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On the morning the train horns silenced, Arvada Mayor Marc Williams stood at the podium to give the annual State of the City address. The long-awaited quiet zone in Arvada along the Regional …
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On the morning the train horns silenced, Arvada Mayor Marc Williams stood at the podium to give the annual State of the City address.
The long-awaited quiet zone in Arvada along the Regional Transportation District's G Line went into effect April 19.
The line will go into service April 26 and will be free to ride for the first two weeks. The opening of the long-awaited commuter rail was one of the highlights celebrated April 19 at the State of the City breakfast hosted by the Arvada Chamber of Commerce.
Other celebrations include the additions of trail segments and neighborhood park renovations completed in 2018. The renovations of West Woods Golf Club and the Fitzmorris Recreation Center — a join project with Apex Parks and Recreation District and Jeffco schools — were also highlighted.
In 2019, the city will continue its mission to improve neighborhoods with the renovation of Rainbow East Park and by replacing Meyers Pool — another partnership with Apex and the school district.
On May 4 the city will celebrate the hundred anniversary of McIlvoy Park.
This year, the city will also embark of road projects that were approved by voters with the 3F bond extension last November. Projects include the widening of Ralston Road and improvements to W. 72nd Ave. The regional Jefferson Parkway project is also of importance to the city, Williams said.
"It's important to our community to be able to get that regional traffic off our local streets," Williams said of the parkway project. "We look forward to getting that moving forward."
This year, the city will also take on the contentious issues of homelessness, waste hauling and housing.
Homelessness has become and issue talked about frequently in the city of Arvada. Williams said that in 2005, the Arvada Police department received 118 calls related to homelessness. By 2017 that number increased to 1,132. In 2018, it almost doubled with 2,037 calls to the police on this topic.
"It's a significant challenge," Williams said. "We are certainly not alone. We see it throughout the metro area in fact, we see it throughout the country."
Williams said that solving the issue of homelessness is a priority.
"We have all put too much time energy and resources into our neighborhoods, our parks, our trails, our entrance ways and even Olde Town Arvada to have certain individuals make it an unpleasant place to visit," Williams said. "I want Arvada to be safe and inviting for individuals and families."
When it comes to safety, Williams said while Arvada continues to have one of the lowest crime rates for a city of its size — 4,200 made by the Arvada Police Department in 2018 — crime is an issue that can't be ignored. In this, he referenced recent events including a threat against metro area schools, and a chemical bomb attack against a police officer.
"Those kinds of dangers are out here, even in Arvada," Williams said.
Next month, the Whisper Creek Community Police Station is scheduled to open serving northwest Arvada, also known as the Delta sector.
When it comes to housing, Williams acknowledged a need to improve access to quality housing which is affordable to a broad range of income levels. He said future work force, senior living and micro housing projects may be happening in the near future.
The issue of waste hauling has become a hot topic with some residents calling for a single hauler option in hopes of reducing costs, wear and tear on the roads and provide more options for recycling.
Williams said council will be making a decision on trash hauling in 2019. Options include council deciding to mandate single hauling; keep it the same; or put it out to the community as a vote.
"We recognize that there are challenges ahead to achieving our shared vision for Arvada," Williams said in closing. "We have to work collaboratively. We want to address the challenges of homelessness in our community. We want to continue to smartly manage growth so it enhances the quality of life. And we have to continually monitor and watch what's going on with the economy locally, regionally and nationally so we can be nimble and maintain the financial situation we're in.
"I hope that you can see — and I do — that we're continuing to move forward with the city's mission to dream big and deliver because it is so very important. We want to continue to listen to all of you. We want your input. We want to be able to keep Arvada the special place it is and make it even better."
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Login. Questions and answers: The Kumamoto earthquakes. The series of huge earthquakes and aftershocks that have been rattling wide parts of Kumamoto and Oita prefectures since Thursday have raised fears that other regions in the nation might be struck by similar jolts in the near future.
Here are some questions and answers on seismic activity in Japan: What type of earthquakes struck Kumamoto? The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake is actually a series of quakes that are being caused by two plates slipping against each other along an active inland fault. The events take place at a relatively shallow depth and cause the destruction of bedrock. It is the same type as the Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995 that hit Kobe and surrounding cities, killing over 6,000 people. In contrast, the Great East Japan Earthquake that hit the Tohoku region in 2011, was caused by accumulated stress resulting from one tectonic plate being forced underneath another, resulting in what is called a "megathrust quake." Japan earthquake: Bridge collapse shows scale of damage. Ecuador earthquake of 7.8 magnitude kills dozens. Japan earthquake: Search for Kyushu survivors intensifies.
Image copyright AFP The search for survivors of two powerful earthquakes that struck the south-western Japanese island of Kyushu has intensified.
Rescuers used improved weather on Sunday to fly helicopters to the worst-affected areas as tremors continued. Concern is also growing for nearly 250,000 homeless people. At least 41 people were killed in Thursday and Saturday's quakes and it is feared that dozens of people could still be trapped under rubble. The BBC's Robin Brant says fears persist that another big quake may further damage houses already weakened. Image copyright AP About 2,000 people were treated for injuries and nearly 200 are said to be in a serious condition. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced that he will increase the number of troops participating in the rescue effort to 25,000 while accepting a US offer of air transportation in the rescue efforts.
Rescuers using earth-movers are now clearing away tonnes of mud and rock from around the half-buried houses. Japan earthquake: CCTV footage shows shaking. Japan earthquake: Aerial footage shows devastation. Japan Searches For Survivors Trapped By Powerful Earthquake. FULL VIDEO : Japan Powerful Earthquake. Second deadly quake hits Japan, 'race against time' to find survivors.
Japan Earthquake 14 April 2016 Kumamoto Kyushu. Japan earthquake forces evacuation of 40,000 - AJE News. At least nine people have been killed and nearly 1,000 injured after a 6.2-magnitude earthquake knocked down houses and destroyed roads in southwestern Japan.
The tremor struck 11km east of Kumamoto on Thursday, according to the US Geological Survey, and strong aftershocks continued to shake the area around the city on Friday. More than 40,000 people were evacuated to schools and community centres, some spending the night outside after the first quake hit around 9:30pm local time. Roads cracked, houses crumbled and tiles fell from the roof of Kumamoto Castle in the centre of the city. More than 3,000 troops, police and firefighters were dispatched to the area from around Japan, and Shinzo Abe, prime minister, said more would be sent if needed.
Rescuers were concentrating their searches in Mashiki, near the epicentre of the quake where eight of the nine deaths occurred. Stronger Japan Earthquake Triggers Landslides and Collapses Homes. Police officers investigate a house collapsed by an earthquake in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan on April 16, 2016.
Yusuke Ogata / Kyodo News via AP Rescue workers take care of an elderly woman suffering from shock after a 7.3 magnitude earthquake at the evacuation center at the Mashiki Town Gymnasium on April 16, 2016 in Mashiki, Kumamoto, Japan. Taro Karibe / Getty Images. Japan left reeling by deadly 7.3 magnitude earthquake in Kumamoto and volcanic eruption. Kumamoto earthquake aftermath in Japan – in pictures.
Kumamoto bridge shakes as second earthquake hits Japan – video. Japan earthquake: thousands flee amid concerns over volcanoes and aftershocks. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from earthquake-hit southern Japan as dozens of aftershocks struck and officials monitored nearby volcanoes for signs of activity.
A total of 44,000 people were evacuated late on Thursday in the town of Mashiki after a magnitude-6.4 earthquake collapsed buildings and damaged other infrastructure. Nine people have been confirmed dead, ranging in age from 29 to 94. A further eight are in serious condition, and more than 850 were injured. The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned there are likely to be strong aftershocks for the next week and advised people to stay away from any buildings that look unstable.
There are also concerns about volcanic activity in the wake of the quake. Rescuers dramatically pulled an eight-month old baby girl from a collapsed house in Mashiki early on Friday. The girl whose name has not been released, reportedly did not suffer any injuries. Earthquake on Kyushu island, Japan – in pictures. In pictures: Japan earthquake. Japan earthquake: Death toll rises after second Japan quake.
BBC World Service - Weekend, Japan Earthquake. Japan earthquake: CCTV footage shows shaking. Japan hit by second powerful earthquake with fears of worse ahead. A second major earthquake in less than two days has shaken Japan's southern island of Kyushu, with at least 34 people thought to have been killed, about 1,500 injured and more feared buried after building collapses and landslides.
The 7.3 magnitude earthquake struck at about 1.30am on Saturday, waking people across the island – including the thousands already in crisis centres. It caused widespread damage, with several landslides and a village evacuated over fears a dam might burst. On Thursday a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in the same region of Kumamoto brought down buildings, killed nine people and injured about 800. More than 100 aftershocks followed until the bigger quake on Saturday morning, which led to the earlier, smaller event being reclassified as a foreshock. Japan's prime minister, Shinzō Abe, expressed concern about secondary disasters from mudslides as the weather forecast for the area predicted wet weather and strong winds. "We need food and we need water. The moment an earthquake strikes Japan. Japan earthquake: Aerial footage shows devastation. Japan earthquake: Survivors rescued from rubble. Japan earthquake: Powerful new tremor in Kumamoto.
A more powerful earthquake has rocked the southern Japanese city of Kumamoto in the middle of the night, a day after an earlier tremor killed nine people.
The magnitude-7.3 quake hit at a depth of 10km (six miles) at 01:25 on Saturday (15:25 GMT on Friday) in Kyushu region. At least three people died and hundreds were injured. A village has been evacuated after a dam collapsed, media reports say. A tsunami warning was issued, and lifted some 50 minutes later. Japan is regularly hit by earthquakes but stringent building codes mean that they rarely cause significant damage. This new earthquake in Kyushu was much bigger and hit a wider area than the one that struck Kumamoto on Thursday night, says the BBC's Rupert Wingfield-Hayes in Tokyo. In one town near the coast, the city hall has been so badly damaged there are fears it could collapse.
Image copyright AP Image copyright Getty Images Public broadcaster NHK says the dam collapsed in the Nishihara village. Image copyright AFP. Redirect?url= Japan earthquake: Rescue under way after powerful tremor. Rescue efforts are under way in south-western Japan to help victims of a powerful earthquake that hit the region a day after an earlier deadly tremor.
Some 20,000 troops are being deployed in the operation in Kyushu region after the magnitude-7.3 quake in the early hours of Saturday. At least 28 people have been killed and hundreds injured, media reports say. Dozens of people are feared trapped in the rubble of collapsed buildings. The quake on Thursday killed nine people. Japan earthquake: People sleep in cars for safety. BBC World Service - The Newsroom, New Earthquake Rocks Southern Japan. Rescue underway after second Japan earthquake in two days - CBBC Newsround. Earthquake topples buildings in southern Japan. Baby rescued from rubble after Japan earthquake.

