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Genesis McNuggets
Hey, good news!
Remember the Genesis spacecraft? It sat in space, gravitationally balanced between the Earth and the Sun, for several years, patiently catching solar stuff that would reveal the answers of the universe. It was suppose to come back to mother Earth, gently swinging on a parachute, which would be gently plucked from the sky by a Hollywood-stunt-piloted helicopter, and gently flown to a special lab to be gently examined by Top Men.
"Uh, oh, hot-dog!" Last year the thing slammed full-speed into the Utah desert like a UFO-gone-wild. If you haven't seen the video of the... uh... landing, you're missing out. And here's some photos of the fragile pieces. So much for gentle.
(We just love this shot of of a guy in a clean suit keeping the fragile collectors squeaky-clean before the mission. Poor guy.)
Anyway (back to the good news) it appears the Top Men are gonna be able to get some good science out of the shattered pieces. Seems the solar stuff is still in excellent condition. (If the answer is 42, I'm gonna be awfully suspicious.)

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text: Photos and video: Dean Wareham in Brighton, 21 May 2014 Posted by Andy on 24 May 2014 in categories: dean wareham video pictures On a whim, and thanks to Hertz doing a £12 a day rental promotion, I headed down to Brighton for my first of three consecutive nights of Dean Wareham shows. The gig was at The Prince Albert, which is next to, actually pretty much under, Brighton station. Arrived just after eight and headed into the upstairs room to find it uncomfortably empty and with no sign of anything happening. Bought myself a ginger beer and headed outside to post a photo of the poster to Instagram & facebook, where the Free Wifi garnered the most attention. The room was pretty small, and by the time Dean and band took to the stage it was fairly crowded and got quite warm (particularly when the fan was put off when Dean pointed out that Jonathan Richman insists on fans and aircon being turned off - later Dean insisted the fan be put back on pointing out that Jojo didn't know what he was talking about). Great set, with a mix of new, old and older. You can see the setlist over here. The band finished with a storming Fourth of July... and I headed back up to London in the pouring rain. Database: 21 May 2014 - Dean Wareham at The Prince Albert, Brighton, UK Video: Dean Wareham - Tugboat (play on YouTube) Photos: View the complete set on Flickr NextPhotos and words: Dean Wareham in London, 23 May 2014 PreviousPhotos and audio: Dean Wareham in Leamington Spa, 22 May 2014 »


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Preview: UW Huskies prepare for a tough season
The Washington Huskies ended their season last year with a 67-56 loss to Baylor in the Alamo Bowl. As they gear up for 2012, they face an even tougher schedule. UW opens the season Saturday night vs. San Diego State.
KPLU sports commentator Art Thiel will have more on the Huskies stiff competition this season, coming up tomorrow morning at 5:30 and 7:30 on 88.5 KPLU. Check back here for a blog of our conversation.


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The UN is Useless.
Hezbollah's Missiles Back in Lebanon
FOUR months after Israel launched its onslaught against Hezbollah, the Lebanese guerrillas are back in south Lebanon stronger than ever and armed with more rockets than they had before the conflict, according to Israeli intelligence.
During the month-long war, which began on July 12, Hezbollah fired 200 to 250 rockets a day into Israel, killing 43 civilians and terrorising much of the north of the country.
"Since the ceasefire, additional rockets, weapons and military equipment have reached Hezbollah," said an Israeli intelligence officer. "We assume they now have about 20,000 rockets of all ranges — a bit more than they had before July 12."
Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hezbollah, has confirmed the Israeli estimate. In a recent interview with al-Manar, the Hezbollah television station, he claimed his organisation had restocked its arsenal and now held at least 30,000 rockets, sufficient for five months of war.
Israeli military intelligence has warned the government that renewed fighting with Hezbollah, which it regards as a terrorist organisation, should be expected as early as next spring.


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"The ocular implications of human CoV infections have not been widely studied. However, CoVs have been known to cause various ocular infections in animals."
The study also noted that more research needs to be conducted on how coronavirus could affect the eyes.
The American Academy of Ophthalmology said: "Several reports suggest the virus can cause a mild follicular conjunctivitis otherwise indistinguishable from other viral causes and possibly transmitted by aerosol contact.
"Patients who present to ophthalmologists for conjunctivitis who also have fever and respiratory symptoms including cough and shortness of breath and who have recently travelled internationally could represent cases of Covid-19.


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Praise be to Allah.
Ibn Hajar al-Haythami was asked this question, and he replied as follows:
When a person is doing wudoo', he should respond, because the Sunnah for the one who is doing wudoo' is to refrain from speaking apart from making dhikr (remembering Allaah). There is some dispute as to whether making specific dhikr for each part of the body washed is mandoob (recommended) or not, but the more correct view is that it is not mandoob, as al-Nawawi said, because the ahaadeeth concerning that are not free of lies and narrators who were accused of lying. (In other words, the specific du'aa's whilst washing the various parts of the body during wudoo' are not saheeh).
With regard to responding (to the muezzin), it is mandoob according to scholarly consensus, hence they said that it is also mandoob for one who is doing Tawaaf, even though he also has others dhikrs which he should recite according to scholarly consensus, so that is more appropriate in the case of the one who is doing wudoo'.
With regard to finishing wudoo', if a person's finishing wudoo' coincides with the muezzin's finishing the adhaan, then he may recite the dhikr of wudoo, as stated by al-Balqeeni in his fatwa, giving it precedence over the dhikr to be recited immediately after the adhaan, because the dhikr for wudoo' has to do with the act of worship that he has just completed, then he may recite the dhikr immediately following the adhaan.
He said, it is good if he recites the Shahaadatayn of wudoo' then the du'aa' following the adhaan, because it has to do with praying for the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him), then he may make du'aa' for himself.


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The item ID for Vinegar in Stardew Valley is:
The above cheat code applies to all platforms including PC/Mac (Steam), XBOX One, PS4 and the Nintendo Switch.
Spawning items in Stardew Valley is not done via commands, but rather through a cheat in which you must set your character's name, or the name of an animal, to the item code of the item you wish to spawn surrounded by [ and ].
To spawn this item using an animal's name, visit Marnie's Ranch, speak to Marnie and purchase an animal (we recommend a chicken as it is cheapest). Name the animal [419] and press OK. You will then receive the vinegar item.
You can only set your character's name once, at the start of the game (when you create your world), for this reason we recommend you use the animal name method. If you do wish to use this method, first set your character's name to [419] when creating your save. Whenever you speak to a villager that says your name in dialogue (for example Gus at the Stardrop Saloon) you will be given the vinegar item.
If you need more help with spawning vinegar, we have a detailed guide on our blog - click here to visit that page.
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Mihaly Munkacsy - Le Christ devant Pilate - 1881
Pilate's court
Mihaly Munkacsy (1844–1900) was a Hungarian painter, who lived in Paris and earned international reputation with his genre pictures and large scale biblical paintings. Munkácsy was born Michael von Lieb to German parents in Munkács, from which he later gathered his pseudonym. After being apprenticed to itinerant painter Elek Szamossy, Munkácsy went to Pest, the capital city, where he sought the patronage of some established artists. With the help of the landscapist Antal Ligeti he received a grant from the state so he could study abroad. In 1865 he studied at the Academy of Vienna under Karl Rahl. In 1866 he went to Munich to study at the Academy, and in 1868 he moved to Düsseldorf to learn from the popular genre painter Ludwig Knaus. In 1867 he travelled to Paris to see the Universal Exposition. After this trip his style became much lighter, with broader brushstrokes and tonal colour schemes - he was probably influenced by modern French painting seen at the Exposition.
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Find out how many people share your type, and what your strengths are!
Answer four questions in this mini inventory, and discover your Jungian four letter type.
Each question provides two answer options. For each question, select one of the options A, or B. Option A refers to the situation/image on the left, and option B refers to the situation/image on the right.
Even though both options may appeal to you, choose the option that you identify with, or prefer most of the time.
1. Choose the dialogue that you identify more with.
2. Which painting do you find more appealing?
3. Choose the dialogue that you identify more with.
4. Which of these two situations do you usually find yourself in?
You have successfully completed the personality type profiler.
Your four-letter personality type is
Your type is a combination of four preferences. Each preference was made by choosing between 2 letters in a dichotomy. The four dichotomies are:
Defines where you direct your energy. Extroversion indicates outwards towards the world, and Introversion indicates a tendency inwards towards your thoughts and ideas.
Defines how you process information. Do you prefer to process information through your five senses (Sensing) or do you prefer to trust your hunches and read between the lines? (iNtuition)
Defines how you make decisions. Do you prefer logical analysis (Thinking), or contemplating about how each option affects people? (Feeling)
Defines how you order your life. Do you prefer making plans and keeping to schedules (Judging), or do you usually keep things open? (Perceiving)
There are 16 types in total. Now that you know your type, check out your type description by following the appropriate link below!


