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These savory pierogis are stuffed with a phenomenal bacon filling made with dry aged bacon, ricotta cheese and caramelized leeks.
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2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 large egg
1 1/2 cups sour cream, divided
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 pound Jones Dairy Farm Dry Aged Bacon, cut crosswise into thin strips
1-1/2 cups chopped leeks (whites and light green parts only)
1 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
2 large egg yolks
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 cup chives or green onions, thinly sliced
Step 1
For pierogi dough, combine flour and salt in food processor; pulse to combine. Add egg, 1/2 cup sour cream and butter and pulse just until dough holds together. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and chill at least 2 hours or up to 24 hours.
Step 2
For filling, cook bacon in large sauté pan over medium heat until crisp. Use slotted spoon to transfer bacon to paper towels. Set aside 1/2 cup of bacon for garnish. Pour off and reserve all but 2 tablespoons of drippings from pan. Add leeks to drippings and sauté over medium heat until softened, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer mixture to large bowl and let cool 5 minutes. Stir in ricotta cheese, egg yolks and pepper. Stir remaining bacon into leek mixture.
Step 3
Remove pierogi dough from refrigerator and cut in half. Roll first half of dough on a floured surface to 1/8-inch thickness. Use a 3-1/2-inch biscuit cutter to cut dough into circles and transfer to clean cutting board lightly dusted with flour or cornmeal. Repeat with remaining dough. There should be 24 rounds.
Step 5
Place 1/4-cup of bacon filling on one side of each dough circle. Fold dough over filling forming a half circle. Press edges with tines of a fork. Repeat with remaining dough circles and filling.
Step 6
Bring large sauté pan of water to boil over high heat. Add several pierogi to water and adjust heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Pierogi are done when they float to the surface, about 3 to 5 minutes. Use slotted spoon to transfer each pierogi to rimmed baking sheet to cool.
Step 7
For each serving, melt 2 tablespoons of reserved bacon drippings in medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add 6 peirogi to skillet and cook until browned on bottom, about 3 minutes. Turn and cook until browned and heated through, about 3 minutes more.
Step 8
Serve garnished with reserved bacon, remaining sour cream and green onions.
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Tarpon Springs Car Accident Lawyer
If you have been involved in an auto accident in Florida, it is important to hire a Tarpon Springs car accident attorney to protect yourself from being taken advantage of by insurance companies. Depending on the actions taken following the car accident, an insurance company may try to deny liability based on a technicality, or minimize your injuries, potentially going so far as to not even acknowledge that you were injured.
The insurance company is looking out for their own business, just as the at-fault driver is looking out for their own interests. Therefore to ensure your best interests are taken into account, you should consult with an injury attorney in Tarpon Springs immediately.
First Steps Following a Car Accident
The very first thing a person should do after being involved in a car accident is seek medical attention to treat any injuries that may have occurred. In Florida, claimants only have 14 days to seek medical treatment if they want to secure the personal injury protection benefits that they pay for with insurance. Treating injuries immediately is of the utmost importance because it is important for an individual to identify and treat any injuries as soon as possible and because when an individual seeks medical attention can have an impact on an injury claim.
One medical attention has been administered, the next thing a person involved in an accident should do is call a Tarpon Springs personal car accident lawyer to ensure that their interests are represented and that nothing is used against them by the insurance company or the at-fault driver.
Statue of Limitations of Filing a Claim
In Florida, a person has four years to file a complaint for negligence in a motor vehicle accident, but only 14 days to seek initial medical treatment after the collision if they want their personal injury protection benefits to attach. So, while time is of the essence for seeking treatment and hiring a car accident attorney in Tarpon Springs, an individual has four years to file the technical lawsuit in court.
Seeking Damages
A person is entitled to recover anything that returns them to the position they were in prior to the accident. Things like medical bills and lost wages are covered in an auto accident case, as are complications that may not be as clear-cut, but fall under emotional distress or pain and suffering. For example, if a driver starts having panic attacks or cannot drive anymore and must see a psychologist or psychiatrist, those medical bills can be covered under an auto accident case.
Length of an Auto Accident Case
An auto accident case can range from two months to 10 years. The average for most cases in Florida is six to 18 months. If the injury is not severe enough to require surgery, and treatment will be completed within six to eight weeks, a demand package is sent and the case is settled rather quickly, within a six month period.
If an individual is forced to file a lawsuit, because the insurance company is not offering what their case and injuries deserve, then the average case in Florida will take about 18 months.
Benefits of Having an Attorney
Even though paying for an insurance policy means an individual is the paying customer of an insurance company, the company still has its own interest at heart. The company will always look out for itself before they look out for the client, but have to take the client seriously when they know that their rights are being protected by an attorney. The attorney will deal with the insurance company if they try to reject the claim, argue against the cause of the injury, or claim that the injury is not as severe as medical records show. When a person is equipped with an experienced Tarpon Springs car accident lawyer, the insurance company will not try to make them an offer to settle the claim before seeking medical treatment and not knowing the extent of their injuries.
An attorney working as a middle man is a great benefit to anyone injured in a car accident because the insurance company knows they are not going to be able to take advantage of the client.

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By Charles E. Cottrell
Michigan – -(Ammoland.com)- Michigan is on the verge of passing another gun rights milestone by legalizing short barreled rifles and shotguns (SBRs/SBSs).
As gun rights go, Michigan has come a long way since I moved here 15 years ago. At that time, I marveled at the whole pistol registration "safety inspection" scheme – I had to go to the police station several times to buy my first pistol – the very strict transportation laws, and the lack of any means to get a concealed pistol license.
Once the concealed pistol law changed to "shall issue," I was one of the first persons to get a pistol license in Kent County having gone to the county clerk's office the morning of the first day to pick up my packet. I still remember how unfriendly the person working behind the desk was. I could tell she was not very happy about the new law.
Since then, more and more rights have been restored to the citizens of Michigan. The right now in question is that to possess rifles and shotguns with barrels shorter than 16″ or 18″ respectively if (and only if) they are legal to possess according to federal law. There is no question that SBRs and SBSs comprise a highly desired class of firearms. People have come to realize that these are some of the best weapons from a handling perspective. They are ideal for fighting in close quarters, the most relevant example of which would be using them to defend one's own home.
Federal law, namely the National Firearms Act of 1934 (NFA) and ATF regulations, controls the lawful possession of NFA Firearms. Short barreled rifles and shotguns (as well as suppressors) are subject to the NFA. In a nutshell, one must have federal approval to possess NFA items, including paying a $200 tax for each item. An SBR with a suppressor would require two tax stamps and therefore $400 in additional taxes.
In addition to an individual owning these items, the NFA also provides for corporate and trust ownership. Purchasing these items with a trust currently has several advantages.
An NFA trust is a living trust that you set up to own your NFA items. It may also own other firearms as well. The way an NFA trust is drafted ensures that your trustee (whoever is in charge of the trust) or trustees if more than one, as well as the beneficiaries are authorized to possess those items. An NFA trust with additional trustees, for example naming your spouse as trustee, ensures that he or she is not an unauthorized person in constructive possession of your NFA items. Likewise, upon your death, there is a person who is authorized to possess the items and a process in place to ensure that your beneficiaries are authorized as well and that they get the items in an orderly and lawful fashion.
Currently, purchasing NFA items directly with a trust bypasses a few of the additional requirements placed on individual purchasers, such as the requirements of local law enforcement approval, fingerprints, and photographs. This has been one of the main reasons why people have used NFA trusts. From an attorney standpoint, however, the issues of constructive possession mentioned above and the orderly transition of ownership are just as important as the convenience of purchasing.
As you may have heard, there are proposed changes (Proposed Rule 41P) to the ATF regulations concerning the purchase of NFA items with a trust. One of the proposed changes would require local law enforcement approval of purchases, even with trusts. This is a more onerous burden that one might think because few law enforcement officers want to certify that a person is worthy of possessing firearms. There is no incentive for them to do so and it risks their credibility if someone were to misuse a firearm subsequent to the officer's approval. Another proposed rule is that fingerprints, photographs, and a full background check would be required for every "responsible party" of a trust or corporation. Just who is a "responsible party" in the final rules, if adopted, remains to be seen.
As you can see, there are quite a few benefits to using an NFA trust to purchase NFA items, even if some of the ATF's proposed rules are adopted. The only real drawback is the cost of setting up a trust. Most NFA trusts, with some support from an attorney, can be had for around $600. There are some slightly less expensive alternatives, as well as some more expensive ones that have additional features, such as asset protection and perpetual ownership. Perpetual ownership would be applicable if a new law were to ban the transfer of certain items once the original owner died. If the trust were to own the items, and because a trust doesn't die, then many generations should be able to enjoy the use of the items in question.
If you are interested in an NFA trust or would like more information, you are welcome to contact me at 888-878-7658.Charles E. Cottrell
Attorney at Law The West Michigan Estate Planning Center
Cottrell & Jacobs PLC
6739 Fulton E., Suite A-10
Ada, Michigan 49301
Tel: 616-682-5574
Toll Free: 888-878-7658
The Michigan Coalition for Responsible Gun Owners is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. Formed from just eight people in 1996, we now have thousands of members and numerous affiliated clubs across the state. We're growing larger and more effective every day.
Our mission statement is: "Promoting safe use and ownership of firearms through education, litigation, and legislation" Visit: www.mcrgo.org


