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What the hell is wrong with Kellen Winslow Jr.?
The former NFL tight-end is back in jail after two new allegations of sexual deviance, including allegedly touching himself in front of a 77-year-old woman.
Winslow was already out on bail and fighting three allegations of rape. TMZ Sports reports that two claims came from women who allege they were kidnapped by Winslow, and a third claim comes from a woman who said the former NFL player raped her 15 years ago.
Winslow was already facing life in prison for his earlier charges and was released on $2 million bail in July.
Since being out, prosecutors have claimed Winslow hasn't lived up to the terms of the agreement.
From TMZ Sports
Officials say Winslow was working out at a San Diego area gym on Feb. 13 — when he started touching himself and asking a nearby elderly woman if she liked it.
The very next week, the woman claims she was in a hot tub at the same gym when Winslow once again engaged in lewd conduct. The woman says she got out of the tub and reported Winslow.
She also claims Winslow reached out and touched her arm and foot as she tried to leave.
Winslow was formally charged with 2 counts of lewd conduct, 1 count of battery of an elder and 1 count of willful cruelty to an elder.
Winslow didn't get bail this time, as the judge ordered that he be locked up.
"Winslow played in the NFL from 2004 to 2013 — and made the Pro Bowl in 2007 as a tight end for the Cleveland Browns," TMZ Sports reports.
It might be best for everyone if Winslow remains in jail until further notice.


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Writer and Director: Cillian O'Donnachadha
Reviewer: Glen Pearce
While Liza Maxwell is currently winning plaudits on tour for her portrayal of Judy Garland in End of The Rainbow, Somewhere Under The Rainbow sheds light on the early life of her daughter, Liza Minnelli.
Garland herself opens the show, as black and white film film plays on the back wall. Through a medley of songs and monologue, this one woman show gives us a glimpse into the early life of a woman trying to simultaneously emulate while also carve her own path away from her iconic mother.
It's a daunting task to portray Minnelli. After Elvis, Liza must surely rank among the most impersonated of singers, though often she is portrayed as a caricature. Here, Sharon Sexton does more than mimic the singer, she embodies her.
From the moment of her entrance as she turns toward the audience, the likeness is uncanny. It's more than a physical look, however. Sexton masters Minnelli's instantly recognisable gesture, doe eyed look and voice. And what a voice it is. From channeling her inner Ethel Merman in a rousing Gypsy Medley, to the vulnerability of Cabaret's Maybe This Time, every inflection is pitch perfect Liza.
This though is so much more than a Liza tribute act. Cillian O'Donnachadha's script takes us inside Minnelli's dressing room as she prepares to take to the stage. She shares with us her admiration and frustration with her mother, her battles to establish her own path resulting in sleeping rough on a park bench in Central Park and for being rejected for roles because she was either too like her mother or not enough like her mother. It was never going to be an easy relationship and the recollection of a bout of upstaging during a joint concert at the London Palladium provides just one of many comical moments of the evening.
Despite being overshadowed by Garland, it is perhaps the death of her 'Mamma' that shows her real vulnerability and her decent into addiction. There is though, a twist. In an evening dominated by two strong women, it is left to Vincente Minnelli to provide the emotional catharsis. While her mother gave her the drive and ambition it was her father who taught her to dream.
As Kander and Ebb's soaring and touching Seeing Things brings the hour to a close there's a palpable sense of release. This is more than a celebration of the, sometime turbulent, life of an icon, it's is a celebration of the power of a one woman show and Sexton's tour de force performance. Now more accustomed to playing huge arenas, this is the closest many of us will ever get to having the legend of Liza sing a mere feet away from us.
A faultless production that will linger long in the memory. A few tears may be shed along the journey but ultimately this is the tale of one of life's great survivors.
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In today's New York Times, the Miminalist lists 101 easy recipes for July 4th and picnics or for any time.
Here is an easy recipe for grilled vegetables:
I rather eat a lot of appetizer-like dishes rather than an entree and a side dish. I guess I like to "nosh" or graze, smaller plates of different tastes is my favorite way to eat.
One of my favorite things to do is grill a bunch of vegetables. This is versatile as you can eat the grilled vegetables as is or in a salad or in a sandwich or all three.
Take different colored peppers and cut into wide strips. Use button or portabella mushrooms. If using the latter, quarter or halve. Chinese eggplant is more grillable than traditional eggplant. Slice the Chinese or "baby" eggplant vertically. Zucchini or butternut squash is also delicious grilled. If grilling sweet potatoes, consider microwaving them first. Quarter white or red onions.
You can have a pile of vegetables but after they're grilled, they shrink so don't panic.
After cutting up all the vegetables, spray with a bit of Italian salad dressing. As soon as you take the vegetables off the grill, drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
Grilled vegetables make great side dishes to serve with burgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken. You can even brush them lightly with BBQ sauce either while on the grill or when you remove them. Vegetarians may like a grilled vegetable sandwich where the bread is spread with a good bottled BBQ sauce.
You can also grill fresh pineapple, pears, peaches, and nectarines. Slice and brush with melted butter and brown sugar. Grill until almost soft but still firm. Serve as a side dish or with grilled chicken or pork chops or for dessert, top with a scoop of vanilla ice cream or cocoanut sorbet and drizzle with caramel sauce or melted apricot jam.
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Episode 5 = big show. Mike Margiotta returns to talk shop with Gary about life in the crease. We're also talking about the highest highs and the lowest lows in hockey. And do you need to get a jersey made? We'll tell you where to go. We've prepared an audio buffet. Hope your ears are hungry.
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Born and raised in Toronto, Mayor Tory has spent his career giving back to the city he loves, through his tireless work in public, private sector and philanthropic roles.
Elected as the 65th Mayor of Toronto in 2014, John Tory has rapidly made the city more livable, affordable and functional.
He has improved the way people move around this city, fighting traffic congestion and speeding up major construction projects; introducing free transit for kids under 12 and discounted transit for low income residents; championing a transit network expansion plan that includes the Relief Line, SmartTrack, the Eglinton East LRT, Bloor Danforth Subway Extension and the Waterfront Transit Network; and securing $9 billion in investments from other levels of government – the single biggest infrastructure investment in this city's history.
He has kept taxes low, while investing in priority services including affordable housing and poverty reduction, and modernizing the government services on which people rely.
Under his leadership, Toronto has attracted jobs and investment and emerged as an undisputed centre of innovation and opportunity on the world stage.
Mayor Tory and his wife Barbara have been married for 39 years, and have four children and five grandchildren, all of whom live in Toronto.


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So continuing in the vein of trying out these virtualization options in the marketplace I looked into the big gun - VMware to see how that would go on my cheapernetwork. Alas, my attempts were doomed to fail. The initial installation of ESXi failed - it was unable to detect the hard disk drives in my HP virtual servers. It was a bit of a WTF moment - that a fairly easily available mainboard, with no special interfaces or anything like that. The disks were fairly standard SATA disks - Seagate drives both. 160GB so not small and not unusually large. At any rate, after trying different disks, going to the console prompt and looking there I gave up. dmesg didn't even detect the /dev/sdi disks at all and the more I investigated the more I found that there were some hardware limitations. Given I have limited time, I abandoned my VMware attempts and instead looked into Oracle's Virtualization offerings.
The first thing that struck me was the sheer size of the downloads for the components of Oracle VM - it's a complex system, needing not only your head units (my HP desktops in this case) but also another PC as the manager - with an install of Oracle Linux required, plus the over 2GB VM Manager and then I needed two NFS shares for more data. In terms of complexity compared with XenServer I was surprised. I could install the VM Manager as a virtual machine on another host ( I decided to use my notebook running VMware player - which I love by the way). I had downloaded the netboot option for Oracle Linux - trying to minimise the impact on my corporate network. None of this went smoothly of course. VMware Player ran fine, the Oracle Linux install needed a URL to install from - and this proved surprisingly hard to find. I spent a bit of time searching for it, but the Oracle install information I found was for Oracle Linux Release 5, not 6 and very little information was available - perhaps my google-fu was letting me down... At any rate, again - time was against me. I had to let it go for the time being.
The thing that has struck me throughout this exercise is just how easy it was to get XenServer going - Citrix are really on to something. Additionally, for supported platforms under the XenServer virtual platforms it is silly easy to transfer guest machines between hosts - right click - move to server and off it goes. The downtime is extremely small. If you pay for XenServer you can enable High Availability so guests can be restarted on host fail and you can really start to get some high uptimes. If you know that the box is about to fail - it's trivial to migrate them around - fantastic!
So we'll keep playing with XenServer for the time being and with a bit of luck I can re-visit VMware down the track.


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Every Christmas, Connecticut film venues show the classic holiday movies: "It's a Wonderful Life," "Miracle on 34th Street," "A Christmas Story." This season will satisfy traditionalists with screenings of those films and other time-honored favorites. Two new films are on the schedule, too, and should add some new dimension to the holiday.
