Airbus integrates MTAD as Airbus Military to manage all military activities
EADS’ former military transport aircraft division, MTAD, became integrated into Airbus. As an Airbus business unit, Airbus Military in Seville, Spain, will be accountable for all military aviation activities within Airbus. The unit is in charge of all EADS military transport aircraft, ranging from the small CN-235 and C-295 transport aircraft, to the multi-role tanker transport (MRTT) based on the Airbus A330, and the A400M. It also includes further military derivatives of Airbus civil aircraft. Airbus Military will continue to provide support and services to customers and operators. The scope of its activities ranges from aircraft and specific military systems development and integration to industrialization, marketing, and sales.
FAA annual aviation forecast predicts growth in the long-term
Officials at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) in Washington predicted a return to growth for air travel in the long term in their annual aviation forecast, which also calls for aviation infrastructure and environmental improvements contained in the FAA’s Next Generation Air Transportation System plan. Due to the current worldwide economic downturn, the FAA’s 16-year forecast for 2009 to 2025 predicts domestic passenger flights to decrease by 7.8 percent in 2009 and then grow an average of 2.7 percent per year during the remaining 15-year forecast period. The number of passengers on U.S. airlines domestically and internationally is forecast to increase from 757.4 million in 2008 to 1.1 billion in 2025. U.S. aircraft operations are predicted to experience a 5.7 percent decrease in 2009 from 2008 levels. Beginning in 2010, the agency expects operations to grow at an average annual rate of 1.5 percent for the remainder of the forecast period. Additional details on the forecast, including information on general aviation, cargo demand, landing and takeoff operations at airports and FAA facilities, can be found at the forecast Web site at: http://www.faa.gov/data_research/aviation/aerospace_forecasts/2009-2025/.
Three contractors to develop GSE soldier communications and situational awareness systems
U.S. Army leaders are asking three U.S. prime defense contractors to develop wearable Army communications prototype systems that integrate radios, batteries, software, body armor, and combat helmets to help infantrymen increase their situational awareness, decrease their reaction times, and reduce the risk of accidentally injuring or killing one another during network-centric operations. The Army is asking the Raytheon Co. Network Centric Systems segment in McKinney, Texas; General Dynamics C4 Systems in Scottsdale, Ariz.; and Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to develop prototype wearable network-centric warfare systems as part of the Ground Soldier Ensemble (GSE) program. The GSE military network program for soldier communications focuses on providing mature technologies that when integrated together on the soldier minimizes size, weight, and power, while providing improved situational awareness and network connectivity at various echelon levels within an infantry brigade combat team. The Army is asking Raytheon, General Dynamics, and Rockwell Collins to develop prototype GSE systems by integrating rechargeable, high-capacity, lithium-ion batteries, the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System (EPLRS) RT-1922 digital networked radio, Linux-based Army Battle Command software modules, as well as soldier clothing, body armor, and helmets to help infantry soldiers on the battlefield. Raytheon is receiving a $5.5 million contract, Rockwell Collins is receiving a $5.3 million contract, and General Dynamics is receiving a $5 million contract. Awarding the contracts are officials of the Army Tank-Automotive Command in Warren, Mich. This technology development phase asks the three contractors to develop 10 GSE system prototypes for the Army, with an option to build five GSE prototypes for the U.S. Marine Corps. The Army plans to deploy the GSE system alongside parts of the Future Combat Systems program in 2011.
Lockheed Martin F-35B exceeds STOVL thrust requirement
The F-35B Lightning II joint strike fighter (JSF) short takeoff/vertical landing (STOVL) variant demonstrated during testing that it produces excess vertical thrust, more than required to carry out its missions. The tests, conducted on a specially instrumented “hover pit,” also validated the performance of aircraft software, controls, thermal management, STOVL-system hardware, and other systems, Lockheed Martin officials in Fort Worth, Texas, say. “The performance level measured was absolutely exceptional,” says J.D. McFarlan, Lockheed Martin F-35 Air Vehicle lead. “We demonstrated 41,100 pounds of vertical thrust against our requirement of 40,550 pounds. This means we will deliver excellent margin for the vertical landing and short takeoff performance we’ve committed to our STOVL customers.” Those users include the U.S. Marine Corps, the United Kingdom Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, and the Italian navy and air force.
Jet-powered Pedator C unmanned aerial vehicle makes first flight
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. (GA-ASI) in San Diego introduced its next-generation aircraft in the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) series, Predator C Avenger. The first flight of the multimission jet-powered Avenger occurred with the aircraft landing without any discrepancies and ready to fly again once refueled. A test program is ongoing. Avenger employs the same materials and UAS avionics as Predator B and is controlled from and compatible with the standard GA-ASI ground control stations (GCSs) used to control all Predator-series aircraft in use by U.S. and allied military services. The jet-powered aircraft is slightly larger than Predator B, has a Pratt & Whitney PW545B jet engine, and can carry the same mix of weapons as Predator B. Avenger was designed and developed with the intent of making a UAV that was survivable on dangerous missions and to provide the U.S. Air Force and other potential users with an expanded quick-response armed reconnaissance capability. The aircraft will have higher operational and transit speeds than current Predator-series aircraft, resulting in fast response and rapid repositioning for improved mission flexibility and survivability.
Northrop Grumman delivers SBIRS GEO-2 payload to Lockheed Martin
Northrop Grumman Corp., in Azusa, Calif., the payload integrator for the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS), the nation’s next-generation missile warning system, delivered the second geosynchronous orbit (GEO) payload to prime contractor Lockheed Martin Space Systems Co. in Sunnyvale, Calif., for integration into the spacecraft and final system-level testing. The payload will be installed on the GEO-2 spacecraft, which will fly in geostationary orbit around the Earth. The U.S. Air Force SBIRS program is designed to provide early warning of missile launches and simultaneously support other missions, including missile defense, technical intelligence, and battlespace awareness. The GEO-2 payload consists of a scanning sensor and a staring sensor, along with other key spacecraft subsystems and electronics, including a pointing and control assembly (PCA). The GEO-2 satellite is scheduled for launch in 2011. The SBIRS team is led by the Space Based Infrared Systems Wing at the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles Air Force Base.
Harris to modernize U.S. strategic satellite communications terminals
Harris Corp. in Melbourne, Fla., won a 10-year, $600 million contract for the U.S. Army’s Modernization of Enterprise Terminals (MET) program. The next-generation military satellite communications terminals developed for the MET program will provide the worldwide backbone for high-priority military communications and missile defense systems. As prime contractor, Harris will develop, test, and certify four terminal configurations during a 30-month, First Article Test phase. In addition, Harris will provide production hardware under the five-year base contract, with five additional option years, and will support field activities, such as site preparation, installation, test, operations, and maintenance. The program will be managed by Team DCATS-Project Manager, Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems. Harris will replace as many as 80 AN/GSC-52, AN/GSC-39, AN/FSC-78, and other aging strategic satellite communications terminals around the world with simultaneous X- and Ka-band terminals capable of interfacing with the Wideband Global Satellite constellation as well as with legacy satellite systems. The terminals will support Internet Protocol and Dedicated Circuit Connectivity within the Global Information Grid, providing critical reach-back capability for the warfighter.
Boeing Airborne Laser begins weapon system flight tests
Boeing, industry teammates, and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency have begun Airborne Laser (ABL) flight tests at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., with the entire weapon system integrated aboard the ABL aircraft. ABL, a heavily modified Boeing 747-400F aircraft, completed its functional check flight from Edwards Air Force Base with the beam control/fire control system and the high-energy laser onboard, confirming the aircraft is airworthy, ready for more airborne tests, and on track for its missile-intercept demonstration this year, Boeing officials say. “With ABL’s return to flight, we are on the verge of demonstrating the speed, mobility, precision, and lethality that ABL could provide to America’s warfighters,” says Michael Rinn, Boeing vice president and ABL program director.


