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Florencia Minuzzi spent most of her pre-adulthood living in different countries, moving every few years as her family's work saw fit. After she was old enough to have control over her residency, she moved to London, England, where she studied Biochemistry and undertook a PhD in Mycology, a highly exciting subject, before co-founding Tea-Powered Games, a company dedicated to creating narrative games. She enjoys writing stories permeated with her strange sense of humour, and hopes that other people might enjoy reading them as much as she enjoys writing them.
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This week starts the last five weeks of the year and looking at my 6 x 6 Challenge list, things are looking pretty tight. I have five more games to get in to complete my challenge with Walking Dead dragging its heels with the least games played. Sad as I thought it would be one of the easiest to complete but I got a bit sidetracked. Since the remaining items seem pretty straight forward, I'll be focusing a bit more energy to get Walking Dead to the table to try to finish out my Chapters series and mess around with some of the new missions in the later rule books.
After Walking Dead, I will have a few stragglers with one game left each. Championship Formula Racing should be easy to get a game in again and I plan to do that this week. Dropzone Commander has it's last game already set up on the calendar as the local group completes another game in their ongoing Winter Campaign. That leaves Batman Miniature Game.


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The first rule of healthy eating woman
- Eat small meals 5-6 times a day. This will allow you to stretch the stomach, which should not be either completely empty or crowded.
- The basic amount of food should fall to breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea. Dinner – the easy, no later than 20-00. Generally, a break between dinner and breakfast shall be 12 hours. Your stomach will thank you for it.
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During the summer of 2008, Silktown Roofing Inc., Derby, Conn., took on a difficult project: reroofing Naugatuck High School in Naugatuck, Conn., with a Solar Integrated Technologies building-integrated photovoltaic system and Sika Sarnafil G410 EnergySmart Roof® membrane. The completed 189,600-square-foot roof system is expected to generate 385 kilowatt-hours and makes Naugatuck High School one of Connecticut's largest solar facilities.
The company faced various challenges during the project, including 24 different roof areas, many with different deck types—such as metal, gypsum and concrete—and elevations; an existing EPDM roof system covering an older built-up roof (BUR) system, which contained asbestos materials; and a strict deadline because work had to be performed while faculty and students were on summer vacation.
Silktown Roofing removed a layer of EPDM and insulation, abated the asbestos-containing BUR layer and installed the Sika Sarnafil G410 EnergySmart Roof membrane. Groups of 12 thin, lightweight, flexible solar modules were laminated onto sections of the membrane to form 10- by 40-foot flexible solar roof panels, which were hot-air welded to the installed membrane and wired to the building's electrical system.
The company also faced the challenge of laying out and installing the solar panels' electrical conduits in the insulation.


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- Mass Effect vinyl figures from Funko's Pop! line
- Choose Garrus, Grunt, Miranda, Shepard, or Tali
- I'm Commander Shepard and this is my favorite vinyl figure set
Excited Declaration. We have figures from Mass Effect that are really great.
Humorous Sarcasm. If you don't think that these figures are great, you should seriously GTFO.
Serious Statement. These figures recreate the key players from Mass Effect in super-deformed version.
Morose Rumination. Unless, of course, you played FemShep, in which case you'll find this version extra-super-deformed since it's male.
Earnest Apology. We're sorry about that.
Serious Statement. You can choose from figures of Garrus, Grunt, Miranda, Shepard, or Tali.
Sincere Endorsement. We're sure you'll love them as much as we do.
Product Specifications
- Super-cute Funko pop versions of the characters from Mass Effect
- Choose Garrus, Grunt, Miranda, Shepard, or Tali
- Officially-licensed Mass Effect figures
- Materials: Vinyl
- Dimensions: 3 3/4" tall
- Ages 5+
- WARNING - SMALL PARTS - Not intended for children under 3 years of age


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The team behind Cosmos, Australia's #1 science magazine in print, iPad and online and the winner of 47 awards, including the Magazine of the Year trophy in both 2009 and 2006, for best digital engagement strategy. Cosmos has also won the American Institute of Physics Science Writing Award, the Reuters/IUCN Award for Excellence in Environmental Journalism, the City of Sydney Lord Mayor's Sustainability Award and an Earth Journalism Award.
Elizabeth Finkel is a one-time biochemist who took up science journalism. One of the founders of Cosmos, her work has appeared in publications including the US journal Science and The Age and on ABC radio's The Science Show. She is the author of Stem Cells: Controversy on the Frontiers of Science, which won a Queensland Premier's Literary Award in 2005, and The Genome Generation published in 2012. Her work for Cosmos has won four Publishers Australia Excellence Awards. In 2011 she was named the National Press Club's Higher Education Journalist of the Year, in 2013 won the Crawford Prize for agricultural journalism, and in 2015 the Department of Industry and Science Eureka Prize for Science Journalism – her article "A Statin a Day" being the first print entrant to win the award in 11 years. In 2016 she was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the print media as a science journalist and author, and as a supporter of a range of not-for-profit organisations.Features editor
News editor
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Sahm Keily
Tess Wardle
An Editorial Advisory Board, made up of leading figures in the sciences and the arts, help ensure Cosmos stays abreast of the latest ideas and thinking. Current members are:
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is the Apollo 11 astronaut who, with Neil Armstrong, became the first men to walk on the Moon in 1969. A winner of the US Presidential Medal of Freedom, he is a former commander of the Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base in California and a former astronaut and US Air Force pilot. Since retiring, he has founded a rocket design company, Starcraft Boosters Inc, and established the ShareSpace Foundation, a non-profit organisation devoted to opening the doors to space for all people.
Bryan Gaensler
Bryan Gaensler is a Federation Fellow and Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney. He was the 1999 Young Australian of the Year, a 2005 Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow, and is the 2006 winner of the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize awarded by the American Astronomical Society for outstanding achievement in observational astronomy. A former Hubble Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a Clay Fellow at the Smithsonian Institution, he has taught astronomy at Harvard University and authored or co-authored over 120 scientific papers on neutron stars, black holes, supernova explosions or cosmic magnetic fields. He is currently the International Project Scientist for the Square Kilometre Array, a planned next-generation radio telescope which will answer fundamental questions about the origin and evolution of the universe.
Paul Davies
Paul Davies, an internationally acclaimed physicist and writer, is the Director of Beyond: the Centre for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University in Tempe. He has held previous academic appointments at the universities of Cambridge, London, Adelaide and Macquarie University, and is chair of the SETI post-detection taskgroup of the International Academy of Astronautics, the team that will decide what to do if an extraterrestrial signal is detected. The author of over 20 books, including bestsellers The Goldilocks Enigma and The Mind of God, he is the winner 2001 Kelvin Medal by Britain's Institute of Physics, and the 2002 Faraday Prize by the Royal Society. His research interests are in the fields of cosmology, quantum field theory, and astrobiology.
Robyn Williams
Robyn Williams is an Australian science journalist and broadcaster who has hosted The Science Show on ABC Radio National since its inception in 1975. The author of more than 10 books, he is a former Reuters Fellow at Oxford University, served as president of the Australian Museum Trust and deputy chairman of the Commission for the Future, and is a former president of the ANZAAS Congress. In 1993 he became the first journalist elected a fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He graduated in science from the University of London, and has honorary science doctorates from Deakin, Sydney and Macquarie universities, and an honorary doctorate of law from the Australian National University.
Mike Archer
Mike Archer is Professor, School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences at the University of New South Wales. He's a biologist, geologist, palaeontologist, environmentalist and mammalogist who was hooked on science from age 11. He has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications including a wide range of books and many popular science articles.
Louise Leakey
Louise Leakey is Director of Public Education and Outreach in the Turkana Basin Institute, Kenya. She is also research Professor of Anthropology at the University of Stony Brook in New York, USA. She first became actively involved in fossil discoveries in 1977, at the age of six, when she became the youngest documented person to find a hominoid fossil.
Joanne Manaster
Joanne Manaster, a faculty lecturer in biology at the University of Illinois's School of Integrative Biology, stands out as an example of an individual who has leveraged new media alone to enthusiastically share science in the online environment and garner one of the largest followings on social media without the benefit of already having a traditional media or publishing background audience to join her online. She experiments with multiple new media formats to help further her platform, which is to share science stories to pique the interest the general public without sensationalism, to encourage the reading of great popular science books and to support and encourage youth, particularly girls, to consider STEM careers. In all of these endeavours, Joanne displays a sincere and overt support for those who are on the front lines of increasing scientific knowledge and thinking: the science teachers in America's schools.