"The MeshugaNutcracker! A Chanukah Musical" takes the Tchaikovsky score to "The Nutcracker" and arranges it for klezmer musicians. The story isn't the traditional story of Clara and her nutcracker. It's been amended with lyrics that tell the story of Judah Maccabee, retell accounts of perseverance during the Holocaust and chronicle the first Chanukah in the new state of Israel. The movie will be shown Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. at Cinemark Enfield and Cinemark North Haven. $15, $14 seniors and students, $13 children. fathomevents.com.
It's not in a cinema, but a Christmas movie that was shot last summer in New Britain and Bristol will have its broadcast premiere on Nov. 26 at 8 p.m. on the Lifetime Network. "A Very Merry Toy Store," starring Melissa Joan Hart, Mario Lopez and Brian Dennehy, tells the story of two small, family-owned toy shops whose rival owners must team up to fight the opening of a big-box toy store in their town, just before Christmastime. The movie was produced by Synthetic Cinema International of Rocky Hill. mylifetime.com/movies/a-very-merry-toy-store.
Traditionalists who are dreaming of a white Christmas can get their fix at a screening of "White Christmas," the 1954 musical starring Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera-Ellen, will be shown Dec. 2 and 3 at 11:30 a.m. each day at Criterion Cinemas in New Haven. It also will be shown Dec. 3 and 6 at 2 p.m. each day, with a 7 p.m. screening on Dec. 6, at Cinemark Buckland and North Haven. bowtiecinemas.com and cinemark.com.
Those who will prefer a wonderful life to a white Christmas can see "It's a Wonderful Life," the 1946 James Stewart-Donna Reed classic about a man finding out what life is all about. It will be shown Dec. 18 to 24 at Cinestudio at Trinity College in Hartford, at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 18 to 23 and 2:30 p.m. Dec. 23 and 24. It also will be shown Dec. 16, 17 and 18 at Criterion Cinemas in New Haven, at 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11:30 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. bowtiecinemas.com.
Movie lovers who will settle for nothing less than a miracle will be happy, too. "Miracle on 34th Street," the 1947 story about the real Santa Claus, starring Maureen O'Hara, a very young Natalie Wood and an Oscar-winning Edmund Gwenn as movie history's most perfect Kris Kringle, will be shown Dec. 9 and 10 at Criterion New Haven, at 11:30 a.m. each day. bowtiecinemas.com.
Movie history's most perfect Ebenezer Scrooge was Alastair Sim in the 1951 British adaptation of "A Christmas Carol." That movie will be shown on Dec. 21 at 6 p.m. at Yale Center for British Art in New Haven. Admission is free. britishart.yale.edu.
Another Ebenezer Scrooge — renamed Frank Cross — is played by Bill Murray in the 1988 "Christmas Carol" adaptation comedy "Scrooged." That film will be shown Dec. 10 and 11 at 11:30 p.m. each day at Criterion New Haven. bowtiecinemas.com.
Michael Caine plays Scrooge in "A Muppet Christmas Carol," the holiday puppet classic from 1992. That movie will be shown at 10 a.m. on Dec. 2 at 10 a.m. at Avon Theatre in Stamford. Free. avontheatre.org.
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Stage presentations of "The Nutcracker" are everywhere this time of year. For those who can't make one of the live shows, "Bolshoi in HD: Nutcracker" will be shown Dec. 17 at 12:55 p.m. at Cinemark Buckland, Cinemark Enfield, Cinemark North Haven, AMC Branford 12, Cinestudio and AMC Danbury 16. fathomevents.com. It also will be shown Dec. 19 at 7 p.m. at Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main St. in Old Saybrook. $15. thekate.org.
Another annual Cinestudio tradition is "Baraka," Ron Fricke's 1992 documentary about indigenous peoples and environments around the world. It will be shown Dec. 17 at 4:30 p.m. cinestudio.org.
Rounding out the holiday merriment are two screenings of that squirrely yuletide classic "A Christmas Story," the 1983 story of a boy who wants a BB gun for Christmas, on Dec. 23 and 24 at 11:30 a.m. at Criterion New Haven. bowtiecinemas.com.
It's not what you'd call merriment, but if Christmas isn't the same without some blood and gore, the Strand Theater, 165 Main St. in Seymour, is showing a double feature of holiday slasher pics — "Silent Night, Deadly Night" and "Black Christmas" — on Dec. 16 at 7 p.m. $10, $15 with a commmemorative poster. connecticutcultclassicss.com.


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So… the Earth is 6,001 years old now?
> "Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right." -Oprah Winfrey
We've just completed another trip around the Sun, both in terms of the calendar year, and also the way astronomers measure it, by returning once again to perihelion, the closest point in our orbit to the Sun.
If you look up at the sky, and you watch the Sun, the Moon, and the planets all move through it, you'll notice something spectacular.
(Image credit: Larry Landolfi.)
To within a very small separation in the sky, the Sun, the Moon, and each of the planets (Venus and Saturn in this picture) all follow the same path!
Why is this?
It's because the ecliptic plane — the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun — is the same plane that all the other planets follow! To within about 7 degrees, all eight of the planets, including the asteroid belt and the Kuiper belt, orbit about the Sun in the same plane. (Individual objects, such as Halley's Comet or Pluto, are out of the ecliptic plane due to ancient gravitational interactions.)
(The Sun's Corona, the Moon, and Saturn, Mars, and Mercury; photo by Clementine.)
But this ecliptic plane doesn't line up with Earth's equator! Why not?
Because we rotate on our axis, which isn't arbitrarily aligned with the ecliptic plane. Like pretty much all the planets do, in fact. Sure, Mercury and Jupiter are closely aligned with the ecliptic plane, but Uranus and Venus couldn't be more anti-aligned.
(Image credit: Calvin Hamilton, and click for a huge version.)
There's also the Milky Way galaxy, visible in dark skies, which carves a path through our night sky.
(Image credit: Kerry-Ann Lecky Hepburn.)
You will notice a very bright object in the image above, to the left of the Milky Way. That's the planet Jupiter!
And you might ask whether our Milky Way Galaxy was either aligned with the ecliptic plane or with the Earth's equator. What do we find?
Not at all. The galaxy is tilted at about 60 degrees with respect to the ecliptic plane, which should indicate that there's no relationship between the Earth's axis, the plane of the planets orbiting the Sun, and the Sun and all the other stars moving through the Milky Way Galaxy.
But there's one more thing we can look at, beyond the Earth, beyond the Sun and the planets, even out beyond the galaxy, to see if there are any interesting alignments in our Universe.
(Image credit: WMAP.)
The Cosmic Microwave Background, of course. This relic radiation — left over from the big bang — is a fingerprint from the Universe when it was only 380,000 years old.
Here's the odd thing. A few months ago, I wrote a post on geocentrism, and talked about some very simple observations you could make showing that the Earth was not at the center, but moved just like the other planets around the Sun. Yet little did I know that I would be faced with the following argument:
> The plane of the ecliptic- that is, the 23.5 degree inclination of the Sun and the planets with respect to Earth in their annual cycle of daily orbits- happens to be highly improbably aligned with the so-called "Axis of Evil" discovered to the very great shock of cosmologists studying the cosmic mocrowave background (CMB) in 2005, and dubbed by them the "Axis of Evil".
This Axis of Evil is aligned in astonishingly precise ways with:
1. The Galactic North Pole 2. The ecliptic plane 3. The equinoxes
The complete ensemble of such orientations being unlikely to a combined degree of approximately one in one hundred billion.
So, let's take a look at this so-called Axis of Evil. If I take the map from the microwave sky, I can break it down into different regions of progressively smaller and smaller sizes, and look at the fluctuations on those scales.
In physics and mathematics, we call this a multipole expansion, and we can look at the different "moments" independently.
When we do this, we find that the first moment — the monopole term (just the average temperature) — is nothing special.
(Image credit: COBE.)
Neither is the dipole term (bottom graph), which shows our motion through the sky. In fact, the small angular scales don't show anything peculiar either.
But back in 2005, when scientists first looked at it in detail, something looked slightly amiss for the 3rd and 4th largest scales: the quadrupole and octopole moments.
It was initially claimed that this was significant: these two terms appeared to be aligned with the Earth's axial tilt in a very unusual way. In such a way, in fact, that there was only a 1-in-2,000 chance that it would happen randomly.
But there was a problem with the analysis. You see, the map of the microwave sky I've been showing you doesn't look like this. It really looks like this:
What's all that crap in the middle? That's the gas, dust, stars, etc., coming mostly from within our own galaxy. The problem is that it both absorbs and emits its own radiation, and that needs to be properly accounted for. When you change your model of that gas and dust, it drastically changes these quadrupole and octopole moments.
So what once looked like an extremely unlikely alignment:
(Image credit: Max Tegmark.)
Now turns out to be about as likely as you guessing the random number I chose between one and ten.
