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As a husband and wife duo, is it difficult being in a band with your significant other?
Abigail: It is actually really joyful. We really enjoy each other's company... and I love his art. We do have to be aware of when art/business time is over and try to REALLY stop and just be together... which can be tricky since we could theoretically always be working and creating whenever we're both in the same room.
We have seen many husband and wife duos on the rise in present times from Hank and Cupcakes to Tennis and of course yourselves, you do think it is a new way of showing love and passion for couples?
Shaun: For us it has been a really wonderful and unbelievably fulfilling experience working together, and we couldn't imagine doing it any other way. As far as music couples in general goes, I suppose there are all sorts of strengths and challenges that come with the experience. We have two very dear friends who perform as a husband-wife duo, and both of them were married before to non-musicians. The wife of that duo has long told me that “musicians have two choices, they can marry a musician or get a divorce!”
When did you both decide to start the band?
Abigail: oo lala...on what became our first date! Shaun invited me to learn some of his tunes...which in retrospect sounds a lot like asking me to see his etchings...we sang together...kissed, and were engaged and fully in-da-band about three weeks later.
Is it just the two of your or do you have hired guns play with you on stage or in the studio?
Shaun: We started out exclusively as a duo, but as what we want to do grows more ambitious, we've begun to build a roster of fantastic musicians who play select shows with us. Many of our recent shows have featured a full blown 7 piece band featuring musicians from as far apart as Ohio, Indiana, NYC, and Maine (special shout out of thanks to Bart, Eric, Zach, JJ, Shawn, and Dan!). As we are a family band, one person we have been very excited to work with is Abigail's sister, Annie, who has sung with us at many of our recent shows on the East Coast.
Your music is vaudeville meets folk and is a ton of fun. How do you come up with the songs and ideas?
Shaun: Thanks for the kind words, Sal! As far as the lyrical content goes, a lot of the songs we wrote over the past year was as part of an experiment we were doing where every town we went to, we would try to learn a story from someone there and turn it into a song. That experiment eventually turned into our theater piece, Ain't That Good News. Musically and melodically, we find it's very difficult to set out with an idea of what the song should sound like, so writing the music tends to be very inspiration based. We write almost everything together, from the ground up, which is a very satisfying but emotional experience as we both care about it so much.
Is anything ever a concept?
Shaun: Yes, absolutely! A lot of the music we write, we also develop for theater, so we tend to have a couple of arching concepts going at any given time that feed into projects. The project we are working on now is this large scale opera.
You come from art backgrounds, have you ever thought about doing a musical featuring your music?
Shaun: Actually, about half of what we do is theater. We have written two musicals/theater pieces, The Magic Show: The Story of The Barefoot Angels, set in El Salvador, and Ain't That Good News, a cabaret/storytelling piece. We are currently working on our most ambitious piece yet, an opera called The Proof. About half of the songs on our new album (also called, The Proof) are in the opera. It's a large cast, multi-media experimental work and we are currently workshopping it for two weeks in Seattle with the very talented and awesome Satori Group.
You recently were in South Africa working with theater groups there. Tell us about your experience and what you did?
Abigail: We split our time in a few different ways...we worked with some youngsters in the townships there and also spent some incredible time creating with the brilliant young artists in the Market Theater Lab. The art that is happening in ZA is completely incredible right now.
Shaun: South Africa is a really crazy and beautiful place of the wildest contradictions and juxtapositions. It has people both living in unbelievable wealth and unbelievable poverty. The legacy of racial conflict is still so recent, we are only now seeing the first generations of kids who grew up not knowing apartheid and even then, the vast majority are living in the slums of the townships. Even so, we were met with unbelievable kindness, warmth and strength and a lot of the music was among the most inspiring and beautiful I've ever heard.
Did the country and its people inspire any new tunes?
Abigail -OH YEAH! We wrote a few tunes there actually and we continue to inspired by our friends and their stories there... we had a great moment when we were working on a tune sorta inspired by AIDS prevention and we asked our South African composer friend, Bongani Magatyana, how he handles the topic in a sensitive way with out being too didactic... he said “it's easy!” and sang his song, “Coooondomise Cooondomise abstain be faithful one round one condom every time!” ha! brilliant!
Aside from music and art, charity is an important subject and topic for you to lend your talents. Do you feel any type of voice you can give to a topic will raise awareness to cause?
Abigail: it's difficult for us to separate our art from our...um...activism. They are pretty entwined for me. I guess it's not so much about charity as much as we're really moved by a lot of different kinds of people, and are blessed enough to get to work with and enjoy collaboration with folks from a lot of different kinds of communities. Our music is a reflection of the people we love, the situations that piss us off, and our real desire to offer something loving/silly/revolutionary/sexy/sweet to the world. Also... and this is maybe harder to define... we really want EVERYONE invited to our party, you know? We like to say that our shows are for the freaks and weirdos, or the people who secretly feel like freaks and weirdos... we are all crazy, and we can all have a home with each other.
You have traveled around so much before settling in Brooklyn, have your travels inspired your work? Has Brooklyn inspired you?
Shaun: Yeah, we absolutely find inspiration everywhere. So much of our lives involve traveling, that inevitably the different places and homes we find ourselves in work themselves pretty deeply into our psyches. Brooklyn itself is incredibly inspiring, in all its glorious diversity of people pushed up against each other. Its also in the midst of such an artistic boom. Now that the artists have mostly been priced out of manhattan, its really the boroughs where things are happening, Brooklyn most of all.
BURNING QUESTION: What exactly is a Zombie Nationalist? Who is one?
Shaun: ha, excellent question. The Zombie Nationalists were our electro-rock group that we originally started performing as in Brooklyn. The name was born out of goofiness, and started as an all-zombie song band with one of my best friends in high school. I suppose if one had to get high minded about it, you could say its a commentary on the unthinking zombiefied state I associate with most nationalism. But really its just goofiness. The band started out as Zombie Nation but we were threatened with a lawsuit by the uber successful german techno band, Zombie Nation. Hence, Zombie Nationalists were born! When we finally had to retire the Zombie Nationalists moniker because it was too confusing for us to performing both as The Zombie Nationalists and also as Shaun & Abigail Bengson. The final straw was when we got an email after a show in Johannesburg, South Africa saying that there were a bunch of Johannesburg Zombie Nationalist fans who wanted to come to the show but couldn't find it, it turns out, because we were billed as Shaun & Abigail Bengson! Oy!


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Loving this retro Harley crew. Vintage graphics against classic black.
Retro shrunken fit enhances vintage style. Unisex small.
This piece is part of our Upcycled Collection. By shopping this collection you can be sure you are purchasing a completely unique item, supporting a small business, and saving perfectly good garments from ending up in a landfill.

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Enjoy one of these summer picks in the sun or the shade
Afterlife by Julia Alvarez
Dominican American writer Julia Alvarez is back with her first adult novel in almost 15 years. Retired English professor Antonia Vega has suddenly lost her husband. Now, one of her sisters is missing, and Mario – an undocumented Mexican man who lives in her neighborhood – needs her help getting his fiancée from Colorado to their town in Vermont. Once she arrives, there are more problems, and Antonia is pulled between a sense of duty to her family and her wish to help someone survive in an unfamiliar country. Passages from literature and poetry that loop through her mind help her make sense of her grief and the struggles of life in contemporary America.
– Allison Thiessen
Final Draft: The Collected Work of David Carr by David Carr (author) & Jill Rooney Carr (editor)
New York Times columnist David Carr, who died in 2015, was widely admired for his incisive writing on the changing media landscape, politics and much else, but he is perhaps best known for his harrowing 2008 memoir, “The Night of the Gun,” which detailed his years-long struggles with addiction. This collection, edited by his wife, Jill Rooney Carr, showcases writing from his beginnings with a Minneapolis alternative weekly through his editorship of Washington City Paper and other stops along the way to the Times. It also features a gracious foreword by Ta-Nehisi Coates, whom Carr mentored when Coates was a City Paper intern. This title is highly recommended for readers interested in contemporary culture and journalism.
– Bland Lawson
Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows by Tom DeLonge
Are you interested in delving into a book series? “Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows” (book one) by Tom DeLonge (of Blink 182 and Angels and Airwaves) and A.J. Hartley (Shakespearean and New York Times bestselling author) delivers a thrilling military science fiction novel that blends fact and fiction. This book centers around the idea that there are secret space programs, and the story is based on information from actual sources within the military and intelligence community. It draws from reported sightings of unidentified aerial phenomena. Moving back and forth in time, the novel spans many decades and is told through four main characters whose interesting stories interlock: Major Alan Young (a pilot), Jennifer Quinn (an heiress), Timika Mars (an investigative journalist and blogger) and Jerzy Stern (a survivor of the Holocaust and former prisoner of war). If you like secret mysteries, you will love this series.
– Lisa Gieskes
The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Grady Hendrix perfectly captures the oppressive South Carolina summer heat, southern suburbia and 90s nostalgia in this horrifyingly captivating novel. A group of housewives in Mount Pleasant gather monthly for a true crime-themed book club, and our protagonist, Patricia, wishes something more exciting would happen in their lives. But when James Harris, a charmingly handsome man, moves into the neighborhood, Patricia is attacked, children begin to go missing and even more bizarre events start to happen. Patricia knows James is not the charismatic man everyone makes him out to be, but how can she convince anyone to take her seriously? Slightly satirical and delightfully disturbing, this is not your typical vampire book. As Hendrix lets you know from the beginning, this one ends in blood.
– Morgan Ryan

