms that it MUST be his fault that he is sick, and don't come back until they tell him to. Doc has him off for another week at least, maybe more depending on what the results of his next "sample" are. He's to go back next Friday and leave a sample, and they'll call him with the results. Then, they'll fax the results to work, and he is to call them and find out if/when he can go back. I told him to watch his back, since work is so t'd off about the Health Dept. being involved, and I'm sure that they're going to try and find a way to fire him. So, he took vacation pay for the next week, hopefully he goes back to work then. Or we're sunk, no work = no $$. He said he's going to start looking for a new job while he's off, and the Dr said that as long as it's not dealing with food he can work. Here's hoping that next week is better than this week has been.
On the plus side, we got cable installed today, but now I'm left trying to figure out if we'll be able to afford it in another month. If you're the praying type, I could use some prayers right now.
Hubby hasn't been feeling well for the last few days. He's also had diarrhea and an upset stomach. We figured it was just the flu, or a stomach bug, but he was running to the bathroom every 15 minutes or so. So this morning, he goes, and goes and goes. And is sh*tting BLACK, as in high probability of a GI bleed, or old blood at the very least. So he calls in to work, and goes to Urgent Care this morning. As soon as the Dr. hears the words "black stool" he ordered a complete workup: blood work, stool sample etc. He gets a script for antibiotics, and goes to fill it. Less than an hour later, we get 2 calls about 15 minutes apart. Call #1 says: "You tested positive for Giardia, come back up and get an additional script." Call #2 says: "You also tested positive for Cryptosporidium, and will need a script that will take care of that." So now he's on 3 scripts, 1 for 7 days, 1 for 10 days, and 1 for 3 days. We went to fill the other 2, and when we get back home, we have a call on the caller ID from the city Health Dept! So he calls her back, and is asked all these questions about how long he's been sick, where has he eaten recently, what has he eaten, has he been around this or that. WTH? There was also ANOTHER call from the Dr's office, but they were out of the office, so he'll have to call them back for the bad news (i hope not really) in the morning. Our day SUCKED! And the kicker is, he's off work until they say he's all clear of both! So no work = no pay! Wish me luck I'm going to need it. Of course this also means that Adrian went home, as I need to baby him instead. And Sky's not going to be coming either. It'll be a quiet weekend with just the 6 of us.
So tomorrow's going to be chaotic enough just with the kids, but I just can't leave well enough alone. The boys have their second guitar lesson, which means since I have to be there, so do all 4 (+1) kids. I also need to get a hold of the parts store and find out how much it's going to set me back to get my brakes and rotors for the van. Yeah, really fun. Thursday is haircuts for the boys, going to the library, and picking up Skylar after he gets out of school. And of course even though he and Adrian are the same size (roughly, he just turned 3, but is small for his age, and Adrian will be 2, but is big for his age), they DO NOT get along. And Adrian is usually the ringleader in whatever trouble comes of the two of them being together. He likes to bite push and bully poor Sky, and Sky just sits there and takes it. Friday's gonna be nuts too. We have all the regular school stuff, plus I have the cable guy coming (finally!) anytime after 3. Somehow in between all that in the next 3 days I need to rearrange the living room, get the new entertainment center (duh, I need to buy it first, lol) set up, get Caitlin's new shoes, set up the other playpen for Sky, do tons of laundry, plus wrangle 2 toddlers and 4 other kids. Not to mention all the other last minute things that always come up when you have your days packed with all kids of other things that MUST get done by XXXX date. On the plus side, I can't take more than 2 extra kids at a time without another adult with a car and license, because this van's only a 7 seater and I need to have a seat for ME. I miss my old van, it was an 8 seater, so if I only had my kids, I could separate them, or I could pack in my 4 and 3 more and pack it to the gills with diaper bags and carseats. I keep telling Mike that my next van needs to be one of those HUGE 15 passenger vans lol. He of course doesn't find it that funny. Hmmmm. Anyway, Need to get some sleep before Adrian (or Gabe) wakes up and wants my full undivided attention. Btw, anyone want to buy a Dyson Slim, new in box? Cheap!!
Picked up Adrian yesterday. Figured that was why his mom and dad were trying to get a hold of me. He does so well with my kids, and they were telling me that he looks for us when he comes home. He's over here quite a bit, and for a while (when they were both working) he was here all week and home on weekends. So really, it's no surprise that he's been calling Mike daddy and I mommy for some time now. He also calls them mommy and daddy, so I think that he just figures that we're all his mommy and daddy. He'll be 21 months on the 16th. Getting so big, talking more and more every day. It seems like every time he goes home, he comes back here with a new skill. I thought when he was born it would be so hard to deal with him and my 4, but in reality it's easier dealing with 5 than it was going from 1-3, or 3-4. Really, going from 1-3 wasn't as hard for me as going from 3-4. Adding the twins when James was little was only really hard the first few weeks, when I was too sore to move much and sooooo sleep deprived that I wasn't always sure which kid I was trying to change and feed. Then, when I was able to get out of the house, since we lived about 5 blocks from great grandma and about 7-8 blocks from grandma, it got easier. We went to the park, we went for walks, we went to grandmas. Simple. When the twins were almost 2, we had Gabe. Wow what a difference. We had moved, so we were about a MILE away from either grandma, and from great grandma. We were still close to a park, but it was such a hassle to get there. I still didn't have my license, so we had to walk everywhere. Caleb had just been diagnosed with autism the fall before (Gabe was born in March), so we were dealing with all that too. And on top of all that, Gabe never seemed to sleep. EVER. He nursed on demand it seemed like 24/7. He napped for about 20min at a time. He wasn't fooled by being stuck in a swing, or carseat. He wasn't having any part of grandma, grandpa, or daddy. It HAD to be mommy, all the time. He refused the bottle, sippy, pacifier. I'm sure that had a lot to do with it being harder adding him to the mix. With Adrian, my kids were bigger. And while Gabe (and Caleb) are still quite a handful most days, they're easier now than they were then. Adrian was fine with the bottle, and does great with the sippy. He was and is fine with a pacifier. He sleeps, AND naps. Two things that Gabe didn't do. He's fine with crowds, which Gabe (and Caleb) was not. Every child is different, and I suppose if Adrian was like Gabe or Caleb, then my life (and his parents') would be very different. It would probably be much harder.
The looks I get when I'm in public with my kids, and my "extras" are varied. Some people give me "the look". You know the look, the one that says, "WTH, don't you know how to stop at a couple" or worse. Of course, I give them looks back, lol, but most of mine are smiles. Looks that tell them that I know what causes it, and I LIKE IT! Picture this: Me and 7 kids. The oldest is 11, then twins @9, then 7, and almost 7, and 3 and almost 2. Wow. And then we met my sisters and their kids. 1 sis has 2 sons(7 and 8) and a stepson(8) that she had every other weekend. The other one has 2 a boy and a girl, Brianna is 2 and Christopher is 5. So the ages go: 11, 9, 9, 8, 8, 7, 7, 6, 5, 3, 2, 21mos. Can we say OMG!?!? Talk about getting stares! We can't get together much anymore, because my youngest sis moved to Missouri and my other sis works full time. But in the summer, its me and my 4, her and her 3, and at least 2 of the 3 extras. I love my kids, and I love my "extras" as if they were my own. If I could, I'd have a few more. But I can't. So, I have my "extras", and my nephews and niece. I'm sure this post is rambling, and probably blah, but I really just felt the need to babble for a while. It's been one of those days, and it was a long weekend as well. Now I'm off to watch the President, he's on EVERY channel!
Yesterday was total chaos. Not that that would be anything out of the ordinary. Spent Thursday in Milwaukee, and took the kids around town, and to the Mitchell Park Domes. Awesome! The kids really like the domes, and we try to make it a few times a year. We've only managed twice since the summer of 2006 when grandma died, because it was really hard for me. We had taken Gabe the morning after she passed, because mom and I needed some time to talk about all that had happened the night before. But thats a whole other post right there. Anyway, yesterday we did school and our running and bill paying before Mike got home. Then we dropped the kids off at grandma's for our first night out in a year! We went TV shopping, and picked up more stuff for our already spoiled kids, lol. We settled on a 32 inch (the same size we already had) LCD tv, the last one they had (floor model) for $100 off! Great deal! Also picked up more school stuff, like they need more! Picked up stuff to make our own word wall, and magnetic letters for Gabe. 4th and 5th grade books for James to work out of, and more stuff for next year's schooling. I'm hoping that when we move, I'll have more space for our school stuff, not just a couple shelves on the bookshelf. In other news, my desktop weather says it's 48 degrees out!!! Heat wave! Get out and enjoy the day!
And boy does it feel like one! This week, we are taking my sister's two kids to school part of the week. That means doing something we haven't done since the middle of December...waking up at the butt-crack of dawn! Today went pretty well, but it was really hard for me to get out of bed. Got the kids up and dressed, fed, and out the door to pick up her 2, all within an hour! Today's been pretty laid back, just kind of getting things done little by little, no real hurry. School has been going well, but we aren't doing as much book work as I had anticipated. Mostly what we are doing is watching educational programming, and picking something each day that they want to know about and going from there. Like the hawk in the yard. We see, we look up, we learn. Seems to work well for the older 3. Gabe is hit or miss with a lot of it, it all depends on what catches his attention and keeps it for more than a few minutes. I also did something I thought I'd never do recently. I bought 4 Fisher-Price Kid Tough DVD Players. One for Caitlin, and each of the boys (James got a regular portable dvd player instead of a kiddie one), and an extra for those times that one or the other needs to be charged. We're eagerly waiting for them (YAY for Ebay!!). The main use for them is (supposed to be lol) to watch educational, learning dvd's. We'll see about that though, lol. The biggest problem that I'm having with teaching Gabe is that if it's geared for his actual age, he can't do it. But even if it's geared toward a pre-k level, he is still having problems attempting to do things. He seems to have a real fear of trying and failing. I think it ties to his public school experience, where nothing was really expected of him. By the time I pulled him in December, he had JUST (after 2 + yrs of public school) started to attempt writing his name, but the kicker is, even when I sat in and watched during school, they weren't making him do anything! He didn't have assignments, or homework (other than have mom or dad "help" you read for 15 min a night). They expected him to sit in his seat with a minimum of noise or redirection. They gave him the same papers as everyone sometimes (other times they gave him paper to draw or pretend to write letters on, or trace letters), but didn't expect him to actually accomplish anything. I think that he figures home is the same way, and I've been trying to impress upon him that we DO have to do work when it is school time. I need suggestions on working with him!!! Anyway, this is turning into a book, and I have kids to chase and do more school stuff with! | <urn:uuid:077b846d-0389-4889-b938-b3e33dba8291> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | http://mylifeslittlesurprises.blogspot.com/2009/02/ | 2018-02-20T17:06:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813059.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20180220165417-20180220185417-00649.warc.gz | en | 0.991525 | 7,716 |
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See also: Tara Mines Excavations
Randalstown townland is found to the N.W. of Navan. Today about half of the townland is covered by the Tara Mines Tailings Dam. Randalstown used to be deeply associated with tobacco growning, under the guiding hand of Sir Nugent Everard who lived in Randlestown House, the ruins of which are beneath the tailings dam today. The Everards are buried in Donaghpatrick .
Tara Mines - 1970s. Mining operation in the foreground, the River Blackwater flowing across the centre of the photo left to right, and the Tara Mines Tailings Dam in the centre background. Crushed limestone and residues of the lead and zinc minerals are pumped along the old railway line which runs along the right side of the photo. They settle at the base of the dam and are covered with water to prevent them becoming airborne.
Excavations in Randalstown 1999:
Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, Ed. By Isabel Bennett, Bray 2000. p. 708Fulachta Fiadh, SMR 25:1, 25:2, 25:3, 18:26 98E0352
An excavation was carried out in the townland of Randalstown, Co. Meath, on four fulachta fiadh discovered during monitoring of topsoil-stripping within the Northern Borrow Area, during construction of Stage 4a of the Tailings Dam Extension for Tara Mines Ltd. The excavations was carried out between 1 and 16 June 1999.
Topsoil extending to a depth of 0.4m was removed, revealing the yellow, natural glacial till beneath. A number of filled in ditches of old field boundaries were exposed as areas of soft ground within the natural glacial till. Archaeological features were exposed at the southern end of one such boundary as spreads of burnt stone and dark soil highlighted against the natural clay, characteristic of levelled burnt mounds of fulachta fiadh. For the purposes of excavation these were divided into four archaeological areas.
Area1 was revealed as a spread of burnt stone and charcoal-stained soil forming an approximate triangle measuring 8m by 5m. A rectangular trough 1.75m long, 1.65m wide and 0.58m deep was revealed at the eastern edge of the burnt mound spread. The top of the trough was sloped, with vertical sides towards the base, suggesting that it may have been lined with wooden planks. A squared recess 0.2m wide was cut into the natural clay in the south-east corner and may have secured a wooden upright. However, no post holes were evident in the subsoil at the base of the trough. The spread of heat-shattered stones extended to the north-west for the trough and lay in an irregularly shaped hollow that was 0.25m deep. A large, subcircular pit measuring 1.7m by 1.3m was excavated to the north-west of the trough and was filled with burnt stones. This pit was 0.55m deep and had a broad U-shaped profile with sloping sides and a round base. Two further, subrectangular shallow pits were excavated to the east of the trough.
Area 2 was exposed as a large spread of burnt mound material consisting of a dense concentration of shattered stone and black silt measuring 12m north-south by 4m. This had a maximum thickness of 0.28m and lay within a hollow cut into the eastern edge of the burnt material and was an elongated subrectangular pit cut into the natural clay, measuring 2.5m by 1.1m and 0.44m deep. The fill was a black, charcoal-flecked silt that was the same as the burnt mound material. The remains of a wooden plank lay lengthwise along the base. A large pit 1.2m in diameter was exposed to the south-west of the burnt spread and contained a weathered, natural fill and occasional burnt stones.
Area 3 was a spread of black, sandy silt with burnt stone over an area measuring 13.5m by 5.5m. This had a maximum thickness of 0.38m and overlay a soft wet, grey silt up to 0.15m thick containing charcoal flecks and burnt stones. This in turn lay above the natural, yellow glacial till. The trough was on the south side of the burnt stone spread and consisted of a flat-bottomed subcircular pit cut into the glacial till measuring 1.8m by 1.7m and 0.55m deep. A deposit of wet, black silt, 0.1m thick, was exposed at the base of the trough below a number of layers of natural silt. No evidence was observed for a wooden lining, which may have been considered unnecessary by the builders because of the impermeable clay sides. A bucket-shaped pit cut into the natural glacial till was exposed 0.5m north of the trough and was filled with a black, silty clay with charcoal and burnt stone, The pit measured 1.2m by 1m and was excavated to a depth of 0.56m.
Area 4 was a thin spread of burnt stone covering a small trough and two small pits. The burnt material was spread over an area measuring 15m by 10.5m. A dense concentration of shattered stone and black silt c. 2.5m in diameter marked the location of the trough. The trough measured 1.8m by 0.5m -1m. A shallow U-shaped gully or hollow c0.25m wide and 50mm deep was exposed along the centre of the trough. This hollow may have held a wooden plank that was removed when the trough went out of use. Two possible stake holes, c. 8-mm in diameter which may have secured a plank along the base, were exposed at the south end of the trough. A third stake hole was exposed within a slot-like feature at the north-east of the trough. Two further possible stake-holes were also exposed at the surface. Two small pits were revealed 10m to the ease of the trough. Both were subcircular in plan, measuring c.0.6m in diameter and 0.26m deep and were filled with wet, grey, silty clay containing charcoal and burnt stone.
At least four fulachta fiadh were excavated at Randalstown, along with a number of pits probably associated with their use. These conform to the general size range of other excavated troughs. There was surviving evidence for a wood lining in the trough in Area 2, with indirect evidence for a lining in the troughs in Areas 2 and 3 indicate a gradual silting-up over time, whereas the troughs in Areas 1 and 4 contained a homogeneous fill suggesting backfill in one operation. The presence of such a concentration of fulachta fiadh is a strong indication of significant Bronze Age activity in the immediate area and reinforces the evidence found at Simonstown for a densely populated prehistoric landscape.
Donald Murphy, Archaeological Consultancy Services Ltd, 15 Trinity Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth.
County: Meath Site name: Randalstown
Excavations.ie number: 1985:44 License number: —
Author: Kieran Campbell, for Tara Mines Ltd.
Site type: Early Christian Souterrain
ITM: E 684133m, N 771518m
Latitude, Longitude (decimal degrees): 53.686604, -6.726296
A souterrain was discovered during topsoil-stripping for the construction of a tailing dam for Tara Mines Ltd. at Randalstown, Navan. The souterrain, l80m. north of St. Anne’s church previously excavated by E.P. Kelly, consisted of a passage 13.40m. long, 1.20m. wide max., and in. high at the single intact capstone. A set of post-holes in the floor, 8.50m. from the entrance, indicates the position of a doorway. The floor deposit contained bird and animal bones (cattle, sheep, pig, cat) and the point of a bone pin. Beside the souterrain entrance was a series of post-holes and pits which may be a house site. The pits contained charcoal and fragmentary animal bone, mostly teeth. The site appears to be unenclosed.
Archaeological Inventory of County Meath, compiled by Michael J. Moore, (Dublin 1987)
448 - RANDALSTOWN - OS 25:1:3 (21.4, 56.0) Not marked OD 100-200 N 8503, 7124
Souterrain - Section of passage discovered in September 1985. SMR 25:3.
1227 - RANDALSTOWN - OS 18:14:1 (25.4, 7.8) Not marked OD 100-200 N 8542, 7258
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Topic:Trust Him to Deliver You
A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee…. There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.
Naturally speaking, this is a terrifying world we’re living in today. A world that staggers from one disaster to another. Almost daily we hear about wars, about the dangers of nuclear weapons and chemical warfare, about oil spills and earthquakes and floods, about diseases on the rise and crime sweeping through our cities.
But in the midst of it all, God is promising to be a refuge and a fortress to those who will trust and dwell in Him.
“But, Gloria,” you might say, “He made that promise thousands of years ago when things weren’t in as desperate shape as they are today!”
That may be so, but you know what? That promise is right up-to-date. It was made for our generation. Just think about it. Back when Psalm 91 was written, man hadn’t even invented weapons that could destroy 10,000 people at once. We’re the generation that did that. So when He said, “No evil will befall you,” He was including us.
No evil will befall you. My, what a statement! You need to catch hold of it and believe it today. Believe that God wants to be God in your life. He wants to be your protection. He wants to be your security. He wants to be the first Name you call when trouble comes your way. He wants to be the One you trust in and look to, to keep you safe. And if you’ll do that, He’ll never, never let you down.
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He can handle all the dangers that surround you. I don’t care how bad they are, He can handle them! He proved that with Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego. They were bound and thrown into a fiery furnace that was so hot that the men who threw them in were killed by the heat. Now you can’t get in any more trouble than that. But God brought them through and when they came out, they didn’t even smell like smoke. Hallelujah!
So, no matter how terrifying things around you seem to get, trust God. He’ll always be faithful. He’ll never be out doing something else when you need help. He’ll be right there to deliver you from any problem, any catastrophe, any kind of devastation.
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The past week was a good one for Belgium. Although some claims that the state of Belgium won't last, there still is a feeling of national unity.
Especially when it concerns soccer! Our national team - the Red Devils - qualified yesterday evening for the world champignonships in Brazil 2014. It has been 12 years since they last competed in it. But now we really have a great team. Lots of the players are internationals, who play in clubs like ManU. We have Romelu Lukaku (the maker of the two winning goals), Axel Witsel, Marouane Felaini, Christian Benteke, Thibault Courtois (one of the world's best keepers), Vincent Kompany, ... A great mix of nationalities, as most of these guys have foreign roots.
The strenght of the team is not only the good players, but also the trainer (Marc Wilmots) AND the 12th player - the public! Until a year or so ago, there was no national feeling. This was left to the Dutch, who go orange when their team plays. I don't know how it happened, but nowadays Belgium turns red-black-yellow when the Red Devils play. And masses of supporters follow their team abroad. I'm sure there will be lots of Belgian present in Brazil, even if it will cost them 2,500 Euro.
And in the wake of the soccer national team, also the national basketball team, the hockey team and the volleyball team do well.
Another feeling of being Belgian came when professor Englert got the Noble Physics Prize for discovering the Higgs part (sure, it got its name after professor Higgs, who is English and got more recognition for doing the same research... after Englert...) He also got the Noble Prize. | <urn:uuid:9d7247a0-0378-43a9-9066-573da99c51bc> | CC-MAIN-2017-43 | http://nickiesviewsandinterviews.blogspot.com/2013/10/what-belgium-is-proud-of.html | 2017-10-20T01:36:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-43/segments/1508187823605.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20171020010834-20171020030834-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.967105 | 371 |
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This week is all about Pac-Man by Atari. Got a ton of feedback and audio submissions, so you are in for a treat! Next week I will be looking at Thunderground and Star Trek: Strategic Operations Simulator by Sega. I'll get to CommaVid eventually. Thank you everyone, hope you enjoy the show. Thanks for listening!
Pac-Man on KLOV
Favorite Atari 2600 Games of Willie: Pac-Man
Pac-Man schematic (for fun)
2600 Connection Pac-Man Easter Eggs (check here for bug videos)
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The release of Garmin’s new smartphone app, Viago, gives fans a chance to utilize Garmin’s powerful GPS software on their smartphone. Available on both Android and iPhone, the basic Viago app costs only $2 and offers a range of features such as Worldwide maps, address search, turn-by-turn navigation in your region, realistic junction views, lane assistance, current speed limits and posted speed limits. The interface is clean and simple and looks sharp. But what makes this app both powerful and pricey is the ability to customize with premium add-ons which can cost anywhere from $5 to $20 depending on the add-on. read more
Mitac, parent company to Magellan, Mio and Navman, has gotten an Android-based GPS-PAD through the FCC. According to the manual, the “series include several products with different physical dimensions.” read more
When Garmin and Asus ended their ill-fated nuvifone partnership, Garmin gave Asus an exclusive for any preloaded navigation apps through the end of 2012. Because of this, quite a few Garmin watchers expect an announcement of a Garmin navigation app for Android early this year. But that may not happen. read more
Garmin has announced the Garmin GLO, a portable GPS and GLONASS receiver that connects to Android and iOS devices via Bluetooth. The company claims it is the first wireless receiver to feature both GPS and GLONASS capabilities. read more
I imagine that a lot of our readers are trying out their smartphones in the backcountry, using mapping applications for navigation. One of the problems with this (and there are several), is that few things will drain your battery faster than your phone searching for a signal where there is none, or where reception is marginal.
Wow, how much can the mobile navigation market change in just a couple of days? Following Garmin’s announcement yesterday that they will develop navigation apps for multiple platforms, Navigon reveals that they are bringing MobileNavigator to the US Android marketplace. I thought perhaps that TomTom had decided to take on the free Google Maps Navigation juggernaut last week, but (as suspected) it turns out that they are only providing maps for HTC, and not navigation. So Navigon becomes the first top-tier navigation app maker to go mano-a-mano with Google, to see if folks will pony up or settle for what the search giant gives us for free.