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In business everything is about the bottom line, how can you come out on top at the end of the day?? In order to do that you need to have a great customer experience, a great employee experience and you need to achieve great results. In order to achieve those results you need to keep your customers happy and delivery what they need when they need it.
Norwell Dairy is the largest dairy supply company in all of North America selling and servicing approx. 1700 dairy customers in Ontario. They have four locations across Ontario with the head office being in Drayton. Each location has their own warehouse but all shipments are sent to the head office and distributed from there.
Over the years Norwell has worked to implement a plan that works best for all their warehouses, trucks, service and sales team to ensure everyone is on the same page regarding inventory. NAV and Mobile NAV were put in place as an ERP system to help keep track of all the parts and improve the overall supply chain and inventory which meant getting to proper parts to customers faster.
Doug Henderson is the Inventory Analyst and System Optimization Specialist at Norwell Dairy and during an interview with him he explained "inventory, cycle counts and ensuring everyone is on the same page in regards to inventory is so important to make sure everything is tracked properly. We have 23,596 SKUS in NAV with 18,072 being active and 7,282 in the system to ensure we keep stock, there's alot of parts to track."
Norwell has its main warehouse at the head office but it also has 120 employees and over 50 trucks on the road daily, each truck containing their own inventory as well as the other three locations having inventory as well. Using paper and pen to track items was clearly not working which is why NAV and mobile NAV were put into place to try and make everyone's life easier. After an interview with Kerry Reibeling, Director of Customer Relations he explained; "At Norwell we have implemented multiple warehouse inventory which gives us more visibility, mobile nav which is a program to allow these vehicle warehouses to invoice right on the farm/customer. This gets inventory out of the system and moving quicker." Every service guy carries a cell phone with mobile nav on it and they can do transfers, invoicing and cycle counts right from their truck, therefore they no longer have to wait until they get back to office.
Reibeling explains, "The other issue is having people use the "you touch it you record it" mentality because if someone moves inventory without recording it there is no way to know where it went." using technology at your fingertips, literally has helped Norwell with this problem, employees are no longer forgetting to record parts when they get back to the shop or have to rely on writing it on a service order because it has already been done on their phone.
Overall Reibeling explains NAV and mobile NAV have been great for their inventory system as a whole however "the largest issue is managing inventory levels; you need to have product in order to perform service and sales but not too much that restricts cash flow." This issue is common amoung any company, you need to ensure you have the parts in stock that customers need and for the service team to properly fix customers equipment however you can't lock all your revenue up in inventory.
Lessons for Others
Not being a known company or brand worldwide and not being a typical example of supply chain management it was very interesting to speak with Reibeling and Henderson to understand how a company of 120 employees is the largest of its kind in North America and how they make it work everyday. Dealing with farmers who work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and need their equipment to work those hours as well is different then shipping a t-shirt or a pair of jeans. Inventory is extremely important to make sure the proper parts are always on hand for the on call service guy to have when he needs to visit the customer in the middle of the night to fix something. Being able to provide the customer with what they need keeps them happy and loyal to you. Using supply chain management to understand what works best for your inventory, your employees and overall your bottom line will make you successful.
Norwell Dairy Systems
Industry: Agriculture
Name of Organization Contact: Kerry Reibeling, Director of Sales and Operations
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- Norwell Dairy Systems (2018) About Page http://www.norwelldairy.com/about
- Norwell Dairy Systems (2018) Services Pages http://www.norwelldairy.com/services
- YouTube (2018) What is Supply Chain Management https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZPO5RclZEo
- Microsoft Dynamics (2018) https://dynamics.microsoft.com/en-ca/nav-overview/
- Google Images (2018) https://www.google.com/search?q=supply+chain+management&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiinLPOoufbAhUm54MKHSCsDc0Q_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=974#imgrc=_
- YouTube (2017) What's New Microsoft Dynamic NAV 2017


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David Lawrence: Fujitsu V8s or Australian GT
Aussie Racing Car Series leader David Lawrence will progress his driving career next year and is looking at entering the Fujitsu V8 Supercar Series or the Australian GT Championship.
Lawrence, who currently leads the Aussie Racing Cars title by three points over Adam Gowans, told Speedcafe that he needs to progress in the racing ranks.
"I don't want to stay in a lower support category anymore, it's time to move up," he said.
"I want to move into V8 Supercars, and if I can't get a good Fujitsu V8 ride, then I'll do something in the Australian GT Series.
"I definitely want to do the Fujitsu Series. I eventually want to get into the Main Series. I'm too old to go to Europe now, so V8s is where it's at."
Lawrence said that besides V8 Supercars, Australian GT is a category that he's keen on.
"I like the cars in GT and they race at all good tracks and good events. They're not exactly slow cars either," he said.
"We've spoken to a few people. The Development Series (Fujitsu V8s) is a bit hard to crack, but the GT Series might be promising. Nothing's in concrete yet. We've still got a few meetings to go."
The final round of the Aussie Racing Cars Series will be held at Phillip Island on November 27-29.