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Smokeless Cigarette Considered Just as Harmful as Tobacco Cigarettes, Survey Says
A survey published by the FDA and the National Cancer Institute shows that most adults think that smokeless cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, are just as harmful for their health as tobacco cigarettes. When this survey was conducted in 2015, only about 10% of respondents said that vaping is less harmful to a person's health than smoking a tobacco cigarette.
That's the right answer, and research has shown that vaping is far less harmful to someone's health than smoking a combustible, tobacco cigarette. Most people do not realize that, and this kind of misinformation is causing the vaping industry to grow very slowly and to undergo severe scrutiny from people that often equate it with cigarette smoking.
The smokeless cigarette industry has long suffered from an undeserved stigma from those who have not researched it and who are misled by false information. There is a lot of misinformation floating around about the industry and the products it produces. Most people are simply unaware of how much safer electric cigarettes are, http://www.aquavape.co.uk/ makes their users more aware, and this leads to calls for tighter regulation and restriction of e-cigs. Since many people equate smokeless cigarettes and their side effects to that of tobacco cigarettes, most people call for similar restrictions on them. They want them to be regulated equally, despite overwhelming evidence that smokeless cigarettes are much safer.
We have already seen these kinds of regulations go into effect, and the industry has suffered as a result. These restrictions do nothing to help the stigma surrounding electronic cigarettes, ensuring that they continue to suffer for people's ignorance about them.
The actual risks of smokeless cigarettes as opposed to conventional cigarettes is astounding, when one compares the two. Research has shown that the risk level is about 2% that of combustible tobacco products. This is due to the process by which the vaporizers and e-cigs produce their byproducts. Tobacco cigarettes combust and burn the tobacco. Vaporizers do not combust at all and instead, as the name implies, produce vapor that is relatively harmless. In fact, there has been no definitive evidence produced to show that secondhand vapors cause any health problems.
The ingredients used are vastly different as well. While conventional cigarettes use a variety of harmful chemicals, such as tobacco and a laundry list of toxins, electronic cigarettes are usually comprised of just four ingredients. These are two different kinds of almost completely harmless base liquid alcohols,some flavoring and nicotine.
While nicotine gets abad rap, for the most part it is not harmful beyond being addictive, and it often exists in such low quantities in e-cigarettes as to be completely harmless to those using it. It helps to produce a throat hit that makes the vaping experience pleasant (or the smoking experience, conversely), but beyond that, it has no real function.
A lot of the misconceptions about vaporization stem from the fact that e-cigs look like conventional cigarettes and produce a thick cloud when vaped. Most people do not realize that this cloud is mostly water vapor and not smoke, like with tobacco cigarettes. Most people have not taken the time to look the research and find out what e-cigs contain or what their effects are on the human body. If they did, we would not get back survey results that so heavily skew toward misinformation and ignorance.
Until there is a better dissemination of information, however, we will likely continue to see e-cigarettes stigmatized and treated as an equally unsafe alternative to tobacco cigarettes. Only once people learn more about their effects and the information is made more readily available by regulatory committees will the scrutiny change to understanding and the industry be able to flourish like it ought to. Once that happens, more people are likely to use e-cigs as a safer alternative to tobacco cigarettes.


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Hi there and Happy Monday to everyone! I hope you all had as good of a weekend as I did. I know most of you, however, haven't had the Monday that I've had...where I get to hang out at home all day in my sweatpants watching The Talk while doing laundry and catching up with some friends. But hey, that's okay cause tomorrow is Tuesday, which will be my Monday and all of you can point and laugh then.
This weekend was tons of fun. Friday night, I just hung out alone and went to bed pretty early (still getting used to those 12 hour shifts). Saturday I did a lot around the apartment and that night went to a haunted hayride with some friends. Before the actual hayride though, we met up with about 20 people and had a "hayride to the hayride" which was pretty fun. We all piled into a cattle trailer and drove a few miles to the haunted hayride, besides the wind, cold, and smell, it was great.
On the hayride to the hayride. We had the bright idea to sit at the very front of the trailer where the wind was the worst. So. Cold.
The actual haunted hayride was pretty exciting too, with masked riders on horses, witches, serial killers, clowns with chainsaws, and hillbillies from Deliverance (I think that's what they were going for?) there was something that everyone could be scared of.
On the haunted hayride.... tried to crop out our photobomber as much a possible.
Sunday we spent the afternoon at D's parents watching the NASCAR race (I think I've become a true fan now, my dad would be so proud.) And we spent that evening with some friends making drunk chicken and watching scary movies. It was all our first time making the chicken that was and it was a little bit of an adventure.
All in all, a good way to spend my three days off. Even though I didn't get to dress up for Halloween or carve any pumpkins, I had a good time with some good people. I hope everyone else had an excellent weekend and didn't let Monday get to them! TTFN
"Friendship is the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words." --George Eliot
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IDY28000 Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology Bureau National Operations Centre Satellite Notes for the 0600UTC Chart Issued at 5:01 pm EST Wednesday on 22 May 2019 Patchy low cloud over the southeast of the country is due to a surface trough. Another surface trough about southern Western Australia generates low and middle level cloud within its vicinity. The north of the country is largely clear, apart from low cloud over the Queensland Coast.


text: From ICE cars, a BEV will have much reduced running costs. Basicly it's tires and washer fluid. Brake pads and disc will last much longer thanks to regen braking. The AC motor is made to last forever. The battery is the biggest factor. The 100k miles figure for down to 80% capacity makes it a five years thing for me. But considering the degration curve will flatten (is it?) would it be save to assume that at 200k miles will be at, lets say, 70%? What do you think? What about fluid pumps / hoses? Fans? How long is the PEM supposed to last? Are there any reports on dying PEMs?


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As a leading developer and publisher of original mobile games, Com2uS is always looking for new ways to reach mobile consumers
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Movaya, a mobile content distribution and services company, announced today the BETA launch of Movaya TryNBuy, the first off-deck, cross-carrier, try-before-you-buy system for mobile game sales in the U.S.
Over 30 mobile game publishers are taking part in the BETA launch, including top game publisher Com2uS. "As a leading developer and publisher of original mobile games, Com2uS is always looking for new ways to reach mobile consumers," said Don Lim, general manager of Com2uS America. "With Movaya's TryNBuy, we know that once people are able to try out titles like the award-winning Tower Defense or our addictive stick-figure phenomenon, Super Action Hero, we'll be creating a whole new group of Com2uS fans."
TryNBuy is a patent-pending licensing system that allows consumers to download games over-the-air to their mobile phones and try games on their handset. Upon purchase, the games are 'unlocked' for unlimited use. TryNBuy is configurable on multiple levels including length of play, number of plays, and more.
"There has been widespread commentary on the factors holding back the growth of mobile games in the US. With our PlugNPlay launch last year, Movaya solved one of the major issues, which is to increase points of distribution. And now with TryNBuy, Movaya has solved the last remaining issue, which is the risk-free download for consumers. Try-before-you-buy was a major driver in the huge growth of casual games on the desktop and now Movaya is bringing this to the mobile marketplace," says Movaya CEO Phil Yerkes.
To check out Movaya TryNBuy BETA, please visit BustedThumbs.com on your PC or http://www.bustedthumbs.mobi on your mobile phone. BustedThumbs is a direct to consumer merchant of mobile games and content.
About Movaya
Movaya (http://www.movaya.com) is a Seattle-based technology company, whose mobile-content management and distribution software system allows mobile content publishers and online retailers to effortlessly extend their businesses to the growing off-deck mobile content marketplace. Movaya PlugNPlay is the company's flagship product, which brings together Mobile Game and Application Publishers, Online Retailers and consumers in one marketplace for Mobile goods. Movaya is powering the off-deck, mobile industry.
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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Police asked the public for help Thursday in identifying the man, or men, who allegedly tried to lure young girls into a car in the Cypress Park area.
There have been four incidents since October, two of those involving the same girl, where at least one man is believed to have pulled up beside a teenage schoolgirl while they were walking by themselves and offered them a ride, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
In each case, the girl refused to get in the car, fled to a safe place and called for help, police said.
Authorities have released two sketches, although it is unclear if there is more than one man involved.
The first sketch showed a man wearing a dark baseball cap with short dark hair and a light mustache with a possible goatee.
The second composite depicted a man as bald, wearing small earrings and a chain around his neck.
In all cases, the man was described as Hispanic, 30 to 45 years old and between 5 feet 8 inches to 6 feet tall.
The man had been seen driving a light-colored, 2007 to 2011 four-door Honda Accord with possible paper plates.
An additional vehicle was described as a dark-green, 2007 to 2010 four-door Toyota Camry.
Anyone with information about this case was asked to contact the LAPD.


