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BkiUdvA4eIOjSKE2upuy | 656 South San Vicente Medical Office Project
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Present Land Use
Commercial / C1-1VL-O / Limited Commercial
The 656 San Vicente Medical Office Project (Project) would demolish a 5,738 square-foot, vacant educational building, an 8,225 square-foot retail-commercial building, and associated surface parking in order to develop a medical office and retail-commercial development on an approximately 0.76-acre (33,087 gross square feet) site located at 650-676 South San Vicente Boulevard (Project Site). The Project would include up to 145,305 square feet of floor area, for a 4.5:1 floor area ratio (FAR), that would include 140,305 square feet of medical office space and 5,000 square feet of ground floor commercial space. The proposed building would be 12 stories and approximately 218 feet in height (230 feet to the top of the mechanical penthouse). The Project would provide 418 parking spaces within four screened, above-ground levels, including 393 vehicle parking spaces for medical office and 25 vehicle parking spaces for commercial uses. The Project would also include 716 bicycle parking spaces.
Paul Caporaso
City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning
221 N. Figueroa Street, Suite 1350
656-676 SSV Property Owner, LLC and 650 SSV Property Owner, LLC
Los Angeles, Wilshire
S. San Vicente Blvd., Wilshire Ave., Orange St.
Parcel #
5510-022-033,-034,-035,-058,-059
Santa Monica Boulevard
Hawthorne, Horace Mann, Hancock Park, Carthay
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, District 7 (DOT)
Development Types
Office (Sq. Ft. 140,305, Acres 600), Commercial (Sq. Ft. 5,000, Acres 14)
General Plan Amendment, Site Plan, Rezone, Land Division (Subdivision, etc.), Redevelopment, HD Charge
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Environmental Document
656 San Vicente Initial Study_Final PDF 17541 K
656 San Vicente_Summary Form PDF 46 K
Appendix A Tree Report PDF 5003 K
Appendix B Phase I ESAs PDF 17326 K
Appendix C Water Resource Tech Report PDF 25984 K
Appendix D Utility Report PDF 1019 K
656 San Vicente - NOC PDF 204 K
Letter PDF 77 K
State Comments
2020010172_Caltrans Comment PDF 439 K
2020010172_NAHC_NOP 656 South San Vicente Medical Office Project 1-14-2020 PDF 239 K
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BkiUero5qhDCHWDRFODk | SQL DBAs (database administrators) are always looking for ways they can optimise their datasets. Even a small increase in performance can deliver dividends that translate into cost savings and efficiency gains.
DBAs should approach the 'tuning' of their datasets as an ongoing process and not a one-time fix. SQL deployments evolve over time and need to be reviewed on a regular basis.
There are some practical steps you can take now. One is to determine a baseline of current performance.
Before you begin to make actual changes to your SQL deployment it's vital to obtain a current baseline. After all, if you don't know the performance of your SQL dataset at the moment, how can you tell whether your changes have made any difference to its performance?
Think about what you need your SQL dataset to achieve and how you will measure this achievement.
Second, look closely at performance counters.
Your SQL datasets have a symbiotic relationship with the servers they are running on. To improve the overall performance of the SQL datasets you need to look at the server's available memory, CPU speed and I/O performance. Measuring these parameters will reveal bottlenecks.
Third, ensure that the plan cache is running at optimum levels.
When a bottleneck is indentified in an SQL dataset, the workload that is causing it must be identified. This is a lot easier to do since the introduction of Dynamic Management Objects (DMOs) in SQL Server 2005.
Fourth is using SQL Profiler. Often an SQL DBA has to act like a detective looking for the reasons an SQL dataset isn't performing as expected.
One of the most useful tools that ships with SQL is the Profiler. DBAs can use this to trace events that could be having an adverse affect on their datasets.
There is a handy video tutorial about how to use Profiler on the SQLServerPedia website.
Finally, make sure that you manage bad indexes.
One of the main reasons that SQL datasets see a drop off in performance is because of bad indexes. Understanding how existing indexes are being use is also a great way to improve performance.
SQL Server 2012 provides some very useful data on indexes, which you can fetch using DMOs (Dynamic Management Objects) implemented in version SQL Server 2005. Indexes can show I/O bottlenecks, as SQL queries wait to be placed in the buffer cache.
There are now many ways in which SQL DBAs can take more control of the datasets they are running. The key is to initially define your goals for the datasets you are running, and develop a set of metrics to measure these against.
Any changes that are subsequently made to the SQL datasets themselves, or the servers they are running on, can then be accurately assessed. | c4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
BkiUbHw5qWTD6essZMpB | Prepare some questions of your own for the interviewer. Candidates rarely ask questions of the interviewer, as the interviewer is the person who drives the conversation. This can seem intimidating, so even candidates who have questions often forget to ask them in the moment. Plan ahead. Have some questions with you, written down. Bring an attaché, folder, or notebook with you to keep your resume and questions all together. Interviewers will be truly impressed by the candidate who has written questions and takes some light notes during the process.
Research the company you are interviewing with. Check out their website, social media, and perhaps even read some of the reviews from employees on Glassdoor, Google, or other job search sites. You want learn as much about the company as possible. This interview is not only for them to get to know you, but for you to get to know them, as well. The placement should be a good fit for all.
Share a time that you had to overcome a challenge.
What skills do you have to offer this company/position?
Always dress to impress. Whether this interview is in person or over phone/video chat, dress the part. There is nothing worse than showing up and your shirt is wrinkled, pantlegs too short, or the button on your blazer is in the process of falling off. These types of things are distracting to interviewers, and although you want to be remembered, you do not want to be remembered for having a mustard stain on your collar. Also, the better you look, the more confident you feel.
Allow yourself some time before the interview to get your mind in the right place. Create a cushion of time so that you are not rushed and have a chance to clear your head of distractions. If you are into it, do a 5- to 10-minute meditation before the interview. Allow your mind to drift off to a place of peace. Clear your mind of all chaos or drama that may have happened earlier in the day or the night before so that you can present your best self.
These are just a few things you can do to land the big job. It is hard enough to get an interview, let alone get a job offer, so don't blow it by being unprepared. Good luck out there!
Mel Rhoden is a Life Purpose and Career Coach. Her mission is people, passionately pursuing their professional purpose and calling. Read more of her blogs on her website: YouGotMel.org/blog. Mel provides several different resources on her website, if you are interested in learning more about how to find your dream job or life's purpose. She offers free 30-minute career coaching consultations. Schedule you appointment today.
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Good advice! I remember when I was interviewed for the position with Maricopa Community Colleges as head of the Management Division, the interviewer asked me afterward if I had been given the questions ahead of time. I said, "No, I simply prepared an answer for every question you might ask." By the way, I got the job. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdC45qsBC5S8FoFKk | View our Frequently Asked Questions for details of how this decision affects any case in progress or your existing Secure Trust Bank mortgage customers.
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BkiUdM04dbjiVENjocgq | Heroes of the Homeland War
Battles of the Homeland War
War Crimes of the Homeland War
The Abduction and Murder of Dr. Ivan Šreter, Advocate for Peace and Dialogue with Rebel Serbs
Posted on 18. August 2021. 20. August 2021. by Borna Marinić
Datum događaja:
Rebel Croatian Serbs abducted Dr. Ivan Šreter, a local leader of Croats in western Slavonia, at barricades in the village of Kukunjevac near Lipik on 18 August 1991.
Ivan Šreter was born in 1951 in Pakrac, where he lived with his parents and two younger sisters. As a youth, he was active in his local church where he started "Call of the Calvary" church newspaper. He completed his secondary school education in physiotherapy in the town of Lipik and then entered the Faculty of Medicine in Zagreb. After graduating from university in 1978, Šreter did his internship at the Pakrac hospital and found employment at the hospital in Lipik. He was not married but had an adopted son Vitomir. In the mid-1980s, Šreter was made an "enemy of the state" and served 10 days in prison following a bizarre incident in which he used Croatian language terms for "retired officer" to describe his patient Steve Majstorović in a medical report.
During the transition to democracy in Croatia in 1990, the patriotic Dr. Šreter was active in politics and became the leader of the Pakrac branch of the Croatian Democratic Union (CDU). Despite heightening tensions in during the Serbian armed uprising in early March of 1991, he advocated a policy of non-violence and reconciliation. His political activity often made Šreter the target of harassment and physical attacks by belligerents in Pakrac as dynamite was thrown at his house, he was shot at and subjected to various other forms of intimidation. On one occasion, two ethnic Serb police officers even tried to arrest Šreter at his workplace. He resisted and in the ensuing fight was rescued by two Croat policemen. Despite all this, Šreter remained steadfast in advocating peaceful coexistence with Croatian Serbs in the area.
We have never threatened you and we never will threaten you. We just us to continue to live together on an equal basis. Relinquish your crazy ideas and send representatives and delegates to participate in in official bodies so that we can resolve all problems through democratic dialogue. There is nothing to be gained in the use of weapons or desecration and destruction of our shrines! We could have laid explosives under your homes but the thought never entered our minds.
Dr. Ivan Šreter, 30 May 1991
He was abducted the day before Pakrac came under attack and his release was sought by Croatian parliamentarian Slavko Degoricija. In his book It was not in Vain Degoricija described how he agreed with Milorad Pupovac, one of the Serbs' leaders in Croatia, that the Croatia would exchange two doctors arrested in Sisak for Dr. Šreter. After the captured doctors were released, Pupovac said that the Serbs in Pakrac desperately needed Šreter as they did not have their own doctor and promised to release him as soon as they received their doctor. Unfortunately, Šreter went missing and despite the many efforts of his family and friends, his remains were never found. It is assumed that Šreter was tortured and killed in the infamous Bučje camp where his doctor's coat was found. As the President of the Crisis Headquarters for Western Slavonia, Dr. Šreter was the highest-ranking official of the Republic of Croatia killed during the Homeland War.
Benković, Stjepan; Križan, Branko. Kako se branio Lipik, Lipik: Udruga branitelja Lipika 1991. godine and Grad Lipik, 2016
Zvonimir Despot: "Zašto o dr. Šreteru šute i Pupovac i HDZ!", Večernji.hr, approach achieved on June 6, 2020, www.vecernji.hr/premium/zasto-o-dr-sreteru-sute-i-pupovac-i-hdz-1189546
Graduated with a Master's Degree in History from the University of Zagreb. He has worked at the Croatian History Museum and as a researcher for the popular TV Calendar program for Croatian Radio and Television. He has authored several books and documentaries about Croatia's Homeland War and is the creator/producer of the immensely popular "It Happened on this Day – Homeland War" Facebook page as well as the online portal Domovinskirat.hr. Borna also is the host and editor of the daily segment "Patriotic Minutes" on Croatian Catholic Radio. He created CroHis to promote the values of the Homeland War and ensure that the sacrifices of those who defended Croatia's independence would not be forgotten.
Frank Jankač
Frank Jankač has worked as an independent public historian and heritage consultant for over 20 years. His services include historical research, genealogy, digitization, photography, grantsmanship and cultural resource management. Frank also offers writing, editing and proofreading services in addition to oral and written translation in the Croatian and English languages.
Posted in Important Events, War Crimes of the Homeland War
The Massacres at Četekovac, Balinci and Čojlug
The Occupation of Baranja
"I swear on their Ustasha mothers that I will flatten Petrinja to the ground" – The Attack on Petrinja Begins
The Battle for Doljani – The Decisive Point in the Defense of Daruvar
Anton Kikaš arrested trying to bring a Boeing full of Weapons to a disarmed Croatia in 1991 | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUduA5ixsDMVd5AgcS | 01/05/2022 Parent Letter
Greetings Irvington Township Public School District Staff, Families, and Caregivers,
As the omicron variant of the coronavirus continues to surge; we strive collectively to engage our scholars and community to provide quality education. This entails a cognitively challenging curriculum delivered in a differentiated manner. Our committed staff at Irvington Public Schools continues to work closely with students to ensure the safety of all of our stakeholders. Bearing this in mind, the following return to in-person instruction will be as follows:
Students will return on January 18, 2022, for in-person instruction after the Martin Luther King Jr. Observance Day (though synchronous instruction will continue daily through January 14, 2022.) Please note this amended date is being implemented in an abundance of caution and in consultation with our Local Health Officer. The school day will be the full length of the instructional day.
Staff will return on January 11, 2022, and teach from the district. This will allow the staff time to prepare for in-person instruction as students return on January 18, 2022.
Central Office will continue to remain open (for in-person support) for questions and support that families and staff may need.
Essential Staff: All essential staff i.e. administrators, custodians, security, counselors, HSSCs, nurses will be in-person to assist both scholars and the community during this period of remote instruction.
Grab and Go Breakfast and Lunch in the morning for students to pick up Times: 7:00 AM to 8:15 AM, 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, and 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM. This will allow students to pick up items during lunch periods as well. Further, students can report as we did last year, to any of the locations listed:
Grab and Go Breakfast and Lunch are as follows: All scholars and families may continue to retrieve meals from their respective schools.
Support for Parents, Guardians, and Caregivers: On the website, a letter for download will be available for parents regarding the extension of virtual learning through January 14, 2022, for the parent, guardian, or caregivers' employer.
Testing: Students and staff must take a PCR test prior to returning to the district. Testing for students began on January 3, 2022, and teachers on January 6th. For those that had to quarantine due to direct contact, the district would like the results from the PCR to provide supports to students and staff upon their return as shared in the letter sent when the quarantine period was initiated. Several testing locations and times have been shared from School Messenger and the Irvington Public Schools website.
Attendance: Students MUST have their cameras on for the duration of classroom instruction. Further, students must be online to be marked on time and present for their classes. Attendance will count, as we must complete 180 days of instruction. The instructional staff will provide live instruction and it is vital that students are a part of the lessons prepared.
Where to Find Links: All instructional links can be found on the teacher's website as they were last year. Please visit the school website through the district website irvington.k12.nj.us. Once you select your child's school, select Teacher Pages to find your child's teacher, where all instructional links will be found. Furthermore, when you see your teacher's Dojo or receive School Messenger from Central Office or your child's school, please listen carefully for important information. As always, we want you to be aware, for planning purposes.
Throughout the course of this year, the Reopening/ Safe return plan has remained intact in order to answer questions that you may have during this unique experience. While email responses are often returned within hours of sending, please allow 24-48 hours for an email response. It is very important to keep staff and families informed, particularly during these times.
As we adjust to our new norm, I know we will get through these unprecedented times together, as we continue to "build our community, one student at a time."
Educationally yours,
Dr. April Vauss
District Webmaster2022-01-05T20:41:06-05:00Categories: 01_Superintendent's Desk, 02_Teacher Links, 05_Wellness Support, APA School News, BTS School News, CAS School News, FAS School News, GSS School News, IHS School News, MAS School News, MTV School News, Parent News + Notices, TMS School News, UAM School News, UES School News, UMS School News| | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdtc4c3aisE1SQy53 | Would you try another book from Cliff Ball and/or Keith Slane?
Cliff Ball, Not without checking the reviews. Keith Slane no!
What could Cliff Ball have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
Ask a real publisher..... because the one for this book FAILED!
In the realm of what ifs, a possible good story with the right author.
Does Audible have standards? If so then the Q/A department really missed on this one!
God awful. Don't waste your money.
Too bad I am unable to give this a lower review. This was so poorly written that it was absolutely unlistenable. It's still remains in my library can anyone tell me how to remove it?
Really disappointed. Book started off so interesting, but soon became irritatingly superficial with poorly written descriptions and an even more ridiculous story line.
The time travel aspect was the most interesting. The least interesting was the terrorism arc, in many places it wasn't believable.
Poor speaking voice, inability to speak in a general dialect, in many areas was almost totally monotone. I've listened to over 60 audio-books in the last couple years and this was the worst narration I've ever heard.
Would you ever listen to anything by Cliff Ball again?
Do you think Beyond the New Frontier needs a follow-up book? Why or why not? | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUdTg4eIZjtO0fWtl4 | The students, teachers and the staff of LCGVM commemorated the 72nd year of Indian Independence on 15th August 2018 with enthusiasm and patrioticzeal that surpassed those of previous years.
The honourable members of the School Managing Committee and the other esteemed dignitaries of the Lions Club graced the occasion.
Emotions flew high when the president of the SMC Lion V.D. Jhunjhunwala unfurled the National flag and everyone sang aloud the National Anthem in all its glory.
The gamut of cultural programmes which followed recounted the bravery and the heroic deeds of our freedom fighters. A speech by as student, song by the choir group, a skit in English, tableau by the tiny-tots, and patriotic recitation coupled with dance reignited and rekindled the fire of patriotism in all.
When it was announced that LCGVM was awarded the Best school in the drawing competition held at Ramkrishna Mission Narendrapur , and our very own students have qualified for the National level in Table tennis and the first round in Kabaddi organised by the CISCE, we could not help but cherish the glory .
The President of the SMC then in his speech, urged the students to take pride in their work, their school and their country.
Indeed it was a day of joy and a day to love and respect our country and make it a better place for Indians to live and experience thefreedom, peace and unity in diversity. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdiTxK19JmejM9v1h | You've probably seen the UNICEF commercials...the depressing commercials with pictures and video footage of children in Africa starving...it's so sad.
This is what the picture is based on.
Thats hungry Hugo? Thats a good one!
If I had a way to to travel to help all the starving people in the world i would . my heart goes out to all who are in need of help.
It is a good one. And sad. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
BkiUaavxK03BfHDu1_CK | Here is a list of all the postings Brian H has made in our forums. Click on a thread name to jump to the thread.
I'm on Windows 10 with Outlook and it happens to me but only occasionally.
I've always believed that C101 was only a possible problem with oxy-acet, and then only if overheated.
Hello Bill and welcome from another Boxford user.
Mine's an AUD with a single phase motor and is in need of a minor (I hope) refurb.
Any questions you may have will almost certainly elicit answers on here.
Hello Bill and welcome to the forum.
Are you intending to make anything specific once the Bridgeport is up & running?
I have a friend who is the same Bill, he enjoys making but loses interest once the model is finished and test run.
I'm not quite the same, I have made 3 road vehicles and enjoyed running them at shows but then they needed to be sold to finance the next one.
The 1 1/2 inch Burrell Boydell T.E. that I'm currently working on will be kept as will the 1 1/2 inch Fowell Box engine that is scheduled as the follow up.
One problem with keeping several large models is that you run out of space to store them.
I agree with Roy, soft solder is best.
Thanks Hopper for the info on the rear toolpost, it certainly looks sturday.
I shall have to knock one up as a project when I have time.
Finally solved my problem with windows updates; I have an identical PC in the workshop that I cancelled the update on.
I've swapped PCs and now don't have a problem because the one in the workshop is only used for quick internet checks for information.
Hello Hopper, I really like the look of your rear tool holder; is it one that came with your lathe or a shop made one?
Hello Steve and welcome to this forum. Looks like you're off to a good start with your machinery.
If you have any questions , as you've seen, there are lots of people on here willing to help.
Hello John, cannot exactly help you with that one but I was in a similar position of wanting nameplates for model traction engines.
I am fortunate in having a sign company locally who took my artwork and lasercut individual letters in Perspex so that I could glue them onto a Perspex background to make a full-sized pattern.
My aim is to use this as a template to follow on my Alexandra engraving machine to produce smaller replicas in brass to suit my models.
This technique could also be used to produce a pattern that could be cast in brass.
I'd already had a professional sign company attempt an etched nameplate but the problem there is the that etchant removes metal sideways, under the artwork, as well as etching the depth, which for a 5" loco would need to be quite deep to look convincing.
Hello Andrew, from a fellow AUD owner.
Remaining rivets now inserted and silver soldered. I now need to clean it all so that another 114 rings can be place on the outside surfaces and melted in, but that will be MUCH easier. I'm expecting a few leaks that will require remedial work but hopefully the main heating work will be done.
Came across a problem that I hadn't considered whilst making the boiler for my Burrell-Boydell engine.
I have drilled all the stay holes and the plan was to use 1/8" snap head rivets from the inside of the firebox.
I've made 114 rings of 1/16" silver solder, threaded them onto the rivets and inserted the rivets from inside as planned.
The problems cam in the corners where I could fit the rivets in the sides but I couldn't place rivets front and back in the corners because the side rivets were sticking up by the thickness of the silver solder!
I took a chance on silver soldering by using propane inside the firebox instead of oxy-acet at the clubhouse and it worked, I can now install the missing rivets and heat it all up again.
Roger, the 3 MT suggestion is a good one, the small end of one is just over that for 3 MT.
Roger, cannot help with this specifically but www.lathes.co.uk/denham/ may. They also say that they have some literature.
Hello Betty and welcome. You'll probably know more about electrickery that many on here so you may get a number of queries thrown your way. | c4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
BkiUcQ_xaKPQonPpKixz | Far too something; more something than is necessary. Used in the form, "too (something) by half." Primarily heard in UK. Liam is too clever by half, winning every debate he gets into. That child is too noisy by half!
Too contrived or arrogant in one's cleverness or intelligence, to the point of being irritating to others. Primarily heard in UK. I think every adolescent goes through a stage where they become too clever by half and begin to think of themselves as the only person who has things figured out. The phones people use these days are all too clever by half—I can barely even use them to make phone calls!
If you describe a person or their actions as too clever by half, you mean that they are too clever, in a way that you do not like or in a way that causes problems for them. His many admirers describe him as clever: his enemies as too clever by half. You had to tell the press, didn't you? Too clever by half. Note: Other adjectives are sometimes used instead of clever. He was stylish, angry, and too cool by half.
CITROEN has learned its lesson from the last C5 which tried to be too clever by half, and the new version is not only free of design gimmicks but is much more driver-involving and driver-friendly.
Too Clever By Half was a guitar-based track in a similar vein to some songs on our first album, so we made it into a disco track, like Donna Summer.
Then when someone comes up with a unique slant on something, he's deemed to be too clever by half.
