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There are very few slam-dunk picks in fantasy football. For years, owning LaDainian Tomlinson guaranteed you a spot in the playoffs. Peyton Manning has been an elite fantasy QB for more than a decade. And though he's now in the twilight of his career, Terrell Owens used to be good for 1,000 yards and 10 touchdowns a season.
At the tight end position, the debate in the fantasy world was always Tony Gonzalez v. Antonio Gates.
Gonzalez may be the best tight end in NFL history, but his days of Pro Bowl productivity are long gone. And with no other player challenging Gates for top tight end status, it's a no-brainer that he will be the slam-dunk first tight end off the board in your fantasy draft. The question is, when exactly should Gates come off the board?
Gates missed six games last season, so he didn't finish as the top fantasy tight end (based on ESPN's standard scoring). But with 50 catches for 782 yards and 10 scores, he finished a mere 12 points behind Jason Witten. Projected over a full season, his 214 points would have shattered Witten's total of 146 by nearly 70. As a comparison, Brandon Lloyd led all wide receivers with 203 points.
Now it's very unlikely that Gates would have had that kind of crazy production over a 16-game season, but you can see how dominant he is at the position. You can expect his numbers to be similar to those of the 10th or 12th wide receiver at season's end, and you should draft the Chargers tight end appropriately. I would take him as early as the fourth round, though some may take him in the third.
On to the tight end rankings…
1. Antonio Gates, Chargers: At 31, Gates will be following Gonzalez into the twilight in a couple of years. He's money now, though.
2. Jermichael Finley, Packers: Last year's "It" tight end is back after a knee injury ended his season early.
3. Jason Witten, Cowboys: He had nine touchdowns in 2010 and six total in the two previous seasons.
4. Dallas Clark, Colts: As injuries limited him to six games in 2010, Jacob Tamme emerged as another option.
5. Vernon Davis, 49ers: The former Terps tight end backed up his breakout 2009 season with a solid 2010.
6. Owen Daniels, Texans: He'll get quality looks as defenses key in on Andre Johnson and Arian Foster.
7. Marcedes Lewis, Jaguars: Who else is the Jaguars' quarterback going to throw to inside the red zone?
8. Kellen Winslow III, Buccaneers: He's an [expletive] soldier!
9. Tony Gonzalez, Falcons: His numbers took a serious dip in 2010, but he's still a lock as a fantasy starter.
10. Jimmy Graham, Saints: Everyone is hyping this guy up, so count on him going earlier than he should.
11. Rob Gronkowski, Patriots: He's hurt by the presence of Aaron Hernandez and vice versa.
12. Zach Miller, Seahawks: Oakland's top receiver from a year ago is now in Seattle, where he'll thrive.
13. Brent Celek, Eagles: He was an afterthought when Mike Vick took over, but hopefully that changes.
14. Brandon Pettigrew, Lions: He had 71 catches for 722 yards in his sophomore season.
15. Greg Olsen, Panthers: A very good tight end, he was misused by Mike Martz in Chicago.
16. Aaron Hernandez, Patriots: Will the Ocho and a healthy Wes Welker hurt Hernandez and Gronkowski?
17. Chris Cooley, Redskins: A solid but unspectacular option. If only Cooley could score more often…
18. Dustin Keller, Jets: Is it wrong that when I think of Keller, I think of him getting destroyed by Ray Lewis?
19. Tony Moeaki, Chiefs: He had a few good weeks in his rookie season. Now it's all about consistency.
20. Jermaine Gresham, Bengals: Tight ends are often a rookie quarterback's best friend.
If you really want to draft a rookie…
I guess it would be Jordan Cameron or Kyle Rudolph, but trust me, you don't want a rookie tight end.
Three tight ends with sleeper potential…
1. Jimmy Graham: The Saints liked him enough to let Jeremy Shockey go, and Drew Brees is his QB.
2. Todd Heap: We know Heap's skill set well, and Kevin Kolb locked on to Brett Celek in Philadelphia.
3. Owen Daniels: He was the top-ranked fantasy tight end when he went down in 2009. He's healthy now.
Three tight ends I'd draft with caution…
1. Tony Gonzalez, Falcons: Like I said, he is old. And Julio Jones will cut into his red-zone touches.
2. Jeremy Shockey, Panthers: This is my annual disclaimer to not get your hopes up for Shockey.
3. The Patriots tight ends: Both guys were surprises last season, but how will the touches be distributed?
(For my quarterback rankings, released on Monday, click this link. You can find the running back rankings right here and Wednesday's wide receiver rankings are here. Look for kickers and defenses on Friday.)
Matt Vensel is a blogger and community coordinator for The Baltimore Sun. Send your fantasy questions and comments to firstname.lastname@example.com, @mattvensel on Twitter or leave them in the comments section below.


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Hurricane Gustav was coming ashore in Louisiana this morning, a minimal but still deadly Category 3 storm with top sustained winds around 115 mph. Torrential rains and a dangerous storm surge were being felt all across the northern Gulf Coast.
Meanwhile, further east in the Atlantic, the tropics were boiling as Tropical Storm Hanna dawdled near the Bahamas, and at least two more disturbances appeared to be developing into tropical depressions that could eventually become threats.
Here is the latest advisory on Gustav. Here is the storm track. andd Here is how he looked from space.
You can check surface conditions at various data buoys in the area. Click here. And, if they are still operating, you can visit many private weather stations in Louisiana by clicking here.
Hanna remained nearly stationary east of the Bahamas, waiting for steering winds and more favorable conditions for further strengthening and some sense of direction.
Here is Hanna's latest advisory. Here is her forecast storm track, such as it is. It does show her as a hurricane, headed for the mainland, by the week's end. And here is how she looks from orbit.
And finally, here is the rundown on two disturbances in the central and eastern Atlantic that could become Tropical storms Ike and Josephine.