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It's been more than four years since the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling reshaped the campaign finance landscape, and yet the Federal Election Commission has failed to issue new regulations to take into account the landmark decision.
That could be about to change.
Behind closed doors, a bipartisan clutch of FEC commissioners are quietly moving to refresh the election regulations after years of stalemate, those familiar with the process tell National Journal. The updated rules under consideration by the commissioners are narrow in scope, mostly seeking to strip unconstitutional provisions from the books; the revisions would not include the stricter disclosure requirements that some Democrats have sought, people involved said. But the very fact that the commission is undertaking the effort at all is a significant development for an agency that has become synonymous with Washington gridlock and dysfunction.
"I do think it would be a big deal if we could get this done," said Commissioner Caroline Hunter, a Republican. "We have been trying to do this for years."
The Supreme Court's January 2010 ruling unshackled election spending by corporations and labor unions. But ever since, the FEC, made up of three Democrats and three Republicans, has been unable to find consensus on squaring its books with the Court's ruling. As a result, inaccurate and unconstitutional regulations have remained in place for parts of three election cycles, even as the FEC has pledged it won't enforce them, amounting to a bureaucratic black eye.
"It sows confusion out there for people outside the Beltway who don't have the training," said William McGinley, a GOP elections lawyer at Jones Day. "They are looking at the Federal Election Commission regulations and could think those regulations are still in effect."
Officials at the FEC attribute the fresh movement largely to the commission's two newest members — Chairman Lee Goodman, a Republican, and Vice Chairwoman Ann Ravel, a Democrat, both of whom joined the commission last fall.
"They've both done an excellent job for trying to work together and move things forward. They both deserve a lot of credit," Hunter said. She said a proposal to conform the regulations to the court decision has already been circulated to Ravel and others on the Democratic side of the commission for review. "I'm optimistic that she'll take" it, Hunter added.
Ravel declined to comment on any closed-door talks. She said only, "It's my general view that one of the roles of the commission is to provide guidance to the public about how to comply with the law."
Officials at the FEC warn that no final deal has been struck and negotiations are ongoing. Further, when the Supreme Court handed down the McCutcheon decision earlier this year, which ruled that aggregate limits on political donations were unconstitutional, it overturned even more FEC regulations that are still on the books.
Goodman, who is in the middle of a one-year term as chairman, would not characterize the state of the behind-the-scenes efforts, but said in an interview he has made repealing the overruled regulations a top priority since his arrival. "Beginning with my private law practice, I thought that the failure of the commission to be able to conform the regulations to the basic holding of Citizens United was a shame," he said, adding that "since joining the commission in October 2013, I have been testing the interest of my colleagues in conforming our regulations to the Constitution on a regular basis."
In the past, the biggest stumbling block has been how expansive a regulatory revamp to undertake after Citizens United. Republicans have pushed to simply repeal the provisions overturned by the Court. Democrats have pushed for a more holistic approach that would also include additional disclosure requirements, citing the growing influence of undisclosed donations on American elections.
Now, the commission appears poised to proceed on the path more akin to the one favored by Republicans.
Commissioner Ellen Weintraub, the leading Democratic voice for disclosure, blamed Republicans for refusing to consider anything beyond simply stripping out unconstitutional language, calling that a simple "housekeeping matter" that "doesn't provide any additional guidance to the regulated community." "I take strong exception to the notion that Democrats were an obstacle to doing a Citizens United rulemaking," she said in an interview. "We want to fully address Citizens United and all of its ramifications."
Weintraub has pushed for years, without any success, for the commission to consider stricter disclosure rules. "Disclosure," she wrote in an exasperated July 2011 public statement, " "¦ has become like the villain in a children's novel, the topic that may not be named." Weintraub declined to discuss the current closed-door talks, calling it "premature." "Those conversations are not on the public record at this point," she said.
The other Democratic-aligned FEC commissioner, Steven Walther, did not respond to a request for comment.
If and when a deal is struck, the commission could move unusually quickly. That is because it already went through the laborious task of putting out draft regulations, holding a public hearing, and soliciting feedback from the political community back in 2011 and 2012. There are few bureaucratic barriers left to action. "It's not as if there isn't any water under the bridge here," Hunter said.
"All we have to do now," she added, "is vote on the final rule."


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Producers guild noms stick with indie trend
EmptyThe year of the indie continues, with the PGA Awards nominating four films from studio specialty divisions and Warner Bros.' modestly budgeted "Michael Clayton."
Joining the George Clooney starrer are Miramax drama "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," Fox Searchlight's quirky comedy "Juno" and a pair of Miramax/Paramount Vantage co-productions -- the Coen brothers-helmed thriller "No Country for Old Men" and the Daniel Day-Lewis starrer "There Will Be Blood."
In a practice begun last year, the PGA withheld naming any of the producers on the nominated films until the guild completes its arbitration process on producer credits. That's expected to take a week to 10 days, a spokesman said.
Meanwhile, films missing from the PGA best pic noms include some that figured prominently in early noms from other kudos groups, such as Universal's period drama "Atonement" and Par Vantage's "Into the Wild."
In the category of best animated pic, the PGA nominated DreamWorks Animation's "Bee Movie," Disney/Pixar's "Ratatouille" and Fox's "The Simpsons Movie." The PGA also released docu and TV noms.
Winners in all categories will be announced at the 19th annual PGA Awards gala, set for Feb. 2 at the Beverly Hilton.
A complete list of nominees follows:
The Darryl F. Zanuck Producer of the Year Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (Miramax)
"Juno" (Fox Searchlight)
"Michael Clayton" (Warner Bros.)
"No Country for Old Men" (Miramax/Paramount Vantage)
"There Will Be Blood" (Paramount Vantage/Miramax)
Animated theatrical motion picture
"Bee Movie" (DreamWorks Animation)
"Ratatouille" (Walt Disney Pictures/Pixar Animation)
"The Simpsons Movie" (20th Century Fox)
Documentary theatrical motion picture
"Body of War" (Phil Donahue Productions/Mobilus Media)
"Hear and Now" (HBO)
"Pete Seeger: The Power of Song" (The Weinstein Co.)
"Sicko" (The Weinstein Co.)
"White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki" (HBO)
Longform television
"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" (HBO)
"The Bronx Is Burning" (ESPN)
"High School Musical 2" (The Disney Channel)
"Jane Eyre" (PBS/BBC)
"The Starter Wife" (USA Network)
Previously announced television nominations:
The Danny Thomas Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television -- Comedy
"Entourage" (HBO)
"Extras" (HBO)
"The Office" (NBC)
"30 Rock" (NBC)
"Ugly Betty" (ABC)
The Norman Felton Producer of the Year Award in Episodic Television -- Drama
"Dexter" (Showtime)
"Grey's Anatomy" (ABC)
"Heroes" (NBC)
"House" (Fox)
"Lost" (ABC)
"The Sopranos" (HBO)
Nonfiction television
"Deadliest Catch" (Discovery Channel)
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" (ABC)
"Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List" (Bravo)
"Planet Earth" (Discovery Channel)
"60 Minutes" (CBS)
Live entertainment/competition
"The Amazing Race" (CBS)
"American Idol" (Fox)
"The Colbert Report" (Comedy Central)
"Project Runway" (Bravo)
"Real Time With Bill Maher" (HBO)
PGA honorary awards and recipients:
Milestone Award: Alan Horn
David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Theatrical Motion Pictures: Kathleen Kennedy and Frank Marshall
Norman Lear Achievement Award in Television: Dick Wolf
Visionary Award: Simon Fuller
Vanguard Award: YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen
The Stanley Kramer Award: "The Great Debaters"