It's not just David Mamet's extensive writings about writing that have led some critics to regard him as a dangerously self-conscious dramatist, too clever by half.
Pundits are being too clever by half when they postulate on the effect that the bust-up with Cristiano Ronaldo had on him, or the resentment caused by the FA refusing to overturn his three-match ban.
They were attacked as plotters, assassins and worse, as men too clever by half and not just by Protestants.
He's been very clever in both halves, which is, I suppose, why some people say that that Clever Hahn is too clever by half.
IS CLEVER HAHN NOW A BATTLER OF OGRES?
Throw in pedaller being someone who literally rides a bike and it's all too clever by half.
Where Michelangelo was prosaic and blunt to the point of flatfooted literalism, Nims's speaker is too clever by half, too distanced by incessantly breezy wit, to let us take his passionate yearnings and ambivalence quite as seriously as he did.
Clinton was too clever by half when he warned against "unwise" spending at the same time he proposed numerous new spending programs.
In fact, the very ease and boldness with which he presents Wilde's career, for example, as the essence of the Irish colonial boy remaking himself in England, while wittily exposing the strategies needed for the enterprise, seems too clever by half.
Podhoretz can turn a good phrase, but his metaphors need pruning--career government officials "attach themselves and their careers to the public trough with glue as strong as barnacles"--and he sometimes comes off as too clever by half.
He remains too clever by half and not half as clever as he thinks.
Osborne's too clever by half and he'll get his just deserts soon enough.
When the new competition structure for the elite end of Rugby League was made public last year there was huge dollops of scepticism - too contrived, too complex, too clever by half. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUdwk4eIXhzes6oyca | Happy Friday, y'all! The weekend is finally here and I'm looking forward to kicking back and relaxing. It's supposed to rain pretty much all weekend so I'm sure I'll run a few errands, turn out a few etsy orders and catch up on some laundry. Sounds thrilling, right? Well, at least I can try to dress cute! Here's the outfit I put together, perfect for errand running.
I love a chambray dress any day of the week but especially on a Saturday. Pair it with flats, no fuss earrings, a crossbody, some sunnies and voila! You have a perfect around town outfit.
Would you agree? I'll run errands all day in a cute dress like this one!
Have a great weekend, dolls! I look forward to seeing you back here next week.
One hundred percent obsessed with this look-- LOVE shirt dresses like that, and the shell earrings are the sweetest touch!
Super cute. I want to be in that exact outfit tomorrow... and really hoping the rain holds off.
That bag is crazy gorgeous! | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdNk5qhDACkwuR_dv | rRootage est un jeu vidéo libre de type shoot'em up développé par Kenta Cho pour ABA Games. Il est distribué avec son code source sous licence BSD.
Système de jeu
Ce jeu propose uniquement de combattre des boss. Il existe quatre modes de jeu pour lesquels on trouve dix niveaux de difficulté. Pour chaque niveau, on trouve quatre séries.
Si le nombre de boss à combattre pour terminer le jeu est impressionnant, il reste que les boss sont générés aléatoirement pour correspondre à une difficulté donnée, ce qui rend de l'intérêt aux niveaux déjà terminés et permet de terminer tout de même un niveau sur lequel on bloque. Le jeu permet de s'essayer aux niveaux de difficulté élevés même si on n'a pas terminé les plus faciles.
Modes
Mode NORMAL : Ce mode est semblable à la plupart des shoot them up. Le joueur a trois bombes qui font dissoudre les balles de l'ennemi. La fonction tir ralentit également tout en mettant le bouclier à son vaisseau.
Mode de PSY : Basé sur le jeu Psyvariar. Quand le joueur colle les projectiles ennemies, le joueur se déplace à une vitesse plus réduite et quand la barre de pouvoir du joueur est pleine, le vaisseau du joueur devient invincible pour une quantité de temps courte. Le joueur peut également faire tourner le vaisseau et donc autour du vaisseau là où les projectiles le frôle sa barre de pouvoir augmente beaucoup plus vite, mais le vaisseau ralentit énormément.
Mode d'IKA : Basé sur le jeu Ikaruga, ce mode permet au joueur de commuter entre le bouclier blanc et le rouge. Quand on est en blanc, les projectiles blancs se reflètent à l'ennemi, et vice-versa avec le rouge. Ce mode tend à être le plus facile des quatre parce que vous devez seulement esquiver la moitié des balles de l'ennemi à n'importe quel moment donné, et également parce que la moitié des projectiles que vous ne devez pas esquiver et que vous contrecarrez va vers le boss et lui fait des dommages supplémentaires.
Mode de gw : Basé sur GigaWing, ce mode donne au joueur un bouclier qui reflète les projectiles de l'ennemi et protège le joueur, mais il a un temps de charge prolongé.
Commentaire
Si rRootage présente des graphismes au rendu vectoriel abstrait, assez simples comme la plupart des jeux de cet éditeur, il requiert une machine relativement puissante (compte tenu de son année de sortie) pour fonctionner sans ralentissement dans les derniers niveaux, du fait du nombre important de tirs qui peuvent apparaître simultanément. Les motifs de tir des boss sont très riches et très travaillés.
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rRootage connait également une conversion sur Xbox, identique aux versions sur Windows, ainsi que sur PlayStation Portable.
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BkiUZ1o25V5hYDkHEzZ3 | Antonio Caso Andrade (December 19, 1883 – March 6, 1946) was a Mexican philosopher and rector of the former Universidad Nacional de México, nowadays known as the National Autonomous University of Mexico from December 1921 to August 1923. Along with José Vasconcelos, he founded the Ateneo de la Juventud, a humanist group against philosophical positivism. The Athenian generation opposed Auguste Comte and Herbert Spencer's philosophical views, giving credence to and expanding on the ideas of Henri Bergson, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, and José Enrique Rodó. Caso opposed rationalism. His group the ateneistas believed in a moral, willing, and spiritual individual being. He was the older brother of archaeologist Alfonso Caso.
Philosophical Work
In the summer of 1909, Caso presented his critiques of positivism in a series of conferences later expanded in the third edition by the Athenians of Youth. He was inspired by the Christian philosophical tradition, in particular by Blaise Pascal and Tolstoy. Caso distinguishes three aspects of human existence: economic, aesthetic, and moral. Caso refuted Gabino Barreda's thesis and the first Justo Sierra that the future of Mexico was built primarily on basis of a scientific doctrine. In the work "Catholicism, Jacobinism and Positivism" included in the book Discursos a la nacion mexicana (Discourses to the Mexican nation) Caso deepens his criticism of two of the hegemonic ideologies in the late nineteenth century: Jacobinism (or extreme liberalism) and positivism. The supporters of the first accuse them of ignoring reality, while those in the second get the blame for the alleged inevitability of reality. Antonio Caso is a pioneer in the Mexican philosophy that was developed later by Samuel Ramos, Leopoldo Zea Aguilar, and Octavio Paz among others. In his book El problema de México y la ideología nacional, (The problem of Mexico and the nation ideology) published in 1924, Caso argues Mexico's biggest problem is the lack of unity (racial, cultural and social). Towards the end of his life, Caso was influenced by the philosophies of Husserl, Scheler, and Heidegger, especially Husserl, whose ideas were reflected in the book La filosofía de Husserl, El acto ideatorio, La persona humana y el estado totalitario y El peligro del hombre. (Husserl's philosophy, ideatory The act, The human person and the totalitarian state, and the danger of man).
Works
• La filosofía de la intuición, 1914 The philosophy of intuition, 1914
• El concepto de la historia universal, 1918 The concept of universal history, 1918
• Sociología genética y sistemática, 1927 Genetical and Systematical Sociology, 1927
• Principios de estética, 1925 Principles of aesthetics, 1925
• El acto ideatorio, 1934 The act ideatorio, 1934
• El peligro del hombre, 1942 The danger of man, 1942
References
Further reading
Candelaria, Michael, The Revolt of Unreason. Miguel de Unamuno and Antonio Caso on the Crisis of Modernity. Edited and with a foreword by Stella Villarmea. Amsterdam/New York, NY, Rodopi, 2012. E-
1883 births
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BkiUfTvxK0flNeFb526P | Paisa Health conducted a financial well being camp from 1 pm to 4 pm for an Indian Dental Association Group of Doctors, Kakinada at Ramcosa, 50 Building Center, Kakinada.
On 20th, March 2018, Paisa health conducted a financial well being camp at rotary club of Kakinada central.
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BkiUdrw5qsFAfn88t0Fn | If there is one thing that drives functional, integrative, naturopathic, and other 'alternative' medicinal treatment providers more than anything else, it is the desire to continually push forward, not get complacent or too comfortable with the status quo, and always be cognizant of the fact that no one has all the answers, in any situation.
Many practitioners of functional, and other, methods of treating illness themselves transitioned from the world of traditional Western medicine. They understand that we all must work together for the betterment of the citizenry we serve.
In the age of social media and instantaneous communication, it isn't difficult to get caught up in the overheated hyperbole of the situation, but it is important to step back and have an objective look at the facts. The doctors and nurses working in these fields are taking the risk of being seen as an outlier, but even more are assuming the risk that comes with operating within a new frontier of medicine.
While this may place practitioners, researchers, university professors, and many more who are studying the efficacy of alternative approaches in an unwanted spotlight, it isn't warranted. Approaches taught in the offices of functional, integrative, and naturopathic clinics around the world are receiving the attention they deserve. The more research, the better, and professionals from all disciplines must work together. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUbEXxaL3SufhMnA7y | Add a splash of color and cheer to your garden with this award-winning Southern perennial. This tough variety offers strong pest/disease resistance and cold-hardiness to zone 7. Enjoy extended flowering with up to 100 flowers on 12- to 14-inch stems atop lush foliage. For optimum blooms (and cut flowers), place in full sun to part shade and remove old blooms. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUddk4ubnhDSvJRVxf | State gives dates for archery, gun seasons for hunting deer
by: The Associated Press, NBC4 Staff
Posted: Sep 25, 2018 / 03:20 AM EDT / Updated: Sep 25, 2018 / 03:21 AM EDT
Ohio's archery season for hunting white-tailed deer begins later this month, while gun season for deer hunting begins in November.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources says the archery season begins Sept. 29 and continues through Feb. 3, 2019.
Gun seasons for deer hunters will be Nov. 26 through Dec. 2 and Dec. 15 and 16. Muzzleloader season will be Jan. 5 through Jan. 8, 2019, state officials said.
The statewide bag limit is six deer with only one antlered deer allowed regardless of location or method of take. Deer bag limits are determined by county and hunters cannot exceed counties' bag limit.
Deer hunting hours are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes past sunset for all deer hunting seasons.
For more information on Ohio hunting visit: wildohio.gov.
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(WKBN) - EVR Foods, Inc., the parent company of Lavva, is recalling its 5.3-ounce Blueberry Plant-Based Yogurt due to the potential for mold contamination.
The affected product has an expiration date of 2/21/21.
COLUMBUS (WCMH) -- The Ohio Department of Health has released the coronavirus numbers for Saturday.
As of Jan. 16, a total of 821,507 (+7,065) cases have been reported in Ohio since the pandemic began, leading to 10,135 (+78) deaths and 43,048 (+241) hospitalizations. | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUbfo5qoaAwjlS6Q5m | Ubisoft have held an investors call which revealed some inside info about upcoming targets for games, as well as admitting that some previous games missed their sales targets.
The investors call revealed that the sales targets for the recently delayed The Crew have been set at 2.5 million, whereas the also recently delayed Watch Dogs is aiming for 6.2 million.
Due to this and the fact that Watch Dogs and The Crew have been delayed, Ubisoft have adjusted their financial targets for the fiscal 2014, it now expects sales of between €995 million and €1.045 billion, instead of the previously targeted €1.420 billion and €1.450 billion.
It is not looking good for Ubisoft recently, with there previous two games under-performing and the announcement of two game delays it seems that Ubisoft are going through a difficult period. I'm sure once Assassin's Creed 4 makes a lot of money they will be happy again, but personally I think the Watch Dogs delay is embarrassing, not only was it extremely last minute but it messed up a lot of people's PS4 pre-orders, causing some people to cancel the system all together. Surely they knew that it wasn't a good idea to release at the same time as AC4 months ago?
Hopefully the game does receive more polish as they have promised, maybe give the game a break and don't release a new trailer every week, the general feeling is that they have shown too much of the game and people were getting tired of it.
Let me know in the comments how you feel about Ubisoft's current predicament, I'm sure they'll recover soon enough. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUa5jxK19JmhArBS2j | Michigan activist's truck vandalized with N-word, 'WITE PRIDE'
Hubert Roberts, an activist for Black Lives Matter and other rights groups, found his truck vandalized with the N-word, 'WITE PRIDE' and swastikas
Michigan activist's truck vandalized with N-word, 'WITE PRIDE' Hubert Roberts, an activist for Black Lives Matter and other rights groups, found his truck vandalized with the N-word, 'WITE PRIDE' and swastikas Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/2MEMuPL
Bryce Airgood, Detroit Free Press Published 1:30 p.m. ET June 19, 2018 | Updated 3:26 p.m. ET June 19, 2018
The words "WITE PRIDE" and swastikas painted on the passenger side of Hubert Roberts' truck.(Photo: Hubert Roberts)
Editor's Note: There is language and photos in this story that some may find offensive. Reader discretion is advised.
When Hubert Roberts woke up Tuesday morning at his home in Clio, Mich., he was planning to follow his usual morning routine as a mentor in the community.
He was planning on taking two boys to get haircuts. But those plans abruptly ended when Roberts walked out of his house and the morning became "unbelievable."
The N-word, "WITE PRIDE" and multiple swastikas had been painted onto Roberts' 2011 Chevrolet Silverado. Red shoelaces hung from both rearview mirrors, a symbol Roberts said is used by the Ku Klux Klan for intimidation and initiation into the organization.
Photos: Activist's vehicle vandalized with racial slurs
Clio resident Hubert Roberts found his 2011 Chevrolet Silverado vandalized with racial slurs painted on the vehicle and red shoe laces hung from the mirrors on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. Hubert Roberts
As he looked at his truck, Roberts, who is black, said a number of emotions swirled through his mind.
Disbelief. He didn't think it was real. Then anger. And then disappointment.
He said he could not think of any recent altercations that could have caused this other than the normal interactions he has had while protesting, which includes people spitting on him and calling him offensive names.
Roberts said he got out his phone and took pictures of his truck, which he had bought just two years ago. He sent them to his family, trying to channel his anger.
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His stepdaughter, Jiquanda Johnson, founder and publisher of the online publication Flint Beat, said when she saw the texts she felt a mix of emotions –- anger, frustration, a little overwhelmed and tired. She said she remembered feeling very hot in her face.
When you pull up to her parents' home in Clio, Mich., Johnson said, the first thing you see is a sign that says, "Hugs for Unity."
If anyone knows her dad, she said, they know he's always out there, boots on the ground, mentoring youth.
She said Roberts will stand on the corner, draped in chains and holding a sign for Black Lives Matter or another rights group.
Johnson said the truck also has activist symbols on it for the Black Lives Matter movement and the film "Black Panther," which might have made him a target.
"Now I get it. People get upset about other people's views and how they feel," Johnson said in a Facebook Live video showing the truck's vandalism. "But that gives no one the right to damage someone else's property or come on anyone's property."
Johnson said her mom has lived at the home for 14 years. Although her mother has been called offensive names, no one had ever actually vandalized their property.
June 19, the day Roberts found his vandalized truck, is also known as Juneteenth, a holiday that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States. Across the country, the day is marked with events and parades.
"As a Nation, we vow to never forget the millions of African-Americans who suffered the evils of slavery," President Donald Trump said in a statement Tuesday recognizing the holiday. "Together, we honor the unbreakable spirit and countless contributions of generations of African Americans to the story of American greatness. Today we recommit ourselves to defending the self-evident truth, boldly declared by our Founding Fathers, that all people are created equal."
Genesee County Sheriff's Office was contacted about the vandalism and they are investigating. In addition, the Michigan chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MI) offered $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.
Sheriff's deputies were unable to dust the truck for prints due to the rain the night before, Roberts said.
He said if the culprits are found, he wants this to be a teachable moment and wants them to have the chance to help pay for the truck's damage.
Johnson said many people think racism is a southern thing, that people don't talk about it in the north or midwest.
"But I guess at the end of the day you know, this is what we're dealing with," she said in the Facebook Live video. "This is what racism is. It exists. Wake up. Know it, believe it. In this place we call America. The North, the Midwest. And that's it."
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BkiUdDo5qoaAwtECZEOX | SoCal Jets' "analytical motivator," Scot, brings to the team solid entrepreneurial experience. As a former business owner, Scot understands the need for solid financials, ethical conduct, and a strong work ethic. He governs our monthly board meetings, generates detailed reports and brings a cohesive message to our clients on how we offer superior value with first class service.
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Doing business with us is easy, our project agreements are simple and straight forward, and in many cases we could start a project work within a few days. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdeI5qsBC5lINciF1 | [Updated with video] Local author Giovanna Watson's book "Dear Cancer, Let Me Introduce Myself" was successfully launched this evening [Feb 18] at City Hall.
Ms Watson previously said, "It's finally here! This is not your typical "woe is me" approach to cancer so are you ready to laugh? It's an easy to read journey told in a thoughtful and relatable way.
"Each stage of treatment is a chapter and includes pictures during radiation and chemo, Facebook posts, timeline of events, a poem, emails, newspaper articles, body chart, various quotes and a peek into colostomy life just to name a few.
"What makes this book unique is that each chapter ends with my Lessons Learned and Reactions from friends & family to give a comprehensive perspective. I wanted to show that cancer wasn't who I was, it was just something I was going through.
Limited copies of the book are available at The Bookmart and Brown & Co. The paperback version is $34.95, whereas the hardback version is $44.95. For further information contact Ms Watson on 705-8423 or at HelloCancerBda@gmail.com.
Congratulations Giovanna for your openness and courage. I was not able to attend your event but will definitely purchase and read your book!! | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfnfxK1fBGwCLPCcM | In honor of President's Day last week (Monday February 16th.), here's a couple fishing pics of President Herbert Hoover.
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Left to right: Bob Pritchett, Glen Senior, Charlie Foster.
They are at the finish of their trip up the Rogue in 1947. This was the first upriver trip.
This pic is with Jackie Cooper (On the left), when he went down the Rogue river with Grandpa.
Jackie (1922-2011) was a child actor (One of "Our Gang's" main character's) who managed to make the transition to an adult acting career, working in television and as a director and producer. He's mentioned in the book The Rogue, A River to Run, on page 97 & 138.
This is a pic of my grandfather after he retired. To keep busy, he built some wood drift boats in his home shop.
Hells Gate on the Fraser.
This is the first trip up the Fraser. Grandpa ran it 8 times on this day.
Here's a quote from him on page 246 of the book, The Rogue A River To Run.
In 1964, Grandpa's boat design & patterns were featured in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Spring Chinook Salmon season is starting to heat up.
I don't know when this pic was taken, but the truck my Grandfather is standing in front of, is a 36 Ford I believe.
Rainie Falls on the Rogue.
This is my cousin Mark in a boat he built.
Close up of same pic.
This pic was taken during the filming of my Grandfather running up the Rogue.
The guy to the left is Bob Pritchett, who stars in the movie with Grandpa. The boat behind Bob (with the life preserver hanging on the console) was used in the movie.
Wooldridge Equipment has been repeat ordered many times by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Shell Oil, U.S. Army, Morrison Knudsen in Snake River Hells Canyon, State Game and Fish Commissions like Wyoming, Oregon, Saskatschewan, Idaho, etc. and guides, fishermen, expeditions, boatmen from Venezuela to Yukon to Florida. "IT'S GUARANTEED." Proof-tested and used for years under toughest conditions.
Blossom Bar with a channel that my grandfather blasted.
Glen, keep it coming , this is some VERY COOL history of your Family and boating in the PNW. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUeAE5qdmB663W60VH | Cardi B had a spot of trouble walking in a sculpted look that evoked a peeled banana, only pinkish. Michelle Obama popped up in a metallic trouser outfit onstage and Jennifer Lopez donned a huge white bejeweled hat.
Lady Gaga chose a silver strapless gown and Post Malone was in a light pink embellished jacket and matching pants. The Lopez topper pointed to a popular accessory of the evening — statement hats. Her topper was in white with a brim for miles, embellished to match her dress of the same shade and embellishment.
Katy Perry arrived in a pink confection that prompted comparisons to a cake topper.
Kyle Tree of the EDM duo Grey was inadvertently ready for the weather in a rain slicker that was, yes, the color gray, as was his hair and that of music partner Michael Trewartha, both among the night's nominees in Los Angeles.
There were guests dressed as butterflies, neon looks and several outfits with long capes in unusual places, on jumpsuits and short dresses.
Fantastic Negrito, the Oakland, California-born blues artist, represented in a red suit with large, colorful swatches for pockets.
His silver necklace of two fish used to be a belt buckle, said the upcycling enthusiast. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdkI25YjgKOD-D9JX | Thais, Cambodians cease fire after border shooting
Published: FEBRUARY 4, 2011 14:18
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia— Cambodian and Thai soldiers reached a cease-fire on Friday after shooting broke out on their border and continued for more than two hours.
Thai media reported that a villager had been killed, but there was no official confirmation of the death.
The private Cambodian Television Network reported that a cease-fire had been reached after Thailand's defense minister called to Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen.
Cambodian government spokesman Phay Siphan said the fighting occurred near the 11th century Preah Vihear temple, which belongs to Cambodia. Thailand claims a small patch of land near the temple. | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUd7XxK6EuNArbC0N8 | Dodgers Outlast Rays in Game 6, End 32-Year World Series Drought
Greg Larnerd
Greg Larnerd Published: October 27, 2020
The Los Angeles Dodgers have waited 32 years to hear it but they're back to the top of the baseball world as they defeated the Tampa Bay Rays 3-1 in game six of the 2020 World Series to win it.