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From the White House press office:
President Barack Obama signed a proclamation declaring September 22 – 28, 2013, as National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week. The week recognizes the important contributions employers have made in supporting the military service of their National Guard and Reserve employees.
"The men and women of the National Guard and Reserve demonstrate an unfaltering commitment to our Union and our people. On the field of battle and here at home, they place themselves in harm's way to protect our freedoms, our lives, and our communities," proclaimed President Obama.
Emphasizing the critical support employers provide, the President stated, "Alongside our Reservists and National Guard members, the employers who put them to work provide extraordinary support and flexibility. Our Nation is forever grateful to businesses that help service members advance their civilian careers, and ease transitions between military and civilian life."
The week's events will culminate with the 18th annual Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award ceremony on September 26. The ceremony will be hosted at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, D.C. Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) will formally recognize 15 employers that have been named recipients of this year's Freedom Award. Previous award recipients and Department of Defense leadership will be in attendance, in addition to trade associations and civilian government leaders.
The Freedom Award is the Department of Defense's highest honor for employer support of National Guard and Reserve employees. The 2013 award recipients represent large and small businesses, as well as public sector agencies. They have distinguished themselves from a field of nearly 2,900 nominations submitted by Reserve Component Service members. These employers have gone above and beyond their legal obligations to military employees, offering formal and informal initiatives that ensure service members and their families are taken care of throughout all types of military service. The recipients' measures of support included creating special hiring programs, providing personal support to families such as home maintenance, and continuing full benefits, salary, and additional paid leave options during deployment.
The Presidential Proclamation can be read at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/20/presidential-proclamation-national-employer-support-guard-and-reserve-we


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Attention please, guys! HiKey from LeMaker, the early bird version is coming next month.
HiKey from LeMaker is the first ARM64 bits SBC. It is powered by the Kirin 620 SoC with Octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 64-bit CPU up to 1.2GHz and high performance Mali 450MP4 GPU. It also has 1GBLPDDR3 DRAM (800MHz) and 8GB eMMC Flash on board. More product information, please refer to http://www.lemaker.org/article-57-1.html .
HiKey is also a board that satisfies the Linaro LCG 96boards standard. About 96boards, we can see more from https://www.96boards.org. With the standardized expansion bus for peripheral I/O, display and camera in the 96boards ecosystem, we have plenty of add-ons to work on HiKey.
LeMaker, as one of the LCG(Linaro Community Board Group) members, we will contribute much more resource and technical support to 96boards community.
It is said that LeMaker will release HiKey soon. If you are SBC funs and have interests in HiKey, you can get everything ready and wait for HiKey now.
Stay tuned, more information about HiKey will be followed soon!


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KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Unlike the aftermath of the Jason Castro injury when the Astros had a month more of spring training to sort through internal options and scout external ones, they have no such temporal luxury this time.
Just six days before opening day, the Astros found out they need a replacement at the other premium defensive position as X-rays confirmed Saturday that Ivan Nova's pitch the night before broke Clint Barmes' left hand and will keep the starting shortstop out for 4-6 weeks.
No time for on your mark or get set in this new position race, just go.
Angel Sanchez, who filled in at shortstop almost every day when Tommy Manzella went down with an injury last year, played shortstop and batted in Barmes' vacated No. 2 spot on Saturday against the Nationals. He will be given serious consideration for the job, as will Manzella, who was invited back from minor league camp (though technically remaining optioned and not a part of the official camp roster).
"We're not saying Tommy's made the club, we're not prepared to say anything like that, but he'll come over and fall back into the equation," general manager Ed Wade said.
The same candidates who were battling for what had been two backup spots are now candidates for three total spots, one of which will likely go back to Barmes and the other to Jeff Keppinger when he returns from toe surgery at a similar time. Sanchez, Manzella, Matt Downs, Anderson Hernandez and Oswaldo Navarro have all gotten plenty of exposure this spring. While the last two are non-roster invites, the Astros have a free spot on the roster and could create another by putting Castro on the 60-day DL.
And that might not be all.
"There's good depth here," Wade said. "It doesn't mean that we're going to be mindful of at least the potential to go out there and do something different. In the meantime, everybody who's in camp is still part of the competition, and hopefully our issues can be solved internally. But we'll continue to look outside and see if there's chances to do something."
They will be replacing an unknown quantity, as Barmes was looking to bounce back from a .235 season with the Rockies and get back to his 2008 form when he hit .290 with 11 home runs and 25 doubles in 107 games and followed that with 23 homers the next year. He was part of the Astros' plan to add some power potential to their middle infield which so lacked it last season.
Barmes was hitting .196 with three doubles and a triple in spring training – hitting a bit better after abandoning a leg kick in his swing – when Nova's fastball got too far in far too fast Friday night.
"He was doing so well defensively and really starting to turn a corner when he started trying some new things that (hitting coach Mike Barnett) had been working with him on," manager Brad Mills said.
The path to recovery for Barmes for what is officially termed a non-displaced fracture of the fifth metacarpal is somewhat of a familiar one as he broke the bone while playing in Class AA in 2002. He was hoping, in fact, that the previous injury would be of use had the bone healed up stronger, but his hopes that it was just a bruise were fruitless.
Barmes had X-rays Saturday morning, and team physician Dr. David Lintner and Dr. Thomas Mehlhoff concurred on the fracture. He had his hand immobilized and will remain with the team through Monday, when he will fly back to Houston and be examined by Mehlhoff, the team's hand specialist.
"The good news is that they said I can stay in shape with everything, pretty much – throwing, running, all my core stuff," said Barmes, who is righthanded. "I just can't use my hand right now to catch the ball or swing."
The Astros have now lost a quarter of their starting position players in a division whose collective medical chart reads like a novel, though mostly on the pitching side. The Cardinals have lost Adam Wainwright for the year, while the Reds' Johnny Cueto and Homer Bailey will start on the disabled list, and new Milwaukee ace Zack Greinke will be delayed with his pickup basketball injury.
Wade knows he isn't going to be getting any sympathy.
"Every GM in the game, when you get to the last 10 days of spring training, you start to hold your breath and hope that things like this don't occur," Wade said. "But it's sort of the rite of spring that we make our plans and some disappointment occurs."


