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[ null, "Built under an Alliance contract arrangement between the Commonwealth of Australia, ASC and Raytheon Australia, the Sydney will now undergo further outfitting and sea trials before entering service in late 2019.\n\n“It’s difficult to imagine just ten years ago, this shipyard at Osborne was a brownfield site with no infrastructure.”\n\n“Since then more than 5,000 people have worked directly on the AWD Program to build and integrate three of the most capable and potent warships the Navy has ever possessed.”\n\n“This is underpinned by the 1,500 suppliers who have supported the AWD Alliance in its efforts to exceed Australian Industry Capability targets for the overall Program.”\n\nThe Sydney has been delivered with a 60% productivity improvement from the HMAS Hobart, which was commissioned in September last year. The second destroyer, HMAS Brisbane, was launched in 2016 and is expected to be delivered to the navy in the coming months.\n\nAs the most potent warships Australia has ever possessed, all three destroyers feature an advanced anti-submarine warfare capability, state-of-the-art radar technology and an air defence system capable of engaging enemy aircraft and missiles at an extended range,” Mr Bourke added.\n\nRaytheon Australia Managing Director Michael Ward said the company had worked closely with the Commonwealth to architect, design, test and integrate Australia’s most advanced and complex combat system on time and on budget.\n\n“The AWD combat system integration activities represent some of the most advanced and complex engineering and project management skills in this country,” Mr Ward continued.\n\n“Not only have we performed admirably on this project but we have built for Australia a national asset in combat system integration.”" ]

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[ "Dozens of people with visual impairment have come to the path for the first time, and followed the route, unique of its kind, which was designed for them.\n\nThey could experience the path and its history, geological features and the surrounding nature through their other senses, such as touch, hearing, smell and taste.\n\nThe aim of the visit, which is in its trial phase, was to break down barriers, and it can become a 'short-term reality' according to the company in charge of managing El Caminito del Rey.", null, null, null, "A unique sensory experience has been offered on El Caminito del Rey : perceive the path beyond the vision. A group of people with severe visual impairment has visited the path today to find out about its geological features, history, culture and nature through a route which was specially designed for people with these characteristic for the first time ever.\n\nTen blind people or people with severe visual impairment, members of ONCE Málaga (Spanish association for the blind), who were walking with a sighted companion at all time, as dogs are not allowed to the path, had experienced the path in a unique way through four senses.\n\n'The feeling one can have at an altitude of 105 metres is incredible, and the fact that a blind person can fee the sway of a hanging bridge, for example, is unbelievable', says Francisco Campano, manager of El Caminito del Rey path.\n\n'Designing of a tourist and cultural offers adapted to the blind or people with visual impairment is basic for breaking down barriers, stimulating social values and encouraging cultural identity', said Pedro Cantalejo, archaeologist and head of protocol in the case of visitors with visual impairment who come to El Caminito del Rey He also added that they offered a sensory experience in a way that oral descriptions of the surrounding nature and history of the path were followed by the actions which stimulated the senses of touch, hearing, smell and taste.\n\nA scale model of the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes gorge was used so the group could touch the path they are going to walk along. The history was in their hands. They found out the details about different stages in the history of the path. Prehistoric pottery, flint tools, arrows' points, or bone punches, are some of the objects used by the first inhabitants in the area. Of course, they knew which was the industrial importance of this site after they could touch the big crank of the reservoir's gate in the area known as Hoyo Valley or 'Valle del Hoyo' and the walls of the canal.\n\nMoreover, Pedro Cantalejo talked about geological features of this place, and used some real examples of chalky rocks, sandstone or fossils, which they could take and touch. The plants that exist in the area were also included in the event, as the group could touch the bark of some trees like pine, juniper, palmetto and carob trees.\n\nSounds at the Path\n\nListen to see. Through the sense of hearing, the visitors with visual impairment could hear the sound of water that flows through the canyons. They could also hear birds, such as choughs and tits singing.\n\nTaste of the Heights\n\nThis unique feeling of using the sense of taste along the path consisted in trying carob powder, a tree which was planted here in the 13th century and that can be seen in the valley, between the two parts of the boardwalks. Its taste was similar to cocoa, according to the visitors.\n\nSmells along the Path\n\nThe group was given information followed by multisensory experience as the visitors could listen to the guide talking about the plant life in this beauty spot and touch the plants, as well as hear the leaves of the species that live along the path at the same time.\n\n'This proposal should help tourism for people with visual impairment. Our intention is to offer this kind of visits in future in the short term', says Francisco Campano. He also explained that this kind of visits was going through a trial period. He added: 'an important issue which we are working on at the moment is the training of guides and professionals who work at the path so they can assist this kind of groups'.\n\nThis proposal has opened new possibilities for tourism, supplying people with some kind of vision loss with the same tourist and cultural offer as the rest of people in the province of Málaga.\n\nSince the path was rebuilt and opened at the end of March in 2015, more than 600,000 people walked along it and it received 1,100 visits a day. More than 85,000 tourists have come to this nature site since the beginning of year from all over Spain and the world.\n\nEl Caminito del Rey is a curvy way, which goes over the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes gorge along the boardwalks which are fixed to the walls at an altitude of 100 m. It consists of 8 km -long route, which goes along the trail which is 1 m wide for round 3 km.\n\nOne of its most famous parts is the hanging bridge, a walkway which is 105 m high. This linear path takes 4 hours to be crossed. In order to get to this hidden place in the Desfiladero de los Gaitanes Natural Beauty Spot (in the towns of Ardales, Álora ann Antequera), visitors must come to the north access in Ardales.\n\nEl Caminito del Rey is more than a dizzy trail, as it witnessed the industrial history of Málaga and it is also a trip through nature that is typical for the inland of the province. King Alfonso XIII visited the path in 1921 in order to open the works on the large Hydroelectric Power Station in El Chorro, which was the reason this trail was named after him.\n\nThe refurbishment of this nature site has turned the Province of Málaga in one of the favourite destinations for toe who want to go away for a weekend, enjoy active tourism and hiking, and it became a stimulus for the area." ]

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[ "PLAYING GIVEAWAY. Poshard's Plagiarizers made a visit to Northern Illinois University for an evening football game. I took a break from setting up the new quarters to watch the game. This Huskie kept an eye on the breakfast bar.", null, "This sunroom and deck ought to work well for pregame festivities.", null, "In case anybody from Huskie athletics is reading this service, here is what Yankee frugality looks like. Unlike some people we know, I brought a dehumidifier from the old house to the new house. The computers are coming over too.", null, "Pregame festivities now sprawl over the entire west campus. These bouncy sets occupy the soccer practice fields. The corn boil was just to the south.", null, "The new locker room is already in use, with those new computers and exercise machines. (If I find out where the old computers cascade to, I'll advise here.) The athletic department is attempting to pay for this facility with ticket revenues and donations, and many donors were recognized at a pre-game ceremony. (There might be naming opportunities for computers and ellipticals. My mind contemplates some wicked possibilities...)", null, "Then comes the game. Although Southern Illinois scored first, on a long pass interception, at the fireworks display the Huskies were up 21-7 on the Plagiarizers.", null, "The third quarter was odd, with Northern Illinois playing a number of reserves on both sides of the ball, and Southern Illinois using a running game that used a lot of time to little effect. The fourth quarter was odder still. With about 11 minutes to go, the Plagiarizers managed another long interception return for a touchdown, closing the gap to ten points. Still no big deal. Then, with just over a minute remaining, the Plages managed a touchdown after a few third- and fourth-down conversions. Still shouldn't be a big deal. Everybody in the stadium knows an onside kick is coming, and there's a longer field now even if the kicking team recovers. Oops.\n\nSIU safety Clayton Johnson recovered the onside kick to give his offense the ball at the Salukis' 43 with 58 seconds remaining. Hill needed only five plays to produce the winning score, throwing 30 yards to wide receiver Justin Allen with 22 seconds left.\n\nNIU was repeatedly unable to come up with a needed stop late as the Salukis benefited from two tipped passes that ended in completions, converted four of six fourth downs and stayed in rhythm with a no-huddle offense and Hill's accuracy.\n\nThe local paper sums it up.\n\nWhen the Huskies dissect the film of Saturday's game, the loss won't be any easier to stomach. The Huskies had a victory in hand, before a talented and determined SIU team rose up and stole the win.\n\nWe're about to start our first full week of classes (yes, there's usually a Monday-Friday before Labor Day, but Thursday night ahead of that long weekend is often temptation to get away) and perhaps the team is also about to get down to business.\n\n“I'm disappointed, but we have no one to blame but ourselves,” [Northern coach Joe] Novak said. “We'll get better, we'll learn from it.”\n\nThe saving grace, after a busy day of arranging and moving stuff and watering, watering, and a disappointing end to the game, was that Wisconsin's football team didn't go along with Nevada-Las Vegas attempting to pick up the 10-2 upset once again.\nPosted by Stephen Karlson at 20:20" ]

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[ null, "I took a humorous look at Mueller's testimony on Thursday, which focused on Mueller not giving the Democrats everything they hoped for while the Republicans tried to discredit him and his investigation. I'm glad I found a way to laugh at Wednesday morning's proceedings; otherwise I'd have been too disappointed.\n\nI found Wednesday afternoon's hearing more to my liking, as it focused not on Trump, but on a topic I've been covering since 2015 with Putin's hackers and agents, Russian interference in U.S. elections and politics. CBS News kicks off the reporting and commentary with Mueller warns Russia is still meddling in U.S. elections.\n\nFormer special counsel Robert Mueller says Russia is working to interfere in the 2020 U.S. election right now. He made the remark during his second hearing with the House Intelligence Committee. CBS News intelligence and national security reporter Olivia Gazis joins CBSN to discuss the top moments from Mueller's testimony.\n\nI agree, Mueller was a lot more responsive and demonstrative on the subject of past, present, and future interfering by Russia than he was on Trump and his campaign's possible cooperation with Russia and obstruction of the investigation into it. It's also something that Republicans and Democrats would be able to do something about if Mitch McConnell weren't labeling a bill that pushes for election security as \"socialist.\" Keep that up, Turtle, and I'll start calling you \"Moscow Mitch\" as well.\n\nSpeaking of the U.S. Senate, Newsy uploaded a video about the Senate Intelligence Committee's report that Russia meddled in all 50 states.\n\nThe Senate Intelligence Committee released a highly redacted report on interference in the 2016 elections Thursday.\n\nPBS NewHour responded to that report by explaining how dated voting equipment exposes elections to interference.\n\nElection security was in the news this week, as former special counsel Robert Mueller testified before Congress about the level to which Russia interfered in the 2016 election -- and plans to do it again. Now the Senate Intelligence Committee is releasing its own report on the problem. John Yang talks to the Democracy Fund’s Tammy Patrick about whether U.S. election authorities are prepared.\n\nWDIV examined how Michigan is dealing with the problem in U.S. Senate report says Russia will try to interfere with 2020 election.\n\nBoth the Mueller report and a new report from the U.S. Senate say Russia interfered in the 2016 election and will try to do so again in 2020.\n\nI'm glad to see Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson on the job. Let's hope she does a good job of protecting Michigan's elections from foreign interference.\n\nI'm not done with this topic, as I plan on posting a humorous entry on it tomorrow featuring Samantha Bee and any other late-night comedians who weighed in on it. Stay tuned.\nPosted by Pinku-Sensei at 1:26 PM" ]

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[ "Why you need to combine analogue thinking with digital sophistication", null, "Customer-led transformation isn’t about ditching the physical in favour of digital, but instead using both to connect with the analogue hearts and digital minds of your customers.\n\nThat’s the view of digital futurist and innovation strategist, Anders Sorman-Nilsson, who spoke at the recent CMO-CIO-ADMA Executive Connections event in Sydney about the need for more seamless customer experiences in a world where every industry and brand is being digitally hacked.\n\nSorman-Nilsson is the founder of strategy thinktank, Thinque, working with clients such as Apple, Johnson & Johnson, Cisco and IBM on digital disruption and its implications on business models and leadership. He has penned several books on the subject, including Dialogue: How to win the digital hearts and analogue minds of tomorrow’s customer, as well as Seamless: A Hero’s Journey of Digital Disruption, Adaptation and Human Transformation.\n\n“Many futurists are swiping left on human intelligence and wiping right on AI. But I’m also a bit of a traditionalist. The digital world, potentially from a CX perspective, if just made pure-play digital, could also be digitally de-humanising,” he told attendees. “There is a role for traditional and technology in the future and as we design our transformation around the customer.\n\n“The key to winning the hearts and minds of tomorrow’s customers is the seamless combination of the digital and the analogue… Both worlds – traditional customer wisdom and technology – can be mutually reinforcing.”\n\nSorman-Nilsson noted analogue and digital worlds connect to different parts of us. “One of these worlds is about winning trusted loyalty through emotional connection, and the other is connecting in real time with the rational minds of your customers,” he said.\n\n“The great thing we now have both worlds to offset the weaknesses and amplify the strengths of both as well.”\n\nThere’s no doubt every business model is getting digitally hacked, literally or metaphorically. To cope, Sorman-Nilsson advised thinking of your organisation as a technology company with a licence in your area of speciality.\n\n“Everything physical, courtesy of Internet of Things [IoT], is becoming part of a cyber, seamlessly connected part of the Internet,” he continued. “The mindset for all of us, as we think about the future and customer of tomorrow, is to start thinking as technology companies with a licence in X or Y industry you’ve traditionally been in.”\n\nBringing back humanity through digital change\n\nAt the same time, IoT is bringing with it the ability to augment humanity through digital connectivity, Sorman-Nilsson continued.\n\n“I think we can code for humanity, empathy and for better human outcomes,” he said. As an illustration of how this could be done, Sorman-Nilsson pointed to autonomous vehicles, which are expected to save up to 1.1 million lives per year.\n\nDigital connectivity is also helping people act in more empathetic ways while removing friction points, Sorman-Nilsson said. In Sweden for instance, microvendors on the streets selling the country’s version of The Big Issue to help the homeless, teamed up with a mobile POS provider that takes NFC and biometric payments as well as credit cards. The partnership saw sales rise 59 per cent within a few months.\n\n“When it comes to connecting with the positive intent of your customers and future customers of doing business with you, are you consciously or unconsciously putting up friction between the positive intent, and the digital, seamless executive of that intent?” Sorman-Nilsson asked the audience. “Anyone in B2B for example, have to do lots of paperwork with clients and force them through a long procurement process? Could that be made easier courtesy of digital?”\n\nAs physical infrastructure becomes part of a connect ecosystem, a new ‘trialogue’ is emerging, Sorman-Nilsson explained.\n\n“It used to be that brands could just communicate unilaterally one-way with clients. It was a broadcast model,” he said. “We then moved into a dialogue through social media, where we had two-way conversations; think of reviews and your clients hijacking your brand. Then the object started speaking to us, engaging us in a trialogue between brand, consumer/customer and object.”\n\nWith computing power and machines expected to surpass the brain power of a human by 2045 thanks to artificial intelligence advancement, we’re just at the knee of the exponential curve of things moving very quickly, Sorman-Nilsson added.\n\n“What you should be thinking about is if you solve your customer’s issues predictively and preventative, maybe that’s more humane than anything we could deliver through a human,” he argued. “If the customer journey is designed in an empathetic fashion, isn’t that more empathetic and more humane, than anything a smiling person overseas can deliver in your contact centre?”\n\nAn example of this in practice from Sorman-Nilsson is from Lemonade, an insuretech company that came up with the idea of a consumer speaking their insurance claim through to their mobile device. Using biometric authentication on an individual’s face and running 21 algorithms for fraud protection, the company can assess and process a claim to payment in 3 seconds.\n\n“It’s not just B2C – what we are seeing is consumerisation of the B2B customer journeys,” he said. “Great B2C brands have set the high expectations of today’s B2B procurement professional. They expect greater content, thought-leading articles, a context that’s relevant and real-time for them.”\n\nMaking it a personal transformation\n\nWhat we’re also heading into is what Sorman-Nilsson described as a ‘transformation economy’, where digitally-enabling brands can positively impact consumer behaviours. He pointed to Nike’s investments into apps such as its Marathon Training Plan and Nike+ Run Club, both of which build stronger customer loyalty while also nudging consumers into more transformative, individualised experiences.\n\n“Start thinking about how you can get 2X the result with half the effort – either though new technology or human creativity,” he advised. “What analogue processes don’t offer you any data-based insights and need upgrading immediately? What’s one thing you can do tomorrow to come even closer to your customers through a digital dialogue? What is the analogue baby you shouldn’t throw out with the bathwater, but can be enhanced through digital technologies?”" ]

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[ null, "The early fundraising efforts of the Clary Lake Association have amazed members and encouraged them on to their goal of $80,000 to purchase the dam and restore the lake’s historical water level.\n\nAs of the evening of Monday, April 9, the association had raised $34,450, with $1,000 received shortly before a phone conversation with association Secretary George Fergusson.\n\nFergusson said the day after the association approved the purchase last week, the association sent out letters requesting the minimum amount for the property and an additional $10,000 for legal fees and temporary repairs to the dam.\n\n“It’s coming together very quickly,” Fergusson said. “It goes to show the amount of support there is to end this siege.”\n\nThe mill owner, Aquafortis Associates LLC, had appealed the order to Superior Court.\n\n“We will raise up the water level to where it was historically, what we have been used to,” Fergusson said.\n\nThe DEP would have to approve the sale of the dam to the association, and the association would be subject to the conditions in the 4-year-old water-level order, which met resistance from the dam and mill owners.\n\nAquafortis LLC, represented by Richard Smith, of Camden, had until March 19 to appeal Billings’ decision, but did not.\n\nThe dam owner, Pleasant Pond Mill LLC, represented by Paul Kelley Jr., of Camden, filed for bankruptcy in November 2017. It had been an appellant in the legal case until its bankruptcy filing.\n\nThe trustee appointed in the bankruptcy proceeding in federal bankruptcy court in Bangor has agreed to the association’s offer of $80,000 for the dam property, Fergusson said.\n\nFergusson said the association would also make an offer for the small red mill building adjacent to the dam, although it is not part of the bankruptcy estate.\n\nHe envisioned its use as a possible clubhouse for the association, among other potential purposes.\n\nFergusson joined with other lakefront property owners seven years ago to petition the DEP to correct the situation on the lake, which lies partly in Jefferson and partly in Whitefield.\n\nNow the fundraising for a long-awaited solution to the problem has taken off.\n\nFergusson said that although the association seeks a minimum of $90,000, it will doubtless need more to make permanent repairs to the dam and pay for its maintenance.\n\n“We can’t raise too much money,” he said.\n\n“It has affected the value of my property,” Rubin said of the drop in water level. He cited impacts on his enjoyment of the property for fishing, spending time on the water, and hearing the cry of loons.\n\n“All that has changed,” he said.\n\nThe lower level of the lake over the past several years has impacted about 300 acres of wetlands around the manmade lake, which historically totals 680 acres.\n\nUp until January, Pleasant Pond Mill LLC had not paid property taxes since 2015. The town waived foreclosure of the dam property largely because of the “legal quagmire,” according to Aaron Miller, the town’s administrative assistant.\n\n“We were looking at the better interests of the community as a whole,” Miller said.\n\nHowever, in January, Pleasant Pond Mill LLC paid the back taxes, $838.53, thus eliminating the town’s claim to the property.\n\n(Clarification: An earlier version of this article online and in the April 12 print edition reported that both AquaFortis Associates LLC and Pleasant Pond Mill LLC are responsible for the operation of the Clary Lake Dam and subject to the Maine Department of Environmental Protection’s water-level order.\n\nAccording to Billings’ Feb. 26 decision, the DEP “found that AquaFortis owns the mill complex, property abutting the Dam, and a structure sitting on top of the Dam, but the DEP did not make an explicit finding of whether AquaFortis is in control of any water flowage rights … Instead, it states that if AquaFortis controls any or all of the flowage rights, it is bound by the (water-level order) along with (Pleasant Pond Mill LLC).” The decision did not address whether AquaFortis controls the dam.)" ]

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[ null, "According to ISRO, the 1,625 kg Cartosat-3 is an advanced agile satellite to obtain panchromatic and multispectral imagery with an operational life of five years.\n\nTo be placed in an orbit of 509 km at an inclination of 97.5 degrees, the Cartosat-3 will furnish images that cater to the demand of urban planning, rural resource and infrastructure development, coastal land use and land cover and also for strategic/defence purposes.\n\nSharing the ride with Cartosat-3 were 13 nano satellites from the USA for an undisclosed fee to be paid to NewSpace India Ltd — the new commercial arm of ISRO.\n\nOnce the mission turns successful, India would have launched 310 foreign satellites.\n\nAccording to ISRO, 12 of the US nano satellites are named as FLOCK-4P are earth observation satellites and the 13th is called MESHBED, a communication test bed satellite.\n\nThe PSLV-XL is a four stage/engine expendable rocket powered by solid and liquid fuels alternatively. The rocket has six strap-on booster motors to give additional thrust during the initial flight stages.\n\nCLAT 2020 to be held on May 10; new paper pattern with fewer questions" ]

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[ null, "In a totally unprovoked attack on Christian worshippers in several major cathedrals in the UK, police and military soldiers earlier today raided and terrorised Christians going about their sacred devotions.\n\nThe use of overarching force, tear gas, rubber bullets and batons made sure many injuries were perpetrated on those wishing to merely exercise their human rights of worship…..\n\nArrogance and The Rule Of Apathy", null, "As a nation we have no idea how nor have the heart to rise up, creating what the French are so adept at – revolution. We are our own worst enemy, too swiftly willing to accept these torrid times as Situation Normale. Thinking that turning away, self interest, a cup of tea or solid ignorance will solve all, if we remain patient is the default setting in these times.\n\nA Political Movement Out To Destroy The World, And You’re Not Allowed To Say So", null, "Such deception has always been its modus operandi. Founded on falsehood, arrogant superiority and criminal hegemony, it has forced its existence alongside a world order, built on power, domination and criminal collusion.\n\nIts power is so entrenched and accepted within political governance that we find ourselves living under ruling bodies insisting this group must be held to far more stringent respect and allegiance than any other entity. Its demands to have greater meaning and status than any other group has been manufactured through its insistence it is genetically Jewish.\n\nMandate Loyalty Pledge to Palestine or Mandate to No Foreign Entity", null, "“This censorship of my talk based on forced compliance to anti-BDS laws in Georgia is just one level of a nationwide campaign to protect Israel from grassroots pressure.” Abby Martin", null, "Today we are controlled by powers so selfish, so arrogant and self serving, we the people become mere pawns in their games. Mechanisms for control and culling of an overabundant population are, behind everything, a very serious endeavour. Depopulation is, as these entities see it, an essential program maintaining the status quo.", null, "Sick is not even able to reach the heights of the hypocrisy today’s psychopaths scream out with their oh! so predicated ’emotional responses’, an oxymoron itself of the highest order, spew from their lips.", null, "Your chance to predict what distraction, diversion technique will be next forthcoming to cover the lies, propaganda and downright criminal activities of our rulers…..\n\nSelf Identification Assumes Knowing Who You Are", null, "Decent human interaction depends on tolerance, acceptance and respect. These are naturally nurtured responses developed through self education and self awareness. They are not developed through diktats, or worse, enshrined laws. The desire to become what one is capable of becoming lies at the root of knowing, accepting and nurturing the self within the whole spectrum of experienced life.\n\nAs we swing into a crucial moment in this country’s history, where criminality, dressed as political right, media barons and global demagogue corporations arrogantly swing their infinite pockets to persuade a population dazed, bedazzled and bamboozled into voting their own turkey minds for Christmas, a day of reckoning awaits.\n\nWell chosen useful idiots proclaim to a suckered audience through their screens, handheld to revoltingly cinema sized their lifelong adherence to Labour will now be cast on the Tory shit pile. A demonstration of crass lunacy at play cannot be found. Yet if truth be told, since it emanates from a toxic propagandised media outlet, be it BBC,ITV or C4 is as manipulated as the swift fiver trousered by the dullard liars.\n\nSocialism has become a term of insult. Same as truth has become the benchmark of lies and vice versa. Creating terrorism on the streets of the UK is seen as a useful tool of the fascist right. They have so many covers as to make winter an impenetrable possibility.\n\nBlatant lies never confronted, yet Labour truths, ambitions and fairness slaughtered on the altar of convenience and slurry.\n\nThese words may resonate with the opened eyed, the aspirations of generations asphyxiated by denial, untruth, self serving greed and arrogance shut down at every turn.\n\nIt is imperative to band together, To face this behemoth of bullshit. Wherever possible to have an opportunity to kill the Tory vote we must take it, even if we have to hold our noses. The alternative is handing these bastards another 5 years to utterly destroy what are the remnants of life as we would wish it.\n\nTheir front line, as I have always stated that must be taken down, is the media. Today’s headlines tell everything:", null, null, null, null, "In the 70s I started my career working for all these titles. I left Fleet Street not long after, aware of the lies, BS and manure they pumped into fallible minds even then. I then swam in the heady, lucrative, toxic waters of an advertising industry flooded with money in the 80s oblivious to rampant criminality carried on behind my ignorance. As a puppet and obfuscation tool, not to say mind bending control over a population unaware and gullible, it worked to perfection.\n\nToday, having long passed through this sewer, awake to the reality show they play us, I am righteously angry at each and every travesty perpetrated, honed and inflicted on a world, through open eyes, gone mad. That madness is not as it ought to be. It is a madness induced by so many decades of mind control, propagandised diversionary tactics and bloody deception as to be able in these last days to inflict the coup de grace.\n\nOnly we in our millions can stop it. Do not believe the cards are stacked against us. YET MORE LIES FED US! Where our own constituency seat is too far gone to win for sanity, be tactical – vote the Conservatives out – any vote for them is suicide for all of us.\n\nBlair and his efforts were at the behest of the right wing oligarchs. The AS stain thrown at Corbyn and Labour is merely their only ammo and dud at that, as it is so full of Zionist intentional BS as to be laughable. To believe a lifelong pacifist and warrior of anti racism to be other is to allow any critical thinking to be doused.\n\nOur economy is so deep in the pits only a total reset is the answer.\n\nPeople cry – Where does the money come from, then?\n\nOhn ye of so little knowledge! Money is, has and always will be, under this present model, created from nowhere, out of nothing. How it is then serviced makes it valued, workable and efficient. Donating it back to the failed banks serves no one except the criminals. Lubricating a restart, energising industry, new ventures serves the people.\n\nWhoever gets into power this December will be able to benefit from the biggest fraud perpetrated on the people both nationally and more widely globally. When that happens a minimum of £1.2 trillion will begin to be released back into the economy, whether we remain or leave.\n\nOur banks will be held to account and adjusted to serve rather than fleece. Over 11.5 million mortgages will become null and void and many already paid off able to reclaim all their paid in funds.\n\nIt would be fatal for the Tories to harvest such benefit. Better a progressive, for the Many not the Few to have that as a stirrup to not only raise the impoverished up but set the dial for a far fairer system of governance, economy and social care." ]

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[ null, "Heather Aldret is a newcomer to the 41st season of Survivor, although she is also one of the cast’s most seasoned members. She was mentioned as one of the contestants to watch.\n\nHeather Aldret is a 52-year-old actress who was born on March 1st, 1969. There is no information available about Heather’s early life as well as about her family members. Aldret is a homemaker from South Carolina who spends the majority of her time with her family. Aldret confesses that being a stay-at-home mom was challenging. Without a question, it is a duty that is frequently despised. Only a stay-at-home mother, however, would be aware of her efforts.\n\nShe devoted 20 years of her life to her children’s well-being. At 52 years old, she is now the youngest member of the Survivor cast. She went to the Hammond High School in Columbia, in the place called South Carolina, before graduating from Hilton Head High School on Hilton Head Island in 1987. Heather, who is currently based in Charleston, enjoys tennis, pickleball, drawing, and exploring.\n\nAldret soon gained a large audience due to her engaging personality and amiable demeanor. She also knows how to cook and has a high level of irritation tolerance. Aldret is a housewife from Charleston, South Carolina, who enjoys painting, pickleball, tennis, and detective work. The Survivor hopeful’s proudest second was auctioning off her first house and paying off all of her debts with the proceeds, describing herself as “authentic, energetic, and giving.”\n\nThe mother-of-two revealed in her cast bio on the organization’s website that no one could evaluate her by looking at her since she could “cuss like a gassed, sun-burned mariner.” Survivor Season 41 is a highly anticipated CBS series that has constantly managed to keep viewers captivated. The previous season’s climax, in which Tony Vlachos won the title and took home the $2 million prize, raised current standards even higher.\n\nCurrently on her Instagram at @heatheradret to join her 1825 followers. Heather uses her online media to offer bits and pieces of her daily life. Heather’s primary admirers right now, as evidenced by her response, are her family and friends. We have no doubt that following the show, her popularity will soar even further.\n\nHer greatest triumph, she said in her Survivors presentation, was marrying her better half and having a daughter. Heather and her spouse, whose identity has not been revealed, have a happy marriage. The couple has spent 23 long years of marriage together. They have two wonderful little girls and are very proud of them. We can assume that they are young adults despite the fact that she has not provided their names. Heather has a close relationship with her father. She wished him a Happy Father’s Day on her Instagram feed.\n\nHeather Aldret, a Survivor 41 contestant, is a stay-at-home mother, so we assume she is earning quite enough money to live a normal life as of now. Aldret is also a reality television celebrity who is competing in Survivor season 41 for a $1 million grand prize." ]

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[ "The Australian Dollar is in a commanding position against Pound Sterling on Tuesday January 3.\n\nAs traders returned to their desks from their festive break they were met with some punchy news out of China - an important driver of sentiment towards the Aussie Dollar.\n\nChinese manufacturing activity improved in December with the Caixin manufacturing PMI easily beating expectations having read at 51.9 - better than the 50.7 forecast by analysts.\n\nThis was the fastest rate of growth since 2013 and may put to rest some fears concerning Chinese growth in 2017.\n\nThe Pound to Australian Dollar exchange rate has fallen back to the ~1.70 levels we are seeing at the time of writing.\n\nThe latest attempt by the conversion to break above 1.72 has therefore failed once more.\n\nThe pair is struggling to break above the 1.72 ceiling and whether or not the level breaks over coming days is of utmost interest to us.\n\nPound Sterling has simply been unable to crack this region since the start of December which implies a significant structural barrier in the underlying market.\n\nOur studies do however confirm the short-term trend for the pair remains bullish and a break above 1.72 is expected as the trend higher since late October remains valid:", null, "Such a break would reconfirm a continuation up to a probable target at 1.7275, at the R1 monthly pivot, a level traders watch as it often acts as an obstacle to further price movement.\n\nThe MACD, a momentum indicator, is flatlining and could be about to fall, signalling weakness in the underlying asset, however, it is too early to say for sure.\n\nAussie and other Commodity Currencies to Struggle in 2017\n\nDespite the decent start to the year seen in the Chinese data calendar, concerns remain that the Chinese econony will slow in 2017, and this will likely weigh on the likes of the AUD which derives much of its value from Australian exports to China.\n\nThe commodity dollar complex - AUD, NZD and CAD - have been struggling of late and we hear they are likely to continue struggling.\n\n\"Part of that has to do with the prospect of further US Dollar strength but the 4% drop in the Chinese Yuan since October and the 7.7% drop since April takes a big bite out of the purchasing power of the Chinese, who play a big role in the outlook for Canada, Australia and New Zealand,\" says Kathy Lien, Director at BK Asset Management in New York.\n\nLien notes that Australia and New Zealand could feel the pinch of higher interest rates in the US and weaker Chinese growth.\n\n\"Many Australian companies have also borrowed in US Dollars and the cost of borrowing will rise in the coming year. Since we are looking for further U.S. dollar strength, AUD and NZD are likely to move lower and this downtrend will ease the pressure on the Reserve Banks to lower rates. Growth should be slow as job growth remains a problem,\" says Lien.\n\nIndeed, Australian GDP actually contracted in the third quarter of 2016, much to the surprise of analysts. Will 2017 see the Reserve Bank of Australia cut interest rates in response to slowing growth?\n\nIf so, then AUD could struggle over the course of the coming year, allowing Sterling opportunity to remain supported.\n\nData to Watch for the Aussie this Week\n\nThe big data release in the week ahead for the Aussie is the Trade Balance in November, out at 00.30 (GMT) on Friday, January 6, which is forecast to show a deficit of -1.2bn from -1.54bn previously, no doubt reflecting the recent rise in commodity prices.\n\nThe AIG Manufacturing Index in December is released on Monday, December 2 at 22.30 and is forecast to fall to 53, from 54.2.\n\nData to Watch for the Pound this Week\n\nThe main data releases for this week are Manufacturing, Services and Construction PMIs for December. (Follow our updates here).\n\nThe week starts with Manufacturing PMI on Tuesday, January 3 at 9.30, which is forecast to pull-back a basis point to 53.3.\n\nConstruction PMI follows on Wednesday, January 4, and is forecast to rise to 53.0 from 52.8.\n\nBank of England’s (BOE’s) Andy Haldane is speaking on Thursday 5.\n\nLending and Consumer Credit data is out on Wednesday the 4th.", null ]

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[ "These nations are the hardest hit by Iran sanctions\n\nThe resumption of wide-ranging American sanctions on Iran promises economic uncertainty for Iran's neighbors in the Caucasus: Azerbaijan, Georgia and Armenia, Oil Price reported on Sunday.\n\nWashington's goal of reducing Iran's oil exports to zero will not directly impact any of three Caucasus states, as none of them imports Iranian crude. All three, however, have to various extents relied on Iran for natural gas, and stand to be affected – if only by uncertainty until the exact scope of the sanctions becomes clearer.\n\nU.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton recently visited all three countries to try to shore up support for Washington’s efforts to isolate Tehran, though his results were inconclusive. When Washington imposed the new round of sanctions on November 5 it exempted eight countries, including neighboring Turkey, but none of the Caucasus states were spared.\n\nAs a major exporter of both crude oil and natural gas, and a sometime importer of Iranian gas, Azerbaijan's position is most complex.\n\nAzerbaijan shares long land and maritime borders with Iran, as well as ownership of a number of undeveloped Caspian oil and gas fields subject to a joint development agreement signed in March this year.\n\nDevelopment of those fields is now unlikely to proceed, but other joint ventures have advanced beyond the point where even Washington can impose a halt.\n\nAzerbaijan's main gas field, Shah Deniz, is being developed by a consortium led by UK oil giant BP, but in which Iran's national oil company, NIOC, holds a 10 percent stake.\n\nShah Deniz is currently the only source of gas for the long-planned, EU-backed Southern Gas Corridor (SGC), aimed at lessening Europe’s dependence on Russian energy.\n\nAlready in August, Washington made the position of Shah Deniz and the SGC project clear when the Treasury Department granted a permanent waiver from Iran-related sanctions for \"the development of natural gas and the construction and operation of a pipeline to transport natural gas from Azerbaijan to Turkey and Europe.\"\n\nThat concession means that neither BP, the Azerbaijani state oil company SOCAR, nor the other three shareholders will face sanctions related to that project.", null, "Azerbaijan also stands potentially to benefit from any increase in global oil prices caused by the halting of Iranian exports. That uncertainty also would lead to an increase in natural gas prices, which are for the most part indexed to oil prices.\n\n\"Azerbaijan may well reap some secondary benefits from U.S. sanctions on Iran, since it stands to gain if oil prices increase as a result of heightened tensions in the Persian Gulf,\" Caspian energy analyst and Atlantic Council fellow John Roberts said, though he cautioned that any potential benefits are unpredictable as they rely on factors beyond Baku's control.\n\nRoberts added that Azerbaijan's position is further complicated by its position as an importer of natural gas from Iran.\n\nAzerbaijan imports small volumes of Iranian gas into its exclave of Nakhchivan for local consumption. Also, in recent years, gas from Turkmenistan has transited via Iran into mainland Azerbaijan to supplement its own production and to meet export commitments to Georgia, which is expected to import around 2.7 billion cubic meters of gas from Azerbaijan this year.\n\nSOCAR spokesman Ibrahim Ahmadov said that the company’s gas imports via Iran have now stopped thanks to increased domestic production.\n\n\"A big part of the imported gas was used to fill our gas storage during summer which is then re-exported in winter when there is higher demand,\" Ahmadov said. With more than 3 billion cubic meters currently in storage, and further imports due from Russia before the end of the year, SOCAR doesn't anticipate shortages. \"There should be no problems with the gas supply in Georgia,\" Ahmadov said.\n\nSandwiched between Iran and Armenia, and with a tiny outlet to Turkey, Nakhchivan's geography limits its alternatives.\n\nAn agreement with Ankara for a pipeline link to bring gas into Nakhchivan from Turkey was signed in 2010, but to date no pipeline has been laid, leaving the exclave still dependent directly on swap arrangements with Iran.\n\nSuch barter deals would not necessarily put Baku in breach of the U.S. sanctions. Ahmadov confirmed that SOCAR is “not planning any payment-based transactions with Iran in the near future.”\n\nIf Azerbaijan's gas exports to Georgia will indeed be unaffected, then Georgia – which with its Black Sea coast has no need to import Iranian petroleum products – should be little troubled by the U.S. sanctions.\n\nThe same, though, cannot be said for Armenia, whose landlocked geography and regional political isolation leave it few options.\n\nWith few natural resources of its own, and still getting over 40 percent of its power supply from the aging Metsamor nuclear power plant, Armenia has become increasingly dependent on imported gas to meet its energy needs.\n\nThe bulk of Armenia’s gas is imported from Russia (via Georgia), but Yerevan also imported about 400 million cubic meters of gas from Iran in 2017 and sends Iran power in exchange. In late 2017 an agreement was announced for Armenia to boost Iran gas imports by up to 25 percent, and to increase power exports by a similar amount.\n\nThe status of that agreement and of existing Iranian gas exports to Armenia is currently unclear.\n\nOn November 6, Armenian foreign ministry spokesperson Anna A. Naghdalyan tweeted that her ministry was closely monitoring developments. \"A comprehensive examination of the effects the new sanctions will have on Armenia is ongoing,\" she said.\n\nArmenia's position is further complicated by the fact that much of its gas pipeline network is owned by Russia's Gazprom. The two have long bickered over the price Gazprom charges for the gas it supplies.\n\nForcing Yerevan to abandon Iranian imports will thus leave it more dependent on Russia, and in a far weaker bargaining position." ]

