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Bulgari launches hotel in London with silver focus
Silver is the underlying theme of the newly opened Bulgari Hotel & Residences in London, in tribute to the luxury Italian brand's silversmith origins.
The 85-bedroom new-build hotel in Knightsbridge, which is operated by Marriott, features silk curtains with patterns inspired by classic Bulgari jewellery designs, bedside lamps resembling silver candlesticks and two solid-silver chandeliers in the ballroom. Interiors were designed by Antonio Citterio, Patricia Viel and Partners.
Among the key facilities is the 59-seat Il Bar with a sweeping silver staircase leading to the 80-seat Il Ristorante, featuring the food of Robbie Pepin. Until recently, Pepin, who is of Scottish and Italian ancestry, was the opening chef at Alain Ducasse's Italian restaurant, La Trattoria, in Monaco. He previously worked in London at Aubergine and the Oak Room.
The hotel's two-storey spa - crafted from onyx, teak and Vicenza stone, features 11 treatment rooms and one double spa suite, a 25m swimming pool and 150sq m fitness gym. A 47-seat screening room will be used for press events and advanced screening of film premieres.
Environmental credentials of the property have been developed according to best practices in sustainable design set by BREEAM, the environmental assessment method of buildings. It includes bird and bat boxes on the roof, the sponsoring of electric car charging points and energy conserving intelligent lighting. The geothermal energy system is believed to be the first of its kind in the UK.
The London property is the third hotel to be opened by Bulgari - which has 295 retails stores worldwide - alongside hotels in Bali and Milan.
Robbie Pepin named as Il Ristorante head chef >>
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Last Year, drought was seen in Thailand. Impact continues to this year. Since the beginning of the year it has had little rain. We can see clearly during the rainy season, the rain was delayed. After that, drought continued in many areas, especially in the northeast. The drought seems to be widened and prolonged until it may have more severe effects than in the past. Farmers have experienced to take care of the fruit trees to overcome the drought crisis. Raithep share the tips to farmers, to care fruit plantations more often:-
1. Irrigation should be considered in a way to save water. Watering with a drip irrigation system or a small centrifugal concentrator will save more water than using a watering hose to water a few times but often to reduce water losses. Change the watering time to night. To help plants reduce water evaporation from sunburn, such as drip irrigation, Mini sprinkler irrigation etc. This can save a lot of water Evaporation from the surface. This is less use of water than other methods of irrigation. Water pump, Water filters, PVC pipes, PE pipes, drip irrigation, irrigation equipment is much cheaper and has a lot of sources for distribution.
2. The use of mulch: To cover from the base of the fruit tree to the canopy of its radius. The mulch is divided into 2 types which are a. Organic matter such as plant residues such as stubble, hay and compost, such as organic carcasses that accumulate in various watersheds, wood residues such as shavings Sawing waste from various industrial plants such as bagasse, etc., b. Synthetic mulch materials such as plastics such as plastic mulch Which is tough, durable, has a long service life, etc.
3. Pruning of fruit trees harvested during the dry season. After fruit picking, it should be pruned to form an airy bush. It helps to reduce foliar evaporation. Also, helps the flowering to continue in the next season. Pruning is an indispensable practice in orchards. There are 2 stages of Pruning:a. In the early stages of fruit plantation in order to force the tree to have the desired shape and appearance. In order not to clutter in the garden operations. It has a good effect on flowering and more better results in future. Trimming to give the tree the desired shape is called "Tree decoration". This is done during the first 2-3 years. While the trees are still small and young and the trees grow. Until the fruit has yielded >> It is necessary to prune the branches out of the plants so that the rest do their best. This latter case is known as "pruning".
4. Weeding: It should be eliminated from the beginning of the dry season. And using dried material to cover the base of the fruit tree. But in the period that is lacking a lot of water, weeding or tillage should not be done. Because it will make the soil dry more quickly.
5. Water source procurement should improve the well to be in a working condition. And pumping water from nearby water sources to store. For orchards near the sea it needs to store fresh water. This is to prevent saltwater from entering the garden. Regularly check the water delivery system. Control to not allow water to leak. If there are many hyacinths, duckweed or algae in the garden ditch, Should be careful to cover the base of the fruit tree to maintain moisture.
6. Chemical Fertilizer should NOT be used during drought. If the water is not enough, There is no use to stimulate the growth of sprouting young leaves during the dry season. This will only cause plants to be more thirsty of water. Farmers can not provide enough water required for stimulated plants, Hence, it results in the tree to wither and die.
7. The fire protection around the garden should be weed within the orchard area. This is to be clear immediately after the end of the rainy season. To collect the remnants of dry grass, dry twigs and dry leaves from the plot to cover the ground around the base Cut under the bushes To prevent fires. Thus the garden must be prepared with water, sand, and fire extinguishers. And stored in a specific place, so that it can be used immediately at any time required.

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Complete Composers Collection 2 is now out on the street and just as with the first box this is truly a great deal.
I bought the first Complete Composers Collection and have been very happy with. So happy that I infact bought Hollywood Strings and Hollywood Brass a while ago. I am very impressed with these new samples from East West Quantum Leap (EWQL), it all sounds truly amazing.
You must use professional samples if you want to sell your music
Today there are much great stock music to be found online. If you want to compete with those who sell the most you need to use professional samples.
If you make orchestral music one of the places where you get most for you money is the samples from EWQL. Especially their Complete Composers Collections are a great place to start. Today you simply cant compete with free or cheap sounding samples.
Should I get Complete Composers Collection 1 or 2?
The only advantage I see from buying Complete Composers Collection 1 is that you get Symphonic Orchestra Gold. In this sample box you get every instrument in the orchestra including percussion and even a 2GB piano.
In Complete Composers Collection 2 you can however select samples packs from the Hollywood series which offer much higher quality samples and many more articulations. Especially the legato patches sound amazing.
Play that Brass
I often find myself just playing around with the legato patches in Hollywood Brass. They simply sound amazing and with a good food controller or the mod wheel you can create very realistic sounding brass.
There is a big difference from the brass patches in Symphonic Orchestra Gold and to the ones you find in Hollywood Brass. You also get a ton of extra articulations.
Hollywood Strings
Since I got Hollywood Strings I never use the string sections from Symphonic Orchestra Gold. The new samples from Hollywood Strings simply sounds much better, can be more expressive and has a great new reverb. I do however still use the percussion section fra Symphonic Orchestra Gold as there are lots of great stuff not to be found in the Hollywood series yet.
Pick your own sample packs with Complete Composers Collection 2
You choose form a large range of samples what to include in Complete Composers Collection 2. Event though I already have many of the samples packs from EWQL I am still considering going for another round of Complete Composers Collection.
This way I can get my hands on The Darks Side, Gypsy, Silk and other samples packs. The samples from East West Quantum Leap are simply that good.
But watch out if you choose to buy Complete Composers Collection 2, you might end up getting addicted to samples from East West Quantum Leap.
You can buy Complete Composers Collection 2 at Soundsonline, listen to music made with the samples and choose what packs you want to include.


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Just a quick post before we set out for another day of playing tourist in our beautiful state with our company from Pennsylvania.
We spent a glorious day in San Francisco on Friday. You know the saying, "When you're going to San Francisco, don't forget to wear flowers in your hair." The flowers were gorgeous throughout the city.