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Akron is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Summit County. The municipality is located in northeastern Ohio on the Cuyahoga River between Cleveland to the north and Canton to the south, approximately 60 miles (96 km) west of the Pennsylvania border.
Akron was founded in 1825 near the Ohio and Erie Canal, and became a manufacturing center owing to its location at a staircase of locks. The locks were needed due to the higher elevation of the area, which gave rise to the name Summit County as well as Akron, which is a rough translation of summit into Greek. After the decline of heavy manufacturing in the 1970s and '80s, the city's industry has since diversified into research, financial, and high tech sectors.
Akron and nearby Canton are often referred to as a single region or considered twin cities. The Akron-Canton Regional Airport is one of many places near the city that is named for both places. While the U.S. Census Bureau still counts the two metropolitan areas separately, if combined, the total population of the Akron-Canton area would equal 1,101,894 people.
Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in Akron in 1935. The city is home to The University of Akron, the Akron Aeros Double A affiliate of the Cleveland Indians, the Soap Box Derby World Championships and the Firestone Country Club, at which the PGA Tour's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational is played.
Akron History
Canal years
Much of Akron's early growth was because of its location at the "summit" of the Ohio and Erie Canal (thus the name Summit County) which at one time connected Lake Erie and the Ohio River.
Akron started as a small village on the divide between the St. Lawrence River and the Mississippi River drainage basins. The village was a 43-block square with its main intersection at Exchange and Main Streets; its northern limit was one block beyond State Street. It was renamed South Akron when Cascade, an adjacent village north of State Street and centered at Market and Howard Streets, changed its name to North Akron.
South Akron was built to serve people using the Ohio Canal. North Akron developed around a construction project originally intended to provide increased water power for industries. In 1836 the villages joined. The completion of the Cross-cut Canal along Main Street in 1839 started Akron on its climb to industrial importance. Coal, a major railroad, and manufacturing growth from the Civil War contributed to a population increase from 3,500 to 10,000 inhabitants between 1860 and 1870.
Because of physical obstacles,the steep hill on West Market Street, the Little Cuyahoga Valley, and the swamp south of the City,Akron grew to the east. This encouraged the annexation of Spicertown, centered on Spicer and Exchange, and then Middlebury, which was centered where the Arlington and Market Street commercial area is now located.
The Rubber Capital of the World
Akrons history and the history of the rubber industry are intertwined. The rubber industry transformed Akron from a small canal town into a fledgling city. The birth of the rubber industry started in the 1800s, long before America fell in love with the automobile. Akron was incorporated as a village in 1835 and as a city in 1865. In 1869, B.F. Goodrich started the first rubber company in Akron. In 1915, the area increased from 7,254 acres to 16,120 acres.
The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company became America's top tire manufacturer and Akron was granted the moniker of The Rubber Capital of the World. Goodyear's president, F.A. Seiberling, had been building homes costing around $3,500 for employees in what would become known as Goodyear Heights. Likewise, Harvey Firestone began building employee homes in what would be called Firestone Park. These leaders were responding to the housing crunch caused by the boom in the rubber business.
Akron was, indeed, booming. For a time it was the fastest-growing city in the country, its population exploding from 69,000 in 1910 to 208,000 in 1920. People came for the jobs in the rubber factories from many places, including Europe. Of those 208,000, almost one-third were immigrants and their children. Among the factory workers in the early 1920s was a young Clark Gable.
In the 1950s and '60s Akron saw a surge in industry as use of the automobile took off. But while America was still using bias-ply tires, Europe had already seen the wave of the future in radial tires. Radials had almost three times the tread life of bias-ply tires, and Akrons rubber mills were not equipped to handle the manufacturing requirements. As a result many companies tried to produce hybrid tires, which were troublesome at best. Firestone manufactured the ill-fated 500 series, which was recalled in the millions. B.F. Goodrich eventually replaced its old equipment with new machinery to enable the manufacturing of radial tires.
In the 1970s and '80s the rubber industry experienced a major decline as a number of strikes and factory shutdowns delivered the final blows to the industry. In ten years the number of people working within the rubber industry was slashed in half. By the early '90s Goodyear was the only remaining rubber manufacturer based in Akron.


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BTF seems to encounter random slow page loads, either when refreshing the page to see new comments or when posting a comment. This is in the Newsstand.
I'm no expert but my best guess is that the web server is having database connectivity problems or maybe the database server is having intermittent problems of some sort, based on the rare error messages that I've seen. The logs should reveal the trouble.
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This card is TOTAL CASE of Lianne Carper's card, which can be found HERE. She has a fun blog with many great ideas on it!!! For this card, all I did was change the ribbon on it. The background looks like toile with the new Elements of Style stamped on it. We made this card at my stamp clubs this month.
I learned a new technique on this card! Usually whenever I use blender pens, I use Stazon ink, so the ink WON'T run. WELL on this card, you WANT the color to run/blend! I stamped the images in Basic Black Classic ink. Then when you use the blender pens (I used the blender pens on just the top layer), the ink will run and the flowers will turn gray. I didn't even have to shade, because wherever there are more lines in the stamped image, the gray will become darker. It was a fun card to make!
Stamp Set: Elements of Style
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Following his blockbuster biography of Steve Jobs, The Innovators is Walter Isaacson's revealing story of the people who created the computer and the Internet. It is destined to be the standard history of the digital revolution and an indispensable guide to how innovation really happens. What were the talents that allowed certain inventors and entrepreneurs to turn their visionary ideas into disruptive realities? What led to their creative leaps? Why did some succeed and others fail? This is the story of how their minds worked and what made them so inventive. It's also a narrative of how their ability to collaborate and master the art of teamwork made them even more creative.
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You are under surveillance right now… your cell phone provider tracks your location, your online and in-store purchasing patterns are recorded, Facebook can determine your sexual orientation without you ever mentioning it. Corporations use surveillance to manipulate the prices we're offered; governments use surveillance to discriminate, censor, and put people in danger worldwide. Schneier shows what we can do to reform our government surveillance programs and shake up surveillance-based business models, while also providing tips for you to protect your privacy every day.