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Council awards bid for borough hall addition
CHAMBERSBURG - Borough council has approved a construction bid to move forward with building an addition to Borough Hall.
The council will work with ECI Construction out of Dillsburg, who submitted the lowest bid, of $8,455,000. The bids from other companies ranged in price up to $9,290,000.
The expansion is needed to meet growing utility department office space needs, and will house the borough's water, gas, electric and sewer utility operations once it is completed.
Council plans to begin construction this February or March and hopes to finish in 2018, so employees can move in that fall. Ground is expected to be broken in March.
Borough offices to make temporary home at Kerrstown Square
The borough will take out a construction line of credit with F&M Trust, the local bank Borough Manager Jeffrey Stonehill called the town's "community partner" in the town hall expansion project. He said the borough would get a 2.6 percent "locked in" rate on the loan for the first 16 1/2 years, followed by a variable rate capped at 5 percent for the remainder of the 25-year loan. The borough will make monthly payments on the accrued interest on the loan for the first 18 months, followed by principal and interest payments once the project is completed in the fall of 2018.
It has been about 47 years since council has undertaken a major expansion of its administrative headquarters at 200 S. Second St. The last expansion came in 1971 when the current police department and council chambers were added to the existing structure.
Once the new addition is finished and the utility offices and council chambers are moved in, the 1971 addition will be renovated for use by Chambersburg Police Department. It will about double the size of the police department building on the south end of Borough Hall.

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The first BSME Games multi-sports events of 2024 are underway this weekend in Bahrain and Abu Dhabi, UAE with students from across the region coming together to compete, learn and meet friends new and old.
With so many schools excited to take part in the U15 Games, the competitions are split across three different schools in two countries this month, with St Christopher’s School Bahrain, Cranleigh Abu Dhabi and the British International School of Abu Dhabi on hosting duties.
Yesterday was the first day of sports action in Bahrain, with football taking centre stage at St Christopher’s School, while today things got underway in Abu Dhabi with boys volleyball and girls football kicking off this morning.
Highlights from yesterday’s action in Bahrain can be viewed in our Day 1 highlights video below, with full image gallery viewable by clicking here.
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Offsite Nurse Practitioner - LI Docs-MSH- Full Time Day
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Posted on: January 22, 2023
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It sounds like something from one of those cranks who believe the Earth is hollow, or a mash-up between Jules Verne's classics Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, but University of Alberta scientists claim to have evidence of a vast waterbody 500km beneath our feet.
The evidence for such a large claim is rather small – a few micrograms of water trapped inside a single gem, but according to Dr Graham Pearson, “That particular zone in the Earth, the transition zone, might have as much water as all the world’s oceans put together.”
Ringwoodite is named for Dr Ted Ringwood, an expert in the transformations that occur in certain rocks at high pressures. He showed that olvine (Mg, Fe)2SiO4 could take on a different crystal structure under enormous pressure and predicted that at great depths beneath the Earth's surface this would occur. Natural ringwoodite was first found in meteorites, rather than escapees from the deep.
It is thought that Ringwoodite is the most common mineral at depths of 520-660km, known as the lower transition zone, and that its properties shape the mantle's flow at these depths. Laboratory experiments have shown it can contain up to 2.6% water, but with no previous terrestrial examples geologists could only speculate as to how much might be absorbed here.
Pearson's ringwoodite was found in river gravel in Mato Grosso Brazil. The area is rich in diamonds brought up from the depths in kimberlite, a volcanic substance with the deepest origins of any rock commonly found at the surface. When ringwoodite rises from the enormous pressures below 520km it changes form to first wadsleyite and then olivine, but if trapped inside a diamond it keeps its original structure.
Pearons was looking for something else but was offered a brown diamond, too dirty-looking to have commercial value and weighing a tenth of a gram. Within this small stone is buried a 0.04mm piece of ringwoodite noticed by Pearson's student John McNeil, leading to publication in Nature. "It's so small, this inclusion, it's extremely difficult to find, never mind work on," Pearson said, "so it was a bit of a piece of luck, this discovery, as are many scientific discoveries."
After years of study with X-Ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy its status as Ringwoodite was confirmed and the water content tested, returning a result of 1.5% by weight.
There are competing theories about whether the Earth at these depths is rich in water, or mostly dry. While the presence of water in Pearson's stone indicates the presence of water where it formed, the find may not be sufficient to convert those who believe in a dry transition zone to the theory that water is common at these depths. Professor Norm Sleep of Stanford University told Nature that even if you find a nugget of gold in a riverbed, “It would be unwise to assume that all the gravel in the stream is gold nuggets,”
Nevertheless, Pearson feels vindicated. "One of the reasons the Earth is such a dynamic planet is the presence of some water in its interior," Pearson said. "Water changes everything about the way a planet works."


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If you look carefully at my wrists, parts of my feet, and my hands, you’ll see small scars. Most of these are shaped like half moons. They’ve faded with time, which makes sense: I’ve had them 32 years now. I was born a little over three months early. There were a thousand reasons I should’ve died, and a thousand reasons since. I could’ve had about a billion potential problems. I weighed about what you get when you order cold cuts at the deli: 2 pounds, 1 ounce. Like all babies, I dropped weight at first, going down to 1 ½ pounds.
From the stories I was told, I was stubborn from the beginning of my life. I arrived screaming, with more hair than most normal babies. I liked to lay on my stomach with my head turned to the right. The nurses would move my head to the other side, or even turn me over, and I’d still manage to rearrange myself to my liking. They even went so far to pin parts of my clothing down (they were concerned I’d squish my face – my bones were still soft)…and, being entirely willful, I was still found on my stomach, head turned to the right.
I was Tinker Bell that Halloween, only a short time since my birthday. I would be Tinker Bell for the next few Halloweens, actually. This began my love of sparkles, magic, and all things thought to be impossible.
Because, honestly, I was impossible.
I certainly had my own sense of timing, and even as a kid, there were a million times in which I got really sick. But thanks to a combination of science and a genetic history of stubborn so fierce you’d think there was a mule somewhere in my family tree, I turned out alright. But being born so early, that was the beginning of a habit: I only ever fight when absolutely necessary. I hate discord. I hate trouble. I hate upsetting anybody. I like balance and love, glittery things and piping hot coffee.
But I know how to thrown down when I have to. Even when it turns my world inside out, upside down, and tosses my sanity straight into a rabbit hole. I never choose anything without considering every option (Libra!), so if I am fighting for something…it’s with my eyes wide open and my heart pretty much the same. You can’t fight without your heart, loves. And you can’t lock up that little monster, either. People try, but eventually, it (much like a wailing, screaming baby) will find its way out into the world. The secret to knowing what to fight for is this: find where your heart is, and make your stand right there. It’s that easy and that hard, but no matter what, it’s always worth it.
This morning, I woke up thinking about a conversation I’d had with my mother, before she died. You see, I had an occasional habit of sticking my head in the sand like an ostrich and ignoring things. And she made me promise her that I would fight for the important things, that no matter what, I’d stand up for the things and the people I believed in. “If something happens, you fight.” That’s her exact wording, and anyone who knew her can probably hear her fierce emphasis on that last word. She was many things, and a fighter was always one of them.
We all start wars in our own way. The truth is that once I do, I don’t really know how to stop. Something is worthy, end of story. It doesn’t matter what scars I collect along the way (and god knows, I have them – even if I don’t talk about them). It doesn’t matter the risks or the difficulties. Because I’ve already seen all the possibilities and decided what’s worth it. And there’s that old saying, “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”
I’ve got an impossibly strong will.
Whenever I wonder if I have it in me to fight anymore, or if I’m just too bloody tired, I realize that’s not my particular problem. To paraphrase Stephen King, I’ve got the soul of a poet, and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog. I don’t know how to quit. I’m very pretty, but I’ve got teeth. And heaven forbid you ever threaten someone I care about. That, I should point out, extends to the moments of self-harm – when you’re lying to yourself and running away from your own shadow, sticking your head in the sand, and mistaking routine for happiness. Because NO.