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[ null, "When Tootsie Yarborough learned she had stage 4 breast cancer—one of the rarest cancers to survive, with a 22 percent survival rate—she knew she would fight for herself.\n\nAnd four years after her diagnosis, she’s continues to clean her act up at the Center for Health & Wellbeing. Yarborough works out three times a week at the Crosby Wellness Center, meets regularly with friends she’s made through the Center and takes part in CHWB education programs.\n\n“The amazing thing is, we have support groups [at the Center],” Yarborough says. “We have every type of activity you can possibly imagine, and yet you still meet people here that you haven’t crossed paths with, even in your own neighborhood, in your area of expertise, in your own occupation.”\n\nYarborough’s a warrior – both literally and figuratively. She races competitively with Orlando Warriors on Water, Central Florida’s only dragon boat team for breast cancer survivors. Yarborough has been a part of this international organization for six months and says she’s loving every minute of it.\n\n“It’s a team in the utmost definition,” Yarborough says. “Everybody helps everybody. The newbies are coached well and are brought on by a sister. It’s very much like a social sorority.”\n\nTo honor this month’s Breast Cancer Awareness observance, Yarborough and her Warrior “sisters” attend events and form partnerships with companies throughout Central Florida like Brighton Collectibles to raise money for awareness initiatives. They began their participation in early September with the Kickoff to Cure: President’s Luncheon. Since then, they’ve attended the Race 2 Cure and this past Friday, the women gathered in the Ballroom at Church Street for AdventHealth’s Pink Out.\n\n“Warriors on Water, for me, has been the best thing that came out of my cancer,” Yarborough says. “We talked earlier about it being a sorority and it really is. It’s a support group. It’s a support system. For someone who has stage 4, it’s important.”\n\nYarborough, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2015, says it’s a support system like her family to whom she owes her recovery.\n\n“There were very few things I could eat, but my sister was resourceful enough to put things in the blender and turn anything, whether it was salmon or beef, into smoothies,” she says. “One of the things I loved the most was a chicken soup, which was made by her best friend out of fresh vegetables from her garden. It was amazing. It’s a lot like the things here in the kitchen [at Nourish], like amazing high protein quiches.”\n\nReturning Back to Health", null, "A year after her diagnosis and chemotherapy, Tootsie arrived at the Crosby Wellness Center in 2016 ready to begin her journey back to health. The Center and Crosby are a support system for her, continuing to impact her way of living and feeling.\n\n“I like the venue,” she says. “You walk through the door and you feel better! I love the fact there are cooking classes here and that they are well balanced, nutritious and you get to try things.”\n\nOf course, there are many other factors she credits to her survival.\n\n“It requires an unwavering faith in God and a multitude of prayer,” she says. “In my case I had hundreds of prayer warriors of all faiths in countless countries. This is not a journey that you choose, nor is it a journey that you can walk alone. You also must become relentless in choosing and maintaining a topnotch oncological team that is directly linked into the cutting-edge cancer data, protocols, and therapies. None of it is easy and most of the journey is less than pretty, but it is a time that requires you to step up and forward, with the right positive attitude and fight for yourself and your life.”\n\nRising Strong in the Wake of COVID-19, a Book Club Discussion (Webinar)\n\nAlexa, Help Me: Using Voice Technology in Your Home (Webinar)\n\nCaregiving Tools: How to Prioritize and Self-Care During the Holidays\nScroll to top" ]

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[ "Police investigating the taking pictures loss of life of a Briton in Jamaica on Monday say that his murder was a contract killing.\n\nSean Patterson, 33, a particular trainer from West London, was viewing the Caribbean island on a quick continue to be when he was chased by a gunman and shot several occasions.\n\nDeputy Commissioner of Law enforcement (DCP) Fitz Bailey claimed: ‘Our investigation so considerably has theorised that the murder was a contract killing that emanated from Britain. There is no proof that Patterson was robbed or has any connection in Jamaica.\n\nThe commissioner went on to say that the Londoner was effectively identified to British police: ‘From credible data been given Sean Patterson was nicely recognised to the British isles authorities and has an considerable felony record for a range of legal offences which involves narcotics violence and firearms.’\n\nLesley Wright mentioned her youngest son Sean Patterson, 33, experienced only been in the nation for two days when he was murdered", null, "The private trainer was standing by the pool of the guesthouse where he was staying, pictured, in Jamaica when witnesses listened to ‘loud explosions’", null, "Patterson is pictured in youthful times\n\nNearby law enforcement say Patterson was observed with gunshot wounds to his upper body and head at all over midday on Monday.\n\nJamaica Constabulary Power states its Montego Bay officers been given studies that the British nationwide was standing by a pool at the villa when witnesses heard ‘loud explosions’.\n\nIn accordance to a released report in Jamaica, Mr. Patterson was then shot several instances after a quick chase. He was rushed to the hospital but was later on pronounced lifeless.\n\nA 34-year-previous guy from Kingston, Jamaica, has been now taken into custody in relationship with the incident, in accordance to regional media. Reports in Jamaica claimed the suspect experienced been deported from the British isles in 2013 for drug offences.\n\nIn the meantime, Patterson’s heartbroken mother right now told how her son had travelled to the Caribbean island for the first time to fulfill household.\n\nLesley Wright claimed her youngest son Patterson had only been in the country for two times when he was murdered.\n\nHe lived with his fiancee in Hounslow, west London, and the pair had been setting up on marrying later on this 12 months.", null, null, null, "Sean’s mom explained: ‘He’d been obtaining the time of his lifestyle. He’d hardly ever been [to Jamaica] before but despatched me a image of himself basking in the sunshine and a movie of himself leaping off a cliff into the sea (pictured)’\n\nTalking to MailOnline at her house in Shepherds Bush, west London, Mrs Wright, 63, mentioned: ‘I’ve dropped my little one. No mother really should have to bury her little one.\n\n‘He’d gone to Jamaica with my godson and a person of my greatest close friends and experienced only been there for two days.\n\n‘He’d been owning the time of his life. He’d by no means been prior to but sent me a photograph of himself basking in the sunshine and a online video of himself leaping off a cliff into the sea.\n\n‘Sean has relatives in Jamaica via his father. They are quite properly-to-do about there and he’d hoped to fulfill them. He never ever acquired the chance.’\n\nMrs Wright extra: ‘The local police have informed me that Sean was at a huge bash around New Yr and was sitting down by a pool talking to close friends.\n\n‘Someone pulled at his arm and he shrugged the particular person off but about 4 gunshots were being fired straight away afterwards and Sean was strike in the upper human body.", null, "Mr Patterson, from west London, was taken to medical center but could not be saved. This impression shows the check out from the guesthouse where by he was shot\n\n‘I will not know any other specifics but he would not quarrel with any person, he just wasn’t the argumentative sort.\n\n‘I’m totally damaged, I will hardly ever be the very same once again.\n\n‘He has four sisters and three brothers and he was the youngest. He was born untimely and for a though it was contact and go as to no matter whether he would survive.\n\n‘But he grew up to be the loveliest, sweetest boy and the kindest, most satisfied-go-lucky man.\n\n‘He labored as a particular trainer and experienced been with his girlfriend for about 13 or 14 a long time. They’d obtained engaged about five many years back and were being hoping to marry later on this yr.\n\n‘They lived in Hounslow and had a dog. His fiancee is in bits, devastated. As the total family members are.", null, "Talking to area media, the father of Sean Patterson reported his son was killed days following arriving in the Caribbean outdoors a guest home in St James\n\n‘People say that Jamaica is a paradise but there is a large amount of violence there, so lots of guns and so a great deal poverty.\n\n‘We hope for justice and that my son’s killer is taken off the road in which they can’t damage any person else and destroy an additional family.\n\n‘Sean was a diamond who shone vivid and when he shone, he lit up everyone’s everyday living.’\n\nSpeaking to local media, Patterson’s father, Alan, mentioned his son was ‘starting to reside his daily life and uncover himself’ in Jamaica.\n\n‘We will need justice, we want justice, he warrants justice since he was someone.’\n\nA family resource told MailOnline that a man getting held on suspicion of Sean’s murder had earlier lived in London but was deported again to Jamaica.\n\nThe source reported: ‘Sean had been good friends with the man when he lived in the United kingdom and experienced sent him income, trainers and apparel when he was despatched back to Jamaica.\n\n‘What he has received to do with it we just don’t know nonetheless but he’s in custody in Jamaica and is seemingly involved somehow.’\n\nA Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Workplace (FCDO) spokesperson confirmed they are at present ‘supporting the loved ones of a British gentleman who died in Jamaica and are in get hold of with the local authorities’." ]

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[ "This is the day that the internet rises up to show their love of one of William Shakespeare’s most beloved historical dramas, Julius Caesar. I’m no different; I am a Bardolator – a term used to describe lovers of Shakespeare that was once used as a pejorative (the word is meant to be a portmanteau of ‘Bard’ and ‘Idolator’) but, like most titles in art, was re-appropriated and embraced by the very people it was meant to demean.\n\nHowever, I feel that focusing on only Julius Caesar does a huge disservice to The Bard. I’m far more interested in how his works continue to influence us and our media. We continue to retell these stories with different perspectives, characters, and contexts to such an extent that we now question what he actually meant to tell us half the time.\n\nSo today, to celebrate the Ides of March, I’ll be sharing some of my favorite films and books that bare the tinge of the western world’s most celebrated playwright as I encourage you to seek them out and experience them the way I did.\n\nJapan – a country that has been historically cut off from the western world and only taking influences in very small, heavily modified doses – has had a difficult time importing The Bard. In fact, the earliest attempts played the drama of Shakespeare off as farcical comedy.\n\nFirst, he chose a more familiar art form to translate The Bard into. Instead of western theatre, Kurosawa draws his visual style from Japanese Noh theatre. The expressions, makeup, and actions of the cast are meant to resemble Noh actors and masks; a medium that takes full advantage of the talents of our leading actor, the incomparable Toshiro Mifune.\n\nSecond, parts of western mythology that would be foreign to Japanese viewers were replaced with similar tales from Shinto folklore. This is most noticeable in the removal of The Weird Sisters, inspired by Greek tales of The Three Fates, and grafting in their place an Onibaba – a demon hag made a legend in the tale Kurozuka (lit. “The Black Mounds”) where she tempted two monks to their deaths whilst singing of the pathetic fates of mortals.\n\nLastly, Kurosawa changes the message to reflect more Buddist ideals rather than western Christian ones. In the British world, there is a cyclical system of rule where chosen monarch replaces chosen monarch. Evil comes when a wicked ruler takes power and can only be undone by a good ruler – “The king is dead; Long live the king.” In Throne of Blood, it is the desire for that power that’s evil and, without spoiling the movie, ultimately spells the final fates of the cast.\n\nEven if you struggle to appreciate the different cultural lens, this is still worth watching just to see some of the greatest film talents of Japan who have shaped the cinematic world as a whole.\n\nRozencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead\n\nWhile it’s easy to play the entire show off as comedy, I feel a lot is lost in doing that. This is, in fact, a prime example of a style of performance known as “The Theatre of The Absurd,” a style of fiction that has its cast delve into existentialist thought only to find almost everything absurd – that is to say, “meaningless.” If you remember my pontification of the works of Albert Camus, you’re already familiar with the concept of Absurdist philosophy.\n\nRozencrantz and Guildenstern spend the bulk of the show questioning why they do what they’re doing and wind up with so many more questions than answers, they make a game out of them that would later inspire the show Whose Line Is It Anyway? The ultimate answer ends up being that they are actors merely playing their chosen roles both on the stage and in life and that they, and we by extension, must see the play to its conclusion; “The show must go on.”\n\nThis is a great introduction to The Theatre of The Absurd and I recommend you see it either on stage or on the screen.", null, "Yes, this is a thing… and it is amazing.\nSource: writingwithaesop.blogspot.com\n\nShifting from film to literature, did you know the same publishing company that distributed Pride and Prejudice and Zombies also brought us the Star Wars films redone in the style of William Shakespeare?\n\nAuthor Ian Doescher does an amazing job in recreating The Bard’s style; not only is every episode recreated in iambic pentameter with all of the requite thee’s and thou’s, but he also uses some of Shakespeare’s notable deviations such adding an extra unstressed beat – known as a “weak ending” – for meek characters like Shakespeare did for Hamlet or replacing the elegant verse for simpler prose for the lower born bounty hunter Boba Fett.\n\nBut what makes Doescher stand out is how he deviates from THOSE deviations. He does things that Shakespeare likely never would have conceived of. Such examples include dropping a beat of iambic pentameter for the character of Jar-Jar Binks (because he’s “one beat short of a verse,” get it?) and writing Yoda entirely in Haiku.\n\nNot only is this series a fun way to introduce newbies to iambic pentameter, it’s amazing just how far even the most cringe-worthy moments and lines from the movies are elevated by being written in Shakespeare’s style." ]

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[ null, "Social media users in Uganda are fascinated by pictures circulating online showing Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja addressing a virtual summit from the side of a road in the east of the country.\n\nMs Nabbanja shared a video of her speaking to the Global Disability Summit. It showed a member of staff holding up the country's flag behind her chair with her official vehicles in the background:\n\nThe video attracted some cynical comments, from the state of the road to amusement about the person holding the flag - however, most tweeter users have generally applauded her.\n\n\"Show them that an office is not only that magnificent air-conditioned room,\" one person said.", null, null ]

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[ "Somalia’s renaissance a welcome respite for the Horn\n\nThe current administration accomplished what none of its predecessors ever contemplated\n\n• Somalia’s Premier Hassan Ali Kheire is a technocrat who got appointed against the backdrop of myriad of impediments, both inherent and contemporary.\n\n• He has seamlessly worked well with President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, and this working relationship has achieved major milestones for the people of Somalia.", null, "Previous governments in Somalia were fraught with perpetual political bickering that oftentimes crippled service delivery, resulting in the incessant replacements of prime ministers.\n\nHowever, the current administration accomplished what none of its predecessors ever contemplated. Somalia’s Premier Hassan Ali Kheire has seamlessly worked well with his President, Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo, and this working relationship has achieved major milestones for the people of Somalia.\n\nHis nomination and the subsequent appointment was a strategic departure from the norm. Most previous prime ministers were either politicians or beneficiaries of convenient clan dynamics.\n\nKheire is a technocrat who got appointed against the backdrop of a myriad of impediments, both inherent and contemporary.\n\nAmong the Somalis, there is a maxim that goes, á son needs his father’s support most when the latter is in such of the former’s mother’. Put simply, a potential father needs to exercise great sense of judgement in choosing the most suitable mother for his future children. Successful leaders surround themselves with brains that deliver on their mandates. He did just that. Kheire’s ingenuity was telling from the onset; a precursor to a complete paradigm shift in his government’s modus operandi.\n\nFor him and his government to deliver meritoriously and efficiently, Kheire improvised a reform agenda dubbed “The government roadmap.” had to group relevant line ministries into four cabinet sub-committees\n\nHe appointed senior advisors to support his cabinet team. Policies, regulations and bills are drafted along these lines. Priorities are identified and actualised in line with the four roadmaps by the same team. They are referred to as National Roadmaps: Social Development, Economic Recovery and Growth, Inclusive Politics and Security and Justice. It is via these thematic roadmaps that stipulate the Grand National Development Plan for Somalia as envisaged in the government.\n\nUnder Khaire’s leadership and working relationship with the President all civil servants, as well as the Somali security personnel, were registered biometrically and earn regular salaries. There are no more ghost workers.\n\nThe PM’s far-reaching security sector reform is a bet project and potentially a legacy-defining one. In 2017, a national security architecture agreement was signed between the FGS and the Federal Member States — Somalia’s Provisional Constitution provides for the federal system of governance. Efforts are well underway to review the constitution in the lead up to the next general election.\n\nThe fall of the then central government impelled the disintegration of the security forces.\n\nThis pact was critical to the recruiting, reintegration, retraining, reequipping, redeployment and overall professionalisation of the security agencies. Already, the intelligence agency has been rebranded and redeployed to execute their traditional tasks—gathering intelligence. Mogadishu is presently fully manned by the regular police force.\n\nThis restructuring has begun paying dividends. More credible Intel is being gathered. There is substantial boost in cooperation and coordination of operations among the various security agencies. More and more areas are being liberated from terrorist groups.\n\nThe government has fast-tracked policy regulations meant to seal social sector gaps. It recently took over the running of two major public hospitals, in line with its national plans to operationalise all national hospitals and provide basic healthcare to citizens, especially maternal and child health.\n\nThe same applies to schools as plans are at advanced stage to re-establish all national schools. The PM also helped create economic opportunities for two thousands of youth, through various schemes.\n\nHimself youthful, the PM is a youth champion who takes immense pleasure in identifying with the younger generation that constitutes close to 70 per cent of the population.\n\nA country that once careened from one adversity into another, Somalia is steadily but incredibly regaining its rightful position from among the world of nations.\n\nIrrefutably, the premier encountered monumental resistance to change, mainly from forces of impunity and beneficiaries of volatility. Some may momentarily slow down momentum but they are always surmountable. These endeavours are gaining extensive traction among the citizenry as well as other stakeholders, including some FGS nemesis.\n\nGovernment credibility emanates from its consistent delivery of service that in turn serves to commensurately reinforce government visibility.\n\nA stronger and more stable central government is the last thing a terror ragtag would wish to contend with.\n\nKhaire’s foreign policy is premised on enhanced regional and global rapprochement. He has increasing exhibited a great sense of reliability, hence his popularity within diplomatic cycles.\n\nSoomal: Dispatches from a nomad: Politics behind the Somalia-Kenya diplomatic row\n\nWe were all shocked when on February16, Kenya announced it had summoned its Somalia ambassador and that it also sent back the Somalia Ambassador ...\nSiasa\n2 years ago" ]

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[ "Asus claims it is the world’s first 360 Hz gaming monitor with G-Sync, and it’s designed with e-sports in mind.\n\nAsus says that the gaming monitor is the world’s first 360 Hz gaming monitor with G-Sync, and it’s designed with e-sports and competitive gaming in mind. But just how fast is 360 Hz? In the blink of an eye, the ROG Swift 360 Hz has already refreshed an incredible 54 times.\n\nTypically, gaming monitors have 144 Hz and 240 Hz refresh rates. If you compare a 360 Hz refresh rate with a 240 Hz', the former can \"draw a whopping 50 percent more frames every second\", says Asus.", null, "Called the Asus ROG Swift 360 Hz, the gaming monitor has a 1080 pixels resolution. Meanwhile, Nvidia's G-Sync technology enables the monitor to unlock higher frame rates. According to a report by The Verge, Nvidia has said that higher frame rates \"improve target tracking with smoother animations in games, reduce tearing and ghosting, and, obviously, let players see enemies earlier. Any reduction in latency, even just milliseconds, will make a big difference in competitive gaming. This 360Hz monitor displays game frames once every 2.8ms, which can be up to six times faster than a regular monitor or TV.\"\n\nNvidia reportedly also claims that the flick shots have been improved by up to 37 percent over a regular 60 Hz monitor.\n\nThe Asus ROG Swift 360 Hz gaming monitor will reportedly not be available until “later this year”. Date of launch or pricing has not yet been revealed." ]

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[ null, "PORT TOWNSEND -- Should the Port Townsend School Board change the high school’s Redskins team name because some consider it racially insensitive?\n\nThe School Board may decide at its meeting Monday night whether to change the name and mascot, the Peninsula Daily News reported. The public comment period at the board’s meeting is expected to begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be followed by a possible decision by the board, the newspaper said.\n\nAn eight-member committee studied the issue and submitted a report to the School Board on June 10 and found that the name should be changed.\n\nFormer basketball player John Stroeder, a 1976 Port Townsend High School graduate who played for the Milwaukee Bucks before returning to live, has threatened to take his jersey from the school’s display cabinet and cut all ties should the name be changed, the newspaper said.\n\nStroeder told the Peninsula Daily News last Thursday that he would attend the meeting and would “possibly” make good on the threat to remove his memorabilia from the case if the name is changed.\n\n“This is political,” he told the newspaper." ]

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[ "Catalan president Quim Torra has complained that Spain's embassy in the United States is exerting heavy pressure to prevent him from mentioning Catalonia's independence process in an address to the Smithsonian Folklife Festival on Wednesday evening. The pressure is intended to ensure that Torra's address to the Washington DC festival is limited only to subjects related to popular culture, rather than Catalonia's aspirations for independence and its current conflict with the Spanish state. The Catalan leader has been on an official visit to the United States since Monday.\n\n“Unfortunately, shadowy Spanish diplomacy makes its presence felt whenever Catalonia raises its voice in the world”, the president commented. In declarations to the media that is following his visit, Torra stated that there had been “obvious pressures” from Spanish diplomacy, applying the “usual restrictions” and an attempt to make the Catalan government \"lower its voice\".\n\nThe president is to coincide with Spain's US ambassador Pedro Morenés in a private reception as part of the opening of the Smithsonian's cultural festival, and has said he will take the opportunity to give the ambassador an \"informal\" impression of the current political situation, if the two men have a chance to converse.\n\nAmbassador Morenés, a former Spanish minister, has in the past been noted for taking strong action against the Catalan government's campaigns to put across its point of view abroad. In July last year he sent a letter to the New York Times to response to an editorial in the newspaper defending the holding of Catalonia's independence referendum. In the letter he said he was dismayed by the “lack of objectivity” and the “flagrant omission of facts” in the Times article.\n\nIn statements on his US visit, president Torra has appealed to the right of free speech that exists in the United States. “We too have the right to speak about whatever we consider important, including the Catalan political prisoners and exiles”, he said.", null ]

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[ null, "The earliest windows were literally holes in walls—maybe covered by animal skins, if the owner was ambitious, or the weather was chilly—and were useful only for allowing a little air and light into the living space.\n\nEventually, mankind found ways to make windows both more useful and more beautiful. The ancient Egyptians had shutters and cotton drapes, and the Romans actually used glass in their windows. Mullioned panes and stained glass designs came along centuries later to enhance windows and to show status and wealth. During the 18th and 19th century in Europe, a property tax based on the number of windows per dwelling, was a hotly protested issue. Property owners from that period sometimes closed in the window spaces in protest of the government “stealing daylight\" by taxing it.\n\nFor most of the last hundred years, the biggest issues with windows has been planning for cross-ventilation in the days before air conditioning was common, and making sure the windows were closed before it rained in. Over the last few decades however, the door and window industry in America has evolved as a separate niche in the construction industry. Windows are generally considered a necessity and an amenity. They convey style, provide protection from the elements, enhance ambiance and conserve energy—and like any other building element, they require routine maintenance and replacement. The right combination of elements can mean the difference between filling a hole in the side of the building or installing an energy efficient architectural element that continues to add value and beauty to the property for years to come.\n\nReplacing or repairing windows in a multi-storied, multi-unit condominium or co-op is a major undertaking for everyone involved. The board, the residents, the property management firm and the company selected to perform the work will need a coherent plan and excellent communication skills to keep the project on track and to minimize the disruptions for staff and residents.\n\nAccording to the experts, windows generally have a 20- to 30-year life span depending on the window material and finish, and the elements they're exposed to. However, if windows were poorly or incorrectly installed, or if proper maintenance such as caulking and painting has been inadequate, replacement will be needed sooner rather than later. If maintenance has been thorough and diligent, the life of the windows may well be extended." ]

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[ null, "Although tiger sharks, Galeocerdo cuvier, have long been considered dangerous to humans, today there are a growing number of dive operations worldwide that focus on putting divers and the sharks in the water together. While some shark experts assert that these encounters are just an accident waiting to happen, it is interesting to note that despite baiting, close proximity and almost daily interactions over the course of more than 10 years, there have been no reported attacks specifically involving tiger sharks and divers.\n\nPartially to thank for that record are reputable dive operations that set up strict guidelines for these interactions, and which require all of their divers to adhere to a strict set of rules. When these big predators show up, divers are required to continuously track them, maintain eye contact and point them out to the rest of the group.", null, "Up-close, personal encounters have taught me that tiger sharks generally swim slowly and deliberately. When there are bait boxes in the water, other sharks, such as lemons and bulls, will swim directly to the bait. The tigers, however, approach warily, with their noses to the sand as if following a scent like a bloodhound. Ordinarily they don’t immediately compete with the other sharks, instead taking their time to investigate the smell. Despite their sluggish behavior, tiger sharks are very strong swimmers and extremely fast when they want to be. Their high back and dorsal fin can be used as a pivot, allowing them to spin quickly on their axis. This is why dive operations insist that divers maintain eye contact and keep track of the sharks as they pass, especially when they are nearby.", null, "As soon as the tiger figures out that the smell is coming from the bait box, it often becomes focused and determined. I have seen a shark suddenly swim directly to the crate and grab the whole box, or one of the tether ropes, in its mouth and then swim away with its prize in tow.\n\nFormidable looking animals, these sharks are named for the dark, vertical stripes Tiger sharks are also recognizable by their wide, blunt nose. They have very large mouths, with rows of 18 to 26 sharp, serrated teeth. Their powerful jaws allow them to crack open the shells of sea turtles and large clams.", null, "The stomach contents of captured tiger sharks have revealed almost anything you can imagine, including stingrays, sea snakes, seals, birds, squids, and even license plates and old tires. Large specimens can grow to 18 feet or more (5 meters) and weigh more than 1,900 pounds (900 kilograms). Tigers live up to 50 years in the wild. They have small pits on the snout, which hold electro-receptors called the ampullae of Lorenzini.", null, "These enable them to detect electric fields, including the weak electrical impulses generated by potential prey. Tiger sharks also have a sensory organ called a lateral line on their flanks that allows them to detect minute vibrations in the water. These adaptations, their excellent eyesight and acute sense of smell make them fearsome nocturnal hunters, able to follow faint traces of blood in the water to their source, even in murky water. The tiger will circle its prey and study it by prodding it with its snout before doing a taste test. This is somewhat reassuring when it is bumping into my camera port. Tigers are not at all shy about coming in close to inspect your cameras and check you out.\n\nDiving with tiger sharks at night is an incredible experience, albeit a daunting one, knowing that tigers had been present on the late afternoon dive. The night dives I have participated in have usually been in relatively shallow water, beginning at dusk to let the dive group form a close line on the bottom. Diving directly under the boat with lights mounted at the surface can add enough ambient light to allow divers to spot the sharks before they just appear in front of you.", null, null, "It is thought that tiger sharks bear offspring only every two to three years, usually two at a time. The tiger shark is the only species in its family that is ovoviviparous; its eggs hatch internally and the young are born live when fully developed.\n\nUnfortunately, tiger sharks are considered a Near Threatened species by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) due to excessive finning and fishing. They are still killed by man for sport. Tigers are especially vulnerable because they grow slowly and take many years to mature. They are also hunted for their livers, which contain high levels of vitamin A that is processed into vitamin oil. This beautiful animal, often characterized as a man-eater, faces far more danger from men than it poses.\n\nThe Smooth Trunkfish\nScroll to top" ]

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[ "DeFi on Bitcoin: the new route to decentralised finance\n\nIs DeFi also possible on Bitcoin? Discrete Log Contract (DLC) could represent the first step towards a truly decentralised and peer-to-peer finance\n\nOver the last few months there has been a growing hype in the world of DeFi, i.e. „Decentralised Finance“, a fairly generic concept in itself, but one that has been used very intensively for the promotion of various projects on Ethereum. Decentralised finance, however, is by no means a new phenomenon; on the contrary, one could argue that it is even older than centralised finance, as historically most financial exchanges took place without intermediaries. Suffice it to say that for millennia, value has been exchanged all over the world simply using gold coins, without financial intermediaries or central banks, and that most loans were peer-to-peer within households or local communities.\n\nIn the modern era, however, partly with the aim of achieving higher performance and efficiency and partly due to progressively stricter regulations, financial exchanges have become increasingly centralised, both with the advent of central banks and the evolution of commercial banks and the development of payment intermediaries. In fact, Bitcoin was born as an attempt to reverse this trend, eliminating the need to rely on trusted third parties to manage our economic interactions and exploiting the state of the art of cryptography to be able to exchange value securely even with strangers.\n\nAs a result of Bitcoin’s success, many people have begun to look for ways to manage even more complex financial transactions in a decentralised manner, with the aim of being able to replicate all the activities of traditional finance without the need for intermediaries. It was with this objective in mind that Ethereum was promoted and developed, which sought to offer advanced smart contracts using a more generic and less specialised transaction scripting language than Bitcoin’s, thus creating its own ecosystem which then adopted the term „DeFi“ for the marketing of many of its projects.\n\nHowever, what was developed on Ethereum was achieved with trade-offs that were in some ways very limiting. First of all, Ethereum’s choice to keep all the logic of smart contracts on the blockchain with global consensus immensely limits the scalability of the system, making it increasingly difficult for users without high-performance hardware to validate the Ethereum blockchain without having to rely on external services, and increasingly expensive, in terms of fees, to execute contracts with complex conditions. Furthermore, by keeping all the data for the execution of contracts in a public ledger, the level of confidentiality for users is obviously very low, which makes the system less attractive for those who need privacy (e.g. a company that does not want its competitors to know what derivatives it is exposed to).\n\nFortunately, while many projects were born on Ethereum, other working groups have invested time and resources to build, in parallel, a more scalable and confidential smart contract infrastructure, working directly on Bitcoin, which is a cheaper blockchain to validate and with a more security oriented approach to innovation. Although some people criticize the Bitcoin ecosystem for this excess of prudence and slowness in innovation, in recent years it is undeniable that the technological infrastructure built on it has grown immensely. Just think of the enormous progress on Lightning Network and Sidechain, the less appreciated but equally important tools for developers like Miniscript and the many ambitious projects under development, such as RGB to enhance tokens on Bitcoin and Statechain to further improve scalability complementary to the Lightning Network.\n\nHowever, the most relevant development for the DeFi and smart contract world on Bitcoin is undoubtedly the Discrete Log Contract, or in short DLC, proposed for the first time in a 2017 paper by Thaddeus Dryja (also author of the first paper on the Lightning Network). The term refers to discrete logarithms which, without going into too much technical detail, are the basis of the elliptical curve cryptography used in these special smart contracts. What is more important, however, is what they allow. In fact, DLC smart contracts allow two or more counterparties to make generic bets whose result will be determined by an oracle (i.e. data source), without this oracle ever knowing the existence of the bet and how the data it provides about events in the real world will affect the execution of the contract.\n\nBut how can the oracle certify within a smart contract without being aware of the existence of the smart contract itself? The innovation brought by DLCs is precisely in exploiting a cryptographic trick within the elliptical curves used for digital signatures in Bitcoin, which allows the oracle to treat the signature of a message by the oracle (where the message would be the output of the bet, „TRUMP“ or „BIDEN“), as if it were a private key that can in turn sign the transaction that unlocks the funds to the winning side.\n\nThis way, if Alice wins Trump, she can unlock the funds using her private key plus the oracle signature of the „TRUMP“ message to sign the transaction; if Biden wins, Bob can do the same using his private key plus the oracle signature of the „BIDEN“ message. If, on the other hand, the oracle disappears, or is unable to sign either output because the election result remains disputed and there is no obvious winner, Alice and Bob can take back the collateral put in the contract with the refund transaction.\n\nThis is clearly an extremely simplified explanation that omits several mechanisms necessary to mitigate some malicious behaviour that the two parties might undertake in particular situations, but it is still sufficient to understand the potential of this scheme.\n\nIn fact, beyond betting on political or sporting events, DLCs can also be used to create real financial derivatives where the object of the bet can be the price of an asset (e.g. Alice and Bob bet on the bitcoin price at the end of the year) and the outputs can be not only binary but also granular, through the preparation of hundreds of different payouts for hundreds of different price ranges for the future BTC/EUR rate, thus creating very censorship resistant futures, confidential and with an extremely reduced need of trust towards third parties. Precisely with regard to the problem of the trust also, to mitigate the risk that an oracle makes an incorrect reporting on an event, it is possible to rely on several oracles, so that the payout between the two parties is distributed according to the average prices reported by the various oracles.\n\nLast but not least, DLCs are also compatible with the Lightning Network, at present only within bidirectional channels but, thanks to the next evolutions of LN (i.e. payment points), it will also be possible to routing economic relationships regulated by contracts of this type, thus allowing to obtain great scalability and reduced costs.\n\nThe first experimental DLC was performed in 2019 between CryptoGarage and Blockstream, who bet on BTC’s future price by creating a forward peer-to-peer contract. Subsequently, other companies and researchers began to experiment, working on shared formal specifications and implementing DLCs in some open source bitcoin libraries. But what will probably unlock the potential of DLCs for good is the next soft fork on Bitcoin, which will introduce a new type of digital signature called Schnorr and the new Taproot smart contract scheme. These innovations will significantly increase the complexity of creatable contracts without increasing the size of their settlement transactions.\n\nIt is important to note that what distinguishes Bitcoin’s approach to smart contracts more than the Ethereum approach is the fact that Bitcoin holds most of the complexity at the application level: it is the clients who will have to store the transactions for all possible contract outputs in the user’s local memory, thus using the blockchain only for the final settlement of the winning outcome. On Ethereum, on the other hand, smart contracts are executed in their entirety on the blockchain with global consensus, thus limiting their future development and users‘ ability to carry out independent auditing of the system due to the excessive amount of data to be validated.\n\nDLCs are the first step in creating truly decentralised and peer-to-peer finance, where it will be possible to engage in arbitrarily complex financial relationships with untrustworthy counterparties without having to switch from traditional finance gatekeepers. It is important to keep in mind that building the technological infrastructure to make this possible without compromising the decentralisation of the system is an enormous undertaking, which will require years of work and the allocation of many resources to finance its development, but the way to create a real alternative finance is now marked.\n\nIt has been a month since the Bitcoin Network (BTC) miners‘ reward went through the 2020 hallway, and much has happened to the prevailing cryptomint since then. From the changes in investor and trader behavior to the exponential growth of institutional interest, the halving seems to have marked the beginning of a new reality for all Bitcoin Formula market participants.\n\nAlthough halving didn’t come with the immediate price increase that many had associated with the event, there are some key factors that indicate the beginning of some changes that may be here to stay, some of which may even be fundamental to the future of Bitcoin as an asset class.\n\nIn fact, some believe that 2020 has all the makings of a great year for Bitcoin in terms of price and visibility. A recent Bloomberg report even expects Bitcoin to surpass its 2017 record prices to reach $28,000. Recently, Simon Dedic, co-founder of the cryptanalysis company Blockfyre, even went so far as to say that $150,000 could be a target in the event of a bullish move.\n\nAlthough the beginning of 2020 showed declining volumes for Bitcoin’s regulated derivatives on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this trend seems to have been completely reversed after the halving, which occurred shortly after veteran hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones showed his appreciation for Bitcoin and revealed a stake in the digital asset, stating: „The best strategy to maximize profits is to have the fastest horse. If I’m forced to make predictions, my bet is that it will be Bitcoin.\n\nSkew’s data reveals that Bitcoin derivatives in the WEC began to register record numbers shortly after halving. This trend continued throughout May. According to the May CryptoCompare review, Bitcoin derivatives volumes on CME’s soared 59% to $7.2 billion. The document says:\n\n„Total GCE option volumes reached a monthly high of 5986 contracts traded in May. This figure represents 16 times the April volumes. WEC futures volumes have also recovered since April, increasing by 36% (number of contracts) to reach 166,000 in May.\n\nFollowing news of 3iQ’s Toronto Stock Exchange-traded Bitcoin fund about a month before the halving, Grayscale revealed that its cryptomoney funds contributed more than $500 million in the first quarter of 2020, indicating that institutional interest continues to make headlines.\n\nOn June 10, the London-based ETC Group announced the listing of the first cryptomoney product to be traded on Germany’s Xetra digital stock exchange, and a recent survey published by Fidelity found that more than a third of institutional investors worldwide are interested in digital assets such as Bitcoin, and 80% of all investors surveyed find this asset class attractive to some extent. Cointelegraph asked Jonathan Hobbs, the chief operating officer of the digital asset hedge fund Ecstatus Capital, his opinion on the rationale for the recent institutional interest in BTC. Hobbs testified:\n\n„The Federal Reserve’s bond purchase program has increased its balance sheet by about $6 trillion since the 2008 financial crisis, and about half of that comes from its fourth round of Quantitative Expansion earlier this year. As a result, more investors are seeing Bitcoin as a possible hedge against inflation. Bitcoin’s halving has certainly played a role in this narrative. Institutions are also seeing Bitcoin as an uncorrelated asset with a good risk of reward.", null ]