TomTom is attempting to crack the free navigation roadblock thrown up by Google, sealing a deal to provide maps to HTC, one of the most popular manufacturers of Android phones. Initially available on the HTC Desire HD (shown at left) and Desire Z in Europe and Asia, HTC promises to extend the partnership to “a wide variety of future smartphones and geographies.”
The TomTom / Tele Atlas brand distinction has become more muddled lately, and it is unclear whether HTC owners will be getting just Tele Atlas maps or the option to add TomTom navigation. The maps will be included in HTC’s Locations interface, “while turn-by-turn navigation can be purchased and downloaded through HTC Locations or HTC Sync.” The image at left could be dated, and not indicative of what users will see, though it is currently on the official HTC Desire HD web page.
Hands on with the T-Mobile Garminfone
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We don’t know who drew up the borders of the successors of former Yugoslavia, but Croatia has the good fortune to hog the eastern shore of the Adriatic, giving it some of the most beautiful scenery in Europe. Alfred Hitchcock once proclaimed the sunset from Zadar the finest in world.
It also boasts more than its share of a new UNESCO designation known as “Intangible Cultural Heritage.” At fourteen and counting, no European country has bagged more of these ‘intangibilities’ than Croatia (though they’re neck-in-neck with Spain). Croatia is indeed brimming with unique rituals, crafts, and traditions, not the least of which is my favorite: Gingerbread craft from Northern Croatia, or “Licitars.” Check out what these people can do with a little flour, sugar, baking soda, and spices. Mmm…
Independence Day didn’t make the cut, but several other Croatian holidays and festivals did, including the Zvoncari Carnival bell-ringers’ pageant, the Hvar Island (forgive me if I’m pronouncing this wrong) Za Krizen Procession on Maundy Thursday, and the festival of Saint Blaise, patron saint of the city of Dubrovnik, on February 3rd.
Dubrovnik!?! Dubrovnik, you say! Where the heck’s that? Game of Thrones fans know it as King’s Landing. And it’s doing for Dubrovnik tourism what Lord of the Rings did for New Zealand. Although this late in the game, Croatia needs little help in the tourism department. After years of warfare in the 1990s, Croatia became a leading European destination the following decade due to its pristine beauty.
Independence Day stems from the 1991 decision to split from Yugoslavia following a state-wide referendum. That declaration, made on June 25, 1991, is celebrated as Statehood Day. Afterwards, the European Community nudged Croatia not to do anything rash for three months. So they didn’t. But when moratorium expired in October, the Yugoslav Air Force bombed the Croatian president’s house, and Croatia officially severed its ties with Yugoslavia on October 8. Independence was recognized the following January.
Independence Day (October 8) became a national holiday in 2002.
I ask you to make this June 30, 1960, an illustrious date that you will keep indelibly engraved in your hearts, a date of significance of which you will teach to your children, so that they will make known to their sons and to their grandchildren the glorious history of our fight for liberty.
The people of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire) respect Lumumba’s wishes on June 30, the anniversary of the country’s independence from Belgium, but it’s a day tinged with sadness, as they also remember the death of the man who guided them to independence.
Lumumba also holds the distinction of being the only world leader we know of to have nearly been killed by toothpaste.
President Eisenhower was not a huge fan of Lumumba back in 1960. Despite being democratically elected, Lumumba had Soviet leanings, and the Congo held resources vital to the West, uranium being chief among them.
The Belgian government had issues with Lumumba as well. His independence speech, at which the Belgian king was present, made it clear that Lumumba would be no puppet ruler, and the Congo would be no colony.
The CIA installed an operative (Larry Devlin) to be prepared to assassinate Lumumba at a moment’s notice. The weapon of choice: a tube of poisonous toothpaste to be planted among the Prime Minister’s toiletries. For whatever reason, the CIA never gave Devlin the order.
Instead, in September 1960, the charismatic Lumumba was deposed in a CIA-supported coup d’état by his former aide, Colonel Joseph Mobutu, and was executed the following January under mysterious circumstances. Mobutu went on to control the country for over 30 years, renamed it Zaire, and embezzled over $5 billion from the nation’s purse. Mobutu lost power in 1997, and the country became the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
“So weareth summer: Uspak rideth to the Leet and halloweth it; and when harvest comes, he fares to the fells when men go after their wethers, and they were brought in well, for the searching was careful, and no sheep were missing, either of Odd’s or any other man’s.” — The Story of the Banded Men, ancient Islandic saga
Summer is here, and few appreciate that fact more than the Icelanders. On June 17, one of the longest days of the year, Iceland celebrates its independence from Denmark in 1944.
That’s right, the Icelanders left Denmark during its darkest hour, when the mother country was on its knees, occupied by Nazi Germany in World War II.* That just shows how sneaky Icelanders are.
In fact Iceland was founded on sneakiness. It was named “Iceland” despite its volcanos and steaming geysers to convince tourists to try someplace “sunnier.” Like Greenland.
And the ploy worked. Today Iceland has a population of only 320,000. Meaning if Iceland were a U.S. city, it would be vying with Riverside, California for the coveted “60th biggest city in the nation” spot.
Despite its diminutive size, Iceland is was an economic powerhouse. It ranked #1 in the UN Human Development Index in 2007/2008, and is consistently one of the wealthiest countries in the world, per capita. Or at least it was until 2008 when the global financial crisis decimated the Icelandic economy. When the smoke cleared, it turned out the three largest banks in the country had nursed a combined debt equal to six times Iceland’s annual GDP.
The crisis hasn’t put a damper on this year’s celebrations though, which are set to include parades, dancing, singing and merry-making as usual.
June 17 was chosen as the day to officially break away from Denmark back in 1944 because it was the birthday of Jón Sigurðsson, the leading proponent for Icelandic independence back in the 19th century.
“He who lives without discipline dies without honor.” — Icelandic proverb
“Two men need one money, but one money needs no man. One is on one’s knees, loses one’s head, except maybe a delicious demon. Hee how!” — Bjork
*At the time of its independence, Iceland was occupied by the Allies. British troops landed in 1941; U.S. troops took over soon after. And left in 2006.
The great thing about being a tiny nation sandwiched between Russia and Germany is that you get to celebrate so many Independence Days! Lucky Lithuanians. Here it’s only March and the country celebrates its third independence-related holiday of the year!
Lithuania’s main Independence Day is February 16, which celebrates the day in 1918 that the Council of Lithuania declared itself finally independent of both Russia and Germany during the chaos of World War I and the Russian Revolution. (See Lithuanian Independence Day.)
But the briefly independent nation was consumed by the Soviet giant at the outbreak of World War II.
Over fifty years later on March 11, 1990, the Lithuanian government declared that the Lithuanian State that was “abolished by foreign forces in 1940, is re-established, and henceforth Lithuania is again an independent state.”
The aptly named “Act of March 11” is what the country celebrates today.
The act of rebellion didn’t sit so well with Soviet leaders. As nationalism in Lithuania rose, Soviet tanks entered the capital of Vilnius in January 1991, killing 14 people and injuring hundreds. Lithuanians remember January 13 as Freedom Defenders Day.
Independence does not mean PeaceA common theme in decolonization. When Western powers depart from their former colonies, old claims over the newly-independent territory resurface, and neighboring powers assert that the new nation was a territory prior to its European annexation.
Morocco and Western Sahara are neighbors but their history is like night and day.
Morocco was an independent nation back when America was still a colony of Britain. Morocco was one of the first nations to recognize the fledgling United States in 1777, and the Moroccan-American Friendship Treaty remains the U.S.’s longest unbroken treaty.
Morocco’s colonial days were relatively brief. Morocco’s status as a French protectorate was finalized in 1905, but it became one of the first African nations to gain independence in 1956.
Western Sahara is another matter. Its borders are disputed even today. The region has been claimed by Morocco, Mauritania, Spain, and France, and wasn’t granted ‘independence’ from Spain until 1975. It wasn’t really independence though. Morocco was granted the top 2/3’s of Western Sahara. Mauritania received the remaining third. Spain’s formal mandate expired on February 26, 1976.
The following day a political faction known as Polisario announced themselves as the true government-in-exile of the country, occupied by Morocco.
The fighting rages on to this day. Donald MacDonald writes, “Since my visit to the camps in June 1993, the political stalemate has dragged on, “disappearances” of Saharawi citizens have continued, and the refugee camps have been devastated by flooding.”
The Moroccan press claims, “The Shrawis, who arrived in three groups to El Karkrat, fled the Tindouf Camps (southwestern Algeria) where thousands of Moroccan-Sahara natives are held against their will by the Algerian-backed separatist movement Polisario.”
Currently “158,800 Sahrawi refugees live in camps in the Algerian desert where malnutrition is widespread.”
Journalists covering the independence movement in Western Sahara have been assaulted, detained or expelled. One journalist who referred to the Sahrawis (Western Saharans) living in Algeria as “refugees” (rather than as “captives” of the Polisario) was taken to court, fined, and barred from journalism for 10 years.
“Media criticism of the authorities is often quite blunt, but is nevertheless circumscribed by a press law that provides prison terms for libel and for expression critical of “Islam, the institution of the monarchy, or the territorial integrity” of Morocco (a phrase understood to mean Morocco’s claim to the Western Sahara.”
Early in the spring of 1750, in the village of Juffure, four days upriver from the coast of The Gambia, West Africa, a man-child was born to Omoro and Binta Kinte.
So begins Alex Haley’s classic Roots: the Saga of an American Family. The book and subsequent mini-series reawakened the American consciousness to the history of slavery and the black experience in America.
It’s actually The Gambia, not Gambia.
Inclusion of the article “The” in the Gambia’s case is because the country is essentially a tiny sliver of land drilled into the west coast of Senegal. It’s made up of the land that hugs the Gambia River as it winds to the Atlantic.
In Roots, Kunta Kinte is captured in The Gambia, transported on a slave ship and sold into slavery in Maryland.
That Haley can trace his ancestral line to what is now Africa’s smallest country (At 10,000 square kilometers, The Gambia is smaller than Connecticut) is not unusual. According to Wikipedia:
As many as 3 million slaves may have been taken from the [Senegambia] region during the three centuries that the transatlantic slave trade operated.
If accurate, that would mean thirty Africans were abducted from Senegambia a day, every day, for three hundred years.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt became the first American President to visit Africa when he spent the night in The Gambia en route to the Casablanca Conference in 1943.
The Gambia achieved independence from Great Britain on February 18, 1965.
For the first 15 years of its independence The Gambia enjoyed its reputation as a model multi-party democracy for African nations. An unsuccessful but bloody attempted coup in 1981 dented that reputation. The country’s President Dawda Jawara was in England attending the marriage of Prince Charles and Princess Diana when his government was nearly ousted from power. He maintained control via an agreement with Senegal to back his government with military force.
A second coup, in July 1994 was successful, ending Jawara’s near 30-year reign. The head lieutenant of the coup and Gambia’s future leader, Yahya Jammeh, had not been born when Jawara first became Prime Minister.
Although it’s not all that happy. The newborn nation is still in the throes of economic devastation and ethnic violence. Nor do we know yet if February 17 will continue to be celebrated as the young nation’s independence holiday. Or for that matter, if Kosovo actually is independent.
The State Assembly in Kosovo’s capitol of Pristina declared its independence from Serbia on February 17, 2008. Since that time over 50 countries have recognized the world’s youngest nation’s independence. However, Serbia is not one of those countries.
According to Serbian President Boris Tadic, February 17 is “just a date when an illegal act was enacted, when Pristina proclaimed Kosovo a so-called state.”
Tensions between the ethnic groups that make up the Balkans and the former Republic of Yugoslavia were subdued under the leadership of Josip Tito, who ruled the amalgamation of states for over 30 years after World War II. The states that made up Yugoslavia were: Bosnia and Herzegovenia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, of which Kosovo was an autonomous province. Tito’s government stressed “Unity in Brotherhood”, the idea that Yugoslavia’s people were essentially one, but had been divided by foreign occupiers over previous generations.
That idea didn’t fly after Tito’s death in 1980. Ethnic nationalism rose and in 1991 and 1992, most states seceded from Yugoslavia (literally, “South Slavs” land) leaving Serbia and Montenegro the sole members of the former republic.
Smaller than Connecticut, Kosovo is home to over 2 million people, 90% of them ethnic Albanians, with the remainder mostly Serbs. Kosovo first declared independence in 1991, but the movement was put down by Serbian leaders like Slobodan Milosevic.
War ravaged the Balkans throughout the 1990s. The Kosovo War of 1998-1999 left between 5,000 and 10,000 people dead, and culminated with the controversial NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. The state was governed by the UN between 1999 and 2008.
…what Milosevic and his regime tried to do for the Serbian people during their time could not be more wrong. I mean you do not just dispose of people as they thought they could do. You do not fire people en masse, you do not take their housing rights, you do not ignore 2 million people as if they did not exist, and most of all you do not run them away from their homes and their property.
On the other hand what that regime did was not new to Kosovo at all, it had all been done before by the Albanian side…between 1974 and 1988. And let me tell you, it was not easy to be anything but Albanian during those years in Kosovo.
…Having said all of this I can say the place is cursed and will never be peaceful.
“The Council of Lithuania in its session of February 16, 1918 decided unanimously to address the governments of Russia, Germany, and other states with the following declaration:
“The Council of Lithuania, as the sole representative of the Lithuanian nation, based on the recognized right to national self-determination, and on the Vilnius Conference’s resolution of September 18-23, 1917, proclaims the restoration of the independent state of Lithuania, founded on democratic principles, with Vilnius as its capital, and declares the termination of all state ties which formerly bound this State to other nations.
“The Council of Lithuania also declares that the foundation of the Lithuanian State and its relations with other countries will be finally determined by the Constituent Assembly, to be convoked as soon as possible, elected democratically by all its inhabitants.”
These short paragraphs are what the nation of Lithuania celebrates today, February 16, as its independence day. A declaration that declared an end to over a century of Russian occupation.
Lithuania was first united in the thirteenth century by the enigmatic Mindaugas. (No, he was not a Harry Potter character, that’s Mundungus.) Mindaugas was the first and last King of Lithuania. He converted to Christianity to attain the support of the Pope and the Livonian Order, but reverted back to Paganism after. He and his wife Morta were crowned King and Queen in 1253. When she died ten years later Mindaugas made the fatal mistake of taking Morta’s sister as his wife. She was already married to a former ally of Mindaugas, Daumantas. Mindaugas was used to annexing numerous lands, but Daumantas did not take the annexation of his wife so readily, and helped Mindaugas’s nephew assassinate the King along with two of the king’s sons. Never again was there crowned a king of Lithuania.
By the end of the 1300s Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. Its land included parts of what is now Belarus, Ukraine, Poland and Russia.
A political bond with Poland endured in various manifestations through the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries until the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was eaten up piece by piece by the superpowers growing around it: Prussia, Austria, and mainly Russia.
Catherine II of Russia’s attitude was: “Polotsk and Lithuania have been taken and retaken about twenty times, and treaty was ever concluded without one side or the other claiming part or all of it, depending on circumstances.“
Lithuania remained under Russian control for over a century. During World War I the Lithuanian government exploited the weakness of the Russian Empire and the animosity between Russia and Germany. A Council of Lithuania passed a series of Acts starting in late 1917 and early 1918 which repudiated Russian rule. Germany, which occupied parts of Western Russia, was happy to see pieces of the Russian Empire break away, thinking they would pick up the crumbs. However, when Germany began losing the war in 1918 their position to negotiate declined. And with the Act of Independence of February 16, 1918, Lithuania achieved independence from both Russia and Germany.
The celebration was short lived. During World War II Lithuania was overrun by Soviet tanks on their way to Poland, followed by German tanks on their way to Russia, and again by the Soviets on their way to Berlin.
January 13, 1991, the Soviet Union, fearful of increasing nationalist sentiment in Lithuania invaded the city of Vilnius and attacked the TV tower and other buildings. Images of the attack spread throughout the world, and were influential in the eventual fall of the Soviet Union eight months later.
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Engineering students propelled themselves to victory in a human-powered submarine competition. The U-M team took first place among two-person submarines in the sixth International Submarine Races (ISR), held in June at the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center. The team also received third place for innovation in the design of their submarine, dubbed Neptune.
Sixteen teams participated in the competition, which was created by the Foundation for Underwater Research and Education and sponsored by the U.S. Navy. The submarines raced underwater along a 100-meter course in a 3,200-foot-long tank used to test ships and hulls.
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More endorsements in the March 15 Gainesville City Commission elections, this time from the African American Accountability Alliance and the north central Florida chapter of the Police Benevolent Association.
African American Accountability Alliance
District 2: Lauren Poe*
District 3: Ozzy Angulo
At-large 2: Thomas Hawkins*
Police Benevolent Association
District 2: Todd Chase
District 3: Rob Zeller
At-large 2: Don Marsh
For Marsh and Chase, that makes two-for-two in endorsements from law-enforcement unions after they also got backing from the local Fraternal Order of Police lodge.
In statements about its endorsements, the PBA wrote:
About Chase — “Graduating with his B.S. in Mathematics from Jacksonville University and M.B.A. from Harvard Business School combined with his success as an entrepreneur and businessman, Todd will bring no-nonsense, fiscally sound principles to the City Commission which will serve to reduce waste and improve efficiency in city services for years to come.”
About Zeller — “The importance of public safety is not lost on Rob. He firmly believes that the core responsibility of our city government is to provide adequate public safety services from existing general revenue sources. Rob will work to enhance our current public safety service delivery, providing proper and appropriate funding to Gainesville Fire Rescue and the Gainesville Police Department, while fighting to repeal the Fire Assessment Fee.”
About Marsh — “Don has a plan to prioritize government spending combined with a true dedication to fiscal frugality which will serve to increase the effectiveness and reach of city programs while decreasing the economic burden these programs create for our residents. Don acknowledges that residents should not to pay additional taxes and fees for governmental services which property taxes should already fund adequately enough.” | <urn:uuid:7933ffa9-59f7-4051-b420-f3f47e4f7d08> | CC-MAIN-2015-06 | http://citylimits.blogs.gainesville.com/13269/4as-pba-make-endorsements-in-city-races/ | 2015-01-29T12:18:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-06/segments/1422118551401.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20150124165551-00113-ip-10-180-212-252.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939729 | 367 |
A bookshelf loudspeaker, also known as a bookshelf speaker is a compact loudspeaker that is purposed to be used for consumer-grade applications. It is either used as a part of a shelf stereo pair or a home theater. The size of a bookshelf loudspeaker is compact and is to be placed on a raised surface. It is to enhance the sound quality of a computer system, a laptop, or any other electronic device which is used to listen or play something. For those who are sound addicts, may it be in any game, a movie, or music, all that is intended is a vibrant environment where their heart rate skyrockets with each beat of the sound! Thus When it comes to being an audiophile, a bookshelf loudspeaker is something that is one’s top preference. One might want the roar of a gun to shake their ears while playing while for some, a piece of high bass music that can leave them quirked and funky may be a delight. For others who want their heart to be relieved by the soothing music, a high sound that can help them become deaf to the contemptuous blabber of other people may prove to be heaven. Although the sound quality of personal computers (PCs) and laptops have improved tremendously, yet they lack somewhere when it comes to getting a satisfactory performance. Here, a bookshelf speaker comes to the rescue with its high sound performance and promised satisfaction. Place your bookshelf speaker alongside your Personal computer or laptop and you’re all set to make your heart beat faster with the sonorous sounds.
So then are you all set to get one? But wait! One big question arises here: which bookshelf speaker to go with? Isn’t it a big confusion? But let us tell you that from our side, it’s a no as we have already designed for you a well-researched article on the best options available in the market in the bookshelf speaker segment.
After a lot of research, we have collated some of the best bookshelf speakers to fit into your budget while simultaneously leaving you astonished over their performance. All the details about the individual products are provided further in the article with their features, covering the pros and cons of each. So all you have to do is take a look and make the best choice or you.
To date, the following are the best
5 bookshelf speakers available for you under $1000
- EDIFIER R1280T BOOKSHELF SPEAKER
- MICCA MB42X BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS
- PRESONUS ERIS E3.5 2-WAY ACTIVE SPEAKERS
- JBL PROFESSIONAL NANO K3-3″ FULL-RANGE POWERED MONITOR PAIR
- MISSION LX-2 5″ WOOFER 100W 2-WAY BOOKSHELF SPEAKER – BLACKWOOD
Individual details along with the price range are further provided.
1.EDIFIER R1280T BOOKSHELF SPEAKER
- The design of this Bookshelf speaker is inspired by the look of the loudspeakers from the golden days of radio which means the retro style that was in vogue some time ago.
- The edifier R1208T is amazing when it comes to playing mids and high. It has a knack for delivering uncompromised quality of sound which is one intends for.
- They come with 4-inch bass drivers which help the Edifier R1280T to create powerful bass. These bass drivers are a delight for those who are high for having a good bass.
The edifier R1280T Book-Shelf Speaker comes with a combination of retro look and high-quality audio features. The grand look of the speakers can give a new touch to the place where you wish to keep it. The speaker comes in the color of wooden brown and pitch black. It features a 4-inch bass driver. The speakers produce a high-end clear sound that is capable of converting your room into a mini-theater. For those who are audiophiles, this speaker can be a dream due to its affordable price and high performance. So all the features sum up to make it a high-powered bookshelf speaker. Being available at a very affordable price while simultaneously delivering these features is something that sets the product apart from its competitors. The price range of the product is given below.
Price range: $100 – $110
Following are the detailed specifications of the product about its power output, distortion, and various other parameters:
Total power output: 21W x 2
Input sensitivity: 750mV ± 50mV
Subwoofer / bass unit: 4 inch (106mm), 6Ω
Tweeter unit: Φ13mm silk dome tweeter, 4Ω
- Control is at the fingertip as the speaker comes with a wireless remote and you can use this for volume adjustment or for muting it. So you don’t need to get to the speaker to change the volume. What you need is just it is remote with you with which you can adjust the volume at your comfort.
- It also contains bass and treble control which are located on the side of the main speaker. The Edifier R1280T comes with a built-in tone control at the side of the active speaker.
- R1280T uses the dual RCA inputs with which you connect to multiple audio devices. It can also be connected to your PC or laptop and mobile phone. So keep calm and enjoy your favorite musical track.
- The presence of a 4-inch bass driver and 13 mm silk dome tweeter enables the speaker to have the capability to produce studio-quality sound right at your home. The magnificent sound of the speaker vibrates the room wherever it is kept.
- Some of the cons of the edifier R1280T include a lack of clarity when it comes to high sound. So when it is played at a high volume, the voice cracks in between.
- Another drawback is that the bass is lacking in terms of depth. So for the ones who want their heart to be gripped by the high bass cannot go with this one.
2.MICCA MB42X BOOKSHELF SPEAKERS
- It has a balanced woven carbon fiber woofer which gives enhanced transient and impactful bass and can leave you astonished over its high performance.
- It gives smooth treble and accurate imaging due to the presence of the high-performance silk dome tweeter.
- It has a highly optimized 9-element crossover with a full 18dB/octave* alignment and compensation network.