The Rays were in command of this game until the sixth inning when manager Kevin Cash decided to lift his starting pitcher Blake Snell after 5.1 innings pitched, two hits, one run, no walks, and nine strikeouts. Snell had it all working tonight and had the Dodger hitters tied up in knots but after only 73 pitches Cash cashed out early with Snell and went bust with Nick Anderson.
Blake Snell's reaction via CBS Sports:
Anderson allowed a double to Mookie Betts, threw a wild pitch that scored a run, and then a ground ball that scored another.
Mookie Betts then added an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth with a solo home run off Pete Fairbanks to make the game 3-1 and LA never looked back.
There has to be a ton of credit given to the Dodgers pitching staff as well on Tuesday night as they used seven pitchers in total and absolutely got the job done.
Tony Gonslin got the start and didn't have great stuff but battled through 1.2 innings before handing the baton off to the other guys.
Victor Gonzalez ended up with the victory as he went 1.1 while striking out three batters. Brusdar Graterol pitched 0.2 innings and picked up a hold, and then Julio Urias pitched the final 2.1 innings clean to complete the save and secured the World Series Title.
Los Angeles shortstop Corey Seager was named the World Series Most Valuable Player. This postseason he hit .344, scored 20 runs, four doubles, eight home runs, and 19 RBIs.
Also, Justin Turner was pulled out of this game late and it was later revealed that he was notified that he tested positive for COVID-19. You certainly feel for him, a guy who has been there for the last seven years, grew up a Dodger fan, and couldn't be out there with his team celebrating. Hopefully, he'll be okay, we wish him all the best.
This is the seventh World Series Championship in the Dodgers history.
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Fan Goes Viral for Turning Hot Dog into a Beer Straw | commoncrawl | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUfo425V5jWIVPNtz3 | Metamorphosis for this butterfly appears to have been interrupted by a parasite, a small wasp perhaps. You can see the hole where the parasite chewed its way out. Oddly, there's a similar hole on the other side. Maybe it abandoned this other exit since it looks incomplete. Or maybe there were actually multiple parasites.
I know this is the chrysalis of a brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae because other butterfly families use a a small silken thread around the thorax to help secure it. Here's an example from an earlier post.
Butterfly chrysalises can be quite intricate and this one has some interesting flourishes. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUeNI25V5jEEL8t2pV | This page displays sold house prices for Burnell Road in Telford.
Burnell Road in Admaston, Telford consists predominantly of terraced houses. Properties on Burnell Road typically have values around £200,000 - £250,000, ranging upwards of £250,000 for larger semi-detached houses.
Map showing Burnell Road in Telford. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUeHc4eIOjRsQM9LH- | Tunisia is hosting the followup conference to the 2003 World Summit on the Information Society. This 2005 event started today, and already the country's security forces have roughed up journalists and foreign attendees. A wonderful start for a problematic meeting!
Incommunicado is a distributed working group of people interested in critiqueing ICT in development and discussing issues related to the World Summit on the Information Society meeting(s) being held and culminating in Tunis, November 2005. This June there will be a very interesting meeting of incommunicado in Amsterdam. I have been involved from afar but will not attend. The draft program is here.
Multitudes is a political journal, web site, and mailing list that grew out of writings and discussions of the works of Negri and Hardt (Empire). The site is in French, and it includes hundreds of authors. This particular article ("Le défi de la production d'intelligence collective") is a short interview with Andrée Bergeron who discusses the question of expertise in a knowledge society. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUekDxK1Thg9qFerfn | I don't understand how to do a thing I believe should be pretty straight-forward. Which component should I use to create a node that has a value that I can control from code?
For instance, let's say I want to control one of the inputs to an OR gate from code - how to do that?
I'm using an PSoC 5LP.
Ok, solved it by using a digital input with hw connection - but can I prevent that from occupying a physical pin on the chip? | c4 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUfmPxK6wB9mn5BT3G | Are Termites Still Active in the Winter Months?
The short answer is YES termites are still active in the winter months!
While most people have the view that termites are only active in summer, unfortunately this is not always the case. Termites do remain active all year round, even during the colder winter months.
In colder regions and climates, and at certain times of the year, subterranean termites typically migrate deeper into the ground during the cold season to protect themselves with the warmth from the ground that they need to survive.
These termites tend not to cause as much damage because they are below the ground's surface and less active in the infrastructures of our dwellings. However, subterranean worker termites will stay close to their nests during the winter and will remain active (although not quite as active as during the warmer months). | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
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TJMC is our marching band. The band performs at home football games and at Saturday competitions during September and October. During a typical fall season, we will also take a school bus full of TJMC members to a few away football games to play in the stands as we cheer for our football team (pep band trips are not mandatory, but they are a lot of fun). In 2010, we traveled to Allentown, PA, for a huge USSBA Northern States competition, and our Marching Colonials finished first in the IV-A class!
TJMC is an extra-curricular activity (i.e., it does not meet during the school day). TJMC rehearsals are after school, usually on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays (see the calendar on this website). Members of TJMC are expected to be enrolled in curricular band (Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Symphonic Band, or Jazz Band) for at least three years; however, they may be part of TJMC all four years, even if they take one year off from curricular band. Mandatory rehearsals start in August.
TJ students have shown that it is possible to march with almost any instrument (except bassoons and oboes). Students who play difficult-to-march-with instruments are welcome to join the color guard or pit (percussion equipment that doesn't move around the field during the show). Some students learn to play new instruments to help balance the ensemble.
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Hunting Down the Best Web Hosts
By Alison Diana
The Web hosting industry is vast and growing — but for potential customers, the array of choices can be mind-boggling.
"We're looking at a market that was in the range of (US)$5.5 billion last year," Gartner principal analyst Lydia Leong told the E-Commerce Times. When the latest numbers are released, she added, "it'll probably grow about $1 billion over the course of 2003."
The types of companies that are driving this growth by adopting or expanding their Web presence vary widely, Ovum analyst Marc Jacobson told the E-Commerce Times. "A lot of that growth is going to be smaller companies coming online," he said, though he added that "there's going to definitely be growth in the enterprise space as well."
Setting a Course
Choosing a Web hosting provider can be complicated, however. Faced with hordes of vendors vying to win their business, companies must determine their goals before leaping into the fray.
"Ideally, an e-business should first assess exactly what it needs for an effective Web presence," ebi Group senior analyst Shirley Siluk Gregory told the E-Commerce Times. She listed several questions that companies should answer:
How much disk space will we need for online content?
What traffic volume do we expect our Web site to handle each month?
How sophisticated must our database be?
Which type of e-commerce system is best?
Will a simple, secure online form do the job?
Will a basic shopping cart be necessary, or will we need an advanced shopping system that can be integrated with existing systems for customer data and vendor relationships?
Small-Biz Needs
A company's needs likely will depend on its size. For example, many smaller companies do not have the necessary internal resources to design a site, so they should consider finding a one-stop shop that offers professional design services as well as hosting, said Don Bulens, senior vice president of mainstream market at Web hosting provider Interland.
"Eighty percent of the small businesses we surveyed want a professional to do their site," Bulens told the E-Commerce Times. "Promotion is the second value-driver. The third area is interaction, which is how can you engage in ongoing communication with customers. The fourth, of course, is transactions. That's selling of products and selling of services."
Also, customers should look for a Web host whose offerings closely match the functionality they require, Ovum's Jacobson said. For example, he noted, AT&T and Qwest are well known and respected in the digital media space. In contrast, businesses that need more Web application usage may be better off with a company that has an extensive IT background.
Smooth Sailing
Of course, prospective clients should perform due diligence on their future Web hosts. "They're going to want to look at the financial stability of the vendor, the technology features, the quality of customer service and the price or, more importantly, the value," Gartner's Leong said.
Depending on a client's needs, a Web host also should be able to provide tax-compliance on a local, state, national and possibly international basis, Digital River CEO Joel Ronning told the E-Commerce Times. Businesses also need to consider how a host handles privacy and export-control issues, if pertinent.
In addition, companies need to pick a service-oriented partner that can provide more than hosting, Bulens said. "Hosting companies typically are ill-prepared to provide a good level of service to small businesses that don't have an IT staff," he noted. "That has been the focus of our efforts."
Interland's new Platinum Business Solutions service offers round-the-clock support, professional Web design, management software and Web hosting for $95 per month, he noted. "The largest market requirements for Web sites today is among small and very small businesses," Bulens said. "The challenge they face is they don't have the time, expertise or money to create and maintain a Web site."
Beware Red Flags
While performing due diligence, prospective clients should check with the Better Business Bureau and discussion boards before selecting a partner, Siluk Gregory said. "There are also some hosting-related resources that provide various certifications that a host meets certain standards, although these should be used with caution," she said; however, she noted that "there is, as yet, no single industry-specific organization in charge of certification or performance."
Despite the lack of industry-standard certification, potential customers can pay attention to some common-sense red flags. "If an e-business can't easily locate a real street address, real phone number and real e-mail address — I find the use of online forms exclusively less than customer-friendly — for the company, it should be very cautious before entering into any business relationship with that hosting company," Siluk Gregory said.
"Other red flags include: no money-back or customer satisfaction guarantees; inflexible payment plans that require advance deposits for a year's worth of hosting, with no options for month-to-month or quarter-to-quarter payments; overwhelming negative comments on the hosting discussion boards; and a complete lack of any information about the company on the hosting boards or directories."
Big Fish?
Overall, businesses probably should consider better-known sites, such as Verio, Interland and Yahoo, Leong said. "For a small business, I would tend to advise going to a very large name or working with somebody local they can actually see," she added.
Those with deeper pockets may want to look at the largest hosts, such as IBM Global Services, CSC and EDS, Ovum's Jacobson said. "They're going to offer stability. They're going to offer full services — but there'll be a premium," he noted. "I would avoid going with a pure-play Web hosting provider that's had no proven record. It's a buyer's market out there, so I would suggest [that potential customers] shop around and compare prices."
When it comes to contracts, should customers insist on signing one? The answer is not clear-cut because contracts have both benefits and drawbacks.
"We require no contracts," said Interland's Bulens. "We are so confident in our ability to provide a Web site that is every bit as good as a Web site that would cost thousands of dollars."
On the other hand, Digital River CEO Ronning said he views contracts "as an absolute necessity."
If they do sign a contract, businesses should carefully review any paperwork. "I would go through it with a fine-tooth comb," Jacobson said. Companies should make sure service-level agreements have teeth, he added — specifically, that they stipulate stiff penalties if a Web hosting provider fails to live up to its written promises.
Even when lured by significant discounts tied to long-term contracts, businesses should first establish some sort of shorter-term relationship with a Web host, Siluk Gregory said. "Until an e-business has had a chance to take a hosting provider for a test drive for at least a few months, it's best to avoid locking into a year-long or longer contract, especially if the host itself hasn't been around for long," she said.
"While it's smart to make sure your Web host provides adequate bandwidth — at a reasonable cost — to handle your expected Web traffic, it's also important to beware of any host that promises 'unlimited bandwidth' for no extra charge," she added. "This is an offer that simply can't be met in the real world. It's better to ask questions up-front about exactly what a host's policies are when customers exceed their bandwidth allotments."
After years of debate, the Internet's benefits to businesses of all sizes are, finally, unquestioned. By carefully investigating some of the many hosting offers available, researching potential providers' background and financials, poring over paperwork, listening to past and current clients' feedback, and clearly understanding their own internal needs and desires, companies can enjoy smooth sailing in the frenzied, frequently crowded waters of the Web hosting marketplace.
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DARichman says:
Great overview about hosting. Even for smaller businesses without strong tech expertise, it's now become easier to try things out without huge or long-term commitments. Please encourage more experimentation by businesses of any size. There are many credible hosting players out there, handling large traffic and volumes to support growth. As businesses reach limitations, they can trade up without onerous switching costs.
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BkiUc2HxK3xgpZzQn4It | Live Sensical: Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No - Living Sensical?
Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No - Living Sensical?
Sharknado 3 - could this version livesensical.com? It airs on Syfy Wednesday night, and NBCUniversal, the channel's owner, is betting on the third installment of this surprisingly successful franchise to dominate ratings and social media like the first two did. | c4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUdOk5qoTAqrHwalA6 | Welcome Christmas!
Welcome Christmas! (Reprise)
Fah who for-aze
Dah who dor-aze
Welcome Christmas
Come this way.
Welcome Christmas, Christmas Day.
Welcome, Welcome
Dah who dah-moose
Christmas Day is in our grasp
So long as we have hands to clasp.
Welcome Chrstimas
Bring your cheer
Welcome all Who's far and near.
Christmas Day will always be
Just as long as we have we.
Bring your light.
While we stand
And hand in hand.
Christmas, Christmas Day!
(Courtesy: http://www.misfittoys.net/tvtime/grinch/grinch.htm)
Posted by Tom Mack at 11:08 PM No comments:
THE DIGITAL STORY OF NATIVITY - ( or Christmas 2.0 )
Merry iChristmas...lol :-D
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Greg Lake - I Believe in Father Christmas
"I wish you a hopeful Christmas, I wish you a brave New Year, All anguish pain and sadness, Leave your heart and let your road be clear" - Greg Lake
Runner Crawls Across the Finish Line - ABC News
Mack Cousins Got Talent? You Decide :)
Bongo Man / Rivers Of Babylon - Jimmy Cliff (Live)
One of my favorite medleys...saw him perform it at WOMAD Festival in Redmond, WA years ago.
Veterans are approximately 1/5 - 1/4 of homeless population
Something to think about on this Veterans Day...
by Mike Montalvo on Thursday, November 11, 2010 at 11:40am
In 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs estimated that there are approximately 131,000 homeless veterans, accounting for 20 percent of the entire homeless population.
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans
http://www.nchv.org/background.cfm
23% of the homeless population are veterans
33% of the male homeless population are veterans
47% served Vietnam-era
17% served post-Vietnam
15% served pre-Vietnam
67% served three or more years
33% were stationed in war zone
25% have used VA homeless services
85% completed high school/GED, compared to 56% of non-veterans
89% received an honorable discharge
79% reside in central cities16% reside in suburban areas
5% reside in rural areas
76% experience alcohol, drug or mental health problems
46% are white males, compared to 34% of non-veterans
46% are age 45 or older, compared to 20% non-veterans
45% need help finding a job
37% need help finding housing
Roughly 56 percent of all homeless veterans are African American or Hispanic, despite only accounting for 12.8 percent and 15.4 percent of the U.S. population respectively.
Additional Veteran Links
Gay American Veterans
http://www.facebook.com/notes.php?id=100000705988024¬es_tab=app_2347471856#!/note.php?note_id=155948574448678
The Code Talkers - Native American Indians
The Aztec Eagles - Esquadron 201
K-9 Pride
http://k9pride.com/?p=744
How Dogs help veterans cope with PTSD
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,671301612001_2030797,00.html
Serving Veterans and their Families
http://www.serve.gov/families.asp
Monty Python's Flying Circus: Just the Words - Episode 27: Whicker's World
How To Put Your Budgie Down
ANIMATION: ends with an animated woman going into a laundromat. Cut to the interior of a laundromat. Various shabby folk sitting around. Mrs Conclusion approaches Mrs Premise and sits down.
Mrs Conclusion Hello, Mrs Premise.
Mrs Premise Hello, Mrs Conclusion.
Mrs Conclusion Busy day?
Mrs Premise Busy! I've just spent four hours burying the cat.
Mrs Conclusion Four hours to bury a cat?
Mrs Premise Yes! It wouldn't keep still, wriggling about howling its head off.
Mrs Conclusion Oh - it wasn't dead then?
Mrs Premise Well, no, no, but it's not at all a well cat so as we were going away for a fortnight's holiday, I thought I'd better bury it just to be on the safe side.
Mrs Conclusion Quite right. You don't want to come back from Sorento to a dead cat. It'd be so anticlimactic. Yes, kill it now, that's what I say.
Mrs Premise Yes.
Mrs Conclusion We're going to have our budgie put down.
Mrs Premise Really? Is it very old?
Mrs Conclusion No. We just don't like it. We're going to take it to the vet tomorrow.
Mrs Premise Tell me, how do they put budgies down then?
Mrs Conclusion Well it's funny you should ask that, but I've just been reading a great big book about how to put your budgie down, and apparently you can either hit them with the book, or, you can shoot them just there, just above the beak.
Mrs Premise Just there!
Mrs Conclusion Yes.
Mrs Premise Well well well. 'Course, Mrs Essence flushed hers down the loo.
Mrs Conclusion Ooh! No! You shouldn't do that - no that's dangerous. Yes, they breed in the sewers, and eventually you get evil-smelling flocks of huge soiled budgies flying out of people's lavatories infringing their personal freedom.
Remembering Maurice Lucas: Video from the memorial service | OregonLive.com
Remembering Maurice Lucas: Video from the memorial service
Published: Monday, November 08, 2010, 9:37 PM Updated: Monday, November 08, 2010, 9:38 PM
Joel Odom, The Oregonian
Watch all the speeches from Maurice Lucas' coaches, teammates, friends and family during the service for him Monday at Memorial Coliseum.
Poem read by Bill Schonely at Maurice Lucas' Memorial
Should You Go First
By A.K. Rowswell
Should you go first and I remain
To walk the road alone,
I'll live in memory's garden, dear,
With happy days we've known.
In spring I'll wait for roses red,
When fades the lilac blue,
In early fall, when brown leaves call
I'll catch a glimpse of you.
For battles to be fought,
Each thing you've touched along the way
Will be a hallowed spot.
I'll hear your voice, I'll see you smile,
Though blindly I may grope,
The memory of your helping hand
Will buoy me on with hope.
To finish with the scroll,
No length'ning shadows shall creep in
To make this life seem droll.
We've known so much of happiness,
We've had our cup of joy,
And memory is one gift of God
That death can not destroy.
Should you go first and I remain,
One thing I'd have you to do:
Walk slowly down that long, lone path,
For soon I'll follow you.
I'll want to know each step you take,
That I may walk the same,
For someday down that lonely road
You'll hear me call your name.
JohnLund955: AUDIO: THE FINAL "LUUUUKKE" INTRODUCTION
JohnLund955: AUDIO: THE FINAL "LUUUUKKE" INTRODUCTION:
"One of the most compelling moments of the Maurice Lucas memorial today was when Bill Schonley introduced 'Luke' one last time...."
Bill Walton on Maurice Lucas' Passing
The Greatest Trailblazer Ever Maurice Lucas, 1952-2010
Death Don't Have No Mercy In This Land
BY BILL WALTON
What do we do now ???
What can you say ???
Now that he's gone and you realize that nothing's going to bring him back.
Where do we go from here ???
Maurice Lucas was a proud, fierce and independent man. He lived in a world that did not encourage or value his greatest traits and strengths.
The nicest thing that can ever be said of someone is that they make other people better. No one ever made me better than Big Luke.
He was simply better than perfect on all fronts.
Big Luke was a towering, statuesque pillar of supreme principle where loyalty, commitment and leadership were a way of life---not just words of convenience.
Loyalty—the human attribute that enables people to achieve extraordinary things because we care. Maurice cared—about everything. He cared about right and wrong. He cared about truth and justice. He cared about his family, friends and teammates. And he was always willing to do something about it.
Commitment—the willingness and persistence to stick to what matters most. Maurice was ever so determined to make things come out right; he would do, and ultimately did, anything to ensure our success---at every turn.
Leadership---the ability to do what others can't, or won't do, themselves--- by pulling the team together, by defining the terms of the conflict, by leading the relentless offensive attack and by hitting first.
Maurice and I became teammates more than 36 years ago---the summer of 1976. It was in Portland, Oregon, for an NBA expansion franchise that had never done anything.
In our first meeting he told me we were going to win the NBA Championship—that season. He was right. He was always right.
In our very first game together, an NBA exhibition game in Portland against the Lakers of Kareem, Lucius Allen, Don Chaney, Kermit Washington and Coach Jerry West, with the game and everything else on the line--- the ball, our dreams and chances were rolling towards the out of bounds corner on the way to the Blazer locker room. With the clock ticking down, Maurice fought his way through countlessplayers—from both sides. After shaking everybody off and now with ball in hand and in complete control but with scant time to close the deal, Maurice drove the ball straight to the rim along the right baseline. The mighty Kareem came over to deny Maurice. They both rose higher than humanly possible and Kareem had all visible angles covered perfectly. But somehow, someway Maurice was able to contort his body around Kareem, glide under the basket and surface on the far side while still ascending. Big Luke threw down the most incredible reverse slam dunk right in Kareem's face for the game winner at the buzzer. Maurice flung both arms and clenched fists in the air in the classic Muhammad Ali victory pose. And things were never the same again.
That night a tradition started in Portland. Whenever Big Luke was alternating between dominating and decimating, the always ready Blazermaniacs would roar LUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE as Maurice would destroy yet another hapless and helpless foe.
As healthy basketball teammates we never lost again.
The Portland Trail Blazers became the youngest team to ever win the NBA Championship—a mark that stands to this very day.
Big Luke was so important in my life that I named our next born son after him.
On the day when Little Luke was born, Maurice brought over to the house an autographed action shot of himself in full rage and glory. In the photo Big Luke was going for and after it all—like no one else ever could.
Maurice signed the picture to our son that day. It said, "To Little Luke, to make it in this world you've got to be tough, Big Luke".
That special piece of art, inspiration and instruction hung over Little Luke's bed his entire life until he left for college.
When Little Luke went on to chase his own dreams at the University of Arizona, we would go to his games as supportive parents. Our first time there in Tucson, Little Luke starts rolling and the Wildcat fans start their own LUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE chant.
Stunned and with more than the tears of a proud dad streaming down my cheeks, I immediately called Big Luke on my phone and said, "You've got to hear this", as I held the phone up to the roar of the crowd.
LUUUUUUUUUUUKE !!!