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Viktor Mayer-Schönberger & Kenneth Niel Cukier
Call Number: 306.46 MAYER-SC
Explores the idea of big data, which refers to our newfound ability to crunch vast amounts of information, analyze it instantly, and draw profound and surprising conclusions from it.
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In 2009, BlackBerry controlled half of the smartphone market. Today that number is less than one percent. What went so wrong? Losing the Signal is a riveting story of a company that toppled global giants before succumbing to the ruthlessly competitive forces of Silicon Valley. This is not a conventional tale of modern business failure by fraud and greed. The rise and fall of BlackBerry reveals the dangerous speed at which innovators race along the information superhighway.
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Few companies in history have ever been as successful and as admired as Google, the company that has transformed the Internet and become an indispensable part of our lives. How has Google done it? Veteran technology reporter Steven Levy was granted unprecedented access to the company, and in this revelatory book he takes readers inside Google headquarters—the Googleplex—to show how Google works.
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Marc Goodman
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An FBI futurist and senior advisor to Interpol analyzes the digital underground to reveal the alarming ways criminals, corporations and countries are using emerging technologies to target individuals and wage war.
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Kevin Mitnick
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The world's most famous former computer hacker, now a security consultant, describes his life on the run from the FBI creating fake identities, finding jobs at a law firm and a hospital, and keeping tabs on his pursuers.
The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing To Our Brains
Nicholas Carr
Call Number: 612.8028 CARR
As we enjoy the Internet's bounties, are we sacrificing our ability to read and think deeply? Carr describes how human thought has been shaped through the centuries by "tools of the mind"–from the alphabet to maps, to the printing press, the clock, and the computer–and interweaves recent discoveries in neuroscience. Now, he expands his argument into a compelling exploration of the Internet's intellectual and cultural consequences.
Extra Lives: Why Video Games Matter
Tom Bissell
Call Number: 794.8 BISSELL
Extra Lives is an impassioned defense of this assailed and misunderstood art form. Bissell argues that we are in a golden age of gaming--but he also believes games could be even better. He offers a fascinating and often hilarious critique of the ways video games dazzle and, just as often, frustrate. Along the way, we get firsthand portraits of some of the best minds at work in video game design today, as well as a shattering and deeply moving final chapter that describes, in searing detail, Bissell's descent into the world of Grand Theft Auto IV, a game whose themes mirror his own increasingly self-destructive compulsions.
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Walter Isaacson
Call Number: B JOB
Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years–as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues–Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur whose passion for perfection and ferocious drive revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing. At a time when America is seeking ways to sustain its innovative edge, and when societies around the world are trying to build digital-age economies, Jobs stands as the ultimate icon of inventiveness and applied imagination.
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You will find a well preserved old fortress, the Ribat, located right on the waterfront and restored many times. Home to a Museum of Islamic Art and Artefacts, this is the main historical attraction of Monastir, along with the impressive golden-domed Bourguiba Mosque. The combination of the Ribat's ancient atmosphere fused with a modern resort complex makes Monastir a very popular destination among travellers looking for a beach holiday with an accent on tradition.
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This summer, we had the opportunity to watch the Miss New York East Coast US Nation 2022 pageant in Queens, NY at the LaGuardia Plaza Hotel. There were delegates from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and surrounding East Coast area states of all ages; adults and younger girls from 4 years old to teenagers. We saw the afternoon unfold with a spectacle of the delegates strutting the runway in their opening number introduction, swim/athletic wear & finally, the evening gown and final question.
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The judges scored the delegates based on their walk, stage presence, poise and confidence. We had the honor to crown such great successors that will be advancing to the Miss US Nation Pageant which will be held in October. Amongst them were; Miss New York US Nation 2022; Karolina Geits, Miss East Coast US Nation 2022; Vielfra Contreras, Miss Teen New York US Nation 2022; Emma Garay, Little Miss New York US Nation 2022; Gianna Brenord, Little Miss New York Top Model US Nation 2022; Aaditri Vyas & Little Princess New York US Nation 2022; Kaylani Ramos. The glam team worked diligently to ensure that the delegates' hair and makeup was stage ready. A special thank you to the team from Empire Beauty School in Manhattan; Breyonna Benedict, Shamekka Crump, Jayla Johnson, Krysten Motanez, Queen Taylor, Clara Rosario & Jacqueline Lang. Photo credits to; Aldo Antonio (Aldo Fotografia) & Shaune Sterling (Sterlings Touch Photography)
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Ford and Mahindra are exploring several joint projects, two of which are co-developed SUVs in different segments. According to a fresh Reuters report, the launch of the first co-developed SUV is likely in 2020.
The latest development was revealed by two sources familiar with the progress in Ford and Mahindra's joint projects. These sources also revealed that the Blue Oval is working with the Indian automaker as a benchmark to cut supplier costs here.
The Ford-Mahindra tie-up covers the development of B-SUVs and C-SUVs. The official information on the projects is that the co-development of C-SUVs is a go, while the B-SUV is under evaluation.
Co-developed electric vehicles are also on the cards, and it is widely anticipated that the rumoured Ford Aspire Electric will use Mahindra's expertise in low-cost EVs. Sources confirmed Mahindra is already working on this car's prototype. As electric vehicles attract a uniform GST, there are good chances that Ford will offer the battery-powered variant of the export-only version which measures 4.25 metres in length.
Also Read: Ford Territory joins the EcoSport in the Blue Oval's Chinese SUV family
Ford is co-developing models for India with Mahindra because the 'one size fits all' isn't fetching results. "One Ford doesn't work anymore," a source said.
"It (One Ford) will be there in spirit, but it will not be implemented the same way as it was two years ago."