(It was eight.)
But I was very happy to hear this argument coming from someone who believes the Earth is 6,000 years old! Why?
Because the only way the Cosmic Microwave Background is meaningful in any way is if you accept the Big Bang picture of the Universe, where it's many billions of years (13.7, to be precise) old!
It gives me hope for the new year, and not only makes me feel like we're making progress, but also that the 13,700,000,001st year may be an even better one than the one before! Read the comments on this post…
URL: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2011/01/so_the_earth_is_6001_years_old.php


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A Way of Life
How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he has done for me? -Psalm 116:12
Stewardship is acknowledging God as Creator and Giver of all gifts. Stewardship is living each day in gratitude for all the blessings that God has given to us. As Catholics, we are called to understand and recognize that we do not own the gifts God gives to us but rather we are only the earthly stewards of those gifts. We receive them so that we can do God's work here on earth. Stewardship is the responsible management of our God-given resources of time, talent, and treasure.
Stewardship is being a disciple of Jesus who "Receives God's gifts gratefully, cherishes and tends them in a responsible and accountable manner, shares them in justice and love with others and returns them with increase to the Lord." As true disciples of the Lord, we are motivated to share our time, talent and treasure with the Church and with other worthy causes from a deep sense of gratitude and in a planned, proportionate and sacrificial manner.
Stewardship is not a new parish initiative or program that will soon be replaced with something else. Stewardship is a way of life that enhances our relationship with God and with one another.
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Ministry Commitment of Time, Talent, and Treasure
Take a moment to reflect and thank our Lord for the many blessings in your life. Ask and seek the guidance from the Holy Spirit as you consider how you might return to God by increasing your gifts of time, talent and treasure.
The Gift of Time:
How do I spend my time? Do I use my time in a way that enables me to have a closer relationship with the Lord and with others? Time should be spent with God in prayer and Sacrament; then time spent in service to others - the Church, our community, volunteering at school, in religious education or ministries. It could involve time spent in Perpetual Eucharistic Adoration, attending daily mass, praying the rosary as a family - whatever form of prayer is most comfortable - we must reserve time each and every day for it in order to be a living disciple, a steward of the Lord.
The Gift of Talent:
What talents or skills has God given me to offer for the good of others? Do I have a career or occupational skill or even a hobby that might benefit the parish, school or others? We have all been blessed by God with unique, individual talents that we are called upon to share with God and with others. In sharing our God-given talents, we serve God, strengthen our parish and school and help one another as we build up God's Church and each other in Christ. Gifts are never meant for oneself, they are meant for the good of all.
The Gift of Treasure:
Do I really want this? Do I even need this? Am I using this gift in a way that is pleasing to God? Is there a better way I can be using my treasure in service to the Lord and my neighbor? The gift of our treasure may be the most challenging for us to share; perhaps even testing our faith. Our culture holds wealth and possessions as symbols of our independence, power, and success yet fails to recognize or measure our spiritual growth and effort. As disciples of the Lord, we are called to prayerfully consider what God is calling us to give and to realize that we are only returning to Him what He has given to us. Remember, "Not equal gifts, but equal sacrifice."
Special Ministers of Holy Communion
Eucharistic Ministers assist the priest in administering Holy Communion, the consecrated bread and wine. Often times, Eucharistic Ministers also bring Communion to parishioners who are ill, homebound, or in nursing homes/assisted living residences. Parishioners who are over the age of 16 and who have been confirmed are invited to participate in this ministry. If you are interested in becoming a Eucharistic Minister, we invite you to contact us at 217.347.7177 for more information.
Servers and Ushers
Altar servers assist the priest and deacon during the celebration of Mass. Servers must be in the 4th grade and have received their First Holy Communion. SHS student servers are trained during the school day by a priest or deacon, usually in the beginning of 4th grade. They serve at our school Masses through the year, until they are ready to begin serving the weekend Masses. PSR students are trained by a priest or deacon during regular PSR class times. After proper training, the student servers are typically scheduled for one weekend Mass per month. To download the current ALTAT SERVERS MANUAL, please click here.
Adult servers are also needed to assist the priest during funeral Masses. This is a perfect ministry for retired persons who desire to give back to the church in this way.
Ushers are not only responsible for welcoming and greeting members and visitors, but they also assist them in finding a seat, pointing them to the nearest restroom facility, or helping them in any way needed during the Mass. The ushers also collect the offering during the Mass. Our ushers are scheduled for a period of one month (4-5 Sundays), for one particular Mass time, and are typically scheduled every 2-3 months.
If you would like more information on becoming an Mass server or usher, please contact the Parish Office at 217.347.7177. We'd love to have you join our many ministries!
A lector is the person who proclaims the first or second reading at Mass, and may also lead the Prayers of the Faithful. (This ministry may also be called reader or proclaimer of the word.) The Sacred Scriptures are an essential part of the liturgy. In proclaiming the Scripture readings at Mass, the lector carries the Word of God to the people with reverence and conviction. Members of Sacred Heart Parish are invited to participate as an adult lector (age 14+) while students at SHS and in PSR students who are in grades 4-8 are invited to participate as a student lector. Lectors are typically scheduled for one to two weekend Masses per month. Please contact us at 217.347.7177 for more information.


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Federal appeals courts Judge Amy Coney Barrett promised on Monday to rule fairly if elevated to the U.S. Supreme Court, as Republicans vowed to push Barrett's nomination through in the next three weeks before Election Day.
"I believe Americans of all backgrounds deserve an independent Supreme Court," Barrett said during her opening statement on Monday.
"A judge must apply the law as it is written, not as she wishes it were," Barrett added, explaning that much of her philosophy is drawn from that of conservative legal icon, the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
"I believe deeply in the rule of law," Barrett said in her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
The first day of confirmation hearings for Barrett began with opening statements from members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, as it did not take long for the partisan fault lines to open.
"This is going to be long, contentious week," said chairman Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).
"There's nothing unconstitutional about this process," Graham added, even as he acknowledged some of the criticism from Democrats about the timing of this nomination.
"My Democratic colleagues will say this has never been done - and they're right in this regard - nobody I think has ever been confirmed in an election year past July," Graham said, as this is the closest a Supreme Court nomination has been considered to a presidential election since late July of 1888, 1892, and 1916.
Democrats used much of their time on Monday to criticize Barrett on her views regarding the Obama health law, and to argue that the process should wait until after the elections.
"We shouldn't be holding a hearing three weeks from a presidential election," said Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT).
"I believe we should not be moving forward on this nomination, not until the election has ended, as the next President has taken office," said ranking Democrat Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA).
"This isn't Donald Trump's country. It is yours," said Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), speaking to voters. "This shouldn't be Donald Trump's judge. It should be yours."
Democrats spent much of their time foreshadowing questions on the Affordable Care Act, noting that a quick confirmation would put Barrett on the court in time not only for the elections, but also for arguments in November on a case which could toss out the entire Obama health law.
"You're on the record," Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) told Barrett, as Democratic Senators displayed poster boards with photos of various people who have been helped by the Obama health law.
For several hours, Barrett sat at attention at the witness table, listening to Senators of both parties, taking her black mask off before her testimony only to get a sip of water.
Her confirmation seems assured - if Republicans stick together before Election Day.
"I think I know how the votes are going to come out," said Sen. Graham, as GOP leaders plan a full Senate vote in just over two weeks.


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SOURCE: "Wonderland Revisited," in The Kenyon Review, Vol. XXVII, No. 4, Autumn, 1965, pp. 591-616.
Levin is an American educator and critic whose works reveal his wide range of interests and expertise, from Renaissance culture to the contemporary novel. In the following essay, he provides a centennial re-assessment of the Alice books and of their author, Charles Dodgson (Carroll).
In the twentieth century's commemoration of the nineteenth, we have reached the centennial of Alice. Not uncharacteristically, the date has been somewhat blurred. The author, whose fussiness has endeared him to bibliophiles, was dissatisfied with the first edition, so that Alice in Wonderland was not publicly issued until 1866. Moreover, if we wish to celebrate the occasion on which the tale was first told, we must look back to that famous boating party of three little girls and two dons on July 4, 1862. That "golden afternoon," as Lewis Carroll describes it in his...
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HHHTop of your game,
As a blogger and critic it's far too easy for me to sit here and criticize or attempt to pick apart a piece of work I'm not into. Being part of the online community, I've been unfairly granted the license to completely dump on another mans art just because I don't fall in line with his plight (all bloggers, reviewers and columnists should have to take a test and earn a license to write).
In my day to day rants, I do my best to stay within a positive realm and shit on only those I've completely deemed worthy. However, that being said, even though I'm just a small time dude reaching a few hundred people a day, if I might effect the way even 1 person perceives another mans means of breadwinning and allow that artist to suffer the loss of that 1 sale (which, to underground artists means quite a lot!) , then you can only imagine the damage those blowhard, self aggrandizing anal warts at Pitchfork do on a daily basis.