Of course we went for a ride on the cable cars. The last time we did this, it costs a quarter....yes 25 cents. This time it cost $12.00 round trip....but worth it.
Coit Tower in the distance from our cable car.
The Golden Gate Bridge in early afternoon with the fog beginning to creep in.
We drove and walked down Lombard, the crookedest street in the world.
After dinner at Pier 39, it was time to board our boat to see Alcatraz by night.
The fog was rolling in and we knew it was going to get cold.....and it did!
No room in the cell for a sewing machine!
By the time our tour was finished, it was cold, dark, windy and we were ready to board our boat for the shore and home.
More travels around our state today while enjoying our Mother's Day.
I hope everyone reading this has a beautiful day with your family.
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text: Discover what's considered to be one of the 20th century's most important collections of jewelry and gems with the exhibition of Marjorie Merriweather Post pieces in Hillwood's exhibition "Natural Beauties: Exquisite Works of Minerals and Gems."Visitors wishing to have an outdoor experience can reserve an entry time for the estate only.Those looking to explore more of the property have the option to book separate entry times for the mansion and exhibitions. Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens,Tickets: $18 for adults, $5 for children, free for members. 4155 Linnean Ave. NW. Hillwoodmuseum.org


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The Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Boboye Oyeyemi has been invited by the Sultan of Sokoto and Chairman of the Nigeria Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Sultan Saad Abubakar 111 to address the Muslim leaders at the forthcoming council's meeting scheduled to take place in Benin, Edo state.
The sultan gave the invitation while receiving the Corps Marshal on advocacy visit to his Palace in Sokoto.
In a press release by Bisi Kazeem, Head, Media Relations and Strategy, FRSC, Sultan Abubakar 111 commended the Corps Marshal for his aggressive advocacy programme on road safety, urged him not to rest on his oars until all members of the public appreciate the importance of obedience to traffic rules and regulations and need to show consideration to other road users.
According to him, it is only through consistent public enlightenment programmes that people could realise the importance of road safety and need for them to always operate within the limits of the law, saying what the FRSC is doing through its regular enlightenment programmes is commendable and must be supported by all.
"I want to congratulate you on the success of your last annual lectures series where many people discussed positively on road safety, The programme was a commendable initiative, but you must follow it up with effective implementation of the resolutions reached to spread the message to the grassroots.
"Similar programme should equally be organised at the zonal and sector levels for majority of the people to benefit," the Sultan further stated.
Sultan Abubkar 111 admonished people not to take their lives for granted, noting that life is one thing that has no duplicate, saying everyone must avoid acts that could compromise their lives. He pledged his support to road safety campaigns, pointing out that as leaders, they have responsibility to guide the people on the need to do the right thing at all times including obedience to constituted authorities and obedience to traffic rules and regulations.
"Religious and traditional leaders have huge influence on their people. FRSC should maximise the benefits of leaders of these institutions to use the platforms to propagate the ideals of road safety.
"I am therefore, inviting you to come and address the Muslim leaders during the forthcoming meeting of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs coming up in Benin, Edo state after the Ramadan fast. This would enable the participants listen to road safety messages from you and for them to propagate them at other Islamic gatherings for the sake of safety of lives ," he added.
The Sultan frowned at the practice of indiscriminate blockage of roads that pass through villages by members of the communities in the name of restraining speeding vehicles, saying if not immediately checked through standardisation, such practice could degenerate and create greater hazards to road users.
While advising motorists to always obey speed limits, he called on the Ministry of Works and relevant security agencies to address the challenge to avoid causing more hazards to innocent road users.
In his remarks, the Corps Marshal thanked the Sultan for his immense interest in road safety matters, saying his personal attendance at the last FRSC Annual Lecture Series contributed immensely to its success. He also noted that the Sultan's admonitions at the programme for the FRSC to make use of the traditional and religious institutions in its propagation of road safety message is being fully implemented by the Corps, pointing out that he has directed the Zonal and Sector Commanders to liaise with traditional and religious institutions in their areas for wider consultations.
According to him, in his desire to implement that guidance, he has written special letter to opinion leaders across board to request them to join the FRSC in the ongoing campaigns, a copy of which he presented to the Sultan. "The central message of the letter to the religious and traditional leaders including government officials is the need for all drivers to drive within the stipulated speed limits; use of seatbelt by all occupants of vehicle and use of good tyres that are neither expired nor improperly gauzed.
"I have decided to follow up the advocacy with this visit to the Palace today, and to specially thank His Eminence for the personal commitment to issues of road safety.
"I wish to assure His Eminence that we would not relent on this campaign but sustain it with vigour through advocacy visit to relevant stakeholders," he stated.
The Corps Marshal also expressed dismay at the level of overloading being perpetrated by drivers in the state, noting that adequate measures are being put in place to address the challenge and bring such perpetrators to book.
While expressing appreciation to President Muhammadu Buhari for his administration's recent logistics support for the FRSC through procurement of patrol vehicles, tow trucks and ambulances commissioned last month, the Corps Marshal assured that with such empowerment, FRSC has launched vigorous and non compromising enforcement on all roads across the federation.
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Analyses based on census data and membership surveys from the American Academy of Dermatology, the American Osteopathic Association, and professional societies for physician assistants and nurse practitioners show inroads are being made to improve workforce
San Antonio - Analyses of multisource data on geographic distribution of dermatology providers reveal some positive trends, but also show persistent shortfalls in the ability to meet patient care needs in many regions of the country, according to Alexa Boer Kimball, M.D., M.P.H., who spoke at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Dermatology (AAD).
In a poster presentation, Dr. Kimball reports the findings of a study designed to examine if non-M.D. clinicians - including D.O. dermatologists and physician extenders - are helping to fill existing gaps in the dermatology work force.
The results show the D.O. dermatologists were generally continuing to aggregate in the states where they received resident training. The numbers of physician extenders were rising in states with rapidly rising aging populations or a high prevalence of patients with photodamage (e.g., Florida, Arizona), but also in some areas where an M.D. dermatologist work force shortage is more severe.
"In the setting of a persistent work force shortage and geographic maldistribution of M.D. dermatologists, we thought it important to assess how dermatology services are being provided by D.O.s, physician assistants (P.A.s), and nurse practitioners (NPs)," says Dr. Kimball, associate professor of dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
"Overall, the news appears to be good, because we are seeing that non-M.D. providers are filling some of the gaps. However, the numbers of these clinicians are still too few to have any major impact on the overall geographic maldistribution in terms of improving patient access to dermatology care," Dr. Kimball tells Dermatology Times.
Data for the analyses were derived from the 2004 U.S. census and membership surveys of the AAD, America Osteopathic Association, American Academy of Physician Assistants, the Dermatology P.A. Association and the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Density for the various providers was calculated per state and reported as the number of providers per 100,000 population.
The results showed the M.D. dermatologists continued to aggregate in large metropolitan regions along the coasts and, particularly, in the densely populated Northeast states, where the M.D. dermatologist densities ranged from 3.4 to 4.9 per 100,000 population.
States with the lowest densities of M.D. dermatologists were represented mostly by several states in the Midwest and Great Plains regions, where there were, in some cases, fewer than two M.D. dermatologists per 100,000 population.
The states with the highest density of D.O. dermatologists tended to be those where there are the highest number of D.O. dermatology residency positions - Michigan, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Arizona, California, Missouri, Texas and Nevada.