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What Is the Hospitality Industry
The hotel industry is technically called as the hospitality industry. If you are visiting any foreign city then hotels provide you hospitality, this is why those are categorized under the hospitality industry. Now, let us discuss a bit about the hospitality industry of the globe.
The hospitality industry is now on a boom. This is because people are travelling more frequently now, than they were ever. People are going on vacation at least once in a year and at the same time they are travelling round the year in business matter. When a person arrives at any foreign city, the first thing he requires is a hotel. Hotel provides him the shelter and food and staying at a hotel he navigates through the city to attain his objective. As the people are travelling more than ever, so hotels are mushrooming round the world. In fact, you will not find a single city anywhere in the world, where you could not find a hotel. You can find a hotel in the smallest to smallest city of the world. There is no definite answer to the question, "How many hotels are there in the world?" But the number would certainly cross the million figure mark.
The hotels of the world have been divided into different categories according to the quality of hospitalization provided by them. There is an internet apex body, which categorizes the hotels according to the hospitalization provided; so, that a person can easily find a hotel of his liking. In fact, that apex body provides stars. The more the number of stars a hotel has, the better is the hospitalization provided by that hotel. Few years ago, the maximum numbers of stars a hotel can obtain were 5; but some new hotels provide better hospitality than the existing hotels and some of the existing hotels reinvented themselves to offer better service. This is why, 6 and 7 star hotels come to existence. Now, a hotel can get maximum 7 numbers of stars.
If you are a person, who loves sheer luxury and can't stay without luxurious amenities, then you should go for the 7 star hotels. You can expect a private swimming pool and Jacuzzi inside the room of a 7 star hotel. However, you have to pay a handsome amount of money to rent the luxury. If you want luxury but at a bit affordable price, then you should go for hotels having less stars. You can find luxurious amenities in a 3 star hotel also.
All hotels below the 3 star categories are the budget hotels. In these hotels, you would not find any luxurious items. However, you don't have to hurt your wallet, if you are going for these kinds of hotels. Now, the choice is up to you. The more you pay, the better you would get.


