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We co-parent my husband’s daughter with his ex girlfriend, so we swap Halloween every other year. The years we get her, she decides what she wants to be and we choose our costumes based on her decision. This year she chose Vanellope Von Shweetz from Wreck it Ralph. Her daddy was Wreck it Ralph, her little brother was Fix it Felix Jr. and I was Sergeant Calhoun.
She turned 8 this year and as we are running out of trick or treating years, we invited her mom to join us. She didn’t dress up, but she did take amazing pictures of the costume. Co-parenting can be tough at times, but if you put your feelings aside and do what’s best for your kids it can amazing!
The Ralph costume was the easiest. We just borrowed overalls from a friend, bought the shirt ($5) and sprayed his hair red ($3). Total cost $8.
Sergeant Calhoun Costume
Calhoun was equally easy. We purchased a black cat suit ($18) and wig ($7), made a utility belt using match boxes and clips purchased from the dollar store ($2) threaded onto a belt and spray painted the whole thing black. We also spray painted a Nerf gun we had here. Total cost $17.
Vanellope Von Shweetz Costume
Vanellope was a little tougher. We bought plain white tights ($2) and colored the pattern with magic marker, pink ribbon ($1) to decorate the sweatshirt, and clips and candy accents to make the candy barrettes for her hair ($7). We made a black tutu ($5), licorice using thin rope twisted together purchased at the fabric store ($3), and lastly we sprayed her hair black ($3). Total cost $21.
Fix-It-Felix Jr. Costume
Felix was the cheapest. We bought yellow felt ($0.34) and white and blue felt at the same price, made a tool belt, and made a felt cover for an existing hat and a name tag. The letters for the name tag were stickers ($1.50). A toy hammer was spray painted gold. Total cost $2.50!
Total cost for 4 costumes was about $50!


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Prime Minister Gaston Browne has held discussions with a delegation from the People’s Republic of China on a range of issues of mutual interest, underscoring the tremendous assistance Antigua and Barbuda has received from China since the establishment of diplomatic relations forty years ago.
Browne held these talks preceding the opening ceremony of the 44th CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting in The Bahamas which ends today Thursday.
Director General Cai Wei, led the delegation from the People’s Republic of China Department of Latin America and Caribbean Affairs of the Foreign Ministry in the talks with Antigua and Barbuda’s leader Prime Minister Gaston Browne, and Minister for Housing, Works and Urban Renewal, Maria Browne.
Director General Wei also welcomed Antigua and Barbuda’s unwavering support and the prime minister’s offer for Antigua and Barbuda to become a constructive interlocutor in helping to resolve challenging issues whether regionally or globally.
Browne told Wei that the twin-island nation is ready to move its partnership with the People’s Republic of China to the next level to advance Antigua and Barbuda’s development agenda.
He also informed the Chinese delegation that he intends to accept an earlier invitation to visit the People’s Republic of China later this year.
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AMERICAN IDOL is down to the final eight contestants and the cut will be brutal this week. In the past eleven seasons, when it got to this number it was fairly simple to pick off the week links. But tonight the performances were so strong, it is difficult to determine who will be in the bottom three tomorrow night.
While they all were stellar and sang with passion, the stand-out were definitely Josh, DeAndre, Colton and Jessica. My absolute favorites were DeAndre, who slayed the classic hit “I Like It“ by Debarge and Josh who brought down the house with the Simply Red version of “If You Don’t Know Me By Now“. Colton added an amazing twist to the popular song “Time After Time“ by Cyndi Lauper. And yes, the drummer rocked it out!
And I must say for the first time this season, Skylar finally made me take notice. She often prances around the stage a bit wildly and normally annoys me. But tonight she stood on stage and belted out the song with no frills, which was refreshing. She actually gave her best performance of the entire season.
The duets were also outstanding and they are much more enjoyable to watch than the group songs of the past. It was exciting to see them pair up similar singers, but the best of the best was Josh and Jessica. They sounded great together and pulled each other up, reaching new heights.
It’s hard to tell who may end up at the bottom this week, but my guess is would be Elise, Phillip and Hollie. Although the only one who truly picked the wrong song was Elise. While the others also gave solid performances, someone has to receive the lowest amount of votes.
This may not be the most memorable season, but the talent surpasses all other seasons. The bottomline…top eight is great!
On another note, if I had to judge the judges, Jennifer Lopez has stepped up her game. She is by far the most comprehensive of them all and has the best advice when it comes to input. Randy needs a better line than “Who’s gotta to have it?” is about as bad as “Come on dog!”.

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Where things go really wrong for the boys of William Golding's Lord of the Flies, the girls of Beauty Queens work well together to survive this challenge. If you're looking for a co-ed version, there's the Netflix show The Society, which is also a [Spoiler]Pied Piper modern!AU. I'm excited it got renewed. ^__^
Beauty Queens has a parodic tone which is sometimes funny, sometimes annoying. I didn't like that it made some of the girls sound totally dumb.
In terms of representation, there's a trans girl and a little bit of f/f. Two of the candidates are WOC.