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The French BEA released the final report regarding the runway excursion accident involving an Airbus A321 at Lyon, France. The aircraft touched down late on a wet runway following an unstabilized tailwind approach at high airspeed.
The accident happened on March 29, 2013. The Airbus A321-111, registered SX-BHS, operated flight ML7817 from Dakar, Senegal to Lyon, France with an en route stop at Agadir, Morocco.
The crew performed an ILS Category 1 (CAT I) approach to runway 36R at Lyon Airport. The weather conditions are such that operating low visibility procedures (LVP) prevailed.
During the transition from the stabilization of height 1000 ft, the aircraft speed was 57 knots greater than the approach speed. At 140 feet, an inappropriate increase in thrust by autothrottles maintained the aircraft at a high speed.
The aircraft landed long and the touched down 1600 meters after the 36R threshold. The plane overran at a speed of 75 knots and came to rest about 300 meters beyond the runway end.
Causes of the Accident:
Continuing an approach below the stabilisation height with a speed significantly higher than the approach speed shows that the crew were not adequately aware of the situation, even though they mentioned several times their doubts on the marginal meteorological conditions and on the difficulties in reducing the aeroplane's speed.
Continuing this unstabilised approach at an excessive approach speed triggered, below 150 ft, an uncommanded increase in engine thrust. The crew's delayed A/THR reduction below 20 ft made it impossible for the aeroplane to slow down sufficiently for about 15 seconds after passing the threshold.
After descending through 20 ft, the copilot's inappropriate flare technique and the dual input phenomenon caused by the Captain significantly lengthened the flare phase. The remaining runway distance after the touchdown made it impossible for the aeroplane to stop before the end of the runway.
The following factors contributed to continuing the unstabilised approach and the long flare:
- a flight duty period of nearly 15 hours which likely led to crew fatigue;
- incomplete preparation of the approach which meant the crew was not aware of the risks on the day (tailwind, wet runway);
- the non-application of ATC procedures that require controllers to ensure aircraft are provided with localiser interception at the latest 10 NM from the runway threshold, with a maximum convergence of 30° and a maximum speed of 160 kt;
- partial application of standard procedures (SOP), impaired task sharing and degraded CRM, which meant the crew was unable to manage optimally the aeroplane's deceleration. These factors contributed to a progressive deterioration in situational awareness that meant that they could not envisage rejecting the approach and landing;
- the A/THR anomaly which maintained the aeroplane at a high energy level during the landing phase;
- an inadequate procedure for taking over the controls that led to the dual input phenomenon.
The following organisational factors contributed to the crew's poor performance:
- the choice of flight crew recruitment profiles by the operator, motivated by economic considerations, and inadequate airline conversion, led to operating aeroplanes with crews that were relatively inexperienced on type and in their roles as captain or copilot;
- improper and inappropriate application of the regulatory provisions that allow an extension of flight duty time in case of "unexpected circumstances" without taking into account the predictable risk of excessive fatigue for the crew;
- the absence of suitable initial oversight which made it impossible for the HCAA to focus on the predictable potential operational weaknesses of Hermes Airlines.
More information:
- BEA Final Report (PDF)
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Covington's Kyle Ginn featured on ESPN as Scott Van Pelt's 'Best Thing I Saw Today'
Covington's Kyle Ginn only took one at-bat during the state tournament, but his swing was good enough to get him on SportsCenter. ESPN's Scott Van Pelt featured the senior's home run in the Class AA state title game during his "Best Thing I Saw Today" segment.
"As they play in the state title game, he gets an at-bat. What do you think happened?" teased Van Pelt. "Well, he's not leading the show because he popped up. Go ahead Kyle. Have yourself a moment."
Then ESPN played the clip of Ginn's fourth inning home run during the Charger's 11-1 victory over Forrest. Covington was already up nine runs and decided to give the senior who tore his ACL during football season one last at bat to end his high school career.
"Kyle wrecked his knee and didn't play all year," Van Pelt said. "And then in the state title game he gets an at bat and you see the emotion from him and his teammates and sometimes, a lot of times, sports creates perfect moments."
The home run, which was also No. 3 in SportsCenter's Top 10 Plays, secured a run-rule victory for the Chargers, who won their first state title since 2006.
SPRING FLING 2019:Covington baseball motivated by recovery of coach Brad Warmath


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QUARTZSITE - Attorney General Mark Brnovich announced a judge sentenced Christy Conley, a former evidence technician with Quartzsite Police Department, who stole thousands of dollars of cash in impounded evidence.
Conley pled guilty to one count of Fraudulent Schemes and Artifices and one count of Tampering with Evidence. As a part of her plea, Conley will be placed on supervised probation and serve no less than 90 days in jail. She will also be required to complete approximately 150 hours of community service.
In 2017, Conley stole monies impounded with the Quartzsite Police Department's evidence safe, including approximately $13,000 belonging to a deceased citizen's estate. In total, Conley took approximately $20,000 in cash. Conley then lit a fire inside the evidence room in the police station in an attempt to destroy evidence of her crimes.
Investigators say Conley also charged more than $4,000 on a work credit card. As part of her plea agreement, Conley will be required to pay back that money to Quartzsite Police Department.
Assistant Attorney General Jordyn Raimondo prosecuted this case.
Full copy of the indictment.