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Country music is one of the most profitable of the mainstream music industry's countless genres today. From the real, viable artists and acts to the winners of television's many karaoke contests, country music has proven time and again that it is deserving of its own year-ender "best of" list. That being the case, Phil's Picks presents today its list of the year's top new country music albums. There are no TV karaoke contestants' albums on this list, either; only the real deal. This year's list of top new country albums includes veterans such as Dolly Parton, Wynona Judd, Loretta Lynn and Willie Nelson and some even some lesser known acts such as Raleigh, NC's own independent act Hank, Pattie & The Current. As a added note, the group's debut self-titled album is being considered for a Grammy nomination. That's a powerful statement for an independent act and wholly deserved, too.
As a reminder to readers, this list features Phil's Picks Top 10 albums in their given category along with five additional honorable mention titles for a title of 15 albums. Enough rambling. Without any further ado, here is Phil's Picks 2016 Top 10 New Country Music albums.
- Reckless Kelly – Sunset Motel
- Brian Whelan – Sugarland
- Willie Nelson – Summertime
- Loretta Lynn – Full Circle
- Dolly Parton – Pure & Simple
- Feel Like Going Home: The Songs of Charlie Rich
- Hank, Pattie & the Current – Hank, Pattie & The Current
- Mountain Heart – Blue Skies
- Willie Sugarcapps – Paradise Right Here
- The Infamous Stringdusters – Ladies & Gentlemen
- Wynonna & The Big Noise – Wynonna & The Big Noise
- John Prine – For Better, Or Worse
- Jack Ingram – Midnight Motel
- Dwight Yoakam – Swimming Pools, Movie Stars
- Whiskey Myers – Mud
To keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews, go online to http://www.facebook.com/philspicks and "Like" it. Fans can always keep up with the latest sports and entertainment news and reviews in the Phil's Picks blog at https://philspicks.wordpress.com.


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It was cold, but volunteers, Roy Heim and Steve Savage helped MS Design Committee members with hanging our NEW large "Historic Red Fork District" banners. We are so excited about our new banners and looking forward to hanging the remaining 19 along our corridor when the weather permits.
Congratulations to Ametek on their new brick facade……looking good!


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Local & Sustainable
EWG works to promote policies and grow markets that support local, regional, sustainable and organic food systems in order to expand opportunities for farmers, improve access to healthier food and protect the environment.
Making sense of the complex farm bill is the first step in bringing much-needed change to America's badly broken food and farm system.Read More
Details became public today of a farm bill proposal written in secret by the top leaders of the House and Senate Agriculture committees and sent this week to the Congressional "Super Committee." As Environmental Working Group had predicted, huge grain and cotton operations would harvest a windfall in taxpayer dollars while hardworking American families that are just scraping by would be badly hurt by cuts to vital nutrition programs such as SNAP (formerly called food stamps).Read More
Industrial agriculture's lobbyists and a handful of their powerful Congressional allies have been working overtime to skirt the usual democratic process and write a new five-year farm bill behind closed doors.Read More
Famed food writer/philosopher Michael Pollan has picked the seven individuals he considers to be the most powerful voices in the good food movement from around the world and published his list on Forbes.com.Read More
A secret farm bill will leave out healthy food and hurt California. Nearly 70 environmental, public health, nutrition, food and farm groups – including EWG – are calling on California's congressional delegation to take a stand in the current debate over food and agriculture policy.Read More
More than 60 public health, nutrition, food, farm and environmental groups representing hundreds of thousands of California citizens are urging Gov. Jerry Brown and the state's congressional delegation to support healthy food reforms as the Congressional super committee crafts a new five-year farm bill.Read More
If the next farm bill gets written without input from healthy food reformers, maybe it's time to occupy the agriculture committees?Read More
Lobbyists for polluting industries and opponents of environmental regulation have been tripping over one another to come up with self-serving lists of targets for the Congressional Super Committee as it labors to find ways to reduce federal spending and trim the deficit.Read More
The popularity of Oscar-nominated "Food, Inc." and writers Michael Pollan and Mark Bittman make it clear that consumer interest in food and farming issues is now deeply embedded in the cultural mainstream.Read More
Ken Cook talks organic farming, big agriculture, and the Farm Bill.Read More
Los Angeles-based author and celebrity dietitian Ashley Koff has endorsed EWG's Meat Eater's Guide To Climate Change + Health, a powerful multi-featured tool that helps consumers easily understand how their food choices affect the planet and theirRead More
The "Dirty Dozen" label doesn't apply only to produce.Read More
On July 18, EWG released a report on how the food we eat affects our bodies and the planet. We called it a Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change + Health. In it, we shared our findings about 20 popular foods and how their cradle-to-grave climate impacts compare. To go along with our sorta geeky lifecycle analysis, we put together some tips and tools for all the eaters out there who just want to pick the right stuff – that's good for their health and good for the environment.Read More
I'm a vegetarian. But my husband's not. And – go figure – my kids aren't either. Which is exactly why I care about the meat I buy.Read More
The Environmental Working Group today released its groundbreaking Meat Eater's Guide to Climate Change and Health, a powerful, multi-featured tool that allows both consumers and experts to understand easily how food choices affect both their environmental footprint and their health.Read More
It's a huge and comprehensive piece of legislation that drives federal spending and policies on agriculture, nutrition and conservation programs. In just one year – 2010 – farm bill programs spent $96.3 billion. How those dollars are used makes a big difference to our health and the environment.Read More
The Environmental Working Group knows that you care about the affordability and availability of healthy food and clean drinking water. So we wanted to make sure you know as much as you can about the massive piece of legislation that guides federal agriculture policy.Read More
Ken Cook's TEDx talk on the US farm subsidy system and the need for people to advocate for a Farm Bill that's also a Healthy Food bill.Read More
When Rep. Jean Schmidt (R-Ohio) spoke to the Organic Trade Association's Washington Policy Conference the other day, her talk had two parts: the part where she left the distinct impression that she had no idea whom she was talking to, and the part where it seemed she didn't care.Read More
Federal nutritional guidelines advise us to eat five-to-nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day. That's not too difficult if you are lucky enough to have access to the fresh and tasty produce grown in Northern California, where I live.
But many folks in this region and in the rest of the country aren't so lucky.Read More


