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Everybody knows what watermelons are. Because they can be found in almost all countries. These juice fruits have a sweet and refreshing taste, which is especially desirable during the hot summer days.
Although watermelons are popular, you may not know a whole lot about them. We usually eat and forget them.
However, today, I am going to share 25 facts that hopefully give the informative taste of watermelons.
Watermelons were widely used for 5000 years.
Archeological excavations found watermelon seed in northeastern Africa, more specifically in Libya.
The age of those remnants is estimated to be 5000 years old.
Egyptologists also found remnants of watermelon from 4000-year old Egyptian tombs, which indicates watermelons were popularly consumed during that period as well.
Watermelon wasn't always red and sweet.
Its wild ancestors had pale and green flesh and were too bitter to eat. However, thanks to selective breeding, watermelons evolved into one of the most desirable fruits.
You may ask: Why early human ancestors had grown wild watermelons if they were too bitter to eat?
Our ancestors did not use them as enjoyable food, but to extract water from its flesh.
In some countries, people grow them in a desert and store them in cool and shaded places for later consumption.
Tombs of Egyptian Pharaohs includes remnants of watermelon.
Watermelon was placed in the royal tombs for strategic reasons. Early Egyptians believed that a journey to the afterlife is long and exhausting.
For that reason, they included watermelons inside the tombs so the dead people could quench their thirst in that journey.
Watermelons spread from Northeastern Africa to the Mediterranean around 2000 years ago.
The first seeds may not have been brought to the Mediterranean area for the sake of trade.
Instead, historians believe that the first seeds got to the area with voyagers. They kept watermelons on their ships to ensure their water supplies during the long journeys.
Greeks and Romans believed in the medicinal properties of watermelons.
Especially, two Greek physicians, Hippocrates and Dioscorides, prescribed watermelon as a diuretic. It was also prescribed as a healing substance for heatstroke.
More specifically, a cloth soaked with watermelon juice was placed on the head of a child who suffered from heatstroke.
Roman naturalists Pliny and Elder also recorded the beneficial sides of watermelons. They believed watermelon is a cooling food that can prevent the human body from overheating.
Watermelon can be a good weight loss diet.
Watermelon helps you to stay hydrated as 92% of its total mass consists of water. Thus, it makes you feel full faster.
One cup of watermelon (154 grams or 5.4 oz) equal to only 46 calories. This means it holds fewer calories than low-sugar barriers.
Watermelon contains a chemical compound called Lycopene, which is healthy for humans.
Lycopene found in watermelon can reduce the risk of cancer.
A scientific study found that the Lycopene compound can lower the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) while Cucurbitacin E (another mineral found in watermelon) inhibits the growth of various tumors.
Watermelon lycopene also reduces the risk of cardiovascular diseases as it effectively lowers blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Watermelons are warm-weather plants.
Their seed does not germinate well in cold soil. Therefore, it is important to plant watermelons after the last chance of frost.
Mid-spring is the ideal time. Before planting seeds, make sure that the temperature in the 4-inch (10.2 cm) depth of soil is about 60-65 F (15-18 Celsius).
If you are trying to get an early crop, you may plant the watermelons indoors first. And, when the outdoor temperature is warm enough, you may transplant them into your garden.
The distance between each plant should be somewhere between 6 to 8 feet (1.8-2.5 meters) as the watermelon plant needs wider areas to gain optimal growth.
Watermelons can both seeded and seedless.
Standard seeded varieties include: Royal Sweet, Sentinel, Crimson Sweet, Top Gun, and Sangria
Seedless varieties are Liberty, Majestic, Fascination, Obsession, 7197, and 7187.
Seedless watermelons are created in the lab.
Professor H. Kihara developed a system to produce seedless watermelons in 1951. He used the chromosome doubling method and increased the numbers of watermelon chromosomes from 11 to 22.
Later, Vic Watts, a professor from the University of Arkansas refined Kihara's work in the late 1950s.
However, seedless watermelons got commercial attention only in the 1990s.
Currently, seedless watermelons gained huge popularity in the United States and it comprises about 92% of commercial watermelon sales today.
Not all watermelons are perfectly round or oval-shaped.
Misshaped watermelons also appear from time to time and their unusual shapes are caused by poor pollination.
Probably, you haven't seen misshaped watermelons in your life. Because grocery stores usually sell perfectly round watermelons.
However, if you get into the watermelon field, you will spot some weirdly shaped watermelons. This problem happens when bees do not deposit enough pollen.
In some cases, to gain optimal growth, some commercial watermelon growers keep bee colonies at the site.
China is the leading watermelon producer.
China produces 79.2 million tons of watermelon annually. And most of their watermelon fields locate in Gansu province as the area has a favorable climate to grow watermelons.
Other top watermelon producers are Turkey (3.9 million tons) and Iran (2.8 million tons).
Watermelon makes you look younger.
Watermelon contains vitamins A and C, both of which are healthy for our skin and hair.
Vitamin A helps our skin to create and repair new cells. If your skin is dry and flaky, then you need to eat some watermelon to boost your Vitamin A intake.
Vitamin C is the most powerful skin health booster. When consumed in adequate amount, it makes our skin to create collagen and a protein which is very important for the skin to look healthy and our hair to stay strong.
Watermelon seeds are as healthy as watermelon flesh.
Watermelon seeds can be a perfect snack when consumed modestly. One cup of watermelon seeds contains about 140% of daily magnesium requirements.
Additionally, these seeds contain omega 6 fatty acids, copper, zinc, potassium, Omega 3, vitamins, and proteins.
You can either dry and roast the seeds or boils them in watermelon juice based on your preference.
Some watermelons cost thousands of dollars.
Japanese "Densuke" watermelon is in the first spot in the terms of value. People pay thousands of dollars to purchase one of those dark-colored watermelons.
For example, a single 17-lbs (7.7 kg) Densuke watermelon was sold for $6100 during one of the Japanese auctions, making it the most expensive watermelon ever sold in the world.
You may wonder what makes the Densuke so expensive. It is valued highly because of its appetizing outer appearance, outstanding crispy texture, and incomparable taste.
Coyotes also like watermelons.
Coyotes can cause damages to watermelon fields. Especially, during dry summer days, they cause more damage.
Reportedly, coyotes can eat about 20 watermelons in a single night. And, they are masters of choosing the ripest and tastiest watermelons from the field.
It takes about 70 to 90 days until watermelons become ready for harvest.
When watermelon seeds are placed in moist and warm soil, it takes about 4-10 days to germinate.
The harvest time depends on the variety of watermelons. Some variety becomes ready sooner than others and vice versa.
Three things are essential for optimal growth of watermelons: sandy and moist soil, adequate sunshine, and warm temperature.
Once a watermelon reaches softball size, cardboard or straw should be placed under the watermelon so it won't have direct contact with soil and rot.
The heaviest watermelon ever weighed 350.5 lbs. (159 kg).
According to the Guinness World Records, the heaviest watermelon, as of 2020, was grown by Chris Kent in Sevierville, Tennessee.
The watermelon was weighed on October 3, 2013.
Chris always liked to grow watermelons and he received his prize during the Operation Pumpkin Festival.
Watermelon is sweet but only contains 6.2 grams of sugar per 2/3 cups (100gr).
This indicates that not all sweet things are sugary. Watermelon is a low-calorie fruit. By eating 100 grams of raw watermelon, you will gain only 30 calories.
Also, according to a source, a single serving of watermelon is low on carbs, and eating it will not have a major impact on blood sugar levels.
How to tell if a watermelon is ripe?
To pick a ripe watermelon, follow the instructions below:
- Give a lift. Watermelon should feel heavier for its size.
- When a watermelon rests on the ground for a long time, it develops a splotch. If the splotch is creamy yellow, the watermelon is more likely to be ripe.
- Thump it. A deep hollow sound is a good indication that the watermelon is ripe.
Watermelon is classified as both vegetable and fruit.
Watermelon has identity confusion. Because the plant falls into the characteristics of both categories.
Watermelon is a fruit because it develops from a plant ovary after flowering and it holds hard seeds.
Watermelon is a vegetable because it is planted using vegetable planting methods and they can be eaten from "other parts of a plant".
Cucumbers and watermelons belong to the same family.
Both belong to the plant family called Cucurbitaceae.
Interestingly, cucumbers and watermelons require about the same requirements to grow. And both veggies are over 90% water.
Both of these plants can be grown in the same area as it does not impact the taste of each other.
Some people afraid that growing watermelons near cucumbers make the watermelon taste like cucumber because of cross-pollination.
That is a myth. However, if you are planting a seed taken from a watermelon that is grown near the cucumber, it may yield a crop that tastes like cucumber.
The scientific name of watermelons is Citrullus Lanatus
The name consists of Greek and Latin words. "Citrus" in Greek refers to the fruit, while "Lanatus" means wooly or hairy. Because stems and leaves of the plant have tiny hairs.
Some people think taxonomists made mistake when they named watermelon Citrullus Lanatus. It is because the Latin word "Lanatus" was originally applied to fuzz-covered citron melon.
August 3 is the National Watermelon Day in the United States.
Watermelons are considered one of the best delicacies in the United States.
Since Americans consume more watermelons than other nationalities, a special day is assigned for them.
Also, National Watermelon Day uplifts the true value of watermelons in American society.
There are over 1200 varieties of watermelons.
Each variety is categorized based on their size, seeds, and flesh color. The most common variety of watermelons has dark stripes, red flesh, and sweet flavor. However, not all watermelon flesh is in a red color.
There are also watermelons with yellow and white-colored flesh. For instance, Yellow Crimson watermelon has yellow flesh and it is considered sweeter than red ones.
There is also watermelon called Cream of Saskatchewan, which has sweet white-colored flesh and dark seeds.