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A wind sprang high in the west, like a wave of unreasonable happiness, and tore eastward across England, trailing with it the frosty scent of forests and the cold intoxication of the sea. In a million holes and corners it refreshed a man like a flagon, and astonished him like a blow. In the inmost chambers of intricate and embowered houses it woke like a domestic explosion, littering the floor with some professor’s papers till they seemed as precious as fugitive, or blowing out the candle by which a boy read “Treasure Island” and wrapping him in roaring dark. But everywhere it bore drama into undramatic lives, and carried the trump of crisis across the world. Many a harassed mother in a mean backyard had looked at five dwarfish shirts on the clothes–line as at some small, sick tragedy; it was as if she had hanged her five children. The wind came, and they were full and kicking as if five fat imps had sprung into them; and far down in her oppressed subconscious she half–remembered those coarse comedies of her fathers when the elves still dwelt in the homes of men. Many an unnoticed girl in a dank walled garden had tossed herself into the hammock with the same intolerant gesture with which she might have tossed herself into the Thames; and that wind rent the waving wall of woods and lifted the hammock like a balloon, and showed her shapes of quaint clouds far beyond, and pictures of bright villages far below, as if she rode heaven in a fairy boat. Many a dusty clerk or cleric, plodding a telescopic road of poplars, thought for the hundredth time that they were like the plumes of a hearse; when this invisible energy caught and swung and clashed them round his head like a wreath or salutation of seraphic wings. There was in it something more inspired and authoritative even than the old wind of the proverb; for this was the good wind that blows nobody harm.Beginning of Chapter 1 of Manalive by G.K. Chesterton
When they had reached the top, he sat down puffing, and the old man sat beside him to admire the view.
It was England that came out slowly, as the late moon rose: his royal realm of Gramarye. Stretched at his feet, she spread herself away into the remotest north, leading towards the imagined Hebrides. She was his homely land. The mood made her trees more important for their shadows than for themselves, picked out the silent rivers in quicksilver, smoothed the toy pasture fields, laid a soft haze on everything. But he felt that he would have known the country, even without the light. He knew that there must be the Severn, there the Downs and there the Peak: all invisible to him, but inherent in his home. In this field a white horse must be grazing, in that some washing must be hanging on a hedge. It had a necessity to be itself.
He suddenly felt the intense sad loveliness of being as being, apart from right or wrong: that, indeed, the mere fact of being was the ultimate right. He began to love the land under him with a fierce longing, not because it was good or bad, but because it was: because of the shadows of the corn shooks on a golden evening; because the sheep’s tails would rattle when they ran, and the lambs, sucking, would revolve their tails in little eddies; because the clouds in daylight would surge it into light and shade; because the squadrons of green and golden plover, worming in pasture fields, would advance in short, unanimous charges, head to wind; because the spinsterish herons, who keep their hair up with fish bones according to David Garett, would fall down in a faint if a boy could stalk them and shout before he was seen; because the smoke from homesteads was a blue beard straying into heaven; because the stars were brighter in puddles than in the sky; because there were puddles, and leaky gutters, and dung hills with poppies on them; because the salmon in the rivers suddenly leaped and fell; because the chestnut buds, in the balmy wind of spring, would jump out fo their twigs like jacks-in-boxes, or like little specters holding up green hand sot scare him; because jackdaws, building, would hang in the air with branches in their mouths, more beautiful than any ark-returning dove because, in the moonlight there below, God’s greatest blessing to the world was stretched, the silver gift of sleep.
He found that he loved it–more than Guenever, more than Lancelot, more than Lyó-lyok. It was his mother and his daughter. He knew the speech of its people, would have felt it change beneath him, if he could have shot across it like the goose which once he was, from Zumerzet to Och-aye. He could tell how the common people would feel about things, about all sorts of things, before he asked them. He was their king.
And they were his people, his on responsibility of stultus or ferox, a responsibility like that old goose-admiral’s upon the farm. They were not ferocious now, because they were asleep.
England was at the old man’s feet, like a sleeping man-child. When it was awake it would stump about, grabbing things and breaking them, killing butterflies, pulling the cat’s tail, and nourishing its ego with amoral and relentless mastery. But in sleep its masculine force was abdicated. The man-child sprawled undefended now, vulnerable, a baby trusting the world to let it sleep in peace.
All the beauty of his humans came upon him, instead of their horribleness. He saw the vast army of martyrs who were his witnesses; young men who had gone out even in the first joy of marriage, to be killed on dirty battle-fields like Bede-graine for other men’s beliefs: but who had gone out voluntarily: who had gone because they thought it was right: but who had gone although they hated it. They had been ignorant young men perhaps, and the things which they had died for had been useless. But their ignorance had been innocent. They had done something horribly difficult in their ignorant innocence, which was not for themselves.
He saw suddenly all the people who had accepted sacrifice: learned men who had staved for truth, poets who had refused to compound in order to achieve success, parents who had swallowed their own love in order to let their children live, doctors and holy men who had died to help, millions of crusaders, generally stupid , who had been butchered for their stupidity–but they had meant well.
That was it, to mean well! H caught a glimpse of that extraordinary faculty in man, that strange, altruistic, rare and obstinate decency which will make writers or scientists maintain their truths at the risk of death. Eppur si muove, Galileo was to say; it moves all the same. They were to be in a position to burn him if he would go on with it, with his preposterous nonsense about the earth moving round the sun, but he was to continue with the sublime assertion because thew was something which he valued more than himself. The Truth. To recognize and to acknowledge What Is. That was the thing which man could do, which his English could do, his beloved, his sleeping, his now defenseless English. They might be stupid, ferocious, unpolitical, almost hopeless. But here and there, oh so seldom, os so rare, oh so glorious, there were those all the same who would face the rack, the executioner, and even utter extinction, in the cause of something greater than themselves. Truth, that strange thing, the jest of Pilate’s. Many stupid young men had thought they were dying for it, and many would continue to die for it, perhaps for a thousand years. They did not have to be right about their truth, as Galileo was to be. It was enough that they, the few and martyred, should establish a greatness, a thing above the sum of all they ignorantly had.
But then again there came the wave of sorrow over him, the thought of the man-child when he woke: the thought of that cruel and brutish majority, to whom the martyrs were such rare exceptions. It moves, that for all that. How few and pitifully few the ones who would be ready to maintain it!The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White – Chapter 18

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January is National Radon Action Month. According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), "Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer deaths among nonsmokers in America and claims the lives of about 21,000 Americans each year." The best way to protect yourself and others is to regularly test for radon in your home, office, and other buildings.
What is Radon?
Radon is an invisible radioactive gas that is odorless and tasteless. It is naturally released from rocks, soil, and water and can get trapped inside of buildings and build up in the air. Build up over time can cause radon to reach dangerous levels. The EPA estimates that about 8 million homes throughout the United States have elevated levels of radon. Since the gas is undetectable by human senses, it is crucial to test your home regularly.
Five Things You Can do During National Radon Action Month from the EPA
- Test your home
- Attend a National Radon Action Month event in your area
- Spread the word
- Spend time during National Radon Action Month encouraging others to learn about radon and test their homes.
- Buy a radon-resistant home
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Happy 50th Anniversary to "The Jetsons"
There is one member of the voice cast who is still alive as Janet Waldo who voiced the teenage Judy Jetson is alive in her late '80s. Penny Singleton (1908-2003), who voiced her mother Jane Jetson lived to be 95. Singleton also played the comic strip character Blondie on film.
It's hard to believe that in real time Elroy would be 60 and his sister Judy would be 66; perhaps they would be members of the AARP.
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The Tea Room, Hochschild, Kohn & Co,Baltimore, Maryland, USA (1926)
This 1926 tearoom menu comes from a famous, but now closed, department store called Hochschild, Kohn & Co in Baltimore, Maryland.
It was a striking example of the sleek and minimalist art deco movement which had just come into fashion, replacing the more decorative art nouveau style. The main illustration shows a lady in stylish 1920s clothing and hat sitting across the table from her equally stylish gentleman friend.
This was a restaurant more than a tearoom. There were 19 oyster dishes on offer, 15 different salads and cakes and desserts galore. Three course meals cost 65c or 85c.
Hochschild, Kohn was established in 1897 and had several department stores.
(Text and image courtesy of www.vintagemenuart.com)
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Humber College expanded its North Campus with the construction of a six-storey learning centre, providing students with a feature, centrally located study and recreation space.
The building program includes study areas, classrooms and administration space, and dedicated storage and library space, organized around a feature atrium at its core.
The project was undertaken using the P3 DBF process to ensure an expedited design and delivery schedule with limited impact to ongoing campus activities.
Challenge: While the use of concrete slab construction allows the maximum possible space for the building’s mechanical systems to pass uninhibited throughout all floor areas, it posed structural challenges for the desired column-free Welcome Centre at the ground floor level. Reinforced concrete beams were too deep, creating excessive floor-to-floor heights, and hybrid concrete and steel beam solutions created additional constructability issues.
Solution: A post-tensioned concrete transfer beam solution was developed. Phased post-tensioning allowed early removal of shoring and precluded the need for additional temporary foundations, opening up the ground floor for early installation of services while reducing construction schedule timeframes. The second phase post-tensioning optimized the beam design by balancing imposed building loads with post-tensioning forces.