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On the 30th of April and 1st of May we will hear a lot of news about Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Co. on Facebook F8 2019. We may also expect a new Oculus VR glasses. The developer conference will take place in San José, in the heart of Silicon Valley, California. You can look forward to various keynotes and revelations on a total of 86 events, roundtables and more.
Last year's highlights of the conference included Facebook's "Clear History" privacy feature, Augmented Reality effects for Instagram, and group calls to WhatsApp. Also this year there are already some rumors about new announcements. What innovations could be presented on the Facebook F8 2019, we show you in a separate article.
Facebook F8 2019 in the live stream
You did not get a ticket for the Facebook F8 2019 or simply follow the developer conference out of personal interest? Then you can do it this year again in the live stream that Facebook officially provides.
However, you must register to be able to retrieve the stream. You can sign up via the event page of Facebook F8 2019. If you are registered, you can call the live stream via the link below. The Facebook F8 2019 starts on April 30th at 10 o'clock Central European Time.


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OMOR (O.M.O.R.) Bullfighter Lucite Handled Pocket Knife - Model #J-260-5, Stainless Steel, from Japan.
An Unusual Stainless Steel Pocket Knife from Japan, marked O.M.O.R. - J-260-5. One Side of the Handle Depicts a Bullfighter and His Bull. The Opposite Side has an Oriental Dragon Surrounded by Flowers. The Handle is Red and Blue in Lucite, and the Knife itself is 9" long when open. Blade is 4" Long. A Snap Open & Close, Lock Blade Knife. This is a very attractive Pocket Knife, Showing little Wear for its age and usage.
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Merry Christmas everyone! We are headed to my parent's for some Lasagna and then to a family Christmas party.
Later we will come home and spread reindeer food across the yard and leave cookies and milk for Mr. Santa Claus himself. Adam and I will probably open our gifts to eachother and talk and giggle like kids while we spread Aidan's gifts out underneath the tree.
We will keep in mind the true reason for the season. Without Christ there would be no Christmas. Happy Birthday Jesus!
I hope wherever you are tonight you are feeling the love of this holiday season. I love sharing our little life with you all. Merry, Merry Christmas and Thank You for taking time to stop by here. XOXOX
Friday, December 24, 2010
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(By Kira Schlechter, Guest Contributor/Writer, RiffRelevant.com)
You can count on most Anvil albums to be like fast food – fun, filling, and usually at least an OK dinner option.
But the band's 17th alliterative release "Pounding The Pavement" – featuring core members singer/guitarist Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner, with latest bassist Chris Robertson – kind of makes you wish you'd made a homemade meal instead.
The lead-off track, "Bitch In The Box," is a reference to cell phone direction apps that could have been really clever and funny if it was better done. It has some odd, half-hearted harmonies and a kind of weird, erratic structure that hangs together kind of awkwardly, like a crooked window blind – blocks the light but just doesn't look right.
"Ego" is better, punky and Mötorhead-reminscent, while more sharply edited, with a cranking guitar solo and a chugging groove. But "Doing What I Want" seems redundant – haven't they always done this? Isn't their career a perfect example? Does the sentiment or idea really need a song?
"Smash Your Face" is an ode to the glories of rawk and roll, but it drags on too long and treads the same turf as much better analogy/metaphor songs like "Rock n' Roll Ain't Noise Pollution" or "Let There Be Rock." Same with "Rock That Shit" – superfluous and repetitive with a moon/June rhyme scheme and more odd harmonies.
Lips says the longer track, "Nanook Of The North" is about the 1920's documentary about the native Inuit people, but the film has been criticized for being racist and cliché. The song might be overly simplistic and doesn't address those issues, but give him credit for tackling an outside-the-box subject in the first place and sharing in the sadness of the loss of a way of life and the exploitation of natural resources. It's a bright spot here.
And "World Of Tomorrow" has a satisfying grind and nicely melodic soloing to go with its message that things might suck now, but there's always hope.
The band says the writing process for "Pounding The Pavement" started immediately after its predecessor, "Anvil Is Anvil," and maybe a break may have been warranted. I get that they want to keep the momentum and interest going that the 2008 documentary "Anvil! The Story of Anvil" generated, but uneven albums like this one are likely to slow the process.
Anvil's "Pounding The Pavement" is out NOW from SPV/Steamhammer.
Kira spent 11 years at the Associated Press in Philadelphia, and another 11 at the Harrisburg Patriot-News covering music, specifically and frequently heavy metal. She's been writing about and listening to metal since she was 15. Currently she also freelances for the Reading Eagle newspaper; in the past, she has freelanced for RIP, The World Of Hibernia, and Mademoiselle.


