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Interest in the exploration of Venus has exploded recently, especially after a disputed recent discovery of phosphine, a potential biosignature, in the planet’s atmosphere. Numerous missions to Venus have been proposed, and NASA and ESA have recently funded a number of them. However, they are mainly orbiters that try to look into the interior of the planet from above. But they are challenged by having to see through tens of kilometers of an atmosphere of sulfuric acid.
That same atmosphere is a challenge for ground missions. While some of the recently funded missions include a ground-based component, they miss an opportunity not offered on many other planets in the solar system: riding in the atmosphere. Technologists have proposed everything from simple balloons to entire floating cities – we’ve even heard of a plan to enclose all of Venus in a shell and live on the surface of that shell.
But for now, balloons seem like a simpler answer. That’s the mission modality proposed by a team of researchers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to discover more about something only confirmed to exist on Venus this past week: volcanism.
Scientists have long believed that there are active volcanoes on Venus. Some older probes collected data that indicated it, but it wasn’t until a recent study that analyzed data from Magellan that we knew volcanoes on Venus were still active. At this point, anyone can guess what that means for the study of seismology, evolution, and even the geophysiology of the planet. But the proposed JPL balloon mission could shed some light on it.
Their mission design, detailed in a paper published for free on one of the author’s personal websites, involves using a finely meshed network of balloons and an orbiting satellite to detect and track active volcanic events. travel and collect as much data as possible about it. That may sound difficult, especially without people being “in the loop” controlling where the balloons go, but it certainly beats letting them go wherever the wind takes them.
It’s much better — 63% better at achieving close-up observations of active or recently active volcanoes, according to the team’s simulations. But how they arrived at that number could use a little more explanation. First, how can you tell when a volcano is erupting on a planet completely shrouded in outside view?
They suggested using a technology called infrasound microbarometers — basically, these tiny tools detect pressure differences in the atmosphere caused by volcanic explosions. If you’re looking for a volcanic eruption, analyzing data from one of these instruments can at least point you in the direction of the pressure wave they create. Even pointing in the right direction, how can a balloon without its own active propulsion system get close enough to start collecting data?
According to the newspaper, they can simply ride on the wind. The atmosphere of Venus is complex and different layers can have different wind directions with different speeds. A balloon can raise or lower itself in the right wind current and thus drive in the direction of the eruption. Sounds pretty nifty, but one balloon alone wouldn’t necessarily be able to detect wind currents beyond its immediate vicinity, making it difficult, if not impossible, to plan a path to the volcano. That’s where the meshing comes in.
Orbiting above the planet and looking down through the atmosphere has one advantage: it allows the orbiter to see different wind currents that can be used to steer balloons in the right direction. In fact, if a balloon detects an interesting pressure change but can’t find a way there because of the local wind condition, the orbiter can relay that information directly to one of the other balloons in the group, which has a higher chance of getting there because of its own locale. wind patterns.
So it can act not only as a navigator for an individual balloon, but also as a relay and coordinator for an entire fleet.
Humans can still be useful, resulting in a longer time near potential points of interest if they were involved in the balloon system’s path. But humans also need to eat, sleep and do things other than watching distant robotic probes, so their response times can sometimes lead to a lag that prevents them from taking advantage of the current wind conditions. Therefore, an automated system around the planet could serve as the best and fastest way to find the way from the sensor to these spectacular events.
Once a balloon gets to one, they may even be able to drop a payload directly into the volcano’s caldera, gathering valuable information no matter how short the mission. Get enough chances for that, and the breakthrough of finding a single volcano on Venus will pass into scientific history as we begin to understand what made and propels our twin planet.
Proximal Exploration of Venus Volcanism with Teams of Autonomous Buoyancy-Controlled Balloons: www.federico.io/pdf/Rossi.Sabo…y.Hook.ea.Acta23.pdf
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The White River spans more than 25 miles in Hamilton County, stretching from Noblesville to Carmel and Fishers, and then to Indianapolis. Canoe, kayak or tube the river with a rental from White River Canoe Company. There are multiple river access points allowing for varied trip lengths.
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Walk scenic trails along the river at several parks including Strawtown Koteewi Park and Potter’s Bridge Park. Stroll along the Riverwalk in downtown Noblesville, then walk to Historic Noblesville Square for a bite to eat. Take in breathtaking views of the White River from the outlook at Conner Prairie, while exploring the historic experiences.
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The Moral Idea of the Dogma of the Incarnation4.
a. It is one thing to admire and another to imitate. And is it not deceptive to think one could imitate Christ?
b. A Christian is compelled to choose daily between Christ and the world. In Kant’s system one who wishes to struggle for perfection, still far from being free of cooperation with evil, must stand against all this force having nothing but the mere example of Christ.
c. Christ must not only be higher than the visible and known world, but higher than all conditional existence; for He must be an unconditional existence, and one without beginning.
- Why, according to Metropolitan Anthony, must Christ be God, higher than nature and the world, in order to be our Savior. How does he argue to this point?
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Before I get to that, however, I would just like to say that the only thing I can guarantee about these rankings is that at least one of these teams will make me look really stupid for ranking them where I did, and at least one of them will make me look really smart. To find out which team does which, and how all the other teams made me look, I’ll revisit these rankings at the end of the season.
Now, on to the top five.
5. Atlanta Braves
With Russ Ortiz, Jaret Wright and Paul Byrd leaving as free agents, the Braves lost 505.2 innings from their starting rotation with a 3.77 ERA. The two guys who will be new to their rotation — John Smoltz and Tim Hudson — certainly won’t be able to match the 500 innings.
However, if they can give the Braves about 400 innings — say, 220-230 from Hudson and 170-180 from Smoltz — with an ERA around 3.30 (just to pick a number), the Braves would only need to find somebody who can provide a 5.00 ERA in 100 innings to improve upon the production of the three guys who left.
So, I think the Braves will not only have a better starting rotation than last year, but also a starting rotation that is more suited to succeed in the playoffs because it will be more top-heavy.
Moving Smoltz to the rotation is a risk, but I’m inclined to believe that the Braves have more information about whether it’s likely to work than I do, and also that they wouldn’t try it if they thought the risk outweighed the reward. If he can stay mostly healthy, Smoltz will almost certainly be more valuable in the rotation than he was in the bullpen.
The big question is whether another offseason acquisition — Dan Kolb — can adequately replace Smoltz as the team’s closer. Kolb has an impressive 2.55 ERA the last two seasons, but that came in just 98.2 innings, and he only managed 21 strikeouts in 57.1 innings last year.
He has good control (15 walks last year) and keeps the ball in the park (three homers), but I think he’ll struggle if he doesn’t get the strikeout rate back up at least a little. Fortunately, he has two things going for him. One, he showed that he can strike people out in 2003 (39 in 41.1 innings), so he should be able to bounce back a little in that regard. Two, he’s going to be working with a great pitching coach in Leo Mazzone, and that should only help him.
I don’t think he’ll be as dominant a closer as Smoltz was, but I do think he’ll be able to get the job done effectively enough, and the overall pitching staff will be better with him in the bullpen and Smoltz in the rotation.
The Braves traded a lot of talent to get Kolb (Jose Capellan) and Hudson (Dan Meyer and Juan Cruz), but I think it was the smart thing for them to do. It looks even better now that they were able to sign Hudson to a four-year deal.
The other thing that changed a lot for the Braves this offseason is their outfield, where they lost J.D. Drew and added Raul Mondesi and Brian Jordan. Obviously, losing Drew hurts, but Mondesi gives them a chance to recoup some of that production if he hits like he did in 2003. If he doesn’t, at least he didn’t cost them much.
I don’t think Jordan has much left in the tank, but he didn’t cost them much either. Overall, their offense will probably be a little worse, but it’s got the potential to be just as good or better if Chipper Jones and Marcus Giles are healthier and some of the young players keep improving.
Overall, the Braves lost a lot of players, but once again gave themselves a great chance to still be playing in October. And although they traded away some top prospects, they also picked up a couple draft picks by offering arbitration to Wright.
4. St. Louis Cardinals
The Cardinals lost three position players from the team that led the National League in scoring and went to World Series last year. Those three regulars posted offensive lines of .247/.292/.348, .287/.327/.401 and .307/.349/.385.
So, while they did lose Mike Matheny, Edgar Renteria and Tony Womack to free agency, it’s not like those three made up the bulk of their offense. Letting the Yankees overpay Womack was actually very smart, because he’s not going to match his career year from last season, and Mark Grudzielanek is cheaper and likely to be better.
Renteria would have been a good player to keep, because he’s a solid hitter and a good defender. But he was highly coveted and the Red Sox paid a lot for him, so the Cardinals found a cheaper alternative in David Eckstein. Eckstein won’t be nearly as valuable as Renteria, but he may provide more value considering his cost.
The biggest question mark of the three losses is Matheny. With him gone, Yadier Molina will take over behind the plate for the Cardinals. Matheny can’t hit, but he’s regarded as an excellent defensive catcher. Molina has only received 135 at-bats in the majors, and he hasn’t shown much offense in the minors. It’s hard to imagine somebody being a worse hitter than Matheny, but if Molina isn’t a better hitter and is a worse defender, this loss could hurt St. Louis the most.
The Cardinals other big move was trading Dan Haren, Kiko Calero and Daric Barton for Mark Mulder. In five years or so, this trade could look absolutely brilliant or completely stupid.
If Mulder reverts to his pre-All-Star break form, Barton never develops and Haren doesn’t become a quality starter, this trade will look great for the Cardinals. If Mulder struggles the way he did in the second half of last season, Barton becomes an All-Star position player and Haren turns into an above-average starter, the Cardinals will greatly regret this deal.
I think Mulder will be good enough to help the Cardinals this year, which means they’ll be willing to deal with giving up three nice young players even if they do develop. With Mulder coming and Woody Williams going, St. Louis should have a better rotation.
In all, St. Louis did enough to keep a team that went to the World Series as a favorite to reach the playoffs again. The Cardinals didn’t lose a lot of offense, they helped their rotation and their bullpen losses (Steve Kline and Calero) shouldn’t cripple them.
3. Oakland Athletics
The A’s did not improve themselves for this year, first of all. There’s a chance they could win more games than they did last season, but it’s likely that they’ll see their win total decline for the third season in a row.
So why do I have them ranked third here? Because while closing the window on this run, they also unlocked a new window and gave themselves a chance to open it in 2006.
Barry Zito, Mulder and Hudson were obviously all very good starting pitchers for Oakland, but the A’s were not going to be able to keep all of them — and maybe not even two of them — past their current contracts.
So, rather than let them leave as free agents with just draft picks coming back of Oakland in return, Billy Beane traded them for as much as he could get right now, realizing that it would almost certainly hurt the team in the short run, but that it was the only way to have a shot at continuing to contend for a playoff spot on a regular basis in the long run.
And Beane ended up getting a pretty nice haul, especially when you consider that Mulder was by no means a sure thing at the time of the trade, having completely imploded in the second half of last season.
In exchange for their two starters, the A’s got two good starting pitching prospects, two relievers with very good stuff, a solid fourth outfielder with the potential to be a regular and a hitting machine of a prospect.
In two years, a rotation of Zito, Rich Harden, Joe Blanton, Haren and Meyer has a chance to be very good. Haren displayed very solid strikeout numbers in the minor leagues and has already taken some lumps in the majors, so he probably just needs to be given a chance to pitch consistently in a big league rotation. Meyer has barely pitched in the majors, but his minor-league numbers have been even better than Haren’s, with an ERA below 3.00 at every stop the last three seasons.
Calero has posted a 2.79 ERA in the majors the last two seasons, with 98 strikeouts in 83.2 innings. Cruz had a bad year with the Cubs in 2003, but rebounded with a 2.75 ERA and 70 strikeouts in 72 innings with the Braves last year.
Those two, along with Huston Street, will join Octavio Dotel in a bullpen that should be significantly better than last year’s despite losing Arthur Rhodes, Chris Hammond and Jim Mecir.
Charles Thomas hit .288/.368/.445 in 236 at-bats with the Braves last year after hitting .358/.416/.535 in Triple-A. He’s still only 26 years old, so there’s a chance he could still develop into a very nice starting outfielder, and he’s a good fourth outfielder at the very worst.
And Barton is a 19-year old who hit .313/.445/.511 with 69 walks and just 44 strikeouts in 313 at-bats at Class A last year. He may not be able to stay at catcher when he gets to the majors, but that bat of his should be useful wherever he ends up.
The other big move the A’s made this offseason was trading Rhodes and Mark Redman for Jason Kendall. With all the talented arms the A’s have, neither Rhodes nor Redman will be missed. And while Kendall’s expensive, he’s also a very good catcher, and the A’s don’t even have to pay all of his salary.
The A’s also signed Seth Etherton and Keiichi Yabu to low-risk deals, and traded for Keith Ginter, who can give them solid production at second and third base backing up Mark Ellis and Eric Chavez.
To top it all off, Beane even got two extra draft picks to work with this summer because the Brewers signed Damian Miller before the arbitration deadline.
Basically, the A’s added a ton of young and/or promising talent in an attempt to really peak again in two or three years. And if the young talent is more ready that expected, they also added some talented veterans who can help make a push for this season, but will still be around for the more likely push in 2006 or 2007.
2. Boston Red Sox
First of all, Theo Epstein once again checked the bargain bins and found a few players who didn’t cost much and could be very helpful. John Halama ($1 million) is Boston’s seventh starter and a very useful left-handed reliever, Matt Mantei ($750,000) has been a very good reliever when healthy and could end up as Boston’s second option in the bullpen behind Keith Foulke, and Wade Miller ($1.5 million) will miss at least the first month of the season but could really help the rotation when he returns.
The Red Sox also lost some big free agents (Pedro Martinez, Derek Lowe and Orlando Cabrera) and shelled out a lot of cash for some other free agents (Jason Varitek, Edgar Renteria and Matt Clement).
Some people think the Varitek and Renteria contracts ($40 million over four years for each) ruin a cost-efficient offseason for the Red Sox. However, the Red Sox are not the A’s, who have to find bargains in order to be able to compete.
The Red Sox find bargains so that they can afford players who aren’t bargains. Varitek and Renteria won’t be undervalued at those salaries, but they should both be very good players for at least the first half of their contracts. Varitek is a bit of a risk to decline and not be worth nearly that much at the end of his contract, but the Red Sox have enough resources that his signing won’t become a complete albatross.
Meanwhile, Clement was brought in with David Wells ($8 million over two years with some incentives) to replace Martinez and Lowe. Since the latter two only posted a 4.59 ERA in 399.2 innings, Clement and Wells (with some possible help from Miller) should at least be able to match that).
Also, with those losses and signings, the Red Sox netted four draft picks. They gained two each for losing Martinez, Cabrera and Lowe and lost one each for signing Renteria and Wells.
In addition to all of that, Boston made a couple of trades. The Red Sox sent Doug Mientkiewicz, who they didn’t need because they have Kevin Millar and David Ortiz, to the Mets for prospect Ian Bladergroen. They also sent Dave Roberts, who they didn’t need because they have three good starting outfielders and he hits with the same hand as two of them, to the Padres for Jay Payton (a much more complementary fourth outfielder for them), Ramon Vazquez and prospect David Pauley.
If you want to discount this ranking because I’m a Red Sox fan, that’s your business, but I don’t see how you can look at what they’ve done and conclude that didn’t have, at worst, one of the five best offseasons in baseball.
When you add everything up, the Red Sox should be about as good as last year, maybe a little better maybe a little worse, meaning they gave themselves an excellent shot at repeating as champions. In addition, they didn’t give up any prospects or players they might need in the future, they added a couple of interesting prospects, and they gave themselves a chance to stockpile talent in this summer’s draft.
No other team did as good a job of addressing both short term and long term needs.
1. New York Mets
It’s pretty simple, really. Carlos Beltran and Pedro Martinez were probably the two best free agents available this offseason, and the Mets got both of them. They paid a lot to get them, but all that matters is they did get them, and that will make them a lot better.
Beltran gives them the potential for a very deep offense, with good to great hitters in the top seven spots in the lineup. They need some things to happen (Jose Reyes, Cliff Floyd and Mike Piazza to be healthier than they have been, Kaz Matsui to take a step forward, etc.), but this offense could be formidable.
Martinez gives them a legitimate ace. I would have expected him to knock about half a run off last year’s 3.90 ERA even if he had stayed in Boston, because his peripheral numbers were much better than that. With the move to the National League and Shea Stadium, I’ll be surprised if his ERA’s not below 3.00.
And while people talk about how big an injury risk Martinez is, he has made 92 starts and thrown 603 innings over the last three seasons. The Mets may regret this contract in the last year or two of the deal, but they’ll get a very good pitcher this season, and maybe even a Cy Young winner.
With Martinez and Beltran in the fold, the Mets should at least improve from 71 wins and fourth place to 81 wins. At least. If things break right, they could certainly win 90-plus games and the NL East. Even if Martinez and Beltran don’t improve the team that much by themselves, they could improve the team enough and put enough fans in the stands that the team can go out and add some more help at the trading deadline.
Trading Bladergroen for Mientkiewicz was also a good move for the Mets because Bladergroen’s not a top-notch prospect, and Mientkiewicz fills a real area of need. He plays excellent defense at first base, where the Mets didn’t even have anybody who was really a natural to the position at all.
And while Mientkiewicz’s offense slumped badly last year, the Mets only got a pathetic .237/.326/.368 line from their first basemen last year. If Mientkiewicz doesn’t bounce back, he’ll at least be a big improvement on the defensive side. If he rebounds to near what he did in 2003 (.300/.393/.450), he’ll be a huge improvement both offensively and defensively.
Yes, the Mets gave too much money to Kris Benson, and no, they didn’t improve their bullpen as much as they should have. But signing the two premier free agents that they did makes a massive difference, and the trade for Mientkiewicz is very low-risk, high-reward.
The Mets were bad, uninteresting and unimportant last year, three things you can’t be in New York. This year, they could be good, they’ll definitely be interesting and they should be important right up to the end of the year. | <urn:uuid:bcf44066-8dd8-4cc2-8604-b4efc1d062d7> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 15,722 |
Qualicum Beach, about 7.5 miles (12 km) north of Parksville beside Hwy 19A, gently spreads in front of one of the most pleasant small towns on east side of Vancouver Island. Pause here at any of the numerous beachside pullouts and smell the salt air intermingled with the perfume from the many private and public floral displays. From this point on, the pace of Vancouver Island slackens noticeably. Not that the southern portion is any more hurried, it’s just that there are more people and more congestion. From here north, there is less traffic, and what habitation there is clings to a narrow coastal plain beside the ocean.
Offshore to the east of Parksville lies Lasqueti Island, the first of several northern Gulf Islands that you catch glimpses of as the Island Highway heads north towards Courtenay and Campbell River. Farther off in the distance is the dark profile of Texada Island. Other islands closer at hand are Denman Island and Hornby Island south of Courtenay, and Quadra Island across Discovery Passage from Campbell River.
For much of the way between Courtenay and Campbell River the Island Highway runs beside Qualicum Bay, an area rich in seafood. Pullouts beside the road give easy access to the bay’s sand and pebble beaches. At several places you can buy fresh seafood, brought to the docks daily from local waters.Take your time as you meander through this laid-back region. Its rhythms are subtle, but with gentle probing they reveal themselves, showing greater complexity than first meets the eye.
The northern portion of Highway 19 runs from Campbell River to Port Hardy and Cape Scott, including access to Alert Bay, Telegraph Cove, Brooks Peninsula / Muquin Provincial Park, and Cape Scott Provincial Park. As 97 percent of the population lives on the southern half of Vancouver Island, outdoor recreationists in search of solitude come north.
Much of Vancouver Island once looked as the north still does today. Thanks to recent government protection, some of the remaining wilderness, such as Brooks Peninsula, a stubby, 8.5-mile-long (14-km) projection on the northwest coast of the island, has been preserved. Other places, such as the most northerly tip of the island, are sheltered by the elements from the preying eye of industry. Cape Scott Provincial Park is one of the wildest, windiest, most woebegone locales in the province for human habitation. Journeying to either Brooks Peninsula or Cape Scott is only for those whose mettle has been tested by repeated exposure to the bellows and blast-furnace of nature in the raw.
Gentler conditions prevail in the sheltered waters of Johnstone Strait, where the Kwakwaka’wakw First Nations are the traditional gatekeepers. To experience a tranquillity that passes all description, paddle these waters where whales rub and salmon run in summer months.
Circle Tours: See the best of BC when you embark upon one of the many circle tours that take in Vancouver Island, the Discovery Coast, and the Sunshine Coast. The coastal tours involve exciting road and ferry trips on BC Ferries, and scenic highways flank the coast, taking you through charming beachside communities, rolling farmlands and majestic mountain ranges. Check out the Sunshine Coast and Vancouver Island Circle Tour, and other Circle Tours in British Columbia.
Location: The new Island Highway (Highway 19) has superseded the old Island highway (Highway 19A) as the way to move quickly between Nanaimo and Campbell River. Parksville, 23 miles (37 km) north of Nanaimo’s Departure Bay ferry, lies just east of the new Island Highway. For those wishing to make time, the new four-lane route will be a blessing.
For those wishing to take their time, this will mean fewer cars tailgating along the scenic ocean drive. Highways 19 and 19A link Parksville with southern Vancouver Island. Highway 4 links Parksville with Port Alberni, and with Tofino and Ucluelet on the west side of Vancouver Island. Campbell River may also be reached by BC Ferries from Quathiaski Cove on Quadra Island, a 10-minute ride.
Approaching from the north, Highway 19 links Campbell River with the northern half of Vancouver Island. The top half of 280-mile-long (450-km) Vancouver Island is served by a maze of logging roads and Highway 19 (North Island Highway), which links Campbell River with Port Hardy, the southern terminus of BC Ferries’ Inside Passage and Discovery Coast routes. BC Ferries links the north and central coasts (Prince Rupert and Bella Coola, respectively) with Vancouver Island at Port Hardy.
The following towns are located on or near the Island Highway:
Nanaimo, Lantzville, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, Qualicum Bay, Bowser, Deep Bay, Fanny Bay, Buckley Bay, Union Bay, Royston, Courtenay, Comox, Comox Valley, Merville, Black Creek, Campbell River, Woss, Telegraph Cove, Port McNeill, and Port Hardy.
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Cape Lazo RV & Campground is a 6.5 acre property with 62 full-service RV Sites and 3 tent sites. High speed WiFi and cable TV, at no additional charge. Located in the Town of Comox, metres from the beach and minutes from downtown Comox. We offer a family-friendly campground facility, playground, on-site store, and a beautiful Pavilion. Clean updated shower and laundry facilities.
The Comox Peninsula on the east coast of Vancouver Island is spectacular at any time of year, with miles of shoreline to explore and great recreation opportunities for all ages. Cape Lazo is perfect for a weekend, a week, or even months of camping in the Comox Valley. You can always count on a quiet night when you stay with us.
Discovery Marine SafarisDiscovery Marine Safaris
The diversity of wildlife and awe-inspiring scenery that exists so close to Campbell River is unparalleled. Ideally located near the south end of Discovery Passage, the area is critically important habitat for Killer Whales, Humpback Whales, and so much more. Travel along stunning shorelines and inlets in search of Killer Whales, Pacific White-Sided Dolphins, Dall’s Porpoises, Seals, and magnificent Bald Eagles. Embark on our Grizzly Bear Expedition and observe these incredible creatures feasting on salmon in their natural habitat far away from human civilization. Our tour boats feature an enclosed and heated cabin, two outdoor viewing decks, and an onboard washroom.
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FarOut Wilderness is an outdoor adventure travel company specializing in overland vehicle rentals and tailor-made itineraries in British Columbia. We use our local knowledge and experience to transform your ideas into an authentic and unique adventure.
Our self-drive itineraries allow you to explore off the beaten track at your own pace. We provide you with the resources to re-connect with nature and most importantly each another. All of our vehicles are fully insured for driving on unpaved roads and are equipped with a rooftop tent, camping equipment and GPS Messenger service.
FarOut Wilderness operates in all seasons and has one pet friendly vehicle. We offer complimentary vehicle collection and drop off at the following locations: Swartz Bay Ferry Terminal, Victoria Airport, Victoria Downtown, Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal, Vancouver Downtown, and Vancouver Airport. If you have another collection or drop off location in mind, please contact us!
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As Campbell River’s largest tour operator, we offer excursions on and off the water. With a spacious 14-passenger van, we run Guided Hikes, Winery, Distillery, and Brewery tours. We also have 7 marine vessels that include Zodiacs and covered boats, meaning we have something for all comfort levels!
Grizzly, Whale, and Wildlife tours are available ranging from 3 hours to a full day where you can expect to see Humpback Whales, Orca, Dolphins, Porpoise, Eagles, Sea Lions, Black Bears, and Grizzly Bears!
We are the only company on Northern Vancouver Island that is Carbon Neutral, and protecting the environment is something we deeply care about. For every guest that joins us, 1 square metre of old-growth forest is protected. Join us to create memories that last a lifetime! Boasting 6 consecutive years with a certificate of excellence, you can expect to have a fantastic experience with us!
Sunrise Ridge Waterfront ResortSunrise Ridge Waterfront Resort
Sunrise Ridge Waterfront Resort is a year round destination in Parksville offering gorgeous west coast inspired vacation rentals and beachfront resort accommodation. The resort offers 65 fully furnished, fully equipped 1, 2 and 3 bedroom vacation homes boasting magnificent mountain and ocean views. Pamper yourself in our newly constructed seasonal outdoor heated pool, hot tub, and fitness facility. Our guest services and friendly approach will ensure that this resort experience is one you will want to repeat again and again. Reserve your Parksville vacation rental home today and discover why you may never want to leave Vancouver Island.
Beach Acres ResortBeach Acres Resort
It’s all in the name, Beach Acres Resort … miles of warm sandy beach, ocean and mountain views, acres of lush forest, and a range of resort accommodations to delight your family and friends. Our family-friendly, beachfront accommodations offer private self-contained cottages, spacious townhouses – all with two bedrooms, fully equipped kitchens and fireplaces – and majestic ocean views from every window.
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As much as we miss the Before Times — when we didn’t have to wear masks and could go to crowded places and travel and throw parties and attend concerts and eat at the same table as acquaintances and strangers — those times aren’t coming back soon. No matter how good the news on vaccines might be, hang on to your masks.
Eventually we might be able to get rid of them, but don’t expect a return to a pre-pandemic normal in the next year or two. Here’s why:
We don’t know if the vaccine prevents transmission
So far, the efficacy data suggests that both Pfizer/BioNTech’s vaccine (the first COVID vaccine authorised for US use) and Moderna’s (likely to become the second) are good at preventing people from getting sick.
But we don’t know if the vaccine prevents you from getting infected with the virus, or if it just stops the infection from making you sick. It’s likely that it does both, but we just don’t have enough information to say.
So if you get the vaccine, you might still be able to spread the coronavirus to others. Even if you’re one of the lucky people who got the vaccine already, you should still wear a mask when you’re around other people.
Not everybody can get the vaccine
Right now, supplies are so limited that only a handful of people can get the vaccine. (It’s being given first to healthcare workers and residents of care facilities like nursing homes; other high risk folks will follow.)
But even when more doses are available, not everybody will get the vaccine. Some people might choose not to. Some might have a health-related reason why they cannot, such as an allergy to a vaccine ingredient.
And crucially, the vaccine is not authorised for children. The Pfizer vaccine is for people aged 16 and up, and the Moderna vaccine is for ages 18 and up. No manufacturer has yet completed large-scale trials on children yet.
So children and many teenagers will need to wear masks for a while yet. Even though kids don’t tend to become very ill, they can still spread the virus — probably less often than adults, but research is ongoing. Children make up more than 20% of the US population, so until they can be vaccinated, it will be difficult to impossible to reach herd immunity.
During this in-between time, when not everybody is vaccinated, expect gatherings and travel to be done with caution, with mask rules still in place. It’s unlikely anybody will be willing or able to check medical records at concerts or parties or family gatherings, so distancing and masks will likely still be required in many contexts while we wait for COVID cases to dwindle.
Masks are good, actually
Before COVID, there was something of a stigma to wearing a face mask out in public. I honestly wasn’t sure at first if people would be able to embrace the trend. But masks have been popular in Asia for years, and they’re not just for pandemics.
Masks help you avoid spreading your germs if you have a standard-issue cold or a flu, and that’s how they’ve long been used in Asia. Plus they can be handy in other situations, like keeping your nose warm when a scarf would just fall down.
So even if the vaccine rolls out quickly, and even if it turns out to be safe for everybody, and even if it proves effective at preventing transmission, we’ll be wearing masks for COVID prevention for at least a little while. And after that, they’ll still be handy to have around.
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Inge was a frontier community near Fort Inge, several miles south of the future site of Uvalde in south central Uvalde County. The community appears to have been established around the same time as the fort (1849); the first settlers were the Allen, William Washington Arnett, Brown, Howard, Levering, and Nelson families. In 1852 Arnett produced a spring-irrigated hay crop under contract with the fort. Between 1849 and 1855 the site served as a pony express stop between San Antonio and El Paso. By 1855 the residents of Inge had moved to the growing town of Uvalde and abandoned the settlement.
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This is the one from Debby. The one to the right that is just starting is Pam’s Choice split. I am really hoping these seed themselves so I have lots of foxgloves. Foxgloves are are classic for a cottage garden.
These are Star of Persia allium:
I love these! The blooms keep getting bigger and rounder, too. It’s hard to get a picture of them because the blooms are airy. The size of the blooms is about 3-4 inches across? These were bulbs planted in the fall. I will be ordering more for sure!
The tippy pots are starting to grow now. They are planted with allysum and million bells. Hopefully they will trail more. This is the beginnings of a new bed:
The plant at the left is the climbing rose. It’s in its 2nd year, so probably not until next year for it to climb. This bed is where the new path was made.That little Azalea will grow big and strong, hopefully. Now it’s tiny and I have annuals planted in front of it 😀 Eventually it will be 4 feet tall.
Speaking of baby gardens, this is part of the shade garden in the back:
Right behind those hostas is where our fence used to be. Now we just see the weeds behind our neighbor’s house! It doesn’t look that great, so we might need something to block this area. This bed has the heuchera, bleeding heart and columbine in it (and daffodil remains). All baby plants. This will look fuller this summer and next year should be cooking along.
The columbines in this garden are blooming:
I love the spurs on the blooms
Hopefully these will reseed and spread. Or that’s the plan anyway.
Also in this bed, although not shown in the picture above, is the incarvilea, aka flowering fern.
Ferns don’t flower, so this is a misnomer, but the incarvilea look like ferns, don’t they? I got these tubers at the flower show earlier this spring and they actually came up!
This is Brindled Beauty Iris:
For a first year iris, it has a lot of blooms.
The last one to open was Night Ruler. Yes, you do have to say that in Movie Guy voice, too.
It’s such a deep purple and looks black from a distance.
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Could Mr. Robot help new USA series Colony? In an interview with Forbes, stars of the new sci-fi series Josh Holloway and Sarah Wayne Callies spoke about the influence of USA’s breakout hit on their upcoming show.
Colony premieres on January 14th.
Created by Carlton Cuse and Ryan J. Condal, Colony takes place in a near-future Los Angeles that’s been occupied by heavily armed extraterrestrial forces. Holloway and Callies play a couple torn apart after their son is taken by the “Hosts.”
Speaking to Forbes, Callies said the success of Mr. Robot could lead to a larger audience for both Colony and USA Network as a whole:
I think what we’ve got is far more latitude and opportunity for an audience to go, “Yeah, sure. USA produces tremendous programs.” USA has been kicking ass for a super long time, but I think with Mr. Robot, all of a sudden people sat up and took a very close look at the originality and the power and the courage of the storytelling. I think that opens doors for us.”
Additionally, Holloway said Colony and Mr. Robot are part of USA’s re-visioning as a network committed to artistic storytelling:
They are hungry for strong content, for real storytelling, for really great art. They are open. USA is open. Legendary is open. They are in it, and I feel like they are in it with us, like, “Yeah! Let’s go.” I don’t feel pressure from that. I’m like, “Get in the car! Let’s go!” I like it. I like that comradery I feel in that and, like, more permission to keep going kinda thing.”
The pilot for Colony is available online and On Demand right now.
Watch a trailer for Colony below:
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CTET 2015 Exam Notes : TEACHING OF ENGLISH
Teaching of Language Skills : Writing SkillSpeech come to man as a gift from nature. Oral work is the back bone of language teaching. Oral work supplies material for written work. Fair and legible handwriting makes a man perfect.
Writing is a product of development. The real test of their knowledge of the language is their ability to express their ideas in a written from.
Teaching Mechanics of writing:
1. Controlling the small muscles of the fingers and wrist.
2. Securing Co-ordination of the hand and the eye write betters of the correct shape and size.
3. Giving proper spacing between letters, words and line.
4. Using capital letters where required and putting punctuation marks.
Forms of Writings: -
Earlier form (Picture writing)-
The earlier kind of writing was 'picture writing'. It was not easy. It presented difficulties because everything, a person cannot record in pictures. It was difficult to learn and read because thousands of objects and ideas needed different sign to express.
The script of the Chinese language is based upon picture script and one has to learn hundred of symbols in order to understand spark, read and write this language.
The Alphabetic form-
In this form, each letter or symbol represents a different sound. It was first used by the Phoenicians of solomen. The Romans copied this method and the present script of writing of English is also called 'Roman script'.
So, the linguistic activities may be compared to the four pillars supporting the magnificent structure of language. Writing is just like pasting and plastering. The teacher like a conscientious artist, places not only bricks and mortar and other material required for his fine creation, but also paste and plasters it and gives it a finishing touch.
Essentials of Teaching Writing -
1. The choice of script: - Script is the written of strokes, circles, dots etc. These scripts are of your kind.
(1) Print Script- In this type, the letters appears in words which are not joined to gather. The common practice in teaching writing is to start with print script. It is the simple form of writing. It is straight and clear in shapes of letters, and it is not confusing in anyway.
(2) Cursive writing- In this type, the letters are joined together with strokes or loops. This is the running type of writing. Cursive script is useful because it makes writing fluent and facile, developed speed.
