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President Trump has signed into a law a bill reforming the use of civil asset forfeiture by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The bill passed both houses of Congress unanimously this year.
The bill was partially inspired by the case of Andrew Clyde. In April 2013, Clyde's gun shop in Athens, Georgia, was doing amazing business. In response to fear that the Obama administration may limit access to firearms, Clyde's store, Clyde Armory, was virtually empty.
"We had sold everything in the store. I normally have 1,500 guns in this store on display. There might have been 100 [left], maybe less than that," said Clyde.
While Clyde was celebrating his success, the IRS seized $950,000 from his account. "I didn't have any money for payroll," explained Clyde. "I had to go borrow $80,000 in order to make payroll and to pay some of the accounts payable of the stuff that had started to come in."
The IRS used civil asset forfeiture to take Clyde's money. This is a legal procedure where law enforcement agencies may take an individual's property or money if it is suspected of being involved in a crime. In most states, no criminal conviction—nor even a criminal charge—is required before property can be taken.
The IRS accused Clyde of "structuring" his bank deposits. "Structuring" is an illegal practice where an individual knowingly parcels what should be a single, large bank deposit into several smaller ones of less than $10,000 each. In this way, the individual is able to avoid reporting requirements. Structuring is often found in federal indictments involving financial crimes such as money laundering.
For his part, Clyde denies he was structuring payments and instead asserts his insurance only covered him for off-premises losses of $10,000. Regardless of this, the IRS never filed criminal charges against Clyde. "They audited my tax records for four years," said Clyde, "and they found absolutely nothing."
"I personally believe they thought I was an easy target. All they really wanted was money," said Clyde.
After six months, the IRS eventually agreed to settle, and they returned $900,000 to Clyde. They did, however, retain $50,000.
"At that point, I decided that $50,000 was going to be my retreat," said Clyde, a U.S. Navy veteran. "It was going to guarantee my survival, and it was going to allow me to retreat so I could fight another day."
Clyde's case helped inspire Representative Doug Collins of Gainesville, Georgia to introduce the Clyde-Hirsch-Sowers Respect Act, later known as the RESPECT Act. Under the RESPECT Act, the IRS may only use civil asset forfeiture to seize money in cases of structure after prosecutors have demonstrated probable cause that the money was obtained or used illegally. The bill was co-sponsored by Representative John Lewis of Atlanta, Georgia.
"For too long, hardworking individuals and small business owners like Andrew Clyde have fallen victim as the IRS has abused civil asset forfeiture," said Collins. "With the RESPECT Act finally becoming law, law-abiding citizens can rest easy knowing they no longer have to fight the federal government just to prove their innocence."
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Breaking Bad actor RJ Mitte is understood to have signed up for the second celebrity series of The Island with Bear Grylls.
The actor, who suffers from a mild form of cerebral palsy like his character Walt Jr in Breaking Bad, is apparently already filming the survival series in Panama (via The Sun).
The show sees ten celebrities abandoned on an island in Central America and left to face a series of challenges set by Bear.
Channel 4 isn't confirming the lineup currently, but Mitte is reportedly going to be joined by former Coronation Street actor Ryan Thomas and Lucy Mecklenburgh of TOWIE – and there are rumours that those two are now dating.
Related: Liam Payne celebrates his and Cheryl's unusual baby name with… Bear Grylls?!
The Island with Bear Grylls is currently airing its fourth regular series, and this week upset some viewers when Jane Gates was perceived to have 'bullied' cameraman Phil Coates, trying to turn the other contestants against him before eventually getting him booted off the show.
Taking to Twitter, one viewer wrote: "I love @TheIsland & have watched every series. I don't think I can watch again after tonight. Bullying unacceptable #TheIsland."
Another then posted: "Put me off watching #TheIsland what a bunch of nasty people full of double standards @BearGrylls."
The Island continues next Monday (May 8) at 9pm on Channel 4.
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1. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingSeyhanA_31 Feb 19, 2015 1:33 PM (in response to mahe_2162211)
For factory reset please take a look at the snip app .../apps/snip/ota_fr.
* Perform factory reset on the WICED evaluation board
* To perform factory reset on the WICED evaluation board, work through the following steps:
* - Push and hold the SW1 button THEN momentarily press and release the Reset button.
* The D1 LED flashes quickly to indicate factory reset will occur *IF* SW1 is held
* for a further 5 seconds. Continue to hold SW1.
* - After the copy process is complete, the WICED evaluation board reboots and runs the factory
* reset (OTA_FR) application. Observe the log messages at the terminal to confirm the factory reset
* is completed successfully.
2. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingmahe_2162211 Feb 20, 2015 12:48 AM (in response to SeyhanA_31)
we are trying to generate factory reset dct image. Something that once worked with dct_factory_reset make parameter.
Generates a factory reset DCT
Kind regards,
3. Re: factory_reset_dct not workinguserc_6483 Feb 22, 2015 7:26 PM (in response to mahe_2162211)
A factory reset DCT can be created by setting the make variable DCT_IMAGE. This will set the DCT image that will be loaded in to the external flash and reloaded in factory reset. For more details have a look at
4. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingMaGr_2160016 May 24, 2015 9:03 PM (in response to userc_6483)
The procedure documented in "3.2 Generating DCT Images" is no longer working in SDK 3.2 and a "make factory_reset_dct" fails with "no rule" error.
How do you suggest we generate these files? I can see there is a "make" DCT_IMAGE variable supported in the application makefile but how would that work if we need thousands of different DCTs? Is the factory_reset_dct.c template still to be used?
5. Re: factory_reset_dct not workinguserc_6483 May 24, 2015 10:10 PM (in response to MaGr_2160016)
Have a look at apps/snip/ota_fr/ota_fr.mk, the DCT is set in the same way as factory reset application. By setting the DCT_IMAGE parameter.
When building your factory reset application, the DCT should be created as well and you can point to it.
Hope this answers your question.
6. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingMaGr_2160016 May 24, 2015 10:14 PM (in response to userc_6483)
I am sorry if I didn't explain myself correctly. I can create one DCT
fine by adding the DCT_IMAGE parameter in the makefile. However, this is
not the way to make one thousand different DCTs to use in production. In
SDK 2.x there was a factory_reset_dct.c file with dynamic keywords and then
replaced with values from text files to generate appropriate binaries. This
is documented in chapter 3 of the "Factory Programming" document. Can
someone from Broadcom please explain how to do the same with SDK 3.x?
7. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingalbc_2107666 May 24, 2015 11:18 PM (in response to MaGr_2160016)
The reason factory_reset_dct target fails is probably because wiced_factory_reset.mk file is missing from the SDK. It's included from the Makefile, but is nowhere to be found in the 3.x source tree, even though it's clearly present in 2.4.0.
8. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingmahe_2162211 May 24, 2015 11:29 PM (in response to albc_2107666)
We have never made it work. Finally, we had to abort the migration to the 3.x.x. Eventough, will be useful to know how to generate DCTs to use in production.
9. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingMaGr_2160016 May 25, 2015 7:57 AM (in response to mahe_2162211)
@alexb, @mat3y
Thank you for your useful comments. I also tried to make it work based on your comment but so far no luck.
Perhaps someone from Broadcom should provide a solution.
10. Re: factory_reset_dct not workingandrew.lukin_cogniance May 29, 2015 9:23 AM (in response to mahe_2162211)
I faced the same problem.
I've updated 2.4's wiced_factory_reset.mk to use in 3.1.2
Some modifications to the main Makefile required as well.
Please see files attached.
Looks like it works now.
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Simmons & Mitchell unanimous All-Rookie First Teams selections.
The NBA has revealed the All-Rookie Team selections, which obviously includes the three Rookie of the Year finalists (determined by the top-3 vote-getters); Ben Simmons, Donovan Mitchell and Jayson Tatum.