Maurice was always there for all of us. He had our back, no matter what. When things got rough, as they invariably do in life, Maurice would always push his way to the front of the fray, muttering under his breath as he elbowed us to safety, "I'll take care of this".
Big Luke's second son, David, a terrific young player on his own played at Oregon State. Whenthose Beavers made their way down to the southern sands of the Sonoran Desert to play Little Luke, Big Luke was there—he always was. Just to make sure that things turned out right.
There never has been anyone like Big Luke, with the rarest combination of intelligence,compassion, skill, touch, power, tenacity, toughness and the remarkable willingness to "take care of this".
Maurice was as unique and indomitable a spirit, soul, force and talent as I have ever known. Hot as a pistol but cool inside.
It was a staggeringly endless list of people that he knew, places that he'd been, and things that he had done.
When the Blazers celebrated the 20th Anniversary of The NBA Championship---The Championship that Maurice had predicted and delivered---we were all there, now old and in the way, congregated at a current Blazer game having a great laugh of days gone by.
They needed some halftime entertainment to keep the restless Blazermaniacs occupied. They had a half court shot attempt promotion for a big prize that has become somewhat commonplace in the NBA these days. We're all mulling around and in that special moment before the moment of truth, Maurice steps forward and mutters one more time, "I'll take care of this".
Dressed immaculately in a sharp-as-can-be suit and tie, and matched with the hardest and most uncomfortable looking shoes imaginable, Maurice walks out to center court to the roar of the crowd.
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE.
The guy hadn't been able to play ball in years. He took the ball and swished the shot from mid-court. As if there was ever any doubt.
LUUUUUUUUUUUUUKE !!!!!
Big Luke finally met a scenario he could not take care of. He is only the latest to prove that these games of life are about a lot more than just hard work anddetermination.
He's gone now--- leaving an un-fill-able void.
Maurice always breathed life into everything and everybody. He was life. He was light.
And in one final yet simple twist of fate and surreal harmonic convergence all the way to the last station on the line, Maurice passed away on the day that our oldest and youngest children both celebrate their birthdays, Halloween. The call came in from Little Luke—from the Laker locker room. At exactly the moment of Big Luke's passing, our angelic daughter-in-law went into labor. Precisely 12 hours later, only a half a day gone by, we have our first grandchild. If I had myway, she would be named Luke. Five days later, we were there to help bury Big Luke-- on my own birthday.
And now he's gone, and nothing's going to bring him back.
And that's the problem with being the best; with being the greatest trailblazer ever.
Because when you're that guy, like Maurice Lucas always was, there's never anyone else who can step to the front and say, "I'll take care of this".
Homeless Mascot Alert :)
RT @blazersedge: Squatch, the Seattle SuperSonics' mascot, shows up at Blazers/Thunder game in the Rose Garden with a "homeless" sign. http://twitpic.com/33z491
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The winning act from La Salle Prep's talent show.
The students at La Salle Prep in Milwaukie raise money each year for peers at the De La Salle Blackfeet School on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Mont.
The De La Salle Blackfeet School serves a community plagued by poverty, unemployment and education shortfall.
Officials at the Montana school depend on La Salle's assistance to provide a Catholic education to the children in grades four to eight.
Last month, La Salle Prep hosted a talent show, with the audience voting for favored acts by slipping money into piggy banks.
Teachers and students showed off their talent in the theater, with a panel of three La Salle faculty members providing commentary.
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Bruce Ely/The OregonianArmon Johnson walks down the steps of the Rose Garden and high-fives fans during pre-game introductions during the Blazers' season opener against the Phoenix Suns.
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Fistful of Mercy announce album tracklist, tour dates, free download � Consequence of Sound: "So many questions abounded when we announced the formation of Fistful of Mercy, the super group comprised of Joseph Arthur, Ben Harper, and Dhani Harrison. Surely you were blown away, but part of you wanted answers. Well, we might not be as super as these lads, but we're here to fill in those blank shades."
Fistful Of Mercy make live debut, recorded debut to soon follow « Consequence of Sound
Earlier this week, we introduced you to Fistful Of Mercy, a brand new supergroup consisting of Ben Harper, Dhani Harrison, and Joseph Arthur. However, other than the names of the parties involved, we didn't get any other details, such as what the band had planned or even what they sounded like.
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Kayla - From K thru 8: I'm Gonna Fly
Short Video containing clips of my daughter, Kayla, graduating from Kindergarten at OLS in 2002 and then graduating from 8th Grade at CHPCS in 2010.
Background music "I'm Gonna Fly" performed by Kayla in 2009.
The World's Reaction to Landon Donovan's Game Winning Goal
Pub eruption USA beat Algeria
My bro Jimmy Mack took this video at the Horse Brass Pub right after that stunning goal by Landon Donovan in stoppage time to give the USA a 1 nil victory over Algeria and move us on to the round of 16 in World Cup 2010! Wish I could have been there, but just glad my car radio was working!
The Match That Wouldn't End: John Isner Finally Defeats Nicolas Mahut In Epic Fifth-Set Wimbledon Marathon, 70-68 - SBNation.com
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Happy May Two-Four to our Canadian friends (aka. Victoria Day)... After our trip to Canada last week, I think I'll need a "Two-Four" to recover, eh :P
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BkiUdSfxaKgQL0dMZovs | Creative writing and spoken word
At LU Arts we work with a wide range of people from individual students and student networks and associations to societies, academics and other professional services at the University. Here we look in more detail at some of the students we have worked with and some of the projects we have been involved in.
WAVE Press
WAVE Press is an exciting one-off risograph-printed magazine supported by and in collaboration with LU Arts to celebrate International Women's Day.
Sally Sheinman: What Makes You, You?
WHAT MAKES YOU/YOU? is an on-going, interactive social media project. You submit an answer to the question 'what makes you/you?' and your answer then acts as an inspiration for a unique digital image.
Poster Project
What ISSUES matter to you? What do you want to PROTEST about? The poster project asked students to design a poster and make themselves heard.
LU Arts Director Nick Slater shares a weekly reflection on creativity at the University and further afield.
A Tribute to Kevin Ryan
An alumnus and good friend of LU Arts and Loughborough University sadly died last week. Kevin Ryan was known to many as the Director of Loughborough's community arts organisation, Charnwood Arts, but he was so much more than that.
Will Shannon - A Public Workbench
As part of The Handicrafts Artist Residency 2019/20, artist Will Shannon developed a new commission - A Public Workbench - in collaboration with students. This commission takes inspiration from one of the University's most fascinating histories.
Inspirational Women: International Women's Day 2020
LU Arts partnered up with the Women's Network on this exciting project that asked students to identify a woman that has meant something to them, either personally or through their achievements, and celebrate them through illustrations and creative writing.
Telling Our Stories: Campus Poems
LU Arts invited poet Indigo Williams to curate an anthology of poems that were sighted in locations across the campus for the whole of October, as part of Black History Month.
Ian Giles LGBT+ histories project
Artist Ian Giles is working on a new project that engages with the current LGBT+ Association.
Aidan's performing arts scholarship year
Aidan won the Performing Arts Scholarship (Dance) for 2018/19. Here he reflects on how the LU Arts scholarship has helped him develop his skills throughout the year.
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BkiUdibxK6EuNA_gOEQ0 | This course is designed for officers who are called upon to conduct reviews of action, or to support people who are undertaking reviews of action.
The major objective is to give reviewers the skills and confidence to undertake a review of action process under s 33 of the Public Service Act 1999. Secondary objectives are to ensure that reviewers understand the statutory framework within which they operate, properly understand their role and appreciate the potential and limits of the review of action process.
is the action really reviewable?
what if the employee is dissatisfied with the outcome?
The course will be interactive and discussion-based, and will use exercises and examples to illustrate key concepts. Comprehensive course materials will be provided to each participant.
Virginia Masters is a Senior Executive Lawyer in Employment Law in AGS Dispute Resolution. She advises APS agencies on handling complex and intractable workplace disputes and represents agencies in courts and tribunals.
This is a full-day course from 9 am - 4.30 pm. Morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea will be provided.
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BkiUbQTxaKgS2MHUlG2H | Mr. G's Packed As Closing Looms
I showed up on a rainy Saturday afternoon to take Mr. G's photograph. "Come about 2," he said on the phone the day before. "It usually slows down by then." When I opened the door to Gonzalo's Mexican Restaurant, about a half-dozen folks turned to see who was entering. They were waiting for a table, while Mr. G. – Gonzolo Hernandez – stood behind the cash register, the three walls behind him covered in snapshots.
So much for not being busy.
That's how it has been at Gonzolo's – which most folks call Mr. G's – since the 78-year-old owner announced he was closing the restaurant he has operated for half his life on Sept. 30. After 39 years, business has slowed to where he is losing money, no doubt a result of the proliferation of chain restaurants in Longview over the past couple years. He had no plans to retire, even as his 79th birthday approached.
I took his photo as the waiting diners watched. The wall behind him contains the photos of the famous – Longview graduate Matthew McConaughey, among others – and the children of many of his loyal adult customers. Mr. G and his crew of a half-dozen, including his wife, have been serving up what I consider the best Tex-Mex in town to three or four generations of East Texans. My Beautiful Mystery Companion's family has been coming here for nearly as long as he has been open. Snapshots of two of the toddlers of that clan adorn those walls. With 10 years literally under my belt of ordering either the huevos rancheros or tacos al carbon, I am a relative newcomer. As I took his photo, a woman watching said, "I've been coming here for 38 years, and I order the same thing every time." I can relate.
Mr. G's is modestly furnished, with mismatched chairs and threadbare carpet. It's clean and homey, but it doesn't match, décor-wise, the interiors of the fancy chains that have arrived here lately. But no chain can equal the welcome one gets at this restaurant from the short, rotund proprietor, with his constant smile. Or the food, especially the salsa.
I joked to Mr. G that maybe he should announce more often – as he did on Facebook – that he was closing to get folks to return. Over the past several months, he has posted warnings that if business did not improve, he would close. "Oh, no," he said. "I mean it this time."
In my time patronizing Mr. G's, I have watched as he greeted everyone, almost always by name. Women are hugged, men get a handshake, and babies are fawned over. The restaurant seats about 50, so when full it has the feel of a family get-together. The waitresses have been working there for years as well, and they know the patrons' drink orders without asking — unsweet iced tea for me, water with lemon for my BMC and our daughter Abbie. Like most everyone else, apparently, we three almost always order the same thing. When we switch it up, often the waitress must scratch out what she has already written down.
I went back the next day, Sunday morning, a few minutes after Mr. G's opened to give him a framed print, planning to eat lunch. At 11:15, the line was to the door. I left but intend to return at least once in the next few weeks.
A customer asked what he was going to do with all those photos on the walls – the babies, movie stars, football players and kids posed beneath Christmas trees. "I'm going to take them all down, put them in a scrapbook and whenever I get lonely take it out and look at them," he said.
I think when I return before month's end, I'll order a quart of that salsa. Vaya con Dios, Mr. G. | commoncrawl | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUbyLxK7Dgs_aSTeZF | Louisiana Construction Company to Pay $178k For Unpaid Overtime
A drywall contractor in Louisiana has paid $178,766 in back wages to 108 employees for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and failing to pay overtime wages. The payment came after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor.
The investigation found that Gomez Drywall Contractors, which primarily worked with framing and dry wall, violated FLSA overtime requirements when the employer misclassified workers as independent contractors and subsequently failed to pay them overtime when they worked more than 40 hours in a workweek.
Construction workers are often misclassified as independent contractors in an effort by employers to avoid paying them overtime wages. While it is common for employers to hire and label workers as independent contractors, this does not automatically mean that the workers are not "employees" eligible for overtime pay. If the company maintains control of the manner and means of the worker's job, that worker should typically be classified as an employee and paid overtime. Under the FLSA and local labor laws, employees should be paid at a rate of time-and-a-half (1.5x their regular hourly rate) for all hours worked over 40 in a work week.
"Violations like those found in this case are common in this industry, and are avoidable," said a representative from the Department of Labor. "The Wage and Hour Division is committed to ensuring that employees receive the wages they've earned and that employers compete on a level playing field."
If you are a construction worker and have any questions about your overtime pay, please call the attorneys at Pechman Law Group at the number 212-583-9500 for a free consultation.
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New Jersey Recycling Corporation Sued by Workers for Overtime Pay
Pechman Law Group has filed a wage payment lawsuit against GDB International, Inc. (GDB International), a New Jersey corporation specializing in the processing of recycled materials, for failing to pay minimum wage and overtime pay to warehouse workers at two New Jersey facilities.
Franco Cuadra to Chair Program on Prevailing Wage Law in New York
The New York City Bar Association will be holding a program on "How to Handle a Prevailing Wage Matter in New York under NYLL Art. 8" on Tuesday, April 13.
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BkiUdVI4uBhi1_IMigpv | Noida: Cheaper beds, more dialysis units at GIMS
The Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) is set to get an upgrade with 20 dialysis units likely to be brought in soon, along with an MRI machine. Apart from that, bed charges in the private ward have been reduced to Rs 1,000.
Meenakshi Sinha
GREATER NOIDA: The Government Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) is set to get an upgrade with 20 dialysis units likely to be brought in soon, along with an MRI machine. Apart from that, bed charges in the private ward have been reduced to Rs 1,000.
Officials said charges for dialysis will be around Rs 1,300 per patient. The MRI machine will come in a month and the charge will be Rs 1,500 per person. GIMS will also set up a research centre in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in three months. The ICMR will give Rs 5 crore for all collaborative and interdisciplinary projects. Super specialist consultations at outpatient departments (OPDs) are also in the pipeline for GIMS.
"Considering the growing population in Greater Noida, the three dialysis machines that we have (in PPP model) will not be enough. We will add more machines and we will start by adding 20. The charge will be nominal (Rs 500) but the fee for a dialysis kit (Rs 800) will have to be paid by the patient. The total charge will be Rs 1,300 per patient," Brigadier (retd) Dr RK Gupta, director, GIMS, said. He said while the institute has a CT-Scan machine, it will soon have an MRI machine too. CT-Scan facility is available for Rs 500 per person. Officials said they have reduced the private ward charges to Rs 1,000 per person per day from Rs 2,000. "We have 50 private rooms (single and twin-sharing). All are air conditioned," said Dr Gupta.
Talking about specialist facilities at OPDs, he said: "Some specialists have shown interest and we will look for more such doctors who wish to provide services at the rate of Rs 1,000 per person." GIMS will hire 250 permanent staffers too. Soon, online training on basic life support techniques will be conducted every month for students, paramedical staff, fire officials and police personnel.
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BkiUcPTxaL3SuiVmhdFV | Today Smarties Jen P. and Cheryl are talking to Jonathan Hetterly, Licensed Professional Counselor, Southeast Psych, about tips for managing social media and technology use with your kids. Jonathan is a great resource for all parents who are looking for guidance on how to parent the iGeneration. It's a goodie!
Jonathan Hetterly is a licensed professional counselor at Southeast Psych in Charlotte, NC. He cofounded Quarter Life, a program that aims to help young men successfully launch into adulthood. Jonathan specializes in helping teens and young adults navigate the emotional, behavioral, academic, or substance-related challenges they face in life. He works to help young people develop greater awareness and discover their passions, purpose, and overall life direction.
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BkiUdwc5qhDBbAkZEunh | For this level, my philosophy will still say that the teacher will really need to get to know their students. Some students will have 504s or IEP in place that the teacher will need to know about before the students enter the classroom. If the teacher takes the time to get to know each student, then they will have the tools to help the student to be successful in their classroom. This tier is very focused on individual students and providing them with all the tools the students need to be successful in school.
Counselor Meetings - Sometime students need to talk to a professional. Setting up a visit to the counselor or coach can help the student with their behavior. (Reinke et al).
IEP - Individual Education Program - written statement which helps individual students to get the assistance they need in the classroom. (Villa, Thousand, Nevin. 2010. pg 186).
Reinke, Wendy, Ph.D, Melissa Stormont, Ph.D, Keith Herman, Ph.D, Ze Wang, Ph.D, Lori Newcomer, Ph.D, and Kathleen King, Ph.D. "Use of Coaching and Behavior Support Planning for Students With Disruptive Behavior Within a Universal Classroom Management Program."Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders 22.2 (2014): 74-82.Hammill Institute on Disabiliies. Web.
Villa, R.A. Thousand, J.S. & Nevin, A.I. (2010). Chapter 9: Students as Collaborators in Responsibility, Collaborating with Students in Instruction and Decision Making, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, p. 171-188. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
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Know Your Foe: Miami RedHawks Edition
A wise man once said that knowing is half the battle but the other half is actually scoring against your opponent. Here is everything you need to know about the Miami Hurricanes RedHawks
By John J. Williams@JJWoodward22 Sep 9, 2014, 6:25pm CDT
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After a one week hiatus Know Your Foe is back and this week features the Miami University RedHawks. However before any pretext there are three facts about Miami University that we all need to get straight:
Miami University is not University of Miami
RedHawks are not Hurricanes
Miami University is in Oxford, OH not Miami, FL.
And with that out of the way it is time once again to talk about a small school with an excellent academic reputation and a lackluster athletic one (at least in terms of football). Wipe away the tears, pour weed killer on a four leaf clover and prepare for another week of Michigan Football by Knowing your Foe: The Miami RedHawks.
Miami University was founded in 1809, while the University of Miami was founded in 1925. Yet Miami University is the one who puts the "(OH)" after their name, despite having been around for 116 more years. I'm not sure exactly what that says about Miami University, but it probably isn't flattering.
Miami University is located in Oxford, OH. Oxford is a town of 21,000 people located in 6.68 square miles of land. If I could find more to say about this town I would say it now.
The official motto of Miami University is "To Accomplish Rather Than To Be Conspicuous." Considering their neighbors in Columbus, I'd say this motto is a nice change of tone.
Miami University was actually considered one of the original eight Public Ivy School along with the University of Michigan when the term was first used in 1985. Michigan Football is 15-5 against the other seven Public Ivies.
Notable Alumni also include Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President of the United States. Harrison was the only President to lose his job to the President he replaced (Grover Cleveland). President Ford suffered no such indignity.
Miami University has produced various politicians including Paul Ryan and the former Prime Minister of South Korea. Are you a Democrat or Kim Jong-un? Then you don't like Miami University.
Paul Brown graduated from Miami University in 1930 and went on to found both the Browns and the Bengals. Thank you?
Miami RedHawk football is played in Yager Stadium which is roughly 1/4th the size of Michigan Stadium. Cute.
The RedHawks used to be called the Redskins but changed the name in 1996 due to racial sensitivity. Don't be surprised to see Washington follow suit and the new Miami name to be Miami (OH) RedHawks (OH).
The RedHawks are led by first year head coach Chuck Martin who Michigan fans will like because he coached Grand Valley State to two DII NCAA Titles, but who Michigan fans will hate because he coached various positions at Notre Dame from 2010-13.
Notable Football Alumni include Ben Rothlisberger Roethlezburger Wrathlisthebarger Roethlis .. Big Ben from the Steelers!
Miami University is known as the "Cradle of Coaches" and routinely produces great coaching talent. While this school did produce Bo, it also gave the world Hayes, Tressel, Sean Payton, and the lesser but luckier Harbaugh brother (hint: the one that didn't go to Michigan). We can accept Hayes because of Bo but the rest are unforgivable.
The "Cradle of Coaches" phenomenon has also led to an impressive 7-3 record in bowl games, including a 3-0 record against the SEC. To compare, Ohio State has a 3-10 bowl record against the SEC. (Expansion idea anyone?)
Finally and most importantly, the RedHawks have played the Wolverines 5 times between 1924 and 2008. They are (OH)-5.
Game Three: Michigan vs. Miami (OH) 9/13/14
Film Focus: Michigan vs. Miami (OH)
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Ryan Hayes was an unsung stalwart at left tackle for the Wolverines It's time to appreciate Michigan's blind side protector. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUdTc5qX_BrrvEBL58 | The Schall Law Firm, a national shareholder rights litigation firm, announces that it is investigating claims on behalf of investors of Teladoc Health, Inc. (Teladoc Health or the Company) (NYSE: TDOC) for violations of §§10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 promulgated thereunder by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The investigation focuses on whether the Company issued false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose information pertinent to investors. The Southern Investigative Research Foundation (SIRF) published an article on December 5, 2018, detailed an affair between Company CFO Mark Hirschhorn and an employee many levels below him on the companys organizational chart. The article states that during their relationship, [the employee] received a series of promotions over colleagues with either more industry experience or better credentials that stunned her former colleagues. The article also alleges that Hirschhorn and the employee he engaged in an affair with liked to trade Teladoc Healths stock together, with the CFO tell[ing] her when he thought there were good opportunities to sell some shares. Based on this news, shares of Teladoc Health fell more than 10% over the next few trading sessions. | c4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
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People with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) in the United States live in many different types of settings, including homes of their own, with a family member, with a host or foster family, or in a provider-owned or -operated setting. Over the last 30 years, people with IDD have shifted from living in large facilities to smaller homes in the community. As of 2016, an estimated 17% of people with IDD in the United States were receiving Medicaid- or State-funded long-term supports and services (LTSS) through state IDD agencies.
Deinstitutionalization
Over the past several decades, rapid deinstitutionalization and community integration of people with ID/DD have resulted in remarkable systems transformation. In the 1950s families, parent associations, professionals, and policymakers protested that large state-operated IDD institutions were overcrowded, understaffed, and sometimes unfit for human habitation. Professionals including Wolf Wolfensberger and Bengt Nirje argued that segregating and institutionalizing people based on disability enhanced negative stereotypes and was dehumanizing. Instead, they should be supported to live, play, work, and learn in culturally normative, physically and socially inclusive settings, regardless of the type or severity of a person's disability. Legislative action during the 1960s and 1970s propelled a movement to deinstitutionalize services for people with IDD and to provide more inclusive services and supports in community settings.