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The ANC Women’s League in KwaZulu-Natal is on a long-overdue mission to place more women in the party’s top positions.
Women have never had a chance to lead the ANC in KZN and the ANCWL has announced their intention to capture its top six positions at the party’s elective conference this year.
The conference is expected to take place between March and June.
ANCWL Provincial Secretary Nonhlanhla Gabela told Scrolla.Africa that they have decided that MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube should be elected as chair, MEC Bongi Sithole-Moloi as the deputy, MEC Nomagugu Simelane-Zulu as the secretary. MEC Peggy Nkonyeni is tipped to be the treasurer.
“It’s time for us to lead because this organisation is not for males only. We have capable women in the ANC who are ready to take the party forward. We are putting forward our own candidates and not those imposed on us by men who later accuse us of not supporting them,” said Gabela.
The party is pushing the name of Thembeka Mchunu for the position of the Chairperson of Musa Dladla region, one of the biggest regions in KZN.
In eThekwini they are fielding Zandile Gumede to make a comeback as the regional chair.
A traditional civil organisation Injeje YabeNguni has also praised the ANC Women’s League for this decision.
The organisation secretary Langalezwe Chonco said Nguni women have historically demonstrated to place the interests of the people they serve ahead of their own.
“We are not about to be the generation that doubts them now. We call on all our members to support these endorsements. We believe the ascension of Nguni women in politics will be a fundamental catalyst to a radical socio-economic shift,” said Chonco.

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Boston Pride announces that it is hosting a virtual forum for the six major candidates in the Boston Mayoral race on June 7th, 2021 at 7pm.Â The candidate forum will be moderated by Sue Oâ€™Connell, political commentator and analyst for Boston Prideâ€™s media partner, NBC10 Boston/NECN, the Boston NBC and Telemundo Stations, and a longtime journalist in the LGBTQIA+ community.
The candidates will each be given 15 minutes during a specific time slot to address the audience via a live webinar.Â The speaking order will be determined at the beginning of the program through a random selection process. Audience members are invited to submit questions during the event.Â The forum is an opportunity to learn about mayoral candidatesâ€™ positions on policies and issues facing the LGBTQIA+ and BIPOC community.
The forum is part of the virtual programming presented by Boston Pride during this Pride season. Due to the pandemic, Boston Pride unfortunately had to cancel the in-person Pride Parade and Festival in June.
WHO: Boston Mayoral Candidates in alphabetical order:
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Moderator:Â Sue Oâ€™Connell, NBC10 Boston/NECN political commentator and analyst.
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Kenya has made strides in agricultural transformation thanks to enhanced bilateral ties with China in a sector that contributes over one quarter of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).
Partnerships in promoting agriculture-related research and technologies coupled with better farming practices have been more broadly enhanced especially in the last decade with Kenyan farmers being the principal beneficiaries.
Kungu Gitau, a large scale farmer in Bahati area of Nakuru County in the Rift valley region, is among hundreds of beneficiaries.
Through outreach farmer trainings and visits conducted by a Chinese professor in horticultural production, Kungu has mastered viable methods of selecting pesticides and applying them in an appropriate manner.
Liu Gaoqiong is the Chinese professor who joined the department of Crops, Soils and Horticulture at Egerton University 16 years ago from Nanjing Agricultural University and since then he has been instrumental in research on improved farming technologies such as use of greenhouses that are found on the university’s demonstration plots, crop varieties and pest management.
Liu currently leads the agriculture outreach programme run by the Confucius Institute at the Egerton University.
The agriculture-oriented institute was established in 2013 out of ongoing collaboration between the China-based Nanjing Agricultural University and Kenya’s Egerton University.
Kungu is among many farmers in Nakuru County who have benefitted from Liu’s agri-information and skills imparting sessions.
“I became an informed farmer on use of pesticides since I attended a training session by Liu sometime in 2006. I have applied that knowledge since then in growing my tomatoes, cabbages, maize and beans,” Kungu told Xinhua during an interview earlier this week.
Kungu has been eking out a living from farming for two decades and is now growing at least three different types of crops in his farm measuring 15 acres at any given planting season.
Armed with the knowledge on pest management, Kungu said he has become more strategic in controlling invasion of cutworms, thrips and whiteflies.
“I take a keen look at the leaves and I immediately spray the crops if I see anything that looks like a larva or some whitish trail on the covers,” said Kungu.
From the outreach session, the farmer said he learnt how to check for any pest or disease attack and decide on appropriate agrochemical to use. Also, the right time and best way to apply the chemicals.
“Now I can comfortably advice other farmers on how to use the pesticides and they come back for more guidance or refer others to me. It always feels great when I assist a fellow farmer to avoid losing his crops because pests can make you lose hope in farming,” he said.
Kenya is largely an agriculture-driven economy with the government pegging hopes on its expansion to raise annual growth by at least 5 points to hit the 10 percent mark. The country is presently riding on an average annual growth of 5.9 percent.
Over the years, agriculture has maintained a steady share of not less than 24 percent contribution to the GDP despite the harsh weather conditions and emergence of destructive diseases and pests.
Over 80 percent of the Kenyan population derives their source of living from agriculture either directly or indirectly.
The food grown by small and large scale farmers ends up in stores of groceries in towns thereby creating a means of income for those off-farms.
Information is very important to farmers, said Liu, adding the outreach programme which since its inception has reached out to more than 400 farmers and agricultural extension officers across five counties.
“Farmers may be aware of a new farming technology or even gained access to it but how to use it comes in as a major challenge,” said Liu.
The horticultural expert said their efforts of extending agricultural services has yielded fruits as many farmers have managed to boost their harvests by efficiently adopting high return farming systems particularly greenhouses and following best crop management practices.
Liu said they conduct the outreach programme together with Kenyan crop scientists and a backup of fellow experts from Nanjing Agricultural University.
This collaboration between the two universities has also yielded to establishment of a crop molecular laboratory at Egerton, launched in 2015.
The lab is aiding in carrying out research on crop varieties and pests in addition to instructing students who are then interned with farmers and as a result transfer the knowledge to the key targets of the research activities, said Morwani Gesimba, chairperson of Egerton University’s Department of Crop, Horticulture and Soils.
“We have a cutting edge lab, the best in the region; which we are using to train students who upon graduation go into working in the public and private sector,” he said.
Through collaborative research, Gesimba said they have developed new technologies such as mushroom production and high return greenhouses.
These are displayed in the demonstration fields at Egerton University and farmers from different parts of the country frequently visit them to gain practical experience on their performance, he said. Enditem