Simmons and Mitchell, the two frontrunners for the ROY award, both received 100 out of 100 first place votes, while Tatum had 99 first place votes and one second-team selection. Mitchell led all rookies in scoring this season with 20.5 points per game, in addition to 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists. Simmons averaged 15.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, and 8.2 assists with 12 triple-doubles during the regular season.
The All-Rookie First team also includes Los Angeles Lakers' forward Kyle Kuzma and Lauri Markkanen of the Chicago Bulls. Kuzma had 93 first place votes whereas Markkanen had 76.
The All-Rookie Second team is as follows:
- G: Dennis Smith Jr. (Nine first-team votes; 78 second-team votes)
- G: Lonzo Ball (Seven first-team votes; 73 second-team votes)
- F: John Collins (Five first-team votes; 66 second-team votes)
- G: Bogdan Bogdanovic (Six first-team votes; 63 second-team votes)
- F: Josh Jackson (One first-team vote; 43 second-team votes)
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Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably heard that Facebook has filed their S-1 yesterday. The 150+ pages outlines all the juicy details and fascinating stats. These include but not limited to:
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- Their global reach
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Our Top Five:
1. As of December 2011, Facebook has 845 million monthly active users worldwide, and 483 million daily active users worldwide.
2. Zuckerberg owns 28% of Facebook, which could translate to $28 billion in worth after the IPO.
3. In 2011, Facebook reported $3.711 billion in revenue, 88% more than the $1.974 billion they reported in 2010.
4. Marketing and sales expenses increased $243 million in 2011, or 132% compared to 2010. The increase was primarily due to payroll and benefits expense increases because of their 46% increase in headcount.
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Lockport (city), New York facts for kids
|Nickname(s): The Lock City
Location in Niagara County and the state of New York.
|United States
|New York
|• Total
|8.6 sq mi (22.4 km2)
|• Land
|8.5 sq mi (22.1 km2)
|• Water
|0.1 sq mi (0.3 km2)
|614 ft (187 m)
|Population (2010)
|• Total
|• Density
|2,519.7/sq mi (972.9/km2)
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Lockport is a city in Niagara County, New York, United States. The population was 21,165 at the 2010 census. It is so-named from a set of Erie Canal locks within the city. Lockport is the county seat of Niagara County and is surrounded by the town of Lockport. It is part of the Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area.
The New York State Legislature authorized the Erie Canal's construction in April 1816. The route proposed by surveyors was to traverse an area in central Niagara County, New York, which was then "uncivilized" and free of White settlers. At the time, the nearest settlers were in nearby Cold Springs, New York. As it became known where the proposed canal was to be built, land speculators began to buy large plots along and near the proposed route of the canal. By December 1820, when the exact location of the step locks had been determined, the area that would become Lockport was owned by only fifteen men, many of whom were Quakers.
The canal reached Lockport in 1824, but the locks were not completed until 1825. By 1829, Lockport had become an established village. The community was centered on the locks, and consisted mainly of immigrant Scottish and Irish canal workers, brought in as labor. The workers remained in Lockport after the completion of the locks, giving the city a heavy Celtic influence still discernible today, especially in the Lowertown and North Lockport neighborhoods.
The city of Lockport was incorporated in 1865.
The Erie Canal was supplanted by the larger New York State Barge Canal in 1918, and the famous south "flight of five" locks was replaced by two much larger locks E34 and E35. The north "flight of five" lock chambers still remains as a spill way.
In recent years public officials and private businesses have made an effort to incorporate Lockport history into a regional or national tourist attraction. This includes the completion of the Canal Discovery Center, the Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride tour, and the Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises. Local officials are seeking state grants to reconstruct the historic "flight of five" and make it a living history site complete with boat rides and reenactors. Published reports state a living history site in Lockport marketed as a day trip from Niagara Falls could draw thousands to Lockport each year.
The city has a number of properties on the National Register of Historic Places. They include the: Bacon-Merchant-Moss House, Col. William M. and Nancy Ralston Bond House, Chase-Crowley-Keep House, Chase-Hubbard-Williams House, Nathan Comstock Jr. House, Conkey House, Day Peckinpaugh, Dole House, Gibbs House, High and Locust Streets Historic District, Hopkins House, House at 8 Berkley Drive, Lockport Industrial District, Lowertown Historic District, Maloney House, Benjamin C. Moore Mill, Niagara County Courthouse and County Clerk's Office, Thomas Oliver House, Pound–Hitchins House, Stickney House, Union Station, United States Post Office, Peter D. Walter House, Watson House, and White-Pound House.
Lockport's largest employer is General Motors Components, the former Harrison Radiator Corporation, which was founded locally in 1912 and which became a division of General Motors Corporation in 1918. Following 10 years of ownership by Delphi Corporation as Delphi Thermal Systems, it returned to General Motors in October 2009.
In 1948, the Lockport Chief of Police denied a permit for a Jehovah's Witnesses minister to preach in a public park using a sound truck. In Saia v. New York, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the city ordinance as a violation of the First Amendment.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 8.6 square miles (22.4 km²), of which 8.5 square miles (22.1 km²) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) (1.39%) is water.
The Erie Canal passes through the center of the city, turning south toward Tonawanda Creek. It climbs the Niagara Escarpment through a series of two modern locks. Originally, a double set of five combined smaller locks were used.
Lockport is at the junction of several major truck roads, including NY Route 78 (Transit Road), NY Route 31, NY Route 77 and NY Route 93. It is 17 miles north of Interstate 90 via NY Route 78 (Transit Rd.).
Lockport lies in the 716 Area Code.
Tourist attractions
- The Lockport Locks and Erie Canal Cruises boat rides are offered on the Erie Canal, with one proceeding upward through the modern locks for a short cruise, and returning to pass downstream under two lift bridges and then returning to the docks.
- The Lockport Erie Canal Museum is located in an old lock control structure between the modern Locks 34 & 35 and the remaining original "Flight of Five" Locks spillway and contains historic photographs, maps, engineering drawings and antique machinery.
- The Canal Discovery Center is housed in an old church about 100 yards to the west of the locks.
- Lockport has the widest bridge (399' wide x 129' length) in North America which spans the canal to the southwest of the locks.
- The Lockport Cave and Underground Boat Ride tour can be taken near the locks.
- The Niagara County Historical Society located at 215 Niagara Street. It is a complex of buildings that together tell the story of Niagara County history.
- 100 American Craftsmen is an annual show of arts and crafts held at the Kenan Arena. The arena is located on the historic Kenan Center campus.
- Ida Fritz park plays host to the Taste of Lockport every August and to a Cruise Night every Monday during the summer.
- Lockport has recently added a new ice rink for the Clarence Mustangs and Lockport Express called Cornerstone Arena.
|Historical population
|Est. 2015
At the 2010 census, there were 21,165 people, 9,153 households and 5,172 families residing in the city. There were 10,092 housing units. The racial makeup of the city was 87.5% White, 7.2% Black or African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.8% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.2% of the population.
At the 2000 census, there were 9,459 households,of which 30.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 41.4% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 40.7% were non-families. 34.7% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.33 and the average family size was 3.03.
25.8% of the population were under the age of 18, 8.4% from 18 to 24, 30.6% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 14.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 91.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 87.4 males.
The median household income was $35,22, and the median family incomewas $44,614. Males had a median income of $35,197 and females $23,944. The per capita income was $19,620. About 11.7% of families and 13.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 18.9% of those under age 18 and 7.4% of those age 65 or over.