This life is more than the day-to-day. It’s more than staying inside the lines. It’s more than sticking to the way things are “supposed” to be, only doing what you “should” do. Life’s messy, if you’re doing it right. It’s downright crazy and doing pirouettes on the train tracks. But I figure, I could’ve died a thousand times in my 32 years, what looks insane isn’t going to stop me from really living – it isn’t going to keep me from the things that matter.
Why am I telling you this? Because I want to challenge you. Find where your heart is and go there. It doesn’t matter if it makes no sense. Go there and fight for what’s worth fighting for. Because this is a time for miracles, darlings.
Trust me: I’m the impossible girl.
Last night’s episode of Constantine (Waiting for the Man) was a masterclass in subtle misdirection, playing heavily on the idea that the monster you can’t see is far worse than the one you can. The characters, each in their own way, grappled with the idea of destiny and fate – none more so than John, who claims that he only plays when he knows he can win. Which we all know is a lie, because he’s going to play no matter what. Why? Because all it takes for evil to triumph is a good man who does nothing – and John may not be a perfect man, but he’s a good one. Good does not equal pristine. Savvy?
The main storyline is this: Jim Corrigan has called Zed and John in. A girl, Vesta, has gone missing in Louisiana. Three creepy-as-hell young girls convinced her to go home with them. You see, they’re all married to the Man. And he’d like another bride. Nothing I say can do the goosebump-inducing trio justice. Suffice to say, they are delightfully alarming – and so is the Man, for that matter. It’s old school horror at its best, and a large chunk of the episode revolves around trying to track down Vesta.
Of course, that’s not the only problem. Far from it. Gary Lester reappears…in the body of a corpse, hilariously springing up to warn John: there’s a price on his head. It was a charming touch to have Jonjo O’Neill back, even for a brief glimmer. But this means that Papa Midnite has gone a bit darkside, because he spends most of the episode trying to kill Constantine in one way or another (voodoo zombie! Shotgun!).
In the light of the morning, the Man’s brides are still creepy, voices soft and haunting, when they happen on Vesta exploring their house the next day. The Man, as it turns out, is a Satanist, and there are questionable symbols painted on the wall and a lot of flypaper hanging from the ceiling. Of course, the Man missed his wedding night, because he had to commit a pesky murder, complete with branding and a whole lot of blood. The Creeper Girls assure Vesta that everything’s okay – their otherworldly presence is the stuff of nightmares, because there’s nothing overtly alarming about them. They simply talk to Vesta, and she’s calm again.
Meanwhile, John and Zed spoke to Vesta’s mother. Zed’s visions are somewhat out of commission. This episode saw a lot of angst and difficult in the ever-so-lovely Zed. She saw Jim Corrigan dead, and that vision rocked her to her core and totally threw her off her game. It also helped to raise the question of fate vs. free will. How much does anyone shape her destiny? Sitting in Vesta’s room, can she really not call a vision – or she is holding back, because of what she saw about Jim? Jim, it should be noted, was flirting with her pretty hardcore throughout the episode. There’s such a softness to him, a complete kindness there. It’s nice to see, because while Constantine is all walls and sparks, Jim is open and overt. But more on that later.
Zed and John have a fight, wherein his logic boils down to: I smoke a lot, but I don’t have cancer yet. Or, more eloquently: “We can all shape our destiny, but none of us get to escape our fate. So, when my time’s up, that’s it.” That’s Constantine: giving it his all, until he can’t anymore. And when he calls Zed on her hesitancy and weirdness, she confesses that she saw Jim dead.
Wandering into the kitchen, Zed ends up talking to Manny (Harold Perrineau is so damn amazing) in the form of Vesta’s mother. There’s an interesting spark between Zed and Manny, almost flirtatious. She confides in him about Jim, about wanting to warn him but not knowing if it will do any good. There’s an earnest vulnerability in Zed. And Manny does something very interesting. He brings up the notion of free will. “I envy you. Truly. You know, it’s not all harps and halos for us. We have rules to follow. But you…you have choices. You can act on your visions if you choose to. Now, that’s a gift.” This show has always had an undercurrent of the importance of choice and action. From John persuading Gary Lester to give up his life to Anne Marie shooting Constantine to save a baby. Free will is a magnificent force, not one to be discounted. (This will come up again, at the close of the episode. Hold tight.)
In an effort to find Vesta, Constantine nearly kills himself using everyday items. That’s a nice touch of the show, employing common things in spellcraft. Of course, since John almost electrocutes himself in the process, it also illuminates his core personality: reckless, but determined to get the job down. Constantly, he puts another person’s safety above his own. Zed lays into him about this, but even as his eyes are bleeding, he shrugs off her concern.
Meanwhile, the Creeper Girls are preparing Vesta (love the symbolism of her name) for her wedding to the Man. She commits a faux pas, mentioning the awful smell in the house, but the girls just say she won’t even notice it once she’s married. Totally nothing to be alarmed about, right?
On their way to the creepiest funhouse in history (an actual place, guys! Basically, the stuff of nightmares), Jim softly, but firmly, confronts Zed about her sudden bout of weirdness. The chemistry between these two is half-spark, half-grief; Zed is all hemming and hawing and angst. And Jim just wants to know why she won’t even look him in the eye. I have to say, the sweetness coming through in that scene was absolutely beautiful. So much concern in a single look. Mad love to Emmett J Scanlan for the delicate brilliance in that scene – and to Angélica Celaya, whose cagey, anxious fear was utterly perfect.
After John fights off Papa Midnite’s voodoo zombie, he tells Zed to cut the crap – he needs her help, and she’s got to deliver a vision. This is another moment of choice, an exercise in free will – and she helps, although not without trepidation. This leads her to discovering the Man’s latest victim, who gives them an address. In the car on the way, Jim asks Zed if her visions always come true. Curiously, it is John who answers, saying that they’re always up to interpretation. This underscores the idea that things aren’t predestined, only roughly outlined. That things don’t fall like dominoes.
An insanely creepy crow – bewitched by Papa Midnite – sets the scene in the murder house, where they find the Man’s victim, strung up like a barbed wire Jesus. Constantine sends Jim and Zed out of the house and readies himself to confront the bounty hunter on his tail. Which turns out to be Papa Midnite. You see, the Brujeria offered Midnite what he wants most in the world: to save his sister’s soul. A fight ensues, and through a brilliant sleight of hand, Constantine comes out on top. He steals Midnite’s phone and car – and meets Zed and Jim at the house of a man who murdered his wife six years ago for being “impure.”
The Man, apparently, is saying his prayers to Satan, while Vesta is wearing a wedding dress from the 1970s, possibly regretting ALL OF HER LIFE CHOICES. He turns to her and instructs, “Time for the devil’s benediction. Kneel down,” and she ends up fleeing, but not before knocking over a candle and lighting things on fire. What is creepiest about the Man is his lack of anger. He’s utterly calm. There’s no rage, no fury. His calm is chilling, even as he chases after Vesta, who finally had the good sense to RUN, looking for help. Of course, she runs into a creepy…fairground. Between that and the blood moon, this episode has an almost Twilight Zone feel to it.
John uncovers the source of the smell, by the way. The Creeper Girls? Actually dead. They’re all lying in the bed, seriously and most truly dead — so not even close to mostly dead. Jim, Zed, and John search the house and then fan out, looking for Vesta. Hilariously, Constantine insists on going first, quipping that his (gun) is bigger. Totally chuckled at that line, which was apparently an ad lib from Matt Ryan. Bloody brilliant if I do say so.