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[ "“They had planned a destination wedding in South Africa,” Neetu Kapoor tells about Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt’s wedding.", null, "Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt exchanged vows in a low-key ceremony in Mumbai on April 14, according to reports. Several factors contributed to the termination of the couple’s five-year romance. A recent interview with Neetu Kapoor, Ranbir’s mother, and an accomplished actress, revealed that the couple intends to tie the knot in South Africa before 2020. They were eventually married in Ranbir’s apartment, Vastu, where they lived together for quite some time before the wedding ceremony.\n\n“They said ‘we don’t want a circus, we don’t want to alert anyone, we just want to do it,” Neetu Kapoor stated in an interview with Film Companion. Up to that point, the show is a source of concern owing to the widespread use of memes and other forms of internet foolishness. So, we kept it a secret and referred to it as “engagement” until after the fact. Everyone would be aware that the wedding was taking place if we went shopping together. We were unable to do anything since we were trapped in a box. Everyone knew what was going on as the lights went up and the Sabyasachi outfits appeared.\n\nNeetu went on to say that Ranbir’s baraat traveled from the fifth to the seventh stories of the royal residence. “Everything was wonderful.” You could take the baarat up to the fifth and sixth levels to cap it all off. We were bhangra in the hallway and having a great time together. It was all on my wish list, but the ghodi (horse at Baarat) was also regarded as a warning of the arrival of the papal delegation. As a result, I instructed them to forget about it. Despite their best efforts, Ranbir and Alia spent their summer vacation in the United States. They can be found wherever they are. We’ve had our sights set on this location for the past two years and have been poring over photographs of it. We were in a complete state of disarray. Her comments were: “This was the best, and she looked stunning.”\n\nNeetu also provided details about her upcoming wedding and pre-wedding festivities. It was a small wedding, with only 40 guests in attendance and another 40 at the reception afterward. Ranbir and Karisma’s sangeet was about to begin, and Riddhima, Samara, Karisma, Kareena, and Rima all appeared on stage with Neetu to give a surprise performance the couple in front of the entire audience. Some of the songs we studied for the event in a single day included Mehendi Hai Rachnewali, Dholida, and Cutie Pie, to name a few. As part of the final song, Tenu Leke Main Javanga, he also joined in and danced,” she explained.\n\nFrom Umran Malik to Lockie Ferguson, the IPL’s quickest bowlers will be on display in 2022.\n\nAs of now, there has been a lot of exciting batting and bowling so far in the Indian Premier League (IPL) season in 2022....\nRead more\nBio\n\nSince the beginning of Bantamweight Sean O'Malley's professional career in 2003, a decade has passed, and the next decade, which will end in 2023,...\nRead more\n\nA life story of Nate Burleson\n\nOne of the greatest joys in life is when a person can make a living for themselves while also enjoying the work they do....\nRead more\nBio\n\nFridolina Rolfo is a Swedish footballer who now competes for Barcelona and the Swedish national team. Rolfo plays forward for both teams. Her new...\nRead more" ]

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[ null, "Not long ago World of Warships Blitz was released in the UK. Here are our thoughts on it…\n\nPretty much everyone has a phone or tablet, and the download is only around 150mb. So it’s really quick to get started on, compared to the computer version’s 10gb+ initial download. This does come at the price of inferior graphics, but it is a mobile game after all. Also, the pace of the game has been sped up. With a time limit of 6 minutes, smaller maps and quicker securing of objectives, it cuts out pretty much everything apart from action. This does mean that Blitz loses World of Warship’s ‘tactical’ style, which some people will not be happy about.\n\nOne of the great things about Blitz is that it really keeps the World of Warships feel. The port is almost exactly the same, and Blitz has many of the ships featured in the main game. Also, featuring the same music in-game and in the port as the main game really seems to help Blitz feel more like the pc version. Another feature, that carries on from the main game is that getting high tier ships is very grindy. You don’t see many high tier ships in matchmaking, which is a shame, as players on mobile usually won’t play as much as players on pc.\n\nOne of the reworked things compared to the main game is secondary guns. You can control them like you would do with your primary guns. This means that they are now much deadlier, which is an indirect nerf to destroyers, as battleships that have been caught off guard by destroyers will be able to take out them a lot easier with their secondaries.\n\nThe gameplay on World of Warships blitz is mostly smooth, as the control system has been well thought through. It obviously can’t give the control that a mouse and keyboard gives, but that is expected. A feature which streamlines all this is the target locking system. When aiming at an enemy and looking down binoculars, your aim will lock onto the ship, so your aim stays fixed on a certain position on the enemy ship, no matter whether it is moving or not. This means that you do not have to be constantly adjusting your aim, as it is always relevant to the position of the enemy ship." ]

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[ null, "Troian Bellisario was born in Los Angeles on October 28, 1985. She is a television and film star from the United States. Deborah Pratt and Donald P. Bellisario, Troian’s parents, are also television executives. Troian earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Southern California in 2009. Her father is of Italian and Serbian descent. Her mother is African American, and also has some French and English ancestry.\n\nThe band released their debut album, “Double Dare,” on November 4, 2016. They were also in attendance during All Time Low’s March 2017 tour of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Troian Bellisario has appeared in a number of TV shows as a guest star, including Quantum Leap, JAG, Tequila and Bonetti, NCIS, and First Monday. Donald P. Bellisario, her boss, was in charge of the NCIS and Quantum Leap drama series arrangements. In 1998, Troian appeared alongside Ashley Olsen and Mary-Kate Olsen in the film Billboard Dad. In 2006, Troian Bellisario began appearing in a number of short films, including Intersect, Unspoken, and Archer House.\n\nThen, on the 10th of December 2016, they married in Santa Barbara, California.\nTroian Bellisario also starred as Bennett in the short film Immediately Afterlife, alongside Ian Harding, Shay Mitchel, which Nolan North, and was based on the survivors of a suicide attempt. Troian was also cast in the short film We Are Here in 2015, with her life partner Patrick J. Adams, as the main driving character. Troian Bellisario composed the score and appeared in the film, which was filmed in Haida Gwaii. In her first film, Feed, which she also created and composed in 2017, Troian Bellisario played a portraying character role." ]

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[ null, "Men's basketball head coach Ryan Odom looks ahead to their game against Vermont in hope of repeating their NCAA D1 Tournament appearance from 2018. Photo by Elizabeth Baummer.\n\nThe University of Maryland, Baltimore County men’s basketball kicked off the America East Playoff Quaterfinal on Saturday, Mar. 7 by hosting the University of New Hampshire Wildcats. With a packed student section decked in white apparel and waving photos of head coach Ryan Odom, the Retrievers pushed past the Wildcats 73-67.\n\nThe Retrievers looked to be aggressive on both the offensive and the defensive sides of the ball against the Wildcats, and as a team, they executed their game plan and came out victorious. UMBC’s defensive strength overwhelmed the Wildcats, forcing them to either charge unsuccessfully into the paint or make three pointers.\n\nThe Wildcats depended on making their three point shots to beat the Retrievers; over 27 of their points came from the perimeter, 18 of which coming from UNH sophomore guard Marque Maultsby. The Retriever’s poor perimeter defense and lack of pressure on the Wildcats let them shoot a 39.3 percent from three point range. Despite poor perimeter defense, UMBC’s overall defensive plays forced 15 turnovers and lead to 22 points.\n\nWhile their plays did not receive standing ovations from the Retriever fans, UMBC’s reserves, junior forward Dimitrije Spasojevic and sophomore guard Keondre Kennedy, contributed to the team’s win. Spasojevic and Kennedy brought energy to the Retrievers and their plays each time they were subbed in. Both players ended the game with six points and three rebounds, helping the Retrievers get the ball in their position and push it down the court.\n\nThe Retrievers’ successes against the Wildcats brought new excitement to the team.\n\nAs the Retrievers headed back to their locker room, Jackson told the remaining fans in the stand, “We’re not done yet!”\n\nThe rest of the Retrievers are not dwelling on their win against UNH either. The team looks towards their semi-final game on Tuesday, March 10 against the number one seed, University of Vermont Catamounts. Having both lost to and beaten the Catamounts, the Retrievers must further fortify their defense and push even further into the paint if they wish to win the America East Championship." ]

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[ "Amber Heard You may not get a big shoulder to cry on from the audience while you try it out Johnny Depp – But her legal team certainly … Specifically, Eileen Bridhoft.\n\nIt’s been a tense week for Team Heard…at least that seems to be the general consensus online, with many noticing what seems obvious – namely that Ms Bredehoft had a hard time redirecting after Camille VasquezComprehensive laser-focused examination of AH.", null, "If you watched it on a Tuesday (Amber’s last day on the podium), you certainly saw the frustration as Vasquez consistently objected to Bredehoft’s questions…and the judge kept a fair amount of them, to the point that EB could hardly get a word out .\n\nIn fact, Bredehoft seems to be admitting the difficulty at the moment… She is apparently searching her thoughts/discovering a way to order something without objection. She literally said, “I’m trying, I’m trying”… and in the end, the redirect didn’t work much.\n\nAfter a Bredehoft-wrapped redirect, Amber hastily left the courtroom… This is after the judge told her she could step down and join her attorney. Honestly, Amber looked angry.\n\nThere were also rumors — unconfirmed rumors, keep in mind — that AH and her team got into fights and screaming matches on court when the camera wasn’t rolling. There is no way to know if this is true, but it seems to lend to most people’s belief that AH and co. A lawyer is hired throughout this trial…and may well be rooted internally.", null, "This brings us to the sympathy that Elaine appears to have received from some… People on TikTok and elsewhere say she and other Heard’s lawyers look down and out a lot of the time — and even a handful of Depp’s outspoken supporters say they feel for EB, which He points out that she had an uphill battle as well as a client who is not easy to defend – at least that’s their reading.\n\nOf course, we’re sure Eileen herself would strongly disagree with that characterization – and most importantly… it’s up to the jury on who has a leg now and who will win.\n\nWhile quite a number of people may believe that Amber’s testimony was also in bolstering her defense – others say that witnesses given by her team afterwards were more effective in supporting her claim that Johnny was abusive/malignant in the midst of their relationship.\n\nformer JD, Ellen BarkinHe testified that he once threw a bottle of wine towards her and was jealous. Additionally, other AH witnesses testified seeing alleged injuries and/or actual beatings of Amber by Johnny directly… and if the jury thinks he hit her even once, he loses.", null, "In other words, it’s anyone’s ball game at the moment… despite Tuesday’s result." ]

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[ "Dereck ’Del Boy’ Chisora 17-4 (11kos)-4 got his career back on track on Saturday, when he ended the unbeaten record of American Malik Scott 35-1-1(12kos), at London’s Wembley Arena, but his victory was overshadowed by a controversial ending to what had been building into a absorbing contest. ‘Del Boy’seems to travel about with a cloud of controversy never far away from him, but this time he was the innocent party in the almost comedic confusion of the fights conclusion.", null, "From the start the fight was turning out to be pretty much what people had expected from both men, with Chisora coming forward looking to land his swinging bombs and Scott countering on the retreat, mainly with the jab. Unfortunately, this fight had a messy quality to it throughout as both men’s styles clashed rather than gelled. There was far too much clinching and mauling on the ropes as Scott attempted to frustrate Chisora on the inside.\n\nIt was surprising to see a boxer of Scott’s evident skill and experience allowing himself to be wrestled to the ropes so often, despite the instructions between rounds of his trainer Jessie Reid, and this would prove to be Scott’s undoing in the end.\n\nCredit must go to Chisora however for coming into this fight at his lightest weight for over two years, and from the beginning, it was evident that he was the physically stronger fighter and clearly possessed the heavier punch of the two.\n\nThe first round was close with Chisora coming forward and Scott trying to fend him off with his rather pecking jab. Both men ended up wrestling in clinches, which would break up a lot of the fights flow. Chisora landed some good body shots and missed with one of his trademark overhand rights.\n\nIn the second Scott got his jab going a little better, as Chisora missed again with flamboyant right and left swings, but found the target with some decent body shots that pleased his corner at the end of the round.\n\nBoth boxers were finding it hard to take control for any length of time as clinches and mauling were frequent and at times not broken up quickly enough by the referee.\n\nScott was busier in the 3rd and 4th rounds, moving around the ring a bit more and mixing in some rights with his snappy jab. Chisora was finding it hard to land cleanly, but when he did get some body shots through, they made Scott visibly uncomfortable.\n\nUnsurprisingly, Chisora’s best moments came when Scott allowed himself to be manoeuvred into the ropes. When the action was in mid-ring Scott seemed to have control with his jab and Chisora struggled to land anything of note.\n\nIn the 5th round, Scott landed with some good uppercuts and at times seemed to be picking Chisora off with the jab. The American’s lack of power was evident; by the way, that Chisora walked through his best shots, and continued to maraud forward. At this point, despite the frequent holding and broken flow of action, the fight was finely balanced between Chisora’s strength and power and Scott’s speed and skill. Could the Philadelphian jab his way to victory or would Chisora’s superior strength and firepower wear him down in the end/\n\nThe fatal sixth round started out largely like the previous rounds, with both combatants vying for the upper hand, and Chisora coming forward with perhaps a little more urgency. The end came after Scot had been forced, yet again, onto the ropes; amid some wrestling between the two Chisora landed one of his overhand rights to the upper left side of Scott’s head. The American seemed to tumble down, rather than immediately fall, spilling down on the ropes, as Chisora landed a left to the body for good measure. Scott ended up on one knee and as the count began, smiled to his corner as if to signal that he was alright. Scott then seemed to follow the referee’s count and rose after the count of nine, but by the time he had fully regained his feet, Referee Phil Edwards was waving his arms signaling that Scott was out and the fight was over.\n\nThe abruptness of the knockdown and Scott’s rising during the count has provoked much controversy, but the blame really lies with Scott for attempting to rise after nine, which boxing history will show is always a precarious habit. Pugilistic history is strewn with the stories of fighters who lost fights when they attempted to rise at nine only to be counted out as they regained their feet. Having said that, Edwards did seem to rush from nine to out, but the fact remains, that Scott did not begin to rise until after nine was counted, and only regained his feet as Edwards waved his arms for out. Had Scott rose a second sooner, he would have been fine, that is why fighters generally try to rise after eight rather than nine. Post-fight Scott admitted that the right-hand that bundled him over, had indeed affected his equilibrium, so, he was likely more hurt, than he had looked. How the fight would have turned had Scott beaten the count is something that is open to debate.\n\nPost-fight, a gracious in defeat Scott, declared that he would be eager for a rematch with Chisora that however seems unlikely. Despite the controversial nature of the ending and the closeness of the rounds, this doesn’t seem to be a fight, which many members of the public would relish seeing again and it is unlikely to be a match, which Chisora would want to repeat either. Now he is back to winning ways over higher level opposition, Chisora will have his eyes set upon bigger fights in the future.\n\nBeating Scott has given Chisora the so called WBO International heavyweight title, but he will be aiming now for a further shot at the World titles held by the Klitschko’s; having already lost a previous title bid on points to Vitali, after a credible performance.\n\nIt is more likely that the near future will see Chisora feature in a big domestic match up against one of his domestic rivals, perhaps even the winner or loser of the upcoming David Haye vs. Tyson Fury fight.\n\nChisora remains something of a mystery, at times against Scott his work was impressive, he works well to the body and has a sound chin and underrated defense. Certainly, by today’s standards, when in top shape, Chisora is a world-class fighter. However, there are also times when Scott made Chisora look lumbering and short on ideas. Had the fight on Saturday gone on longer we would have perhaps learned a lot more about both men, but it was not to be? Malik Scott may now find himself relegated back into the ’who needs him’ club, with his somewhat awkward boxing skills, it is unlikely he will ever find opponents running to meet him within the roped square.\n\nIn the main fight, on the under card, Billy-Joe Saunders added the WBO International title to his British and Commonwealth middleweight titles, with an impressive dominating display over Gary ’Spike’ O’Sullivan. Saunders won a wide point’s decision after out-boxing the pressuring O’Sullivan at every turn, and gave further evidence as to why he is being hailed as a star of the future. At twenty-three years old, Saunders still needs to mature and build some more strength, but he already has impressive boxing skills and his flashy footwork and hand speed already indicate that he has world class potential. Saunders has his eyes on fighting WBO world middleweight champion Peter Quillin in the near future, and it is a fight, which he may well be ready for within the next twelve months.\n\nFurther fights on the under card were…\n\nWelterweight Bradley Saunders 6-0(4kos) impressed with an exhibition of aggressive boxing which broke down Irishman Michael Kelly 8-6-1(2kos) for a 5th round stoppage. Saunders dropped Kelly in the 1st round with a left hook to the body, but the plucky Irishman survived the round and then weathered Saunders continued pressure until the 5th when the referee decided he had taken enough punishment.\n\nRussian Middleweight Dmitry Chudinov 9-0-2(6kos) seemed unlucky to be granted merely a draw after an entertaining 8 rounder with Patrick Mendy 14-6 (1ko). Although the fight was closely contested, Chudinov seemed to have the edge through enough of the eight rounds to merit taking the decision. The two engaged in some good toe-to-toe action but the Russian had the heavier punch and repeatedly caught Mendy with his right-hand, causing the England based Gambian spent the last two rounds of the fight mainly on the defensive.\n\nCollins Jr. has had little amateur experience and it showed at times, but there are glimpses of real talent, like his father, he seems to be very fit and strong, with an all-action style. He will certainly be interesting to watch.\n\nBilly Morgan 9-0 was impressive against Ashley Mayall 2-2 (1ko) before being stopped in the 3rd round, due to a bad cut caused by a clash of heads in the 2nd. Morgan won the fight by a technical decision.\n\nMiddleweight Tom Baker 5-0 (1ko) was dominating in stopping Dean Walker 12-29-3(1ko) in the second round. Baker had floored Walker just prior to the fight being stopped." ]

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[ "Every journey, even a purple one, has to come to an end. After subjecting ourselves to the terror of Graffiti Bridge and the accidental masterpiece that is Under the Cherry Moon, my friend Nafa and I had to complete the Prince film cycle. The thing that worried us the most was that Purple Rain would just be a good movie. How the hell are we supposed to deal with Prince just being in a good film? Before we could know the answer to that, we dug on Sign 'o' the Times.", null, "So anyway, I was fully prepared to rename this film to Sigh… No… The Times(?). But I’ll be damned if this isn’t one of the best concert films ever made. It starts off all artsy fartsy like Graffiti Bridge and then it soars into a funk explosion sensation. As I’ve stated before, I don’t like funk but I caught my foot tapping all by itself throughout nearly all of Sign ‘o’ the Times. Oh my God, that bass solo. Nafa, rewind that. Thanks to this film, I finally understand what the hell all the fuss is about.\n\nThe artsy stuff I mentioned are dramatic scenes featuring members of Prince’s band acting out some lame ass poetry/dialogue. The funniest of these is when the guy in the fuzzy hat complains about his woman to the bartender. What’s his beef? Well, his woman wants old fuzzy hat to talk to her. Oh wow, poor guy. Who talks to their women, seriously? And the weird thing is that the bartender totally understands! It’s moments like these, hidden inside this wildly entertaining concert flick, that threaten to ruin everything. But if you think about it, Prince’s overwhelming pretentiousness is part of the reason why his films are so amazing.", null, "Since we watched Graffiti Bridge back in January, Nafa and I have developed a perfect method for viewing Prince’s films. I walk over to Nafa’s place from my apartment around 5:30 and go out to Zaxby’s. This is fine dining at its finest. Once we are stuffed with chicken and fries, we go to Wal-Mart. I’m not sure why but I think it’s to get cheap snacks and drink. For Purple Rain, I got some grape Faygo (though I really wanted Mountain Dew Distortion) in order to have something purple to drink. The only other soul joining us on our funk sojourn is Nafa’s cat, Buddha.", null, "There are SPOILERS all up in this bitch, yo.\n\nSo Purple Rain begins and in the fabulous and infectiously energizing opening montage, we get to see Morris Day picking out his outfit. Immediately, I realize what was wrong about Sign ‘o’ the Times: NO MORRIS OR JEROME! Well, this movie fixes that. Thank Jesus. I still can’t wrap my mind around the fact that Prince’s world is centered in Minneapolis. Once again, the lunacy of Prince’s world is that his band is always competing against Morris Day and The Time. Yeah I know, I’ll talk more about this later. Oh yeah, Prince’s name in this movie is The Kid. Oh fuck. Not again. Hey, Jerome just threw a woman in a dumpster because she was annoying Morris.\n\nApollonia shows up wanting to sing in The Kid’s band. She gets introduced to the man himself and he just fucking stands there staring at the back of her head. When she finally gets the courage to speak to him, he’s gone. Unbelievable. The club owner (this morbidly obese black dude in a track suit) wants to ditch The Kid because he doesn’t draw a big enough crowd. Sigh. What the hell? So The Kid goes home and his dad is beating the crap out of him mom. His dad is played by one of the most intense black actors in film history: Clarence Williams III. Now I didn’t even spot this until IMDB pointed out this insanely obvious fact to me: The Kid’s mom is played by Olga Karlatos from Zombie. Holy crap, y’all. This is nuts. The Prince and Lucio Fulci connection is finally established. They said it could never happen.\n\n“You have to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.”\n\nThis movie has a potty mouth! There can be no swearing in a Prince film. Wait, why is Apollonia riding on the back of The Kid’s motorcycle? Did I miss something? Are they dating now? The Kid convinces Apollonia to strip and jump in the lake. This caused a minor explosion of screams from me. First of all, NUDITY IN A PRINCE FILM!?!?!? Secondly, Apollonia has a superb rack. I mean, like outrageously nice. I could go on and on but I won’t. Great rack. I mean it. Even if you don’t want to see this movie, you have to check her bobbins out.\n\nSo what happened to Prince in his other films? Did he mistake aloofness for charm or something? I mean, The Kid is a total dick in Purple Rain. He smacks around Apollonia and he treats his band like shit. Especially when Wendy and Lisa want to share a song THEY WROTE. The nerve of some people! If I wrote a song and The Kid was talking to me with ventriloquism, I would be all like “Yeah, why don’t you go back to your parents’ basement, you fucking dick!?!” Yet, Prince is still charming as hell in this movie. Something that he would lose by the time he got to Graffiti Bridge. So yeah, The Kid’s home situation is pretty bad. His dad is a failed musician and he is insane. He beats his mom and then shoots himself in the head.\n\nThe Kid nearly loses his mind and even has a vision of hanging himself. Geez duder, do you have to be just like your old man? He takes the music that the girls wrote and combines it with his dad’s music to make the song “Purple Rain”. So on the night of nights at the club, he has to prove to the club owner that he has what it takes to rock the joint. Morris Day teases him about his dad shooting himself but then feels really, really bad about it. Holy shit, Morris can act! So The Kid and the band get on stage and he surprises them all by busting out “Purple Rain”. This is pretty much one of the most perfect moments in any movie ever. They play the song and practically the whole band is crying. It’s nuts. Then The Kid comes back from cooling off backstage and tears the place apart with funk. Pure brilliance.\n\nSo what’s my problem with this movie? It’s the same thing that’s wrong with Graffiti Bridge. (Okay, EVERYTHING is WRONG with Graffiti Bridge.) The fact that Prince has to compete with Morris Day for two things: 1) the headlining gig at a nightclub and 2) a woman. Give me a fucking break! How is this even remotely possible. I’m not saying Morris isn't ugly and I’m not saying that Prince isn’t short. And they’re both equally freakish in their own respective ways. But Prince is obviously a hotter duder and his music eclipses anything The Time ever did. So aside from the fact that the plot hinges on something that doesn’t make any dang sense, Purple Rain is totally great.\n\nOkay, Nafa and I agree that it's time to watch Graffiti Bridge again. Who's with us?" ]

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[ "SAVOR THE SEASON: Heaven Hill Farm known for its cows", null, "It was a reunion of sorts. More than 75 people had lunch outside at the farm, basking the sunshine, hosted by Heidi Roland of the Uihlein Foundation. They were on a field trip from the American Jersey Cattle Association-National All-Jersey Inc. annual meetings in Saratoga Springs, and they met two guests of honor: 4-month-old heifers Dorado Colton Emerald Bairn and Dorado C. Marie Jessie.\n\nOwned by Wanda and Jerry Emerich of Mooers, the heifers were born in early March and can be traced back to the Bairn and Jessie cow families at Heaven Hill Farm. Wanda is the dairy outreach coordinator at the William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute in Chazy. The farm’s former owners – Henry Uihlein II and his first wife Mildred – donated their cattle to the Miner Institute in 1987 when they retired from active dairy farming, and the cattle were bred in Chazy under the Heaven Hill name for about 10 years.\n\n“We would always take some back for the summer so the Uihleins could enjoy them,” Wanda said.\n\nThe heifers represented the 11th generation in their respective families (Bairn and Jessie), according to Jerry, since the original members were purchased by the Uihleins in the mid 1960s.", null, "“The first ‘Bairn’ at Heaven Hill was Sybil AC Bairn (EX-95), who reigned as National Grand Champion in 1966, while the first ‘Jessie,’ Golden Jester Jessie (Ex-95), came to Heaven Hill from Iowa and was the All American 3-year-old in 1965,” Jerry wrote about the farm.\n\nMany of the people visiting Lake Placid during the AJCA-NAJ annual meetings breed Jersey cattle.\n\n“It was fun because there were people with us that their parents had worked for Mr. Uihlein, and they had never been to Lake Placid,” Wanda said. “And then there were other people who had been there. He used to host the New York state meetings every winter there. So they had come there as little kids.”\n\nJerry described the field trip in a written report:\n\n“Joining the discussion were Phil (son of Max) and Marty Gordon, IN who brought portraits of many of the National Champions along with many of the banners won by the partnership of Henry Uihlein and Max Gordon over the years. Having worked with the Heaven Hill show string for several years, AJCA’s Ron Mosser added the ‘color’ commentary to the discussion, highlighting the importance of wealthy industrialists such as the Uihlein family in what he described as the ‘Romantic’ era of American Agriculture.”\n\nThe Uihleins showed cows and bulls at these shows, and each registered animal had a name and a number.\n\n“It helps us with breeding them in the future but also tracing their heritage back,” Wanda said about the names.\n\nFor example, the Lake Placid News reported on Sept. 19, 1947 that the Uihleins’ 3-year-old Jersey cow called Jester Design Royal Nelly won a silver medal in production for the American Jersey Cattle Club. She produced 9,554 pounds of milk and 557 pounds of butterfat over a 305-day test period.\n\n“In compiling this record, she produced more than two and one-half times as much butterfat as the average dairy cow in the United States,” the News stated. “She has also been officially classified for type by the American Jersey Cattle Club with the highest possible rating, excellent.”\n\nAs part of the display at the June 28 field trip, there was a photograph of a bull on an easel with a banner hanging from the bottom: North American Dairy Show 1971 All American Jersey Grand Champion Bull.\n\nThe Uihleins made their permanent residence in Lake Placid in 1941, buying land from the Lake Placid Club to create Heaven Hill Farm.\n\n“The roots of this success go back to the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor,” stated Barbara Haddad’s story about the Uihleins’ award-winning cattle in the Jan. 5, 1961 issue of the News, “when Mr. Uihlein, who had lived in the North Country 25 years already, took title to the farm.”\n\nPublic notices printed in the News in October 1942 show that the Uihleins created their “private park” that year, the private park known as “Heaven Hill Farm.”\n\nThe farm’s first Jersey cows were acquired that same year. Haddad reported in 1961 that Mildred bought their first cow, Susie, from Herman Lincoln of Lake Placid, but Susie was a crossbred and therefore wasn’t eligible to be registered with the American Jersey Cattle Club.\n\n“A few months later,” Haddad wrote, “a purebred was added. By 1956, there were 235 head, including milk cows, bulls, heifers and calves.”\n\nOn Aug. 24, 1956, fire destroyed the main dairy barn at Heaven Hill Farm, and five calves were lost. Workers had just brought the entire milk herd of 66 cows inside and were getting ready to feed them and prepare for the late-afternoon milking when they smelled smoke. The 66 cows were led out of the barn.\n\nWhen people hear about the Heaven Hill Farm on Bear Cub Lane, they may think about the adjoining 4-mile network of Heaven Hill Trails, the Adirondack Foundation office located there or the property being used as a venue for many special events. Yet, it has a deep-rooted history in agriculture.\n\nHenry Uihlein II was a grandson of Henry Uihlein, a longtime president of the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and was a director of the company himself for several decades until its sale in 1982.\n\nAnd they bred award-winning cattle for more than 40 years in Lake Placid and Lynn, Indiana.", null ]

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[ null, "Increasing alarm for the fate of the two rarest rhinoceros species, and growing concern over the increased illegal hunting of rhinos and demand for rhino horn affecting all five species, has prompted President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia to declare 5 June 2012 as the start of the International Year of the Rhino.\n\nPresident Yudhoyono took this step at the request of conservation organisations, because the future survival of both the Javan and Sumatran rhinos depends on effective conservation action in Indonesia.\n\n“WWF offers its full support for the commitment made by Indonesia’s president to secure a future for the country’s critically endangered rhinos,” says Dr Efransjah, CEO of WWF-Indonesia.\n\n“There is an urgent need to decrease pressures on habitats and to establish a second Javan rhino population in a safer and suitable location. This will be a big endeavour that will require true leadership from government and critical partnerships among scientists, conservation organizations and local communities.”\n\nThe government of Indonesia has also made commitments to establish a high-level rhino task force of national and international experts; allocate sufficient resources to enforce protection of remaining rhino populations, and ensure that there is regular and intensive monitoring of all rhino populations in Indonesia.\n\nToday, the populations of two more subspecies, the northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) and the mainland population of the Sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotus), both listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, are perilously close to extinction because of an increase in illegal hunting and non-traditional use of rhino horn.\n\nDuring this International Year of the Rhino, it is hoped that all rhino range states in Africa and Asia will join Indonesia and give priority to securing their rhino populations.\n\nThere are ambitions to bring illegal hunting and trade, especially the illegal trade of rhino horn, under control by ensuring that effective deterrents are in place and enforced. It is also hoped that measures that encourage a rapid growth in rhino numbers will be taken. In Indonesia, extra action will be taken to translocate isolated individuals to actively managed protected areas and improve rhino habitats by removing invasive plant species and providing additional sources of water.\n\n“Strong and clear political messages from the highest possible levels are required to combat the illegal killing and trade in rhino and the message coming from the president is loud and clear,” said John E. Scanlon, Secretary-General of CITES.\n\nEffective conservation by governments in Africa and Asia, in some cases with the support of WWF, has been successful in bringing back the southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum), black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) from the brink of extinction.\n\nIt is clear that highly-focused management and improved conservation measures can lead to increases in the populations of rhinos, and it is now urgent that this is also implemented for the Javan and Sumatran rhinos, as the Indonesian president has stated.\n\nHow WWF is working to safe Asian rhinos" ]

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[ "In the world of David Lynch, there are no coincidences. Or maybe everything is coincidence. But in the Lynchian world, coincidences are full of meaning.\n\nConsider, for example, Lynch’s explanation of the title of his most recent feature film, INLAND EMPIRE, in his book Catching the Big Fish:\n\nOne day, still very early in the process, I was talking to Laura Dern and learned that her now husband, Ben Harper, is from the Inland Empire in Los Angeles. We were talking along, and she mentioned that. I don’t know when it popped up, but I said, “That is the title of this film.” I knew nothing about the film at the time. But I wanted to call it INLAND EMPIRE.\n\nMy parents have a log cabin up in Montana. And my brother, cleaning up there one day, found a scrapbook behind a dresser. He sent it to me, because it was my little scrapbook from when I was five years old, from when I lived in Spokane, Washington. I opened up this scrapbook, and the first picture in it was an aerial view of Spokane. And underneath it said, “Inland Empire.” So I figured I was on the right track.", null, "On a recent trip to the Seattle area for meetings with Microsoft, I found myself with a few hours of free time. So, like any good David Lynch fan, I zipped over to Snoqualmie and North Bend — the world of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks.", null, "Near the log is a collection of antique railroad cars by the side of the road, part of the nearby Railway Museum. The term “museum,” however, doesn’t seem particularly apt for this collection of derelict equipment, exposed to the elements and all worse for the wear. The car used in the Twin Peaks pilot episode is no longer located here (see the analysis at More in Twin Peaks), but many similar cars remain.\n\nWhile the outdoor setting may not be optimal for preserving these relics, the peeling paint and rotting wood evoke the horrible crime that is the central event in the Twin Peaks narrative.", null, "Behind a rusting locomotive is a coal car. Faintly visible in the fading paint it reads: “Inland Empire Paper Co.” and underneath, in smaller lettering, “Millwood (Spokane, Wash).”\n\nWeird. I mean, what are the odds? I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.\n\nBut I wonder what it means…" ]

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[ "DualCor just released this\ncPC FAQ on their site.\nI have had a rough copy since May 18, but I didn’t post it because\nI was asked not to. The one thing that has stopped bothering me\nabout the cPC is that it doesn’t come with an out-of-the-box\nwireless network solution. After ordering and then cancelling the\n\nSony UX 180P MicroPC because being locked in to Cingular was a\npersonal deal-breaker, I can actually understand the benefit of\nbeing able to choose. But I do still wish that BT and WiFi\ncould have been included – at least as an option. If I actually get\na DualCor, I will probably use a modem like this one by\nEnfora – unless someone knows of an even more compact model\n\nI’m trying out the new PDA\nMill game called Xplodus. According to\ntheir site, “Xplodus is a classic action title\nfor those who yearn for solid arcade gaming and like\nmindlessly blowing things up! Aliens are attacking, you know the\ndrill, and the only available soldier left is Private Pete\nfrom the reserves. Take control of Private Pete and help him\neliminate the aliens with the power of massive explosives… before\nhe accidentally blows himself up!”\n\nIt looks like this game takes the character Pete from Plumbing\nFrenzy and cranks things up a notch or ten. I’m\ngame!\n\nThis weekend we head to Houston for another 6-month’s checkup at\nMD Anderson. Keep your fingers crossed – Steve is at ‘almost four years\nand counting’ cancer-free.\n\nOn July 5, I’ll be traveling to Arlington to attend Sigma Kappa Sorority‘s National\nConvention and to accept the\nColby Award. I’ve known that I was going to be the recipient\nfor several months, but in all honesty it is still only sinking in.\nThis award is a really big deal to me, as it’s “the\nhighest honor bestowed upon alumnae members by the national\norganization.” Previous recipients include scientists,\neducators, athletes, authors, volunteers, artists,\npoliticians…even an astronaut, and now…me…an online\nconsumer product reviewer. I bet you can just imagine my big cheesy\ngrin.\n\nI confess that I keep thinking that I’ll get an email or a phone\ncall saying “errrr….there has been a bit of a mistake.” I’ve even\nhad a bad dream about it; parts of which involved the scary\n“professional” headshot I submitted (sporting the previously\nmentioned big cheesy grin) sprouting devil horns and fangs. Kinda\nlike this…", null, "We have also booked a late July trip to the San Francisco area. We’ll enjoy\na couple of days touring the city, and then we’ll rent a car to hit\nthe coastal towns – including whatever sites and parks strike our\nfancy on the way to San Simeon and Hearst Castle.\n\nI sure hope that I’ll have a new ultraportable PC by then…but\nwhich one?" ]