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Small Schools newsletter - May 2015
Small schools are sometimes exposed to Recess, Closure, Amalgamation or Other Models of Education Provision. The Department of Education and Communities and principal organisations developed a set of protocols for such eventualities. Federation was later able to amend aspects of the protocols to allow some Federation oversight of the process and greater protections for members and communities.
The full process is available through the Portal on the Department’s website: search for the heading “Protocols for the closure, recess, amalgamation or other models of education provision of schools”.
Federation involvement is required, according to the protocols, at various stages throughout the process commencing at step 3 with the requirement for Federation to be contacted by the Director/Executive Director and be informed that recess, closure, amalgamation or provision of some other educational model is being considered.
Step 4 calls for a fact sheet to be prepared by the Executive Director that will be given to interested parties including Federation.
If local consultation is approved by the Deputy Secretary then a School Consultative Group is formed, consisting of parent, principal, DEC and local Federation Organiser.
Step 6 calls for the School Consultative Group, of which the Federation Organiser is a member, to organise meetings of staff and community to discuss matters including the role of school in community, future delivery models, future student and staff options, future options for school assets and resources. They are also called upon to use data to assess current conditions and assess the best educational provision for students in that school.
After the Director and principal have ascertained and guaranteed that the needs of transferring students will be met, communication is consistent and travel arrangements can be put in place, the Consultative Group is informed of proposed arrangements.
Step 8 is where the relocation of permanent staff is negotiated; it carries advice that support from the Work Health and Safety Directorate will be available. A condition assessment of nearby schools will be undertaken to ensure the needs of the incoming students can be met. Management of school finances must be considered at this point. Once again, the Consultative Group is informed of interim arrangements.
Step 9 is where it is stated that unless it is a one-teacher school or the Minister is satisfied that exceptional or emergency circumstances exist, recess, amalgamation or closure can only proceed if a majority of parents of students at the school decide to negotiate a recess, amalgamation or closure.
Unfortunately at step 10, if no parental consensus is reached, the Executive Director can seek approval to place the school in recess or closure and request the Minister announce a school closure and the establishment of a School Closure Review Committee.
Step 10 does, however, allow the Executive Director to maintain operations at the school. This allows, even at this late stage, for a school community to campaign for its preferred option for the school.
At step 11, the Director must develop – again in consultation with the school consultative group – a Recess, Closure, Amalgamation or other Educational Provision Model Implementation Plan to ensure necessary support and resources are available.
Considerations include student educational and welfare needs including new uniforms and transport, placement of permanent staff, counselling support, communication with stakeholders, assets management, timelines and P&C involvement.
It is clear, therefore, that Federation does have a role both directly, through the Organiser at steps 3, 4 and 5, as well as indirectly through their position on the School Consultative Group. Federation's role will be to ensure process is followed and that protocols are respected. It will also be Federation's role to provide advice and assistance to members involved in this process. Members and communities may, in some cases, also call on Federation for campaign assistance should they feel the outcome of any process will not be what the community sees as best for their school.


SYLACAUGA, Ala. – The future plans for the worksite which used to be home to the textile plant Avondale Mills, a former staple of the Sylacauga community, was unearthed Thursday afternoon, Jan. 19.
Ground was broken for the East Alabama Rural Innovation and Training Hub (EARTH) on the location where Avondale Mills once stood at 31 Central Ave.
EARTH is described as an “economic development solution that includes incubation and innovation of rural ideas while focusing on knowledge-based skills and education, technology, growth, and entrepreneurship across the lifespan.”
“The East Alabama Rural Innovation and Training Hub promises to incubate creative business ideas around rural concepts,” said Coosa Valley Medical Center CEO Glenn Sisk. “Think about the many rural benefits we have here in Sylacauga and Talladega County. From water and timber, and marble, there are business ideas that are yet to be developed that EARTH will be able to incubate, develop, and set on a path to success.”
The EARTH campus will be expansive, focusing on incubation and preparing East Alabama’s workforce for on-demand jobs in K-12 education, agriculture, hospitality training, healthcare, and IT.
The hope for EARTH is that it replaces and, one day, potentially supplants what used to sit at its location and be a driving force in Sylacauga, Avondale Mills.
“Fortunately, when I first took over 20 years ago in this office,” said U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, “we still had a pretty healthy textile presence throughout East Alabama. As many of you know, I grew up in a textile family. [Soon after I came into office], the textile industry was fighting for survival. It was not just here. It was all over the rural South.”
“As you know, that era is gone,” Rogers solemnly continued. “We have to embrace the future. This community is very innovative and very determined when they want to do something, particularly Margaret [Morton].”
As the Executive Director of the Sylacauga Alliance for Family Enhancement (SAFE), Margaret Morton has been giving back however she can to Sylacauga and East Alabama for decades. Morton will continue to do so through EARTH which will house SAFE staff offices.
EARTH will also include an interpretive center, public and private meeting spaces, classrooms for adults and children, incubation offices for local businesses, co-working space, flex spaces and cooking/catering kitchens with plans in the future for additions such as an early learning center, education quad with Talladega County Schools, IT hub, transportation hub, retail spaces, community garden, and an amphitheater.
In its prime, the Avondale Mills site employed over 3,000 people in Sylacauga.
Morton asked for the large number in attendance to raise their hands if they worked at Avondale Mills, knew someone who worked there, lived in the Mill Village, or “benefited from the vibrance of the economic impact” of the textile plant.
Almost everyone present raised a hand.
“Our celebration today is the beginning, and what begins today will benefit our region and our economic health and well-being for generations to come.” Morton added. “EARTH can and will be a model for rural Alabama and a model for the nation.”
EARTH’s mission is to provide East Alabama an efficient and effective workforce development system that is responsive to current needs of individuals and businesses while also looking forward to future economic development initiatives.


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Anne-Mari Pahkala (b. 1984) is an artist and a designer driven by a strong sense of values. Pahkala specializes in women’s wear designs grounding her work on classical tailoring. Pahkala finds inspiration for her work in the powers of nature as well as her holistic approach to humanity. In Pahkala’s view fashion is first and foremost a way of exploring and interpreting the surrounding reality. Her work balances between fashion and visual, representational costume design. Many performing artists, such as Saara Aalto and Jannika B, have chosen Pahkala as their designer, as well as political figures and private individuals.
Her work has been presented in numerous international art and design exhibitions in Europe and in China. Her unique and luxurious designs are seen annually at the Finnish Presidential Independence Day Reception. In 2016 Pahkala’s design for MP Sofia Vikman (kok.) was chosen as the “Queen of the Ball”. In the spring of 2017 Pahkala was responsible for the entire costume design of Saara Aalto’s “In My Wildest Dreams” show in Hartwall Arena. Eclectic details combined with powerful use of color and contrast are a defining factor in Pahkala’s work. She prefers to work with high quality natural materials but also with recycled materials produced with plastic waste gathered from the oceans.
Pahkala’s skills are an assembly of her studies in a historical atelier in Venice, Italy and her extensive experience in the field. After her long career in visual costume design in television productions she decided to concentrate mainly on her own art.


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If You Want To Live In A Small Town, Should You Leave Cheyenne? [POLL]
How do you feel about the Magic City of the Plains being turned back into a "boomtown" after 150 years? Seven living Cheyenne mayors shared the stage to look back and ahead toward our future during a recent “Meet the Mayors.” One mayor made a prediction no one else did-Denver is spilling over into Cheyenne.
Leo Pando, mayor from 1993 to 2000, said Cheyenne’s biggest future change might be in “absorbing its share of the I-25 overflow up from Denver."
While our town is known as, "The top of the Front Range," I’m not sure that being a big part of it is what we had in mind. We have some land between Cheyenne and Fort Collins that is still open. Just how fast do you think it will become populated too?
Many Cheyennizens want to keep our town a secret to keep it small. On social media, Cheyenne residents often say they don't want anyone else here. Small is just how most folks like it, and they want it to stay that way.
Is that realistic? Some would love an economic boost from growth, but many say they do not want outsiders moving here in droves. When will the incoming people outgrow the others, who is to say? Pando seems to think it will be soon.
If you don’t want to be here when Cheyenne continues to grow, should you move?
Watch the "Meet the Mayors" here.