Customers' willingness to pay in India is at a level that Ford can't adequately satisfy with its global products.
The scope of business agreements with Mahindra includes connected vehicle projects as well as powertrains.
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Visiting Rana Plaza 5 Years Later
This piece was written by Hannah Theisen and was originally published on her blog.
In June 2017, I traveled to Dhaka, Bangladesh, and to the site of the Rana Plaza tragedy. The trip was entirely on my own, with no agenda other than to learn. These are the thoughts and stories that have emerged as I've processed that trip.
Bangladesh ended up being my favorite country visited in 2017. Landing in Dhaka, I noticed that there was quite a lack of tourists- at least tourists that I could identify as European or American- and I spent the next few days wondering why!
Dhaka's traffic may be intense, but the city makes up for it in unique architecture, fascinating (if a bit tragic) history, amazing food, and a thriving academic scene bringing art and life into the city (college students are quite politically active, and the student population has sustained many casualties throughout Bangladesh's history as a result).
Andrew and I met up with a new friend and walked through museums, sculpture gardens, a lithograph studio in a college art department, and more. People were kind, getting around was fairly easy, and I found myself wishing within the first day that I'd set aside more time to explore the country.
The State of Bangladesh's Garment Industry
While in Bangladesh, I wanted to know more about the current state of the country's $28 billion dollar garment industry (did you know that only China does more business in this area than Bangladesh?).
With several years gone by since the world's eyes were opened to the plight of workers through the Rana Plaza tragedy, I was hoping to hear good news. I reached out to Fashion Revolution Bangladesh, who connected me to Asif, a FashRev member in Dhaka who happened to work with SNV, an organization focused on many projects around the world, including bettering the situation of women working in Bangladesh clothing factories.
Asif graciously answered my many questions, and helped me put the pieces together of what factory environments look like currently.
I was happy to learn that due to the tireless work of local advocates, most Bangladeshi factories are improving the benefits offered to employees. Out of the 4000+ documented factories in the country, 2300 are now complying with government regulations for health and safety, providing basic healthcare funding and education for workers, and even opening up to the outside influence of local non-profits and worker's rights groups.
SNV is specifically working on a program for female garment workers to help them gain access to medical care, reproductive health services, and training on how to advocate for themselves.
The Bangladesh Fire and Safety Accord
I learned that big brands like H&M won't work with factories that haven't signed on to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety (read it here), A very useful legally binding document between brands and factories ensuring safe facilities in the wake of Rana Plaza. Since this accord's inception, inspectors have flagged more than 118,500 hazards (mostly fire and electrical) in nearly 2000 participating factories working for 200+ brands (source).
|Workers in a small, ethically run fair trade workshop in Dhaka | Photo credit: Hannah Theisen for Life Style Justice
Encouraging, in a way, I guess, but also the bare minimum. It seems as though big brands have done just enough to get reporters and consumers off their backs, and have mostly avoided responsibility for the suffering caused by Rana Plaza.
If you exclude Rana Plaza and other mass killings, 2017 was the deadliest year yet to be a garment worker in Bangladesh. Wages are still very, very low (hovering at just over $80 per month) and haven't been increased to a livable wage. "That's next," Asif told me, after current initiatives for basic safety and benefits are successful.
Most of the work that is being done right now is simply to enforce and encourage compliance with building safety measures and basic benefits that the factories already should have been implementing. Any extras, higher wages… that will need to come with time. Bangladesh's labor secretary has proposed a wage increase to $150 per month in 2019, which would nearly double the current salary.
Armed with this new information, I still wanted to walk around and talk to the people around the area where Rana Plaza's ruins and many still-functioning factories are located. I've always felt that the news coverage of what happened at Rana Plaza was a bit limited and controlled.
I guess, also, that visiting Rana Plaza was also a sort of a pilgrimage for me… A very tangible reminder of why I hold the values I do when it comes to my purchasing habits and my life work.
Rana Plaza Monument
To get to the site of the Rana Plaza collapse, we needed to travel to Savar, a short drive outside of Dhaka city proper. On our drive we passed lots of high-rise housing, built to accommodate garment workers, factories, and training facilities.
Walking down the street to view the Rana Plaza monument, I noticed that the drainage gutters alongside the road were running red- dyes from nearby factories were being flushed out and making their way into the soil, and eventually, I'd assume, whatever unfortunate body of water was nearest.
The monument itself is small and simply constructed from cement. I was told that no one (government or brands or advocacy organizations) stepped up after the Rana Plaza disaster to create a monument, so workers and their friends and family members pooled money to erect it.
The government doesn't want it there (for obvious reasons), but there it stands on the side of the road. The space where the Rana Plaza building once stood is still vacant. Our local friend who accompanied us told us that a few student groups have come up with ideas to build a resource center for garment workers on the site, but no one has stepped up to the plate to fund such a project.
There's a plaque on the monument that, translated, reads:
Protest – Preclusion
Martyr Alter
24th April 2013 witnessed one of the most bizarre worker killings in the history of the garments industry of Bangladesh with the collapse of Rana Plaza building. Although the building was declared unsafe on 23rd April, the greedy building and garments owners forced the workers to come to work by physically assaulting them and threatening them of dismissal on 24th April. After the building collapsed few of the trapped workers were rescued by the relentless efforts of the civilians. Civilians were evacuated from the rescue operation on 29th April and rescue began using heavy equipment. During this period the government started covering up by hiding dead bodies. According to the official statement the number of dead bodies and survivors recovered during the rescue operation was 1,130 and 2,438 respectively. However according to the locals and survivors, the actual number of workers was much higher. This alter stands here in protest against the planned killing of countless workers and coverup of their bodies, and also as a symbol of unity among the working class.
Sculptor : Antu Modak
Assistant Sculptor : Rakib Anwar
Temporary Alter Built : 24th May, 2013
Permanent Martyr Alter Built : 2nd August, 2013


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It's finally happened. iTunes is dead and gone, at least on Mac, following the arrival of macOS Catalina. Here's what will happen to your music, videos and the rest of your library.