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A few years ago, when I was visiting my (very) old friend Charlie up in Washington, he gave me what has become a treasured possession.
It looks like a normal, old, wooden ruler. A foot long with inches on one side and centimeters (going the other direction, of course) on the other.
But feast your eyes on it. If you don't see the problem immediately, that's normal. Just relax. Take your time. And wonder: how did this happen?
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Producer, stadium developers donate to group backing Villaraigosa's school board candidates
Developers seeking city approval to build a football stadium downtown as well as Democratic financier and producer Stephen Bing were among the major contributors to a committee set up to support Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's favored candidates for the Los Angeles Board of Education, new filings show.
School board political funding: An article in the Jan. 29 LATExtra section about contributions to committees set up to support candidates for the Los Angeles Board of Education said that Service Employees International Union Local 99 set up independent committees to back Eric Lee and Richard Vladovic. The committees are supporting Vladovic and Luis Sanchez. The union did not form a committee to support Lee and is backing his opponent Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte. —
Bing and the Anschutz Corp. joined familiar names in the fundraising wars over school reform, including philanthropist Eli Broad ($150,000), former Mayor Richard Riordan ($25,000) and Spanish-language media executive Jerry Perenchio ($250,000). All told, the informal Villaraigosa slate — he is actively raising money for three candidates but has yet to endorse them officially — has collected more than $1 million on behalf of Tamar Galatzan, Luis Sanchez and Richard Vladovic.
Villaraigosa's drive to maintain control of the school board is expected to take center stage March 8, when four of seven board seats will be on the ballot. In a recent speech, Villaraigosa branded the teachers union, United Teachers Los Angeles, an obstacle to reform. The mayor began raising money about a month ago, seeking donations from as far afield as New York and Chicago, an aide said.
"He's supporting the Coalition for School Reform because it is supporting the candidates who are fighting the downtown bureaucracy," said Janelle Erickson, deputy chief of staff to Villaraigosa. She praised the mayor's favored candidates for "bringing new leadership to our failing schools."
The union's long-rumored money play has yet to appear in forms filed with the city. The union reported $64,503 in contributions to its political action committee from Jan. 1 to Jan. 22.
Rules, approved in 2007, for funding Los Angeles school board races have pushed money away from candidates and into independent committees.
Under these rules, donors can give no more than $1,000 to candidates. Deep-pocketed contributors instead are giving to committees that are supposed to operate without any coordination or control by those running for office. Villaraigosa, as an elected city officeholder, cannot control such committees.
Some of the largesse may relate to issues before the city.
The Anschutz Corp. donated $100,000 to the Coalition for School Reform. Its sister company AEG has a plan before the city for a privately financed $1-billion stadium next to Staples Center.
"Our education system is a mess and Phil [Anschutz] wants to help" said Tim Leiweke, president and chief executive of AEG. Leiweke said the mayor spoke directly with Anschutz, the corporation's chairman.
Four other entities that contributed a total of $100,000 to the Coalition for School Reform — AP Properties Ltd., APDS1 Properties LLC, 78 Development LLC and the Constellation Land Ltd. Partnership — listed the same Chicago-based address as JMB Realty Corp., a major landlord and developer in Century City. City records list JMB Realty as being affiliated with AP Properties.
Several years ago, Villaraigosa's appointees on the Planning Commission approved JMB's proposal for two 47-story condominium buildings in Century City. The project has not yet been built.
JMB officials could not be reached for comment.
All of the donors to the Coalition for School Reform support the efforts of Villaraigosa to keep the board majority that took office four years ago. The board has fired a superintendent and hired two new ones since, while approving a raft of sometimes controversial reforms.
One-term incumbents Galatzan, in District 3, and Vladovic, in District 7, have raised $36,346 and $63,101 on their own, respectively. And Sanchez, who is running for the District 5 seat that Yolie Flores is vacating, has raised $85,483.
Service Employees International Union Local 99 recently formed two committees to support challenger Eric Lee and incumbent Vladovic.
Lee is running against two-term incumbent Marguerite Poindexter LaMotte in District 1. Her best hope lies with the teachers union, and it wants to keep her.
LaMotte has reported raising $11,600 to Lee's $9,993.
A separate committee has formed to support Lee; its report was not available Friday.
The teachers union has also endorsed Vladovic challenger Jesus Escandon, who has raised $1,662. And the union has endorsed John Fernandez, who reported that he hasn't raised any money, over Sanchez. The union hasn't endorsed in District 3, where Galatzan faces Louis Pugliese, who has raised $5,250.
Los Angeles Times staff writer David Zahniser contributed to this report.
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It's no secret that the workforce is changing.
As technology advances, it becomes more and more important for organizations to find ways to stay relevant. As a result, many companies are turning away from old-fashioned methods of recruitment in favor of new ideas like Holistic Hiring.
With this type of hiring, employers focus on the employee as a whole instead of just their professional skill set. Employers ask candidates what motivates them and how they will fit into the company's culture and values rather than simply trying to predict their success at the job. Skill sets are transferable!
The value of screening for cultural fit has been supported by research demonstrating that employees with a good cultural fit report greater job satisfaction and less intent to quit. Furthermore, employees with a good cultural fit are "more likely to contribute new ideas for improvement and change."
The benefits of Holistic Hiring don't just stop at the individual level either. By creating a workforce that reflects the company's values, hiring managers are able to build more cohesive teams that are better suited for sustainable growth.
What is Holistic Hiring and how does it work?
By definition the term holistic is "a comprehension of the parts of something as intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole." The idea of holistic hiring is characterized by a whole system and whole self-awareness. It is a "person-centered" approach to hiring.
It's not just about a person's skills or abilities; it also takes mental and social factors into account when considering a hire for employment opportunities– ensuring that you're getting the most out of any candidate. These things can't be ignored because it influences what kind of personality they have which in turn affects how well employees perform and collaborate at work.
It's time to stop thinking of employees as replaceable commodities.
The idea behind this method of recruitment is that employers focus on the employee as a whole, not just their professional skill set. Whereas traditional hiring practices often ask candidates to predict their success at the job, holistic hiring asks them what motivates them and how they will fit into the company's culture and values.
Why you should be hiring holistically
The benefits of Holistic Hiring are pretty clear. It produces more satisfied employees who are less likely to quit. Employers spend less time recruiting and training new hires because they find someone more suited to the job and the company culture. Plus, employers will be able to recognize future challenges before they happen – either by identifying areas of potential frustration or focusing on an employee's strengths to make the most of them.
Holistic hiring is a more person-centered approach to recruitment. It emphasizes the factors beyond professional skill sets that contribute to a candidate's success, including their motivations and fit within the company culture. This requires employers to be proactive about assessing a candidate's true intent as well as their ability to work within their organization.
Holistic hiring is good for employers, but what about applicants?
Candidates are looking for work where they can use their skills and experience, have a say in how they work, are recognized for their expertise, are able to have their own space without being managed directly by someone else. They want to be involved in purposeful and meaningful work.
Most importantly, applicants need to know that the organization is a safe place – free of sexism, racism, homophobia or other forms of discrimination. Candidates need to be able to trust that they'll be appreciated for who they are and what they have to offer the company
Another plus for applicants with the Holistic Hiring approach is that they can prepare to meet the needs of the organization by studying what it does, what its culture is like and how they'll fit into that.
The power of holistic hiring is that it evaluates candidates in a more complete way. The focus on the individual may be challenging for some companies to implement, but with these tips you can start implementing this process today! You don't have to do it all at once, either – take one step towards incorporating holistic hiring practices into your company's repertoire and see how things go. If you find there are certain aspects of this approach that work well, keep them up while experimenting with other changes too. Your employee will thank you for considering their happiness as much as anything else when they accept an offer from your business.