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[ null, "Gerald (Jerry) Clarence Krause was born May 26, 1931 on a farm northwest of Shickley, Nebraska to Clarence and Joyce (Ogg) Krause. He was the oldest of three children born into the family. He passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at Fairview Manor in Fairmont, NE at the age of 80 years, 2 months and 5 days. He was raised on the farm and attended a near by country school. He completed 7th grade and passed the 8th grade exam. He then moved to Geneva with his grandparents Albert and Emma Krause so he could attend high school. He graduated from Geneva High School with the class of 1947 at the age of fifteen. Jerry was baptized and confirmed into the Shickley United Methodist Church where he served on a variety of committees throughout the years. In 2000, he transferred his membership to the Geneva United Methodist Church. After graduation he moved back to Shickley and went to work for Alfs Well Drilling Co where he worked for 47 years. He also worked for Lichti Bros for 3 years. He attended many classes and became a certified well driller in both Nebraska and Kansas. Jerry was a hard worker and became friends with many farmers in the area. He was a member of the Shickley Fire Department for 25 years and also served on the town board for 8 years. Jerry was united in marriage to Shirley Ann Jansen September 17, 1953 at the Congregational Church in Exeter. They resided in Shickley where they raised four children: Vicki, Connie, Marc, and Mike. After Jerry’s retirement in 1999 they moved to Geneva. Some of his interests included wood working, traveling, hunting with his sons, playing cards, eating fancy mustards, crossword puzzles, bird watching, Case tractors, and listening to polka music. He enjoyed spending time with his family at the lake, where they spent many hours in the water. He pulled many of his grandkids across the water as they learned to ski. In 1998 he participated in The Great Race across the United States with Lawrence Lichti, Roland Saltzman, and Don Saltzman. They drove across the nation in “Miss Daisy” their 1940 LaSalle coupe. They avoided trouble for most of the trip, but hit a deer about a mile east of Shickley on their way home. He talked about it often and had very fond memories of the experience. Jerry was preceded in death by his parents Clarence and Joyce Krause; his parents in-law Rudolph and Ardis Jansen; his brother in-law Ronald Davis. Those remaining to honor his memory are loving wife Shirley; NE; daughter Vicki Hoarty and husband Tim of Rockwall, TX; daughter Connie Reinsch of Geneva, NE; son Marc Krause and wife Marilyn of Evergreen, CO; son Mike Krause and wife Stephanie of Prairie Village, KS brother Gene and wife Marj of Colorado Springs, CO; sister Bonnie Yorges and husband Don of Wheatland, WY; brother in-law Ralph Jansen and wife Barb of Exeter, NE; sister in-law Colleen Davis of York; grandchildren Travis & Aftan Reinsch of Lincoln, NE; Nate & Chelsey Lefever of Geneva, NE; Gerad Krause of Denver, CO; Nick Krause of Denver, CO; Dylan Hoarty of Dallas, TX; Tyson Reinsch of Lincoln, NE; Ashley Krause of Evergreen, CO; Sydney, Chloe, and Joe Krause of Prairie Village, KS; great grandchildren Cooper and Hudson Lefever of Geneva, NE; and many nieces, nephews, and friends. Services for Jerry will be held Friday, August 5, 2011, at 10:30 a.m. at the United Methodist Church in Geneva. Interment will be in the Geneva Public Cemetery. Public visitation will begin Thursday at 1:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at the Farmer & Son Funeral Home in Geneva, Nebraska. Memorials are directed to the United Methodist Church in Shickley or Geneva or to the Family.\n\nGerald (Jerry) Clarence Krause was born May 26, 1931 on a farm northwest of Shickley, Nebraska to Clarence and Joyce (Ogg) Krause. He was the oldest of three children born into the family. He passed away on Sunday, July 31, 2011 at Fairview... View Obituary & Service Information\n\nThe family of Gerald C. Krause created this Life Tributes page to make it easy to share your memories.\n\nSend flowers to the Krause family." ]

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[ "While the right outfit is essential on the red carpet, hair and makeup must also be perfect if you want to stand out from the crowd. This year, the big trend was short hair, looking more feminine and sexy than ever. Let’s see who had the best hair in 2015.", null, null, "While the right outfit is essential on the red carpet, hair and makeup must also be perfect if you want to stand out from the crowd.\n\nKatie Holmes\nThe bubbly American actress opted for one of the in-vogue hairstyles early in the year – a simple low ponytail, falling delicately on her shoulder. Classic, elegant, and sophisticated. (January 11, 2015)", null, "Jaimie Alexander\nThe actress who stars in the series “Kyle XY” stood out from the other celebrities on the red carpet for the Emmy Awards as she sported a very elegant bob with an on-trend wet effect. (September 20, 2015)", null, "Scarlett Johansson\nThe star of “Lucy” chose to reveal her new short and minimalist haircut at the Oscars. This rocker style highlights the young mom’s beautiful features. (February 22, 2015)", null, "Margot Robbie\nThe Australian actress surprised everyone at the Oscars with her new sexy bob. (February 22, 2015)", null, "Cara Delevingne\nLong wavy hair is a classic, but it’s one we never tire of. Cara Delevingne, who is usually a little more tomboyish, looked stunning at the Elle Style Awards in London. (February 24, 2015)", null, "Gigi Hadid\nThe top model surprised everyone at the American Music Awards when she hit the red carpet with a new short-haired look. A smooth bob which highlighted her features perfectly. (November 22, 2015)", null, "Kendall Jenner\nThis fashion model and TV personality got a lot of media attention at the American Music Awards with this high bun combined with a long fringe and some soft flyaways. Sophisticated and sensual! (November 22, 2015)" ]

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[ null, "As advanced as multitasking gets on smartphones, many times you're still left to completely switch between apps. Paranoid Android is looking to set things into overdrive with in-app, multiple-window multitasking for its skin of Android, going beyond the similar (but limited) functionality seen in the likes of Samsung's basked-in Galaxy apps. PA's Paul Henschel recently posted a demo to YouTube highlighting the feature working with various apps on both an Android tablet and a Nexus smartphone, with a post to Google+ saying it shows less than 10 percent of the planned functionality. If that weren't enough, the post further clarifies PA's drive to build out its version stating: \"We think these [Samsung, Cyanogen & Cornerstone] implementations suck and we want to get it right this time.\" Thirsty for more info? Hit the source link and the video after the break, while we eagerly wait further updates.\n\nIn this article: android, app, multitasking, multiwindow, paranoid android, ParanoidAndroid, popup\nAll products recommended by Engadget are selected by our editorial team, independent of our parent company. Some of our stories include affiliate links. If you buy something through one of these links, we may earn an affiliate commission." ]

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[ "Retired? That means three holidays every year and being in better shape than at work\n\nIt seems retired people are less keen than ever to wind down and put their feet up at home.\n\nThey take three holidays a year on average and are fitter than when in work, a study shows.\n\nMore than half exercise more than in their twenties – regularly hiking, swimming and cycling. One in ten has gone back to school for evening classes or higher education.", null, "The beginning: A majority of those polled saw retirement as an opportunity to do all the things that they did not have time for while in work\n\nNearly half of those polled said they are doing things they didn’t have time for in the past, with 29 per cent hoping to travel the world and 11 per cent planning on learning a language.\n\nA spokeswoman for Skipton Building Society, which conducted the study among 623 older adults, said: ‘Years ago the general perception was that once you had given up work and entered retirement, you'd pretty much had it. You were on the journey to your grave.\n\n‘But these days people have a much brighter attitude to retirement, acknowledging the fact that actually, there's a good third of your life left to enjoy.\n\n‘As such people are embarking on activities which would once have seemed risky for a pensioner to try - such as Zumba, dance classes and aerobics.\n\n‘We're seeing a generation of pensioners who are every bit young at heart - and quite possibly more on the go than people half their age.'", null, "Experiencing life: Many use their grey years to try new things, travel and learn a new language\n\nThe study also found eight in ten people are treating their retirement as the beginning rather than the end.\n\nIt also emerged rather than relaxing into a gentle retirement, 76 per cent of pensioners are choosing to remain as busy and active as possible.\n\nFour in ten senior citizens are choosing to use their later years to 're-live their youth' by taking up hobbies and interests they previously enjoyed before taking on family and work commitments.\n\nOne quarter of elderly people volunteer or do charity work on a regular basis, while others embark on interests such as shopping, cooking, photography, gardening and reading.\n\nThe average retiree has four very close friends and spends at least two days and one evening a week socialising over dinner, in the pub or at coffee mornings.\n\nThe study indicated 76 per cent of older people try their best to remain active and busy so that they are healthy for as long as possible, 15 per cent want to set a good example to the grandchildren and 23 per cent like the idea of continuing to contribute something to society.", null, "Golden years: The average retiree socialises at least three times a week, by going to the pub or meeting friends for dinner or coffee\n\nOne third of those polled feel lucky they have shared interests with their partner, and 37 per cent are proud of their bustling social life.\n\nAnd just under half of the pensioners polled say they are now doing things they simply didn't have time to do as a youngster.\n\nLooking to the future, 29 per cent of Brits have great aspirations to travel the world, 11 per cent dream of learning a language and one in ten want to get a dog.\n\nWriting a book, getting back out on the dating scene, decorating the home and garden and taking up a new exercise are amongst other ambitions commonly shared by older people.\n\n‘People retire from work, not life.\n‘And more and more retired people are becoming more active and-out-and about than they ever were.\n‘We're seeing a generation of pensioners who are every bit young at heart - and quite possibly more on the go than people half their age.\n\nRetired? That means three holidays every year and being in better shape than at work" ]

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[ null, "Can you access CBC in Australia? No, sadly, CBC is blocked outside of Canada, but don’t worry because we have got your back.\n\nIn this article, we have gathered the best ways for you to watch CBC in Australia that will help you with access to CBC in your region.\n\nCBC is a geo-restricted channel in many specific regions around the world, and Australia is one of them. But you can simply access the CBC by using an authentic and top-grade VPN like ExpressVPN.\n\nUnblock CBC in the Asutralia!\n\nIn order to start streaming CBC in Australia, you would require a reliable VPN. Worry not; you don’t have to scout for a trusted VPN. We have narrowed your choices down to the 3 best VPNs we vouch for.\n\nWhat is CBC, and Why is CBC Geo-Blocked in Australia?\n\nCBC is a licensed entertainment provider from Canada. The channel is owned by the Canadian Federal Corporation, and broadcasts live shows and news. The channel is top-rated in Canada, but regardless of its fame, the content on the platform can not be streamed outside of the region.\n\nLike any business, the streaming platform also has to abide by business rules and regulations. Due to the license agreement and the copyright infringements, the site is blocked from distributing content in Australia. By locating the user’s IP address, the firewall of CBC determines if you are based in the permitted region or not.\n\nWhy Do You Need a VPN to Watch CBC in Australia?\n\nCBC is known as Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Due to its highly geo-restrictive policy, CBC does not allow users outside Canada to access it. Therefore it requires a VPN to watch CBC if you want to watch it in Australia. The VPNs change the IP address and servers of Australia from the original region to the Canadian region, and you can easily stream your favorite content live on CBC in Australia.\n\nNow that you know why a VPN is required to watch CBC in Australia, you might want to know which will perform the best so you can enjoy buffer-free streaming of CBC in Australia.\n\nCan I Use a Free VPN to Watch CBC in Australia?\n\nWe don’t vouch for a free VPN as we are unaware of its business integrity and regulations, as it carries a risk of leaking your personal information.\n\nThis information can range from anything, from something as harmless as your email for marketing to your sensitive data like credit card details. All of this data can be used as means of cyber theft.\n\nDon’t risk your data; instead, if you are wondering, how can I unblock CBC in Australia? We have the answer!\n\nTo unlock highly protected streaming platforms like CBC, you need a strong and secure VPN connection which can also give you smooth streaming. We recommend you use secured and highly encrypted VPNs which work in accordance with these platforms, like ExpressVPN.\n\nBefore watching CBC in Australia, you would require an account and subscription. You can subscribe to CBC easily in just a few easy steps. Here’s how.\n\nYou can watch CBC in Australia and receive your favorite content by using any of these subscription plans.\n\nYou will receive the following benefits as a guest:\n\nAs an account member, you will receive the following benefits:\n\nHow Much Does CBC cost in Australia?\n\nNew users are given a one-month free trial, exactly like other streaming sites such as BBC iPlayer.\n\nYou can stream CBC Gem for free for 30 days. It is only after the free trial you will have to subscribe to the on-demand service for only 5.56 AUD (4.99 CAD), which is the premium subscription.\n\nThis includes ad-free streaming of your favorite shows and movies.\n\nWhy is My VPN not Working with CBC in Australia? [Troubleshooting]\n\nWhen using a VPN to stream CBC in Australia, it is normal to run into problems and glitches. If you’re using a free VPN, it could be the reason for your interrupted streaming experience.\n\nA free VPN is less likely to be able to bypass location restrictions so you can access CBC.\n\nThe first course of action when trying to fix CBC is switching to a premium VPN such as ExpressVPN. It might be worth upgrading to a better service and then trying to set up your VPN.\n\nLuckily, we have a few solutions you can try to fix the problems you are facing.\n\nWhat Devices Can I Watch CBC on?\n\nCBC has a user-friendly app called CBC Gem. The app can be configured with all common streaming devices. If you want to enjoy your favorite shows anywhere, anytime. so, without further ado, Let’s have a look at which devices support CBC.\n\nWhat to Watch on CBC in Australia?\n\nCBC offers a variety of TV shows and movies, and also they have a huge number of news and talk shows. Here are the best shows and movies you can watch on CBC in Australia.\n\nWhat Other Countries Can I Stream CBC in with a VPN?\n\nYou can connect to CBC from anywhere in the world using a VPN. Whether you want to view it from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Japan, or anywhere else, you can use a VPN. We suggest you subscribe to ExpressVPN.\n\nFAQs on CBC in Australia\n\nYes, you can watch CBC TV live online by connecting to ExpressVPN.\n\nIs CBC Gem Available outside Canada?\n\nCBC gem is only available in Canada due to its geo-restricted policy. However, enabling a VPN can solve the problem, and this allows you to watch CBC from anywhere.\n\nHow Can I Watch CBC Gem for Free?\n\nYou can watch CBC Gem for free by going to its official website. Once you connect to a server in Canada, you can enjoy CBC Gem from anywhere.\n\nHow to Watch CBC Sports live online for free?\n\nTo watch CBC Sports live in Australia, follow these steps:\n\nWhy am I Blocked from Watching CBC?\n\nThe reason might be that you are living outside of Canada. CBC is only available in Canada, and due to its policy, its geo-restricted in other regions of the world.\n\nI understand how frustrating it is to be unable to access services you enjoy, like CBC. However, you can now access and watch your favorite shows on the CBC in Australia by using a VPN.\n\nYou’ll have access to one-of-a-kind comedies, intense dramas, and the best sports coverage with CBC in Australia." ]

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[ null, "On Monday morning the air had that magically still quality common in autumn. The whole world felt crisp and bright, and time seemed suspended.\n\nThis chapter starts pleasantly enough, but it spirals rapidly downhil. In fact, the plot moves so quickly in this chapter that there’s not a ton of threads to pull for Real-Time Reading goodies.\n\nWhen Matthew angers Diana after she fails to pull the manuscript from the Bodleian, her fingers begin to emit blue sparks and he advises her not to get them near water. While most people know not to put water on an electrical fire, they might not know why. The main risk is electrocution – water conducts electricity and will simply spread the current, which can result in severe electrical damage. What remains an open question for me is why Diana’s power–which we learn is partially elemental–presents in electrical surges. I don’t know that we ever get a very good explanation for that over the course of the book. I am open to suggestions.\n\nShe’s a witch, he reminded himself as he watched her sleep. She’s not for you.\n\nThe more he said it, the less it seemed to matter.\n\nIn Chapter 16, Diana sleeps–though I am rather inclined to believe that Matthew drugged her with his blood–and Matthew stalks angrily around her rooms. It’s not his best moment. When Marcus arrives, he’s in a bit of a state.\n\nAnd Marcus had never seen his father so coldly furious as he was now. Matthew Clairmont had entered Marcus’s life in 1777 and changed it–forever. He had appeared at the side of an improvised sling that carried the wounded Marquis de Lafayette from the killing fields at the Battle of Brandywine.\n\nFirst, you wouldn’t be alone if you automatically sing Oui, oui, mon ami, je m’appelle Lafayette/ The Lancelot of the revolutionary set when the Marquis appears in this passage. Hamilton is everywhere. Did you know that the Marquis de Lafayette was born in the Auvergne? Near Chavaniac, to be precise. He was, in fact, wounded at the Battle of the Brandywine – he took a shot in the calf.\n\nIf you’re curious, the legend of Dagwanoenyent, the daughter of the wind, is presented here. As near as I can tell, there is no Iroquois, Seneca, or Oneida myth that parallels the European vampire myth. I am, however, open to education about the matter – and curious how any indigeneous readers might react to the reference to Dagwanoenyent.\n\nDeb’s post on Chapters 15 and 16 is here. Her chosen music for Chapter 16 is David Berkeley’s “Fire Sign:”\n\nWhen next we meet, we’ll be in France. Until then!" ]

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[ null, "Us-based International music minister, Evangelist Alex Kwentua releases a great sound from the throne of Grace titled “God Is So Good”, an expression of God’s divine kindness towards mankind, regardless of individual differences.\n\nAbout Alex Kwentua:\nEvangelist Alex Kwentua is described as a dynamic man in many aspects; conference speaker, teacher, preacher and gospel musician . He pastors the church of God called Zion Mission as instructed by God. He was born in Asaba, Delta State Nigeria. He is the last of four children. He had an encounter with Jesus in December 1992 that birthed his ministry. His first exposure was with the choir of Realm of Glory church known as: Zoe Melodic Singers, now called Consecration Choir.\n\nWhile studying for his bachelor degree he pastored Chapel of His Glory Campus Church and also pioneered a music evangelical movement known as: “Mustard Seed Band” His passion is preaching the message of salvation, healing and deliverance using all available means. Alex started another band in Louisiana known as: African Gospel Band which has mentored and groomed several youths in the community. Evangelist Alex Kwentua places a high priority on praise and worship. He started with a choir and over the years became a worship leader with a unique pattern of worship that brings life. His music doesn’t just have a rhythm but also carries a strong prophetic message, full of courage and joy. To this end he became a songwriter and has released four albums to date with the latest one titled “God is so Good”.\n\nAlex plays the keyboard and drums. The Album “God is so Good” begins with a Praise medley seasoned with African contemporary best, followed by the award winning singles “ Lift my Jesus Higher Higher” featuring “Funmi.” This track is aired in many notable television and radio stations; Furthermore, he is currently on tour in the United States of America . Alex is married to Funmi and is blessed with three children Tobe, Nkechi and Chinedu. The family makes their home in Gonzales, Louisiana and attended Praise Church where Alex & Funmi served as Intercessory Pastors before they started Zion Mission." ]

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[ null, "Essilor believes that $272 million was transferred from its bank and has accused JP Morgan of failing to notice a “highly suspicious pattern of fraudulent transactions”, resulting in cyber criminals going over the daily withdrawal limit up to nine times for several months.\n\nFiling the lawsuit with the U.S District Court in Manhattan, New York last Monday, Essilor became aware of the suspicious activity in 2019, when regular money transfers skyrocketed from $15M to $140M per month.\n\nWithin the lawsuit, Essilor believes that an employee of theirs based in Thailand was able to fake authorisation of 243 payments to shell companies in Asia. The company notes in the lawsuit that it has recovered around $100M in stolen funds.\n\nIt is unclear what the specified amount in damages Essilor is seeking for from JP Morgan in a requested trial.\n\nThe bank denies the allegations and commented on the lawsuit with a statement.\n\n“It is very unfortunate when losses occur with any of our clients as a result of a breakdown of a client’s own internal controls, and Essilor has acknowledged publicly that colluding employees successfully circumvented the company’s internal controls to submit, approve and confirm the fraudulent payment orders,” stated a bank spokesperson.\n\nMastercard and Microsoft link up to tackle digital fraud\n\nJune 21, 2022\nWe use cookies on our website to give you the most relevant experience by remembering your preferences and repeat visits. By clicking “Accept All\", you consent to the use of ALL the cookies.\nManage cookies ACCEPT ALL\nManage consent" ]

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[ "A middle grade retelling of Cinderella with a sassy magical heroine, a ridiculous talking dog, and a fairy godmother named Brian? It’s a recipe for a rather madcap adventure!", null, "Ownership: E-ARC provided via NetGalley free of charge. All opinions my own.\n\nI was initially drawn to this because the cover art is so cute and fun! Pippa Curnick’s art has a similar feel to Ashley King’s (illustrator of the Witch for a Week series), just bursting with energy and joy. I was really pleased to find that the writing is equally funny and fun. Although Cinders and Sparks draws on Cinderella, it does its own thing, and goes off in a very unexpected direction. This is no ordinary submissive Cinderella, but a cool, smart girl who, when the prince thing doesn’t exactly work out, takes her destiny in her own hands and sets off to have her own adventure!\n\nFor starters, Cinders can do magic – and her faithful dog, Sparks, turns out to be able to talk! Between the two of them, they bring so much magic and mischief to the story. While I’m a cat person, for sure, dog characters in middle grade can be very fun, especially when they are as obsessed with sausages as Sparks is. Fairy godmother Brian (who thinks her name is very pretty, thank you) is another stand-out character who reminded me a little of Fran the Fairy from the Witch Wars books – it’s great to see no-nonsense older females in kids books, as well as the young, brave, independent girls we love. Well, Brian’s not wholly no nonsense, but she’s certainly not putting up with it from others! There’s a definite girl-power leaning in this book, which is exactly what I want from retellings. Magic, great heroines, and cake – what more could you need?\n\nThe only reason this didn’t make it to five cats for me was that I felt that the ending was very abrupt – things are left rather in the middle of things as Cinders sets off on a quest. It’s good set up for book 2, but left me a little unsatisfied with the pacing in this volume. Still, I’ll be looking out for the next book, as this is a really great read! Four out of five cats!\n\n6 thoughts on “Review: Cinders and Sparks – Magic at Midnight”" ]

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[ "I’m taking a look at a Bruce Willis film from 2019. This is my rapid fire 10 Minutes Gone blu-ray review. It’s a crime thriller with more than a bit of action thrown in. Sadly the film has yet to receive a UK blu-ray release but can be obtained on the format via an imported version. If you don’t want to do that you can always pick it up on UK DVD.\n\nWhen a supposedly simple bank job goes wrong Frank Sullivan (Michael Chiklis) finds himself being hunted. Everybody seems to think he has the goods but he doesn’t know who to trust.\n\nThe music is provided by Josh Atchley.\n\nBruce Willis pays the boss of the heist crew and seems to do most of his acting from one room. He does ok but it’s a very familiar Bruce Willis performance if you have seen any of his recent films.\n\n10 Minutes Gone (2019) is really the story of Frank Sullivan played by Michael Chiklis. I must say I was rather impressed by his performance and it this that keeps you fully invested in his fate. Everyone seems to be out gunning for him and he is in the dark as much as the viewer as to why.\n\nMeadow Williams plays Claire the girlfriend of Frank’s brother. She plays it well but the ending will not come as a surprise to many.\n\nI have to say I really enjoyed this movie, it has plenty of action a good story and characters. It’s certainly in my opinion at least well worth a look if you love crime thrillers with plenty of action.\n\nIf you enjoyed my 10 Minutes Gone blu-ray review so far you may want to check out the following films:\n\nClearly the picture quality is excellent being as this is a film from 2019. The bad news for those of us in the UK is the film has yet to receive a UK blu-ray release.\n\nThe blu-ray version I’m reviewing here is an import that plays fine on UK blu-ray players.\n\n10 Minutes Gone (2019) is available now on blu-ray if you obtain the imported version. Otherwise the UK only has the DVD version, released by Signature Entertainment. I’ll link the DVD below but please be careful to check, if you do intend to go for the blu-ray import, that it will play on UK players.\n\nJoin us in supporting physical media by obtaining this film on blu-ray or DVD. Remember streaming platforms can add or remove your favourite films at any time. Own it forever and you never need worry again!", null, null, "Are you ready for another horror movie, here’s The Devonsville …", null ]

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[ null, "Most folks these days find Cold War culture rather quaint. Civil defense, Khrushchev’s shoe, and fall-out shelters are consanguine with beehive hairdos, mini-skirts, and the hula-hoop. But thanks to the big button on the President’s desk, fear of nuclear war is making a comeback.\n\nBack in the 1960s the Soviet Union had fewer than 10,000 nuclear warheads, all of relatively moderate power. So it made a certain amount of sense for municipalities across the country to build, designate, and provision sites as fallout shelters in case of nuclear attack.\n\nPortland’s Bramhall Fire Station on Congress Street is one such location. Its functionalist Brutalist structure, large parking lot, and invisible walk-in entrances are typical of ‘60s architecture. The site, carved into the hill on the West End, is ideal for a bomb shelter. Tucked in the back of the building, the bunker is entirely earth-covered and protected by thick blast walls of concrete and lead. An emergency generator would supply power and there were plenty of phone lines (don’t even think of relying on a cell phone in a nuclear attack).\n\nBut by 1985, the Soviet nuclear stockpile had grown to nearly 40,000 missiles of greater potency. Civil defense (as it was known) had fallen by the wayside and it was determined that trying to protect the US population (currently over 320 million) would be impossible. Today, if there is a nuclear attack, the American Government’s preparedness plan is as follows:\n\nYou’re on your own, bub.", null, "According to Portland Fire Chief David Jackson, the Bramhall bunker could accommodate a number of people for a few days. Jackson seemed to suggest that folks would be welcome (provided that there would be anyone home in the station at the time, the firefighters might all be out responding to emergency calls). If you are interested in taking refuge you should arrive early and BYO survival kit: Food, water, bedding, and medications because the bunker is stocked with little that is essential — its current use is as a classroom and weight gym. (Prepper Tip: Save room in your go-bag, learn how to open tins with a Bowie knife instead of a can opener.)\n\nWhether you decide to evacuate (you think rush hour traffic is bad now?) or stay put, it is important to have a plan. In either case, one should consider how to survive in a basement for an extended period. In addition to a rotating a supply of food and water, the kit should have a battery-operated radio/walkie-talkies (TV and satellite signals will be dead), a generator, and a way to stay sane. I’m not sure what one is to do about fashioning a toilet — perhaps a sump hole?\n\nBramhall isn’t the only bomb shelter in town. The basement of the Portland Expo was outfitted as a fallout shelter and there are many others. If you look for masonry or concrete public buildings (schools, libraries, etc.) built between 1950 and 1980, there's decent possibility that it has an underground bunker. You might even find some expired cans of food and drinking water.\n\nGovernment programs like CERT generally advise citizens to “shelter in place,” which is another way of saying that they don’t want to be responsible for providing shelter and logistics. However, shopping malls are well-provisioned, have good access routes, generators, space for helicopter landings, and plenty of parking. Government agencies like FEMA and Homeland Security scoff at using malls as shelters — not on practical grounds but so as not to interfere with “continuity of business.” (Capitalism is a value system as much as it is an economic one.)\n\nSo if you evacuate to the Mall, don’t expect a warm reception from the Chamber of Commerce. But bring a good heavy hammer. In case of an emergency you may need to break glass." ]

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[ null, "The Bhakti Sandarbha texts that appear here are not the official version, which still has to go through more editorial changes. It represents the state of the work after I have looked at it and made my changes. The Jiva Institute edition of the Bhakti Sandarbha should be finished and published later this year, and also made available in electronic form soon thereafter. This is only meant to give a foretaste, but better not to quote or attribute it to Babaji Maharaj. Thank you.\n\nN.B. Many e-books are now available from jiva.org, as are the other first four Sandarbhas in hard copy. Someone wrote and said they thought these e-books were being given freely. That is not the case. In order to produce texts of high quality, a team of scholars and volunteers, etc., participate in the production at all levels. The costs of production are high, and any profits are reinvested in further publication and other projects of the Jiva Institute. Scholarly publications everywhere are expensive because of the low volume, so please do not be stingy in this matter. Your money will go to making further high-class and dependable translations available.\n\nRemember that the Jiva Tirtha courses with Satyanarayana Dasaji are ongoing. You can also take beginner or advanced Sanskrit with me. Registration is now open. Register here. The opportunity to study with an extraordinary Vaishnava scholar like Babaji in the holy dham of Vrindavan is unequaled anywhere in this world. Rare and most fortunate are the souls who can take advantage.\n\nUddhava then describes the result of pure devotion to Kṛṣṇa:\n\n\nWhat person who is conscious of the favors You bestow upon Your devotees could possibly turn away from You, the very Self of the entire cosmos, the most beloved, the supreme ruler and one who bestows all desired boons upon those who have sought refuge in You? What person would strive for something that is conducive to prosperity but results in forgetfulness of You? And what fortune will not attend us who delight in the dust of Your feet? (SB 11.29.5)\n\nThe pronoun \"Him\" (taṁ) is in apposition to “You” (tvā) and refers to the description of Kṛṣṇa from the previous verse. Thus Uddhava asks: What person who is \"conscious of the favors You bestow\" (sva-kṛta-vit), i.e., who knows the favor You bestow by manifesting Your beauty and other personal attributes, could possibly abandon You?\n\nThe beauty of Bhagavān is as described in the teachings of Śrī Kapiladeva:\n\n\nBhagavān Hari has a smiling lotus face, with reddish eyes like the interior of a lotus. His body is dark like the petals of a blue lotus, and in His hands He bears the conch, disc, club and lotus. (SB 3.28.13)\n\nIs it not the case, however, that some people actually do give up Bhagavān? Such as those with particular qualifications who are being instructed by Kapila in this statement:\n\n\nAt this stage the yogi draws back his mind, which he used to attract the Lord just as a hook is used to catch fish, from the beautiful image of Bhagavān, the object of his meditation. (SB 3.28.34)\n\n[Because the yogī being described is at the perfectional stage and what is given up is not Bhagavān directly, but the meditation on Bhagavān as a yogic process .]\n\nWhat are His specific characteristics? By His very essence He is \"the dearmost of all souls” (akhilātma-dayita). This means that by He is the supreme ruler who is millions of times more dear than life itself .\n\nThe particle nu is used in this verse in the sense of conjecture.\n\nUddhava asks a [second] question as follows: “Leaving You aside, who would worship some other god or take recourse to other practices, such as dharma and jñāna, simply for the sake of wealth (bhūtyai) or to attain liberation and thus forget the material world altogether (vismṛtaye)?” [The response to Uddhava’s rhetorical question is that] of course, no one would do such a thing.\n\nAnd by saying, “What fortune will not attend us, etc.?”, Uddhava indicates that for devotees such as him, even these various results are included within devotion to Kṛṣṇa. The particle vā (\"or\"), used in conjunction with the question \"what\" (kim), indicates a disregard even for these various results. This was stated by Bhagavān Himself:\n\n\nWhatever may be attained by execution of prescribed duties, penances, cultivation of jñāna, renunciation, practice of yoga, offering of charity in accordance with scripture, or any other means of ultimate welfare, is easily attained by My devotee through engagement in bhakti-yoga to Me. He can also attain heaven, liberation or My abode, should he ever desire them. (SB 11.20.32-33)\n\nThe giver of a boon is more than the boon he grants. A devotee understands this and thus never abandons Bhagavān. Actually a pure devotee makes no such calculations. He or she just loves Bhagavān and in love there are no demands. Those who approach Bhagavān for some material boon or even liberation are not very intelligent. They do not understand that if they have Bhagavān they have everything, but if they ask for a boon that is the extent of their attainment. Their desire is to enjoy independently of Bhagavān and because of this desire, their intelligence becomes conditioned. To have the separatist mentality and to desire boons from Bhagavān is considered self-deception according to Śrīmad Bhāgavatam (1.1.2). While commenting on that verse, Śrīdhara Svāmī writes that even the desire for liberation is a self-deception (pra-śabdena mokṣābhisandhir api nirastaḥ).\n\nIf we could see the welfare done to us by Bhagavān, even without our asking, we would feel grateful to Him. But we take His favors and the facilities given us for granted. Thus one who does not acknowledge the gifts given by Bhagavān is ungrateful." ]

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[ null, "The issue is to be discussed later this month by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Shale Gas Impacts, chaired by Lee Rowley, the Conservative MP for North East Derbyshire.\n\nLarge areas of England’s former coalfields in the East Midlands and northern England are now licensed for shale gas exploration.", null, "Potential risks of subsidence and seismic activity from shale gas development have been raised at inquiries into Ineos plans for the villages of Harthill in South Yorkshire and Marsh Lane in North East Derbyshire.\n\nIn an interview earlier this year with DrillOrDrop, Emeritus Professor Peter Styles raised concerns about fracking near pre-existing faults in mining areas. His report Fracking and Historic Coal Mining: Their relationship and should they coincide? mapped previously identified faults in areas near proposed shale gas exploration areas.", null, "Geological map with faults (black) from BGS and faults (highlighted white) from underground mine maps. Historic induced seismic events are shown with white and red dots and fall on the small mapped faults as well as the large ones and sometimes within a few kilometres of the proposed boreholes at Marsh Lane, Harthill and Woodsetts. Source: Professor Peter Styles\n\nHe is expected to give evidence to the group at the meeting scheduled for Tuesday 24 July 2018.\n\nWritten and oral submissions are invited from other potential witnesses.\n\nThe APPG said it wanted to examine:" ]

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[ null, "Chad was born in California and moved to Phoenix, Az when he was 12 years old. Chad lived in Phoenix until he served a two year mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints when he was 19 years old. Shortly after returning home in 1990 Chad married Kayleen Cuthbertson, and together they have raised their 8 children. (3 daughters and 5 sons) Chad and Kayleen are still happily married today.\n\nChad and Kayleen moved their family to Portland Oregon so that Chad could attend Portland State University. Chad was accepted into the Police Corps Program and earned a BA from PSU in Administration of Justice. Chad also earned a special Emphasis in Terrorism Studies and a Minor in History. Chad graduated in 1998.\n\nUpon graduation from PSU Chad began his policing career with the Portland Police Bureau where he served for almost 6 years. In February of 2004 Chad and Kayleen moved their family South to Vegas where he went to the academy and went to work in patrol here at LVMPD. During his policing career since 1999 Chad has served in patrol, as an FTO, in Gangs as a Detective, in SWAT, in the Mobile Crimes SAT Team, and as a staff member at AOST. While at AOST Chad was elected as an at large rep and served in that capacity until he was appointed to the LVPPA Executive Board in 2018.\n\nChad has supplemented his LVMPD training and experience with extensive training and teaching away from the Department. Chad attended and graduated from the 5 day certification course taught be Dr. Bill Lewinski of the Force Science Institute. Chad has been blessed to teach and train Nationally and Internationally in combatives, use of force, firearms, and tactics and earned several additional certifications. Chad has supplemented his LEO training, teaching, and experience with regular training and coaching of BJJ/MMA since 2000 to the present. Chad is a BJJ Black Belt and continues to train and coach to this day.\n\nChad currently serves as a Director on the LVPPA Executive Board and is grateful for the opportunity to use his training and experience to assist LVMPD PPA members as they serve the Las Vegas Community. If you need anything Chad can be reached at [email protected]." ]

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[ null, "PSA: the swapmeet is open through Tuesday!\n\nToday, our same old open thread poll. Talk about anything you like — the fragrance you’re wearing today, your favorite new scented body product, whatever." ]

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[ "One of the greatest threats to the survival of modern mankind is climate change, specifically, the global warming of our planet. The vast majority of scientists and academics recognize this fact. All their charts, measurements, and statistics point to the incessant burning of the carbon based fossil fuels that power our cars and light our houses, coupled with the harvesting of timberlands and the destruction of earth’s rainforests and jungles, as the primary cause of this recent phenomenon.", null, "Much thought has been devoted to remedying this problem but the solutions, such as carbon taxes, non-combustion energy production, smokestack scrubbers and whatever else, fall far short of a viable solution. At best, they will only slow the growth rate of carbon emissions and won’t do anything to lower the levels of greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere. Realistically, the only way to stop that growth rate is to stop pulling out and burning the fossil carbon buried deep in the earth, and the only way to reduce the destructive amounts of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere is to stop cutting down and clearing our forests, rainforests and jungles.\n\nNow I’m not advocating giving up our cars, and our well lit, well heated houses, and moving into caves. Rather, I’m advocating that we take lesson from our history. The last time we faced a similar situation was when it became clear in the 1800’s that our consumption of whale oil was going to outstrip our supply of whales. Then, almost like magic, we discovered fossil oil, plenty of it, and we’ve been burning it like crazy ever since. So now we’re hitting our limit again, and it’s time to do something new.\n\nEnter the Jack Herer solution, best described in this excerpt from his book “The Emperor Wears No Clothes”:", null, "“If all fossil fuels and their derivatives, as well as the deforestation of trees for paper and agriculture are banned from use in order to save the planet and reverse the greenhouse effect: Then there is only one known natural resource able to provide the overall majority of our paper, textiles and food, meet all the world’s transportation, home and industrial energy needs, reduce pollution, rebuild the soil, and clean the atmosphere–all at the same time–our old stand-by that did it all before: Cannabis Hemp… Marijuana!”\n\nIn 2007 Jack Herer, along with others, drafted this vision into an initiative to allow the people of California the opportunity to vote on legalizing hemp, making it available to the innovative and entrepreneurial spirit that is California, and to create the industries necessary to make this vision a reality.\n\nThere is an obvious reason why hemp is illegal. Big Oil doesn’t want to stop pumping oil from the ground, and the paper, fiber, and lumber industries don’t want to stop cutting and selling their trees. These industries have enormous sums of money and they have enormous influence over politicians. They were able to make hemp illegal in the 1930’s and they’ve been able to keep it illegal. They just renamed it Marijuana, called it an evil drug, and then paid the politicians to make it, and keep it illegal.\n\nThe initiative also seeks to rectify the injustices caused by hemp prohibition.", null, "Jack Herer passed away in 2010, before he could qualify this initiative to become a ballot proposition.\n\nThat leaves the rest of us to carry on. And so…\n\nIt’s up to us, the regular folks. We don’t have big business backing. We may not even have the backing of the pot activists who’ve advocated the ‘go slow and wait’ approach for the last 30 years. The best time is now. We have to", null, "put together the army of people both to support and to work toward the goal of putting the Jack Herer Initiative on the ballot for the November 2014 election. What we need right now is volunteers who are ready and willing to organize statewide and to go out and collect the signatures we’ll need to qualify this ballot proposition. We need people of means to contribute the dollars needed for the effort. We need activists, environmentalists, health advocates, third world advocates, and racial equality advocates. We need entrepreneurs and innovators willing to step forward and seize this opportunity. We need police officers and judges who are tired of wasting their time enforcing a policy that they know is a farce.\n\nEveryone has a stake in the success of reforming the world’s anti-hemp policy. It will take years for hemp and other renewable resources to replace oil and deforestation, but every year we wait, our world’s average temperatures and our oceans creep up and up. California has the ability and the means. We took the World Wide Web from nothing in 1995 to where it permeates our lives in less than 15 years. I’m confident that California can do the same with the Cannabis Hemp revolution.\n\nWe just need to get started. .\n\nYou’ll find more information, a way to volunteer and/or contribute, and additional contact information at the website:" ]