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This week I must address the latest Commodity and Futures Trading Commission (CTFC) findings that, "The U.S. commodities regulatory body found no evidence that silver prices had been manipulated downward by short sellers after re-examining long-term and recent allegations of misconduct."
I was asked by Dow Jones to comment on the CFTC findings. The first point I stated was, "It is not possible to manipulate the trend in a market, but it is possible to "manage" the price within silver's uptrend." I went on to state that the price of silver can be managed, within certain boundaries, through short selling. I believe silver would be far higher if not for selling of "vast amounts" of silver that doesn't exist, or "naked shorts."
Now some I know well in the industry build a case that all or almost all of the silver sold short on the exchange is not sold naked but indeed is true hedging, primarily by base metals mining companies.
This at the surface level may appear to be correct, until it is realized that almost all of the real physical silver that is delivered to end users (primarily to industrial consumers) is accomplished by means of over-the-counter contracts known as "forwards." This is not accomplished in the futures market!
My point is simple: If the true sale of physical silver is done in an unregulated market based upon private contracts, then what is the purpose of the futures market?
Why did the London Bullion Management Association trade nearly 30 billion ounces of silver last year?
Why did the futures and options exchanges trade almost 60 billion ounces of silver last year?
Let's get a bit real here. If the total silver supply is roughly one billion ounces and we can measure NINETY times that amount being "traded" on the reporting exchanges, does it not beg the question why?
Further remember, there is a whole vast amount of silver "trading" going on in the OTC market that does not report at all. It could easily be as large as the reporting exchanges. Let's be conservative here and state only 10 billion ounces of silver is dealt in the OTC market.
So when I state naked sales and can prove perhaps ONE HUNDRED TIMES the amount of silver exists on paper than exists in the physical world, you must question the logic of "hedging." The derivatives markets are alive and well in both silver and gold, and there is roughly one hundred ounces "claimed" on paper for every physical ounce of silver.
So, ask a very basic question: How is the price of silver set? As if there is less than half a billion ounces of physical silver? Or is the price acting as if there is a hundred times as much silver? For those who don't know, this is a rhetorical question! Think fractional reserve banking system, which keeps about one percent of the total (reserve), because what depositor is going to cash in on their demand deposits? One percent is what the bank needs to keep the present day scheme going. In the case of banking, more "money" can be created by a computer keystroke. But real silver, well . . . that will pose a problem.
Another question that has always bothered me is, Why does the CFTC set a limit of 7.5 million ounces of silver as the most that can be taken off the exchange in a given delivery month? If you look back and see the Comex inventory level change when Warren Buffett made his purchase, you will notice a huge off take of physical silver from the Comex. This cannot happen again; the rules state there is a limit on the amount of physical silver that can be taken off the exchange. So, for the umpteenth time, I will answer the following question.
"Why doesn't some big investor come along and just buy up the remaining silver?"
Answer: It cannot be done. There are delivery limits now! Let me repeat!! It cannot be done, there are delivery limits NOW!! Oh, you might ask, "Is there any limit to the amount of silver that can be sold on paper?" Well, the main purpose of this missive is to prove that there is no limit to the amount of paper silver that can be created!
I could go on, but I think I'll cool off and continue this discussion next week. In summary this week, I will share a letter I received very early on when addressing this same issue. This came from a Comex floor trader. Notice the price level in the letter -- the price action can be "managed," but the trend, as I said then and am stating again, is higher. Much higher. As Abraham Lincoln said, "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time."
Mr. Morgan:
I enjoyed your newsletter excerpt of Feb 12, which I found on the Kitco website. You stated perfectly some key reasons for silver's problems in getting out of its own way, and your call for further weakness was prescient.
I guess I'm part of the problem. I've traded COMEX futures actively from the pit for over 15 years. Over the years, the amount of futures contracts that we've traded has surely dwarfed the actual physical market, making it difficult for silver to manifest its true fundamentals.
As you alluded, it's "Groundhog Day" again on the floor. Over the past month I watched one fund accumulate an eye-popping long position, and I followed its progress as best I could through the open interest and commitment figures. When prices started slipping away from last week's test of the $4.85-$4.90 level, I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw early evidence that this fund was starting to sell. I went across the pit to a trader who I knew was trying to stick with his longs and I said, "I've got bad news for you -- that selling you see over there may take three weeks."
The fund sold heavily all last week. The usual bank traders were sopping it up, secretly relieved, I think, that prices had failed to break into ground they could not control. Younger traders ask me how these funds can keep getting chopped up like this. They don't realize that a 30-cent chop in silver is a minor inconvenience compared to the strong positions most of these guys have in gold and crude.
As you know, the banks will continue to play puppet master as long as the silver game remains "closed." The banks know the upper parameters of the funds' buying power; the banks know when the funds have reversed themselves into an untenable short position. It will take new "players" to get the "Bill Murray" silver market out of this loop. Certainly investment demand is the wild card that banks and recurrent short sellers cannot control.
Silver will be called lower on Tuesday a.m. and, although I'm a bull, I'll be getting short on the bell. There is no short-term success in getting in the funds' way.
A Comex Floor Trader
So in closing, I want you to think about paper silver versus real silver. Think about how much paper is flying around compared to the amount of physical silver that exists. Think about the derivatives problem we are witnessing in the mortgage markets, and ask, "Can the precious metals derivatives be far behind?"


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ON the morning of June 6, DPD's Traffic Unit was conducting team enforcement on Highway 17, also known as the South Fraser Perimeter Road, where the speed limit is 80 km/hour.
Six vehicles were stopped for excessive speed, impounded by police, and towed from the scene for a seven-day time out. Speeds ranged from 128 km to 158 km/hr, which is nearly double the limit. All but one driver were from other Metro Vancouver communities.
"By now, the community of Delta is getting used to the fact that its police officers do A LOT of traffic enforcement. But people travelling through Delta may not be getting that message. (We humbly suggest they follow @DPDTraffic on Twitter)," say Delta Police.
Violators included:
– A taxi with two passengers who had to be transferred to another cab when their taxi was impounded
– A driver with an interlock device on the ignition (a possible requirement for drivers who've been caught driving impaired)
– Two vehicles, travelling approximately two car-lengths apart, at over 150 km/hr
– A driver with an interim driving license
"Public surveys and consultations tell us that our community views traffic safety as one of the top issues, if not the top issue here," says Cris Leykauf, spokesperson for Delta Police. "People deserve to get to work, home and school safely, and our officers work hard to keep our roads safe."
Speed is a major contributing factor to car crash fatalities in BC. While the ticket fine ranges from $368 to $483 if you're caught doing more than 40 km/hour over the limit, there are also significant additional costs. ICBC will enforce a driver risk premium if a driver has one or more excessive speeding tickets with costs escalating if you have additional roadside suspensions, serious Motor Vehicle Act convictions, or driving related Criminal Code convictions. Additionally, drivers will pay impound, vehicle towing, and storage fees.


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Dr Katarzyna Zechenter
Associate Professor
- Joined UCL
- 1st May 2000
Research summary
My research interests focus on two related areas: studies of memory and post-memory, and the connections between space and memory. I am interested in those regions of pre-World War II Poland that used to have a large Jewish population (such as Krakow or the Borderlands), and in how the loss of Jewish community in those regions has influenced the presentation of Polish Jews in contemporary Polish literature and culture. I ask how these experiences, imprinted on the Polish collective memory, influence the interest in Polish Jewry through works of older generations of writers, whose work is based on their memory of trauma (e.g., Konwicki, Szczypiorski), and of younger fiction-writers (e.g., Szewc, Ostachowicz) familiar with the Jewish presence mostly through cultural memory.
I am currently extending my interest in this topic into an investigation of the role of memory and suffering in the creation of new models of national identity in post-communist Poland.
Teaching summary
SEEE2012 Stories of Change, Formal Experiments and New Waves (BA)
SEEE2013 War, Trauma and Memory in East European Cinema (BA)
SEEE7001 Contemporary Polish Cinema (BA)
SEEP2105 Polish Literature and Culture (BA)
SEEP4011 Polish Literature and Culture 3 (BA)
SEESGE86 Literatures of Rupture: Modernism in Russia and Eastern Europe (MA)
SEESGE18 All Quiet on the Eastern Front: Culture, Politics and Everyday Life in Central & Eastern Europe from Stalin to Present (MA)
I have consistently received high ratings for my teaching and I believe that this is due to my giving my teaching a philosophical dimension; this undoubtedly stimulates interest in the topic and gives students the desire to learn more while at the same time it helps refine the students' independent creative thinking while providing them with a solid knowledge of cultural frameworks and theoretical approaches.
- University of Michigan
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1996
- University of Michigan
- Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 1992
- Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Krakow
- Other higher degree, Master of Arts | 1990
I graduated from the Jagiellonian University in Krakow with an MA in Polish Literature. After further studies at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, I graduated with second MA (1992) and PhD (1996) degrees and later taught as Assistant Professor at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, in the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures.
In 2000 I joined UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, where I teach courses on Polish literature, Cinema in Eastern Europe and Polish Cinema as well as a course on Polish Jewry (Beyond Stereotypes: Jews in Polish Culture).
I have published articles on contemporary Polish and Polish-Jewish fiction with the emphasis on memory and post-memory, and a monograph The Fiction of Tadeusz Konwicki: Coming to Terms with Post-War Polish History and Politics.
I have also published a volume of poetry (In the Shadow of the Tree, Krakow 2012) and am preparing a second volume. My poems have appeared in journals in Poland, France and the USA and some have been translated into English and Spanish.


