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Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb
About Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb:
No other obsession strikes as hard as the love that hits a teenaged boy — especially if he's the sort of kid who is no saner than he wants to be. From the moment Adam Webb sees Francine Haggard—in the van that is supposed to return them to the Institute Loiseaux—the two young mental patients are inextricably connected. Adam will never let this girl go.
From hiding her in his bedroom to spiriting her away to Minnesota's north woods, "Miss Entropia" becomes the focus of Adam's every thought and of everything he does. He believes her to be a goddess, his own goddess.
But the pyromaniacal Miss Entropia will be neither worshiped nor owned. And so Adam's possessiveness is destined to push her to the breaking point.
Theirs is an incendiary love story, an unbalanced Romeo and Juliet, that spins and arcs its way strangely toward tragedy.
Praise for Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb:
"A rollicking adventure that is laugh-out-loud funny and often unexpectedly poignant… Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb is a terrific read for adults who haven't forgotten what it's like to be a teenager, sane or not, and it oozes crossover appeal for teens and young adult readers."
"If fiction is moved forward by getting its characters into deeper and deeper trouble, then George Rabasa's latest novel is a speedy little car, following the misadventures of two lovable misfits. Threaded throughout are questions worth considering about the relative nature of balance and the necessary envelope of privacy each person needs to live."
"Rabasa's clever mix of the absurd and the tragic…maintains a playful cleverness throughout, fueled by piquant dialogue and sharply etched characters who maintain their humanity... Well-played, keenly felt."
"For all the darkness in this novel, it was a very addicting read. This book showed well how a normal person can still be strange and how a mentally ill person can be sane.… a really wonderful book."
Books and Brews.com:
"Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb pirouettes easily between laugh-out-loud hilarity and eye-misting poignancy which fairly accurately emulates the teen age experience. Every character is eccentric and instantly memorable, and Rabasa never telegraphs the plot. It went many places - some pretty damn dark - that I never expected. Another fantastic novel from Unbridled Books."
Minneapolis Star Tribune:
"George Rabasa is a writer of literary heft with a gift for vivid, accurate description. His latest moves from zippy fiction to tale of obsession. Which is finally what Rabasa has written -- a horror story that won't let you sleep."
MPR – All Things Considered:
"Rabasa's new book, Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb, is an off-beat love story set against the snow-packed wastes of a Minnesota winter. The novel is fast-paced and funny, but with dark undertones."
New York Journal of Books:
"Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb may be more in keeping with contemporary comic epics like John Kennedy Toole's Confederacy of Dunces and Tristan Egolf's Lord of the Barnyard—with a splash of Kesey's Cukoo's Nest. Adam's narration has the slacker chic of an intelligent, idle teen with a lot of time to consider the foibles of others. Readers are treated to dozens of droll observations through the eyes of a troubled young man. Mr. Rabasa clearly enjoyed himself while writing this book; Adam is his imp, wreaking mischief on the world. Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb is a very modern and clever book."
The triumph of this book is its ability to portray those empty nooks in a splintered family with sympathy and tenderness. We're drawn into Adam's melancholia, his inability to find true acceptance and love. Adam's tragedy is brought into focus by his overpowering love for Miss Entropia... Adam's tragedy is a given fact from the opening pages, but George Rabasa's artistic, first person narrative leaves us wondering and musing about teenage isolation, family dysfunction, and lost opportunities.
- Ian S. Maloney, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of English and Director of the Honors Program at St. Francis College in Brooklyn.
Excerpt from Miss Entropia and the Adam Bomb:
I didn’t know it at the time, but I was about to make the leap from quirky childhood to fully unleashed adolescence. Out on our porch stoop, waiting for the van, I’d felt the breeze of liberation for the first time in the two months I’d been home. They were coming to take me away, and I was exceedingly glad. Yes, goodbye, Mom, good-bye, Dad, good-bye, Iris, good-bye, Ted, I’m off to Institute Loiseaux. Better known as a home for the cleverly complicated. It’s not a place for everybody. The entrance requirements are rigorous. It takes more than being challenged in the conventional ways, reality-warped, emotionally stunted, mentally fevered, attention-deficient. You gotta be cute to get into Loiseaux. No bobbing heads here, no fatties, droolers, spitters, or snifflers. No predators, delinquents, bullies, tweakers, juicers, or tokers allowed, no matter how delightfully odd.