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Sally Cook
One April Day
The air made free with sparkling sun. The wind
Blew us to your high house above a lake,
And there you were, your sheets and garments pinned.
You dropped your clothespins straight away to take
My mother to your door, then went inside,
While I stayed in our old grey car alone.
We hadn't come so far – a little ride,
Yet I was luggage, neutral as a stone.
And so I sat alone, all narrow limbed,
Awkward and thin, an adolescent rake,
My teeth constrained in braces, hair untrimmed,
With no words yet to speak for my own sake.
Not knowing you had noticed my red skirt,
The gypsy rose in wired teeth; the hurt.
Dead StarSo many wish to circumvent the real.
You always seemed to see the grey in it.
The smarter ones veneer those things they feel
Onto the subject. Everything you are
Was used to make a seamless bond, a bar
Against your thoughts, your wishes, and desires.
So any passing thought, or dream of love
You had of me, you seared in waning fires
Of countless backyard charcoal grills, to char
And blacken, flake and die, like some dead star.
Final ActAir of smoke and flaming trees,
Long grass of palest ochre;
Harvest-driven yellow bees,
Late zinnias, red poker.
The richness of the summer
Comes from ancient ground that yields.
Grey mice, the flitting hummer
All in one last chorus. Fields
In a final act present
Their beautiful summation.
Closing now is imminent;
All offer their oblation.
Flowers And RocksYou searched out every sunspot in the trees
To plant a clump of flowers in the wood;
A dahlia, tall and flaming, bloomed with ease
Mid darkened foliage, not where it should.
It stood there, glowing in a narrow shaft
Of light, while bells with neat precision rang,
Some thought you were eccentric, and we laughed;
Yet all the while, the crouching lilies sang
As rocks revealed themselves; were set aside --
Flat sturdy stones, all rounded on the edges.
New people, some years after you had died
Would find them, dated, signed, below the hedges.
Your diary in stone throughout the seasons
Affirmed your spirit there, and every heart
Knew that you placed them there for your own reasons,
Though presence was what set your heart apart.
Now we remember you, and where you are
In every stone and flower -- and each star.
Three Ways of Avoiding Reason:Ambivalence
Don't importune him in his scene --
Leave him alone, and in between
Those moments that were better spent,
Be scorched by wrath, quite imminent,
Of one who longs for conversation
But squelches it with indignation.
Flowers come tumbling from the skies
In crowds of bees and butterflies,
To inundate her as she walks;
Especially when real life stalks
Her like a panther and she can't
Escape from her ecstatic rant.
Around and round the roses whirl;
Becloud the mind of nature girl.
Not half so bright as was the star
That must have fallen on his head
The day he went and dropped the bar,
And took that vacuous girl to bed.
Now though he sings her praises high,
His hollow tune's an empty sigh
Within his heart, because she's not
Pure ether, and a polyglot.
Cook is both poet and painter of Magic Realist paintings. Nature and its
vagaries are a constant source of inspiration for her.
Copyright © 2014 Sallly Cook
Her poems and essays have appeared in Blue Unicorn, Chronicles, First Things, The Formalist Portal, Light Quarterly, National Review, Pennsylvania Review, Trinacria and other electronic and print journals.
A five-time nominee for a Pushcart award, in 2007 Cook was featured poet in The Raintown Review A recipient of several awards from the World Order of Narrative and Formalist Poets, Cook's Best American Poetry Challenge winning poem "As The Underworld Turns" was published in "Pool." Recently Cook was one of two finalists in the 2013 Aldrich Press Poetry Book Award, judged by Marly Youmans.
Her paintings are represented in the NSDAR Museum in Washington, D.C. and the Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo, N,Y.
She has published two collections of poetry, Measured By Song and Making Music, both of which may be seen on the internet.


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Video is hot! People are spending more time engaging with video content, which allows marketers to provide how-to information, showcase a new product line, share tips and more. The good news is that the cost of production and hosting of videos online has come down dramatically, opening the door for others to jump onto the video bandwagon.
If you have videos on your website, be sure to promote them in your e-mails. The video clip length should be short—30 to 45 seconds. Also, make sure you pick an interesting frame to show in the e-mail and superimpose the "play" icon on top of it. This will encourage recipients to clickthrough to your website to view the video in full.
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Principia 2016 Altior Pinot Noir
Winery : Principia
Bright crimson in colour. Beautiful bright red fruit, spice and violet on the nose. The palate follows with a delightful mingle of those red fruit, exotic spice, a touch of forrest floor but wonderful tannin structure and harmonious finish. An extremely well made Pinot Noir.
Principia was estalished by winemaker Darrin Gaffy in 1995 at Red Hill in Victoria's Mornington region. The wine is grown, made and bottled on site. No irrigation is used, no pesticides are used, juice is extracted by a basket press, gravity controls all juice, must and wine transfers and indigenous yeasts are used for both primary and secondary ferments.
Pronounced prin-kip-eea (which is evidently how Caesar would have said it with a hard 'k'), the name comes from the word 'beginnings' in Latin. It is also the name of Sir Isaac Newton's famous scientific work which incorporated his theory of gravitation and the laws of motion.


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Happy Tuesday! I'm so excited to share this collaboration with you because it features my favorite Charlotte bloggers who are equally sweet and supportive as they are stylish. I was thrilled that Jaime invited me to be a part of this. Be sure to check out each of their blogs below.
Jaime / Bethany / Becky / Cortney / Molly / Bre
I will keep my fingers crossed that this is the last of my layered looks of the season. I need some Vitamin D! (Seriously, my skin is almost translucent!) Luckily, this H&M dress is the perfect transition piece to Spring. Just lose the coat and add a pair of wedges and you're good to go. Speaking of perfect Spring pieces… be sure to check back later this week because I have some exciting news to share with you!