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New in GeForce 314.22 Drivers
- Performance Boost – Increases performance for GeForce 400/500/600 series GPUs in several PC games vs. GeForce 314.07 WHQL-certified drivers. Results will vary depending on your GPU and system configuration. Here are a few examples:
- GeForce GTX 680:
- Up to 41% faster inBioShock Infinite
- Up to 60% faster inTomb Raider
- Up to 23% faster inSniper Elite V2
- Up to 13% faster inSleeping Dogs
- Up to 21% faster inSniper Elite V2
- Up to 14% faster inSleeping Dogs
- Up to 10% faster inStarCraft II
- Up to 15% faster inCivilization V
- NVIDIA SLI Technology – Adds or updates the following SLI profiles (since GeForce 314.14 drivers):
- Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army– Added DX11 SLI profile
- Dungeons and Dragons: Neverwinter– Added DX9 SLI profile
- BioShock Infinite– Added AO profile
- NVIDIA 3D Vision – Adds the following profiles (since GeForce 314.14 drivers):
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§ 17. Rear-Admiral ADAIR
asked the First Lord of the Admiralty whether any and, if so, how many torpedoes were fired from battleships at the battle of Jutland; whether the retention of torpedo tubes is considered necessary; and whether the space occupied by them would be better used if converted to wings and water-tight compartments?
§ Lieut.-Commander KENWORTHY
Are the Admiralty not satisfied that every opportunity for firing torpedoes with any chance of success was taken in the battle, and, if so, will the right hon. Gentleman ascertain what the number fired could have been?

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Today, our recap takes us from song 15-18 of the Playlist. We will finish up our recap tomorrow with songs 19-21
15. "Malibu '79 Long" by Cayucas
Santa Monica based band Cayucas just released Blue Summer - their fourth album. They call it their Smile Sessions. And on this fantastic track, you can practically smell the sunscreen and salt air.
16. "Wildebeest" by The Roogs
Next up, we have a track from the self-titled debut album by Los Angeles based The Roogs. Courtney Davis and Steve Gerdes represent one half of the seminal goth/tribal/industrial band Fourwaycross who were active from 1984 to 1991 and again from 2015-2018. I am digging this. And to Facebook on my phone, no am I not trying to search for The Roots.
17. "Astronomica" by of1000faces
Next up, we have the title track from the new album (the first in a trilogy) by Chicago based artist of1000faces - which is the project of Matt Walker - best known for his drum work with Morrissey, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, and Filter. Cool stuff.
18. "Butterfly" by KnightressM1
And we close out this penultimate section of the playlist with our second listen to this San Francisco based power rock trio - led by violinist, pianist, vocalist and composer Emily Palen - joined by drummer Rob Ahlers (Kristin Hersh, 50Footwave) and bassist Uriah Duffy (Whitesnake). Their new album Dreams and Devastation is out now.
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text: Join us for an evening of delicious Italian food, desserts and music! This Saturday, November 16th, doors open at 5:30 p.m. $15 per person, includes beverages. Children 7 and under eat free! Tickets can be purchased at the parish office and will be available at the door. Hope to see you there!

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While classes started Aug. 21, international students arrived for a two-day orientation Aug. 10, which was aimed to integrate more than 500 international students from more than 80 countries into the local, academic and national communities, according to the International Student Services Web site.
International orientation is one of more than 20 departments, programs and organizations to aid international students in daily life, according the International Student Services Web site.
The invisible monster rears its head to ravage you from the inside out, and you are completely unaware. And, what's that? You don't care? This monster has killed millions and it's only 25 years old.
That is, the first cases of AIDS, were documented in newspapers 25 years ago. This monster stems from the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, and it's invisible because no one seems to care anymore.
Enrollment in the Intensive English Program has increased 41.38 percent since 2004, which is about 30 percent more than national programs' enrollment increase, according to the 2006 TCU Fact Book.Kurk Gayle, the director of TCU's Intensive English Program, said, after gaining 13 more students this semester, enrollment in the Intensive English Program has reached a record number of 47 students -- the largest group of students Gayle said he has seen since he started working at TCU in February 1995.
The replacement student ID card price was raised from $10 to $20 as a deterrent to students losing cards and for security reasons, said a university director -- but whether this has caused a decline in the number of replaced ID cards remains to be seen.Emily Burgwyn, the director of student affairs and information services, said as of Nov. 17, there have been 1,312 cards replaced, which is about 290 fewer cards than last year. There have also been about 211 fewer cards found and re-encoded, she said.
The difference between being a leader and a manager is moral values, a Tarrant County judge told about 40 students at Wednesday's Leadership in the Lounge."If you're a good manager you do things right, if you're a good leader you do the right thing," said Sharen Wilson, a judge for the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. 1.
During the session, which took place in the Student Center lounge, Wilson said morality is important for a leader to be successful.
An amazing sense of curiosity, wit and vitality are what co-workers say characterize the TCU alumna who will host the new KERA 90.1 radio talk show "Think." Krys Boyd, who graduated in 1992 with a bachelor's degree in radio-TV-film and a minor in news-editorial journalism, begins hosting the show Nov. 6, said Steve Anderson, public relations manager for KERA.
"She really wants to know what the people she is interviewing have to say," said Anderson, who has worked with Boyd for five years.
Campus Crusade for Christ will be charged for the cost of cleaning up its chalk displays that advertised last week's AFTERdark ministry series, but the amount of the fine was not available Monday, TCU officials said. Most semesters, students see colorful displays of sidewalk-chalk advertisements for organizations and events happening on campus. According to the student handbook, chalking, putting flyers on trees or on sidewalks are all against university policy.
The ministry series AFTERdark, which will feature a dramatic interpretation of scripture and a performance by the band Green River Ordinance, will visit Ed Landreth Hall on Monday, said a student representative of the series.Cameron Sparks, the on-campus student representative, said when speaker Joe White, who performs the interpretation, came in the spring of 2003, Ed Landreth was filled to capacity with about 1,000 people.
The number of Saudi Arabian students who attend TCU has increased over the past year because of scholarships offered by the Saudi government to go to U.S. schools, said the director of the Intensive English Program.The scholarship program was instituted after an April 2005 meeting between King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia and President Bush, said Kurk Gayle, director of the Intensive English Program. Gayle said the scholarships cover all expenses, including housing, food and tuition.
He said the first group of Saudi students came in the fall 2005.
"Triple step, triple step, rock step" was one of the first swing dance moves that about 65 students learned in the Student Center Ballroom during a leadership course that occurs every Thursday night.Marcy Paul, director for the Women's Resource Center, said she hopes the leadership class, which is offered for the next two weeks, will teach students mutual respect and trust for each other through dance.
Paul said the idea came to her after watching "Mad Hot Ballroom," a documentary about elementary students in New York City who learn how to ballroom dance.


Patriots head coach Bill Belichick was asked about Tom Brady, his success and his opinion on the 199th draft pick earning his 200th career victory which ties him for #1 all time (P. Manning). Bill Belichick’s response epitomizes Bill Belichick:
Belichick on Brady: "He's won a lot. That's good."
— Jeff Howe (@jeffphowe) November 28, 2016
You can’t argue with that logic, that’s for sure.
“Deep thoughts with Bill Belichick” needs to be a television show and it needs to be a television show stat. You know deep down Belichick is proud as hell of Tom but he is just virtually impossible to crack. You have to admire that about him.
On the other hand, this is the exact face you make when you think about all the people who criticized you for not keeping Darrelle Revis