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One thing that is clear about the impending Teaching Excellence Framework is that results from the National Students Survey will assume increasing importance for universities. Indeed, it is being considered a key metric of teaching success.
It has been proposed that Tef results will determine which universities are allowed to raise their fees in line with inflation. It would make sense, then, for universities to focus on a staff member's ability to bring in high NSS scores when considering hiring and promotion.
What could be wrong with that, you might think? Well, lots of things. As many have argued, student satisfaction scores are a poor guide to teaching quality. A recent study showed respondents making patently false claims ("the instructor took roll at the beginning, middle, and end of every class meeting") and has even shown that some students don't read the forms properly.
So it seems that NSS scores cannot accurately track the quality of teaching. But there is another problem: they are biased towards men.
How do we know this? It can be difficult to draw firm conclusions about bias from the actual evaluation scores, since there are so many confounding factors such as subject matter, institution type, career stage of the lecturer. And the data is gathered without the sorts of controls that robust empirical investigations would use. Fortunately, there are studies that control for other dimensions of difference, allowing us to see the difference that gender makes.
Several recent studies have shown that male lecturers consistently receive higher student evaluation scores than female lecturers, even though there is no evidence that they are more effective teachers (teaching effectiveness is generally measured here by subsequent student performance). This holds true even when something objective is measured like promptness of feedback.
One study compared student reactions to the very same online teacher, who posed as male for some students and female for others. They received substantially better scores when "male". Another showed that women were especially likely to be negatively evaluated if they did not give high marks, or if they communicated negative feedback. The latter is particularly troubling, since communicating constructive criticism is a crucial part of students' academic development. A further study found a similar effect for race , so it would not be surprising if teaching evaluations also encoded race bias. This would be very worrying when black women are already vastly under-represented in academia.
Are students deliberately discriminating on the basis of race or gender? Almost certainly not. Psychological research over the last two decades has brought to light the disturbing phenomenon of implicit bias . Research on implicit bias has shown us that we are often, outside of our awareness and against our better judgment, influenced by the biases that are prevalent in our culture.
This can happen even if we are genuinely committed egalitarians, and even if we are members of the group in question, for example, women students have shown bias against women lecturers. These biases lead people to take women less seriously as authority figures, to judge women more harshly if they are not nurturing, and to generally see men as more competent. It is easy to see how this could lead to lower teaching evaluation scores for women, especially women who give low marks or critical feedback.
If the Tef takes the form currently anticipated, one that gives a leading role to NSS scores, then we can expect to such scores rise in prominence.Student evaluation scores would become an ever-more important part of performance evaluations and promotion decisions. And this may hinder the career progress of women who are excellent teachers. Giving heavy weight to such a defective measure, rather than grappling with the complexities of teaching excellence, could have damaging consequences.
In short there is potential here for the Tef to create a situation where universities favour those likely to get high NSS scores. And if current research is right, that will be men. That's not a recipe for good teaching. It's a recipe for discrimination.
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In her role as a Unicef ambassador, Lucy Liu travelled to the eastern province of North Kivu, where she visited the camps of Goma and Bunia.
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Wait, are we inside Threatin's "illusion" right now?
By Andy Malt | Published on Friday 16 November 2018
Fake it till you make it, they say. Although I'm pretty sure it's meant as a state of mind. I don't think whoever first said that meant for anyone to spend thousands on an elaborate scheme to make themselves look popular in the hope that their imaginary fanbase might turn into a real one when they triumphantly took to the stage.
Brexit chaos be damned, it's the story of US metal band Threatin's disastrous European tour that's had the music world gripped all week. It has everything: mystery, intrigue, overuse of frowned-upon marketing techniques, and a whole load of stuff that is just plain weird. Even now, having read several books' worth of information on all this, there are so many questions left unanswered.
Threatin looked good on paper, at least to the casual observer. They had 38,000 Facebook fans, YouTube videos with respectable likes and comments, and an apparently established management company, booking agent and label on their side, all set to work on promoting the band's latest album via a slew of European shows.
Even with those stats and that kind of support, getting any new band's tour noticed is a challenge. However, this tour suddenly became a global news story after someone at one of the venues, The Exchange in Bristol, posted a message on the band's Facebook page. They said that they had been "expecting a busy night because the promoter had supposedly sold 180 tickets". Though the poster did concede that it was odd no tickets had been sold through the venue before the night of the show.
"It really seemed weird when the only people to arrive were on the support bands' guestlist", the post went on. With such a bad turnout and therefore no bar take to be taken, "we had to ask Threatin to pay the venue hire [and] staff costs before anyone else played. The singer eventually huffed off and withdrew the money [from a cash machine] so the show could continue and they could play to literally zero people (aside from their tour manager and a couple of guys from one of the support bands, because they felt bad for this guy [and stuck around])".
A similar picture emerged from other shows on the tour. The opening night had been at The Underworld in Camden, but afterwards the venue posted under a Facebook post promoting the show: "What happened to the 291 advance ticket sales your agent said you'd sold? THREE PEOPLE turned up. Please don't lie about ticket sales [and] please don't contact us again for a show".
The Exchange also noted that the tens of thousands of Facebook fans the band had appeared to be fake, and all those YouTube comments appeared to be fake too. And it turned out that all the people who had said they were attending the band's shows on the accompanying Facebook event pages were based in Brazil.
Footage then emerged of the band's performance in Manchester, which took place the night after they'd been in Bristol. It showed two people watching the show and one other stood close to the front of the stage with a video camera directed straight at frontman Jered Threatin. Other venues began reporting similar experiences.
Once the story had blown up, the band by then having played six dates of a ten date tour, attention turned to the next show in Belfast. The city's Empire venue cautiously said that it was "aware of the situation". Then, later, it was announced that Threatin had pulled out, but the show would go ahead with the support bands who had been booked, because the venue hire fee had already been paid.
With so many questions unanswered about this whole venture, it was disappointing that the shutters quickly came down. Threatin's social media accounts closed or sat silent, and various websites related to the band went dark. It was also reported that members of the band had quit, although it was still unclear who those people even were, and how complicit in this whole thing they had been.
Still, breadcrumbs had been dropped, and various people started digging – in particular, metal blog Metal Sucks. What they found uncovered an incredibly intricate web of lies attempting to fool people into believing that this was a popular band on the rise, when in fact they were virtually unknown. And not really a band.
In fact, the music is really the solo project of Jered Threatin – real name Jered Eames – who had not only paid for bots to boost his social media numbers, but had created an entire imaginy industry around him. His booking agent, StageRight, does not exist beyond its website. Nor does management company Aligned Artist Management. Same for his record label, Superlative Recordings, which makes claims about its history and roster that it can't back up.
Not only this, but there are music news websites online – Top Rock Press and Celebrity Music Scene – which pull in content from other music news sites interspersed with articles promoting Threatin, making it look – at first glance – like this band was getting media coverage. Meanwhile, while this whole story may be new to most of us, it turns out that Wikipedia editors have been battling over the validity of Threatin's page on the crowd-sourced encyclopaedia site for months.
All this isn't something that's happened overnight, either. Posts on Threatin's Instagram account run back to 2016, as do news stories on the project's website. Debut album, 'Breaking The World', was released in August last year. Three singles have been released from the album. Two of them, 'Identity' and 'Living Is Dying', have professionally made music videos, which show Eames playing all instruments on the track.
Possibly the biggest of the unanswered questions relating to all is, is how this was all being paid for. Although Eames claimed to have big industry backing, his representatives were all invented, as was his following. So he wasn't receiving industry investment or earning much, if any money, from his music online.
And yet he managed to build this world around him, and then pay for himself and three hired-in band members – plus a tour manager (actually his wife, it has since emerged) – to travel to the UK, stay in hotels, and pay to hire a series of venues in advance.
Those band members are seemingly almost as much in the dark about all this as the rest of us. Drummer Dane Davis spoke to Classic Rock magazine about his experience, while guitarist Joe Prunera spoke to Metal Sucks.
Both say that they were approached by someone claiming to be Threatin's manager and were invited to audition to be part of the touring band. After being hired, they went through rehearsals, dismissing certain things that seemed strange along the way – like the fact that they only met Eames and his wife Kelsey during all of this and never any of the industry professionals they'd previously been in touch with.
Despite the oddities, they were there rehearsing for a tour that seemed to be going ahead, with travel plans already made. Sure, they hadn't heard of the band, but there are lots of bands who are more famous abroad than they are at home.
Prunera said that he'd been told that they would be playing 1000 to 1500 seater venues, rather than the 200 or so capacity (empty) rooms they actually played in. Both musicians expressed disappointment at learning they were only being paid $300 for their work – all the more so when they were told just before leaving that this money was also meant to cover food while they were away. However, as performers trying to get a leg up in the industry, they also saw value in the experience. Especially as they were also told that the shows were close to selling out.
Even once they began the tour, the musicians didn't suspect what was going on. Eames expressed shock to his bandmates after no one turned up to the first show at the Underworld, but blamed his promoter and the venue.
"He was playing it off as something weird going on", recalls Davis. "He mentioned that the promotions company was supposed to promote this, and the venues were supposed to promote this and stuff like that. So we started thinking, 'OK, there's been a problem with the promotion company, this show was [just] improperly promoted'. I looked at it and was, like, 'That's not good, but maybe the next show there's going to be more people. Maybe not hundreds like we were originally told, but maybe 50'.
As the tour continued, with audiences still in single digits, Davis says they were confused, but still had no reason to suspect that Eames had invented his fanbase or lied about ticket sales. "Jered was saying that he usually expects a bunch of people coming up to him, wanting autographs and stuff", he goes on. "Just a large crowd being there. So we were suspicious about why this was occurring, but we just kept thinking, 'The promotion company really just screwed up and someone is going to get fired for this'".
It was only after they got off the ferry to Northern Ireland that things began to unravel. "My phone got signal and we got off the ferry and I got a couple of messages from people saying, 'Sorry to hear about the scam'", says Davis. "Someone sent me an article, saying I should read this. It was shocking. I just thought, 'What do you mean this is a scam?' I had no idea".
The session musicians discussed among themselves what to do, with Davis – who had family nearby to go to – hatching an elaborate escape plan. However, in the end, it was Eames who brought up the emerging controversy with Eames himself.
"He was very adamantly going on and on and on about how he's the victim", says Prunera. "They're making all this up, the record label exists, how could it be fake if The Scorpions are on the label? We told Jered, 'We should not be playing and should not continue on. We don't want to be part of the media backlash until we can get to the bottom of this. There's no reason to continue on'".
Davis and Prunera apparently quit at that point, with bassist Gavin Carney saying that he would see out the rest of the tour. It wasn't until later that they got more insight into what had gone on, with Davis and Prunera both ultimately quite amused to have been involved in this viral news story.
As the week went on, more and more information was dug up about Eames – some delved into his past musical projects, discovering him playing up loose (at best) associations with other bands, while others gleefully reported on personal details that probably should have been left alone. At points, some of the reporting felt like those writing the reports had forgot that there are actual people at the centre of this – it's not all bots.
Still, with Eames still quiet and a rabid curiosity surrounding his story, it's perhaps understandable that people kept on searching to work out how and why this happened. My guess is that Eames – who has a degree in psychology, according to that disputed Wikipedia page – assumed that if he presented an apparently popular act to European audiences, people would turn up just to see what they were missing out on. The problem was, until venues started complaining, no one knew he was here.
Had he hired a genuine PR company to push the dates a bit, it might actually have paid off. It's unlikely that the shows would have sold out, but there could have been some modest audiences.
The other possibility is that it never mattered to Eames himself whether people were there or not. Venues have reported that the band always played as if they were performing to a full room, while his wife filmed him play. Perhaps Eames hoped that he could take evidence of a European tour and videos of his performances back to the US, then use them to get shows closer to home. I mean, that seems an overly elaborate explanation and unlikely, but so does this entire story. Although he's already got presumably faked videos of his live shows, so why come to Europe to fake more?
Or maybe this was all just a prank. Some sort of avant-garde art project, perhaps. A lot of people have likened Eames to maker of 'The Room' Tommy Wiseau this week. And there are similarities. Wiseau pumped huge amounts of money from unknown sources into a film project in which he played the lead. Badly. When audiences laughed at his work, he began telling people that he'd always intended for his film to be funny.
That appears to be the tactic Eames is employing now. He has now put most of his websites back online and returned to social media with a mysterious statement: "What is fake news? I turned an empty room into an international headline. If you are reading this, you are part of the illusion".
So, there you go, it all went exactly as he planned. Although if, as I think is a lot more likely, this was all an incredibly misguided attempt to fast-track himself to fame, the biggest failure of this whole saga is that Eames cancelled the remainder of the tour dates.
At the point his bandmates quit, there were still three dates on the tour, in Belfast, Paris and Bergano in Italy. Had they gone ahead, I think you can bet they'd have pulled in more than two people. Too many people were too curious for no one to show up by this point. Even if he'd just quickly played over his album, they'd have come. Or he could have not played at all. Just told his story. Maybe he could have booked more dates. He could perhaps have – albeit accidentally – built a career for himself after all.
Now, we just have to wait for his next move to see if he can capitalise on all that's happened. Who knows what it'll be? Although I think we can all rest assured that he'll utterly overthink it.