Marion Richardseon Script- In this type, all the letters are not joined together.This script is also called rounded cursive. The basis of this type of writing is a system of rhythmic pattern movements. This script found wide favour with the teachers all over the world . It is infect, a development of print script with certain requirements of cursive script.
- Italic- This kind of writing was used in Italian manuscript in the Middle Ages. It is a kind of cursive script but more pointed. Though it can be written very quickly, yet its major drawback is its being difficult to read. At early stage, it is not very much encouraged.
- choice of style- Another essential of good writing is the choice of proper style. There are two types of styles -
Vertical and slanting
Vertical style is easy to follow and may be encouraged. Slanting style, there are two options-
- Forward slanting
- Backward slanting- The choice of style depends upon individual different, but there should be uniformity in the pupils writing.
- Choice of material- In the beginning, the student should be taught to write on a rough surface with soft chalk, or the very first lesson should start with the pupils' finger movement on sand. Writing on a rough surface will regulate the movements of pupil's fingers and muscles and eye coordination. The surface on which to write should be rough but pencil or chalk should be quite soft. It should be followed by writing in ink.
- Postures- Right posture is an important factor in teaching writing. It consists in the position of the body, arm, head and paper etc. At their desks, students should sit comfortably in correct position; his head should be held high so that his eyes are about a foot away from the paper. The body should learn slightly forward from the hips, but should not touch the desk. Both arms should be within two or three inches of the elbows. The teacher should also pay attention to left handed children. It should be discouraged.
How to teach writing the alphabets to the Beginners:
Three methods are commonly used-
(1) Use of Kinder Garten Apparatus- under this method pupils are given practice in constructing the alphabets by joining the piece of wood in different shapes. Itis suitable only for infants
(2) Tracing Method- under this method, the learner is required to make movements of the pen or pencil held in his hand over the printed letters. The letters are generally printed in dotted lines or they are written with a soft pencil. This method is neither very effective nor pedagogically sound.
(3) Free hand imitation- under this method pupils imitate the printed letters in their note-books or they imitate the form or movements from teachers writing on the black board .
(4) F. G. French's Method- the beginners should be taught to write the letters in vertical style and they should be taught first small letters after that capital letters.
Characteristics of Good-Handwriting
1.Distinctiveness- This means 'each letter should have a characteristic form of its own'. It means 'a' should resemble 'a' and not 'e', 'E' should resemble 'e' not 'f' etc. The letters should not be distorted.
Legibility- A legible handwriting is easy to read and causes no confusion. It is also a reflection of mind. Letters should possess all the fine aspect of legibility i.e. letter-formation, regularity of slant, quality of line or stroke, alignment and spacing,
e.g. Difficulty in dotting (i)
Difficulty in crossing '+'
Top stroke short as in 'h'
Pupils do not write properly-Five letters- a, e, r, t, f. the teacher should pay special attention to these letters which the students do not write properly.
2. Uniformity- Whatever style the students adopt, should be uniform in size, spacing and alignment. It means that all the words should be written either in a vertical style or slanting style. If they are written in a slanting style, it should be either forward slant or backward slant throughout.
Appropriate size of letters- The size of the letters should be neither too big nor too small. These should be proportion between the sizes of letters. Margin between two letters should be appropriate.
Spacing- Proper spacing adds beauty to the style. The letters and words should be properly spaced. There should also be proper spacing between lines.
Spacing the letters in a word, the words in line and the lines in a page should not be crowded too closely together. This will avoid over writing. Simplicity- Handwriting should be always simple. It should have no unnecessary tails or simple letter shape had good appeal, unnecessary strokes should be avoided.
Speed- A.W. Frisly, "the writing should not be labored but done at a reasonable speed". Speed combined with practice. Good handwriting is carried out at a reasonable speed.
Attractiveness- Handwriting which is attractive and nice to look at is a great asset. A beautiful handwriting is one in which the letters are well framed even in size & spaced which is upright or slopes slightly forward and in which the lines of writing are parallel to the top of sheet of a paper.So, handwriting must be 'nice to look at'.
Techniques of Improve Handwriting
1. Calligraphy: -
A type of good handwriting which is learnt with the help of a special type of brush or pen.
2. Transcription and Dictation-
Transcription and dictation are interrelated. Transcription aims at neatness and care and promotes accuracy which are also required in dictation and composition. Dictation is an exercise in hearing and correct spelling.
Transcription is a sort of reproduction exercise which enables the pupils to see words or sentences and then write on their copy books. This exercise is not only useful but also pleasure giving to the children. For a beginner, transcription may be done for the sake of handwriting . The teacher should ask the pupils to transcribe words involving the types of letters that may be troublesome in some way.
- Transcription should be given only after the pupils are familiar with the scripts.
- It may also be done for spelling observation.
- Words, the spellings of which are likely to pose difficult should be given for transcription .
- Language patterns can also be practiced by transcript.
- Specific language construction based on the use of article prepositions, adverbs etc, can be conveniently framed to give models for transcription.
- Transcription should become a productive activity leading to extension work. This will require the pupils to keep a special eye on the meaning.
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I’m absolutely convinced there’s only one thing stopping me from making a fortune as an entrepreneur. That would be my lack of practical business ideas.
Take my latest, for example. I’d love to open a Greek restaurant here in Pueblo and name it Home of Gyros. My problem is that I have absolutely no knowledge about how to prepare or sell Greek food.
That doesn’t mean I don’t respect entrepreneurs, though. I think it’s really cool that computer whiz David Packard, of Hewlett-Packard fame, grew up in Pueblo. And after attending the Southern Colorado Entrepreneurship Competition last weekend, I wouldn’t be surprised if Pueblo produces another son or daughter who goes on to find Packard-like success. And maybe much sooner than we might think.
The competition was spread over two days, one for students and one for adults. I decided to attend the first day of competition, when the students were making their presentations to a panel of judges at Colorado State University-Pueblo’s Healy Center. It was an eye-opening experience.
I have to admit that I was expecting some of the young entrepreneurs’ products would be impractical or maybe even downright silly. You know, sort of like this column. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
For example, two of the early presenters were Alyson Buchanan and Sariah Ringlero, fifth graders at Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences-Fulton Heights campus who had come up with a “poo dozer,” sort of like an outdoor vacuum cleaner for picking up animal waste.
They outlined their market research, which, if you’ll pardon the pun, was Spot on. As someone who lives with the owner of two dogs, I can verify that such a product would be well received by people who like to wear sandals in their backyards. One of the contest’s judges suggested that Buchanan and Ringlero price their product higher, up to maybe $200 or so, because of its potential to end fights among family members over whose turn it is to pick up after the dog.
Mya Sanchez and Lanae Vigil, also PSAS fifth graders, came up with a different kind of cleaning product called the “Handy-tizer.” It’s a portable hand-washing device that could be installed in places like parks or homeless shelters. Since the Handy-tizer is small enough to fit into a backpack, it was noted that it could also be used at sporting events and camping or hiking trips.
Jonothan Bendixson, a PSAS sixth grader, had an invention designed to attack sanitation on a larger scale. His is a device to filter trash out of the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo and other waterways like it around the country.
(By the way, if it seems like I’m plugging a lot of PSAS students, there’s a reason for that. Most of the students entered into the competition were PSAS products. Do with that information what you will.)
Seth Combs, Benjamin Nava-Pacheco and Jackson Coy, PSAS sixth graders with an interest in military veterans, came up with one-size-fits-all prosthetic arms created by 3-D printing technology. The trio calculated what they thought would be a reasonable price for the product, multiplied that figure by the number of people in the country in need of artificial limbs, and concluded their potential revenue stream at $7.4 million per year. “If you guys are interested in investing in us,” one of them quipped to the audience.
Then there were Chace Hurley and Florencio Gonzales, PSAS fifth graders, who came up with a product designed to hit Pueblo residents right in the seat of the pants. They designed a website that would allow drivers to track the locations of the city’s reported potholes. Hurley and Gonzales calculated that they could make money by selling advertisements on the website.
The judges seemed to approve. One predicted insurance companies would have an interest in investing in the website. Another judge suggested that one or both of the entrepreneurs consider running for mayor some day, noting that Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers made fixing pothole problems one of his signature campaign issues.
I didn’t stick around for the awards ceremony, but Bendixson and the trio of Combs, Nava-Pacheco and Coy were among the winners of either scholarships or cash prizes. In my mind, though, the real winners will be the public if and when some of these great inventions go into mass production.
Maybe then I can convince one of the inventors to invest in my Home of Gyros idea.
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Two people wanted on warrants from all across Western Washington were picked up last night in Longview, and are currently lodged in the Cowlitz County Jail. Longview Police report making contact with Bradley Wayne Hamrick, 28, of Packwood and Nikole Renee Montez, 23, of Aberdeen shortly after 7 pm, in the 300 block of Oregon Way. They claim that Hamrick was in possession of illegal drugs, and that he’s also wanted on a $25,000 warrant from Lewis County for felony eluding and obstructing an officer. He’s also wanted on a no-bail Department of Corrections warrant. Montez is wanted on warrant out of Puyallup for third-degree theft and first-degree trespass, a $10,000 warrant from Grays Harbor County for a probation violation, and a local Department of Corrections warrant. The investigation into their activities is continuing.
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The operators of the Silver Lake RV Park on SR 504 are reporting a burglary. They called the Sheriff’s Office yesterday afternoon, saying that it looks like someone cut a hole in the sheet rock of the RV park’s restrooms, gaining access to a neighboring business. It’s reported that fishing poles, a printer, a fish finder, a wireless router and a police-type bicycle were stolen. The callers say that the theft happened some time in the past two weeks, but they don’t have an exact date. There’s also no suspect information available at this time.
State Troopers say that a 17 year-old girl from Portland is being cited for having defective tires on her car after a Friday afternoon crash on I-5 north of Kalama. At about 1:15 Friday afternoon, the 1995 Subaru that the girl was driving hydroplaned on the wet freeway, sliding off the freeway to the right and crashing into a concrete barrier at milepost 32 southbound. Two passengers in the car were injured, and were taken to St. John Medical Center for treatment. The teenage girl was cited and released.
Steven Michael Thompson, 23, of St. Helens is under arrest after a Friday night chase involving Oregon State Police and St. Helens Police. At about 8:40 Friday night, called about a possible DUI driver were relayed to OSP. The suspect vehicle was spotted on Old Portland Highway, where a Trooper tried to stop the suspect. Instead, the driver sped up, heading toward St. Helens. Spike strips were deployed near 14th Avenue, flattening three of four tires. The driver continued on, eventually crashing at North 9th and Columbia Boulevard. Thompson reportedly tried to run, and was eventually chased down and arrested. Thompson was eventually booked into the Columbia County Jail on seven separate counts. His bail totals $5,500.
It’s time to make sure those studded tires are off the car. Both the Washington and Oregon Departments of Transportation are out with reminders that today is the last day that it’s legal to have those tires on your car. Neither state plans to extend the deadline for removal of the studs. Drivers planning to head over mountain passes are reminded to make sure that you “know before you go,” and be sure to have the equipment needed in case you run into some late season snow or ice. In Washington, you could get a ticket of $124 if you’re caught driving on studded tires after the March 31st deadline, $190 in Oregon.
Today is the deadline for the first round of open enrollment under the Affordable Care Act. If you still haven’t been able to get signed up, there are a number of local organizations that can assist you. The Family Health Center in Longview is handling the lead in the Cowlitz-Wahkiakum In-Person Assister Program, which has more than 20 trained and certified Health Insurance Navigators to help you through the process. Assistance is also available through a number of local agencies, including Lower Columbia CAP, the Area Agency On Aging and Disabilities, Love Overwhelming, the Cowlitz County Guidance Association, PeaceHealth Saint John Medical Center, the Cowlitz Free Medical Clinic, Wahkiakum Health and Human Services, the Drug Abuse Prevention Center, and Youth and Family Link. Contact any of these agencies for help in getting signed up.
The Kelso-Longview Chamber of Commerce has set today as the deadline for a couple of programs that they have under way. Today is the deadline to get nominations in for this year’s “Pillars of Strength: Business and Education Awards. You can nominate teachers, administrators and classified staff for Crystal Apple Awards, local training agencies for Workforce Best Practices awards, and local businesses for separate awards, as well. Today is also the deadline to get applications in for scholarships sponsored by the Lower Columbia Professionals, and the Maria Harris Memorial Scholarship. Contact the Chamber at their offices off of Allen Street at Minor Road, or by calling 423-8400.
The local high school robotics team, Bits and Bots, Team 3812, was honored with the “Gracious Professionalism” award at this weekend’s District Competition at Central Washington University in Ellensberg, and also gathered enough points in the competition to qualify for the Pacific Northwest Championships, coming up in Portland. After going 9-3 in their qualifying matches for a sixth-place ranking out of 35 teams, Bits and Bots won a quarterfinal match, and then lost in the semifinals. The team was presented with the “Gracious Professionalism” award for the way that they went to help other teams that were having technical or equipment problems. 64 teams from Washington and Oregon will compete in Portland from April 10th to the 12th, going after a chance to qualify for the World Championships in Saint Louis, coming up at the end of April.
LaMarcus Aldridge is showing his worth to the Portland Trail Blazers, as they win their third in a row after his return from a back injury, 105-98 over Memphis. Portland now has a two-game lead over Golden State for the 5th playoff position, and trails Houston for the #4 spot by just 2 1/2 games with 7 to play…..King Felix heads to the mound for tonight’s 2014 season opener for the Seattle Mariners. The M’s open the season on the road against the LA Angels, KLOG coverage starts at 6 pm…..The LCC Red Devils will try to make up Saturday’s rainout with Grays Harbor, 5 pm today at Story Field…..The earthquakes may be jostling them around a bit, but the Kelso Hilanders hope to get a win today in Anaheim CA, when they play Bradshaw Christian of Sacramento at 10 am.
Crews from Cowlitz Fire District 6 in Castle Rock have been up for most of the night, dealing with a house fire reported early this morning at a home on McKee Road. The first call about this fire came in at 1:10 am, with the residents reporting a chimney fire. Within a few minutes, they reported that the fire was spreading to a bedroom. By the time the first fire crews rolled up, the house was fully involved in flames. Crews from Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue and Lewis County were also called in to assist on battling the blaze. The firefighters were confined to a defensive battle on this fire, which wasn’t moved into mop-up phase until about 3:20 am. No injuries were reported; there’s also been no dollar estimate on the damage done. | <urn:uuid:3991d8c5-a0aa-4f46-8b9c-4547468301ba> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 7,157 |
In this VIS image, taken by the NASA - Mars Odyssey Orbiter on September, 16th, 2014, and during its 56.592nd orbit around the Red Planet, we can see a large Field of Layers located in the South Polar Cap. More than abundant traces of Residual Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Ice and quite a few Sand Dunes which are now Frost-free can also be seen all over the area. Furthermore, several Surface Features that are reminding us of the so-called "Arthur C. Clarke Trees" can easily be spotted towards the Eastern side of the frame. Last, but not least, an interesting, round-shaped Surface Feature, largely filled up with Ice, but with the central portion of its Floor almost Ice-free (and which could be, in our opinion, as IPF, a partailly buried Impact Crater - can also be seen in lower left (Sx) quadrant of the picture.
Latitude (centered): 86,221° South
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Empathy: the ability to step into another’s shoes.
And in accounting and bookkeeping, an essential ingredient to helping your clients’ businesses survive and thrive. Here are three ways you can use empathy to enhance relationships with your existing clients, and ultimately grow your practice.
1. BUILD AN EMPATHY BRIDGE
A common problem we hear from partners is friction in their relationships with their clients.
You want to provide your clients with the service they’ve paid for, but to do that, they need to give you certain information. And when they are strapped for time and are unable to send you the receipts, bills and invoices you need on time, your emails and phone calls can easily become a hindrance more than a help.
When you’re unable to deliver your value and they feel nagged or under pressure, both parties might feel like the other is preventing them from doing their job. Something is at work here. The ‘us’ and ‘them’ mentality.
Harry Mills, author of Secret Sauce: How to Pack Your Messages with Persuasive Punch, dives into the psychology behind trust and the ability to “stop looking at others as ‘them’ and instead picture them as individuals, opportunities to productively collaborate multiply”.
In the April 2018 International Edition of Accounting and Business magazine, ACCA Global recommended building an ‘empathy bridge’ for more friction-free relationships to prevent clients from becoming a villain, and reposition them as superstars.
To help build this empathy bridge and transform clients from “them” to “us”, Mills recommends the ‘SOFTEN’ approach, your secret weapon:
- to Smile;
- take an Open posture;
- find shared interests (Fused identity commonalities);
- offer a handshake (Touch);
- make Eye contact;
- and Nod.
Try it out in your next new client meeting. Even if you don’t end up closing the sale, you have made a connection and could have business coming your way in the near future.
It may look simple, but goes a long way to enhance your existing client relationships. Plus, when your clients trust you and your services, communication becomes more efficient and you can provide more value.
2. RECRUIT EMPATHETIC ACCOUNTANTS
For rapidly growing firms like Matt Portt from Portt & Co, recruitment is top priority. When filling graduate roles, it’s essential to find talent that fits your work culture and values.
According to Douglas Holyoak, the Director of Learning and Education at PricewaterhouseCoopers, accounting:
Is not just about debits and credits. It is about what you know and how you communicate it … When you have that relationship, you can really put yourself in another person’s shoes and start to think about the problem from their perspective. Only then can you deliver real value to your clients.
As more and more traditional back-room tasks like data-entry become automated, the new generation of accountants will need to add more value to the front office. That makes it more important than ever to foster customer-facing skills: the ability to build trust in clients, add value and listen to their concerns. This makes empathy a key ingredient in any long-term strategy.
It is also important to be empathetic to the desires of your team themselves. For Mike Melling, he found that he could use automation to recruit and retain more of the right staff. For Melling, “automating the manual work means you can move staff with energy and passion up the chain and have them interpreting the numbers and helping the clients, instead of chasing them”.
3. BUILD AN EMPATHY MAP
Where do the most creative, effective ideas come from? According to a study by marketing professor Kelly Herd, they came from considering your customers’ feelings before starting product development. While you may not be designing products, you are designing services.
SO HOW TO DO IT?
Use an empathy map (you can download the Receipt Bank template here) to build a holistic view of your client.
First, start with your goals. What do you want to achieve with the empathy map, who are you empathising with and why? Then work your way clockwise around the board from 1-4, finishing with imagining their pain-points and gains. These include their fears and frustrations, hopes and dreams.
Let’s take the example of Amanda, the co-founder of a tech startup. Her team are travelling across Europe to pitch at various summits and conferences. On the way, they are picking up travel expenses. From a round of coffees here to dinners there, the receipts are piling up and Amanda is worried about losing them on the way.
If you were to draw an empathy map of Amanda, you might put her biggest pain-point as losing receipts and not being able to claim VAT as a result.
As a result, as part of your services, you could introduce mobile receipt scanning, so that Amanda and her team could take photos of receipts as soon as they receive them. Then, they don’t have to worry about losing them and can focus on delivering the most compelling pitch possible.
When you are empathetic and put the needs of your clients first, chances are you will be able to find new opportunities to help them and widen your current offering. The more valuable you are to them, the stronger your relationships.
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Don't we know better as developers to not store raw passwords in databases?
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Why are so many people interested in learning how to cure congenital heart defects? Why would you want to find ways to treat them? And why do doctors not always tell their patients about these things? There are a few reasons for this, some of which are quite surprising. Read on and learn more!
10 Things Your Doctor Won’t Tell You About Congenital Heart Defects
A congenital heart defect is a birth defect that was present before birth. Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect. These defects can be mild or severe. Complications from these defects can also be mild or severe.
1) Heart rate problems- Children with heart conditions often have rhythm problems, which means they don’t have a smooth heartbeat.
2) Rhythm problems make it difficult for your child to process oxygen properly.
3) Your child may tire easily.
4) Heart surgery is dangerous and has risks for all children, especially small ones. Even after surgery, many individuals with congenital heart defects suffer from health problems related to their defect throughout the rest of their lives
5) The treatment available can make a significant impact on your child’s quality of life.
6) For mild heart defects, the long-term prognosis is very good, and your child may not need to take medications or be restricted from strenuous activities or sports.
7) 10 percent of children with congenital heart defects also have an intellectual delay and/or learning disabilities
8) When you look at a chest X-ray, the thickening of the heart muscle may not be visible.
9) The symptoms of chronic lung disease can overlap with other conditions like asthma, bronchiolitis, and pneumonia.
10) When your child has surgery to repair their heart defect, they may get morphine before or during surgery to help ease the pain. Even though morphine is common, it can be dangerous because it can stop your child’s breathing.
What to do if You have Congenital Heart Defects?
You need to tell your doctor if you have a congenital heart defect. This is important because some congenital heart defects do not show any symptoms and they may not be discovered until you or your child is sick. Your doctor can help you take care of your condition by recommending certain tests, medicines, and lifestyle changes.
As always consult your physician for more information on treatment and/or testing procedures.
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3) Children with congenital heart defects face many challenges throughout life, but the treatment options available now are better than ever before!
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Hi Jeni and I are both interested, we would use my studio and share the time between us.
Just to confirm as I shall have moved by then, I will not be taking part in the FENVAC OPEN STUDIOS this year. Joannie
Good luck with your move Joannie!
I might be interested since I'm having a more accessible studio built during the summer (hopefully!) but it depends when you are thinking of having it.Emma
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Hi, I would love to exhibit but may not have a studio as I am moving too. Yvonne
Hi AnitaI would be interested in participating in the Open Studios this year. I have a workshop at home, (might need to give it a bit of a clean up - altho' Gillian F says its too neat already!!)Is it in September, - and how many weekends?DeniseDenise
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The ocean is at the center of our world, providing transport for 90% of global trade and jobs for more than 3 billion people. For islanders, the ocean plays an especially fundamental role in lives, societies, and economies. It is arguably the most valuable asset for SIDS. However, the health of this resource is being increasingly challenged by the triple planetary crisis of climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution. This in turn, negatively impacts the ability of the ocean to provide ecosystem services. To ensure an equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future through a sustainable blue economy approach, a transformational policy change, at both the global and national levels, is needed.
During Davos this week, UN Secretary-General António Guterres cited a Swahili proverb, “Bahari itatufikisha popote”, which translates as “the ocean leads us anywhere”, stressing that the ocean is central to help open new horizons and lead the international community to a more just, sustainable future. “We need more science and innovation to propel us into a new chapter of global ocean action” he emphasized, encouraging the private sector to join ocean research and management partnerships and urging Governments to raise their level of ambition.
At the global level, and as summarized in our previous bulletin, 2022 has been a busy year with a multitude of Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) with relevance to the ocean taking place. The year has culminated in the adoption of the new Kunming -Montreal Global biodiversity framework (GBF) that, as mentioned by UNDP’s administrator: “means people around the world can hope for real progress to halt biodiversity loss and protect and restore our lands and seas in a way that safeguards our planet and respects the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities.”
To be successful, these agreements and frameworks need to be translated and implemented at the national levels. More specifically, national carbon footprints should be reduced through increased efficiency and a transition to renewable energy sources to keep the 1.5-degree Celsius target alive. Coastal and marine ecosystems should be managed using integrated, inclusive, cross-sectoral, and ecosystem-based approaches. Marine Protected Areas’ scale, representativeness, connectivity, and management effectiveness should be amplified to achieve the 30 by 30 objective of the post-2020 GBF. The sustainability of the seafood sector should be enhanced through the elimination of harmful fisheries subsidies and better Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance, namely through digital tools. Plastics, and other sources of pollution, should be addressed through reduction, circulation approaches, and improved waste management, including through a better use of innovative data tools.
To achieve that, SIDS will need to address the annual ocean-health funding gap that is estimated to be more than USD 174 billion at the global level. Conservation finance, supported by innovative mechanisms, will therefore be vital in 2023 to ensure the proper implementation of MEAs. In 2022, SIDS, like Fiji and Cabo Verde, have shown leadership by introducing such innovative finance mechanisms that can be replicated elsewhere. Looking forward, creating a well-regulated blue carbon market will also help overcome the challenges related to funding conservation, especially in SIDS, where blue carbon ecosystems, like mangroves and seagrass meadows, are abundant. Natural capital accounting could also be leveraged to tackle this funding gap. According to a recent article, published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, natural capital accounting would not only help reduce the nature financing gap but would also encourage businesses to adopt conservation practices. Fiji, with support from the global ocean accounts partnership, is testing the approach by implementing an ocean accounting pilot focusing on mangroves. The exercise will help understand the contribution of mangrove forests to society and the economy while providing a tool to assess the efficiency of policies and management interventions. Looking forward to 2023, this approach could help more SIDS enrich Blue Economy policy discussions and accelerate a blue recovery.
Most importantly, the required transformational policy change needs to internalize ocean externalities, as advocated in UNDP’s Ocean Promise. This means that the costs of ocean health degradation should be internalized into the accounts of the industries responsible for these impacts. This was recently highlighted by H.E. Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, during the last World Ocean Summit Asia-Pacific as an effective way to address both climate change and ocean health degradation. But while such changes will be driven by policy changes, a shift in our consumption patterns as individuals is necessary, so all hands on deck!
Read the full 2023 and Beyond SIDS Bulletin.
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This short series of six volumes is designed to help young people understand the vital role of organisations like the Red Cross and the World Wide Fund for Nature in their struggles to create a better world. Illustrated in full colour throughout in many cases from the archives of the organisations concerned, these will be lively, authoritative books that will help young people to grow up as caring members of society. Scared, starving and in fear of losing their lives, millions of people flee from their homelands, each one becoming `another' refugee. Working in extreme conditions, bargaining with governments and countries at war, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, the UNHCR, strives against the odds to provide international protection for refugees; fulfilling their immediate needs for shelter, food and water to keep them alive and safe, while working to achieve a long term solution to the plight of these people. In the face of a growing problem, heightened in Europe after World War 1, the then League of Nations took action. In 1921 the Arctic explorer, Fridtjot Nansen, was appointed first High Commissioner for Refugees. Originally set up as a temporary organization, UNRCR is still working today - facing an ever growing number of refugees - as mankind commits atrocities against one another.
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LMPD and Jefferson County Attorney to join Welch for April “Coffee with your Councilwoman”
Friday March 26, 2010
For Immediate release:
Louisville Metro Council
Contact: Tony Hyatt 574-4137/526-3622
Councilwoman Vicki Aubrey Welch (D-13) has invited the Louisville Metro Police Department and Jefferson County Attorney Mike O’Connell to join her for the next “Coffee with your Councilwoman” on Saturday, April 10th in District 13.
“If we want to keep our communities safe, then it is very important that we know who the men and women are who serve in our Police Department,” says Welch. “It is also important to meet the elected official who oversees prosecution of criminals in our community.”
The District 13 “Coffee with your Councilwoman” will begin at 9:00am at First String Family Sports Grill, 5921 New Cut Road.
“In the last few months, LMPD began an increased presence in the Fairdale area by opening a District 13 Substation at the Fairdale Resource Center in Hornbeck Park on Fairdale Rd.” says Welch. “This allows less travel time for officers to patrol our district and then use this substation instead of the SW Government Center for paperwork and roll calls.”
Councilwoman Welch recently appropriated $5,000 from her Neighborhood Funds for LMPD to be used for crime prevention, education and overtime as needed.
O’Connell will be on hand to answer questions about Child Support, Traffic, DUI, Felony/Misdemeanor and any other questions regarding Jefferson Co. District Courts.
“The County Attorney and I recently worked together on the concept of separate court dockets for domestic violence cases,” says Welch. “It is a partnership that is working toward making our community safer.”
For more information about the April District 13 Coffee with your Councilwoman, Contact Councilwoman Welch’s office at 574-1113.
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Fighter plane: 1; arts: 0 -- UPDATED
That F-22 Raptor fighter plane that is widely considered an expensive, obsolete bit of military hardware? On Wednesday, the House of Representatives' Armed Services Committee voted 31 to 30 to shell out a down payment of $369 million in fiscal 2010 for 12 more F-22s.
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates -- who, with President Obama, in April tried to shut down plans to make 60 more of the useless things -- was not amused. After the vote, Gates told Reuters news agency: "Frankly, to be blunt about it, the notion that not buying 60 more F-22s imperils the national security of the United States, I find completely nonsense."
In the face of withering criticism of the F-22's military limitations -- it hasn't been used in Iraq or Afghanistan -- supporters of the radar-evading jet had touted its benefits to the struggling national economy. The F-22 provides $12 billion annually in national economic activity through 25,000 jobs in 44 states, as well as an additional 70,000 that are indirectly affected by the program.
For comparison, the national lobbying group Americans for the Arts says the country's 5.7 million workers in the nonprofit culture industry contribute $166 billion to the annual economy. The nonprofit cultural sector has been hard hit by the severe recession, yet the proposed 2010 budget for the National Endowment for the Arts is $161 million -- less than half of what the Armed Services Committee is asking for 12 obsolete fighter jets.
Twenty-five Republicans were joined in voting for the surprise amendment by six Democrats: Jim Marshall (Ga.), Joe Courtney (Conn.), Gabrielle Giffords (Ariz.), Eric Massa (N.Y.), Bobby Bright (Ala.) and Mike McIntyre (N.C.).
UPDATE: Monday night Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) filed an amendment to eliminate F-22 funding (and to restore funding for nuclear waste clean-up that had been taken out to pay for the fighter jet). Said Frank (via):
I am of course struck that so many of my colleagues who are so worried about the deficit apparently think the Pentagon is funded with Monopoly money that somehow doesn't count...
The Obama administration has expanded production of a different fighter plane, the F-35, which is being built by many of the same companies designated to work on the F-22. Rep. Frank disputed sponsors' claims that jobs would be affected by scrapping the F-22, noting:
-- Christopher Knight
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The recurrent vibrations caused by snoring can lead to injuries in the upper airways of people who snore heavily. This in turn can cause swallowing dysfunction and render individuals more vulnerable for developing the severe condition obstructive sleep apnea. These findings are reported by researchers at Umeå University. Their on-going research focuses on the processes behind vibratory damage and healing of the upper airway tract.
Research focuses on the processes behind vibratory damage and healing the upper airway tract
“Besides the disturbing effects, constant snoring can be a significant health risk. Nonetheless, there are indications that our research will guide towards early preventive measures and in the long term also enhance healing of damaged tissue caused by snoring,” says Associate Professor Per Stål, research leader at the Department of Integrative Medical Biology at Umeå University.
Injuries can be seen at both the structural and molecular level
Researchers in Umeå have shown that snorers and sleep apnea patients have neuromuscular injuries in the upper respiratory tract. The injuries can be seen at both the structural and molecular level. Researchers could also observe a correlation between snoring and swallowing dysfunction as well as a relation between nerve damage and obstructive sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is characterized by repeated collapse of the upper respiratory tract leading to respiratory arrest during sleep, which increases the risk of cardiovascular disease.
What the studies show
The studies show that people who constantly snore heavily and have sleep apnea displayed a loss of nerves and muscle mass in the soft palate. Furthermore, the attempts by the body to heal damaged tissue were disturbed resulting in an abnormal muscle structure. Another interesting finding was that muscle fibers in the soft palate lacked or had a disturbed organization of certain structural proteins. These proteins stabilize the organelles of the muscle cell and support cellular structures related to energy production and muscle fiber contraction.
Researchers also found the following
The researchers also found that a neurotransmitter normally associated with healing and regeneration of neurons was present in the muscle cells. This finding suggests that the body is trying to heal the injuries, but the recurrent snoring vibrations prevent proper healing. It becomes a vicious circle where snoring causes damage and at the same time disturbs healing of injuries, which can lead to swallowing dysfunction and sleep apnea.
“Present findings have given us a clearer picture of the effects of snoring vibrations, which in turn increases the possibilities of finding ways to prevent damage and enhance the body’s healing processes,” says Farhan Shah, one of the researchers in the group.
Research group has now begun to experimentally grow muscles and nerve cells
The research group has now begun to experimentally grow muscles and nerve cells at the Laboratory of muscle biology. The cultured cells will be exposed to harmful vibrations and oxygen desaturation, and the process of damage will be assessed. Thereafter, the cells will be treated with substances previously known for their role in repair and regeneration. Researchers are hopeful that the experiments will generate extensive data that can contribute to new treatment strategies for vibration damage.
The research findings have been published in the scientific journals Chest and Respiratory Research.
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October 16, 2023
No peace: Turtles, whales, dredging
By David Pendered
Aug. 2 – No black letter law guides the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decisions over how to balance the reproductive schedules of sea turtles and North American right whales with the calendars of dredging companies that help keep Georgia’s ports open for business.
The animals’ reproductive schedules leave about a dozen weeks a year when dredges could operate without threatening the life cycle of endangered species of sea turtles, or the nearly extinct North American right whales. The issue arose again in July, when the Corps decided to shift a dredging operation to wintertime.
Now NOAA has entered the conflict. On Monday, the agency posted new proposals to safeguard right whales and gave the public through Sept. 29 to comment. Three informational seminars are scheduled, on Aug. 10, Aug. 16 and Aug. 24. The proposal involves reducing speed limits on vessels that are smaller than those now required to slow down in certain areas at certain times of the year. The proposed change would reduce one of the two leading causes of right whales’ death and injury – being hit by a vessel traveling too fast to avoid striking animals that are difficult to see from a distance because they don’t have a dorsel fin protruding above the sea surface and their body color blends in with the water, or entanglement in commercial fishing gear.
The Corps is in the middle of this turbulence.
The Corps is charged with maintaining access between the high seas and the nation’s ports. In Georgia, this means removing sand that accumulates on the bottom of fairways and harbors, sand that could make the waters too shallow for cargo ships to reach the ports of Savannah and Brunswick. The process often involves dredging sand to the surface and depositing it on land.
Almost regardless of when dredging is conducted in Georgia, the action is almost certain to run afoul of right whales delivering babies or sea turtles coming to lay eggs in nests on barrier islands, or returning to sea after nesting. The newborns also are at risk.
In the winter, dredging endangers right whales who travel South to deliver their babies in the warmer waters off the coastlines of Georgia and northern Florida. Calving season runs from mid November to mid-April.