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Would you like to create a home that is beautiful, organized, and fun? Is it possible with our busy lifestyles? Follow the ten steps of Home with Fun and your answer will be an enthusiastic yes! Every home has a homemaker, someone who is responsible for managing the home. Bring a magical touch to your job by using the Home with Fun techniques, the same techniques used by resorts and theme parks. Learn shortcuts to having a clean kitchen. Discover how to have a neat home on a daily basis. Create a wonderful wardrobe for you and your family. Conquer paperwork for good! Along with practical instructions, Home with Fun also contains tips, anecdotes, and fun facts illustrating how resorts and theme parks bring excellence to life. This book empowers homemakers to design homes filled with that excellence. Am Home with Fun is fast! Homemakers see immediate results when putting the simple ideas to use. Am Home with Fun is easy! No advance preparations or costly supplies are needed with this program. Am Home with Fun is efficient! Have an organized home with little waste of time or energy. Am Home with Fun works!We are going to transform your home into a beautiful dwelling that reflects the uniqueness of your family. ... Some resorts have a nautical theme throughout using boating paraphernalia. ... Theme. Decorating. Using a athemea is an easy starting point in decorating a room. The ideas for theme decorating are endless and aanbsp;...
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Luxurious and comfortable period farmhouse set in beautiful Shropshire countryside. Recently refurbished en-suite rooms with TV, WiFi and refreshments.
At Grove Farm House, our family home in the heart of the Shropshire countryside, we aim to provide all our customers with the same comfort as their own home with the added luxury of those little extras which we think will make all the difference to your stay.
From soft Eqyptian cotton bed linen and towels, to indulgent toiletries and homemade biscuits, we hope that we have throught of all the important things that will make your stay just right. Breakfast is, of course, the most important meal of the day, and we hope that you will enjoy ours.
We are located just outside the small village of Condover, just six miles south of the historic market town of Shrewsbury and within striking distance of the South Shropshire Hills, the World Heritage site of Ironbridge and the gastronomic capital of the county, Ludlow.
We have four bedrooms, all with their own en-suite bathrooms. We offer twin bedded or double rooms. All our rooms have televisions with in-built DVD players, digital clock radio alarms, hairdryers and hospitality trays, with a variety of refreshments including home-made biscuits. WiFi Internet access is available.
Our en-suite bathrooms have either baths with power showers above, or large walk-in showers with rain showers.
For breakfast we offer a cold buffet of cereals, bread or toast homemade jams and marmalade, and fresh juice. And of course there is the full cooked breakfast. Our meat is all sourced from local producers and the eggs are from our own free-range chickens. Our breakfast buffet can cater for those on meat free, dairy free and/or gluten free diets. Afternoon tea is also available by arrangement and includes a variety of delicious homebaked cakes and biscuits.
Weekend House Parties
Why not take over the house for a weekend to celebrate a special occasion with friends or family? We can offer all our guest facilities for your sole use - all four guest bedrooms, afternoon tea in front of the log fire in the guest lounge when you arrive and your own private dinner party in our dining room. We’ll organise the catering, you bring the wine. Details can be adapted to suit your requirements.
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From A49 south Dorrington, turn right to Condover. Continue for 2 miles. Grove Farm House is on the left. From A49 Shrewsbury, follow signs to Condover, then bear right out of the village towards Dorrington. Continue for 1 mile. Grove Farm House is on the right.
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Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho – In the late hours of Sunday, March 19, 2023, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputy observed a suspicious person in a vehicle near the area of Highway 95 and Appleway Avenue in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho.
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Why did the Janoskians break up?
Grande and the The Janoskians star began dating in August 2012 but split in October 2013, with Brooks taking to Twitter to accuse the Disney alum of cheating on him with Nathan Sykes. “Yes I was cheated on.
How old are Janoskians?
Beau Peter Brooks, born 31 July 1993 (1993-07-31) [age 29], the eldest of the Brooks Brothers. Beau is commonly known as the front man for their music, with many professions including singing, modelling and acting. Luke Anthony Mark Brooks, born 3 May 1995 (1995-05-03) [age 27], elder twin to Jai Brooks.
What did Janoskians stand for?
The Janoskians stands for “Just Another Name Of Silly Kids In Another Nation” and consists of five guys who make hilarious YouTube videos. These pranksters hail from Melbourne, Australia, but their fame has brought them to Los Angeles.
Are the Janoskians brothers?
The Janoskians (Just another name of silly kids in another nation) are a YouTube comedy group from Melbourne, Australia. The group consists of elder brother Beau Brooks, twins Luke and Jai Brooks, and friends Daniel Sahyounie and James Yammouni.
What happened to James from Janoskians?
James Yammouni first left the group in June of 2016, citing the desire to spend more time with his family and focus on his DJ career. He is still releasing music and working with many collaborators, including Anfa Rose and Adam Saleh.
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How old is Jai Brooks?
27 years (May 3, 1995)Jai Brooks / Age
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How long were Ariana and Jai together?
Before there was an Ariana Grande and Big Sean, or an Ariana Grande and Nathan Sykes, there was an Ariana and YouTube star Jai Brooks. Their relationship came to an end in 2014 after dating on and off for two years amidst rumors that Jai hadn’t been there for her when her grandfather tragically passed away.
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Who did Ariana almost marry?
CELEBRITY power-couple Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson had a fast-paced but short-lived relationship in 2018. In a quick romance, the two got tattoos in recognition of their love, were engaged after a few weeks, and then broken up by October of that year.
Did Ariana love Mac Miller?
“I still love him” Ariana Grande Speaks On Mac Miller – YouTube
How old is Jackson Hastings?
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How old is Beau Brooks?
29 years (July 31, 1993)Beau Brooks / Age
Does Ariana have any kids?
Though her relationship with Davidson ended up not working out, HollywoodLife reports that the Grammy winner still wants to have a family. However, she isn’t looking to have a baby anytime soon. “Ariana is not in any rush to get pregnant and have kids with Dalton for at least a few years,” a source tells the outlet.
How long were Pete and Kim together?
roughly nine months
Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson have officially called it quits roughly nine months into their relationship.
Did Ariana go to Mac’s funeral?
Ariana Grande Not Attending Mac Miller’s Funeral? | Hollywoodlife
What did Ariana do when Mac Miller died?
After Miller’s death, Ariana shared a heartfelt Instagram post paying tribute to her “dearest friend.” “I adored you from the day I met you when I was nineteen and I always will,” she wrote. “I can’t believe you aren’t here anymore. I really can’t wrap my head around it.
Is Jackson Hastings Kevin Hastings son?
Personal life. Hastings is the son of Megan Harrod and former Sydney Roosters player Kevin Hastings.
How did Jai Brooks and Ariana meet?
He met Ariana Grande through Twitter in the summer of 2012. The two began long distance dating later that year until they finally met in person in New York City on December 30, 2012. They broke up in August 2013 and a couple of months later Jai accused Ariana of cheating on him with Nathan Sykes.
Why did Ariana Grande leave the voice?
Why Is Ariana Grande Not on The VoiceThe VoiceThe Voice is an international reality television singing competition franchise. It is based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, which was originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen.https://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Voice_(franchise)The Voice (franchise) – Wikipedia 2022? Ariana Grande joined The Voice in 2021 but is not returning for the new season as she is currently filming the upcoming musical movie, Wicked. The film, based on the Tony-winning Broadway musical, will star Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia Erivo as Elphaba.
What race is Ariana?
Grande is of Italian descent and has described herself as an Italian American with Sicilian and Abruzzese roots. She has an older half-brother, Frankie Grande, who is an entertainer and producer, and she has a close relationship with her maternal grandmother, Marjorie Grande.
How did Kim Meet Pete?
Kim’s first documented encounter with Pete is, in fact, thanks to Kanye West. The (then-married) couple goes out to dinner with both the comedian and Timothée Chalamet to celebrate Kid Cudi’s birthday. Kim later shares photos of their night on Twitter.
How long did Ariana date Pete?
Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson began dating in May 2018 shortly after splitting from longtime partners. They got engaged shortly after, but broke up less than five months later in October. Insider’s timeline lists every milestone in their relationship, as well as notable post-breakup moments.