If you're worried that those vast music and video libraries you've amassed over nearly two decades will disappear, you can rest assured. iTunes is being replaced with four separate apps: Music, Books, TV and Podcasts.
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Apple has explained that all music purchased will now sit in the new Music app, along with all your playlists and smart playlists created in the iTunes app. Within the Music app, the iTunes Store will still exist.
For those on PC, iTunes for Windows is still available to manage media libraries, make purchases and sync content to your devices.
Naturally, Apple says the music and TV shows that have been purchased or rented will be shifted to the new Apple TV app, while all future purchases will be made from the iTunes Store within the Apple TV app.
When it comes to Podcasts, all subscriptions and downloads from iTunes will be added to the Podcasts app, while iTunes audio books are being transferred over to the revamped Books app.
Here's a full breakdown from Apple:
As for how the syncing and backing up of an iOS device will now be handled. That functionality will still exist, but Mac users will now be able to perform those functions directly within the Apple Finder interface.
"macOS Catalina makes it faster and simpler to access all of your 'ripped' or imported music, purchased media, and more," Apple has explained.
"The new apps organize your media just like the same apps on iOS. Your entire media collection will find a new home and transition automatically into the new Apple Music, Apple TV, and Apple Podcasts apps. In addition, your previous iTunes Store purchases and synced libraries will not change on any of your devices."
Here are some other top tips from Apple for managing the cross-over to macOS Catalina…
- The Apple Music app and Apple TV app read the contents of your iTunes library — so don't delete your iTunes library.
- If you open the Apple Music app and don't see all of your album artwork, leave the Apple Music app open so your album artwork can finish downloading.
- If you previously used multiple iTunes libraries, your audiobooks are imported in to the Apple Books library and podcasts are imported in to the Apple Podcasts library on your computer.


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So over the past few weeks we've seen organised anti RD protests, supporters turning out in their numbers to very vocally condemn what's been going on at the club for the past two years, over zealous stewarding - from the video footage I've seen on social media, the winless run continuing, re-enforcements left out of the starting eleven, one possible decent signing (if the new centre backs performance was anything to go by), a forced meeting between two local mp's and 'senior members' of Charlton management team.
What we haven't seen is RD (no surprise there then!), not a peep from the usually talkative (often suffering from foot in mouth syndrome) Katrien, no official comment from the clubs owners regarding the current unrest, protests and/or growing media coverage and negative comments from well respected football media commenters.
One would have expected some kind of statement coming from within the club to counter what is becoming a growing movement against them and their credibility in the football industry.
What we have seen is an almost dictaourship like shift. Riot barriers around the entrance to the West Stand Reception. Supporters being ejected from the ground for having anti RD banners. Supporters being moved on for taking photo's on their smart phones.
It's all becoming more and more baffling. Surely they've worked out that things will only get worst away from the pitch as time goes by and they do nothing to appease their 'customer base'? At the very least I would have thought that thy would have tried their tried and tested trick of conducting a media interview with one of the tabloids again? Or, has then penny finally dropped? Do they realise that they have, through their own management style, got to the point of no credible return. Maybe, through shear bloody mindedness, a deal to sell the club will just be done as the transfer window shuts and they've just cashed in on what assets (players) they could at the eleventh hour.
Personally I'd actually rather spend a season watching Charlton in League One with sensible owners who understand English football than another season in The Championship with these muppets.


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In the late 1930s, the increasing bias towards Fascism and Nazism in the then-only international film festival in Venice led to jury members from France, the UK and the US to withdraw from the event. The French government would select the Riviera city of Cannes to host their own bias-free international film festival. The first edition of it in 1939 only got as far as the gala before World War II canceled it. Not until 1946 was the eventual Cannes Film Festival finally inaugurated. In 2020 the film-fest got cancelled again by the COVID pandemic; and even now it is interfering with this year's edition, causing delay to the summer.
The New York Times confirms the postponement of the 2021 Cannes Film Festival due to lingering concerns regarding COVID-19. This was announced by the organizers on a statement released Wednesday, January 27. Originally set for May 11 to 22, the film-fest will now have to wait until July 6, when it will run until the 17th of that month. The re-scheduling is in line with the Cannes organizers' previous announcement late last year, where they reserve the right to arbitrarily change the festival dates as needed in response to the current worldwide COVID pandemic situation.
France in its entirety currently has to live with a 6PM curfew, which also means that cinemas and other cultural venues that could attract mass gatherings of people remain indefinitely closed. As of Tuesday, January 26, the country logged over 22,000 new cases of COVID-19, and 612 more have joined the 74,000 deaths to that disease alone in the country. Cannes spokesperson Aïda Belloulid gave the first hints of postponing the event way back in December 2020, with the trend in Europe seeing a flatting of the curve in terms of new cases, but a worrying uptick in COVID-related deaths.
Last year's cancellation of the Cannes Film Festival led to the to-date held release of "The French Dispatch" from director Wes Anderson, while Pixar's "Soul" eventually went streaming on Disney+ by December. The jury would have been led by Spike Lee. Current difficulties with Cannes are exacerbated by production delays in COVID vaccines slated for distribution in France. Other European festivals face similar trials. The Berlin Film Festival on February 11 was also postponed, while the Glastonbury festival for pop music canceled this year.Image courtesy of Reuters


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Blayne Thompson Takes First Win at South Point Casino WORCS
Las Vegas, NV – Blayne Thompson won his first ever WORCS Pro Motorcycle race at South Point Casino against a stacked field of racers with 29 racers alone in the Pro class for round three of the Rocky Mountain MC World Off-Road Championship Series presented by Maxxis and Dirt Bike. With many racers crossing over from EnduroCross and Motocross competition, WORCS racers still carried the day with Justin Seeds finishing in second, ahead of defending WORCS Pro Champion, Robby Bell.