In the spring and summer, dredging endangers sea turtles who flock to Georgia’s barrier islands to lay eggs. Nesting season runs from late May to mid August.
The Corps on Tuesday provided a lengthy response to questions that stem from a dredging schedule decision announced in July – which pushes a potential summer dredging action into the winter.
The first question involved the reason the Corps postponed a potential dredging operation at the Port of Brunswick, from summer, the sea turtle nesting season, to winter, the right whale birthing season.
Second was how this decision comports with language to protect the right whale calving season that’s specified in an agreement the Corps signed in 2020. A section on page 645 states: “The negotiations resulted in an agreement to shift a portion of hopper dredging to summer months when North Atlantic right whale are not present in the action area….” The agreement is the 2020 South Atlantic Regional Biological Opinion for Dredging and Material Placement Activities in the Southeast United States (2020 SARBO).
Finally, one issue that wasn’t part of a question involves a memo signed by the commander of the Savannah Corps in 2021. The memo outlines the Corps’ response to a federal lawsuit involving sea turtle nesting and harbor dredging. The document dated July 13, 2021 states that no hopper dredging will be conducted in the Brunswick or Savannah harbors “except from 15 December – 31 March.” The order appears to contradict protections for right whales as specified in the 2020 SARBO.
Cheri Pritchard, the Corps’ senior public affairs specialist and media operations chief in Savannah, wrote in an email that the Corps’ intention is to provide as much information as possible regarding the Corps’ decision-making process in order to help readers better understand the Corps’ process. Pritchard took office in Nov. 1, 2021, succeeding Billy Birdwell, who retired after almost 19 years in the Savannah office.
Here are the complete responses Pritchard provided:
- “As to Brunswick Harbor, the Corps had an unanticipated opportunity due to unexpected equipment availability to conduct dredging this summer to address shoaling and work that was not able to be completed during the last dredge cycle.
- In an effort to continue open and transparent communication, we notified interested parties to let them know the Corps had an opportunity to dredge Brunswick Harbor starting Aug. 1, 2022.
- After further consideration, the Corps decided to forego that opportunity and continue with the original dredge plan as analyzed in our Regional Harbor Dredge Contract risk assessment for fiscal year 2023.
- That assessment concluded, ‘Hopper dredging and projects requiring survey vessels over 33-ft in length will be scheduled, to the maximum extent practicable, outside of North Atlantic right whale migration and calving season to avoid impacts to North Atlantic right whales, particularly reproducing females and newborn calves.’
- Other information that is considered in the assessment includes where dredged material is to be placed and whether the timing of the placement would be high risk for other listed species (e.g. sea turtles).
- Our next scheduled hopper dredging event for the Brunswick Harbor entrance channel will continue to be on or after Dec. 15, 2022, for a majority of the harbor with the remainder of the necessary dredging still intended to occur during the summer of 2023.
- In addition, cutterhead dredging in Brunswick Inner Harbor (East River and South Brunswick River) is planned during the Fall 2022 timeframe.”
- “USACE understands the importance of minimizing adverse impacts on threatened and endangered species and is committed to protecting them through the development of minimization measures in the Project Design Criteria and through the use of risk-assessments.
- Additionally, the Corps developed the North Atlantic Right Whale Conservation Plan (2020 SARBO Appendix F) to further protect this species. This plan includes vessel speed restrictions when right whales are present and a commitment by USACE to shift dredging projects in the right whale calving areas to times when right whales are not present, to the maximum extent practicable.
- USACE also has co-funded aerial surveys for decades with the US Navy and US Coast Guard in Georgia and northern Florida in partnership with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
- USACE also fully funds aerial surveys in North Carolina and South Carolina which are used to alert mariners when whales are present and aids in an understanding of when and how these endangered whales are migrating from northern foraging regions to the vital southern calving grounds off Brunswick.
- The endangered North Atlantic right whales are hard to see since they lack a dorsal fin, are the same color as the water, and spend all their time in our area at the surface with their calves. However, Protected Species Observers and crew aboard dredges are required to remain on lookout for these whales.
- The advantage of having observers aboard was evident when a right whale mom and calf were spotted earlier this year in Brunswick Harbor during the February dredging thus allowing the dredge to avoid the pair.” | <urn:uuid:ad3f29e7-3646-48ab-bd87-96576beccae3> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 7,544 |
Dorothy is also theand the Chair of the Ethical Journalism Network.
Thank you very much indeed for the great honour of being the first old lady to be invited to deliver the MacTaggart lecture.
I was telephoned late on a Friday night a few weeks ago while dancing at the Hebridean Celtic Festival in Stornoway. So I realised at once I was your first choice.
But we old ladies – or even wee old ladies – are not proud. Decades of cervical smears destroy all pride.
Of course the first thing I did was check out my illustrious predecessors. A younger woman might have been intimidated.
Yes. Kevin Spacey. He proved to be a good choice.
Shane Smith of Vice, an organisation well-named as it turned out.
And by an extraordinary coincidence three people with the same surname – Murdoch. What are the chances of that eh? I especially enjoyed James Murdoch from 2009. He told the audience that it was important to: ‘encourage a world of trust’ and that newspaper readers were: ‘treated with great seriousness and respect.’
Let’s delight ourselves by remembering how Ofcom described him just three years later, in his role at News Group Newspapers during the hacking scandal. He ‘repeatedly fell short of the conduct to be expected of him as a chief executive and chairman’.
So much for trust and respect.
I met James Murdoch once and he patronised and dismissed me. Hey James, now I patronise and dismiss YOU.
Elsewhere on the list, I spotted one name among my predecessors who has not yet had the comeuppance he deserves for his assaults on women.
That’s one of the things about being an old lady, you gather a lot of information over the years. To men who have behaved badly in the past, I say this: you know who you are. And so do I.
Tonight, there’ll be no shortage of sexist bastards, possibly among you in the audience. But I have positive messages too about how we must find courage in this time of crisis and most of all how we must unite to use the power of television to protect democracy because it is being seriously undermined.
I am the Methuselah of TV, I’ve been in the industry nearly 40 years and at Channel Four for 20.
In the course of my work, I’ve thought I’d die a few times, I’ve been temporarily kidnapped, condemned as a terrorist whore, told by my own colleagues I should imprisoned for several years and hardest of all been a single parent.
I’m just about the oldest female TV executive working for a broadcaster and for many reasons being a woman working in news and current affairs has been a struggle.
But I would recommend television journalism to any young woman today embarking on a career.
In what other line of work when some bastard annoys you or you hear of some absolute disgrace, can you say to yourself, ‘I’m going to make a programme exposing that and I’ll put a stop to it!.’ And sometimes you even do.
But I begin with early man in TV. Surprisingly perhaps, I think we have much to learn from him. There’s a reason he has no clothes on in this picture. That was the downside of early TV man; a tendency to remove his clothing.
A quick tip for men. Don’t take your trousers off unless specifically invited to do so.
I started out in television at Granada and from my very first day the overwhelmingly male management made me feel at home. Or to be more accurate, they tried to come home with me.
My colleagues took me to the bar and we were joined by a senior manager. As I was standing on the pavement afterwards, this top bloke suddenly appeared beside me and suggested we get in a taxi together.
How kind was that? Supposing I hadn’t known the way to Chorlton-cum-Hardy and the taxi driver had just arrived from Kabul, that could have been really helpful.
As it happened, my mother had taught me to always memorise the way home, so I was able to tell him his services wouldn’t be needed. Services of any sort.
Try to picture this happening now at Channel Four. Let’s pretend Channel Four employs lots of working-class people from the North of England and imagine a young bloke called Bert from Accrington on his first day.
His new young colleagues take him out to the pub and then I turn up and join them even, although I don’t work directly with any of them. Bert gets up to leave. I follow him out.
Bert stands on Victoria Street to hail a taxi and I sidle up next to him and say, ‘Great news Bert, I’m coming home with you. ‘
That first day at Granada, a female boss had also told me that a director would take me out to teach me the basics of filming and he would sexually assault me, but I wasn’t to take it personally because he sexually assaulted all women he worked with.
Sure enough he did assault me – one of the few examples in my career of the promise of a TV boss coming true. His assault was a criminal offence but who could I complain to? I learned early on that as a woman I was on my own.
Not all approaches were offensive. Some were merely ludicrous.
When I joined World in Action, I was at that point the only woman on the programme, but I needn’t have worried about feeling lonely. Again, there was a man with a kind offer.
Even although I hardly knew him, one of the journalists suggested we have sex. I realised I would need to use all my diplomatic skills in order not to hurt his feelings, so I said, ‘Don’t be ridiculous! Of course I won’t have sex with you. Do you just ask random women for sex?’
And guess what? He did. I asked him what his success rate was and he said, ‘One in a hundred which is pretty good for me.’ Looking at him, I thought it was surprisingly high.
Some, but by no means all, of those men then had terrible attitudes towards women. But, as a group, they also had great attributes which we have lost.
They believed that television was there to say and do big things. Many thought that it was their right and their role to change society. Those men at Granada were passionate believers in the power of television.
They were radical alternative thinkers who believed programmes could be used to make our country a better place. How many people in TV today would say out loud that they wanted to use TV to make Britain a better place?
Their achievements were immense – extraordinary investigations like The Birmingham Six, great documentaries like Seven Up and inside the Communist Party, landmark series and strands like Disappearing World or End of Empire, a new way of covering elections in the Granada 500 and the invention of new forms in television like the drama-doc.
And they challenged the authority not just of those who ran the institutions of the UK but also of their own TV bosses. Far too many people in TV now spend all day agreeing with their bosses. It’s simply ghastly to witness.
Our country is undergoing seismic changes. There is widespread disillusion and a loss of a sense of belonging as society fragments. Whatever happens about Brexit, we need big new ideas to take us forward. But I don’t see big ideas on TV now.
Too many programmes are saying small or medium-sized things about society. Where do we go for big ideas? Books, Tedtalks, podcasts, all really popular.
On the news, I’m hearing every day that the very fabric of our democratic system is being ripped to shreds.
But where is this crisis being analysed outside of the news. UK broadcasters still make some great investigations but where are the programmes which shake all our assumptions about society?
So often I’m told that documentary formats now deal with important subject matters but formats only describe society as it is, they don’t provide a vision for change.
If we are worried about becoming irrelevant, one of the best things we can do is to start making big controversial programmes about the UK which put us back at the heart of public debate as we used to be.
We are all desperate for young audiences. Millions of young people are now politically aware and active.
They’re prepared to spend hours listening to extraordinarily serious podcasts, often authored by some pretty heavy duty thinkers.
They’re searching for alternative ways of seeing the world and for answers to major issues like climate change and the viability of our current financial systems.
A great Ted Talk gets millions of views. We have to stop being afraid of serious analysis authored by big brainy people. We have the ability and we have the airtime. Let’s make some really clever and difficult programmes.
We are obsessed by the fall in audiences and forever looking over our shoulders at Netflix and other streaming services, hypnotised by their success.
But terrestrial TV still accounts for 69 per cent of all TV viewing, according to very recent Ofcom figures. That is three hours 12 minutes a day which is massive.
And we have something else too – very high levels of trust. The latest Ofcom figures show that 71 per cent of audiences think television news is accurate and trustworthy.
Take advice from an older woman – I’m about the same age as ITV – when you’re getting on a bit, reinvent yourself. I used to be a tall blonde woman.
And think what you have that makes you special. In the case of terrestrial TV – we are the only people who have any interest in saying big things about Britain. That’s not the role of Netflix or other streaming services, terrific as they are in many ways.
I counted 29 different programmes on Netflix about drugs. I wonder if there’s a drug cartel anywhere that’s not currently being followed by a streaming service.
There’s also a plethora of programmes about serial killers. Programmes about mass murdering drug lords will contribute nothing to the reinvention of the UK’s political landscape.
But when we do major investigations here in Britain, like Channel Four News’ investigation alongside that of Carol Cadwallader into Cambridge Analytica, they gain huge traction. The public appetite is there.
Now painful as it is to admit it, Rupert Murdoch made a very good point in his MacTaggart back in 1989, the very period when I was working on World in Action.
He said television was ‘controlled by like-minded people who knew what was good for us’ and criticised TV for reflecting the values of a ‘narrow elite’.
My vision of empowered and daring producers and commissioning editors who want to shape society for the better doesn’t work if all those empowered people are just a bunch of posh boys.
By what right do we showcase big ideas if we are such a small group? I looked at the two Directors UK reports which came out late last year.
OK the figures are not completely up-to-date but only 2.2 per cent of directors came from black and ethnic minority backgrounds and fewer than 25 per cent were women.
That matters because we can’t reflect society properly if we ourselves don’t reflect society.
When you change who is making TV, you change TV. I am proud that I was part of a group of women who changed current affairs by making regular programmes about issues affecting women.
The first programme I produced and directed for World in Action was about rape in marriage, then not a crime, and two very senior journalists told me it wasn’t a suitable subject for the programme and indeed not even a ‘story’.
They were right. It was more than a story. It was a scandal which besmirched our society. These women-focused programmes rated well but I could tell that quite a few of my colleagues didn’t rate them much.
My reputation was nearly destroyed when Mary Whitehouse rang up to say how good one of my films had been. By great good fortune, I took the call. I’m ashamed to say I told her Dorothy Byrne was out but I’d pass on the compliment. I never told me colleagues she’d rung.
The lack of people from ethnic minorities then was appalling. At Granada, I was the union equality officer when ACTT asked us to do a survey of the number of black people working there.
I didn’t need to do a survey, I personally knew all five black people– out of a workforce of around 1,600. When I reported this back to the joint union committee, one of the ‘brothers’ said, ‘That’s five too many.’
And another chipped in, a la Trump, that they should all go back home.
Of course, I pointed out this almost certainly WAS their home. While that would never happen now, the lack of progress in increasing ethnic diversity in television is the single most disappointing failure during my career.
I was asked quite recently by a Channel Four manager what I thought of our diversity initiative. I replied that I honestly couldn’t remember how it was any different to the last diversity initiative.
In fact, was he absolutely sure it WASN’T the last diversity initiative? Or maybe the one before? I have known so many in my time. Not so long ago I was sitting in a room of managers at Channel Four and one asked why we thought we were not achieving more on ethnic diversity.
Everyone looked puzzled and thoughtful – the way people in TV do when they’re pretending to be deep and meaningful – until I said, ‘I don’t know if any of you have noticed, but everyone in this room is white?
Could that be connected?’ So, Alex Mahon, Tony Hall, Caroline McCall and David Lynn, it’s time to achieve real change.
But we also need to resist the idea that we don’t need older white men anymore and that they should be crushed out of the way. I hate the term, ‘Pale, male and stale.’ As someone who sticks up for the rights of old ladies, I need to stick up for old gents too.
They are still overrepresented, but their voices are vital for our society.
Look at John Ware who just reported an excellent and important Panorama on anti-Semitism.
He is pale, he is male, but he is certainly not stale. Is he politically correct? Well fairly recently we were in an edit suite together and he called me ‘Sweetie.’ At once the room fell silent. Indeed, I would say time stood still.
And then in the low and vaguely threatening tone I have polished over years, I said, ‘I am not your sweetie.’ To which John replied, ‘Yes you are.’ Sisters, I regret, I just laughed.
The most important reason for us to get our houses in order on diversity is that our current failure undermines our role as the key mediators between politicians and the public.
How can we represent the people of the UK if we ourselves are unrepresentative of the population? Mind you, politicians are also unrepresentative.
Look at Dominic Cummings and Seumas Milne, the Svengalis of our two main parties. One went to Durham School and Exeter College, Oxford, the other to Winchester College and Balliol College, Oxford. That’s what counts as diversity in British politics.
We have shortcomings but we mustn’t underestimate our importance to democracy. The majority of people in the UK still rely on TV as their main source of news – 75 percent of the public.
We play a vital role in democratic debate in this country. Viewing figures for election debates and interviews are high, as they were for the recent Tory leadership debate. In the debates Boris Johnson deigned to join, around five million viewers watched.
That’s way more than can be reached by any newspaper and certainly for the Tories’ alternative to us – the Prime Minister’s Q&A sessions with the public on Facebook Live
Don’t believe politicians when they say that the public doesn’t trust the so-called mainstream media in the UK. They trust TV. Remember, terrestrial television has huge levels of trust: 71 percent.
It’s politicians who are not trusted – they have a trust rate of 19 per cent. And news on the internet – the medium politicians are increasingly using to bypass us – has, according recent Reuters Institute figures, a trust level of only 22 percent with a mere 10 percent for news on social.
Our investigations and those of other news organisations have also exposed the ways in which news on social platforms is used by those outside the UK to attempt to influence voting.
It has never been more essential that politicians should use the most trusted medium of. In the past, our politicians accepted that they had to be held accountable on television.
But in recent years, there has been a dramatic fall in politicians holding themselves up to proper scrutiny on TV and in recent months and even weeks, that decline has, in my view, become critical for our democracy.
We have a new Prime Minister who hasn’t held one major press conference or given one major television interview since he came to power.
That cannot be right. And we have a leader of the opposition who similarly fails to give significant interviews on terrestrial TV. We may be heading for an election very soon.
What are they going to do then? I genuinely fear that in the next election campaign there will be too little proper democratic debate and scrutiny to enable voters to make informed decisions.
Many of you will have seen the excellent recent BBC series on Margaret Thatcher. One striking feature was the number of lengthy television interviews Thatcher did.
Leaders of the past subjected themselves to half hour or forty-five minute interviews with the likes of Brian Walden and Robin Day and held regular press conferences.
During the 1987 election, Thatcher and Kinnock chaired daily press conferences and gave several full-length interviews. Even more recently, Miliband and Cameron also did extensive interviews in election campaigns.
However, Theresa May, when she was leader, and Corbyn, failed to hold themselves to account in the same way. In the 2017 election, May and Corbyn did only one or two events a day.
Outside of election periods, and setting aside some interviews with Andrew Marr, Theresa May’s PR people generally said she would do interviews of only four minutes, maybe six if you were lucky.
Throughout her time as PM, May’s longest interview with Channel Four News was seven minutes. How do you delve into the complex problems of our times in a few minutes. Jeremy Corbyn sometimes permits only one question, and then doesn’t answer it!
At the 2018 Conservative Party Conference, Mrs May made history by refusing to do interviews with Channel Four or Channel Five. Other broadcasters were so appalled that they signed a letter of protest to Downing Street for which I thank them.
When we were trying to get that interview, Robbie Gibb, May’s press supremo, said to us, ‘What’s in it for us?’ As if interviews were purely for the benefit of politicians and not the public.
It is notable that Theresa May told Laura Kuenssberg that the one thing she regretted was refusing to take part in TV debates. And no offence meant but she has lots of things she could regret.
During the entirety of the most recent European election, neither May nor Corbyn did a major interview with a broadcaster, not even on the night of the results.
But what is happening now is far more serious. For weeks and weeks of the Conservative leadership election, Boris Johnson was virtually invisible on television.
The public was able to view him mainly on hustings organised by his own party. Our experience at Channel Four was typical. He kept promising to come on Channel Four News. He never did. He didn’t do an interview with ITV News or Channel Five News either.
And he failed to turn up to our leaders debate. There’s his empty podium in the middle. Throughout that campaign, Boris Johnson was castigated widely for failing to be held accountable on television.
He did the minimum he could – just two leaders’ debates, one interview with Laura Kuenssberg and just one real grilling by Andrew Neil.
And what about this man? The leader of the opposition is rarely to be heard in any significant television interview. It’s not so much, ‘Oh Jeremy Corbyn’ as No Jeremy Corbyn.
The other day John McDonnell said he was going to put Jeremy Corbyn in a taxi and send him off to see the Queen. That befuddled me as I’ve been able to get in taxis by myself since I was about twelve.
I had the wild idea of sending the queen – a fellow old lady after all – a camera so that if she was lucky enough to meet Mr Corbyn she could ask him some questions on behalf of the British people. Because few of us get to do that.
Jeremy Corbyn gave the alternative MacTaggart last year and some of you may remember that he said, ‘At their best, journalists challenge accountable power.‘
Yes, Jeremy but we need the chance to question accountable power. He also said that, ‘fearless journalists and those who support them and their work are some of the heroes of our time.’
Go on Jeremy, be a hero, come on Channel Four News, go on the Today programme or Newsnight. You can do it. You can even get in a taxi by yourself and do it. It’s easy. You just hail them on the street and they stop. Although, maybe not if your Jeremy Corbyn. Could that have been the problem?
Corbyn did do an interview on Channel Four News at the Labour Party Conference in 2017 but then didn’t do another until the same time in 2018. And he hasn’t done one since. So annual appearances. What does he think he is? My birthday?
Ironically, both Johnson and Corbyn used to be journalists. Corbyn began his career as a reporter on the Newport and Market Drayton Advertiser and is even a member of the National Union of Journalists. And when they were outsiders in their parties they both spoke to TV regularly.
Of course, Dominic Cummings, allegedly the most important political figure in this country at present, has never done a television interview as far as I know.
And indeed has such respect for our democratic system that he was held to be in contempt of it when he refused to appear in front of the parliamentary committee investigating fake news
Boris Johnson has been proclaimed by Downing Street as the first social media PM.
On taking office, he recorded a jolly statement – so much more fun than being grilled by Emily Maitlis or Jon Snow. It reminded me of something and at first I couldn’t think what it was.
And then it came to me. This great flagbearer for democracy Vladimir Putin who also likes to talk directly to the nation.
We’ve also seen a stream of paid adverts on Facebook. He says he wants us to join him. Great, can we bring Matt Frei and a camera crew?
Meanwhile, he’s roaming round the country doing photo opportunities with Kinder eggs full of drugs. Shouldn’t he be busy doing something else?
As for his Facebook Live Q&As. We were told it was ‘unpasteurised and unmediated.’ Of course, it was also unregulated and therefore under no duty to be duly impartial. We did not show that propaganda exercise. And we should not show this propaganda as a matter of course.
The questions were easy and there were no follow-ups. Here’s one – ‘How would he protect mental health services?’ Break your heart Cathy Newman, could you have come up with that? Call yourself a journalist Andrew Neil, could you thought of this toughie? ‘What’s going to be done to tackle knife crime?
But the most challenging question of all came last: Who is your favourite politician? He said Pericles. Oh you man of the people! You couldn’t resist showing off your lovely classical education at Eton and Oxford.
What will it be next time? What’s your favourite colour? When will you bring world peace? Do you have any personal morality at all? Oops that last one is a real question. Couldn’t help myself.
What would Margaret Thatcher have thought of these two mighty leaders who avoid the regular grillings she accepted?
I would never have thought I would say these words: I believe that Mrs Thatcher would agree with me; Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are cowards. She had a word for men like them – ‘frit’.
If they really believe in the policies they promote, they should come onto television to explain them, to allow them to be scrutinised and to justify them.
And just this weekend we read that these cowardy-cats in the Tory party may stop junior ministers from going onto the Today programme. I have previously described listening to Today as like accidentally walking into a knitting shop in Bournemouth.
But even I accept that millions listen to it and they have a right to hear from their political leaders on it.
Let’s look at a Western democracy whose leader decided he didn’t need to be held up to scrutiny. Who could I be thinking of? Where did Boris Johnson get his great idea about not having to bother with people like us?
Yes, it’s Mr Chlorinated Chicken himself, Donald Trump. Trump has abandoned formal White House briefings. He, like our PM, prefers to take questions from journalists during photo opps, notably getting onto his helicopter. That’s what you need Mr Johnson!
A helicopter to drown out all intelligent questions! Journalists have to shout out and there is no opportunity for follow-ups. And as we all know, Trump’s on social media day and night.
Of course, if you asked HIM who his favourite politician was he’d say himself. That’s actually true. When asked who his favourite president was, he said Donald Trump.
More importantly, Trump has abandoned any belief in the primacy of truth. If the leader of a democracy no longer believes in the fundamental importance of truth, then that democracy is undermined. That is what has happened in the US and we must not allow it to happen here.
Trump lies as a matter of course now. The Washington Post listed ten thousand of his lies a while back but it’s gone up since then. He lies for convenience and on a whim.
Recently, he repeated a claim that his father was a German, born in a lovely little village. It’s an easy mistake to make isn’t it? I used to find myself saying to my own father of a morning, ‘Guten Morgen PAPI Wie geht’s DIE (dier).’ He’d look confused. He came from Craigellachie.
It’s unfortunate that Trump’s father ISN’T German because it means that if his great new idea of people being ‘sent back’ catches on, my country, Scotland, would get Donald Trump.
I’m not feeling Nicola Sturgeon would be pleased. Trump’s mother came from the Outer Hebrides. I’ve got bad news for you Donald, I asked around on your behalf during my recent Hebridean journey. I couldn’t find anybody who wanted you.
Time for a fish! In honour of Scotland, I’ve brought along a herring to rival the kipper Boris Johnson produced in the leadership election. He said that Brussels bureaucrats had demanded that each kipper had to be accompanied by a plastic ice pillow. That was simply untrue. Even Donald Trump’s never lied about a kipper.
Going back decades, Johnson has lied about the EU.
1991 – EU bureaucrats reject Italian demands for smaller condoms. Rubbish.
The EU set rules on the shape of bananas. Nonsense
More recently, he claimed he was resigning from Theresa May’s government partly because the EU had prevented the UK from passing a law to save the lives of female cyclists. What a feminist that man is! So many women say that to me.
Here is what we all need to decide: what do we do when a known liar becomes our Prime Minister?
I’ve talked to journalists from several television organisations about this issue. They said they would be loathe to use that word ‘liar’. Remember when Andrew Marr told Penny Mourdant her claim that the UK couldn’t stop Turkey from joining the EU was ‘ strange’.
It was strange but it was also untrue, a lie. Is it time for us to start using the L word? I believe that we need to start calling politicians out as liars when they lie. If we continue to be so polite, how will our viewers know that politicians ARE lying?
And several of us have excellent online factchecking services – we need to put more of that information into our broadcast programmes to help viewers spot the porky pies. .
Of course, politicians don’t hold back from criticising us rudely and saying WE lie. The Labour Party said the Panorama on anti-Semitism purveyed: ‘deliberate and malicious misrepresentation designed to mislead the public’.
I am chair of a small international charity the Ethical Journalism Network which helps journalists round the world uphold standards. I honestly never thought I would be campaigning here in the UK to establish the primacy of truth.
If we are going to be asked to cast our votes on the basis of lies, then democracy is in trouble. Hang on a minute, did that already happen?
At Channel Four I’ve commissioned many award-winning international films on Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, North Korea, Iraq, Syria. But the films which matter most are those, like MPs for Hire, which investigate our own country and its politicians.
Another ploy of both Trump and some of our own politicians is to accuse journalists of being negative and unpatriotic. Trump regularly attacks journalists for being ‘the enemy of the people’ and criticises his opponents as negative and lacking patriotism.
He even said that the congresswomen he’d wanted to be sent home should be ‘more positive’ and reminded them that they had an obligation to love their country.
Presumably before they got thrown out of it. Some of you will remember that Trump’s chum Nigel Farage accused Andrew Marr of being ‘an enemy’.
And you might remember the night that this woman, now Secretary of State for Business, Andrea Leadsom, told Emily Maitlis on Newsnight that broadcasters should be ‘a bit patriotic’ because ‘we all need to pull together’.
Boris Johnson’s equivalent of Trump’s attack on the negativity of journalists and opponents is to rail against ‘the doubters, the doomsters’ and ’the gloomsters’.
I don’t need any politician to tell me to be patriotic. And it’s not being a gloomster to question policies. It’s the role of the free press in a democracy.
But it’s not all bad news. There is a leading politician standing up for truth
Michael Gove! He has launched a rapid rebuttal unit to give instant responses to ‘media myths and half-truths’ to ensure that we the people ‘are not being alarmed by scare stories or falsehoods’.
Now I don’t like to be a snitch, but there’s someone Mr Gove should keep an eye on.
Yes, the UK’s most famous recipient of EU farming subsidies, Dominic Cummings. Let’s remind ourselves of just a few Vote Leave messages.
The EU will ban the British kettle. Really Dominic?
The EU prevents us from protecting polar bears. Honestly Dominic?
Turkey – population 76 million is joining the EU. Well we’re still waiting on that.
In the difficult period we are entering, we need the truth and we need proper scrutiny of all our major politicians. Television is a bulwark of our democracy, those who undermine its role are undermining democracy.
It’s time for the television industry to stand up for itself and speak out publicly against what is happening. Yes, we are rivals but we have to form a united front in opposing attempts to side line our central role in the political life of this country.
And forget the idea that the public can judge what is true. We showed 1,700 people six stories and asked them to judge which were true and which false.
Only 4% of people got all the answers right. And why should they? They are not in a position to research the truth of stories. That’s what journalists are there for.
With so much to be done to uphold the role of television in our democracy, where are the other old ladies to help me? All the women I started out with have gone.
What happened to them? I feel a bit like a character in an Agatha Christie story’ And Then There was One’. Were they all murdered? I’m the only one left, did I do it? I’m the obvious suspect. Meanwhile, the men went on and on, gathering their MBEs and OBEs and fresh young wives.
We need to do much better in keeping women in the workplace and ensuring careers are not blighted by having children. As the freelance editor of an ITV programme and a single parent, I had to go back to work after six weeks.
And the percentage of women working freelance has increased since then. For those who are staff, much more could be done to introduce flexible working. The problem barely discussed is the menopause.
A quarter of women suffer significant symptoms and a major survey found that a quarter of women considered giving up work these were so bad.
Often this problem coincides with parents falling sick and children taking major exams.
That happened to me and life was a real struggle. Major broadcasters and larger companies need to take the lead by offering flexible and reduced working to older women so they are not lost to the industry.
Even getting your boss to understand there IS such a thing as the menopause can be a problem. Kevin Lygo is an inspirational leader but his knowledge of middle-aged women’s medical matters is perhaps wanting.
When he was my boss, we were meeting one day when he suddenly remarked that I looked seriously unwell. I said I was not ill. ‘But you’ve gone all red and you seem to have a fever,’ he said. I repeated, ‘I am not ILL Kevin,’ in what I thought was a meaningful way. He repeated that I was and I should go home.
So I went back to my desk and announced I was leaving for the day. Everyone asked me why and I said, ‘Because my boss has never heard of the menopause.’
More recently Kevin has told me that this misunderstanding occurred because he assumed I was too young to being going through the change of life. What a charmer!
Now, some of you may be aware that very occasionally I have a poem published. So tonight, I bring you a first – a MacTaggart poem.
Think of me as your poet laureate. To avoid undermining my reputation as a serious journalist, I use various noms de plum. Tonight, my nom de plume will be ‘Sweetie’.
So here, to conclude, is my poem.
MY TV DREAM
I have a dream
Boris and Jeremy together on telly
Or is that a nightmare?
All BBC presenters massively overpaid equally
A programme about THIS island
Making more noise than Love Island.
And dirty bastards arrested before they die
Or they just die. Either option is good.
The menopause is not mistaken for malaria.
And I can at last come out
And admit I was twelve when the Sound of Music was released
Work that out!
And so I say to you all
So long, good night, auf wiedersehn goodbye
The sun has gone to bed and so must I.
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One analyst is predicting that smartphones will outnumber “featurephone” handsets in the United States by the end of next year. The number suggest that could be something of a stretch, but the trend is certainly there.
The claim comes from Horace Dediu of asymco. His argument is based on the latest market share figures from ComScore, which estimate that 60.7 million of the 234 million mobile users in the US have smartphones, a hair under 26 percent. That’s backed up by a similar estimate by Nielsen that puts the figure at 29.7 percent.
In this context, a smartphone is defined as one that runs a full operating system (as opposed to only being able to run applications in, for example, Java.) It’s possible the true percentage of people using smartphones may be a little higher if you account for people who have both a smartphone and a featurephone, though this shouldn’t make a significant difference.
These figures compare to a smartphone share of about 20 percent a year ago, a number that has declined at a fairly consistent pace, though notably more sharply between July and October. (The numbers suggest that’s largely because of featurephone users upgrading to Android devices.)
Dediu is predicting that, having gone from a little under 20 percent to somewhere between 26 and 29 percent in the space of the 15 months, the smartphone share will go on to double to 50 percent in the same period.
On the face of it, that sounds ludicrous: it would be a huge increase in the pace of the shift to smartphones. However, a close look at the projections suggests that Dediu is expecting two significant changes. While he’s forecasting the user numbers of other smartphone platforms to remain roughly the same, he expects a notable increase in Apple numbers and what looks to be a quadrupling of the Android share.
In analyzing these forecasts it’s important to remember that Dediu is effectively saying Apple and Android will be capturing first-time smartphone buyers rather than stealing share from rivals.
The number of iPhone users will almost certainly increase substantially if (nay, when) the handset comes to Verizon. However, given the high cost of buying and using an iPhone, I’d suspect many of the people waiting for such a move will already be running another brand of smartphone while they wait.
The Android argument is more compelling, though. Google’s system has two advantages that are particularly important when it comes to appealing to people who haven’t got a smartphone yet: it’s free, meaning cheaper handsets are possible; and it’s customizable, making it more practical to target small niches of users and tackle the wide variety of reasons many people haven’t upgraded.
So: Smartphones to take over America in 2011? I suspect not, but that day is certainly not only approaching, but its doing so at a rapidly increasing pace.
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September 27th, 2014
Sometimes the marketing materials used in your appointment setting campaign feel like propaganda. If this makes you feel uncomfortable, don’t worry. You might be on to something. Is it really all right to give your entire campaign the look and feel of a crusade?
Now in the financial service, there are no shortages of causes worth fighting for. And often times, these tie directly into your business (whether it’s more transparent accounting or assisting uninsured). Yet at the same time, the controversies often arising from these causes can serve to trap marketers.
September 20th, 2014
Confidentiality is of utmost importance in the industry of accounting. Professionals are sworn to share financial information with only those who either the authority or the right.
What you may not yet know is that all this secrecy is also a component in some lead generation tactics.
June 7th, 2014
Good business advice generates a lot of positive effects, marketing wise. It creates and nurtures trust. It establishes credibility. It sets up the sales-readiness that every financial lead generation is supposed to aim for.