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By Garrett Hanks
Extinction, as the saying goes, is forever. Reincarnation? Let’s just say the jury is still out.
But the case for rebirth grew significantly stronger over the summer when Colorado Parks and Wildlife confirmed the rediscovery of a native trout species long considered extinct. Thanks to a pair of DNA samples housed in the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, we now know that the genetically distinct San Juan cutthroat trout continues to endure in its native habitat, transcending all the odds.
In the lexicon of biological jargon, there are “splitters” and there are “lumpers,” terms first credited to Charles Darwin as they pertain to differentiating species. Where the lumpers take a broad gestalt view of taxonomy focused on signature similarities, splitters focus on precise definitions and classify things (fish, in this case) based on the traits that set them apart.
Chalk one up for the splitters here.
Historically, every major river basin flowing from Colorado’s interior once held its own sub-species of native cutthroat trout, with distinctive genetic markers for trout from each area. The Colorado River cutthroat, Rio Grande cutthroat and the South Platte’s Greenbacks have all been identified as alive and, for the most part, well. The Arkansas and San Juan basins were credited with unique lineages of their own — the yellowfin cutthroat that disappeared from the Arkansas headwaters in the early 1900s, and the San Juan cutthroat presumed to have suffered a similar fate.
But that grave assumption was laid to rest this year when biologists managed first to find and then unscramble the genetics of these sequestered fish by verifying their DNA against 144-year-old samples at the Smithsonian. The (re)discovery revealed a trout that’s closely related to the Colorado River cutthroat yet endemic to the San Juan basin.
In addition to their genetics, it’s the story of these resilient fish that makes them so distinct. Through the glacial carving of the San Juan Range, the geological epochs that formed our rivers and shaped our landscape, this fish evolved to match the landform. And it can be found nowhere else on earth.
At one point in time, the San Juan River had sufficiently cold water to harbor trout over the 380 miles to its confluence with the Colorado River, and San Juan cutthroat may once have occupied the entirety of the cold waterways in the San Juan basin — from the creeks above Silverton to the stretch known as the “quality water” in New Mexico and beyond. These days, the San Juan River’s coldwater habitat extends only a few miles below Navajo Reservoir.
Over the course of history, the fish migrated upstream from the Colorado River to the remote headwaters of the San Juan Mountains, persisting in isolated populations for centuries despite the threats of a warming climate, wildfires, development and the stocking of non-native trout.
Even there, populations faced extinction as recently as this summer, when the raging 416 Fire ravaged the landscape surrounding their Hermosa Creek bastion and sent a CPW crew racing up the hillside to rescue some 58 San Juan cutthroats from fire and ash. State biologists are now holding them in hatchery quarantine tanks for breeding and eventual reintroduction to their native range.
While we will never know the full extent of the fish’s mysterious past, we are now responsible for its future.
As news spreads and plans are laid, Trout Unlimited stands to play a pivotal role in the story of these fish. We are excited for the chance to participate in the management of the species and the habitats in which they reside. Native trout are why we fight for protections like the Hermosa Wilderness, why we dedicate years to restoration projects, and why we strive to be leaders in public land management. This discovery is where Trout Unlimited’s mantra of “Protect, Reconnect, Restore and Sustain” happens on the ground.
We look forward to working with all partners – state and federal game and fish agencies, land managers, local tribes, municipalities, and other stakeholders — to realize a robust population of San Juan cutthroat trout across their native range.
This fish represents the landscape in which it was born. The rugged peaks and hidden folds of its remaining strongholds provided the protection to hold on against all odds. We celebrate the San Juan Mountains for their ruggedness and their propensity to preserve the treasures of the natural world. Where the last grizzly bear population in Colorado came to an end, we have an opportunity to preserve the legacy trout of the same landscape. Through collaboration, land management, and an engaged public, we can one day soon experience the magic of a native trout swimming the waters of its native range.
The San Juan cutthroat trout, the same fish seen by the Ute people who first called the region home, are now our fish too. A local treasure, they offer our fish-friendly community a renewed sense of pride. And they will need all of our help.
Garrett Hanks is the Southwest Public Lands Coordinator for Trout Unlimited. He lives in Durango.


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More tools to keep your Linux box and cloud servers secure this week, OpenPOWER responds to Risc-V competition, and we ponder the year-long open-source supply chain attacks.
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We've got the new Raspberry Pi 4 and share our thoughts, why Microsoft applied to join the linux-distros mailing list, and Ubuntu's 32-bit future is clarified.
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Elders in the community show us how to properly build services, Huawei is reportedly working on a Sailfish OS fork and Apple joins the Cloud Native club.
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Mozilla's master strategy becomes clear, CockroachDB surrenders to the software as a service reality, while Microsoft and Oracle link up.
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We take a look back at our 2018 Linux predictions, and make some bold new ones for the year ahead.
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It’s been a huge year for Linux and FOSS news, and we take a look at some of the major stories that shaped the industry over the last 12 months.
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Overview of both biological and physiological theories of criminal behavior.© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 10, 2019, 6:30 am ad1c9bdddf
Below is a brief explanation of how biological and physiological theories explain criminal behavior.
Theories based on biological explanations suggest that crime is passed down through genetics like any other inherited trait. In that sense, some criminals might be viewed as being born with a propensity to commit crime. Such individuals likely have other family members also involved in crime so that different ...
This library solution of 275 words provides a brief overview of how biological and physiological theories explain criminal behavior and why it occurs.

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Purely electronic circuit elements soon replaced their mechanical and electromechanical equivalents, at the same time that digital calculation replaced analog. The engineer Tommy Flowers , working at the Post Office Research Station in London in the 1930s, began to explore the possible use of electronics for the telephone exchange . Experimental equipment that he built in 1934 went into operation five years later, converting a portion of the telephone exchange network into an electronic data processing system, using thousands of vacuum tubes .  In the US, John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford E. Berry of Iowa State University developed and tested the Atanasoff–Berry Computer (ABC) in 1942,  the first "automatic electronic digital computer".  This design was also all-electronic and used about 300 vacuum tubes, with capacitors fixed in a mechanically rotating drum for memory.


Jennifer Brea’s reaction to The Independent’s excellent piece on ME/CFS shows what it’s like fighting in the trenches for ME awareness
As tweeted by Jennifer Brea (with some small formatting tweaks by me):
Nathalie Wright’s withering Independent piece lays bare the gaps in how ME/CFS is viewed on either side of the pond and the vested interests that have contributed to the disability and death of millions.
It is one of if not the first high-profile pieces to tackle the institutional incentives and various forms of motivated reasoning underlying the “biopsychosocial” model.
ME/CFS is an extremely debilitating condition as well as an incredibly common one. It is also usually lifelong (hitting early, but rarely lethal), leaving many unable to work for decades. Acknowledging our existence would be unbelievably expensive.
I’ve heard many patients argue that these facts are at the heart of why this condition and the people living with it have been so mistreated. But observing a set of facts isn’t the same thing as proving intent.
The ignorance may not be willful, merely convenient.
My most generous interpretation: everyone is the good guy in their own story and the motivation to remain the good guy can bend and distort all logic, data, reason and even empathy under its need. Less generous: it is *both* willful and highly convenient.
First, there is the argument that disability benefits can make patients worse by fostering a “culture of dependency.” Under a veneer of science, denying disabled people with ME the benefits that could prevent poverty, homelessness, death is not only cheap, it’s doctor-recommended.
Then, there is this actual acknowledgement from a private insurer that ME/CFS could cause them to “lose millions” and that it should be treated as “neurosis with a new banner.”
Then there is the shoddy science (and that is, again, the most generous possible frame) propping all of it up:
What, then, is the response to scientific critique? It’s to take these welfare-seeking patients and cast them as unhinged militants: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2011/aug/21/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis
It’s been an astonishingly effective narrative in the UK for the last twenty years and the media — until today — has bought it hook, line, sinker.
I’ve been fighting hard to change culture, end stigma, open hearts, help us empower each other and find strength, community and pride in one another.
It’s astonishing to take a step back, to look at the arc of the last 30 years and realize the stigma wasn’t just this amorphous, unfortunate, miasma. It was and has always been a weapon:
One used to dismiss scientific criticism and discredit what patients have been saying about their lives, bodies, experiences for decades. Gaslighting on an epic scale.
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This is a trendy quick service restaurant where you can lounge in the modern style dining area, while getting a quick, yet clean and very flavorful meal or meal alternative.
We will offer numerous options catering to vegans, pale diet and especially the gluten-free diet.
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Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell hosted a benefit for the Los Angeles-based Jenesse Center with Kym Whitley, Vanessa Bell Calloway and Viola Davis in attendance. See the purple carpet photos inside....
Actress Jurnee Smollett-Bell, who's doing quite well at the box office in"Tyler Perry's Temptation" hosted the 2013 Silver Rose Gala and Auction for the Jenesse Center over the weekend, benefiting the organization's domestic violence intervention and prevention program. And she kept it conservative in a dark floral dress and black pumps.
The event was held at the historic Vibiana in downtown LA with Avis Frazier-Thomas, the Jenesse Board President, applauding Journee saying, "She is a young woman who has embraced Jenesse’s cause and is a great example to our youth on the importance of education and community advocacy."
Backstage, Journee tweeted a pic with soul singer Ledisi. "Loved seeing my girl @ledisi tonight. She blessed us w/ her beautiful gifts @ the fundraiser I hosted for #JenesseCenter #SilverRoseGala #greygoose"
Tony-award winning actress Viola Davis, who's currently filming Prisoners with Hugh Jackman, looked stunning as she rocked her natural hair and a sexy black lace dress on the purple carpet.
She was joined by her husband, actor Julius Tennon. Mommy Viola loves a sexy lace dress.
Actress Vanessa Bell Calloway, who stars on the Showtime series "Shameless", turned a few heads in her body hugging purple dress. Age aint nothin' but a number for her....
Meanwhile, busty actress/comedienne Kym Whitley, who stars in the new OWN series "Raising Whitley", looked great in a two-toned purple dress.
Fab ladies for a fab cause!
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NEW ORLEANS, LA. (WVUE) - The release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report on the Russia investigation prompts reaction from members of Louisiana’s congressional delegation and pundits.
"There was no evidence of the Trump campaign collusion with the Russian government’s hacking,” said U.S. Attorney General William Barr at a press conference shortly before he released the report that has numerous words redacted.
But the 400-page report does not clear President Trump of obstruction of justice, and it lays out episodes in which Trump directed others to influence or curtail Mueller’s probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign.
"The real key is that the special counsel specifically went out of his way to say that he could not exonerate the president on the obstruction of justice charge because he could not identify the president’s intent. I think that’s really going to be the issue. I think the Democrats are going to drill down on that,” said Robert Collins, PhD., a Dillard University political analyst.
Trump tweeted, “Game Over” for his accusers, but Collins, who worked in the U.S. Senate, does not believe that is the case. He noted that Democrats control the House’s investigative committees.
"It's definitely not game over because the Democrats have a majority in the House right now,” Collins stated.
Democratic New Orleans Congressman Cedric Richmond criticized the attorney general in a statement released to FOX 8.
“The press conference and the Attorney General’s statements on behalf of President Trump were alarming. The actual report and facts included within are downright an abuse of power at best and criminal at worst. As I continue to read and study the report and other information, I’ll better be able to determine which is the case.”
GOP House Minority Whip Steve Scalise of Louisiana says now that the report is out, it is clear there was no collusion with Russia and there was no obstruction of justice. And Scalise again called on high-profile Democrats to apologize to the nation for suggestions that Trump engaged in collusion.
"Instead of apologizing, now they’re going to go and try to get the president’s tax returns and keep harassing the president personally and, by the way, they keep harassing his family,” Scalise told FOX 8 News.
Senator Bill Cassidy, R-La., said he was reading the entire voluminous report.
"Looking forward to reviewing the Mueller report in detail. It’s important this report is public so Americans can review the facts for themselves,” Cassidy said.
Tulane University law professor Keith Werhan worked for the Justice Department in Washington and said blacked out words in such documents are meant to protect certain individuals who assisted with the probe.
"As a former Justice Department lawyer, I would say that you want to be very careful that you don’t publicly disclose what are described as sources and methods of intelligence, and that usually means disclosures that will compromise the identity of agents who will be put in danger if that information is disclosed or will dry up channels of intelligence,” said Werhan.
He added that courts can waive the secrecy around grand jury testimony.
"An interested party could go to a court and basically ask the court to allow the disclosure to go forward, and that has happened in prior reports of this nature,” Werhan said.
Scalise said he favors a probe into the origins of the investigation.
"I would hope that the Justice Department roots out the bad apples that are over at the FBI. We’ve seen from abuses of the FISA court process,” he said.
But Collins doubts Scalise will see Democrats apologize.
"Steve Scalise, he’s a member of House leadership for the Republican Party, and so because of his job he has to take a highly partisan position and he has to defend the president, so I think he’s simply doing his job. But no, I don’t think the Democrats owe anyone an apology. They’re simply doing their job, as well,” Collins stated.