Notable natives
Some people of note who were born in Lockport are:
- Kim Alexis, supermodel
- Walter Ransom Gail Baker, former vice president of General Electric, director of engineering for the Radio Manufacturers Association, founder of NTSC
- George W. Barrett, first person sentenced to death by hanging under a Congressional Act that made it a capital offense to kill a federal agent
- George W. Batten, former New York State Treasurer
- Bernard Buzyniski, retired AFL player
- Helen Stuart Campbell, social reformer
- Jerry Cook, race car driver
- Francis R. Delano, banker, first warden of the Minnesota State Prison, first general superintendent of the St. Paul & Pacific Railway
- Lyman Draper, secretary for the Wisconsin Historical Society, Superintendent of Public Instruction of Wisconsin
- Geoffrey Deuel, actor
- Holly Broadbent Sr., Orthodontist
- Helen Stuart Campbell, social reformer and home economist
- Ferrin Fraser, radio script writer for Little Orphan Annie and Frank Buck
- Harold Huston George, general officer in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II
- Lt Col William G. Gregory, astronaut (ret.) in the NASA Space Shuttle program
- Katherine Hannigan, writer
- Tommy Hicks, boxer
- Alice Tisdale Hobart, novelist
- William Leonard Hunt, (June 10, 1838 – January 17, 1929), also known by the stage name The Great Farini, tightrope performances at Niagara Falls, inventor of the "human cannonball"
- James Jackson, Jr., former US Congressman, Mayor of Lockport
- Sean Kugler, head coach for the UTEP Miners football team
- William F. Leonard, Medal of Honor recipient
- Duane Lyman, architect
- Othniel Charles Marsh, 19th-century paleontologist, discovered and named many fossils found in the American West
- Timothy McVeigh, convicted terrorist responsible for Oklahoma City Bombing
- William E. Miller, 1964 vice presidential running mate of Barry Goldwater
- Stephanie Miller, nationally syndicated radio talk show host and daughter of William E. Miller
- William G. Morgan, inventor of volleyball
- John Murphy, Buffalo Bills radio announcer
- Edwin Griswold Nourse, economist
- Joyce Carol Oates, author and professor
- Frank C. Penfold, artist, teacher
- Cuthbert W. Pound, former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
- John J. Raskob, DuPont and General Motors executive
- John B. Raymond, delegate from Dakota Territory to the United States House of Representatives
- Chris Sacca, tech start-up venture capitalist, former Head of Special Initiatives at Google
- John Shulock, retired MLB umpire
- Clip Smith, talk radio host
- Mark Snell, retired professional soccer player, former coach
- Daren Stone, professional football player
- Robert Thurston, science fiction writer
- Jack White, race car driver
- Charley Wood, amusement park developer
- Brock Yates, automotive writer and author, senior editor of Car and Driver magazine, wrote story and scripts for movies The Cannonball Run and Smokey & the Bandit 2
Notable businesses
- Yahoo operates a large data center to the west of the city.
- First Niagara Bank, founded in 1870 as Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank, has grown to include branches throughout New York and Pennsylvania and, with the acquisition of NewAlliance Bank based in New Haven, Connecticut, in April 2011, one of the largest regional banks in the country.
- Transit Drive-In Theatre, opened in 1952.
- The Lockport Palace Theatre, operating since 1925, is notable for retaining its original proscenium arch style space.
- Intertech Digital Entertainment, a local retailer and installer of DISH Network. The Intertech shared partnership group was one of the first retailers of DISH Network in the United States.


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Savanna, IL
2nd Annual West Carroll
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Saturday, April 14th at 9:00 am
West Carroll Primary School
Savanna, IL
This event will feature a scenic run through Savanna starting and ending at West Carroll Primary School 2215 Wacker Rd., Savanna, IL 61074. Race day registration and packet pickup will be open from 7:00-8:45 am the day of the race. Race starts at 9:00 am. Awards ceremony will begin at 9:50 am. 5k participants will receive a tech t-shirt if registered by 4/6/18.
Proceeds of the race will go to the West Carroll Primary School's PBIS Program and the West Carroll Middle School for playground equipment. We are looking to add food to our West Carroll School Food Pantry. Please bring a non-perishable food item to donate at the race. All food that is donated will stay in the West Carroll School Food Pantry. Thank you!
Medals will be awarded to top three winners of each age division. Age divisions are as follows: 1-8, 9-11, 12-15, 16-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60+. Top male and female will receive overall 1st place medals.
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World-beating triathlete brothers Alistair and Jonny Brownlee have partnered up with the National Trust to host their first ever triathlon this September in their native Yorkshire at Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal. The 'Brownlee Tri' will take place at the World Heritage Site on Saturday 21 September.
Billed as a super-sprint triathlon, it will start with a 400m swim in Studley Royal lake, then a 10km bike ride will take competitors through the medieval deer park before culminating in a 2.5km run. The run goes through Studley Royal water garden and the ruins of Fountains Abbey before finishing on the east green.
It will be a day out for the family with an entertainment village and a showcase Brownlee Challenge where Alistair and Jonny compete against each other on the Brownlee Tri course.
For more information about the Brownlee Triathlon, visit www.brownleetriathlon.com
and look out for updates through Twitter @Brownleetri or www.facebook.com/brownleetriathlon
The Miles with the Giant Marathon will take place on Sunday 22nd September. It features a marathon of 26.2 miles, a half marathon of 13.1 miles, as well as 10K and 5K races. The certified course combines urban, park and residential settings with the beauty of Lake Superior's shoreline and the shadow of the Sleeping Giant.
The Sleeping Giant pre-dates everyone: he is some of the oldest rock on earth. Known in First Nations legend as Nanabijou, this spirit of the deep water was turned to stone when the secret location of a rich silver mine was disclosed to white men.
The giant is a powerful symbol that encapsulates the very best of Northern Ontario: ancient Canadian Shield with dramatic steep cliffs dropping to the pristine waters of Lake Superior and a true place of protected natural beauty with important cultural meaning for First Nations people.
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The 10 Best Backcountry Ski Boots of 2020
GEAR OF THE YEAR - Atomic Backland Carbon
The Backland Carbon doesn't skimp on downhill performance like so many others in the superlight category. Featuring a Boa Fit System on the lower shell and a single metal buckle on the upper with a modified power strap, this boot has a true 110 flex and was able to handle skis over 100mm underfoot with ease. Thanks to a fully heat-customizable liner and shell and a whopping 74 degrees of movement in walk mode, the Backland Carbon feels more like a hiking shoe than a ski boot going uphill. Add in crampon-friendly front toe bights and machine-washable liners to fight funky smells, and this boot is the new standard for superlight ski touring and ski mountaineering.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 98
- Flex: 110
- Weight: 1,094g
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Dalbello Lupo Air
Using a unique mix of grilamid "air" material and polyamide composite carbon, the Italian brand was able to trim weight without sacrificing the performance. To make it even better, there is no need to remove the tongue when transitioning to ski tour mode. A terrific option for fans of cabrio-style boots who need a lightweight, high-performance touring option.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 100
- Flex: 130
- Weight: 1,299g
Read more about the Dalbello Lupo Air
SCARPA Maestrale XT
The XT is designed to be one step burlier than the Maestrale RS thanks to a stiff, carbon-infused web-frame grilamid shell and a Pebax tongue. SCARPA has mastered the ski/walk mode interface with 56 degrees of frictionless movement, and testers appreciated the adjustable forward lean in ski mode. The heat-moldable Intuition liner is top-notch as well.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 101
- Flex: 130+
- Weight: 1,490g
See more details about the SCARPA Maestrale XT
Tecnica Zero G Tour Scout W
Tecnica's four-buckle Zero G boots make ascents easy but also maximize pleasure during descents. The grilamid shell is notably low-volume compared to most backcountry boots, but still features Tecnica's C.A.S. adjustability for hard-to-fit feet. The women's specific model stands out thanks to its ability to drive any ski and its perfectly snug-yet-comfy fit.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 99
- Flex: 125
- Weight: 1,360g
Get more info about the Tecnica Zero G Tour Scout W
Dynafit Hoji Pro Tour
Italian brand Dynafit worked with pro skier Eric Hjorleifson to create an innovative, hard-charging backcountry boot. In ski mode, the Hoji's spoiler slides over the walk-mode hinge point, creating a nearly solid spine that skis extraordinarily well, especially considering its 55-degree range of motion in tour mode. The shark nose can be a nuisance (it doesn't work with the SHIFT or any step-in crampons), but it does increase touring efficiency. Read more about the Dynafit Hoji Pro Tour here.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 102
- Flex: 120
- Weight: 1,450g
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If you're looking for a lightweight, pure backcountry boot, SCARPA's F1 model has never been better. The boot features a carbon-fiber frame surrounding the foot, providing precise energy transmission. The boot's Intuition Pro Flex EVO liner combined with Boa and Velcro retention systems offers easy fitting capabilities. With a 62-degree range of motion, this boot is oriented more for going up than down, but it gets both jobs done better than most. See additional details about the SCARPA F1 here.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 102
- Flex: 95
- Weight: 1,230g
Arc'teryx Procline Carbon AR W
Arc'teryx reinvigorated its Procline series with new materials to increase downhill performance while remaining minimalist. In walk mode, the Procline AR still features a 360-degree rotating cuff, which helps with technical snow climbs and general uphill comfort. The boot has a rigid tongue and grilamid spoiler for noticeably increased downhill responsiveness. Definitely created for the passionate backcountry enthusiast and ski mountaineer. Find more details for the Arc'teryx Procline Carbon AR W here.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 98
- Flex: 100
- Weight: 1,150g
You can buy the men's Arc'teryx Procline Carbon AR boot here
Roxa R3 130 T.I.