The Man recaptures Vesta, except he’s got Constantine and Jim to contend with. Only, the fiercest one in that moment is Zed, who goes all badass and hits the Man with a shovel. Repeatedly. Possibly due in part to whatever she’s been through in HER past, but it is always nice to see her kick ass. In fact, Jim had to take the shovel away from her. Zed leads Vesta away, while Jim and Constantine have a pointed conversation about what might happen if the Man were to…run away. A moment of choice, certainly, because if he runs…it would be understandable if the Man were shot – instead of going to jail and being arrested. This is vigilant justice at its best. There’s a moment where Jim wrestles with the possibility before him, and the way Scanlan delivers the single word (“Run”) with such quiet fierceness…it sent shivers down my spine. Between fate and free will, there’s a moment of choice. And he made it. All we hear is a single, loud gun shot. And then John releases the spirits of the poor Creeper Girls, while Hozier’s amazing “Work Song” plays.
Cut to a bar, where Zed and Jim are having a drink. (I’d need about eight after that kind of day.) There were some major sparks between the two, and Zed finally comes clean about her vision. There’s this moment of honesty and vulnerability here that was beautifully arresting – the kind of pain that comes with knowledge, both having and sharing it. Because who wants to know what their fate will be, and what kind of hardship comes with that? It raises the issue of destiny – can we change what’s been seen? Perhaps we change our fate simply by knowing it. Jim takes a searing carpe diem stance, responding to Zed’s earnest doe eyes – resulting in a kiss. And not gonna lie, I kind of ship them a bit. But poor old Johnny boy happened to see them, and while nobody said a word, the tension was palpable. Almost defiantly, he lit up yet another cigarette – harkening back to that moment in the middle of the episode where Zed lectured him on the dangers of smoking.
Alone, John walks into an alleyway, out of the rain. A gorgeous shot, except I burst out laughing when he unzipped to pee. Of course, Manny shows up and John lets out a perfectly written quip. Constantine mentions that Manny had spent time with Zed, and this line had a wonderful dual meaning: “You know, I feel betrayed – I didn’t realize we were seeing other people now.” Jealousy, pure and simple. That’s not really just about Manny talking to Zed – it’s also about Zed and Jim. Constantine may have walked out into the night alone, but that doesn’t mean he wandered off unscathed. Manny assures him that the can win the war they set out to wage, that John should trust him. Constantine’s response is so on point: “Of course we can. You know me. I don’t play if I can’t win.” Are we supposed to believe that the mark of Newcastle just vanished from John’s heart? No. But it is, quite often, his bravado that saves him, his ability to leap without looking.
But her’s the major turn of the episode: Manny. He pulls Midnite out of the cop car and cancels the hit on John. Why? How? Well, it turns out that Manny is the one the Brujeria report to. Which is the exact moment my jaw hit the floor. Because…WHAT. Midnite did warn that John would be betrayed by someone close to him. And I’m completely curious and a bit on edge to see how that will all play out.
Which brings me to this: the fate of the show is up in the air. And I’d really like a second season. So, if you’re inclined, stream the show. Tweet about it. Make a little noise. After all, don’t you want to see what Chas does with the rest of his lives? Or how Zed gets those white streaks in her hair? It has been an absolute pleasure watching and tweeting with the entire cast and crew – I’ve never encountered such a great lot, from the brilliant production design by Dave Blass to the producers/writers, Cam Welsh and Christine Boylan. Sure, I’ve got a girl crush on Angélica, and I find Charles Halford totally adorable. The guest stars have been wonderful, including Jonjo O’Neill and Emmett Scanlan. And yes, of course, there’s Matt Ryan, who’s brought Constantine to life with such depth of emotion, broiling under such a thick bravado. He gives a truly great performance as a man with nothing and everything to lose.
So, maybe give Constantine a call, won’t you? If you find yourself in need of an exorcist, demonologist, or master of the dark arts – sorry, dabbler – he does so hate to put on airs.
This evening, I went to wash my face. It’s part of my regular, get-home-from-work ritual. The little details that become habits. Except, after I splashed water on my face, I opened my eyes and saw blood all over the sink. It was nothing more than a bloody nose. I haven’t had one in forever. I used to get them all the time. But in that split second before rational thought kicked in, my mind reeled through every possibility and somehow landed on, “Oh my god, you’re dying.”
Yes, this is another exercise in how my brain is an asshole. But really, it has been a terribly long, no-good Monday. Actually, things have been extremely leaning toward dodgy for a bunch of days. But I digress.
Melodramatic flourish aside, it was an interesting moment. It reminded me of something I said last week (edited slightly): I don’t want to wake up twenty years from now and regret missing out. And that really is the best advice I could give anyone. It’s been said before, true, by far more eloquent folks. But no one, on his deathbed, laments, “Gee, I wish I hadn’t kissed that girl” or “I wish I’d been less true to myself.” Or, even, “I wish I’d lived a safer life.”
How much heart do you truly put into things? How much love can you stuff into a single moment, a single gesture? Underneath all the muck and the mire, what do you want out of life? Who do you want? What do you love?
These are important questions. But how you answer them is important, too. If you can’t be honest when trying to decide whether to go left or right, then you may as well just stop. You’re not living life. You’re moving the pieces around the board. Punching the clock. Checking things off a list.
But twenty years from now, what’s going to matter? Is it going to be the extra thirty minutes you spent at work or is it going to be the sound of a full-bodied laugh? Will it be the quiet routine of expectations or the rebel beat of your too-happy heart when kiss someone who adores you? Is your life made out of checklists or someone who makes you soup when you don’t feel well?
The answer might not be simple, but it is clear. Two decades from now, the details of things will be fuzzy around the edges, but you’ll never forget the way somebody made you smile. You might forget the exact wording of an inspired conversation, but not the fierce passion beneath it.
Sometimes, we put up walls. This is a defense mechanism, surely. We’re scared of going after whatever it is we want or love – ideally, both. We’re scared of the pursuit itself, because it is always a risk, always a vulnerable undertaking. But if you heat up anything enough, it bends. It takes time and purpose, but men fashion metal into shapes. Beautiful things emerge out of fire, and that’s all love really ever is: a stunning fire.
But I will tell you this: a life without love is only half a thing. With apologies to Margaret Atwood, it’s the outline of a bird – nothing more than its labeled bones. It cannot fly. And, darling, you were not born with clay feet or a leaden heart. You were not fashioned out of dust and dirt, only to be less than a miracle.
So, twenty years from now, what will you regret? Fix it now while you can. Don’t leave anything to chance. Don’t leave a gleaming hope to dull. Don’t hold yourself back, because of anything – especially not fear. There’s always a way, if you’re willing. There’s always an avenue, a different path. It might be a mess getting to where you want to be. It might be a fight, a battle – a decision with teeth. But what are you doing, if you’re not fighting for what (and who) you love? If your life isn’t full of laughter and silliness, why not?
I know I’m not dying right this minute – and I know it’s cliché – but I never want to hold back because of how something might look or sound. I never want to stay silent, because I’m having trouble gathering the exact right words. And I never want to leave any doubt about how much anyone means to me or how much I want people in my life. I never want to be walled in be fear of seeing silly. And I won’t let my epically bad timing keep me from shouting out all the impossible things out loud. (Guys, I have the worst timing in all the land, but it’s MY timing, damn it. I’ve got my own schedule. Always have. That’s why I was born more than three months early.)
Twenty years from now, love, what’s your story look like? And exactly how much did you dare?
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.—J. A. Shedd.

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The 30 additional Bushmasters will bring the total number of the protected mobility vehicles sent to Ukraine to 90. As well as Bushmasters, Australia has donated six M777 towed howitzers and ammunition, 28 M113 armored vehicles, anti-armor weapons and other weapons.
Australian military aids to Ukraine has reached to $655 million.
“Since their arrival, the Bushmasters have been used extensively by the Ukrainian Armed Forces, with more requested by the Ukrainian president, minister of defense, and the ambassador,” Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said.
A contingent of up to 70 Australian Defense Force (ADF) personnel will join the British led multinational training effort known as Operation INTEFLEX just after Christmas, but will not enter Ukraine.