With that said, the artists featured in today's blog have all worked through the bad reviews and bad publicity, have all put out bad music, and yet, have found a way to milk their accolades for everything their worth, stay relevant and maintain their Superstar Status.
Who else would I start with other than the man who went through arguably the worst publicity shit storm of any artist in history and still manage to have every one of his albums go Multi-Platinum. Even before his passing, when the storm was at it's peak, he managed to set a record for selling out his final 50 date-tour faster than anyone in history.
This cut is the title track off his first post-humous album entitled 'This is It'. I'll let you guys be the critics on this one.
C'mon folks, let's be F'REAL f'real. Snoop can't lose.
He's put out at least a half-dozen phone-in albums. Put on a countless number of no talent, two-bit tards (obviously excluding beasts like Kurupt, Suga Free, Battlecat, etc.). Whored himself out to any product that would be willing to endorse him, and yet, the majority of us still champion him like he's never done us wrong. I couldn't even begin to explain it to you, and nor will I even attempt it, just know that when people talk about that 'IT' in celebrities, he might as well be a Stephen King creation.
Here's that new ish from the Doggfather.
SNOOP DOGG ft. THE DREAM – GANGSTA LUV
And if your favorite Snoop is still from '93. Here's an unreleased track from the Death Row vaults.
SNOOP DOGG ft. NATE DOGG – O.G. (Original)
Okay, so the Teflon Don hasn't stayed the test of time like our previous 2 contestants. However, when you talk about legacies in Hip-Hop, there are few if any that compare to his.
Arguably the godfather of modern day rap and cadences, you will rarely, if ever, here Rakim miss someone's top 5. And truthfully, that might not even be because they like him that much, but simply because they feel obligated to say his name in fear that someone listening will punch out your canine's for forgetting him. And if your legacy can do that, you're a superstar.
Now, back after a decade long hiatus, here goes the first tune off Ra's 3rd official solo studio album, Seventh Seal. Is it good? You tell me.
RAKIM ft. MAINO – WALK THESE STREETS
This doesn't really have anything to do with today's thread but I really like this song. I haven't heard too many tunes from Theophilus, but the ones I have I've enjoyed quite a bit. And now as a part of what I'm assuming is a push for an upcoming record, he's released a video to arguably my favorite tune of his.
Enjoy the day folk.
Happy Turkey Face Canada.


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THOSE with a drive for transformation and innovation within the horticulture sector can apply for a Churchill Fellowship.
There are three fellowships currently available for those involved in the Australian horticulture industry, with applications closing on April 30.
The programs enable recipients to travel the world for four to eight weeks to access industry related knowledge not readily available in Australia.
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Jointly funded under the Hort Innovation Leadership Fund and the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, the fellowships are available to anyone working in Australian horticulture.
Hort Innovation chief executive officer, Matt Brand, says the Fellowships are designed to drive innovation and transformation in the horticulture industry.
"Horticulture growers are already some of the most innovative business people in Australia," he said.
"This Fellowship will allow them to gain insight into international technology and processes, harness that knowledge and grow the nation's collective horticultural understanding by sharing it with the industry."
Churchill Trust CEO, Adam Davey, said as an industry, horticulture is an important contributor to the nation's economy and so it is imperative to invest in the growers who deliver that contribution.
"There are two things every Churchill Fellowship applicant needs to display – the first is to present a research project that will provide benefit to the Australian community, the second is to show how all of the skills, insights and knowledge they gather from world experts on the Fellowship can be shared once they return home," he said.
"The Trust is excited to see how these Fellowships can impact Australia."
- For more information or to apply, visit www.churchillfellowships.com.au


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Let's face it: Orlando and the theme-park zones usually crawl with kids. That's fine if you have your own in tow, but if you're looking for some quality adult time (or at least a place not necessarily swarming with children), you do have some options. Some people are incredulous when informed that Orlando is the honeymoon capital of the U.S., but it happens to be true; so be assured that there are activities, hotels, and so on that are geared to adults here (though, admittedly, avoiding kids altogether is tough). Aside from the romantic hideaways discussed elsewhere, here are some good bets for adults.
- Dine in an Upscale Restaurant. Though it's not a firm rule (especially inside the theme parks), generally speaking, the more you pay for dinner, the more likely it is that you won't encounter children at your meal. So if you're looking for a romantic dinner, save up and splurge (and I mean splurge). Great options for a special dinner include Victoria & Albert's, Emeril's, Tchoup Chop, California Grill, Ocean Prime, and Flying Fish Café. For a great brunch, head to La Coquina.
- Party the Night Away at Universal CityWalk or the Disney Resorts. With the closing of Pleasure Island's clubs for "re-imagining," Universal's nighttime entertainment district is now the place to hang for the 21-and-older set. Top clubs include the groove, Rising Star, Pat O'Brien's, and the Red Coconut Club. Over at the resorts, in this case Disney's Coronado Springs, Rix is the hottest place to party the night away for a 30-something crowd and visiting celebs and VIPs.
- Head for the Circus. Cirque du Soleil, that is. Forget about finding any animals, though. Cirque's stylish La Nouba combines theatrics, acrobatics, and the incredible style for which the Montreal-based troupe is known. It's an incredible (albeit pricey) way to spend an evening in Orlando.
Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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Nash Bridges - Season 5, Episode 22: Jackpot: Part 2
A smart alecky San Francisco, California cop and his get rich quick scheme of a partner keep tabs on crime and take down the bad guys in the Bay Area.
Duration: 60 min
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Release: 1999
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- Episode 01: Truth & Consequences
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- Episode 03: Smash and Grab
- Episode 04: Girl Trouble
- Episode 05: High Society
- Episode 06: Curveball
- Episode 07: Split Decision
- Episode 08: Get Bananas
- Episode 09: Crosstalk
- Episode 10: Kill Switch
- Episode 11: Rip Off
- Episode 12: Skin Trade
- Episode 13: Liar's Poker
- Episode 14: El Diablo
- Episode 15: Hit and Run
- Episode 16: Cop Out
- Episode 17: Line of Sight
- Episode 18: Heist
- Episode 19: Hard Cell
- Episode 20: Missing Key
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Les Inrockutibles****
The man they call ass plays rock in the broad sense with a punk and prankster .attitude...
Iconoclastic and humoristic protest-songs, struggling with the world of today, and the two fingers in the socket. The energy-burst of the moment.
Stéphane Déchamps
Rock 'n Folk nov 2014
There is everything on the album THE MAN THEY CALL ASS, name behind which officiates Hasse Poulsen, in the company of accomplices assembled for a string of sessions: an offbeat blue note intro, dylanesque folk, mutant blues, ballads, atmospheric rock, and even a hint of rockabilly. This musical kaleidoscope written and recorded over a period of a decade combines the songs of this Anglophone singer (born in Denmark and livingin the Parisian suburbs) who manages to keep it together thanks to his voice, the strong ambiances, and creativity.
In spite of that it was released in the late spring, we can say that this is one of this fall's most explosive CD releases!
But make no mistake: Hasse Poulsen, well known in the jazz world for his creative pranks together Vincent Courtois, Louis Sclavis ("Napoli's Walls"), Helene Labarriére, Christophe Marguet and François Corneloup, or with the explosive Progressive Patriots, Das Kapital or quartet We are All Americans, presents itself this time as a guitar singer-songwriter, as a mixture of many sources of inspiration brewed along with a naturalness that is far from the jazz world!
The Man They Call Ass ... funny name? It's a teasing hint to all those who with a poor grasp of foreign languages adamantly pronounce his name as the posterior part of the body (in English). This "man they call Ass", nourishes a boundless admiration for the great song champions Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits, Peter Blegvad, Paul Simon and many others - which he kindly explains to Citizen Jazz in a fascinating conversation. He tells not only about his idols, but also about the creation of a rock album with several accents - from folk ballads to punkish ranting, through rockabilly or country, Poulsen firing on all cylinders, navigating happily through the different atmospheres. This truth-album touches perfection, and he recognizes that this is probably the best record he has ever recorded. The man who is known as a guitarist buccaneer reveals himself as a songwriter and singer. And not just any!
Hasse Poulsen does not write songs just to stand with his guitar in front of an audience, even if it is for him "the purest form of music." Because in addition to being a brilliant musician that needs no presentation, he is a clear observer of the absurdities of our world, a columnist of our concerns, at both committed and disenchanted, he presses where it hurts.
Whether denouncing irresponsible politicians ("The President Of France Is A Criminal") or our worship of consumerism ("Until Everything Is Sold"), or point the finger at the mainstream media's perverse role ("Michael Moore"), or of religious wickedness and illusions ("There's Nothing In Heaven"), Poulsen finds the words that hits hard and accurately. Equally compelling is his sometimes disillusioned vision of love ("I Told You"), his diary as the travelling musician who is only passing by ("Ballad In Plain A") or his poetic impulses ("I ToldYou"), to very spacey atmospheres ("I'd Like to Fly").