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In Conversation at the Global Institute of Development, University of ManchesterFebruary 9, 2018
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text: Mike Lopresti | NCAA.com | April 27, 2020 How UCLA's Jenavee Peres juggles being a mom, student and softball player during the COVID-19 quarantine #UnitedAsOne: UCLA softball's Jenavee Peres and her son's first interaction with the team: 'Everyone welcomed Levi and I with open arms' Share Here's a question not every college softball player would understand, and it will tell a little bit about the special journey of Jenavee Peres. What's more taxing, a long and arduous practice — or trying to keep up with a 22-month-old son all day during a coronavirus quarantine? Pretty easy call, she said over the phone from California. "He goes and goes and goes and does not stop until his battery completely runs out. It's hard trying to keep him inside, but we manage. I'm trying to start a little bit of a pre-pre-school with him, where we sit down every morning and we color and I'm continuing to teach him letters and colors. I had to go out and buy blocks. They make me want to pull my hair out, but they keep him occupied." UNITED: We're checking in with student-athletes to find out how they're doing Peres was the All-American who became a mother. And then the mother who became a player again. Now she's like so many other athletes this spring — hunkered down at home, working on her classes and her game. But there's something else on her daily to-do list, too. He's a toddler named Levi. To appreciate where Peres is going, we should remember where she's been. By 2017, she had put together shining numbers in three years as a catcher at San Diego State — a .409 average, 34 home runs, 131 RBI. Mountain West player of the year. Her senior season would cap a glorious career. But then . . . She found out she was expecting during winter break. When she graduated in the spring, she was nine months pregnant. The little guy came along on June 24, 2018, at nine pounds and 11 ounces, after 36 hours of labor and a C-section. She had used a medical redshirt for the 2018 season, and then went to work as both a new mother and a dispatcher for a security firm. Softball, she figured, was a closed chapter in her life. Time to move on. But then the phone rang last autumn, and UCLA was on the line, wondering if she might want to attend grad school, spending her last year of eligibility with the defending national champions. Peres pondered the idea and decided she'd like to try for several reasons — her own sense of unfinished business, an example one day for her son, and a chance to prove what a mother could do, if she set her mind to it. By early March, all was well. The Bruins were 25-1 and ranked No. 1. She had hit .345 in nine starts with four homers. She was making steady progress on her master's degree in transformative coaching and leadership, and her support system was in place for Levi, led by her family. She'd go to practice, stay an hour or two afterward to complete class work, then head home to be a mother again. Who cares if it meant a near-daily commute on the clogged freeway from Orange County to UCLA's campus in Westwood? "Surreal," she called the experience. "No one thought I would be there. Shoot, I didn't even think I'd be there." COVID-19 RESPONSE: Current and former student-athletes responding to the COVID-19 need But during one of those commutes, UCLA coach Kelly Inouye-Perez called to tell her to return home, and the team would soon have a virtual meeting. She feared what was coming. Sports everywhere were shutting down because of the coronavirus, and that included the top-ranked team in college softball. "I went home and Facetimed into the meeting, and it was kind of heartbreaking — actually not kind of — extremely heart-breaking for all of us," Peres said. "I'm usually one that's pretty adaptable and I'm fairly good with change usually, but this specific change has been pretty hard. I had just gotten softball back, and then I kind of had it taken away again." Now she's back to work as a dispatcher, doing her homework at night when Levi has gone to sleep, and getting in some softball work when she can in the backyard. "My boyfriend is pretty good at catching the ball," she said. "He only gets hit sometimes." With the NCAA adding an extra year of eligibility for this spring's seniors, she's hoping to get back to UCLA next season. And then what, with her love for the sport rekindled? "Given everything that I have on my plate right now it might be something I want to pursue in the future, just because everything has changed and my priorities have changed a little bit, and it's kind of opened up my eyes to coaching again." But the road can always have a curve or two. She knows that well enough. Whatever happens she'll always have this spring, even if it was cut short. The second chance came to mean even more to her than she thought it would, once she realized the effort it would take. "It's so fulfilling for me. Everyone knows I didn't get to finish my career at San Diego State because I had gotten pregnant with Levi. So coming back made me feel kind of like myself, because I'm an athlete at heart. I'm not only a softball player. An athlete is who I am," she said. "I'm so glad that I'm able to be a little bit of an advocate for mothers, or just anybody who goes through a struggle in general. It means a little bit more to me too because I got so much love. Across the country, girls messaged me on Instagram and tried to contact me, saying I was such an inspiration to them. Moms have reached out. Even single fathers across the country, they're inspired too. It's amazing I could bring a little bit of hope to people across the country." Think what she could do with an entire season. Maybe next year. Peres hopes next year, anyway. The niece of Pittsburgh Steeler Hall of Famer Troy Polamalu knows exactly where she longs to be. "I'm so proud to be a Bruin and I want to be a Bruin as long as I can." But for now, of course, there are blocks to pick up. Aliyah Boston's double-double headlines this week's Starting Five in women's basketball Aliyah Boston collected her 16th straight double-double against a ranked opponent with No. 1 South Carolina's huge 76-71 overtime win over No. 2 Stanford. READ MORE Colleges with most players in the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame UCLA leads all schools with seven basketball players in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. READ MORE Division I Women's Soccer Committee reveals top 10 As the 2022 regular season winds down, the NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Committee has revealed its ranking of the top 10 teams. READ MORE