The transition from institutional to community living, however, has not been without its struggles. Concerns over long waiting lists for services, significant stress on family caregivers, lack of specialized caregiver training and high rates of staff turnover in community settings have led some to call for the creation of new segregated facilities that can provide more targeted support.
These concerns are both real and significant. However, the solution is not to return to the building of large, segregated, isolated institutions and to call them farmsteads, campuses, or some other label. Over the past half-century, we have learned that congregating people with IDD in large institutions does not promote positive outcomes and limits community interaction and involvement for some of our most vulnerable citizens. Solutions should come from the experience of people with IDD and from five decades of research, practices, and policies. These evidence-based sources will inform what policies should be implemented to efficiently and effectively use our limited resources to address these challenges and ensure the best possible quality of life for all. | commoncrawl | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
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BkiUc_Y5qdmB66dya6n5 | Bioidentical Hormones, a former FDA panelist viewpoint.
Why is Prevention not the natural "first line of defense" when it comes to disease?
This clip contemplates that question. There is an overwhelming need for value in medicine. Whether the private sector or a larger scope such as Government concerns itself with it, there is no question that costs are made costlier for healthcare when truth and intention is not straightforward, and when the already complicated is made infinitely complex and vague; instead of simplified as it can be.
There are abundant Medical Studies devoted to finding the cause of cancer and the prevention of it as well. This EPK demonstrates one particular view of one Doctor who is sharing the knowledge that is already out there. His book is on the Prevention of breast cancer, made simple. Bioidentical Hormones is one way women can help prevent breast cancer.
Like the knowledge of trans-fat began saving perhaps millions from premature heart failure and other ailments when first made public knowledge by none other than a Lawyer; maybe one day the general public will be as wise on avoiding cancer – because the answers are out there; one hopes this time learning it from a Doctor instead. Dr. Khalid Mahmud helps explain in his book how to avoid Breast Cancer, though one can't help but derive – that other cancer risks may also be reduced by elements he writes of in his book "Keeping aBreast: Ways to Prevent Breast Cancer".
Dr. Khalid Mahmud is Quadruple board certification in the fields of Anti-Aging Medicine, Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Oncology. He has been an FDA panelist as well on devices and radiological health. Suzanne Somers devotes a chapter on him in her book "Breakthrough".
Dr. Mahmud is arguably the most credited Doctor that is outspoken on Bio-identical Hormones; this perhaps is because of his knowledge on the factors that cause breast cancer, using it to prevent it instead.
The doctor is all for a cure but is baffled on why science in it's infinite wisdom doesn't know how to teach prevention. Prevention is a way for any one person to take charge and eliminate a need for a cure, because that is when the problems for all involved, really begin. Run for the prevention; and one may avoid the need to run for when it's too late. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
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BkiUdw45qg5A55BmG9fp | I'm the most prolific filmmaker you've never heard of. I produced and directed 24 feature films for the US video and cable market, as well as those same markets overseas. . I worked with legendary actors and actresses, including Sandra Bullock, Robert Mitchum, Julia Roberts, Robert Davi, Telly Savalas, Danny Aiello, Shelly Winters, Edie Falco and Lance Henriksen. My films were distributed domestically by Universal, Columbia, HBO, Cinemax and Showtime and also all throughout the world. It was a heady, amazing run.
My unusual career was made possible by the explosion in the home video market in the 1980's. This created a revolutionary way to distribute film product, which led to a revolutionary way to create that product. I was there at the home video revolution and now I'm here at the digital revolution with Raining Hell (available for rent on Redbox and for sale on Amazon).
As the Hollywood distribution system began to break down with the advent of video and cable, the studio production model, whereby most movies were produced by a handful of large studios, was thrown on its ear, as well. A flood of eager, rebel filmmakers, myself included, was released on an unsuspecting public and the demand for content in the new cable and VCR world created a gold rush sensibility. Mom and pop video stores sprang up across the country. The shelves of those stores needed to be filled. Hollywood, with its vast libraries of movies, balked at the idea of home video, afraid that distribution of their movies on video tape would lead to widespread home duplication and cut into their profits. They also worried about how home video would compete with their lucrative TV and cable sales, so they stayed on the sidelines. Hollywood's hesitation threw the gates wide open.
With the Studios balking and an insatiable need for video product, there was a golden opportunity for independents to jump in. A surge of rebel indie filmmakers hit the scene, myself included, eager to produce as many films as we could before the party ended. Coinciding with the home video boom in the eighties was the rise of the festival driven, indie art film phenomenon. Small independent art films screening at festivals like Sundance, ignited bidding wars that saw million dollar sales to companies like Miramax and launched the careers of indie darlings like Steven Soderberg, Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, along with my buddies Hal Hartley, Nick Gomez, Whitney Ransick and Bob Gosse.
So, how did we produce so many films so quickly and on such low budgets? Luckily, I'd been apprenticing under the legendary indie maverick Larry Cohen, working as a key grip on four of his films. When I got the chance to make my own movies after years of trying, I wasn't going to let anything or anyone stand in my way. I certainly wasn't going to ask anyone's permission, let alone pay for it. Larry Cohen taught me the art of the sneak, which became a way of life for me and an important production tool. He taught me that what I lacked in time and budget could be made up for in daring and balls.
Shock Troop with Danny Aiello, one of my first action films, was made in ten days by a crew of me and five guys, all of whom doubled as the main actors, while on a road trip to Colorado. We drove from one national park to another in a rented station wagon, our props and wardrobe strapped haphazardly to the roof, scouting for locations for a movie about the Russian-Afghan war. When we arrived at the Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, we convinced the Park Rangers working there to dress up as Russian soldiers and talked a bunch of tourists into donning the garb of Afghan Muhjahedin. They were all into it—after all, who doesn't want to be a movie star? Driving by Fort Campbell, we noticed a large number of Army tanks driving around a field just off the highway. We pulled over, got in costume, and scaled the barbed wire fence, literally sneaking into the middle of live-fire tank maneuvers to film our characters hiding from enemy armor. We filmed and spliced in Danny Aiello later in a single-day shoot, our star safe and sound from live tank fire.
That's just one of the many episodes that illustrate my take no prisoners philosophy of filmmaking. Because our budgets were low we had to beg, borrow and steal everything. In New York City we never bothered with permits and would always have to shoot as fast as possible before the police (or worse, the Teamsters Union) got wind of what we were doing and came to shut us down. Shooting Blue Vengeance, I knew that it was virtually impossible to get permission to film on the subway or the Brooklyn Bridge. Going for broke, we just went ahead and shot our chase scenes on the bridge and throughout the subway system, always employing the "cloak of vagueness" when challenged by authority, which meant sounding official, slightly annoyed and well-connected to someone far higher in the ranks than whomever was giving us trouble.
By the mid 90's when I started working with my partner in crime Matthew Howe, we really began to take this philosophy to extremes. When we needed to get Navy footage for our action film Airboss, we managed to scam our way onto an aircraft carrier doing flight ops at sea. This permission had only been given to Top Gun before, which had a hundred times our budget. The Navy loved us so much that we were invited onto two more carriers and a nuclear submarine. Go figure. That footage made it into three more movies. Emboldened by this we wrote a script for Preemptive Strike, which called for a Space Shuttle launch. That's right: a Space Shuttle launch. By posing as a Danish TV crew we got permission to film at Cape Kennedy and, of course, then filmed our actors wandering in and out of the top secret buildings at the Space Center. Priceless production value. In case you're wondering, NASA loved us, too. They even sent us some of their own awesome footage to put in our movie.
What's the takeaway? If you're a filmmaker, and you really have that fire in the belly to make movies, do whatever it takes. Given today's digital technology, we're entering a new age of opportunity for filmmakers. Digital cameras are inexpensive, small and light. Editing software is cheap and easy to use. A multitude of digital distribution channels are on the rise, gaining staggering popularity. It's easier than ever to make and distribute an indie film. What hasn't changed is the need for filmmaking skills, talent, ambition and fresh ideas. Learn your craft, gain experience by working film sets, and when your own big film idea hits you, have the balls to go out and make it.
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BkiUbXc4uzki0sdMs7Sn | Sangram editor on 3-day remand
A Dhaka court yesterday granted a three-day remand to Abul Asad, the editor of Bangla daily Sangram, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrate's court passed the remand order after Golam Azam, inspector (operations) of Hatirjheel police station, also the investigation officer of the case, produced Asad before the court with a five-day remand plea.
Afzal Hossain, a freedom fighter, late on Friday filed the case against the Sangram editor under the Digital Security Act. Apart from Abul Asad, the case also names the newspaper's chief reporter Ruhul Amin Gazi and deputy editor Sadat Hossain.
Earlier, on the same day, Abul Asad was taken into police custody following an attack on his office in the capital's Boro Moghbazar area for running a report in the daily, known as the mouthpiece of the Islamist
party Jamaat, which described the executed war criminal Abdul Quader Molla as a 'martyr.'
On December 12, 2013, Quader Mullah—also known as the 'Butcher of Mirpur'—was executed for his crimes against humanity, including the massacre of unarmed civilians and the killings of intellectuals, carried out during the War of Liberation in 1971.
The report sparked protests in Dhaka as a group of activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the students' front of the ruling Awami League (AL), burnt copies of the newspaper. The platform of freedom fighters' descendants, Muktijuddho Mancha, demonstrated in front of the daily's Moghbazar office in the capital on Friday, demanding action against the daily.
Md Al Mamun, a leader of the platform, said: "We can't make compromises on independence and sovereignty. We will resist whoever speaks against Independence or the Liberation War."
Following the demonstration, the editor of the daily was taken into police custody for quizzing. Meanwhile, several senior ministers, including Liberation War Affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq and Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday gave their assurances that the government would take punitive action against the daily.
A Dhaka court yesterday granted a three-day remand to Abul Asad, the editor of Bangla daily Sangram, in a case filed under the Digital Security Act. The Dhaka Chief Metropolitan Magistrates court passed the remand order after Golam Azam, inspector (operations) of Hatirjheel police station, also the investigation officer of the case, produced Asad before the court with a five-day remand plea. Afzal Hossain, a freedom fighter, late on Friday filed the case against the Sangram editor under the Digital Security Act. Apart from Abul Asad, the case also names the newspapers chief reporter Ruhul Amin Gazi and deputy editor Sadat Hossain. Earlier, on the same day, Abul Asad was taken into police custody following an attack on his office in the capitals Boro Moghbazar area for running a report in the daily, known as the mouthpiece of the Islamist party Jamaat, which described the executed war criminal Abdul Quader Molla as a martyr. On December 12, 2013, Quader Mullahalso known as the Butcher of Mirpurwas executed for his crimes against humanity, including the massacre of unarmed civilians and the killings of intellectuals, carried out during the War of Liberation in 1971. The report sparked protests in Dhaka as a group of activists of the Bangladesh Chhatra League, the students front of the ruling Awami League (AL), burnt copies of the newspaper. The platform of freedom fighters descendants, Muktijuddho Mancha, demonstrated in front of the dailys Moghbazar office in the capital on Friday, demanding action against the daily. Md Al Mamun, a leader of the platform, said: We cant make compromises on independence and sovereignty. We will resist whoever speaks against Independence or the Liberation War. Following the demonstration, the editor of the daily was taken into police custody for quizzing. Meanwhile, several senior ministers, including Liberation War Affairs minister AKM Mozammel Huq and Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday gave their assurances that the government would take punitive action against the daily. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
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BkiUdCPxK0iCl2n1_QXi | When you see a lawyer, ask about fees the first time you meet.
Lawyers should be able to tell you how they will calculate the fee and when they will bill you.
They usually can't give you a firm estimate of the total cost because it depends on many things that are hard to estimate, including the time a case will take.
Hourly rates are the most common type of fee. Today a $150 hour is probably the lowest rate you will find. They go up from there . . . $500 an hour is common. Know what your lawyer charges before you run up a bill.
Most lawyers have a trial rate, by day or by court appearance, and it's often higher than their normal hourly rate.
Be sure to ask your lawyer for an estimate of the time required for your case, but keep in mind that this estimate may change.
Consider how long it takes you to earn that kind of money.
Lawyers keep records of all hours spent working on the case, known as billable hours (which covers items such as drafting letters, reading correspondence, research, meetings with other lawyers, clients and witnesses or telephone calls).
Many lawyers also charge minimum units of time for every item.
If you send an email which the lawyer reads in 30 seconds, he may charge you his minimum time of say ten minutes or 15 minutes. That can add up to a huge amount.
Depending on a lawyer's experience and location, an hourly rate can vary quite a bit. Cheaper might be better, but a more expensive and experienced lawyer could very well handle your case faster and better. At the consultation, remember to ask for an estimate of how many hours you can expect to pay for.
Flat fees are usually charged when the services being provided are more predictable. It is important to ask the lawyer exactly what services and expenses are and are not covered in a flat fee.
Fixed fees Fixed fees are most common for routine work like wills and real estate. Some lawyers also use fixed fees for uncontested divorces and routine criminal cases, like impaired driving, theft, and assault. You pay the amount the lawyer quotes you, regardless of how much time the lawyer spends on the case.
Contingency fees are most common in personal injury cases.
Many lawyers will only take contingency cases where they are positive the matter will settle before any trial.
The percentage of the contingency fee is usually negotiated between you and your lawyer, based on the amount of the claim less your costs, depending on the likelihood of winning your case.
If you win, you pay the lawyer part of the money you get. If you lose, you don't pay the lawyer any fee, but you still pay expenses.
In some cases, contingent fees are prohibited.
Percentage fees are based on a percentage of a specific asset or transaction, such as when buying or selling a business, collecting a debt, probating a will or executing an estate.
Value billing refers to the value a client places on the services provided by that lawyer. For example, if a job must be completed very quickly or if a client has very few options, the value of the lawyer's service may be very high. Thnk about that. If you are facing a life sentence, what is your freedom worth?
A statutory fee is a fee set by law. Some legal work requires the court to set or approve the fee.
Lawyers charge for services differently, depending on the nature of your needs, the quality of services you seek and the complexity of your situation.
Fees vary from lawyer to lawyer, so be sure you know exactly how you will be charged before retaining any lawyer.
Shop around and compare lawyers, rates and types of fees. Fees are usually negotiable. Make sure you discuss what services are covered directly by the lawyer.
Do you have a written agreement with your lawyer? Make sure you have a written agreement with your lawyer that covers fees. If your lawyer doesn't use a standard form for this, ask for a letter confirming your discussion.
Your Lawyer Automatically Has a Solicitor's Lien on Your Files.
A solicitor's lien is a lawyer's right to retain client's property deposited with them, including crucial and original documents, until his/her bill for services and expenses has been paid in full.
A retainer is money you pay to your lawyer as a deposit at the start of your case. The lawyer keeps this money in a trust account and uses it for fees and expenses. The lawyer bills you periodically and takes the amount you owe from the retainer. The lawyer may bill you monthly, or at the end of each stage of your case, or at the end of your case. When the retainer falls below a certain level, the lawyer asks you for more money.
The retainer is your money until "used" by the lawyer, Regardless the interest earned on your money while the lawyer holds it in trust, is paid not to you as it should be, but to the law society who have no right to it. LSUC earns 2 to 3 million dollars a year by taking the interest which is in reality the property of the clients.
he client should be aware that the retainer fee is generally refundable if not used by the lawyer.
Disbursements are expenses your lawyer pays on your behalf. You have to reimburse your lawyer for those expenses. They include costs of photocopies, faxes, long distance telephone calls, postage, couriers, experts, and court filings.
Court documents can easily reach a couple thousand photocopies in a disputed family law case for example.
Disbursements can often be a lot of money ask your lawyer to estimate how much they will be.
Be organized, so you don't waste time. Before you first meet with the lawyer, make a list of everything you want to say and ask.
Make a point-form summary of your case in chronological order. Include the important details and names (with addresses, phone numbers, and other helpful information).
Some lawyers will ask you to fill in a fact sheet before your first interview.
Ask the lawyer if a junior colleague can do some of the routine work on your case they have lower rates.
Be reasonable. Try to agree on the minor things that aren't worth fighting about. Save your time and money for the important things.
Ask the lawyer how they will tell you about the progress of your case.
Keep your own file with copies of all letters and court documents.
Make notes of things you want to bring up at your next meeting.
Don't phone the lawyer too often. Many people do this, which means they pay more than they need to. Before you phone, consider if it would be better to write a letter or email. Then you have a written record and your lawyer can deal with your questions properly. If you call, you may interrupt your lawyer who is concentrating on another case.
If you must phone, explain to the lawyer's secretary why you are calling. The secretary knows about your case and may be able to help, so you don't have to speak to the lawyer.
Don't count on a court ordering your opponent to pay all your costs.
A court may order your opponent to pay costs, but those costs are based on a schedule and may cover about 45% of your lawyer's bill.
Supreme Court may award costs for fees and disbursements to the successful party. But Provincial Court awards litigation expenses only very rarely. | c4 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUaNjxK0wg09lJ_hWh | Posted inEconomy and Inequality, Politics and Movements: US
Activists Rally for $12M Youth Fund for Black-Led Groups Fighting Inequity
by TRNN November 21, 2017 September 23, 2020
At a time of record violence, the proposal would award millions annually to community-led organizations working to uplift Baltimore youth and address the root causes of violence
JAISAL NOOR: On Tuesday, November 12th, more than 100 students, parents and advocates marched in support of the proposed $12 million a year Baltimore Youth Fund. The march began with a press conference at the Penn North Kids Safe Zone just blocks from the epicenter of the Uprising in West Baltimore to the historic Frederick Douglass High School, led by the school's marching band. Shahem McLaurin is student leader and executive director of Baltimore Star Project. SHAHEM MCLAURIN: I'm here today to advocate for the Youth Fund, which is 3% of the mayor's budget going to youth in Baltimore City youth programming, and I just think it's really important to invest in our youth as a whole in the city. I am born and raised in Baltimore. I have gone through the process of growing up in Baltimore, seeing how rough it can be and how necessary programming is. I have my own program and I think it's really essential that people from the community get to be in control of these programming dollars and get a say in who gets them. JAISAL NOOR: 12 million a year Youth Fund comes at a time of a record homicide rate and skyrocketing violence. While there have been many calls to increase funding for police, advocates say spending on youth helps address the root causes of violence. SHAHEM MCLAURIN: It's just as simple as this: If we invest in our youth, our youth wouldn't have any reason to do anything other than succeed at what they want to succeed at. One of the problems is that we're so quick to throw our youth into prisons and jails that we refuse to look them in the face and see them as human beings. That's why it's important that community members who have lived the lives of these youth can be in control of like these programs that will help them better their lives, because people who can look at them and not relate to their backstories, their backgrounds, what they've been through and what they go through currently will never be able to fully understand and help these kids. JAISAL NOOR: Zeke Cohen is City Councilman and chairman of the Education and Youth Committee. ZEKE COHEN: Baltimore is not broken. Our children are not thugs or super-predators. What's predatory is the system that has devalued their lives. If we want peace, we need more than thoughts and prayers. If we want to end the violence, we need work, not words. JAISAL NOOR: Ericka Alston-Buck leads the Penn North Kids Safe Zone. ERICKA ALSTON-BUCK: A Kids Safe Zone is a drop-in safe center for children. Nothing like it has ever existed, so we don't qualify for any, we don't fall into the wheelhouse for any foundation. All we do is create a safe recreational place where a kid can be a kid during out-of-school time. So, we're open every day, and when school is closed, we're open at noon because we know that a lot of kids go to school for gas and electric. They go to school for a hot meal. They go to school for air condition. They go to school for heat. So, when those schools are closed, we need to provide those same services. So, what we do is provide mentorship, organized sports, a computer lab, homework assistance, recreation, all of the things that children around the city have and deserve. Well, our kids deserve it, too, but our neighborhood, our communities, have been overlooked, abandoned and neglected for centuries. So, here we are, decades later and just a stone's throw outside of the Uprising, and nothing has changed or things have gotten worse. JAISAL NOOR: Jack Young is City Council President. "JACK" YOUNG: This is very important. It's historic. I think we're the only third or fourth city that have targeted funding for our youth, and I'm excited about that. Are you excited about that? Marchers: Yes! "JACK" YOUNG: Okay, and Ericka just spelled it all out. It was meant to get to grassroots organizations that's out doing the real community work. It's not going to exclude anyone who has a 501(c)(3), but everybody is welcome to apply to get this funding as long as they're looking to take after our kids. JAISAL NOOR: The city voted overwhelming, voted to, a previous mayor's veto was overridden. Now this is moving ahead and, in a city that's often criticized for investing- ERICKA ALSTON-BUCK: Investing in the streetlights? JAISAL NOOR: Streetlights and a city where, you know, they spend half a billion on policing and on ports, this is sort of a new way to approach the role of the public sector. ERICKA ALSTON-BUCK: Absolutely, our kids are the most important investment. Our kids should be at the top of the list, and for so long we've been at the bottom of the list where people that can write good programs that don't have children are receiving the funding. So, yeah, this is needed. JAISAL NOOR: Like the Black Butterfly and the White L, the disparities between employment, even life expectancy between this neighborhood and Roland Park is something like 20 years today. So, how can this fund help address those really stark disparities that we know are a result of more than 100 years of public policy? SHAHEM MCLAURIN: Well, one major part of that is just social equity. I remember, like I talked about social capital and the ability to move up the social ladder, and the city being drastically lower than a lot of other places in this country. These programs help to invest in youth in the ways that the city schools can't do, and it gives students the tools that are necessary to be able to build themselves up and build their communities up around them. A lot of the downfalls and life expectancy and things like that such as poverty come from the inability to be properly educated by our systems that are in place to educate us. One of these things that this fund does is give students the ability to invest more in themselves and their communities as a whole. | commoncrawl | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
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New report illustrates link between forced removal and lifelong adversity for Stolen Generations survivors and descendants
AbSec welcomes the release of a new report into the Stolen Generations from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and the Healing Foundation.