Sings Until Everything Is Sold, is published by Das Kapital Records and counts fourteen songs, all written by Hasse Poulsen (except "New Year", based on a poem by Danish Simon Grotrian), which takes advantage of the valuable coincidences that make a great record. Poulsen is able to count on his friends: drummer Edward Perraud, the unpredictable companion from Das Kapital, described as "a physical manifestation of pure imagination"; and Henrik S. Simonsen, bassist from Progressive Patriots, who with his bass and his ability to set things in their right place is a guarantee of groove. A trio whose fourth member is Gilles Olivesi who has done a stellar job with the sound. Hasse Poulsen says that Gilles has had "a huge influence on the music." Note also the presence of the string quartet IXI led by Régis Hubyon one title and Claudia Poulsen's vocals on two others.
Hasse Poulsen, this man called Ass, sings the disenchantment of a world threatened by the depletion of vital resources themselves objects of commerce. We must hope that his inspiration, at least, will never dry out, because we in addition to a first class songwriter see a lovely singer stand up after many years of maturation. Along with TMTC Ass we can complain that the order of the day is unbridled trade, but we hope he will stay by our side for a long time to speak up against this this deviation. In music.
Hélène Collon
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Hasse Poulsen, An album of rock-songs performed by guitarist from the free jazz trio Das Kapital, it's like if David Bowie began to compose like Boulez: we are confused, we lose the sense of reality, we think we're watching a film. Well, let's spread the word: the gods of jazz bless the amalgam! The Dane who lives in Les Lilas, chants the first title (The President of France is a Criminal), in the style of Lou Reed. Then follows I Told You Suit with a touch of Dylan, caressed by the ixi string quartet quartet and Regis Huby's violin. Percussionist Edward Perraud shakes Until Everything is Sold making the drums sound like a washing machine. The 13 compositions (+ 1 with lyrics by Simon Grotrian) oozes the wood of his guitars. Precious!
Hasse Poulsen
The Man They Call Ass plays Until Everything Is Sold
(Das Kapital Records / L'Autre Distribution)
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Is Cactus Soil Good for Lavender?
Lavender (Lavandula spp.) is a fragrant, colorful herb grown since ancient times. Native to the rocky soils of the Mediterranean, lavender grows in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zones 5 to 8. Once given its preferred environment, lavender grows with little care. Key to success is good soil. Cactus soil can play a role in giving lavender the perfect home.
Lavender's need for perfect drainage governs site selection and soil improvement. Choose a well-drained site in full sun that is removed from excessive water sources, such as overhanging eaves and downspouts. Lavender requires poor soil, so locations rich in fertile compost or manure are not appropriate. The lavender plants should be located far enough away from other plants -- and each other -- that air can freely circulate through them. This keeps their leaves dry.
Soil Improvement
Improve clay and rich, fertile soils with sand and small pebbles. Small pea gravel and coarse sand are old stand-bys, but cactus soil, made of coarse sand and tiny pebbles, is also a great additive. Improve the soil to a depth of 12 inches or more to improve drainage and reduce fertility. You almost can't use too much gravel; about two-thirds existing soil to one-third amendments is a good start.
Lavender leaves are prone to disease when they get wet. They are also at risk when rain splashes soil onto their lower leaves and into their crowns. An inorganic mulch controls splash and keeps soil in place during rains. Once again, pea gravel, applied 1 inch thick, is the standard. However, coarser grades of cactus soil can also serve. Spread gravel or coarse cactus soil -- or a mix of the two -- around the soil in an 18- to 24-inch diameter for effective splash control.
In containers, lavender soil can consist of about two-thirds well-draining potting mix (without fertilizer) to one-third cactus soil. Overhead watering drenches lavender's leaves, encouraging disease. During extreme drought only, hand water at ground level to keep the leaves dry. There is generally no need to fertilize lavender. Deadhead spent flowers to induce re-blooming later in the season. Cutting lavender blooms reduces the need for deadheading later. Keep the bush full by trimming it back about one-third in early spring, as its leaf buds begin to break.
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BRICs' Steel Consumption to Keep Vanadium Demand Surging
With BRIC countries set to drive steel demand in the coming years, vanadium should also reap the benefits.
By Karan Kumar — Exclusive to Vanadium Investing News
Demand for vanadium – a soft, silvery gray mineral used primarily to strengthen steel – is expected to more than double to 123,000 metric tons a year in 2025 from current levels, as briskly industrializing BRIC countries require more steel to fuel their growth. Even though China, India, and Brazil are expected to see lower growth than was expected in coming years, the impact on vanadium demand is likely to be small.
"There's a lot of drivers happening, whether it's motor vehicles, whether it's washing machines, whether it's structural steels, whether it's just across the board, as the world urbanizes it needs better quality steels and those better quality steels can only be achieved through using ferrovanadium or vanadium as a strengthening agent," Michael Minosora, managing director of Australia's Atlantic Ltd. (ASX:ATI), told Platts in an interview.
China will need around 20,000 metric tons of vanadium in the next two years, Minosora said, adding that African nations and others, such as Vietnam, will see vanadium demand rising.
A major factor expected to boost vanadium demand is a directive by the Chinese government, passed on July 1, 2011, that requires the use of grade 3 rebar steel in all new buildings. A higher quality of steel, grade 3 rebar also includes a higher amount of vanadium. According to Australia's Atlantic, 90 million tons of grade 2 rebar produced to grade 3 standards would require an additional 27,000 tonnes of vanadium a year.
BRICs to continue fueling vanadium demand
"Clearly steel demand coming from the BRICs and other emerging markets accounts for the majority of vanadium demand today and likely in the future," Chris Berry, founder of House Mountain Partners, which conducts research on the commodity and energy markets, told Vanadium Investing News in an interview.
"China is the lynch pin of global commodity demand and is the largest producer and consumer of vanadium as it is for a host of other metals as well," Berry said. "South Africa and Russia are responsible for the majority of the remaining global vanadium supply but as countries such as China adopt stricter building codes which necessitates vanadium in rebar, it is clearly emerging markets focused on infrastructure build-outs that will drive vanadium demand going forward."
More than 90 percent of vanadium produced globally is currently used to strengthen steel. But vanadium is also finding application in the energy storage sector, and its potential there is expected to lead to surge in demand in the future. But for now, steel production is the key to growth in vanadium use, Berry said.
China produces about 40 percent of the world's vanadium, followed by South Africa at about 32 percent and Russia at 25 percent, according to a recent study by Merchant Research & Consulting.
Few majors, juniors in vanadium space
Major producers include Russian miner Evraz (LSE:EVR), which is listed in London, and South African company Xstrata (LSE:XTA). There are several sizable producers in China. Australia's Atlantic recently started production at its Windimurra plant. Canadian junior Largo Resources (TSX:LGO) has a project in Brazil with production expected in 2013. American Vanadium Corp. (TSX:AVC) has a project in Nevada and is targeting a 2014 production timeframe. Energizer Resources (TSX:EGZ) has the Green Giant project in Madagascar and is targeting production by 2014.
With vanadium demand expected to grow around eight percent until 2015 and relatively low prices, the mineral "shows interesting investment fundamentals," Luke Burgess reported for Investment U in an article last month. "But, unfortunately for us as investors, getting exposure to this strategic metal can be a bit tricky. Unlike many other commodities, there are no specialized vanadium ETFs, pool accounts, futures trading, or other funds dedicated to vanadium. Instead, buyers and sellers of the product negotiate privately, leaving only a small handful of alternative investments."
Shares of Largo Resources have fallen nearly 22 percent in the past year. American Vanadium's stock has dropped about 48 percent.
Securities Disclosure: I, Karan Kumar, hold no direct investment interest in any company mentioned in this article.
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July 2015
The Gulf is cementing its status as a major force in commercial aviation, with state-of-the-art facilities being developed the region, writes ABDULAZIZ KHATTAK.
The GCC's aviation sector has witnessed phenomenal growth over the past two decades, thanks to the region's booming economy and increasing industrialisation, the influx of business and leisure travellers as well as of workers, and its growing population.
In addition, Middle East carriers, particularly those based in the GCC, have transformed the region into a global aviation hub, offering attractive deals as transit points between the East and the West.
To meet the demands of travellers and expanding airlines, the GCC is pumping billions of dollars into building new airports and expanding existing facilities.
The UAE leads the way in terms of investment in airport infrastructure with massive developments both in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, as well as the other emirates which are also launching expansion plans of their own. Next in line is Saudi Arabia which is eyeing a combined future capacity of 140 million passengers per year by expanding its major airports, notably in Riyadh and Jeddah.
With the region gearing up for two major global events in the next 10 years – Expo 2020 in Dubai and Fifa World Cup 2022 in Qatar – and Saudi Arabia already hosting millions of pilgrims every year, the number of passengers is expected to grow substantially and will put pressure on the existing facilities.