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C7 Corvette Suspension Upgrade Package Stage 3
This upgrade should be accomplished only after suspension upgrade stages 1, 2, and Stage 2 Extreme have been installed.
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Note: This upgrade should be considered primarily for the ultimate suspension and chassis control of your vehicle for use on the track. For "street use", this upgrade, for many people, will make the suspension "too harsh".
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How to Pack Your Suitcase
If you were going to a foreign country for two days, do you think you would know how to pack your suitcase so that you could only take a carry-on? Of course you can! Let me show you how I did it.
When I start to pack my suitcase, the first thing I do is lay out all of the things that I will need for my trip. Whether I am going on a two day trip or a two week trip, I put all of my clothes on this chair. If things don't fit on this chair, they do not get to go with me. That's just my rule, it helps me not pack too much. Plus, one thing you should know about me…I HATE to have too much stuff with me when I travel so normally after I lay out all of my clothes I take a few things away because it just seems like too much stuff.
I am going to show you how I got all of this:
Into this and my purse:
After I have laid out all of my clothes, I then take clothes that are similar and pack them together. I like (and have used the same ones for years) Eagle Creek packing folders and cubes. I am not being paid or sponsored by them, this is just what I use in my everyday life. I find these to be very reliable, I have had the same ones for about 7 years now and there isn't one tear, one zipper or velcro malfunction and I have used these on almost every trip I have taken.
So these four shirts get packed together, and there is also a pair of jeans that will go with these. I normally take clothes that can be washed together if need be, and the red and pink shirts go with other bright colors I'm bringing.
The shirts are nice and snug in this:
And then I put it in my carry-on, to see how it will fit:
Then I add my socks, sleepwear, a few tank shirts (I usually always layer) and personal items that you can't see because I've hidden them under the striped sleepshirt on the right. I mean, a lady can't show everything, right?
They all fit nicely in this:
Next I add my toiletries. Normally I just use plastic bags you can get from the grocery store. I like the kind that zip at the top, I tend to stay away from the bags if they don't have that feature. I keep a couple of boxes of those in my closet since I travel so much, and since you can't carryon more than 3 ounces of liquid per container, I use the 3 ounce bottles I get from Target. I tend to go to Target quit a bit (Don't we all seem to make our way to Target?) and when I'm there I go to the travel section and get bottles so that way when it's time for me to travel, I don't have to make a trip to the store to get anything.
So what do I take? What can't I live without for two days?
In order from left to right: Perfume, vaseline (to mix with my lotion and that goes on my skin), lotion, facial cleanser, body wash
And in the second baggy from left to right: Hair cream, more hair cream but different from the first one ( I use Miss Jessie's curly pudding and butter creme) visine, carmex (can't have chapped lips), toothpaste and my nasal spray. Again, I'm not being sponsored by Miss Jessie's, I just like their products and they work great for my curly hair.
And then I add the last bits:
And it all fits nicely in this:
Then I add my umbrella, my adapters and cords, batteries, gum, some pens, and my house slippers and I'm good to go.


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Stunt Pilot 2: San Francisco
Those magnificent men in their flying machines are back. Racing against the clock in 'Stunt Pilot 2: San Francisco', the courses are more challenging this time around. Navigate the courses in the quickest time possible and emerge victorious.
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70 Days Across America: A tiny corner cafe in downtown Oakland serves mouthwatering halal Mexican food so authentic, Donald Trump would build a wall around it! Maya Halal Taqueria serves burritos, bowls, nachos, tacos, and plates. Open for lunch and dinner six days a week! Why I'm Here … So what am I doing in …
Barrios Mexican Restaurant in San Antonio
Los Barrios Mexican Restaurant San Antonio is a popular Mexican eatery in the South Texas city. Serving authentic "casero style" cooking, it has an extensive menu running from appetizers and soups to nachos, a la carte dishes, and numerous Mexican dinners. 70 Days Across America I spent a week in the city of San Antonio. …
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Hong Kong Food Hall Opens in Central
BaseHall is a Hong Kong food hall located in the basement of Jardine House, one of Hong Kong's most iconic office buildings. There are 10 food and beverage outlets. In addition, a live DJ spins discs. And there is an uncommon commitment to sustainability.
Restaurant Review: Posada Southwestern Cuisine in Livermore, California
Posada Restaurant in Livermore, California, serves innovative Southwestern cuisine with bold flavours and contemporary touches. The menu runs from tapas to mains to desserts. Open for lunch and dinner, the eatery has indoor and outdoor seating.
Restaurant Review: Estrellita Mexican Bistro in Los Altos, California
Estrellita Mexican Bistro & Cantina is a family style Mexican restaurant. Established in 1958, the eatery serves classic Mexican dishes. There is a colourful indoor dining room and outdoor seating on a patio in front of the restaurant.
Top 10 Mexican Restaurants in Tokyo, Japan
Tokyo is a cosmopolitan city with a sophisticated eating out scene. From unpretentious family run fast food joints to fine-dining restaurants, you won't go hungry in the Japanese capital. Here are 10 of the city's most popular Japanese eateries.
Top 10 Mexican Restaurants in Manila, Philippines
Manila has a dynamic food and beverage scene, with all manner of eateries, from Chinese to Japanese, French to Italian, Spanish to American. And let's not forget Mexican! Here's a short list of the 10 most popular Mexican restaurants in town.,
12 Best Mexican Restaurants in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of the world's best cities for foodies, but when it comes to Mexican food, the choices have always been limited. That is starting to change as Mexican restaurants start to gain in popularity. Here is a short list of city's most popular Mexican eateries.
10 Best Mexican Restaurants in Singapore
Mexican cuisine might be hard to find in Singapore, but it has been growing in popularity in recent years, with a growing list Mexican restaurants opening all across town. Here are 10 of the most popular Mexican eateries in Singapore - and what they have planned for Cinco de Mayo.
Top 10 Mexican Restaurants in Bangkok, Thailand
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I was reading over this question and I was a little confused on exactly what kinds of questions Stack Overflow concerns itself with. The highest rated and accepted answer describes SO as this: <
You are trying to get your code to work, or make your IDE sing, or that library dance, but need some help. You are hacking but not quite hacking it.
Fair enough, so it seems like the type of question that SO wants to deal with are specific issues regarding pieces of code or programming related software. Further down there is another answer that says this about SO:
My code or my application doesn't work as I expect and I can't figure it out
Seems fairly similar to the accepted answer, but beneath it is a comment (that has been upvoted numerous times) that says:
Your description of SO is not quite right. No surprise really, since half the network apparently has no idea what SO is. That's why we have such a big problem with it at the moment.
Furthermore, as per SO's help center, SO seems to allow questions regarding a specific programming problem.
I want to be a user who contributes to SO's knowledge base and am afraid that I'm part of the "half the network" that doesn't know what constitutes a good question, or even what belongs on the site. Therefore, of the users above, who is right?