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The Wedding Photographer – iPhone Photography App Updated
The Wedding Photographer features seventy two stunning wedding images by acclaimed New Zealand photographer Perry Trotter along with ten comprehensive tutorials. An App for enthusiast and professional photographers, brides and grooms -and anyone interested in wedding art.
This app has just been updated with two new comprehensive tutorials, now making a total of ten and there have also been several new Lightroom presets added.
This is a free update, if you have previously downloaded this app. If not, you can download it here. It retails for $4.99/£2.99/download.


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Summer is a time for travel, whether it's island hopping, beach lounging or city exploring, and one of the joys of visiting new places is discovering their food and drink culture. What's better than an Aperol in the sunshine, some antipasti with a view or fresh street food from a hidden gem trader a local tipped you off about? Whether it's a swanky bar or a delicious treat for pennies, we have scoured Europe to bring you some hot tips of tasty treats and places you should try, next time you're in the neighbourhood…
We're often asked about Ibiza, and the island truly is brimming with great places to try. If you have children in tow, a lovely place for lunch is La Paloma, a bohemian oasis of calm surrounded by citrus trees. The food is fabulous, unpretentious but elegant, and there's a small playground for little ones to explore whilst adults sit back and relax. Seafood fans should try Cala Salada for an impressive array of fresh fish dishes and huge paella pans. Reasonably priced and with a relaxed atmosphere, this restaurant is popular with locals and as such, in high season gets very busy, so we recommend getting the bus or arriving early to secure a parking spot.
Regulars to the island will have seen local delicacy 'Flao' on menus everywhere – like a drier version of a baked cheesecake and usually flavoured with mint and/ or aniseed, it's definitely worth tasting. For a more sophisticated menu, try El Chiringuito . Situated on a beautiful sandy beach in an elegantly refined setting, this stunning restaurant has upmarket dishes, including whole fish and oysters, but is relaxed, friendly and sociable. Children will love it too, due to the extensive and thoughtful children's menu, and parents can relax watching younger visitors enjoy the beach.
Palermo, Sicily, is a food lover's paradise. There are far too many places to mention, we could do a blog on Palermo alone, but a gem that's sure to whet your appetite is Bisso Bistrot – popular with locals and friendly to the wallet, this little restaurant is great for those with special dietary needs too, with vegan and gluten free options and a chef that loves to please diners. It's a modern but chilled out location too, definitely one to check out! Or if you're looking for something a bit different, try Eat With Fulvio – this friendly Supper Club is great for solo travellers or those wishing to meet new people, plus Fulvio is an excellent host, the food it fantastic and you can even learn from this local about shopping for and preparing the best Sicilian ingredients.
When thirsty in Athens, the hottest cocktail bar right now is The Clumsies, which currently proudly sits at number 7 on the World's Best Bars List. For dinner we'd recommend Cookoovaya, where innovative chefs use fresh, seasonal ingredients to make Greek cuisine in a friendly setting.
Paris is always in our hearts and as all food lovers know, the scene there is sublime. A highlight for Sunday mornings is a wander through Marche Raspail, an open air food market popular year-round, offering everything from fresh produce to rotisserie chicken and patisserie. Bar Josephine at the Lutetia Hotel is an Art Deco haven, a beautiful frescoed setting where tuxedoed mixologists create stunning cocktails for some of the chicest clientele in Paris.
Next time you're in Manchester, we highly recommend heading to the Asia Bar at The Ivy Spinningfields, where Asian ingredients are used by expert mixologists to create deliciously different cocktails. A favourite from the menu is the Smoked Plum Boulevardier (a smoky twist on a classic – Kishinamien umeshu mum sake, Hibiki Harmony, Kamm & Son's English Aperitivo and plum bitters) – delicious!
Gothenburg is gaining in popularity for city breaks, perhaps due in part to its laid back atmosphere and lovely canal ways.
The Lindholmen Street Food & Design Market is open every Saturday from 12-5pm and has a wonderful array of street food stalls that sit alongside contemporary arts and crafts sellers, making it a great place for a wander and a casual lunch. Try everything from fresh fish to gourmet burgers, local beers to an ever changing list of specials.
Lisbon has been a star destination for a while and is still going strong. Perfect for weekends away, there is so much to discover here. Lovers of food markets should head to Mercado da Ribiera Time Out where visitors can graze on a variety of Portuguese specialities and international dishes, all prepared freshly (hot tips are 'Monte Mar' and 'Henrique Sa Pessoa'). Serious foodies should book well in advance at previously mentioned chef Pessoa's flagship restaurant Alma, a Michelin-starred hotspot with tasting menus, an incredible drinks list and excellent people watching!
We're always on the lookout for new places so for any questions, to share your hot tips or if you'd like to discuss putting together an itinerary, please contact us at email@example.com.