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And it's time for another book tag post. I'm so proud of myself for catching up on these. Shout out to Rose Read for tagging me!
An Over-hyped Book
Situation: You're in a store when the zombie apocalypse hits. The military informs everyone that over-hyped books are the zombies only weakness. What book that everyone else says is amazing but you disliked do you start chucking at the zombies?


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Fairfax County Board Chair Sharon Bulova issued a statement yesterday about her conference call with the Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department's Urban Search and Rescue Team, VATF-1, in Japan, and its co-head Chief Joe Knerr.
She said, "I appreciated the opportunity to hear firsthand accounts of what is happening on the ground and to thank family members who called in for a family teleconference. According to Chief Knerr the nature of the devastation in Ofunato has resulted in no live rescues. None the less, his team has maintained good spirits, and they are holding out hope that they will find victims. They recognize that with each passing hour, the likelihood of doing so dwindles." VATF-1 is stationed in an elementary school 10 miles from the search area.
On Tuesday, with a temperature of 23 degrees and a couple of inches of snow on the ground, VATF-1 searched an area of Ofunato two square kilometers in size, and located eight deceased victims. "Our team will remain on the ground until they are told by the Japanese leadership to stop. They are constantly monitoring the radiation levels and using every means available to stay informed of what's happening. The trouble reactors are to their south, and they are monitoring winds to make sure they avoid any potential problems. They've been experiencing some small aftershocks on a regular basis," Bulova said.


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By Pam Hoff, Tampa Bay Business Journal 20 July 2016 URL: http://www.bizjournals.com/tampabay/news/2016/07/20/meet-the-2016-cio-of-the-year-finalists.html 2016 CIO of the Year Awards will be held on Aug. 25. Event details to come. A panel of judges has named 20 local businesspeople finalists for the Tampa Bay Business Journal's 2016 CIO of the Year Awards.Additionally, three winners have been named in separate categories. … Continue reading Meet the 2016 CIO of the Year finalists
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Aternity Publishes Socially-Savvy CIO List Socially-Savvy CIOs: Top 30 in the United States
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New Members of the CIO Hall of Fame in 2012
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Computerworld Announces 2012 Premier 100 Honorees
Honorees Will Be Recognized at Annual Premier 100 IT Leaders Conference in March 2012 01 December 2011 URL: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/computerworld-announces-2012-premier-100-honorees-2011-12-01 FRAMINGHAM, MA, Dec 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- IDG's Computerworld, the IT media brand dedicated to providing peer perspective, IT leadership and business results, announces the 2012 Premier 100 IT Leaders honorees as well as highlights … Continue reading Computerworld Announces 2012 Premier 100 Honorees
Exchanging Markets for Technology
Exchanging Markets for Technology (PDF) Steve Rubinow Co-Chief Information Officer NYSE Euronext By John Hintze, Securities Technology Monitor 4 November 2010 URL: http://www.securitiestechnologymonitor.com/reports/22_12/10-Top-CIOs-Wall-Street-Securities-Technology-Monitor-26342-1.htmlAn eye for real estate isn't typically thought of as a critical part of a chief technology officer's skills. NYSE Euronext, however, required facilities in the London and New York areas to house new data … Continue reading Exchanging Markets for Technology
IT's Moment to Shine
Waters Magazine 1 January 2010 URL: http://www.watersonline.com/public/showPage.html?page=872982 Some people start the year with a burst of energy and it's no different here. At Waters, we have a special New Year's tradition: Every January we announce the winners of the coveted American Financial Technology Awards (AFTAs) in the pages of Waters. The AFTAs are Waters magazine's accolades … Continue reading IT's Moment to Shine
The top 100 IT projects of 2009
By Jason Snyder, InfoWorld 23 November 2009 URL: http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-management/top-100-it-projects-2009-860 If it ever was a question, 2009 put an end to any doubts about the resiliency of IT. Navigating severe budget cuts, unanticipated reorganizations, and quickly evaporating revenue opportunities across most markets in the wake of financial turmoil, IT retrenched, pushed ahead, and launched new endeavors to … Continue reading The top 100 IT projects of 2009
NYSE Euronext Innovates at Warp Speed
By Gregory MacSweeney, Wall Street and Technology 19 October 2009 URL: http://www.financetech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=220301356 Communication. It's been a challenge ever since humankind first walked the Earth. First sounds, then speech, then writing. Today communication in all its forms -- written, voice, video, e-mail, instant message, Twitter -- is propelling business at a blinding pace. For Steve Rubinow, EVP … Continue reading NYSE Euronext Innovates at Warp Speed
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By Wall Street and Technology 22 July 2008 URL: http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=209400735 Steve Rubinow Chief Technology Officer NYSE Euronext 11 Wall St. New York, NY 10005 SIZE OF FIRM: Market capitalization of $30.5 trillion. PREVIOUS POSITIONS: CTO, Archipelago Holdings; CIO, NextCard; CIO, AdKnowledge; VP of corporate management information systems, Fidelity Investments. EDUCATION: B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. in chemistry and … Continue reading Enhancements Aimed to Help NYSE Euronext in Exchange Arms Race


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For Immediate Release:
May 14, 2020
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (Public Health) has confirmed 51 new deaths and 925 new cases of 2019 Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). Thirty-five people who died were over the age of 65 years old and 12 people who died were between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. Forty-three people had underlying health conditions including 32 people over the age of 65 years old and 11 people between the ages of 41 to 65 years old. Three deaths were reported by the City of Pasadena and one death by the City of Long Beach.
To date, Public Health has identified 35,329 positive cases of COVID-19 across all areas of LA County, and a total of 1,709 deaths. Ninety-two percent of people who died had underlying health conditions and 40% were between 18 and 65 years old. Of those who died, information about race and ethnicity is available for 1,573 people (99 percent of the cases); 38% of deaths occurred among Latinx residents, 29% among White residents, 18% among Asian residents, 12% among African American residents, 1% among Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander residents and 1% among residents identifying with other races. African Americans, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, and people living in communities with high levels of poverty continue to have the highest rate of death per 100,000 people for COVID-19 when compared to other groups. Upon further investigation, 24 cases and one death reported earlier were not LA County residents. As of today, 5,660 people who tested positive for COVID-19 (16% of positive cases) have been hospitalized at some point during their illness. There are 1,742 people who are currently hospitalized, 26% of these people are in the ICU and 19% are on ventilators. Testing capacity continues to increase in LA County, with testing results available for over 272,000 individuals and 11% of people testing positive.
"Our thoughts and prayers are with the many families who have lost their loved one to COVID-19. As we begin our recovery journey, we will need to shoulder the task of doing all we can to prevent many others from dying," said Barbara Ferrer, PhD, MPH, MEd, Director of Public Health. "Enjoying our beautiful community and outdoor areas is one of the many wonderful things about living here in LA County, and our businesses and County Departments are working hard to put protocols into place so that these spaces can reopen safely. We will all need to closely follow the rules, including practicing physical distancing and wearing cloth face coverings at all times, so that we don't end up with significant increases in hospitalizations and deaths."
A new Health Officer Order issued yesterday replaced the previous Health Officer Order and allows for retailers and manufacturers, select recreational facilities and beaches to reopen. All retailers can reopen for curbside, door-side, outside pickup, or delivery only. Manufacturing and logistic businesses that supply retail businesses can also reopen. Before retail businesses, manufacturing and logistic businesses reopen, they are required to prepare, implement and post their plan for adhering to directives including distancing and infection control practices that protect both employees and customers. Select recreational facilities including golf courses, tennis courts, shooting and archery ranges, equestrian centers, bike parks, and community gardens can also reopen. Beaches are open for active recreation only including running, walking, swimming and surfing. Everyone must continue to practice physical distancing of at least six feet apart and wear a clean cloth face covering that securely covers both your nose and mouth when you are out and around people outside of your household all the time. This Order continues to require that specific higher-risk businesses remain closed and prohibits public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring outside a single household or living unit.
Public Health will assess the activities allowed by the Order on an ongoing basis and modify the Order as appropriate. Currently, LA County is in stage two of the five-stage Roadmap to Recovery and until the final stage five is reached, Health Officer Orders and directives will continue to ensure that we slow spread of COVID-19 to prevent an overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases at healthcare facilities.
The best protection against COVID-19 is to wash your hands frequently, avoid touching your eyes, nose, and mouth with unwashed hands, self-isolate if you are sick, practice physical distancing (especially by staying at home) and wear a clean face covering when in contact with others from outside your household. People who have underlying health conditions remain at much greater risk for serious illness from COVID-19, so it will continue to be very important for the County's vulnerable residents to stay at home as much as possible, to have groceries and medicine delivered, and to call their providers immediately if they have even mild symptoms.
An interactive dashboard is available that provides an overview on COVID-19 testing, cases and deaths along with maps and graphs showing testing, cases and death data by community poverty level, age, sex and race/ethnicity. To view Public Health's COVID-19 Surveillance Dashboard, visit: http://dashboard.publichealth.lacounty.gov/covid19_surveillance_dashboard/ .
The Health Officer Order, Roadmap to Recovery and additional things you can do to protect yourself, your family and your community are on the Public Health website, www.publichealth.lacounty.gov .
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Laboratory Confirmed Cases -- 35329 Total Cases*
Deaths 1709
Age Group (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
Gender (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
Deaths Race/Ethnicity (Los Angeles County Cases Only-excl LB and Pas)
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These numbers are subject to change based on further investigation. Sixteen cases and one death reported earlier were not in Public Health's jurisdiction. * Means that case numbers include cases associated with correctional facility outbreaks located in the city/community. **Rate is crude and is per 100,000. This represents the number of cases per 100,000 people and allows for the proportional comparison of cities of different sizes.
Always check with trusted sources for the latest accurate information about novel coronavirus:
The Department of Public Health is committed to promoting health equity and ensuring optimal health and well-being for all 10 million residents of Los Angeles County. Through a variety of programs, community partnerships and services, Public Health oversees environmental health, disease control, and community and family health. Nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health comprises nearly 4,500 employees and has an annual budget of $1.2 billion. To learn more about Los Angeles County Public Health, please visit www.publichealth .lacounty.gov, and follow LA County Public Health on social media at twitter.com/lacounty.gov, and follow LA County Public Health on social media at twitter.com/lapublichealth, facebook.com/lapublichealth, instagram.com/lapublichealth and youtube.com/lapublichealth.
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The intergalactic space lord says more about the manic state of the national psyche than any politician ever could.
Author: Jonathan Bacon
Heightened political divisions have led to dangerous thought policing on both the left and right.
Donald Trump owes his power to the proliferation of 'reality content' since the turn of the century.