Roxa's new three-buckle features a cabrio (3-piece) boot design: upper buckle and power strap, heel retention buckle, and singular forefoot buckle. Made from Grilamid top to bottom, the material reduces mass without compromising downhill chops. The R3 scored high in power and snow feel on the down with its 130 flex. Its range of motion was generous in walk mode—and with swappable toe and heel pieces, you can rock these in tech or DIN bindings. Could be a quiver-killer. More info on the ROXA R3 130 here.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 99
- Flex: 130
- Weight: 1,520g
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Salomon S/LAB X Alp
Built for big days and technical ascents, the svelte, two-buckle X-Alp has a "3D" carbon fiber rotating cuff that allows for lateral motion in tour mode. The idea is to allow for more articulated movements during technical hikes and skins. The X-Alp sheds weight with an integrated gaiter that minimizes unnecessary plastic and a thin thermoformable liner that enhances snow feel even more. Testers found it skied surprisingly well, powering mountaineering and mid-fat skis with aplomb. More about the Salomon S/LAB X Alp here.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 98
- Flex: 100
- Weight: 1,190g
SCARPA Maestrale RS
Improving on the massively popular original version, SCARPA's Maestrale RS has carbon infused into its Grilamid lower and cuff, which simultaneously adds stiffness while shedding a full five ounces per boot. With 60 degrees of cuff motion, the Maestrale RS also has more stridability in walk mode, and its Intuition liner keeps your digits warm on long cold slogs. Testers were totally amped with the new boot, calling it "a backcountry touring weapon." Stiffer, lighter, better touring, great warmer liner—what's not to like? Read more about the SCARPA Maestrale RS here.
- Last Width (in millimeters): 101
- Flex: 125
- Weight: 1,450g
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Nose: Aromas of fresh lemon, rolling into an almost curd like creaminess, grapefruit with hints of green apples and pears combined together with a subtle vanilla oak.
Palate: Velvety texture of lemon curd with a pleasing citrus acidity particularly lemon, green apples and pears with a hint of vanilla oak. The wine builds through the mid-palate with the acidity taking on a more bracing feel. The wine continues to evolve over a pleasing long length. Great structure and texture in the wine, will mature very gracefully over time. This wine will be best enjoyed over the next two to five years (longer if you like aged Chardonnay).
Winemaking: Hand-picked fruit is destemmed without crushing and elevated into small open fermenters. The must is left un-inoculated for 2-3 days. When fermentation is observed cultured yeast is added. Fermentation temperatures peak at around 32°C and during fermentation the cap is plunged up to 3 times per day. 2-3 days after fermentation is complete, the must is gently pressed and transferred into French Oak Bariques and Puncheons (25% New, 75% second third and fourth use) where it undergoes MLF before winter. The wine is racked once in the spring and put back to barrels for further ageing. It is racked again in early February for bottling in December 2018.
Nose: Pronounced aromas of red fruits, plums and dark cherries with hints of herbs and hedgerows.
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Winemaking: Hand-picked fruit was harvested from blocks B114 & F115. The fruit was gently whole-bunch pressed into a tank and settled for 48 hours. The clear juice was then transferred to another tank and yeast was added for fermentation. The wine was bottled in August 2019.
Nose: A highly perfumed nose of red fruits and spice suggesting a vibrant crisp wine. The aromatics are persistent.
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The West Peruvian dove or Pacific dove (Zenaida meloda) was first described in 1843 by the Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob Baron von Tschudi. It is closely related to the North American White-winged dove (Zenaida asiatica), but is now considered a separate species by ornithologists due to genetic and behavioral differences.[2] Specimens are brownish-gray above and gray below, with a bold white wing patch that appears as a brilliant white crescent in flight and is also visible at rest. Adults have a bright blue (almost indigo), featherless patch of skin around each eye. The legs and feet of adults are red, but unlike Z. asiatica, their eyes are brown. Both sexes are similar, but juveniles have a lighter color than adults, they do not have blue eye rings, and their legs and feet are brownish-pink.Zenaida Cladogram showing the position of the West Peruvian dove in the genus Zenaida.[3]
Its native range extends along the Pacific coastal plains from southern Ecuador to northern Chile. Contrary to unscientific internet sources, the species is not found on San Andrés. This species has a large range, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 187,000 km. Its global population has not been estimated, but is believed to be large as the species is described as 'common' in at least parts of its range. Global population trends have not been quantified, but the species is not believed to approach the thresholds for the population decline criterion of the IUCN Red List (i.e. declining more than 30% in ten years or three generations). For these reasons, the species is evaluated as Least Concern.[1]
This dove's cooing calls have earned it the name Cuculí in Peru, from the dove's syncopated cooing, transcribed as coo-coo-LEE.


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"Florence" is not just a casual ring, it is a ring inspired by nature. This engagement ring is made out of sterling silver with oxidized finishing. It carries a encrusting of high quality natural Iolite surrounded by a beautiful design of leaves and flowers.
This ring is both perfect for everyday use and is also a splendid choice for special occasions such as engagements, weddings or even as a birthday gift, anniversary gift or a promise ring.
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- 925 Sterling Silver
- Oxidized finishing
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- Stone is 3mm in diameter
This Natural Iolite ring will be custom made in your size. Please allow around 10 business days for producing this ring from the date of your order. Due to the handmade work and nature origin of the stones, each piece is unique and may slightly vary.
For thousands of years, Iolite has been able to enthrall the minds of designers, jewelers and fashion forward people who have looked to this gemstone to be an inspiration in their everyday life. Iolite is thoroughly light intensive and will show off different colors whenever you view it from alternate angles – making it a perfect example for jewel pieces. Iolite was previously known as the Viking's Compass because of its legendary ability to help sailors navigate the complex maze of the Atlantic. Some of the additional benefits of Iolite include its ability to:
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Lovely to work with. Mine was customized for an extra $40. I just messaged Natalie and asked her to add a small moonstone.