Density data on the physician extenders showed they were most well-represented in states with greater rural areas, and where the density of M.D. dermatologists also tended to be low, including Nevada, Idaho, Nebraska, Iowa and West Virginia.
The data were also analyzed to determine the density of the various providers in states with the highest proportion of older residents (ages 65 and above).
The top five states in this category had high densities of M.D. dermatologists and dermatology P.A.s and also were among the leading states with respect to the ratio of P.A.s to M.D. dermatologists.
"These data suggest that states with rising aging populations have an expanding demand for physician and physician extender dermatology services," Dr. Kimball says.
"Since the biggest absolute recent increases in the dermatology work force have been in the P.A. work force, it's logical that states with recent increases in demand would be meeting the demand with P.A. employment," she says.


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Pixar Exhibit Now Open At The Musuem of Science
Enjoy a unique, first-time look into the Pixar process, and explore the science and technology behind some of the most beloved animated films and their characters with the world premiere of The Science Behind Pixar. This interactive exhibition showcases the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) concepts used by the artists and computer scientists who help bring Pixar's award-winning films to the big screen.
Library patrons who use a museum pass for their visit can buy reduced price exhibit tickets at the museum on the day of their visit. The reduced price is $12 and there is a maximum of 4 tickets per pass. Click here for more information.


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This is the visualization presented by the United Nations on their 8th Sustainable Development Goal, Youth Unemployment. The Darker regions indicate high levels of youth unemployment. Does this make sense to you? Some are quite surprising.
I recently competed in the 2019 Hult Prize Challenge, and presented a concept to allow native speakers of endangered languages the capability to produce and share online content centered around Entrepreneurship. For the investment of USD1M, the start-up would compensate with USD9/hour within a 10 year period and have an ROI of approx. 38%.
The Challenge
The UN's Sustainable Development Initiative has a tool that allows you to track the progress of each SDG. We see that the highest degree of youth unemployment occurs regions shaded red and black, indicated potential markets of application.
From here, the team took a Red Team, Blue Team approach to diversify our innovation potential. Each team member spent 2 months accumulating their resources and focusing on their own implementation, and presented their recommendation on the third. I chose to approach the problem by understanding resources they currently (mostly) have; digital technology.
Using Python, Pandas and matplotlib I put together and wrangled unemployment data from the International Labor Organization (ILO), The United Nations (UN) Open Databases, The UN's ITU and the World Bank. The Python code for this can be found on my Github. Here are the findings.
The wrangled data revealed a surprising phenomena; unemployed youth that were connected to the internet had steadily increased over the last 4 years, and expected to continue. Furthermore, and this surprised me, 80% of the available information on the internet was only available in 10 languages. With a statistic like this, I'm not surprised of what most Sociologists refer to as a "Digital Divide".
Finally, given that Google expects 30% of its search volume to come from sources other then a screen, it made sense to tailor a solution that around a Speech-To-Text application.
The Proposal
After many rounds of feedback from our mentors, and discussions within the group, we settled on a Speech-To-Text solution, Byblos. The proposed value chain was as follows,
- The user would generate content in their native language by converting the data from their voice into text.
- This data would be housed on our servers, using SalesForce as our primary solutions provider, and sold to potential customers that need it. This would include Linguistic Museums, Open NLP Tools & Repositories, Linguistic Anthropology Societies, Private Companies and Large Technology companies such as Google, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft.
- These companies would have access to this platform, with the opportunity to generate paid advertising in various native languages.
The Conclusion
This was certainly a fun project! I pushed my Python Data Wrangling and Analysis skills beyond my capabilities, as well as learned that many people don't have the same opportunities as I do. We weren't selected for the next round, and learned a lot more about myself and my capability to network and exercise a healthy growth mindset.
How do you think this solution could have been improved? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!


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Joel 2:23-32
Joel 2:23-32
Literary Background to the Book:
The book is very small, only three chapters in all (divided into four chapters in Hebrew). Up until 2:18 the message talks about the devastation the country is experiencing by locusts and the need for repentance. After 2:18 the message is reversed completely with God announcing personally that the country will be saved. The Day of the Lord changes from devastation to a time that will bring cosmic upheaval and God's deliverance (Mason:104). There has been quite a lot of debate about this complete reversal from natural devastation to cosmic deliverance and a number of scholars talk about a pre-exilic author and post-exilic (Vermes, Duhm, Ploger). On the other hand many scholars see the Book of Joel as a unity (Rudolph, Wolff, Ogden). I think we deal with the book as a whole recognising that it could contain oral traditions and/or written sources from another time and place. there are a number of close parallels with other prophetic material: Joel 1:15 // Isa 13:6, Joel 3:16 // Amos 1:2, Joel 3:18 // Amos 9:13. Joel 3:10 is an ironic reversal of the oracle common to Micah (Mic 4:3) and Isaiah (Isa 2:4). The Book of Joel uses the "Day of the Lord" tradition in a similar fashion to Amos as the impending judgement on God's people before reversing it post Joel 2:18 to declare judgement on the enemies of Israel (Joel 3:14-16). Furthermore there are a number of striking similarities of thought between Zech 9-14 and the Book of Joel.
The Book itself gives very few clues about the historical situation although there is a general consensus that it has its present form in the post-exilic period. Certain towns and countries are mentioned in 3:4, 19 but in general terms as the enemy of Israel. There are no kings mentioned as often the case in the prophetic material (Hos 1:1, Isa 1:1 et al) but the priests get a mention.
Context of Joel 2:23-32
The Lectionary cuts into two sections (Joel 2:18-27 & 28-32) and begins five verses after we read of God's change of heart. Joel 1:1- 2:17 announces the coming devastation from locusts and the need for the priests to call the people to fast and prayer. This coming devastation via the locusts is named as "The Day of the Lord". Warlike images of the locust plague in Joel 2:1-11 set the scene for the description of the impending disaster. It is a very graphic and any one who has been in the path of a locust swarm will identify with the images presented here.
After Joel 2:32 the description now talks about the "Day of the Lord" and how it will affect the enemies of the Israel. God will punish them for what they have done to God's people. Signs which will accompany the "Day of the Lord" are: 'the spirit of prophecy poured out on all people, cosmic upheavals, and salvation for all those who call on the name of the Lord' (Mason:99). As the nations are gathered God will punish those who have cause problems for the Israel in the past. The imagery of the end time, with the sun and moon darkened before the reverse picture for God's people. This picture is that of a land of milk and honey. Joel 3 moves back and forward between the darkness of destruction for the enemies of the nation and the bountiful creation which will be the living conditions for Israel in the future.
Insights/Message of Joel 2:23-32
Literary structure:
Joel 2:23 begins part-way into an oracle of salvation which is an answer to the people's lamentation in the previous verses. The command to "fear not" in vv.21 is followed by the command to "be glad" and this is picked up again in v.23. The images of fertility and plenty in the land are the opposite to the images in Joel 1:10ff which describe the terrible damage of a locust plague. This section, vv.21-27, finishes with the promise that God will be their in their midst. It is followed by the gift of the spirit and the signs of the new age for those who call on the Lord. Nature and salvation come together, both land and people are healed. Achtemeier thinks "afterwards" in v.27 does not mean that the signs in vv.28-32 will occur after the restoration promised in v.18-27, but the signs in vv.28-32 will proceed the salvation described in vv.18-27 (Achtemeier:326). "All flesh" does indicate a wider audience than Judah alone and v.29 indicates the extent to which God's spirit will be poured.