It does help if you’re an affluent exotic, a mass of psychic knots, a tangle of phobias and compulsions backed by a trust fund. Then even the suicidal and the homicidal are welcome. Hippies and goons, poets and anorexics, twitchers, Touretters, and the vaguely traumatized are all hugged close to Dr. Clara Loiseaux’s pillowy bosom, feeling the warm embrace of the maternal healer, inhaling her distinctive scent of rose petals and licorice.
I rolled down the window, and the whir of tires on the pavement brought back the sound of my trike when I was six, yes, a three-wheeler because I was not blessed with even a minimal sense of balance. After trying training wheels on a regular bike, all geared up with knee and elbow pads and a helmet to protect me in my frequent tumbles, I was given an overgrown child’s contraption with balloon tires and heavy-duty hand brakes. No matter. Rocinante, as Mother named my conveyance, flew like the wind, responding to my frantic pedaling on the uphills, then back, feet out, legs splayed like wings, caroming on the downgrades. Swaddled in heavy corduroy pants and a sweatshirt, I could feel the wind blowing on my face and hear the hum of rubber on asphalt singing in my head. In the years since, I’ve never been able to recapture that sweet momentum, the sensation of rushing so fast that a slight bump on the road would lift me and Rocinante off the ground into a frictionless surface of pure air.


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Dollar General coming to Rodney
Store set to open in spring
RODNEY — Residents and visitors of Rodney will see the sights of construction throughout the next few months as Dollar General is set to open a new store in the town this year.
According to a news release from Dollar General, the company is expected to open a store at 12027 McKinley Road in the spring.
Nick Kaye, Colfax Township supervisor, said he is not surprised to see a Dollar General coming to the area, as they seem to be expanding into small towns throughout the state.
"It's a perfect spot, and it's surprising nothing has been put in there until now," he said.
The store will be roughly 9,000 square feet with a sales floor of about 7,200 square feet, and is expected to employ about six to 10 employees.
"Our customers are at the center of all that we do, and meeting customers' needs is Dollar General's top priority when choosing store locations," the release read. "The company looks for places where we can offer customers an easy and convenient shopping choice as we generally serve customers within a 3- to 5-mile radius, or 10-minute drive."
Dollar General sells a variety of merchandise, including food, health and beauty products, home cleaning supplies, seasonal items and more.
Kaye said although it is usually nice to see more locally-owned businesses coming into the area when possible, a chain such as Dollar General still will provide some different options for area residents.
"It's been a while since a new business opened in Rodney," he said. "The Rodney General Store expanded a few years ago, but it's been some time since a stand-alone opened."

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The Many Paths of Resistance in the Middle East
Written by: Charles Tripp
If the consequences were not so terrible, there has always been something faintly comic about the ways in which the powerful respond to those who challenge and defy them. Their indignation, even rage show that they may be the last to give up belief in the myths of power they have woven around themselves. Those they rule, however, may have other ideas. During the past couple of years there has been plenty of evidence for this across the Middle East.
As people rose up against the ruling regimes in country after country, disbelief, followed by fury, coupled with the claim that it was all the work of malign “outside forces” have been common responses of those whose grip on power was being challenged. Vivid as the recent images of repression, resistance and the unraveling of political order have been, they should not be seen as unique but as reminders that similar events have marked the modern history of the Middle East.
It was this long and troubled record that had initially drawn my attention to the subject of resistance some four years ago, when I began working on The Power and the People. At the time, violent resistance in Iraq had been claiming lives and dominating headlines, but that only seemed to be part of the story. If resistance to power reflects the nature of that power, then armed resistance to military invasion and occupation was understandable, even if it involved fearful moral choices. But power is not only exercised through coercion, and inequality is not simply maintained by force. Consequently, other aspects of resistance – nonviolent, imaginative, economic and symbolic – can be just as effective. For that reason, they deserve study as much as the more spectacular and bloody acts of violent resistance.