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The median house price listed in Les Coteaux this month is $189,500.
3 bedroom properties are the most common available for real estate investors this month in neighbourhood.
It's never an exact art, but to try to forecast how property is going to appreciate in Les Coteaux for investors, it's important to look at data like:
The amount of homes for sale in neighbourhood has fallen over the last three months – this means that supply and demand economics would mean that the pressure on house prices has also grown.
With a median listing price of $169,058, Les Coteaux is Canada's 760th most expensive when ordered by median listing price.
The $169,058 price tag on the median Les Coteaux home means that it is below the national norm.
Les Coteaux's most common listing this month is 2 bedroom properties, less than province's most common offering of 2 bedrooms.
If you're looking for a large choice of properties on sale when you're adding to your real estate investment portfolio, then Les Coteaux has more than the average number to choose from compared to the rest of the province
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Over the last three months in Les Coteaux, housing stock available seems to be falling – this could mean that homes values might increase faster.
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The most common vector-borne diseases in both Europe and North America are transmitted by ticks. Lyme borreliosis (LB), a tick-borne bacterial zoonosis, is the most highly prevalent. Other important tick-borne diseases include TBE (tick-borne encephalitis) and Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever in Europe, Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) in North America, and numerous less common tick-borne bacterial, viral, and protozoan diseases on both continents. The major etiological agent of LB is Borrelia burgdorferi in North America, while in Europe several related species of Borrelia can also cause human illness. These Borrelia genospecies differ in clinical manifestations, ecology (for example, some have primarily avian and others primarily mammalian reservoirs), and transmission cycles, so the epizootiology of LB is more complex in Europe than in North America. Ticks dwell predominantly in woodlands and meadows, and in association with animal hosts, with only limited colonization of human dwellings by a few species. Therefore, suburbanization has contributed substantially to the increase in tick-borne disease transmission in North America by fostering increased exposure of humans to tick habitat. The current trend toward suburbanization in Europe could potentially result in similar increases in transmission of tick-borne diseases. Incidence of tick-borne diseases can be lowered by active public education campaigns, targeted at the times and places of greatest potential for encounter between humans and infected ticks. Similarly, vaccines (e.g., against TBE) are most effective when made available to people at greatest risk, and for high-prevalence diseases such as LB. Consultation with vector-borne disease experts during the planning stages of new human developments can minimize the potential for residents to encounter infected ticks (e.g., by appropriate dwelling and landscape design). Furthermore, research on tick vectors, pathogens, transmission ecology, and on geographic distribution, spread, and management of tick-borne diseases can lead to innovative and improved methods to lower the incidence of these diseases. Surveillance programs to monitor the distribution and spread of ticks, associated pathogens, and their reservoirs, can allow better-targeted management efforts, and provide data to assess effectiveness and to improve management programs.
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The world is achanging.
Even as nature stirs pain and suffering from the west coast of India through the impoverished land of Burma to the heartland of China, with floods, typhoons and earthquakes, respectively, changes of other sort are washing over these same lands and peoples.
The king is gone, long live ??? in Nepal. A bittersweet moment for people as ancient as those all around them. It is good that Nepal is now a Republic and not monarchy. It is a shame there had to be acrimony, royal dementia and red tide upsurge. Where ever the communists have grabbed power in the world, they have not delivered. They come on strong, get the spirits up and then .. Nothing!
Communist mayhem in Nandigram, their tirades against the policies of any government in power, their abject performance in areas of ethics and accountability have dogged India.
The Nepali reds and their visceral opposition to the royals, finally culminated in a new flag being hoisted in Khatmandu.
Anti-communist non-tirade continues after the jump.


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Honoring All Veterans… Past, Present, Future & Our Very Own!!!
We wanted to take this time to sincerely thank all Veterans for everything you've done for us individually and as a nation! The Bone & Joint Institute of South Georgia is blessed to have five Veterans on staff including: Dr. Matthew Valosen (Army), Dr. Amber Aragon (Army), Angela Roberts (Air Force & Army), Ceci Mook (Army) & Rhonda Landon (Navy).
Dr. J. Matthew Valosen joined the Bone and Joint Institute of South Georgia (BJISG) after beginning his career as a U.S. Army Orthopaedic Surgeon. He was previously the Chief of Orthopaedic Surgical Services at Winn Army Community Hospital in Ft. Stewart, GA.
During his military service at Ft. Stewart, Dr. Valosen became the chief of the orthopaedic surgical clinic, was deployed to Iraq where he was awarded the Bronze Star, and implemented many advances in specialty musculoskeletal care for the Army soldier.
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Dr. Aragon served five years at Winn Army Community Hospital at Fort Stewart, two years of which she served as chief of the orthopaedic surgery service. She was deployed to Afghanistan in 2013 as the only trauma orthopaedic surgeon of a forward surgical team.


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Starting last Thursday and continuing for twelve days, we are posting some creations featuring a different stamp set every day to inspire you and to help you get krafty!! Each one of these stamp sets (plus a few extras) will be on SALE 20-50% OFF over the whole twelve days!!! PLUS each order placed during this time will receive a FREE GIFT....as a little thank you!!
Today we have three sweet projects featuring some of the ANGEL stamp sets and all SIX of them happen to be on SALE right now!! We have one from Alexis featuring FELICITY, another from Natalie featuring ELYSIA and the last one is from me featuring CELESTINA! The other three angels, AURELIA, PERSEPHONE and SERAPHINA are all in the SALE as well!!
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Conclusion This patient with a medical history of Crohn's disease and gastrointestinal remission under Adalimumab therapy presented with osteonecrosis of the jaw after suspended oral and intravenous Bisphosphonate therapy implicating the biologic therapy with an anti-TNF-α antibody might promote the manifestation of osteonecrosis and compromise oral healing capacity. Keywords: Osteonecrosis of the jaw Bisphosphonate Adalimumab Crohn's disease Background Bisphosphonates are primarily applied in individuals with skeletal complications associated with osteoporosis as well as malignancy [1 2 Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ) 1st explained in 2003 poses a serious complication in individuals currently or previously treated with Bisphosphonates and is associated with revealed bone in the maxillofacial region for at least 8 weeks without any radiotherapy of the jaw in the past [3 4 The event of BRONJ not only depends on the duration of the BP therapy but also varies between oral and intravenous AG-L-59687 software with far more instances reported after intravenous infusions having a cumulative incidence of 0 8 12 [5 6 Even though pathomechanism is not yet completely recognized there are local risk factors like extraction of teeth placement of dental care implants periapical surgery or dental care abscesses going along with an elevated occurrence of osteonecrosis [7]. 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Presumably BRONJ is normally associated with an infection and for that reason immune-modulating medications as used in sufferers with Crohn's disease or arthritis rheumatoid might be a significant risk element in the introduction of necrotic lesions AG-L-59687 in the jaw [10 11 We know that not merely Bisphosphonates but also Denosumab or various other biologicals are under suspicion to market or even trigger necrotic lesions in the jaw [12 13 To your knowledge there happens to be no released case of BRONJ in an individual with Crohn's disease also impacting the AG-L-59687 mouth and treated with Adalimumab. Case display A 36-year-old feminine provided in March 2013 with right-sided perimandibular bloating cervical lymphadenopathy on the proper aspect dysphagia and discomfort on the low encounter. In January 2013 teeth 47 was taken out with the family members dentist accompanied by shows of recurrent discomfort during the pursuing 8 weeks. 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Sometimes, being away from a person brings you closer to them. It might sound nonsensical, but with respite care, it does make sense.
Caring for aged loved ones brings different types of burden—tight budgets, strained relationships, and comorbidities. Sometimes, solutions involve escapism that progresses to neglect quickly. This happens when untrained family caregivers become stressed out. If they have no one to lean on, a distressed caregiver will look for external sources for that missing emotional validation.
Services like respite care can solve this problem.
Ending your identity crisis
When you transition from the adult child role to the parent role, it can be confusing. Identity crises can happen. New responsibilities and roles are now in your hands. The parent who used to care for you is now the one who needs care. It's overwhelming if you look up to your aging parents for support.
Even if you're not compelled to do the home health services, overseeing your parents' wellness can still be stressful. Ending your identity crisis can be a valuable start in coping with that. If you can learn how to accept the new role you have, you can deal with the pains of caring for a loved one. As adult children, you can end your identity crises by taking time off to reflect.
A time to reflect – Differentiating your relationships
Ending your identity crisis involves separating the past and the present. Your aged parents are now incapable of giving the emotional validation and support unlike before. It's important to take note they are still the same person, but not quite.
Here are some helpful things to reflect about:
- Your memories with them – This helps you remember who they were before they got ill.
- Everybody ages – You will age someday, too. Realizing this will help you empathize with your parents easier.
- There are rooms for new memories – Your new relationship with your parents doesn't have to be bland. You can still make new memories by doing fun, stimulating activities even if they're disabled.
Getting Respite Care
As the primary caregiver, you can take some time off by getting respite services. A respite care takes your aged parent temporarily to give you a break. This is also a good trial method if you want to send your aging parent to an aged care facility. If your parent goes along with nursing home, you can start applying for their eligibility to receive government subsidized services.
Meanwhile, there are also inhome respite services. These are mostly preferred by those who seek temporary caregivers because of a busy schedule. In-home respite allows adult children to still see their parents but relieves them of the burden of caring responsibilities. In-home respite also provides grooming services and supervision in your absence.
Space for everyone
Your parents also need space. However, don't leave them completely. A few hours of being away—a walk in the park or mall—that will do. This will help you reorganize your thoughts and feelings. You can do activities like people-watching. While at it, you may experience sonder—the realization that other people also have their own universes, completely different from yours but very similar. Things like that make you feel that you are not completely alone.
Joining a community
Just because you need to be alone, doesn't mean you have to endure things by yourself. Joining a community comprised of other family caregivers and even aged parents helps you cope. A community exists for you to share experiences and valuable information about aged care. Also, a community is also a grapevine for the latest news about aged care policies.
Aging will never be easy. It impacts everyone from families to a whole nation. Never forget to take a step back for a clearer view when things get murky.