“This is a not just about Ukraine’s sovereignty; the brave people of Ukraine are defending international law, rules and norms,” Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.
Previously, the Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov said that thanks to Australian Bushmaster protected mobility vehicles, the Ukrainian military reached the Oskil river and is continuing to liberate Kharkiv Oblast.
Australia to train Ukrainian troops
Up to 70 Australian defence force personnel will be deployed to the UK to train Ukrainian troops in the latest increase in Australia’s support for Kyiv.
The Albanese government announced the decision late on Wednesday while emphasising that the ADF members would not be entering Ukrainian territory.
The government has been signalling for months that Australia might join other countries in training Ukrainian troops as part of longer term assistance, but has not confirmed the details until now.
It says up to 70 ADF members will fly to the UK in January to join Operation Interflex, a mission that also involves personnel from other countries including New Zealand, Canada, Sweden and Finland. Ukrainian troops, including new recruits, have been travelling to the UK for training under this program.
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- All the world’s a stage, and Indian Americans are not just engineers and CEOs of Silicon Valley. They are also actors, directors and writers who give equal credence to their creative passions as they do to their professions.
Engineers of Indian origin in Silicon Valley are known for their creativity, innovation, and ambition. Many of them are founders of startups, CEOs/CTOs of large corporations, or are middle-level executives across the spectrum of tech companies in the valley. They are mega achievers and strive to excel in their profession. In the process, many have raked in millions. In coffee shops and dinner parties, the conversation topic amongst Indian engineers is mostly about the next venture, funding rounds, and exit strategies. Their ultimate goal is to succeed at any cost. The measure of success in the valley is how much money one has made and how high up the professional ladder he/she is.
Away from this limelight, this rush to make money, a small minority of Indians try to make sense of life in a slightly different way. They, too, are mostly software engineers and professionally doing very well. Most of them graduated from highly reputed Indian institutions like the IITs; they even did their masters and Ph.Ds here in the U.S. They work in some of the biggest and well-known tech companies, and some are even middle-level managers. But this is where the similarity ends. Their desire to do well does not end at excelling in their profession; they would like to pursue that other passion in their lives, too. That other passion could be theater, arts, dance, or literature. They are trying to do well in both and are succeeding at that.
Growing up in Bhopal, I remember talking to my Dad’s friend and poet Ashok Vajpeyi, an IAS Officer instrumental in founding Bharat Bhavan, one of India’s leading cultural institutions. Bharat Bhavan was inaugurated by then Prime Minister Indra Gandhi. His interview in India Today had just come out where he referred to himself as a poet. In those days, every teenager’s dream used to be to get into IAS. Seeing him not mentioning IAS in his title intrigued me, and I asked him about it. His reply: a shoemaker makes shoes for a living, what he does aside from that is what matters. This statement had a profound impact on me. From then on, I always strived to balance professional achievements and pursue one’s interests.
It was at the back of my mind when I decided to move to the U.S. I was concerned that I would be too focused on my professional career and forget about my other interests. So, it was refreshing to see these individuals doing well not just in their chosen profession but also in their areas of interest. Take the case of Anindya Chakraborty, Global VP Engineering for Ruckus Wireless — now part of a publicly-traded company Commscope Inc. He did his Masters from IIT Kanpur in Computer Science and MBA from Santa Clara University. From all yardsticks, he has done well professionally. But what is less known is that he is also a theater director of repute and has directed eight plays in English and Bengali. His shows encompass all genres, including comedy, tragedy, historical, musical, and thrillers.
Dr. Siddhartha (Sid) Chattopadhyay is a computer scientist by profession. He works as a software engineer at Google. Sid graduated from IIT Kanpur and completed his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Georgia. Apart from being a computer scientist, Sid is also a novelist, an artist, a music composer and a performer. His novel “Empathy Engineer” was recently released on Amazon with excellent reviews. The backdrop of the book is a Silicon Valley-based love story. While narrating the love story, the author has highlighted several prejudices in South Asian society, including color and gender bias. Sid is an accomplished musician and plays several musical instruments like sitar, guitar, and drums. He has released music albums and has composed music for plays and performs regularly on stage. His artwork includes sketches with a compelling and deep-rooted message.
Sudipta Chatterjee is another Silicon Valley engineer who is also an actor, director, and voice artist. Sudipta completed his Bachelor’s in Computer Science from NIT, Surat, and Masters from UT, Austin. Sudipta works as a Technical Solutions Consultant at Google. Outside of work, he is an officer at Naatak, managing their online presence. Naatak is the oldest and most famous South Asian theater company in the San Francisco area. As an actor, Sudipta has played various protagonist roles from Tagore classics to Agatha Christie murder mysteries.
There is this enduring mythology in Silicon Valley that most of the startups started in a garage. It has become so fashionable that any aspiring entrepreneur would tell you that he/she is working on their next idea in their garage. The individuals mentioned above use their garages for their other creative pursuits. Anindya and Sudipta extensively conduct their theater rehearsals in their garages while Sid does his music practice in the garage. While the next idea for a tech entrepreneur is conceived and incorporated in garages, most venture funding and other business deals with venture capitalists occur in coffee shops, part of Silicon Valley folklore. Here is where things differ slightly with Anindya, who would instead invite his theater organizers at home and discuss things in his backyard. Sid manages his entire operation himself, whether releasing his book on Amazon or releasing his album on YouTube.
With all their creativity in performing arts and literature, these individuals are still techies at heart at the end of the day. When asked were they ever tempted to use their creativity to develop their new idea and start a company of their own, the answer was a resounding yes. All of them would like to one day work on the next big thing and start a company of their own. Till then, they don’t mind working on their other passion, whether it is writing novels, creating music, or directing/acting in theater.
Nimish Singh lives in Fremont, California, and has made Silicon Valley his home for the last 26 years. He has led engineering in startups before and currently heads one of the engineering groups in a leading Cybersecurity company. An avid reader, Nimish is actively involved in local theater as a playwright and songwriter.

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MIAX Finalizes $50M Acquisition of FTX’s LedgerX
This Friday, the Miami International Securities Exchange announced it had completed its purchase of FTX’s LedgerX. The $50 million agreement between the companies was initially revealed several weeks ago on April 25th.
Miami International Securities Exchange Completes LedgerX Acquisition
On May 19th, the Miami International Securities Exchange (MIAX), a company owned by Miami International Holdings, Inc. (MIH), published a press release stating it had completed the acquisition of LedgerX.
Commenting on the deal, Thomas P. Gallagher, the CEO of MIH, highlighted that the purchase will enable it to enhance its ability to “offer new and innovative products to the swaps and futures industry.”
The acquisition of LedgerX represents an important part of our growth strategy, expanding our ability to offer new and innovative products to the swaps and futures industry. We are pleased to complete this acquisition and welcome the LedgerX team to the MIH family as we continue to execute on our strategy of operating regulated financial markets both in the U.S. and internationally.
The $50 million acquisition agreement between MIH and FTX was initially announced on April 25th. At the time, the cryptocurrency exchange’s current CEO John J. Ray III expressed his satisfaction with the sale calling it an important step in his team’s “continuing efforts to monetize assets to deliver recoveries to stakeholders.”
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FTX’s Efforts to Repay Creditors
Since taking over the management of FTX at the time of the company’s bankruptcy on November 11th, 2022, Ray’s team has been actively trying to locate and secure as many assets as possible. From the very beginning, it was set to be a difficult task in large part due to the reckless behavior of the firm’s previous executives.
Since then, the current management’s efforts to secure the funds to repay creditors bore some results and constitute a number of different actions. The company has been engaged in the sale of several of its entities—LedgerX being the most recent example—and several lawsuits attempting to claw back funds.
Earlier this week, after failing to sell Embed—a stock trading platform—FTX filed three lawsuits against Sam Bankman-Fried, as well as against Embed’s insiders and stakeholders. The lawsuits aim to recover more than $240 million spent on the platform only weeks before FTX filed for bankruptcy.