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Despite all the protests seen from the most rabid Clinton supporters, most likely after the final primaries are over Hillary Clinton will realize that further fighting is futile and will accept a dignified settlement from the Obama campaign and begin unifying the party.
To partisan Democrats that is the only rational outcome. To an independent such as myself, this is the most probable outcome. It is also the most realistic outcome to home for if the Democrats are going to defeat John McCain. As I hope to see the defeat of any supporter of the Iraq war (including both McCain and Clinton) as well as the defeat of any social conservative (again including both McCain and Clinton), unity between the diverse Democratic factions appears to be the desirable goal in the short run.
This isn't the only possible result. I discount the claims of Clinton supporters that they will vote for McCain. The videos I posted earlier with such claims are a product of both the passions of the moment and of the tendency of both the media and internet to report the most controversial and extreme views. Still, the fact remains that both parties contain diverse groups which are unified more out of political expediency than common views. Congressional votes deliberately organized to fall along party lines often provides a false sense of two unified parties when candidates are evaluated based upon their voting records as opposed to core beliefs.
The divisions among the Republicans, ranging from near-libertarian to the religious right, are far more obvious, but similar divisions exist among the Democrats. This division is increased with the trend, started before the 2006 elections and greatly accelerated by support for Obama, for independents and moderate Republicans (such as the Starbucks Republicans) to vote Democratic. While older (and often bitter) Democrats have tried to cling to the New Deal coalition, losing election after election in the process, younger voters working in the information age have a different view of government. Many of us independents voting Democratic are more interested in matters such as government reform, changing our disastrous foreign policy, stopping both the Iraq war and the drug war, increasing civil liberties, and strengthening the wall of separation between church and state. We have no love for "tax and spend" liberalism of recent years. This is quite different from the big government, nanny state views of Clinton and her supporters.
The Obama campaign has walked a fine line to present policies which will most likely be backed by both factions of the Democratic Party. While Obama seeks a more inclusive party, the Clinton camp has written off the views of Obama's supporters and declared us to be a band of elitists. In many ways the Clinton supporters would be much more at home with the party of George W. Bush, Richard Milhouse Nixon, and Sprio T. Agnew. While Barack Obama has been compared to John F. Kennedy, the Clinton supporters remind me more of Spiro Agnew who condemned liberals as an "effete corps of impudent snobs." The Clintonists might have come up with such a line if not for their anti-intellectualism which prevents them from expressing their views as well as the right wing, even when their views coincide.
While I believe the most likely outcome, for better or for worse ,is that the Democrats will become reunited, Cernig has presented a plausible alternative:
It seems to me that the schizophrenic nature of the Democratic Party may finally resolve itself. There's a good chance that the right wing of the party will follow the Clintons into GOP-land. They always were "compassionate conservatives" and that's probably where they belong. The Dems could end up looking a lot more like a European social democrat party as a result and if so the GOP will most likely fracture in its turn too. The far right won't be able to call the shots quite so much, with what will then be a massively enhanced left wing of the Republicans able to steamroller them, and they'll head for the exits to form a new hard right bunch of God-bothering, xenophobic helicopter-chasers. That way lies their consignment to history as a part of a ruling coalition, although they'll be able to exert pressure from the finges. It's probably the most positive role they could possibly play. Likewise, on the other flank of the main two, I think we'll come to see democratic socialists and greens providing pressure from smaller but still influential partries on specific issues. The GOP will be left looking far more like a European conservative party.
If we don't see Clintonista defections in droves, then it will be because the Republican hard right is just too odious for them to contemplate making common cause with. That will have pretty much the same efect, since in that case the GOP leadership is going to have to engineer a move leftwards just to recapture that party's electability. The same fallout would then ensue as the hard right will still decamp following such a move and the Dem tent now has so many holes in it that a lot of those further left than right of the Dem center are likely to look to other parties to support so that they don't have to relive the feuds of this primary season. Their trust that the Clinton camp has roughly the same aims as they do has been seriously eroded.
Either way, then, I think change is coming. The US has been further Right than the international mean for decades now, mainly due to the interplay of power centers in both the main parties rather than any intrinsic rightwingedness in the nation as a whole – but the adjustment has to come sometime.
I've often stated that I do not vote for the Democratic Party when they nominate conservative populists such as Hillary Clinton and, if not for the fact that it would mean electoral defeat when the Democrats do have a liberal candidate such as Barack Obama, would not mind if they left the party. I have much more in common with the diminishing type of Republican who is moderate on social issues and stresses civil liberties as opposed to social conservatism and support for the war. There are both those such as myself who currently lean towards the Democrats as well as many disenchanted Republicans who would prefer a realignment in the parties. Such a desire is also expressed by Mark at Publius Endures:
The Clintonites now threaten to pick their ball up and go home if their candidate is not the nominee. Obama supporters should not have a problem with this- the Clintonites are as illiberal as could be and are an anchor that weighs down any claim that the Dem Party is a force for good in this country, as I explained here. Instead, the Obama campaign and the remnants of the Dem party should start looking at reforming their coalition- let the Republicans be the party of authoritarians. In the process, the Republicans will lose a pretty good number of their own members, who either vote for Bob Barr (like me) or for Obama, with whom they will have more in common than McCain and the Clintons.
Most likely the Democrats will reunite and the same divisions will persist. Our greatest hope is actually not that the party will fracture at this moment but that the new voters will change the nature of the Democratic Party for the better. Demographics favor this outcome as the views of the younger voters will have dominance over those of the older Democratic voters as long as they turn out to vote as they have in the primaries.


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My Accomplice
Thu, 19 Oct 2017 14:41:07 GMT
Bonnie Anthony has joined My Accomplice as Head of Production, working alongside founder and Executive Producer Jamie Clark. Bonnie brings with her a wealth of experience from many of London's top commercial production companies.
Bonnie will be working across long and short form and has already started production on a Bill Wyman documentary with Ollie Murray.
"Bonnie's broad experience is exactly what My Accomplice needs and she is a perfect and very welcomed addition to the team. Bonnie is equally brilliant at producing big budget commercials and music videos as she is at smaller budget documentaries and personal film projects. Her new role is to oversee the breadth of production at My Accomplice and keep us all in check!," says Jamie.
Bonnie began her career in photography and worked her way through the camera department and assistant directing across both films and documentaries before finding her home in commercials production as a PA & PM for companies including RSA, Rattling Stick, Bare Films & Stink.
After seven years as a PM and producer at Partizan, Bonnie went freelance, producing for Wanda, Friend, Nexus & Tangerine. Her credits include Samsung, Adidas, Coco Cola, Honda & Jaguar Land Rover.
"My Accomplice is a super exciting company with an eclectic roster of directors working across all platforms; the work they produce is refreshingly original. I'm excited to support & grow the company whilst keeping production standards high," says Bonnie.


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Hey there, it's time for the Baker's Dozen Studio Challenge (a monthly opportunity for the DT to share what makes our stamping studios hum...each month we're asked a fun, crafty question so we can share our favorite products, tips/tricks, stamping advice and more).
These were so quick and fun to make! Each was cut twice...once in black card stock and the other in Neenah Solar White. The white bookmark was sponged with two different inks then stamped using the Make it Amazing stamp set. It was adhered to the black for a little extra stability before the ribbon/twine was added. What do you use to cut your ribbon? We (my buddies at my LSS) found this awesome gadget at the Winter CHA from Imaginisce. It was definitely a must have for us and I absolutely love it! It's a battery operated ribbon cutter/sealer, so you know what that means...no more frayed ends! The battery heats up a metal wire that cuts/seals the ends of the ribbon at the same time. It also has a really cool grid for cutting perfectly straight and/or diagonal lines every time! A Flutterby was added to the bottom of each.
STAMPS: TE Make It Amazing
PAPER: Neenah Solar White; Bazzill Raven Monochromatic
INK: Memento (Tuxedo Black, New Sprout, Bamboo Leaves, Sweet Plum, Elderberry, Bahama Blue, Summer Sky, Rose Bud, Angel Pink)
ACCESSORIES: Spellbinders Grand Calibur; TE Taylored Dies (Mark Your Spot Bookmark, Flutterbys); sponges; Stamp-a-ma-jig; ribbon from my stash; Imaginisce Ribbon Cutter/Sealer; Creative Impressions Black Twine; Zig 2-Way Glue pen; adhesive
TECHNIQUE(S): Sponging
SIZE OF FINISHED PROJECT: 6" x 1 3/4" (not including the ribbon)
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