The signs described here belong in that genre called apocalyptic, which speaks about a supernatural event at the end time as God's reign become known through these signs and events. This understanding of God's reign has changed from the prophetic material which proclaims the need for change within history and God's reign seen by the nations in the way God is at work in Israel as in vv.24-27. It is precisely these two elements we see within Joel 2 - salvation within history and salvation as a future event (vv.28-32).
Message / Theology:
People on the land who have experienced a locust plague will be able to identify with the imagery here in Joel. God's promises are the exact opposite of a locust plague - the land will be bountiful and everyone will enjoy the wondrous time. This picture then moves into the well known prophecy about God's spirit poured out on all people. The images of the end time bring in the Day of the Lord which includes punishment on all of Judah's enemies (Joel 3). Fifteen verses describe what will happen to these nations before the final verses of the book reassure the people of Israel that God will be a refuge for them. Not only a refuge, but will provide this land overflowing with milk and honey together with the promise that Jerusalem will be inhabited forever.
Vv.28-32 have been quoted in Acts 2:17-21 and applied to the person of Jesus Christ as the one whom God has sent to bring in the kingdom. We note that the end day in Joel brings judgement on the nations and the plough shares become swords which wreck vengeance on the enemies of Judah. The salvation is directed to Judah alone. In Acts, the pouring out of the spirit brings in the kingdom of Jesus' reign on earth as well as heaven. We need to note when the NT writers used material from the Old Testament the new context nearly always gives it a new meaning centred around Christ.
Joel as in Obadiah 17, has a remnant who escape the punishment because they have called on the name of the Lord.
OT images/motifs used in the New Testament reading: Luke 18:9-14, verse 9 is picking up and echoes the comment in Ezekiel 33:13 which also criticises those who trust in their own righteousness. The references to fasting and tithing clearly have a background in some of the Old Testament festivals.
Resources/Worship for Joel 2:23-32
Because this reading is associated so much with Acts 2 it would be helpful to point out the differences between the Day of Lord in Joel which includes punishment of Judah's enemies compared with the announcement of the kingdom in Jesus Christ. People might be interested to have shown to them the two ways in which God is seen to function, within history (vv.18-27) and at the end of time (vv.30-32).
Resources: Commentaries
The Old Testament Guides (OTG) by Sheffield Academic Press are an excellent small resource which give many suggestions for readings on particular aspects in the book.
The New Interpreter's Bible is another very helpful resource and published in the late 1990's - 2002 is more up to date than some earlier works.
Achtemeier, Elizabeth. 'The Book of Joel', NIB, VII. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1996, pp.301-336.
Allen, Leslie C. The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah. NICOT. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1976.
Birch, Bruce. Hosea, Joel, and Amos. WBC. Louisville: John Knox Press, 1997.
Mason, Rex. Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Joel. OTG. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1994.
Stuart, D. Hosea- Jonah. WBC. Waco, Tx:Word Books, 1984.
Thompson, J.A. 'Joel', NIB, VI. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1956, pp.729-762.
Wolff, H.W. Joel and Amos. Hermeneia. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1977.
The Dramatised Bible: ed. Michael Perry. London: Marshall Pickering: Bible Society, 1989
Web sites with helpful lectionary resources:
- www.liturgy.co.nz
- http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~loader/
- http://www.churchpowerpoint.com
- http://www.artbible.info/
- http:www.biblical-art.info
- http://www.wga.hu
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The New York Islanders had an eventful Summer. It started with the transfer of ownership from Charles Wang to Jon Ledecky and Scott Malkin, the signing of forwards Andrew Ladd, Jason Chimera, P.A. Parenteau, and ending with the news that the team can opt-out of it's "iron-clad" 25-year lease with Barclays Center after three seasons.
All attention can now be focused on the ice as the Islanders open training camp on Sept. 22. As with all teams, there are a few questions heading into camp that the team needs to address.
Who Replaces Frans Nielsen?
The 32-year-old played 10 seasons with the Islanders and surprised everyone when he turned down the team's offer of $5.5 million per season and signed a six-year, $31.5 million contract with the Detroit Red Wings. General manager Garth Snow was able to replace the departing Kyle Okposo and Matt Martin with Ladd and Chimera respectively, but he has not filled the void of Nielsen's departure. The organization will look in-house for his replacement.
Casey Cizikas will see his minutes increase. The 25-year-old signed a five-year, $16.75 million extension this summer. The center has averaged just over 12-and-a-half minutes of ice time per game in his career. He is now the team's best defensive center. With Martin's departure, head coach Jack Capuano will likely rotate his fourth line more, allowing Cizikas to play on the third line.
Ryan Strome will move back to his natural position of center. Snow admitted this Summer that it was a mistake to move him to the wing last season. If he is signed by the start of training camp, that is. Wang's rule regarding if a player is unsigned once training camp opens he cannot play during the season is still in effect. Strome will not replace Nielsen on special teams, though. That will fall to Ladd and Parenteau, who will replace him on the penalty kill and power play respectively. Nielsen had seven power-play goals last season, as did Parenteau.
Will Mathew Barzal Make The Team?
The 16th overall pick in the 2015 NHL Draft was the surprise of training camp last season. The 18-year-old was the final cut of camp. Barzal knows that this camp will be different, though.
But just because I had a good camp last year doesn't mean I'm going to get anything given to me. I've got to go in with a humble mindset and try to make the team. – Matt Barzal
Now 19, Barzal has nothing left to prove in juniors. He scored 53 goals and 199 points in 161 games for Seattle of the WHL over the past three seasons. He is ineligible for the AHL due to their age restrictions. Barring a disastrous camp, Barzal will likely get the nine-game tryout before the organization determines his future. He spent this summer in the gym working on his 6-foot, 180-pound body, knowing he would be playing against men.
I've been working out really hard all summer trying to put on some size, because you go to the next level, and everyone's so big and strong. – Matt Barzal
The team has 13 (14 when Strome signs) forwards on one-way contracts. If Barzal makes the team he will have earned it.
Three's A Crowd?
This is not a discussion about the Three's Company spin-off from the 1980s. Although let's hope the trio of Jaroslav Halak, Thomas Greiss and Jean-Francois Berube does not last longer than the one season the John Ritter show did.
Both Halak and Greiss are representing Europe in the World Cup of Hockey. An injury to Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen prior to the tournament opened the door for Halak to be named Team Europe's number one. The 31-year-old is using the World Cup to shake off the rust as he hasn't played an NHL game since March 8th in Pittsburgh. The Islanders are hoping he is healthy and plays well for Team Europe.
Snow can use this tournament to showcase Halak in a potential trade. Halak has two more years left on his four-year, $18 million deal. He has been vocal about the three-goalie system in the past. Greiss, who replaced Halak as the starter helped the Isles advanced in the Playoffs for the first time since 1993. Greiss has proven he can play in pressure situations. The 30-year-old started a career-high 38 games last season, 18 more than his previous high set with the Coyotes in 2013-14. Playing half of the games should not be an issue for him.