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Grading Michigan State's performance against Wake Forest in the Pinstripe Bowl
Lansing State Journal columnist Graham Couch grades the Spartans on a scale of 1-10.
Michigan State only twice this season gained more than the 497 yards it did in the Pinstripe Bowl — doing so against Western Michigan (582) and Illinois (526). The Spartans put together seven drives of at least 40 yards and four drives of at least 10 plays, with four three-and-outs. Quarterback Brian Lewerke played perhaps his best game of the season, completing 26 of 37 passes to eight different targets, six of them freshmen or sophomores, for 320 yards and a touchdown. His lone interception, a tipped pass on a hard and high throw, picked off at the 19-yard line, kept MSU from taking command of the game in the third quarter. But Lewerke was mostly pretty good. As were his weapons, other than a Trenton Gillison fumble inside the 10-yard line in the fourth quarter, with the score still 27-21. You'll live with a redshirt freshman in his first prominent action making that mistake.
Wake Forest quarterback Jamie Newman wound up being a bear to handle. MSU's defense did contain him in the second half, dominating the final two quarters, holding Wake Forest scoreless after halftime and to three first downs by winning at the line of scrimmage. MSU's defense, which scored a touchdown of its own in the first half, faced Wake Forest's offense five times with a 27-21 lead and didn't once let the Demon Deacons into field goal range. It's the sort of closing performance against a capable and explosive offense that MSU needed more often this season.
RELATED: Couch: questions about what's next for MSU football quickly take center stage
It was a fairly rough night for MSU's special teams units, right from Cole Hahn's opening kickoff, which sailed out of bounds, giving Wake Forest good field position for what turned into a scoring drive. Jake Hartbarger had one short punt out of bounds, too, though he boomed another 54 yards and averaged 45 yards a punt in his final game for MSU. Kicker Matt Coghlin connected on field goals of 23 and 44 yards, but missed a 28-yard chip shot in the fourth quarter that would have put the game away. MSU's return game showed some life, with Brandon Sowards on punts and Jalen Nailor and Trenton Gillison returning kickoffs. But nothing like Wake Forest's return units, with Kendall Hinton and Kenneth Walker. Hinton's 36-yard punt return in the second quarter set up a six-play Wake Forest touchdown drive. A couple other sizable returns by Hinton and Walker were called back due to penalties. MSU needs to get its return game where Wake Forest's is.
MSU's coaches deserve credit for getting the most out of this bowl — a win, some extra juice in the offense, led in part by younger players worked into the game plan. Not every program does bowl prep well. That hasn't been an issue for MSU in the Mark Dantonio era. The red zone shortcomings a couple times looked eerily similar to the regular-season woes, but the two turnovers weren't coaching errors. I loved the play call to Gillison before his fumble. In all, for a staff that prepared and coached under fire, half of them with expiring contracts, they had MSU's football team fairly sharp and playing as well as it had in three months.
I suspect you'll see changes on MSU's staff relatively soon. Exactly who and what positions, I don't think the coaches know yet. Mark Dantonio should by now, though. That's the first domino in what should be an interesting offseason, one that'll also include a mid-January deposition under oath by Mark Dantonio in the Curtis Blackwell lawsuit and a new quarterback, who may or may not be on the roster. The season is over. Now the interesting part begins.
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Schools, offices closed in Clarksville
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. — Clarksville-Montgomery County Schools will be closed Friday, the school system announced about 4 p.m. Thursday.
Clarksville Academy will also be closed Friday.
Austin Peay announced about 4 p.m. Thursday that it would be closed Friday and Saturday.
Ice, snow to punch Clarksville again
APSU's announcement includes all campuses, it said, which means the APSU Center @ Fort Campbell and Highland Crest in Springfield.
Fort Campbell announced late Thursday that it would be open for limited operations only. All schools at Fort Campbell will be closed. Morning pre-kindergarten and part day pre-school classes are also canceled.
Montgomery County offices were closed Friday.
City of Clarksville offices were closed Friday.
City Court was closed Friday.
CTS buses were running snow routes only Friday. "This means that we are staying on main roads and avoiding areas that have hills," according to a city news release. "If you live or work in an area with hills, you will need to get to a main road to catch the bus. Please use caution, the ground is slick."
Blanchfield Army Community Hospital's outpatient services will also be closed Friday.
The Academy for Academic Excellence will be closed as well.
This list will be updated as more information becomes available.


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Europe reacts to attack on US Capitol with disbelief, horror & sorrow
January 07, 2021
Carl Bildt, former Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Sweden, with the view from Europe:
What is the European reaction to the pictures coming out of Washington, yesterday?
Disbelief. Horror. Shock. But also sorrow. The United States is a great ally of Europe. And to see its democracy literally looted by mobs of hooligans inspired by the President of the United States is something that I don't think anyone had thought would ever happen. The President of the United States has gone, in the eyes of the Europeans, from being a leader of a great democracy to being a cult leader of a mob of hooligans.


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We had a great performance management event last Friday, sponsored by the IDeA and the Local Authority Research Councils Initiative. There was a great line-up of speakers who covered everything from the academic theoretical side of performance management to the nuts and bolts of systems thinking to rubbish collection and disposal in Northern Ireland.
This conference came at a great time – there are increasing demands on performance management in the public sector – through new regulatory regimes (CAA) and the complexities of partnership accountabilities (LAA). There are also increasing demands on public sector performance – higher expectations from citizens and the pressures of efficiency – doing more with less. What we've done before – while good – no longer satisfies these demands. And we need to bring performance management and the whole approach to improvement to that next level.
The proceedings of the day have all been captured at www.ideaperformance.com. Dave Briggs set up the site and helped us with capturing content at the event. But before the event even started we used that "social learning space" to inform the day's proceedings by asking the wider performance community of practice what we should be talking about and there were a number of comments.
The conversation doesn't end there. We've had comments on Adrian Barker's introductory talk of the day (with video) and follow up comments from one of the day's speakers. More importantly, because of the way that it's captured, it will be useful to shaping how we at the IDeA and across the LGA group think about how we're supporting performance management and improvement. In fact, content was used at a planning meeting this morning. And we're using the site again at another performance management related event at the end of this month. (I think we'd probably use a different site if looking at a separate topic. )
Learning points
I've been involved in a number of great performance management events over the years – and I have to say I really enjoyed this one a lot. If there was a learning point – it might be 1. Fewer speakers, more time to interact (although I liked all the speakers, so no idea who I would cut) 2. It would have been great to have more innovative service managers who are driving performance at the front line.
As for the social reporting elements – I think we're still learning. Overall, I think it was a great experience and I'm really excited to be using this at the next event. If I had it to do over again, I think I would plan a little bit more and seed the audience with a few more people who were willing to take a really active role. I would also make sure the wifi was working (!!!) I was chairing the day, so I wasn't really able to help with capturing the proceedings (but I will at the next event). Adrian did a fair bit of notetaking and we all split up to capture workshop notes (which worked brilliantly). But I don't want to sound too negative, because I think it was overall a brilliant success and the site looks fantastic. We've never captured and disseminated content so quickly – essentially in real time.
And I think there's another learning point – that a lot of this content is quite specialised. Dave Briggs has a background in local government and risk management – some of that crosses over into the world of performance management in local government – so he was able to really engage with the material – even though I'm sure he found the world of PM jargon a little mind-blurring. But I'm not sure that just anyone with his social media skills but without his local government background would have been able to to do as well.