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We are the proud winners of the 2006 - 2009 winner of the Muse Medallion for Online Magazine by The Cat Writers? Association in their annual Communications Contest! (Photo courtesy of Weems Hutto).
On November 17, 2007 Felinexpress.com was honored to receive The President's Award by the Cat Writers' Association. We are very proud to have earned this distinction and will continue to provide quality information for all cat lovers.
Flea Control: Getting rid of fleas from cats
There are 2,375 species of fleas in the world today. They fall into two categories; bird fleas and mammal fleas. Both have complete life cycles, beginning with flea eggs (black specks resembling dirt) larvae (the worm-stage) then arrives the pupa stage.
In this stage, they form a silky cocoon (the fragments act as a force-field). This protected area holds strong against most insecticides found on the market today. The flea stays inside this cocoon for two to four weeks.
Lastly, you have the adult stage. An adult flea is capable of laying up to 50 eggs in 24 hours.
Your pet is the flea's living incubator. Eggs are laid within the hair of your pet. Some eggs will drop off. The eggs that drop off the animal are what you will find elsewhere. Most fleas stay glued to the animal's hair.
If your home is heavily infested with fleas, you might find tiny brown worms crawling around. These are fleas entering the larvae stage. The larvae are able to subsist on either plant or animal matter. They eat the dried flea feces of the adult fleas to stay alive, until they find their way to a warm-blooded host. They are a parasitic predator. They need blood to survive.
However, fleas are able to go up to two months without eating. Fleas will also eat flakes of skin that you find in dust balls under your bed.
Once fleas take hold, they easily take over. When that happens, it is difficult to stop the invasion. Red bumps that itch appear on your ankles or arms. Your cat scratching almost constantly is a sign that fleas have arrived.
If you want to be certain that you do have fleas, put on a pair of long white socks. Walk slowly through your home. Then, look down on your socks. If you see black specks clinging to the fabric…guess what? You have fleas!
Don't panic. They can be dealt with. But do your homework. Many products found on grocer shelves and in drugstores, kills fleas. But be warned, those sprays and foggers and flea shampoos and treatments can also can inflict other damage to your health and the health of your pet if not used correctly.
All animals should be safely flea-treated. Right before winter is a popular time when fleas beat their tiny feet to get inside and stay warm. If you live in a warm climate, fleas can be found year-round, much to the misery of you and your pet. So you have to treat your home as well.
Before you start eradicating these parasites, here's a word of caution. Be careful what you use! As mentioned previously, over- the- counter insecticides, foggers, sprays and dips are risky to use around pets and small children. Visit your local vet's office. Ask what they recommend. Many clinics carry flea products year-round.
Don't run out and buy the first product you see that is a flea shampoo. Instead, talk to your vet. Have him recommend what to use. You can also make an appointment to have your pet flea-dipped at the clinic.
Flea collars can cause more problems than they solve. If you have a flea collar, cut it up in small pieces and place the pieces in your vacuum cleaner. There it kills the fleas your vacuum sucks up. But on a pet, flea collars can cause dermatitis, rashes, itching. Sometimes they can even cause toxic shock. Why? Because the flea collar stays in one place on the animal causing the toxins to build up. Absorbed through the skin the toxins can bring about some pretty serious health issues.
Virbach, Inc. the makers of the Escort flea collar now states on their label not to use this product on Persian cats. One of the ingredients diazanon is harmful to the cat's liver. Persians lack the proper enzyme that could break down this poison properly.
Treat your pet(s) for fleas with either Frontline or Advantage or other tested spot-on flea treatment. Beware! There are knock-off products on the market today. Your best bet is to purchase the product from your vet. That way, if something does happen, you will have recourse and quick assistance.
Fleas will quickly suck the life out of a small kitten.
If your cat is an inside/outside cat and loves to hunt, she can pick up tapeworms, after eating her prey (small rodents). Although the tapeworms do not do as much damage as say roundworms or whipworms, the cat needs to be treated quickly. The host worm is inside her intestine hooked to the tissue and will continue to grow until it is destroyed. Those white or brown segments that look like kernels of rice that you see on her rump or tail, those are segments of the host worm.
If your cat eats a flea while grooming itself or other flea infested cats, she will develop tapeworms. It is always wise to get your cat's stool tested twice a year for parasites.
How can you tell if your cat has fleas?
What sort of problems do fleas generate?
There are ways of ridding your home of fleas that does not involve harsh chemicals or poisons. You want to use the method that rids your home of not only the adult fleas but also the eggs. You want to make your home unwelcome to these pests while not causing harm to any other living creature under your care and protection.
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When you hit middle age you really only have two choices: you can get fat and lazy until you roll over and die, or you can can get off your ass and do something, like maybe ride a bike.
Sunday, June 28, 2020
Hellbent on destroying America
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It's another episode with a perfect mix of crazy – serious discussions and salty pirate talk all regarding minute 76 of The Curse of the Black Pearl. In this episode, we examine Captain Jack Sparrow being knocked unconscious, his reunion with the cursed Black Pearl crew, the ability for Twigg and Koehler to keep a secret, Pintel and Ragetti's reaction to parley, the stolen oars breadcrumb trail, crewman Clubba, a bit of HMS Interceptor cinematography, and the recurring Friday segment, Really Bad Eggs. Join us for Pirates of the Caribbean Minute.
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If I were in a hurry, I wouldn't sail. Or maybe it is because I am always in a hurry, I sail. Either way, as airport paperback hackneyed as it sounds, it is the journey that counts. And 150 miles from home driveway to marina provides plenty of journey. Enough time to talk to a son who can be hard to catch on the phone. Enough time for a conversation to unfold, rather than trying to iron out the wrinkles. Enough time to let the silences be unhurried.
The sky over Lake Pleasant was undramatically gray with a low cloud cover that seemed to stifle the wind. The air was in the 50's but when the wind eventually filled in from the north and we started sailing upwind, the temperature dropped. We carved a left shift on port tack past the one other sailboat on the lake and headed north until the wind slowed and we turned the boat back to the marina, slowly, and prepared to go back again.


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Chillin' 3min w/ Sonny_B. #4 We Are Students Forever
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Sonny_B begins his new 3min Vlog series, where he will tune in with people for quick updates!
This episode is about "We Are Students Forever"
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The Kenwood NX-P1302AUK radio has 64 channels with 2 Watts of power output. The NX-P1302AUK is a UHF radio with a frequency range of 451-470 MHz using analog transmissions.
The NX-P1000 radio series from Kenwood delivers professional performance with extended coverage for all your on-site applications. The compact 2 watt ProTalk radios have been expertly engineered to satisfy the toughest job requirements, in all conditions, thanks to MIL-STD 810 & IP54/55 weatherproofing.
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With virtual learning continuing at STEM through the end of 2020, ensuring the mental, social and emotional health of students is a top priority. That is why STEM's team of counselors and social workers are there to help in any case where a student feels overwhelmed, confused or challenged.
One of those STEM employees is Jordyn Russo, a social worker who specializes in helping special education students. Below is a Question and Answer Session with Russo and STEM communications manager Jeff Maher discussing the resources students can use to help with their emotional and social health during virtual learning.
Q: What general advice would you have for students who are struggling with adapting to virtual learning?
- First and foremost , GRACE! Give yourself grace and those around you as we are all navigating this new norm.
- Create a routine and stick to it. Consistency is important. Being able to anticipate and have a bit of a sense of control is important. Sleep hygiene falls in this category and is super important! allowing yourself to calm down and go to bed at the same time
- Use your supports and reach out for support and help! Specifically to your teachers. They want to help you and aren't able to unless you let them know you need some assistance! A little off course from the topic of virtual learning, but this is the golden rule. Now and moving forward, Whether it be for mental health, social purposes, connecting with family, whatever it may look like please reach out! Everyone is having to lean on their support system more now than ever and reaching out to your teachers is also really important.
- Move your body and make sure you are spending your time connecting with others and finding joy! Ensure your balance of have-tos (THINGS YOU HAVE TO DO ) and want-tos (things you get to do and look forward to doing are balanced)
Q: Tell us about 'Russo's Calming Room'.
A: So this is essentially a virtual room that students can access at any point of the day to use as a healthy distraction, a reset or just a place to visit to engage in tools and resources to be of overall help. Many of the items in the calming room you can hover over and will take you to an associated link. Items you will find in the calming room are coloring pages, music instruments to play around on, visits to the zoo and aquarium to see animals and creatures. This room is specific for STEM students and has "posters" students can click to direct them to their counselors, mental health support, sources of strength and the stem center for strength.
Visit 'Ms. Russo's calming corner' here:
Q: Why is it important to separate your bedroom from your classroom and how does it work?
A: Oh yes. This is something that I utilize and have been encouraging students to do since this all began. The idea around this is our bodies and mind create associations and act accordingly. So for students who are doing work in their bedroom and spending 8 hours in there, especially if they are not moving out of their bed, this creates a confusing association and our body and mind aren't sure what to do in this space. Encouraging a designated space that students know is for school work is very important and is also proven to show more success. This can be thought about in the same way of staying in PJ's all day and not getting ready for the day can impact our mood and even task completion.
Q: What advice do you have for students trying to do virtual learning in small spaces?
A: Small spaces, noisy households. Parents and siblings trying to navigate this can be very overwhelming. Similar to what I was just speaking about. Creating your space for school will be very beneficial. For many that may be a makeshift desk in your room or somewhere at the table. Since we are eating, sleeping, playing, studying, etc. in one space visual cues can help with breaking this space up and helping with differing associations. An example of this is when you begin school in the morning in your bedroom hang an item, a flag or something that indicates this space at this time is for studying. When the school day is over, remove this said flag and verbal announce the day is over and this space is now your calm space and bedroom. If possible, take some space away from the room you have spent all day in.
Q: What can teachers do to help students stay mentally and physically healthy during this virtual learning period?
A: Fortunately STEM's teachers are readily available and are willing to help students in any way they can. Encouraging students to move! Integrating it into their curriculum if it allows, reminding them to take care of themselves and to reach out to both their own supports and teachers alike for a more normalized opportunity to ask for help. Appropriately modeling healthy activities that support their mental and physical health to provide connection and examples students could use. And of course Give one another grace.
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Fast paced, suspenseful and romantic, "The Selection" by Kiera Cass is a must read for anyone searching for an addictive romance novel.
Set in a future when the United States is run by royalty, Prince Maxon prepares to choose a wife by a process known as the selection. The selection is when 35 girls between the ages of 16 and 21 are chosen at random to move into the castle and compete to win the Prince's heart. America, a girl who has no interest in becoming queen or marrying the Prince, has been chosen to be one of the selected. The person America fell in love with told her to fill out an application for the selection and to see what happens next. When America meets the Prince she finds out that the Prince is not what she expected him to be like at all. Instead of being stuck up and shallow he is caring and compassionate. Will America fall in love with the Prince and live happily ever after or does her heart still belong to Aspen, a poor person a caste below her?
The selection never had a single dull moment. Something exciting happened at each chapter and this kept me engaged throughout the book. It is a page turner; it took me less than a day to finish "The Selection" and I am eagerly awaiting the publication of the next book in the "Selection" series.
Everything about The Selection is unique. The plot was surprisingly original. Kiera Cass didn't rip off a plot from another book; she wrote something completely original. I rate this book an A- and suggest that anyone who enjoys romance laced with a dystopian element should read it.