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North Korea has criticized the South's acquisition of American F-35 stealth fighter jets as an "extremely dangerous action" that could jeopardize inter-Korean relations.
North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) cited an unnamed policy research director at the Institute for American Studies of North Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs as making the remark in a statement on Thursday.
The official described South Korean authorities as "impudent and pitiful" for "talking loudly about reconciliation and cooperation between the north and the south" while buying more weapons from the United States.
"There is no room for doubt that the delivery of F-35A, which is also called an 'invisible lethal weapon,' is aimed at securing military supremacy over the neighboring countries in the region and especially opening a 'gate' to invading the north in time of emergency on the Korean peninsula," he said.
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GM Q1 earnings up but miss analysts' estimates – USA TODAY
DETROIT — General Motors (GM) earned $945 million in the first quarter of 2015, more than four times better than the $214 million a year earlier, but below Wall Street's expectations.
Revenue for the three-month period fell 4.5% to $35.7 billion, mainly because of a Venezuelan currency devaluation and the economic downturn in Russia where GM announced last month it would stop nearly all manufacturing, the company said Thursday.
Profits in North America and China more than made up for losses in Europe and South America.
On an earnings per share basis, which is the figure investors watch closely, GM earned 86 cents before special charges. The consensus of analyst estimates compiled by Thomson Reuters was 97 cents per share.
But it was the company's best first quarter since it exited bankruptcy in 2009.
"Our results in the first quarter provide a solid foundation to achieve our financial commitments for the year," GM CEO Mary Barra said.
In North America GM made $2.2 billion before income, nearly triple the year-ago figure and the seventh consecutive quarter of year-over-year improvement. The North American pre-tax profit margin was 8.8% up from 7.7% a year earlier, reflecting consumers' preference for larger vehicles, especially pickup trucks and SUVs which generate larger profits.
"Key vehicles like our recently launched full and midsize trucks, and our cost discipline, helped us deliver a solid quarter," said Chuck Stevens, GM chief financial officer.
Analysts were more cautious. James Albertine, analyst for brokerage Stifel, has GM shares rated as a "hold" and he expresses concern in a note to investors about pricing deterioration in GM's critical North American market. Its next round of new models will be focused on those that are less profitable.
Barclays analyst Brian Johnson says in a note that while GM fell short of analysts' expectations, it shows plenty of hope — especially in turning around the South American market and bringing fresh new models to Europe.
The company's loss in Europe narrowed slightly to $239 million before taxes from $284 million a year earlier, but in South America, its loss grew to $214 million from $156 million.
After announcing plans to buy back $5 billion of its shares in early March, GM has repurchased 19.4 million shares as of April 21. In addition GM paid dividends of about $500 million to shareholders in the first three months of the year.
The estimated cost of the GM Ignition Compensation Fund was raised by $150 million to $550 million. The fund, administered by Ken Feinberg, has about 1,000 claims left to review from people who contend they or a loved one was injured or killed in an accident caused by a defective ignition switch in one of 2.5 million small cars recalled last year.
International Operations, which includes China, the rest of Asia, the Middle and Africa, earned $371 million, up from $252 million a year earlier. China accounted for most of that where GM's profit margin from its joint ventures was 9.9%. GM's China sales rose 9% from a year earlier.
Contributing: Chris Woodyard, USA TODAY


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The most popular emoji plates during first year in Queensland revealed
The five options were heart eyes, laugh out loud, sunglasses, smiley face and wink emojis. Four new designs have also been released.
- by Toby Crockford
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Lost piece of Berlin Wall found in western Sydney warehouse
A piece of the infamous wall, with graffiti on one side reading 'Jeder hat kraft' or 'Everyone is powerful', sat virtually unknown in Blacktown for more than a decade.
- by Nick Bonyhady
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Pigeon steals poppies to make its home at the Australian War Memorial
A surprise tenant has made an unlikely home in the Australian War Memorial's most solemn place of remembrance.
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Drone fisherman could land in hot water as regulator investigates
The aviation regulator is looking into whether the use of a drone to dangle a fisherman over a reservoir breached Australian safety regulations.
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The maths equation that tried to stump the internet
The latest blowup on mathematical Twitter concerned a seemingly simple question.
His mother kept a cardboard box in the freezer for decades. Inside, he found a 'mummified' baby
Adam had always been told the box contained the top of his mother's old wedding cake. When he opened it, he was stunned.
- by Allyson Chiu
'Shaking like a leaf': Man finds 2kg gold nugget worth $130,000
The retiree didn't sleep for three days after he found the huge nugget in an old pasture near Ballarat. Now, he's received offers as high as $160,000 for the precious haul.
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A three-eyed snake nicknamed Monty Python - or Munty Python, depending who you ask - has sent the internet into a tizz.
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I saw a UFO and nobody can see it: Unusual sightings not expected to go to general public, US Navy says
The US Navy has drafted a procedure to investigate and catalogue reports of unidentified flying objects coming in from its pilots.
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New Zealand
Icy reaction after NZ buys $1m of slushie machines for prison guards
Prison authorities bought 193 slushie machines for guards after a record-hot summer in 2017-18.
Komodo Island is banning tourists because they steal the dragons
Komodo dragons are a popular drawcard on the small Indonesian island named after them. But authorities say tourists try to smuggle the lizards out of the country.