The report found that around 17,150 members of the Stolen Generations are still alive today, and they experience far higher levels of adversity than other Australians across almost all health and welfare outcomes.
For example, more than 67% of survivors live with disability or a restrictive long-term condition; 66% live in low-income households; 91% never completed Year 12; 40% have experienced homelessness in the past 10 years; and 70% rely on government payments as their main source of income.
As the first demographic study of its kind, this report illustrates the direct link between the forced removal of thousands of children from their families, and the lived symptoms of intergenerational trauma within today's Aboriginal families and communities.
"We've always known that intergenerational trauma is real and has a significant effect on many Aboriginal families, but now we have the data to demonstrate its widespread impact," said Tim Ireland, AbSec CEO.
"This report shows us that the consequences of forced removal and disconnection from family, community and culture not only last throughout a lifetime, but impact the lives of that child's own children and grandchildren."
Mr Ireland said these findings are important to consider in the context of today's child protection systems across Australia.
"Authorities are still 10 times more likely to remove Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children from home than their non-Indigenous peers. It's clear that the modern child protection system is far from perfect.
"Child protection authorities around Australia need to really sit down and talk with the survivors of the Stolen Generations, as well as communities and Aboriginal community-controlled organisations, about how we can protect our kids while upholding their rights to culture, community and family.
"An effective child protection system needs to address both the immediate safety and the long-term wellbeing of our kids. This should be done through strengthening families rather than permanently disconnecting them from their family, community and culture. This evidence shows that loud and clear."
The policies of the Stolen Generations era were characterised by paternalism and racism: governments presuming to know what's best for Aboriginal children and families, and failing to respect their views and wishes for their own lives.
"The time for self-determination in child protection is long overdue," Mr Ireland said.
"Governments continue to impose their own policies on Aboriginal families, rather than empowering Aboriginal peoples to have authority in child welfare matters as recommended in Bringing Them Home."
Read more about the AIHW report's findings on the Healing Foundation website.
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BkiUfO_xK7IAHYL5-tjB | Individual presentations to be followed by a joint Q&A. Thank you to the Wordpower Tour, Young Alberta Book Society and Cenovus Energy for selecting us as a host location.
Rhyme Time is held on Thursdays starting at 10:30am in the Wild Rose Room. This free drop in partner program between the Lac La Biche County Libraries and Parent Link is designed for ages 0 to 5.
Maker Wednesdays is held at the main branch from 6:30-7:30pm during the months of September - June. All ages are welcome to attend.
Roaming Rhyme Time will be held on Tuesday, March 26th & April 23rd from 10:30 -11:30am in Plamondon at the Festival Center. This is a free drop in partner program between the library and Parent Link designed for 0-5 years old and their caregivers with pop up libraries services available.
Paper Crafts & More runs in the library on Fridays from 11am-3:30pm.
Happening Homeschoolers will be held on Friday, March 29th from 1:30-2:30pm in Wild Rose Room. All homeschooling families are welcome to attend.
RISE: Raising Financially Fit Kids will be held on Wednesday, April 10th at 6:30pm at the main branch. We invite parents to join us for this informative presentation and learn some easy to implement techniques to teach their kids about savings, giving, and spending.
RISE: Cautious Consumerism will be held on Wednesday, May 29th at 6:30pm at the main branch. Participants will learn ways to avoid the most common scams and fraud in Canada, and what to do if they become a victim of identity theft.
Coming soon! Our 3rd Escape Room at the Stuart MacPherson Public Library happens to land on a Family Friday – June 7th. We will have start times throughout the day, so teams should register in advance by calling 780-623-7467. While the theme is Harry Potter no witchcraft and wizardry knowledge will be required. This event is free and for ages 10 and up. | c4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUbrU5i7PA9IjcJHtE | Thirty Bees is a stable, open-source, feature-rich fork of PrestaShop 1.6 created by a group of developers to take their own path in the eCommerce industry. Aimed to satisfy all the community demands, Thirty Bees improved and enhanced an already superb shopping cart source code to bring new functionality and grow your business. Cart2Cart is ready to help you enjoy the beauty of this community driven software and enables to perform a seamless Thirty Bees migration from nearly 80 shopping carts.
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BkiUeBHxK6-gDz87Qrmr | Tate County is a county located in the northwestern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 28,886. Its county seat is Senatobia. Organized in 1873 during the Reconstruction era, from portions of DeSoto, Marshall, and Tunica counties, the county is named for Thomas Simpson Tate, one of the first prominent American settlers of the area.
Tate County is part of the Memphis, TN–MS–AR Metropolitan Statistical Area. It is located about 40 miles south of Memphis and one county east of the Mississippi River. This fertile river valley was developed for cotton cultivation in the 19th century.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 411 square miles (1,060 km²), of which 405 square miles (1,050 km²) is land and 6.2 square miles (16 km²) (1.5%) is water. It is the third-smallest county in Mississippi by land area.
As of the census of 2000, there were 25,370 people, 8,850 households, and 6,717 families residing in the county. The population density was 63 people per square mile (24/km²). There were 9,354 housing units at an average density of 23 per square mile (9/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 67.84% White, 31.02% Black or African American, 0.20% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 0.25% from other races, and 0.56% from two or more races. 0.88% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 8,850 households out of which 36.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.00% were married couples living together, 15.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 24.10% were non-families. 21.30% of all households were made up of individuals and 9.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.74 and the average family size was 3.18. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUdDY4uBhiyG-89Wos | Russian oligarchs and multimillionaires face having their assets frozen in a crackdown by British authorities on dirty money flooding into London, the Financial Times reported.
Ilham Aliyev's Family Mansion in the UK (Photo:OCCRP)The illicit wealth of corrupt elites is being investigated by the National Crime Agency (NCA) under new powers known as unexplained wealth orders (UWOs). The orders force those suspected of serious crime to explain where they got their assets, including properties worth more than £50,000.
Officials with the NCA have scaled up investigations into businessmen linked to Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime after the attempted murder of a Russian former spy in the English town of Salisbury.
"Are we looking at potential Russian targets? Of course we are," Donald Toon, director of the NCA's economic crime unit, told the Financial Times. "We are looking at high-value Russian assets inside the UK . . . and whether or not we can be in a position to go to the courts and raise sufficient concern to obtain an unexplained wealth order on those assets.", he added.
The move is part of the government's attempt to end London's reputation as a magnet for dirty money from Moscow and beyond.
Russian, Chinese and Middle Eastern investors have a particularly strong presence on the London assets markets—buying everything from multimillion dollar apartments to whole companies. The NCA estimates that US$127 billion is a "significant underestimate" of the money currently being laundered in London.
According to the Financial Times, an essential element of the crackdown is an overhaul of the UK's system of reporting suspicious activity, including an IT upgrade. The NCA annually receives 470,000 suspicious-activity reports, or SARs, which are alerts from businesses regarding transactions that may indicate money laundering or terrorist financing.
More than 80 percent of SARs come from banks, a sector that has tightened its reporting since being stung by substantial fines — particularly from US authorities — for overlooking money laundering.
Despite earlier promises by UK authorities to stop criminals from using the country to launder their money, BuzzFeed News revealed a network of more than 100 shell companies allegedly linked to money laundering, bribery and US President Donald Trump's convicted former campaign manager, Paul Manafort.
The 127 firms are registered to a handful of offices in London where employees claim they never heard of them. Some of the companies' accounts appear obviously bogus, BuzzFeed said. Those firms were established by other firms based in offshore tax havens and controlled by businesspeople from Ukraine, Russia and other post-Soviet countries.
The Russian Laundromat case involved 21 ghost companies, many based in Britain, as part of a huge scam to wash dirty money from Russia through western banks. Reporters for OCCRP broke the story of the laundromat in 2014.
The Bulgarian outlet Bivol, an OCCRP partner, responded to the UWO measure by identifying two Bulgarian nationals with London property who they believe should be probed. Kalin Mitrev, who owns a London apartment worth almost$ 1.5 million, was involved in the similar Azerbaijani Laundromat case, which detailed millions funneled through ghost companies to bribe European politicians and boost Azerbaijan's image in the west. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUc8Y5qhDBNgCmtKG8 | Jonathan & Charlotte sing Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion's 'The Prayer' in outstanding public performance
Jonathan Antoine and Charlotte Jaconelli are two of the most popular young opera singers globally. The duo reached the final of 'Britain's Got Talent' and ended up as the second runner-up. That was the beginning of their singing performance together.
The two opera singers had a long musical journey ahead of them. Still, their voice at 'Britain's Got Talent' blew away the audience. Their performance on the show was loved by billions. However, their recent version, a live session at St. Pancras International train station in London, was noteworthy.
"The Station Sessions" were fantastic events put on by St. Pancras International Station throughout the year. They wanted to help people come closer to music by allowing them to see their favorite artists perform live, and, of course, it was free of cost. Many great artists have sung at "The Station Sessions," and this time, it was Jonathan & Charlotte who would perform there.
The busy station had many travelers who stood by to listen to the beautiful song, "The Prayer," which was originally sung by Andrea Bocelli & Celine Dion. Antoine sang the Italian version of the song, just like Bocelli. On the other hand, Jaconelli sang the English translation as Dion did in the original version.
Jaconelli began the song, just as Celine Dion did. However, she sang the first stanza all alone. The original lyrics were beautiful, where the singer asked God to guide her and give her wisdom when she was lost.
This was when Jonathan began singing the song. His voice was deep and pure. He sang the Italian version, just like Bocelli. Jonathan sang the song in his deep but sweet voice and did not disappoint the audience.
The talented singer's performance that filled up the station in the evening pleased the audience. The Orchestra musicians did an excellent job supporting the singers as well. Singing live at a busy location with so many people moving around in a busy station was a massive challenge in itself, and they out-passed this by their performance.
Kate Smith breathes life into The Lord's Prayer
Willie Nelson's "Something You Get Through" helps fans through the toughest times
Mat and Savannah Shaw give us an amazing performance of "Hallelujah"
Father-Daughter duo perform an amazing cover of "Hallelujah"
"Elvira" by Home Free featuring the Oak Ridge Boys is incredible
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Jonathan Antoine sings "Amazing Grace" in an elegant music video
Jonathan Antoine sings "Amor ti Vieta" live
Stunning Easter performance of "Amazing Grace" by Andrea Bocelli
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Roy Orbison's greatest hits is a healthy dose of American nostalgia
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George Strait's 'The Weight of the Badge' is a touching homage to first responders
Epic rendition of "Go Tell It on the Mountain" inspires, mesmerizes with a big twist
Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas" duet from Reba McEntire and Andrea Bocelli
Kelly Clarkson has a song for anyone going through a bad break-up
Man with world's lowest voice sings God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
David Archuleta sings a song he heard in a dream from God
The Oak Ridge Boys bring back 'Elvira' memories
Angelic boy performs haunting rendition 'Silent Night' in an empty church
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One hundred and twenty years before the textile company was deemed to be a barometer of the Swedish economy, our founder, Ludvig Svensson, was born. Having begun his career as a book-keeper, Ludvig was soon drawn by the powerful forces of industrialism into a world of weaving, textiles, and fabrics.
The year 1887 marked the start of production and by the beginning of the 1900s, Kinna boasted an impressive textile factory with steam-powered machines.
Sweden now had its first curtain manufacturer – and a production line with mechanical looms. Ludvig's son Ivan took over the business at the end of the 1920s, and, despite the depression and the war, the company survived into the 1950s and another generation change as brothers Ivan and Sten Ludvigson assumed management.
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The business experienced major upheavals during this period, as world trade once again opened up through the formation of EFTA. The 1950s and 1960s also saw the introduction of man-made fibres such as acrylic and polyester, which the company adopted early on and learned to utilize. The company also benefited from unforeseen production possibilities when it purchased its first warp-knit machine in 1957. The customer base grew rapidly; IKEA, Åhléns, KF, Stockmanns, Marks & Spencer – everyone wanted Svensson textiles.
1970-Today
In the 1970s the company developed its first contract collections. Hard times during the energy crisis made creative minds look into new business opportunities and a whole new business area was born - fabrics that could provide shade and save energy in greenhouses were launched in the late 1970s.
"If Ludvig Svensson in Kinna is doing well, it means Sweden is doing well." Said Olof Palme, Sweden's prime minister in 1982 on a visit to the company's factory in Kinna, Sweden.
Ludvig Svensson's legacy is now being managed by the fourth generation of this family-owned textile company, over 130 years since the foundations for today's business were laid by hand in a humble rented building.
Olof Palme visiting our factory
We are the fourth generation of the Ludvig Svensson family – a Swedish company led by siblings Anne and Anders Ludvigson. The passion for textiles that defines our organisation is one that embraces both design and function.
At Svensson, we believe in taking responsibility for our environment and our community since we have lived and worked in the same place for more than 130 years.
Today, maintaining a high-quality product is a prerequisite to remain in business. This comes naturally for Svensson as we have always produced only the best textiles.
Svensson today exports climate screens to over 130 countries. Here two of the architects behind its success, Göran Henningsson and Cees den Boer, recall how it all began in the 1970s with a load of scrap and a brilliant idea.
Svensson has received a number of awards and distinctions over the years. Here are some of the honours that we're most proud of.
Meet the Ludvigson's
In October 2017, Svensson, which has subsidiaries in the US, South Korea, Holland, and China, made the London Stock Exchange's list of Europe's 1,000 fastest-growing and most inspiring companies.
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Svensson has all the skills it needs in-house, from research and development to design and production. We quizzed four employees about smart collaboration across departmental boundaries, and what that means in practice.
To this day the Svensson textile factory weaves its magic in a red-brick castle in Kinna in the west of Sweden. This is where its manufacturing operations and headquarters have been based since the turn of the last century.
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BkiUeL04eIOjR0ItaK5u | A new season of hope has arrived in Pennsylvania, thanks to the American Cancer Society Daffodil Days campaign, to be held the week of March 15. Volunteers will distribute thousands of daffodils to homes, offices, hospitals, churches and synagogues across the state, raising over $4 million for cancer research, education, advocacy and patient services.
Daffodil Days has been bringing the first flower of spring – the flower of hope – to Pennsylvania residents since 1973. Last year's campaign raised over $3.7 million.
Donations for daffodils are $7 for a bunch of 10 flowers and will be delivered during the week of March 15. Daffodils will also be available for individual purchase at sites throughout Pennsylvania during Daffodil Days. Call the local office of the American Cancer Society or 1-800-ACS-2345 for information on direct sale sites, other locally available products, and volunteer opportunities.
March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and colorectal cancer is preventable through screening. Call 1-800-ACS-2345 or visit http://www.cancer.org to learn more. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
BkiUa-k5qsNCPV6Yi5eE | Matt Lauer appears on NBC News' "Today" show -- (Photo by: Peter Kramer/NBC)
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NEW YORK (CelebrityAccess) — Veteran journalist and news anchor Matt Lauer has become the latest high-profile media and entertainment figure to lose his job over allegations of sexual misconduct.
Lauer was fired from his longtime network home NBC on Wednesday after a colleague filed a complaint about "inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace," NBC Chairman Andy Lack said in a statement.
"On Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer. It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result, we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over twenty years he's been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident.
"Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who the offender.
"We are deeply saddened by this turn of events. But we will face it together as a news organization – and do it in as transparent a manner as we can. To that end, Noah and I will be meeting with as many of you as possible throughout the day today to answer your questions."
Details of the complaint against Lauer have not been made public, but a source reported to CNN that the unnamed woman alleged that Lauer's inappropriate behavior occurred when Lauer was in Russia covering the 2014 Winter Olympics for NBC.
An NBC News spokeswoman declined to comment.
Lauer served as a newsreader and anchor for NBC News since 1994 when he joined the broadcaster's "Today Show" as the newsreader and then stepped in as co-anchor on the show after Bryant Gumbel stepped down in 1997.
Lauer has also hosted programs on MSNBC and Discovery and was a regular host of content such as the broadcast of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and Christmas at Rockefeller Center.
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BkiUac3xK1yAgWt77wi5 | Share this Story: Third round at The Masters
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Geoff Ogilvy of Austalia hits his tee shot on the first hole during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Ricky Barnes of the U.S. reacts to his tee shot on the first hole during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
K.J. Choi of South Korea hits his approach shot to the first green during third round play in the 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Tiger Woods of the U.S. chips to the first green during third round play in the 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Phil Mickelson of the U.S. hits his tee shot on the fourth hole during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Adam Scott of Australia hits his tee shot on the fourth hole during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Lee Westwood of England hits his tee shot on the first hole during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Angel Cabrera of Argentina hits his tee shot on the first hole during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS)
Phil Mickelson of the U.S. chips to the third green during third round play in 2011 Masters golf tournament at the Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia, on April 9, 2011. (REUTERS) | commoncrawl | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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BkiUdrM5qoTBAkU3VH-X | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus in Georgia, USA is approved for International Student Loans and Study Abroad Loans.
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BkiUc7s5qsBC5lINcCB9 | Even before the game was even announced, action RPG Fallout 76 was teased by Bethesda way before in Fallout 4.
We know now that upcoming online multiplayer action role-playing game Fallout 76 from Bethesda Softworks, which we know to be a prequel to Fallout series was first revealed back in May 30, 2018 after a day-long waiting on Twitch. However, some keen-eyed players have recently dug down that the game was actually teased back at 2015 in their previous installment Fallout 4, suggesting the developer/publisher has been planning for this game for a very long time, even before E3 2018.
Despite the game being launched as a massively multiplayer online game among the franchise, Fallout 76 will stick to its roots. We have the overall feeling of a hazardous Wasteland of West Virginia setting, the V.A.T.S. system and all those friendly vault tech videos featuring Pip-Boy in retro animation to prove that. Vault 76 was mentioned and hidden in plain sight all along during the opening of Fallout 4 right before the bombs were dropped in 2077.
A recent post on Reddit shows a still from the game from the opening moment inside Sole Survivor's home, where a TV was playing and the tease was right there.
"Since debuting Vault 76 last year, in honor of America's Tercentenary, Vault-Tec continues to expand with plans for well over 100 Vaults around the country."
Also, a computer terminal in Citadel from Fallout 3 has cited from where Fallout 76 is picking up. So, developers of the series have been planning to introduce Vault 76 from long before it was known to all. We just hope that it lives up to players' expectation but couldn't figure out why it opened up so late. We will probably find that out when Xbox beta testing or as Bethesda says, Break-it Early Test Application will open up soon. The game will eventually launch on November 14, 2018 for PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.
Fallout 76 will not start as any other games from franchise and many may not are aware of the fact that the game is build up abandoned plans of a multiplayer mode for Fallout 4. That completely makes sense for two of them being so connected. The game offers to explore new areas as it is already four-times bigger than the last title and a full-scale PvP experience focused on teamwork will make it more interesting. Since they are willing to add single player campaign in near future, fan petition seem to have worked well. | c4 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
BkiUc8c5qoYArXHswzjT | Anne Rimer, död 1653, var en norsk kvinna som avrättades för häxeri i Fredrikstad.
Hon var dotter till skarprättaren i Fredrikstad, Halvor Rimer (d. 1623). Hon och hennes syster Marthe blev syndabockar för stadsbranden i Fredrikstad 1653, som de anklagades för att ha orsakat med hjälp av trolldom. Marthe förvisades från länet, men Anne avrättades genom att brännas på bål.
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BkiUbgI5qsJBjPtcWj5E | Q: How to always select a specific row from MySQL table and show on android TextView with retrofit I am trying to retrieve mySQL data using retrofit.
With the php:
<?php
$con=mysqli_connect("127.0.0.1","root","PW","testing");
// Check connection
if (mysqli_connect_errno())
{
echo "Failed to connect to MySQL: " . mysqli_connect_error();
}
$result = mysqli_query($con,"SELECT * FROM user_table");
echo "<table border='1'>
<tr>
<th>y1</th>
<th>y2</th>
<th>timestamps</th>
</tr>";
while($row = mysqli_fetch_array($result))
{
echo "<tr>";
echo "<td>" . $row['y1'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['y2'] . "</td>";
echo "<td>" . $row['timestamps'] . "</td>";
echo "</tr>";
}
echo "</table>";
mysqli_close($con);
?>
I have created the following table:
y1 y2 timestamps
25 70 2021-1-14 17:10:00
12 69 2021-1-14 17:30:02
15 55 2021-1-14 17:50:00
The data will be keep adding into y1, y2, and timestamps (ie. more rows will be added after 15/55).
I am using retrofit to hope to display the latest row (whenever the new row is being inserted into the table) and tried to retrieve them.
I have MainActivity:
public class MainActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
TextView nametxt, agetxt, phonetxt;
Button retrieveBtn;
@Override
protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
setContentView(R.layout.activity_main);
nametxt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.nametxt);
agetxt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.agetxt);
phonetxt = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.phonetxt);
retrieveBtn = (Button) findViewById(R.id.retrieveBtn);
retrieveBtn.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() {
@Override
public void onClick(View v) {
fetchData();
}
});
}
private void fetchData() {
Retrofit retrofit = new Retrofit.Builder()
.baseUrl(Api.BASE_URL)
.addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
.build();
Api api = retrofit.create(Api.class);
Call<List<Details_Pojo>> call = api.getstatus();
call.enqueue(new Callback<List<Details_Pojo>>() {
@Override
public void onResponse(Call<List<Details_Pojo>> call, Response<List<Details_Pojo>> response) {
List<Details_Pojo> adslist = response.body();
String name = adslist.get(0).getName();
String age = adslist.get(0).getAge();
String phone = adslist.get(0).getPhone();
nametxt.setText(name);
agetxt.setText(age);
phonetxt.setText(phone);
}
@Override
public void onFailure(Call<List<Details_Pojo>> call, Throwable t) {
Toast.makeText(MainActivity.this, ""+t.getMessage().toString(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
}
});
}
}
POJO:
public class Details_Pojo {
@SerializedName("y1")
@Expose
private String Name;
@SerializedName("y2")
@Expose
private String Age;
@SerializedName("timestamps")
@Expose
private String Phone;
public String getName() {
return Name;
}
public void setName(String name) {
Name = name;
}
public String getAge() {
return Age;
}
public void setAge(String age) {
Age = age;
}
public String getPhone() {
return Phone;
}
public void setPhone(String phone) {
Phone = phone;
}
}
Api:
public interface Api {
String BASE_URL = "xxx"; //http
@GET("Api.php")
Call<List<Details_Pojo>> getstatus();
}
I am using the the JSON array method (POJO) to display the latest data row into the TextView on Android but the data is not being retrieved. The app is running but with no errors. Could someone have inside on displaying the latest row of MySql data table on Android TextView (only retrieving the last y1 y2 timestamps row even if the new data is being inserted)?