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My most recent visit to Margate was my favourite yet. Not only did I finally see Metronomy (in my home town no less), everywhere I looked was a touch of magic – the whole town thriving with creativity and really shining as a community. For the first time in ages, I felt so much joy to simply be back home and that is all thanks to By The Sea.
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(A Very Musical) Favourites || October '16
Okay so this monthly post is going to be a little bit different to the others, in that it's going to focus on all my music loves of the month. I don't know, for the most part October has been all about the music and very little of anything else, so you best grab your headphones…
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By The Sea – Dreamland, Margate || Live Review
Here's a piece I recently wrote for Vulture Hound, find it on the site here: http://vulturehound.co.uk/2016/10/by-the-sea-festival-dreamland-margate-festival-review/
Last year saw Margate's newly re-opened amusement park, Dreamland, host Hot Chip and Foals as headliners for the first ever By The Sea Festival. The seaside town put on two nights of shows, with its success sparking interest for another show in 2016. Headliners this year included Wild Beasts andSuper Furry Animals on Friday, with Bat For Lashes and Wolf Alice on Saturday.
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Visiting Home Pt II: We're All Going on a Summer Holiday
I recently took a buzzfeed quiz to find out which seaside town I should visit before Summer is over. I only ruddy got my hometown Margate didn't I? Not on purpose either, it was one of those one question quizzes – "What beach food do you choose?". Obviously it's an incredibly exhilarating quiz, so I shan't ruin it for you with my answer.
It just so happens I did venture down to Margate this Summer, not once but twice. Sure it's more to do with my friends and family living over there than its recent boom as a seaside town, but I thought I ought to remind myself of what it has to offer.
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Visiting Home Pt I: Reunions and Celebrations
Ah home, where things change but people (mostly) stay the same. McDonalds has had a makeover but you still recognise all the people that work there. The bar you used to work at is under new management, but the same old regulars still sit in the same old seats, ordering the same old drinks. Fosters for the guy on the corner, a continuous flow of ale for the two sat by the door and a Guinness for the one who is always smiling.
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The collection of warm winter clothing is underway, ending November 23
Kinney Drugs in Dryden is one of 20 collection sites around Tompkins County. Donations of clean new or gently used winter clothing will be gratefully collected, sorted, and distributed by volunteers from a number of organizations lead by the Ithaca Rotary Club along with the Dryden and Trumansburg Rotary Clubs; Cornell University; Finger Lakes ReUse; and Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga.
The familiar "red box" collection bins can be found at locations around Tompkins County, including: Agway True Value Home Center (Cayuga Mall), BorgWarner Morse Systems (Warren Rd.), CFCU Community Credit Union (Main Branches), Island Health & Fitness (Taughannock Blvd. and Community Corners), Kendal at Ithaca, Mama Goose (609 W. Clinton St. starting Nov 1), P&C Fresh, Tops Friendly Market (2300 N. Triphammer Rd.), Wegmans, YMCA, and in Trumansburg, the Shur-Save and St. James Catholic Church.
The donated clothing is distributed by Catholic Charities of Tompkins/Tioga free of charge to individuals who need such items for the winter months. Distribution will take place November 9 – 20 (Monday–Friday, 9 AM to 4 PM).
All winter clothing in good repair is accepted. There is a special need for children's and larger-sized outerwear (2X and up) and large-sized boots (13 and up), as well as coats, snow pants and boots; blankets; and hats, scarves, and mittens for all. Each article of clothing donated should be new or gently used, and clean for future recipients. Note that the emphasis is on outerwear!


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What Causes Motorcycle Accidents?
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Do you like peanut butter? I do! Peanuts are very healthy as long as you eat them in moderation (as they are also high in fat). The problem with peanut butter is, there is often a lot of added sugar, salt, palm oil and other additives. That's why we always only buy pure 100% peanut butter.
We used to buy the Morrisons one, and have recently discovered that M&S now also has its own.
While these two are both top quality, I have switched to the Meridian one as it comes in a 1kg tub. Yep! We love peanut butter so much that the standard little glass jars are just too small. Because it's quite a big tub, you have to remember to stir it before you use each time. Otherwise you'll end up with half a tub of dry peanut butter halfway when the naturally oily first half is gone.
There're quite a few different deals on Amazon, 1 tub, 2 or 3 tubs bundle, smooth, crunchy. Have a look on Amazon.
As with the Morrisons and M&S ones, the Meridian one is also made with 100% peanut. No added sugar, no salt, no palm oil. I absolutely love it on my morning toast!
What's your favourite peanut butter – crunchy, smooth, or pure? Share with me in the comments below!
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Yesterday we were invited out to Adventure City for the grand opening of their new family coaster, Rewind Racers.
This delightful little park in Stanton (just a few miles west of Knott's on Beach Blvd) is really a nice family park and Rewind Racers is a great addition to the park.
Pictures and Words by Gregg Condon
I'm actually kind of ashamed to admit that this was my first visit to the park, we had passed it on many occasions but for one reason or another had never taken the time to actually go in and experience the park.
Adventure City is charming, clean and the staff at the park is excellent. You really get the feel that this is a true family park, stuck in the middle of the sprawling metropolis that is Orange County.
We'll start off this report with the opening of Rewind Racers and then we'll take a look around the rest of the park later this week.
For the opening of Rewind Racers, the Mayor of Stanton as well as some City Council Members were on hand to celebrate the opening.
The mayor reading a proclamation for Adventure City.
After a few test runs, it was time for the first official ride. Here's the ride in action.
The first official ride, forgive my hand, I was also trying to Periscope at the same time. Learning process and all. =)
How about some off-ride pics of the ride in action.
Not sure if backwards or forwards, it doesn't really matter. It's all fun!!!
Be sure to check out our front seat and back seat POV of the ride. The park was really great about allowing us to get all the pics and video we needed.
The following pictures are for a very specific audience. You know who you are. =)
The safety sign ... a couple of things stand out:
1) The height requirement of 39" (with an adult). Awesome that they get another inch off from some other local rides. =)
2) First rule "Do not force a person to ride" ... that means you parents who have kids who don't want to ride.
So that's it for our look at Rewind Racers. The ride is very thrilling, very fun and it's great that it's a family shuttle coaster that can be enjoyed by many.
It's so great to see a small park like this doing something different. Nobody would have blamed them had they just gone with a standard roller-skater but they wanted to do something new and unique, and for that they should be applauded.
Be sure to get out to Adventure City this summer and ride Rewind Rewind Racers, you won't be disappointed.
For more information on Adventure City, be sure to check out their website.
Later this week we'll take a look around the rest of the park.
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We are pleased to partner with ART-ER Attractiveness Research Territory – the Joint Stock Consortium of Emilia-Romagna leading their talent attraction and retention efforts. Together we will develop a pilot for collaborative talent attraction services. Focus will be on a profile 'most wanted' by a number of employers in the region. Future Place Leadership will utilize our insights on value proposition, company engagement and global employer place branding activities and develop a targeted campaign with an innovative pre-selection process.
The specific target group (profile) to attract will be based on labour market data and local demand urgency. For this profile we will design a campaign strategy including what countries and demographics to target, which place/life and career assets to show and what channels to use. All of this is based on research data. Via ads on social media we actively reach out to the target group and try to induce/increase their interest in the Emilia Romagna region. The talents are lead through the funnel from initial interest towards qualification in a fun and engaging way. The desired call to action: being introduced to one or more employers looking for candidates like them. Ultimately, the employers decide on accepting the candidates delivered for further selection and hiring.
Partner & Director of Talent Attraction and Busines Development at Future Place Leadership, Morten King-Grubert: "We are pleased to have onboarded long time collaborator from The Hague region Nicole van Haelst to help us service places in their campaign activities. With this expertise we make open jobs in a region such as Emilia-Romagna more visible amongst a specific group of people that would otherwise not have considered a career in the region. The combination of tech, place and company branding proves a strong formula and helps convert interested candidates into qualified leads. Engaging with talent in the pool is facilitated and will definitely leverage the attraction efforts in later stages."
ART-ER Attractiveness Research Territory is a true place leader, taking initiative with the purpose of fostering the region's sustainable growth by developing innovation and knowledge, attractiveness and internationalisation of the region And Emilia-Romagna for global talent. A high quality and quantity of higher education is evident with 6 universities. Regional economy pillars of agri-food, building and construction, mechatronics and automotive are present with internationally known brands and a multitude of relevant companies and cluster organizations. Furthermore, high growth areas such as health and well-being, creative industries and Digital Valley have been identified and can be fuelled by the advanced cross regional innovation platforms in place.
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Meeting Got7
The Tribe staffer Brianna O'Hara meets Kpop boy group in Miami.
January 27, 2017
After two years of following and loving Kpop (Korean pop music), I was lucky enough this past weekend to attend the Got7 fanmeet, which was the first stop of the 2017 Got7 Turbulence US tour. Tickets went on sale on December 17th 2016, and I scored p2 tickets, which meant I would be able to be face to face with them.
This was my first ever Kpop concert and it was absolutely amazing. The night before the concert my best friend and I didn't sleep for more than two hours because of how excited we were. We woke up super early that morning and got ready to meet the group we have been obsessing over for two years. At around noon we got in the the car and drove to Miami for the show at the Fillmore Theater on South Beach.
We got to the venue at around 1 pm and the line was already wrapping around the building. We quickly picked up our wristbands and got in line. There was still five hours before they would open the doors and another hour before the show started.
After about two hours of waiting in line I had noticed that my favorite youtuber JRE had arrived. He was super nice and took pictures with both of us. For the rest of the wait, we took turns getting up to get drinks or buying merch. We also talked to the other fans around us and time flew by. At 5:45 , they let the p1 ticket holders in and then it was our turn to go in. Since we had p2 tickets we were super close to the stage.
There was still about a half hour left before the show would start and we just stood in our spots anxiously awaiting for the show to start. It was 7 o'clock and the show still hadn't started. All of a sudden the music got super loud and all the fans, including us, started screaming. The boys ran on stage and the show started. They put on such an outstanding show, performing their hit songs and playing games with the crowd.
After the amazing show, the general admission ticket holders had to leave while the fans with p1 and p2 waited to meet the boys. When they came back out p1 holders took their pictures. During the actual meet up were not allowed to record or take any pictures. Finally it was our turn to go up and meet the boys. We were both shaking and freaking out. I high fived all the members and then when I got to my favorite member, Jackson, I actually held his hand and made eye contact with him.
Overall, this was definitely one of the best nights of my life. It was totally worth waiting six hours in line. It was so surreal actually seeing the group I am absolutely obsessed with. It's completely different seeing them in person compared to just watching performances on youtube. I really hope that all Igot7s get to experience this at least once in their lives.