- The distortion in sound is less with an extended bass response which is possible due to ported enclosure
- Dramatically transformed sound signature that is incredibly open, balanced, and dynamic.
The MB42X starts with the solid credentials of the MB42: a compact ported enclosure housing a balanced woven carbon fiber woofer delivering enhanced transient and impactful bass, and a high-performance silk dome tweeter for smooth treble and accurate imaging. Additionally, the MB42X utilizes a highly optimized 9-element crossover with a full 18dB/octave* alignment and compensation network. Since the woofer quality is up to the mark considering the price at which the speaker is available, getting this as your home theatre system might be a good purchase. More features of the product and an overview of various pros and cons are elaborated further to enable you to make a balanced decision. The price range of this Bookshelf speaker is also given.
Price range: $120 – $130
- It takes very little budget and space. Getting such a product within a low price range is a really good opportunity keeping in mind the features it has to offer. Also, the space that they consume to be kept is not too much.
- It is decently styled having classic contours and an updated design. So it looks classy wherever it is kept. Having a good look while offering some of the most sought features, this is a complete product.
- It has a great usage scenario with enhanced tonal balances and clarity that makes it a great fit.
- It has a high-performance silk dome tweeter for smooth treble and accurate imaging.
- The extremes of the frequency spectrum sound great but smear a little as the frequency moves to the middle.
- Sound is warm, with clear highs and lows, and a fairly flat response across the spectrum.
- They also have trouble with large rooms which means they are not suitable for music production and can be used only in the areas which are smaller in the area if satisfactory performance is to be required.
3.PreSonus Eris E3.5 2-Way Active Speakers
- 3.5-inch (89 mm) Kevlar low-frequency transducer
- 1-inch (25 mm), ultra-low-mass, silk-dome, high-frequency transducer
- Rear-firing acoustic port for superior bass-frequency reproduction
- Optimized, resonance-suppressing internal bracing
- 100dB maximum continuous SPL
Eris active studio monitors from PreSonus deliver the goods through a combination of well-designed Kevlar low-frequency transducers, low-mass silk-dome tweeters, responsive Class AB amplification, and professional acoustic-adjustment controls. But this is just the start; the real magic happens when the sound hits your ears. Plus, Eris is lightweight, compact, and looks as professional as they sound so you can feel comfortable adding them to your studio.
Price range: $160 – $175
- Midrange and High-Frequency controls are designed to address situations when mixing in spaces with highly reflective surfaces or acoustic treatment, and Low Cutoff helps coordinate the bass output of your Eris monitor system when used with Subwoofers like the Temblor T10.
- It can create accurate mixes that sound good on other playback systems.
- It has an easy-to-understand manual with it for its most effective use.
- Its woofers deliver a cleaner overall sound.
- If you use the unbalanced RCA jacks, the sound is better when also using an audio interface.
- To get a heavier bass sound, you need to add a subwoofer. Thus while the cost of the bookshelf speaker is not so high, the cost of adding subwoofers to it (in case anyone wants enhanced sound performance), might be an unwanted expenditure.
4.JBL Professional NANO K3-3″ Full-range Powered Monitor Pair
Nano K3 is a pair of primary-secondary powered monitor speakers designed for professional studios, music class, or home recording monitoring and supports Bluetooth pairing with smart audio devices. Nano K3 integrates the design philosophy of JBL 4200 Series, the most loved studio monitor by professional musicians in the late 1980s, and carefully positions its tweeter and woofer for aligned acoustic centers of low, mid, and high frequencies. Image Control Waveguide technology from the flagship M2 master reference monitor is employed, to bring greater depth and subtle details to an even broader sweet spot. Nano K3 is embedded with a Bluetooth modular and supports wireless connection with smart audio devices. An integral M8 threaded nut in the bottom allows quick mounting on a standard microphone stand. These features enable one to get the best sound played on this Bookshelf speaker. Have a look at its features and various pros and cons. Further, the price range is mentioned to decide whether it is of that much utility to you or not.
Price range: $140 – $165
- Aligned acoustic centers by careful positioning of the LF and HF transducers
- Image Control Waveguide for greater depth and subtle details of the high-frequency range
- Class AB power amplifier for high accuracy and low distortion
- Power switch and volume control on the front panel
- It has both the connection facilities- wired and wireless. So it can be used in both ways. In case anyone doesn’t have an aux ready with him/her, connecting to the speaker would not be a problem due to the presence of wireless connection facilities.
- As JBL is known for its super impactful products, this speaker also offers legendary JBL sound quality and accuracy for audio production
- It has a flexible positioning with up to 12° backward tilt which is an added advantage.
- The speaker has a power switch and volume control on the front panel (left monitor). This offers simplicity in usage.
- The volume pot makes the signal stronger on one side at very low volumes. Thus it lacks in terms of even distribution of sound quality.
- The tracking between sections is not too good. This is another point where it lags behind its competitors.
- It has a comparatively smaller knob. Also, the product is very light so it might get moved while turning the knob. Thus it lacks stability being small in size. It is just the size of a palm.
5.Mission LX-2 5″ Woofer 100W 2-Way Bookshelf Speaker – Black Wood
LX Series speakers are smart, practical, and affordable, sporting a sharp, classic but modern look in keeping with Mission’s customary design focus. Above all, they communicate music with engaging energy and detail, bringing performances to life with all the vibrancy and finesse one expects of Mission speakers. A comparative view of its positive and negative points is given further so that you can decide whether pros overshadow the cons. The price range at which it is available has also been mentioned.
Price range: $250 – $275
Mission’s Ethos has always focused upon bringing audiophile performance down to an affordable level, and the LX Series exemplifies this. With the aid of sophisticated modeling tools and software, Mission has always been in a high position whenever it has come to maximizing the performance of the series using the most modern technology available. Whichever Mission LX speaker you select, you’ll want to explore your whole music collection all over again and that’s the charisma that it creates to let you enjoy the music in its best form.
- It has fast and packs deep bass so it is a delight for those who are fond of high bass.
- One more plus point of this speaker is that it doesn’t lose precision or authority. Thus the sound quality is great and satisfactory.
- It offers versatility and flexible positioning, thus can be fitted at a place that is convenient to keep. Thereby meaning, there is not a storage problem that has to be faced with this Bookshelf speaker.
- It is easy to drive with much lesser complexities. Moreover, it has an unfussy incompatible component which makes it shine out amongst its competitors.
- Look a little like Missions of old, most obviously with the use of the brand’s traditional tweeter below the mid/bass configuration. So when it comes to having a good appearance, it lags behind the products of its competitors which come with a wide range of features while simultaneously having an appealing look.
- This Bookshelf speaker possesses a degree of rigidity that is hard to get from larger enclosures. So overall the physical part of this speaker might be an off part.
This article has been inscribed after considering all the relevant factors and is a really helpful guide for those who are planning to purchase a bookshelf speaker. Covering all the merits and demerits of each product, we have made sure to help you get the best bookshelf speaker. Go through the article and get yourself the best bookshelf speaker that can be your perfect music partner. | <urn:uuid:5427241d-fd37-4965-8c15-f46e930e296d> | CC-MAIN-2023-14 | https://guide.dekhnews.com/best-bookshelf-speakers-under-1000/ | 2023-03-31T08:30:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2023-14/segments/1679296949598.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20230331082653-20230331112653-00782.warc.gz | en | 0.942251 | 3,307 |
A Brief History
Navaratri (nine nights) is one of the greatest Hindu festivals. It symbolizes the triumph of good over evil. Navaratri takes place during the September/October timeframe. Navaratri is also known as Durga Puja.
Navaratri in Tamil Nadu (where I hail from) is celebrated for nine days during the Tamil month Purattasi (September-October). It is a celebration of the victory of Goddess Durga or Parashakthi over the demon king Mahishasura.
Ninth day of Navaratri is celebrated as Saraswati puja, dedicated to Goddess Saraswati, the Goddess of learning. Musical instruments, books and other instruments are also placed and decorated before the Kolu and worshiped with flowers. Vijaya Dasami, celebrated on the tenth day of the Ashvin month, punctuates the victory of Good over Evil. It is considered to be auspicious to start any learning venture in dance, music and fine arts. There are various reasons for the celebration of this day – It marks the day when Rama won the battle with Ravana (end of Ramleela); It also marks the day when Durga emerged victorious over Mahishasura and a day when Arjuna decimated more than a million soldiers in the battle of Kuru. Various anecdotes of Rama’s life are enacted throughout the nine days in different places in North India. Effigies of Ravana are burnt on public grounds on this final day. Vijayadasami is celebrated all over the country. In Bengal, the idols of Goddess Durga are immersed in the waters after 9 days of festivities and prayer. Mysore has a rich tradition of celebrating Dasara with royal pomp and splendor – actually presided over by the MahaRaja of Mysore.
Golu / Kolu / Display of Dolls
On the Amavasya day, after the usual rituals, it is customary to keep a couple of dolls on the first tier. The subsequent day (first day of Navaratri) is when the entire Kolu is setup.
Depending on the space and number of dolls, one can even erect eleven steps. A variety of dolls depicting mythological themes from epics and scriptures are displayed. The tiers are decorated beautifully with festoons.
There are many popular themes inculding Dhasavathar – the ten incarnations of Mahavishnu, Ashta Lakshmi – eight avatars of Mahalakshmi, Rajarajeswari Dharbar and Krshna Leela, Musical Trinity and the likes. On all nine days, the evenings conclude with arti, prayers and prasadham like sundal and sweet.
Families that are more austere, celebrate Navrathri with Pujas and homams to propitiate Goddess Durga. In temples, Goddess Durga is decorated as different incarnations of Paraskthi on each day.
As per tradition, a marapachi or any human figure among the dolls is put to sleep on the tenth night symbolically denoting the defeat and death of the demon in the battle with Parasakthi. The dolls are packed carefully, the next day with paper or cloths and kept in a box. Navaratri is a festival celebrated with enthusiasm and it also provides an opportunity to meet friends and promote goodwill. Navaratri also includes performing / attending music concerts, watching dance performances, temple visits, extended rituals at home.
Celebrations amidst Pandemic
This year, amidst a pandemic outbreak, the celebrations are quite different than the usual shopping for dolls, kolu hopping – dressing up in bright colored sarees, meeting friends, checking out everyone’s display of dolls, lots of singing and having variety of sundal and finally, all the interesting return gifts.
This year, we sourced some custom-made kolu dolls depicting – Tamil Nadu and it’s culture. We did an extensive search online instead of our usual visits to Kanchipuram / Pondicherry / locally source dolls from Myalpore / West Mambalam. And, we found this fantastic artist – Prathyusha. She takes custom orders and makes dolls using 3D quilling technique.
After a few back and forth interaction with her, we sent the following reference images that we wanted her to make the dolls for.
And, the final results were stunning – all done by Prathyusha.
Those who saw the kolu couldn’t find any difference from the usual clay dolls – which goes to show the level of detail that Prathyusha had taken into account and translated them on to these paper dolls with her craftsmanship.
Finally, can’t wait for all of us to experience the festive spirit like before. This festivity is all about killing the evil spirit, may this Navaratri bring an end to all our inner demons as well as the pandemic. | <urn:uuid:91896d7d-7508-4e3c-b7f0-87941b42512a> | CC-MAIN-2022-49 | https://swathrav.wordpress.com/category/festival/navaratri-festival/ | 2022-12-09T08:26:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-49/segments/1669446711394.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20221209080025-20221209110025-00231.warc.gz | en | 0.929994 | 1,027 |
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV)- The Hattiesburg Police Department needs the public’s help in finding a runaway teen.
Kaylee Elizabeth Thagard, 17, was last seen by her family on September 27 around 9:00 p.m. on West Street.
Thagard is about 5’5″ and weighs 110 pounds with hazel eyes.
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Gum disease is a major cause of tooth loss in the UK with more than one third of people spitting blood when they brush. Corsodyl, the UK’s leading gum care brand from GSK, is set to continue to help pharmacists tackle the nation’s gum disease through the final stages of its insight-led re-brand and a heavyweight media investment.
Research by GSK highlights that many shoppers aren’t actively addressing their oral health needs, despite being aware of them . With research suggesting shoppers often find it difficult to differentiate between the various products and packaging in the oral health aisle, the new design aims to attract shoppers’ attention at the fixture to help unlock growth in the gum care category.
Rolling out from March 2018, the new packaging design will feature across the Corsodyl Intensive Treatment Mouthwash range to align with Corsodyl daily, medicated mouthwashes and toothpaste, which saw its packaging change in 2017. The packs have changed to red, with new visual cues to help draw customers’ attention at the fixture and resonate with shoppers seeking to look after their gum health.
Hannah Eckstein, Corsodyl Senior Brand Manager at GSK, comments, “We are thrilled that 2018 will see the new pack design applied across our full Corsodyl range. The new look adds modern creativity to the bottle, whilst maintaining the recognisable bottle shape which is familiar to our consumers and the same efficacious formulas.”
Many people are still ignoring the early signs of gum disease and as one of the UK’s leading gum care brands it is our responsibility to help educate and encourage sufferers to take early action. We expect the new packaging to help drive this action and bring healthy gums to the forefront of the oral care regime for the UK.”
The pack change will be supported with a heavyweight media investment of over £1m on Corsodyl Treatment Mouthwash across 2018 which includes alwayson digital display, social and video activations. | <urn:uuid:87d9aff0-dd7e-4889-ad9e-bbebcdccca74> | CC-MAIN-2020-50 | https://grocerytrader.co.uk/corsodyl-finalises-brand-packaging-re-launch-for-2018/ | 2020-12-02T07:02:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-50/segments/1606141692985.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20201202052413-20201202082413-00409.warc.gz | en | 0.945704 | 412 |
Best Food for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Should you choose foods from the grocery store that are different from what everyone else eats if you have rheumatoid arthritis?
Well actually, it’s everyone else who should be eating differently! If people are consuming the average and standard American diet, they are headed for health disorders and health disasters. Even though it may take longer for these disorders to occur, they WILL occur. It’s inevitable. So yes, the food you eat can affect your RA symptoms.
That’s because your body is human, and your physiology is not any more superhuman than anyone else’s body. The human body is predictable and certain foods will cause damage in the body while others don’t damage the body at all.
Foods to Buy on Your Next Grocery Store Trip
When you have rheumatoid arthritis, a sample trip to the grocery store might look like this:
- Start out with the produce section. You’ll spend the most time in this section. Load up on three to four types of fruit to keep your taste buds happy, five to six salad ingredients, and four to five vegetables that would accompany your main entrée. Here’s an example of what that might look like:
- Fruits to keep your taste buds happy: apples, berries of all types, oranges, peaches, pears, apricots, plums, nectarines, dates, figs, lemons, grapefruit, cantaloupe, honeydew melons, Crenshaw melons, bananas, and watermelon
- Vegetables for salads: romaine lettuce, head lettuce, bibb lettuce, arugula, spinach, kale, swiss chard, tomatoes, green onions, cilantro, cabbage, carrots, parsley
- Vegetables to accompany your main entrée: carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, yams, acorn squash, zucchini squash, garlic, ginger, asparagus
All of these fruits and vegetables are excellent choices for those who have rheumatoid arthritis.
- Next go to the protein/meat section. Choose three types of protein for the week. For example, you might select chicken, beef and buffalo for week 1. For week 2, you might select turkey, pork and fish. For week 3, you might select shellfish, duck, and beef. Whichever types you select, make sure you get enough for at least 3 meals. This way you’ll have enough for the week.
- Next, go to the dairy and egg section of the store. Select yogurt, any milk or cheese products you need, and eggs as well as butter.
- You’ll also need some nuts, seeds and oils. Pick up a pound or two of one type of nuts and seeds, preferably raw. Select an olive oil with a flavor you enjoy.
- Pick up some bottled water if you don’t have a filtration system on your water faucet at home. Hydration is important!
- Then finish up the grocery store visit with a trip to the frozen section. There you may find frozen juices, berries or other fruit, and vegetables. You might even select an ice cream with low sugar content, or a pie for an occasional good dessert during the week.
What you want to stay away from as much as possible is processed and packaged foods. Notice you didn’t visit the boxed cereal part of the store, the cookies and candy aisle, the crackers and breads section (those with rheumatoid arthritis do better without grains and sugars), or the carbonated beverages section?
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Now that the Berks Jazz Fest is over, I can’t help but be drawn to other places, other venues where the jazz scene is either going strong or just popping up for one night.
The most recent one to catch my eye was the Second Annual Smooth Jazz for Scholars Benefit, coordinated by none other than Jay Rowe, who I had met a number of times as keyboard player in Special EFX. Jay is a very talented keyboard player, having made a few of his own CDs. He is not only a musician in his own right, but I’ve learned he’s a mover and shaker of some good things!
While he was here during the Berks Jazz Fest, he encouraged us to come to Milford to support the benefit and see a great line-up of musicians! Hearing the names of artists to be featured certainly got my attention: Chieli Minucci, Ken Navarro, Nelson Rangell, and Marion Meadows! And, of course, Jay Rowe himself and his own F.U. Jazzboy band, featuring Rohn Lawrence, Dave Lavolsi, Timmy Maia, and Trevor Sommerville.
To give you a little background, Jay got the idea for this benefit as a way to invest in music education in the public school system in Milford. Jay approached Kevin McCabe of JumpStartJazz in Connecticut, knowing that Kevin and his volunteer staff could help make it happen! He invited former classmates and long time friends of his, and the rest is history! It’s been the start of a wonderful tradition in Milford.
Driving into the area to park the car before the show led me to none other than the Superintendent of the entire school system, who gave us directions on where to park and what door to camp out at until the doors opened! He was obviously very excited about the show and what it means for his schools. Knowing one of his very own middle school teachers, a saxophone player, was to be featured in the show as Jay’s first of many ‘Feature Teachers,’ made it all the more meaningful for him, I’m sure!
True to the theme of the night, the evening began with Milford students, three multi-talented music scholars who form the Marty Eisenberg Trio. They were captivating with their rather traditional jazz sound as they moved from one number to another, each one changing from his original musical instrument along the way. The drummer changed to keyboardist, the cello player changed to bass guitarist, and the rhythm guitarist became the drummer! I was amazed by each one’s ability to play both of his instruments so well. The crowd was appreciative. There were a number of young people there (I noticed children down to five years old or under as I looked around). It was good for the older ones to imagine that in a few short years, they, too, could potentially be up on stage performing live music.
It was a most memorable night for Jay Rowe, I’m certain, as he, bass player Dave Lavolsi, and drummer Trevor Sommerville, remained on stage the entire evening as the featured artists came and went. To top off the good feeling Jay had in being the coordinator of a successful event that will likely continue year after year, the announcement was made of his upcoming wedding (just two weeks away)! So Jay had many reasons to smile that evening, and smile he did, from the beginning to the end of the show. He didn’t miss a beat!
Highlights of the evening included Marion Meadows entering from the back of the auditorium, to the delight of all those sitting in his path as he made his way to the stage. His sultry sax and amazing renditions of songs like George Duke’s No Rhyme, No Reason, and My Cherie Amore (with Timmy Maia on vocals) had the audience clamoring for more. Jay also enlisted the talent of long time friend and guitarist Rohn Lawrence, who played Foolish Heart and a personal song with a story called Waiting On Wally.
All the artists had a great time and each one played their numbers with so much heart and soul. Ken Navarro began with a song from Bread, “Make It With You” and continued by playing a song he wrote long ago to help his young son fall asleep, Eric’s Dream. On this very night of Smooth Jazz for Scholars, Eric, now 18, was attending prom night. Ken also played Old Friends, from his ‘Best of.’ CD, All The Way, and a song which is his own version of ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’ in life, called, “Play, Don’t Worry.”
This year Jay added something new which he hopes to continue each year, a ‘Feature Teacher’ in which he showcases the talent of a teacher from the school system in Milford. This year it was saxophone player and middle school teacher Bob Nunno, and he honestly blended in so well with everyone on stage that I wonder if these days he’s dreaming of stardom for himself! I’m sure his students, especially those who were in attendance, will never see him as quite the same person after this benefit!
Another traditional part of this show is ‘Raffle Time.’ It should be noted that ‘Raffle Time’ goes on for a full twenty minutes, and there were very special prizes for many in the audience. During this time, Marion Meadows and Rohn Lawrence kept on playing, later joined by Tim Maia, and they gave a whole new meaning to ‘Raffle Time.’
Interestingly, there were many families in the audience, complete with young children. As I watched, I noticed that the younger children in attendance who may have begun yawning after 9 PM, since it was past normal bedtime, sat up straight when ‘raffle time’ came, to the tune of James Brown! They couldn’t sleep with that combination of games and great music.
Following ‘Raffle Time,’ it was Nelson Rangell whose enthusiastic, powerful sound on the saxophone easily connected with the audience. His song Dedication featured Jay’s bass player, and his Senora with Ken Navarro was a unique performance to watch, since Nelson whistled much of the melody! I was so awe-struck that someone can whistle the way he did! Both Nelson and Marion Meadows were so impressive in breath control. They seemed to find air within themselves when I was sure there just could not possibly be any left! Still, they found more!
Chieli Minucci, who came out to join the others just before intermission, always manages to make his warm-up of the guitar into a song that we hope doesn’t have to end. Chieli plays so well each time I see him, and he was so excellent again, joining in on some numbers featuring others, and then playing his superb rendition of Santana’s Europa, Daybreak from his Global Village Special EFX CD, and Kickin’ It Hard with Jay’s Feature Teacher, who kept up with Chieli perfectly!
The last number featured all the artists. For me, this is becoming a very favorite way to enjoy this music, with a bunch of talented musicians up there, each contributing in his own way to the final product of the last song!
I hated to see the evening end, but as I watched the artists bow, I was grateful to each one for his inspiration and dedication to young artists. And I thought Jay Rowe, along with bass player Dave Lavolsi and drummer Trevor Sommerville, deserved special accolades for learning the music of the various artists, for staying onstage the entire time, and for having fun with it from the first moment to the last.
Beverly J. Packard
Jazz Circle Member of the Berks Arts Council
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Herbalife Ltd. stock surged after a federal judge dismissed a shareholder lawsuit that had included many of the allegations that activist investor Bill Ackman has hurled at the company for more than two years.
U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer ruled Monday that the lawsuit had "not established a loss causation," meaning that there was no evidence that Herbalife's actions had caused its stock price to fall.
The lawsuit, filed last year in federal court in Los Angeles, alleged that Herbalife operated a pyramid scheme that victimized its independent salespeople.
Ackman has made the same allegations since December 2012, betting $1 billion of his clients' money that Herbalife's stock price would eventually fall.
Herbalife's stock gained $4.33, or 13%, to close at $38.76 Wednesday.
The company, which insists its business practices are perfectly legal, said in a statement that it welcomed the judge's decision.
"As we have consistently stated, we are confident in the strong fundamentals of our business model and remain committed to helping people and communities improve their nutrition," the statement said.
An attorney who represented the plaintiffs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Fischer gave the plaintiffs until April 8 to file an amended lawsuit that would identify Herbalife actions that caused its stock price to fall.
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Brian Krzanich, Intel’s Chief Executive Officer demonstrated the broad capabilities of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology to help deliver new experiences at CES 2016 in Las Vegas.