But when it comes to advice, emotion tends to play a powerful role, even in ways that often surprises B2B marketers. Take anger for example. You don’t need World War propaganda to see how prospect’s are more prone to action when you rile them up and point them to a common enemy.
Unfortunately, what happens when this backfires? What happens when your impassioned speech about certain financial ideals provoked the occasional backlash from a disappointed customer?
May 3rd, 2013
If you find the title a bit ominous, rest assured that even the best lead generation companies do not always meet the expectations of their clients due to factors outside their control. They are however well within your own if you know when to act fast enough. Do not think your lead generation services are completely off the hook though as there are also things they can do to help.
April 18th, 2013
You will find many who say that its never good to limit your financial services lead generation strategy to only those that give your business easy sales. Opting for the easy way out has never been the most honorable option no matter what the era. On the other hand, there is a difference between planning a tactical retreat in your lead generation strategy and one that is simply cowardly. | <urn:uuid:6bce6540-5326-4fac-890e-106096240e4a> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,407 |
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Reports echoing online Tuesday fueled speculation that Apple is tailoring a low-price version of the iPhone for China and other emerging markets.
DigiTimes.com, which specializes in news about the supply side of the technology industry, cited unnamed sources as saying an iPhone model made with less expensive parts would be rolled out in the second half of this year.
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Dangerous Levels Of E. Coli Bacteria Found At Wellesley College Water SystemBy Mariel Hemingway, UniversityHerald Reporter
A water advisory for Wellesley College was issued after the institution's water samples tested positive for E. coli bacteria. The students and staff were told to boil their drinking water at specific school buildings including the Weston Terrace, the Child Study Center, Wellesley Community Children's Center and two residential buildings.
"The advisory was issued on the basis of routine testing of our water system, which determined that the portion of the system that reaches those four buildings has tested positive for bacterial contamination," Wellesley College wrote in a statement on their website. "We are currently flushing the system and will continue routine testing throughout the weekend."
E. Coli bacteria found in water supply at Wellesley College https://t.co/cNC63ziFaJ
— Bo Snerdley (@BoSnerdley) April 9, 2016
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This is the latest piece in a series on the COP26 climate summit and the danger Asia faces from global warming. Previous articles can be viewed here.
Asia’s efforts to reach international targets for greenhouse gas emissions cuts have come under pressure from powerful industrial lobbies, fossil fuel dependence and lack of investment in renewable energy sources in poor countries.
The trilogy has escalated as the region struggled with energy shortages and price increases in the run-up to last week’s COP26, the crucial United Nations climate conference in Scotland.
While many of the obstacles facing Asia are also seen in other parts of the world, their problems are extremely diverse. The region’s size, energy – intensive industries and large prosperity gaps make it a clockwork for the action needed to achieve decarburization targets.
Nikkei Asia looks at how the story of Indonesia’s coal dependence highlights a structural bloc for change in climate policy in Asia.
Indonesian miner Bukit Asam is trapped between a rock and a hard place. The 102-year-old state-owned company is facing increasing calls to shake off the core of its business: coal. But its renewable energy venture has hit a roadblock that is hampering greater efforts to make the world’s fourth-most populous nation greener.
Bukit Asam says he is eager to harness solar power, to take advantage of abundant loans available on favorable terms for renewable projects. But Bukit Asam could not get the state utility company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to agree to buy its planned solar power production. This is a seemingly insurmountable obstacle as PLN monopolizes Indonesia’s power distribution network.
This article is from Nikkei Asia, a global publication with a unique Asian perspective on politics, economics, business and international affairs. Our own correspondents and outside commentators from around the world share their views on Asia, while our Asia300 division provides in-depth coverage of 300 of the largest and fastest growing listed companies from 11 economies outside Japan.
The stalemate is hampering Indonesia’s pursuit of its promise under the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement to reduce its carbon emissions by 29 percent by 2030 using its own resources, or 41 percent if there is international support. The Ministry of Environment and Forestry claims Indonesia has achieved 24 percent of its total emission reduction target of 834 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2017. No newer figure is available.
Bukit Asam’s switch to solar power should be an important part of the drive for further emission reductions. The company has already built several micro-solar power plants and is planning large-scale plants at large former mining sites on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. China’s announcement in September that it would stop financing coal – fired power plants outside the country apparently strengthened the Indonesian company’s strategic logic.
Bukit Asam’s frustration is all the greater because PLN still has not agreed to buy the solar power. This is despite PLN’s latest 10-year procurement plan unveiled on October 5, in which renewable energy accounts for half of the additional 40.6 GW of power generation capacity to be added nationwide by 2030. This is a big jump from the 29 , 6 percent target in the previous iteration of the plan released in 2019. Under the new targets, solar capacity is supposed to increase fivefold to 4.7GW. The government has promised to achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
PLN’s slow uptake of solar power stems in part from overambitious predictions in its previous power plant procurement programs. This led to a redevelopment of coal-fired facilities and consequent oversupply of Indonesia’s power grid.
The situation was further exacerbated by the economic slowdown in the coronavirus pandemic. This limited the demand for energy and thus the space for Bukit Asam to sell its solar power.
“[Bukit Asam] is quite ambitious with our targets for the development of solar power plant; we have included them in the company’s long-term plans until 2050, ”said Suryo Eko Hadianto, the company’s president. “But the declining growth projections for electricity demand are quite challenging.”
Indonesia’s dependence on coal power contributes to other obstacles facing its efforts to meet its Paris commitments. These include PLN’s opaque procurement processes, Indonesia’s low renewable technology capacity, and tariff and local content rules that are considered the cost of cleaner energy sources.
PLN has insisted it is committed to the government’s promise to be carbon neutral by 2060. President and CEO Zulkifli Zaini said last month that the company’s latest 10-year plan was the “greenest” to date. But he added that the acceptance of renewable energy had to take into account the supply and demand, readiness of infrastructure and the economy of the market. He also pointed to Indonesia’s limited domestic capacity to produce renewable energy and said the country should not remain a mere importer of renewable energy in the future.
The big picture is that Southeast Asia’s largest economy is a serious regional lag in solar power. It has only 154MW of total installed capacity: less than 1 percent of Vietnam’s 19GW, according to a report published in September by BloombergNEF and Jakarta-based energy think tank, the Institute for Essential Services Reform. The research attributes Vietnam’s solar boom over the past few years to favorable price guarantees for both large and small-scale producers – something Indonesia has not done.
Coal is expected to dominate Indonesia’s power mix after 2030, when PLN’s older plants will gradually begin to withdraw. Furthermore, the fuel remains a major export commodity: the country overtook Australia to become the world’s largest exporter in 2017.
The Asian Development Bank, with Indonesia and the Philippines, has partnered with a mechanism to accelerate the retirement of coal-fired power plants in Southeast Asia at COP26 on 3 November.
Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said the country needed an estimated investment of $ 5.7 billion a year to get the necessary amounts of renewable energy into operation. This will include compensation for coal-based independent power producers who have already signed long-term contracts with PLN.
Indrawati said Indonesia could not rely on the government’s budget alone to finance the transition, given other urgent needs such as infrastructure, education and health care. It seeks to raise the issue of financial shortages during its presidency of the G20, which will begin in December.
“Financing is going to be very critical,” Indrawati told a webinar on September 30, adding that she wants a “fair and affordable” transition. She said she would “convey the voice of countries like Indonesia that need to continue with development”, but at the same time acknowledged that they “can not adopt a development strategy that is heavy with CO2 emissions”.
“If you want to reduce coal, let’s discuss the business [side], “she said.” Because I, as finance minister, am talking about real money. “
But a recent outage between Indonesia and Norway has shown some of the complications when rich countries make large environmental investments in lower-income countries.
In 2010, Oslo committed $ 1 billion to support Indonesia’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation, or REDD. Annual forest and peat fires on Sumatra and Borneo islands were one of Indonesia’s largest sources of carbon emissions. They also send striking atmospheric haze to other Southeast Asian countries.
But the Indonesian government announced on September 10 that it would end the REDD + partnership. It called for a “lack of concrete progress” in receiving unspecified results-based payments from Norway for Indonesia’s “performance” in reducing CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions by 11.2 million tonnes in 2016-17. Norway has responded by saying it plans to pay £ 530m ($ 62m) for the 2016-17 deforestation action to the Indonesian Environmental Fund, a body only set up at the end of 2019. It said talks on the transfer were “ongoing” when Indonesia abruptly announced the termination.
The environmental group Greenpeace has expressed its concern about what the end of the agreement would mean for Indonesia’s commitments to reduce climate change. It said there remained a “serious lack of transparency” in the government’s approach.
“The Norway-Indonesia agreement was supposed to enable the two countries to contribute ‘beyond their fair share’ to ensure that the average global temperature rise is kept below 2C. Judging by progress so far. . . efforts under this partnership have fallen far short of achieving this, ”said Kiki Taufik, global head of Greenpeace’s Indonesian Forests campaign. “We need much more ambitious targets, and more international cooperation, not less.”
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3 Surprising Ways Your Morning Routine Can Affect Your Heart Health
“Most heart attacks happen in the morning because the nervous system produces heart-taxing hormones to wake you up,” explains Mark Menolascino, MD, director of The Meno Clinic and author of Heart Solution for Women ($8.40, Amazon). Indeed, studies show that even naturally elevated stress hormones increase the heart’s load, making heart attacks four times more likely before noon.
Fortunately, Dr. Menolascino says small changes to your morning routine can lead to huge improvements in heart health. And that’s especially good news right now, as a recent study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that a strong heart pumps more virus-killing, tissue-healing blood to the lungs — enough to reduce the risk of complications of COVID-19 by as much as 62 percent. “The decisions you’re making now can impact whether you end up with a mild or more severe illness,” adds Menolascino.
Read on for the study-backed strategies.
Rethink Your Alarm
Not fond of that jolt each morning when your alarm goes off? Neither is your heart! “Startling noises increase blood pressure and heart rate,” asserts Nieca Goldberg, MD, author of Dr. Nieca Goldberg’s Complete Guide to Women’s Health ($18, Amazon) and medical director of NYU Langone’s Joan H. Tisch Center for Women’s Health.
Since both are already elevated in the morning, this additional spike makes the heart work even harder. But research at the University of Connecticut shows that opting for a soothing wake-up sound can cut morning blood-pressure surges by up to 20 points, plus reduce the production of stress hormones.
The trick: Look for a classical station on your alarm clock or download a soothing song, such as “Lovely Day” by Bill Withers, to use as an alarm.
Stretch Before Standing
No need to leap out of bed as soon as you wake up — in fact, your heart will thank you if you don’t! Taking 5 minutes each morning before standing up to breathe deeply while gently stretching your arms, legs and back gets the blood circulating — enough to increase blood flow by 36 percent and lower morning stress hormones by 23 percent, researchers say.
“Stretching doesn’t just keep the muscles flexible,” notes Menolascino. “It also helps all of the body’s tissues, tendons and blood vessels stay strong.”
To boost the benefits, try rubbing your scalp for 30 seconds too. University of Miami researchers say that will prompt the release of oxytocin, a brain chemical that lowers stress hormone production by 32 percent and keeps blood pressure low for up to 3 hours.
Add Nuts to Breakfast
Nibbling on 1 oz. of nuts at breakfast could cut your risk of heart disease by as much as 46 percent, suggests research published in the journal Nutrients. “Almonds have healthy monounsaturated and polyunsaturated fats, fiber, antioxidants, and vitamin E that relax blood vessels and lower cholesterol,” explains Dr. Goldberg. They’re also rich in copper, which has been shown to help the body keep levels of the morning stress hormone norepinephrine steady. To get the benefits, enjoy a palmful of almonds each morning — sprinkled on a bowl of oatmeal or Greek yogurt, or blended into a smoothie.
Tip: Go for roasted almonds, if possible. These gems contain twice as many cholesterol-lowering compounds called phenolics as un-roasted almonds.
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The Definition of Colt
A firearms manufacturer started by Samuel Colt in 1855. Colt is most famous for the revolvers they invented and built in the 1800's and
the semi-automatic pistol model 1911 designed by John Moses Browning, and for being the first manufacturer of the AR-15 type rifles.
19 Other Firearms Definitions You Need To Know
The wearing of the portion of the barrel where the gas pressure and heat is highest as the projectile leaves the chamber.
The greater the chamber pressure the more rapid throat erosion occurs which is compounded by rapid firing which heats and weakens the steel.
An unexpected and undesirable discharge of a firearm caused by circumstances beyond the control of the participant(s) such as a mechanical failure or parts breakage.
There are very, very few firearms related "accidents" and if the "Three Rules" are followed there will hopefully be no injury.
Accidental Discharge should not be confused with "Negligent Discharge".
Skirted projectiles used in pellet guns
Any malfunction that results in no shot fired when the trigger is pulled. Commonly caused by a failure to feed, bad ammunition or a broken firing pin.
The speed at which a projectile travels. Velocity is usually measured in feet per second or metres per second.
The cross-shaped object seen in the center of a firearm scope. Its more-proper name is reticle.
An inert ammunition-shaped object, used in practice to simulate misfeeds and other malfunctions and also used in dry fire practice.
Unlike a blank, a dummy round contains no charge at all.
A snap-cap is a type of dummy round.
A firearm manufactured by someone who is not a regular maker of firearms.
Round knob, semi pistol grip.
Helical grooves in the barrel of a gun or firearm, which imparts a spin to a projectile around its long axis.
This spin serves to gyroscopically stabilize the projectile, improving its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.
An early form of complete, self-contained cartridge. It included bullet, powder and ignition primer, all in one package.
The primer was located towards the base of the cartridge, but completely internally. The pin, shaped like a little finishing nail,
pointed on the inside end and resting on the internal primer, projected radially about a quarter-inch to the outside of the base of
the cartridge. When loaded, a pinfire gun showed the tips of the pins exposed through small slots in the tops of the breech faces of the barrels.
To fire, hammers fell on the pins, driving them (through the wall of the cartridge) into the internal primer.
A metal, usually copper, wrapped around a lead core to form a bullet.
The wearing away of a barrel's metal surface by a bullet or shot charge or by the heat of powder gases.
A shooting sport where cometitors use three different guns on each stage of the competion; shotgun, rifle and handgun.
A type of internal safety that prevents the firing pin from moving forward for any reason unless the trigger is pulled.
To tilt a gun to one side or the other,
complicating sighting considerably. Can cause material loss of accuracy,
particularly with a rifle at longer ranges. Some better long range target rifles
are equipped with Spirit Level sights
to help control canting.
The stock is the wooden, polymer, or metal handle of a long gun that extends from the trigger back to where the gun is braced against the shoulder.
An adjustable stock is one that can be easily lengthened or shortened to fit shooters of different sizes.
A charge of powder, a projectile or a cartridge. Also, to prepare a gun for firing by inserting ammunition into it.
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First read this quote from the Paper of Record, the New York Times…
Mr. LaPierre offered no support for any of the proposals made in the last week, like banning assault rifles or limiting high-capacity ammunition, and N.R.A. leaders declined to answer questions.
It’s like listening to your high school girlfriend talk about cars: “Is my brother’s 351 engine faster than your 350 engine?”
Or your grandma talk about drugs: “Are you kids shooting up marijuana?”
Or grandpa talk about the Internet: “How much does it cost to get on to the wicky-pedia to deliver Eddie and Pearl an email?”
Or your sister talk about tools: “I need a screwdriver with an X on the end but I don’t know if I need metric or the other kind.”
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Although water is the main attraction, there is so much more at Hot Springs National Park. Mountain hiking trails, gentle walking paths, an observation tower with views of forever, scenic drives, a campground, and a brewery are just a few examples of activities in the park. Stephen and I are here for a weekend visit to celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary. Knowing we cannot participate in everything the park has to offer, we choose a sampling of activities. First order of business: a traditional bathing experience at Buckstaff Bathhouse. Bathed, buffed, and beautified, we explore Bathhouse Row.
Bathhouse Row is the heart of Hot Springs National Park. Eight bathhouses line the street of downtown Hot Springs, Arkansas, each with a unique look and style. Beginning at the south end of Central Avenue, Lamar Bathhouse is the location of the national park gift shop where various spa items such as bath salts, oils, mani/pedi sets, and fluffy towels and robes are sold alongside books, stuffed animals, souvenir magnets, and a plethora of national park knickknacks. We collect our Hot Springs National Park cancellation stamp and purchase a thick white hand towel embroidered with the Hot Springs National Park logo. Next to Lamar is Buckstaff Bathhouse where we received our early morning pampering. Ozark Bathhouse is currently closed, but will reopen as an art museum; a great excuse for us to return. Quapaw is an operating bathhouse offering more modern services such as hot stone treatments and revitalizing body polishes. Another excuse to return to Hot Springs! Next to Quapaw is Fordyce Bathhouse. Fordyce is the national park’s museum. After watching the short film that explains the history of Hot Springs as well as the science of the springs, we follow the self-guided tour route and explore all three floors of the museum passing through both the men’s and women’s bathing areas, the basement where mechanical exhibits demonstrate how the springs are pumped from the mountain into the bathhouses, and ending at the Hubbard tub, a large, elaborate tub once used for specialty treatments such as physical therapy. It is fun to notice that our bathing experience this morning is so similar to the bathing experience of guests fifty years ago. After touring Fordyce, we pass by Maurice and Hale Bathhouses which are both currently closed. Superior Bathhouse is the last bathhouse on Bathhouse Row. Superior is currently operating as a Brewery with a tasting room; and, since it is lunchtime, perfect timing for a break. Stephen and I are not normally beer drinkers; but…since we did wear togas this morning…when in Rome…I order a beer. Well, actually a mead. Stephen orders a root beer that is brewed in-house and we share a hummus plate with pita chips and bread. Sitting at the counter facing the street, we enjoy lunch while watching people stroll up and down Bathhouse Row.
Bathhouse Row is nestled at the base of Hot Springs Mountain where rain falls and pores and cracks in the rock take the rainwater deep into the Earth. As the water goes deeper and deeper, it heats at about 4 degrees Fahrenheit every 300 feet. As this heated water passes rocks below the earth’s surface, it dissolves the minerals from the rocks. Eventually what goes down comes back up. Four thousand years after rain falls from the sky, the water comes back to the surface, hot and full of the minerals it has collected from the rocks. Forty-seven natural hot springs dot the lower west side of Hot Springs Mountain. A network of hiking trails passes by many of these capped and protected springs. Stephen and I drive scenic Hot Springs Mountain Drive to Hot Springs Mountain Tower. For a fee we ride an elevator 216 feet to an observation deck where we admire the views of the Zig Zag Mountains on the eastern edge of the Ouachita Mountains. One level below the observation deck, we explore a small museum explaining the history of Hot Springs, Arkansas including some famous and notorious residents and guests. Apparently, Al Capone was a frequent visitor. And we all know which president hails from Arkansas. (hint: he enjoys hamburgers and jazz, he did not inhale, and he did not have sex with ML).
Before returning to the Arlington Hotel, Stephen and I fill our five-gallon water container, water bottles, and backpack bladders from one of several fountains scattered throughout Hot Springs. The park collects 700,000 gallons of water each day for use in the public drinking fountains and bathhouses. Fortunately, this water is for all to enjoy and is free to everyone. And lots of people take advantage of this wonderful amenity of the park. People gather around the fountains and wait their turn to fill their containers. Milk jugs, orange juice cartons, even peanut butter jars can be used as delicious, cool, natural, mineral-filled spring water receptacles. A refreshing way to recycle! | <urn:uuid:32318fd1-5a8a-48be-8fe1-30e4ef0a5ddf> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,892 |
Goals for this year include:
- Every Parish to become an Eco-Congregation. To date there are TWO definite eco congregations with a third (St Lawrence, Soshanguve) is making enquiries
- Every parish to plant at least one tree during Arbor Week (1-7 September)
- Every Archdeaconry to have a clean-up day , suggested date of 15 September which is the culmination of National Clean up week. | <urn:uuid:4b5c4b3a-222f-471b-b315-8ce05169b349> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 387 |
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Locals owe big lay-by bill
Australians collectively owe $903 million in lay-by debts amid the rising popularity of Afterpay, Zip Pay and its various competitors.
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's (ASIC) has completed its first review of the rapidly growing sector.
Apart from the near billion dollar outstanding sum, the corporate watchdog also found:
- a 400-per-cent increase in customers using ‘buy now, pay later’ schemes since 2015
- the total number of transactions rose from 50,000 (in April 2016) to 1.9 million (in June 2018)
- 16 per cent of users were in financial trouble from becoming overdrawn, delaying bill payments, or needing to borrow more to pay off previous debt
- 60 per cent of users are aged 18-34
‘Buy now, pay later’ schemes are essentially a new form of lay-by, but they allow customers to take their goods home immediately.
Some providers, including Afterpay, offer fixed-term repayment terms of up to 56 days for amounts up to $2,000, while Zip Pay and others offer short-term customer loans of up to $30,000.
ASIC also reviewed Certegy Ezi-Pay, Oxipay, BrightePay and Openpay.
Given the potential risks to consumers, the regulator called for proposed product intervention powers to all credit facilities regulated under the ASIC Act to be extended.
“Product intervention powers will provide ASIC with a flexible tool kit to address emerging products and services such as buy now pay later arrangements,” it said.
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Heat and humidity are reaching a peak Thursday and Friday, with temperatures climbing into the 90s and dew point temperatures - a measure of the moisture content in the air - reaching the middle 70s, indicating that truly tropical air has arrived.
The combination of heat and humidity creates an uncomfortable and potentially dangerous steam bath feeling, with heat index values over 100 degrees for many communities both days.
A heat advisory stretching along the East Coast is in effect, and Boston Mayor Marty Walsh has declared a heat emergency effective through Saturday.
In Connecticut Thursday, severe thunderstorms passed through over the course of the afternoon and evening.
Warnings in Fairfield and Putnam counties are in place until 9:15 p.m.
The warnings have been issued because dangerous thunderstorms are producing damaging winds over 58 mph and/or hail of at least one inch in diameter. Our Early Warning Weather Team is providing live radar coverage of the storm on-air and online if your neighborhood is in a Severe Thunderstorm Warning, seek shelter inside, away from windows. Though lightning is not a factor in the issuance of Severe Thunderstorm Warnings, lightning poses a deadly threat - if you can hear thunder, you likely are close enough to be at risk and should shelter inside until the storm passes.
The heat problem, however, was more widespread. The Maine Department of Environmental Protection released an advisory warning that ground-level ozone concentrations are expected to reach unhealthy levels. Air quality alerts have been issued for parts of Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire.
All of this heat means a few things: we want to drink plenty of water, dress in lightweight and light colored clothing, avoid exertion if possible and take breaks in air conditioning when possible, check on those without air conditioning and check the tire pressure in your car tires to avoid blowouts.
As for the chance of thunderstorms, we're always on guard with this much moisture packed into the atmosphere, but for Thursday it looks like the greatest risk is south of the Massachusetts Turnpike and in northern Maine, while Friday brings a better chance of scattered thunder across New England.
We could certainly use whatever rain we can muster. Though Wednesday’s soaking rain wasn’t tabulated in the latest government update on the drought status that was issued Thursday morning, the Lower Merrimack River Valley in Massachusetts has been upgraded to Extreme Drought status, along with Boston’s northwestern suburbs and northern parts of the MetroWest. This Extreme Drought classification is the worst for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that we could find in Drought Monitor records back through 2000, though New England, as a region, saw a worse drought impact in 2002.
This weekend, a cool front will sag southward and increase the chance of thunder across the region while delivering noticeably cooler air to Maine and perhaps northeast Massachusetts on Saturday, then for more of northern and central New England Sunday, with areas farther south and west still in the heat and humidity.
Next week, multiple days will bring highs in the 80s with chances of afternoon thunder in the exclusive necn Early Warning Weather 10-day forecast.
Mayor Walsh and the City of Boston issued the following heat safety tips for all members of the public:
- Adults and children should use sunscreen containing an SPF-15 or higher and wear protective, loose fitting clothing, including long sleeve shirts and hats.
- The elderly, young children and those with chronic medical conditions, especially respiratory conditions, are more susceptible to the effects of heat.
- Check in on the elderly and family or neighbors who may be at risk of heat exhaustion or heatstroke as temperatures climb.
- Children and pets should never be left alone in vehicles, even for short periods of times.
- If you become lightheaded, confused, weak or faint, stop all activity and immediately find shade or a cool area to rest. If symptoms persist, call 911 immediately.
- Limit outdoor activity to morning and evening hours. Rest often in shady areas and be extra cautious from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., when the sun's UV radiation is strongest.
- Drink plenty of fluids regardless of activity level. Avoid alcoholic beverages and liquids high in sugar or caffeine.
- Homeless individuals can become dehydrated rapidly due to a lack of access to water or shelter from the heat. If you observe someone who appears to be in distress, call 911 immediately.
- If you have a child in your home, use child window guards in addition to screens on any open window on the second story or above. Falls are the leading cause of injury for children under the age of six. Information about low-cost window guards for Boston residents can be found here.
- Secure all window air conditioner units according to the manufacturer's specifications.
- East Bridgewater: The East Bridgewater Emergency Management Agency would like to remind residents that we have plans in place to address the excessive heat situation affecting our area. Cooling centers may be provided if the situation warrants them.
- Gloucester: Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken has declared a heat emergency. The Rose Baker Senior Center, 6 Manuel F Lewis St., will be open for use as a cooling center for the public to use starting Thursday.
- Groton: The Public Library, 99 Main St., and the Council on Aging, 163 West Main St., will be open to the community today. Provisions have been made for expansion if necessary.
- Littleton: The Littleton Police Department Community Room (500 Great Rd.), Council on Aging Building (33 Shattuck St.) and Reuben Hoar Public Library (41 Shattuck St.) will be open until 10 p.m., or later if needed.
- Maynard: The Town Hall cooling center, 195 Main St., is open to all Maynard residents until 4 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to noon tomorrow. Water will be provided to residents who visit the cooling center. Additionally, the Maynard Public Library, 77 Nason St., will be available as a cooling center from 2-9 p.m. today and from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow.
- Natick: The Natick-Community Senior Center (117 E Central St.) and the Morse Institute Central Library (14 E Central St.) will both be open as cooling centers all day today.
- Newbury: Though no cooling centers have been designated, Newbury Fire Chief Nate Walker encourages residents to check on their elderly neighbors and keep a close watch on children during the heat wave.
- Salem: The city has opened cooling centers at the Senior Center dining room at 5 Broad St., through 7 p.m., and the Salem Public Library, 370 Essex St., through 9 p.m.
- Whitman: The Whitman Community Emergency Response Team is ready to staff a cooling center, should the town open one. Members are also standing by to staff the Fire Ground Rehab vehicle for any fires, to ensure firefighter safety and hydration. The Whitman Police and Fire departments are monitoring any spikes in EMS responses related to the heat and any other demands on service.
- Bedford, NH: The National Weather Service has issued a Heat Advisory for Hillsborough County from noon to 7 p.m. The Town of Bedford’s Library, located at 3 Meetinghouse Rd., will be open from 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. as a cooling shelter for citizens who need to seek relief from the heat. | <urn:uuid:0c58a19b-e3e1-4bd2-8080-8967fafb7326> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 7,361 |
It doesn't surprise me that the United States has put Saudi Arabia on the "countries of interest" list for passengers flying out of the Kingdom.
In the wake of the failed terrorist attack at the Detroit Metro Airport on Dec. 25, the US placed Saudi Arabia and 13 other countries on a list that requires intensified scrutiny of passengers originating from those countries, and apparently people passing through or visiting.
Occupying the top four spots on the list are what the US considers state sponsors of terrorism: Cuba, Iran, Syria and Sudan.
In addition to Saudi Arabia of so-called "countries of interest" are Pakistan, Nigeria, Afghanistan, Algeria, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Somalia and Yemen.
What that means in the coming months or years is anybody's guess. Yet I know it means that I will be treated differently from other passengers. It means my carry-ons and checked baggage get a double inspection. It means that as a Muslim woman I am now required to undergo a full-body pat down. It means that I will be required to go through the whole-body scanner that checks for hidden bombs or makeshift weapons at airports in the United Kingdom and in Amsterdam.
I see the potential for public humiliation for Arabs passing through airports. All eyes will be on us as we are pulled aside and given a good once-over. Those passengers will remember us on the plane. So all in all, the plainclothes air marshals traveling with us will have an easier job since there will a couple hundred extra pairs of eyes watching our every step to the restroom and as we reach for our carry-ons in the overhead bin.
I don't mind, though. I fly a lot between Saudi Arabia and Europe and I expect full protection from the airlines, airport security and the countries I fly to and from like any other passenger. I want to be safe, even if it means having a stranger put her hands on me. It's the world terrorists have created for us.
The optimist in me has a tendency to believe the US is overreacting a bit. Previous security measures in place have been remarkably effective since 9/11, and airline passengers have been in safe hands.
Governments must sort through the never-ending messy business of moving millions of fliers annually through airports. To believe that any security system is full-proof is naïve. It's the law of averages: the longer the US stays in Afghanistan and Iraq the more likely the new attacks will be attempted. It's not an excuse for the failed attempt in Detroit, it's just an evolution of the war.
I have Al-Qaeda of the Arabian Peninsula to thank for these new security measures and how people will view me. These are the idiots who wreaked so much havoc in Saudi Arabia between 2003 and 2006 that left a lot of innocent people dead in Yanbu, Riyadh, Al-Khobar and Al-Ras. Al-Qaeda then reconstituted itself after the Ministry of Interior's security forces beat the stuffing out of them and set them on the run.
Al-Qaeda would like nothing better than for me and my fellow Saudi students to stay at home. But I won't allow Al-Qaeda to make me a victim in my own country and the country where I am pursuing my studies. I won't allow Al-Qaeda to put an end to my plans for future tourist visits to the US or the annual academic workshops that I attend in Sweden and Germany.
Al-Qaeda may hope that Saudi students think twice about being subjected to profiling at airports and stay at home like "good Muslims," in their view.
Good Muslims, however, get an education and bring that knowledge home to help Saudi Arabia become a better country. Good Muslims don't hide out in Yemen planning attacks on planes with children aboard.
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Thorin wrote:Which I answered before you asked your very clever question.
It was a simple enough question, I didn't expect it to confuse you so much.
Thorin wrote:Nuclear 'power' - Well, I'll assume you're talking about the nuclear bomb as nuclear power isn't a weapon. It might take some digging through university libraries and archives, but I think (from memory) that there was a nuclear bomb used in WW2. Which would disqualify it from 'weapons that changed the world since WW2'. I'll send an email to some national museums and see if I can get in contact with some modern history expert and confirm that nuclear weapons exist, and whether they were used.
No, when I said nuclear power, I meant nuclear power as in power coming from a nuclear source used to provide power. So while you talk to your local expert, ask if there were any nuclear powered ships in WWII and if he could pull that cock out of your ass.
Thorin wrote:High altitude recon - Very good surveillence, undoubtedly increased surveillence capacity of various states. Don't think it's done too much otherwise.
Doesn't shock me at all that it's beyond your understanding why intelligence is important for war.
Thorin wrote:Guided missiles - Again, the V-2, I think, was used during WW2. Understandable you wouldn't have heard of them, they're not too well known, just like nuclear bombs.
Look kid, if I wanted to hear whining like this I would have handed out summer book reports. V-2's while a nice starting point, weren't world changing devices.
Thorin wrote:Stable jet flight - jet fighters actually began production in WW2, but your nonsensicial use of 'stable' might just pass to mean after WW2. However, I don't think a 'stable' jet fighter improved enough over a 'jet fighter' to be considered world changing.
Yes they did, they also tore apart in take off and flight and landing and weren't available in numbers to turn the tide of war. Which is why the word "Stable" is used. Now I know that's a tough word for someone like you to grasp... you are the child who claims he's going to college but can't read.
Thorin wrote:Stealth - already addressed that it has given rise to many developments, but again, not really world changing.
The ability for a power to strike another power with out the target being able to respond... is world changing.
Thorin wrote:The AK-47 has led to such a black market that has indirectly and directly initiated wars (with the majority of combatants using said gun) and developed conflicts and shaped global politics in a way that nothing else has.
Yes, which is why we agreed that its place as number one on the list was correct. However being the top of the list doesn't make it the whole list.
Thorin wrote:Now, I do understand why you struggle to get this: because the gun isn't as big as a Nimitz, because it doesn't have the range of a cruise missile, or the silence of a stealth jet, you think it can't possibly have changed the world. How can it? It doesn't have a loud enough explosion!
Yes, what a cunning response... Of course a Nimitz can't be important to the world. It's only a system of unlimited range, weapons deployment and visual symbol of American power around the planet. Not only this but something that can be reproduced in effective numbers to allow its presence across the globe without having to deprive other sectors of command.
Thorin wrote:Well, we're all entitled to our opinions.
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In 1915, while the Great War embroiled Europe, the world waited for news of the Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton's latest expedition but had given him up for lost. Shackleton's near-miraculous survival for nine months on the ice-packed Antarctic seas -- capped with an open-boat journey across more than 700 miles of the most dangerous weather in the South Atlantic -- has made him synonymous with courage and endurance.
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Bearded, portly and a rake, Edward VII was, nonetheless, as Admiral Fisher put it,
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It needed, nonetheless, a touch of leadership to drive them on and draw out their
reserves. Shackleton now seemed to come into his own. It was, again, as if
supreme danger was necessary for self-fulfilment. He possessed some magic
Nonetheless, as he had repeatedly announced, he was going to join up. To find
more soldiers, the authorities were lowering their standards. Nonetheless, joining
the Army meant a medical examination of sorts. Shackleton did not want even ...
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Huntford is a careful, thorough biographer. This is a fascinating book, which explores the relationship between Shackleton's life on and off the ice. Llegeix la ressenya completa
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When I read this book, I was completely sucked in from page one. It is a most outstanding account not only of Shackleton's ill-fated Endurance expedition, but his earlier attempts to set records in ... Llegeix la ressenya completa
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newbie4 wrote:oh thats nice if the lessers fit in the duck full body bags. Is a dozen full bodies and a dozen shells enough to kill geese or would a person be better off getting more?
Depends on the spot and the birds. Will you be able to kill birds..... Absolutely. I remember hunting with a 1 1/2 dozen and still killed birds, but there were times i wish I had more. Would have smoked a lot more powder on a few trips.