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[ null, "The following remarks were delivered by NATCA’s Julio Henriques:\n\nThank you Secretary Foxx and Administrator Huerta. It is an honor to represent NATCA and the air traffic controller workforce here today.\n\nNATCA believes that collaboration with the FAA and other stakeholders is critically important to the development and implementation of NextGen and other safety and technology programs. It is through such collaboration over the past few years that we can stand here today and declare ERAM a success.\n\nNATCA members not only want the most modern equipment and procedures, we demand it. We are eager to roll up our sleeves and work alongside our FAA and industry colleagues from the start of a project through completion. Controllers being the ones using NextGen equipment are proud to be included in the program’s development, testing, and implementation.\n\nNextGen success depends on the ability of all stakeholders to work together, and that starts with NATCA and the FAA.\n\nWe did some innovative things with implementing ERAM that worked very well. For example, all 20 en-route air traffic control centers involved in ERAM were in the same room at the same time for meetings and strategy. This National User Team included 20 NATCA representatives and their FAA management counterparts. This is the first time that has happened with any project.\n\nEvery facility was on the same page, at all times. Best practices were shared, lessons were learned in real time, and solutions were then applied nationwide.\n\nNATCA believes the successful processes developed with ERAM can and should be repeated in all NextGen programs. Together, NATCA and the FAA can solve any modernization issue by applying these processes.\n\nCollaboration starts at the top, with NATCA and FAA leadership. But the true success of collaboration has come from pushing the process down to the local facility level. This is true with ERAM and many other issues.\n\nThank you again for the chance to be here." ]

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[ "Changing the culinary landscape by engaging all senses in a dining room, Blumenthal has taken the world by storm\n\nThe culture of sharing in the culinary world has been a long standing one. Whether passed down from generation to generation or simply from one culinary enthusiast to another, this tradition embodies the spirit of cooking and quite a few times is about carrying a legacy forward. Holding on to this spirit and culture of sharing is Michelin star chef Heston Blumenthal’s latest collaboration with Black & White, from the house of Diageo. The collaboration is aimed at inspiring people — with Blumenthal’s culinary innovations — to create and share their food and cocktail recipes to be featured in a unique Journal of Sharing. In this unique shared space with Blumenthal, contributors can share their personal recipes, experiences and experiments with food.\n\n“The aim is to take the audience on a sensory voyage of flavors, memories, and emotions,” says Heston, whose select signature recipes — along with the creations of renowned Indian chefs and enthusiasts — will be seen in the Journal of Sharing.\n\nWhile the journal will be an online one, patrons will also have a chance to get their hands on a limited edition package — Chef Heston Blumenthal’s Secret Recipe Journal – entailing his curation of exclusive cocktail recipes and food masterpieces along with a bottle of Black & White Scotch whisky. Scanning the QR code on the package will extend the experience onto the website and will eventually enable patrons to upload their photo and recipe contributions. The journal can be accessed at socialgoat.in/BlackAndWhiteJournalOfSharing. We recently caught up with Blumenthal, excerpts below:\n\nWhere and how did your culinary journey begin?\nWhen I was sixteen I went on holiday with my parents to the South of France to L’Oustau De Baumaniere, a restaurant in the town of Les Baux De Provence, which is still open. Back then in the early 80s it had 3 Michelin stars and was the first restaurant like that I had ever been to. Usually, we went on holiday in the UK and ate fish and chips on the beach or sandwiches in the back of the car. But here they parked the car for you and you walked up these huge steps to the courtyard. There was crunching gravel and the smell of rosemary … I can remember it vividly still. It was like an enchanted woodland. The waiters had these huge moustaches and were carving legs of lamb at the table side. It was incredible and just blew me away. SO many sights, smells and sounds, I thought it was wonderful and I knew then I wanted to do that. I had fallen down a rabbit hole into a multisensory wonderland. At the time I couldn’t even cook but it set me on my way.\n\nHow did the idea of molecular and sensory gastronomical experiences come about?\nMolecular and sensory gastronomy are very different. I was one of the first chefs to really use all the senses in the dining room so it grew out of an understanding and curiosity on my part to see the effect you could have on diners when you brought all the senses into play. Not just smell and taste but sight, sound and touch, all of them in different ways effect flavour and I discovered ways to use them and create experiences for people as they ate. Molecular Gastronomy came out of research I had begun into the physicist Nicholas Kurti, his 1969 lecture entitled ‘The Physicist in the Kitchen’ has been the very beginning of a renewed interest in the science of cooking. Sadly, I never met him as he passed away before I could but I did meet his wife. They used to run scientific conferences around food and cooking as he was very interested in it. They needed names like Molecular and Physical Gastronomy in order to get funding and resources. So the idea that molecular gastronomy was an intentional creation of anyone is incorrect, just a banner under which some of us were held. It never really described what I was doing properly. Now I would call my cooking Quantum Gastronomy as it has many more aspects to it than just molecules. I think Nicholas would approve and maybe would have helped organise a conference with me.\n\nCan you take us through the process — ideas to real execution?\nIf it was that easy it wouldn’t have taken me 25 years to create some of my dishes. Each one is very different. There is no roadmap to creativity, inspiration comes from anywhere and everywhere. Some of the dishes, like snail porridge for example, have quite a simple journey. That was about the name first of all and how my head chef, Garry, had mentioned a fish porridge he had eaten in Hong Kong and it made me think about the effect names have on our experience of food. I wanted to explore that with snails, an ingredient I knew people found challenging. So I developed a dish with essentially very classical flavours but used a bed of oats with parsley and garlic, butter and so on but gave it a name that challenged people’s perception and expectation. Snails are purged on oats before you eat them so the connection made sense to me at the time. Visually it had to look like a green grassy field with snails and then it was about finesse and detail. It didn’t take that long whereas something like Sound of the Sea where we use sound as a flavour sense to create a nostalgic context to the dish. That took a long time to get right and began when I visited the Crossmodal Research Laboratory Oxford to meet Charles Spence. I felt what impact sound had on flavour and texture perception but wanted to take it much much further. That dish really took a leap of faith to put in front of people.\n\nWhat do you find the most interesting about Indian cuisine?\n\nThe many varied flavours and regional differences. It’s so different from British and French cuisines. The colours and textures too. Also, there are so many vegetable dishes which I love. At the Fat Duck we often use vegetables as the centre piece as I don’t see them as any less valuable to the kitchen as meat. So I enjoy exploring all the wonderful and delicious ways Indian cooks use them and present them. I also love the tandoor as a cooking device. I once made one in the car park in Bray using a road digger. It was quite something and made quite a mess but the naans we made were incredible. That heat and smoke makes such a delicious result. I must have my naan as fresh as possible from the oven. At my favourite restaurant in Cookham, near The Fat Duck, called Maliks they know me so well that my naan are always hot and fresh, just the way I want them!\n\nWhat’s your favourite meal to cook for your family?\nI don’t have a favourite, but I do like sharing so I like large dishes that people can help themselves too. At home I cook things like ratatouille or sharing joints of meat. I also love to barbecue and cook outside. The range of outdoor ovens I developed with Everdure are built around the principle of being connected with the heat of the oven and cooking over the naked flame. I also make tart Tatin, a dish with very few ingredients, five or so, which just require your attention and skill to bring together.\n\nWhat do you think is common across the globe when it comes to food?\nWell, we all have to eat every day so it is important to all of us. I think what we share globally is an understanding of the importance of sharing food and eating/cooking together. This was the idea behind the Black and White Journal of Sharing. We wanted a place for people to connect and come together through the joy of food and drink. The recipes we have created, and the cocktails too are there to inspire and begin others on a journey of their own. All people like to cook and eat together if they can, that is what enables us to share the joy in our creations.\n\nWhat’s the most peculiar thing you’ve cooked or eaten till date?\n\nWell, I have cooked almost everything and anything the world has to offer from fermented shark to crocodile to turtles. I’ve eaten insects and live mackerel all in the name of curiosity and research. Most recently I tried the canned fermented fish from Sweden called Surströmming, it wasn’t pleasant but I do believe though that no food is inherently disgusting or simply it wouldn’t be food. Somebody must have liked it enough for others to try it. Mark Twain wrote ‘brave was he who first ate the oyster’ I would probably have been that man. Someone has to go first and I am always curious about what things taste like.", null, "DoubleTree by Hilton Goa Panaji: From Set Menus to Soiree Brunch For Christmas\n\nWith almost two decades of experience across production, operations, food...", null, "Alkebulan, an African food hall concept, has opened in Dubai and London and...", null, "The Fragrance of Senegal's Hibiscus and Baobab...", null ]

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[ null, "Did You Know: Arthritis Related Fibromyalgia?\n\nFibromyalgia has been a poorly understood disorder for many years that is typified by moderate to intense pain with seemingly no origin. Many doctors will diagnose a patient with fibromyalgia if he or she has consistent complaints of chronic pain and the doctor can neither locate a cause nor a cure. In recent years, many physicians have begun to suspect that fibromyalgia is actually arthritis, and can thus be treated by arthritis remedies. In fact, the National Arthritis Foundation lists fibromyalgia as one of the over 100 types of arthritis. It is considered an arthritis related syndrome.\n\nFibromyalgia is diagnosed in women far more often than men, and some professionals believe that this is because complaints of pain from women have been found to be taken less seriously than complaints of pain from men. This means that men are more likely to receive a complete diagnosis from a physician. Fibromyalgia has been considered a mystery by many because of the nature of the disorder, which includes pain that seemingly comes for no reason. Fibromyalgia can also include fatigue, though the fatigue may be brought on by the pain itself rather than a separate symptom.\n\nThere are many treatments for arthritis, but some of the best treatments are completely natural. Mankind has been dealing with arthritis for hundreds if not thousands of years, which means that there are many ancient and natural cures for the condition that already exist. These treatments can sometimes be more effective than medical treatments and also produce fewer side effects. In addition, they do not conflict with other medications. Super Blue Stuff OTC and Super White Stuff OTC by BLUESPRING make use of some of these time-proven remedies, most notably menthol from the peppermint plant. Other age-old treatments include:\n\nNot all instances of fibromyalgia can be considered to be arthritis, so a professional should be consulted before a patient begins self-treatment therapies. Many doctors will be open to the possibility that a patient’s fibromyalgia may be caused by, or be worsened by, arthritis. Because fibromyalgia is a condition that is based strongly upon the single symptom of chronic pain, there are many other situations that could cause or contribute to the condition.", null ]

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[ "How to Stop a Guy from Flirting and Hitting on You", null, "Wondering how to get a guy to stop hitting on you? Use these 14 tips to stop a guy from flirting with you, and you’d be able to do it effortlessly!\n\nIs a guy pursuing you even when you’ve made your intentions clear?\n\nIt could be a good friend or just another guy who stalks and stares at you.\n\nBut sometimes, dealing with a guy who just can’t accept your rejection can be a big pain in the backside.\n\nIf you don’t like the guy and don’t see any possibility of you ever dating him, the first thing you need to do is to stop reciprocating his flirting games *if you’re still flirting with him*.\n\nThere’s a big chance he’d assume you’re just playing hard to get because you’ve led him on so far!\n\n[Read: 15 signs you’re subconsciously just leading a guy on even though you don’t like him]\n\nHow to stop a guy from flirting with you\n\nSometimes, without even realizing it, you may enjoy the attention the guy gives you even if you don’t like the idea of dating the guy or getting into a committed relationship with him.\n\nBut this is a decision you have to take.\n\nDo you want him to continue pursuing you because you like feeling wanted and desired by him, or do you want him to stop wooing you so you can make it clear to him that you aren’t interested in anything more than just friendship with him? [Read: 16 signs you’re turning into an attention whore!]\n\nAll of us like feeling desired and fancied, but there will come a time when your pursuer may interfere with your own love life, especially when you’re dating someone else or are trying to get some other guy’s attention. And eventually, your confused state of mind may push you into a tricky love triangle where you want the attention of both guys, and you’d end up the biggest loser! [Read: Love triangles and its confusing complications]\n\nHe hasn’t asked you out but he flirts with you!\n\nThis is always tricky, because you can’t tell a guy that you aren’t interested in dating him when he hasn’t even asked you out. What do you say to a guy who hasn’t even made his intentions clear?\n\nMany guys who think they’re smooth players fit like a glove in this category. They tease you and seduce you, and yet, never make their intentions clear. By doing this, the guy would entice you, rouse your curiosity, and make you think of him often, and that would make you fall for him even before you realize it.\n\nWhen a guy doesn’t tell you he likes you and yet flirts with you, he may eventually embarrass you by flirting in front of your friends, or worse, in front of a guy you really like!\n\nMany guys flirt with the girl they like in front of other guys. It’s their way of trying to mark their territory even if the territory doesn’t belong to them. Publicly and outrageously flirting with a girl in front of other potential boyfriend materials is their way of telling other guys to back off because he’s in a better standing to date you than anyone else. [Read: 19 sure signs of love to know if you’re falling for a guy right now!]\n\nDon’t lead him on\n\nBe affirmative – Don’t be the sweet girl\n\nThis is the mistake that most girls make. Most girls are just too sweet to say no, because they don’t want to be rude. But you need to remember that his behavior is stressing you out, making you appear stupid in front of your friends, and almost everyone may believe you’re just pretending to dislike the guy while you enjoy the flirting in secret!\n\nAnd just by trying to be nice to this guy, you’d end up losing the interest of other guys who may secretly like you, and worse, you’d be ridiculed by all your friends for being so spineless and two faced because you only pretend to be annoyed by this guy.\n\nHow to stop him from flirting with you\n\nIf you know the guy, but he’s not a very good friend of yours, use these 7 tips to get him to back off. If he’s a good friend and you don’t want to lose his friendship or feel awkward around him, just use the next 7 tips. [Read: 18 secret ways to read a guy’s body language and find out of he likes you]\n\n#1 Tell him you don’t like it. If this guy drawls and drools in front of you, or if he tries to tell you how sexy you are or just how badly he wants to take you out, just cut him mid-sentence instead of smiling at him approvingly. Tell him straight to his face that you find him annoying when he talks to you that way.\n\n#2 You’re already taken. Tell this guy that you have a boyfriend. Or each time he tries to flirt with you, talk to him about another guy you have a crush on. It may piss him off, but he’ll get the point!\n\n#3 He’s your friend. When he flirts with you, tell him you find it rather disturbing because friends aren’t supposed to talk that way. Tell him that you consider him a good friend and aren’t interested in anything beyond that.\n\n#4 Texting games. Avoid texting him, especially late at night. It’s very easy to fall prey to flirty games when you text a guy late at night frequently. And if he tries to text flirt with you, avoid responding to him, he’ll get the hint eventually. [Read: 30 facts about guys that can help you read a guy’s mind effortlessly!]\n\n#5 Jealous confrontation. Get really close to another guy, or ignore him in front of another guy you like. It’ll piss him off, and there’s a good chance he’ll confront you and ask you why you were ignoring him. And you can use the excuse to make it clear to him that you consider him a friend, and that he should start behaving like one!\n\n#6 Ignore him. If he isn’t an old friend, and someone who’s just trying to get close to you only to get into your pants, just ignore him if he doesn’t get the hint. There’s only so much you can try to make a guy understand your friendly intentions.\n\n#7 Reject him. If you’ve tried it all and still find this guy pursuing you, then you have no option but to reject him. [Read: How to reject a guy and turn him down politely and firmly]\n\nIs a friend falling in love with you? This is definitely tricky grounds, because you may really like him as a person and you may not want to lose his friendship. If a guy who’s a good friend asks you out or flirts with you, here are 7 things you can do to get him to back off and get him back into the friend zone. [Read: The real reason behind why guy best friends are nothing but trouble for girls!]\n\n#1 Stop the games. Avoid giving him a sign that it’s okay to flirt, by smiling or laughing when he flirts with you. Even a small gesture like that could be taken as an affirmation to continue flirting. Flirting games always starts slow and works itself up to a sexual frenzy. So the earlier you see the signs and stop reciprocating to him, the easier it’ll be to get him to stop hitting on you. [Read: 13 lusty signs of sexual attraction to keep an eye on]\n\n#2 Insult him. Give him a cold stare when he tries to get touchy with you, or get sarcastic when he says something that’s more than just a friendly compliment. It’s alright to embarrass or insult him a few times, it’s the only way he’d realize you have no intentions of hooking up with him for a fling thing.\n\n#3 Get bored. Each time he flirts with you, pretend like you’re bored or uninterested in talking to him. Or as soon as he says something naughty, just look away and don’t say anything for a few seconds *even if things feel awkward*. And when you look towards him again, just change the topic of conversation. Doing this will definitely scare him into talking about something else!\n\n#4 Alone time. A guy who’s a good friend of yours wouldn’t dream of flirting with you in public when there are other friends around. So don’t give him the opportunity to hit on you by spending time with him when there aren’t other friends around, especially if he’s already asked you out or if he tries to run his hands all over you when no one’s around. [Read: 15 obvious signs of flirting between a guy and a girl]\n\n#5 Intimate conversations. Both of you may be really close, but until he gets back into the friend zone, avoid having long intimate conversations with him. He may just be using it to get closer to you. And inevitably, you may end up getting feelings for him too.\n\n#6 Just ask him. It’ll put him in an awkward spot. “Are you hitting on me? / Are you flirting with me? … If you are, I just want you to know I’m not interested in anything more than being just friends with you.”\n\n#7 He gets persistent. Have both of you shared some sexual intimacy at some point of time? Have you ever hooked up with him *even if it’s just once* after a drunken night or after a lot of sexy late night texting? [Read: 10 worst people you could have a flirty one night stand with]\n\nYou could tell him that you aren’t interested in hooking up with him, but he may still believe you won’t stop him even if he tries to get closer to you or make out with you because he knows you secretly like it even if you tell him you don’t like it. [Read: How to have a perfectly platonic friendship with a guy who likes you]\n\nIn such a scenario, you have no choice but to take a break away from him for a while. You could have a serious conversation with him and tell him that you have no interest in getting naughty with him, and you’d appreciate it if he could just behave like a friend instead. If he truly cares about you and respects you, he’ll definitely try hard to avoid flirting with you.\n\n[Read: 10 types of creepy guys all girls need to avoid!]\n\nRemember, it’s easy to stop a guy from flirting with you and hitting on you, just as long as you’re clear in your head and know what you want. And if you truly want a guy to back off, just be firm and stand your ground. He’ll get the message soon enough!\n\nJessica Dawson\nJessica Dawson is guilty of using way more emojis than are necessary, and is a lover of all things British. And when she isn’t working on mastering a fake Bri...\nFollow Jessica on Facebook\n\nWhat Does Friends With Benefits Mean to a Guy: Do Guys Get Hooked?\n\nIgnoring a Guy: Why This Works So Well & How to Use It Right\n\nHow to Make a Narcissist Miserable & Make Them Burn with Rage" ]

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[ null, "Nutritionist and author Frances Largeman-Roth shares her recipe for making potato pumpkin latkes using Idaho potatoes, a yellow onion, an egg, pumpkin puree, salt, pepper and olive oil. While this is a bit of a project, the end result is definitely worth the time!\n\nFirst you need to hand grate the Idaho potatoes and half an onion. Make sure you remove all moisture. Add the potatoes, onion, a teaspoon of salt and freshly ground pepper in a bowl. Mix well. Then add one whisked egg and stir well.\n\nOne this is thoroughly mixed add in half a cup of pumpkin puree. Mix well.\n\nHeat pan with half a cup of oil. Take a handful of the latke mixture and shape into balls. Once in pan you can start flattening with a spatula.\n\nCook each side 4-5 minutes. Once nice and crispy place on a plate with a paper towel to drain.\n\nOnce they have cooled and drained serve with a bit of apple sauce and Greek yogurt. Enjoy!\n\nPeel potatoes and coarsely grate by hand on the largest setting of a box grater, transferring to a large bowl of cold water as you grate. Place the onion in the freezer while you grate the potatoes. Place a medium bowl under a fine mesh sieve and place the potatoes in the sieve. Use a large wooden spoon or spatula to press out as much of the moisture as possible. Transfer potatoes to a large bowl. Grate the onion and add to the potatoes. Add the egg, pumpkin, salt and pepper and mix well. Heat the oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until shimmering, but not smoking. Working in batches, spoon ¼ cup potato mixture per latke into skillet, squeezing out any additional liquid before adding to pan. Flatten the tops slightly with a spatula. Reduce heat to medium-high and cook until the bottoms are browned, about 5 minutes. Turn latkes over and cook about 4 minutes more. Transfer latkes to a paper towel-lined plate to drain. Continue cooking latkes until all of the mixture is gone. Serve while hot with plain Greek yogurt and applesauce Makes 8 latkes.", null, "I’m a busy, Brooklyn mom of 3 kids under 10 and I’m always on the prowl for solutions to make my life easier, tastier, fitter and more fun. I hope my finds and ideas will help you live your best life too. So join me on this crazy journey we call life!\n\nGet awesome discounts from my brand partners (I only recommend stuff I actually use), exclusive recipes, my monthly newsletter and other goodies! Just enter your first name and e-mail address and get instant access.\n\n*We hate spam as much as you do. Your Information will never be shared or sold to a 3rd party.", null, "Get more easy delicious and colorful recipes with Frances’" ]

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[ null, "One of the earliest items I wrote for VDARE.com was Gerald Ford’s Role in ’65 Immigration Disaster… And After.\n\nAs GOP minority leader, he was the one supposed to fight against the 1965 Immigration Act—he didn't. In fact, he voted \"Yes\" on the bill.\n\nI also mentioned his role in the betrayal of Vietnam, and his latter-day support for affirmative action, on the grounds that, as he put it \"It is estimated that by 2030, 40 percent of all Americans will belong to various racial minorities” and that was why he was defending the right of his alma mater, the University of Michigan to discriminate against whites in the Grutter and Gratz cases.\n\nBut I'm afraid that if,. by 2030, 40 percent of American are members of various minority groups, it's because of what Gerald Ford either did, or failed to do." ]

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[ null, "Every so often a game comes along that is so completely wacky, you can't help but smile in appreciation. Well, get ready to plaster a big goofy grin on your face because Max Gentlemen is a game all about stacking hats in the most gentlemanly manner possible. Yes, the objective truly is to stack hats as high as you can through a series of minigames.\n\nOne such minigame pits you against a well-manicured gentleman in a bar where every beer you manage to drink before your opponent gives you another hat to stack. But watch out for flying boomerangs and darts, otherwise you'll lose a hat or two. Meanwhile, in the background is a bar brawl involving muscly men hurling gentlemanly insults at each other. Sound insane? What else can we expect from a game that was inspired by a spam email. However, while at no point does developer The Men Who Wear Many Hats take itself seriously, I'm thankful the studio has still worked hard to create a slick experience, with tight and intuitive controls.\n\nApart from it being jolly good fun, the relatively shallow experience is given legs with the option to challenge mates to a hat stacking duel and through new hat varieties that are unlocked the more you play. I've never been so excited to unlock a fez! The developer has also taken a sensible approach to IAPs. With the base game being free, you're able to grab a few extra minigames, characters and additional hat varieties for a couple of dollars.\n\nMax Gentlemen probably won't be in the running for game of the year or even be a game you're still playing in six months. But not only do I have a far greater appreciation for the humble hat, I have added a large number of gentlemanly insults to my repertoire. Now go grab the game you foppish cad!" ]

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[ "A Lecture on Super Editions! by Frostwhisker\n\nFrostwhisker shares their thoughts on the super editions. Which ones have you read?\n\nAh…Super Editions. We’ve all laughed, we’ve all cried during one of Erin Hunter’s stand-alone novels. In my very first BlogClan article, I’ll be rambling on about my favourite Super Editions and cats who deserve one!\n\nMuch of the Warrior’s fandom want the other cats of the Three Prophecy — Lionblaze and Jayfeather — to have a Super Edition or novella all to themselves. The most popular suggestions are Lionblaze’s Battle and…of course, the classic joke — Jayfeather’s Stick.\n\nWith the exception of Firestar’s Quest and Hollyleaf’s Story, each Super Edition or novella takes place an arc or so after the cat has retold some of the main series books. For example: Bramblestar’s Storm, Squirrelflight’s Hope, Leafpool’s Wish and Dovewing’s Silence are all some time after they are the main characters.\n\nBut Jayfeather’s Stick and Lionblaze’s Battle would take place within Power of Three or Omen of the Stars, when the cats themselves are already telling the story. It would be an extra book to the arc. For me, Super Editions are about the thrill of hearing a different cat’s view on the story, hearing a new tale like the Sisters, or seeing how the character has developed since you read from their perspective last. I loved TNP Squirrelflight, but I also adore wiser and older Squirrelflight from her Super Edition. It was so interesting hearing her thoughts and feelings seasons later!\n\nSo, yes — I do agree that the two brothers should have stand-alones. But maybe they should take place when Lionblaze is leader (we all know it could happen) and is struggling to keep the secret that they’re harbouring a rogue. Jayfeather’s could describe his helplessness as he is moved to the elders den and redcough sweeps ThunderClan, or his feelings perhaps a few moons after Leafpool’s Wish, as we see in the bonus scene of Lost Stars.\n\nAlternatively, we could have a Cinderheart’s Decision, which retells her choice to not be Lionblaze’s mate after she discovers his part in the Three Prophecy. I loved Moth Flight’s Vision, and would really like to see another Super Edition from the Ancients: Half Moon struggling as Jay’s Wing vanishes, or Bright Stream actually surviving the eagle and creating another Tribe. The Tribe of Towering Wave — crested by Bright Stream and Clear Sky’s kits — is mentioned in my Fan Fiction, and I thought this theory to how it developed is really quite interesting! A Rock Super edition would be epic, or maybe a Fallen Leaves one.\n\nWhen Briarlight, Gray Wing and Swiftpaw died I was really sad, but Yellowfang’s Secret was another level! I leapt up and started cursing Brokenstar out loud! I’ve literally never been so upset for a book character!\nEver since her line “a puny apprentice! Easy prey for Yellowfang!” I’ve loved this cranky old Persian as if she was my own cat. It’s really not fair that she lived for four main series books, while Blackstar — who was only born a few seasons after Yellowfang — died many arcs later in Bramblestar’s Storm. I loved the books that Yellowfang lit up with her brittle and grumpy comments, and I was so sad when she died. The Erins adding another novel for her to have a spotlight caused a great celebration for dedicated fans!\n\nSometimes the right choice can be the hardest one.\nPut your energy into today and stop worrying about the past!\n– Yellowfang, the most cranky, stubborn, impatient and loyal cat you would ever meet.\n\nCinderpelt, her apprentice, was just an incredible cat: the way she lived, the way she died, the way she healed, the way she fought — all with honour, dedication, loyalty and kindness. She honestly deserves a Super Edition and more! Cinderpelt’s Sacrifice would describe her agonising transition from warrior apprentice to medicine cat apprentice. Her experience with Littlecloud, I thought, was very shortened and with a Super Edition it could be more drawn-out. What I think would be interesting, is if Cinderpelt knew about Silverstream and Graystripe too, because she’d seen them together or just guessed — or maybe she could know about Crowfeather and Leafpool. She seems like a cat who could really understand cross-Clan love.\n\nHer brother, Brackenfur is such and amazing yet underrated cat of ThunderClan. He suffered so much grief and pain. Like Crowfeather, nearly every cat he loved was separated from him or died — but Crowfeather was noticed for it. Brackenfur wasn’t.\nThis may sound like an over-exaggeration, but the title Brackenfur’s Darkness pretty much sums up his life. The beautiful Sorreltail, his only love, was killed in the Great Battle, Honeyfern by a snake, and Molepaw…he was probably one of those unrelevant characters who only deserved to die by greencough. Cinderpelt was crippled and then killed. Seedpaw drowned. Why did the Erins have to make him so miserable? He more than deserves a Super Edition.\n\nBriarlight. Poor, poor Briarlight. Such an awesome and noble cat doesn’t need to die via a stomach ache. WHYYYYYYY?????? WHY DID YOU MAKE HER SUFFER???\nOkay. Ahem. As I was saying, Briarlight was such and unique and optimistic character. During a paragraph in OotS or VoS describing her struggles and expressions, I would always get excited. Her Jayfeather episodes were absolutely adorable and I just loved the way she was so modest about her exercises. Twigbranch adored her and I just think it wasn’t right for her to die so soon. I was dismayed.\nBriarlight’s Dream would talk about her passion of becoming a warrior as an apprentice, and describe in detail her horrific injury, and confusion when she can’t feel Jayfeather touching her back. She would express her agonised frustration as every cat fussed over her and maybe some dramatic arguments with Millie. Many long pages would be spent dwelling over what was left of her, watching her littermates play, and her bitterness as she was named a warrior although she could not walk.\nAt the very end, she would describe a Gray Wing-like death and a few moments in StarClan greeted by all the important leaders. Rest In Peace, Briarlight. Your soul lives on in all of us.\n\nLast but not least…Stonefur! Stonefur didn’t really have a part in TPB apart from his noble death. Since then, I have adored him and I know that he should have a Super Edition. He died without fear and even though he knew he would die he faced up to Blackfoot anyway. If I slipped into his paws, I would have done nothing for Feathertail and Stormfur — I’m a coward! But Stonefur was willing to give his life and I find that just heartbreaking but so incredibly brave. Hip, hip PURR-ray for Stonefur! (Okay that was a terrible cat pun just ignore that).\n\nThat’s it for now, but I will announce the runners-up: Dustpelt, who entered with his story about being betrayed by Tigerstar; Silverstream, who submitted her wonderful tale about her and Graystripe; and Whitestorm, who suffered knowing that his father was Tigerstar and his mother dead. Sorry guys! You didn’t make it to the finals!\nI hope you enjoyed my very first article! Frostwhisker over and out x", null ]

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[ "Beavers increase lead: Langston Morris-Walker's dunk has given the Beavers their largest lead at 37-31 early in the first half.\n\nHalftime update: In a tight game at Gill Coliseum, Oregon State has a 30-29 halftime lead on Loyola Marymout.\n\nOlaf Schaftenaar leads the Beavers with 10 points, and Drew Eubanks has nine points and five rebounds.\n\nCold shooting: The Beavers have made just 2 of 12 3-pointers and trail Loyola Marymount 22-21 with 3:21 left in the first half.\n\nBeavers cut into lead: Loyola Marymount has a 16-14 lead on Oregon State at 7:57 of the first half. the Beavers are just 7 of 20 from the field.\n\nOSU has a 15-7 advantage on the boards. Drew Eubanks leads OSU with six points and five rebounds.\n\nSlow start: At the first media timeout, Loyola Marymount has an 8-2 lead on Oregon State. The Beavers are 1 for 5 from the field.", null, "Oregon State (4-1) will be looking to match its best start through six games since the 1980-81 team opened 26-0 in a non-conference matchup tonight against Loyola Marymount at Gill Coliseum.\n\nHere's something else to watch: Senior guard Gary Payton II needs at least one steal to tie his father's school record for consecutive games with a steal (37)." ]

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[ "July 1958 brought model number 151, a Lotus Mk 11 Le Mans Racing Car into the shops. This could be found in several shades of mostly pale blue, bearing racing numbers 1, 3 or 7. It is also available in silver and red. the red editions are scarce and I have yet to find one for myself!", null, null, null, null, null, null, "It is an extremely simple model and seems very dated when compared to some of the other models it will have been next to on the shelves in 1958. That is, however, a fair representation of the real thing, designed for minimum weight and air resistance.\n\nThe Corgi model had a thick plastic screen and metal steering wheel and all these issues would have had smooth fixed wheels. I have no idea how anyone would be able to change the tyres on one of these! So, if you are thinking of buying one, check the tyres.\n\nBelow is a photograph of a real Lotus Eleven from the Lotus Eleven Register web site which has plenty of information about this model.", null, "Try not to confuse this model with a later edition, 151A, which appears in September 1961 in a brighter blue with a stripe on the bonnet, slightly different screen design and a driver behind the wheel. The first issue did not come with a driver and if it has a stripe it will have been added later. Some sellers do get confused, however, and think they're doing a good job by adding these!\n\nThe other new item for July 1958 was Gift Set No. 3, featuring 350 and 351, the Thunderbird Missile on a trolley drawn by the RAF Land Rover, each having been released individually in May.", null, null ]

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[ null, "Russia test-launched an “unstoppable” nuclear missile dubbed the “Satan 2” this week — with President Vladimir Putin yet again threatening the potential for nuclear war.\n\nThe Sarmat ICBM was launched Wednesday in northern Russia, with its practice warheads reaching mock targets more than 3,500 miles away on the far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, the Kremlin said.\n\n“The Sarmat is the most powerful missile that has the highest range in the world, and it will significantly bolster the capability of the country’s strategic nuclear forces,” the Defense Ministry said in a statement.\n\nPutin — who has repeatedly threatened to use his nuclear arsenal since invading Ukraine in late February — said the test should provide “food for thought” for the West.\n\n“This really unique weapon will strengthen the combat potential of our armed forces, reliably ensure Russia’s security from external threats and make those, who in the heat of frantic aggressive rhetoric try to threaten our country, think twice,” the warmongering leader said.\n\nHe bragged that the missile “has the highest tactical and technical characteristics and is capable of overcoming all modern means of anti-missile defense.”\n\nDmitry Rogozin, head of the state Roscosmos agency that oversees the missile factory building the Sarmat, described Wednesday’s test of the “superweapon” as a “present to NATO.”\n\nIgor Korotchenko, editor in chief of Russia’s National Defence magazine, called it proof that the Kremlin was capable of delivering “crushing retribution that will put an end to the history of any country that has encroached on the security of Russia and its people.”\n\nDespite the ominous statements, Russia gave the US an advance warning of its test, the Pentagon said.\n\n“It was not a surprise. We did not deem the test to be a threat to the United States or its allies,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby insisted.\n\nIt is just Putin’s latest threat of all-out nuclear war.\n\nWhen he announced the invasion eight weeks ago, Putin made a pointed reference to Russia’s nuclear forces and warned the West that any attempt to get in its way “will lead you to such consequences that you have never encountered in your history.”\n\nDays later, he ordered Russia’s nuclear forces to be put on high alert.\n\nUnited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres admitted last month, “The prospect of nuclear conflict, once unthinkable, is now back within the realm of possibility.”\n\nThe Sarmat has been under development for several years as a replacement to the Soviet-made Voyevoda, which was code-named Satan by the West and forms the core of Russia’s nuclear deterrent.\n\nIt is capable of carrying hypersonic glide vehicles along with other types of warheads, the Kremlin said. That could include the Avangard hypersonic vehicle, which is capable of flying 27 times faster than the speed of sound and making sharp maneuvers to dodge missile shields." ]