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IntroductionBy Kevin Milsted
The MoCoRunning Newsletter will be a periodic article published on MoCoRunning.com. It will be a large collection of articles that otherwise may not be long enough or important enough to stand as articles on their own. It will be very casual and you may even see many of the headlines that have shown up in other areas of the site. It will be very useful to put out good content from various authors throughout the season. Anyone can send in content to be published as a part of the MoCoRunning Newsletter. Coaches, athletes, and fans are strongly encouraged to send in recaps, previews, and editorials at any time (if you send in a few articles to get published, you could always put that on your resume). If you'd prefer, you could also send in info and have us write the article for you.
I decided to start the MoCoRunning Newsletter for several reasons. First, unlike the indoor and outdoor track seasons, I will be competing in cross country for my own college and will rarely, if ever, be able to go to high school meets throughout this season. I feel like if I am not at the meet, I cannot write a good article about the meet. This newsletter will allow others to send in brief summaries, previews, and articles which, by themselves, may not warrant an entire article devoted to that topic. I also view the newsletter as a casual medium for me or anyone else to post thoughts, even if I'm not fully emerged in the county competition. Be ready for some opinions and predictions that I otherwise hold my tongue on. What it boils down to is me trying to put out the best content that I can throughout the season while trying to rope in more athletes, coaches, and fans to help me do so. Email all contributions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
What's New on MoCoRunning.com?By Kevin Milsted
Welcome Clarksburg High School!By Kevin Milsted
Steven Duplinsky and Junior WorldsBy Kevin Milsted
Woodward Relays RecapBy Reagan Lynch
B-CC @ Gaithersburg PreviewBy Kevin Milsted
Whitman @ WJ PreviewBy Alex Booth
Northwest @ QO PreviewBy Reagan Lynch
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Hand of the Week: Tom Dwan, Profit Maximization Artist
Today we're going to dig into one of the finest cash-game hands ever.
Today we're going to dig into one of the finest cash-game hands ever.
It was played in the year 2008 and it involves the work of two of the leading players at the time.
With his ultra-aggressive, opaque playing style Tom 'durrrr' Dwan was both respected and feared at the online poker tables.
Read on to see just how tricky of a player he was.
Dwan Rakes From Dang
We're watching a No-Limit Hold'em table with $500/$1,000 blinds. There are five players at the table and Dwan raises from first position holding
It's a raise to $3,000 but the player to his left – Di Urindanger Dang – re-raises to $10,500. Everybody else folds and the action comes back to Dwan.
The effective stacks are a massive 327 big blinds. Dwan calls and there's now $22,500 in the pot. The flop falls
Dwan takes the lead with a bet of $17,600 and Dang raises to $44,200. Dwan calls and there's now $110,900 in the pot. The turn is the
Dwan retakes the lead and bets $71,200. Dang makes the call. There's now already $253,300 in the pot and the players still have about $200,000 left. The river is the
Dwan moves all-in and gets a call from Dang. He shows his set, Dang mucks and Dwan rakes in the money. The pot is $657,000.
Poker Hand Analysis
This whole hand is of course a standard set-up: A pair versus overcards.
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One of the players hits a set and the other one very likely holds A-K. Yet there are several reasons why it's worth a closer look at this hand.
Let's start pre-flop. Dwan doesn't have position but he still calls Dang's re-raise with a small pair. This is correct play only because both players are 300 big blinds deep.
If they had only 100 big blinds a call would always be wrong here as you don't hit the set often enough to make-up for the losses you will suffer.
So, the pre-flop action is standard but it gets really interesting on the flop. Dwan leads and bets $17,500 into a pot of $22,500.
That's not really textbook behaviour; usually you'd be expected to check to the raiser. But his plan is obvious. He wants to build a pot as early as possible.
Dwan's Remarkable Turn Decision
Dang's response is a little surprising. He raises – probably with a strong ace – but there are very few draws on this board he would have to protect his hand from.
Dwan must have been pretty happy with Dang's raise. The all-in is drawing nearer. Then he makes another remarkable decision on the turn.
The call on the flop makes Dwan's hand look very strong and he doesn't want any street to be checked through so no more money is added to the pot.
He leads out with another donk-bet which Dang just calls. By now Dang knows he is either way ahead, and he can let Dwan bluff at it, or he is way behind.
The river 6♦ is a total blank. It doesn't change anything.
An eight or a three (also a seven or a four) would have been a different story as Dwan could have played an open-ended straight draw like that with 6-5.
Dwan's plan is working out perfectly. He built a pot big enough to be able to go all-in with about three quarters of the pot left in front of him.
Dang calls, most likely with A-K, and Dwan wins the pot. It's #27 in the ranking of the largest online pots ever.
Tom Dwan, Profit Artist
The raise on the flop was a huge mistake by Di Dang. It enabled his opponent to get all his money into the middle.
Dwan, on the other side of the table, managed to bet 317 big blinds in just three betting rounds thanks to his unorthodox play.
It was an artistic way to maximize his profit, and it paid off to the fullest.
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November 26, 2013
CAMP HILL, PA; NEW YORK, NY (November 26, 2013) . . . Diversified global industrial company Harsco Corporation (NYSE: HSC) and Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R") announced today the closing of their previously announced transaction to sell Harsco's Infrastructure division into a joint venture between Harsco and CD&R that combines the Infrastructure division with Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. ("Brand"), which funds managed by CD&R simultaneously acquired from First Reserve.
The new, combined company will operate under the name Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services and will be a leading, single-source provider of multi-craft industrial services, forming & shoring and total access solutions to the global energy and infrastructure sectors. As previously announced, Harsco is receiving cash proceeds of approximately $300 million from the transaction and an approximate 29 percent equity interest in the joint venture.
"The close of this transaction is an important milestone for Harsco and demonstrates our commitment to creating sustainable value for our shareholders," said Patrick Decker, Harsco President and CEO. "Not only does this transaction immediately strengthen Harsco's financial profile, but we have also obtained an equity stake in a stronger combined company with an improved competitive position and significant growth opportunities. We believe our shareholders will benefit as this new larger enterprise leverages its leadership position, delivers meaningful cost and operating synergies and capitalizes on the expected market recovery."
Paul Wood will continue to serve as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the combined company. CD&R Partner John Krenicki, Jr., former Vice Chairman of General Electric and President and CEO of GE Energy, will serve as Lead Director. Representing Harsco on the Board will be Harsco President and CEO Patrick Decker and Stuart Graham, Harsco Board Member and Chairman of Skanska AB, one of the world's largest construction groups. Brand will retain its existing headquarters in Kennesaw, Georgia.
Financing for the transaction was led by Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Goldman Sachs Bank USA and UBS Investment Bank, followed by, in alphabetical order, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., ING Capital LLC, Natixis Securities Americas LLC, RBS Securities Inc., SG Americas Securities, LLC, and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc.
Lead advisor Robert W. Baird & Co. and Credit Suisse acted as financial advisors to Harsco, and Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP acted as legal advisor to Harsco. Morgan Stanley, Citi, Goldman Sachs & Co. and UBS Investment Bank acted as financial advisors to CD&R with respect to both the Harsco Infrastructure transaction and the Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services transaction. Debevoise & Plimpton LLP acted as legal advisor to CD&R.
About Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services Brand Energy and Infrastructure Services is a leading provider of specialized services to the global energy, industrial and infrastructure markets. Its range of service offerings include work access, corrosion management, atmospheric and immersion coatings, insulation services, fireproofing & refractory, mechanical services, forming & shoring and other complementary specialty services. Brand delivers its services through a network of over 370 branches on six continents, with a particular focus on the major hydrocarbon and power generation markets globally. For additional information visit www.beis.com.
About Harsco CorporationHarsco Corporation's diversified businesses serve major industries that are fundamental to worldwide economic development, including steel and metals production, energy and railways. Harsco's common stock is a component of the S&P MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 1000 Index. Additional information can be found at www.harsco.com.
About Clayton, Dubilier & RiceFounded in 1978, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice is a private investment firm. Since its inception, CD&R has invested in 57 businesses with an aggregate transaction value of approximately $90 billion. CD&R's industrial investments in recent years include: Wilsonart, the former Decorative Surfaces division of ITW; Hussmann International, formerly a division of Ingersoll Rand; and Atkore International, formerly Tyco International's Electrical and Metal Products business. For more information, please visit www.cdr-inc.com.
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More diversity and equality on the political stage
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"Women, persons with an immigration background, national minorities, young people, LGBTI people and persons with disabilities are not sufficiently represented in politics," said the Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination. More
'Empowering Roma women is an opportunity for our societies'
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"Empowering Roma and Traveller women is crucial to achieving equality of opportunities, for all Roma and Travellers in European societies," said Gabriela Heinrich, ahead of Roma Day (8 April 2018). More
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Conference on private and family life for LGBTI people
- 23/02/2018
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Bagpipers Shyopat Julia and Company
Having inherited the bagpipe music tradition from his Band master father, Shyopat Julia creates a unique musical bonanza performing with his son and local musicians on the jhankar, dhol and chimta – local musical instruments.
Rajasthani Josh Group
Rajasthani Musicians Nathoo Lal Solanki, Chugge Khan and accompanists' multi-layered talents extend to an inclusive sound of traditional Rajasthani Folk. Strains of the nagara, shehnai, dhol , sarangi, kamaicha, kartal and morchang merge to create a medley of rich folk and tribal musical.
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Jeet Thayil is a poet, novelist and musician. His four poetry collections include These Errors Are Correct, and English. He is one half of the contemporary music project, Sridhar/Thayil.
Suheir Hammad is a Palestinian-American poet, author and political activist. Her work weaves a common narrative of dispossession, not only in her capacity as an immigrant, a Palestinian and a Muslim, but as a woman struggling against sexism. When hip-hop entrepreneur Russel Simmons came across her piece,First Writing Since, a poem describing her reaction to the September 11 attacks, he signed her to a deal with HBO's 'Def Poetry Jam'.
Omar Bin Musa – Rapper
Omar Bin Musa is a rapper and poet from Queanbeyan, Australia and is of Malaysian-Australian heritage. He has won numerous awards for poetry and music, including the Australian Poetry Slam and the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam. He has released a book of poetry and two hip-hop albums recorded in the USA and has toured throughout Asia, Europe and Australia, doing Writers' Festivals and hip-hop shows.
Ali Sethi
Poetry/Reading Ali Sethi grew up in a family of journalists and publishers. He has written reviews and articles for various publications; local and international. He co-produced and narrated a documentary on student politics in Pakistan. The Wish Maker is his debut novel. Ali currently lives in Lahore.
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Bant Singh is a singer of revolutionary poetry and is known as the living icon of Dalit resistance in Punjab. In January 2006, he was mercilessly beaten up, leading to the amputation of his two arms and one leg, on successfully getting a conviction for a Jat for raping his daughter in Punjab. His famous words when he lost his limbs were, "They have not cut my tongue, I can still sing." Giving voice to his favorite poet, Sant Ram Udasi, and some of his own verses, Bant sings songs of social change and justice.
Madan Gopal Singh- Sufi /Folk Music
Madan Gopal Singh is a singer, composer, lyricist and scriptwriter. He has lectured and performed extensively in India and abroad. He is currently working on Indian film music as a Senior Fellow of the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi.
Sian Zahoor- Folk/ Fusion Music
Sian is a leading Sufi musician from Pakistan. He spent his life singing in the Sufi shrines, and in 2006, he was nominated for the BBC World Music awards as the "Best BBC voice of the year". Sian cannot read or write but is known for his memory of song lyrics; he sings compositions of the major Sufi poets, Bulleh Shah, Mullah Shah Badakhshi, Muhammad Buksh, and others.
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Gafaruddin Mewati – Story telling
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Vidya Shah: Women on Record – Indian Vocals
Women on Record highlights a significant moment in India's cultural history and celebrates the contributions of women singers in the Gramophone era. The scripted performances use a multiplicity of media such as photography & video, to explore the world of performance and technology in early 20th century India. It is a multi-media experience which recreates the aesthetic ambiance of the time. Vidya Shah is a composer, musician, and writer. She is the Director of Women on Record and is the recipient of the Charles Wallace Award for 2010.
Mian Meeri Quwaals – Qawwali
The acclaimed Quawaali Group was formed in 1979 in Pakistan. Mahboob Ahmad and Quawwals recite the kalam of famous sufi saint's like Hazrat Jaami, Ameer Khusro and Baba Bulley Shah. Mahboob Ahmad Mian Miri Qawal recites the Qawali at the Shrine of Hazrat Mian Mir.
Outer India Ecstasy – By Susheela Raman and Sam Mills
Londoner Susheela Raman is one of the most interesting musicians to emerge amongst the South Asian Diaspora, equally at home with South Indian Classical as with Jimi Hendrix and Fela Kuti, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan and Aretha Franklin. As a composer, arranger and interpreter she has forged her own unique sound. Accompanied by Rajasthani Musicians; Nathoo Lal Solanki, Chugge Khan, Aref Durvesh, Johnny Turnbull and Kutla Khan, & the Mian Meeri Quwaals, Susheela's multi-layered vocals create an inclusive sound of traditional Rajasthani Folk, Qawwali and rare South Indian Raga.
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Fire Exit- Progressive Alternative Rock
To categorize, Fire Exit is a young band that plays "Progressive Alternative Rock". However, the group believes it falls in the category of bands that are almost impossible to categorize under one single genre of music. Their music is a combination of rock, metal and electronic sounds. Their focus as a band is to create a sound unique to the band, with varied styles of rock, metal and psychedelic.
Transglobal Underground
London based Music collective Transglobal Underground is a London-based music collective who specialize in a fusion of western, oriental and African music styles. Their singleTemple Head was used in a Coca-Cola advertising campaign for the 1996 Olympic Games. In 2008 they won the BBC Radio 3 Award for World Music after the release of their seventh official album, Moonshout.
Natacha Atlas
Daughter of an Arabic father and an English mother, singer-composer Natacha Atlas grew up in a Moroccan neighborhood in the suburbs of Brussels. She's been rightly hailed for a mostly daring, exploratory series of Western and Middle Eastern hybrid music that have traipsed across the electronic-world-dance spectrum to reach a full flowering on 2008's celebrated acoustic orchestral albumAna Hina. Her latest album, Mounqaliba was released recently.
Cheb i Sabbah accompanied by Ghalia and Coleena
DJ/Singer/Dancer Cheb i Sabbah has made a career out of blending music from all over the world into kaleidoscopic, dance-floor mixes ever since. His first three albums for Six Degrees Records, Shri Durga, MahaMaya – Shri Durga ReMixed and Krishna Lila are cult classics in which India's time-honored traditions merge with the universe of possibilities afforded by contemporary recording technology. His fourth release was a continuous DJ mix entitled As Far As, on which the traditions of Asia, Arabia and Africa.
Colleena Shakti is a dancer of great depth and subtlety. She has dedicated her life to dance ever since moving to India to undergo intensive training in Odissi Classical dance as well as research and document Rajasthani 'Gypsy' dance. Colleena lives most of the year in Rajasthan and tours internationally (performing and teaching) each summer.
25 January
Jaipur Kawa Brass Band
With a fantastic energy and humor, the artists of this gypsy brass band play the clarinet and trumpet on stage and walk in parade and offer nothing less than the soul of the contemporary Indian.
Shye Ben Tzur- Sufi
An Israeli composer and performer, Shye's music has Rajasthani rhythms and western sounds. With devotional Sufi poetry in Urdu, Hindi and Hebrew, his music takes traditional trance a step ahead into a modern Ecstasy.