In my experience, the best "all-around" field spread is 2 dozen shells and 1 1/2 dozen full bodies. Remember this is just what has worked for me. But in some areas that is too little and sometimes too much. One thing to take into consideration that has helped me.....
When scouting, pay attention to how many birds are using the field, and how many seperate groups. I hunted fields that had one group of 30 birds using it. I putt out decoys and I wished I would have just camo-ed up and sat on the X. The group came over the horizon early in the morning, set wings, saw my decs, and picked right up and turned around. Busted hunt! Why? It was one group using the field, they never saw another group their before. It didn't look right to them.
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Cincinnati may not have a “dry” season, but feet don’t always get the memo. Everything from dry indoor air to skin conditions to medical conditions and more can parch your lower limbs. Unlike the rest of your body, the skin on your feet has no oil glands, so it has to rely on both sweat and human intervention to stay moisturized.
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Environmental Causes of Dry Feet
It may be that your problem is caused by environmental factors. Some of the more common ones include low indoor humidity due to heating systems, wearing shoes that don’t allow your feet to breathe properly, and taking excessively hot, frequent showers or baths. (Bathing, counter-intuitively, actually removes moisture from your skin).
The good news is that environmental factors are much easier to correct and prevent. Turn down the heat on the shower. Wear breathable shoes. Get a humidifier for your home.
Dry feet can also be caused by an underlying condition. Diabetes is perhaps the most common, as extra sugar in the bloodstream can suck moisture away from other tissues. Thyroid disease is another potential explanation, and there are plenty of skin conditions (athlete’s foot, eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis) that can produce similar symptoms. It may also simply be a side effect of aging, as we all lose the ability to retain moisture over time.
At-Home Tips for Staying Moisturized
Home remedies for moisturizing dry feet abound—a quick Internet search will not doubt provide you with many. Homemade foot soaks, petroleum jelly, eucalyptus oil, and many other strategies have been attempted, and many of them do offer some benefit. However, it’s a good idea to check with your doctor before attempting to treat any kind of skin condition yourself.
Generally speaking, you want to use a moisturizing oil, ointment, or cream that does not contain any alcohol or other chemicals that can dry out the skin. Applying after bathing (using a moisturizing soap) is a good strategy. You should also try to stay hydrated throughout the day—drink plenty of water.
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1. A Comparison of ITS-90 and Detector-Based Scales Between NPL and NIST Using Metal-Carbon Eutectics
Graham Machin, Charles E Gibson, D L Lowe, David W Allen, Howard W Yoon
2. A collection and statistical analysis of skin reflectance signatures for inherent variability over the 250 nm to 2500 nm spectral range
Catherine C Cooksey, Benjamin K Tsai, David W Allen
The spectral reflectance signature of human skin provides opportunities to advance observations ranging from medical treatment to security applications. In this study 28 volunteers participated in a skin reflectance measurement of the inside of the r ...
3. A comparison of ITS-90 and a detector-based scale between NPL and NIST using metal-carbon eutectics
David W Allen, Charles E Gibson, D L Lowe, Graham Machin, Howard W Yoon
4. A microscene approach to the evaluation of hyperspectral system level performance
David W Allen, Ronald Resmini, Christopher Deloye
Assessing the ability of a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system to detect the presence of a substance
or to quantify abundance requires an understanding of the many factors in the end-to-end remote
sensing scenario from scene to sensor to data expl ...
5. Algorithm Validation Using Multicolor Phantoms
Daniel Victor Samarov, Matthew Lawrence Clarke, Ji Y. Lee, David W Allen, Maritoni Abatayo Litorja, Jeeseong Hwang
We present a framework for hyperspectral image (HSI)
analysis validation, specifically abundance fraction estimation based on
HSI measurements of water soluble dye mixtures printed on microarray
chips. In our work we focus on the performance of tw ...
6. An Analysis of the Probability Distribution of Spectral Angle and Euclidean Distance in Hyperspectral
Remote Sensing Using Microspectroscopy
Ronald Resmini, Christopher Deloye, David W Allen
Determining the probability distribution of hyperspectral imagery (HSI) data and of the results of
algorithms applied to those data, is critical to understanding algorithm performance and for
establishing performance metrics such as probability o ...
7. An analysis of the nonlinear spectral mixing of didymium and soda-lime glass beads using hyperspectral imagery (HSI) microscopy
Ronald Resmini, Robert S Rand, Christopher Deloye, David W Allen
Nonlinear spectral mixing occurs when materials are intimately mixed. Intimate mixing is a common characteristic of granular materials such as soils. A linear spectral unmixing inversion applied to a nonlinear mixture will yield subpixel abundance es ...
8. An examination of spectral diversity of medical scenes for
David W Allen
There are numerous medical conditions which may benefit from hyperspectral imaging. The imagers used for these conditions will need to have the performance validated to ensure consistency, gain acceptance and clear regulatory hurdles. NIST has been ...
9. Bidirectional reflectance scale comparison between NIST and PTB
Catherine C Cooksey, Maria E Nadal, David W Allen, Kai-Olaf Hauer, Andreas Hoepe
A comparison of bidirectional reflectance scales between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) has been performed. Measurements of two sets of white diffuse reflectance standard ...
10. Calibration Wafer for Temperature Measurement in RTP Tools
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Through the Looking Glass
Early one fall I took a day trip to Calgary, Alberta, to buy spring and summer fashions for my retail business. I brought my teenage daughters along and planned to do some afternoon shopping after my appointment. I wore my navy business suit to make a good impression and for added flair, I wore my three-inch heels. It was important to me to look pulled together so the sales representatives would assume I knew what I was doing.
My teenagers dressed for comfort in jeans and tennis shoes. However, I decided to keep the suit and heels on for shopping, because I did not want to bring an extra set of clothes. The day had been fun but exhausting, and by 5 pm I had burned-out. I had a headache, my feet hurt, and I was hobbling. I was ready to go home, take a hot bath, and go to bed.
I made one last stop at the drugstore on the way out of the mall, and my daughters decided to wait outside for me. I paid for my purchases, and hurried out to meet them. Suddenly and abruptly, I crashed into a sparkling clean glass wall with such force it caused people to stop in their tracks and check out all the commotion near the eighth aisle.
After my perfect face-plant into the glass, I slid to the floor in an ungraceful heap. My shopping bags were in complete disarray, one three-inch heel came off, a button flew off to the great unknown, and my skirt was a little higher than I felt comfortable with.
As I tried to gather my wits and composure, I noticed my two daughters bent over in laughter and I could tell they were pretending not to know me. When they began to walk away from me, I was sure they did not want anyone to know the dressed-up blonde in a heap on the floor was their mother.
I stood up, put on my biggest smile, and tried to act as if nothing had happened. Holding my head high, I limped out of the store trying to look as sophisticated as possible. At this point I had more hurting then my feet!
Looking back on that day, I remember how I felt when my teenage daughters were too embarrassed to claim me as their mother. I am so glad God loves us even when we embarrass others and ourselves. He will never walk away from us when we hurt or leave our side when we need him. We are loved and claimed by him.
The bible says, “Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you” Hebrews 13:5b (NIB) that is God’s promise to each one of us.
Knowing that He will never leave me gives me such great comfort and peace as only He can give. I am secure in you and I love you for loving me so much.
Lovingly, Karan Gleddie
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In the old days, I went out to the movies all the time. I remember, going back even to pre-teen years, of going to a multiplex and finishing one movie and wandering into the theatre next door; double-bills were not out of the ordinary. (Don’t ask where my parents were; clearly, these were different times.)
As I got older, nothing changed. I still loved going to a theatre. It seemed like a magical place, somewhere you could get lost in a story for a couple of hours, didn’t think at all about the outside world. (Though I do remember seeing Terms of Endearment, and a terrifying scene where Debra Winger’s children visit their cancer-stricken mother in hospital cut way too close to home for a teenager going through the same thing.) That continued strongly into university — any chance to take in a movie would be taken, never an argument. Even in journalism school, when I could have probably done so much more work, I often couldn’t wait for the day to be done so my classmate and buddy Linda Williams and I could head to any number of Toronto theatres for a matinee. On a Monday. Schoolwork? Come on! What’s more important than watching movies?
But when children came, trips to the movie theatre dried up. Then, when they were old enough to go to the theatre, it was pretty much just kids’ movies that we were seeing. I loved, still love, their innocence. Clearly, going to the theatre was also so great for them that they adored every single movie they saw, even movies I thought were beyond painful. (Like the recent Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs sequel.) But I get it. What an experience. The movie itself. The popcorn line. The trailers — I cannot miss the trailers, I am devastated if I arrive at the theatre late!
Now, my movie theatre experiences are so rare, so unique, that I too love just about everything I see. Like Captain Phillips, which I saw the other night. Tom Hanks, sensational. Ditto for the actors playing the frightening, frenetic Somali pirates. Incredible cinematography. Amazing popcorn. And this trailer … wow …
Now, on to the 2 O’Clock, and a few of the more interesting stories in sports today. And we’ll start with the story of Sonny Bill Williams, a New Zealand rugby player, boxer and truly larger-than-life character who has arrived in England for next weekend’s start of the Rugby League World Cup, which is not to be confused with the more prominent Rugby World Cup, which will also be held in England but in 2015. And Sonny Bill Williams is so good, writes the Independent’s Dave Hadfield, that he was able to just walk on to the team after not being originally selected: “Williams is the uniquely controversial master of three sports and will almost certainly be the face of a tournament which desperately needs all the stardust it can sprinkle. Originally left out of the 24-man squad because he was thought to be resigning to play rugby union with the Waikato Chiefs, SBW performed a back flip equal to anything he has achieved on the field. Anyone else would have been told politely — or maybe not so politely — to get lost, but Sonny Bill, in this as in so much else, is a special case.” A great story about a truly unique athlete.
How’d you like to get in that guy’s way? By the way, Arsenal’s Jack Wilshere really did score a beautiful goal on the weekend. But you’ll watch this one again and again just to hear the commentary. And no, it doesn’t matter that you don’t understand what he says:
So, tonight in Pittsburgh, the 7-1 Penguins are hosting the 7-1 Avalanche, and you’re probably pretty pumped these days if you love your hockey in Colorado. After all, they weren’t supposed to be this good, this soon. And whether it’s fans or players, there are strong hints that a main reason things are so much better is because Patrick Roy is the head coach and not Joe Sacco, the guy the Avs let go before hiring Roy. Today, Sacco is an assistant coach with the floundering Buffalo Sabres, and the Denver Post’s Adrian Dater wrote an intriguing piece about that change for Sacco, and for the Avs.
You know, I can’t stop thinking about the mini-controversy that engulfed the NHL for three or four days after San Jose Sharks rookie Tomas Hertl scored four games and was then criticized for the way he scored his fourth — that sensational through-the-legs piece of genius.
So beautiful to look at. But, of course, Hertl was lambasted time and time again for the goal, the showboating, the critics — the one in this video included — forgetting that Hertl is in the entertainment business.
So I bring your attention to this piece by the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay, who makes regular appearances here on the blog. He wrote a few days ago a piece titled, “What if the ‘Right Way’ is Wrong?” He doesn’t mention Hertl in his story — it’s more a reference to the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yasiel Puig — but I love this paragraph: “Doing It the Wrong Way is a hilarious, imperishible, middle-aged-driven theme in sports. I have been hearing laments about athletes Doing It the Wrong Way in sports as long as I have been watching sports. I have heard the following things are going to ruin sports, because they are Doing It the Wrong Way: the end-zone celebration, the strikeout celebration, the three-pointer celebration, the cocky interview, the mean agent, hanging on the rim, cursing in tennis, yelling in golf, oversize shorts, side careers, celebrity friends and untidy beards worn by baseball players who can’t find razors.” No doubt some of Hertl’s critics are quite delighted that he only has a goal and two assists in the five games since his four-goal outburst.
Selfless acts, however, are certainly more acceptable in pro sport. And so Richard Justice of mlb.com writes about how the Boston Red Sox, who are set to start the World Series Wednesday against the St. Louis Cardinals, were instrumental, in their own way, in the healing process in Boston following the marathon bombings last April.
Sorry to leave you on a downbeat note. Come back tomorrow, to the 10 O’Clock or 2 O’Clock, and I promise something a bit more uplifting! | <urn:uuid:f6636a50-743e-4517-a151-94b355cef427> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,083 |
It’s hard to pinpoint when New York City first came onto my radar but it was a long time ago. As a little girl I grew up watching Sesame Street and although I wasn’t consciously aware of it at the time, the show is set in a street in Manhattan in New York City. Albeit a street which is home to a grouch, a large bird, a woolly mammoth and an orange and yellow pair, but a street in New York all the same. The city was real but the address was fictional, although we will never be sure as we were never actually told how to get to Sesame Street.
Like many Australian people my age we went from watching Sesame Street in our childhood to “Friends” in our teenage years. The ensemble cast in Friends made us laugh over and over again as they hung out at a coffee shop in Central Park and played out stories about living in New York City. We imagined what life would be like in the Big Apple as those Friends became our friends.
Then of course, there were the countless movies set in New York: Three Men and a Baby, Pretty Woman, When Harry Met Sally and Ninja Turtles, to name a few. There are also the songs such as ‘Empire State of Mind’ by Alicia Keys and the famous New York song by Frank Sinatra. Like it or not, New York forms a part of our landscape. Those bright lights, grey streets and walk up stoops are cemented in our memories as a ubiquitous part of our history.
Recently though, a show aired that put a ring on the finger of my love affair with New York City. Myself and so many girls of my vintage watched it over and over again, never getting sick of the strong female characters, the witty dialogue and the bold American nuances. It was the show of our generation; Sex and the City. It spoke to us, it was refreshing and real. A large part of the story centred around the city in which it was set. It is often said that Sex and the City had 5 lead characters; the 4 women and then New York herself.
So with all these references accumulating in my subconscious you can imagine my excitement when I finally booked a three week trip to go, with my husband, to visit the Big Apple. So far, in my life I have been lucky enough to have travelled a lot and I have seen many of the world’s great cities first hand, but for some reason I had not added New York to that list. I’m not sure why. Maybe I felt it needed its own trip. Maybe I felt it was too big and too grand to add onto some other travel plans. I’m not sure. Anyway, now finally I was not only going to the big city but I was to spend a glorious 3 weeks including Christmas and New Year in New York. How wonderful! How exciting!
The best way to describe New York City is ‘electric’, there is a buzz in the air that cannot be explained, it must be felt. The lights, the people, the buildings and the vague feeling that everything is somehow familiar but the knowledge that it probably feels that way because it has flashed before your eyes in the media is exhilarating. To be walking those streets, in the flesh, is a truly magical experience.
New York at Christmas time is especially stunning. Twinkling lights, festive decorations and shop windows with creative and beautiful displays line the streets. Familiar landmarks like the Empire State Building, Macys, Fifth Avenue, the Chrysler building and of course the billboards in Times Square add to the thrill of vague familiarity. It’s like being at a party and seeing a celebrity, you feel you know them on the surface but not enough to approach them, yet somehow being in their presence makes you feel strangely thrilled and comfortable at the same time.
I could go on and on about what we saw and what we did in New York but I will leave that for another post. This piece is about the intangible, the moments of magic, the adventure, the stories and about how it made us feel. I wrote a blog post the day before we flew out about the anticipation of going to New York and why it was so special to me which you can read here.
So, did it live up to the pedestal it had been placed upon? I will admit it took me a few days. Jetlag combined with the shock of the winter combined with the massive crowds combined with a feeling that everything seemed kind of dirty left me a bit cold. When you come from Perth which is so clean and warm and step into a city that large and that overwhelming it does take a little while to adjust. Plus 3 flights clocking up 26 hours in the air will make anyone see things a little sideways. But slowly over the first few days, I unravelled my wings and stepped out into the busy roads and the skyscraper lined streets and I began to feel the energy and the colour and the buzz of New York. And I began to fall in love…
They say that people in New York walk faster than they do in any other city and it really does feel like that. You have no choice but to stride along with the crowds or else you will be left behind and metaphorically, or perhaps even literally, trampled. It is almost impossible to get lost in Manhattan, everything runs on a grid of increasing and decreasing numbered streets so for someone like me with less sense of direction than a blind mole rat this was a Godsend.
We drank in trendy bars and we dined in wonderful restaurants. We ate in equally delicious New York pizzerias and in cheap quintessential American diners. We saw Broadway shows galore and marvelled at the sets and the costumes. We did all the major sights and walked around looking upwards for the whole three weeks. We went shopping and we did a horse and cart ride through central park. We spoke to locals and we spoke to the homeless, we saw celebrities and we went to a sporting match. We witnessed and experienced as much as we could in our three weeks and there is so much to see and do, but truthfully my favourite thing was just walking around the streets and relishing in the fact that we were in the Big Apple.
My husband and I did our own thing a few times, following our own interests and having our own experiences. I think it’s important to have freedom when you travel, plus it gives you something to talk about at dinner. For example; I went to see Kinky Boots alone, a fabulous musical starring a transvestite in red stiletto boots and he went to visit a workshop that manufactured old fashioned fireplaces out of steel. See, totally different. But that’s what makes things interesting right….
One of my favourite magic moments happened on our very last night. I made a last minute decision which ended up being the perfect way to top off my New York experience. I was all alone and had been to a stand-up comedy show and I was returning to our hotel in a taxi. It was 1:30am and 7 degrees below freezing and we were due to fly out the next morning. I didn’t know when I would be returning to New York so I decided that I had to say one more goodbye to the lights. I asked the taxi driver to turn around and please take me to Times Square.
Times Square takes your breath away at the best of times but late at night without the crowds and without the craziness it is even more breathtaking. I stepped out into the freezing wind and looked around. It was just me and the police and a few other crazy tourists. The sky was clear and the billboards were dancing.
I stayed like that for what seemed like ages. Looking upwards and savouring the moment. I took some pictures and wrapped my scarf tightly around my ears. Above my head, an ad for Bailey’s Irish Cream flashed repeatedly and laughed at me. Teasing and tempting. As I was gazing upwards a rubbish truck drove past with a large, jolly looking black man riding on the back picking up the bins. He looked at me and I smiled.
“You happy to be in Times Square?” he called out.
“Of course.” I called back. “What’s not to love?” I gestured upwards towards the lights.
“Baby girl……” he drawled “You got that right!” and he bellowed a deep hearty laugh as the rubbish truck whisked him away…..
It was the perfect end to a wonderful trip, forever etched in my memory as the first time I witnessed the City of Lights. Now, when I think of New York, I don’t have to reference Sex and the City or Friends or even Sesame Street, because I have my own memories. I have walked the streets myself. Those streets, which have always been a small part of my story, are now real. I have seen and felt them firsthand…. and it was fabulous.
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“…The M5 Interact are like the Rolls Royce of sporty road tyres – treading the fine line between grip, handling and comfort exceptionally well…”
MO (Germany 08/2011)
"... the name of Sportec is "programme". A tyre for riders seeking active engagement while riding ..."
Performance Bikes (UK 07/2010)
“...Bike feels great on these, very light, planted and positive.... ‘Feels like they
have really concentrated on making the best road tyre they could ...”
Innovative belt structure with a single ply of steel cords wrapped around a radial carcass at 0°. Patented high performance technology by Metzeler for both front and rear tyres. Steel features a higher stiffness than textile and this allows the reduction of the tyre weight. Steel radial belt reduces the dynamic deformation of the tyre under centrifugal forces giving the tyre an excellent high-speed stability. Thanks to the more uniform heat distribution, mileage is increased and wear characteristics are more uniform.
Metzeler Advanced Winding
“Metzeler Advanced Winding” is a patented system for optimum spacing between the cords of the 0° steel belt. In certain sections of the tyre, the steel cords are wound with different spacing depending on the performance requirements on that particular area of the tyre. On both front & rear tyre the spacing is wider in the crown area for more elasticity and self-damping. For sections of the tyre used for mid lean, there is increased stiffness to support fast cornering. On the shoulder area on the rear tyre, the spacing is again wider for safe feedback and control when riding towards full lean.
Contour Modelling Technology
Advanced design technology of the tyre contour is tuned to meet high performance riding demanded on the latest bikes. A combination of different profiles on front and rear are optimised to be complimentary at any given angle of lean. The final contour design of the tyre set features the best aspects of performance for every riding style on all of the latest bikes: predictability, feedback at the limit of grip and cornering stability.
Latest generation of high-performance compound, with a high Silica content and new reinforncing elements to give better stiffness and superior mechanical resistance. This new compound has been developed to guarantee a fast and efficient adaptability form cold to hot, dry to wet, normal road to racetrack use with high durability.
Interact - Multi Zone Tension
Modular steel string winding tension: the performance of the compound depends on the stiffness of the structure. Performance exactly where needed for maximum adaptability to different riding styles | <urn:uuid:e3a64b2b-7dc1-4f63-894a-2d3ed0c481f1> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,014 |
Lynne Forbragd, Extension Master Gardener, Anoka County
At the end of summer, my coleuses are at their peak and in full color. It’s really tough for me to see them die after the first frost. Coleuses are one of the easier annuals to overwinter. They are known more for their leaf color and variegation than for their flowers. They come in many shapes and sizes and can be planted in both shade and sun. With so many varieties available, you can add to your collection without repurchasing each year.
There are a couple of methods you can try to overwinter a coleus. As your coleus gets larger later in the summer, pinch off longer portions of the stem for cuttings, leaving two leaves at the base for continued growth. Plants can be pinched back up to a third of the plant height. This will prevent the plant from getting straggly and will encourage the plant to become full and strong. Place the cuttings in a vase of water to start rooting. Once rooted, pot up the plants for the winter season by fall.
Another method is to move the entire container indoors before the first frost. Before bringing them in, check for bugs, spray the plants down with a hose and make sure to wash off the underside of the leaves. Place in a sunny window or under a grow light. Continue to monitor for insects and spray with insecticidal soap if needed.
During the winter, coleus will lose its color. The plant that you brought indoors will lose some leaves and get straggly. This time of year the plant is entering its dormant stage and as tempting as it is, do not pinch it back. The goal at this point is to keep it alive by watering and monitoring for insects. As daylight increases, coleus will begin to sprout new leaves.
In March or April, prepare 4” pots with potting soil in planting trays. Pinch off stems, keeping a few leaves at the top, insert in the soil and water thoroughly. There is no need to place the cuttings in water this time of year; you can insert the stems directly into the soil and the plant will root in the potting soil. Place in a sunny window or under a grow light and keep the soil moist, but do not overwater. In a couple of weeks the new plant will adjust and soon you will be seeing new leaves and color.
Depending on the variety, plants can double in size by the time they are ready for planting in May. Harden off the plants before planting them outside by taking the plant trays outside on warm spring days and bring them indoors at night. Do this for one to two weeks to acclimate the plants for the growing season.
While there is a little effort in overwintering coleuses, you will automatically have a variety of coleuses to plant in the spring. If you get too many, share with your friends and family. | <urn:uuid:67173894-2f33-470d-b788-ba492c0cbda6> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 2,727 |
This report reveals why UK must stop drilling new oil and gas fields in the North Sea in order to meet Paris climate commitments – and how the transition away from fossil fuels can create decent jobs and revive UK industry.
Published by Platform, Oil Change International, and Friends of the Earth Scotland. Supported by Common Weal, Greener Jobs Alliance, and Global Witness.
- The UK’s 5.5 billion barrels of oil and gas in already operating oil and gas fields will exceed the Paris climate goals – whereas industry and government aim to extract 20 billion barrels.
- Recent subsidies to oil and gas extraction will add twice as much carbon to the atmosphere as the phase-out of coal power saves.
- Given the right policies, job creation in clean industries will overtake the number of oil and gas workers affected more than threefold.
The authors call on the UK and Scottish governments to work with affected communities and trade unions on a Just Transition plan to create new decent jobs in clean industries, alongside a managed phase-out of oil and gas extraction. | <urn:uuid:8768f889-2ad5-4b58-a288-4909f8e95ed5> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,070 |
The Saturdays 24/7
This access-all-areas series follows the five members of girl band The Saturdays, Frankie Sandford, Una Healy, Mollie King, Vanessa White and Rochelle Wiseman, both on and off duty.
In this first episode we meet the girls during the first two weeks of promoting their new album and single and see what goes on during their hectic schedule of gigs, photo-shoots and TV appearances as well as what they get up to in their private life with boyfriends, friends and family. The show also features an exclusive performance of their hit song Ego.
In unguarded moments, the series captures the girls’ mickey-taking and their individual habits and foibles, providing a unique insight into their personalities and the relationships between the band members.
When we first see the girls in a rehearsal session, they’re one member down as Mollie has been bitten by a horsefly on her leg and instructed to rest. She’s being looked after at home by Andy her boyfriend and Alfie the dog and says: “It’s put a strain on the band, you have to rearrange the formation and someone’s having to learn my lines and my harmonies.”
Back at rehearsals Mollie’s lines have been split between the girls, but it’s not just the singing keeping them busy as their un-toilet trained dogs are about!
Rochelle admits: “Although we’re doing glamorous shows I mostly pick up shit and wipe up piss!”
Still without Mollie, they head to their first big gig of the summer at Thetford Forest and get a chance for some down time beforehand where they tackle a high-wire assault course. By show time it’s clear the extra rehearsals have paid off and the show goes without a hitch.
After ten days off, Mollie’s back to rejoin the group just in time for a photoshoot. “I hope they’ve arranged the fireworks and the marching band to come out when I arrive!” she jokes.
Glammed up and ready to go, the girls start their photoshoot which is themed on a night out with the last shoot representing the morning after the night before. Rochelle reveals that she has a date with boyfriend Marvin, from JLS, straight after the shoot and isn’t sure how the smudged make up and messy hair look will go down with him: “Marvin’s meeting me here. I’m ready!” she laughs.
The girls have a rare day off and Una has a special birthday surprise for her boyfriend, England rugby player Ben Foden. “Today, we’re jumping out of a plane!” She reveals.
When she arrives at the airfield the tension is building. “Has anyone died recently?!” She asks the instructor. But she faces her fears and, back on the ground, says: “Words can’t explain how it felt, it was the best feeling I’ve had in my life.”
Vanessa’s also having a hair-raising experience as she takes to the road with a new driving instructor. “My [last] instructor sat me down and said he doesn’t think I should do this,” she reveals.
After an intense lesson her new instructor says: “Vanessa has a control factor of about five, she still needs a lot of work at the moment. If I didn’t have dual controls I’d be worried.”
But, ever the optimist, Vanessa says: “[My instructor] has made me a lot more confident. There’s got to be someone out there who’s worse than me!”
It’s time for the girls’ biggest gig of the summer so far at Rochester Castle and their first one with all five of them back together. Una reveals it’s her parents’ thirty third wedding anniversary and the girls talk about dedicating a song to them as they’ve flown over from Ireland for the show.
Backstage at the gig Mollie and Frankie challenge Diversity to a dance off and Vanessa, the only single member of the band, is getting lots of attention from Siva from boyband The Wanted which results in lots of teasing from the rest of the girls.
In front of thousands of fans, as well as friends and family, the band puts in a headlining seventy minute set and leaves stage to rapturous applause.
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The new characters are coming fast and furious now, but there’s still some old business to take care of. The final set of the practice match with Aoba Johsai, to be precise, and that means the entry of Oikawa Tooru onto the scene. As Aoba’s captain and ace, it’s strongly implied that he could have turned the match around whenever he entered – but he doesn’t enter until his team is already a point away from defeat. That’s quite a handicap to say the least, but it’s pretty clear that most of the Aoba Johsai side (including the coach) isn’t too worried about winning or losing this match (Kindaichi being the obvious exception).
We’ll see how big a role Oikawa plays as a rival here – it seems there’s an even more intimidating power school than Aoba, one that Kageyama tried to get accepted to but failed. The fact that Oikawa was also Kageyama’s sempai in middle school adds another layer of intrigue, and in addition to being his model as a setter he was also the one who taught Kageyama the jump-serve. He uses this to great effect, scoring two quick points by aiming for Tsukishima as the weakest receiver on the Karasuno side. But Sawamura rearranges the formation, forcing Oikawa to take a little off the serve to make sure it’s on target for Tsuki, and the latter manages to keep the ball in-play this time, allowing Hinata to have his moment of heroism.
The most significant moment here seems to be the fact that Hinata keeps his eyes open this time when he spikes (right at Oikawa), which must surely be foreshadowing of events to come. What’s interesting is that Kageyama and Hinata seem to have become very much a package deal, which makes me wonder what role Sugawara is going to have in the events ahead. Without Kageyama to indulge Hinata’s particular attack pattern, would Hinata still be effective? In any event, it’s a win for Karasuno – though Kindaichi seems to be the only one on the Aoba Johsai side really bothered by it. He seems even more bothered by the fact that Kageyama seems to have found a role for himself as part of a team at last, too late for him to derive any benefit from it.
There a complete left-field inspirational speech by Takeda-sensei, which felt completely out of place and was clearly intended to be at least somewhat ironic (though maybe not totally, I’m not sure). But he’s clearly not a real coach, and Sawamura isn’t an especially confident captain, so there’s a leadership vacuum waiting to be filled. The new wrinkle is that the blonde dude with the little store is
apparently (or perhaps not) the legendary former coach, Ukai Keishin (Tanaka Kazunari), whose rumored un-retirement is what drew Kageyama to Karasuno.
There’s also the matter of another player who seems to be important, the “guardian deity” of Karasuno volleyball. So intense Tanaka thinks he’s too intense, this new figure is on suspension for a week at the moment, but to hear the sempai talk about him it seems he’s the real deal. He also turns out to be shorter than Hinata, interestingly enough. It’s another big voice actor playing him but we’ll get to that next week, as he doesn’t have anything to say here. | <urn:uuid:8ed83645-cf90-494c-a89c-c71b72829d8b> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,136 |
About Pretty Loaded - Personal Safety Training
My inspiration to start Pretty Loaded came from an experience I had when I was with my two oldest daughters at a public event. I was stalked and almost attacked and I just froze during the incident. Fortunately for me a family member came up to me just in time. The incident changed my life because I was so upset for putting my children and myself in danger and vowed to not let that happen again.
I have had years of training with guns, but no training in martial arts or Situational Awareness, and realized there are so many steps for safety before pulling a gun on someone. I decided to get training in Krav Maga and started researching Situational Awareness skills and the predator mindset. I was shocked by the research I found on who predators are and this is when I realized no other self-defense company focuses on the predator mindset. It is easy to detect, dissuade and defeat them if you know what to do.
There was so much I learned and decided to get the word out to the community and the nation. If Pretty Loaded could save one person from being raped or attacked then our business would be a huge success.
Our target audience is YOU whether you are a teenager, college student, mother or father, or a business professional.
Your fears may be:
– Protecting yourself, your belongings, your children, your home, and your family
– Walking out of work in the dark or running alone early in the morning
– Traveling for business
– Walking in a crowded city as a traveler
– Fueling late at a deserted gas station
Our strategy is simple. We will minimize these risks and fears for you by providing a three faceted approach to protecting yourself. The first is Situational Awareness skills so you can avoid potentially risky situations and stay away from trouble. The second is a Self-Defense mindset so you can use body language, mental tactics, verbal defense and physical defense if necessary. The last skill we will teach will be pros and cons of Hardware tactics and explain when they can or cannot be used.
The solution is coming to our class or hiring us to present to your employees or students to increase their safety knowledge. Our safety training presentation is professional, motivational, educational, humorous and inspiring.
We look forward to educating and empowering as many people as possible to create a safer world.
Be Safe. Be Empowered. Be Loaded! 🙂 | <urn:uuid:211aabb7-e28c-41c5-9a53-7dd99b7eb6d8> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,423 |
Friday's A.M. Hot Clicks
Yup, it's real, and it's spectacular. With November here, we figured there's no better way to celebrate this month of mustache growth than with the champion, Germany’s Karl-Heinz Hille. The German is featured in the 2014 Guinness World Records book for most wins at the World Beard and Mustache Championships, having won eight championships from 1999 to 2011 (look out, Bill Russell). In honor of Movember, Karl Heinz-Hille and whisker lovers everywhere, I compiled a few other memorable mustaches in the gallery above.
Stanford topped Oregon by a score of 26-20 last night, proving the SI Cover jinx is alive and well. The highlights of the night were this Cardinal fan's amazing sign and the Stanford players dressing like nerds in the postgame press conference. After all, no one's gonna really be free until nerd persecution ends.
Patriots receiver LaQuan Williams turned to Chad Ochocinco for advice in learning New England's playbook, which if you followed New England during the 2011 season, is the funniest thing ever. ESPN's Samantha Ponder valiantly rushed to her husband's defense after he was mocked (quite well, I must say) by the Faux John Madden Twitter account. Red Sox infielder Dustin Pedroia credits a text from teammate Jacoby Ellsbury as the reason for playing last season with a badly injured thumb instead of having surgery.
The Coachella Valley High School Arabs may have to change their team name and mascot.
Ken Griffey Jr. started an Instagram account and is already already poking fun at himself and his late '80s hair. As the keeper of the SI Vault, I wasn't going to miss an opportunity to post this 1988 gem of Griffey on a car phone while playing for the Class-A San Bernardino Spirit.
Here's a collection of the 10 best alternate and 25 most patriotic college football jerseys. I'll stick by my statement from Tuesday: The Bakersfield Condors Gettysburg Address jerseys are the best uniforms ever. End of story.
Mrs. Tom Brady wore this outfit to last night's Innovator of the Year Awards in NYC ... NBA players will wear jerseys with sleeves when they play on Christmas Day ... Dwight Howard played chase with the Lakers during last night's game to avoid an intentional foul ... Looking forward to reading this Melissa Joan Hart book about all the famous guys she used to hook up with.
The Barber stormed Toronto's City Hall yesterday (with his trademark giant scissors) to offer Mayor Rob Ford an intervention. Seriously.
Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk. Wow. | <urn:uuid:00191879-86a6-4197-b2c4-13467bc9d281> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,511 |
The announcement that the parishioners of the Union Congregational Church have decided to close their church certainly brings a feeling of sadness for those of us who are long time residents of Winthrop.