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Hiking through the Cumbrian Lake District — England's green and pristine mountain playground — we admire idyllic lakes, discover misty waterfalls, tour a slate mine, and conquer stony summits. And we'll meet the locals — and their beloved dogs and sheep — everywhere. Then we hike Hadrian's Wall, play a little cricket, and are dazzled by Durham's Norman cathedral.
Newlands Valley, Keswick, Cumbria
For some reason, 70 percent of England's stone circles are here in Cumbria. This one's the best. The circle - 90 feet across and 5,000 years old — has 38 stones mysteriously laid out on a line between the two tallest peaks on the horizon. They serve as a celestial calendar for ritual celebrations. For maximum goose pimples (as they say here), show up at sunset (3 miles east of Keswick — follow brown signs, 3 min off A66, easy parking).

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Therapy and expanding access to psychological health assistance. Betterhelp Subscription Price Tiers .
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Well, that was a ride...
I can't bro, I struggled to watch this video man, seriously.
Dunky was rendered speechless during the farmer dance, I’ve never seen that
When I'm feeling suicidal, watch one of the dance numbers in Balan Wonderworld. It doesn't make me feel better, mind you, it just confuses me so much that I forget I want to die.
It’s kinda disgusting on how much people hate this game when they didn’t even give it a chance like most people only play it for five minutes and are like “THIS GAME SUCKS” and this is coming from a person who actually likes the game so please give games a chance
i told everyone this would flop in testing and no one believed me
Imagine Balan Wonderwall existing and being the way that it is when Skylanders existed. They’re both games for kids with a premise built on a large number of Playable characters, but Skylanders actually affords a layer of complexity that makes its characters fun to control, while still not alienating its child audience. It’s proof that the concept of making a game for children doesn’t mean it has to be mind numbingly easy, but Balan Wonderbread just doesn’t get it.
I thought Balan was an indie game this entire time. Imagine my confusion when I saw Yuji Naka and Square-Enix attached to the final product.
*"OH MY GOD IT'S BOX FOX!"* Out of the whole video why is this the funniest bit to me?
The dance animations are just so... uncanny to me.
Its bad but the hat guy is cool
In short, this game is shit.
This game might just be fun on LSD.
It's like sonic 06 but more cringe
I like seeing square Enix fail I'll be honest
Box Fox, activate your Box Mode whenever it's convenient for you
I honestly felt physical pain when the Hydrant power let you walk through lava and then suddenly the lava solidifies itself. One thing is to have a useless skill. Another one is having a perfectly useable mechanic and then taking away the reason to use it. Like going to a pool trampoline and getting down using the stairs instead of jumping like a twat. Wtf.
Farmers name is Sneed.
This is in no way a good game but boy am I happy it exists
why do the sprites look like they are modded characters in gta 5
Balan is just hol horse from Boingos book.
The trailer was so good doe
That dance scene had a bigger budget than the rest of the game combined. And the dance scene wasn't even that good.
This is a game with the lesson of work-life balance that’s made in Japan. Does anyone sense some degree of irony here?
06:53 Why is there a massive black man in the background?
honestly this game feels like it's just an elaborate shitpost
So many Wonderous adventures!
I liked it better when the wolf boss T-Posed with a smirk to assert his dominance.
Oh so this is one of those good video games
Finish game or else u can not call it bad.
Its fucking terrible
I swear this game is made for toddlers.
the dance scenes are strangely erotic
We can all mutually agree that this is werid af
that was and abortion in a game box
Your comment at the end "This game costs 60 dollars" Absolutely killed me. I enjoyed watching this so much
It seems that this is the new strand type game
Having read that they wanted the game to be themed around musical theater (I have not played or looked up the actual story because this is a garbage fire) I think the little dances with the costume characters is a really cute idea. That said, that's about the only thing I've found in this game to be remotely impressive
This game is awful
Now this is pod racing!
Came here to see what the game looks like after Yatzee's Zero Punctuation review. I regret this decision. I feel bad for the people who made the music. They're all clearly talented singers/musicians/composer(s). It's a shame their efforts were wasted on a bootleg Mario game.
This game is like the result of a child being just told what Alice in Wonderland is about and with only basic comprehension of what games are supposed to be about creates A game with effort going only as far as "It looks nice enough, just praise me for it, I don't care if you actually play it!"
4:48 for anyone that only has 5 seconds to see how good this game is.
Is that a French lady singing in Japanese during that farmer dance?
its like they fine tuned every power up in this game to fall just short out of whatever goal you strive to achieve next. genius
it's like they looked at mario odyssey or hat in time and said "let's make that, but *more* kid friendly," and then aomwhere along the way someone who makes animated baby shows got involved and said "Let's also have bright colors, a barely coherent stories with morals and dancing too!"
hey dunko, u should do an ULTRAKILL or DUSK review
Man had more fun laughing at how bad this is than playing the actual game
This game was so bad that it's not even worth being made a video on in 720p
What language even is this, I don't recognise it at all
If dunkey wasn't commentating I would've legit confused this for a youtube kids video
If you're one of the 5000 remaining FF14 players, you have this game to blame for your upcoming expansion's reduced budget
the fucking songs sound like theyre speaking simlish
i feel this game genuinly should not exist
does any body notice that the farmer is an absolute soylord with that non-existant chin
2021 and 480p, wtf?
someone give Kojima some cream for that fucking sick Burn! XD 08:05
My god i didn't think it was THAT bad, guess i truly didn't know lmao
Did an AI SYSTEM create this game???
I miss dunkey daily uploads.... he's changed so much ever since he got famous =( bring back among us Tuesdays
Honestly, they should've just made a nights game instead of this rubbish.
Square Enix are publishing a lot of garbage lately. This Mario clone and their Destiny clone are aweful.
Yeah, hoping they won't fuck up the next dragon quest
I sometimes forget that this is made by Square Enix, the same company that made beloved series like Kingdom Hearts and Final Fantasy.
Dragon quest is better than kingdom hearts, fact
This looks like if the Croc: Legend of the Gobbos developer was given the chance to make an N64 3D Kirby game that wasn't revealed until 2007, switched developers four times and then released in 2021.
How far square fell
Am... Am I high?
Every time you think you’ve reached the peak of insanity, there’s something else.
Bell end wonderland
Shenmue 3 isn't that bad of a game
The only good thing about this game is the soundtrack Everything else is garbage
When the dance section began I was actually wondering if that really was part of the game or Dunkey hired an animator to make that.
If you read the book and unlocked song with actual words in the game, everything would make sense.
That kid in the game is creepy looking
So donkey like Fort minor, hell yeah.
Bulldozer costume is big chungus with a discount Ironman suit change my mind
This shit would be a best seller if they made it a Sonic game.
Mind you, square enix helped produce fullmetal alchemist brotherhood.
why is this only in 480p
When you realize you can buy Hollow Knight, Undertale and Celeste for cheaper than Balan Wonderland.
Those dance sequences with singing in gibberish killed me
My guy didn't even waste bandwidth uploading this video.
This is the Bootleg version of Mario Odyssey; how does this game exist?
Watching this game made me sterile
why does the main character straight up look like a splatoon avatar
I love the over exagerrated button presses you hear when he does QTE's
Is...is the farmer god?
Daaaamn a studio actually had to work on this
We're gonna play banjo tooie now, made me spit on the floor
The Fox Box is a strong contender for the worst power-up in video game history. It makes Mario's Frog Suit and Spring Mushroom look OP.
The dancing is like killer beans. But shit
This game costs 60 dollars...
no fucking way
This game is so bad that it could only be uploaded to ISnets at a maximum of 480p resolution
5:12 So that's what happened to skylanders
Square Enix: Can I copy your homework Nintendo: Sure, just don’t make it too close Square Enix:
I like how the highest resolution is 480p just to show how garbage the game is
and the game looked like normal graphics in 480p