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Launched in December 2011 for the iPad, ScoutDoc by AgNition Inc. is a field scouting app targeted at professional agronomists and farmers. The app allows users to create or import field maps, and save information collected when scouting or inspecting fields.
"As a farmer, I was frustrated that I couldn't access content on my Blackberry when I was out in the field. I saw the same things at farmer meetings. That lead to the formation of AgNition with a goal of finding ways of making apps work for agriculture," explains Peter Gredig, one of the principals of AgNition.
ScoutDoc is the first app launched by AgNition. It is currently available on the iTunes App Store as an iPad app. An Android version is also in the works. The features of ScoutDoc include:
- Field map section allows the user to draw a representative map of each field they are scouting on the iPad using a stylus.
- Data entry fields are provided to input crop and field identification details plus weed, insect, and disease pressure.
- Field map images can also be uploaded from Photos folders on iPad.
- Customizable area allows the user to add information, comments and action plans for each location and crop issue
A key benefit of the app is that it allows agronomists and farmers to easily communicate. For example, if an agronomist is scouting a field and comes across an insect infestation, he can identify the field location, and email the pdf to his farm customer. The app is designed so that farmers and agronomists can go back and update information throughout the growing season.
"With the 3G iPad, communication between the agronomist and farmer is so much easier than the old method of taking field notes on paper, going back to the office, scanning and emailing the information to the farmer," explains Gredig. "I know some agronomists have bought the app for their customers so they can more easily share information back and forth."
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ScoutDoc doesn't replace field recordkeeping software programs like Field Manager Pro from Farm Credit Corporation or Farmworks software. Rather, it is designed to simplify field scouting information management and communication between agronomist and farmer. Full integration with field recordkeeping programs is desirable, and Gredig says that is something AgNition is looking at.
"ScoutDoc is designed to replace the pocket notepad or clip board. It simplifies field notes and makes it easy for farmers and agronomists to communicate," says Peter Gredig.
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Court - Disqualified for driving with no insurance in Portlaoise
A Polish national has been given a suspended sentence for driving without insurance.
Pawel Solecka, 33 Rossvale, Mountmellick Road, Portlaoise, was charged with no insurance or driving licence, at Railway Street, Portlaoise, on July 5 last.
He appeared in court on foot of a bench warrant, having previously failed to appear to meet the charges. On the last date, he was convicted and disqualified from driving in his absence.
Defence, Ms Josephine Fitzpatrick said her client, a Polish national, took a chance on the day of the offence to drive his sick child to the doctor's
Judge Catherine Staines imposed a six-month sentence, suspended for one year, and disqualified him from driving for six years.
"If you drive again while disqualified you will go to prison," she warned the accused.


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What is the difference between materials created by using additive technologies and traditional materials? How can we predict their properties? The research that employees of the TSU Laboratory for Physics of High-Strength Crystals have now begun with colleagues from the University of Kassel (Germany) will provide answers to these and other questions.
Additive technology is the creation of materials and products for a digital model by adding layering. Today it is becoming more common. However, there is no work yet on 3D-printing alloys that are used in the laboratory (for example, cobalt, nickel, and gallium).
- With our German colleagues, we have studied the samples of various alloys produced in a standard way, and we have very good results on the influence of magnetic field on them, - says Professor Yury Chumlyakov, head of the Laboratory for Physics of High-Strength Crystals. - And now we have decided to put another task: can we get products of complex shape with the desired properties out of these materials with a 3D printer?
The discussion of the project took place during a recent visit to TSU by Thomas Niendorf, professor at the University of Kassel, and research associate Philip Kroos, with whom the Laboratory staff has conducted joint research for over five years. This time, scientists will try to figure out how the additive technologies affect the properties of the resulting materials, how they differ from those created in the traditional way, and how to change these properties or predict them. It will help to improve additive technologies of various products in the future.
- We will try different types of alloys that we have in order to determine which is best suited for this technology. For example, the new alloys with shape memory effect. They still have not been adequately studied, but their use opens big technological advantages in medicine to create implants and stents. Therefore, this area is now being actively developed in our StrAU Smart Materials and Technologies - said Professor Chumlyakov.