Updates It worked with JSON format but wondering whether table format would also worked or whether it needs to be convert to JSON
Thanks in advance!
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BkiUgLnxK7IACwaaBXkY | This all-natural apple cider is some of NY's finest. Sweet and rich, we love it both cold and warm for a perfect fall and winter beverage. We even use it to make sangria!
Our cider is fresh pressed at Breezy Hill Orchards in Staatsburg, NY. There are no additives or fillers - just 100% fresh NY fruit. | c4 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
BkiUd6A4eIXh3noaf7GO | Q: How to enforce a encoding format when writing XML into Oracle Table in Mule 4? When i was writing an XML into Oracle Table (column type as XMLTYPE ) its writing without showing any encoding type . This is a current process achieving through Java . We are migrating this process to Mule . In Mule the xml is writing into same table but after writing i see encoding format in that XML . Not sure how its coming , its not there actual xml .
XML in Table when inserting using Java
<?xml version="1.0"?>
When Using Mule
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="US-ASCII"?>
The Code using in Mule to insert XML is below
'REQUEST_XML' : write(payload, 'application/xml'),
This is my insert statement
insert into xmlpkg.REQ_RESP (ID, REQUEST_XML) values (xmlpkg.SEQ_DV.nextval,
:REQUEST_XML )
I giving below in my Input Parameters
{
'REQUEST_XML' : write(payload, 'application/xml')
}
My Payload is an xml but it will come as text , i cannot change it.
<DRIVERequest Version="1.00">
<Authentication PortalID="*****" Password="*******" Username="*******"/>
</DRIVERequest>
This is what i am seeing in log just before the insert operation
Before DB operation : "<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>\n<DRIVERequest
Version=\"1.00\">\n <Authentication PortalID=\"*****\" Password=\"*******\"
Username=\"*******\"/>\n</DRIVERequest>"
My transformation is
%dw 2.0
output application/json
---
{
requestXML : write(payload, 'application/xml')
}
In Input Arguments i am taking it as below
{
'REQUEST_XML': payload.requestXML
}
In the log i am seeing as UTF-8 but after insert operation its showing as encoding="US-ASCII"
A: It looks to be that it is not Mule but the Oracle JDBC driver is picking up the wrong encoding somewhere.
Possible solutions:
*
*Ensure that you are using a recent JDBC driver.
*Search for any environment variable in your operating system that could be setting the wrong encoding. For example NLS_LANG (see https://community.oracle.com/tech/developers/discussion/974099/encoding-changed-after-updatexml)
*Alternatively, try to set NLS_LANG explicitly to avoid any incorrect defaults.
*Finally read Oracle documentation for other similar configurations that might affect the driver.
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BkiUaRjxK6-gD5Tlazm0 | Silvia, the manager, was very welcoming & lovely to deal with. She made sure that we had everything we needed. On arrival she'd left milk, fruit juice and bottled water in the fridge, which was really appreciated.
The pool was a good size, it wasn't used by a lot of people & was very well-kept, with beautiful surrounding gardens.
The property is perfectly located, a 3min walk from the beach and from the main road where the main bus stops are, with Marbella in one direction & Fuengirola the other. The buses were quite frequent & it was approx 1 – 2 euros each way on the bus. There is a Super Sol & Lidl supermarket in Elviria on the main road. Lidl is much cheaper to shop in! There are a selection of restaurants & bars in this area.
We hired bikes for 15 euro each (24 hour hire) from a shop on the main road in Elviria. We biked to Marbella using the promenade along the front of the beach, where we stopped off for food & drinks at different bars/restaurants – a great way to explore the surrounding area. I would recommend The Boardwalk restaurant, which sells fantastic burgers, pizzas etc.
We went to a lovely restaurant/bar called Cappuccino. We had the best cocktails we've ever experienced. They were smooth alcoholic slush, with fresh strawberries blended into them, served in a gorgeous cocktail glass with all the trimmings. The waiting on staff were very smart & the bar had a really nice ambiance.
There was plenty to do. We went jet skiing from Marbella to Puerto Banus – fantastic! Loved the yatchs in the harbour & sports cars!
We'd love to come back & rent the house again next year – sheer luxury! | c4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
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BkiUdUw241xg-QyzEVlD | Dr. Devinsky's research, which was recently published in The New England Journal of Medicine, is beginning to provide that much-needed data in the field of epilepsy research. In a landmark multinational randomized double-blind study for a treatment-resistant form of the condition, subjects taking an oral solution of 20 mg CBD per kilogram of body weight for 14 weeks, along with standard treatment, experienced a 42 percent reduction in drop seizures (the muscles go limp). Those taking a 10 mg CBD per kilogram of body weight saw a 37 percent decrease; patients who got a placebo saw a 17.2 percent decrease. The mechanism hasn't quite been worked out yet, Dr. Devinsky says, though there's some evidence that a receptor known as GPR55 may be critical for the anti-seizure effect.
CBD oil took the world by storm a few years ago when Dr. Sanjay Gupta investigated the cannabinoid's ability to treat children with epilepsy. Initially, CBD oil was viewed as a medicine for the critically ill, but its appeal to the general public is surging. With few regulations, the CBD oil market is congested with questionable products. As a consumer of CBD oils, it is essential for you to know how they are made.
We have all seen the recent news articles showcasing CBD oil and many of us would like to get involved... but where do you start? In the event you didn't already know, there are two sources for CBD oil and other CBD/Cannabidiol products: 1.) Hemp CBD products made from industrial hemp and 2.) Medical marijuana CBD products derived from medical marijuana. One is available widely online from sites like DiscoverCBD.com and the other is available at medical marijuana dispensaries across the US in states where medical marijuana is legal.
That being said, though, CBD isolate still has a very relevant place in the cannabis market. A lot of people, for instance, use it to concoct their own personal daily CBD remedies – they mix the pure powder with oil, or they add it into their coffee, or they make edibles out of it. Since it comes in an easily-measurable powder, it's a great option for those individuals who are trying to calculate exact personal dosages of CBD medication by the milligram.
In another, a specific combination of CBD and other secondary cannabinoids were found to work together to slow tumor grown in cases of colon cancer. These sorts of synergistic effects are fairly common in whole plant extracts, and aren't unique to cannabis. However, the sheer volume of active compounds in cannabis extracts, and their wide-ranging effects certainly distinguish them from other plants.
Disclaimer: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act requires this disclaimer. We collected this information from various sources for the convenience of our customers. The statements made regarding these products were not evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The efficacy of these products is not confirmed by FDA-approved research. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. The information presented here is not meant as a substitute for information from health care practitioners. It is also not meant as an alternative to information from health care practitioners. Before using any product, you should consult your doctor and ask about the risk of interactions or complications.
At least one benefit of CBD is well-supported by science: It can be effective in treating children with rare, genetic seizure disorders. Adults, children and even animals with epilepsy have been shown to benefit from the chemical too, the World Health Organization reports. There's also some evidence that CBD can help with anxiety, says Dr. Robert Carson, an assistant professor of neurology and pediatrics at Vanderbilt University who focuses on children with epilepsy. "In children, especially those with autism spectrum disorders, this may manifest as improved interactions with others," he says. Other preliminary research shows CBD holds promise for conditions including Alzheimer's disease, cancer, psychosis and Parkinson's disease – and is pretty much impossible to abuse or become addicted to, WHO says.
If this is not sufficient for calming your symptoms, a gradual increase of another 25 mg per day, over the course of 3-4 weeks, is recommended. While there have been no reports of more serious side effects when this oil is taken in larger concentrations, it is best to slowly increase your dose to find a comfortable and effective level, given your individual characteristics and needs.
Dosage is important, because CBD can have side effects—the most common are tiredness, diarrhea, and changes in appetite and weight—so it's best not to take more than you need. As CBD becomes more prevalent, says J. Michael Bostwick, M.D., a psychiatrist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, "I'm reasonably certain new kinds of side effects will emerge."
Cannabinol results from the degradation of THC. There is little of it in the fresh plant, but decarboxylation often raises the amount of CBN in the plant as an effect. CBN is only mildly psychoactive and has a higher affinity for the CB2 receptor than the CB1 receptor, linking CBN to the body's immune system. In hemp oil, CBN is present in levels of 0.2% or lower.
At this point in time we have multiple states selling medical marijuana and other states looking to jump on board where there are other states that seemingly will never be open to the idea of legal cannabis. The decision on cannabidiol isn't getting any easier, and company propaganda isn't helping any. I think it's obvious after talking to people from both sides of the spectrum that this choice is not cut and dry, and instead is something that you, the cannabidiol buyer, has to educate yourself on so you can make a fully informed decision. While there are still choices for you to make, I now hope you have the information and facts to make an educated choice.
Cohen has found that chronic conditions including autoimmune diseases and pain syndromes can be helped with a 6-mg under-the-tongue tincture (the fastest delivery system) or a 25-mg capsule taken twice a day. Dosages for topical products like lotions are especially hard to determine—there's no clarity on how much CBD gets into the system through the skin.
Like we mentioned a moment ago, it used to be the belief that "pure CBD," or CBD isolate, packed the most potent punch in terms of cannabis therapy. And that would make sense too, right? If we know that CBD is primarily the active compound in the plant that provides the medical relief and therapy, then wouldn't it make sense to make a 100% pure powder out of it?
A study published by David Cheng, Postdoctoral Scientist, Neuroscience Research, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia, says that CBD has a potential as a preventive measure against symptoms of Alzheimer's. This presents yet another exciting development for medical researchers, given the persistent challenges to finding effective solutions for this condition.
Your statement about cannabis being illegal is misleading. Cannabis is the plant/herb itself. The difference in what is legal vs illegal to all states is the flower of the herb containing THC. Anything < 0.3% is regarded as HEMP as the constituents lack enough of the THC compound to create the psychoactive effect. MARIJUANA is known for the psychoactive effects. They are both forms of CANNABIS.
Miller, whose clients include patients referred by physicians, uses CBD in a variety of delivery modalities that she has found effective. "Patches can be worn for pain or anxiety management. Capsules or concentrated drops can be taken orally for pain, inflammation, sleep, and anxiety. Balms and creams can be used on the hands and feet to manage arthritic pain. Vaping is another delivery method," she says.
THC-dominant edibles (like chocolates) can carry an even higher risk. "It can take one or two hours to feel an effect from ingestion as opposed to a few seconds from inhalation," says Dr. Bonn-Miller. "This makes titration very difficult." Add to that, an edible is made to taste good. So you can easily eat more than you should in the course of a few minutes—and end up feeling negative effects hours later. | commoncrawl | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
BkiUa9fxK6Ot9UjD_RdO | CAPTURE: Antonio Porter, dangerous predator with history of child sex trafficking, has been found
By Steve Roberts
UPDATED 12/10/13 CAPTURED Department of Corrections Officers say Antonio Porter is no longer wanted. He was arrested on 11/24/13 on his violation and has been released from jail. WANTED BY DOC IN KING COUNTY -- A dangerous predator with a history of child sex trafficking -- is missing. Antonio Porter is a high-violent offender and convicted pimp who's breaking probation in King County.
He's no stranger to officers working the beat on Seattle's Aurora Avenue -- a hotspot for street-walkers. "Porter is well-known to police in the area after being arrested multiple times for pimping out teenage girls," says Department of Corrections Ofc. Emily Isaacs. "He takes their money. Buys drugs with them. Keeps the control on them, and wants to be sure that they know that he's the one in charge. We really need your help to find him and put him in jail." He's also a violent woman-abuser.
Check out the slew of tattoos he's inked with, including that cross and scripture on his left calf.. and "Death Before Dishonor" across his chest. If you can tell officers where missing high-violent pimp and woman-abuser, Antonio Porter, is hiding, call an anonymous tip into: CRIME STOPPERS: 1-800-222-TIPS You must call the Crime Stoppers hotline with your tip to be eligible to receive a cash reward for information leading to a fugitive's arrest. CLICK HERE for information on how to TEXT A TIP to Crime Stoppers
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BkiUdm05qoYAnrRn_mIc | Mr. Tossani's works, such as the flagship Giorgio Armani in Roppongi Hills and the flagship store of Italian fashion brand GAS in Omotesando, have attracted global attention, garnering several awards and features in famous international publications. Founded in 1997 with his partner Atsuko Itoda, the Tokyo-based practice of Riccardo Tossani Architecture has been creating innovative works and projects throughout the years. With an international staff and in collaboration with leading artists they have completed a diverse range of architecture, interior and planning projects around the world. Under Tossani's direction as design principal, the studio continues to address issues of multi-culturalism, social evolution, art in architecture and environmental sustainability; these topics were covered in the presentation as well.
The presentation started with a briefing on Tossani's life in Australia, the US, Italy, and Japan. It was in Australia where he had his first "aesthetic experience" inside a movie theatre, with his parents, showing an Italian film. The landscape in the film awakened his interest and emotions for architecture, prompting him to study it in university in Australia, Italy, and the US.
Mr. Tossani provided very interesting insights on Japanese architecture in particular. He mentioned that the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, built in 1964 by Kenzo Tage, made him realize "there was a much higher world, that architecture was not just about creating buildings, but about something spiritual and can touch your soul". However, in contrast to this, Tossani stated that today's Japanese architecture consists of the destruction of urban landscape, and general overdevelopment of the same types of buildings. "Buildings have skins and veneers of the West but don't have anything else beyond that; there's no soul or heart," said Tossani in his presentation. One of the reasons behind this can arguably be pointed to the fact that inheritance tax in Japan is very high, leaving families no choice but to sell their property to big developers.
Figures provided regarding architects and engineers in Japan were astounding; currently there are 365,921 engineers/architects (ie. graduates) in Japan, with only 4,169 architects with a formal practice. Of that number, 2,000 work in Tokyo; additionally, there are only 13 foreign architectural firms, 10 of which are private (1-15 architects). With 37.9 million people in Tokyo, one wonders why there are so few practicing architects. Furthermore, most of these architects work in large corporations/general construction companies, thus resulting in minimal architectual input, and maximum engineering input. Perhaps this is why Japan is facing a lack of creative, innovative buildings.
One cannot lose hope in the future of Japanese architecture. For example, Mr. Tossani's completed works, along with future projects for hospitals, office buildings, and residential complexes, are giving Tokyo a mini makeover. | c4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 3 |
BkiUdRU5qX_BwR883tgk | Are you looking best UV led nail lamp? Don't worry, these reviews will help find the top and high-quality nail polish dryer/curing lamp. However, have you own a nail salon or simply doing all of your own nails? You may need a curing lamp or nail dryer for dry the fashionable nail finishes.
This fingernail polish dryer design very different from others. This is a multi-functional nail lamp that's fantastic in performance. Its time period is 50000 hours. The product consists of many further options and functions as compared to others.
If you wish a UV/led nail lamp for skin comfort and safety, then this product is nice for you. The automated sensors of the product facilitate you during work. This light has no harm. So, don't worry. I highly recommended this item.
Another best UV led nail lamp. LuxeUP Dryer shouldn't be missing from your arsenal. Equipped with 36 pieces/led lights. This lamp is as long because it gets in reality, it features a time period of 50.000 hours or 5 years of non-stop use. With the most capability of 10 fingernails or toenails. Their nail dryer lamp is one of the few with a power of 54 Watts which might effectively shorten. The natural action time of your nails while being safe on your skin and your eyes.
It dries very quickly and super simple to use. It activates once you place the hand in which is good. The lamp comes with accessories that are well required like the soak off clips and a nice cuticle pusher, and a file. Also, a major factor to notice is that this company included a card/paper stating if something happened during shipping.
Sunuv nail dryer that's very innovative and has dual UVLED lightweight beads. That means that contains a dual optical wavelength that enables you to cure your nails 60 minutes quicker than different nail lamps. If you're searching for a lot of professional looks, then this can be positively the nail lamp you should get. It's a sensible and painless arduous gel curing, good memory operate, double speed curing, sensible device etc. You'll use this lamp to cure any style of nail polish.
Like color gels, hard gels, top coat, bottom coat, acrylic, gem glue, sculpture gel, and others. There aren't any complete requirements and you don't get to worry about exchange any beads. There's an automatic detector that detects once you place your hand or foot in it. And comes with automatic timers like 30 seconds, 60 seconds and 99 seconds and mechanically shuts off once finished. Best wattage for led nail lamp. Try to use it.
This compact nail lamp is ideal for taking with you on a visitor bring it with you to a ladies' night to share with friends. It's also a good choice for professional use, particularly if you would like a nail dryer that doesn't take up additional area at your workstation. It should be little, however, it's plenty of area for your hands. The lamp works well with any quite LED polish and comes with four timer settings to fit your polish.
Gelish could be a nice brand that girls trust and that I think. This specific model offers lots of useful. It isn't the most affordable nail lamp out there. However, it offers true professional quality. So it is a nice investment. Sometimes, payment additional is sensible, particularly if you would like great performance over the future. During this case, the cash that you simply spend will be well spent. Designed to supply high performance that is usually consistent. This nail lamp/dryer is additionally easy to use.
You will find that there extremely is not any learning curve. It basically plugs and plays, thus you may fancy using it. Simply browse the directions before you start. Equipped with a pre-set led show time with a count feature. Gelish nail lamp is proof against acetone. Basically, it's all of the options that professional nail techs are searching for. Also, it's extremely attractive, with a white and silvertone end and a lovely, line. Use it at home or at a salon to induce excellent results in no time flat. You can check this item from Amazon.
It turns on by pressing down on rock bottom of the drying space and turns off once you stop pressing down. That the fan is just on once you're using it. That does mean you just need to keep pressing down while you're drying your nails. However, of the fans with this on/off operation. This fingernail polish dryer has the bottom plate that wants the smallest amount of pressure to stay on.
This one isn't large enough for an entire adult hand to fit. So expect to want to dry your thumbs individually. If your hands are on the larger side or you're rocking further long nails. This can be most likely not the simplest acceptable for you. The top section of this dryer comes with a pleasant hand rest. Which provides you with an excellent space to put your hands while you paint them. The TouchBeauty fingernail polish dryer additionally has 3 led light-weight bulbs. It's 100% safe.
This lamp options strong led lights which might run up to 5,000 hours. You'll choose between a 10 second, 30 seconds, 60 second, or 300-second timer. When choosing your preferred time, the machine can automatically shut itself off once reaching it. This can help to stop warming from occurring.
On top of this nail, the lamp could be a pillow. You'll be able to use this to rest your hand on as you apply nail gel on your nails or while looking forward to your different hand to dry. This model may also be used to do pedicures. Make a choice from a black/pink housing style or a white/pink one with this nail lamp.
If you have got tried such a lot of dryers and everyone you get is disappointments then, you need to possess SUNUV Nail Dryer. It'll heal you from all of your pains and restore staying lovely all the time. I do not mean that Nail dryer is a few quite doctor. However it positive knows what it does and it's simply pleasant. 1st of all, it's designed to handle professional tasks to its fullest.
This can be because it's an all-in-one nail dryer which will look out of a range of gel polish. Its lights will dry your gel double quicker if you compare with alternative nail polish dryers on the market. Besides having a high-quality assurance, SUNUV 24W led UV Nail appliance is super simple to use. You only required to connect and use this nail drying machine. You can use this nail dryer machine for regular polish. The proper service for each business and home use.
DeepDream 48W electric nail polish dryer has double light-weight bulbs, which permit it to figure with each gel and shellac polishes. It's a wider gap, so you'll be able to simply place your hand inside. The set time is nice with 24 dual-light bulbs with 48 Watts of power.
It additionally has three timer settings (30, 60 and 99 seconds) and an oversized LCD monitor to handily show your drying time. You can use it for your gel nail, acrylic nail, natural nails. Price is not huge. Very professional under $38. You can try it.
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BkiUf5fxK0wg0_75BWlj | Q: Setting up .xml to load .dvb plugin on AutoCAD startup I am trying to set up a .bundle folder to load a series of plugins I've designed for AutoCAD. One of these plugins is a .dvb file so in the PackageContents.xml I have the following XML code
<ComponentEntry AppName = "" Version = "2014.1" ModuleName = "./Contents/Windows/WindowsDoors.dvb" AppDescription = "" PerDocument ="True" LoadOnAutoCADStartup="True">
<Commands>
<Command Local="CSC" Global="CAD_STANDARD_CREATOR" />
<Command Local="CSB" Global="CAD_STANDARD_BLOCK" />
<Command Local="CSP" Global="CAD_STANDARD_PATH" />
</Commands>
</ComponentEntry>
When I start AutoCAD and try to run the corresponding plugin the command line tells me
Command: -vbarun
Macro name: RunMeWindowDoor
Macro not found.
It appears that AutoCAD is not finding the Macro even though I'm telling the XML file to load it in and I can't figure out what the cause of the error is.
A: As Far as I know the AutoLoader does not support dvb Files.
See the Whitepaper Autoloader quote:
The AutoCAD Autoloader currently processes and recognizes these
settings:
"Bundle","ARX","Lisp","CompiledLisp","Dbx",".NET","Cui","CuiX","Mnu"
and "Dependency" "Dependency" is used where you have a module that
should NOT be processed by AutoCAD. An example would be say a
licensing DLL, or maybe a resource DLL.