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Let's be clear here: The Republican Party holds the power it does because it is unafraid to lie. From the overhyped fear of Communism to the overhyped fear of crime to the overhyped fear of terrorism, the GOP has jumped from lie to lie to lie in order to maintain power, often pivoting back to ones that work so well, like welfare fraud and, time and again, crime. They recovered from their near dismantling in 2006 and 2008, after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 washed away the Bush bullshit, by going big with the lies about Barack Obama and, especially, about the Affordable Care Act. And as Republican leaders in the Senate desperately try to come up with a way to squeeze out one more turd of a Trumpcare bill, they are lying with abandon, and not just about what's in the aforementioned turd.
Obamacare markets aren't "collapsing." They're stabilizing. People on the Medicaid expansion aren't desperate to get rid of it. They are satisfied with the care they are getting. Over two-thirds of the country, including a majority of Republicans, support the birth control mandate in Obamacare, the subject of another fake controversy just to appeal to yahoo religious nutzoids.
And the reason that they've gotten away with lying is that they are so fucking good at it. They are so fucking good at playing the media, playing their constituents, playing the Democrats, playing everyone. They are master bullshitters. They get away with it because conservative ideas in a political context are so fucking simple to understand. What's easier on the brain? "We should provide decent education, housing, job-training, and anti-poverty programs to help combat crime"? Or "Lock 'em up"? Democrats can't compete until they come up with a better story than the lies that have worked so well for so long.
It was going along so well for the GOP until the Trumps, this family of outsiders, came along and fucked it all up. Donald Trump, Jared Kushner, and Junior have lived on a privileged plane of existence, where having a cadre of brutish dickhead attorneys on retainer is enough of a deterrent for anyone who would dare question them or try to get paid fairly. They could intimidate people into silence or, if that fails, settle any lawsuits with the handy provisions that they admit no guilt and the plaintiffs can't talk about it. They could be bumblefuck corrupt business shitheels and get away with it.
The biggest problem in getting into the public arena is that, all of a sudden, the Trumps have to deal with the federal government, an entity that doesn't just have lawyers but entire goddamned bureaus devoted to investigating just the kind of fuckery that the Trumps have regularly been involved in. Throw in a media that realizes it had better make itself relevant again or just fucking give up, and a group of people as boisterously, unashamedly moronic as the Trumps don't stand a chance. You don't want to be probed and pilloried? Then either don't be corrupt (except in the usual way of sucking up to Wall Street and other rich fucks - that's just sadly acceptable now), like Obama, who could take all the shit and toss it back, or don't fucking run for office.
We'll never know what toxic combination of hubris, narcissism, and lickspittlism got Donald Trump to run for president to win. But we do know that another toxic combination got him elected, and one of the primary ingredients in that poison was the interference of the Russian government. We also know that we are learning all this because the Trump family was too fucking dumb to cover it up well. They're shitty liars as well as being shitty human beings.
You can imagine Karl Rove slapping his bloated forehead when he saw the emails between cartoon louche Richie Gallstone or whatever the fuck that guy's name is and Donald Trump, Jr. You can imagine Rove getting on the phone with John Boehner and the two of them, liars of the first order, screaming with laughter, "The subject line...the subject line is 'Russia-Clinton.'" You can imagine them both calling Mitch McConnell and taunting him about having to deal with this shit. You can imagine McConnell slowly cursing the fact that he worked so hard to get all these lies working, all the cocksucking and ratfucking that went into them, and now they're being brought down by these Trump assholes.
You can be corrupt. You can be stupid. You can't be stupid and corrupt. Otherwise, you don't know when to shut the fuck up. You don't know when to keep your head down. You don't know when to not fucking tweet out the evidence that, at the very least, reveals the very thing everyone has been trying to pin on you.
So now it falls to the professional liars, the liars with experience, to try to unfuck this fucked up situation. You are going to see a hard-press from the right-wing attack dogs about how this is nothing, how the Democrats are more corrupt and destructive, how it was just a Washington naif's error. It's happening already, and they're saying that it's essentially treasonous to not support the president, a hypocrisy that they have no problem with. They'll say it's about bringing down the great man Trump, it's about sour grapes over the failure in the election, and it's about the mighty flag-waving patriots who don't want to see the country dragged down by what they don't even see as a scandal.
Which brings us back to the top of this here post. The Trump lies and power-at-any-cost actions are part and parcel of what the Republican Party does. The GOP is filthy with masterful sleaze merchants. They can fuck your ears and tell you it was God's blessing. It's going to be up to the Democrats to come up with a simple, straightforward narrative here that can slap the Republicans down until they scurry back to the gutter.
How this turns out will reveal who gives a shit about the nation. Who is enraged that this has happened. Who the real patriots are.
(Note: Sure, Democrats went along some of the time with GOP lies because they can get swept up in a lie as much as anyone, but they rarely have been the originators of a big lie in the last 50 years. And, yeah, the country ain't perfect. No shit. Patriots work to make it better.)