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GOJEK founders crack open a conversation no one would have expected to hear. Indonesia's favourite Unicorn discusses their mistakes and more.
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Data driven or insight driven, the crossroads of product development and boots on the ground sees GOJEK learn more than they thought they knew.
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Nadiem and co are starting the difficult conversation about gender equality and diversity at GOJEK by calling each other out.
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Nadiem catches up with GOJEK's Heads Of Data Science and Marketplace Product Groups in debunking misconceptions and what drives real business impact.
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When Mama June boasts a 300-lb weight loss, people listen. Not to be outdone, her daughter Alana Thompson, better known as Honey Boo Boo, is on a diet after concerns about obesity. This plus-size family was pretty much the joke of TLC, but in the new show "From Not to Hot," folks are starting to take them seriously. The celebrities' diet tips might make you re-think how you eat, too.
The former "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" mom once topped the scales at 461 pounds. Then she had gastric bypass surgery and plastic surgery and shed 300 pounds--actually 314 in total.
June Shannon claimed she was down to 138 pounds last year. Bariatric surgery alone doesn't drop the pounds. It seals off part of the stomach so you can't eat as much, as Lee Sutton of "My 600-lb Life" found. This may sound brutal, but the proof is in the numbers. Shannon showed off a size four dress, down from 22, on Instagram.
Mama June puts a new twist on snacks
Before and after surgery, June Shannon had to change her diet. The reality television star of "From Not to Hot" got a personal trainer, Kenya Crooks. He helped her find low-calorie solutions to cravings. She now swaps frozen grapes and apples for salty snacks to get the crunch with fewer carbs. Honey Boo Boo's mom admits she gained a few pounds back in the 18 months since gastric bypass.
Facebook and YouTube commenters who once hated her are now praising her honesty and willpower in keeping the majority off.
Reality show fans see a less-sweet Sugar Bear
For years, people have shamed Mama June for letting HBB get fat. Then they saw in "From Not to Hot" what she had to contend with from her ex, "Sugar Bear." Everyone thought Mike Thompson was such a sweetie, but he showed a passive-aggressive, manipulative, and abusive side on the WETV reality TV show.
He even used his daughter, Honey Boo Boo, to stick it to Shannon. Mike and his morbidly obese wife, Jennifer Lamb, mocked June's weight and accused her of anorexia. They undermined her diet rules and force-fed gobs of wedding cake to the suggestible young Alana.
Alana degreases
For the new season of "From Not to Hot," celebrity Alana Thompson gave an interview and viewers thought she might finally be growing up.
The obese beauty queen of "Toddlers & Tiaras" said she was working at weight loss by cutting out grease. Now, before you scoff, think about it. Sugar, fat, bread, and carbs are all linked to diabetes and obesity. Maybe she hasn't quit the candy obsession, but it sounds like she's trying to reverse bad habits and halt weight problems. That's more than can be said for many adults.