Editorial note (May 22nd, 2023, 11:15 AM EST): The article was edited for clarity.
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text: Lemon and chicken is always such a nice combo and this was no exaptation, with the orange and jalapeno adding a nice layer of flavor. I made using chicken legs as they were on sale for half the coast of breast, will be making again using chicken breast as the marinate not only provide flavor but also kept the meat very moist. This might also be good with pork. I did marinate the full 4 hours and think any less may not pick up enough flavor. Thanks for the post.

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Each week, WAMU 88.5's Metro Connection reaches across D.C., Maryland and Virginia to gather the sounds and stories that capture the current events, culture and personalities driving the Washington region.
This week we'll feature stories about people rallying together to overcome obstacles or achieve a dream. We'll learn about a new program that's helping local seniors regain their voices despite memory loss. We'll head to Rock Creek Park, where a historic mill that once provided Washington with fresh flour is rumbling back to life. And we'll hear about the families converging on Washington for a long-awaited military burial.
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For decades, Capitol Hill residents have watched the stately Old Naval Hospital at 9th and Pennsylvania Avenue SE crumble and deteriorate. Now the building is getting a new lease on life as the Hill Center. The brand new community hub will feature everything from cooking and yoga classes to film screenings and rental space for special events. Rebecca Sheir tours the Hill Center to learn the building's history, and hear how a hospital commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln has transformed in to a gathering place for residents of Capitol Hill.
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For some seniors struggling with memory loss, completing a single sentence can be an arduous, even impossible task. But at Iona Senior Services, individuals facing cognitive decline are weaving together entire tales through a new program called Time Slips. As Jessica Gould tells us, the goal is to bring people together and help individuals who are at a loss for words achieve the triumph of a complete thought.
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With one of the highest costs of living in the country, D.C. can be a hard place for an artist to get by - especially when it comes to finding affordable studio space. In this rebroadcast from our "Getting By and Getting Ahead" show, Rebecca Sheir talks with local artists at 52 O Street, a building that's been bringing artists together since the late 1970s, about how to survive as an artist without sacrificing your passion.
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NPR's Bob Mondello and Susan Stamberg read excerpts of two of the best submissions for Round 11 of our short story contest. They read Snowflake by Winona Wendth of Lancaster, Mass., and Geometry by Eugenie Montague of Los Angeles.
The grill "is the one and only male-dominated appliance in America," says a researcher who recently crunched the numbers. He found that men are more than twice as likely as women to be the primary grillers at home. One reason? Grilling can feel like a form of recreation.
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text: A store at the mall is clearing their inventory out for 2012 and all items in the store is 50% off. They have lots of games and I picked up Dominion for 25.00. I may check out tomorrow the store again. I used GC to get some games but not really a deal as they still cost about normal amount. Wondered some recent good deals you got?

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ROSH HANIKRAH, Israel — As an Israeli military convoy carrying two flag-wrapped coffins wound slowly through Israel on Wednesday, convicted killer Samir Kuntar walked down a red carpet in a Lebanese village where he waved to throngs of jubilant supporters after spending nearly three decades in Israeli prison.
In a daylong drama, the final chapter in Israel's costly 2006 war against Hezbollah came to a controversial close. Israel released Kuntar and four Hezbollah militants in return for two slain Israeli soldiers whose capture set off the 34-day conflict.
As Kuntar soaked up his first hours of freedom in Naqoura, he stood in the shadow of Hezbollah banners, printed in English to drive home to Western eyes the militant group's public relations triumph: "Pain in Israel; Joy in Lebanon."
The exchange sparked nationwide celebrations in Lebanon and mourning in Israel that reignited an unsettled debate over who won the 2006 war.
To Eli Ishmereni, a 50-year-old Israeli who stood in humid heat near the border crossing to await return of the nation's fallen soldiers, the answer is clear.
"It wasn't worth it," Ishmereni said of the war. "Today Hezbollah is even stronger, has more arms and more support."
Israel and Lebanon were united in one respect, greeting their returning fighters as heroes. Beyond that, the two nations were ever-more divided.
Lebanon's fractious leadership, including Hezbollah's bitter political rivals, joined together for a ceremony at Beirut's international airport to hail Kuntar as a valiant warrior.
"Your return is a new victory," Lebanese President Michel Suleiman told the returning prisoners. "And the future with you will only be a shining march."
At a closed military base, Israel's political leaders privately consoled the families of Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev, the slain Israeli soldiers captured by Hezbollah in the July 12, 2006 cross-border raid.
"Our throats are parched, our eyes have tears and our hearts go out to the family members who struggled without a sign and never lost hope until the last moment," Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said shortly before meeting with the despondent relatives.
Just what happened to Goldwasser and Regev wasn't certain until a black SUV pulled up to the Lebanese border with Israel and Hezbollah pulled out two black coffins.
Even then, some relatives held out hope that the bodies inside might not be their loved ones.
Within hours, medical tests confirmed that Goldwasser and Regev had died after the July 12 ambush, something Olmert had told Israelis to expect when he urged his coalition cabinet to support the deal.
Along with return of Goldwasser and Regev, Israeli received more information on the fate of Ron Arad, an Israeli air force navigator captured by Lebanese militants when his plane went down in 1986. While the new details failed to answer the question of what happened to Arad, Israel decided to go ahead with the rest of the deal.
In exchange for the two bodies, Israel agreed to release Kuntar, a notorious militant captured by Israel in 1979 after taking part in a brutal attack that ended with the deaths of four Israelis, including two young girls.
Kuntar was a teenager when he was convicted of shooting an Israeli father to death and drowning him in the Mediterranean as his 4-year-old daughter looked on. Then Kuntar smashed the girl's head with a rifle butt and against seaside boulders.
Along with Kuntar, Israel released four Hezbollah militants and the bodies of nearly 200 Palestinian and Lebanese fighters killed in battles over the decades.
It was a deal supported by relatives of Goldwasser and Regev who hoped that it would end two years of uncertainty and anguish.
Israeli leaders cast the deal as a painful-but-unavoidable step that underscored not Israel's failings, but its moral strength as a nation that won't leave any soldier behind on the battlefield.
"There is no happy ending here," said Miri Eisin, a retired colonel in the Israeli military who served as Olmert's spokeswoman during the war. "But the sense of closure means that we can go from pain to grief."
While the families prepared to bury Regev and Goldwasser on Thursday, Hezbollah leader, Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, staged a massive welcome home celebration for Kuntar — a Lebanese militant imprisoned before Hezbollah was established — and the four other prisoners.
"The era of defeats is over and a new era of victories has begun," Nasrallah told tens of thousands of supporters waving Hezbollah flags.
In his first public statement after nearly 30 years in Israeli prison, Kuntar delivered a defiant speech in which he thanked Nasrallah and made a vow to stage more attacks on Israel.
Dressed in military fatigues with a yellow Hezbollah banner around his neck, Kuntar made a promise: "We are returning to Palestine with my brothers the mujahadeen and the Islamic resistance."
Shlomo Goldwasser, Ehud's father, criticized Lebanon for praising a man convicted of such brutal killings.
"This is a hero?" Goldwasser asked. "These are their achievements? For me he is nothing more than a little bastard. I hope he doesn't sleep tonight."
Freeing Kuntar was a central reason Hezbollah staged the 2006 border attack. Over the next 34 days, more than 160 Israelis and at least 1,000 Lebanese civilians were killed. But Olmert failed to secure return of Goldwasser and Regev — something that undercut his popularity and helped cultivate a widespread feeling in Israel that the war had been a failure.
(Nissenbaum reported from northern Israel, McClatchy special correspondent Nayel from Beirut, Lebanon. Special correspondent Cliff Churgin contributed to this report from Jerusalem.)