Let's add the third piece to this equation, Berube. Snow re-signed the goaltender to a one-year, one-way contract over the Summer. The Islanders would have to place the 25-year-old on waivers if they want to send him to Bridgeport. The team is very high on Berube but if there are no takers for Halak and he plays well for Team Europe, Berube could be the odd-man out.
Will Joshua Ho-Sang Make it Day Two?
In the "Hot Tub" episode of Seinfeld, Olympic marathon runner Jean-Paul Jean-Paul missed the race due to a separate knob for the volume on the alarm clock radio. Joshua Ho-Sang never set an alarm and was late to the first day of training camp last season. The team made the young forward run laps and was sent back to the OHL. The whole experience was a wake-up call for Ho-Sang.
Right now I'm like the girlfriend who cheated on them. I've got to earn their trust back. Like, 'I promise. I won't do it again.' I feel I have to do that every day. Keep getting better. Keep showing them what I'm willing to do. There's no day off. There's not a practice I leave early. There's not an optional skate I don't skate at. It's optional, but not for me. – Joshua Ho-Sang
There's no denying how talented the 2014 first-round pick is. His confident personality and bad habits were the likely reasons for his fall in the draft. The 20-year-old's final season in juniors ended with a trip to the Memorial Cup. Ho-Sang had 26 points in 17 playoff games. His professional career will most likely begin in Bridgeport. He said that last season's missed training camp was the best thing to happened to him. It seems like he got the message.


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The Dark Knight was a towering success, both financially and critically. After its release it would become the second highest grossing film in the United States until Avatar came in a year and a half later and knocked it down to third. But what this started was something that was bigger than Batman. What happened was that Warner Brothers funded Christopher Nolan's dream project, Inception, which was also a massive hit, albeit not to the degree as The Dark Knight, but that's to be expected. This showed that the mainstream was no longer just a fan of Batman, but also becoming loyal followers of Nolan himself and his creative output. This adds a certain amount of pressure to the project, after all, Inception was almost as well received by fans as his Batman films. The Dark Knight Rises would have to be a movie to top all movies in order to please everyone.
And this doesn't seem very fair to me. One of the early negative reviews I read of the film said "This is the problem when you're an exceptional, visionary film maker. When you give people something extraordinary, they expect it every time. Anything short of that feels like a letdown." As a film maker, this is frustrating to me. If I release too much good work, I'll get a negative review for releasing something that isn't bad, but just not as good? What I ask from those who haven't seen the film then is please, keep your expectations realistic and don't just hate the movie if you feel like it doesn't fulfil its hype. Hype is something that is made by marketing teams and fanboys, not film makers. Though, Nolan knew that he had to somehow raise the bar for this film, and sometimes it feels like that. It feels like he was trying to make a grand spectacle of a movie and often he succeeds.
Since the death of Harvey Dent, Gotham has transformed from a city ruled by the mob to a place where there is no more organized crime on the streets. Batman has disappeared after the night Dent died and Bruce Wayne (Christian Bale) coincidentally has become a recluse, mourning the loss of his friend and love Rachel. But something is stirring in Gotham's underbelly, as a masked man named Bane (Tom Hardy) is rumoured to have a small army under the city. When Jim Gordon (Gary Oldman) accidentally discovers the group, he escapes with his life, but is hospitalized. Bruce Wayne's mother's necklace gets stolen by a cat burglar named Selina Kyle (Anne Hathaway) who is hired to retrieve Bruce Wayne's finger prints in a plot to forge his consent in the stock exchange. When Bane and his goons take the stock market hostage, Batman returns and tries to find the connection between Bane, Selina Kyle, and whatever secrets are developing under the streets of Gotham.
I have to admire what The Dark Knight Rises achieves in that it consistently feels like it's going to break under its own weight. Fortunately, it does not, but that sense of grandeur sure adds a lot of tension to the film. This film doesn't play like a crime thriller or mystery like the last two Batman films, but almost feels like a war movie if placed in a metropolis setting. It always feels like something big is going to happen. As I mentioned in my Dark Knight review, Nolan used brown and then dark blue in the previous two films. In this one there is a lot more black, which immerses the audience into the visual bleakness of the situations. Sometimes even the more subtle tools add more weight to a film.
While trying to find the central theme of the movie, I was informed that it was pain. The conclusion I came to was different though. I thought the film's theme was false hope. Bane's plan to destroy Gotham involves tearing down the systems in place and giving the people of Gotham a sense of liberation, despite the fact that they're trapped in the city. He gives them a false sense of hope, though plans to blow up the city anyway. And after Batman is defeated by Bain he is imprisoned and given a glimpse of the outside world through a tunnel leading to freedom, though he cannot get out through it. Again, he is given as false hope that he could escape. But also, all throughout the movie there is a lot of emphasis on the events at the end of The Dark Knight, where Two-Face dies. They built the Harvey Dent act to keep the mob in prison. But of course, the fact that Dent was corrupted and became Two-Face means that Gotham's source of hope was in fact a lie. I like that aspect of the movie actually. What was seen as the right decision in the last movie has turned into something sour because it's a lie. The movie doesn't force an answer because the moral answer isn't clear. Would you hold onto a lie if it meant having safer streets? I'm glad that the film asks the question. It also calls into question the very justice system, implying that perhaps it is also a false hope in that we rely on it for safety, but the system can be easily manipulated. Of course, it shows that when Bane strips the city of these systems, things are clearly not more just.
But if the theme of the movie is pain, I can see that working too. In a sense, false hope is one of the ways that Bane inflicts pain onto Gotham and Batman. The two don't contradict each other. The characters add a much more literal interpretation to that theme. Bruce Wayne starts the movie on a cane, suffering from the injury of his fall eight years earlier. Their take on Bane is almost the personification of pain, not only one who gladly inflicts it, but also one who is in a constant state of agony.
Unlike in the comics, Bane is not fuelled by the "Venom" that makes him super strong. His strength is natural, but that doesn't remove his menacing appeal. The mask serves a very different purpose in that at some point Bane was beaten nearly to death and the mask provides an anaesthetic that alleviates much of his pain. Again, a very literal usage of the film's theme. Tom Hardy made for a very compelling villain, though not as much as Scarecrow or The Joker, in my opinion. Though his voice is a little jarring at first, I soon adapted to the approach they took to it. What Bane does have over the previous villains is that he comes across as more menacing. None of the past bad guys could take on Batman in close combat, so when he confronts Bane and loses in one of the film's best scenes, it makes the future of Gotham seem that much more bleak.
The film is not without weaknesses though. Out of the three movies, this one definitely requires a little more suspension of disbelief. There are some unsatisfying aspects of the finale, though some of the spectacle is certainly something to behold. I guess there are just a few leaps of logic when it comes to some of the scenes. It's hard to get into without spoiling anything, but let's just say that Gotham is in a chaotic state for a bit too long for it to make any sense. I just can't buy that the whole outside world wouldn't have thought of a plan to find and disarm Bane... it's a bit of a stretch.
Truthfully, this film doesn't hold up as well as its predecessors. The story just doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Though I do know that the film was on my mind for days after watching it, so that's positive. Like many of Nolan's films, it takes time to digest and rewards those who take the time to consider the film. If you keep your focus on the characters and their inner conflicts, some of the plot difficulties may seem less relevant. I will say that this is my least favourite of the three Batman films, though that isn't an insult so much as just an order of preference. There are others who have many valid reasons for citing this as their top choice. It's still a great way to finish off one of cinema's finest trilogies.