My book examines different forms of resistance, the politics that generate them and the consequences that have followed across the Middle East. It begins by looking at the ways in which violent shifts in power have provoked violent resistance, as with the Iraqi resistance movements after the US-led invasion of the country in 2003, or the initial Palestinian responses to the Israeli military occupation of all of historical Palestine in 1967. It also studies the slower burning movements of resistance that may have taken years to emerge in places where inequality was resented but seemed part of the normal order of things. Illustrated by the long history of Algerian resistance to French colonial rule, culminating in the ferocious war of independence in the 1960s, it is also evident in the very different tactics of the Palestinian intifada of 1987 to disrupt twenty years of occupation.
Such conditions also existed in the “military occupation” by various regimes of their own countries. Here decades of inequality and violence had been presented to their subjects as the norm. Open resistance showed itself when people broke the spell of power, as in the revolution of 1978/9 in Iran, or in the Green Movement some thirty years later. Other recent examples have been the uprisings in the Arab world of 2011/12, where similar inequalities and brutalities galvanized people into action in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain.
The inequalities that provoke resistance do not simply mark the relationship between the citizen and the state. They also exist in economic life, and the book looks at Egypt’s tumultuous industrial relations over the past couple of decades in this light. Similarly, it seeks to understand the resistance to the encroachments of global capitalism that initiated a re-imagination of the economy itself in conformity with Islamic values.
Historically and globally women have experienced inequality and discrimination on the basis of their gender. Women’s resistance to such conditions in the region is examined through the campaign to change the personal status law of Morocco and the struggle in the Islamic Republic of Iran for women’s rights to interpret their Islamic obligations. In other settings, women have used direct action in Morocco and in Iraq to protect women from the violence of men determined to maintain patriarchal power.
In these, as in other struggles, a key strategy of resistance has been to challenge power’s narration of the world. Questioning the myths of power and critically re-examining the telling of history here inform studies of Israel’s radical sociologists and new historians, as well as the determination of the Imazighen/Berbers to write themselves into the national history of Algeria.
Finally, a key site of this battle for the imagination has been the visual arts. Artists have cast power in a critical light and have given people a sense of themselves and of their own potential. This is examined through the works of a range of artists, Palestinian, Lebanese, Iraqi, Algerian, Turkish and Iranian, each in their particular ways engaged in resisting the acceptance of everyday inequalities and exclusions.
These are the paths of resistance followed by people across the Middle East during previous decades and into the present. They are as relevant now as they were then since they demonstrate the capacity of resistance to disrupt the complacency of power. They also provide a repertoire that can be drawn upon by future generations, as well as lessons to be learned, where the fundamental causes of injustice, discrimination and repression remain.

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School remains a constant amid Emerado's changes
EMERADO, N.D.--In the dedication in Emerado's centennial book "to Pioneers past and present," Delores Moore wondered, "how long will there be others to follow? What of the future?" The year was 1982, "the nuclear age," she wrote. Although she lik...
EMERADO, N.D.-In the dedication in Emerado's centennial book "to Pioneers past and present," Delores Moore wondered, "how long will there be others to follow? What of the future?"
The year was 1982, "the nuclear age," she wrote.
Although she likely did not have the idea in mind, her statement speaks to the semi-transient nature of Emerado's population-414 according to the most recent census. Residents of its trailer park come and go, as do people associated with the Grand Forks Air Force Base less than 5 miles away.
Because of the turnover, Sara Bilden, principal of Emerado Elementary for the past three years, said that they test incoming students and group children by reading and math levels, though students attend their other subjects and activities grade by grade.
Annie Hunter, a staff member who attended Emerado Elementary 15 years ago, remembers how the student class would shrink and grow in the years when she was there.
"I had friends who followed the potato harvest," she said.
Even with the turnover, the atmosphere at school is like one big family, Bilden said.