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March 9, 2018 was a day Browns fans will recall with glory. New GM John Dorsey pawned off turnover-plagued starting QB DeShone Kizer to the Green Bay Packers for defensive back Damarious Randall.
This deal remains one of the hallmark moves of the Dorsey era, and it's the biggest move he made before his first draft in Cleveland.
Randall, miscast as an outside cornerback by a flailing Packers coaching staff (all of which has now been fired), instantly filled the gaping hole at free safety at the back end of the Browns defense. Randall played great in his first Browns season. Just as important, his sound presence as the coverage-oriented safety allowed Jabrill Peppers to move to the box safety role he's much better suited to play.
As for Kizer…he did not get better in Green Bay under Aaron Rodgers' tutelage. He played in three games, with almost all his action coming in the Packers season-ending 31-0 loss to the last-place Lions. He completed less than half his passes (20-for-42) and threw two INTs to zero TDs. As is his custom, he also fumbled once and was sacked four times.
Thank you, John Dorsey!


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Pickleball is booming among the older generation in the US and often space is created by encroaching on tennis players' territory
There's a storm brewing on the tennis courts of America. Admittedly a very middle-class, middle-aged storm, but a storm nonetheless. On one side are the tennis players, with their eons of history, perfectly pressed shorts and thousands of dollars to spend on lessons. And on the other are the advocates for America's fastest-growing athletic pursuit: pickleball.
Almost 5 million people in the US are classed as pickleball players, depending on how closely you read the pickleball-published statistics, and in the last two years the number of people playing pickleball has grown by almost 40%.
With towns and cities across the country erecting dedicated pickleball courts, the sport will surely continue its expansion. But while that may be music to the ears of pickleballers, the tennis players are not happy about their court space being eroded and the feud between the two ball-hitting factions is only likely to get worse.
Pickleball, invented by three men in 1965, involves using a solid rectangular "paddle" to hit a plastic ball with holes in it over a 36in high net. A pickleball court looks a bit like a tennis court, but is about a third of the size, and the sports share some other rules – a point starts when a player serves from the baseline, and the ball can only bounce once.
Because the ball – known as a wiffle ball – has holes in it, it can only travel so fast. And because you're playing with a little paddle, you can only hit the ball so hard. There's also not too much running, because the court is quite small.
All this means that pickleball is booming among the older generation, with retirement communities, local parks departments and cruise ships increasingly offering pickleball access – often creating the space by getting rid of tennis courts.
Tennis players are fighting back: in 2021, pickleball courts in Santa Rosa, California, were closed for several days after "at least six quarts of oil were spilled" on to their surface, the Press Democrat reported. Lying in the oil was a "profanity-laced note", according to the newspaper, in which the writer threatened to scratch the cars of any pickleball players.
In New York, tennis players are making the dubious claim that they're the true sport of working people. Brooklyn-based group Club Leftist Tennis recently launched an anti-pickleball lobbying campaign, tweeting: "Reminder: pickleball is an astroturfed, venture capital-backed parasite on public space," in September.
Reports of the animosity go on. The Dink, a pickleball news website, reported that an unnamed person had made a number of stickers which read: "Tennis players against pickleball, get your wiffle balls off our courts", while on a pickleball thread on Reddit one player said they had witnessed "a couple of fights between tennis players and [pickleball] players at my local playground".
"Tennis players don't like that we're on their courts," said Brent Ingram, secretary of Atlanta Pickleball Club.
"Which I understand. But there's nowhere else for us to play."
Atlanta has 636 registered tennis courts – the third most of any city in the US – but Ingram said there are no public pickleball courts. This means players are forced to use tennis courts, drawing out their smaller courts with chalk lines in a fashion that can irritate some tennis players.
Ingram usually drives 25 miles (40km) to Marietta, Georgia, where there are public pickleball courts, but earlier this year nets at that location were vandalized twice in three days.
"I think it's one of two people, it's either tennis players that are frustrated with us, or houses that are nearby that don't like the noise," Ingram said.
The row over space and sport has led the city of San Diego to recruit Jodie Adams, a lecturer at Missouri State University who specializes in park management, to mediate between pickleball and tennis players, while the US Tennis Association issued a slightly sniffy Statement of Guidance on how both pickleball and tennis can be accommodated in cities. (USTA's verdict is essentially to build pickleball-specific facilities, but it offers no suggestions as to where the money will come from.)
Not all pickleball players are blameless. They can be jerks, too. In July police were called in San Diego, California, after a group of pickleball players commandeered a tennis court and began to play. The pickleballers were eventually removed, the OB Rag reported, "but not until they had played on the court for approximately 40 minutes".
Earlier this year, Arslan Guney, from Denver, Colorado, was arrested on a felony charge of criminal mischief after he used a permanent marker to delineate pickleball boundaries on a basketball court. Guney escaped prosecution on the charge – which carries a prison term of up to three years – after he agreed to pay about $5,000 damages and write a letter of apology.
According to USA Pickleball, the sport's governing body, a majority of regular pickleball players are over 55, and at this point in pickleball's development it is fair to say that it is essentially a sport for old people. Zorano Tubo is on a quest to change that, and in the process watch pickleball expand even further.
Tubo, a certified coach for the International Pickleball Teaching Professional Association, has been an avid pickleballer for eight years and thinks the sport is poised to bridge the age gap. "Some youngsters are starting to trickle in, but the high schoolers haven't found it cool yet. But when they do, it's gonna be a second mini-explosion," Tubo says.
"When the high school kids think it's cool, and then the middle schools and we get it into the elementary schools, it's over."
It was a chance encounter that brought Tubo to pickleball. He happened to be at a gym when he heard the distinctive bop-bop-bop of a pickleball game, and stopped to watch the action. It looked fun, Tubo thought, and as a keen racquetball and squash player, he was confident he could handle the slower pace of the pickleball game.
"Once I saw what it was I said, 'Wait a minute, I can do this with my eyes closed'," Tubo says.
"I mean racquetball is 10 times faster than this. Playing this is like The Matrix, it's so slow."
The lower level of physical exertion is one reason for pickleball's surge, particularly within older groups. Tubo says he thinks the sport has saved many old people from a life of boredom and inactivity.
"People were retired, people used to sit on their couches and go: 'What do I do, you know? Do I sew, and watch Oprah, and eat bonbons?'" Tubo says.
"Now, those people are teaching their grandchildren how to play, they're teaching their sons and daughters how to play pickleball, and they're extending the quality of life."
The small size of the courts also makes pickleball a more accessible sport, as "almost every ball is within reach".
"So any grandmas, if they can stand up, lift their arm, they could do some damage," Tubo says.
"And it's like, 'Holy shit. I'm competitive.' Even non-talented people can be superstars, you know, that never played a sport."
Plenty of superstars are getting involved too: Larry David, some of the Kardashians, and Leonardo DiCaprio are among pickleball's growing number of celebrity players, and with news recently that basketball players LeBron James, Draymond Green and Kevin Love are investing in Major League Pickleball, the sport's professional league, perhaps Tubo's prediction that high schoolers will soon find pickleball "cool" is about to come true.
To the casual observer a pickleball court looks like a shrunken tennis court, but there are some differences. Both involve using an implement to hit a ball over the net. Like in tennis, in pickleball the ball cannot bounce more than once.
In pickleball, however, a player is not allowed to volley the ball while they are in the 'no volley zone', a strip of court either side of the net. This prevents the kind of point-ending smashes that are frequently seen in tennis. The scoring system is different from tennis too, closer to sports like squash and racketball, and points can only be scored on a serve.
Tubo explains all this to me, breathlessly, on a sunny afternoon in West Hartford, Connecticut. We meet at a set of pristine blue pickleball courts, separated from two tennis courts by a wire mesh fence. Tubo has driven from his home in West New York to give group lessons. But before that, he offers me some one-on-one tutoring, which focused on what Tubo called "the three Ds of pickleball": deep serve, deep return and "dink".
We start with the dink, which, according to Tubo, is the most important D.
It involves tenderly knocking the ball over the net so that it lands gently on the opponent's side. Ideally, the dink will result in the ball bounding low, limiting an opponent's ability to return. If the ball comes to them high up, they can just whack it back over the net. Not so with the dink.
"No one is able to attack the dink," Zorano says.
"The idea is to take the power out of the game."
This was illustrated when I mis-dink, the ball soaring over the net and reaching Zorano at head height. He immediately bats the ball back towards me, hitting me in the chest.
"I intentionally smacked it to you," Zorano says. There's no apology, but he adds that this unexpected attack will help me remember "the ready position", which is essentially not standing there with your paddle right down by your side. Luckily, there isn't much weight to the ball and my right pectoral survives unscathed.
If there is a very mildly rough aspect to the game, then there is a growing viciousness to the climate around pickleball too.
As Tubo points out, in between dinking and pelting me with the ball, three pickleball courts can fit on one tennis court. At amateur level, pickleball is mostly played as doubles, which means 16 players can be pickleballing on a tennis court-sized area at any one time.
Tennis players, and others, might view pickleball as some newfangled, unserious fad with a silly name, but the sport has been around for a long time. The three people who came up with the idea were businessmen Barney McCallum and Bill Bell and future US congressman Joel Pritchard.
According to USA Pickleball, Bell and Pritchard returned to Pritchard's home on Bainbridge Island in Washington state after a game of golf to find their families bored. Pritchard had a badminton court, but no shuttlecock, so the men instead started batting a perforated plastic ball over the badminton net with table tennis paddles. The next weekend, McCallum came over, and they decided to drop the lofty badminton net down to 36 in. The name, meanwhile, came from Joan Pritchard, Joel's wife, and is, apparently, "a reference to the thrown-together, leftover non-starters in the 'pickle boat' of crew races".
In the coming months, the table tennis paddles were replaced with larger, custom paddles, and the game soon became popular among neighbors and friends, and in the coming years pickleball spread, through word of mouth, down the Pacific coast.
Pickleball may have been created at the whim of some bored wealthy white men, but one of the perks of the sport, initially, was that it was inexpensive. All you needed was a paddle and the ball with holes in it. But just like any pastime, you can spend as much money as you want. The Paddletek Tempest Wave Pro pickleball paddle retails at $175, for example, while you can also buy pickleball shoes which are almost identical to tennis shoes.
If a player can avoid the temptation to buy the best and latest gear, however, pickleball can still be pretty cheap. Tubo wore tennis shoes and track pants. I wore sneakers and a soccer shirt. Having played against Tubo, I can confirm that he knows what he's doing, yet he plays with a $20 paddle.
The easy access to pickleball can be problematic, however, because previously inactive people can get carried away.
Tubo says he has to monitor his classes closely to maintain safety.
"It is the No 1 sports injury for seniors in hospitals. Because they're coming out, haven't played anything in years and they're loving it, they're like: 'Oh my God!'" Tubo says.
"And then they're like, 'Oh shit.' They fall down, break a wrist.
"But they love it so much, they won't stop playing."
If players can avoid injury, however, then pickleball can certainly be a pleasant way to spend a few hours. Under Tubo's tutelage I was soon dinking with aplomb, and a particularly spirited smash drew admiring gasps from Tubo and his daughter Morena Tubo, who at 18 years old is an up-and-coming player in her own right.
With celebrity backers, some of them cool, it seems the only thing that could hold back pickleball's expansion is the lingering battle with tennis players over space and status, and in West Hartford I experienced some of the friction first-hand.
In the car park I passed a tennis player getting some rackets out the back of his SUV. I smiled and nodded at him: it was a warm day, the sun was out, I was spending the afternoon hitting a daft ball with a glorified ping-pong paddle.
Instead of nodding back, however, the man glanced at my pickleball paddle, scowled and slammed the trunk of his Toyota Highlander.