"As Gulf's airlines grow, so does the congestion in the region," said Tony Tyler, the International Air transport Association's (Iata) director-general and CEO, on the sidelines of the organisation's annual general meeting and the World Air Transport Summit held in Miami, US, last month (June 7-9).
While the Middle East carriers, especially those based in the GCC, have grown phenomenally, Tyler said, "one of the challenges faced by the GCC countries is the mounting air traffic congestion in their airports. In whatever ways possible, we (Iata) will help find a solution to the problem".
Also, the region's airlines are investing in larger jets such as the giant Airbus A380, which has increased the need for facilities with larger handling capacities.
Dubai World Central's Al Maktoum International Airport expansion – budgeted at $32 billion and billed as the biggest airport in the world – is the region's most ambitious aviation project. Spread over 56 sq km, the airport will have the capacity to handle 12 million tonnes per year (tpy) of cargo and 160 million passengers once completed.
Following the completion of the first phase – which is now fully operational – work is currently under way on Phase Two of Al Maktoum airport. Phase One has the capacity to handle 600,000 tpy of cargo and operates 24 hours a day on an A380-compatible, 4.5-km runway.
Phase Two of the airport, which includes the construction of an additional two cargo terminals, is expected to increase the total cargo capacity of the airport to 1.4 million tpy. The airport will also be able to accommodate one hundred A380 aircraft at any one time.
Meanwhile, Dubai Airports has embarked on a $7.8-billion airport expansion plan that will boost the capacity at Dubai International Airport from 60 to 90 million passengers per year by 2018. The plan involves the construction of additional terminal space and concourse areas spanning an extra 675,000 sq m of floor space. It also expects cargo handling capacity to reach 4.1 million tonnes by 2020, up from 2.2 million tonnes in 2010.
The work includes the $517-million extension of Terminal One to introduce Concourse D, which will be home to nearly 100 airlines that currently occupy Concourse C. A further $490-million is currently being invested on a phased refurbishment of Terminal One.
A further $163 million is being spent on upgrades to Terminal Two including a more spacious check-in area, an expanded transfer area and more immigration counters.
In the UAE capital, the Abu Dhabi Midfield Terminal is being built over 700,000 sq m area at an estimated cost of $2.9 billion. A joint venture of Arabtec, CCC and TAV is constructing the striking 'X'-shaped facility, which will double the airport's handling capacity to 30 million passengers annually.
Saudi Arabia
Home to Islam's holiest cities, Makkah and Madinah, Saudi Arabia hosts millions of pilgrims every year. The kingdom is currently working on a number of airports to meet rising demand and ease pressure on existing facilities.
In Jeddah, the $7.2-billion expansion of King Abdul Aziz International Airport will include the world's tallest air traffic control tower once complete, standing at a height of 136 m. The expansion includes the construction of a new 690,000-sq-m terminal, which will increase the airport's capacity to handle up to 32 million passengers a year. The airport is expected to begin operations by early 2016.
Meanwhile, the Prince Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Airport in Madinah is the first airport in the region to be fully built on the public-private partnership (PPP) model. The project has been designed mainly to cater for the influx of Hajj and Umrah pilgrims every year with a capacity to accommodate up to eight million passengers.
Among the smaller airport projects, Saudi Arabia's General Authority of Civil Aviation has given the go-ahead for the expansion of Prince Naif Regional Airport in Al Qassim (see Saudi Focus).
Work is also under way on the Abha Airport project, which will include a new passenger terminal with an area 86,000 sq m that has been designed to accommodate five million passengers annually.
After a series of delays, the expansion and modernisation of Muscat International Airport is now at an advanced stage. At an estimated $5.2 billion in project costs, the new airport development is billed as the single biggest civil construction undertaking in Oman's modern history. It has included the construction of a state-of-the-art passenger terminal building, a 100-m-tall air traffic control tower, two runways, more than 7,000 parking spaces, a civil aviation headquarters and an air cargo terminal.
Phase One of the development is in an advanced stage of completion. Over the next three phases, the airport's handling capacity will be progressively ramped up to 24 million, 36 million and 48 million. This represents a quantum leap over the airport's present capacity of three million passengers per year, which in reality handles 7.5 million passengers and 40 airlines.
The Public Authority for Civil Aviation (Paca), which is overseeing the execution of the project, has its sights on an end-2016/early-2017 timeframe to bring the ambitious scheme into operation.
Meanwhile, the new Salalah Airport began operations last month (June). The passenger terminal is spread over 65,000 sq m and will serve over two million travellers per year in the first stage. The main runway is 4 km long and 75 m wide and can receive the largest airplanes including the A380.
The airport has been designed to allow for further expansions to cater for future demand growth to six million passengers.
Work is also expected to start on Sohar Airport. When operational, the airport will also serve as an alternative to Muscat International Airport. The airport is expected to handle 250,000 passengers per year and up to 50,000 tpy of cargo.
Bahrain International Airport has embarked on its $1-billion airport modernisation programme that will boost its capacity to 13.5 million passengers. Tenders for the main construction contract are expected this month (see separate article).
Aéroports de Paris Ingénierie (ADPI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Aéroports de Paris, is overseeing the project which includes the construction of a new passenger terminal.
Kuwait is expected to retender the contract for the construction of its new $3-billion terminal, after the lowest bid exceeded the estimated cost of the project. At the end of last year, Kharafi National submitted the lowest bid of $4.8 billion for the contract. The expansion of Kuwait International Airport is expected to boost its capacity from six million passengers a year to 25 million.


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Remember earlier this year when Dan Rather accused Katie Couric of "tarting up" CBS News? Um, apparently she's not over it. In the clip above, Katie mocks YouTube footage of Rather in which he spent 20 minutes deciding on whether or not to wear a jacket. Then when she's ready for her close up, she says, "Jeez, don't you think he deserves a little payback? This tart is ready to go!" Oh snap! Katie defends her Rather-esque primping by saying, "I'm not that vain...just a little vain." She also uses the words "bro" and "dude" and apparently wears Uggs. Her teenage daughters must be mortified.
Katie Couric Caught On Camera Mocking Dan Rather's Fashion Frustration [Breitbart]


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A man, along with 10 others, has been caught conspiring to package heroin in a $2,200-a-month luxury apartment. The man is now being held in federal custody.
Suspicions arose back in May, after agents had tracked a person of interest (whom they had seen meet with the man) to the apartment.
Further inquiries showed that the Apartment, a luxury residence in Locust Point, Baltimore, was being rented under a fake name, driver's license, and contact number.
Agents obtained a search warrant that is commonly known as "sneak and peek", where they were able to look for further evidence inside. They found a 20-ton hydraulic press, a bag of metal sifters, and a bag full of plastic gloves among other evidence that the DEA says is evidence that can be associated with drug packaging.
Courts then authorized the installment of video cameras in the apartment. What the video cameras showed were people using latex gloves, cutting up heroin and packaging it using a heat sealer. They then watched Adams processing heroin on tape for more than five hours, which confirmed agents' suspicions.
This led agents to pursue a raid, where heroin, suspected fentanyl and allergy medicine were recovered. They also found that the drug conspiracy has ties to Western Maryland, Hagerstown, North Carolina and South Carolina, which they will continue to investigate.
Police and prosecutors take drug charges extremely seriously, so it's important to always work with an experienced defense lawyer who can give you the advice and support that you need, no matter what the case involves.
Source: The Baltimore Sun, "Federal indictment says heroin was packaged in luxury Locust Point apartment building," Justin Fenton, July 01, 2017


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I write this as a proud former resident of Farmersville, Texas: Today, Country Music Television announced that among the 64 finalists for its online "Music City Madness" video contest, one of the lucky few left is Farmersville's own Tim Cooper. The competition's being presented March Madness-style, complete with brackets. Just go here, watch the two videos in each first-round bracket, then vote for your fave.
Cooper, a big ol' goofy dude whose video for the fiddlin'-around "Think Like a Woman" earns its chuckles, is competing in the first round against Danny Hamilton's slicker "Smoother Than You," which I kinda can't stand. Then again, Hamilton ain't no Farmersville Farmer. Cooper, whose Web site and MySpace page indicate he's clearly got a good career in the making, has my vote. How about givin' him yers. After all, the winner gets an all-expenses- paid trip to Nashville to record an episode of CMT's online performance series Studio 330 Sessions. Aw, c'mon, CMT -- how about something on real TV. --Robert Wilonsky
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Insecurity is plaguing north-western Nigeria, due to persistent herder-farmer tensions, rising crime and infiltration by Islamist militants. Federal and state authorities should focus on resolving conflict between agrarian and pastoralist communities, through dialogue and resource-sharing agreements, while also stepping up law enforcement.