She said the school offers many of the children some stability in their lives, and they respond to that. They give her hugs in the hallway and thank the cafeteria cook for a delicious lunch, she said.
"And we have such fantastic teachers," Bilden said. "They feel needed here. The kids love them."
Hunter likes the school so much that even though she does not live in Emerado, she said she is enrolling her son there through open enrollment.
"I think we have a lot of active community members who are doing things to improve (the school) and help it grow," Bilden said. "And there's a real bond because of that."
For example, she said, the Emerado Presbyterian Church down the street started a community garden for the summer school students to tend. Curtis Hagert, a retired farmer and congregation member, tills the soil each year before the students start planting. A sign in front of the garden welcomes anyone and everyone to pick the produce at will.
And what of the future? Moore asked 15 years ago.
The student population is growing, Bilden said.
Last year, there were 108 students enrolled, but "we're just busting out," she said.
The cafeteria doubles as a gym, the library and the computer room occupy the same space, and reading groups are sometimes held in the halls, Bilden said. If and when the school expands, she said she hopes to add a pre-K and a kindergarten classroom, as well as a new library and music room.
Chris Gelinas, whose three children attend Emerado Elementary, said he and his wife, Kayla, moved from Grand Forks to Emerado because of the school.
"The kids are actually looked at as kids and not numbers," he said.
The teachers are very concerned about the kids' home lives as well," Kayla said.
Chris said that when his youngest daughter was in pre-K, he received a daily report from her teacher about her school day.
"It's a very hands-on school with parents because we can do what we want in terms of helping," said Andrew Smith, who has a third-grader and a ninth-grader.
He said that he has been on several field trips with his kids and that if he wanted to, he was welcome to sit in on his kids' classes.
Smith was full of praise for Emerado's history and band teacher, but he said he expressed concerns to the school about some of his son's homework assignments. His son's class was asked to write an essay entirely in emojis, he said, as well as write their obituaries.
Later, students were given the option not to finish the second assignment, he said.

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On the M&A front, US Airways (LCC) and AMR (NASDAQ:AMR), parent company American Airlines are reportedly close to announcing a merger that would create the nation's biggest airline. The deal is worth 11 billion dollars.
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Published March 23, 2011
POLITICAL POSTURING? L.A. County Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, speaking at a luncheon meeting of the L.A. Current Affairs Forum, “questioned the NFL’s imminent desire to return to the nation’s second-largest media market.” Ridley-Thomas: “If there is an appetite, it’s a small one.” He added, “It would not surprise me at all if we found new sites emerging over the next few weeks or so. It would not surprise me at all if in fact we were to see the NFL acknowledge that it thinks competition for a new franchise or a relocated franchise in Los Angeles would be a good thing in the interest of Los Angeles and the league. That’s been their pattern for the last 15 years” (LADOWNTOWNNEWS.com, 3/21).
FORWARD HO: In Green Bay, Rob Demovsky reports the Packers “will go forward with their plans to expand the Lambeau Field bowl seating area, although it wouldn’t likely be ready until the 2013 season at the earliest.” Packers VP/Administration & General Counsel Jason Wied said that the team is “committed to expanding the stadium with outdoor seats and not club or luxury seating.” The Packers this offseason are “replacing the sound system and adding new video boards in the stadium” (GREEN BAY PRESS-GAZETTE, 3/23).


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As the second COVID year, 2021, ends, so is this blog. Having reached the advanced age of 86 and, more important, run out of appropriate topics about which to write, I am concluding any further contributions to this website.
The site was initiated in April 2009 when I was introduced to and fascinated by the Internet possibilities. Christened “Bottles, Booze, and Back Stories,” the blog initially was aimed primarily at collectors of antique ceramics, glass and other antiquarian artifacts, although a wide range of subjects was explored. Several years ago the name was changed to “Memories and Miscellany” to reflect a growing emphasis on personal memories and family history.