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[ "Hats off to Panama\n\nThere’s more to this colourful country than the famous canal. An atmospheric collision of tropical beauty, beaches, history and culture, Panama is the perfect destination to banish the winter blues writes Kaye Holland\n\nThe waistline of the Americas, Panama flies under the radar – in part because it’s overshadowed by its more developed and better known neighbours, Costa Rica and Colombia.\n\nBut if you want azure waters, confrontingly good cuisine, colonial secrets, heritage sites, nightlife and affordable adventures, Panama delivers. And then some.\n\nThe traditional travellers’ route into the country is via Panama City. Latin America’s most cosmopolitan capital is a teeming metropolis, chock full of chi chi clubs and casinos, steel skyscrapers and super-sized shopping malls.\n\nThat said it is possible to step back in time in the old city centre of Casco Viejo – which was built after an Englishman, Captain Henry Morgan, ransacked the orig-inal Spanish settlement back in 1671. Film buffs will recognise this UNESCO world heritage listed barrio (neighbourhood) from the James Bond movie, Quantum of Solace and The Tailor of Panama starring Pierce Brosnan – both of which were shot here.\n\nStroll the quaint cobblestone streets, stopping to admire the pastel-coloured co-lonial buildings – Panama’s past is reflected in its architecture – before shopping for a few souvenirs (you can’t very well visit Panama, without picking up a Panama hat…)\n\nYet Casco Viejo’s real selling point is its street life – best sampled at Coca Cola cafe (Avenue Central). Something of a neighbourhood institution, Panama City’s oldest cafe is where locals head to play chess or watch the latest soccer game, while tucking into hearty portions of rice and beans.\n\nAlternatively make for the always lively Mercado de Mariscos for a seafood fix, before seeking out the rooftop at Tantalo – a stylish spot for a sundowner.\n\nOf course no visit to Panama City is complete without visiting the canal – an awe-inspiring modern engineering marvel which was built by the U.S. between 1904 and 1914. If you’ve ever had the pleasure of chatting to a Panamanian, then you’ll know that they’re mightily proud of the world’s most famous shortcut that links the Atlantic and the Pacific.\n\nJoin the crowds on the viewing platform at the impressive visitors’ centre at Miraflores Locks (www.visitcanaldepanama.com) and watch colossal cargo ships cruise through the Panama Canal, before learning a little about the waterways dark past – more than 25,000 workers lost their lives during the waterway’s construction – at the Miraflores’ museum.\n\nYet much of Panama’s appeal lies beyond the city. When the noise and frenetic activity of the capital gets too much, seek out the San Blas islands – 365 pieces of remote paradise, perched off the coast of Panama, that feel exactly like what they are: off the beaten track and undiscovered.\n\nYou won’t find any internet access, phone signal, television and clamouring package tourists as the Guna have gone to great lengths to preserve their culture. Case in point? The Guna opt to speak their own language rather than Spanish like the rest of Panama, wear traditional dress – think blouses made out of mola (brightly embroidered square fabrics), elaborate body painting, necklaces and a nose ring – and regularly introducing new legislation to protect their lands from foreign influences.\n\nDays can be spent swimming in a turquoise waters and exploring the underwater world – a kaleidoscope of colourful corals and fish. Or you could just flop in a hammock under swaying palm trees – I wouldn’t blame you – and soak up the blue skies.", null, "So, when you’re Robinson Crusoe-ed out and looking for island life that comes with spas and bars, make for Bocas del Toro – a dreamy Caribbean archipelago that’s busier than San Blas (where tourists are as rare as emus) but still not packed with visitors, ensuring you never feel as though you are trudging a well worn path.\n\nThe easiest way to reach Bocas is to take a 45 minute flight from Panama City but I elected to board the overnight bus – a more affordable option – to Almirante on the mainland and from there a water taxi to Isla Colon, the archipelago’s principle island where there’s still only one ATM and a refreshing lack of global brands and western hotel chains.\n\nI stayed at Hotel Lula’s (www.lulabb.com) – a charming B&B run by Josh and Chad, two amiable Georgian guys who were only too happy to share their favourite stretches of sand with me.\n\nAs beaches go, Bocas is playing in the Premier League but standouts include Starfish – which as the name suggests is home to hundreds of starfish – on Isla Colon and Red Frog beach (named after the rana rojo strawberry poison dart frog), a short but thrilling boat ride away on neighbouring Isla Bastimentos.\n\nBy night, hit Bocas del Toro Town whose sandy streets are lined with restaurants and bars pulsating with the rhythms of reggae that rage on until dawn.\n\nHalf the fun is taking a chance of any place you like the look of but I had a blast at The Bookstore Bar and Barco Hundido, an open air, beach front bar where the rum punch flows freely.\n\nIt’s a great spot to end your trip to this underrated, affordable corner of Central America – and perhaps start planning your return. For you won’t be able to help falling for Panama and probably its open armed people, who are invariably at the heart of the best that the country has to offer, too.", null, null, null ]

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[ "Across The Country, Polluters Forced To Pay Out For PFAS Contamination", null, "It’s possible that contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — a group of chemicals that has found its way into source water throughout the country via industrial operations, poses acute health threats when consumed, and resists standard treatment methods — has become the defining drinking water obstacle of our time.\n\nAt the forefront of the issue, along with questions about how best to remove the contaminants from drinking water, is the matter of how to fund this treatment. Communities across the country have taken different approaches to resolving that issue, but many are working to hold the original manufacturers of these chemicals accountable.\n\nIn the nation’s capital, for instance, an advocacy group has turned to legal action to force those companies to fund identification and treatment efforts.\n\n“The National Rural Water Association (NWRA) said an issue with groundwater and its reported contamination by [PFAS] led them to sue multiple companies that have a history of using and selling such chemicals,” WUSA reported. “According to the NRWA, the lawsuit will seek money for testing and treatment for the chemical manufacturers, The 3M Co., Tyco Fire Products L.P., National Foam, Inc., Buckeye Fire Protection, Chemguard, E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company (‘DuPont’) and The Chemours Company.”\n\nNRWA, a major water and wastewater utility membership group, represents tens of thousands of the country’s smallest utilities, many of which are facing PFAS contamination issues. It has reportedly taken the lawsuit on because of foreseen obstacles for its members to pay for testing and treatment themselves.\n\nAnd, as demonstrated through another recent headline, settlement funds can play a critical role in helping utilities combat PFAS. In Alabama, a significant payout from a chemical manufacturer is going directly to improving drinking water treatment.\n\n“Residents in Lawrence and Morgan counties are closer to getting some of the cleanest drinking water in the country,” WHNT reported. “The West Morgan East Lawrence Water Authority [WMEL] broke ground on an advanced filtration system … after 3M paid $35 million to settle a drinking water contamination lawsuit in 2019. WMEL officials tell WHNT News 19 the system — a reverse osmosis treatment plant — will filter out all forms of PFAS chemicals. 3M in Decatur produced the chemicals in question for decades. The company discharged them into the Tennessee River about 10 miles upstream of WMEL’s water intake.”\n\nBut, as much of a boon as this settlement money can be, it may not solve the funding problem entirely. This has been the case in Minnesota, where the drinking water authority has found out the PFAS price tag can outpace what a court may deem fair compensation from polluters.\n\n“For the first time since Minnesota reached its historic $850 million settlement with 3M Co. over the toxic ‘forever chemicals’ polluting groundwater in the east metro, the state has put dollar estimates on the potential fixes being developed,” the Star Tribune reported. “The $700 million available to spend on cleaning drinking water and restoring damaged natural resources does not go far given the price tags for water treatment plants and home filtering systems, according to the latest draft of treatment scenarios…. Including inflations, the options range in cost from $250 million to $1.2 billion.”\n\nPFAS contamination is so pervasive that countless communities around the country will have to determine how best to approach solutions, and the funding for them, on an individual basis. But it’s clear that holding the polluters accountable will be a popular, if not completely comprehensive, approach." ]

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[ "Sure, Travis Konecny's skill has been a sight to see, but it's his humility that has won his teammates over already. The Flyers expressed that after their win over Buffalo.", null, "PHILADELPHIA – Travis Konecny is 19 going on 30.\n\nSeriously, just listen to him speak. Despite scoring his first NHL goal to kick start an improbable comeback when trailing 3-0 to win the game in a shootout, Konecny deferred any credit as being the one who started it all.\n\nWhat does he think got the ball rolling in the eventual 4-3 win over Buffalo?\n\n“I think personally the hit on [Jake] Voracek,” Konecny said. “That is one of our key players and when something like that happens it is unacceptable. We had to keep our composure but we obviously had to step up and show that we don’t want that to happen to Jakey.”\n\nThe Flyers did just that, scoring on the ensuing power play and then later scoring once again on the man advantage to force the overtime.\n\nYet, it sure seemed like Konecny’s goal was the one that brought life into the Wells Fargo Center. He may not want to admit it, but that sure was where this comeback began.\n\n“It gets the crowd going a bit. It gets us going,” said Brayden Schenn. “Any time a guy scores a first goal, like I said, it gets a little more excitement through the building and through our team.”\n\nGoing even further back, Konecny wouldn’t even take credit for his own goal – a beautiful re-direction out front of the net on a point shot from fellow rookie, Ivan Provorov. For what it’s worth, there’s a case to be made that Konency is already one of the best at directing shots on the team as he is constantly impressing in practices.\n\nThe youngster says it was his linemates who deserve all the attention.\n\n“I have been seeing that the credit has to go to Jakey and Coots [Sean Couturier] for giving me that confidence game in and game out,” Konecny said. “They set me up and they gave those great opportunities.\n\n“Credit to them and good shot by Provy there that is something that we work on in the power play, I got the puck in the net and it just happened to hit my stick.”\n\nHumble is something the Flyers are used to seeing. Just last year Shayne Gostisbehere took over the league in a rush but never let the spotlight get the best of him. That was different, though, for Gostisbehre was a 23-year-old.\n\nKonecny is a teenager out here doing special things, but acting as if he’s been there, done that. His demeanor has earned him respect right out of the gate.\n\n“He has got a good level of humility to him which I think endears him to the older guys in the room,” said head coach Dave Hakstol. “He keeps his mouth shut and works and that’s a positive.”", null, "Howlin’ T-Wolf will be ranking the entire roster from 15 to 1 leading up to the Wolves opener on Wednesday. View 10-15 here. 10. Brandon Rush, small..." ]

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[ null, "We start this book with Richard still in the Old World, making his way to Nicci and the warning that was lost to him in the last book. Well, more accurately, we start with Richard hanging between life and death after he stumbled across an Imperial Order army and was struck with an arrow.\n\nLuckily for both Richard and the people who are relying on him to defeat the Order, Nicci is able to use Subtractive magic to save Richard's life. But it quickly becomes apparent - to everyone but Richard - that the combination of his prolonged stint in unconsciousness and her Subtractive magic have left Richard suffering from delusions about a woman he loved and a wife that doesn't exist.\n\nFor his part, Richard wakes up to a world where he is the only one with memories of Kahlan. The more he tries to convince people that something is very wrong, the more they think he's losing grip with reality.\n\nIs it a spell or some other twist of magic? Or are Nicci and Cara and everyone else right when they tell him that Kahlan exists only in his mind?\n\nOf course, being that they're still in the middle of a war, that's not the only problem Richard is facing.\n\nJagang has resurrected another piece of ancient magic - cause the Slide worked so well and all - to hunt Richard down. The Imperial Order marches towards D'Hara and prophecy says that if Richard doesn't stand with his army then the world will fall under shadow. And the Boxes of Orden, long kept safe in the People's Palace in D'Hara, may not stay safe for much longer.\n\nWith Richard refusing to give up on Kahlan, do the others have any chance of making him see the error in his ways so that he can take his place at the head of his army and save the world from forever falling under the shadow of the Order?\n\nFor so much of this book I hated Richard. I think it's incredibly selfish of him to ignore his duty as a Lord Rahl to go chasing his own personal desires. He always talks about how people should be willing to fight for freedom without him, while conveniently forgetting that he has been actively recruiting people to his side for a while. Sometimes a charismatic leader can make the difference. And, as a leader, he should be with his people while they face the enemy.\n\nEven though I knew what the answer would be, I did enjoy the question of whether or not Kahlan was all a figment of Richard's imagination. In the end, the answer was revealed rather anti-climatically and the timing felt off.\n\nI swear, if the author got rid of all the needless repetition of past plot and events, the book would have been 200 pages shorter.\n\nI also hate that we've had characters disappear for a few books then pop back up. Why make new characters at all if you can't think of a way to use them for 3 books? Have we really found out if Richard's dragon died? Or what happened to Gratch? Or what happened the Seer they left with Kahlan's half-sister who ended up in the dungeon?\n\nWhen the series comes to an end, how many questions will still be left unanswered?" ]

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[ "#AceNewsReport – Apr.21: Officers have arrested four teenagers on suspicion of murder following the death of a man in Huyton on Monday night, 19th April.\n\nFour arrested on suspicion of murder following death of man in Huyton: ‘The teenagers, two males aged 15, one male aged 14 and a 15 year-old female, are currently in custody where they will be questioned by detectives’\n\nThe victim has now been identified as 23 year-old Connor Dockerty from the Litherland area.\n\nHis next of kin have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.\n\nA post mortem revealed he died from multiple stab wounds.\n\nAn investigation is ongoing and detectives are continuing to appeal for anyone who has any information to come forward.\n\nDetective Chief Inspector Siobhan Gainer said: “We are continuing to appeal for the public’s help and I want to appeal directly to anyone who was on Kingsway at the time this incident happened to contact us. If you have CCTV, dashcam or video/mobile footage from the Kingsway or Liverpool Road area at around 8pm on Monday night, please get in touch.”\n\nAnyone who would like to upload footage from last night to help with our investigation can use our Major Incident Portal by clicking on ‘Merseyside Police’ and the ‘Kingsway murder Huyton’ icon. They can also message us in confidence via the portal: Public Portal (mipp.police.uk)\n\n#AceNewsReport – Apr.08: A 43-year-old man was arrested at the scene on suspicion of attempted murder and remains in police custody:\n\nA murder investigation has been launched after a man died following a dispute at a property in Birmingham last night (7 Apr). After Officers were called to the address on Woodhurst Road around 11pm where a 27-year-old man was found with stab wounds. He was taken to hospital but sadly died this morning (8 Apr)\n\nForensic examinations are being carried out at the property and officers are speaking to local residents.\n\nDetective Inspector Michelle Allen, from the force’s homicide unit, said: “We are in the early stages of our enquiry, but we will be questioning the man in custody today:\n\n#AceNewsReport – Nov.24: The country has seen a spike in pet-related fraud this year, with the numbers being at least four times higher than in 2019: The most common thing people were trying to buy when they were scammed was puppies and other pets,” the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said in a statement on Tuesday:", null, "According to the watchdog, more than 2,100 cases of pet-related scams have been reported, inflicting more than AUD$2 million (nearly US $1.5 million) in damages. A predominant number of the cases are related to attempts to procure a canine from fraudsters, where the dog doesn’t actually exist:\n\nPuppy prices have been soaring in Australia lately, particularly for compact dog breeds such as French bulldogs, pugs and dachshunds. Assorted advertisements available online promise aspiring pet-owners pure-breed puppies for prices ranging from AUD$3,000 up to a howling-mad AUD$10,000. But those ready to part with such sums risking getting neither canine nor cash as a result: Australian breeders have urged the public to be extra careful while searching for puppies online and to check whether they are actually looking for dogs via a legitimate platform. Admitting the spike in prices, the breeders warned against going for extremely high – and low – prices alike.\n\n“I don’t know of any of our Dog’s Queensland breeders who would be charging those sums of money,” Dogs Queensland president Ulla Greenwood told local media. “Our breeders might be charging up to maybe AUD$4,500 but I think alarm bells should go off if prices above that are being asked.”\n\nA similar surge in puppy scams has been observed in other countries, too, as many people have apparently opted for adopting a pet amid the pandemic as more are working from home or suffer loneliness due to lockdowns:\n\nCanada and the US have experienced a sharp increase in pet scams, figures by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) have shown. Such scams have been reported more than three times as much as in 2019, and comprised nearly a quarter of all online scams registered. At the same time, North American fraudsters turned out to be significantly less greedy than their counterparts from down under, with the average loss in a scam amounting to ‘merely’ $700, according to the BBB: Last week, Britain’s Chief Veterinary Officer Christine Middlemiss urged the public to be vigilant and not to get ‘pet-phished’ ahead of the Christmas holidays:\n\n“After a difficult year and with many of us spending more time at home, many people may be considering getting a new puppy or kitten,” Middlemiss said in a statement. “However, the lead-up to Christmas is a prominent time for unscrupulous sellers to take advantage of those looking to buy a new pet.”" ]

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[ "Chemistry Professor Lena Daumann is one of six female academics to win the Therese of Bavaria Prize this year. She studies rare earth elements, which are essential components of many things we handle daily – and vital nutrients for certain bacteria.", null, "When Lena Daumann (35) learned that she had been awarded the Therese of Bavaria Prize, she was immensely pleased. “I am excited to have won an award that is named for a person with whom I can readily identify myself. Princess Therese of Bavaria travelled a great deal, was open-minded and was active in a variety of scientific societies – I find that very impressive,” she says.\n\nAs a young professor in Bioinorganic Chemistry, her own research is devoted to the class of elements known as rare earth elements (REEs). These are found in things as diverse as banknotes and LEDs, smartphones and MRI contrast agents. More recently it has emerged that REEs play an essential metabolic role in certain bacterial species. “My research is concerned with the isolation of REE-containing proteins from these bacteria, with the aim of understanding why nature selected these elements for use in specific biochemical transformations. I want to understand the role of these remarkable metals in biology from a chemist’s perspective,” she explains.\n\n“Sometimes, a nudge is enough“\nDaumann also has a passion for teaching. “We need young people that know how to collect and analyze data correctly, and how to communicate facts. It is so important to excite young people for science,” she says. It is also nice to see that attendance at my Bachelor and Master lectures actually riseduring the semester instead of falling off, she adds. “That gives me a lot of the energy back that I put into preparing a course.” In addition, she gives lectures for student teachers. Indeed, this is very important to her, as this audience will be responsible for educating future generations. She is also involved in a number of projects which enable her to pass on her knowledge directly to schools. In a project funded by the Robert Bosch Foundation as part of its program “Our Common Future”, she works with school students on finding new and greener methods for the recycling of REEs.\n\n“I am really happy when young people I mentor go on to make something of themselves and are successful in their endeavors. Sometimes, a nudge is enough – for example, simply drawing the attention of a promising student to a talk or a course that might be rewarding for them,” Daumann points out. She did her PhD at the University of Queensland in Australia, and her supervisor there, Lawrie Gahan, was an important mentor for her and remains her role model in this respect. “I always had the feeling that he was genuinely interested in helping his mentees to be successful. When I ran into problems, I could always go to him, and he always provided honest feedback.”\n\nOn the road, like Therese of Bavaria\nOne question that students often ask Lena Daumann, especially toward the end of their studies, is why she decided to pursue a career in science “I find the question difficult to answer, because I already decided I wanted to be a scientist when I was still in kindergarten. I saw myself as the typical absent-minded professor, white-haired and totally absorbed in their work – and it made no difference to me that I would probably not look anything like this typical stereotype! But I always wanted to do research, to figure out how things in nature work, and to train and work with young people. It’s also such a wonderful feeling to isolate a molecule or a protein that nobody had ever purified before!”\n\nShe intends to use the money that comes with her new award on a (long) weekend with her research group. “The plan is to go on a science retreat, during which we, as a group, can tackle a number of topics. My group has worked hard and been very supportive, and I would like to give something back.” When work permits, she likes to spend her time outdoors. She enjoys gardening, and has a little garden one just around the corner from the department in Grosshadern. And when she has a grant to write, she travels – just like Therese of Bavaria – and often than not, her destination is Australia. “This country has become a second home for me,” she says, before adding – with a view to the effects of air travel on the climate: “When I travel, I do my best to combine work with vacation time, and to find a way to compensate the CO2 emissions.”" ]

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[ "For a long time, isolation was the top priority of the Federal Intelligence Service. Now the German foreign secret service is spreading in social networks: It wants to recruit talent - and shows waving cats.\n\n\"Greetings from the Middle\": The Federal Intelligence Service (BND) is expanding its social media activities with its own Instagram account.\n\nThe German foreign secret service, with its headquarters in Berlin-Mitte, launched its own channel on Monday in the social network, which is particularly popular with adolescents and young adults.\n\n\"A modern employer must also be present where possible applicants cavort,\" said BND President Bruno Kahl of the German Press Agency in Berlin.\n\nThe BND was previously known for its strict reluctance in public.\n\nIn addition to a modern website, the BND has been represented on the YouTube video portal since November 2018, but only has a good 1000 subscribers there.\n\nIn March, the secret service started a campaign on Twitter (\"#FollowTheGlitchKarnickel\") to recruit experts from the hacker scene.\n\nHowever, the BND is not planning its own Twitter channel, such as the domestic secret service, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution, with a good 28,000 followers.\n\nThe Instagram presence should be a »milestone« in 65 after the official founding of the BND, it says internally. Kahl said: »We have to go modern ways to give school leavers, university graduates and young professionals in particular an impression of the professional opportunities an internationally operating security authority «offers.\n\nSo far, the account has no so-called \"blue tick\" with which Instagram confirms the authenticity of certain accounts.\n\nIf you enter BND in the search on Instagram, several accounts have so far been suggested that only have the abbreviation in their name, but do not officially belong to the Federal Intelligence Service.\n\nOn Monday morning, a few hours after the first videos were published, the account had a few hundred subscribers.\n\nThe BND is hoping for a reach of up to 60,000 Instagram users who have viewed BND content there at least once a month.\n\n»We won't have any political discussions on Instagram either.« Rather, the BND wants to create a place »where those interested can get an overview of our tasks, an insight into our everyday life and an impression of the people who work for the Federal Intelligence Service Working security in Germany «.\n\nAfter a two-year planning phase, in January the BND set up its own editorial team with a handful of experts for the Instagram presence.\n\nThe team includes young employees who have social media experience from management consultancies or business associations.\n\nVia Instagram, the service wants to address young people, especially from the so-called MINT subjects of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology.\n\nIn order for the BND, which was previously concerned with isolation, to appear livelier, personal anecdotes from employees will also be available on Instagram in the future - due to the confidentiality, however, without a face or name.\n\nThis includes photos with impressions of workplaces - such as that of a golden Asian waving cat.\n\nIt is \"totally cheesy, but I love it,\" writes one employee.\n\n“It reminds me of my last big trip before Corona.\n\nI bought it in Chinatown, Singapore. \"", null, null, null, "Sammy B .: German shot dead in Amsterdam - who is to blame?\n\nWho is afraid of men's clothing? We found a new fashionista on Instagram to build on - Walla! Fashion\n\nSammy B .: German influencer shot in Amsterdam - it was just a small knife", null ]

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[ "I’m one of those people who just can’t throw away anything with a family memory attached, and we have a garage and attic full of junk to prove it. If you’d ask my husband (CSX Engineer), he’d confirm the fact that the old primitive items, handed down or salvaged by me, are my most prized possessions.\n\nThe wooden lock box below is one such treasure. At a point in time before direct deposit, people who worked received real paper checks on “payday“. And if you were like most of us who grew up in the mountains of Virginia & West Virginia, your family lived from payday to payday. The Norfolk & Western Railroad paid-off on the 1st and 15th of each month.\n\nThe “call office” on the northside of Bluefield was where the crews were called to work, reported for work and signed off when they finished work. Inside the dusty old homemade box are slots or shelves which held the coveted paychecks in alphabetical order. Notice the letters scratched inside. The crew clerks held the checks under lock and key as the employees stopped in, a crew at a time, to pick up their checks. The railroad has been our bread & butter my whole life – even before me – and for our children too.\n\nThe box itself is probably worthless, but it meant enough to my dad that when it was replaced with a more modern system, he came home with the box and stashed it in the basement.", null, null, null, "Dad was known for bringing home the strangest items from the railroad, usually something that would otherwise be thrown away. The iron finial below is one such piece that he had lying around the backyard for years. So heavy that I can hardly move it, I somehow managed to get it in my van and bring it back to Florida and place it among the flowers. As a railroader’s daughter, and as a railroad clerk operator myself, I’m familiar with many of these antiquities once used on the railroad. This particular piece is the top of a semaphore board or signal board. define", null, "Train Order Operators would leverage the signal board (below left) from inside the depot to signal the crew. The image (below right) is a V-shaped Train Order hoop.\n\nI actually own such a V-hoop and still have a yellow tissue copy of the first train order that I ever wrote. I have personally set the signal, written the train orders issued by dispatcher and handed up the train orders to crews as their train flew past me. I have stood apprehensively along side the mainline and held the hoop high and still. As the engines roared by the train order office, a crew member reached his arm out the window and through the hoop. The simple design allowed the twine loop holding the orders to easily slip away from the hoop.\n\nDitto for the cab crew.", null, null, "Train orders were of two types: “31’s,” which had to be signed for by a member of the train crew, and “19’s,” which did not. The former were employed when the dispatcher needed to know that the affected train actually had the order, while the latter were used when he did not.\n\nTrain-order forms themselves came in pads printed on a thin onion skin paper, or “flimsy,” which enabled crews to read them over the light of a firebox or against a kerosene lantern. … source" ]

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[ "NEW ORLEANS, LA - Speak up and let your consumers, your shoppers, your peers, and elected officials know why NAFTA supports fresh fruit and vegetable consumption. This was the resounding message as key movers and shakers from the U.S., Canada, and Mexico gathered to discuss their interest and support for the Produce Coalition for NAFTA.\n\nAs thousands browsed the PMA Fresh Summit show floor below, members of the Produce Coalition for NAFTA, which includes veterans of Mission Produce, Taylor Farms, Driscoll’s, Wonderful Citrus, and many more, discussed having watched NAFTA’s influence take shape and increasingly help our industry.", null, "“It has helped grow our business; it has helped grow consumption in the categories we have; it gave us another diversified area with options,” Vic Smith, President and CEO of JV Smith Companies, shared when asked about the importance of NAFTA and the coalition looking to keep it in place. He reflected on a current book he is reading, The Next 100 Years, which observed the market power North America has by working together between the three countries. “It would be a tragedy to forsake our North American position. If we don’t come together to partner and maintain the strengths we have together on this, there will be a vacuum and other markets will shoot into it.”\n\nEnrique Sanchez Cruz of the Mexican Pavilion communicated optimism in the meetings he has had with influencers in both the U.S. and Canada.\n\n“It has been great to listen to these officials speak on the strength of the U.S./Mexico relations. The representatives of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, and Colorado all clearly state the message that it is extremely important to them to keep the bilateral relationship open,” Cruz shared at the gathering. Even so, he emphasized the importance of telling the government and the consumers those same messages.\n\nDavid Krause, President of Wonderful Citrus, agreed that communication is key in keeping what he called a “fantastic tool” in expanding companies and increasing produce availability for consumers.\n\n“We, like many of the businesses in this room, have made significant investments in the last decade in an attempt to better serve consumers in North America. I think that’s the fundamental issue which NAFTA has allowed others to do. And we must maintain that focus as we move forward in these negotiations,” Krause said, emphasizing that he and the company are very proud to be a part of the coalition and that the challenge is to be more vocal in advocating for NAFTA.\n\nAnother message was that change and evolution in NAFTA doesn’t have to be negative, but that its continued existence is a positive for the industry as a whole.\n\n“The key is we have to help a lot more people in our country understand what NAFTA has done,” Smith commented. “We can’t stand by and let anyone say there is an unfair advantage, I don’t personally believe it. I think some of the best producers I’ve seen were in categories like tomatoes, that recognized with NAFTA there was an opportunity to improve both their supply and the supply chain, and then the greater consumption, which should be all our goal. So, this coalition came up to counter a limited, narrowly-focused viewpoint. And hopefully we can make a difference.”\n\nSuch an amazing opportunity to sit in on talks with the #naftacoalition. All smiles with @driscollsberry Kevin Murphy and Soren Bjorn, and @costco Heather Shavey. #freshsummit\n\nThe most influential moment for me was when the leaders discussed the possibility of agriculture’s place in the NAFTA negotiations being overshadowed by the automobile industry, in which many encouraged producers to let negotiators know that our industry “was not up for forfeit” in the wake of louder trades.\n\n“Perhaps the challenge for us is to be a little bit more vocal in advocating with our peers in the industry,” Krause said. “We support the coalition, we are very pleased with it, and I would encourage the members of the coalition to talk to your peers. Let’s get others behind this; let’s make sure that we don’t lose this fantastic tool or allow others to take it away from us.”\n\nAs the next rounds of negotiations approach, AndNowUKnow will keep you briefed on the latest as it pertains to the produce industry. Additional information can be found on http://producecoalitionfornafta.com/." ]

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[ "Byrne and Partners: sloppy prosecution evidence is getting cases thrown out of court\n\nAnother case collapsed at Southwark Crown Court in December following disclosure failures on the part of the prosecution. This was an FPS case, the specialist prosecution group who were examined by the HMcpsI in 2008. A series of recommendations were made in this report, two of which specifically dealt with disclosure. Recommendations are made to address a significant weakness and should attract highest priority.\n\nThe CPS had been heavily criticised for it’s approach to disclosure in the 2007 report and since then the law has changed with a more streamlined and amalgamated test, a new code and new AG guidelines. The recommendations for the FPS included the following\n\n” The FPS should develop systems for ensuring that prosecutors take a uniform approach to examining material , consistent with the terms of the disclosure manual.”\n\nIf the disclosure manual is drafted in accordance with the statutory obligations then this would be satisfactory. In my experience little has changed over the last 18 months to suggest that this recommendation has been implemented. There seems to be an inconsistent approach to whether an unused schedule should be served, some prosecutors suggesting that that this should not be provided until a defence case statement has been sent. Others take the view that the schedule can be served but items should be treated as clearly not disclosable until a defence case statement has been served and even after that the FPS lawyer may refuse to disclose material in spite of counsels’ advice or the disclosure officer’s decision to do so.\n\nProblematically these schedules are often incomplete or inaccurate and are provided so late in the day that crucial decisions cannot be made in respect of applying to vary or discharge a restraint order as material has not been made available. When unused schedules are drafted inaccurately or in a misleading way there is always the danger that exculpatory material will be disclosed too late to be used or not at all as happened in a trial recently when we had not been provided with a piece of unused evidence which, had we seen it, we would have been able to make a hearsay application and more accurately convey the circumstances of the alleged offence to the jury. Each disclosure request, if it is responded to at all, precipitates a stream of correspondence and inevitably results in a hearing which is wasteful and time consuming for all concerned.\n\nDisclosure is treated as the elephant in the room by legislators who consider defence requests as an attempt to delay or to derail proceedings. . Nevertheless proper preparation of a client’s case demands that this work be approached seriously and thoroughly. Blanket refusal to disclose or an erratic and inconsistent approach to disclosure inevitably causes wasted court time through section 8 applications and other hearings which could be avoided. The CPS and the FPS may be overworked and underfunded, although any practitioner carrying out publicly funded work is in the same position, but their job would be easier and their success rate in terms of convictions would be higher if they adopted fully the recommendations of the Inspectorate. It must be a case of applying the first principles. The prosecutor must ensure before charge that the investigators have complied with their obligations to examine evidence which leads towards or away from a suspect. If this has happened, there will be no risk of cases collapsing when the prosecution are forced to disclose unused material . The Government considered a series of unsuccesful fraud cases in the research paper 06/31 which preceded the fraud act. One of those cases referred to is the Prudential, [ R v Melton and others] which was stopped for abuse of process following large scale disclosure failures on the part of both the alleged victim, police and prosecution.\n\nThe ruling in that case was salutary, the police and prosecution had abrogated their responsibilities onto the Prudential and disclosure requests were ignored for 2 or 3 years. In the recent case at Southwark the police had not obtained all the relevant documentation from a witness and following repeated requests to the FPS did not do so until a court order was obtained. Again this was evidence that the police should have obtained 2 years before and if they had done so, the defendant would never have been charged and more importantly would not have been remanded in custody.\n\nA star will only shine if the organisation they are in supports them right down to their DNA. END_OF_DOCUMENT_TOKEN_TO_BE_REPLACED", null ]

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[ null, "I'M A Celebrity's Russell Watson revealed ITV are paying for a new set of teeth after he chipped his during his first trial.\n\nThe singer, 54, took on the gruesome Laughing Stocks trial - which is worth five stars - with West End star Ruthie Henshall when the accident happened.\n\nIn the trial, Russell had to dunk his head into a barrel filled with slime, maggots, rotten vegetables and fish guts - but during the task he managed to chip his tooth.\n\nShowing off the chip, Russell told Dan Wootton on his talkRADIO show: \"It's all right, they're [ITV] going to pay for a new set of false teeth for me, I'll be fine.\"\n\nThe star also admitted to shedding a stone and a half as he discussed why he entered the castle: \"[I lost] almost 20lb while I was in there. It's certainly going to come in handy for all the turkey and sprouts I'm going to consume over the next few weeks.\"\n\nHe added: \"The main reason I did it [...] is because I'm constantly on tour, Christmas one of my busiest times. Coincidentally, they asked me before everything started with the Covid.\n\n\"So I actually made my decision that I was already going to do it before I knew I wasn't going to be working.\n\n\"When they asked, I spoke to my wife cause obviously I wanted her opinion and I said, 'What do you think? Do you think I should give it a go?' I just fancy doing something different, a new challenge and seeing how resilient I am.\"\n\nThe star exclusively told The Sun how their strict diet of rice and beans left him considerably lighter than when he signed up for the ITV show.\n\nHe said: \"I was mainly wearing the leggings for the first few days.\n\n\"But once I put my red pants on they were falling down my backside. I lost nearly 20lb in two weeks in there, the weight literally fell off me.\n\n\"I was quite pleased with that, I was a big unit when I went in there, so I put my trousers on today and they fell down, I had to put two belts on to keep them up.\"" ]

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[ null, "In a low scoring Division Two match the Joes edged out the Young Ireland’s by two points today at Cluskey Park on Sunday afternoon.\n\nDespite playing into a stiff breeze it was the Young Irelanders who went into the first water break leading by 1-3 to 0-4, with the visitors goal coming from Cathal McFerriter. The Joes had points from Alan McKenna, Conall McCaul, Oisin McGuinness and Gabriel Bell.\n\nThe sides exchanged points in the second quarter with Alan McKenna on target for the Joes from a 30m free. The visitors had a goal disallowed while Gabriel Bell struck the woodwork for the Joes, as the Young Irelands went in at the break leading by 1-4 to 0-5.\n\nJack Mulligan had the first point of the second half for the Joes on 34 minutes with Cian O’Donoghue responding for the Young Irelanders. Points from Oisin McGuinness, Conall McCaul and an Alan McKenna free had the Joes ahead by one, 0-9 to 1-5 at the second water break.\n\nThe final quarter saw both sides miss good chances, while Fergal Sheekey pulled off an excellent save from Killian Staunton before the final score of the game came from an Alan McKenna free on 54 minutes to give the Joes a two-point win in a lack lustre match.\n\nTable toppers Roche Emmets slumped to their second defeat in a week away to Clan na Gael on a treacherously wet Saturday night in Dundalk.\n\nDealing with the conditions a lot better, the hosts were on top for the majority of the encounter. The win puts them second in the table a point behind their opponents on the night.\n\nTeenager Mickey McCourt gave the visitors the perfect start with a flicked effort to the net but Mark Newell soon cancelled the major out with one of his own.\n\nBuoyed by the goal Jason Cullen and Billy Smith found their range to make it 1-7 to 1-4 at the halfway mark in the Ecco Road side’s favour.\n\nRoche dug deep and moved ahead with the opening four points of the second half through three Barry O’Hare frees along with a Seán Dawe effort.\n\nHowever when Smith converted a penalty, impressive substitute Paul Martin quickly added another goal in the next play when he reacted quickest to a shot off the upright.\n\nThe six point gap proved unassailable for the Faughart based side as the Clans continued their impressive recent form, with a contrasting second win of the week.\n\nHome side Hunterstown Rovers made it two wins in a week over an out of sorts Oliver Plunketts outfit on Saturday night.\nDespite the difficult underfoot conditions, county man Ryan Burns was outstanding for the hosts with ten points over the hour.\n\nThe Drogheda side went in 0-8 to 0-4 down at the break and the second half had an inevitable feel about it before Dean Burns found the net at the death.\n\nManagerless St Kevin’s pushed a strong Dundalk Gaels all the way on a soggy Saturday night in Philipstown. With Ronan Phillips departing during the week, the red and black outfit regrouped and put in a spirited performance and led by 0-4 to 0-3 at the break after Gaels wingback Emmet Lindsay opened the scoring.\n\nAnother member of the Dundalk side’s half back line David McComish would soon level the game while Cian Callan would single-handedly keep the hosts in touch with all of their scores. Gary Shevlin’s introduction proved crucial as the substitute came in and pushed the margin to three with two scores.\n\nCallan would rally again, but Lindsay added the Gaels last point of the evening which would prove the winner, as Callan narrowed the gap to one before the final whistle." ]