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Volkswagen has suffered environmental backlash in the past several years for producing the "meanest" (or worst polluting) car on the road several years in a row (that would be the Touareg). According to an ACEEE report, it beats out both the Hummer and the Bugatti sportscar for its horrendous fuel efficiency, and dirty exhaust. But being green in the 21st century certainly has its paradoxes.
Volkswagen won the 2008 award from Green Car Journal for its spectacularly impressive Jetta TDI ultra-clean diesel vehicle. Despite the fact that Volkswagen was test driving the Touareg right next to the Jetta TDI when I went to sign up (I thought that was a bit brazen), you still have to give it to VW for getting to market so quickly a car that delivers 50 MPG while adhering to the world's most stringent emission control standards, California's Tier II, Bin 5.
But real thanks must be shared with Mercedes who pioneered the BlueTec technology back in 2006 and licensed the technology to VW under a cooperative agreement that would make the technology legal in 50 states.
Diesel is a powerful and efficient fuel, but one that comes with some pretty heavy environmental impacts, owing to its higher burn temperatures. A higher burn temperature means more efficiency but along with that comes more soot and more NOx (Nitrogen Oxides). But Mercedes discovered a solution, and it involves Urea.
The particulate matter from a diesel engine can be easily trapped to eliminate smoke and soot in the engine block. But the NOx is trickier. Nitrogen Oxides are heavily regulated in Europe and now (just barely) in the US. Why? Fuel combustion doesn't create very much NOx, but Nitrogen Oxides are notoriously potent as a greenhouse gas. 1 lb of N20, for example has approximately 310 times the effect in terms of global warming as 1 lb of CO2.
The US now has a Tier 2 emissions regulation of .05 grams per mile. But in Europe the regulation is 8x higher! So leave it to the Germans to figure out an innovative solution. In the BlueTEC engine, there are 2 catalytic converters. One traps the NOx gas, then another injects urea NH3 which Mercedes calls "Adblue" which then turns the separated Nitrogen Oxides into nitrogen and oxygen. It's a pretty amazing innovation that ends up creating a waste product that is in fact an environmental nutrient. And, as Mercedes claims, no sacrifices on performance.
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ATV Farms
Founded in 2007 by the Agresti family, the family-owned and –operated enterprise grows, packs and ships a wide range of root vegetables to customers throughout North and South America, the Caribbean, Puerto Rico, the United Kingdom and Europe from its headquarters in Holland Landing, Ontario.
"My father has been in the business for over 40 years, and I've been in it for 20," says Anthony Agresti, president of ATV Farms.
One of Canada's largest vegetable growers, packers, shippers and exporters, ATV Farms specializes in the production of carrots, onions, red and green cabbage, beets, parsnips and turnips.
ATV Farms employs some 50 people, though the ranks swell to as much as 70 during the busy harvest season. The company operates two main farms in Ontario — each roughly 500 acres — as well as a number of joint ventures in the U.S. and across Canada.
Selling on both a wholesale and retail business, ATV Farms specializes in the production of onion and carrots. By developing a niche in these two specific crops, ATV Farms has been able to differentiate itself in the market and build a reputation based on quality and service.
"There really isn't another carrot and onion packer in the area that does what we do. We'll come in seven days a week, weekends and holidays; whatever the customer needs, we'll deliver," says Agresti.
Increased pressure from global competition
In recent years, ATV has seen the produce market become increasingly globalized. With produce from newly-exporting countries flooding traditional markets, companies like ATV Farms have had to work harder than ever to maintain precious market share.
"There is a lot of pressure from the worldwide market, especially from growers in nontraditional markets like China. There's a big question mark when it comes to food safety, but it's cheap," says Agresti. "We continue to count on local support to keep us in competition."
Agresti says there has also been an increased emphasis on introducing new, improved varieties of popular root vegetables to the market. ATV Farms has done trials on a number of new growing methods and varieties such as candy-striped and golden beets, but is careful to never stray too far from its core business. "We're really focusing on the carrot and onion market because that's our bread and butter," Agresti says.
ATV Farms recently added a 20,000-square-foot climate-controlled cold-storage facility. Designed mainly to house carrots, beets and parsnips, the new facility will allow the company to store produce for longer, ensuring a fresher product regardless of the season.
The company's full slate of agricultural offerings includes potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, lettuce, endive, escarole, rutabagas, turnips, radish, peppers, cucumbers and more.
Family first
The family-owned nature of the industry has been changing lately as established growers age-out and can't find a family member interested in taking over the business.
This isn't the case at ATV Farms, where Agresti's brother and father are both involved in the family business. As president of ATV Farms, Agresti focuses on vegetable production, sales, logistics and marketing while his brother Travis handles wholesale operations. The brothers are joined by industry veteran Viv Agresti, who has owned and managed various produce concerns throughout his extensive career.
The involvement of various member of the Agresti family has been vital to the operation's continued success, and has allowed ATV Farms to flourish where others in the local market have failed. As the company continues to grow, it's looking to aggressively expand on both the growing and processing side of things.
As a business that got its start during some of the leanest economic times on record, ATV Farms knows how to survive a down period in the market. Agresti credits this in part to the simple, affordable nature of their products, which don't suffer the same fate as more luxury items during a recession.
"We're growing products in their simplest form. So many people are going to the specialty versions of products like ready to eat processed commodities such as baby carrots, which end up costing more to produce and also to buy, but when the economy is down, people are still going to buy food and buy it in the basic form that it comes in," he says. "Continuing to grow simple, high quality products like carrots and onions allow us to weather the economic ups and downs."
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The overwhelming consensus among historians and law professors is that the Second Amendment guarantees that every responsible, law-abiding adult may have guns. It is no coincidence that the few scholars who disagree all are gun-control advocates. In contrast, endorsers of the individual-right view include not only gun-control opponents, but also numerous scholars who support gun control yet honestly acknowledge the overwhelming historical evidence.
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The public is invited to the Mohave Republican Forum meeting on Wednesday September 14, 2016 attendees include Kingman Mayoral Candidates, incumbent Mayor Richard Anderson and past Mayor Monica Gates; Kingman Council Candidate David Wayt; also Kingman Unified School District Candidates, incumbents Laurie Voss Barthlow and Bruce Ricca and challengers Kenneth Cates, II and Steven Robinson. JTED Candidate Jim Cave, will also have a time to speak.
This meeting will be held at the Golden Corral in Kingman, 3580 Stockton Hill Road, Kingman, AZ 86409. After going through the cashier, go to the meeting room to the left after which you can help yourself to a wonderful buffet selection. The meeting room should be available by 4:30 PM or before and the program begins at 5:30 PM or before. There is an admission charge of $2 per person to assist with the meeting costs.
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City are to release a statement to the Stock Exchange on Tuesday, stating that talks held with "interested parties may or may not lead to an offer".
Ex-Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra is reported to have lodged a formal bid for the club.
And the Premiership outfit has also been linked with a buy-out from American investors.
But former City player Ray Ranson is understood to have withdrawn his bid to buy the club.
Ranieri was thought to be the favoured choice of Shinawatra and the two men met in London last Wednesday - but the delay over the takeover led the Italian to opt for Juve.
"It was difficult to say no to the big project at Manchester City - but the team have not been taken over yet and for me I cannot wait for one week more," said Ranieri.
Shinawatra's lawyer Noppadon Pattama said in May: "Thaksin has officially submitted his bid to buy the football club.
"There is not any official conclusion yet at this moment, but everything is proceeding well. By the end of this month, everything will be clear."
But the issue has dragged on, with paperwork now being handled by Shinawatra's lawyers.
City chairman John Wardle, who along with business partner David Makin has a 29% stake on the club, is thought to be supportive of Shinawatra's interest.
Wardle is thought to have a cut-off date after which he believes it will no longer be in the club's short-term interests to further delay signing new players but it is not thought to be imminent.