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Announcing phony news on April Fools’ Day is one of corporate America’s favorite occasions for shameless publicity stunts. But when stonks, Dogecoin and $69 million JPG files are real things that warrant serious business coverage, the risk of jokes being taken seriously could hardly be higher. Some say that’s a good reason to skip them, not to mention the gravity that a pandemic has cast over things.
With that in mind, can you spot the prank among these recent announcements? (Scroll to the bottom for the answer.)
A: To celebrate National Burrito Day today, Chipotle is giving away $100,000 worth of Bitcoin.
B: Volkwagen’s U.S. operation is changing its name to “Voltswagen” to emphasize the company’s push into electric vehicles.
C: Robinhood is nixing a confetti animation when app users make a stock trade to reduce “distraction.”
D: Krispy Kreme is giving anyone who shows proof of Covid-19 vaccination one free doughnut per day for the rest of the year.
E: Managers at Goldman Sachs are giving junior bankers gift baskets with fruit and snacks in response to complaints about burnout.
HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING
Business groups challenge President Biden’s proposed corporate tax increases. The Business Roundtable and U.S. Chamber of Commerce were among those that praised Mr. Biden’s plan to spend trillions on infrastructure. But they rejected his idea to pay for it by raising taxes, saying that doing so would endanger the economic recovery.
The latest setbacks in quelling the pandemic. Johnson & Johnson said it would delay future shipments of its vaccine after a mix-up at a manufacturing plant. A top E.U. official said the bloc would allow “zero” shipments of AstraZeneca’s vaccine to Britain until the drugmaker fulfilled its commitments to Brussels. And France announced a third nationwide lockdown as its cases mount and inoculation efforts lag.
A tough day for initial public offerings. As Deliveroo had “the worst I.P.O. in London’s history,” other offerings also struggled. In the U.S., the SoftBank-backed real estate brokerage Compass priced at the bottom of a reduced range, while the low-cost airline Frontier sold at the low end of expectations. And in Canada, the space tech company MDA priced below its range.
Microsoft wins a huge contract to make augmented-reality headsets for the U.S. Army. The tech giant will receive up to $22 billion for equipping soldiers with sensors based on its HoloLens technology. It’s another big defense contract for Microsoft, which beat out Amazon to provide a $10 billion cloud computing system for the Pentagon.
Executives get a ‘sense of urgency’ in Georgia
A day after 72 Black executives signed a letter calling on companies to fight restrictive voting bills more forcefully, executives have begun speaking out more directly about laws that limit ballot access. But their statements came too late to affect a sweeping law passed last week in Georgia that added new requirements for absentee voting, limits on drop boxes and other restrictions that have an outsize impact on Black voters.
Today in Business
Delta and Coca-Cola reversed course. Ed Bastian, Delta’s C.E.O., told employees, “I need to make it crystal clear that the final bill is unacceptable and does not match Delta’s values.” James Quincey, Coca-Cola’s C.E.O., said he wanted to be “crystal clear” that “the Coca-Cola Company does not support this legislation, as it makes it harder for people to vote, not easier.”
The statements by the Atlanta-based companies angered local politicians, including Gov. Brian Kemp. In the past, corporate stands on controversial issues have led to political retribution: In 2018, Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle stripped a tax break proposal from a bill that would benefit Delta after the airline ended a promotional discount for N.R.A. members. The State House passed a similar measure yesterday, but the Senate didn’t take it up before the chambers adjourned for the year.
Retaliation also goes the other way: In an interview with ESPN, President Biden said he would “strongly support” moving Major League Baseball’s All-Star Game from Atlanta, scheduled for July.
“It is regrettable that the sense of urgency came after the legislation was passed and signed into law,” said Darren Walker, the Ford Foundation president, who is a board member at Pepsi, Ralph Lauren and Square.
Others companies based in Georgia remained circumspect. A UPS spokesperson said the company stood “ready to continue to help in ensuring every Georgia voter has the ability to vote.” A spokesperson for Home Depot reiterated the company’s stance that it believes “all elections should be accessible, fair and secure.” A spokesperson for Inspire Brands, the owner of Dunkin’ Donuts and Arby’s, said that it “values inclusivity” and believes that “every American should have equal access to their right to vote.”
“The argument is they are recruited, they’re used up and then they’re cast aside without even a college degree. So they say, how can this be defended in the name of amateurism?”
— Justice Samuel Alito, assessing the “stark picture” painted by college athletes in an antitrust case against the N.C.A.A. that the Supreme Court heard yesterday.
The Red Sox sold a stake to private equity. Now what?
RedBird Capital Partners confirmed its deal to buy a stake in Red Sox parent Fenway Sports Group, a transaction that values the company at $7.35 billion. DealBook spoke with RedBird’s founder, Gerry Cardinale, and Fenway’s chair, Tom Werner, about what happens next.
Buy and build. RedBird plans to acquire more teams: Mr. Cardinale noted that his company doesn’t own teams in the N.B.A., N.H.L. or M.L.S. For its part, Fenway plans to tap new opportunities in ticketing, sponsorship and media. (As part of the RedBird deal, the N.B.A. star LeBron James bought a stake in Fenway.) In media, Fenway controls NESN, and RedBird owns a stake in the YES network. “You should expect that we’re going to continue to look for ways to innovate in that area,” said Mr. Cardinale, who helped create the YES network.
Deepening ties with online gambling is also on the table. “We do have an excellent relationship with DraftKings,” Mr. Werner said, “and we’ve already had some conversations with them about partnerships.”
The deal was a better fit for the private market instead of a SPAC, the executives said, after talks to take Fenway public via a blank-check firm fell through. “In the middle of Covid, with the mandate to re-underwrite the next wave of growth for Fenway Sports Group, we probably would be better off doing that privately and then give ourselves the option down the road,” Mr. Cardinale said of going public. He also called the current SPAC market “very frothy.”
What worked at WeWork
WeWork was founded in 2008, rose spectacularly, reached a $47 billion valuation and famously crashed before a planned I.P.O. in 2019. (It announced a deal last week to go public by merging with a blank-check firm that valued it at roughly $8 billion.) A new documentary, “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” tries to find lessons among the ups and downs. It streams on Hulu, starting tomorrow.
Jed Rothstein, the director, told DealBook that he believes what’s most compelling about WeWork isn’t what went wrong, but how it initially succeeded by turning strangers into a kind of tribe. “We still need that,” he said.
“The core idea of WeWork met a real need for community,” Mr. Rothstein said. “The voids people were trying to fill have only become more real.” After a year of social distancing, he likes the notion of curated communal spaces, which is what WeWork offered. Talking to early WeWorkers who bought the vision and later felt betrayed, he was surprised to find how much the company gave its devotees, notably a feeling that they were part of something bigger. That is worth acknowledging in a world where people will increasingly work remotely and for many different companies in their careers, Mr. Rothstein said.
WeWork’s co-founders, Adam Neumann and Miguel McKelvey, both had communal childhood experiences. Mr. Rothstein said he thought they sincerely wanted to replicate the good in group life and inspired people who hadn’t seen that before. But Mr. Neumann also focused on what he didn’t like — sharing equally — and emphasized an “eat what you kill” mentality. Ultimately, his hunger turned the community dream into a nightmare for many.
After the director talked to people who followed the initial vision, his perspective changed. “People in the film experienced real growth and fulfillment mixed with their anger,” he said. “I realized the story is much more nuanced.”
THE SPEED READ
The media conglomerate Endeavor filed to go public for a second time, while raising $1.8 billion to buy full control of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. It also added Elon Musk to its board. (WSJ, CNBC)
Vice Media is reportedly in talks to go public by merging with a SPAC. And the S.E.C. issued two notices for companies looking to go public via SPAC. (The Information, S.E.C.)
Junior bankers aren’t the only ones feeling burned out. Young lawyers are, too. (Business Insider)
Politics and policy
New York became the 15th state to legalize recreational marijuana. (NYT)
Efforts by aides to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to hide New York State’s Covid-19 death toll coincided with his efforts to win a multimillion-dollar book deal. (NYT)
An accidental disclosure by the I.R.S. revealed a $1 billion tax dispute with Bristol Myers Squibb. (NYT)
Best of the rest
The ad agency Deutsch is doubling referral bonuses for Black job candidates. (Insider)
Amazon wants its employees mostly back in its offices, while the Carlyle Group and IBM favor hybrid working models. (Insider, Bloomberg)
Paul Simon is the latest musician to sell his entire back catalog: Sony Music Publishing will buy the collection, including classics like “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” for an undisclosed amount. (NYT)
Feeling burned-out? As more workers consider a return to the office, our colleague Sarah Lyall is writing about late-pandemic anxiety and exhaustion. Tell her about how you’re coping.
April Fools’ Day quiz answer: B. If you were fooled by Volkswagen’s prank, you’re in good company. Volkswagen reportedly told journalists that a draft of the announcement was not a stunt. It later called the stunt just “a bit of fun.”