Over the dozen years of its existence the site has featured 335 posts and as of today attracted 586,889 look-in “hits” from all around the world. It has also received 327 comments, most of them gratifying or helpful. My number of followers has been low, as expected given the eclectic subject matter. Only nine signed up and the majority of them were relatives.
From what I am told, the blog will continue to be available on the internet for an extended period of time, allowing the interested to access it through topic “labels.” I will continue to post on my other website, devoted to the stories of individuals involved in the American liquor industry prior to National Prohibition in 1920. Called “Pre-Prohibition Whiskey Men,” the site has been popular, attracting 1.2 milllion “hits” and 346 followers during its ten years of existence.
Looking back on my experience with the blog now concluding, it primarily seems to have been a convenient vehicle to express a wide range of interests in a way that would attract others of similar interests, as well as a means to preserve other writings not previously available online. For anyone looking in during coming days, my hope is that you will find the material worth your time. Jack Sullivan


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The IRS has launched a Virtual Currency (VC) Compliance campaign. The agency has sent letters to VC owners advising them to pay back taxes and file amended returns if needed. The IRS classifies your VC as property for federal income tax purposes. Thus, VC can create capital gains or losses just like stocks and bonds. If you receive it for services, (e.g. as in mining), then you have ordinary income. If services you provide are not as an employee, then you will be subject to self-employment taxes. A transaction includes VC you received or transferred for free, including from an airdrop or hard fork.
For the 2019 tax year the IRS has introduced a new question. Form 1040, Schedule 1 asks: At any time during 2019, did you receive, send, sell, exchange or otherwise acquire any financial interest in any virtual currency? The IRS had many video gamers worried recently when it listed many VCs as convertible. Convertible VC has an equivalent value in real currency. Bitcoin falls into this classification because it can be digitally traded between users and can be purchased or exchanged into USD and other real or virtual currencies.
However, the IRS has now backed off such a blanket classification. Bitcoin is now listed on the IRS website as the sole example of convertible VC. Therefore, you do not need to report game transactions in VC if the VC do not leave the video game environment. So the straight answer is yes, you might need to tell the IRS about your transactions in virtual currency.

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If your reading this my scheduled post has worked and I am currently in Konya in Turkey following an early flight at 07:00 (05:00 UK time) from Istanbul, and I will not return to Istanbul until middnight tonight, so if any of you out there think it's glamerous travelling, this may put you off, lol. Seriously, I enjoy my job.
Today over at Craftalicious has chosen the popular theme at the moment of "Halloween". This is only my second card on this theme as we don't celebrate it in the UK, well not many of us anyway, so this card will be another addition to decorate my craft room. I have chosen Misty Reflections available here.
I have coloured this beautiful Sweet Pea Stamp available from Crafts and Me, using copic markers, C9, C7, C5, C3, C1, C00
I have entered this card into the following challenges:-
CLP - Sketch
Baby Bud Designs - Fall or Halloween
Ellephantastic - Anything Goes
Marks Finest Papers - Halloween/Fall
Ellephantastic - Anything Goes
The Secret Crafter - Distress
Fussy and Fancy - Halloween
If The Shoe Fits - Distress
Stamp Something - Punches or Dies
Paper Romance - Halloween or Fall
Stamp Insanity - Halloween
SSDS - Halloween or Fall
Tellen's Place - 2 Patterned Papers
Alys Sunday Challenge - Halloween
Paper Sundaes - Change of Seasons
This is stunning as always. Love the image shes fab, the colours are gorgeous as are the flowers. The whole layout is beautiful. I hope at some point you catch a little bit of the warm sun. well done xxx
I just love this card - fabulous!
Wow what a beautiful addition to your craft room!! Just love it such beautiful colours and the image perfect!!! Love Chanelle xx
Oh splendid ! Lovely card !
Wowwwww. Great Card love the coloring . And the stamp is so lovely. Greetings Majo
Hey Teamie :D
Hope you have a god time away. This is amazing I love the mono image your colouring is incredible!
Hi Tracy, :) This is a stunning card. I love the image, and the colours look fantastic!