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A provision in Switzerland's constitution recognizes the "dignity" of "animals, plants and other organisms," and a federal Ethics Committee on Non-Human Gene Technology declared in an April report that vegetation has "inherent worth" and that humans cannot exercise "absolute ownership" over it but must treat it morally, measured case-by-case. For example, the committee said a farmer's mowing his field is acceptable, but not the arbitrary severing of a wildflower's bloom. The committee would permit genetic engineering, since plants would still retain the "autonomy" to reproduce on their own.
Can't Possibly Be True
After officials in Batu, a tourist town in East Java in Indonesia, asked its massage parlors to make clear to customers that they are not houses of prostitution, one parlor owner created uniform pants for his women with a padlockable zipper, and "locks in" each masseuse in front of the client at the beginning of a session. Other parlor owners have followed along. A local women's group representative complained that it is the customers, not the women, who need restraining.
In April the Swiss watchmaker Romain Jerome (which last year created a watch made from remnants of the Titanic) introduced the "Day&Night" watch, which unfortunately does not provide a reading of the hour or the minute. Though it retails for about $300,000, it tells only whether it is "day" or "night" (using a complex measurement of the Earth's gravity). CEO Yvan Arpa said studies show that two-thirds of rich people "don't (use) their watch to tell what time it is" anyway. Anyone can buy a watch that tells time, he told a Reuters reporter, but only a "truly discerning customer" can buy one that doesn't.
Progressive Mullahs: The Iranian government, treating addicts as people who need help rather than as criminals, agreed in April to install vending machines offering inexpensive syringes (at about 5 cents each) in five city welfare shelters in order to keep addicts from sharing needles and spreading AIDS and hepatitis. Iran blames its festering drug problem on its common border with opium-producing Afghanistan.
Women Certainly Are Different From Men: Sara Tucholsky, all 5-foot-2 of her, marshaled her strength for her first-ever fence-clearing home run in April, which would have given her Western Oregon University softball team the lead against favored Central Washington, except that she tore a ligament rounding first base. Since she was unable to move, by rule she (actually, a pinch-runner) would have had to remain at first base instead of circling the bases, but two Central Washington players picked Tucholsky up and carried her around the bases to allow her to get credit for the home run. "You deserve it," one opponent said. "You hit it over the fence." Kindness hurt; Central Washington lost, 4-2, and was eliminated from the playoffs.
In April, according to police in Fort Pierce, Fla., Amity Joy Doss, 24, grabbed a young McDonald's employee by her shirt to emphasize her dissatisfaction with service and demanded to the manager that she be fired. A call was made to police, and Doss wandered outside, climbed a tree, hung upside down by bended knee for a while, then lay down on the hood of her car before re-entering the restaurant and asking if the girl had been fired yet. She was arrested on several charges.
A 2007 decision of New York City's Civil Service Commission reinstated a police officer even though NYPD has ruled him unfit for duty, in large part because he admitted to a "fear of dead people," which the department had thought would make his job difficult. (However, in March 2008, a New York City judge overturned the commission ruling.)
Angelique Vandeberg, 28, was arrested in May in Sheboygan, Wis., and charged with felony child abuse after her 8-year-old daughter reported that Vandeberg had intentionally shot her in the leg with a BB gun, leaving her unable to walk without difficulty, in order to win a $1 bet with her boyfriend. (Police said alcohol was involved.)
It's Good to Be a British Prisoner (continued)
(1) A high-ranking official in Britain's prison guards union said in a radio interview in April that the jails are so understaffed and poorly managed that in one (Everthorpe Prison, East Yorkshire), drug dealers actually put up ladders at night and come over the walls in order to sell drugs, and inmates routinely comment that drugs are easier to get inside than on the street. (2) The British government in January acknowledged that inmates in 2007 had been awarded the equivalent of over $250,000 in education "maintenance" grants, intended to provide such expenses as room and board for recipients of education loans. (The ministers said they would soon close that loophole.)
Fetishes on Parade
(1) CNN TV personality Richard Quest was arrested in New York City's Central Park after curfew in April, with drugs in his pocket and a rope around his neck tied to his genitals, according to a New York Post report (which had no explanation of the purpose of the rope). (2) Firefighters responding to a burning house in Crystal Lake, Ill., in April were told by three people fleeing that another man was in the basement, chained by the neck to a post. When rescued, the man denied that anything was wrong. Said the deputy police chief, "We're not really sure what everyone's relationship in this is," and consequently no one was charged.
Least Competent Criminals
Poor Ride-Management Plans: (1) Two teenagers were arrested in March and charged with highway shooting sprees near Waynesboro and Charlottesville, Va., that shut down Interstate 64 for six hours. Surveillance video suggested the perps got away in a 1974 AMC Gremlin, and the only one in the area belongs to the 19-year-old. (2) Three men were arrested in New Orleans in February and charged with possession of almost two pounds of marijuana after police were called to a car on fire, which they said started when the men stashed their dope under the hood, and it overheated.
Recurring Themes: (1) Mr. Cash Burch, 24, was arrested in Waterloo, Iowa, in April after he broke into a truck and tried to start it but apparently ran down the battery doing so, which triggered a theft-prevention device that locked the doors, trapping him inside, where he was waiting when police arrived. (2) Justin MacGilfrey, 19, was arrested in February for the attempted robbery of a Circle K convenience store in Daytona Beach, Fla. The clerk had chased him from the store when he realized that MacGilfrey's only "weapon" was a pretend gun he made using his finger and thumb.
The Aristocrats!
(1) San Diego City Council candidate John Hartley said he would stay in the race despite his March arrest and no-contest plea, which came after two women said they saw him, parked in front of their house one evening, masturbating into a cup. (He said it had been a long day of campaigning and that, as he later wrote in a mailing, he "had to take a leak.") (2) Officials at Vicente Sotto Memorial Medical Center in Cebu City, Philippines, apologized in April on behalf of at least six doctors and other personnel for laughing raucously during surgery and making a party video (that was later uploaded to YouTube) of the operating-room removal of a perfume canister from the anus of a male patient.


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One listen to 'The Great Pan Is Dead', the opening track to Cold Cave's Cherish The Light Years confirms that Cold Cave are more than capable of proving themselves to the doubters, those who perhaps saw Wesley Eisold's group as a quick-fix sugar rush for the sunglasses-at-night hipster crowd, and who branded him a "new young god of nihilism and despair". Whereas Love Comes Close was a resolutely DIY affair, its follow-up is – in comparison – a big budget production (helmed by TV On The Radio/ Beach House/ Yeah Yeah Yeahs knob-twiddler Chris Coady) with an ensemble cast, and 'Pan' is a bona-fide 'Born To Run'-sized anthem. Combining programmed jackhammer beats and live percussion, strafing synths, guitars and strings, it's a 21st Century electro-punk reboot of Springsteen's own Wall Of Sound update; a fist-pumping chant-along with a killer hook, and the most thrilling song of the year so far.
After such a strong start, any band could be forgiven for dropping the pace but 'Pacing Around The Church', with its synths, scratchy guitars and racing, muscular drums, doesn't let up for a second; Eisold channeling the luminaries of the early 80s UK synth groups while his band – including Prurient's Dominik Fernow, ex- Mika Miko frontwoman Jennifer Clavin (replacing the departed Caralee McElroy), new drummer Gaetano Licata and, somewhat bizarrely, Glassjaw's Daryl Palumbo on guitar and bass – make the kind of noise the Killers might if they were pumped full of amphetamines. It's not until the BPMs drop slightly for the glacial 'Confetti' that Cherish sounds like the same Cold Cave that made Love Comes Close; Italo-disco beats, circular synth riffs and New Order hooks, Eisold and Clavin harmonising "Oh I'm coming / Oh I'm coming / When you see me you should run and hide / You look so good on the outside."
Elsewhere, the skipping 'Close To Me' beat and dreamy drones of 'Catacombs' provide the perfect backing for Eisold's anguished Robert Smith yelp, while 'Underworld USA' balances out poetry that captures the awkwardness of teenage years, rather than the sun-kissed nostalgia oft found elsewhere ("Take me to your bedroom, I'm ready / My complexion is so unsteady / I remember tomorrow/ I forget yesterday/ I want to move into your body and stay") with crashing pianos and a shuddering electro rhythm. 'Icons Of Summer' is a radio-ready two-in-one dance hit, twisting electronic arpeggios and faux-techno beats for the verses, clattering industrial synth-pop for the chorus; Eisold switching from dead-eyed deadpan ("Love will come easy with a face like that / You will never have to spend another shameful night alone") to disco diva ("I don't wanna die until a little light inside is found / Every time I lift my eyes the sun is going down") like the consummate professional.
Eisold's new-found confidence as a frontman is indicative of the huge leap forward Cold Cave have taken with Cherish The Light Years. The music may have its roots in the 80s, but their take is a noticeably more modern one than most of their contemporaries (kudos too for daring to revisit the largely overlooked Dexy's Midnight Runners ska-soul sound on the trumpet-led – and Nick Zinner-assisted – 'Alchemy And You'). They haven't abandoned their hardcore roots, or their industrial and noise side, as evidenced by the clanking, hissing 'Burning Sage', but Cherish is a far more accessible record than their debut, and one that screams – dare we say it – crossover potential, something abundantly evident on the huge chorus of final track 'Villains Of The Moon'. This is to Love Comes Close what Nevermind was to Bleach, or The Bends to Pablo Honey. This is the sound of a band exceeding expectations. Their time is now