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Mind games! Bookworm Gerrard brushes up on Wenger's secrets ahead of top-of-the-table Arsenal clash
Steven Gerrard has gone the extra mile in his preparation for Liverpool's top of the table clash with Arsenal on Saturday - by reading up on the secrets behind Arsene Wenger's success.
The Liverpool midfielder, who will captain his side against the Gunners this weekend, was pictured on Friday with a book entitled The Manager: Inside the minds of football's leaders.
Gerrard recently came under fire from former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson in his new autobiography, with the Scot describing the England skipper as not being a 'top, top player'.
Reading material: Steven Gerrard receives a book on football management from his wife Alex
Insight: The book, The Manager, contains chapter from Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, who Gerrard and Liverpool face on Saturday
Sealed with a kiss: Gerrard says goodbye to wife Alex shortly before leaving with his team-mates for London
Grateful: Gerrard gives his wife a hug in front of what is believed to be his first red car
On their way: Gerrard recently came in for criticism in another book, Sir Alex Ferguson's new autobiography
RODGERS ON REACHING THE TOP
In The Manager, Gerrard's boss Brendan Rodgers said: 'I’ve arrived where I’ve arrived by being out there and taking my own responsibility, rather than waiting for the phone to ring or somebody to support me.
My parents died young, so there have been lots of personal challenges as well as professional. That inner steel, that resolve, that perseverance, has served me well since my time at Reading. I know it’s there.
Ferguson, who along with Wenger has contributed a chapter to Gerrard's latest reading material, came under criticism for his views from Reds' boss Brendan Rodgers.
And it seems that the 33-year-old midfielder is keen to gain an insight into Fergie's thoughts on the game too, having collected a copy of Mike Carson's book from his wife Alex on Friday.
The hardback, which consists of 30 managers revealing details about their lives in professional football, contains a chapter from the ex-United manager on creating sustained success.
Liverpool manager Rodgers also helped out on the ambitious project, offering his thoughts on how to pursue a career under pressure.
All smiles: Gerrard laughs with Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez (left) in training on Thursday
Honest input: Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers speaks about carving a career under pressure in Mike Carson's book
Century: Gerrard slots home his 100th goal for Liverpool from the penalty spot against Newcastle
WENGER ON MAINTAINING INTENSITY
What keeps me going is my love for the game, for doing the job I do and for football. I have that internal desire to be as good as I can, refusing to be average.
The biggest pressure you have is to drive home on a Saturday night having lost a game and to think that some people will cry because you lost that game.
That is the biggest pressure, to let people down and I feel that the longer you stay at a club, the bigger the responsibility becomes.
Other top bosses to have opened up include Chelsea's Jose Mourinho, England chief Roy Hodgson and Real Madrid head coach Carlo Ancelotti.
Gerrard, who will travel to London with his Liverpool team-mates on Friday, will also have an opportunity to read about what goes on behind the scenes at the Emirates in a section contributed by Wenger.
Liverpool currently sit third in the
Premier League, just two points behind the Gunners. A win on Saturday
evening will propel them to the top of the pile, providing Chelsea fail
to win at Newcastle.
Gerrard has already been spoken about as a future manager at Anfield and his reading habits suggest a new career in the dugout could be a possibility.
If he can replicate half the success of Ferguson and Wenger, he'll become an even more popular figure on the red half of Merseyside.
Opinionated: Sir Alex Ferguson says Gerrard was not a 'top, top player' in his new autobiography
Insight: Arsene Wenger contributed a chapter on life behind the scenes at Arsenal
The Manager: Inside the minds of football's leaders
Mike Carson's book on life as a professional manager includes chapters from:
A Piece of the Action (Roy Hodgson); The Art of One-on-One (Carlo Ancelotti); Behind the Scenes (Arsene Wenger); Building High-performing Teams (Sam Allardyce); The Field of Play (Roberto Mancini); Handling Outrageous Talent (Jose Mourinho); Pursuing a Career Under Pressure (Brendan Rodgers); Seeing the Bigger Picture (Harry Redknapp); Creating Sustained Success (Sir Alex Ferguson); Crisis Response and Turnaround (Walter Smith); Triumph and Despair (Mick McCarthy).
Also featuring: Gerard Houllier, Tony Pulis, Martin O’Neill, Neil Warnock, Howard Wilkinson, Kevin Keegan, Dario Gradi, Andre Villas-Boas, David Moyes, Alex McLeish, Hope Powell, Martin Jol, Glenn Hoddle, Chris Hughton, David Platt, Paul Ince, and George Graham.
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Grow Your Own Kitchen Garden Year (Royal Horticultural Society) [Hardcover] [Oct 05, 2009] Royal Horticultural Society
Written by RHS experts with more than 50 years of combined growing experience, Grow Your Own Gardening Year provides the life-changing advice that gardeners need to grow a year-round supply of healthy fruit and vegetables for their table. The book starts with planning what to grow and where to grow it, whether that's an allotment, a series of containers, raised bed or veg patch, then how to get the best from your soil, and how to get started. Next, in season by season chapters, the book takes the reader from sowing to harvesting with simple clear instructions that will help them stay on top of the challenges and joys of a productive garden. From apples to asparagus, raspberries to radishes, this book will show how to apply age-old techniques to get the most from your plot.
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Association of XRCC3 rs1799794 polymorphism with survival of glioblastoma multiforme patients treated with combined radio-chemotherapy.
Pasqualetti F., Gonnelli A., Orlandi P., Palladino E., Giannini N., Gadducci G., Mattioni R., Montrone S., Calistri E., Mazzanti CM., Franceschi S., Ortenzi V., Scatena C., Zavaglia K., Fanelli GN., Morganti R., Santonocito O., Bocci G., Naccarato GA., Paiar F.
This study reports the results of a monocentric prospective analysis conducted with the aim of evaluating the impact of XRCC1 rs25487, XRCC3 rs861539, XRCC3 rs1799794, RAD51 rs1801320 and GSTP-1 rs1695 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on patients with high-grade glioma treated with concomitant radio-chemotherapy. From October 2010 to August 2019, a total of 75 patients aged ≥18 years, with histological diagnosis of high-grade glioma, isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) 1/2 wild type and treated with radio-chemotherapy and sequential chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ) were prospectively recruited. The local ethic committee approved this study (Comitato Etico di Area Vasta Nord Ovest [CEAVNO]; protocol 3304/2011). After a median follow up of 25 months (range: 7-98 months), median progression-free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) were 11 months (CI95%: 8-14 months) and 18 months (CI95%: 15-21 months), respectively. In univariate and multivariate Cox regression analysis, a statistically significant association with PFS and OS was found with XRCC3 rs1799794 SNP. The study suggests that XRCC3 rs1799794 SNP can be associated with different PFS and OS in glioblastoma patients treated with radio-chemotherapy.