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Knee pain can be very common among elderly people, athletes, small children with growing pains, as well as people that workout. Knee pain can not only impair your mobility but also puts a strain on a number of different areas of the body such as your back, neck, and even your feet. Although you shouldn't have persistent knew pain and if your symptoms don't clear up within a week, you should probably consult a physician. However, there are some home remedies that can help you with everyday common knee pain and arthritis in your knee. Here are a few of the top home remedies that can help your aching knees and provide you with the relief you are looking for.
REST: with any kind of muscle or joint pain that the best thing for your body in general is rest. This also holds true when it comes to knee pain. Rest has to be the most simple and a very effective way to alleviate any kind of knee pain. You will first want to lay in a comfortable position where your knees are relaxed. You will want to place them in a normal position without any bending. This method not only creates a way for your blood to flow naturally and moves with ease but also helps in the circulation of your whole body. Staying off of your feet for long periods of time will allow the muscles around your knees to relax and recover from the strain that has been placed on your knees.
COLD COMPRESSES: if you endure knee pain due to an injury such as a fall or a sports injury then you might find that cold compresses on your injured knee can make a worlds difference on the pain you are having. In this method you will want to apply ice to the knee in intervals of 20 minutes for up to three times a day. Keep a close eye on the skin also while you follow this method. Cold compresses can be a way for you to give your knee pain from an injury immediate relief.
KNEE BRACES: knee braces can become an athlete's best friend when it comes to knee pain due to a sports injury. However, knee braces are also used among elders and people that have a lot of strenuous activities that involve the bending of their knees. Knee braces give your knees the proper support as well as helps with knee mobility. Most commonly athletes that use knee braces not only wear them off the field but also on the field to help from further injury. Keep in mind, a small injury can turn into a big injury in little to know time without proper treatment.
ELEVATION: this is another method that can provide anyone with knee pain a little bit of relief for their sore knees. It is always a good thing to elevate your leg when you have knee pain or if you have acquired a knee injury. You will want to make sure that you are elevating your knee at a heart level. This will help dramatically in the decrease of inflammation that could be attribute to your knee pain. You can also place pillows stacked up to raise your legs providing instant relief and circulation to your knees and body in general.
OMEGA 3: omega 3 fatty acids are very essential when it comes to mending those damaged joints. Try incorporating a little sweet water fish in your diet weekly to alleviate common knee pains. Salt water seafood includes tuna, herring, sardines, and salmon, which are all very rich in omega 3 fatty acids. You can also consume healthy fresh vegetables such broccoli, carrots, and spinach, as well as fruits such as pineapple, grapes, and bananas. Also, flavonoid rich food items provide a benefit to treating a knee pain due to a knee injury.
YOGA, POSTURE & DAILY EXERCISE: you can also try your hand at some yoga if you experience several bouts of knee pain. Doing yoga regularly along with breathing exercises helps you to relax and can also cure knee aches because believe it or not some pains are caused by mental stress. Yoga can also provide your knee with increased flexibility which means a decrease in strains or pulled muscles associated with the knee. The best part about yoga is all of the relief given to your knee and joint are being performed in an all-natural way.
Posture also has a lot to do with many common joint and muscle pains. A special technique that helps improve your posture while providing you with pain relief is called the warrior pose. You can perform this method by standing with your feet 4 foot apart, you then turn your left foot in an inward direction and your right foot in an outward direction. You will want to keep your chest facing straight and in front of your body. You will then stretch out both of your arms and bend them in the direction of your right knee and turn your head to look at your right knee. You can repeat this process with each leg and can provide you with a better stretched out knee and will strengthen your knees for less knee injuries due to strains or pulled muscles.
Useful Treatment Tips
** Using a cane can serve as very effective relief to any type of knee pain. This can prove to be very beneficial for those who suffer from arthritis in their knee.
** Green tea is very rich in antioxidants that have bone boosting properties. Studies have also shown that green tea may be used as a pain reliever.
** Glucosamine supplements are also very capable of restoring and rebuilding cartilages, therefore making this a helpful supplement for continuous knee pain.


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I'm hungry. I'm thirsty. My mouth feels empty. You know it, and you tease me. You want this dick in your mouth? Your hand finds the back of my neck, fingers gripping into the tensed muscles, and you guide me towards you.
You like to watch me, my bedroom eyes. No. My fuck me eyes. Greedy. Needy. Wanting. You position me between your legs so you can see my lips wrap around your head, my tongue desperate to taste the little droplets you feed me. I lick along your shaft, getting you wet and slick. I take your balls into my mouth, gently sucking. It's a slow game I play. I'm in no rush.
You rub your cock on my face, smearing my saliva over my cheeks and chin. You grin down at me, a dirty girl on the floor, knees spread wide pressing into the hardwood, mouth open, tongue out. You like my big cock, don't you? You don't wait for an answer. You shove it into my waiting mouth, sliding your hardness over my tongue and down into my open throat.
I sputter. I choke. You like to see the tears run down my face, my make up smeared beneath my watery eyes. This isn't something I do for you. This is something you take from me. I swallow you whole. I have no choice. You're in me, and I feel you down to my core. My throat convulses around your tip, and you push just a little bit further. You hold me still with your hand in my hair. You make me count it out. How long will I last before I run out of air? Ten? Fifteen? Twenty.
You find my handles. This toy has many. My tangled hair. The sides of my face. The hardened buds of my nipples pinched between your fingertips. It hurts so good when you pull them.
You press me up against the car and kiss me, one hand on my throat, the other finds its way up my skirt and between my thighs. You told me not to wear panties. I'm wet and your finger slides inside. Get in the car. You shove me in and pull your shorts down, roughly pulling my head towards your cock. You hold me there, my throat pulsing around you until you explode. It only takes a few minutes for you to use me, and then you kiss me goodbye.
You like it when I take you. When I climb on top and smile down. I feel proud in this moment, excited to show you what I can do. I'm a good girl and I know what you like. I know what I like. I rub my cheek on your thigh, taking in the fresh smell of your skin, the contrast of hard muscle and soft hair. I linger here for a moment, dragging out the pleasure, relishing the anticipation, before I press my tongue to your tip. Tasty.
You hold me down. I love to feel the weight of you on me, heavy and unrelenting. I surrender to it, to you, and I open my mouth. Your fingers grip my wrists as you guide yourself into me. I drip onto your floor. I'm such a messy slut.
I moan onto your cock. I'm so turned on by how you react to me, I just can't help myself. Your own moans and grunts cheer me on, and I suck you even better. My hips grind into the mattress, an involuntary movement caused by you, your hard cock between my lips, and the guttural sounds that vibrate from your chest.
I ask you to cum on me. Where do you want it? I want it anywhere. Everywhere. I want it on my tits. On my face. On my tongue, a tasty treat. I'll open my mouth and show it to you. I want it pumped all the way down my throat, your cock is my feeding tube. Your cum is one of my favorite parts. A treat for a job well done.


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By Crystal Catalan
In this challenging time of COVID-19, individuals within our communities, schools, churches, and ministries have all had to adjust to this new reality that we are collectively experiencing. It looks different for everyone – the virus does not discriminate.
As one of the jail ministers in the Diocese of San Jose, I can't help but also think about our incarcerated brothers and sisters who are behind bars – always in isolation, but now even without visitors.