I agree, we dont really celebrate Halloween enough to send cards, but its hard to resist making them when there is such fantastic spooky stuff to play with! lol
Good luck, and your job sounds very interesting!
How was the jet setting?
Gorgeous card, the coulpring is amazing :-)
Fantastic halloween card Tracy so very pretty and beautiful detail. luv gina xx
love the beautiful image and the black and white colors are just perfect. beautifully done and colored. awesome card. thank you for joining our 1st babybuddesign challenge,,,good luck
Wow... Beautiful monochrom coloring Tracy ! And the flowers are goregeous ! Thanks for joining our Paper Sundaes Challenge!
this is beatiful... I love how you have left the image...very effective. Thanks for joining us at Paper Sundaes this week.
Your cards is absolutely stunning and I love how you colored it. Your coloring always amazes me and it's fabulous!
I hope you are enjoying your trip and have a safe and happy trip back home!!
Happy Crafting and special thanks for joining in on our very FIRST challenge over at Baby Bud Designs. We are luck to have you!!
Such an amazing card Tracy. I love the way you have colored the image in black and white..wow...and a beautiful take on the sketch.
Wow, beautiful yet still a bit spooky! I love it! Thanks for playing the WMC!
Wow, great card - fabulous!
Thank you for playing with "Paper Sundaes" this week!
Wow this is gorgeous! Love that sweet pea image, and your colouring is WOW!!!!!! Thanks for joining us in our very first challenge at Baby Bud Designs!
Stunning creation! The paper is gorgeous and I love how the image is black and white it looks so dramatic! Thank you for joining us for this months CLP sketch challenge.
This is gorgeous!!! I love the Halloween yumminess around the black and white image, that looks amazing that way, love it!! And a most wonderful take on Chelsea's sketch too!!
Stunning card Tracy, absolutely fabulous colouring and such beautiful embellishments :) Donna x
THis is gorgeous Tracy
GREAT Halloween themed card!! Love it!!
Great take on the CLP challenge October sketch - thank you for playing along!! :)) Good Luck!
Happy Halloween! Happy weekend!
Hi Tracy - This is stunning! I love the fringe woven into the fancy die cut corner. And your monochrome coloring is inspiring! Thanks for using our sketch at CLP!
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Thank you Issiah Carey for covering this story.I find this story very strange with red flags everywhere in this case. The girl who was nine years old at the time was accused of touching a four year old boy playing doctor in the court yard of an Apartment complex. The Houston PD close to four months later afte the alleged incident decided to investigate the complaint. I have some serious questions that needs to be asked.
– I have some questions about the motives of the parent of the four year old boy. Why did she file a complaint when she claimed see the alleged inappropriate touching of a boy playing doctor with a group of children in the court yard of an apartment complex. Why did she not deal with it right then and there and told the parent of the nine your old girl to correct her? Why did she anonymously file a complaint instead onf confronting the parent?
– Why did it take the Houston PD close to four months later to investigate this 10 year old girl. It did not sound urgent or was the Houston PD sex crime unit just coming out to justify their jobs? To me if there was a sense of urgency. They would have been out sooner to investigate if there was any danger.
-Why bring the police in when both parents could have resolved the issue in a short time. It is unnecessary to incarcerate a 10 year girl in a juvenile detention center almost four month later.
– The Houston Police department should be sued because the Mother was not allowed to be present or have an attorney present while they were interrogating the young girl. The case should be dismissed on that basis alone. The young girl does have a right to remain silent and should have not been threatened by the Police officers with ultimatums if she did not talk without first consulting with an attorney. A violation of this 10 year old girls constitutional rights. The Bill of Rights does apply to 10 year girls.
What makes me mad about Houston PD is there are pedophiles in the CPS abusing Foster children. Where are they investigating the rapes and abuse that goes on in state run faculties? They are not found, nor will they investigate their own. Instead they will go investigate a 10 year old girl months later who can not defend herself who did not know her rights.