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Lovely to work with. Mine was customized for an extra $40. I just messaged Natalie and asked her to add a small moonstone.
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beautiful, just as shown, thank you!
I adore this ring! Shipping was much faster than expected, too. The only downside is that the top of the flower catches on things (I snagged some pantyhose, oops!) As long as I'm mindful of that it isn't an issue, but thought I'd give fair warning to anyone else looking at the ring. That said, I'm very glad I purchased this ring, and wear it as my wedding ring- so its always on my finger.


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Evan Rachel Wood Films Viewed by Kathy
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Across the Universe (2007)
Director: Julie Taymor
Based on songs by The Beatles
Starring: Jim Sturgess, Evan Rachel Wood, Joe Anderson, Dana Fuchs, Martin Luthor McCoy, T.V. Carpio, Bono, Joe Cocker and Eddie Izzard
On an excursion to America, Liverpool dock worker Jude falls for Lucy. When Lucy's brother Max is drafted, Jude and Lucy take a stand as anti-war activists.
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Into the Forest (2016)
Director: Patricia Rozema
Starring: Ellen Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Max Minghella, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund and Wendy Crewson
In the not too distant future, two young sisters who live in a remote ancient forest discover the world around them is on the brink of an apocalypse. Informed only by rumor, they fight intruders, disease, loneliness and starvation.
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The Missing (2003)
Director: Ron Howard
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Cate Blanchett, Evan Rachel Wood, Jenna Boyd, Aaron Eckhart, Val Kilmer, Eric Schweig, Sergio Calderón, Jay Tavare and Simon Baker
In 1885 New Mexico, a frontier medicine woman forms an uneasy alliance with her estranged father when her eldest daughter is kidnapped by an Apache brujo.
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Pretty Persuasion (2006)
Director: Marcos Siega
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Ron Livingston, Elisabeth Harnois, Adi Schnall, Stark Sands, Jane Krakowski, Michael Hitchcock, Danny Comden, Jaime King, Josh Zuckerman, James Snyder, Cody McMains, Selma Blair, Clyde Kusatsu, Robert Joy and Octavia Spencer
A manipulative teenager and her two friends conspire to falsely accuse a teacher of molesting them.
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Strange Magic (2015) (2015)
Creator: George Lucas
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Kelley, Kristin Chenoweth, Maya Rudolph, Alan Cumming, Alfred Molina, Meredith Ann Bull, Sam Palladio and Meredith Anne Bull
Bog King, leader of the Dark Forest, hates the notion of love and has ordered the destruction of all primroses, which are an essential ingredient of love potions. However, when he meets Marianne, a feisty fairy princess whose heart was broken by a philandering fiance, he begins to change his mind. Meanwhile, an elf named Sunny makes his way to the Dark Forest to collect enough primrose petals for a potion of his own.
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Mildred Pierce (2011)
Director: Todd Haynes
Starring: Kate Winslet, Guy Pearce, Evan Rachel Wood, Brían F. O'Byrne, Melissa Leo, James Le Gros, Mare Winningham, Hope Davis, Mark Margolis, Lena Dunham, Morgan Turner, Quinn McColgan and Ronald Guttman
Divorced single mother Mildred Pierce decides to open a restaurant business, which tears at the already-strained relationship with her ambitious elder daughter, Veda.
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Westworld (2016)
Creators: Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy
Based on 'Westworld' by Michael Crichton
Director: Jonathan Nolan
Starring: Evan Rachel Wood, Thandie Newton, Jeffrey Wright, James Marsden, Ben Barnes, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Clifton Collins Jr., Luke Hemsworth, Sidse Babett Knudsen, Simon Quarterman, Rodrigo Santoro, Angela Sarafyan, Jimmi Simpson, Tessa Thompson, Shannon Woodward, Ed Harris and Anthony Hopkins
A Western-themed futuristic theme park, populated with artificial intelligence, allows high-paying guests to live out their fantasies with no consequences or retaliation from the android hosts - until now.
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J.D. Power and Associates continued their now routine praise of Buick, Lexus, and Porsche by giving the brands top honors in the company's latest annual dependability study.
The survey, which assesses the number of reported problems per 100 vehicles during the first three years of vehicle ownership, resulted in Lexus achieving top marks with only 99 claimed issues. Toyota's premium brand (which has won seven years running) was followed closely by Porsche with 100 reported problems, whereas Buick was the "mass market" brand with the fewest faults at 116.
Issues pertaining to audio, communications, navigation, or entertainment systems continued to yield the highest number of complaints from consumers in 2018. However, the gap between luxury and mainstream brands appears to be closing, as most of last year's top performers lost a little ground to mid-level mainstream competitors. Infiniti saw the most improvement overall, coming from the bottom of the pack in 2017 to take 4th overall this year. It was followed by Kia, with 122 problems per 100 vehicles — proving that premium levels of quality are not exclusive to premium brands.
Speaking of which, suspiciously absent from J.D. Power's listings was Tesla Motors. The study made no mention of the electric brand whatsoever. When questioned, Power explained that the automaker had not provided access to owner information, adding that a sufficiently large sample was unavailable for Tesla models to be included in the study.
Chevrolet, Hyundai, BMW, Toyota, Lincoln, Nissan, Honda, and Audi all managed to stay above the industry average of 142 problems per 100 vehicles. Mazda and Mercedes-Benz fell just short with 145 and 147 issues, respectively.
No longer positioned exclusively at the bottom of J.D. Power's dependability list, Fiat Chrysler brands were spread throughout the bottom third for 2018. Dodge fared the best with 166 reported problems within the first three years of ownership, while Chrysler scored the worst with a lackluster 211 — giving it the dubious honor of being the worst-performing brand in the survey.
Land Rover garnered the second-most reported incidents with 204, followed by Fiat and Jeep. Admittedly, FCA still didn't do particularly well in 2018. But its overall performance did show notable improvements against last year's standings.
A complete breakdown of all North American brands is available at J.D. Power's website. Even a cursory examination reveals marked improvement in overall powertrain dependability — at least within the first three years of ownership — and an industry that's still coming to grips with how to help customers understand in-car technologies. Either that, or new tech has become a quagmire for service centers.
"For the most part, automotive manufacturers continue to meet consumers' vehicle dependability expectations," explained Dave Sargent, vice president of global automotive at J.D. Power. "A 9-percent improvement is extremely impressive, and vehicle dependability is, without question, at its best level ever."
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Glacier National Park still has glaciers, for now
There's good news and bad news regarding the future of Glacier National Park.
The bad news has to do with science. Long-term studies indicate that the famous ice fields that inspired the park's name are, in fact, shrinking. And, yes, the same research predicts that all 25 named glaciers likely will be gone by 2030.
The good news, if you can call it that, is that these large-scale changes are still at least a decade away, and the park has plenty of grandeur to go around until then.
Grandeur like blue-green Lake McDonald, which is more than 9 miles long and sits like a mirror in one of the most picturesque valleys of the West. And the knee-buckling vistas at Many Glacier, the heart of the park, from which visitors can spy jagged mountains, those aforementioned glistening glaciers, and (if you're lucky) abundant wildlife, including moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goats and grizzly bears.
Lauren Newman Alley, a spokesperson for the park, said the wildlife often surprises visitors the most.
"Imagine driving up at sunrise and seeing a herd of bighorn sheep, or a bear walking along a lakeshore in Many Glacier in the evening as you end your day," she said. "The wildlife makes everything even more amazing."
In addition to wildlife-watching, the park's most popular diversion is driving the Going-to-the-Sun Road, a 50-mile ribbon of concrete that winds and switchbacks its way past waterfalls, up and over the Continental Divide. Along the way this journey crests the Rockies at Logan Pass, the park's tallest point at 6,646 feet.