The South Point Casino event was unique for the normally off-road focused WORCS Championship with a course racing through three indoor arenas along with an outdoor section on the casino grounds. The course combined three different types of dirt and sand, as well as concrete and asphalt sections. The main arena featured big air jumps, combined with a log section and tires, and a huge crowd of spectators gathered to watch the racing action all weekend with a record turnout of racers and spectators in attendance for this special racing event.
The Pro motorcycle race was held on Saturday night, and Blayne Thompson battled with Justin Seeds early in the event, and once he took the lead he overcame a get-off to win the event.
"I did it," said an exuberant Thompson. "I found good lines to get around the lappers, played it smart and came out with the win. In the sand section there was a triple. Right when I came over it, I landed right on top of another rider and went right over the bars. The bike stayed running when it fell, so jumped on and got going."
Justin Seeds admitted he wanted the victory, but was happy with second on the difficult and unique course. "I wish I could have won, but I'm just so stoked," said Seeds. "This race was so intense and I'm stoked to be up here. This was one hell of a race. We got all of those crashes behind us and now we're up here in second with my teammate in third and my buddy Blayne in first. I couldn't ask for anything better. I got the lead for a lap or two, made a mistake and then Blayne got by me. From there I just tried to stay smooth because I need the points. This was a huge boost to my confidence."
Bell was pleased to be one of three WORCS regulars to sweep the podium. "I know a lot of motocrossers came out thinking it would be more their discipline, but the WORCS guys swept the podium," said Bell. "I think that shows that we can compete in a wide variety of terrain."
Justin Jones finished in the fourth spot just ten seconds behind Bell, and Mike Sleeter rounded out the top five.
In Pro 2 Class, Logan Chambers secured his second win of the season ahead of Kyle Mercier, and WORCS newcomer, Noah Kepple. It wasn't easy and Chambers stayed busy the entire race.
"I had battles the whole time," said Chambers who was recovering from a cold heading into the weekend. "We're used to sand or rocks, so this was something out of everyone's element, especially with the wet concrete and asphalt, and that made for some great battles. The ruts got gnarly and the sand got crazy. I'm happy to walk away with a good clean run. Coming out of here with the points lead, I'm just stoked."
Mercier's training regiment paid off with a runner-up effort here, marking his first WORCS podium. "This was a little more motocross, so it suited my style," said Mercier. "It was nice to see the change up, bringing a little more motocross to the off road. I'm really focused on off road this year. I've been putting a lot of work at home with my riding buddies. I'm just really excited the hard work is really paying off."
Kepple took third from Round 2 winner Travis Damon on the final lap and just held him off to snag the last spot on the box. Like Mercier, this was Kepple's first WORCS podium. "He took the inside line, hit a little kicker and had a tip over," said Kepple. "I heard his bike behind me on the rev limiter. He was definitely coming for me and wasn't happy in losing a podium spot. Coming from Enduro Cross, I like the tight racing, so I thought this was the perfect time to just go for it."
In the Pro 2 Lights, Dante Oliveira secured his third straight win followed by Jarett Megla, and Austin Warren.
The next event for the WORCS Championship is a doubleheader race at the Crazy Horse Campgrounds in Lake Havasu, AZ. The motorcycles are running on their own weekend, March 25-27.


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Myself, I go with James Carr.
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I saw Jeff Tweedy sing this solo years and years ago. He did a pretty good job.
Anyway, the Brawler suggests that you go see Alex Chilton and Grant Hart (formerly of Husker Du) tonight at Turner Hall.
December 07, 2008 in Music | Permalink
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No question about it: we're suffering through the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. Now, some smart folks are suggesting we're going to face the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. Hard times already have struck a number of people close to the Brawler. As some small measure of solace, some musical reminders that people have suffered through hard times before ...and came out on the other side.
Skip James' endlessly haunting' "Hard Time Killing Floor Blues" -- economic devastation as a sort of hell. "People are drifting from door to door/can't find no heaven, I don't care where you go."
Stephen Foster's Hard Times Come Around No More as performed by Bob Dylan:
Jimmie Rodgers celebrates labor mobility in Waiting for a Train:
The Circle Jerks provided their subtle take on the Reagan-era recession with "When the Shit Hits the Fan." Doopity doo wop say what yeah."
The right no doubt will be trying to assert the prerogatives of capital as we try to figure out a way through this thing and fight to ensure security for working people. Woody Guthrie reminds them whose country this is.
The Clash reminds us we're facing the prospect of a global recession in Straight to Hell:
What the hell, might as well include a Springsteen song:
And Pete Seeger says: Solidarity Now!
November 16, 2008 in Economy, Music | Permalink
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November 6, 2008
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Good show. High points, for me,would include Love Minus Zero, Hard Rain, Girl of the North Country, Workingman's Blues, Just Like a Woman, Highway 61 and Ain't Talkin'.
Unrepentant left wing blogger Folkbum was there as well. As was, I believe, Bill Christofferson. Dave Tianen's review here. Much of what he says is, of course, wrong.
November 07, 2008 in Music | Permalink
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The Brawler will be traveling to Chicago tonight to shoe gaze with My Bloody Valentine and definitely will be packing ear plugs.
September 27, 2008 in Music | Permalink
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J Spaceman brings Spiritualized to Turner Hall tonight.