The demonstration happened during Intel’s keynote presentation at 2016 CES (Consumer Electronics Show) on Tuesday, January 5, 2016 in Las Vegas. Krzanich showcased the Yuneec Typhoon H with Intel® RealSense™ Technology using Intel RealSense Technology and an Intel® Atom™ processor for collision-avoidance* technology Intel developed with Ascending Technologies. CES is one of the world’s largest gathering places for all who thrive on consumer technologies and will run January 5-9, 2016 in Las Vegas.
CES: Intel – Keynote 2016 by Brian M. Krzanich (January 5th @ 6:30PM PT)
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Collision-avoidance with Yuneec Typhoon H
Intel’s leadership to integrate human-like senses into technology continues to gain momentum: In unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Krzanich demonstrated the Yuneec Typhoon H with Intel RealSense technology, which enables collision-avoidance capabilities and will be available 1H 2016. The collision avoidance technology was developed in collaboration with Intel and Ascending Technologies
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Not only is he a famous author, he’s also a fellow BCite and the man who literally wrote the book on cyberpunk. Beyond that, his books have been renowned for capturing the zeitgeist of our times, an age characterized by revolutions in information technology and mass media. And I can honestly say that I’ve tried to emulate him in recent years. His Neuromancer was required reading seeing as how I wanted to get into hard sci-fi and he’s a major name. And his latest works also gave me a push in the direction of modern day fiction, dealing with the cutting edge rather than the future.
But… gotta be honest here, these books have been a bit of a disappointment for me. Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History are all mainstream bestsellers that did an awful lot to capture the spirit of our age once more, but they all shared elements which I thought were kind of… well, weak. For example, consider the plot set-ups to all three books. All things in this trilogy by Gibson revolve around the enigmatic (and absurdly named) Hubertus Bigend. He’s an advertising magnate who’s always looking for the angles, the hidden agendas, the thing that’s beyond cutting edge, just five minutes away from becoming real. And to investigate these things, he hires freelance contractors, strange people with strange gifts. And that’s what sets the plots in motion every time.
In Pattern Recognition, he recruits Cayce Pollard (pronounced Cay-See), a freelance “coolhunter” who uses her odd intuition to evaluate logos and brand names for companies. Her father was lost in 9/11 (something that Gibson had to include because it occurred while writing it) and this haunts her. In addition to her weird skills (hypersensitivity to iconography) she follows footage on the internet produced by some cinematic genius. Bigend wants the creator found because… he’s curious, he wants their talent, or something like that. So Cayce sets out to find them relying on Bigend’s network, his dime, and her own personal contacts. Her journey takes her from New York, to London, to Tokyo, and finally to Moscow, all the while she’s pursued by a rival and some shadowy agents who’s agenda is not quite clear. In the end, she finds the geniuses in Moscow, the genius is a brain-damaged girl who’s sister takes care of her and puts out the footage as a way of expressing herself. The dark agents pursuing her turn out to be their protectors who just stalked her because they weren’t sure of her, and Bigend’s slightly richer for having uncovered the truth… I guess. Cool idea, weak climax, weird overall point.
Then there was Spook Country. The name alone was telling, alluding to its focus on the paranoia and intrigue of post-9/11 America. In this one, Bigend is back, employing yet another freelance contractor named Hollis Henry (why they couldn’t just bring Cayce back is beyond me, but whatever). This one has no weird intuition, she’s just a former teen singer who’s gone on to become a writer about the industry. He hires her ostensibly to research locative art for some new magazine, a cutting edge technology that is now referred to as “augmented reality”. In the course of this, she discovers that her real mission is to find out who the artist is working for. You see, he’s been using the GPS technology that powers locative art to track a crate that’s been moving around the world for years, passing that info onto some shadowy figure.
So once again, Bigend is curious… When Hollis looks into it, she finds out that the crate is filled with millions that were embezzled from Iraq’s reconstruction fund and the old man tracking it is a former intelligence operative who has a score to settle. He and his crack team are also being tracked by a current intelligence man who uses an addict named Milgrim to track the old man’s operatives by translating their Russian texts (rendered in a language called Volapuk). By the end, the old man and his crew follow the crate to Vancouver and fill it full of hollow point bullets containing radioactive dust. The money is now useless, Hollis is given an exclusive first hand look at it, and returns to Bigend to report on it. Once again, he’s richer for knowing, but has gained nothing else… And all that spy stuff and paranoia? Didn’t really amount to much. Sure there was spy work going on but it was pretty damn subtle, the marginal stuff that goes on at the fringes of the war on terror, not anything central to it. Not what I would expect at all from a book that was trying to make a point about post-9/11 America, in all its paranoid, angry, confused glory.
In the finale, Zero History, which apparently takes it name from the character Milgrim, a man who has no record of his existence for the last ten years (hence, zero history), things are a bit more clear in terms of Bigend’s motivation. However, the overall story was a bit weak, with a name like Zero History and the fact that its the third installment in the series, I was expecting a big send-off, something that went over and above what the first two did. It didn’t seem too much to expect; after all, the first book was a fitting commentary on cyberspace and the sort of tribalism its engendered. The second book upped the ante with a look at espionage and paranoia in post-9/11 America. So who wouldn’t expect that this one would deal with something incrementally bigger and more important? Alas… not so much. But I digress!
In the final installment of the trilogy, Bigend hires Hollis again, paired up with Milgrim, to investigate the origin of some elusive fashion line known as Gabriel Hounds. The reason he wants to do this is because he wants to break into the military-fashion crossover market. Not as silly as it sounds; according to the book, this has been a huge market trend since the Vietnam War and has received new life thanks to the war in Iraq. The culture of war provides life to the fashion industry, swaths of men who buy outfits to look like soldiers, and fashion designers get accustomed to making army gear and end up contracting to the military itself. In the course of their investigation, they learn that one sample they are looking at is the illusive brand named Hounds. These denim products are sold using direct marketing: the dealers show up at prearranged drop points, sell off their merchandise, and then disappear. However, the other sample they come across is being produced by an arms dealer who has a big racket involving former contacts in the military and consulting worlds, and he now sees Bigend as competition. Since he’s a former military man and is into some shady stuff, things begin to get dangerous!
However, the climax is once again the same, with a build-up and then a letdown. Sure the bad guys get beat, but no one dies and no one even gets hurt beyond a simple tasering. Some arrests are made, people hook up, and the world keeps on spinning! There’s also the point of how Bigend’s company appears to be coming apart towards the climax, but in another abortive twist, nothing happens. Bigend is simply declared as being “too big to fail” by the end, and his machinations about being able to see a few minutes into the future appear to have come true thanks to the work of his people. Cool, as a concept, the idea of limited prescience, but like with the other books, it feels like something taped over the plot itself to give it some credibility. Bigend’s main motivation was his curiosity, a contrivance to get the story moving; everything else just feels like justification. Somehow, Bigend has to benefit from all his maneuvering, and developing some kind of system whereby he can predict trends sounds like a good answer. No explanation is forthcoming as to how this works, its just thrown in at the end. Too bad too, as a premise, it’s pretty cool and even kind of worked with the title. Zero History: there is no future, just a constantly evolving present. He who can see just a few minutes ahead and glimpse it in formation will have unimaginable power!
As a third act twist, Gibson does throw one curve ball. Turns out the elusive Hounds designer, whom Hollis finds, is Cayce Pollard herself! Cool, but again, not much comes of it. Hollis says she won’t reveal her, Pollard says she’s not worried, she knows how to deal with Bigend so she’ll be okay when he finds her, and the thread dies! The story then shifts over to the military man and the threat he poses and no word is given to the Hounds for the rest of the story. Odd seeing as how that was central to the plot, but this kind of truncation is common by this installment in the story so I wasn’t surprised. In the plus column, the story does provide some interesting thoughts on resistance to commodification and how the culture of the armed forces trickles down to the street. But seriously, all the fashion stuff gets really suffocating! After a certain point in my reading of it, I couldn’t help but notice the constant mention of clothing, apparel, jackets, etc. Intrinsic to the themes of the novel yes, but I mean, c’mon! Felt like I was reading Sex and the City fan fiction after awhile! Then there was the rather odd attempts to give Bigend character traits beyond his wealth and eccentricities. Aside from an odd fashion sense he has a lust for the Full English breakfast that is mentioned too often in the story, and serves no real purpose that I can see.
Second, there’s the usual Bigend motivation factor. His interest in the marketability of military apparel is one thing, but why would be pay through the nose to get Milgrim clean in this book? Apparently, Bigend likes him because he “notices things” while at the same time is good at going completely unnoticed. For these reasons, he’s decided to pay for rehab in a Swiss clinic and put him on his payroll. Really? All that money just to hire someone who’s only marketable skill is being inconspicuous and observant? Seems more like he just wanted to bring the character back and came up with a small contrivance to fill the point. And of course, there’s Bigend himself. Unlike the previous books, where he just a shadowy figure in the background, by this book he’s grown to the point where he’s kind of like a Bond villain. Gibson even goes as far to say it by the ending, how his purchase of a Russian low-flying craft, the way he had it decked out, and has all the staff dressed like odd caricatures, is Bondian. Doesn’t make it any less weird. Oh, and the fact that he has acquired half of Iceland through a series of business deals and is flying all his staff there on that Russian craft at the end? Bondian!
Overall, what stands out about these books is their similarity to his earlier works, particularly Neuromancer. In this and other works, the story revolves around contractors who are picked up by mysterious men who work behind the scenes or have hidden agendas. But whereas in Neuromancer and other titles belonging to the “Sprawl” and “Bridge” trilogies where you have corporate magnates or mass media forces with clear (and often morally ambiguous) intentions, this time around the agenda of the shadowy person (i.e. Bigend) seems pretty benign and… well, pointless. I mean, why for example is Bigend so obsessed with uncovering all of these mysteries, what’s his motivation? Where’s the profit incentive, the threat to his bottom line? Surely a filthy-rich advertising magnate would have better things to do than spend all kinds of time and money on pet projects that have no purpose other than satisfying his curiosity. In some cases, marginal attention is given to how these things could be of use to him, but curiosity is always the main driving force. Again and again, Bigend’s actions are justified by saying that this is just the kind of guy he is, an eccentric, controlling man who wants to know whats going on around every corner and just happens to be rich enough to make that happen.
To be fair, I get it. I mean how else are you going to set up plots like this, which delve into the mysteries of the everyday world, not sci-fi worlds where anything’s possible because its total fiction and the limits of your imagination are the only constraints you have to deal with? But I would expect that a story would build to a climax, not truncate itself or end up being a letdown for the heroes, not to mention the audience. But then again, Gibson’s work is in details, the story come through more in the subtext than in the goings on of the text itself. And I still love Gibson’s work and owe a rather large debt to him for the inspiration and example he’s provided over the years. So I won’t be avoiding his books in the future; in fact, I’m anxious to see what he’ll do next. Whatever else can be said about this man, he’s good at what he does and manages to always have a keen eye for the things that are just beyond the fringes of the now, the things that are likely to be the cutting edge stuff of tomorrow. One has to wonder how much influence he himself exercises in this regard… Oh well, something for his next book maybe! | <urn:uuid:416cf12e-7d0e-41bd-b5fd-cccd15465be5> | CC-MAIN-2021-43 | https://storiesbywilliams.com/tag/locative-art/ | 2021-10-24T16:16:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2021-43/segments/1634323586043.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20211024142824-20211024172824-00045.warc.gz | en | 0.97222 | 2,968 |
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Entrepreneurship thrives when local wages are high, Sussex study shows
Attempts by successive governments to boost entrepreneurship in areas with low rates of self-employment have largely failed, according to a new study by economists at the universities of Sussex and Sheffield.
In a review of Census data in England and Wales over the past 90 years, the researchers found that low enterprise areas such as County Durham had the lowest rates of self-employment in every decade between 1921 and 2011.
For the more recent years from 1971 to 2011, when governments have actively promoted entrepreneurship, the researchers have produced an Enterprise League Table. This is based upon rates of self-employment among 18-65 year olds across all 384 local authorities in England and Wales.
It shows that although almost all low enterprise areas in 1971 continued to have low rates forty years later, there were also some important changes.
Every London borough rises up the league table over 40 years, with Ealing rising 206 places and Newham 149 places.
The big fallers are the coastal towns. Blackpool falls 141 places and Bournemouth by 139 places, although other coastal towns such as Brighton declined by a mere three places, from 40 to 43.
David Storey, Professor of Enterprise at the University of Sussex and co-author of the research, said: “Between 1971 and 2011 the increase in self-employment rates in England and Wales overall was very rapid, doubling from six per cent to around 13 per cent, but there were considerable regional variations.
“Governments have used public money to raise rates in low-enterprise areas in the belief that this would lead to wealth and job creation, but it hasn’t happened. Instead, entrepreneurial activity has changed in line with the economic prosperity of the area. This seems to suggest that entrepreneurship is a response to, rather than a cause of, wealth creation.”
The researchers also examined the factors influencing changes in self-employment rates and point to effects of immigration between 1971 and 2011. In both 1971 and 1981 areas with more immigrants had lower rates of self-employment, whereas in 1991, 2001 and 2011 immigrants were more likely to be in areas with higher self-employment.
Professor Storey, who carried out the analysis for the study with Dr Georgios Fotopoulos at the University of Sheffield, said this could be a reflection of the origins of the new immigrants. “We suspect that those coming to the UK from India and the new EU countries strongly favour enterprise as a source of employment.”
In addition to these major influences, the researchers also found that areas experiencing a rise in the proportion of the population who are in the 55-64 age range are more likely to have a rise in entrepreneurship.
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For more information contact the Researchers:Professor David Storey, OBE, School of Business, Management and Economics, University of Sussex, Tel: 01273 873736. Dr Georgios Fotopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Entrepreneurship, Sheffield University Management School, Tel :0114 222 3251
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Mr. Joseph M. Tucci is Chairman at VMware, Inc., Lead Independent Director at Paychex, Inc., and Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer at EMC Corp. He is on the Board of Directors at Paychex, Inc., Northeastern University, and Pivotal Software, Inc.
Mr. Tucci was previously employed as Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer by EMC Corp. of Canada, Deputy Chief Executive Officer by Getronics NV, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer by Wang Global, President by LEGATO Software, and President-Information Systems by Unisys Corp. He also served on the board at Data Domain, Inc.
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Mine worker killed at WA copper mine
A mine worker has been killed after an incident at Aditya Birla’s Nifty copper mine on Monday afternoon.
The 46-year-old contractor died while transporting rock and ore at a copper mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.
The worker, a machine operator at Aditya Birla Mineral’s Nifty mine, located 350km east of Port Hedland, died from injuries sustained from the incident.
Operation at the mine was immediately suspended temporarily.
WA department of Mines and Petroleum inspectors, as well as police, are investigating the incident.
UPDATE, 1.30PM: Aditya Birla Minerals Limited has released a statement confirming the man, a bogger operator, was working in the underground mine when the accident occurred.
The company have provided counselling services to affected workmates and other employees and will be extended to family and friends.
CEO Neel Patnaik said he was deeply saddened by the news and the thoughts and prayers of the entire company are with the family of the deceased.
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BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) -- Fire crews battled a 3-alarm blaze at two vacant buildings on Norfolk Avenue in Roxbury Saturday.
Fire officials say the fire broke out just after 6:45 a.m.
Crews continued to put water on the buildings throughout the day. There were no injuries reported.
The multi-story buildings involved in the fire were scheduled to be demolished prior to the fire breaking out.
According to fire officials, the buildings have been the site of multi-alarm fires in the past. There is no word on what caused this most recent fire.
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Birthdays come once every year. But for three local 11-year-olds, their birthday Wednesday is a once-in-a-lifetime experience as they turn 12 on 12/12/12.
Grace Re, a sixth-grader at Gettysburg Middle School; Wesley Taylor, a sixth-grader at Emory H. Markle Intermediate School; and Emily Hamm, a sixth-grader at Hanover Middle School all celebrate their 12th birthdays today.
All three said they were excited, and admitted to bragging to their friends about their extra-special birthday.
"It's so amazing," Wesley said of his upcoming birthday. "Out of all the 365 days in a year and I was born that one day. It's so uncommon."
The uniqueness of the day is what makes it special, all three said.
Wesley, of Hanover, had already started to celebrate his birthday last month. He is a Ravens fan, so he and his father went to a game in Baltimore. But the celebrating will continue with a family trip to New York City this weekend to see the Christmas decorations around the city. Wes said he may also host a small party with friends including laser tag and sleepover.
Grace said she's particularly excited for her birthday party because her mother, Karen Re, said Grace was old enough to have a co-ed birthday party this year. So Grace hosted a dance party and bonfire the weekend before her actual birthday with her friends - both boys and girls.
Tonight, Grace, her family, and a few close friends plan to celebrate her birthday with a special dinner, she said. Although she can't remember her exact age when she discovered she would turn 12 on Dec. 12, 2012, she said she was very young.
"I've been waiting for this day for a long time," Grace said.
Emily said she hasn't thought about how she will celebrate her birthday, but she will most likely have a small party with close friends.
Emily lost her mother last year to brain cancer and this will be the first birthday without her mother. Although difficult, Emily still plans on celebrating and enjoying her day.
All three said they realize how special their birthday is this year. And Emily said that other kids turning 12 on this date should be especially appreciative of it, since not everyone will be able to celebrate such a unique day.
"I wish kids like me a wonderful birthday and a special 12," Grace said. "We're all in the same little club." | <urn:uuid:43c0d940-4054-46ba-84b8-2d85a269926f> | CC-MAIN-2014-10 | http://www.eveningsun.com/localnews/ci_22169730/local-kids-turn-12-12-12-12 | 2014-03-12T16:19:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-10/segments/1394021920399/warc/CC-MAIN-20140305121840-00004-ip-10-183-142-35.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984624 | 519 |
(a) If the parties to an agreement to arbitrate agree on a method for appointing an arbitrator, that method must be followed, unless the method fails. If the parties have not agreed on a method, the agreed method fails or an arbitrator appointed fails or is unable to act and a successor has not been appointed, the court, on motion of a party to the arbitration proceeding, shall appoint the arbitrator. An arbitrator so appointed has all the powers of an arbitrator designated in the agreement to arbitrate or appointed pursuant to the agreed method.
(b) An individual who has a known, direct and material interest in the outcome of the arbitration proceeding or a known, existing and substantial relationship with a party may not serve as an arbitrator required by an agreement to be neutral.
Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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Depression is Incapacitating!
Depression can and often does effect many areas of a person’s life. It makes reaching out for relationship with others nearly impossible. It effects work performance and attendance or timeliness. It often changes the way we view the things around us that used to bring enjoyment which can be touch from others, our hobby or the food we used to enjoy. If depression lasts for over two weeks it is advised to seek some help either from a doctor or a counselor.
I always recommend counseling and if necessary using medication also so that you can maintain the best possible livelihood while you are working through depression issues. Although medication can help depression symptoms, I always consider that there probably is an emotional loss behind why someone becomes depressed. Often times there is a great loss in childhood that has not be handled sufficiently that is at the root of depression symptoms.
How I help people with depression really depends on how the depression is being experienced and the goals of the person. If an individual needs help with basis living routines in order to get their life back to some sort of normalcy, than that would be the goal. Help with addictions can be a goal before working on depression. Sometimes it is help a person realize their ability to move into a new living arrangement or solving a relationship problem.
If grief and loss is the reason for the depression, as it often is, then talking to a counselor who understands the complexity of the losses and is there to support is important.
Whether it is a loss of physical health, loss of relationships, loss of employment, loss of good validation as a child, or any of a number of other reasons, your depression can be helped by counseling and I am hear to help you. | <urn:uuid:b1e6a834-df09-49d7-a787-9a5affd515af> | CC-MAIN-2018-09 | https://nikaoscounselingcolorado.com/trauma-counseling/depression/ | 2018-02-21T10:47:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-09/segments/1518891813608.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20180221103712-20180221123712-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.966567 | 353 |
The following sections contain the formal SGML definition of HTML 4.0, including the SGML declaration and the Document Type Definition (DTD), as well as a sample SGML catalog.
Many authors rely on a limited set of browsers to check on the documents they produce, assuming that if the browsers can render their documents they are valid. Unfortunately, this is a very ineffective means of verifying a document's validity precisely because browsers are designed to cope with invalid documents by rendering them as well as they can to avoid frustrating users.
The following sample SGML catalog can be used with an SGML parser, such as nsgmls (see [SP]), to verify that HTML documents conform to the HTML 4.0 DTD. It assumes that the DTD has been saved as the file "HTML4.dtd" and that the entities are in the files "HTMLlat1.ent", "HTMLsymbol.ent" and "HTMLspecial.ent". Make sure your SGML parser is capable of handling Unicode. See your validation tool documentation for further details.
Beware that such validation, although useful and highly recommended, does not guarantee that a document fully conforms to the HTML 4.0 specification. This is because an SGML parser relies solely on the given SGML DTD which does not express all aspects of a valid HTML 4.0 document. Specifically, an SGML parser ensures that the syntax, the structure, the list of elements and their attributes are valid. But for instance, it cannot catch errors such as setting the width attribute of an IMG element to an invalid value (i.e., "foo", "12.5", or "25%"). Although the specification restricts the value for this attribute to an "integer representing a length in pixels", the DTD only defines it to be CDATA, which actually allows any value. Only a specialized program could capture the complete specification of HTML 4.0.
Nevertheless, this type of validation is still highly recommended since it permits the detection of a large set of errors that make documents invalid.
This catalog includes the override directive to ensure that processing software such as nsgmls uses public identifiers in preference to system identifiers. This means that users do not have to be connected to the Web when retrieving URL-based system identifiers.
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Over at SF Signal, their latest Mind Meld feature looks at women in science fiction, with a long comment thread. I get to rave about some of the contributors to The Apex Book of World SF and the (forthcoming) Apex Book of World SF 2:
If I look at the writers I’m excited about today, the ones working in short fiction or getting into novels, the ones in my two (to date) Apex Book of World SFanthologies, they’re people like Lauren Beukes, who picked up the Clarke Award recently for her novelZoo City; it’s Aliette de Bodard, who won the BSFA Award for short story, was up for a Nebula and is still up for a Hugo; it’s Kaaron Warren, who just has this very weird mind… all three happen to be with Angry Robot (also my publishers for the Bookman books), but that just shows we may have similar editorial tastes! AR are also bringing out debut novelist Anne Lyle soon, which is very exciting.
The second Apex Book of World SF volume opens with a writer I’m very excited about (can you tell there’s a recurrent theme here??) – Rochita Loenen-Ruiz, with “Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life”, fromInterzone. I think she’s a wonderful writer and I know she’s working on a novel, and I can’t wait to see it!
And we have, for instance, Joyce Chng from Singapore, who recently released a novel, A Wolf at the Door (as by J. Damask) – werewolves in Singapore! Who could resist that?