From the top, with views that seem to stretch forever, it's easy to understand why the park is considered the "Crown of the Continent." Technically, this moniker refers to the fact that these very peaks are the headwaters for streams that flow to the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico and Hudson Bay. Metaphorically, however, it also could refer to the fact that the panoramic vistas are unmatched anywhere in North America.
Save for the park's great lodges, which were built by the Great Northern Railway, these views have remained virtually unchanged since the park was created in 1910.
What has changed over time, as visitation has skyrocketed, is the way visitors experience the place.
Jason St. Clair has devised a strategy that works like a charm. A transplant to Flathead Valley from North Carolina, St. Clair says he's visited the park dozens of times since he arrived in the region in 2013. His approach: getting lost.
"There are quite a few epic, very difficult hikes where there's no trail or markers and you have to be able to read a topo map and choose routes up and over mountains and glaciers," said St. Clair, who runs the horse program at Averill's Flathead Lake Lodge in Bigfork. "The park can get really busy on marked trails, but once you push beyond it opens up and becomes yours."
About the park
Size: 1,012,837 acres.
Visitors: 2,946,681 in 2016.
Established: 1910.
History: Glacier Park Lodge, Lake McDonald Lodge, Many Glacier Hotel and some of the park's iconic chalets all were built by the Great Northern Railway between 1910 and 1930. By encouraging tourism in towns along its tracks, the railway played a critical role in developing the American West.
When visiting: Check out the Saint Mary Visitor Center on the far east side of the park, which regularly brings together Salish, Blackfeet and Kootenai tribal members for cultural performances and talks. Info: 406-888-7800 or nps.gov/glac/.
Of note: Goat Haunt, one of the most remote ranger stations in the park, is just south of the border with Canada, which is marked with a swath of cut trees.


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When Bob Glidden retired in 1997, he was the winningest driver in the history of the National Hot Rod Association. Glidden's 85 wins in Pro Stock were the most in any NHRA class. His unprecedented success look him to ten NHRA Pro Stock championships, including a record five in a row from 1985 thru 1989. Glidden also won an IHRA championship and several events on that circuit. His other Pro Stock championships came in 1974 (his second full season), in 1975, 1978, 1979 and 1980.
Glidden's career was distinguished by long stretches of domination over his rivals. In 1979, he won nine consecutive national events. In 1987, Glidden was the fastest qualifier in all 14 events, and won the last five in a row. He began the 1988 season by being the fastest qualifier in the first nine events to stretch his streak to 23 over two seasons. In the process, he built a streak of 50 consecutive rounds won during that time. But 1989 was his most dominant season ever. Glidden posted wins in seven of the first 11 races of the year, and led the points the entire season enroute to his tenth and last championship.
After he retired, Glidden worked for Ford to help them develop their Winston Cup program. Always a family man, Glidden's wife, Etta, and sons Billy and Rusty were a big part of his team, each earning All-Star status themselves. In 2001, Glidden was named #4 on NHRA's All-Time Greatest Drivers list.
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Few games have helped popularize console first-person shooters more than Halo: Combat Evolved. Almost overnight, what was once strictly the domain of the mouse-and-keyboard set became a staple of the living room. Clunky, oversized gamepads aside, Halo proved that you didn't need to be able to execute no-scope headshots with pinpoint accuracy to have fun in an FPS.
Now, eight years later, the newest addition to the Halo series ushers console gamers into equally unfamiliar territory - real-time strategy. It's a vastly different style of gameplay that poses a number of unique challenges to console developers - mainly, how to replicate the precise gestures of a mouse and keyboard with only a gamepad. Could Halo Wars succeed where so many others have failed?
No. No it couldn't. Halo Wars offers a compelling single-player campaign, filled with beautifully rendered cut scenes, varied environments and solidly balanced gameplay, but it's saddled by one major handicap: You have to play it with a gamepad. It's the Achilles heel of every console RTS, and while Halo Wars was clearly designed from the ground up to be played on an Xbox 360 controller, it's not enough. The elements of a fun and dynamic multiplayer game are there, but they're overshadowed by the frustration of simply managing your troops. In fact, the best compliment I can give Halo Wars is that it proved to me, conclusively, that there will never be a console RTS worth playing.
If you've ever rearranged your desktop icons, you have the basic motor skills required to play a PC RTS - selecting units is as simple as dragging a box around them. By contrast, Halo Wars replaces these everyday gestures with a combination of button presses, trigger pulls and thumbstick movements, and it's still not as quick or accurate as using a mouse. It may not sound like a huge problem, but you can trace pretty much every niggling gameplay issue back to this single flaw.
Many traditional RTS elements have been simplified in Halo Wars, but none are more noticeable than the game's base-building system. Halo Wars uses a modular base mechanic that limits the number of buildings you can construct on a single platform. The game's resource-gathering system makes this limitation especially crucial: The bulk of your supplies come from special buildings that pipe them in from an undisclosed, resource-rich location. You could construct all the buildings necessary to build and upgrade every unit type, but your supplies would slow to a trickle.


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PARIS — French aerospace contractor Safran is preparing to expand planned cost-saving measures as the coronavirus crisis widens, Chief Executive Philippe Petitcolin said.
Safran said in February that to reach its annual forecasts it was targeting 300 million euros ($326 million) of cost savings and other belt-tightening measures to cope with the 737 MAX outage and the impact of the coronavirus on its China operations.
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Petitcolin told the AJEF French journalists' association on Thursday that the forecasts did not take into account the possibility of significant disruption in Europe and the United States, or a widespread halt to airline operations.
"We are entering a period where it will be necessary to make a significant effort," Petitcolin said, adding it was not yet possible to predict what level of savings would be needed.
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Gordon Hope struck lucky last weekend when sea conditions encouraged cod inshore.
Fishing the Howdiman, Hope bagged an 9?lb cod on lug and razor fish while Richie Douglas also hit the jackpot with a 6?lber from the bottom of the cliffs.
Paul Cunningham was also among the cod with a 6lber from Frenchman's on rag and lug.
Meanwhile, at the Staiths, Paul Lobley took a 10lb among a bag of six cod and three coalfish.
However, as soon as sea conditions eased off, the whiting moved back inshore and are being taken in numbers along most of the North East coastline with the best bait lug and mackerel strip.
One or two big fish have been lost from piers in the area because anglers have not used a drop net.
One of these fish was estimated to be over four feet long and was taken from Blyth Pier.
The angler in question attempted to `walk' the fish along the side of the pier to the beach but got tangled in another angler's line and lost it.
Another good fish was lost from Roker Pier and on the west pier at Whitby a huge cod estimated at 30lb-plus dropped off while being lifted.
The River Tyne was still producing good bags of whiting and cod up to 3lb - although the average is 1?lb.
South Shields Pier has given up a few cod and whiting, while from Roker Pier there have been cod to 4lb with decent bags of whiting.
There have also been lots of whiting and a few cod caught from the River Wear where the Glass Centre has been the best area using lug and mackerel strip as top bait.
John Wilson reeled in a cod of 11lb 4oz using a rag and lug cocktail from the Headland on Teesside.
NTHE North Eastern Railway AC held a match at Beadnell in which 21 rods fished and three weighed in.
Winner was John Carlin with five fish for 15lb 8oz - this included the heaviest single fish of 7lb 8oz. Runner-up was Barry Tweddle with five fish (8lb 8oz) and third was Stevie Hutchinson with one fish of 10oz.
Stevie went back to the same mark the following day on a pleasure trip and took nine fish totaling over 30lb his best at 7lb.
The Seaton Sluice SAC had 14 rods out and 10 weighed in 52 fish for 7llb 2oz. The winner was Frank Simpson with four fish from Cresswell (16lb 6oz), which included the heaviest single fish (7lb 1oz), and second was Michael Bell with 16 fish from Blyth Pier.