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MIRI: The Bombardier CL-415 aircraft deployed by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) to combat the peat soil fire in Kuala Baram has landed safe and sound at Miri Bomba Air Base at 11.50am today.
Nine crew members will man the aircraft as they join ongoing firefighting efforts in the area, led by Maritime Commander Lieutenant Muhammad Saad.
They departed from Subang Maritime Air Station at 5am.
MMEA flight personnel were divided into two teams, with the first team expected to commence the operation at 1pm.
They will carry out one sortie and are expected to end the operation at 4.30pm.


The Pan African city on the continent and its diaspora can be envisioned as the engine of cultural, social, economic vibrancy and growth.
Quite a lot has been written, idealized, researched, and memorialized about the Pan African city on the continent and the diaspora; yet there is still more to learn and understand about the dynamics that drive it. Transforming from being a mere “colonial seat” to an “economic hub” whose activities have attracted other diverse activities, the Pan African city posits itself as a platform for spatial, social, and economic change. Its growth over the years has transformed physical space and attracted people from different walks of life who seek to live a fulfilled life. Hence the Pan African city emerges as a dynamic center whose depth of opportunities is fully comprehended amid perpetuating misery. The colonial divide which symbolized the city yesterday still manifests itself today in yet other dimensions amid the continual search for a better tomorrow. It is indeed no secret that amid its growth, the Pan African City has had its fair share of challenges – hence a better tomorrow can only be achieved by analyzing and understanding the past and the present. From this perspective, this Symposium seeks to unravel the dynamic forces of the Pan African City at work to contribute towards lasting solutions.


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Plant lice: natural remedies and effective treatmentsto eliminate plant lice. From natural products to DIY macerated products.
Plant lice, what are they
With the common definition of plant lice we mean the aphids, of different color depending on the species to which they belong, which live in colonies of thousands of individuals and gather hungry on the terminal part of the young branches, of the stems and near the flowers and leaves.
THE plant lice they feed on the sap and by sucking it cause the leaves to curl up until they die. Furthermore, with their bites they can transmit viral infections to the infested plant and their sugary secretions (to identify them follow the ants who are greedy for them) are the cause of fungal attacks such as fumaggine.
THEplant lice, better defined asaphids, I'm asuperfamily of sucking insectsvoracious. Theaphidsthey have abiological cyclevery complex. These insects multiply from year to year, overcoming even the cold of winter. They quickly colonize the environment and with the formerhotseasonal invading our plants.
THEgreen plant licethey are frequent on many ornamental plants such as hibiscus but can also invade horticultural species. Black plant lice attack fruit plants but do not disdain anything else if necessary! In the photo below, theblack aphidson a burdock leaves, a spontaneous herbaceous plant.
Still, they existpink plant lice, gray, orange, yellow ... Although, as stated, the most common are green aphids. THEyellow plant licethey are also called "oleander aphids" because they often attack these plants but, like all voracious insects, they do not disdain any ornamental plant.
The months of the alert against plant lice are those in spring, April and May in particular, because the virulence of the parasites coincides with the rhythm of vegetative activity. In addition, the development of aphids is favored by fertilizations, typical in spring, by the humidity that is not lacking in spring and by the milder climate.
It is therefore in this period that we must be particularly careful and intervene promptly with the right products.
If your plants have already been infested with aphids in the past, then it is advisable to occasionally carry out preventive treatments. Like fertilization, with the arrival of the first spring warmth, do a good prevention using one of the natural remedies that we will describe.
Plant lice, natural remedies
Natural remedies are useful when the infestation is in its infancy or as a preventive treatment. In case of persistent and extensive infestations on multiple plants, it is good to consider the use of some "safe for the environment" products that we will describe later.
Our advice in the fight against plant lice is to use natural insecticides and organic remedies of those that can also be prepared at home. THEnatural remedies they don't hurt and if used frequently, they work just as much as chemical ones.
The first of all remedies for plant lice, after cleaning the leaves as much as possible and removing the infested parts, it is the good old nettle macerate. The nettle macerate is widely used in organic farming, it has also shown a certain effectiveness to eliminate the most persistent infestations but it is necessary to carry out repeated treatments.
How is it prepared?
Fresh or dried nettles are left to macerate in 10 liters of water. You will need 500 grams of dried nettle or 1 kg of fresh nettle. Remove the roots of the nettles and place them in boiling water. Let them macerate for 4 days, filter and use the residual liquid for thetreatment against plant lice. The liquid must be sprayed over the entire plant.
Extra advice on nettle macerate and garden care
Nettles are wild herbs, too often considered weeds. In fact, these "weeds" are very useful in the kitchen and, if you spot them in your garden, harvest them while they are tender. You can boil them and prepare an excellent omelette. The cooking water can become a perfect garden fertilizer!
The best nettles are harvested with the first heat of summer. If, in your garden, you don't have nettles, you can buy the macerates from garden centers and agricultural consortia. Nettle macerate is such a "powerful" remedy that it could not be missing on Amazon where it is sold in concentrated 1-liter packs. Generally, 100 ml is diluted in 5 liters of water but always read the directions because each manufacturer has concentrations and dosages of their own.
How much? The nettle macerate gets paid a bit like allnatural and organic remedies(so it's best if you make it yourself!). On Amazon, a one-liter bottle costs around 19 - 25 euros with shipping costs included in the price. For all the info:nettle macerate.
Against i plant lice the macerate of tobacco also works well, which also has a pleasant aromatic scent. How is it prepared? A 1 liter solution is obtained by mixing two parts of water and one part of denatured alcohol. To the liquid are added 2 glasses of strong tobacco, the cheapest you can find on the market. Mix and leave to macerate for 4 days, filter and use the liquid obtained as a treatment.
For the lice affecting roses the soap solution that is prepared with Marseille soap flakes in a little hot water is also fine. Also against rose lice, especially green lice, garlic is useful, which is an excellent pesticide for plants and some cloves of which can be inserted into the soil for a long-lasting effect.
An excellent natural remedy against plant liceand it is also a solution based on propolis. Propolis acts as a natural antibiotic, pesticide and antifungal. How is it prepared? In the article "propolis for plant care”You will find the complete recipe for this effective natural pesticide. Don't be fooled, even if you are not familiar with these ingredients, it is very easy to find even in the supermarket.
Propolis is a very powerful remedy that can also be used in case of infestations already in progress. It is widely used in organic farming.
Pyrethrum, natural insecticide
If the infestation ofaphidsis very extensive, the natural remedies listed could be joined or replaced by a more effective substance, albeit equally natural!
The pyrethrum, before being a natural insecticide, it's a plant! Its active ingredient, pyrethrin, is very effective in counteracting most of the vegetable and garden pests,plant liceincluded.
The treatments are generally effective even if it affects the temperature a lot. Better to perform pyrethrum-based treatments with temperatures below 26 ° C. The treatment should be performed in the evening, after sunset, so the sun will not be able to affect the effectiveness of its active ingredient.
Thepyrethrumis effective against:
1. plant lice
2. pentatomides such as crop bugs and green bugs
4. myrides as the vector of the potato mosaic virus
6. white fly
7. Lepidoptera larvae
9. common fly and mosquitoes
10. many other plant parasitic insects
There are several pyrethrum-based insecticides on the market, they can be purchased in the form of powder, spray or concentrated liquid solution, to be diluted with water before use. L'natural insecticide pyrethrum-based can be purchased at specialized garden centers or can be purchased online: a package of Solabiol Piretro Actigreen Bio is offered on Amazon at a price of € 15.25 with free shipping. For all the info, I refer you to the official Amazon product page: Actigreen Bio Liquid solution.