Before this pandemic, I would make one or two visits a month to our local jail and lead bible studies, bring communion to the inmates, and spend time with them in prayer and faith-sharing. Many of the inmates hardly received any visitors in the first place, and indeed this was a space for tears, laughter, and responses to the question, "Where did you see God this week?" Now, without being able to visit these brothers and sisters of mine, I find myself in prayer with them, through a new way. A new way for me, that is, but one that has been used for many centuries to send love, show care and share our faith: letter-writing.
When it was clear that our visits to the jail would be put on pause due to the shelter-in-place ordinance, as well as for the health and safety of all involved, we were saddened. But soon after, Leland Campbell, Director of Restorative Justice let us know of an opportunity to continue to be present with the inmates. We would write letters to our units – keeping them brief, letting them know we are praying for them, and providing any type of consolation in this extra difficult time. I was excited and I eagerly started hand-writing letters to the units I would frequently visit. This was an opportunity for me to pray with and for the inmates, and let them know they are not alone at this time. Something I would also remind them during each of my visits as well.
Little did I know that in the process of writing these letters, I would also find my faith strengthen. You see, when I visit the jail and communicate with the inmates face to face, the feedback on what we say to each other is immediate. It is clearly a two-way communication. However, now that we are writing letters, we send them to a specific unit addressed to nobody in particular; we are simply writing to another human being made, like us, in the likeness and image of God. We never know who received it or whether our letters helped them get through their day. There is no writing back either, and so we must trust with all our heart that the Holy Spirit is in the midst of it, distributing those letters to those who need it most.
As Catholics, we are called to solidarity and also to recognize and respect the inherent dignity of each human person – those who are victims, those who are offenders, those who are incarcerated, and our community members who are in the margins. Though we are all physically distant at this time and though our ministries may look different, I have faith that God is present, and that the Holy Spirit will continue to join our hearts with one another in prayer, as one human family.


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President Trump is a legend.
Washington Post reporter Jabin Botsford took a photo of President Trump's notes from Thursday's press briefing showing he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it with "Chinese" virus.
Close up of President @realDonaldTrump notes is seen where he crossed out "Corona" and replaced it with "Chinese" Virus as he speaks with his coronavirus task force today at the White House. #trump #trumpnotes pic.twitter.com/kVw9yrPPeJ
— Jabin Botsford (@jabinbotsford) March 19, 2020
The media has been badgering President Trump over his use of the phrase "Chinese virus" or "Wuhan Coronavirus" when referring to a virus that originated in… China.
But the President isn't backing down.
True to form, President Trump is hitting back harder and refusing to bow down to the media sycophants who are more concerned about offending their Communist masters than reporting the truth.
Trump annihilated a liberal hack reporter on Thursday morning during a press briefing on the Wuhan Coronavirus.
NBC hack reporter Kristen Welker asked the president why he did not take the coronavirus pandemic seriously.
Trump brought the fire and responded, "We were very prepared. And the only thing we weren't prepared for was the media," he said. "The media has not treated it fairly. I'll tell you how prepared I was. I called for a ban from people coming in from China long before anybody thought it was… In fact it was your network. I believe they called me a racist because I did that."
God bless President Trump for telling the truth while the den of vipers are attacking him!


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The Indians took a 1-0 first-inning lead today over the Tampa Bay Rays on a Carlos Santana sacrifice fly, but a three-run homer in the second by Reid Brignac off of Justin Masterson provided the Rays with all the runs they would need in a 4-2 victory over Cleveland, to take two of three from the Tribe in the weekend series.
The Indians clawed back with a run in the second on an Andy Marte RBI fielder's chocie, but that was all the scoring the Indians could muster. A brilliant defensive play in the bottom of the seventh by Brignac against Santana, with Brignac ranging far into right field with a shift on to snare Santana's one-hopper and throw him out at first, with runners on second and third and two outs, was the defensive play of the game.
Wade Davis got the victory for Tampa Bay to improve to 8-9 and remain unbeaten in July, while Masterson took the loss to fall to 3-9. Rafael Soriano pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his 26th save.
The Indians' Travis Hafner collected four of the Tribe's 11 hits in the loss, the best game for Hafner since 2007.
The New York Yankees invade Progressive Field tomorrow night to open a four-game series.


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Iceland Cricket picks their best-ever Indian Test team; names Rahul Dravid as captain
With the abundance of legendary cricketers, India have produced over the years, making an all-time Test XI is never going to be an easy job. However, Iceland Cricket – who are known for their stylish remarks on Twitter – have picked India's best-ever Test team comprising of Ravichandran Ashwin and Jasprit Bumrah from the current lot of cricketers.
Rahul Dravid has been named as the captain of the team that included the likes of Sunil Gavaskar, Virendra Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Vijay Hazare, MS Dhoni, Kapil Dev, Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath.
Players like Virat Kohli, BS Chandrasekhar, Ravindra Jadeja, Zaheer Khan, VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh were picked as reserves.
Resuming our series on best ever XIs, today it's the Indian Test team:
Dravid (c)
MS Dhoni (w)
Kapil Dev
12th man: Kohli
13th man: Chandrasekhar
14th man: Jadeja
15th man: Z Khan
16th man: Laxman
17th man: H Singh
— Iceland Cricket (@icelandcricket) April 11, 2022
Meanwhile, fans were livid with the Iceland Cricket's Twitter handle for not including Kohli in their the all-time Test XI.
Kohli has represented India in 101 Tests and is considered one of the modern-era greats across formats. He is the nation's sixth-highest run-getter in Test cricket with 8043 runs at an average of 49.95.
The right-handed batter also has 27 centuries and 28 fifties to his credit.
Sacrilege! Kohli is the first name after Gavaskar on the team sheet
— adi 🇮🇳 (@adiupadhyay) April 12, 2022
I think you have zero knowledge on test cricket the man who made us to watch test cricket is virat Kohli u made him 12th man please stop watching cricket 😏
— Abhishek Gowda (@Abhishek2761580) April 12, 2022
Kohli 12th man?? Some kind of joke??
— Moiz Amjad (@moizamj) April 11, 2022
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You Might Have Been A Book Nerd As A Kid If...
Oh, the book nerd: a species for whom every waking breath is nothing more than an opportunity to read, to talk about what you're reading, or to muse about what you're going to read next. I'm with you 100 percent. Sure, maybe actually growing up as a book nerd had its pitfalls (it's a whole lot easier to say, "Screw you, I'm staying in to read tonight!" at 27 years old than it is at 9). But, still, when I think about my life-long history with the astoundingly perfect item that is the bound, printed book, I really only have fond memories of my childhood book-nerdy ways.
I don't remember a time when I wasn't surrounded by books, and I can't think of anything I'd rather have done than read. In school, recess was nothing more than an opportunity to read under a tree instead of at my desk, and lunchtime just that burdensome 30 minutes when everything was far too loud and sticky to really enjoy a good book. At home, reading was the thing I did as a reward after finishing all my homework, and the television was that tiny box on the wall that displayed my favorite books in performance (I don't think I knew, or cared, that the television broadcast more than Anne of Green Gables, Little House on the Prairie, and Winnie the Pooh until I was about 11.)
Ah, the life of the book nerd — it really can't be beat. You know what I mean? If so, then you probably totally identify with these eight things you looked forward to growing up as a book nerd.