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Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers and Commentary
You may have heard of them.
With Celebrity Big Brother 2, those in the northern reaches of the United States can distract themselves for a short time from the coldness and snowy silence of winter.
If that was too real for you, we're sorry. Those 12 celebrities hanging out in the Big Brother house will have nothing more than cool nights about which to worry. Some may be faces you recognize and some may not, but all are competing for $250,000 and the title of Big Brother Winner. This season starts its broadcast on January 21, 2019 and concludes on February 13, 2019. Houseguests went into sequester the weekend of Saturday, January 13.
See the Celebrity Big Brother 2 cast list here, as well as tracking the progress of the season with us from start to finish.
Celebrity Big Brother 2: Before We Begin…
You may remember the last two Big Brother seasons we covered as being entertaining: Celebrity Big Brother (1) and Big Brother 20. If you want to relive those moments, we have extensive coverage at those pages. With any luck, CBB2 will be just as messy as the both of them.
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Cast
|Known For
|Jonathan Bennett
|Mean Girls and Cake Wars
|Tamar Braxton
|Singing and Braxton Family Values
|Kandi Burruss
|Xscape and The Real Housewives of Atlanta
|Tom Green
|Comedy and The Tom Green Show
|Lolo Jones
|The 2008 Beijing and 2014 Sochi Olympics
|Kato Kaelin
|Acting and The OJ Trial
|Joey Lawrence
|Blossom and Melissa & Joey
|Ryan Lochte
|6-time Olympic Gold Medalist Swimmer
|Dina Lohan
|Lindsay Lohan's Mother
|Natalie Eva Marie
|Former WWE Wrestler
|Anthony Scaramucci
|Former White House Communications Director
|Ricky Williams
|Former NFL Running Back
Status of the season last updated on February 15, 2019.
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers: Tamar Wins
The remaining boot order was as follows:
Kato Kaelin, 8th.
Natalie Eva Marie, 7th.
Tom Green, 6th.
Kandi Burruss, 5th.
Dina Lohan and Lolo Jones, tied for 3rd.
Tamar Braxton defeats Ricky Williams, 9-0.
I did not connect with this cast. I liked some people on it, not others. Some of the houseguests — and they know who they are — were insane in a non-entertaining way. Others, like winner Tamar Braxton, were amusing.
Tamar winning the finale in a landslide was not a surprise, given that she went to the end with Ricky. As the final Head of Household, Ricky should have taken someone like Lolo, who was even less liked. Instead, the entire jury rallied behind Tamar. The first-in curse is officially OVER.
Bring on Big Brother 21.
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers: Long Pause
Hold your comments.
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers: 3rd Boot: Joey
One thing of which we can be clear: this is not Big Brother 20, because these are some wide vote margins to start ths season. An alliance (or what appeared to be one) has been wiped out in the first three evictions. Joey did not play particularly hard until the end of his time in the house.
Lolo has had a few blow-ups in the house; hopefully, nobody tells her quite yet that the Saints are out (and HOW they went out).
Joey's Eviction Vote: 6-0
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers: 2nd Boot: Ryan
We have our first backdoor of the Celebrity Big Brother season. Kato wins HOH, nominates Tamar and Dina, then Tom wins the veto, takes Dina down, and Ryan goes up without resistance. The house took out the victorious power pair, Ryan and Jonathan, in the first two evictions.
Ryan's Eviction Vote: 6-1
Ryan was not long for the Big Brother house, as a noted "ath-a-lete" and potential comp beast down the road. Kato seems to be playing the best so far, and I'm surprised by his calmness and critical thought when it comes to playing. Of course, that might earn him a target later on, but for now, he's impressing. Not to mention, he crafted a backdoor plan of one of the most physically gifted people in the house early in the season.
With regards to Kato telling Joey and Ryan there was a "chance" of a backdoor, I respected that he was at least somewhat honest. Most others would have lied through their teeth, and by no means should Kato have straight-up said "you're getting backdoored." Hedging was a respectable way of saying it, and he didn't even have to go that far, but he owned it. My friends, I think we have a little bit of jury management already happening.
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers: Mooch Is Fake; 1st Boot: Jonathan
A few twists and turns took place, and we COULD write a long chronicle. Instead, we're going to to do what we always do: bullet points.
- A large alliance formed, and then crumbled within a day.
- Ryan won the first part of the first HOH after having paired up with Jonathan, but the Power Pair twist pitted them against one another. Winner (Ryan) became the HOH, while the loser (Jonathan) was nominated.
- Ricky stirred the pot a little, then won the veto and sat on it.
- Mooch was revealed as a "fake houseguest" and left the show. He then held a second veto comp all about his brief time in the house, won by Kato.
- Kato saved Tom Green, who is still shocked that they're working together.
- Ryan Lochte is the Fessy of the season; he just doesn't have JC to be his "puppet master."
- Jonathan was voted out, as it had appeared all week.
Jonathan's Eviction Vote: 6-1
Too bad we did not get to see more of Jonathan; he was playing the game and wanted to be there (which is more than I can say for a few of them). This is also not good news for Ryan, whose final two just walked out the door on his HOH.
Celebrity Big Brother 2 Spoilers: Preseason
There are obviously no spoilers as the season has not begun. Follow this graphic through February to track how your favorites did.


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AN IBM chairman uttered the IT industry's most hopeless prediction ever in the 1940's: 'I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.' Oops.
Movie mogul Darryl Zanuck thought television was a passing fad. An InfoWorld columnist believed the internet would fizzle out by 1996, a Microsoft executive said Apple was as good as dead in 1997, and Bill Gates insisted we would solve spam by 2006.
Prediction is notoriously difficult, especially if it's about the future. I can't even predict what socks I'm going to wear.
We may not be jet-packing to work (yet), nor commuting to other planets as so many 20th century pundits thought we would by now. But an old tech article recently went viral given the uncanny prescience of its predictions.
American science fiction writer David Gerrold actually foresaw smartphones, exactly how they would work, and even how annoying we'd eventually find them.
In a 1999 interview he forecast that his phone would be merged with 'a pocket organiser, a beeper, a calculator, a digital camera, a pocket tape recorder, a music player and a colour television, all fitting in a box smaller than a deck of cards.'
He went on to predict how it would connect wirelessly and function as a desktop system connecting to full-sized screens, with speech recognition, email, finding restaurants and booking hotels.
Like Douglas Adams' fictional Babelfish, Gerrold's future wonder could actually translate the world's languages. With one pioneering exception today's smartphone doesn't connect to a keyboard and monitor and hey-presto it's a desktop computer as he predicted, but give it a few years.
Remember that Gerrold's visionary view was delivered a full eight years before the iPhone launched the smartphone era engulfing us today. And yes, he saw its downsides too.
'I would call this device a Personal Information Telecommunications Agent, or Pita for short,' he said. 'The acronym can also stand for Pain In The Ass, which it's equally likely to be, because having all that connectivity is going to destroy what's left of everyone's privacy.'
No, really?
While Gerrold could reveal the future without either a crystal-ball nor his palm being crossed with silver, it's astonishing just how many people at the very top of the industry show less prescience than a haddock.
Pride of place in the Prediction Hall of Shame absolutely has to go to Digital Equipment Corporation's chairman Ken Olsen. His spectacularly foolish 1977 prediction: 'There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.' Yeah, right.
WHEN it comes to predictions, Serbian visionary Nikola Tesla takes the trophy.
Amazingly, he said this nearly a century ago (1926):
'When wireless is perfectly applied the whole earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole. We shall be able to communicate with one another instantly, irrespective of distance.
'Not only this, but through television and telephony we shall see and hear one another as perfectly as though we were face to face, despite intervening distances of thousands of miles; and the instruments through which we shall be able to do this will be amazingly simple compared with our present telephone.
'A man will be able to carry one in his vest pocket.'