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Keeping Export Markets Open by Keeping it Clean - PulsePoint
April 16, 2019
Maintaining Canada's reputation as a high quality, safe food source depends a lot on producers
by Megan Madden
While India may be the largest producer of pulses globally, Canada is the largest exporter. More than 85 per cent of Canadian pulses are exported to key markets in over 120 countries such as India, the United States, China, and Turkey. The profitability of both the pulse
industry and its producers relies on access to these markets.
"Canadian exports are valued internationally as a high quality, safe, nutritious food source," says Mac Ross, Manager, Market Access and Trade Policy with Pulse Canada. "Maintaining this success and reputation depends a lot on our producers."
Ross says that consumer acceptance goes beyond regulatory and scientific requirements these days, as the agricultural industry as a whole, but particularly the export value chain, must also meet evolving consumer expectations and acceptances. Glyphosate is a primary example of consumer demand driving export changes.
As of October 2018, India is now testing imported pulses for glyphosate residue, and Pakistan is already testing lentils for the same. Sherrilyn Phelps, Agronomy Manager with Saskatchewan Pulse Growers explains that testing is to ensure pesticide residues are below the levels acceptable, which are the maximum residue levels (MRLs) set by each country.
MRLs are the highest level of pesticide residue that could be found on a food product when a pesticide is used according to product label directions. Regulatory authorities such as Health Canada are responsible for setting MRLs for their respective countries. MRLs are not a safety limit but rather are used to ensure that pesticides have been used properly and for import clearance purposes. In fact, MRLs are typically set at a level that is hundreds of times below levels shown to have an impact on human health.
"Glyphosate is not a desiccant nor is it a tool to speed up crop maturity or dry-down." stresses Ross. "Glyphosate is registered for pre-harvest weed control, and producers must use it in accordance to product label directions. Exceeding the labelled rate or applying at outside the labelled application timing increases the risk of surpassing recognized MRLs, and this can have serious consequences in terms of international acceptance of the crop.
Glyphosate must be applied at or below 30 per cent seed moisture on the most immature part of the field. Ross admits that there can be confusion as to this staging requirement but says Pulse Canada and Saskatchewan Pulse Growers are working on tools to assist growers in properly assessing seed moisture content in pulse crops. These tools include a lentil staging guide that is included with this magazine and can be found online under the Resources tab at saskpulse.com. Phelps explains that application prior to 30 per cent moisture can lead to increased residue in the seed and product that is above the MRLs, which can then impact the acceptance of products in international trade.
"As long as products are applied at proper timing and rates, residue levels on the seed should be below the MRL levels set in Canada. No issues should arise with importing countries as long as the MRL levels they use are similar to or above Canadian MRLs," she explains.
Ross points out that we are seeing a growing trend of countries setting their own import tolerances as these countries continue to modernize their food safety systems. Many of Canada's importing partners are moving away from the international standard of Codex Alimentarius, a set of international food standards set by the World Health Organization, and implementing their own national MRL lists. This means that meeting customers' requirements is becoming an increasingly complex task.
"As of January 1, 2019, Korea has implemented a national MRL list," Ross adds. "China has also indicated that they are in the process of developing import tolerance legislation."
The crop production industry in Canada works hard to ensure our products have continued access to export markets. The Keep it Clean! initiative is a partnership between the Canola Council of Canada, Cereals Canada, and Pulse Canada to continuously monitor potential risks in major export markets, and to ensure that growers have the most up-to-date information on how to keep their crops market ready.
The most recent pulse MRL advisory is available on page 29 and at keepingitclean.ca and states that late-season applications of fungicides, insecticides, pre-harvest weed control products, or desiccants may result in residue levels found in the seed. Growers must take appropriate risk mitigation steps to ensure product residue remains below MRLs set by regulatory agencies.
It is important to consult the pulse MRL advisory available at keepingitclean.ca to review the specific cautions for each product.
MRL non-compliance causes more issues than may first meet the eye. Disruptions in trade, border access or closures, and reputation damage are only a few factors. Ross warns it can even affect the crop protection products available to producers as life-science companies may have less incentive to make investments into innovation if the marketplace sees complications.
How can you keep it clean?
- Do not exceed product labelled rates. If you exceed the labelled rate, you risk surpassing recognized MRLs and this can have serious consequences in terms of international acceptance of the crop.
- Use products only at the labeled timing and crop stage.
- Consult with your exporter or processor. Exporters/processors have a good sense of which markets may be sensitive to specific products, and may restrict their purchases to crops that conform with buyer specifications.
- Visit keepingitclean.ca regularly for market considerations and statuses for specific crop protection products.
In Western Canada, the crop protection products to pay attention to for 2019 include:
- diquat (Reglone®)
- glyphosate (Roundup®)
- saflufenacil (Heat®)
- glufosinate (MPower® Good Harvest®)
- flumioxazin (Valtera™)
- carfentrazone (Aim®, CleanStart®)
- benzovindiflupyr (Solatenol®, Elatus™)
- chlorpyrifos (Lorsban™ and other trade names)


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These merit- and need-based scholarships are awarded to students seeking to gain a graduate degree in the arts, humanities, or social sciences. Current juniors who are U.S. citizens are eligible.
The program seeks to encourage and enable highly motivated juniors who are U.S. citizens to pursue terminal degrees in the arts, humanities, and social sciences. The selection criteria include demonstrated superior standards of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement, and personal promise. This is also demonstrated by the breadth of coursework taken by a student; thus, many strictly performance majors may be at a disadvantage in this competition. Each scholar receives $4,000 immediately prior to entering graduate school and an additional $30,000 while attending graduate school. While eligible, applications for professional degrees such as law or business are generally not competitive. Most recipients are students who look forward to obtaining a PhD in an academic discipline.
Scholars are encouraged to begin graduate study as soon as possible following graduation from college and must utilize all of the funding within 5 years of completion of undergraduate studies. Nominees should have received need-based financial aid at Illinois, and preference is given to candidates for whom the awarding of significant financial aid would increase the likelihood of the student's being able to attend graduate school. Read more about recent Illinois Beinecke Scholars.
Online Two-Day Beinecke Information Event
Thursday, October 29, 2020: 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. Information session and discussion with former Beinecke Scholar. Register for this session in advance at: https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwof-mtpj0rG9Kl-_YzZNfeaNOILYelt3DU
The recorded Beinecke Information Session can be viewed at https://illinois.zoom.us/rec/share/Y2T5ITCQdFN2xPFvXe-8Jl3D6sqoixUxCj4SPcz0PQ1bsaFC3nXV08QxAYRiUlPl.UxF-atx0uWV8-4L0 or the PowerPoint document here.
Friday, October 30, 2020: 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Workshop on how to craft a Beinecke Application. Register for this session in advance at: https://illinois.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYpdeuurTMiE9Rcspj7WyfVLpwO19mxq25A
Students are encouraged to submit drafts of their Beinecke Scholarship applications to us well in advance of the campus deadline in order to receive feedback. Submit the application via email with a few potential meeting times no earlier than 2 business days after your submission to receive feedback. We are willing to work with students through numerous revisions.
January 20, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon)
A complete Beinecke application including official transcripts from all colleges and three letters of recommendation must be submitted to us in order to be considered for University of Illinois endorsement (a requirement to move forward in the competition). Based on your submittal, a Beinecke Campus Review Committee will determine your endorsement. The university will nominate a candidate the committee feels has the potential to be a Beinecke Scholar; only one applicant may receive this endorsement.
Required information includes:
- A signed Scholarship Waiver (either scanned or in hardcopy).
- A completed application form.