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SANTA FE, New Mexico
- "RUST" UPDATE.. $136,793 fine, indifference to employee safety.
The New Mexico Occupational Health and Safety Bureau has issued a citation to Rust Movie Productions LLC following its investigation into the accidental shooting death in October of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins at the Bonanza Creek Ranch south of Santa Fe.
The bureau found "plain indifference to employee safety" on the Rust film set and a "failure to follow firearm safety procedures," according to a report on the investigation released Wednesday.
Authorities have said Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot Oct. 21 in a church building on the ranch when a revolver held by actor Alec Baldwin, who was a star and co-producer of the film project, discharged during a rehearsal.
Director Joel Souza was wounded in the incident.
Rust Movie Productions was issued a "willful-serious" citation, the state's highest workplace violation, and faces a maximum fine of $136,793. State law gave the agency six months to issue any citations.
"Our investigation found that this tragic incident never would have happened if Rust Movie Productions, LLC had followed national film industry standards for firearm safety," state Environment Secretary James Kenney said in a statement. "This is a complete failure of the employee to follow recognized national protocols that keep employees safe."


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Starting this summer, construction on one of the two main walkways on Main Campus will mark the beginning of a major landscaping plan throughout the university.
At a March 11 meeting, the Board of Trustees approved the allocation of up to $2 million for a landscape project involving Liacouras Walk and Wachman Plaza. University Architect Margaret Carney said the money will be drawn from the Plant Development Fund, an annually replenished pool of money allocated to address infrastructure projects.
James Templeton, Temple’s director of architectural services, said the fund is mostly used for exterior projects, but also occasionally for interior improvements, like ceiling repairs, window replacements and lobby refurbishments.
Concerning the current project involving Liacouras Walk and Wachman Plaza, Carney said this plan is the “pilot project” of a major landscaping plan that the university is unveiling in a few weeks.
“It’s definitely, for one, about beautification,” Carney said of the current project. “We definitely want to make it a better experience to walk on the paths around campus … it’s also about giving people better clues as to where they’re supposed to go, so landscapes around building entrances … we want to use it to give people more clarity for where they’re going.”
Carney added that one of the key aspects of the plan is replacing the walkways with pervious pavement, which would improve drainage from rain. Templeton said another issue is a lack of unity throughout the major walkways on Main Campus. The inconsistencies range from 10 to 15 different paving standards and 25 different types of light fixtures, he said.
“This is the first attempt to try to unify everything, and make standards for the rest of the university,” Templeton said.
In order to combat this issue – along with general collaboration on the project – Temple has partnered with LRSLAstudio, a landscape architectural firm located at 230 S. Broad St.
The planning for work on Liacouras Walk and Wachman Plaza has taken nearly two years, Carney said. Karen Skafte, a principal at LRSLAstudio, said one of the challenges is working with the Philadelphia Water Department to ensure the plan meets regulations.
“It’s tricky, they have a longer approvals process than the actual process we’re trying to work to,” Skafte said. “We have been communicating with them on a regular basis, trying to get them to agree to facilitate and expedite some of the approvals that we need … it’s a very tricky site to manage all the stormwater, because of utilities [underground].”
Besides sustainability, all three partners said an important part of the plan is creating better social spaces for students, teachers and others who walk through Main Campus.
“We’re creating these lawn and grass areas, [almost like] a mini-quad,” Templeton said. “Think of it like a precursor to the bigger quad that will come later … we do have a lot of green [space] on this campus, but some of it is just leftover green, it’s not like it’s been designed … this [plan] is going to really clean up the space … and make it very inviting.”
Due to the expected addition of 26 new classrooms in Wachman Hall for the Fall 2015 semester, the adjoining plaza was included in the plan, Carney said. Increased traffic flow in the area will require it to not only be more beautiful, but also more efficient, she said.
Another spot that will be changed is 1810 Liacouras Walk, the Student Health Services building south of Wachman Plaza. Skafte said the building’s front doors will be consolidated into two main entrances, and that tables, chairs and greenery will be added nearby to make the space a “little more human scale.”
Most of the construction will be completed by the start of the fall semester, Templeton said. Wachman Plaza will take until about October because the team needs to wait until the building renovation is done, he added.
Carney said she hopes that by that time, people will take pride in the team’s plan.
“When people walk through here, I want them to come in and say, ‘This feels right, like it always should’ve been,’” she said. “But also [for them] to be inspired by it, to have it be a surprise so that when they go back to it everyday, it just feels fresh.”
Steve Bohnel can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org, 215.204.7419 or on Twitter @Steve_Bohnel.