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Many stars have a rough road to fame, and this was certainly the case for Halsey. The 27-year-old singer was born Ashley Nicolette Frangipane on September 29, 1994 in Edison, New Jersey. Halsey is the daughter of Chris and Nicole Frangipane, and the older sister of Sevian and Dane Frangipane. Halsey’s parents have become so proud of all that the Grammy-nominee has accomplished. The couple have also become grandparents to Halsey’s son Ender Ridley, who was born in July 2021.
Halsey has a good relationship with their parents now — but that wasn’t always the case. In fact, Halsey was kicked out of the house by Chris and Nicole after dropping out of college. Below, learn about Halsey’s parents and the singer’s complicated upbringing.
Halsey’s Parents, Chris & Nicole Frangipane
Halsey’s dad, Chris Frangipane, manages a car dealership. He is of African-American and Irish ancestry. The singer’s mother, Nicole Frangipane, works as an EMT and is of Hungarian and Italian descent. Chris and Nicole dropped out of college when they learned that Nicole was pregnant with Halsey, who was born in September 1994 in NJ. To make ends meet, the couple worked several jobs at once like as a hospital clerk, a security guard, and car salesman while moving around a lot, according to Rolling Stone. “I grew up in a really chaotic household,” Halsey told the publication in 2016. “There was always shit being thrown.” Halsey began getting into drugs while enduring bullying at school, which led to a suicide attempt at the age of 17. Chris and Nicole learned about the attempt from Halsey, and they responded by sending their daughter to a psychiatric hospital for 17 days. Halsey was also diagnosed with bipolar disorder at the time — as was Nicole. Halsey has previously said that as a child, they’d be fed ice cream for dinner during Nicole’s manic episodes.
Halsey eventually graduated from Warren Hills Regional High School in Washington, NJ in 2012, and then enrolled in the Rhode Island School of Design. However, Halsey dropped out because of financial difficulties and enrolled in community college. But when they dropped out of community college, Halsey was kicked out of the house by their parents. “They just didn’t agree with a lot of things about me,” the singer told Rolling Stone. Halsey then lived in basements in NJ and NYC with a group of “degenerate stoners” that they met through their then-boyfriend of two years. “I remember one time I had $9 in my bank account, and bought a four-pack of Red Bull and used it to stay up overnight over the course of two or three days, because it was less dangerous to not sleep than it was to sleep somewhere random and maybe get raped or kidnapped,” Halsey said. They would also occasionally stay with their grandmother in NJ.
Eventually, Halsey pursed music and became the famed singer we know them as today. During that time period, Halsey was able to make amends with their parents, though the details on how that came to be are unknown. In 2020, Halsey told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, “Families go through cycles, and my father and I have a really great relationship now. We never didn’t, there was a time where I wasn’t being receptive to any male energy in my life.”
In recent years, Halsey has put their parents out there in the public. Halsey took to Instagram to wish their dad Chris a happy birthday in September 2020, as well as a happy Father’s Day several months prior. In the latter post, the “Colors” songstress said, “Your most special day of the year, since I was born 4 days after your birthday and demanded all the attention of that week ever since. I love you and I’m grateful for everything you have blessed me with.” Halsey also took Chris as their date to the 2017 Grammy Awards.
Meanwhile, Nicole joined Halsey at the Billboard’s Women in Music red carpet event in New York City on December 9, 2016. The mother-daughter duo posed for photos together and both looked so gorgeous. Nicole wore a black dress for the event, while Halsey stunned in a cut-out white gown. Per reports, Halsey and Nicole also have matching tattoos together.


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Yellow & Black Down 1996 Retro Nuptse Puffer Jacket
Long sleeve down-filled water-repellent quilted nylon ripstop and taffeta jacket colorblocked in yellow and black. Stowaway hood at stand collar. Zip closure at front. Logo embroidered in white at chest and back. Zippered pockets at waist. Velcro fastening, grosgrain tab with press-stud fastening, and text embroidered in white at partially elasticized cuffs. Concealed bungee-style drawstring at hem. Zippered pocket at interior. Fully lined. Black hardware.
Supplier color: Arrowwood yellow
Fill: 85% down, 15% waterfowl feathers.
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Great place to host a get together, have the kids play, and enjoy the lake.


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SUNDAY 18 July 2010 from Noon till late, on Liverpool Waterfront.
Events include – Fire & Light Spectacle, Ships, Singing, Sand Sculpting, Pirate Muster, Picasso &
MERSEY PIRATE MUSTER
11am – 5pm, Albert Dock, Canning Dock & Canning Half Tide Dock
Step into a storybook world of swashbuckling skulduggery, as the 2nd International Mersey Pirate Muster blasts back
into the Albert Dock on ‘Riverpool Day’. Sea dogs, barnacle-backs and Old Salts cross cutlasses as their magnificent tall ships battle for Liverpool’s lost treasure in the Siege of Canning Dock, with enough cannons and muskets to wake Davy Jones himself.
Beat the pirates to the hidden prize by finding the legendary Pieces of Eight. Follow the clues in the Mysterious MacNamara’s Map*, but keep one step ahead of the Press Gang – Captain Hyde and Captain Seeke are looking for new recruits, willing or not…
Meet the pirates, learn the ropes and listen to yarns as old as the river. Sign the Muster book, join the Mersey Pirate Navy
(minimum term one hundred years!) and watch out for old Monty the Mersey Monster,who is never far from the treasure.
This FREE family fun day, opens at 11am.
With songs, shanties and music for all ages, sword fighting and musket displays, games, ghosts, and gunpowder, this is the Albert Dock that you’ve never seen before.
Pirate Battle commences at 3pm with very loud cannon and musket fire. Rest assured landlubbers, the only thing these pirates will capture is your imagination.
Produced by BeSpoken Storytelling and Liverpool Front House, in association with Lancashire Militia, Earl of Loudon’s Regiment, and Mersey Heritage Trust.
MARITIME MISCHIEF +
12pm – 3pm, Salthouse Quay
Witness a slice of nutty nautical-ness as a ridiculous regatta is staged by the street performers from Fool’s Paradise.
TO KISS A SAILOR +
1pm & 4.15pm, Hartley Quay
Don’t worry if you missed them on Saturday – here’s another chance to see artists explore the setting of a fully rigged ship in an extraordinary and awe-inspiring aerial and extreme acrobatic performance.
LITTLE BRIGS DOCK TOURS
12pm – 5pm, Salthouse Dock
Step aboard the Little Brigs miniature historic vessels for a free seafaring tour around the Salthouse Dock. Spaces are limited and available on a first come first served basis so be prepared to wait. Life jackets will be provided.
12pm – 5pm, Pier Head
Take a leisurely stroll and head on over to the Pier Head for a second helping of the Sensational Sand Sculpture and Feel Good Fair.
RIGHT ROYAL NAVY ADVENTURE +
12.30pm – 4pm, Princes Parade
Another chance to step on board an impressive Royal Navy warship. Open daily from 12.30pm and 4pm at gate 4.
12pm – 5pm, Pier Head
Providing a colourful and upbeat tempo on Sunday afternoon, Brouhaha and many young artists from around the world will
bring a special blend of music and dance styles to the wonderful waterfront.
ALSO a Prize Competition
Mysterious MacNamara’s Map – A selection of fantastic prizes to be won!
Follow the clues on the Mysterious MacNamara’s Map and you could be in with a chance to win one of a selection of fantastic prizes – including a trip on the Yellow Boat Heritage Cruise, a VIP ride on Liverpool’s Big Wheel and one very special Piece of Treasure. Simply pick up a map from the Albert Dock Visitor Centre or the Pier Head Ferry Terminal from the 16 July or DOWNLOAD HERE, follow the clues and submit your answers here. Make sure you don’t miss out – the competition closes on the 9 August. The lucky winners who have answered all the questions correctly will be selected at random and contacted via email by Friday 20 August.
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One US Region Is Expected To Take The Brunt Of Climate Change Costs
Researchers projected how climate change could affect economies in certain parts of the country.LEARN MORE
2017 has seen some of the most frequent and most expensive climate disasters ever — and the year isn't over.
Hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, cold snaps: The year isn't over yet, but the natural disasters across the U.S. are on track to set records.
Experts with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say there's "a good chance" 2017 will have more expensive severe weather events than 2011 did. They also expect this year's extreme weather to be far more expensive than 2005, when Hurricane Katrina flooded New Orleans.
Wildfires are still raging in the western U.S., and NOAA has yet to tally impacts from the latest Atlantic storms. But early estimates show Harvey alone is expected to come in at $190 billion — equivalent to about 1 percent of the U.S. GDP.
That will fit 2017 right at the top of the upward trend in the frequency and cost of natural disasters. Scientists agree: One reason we're seeing more and stronger weather events is because of the warming climate.
But accurately estimating the full cost of disasters requires more numbers. Researchers also must account for growing urban populations; increased coastal development; and the insurance on crops and property, which can end up underwater.
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey, the National Flood Insurance Program has paid out almost every dollar it can. If Congress doesn't vote to cancel some of its debt, the program will run out of money before the end of October.
Extreme temperatures can impact physical health, but the changing climate is also taking a toll on mental health, especially for younger generations.By AP
Americans who experience homelessness often feel the impacts of extreme weather events first.By Scripps News
Environmental changes due to climate change are pushing residents out of their neighborhoods, though many are ignoring the signs.By AP
Critics say both inside and out of government those margins ought to renew interest in a windfall profits tax on big oil.By Matt Brown / AP
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, between 2016 and 2026 there has been and will be a shortfall of six million engineers, or more.By Scripps News
Since 1969, the 747 has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying nearly 500, and the Air Force One presidential aircraft.By Jennifer Buchanan / The Seattle Times / AP


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As most any writer of anything much longer than the note on the back of a Christmas card will tell you . . . there are always critics. It is especially so when the work has been published. Publishing a book and selling it at almost any price, or even for free for that matter, does open one up to much anticipated and often times feared reviews as well. For the most part, reviewers and reviews are kind of fun and they can be extremely edifying.
And then there is the “dreaded” one-star review.
Why do people write and post them? Often they come from Internet/Amazon trolls, simply to try to hurt and do damage. Then too, I am told that they may be posted by folks that personally know the author and have some reason to try to do harm.
People can be very strange indeed sometimes.
I got my first one-star this morning. All of my writing friends tell me that by receiving it, I have now officially “joined the club,” and am at last among the many, many professional writers that have been soundly and roundly trashed and panned by “experts.” Even the “big” hitters in the writing game have garnered a fair share of these fun reviews. Ultimately, they rather tend to help the author, rather than hurt. One-star book reviews usually work to spark interest in the author’s work, rather than discourage it.
Mine was on the Barnes and Noble ebook “Nook” site, and was rather neatly sandwiched between several much more normal four and five-star reviews. I am reprinting it in its entirety, not changing a single solitary misspelled, missing, misused or mangled word. It came from “Anonymous.” It seems that particular individual is a pretty busy fellow—or lady, as the case may, or may not be.
1 star The writing was so bad that i could only read 48 out 248 pages. The writing style was high school level, the two main characters continuely belittle each other similar to HS or college boys. The characters verbally attack of each other with very little civil interaction did not help develop the story or move it along. The attempt to descibe other characters was a joke example “the man looked 65 or some where near there, instead of he appeared to be in his 60’s.” One scene to explain what was happening he had a nurse give a dialogue of what happened then she explain she was off when the shooting occured made no sense how did she know what happen was it hearsay? The author should of presented the information via asking the witness questions and having them slowly expose what occurred. This book needed a proof read and editor to help with a complete re-write. I cannot believe all the great reviews either they have low expectations, didn’t read the book or family & friends of the author. I would like to say it had a great idea but poor execution but I can’t for I did not read enough and the 48 pages was so poorly written you could not get interested in the book or get you hooked on the story . What little I did read did not give me enough of an idea that the concept was original or good. I cannot recommend this book and thankfully it was free. I will be deleting this book ASAP
I’m kind of glad they got it for free as well!
And as far as getting friends and family to write reviews for me–I’ve been trying for years, and no luck so far!
The actual text of my book (Time Enough to Die) went like this:
Making our way into the room, a fit and trim looking sixty-five or so year old Mr. John Devon greeted us with a firm handshake, and we made our introductions. Turned out that Mr. Devon was an ex-marine. Tough and hard as nails, he had spent his entire career after leaving the service in private corporate security. He was trained to note details, had a solid head on his shoulders, seemed to be afraid of nothing and was used to taking command. I had a feeling he was going to make an excellent witness.
I was right.
The “Nurse” scene went like this:
Emerging from the elevator and walking over to the reception desk on the fourth floor, we were greeted by a petite and very pretty little blond nurse named Mary Hayes. It was obvious that she had been informed that we were coming and was expecting us. Mary was the Care Coordinator for the entire fourth floor dementia unit, which consisted of twenty-six patients or residents, as they preferred to be called, at the moment. She was all smiles as she held out her hand and greeted us.
“Good afternoon,” she said, looking us both over and sizing us up. “It’s Detective Carter, isn’t it?” she ventured.
Howard, always a schmuck for a pretty face, smiled broadly and said “Chief Carter actually.” Nodding toward me, he said “and this is Detective O’Brien.”
Five minutes on the job and already I had been promoted.
“I understand you would like to speak with the Devons, Chief Carter?” she said. “Is that right?”
“It is if they are the people that witnessed the shooting last night from the fourth floor balcony,” Carter replied. “A couple of my men who were canvassing the building for potential witnesses this morning said Mr. Devon might have been up there at the time.”
“I believe he was,” Mary said. “He and his wife were visiting her mother, Mrs. Nyles. I understand that he had gone out onto the balcony for some air. It was a very warm evening. All of that shooting must have really scared the residents. I wasn’t here at the time, but got a phone call at home shortly after. Do you have any idea who might have done such a crazy thing as shoot up a building full of kids Chief Carter? It’s a wonder and a miracle he didn’t manage to kill someone. And right here in Bellevue!” she huffed.
“No idea at all right now Ms. Hayes,” Carter replied. “That’s why we’re here.”
“Of course Chief Carter. Follow me if you would. The Devons have been here all night to comfort her mother and make her feel safer. And please call me Mary.”
“Thank you Mary,” Carter said as she turned and started down a hallway. Mary moved her hips like she had done it before and it wasn’t a bad view, and I was glad to see that Howard still wasn’t too old to appreciate it. Carter whispered an aside to me as soon as Mary was out of earshot, “We’re keeping the dead girl quiet right now Johnny,” and started after Mary.
“Dead people usually are, aren’t they?” I replied, and after taking a second to once more enjoy the pained expression on Howard’s face, joined the procession in the hallway, which ended at room number 461. The name on the door was Mrs. Mildred Nyles.
I leave the judgement call to you. My best advice about “dreaded” one-star reviews? Well, if you are going to write them—please spell your words right, and correct the sloppy punctuation and grammar. If you don’t, well then, your review is probably going to do a whole heck of a lot more to help me than to hurt.
And if you are an author, either seasoned or new, and have just received your first one-star review? (And if you haven’t—you will) As the late, great French motion-picture actor Maurice Chevalier once said (sang, actually—in In Search of the Castaways) . . . “It’s life—don’t worry—enjoy it!”
If you are a writer (or reader/reviewer) of fiction, please feel free to leave a comment or two and let me know what you think about one-star reviews. I am providing a link to the book in question, Time Enough To Die: The Watchmaker, Book One, if you would like to read the entire thing. I think it’s pretty good. It’ll cost a penny under four bucks to find out if you agree or not, but if you do, just respond with your email and I’ll send you book two (Elliott Bay) for free!
Thanks so much for reading today. We’ll be back in a few days with Chapter Twenty of The Reckoning.
See you then . . .
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