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How Awesome Is Amy Poehler In These Old Navy Commercials Featuring Some Girl's Butt?
Way to go, Old Navy, for making a commercial where we're basically just staring at a hot girl's ass for the entire thing. Admit it: It took you a couple seconds when you first saw this new ad spot on TV this weekend to even realize that was Amy Poehler. Why? Because there's a girl's butt right smack in front of your television screen.
Oh yeah, Amy Poehler kills it like she always does. But more importantly… 'dat butt.
Old Navy gets it. I think we need some new $9 graphic tees for spring. Maybe some $15 shorts. Feel a trip coming on…
Three cheers for Old Navy. And butts.


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Hi Alex, CSS Group, So we should talk about how to merge your proposal and the CSS Exclusions draft into a new draft. It would be great to co-edit this document if you would like to. Also, I think we should have a discussion about how we want to name this module. I added this to the agenda scratchpad: http://wiki.csswg.org/planning/agenda#topics-proposed-for-next-call. Vincent On 5/18/11 5:50 PM, "Alex Mogilevsky" <email@example.com> wrote: >± From: Tab Atkins Jr. [mailto:email@example.com] >± Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 3:50 PM >± >± http://www.xanthir.com/blog/b48H0 >± > >Ah, I remember that one. I suppose if you plan to develop it more it >should be in CSS3 positioning too. > >± > To me it seems reasonable to have separate specs, especially if css3- >± position will include all of CSS2.1 positioning, with writing modes, >± precise definition of the hypothetical static box etc. >± > >± > If we plan on that we can keep a concise positioning section in css3- >± floats until it is moved to your spec. >± >± Sounds good. > >It looks like the way to go for now... CSS3 Floats should be just floats, >it will have a temporary positioning section and we will discuss the >future of positioning spec separately.Received on Friday, 20 May 2011 22:28:55 UTC
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Gonna keep it real simple here. I'd love to be able to draw well and decided to jump right into it. Here are some quick gestures that I threw up using Vilppu last night. I used
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Maharashtra New CM Prithviraj Chavan
After the exit of Ashok Chavan over the Adarsh society scam, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Prithviraj Chavan has been chosen to be the next Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
64-year-old Chavan had emerged as the favourite to be the next CM of the important state after he met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in capital this morning.
Chavan, is known for his clean image and is said to be very close to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Sonia Gandhi.
He is expected to leave for Mumbai today afternoon and will, in all probability, be sworn-in as the next Chief Minister of the important state tomorrow.
Lets see how long he will stay as Chief Minister?