And we have Silvia Moreno-Garcia, who is working on a couple of very exciting novels, writes wonderful stuff. Shweta Narayan, who was up for a Nebula recently. Ekaterina Sedia, who is just such a great writer – you have to read A Secret History of Moscow! And I just love her short stories. We were lucky to get a story from Nnedi Okorafor, who is incredible. Or Gail Har’even, a highly regarded Israeli author who does both mainstream and SF (the story we reprint is from the New Yorker). We have original stories from Anabel Enriquez Piñeiro from Cuba, and Csilla Kleinheincz from Hungary.
So, you know, do we want to talk about women writers? Well, obviously I do! They’re such a vital and vibrant part of the field that I see – and this is just talking international stuff, you know.
Check it out. Comment if so inclined.
The best comment quote so far comes from “Chad”. Thought I’d share it!
It’s not projection. It’s anger. It’s being tired of being told you are evil, a racist and a sexist since you were born, because you are a white male. That you should provide every advantage possible to everyone else, even though you have never conciously discriminated against anyone. That you are constantly being told that every negative thing that happens to everyone else is either racist or sexist. You get tired of hearing the boy cry wolf so much that you struggle to listen to legit issues anymore. | <urn:uuid:9b6ebcd3-93e5-4111-ba1d-018f3c8997d4> | CC-MAIN-2015-22 | https://worldsf.wordpress.com/tag/mind-meld/ | 2015-05-24T23:14:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2015-22/segments/1432207928102.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20150521113208-00094-ip-10-180-206-219.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964205 | 698 |
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July 6, 2014
Mack Worley is a veteran of the United States Air Force. He honorably served his country for almost 6 years before being medically retired.
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The Edge Of Everything is the third studio album to come from the mind of Bristolian drum&bass veteran Krust, who most will know for his time with the Mercury Music Award winning collective Reprazent. Following on from his first two long players, 1999’s Coded Language and 2006’s Hidden Knowledge, The Edge Of Everything arrives after a 14-year hiatus to take you down a path of carefree, cinematically charged drum&bass. With influences for the project including Christopher Nolan
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Hegel Dialect – Rich breaks and pulsing basslines
7 Known Truths – Rolling percussive rhythms meets other worldly sound design
Deep Fields Of Liars – Well fortified drum&bass stomper
Previous from Krust:
Coded Language LP (1999, Talkin’ Loud)
Hidden Knowledge LP (2006, Full Cycle)
If you like this then check out:
Goldie – The Journey Man (2017, Metalheadz Music)
Roni Size – In The Mode (2000, Mercury Records)
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A dozen sites in and around Omaha will provide free science-related activities for the public during the inaugural Nebraska Science Festival.
The festival, which runs April 12-14, features science- and technology-related activities all with the goal of making science accessible, interactive, relevant and fun for kids and adults alike.
During the festival weekend, each participating site will offer free admission and/or a free activity during specially designated times.
Tickets may be required and can be found online at nescifest.com or in the Festival program guide. A limited number of guides will be available at the participating sites.
Presented by the University of Nebraska Medical Center, the Nebraska Science Festival brings together various science-related Nebraska organizations interested in the advancement of science literacy.
Here’s a closer look at the Festival participants and what each will offer:
City Sprouts Community Garden - Join us from 1 to 5 p.m. on April 14, and get a head start on your garden. What makes seeds grow? What grows from seeds? How many different ways are there to plant seeds? We will answer these questions and more. Tour the gardens at 4002 Seward St. and then take home several types of seeds that you can grow in your garden. Free admission with a SciFest ticket.
The Durham Museum – Join us at the inaugural Nebraska Science Festival Expo and participate in fun and engaging hands-on learning opportunities. On April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a wide variety of booths to promote science and its impact in our everyday lives. Free admission with a SciFest ticket.
Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater – On April 13 at 2 p.m., Film Streams will present a special screening of the documentary “Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin & the Farm Midwives. Following the film, a panel discussion will be presented by the Olson Center for Women’s Health. Tickets for the screening and discussion are $9 general, $7 for seniors, students, teachers, military and those arriving by bicycle, and $4.50 for Film Streams members.
Fontenelle Forest – Love birds? Join us April 13 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for bird banding, guided bird hikes, raptor presentations by Raptor Recovery Nebraska and Fontenelle Forest staff members. You also can explore artifact tables and visit a booth staffed by Wild Birds Unlimited. Children can do an art/craft project. Free admission with a SciFest ticket.
The French Bulldog – On April 14 from noon to 2 p.m., discover “The Science of Charcuterie.” Participants will learn the science involved in curing meat from Bryce Coulton, head chef at The French Bulldog. Participants will learn about all the different techniques required to ensure that the meat is cured properly, will taste good, and is safe to eat. Must be 21 and older to attend, $5 per person. RSVP required to email@example.com as space is limited.
Hot Shops Art Center – On April 13-14 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., the art center will feature special Science of Art displays and free demos. Free admission with a SciFest ticket.
Joslyn Art Museum - Karin Campbell, the museum’s Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art, will present three 20-minute talks about the Jennifer Steinkamp: Madame Curie exhibit. The April 14 talks are scheduled for 1 p.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Free admission from noon to 3 p.m. with a SciFest ticket.
Lauritzen Gardens - Life on Earth is sustained through a web of incredible interconnections. Explore this architecture of life in the “Nature Connects” exhibit at the Lauritzen Gardens, which features 27 larger-than-life sculptures built from nearly half-a-million individual LEGO® bricks. Free admission on April 13-14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for one child age 12 and under with every paid adult admission with SciFest ticket.
Metropolitan Community College – On April 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., all ages are invited to explore various science disciplines through interactive activities with an underlying theme of energy or motion. “Science in Motion” will be located in the science area of the Mahoney building at the South Campus. Also on hand will be the Department of Health and Public Service with activities that include: Trauma Emergencies/Immobilization, Cardiac Station, Jaws of Life/Extrication Demonstration and Fire Hose Evolutions. Free admission with a SciFest ticket.
Omaha’s Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium – On April 13-14 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., visit prehistoric and modern day animals at the Dinosaurs Alive: The Lost Valley exhibit. Discover how you can protect these modern day animals and habitats by touring the conservation research center and see where our researchers work. Dive in and discover the ocean by becoming a marine biologist. Spend your time identifying penguins and taking measurements for turtle research. Finish your adventure meeting and working with a paleontologist. Regular zoo admission. Redeem a SciFest ticket to receive a bag of fossils.
The Strategic Air & Space Museum - On April 14 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the museum will offer a variety of hands-on activities in our Science Zone. Make a snowflake to take home, build your own hovercraft, launch paper rockets and much more. Be sure to be at the museum for a 1 p.m. presentation by Nebraska’s hometown astronaut, Clayton Anderson. Free admission with a SciFest ticket.
UNMC College of Dentistry, Lincoln – On April 13 from 10 a.m. to noon, you’ll have the opportunity to tour the College of Dentistry at 40th and Holdrege streets on the UNL East Campus. You’ll also receive a brief overview of the college, have an opportunity to “play dentist” with dental simulators, enjoy other hands-on activities, and a demonstration of SimMan, medical emergency simulator. Free admission with a SciFest ticket. | <urn:uuid:145458a9-0d11-4f32-ad05-072a5d757f81> | CC-MAIN-2014-15 | http://www.wowt.com/extramile/headlines/Nebraska-Science-Festival-Set-For-April-12-14-201130281.html?site=full | 2014-04-17T15:43:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-15/segments/1397609530136.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20140416005210-00130-ip-10-147-4-33.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924811 | 1,307 |
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Ephanie DeBey, EDTC 5103
Traditional aged students use social networking and the internet more hours per a week then non-traditional students.
Form Survey in Google Docs Survey 20 College Students Analyze Survey Results Display Trends in Data with Charts Prepare PowerPoint with Results
What is your gender? Where were you born? What year were you born in? Please Rate: I use social media on a daily basis. Please Rate: I use the internet on a daily basis. How many hours a week do you use social media? What types of social media do you use on a regular basis? (Examples are Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, MySpace, Google+, Blogging, etc.) How many hours do you use the internet each week? What do you usually use the internet for? Please Rate: Do you enjoy classes that regularly use the internet or social media websites? Survey Link
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Event #24, a €2k No-Limit Hold'em tournament is just going on its first break of the day across in the far corner of the tournament room, but it's very quiet and very serious - in a literal sense, not a metaphorical one. With over 150 players already registered, the atmosphere could be described as anything but relaxed.
Among those playing so far are Walid Bou Habib (who is still not going home back to his goats), Simeon Naydenov, Adrian Mateos, Team PokerStars Online Vicente Delgado, Alex Goulder, Dominik Nitsche, Yury Gulyy, Andrea Dato, Bryan Paris, Anton Wigg and two-time EPT champion Vicky Coren Mitchell.
Unlike most of the other events starting today, this event is a two-day tournament, they'll play until 1am tonight and come back tomorrow at 1pm to play down to a winner.
Elsewhere, there are just five players left in the €1k Turbo with Artem Litvinov looking like the current chip leader. The €300 + €100 Knockout is about to get underway as well, I just bumped into FPS finalist Yohan Figueiras and Timothee Colcher, who was runner-up in the €500 + €500 Bounty last night, both of whom were heading across to play in that event with one eye on the €1k Pot-Limit Omaha that begins later at 8pm.
Later on this evening at 9pm, there is the French Poker Awards which are being held at the O2 Bar in Deauville, everyone is welcome. For those wishing to follow a final table, the FPS €2k HR restarts tonight at 9.30pm with 8 players left led by Vladimir Troyanovskiy. If that's not your thing, there's always the €300 Turbo Deepstack at 10pm for people looking to put in "the nightshift".
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|Executive Producer||Hannah Gracie|
|Production Manager||Jon Mealing|
|1st AD||Ato Yankey|
|Director of Photography||James Rhodes|
|Focus Puller||Luke Cairns|
|2nd AC||Darren Johnson|
|Art Director||Siobhan Walsh|
|Hair & Make-up (cast)||Harriet Todd|
|Grading company||Coffee & TV|
|Other credits||PA: Eve Burton Runner: Bradley Boorman Runner: Carmen Du Preez Intern Runner: Joey Philippe Dali Camera Trainee: Rhys Warren Spark: Dave Allen, Angus Chinn, John Letsinger Rigger: Steve Daly Art Dept Assist: Tors Beedles, Clair Stirling Stylist Assit: Tennessee Williams Styling Intern: Jiji Napa Choreo Assist: Simon Donellon|
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La Cage aux Folles Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman. Book by Harvey Fierstein. Based on the play 'La Cage Aux Folles' by Jean Poiret. Directed by Jerry Zaks. Choreographed by Jerry Mitchell. Music Director Patrick Vaccariello. Set design by Scott Pask. Costume design by William Ivey Long. Lighting design by Donald Holder. Sound design by Peter Fitzgerald. Hair & wig design by Paul Huntley. Starring Gary Beach, Daniel Davis. Also starring Gavin Creel, Angela Gaylor, Ruth Williamson, Michael Mulheren, Linda Balgord, John Shuman, Michael Benjamin Washington. Adrian Bailey, Bryan Batt, Paul Canaan, Joey Dudding, Christopher Freeman, Merwin Foard, Patty Goble, Dale Hensley, John Hillner, Leah Horowitz, Clark Johnsen, Paul McGill, Brad Musgrove, Eric Otte, Nathan Peck, Andy Pellick, T. Oliver Reid, Jermaine R. Rembert, Dorothy Stanley, Eric Stretch, Charlie Sutton, Will Taylor, Josh Walden, Emma Zaks.
Nothing dulls faster than a knife that wasn't that sharp to begin with. It should come as no surprise, then, that the revival of La Cage aux Folles that just opened at the Marquis not only doesn't cut deeply, it doesn't even break the skin.
That's not to say that this musical, with its Jerry Herman score and Harvey Fierstein book, was ever really cutting-edge. The original 1983 Broadway production was distinct for its central gay love affair, more or less unique at that time. And though the piece, which is based on the Jean Poiret play of the same title, features over a dozen cross-dressing men in chorus, supporting, and leading roles, this has never exactly been a challenging show.
But the past 21 years have rendered this show's charms quaint in a way that hasn't happened with Herman's other, earlier smash-hit musical comedies, Hello, Dolly! and Mame. La Cage aux Folles, despite enjoying considerable success on Broadway and around the world, is unlikely to ever achieve the timeless greatness of its predecessors.
Perhaps it's a good thing that this show has taken on "period piece" status, as inseparable from the time of its creation as the antic, brainless musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s were to theirs. The last two decades have seen an influx of gay-themed works into pop culture, which signals something of a normalization of the perception of homosexuality in American culture. The current gay marriage controversy notwithstanding, that achievement alone is worthy of celebration.
So, in its own way, is La Cage itself, which bears the honest-to-goodness tunefulness and unquenchable goodwill that came naturally to Herman in his heyday, but are too often anathema to today's writers. Fierstein's book is a decent enough complement to Herman's score, though it's strikingly, even shockingly conventional in its treatment of those who live, work, or even just visit flashy St. Tropez, France and the La Cage aux Folles nightclub.
The club is run by Georges (Daniel Davis), and populated by a dozen beauteous "Les Cagelles," who make their living from teasing the patrons, male and female alike, with the ambiguousness of their gender (and, one presumes, their sexuality). At the center of it all is Georges's partner of 20 years, Albin (Gary Beach), who parades the stage of the club as the luminous Zaza, now a local celebrity. That doesn't protect him from the withering treatment of Georges's son from a brief heterosexual fling, Jean-Michel (Gavin Creel), who's planning to marry the daughter of a staunchly conservative couple at the center of a political crusade to promote traditional family values.
So, when Jean-Michel's fiancée and her parents come to visit, Albin is shoved into the background and everyone else the closet to promote the kind of normal existence that Jean-Michel has never lived. This all paves the way for the production's most telling number, a stinging rebuke to the cold-heartedness pervading their once-tight family unit. The song demonstrates Herman at his melodic, incisive best, and is undoubtedly of the chilling, wake-up-and-take-notice variety that any show stepping even one foot in controversy can't do without.
Its title? "Look Over There." Yes, that's the firm musical reprimand from Georges to Jean-Michel in the second act, pleading him to accept love in whatever form it takes, and not "I Am What I Am," the titanic first act finale in which Albin, in the middle of a performance, storms off the stage after being unceremoniously expelled from Jean-Michel's life. It's not just that 20 years of cultural progress has rendered this anthemic composition toothless; while "Look Over There" resonates more strongly today, "I Am What I Am" still packs a considerable dramatic punch.
But its overall impact is diminished by Beach's forced, unfocused performance. It can't be sold as a pre-ordained showstopper, it must be Albin's anguished statement of rage and disappointment. But when Beach charges off the stage, he's the Big Star making his Big Exit, and missing the song's vital connection to the character and story. His entire conception of the character is off, from his establishing number "A Little More Mascara" on - Albin is supposed to find self-esteem in his make-up, but Beach begins the number (and the show) strong and has nowhere to go but down.
If Beach needed director Jerry Zaks - who generally keeps the proceedings in check - to remind him that he's no longer playing Roger De Bris in The Producers, his co-star fares much better. Davis is engaging and charming from his first moments onstage, emceeing the club with wry comments to the audience and a sly smile suggesting a man at peace with himself and his life. Wielding a surprisingly strong singing voice and his proven acting ability, he nails scenes and sails through the romantic "Song on the Sand" or the reproving "Look Over There" with the kind of facility you'd expect from a musical comedy veteran like, oh, Gary Beach.
As for the other performers, Creel's touch is too light for Jean-Michel, and he renders neither the character's callousness or change of heart in believable terms. Angela Gaylor makes little impression as his fiancée, though Michael Mulheren and Linda Balgord successfully overplay the exaggerated intolerance of her parents. Ruth Williamson garners some class, laughs, and even glamour from her brief turn as a cunning restaurateur, though Michael Benjamin Washington, as Albin's maid, spends too much time trying to steal the show.
The production is greatly aided by Scott Pask's intensely colorful sets (particularly for the club scenes), Donald Holder's splashy lights, and the sequins, feathers, and spangles of William Ivey Long's impressive costume plot. (The fine musical direction is by Patrick Vaccariello.) But the big dance numbers don't benefit from Mitchell's overly busy and empty dances; the dances are intermittently great, executed with lots of expert flips, spins, and high kicks, but Mitchell's bag of tricks appears increasingly shallow with each new show he choreographs. The most blatant example is Georges and Albin's romantic duet, "With You on My Arm," the staging of which uneasily (and uncannily) echoes that he devised for the quirky duet "Timeless to Me" in Hairspray.
In many ways, that show looks downright daring compared to this one, though
it deals with racial rather than sexual integration. Still, La Cage aux
Folles plays well without daring, even if it's also playing without a
rollicking emotional payoff. After the bigots are dealt with, the central,
longtime lovers share a quiet kiss in the moonlight; it's romantic, but
not groundbreaking. But for a show that pleads for tolerance, isn't that
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“I am thrilled to realize in spite of the world’s trajedies, heartaches & conflict, there lives and thrives in this world a great joy. It is love of God, self, neighbor, creature & earth. It is the passion in us that keeps us striving for good. And the compassion inside of us that helps us continue to lend a hand to those in need. It is God inside of us working to change what is not God-like. We are blessed!” ~ Barbara Bernard Miller
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Identifying Sources of Stress to Native Aquatic Species Using a Watershed Ecological Risk Assessment Framework.
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The free-flowing Clinch and Powell River basin, located in southwestern Virginia, U.S.A., historically had one of the richest assemblages of native fish and freshwater mussels in the world. Nearly half of the species once residing here are now extinct, threatened or endangered. The United States Environmental Protection Agency's (USEPA) framework for conducting an ecological risk assessment was used to structure a watershed scale analysis of human land use, in-stream habitat quality, and their relationship to native fish and mussel populations in order to develop future management strategies and prioritize areas in need of enhanced protection. Our analyses indicate that agricultural and urban land uses, as well as proximity to mining activities and transportation corridors, are inversely related to fish index of biotic integrity (IBI) and mussel species diversity. Forward stepwise multiple regression analyses indicated that coal mining had the most impact on fish IBI followed by percent cropland and urban area in the riparian corridor (R2 = 0.55, p = 0.02), however, these analyses suggest that other site-specific factors are important. Habitat quality measures accounted for as much as approximately half of the variability in fish IBI values if the analysis was limited to sites within a relatively narrow elevation range. These results, in addition to other data collected in this watershed, suggest that non-habitat related stressors (e.g., accidental chemical spills) also have significant effects on biota in this basin. The number of co-occurring human land uses was inversely related to fish IBI = -0.49, p < 0.01). Sites with 2 co-occurring land uses had > 90% probability of having < 2 mussel species present. Our findings predict that many mussel concentration sites are vulnerable to future extirpation. In addition, our results suggest that protection and enhancement of naturally vegetated riparian corridors, better controls of mine effluents and urban runoff, and increased safeguards against accidental chemical spills, as well as reintroduction or augmentation of threatened and endangered species, may help sustain native fish and mussel populations in this watershed. | <urn:uuid:6bba53ce-a87f-4417-a6be-d7d827f4fce3> | CC-MAIN-2014-23 | http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/recordisplay.cfm?deid=23751 | 2014-07-25T22:16:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2014-23/segments/1405997894799.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20140722025814-00060-ip-10-33-131-23.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944565 | 520 |
I have been making my way through some of the most prolific writers of the 19th and 20th century. Browning, EE Cummings, DH Lawrence, among numerous others. I thought I would share a few that I liked a lot.
This two are by Philip Bourke Marston
So close we are, and yet so far apart,—
So close, I feel thy breath upon my cheek;
So far, that all this love of mine is weak
To touch in any way thy distant heart:
So close, that, when I hear thy voice, I start
To see my whole life standing bare and bleak;
So far, that, though for years and years I seek,
I shall not find thee other than thou art!
So, while I live, I walk upon the verge
Of an impassable and changeless sea
Which more than death divides me, love, from thee;
The mournful beating of its heavy surge
Is all the music now that I shall hear:
O love, thou art too far, and yet too near!
Marston, P. B.
Their lips upon each other's lips are laid;
Strong moans of joy, wild laughter, and short cries
Seem uttered in the passion of their eyes.
He sees her body fair, and fallen head,
And she the face whereon her soul is fed;
And by the way her white breasts sink and rise,
He knows she must be shaken by sweet sighs;
Though all delight of sound for them be dead.
They dance a strange, weird measure, who know not
The tune to which their dancing feet are led;
Their breath in kissing is made doubly hot
With flame of pent-up speech; strange light is shed
About their spirits, as they mix and meet
In passion-lighted silence, 'tranced and sweet.
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Bonjour mes amis! Comment ca va? I have gone all French after looking over my photos from my holiday to Nice and San Remo (Italy) in September. It’s quite fitting that I have taken to look at these photo’s now as the weather is dull and gloomy. I visited quite a number of museums in Nice and San Remo on my holiday.
This summer was ‘Un été pour Matisse,’ or ‘The Summer of Matisse.’ This festival was celebrating 50 years from the opening of the Museé Matisse in Nice. The premise of the festival was that each of the major museums in Nice either had an exhibition on Matisse’s works on various themes or an exhibition of artists influenced by Matisse or active in Matisse’s era. Personally, I feel Matisse is the bridge between late 19th Century Impressionism and 20th Century Modernism. Or as I like to call it ‘the point of no return.’ I am not fond of modern art, sculpture, drawings etc ! But that is a matter of personal opinion.
Whilst I did not visit each museums in Nice that had an exhibition on Matisse I did manage to visit the Musee Massena (I wrote about that visit here), Musee des Beaux Arts and the Theatre de la Photographie et de L’Image. I shall write about the exhibitions at the Musee des Beaux Arts and the Theatre de la Photographie. The exhibitions in these two museums were exhibitions by artists that were influenced by Matisse or were contemporaries of Matisse.
Musee des Beaux Arts
The Musee des Beaux Arts is situated in a neo-classical villa in Nice. The museum hosts mainly classical works of art by Rodin, Moreau, Degas, Cheret and various other artists. The Musee de Beaux Arts pays homage to the painter Gustave Moreau and the influence he had on the career of his most famous pupil Henri Matisse. The exhibition charts the career of Gustave Moreau from his use of thick oils at the start of his career to finer materials at the end of his career.
Moreau’s main subject themes came from the the sphere of biblical and mythological creatures and legends. The exhibition charted the development of Moreau’s work juxtaposed with information about how Moreau influenced Matisse and how Moreau supported Matisse in his early career. I wasn’t allowed to take any pictures of the Moreau’s work as there were security guards stationed throughout the galleries. Though this was one of the paintings that were featured in the exhibition:
‘The Peacock complaining to Juno.’ 1881.
There were also works by the artist Adolf Gustav Mossa an illustrator at the time of Matisse and Moreau. Mossa’s work included illustrations of various historical female figures with etheral and other worldly backgrounds. For the time, Mossa’s work was ground breaking and is similar to the style of some Japanese manga artists today. It is hard to find information on Mossa’s life and art works. I personally enjoyed Mossa’s work more than Moreau’s. Though this is probably that Mossa’s supernatural subject matter appealed to me more than mythological creatures. This is my favourite Mossa’ illustrations:
The Musee des Beaux Arts also has a permanent collection of sculpture and paintings. The museum also has a permanent collection of Jules Cheret paintings. These paintings are soft, etheral works on canvas in pastel or oils. Think Edwardian ladies, fairies, dancers etc. Very impressionist in style and execution. His work is also similar to the style of Henri Toulouse Latrec. Below is my favourite Cheret painting and sculpture (not by Cheret):
‘Ladies at a Picnic,’ Jules Cheret.