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This Settlers of Catan setup is perfect for a Super Bowl party. The big game is almost here, so why not spice things up a bit and enjoy the game with your other favorite game?
I wouldn’t try to play using these game boards though.
As far as I’m concerned, this side of a few breakfast items, the only thing at McDonald’s that isn’t gross and crappy tasting are the fries. I’d go so far as to say that McDonald’s has the best fries anywhere.
Fans of hot wings, Hooters, and video games have a new place to check out in Japan starting December 18. The location is a tie up between Namco and Hooters called Gaming Bar Side-B. It’s an interactive sports bar decorated to look like New York.
Japan has some very weird fascinations and products. A perfect example are these new potato chips. You aren’t really buying these bags of snacks for the chips themselves; you are buying these for the trading cards inside.
Take your nachos with you wherever you go with this edible hat. Just fill it up with salsa and wear it. If you get hungry, just start breaking pieces off and start eating.
Maybe you should just wear it at home, because I just had a scary thought.
I like cake as much as the next guy, and birthday cake is especially good. The thing is while I like dessert, I’d certainly rather have a good steak. This is where Japan got creative and has a new thing dubbed “meat cakes.”
One of the highlights of eating Chinese food is the fortune cookie at the end. The fortunes usually say stupid things and give you some lotto numbers or pronunciation for Chinese words on the back. In Japan, they do fortune cookies differently.
I’m not sure how exactly I have missed the black Whopper that Burger King is selling during Halloween so far. It’s probably because I am a Whataburger man and leave lesser burgers for the plebs. The black Whopper gets its black bun color in part from the A1 steak sauce flavor in the bun.
I like waffles, video games, and computers so this is a trifecta for me. Nexon is a company that makes video games and it has a computer museum in South Korea. At that museum is a café that serves up some very cool treats for visitors to snack on.
The closest I could come to spreadable bacon until today was a can of bacon-flavored squeeze cheese. That stuff is hard to find, so I usually have to fry up some real bacon if I have a hankering for salty, tasty pork.
Last time we spotted the elusive Sasquatch, he was hiding out on Etsy. Now, it seems that the creature has gone through some sort of shrinker ray and made his way into a bundt cake. Or maybe it’s a really big cake and he didn’t shrink at all.
KFC is slowly trying to replace all the snack foods we know and love with KFC-ified versions of those treats. We have seen the restaurant replace the bun with a pair of chicken breasts. More recently, a chicken breast became the bun for a hotdog with the Double Down Dog.
Burger King Japan is at it once more, with yet another strange burger variant we’re unlikely to ever see here in the States. The Aka Samurai Burger features a bright red bun, and a spicy flavor to go with it.
Because logic and food are not mutually exclusive. Designed by Thomas Both, this platter’s two-set shape is as natural for veggies and dip as it is for elementary math.
Somewhere out there someone is flipping out that the dip isn’t actually an intersection of the food sets.
I LOVE pizza. If I had to pick one food to eat for the rest of my life, it wouldn’t be cherry Pez, it would be pizza. Right now, I think the best pizza I have ever eaten comes from a local joint, and it is packed with everything.


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- What is Silicon?
- Forms of Silicon
- Affects on Plants
What is Silicon?
Silicon is considered a non-essential plant nutrient which means this element is neither a macronutrient or micronutrient for cannabis. Even though silicon is non-essential, it is still a very beneficial nutrient for cannabis plants for vigor and growth. Silicon should not be confused with Silicone which is a synthetic polymer made up of silicon, oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, and other elements. More importantly, there are different types of usable silicon a plant can utilize and some are more bioavailable than others which can affect the plant differently. The two different forms of silicon are silicic acid and silicate.
Forms of Silicon
Product suppliers and cannabis growers may use the term silica to describe silicon products, this is because the term silica refers to compounds of silicon plus oxygen. There are two types of silicon products that are commonly applied to the grow medium by cannabis growers and they are silicic acids and silicates.
- Silicic Acids: compounds containing silicon (Si), oxygen (O), and hydrogen (H) including monosilicic acid Si(OH)₄ or orthosilicic acid.
- Silicates: compounds containing oxygen and silicon as well as other elements such as potassium (K) and Calcium (Ca). This includes calcium silicate and potassium silicate compounds. Products containing compounds of silicates are usually considered silica products.
Silicon is taken up by plants as silicic acid via aquaporin channels. Most growers recommend monosilicic acid for the best silicon related results as this form of silicon is the most bioavailable for plants when compared to silicates.
Affects on Plants
Silicon provides a number of benefits to cannabis plants. Some of the benefits include increased resistance to pests and pathogens, increased growth, and increased stress tolerance. Silicon helps increase the resistance to abiotic stresses such as salt stress, drought, and heavy metal exposure. An increase in resistance to pests and pathogens occurs in part through silicon’s ability to fortify the cell wall of plants which prevents fungal hyphae penetration. Not only that, but silicon also increases a plant’s defense responses similar to a systemic acquired resistance (SAR) through an increase in chemical signaling in plants.