In recent years, conflict between herders and farmers for access to increasingly scarce natural resources in Africa's Sudano-Sahel has escalated. While the problems fueling these tensions are both hyper-local and transnational in nature, one important piece of the puzzle has been overlooked. The real "elephant in the room" is who owns the livestock.
Satellite analysis shows 'vanishing' lake has grown since 1990s, but climate instability is driving communities into the arms of Boko Haram and Islamic State. Climate change is aggravating conflict around Lake Chad, but not in the way experts once thought, according to new research.
The Planetary Security Conference 2019, which concluded on 20 February, saw a number of workshops being held on the Sahel region and specifically Mali, one of the Conference's three spotlight regions. These workshops examined the region's climate-water-security risks as well as the #doable actions and solutions to address these issues.
In many ongoing armed conflicts, water has been used as a weapon of war, but it can also be a strong instrument of peace.
Nigeria's central Middle Belt region is home to a diverse cultural population of semi-nomadic cattle herders and farming communities. For decades, the region has experienced increasingly violent attacks that have been partially attributed to direct competition over access and use of natural resources.
Peat areas have played a pivotal role in conflicts globally, and have also been a point of contention during post-conflict recovery. Communities in Southeast Asia as well as in the countries of the Congo are facing challenges as finding political solutions for this problem.
Liberia's largest palm oil producer, Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL) pulls out of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) – how can rural communities cope with the impacts? The forests near GVL's Liberian plantations are not only sacred sites of the region's people but also heavily populated with chimpanzees, leopards, pygmy hippopotamus and forest elephants which are significant not only to the local ecosystem but globally.
Both those who argue for and those who refute climate-conflict links draw on Darfur to support their case. New analysis of political bias behind the environmental narratives and their critiques adds much-needed nuance to our understanding of when drought is – and is not – relevant to the conflict.
On 22 March 2018, the UN Security Council held a discussion on the causes of conflict and human suffering in the Lake Chad Basin. Chitra Nagarajan, adelphi's partner in the G7 Lake Chad Climate-Fragility Risk Assessment project was one of the expert briefers. She along other invited experts highlighted the importance of forward-looking climate security risk assessments on the ground for responses to the crisis to be better equipped for promoting peace and sustainable development.
A recent article in Nature Climate Change has spurred a new chapter in the lively scholarly debate over the potential relationship between climate change and violent conflict. Malin Mobjörk (SIPRI) and Sebastian van Baalen (Uppsala University) argue that although there are several forms of sampling bias in this field, researchers must pay deeper attention to the "nuts and bolts" that shape both climate-related conflicts and our understanding of them.
Cape Town is dealing with one of the biggest climate change-linked water crises to face a modern city. This should serve as our wake-up call: we must transition to a new, shared way of organising around increasingly stretched resources, writes Leonie Joubert.
The Lake Chad region experiences a multitude of crises: lack of employment and education opportunities, resource scarcity and violent conflict, all exacerbated by the effects of climate change, making the Lake Chad region Africa's largest humanitarian emergency. At the margins of the Planetary Security Conference 2017, we spoke with the independent conflict adviser Chitra Nagarajan about the region's future.
The Lake Chad crisis is becoming one of the worst humanitarian disasters since World War II, and climate change is considered one of the drivers. About 17 million people are affected by the emergency, struggling with food insecurity, widespread violence, involuntary displacement, and the consequences of environmental degradation. This knowledge hub brings together all the relevant resources on the Lake Chad crisis and climate change, in the areas of policy, science and academia.
While attention in the United States is focused on the disasters in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean, a crisis across the Atlantic is rapidly becoming one of the worst humanitarian disasters since World War II. In the Lake Chad basin of West Africa, about 17 million people are threatened by extreme food insecurity and widespread violence.


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People Reveal How You Can To Spot An American Tourist From A Mile Away
If you haven't spent a lot of time living or traveling abroad, it can be easy to not realize just how different the rest of the world can be. People from California can be very different from people from Kentucky, but they will share some of the same traits as Americans and not even know it. One Reddit user asked:
How do you spot an american tourist "from a mile away"?
Yeah, pretty much every response referenced Americans as loud. In all fairness, you're not very likely to notice a quiet person anywhere, so maybe it's just that the loud Americans are the ones to make an impression? One person replied that Americans even walk louder... so maybe not. Read through and see if you fit any of these stereotypes about American tourists. Oh, and shh. Inside voices!
White Socks
Last time I saw a question like this, someone answered "white socks" and it made me start wearing black socks for the next few years.
Over 40/Under 40
Americans are very loud, i swear you have loudhailers hidden in your clothes somewhere.
Over 40, the tourists tend to be more on the very overweight side, but the women still wear yoga pants and the men always have a combination of button up shirts and loose fitting cargo shorts. And both men and women wear baseball caps and Oakley's or sunglasses similar to that style; with white trainers.
Under 40, you're very friendly, in a way that's both endearing and creepy. When we chat I feel like I'm being indoctrinated into a cult.
In my experience, any combination of the following:
- white socks
- wearing a sun visor
- Talking incredibly loud
- Their phone will be on a belt loop
American teenagers are usually better at blending in however, so the trick with these guys is to wait until you're in a restaurant, at which point they'll make their presence known by complaining about the local food.
In terms of positives however, I find most American tourists are incredibly friendly and sociable, they usually have no problem talking to strangers and striking up a pleasant conversation, something we Europeans never do with each other (this is also another "tell", but it's one we should adopt).
Especially In Museums
Generally hear them before I see them. Especially in museums where everyone is extra silent. Except for the Americans, goddammit!
Non-Metric Turn Of Phrase
They use the term "from a mile away" and not "from a kilometre away."
The huge American flag they are wearing usually gives it away.
Donate Via App
For some reason, American tourists in Norway always seem to be marveled at how technologically advanced Norway is. Read: how everywhere takes and prefers card, how charity fund raisers that go about with those money jugs also have a sign with an account number you can send money to, how there's a lot of electric cars here, etc etc etc.
Also, they always seem to automatically assume that if you aren't Norwegian, you're either a tourist, or, if you're middle eastern, a refugee. It's always a button annoying when you try to help some lost American couple find a stave church and they brush you off just because you have an Australian accent and are apparently a tourist who doesn't know the place like them even though you've lived in that area for ten years.
Where Are You Running To?
Footwear. Americans for some reason wear sneakers / running shoes when unnecessary. In the US running shoes/tennis shoes are the default casual shoe. It's becoming less true, but is still very much a presence in our culture. I didn't even own a different style of casual shoe until I was in high school. I think it's probably a result of sending kids to school in shoes they can play in at recess or wear in phys ed that just carries over into adult life.
No One Cares
As an American who lived in Israel for a while, I realized that Americans do the following:
- We talk loudly,
- Many of the things we say loudly, includes many irrelevant details. "Yes" or "no" answers are of high value in middle eastern culture; but in American culture we like to tell you all about why something is or that our daughter got married last year or our cat has diabetes.
- We are morons about diet. Another American moved to where I lived. He preached about high protein diets, bitched about how he couldn't find fat free milk or pasteurized egg whites, in a country that specializes in high-fat cuisine.
- Americans think the world impressed by their city. No one cares that you're from Las Vegas
Amazed By The Ancient
- Amazed by things which are more than 200 years old, presumably because they don't have many things that old in the USA.
- Quite often on the heavy side weight-wise (sorry!)
- Hand-held fans, maybe because air conditioning is very common in the USA.
- Expecting everyone to speak English and/or not wanting to learn the local language.
Bigger And Stronger
I remember I was a small kid in Tijuana. They were typically a lot more good looking than the local population. The girls were hot as hell. The Marines that would come around from San Diego looked like superheroes and made these other guys look... well, not that.
We'd get European tourists as well but the American ones looked bigger and kind of stronger. Especially the military guys, like something out of these Marvel comics, at least the ones in their twenties.
All buff, tall, etc.
Embarrassingly Underdressed
I always felt embarrassingly underdressed when traveling in Europe.
On the flip side, as a native Arizonan I can always spot the European/English tourist because they will be bright red.
Traffic Circles
In the UK, first-time American tourists look bewildered trying to navigate their rental car in busy roundabouts (traffic circles)... but from what I understand Americans can't navigate them in America, either.
Recently visited a very touristy part of my country (Ireland) and my wife observed that "Americans display their wealth through their raincoats."
Americans always seem to be wearing a full designer outdoor adventure wear outfit when everyone else is wearing like...a t shirt and jeans to take a walk around a small village or something.
California Is Totally Different From Kentucky
All the Americans I saw abroad always traveled as a family and had a MILLION bags, usually the mom would be carrying the largest/most.
Also, we are the only ones who would differentiate between different parts of the country. My European friends never understood why I always asked where in America another American was from. I guess they didn't understand that people from California can be VERY different from Kentucky or Southern people, so you gotta know in order to judge this new person based on stereotypes.