‘Lady with a Veil,’ unknown sculptor.
Overall, I felt that the exhibition was well executed and displayed. There were panels discussing the context of both Moreau, Matisse and Mossa’s works. I was able to understand how Moreau influenced Matisse and how he supported Matisse throughout his career. However, the majority of the panels were in French which I was able to understand. I am aware that the museum is in France and that UK based museums don’t necessarily provide information in other languages in exhibitions. There was a leaflet available explaining the exhibition in different langauges, but the English version was far to academic in language. An ordinary non-academic gallery visitor would not be able to understand it!
In ‘Part Two’ I shall discuss the exhibition at the Theatre de la Photographie. I shall also discuss the subject matter of the exhibition in the Theatre de la Photographie in conjunction to women’s roles at the time the photographs were taken. This is a subject that I am very interested in and feel that cramming everything into one blog post wouldn’t do the exhibition justice. Until next, au revoir!
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JOHN Ryan wants new managerial duo Brian Flynn and Rob Jones to build their own ‘dynasty’ at Doncaster Rovers.
Writing exclusively for the Free Press in his column this week, chairman Ryan said he wants the newly appointed pair to remain at the Keepmoat for years to come.
Flynn has been handed a contract until the end of the season as manager with Jones forming part of the coaching staff alongside his playing role.
But Ryan has hinted the Rovers hierarchy are already keen to keep the Welshman in charge beyond May.
And he suggests Jones will have a long future with the club beyond his playing days, if he so desires.
Ryan said: “We hope to build on a dynasty around Brian and Rob, staying with us many years.
“That will stretch even beyond Rob’s playing days – although in the form he is in right now we want that to continue for sometime to come.”
Ryan says there was no contest when it came to deciding upon Rovers’ next manager.
The board forewent the interview process after drawing up a shortlist and immediately offered the position to Flynn.
The chairman said: “He has club and international experience, a welter of contacts, is an approachable guy and you just cannot buy the all-round experience he has.
“Brian has a real phlegmatic approach to players and his great enthusiasm rubs off on everyone he comes into contact with.
“After we had a good chat with him, it was no contest.
“He is the type of manager-coach to work well with player-coach Jones and ensure we keep our noses out in front at the top of the League One table.”
Flynn himself intends on sticking around at the club beyond the end of the season but is keeping tight-lipped on his plans for the club.
He said: “I have a big plan for next season.
“When you’re older and bit wiser you can do that.
“The plan is big for next year, and it’s all in place.
“I’m looking at this as a long term project.”
Flynn has also been tight-lipped on potential transfer targets.
Rovers have been linked with a move for former Swansea striker Jason Scotland, although a myriad of clubs are also tipped to move for the out of contract 33-year-old.
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Several hundred metres from the first stop, we passed a second restaurant. Outside that restaurant, the above photo shows how much further we had yet to go.
Interestingly, very close by, is the source of the river Elbe, which could be several different trickles of water feeding a larger one, which, further down, clearly becomes the river that stretches all the way to the North Sea. We've seen the Elbe near its mouth, also in Hamburg and Dresden as well as in the Czech Republic. Tracing the Elbe back to its source was never intentional.
After about 20 minutes, we then spent the next two hours climbing down again, all of us very proud of our achievement - a tremendous feat but with now very tired feet. | <urn:uuid:be5662ae-63f4-4fd9-8465-52e2b39f6779> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://caminoandbeyond.blogspot.com/2016/06/to-top-of-schneekoppe.html | 2017-06-29T09:03:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323895.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629084615-20170629104615-00459.warc.gz | en | 0.979695 | 152 |
Unless television has lied to me, the surest way to make something disappear is to hire an excavator from Ronkonkoma. Yesterday, almost a month after she ran aground, bulldozers and backhoes used brute force to move Le Papillion down the beach and north across the island through a pathway known as the cut. The hull suffered damage in the process.
I'm not sure what happens next, or how she will be transported off the island.
Thanks to RK8776 at Noreast.com for the photo.
Saltaire38: Holmes Was Right
Tugster: Ashore 6
Frank Markus: Removal Gallery
Soundbounder: Ashore On Fire Island I
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The U.S. Postal Service issued the kaleidoscope flowers 46-cent stamps today.
The price of stamps goes up one cent on Jan. 27 from 45 cents.
The new set of four stamps shows the same graphic flower design, with each stamp featuring one of four different color combinations. Some of the color combinations create the illusion that patterns recede or move forward. Designed by art director Antonio Alcala, the stamps feature the work of graphic artists Petra and Nicole Kapitza.
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With the Bruins season over, and the NBA over and getting ready for a lockout and the NFL in the middle of a lockout, the Red Sox will now have the lion’s share of the focus of the Boston sports media and fans.
Offense is at full blast as Red Sox rout Brewers – Michael Vega’s game story has the Red Sox honoring the Bruins pregame and during the game with foghorn blasts – and plenty of them in a 12-3 victory. More game stories from: Scott Lauber | Brian MacPherson | Maureen Mullen | Mike Fine | Tony Lee | Nick Underhill | Bill Ballou | Dave D’Onofrio
Even Adrian Gonzalez’s speed (or lack thereof) can’t slow him down – Rob Bradford has the Sox slugger overcoming his lack of speed on the basepaths. Gonzalez picked up his 1000th career hit yesterday, oddly enough on a triple. Nicole Auerbach and Adam Kurkjian have more on the milestone.
After fast start in ’06, then falling back to minors, Sox hope Miller’s time is now – Tim Britton with a look at tonight’s starter for the Sox, lefty Andrew Miller. Maureen Mullen has more on Miller.
Peace treaty? Fielder wants to talk hitting with his dad – Christopher Smith looks at the strained relationship between Price Fielder, and his dad, Cecil.
Clay Buchholz hopes to cure stiffness on DL – Lauber’s notebook has Buchholz hitting the 15-day DL. The Globe notebook from Michael Vega has more on Buchholz. The topic continued in the Red Sox Journal and on the Gatehouse notebook from Mike Fine. Ballou’s notebook has more on Gonzalez’s milestone. The CSNNE notes from Camerato look at the prolific Red Sox offense.
Recchi leaves lasting impression – Kevin Paul Dupont has the retiring winger leaving behind a big impression on his teammates.
Keep that attitude, B’s – Stephen Harris says that the Bruins will need more of the same for next season.
B’s adaptability carried them to Cup – Joe Haggerty says that doing things the hard way eventually paid off for the Bruins.
Labor uncertainty clouds Celtics future – Paul Flannery looks at the immediate future for the Celtics.
Delay caused by lockout could mean fewer holdouts this year – Christopher Price thinks that once a new labor deal is done, rookies will start signing right away. | <urn:uuid:36358f51-0955-4bf9-aa6d-e6f9b8e72e48> | CC-MAIN-2017-34 | https://bostonsportsmedia.com/2011/06/20/after-bruins-parade-hubs-attention-turns-to-sox/ | 2017-08-24T04:45:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-34/segments/1502886133032.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170824043524-20170824063524-00366.warc.gz | en | 0.935703 | 521 |
AS kick-off for Thornbury Carnival gets ever closer, organisers are highlighting what the event offers youngsters.
The festival takes place on Saturday, July 5 and features the usual parade, along with iconic Spitfire and Hurricane planes and 10 diverse bands on the roster.
Carnival organiser David Goldring said there were lots of activities to keep children busy and delighted all afternoon.
The Knot of Rope has sponsored the primary school six-a-side soccer competition for another year.
Rounds are being held ahead of the carnival day to select four teams to contest the semi-final and final rounds, with certificates, medals and trophies for the winning teams.
Mr Goldring said the cheerleader groups always proved popular with the girls.
This year a new group, The Black Panthers, join past favourites The Blue Flames. Both feature in the carnival’s parade, and further dancing will be offered by Thornbury's McLennan School of Irish Dance, the Inspire Arts Trust students and local group Street Envy.
Thornbury Carnival also features clown Roly Bain, King Edmunds Acro Gymnasts, local band Jonny Casino and the Octaves Junior Choir.
Bristol Army Cadets Band and the Dolphon Marching Band are among several groups providing grandstand music sure to thrill the crowds.
Donkeys will be bringing the spirit of Weston-super-Mare to Thornbury, while the Bristol Lawmen will be doing breathtaking re-enactments of cowboy scenes.
Mr Goldring added: “Albert Rogers' Fun Fair is a well-tested favourite and which child would not be thrilled by the air display of the Battle of Britain's Memorial Flight's Spitfire and Hurricane pair?
“As if that was not enough, there will be a hot air balloon event at the end of the afternoon.”
The balloon flights are weather dependent.
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|Note: Mother Duchesne's niece was Euphrosine Jouve |
who entered and took the name
Mother Aloysia Jouve, RSCJ
June 30, 1821 ~ Mother Duchesne writes to Mother Barat, "The more I reflect on the graces I have received, the more they astonish me and make me tremble. Among them I prize most of all that of belonging to our loved Society, and I brought Aloysia into it, also. May her merits repair my faults. (The saintly Mother Aloysia Jouve* died at Sainte Marie on January 21, 1821).
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"If something happened to [Cingrani], we couldn't really afford a short outing tomorrow to use my bullpen again, especially before we get to St. Louis [on Monday]," Reds manager Dusty Baker said.
On Tuesday against Arizona, Cingrani exited after only 3 2/3 innings when he felt soreness in his back. A bullpen session on Friday was cut short after only 12 pitches. Not long after Cingrani made his case to reporters that he was ready, Reynolds arrived from Triple-A Louisville on Saturday afternoon.
Since Tuesday, Cingrani has put his back through therapy, electronic stimulus and anti-inflammatory drugs and proclaimed that he felt a lot better.
"I feel fantastic. Everything is moving good," Cingrani said before going on the field. "It's not up to me, that's for sure. I'd pitch every day, but that's not how it works."
Cingrani is 6-3 with a 2.76 ERA in 21 games, including 16 starts, during a strong rookie season filling in for injured ace Johnny Cueto. A DL move for Cingrani would be back dated to Aug. 21, and he'd likely miss two starts and return on Sept. 5 to face the Cardinals in Cincinnati.
Reynolds, the former overall No. 2 Draft pick of the Rockies in 2006, is 12-3 with a 2.42 ERA for Louisville. He last pitched on Tuesday also, working a complete game vs. Rochester and giving up just one run on five hits.
"It's good," Reynolds said of pitching Sunday after his normal four days of rest. "We're all about routines. It definitely makes a difference when you stay on schedule. If you have a couple of extra days sometimes, you don't feel as sharp. This is right on schedule."
Reynolds made one big league start for the Reds this season on June 23 at San Francisco, his first time in the Majors since 2011. The Bay Area native allowed five runs and eight hits over five innings. Three of the runs came in the first frame.
"I think I will be a little more comfortable this time, just with the guys," Reynolds said. "I've already met everybody. In San Francisco, things were moving a little fast that first inning, and I was having a tough time slowing it down. I don't anticipate that will be an issue again. There will definitely be some adrenaline, but I'm sure I will able handle it this time." | <urn:uuid:3cc0fdc3-d86b-4b04-bc19-88f88690b496> | CC-MAIN-2017-13 | http://m.reds.mlb.com/news/article/58216084 | 2017-03-27T14:28:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-13/segments/1490218189474.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170322212949-00343-ip-10-233-31-227.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979898 | 522 |
LONDON (Reuters) – Spot gold finished slightly lower on Thursday as investors locked in profits after bullion jumped past key resistance in early trade.
Spot gold jumped 1.11 percent to $1,729.76 an ounce, its highest level since December 8, and far surpassed both its 100- and 200-day moving averages in the morning.
LONDON (Reuters) – Gold rose more than 1 percent to a 6-1/2-week high on Thursday as stock markets, commodities and the euro all rallied after the U.S. Federal Reserve extended by 18 months its plan to keep interest rates historically low and hinted at further economic stimulus.
The day after the Fed’s announcement, spot gold jumped to its biggest one-day rise in three months, then pulled back from session highs
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alcoa Inc (AA.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) Chairman and Chief Executive Klaus Kleinfeld expects the global aluminum market to turn into a deficit this year, as biggest consumer China closes inefficient capacity even though demand remains robust.
At a conservative estimate, the global deficit will be some 600,000 tons, he told analysts on a conference call following the release of the aluminum giant’s fourth-quarter results.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold prices slipped on Friday, tracking the euro’s declines as upbeat U.S. economic data boosted the dollar, though volumes were exceptionally light even for a market in holiday mode.
Spot gold eased to $1,604.90 an ounce by 2:44 p.m. EST from $1,605.90 an ounce at Thursday’s close.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold finished slightly lower on Thursday, falling with the euro, as investors feared European leaders were not much closer to solving the euro zone debt crisis.
Traders were reluctant to add to long positions as year-end approaches, and most long-term traders were out of the market until 2012, leaving gold prices restricted recent ranges.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold surrendered gains on Wednesday in line with the euro after a tender for cheap European Central Bank loans failed to convince investors it would ease Europe’s deep-seated debt problems, despite its greater-than-expected interest.
Spot gold was down at $1,610.89 an ounce at 1325 EST, well off an earlier high of $1,641.50 an ounce, as well as its previous close at $1,614.79 an ounce. However, it is still up more than 13 percent this year.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold prices rose to their highest in nearly a week on Tuesday as the euro rallied 1 percent versus the dollar, but volume was light and short-term traders were unwilling to take big risks before year end.
Commodities rose generally along with stock markets as investors’ focus on positive U.S. economic readings, an successful Spanish debt auction and an improved German business reading sharpened their appetite for higher risk assets.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold prices eased slightly on Monday as concerns that the European debt crisis will hurt global growth kept the euro under pressure, though the precious metal pulled up from early lows as the single currency pared losses against the dollar.
Spot gold edged down to $1,593.79 an ounce at 1330 EST (1830 GMT) from $1,598.75 at Friday’s finish. Earlier, it fell to $1,582.84 as worries about further euro zone debt rating downgrades lifted the dollar.
NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Gold rallied on Friday after a sharp pullback in the four previous sessions, gaining support from a weaker dollar and short-cover buying, but the metal remained on track for its biggest weekly decline in almost three months.
Spot gold rallied as much as 1.96 percent to $1,600.49 per ounce, then traded at $1,594.80 by 2008 GMT, up from a 2-1/2-month low of 1,560.36 hit in the previous session.
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) – The former chief executive of
Century Aluminum Co , Logan Kruger, said he was ousted
after commodities group Glencore International took
control of the U.S. aluminum producer’s board.
Kruger’s assertion is contrary to Century’s announcement
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In this introduction to the series we look at how the Cannabis Entrepreneur has moved from the student at college dealing to the other students to pay for pizza and school tuition, to high-tech oversight in all imaginable areas of America’s newest industry: the LEGAL CANNABIS INDUSTRY. Legal Cannabis has manifested in a post prohibition era to be the new revenue of income for the local and state governments. Also benefiting are smaller local economies reaping the benefits of having a cannabis businesses pulling revenues into the economy and creating new jobs. Not only the third-party vendors who provide the packaging and delivery cars but contractors, handyperson, the sales clerk at the store, insurance, employee health care, etc. to the IT side of the industry including web designer, graphic designer, on-site tech nerd, cybersecurity, book-keeping and a plethora of other software and Apps and cannabis IT entrepreneurs creating mobile apps. And let us not forget on-line banking and tax payment portals.
The Washington Post reports that “In 2015, the legal marijuana industry in Colorado created more than 18,000 new full-time jobs in Colorado State alone.1” With 28 more states and territories regulating legal cannabis this year, this new and progressive industry could land America 504,000 jobs in 2017. This series covers that part of cannabis legalization and the positive effects on the industry that reaches into the tech world, Computer Programming and Cannabis.
Hightimes Magazine just published a list of legal cannabis industry jobs, and #12 on their list…IT/Programmer. With all those legal cannabis licensees and their websites, someone has to program them.
The cannabis-specific job board WeedHire regularly lists open positions for e-commerce managers, tech bloggers and programmers As of the writing of this article WeedHire has two IT/Computer Programming job listings:
PT Technical Support Specialist
Cannabis Training Institute Seattle, WA. A leading training organization in the cannabis industry is currently looking for a quality technical support. The second position is for a Growth Hacker & SEO. It’s for NestDrop in Mountain View, CA. Nestdrop is the first native mobile app in the U.S. providing on-demand medical marijuana and alcohol delivery.
WeedHire itself employs over 35 developers and IT specialist. Eaze, founded in 2014 by Keith McCarty provides a delivery service of medical cannabis to patients in California. According to Eaze “They are the fastest growing technology startup in the cannabis industry. Their platform allows patients to get medical marijuana delivered by friendly, background-checked drivers from local dispensaries in under 20 minutes.” Both Founder Keith McCarty and CEO Tim Patterson worked for other companies as coders. Now their company employ’s almost 20 programmers.
The cannabis culture understands that programmers like to get stoned. So much so that the FBI (still then Director) Director James Comey said in 2015: “In order to pursue so-called cyber criminals, the government would pretty much have to let government hackers get stoned—because who’s going to quit the habit just to work for the FBI? “I have to hire a great workforce to compete with those cyber criminals and some of those kids want to smoke weed on the way to the interview,” Comey said.”
By now you have to at least be chuckling to yourself and saying “yep,” and nodding in agreement. And it’s not just the East Coast, Bloomberg reports “San Jose is the medical marijuana capital of the Bay Area and around 40 percent are tech workers, people from semiconductors companies, lots of engineers, lots of programmers, from some of the area’s biggest employers—Cisco Systems, Google, Adobe Systems, Apple, EBay. People in Silicon Valley do like their pot.”
This paradigm shift has resulted in less drug testing in the high-tech arena. Why are the high-tech companies no longer drug testing? Quora reports “One big reason is that drug testing insults the people who are qualified to work at an elite technology company.” This is a huge plus for the cannabis industry and for employees looking for work who use cannabis on their off time. From online cannabis entrepreneurs to all areas of programming and IT, cannabis and computer programming are traveling down the path to cannabis legalization together. Series 2 presents legislation that helps and harms the legal cannabis industry in 2017 and 2018 and what the future legislation looks like for the IT industry. | <urn:uuid:497a0912-2260-47a3-b459-84c0c6d67201> | CC-MAIN-2018-17 | http://www.cannapreneurmag.com/2017/07/17/cannapreneurship-legislation-software-come-together/ | 2018-04-23T21:22:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2018-17/segments/1524125946199.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20180423203935-20180423223935-00560.warc.gz | en | 0.938769 | 924 |
The Evening Post
Too Dear -won't be there - Stadium hard on visitors - First steps - Inside headlines - Sportslead - Editorial
Too dear - won't be there: New Zealanders have decided the Sydney Olympics are a non-event, much to the dismay of airlines, agents and wholesalers.
Stadium hard on visitors - Deans: Some call it the cake tin, some the colosseum, call it what you like - but Canterbury rugby coach Robbie Deans predicts tough time for opposing teams at Wellington's WestpacTrust Stadium.
First steps: The front page pic shows Ansett crash survivor David Green back on his feet after a business trip place accident changed his life.
- Sheryl's boys outdid the girls;
- Focus on successes - Blakeley;
- Councillors hungry for meetings;
- Nat, ACT vow to fight Bill to end;
- Waterfront decision a con,-Varnham;
- True dope story wanted;
- Samoan couple reflect on reduced sentence for child abuse;
- Family upset as jury acquits killer of murder;
- Blumsky call may see split in LGNZ;
- Firestone tyre replacement programme;
- Native timber is office upset Greens;
- Vehicles roll in two crashes, SHI blocked.
Rampaging forward tear Cantabs apart: It was night for the big boys. As soon as Wgtn locks Dion Waller and Inoke Afeaki shook a gremlin or two from their systems they provided the horsepower for the sides heartening 27-20 NPC win over Canterbury.
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I designed this with Fusion 360. Learn Fusion 360 with my online video courses at https://www.desktopmakes.com/
Print all the parts and assemble. Watch this video for assembly instructions
Get the Arduino code and full project instructions at https://www.desktopmakes.com/
Vladimir Mariano is the instructor of the online course 3D Designing for 3D Printing with Fusion 360. Access the course by visiting desktopmakes.com. Vladimir is cofounder and president of the Fairfield County Makers’ Guild, an independent makerspace in Norwalk, CT and founder of CT Robotics Academy. He teaches 3D printing and design at the makerspace as well as electronics and programming classes. | <urn:uuid:89d159fa-b27f-429d-a401-f682b15abd98> | CC-MAIN-2019-39 | http://impression3d.laposte.fr/en/3d-model/gadget/dancing-springs | 2019-09-15T12:59:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-39/segments/1568514571360.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20190915114318-20190915140318-00308.warc.gz | en | 0.837569 | 145 |
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Rain is a fictional character in the Mortal Kombat fighting game franchise by NetherRealm Studios/Midway Games. He was created by series programmer Ed Boon as a palette-swapped joke red herring inserted into Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3 in order to stir up fan interest in the game, he became a playable character in the follow-up title Mortal Kombat Trilogy. In the games, Rain is from the fictional realm of Edenia like Kitana and Jade, but he does not share his compatriots’ allegiance to their homeland and instead opts to serve evil Outworld emperor Shao Kahn. He plays his most prominent role in Mortal Kombat: Armageddon, where he is revealed to be a demigod and related to the protagonist of the game’s storyline.
Rain has been playable only in MK: Armageddon and the compilation game Mortal Kombat Trilogy in addition to the 2011 Mortal Kombat reboot, for which he was a later addition as downloadable content. He has otherwise had minor appearances in the story and training modes of other series releases. General critical reception to the character has been mixed. | <urn:uuid:d25cc637-498d-47bc-82f7-eac1753f3df2> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.crossword-clues.com/clue/shines-counterpart-crossword/ | 2020-09-30T16:42:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600402127075.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20200930141310-20200930171310-00382.warc.gz | en | 0.942378 | 379 |
OLI South Africa
MVE-SV Long Screen Vibrators
SV electric vibrator “long” has been designed for quarry & mining, oil & gas sectors. No crossbeam, direct vibration, adjustable Centrifugal Force.
The SV size 75A and 75D are designed to retrofit existing vibrating machines using vibrating motors made by Derrick® Screen Vibrators. Thanks to its versatility, the SV range can also be used in a plenty of other applications:
QUARRY & MINING
Wet and dry solids separation (eg “Stack Sizer” by Derrick®)
Screening (eg “High speed screens” by Derrick®)
OIL & GAS
Drilling fluids recovery systems (eg “Hyperpool” shale shakers by Derrick®)
ADVANTAGES OF OLI SV
OLI SV size 75A and 75D match both the Derrick®’s long vibrator footprints;
First class bearings;
Long bearing life;
Easy mass adjustment positions;
Greased for life, 100% maintenance free.