Spiritualized -- Electricity
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Because the Brawler is of that age demographic/mind frame that needs his music packaged in physical form, he picked up the Hold Steadys' latest see-dee "Stay Positive" and oh my lord is it awesome. It's not "Separation Sunday" -- that is a very (a bad adjective in this case justified) special album of which there are few -- but after 1.9 listenings, it is a fab album. Singalongs, invocations of 7 Seconds, some stretching beyond their trademark reliable Husker Du by way of the E Street Band sound (banjo by J Mascis! Theremin!) and meditations upon growing old, murder, guilt and other Craig Finn (a hedgehog, not a fox) obsessions,it is a fabulous piece of work. Hold Steady have produced as solid a body of music in their four full-length "albums" as anyone over these past several years. And Minneapolis suburb boy Craig Finn has grown into the sharp, smart, vernacular lyricist that Paul Westerberg always wanted to be. "So I mostly just pray she won't die"? Yow. That's from "Lord I'm Discouraged" (with the tuneful singalong refrain "excuses and half truths and fortified wine":
The guy shredding the Jimmy Page double ax is Janesville's own Tad Kubler. Bassist Galen Polivka would be Whitefish Bay's Phil Lynott if Phil Lynott had been of Eastern European descent as opposed to Black (literally) Irish.
And here's some Auld Steady:
July 15, 2008 in Music | Permalink
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Turner Hall. Be there.
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The decline of free speech around the world is accelerating at such a rate that it can produce truly disorienting effects. Take the latest lawsuit by the Turkish Chess Federation (TSF). Chess players were the target of an Islamic extremist televangelist who told Muslims that playing chess is more sinful than gambling. It was yet another absurd declaration from a religious fanatic that should be answered with mocking disbelief. Instead, TSF moved from being a victim to being a violator with a lawsuit against Ahmet Mahmut Ünlü, popularly known as "Cübbeli Ahmet Hoca" (Robbed Ahmet Hoca). The group reportedly began "legal proceedings" over the comments, which should be protected as an exercise of free speech.
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* Ezine Acts Play - home-biz-trends.com/ezine-acts-play.html: If you thought of the time you consume to play some games, you will realize that you may need few hours of that time to do something else based on this hobby… something useful that could generate income for you while building it and playing games too.
The play page on the Ezine Acts Game Site Map shows you how to entertain, be influenced, capture some good business ideas, convert them into daily pleasures or convert them to substantial income opportunity. A free consultation, in this regard can set you free and running. If you have a question about how to convert your hobby to a successful business, just enter this question on the ASK form.
* Ezine Acts Video Games - home-biz-trends.com/ezine-acts-video-games.html: The indexed page on the Ezine Acts Game Site Map provides computer and video games for kids to improve competence through learning, being creative kids, and enjoying time in convenient atmosphere, and get "conditioned" for success.
In addition, the Ezine Acts Video and the Ezine Acts Video Shows show you how you could do more useful things, if you were enjoying some video platforms. You don't need to be a YouTuber to know how videos could change your life.
This page is relevant somehow to the Video Games page, although it is focused on some technical details to use video camcorder, shoot videos, record audio and convert that hobby into small home based business.
The video page is part of the site map (21 A) Ezine Acts Offline Businesses, with its extension into Online Free Consulting (site map 21 B). But, it has also good relevancy with the Ezine Acts Game Site Map.
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* Play Games - home-biz-trends.com/play-games.html: When you play games and enjoy your time, you will see that you have got useful information and in fact lot of information about those games you play.
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* War Games - home-biz-trends.com/war-games.html: Playing war games could solve your inner conflicts, or stress. Your enemies in such war games are all these things that cause your depression, stress or anything that gets you down. So, the indexed page on the Ezine Acts Game Site Map helps you to rise above.
* Wolf 3D - home-biz-trends.com/wolf-3d.html: There is a good advice in the games site map. It is best to play Wolf 3D offline. Use a fast game computer when playing Wolf 3D or it will destroy your PC.
It crashed three of mine. However, I still enjoy it. In addition, some free versions to download these games come with malware. Read the tips on the page to avoid all of that.
* Wolf 3D Games - home-biz-trends.com/wolf-3d-games.html: One of the Wolf 3Ds is "Nazis with Attitude". The story of this game is here accompanied by the stories of few other titles.
In addition, there are many safe Wolf 3D games online, but at the Ezine Acts Game Site Map we believe the best thing to do is to have cheap versions of those games from trusted resources and play them offline.
* Wolf3D - home-biz-trends.com/wolf3d.html: The main game article about Wolf3D computer games are at the link below. This is a commentary page with the completion of the article on the main page. It includes also information about the developer of the "Operation Letzterschutz".
* Wolf3D Games - zine-act-politics-business-and-love.com/wolf3d-games.html: This version of Wolf3d on the games sitemap tells the story of "Operation Letzterschutz". The story began just few months after the collapse of the Nazi. It is one of the best Wolf3d games on the Ezine Acts Game Site Map.
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As I stress always, you can convert your game playing passion and your knowledge about games into something useful more while you are enjoying your favorite games. The resources you need to fulfill your passion and work at home are on the Ezine Acts Game Site Map. See the image below.
* Wolfenstein 3D Games - home-biz-trends.com/wolfenstein-3d-games.html: This page on the Ezine Acts Game Site Map is about the episodes of the "Invasion of the Cartoons", one of Wolfenstein 3D Games.
I liked this version of the classical Wolfenstein 3D games and therefore, I enjoy it much. The game's environment is beautiful, as in many other original versions of the games.
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586: Mission to Culture
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Title text: It can't be very MUCH money... they apparently can't even afford a sampler. I mean, with a little remixing, some of this could be kinda good!
Cueball wants to take Megan out for his idea of a cultural experience. The inference is that Megan's culturally impoverished because 'all she ever listens to is techno'. After much griping on various levels, she starts to get into the experience — sort of. The big 'cultural lesson' she [mis-]gleans from the experience is similar to what a sporting aficionado would gain from watching a sports event.
Her observation regards the seating configuration of a typical modern orchestra, in which the violinists all sit audience-left, while the violists, cellists and bassists are on the right.
The title text basically just ices the cake. A sampler is an instrument frequently used in techno music that samples other sounds and plays them back, usually electronically altered. Remixing is a process, also often used in techno, of editing recorded music to get a different sound. Many classical pieces, such as Pachelbel's Canon in D major, have had success as techno remixes.