The “little church at the Beach” on Tewksbury St. has a long history in our community, dating back to when summer visitors who flocked to Winthrop’s grand seaside hotels at the turn of the century would gather for Sunday morning services in the open air at Winthrop Beach. From those informal gatherings, which no doubt were attended by worshipers of many denominations, sprang the Union Congregational Church, which was incorporated 115 years ago in 1896.
Church members in their formal announcement cited “an aging membership, a lack of families, and dwindling resources” as the chief reasons why they felt compelled to close their church. Sadly, this has been the case for so many of our town’s other long time institutions which served our community so well for so many generations, but which no longer are with us.
The Union Congregational Church played an important role in the Winthrop community and, like a dear member of a family, its absence will leave a void that cannot be replaced.
The church will hold a closing service and farewell on Saturday, May 7, at 4:00 p.m. to which all Winthrop residents are invited. | <urn:uuid:b9f775e8-169f-4fe0-addf-8f6f22332caf> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,328 |
Digging through my archives to see where I’ve been image wise in the last couple years (read as: holy crap, what am I going to write about today!). I was going through an old folder and came across this image here:
If you had talked to me in Photo School I would have said I want to work with people. People, people, people. The part I love about portraiture is having to quickly develop a relationship with a total stranger and make them feel comfortable in front of the camera. Of late, I’ve been shooting a lot of still life and architecture and I think that this comes mostly out of a tired-ness of pre-production. In school there was so much pre-production involved, photography stopped being fun.
I like architecture/still life because I can just grab my camera and go. The only person I’m accountable to is myself.
In an effort to get back into the whole swing of pre-production etc I’ve partnered with a Makeup Artist to execute a fantastic creative shoot. We’re in the process of nailing down some studio time, talent and a stylist. How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time.
As always, stay tuned for awesome.
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Crescent comes from the Latin “crescere”, meaning “to increase”. In English, Crescent refers to the shape of the new moon.
Crescent originates in the United States, where bicycles were sold under this name for the first time around the 1890s by Western Wheel Works, a Chicago-based company. US-made bicycles, including Crescent, were considered to be of a high technical standard and maintained an excellent reputation in Europe. This was the crucial reason why the Swede, August Lindblad, started importing Crescents to Sweden, where he sold them from his base in Stockholm’s Old Town.
In the mid-1950s, bicycle racing was very popular in Sweden, and because cyclists riding Crescents scored major successes, the brand came to be associated with sport and racing. Crescent received the nickname, the “world champion bike”.
From the beginning, Crescent had a strong connection between quality and innovation in the mind of the public, a reputation that Crescent has retained for an entire century and into the 21st century. Visit brand site | <urn:uuid:b2a14496-8a1c-498f-b084-08dfc916145a> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,040 |
Games and activities for your summer holidays
Long summer days are amazing, but they can also be... long.
If you're looking for ways to keep your children entertained, we've got you covered!
For pre-school children about to start school. Help your child to create their character and pick a school jumper, then explore the school and find all the different activities to play.
Discover popular nursery rhymes and practise key literacy skills for the Early Years Foundation Stage with this fun educational game to play with your child.
This maths game has been especially created with the support of Early Years experts to help children learn whilst having fun.
This game will support children who are in Reception or Pre-School to have fun whilst consolidating key learning for the EYFS.
Games for primary aged children to help them practise their maths, English and science skills.
Summer of Adventure
Summer holiday activities for the family? Parents, we've got you!
Five weeks of activities to help you get your kids outdoors and learning about the environment. From the countryside, to urban neighbourhoods; from beautiful coasts, to the evening skies.
Want to make a difference?
BBC Bitesize's The Regenerators has lots of videos and activities to help your children learn about sustainability, climate change and the environment. | <urn:uuid:4776962d-2107-4b2f-a561-78a784bd6c71> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 1,335 |
Let’s be honest, 2020 has not been a great year collectively. I do not need to delve into specifics as I am sure you already know. While individually many of us have had the occasionally highs, collectively this year has been marred by lows. So when Thanksgiving comes around, how do we find gratitude?
Embrace the highs no matter how big or small
The highs could be someone telling you job well done on a project at work, finally doing that home organization you’ve been putting off, or making strides in a personal relationship. It could be brief moment that made you smile. The highs don’t have to be these monumental moments. They can be, but they don’t always have to be.
Appreciate what you have and those around you
This has been a year of monumental loss for the entire world. Lost homes, lost jobs, lost family and friends. This makes it even more important than ever to appreciate everything we have. Whether it be a steady job, a supportive family, loyal friends, or all of the above. There was just so much loss, everything we still have is such a blessing.
Hold tight to the memories
The word unprecedented has been thrown around often. That’s because that is what this year truly is. Holiday celebrations will either be extremely condensed or canceled entirely. Touching on loss again, for many households there will be an empty seat (or seats) at the table. This is why we must hold tight to the memories. The memories of happier times. The memories of normalcy. This year of all years, keeping those memories alive is so essential.
There is no denying that finding gratitude in 2020 is difficult. Even if we have to dig deep, we all have reasons to be grateful though. I implore you to remember those reasons today and everyday. | <urn:uuid:3100baa9-88c7-4834-badf-2fd221c1c892> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,744 |
Take a Seat!
When you name a seat you will be with some pretty good company. Jack Klugman and Heather Randall (Mrs. Tony Randall) are two stars who have signed up to help with this program. The name(s) of your choice will be inscribed on a brass plaque on the back of a seat in the Quick Center Theater, and your name will be printed in the program on opening night of our performance season.
Take a Seat
Join the Guild!
Your tax-deductible gift can enhance the cultural enrichment of our community, providing the funds necessary to support the QCA and its many projects for school children from the local area. Your contribution will also ensure that the QCA can continue to present special exhibitions, professional presentations, and internationally recognized performers.
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Disney Announces New Where's My Water? Video Game
'Where's My Perry?' features popular characters Phineas and Ferb.
Disney Mobile has today announced that it will be bringing favorite characters from its hugely popular Phineas and Ferb animated series to mobiles in a brand new game based on the best-selling 'Where's My Water?' game.
"Where's My Perry?" features Perry from the cartoon summoned to a meeting with Major Monogram but he soon finds himself stuck on his journey. As in the original game, you'll have to guide water carefully around each level to make progress, but there'll also be some new twists to the gameplay such as gadgets that turn water into steam, ice and other liquids.
The game will also feature original voice-over work from the talent involved with the animated series. We hope to have more on the game for you after the frenzy of E3 has died down. | <urn:uuid:8210a384-0b4a-4bf9-8a6d-80f9f9207799> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 876 |
A and P Society Autumn Show Catalogue 1902
Original digital file
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
This catalogue is one of many that will be uploaded to the website in due course.
We are asking for volunteers to transcribe these catalogues.
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The light blue Challenger Tumbler is a new, UK manufactured travel mug. Available with a range of coloured lids, this mug is able to keep drinks warmer for longer. A direct screen print is applied to the outside of the mug, which is dishwasher and microwave safe.
|Height with Standard Lid||≅ 180mm|
|Height with Sip & Slide Lid||≅ 162mm|
|Minimum Order Quantity||50|
|Direct Print Area||240 x 40mm|
|Typical Lead Time||7-10 Working Days|
Product specifications are for guidance only, the physical product may vary slightly in size.
Lead times are from proof of approval, and are subject to the site of artwork. Lead times are based on the default product print type. | <urn:uuid:2dd0137a-b9e8-453e-a419-59820874a0f1> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 667 |
Muslims in Murfreesboro!
Our Readers Who Comment are having a field day with the discovery that anti-Muslim concern is not just the province of sophisticated New Yorkers but also of those who reside in the Nashville suburb of Murfreesboro, Tenn., where there is strong opposition to a proposed Islamic center.
More than 650 comments have come in at this hour, many of them supporting the local opposition. Many others -- presumably those sophisticated Northerners -- roll out the predictable What Do You Expect From the Redneck Bible Belt? argument, and a few attempt to address the issues, or attack Islam, or blame the media for fanning the flames.
As Annie Gowen writes, "The 250 or so families -- about 1,000 people -- who worship at the existing Islamic Center come from around the globe and include doctors, car salesmen and students from nearby Middle Tennessee State University... Plans for a school, pool and cemetery are expected to take years to complete. But the vision of a large-scale complex has caused consternation among locals."
And do check out the excellent Howard Kurtz column this morning on the media response to things like this.
We'll start with kbm8795, who wrote, "Sigh. . .another day, another boogyman from the Far Right. These people live and breathe on fear and hostility... America has far important problems to address than this constant media-driven sideshow featuring whatever group of Americans these con-artist con-servatives want to pick on next."
But wonderingstevie said, "Nobody should be surprised. The typical American sees Muslims as those who fly planes in to buildings, blow up buses, wear exploding vests and bomb trains and planes. Muslims have a major PR problem."
asdf2 wrote, "...The concern expressed by the media over the mere possibility of anti-Moslem reactions is not remotely reflected by reality. All it really reflects is the elite believing they're better than the run-of-the-mill American. Which also couldn't be further from the truth."
shutoz said, "You are talking about putting a Mosque in the middle of the bible belt where there is a christian church every five feet, what exactly did they expect?
This is the south, where ministers are ordained, not by university, but by god himself... They are afraid that their Muslim counterparts maybe as fanatical as they are. What they see in themselves is what their afraid of."
irratical wrote, "The rightwing is getting crazier and uglier with each passing day. Last month it was the Mexicans. Now it's Muslims. What demographic is the next target for these freedom-loving patriots?"
rajneeshiK said, "Muslims were respected before 9/11 but since then there are Islamic terror attacks and plots almost every day in some part of the world including here in the U.S. And that is why people are afraid of Muslims and Islam."
windrider2 wrote, "Well, the surest way to discourage moderate Muslims is to persecute them and treat them with bigoted hatred. Young Muslims will soon realize there's no reason to be moderate because so-called Christian Americans are going to attack them and their mosques no matter what..."
onealethia said, "Muslims see a Mosque on the 911 site as a symbol of victory over the West. Their tradition is to set up Mosques on sites of their greatest victories. Their goal is to conquer the West and the liberals are their useful idiot accomplices."
kevin1231 wrote, "Right wing is exploiting this for its own political purpose. Their motto is "the hell with the country" Since they don't have anything else to offer, they will use any issue to get votes...The right wing wants more terrorism because it thrives on conflict and war and then use it to carry out its economic agenda to rob the low and middle income people to give it to the rich."
arieb said, "...On one hand I'm all for religious tolerance, but on the other hand I came back to the US from Holland, where I saw the radical changes that religious tolerance brought. When Islamic kids where dancing in the streets, as we watched the twin towers come down, I knew it was time to leave..."
bourassa1 wrote, "Anti-Muslim sentiment is not rising. The people who hate Muslims today always hated them. They hate everything foreign. What's new is that racists currently feel emboldened and are coming out of the woodwork everywhere. They're also passing laws against people who look Mexican. They even want to abolish the 14th Amendment. They call Obama a Kenyan and a Muslim, and call themselves the "Real Americans"..."
JamesChristian said, "...If these mosques and "community centers" (for the Islamic community only, not the community overall) didn't ALWAYS turn out to be centers of discrimination and hatred for outsiders, if the call to prayer wasn't a call to war, if Islamics weren't constantly pushing their Sharia law in communities where their numbers grow, people could live with these centers. But these Islamic centers become all of this and more. They launder money through these centers, they support terror networks, they house and nurture illegals from throughout the middle east. And we're supposed to be supportive of all this? Nonsense..."
rjacobs1 wrote, "What angers me about this anti-mosque stuff is that if people were opposing the building of a synagogue or christian church, those opponents would be labeled for the bigots they are. But, in this debate the media frames the argument as being one of people concerned about "terrorism" vs. those who don't care about the national security state's latest bogeyman. This is about freedom to worship and nothing else. Write it that way!"
mike-sey said, "Christian America is as intolerant and as driven by extremists as any branch of the Islamic world. Mostly it is insecure and, as someone once said, the only thing it fears is fear itself."
We'll cose with cubano, who wrote, "I trust reasoned voices will prevail above the din of heated emotions over the Islamic Center brouhaha. Out with hatred and fear! In with tolerance, understanding and respect for our Constitution and laws."
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The silver lining of the pandemic is that nature is reclaiming its turf. The way we look at life is changing, work norms have changed, greetings have changed, and the way we look at skin care has also changed. And dermatologists say that it is time for you to give your skin a break too and let it enjoy the clearer air and reduced stress of commute in these times.
The new normal of wearing a mask and glove and practicing social distancing everywhere has bought home the importance of natural beauty achieved through sleep, exercise, and good healthy food.
Easy, back to basic moves are in when it comes to skincare as the concept of aesthetics has changed. We are focussing more on our internal health and wellness and things that impact the overall complexion rather than just focussing on facial skin. The approach is leaning towards an overall healthy projection rather than just a heavy makeup look.
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Sleep well and long:
If you don’t sleep enough, it immediately shows up on your skin in the form of puffiness, dullness, dark circles, wrinkles, and tiredness. The reason is the increased stress levels because of lack of sleep. Aim for a minimum of seven hours of sleep every night.
Stick to a workout routine:
Moderate exercise of 45 minutes a day, thrice a week will help keep your skin young and glowing. You don’t have to over exert, just make a routine, and stick with it and you will see the difference soon. Give 10 minutes a day to face exercise to firm up your neck, jaw and chin.
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Want to sit near the window to enjoy the warmth of the sun? Don’t forget to cover your exposed skin with sunscreen. If you are walking to the grocery store, then stick to the shady side of the street. Protect yourself when you go out with an umbrella, dupatta or even a hat. UV rays are the biggest ageing instigators. They bring about sunspots, tan, thin the skin, and reduce the collagen. Protect yourself as much as you can.
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Bust the stress:
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Because we are not going out as we used to does not mean our skin does not need care.
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Heath Voss to Miss Phoenix SupercrossFriday, January 13, 2006 | 3:33 PM
Yamaha Factory rider too sore to compete
Cypress, CA (January 13, 2006) - - Yamaha Factory racer Heath Voss will miss this weekend's AMA Supercross race in Phoenix, Arizona due to injuries from a practice crash. Voss, the 2003 World Supercross Champion, crashed on Tuesday January 10th at the Yamaha test track and though he suffered no serious injuries the impact caused extreme stiffness in his neck and back.
Hoping to compete this weekend, Voss retuned home to Texas for further examination but it was determined by his doctors that the Yamaha star does not have enough mobility to compete at the level needed for Supercross. "I can't believe I have to miss Phoenix," explained a disappointed Heath Voss. "I went to bed last night hoping to wake up, spring out of bed and still make the race, but, unfortunately, Im too sore and must think about the rest of the series rather than returning when I'm not 100%."
Heath Voss is expected to make a full recovery and looks forward to being back at the track as soon as possible.
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32) Who got the highest score in the Mathematics examination, among Sumit, Amit and Namit. No two students got the same marks. I. Sumit got more marks than Namit. II. Amit did not get lesser marks than Sumit, who did not get lesser marks than Namit. A)l B)2 C)3 D)4
33) How many hours does it take some boys and girls in a camp to put up the tent? I. There are 4 boys and 7 girls. II. A girl can put up the tent in 5 hours and a boy can put up the tent in 3 hours. A)l B)2 C)3 D)4
34) If p, q, r, s and t are in an Arithmetic Progression, is r the largest among them? I.t>O II. p, q < 0 A)l B)2 C)3 D)4
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Question consists of sentences, which have one or two blanks, each blank indicating that something has been omitted. Below each sentence are four numbered words or sets of’ words, labelled (1) through (4). Choose the word or set of words that, when inserted in the sentence, best fits the meaning of the sentence as a whole.
New concerns about growing religious tension in northern India were ........... this week after at least fifty people were killed and hundreds injured or arrested in rioting between Hindus and Muslims.
Silver is especially and repetitively savage about what he sees as the extravagant claims made for particle physics, arguing that once the proton, neutron, and electron were found and their properties experimentally confirmed, the very expensive searches for ever more exotic particles, such as the Higgs Boson, were increasingly harder to justify other than by their importance to particle physicists. Most of the particles resemble ecstatic happiness: They are very short-lived and have nothing to do with everyday life. His repeated assault goes to the level of sarcasm: “Finding the Higgs Boson will be a magnificent technical and theoretical triumph. Like a great Bobby Fisher game”. Of course, this is a tad unfair, even if some of the claims of its practitioners invite such assaults on their field.
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AGHORI's are called cannibals by some, while some view them as dirty sect which destroys the image of Hinduism in the world. They are believed to be devotees of ‘Lord Shiva’. According to the Aghori's every human is a ‘shava’(dead body) with emotions and they should try to become ‘Shiva’ by denying the human pleasures and involving in the Aghori rituals. It is believed that they possess miraculous healing power, and some even heal the person by cursing him. ‘If an ‘Aghori Baba’ curses you, that means your problems will end soon!’ – claim some people who are believers and followers of such sadhus.
Introduction to Aghori Saints
The life of an Aghori Sadhu is not easy, to become like them one has to meditate about twelve years and complete certain rituals under the guidance of an Aghori guru in order to enhance one spiritual strength. Aghoris use woods from pyre, clothes from dead bodies, and ash of burnt bodies for the various rituals. There are certain rules one must follow to become an Aghori. Firstly an Aghori must find a teacher and do what the teacher tells him to do. And Aghori must find a human skull known as “kappala”. And use only this as a ritual tool before initiation. An Aghori must apply pyre on his body to symbolically show the nature of the Lord Shiva.
The Aghori culture is quite strange and frightening for an ordinary people. They practice meditation and they usually stay in forest or by the riverside. The most frightening fact about them is they enjoy cannibalism. They eat human flesh digging the dead body from the crematory places or from the grave yards. They consider it as a Bhakti (religion). They usually live near the grave yards or crematoriums and start to dig the ground or search the flesh after the cremation process is done. They also collect the woods and logs usually left over from the crematory areas and they cook their foods from the same woods.
There are large number of Aghori community in India and many of them throng to Pashupati Nath during Maha Shivatri. They have pretty much a nomadic lifestyle. They stay in community and share their culture with each other. They justify their act of eating human flesh as holy. As per their logic when a person dies he just becomes a useless body of flesh his soul simply escapes from the body. And same things happen with the other animals so there is no difference between eating a dead chicken or other animal or a dead human being.Aghori's not only eat dead people but they also eat other animals like goat or chicken but they never eat cows. They also drink alcohol and smoke cannabis(weed,hashish).The ritual practices of the AGHORI are symbols of their non-dualistic beliefs.
The corpse upon which they meditate is a symbol of their own body and transcendence of the lower self and realization of the Supreme Self.They are far beyond the human civilization and they do not bother to care whats happening in the outside world.. they have their own world and style of living have their own world living in between normal human beings likes us.
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August 9, 2015
- Literacy Around the World
- In Photos: WBLAS at Marketfest 2015!
- Bear pride
- Action packed summer
- Getting a "Jumpstart" on the school year
- Important positions
- 62.4-second video updates
- Activities updates
School Board News
- School Board Election
- School Board Recognitions
- School Board Meetings
- General Information
Literacy Around the World
On a summer evening, our public libraries overflow with children browsing the child and young adult sections. Some curiously scan adult books on higher shelves or negotiate their way through the mysteries of the Dewey Decimal System. Boys and girls accumulate piles of books to take home, sitting on the carpet deep in imagination.
Half a world away, it is morning of the next day. We sit with elementary school children in a soum (village) school in central Mongolia, as boys and girls show us favorite books from their classroom library.
The school is a two story brick structure, housing nearly 400 students in grades K- 12 during the school year, but on the day we visit a single class works with teachers who host a fun summer class.
The soum schools lack amenities we take for granted, like modern technology and indoor plumbing. But caring, inspiring teachers make learning fun, and books make a broader world come alive.
Beyond the dusty roads and few houses of the village, the broad Mongolian Plateau stretches to distant mountains. Nearly 500,000 of Mongolia's 3 million people are nomads, and the children of nomadic families join the village children in the soum schools.
Which brings us back to the importance of books. Our school visit is arranged by a member of the national ministry of education. She has worked with international non-profit organizations to provide a classroom library for every school elementary classroom in Mongolia's nearly 400 soum schools.
Not surprisingly, data shows significant improvements in student literacy since the classroom libraries have been put in place. We aren't surprised. We know how important elementary classroom libraries are in the White Bear Lake Area Schools.
Looking around at the children, it feels like home.
Michael J. Lovett, Ph.D
Superintendent, White Bear Lake Area Schools
In Photos: WBLAS at Marketfest 2015!
Click here to watch a video highlighting this year's Marketfest fun! Thank you to everyone who visited!
Many of our graduates go off and accomplish wonderful things, but rarely do they forget where they came from. Oftentimes, our most thoughtful gifts come from our graduates. Just recently, former White Bear grad Michael Jordan from UNRL donated state championship t-shirts to the boys' lacrosse team, which took home the state title this summer. The varsity players wore these at the most recent School Board meeting, where they were recognized for this great accomplishment. Jordan also donated a banner to the team, which was proudly displayed as the boys rode in the Manitou Days Parade.
We're also very proud of several of our Central and Sunrise Park Middle School students for their recent National History Day accomplishments. Central students Riley Gent and Kate Hall took the title of State Champions in the Junior Group Web Site division. Five Sunrise scholars qualified for National History Day, and given that nearly one million students take part in History Day, they represent less than 1-percent who've advanced this far. Students from both middle schools represented White Bear proudly in Washington D.C. earlier this summer as part of this experience. Central eighth grader Kayla Schroeder even made this video of the trip!
Action packed summer
Though it's been pretty quiet in the classroom, summer is one of the busiest times for our Community Services programs. Students in our Extended Day program have had quite the fun-filled summer with a wide range of activities - from visiting the Fort Snelling Base Camp to fishing right here in White Bear. Just recently, our Extended Day kids took part in a day-long athletic event with students from other districts. There were a total of 1,500 participants just at that one event, all of whom were running, playing soccer, dancing, and even doing a mile-long run called the District Dash.
Community Services also had more than 400 four- to eight-year-olds playing T-ball this summer and more than 150 kids taking summer tennis lessons, among other activities. Still to come this month, the district department will launch a brand new flag football league for boys and girls grade K-3. The inaugural season will focus on teaching the sport and learning through fun games. For more information, click here.
Young students aren't the only ones benefiting from our Community Services programs this summer. There were two pickleball clinics for adults in July. The clinics were geared toward beginners, with each participant receiving lessons. Though one of the clinics had to be held inside due to rain, both of the events were completely sold out. Since proving to be such a popular activity, Community Services is hoping to form a pickleball club that will get together to play outdoor and indoor pickleball throughout the year. These summer clinics were featured in the White Bear Press.
What do all of these Community Services activities have in common? They are all BearPowered! What does that mean? BearPower is a community-wide movement helping White Bear Lake Area families eat well and be active. They are also one of the district's community partners. You may have noticed the hashtag #BearPoweredSummer being tossed around on social media recently. It's part of BearPower's Summer Challenge campaign - a fun opportunity to encourage kids to try new activities throughout summer. By completing ten activities in the 2015 BP Summer Passport, participants can win prizes! If you're just now hearing about this, there's still time to take part! Click here for more information.
You're also invited to join BearPower for the upcoming Family Fitness Night at the White Bear Area YMCA, which will take place from 6-7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 14. Bring your swimsuit to this one, because it's an Ultimate Water Fight! You're allowed to bring your squirt guns, water bottles, sponges - anything you can think of to get other people wet. The event is free, so bring the whole family. Click here for further details.
Getting a "jumpstart" on the school year
Heading into a new learning environment can be intimidating, especially for some of our youngest learners. That's why we have our Kindergarten Jumpstart program - to help students feel prepared as they head into their first years of school. This program is already underway with just one week to go. It's a four-day class that takes place at seven of the elementary schools, focused on students going into kindergarten in the fall. The program gives the students a taste of being in a kindergarten classroom, practicing following classroom routines, interacting with peers, taking direction from a teacher and more. On Thursdays, there is a bus safety unit and the kids get to ride around the block on the bus. The bus driver does a great job talking to the kids about bus safety. Our Early Childhood Program currently has some openings in a few of our preschool classes and Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) classes. Be sure to register! (And if the idea of serving students in a couple of important roles sound like fun to you, apply to be a bus driver or cafeteria staff member. The district is still hiring these positions!)
Meanwhile, WBLAS staff members have been busy all summer making sure the 2015-16 school year gets off to a great start! To ensure all students feel prepared, we've posted the 2015-15 school supply listson our district website. There, you'll find individual supply lists by school and grade. The district is in the process of finalizing and printing the 2015-16 Activities Calendar - which will be mailed out to district families in late-August. Individual schools also are in the process of sending welcome packets to incoming students, so keep an eye on your mailbox for important information coming your way! And please continue to visit the district website for any updates as we head into the upcoming school year.
We look forward to another great year!
A terrific student experience depends on terrific adults leading the way. The district is currently seeking candidates to fill key roles in the district, including bus drivers, nutrition services staff members, paraprofessionals, teachers, and a variety of other positions. Find open position postings here.
Additionally, three at-large seats on the White Bear Lake Area School Board will be on the ballot this fall. A primary election will be conducted on August 11, 2015. Find the Notice of Election here, and find a White Bear Press article about the candidates here.
62.4-second video updates
Take a look at our 62.4-second video updates that highlight weekly activity throughout our schools.
Fall sports start as early as Thursday, August 20 with Girl's Tennis facing off against Fridley. Football begins the following day with varsity playing on Saturday, August 22. Click here for a schedule of fall contests. Find a complete list of all WBLAHS Activities, Athletics and Fine Arts here.
Please contact the Communications Department (651-407-7695) to submit Student News for inclusion in future publications.
Three at-large seats on the White Bear Lake Area School Board will be on the ballot this fall. A primary election will be conducted on August 11, 2015. Find the Notice of Election here, and find a White Bear Press article about the candidates here.
Before the July 13 School Board Meeting, the school board recognized the Boys' Lacrosse Team for their state-level participation (and state championship).
School Board meeting agendas and minutes can be found here.
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Highlights from the most recent School Board meeting can be found here.
The WBLAS Community Services and Recreation Department provides a wide range of services and opportunities that enhance the quality of life for all members of ISD 624.
- Three of our seasonal catalogs are available now! You can find them here.
- There will be a Primary Election on Tuesday, August 11, narrowing the current list of ten candidates to six for three at-large seats that will be on the ballot this fall. Find your polling place here. Find the White Bear Press article about the candidates here.
- Immunizations - Minnesota law requires each student enrolled in and remaining in elementary or secondary school must submit a record stating that they have received immunizations consistent with medically accepted standards. For more information on what is required and to complete the necessary form, click here.
- The school supply lists for the 2015-16 school year can be found here.
- NAMI Minnesota Parent Resource Program - NAMI Minnesota (National Alliance on Mental Illness) provides support groups to help parents discover resources to meet the challenges of raising a child with mental illness, learn coping skills and develop problem solving skills. Click here to learn more about the NAMI Minnesota Parent Resource Program. Parent Resources Referral forms can be found here.
- Summer Meals for Children - During the school year, many Minnesota families depend on the free or reduced-price meals their children receive at school to provide nourishment. When school is out, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) bridges the "nutrition gap."
To find summer meal program locations near you:
- Enter your address in the new Summer Meal Site Finder online tool just released by USDA's Food and Nutrition Service.
- Call the 2-1-1 Hotline or from your mobile phone in the Twin Cities metro area, call 651-291-0211. In greater Minnesota, call 1-800-543-7709, or TTY at 651-291-8440.
- Text Second Harvest Heartland at 612-516-3663.
- Enter your address in the Summer Meal Map online tool.
- Call the National Hunger Hotline at 1-866-348-6479 or in Spanish 1-877-842-6273.
- Willow and Central to participate in Summer Food Service Program - Willow Lane Elementary and Central Middle School will be sites this summer for the Food and Nutrition Service Summer Food Service Program. As such, breakfast and lunch meals will open and free-of-charge to White Bear Lake Area School District community children under 18 years old at Willow and Central schools. Find the full details here.
- One-stop online payments - During the summer months, the district is transitioning to a "one-stop" online payment system that will enable families to make payments for food services, school activities and Community Education activities. The system will also serve as the registration hub for middle school and high school activities. The new system will replace multiple systems that are currently used for these purposes, including RevTrak, PayPams and ActiveNet.
- PACER Center recently launched its National Parent Center on Transition and Employment website, which offers innovative tools, reliable research, and interactive training to support families who are going through the transition process. We hope you'll pass this valuable information along to your staff and the families you serve.
- 2015-16 Academic Calendar - See the approved calendar here. The 2015-16 Activities Calendar is currently being finalized and printed, and will be mailed to all district families in late-August.
- Stay connected! - Sign up for the Community e-Newsletter, sent out twice a month. Join White Bear Lake Area Schools' social media circles - Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
- Calling all baby models - We're looking for "Born to be a Bear" photos! Email photos to us here and you may find your little one featured in District publications!
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Senior Program Updates:
The White Bear Area Senior Center is a program of the White Bear Lake Area Schools Community Services & Recreation Department.
- FREE Activity Pass for Senior Community members (age 65+) - White Bear Lake Area Schools offer a variety of activities - home athletic contests, concerts, and theater productions to name a few. Join us! Call the Superintendent's Office at 651-407-7563 to request a FREE Activity Pass for home athletics events and a District Activities Calendar. Find the application here. The Activities Pass is available to residents of the White Bear Lake Area School District who are age 65 and older.
- Craft Corner Gift Shop at the Senior Center - Open from 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Monday through Friday, the gift shop is the perfect place to shop for a variety of beautiful, handcrafted items. With more than 100 consignees selling their personal crafts, there is much to choose from for purchase. If anyone, over the age of 55, has any love of creating crafts, we are in need of consignees to further our inventory. The Craft Corner Gift Shop is located at Normandy Park Education Center, 2484 County Road F East.
- BearPower is currently offering a #BearPoweredSummer Challenge which encourages kids to eat well and be active throughout the summer. If kids complete the challenge, they win prizes! BearPower is also hosting a FREE Ultimate Water Fight at the White Bear Area Family YMCA as one of their many Family Fitness Night events.
- The White Bear Lake Area Educational Foundation( WBLAEF) is an independent, non-profit corporation promoting excellence in education in White Bear Area School District 624 schools. Click here to visit their website.
- WBLAEF annual fundraiser, Beyond Our Shores: Enhancing Environmental Education, will be held on Friday, October 23, 2015, from 6:30 p.m.- 9 p.m. at the White Bear Yacht Club.
- Teachers: Grant applications are now being accepted for the 2015-16 school year. Click here for the list and when to apply.
- The WBLAEF 16th Annual Golf Tournament brought in 135 registered golfers and more than $26,000 for the foundation. Mark your calendars - next year's event will take place June 27.
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- Attend an event or two during this upcoming year! The 2015-16 Activities Calendar will be mailed to all District families in August. If you do not have a child in school, but you would like a copy of the district-wide activity listing, contact Jody Reber at 651-407-7563 and request to be added to the Activities Calendar mailing list.
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I have reached the stage where my next history book, Medieval Gower Stories, is ready to publish. In the past I have had two contrasting conversations about formatting – one about ebook formatting and one about print book formatting.
The interesting thing was that the person who was struggling with creating an ebook was only used to print books and the one who was struggling with creating a print book was only used to ebooks. The formatting is very different, and you need to get your head around it or you will be very confused.
Before ebooks, there were only print books, and you either paid a printer (which was called vanity publishing and was a BAD THING) or you got yourself a contract with a publisher (which could be soul destroying getting accepted, but was then a GOOD THING). Either way, the internal layout of your book was done for you.
Now, with ebooks and print-on-demand, you can publish your own books (which is a GOOD THING) but you have to pay to have formatting done (which is a BAD THING), or format them yourself. So, unless you have money to spare or an expert friend, you must bite the formatting bullet.
There’s lots of guidance on the relevant websites, and there are books about it, but I thought it would be helpful to give you an overview of what’s involved.
Ebooks don’t exist in a physical form, just the code for your ereader, so they don’t have page sizes, or page numbers, or headers and footers. You just need the text of your book with some front matter (title, author, copyright notice, and dedication if you have one) and some back matter (contact the author, sample of other books, plea for a review and table of contents).
Ebooks also don’t have tabs or multiple returns, so you have to find another way to space out your text. You have to use paragraph styles. If you don’t know how to use them, learn soon, to save heartache later. If you want the first line of a paragraph indented, you can’t tab, you must define it in the paragraph style. If you want a space between each paragraph and the next, you can’t use a blank line, you must define it.
If you have a table of contents (not essential for fiction) it can’t have page numbers in because ebooks don’t have page numbers. You have to set up links using bookmarks and hyperlinks. The same applies to footnotes. I have a Slideshare which explains how to do it. If your book is fiction, put your table of contents at the end of the book so it doesn’t get in the way of the free sample Amazon offers of your book. You want readers to sample the story, not your table of contents.
Print books on the other hand do have page sizes, and page numbers, and headers and footers (but not on the front matter). You have to decide what size you want your book to be and work out how thick the spine will be. You will need page numbers in the footer and the book’s title or chapter name in the header. You need to learn how to format the page in your word processor.
You can now lay out your book as you please, using tabs, spaces and multiple returns, because when you finish formatting, you convert the document to PDF, which ‘sets’ it so it goes on the page exactly as you laid it out.
For your ebook you need a cover which represents just the front cover. For your print book, you need a cover that wraps around, with a front, spine and back cover. But you also need ‘bleed’. The cover has to be slightly bigger than the book size, because after it’s assembled, the book is trimmed to give it clean edges. So your designer not only has to take your ebook cover and extend it to the spine and back, but give that tiny extra bit.
Don’t let all this daunt you. Formatting is not hard, but it can be fiddly and time consuming. The thing to do is learn how to use the word processing tools ahead of time and think hard about what you want by looking at existing books. Read the Kindle and Smashwords guides for ebook and the Create Space guide for print-on-demand [other websites are available]. Don’t panic and take your time. You’ll be fine.