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Kiel schools were ready for digital learning, sad to close for coronavirus | Brad Ebert
As we all continue to do our very best to stay safe and healthy during this challenging time, it is important to always remember the positives that are happening around us. So many individuals, groups, community members and organizations have stepped up to support the families in our community as we do our very best to limit our exposure to the COVID-19 virus while continuing on as much as possible with our daily routine.
For the students and staff of the Kiel Area School District, that routine was significantly altered beginning on March 17; that was the first day that staff and students were asked to stay home and limit their exposure to one another. This news was extremely difficult for our staff members to hear, as they truly enjoy being with their students each and every day and genuinely will miss them while they are gone.
The good news is that the staff of the Kiel Area School District was preparing for that day for a number of weeks prior to the governor's order to close schools. I would even argue that the entire Kiel community has been preparing for this possibility for a number of years.
In 2012, the taxpayers of the Kiel area passed a referendum that allowed its school district to continuously upgrade technology for its students over the course of a five-year period. In 2018, the taxpayers of the Kiel area passed another referendum to extend that period of technology upgrades through the year 2029.
As the COVID-19 virus continued to shift toward the United States, staff members of the Kiel Area School District considered how academic life might look for students in a "stay-at-home/virtual setting." It became immediately clear that because of the devices and infrastructure that the Kiel area has provided for us, the possibility of educating all of our students in a virtual/digital world was possible.
The virtual plan was put into place and executed as students and staff headed for home. Our technology team did an outstanding job of preparing all of the devices that needed to be sent home with parents and students. Over the course of a few days, our three buildings did an exceptional job of making sure that all parents and students had the correct equipment to sustain digital learning for the foreseeable future. After that, our teachers "powered up" and started delivering lessons, providing materials, offering feedback and supporting our students in the best ways possible as our virtual learning plan began.
So the first "THANK YOU" goes out to all of the taxpayers of this great area. Thank you for supporting our students and, in this case, thank you for seeing the value of technology as we continue to educate our students in a variety of ways.
The second "THANK YOU" goes out to our entire staff for going above and beyond in preparing for online learning and continuing to educate our students during this time.
The third "THANK YOU" goes out to our Board of Education. Throughout this time, the Board of Education continued to see the value of taking care of its employees and also allowing its employees to be creative and develop a comprehensive plan that can support our learners.
Finally, a huge "THANK YOU" goes out to the parents of our students who continue to work full-time jobs, take care of their children, cook, clean, etc., while doing their best to support their child/ren's learning. We couldn't do it without you!
We are also proud to let the community know that we are making sure that all homes have internet accessibility, all children are fed and that mental health support is available to all, when needed.
Through generous community donations, we are able to continue to sustain these programs throughout the duration of our school closure. Windwalker Label of Kiel has offered to graciously pay for all costs associated with the hookup and internet access for those households that do not have access or have limited access. Drexel, HUI, The Lake House Restaurant and The Smiling Moose Restaurant have either made significant financial donations to our food delivery program or have opened their doors to feed those who are hungry during this time.
Also, our school district counselors as well as counselors from the surrounding counties are available to help those who need mental health support during this time.
I know that I have said this in the past, but I will say it again: in times of difficulty, this community WILL step up and help those in need and it WILL always support its children!
Kiel, you really did "BIG THINGS" this time!
It is hard to predict what the future holds for all of us, but I know that if we stay united and work together to support each other, we will continue to thrive during even the most difficult and unexpected times.
Please be safe, and take care!
Dr. Brad Ebert is the district administrator for the Kiel Area School District. Follow the district on Twitter: @Kielareaschools.
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Music is a massive passion for us at Richer Sounds. We love recommendations and hearing new albums. With this in mind, we asked a few of the Richer Sounds team what their favourite album of all time is…
Selected by Chris, Liverpool store
Whether it was the generally bewildered response to the groundbreaking release of (the absolutely superb!) Kid A by music fans and the press, or whether Radiohead really felt that the songs that came from the recording sessions for that album were just too good for only 10 tracks to see the light of day, the release of Amnesiac just eight months after Kid A's debut was something of an oddity for a band that generally operate on release cycles of years rather than months.
And while the songs on Amnesiac are clearly cut from the same melancholy cloth as those on Kid A, there remains a distinctly more human element than its predecessor. For me, it's a vital album from an equally vital band. Far from being a collection of offcuts, Amnesiac showcases a chameleonic band revelling in their blossoming talents, and a band for whom musical boundaries were made to be broken.
Selected by Bradley, Plymouth store
Growing up in the 90's in the golden era of boyband and the spice girls, I'm pretty confident that most people first choice of music as a kid would be pop orientated. My sister certainly was, but that wasn't for me. I remember being into Oasis massively in the early 90's and then suddenly went down an entirely different route altogether. I found out about this pop-punk band called Blink 182. It was a battered copy of Dude Ranch that first got me hooked but the album that really took this infatuation to new levels was Enema of the State.
It was a breath of fresh air from the same stuff I'd hear on the radio, and even though I was not even in my teenage years, I knew this was it for me. The fast paced power chords and drum beats were just seemed to be everything I ever wanted in an album. It was upbeat, exciting and simply, just made me smile. So much so that I still listen to that same album today and I'm never bored.
Selected by Lewis, Chester Store
Arguably one of the biggest rock bands of the last decade, Kings of Leon can now be found pumping out crowd pleasers to stadiums full of thousands of fans, bagging chart hits and Grammys whenever they release something new. However, their first album, Youth and Young Manhood, is a raw, scrappy mix of rock, country western and indie, released to great critical acclaim in 2003. Just young men at the time, their debut album reveals their Deep South roots, oozing country western and blues influences.
For me, Youth and Young Manhood is the band's best work. Free from the pressures of pushy record labels and demanding fans, it crackles with attitude, energy and, above all, passion. It encapsulates the exciting movements made in the noughties indie scene, and is a perfect debut offering. One of my favourite albums of all time, it's still as exciting now as it was over a decade ago. For best results, listen to this blistering album on vinyl, on a great sound system, with the volume all the way up!
Selected by Hal, Plymouth store
Carpenter Brut is one of the pioneers when it comes to Darksynth music and someone I discovered via the Furi OST back in 2016, leading me to strive backwards and discover his excellent trilogy of EPs and pushed me to hotly anticipate his newest album Leather Teeth. Somewhat controversial of a best album choice with Synthwave fans as it looks to be his least heralded release, but for me personally the mix of pitch perfect synth nostalgia mixed with driving metal chords and a hint of cheesiness (especially "Cheerleader Effect") gives the album a uniqueness that pushes it to the top of my everyday playlist.
Selected by Bradley, Plymouth store
My music tastes haven't really changed much since I was about 10 years old and to be honest, I don't really want them to. I can't get enough of pop-punk power houses Blink 182 and on the back of their success, many bands have followed them.
One of these was the New Found Glory. They had a few early EP releases with moderate success but what really pushed them to the very echelons of the pop-punk world was their year 2000 release of their self-titled album. It was catchy, action packed and people loved it. Sure the lyrics are a bit whiny but it was just a fun album. Its stuck with me ever since and got me hooked on New Found Glory. I grew up listening to it and it and most of the New Found Glory albums are just a touch of a button away on my Spotify playlists.
Selected by Hal, Plymouth store
Watchdogs 2 is a game that I hold dear to my heart for its sense of style humour and overall aesthetic. One of the major appeals being the amazing OST crafted by Hudson Mohawke which perfectly captures the underground 80's/90's hacker feel and distills it into an album that's both cinematic and dystopian whilst never missing a beat. The computer sound effects chirping beneath an ocean of orchestral beauty or the synth flowing between the sound of altered voices a la "Ghost in the Shell" is a thing of genius and produced one of my favourite ever tracks in the absolutely perfect "Shanghaied".