- [Cueball is pulling Megan by the legs. She is holding onto the ground.]
- Cueball: We're getting some culture in you if it kills you.
- Megan: Don't wanna.
- [Cueball is pushing Megan through a door.]
- Cueball: All you listen to is techno.
- Megan: But... the symphony?
- [The couple stand in line between other people.]
- Megan: I think we're the only people here under 60.
- Cueball: Shhh.
- [The couple sit in the audience just before the concert.]
- Megan: The right side is definitely better.
- Cueball: Better?
- Megan: They've all got bigger instruments. I bet they make more money.
- Cueball: *Sigh*
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If Megan's only got stick-figure arms with no hands or fingernails, how is she leaving multiple scratches on the floor in the first scene? 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- I think she's grabbing the rug. --Qwach (talk) 16:08, 31 August 2013 (UTC)
- With...what, exactly? 184.108.40.206 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
- The implication of fingers. Sort of like how characters in old video games can grab things despite having blobs instead of hands. -Pennpenn 18.104.22.168 05:04, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
- With...what, exactly? 220.127.116.11 (talk) (please sign your comments with ~~~~)
Edited the explanation section on orchestra seating to make plurals of violist, cellist, and bassist consistent with violinist. 18.104.22.168 05:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)


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Rock and Bowl
One of the things I love most about 'home' schooling is that we get to be out and about doing fun things in the middle of the day when no one else is around. Today we had a bowling alley to ourselves (a good job really as bowling with mini balls really didn't suit me) and had a mucho splendido time practicing our sporty skills.
Bowling is a sport right? Of course it is. So today we filled our sport quota for the week, we also did a bit of socialising…is that the same as socialisation I wonder? Well we had a great time anyway. I tried not to despair over the fact that the only person who got a lower score than me hasn't even reached his third birthday yet and thought that the point of the game was to get the ball in the gully. I was also able to model my losing gracefully face while my friend Steph (the other Mama) demonstrated her super human bowling abilities to the kids. Seriously I think she might have a robotic arm or something.
So while the kids learned all about velocity, mass and….spheres and stuff, I snapped a few shots on my iphone and internally high fived myself for providing them with such great learning opportunities.
Oh and this my friends…
This is Maths. Who knew that bowling could be so educational!


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"I am proud that Israeli technologies and expertise are being introduced to the Philippines and will contribute to the country's food security and agricultural productivity. This is just the beginning of Israel and the Philippines's agri-adventure on agriventures," Israel Ambassador Ilan Fluss said. The agribusiness arm of Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC) in another partnership […]Read More
"We share the same values with MPIC and MPAV in terms of maximizing what their country has to offer primarily in land, natural resources and skills, and in turn helping their local communities thrive," LR Group co-founder and CEO Ami Lustig said. Teaming up with Metro Pacific Dairy Farms (MCIP), using our modern technology in […]Read More
The LR Group is honored to form a joint venture with Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), which is one of Guyana's leading companies. The project is for the development of a dairy farm for 500-milking cow's and the transfer of modern Israeli agro-technologies. This venture is intended to strengthen high quality dairy production in Guyana while […]Read More
The LR Group, the Ministry of Health and Beilinson Hospital are equipping medical teams in the city of Yangzhou, China, to deal with medical emergencies. This month, online training of Chinese medical teams in the field of emergency preparedness began as part of a cooperation agreement signed several years ago between the Israeli and Chinese […]Read More
On May 16th 2019, LR group's affiliate signed a contract with the Industrial Promotion Fund (FPI) for the Rehabilitation, Modernization and Operation of the DAIPN poultry farm, as part of the 100 days emergency program of the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Félix Tshisekedi. The farm had seen no production for over 10 […]Read More
Ami Lustig, Co-founder and CEO of LR group, presents LR Groups solutions for Food Security at Improvate's International Food Security conference. Improvate, a platform for connecting government and innovation companies sets out to unite change makers in technology with leaders in governing positions. The conference hosted by Keynote speaker Tony Blair former Prime Minister of […]Read More
LR Group closes a deal with Yangzhou, China, in cooperation with the Israeli Health Ministry. The agreement is to offer the Chinese city the best Israeli talents in technology and data operation systems. These will be used to improve its readiness for large-scale emergency situations such as earthquakes. The agreement was signed by Ami Lustig, […]Read More
PNG's first Ice Cream parlor opens at Vision City Mall – Port Moresby Ilimo Gelato, a new shop dedicated to ice cream, milkshakes and Sundaes opened December 10 2019 at Vision City Mall in Port Moresby Ilimo dairy, a joint venture between the state, central provincial government and agribusiness firm has recently expanded its production […]Read More
BIOHOUSE labs opened December 2019 next to BIOHOUSE Hadassah, a community platform in the Ein Kerem campus, connecting bio-med stakeholders. The fully equipped bio-pharma labs are part of a global professional community for bio-pharma startups, allowing for fruitful and efficient research and collaboration for the development of Bio-med technologies. The Labs were set up using an […]Read More
Development of Student Dormitories, public buildings and infrastructure in Suriname's prestigious Anton de Kom University 2018 saw the successful completion of phase one of Anton de Kom University project. The first stage consists of two dormitories buildings for 304 students, a modern cooking kitchen and dining area for 1,500 people in three shifts, laundry, convenient […]Read More
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A local partnership with Exxon and Innovative Agro Industry has been established for the development of a large scale commercial agriculture farm which will include fruit, vegetables, dairy and poultry production. The project will provide smallholders the supporting infrastructure of training, extension services and management to create employment and sustainable economic development of the region […]Read More
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LR Group recently participated as a leading exhibitor and professional speaker in the Agritech Israel Conference 2018, the International Agricultural Technology Exhibition, which is one of the world's most important exhibitions in the field of agriculture. The conference is established in cooperation with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the […]Read More
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