Ann Marie Thomas is the author of three medieval history books, a surprisingly cheerful poetry collection about her 2010 stroke, and the science fiction series Flight of the Kestrel. Book one, Intruders, is out now. Follow her at http://eepurl.com/bbOsyz | <urn:uuid:f620d3ef-ad96-4ea9-93c7-934f0c8da585> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,284 |
Washington, Nov 19 : A long lost group of primates not seen alive in 85 years has now been discovered by a research led by a Texas A and M University anthropologist.
Called pygmy tarsiers, the furry Furby/gremlin-looking creatures about the size of a small mouse and weighing less than 2 ounces, were lost in oblivion since they were last collected for a museum in 1921.
While a large number of scientists thought they were extinct, two Indonesian scientists trapping rats in the highlands of Sulawesi accidentally trapped and killed a pygmy tarsier in 2000. In late August, Sharon Gursky-Doyen and graduate student Nanda Grow, along with a team of locals trapped three of the nocturnal creatures in Indonesia.
The presence of claws instead of nails is the main distinguishing feature of pygmy tarsiers, which makes the species different from nearly all other primates, which have nails and not claws, said Gursky-Doyen.
She thinks that the claws may be an adaptation to the mossy environment.
In a period of more than two months, two males and one female were trapped on Mt. Rore Katimbo in Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Using approximately 276 mist nets, the scientists captured the creatures and then attached radio collars to their necks to keep a check on their movements.
The moist mountainous terrain at heights of 7,000 to 8,000 above sea level proved tricky to navigate, and the nocturnal nature of the animals added another element of danger.
"It was always foggy and wet, so you had to be careful not to get hypothermia. And the moss was so slippery, we were always struggling to stay upright," said Gursky-Doyen.
In fact, she is eager to return to gain more first-hand knowledge about the creatures and work toward their preservation.
Now, Gursky-Doyen and Grow are drafting a paper that represents the first behavioural and ecological data on this living population of pygmy tarsiers.
Gursky-Doyen hopes that the Indonesian government will now protect the species from the encroaching development that is occurring in the range of this species within Lore Lindu National Park. "There are still primates waiting to be discovered in Indonesia. Not all have been seen, heard and described," she said. | <urn:uuid:1f2c5edb-144e-430d-9a86-5b8da28fe86c> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 2,237 |
This afternoon when I left work, I got up the road about a half a mile when the traffic started backing up. Then I noticed no cars coming in the other direction. Which can only mean one thing.
So I grabbed my patience cap out of the glove compartment,(does anyone keep actual gloves in those?)and wished I could get up to the next stand of trees and sit to wait this out in the shade.
The accident happened in the south bound lane, I was going north. It looked as though someone wasn't paying attention to the red light and really clobbered the car in front of her/him. Sucks. What sucks worse is that when the medics opened, or rather pryed, the door open on the car doing the hitting, a dog escaped and ran out into the (thank God) stopped traffic.
Being the animal lover I am, I joined two other people in the lets get the dog campaign. It took a half an hour and two leashes. I just happened to grab my dog's leash out of the truck just in case. The dog ran north away from the accident for about 1/4 mile. This is where I joined in. I pulled off the road, locked up my truck and started herding the dog back to the site of the accident. One lady stopped to help. She shut off her car and the dog acted as if it wanted to get in her car, but she had her baby in the car and was reluctant. (can't say as I blame her) The dog ended up crawling under her car and we were able to get the leashes on her, and pull her out.
She was slightly hurt, and scared to death. She wanted to bite us.
Another woman drove by us and slowed down to tell us that there was a blue truck up the road with a dog in it going crazy. I said,"Oh thanks, that would be my crazy dog. He hates me being out of his sight. He is safe, this dog is not."
Then I got to wondering...how would she know to stop and tell us about the blue truck/dog? And then why would she tell us about the blue truck/dog? I suppose she thought we were just out saving dogs today.
I took that as my cue to leave, before the humane society decided I was abusing my dog. (Believe me, he was not suffering) Since the dog from the accident was in good hands (one of my customers was there with her and going to take her to the vet) I left and got me and my dog home.
If I ever find out what happened with this dog I will let you all know. Hopefully, everything will be okay for all involved. BTW...the dog's name was Breezy. One of the cops asked the owner as they were getting them out of their car. I am hoping they let them know that Breezy was being taken care of. One less thing for them to worry about.
*I found out today that the dog and her owner are fine...shaken badly, but not injured. I guess rear ending someone in a Mercedes is a good thing! (yeah...sure) I was just happy to hear that all involved are good. | <urn:uuid:8be44d30-6338-4be7-85a0-d3287cd77d1d> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 2,768 |
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The Department of Defense (DOD) faces major hurdles in recruiting and retaining top quality high-tech professionals unless it addresses science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education deficits, according to a new report from the National Academy of Engineering (NAE) and National Research Council (NRC).
The report addresses growing concern among national educators, employment experts and defense stakeholders about America’s STEM capabilities falling behind the rest of the world.
STEM education is widely regarded as the key to producing a competitive workforce for high-tech industries, such as engineering, computer science and aerospace. Many experts and politicians, including President Barack Obama in his 2011 State of the Union address, draw a parallel with the need for STEM education today with the United States’ experience during the Cold War.
“Half a century ago, when the Soviets beat us into space with the launch of a satellite called Sputnik, we had no idea how we would beat them to the moon,” the president said in a section of the speech focused on the importance of science and technology. “The science wasn’t even there yet. NASA didn’t exist. But after investing in better research and education, we didn’t just surpass the Soviets; we unleashed a wave of innovation that created new industries and millions of new jobs.
“This is our generation’s Sputnik moment. Two years ago, I said that we needed to reach a level of research and development we haven’t seen since the height of the Space Race.”
However, the nation’s STEM performance has so far failed to meet these goals.
A 2010 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) study rated the U.S. 23rd in math education, 17th in reading education and 31st in science education worldwide. China, represented by the city of Shanghai and the administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, was ranked toward the top of the list in these categories.
The NAE and NRC last year launched a study to “assess the STEM capabilities that the DOD will need in order to meet its goals, objectives and priorities; to assess whether the current DOD workforce and strategy will meet those needs; and to identify and evaluate options and recommend strategies that the department could use to help meet its future STEM needs,” Today’s Engineer notes.
The study’s interim findings paint a grim portrait of the DOD’s STEM capabilities, similar to the ongoing manufacturing skills gap.
First, the U.S. defense industry has an aging workforce. While many skilled workers are headed toward retirement, fewer numbers of young people are being trained to replace them.
Almost half of current DOD engineers, physical sciences, IT and biological sciences employees with at least 20 years of experience are near retirement age.
Much of the shortfall is due to weakened performance in K-12 STEM education in the U.S. Shortages are also widening in higher education: U.S. universities are conferring more than half of the doctoral degrees in engineering to non-U.S. citizens, “a large percentage of whom leave the country within five years of getting their degrees.”
Furthermore, non-U.S. citizens often have difficulty getting DOD jobs because of security clearance issues.
In a later report, the NAE and NRC point out that public jobs are simply not attractive to STEM professionals, many of whom are able to find more lucrative opportunities, with fewer bureaucratic demands, in the private sector.
“STEM assignments at the DOD that involve more procedure and bureaucracy than technical challenge and mission are unlikely to satisfy the high-quality STEM professionals the DOD needs to recruit,” C.D. Mote, engineering professor at the University of Maryland, said in a statement. “Making DOD employment an attractive career choice to the most qualified and motivated professionals will pay enormous dividends to the department and the nation.”
According to the report, the DOD should:
- Educate capable employees in STEM fields through advanced degree programs, such as those at the Naval Postgraduate School
- Re-evaluate security clearance procedures to admit larger numbers of STEM-qualified non-citizens
- Work to change the H-1B visa system to allow individuals with cybersecurity training to work with the DOD
- Improve the SMART scholarship program
The DOD is currently conducting an internal evaluation of the report to determine which of these recommendations are actionable and should be pursued. | <urn:uuid:d55464a3-e4c6-47d3-9ad5-bf028dcccade> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 4,483 |
For 14 months, law enforcement authorities and art collectors around the world have been on alert for a Pablo Picasso painting stolen from a Chicago gallery.
The big break in the international hunt, police said Friday, came when Chicago police tried to make a routine traffic stop of two cars creeping along, almost bumper to bumper, in the Cabrini-Green housing complex.
When one of the drivers fled, police searched his 1980 Chevy station wagon and found a garment bag in the back seat. In the bag, they found the Picasso. Estimated value: $650,000.
"We realized it was of some value because it had the name of the gallery on the back and Picasso's signature on the front," said Sgt. Dennis Ross, who had come to assist the patrol officers making the traffic stop Thursday afternoon.
The recovery of the Picasso-a painting of a man's head titled "Tete"-took place less than a mile from the gallery it was stolen from.
That the Picasso hadn't found a final buyer in those 14 months illustrated to some the difficulty of selling a stolen work of some prominence, especially if its theft has been widely publicized.
The two drivers were arrested and charged with felony theft. At a press conference Friday, Belmont Area detectives said they still were trying to determine whether the suspects were involved in the Jan. 3, 1994, theft of the Picasso and how long they had the painting in their possession.
Chicago police identified the men in custody as Calvin Fitch, 35, of the 400 block of West Oak Street, and Anthony Smith, 34, of the 6500 block of North Lakewood Avenue. Both are scheduled to be arraigned Monday.
Also taken in that 1994 heist was "Early Fall Hayworth," by Illinois artist Harold Gregor, valued at several thousand dollars.
The paintings were stolen from the Richard Gray Gallery, then of 620 N. Michigan Ave. and now of 875 N. Michigan Ave. Paul Gray, the gallery's director, said he was thrilled "but not terribly surprised" that the Picasso was recovered.
"These things are very difficult to sell," he said.
Constance Lowenthal, executive director of the International Foundation for Art Research, a New York-based group that publishes a register of lost or stolen art works, said prominent pieces are difficult to move.
She said thieves are unlikely to receive anything near market value unless they find a collector unaware the works are "hot."
However, she acknowledged that the majority of stolen art is never recovered.
The painting had been on consignment to the gallery from a family who had originally estimated its worth at $5 million. But "Tete" isn't a major work by Picasso-one of his first-rate pieces would sell in the millions-and certainly isn't in the league of Edvard Munch's "The Scream."
Munch's masterpiece was stolen last year from a Norwegian museum but was recovered almost three months later.
Still at large are 12 major pieces stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston in 1990 and 19 masterworks taken from an Irish collector in 1974.
Gray said police showed him pictures of the suspects, and he said he had never seen or heard of them before. He said the theft definitely was not an inside job.
Police said that Fitch has two prior convictions for burglary, and Smith has convictions for possession of marijuana and unlawful use of weapons.
Cmdr. Hernandez said two of his detectives, Sgt. Dennis Ross and Detective John Beaumont, were driving near Cambridge and Chicago Avenues about 3:15 p.m. Thursday when they spotted a patrol car trying to stop two vehicles. The two vehicles, he said, were moving so slowly that "one seemed to be towing the other."
He said there was no indication the cars were stolen.
Hernandez said Smith, driving a 1991 Toyota, didn't heed the warning to stop and drove a few blocks before he was curbed by the patrol officers. Fitch, driving the Chevy wagon, stopped, left the car and fled. The two detectives then checked his car.
Police said Smith was arrested at the scene and Fitch surrendered later that day. Hernandez said the Chevy was registered in Fitch's name, and Fitch knew the police were making inquiries about him when he surrendered.
Gray said he inspected the Picasso, which was still in its frame, and saw only minor damage.
Both Gray and Hernandez were uncertain whether the Picasso is still owned by the estate of the late Claire Zeisler, which consigned the painting to Gray's gallery, or whether insurers have paid the estate's claim for the loss and now hold title.
Gray said insurers paid his gallery $4,000 for the loss of the Gregor painting and will own that work if it is recovered. | <urn:uuid:b6f528f0-ebcf-411d-8d1c-0d9d2e13d5a5> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 4,603 |
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You may be hearing strange sounds from your attic, especially at night, and wondering if you have a bat infestation problem. You may also have seen a bat flying around your house, but you are not sure as to whether there is a whole colony in your attic or not. This article will give you answers to most of your questions.
Bats are flying mammals that look like rodents with wings. Most bats are insectivorous and keep the insect population at bay; therefore, most states have created laws that protect bat colonies. They are nocturnal animals and are most active at night. Bats are relatively small animals, but they live in colonies, and this makes their impact great. They, like most wild animals, harbor pathogens and diseases and can quickly spread these through their urine and feces.
How Do You Kow You Have Bats As Housemates?
When bats live in your house, they leave visible signs of their presence behind, and with time, these signs become clear evidence that they are present. These signs include:
- Grease stains: Bats enter your attic through any given space in your roof. Sometimes, these holes are small, and the bats need to squeeze in and out of the roof. This process leaves grease stains behind as they squeeze, and with continuous exit and entry, there is a buildup of grease that becomes noticeable over time.
- Guano: Bat feces or guano in your house is a clear indication that you have a bat problem. Guano is black and pebbly and is visible at bat entry and exit points. These are harmful to humans and animals, so stay away from the feces because they contain many parasites and pathogens.
- Strong ammonia smell: Bat droppings strongly smell of ammonia, and this is a tell-tale sign that you have a bat infestation problem in your house. You may also see the stains on your roof and see a buildup of feces in the attic.
- Bats in your house: Sometimes, a bat from the colony in your roof may miss its way and get into your living space or chimney. You can confirm the presence of the bat colony by looking for other signs like grease stains on the roof, windows, or near the attic.
- Sounds: Bats make sounds when they are communicating with one another. Some people say that it is midway between squealing and screeching. You may not hear these vocal sounds if the colony is small, but with larger colonies, the sounds are distinct and can be annoying. They also make scratch sounds on the roof, and their wings flutter. If you listen, you may catch these sounds.
- Night exits: Bats leave their nests at night to search for food, and they make noises during this time that will alert you to their presence. You may also see a few bats around your home late in the evening or early in the morning.
If you have a bat infestation problem, it’s important to find professional help from your local wildlife control agency in the state or any professional wildlife removal service, like wildlifeanimalpest.com, so that you do not break any of the laws that guide bat removal in your area. | <urn:uuid:526ecba3-4f5d-441a-a795-193aed378952> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 3,010 |
A recent study conducted in mice, baboons, and human volunteers has shown that a non-steroidal
anti-inlammatory drug approved by the U.S. Food
and Drug Administration (FDA), called meloxicam,
signiicantly increased the number of blood
(hematopoietic) stem cells (HSCs) and their descendent
hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs) entering the
circulation from the bone marrow, where they typically
reside until needed. This inding sheds light on how
the body responds to injury and has implications for
blood cell transplantation. The hematopoietic niche of
the bone marrow supports the survival and self-renewal
of HSCs and HPCs, yet prevents the ill-timed release
of these cells into the circulation. When used to treat
cancers such as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and multiple
myeloma, high-dose chemotherapy also destroys
normal cells such as the HSCs and HPCs in the bone
marrow. To replenish the lost cells, HSCs and HPCs
are routinely harvested from a donor’s or patient’s
blood, and then transplanted back into the patient at the
conclusion of the chemotherapy procedure to repopulate
the bone marrow. The levels of HSCs and HPCs
normally found in blood are very low, and strategies
have been devised to mobilize HSCs and progenitor
cells out of the bone marrow and into the circulation.
The naturally occurring protein G-CSF often is used
clinically to mobilize cells, but this strategy does not
work for approximately 10 to 20 percent of individuals.
Research continues in order to identify more effective
strategies to mobilize cells out of the microenvironment
of the marrow and into the circulation.
Building on their previous research indings, which
showed that prostaglandin E2 enhanced HSC
survival and homing to the bone marrow, researchers
demonstrated that meloxicam treatment of mice
greatly increased the numbers HSCs and HPCs in the
circulation. Mice treated with a combination of G-CSF
and meloxicam mobilized signiicantly more cells
than those treated with either drug separately. Similar
to indings in mice, meloxicam treatment of both
baboons and healthy human volunteers increased HSCs
and HPCs in the circulation. Additional experiments
were conducted to determine how meloxicam exerts
its biological effect. Previous research showed
that prostaglandin E2 signals through one or more
of the four E-prostanoid (EP1-4) receptors. Using
genetically altered mouse strains each lacking one
of the EP receptors, it was shown that mice lacking
EP4 receptor had increased HSCs and HPCs in the
circulation and meloxicam had no additional effect.
These indings strongly suggest that meloxicam targets
the prostaglandin E2/EP4 receptor signaling pathway.
Moreover, the researchers showed that mice deicient in
osteopontin, a component of the HSC niche, mobilized
HPCs but not HSCs when treated with meloxicam.
This result demonstrates that meloxicam decreases
osteopontin levels in the HSC niche, which then permits
HSC, but not HPC, mobilization out of the marrow.
This study has several potentially important clinical
implications. Meloxicam in combination with
G-CSF may improve the success rates of blood stem
cell transplantation by making it easier to obtain
suficient numbers of cells for transplant. Meloxicam
is FDA-approved for use and therefore additional
toxicology studies need not be conducted, saving both
time and money. And, meloxicam has comparatively
few side effects compared to other non-steroidal
Hoggatt J, Mohammad KS, Singh P, et al. Differential
stem‑ and progenitor‑cell traficking by prostaglandin E2.
Nature 495: 365-369, 2013. | <urn:uuid:0c3377e3-7b2a-4a75-b4ee-943ec0b463f3> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,565 |
The biggest particle accelerator ever made—the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva—spectacularly fizzled shortly after scientists turned it on in September 2008. What felled the gargantuan machine was a single badly soldered connection. When the powerful electrical currents running through the LHC came to bear on that tiny piece of solder, the resulting heat set off a cascade of events, ending in a sudden release of helium that blew aside several of the collider’s massive superconducting magnets. The staff at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, or CERN, spent the past year repairing the damage, inspecting tens of thousands of connections, and bolting down the magnets in case of another accident. By the end of 2009, CERN scientists were ready to start again, using the LHC to investigate the deepest mysteries in physics—including why matter has mass. John Ellis, a theoretical physicist at CERN who has been involved in the project for 25 years, talked with DISCOVER about the repairs and the prospects for the LHC.
There’s been a lot of downtime at CERN. What have you been doing—long lunches in the cafeteria?
People are working their butts off, bashing away on their computers. Experimentalists are using this time to work on the alignments of their detectors, the data acquisition system, and all that. There haven’t been any idle moments. One upside of the delay is that the experiments are really ready to take collision data.
What happens next?
The damage that occurred in 2008 has been fully repaired. We’ve been analyzing other possible failure modes and making sure none of them would have unfortunate consequences. Most of that work is done, but there are still some other precautions people want to take. Those would be necessary before we go to maximum energy. For 2010 the plan is to start up at half energy, then in a few weeks or months go to about three-quarters energy. Full energy won’t be possible until 2011.
When will you start making particles collide again?
We might see some half-power collisions before the end of 2009. That would require quite a lot of luck. It’s like NASA’s launching a space probe. If you discover a faulty valve reading somewhere or other, you have to go back and check it. It’s one thing to make collisions; it’s another to understand what’s going on and find new physics.
Will you be able to do notable science at half power?
Already at half power, particles will be colliding at energies beyond what has been achieved with any previous accelerator. Just to put this into perspective, the energy distance between half power and the Tevatron accelerator [at Fermilab in Illinois] is greater than the difference between the Tevatron and the previous collider. As soon as we make half-power collisions, we’ll be seeing beyond what the Tevatron can see. That should be enough to start looking for high-profile items on the shopping list, like dark matter. The Higgs boson [the hypothetical particle that endows other particles with mass] would not be seen immediately. That’s a real tough cookie.
How will the LHC aid the search for dark matter?
Dark matter by definition consists of something you can’t see. So the way you would detect it is by observing events in which some particle carries away energy invisibly. You observe something by its absence, so to speak. That is pretty delicate because you have to make sure you couldn’t possibly have missed anything more conventional. You have to demonstrate that you can see and measure accurately all the known particles—muons, quarks, and so on. When the experimenters have demonstrated that they can measure all those things accurately, then they will be able to start convincing us that they can really measure whether there’s any missing energy. There have been false alarms in the past, when people have thought they were seeing missing energy. So you have to be very, very careful.
What about supersymmetric particles—hypothetical particles that are like weird twins of the known ones? Will the LHC look for those, too?
Supersymmetry is one example of something that could explain dark matter. But the two are not equivalent. You could imagine a scenario in which supersymmetric particles do not produce missing energy and do not make dark matter. So if you do see missing energy, you have to ask if it’s a result of supersymmetry; the energy might also be going into extra dimensions, or there might be some other explanation. There would be a long period in which you would try to figure it out. You can also imagine supersymmetry scenarios that don’t involve missing energy at all. Those would be quite tricky to look for.
Could you find some sign of the Higgs boson early on, while operating at half or three-quarters energy?
Finding the Higgs boson is a question of seeing a signal against a background. It’s not as if you would produce an event so distinctive that it couldn’t possibly be anything other than the Higgs. So you would have to build up statistics to convince people that the signal you’re seeing is the real deal. At half or three-quarters power, we will be able to start looking for the characteristics of the Higgs boson, but it will take quite a bit of time to find.
If there were another big failure of the LHC, would that be the end of particle physics?
If we never got the thing running reliably, that would be the end, because nobody would trust us to build anything else. I don’t see that happening. What happened on the day of the first start-up was not typical—it was just one of those things. You drive a new car and get a punch in a tire, but that doesn’t mean you’ll get a punch every five miles. You put on a new set of tires, and after that the car normally works. It’s worth remembering that the problem didn’t arise in some high-tech component. It was a simple soldering problem.
The lengthy repairs must be agonizing to people like you, who have waited so long for results from the LHC.
You bet. It has been even more frustrating for the accelerator guys, who, when they started up, thought they would be able to produce collisions very soon. It has also been frustrating for many of the experimentalists, who thought they were going to be able to start doing physics, many of them having spent 10 years in preparation. The atmosphere has been very subdued. Now I can feel the fever mounting a little bit. | <urn:uuid:66784930-4a0b-4e24-8370-c46bc2775073> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 6,363 |
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EE drops packets but retains UK network champ's title
EE’s dominance as the best-performing UK mobile network has one or two surprising short comings in the No.1’s performance. Real-world data suggests Vodafone has the best network for 4G packet loss and EE the worst.
We rarely see measurements for packet loss, jitter or latency on mobile networks and these come from Tutela, a relatively recent arrival to the performance monitoring business. Tutela describes itself as similar to Open Signal, more on the crowd rather non-crowd side of the market.
The distinction distinguishes old school empirical testing companies, which employ a smaller number of testers - an expensive but more tightly controlled approach - against the newer fashion for mass data collection. Advocates for crowd argue that the quantity of data tends to compensate for biases or gaming. (Veteran Global Wireless Solutions and IHS Markit’s RootMetrics are non-crowd, although RootMetrics started as crowd and still retains some crowd-sourced data.)
Tutela partners with app developers to collect enormous amounts of anonymous performance data, from around 250m devices worldwide. It scoops up 100m UK data records, each comprising some 100 individual measurements, for its monthly numbers.
The surprise is that while EE scoops up the best network in most LTE categories - download speeds, upload speeds, and latency, Vodafone recorded the best 4G packet loss at 0.73 per cent, to EE’s 1.12 per cent.
One reason could be the use of microwave links for backhaul, which is cheaper, rather than fibre, which is faster but more expensive. Microwave is also susceptible to weather conditions.
BT/EE leases microwave for backhaul and for remote sites there are few other options. But Tutela has noticed operators such as Vodafone in Turkey, and Telefonica in Mexico using microwave to lower costs. “The quality isn’t as good for the user,” Tutela VP TomLuke told us.
One thing Tutela can’t do is provide data on voice and SMS reliability, where as RootMetrics and GWS can.
“We can’t see the dropped call rates or SMS failures. It’s a privacy issue: to collect that the user needs to grant permission to their call records. We don’t want to ask users for access - it could be misunderstood,” Luke explained.
Open Signal flew into a storm earlier this year when it provided a data for Which? magazine’s claim that the UK had “worse 4G than Peru”.
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Warner Bros. UK has released a new The Dark Knight Rises interview with Michael Caine on their YouTube channel. Caine talks about the backstory he gave Alfred in the Dark Knight trilogy, and his relationship with Christopher Nolan. We’ve heard Caine talk about the backstory he gave Alfred before, but he goes into more detail this time. Check it out!
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|Exhibit 27b. "Don Corleone would very much like it if you would do your homework. Now."|
(Or else Luca Brasi will get a job at an aquarium.)
|Da-da told you boys to wear aluminum foil clothing. Either that, or just lower the toilet seat when you're done.|
And don't worry: your butt will grow back.
|Da-da told you guys to watch out for the eye blasts. |
Don't worry, the feeling in your butt will come back after a few days.
|"ALERT! ALERT! We have WEEDS growing on Sector Four playgrounds... ALL PERSONNEL..."|
Da-da's brother-in-law passed on this little gem. Turns out the Air Force will actually pay you to develop a death ray, provided you call it a, "floral disruptor," and not a, "phaser." This is the actual Air Force RFP:
AF121-207: Floral Disruptor - Directed Energy Weed Abatement and Prevention Tool
TECHNOLOGY AREAS: Materials/Processes
OBJECTIVE: Develop a device that uses directed energy technology to prevent and abate unwanted plants (weeds) in areas that require control or defoliation. The purpose of this system will be the removal of unwanted plants and keep seeds from germinating.
DESCRIPTION: Every year millions of dollars are spent on weed control in and around military installations. Weed control and abatement can either be performed chemically; by applying poisonous herbicides, or mechanically; by mowing or tilling. Herbicides can be grouped by activity, use, chemical family, mode of action, or type of vegetation controlled. Herbicide use generally has negative impacts on bird populations, although the impacts are highly variable and often require extensive field studies to predict accurately. Having a cost effective device that eliminates the use of herbicides or reduces the amount of machinery could extensively save money and protect wildlife at the same time. Private industry has been actively engaged in the research, development, and deployment of various physical control technologies utilizing microwave radiation (as heat), lasers, and sound to deter, disrupt, deny, or degrade the desired objective. Thermal technologies such as foam, hot water, steam and quenched hot gases to physically rupture cell membranes within young, vigorous green weeds to shut down the plant’s capacity for photosynthesis, has been explored as a means for safe, effective weed control . The technological challenge is to develop a device that would effectively destroy weeds in various growth stages from seeds to maturity using some form of directed energy in designated areas.
The Sikes Act and Air Force Instruction (AFI) 32-7064 require the Department of Defense (DoD) to manage the natural resources of each military reservation within the United States and to provide sustained multiple uses of those resources. Edwards AFB complies with these requirements by preparation and implementation of an Integrated Natural Resources Management Plan (INRMP). The primary purpose of the INRMP is to use adaptive ecosystem management strategies to protect the properties and values of the base’s natural environment in concert with the military mission. This is accomplished by defining and implementing natural resource management goals and objectives that collectively achieve habitat and species sustainability; thereby, ensuring no net loss in the capability of the installation’s lands with a realistic testing and training environment.
Finally, the frequency used for this system must not interfere with any current operational aircraft or ground-based sensor systems and it must not be able to target personnel or wildlife.
PHASE I: Define the proposed concept and develop key component technological milestones. Produce a conceptual design and provide a detailed analysis of the predicted performance to include simulation of the prototype device. Determine the technical feasibility of the device and provide a plan for practical laboratory testing and eventually field deployment.
PHASE II: Develop and successfully demonstrate a working prototype system based upon the Phase I results.
PHASE III DUAL USE COMMERCIALIZATION:
Military Application: Military facilities have many needs to abate and control the spread and growth of unwanted plants or weeds. This device will provide a viable and cost effect alternative to traditional chemical or mechanical weed control techniques.
Commercial Application: Commercial facilities have many needs to abate and control the spread and growth of unwanted plants or weeds. This device will provide a viable and cost effect alternative to traditional chemical or mechanical weed control techniques.
Makes perfect sense to Da-da. Why spend $25,000 deploying unemployed folks to pluck weeds by hand (and get some sun) when you can spend $1B on something that makes cool ZAP noises and turns weed killing into a video game that a 17 year old kid can operate while eating a burrito.
There is a cost-effective alternative, however. Call Da-da a "ROBOT" (not much of a stretch in his case), put him in a green suit and helmet, and he'll use his zombie blaster to burn each and every weed. For an extra $20, Da-da will even smile and pretend to get into it.
|DIE, weeds, DIE!|
|...time to unplug the air hose of Christmas Past, have a long cold draught of Christmas Present...|
...and try not to think about that Christmas Yet To Come. Pray that the spirits do it all in one night.
|Da-da's first Holiday 2011 MUST-HAVE is THE perfect thing for those holiday mall crowds! [gifmovie]|
|(Click for a larger view. Via thedailyfeed.)|
Take a look at these TIME Magazine covers for December 5, 2011, by region. Notice anything?
Just to state the obvious, ANXIETY is a euphemism for FEAR. TIME Magazine is thus blatantly telling North America that, "FEAR IS GOOD FOR YOU." What TIME is missing is that actually HORROR is good for you, as it better prepares you for the future.
|C'mon, America, stop screaming and just fall into the acid, ok?|
Bad Mall Santa Da-da gets all kinds.
Santa Da-da: Hello! What can Santa do for you?
Kid: I want a jellybean explosion.
Santa Da-da: How big?
Kid: Big as my Da-da. [Kid points at a huge man the size of a vending machine.]
Santa Da-da: Big, then. Anything else?
Kid: A ramp.
Santa Da-da: A ramp?
Kid: Yeah, like a freeway ramp.
Santa Da-da:Where did you want Santa to put that?
Kid: Inside my house.
Santa Da-da: Ok.You like concrete?
Kid: [nods and smiles]
[Read Bad Mall Santa Da-da #4, or go to Bad Mall Santa Da-da #6.]
|Gone, freeway, gone.|
This is one of Da-da's favorites, better than Thanksgiving dinner, because it IS Thankgiving dinner in one pot with a crust. Awesome. Da-da stole this recipe from Grandma Scotty, whose madder than a wet chicken in a chili tornado about it. (What?) Anyway, it's pretty simple.
Place alternating layers of gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, gravy, stuffing, gravy, green beans, turkey, gravy and more gravy in your largest, deepest ceramic crock (or equiv.), fill almost to the brim with more gravy, microwave the whole thing (if it fits) so the core is heated (or warm all the ingredients before assembly). Slap a pie crust on it, cut slits in the crust and bake till it's done (about 30-40 minutes) at 350 degrees. This is so good, you'll find yourself making TWO Thanksgiving dinners so you have enough leftovers. Be sure to make gallons of gravy the day before. Yum.
This from Frugal Dad -- not Frugal Da-da. That's a different thing altogether.
Source: Frugal dad
As a dad (and blogger) I’m concerned with the integrity of the news and entertainment my family and I consume every day. Who really produces, owns and airs the shows my kids are glued to every evening and which companies select the stories I read with such loyalty each morning? I’ve always advocated for critical consumption, and what could be more important than an awareness of the sources of our families’ daily info and entertainment diets? And today, most of our media is controlled by one of six companies. Check out Frugaldad’s infographic on the state of media consolidation in the U.S.:
Source: Frugal dad
|Damn, that smells good.|
Da-da's been mixing "the red" with "the yellow" all morning, and pumping it into a fourteen-year-old frozen turkey (as all the others were raptured), the gestalt of which has born strange fruit just in time to thrill... well, somebody. VOILA!
|Poof! Hot fusion! (What? You wanted to eat it, too?)|
Da-da was up early to energize the fnortner rods (while trying not to burn the articulated whiffletree)...
...waiting for a charge...
...which finally occurred (after Da-da turned HAARP up to 11), but at least we successfully achieved...
...a serious Atomic Brussel Sprout Failure! Hooray!
Da-da's Brussel Sprout Atomization Team celebrates today's utter lack of brussel sprouts! We'll take all our calories in the form of roasted meat and alcohol, thank you.
T-day Revisited: A True Tale of Thanksgiving Horror That Actually Wasn't That Horrific, But Everyone Laughed and Scratched Their Heads
|Oh, you're gonna feel that tomorrow.|
This is longish, but well worth it, so stop griping.
Most holidays are taken for granted, their meanings lost to the currents. When Da-da was a kid, Thanksgiving was a time filled with sloth, food, football, overweight relatives, general unconsciousness... your basic Senate subcommittee meeting. These harbingers presaged the coming of winter, the endless chopping and stacking and hauling of wood, and the prospect of blesséd snow days.
For the longest time, Da-da saw T-day as just another day to goof off. He’d read the skewed pilgrim stories, laugh at their funny hats and square-buckled shoes, make turkey noises until something was thrown at me -- usu. one of the deadly ninja cats -- and revel not only in the way jellied cranberry sauce mystically took the shape of the can, but also in how far and how fast a puck of this material could defeat a feline ninja before centripetal force or ninja cat claws tore it apart. However, the true nature of the event wasn’t brought into clear relief until Da-da was a junior in college.
Picture a blustery, leaf-strewn Wednesday before T-Day on a college campus. A younger, thinner version of Da-da with infinitely more hair and energy and sex appeal... and about 10,000 other positive things that have since vanished... schlepped across campus, enjoying the relaxed solitude of emptiness. Da-da was literally one of ten people left at school, the rest of the student population having the presence of mind to respectfully DITCH and head home for the holidays. Da-da stayed, as he had a Spanish exam the next Monday, and was still pronouncing virtually all the L’s in “tortilla.” Besides that, Da-da's Spanish class was an educational anomaly he simply couldn’t miss.
No one believes Da-da when he tells this story, but it's 100% true.
The instructor of Da-da's Spanish class, Dr. Liu, was Chinese and spoke no English, only Mandarin and Cantonese and Spanish (only!). He’d never been to the U.S. before and was hired through the mail. When he was delayed for three weeks at the beginning of the semester (with visa troubles), the class was warned about his untested nature and offered seats in other classes, as the administration had no idea what to expect. Da-da stuck around because he was certain it would be entertaining. Da-da was so right.