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When Legends was published, in 1998, it seemed not only welcome, but necessary. The empire of literature, it goes without saying, has for at least a century been too broad for any one reader to know it all first-hand in one lifetime. Even in a single field, a single subgenre, it can be hard for a reader to really have a firm grasp of the state of the art (let alone the canon of classics). We all hear names, from time to time, of this writer or that, and make a mental note to catch-up… but how often do most of us follow through? It’s a perennial problem… but it may never have been a more pressing problem than in the epic fantasy genre of the late 1990s.
Ursula Le Guin’s two most famous and acclaimed science fiction novels – 1969’s The Left Hand of Darkness and 1974’s The Dispossessed have a great deal in common. Both are intellectual novels, more interested in characters dispensing sociology lectures than in character exchanging gunfire; both are novels where, in the final equation, very little actually happens. Both are primarily concerned with comparing and contrasting two very different sociopolitical power structures, locked in a Cold War – given the time in which the novels were written, we can cut to the chase and just admit, both novels are fundamentally examinations of the USA vs. the USSR. On a purely superficial level, both novels are set on distant planets occupied by a species who are almost, but not quite, human, with both Terrans (us!) and ‘Hainish’ mentioned in the background. Both novels follow a single traveller as he attempts to understand the world around him.
And yet there are also important differences: most importantly of all, where The Left Hand of Darkness seems to tiptoe delicately, frostily, across an icy surface, everything at a distance, everything filtered and contained, The Dispossessed is the literary equivalent of taking an axe to a target and hacking, first from the left, and then from the right, again and again until the blade hits the quick.
I’ve been running this blog for – as of a few days ago – seven years now. Long time. Fair few books reviewed over that time (though nowhere near as many as I’d have liked). So, with the seven year mark gone by, and the weather being wet and cold and dreary, I thought it might be nice to draw up an updated countdown of the best books that I’ve reviewed over that time.
There is, however, a slight complication. In recent years, a lot of my reading has been two big re-read projects of the works of two of my favourite authors – Robin Hobb and Terry Pratchett. This means that any brief list would be overrun by their works – in particular, I’ve reviewed around 35 of Pratchett’s Discworld novels, and a lot of them are very, very good. A list of Discworld novels with a couple of other things thrown in just doesn’t seem that useful.
So, a compromise: this is a list of the ten best books I’ve read in the last 6-7 years, but with only one book per author. Just for fun, I’ve also thrown in the opening paragraph or two of each novel.
So, here we go….


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I love a good simple cookie sometimes. Chocolate chip is just that perfect cookie. There isn't too much chocolate, just the right amount of vanilla cookie and, when fresh out of the oven, speak to my inner child. Over the years I have toyed with a variety of cookie recipes. Through a process of trial and error I have mished and mashed several recipes together to get the best dough and my favorite cookie.
Chocolate Chip Cookies
1/2 cup of butter softened
1/2 cup of vegetable shortening (although I usually make them with all butter. Half shortening tends to make them a bit more chewy)
3/4 c. sugar
3/4 c. brown sugar packed
2 T. milk (trust me on this)
1 t. vanilla extract (if using artificial vanilla use 2 t.)
1/2 t. salt
1 t. baking soda
1/2 t. baking powder
2-1/4 c. flour (although this varies anywhere from 2 cups to 2-1/2 cups depending on humidity)
1-1/2 c. mini chocolate chips (although you can use any, I like the way that mini chips spread through out the dough)
Using a mixer add all the ingredients in order, mixing well before adding the next. You can add 1/2 - 1 cup of chopped pecans, although I seem to be the only one in the house that likes nuts in my cookies, so I rarely get to have them.) When the dough is thoroughly mixed, using a spoon. Eat it. OK, don't. OK, do. OK, technically you aren't supposed to eat cookie dough that has raw eggs in it, but in all my forty-something years of eating cookie dough I have never had a bad reaction. And cookie dough is just so yummy. But if you insist on baking cookies (which you really should because if you ate that much cookie dough you will get a tummy ache and it won't be because of raw eggs) heat your oven to 350°F and bake them on a baking stone for 12-14 minutes. If you don't have a baking stone, then I recommend using parchment paper on a metal sheet. It won't be as good as on a stone, but it will make clean up easier and you don't have to worry about your cookies sticking to your pan. After they have baked eat them as fast as you can. Have a glass of ice cold milk with them or a cup of tea. It's best that way.


"Idealistic people do idealistic things." That's how the Nova Chamber Music Series is described by Barbara Scowcroft, artistic director.
From its outset, Nova has provided a forum for professional musicians in the Salt Lake community to perform chamber works before an audience that has learned to expect the unexpected.This week the series finishes its 20th anniversary season with a grand finale that exemplifies a spirit of collaboration among resident artists, and which has characterized Nova from its genesis. The concert will be Tuesday, May 19, at 8 p.m. in All Saints Episcopal Church and will feature "The Soldier's Tale" by Stravinsky along with the premiere of a new work, "Chrysanthemum," by Salt Lake composer John Costa.
The Nova Series premiered in 1978 under the direction of Russell Harlow, who is currently acting principal clarinet with the Utah Symphony. When he took sabbatical leave from the symphony in 1984, he turned the series over to Scowcroft, acting assistant concertmaster of the Utah Symphony.
During its 20-year history, the Nova Series has developed into a mainstay of the Salt Lake musical scene with a devoted core of followers who have become addicted to hearing cutting-edge chamber music at a modest price.
The work of running the series is a volunteer effort, headed up by Scowcroft - an enthusiastic dynamo with a deep passion for music. While she takes on the daunting task of managing behind-the-scenes details of making the dream a reality, the musicians, who are members of the Utah Symphony or free-lance professional musicians, perform their services at minimal cost out of dedication to their craft.
Scowcroft says, "It's about everyone working together for the art - for the sheer beauty of it. Obviously, it wouldn't be possible if these people didn't have full-time positions as professional musicians. What they do for the series is just one of their gifts to the community."
Audiences at Nova concerts are treated to the rare opportunity of experiencing chamber music in an appropriately intimate venue. There, they can see and hear the subtle interactions between players and feel that they are a part of the web of musical communication being woven by the performers. Musical selections are a diverse grab-bag of traditional offerings mingled with unusual surprises.
Certain performers have developed a group of series followers who eagerly anticipate the annual appearance of their favorite artists. Mezzo-soprano Lani Poulson, who appears on opera stages throughout the world, but rarely in her home state of Utah, is one of these. Joseph Silverstein, who recently stepped down as musical director of the Utah Symphony in order to pursue his international career as a violin soloist and conductor, is another.
Scowcroft indicates that Silverstein has been a tremendously supportive mentor to the series. "You'll notice that when he plays with us, I'm always the one playing second violin. That's my payoff for doing the series. Once a year, I get to play second violin with him - and it's worth it."
Another outgrowth of the series is the Nova Chamber Quartet, which has matured along with the series, and whose members form its core of performers. The quartet consists of Ralph Matson and Barbara Scowcroft, violins; Roberta Zalkind, viola and Ellen Bridger, cello. Evidence of the quartet's growing reputation for excellence is the invitation they received this past year to perform on the Grand Teton Chamber Music Series.
On the program for Tuesday's concert is a unique chamber piece composed in 1918 by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. "The Soldier's Tale" was conducted by Scowcroft in her first concert as director of the series and is being brought back as part of the 20th anniversary celebration. The work is based upon a Russian folk tale and includes three spoken parts along with an unusual grouping of instruments.
The readers for "The Soldier's Tale" have been drawn from somewhat unexpected sources. Scowcroft noted that the Nova Series has traditionally had a number of fans who are professors in the University of Utah English department. Citing their involvement with the subtleties of language, she invited Barry Weller to read the part of the Soldier and Michael Rudick to be the Narrator.
In the Russian tale that inspired the piece, a prominent and colorful role is the Devil, who tricks - and is tricked by - the Soldier. This role will be spoken by Poulson, a colorful character herself.
The instrumentalists will be Eric Janners, percussion; Ralph Matson, violin; Jami Allyn, bass; Edward Cabarga, clarinet; Christine Osborne, bassoon; Peter Margulies, trumpet, and Larry Zalkind, trombone. Barbara Scowcroft will conduct.
Also on the program is a work commissioned for the Nova Series, "Chrysanthemum" by John Costa (see accompanying story). Performing the work will be Sally Humphries, flute and piccalo; Edward Cabarga, clarinet; Stephen Kostyniak, french horn; Marjorie Janove, piano; Ralph Matson, violin; Pegsoon Whang, cello; Jami Allyn, bass and Eric Janners, percussion.