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[ "Maxwell is playing for RCB in the ongoing IPL season.", null, "Australia’s limited-overs specialist Glenn Maxwell made his Test debut in 2013 against India. In his career so far, he has played just 7 Tests and has scored 339 runs at an average of 26.08. The last time he donned the white jersey was back in 2017 against Bangladesh.\n\nThe batting all-rounder was not included in Australia’s Test squad for next month’s tour of Sri Lanka, meaning his wait to play for his nation in the longest format could go into the sixth year.\n\nNewly-appointed head coach of Australia, Andrew McDonald, has spoken about the possibility of the 33-year-old getting a recall in Test cricket and why he wasn't handed a recall in whites for the Lanka tour.\n\n“I think with 32 players being there at the one time, all options are still open. Clearly, COVID has influenced a lot of tours as well, so you never know what's going to happen.”\n\nOn his national side’s last tour of India, Maxwell made a century (104 off 185 balls) in the Ranchi Test, and his ability to contribute with the ball could also help him earn a place in the squad.\n\n“He's got a great record in the sub-continent – and India in particular with that hundred at Ranchi, he can give us off-spin.”\n\n“There was a small discussion around what it potentially looked like, but I think the reward for the team that went to Pakistan and the squad that went about its work, it was always going to be difficult to change that way of playing,” Andrew said.\n\nThe Pat Cummins-led side will play 3 T20Is, 5 ODIs, and 2 Tests against the Lankans.\n\nThe 33-year-old batting all-rounder is currently playing for Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) in the ongoing IPL. RCB will next take on Chennai Super Kings (CSK) on Wednesday (May 04) at the MCA stadium in Pune.", null, null, null ]

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[ null, "[Update — I forgot a huge issue: Waivers. ULGM had previously asked for a blanket waiver of all MMSD policies and some state laws. There has been no further information on this.]\n\nBig news over the weekend in the Madison Preparatory Academy saga. There has been significant and positive movement on four issues by the Urban League of Greater Madison (ULGM). First, they have changed their request from non-instrumentality to instrumentality, increasing control by and accountability to the district. Second, they have agreed to be staffed by teachers and other educators represented by Madison Teachers Incorporated (MTI) and follow the existing contract between MTI and the Madison Metropolitan School District (the memo on these two items and more is here). ULGM has also morphed their vision from a district-wide charter to a geographic/attendance area charter. Last, their current budget projections no longer require outrageous transfers of funds from other district schools. Many issues and questions remain but these move the proposal from an obvious red light to the “proceed with caution” yellow. It is far from being a green light.\n\nBefore identifying some of the remaining questions and issues, I think it is important to point out that this movement on the part on the Urban League came because people raised issues and asked questions. Throughout the controversies there has been a tendency to present Madison Prep as initially proposed as “THE PLAN” and dismiss any questioning of that proposal as evidence that the questioners don’t care about the academic achievement of minorities and children of poverty. This has been absurd and offensive. Remember this started at $28,000 per/pupil. Well, ULGM has moved this far because people didn’t treat their proposal as if it had been brought down from Mount Sinai by Moses; if the proposal is eventually approved, MMSD and likely Madison Prep will be better because these changes have been made. As this process enters the next phases, I hope everyone keeps that in mind.\n\nThere is a Public Hearing on “The Proposal” tonight, October 3,2011 @ 6:00 PM at he Doyle Building (show early, there will be a crowd). “The Proposal” is in quotation marks because there is much information that is required by Board Policy in a detailed proposal that is either missing or incomplete. What we have officially — many things have been discussed in the press or on the Madison Prep site in more (but still not satisfactory) detail than appears in the official record — is all (or nearly all) posted on this page from the district.\n\nIn the next 6-8 weeks the Board will vote on the proposal. According to their policies, among the things they will be considerings are:\n\n…an analysis of how a decision to establish or not establish the proposed charter school will impact families to be served and the overall programs and operation of the District.\n\n…at a minimum, consider the information included in the detailed proposal, the information provided by the Superintendent, whether or not the requirements of Board Policy have been met, the level of employee and parental support for the establishment of the charter school, and the fiscal impact of the establishment of the charter school on the District.\n\nWhat follows is a very initial and very lightly annotated list of what I see as things that should be part of this process. Because new budget information was only released Friday evening and much other information is lacking, I want to emphasize that this is initial. They are grouped loosely by topic and in no particular order (I will say I think the last is most important) ; some are things I think are of real concern, others are things that I just think need answers.\n\nThere is much analysis yet to be done on the educational soundness of the choices made in the budget and more, but for now four issues jump out at me.\n\nThe latest information as reported in the Cap Times (not anything official) is:\n\nCaire says the school is looking at facilities to rent on the near west side, with most students likely to come from the current Toki, Cherokee, Jefferson and Wright middle school attendance areas.\n\nFirst Wright does not have an attendance area of its own but encompasses the whole West area. I understand this as saying the school will draw from West and Memorial areas, but this needs clarification. Once clarified, the likely impact on all schools involved must be considered, as well as how this will shape the demographics of all the schools involved, including Madison Prep (remember, charter schools cannot discriminate in admissions).\n\nULGM has said they intend to satisfy the legal concerns of DPI at the time they finalize their contact with MMSD (if it gets this far). This may be OK for DPI and planning grant funding, but seems to be mighty late in the game for MMSD. I really think that this needs to be cleared up before the Board votes.\n\nThere is also the unexamined issue of how this fits with MMSD’s commitment to non-discrimination in relation to transgender students (something that is written into their Charter School Policy). For those who don’t think this is important, I suggest you read the public testimony from the 2004 meeting that prompted MMSD to become a leader on this issue.\n\nThis is related to the Location and Attendance Area matters, but extends beyond. Given the laws and policies requiring open charter school admissions, I still don’t understand how or why this can work to target those students who are failing/being failed.\n\nThis is and should always be the crux of the matter. If the program being proposed can reasonably be said to have a highly likelihood of significantly improving the educational attainment of a significant percentage of those who attend, then (almost) everything else becomes secondary (it doesn’t go away, but it recedes and note that all of the “high likelihoods” and “significantlys” are – to a great degree — subjective).\n\nThe Madison Prep educational plan itself is an incoherent and contradictory mélange of trendy and unproven elements. Some of what is being proposed is promising (intensive tutoring, perhaps longer school days and years), some of it educationally empty (uniforms), and some of it likely damaging to creativity and authentic learning (the militaristic discipline of the “No Excuses” models). None of the elements in-and-of themselves have been shown to make a significant impact on academic achievement and because of the contradictions there is a good chance that the whole will be less than the sum of the parts.\n\nThere has been nothing from Madison Prep since I wrote that to change my impression. I’ll be researching and writing more on this in the coming weeks and hope that more information from Madison Prep on their educational plans is forthcoming.\n\nI want to point out that the incoherence and contradictions of what we have seen so far block the supposed path to replicating any possible successes in district schools If this works, it won’t be at all clear what aspects made it work.\n\nLately I’ve been digging into IB materials and looking for places where it has been tried with high minority and/or high poverty student populations. What I’ve found thus far is some real, but pretty limited success, high attrition and that even the “non-selective” programs (most IB programs have a very selective application process) seem to require students to be at least at grade level when they begin. This doesn’t sound like the students featured in the Madison Prep media campaign.\n\nSince I’m on the topic of IB, one other question has occurred to me concerning how Madison Prep intends to implement the program. Some schools do a “certificate” allowing students to pick and choose which classes they do IB and which they don’t; others do only the “all IB” diploma program; still others have some students on one track and some on the other. This matters in terms of both vision and budget. If not all students are supposed to be “all IB,” that will require more non-IB course offerings; if all are “all IB” the exam fees per student will go up (as will attrition).\n\nI’m going to leave this for now, with a promise to expand on those areas that I think are most important and a reminder that thorough vetting is always better than faith-based policy. Sifting and winnowing, a proud Madison tradition." ]

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[ "The world is made up by gazillions of details. No matter what world you’re living in. And when I listen to someone beginning to talk about the details I get this feeling that nothing will ever get done. I might have mentioned what a very good friend of mine once said: If you really want to stop something, don’t oppose it. Add to it enthusiastically. Add detail. Soon the whole thing will become unmanageable and it will be abandoned.", null, "Reality does not conform to detailed plans. Checking on detailed compliance soon becomes an exercise “per se” without any meaning, incapable of dealing with variety of life, impossible to cater for variance and ‘exceptions’.\n\nWhen I was still a student, I got a job teaching German to immigrants. Easy. I thought. Nothing more straight forward than teaching something you know doing (speaking) pretty well. Wrong. It was the most difficult job ever. Because I was trying to teach German the way I had learned languages, I was trying to teach rules (with dozens of exceptions) to people who had never learned a foreign language, and couldn’t care less about grammar, the minute details of gender, articles, and cases. Their needs were different from what I was teaching. Sounds obvious now but when I was doing it, it took me months to learn from my students about their needs.\n\nChange gets lost in details. It comes in big strokes. Martin Luther’s dream was about the big issue. Revolutions are about big ideas, they drown and get lost in day-to-day bureaucracy.\n\nI am not feeling at ease drawing up dozens of procedures based on existing practices for the An Saol Project day centre that is going to change the way we support persons with a very severe brain injury. Because if they are based on what exists, they will not bring change.\n\nRome was not build in a day. Slavery was not abandoned with the stroke of a pen. Equality will not be achieved overnight. We will need what the Germans call a ‘long breadth’. Persistence.\n\n“We will never give up” is easier said than done. Enthusiasm and ‘long breadth’ are at times difficult to combine. But – if it was easy, someone would have done it.\n\nI’m having a cold, having started to run again a bit and having started to go swimming a little. Hopefully, that I’ll get over that as quickly as I’ll be dealing with the gazillions of details of procedures and planning and fire regulation and disabled access and health and safety and infection control and minimum door widths and maximum distances. So I’ll have more time to spend with Pádraig." ]

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[ "John Zulli is the author of the popular book, The Mind Rules- Master the three powerful principles that rule your performance, success and happiness (Red Horse Press, Inc., ISBN 0-9752867-0-6) and a prolific writer of non-fiction.\n\nHe has written numerous articles for publications and has developed dozens of DVD and audio programs on peak performance and personal growth. As a ghost-writer John has helped celebrities and speakers in the self-help industry to transform their ideas into ink.\n\nSince his first day as a speaker John Zulli has created his own material and authored scores of training programs on topics ranging from stress management and workplace violence to emotional intelligence and strategic thinking.\n\nMost proudly, John has developed several certification courses which were approved both by the State of California Council for Private and Post-Secondary Education and the State of Nevada Department of Education.", null, "The Mind Rules: Chapter 14The Tale of Two Wolves\n\nThe young chief went to see the elder medicine man and told him, “\"a terrible fight is going on inside me and it is between two wolves.” One is the wolf of arrogance, anger and greed. The other is the wolf of compassion, peace and benevolence. Can you tell me which wolf will win?”\n\n“Yes,” replied the holy man, “The wolf who wins will be the one that you feed.”\n\nResearch in the field of psychobiology suggests that you may have up to 60,000 thoughts throughout the course of a single day. Unfortunately, the same research also indicates that nearly 90 percent of those 60,000 thoughts are the exact thoughts that you had yesterday, and the day before that, and the day before that. In other words, a tremendous amount of attention is centered on a relatively small nucleus of ideas. These dense concentrations of thought generally have a theme that can be classified under one of two broad headings. The first wolf might be called “life-affirming” because it is the wolf of possibility. These are the thoughts, emotions, and behaviors that are proactive, encourage creativity, and promote life. The second wolf is “life-negating.” This wolf is made up of the thoughts, sensations, and actions that work against growth, restrict creativity and flow, or terminate life.\n\nThis life-negating wolf does have its place. Weeds in the garden need pulling. War must sometimes be waged. Skepticism can be healthy when dealing with people who have their own interests foremost in mind. But feed the wolf of pessimism the lion’s share of your thoughts and all you will get back is chronic stress, fear, and stilted performance. The struggling salesperson who focuses on bad news about the economy or his company is no different than the rock climber whose attention is consumed with ideas and images of falling, pain, and death. Too much attention to the problem creates mental and physical paralysis and overloads the body with emotional energy. The only way out of the dead-end alley of negative focus is in redirecting attention to where you want it to go. Patients with cancer or heart problems must face the life-negating wolf that comes in the form of their diagnosis, but they must switch their attention to the life-affirming wolf when it comes to the prognosis. And the battle cry of the life-affirming wolf is, “I can!”\n\nA Carnegie-Mellon/University of Miami study showed that the coronary bypass surgery patients who recovered the quickest, with the least complications, were the patients who approached their recovery in a “directed, goal-orientated way.” These patients participated in their recovery as opposed to merely observing the process. They sought information on what they could do to help themselves heal, took action and even made plans for when they would be released from the hospital.\n\nLike the salesman, the rock climber, and the cancer patient, you must acknowledge the wolf of the worst-case-scenario so that you can assess the real gravity and consequences of your situation, but to transduce power you must quickly shift your attention to what you want, your strategy for getting it, and the resources at your disposal. To overcome adversity or to elevate your game you must seek out and feed the wolf of opportunity. Start by directing your attention to your assets, choices, and support systems. Read the biographies of the courageous and study the stories of their success.\n\nThe evening of September 11th 2001, I had had enough of the television coverage of the terrorist attack and the aftermath of the tragedy. All day my focus of attention was exactly were it should have been: assessing the threat to myself, my family, and my country. I turned off CNN and took my attention out to my office. With the desk lamp turned down low, I sat in the half light and listened to the most poignant and rousing speeches I could find on the Internet, talks that were given by great men in times of peril and uncertainty. Through the voices, words, and wisdom of Churchill, Kennedy, and Roosevelt, I gained perspective, courage, and power. Others had been here. We would rise to the challenge. We would prevail. In the confusing days that followed I kept my eye on the conflict that dominated the headlines, but I also looked to history; to that torch of freedom that had now been passed to a new generation of Americans, and in that information I found strength, clarity, and meaning.\n\nWhich wolf will you feed today?" ]

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[ null, "The HBO TV movie told the story of Hill, who testified against Judge Clarence Thomas' nomination to the United States' Supreme Court after she accused him of sexually harassed her when they worked together. Although Thomas ultimately did get the nomination, Hill's story is one that many people don't know about and Washington felt compelled to be a part of telling her story. Not only did Washington play Hill, but she was also one of the executive producers to the project, which is why she was so incredibly proud that Confirmation was getting the recognition it deserves.\n\n\"We must champion brave voices in times of adversity,\" Washington said in her tweet. \"Thank you @goldenglobes for acknowledging #Confirmation in this way!\" Fans were supportive and also ecstatic about the nominations as well, wishing Washington congratulations and commending her for her amazing work in the movie.\n\nThis year's Golden Globes nominations may be the most diverse it's ever been. In almost every category, a person of color or a show/film that portrayed a diverse story was nominated. The critically acclaimed film Moonlight, which follows the story of a black man who grapples with his own sexuality and dysfunctional home life, received six nominations. Loving, which tells the true story of an interracial couple who were jailed for their marriage, and Hidden Figures, which tells the untold true story of three African-America women who worked at NASA, also walked away with nominations.\n\nThis years nominations applauded and commended the diversity that is now being seen in film and TV and may have opened the door for more diverse writing and casting to be done in the future." ]

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[ null, "If you come face-to-face with a snake, you may be wondering just how many times it can bite you before it runs out of venom. For the vast majority of snakes, it’s highly unlikely that they will bite more than once. And when they do, they can decide how much venom they’ll inject into you.\n\nThis is the reason that there are so many “dry-bites” where no venom is injected. As they’re shy and scared of humans, snakes will strike as a last resort and then attempt to make a getaway. Unless, of course, you make contact with a black mamba.\n\nBlack mambas are nasty, vindictive snakes with the personality of a psychopath. They’ve been known to bite up to 12 times in a single attack! Their venom is extremely toxic, but they will inject up to 12 times as much venom as is needed to kill their prey.\n\nIf you’re unfortunate enough to meet one of these slithery assassins, then you have about 20-30 minutes before you die after a bite. Not pleasant.\n\nContents show\nCan Snakes Run Out of Venom?\nHow Long Does it Take for a Snake to Replenish Its Venom?\nCan a Snake Bite Twice?\nWhat is the Deadliest Snake in the United States?\nWhat Snake Bite Kills the Fastest?\n1. Black Mamba\n2. King Cobra\n3. Faint-Banded Sea Snake\n4. Tiger Snake\n5. Inland Taipan\n6. Saw-Scaled Viper\nCan You Survive a Rattlesnake Bite Without Treatment?\nDo Rattlesnakes Strike Twice?\nWhat Not to Do if You’re Bitten by a Snake\n\nCan Snakes Run Out of Venom?", null, "While it is unusual for a snake to bite more than once, it is possible and snakes do run out of venom. It can then take from a few days to some weeks to fully recharge their venom sacs. It is not always necessary for a snake to inject venom to kill its prey or to affect an escape.\n\nThey are more than capable of inflicting serious wounds just with their bite alone.\n\nHow Long Does it Take for a Snake to Replenish Its Venom?\n\nThe complex process of producing venom depends to a large degree on how healthy and well-fed the snake is. Younger snakes take longer to produce venom than older, more mature snakes. Adult rattlesnakes can, for instance, replenish their venom in a matter of days, whereas younger members of the species can take a week or more to produce their venom.\n\nIt is always best to assume that the snake has venom available rather than taking a chance and assuming that it has exhausted its supply.\n\nCan a Snake Bite Twice?", null, "It is unusual for more than one envenomation to occur during the same attack. However, snakes are quite capable of biting more than once and some snakes, such as the mamba, make a habit of biting repeatedly to subdue their prey.\n\nWhat is the Deadliest Snake in the United States?", null, "What Snake Bite Kills the Fastest?\n\nThere are about 2200 species of snake on the planet, of which about 600 are venomous. Of those 600 species, about 200 are considered dangerous to human beings by the World Health Organization.\n\nHere are the planet’s most deadly snakes:", null, "This is the quickest snake in the world, traveling at 5.5m or 12.5 miles per hour, it can kill a human in as little as 20 minutes with its neurotoxic venom. They are usually inclined to avoid human contact but will attack repeatedly if they feel threatened.", null, "This 18-foot monster is the longest venomous snake in the world, with a neurotoxin that can bring down an elephant. Half the people it bites die from its attack and, as it is found in populous areas in India, it is often in contact with humans. They are much larger than their counterparts in Africa.\n\n“Forest cobras are the largest cobras in Africa, reaching lengths of over 8 feet.”", null, "This sea snake is considered to be the deadliest in the world with a venom that is 100 times more toxic than the Taipan. Fortunately, it is found in remote parts of the Pacific and Indian oceans and doesn’t come into contact with humans much at all.", null, "Australia is home to the Tiger Snake, which uses a deadly cocktail of venom to neutralize its prey. They vary in size as an evolutionary adaptation to the size of their prey.", null, "This is another snake that can kill a human in under an hour without treatment. Luckily, they are native to Australia’s remoter regions, where human contact is rare.", null, "While this is not the most venomous snake, its close contact with human beings in parts of India and the Middle East results in many bites and fatalities. It is responsible for killing more humans than any other snake on the planet.\n\nCan You Survive a Rattlesnake Bite Without Treatment?", null, null, "A rattlesnake will happily bite you more than once, so move at least 20 feet or more away if you’re bitten by one. The venom will cause your flesh to die within about 6 hours, so it is advisable to seek medical attention sooner rather than later.\n\nWhat Not to Do if You’re Bitten by a Snake", null, "Being bitten by a snake need not be a life-or-death situation. Most snake bites are not too serious and if you’re strong and healthy, then it is unlikely that you will suffer more than a few hours of discomfort. However, young children and older people are more at risk and each snakebite should be treated as an emergency.\n\nIf you’re out in the bush, then you should follow these rules to avoid becoming a victim of a serious snake bite:\n\nOn the rare occasions that snakes do bite humans, they are more than capable of biting more than once but seldom do. In the case of the black mamba, you’ll have 20-30 minutes to receive treatment before dying, as they inject 10-12 times more venom than is needed to kill you.\n\nLuckily, they’re restricted to parts of Africa, so you’re unlikely to meet one face to face.\n\nSources: How Do Snake Replenish their Venom?" ]

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[ null, "<This post appeared as a blog post on a previous version of this website, I have left it published here as the link continues to be shared among parents and families going through pregnancy loss.>\n\nWe lost a baby this year. That awful word – miscarriage. There, I’ve said it.\n\nThat taboo thing that nobody talks about but so many people seem to have a story about when you dig deeper. Why do people not talk about miscarriage?\n\nIn truth, I don’t like the term ‘miscarriage’ at all. It prompts thoughts of ‘how did I mis-carry?’ and ‘what did I do wrong?’ Thoughts like these haunt enough when it happens, so I rarely used the term when finally opening up to friends. To me, we lost a baby, that was how it felt and that was how I explained it.\n\nIt was week ten of the pregnancy, I couldn’t wait for our little girl to have a sister or brother. I’m lucky, this wasn’t my first pregnancy, I had been there once before and have an amazing little 2-year-old mischief-maker in my life as a result.\n\nI couldn’t wait to tell everybody our news. So much so, I had struggled to keep mum on the pregnancy to several good friends. Not like first time around when paranoia had me turn into a hermit for three months until a scan in the 13th week heralded the start of the second trimester and all was well, then I finally started to relax and enjoy it. No, this time around I was excited and easy-going and quietly confident about it all. Didn’t I have a perfectly healthy little girl in front of me to prove all would be ok?\n\nSo in week ten when I had slight spotting I didn’t worry. I had spotting in my first pregnancy in week 13, I knew what to look out for, I knew not to over-react. Later that day I contacted my consultant obstetrician anyway, just to let her know what was happening. She asked me in for a scan the following afternoon and, happy to get the reassurance, I headed in alone. It was only for reassurance after all.\n\nUntil she went quiet, and I knew. I felt it in every part of me that something was very wrong. She was still moving the ultrasound device around my abdomen trying to get the best picture but any small talk had faded into the distance as she concentrated on the readings in front of her. I lay there saying nothing, feeling the world close in around me.\n\nThere was no heartbeat. It had stopped a few weeks before, probably around 7.5 weeks, though the sac had kept growing with the little lifeless being inside. Around the size of a blueberry, floating around in a much bigger amniotic sac. Convincing my body it was still pregnant. But I wasn’t. There was no heartbeat. Our little baby was no more.\n\nI chose to have a ‘natural miscarriage’, that is, to let nature take its course. Hoping it would, I could avoid a D&C procedure and let my body deal with it as it is designed to do. Choosing to let it happen naturally for me meant waiting five days for the actual bleed to happen (it’s nothing like you see on TV) and having another two weeks of recovery following that. It felt like three months, not three weeks.\n\nI struggled to know how I was supposed to feel. My husband was able to grieve immediately and process the loss much faster whereas I had to live it for weeks. Usually side by side in everything, this was one experience he couldn’t share, he just worried about me and tried to be there when I needed him. I turned to the internet then and found a Facebook group of women far more desperate than I, dealing with multiple pregnancy losses, and so I clung to my little girl in relief that if I never have another child, I have this little one and I thanked my lucky stars for that.\n\nThey say miscarriage happens to one in four couples and I can believe it. A few months before this, I had two close friends who had separately confided in me as they were going through pregnancy loss in the first trimester. All our situations were different in how it happened, but those women were a great comfort to me when it was unfortunately my turn to live that experience. Just talking about it normalised it and somehow made it ok to discuss it openly.\n\nAnd slowly I started to talk about it to others, to extended family, colleagues, and to the friends with whom I had initially shared the good news. Talking made it feel better. I was beyond the stage of getting upset, my tears were all cried out, now it was talk that was helping to heal. I constantly wondered why I never heard people talking about it openly? Does the fact it happens so often make it less important somehow, or was I just not hearing it when it didn’t apply to me?\n\nAs I opened up, so did friends back to me about their experiences. Things I had never known at the time, that they didn’t feel comfortable sharing with me or with anyone. Why is it that they felt like this, why is miscarriage such a taboo subject? The question remains unanswered for me.\n\nThen I wondered, how did I react to those who I had heard lost pregnancies? I hoped I had shown earnest sympathy, but I just don’t know if I was capable of understanding what they were truly going through. Besides my own mother’s experience and my mother-in-law’s, I hadn’t heard or read much to help me with that understanding. It was those thoughts that prompted this post.\n\nPeople find it hard to know what to say to somebody that is dealing with early pregnancy loss. Being sympathetic and considerate is all anyone expects. Saying you’re sorry for the loss. Acknowledging the person or couple is grieving for a baby, a child that they had made plans for, images in their head of that child’s future and the family’s future which would now never be realised.\n\nDon’t say ‘better luck next time’ or anything to that effect.\n\nIf there’s a next time, it will be a different baby. This will always be the baby that was lost. And this mother will always wonder who they would have been. This baby will always have a birthday that is remembered, and a special place in my heart. ♥\n\nEnd note: I am very grateful to Prof Amanda Cotter Consultant Obstetrician for the excellent care and attention I received during this difficult time.\n\nWOW I have been overwhelmed by the response to this post through facebook and twitter, over 2,000 people read it in just a few days, I never expected anything like that. It is three months since we lost our baby and I was ready to share my story and have felt a great relief in doing so. Thank you so much to everyone who got in touch, I am doing very well and we are positive for the future, thank you for your kind words and to the many women who shared their heartbreaking stories with me. Olivia x\n\nSince writing this piece I have discovered a Mid-West Miscarriage Support Group that have a private group on facebook and hold support group meetings in Limerick. I would love to have known about them and had the support of the women there while I was going through my loss. I hope posting the link here might help anyone in the region like me that doesn’t know about them and needs support at this time. Olivia x\n\nAs he steps down from the role of An Taoiseach, I\n\nCheck out the snazzy new pedestrian crossing on th\n\nFollowing ongoing representations I have made abou\n\nI’m thrilled to be able to deliver the new pedes\n\nFive years ago today since Ireland voted for marri" ]

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[ null, "Hip-shaking Bollywood beats will meet soulful Caribbean strains of soca for a rarely-seen musical combination. Expected to set the screen ablaze with energy and unique rhythm on August 5 is director Todd Kessler’s “Bazodee.”\n\nThe film’s lead actress, Natalia Perera, is no stranger to unconventional combinations. In fact, the London-born and bred actress, with ethnic roots in Sri Lanka, identified with Claire Ince’s screenplay right away—particularly her role of Anita, the Caribbean-Indian daughter of a widower (Kabir Bedi), whose engagement to a wealthy businessman (“Game of Thrones” regular, Staz Nair) becomes complicated when she finds herself bonding with a local Trinidadian singer-songwriter (soca music legend, Machel Montano).\n\n“It was the first time I came across a lead part that is a woman, Asian, and from the Caribbean, and I became really excited about it,” Perera said in an interview prior to this week’s New York City premiere of the film.\n\nThe character of Anita resonated not only because of Perera’s determination to see women making their mark—she welcomes “feminist” among the list of characteristics used to describe herself—but also because, in many ways, it was like looking into a mirror.\n\n“Anita is a young woman who lost her mother at a young age and is very close to her father. She’s incredibly involved in his business and takes care of him and everyone around her. I identify with Anita’s sense of duty towards her family,” she added. “But I also share her taste in music and her passion for singing and dancing.”\n\nIn terms of Anita’s endeavor to strike a balance between tradition and venturing outside the norm, art has almost imitated life for Perera, who faced a similar juggling act when choosing between her love for the arts (her childhood is characterized largely by roles in church plays and choir) and her parents’ initial wishes for her to select a less volatile profession in medicine. At first, she aimed for a directing track as a way to tell stories that would be more palatable for her family. Courses in Text & Performance at London’s Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Classical Acting at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, however, cemented her zeal for being on the stage and screen.\n\nEventually, her parents didn’t just accept her decision—they embraced it.\n\n“They, like many parents, only wanted the best for me and I’m grateful for all they did to raise me to be an independent woman,” Perera explained. “I’m also glad to have had training in storytelling; it’s something everyone in this industry needs to be skilled at because it makes otherwise technical or boring information come alive.”", null, "In “Bazodee,” that animated spirit is captured in a script Perera describes as “an absolute gem, brimming with that feel-good factor,” and bolstered by music that, for her, epitomized “pure fun.” Indeed, Perera is familiar with both musical veins that comprise the heart of “Bazodee,” thanks to growing up amidst a well-established fan base for Bollywood in the UK. She’s especially a fan of the music from the late 90s/early 2000s era, citing “Lagaan” and “Devdas” as films whose songs struck a chord with her.\n\nSoca was a later discovery, as Perera first heard it during the world famous Notting Hill Carnival, but it quickly earned a place among her favorite genres with its infectious energy, especially that of her co-star Montano’s songs.\n\n“He’s the life of every party. As Anita puts it, ‘he makes happy music.’ The world needs that,” Perera said.\n\nAcutely aware of the global social and political tension amidst which the film will release next month, Perera is hopeful that “Bazodee”s life-affirming warmth will allow for some uplifting, emotional relief.\n\n“This film is wonderful because it showcases people and cultures that don’t often get exposure,” she said. “With all that’s happening in the world today, it’s a great thing to be transported to something as truly different, magical and positive as ‘Bazodee.’ Once you see it, you’ll know what I mean.”", null ]

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[ null, "Projects to encourage people living with dementia to reminisce, participate and feel more connected with their Margaret River environment are now possible thanks to a $30,000 grant from Alzheimer’s WA and the Royalties for Region scheme.\n\nThe modifications were made after an environmental audit by Alzheimer’s WA, in collaboration with Baptistcare Mirrambeena, suggested the inclusion of visual cues to aid the cognitive function of residents living with dementia.\n\nShe added that some of the funding was also used to commission photographs of historically significant scenes of rural and urban Margaret River. The specially selected images were enlarged and placed on canvas for display at Baptistcare Mirrambeena.\n\nDementia is an umbrella term to describe changes in cognitive function resulting from damage to brain cells from conditions such as Alzheimer’s disease. Commonly, people with dementia have poor short-term memory which means they can struggle to remember recent times yet are able to recall events and places from their distant past.\n\nJulieann said that 75% of the residents at Baptistcare Mirrambeena have a long connection with the Margaret River area and are very familiar with the scenery and landmarks depicted.\n\n“The Margaret River Hotel built in 1936 held a lot of memories for our locals and was included in the collection.”\n\n“Residents, staff and volunteers worked together to choose the most popular and appropriate images,” she said.\n\nBaptistcare has more than 45 years’ experience providing care and residential living options for Western Australians in their senior years." ]

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[ "Doctors used science long ago to prove that smoking is an extraordinarily unhealthy habit, and it can lead to a large number of medical conditions. Also, it’s expensive, causes damage to buildings, bothers others, and has many other negative effects.\n\nEven with all of these reasons to stop smoking, people still do it. A lot of people. Why? Because it’s very addictive.\n\nAnti-smoking advertising has been going on for quite some time, but maybe a new strategy will help. After all, it’s quite embarrassing when a sign gives you a hard time while you’re walking down the street, as one in Scandinavia just did.", null, "One of the most creative anti-smoking signs ever created was recently placed in a busy square in Stockholm, Sweden. This location was chosen because it happens to be a place where many people go to smoke.\n\nThe sign itself was a digital display showing a simple image of a person in black and white, and the name of the business was displayed across the bottom. It’s the kind of ad you see all over the place, and you may not even register it above a subconscious level.\n\nHowever, what you don’t notice while just looking at it is that a smoke detector is hidden inside of the sign. When a smoker walks by, the machine picks up on the smell, and the image changes to a coughing man. It’s a very clear message that the guy is bothered by the harsh smell of the burning tobacco. Then, it shows some ads for some common products that will help people quit.\n\nTwo Ads in One\n\nThis sign was done in such a clever way that a lot of people took notice. It was clear that it was reacting to the people walking by, and that unusual behavior led to some funny (and uncomfortable) reactions from the general public.\n\nThe whole thing was a creative plan that was well executed, but the creators didn’t stop there. They also had a film crew around to discretely make a video of people’s reactions to the sign, and that was entertaining in itself.\n\nThey shared the video online, of course, and this meant that it went from outdoor advertising to something that could freely spread around social media.", null, "It Fits the Brand\n\nIt’s not uncommon to see stop smoking billboards created by governments or other non-profit organizations, but this one was made for a business. It was put together by the agency Akestam Holst, and they made it for the Apotek Hjartat pharmacy. When you think about it, it’s a perfect match for the brand. The purpose of a pharmacy is to help you stay healthy and live a longer life, and quitting smoking really contributes to that.\n\nSo, not only was it funny and eye-catching, but the billboard remained relevant to the messages that the company wants to put out.\n\nA Reason for the Timing\n\nJust as the location was chosen because it’s a place where many people light up, there was a specific reason of why they released it in January. This is the month when people are trying to follow their recently made New Year’s resolutions, and quitting smoking is one of the most common goals that people set. It’s also one that many people fail to follow through on because of how difficult it is. This is a fun, catchy reminder to help people remember what they’re doing, and it would still work in August, but it wouldn’t work as well without the extra timing element.", null, "This campaign accomplishes some pretty standard goals that companies aim for when investing in advertising. It helps their brand become known, increases sales, and gives updates about current products. However, it also takes things a step further by doing something that contributes to society.\n\nFrom a business point of view, a pharmacy will probably be able to sell products to smokers and non-smokers alike, so it’s not like it’s chasing away customers. But, if they build the image of being a trusted friend and valuable member of the community, they might just end up with more customers (even those who have never been interested in tobacco).\n\nIt’s Not Just for Pharmacies\n\nHopefully this campaign will serve as an inspiration to you in more ways than one. It’s a clever example of how you can mix outdoor advertising with a viral video, and it’s another case that proves that signs aren’t limited to being one-sided, static images. On the other hand, it should be a good challenge for you to find some social causes that can help boost your business. You don’t have to be in a field related to medicine in order to do something positive for the world, and even a small amount of effort can be enough to help you win some customers." ]

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[ "5 edition of A Master Plan For A New Haitian Republic found in the catalog.\n\nPublished May 17, 2006 by AuthorHouse .\nWritten in English\n\n\nWhile the United States refused to diplomatically recognize Haiti, it continued trade relations with the new nation. Prior to the revolution, the United States was a large trade partner with Haiti, second only to its colonial power, France. Throughout the 19 th century, the United States continued to import Haitian agricultural products and. The Haitian Revolution (–) was a period of conflict in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, which culminated in the elimination of slavery there and the founding of the Haitian republic. Although hundreds of rebellions occurred in the New World during the centuries of slavery, only the St. Domingue Slave Revolt, which began in 8/10(46).\n\nHaiti (/ ˈ h eɪ t i / (); French: Haïti; Haitian Creole: Ayiti), officially the Republic of Haiti (French: République d'Haïti; Haitian Creole: Repiblik D Ayiti) and formerly called Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, to the east of Cuba and Jamaica and south of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos l and largest city: Port-au-Prince, 18°32′N . Suggested Reading. Laurent Dubois, Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, Cambridge: Harvard University Press, Paul Farmer, The Uses of Haiti, New York: Common Courage Press, Philippe Girard, Haiti: The Tumultuous History—From Pearl of the Caribbean to Broken Nation, New York: Palgrave McMillan, Peter Hallward, Damning the Flood: Haiti and the.\n\nThe Haitian Revolution secured black independence in the former French colony and sounded the death knell for the European slave trade. It also ensured the expansion of U.S. slavery. By. The best books on Haiti: start your reading here From the story of a torturer, and a novel banned by Papa Doc Duvalier to a warts and all love letter Author: Pushpinder Khaneka.", null, null, "A Master Plan For A New Haitian Republic by Henry Robert Dumornay (Author). Master of the Crossroads, Smartt Bell (trilogy), (, Panther Books, $ ) Historical novels that circle around the revolution. Exciting reading, and an important re-imagining of Haiti's. Deren traveled to Haiti in the late s with the intention of studying ritual dances, a project that morphed into a profound investigation into Haitian voodoo, that much-maligned and misunderstood religion that Christians love to hate.\n\nThe new American Plan for Haiti Haiti Progress, This Week in Haiti, Vol. 16, no. 12, June Governance is the latest code word which the U.S.\n\nEnergy Development Plan for Haiti until 1 Country overview 1 Haiti is located in the center of the Caribbean region in the Central America, western part of the island of Hispaniola, directly neighbour to Dominican Republic.\n\nTotal area of the country is square kilometres in File Size: 1MB. now Santo Domingo (the capital of the Dominican Republic) in - Haiti is the only free republic born of a successful slave rebellion.\n\nAlso the first black republic. This is a special point of pride for Haitians. - A constant history of violence but NOT of poverty (for many years, in fact, Haiti was the richest European colony in the New World)File Size: KB.\n\na SUMMARY IN 10 QUESTIONs of the STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF HAITI - an EMERGING COUNTRY in In New York on MaHaiti’s international partners accepted the principle of long-term supportfor the reconstruction of the country, based on the Action Plan for the Recovery and Development of Haiti– APRDH (Plan d’action.\n\nHaiti became the world's first black-led republic and the first independent Caribbean state when it threw off French colonial control and slavery in the early 19th century. But independence came at a crippling cost. It had to pay reparations to France, which demanded compensation for.\n\nSearch the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books. My libraryMissing: Master Plan. He is also the author of Avengers of the New World: The Story of the Haitian Revolution, which University of Michigan) is associate professor of history at Michigan State University.\n\nHis book A Colony of Citizens: Revolution and Slave Emancipation in the French Caribbean, – won the American Historical Association Prize in Atlantic History and the John Edwin Fagg Award/5.\n\nThe Haitian Revolution was a unique case in the history of humanity. Indeed, it remains one of the most remarkable revolutions in the history of the modern world. It involved the establishment of a new nation by exploited slaves who successfully liberated themselves and radically and permanently transformed their society.\n\nThe new state. Books Our favorite books about Haiti which deals with the massacre of Haitian workers in the Dominican Republic in and In The Flicker of an Miami-Dade cities plan to reopen businesses. Pierre Charles L'Enfant (French: [pjɛʁ ʃɑʁl lɑ̃fɑ̃]; August 2, – J ), self-identified as Peter Charles L'Enfant while living in the United States, was a French-American military engineer who designed the basic plan for Washington, D.C.\n\n(capital city of the U.S.) known today as the L'Enfant Plan ().Born: August 2,Paris, France. In this award-winning, bestselling work of fiction that moves between Haiti in the s and New York in the present day, we meet an unusual man who is harboring a vital, dangerous secret.\n\nHe is a quiet man, a good father and husband, a fixture in his Brooklyn neighborhood, a landlord and barber with a terrifying scar across his g: Master Plan. bibliography of works on the haitian revolution All the works listed in this bibliography are in my own library.\n\nI believe I did this back inand if so I know I have added quite a few works since then, but I don't know the date of this bibliograhy, I just found it in my g: Master Plan. Hats off to the anonymous Brigada participant, who contributed this list of Christian Books, Bibles, New Testaments, Audio, Video, Online Bibles, TEE, Children’s Materials, Evangelistic Magazines in Haitian Creole.\n\nBrigada provides resources, trends and motivation to fulfill the Great Commission. The obsession with palaces continues in the political class, which saw fit to break new ground for a new national palace today, on the 8th anniversary of the earthquake. According to Haiti’s recently installed President, Jovenel Moise, the new building .Haiti shares the island of Hispaniola, one of the largest in the Caribbean, with the Dominican Republic.\n\nAlthough the two countries share an island, their cultures are very different. The majority of the Haitian people descend from African slaves who overthrew their masters in the French colony of Saint-Domingue." ]