- A personal statement of 1,000 words or less describing your academic background, interests, plans for graduate study, and career aspirations. The statement should include a discussion of some experiences and ideas that have shaped your interests, plans and aspirations.
- A current résumé or CV.
- Three letters of recommendation on letterhead—primarily from faculty members (drafts are acceptable) that assess the nominee's academic strength, intellectual curiosity, character, and potential for advanced graduate study. Students may either hand-deliver these letters in signed, sealed envelopes, or they may be submitted to us directly by the referee.
- A Financial Data Sheet demonstrating that the student has financial need.
February 9, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. (noon)
The endorsed student will submit a final application packet, including any updated materials, and provide official transcripts from all colleges (including community colleges where you may have only taken one course and study abroad transcripts, unless both the grades and credits of all courses appear on your Illinois transcript), to the National and International Scholarships Program. The Scholarships Program will attach your transcripts and final letters of recommendation for submittal to the Beinecke Foundation. Nominated students must also email a copy of the Financial Aid Data Sheet to the Beinecke Scholarship Program Director by this deadline.
We submit an official Certification of Eligibility Form and write a letter summarizing the reasons for the nominee's selection to the Beinecke Foundation. We submit all of your application materials to the Foundation for review. The final selection will be announced by May.
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Perils of Intercultural Communication
'Oh, neat!' I exclaimed (in English) to a fellow English teacher, pointing at the coins. 'We have these in the US, too, but for Chanukah. We call them 'Chanukah gelt.'
'For Chanukah?' said the other teacher, eying me skeptically.
I figured that maybe she'd never had any contact with Jewish people before and wasn't familiar with our holiday customs.
'Well, sure. There's a game you play with a dreydl-- a kind of spinning top, see-- and the top has letters on it. It's like a gambling game, but with chocolate coins. If you get a certain letter, you take all the coins in the pot, and another letter means you take half, and then there's a letter where you have to give up your coins...'
As I continued to spell out the rules, she began to look more and more confused.
'And who does this?'
'Jewish people. Well, kids, mostly. It's a children's game. Chanukah's a fun holiday. I'm going to have a Chanukah party later in December. With latkes-- potato pancakes. You can come if you like.'
Now appearing horrified, the teacher asked. 'So, Jewish people in the US have a holiday for CHANUKAH?!?!?'
'Sure. It's the Festival of Lights. I mean, what's the big deal?'
Then she started laughing. 'Oh! Oh, Chanukah!' She used the German pronunciation-- khah-NOO-kah.* 'God! I thought you meant HONECKER.' As in Erich Honecker, former dictator of the German Democratic Republic.
A festival for Erich Honecker, complete with chocolate coins and a children's gambling game. Now, wouldn't that be something?
*in English it's HAH-nuh-kuh, or if you can manage the Hebrew, KHAH-noo-kah. Stress on the first syllable!


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Flim Weakly Review- Gravity
Jean Luc Godard once said "Film is truth, 24 frames per second." Now, I don't know what that means, but I do know it's wrong. Film cannot be truth, because it's made of film, and truth is made of emotions or something. I also don't know who Jean Luc Godard is, or what 24 frames have to do with it, as frames are usually found in Asda, for pictures and photos to sit in.
Although, actually, films are made of pictures, aren't they? So maybe that's what he meant, in which case, he's very clever, even if he's from somewhere that isn't where I'm from.
So, what, in fact, is a film?
Well, it's a thing you go to see when it's too early to see it on tv. It even comes out before the dvd. And it costs three times as much as watching it for free, which is really stupid. Unless it has nudity in it.
But not every film does.
"Bambi" didn't.
Neither did "Spaceballs" and that has 'balls' in the title.
Welcome to FLIM WEAKLY.
This week, my mum bought me a 3D blu-ray. It had glasses and everything, which I thought was really thoughtful, because I wear glasses, but the blu-ray didn't know that, so it must have put them in there on the off chance, which is kind of like mind reading, which I didn't think blu-rays could do, but they can.
Miss Congeniality goes to space with Nespresso guy.
Lots of her stuff breaks and goes everywhere. She spins around a bit. He's quite cocky. My 3D glasses hurt my face about half way through, but I think it ended quite well.
It was very spinny and dark though.
Marks out of 10…..
Disclaimer: The views and opinions of Flim Weakly are those of the author and do not reflect the views and opinions of FlickFeast or any of its affiliates.
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There's nothing like a steam train to create a glow of nostalgia and a sense of rail-born romance.
All over the UK, small groups of enthusiasts keep old trains and short lines open through devoted volunteer efforts and by capturing the public's desire to experience travel by steam train – especially in the countryside.
One of the best I've ever travelled on is the North Yorkshire Moors Railway, which runs from the market town of Pickering, through Goathland (of ITV Heartbeat fame) up to the village of Grosmont, in the heart of the Yorkshire Moors. The trains and stations have been really well preserved and vintage diesels are in use as well as steam engines.
If you are in the area, it is well worth a visit – even if you just stand at the station and admire the locomotives from the platform!
If railway modelling is more your thing, then we have a range of OO Gauge steam trains that should complement a period layout perfectly. In stock at the time of writing are:
- Trix Trains A H Peppercorn 4-6-2 LNER 525 Engine & Tender – click here
- Hornby R378 4-4-0 Class D49 Cheshire Locomotive & Tender, LNER 2753 Cheshire – click here
- Hornby R063 BR 4-6-2 Britannia Class 7 Locomotive & Tender – click here
- LIMA 205111 MWG Class 45XX Prairie Tank 2-6-2 GWR Loco – click here
- Hornby R252 Class J83 0-6-0 Tank Locomotive, LNER 8477 Steam Engine – click here
We've also got 20 OO gauge carriages and several 1:76 scale (OO gauge) die cast buses, trolley buses and trams in stock at present.
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We know the term "estate" gets used loosely in real estate, but it's certainly no hyperbole in the case of the Carousel Estate. Located on private, forested Sunnyside Lane, this 3.5 acre property faces Lake Tahoe's west shore.
Want this palatial, upscale retreat? The price is $29.5 million.
"Old Tahoe"
The Estate is billed on its official website as an example of "0ld Tahoe." Perhaps such a label refers to the fact that though luxurious in the extreme, 2340 Sunnyside Road offers rustic charm, a conviviality we might not experience with something built for the more modern luxury market.
The home was originally built in 1929. In the mid- 1960s, some portions of the original structure were torn down and others were built. In particular, a caretakers' quarters with additional guest suite above that, as well as a second garage, were added.
In 1998, a second living room area was added to the main house.
Readers will notice, via the gallery above, that with these additions the ambiance and harmony of the original Carousel Estate has been maintained.
With 14 bedrooms and 11.5 total baths, the estate is massive. Eight bedrooms, nine and a half baths and three separate living areas (connected by a breezeway) make up the main house, plus a two-car garage. Then there's the already mentioned outbuilding with a three-bedroom, one-bathroom caretaker's unit plus a three-bedroom, one-bath guest suite and additional two-car garage.
All of these many rooms look out on 3.5 acres of private, lakefront land.
On this land: two outdoor hot tubs, a marina-style pier, and an expansive lawn area featuring outdoor fireplace and grill. There's also over 200 feet of Lake Tahoe shoreline to play with.
Sweet retreat, hard sell
We are drooling over here. This video tour doesn't help:
But keeping us in check, of course, is the price tag: $29.5 million isn't a "let's buy this on a whim" situation for most people. And indeed, the Carousel Estate has been on the market for over 160 days.
Anna Marie Erwert writes from both the renter and new buyer perspective, having (finally) achieved both statuses. She focuses on national real estate trends, specializing in the San Francisco Bay Area and Pacific Northwest. Follow Anna on Twit


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