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Israeli military forces have fatally shot three people in the occupied West Bank, alleging that they had attempted to carry out car-ramming and stabbing attacks.
Local sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Israeli soldiers opened fire from close range at a pickup truck near the entrance to the illegal Kiryat Arba settlement, located on the outskirts of al-Khalil (Hebron), on Friday afternoon, killing a man and wounding a woman on board, Arabic-language Ma'an news agency reported.
Israeli media outlets later claimed that the unarmed couple had rammed the car into a bus stop at the Elias Junction outside the entrance to Kiryat Arba. Three people purportedly sustained injuries in the alleged attack carried out by the Palestinian.
The development came shortly after the Israeli forces shot and killed a young man, who was reported to be a Jordanian national, at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds.
The Israeli police said they saw the 28-year-old man coming towards them with a knife drawn, and opened fire.
The alleged assailant, whose name has yet to be released, was carrying a Jordanian passport, but Israeli officials are reportedly investigating whether he held a Palestinian ID card too.
The Israeli military said its troops also shot dead another Palestinian, who it alleged stabbed and injured an Israeli soldier in al-Khalil.
On Thursday, 30-year-old Muhammad Ahmad Abed al-Fattah al-Sarrahin succumbed to gunshot wounds he had sustained earlier in the day, when Israeli forces raided Beit Ula town, located 10 kilometers northwest of al-Khalil.
The occupied Palestinian territories have witnessed new tensions ever since Israeli forces imposed restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in East Jerusalem al-Quds in August 2015.
More than 240 Palestinians have lost their lives at the hands of Israeli forces in the tensions since the beginning of last October.
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When it comes to budgeting for a new home, the first step is to look at your savings account. Banks will require a cash deposit of around 10% of the property price. If your piggy bank is empty, you need to start saving up. Keep that magic 10% figure in mind.
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As a very general guide, one bedroom apartments in Malta start at around €100,000; two bedroom apartments start at €150,000; Houses of Character can be as little as €190,000 but rise into the millions. In SDAs (Special Designated Areas where foreign, non-EU nationals can buy, such as Portomaso, Tigné Point, Fort Cambridge and Pender Gardens), apartments range from €220,000 to €5,000,000. Property in Gozo is considerably cheaper. For more guidance on buying property, click here.


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Setting: Fantasy
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Excerpt of Remarks to RIAA/MPAA Joint Luncheon
… Joel's supporters have a have a bold vision for the future. They see an open net, an artistic culture of sharing and collaboration, a culture of unbridled creativity and innovation. Beyond this, they see the net as a means of reorganizing and democratizing society; of breaking down centralized power structures and propaganda systems, and of breaking out of outmoded mores and traditions. They argue that existing intellectual property law stands as an obstacle to their imagined future and the benefits it promises.
The fact is that openness, creativity, innovation, collaboration and freedom are all desirable goals. If we are seen as opposing these things, we will lose. Joel's supporters have framed this as a battle between the future, which they represent, and the past, which we represent. Our challenge is to demonstrate that Joel's supporters have not set a realistic path for achieving these goals, but that we can.
To do so, we must first be honest with ourselves. Our industry is, to borrow a phrase from social science, "path dependant." Our options for future evolution are constrained by the inertia of the systems we have developed over the past century. Countless peoples' time and resources have been devoted to developing this way of creating and distributing art and culture. This is not simply a matter of sunk costs and it encompasses more than just our shareholders, our employees and our artists. It encompasses the local economies of which we are the lifeblood, the human capital, the specialized expertise developed to produce our products, the distribution networks, infrastructure, financing systems, talent scouting and on and on.
What the internet vanguard fails to recognize is the extent to which they too are dependent on this path. We represent more than just a way of doing business—we are the way culture is financed and created in our society. Joel's supporters believe that we can simply be consigned to the dustbin of history—as if having reached the top rung you could saw off the ladder beneath yourself. They ignore the enormous downside risk to abandoning this path. Starve us of revenue and musicians are not paid, movies are not made, and the engine for cultural production collapses. Without the mass culture we create, there would be no shared experience to forge our national identity; to serve as the glue that holds our society together; to enable us to relate to one another in a meaningful way. Without mass-culture there would be no counter-culture. Without the art we create, what would there be to share, to borrow, to respond to, to remix, and to define oneself in opposition to? Art and information must be, for lack of a better word, commodified in order to be organized and integrated into a coherent social fabric.
Our copyright laws are imperfectly suited to the realities of the internet and must be reformed. However, if we did not resist the virtually unlimited free distribution of our products that is taking place over the internet, we would be bankrupt long before any reasonable accommodation could be reached. Joel's supporters must recognize that our industry plays a vital role in fueling the creativity of the open net. In turn, we must recognize that the collaborative net culture creates genuine value. Together, we must find a way to harness and monetize this creativity and innovation without dislocating everything that has come before. …


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Five Things: Musician Joe Henry Makes Coffee For Everybody
My guest this week is one of my very favorite musicians, Joe Henry. His brother Dave was one of my first guests on this show, and I was thrilled when Joe agreed to take part as well.
He's just released his 14th studio album, called "Thrum," and he's also produced records for a lot of amazing musicians, including Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Ani DiFranco, and Allen Toussaint. He's co-written songs with Roseanne Cash and with Madonna — who happens to be his sister-in-law. Joe and I spoke by phone — I was here in Louisville, and he was in Los Angeles.
On a guitar strap he inherited from a dear friend, Greg Peters:
"I didn't understand at the time [in high school], as I do now, that he was already living his senior years. He died at 25 from a disease called scleroderma. And he turned out to be a wildly significant character in my life, and he remains one. I would say no one, other than my brother Dave, was as influential to my formation as Greg was, in the way that he continued to give me things to read, listen to, to study, that he somehow knew was important to my journey."
On the Revere coffeepot that belonged to his wife's beloved grandmother:
"I don't use it a lot. I see it every day. I have a habit of on Easter Sunday morning, I will make a big percolator in this pot, mostly just for the activity. I stand there, watch it perk over the stove, just like I stand around a fire. It's a gathering place more than anything else. I take it out with purpose whenever I take it out — it's always a decision to go retrieve it, and decide to make a big pot of coffee with it, because it means people are coming over. "
On a book of William Carlos Williams poetry that his brother Dave gave him:
"I have a lot of books and records in my house that have my brother's name written in blue ballpoint pen in the front of them. I'm almost embarrassed. I still will loan my son Levon a book, and he'll take it back to Brooklyn and say, 'Hey, you know, Uncle Dave's name's in the front of this one, too,' and I go, 'Yeah, I know.'
"Dave handing me William Carlos Williams at a point when I needed to be exposed to William Carlos Williams was important. It was the first time I had picked up a book, really, and felt like it wasn't just something to read and compute and put away. It was something you kept close, that you would keep referring to. It was a book I would just carry around, even if I never opened it. It was just something for a while that I thought I was supposed to have on me."