The centrifugal force is provided directly on the screen walls, improving screening efficiency and screening mesh life span.
On OLI’s SV it is possible to adjust the centrifugal force using pre-drilled holes on the adjustable mass.
SV comes with a standard factory preset star connection for high voltage inside the terminal box.
OLI’s SV can also be operated at low voltage by simply changing the position of the connection plates inside the terminal box from Star to Delta.
SVs can be supplied on request with multiple voltages suitable to be used in various countries all over the world.
Application: Vibrating screens, shale shakers, feeders/conveyors and dewatering screens for quarry, mining, recycling and other sectors
Problem SOLVING: SV acts as a structural part of the machine: it eliminates the crossbeam usually needed to support standard vibrating motors. The centrifugal force is applied directly on the screen walls.
- Input voltage: 220-240/380-415V, 290-300/500-525V, 330/575V, 220-277/380-480V, 230/460V
- Ambient temperature: -20°C/40°C as standard, -20°C/55°C on request
- IP: 66
- Thermal protection: Thermistor PTC 130°C included
- Insulation class: F
- NO CROSSBEAM – Designed to be installed on vibrating screens and feeders without any support crossbeam.
- DIRECT VIBRATION – Designed to exert its centrifugal force much closer to the screen walls than traditional foot mounted electric vibrators fitted on a support crossbeam.
- ADJUSTABLE CF – Available with both adjustable or fixed masses.
- Greased for life
- 2 and 6 poles available on request
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Records: Sledgehammer used in Ore. woman’s slaying
Saturday, November 2, 2013
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Newly unsealed court documents in Oregon show a sledgehammer was used in the October slaying of a retired utility company executive in suburban Portland.
The records obtained by The Oregonian reveal 71-year-old Jacqueline Bell of Cedar Mill was killed with a sledgehammer, and that her body was found wrapped in sheets on her bedroom floor.
Bell’s great-grandson, Joda Cain, 17, and his cousin, Micus Ward, 19, have been charged with aggravated murder. They pleaded not guilty.
Oregon State Police began pursuing the teens Oct. 5, after they were seen speeding through Eastern Oregon in Bell’s Lexus.
Records show investigators found blood in both the driver and passenger sides of the car. Bell was retired from PacifiCorp.
The teens provided conflicting stories in statements to detectives.
Cain said he knew Ward from when they both lived in Kansas City and had his great-grandmother buy Ward a plane ticket.
Early Oct. 5, Cain was at Bell’s home with Ward and a friend. Ward left the two and went upstairs. Cain then heard his great-grandmother screaming for him, and he ran to help. His friend took off.
In Bell’s bedroom, Cain said, he found Ward kneeling over her with weapons in both hands. Cain said he followed Ward’s orders to him to drive them away from the house.
Ward, court records say, told police he was asleep before Cain woke him and said they should take Bell’s car for a drive. Ward, who denied going into Bell’s room, said Cain had sent him a text message days earlier saying Bell “was worth 7 million dollars and he wanted her dead.”
An 18-year-old who had been with Ward and Cain told police he woke at about 2 a.m. to the sound of screaming, and saw Cain running upstairs. He estimated the screaming continued for two minutes before he was fully awake. He grabbed his phone and left.
At 2:55 a.m., the teen called police. He didn’t know where he was, and said he left his friend’s house after hearing screams and yelling about money, court records say. He didn’t know if weapons were involved. Deputies found the teen and drove him home to Aloha, southwest of Cedar Mill.
The teen’s mother called police five hours later because she couldn’t reach Bell and was concerned.
Deputies were dispatched to check on Bell at 8:16 a.m.
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Rio Olympics ended last week and there has been much written about the state of Indian Sports and our Sporting Heroes (in our case Heroines) who have got back glory for our country in spite of all odds. This is not yet another article dissecting on what went right and wrong but delves into the partnership that has given India glory and what we can derive from this. Each of the women athletes: Dipa Karmakar, Sakshi Malik, P V Sindhu had a strong partnership with their coach who advised them on mental and physical fitness apart from the technical skills to succeed. While we accept and applaud the coach’s role in an athletes career, how often do you hear or even know firsthand of coaches who have helped their mentees rise to the top in the professional world. If we don’t accept mediocrity in sports and think India as a sporting nation thrives on being ok with non-medal winning performances, how is it that we are ok with being average and not reaching our full potential in our work lives? Is it that in sport, seeking training to double up on your strengths and work on your weaknesses is considered a pre-requisite to any excellence? I think the answer is a resounding YES.
I am reminded me of a story I read sometime back which went like this – a little girl was walking with her father when she came across a branch that had fallen of a tree. She asked her father if she could lift it and keep it on the side so as to remove the obstruction on the road. The father gave her permission and said- “Sure you can, if you use all your strength. “ The little girl tried to lift the branch but she couldn’t. She came to her father in tears and asked him why he had not told her she wouldn’t be able to move the branch. The father of course knew that his daughter was too small and had overestimated her strength to do this herself. He replied back, “I advised you to use ‘all your strength’. You didn’t ask me for my help”. The moral of the story being: We all have our strengths and weaknesses. It’s not a sign of weakness to ask for help and support but a sign of wisdom and strength to seek from the outside.
In my last #CultureCubicle article I wrote about the importance of strong relationships and de-cluttering some unwanted ones from your life. I would like to extend the framework further and ask you to incorporate into your life those people, communities, ideas or a mix of all that enable and empower you to achieve with All Your Strength.
As real busy bodies today with little to no time for ourselves, we seldom assess where we are, introspect on what we need to work on and celebrate our strengths. Hence a reach out or call for help is a rarity and seen as a weakness but that shouldn’t be the case and the building blocks to doubling up on your strengths is quite simple.
Here are my top 3 things to do
- WhatsApp Groups: You are probably in 10s or even 100s of WhatsApp groups discussing everything from childcare to recipes. How about finding likeminded people to discuss work related topics. Apart from learning something new, this could be a great networking tool, keep you relevant and current and be a sound listening board when you actually need work related advice.
- Finding a mentor: Hard to find a good one but priceless when you have the right connect with someone who will guide you past your problems and make you see the bigger picture. Invest time, develop the rightand you won’t regret even for a minute about the time investment, trust my word for it.
- Rely on Communities: The internet is a wonderful melting pot for people with similar passions to discuss, share and help each other. It’s the purest form of giving and receiving that there is provided you find the right fit with a community you trust and partake in its growth along with other community members but through that experience develop trusted relationships that help you multiply your strengths and achieve.
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It’s a scary thought. While this doesn’t always happen, but sometimes, there might be a hacker watching you closely. The texts you type, the financial transactions you do – every little thing.
And it isn’t even difficult. One doesn’t need to be a superspy guy to hack into a regular computer. Your online activities are being monitored anyway. Your ISP knows what you’re doing and the government is also aware of your activities.
Apart from these entities, if you work in an office or are in a school, your network admin team can monitor everything you do – every email you type and every website you’ve opened. This might be considered an invasion of privacy but they will not try to steal your financial information. But a hacker will.
Monitoring a computer is really easy for hackers. They can use a small piece of software called a keylogger. This software will note all your keystrokes and mouse movements. It will also take screenshots of your screen and send them to the hacker.
That’s just one way of monitoring your device. There are several others as well. How do you know if your computer is being monitored? Let’s see.
Is my IP being tracked?
Most certainly. Your government is keeping dossiers on you. And your ISP is monitoring your data for its own purposes. But is there a hacker trying to monitor your data? There’s no way to tell that. But there are preventive measures.
By using a VPN, you can hide your online activities from your ISP, the government, and any possible hackers. And if you’re in your office or school, using a VPN will hide your activities from the network admin teams there.
Do office and school computers have tracking devices?
They just might. While they certainly keep tabs on your network activities, some computers may even come with tracking devices. While the network team can monitor your online activities, the tracking devices can monitor non-online activities as well.
And it’s not illegal either. Schools, colleges, and offices track their users’ activities and everyone knows that. Employers need to make sure that you’re not working for other companies on their time. And schools need to take care that their students don’t indulge in any wrong practices.
Is this an invasion of privacy? It most certainly is. But if you’re using someone else’s computer and the internet, you need to obey their rules. You are free to do whatever you want in your own home. But sadly, even there, your ISP tracks you.
How to prevent being monitored?
1. Use a VPN
To protect your online activity landing in the wrong hands, you should use a VPN. A VPN will encrypt your traffic so your ISP won’t be able to read it. Also, it will send the traffic through one of its own servers so the website you visit won’t be able to see your real IP address. This way, you will be secure and anonymous on the internet.
2. Use anti-malware
While a VPN protects you from online spying, it will be unable to protect you from a keylogger. To stay safe from keyloggers, you need to use anti-malware – and a good anti-malware at that.
Keyloggers are pesky little programs that hide from your eyes. You won’t find them in the list of programs or applications. You won’t even find them in the actively running processes. They are very sneaky and thus very hard to find. Only a good anti-malware will be able to detect and remove them.
3. Tape your webcam
You might not have given permission to any software to access your webcam but rogue software can find its way through it. If you don’t want spies to monitor you through your webcam while you work, tape your webcam. And make sure you tape your mic as well. Even Mark Zuckerberg tapes his webcam and mic.
4. Check the open ports
When you connect to the internet, you do it through networking ports of your computer. Some common ports are port 21, 80, and 443. But there can be several other open ports as well. When there are a lot of open ports, someone can take advantage of the situation and begin communicating with your computer without your knowledge.
Use a port forwarding tester (like the one shown here) to check the open ports on your computer:
5. Check the apps
While a keylogger or a malware won’t show itself on your installed programs list, it might be programmed to add some apps to your system. Just go through your program list and see if there’s a program that you didn’t install. If it is somehow sitting on your device, it means it’s a malware.
6. Take backup
Just in case someone is tracking you, their next move might be installing ransomware on your system so they can extort money from you. To protect yourself from such cases, you should take a backup of your files. Even if the hacker asks you for money in return for your files, you’ll have a backup copy of them anyway and you won’t need to pay anything.
Are you being tracked?
Let’s face it. There’s no way to tell if you’re being tracked. What you can do is take preventive measures so it doesn’t get tracked.
If your computer gets sluggish all of a sudden or you notice some weird new things, this might be a sign of being tracked. But nothing can be said for certainty. A computer can get sluggish due to various reasons.
If you have doubts, it’s best to stay protected. Follow the tips given above and stay protected.
Remember, even if you think you have nothing to hide, you have a right to privacy. What you’re doing on your computer should not be in public eyes – even if it’s something as harmless as reading this article.
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I should have written this about 2 weeks ago, but as most of you know, sometimes life gets in the way and things don’t always go as planned. Nonetheless, I’m writing it now and ready to tell you guys all about one of my favorite finds lately for both pregnant mammas and non-alcoholic drinkers alike!
9Months was created allowing all of us pregnant ladies a chance to celebrate any occasion (weddings, new years eve, valentine’s day… you get the picture) despite the fact that we can’t drink alcohol! Their grapes are grown in southern Australia and refrigerated at zero degrees Celsius to prevent fermentation. I LOVE the taste, the concept and that they donate a percentage of each bottle sold to the March of Dimes to promote healthy babies and to provide resources for research. 🙂 What’s not to love?!
This seriously was such a treat, I drink water all day every day, with the exception of coffee 3 or so times a week and occasionally iced tea. I’m also not a huge alcohol drinker when I’m not pregnant so this is something I’d drink all year around, pregnant or not. It tastes great on its own but since it was Valentine’s day, I added a few things to make it a little bit more like a cocktail than a wine. The picture above includes 9Months sparkling white “wine”, a splash of white grape cranberry juice, a small handful of blueberries and sliced strawberries. AMAZING! It comes beautifully packaged, just like wine and you can drink it without any guilt or more importantly any harmful effects to your baby. | <urn:uuid:e1ef9356-a72b-46c2-b3ad-1ade6e1e3711> | CC-MAIN-2019-18 | https://simplybeyoutified.com/2015/02/24/9months-love-non-alcoholic-sparkling-wine/ | 2019-04-22T08:34:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2019-18/segments/1555578548241.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20190422075601-20190422101601-00283.warc.gz | en | 0.948005 | 351 |
Wild leeks freeze very well, so you can have them year-round. Pickling them is also a popular way to preserve their springtime taste, or you can make wild leek pesto and freeze it.
1 1/2 cups rice or cider vinegar
1/2 cup sugar
1 tsp mild chili pepper such as Korean dried peppers or togarishi
2 tsp coarse salt
1 lb ramps, cut into leaf and stalk
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Welcome back hombres.
Today, and presumably for the next few articles, I’m going to delve a little deeper into the cursory drafting overview that I provided in my last article. More specifically, I’m going to focus on devoting an article to discussing the inner workings of each of the various factions in draft.
Today, based on my preference for the faction, I’m going to start with Primal. I’ll try to illustrate instances when a card’s viability varies with different archetypes.
Finally, my limited analysis is rather simple. A “5” is top notch; a “0” is unplayable.
Aerial Ace – 2
I am disappointed if I ever end up with Aerial Ace in my deck. While flying + aegis is a powerful combination, having them on a 2/3 body for 5 mana is rather lackluster. It doesn’t impact the board when it’s summoned, it doesn’t stave off many attacks, and it can’t push through many flying blockers. I could see it being potent in a deck with a lot of buff effects, but those types of drafts just don’t really happen with Elysian or Feln.
Araktodon – .5
Araktodon costs approximately one zillion mana which is a lot for a 5/6 with no real relevant abilities. Hyperbole aside, I’m generally loathe to play a 6-drop in my decks, so costing 7 mana is asking an awful lot. There are plenty of 6-cost primal cards that are objectively better if I am in the market for one. I would never play this card in Feln–ever!–although I could see it being a late game Elysian card if you’re super hurting for playables.
Backlash – 1.5
Backlash is a card that I wish were a little more viable, both in draft and in constructed. Sadly, because it can’t hit units, it is not. Your opponent will generally only be playing 10 or fewer non-unit cards, and of those at least a few will be weapons, so on average we’re looking at maybe 6 or 7 targets for Backlash. Of those six how many are actually worth running a card to stop? You’re also in the awkward position of needing to hold open mana, meaning Backlash actively hinders your development in the early game if you lean too heavily on it. In theory, countering a trick, removal spell, or lethal Flame Blast feels great; in practice, it rarely happens.
Blind Storyteller – 2
In Feln, this guy is a no go. That archetype is all about tempo and aggressive, and there’s very few things that are less tempo-oriented and aggressive than a 0/1 that demands mana for an ability that doesn’t impact the board. In Elysian, this guy is ok. That archetype is all about winning via the air and stalling otherwise, so you tend to get a lot more uses out of him. Blind Storyteller still isn’t great, but I’d be inclined to play him so long as you (a) have a slower deck that’s likely to turtle up, and (b) don’t have a card that wants excess power like Pillar of Amar.
Borderlands Waykeeper – 4
Finally! A solid card! Borderlands Waykeeper is everything you want a two-drop to be in Elysian. It gums up the ground in the early game and transitions to a late-game, hard-to-deal-with flyer. A+. I’d still be inclined to play it in Feln since it is such a robust two-drop–especially if I had a few Blackguard sidearms or Cloaks–but recognize that it doesn’t quite fit in the ideal Feln gameplan.
Celestial Omen – 0
Do not play this card. I can think of very few cards where I’d be inclined to pay six additional mana to ensure that I found it in my deck. Slow, slow, slow, even for Elysian’s standards.
Channel the Tempest – 1
I love Channel the Tempest and I always want to live the dream, but 8 mana is a lot. You’re usually going to need to see about half of your deck before you can cast it, and quadruple primal influence is no joke. If you have an Elysian deck that’s super primed to go long, be my guest! Its ability is incredible, so getting it off should translate to a win a lot of the time. It’s not for every deck though.
Cloudsnake Saddle – 2
Cloudsnake Saddle is one of those weird cards that people seem to overvalue because of its rarity. In actuality though, it is often difficult to cast and is only slightly more powerful than, say, Ornamental Daggers. I’ve seen more than a few people include this in their draft decks despite a dearth of fliers and I wonder if they’ve even considered how often it will languish in their hand most of the time. Unless you’ve got like 8 or more targets, I’d usually leave it on the sidelines. One thing to note: If you Levitate something, the weapon does not fall off at the end of the turn, so keep that in mind!
Cobalt Acolyte – 3.5
Cobalt Acolyte is deceptively powerful. Flying is the most powerful ability you can have in limited, and being able to give it to any creature is as great as it sounds. What’s more scary than a Towering Terrazon? A flying Towering Terrazon! Generally, I value the primal Acolyte much more highly in Feln due to the obvious synergy with flying and creatures with infiltrate. I’ve won a lot of games on the back of a flying 4/4 Lethrai Ranger, Gorgon Fanatic, or Xenan Destroyer. In Elysian, it’s still solid and I’d still almost always play it, but many of the non-dino units that you want to play have flying already.
Cobalt Monument – 4.5
If you’ve ever watched my stream or YouTube draft videos, you’ll hear me echo how powerful monuments are in general. They are essentially “extra” cards you get to play in your deck and the perfect kind of split card, staving off early game mana woes while providing a nice surprise in the late game. Cobalt Monument is by far the best of the bunch. I’d play a 4/4 flyer for 5 even without the ability to play it for mana early. Just insane.
Crystallize – 5
Crystalize may the best rare in all of Eternal limited. Even if it’s not, it’s darn near close as you would expect from most one-sided, five-mana Harsh Rules. With any sort of reasonable start, Crystallize should equate to a win.
Deranged Dinomancer – 3.5
Deranged Dinomancer–my avatar of choice!–is a solid, albeit fragile unit. At worst, he’s a delayed 5/5 for 4 mana which is a great stat-to-cost ratio. Generally though, he’ll do so much more than that. He not only upgrades your own dudes, he can also occasionally downgrade your opponent’s–take that Rolant’s Honor Guard! I’m usually very happy to pick him up in either primal archetype, although he’s better in Elysian due to the expected value increasing over time and with board stalls.
East-Wind Herald – 2.5
This 1/3 is innocuous. I used to ignore him, but he’s staved off more than his fair share of Oni Ronin, Pteriax Hatchlings, and other X/1s. He conveniently holds off obnoxious infiltrate creates like Ranger and Serpent Trainer as well, which makes him a really top notch early game blocker.
Eilyn, Queen of the Wilds – 1
Like Channel the Tempest, you’ve got to have a really specific deck to want to run this 8-drop. Since you’re almost never going to be able to capitalize on the ability, she’s really a 6/6 flier and nothing more. Is that good? You can get almost the same deal from Sapphire Drake for 75% of the cost.
Elysian Trailblazer – 1.5
Unlike the time Trailblazer which I’ll almost always run, I don’t really like the spell-echoing one. Her stats are bad, so her power depends exclusively on the number of spells you’re running and their relative power. If you’ve got a bunch of Teleports, Levitates, and the like, she’s likely not playable. If you’ve got a bunch of Static Bolts, I’m more interested.
Eye of Winter – 5
One of the most powerful–and annoying–rares in the game. Imagine having your best creature constantly locked down, and always at risk of having a lone blocker removed for a powerful onslaught. Eye of Winter is even splashable, and I’d probably play it in any deck in which I can make 2-3 incidental source of primal mana (e.g. Seek Power, Feln Stranger, Amber Acolyte, etc.).
Flash Freeze – 2
Flash Freeze’s power depends on the deck it’s in. Do you have a lot of infiltrate dudes? Do you have a lot of flyers? Are you aggressive? You may want one or two of these, especially if you’re lacking actual removal spells. Notably, Flash Freeze does function as quasi removal, either by removing attackers from charging in, (and potentially leading to better defending blocks) or even by removing a blocker from combat!
Hatchery Hunter – 4
People constantly tell me that Hatchery Hunter is a bomb. Frankly, I’m unconvinced. In addition to being a 4/4 for 6 mana and requiring triple influence, you need to have multiple cards in your hand which you don’t mind turning into 3/3 flyers. That’s a lot that needs to go right in order to really raise him to “bomb” status. I’d probably pass if I was an aggressive Feln deck, but I’d be interested if I was Elysian.
Herald’s Song / Second Sight / Wisdom of the Elders – 1.5
I’m including all three of these cards together because I have the same general feelings toward them all: they’re incredibly slow in a format that’s largely about tempo. Song is the weakest of the bunch, with the relative power level of the other two being largely dependant on the number of echo / fate cards in your deck. At the end of the day though, you’re in trouble if you don’t have a way to mitigate the tempo loss. I prefer these in the more controlling Elysian builds rather than Feln but am also happy about not running them to begin with.
Ice Sprite – 4
The only reason Ice Sprite isn’t higher (i.e. a 4.5) is because of how fragile she is. It’s not a great removal spell if your opponent can easily undo the stun. It’s a super awkward situation indeed when the removal is mid-combat and leads to a blowout block. Still, I take these highly and play them often. Be careful about Executes if you can.
Icebreaker – 0 or 5
How many stun spells are in your deck? Unless the answer is “Enough that I could probably stun something every turn for the rest of the game,” Icebreaker is really a lackluster minion. It’s rare that I would include this in my deck regardless, but I could see the stars aligning when he’s a repeatable Deathstrike every turn.
Jarrall Iceheart – 1.5
Let’s make one thing clear: being a Legendary does not make you a good card. A 6-mana 6/7 is fine deal (triple influence though, ugh), so if that’s something you’re in the market for then by all means play him. But ask yourself this: how often am I actually getting through my opponent’s forces with this guy? Even in the best case scenario, what’s the likelihood that his ability is remotely good? How many one-mana or two-mana spells am I running? I’d usually sit him in on the sidelines.
Jarrall’s Frostkin – 4.5
I have an unnatural love for this card, so take everything I have to say about Jarrall’s Frostkin with a grain of salt. Stun is a powerful mechanic. In any aggressive strategy, it enables you to develop your board while dealing with a troublesome blocker for TWO turns. You also don’t have to worry about a scary crack back from the creature either. He’s obviously better in Feln, but I’ll play as many of him as I can pick up in Elysian as well.
Jotun Hurler – 3.5
Honestly, the best part of Jotun Hurler is the surprise snowball. Whether it’s clearing out a turn one Oni Ronin or letting your 2/3 kill their three-power guy, the early interaction is where Hurler shines. His 4/4 body is fine, but that’s not why you’re running him.
Jotun Warrior – .5
More like “No Fun Warrior,” amirite? To be serious, he’s underpowered by just about every metric and has no neat ability to make up for that shortcoming.
Levitate – 3.5
A surprisingly powerful spell in Feln and a mediocre trick in Elysian. The fact that it draws a card means that I’ll play it in almost all decks, but I could leave some on the sidelines if you’re deck is filled to the brim with powerful Elysian cards. Pairs very well with Violent Gust.
Lightning Storm – ?
A very hard card to evaluate. In Feln, it’s probably bad – most of your guys will die. In Elysian, it’s likely better – you have access to a lot of dinosaurs. I’d be inclined to play Lightning Storm if I could, but be aware that it’s potency depends almost entirely on your creature base.