You could Write an LSP that loads the dvb, and place that LSP file in the Autoloader, that might do the trick.
(defun C:CSC ()
(vl-vbaload "WindowsDoors.dvb")
(vl-vbarun "WindowsDoors.dvb!CAD_STANDARD_CREATOR")
)
etc.
Kind Regards,
Alain van Gaalen
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BkiUdm04uzlhYyxW36_l | I thought I would do an inspiration post. Just for something different. This won't be narrowed down to clothes or shoes. It will include a broad range of photos, whether it be nail art, photography or even quotes. This post won't be narrowed down to season either. There will be a mixture of all four! There is no doubt that I get inspired by flicking through a fashion magazine, but there are times where I can be inspired by other things, things that don't necessarily relate to fashion, or whatever the universal meaning of fashion is. When I think of the word 'fashion', I think of endless amounts of clothes and shoes! I should probably broaden my mindset just a little bit! But that would just be an at-the-top-of-my-head moment, haha.
In saying that I wish I could design, it can be so frustrating when I get inspired by a colour trend! I will then start to let my imagination run wild with different ideas for clothes and shoes. I really wish there was a way to put things in your head onto paper. If only life was that simple..
So, that was a bit of a ramble. I'm sorry. But congrats if you got this far into reading!
I just think it's important to communicate and explain yourself to your readers, especially when you have a fashion blog! As inspiring as posting photos can be, I do want to interact with my readers! I also would love you to interact with me! Whether that be via comment, via my facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/amberfashionavenue or via email at: amberavenue@hotmail.com.
I love receiving ideas for potential posts. So please don't hesitate to ask!
Anyway, back to inspiration! Let your imagination run wild - but not too wild, that could be dangerous. | c4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
BkiUdes5qsNCPbQZ7UQi | Hello Skitish readers! This update is to let you know that skitish.net now has it's very own store! Check it out! new things will be added periodically over the next few months!
I also wanted to let you know that there is now a contests page (located here) that you can see what site's in the Skitish Network are currently hosting contests! | c4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
BkiUbeU5qhDACkNVzkNH | US Forest Service urged not to revive coal mining exemption for Colorado roadless area
7 April 2015 (Last Updated April 7th, 2015 18:30)
National and local conservation groups are urging the US Forest Service to withdraw its decision to allow Arch Coal to expand its mining operations in a designated roadless area in Gunnison County, western Colorado.
Environmental groups claim that there are loopholes in the Colorado Roadless Rule that could be exploited by mining companies.
According to opposers, loopholes could allow coal miners to build roads and destroy thousands of acres of protected, publicly owned national forest and wildlife habitat in the state.
The Forest Service's proposal would enable Arch Coal to expand underground coal mining operations at its West Elk mine.
As part of the expansion, the company will allegedly bulldoze an extensive road network in addition to scratching dozens of well pads in the Sunset Roadless Area to release methane in the coal below ground.
Defenders of Wildlife federal lands policy analyst Lauren McCain said: "The Sunset Roadless Area is home to black bears and elk, goshawk and beaver, and provides habitat for the imperiled lynx.
"The Forest Service's proposal, which could put miles of road and nearly 50 drilling pads in the Sunset Roadless Area, would damage a wildlife legacy that belongs to all Coloradoans and all Americans."
"The coal mine loophole is a lose-lose-lose proposition: it's bad for wildlife, bad for hikers…and it's bad for our climate."
The court dropped the exception as the Forest Service failed to consider the climate change impacts of providing Arch Coal and one other company with access to up to 350 million tonnes of federal coal.
Mining operations in the region are expected to cause more than half a billion tonnes of carbon pollution from mining and burning the coal.
Existing mines covered by the loophole in the North Fork Valley near Paonia are releasing millions of cubic feet of methane daily, the groups claimed.
Earthjustice attorney Ted Zukoski, who represented the groups in federal court said: "The coal mine loophole is a lose-lose-lose proposition: it's bad for wildlife, bad for hikers and hunters who enjoy Colorado's wild forests, and it's bad for our climate.
"Last year's court decision plugged the loophole, and we'll work to keep it plugged."
The US Forest Service adopted the Colorado Roadless Rule in 2012, which banned road construction on four million acres of the state's wild, remote forest lands.
Image: Mount Gunnison, Sunset Roadless Area. Photo courtesy of Ted Zukoski.
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BkiUfEA5qhLBirRk2-R0 | Vintage Schwinn track stem...info wanted!!
9 speed stis with a vintage 7 speed bike?
Armani - Never heard of it!
First batch of Stronglight Triplizers will be here in two weeks. Who wants one?
San Marco Rolls Girondi edition!
Knut Knudsen Vintage Frameset. Anyone know this bike?
Best place for cycling in the USA?
What threads are on my Zeus hub?
How about this cable routing?
Cats and Bikes, never the two shall mix?
Sugino AT Triple bottom bracket question?
Does anyone manufacture Campagnolo Nuovo Record style chainrings?
Early '90s oversized tubing road bikes.
Could this be an italian built Miele?
Would you buy the Fidusa ??
What is it? Need ID help, please... thanks!
SR Sakae D-79 26.4 how much it worth?
1955 Rudge-Witworth Sport: At least there's no Lucas electronics on it.
A bike with 700b wooden rims 28 x 1 1/2"
Need help choosing the right bottom bracket.
What are the differences in geometry between "race" bikes and more relaxed bikes?
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opbmusic Best Of 2019: Songs
by opbmusic Staff opbmusic Dec. 19, 2019 9:30 a.m. | Updated: Dec. 20, 2019 12:59 p.m.
Y La Bamba – "Boca Llena"
It will come as no surprise to find Y La Bamba on our round-up of this year's best songs — the challenge was picking just one. Following a three-year hiatus, bandleader Luz Elena Mendoza returned with a new sound, new bandmates and not one but two excellent records produced for the first time by Mendoza herself: LP "Mujeres" and EP "Entre Los Dos." Falling in the middle of both the 14-track "Mujeres" and the album's range of sound from pop to folk is "Boca Llena." Over a dreamy guitar riff and driving bass, the track dives into the complexities of living through and beyond traumas of family and society while finding strength in the vulnerability of existing in-between.
– Emily Reiling
No Aloha – "Dreams"
To traffic in the pop music space is to enjoy a good overstatement. For Portland's No Aloha and their standout 2019 track "Dreams," that overstatement translates to earworm guitar licks, rumbling bass and informing the listener about a dozen times "your dreams are dead." Mostly, it's the comically terrible bedside manner of singer-songwriter Brette Irish that makes the death knell for dreams so potent and hilarious: "Hey, remember that girl? / the one you love / she's found a new man / they're having a baby in May … on your birthday." Here's to the art of the pile-on.
– Chance Solem-Pfeifer
Sleater-Kinney - "Hurry On Home"
In early 2019, Sleater-Kinney announced that its new album, "The Center Won't Hold," would be produced by St. Vincent, hinting at a significant change in the band's sound. "Hurry On Home" still carries the sheer instrumental and vocal power that Sleater-Kinney is known for, but the band waits until the end of the song to unleash its full, almost industrial, sonic fury. Carrie Brownstein's staccato vocals give way to driving guitar, making the release of all that pent-up energy worth the wait.
– Sararosa Davies
Summer Cannibals – "False Anthem"
Summer Cannibals open their 2019 record "Can't Tell Me No" with the rhetorical and rhythmic gas pedal glued to the floor. "False Anthem" roars out of the gates to take down virtue signaling in song form—those "false anthems of empowerment." While frontwoman Jessica Boudreaux doesn't name names, the message is clear: pop-music politics are too facile, too flexible and too corruptible to be worth a damn. The bold implication, then, is that the anthem presently burning in your ears is legit. Cassi Blum's blistering final guitar solo seals that deal.
Anna Tivel – "Anthony"
It's an impressive trick to turn something as startling as a house fire into an afterthought, and that's exactly what Anna Tivel does in "Anthony." Impermanence, and how quickly life can change, overshadows the vivid imagery of engulfing flames. You can almost hear them dancing between the flickering strings and ominously rustling percussion. In the end, the fire crescendos and burns out, leaving only the haunting refrain, "I thought I knew what forever meant."
– Nate Sjol
MAITA – "Can't Blame A Kid"
In only two minutes, MAITA cooly dismantles rock-song formula with a bravado usually reserved for veteran artists. Guitars crunch and drums drive in an attempt to set the pace, but it's Maria Maita-Keppeler's lyrics that carry the tune with a sense of laissez-faire urgency — she's telling this story whether you're listening or not. That push-and-pull creates a line masterfully towed by the band; a kind of relaxed frenetic energy that's right at home in a rock song and relatable to anyone who has tried to reconcile their past, present, and future all at once.
– Chris Spicer
Dan Dan - "Circuit"
This song, by dance-pop group Dan Dan, was born out of the collaborative nature of Portland's music scene. The first track on the "Paradise Hotel" compilation (produced by New Move Studios and released on local label Tender Loving Empire) begins with sparkling synths layering one over another. Bassist and singer Misty Mary rides this wave with dreamy, reverb-drenched vocals as bass, drums and tumbling synths eventually bounce off each other before retreating into quiet again.
Fruit Bats – "The Bottom Of It"
If you can imagine it stripped to its bare bones, "The Bottom of It" would remain a fantastic song. But on top of Eric D. Johnson's chirping voice and acoustic guitar is a pretty amazing arrangement of tight drums, slide guitar and keyboards that provide enough ear candy to make this Fruit Bats song one of my favorites of 2019.
– Arthur C. Lee
Kyle Craft - "Broken Mirror Pose"
Kyle Craft packs as much as he can into "Broken Mirror Pose," off of his July release "Showboat Honey." The song clocks in at under three minutes but is filled to the brim with melodic piano, Craft's scratchy voice and the occasional burst of jangling guitar. But when the track moves from one section to the next, Kraft and his band pull back just enough to let the composition breathe. "Broken Mirror Pose" thrives in these quiet moments where you feel like anything could happen next.
Aan – "Wishin' Well"
After two albums and a handful of EPs, I thought I had Portland rock band Aan pretty well figured out. Propelled by the powerful, unrestrained, and at times acerbic, voice of lead singer Bud Wilson, the group leaned heavily on off-kilter songwriting structures and loud, wailing guitars. With that in mind, nothing prepared me for their latest record, "Losing My Shadow." The song "Wishin' Well" is case in point. Incredibly funky bass lines and minor key synths have replaced the heavy guitars and Wilson's voice as the primary drivers of the band's sound. While restrained, the Aan frontman still shines brightly with bursts of oddly beautiful falsetto vocals.
– Jerad Walker
Black Belt Eagle Scout – "My Heart Dreams"
"At The Party With My Brown Friends," the second album by Katherine Paul-fronted Black Belt Eagle Scout, arrived in August with a softness that the band had only hinted at on its distortion-filled debut. The album's lyrics meditate on being indigenous and queer in today's world (like much of Paul's work), but there's also a newfound sense of comfort, even celebration, musically and lyrically on songs like "My Heart Dreams." In the song's chorus, Paul sings over pristine guitar: "I need you / screaming loudly / screaming softly too." Black Belt Eagle Scout is at its best here as Paul and company lean into tenderness without forgetting the squall of their previous work.
Reptaliens – "Shuggie II"
Reptaliens rock one of the weirdest live shows in the country (just watch their 2017 session with opbmusic for proof). With all the theatrics, it's sometimes lost on listeners just how good of a band they are. But no amount of alien priests and guitar playing reptile-men can distract from the greatness of their song "Shuggie II." It's a true pop gem, with wavering keys, twinkling synths, and the infectious twee vocals of singer Bambi Browning.
Martha Stax – "Your Style"
In the opening lines of this horn-heavy party anthem, Martha Stax repeatedly chants "Hey you, I like your style / I don't know what to say but I like your style." Is it irreverent? Is it sincere? In true Portland fashion, it's probably a little bit of both. One thing's for certain, this is THE BEST song to listen to when you're getting dressed!
– Tasha Hewett
TK & The Holy Know-Nothings – "Tunnel Of A Dream"
In early spring, charismatic singer Taylor Kingman (The Hill Dogs) unveiled his new project, TK and the Holy Know-Nothings. The band was essentially a Portland Americana supergroup with drummer Tyler Thompson and multi-instrumentalists Jay Cobb Anderson, Lewi Longmire and Sydney Nash rounding out the lineup. Their debut album, "Arguably OK," included this almost 7-minute-long ramshackle ballad. As expected, the band hold their own here, but the real star is the group's leader. As opbmusic wrote in April, Kingman's voice "sounds like it could rip through a 200-foot tall Douglas fir tree."
Joseph - "Fighter"
Portland trio Joseph took another sonic leap forward in 2019 on their latest album "Good Luck, Kid." Acoustic guitars take a back seat to more diverse production, and "Fighter" is a great introduction to that sound. Lyrically, the track speaks to not letting go and not giving up, which takes on even more meaning when you realize that the band nearly called it quits after a three-year hiatus. But thank goodness they didn't hang it up because the sentiment of "Fighter" is the kind of message we all need in 2019. Turn it up and go fight for each other.
– Matthew Casebeer
Esperanza Spalding - "Lest We Forget (blood)"
Although technically not a resident of Oregon (she now lives in New York), Esperanza Spalding still spends a fair amount of time in her hometown of Portland and is arguably the city's best-known musical export. Spalding became the first-ever jazz musician to win the Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 2011, and she won three additional Grammy Awards over the next three years. Her new album, "12 Little Spells," is nominated for two more in 2020. "Lest We Forget (blood)" resonates with an ethereal, healing quality that speaks to the heart and sets out to unite all who hear it.
– Evan Anderson
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BkiUfbPxK7IDBqEWVj-X | Camperdown Country Park, often known as just Camperdown Park, is a public park in the Camperdown area of Dundee, Scotland. The park comprises the former grounds of Camperdown House, a 19th-century mansion, which was bought by the city in 1946. Camperdown Park is home to a wildlife centre and recreational facilities. It is the largest park in Dundee, stretching to . Over 190 species of tree are found in the park.
Camperdown House is "the largest Greek Revival house remaining in Scotland." It is protected as a category A listed building, and the park is included on the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland, the national listing of significant parks.
History
The Camperdown estate was originally known as Lundie, and was bought by Alexander Duncan in 1682. A 16th-century house stood on the estate at this time. Several members of the family served as Provost of Dundee during the 18th century. In 1797, during the French Revolutionary Wars, Admiral Adam Duncan (1731–1804) commanded the Royal Navy fleet that defeated the Dutch at the Battle of Camperdown. He was rewarded by being raised to the peerage as Viscount Duncan.
In 1820, his son Robert, 2nd Viscount Duncan, commissioned William Burn to design a new house in the Greek Revival style. The earlier house was demolished, and the new house was completed in 1828. Lord Duncan renamed the house and estate Camperdown in memory of his father's victory, and in 1831 he was created Earl of Camperdown by William IV. The parklands surrounding the house were laid out by Lord Camperdown, with the assistance of his forester David Taylor, who along with his son planted most of the estate's trees between 1805 and 1859.
After the death of the 4th Earl of Camperdown in 1933, the earldom became extinct, and Camperdown was inherited by a cousin, Georgiana, widow of the 7th Earl of Buckinghamshire. On her death in 1937, the contents were sold, and the house followed, being bought by the Corporation of Dundee in 1946. Camperdown Country Park officially opened to the public in 1949.
Camperdown Elm
Camperdown is notable in horticulture as the origin of the Camperdown Elm (Ulmus glabra 'Camperdownii'), a short, broad, "weeping" variety of elm. The tree was discovered around 1835-1840 by Lord Camperdown's head forester, David Taylor, who noticed a mutant contorted wych elm branch sprawling along the ground. The earl's gardener produced the first Camperdown Elm by grafting it to the trunk of a normal wych elm (Ulmus glabra). Every Camperdown Elm is from a cutting taken from that original tree and is grafted on a U. glabra trunk.
Facilities
Wildlife Centre
The Camperdown Wildlife Centre is home to over 300 animals, of 50 different species. The centre contains mainly mammals and birds but also houses several reptile species. The centre is a member of BIAZA (The British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums) which promotes high standards of care for animals in zoo collections.
Comet and Star, the two brown bears, were two of the most popular animals at the centre. Comet died in 2016 and Star was joined by three younger bears from another collection. Star died in 2018. One of Britain's rarest mammals, the pine marten, can also be found in the centre. Camperdown Wildlife Centre received its "zoo licence" in September 2003. The park made news headlines in 1986, when "Jeremy", its female European brown bear, bit the arm off ten-year-old Ross Prendergast, who had sneaked into the park after hours. A campaign was launched to stop the bear being put down. The bear enclosure has been enlarged since the incident, and there are now three different bears at the park.
In 2007 the park was subjected to an attack by vandals who broke into the zoo and launched an assault on numerous different species. They used weapons including a pick axe, a knife and stakes. As a result of the attack, a fallow deer was left with a large wound located on its side, a terrapin's eyes had been gouged out and a snowy owl had become so distressed that it cannibalised its own offspring. Following the incident two boys ages 11 and 13 were charged. A total of 25 animals had been injured.
Golf course
Camperdown Country Park had an 18-hole golf course which was 6,548 yards in length. It was opened in 1959 and became a very popular golf course in the area. During the 1970s the course held the British Police Championship, and (with the Downfield Golf Course) the Scottish Stroke-Play Championship. Following a cost-saving exercise by Dundee City Council, the decision was made to close the course permanently. It closed in April 2020.
Sport
The park is home to a parkrun.
References
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Country parks in Scotland
Golf clubs and courses in Dundee
Zoos in Scotland
Parks in Dundee
Category A listed buildings in Dundee
Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes
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Greek Revival houses in the United Kingdom
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Yom Kippurim … HaShem isn't about all the details of you. It is His greatest Chesed (mercy). Season of Repentance equals the reset button.
What is Shabbat about? The idea of Shabbot is DON'T DO ANY CREATIVE ACTS!
Refrain from making something useable. Stop and reflect on things we've done that week. You want to experience Divine Presence.
What did I accomplish last week? 1st day, 2nd day, etc.
Introspection. Did I accomplish some Spiritual goal? We go through valleys. Ps. 84 (not productive). The valley isn't property. Blessed is in the man equals pilgramage. Valley of Baca (pass through)? Valley of weeping. The occupation of the person to turninto an oasis for others. Something happens in this process. Sanctified 7th day. Adam married Eve. Then G-d blessed the 7th Day. 31 processes everything is very good. Small success is great success.
Prophecy of your entire week. Read this is what my week will look like. Read it on Shabbat.
Now I can prepare myself for the week.
Write in your dairy every day. This way you build a data base of what you will experience that day.
Elul? Elul is preparation for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Reflect on the year. Make idealist goals.
Entry filed under: Judaism, Yeshua. Tags: Shabbat, Yom Kippur.
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Barring the two losses on this road trip, the Mets are looking like a team difficult to keep down. And those two losses (blowing a 7-0 lead to Philly and Aaron Heilman walking in the winning run in Florida) were games in which they beat themselves more than anything. What a difference it's been from last year and earlier this season; they no longer seem like a team that's ready to roll over and die. And that in itself is some kind of victory.
Tangible actual victories are even better. And what has been so encouraging over the last few months have been the Mets' propensity to bounce back after a difficult loss. They've done so again on this road trip, coming from behind to beat the Phillies and now winning three in a row since Heilman's blunder in Florida, two of which against the probable Wild Card winner Milwaukee Brewers (who, I'm sorry, I'm not altogether convinced by, and I thought the same thing last year when they were the hottest team for two months) in a possible NLDS preview. Monday's game saw them come back from a 2-0 deficit to take in late innings–when did this team learn how to score in the late innings (LOLGagne)? Yesterday they spotted a 5-1 lead to Defiance, OH's Jon Niese, making his major league debut. Niese, at least this night, turned out to be no prizewinner, as he worked in and out of trouble for three innings before being pulled in the fourth with the score 5-4 and runners on base. He'd be charged with all five Brewer runs when Nelson Figueroa gave up a bloop single that could have been worse without Beltran's tremendous throw to cut down JJ Hardy at the plate. The defense was sharp all night; in the eighth, Endy Chavez replaced Nick Evans in left field and promptly threw out Rickie Weeks trying to stretch a single into a double, and David Wright atoned for his miserable hitting by recording the final out in the ninth as Corey Hart hit a hard shot off Joe Smith that proved all for naught with Wright smothering the ball and throwing a beaut to Delgado.
How is it possible that this nausea-inducing (I seriously almost threw up last night when Ayala was facing Weeks) bullpen has thrown thirteen scoreless innings? Were they just waiting for the September call-ups, for fortification, for increased backup? Figueroa is the only call-up whose pitched; otherwise we've seen the normal parade of Smith, Feliciano, Sanchez, the increasingly reliable Stokes, Schoeneweis, and Ayala. There's something to be said for strength in numbers, and thirteen arms is a nice-looking luxury.
Lastly, Daniel Murphy is becoming our own nice-looking luxury. When he was brought in to pinch-hit in the top of the tenth, I sat back and thanked Jerry for not using him earlier, and knew there'd be something a-brewin' (ahem). A lead-off single, a Reyes bunt that was misplayed, and an Endy Chavez sac fly conspired to manufacture the game-winning run. It seems that Murphy has been in the middle of every late-inning game-winning rally the Mets have had over the past week. His past few starts have seen him struggle early on in the game only to come up big, be on base, and score important runs at the end. Murphy late in the game and we will not lose. And he said, "It shall be so."
Quote of the day comes from an interview given by Brian Schneider yesterday on WFAN, regarding the near-brawl in Florida over the weekend:
"Jacobs and some guys on their team–Scott Olsen, guys like that–are known to be idiots and do stupid things sometimes."
Schneider, sometimes I wonder what the hell your value on this team is, but I've decided I love you.
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