Dr. Liu had no clue what the United States was like (hello? we're not that united), any more than Da-da would about China from books and TV (Da-da's since been to Asia several times), so poor Dr. Liu was thoroughly unprepared to find a whopping THREE students in a class of 200 that pre-Thanksgiving Day Wednesday. The faithful few sat staring at each other while the wind howled outside.
Flabbergasted at the dearth of student bodies, Dr. Liu queried us in his very broken English (it was all he could do, as we spoke no useful Spanish): “Ah, where... ever-body... go?”
He pointed at all the empty desks, to the cold world outside.
Da-da and his classmates shrugged, assuming everyone else took the day off before Thanksgiving. To Dr. Liu, we must’ve seemed like survivors of some horrible plague.
The one hardcore surfer-dude in the class (the LAST person Da-da expected to show up), shrugged and answered: “It’s Thanksgiving, dude. They ditched.” This meant nothing to Dr. Liu, as he could barely understand us anyway, slang notwithstanding.
He nodded in mock comprehension, “Ah, bitched." he said and got a small giggle. "What ‘Thanksgiving’?” he asked.
We stared at each another. Da-da drew a blank and suddenly felt like an idiot. At that stage of his student career, he was still a simple assemblage of 3rd-order differential equations and chaos theory. Thanksgiving? No idea.
The other person in the class, a dopey girl (who later went on to win a Pulitzer, go figure) answered: “Thanksgiving! You know, that’s when we get together and stuff things up the turkey’s butt!”
Da-da goggled at her. Pulitzer, indeed. Before Da-da could say anything, poor Dr. Liu nodded.
“Ahhhh, up turkey’s buutt,” he said, as if that settled everything.
“Yeah, and I ride my skateboard, dude!” surfer-dude added, following some phantom conversation somewhere south of comprehension.
Dr. Liu nodded: “Ahhh, skaebordoood.”
Da-da was feeling pretty skaebordood himself at that point, so he approached Dr. Liu and asked for his Spanish dictionary. He conjured the only word for turkey he could find -- “Turquia,” which really means the COUNTRY of Turkey. Da-da then proudly stated in Spanish that we eat the country of Turkey once a year. Dr. Liu stared at me.
Da-da then looked up “Pilgrim,” and blurted out “Peregrino!” More staring. Yeah, that’s it. We eat the Turkish people who are making pilgrimages. Bueno, tonto.
Pulitzer-girl chimed in: “It’s when we give thanks. Muchas gracias!” This led to an enthusiatic chorus of “muchas gracias” from the gringoes assembled.
Surfer-dude clarified: “Dude. It’s when we EAT... COMER... the turkey’s butt. RUMPO! Comida! Valle con Dios!”
Dr. Liu puzzled all this, and finally came to the disturbing realization that he was knee-deep in a weird, depopulated American zombie ritual where the dumb are left behind while the rest eat the flesh of the living. So we did, venturing to the cafeteria to snag the last helpings of corn, mashed potatoes, gravy, canned cranberry sauce, maple-syrup-laced pumpkin pie -- and, of course, the roasted country of Turkey (which we all pointed to excitedly). Dr. Liu had never seen a turkey, let alone any of the other strange food.
It occurred to Da-da then that this was probably what happened to the out-of-the-box Native Americans as they tried to communicate with the stuck-in-the-box Pilgrims. They simply showed them what was good to eat in the area: corn, cranberries, maple syrup, pumpkins -- and the ubiquitous wild turkey. (Potatoes came from South America, Gertrude.)
And like Da-da's forefathers and the Native Americans, at the end of the meal we all gave thanks, just as they did... that is, for the day being over, and the joy of living through it. Happy T-day, everyone.
|Here kitty kitty... cranberry blob is hungry.|
|No more alien children, please.|
Today's featured Santa/kid interaction involves a cute, innocuous looking 7YO blonde girl with Heidi braids across her head, dressed impeccably from some expensive European catalog. Her mom was dressed identically, the same Heidi braid on her head. It was a little odd, but not as odd as the software borh their heads were runing.
Santa Da-da: Hello! What can Santa bring you this year?She then jumped down and high-fived her identically dressed Heidi mom [??], both of them giving Santa Da-da dirty looks as they stomped off. What the hell was that all about? Perhaps it's true that Da-da lives near one of those Displaced Space-alien Enclaves like the ones outside all the Disney properties. Maybe Santa Da-da needs some body armor.
Heidi:YOU'RE NOT THE REAL SANTA!
Santa Da-da: I'm not?Heidi: NO! YOU SHOULD BE IN CHAINS!
[Go back to Bad Mall Santa Da-da #3, or go to Bad Mall Santa Da-da #5.]
|Step back from Santa Da-da, or there will be... trouble.|
Let's see... Da-da has two boys, each of whom is bright and likely to attend college to the tune of say $500,000 (two boys times four-plus years of college, including incidentals), all things considered. At least Da-da doesn't have to tour UC Davis, now.
Hopefully, other universities will see how much money the above unthinking tactics will cost them long-term; if they did, they'd be giving out free massages to protesters.
|Dude, is the grill supposed to smoke like that?|
True story. When Da-da was in college and everyone was just sitting around waiting for Facebook and Twitter to arrive (really, that's all we did), Da-da was lounging in his modest off-campus apartment -- gleefully childless and well-rested -- on the Day Before Thanksgiving, thinking that he'd stay at school and NOT go home for Thanksgiving. There wasn't any familial bad blood involved, Da-da was just lazy. Besides, he thought he was smart enough to do T-day dinner himself, and so did a bunch of his friends. Jeez, how tough could making Thanksgiving dinner be?
Being new to the bird-roasting ritual, Young Happy un-Child-laden (YHuCl) Da-da thought that the most important element to a proper Thanksgiving was to first procure the largest turkey he could find to feed the three or four guys coming over to watch football. The largest turkey he could find was a 32 lb. monster that took days and days to thaw. Spending all of the night before running water on the thing and preparing all the side dishes in advance, really all Da-da had to do was roast the bird, though it was still half frozen. Once all the guys had arrived and we were collectively cruising on our third beer, Da-da lit the coals.
Coals, you say?
Yes, Young Master Bonehead (YMB) Da-da was going to do his 32 lb. steroidal monstrosity ON THE GRILL, a modest black Weber; indirect charcoal, of course, the bird over the drip tray. Problem was, the turkey was so big that it not only overhung the coals by about four inches on either side, Da-da also could just barely get the lid on. Anyway, Da-da coordinated with Mission Control throughout (that is, Grandma and Grampa Scotty), and all seemed well, at least for the first 45 minutes. A turkey that size would have to cook for about ten years, with several charcoal-adding forays, such that current Old Da-da has no idea what YMB Da-da was thinking. Then came the immortal words:
"Dude, is the grill supposed to smoke like that?"
Da-da looked out on his balcony in horror. The Weber was totally engulfed in white smoke. The turkey had simultaneously auto-immolated and named itself Pope in one fell swoop. Da-da and company put it out with their beers.
|Tom's gonna feel that later.|
Scientifically speaking, only about 65% of the turkey's body had been charred beyond recognition; the rest was frozen. So, Genius Da-da figured that he could finish the rest off in the oven. Six hours and many many beers later, the bird was STILL not done (way pink) and, well... the one piece Da-da sampled tasted like charcoal and burnt beer and plastic. YES, besides all the other errors, Da-da had neglected to remove the plastic bag of giblets stuffed into the neck cavity. Lovely.
Unfazed, YMB Da-da walked to the strip mall down the way, bought 20 orders of cheeseburgers and fries (with drunk people's money, not his own), then proceeded to sit down with his guests and eat their glorious fire-and-ice repast, along with all the side dishes (which were excellent), the pies and whipped cream, MORE beer (we were in college, after all; beer was a 300-level class) while watching 14 straight episodes of the Monkees marathon on Da-da's awesome small-screen (20") TV, before we lost consciousness.
Later, after something like 8 hours of cooking, YMB Da-da and company put BBQ sauce and sprinkles on the penultimate bird and it was just AWESOME, in a really terrible way. O'course, drunk people will eat just about anything. And one shpould never ever underestimate the power of BBQ sauce and sprinkles.
|Confetti and sprinkles taste pretty much the same.|
|And now it's time for the sheep controlling your brain... to explode.|
Fresh from PART 1 of Da-da's 2012 TV offerings, he and his crack team of Supersecret Second- and Third-person Bolivian scientists working in Secret at a Secret TV testing facility in SecretLand USA, have hatched EVEN MORE horrific S-U-X games. Weird, huh? Again, S-U-X refers to that raw gash of Super-Ultra-Xtreme sports, but with a difference that is frightening and wondrous to behold, especially if you're a supersecret
JACKD-UP's 2012 SUPER ULTRA-X-TREME SPORTS (S-U-X) LINE-UP (Part 2)
S-U-X PSYCHOTIC TEEN Para-Wars: Two teens (former best friends) are pumped full of psychotropic drugs (how can you tell?), snagged from a mall (hence the drugs), strapped into a single parachute and thrown out of an airplane at 30,000 feet. Boring, huh? BUT, the parachute is only built to safely support a single teen, hence the "war" element of this plunging cavalcade of death. Teens are encouraged to sober up quickly and sever their opponent from themselves and the parachute by whatever means necessary while attempting to land safely. Cordless power tools and shaped-charge explosives are popular para-wars weapons. Grand prize is survival and a free t-shirt. Planned sequel: S-U-X Married Couple Breakfast War Challenge!
S-U-X Caffeinated Barber Challenge: An all-out race to see which quartet of barbers can give the most traditional straight-razor shaves in a quarter-hour after consuming 40 gallons of coffee. Volunteer shavees are encouraged to apply (esp. gallant satire bloggers). Free first aid and blemishes removed while-U-wait!
S-U-X Steeplechase: Specially bio-engineered horses (with two front-facing eyes) turn manic predator. With sharpened hooves, teeth and Mad-Max spiked harnesses, they chase jockeys mercilessly through jumps over flaming pits. Sorta like Barb Wire meets National Velvet in the Thunderdome.
S-U-X Bowling Challenge: Yes, it's like regular bowling, except now actual live people are watching it. Boredom quickly sets in (after two minutes) and advertisers pull out, leaving contestants scrambling for some kind -- ANY KIND -- of notoriety and endorsement. Some clothes come off. Some blood is spilled. First contestant to get a WEEPY EYED CLOSEUP wins... um... something. Free cans of foot deodorizer for all who watch this one!
S-U-X Ironman: OK, let's see how tough these guys and gals really are. S-U-X IRONMAN adds a "fast food" element to the pre-event warm-ups, making each contestant eat six McYucks and 12 orders of fries -- as well as a friendly cup of nuclear waste -- prior to the grueling swimming, biking and running segments. Contestants also sport leeches and are plagued by rabid, bloodthirsty bats during the distance running. Keep your limbs from falling off and you're a winner! Anyone caught foaming at the mouth or barfing is disqualified. (There goes Da-da's entry.)
S-U-X Waste-Hauling Contract Challenge: Another "reality" contest that follows four young hopefuls seeking to make in-roads into the exciting and rewarding mob-owned sanitation services industry. No "X" is required to make this one worth viewing! YOW.
S-U-X Batting Challenge: Rocks, roughly baseball-sized, come flying in at about 200 MPH. You get a helmet, a bat and a cup. Object: DON'T GET HIT. This is the first entry of what will soon be known as "Kinetic Reality" shows.
S-U-X Badminton Challenge: - Here's the second kinetic entry. The shuttlecock is loaded with explosive and rock salt. Minimal clothing worn. If it contacts the ground, BOOM. Volleyball variant.
S-U-X Dating Challenge: Male "reality show" contestants are dropped into the downtown area of a small midwestern city with no money, no I.D., smelly rumpled clothes and temporary oral implants that make coherent speech difficult. Tiny cameras are mounted to their heads, facing forward. The first man to go on a formal date and get laid wins 10 million dollars. Prostitution is allowed as a way to earn money, but does not qualify as a "win" for the purposes of the competition. The woman must be employed and earning at
least $90,000 a year. Wind up getting married and you forfeit the 10 million.
And you thought TV was dead. You were right!
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New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who famously tried to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks, announced this week he is implementing a citywide composting program modeled after similar food waste programs in San Francisco and Seattle. Homeowners will collect food scraps in containers to be deposited in brown curbside bins. Apartment dwellers will empty their pails of uneaten waste at collection points, as they do now with recycled glass and paper.
While composting would initially be voluntary, officials say it will likely become mandatory by as early as 2016. Where NYC goes so goes America, so what are the components of curbside composting?
Kitchen Compost Pails
For kitchen wastes, you will need to keep a container with a lid and a handle, preferably kept under the sink. Consider using a stainless steel compost pail with air filter, or the ceramic model. If you don't mind occasional smells, you can use an old ice-cream pail in a pinch. Chop up any large chunks before you toss them in.
Compost Pail Liners
When the kitchen compost pail is full, you will need take it out to your curbside bin and toss in the contents. Cleaning the kitchen compost pail of leftover scraps may be more than you want to deal with, so consider biodegradable pail liners like BioBags, EcoLiner, or NorPro.
New York City and other similar programs will provide large bins for curbside pick-up. Like recycling and yard waste, the compost bins just need to be put curbside on the specified day. New York City compost will be picked up by sanitation trucks on Saturdays.
Where Does it Go?
After being processed and further broken down at a compost facility, the compost is used for gardening, soil mitigation, or habitat improvement projects.
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The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) is pleased to announce it has won an important case at the CCMA after Fraser Alexander (Pty) Ltd made unilateral changes to terms and conditions of employment last year. The company was found guilty of unlawfully transferring NUM members from the Bridging Provident Fund to the NMG Bridging fund last year.
The NUM is happy that the CCMA has ruled in favour of the workers. The CCMA ruled that all NUM members irrespective of which area Fraser Alexander (Pty) Ltd operations must be transferred back to the Bridging Provident Fund not later than 31 May 2017.
The CCMA also ruled that the employer and employee contributions will be transferred in accordance with Section 14 of the Pensions Fund Act to the Bridging Provident Fund.
The CCMA further ruled that the NUM and Fraser Alexander must fast track the outstanding Section 14 process and will make a joint representation to the Financial Services Board to make sure that the matter is not unduly delayed.
We hope Fraser Alexander (Pty) Ltd will respect the CCMA and the due processes of the law in this country. No one is above the law.
For more information, Please contact:
Livhuwani Mammburu: NUM National Spokesperson: 083 809 3257
The National Union of Mineworkers
7 Rissik Street.
Tel: 011 377 2111
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Purdon Out to Make Amends
Champion New Zealand trainer-reinsman Mark Purdon was disappointed when his horse Mr Mojito, the 2-1 favourite, hung in badly in the final circuit and finished fifth behind Soho Tribeca in the Golden Nugget last December and he is full of confidence he will make amends by driving the brilliant Ultimate Machete to victory in the $200,000 Retravision Golden Nugget at Gloucester Park on Friday night.
“I’m looking forward to Ultimate Machete lining up in the Nugget; he’s in a really good place,” Purdon said.
Ultimate Machete, a runaway winner of the Group 1 Yes Loans Four-Year-Old Classic last Friday week, will dominate betting on the 2536m event after drawing perfectly at barrier one on the front line.
He also began from the No. 1 barrier in the Four-Year-Old Classic when he led for the first 150m before being crossed by Rock Diamonds. Purdon then immediately eased Ultimate Machete off the pegs and dashed the horse to the front 350m later, with the lead time a sizzling 34.6sec.
Ultimate Machete was not extended as he sped over the final quarters in 28.2sec. and 28sec. and he beat the strong-finishing Handsandwheels by just under four lengths, rating 1.53.8 over the 2130m. A week before that he was in Christchurch where he raced without cover before bursting to the front in the final stages to win the group 1 Woodlands New Zealand Free-For-All at Addington, rating 1.51.9 over 1950m and beating the pacemaker Tiger Tara.
He is a half-brother to the West Australian owned and trained mare Major Reality, who will contest the Group 1 $125,000 Mares Classic earlier in the 11-event program.
Major Reality, trained and driven by Justin Prentice, has earned $389,739 from 20 wins and nine placings from 37 starts. Her victories include the 2015 WA Oaks, the Norms Daughter Classic and Empress Stakes in 2016 and the Golden Girls Classic at Pinjarra in March of this year.
Major Reality will be fancied from her favourable barrier at No. 2 on the front line. She also started from barrier two in the Mares Classic 12 months ago when she raced without cover early before being shuffled back to tenth.
Purdon also has high hopes of victory in the Mares Classic on Friday night. He will handle five-year-old A Piccadilly Princess, who will start from the inside of the back line, immediately behind speedy beginner and noted frontrunner Eden Franco.
A Piccadilly Princess warmed up for this event in fine style last Friday night when she started favourite at 10/9 on from barrier two in the Parliamentarians Cup. She dashed to the front after 400m and gave a bold frontrunning display to win easily from Ideal Alice and Ameretto, rating 1.55.8 over 2130mk.
A Piccadilly Princess was the 2/1 on favourite in last year’s Mares Classic when she was fourth, one-out and one-back at the bell before she locked wheels with another runner and met severe interference in the home straight. She dropped back to finish at the rear.
She now has a record of 38 starts for 16 wins, eight seconds and a third for stakes of $681,718. She should enjoy an ideal passage and prove very hard to beat this week. Her chief rivals could be Ameretto and Ideal Alice.
Ameretto, a six-year-old trained and driven by Kerryn Manning, will start from barrier five on the front line and she is likely to be sent forward in the early stages in a bid for the lead or for the breeze. She had a tough run in the breeze for much of the way when a fighting third behind A Piccadilly Princess last Friday night.
That followed Ameretto’s victory in the Norms Daughter Classic a week earlier when she raced wide early and then in the breeze before surging to the front 700m from home. | <urn:uuid:7c4a4f31-7995-419c-9048-b83ab2b9cfc8> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 3,681 |
POTENTIAL students can learn firsthand what university life is like at a new summer school.
School and college students who have chosen the University of Sunderland as their first choice could take their next step towards higher education and spend a week on campus between Monday, June 30 and Friday, July 4 attending lectures and preparing for student life.
By participating, students will earn 20 tariff points to go towards their application at the university. There will also be opportunities to stay in halls of residence.
During the five days, students will be immersed in university life and receive support from student ambassadors.
For more information, contact the team on 515 3000 or email@example.com. The deadline for applications is Thursday. | <urn:uuid:76134d4f-8094-4710-b9e8-556ce3ffdd50> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 757 |
Tameless Vix is a tough cookie. She’s got an edgy ponytail with an optional streak. As a complete avi she’s ready for a tumble.
Category Archives: Avatars
I feel like I’m ready to just bust due to the excitement! We’re releasing our very first partial mesh hairstyle. Liv is a very sexy long hairstyle. She is also available as a complete avatar with a hot suede leather mesh dress, spiked pumps and a full set of accessories.
Got some mesh goodness for you. Tameless Complete Avatar Alma has an edgy sexy mesh dress, kick-butt boots, piercings, and more.
Tameless Esther is a messy carefree style with optional front streaks and an over the should braid.
Tameless Rose comes as a complete avatar or as an individual hairstyle. She’s sweet, innocent and youthful with optional streaks.
I’ve been on a creative whirlwind lately and have made a lot of hair that will be released over the next few months. I actually sat down yesterday to create the package art for this new hairstyle, Tameless Shena II. However, a full avatar just came together. Tameless Complete Avatar – Shena is the second in a series of fantasy avi’s I’ve been working on. Hope you enjoy her. | <urn:uuid:16119b2f-4e39-45af-adf8-07b595869683> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 1,162 |
Third Sector Support Wales is a network of support organisations for the whole of the third sector in Wales. It consists of the 19 local and regional support bodies across Wales, the County Voluntary Councils (CVCs) and the national support body, Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA).
We work with citizens, volunteers and third sector groups to identify and address what matters to them. Our core activities to strengthen the third sector and volunteering focus on:
- Enabling and supporting
- Being a catalyst
- Engaging and influencing
To achieve our shared goal we collaborate with other key partners across the third sector, the public sector, business, research and funders.
We have four pillars of activity that make up our universal offer, these are:
- Good governance
- Sustainable funding
- Engagement and influencing
“The third sector has always been at the heart of positive change and with our current challenging climate, the roles of our diverse organisations have become more important than ever. We must stand up for others and support one another to continue to achieve.”
@WCVACymru #gofod3Jane Hutt, Deputy Minister and Chief Whip
Our work is broadly focused on the common themes of:
- Information and advice
- Learning and development
- Networking and communication
- Shaping, influencing and building the social capital and resilience of the sector
- Raising the profile of the sector
Why choose Knowledge Hub?
Knowledge Hub is a place where you can learn and connect with others just like you across the third sector. Knowledge Hub provides a range of digital information and learning resources to help you:
- Keep up to date with current thinking
- Enhance your skills and expertise
- Connect with people like you and experts to network with
- Share what works with others
- Network and collaborate with peers
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Friday, Feb. 23
For its next show, PDX Contemporary Ballet collaborated with Portland sculptor Michele Collier. Not only is the new choreography based on Collier's work, but it will be performed in the round amid her dramatic clay forms. New Expressive Works, 810 SE Belmont St., pdxcb.com. 7:30 pm. $10.
Every time it seems Typhoon couldn't get any bigger, they up the ante. After a five-year break, Portland's indie-pop orchestra is back with Offerings, a four-movement epic about mental illness whose swelling strings, luscious guitars and sense of grandeur manage to make heavy subject matter sound like bliss. MATTHEW SINGER. Crystal Ballroom, 1332 W Burnside St., 503-225-0047, crystalballroompdx.com. 9 pm. $25 advance, $30 day of show. All ages.
Dr. Lonnie Smith Trio
The 75-year-old wizard of the jazz organ performs his soulful, groove-oriented works with a guitar-drums trio featuring two of New York's finest accompanists, guitarist Jonathan Kreisberg and drummer Johnathan Blake. PARKER HALL. Winningstad Theatre, 1111 SW Broadway, portland5.com. 9:30 pm. Sold out. All ages.
In director Ryan Coogler's Marvel-ized, Afrofuturistic vision, camo is replaced with kente cloth and the king's guard is a team of bald female warriors with spears that collapse like light sabers. It's not just the first Marvel movie about a black superhero, it's one of the most spectacular movies the studio has ever created. LAUREN TERRY. Read our full review here. Various times and theaters.
Shaking the Tree is once again staging Shakespeare's shortest, bloodiest and most quotable tragedy. It's a perfect fit: The contemporary theater company thrives with macabre source material, and has a knack for making classics surprising with abstract, offbeat staging. Shaking the Tree Theatre, 823 SE Grant St., 503-235-0635, shaking-the-tree.com. 7:30 pm. $30.
Saturday, Feb. 24
Miles Electric Band
An 11-piece large ensemble featuring numerous Miles Davis alumni takes the stage at Revolution Hall, offering audiences a live glimpse of the late trumpet legend's bombastic (and underappreciated) final era. PARKER HALL. Revolution Hall, 1300 SE Stark St., revolutionhall.com. 7:30 pm. $25-$55. All ages.
California's Burger Records is home to a lot of rambunctious garage-rock bro-bands, but this two-day showcase starting Friday puts the spotlight on the label's female artists. Georgia punks the Coathangers and the Cambodian-inspired psych pop of Dengue Fever are among the highlights. MATTHEW SINGER. Dante's, 350 W Burnside St., 866-777-8932, danteslive.com. 9 pm. $20 per night, $35 weekend pass. 21+.
Portland IPA Taste-Off
Last week, a panel of eight beer experts tasted damn-near every IPA brewed in the city of Portland. Now you get to drink the 10 best and vote for your favorite. A cool $20 gets you tastes of all 10 beers plus a ballot—the winning IPA will be featured in WW next week. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. Rev. Nat's Hard Cider, 1813 NE 2nd Ave., 503-567-2221, reverendnatshardcider.com. $20 for a taste of all 10 best IPAs in Portland.
2018 U.S. Synchronized Figure Skating Championships
At the moment, 14 of America's best figure skaters are in South Korea, competing against the rest of the world on the grandest stage in sports. Meanwhile, the other 1,600 are going to be in Portland this week, competing against each other in a dilapidated sports arena. Although considered one of the five official disciplines of figure skating, synchronized skating—in which teams of up to 24 skaters perform elaborately choreographed routines, often at breakneck speeds—is the only one not yet represented at the Olympics. It's hard to imagine why. If two people flinging each other around the ice is worthy of medals, shouldn't two dozen skaters doing it at the same time be 12 times as worthy? MATTHEW SINGER. Read our interview with the senior director of synchronized skating for U.S. Figure Skating here. Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 300 N Winning Way, on Thursday-Saturday, Feb. 22-24. See rosequarter.com for schedule and ticket prices.
Sunday, Feb. 25
As America has grown more divided, Portland arts organizations have responded more explicitly to social divisions. Resonance Ensemble, comprised of some of Portland's most accomplished choral singers, has devoted this season to programs that confront racial conflicts and gender issues. Sunday's concert is focused on religious divisions, featuring music from the mystical traditions of Islam, Judaism and Christianity. The centerpiece is Portland composer Theresa Koon's Where Everything is Music, a cycle of 12 Sufi pieces for choir with soloists. Like the other concerts, this one also includes poetry by S. Renee Mitchell and visual art from Ed Labadie that includes questions posed by the Muslim Educational Trust and Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon, which will be discussed in a post-concert talkback session. BRETT CAMPBELL. First Presbyterian Church, 1200 SW Alder. 2 pm. Free. All ages.
Tune-Yards' oddball pop has always had a political undercurrent, but new album I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life comes at you hard. With her unbridled, powerful voice, singer Merrill Garbus reckons with her privilege, her status and the reality of racism in the age of Trump, while maintaining the left-field sensibilities that made the band break out in the first place. MATTHEW SINGER. Wonder Ballroom, 128 NE Russell St., 503-284-8686, wonderballroom.com. 7:30 pm. $28.50 advance, $29 day of show. All ages.
Dim Sum Pop-Up
Tiny reFRESH Cafe is hosting a meal currently unavailable anywhere else in the center of town—dim sum. For $18 you get four dumplings and khao soi or congee, or you can just try your luck with the a la carte menu. MATTHEW KORFHAGE. reFresh, 2860 SE Gladstone St., Suite 102, 503-477-4196. 11 am-1:30 pm. $18.
Snarky Puppy, Banda Magda
Ever-changing, Grammy-winning, beat-jazz ensemble Snarky Puppy gets even larger tonight, as the dynamic group of virtuosos is joined by the multiethnic sounds of New York's Banda Magda quintet. PARKER HALL. Roseland Theater, 8 NW 6th Ave., roselandpdx.com. 8:30 pm Saturday, Feb. 24. Sold out. All ages.
Jazz by 5
The closest thing to a supergroup at this year's PDX Jazz Festival features revered figures who gained wider fame not as band leaders but as sterling ensemble players. Jazz by 5's pedigree includes members of the Jazz Messengers and Miles Davis' legendary Kind of Blue band, and stands a better chance than most all-star bands of achieving the integrated interplay so crucial to memorable jazz. PARKER HALL. Revolution Hal, 1300 SE Stark St., revolutionhall.com. 7 pm. $29-$59. All ages. | <urn:uuid:f30faeb0-9fd5-43f1-bc8f-8e738c3d596a> | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb/tree/main/sample/350BT | fineweb | eng_Latn | 6,616 |
The European Union continues in its fight against climate change with measures that will affect the transport sector, which accounts for about one quarter of total greenhouse gas emissions. The recent 2014/94/Ue Directive requires Member States to develop policy frameworks [TD1] for the development of alternative fuels and the installation of an adequate number of charging points for electric vehicles. Each State must deliver its strategic plan to the European Commission by November 2016.
The new directive stems from the need for a common European policy to prevent market fragmentation in the sector. The document defines technical standards for the infrastructure and asks for the installation of a charging network by 2020, based on the estimated number of electric vehicles that will be in circulation by that date.
The EU regulation marks an important step in the development of e-mobility. The limited number of charging points has thus far represented one of the major deterrents to the sale of electric vehicles, and the obligation to increase the number of stations should gradually solve the problem.
Charging socket standards have also been outlined: as of 18 November 2017, all AC charging stations must comply with the EN 62196-2 standard Type 2 connector already adopted by Enel. Furthermore, the Directive states that charging stations must be equipped with smart meters, another feature that is already present in the Group's charging systems.
For years now Enel has been active in the creation of an innovative and technologically advanced charging network, with both public (Pole Stations) and private (Box Station) charging columns that are tailored to the needs of customers and make charging easy, affordable and safe.
The Group is also involved in important projects for the development and promotion of e-mobility in the countries in which it operates: in Italy and in Spain, where it developed Europe's first interoperable network for customers in different countries, and across Latin America. | <urn:uuid:fb86b931-1c5d-437c-b6f7-0df5a54f5a19> | HuggingFaceTB/smollm-corpus/tree/main/fineweb-edu-dedup | smollm-corpus | eng_Latn | 2,024 |
Res means all the right things that make up a topic in a particular story. In Latin, the word Sub-judice means ‘under a judge’ or in other words, a matter of ‘consideration’. It means the cause of a trial or pending trial before a court or judge. The doctrine of res-judicata precludes litigation pending in a court of competent jurisdiction. When the same parties open two or three cases in the same case, a competent court has jurisdiction over the proceedings of another court. The main purpose is to prevent the courts of competent jurisdiction from prosecuting two cases at the same time.
Nature, Scope and Objective
The sub-judicial policy prohibits the court from proceeding with any proceedings in which the matter under discussion is exactly the same as or similar to a claim previously filed between the same parties and the court in which the matter was pending has the power to provide the required relief.
This law applies to the case and not to the institution. It does not prevent the court from passing interim orders such as order or stay. However, it applies to reviews and complaints.
The purpose of this law is to prevent duplication of court cases. It is also required to protect the plaintiff from receiving two separate decisions from different courts in his favor or two conflicting decisions. It also ensures protection against unnecessary harassment. Legal policy is to prevent the plaintiff from the same law, thus preventing the possibility of two opposing decisions of the same court in relation to the same assistance.
Section 10 of the Civil Procedural Code, 1908 deals with the conditions required for the application of the res sub judice policy.
The conditions for the use of res sub-judice are:
- When the issue at hand is the same
Section 10 makes it clear that the issue extracted from both suits must be straight or very similar. The issues for both suits should be the same to get the benefit of this system, not enough if one or two problems are common. In cases where all the issues were not the same, the court may exercise its jurisdiction under Section 151 and maintain a subsequent trial or the merger may be combined. The power of the courts to proceed with the proceedings under Section 151 is in the hands of the electorate and may be exercised only in the event of a breach of the court procedure and in the event of a breach of justice.
- According to the Indian Evidence Act, in 1872 the “essentials issued” were of two types:
The most important and the most important out here – “direct” means immediate which is without intervention. The word “very” means basically or materially.
Things go hand in hand and happen by accident – It goes against the direct or indirect issue.
- When groups of suits are the same
Two suits should have the same groups or represent them.
- When the title of the suit is the same
The title of the suits both teams face must also be the same.
- Where the suit has to wait
The previous case must be pending in court during the final hearing. The pending name is for a previously filed case, where a final decision has not yet been made.
- In the appropriate court
Section 10 further stipulates that a preliminary suit must wait before a competent court. If a previous case is pending before a competent court, no legal consequences can be filed.
‘X’ and ‘Y’ decided to enter into a machine-selling agreement. ‘X’ is a seller and ‘Y’ is a buyer. Y failed to pay the sale price to X. X first filed a lawsuit to recover all the money in Bangalore. Following this, X filed another lawsuit in Bombay High Court seeking Rs. 30,000 as outstanding balance. In the case of X the Y has taken self-defense and the X suit must be kept because both suits are in the same problem. However the Bombay court held that since the first case X and the second case have the same problems as the first, the next case must be dismissed.
‘P’ was a lawyer in Patna who agreed to sell goods in Odisha in ‘M’. The ‘P’ agent then filed a Patna account. ‘M’ accuses agent ‘P’ of accounting and negligence in Odisha; while the case is pending in Patna. In this case, the Patna court is barred from committing a crime and may ask the Odisha Court to direct the proceedings of the Patna Court.
In the meantime when the above conditions are satisfied, the court cannot proceed with the claim already announced because the provisions contained in Article 10 are compulsory and the court cannot exercise its discretion. A stay order can be made at any stage of the process.
However, Section 10 removes the power of the court to assess the merits of the case as a whole. If the court is satisfied with the fact that the next case can be decided only in accordance with the law, it is open to the court to rule on such a claim.
Eg., -Neeta vs. Shiv Dayal Kapoor & Others have been held hostage and the following case cannot be suspended if the conditions set out in section 10 are not met. In the main case, the two courts that tried the same issues were not the same courts. Therefore, the proceedings of the next court were not adjourned.
Difference Between Res Judicata and Res Subjudice
- Res judicata applies in a fixed or adjudicated case.
- Prevents a trial or issue already determined in the previous agreement.
- Section 11 of the Civil Procedural Code, 1908 deals with res judicata.
- The competent tribunal must rule on the original claim.
- The issue raised in the next case must be the same as that directly or explicitly stated in that previous application.
- The teams should be the same in both suits.
- The court that ruled on the previous decision should be a competent court.
- The parties to the previous claim must face charges under the same title or in other words for the same position.
- Res Subjudice is working on a pending case.
- Prevents a pending trial in a predetermined suit.
- Section 10 of the Code applies only to the principle of res sub judice.
- There should be two suits, one pre-developed and one recently developed.
- The issues in this successive claim must be exactly the same or very similar to the previous suit.
- The teams in both suits should be the same.
- The court in which the previous complaint was lodged must be a court of competent jurisdiction to try that case.
- The title should also be the same for both suits.
Res sub judice as a doctrine has the ultimate goal of reducing the burden of the courts in overcrowding cases. Alternatively it also reduces the burden on the parties to add oral or double written evidence in various courts. It also avoids conflicting decisions and ensures that waste of court resources is minimized. The court can use this power and sit in the next case. People who try to abuse their right to receive double profits are being targeted by this system. Anyway the Indian judiciary is burdened with a lot of cases and if the parties are going to start instituting cases twice then one cannot even imagine the state of the courts in rendering a decision in all such cases.
- The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908
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