Lightning Strike – 3
Lightning Strike is removal. It is not, however, proactive removal. For that reason, I tend to not run it in my Feln decks. After all, you’re aiming to move things out of the way to get your attackers through. Only addressing attacking minions doesn’t help with that plan. I’ll run it in Feln if I’m hurting for playables, but it’s significantly better in Elysian imho. Note that it stops both relic weapons and creatures with killer as well!
Magus of the Mist – 4
Truth be told, I’ve never cast this card in limited, but it seems totally insane. Can your opponent kill your 3/3? If not, you probably win the game.
Mirror Image – 2
Other people like this card a lot more than I. Unless I’ve got some serious threats, I’d rather just run another unit.
Mistveil Drake – 2.5
Again, a card that others value higher than I do. Here’s why I don’t like it all that much: (1) Aegis on a player is largely unimportant. Unless you’re stopping a Flameblast, the best you can hope to stop is something like the two damage from an Execute. (2) Seven mana is expensive. Unless you’re able to build up a massive fort, you’d be better served with a cheaper threat. A 6/6 flier with Aegis is insane, but not if it’s stuck in your hand while you die on board. (3) Seven mana is really bad for a 3/3 flyer. If your Aegis is removed, there’s likely no way to reinstall it, meaning that your 7-drop is now super pathetic for a 7-drop. You can only have but so many 7-drops in your deck. I’d prefer a Pillar of Amar.
North-Wind Herald – 0
You are (almost) never casting this card for free. And your big payoff?!?! A creature that’s weaker than a 4-drop.
Permafrost – 4.5
Removal spells are great in limited, cheap removal spells are even better, and hard removal spells (i.e. ones that have no limitations on what they can kill) are even better still. Permafrost is soooo close to checking off all three of these boxes. Unfortunately, there are quite a few units with endurance / endurance granting cards that can undo your hard work here. Still, I’d generally always draft and play these.
Polymorph – 2
Polymorph, on the other hand, is a garbage removal spell. It doesn’t remove a blocker; it doesn’t deal with weapons; it’s expensive for a removal spell that does so little. Although I once looked at this card as an awesome removal option, I’ve come to only begrudgingly include it. It still deals with stuff, but it’s no Feeding Time.
Psionic Savant – 2.5
Solid in Elysian, mediocre in Feln, Psionic Savant can end games in a hurry if unaddressed. If you need a 5-drop flier that can eventually push through any defense, look no further.
Rain of Frogs – .5
I don’t want to rain on anyone’s parade, but this effect is bad in limited. If it were a physical card, I would ribbit it half rather than let my friends put it in their draft deck.
Rimescale Draconus – 4.5
Now this is a 7-drop! Why this card is good should be a no-brainer and the only thing holding it back from 5-star status is its cost. Note that you can attack into your opponent’s blockers to exhaust them. Plus, since it’s a Legendary, no one will see it coming!
Sapphire Dragon – 3.5
In Feln, I tend not to run this card despite its powerful stats on a flier. It’s just too expensive for what I hope a good Feln deck wants to look like. In Elysian on the other hand, it’s a solid way to finish the game. It even has overwhelm to put the kibosh on chump blocking.
Scaly Gruan – 2
If you’re looking for a blocker, he’s fine. Four health is annoying to break past. That being said, compared to a East-Wind Herald, he’s really a downgrade.
Scourge of Frosthome – 0
How are you casting this thing?
Scouting Party – 2
By the time you’re casting this, your opponent will have blockers. More to the point, you almost certainly won’t have Xenan Obelisk, so your motley crew isn’t ever going to be terribly threatening. I’d usually pass on Scouting Party in limited.
Serpent Trainer – 4
Another seemingly innocuous card, Serpent Trainer is surprisingly powerful. Getting a second 2-power flyer is a quick way to end games, and I’m usually pretty happy to run a couple of these in my primal decks.
Skycrag Wyvarch – 4
A 3/3 flier that kills your opponent’s Serpent Trainer or whatever? Sign me up.
Skysnapper – 3
Skysnapper is a solid role player in Feln decks. He’s a 3-power evasive flyer whose drawback is what you want to be doing anyway. He’s fragile, dying to a lot of random fliers and Amethyst Acolyte among other things, but I usually take them if I’m aggressive. In Elysian, you often can lean on less fragile flyers to get the job done (e.g. Pteriax Hatchling).
Soaring Stranger – 4
Great stats for its cost and awesome even outside of a Stranger deck. He also lets your Strangers fly!
Staff of Stories – 1
Unless you’ve got a really solid defense set up, Staff isn’t going to be nearly as powerful as it is in constructed. I usually pass on including this in my decks, but I could envision a draft where it’s playable.
Static Bolt – 1 or 5
Every single draft where I’ve had 5 or more Static Bolts I’ve gone on to 7 wins. Even in times when you don’t get that many, it’s still an ok removal spell. If I only have one, I’ll usually only include it if I have little to no removal. I generally overvalue these early in the draft in an attempt to live the dream.
Stormcaller – 2.5
This card’s value varies wildly depending on your opponent’s deck. Sometimes you kill all of their dudes; sometimes you do nothing. It combos with the weapon that grants deadly, but I usually don’t bother with either personally.
Strength of the Pack – 4
Usually insane, its one shortcoming is again its cost. If you can cast it on a flier or a creature with a summon ability, you’ll probably win the game.
Thunderstrike Dragon – 4.5
Cost and influence aside, Thunderstrike Dragon is insane for obvious reasons. I’d play it in all but the most aggressive of decks.
Tundra Explorer – 2.5
Is a 3/3 for 3 a good deal? Because 90% of the time you will not be drawing anything. Take the occasional card draw as a nice surprise and base your decision entirely around whether you’d play it without that line of text.
Unstable Form – 3.5
Surprisingly powerful. Turning a “used” Serpent Trainer or Jarrall’s Frostkin into a 6-drop is the dream. You can even use this defensively to deal with an opposing unit that’s been buffed via non-weapon means, i.e. warcry or something like Awakened Student. Be wary though: there are “misses” like Idol of Destran that can make your “upgrade” into a real downgrade.
Violent Gust – 3
I’m probably rating this a little high, but I almost always include at least one Violent Gust in my decks. Flyers are important, and whoever controls the skies is likely to win. You can also couple it with cards like Levitate and Cobalt Acolyte to ensure you have a target.
West-Wind Herald – 1.5
See Aerial Ace. Getting to cast a spell again is nice, especially if it’s something like Feeding Time, but I usually leave this guy out unless I’ve got insane spell options or desperately need flyers.
Whispering Wind – 4
Would you like to only draw gas for the rest of the game? Whispering Wind’s only shortcoming is its mediocre stats. There are a lot of two-power fliers which make attacking with it sometimes difficult. Nevertheless, WW is a great card I will almost always play.
Wild Cloudsnake – 1 or 5
How many fliers do you have? Generally I try to pick these guys up early, as a turn 2 Snake followed up by a parade of fliers is an easy recipe for success.
Windshaper – 3
Was she nerfed or buffed in the latest patch? I’m leaning toward the latter, as getting her down earlier is a great way to provide a medium sized roadblock that has a potentially powerful benefit. Even with only a few fliers, I’d probably try and make room for her. Fun sidenote: she turns Levitate into a combat trick!
Yeti Snowslinger – 3
A solid two-drop role player. Trade it with the myriad other 2-drops around, or occasionally get lucky and net yourself a snowball!
Yeti Spy – 0
Best case scenario: you replace the card you wasted on including Yeti Spy in your deck.
Yeti Troublemaker – 1
This card really suffers from its two points of health. As a four drop, you really can’t afford to be trading with 2-drops. Even though it’s technically “card advantage,” you’re rarely going to be getting much out of a pair of 3/2s.
HOLY COW. That’s a lot of cards. I didn’t realize how many there were before I started, and while I tried to devote attention to each, I imagine that I got progressively less detailed with each passing analysis. Let me know in the comments your thoughts. Disagree with anything?
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Friday, January 26, 2007
Here is a sausage update. What was once this is now this. Another couple weeks and it will be dry and delectable.
I made some roasted chicken with caramelized garlic soup and a salad of green leaf and red peppers and tomatoes and avocado. We also dipped crusty bread in olive oil with sea salt.
Caramelize the chicken and veggies in olive oil, salt and pepper. Add water. and simmer until everything is tender. my son likes just the broth and Me I eat it all.
For a snack I cracked open a coconut and put some pieces under the broiler with a little sugar and lime. Then wash it all down a cold and bitter beer.
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February 13, 2008 3:55 PM
Dr. John Francis
Today Dr. John Francis came to speak to my American Cultures & Natural Resource Managment course.
Experience of a lifetime.
He's the one who spent 17 years not speaking while he crossed the United States by foot. He currently spends 6 months every year walking around the world to raise awareness of environmental issues.
He's a UN delegate, and writes environmental policy.
Check out his website (his photo came from here):
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PHOENIX -- Treatment with the interleukin-5 (IL-5) antagonist mepolizumab (Nucala) reduced the need to take oral corticosteroids by 75% in patients who had depended on the steroids to control symptoms of severe asthma, a researcher reported here.
Patients on a median 10 mg maintenance dose of oral corticosteroids at baseline reduced their intake to 2.5 mg by the end of the year-long study, reported Mark Liu, MD, of Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore.
And those on a median 5 mg maintenance dose at the start of the trial reduced their use to 0.4 mg by study end, Liu said in a video presentation at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology.
In the group taking high doses of steroids, 36% were able to be weaned off the drugs by the end of the study, he reported. In the patients who started with lower doses, 49% were able to discontinue steroid use, and among the entire group, 43% were able to get off steroids.
Overall, Liu said, treatment with mepolizumab reduced clinically significant annual exacerbations from a mean of 4.3 in the 12 months prior to the trial to 1.5 with mepolizumab use, and the reduction from baseline was seen across all patient groups, including those with high and low steroid use and those who were not taking steroids at baseline to control symptoms.
Liu suggested that despite the limitation of being a single-arm study, the "clinically important real-world findings indicate that patients with severe asthma treated with mepolizumab can reduce their oral corticosteroid use, potentially reducing the risk of side effects associated with their use, while improving their asthma control."
The co-moderator of the session at which the study was presented, William Anderson, MD, of Children's Hospital Colorado in Aurora, called the study important -- "especially for our adult patients who are on chronic steroids, because the side effects of chronic steroids are so profound and oftentimes can lead to equal if not worse effects than the underlying asthma itself."
"The ability to use a biologic agent to decrease the dose of an oral steroid for our patients is certainly extraordinarily promising," Anderson told MedPage Today. "Our ultimate goal is to get patients off oral steroids."
For the real-world, observational, prospective, international study, called REALITI-A, Liu and colleagues enrolled adults diagnosed with asthma who had been given a new prescription for mepolizumab and had available relevant medical records for at least 12 months prior to entering the trial. The decision to use mepolizumab was made at the discretion of the patient's physician and was given at the standard 100 mg subcutaneous dose.
"Patients with severe asthma often rely on oral corticosteroids to control their symptoms despite a well-recognized risk of complications even at low daily doses," Liu explained. The goal of the study, he said, was to determine what happened when these patients were treated with mepolizumab -- when stratified by steroid use -- in a real-world setting. The researchers enrolled patients from December 2016 through October 2019.
The researchers recruited 822 patients into the study. The average age was 54 years, and about 63% were women. Participants had been diagnosed with asthma for a mean of 19.7 years.
About 39% of the patients in the study were using oral steroids to control their asthma symptoms, with 139 patients taking less than 10 mg a day and 159 taking 10 mg or more.
Adverse events occurred in about 10% of the patients in the study, but serious adverse events occurred in less than 1%, Liu noted.
The study was sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline.
Liu disclosed relationships with GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Gossamer Bio, and AstraZeneca.
Anderson disclosed relationships with GlaxoSmithKline, AstraZeneca, and Regeneron.
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FCC Chairman Michael Powell last week refused to delay the upcoming June 2nd vote on media ownership rules. Critics say relaxed rules will lead to more mergers, leaving a few huge companies in control of what people see, hear and read.
Democratic FCC Commissioners Michael Copps and Jonathan Adelstein had requested a delay so they can evaluate the impact of the rules and reach a possible compromise.
But Powell said he would not grant the request because it is not backed by the majority on the FCC. (Powell is the son of Secretary of State General Colin Powell.)
So now, the FCC will go ahead and vote on the rules on June 2nd.
The rules have not even been made public ? Powell also refused the dissident commissioner?s request to release the rules so the public can debate them.
Still, some things are known about the upcoming vote.
Under the expected changes, for the first time ever broadcasters will be allowed to own television stations that reach more than 35 per cent of the country; own a newspaper and broadcast outlet in the same market; and the four largest TV networks will be free to merge.
That means that a single CEO could theoretically own all of the largest media outlets in the country.
Analysts say if the revised rules are passed, the US will see a wave of media mergers and consolidation that is unprecedented in the country?s history.
Major media conglomerates such as AOL Time Warner, General Electric, Disney and Viacom, and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. are all lobbying for the changes.
Media activists have organized a series of public hearings on the issue, the next one is this Wednesday in Atlanta.
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I love salsas — the hotter the better.
To make my own for canning, I cubed and seeded a couple pounds of heirloom tomatoes.
I charred sweet peppers and tomatillos from my friend Nancy’s garden over an open flame, and sliced hot peppers — keeping the seeds of the fresh cayenne pepper in the mix. Chopped a cup of sweet onions.
Tossed it all in a pot with 1/2 cup red wine vinegar, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1 tsp red pepper flakes to simmer for 15 minutes.
Put the salsa in 8 oz Ball jars, and finished in a boiling water bath for 15 minutes.
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Who pays taxes in Grenada
Grenada citizenship does not oblige the investor to pay taxes in the country. Such an obligation arises only if they buy property in Grenada, register a yacht or a car, open a company or earn income in the country.
The rates and tax base depend on whether the investor or their company is a tax resident of Grenada.
A tax resident is a person who spends more than 183 days a year in Grenada. A company can become a tax resident of Grenada if it is registered in the country or its head office is located there.
A non-resident is a person who does not live in Grenada, or a foreign company. Higher tax rates apply to non-residents. But they only apply if the investor or company receives income from sources in Grenada.
Taxes for individuals in Grenada
Grenada has no taxes on capital gains, inheritance or global income. The main tax for individuals is the income tax. The withholding tax is also levied on dividends and some other payments to non-residents.
The currency in Grenada is the Eastern Caribbean dollar (EC$). Its exchange rate is pegged to the US dollar. One Eastern Caribbean dollar is equal to 37 US cents.
The income tax is levied only on income received in Grenada, e.g. salaries and business income. Residents of the country also pay income tax on interest, royalties, rents and other income, which for non-residents are taxed in the source country.
The same tax rates apply to residents and non-residents:
- 10% on the first EC$24,000;
- 28% on the amount above EC$24,000.
Social contributions are 5% of the salary for both residents and non-residents.
The withholding tax is levied when income, such as dividends, is paid by a resident of Grenada to a non-resident. The tax rate is 15%.
No withholding tax is levied on interest, dividends and royalties paid to Grenada tax residents.
Taxes for legal entities in Grenada
LLC and IBC are the most common forms of companies in Grenada. LLC stands for a limited liability company, while IBC is an international company that can only provide services to foreign partners.
Companies in Grenada pay tax on net income, VAT, social security contributions from salaries and a withholding tax.
The corporate tax is levied at a rate of 28%. The tax base is the resident company's profit from all transactions. Non-residents pay the tax only on profit from sources in Grenada.
The Value Added Tax (VAT) is levied at the standard rate of 15%. But there are some exemptions:
- 20% — for mobile operators;
- 10% — for hotels and diving companies;
- 0% — for companies engaged in some certain activities, e.g. supplying staple food or water.
VAT is paid by companies with an annual taxable income of at least EC$300,000.
Social contributions are 4% of an employee's salary.
The withholding tax is paid at the rate of 15% on dividends, interest and royalties to a non-resident company.
Property taxes in Grenada
The transfer tax is paid when real estate is sold. If a country's citizen sells the object, they pay 5%. If a foreigner sells property in Grenada, they pay 15%.
Citizens of the country do not pay additional taxes when buying property in Grenada. If a foreigner buys a property, he pays 10% of the object's value for a license to own land. This does not apply to investors who purchase real estate under the Grenada citizenship program, as they do not need to pay for a license.
Companies pay the transfer tax at a rate of 5 to 15% and 10% for a land license when purchasing a property. They are also subject to stamp duty at a rate of 1%.
The annual property tax is up to 0.8% of the property's market value. It is divided into a land tax and a building tax.
Property tax rates in Grenada
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When assessing the market value of the real estate, the object's location, the price of land in the area, the type and size of the plot, and the condition of the building are taken into account.
$100,000 is deducted from the property value when calculating the tax. The deduction only applies to one property per property owner.
Tax treaties that Grenada has with other countries
Grenada has Double Taxation Treaties (DTTs) with the UK and the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). If a tax resident of Grenada earns income in one of these countries, taxes will not have to be paid in both countries in full.
Grenada doesn’t have DTTs with most countries. This means that income earned in Grenada can be taxed in full in two countries at once, e.g. in Grenada and in the country of investor’s tax residence.
Exchanging of tax information between Grenada and other countries
CRS is a standard for the international exchange of account information between tax authorities. It was developed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. More than a hundred countries use CRS to prevent tax evasion and money laundering. Among them are the UK, Australia, Canada, and EU countries.
Under CRS, Grenada shares the following information:
- a taxpayer’s name, TIN, date and place of birth;
- an account number;
- account balance;
- data on capital gains;
- a name and identification number of the financial institution.
FATCA stands for the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, passed in the United States in 2010. Its purpose is to prevent American citizens and residents from avoiding paying taxes.
Under FATCA, Grenada submits information on accounts and other assets excessing $50,000 to the US Internal Revenue Service. Data is shared only about assets of:
- US citizens;
- US residents — holders of the Green Card;
- US tax residents;
- US companies;
- organizations with owners in the USA.
Other benefits of Grenada citizenship
Investors get a Grenada passport to travel the world without visas, obtain a US business visa, and secure a “safe haven” overseas.
Visa-free travel to 144 countries, including the Schengen area, the UK, Singapore and Hong Kong. The passport of Grenada also allows one to visit China without a visa and spend up to 30 days there.
A US tourist visa for 10 years is available to citizens of Grenada. Its holders can spend up to 180 days in the country to travel, be treated, study, and hold business meetings.
The US E-2 business visa is only available to citizens of countries with a Trade and Navigation Agreement with the USA. The list includes citizens of Grenada: they can get visas for five years.
Entrepreneurs who invest in a business in the United States can qualify for a business visa. The amount of investment is not fixed by the law, but usually, it ranges from $ 200,000. The E-2 visa allows one to live, do business and work in the USA.
Registering a company in Grenada helps to protect the business owner as data about them is not entered into the commercial register. If a company is registered in Grenada, it simplifies cooperation with foreign counterparties and optimizes taxes.
Investment options and terms of obtaining Grenada citizenship
The Grenada citizenship program offers two investment options: a contribution to a state fund and a real estate purchase. Investor’s family members can also participate: spouses, children under 30 years old, parents, and adult siblings can be included in the application.
A non-refundable contribution to the National Transformation Fund amounts to $150,000 per single investor and $200,000 per family of up to four people. If the application includes more family members, an additional fee is paid:
- $25,000 per parent over 55 years old or per child;
- $50,000 per parent under 55;
- $75,000 per sibling of the investor or their spouse.
Investments in real estate. Applicants can invest only in real estate projects which are approved by the Government of Grenada. The approved projects typically are big hotel complexes.
The investor can buy a share in a hotel, an apartment or a villa. The minimum investment amount is $220,000. Besides, the investor pays an administrative fee of $50,000.
The period of mandatory ownership of real estate is 5 years.
The term for obtaining a passport is from 4 to 6 months. The whole process is remote: the investor doesn't need to visit Grenada before or after receiving a passport.
Due Diligence is the main stage of the program. Depending on its results, the application is approved or rejected.
To prepare for Due Diligence, investors undergo a preliminary check conducted by a licensed agent. Immigrant Invest has its own Compliance Department. Our clients’ documents are checked by certified Anti Money Laundering Officers who know the nuances of Due Diligence procedures in different countries.
If there is any risk of rejection, we offer a solution to the problem, e.g. additional documents or another program. Preliminary Due Diligence reduces the risk of being denied citizenship to 1%.
Frequently asked questions
Individuals and companies that receive income in the country, buy real estate, register vehicles. All companies registered in Grenada pay taxes on profits received from any source, including foreign ones.
Yes, there is an income tax in Grenada. The rate depends on the income amount. The first EC$24,000 is taxed at 10%; the rest of the income is taxed at 28%.
Individuals pay the income tax at a rate of 10% on the first EC$24,000 and 28% on income exceeding this amount. Social contributions are levied as 5% of the salary.
If a non-resident of the country earns income from a source in Grenada, the withholding tax is paid at a rate of 15%.
Grenada has no tax on capital gains, global income, and inheritance.
Legal entities pay the corporate tax at a rate of 28%: residents pay from profits from all operations, non-residents — only from profits received in Grenada.
The standard VAT rate is 15%. 20% is charged on the services of mobile operators, 10% on the hotel business and services of diving companies. Some companies may not pay VAT.
Social contributions from employees’ salaries are 4%.
The withholding tax is payable if a non-resident company receives dividends, interest or royalties from a source in Grenada.
This does not apply to citizenship by investment program participants as they don’t need to obtain a license.
The seller pays the transfer tax. It is levied at the rate of 15% for foreigners and 5% for citizens of Grenada.
Companies pay the transfer tax at a rate of 5 to 15% and 10% for a license to own land when purchasing a property and stamp duty at a rate of 1%.
The property tax is up to 0.8% of the market property value. The property owner pays it annually.
When a property is sold, a Grenada citizen pays 5% of the property value, and a foreigner pays 15%. International buyers are also subject to a 10% fee for a license to own land in Grenada.
No, there isn’t. Grenada has Double Taxation Treaties only with the UK and the countries of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This means that income earned in Grenada can be taxed in full in Grenada and the USA.
Yes, Grenada might be considered a tax haven. There are no taxes on capital gains, inheritance or global income for individuals.
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Meet us just before the Jamestown Bridge and hop on board the Brew Bus as we cruise over the Pell Bridge to Newport!
Our first stop is a doozy! We will visit the folks at Newport Storm Brewery and try not only their great beer but also their Thomas Tew Rum! That’s right, we will taste everything Storm while touring their awesome brewery.
Now that we have tried some Newport beer and rum, we have to try some wine!! We will hop on the bus and head over to Greenvale Vineyards for a tour and tasting. Here, we will learn about the grapes and just how important they are to making your favorite wine! This tour is sure to have something for everyone.
We aren’t done yet! We have to get back to what we love on the Brew Bus, craft beer! Hop on the bus and we will head to Whalers Brewing Co. for a taste of their handcrafted beer! Along the way we will enjoy some snacks, and trivia will be heating up by this point and the questions will get a bit harder.
Last, we will deliver you all back to the Park and Ride where we picked you up! We hope you enjoyed your taste of Newport and a little bit of Wakefield as well.
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