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NewsWhistle is pleased to feature Gary Jenneke's "This Day In History" column.
You can read the original at Gary's THIS DAY IN HISTORY blog — or scroll down to enjoy Gary's unique look at life's comings and goings.
1659 – Battle of Konotop.
This took place in what is now Ukraine. It is a confusing historical event and the cast of characters all have long, unpronounceable names mostly void of vowels. No one seems certain what happened there: a great victory for Ukraine, or an insignificant one as Russia claims. It pitted Russian and Cossacks cavalry forces on one side against Ukrainian, Cossacks, Crimean Tartars, and Polish on the other. Historians in the Ukraine seem to multiply the number of Russian casualties with each passing century, while in Russia, using today's language, it is thought of as fake history.
If history is indeed written by the winner, than I don't think of it as fake history, but favorable history. When I look at what I was taught in grade and high school, and what I've learned since with more in-depth reading, it seems history can be manipulated by societal and governmental needs. History can be burdensome when all the facts are included, keeping it simple by just presenting favorable ones make it easier to digest. So I doubt I'll ever reach an easy conclusion about the Battle of Konotop.
1767 – Townshend Revenue Act.
The act, imposing tax on paper, paint, lead, glass, and tea imported into the American colonies, received royal assent on June 29th. Proposed by Charles Townshend, Chancellor of the Exchequer, the taxes were designed to help alleviate war debt in England. Britain dismissed American protest of taxation without representation by saying they had "virtual representation."
Oh Charles, little did you know what a can of worms you opened. Although if it could be sold, "virtual representation" is a masterstroke. Maybe that's what we have now.
1954 – J. Robert Oppenheimer security clearance not reinstated.
Subjected to Congressional hearings, Oppenheimer had lost his governmental security clearance and his appeal was rejected on June 29th. Head of the Manhattan Project and known as the "Father of the Atom Bomb," Oppenheimer was hailed as a hero at the end of WWII. His past became suspect during the McCarthy hearing because of prior Communist affiliations. He was also opposed to the development of the hydrogen bomb and argued for international arms control. Incidentally, his wife's first husband was killed in the Spanish Civil War as a member of the Lincoln Battalion. This was all enough to justify the revoking of his clearance despite him having the backing of the scientific community.
Somehow scientists progressed from hero status after WWII to being considered threats. There is still evidence of that today. Oppenheimer saw the hydrogen bomb as a threat to mankind. In response the government saw him as a threat to them. Then, as now, political persuasion carried more weight than scientific evidence.
1803 – John Newton Brown.
Brown was a Baptist minister in New England and later Virginia who published "New Hampshire Baptist Confession of Faith," which was a more moderate version of Calvinistic beliefs. He was also a poet. One of his poems:
"Hints To A Young Preacher":
"Your air is too dogmatic;
Your tones are too emphatic;
Your style has too much splendor;
Your voice has nothing tender;
Your gestures are too frequent far,
And quite ungraceful many area."
Not bad.
1960 – Sergey Kopylov. Russian bicyclist who competed in the Olympics and was an amateur champion.
1963 – George Hincapie (lead-in image, above). American professional bicyclist. He was part of the Lance Armstrong team when they (and their drugs) were dominating the Tour de France.
Although a long ways from the professional ranks, I'm an avid cyclist myself. And I have my own competitive streak. I was biking on the Elroy-Sparta trail in Wisconsin with my friend Tump. The Elroy-Sparta trail has some long, dark railroad tunnels, and it is recommended to bring a flashlight. But it is much more disorienting, and fun, if you don't have one.
We had ridden a long portion of the trail and were on our way back when a young couple came riding up behind us. They had superior bikes, all the appropriate attire, and twenty years on us.
As they passed, they both called out, one after the other, "On your left." Maybe I should have looked on it as them just being considerate, but there was something about their tone, their smugness, their attitude, that annoyed us both. Tump and I looked at each other, and with no words exchanged, took up the chase.
Being that we were on our way back we knew that section of the trail, and we knew there was a long hill not too far ahead. Pumping furiously we closed the gap as we approached the hill. They had slowed their pace and were talking. We blew by them at the base of the hill. Both of us called out an attitude-tinged "On your left."
Momentum was on our side as we hit the hill with a full head of steam. It was hard for them to gather speed going uphill so we quickly increased the gap between us. I glanced back to see they had taken up the chase. They were younger, better bikers, and in better shape. Our performance-enhancing drug of choice was Leinenkugels and while it is good for energetic bursts, endurance suffers. So with the outcome of this race predictable, when we crested the hill and were for a moment out of their sight, I said, "Tump, there, stop!"
His thoughts were along the same line and understood immediately. We braked to a stop, hopped off our bikes and pushed them into the bushes alongside the trail. We were no sooner hidden when our pursuers came into view. Hands dropped low on the bars, backs bent, jaws clenched, neck muscles taut, they pedaled past at a determined pace.
We biked back to the closest town and had a cold beer. I sometimes wonder how far they chased us. They either figured it out or thought those two old guys could really bring it.
At various junctures of his life, Gary has been an indifferent grade school student, poor high school student, good Navy radioman, one-time hippie, passable college student, inveterate traveler, dedicated writer, miscast accountant (except for one interesting stint at a Communist café), part-time screenwriting teacher, semi-proud veteran, unsuccessful retiree and new blogger.
You can reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The above information was sourced from the following sites and newspapers.
We'd also thank to the following photographers and videographers for the use of their images:
* Lead-In Image (George Hincapie, 2012) – Radu Razvan / Shutterstock.com -"BEAUROUVRE,FRANCE,JUL 21:The American cyclist George Hincapie from BMC Team pedaling during the 19 stage- a time trial between Bonneval and Chartres on July 21 2012."
* Konotop Marker (photo) – Valerii Iavtushenko / Shutterstock.com – "Poltava, Ukraine. Text: This memorable sign established to commemorate the victory of the Cossack army, with the forces of Europe over Moscow's occupation army in the Battle of Konotop summer 1659."
* Townsend Acts (video) – Reading Through History / YouTube.com
* Oppenheimer – Day After Trinity (video) – Captain Star / YouTube.com
* Outro (Man-In-Museum Cartoon) – SkyPics Studio / Shutterstock.com


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Praise be to Allah.
It is not permissible for you to follow the easier fatwa, rather you have to fear Allaah and not follow your own desires. You should be determined to follow the truth even though it may be bitter to you. With regard to muftis (scholars who issue fatwas), you must look at two important matters
1)Their taqwa (piety), awareness of Allaah and righteousness Their knowledge .
These two matters are essential to the mufti. They are like the wings of a bird; one is no use without the other. If you see visible signs of righteousness in the mufti, and you can see enough of his awareness of Allaah and piety to make you feel reassured that whims and desires will not lead him to speak about Allaah without knowledge or contrary to the evidence (daleel), then this takes care of the first matter. If we add to that what you can see of his knowledge of the shar'i evidence and his understanding, this will make you feel confident about his fatwas. If you find another who is like him or is close to him in knowledge and taqwa, but he gives a different fatwa, then you have to look for something that will make you feel that the truth is with one of them, such as when one of them mentions and refutes the evidence of the other.
A mufti is like a doctor. Do you not see that some doctors are more knowledgeable than others? Don't you feel more comfortable with one than another, because you see that he is more concerned with diagnosing your sickness properly, so he listens to your complaints carefully and asks lots of questions related to your sickness. Whilst you may see another doctor who is in such a hurry to take a decision that this makes you complain about him, and he may give you medicine that has nothing to do with your sickness. Just as you try hard to choose the right doctor to treat your body, so you must also try hard to find the right mufti, who is the one who you think will help you to keep your religious commitment sound, even if it is bitter to you.


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Chaps... I know you are really busy fixing bugs and stuff but we really must have the energy top-up in place to make continuing to play/test any fun at all .. it's really tedious right now to do anything.
Surely now that food and drink are in it shouldn't be too difficult to flick the switch... ie: full on food = increase energy?
Even the option to sit down and rest would help... I assume the animation for such basics is done?
If none of this can be done... turn down the energy drain or something so we can do some tough tasks.
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