Scholastic Books Order Forms
They were two sheets of thin, colorful, newsprint-style paper, folded in half and distributed in your school cubbies monthly, and THEY CONTAINED THE WORLD. Once a month you carefully carried the fragile, four-page booklet home to your mother like it was the Gutenberg Bible and just like magic, four to six weeks later, books appeared! There was nothing not to love about this process. Even the order forms smelled like new books.
Scholastic Books Deliveries
The only thing better than Scholastic Books order form day was Scholastic Books delivery day. When Teddy, the lovable janitor, rolled into your classroom with that dolly stacked with boxes you just KNEW everything you'd ever wanted (at least for the last four to six weeks) was contained in them. And as soon as Mrs. Olsen finished distributing each stack of books (let's be real, yours was always the tallest) into each student's cubby, you just HAD to ask to go to the bathroom, in order to slowly walk past your cubby and try to glimpse at what you got. It was like Christmas morning. Only better.
Book Reports And Literary Dioramas
Oh the book diorama. Is there a school child in America who hasn't made a shoebox diorama out of Hatchet? The best part of the book report/book diorama combo? Zero group work involved.
The "Around the World" In Books Challenge
Whether you traveled around the whole world, or just the whole classroom, chances are at some point you were given a small, cardboard decoration (mine was a hot air balloon) with your name printed on it that traveled around (and around, and around) the designated classroom route at a pace relative to how many books you read throughout the school year. Sometimes your rapid travels made you popular, and most of the time they didn't, but either way it was serious joy. You didn't really notice whether or not the other kids liked you anyway — you were too busy reading.
Library Hour
Nowadays school children probably have computer lab hour, or tablet hour, but back in the good ol' days when you and I were in school, we had library hour and it was without a doubt the best hour of the entire school week. First, someone read to you while you sat on a tiny carpet square of your own choosing. Then you were set loose in the shelves. I checked out Ella Enchanted and the children's adaptation of The Faerie Queen probably 4,000 times. The real treat was when your friendly school librarian let you scan your own book at checkout.
The Newest Magic Treehouse Book
First of all, there is a tree house filled with books. Second of all, the tree house can fly, and time travel, and will take you to whatever place and time you're reading about. Dinosaurs Before Dark, in which characters Jack and Annie discover the tree house, read a book about dinosaurs, and travel to prehistoric times, was the first book I ever read cover-to-cover all my myself (and then I read it over and over again until I had it memorized, and the pages fell out.) I swear the trio of authors behind the Magic Treehouse series has written hundreds of books, so you were NEVER at a loss for a new one. Unless you read too fast. And then waiting was kind of a tragedy.
The End Of Math Class
Sure, this might not be true for all you number-savvy gals, but in general I kind of feel like book nerds and a hatred of math go together like peanut butter and jelly. Luckily, the emotional and intellectual torment that is subtraction was abated by the knowledge that math class was bound to end at some point, and then you could quietly go back to reading.
Every Single time Your Teacher Said, "If you finish your work early you may read at your desk quietly."
Was this not always the very best moment of the school day? Did you not rush through your spelling and geography every single time your teacher put forth this offer to you? Did you not always have a book perched right at the very edge of your desk, just waiting for your teacher to say those few little words that would take your day from average, to AMAZING? I know I did.
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Leicestershire is among the worst in the country for the number of people killed or seriously injured in road accidents, latest figures reveal.
The number of road accidents resulting in a death or serious injury increased by 28% from 293 to 374 between 2013 and 2014.
The shocking figures are the second worst percentage increase in the UK - behind Derbyshire which saw a 38% increase, according to figures from the Institute of Advanced Motorists.
The figures will be a major blow to Leicestershire County Council bosses who aim to see an overall 40% reduction in fatalities and serious injuries by 2020.
Labour shadow cabinet member for transport Councillor Max Hunt accused the county council of not doing enough to reduce the risks to motorists.
He said: "A closer examination reveals that in 2014 fatalities for cyclists are up by 75% on 2013.
"Taking these out actually makes the increase in motor car injuries rather more modest.
"But there is no room for complacency on either.
"The council has not done enough to find out why the accidents are happening and I will continue to push the county transport director, Phil Crossland, to come up with a solution to reduce fatalities."
Chief Inspector Phil Vickers, from the police's East Midlands Operational Support Service, said the latest figures are "disappointing".
He said: "We are very aware of the devastating impact this can have on families.
"However, locally through the Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Road Safety Partnership we are working hard to reduce casualties and since 2005 we have seen an overall downward trend in casualty numbers."
He said a number of schemes are in place to try and reduce the risks to drivers.
He added: "Our speed camera vans are now covering more areas, including routes favoured by motorcyclists.
"We offer subsidised post-test motorcycle training, the fire service regularly visits local schools with their VF4 road safety car, all three of our local councils offer pre-driver training courses and Leicestershire Police continue to lead their successful FATAL4 operations targeting speeding, drink driving, mobile phone use and not wearing seatbelts."
Nationally, there were 1,775 reported road deaths in 2014, an increase of 4% compared with 2013.
The number of those killed or seriously injured in Britain increased by 5% to 24,582. There were a total of 194,477 casualties of all severities - an increase of 6% and the first increase in overall casualties in 18 years.
Sarah Sillars, IAM chief executive officer, said: "We want to make clear that a one year comparison cannot be taken as an overall trend of what might be happening in any particular area.
"However 2014 was not a good year for accidents and it should serve as a wake-up call to every road safety partnership that they are under scrutiny and road safety must remain a priority as public sector spending cuts continue.
"With official figures putting the cost to society of every fatality at more than £1.7 million, investment in road safety is money well spent."


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Google nowadays released the second one beta of Android 12. The first beta, which released at Google's I/O convention in May, added us to the primary glimpses of Google's new 'Material You' layout system, eleven though a few of the promised new capabilities and layout tweaks weren't a part of this primary beta yet. With this new beta, Google is bringing greater of those to its testers (you could sign on for the beta here), consisting of its new privateness dashboard that makes it simpler for customers to look at which apps lately used a phone's microphone, digital digicam, and location.
Other new capabilities to be had withinside the beta are the addition of a microphone and digital digicam signs that display customers if an app is the use of those, in addition to new Quick Setting toggles to disable app get right of entry to them. When get right of entry is toggled off, apps will acquire clean audio and digital digicam feeds. Related to this, Google is likewise bringing a clipboard study notification to Android that indicates readers while an app is studying from the clipboard.
With this launch, Google is now one launch far from attaining platform balance in August. As the employer notes, now could be an awesome time for builders to complete their compatibility checking out and launch well-suited variations in their apps, SDK, and libraries. Given the cutting-edge month-to-month launch cadence, we'll possibly see a very last launch of Android 12 in September.
Like before, you'll want a well-suited tool to strive out the beta. Unlike with a few sooner preview releases, this listing consists of a variety of non-Google devices, with Sharp becoming a member of the beta application today, for example. You can discover a complete listing of supported devices — and commands for the way to get commenced on non-Google devices


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KS1 & KS2 Sports Days
Well done to everyone who took part in our recent Sports Days.
Thank you to Broomfield School for allowing us to carry out our Sports Days on their field and for providing a group of fantastic students to help facilitate. Everyone had a great time and our Reception children are looking forward to their sports day next week.