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Jon Heyman reports that the Yankees intend to offer GM Brian Cashman a new contract. Why?
Yankees higher-ups are impressed with Cashman’s in-season pickups, including starterBrandon McCarthy, infielder/outfielder Martin Prado and third baseman Chase Headley, and sources say they fairly don’t blame him for the underperformance of some of their established veteran hitters . . .
All of that is true. The offseason pickups like Beltran and McCann seemed smart at the time. And it’s certainly not his fault that CC Sabathia and Masahiro Tanaka were injured.
One wonders who the Yankees blame for the team not developing any position players of note in several years, but it apparently is not Cashman. Or, if it is, they’re willing to overlook it.
Hunter Pence was thought to be on his way to retirement after a lackluster 2018 season with the Giants. As he entered his mid-30’s, Pence spent a considerable amount of time on the injured list, playing in 389 out of 648 possible regular season games with the Giants from 2015-18.
Pence, however, kept his career going, inking a minor league deal with the Rangers in February. He performed very well in spring training, earning a spot on the Opening Day roster. Pence hasn’t stopped hitting.
Entering Monday night’s game against the Mariners, Pence was batting .299/.358/.619 with eight home runs and 28 RBI in 109 plate appearances, mostly as a DH. Statcast agrees that Pence has been mashing the ball. He has an average exit velocity of 93.3 MPH this season, which would obliterate his marks in each of the previous four seasons since Statcast became a thing. His career average exit velocity is 89.8 MPH. He has “barreled” the ball 10.4 percent of the time, well above his 6.2 percent average.
What Pence did to a baseball in the seventh inning of Monday’s game, then, shouldn’t come as a surprise.
That’s No. 9 on the year for Pence. Statcast measured it at 449 feet and 108.3 MPH off the bat. Not only is Pence not retired, he may be a lucrative trade chip for the Rangers leading up to the trade deadline at the end of July.


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The Bridge to Naples
Hailing from Naples, Italy Alessandro Capuano has set out on a mission to bring the delicious flavors of his home to the streets of New York City. After coming to the states in search of opportunity and the American dream Capuano couldn’t help but notice there was something very important missing from the New York City foodscape. Amidst all the fine dining the city has to offer there were no options for quick, casual, authentic Italian fare. He knew right away he had to change this – and following a brief return to his hometown, he came back to NYC and hit the streets with Ponti Rossi, serving the scrumptious authentic flavors of Naples here on bustling streets of New York.
And he’s lived up to his namesake, Ponti Rossi translated from Italian literally means “red bridges” and is not only the name of his neighborhood back home, but is also what he sets out to do. Ponti Rossi is meant to be a bridge from New York to Naples connecting the cities, acting as New Yorks direct link – or bridge – to genuine Italian fare.
The menu, simple and authentic, reflects the flavors of his upbringing. From delicious fresh pastas made in partnership with Italy’s own Pastificio Garofalo (one of the most important producers of pasta in Italy), homemade paninis made and pressed to order, and satisfying pastries. Ponti Rossi offers Italian food fast that still tastes like it took all Sunday to make.
– Your friends at the New York Food Truck Association
Ring in the new year and a fresh start by celebrating your team with great food from New York’s best taco food trucks.
There are plenty of pizza food trucks offering classic and creative New York-style pizzas that’ll give you a delicious reason to say “I do!”
As we count down the final days of 2020, let’s raise a glass with mobile bars and toast to new beginnings in 2021.

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Organs of the General Settlement Fund
The organs of the General Settlement Fund are the Board of Trustees, the Secretary General and the Claims Committee. Furthermore, an Arbitration Panel for the examination of applications for in rem restitution of publicly-owned property has been established with the General Settlement Fund.
The Secretary General assists the Chairperson of the Board of Trustees and prepares the decisions of the Board of Trustees and the Committee of the National Fund in accordance with Sec. 6 (1) of the National Fund Law. THe Secretary General is appointed by the President of the National Council following consultation with the National Council's Presidial Conference. The Secretary General is also has the task of fostering relations between Austria and the victims of National Socialism who live abroad.

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County steps in to possibly help alleviate Asotin’s budget constraints
ASOTIN, WA —
The city of Asotin is trying to figure out ways to bring in more money by raising property taxes. Tuesday night the city held a town hall looking for input on the upcoming levy lid lift.
A few months ago, we broke the news that the City of Asotin Police are severely understaffed. The city asked the Asotin County Sheriff’s Office for assistance, and Tuesday night a county commissioner unexpectedly answered that call. He said it could help with the city’s budget, but it does come with a cost.
The City of Asotin is facing major budget problems, getting only around $178,000 a year in property taxes.
Asotin Pro Tem Jennifer Bly said, “That goes for the general fund and streets. It’s split between the two of them. That’s not a lot of money.”
If a change doesn’t come soon, services will see massive cut backs starting with a return to a volunteer fire department without the help of the Asotin County Fire District #1.
“If we don’t get a grant this year, we’re going to be in a world of hurt,” said Asotin Co. Fire Dist. #1 Chief Noel Hardin.
More funds would help restore outdated equipment.
“Next month ends our lifecycle. Everything we do from that point on with those bottles is going to be in-house, unless we get the income to fix that problem.”
But it would also mean a reduction in police services. The grant that pays for a school resource officer has already ended.
“We don’t know if we will need another SRO or not,” said Asotin Mayor Vicki Bonfield. “We are going to apply for that, but we don’t know if that will happen.”
That’s why County Commissioner Chris Seubert is offering an olive branch to help the city’s budget. “We came up with something we hope will maybe save you between $75,000 and $125,000 a year,” Seubert said. “The county would like to consider a contract for all encompassing services.”
That means a complete takeover of the Asotin Police Department by the county. Sheriff Hilderbrand does want to add two new deputies to patrol the city of Asotin.
“Think we can save a bunch of money, you’d have full services, we’d have to sit down and negotiate everything,” Seubert said.
Seubert said the county would be open to the idea of bringing on Asotin Police Chief Monte Renzelman as one of those deputies.
Police Chief Renzelman has no comment at this time about a county takeover.
This doesn’t mean a takeover will for sure happen, but the city and county will begin negotiating what that would look like. And while it would save the city between $75,000 and $125,000, Commissioner Seubert said it would likely end up costing the county between $225,000 and $240,000.


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So named because of its situation on the James River midway between Richmond and Lynchburg, the prodigious stone Midway Mill was built in 1787 for William H. Cabell, governor of Virginia from 1805 to 1808. According to tradition, the mill was constructed by Italian shipbuilders stranded in Virginia after the cancellation of a ship construction project. During the mid-19th century, the mill became a familiar landmark for travelers on the adjacent James River and Kanawha Canal. The canal traffic prompted the establishment of a small settlement here to serve the passengers and boatmen. Midway Mill remained in operation until ca. 1925. Although one of Virginia’s finest historic mills, at the time of its listing the deteriorating structure stood vacant and unmaintained for several decades. Dismantling of the Midway Mill began in early 1999, and it was delisted in 2001.
Many properties listed in the registers are private dwellings and are not open to the public, however many are visible from the public right-of-way. Please be respectful of owner privacy.
VLR: Virginia Landmarks Register
NPS: National Park Service
NRHP: National Register of Historic Places
NHL: National Historic Landmark