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[ null, "Balu and Swapna fall in love. The only thing I did not like in the entire film is that the filmmaker has shown Ahuti Prasad father of the girl as a bakra. Telugu Movie review – Kotha Bangaru Lokam. He suited the character of the film very well and he needs to work strongly on getting diction right. Retrieved from ” https: He is very good though he appears to have gone little over board in the class room scenes.\n\nBoth of them study in a residential college located at Visakhapatnam. Bnagaru parents arrange another marriage for her. You can take any frame in the film and send it as a postcard. Released on 9 October amidst the Vijayadashami celebrations, the film became one of the biggest blockbusters of the year in Telugu cinema and successfully completed days, winning several accolades.\n\nThe rest of the story is all about how Balu and Swapna try to get back to each other.\n\nBy using this site, you agree to the Terms bwngaru Use and Privacy Policy. Micky J Meyer Cinematography: Welcome aboard straight form the editor’s des k a comprehensive section about films that are released and under production check out the trade gangaru and figures to find out best films at the box office plug yourself in to the jukes box and read the audio news and reviews Paparazzi, interviews, bio-d’s, gossip and what not?\n\nKofta departments Story – screenplay – direction: Coming to my rating statistics, my last 4 rated film was Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana Januarymy last 4. However, Jayasudha’s role is more meaningful and vital in this film. He is very good though he appears to have gone little over board in the class room scenes.\n\nLike Bommarillu, this film too deals with the problem of parents and kids. Swapna Sweta Basu Prasad is the daughter of a strict and rich father.\n\nHe could able to conceive the emotional scenes in the second half excellently. Telugu Movie review – Kotha Bangaru Lokam. Shwetha Babgaru and Varun Sandesh were a delight to watch and made a good pair. This film has lots of fresh faces as friends of hero and heroine. Producer Dil Raju made sure that he spends lot of money and quality time on this film.\n\nStory bangqru the film is about parenting. Balu and Swapna fall in love. Ahuti Prasad is good as the father of heroine. Dialogues by the director Srikanth Addala are very good. Music of the film is exceptionally great. The movie was remade in Kannada as “Cheluvina Chilipili” by S. Dil Raju Release date: Artwork by Prakash is nice. The way he has shown the Godavari bridge is entirely different from what we have seen in the earlier films. The movie was dubbed into Malayalam with the kofta Ithu Njangalude Lokambecoming a big success.\n\nWhile his parents keep lojam that he is studying for his exam, he is busy daydreaming about Swapna and looking for her. Balu and Swapna fall in love. Venkatesh Story – Screenplay – Dialogues – Producer: Narayan and cast his son Pankaj and Roopika in the lead roles. Mickey J Meyer repeats his magic after Happy Days with this film." ]

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[ "skip to main | skip to sidebar\n\nIndigenous Peoples around the world are invited to provide their valuable input in responding a questionnaire on the follow up to the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples 2014 by 6 April 2015 at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/WCIP\nPosted by UCTP TAINO NEWS at 11:49 AM No comments:", null, "Preceding the meeting, four Pre-Conference Forums will take place in select locations in Apia from 28-31 August 2014. The Pre-Conference Forums will be held outside of the UN security perimeter and therefore don’t require accreditation to the SIDS Conference. Further information on these activities is available on the SIDS website: www.sids2014.org/index.php?menu=1567\nParticipation in the Major Groups and other Stakeholders Forum, which will take place on Thursday, 28 (evening) and Friday, 29 August 2014, is subject to registration. Today is the last day to register - if you are planning on attending, you must fill out this form. More information on the Forum can be found here.\n\nWe would also like to use this opportunity to remind representatives of organizations that are accredited with the United Nations and plan to attend the official Conference to register here. Conference registration for Major Groups and other stakeholders’ representatives will close on Monday, 4 August 2014.\n\nTwo informal consultations will be conducted by the President of the General Assembly. The first consultation will be held on Wednesday, 16 July, 2014 and will focus on the zero draft conference outcome document. A revised draft outcome document will be issued shortly after the consultation of that meeting and considered at a second and final consultation, on Monday, 18 August, 2014.\nPre-registration: Representatives of Indigenous Peoples who wish to attend the informal consultations, please inform the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues at [email protected] by Friday, 11 July for the first consultation and by Wednesday, 13 August for the second consultation. Please indicate the name of the organization, name of the representative and contacts including an email address.\nTo download the letter to Representatives of Indigenous Peoples please click here\nPosted by UCTP TAINO NEWS at 3:32 PM No comments:\n\n\nThe participation of stakeholders from civil society and other non-state actors is organized according to the major groups structure articulated in Agenda 21. Representatives from major groups interested in participating as observers in the SIDS Conference and its preparatory process are required to be accredited to the United Nations and register accordingly. Accredited? Pre-register by 1 August 2014\nIndigenous Peoples interested in attending the Conference should send nominations to Major Group focal point Roberto Borrero at [email protected] before July 7.\n\nCountries and Territories Represented by the Caucus as of 2008\n\nPlease be advised that all joint statements presented on this web log have been submitted to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and have become a part of the official record of said sessions. All statements available here for public review have been submitted to the Secretariat of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues unless otherwise noted.\n\nRepresentation within the IPCGC follows a structure similar to the Association of Caribbean States, and the “Greater Caribbean” is defined here as an area of cooperation in recognition of common ancestral heritages and common geographic spaces shared by the Indigenous Peoples of the region historically and at present. The IPCGC is open to legitimate representatives from the region who are recognized as such by their communities.\n\nLinks to Caribbean Indigenous Organizations and other Relevant Information\n\nThe Voice of the Taino People Online" ]

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[ "For nearly 200 years, the steam engine powered the world’s machineries, but its origins were very humble. It began with the pressure cooker, or more precisely, its predecessor the ‘steam digester’, invented by a long forgotten Frenchman named Denis Papin.\n\nDenis Papin was born in the village of Chitenay, near Blois, in 1647. He attended the University of Angers, from which he graduated with a medical degree in 1669. However, Papin was not destined to practice medicine. After he moved to Paris, Papin met and befriended Christiaan Huygens, the famous Dutch polymath, and the duo conducted many experiments with an air pump and vacuum. The most memorable of these experiments was a ‘gunpowder engine’, a machine where gunpowder was lighted inside a cylinder and the expanding gases from the explosion was allowed to escape. This created a vacuum strong enough to lift ‘seven or eight’ boys using just a couple of grams of gunpowder.", null ]

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[ "Toyota: Net profit of $ 6,8 billion for the fourth quarter\n\nThe Japanese car giant, maintained its position as the leading automaker in the world in 2021", null, "Toyota reported net profit of $ 6,8 billion for the fourth quarter of 2021, despite the global crisis over the lack of chips and spare parts due to the pandemic that led to reduced production.\n\nThe Japanese car giant, which maintained its position as the world's leading automaker in 2021, kept its forecast for net annual profits unchanged, but slightly reduced its vehicle sales target for the whole year.\n\nToyota reported net profit of 791,7 billion yen for the fourth quarter of 2021, down about 5% year-on-year, but much better than the 619,2 billion yen expected by analysts polled by Bloomberg.\n\n\"Despite the negative factors such as supply constraints due to the lack of semiconductors (chips), and the spread of Covid-19\"As well as the sharp rise in raw material costs, we achieved higher sales and profits\" in the first nine months of the financial year, Toyota said in a statement." ]

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[ null, "Marcus Samuel Blitzstein (March 2, 1905 – January 22, 1964), was an American composer, lyricist, and librettist.[1] He won national attention in 1937 when his pro-union musical The Cradle Will Rock, directed by Orson Welles, was shut down by the Works Progress Administration. He is known for The Cradle Will Rock and for his Off-Broadway translation/adaptation of The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill. His works also include the opera Regina, an adaptation of Lillian Hellman's play The Little Foxes; the Broadway musical Juno, based on Seán O'Casey's play Juno and the Paycock; and No for an Answer. He completed translation/adaptations of Brecht's and Weill's musical play Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny and of Brecht's play Mother Courage and Her Children with music by Paul Dessau. Blitzstein also composed music for films, such as Surf and Seaweed (1931) and The Spanish Earth (1937), and he contributed two songs to the original 1960 production of Hellman's play Toys in the Attic.\n\nBlitzstein was born in Philadelphia on March 2, 1905, to affluent parents. Blitzstein's musical gifts were apparent at an early age; he had performed a Mozart piano concerto by the time he was seven. He went on to study piano with Alexander Siloti (a pupil of Tchaikovsky and Liszt), and made his professional concerto debut with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Liszt's E-flat Piano Concerto when he was 21.\n\nAfter studying composition at the Curtis Institute of Music, he went to Europe to continue his studies in Berlin with Arnold Schoenberg (with whom he did not get on), and in Paris with Nadia Boulanger (with whom he did). Despite his later political beliefs, he was, in the early years of his career, a self-proclaimed and unrepentant artistic snob, who firmly believed that true art was only for the intellectual elite. He was vociferous in denouncing composers—in particular Respighi, Ravel, and Kurt Weill—who, he felt, debased their standards to reach a wider public.\n\nHis works of this period, mostly pianistic vehicles such as the Piano Sonata (1927) and the Piano Concerto (1931) are typical of the Boulanger-influenced products of American modernism — strongly rhythmic (though not influenced by jazz) and described by himself as \"wild, dissonant and percussive.\" These early works were far removed from the Schoenberg style.\n\nThe dramatic premiere of the pro-union The Cradle Will Rock took place at the Venice Theater on June 16, 1937. The cast had been locked out of the Maxine Elliott Theatre by the Works Progress Administration, the government agency which had originally funded the production, so the cast and musicians walked with the audience to the nearby Venice. There, without costumes or sets, they performed the work concert-style, actors and musicians alike, sitting among the audience (to evade union restrictions on their performance) with Blitzstein narrating from the piano. In 1939, Leonard Bernstein led a revival of the play at Harvard, narrating from the piano just as Blitzstein had done. Blitzstein attended the performance, after which he and Bernstein became close friends; Bernstein would later say that Blitzstein's contribution to the American musical theatre was \"incalculable\".[2] The 1999 film Cradle Will Rock was based on this event, though heavily embellished. In the film, Blitzstein (played by Hank Azaria) is portrayed as gaining inspiration through ghostly appearances by his idol Brecht and his late anorexic wife.\n\nAdditional major compositions include the autobiographical radio song play I've Got the Tune, The Airborne Symphony (1946), Regina (1949), Reuben, Reuben (1955), and Juno (1959). At the time of his death Blitzstein was at work on Idiots First, a one-act opera based on the eponymous story by Bernard Malamud – intended to be part of a set of one-acters called Tales of Malamud – which Ned Rorem has called \"his best work\". This was followed by the work Blitzstein intended to be his magnum opus, a three-act opera commissioned by the Ford Foundation and optioned by the Metropolitan Opera entitled Sacco and Vanzetti. Both Tales of Malamud and Sacco and Vanzetti were completed posthumously, with the approval of Blitzstein's estate, by composer Leonard Lehrman. Lehrman's long-awaited Marc Blitzstein: A Bio-Bibliography, published in 2005 by Praeger, is the longest published biographical bibliography of any American composer at 645 pages.[3]\n\nIn 1958, Blitzstein was subpoenaed to appear before the U.S. House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC). Appearing first in a closed session, Blitzstein admitted his membership in the Communist Party (ending in 1949) and, challenging the right of HUAC to question him at all, refused to name names or cooperate any further. He was recalled for a further public session, but after a day sitting anxiously in a waiting room he was not called to testify.[4]\n\nDuring a visit to Martinique in 1964, at the age of 58, Blitzstein was murdered by three sailors he had picked up in a bar,[5] one of whom he was said to have propositioned. He is buried at Chelton Hills Cemetery in Philadelphia.[6]\n\nBlitzstein was openly gay.[7] He wrote to his sister in 1929, regarding prior attempts to suppress or hide his orientation, \"it is absurd to assume there are no sins; there are definitely Cardinal sins -- sins against oneself, against one's law. My sin is, has been... the willingness to corrupt my nature.\"[8] His first lover was the conductor Alexander Smallens, with whom he traveled to Europe in 1924.[9][5] Blitzstein nevertheless married novelist Eva Goldbeck on March 2, 1933. They had no children. His mother-in-law was Berlin-born musical star and opera singer Lina Abarbanell. He dedicated a number of works, including Romantic Piece for Orchestra (1930), String Quartet, 'The Italian' (1930), the ballet Cain (1930), and the Serenade for String Quartet (1932) to his wife-to-be. She died of anorexia in 1936, and his grief prompted him to throw himself into the work of creating The Cradle Will Rock.[10]\n\nThis article uses material from the article Marc Blitzstein from the free encyclopedia Wikipedia and it is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License." ]

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[ null, "Where is Zurich vs Lugano being played? Name of stadium here\n\nWhere can I get tickets for Zurich vs Lugano? No tickets are available as this match will be played behind closed doors\n\nWhat TV channel is Zurich vs Lugano on in the UK? This match will not be televised live in the UK\n\nWhere can I stream Zurich vs Lugano in the UK? bet365 customers may be able to stream this match live via their website and you can check their schedule here\n\nZurich reignited their hopes of playing in European competition by ending a six-match winless run with a resounding 4-0 triumph against title-chasing St. Gallen on Thursday they will now hope to make it back-to-back wins. That will be easier said than done though against a Lugano team who have the third best defensive record in the league and the visitors have not conceded a goal against Zurich in their last six league meetings. Lugano won 2-0 against Luzern in midweek and are unbeaten in their last four matches. They have the potential to frustrate the home team and are tipped to come away with a point from a low-scoring contest." ]

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[ null, "NORTH AUGUSTA—Anyone driving through the Heatherwood subdivision on May 13 saw a parade of women in red shirts out in the 90-degree heat.\n\nThe brightly colored sea of walkers stretched along the main roads and looped around the circles and cul-de-sacs. The group of more than 150 included young women wearing trendy sunglasses and iPod ear buds, young mothers pushing baby strollers, and senior women walking and laughing together.\n\nThis was the first Walk For Christ, organized by the ladies of St. Edward Church in the Murphy Village community. The idea stemmed from an ongoing effort by Carmelite Father Cherian Thalakulam, pastor.\n\nSince arriving in North Augusta in 2002, the priest has made it his mission to build a stronger sense of community in the parish, where almost all members are Irish Travelers. The Travelers already have strong family and community ties among themselves, he said, but it is important to increase their involvement in daily parish life.\n\n“After Mass each week, a lot of people go their own way,” Father Thalakulam said. “My goal is to get people together to share the experience of being a parish.”\n\nIn recent years, Father Thalakulam has established a youth group at St. Edward, helped organize active associations for women and young adult men, and taken members of the parish on pilgrimages to religious sites around the Southeast and overseas.\n\nHe also has organized spring carnivals, a Halloween carnival and parish picnics. The goal, he said, is to have one activity a month that brings people of all ages together.\n\nThe Walk for Christ was organized by the women’s group as a way to help raise funds for a new St. Edward Family Life Center, which members hope to use for everything from religious education classes to social events.\n\nMen of the parish already hold two charitable golf tournaments in the spring and fall each year.", null, "“The ladies here have been eager to do this because it’s the first time we’ve put something together like this as a group,” said Theresa McNally, a member of the organizing committee. “Everyone was more than eager to give their time. The ladies already like to walk, and this was something we can all do as a group. It’s not only good for their heart, but good for the soul.”\n\nVolunteers collected donations from the parish and the surrounding community, and several local businesses donated prizes for participants. A local supermarket donated water. McNally said it was one of the first times St. Edward members have asked outsiders for help with an event, and the response was positive.\n\n“Everybody in the area has felt some hardship because of the economy, but people were more than willing to give when they heard what we were doing,” she said.\n\nThe women raised $9,328 for the parish building fund.\n\nThe walk started with a group prayer on the front lawn of a nearby home, and a local disc jockey played rock and dance music throughout the event. Father Thalakulam praised the women for participating, and said it was significant that the walk coincided with the Feast of Our Lady of Fatima.\n\n“You are like the disciples who walked with Christ,” he said.\n\nThose who did not participate waved from nearby front lawns, while others followed in golf carts, offering support and bottled water.\n\nMcNally said fundraising for the new building has been an all-ages event. In the weeks leading up to the walk, several children set up lemonade stands to raise money.\n\n“That gets them in the habit so they make sure they do things for their parish throughout their lives,” she said. “They learn what they see, so we’re trying to set an example.”\n\nThe oldest participant in the walk was 75-year-old Mary Katherine Sherlock, affectionately called “Nanny Bone” by her family and friends. Sherlock, who lives in the nearby Persimmon Hills subdivision, has 10 children, 33 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren. She volunteers regularly as a religious education teacher for confirmation classes.\n\n“I wanted to do this for my church, and I loved every minute of it,” she said. “This kind of event brings everyone closer.”" ]

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[ "Sci-Fi shooter Spacelords is another game that’s in line to receive the next-gen treatment. Developer MercurySteam announced that the free-to-play title would be added to the PS5 and Xbox Series X catalogue, and run at 4K resolution at 60 frames per second.\n\nSpacelords was previously known as Raiders of the Broken Planet before its title change in 2018. The game’s performance boost will arrive by way of a free update this week, which will launch before the next-gen consoles are released. Spacelords will run on both consoles via backwards compatibility, optimized for the new hardware with confirmation that saved data will be transferred. The shooter will also be compatible with the Xbox Series S, however it is unlikely that this variant will feature the 4K and 60 frames per second enhancements. These improvements will be left up to Microsoft’s more powerful console.\n\nSpanish studio MercurySteam changed the game’s title and moved it to free play access when its distribution model became shareware. Development for Spacelords had already begun before the developer’s previous game – Castlevania: Lords of Shadow 2 – was released. David Cox, producer of both Spacelords and the Castlevania franchise, previously mentioned that a handful of ideas that didn’t make the cut in Lords of Shadow 2 would possibly see the light of day in his next project. It was during a roundtable interview session for Lords of Shadow 2 in 2012 that Cox revealed these ideas as unspecified combat mechanics, which had some influence over the current shooter.", null, "Raiders of the Broken Planet was teased several times by MercurySteam before being officially revealed in 2016. The game received a beta test before its release on PS4, Xbox One and PC in 2017. The multiplayer adventure game features a free-to-play, four-on-one campaign where players can either defend the Broken Planet as Raiders, or become part of the antagonist hordes.\n\nIn other space-related news, shooter Everspace 2 has been delayed until next year, due to CD Projekt Red’s third delay of its anticipated Cyberpunk 2077. In addition, a handful of other titles are expected to join Ghosts of Tsushima in the PS5’s Game Boost catalogue, which will revive PS4 games with the same next-gen enhancements as Spacelords." ]

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[ null, "ONE of the all-time great AFL seasons comes down to a clash between top-of-the table Sydney raiders the Swans up against a side hoping to end a premiership hoodoo that dates back to 1954.\n\nThe Bulldogs have been the talk of the AFL, surviving virtual elimination finals in each of three weeks to book their date with the Swans on the MCG.\n\nFirst they made one of the toughest trips in football and embarrassed the West Coast Eagles on their home deck in Perth.\n\nThen they unbelievably ended the dominant reign of the three-peat Hawks, unceremoniously dumping them out of the finals in the semis.\n\nThe run was supposed to end at the Preliminary final stage, but the Dogs had other ideas on the weekend, riding a Luke Dahlhaus special and four-goal efforts from Clay Smith and Tory Dickson to win their way through to the grand final.\n\nIt was one of the best games of the year, with neither side able to pull away, the Dogs fighting back from positions where they looked shot twice in the last quarter to hold on for a one goal win.\n\nDahlhaus has spectacular with 32 disposals, leading a very even midfield brigade that featured seven men who gathered between 23 and 26 touches.\n\nWhile Dickson and Smith – who has had an emotional week and is our pick for the first goal for the Dogs – were the stars in front of the sticks, a pair of snaps from Zayne Cordy kept the Dogs in it and much-maligned forward Tom Boyd might have played his most important game for the Dogs – not as a forward, but in the ruck, battling big Shane Mumford when Jordan Roughead went down with injury.\n\nSydney needed a wake up call in the first qualifying final to really kick into gear in this series and, after the loss to Greater Western Sydney, they reacted savagely, blowing away Adelaide and the Geelong.\n\nAgainst the Cats, the Swans were simply ruthless, slamming on seven goals in the opening term to effectively kill off the game, stunning the shell-shocked Geelong faithful with a 37-point win.\n\nThe Swans overcame a pair of 39 disposal efforts from Cats stars Joel Selwood and Patrick Dangerfield, Dan Hannebery leading the way with 29 and Isaac Heaney 28.\n\nYoung buck Tom Papley was again the hero, booting three goals and you could do worse than him to bag the first.\n\nOverall history is against the Dogs, but not the recent stuff.\n\nThe Bulldogs have won the last two clashes between the two sides – both by just four points.\n\nEarlier this season, it took a last minute goal from hero Jason Johanissen to split them on the SCG.\n\nThe Dogs assembled at Whitten Oval yesterday to meet a throng of media and catch up with fans eager to get a glimpse of their would-be premiership heroes.\n\nThere is a buzz about the place like never before and fans, past players and even casual supporters across Melbourne are rooting for a red, white and blue victory.\n\nBut the men north of the border will be coming to Melbourne with a mountain of support – and a spread of midfield and forward firepower that is unequaled in the competition.\n\nThere are two schools of thought here.\n\nThe first is that the Dogs are legit and are set to continue their never-give-up attitude and push the Swans all the way.\n\nThe other is that they may have just played their grand final on the weekend against Greater Western Sydney, having to try up until the last moment on a road trip north, while the Swans easily accounted for Geelong, able to conserve at times through the match.\n\nWe have ummed and ahh’d over this for the past few days and while it will be unpopular, we reckon the former will ring true and the Swans will blow the Dogs off the MCG.\n\nThe romantic in us hopes it goes the other way, but, here at BettingSite.com.au we don’t care for romanticism, we’re just worried about finding a good tip for our loyal readers.\n\nAnd that tip on the AFL’s day of days is the Swans to win and win by a lot.\n\nThe Dogs are good, but we are struggling to see their midfield matching it with the likes of Kennedy, Parker, Hannebery, Jack, Heaney and Mitchell.\n\nAnd who is going to play on Buddy and Co? Dale Morris will still be having nightmares over the towelings Lance has given him over the years and, if he gets going, the red and white army will be unstoppable.\n\nWe reckon the 11.5 point line is generous and you should scoop it up." ]

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[ "It was water that changed me. Living in the tropics as a child I learned to swim, and the freedom of warm water and a simultaneous discovery of exotic natural history became entwined in my psyche. I watched ‘Flipper’ on television and hoped fervently that my Action Man would get a ‘deep-sea diver’s’ outfit for Christmas. All of it was fuelled by reading Jacques Cousteau’s ‘Silent World’ when I was about eight. It had been published long before I was born, but it’s hard now to imagine how utterly ground-breaking were his descriptions of diving for treasure, exploring submarine caves and spear-fishing for giant grouper.\n\n‘While we were diving off Praia, Cape Verdes, a shadow passed across the bottom. I thought it was a cloud scudding in the other world, until Dumas hooted and pointed up. Directly over us passed a manta ray with an eighteen foot wingspread. it eclipsed the sun. It did not swim – it flew. The curved extremities of its wings sliced the surface film. The belly was enamel white, as white as the back was black. This supernatural sight did not remain long. Gliding without apparent effort, the manta drew away from Dumas’s best two-knot pursuit, flickered its wings, and accelerated into the sea fog.’\n\nIt would be many years until I learned to scuba dive, but I devoured anything I could find that written about the sea, and the almost unimaginable creatures of the deep. It could be anything from Tin Tin to Jules Verne, or an adventurous true-life saga about single-handed sailing. That obsessive fascination resulted, eventually, in my first book ‘Neutral Buoyancy: Adventures in a Liquid World’. I like to think, that like Cousteau, I was writing about travel, even if the journey was principally underwater.\n\nWhenever I write, the most pleasurable challenge is trying to convey a love for the natural world, and inspire some kind of reverence for other species. My latest book once again combines travel literature and natural history, and although I don’t venture beneath the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, it is set in the Faroe Islands, an archipelago in which one is never more than three miles from the sea. And it is puffins, guillemots, pilot whales and ravens which populate many of the pages. The wild species of the northern islands are very much present in the lives of the Faroese people, and it is that intimate connection with wild things that I loved about their ancient, and fascinating culture.\n\nTim Ecott is a former BBC World Service correspondent and writes widely for the national press. He has made numerous radio and TV documentaries, and wrote the script for the movie version of the BBC’s first Blue Planet series ‘Deep Blue’.\n\nI never want to leave the remote island world so atmospherically, precisely educed between the covers of this book. Ecott's prose has the power of tides, his perception is as searching as the Atlantic wind, and he has the soul of a natural-born naturalist. A masterpiece.", null, "Tim's latest book is The Land of Maybe: A Faroe Islands Year (Short Books, 2020). Click here to buy it now." ]

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[ "V&A senior curator and architecture critic kieran long first sparked speculation back in august that rem koolhaas might become the venice architecture biennale‘s next director. now, after months of circulating in the rumor mill, the biennale organization has confirmed that the founder of OMA will in fact be heading the next international architecture exhibition.\n\ntoday, the biennale informed us that the board, chaired by paolo baratta, met at the site of ca ‘giustiniani, to thank david chipperfield for his work in curating the 2012 venice architecture biennale, common ground. at that time, they also appointed koolhaas to take over the reigns for 2014 edition of the architecture exhibition.\n\nbaratta stated:‘the architecture exhibitions of the biennale have gradually grown in importance internationally. rem koolhaas, one of the most significant personalities among the architects of our time – who has based all his work on intense research, now renowned celebrity – has accepted to engage himself in yet another research and, why not, rethinking.’\n\nof his nomination rem koolhaas has stated:‘we want to take a fresh look at the fundamental elements of architecture – used by any architect, anywhere, anytime – to see if we can discover something new about architecture.’\n\nrem koolhaas was presented with the golden lion for lifetime achievement at the 2010 venice architecture biennale, and was awarded a pritzker prize in 2000.", null ]

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[ "Miami Police have arrested a man Luis Hernandez-Gonzalez, 44, and his sister, Salma Hernandez after finding a record-setting $24 million in cash during a raid on their Miami home.", null, "According to Miami Herald who reported the news, police alleged that Hernandez trafficked marijuana out of his business shop located on the 7200 block of Northwest 54th Street and that he had ties to drug dealers trafficking marijuana in Tennessee.\n\nMiami police found rolls of mostly $100 bills neatly packed inside 24 orange Home Depot buckets hidden in a secret compartment in the attic.\nThe attic was on the 2nd floor, down a hallway near the bedrooms of Hernandez-Gonzalez’s 2 children. The money room could only be accessed through the attic.\n\nPolice also found a Tec-9 pistol and bags of cash, each labeled $150K. He’s been granted a $4m bail.\n\n“For a man with $20 million in his walls, an elevated bond is clearly necessary,” said Miami-Dade prosecutor Adam Korn at Hernandez-Gonzalez’s bond hearing on Wednesday.\n\nInvestigators worked through the night counting the $24 million in cash. The haul is believed to be the largest single cash seizure in Miami-Dade police history.\n\nThe police will move to take ownership of the cash through the government’s asset forfeiture laws and will also seize the home.\n\n“The amount of the currency seized represents one of the largest money seizures ever in this jurisdiction,” said Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle." ]

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[ "I pity the fool who doesn't like to read.\n\nFind me on Litsy as @MarriedtoMrT\n\nA year ago, Reggie’s mother walked out on her family. Since then, Reggie’s father has buried himself in work and Reggie has taken on the role off cook, cleaner, and mother to her younger brother Henry. Reggie’s one escape from her new life is her job at a local bookstore that specializes in horror novels. Reggie loves horror stories. When unpacking a shipment at work, Reggie comes across a journal of a crazy woman. The woman tells a tale a frightening tale of entities called Vours. Vours are attracted by light but feed on fears. They can enter a body using a person’s fears and take over that body. They retain the person’s memories and can live as the person they take over but they are not the same. Reggie thinks she has found a wonderful story but it turns out to be more real than she could ever imagine. When Reggie’s brother is taken over by a Vour, she is determined to find out how to conquer the Vour and save her brother.\n\nReaction: What a pleasantly creepy surprise! A true teen horror a la R. L. Stine or Christopher Pike. I loved the pacing. The story flowed well and I thought Reggie’s realization that Vours are real was realistic and accurate. The creepy parts were REALLY creepy, at least for me, specifically the scenes where Reggie and gang enters the old house in the woods and then when she goes back, BY HER SELF! It obviously made an impression on me. If I have a complaint it is that sometimes the voice shifted to Henry or to Reggie’s friend Aaron and I found it a bit awkward. Overall, a really awesome horror story. This is the book that broke my several month reading slump.\n\nNext: The Soulstice (The Devouring #2)\n\nLibrary Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!\n\nSo many books, so little reading. The story of my life for the past three months or so, though now there are even more books it seems! Anyway, here’s what I’ve been checking out but not reading. :)\n\nI’m currently reading Cybil’s Graphic Novel finalists and have 53 items checked out and 11 items on hold.", null, "The Extraordinary Secrets of April, May, and June\nby Robin Benway\n\nI hugged my sisters and they fit against my sides like two jigsaw pieces that would never fit anywhere else. I couldn’t imagine ever letting them go again, like releasing them would be to surrender the best parts of myself.\n\nThree sisters share a magical, unshakeable bond in this witty high-concept novel from the critically acclaimed author of Audrey, Wait! Around the time of their parents’ divorce, sisters April, May, and June recover special powers from childhood—powers that come in handy navigating the hell that is high school. Powers that help them cope with the hardest year of their lives. But could they have a greater purpose?\n\nApril, the oldest and a bit of a worrier, can see the future. Middle-child May can literally disappear. And baby June reads minds—everyone’s but her own. When April gets a vision of disaster, the girls come together to save the day and reconcile their strained family. They realize that no matter what happens, powers or no powers, they’ll always have each other.\n\nBecause there’s one thing stronger than magic: sisterhood.\n\nAudrey, Wait is an all-time favorite of mine and I have been just dying for another book by Benway. And I’ll still be waiting until August 3, 2010…\n\nWaiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill from Breaking the Spine. What are you waiting for?\n\nLibrary Loot is a weekly event co-hosted by Eva and Marg that encourages bloggers to share the books they’ve checked out from the library. If you’d like to participate, just write up your post-feel free to steal the button-and link it using the Mr. Linky any time during the week. And of course check out what other participants are getting from their libraries!\n\nNew books have been trickling in and I have been checking them out. These few are just the beginning of what I can sense will be a crazy checkout spree that will find me setting a new record for the number of books I have checked out on my card.\n\nI’m currently reading The Lonely Hearts Club and have 44 items checked out with 12 (!) more on hold.\n\nWell, I’m a bit behind but that seems to be the story of my life for the past couple of months. Better late than never, so here they are.\n\nBelow is the list of my favorite reads of 2009. Not all were new to 2009 and some won’t be out until 2010 but I read them this year and they made an impression. In no particular order, here they are:\n\nCal Ormund is still recovering from his father’s mysterious death when a crazy man approaches Cal on the street yelling that someone killed Cal’s father and that they are going to kill Cal as well. The man tells Cal he must lay low and try stay alive until December 31 of the next year, which is when something called the Ormund Singularity runs out. Cal doesn’t know what to make of this warning. The man is clearly out of his mind and Cal has never heard of the Ormund Singularity but Cal has always thought there was something suspicious about his father’s death and Cal can’t shake the feeling there was something important his father wanted to tell Cal but was unable to before he died. Cal sets aside the man’s warning until January 1 when Cal and his uncle are in a horrible boat accident that turns out to be more than an accident but a possible sabotage. The boat accident is just the beginning of a string of bad luck that begins plaguing Cal and his family. It’s not long before trouble completely catches up to Cal and he finds himself on the run from both creepy bad guys and the law. Cal’s now desperate to solve the mystery locked in the minimal clues his father left behind and find out about the Ormund Singularity. This is just the beginning of Cal’s long journey and struggle to stay alive.\n\nReaction: Fun, action-packed adventure but not without flaws. First, though not necessarily a bad thing, the main character is 15 but the reading and interest level will be for a much younger audience. The format, written in short snippets of time, plus the reading level will make this one a great pick for reluctant readers. I was drawn into the intriguing plot from the start. I want to know: What really happened to Cal’s dad? What do the pictures his father left mean? What is the Ormund Singularity? Who’s after Cal and why? And what is up with Cal’s creepy uncle? Is he friend or foe? Despite my intrigue, a few things jarred me out of the story. I found a few plot holes. The most memorable one, for me at least, was when it was found that, before he died, Cal’s father had drained the bank account from which the mortgage was automatically withdrawn and now they had no money to pay for the house. I found this odd because by the time they found this out Cal’s dad had been dead for six months and sick for awhile before that so how have they been paying for the mortgage during that time? Though, I have to say, I’m sure tweens won’t pick up on this tidbit the way I did since they aren’t responsible for paying for a mortgage. :) I do also wish that there had been more development in the last quarter of the novel, during the beginning of Cal’s time on the run. All that being said, the ending is the ultimate cliffhanger and the mysteries are in no way wrapped up so I’m interested to see what is going to happen next.\n\nJanuary is just the first of 12 books to be released in the Conspiracy 365 series, one for each month. This is a new and interesting concept, though I hope the author can keep up the quality with so many books in the series." ]

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[ null, "A Killarney councillor has said that drinking on the street is 'ruining' the town and will stop tourists from coming.\n\nSpeaking to Newstalk Breakfast on Friday, Independent Councillor Donal Grady -- who previously served as Mayor of Killarney from 2010-to 2011 -- said that outdoor drinking, which became popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, leads to drunk and disorderly behaviour.\n\n'There's open drinking in the streets, and that can lead to disorder,' Councillor Grady told Ciara Kelly on Friday. 'That's making it hard to police it. We certainly need extra gardaí in Kerry to keep law and order.'", null, "A Killarney Councillor has said that drinking on the street is 'ruining' the town and will stop tourists from coming. Pic: Google Street View\n\nCiara Kelly pointed out that by-laws introduced during COVID-19 restrictions allowed for the sale of alcohol outside a pub's premises and more policing should be enforcing a behavioural standard in the town'.", null, "Drinking outdoors saw a huge increase in popularity during COVID-19 restrictions, however, Mr Grady said that it is increasing drunk and disorderly and anti-social behaviour. Pic: @attilalondon/PA Wire\n\nWhen asked if the problem came down to tourists or locals in the area that are drinking heavily in the streets, Mr Grady said: 'I have no problem with the locals. The tourists are coming in and watching the carry-on on the streets.'\n\nWhen asked to clarify if the comment meant that tourists were to blame, Mr Grady said 'the problem is drinking in Killarney, and that's why my motion states to look for extra gardaí -- not to look for extra publicans.\n\n'I looked for extra gardaí to try and keep controlling Killarney and keep Killarney a safe place that you want to enjoy.", null, "'I want people to enjoy Killarney, and if tourists see it on the streets, they won't come back in two years.'", null, null, null ]