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Periodically have open meetings where the format and content is designed for people who are new to the group, bearing in mind that some will be Christians who have been following Jesus for a long time, and others may be non-believers who are just enquiring about the faith. It is important that the group is inclusive, encouraging people from across the range of traditions and with differing experiences of the faith (or none) to become involved.
A welcome meeting might contain a talk and discussion on what the group does; perhaps play a video which captures the group's aims and ethos. Include refreshments – if the meeting is at lunchtime, make it clear that people can bring and eat packed lunches. Make time to talk to people, find out what they are looking for, and how the group can help them. Maintain contact with those who come along. Make sure the meeting is well advertised in advance, and of course pray that God will bring along many new people to the meeting.


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💡 Triggering the flow Synchronously may not be a good idea. So, use it carefully.
💡 The steps mentioned here are not purely "citizen developer", having said that it also doesn't involve any coding. One should have knowledge on how to use Plugin Registration tool though.
Again, as I mentioned in my previous blog post here, this may not be an every day requirement but certainly worth to know the possibilities. In my case, I have a special requirement where I can't lose the initial few seconds of flow trigger via async pipe line (which also means a definite no-no to waiting stage for async pipe line to clear). That's when this super cool tip of the day helped me, thought it would be useful to blog it in detail steps.
Step 1: Create your flow as a HTTP Trigger flow.
Simply return the response and save the flow so that we can configure the sync trigger.
After saving flow will generate a trigger URL (with key), which essentially is a webhook for us. Copy the URL.
💡 Ensure you are Saving the flow, or else you will not see the URL here.
This is how the sample URL looks like (use a URL Decoder to remove those %s)
Step 2: Open Plugin registration tool, Register new webhook (use Ctrl+W). Set the values as shown below and hit Save.
Name: Some meaningful name
Endpoint URL : The first part of the URL (excluding query string params)
Authentication: HttpQueryString
Add all other query string parameters one by one as shown..
Register a new step on the required entity, in my case – I have used Account entity, Create.
That's it.. Create an account and you should be able to see the flow triggered at the same time..
This is where the post ideally should end as it is supposed to show case how to trigger the flow synchronously.. however, if you need a bit more help on how to read the information from the triggered data, check the below screenshots…
💡 In my experience, triggering the flow synchronously is not a big deal, but grabbing the required details from the entity is an annoying task.
💡 For easy reference, I have pasted the peek code values of the flow for each step.
The full flow
And the result –
Happy FLOWing


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Better yet, get a 4x4
Is that how you have to do it in the 2wd Kim?You put the rig in low to engage the diff lock, right? I know that is a pretty capable little deal. I have managed to get out of some rather "sticky" situations with that combo.
I did, last week!!! And it was FUN!!!!!Is that how you have to do it in the 2wd Kim?
Make sure you are going under 5mph and NOT TURNING. Drive straight while engaging.
If you try to engage while turning OR while a wheel is spinning (trying to get unstuck) the locker will try to lock both wheel. This is a problem because one axle shaft is spinning and the other isn't. You will seriously mess up your rear end. Now go get stuck and use that locker to get out Kim.


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-200g smoked salmon, shredded or chopped
-1/2 red onion, chopped
-2 cloves of garlic, minced
-1/4 cup dry white wine
-3/4 cup of quark/skyr/greek yoghurt
-juice of 1/2 lemon
-2 tsp dried dill
-1/2 zucchini, grated
-3 cups wholemeal spaghetti, cooked
-1/4 cup of reserved pasta water
-salt & pepper to taste
-handful of baby spinach leaves (optional)
- Heat a small amount of olive oil in a frypan on medium heat.
- Add onion and cook until soft. Add garlic and zucchini and cook until fragrant.
- Add the wine and cook until the wine is almost completely reduced (5 mins or so).
- Add the quark and lemon juice. Cook and allow sauce to thicken. Season with salt and pepper.
- Then add the salmon and dill to the sauce. Mix well and allow salmon to become warm.
- Finally, add the pasta and toss until well combined. Add reserved pasta water if the sauce is too thick. If using baby spinach toss through now. Serve and enjoy!


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The Tech4Good: Home School Project helps families and educators adapt to home school during the coronavirus pandemic with free apps and other resources.
Tech4Good was created by Lesley Taylor, the former founder of Best Apps For Kids, in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) health crisis. At launch, the project was supported by over 25 app developers. Each developer generously contributed to the project by either changing their app to free, donating apps through promo codes, or participating in other promotions (e.g., giveaways, subscriptions). To date, 1000s of apps have been donated, totalling over $100,000.
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