That American Swag
I've lived in the USA for 18 years, originally from England. It's not really anything specific, and it's hard to explain but Americans have a certain attitude and way of holding themselves that's easily noticeable. They just seem more confident and at ease than other nations. You don't notice it at first, but it's easy to spot after you've lived here a while. Last time we were in England we stopped at a convenience store and two young Americans were sitting opposite, they hadn't spoken but we knew immediately.
My wife walked up:
"You here on vacation?"
"Oh.. yeah! Wow, how did you know?"
"Duh. Where are you from?"
Proudly. "We're from the USA"
"Oh, really honey? Where do you think I'm from?!"
Turns out they were from Ohio and the last thing they expected in some quiet British convenience store was to find someone from their home country.
My wife says I've never acquired it either, she can usually spot English people really quickly too.
Coffee To Go
When I lived in Europe it dawned on me that anyone walking and drinking coffee is American. Not sure if it holds true today, but back then Europeans definitely stopped, relaxed, and sat / stood at a hightop table to enjoy their coffee. Also, anyone talking unnecessarily loudly is usually American.
Volume As Fluency
When I was living in Petersburg, I could spot my fellow Americans by the following:
- clothing. American Middle Class has a distinct couture that really stood out against the Finns, Russians, and Baltic citizens.
- dollars. God damn it, people - hit a money exchange before you hit the market. Especially in a country where hard currency was still illegal.
- volume.
- staring confusedly at the food you just ordered. Beef Stroganoff in a fancy restaurant doesn't look like your Hamburger Helper version, and fish soup is traditionally served with the head still attached.
- volume-as-fluency. While I hate the stereotype of Americans saying something louder in hopes of a non-speaker suddenly understanding due to the pressure of the sound waves shoving meaning directly into their brains, I don't dismiss its truth.
It's Not That Big A Deal
Loud, extremely loud and slow. To give some explanation to that, it's more than talking loudly. It's closing doors to hard, walking down stairs/escalators to forcefully, and so forth. They are seen as a bit brutish, I guess. My parents ran a tourist park in the bush in Australia and when the American's went hiking you could hear them from 2km away and they'd take forever on what was basically a quick walk around the hill, as well as exaggerate it as if they just went on a 3 day hike in the jungle, for what I was doing alone from the age of 5. Overweight more often than not, and often couldn't cook whatsoever.
The Classic Overshare
I love Americans but the talking thing is so noticeable. I was in a pub(Ireland)last week and there was this American chatting at the bar. Pretty well away from me. By the time left I knew His name, his hopes and dreams for the future. And the pros and cons of golfing as a tourist. In Copenhagen and there was a group of Americans talking very loudly and facetiming their friends back home. I knew exactly what beers they were all drinking and that they are facetiming Kelly.
If any of us wanted to, we could have scammed them good using the information they freely announced to everyone in the bar.
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If you've not yet had sangria, you've been missing out. Fruit combined with wine… sometimes juices or liqueurs too… makes an amazing adult beverage.
I tend to make white sangria recipes in the summer and red wine sangria recipes in the cooler months. That's just my preference. For a Spanish tapa's themed party we attended this past weekend, I brought along a new sangria recipe: Grape Sangria.
This is a really basic recipe, without a lot of fancy stuff added in. I doubled it by using two bottles of red wine that were on the cheaper side (no need to buy the high end stuff for sangria). I used Valpolicella, but any dry red will do- a Rioja is good to use too.
Add sliced oranges…
and red grapes (take them off the bunch first.)
Add sliced pear (or nectarine or peach if they're in season).
Stir in honey to taste. As the recipe is written, it's not very sweet. Add more if you prefer a sweeter sangria. Place your sangria in the refrigerator for several hours for the best flavor.
Serve in glasses adorned with little bunches of green grapes- scoop fruit into glasses or serve over ice. If you want to mellow out the flavors (or extend the servings), you can add a bit of sparkling soda.
For serving, I prefer to make my sangria in a bowl with a ladle. This makes it easier to scoop up that yummy wine-marinated fruit (which you'll want to nibble on). I found my cool, cylindrical-shaped bowl at one of those home stores. I'm pretty sure it was meant for flowers but to me it had *sangria* written all over it!
The Sangria recipe was adapted from a cookbook called: Green Black Red: Recipes for Cooking and Enjoying California Grapes, which I won in a giveaway from the wonderful blog A Mingling of Tastes. Thanks Julie! It's a neat cookbook, with all kinds of ideas for cooking with grapes.
This recipe can be found here: Grape Sangria
Other great sangria recipes:
The Best Red Wine Sangria
Strawberry – Peach Sangria
Point Loma Sangria


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Instrument used to measure the altitude of an object above sea level.
The point in a satellite's orbit furthest away from Earth.
An arc of the horizon measured between a fixed point (as true north) and the vertical circle passing through the center of an object.
The portion of power scattered back in the incident direction.
A hypothetic body that completely absorbs all wavelengths of thermal radiation incident on it. Such bodies do not reflect light, and therefore appear black if their temperatures are low enough so as not to be self-luminous.
Infra-red radiation (IR) and Infrared satellite imagery
IR is the region of the electromagnetic spectrum adjacent to that of visible light, but with longer wavelengths (0.65-10 micrometers, typically). IR satellite imagery senses surface and cloud top temperatures by measuring the wavelength of electromagnetic radiation emitted from these objects.
In plane manoeuvre
Operation implementing, by activation of thrusters, a change of the orbital velocity of a satellite in the in-flight direction (and consequently a change of the semi-major-axis of the orbit). These manoeuvres are used to compensate for the orbital perturbations caused by the drag (for Low Earth Orbit satellites, leading to orbital decay) or the gravity field asymmetry (for geostationary satellites, leading to longitude drift); as the eccentricity of the orbit is also modified at the same time, these manoeuvre can be used to compensate for the orbital perturbations caused by the solar radiation pressure (leading to a change of the orbital eccentricity).
The path of a body in space, generally under the influence of gravity.
Out-of-plane manoeuvre
Operation implementing, by activation of thrusters, a change of the orbital velocity of a satellite in the direction normal to the orbital plane (and consequently a change of the inclination of the orbit). These manoeuvres are used to compensate for the orbital perturbations caused by the sun and moon gravity (leading to a change of the orbital inclination). For LEO satellites, as the rate of drift of the mean local solar time of the orbit is linked with the orbital inclination, these manoeuvre can also be used to implement a change of that rate.
The carrying capacity of a spacecraft, including cargo, scientific instruments or fuel.
The point of a satellite's orbit closest to Earth.
Radar systems that infer wind speed by measuring the backscattering cross section. Scatterometers can measure the received power of surface backscattering reflected from the surface of objects.
Instruments that acquire multispectral measurements from which vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and humidity can be derived to produce particular measurements of depth of water below an instrument (at the surface or at some moored depth), which is computed from the travel time of the acoustic pulse emitted by this sounder.
The method of stabilizing a satellite by means of spin.
Extra rays of light hitting SEVIRI's optical path and degrading images.
In a sun-synchronous orbit, though, the satellite passes over the same part of the Earth at roughly the same local time each day.
Three-axis stabilized
Satellite platform type. Involves the use of three gyroscopes — one for each axis — to keep satellites correctly oriented in space.
The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from 4-8 GHz.
Climate Monitoring
Monitoring changes in climate trends in satellite data.
Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)
By international agreement, the local time at the prime meridian, which passes through Greenwich, England (previously know as GMT). The time used by EUMETSAT on data/products and satellite operational events.
Data occurring over a 10-year period.
Daily data
EUMETSAT's Data Distribution System, which broadcasts data to users.
The scientific study of the waters of the earth, especially with relation to the effects of precipitation and evaporation upon the occurrence and character of water on or below the land surface.
The portion of the electromagnetic spectrum ranging from 12-18 GHz.
Near real-time
Data which is available after a short time delay, typically less than three hours.
Soil Moisture
Water contained in the upper part of the soil mantle.
The shape of the ocean and land. It is used in the context of Jason-3 service.
The fraction of radiation striking a surface that is reflected by that surface.
El Niño
Term for climatic events originating in the tropical Pacific that recur every few years as part of a naturally-occurring cycle. Specifically for the anomalous sustained warming of sea surface temperature that occurs every few years, typically concentrated in the central-east equatorial Pacific.
A statement of prediction, e.g weather forecasts.
Jet stream
The core of fast air flow associated with the westerlies, occurring close to the top of the troposphere.
La Niña
La Niña refers to the extensive cooling of the central and eastern Pacific Ocean, often associated with increased probability of wetter conditions.
The region of the atmosphere extending from the top of the troposphere to the base of the mesosphere.
The measure of the internal energy that a substance contains. This is the most measured quantity in the atmosphere.
Urban Heat Island
The increased air temperatures in urban areas in contrast to cooler surrounding rural areas.
The state of the atmosphere with respect to wind, temperature, cloudiness, moisture, pressure, etc. Weather refers to these conditions at a given point in time.