My oldest son wanted to spend the night over a friends house. I said no because one friends sister was my son’s age. I declined to allow him to spend the night so he will not run the risk of being accused for something mundane being misunderstood as a sexual act. Some parent are real mental cases and I do not trust them no more then I can throw them.It is sad I have to go to such measures to protect my son just to avoid what happened to this 10 year old girl.
It is a miscarriage of justice the Houston PD wasted their time on a matter two parents could have resolved themselves. It use to be people did not depend on government for these things. They resolved problems themselves and never ask for government’s help. DO you you agree this went way out of proportion or do you think the government has done the right thing? Watch the video and tell me what you think.
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It seems that Houston is tired of being a launching pad for coaches hoping to get a major Power 5 job.
Houston hired offensive coordinator Major Applewhite to be their head coach on Friday, with speculation being that Applewhite would supply continuity to the program better than a Lane Kiffin type of coach. Applewhite replaces the effective Tom Herman, and based on this comment from Houston president Renu Khator, they definitely don’t care that Herman is gone at this point.
It sounds like Houston isn’t happy.
Herman, Sumlin, and Briles are all former Houston head coaches that turned the job around for a bigger head coaching gig in Texas. However, Briles has since been fired from Baylor and many surmise that Sumlin is on the hot seat at Texas A&M.
Hoping that Herman does better is a nice gesture, but that definitely didn’t seem like the point; it seems like Khator’s point was that the greener pastures that previous Houston coaches left for didn’t turn out to be too green after all.


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IAF fast expanding and procuring latest machines
Coimbatore: Indian Air Force is fast expanding and procuring the latest machines as India is playing an important role in the Geo-politics of the World, a top IAF official said on Tuesday.
Making a reference to the rapidly changing threat scenario with the emergence of increased military ambitions of "one of our neighbours" in the Indian Oceanic region, Air Marshal, R K Jolly, Air Oficer, Commanding-in Chief, Southern Air Command told reporters at Sulur, 20 km from here, that the SAC played an important role in protecting the Southern Seas and Island territories of Andaman and Nicobar.
When asked to elaborate, Jolly said with strategic installations like Aeronautical, Space and Nuclear plants, SAC has important role to protect and defend the systems.
Jolly, who briefed about the December 18 visit of President, Pranab Mukherjee to grant "Standards" to two IAF squadrons, said in this connection the Air Force base in Sulur would be expanded soon.
For the first time, a Light Air Combat Squadron would be installed at Sulur, maybe by 2016, he said.
Similarly, IAF would seek approval from the ministry to establish a squadron in Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu and develop infrastructure, Jolly said.
SAC, he said, was entrusted with the defence of air space of the Southern Peninsula and was being steadily upgraded with newer system and aircraft.
In short, the Country`s armed forces were always prepared as a deterrent to prevent war and protect the interests of the nation, Jolly said.
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Nov. 4, 2012
The Golden Gopher cross country team hosted the 32nd annual running of Rocky's Run at Les Bolstad Golf Course on Sunday morning. Cassy Opitz was the top female finisher in the open six-kilometer race with a time of 22 minutes, 44 seconds. Kate Bucknam was next in 22:50.
Rocky's Run was founded in 1981 to honor former Gopher runner Rochelle "Rocky" Racette, who died in a car crash that fall at age 22. Racette was a Big Ten and Drake Relays champion in the 5,000 meters at Minnesota. She was also crowned homecoming queen one fall when an injury prevented her from competing in cross country.
Racette's legacy lives on through the memory of those who knew her, and through today's race and the scholarship for which it raised money.
The Golden Gophers will next compete on Friday, Nov. 9, at the NCAA Midwest Regional in Springfield, Mo.
Captains Corner: Tess Wasowicz
Catch up with cross country captain Tess Wasowicz as the Gophers prepare for the 2016 season.
Griak Feature: Bill Miles
Miles led Wayzata to eight state championships in cross country and added five additional titles in track & field.
Gophers Name 2016 Captains
Danielle Anderson, Anne Haakenstad, Madeline Strandemo, and Tess Wasowicz will lead the Gophers this fall.

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New York State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli said on Tuesday that he expects Wall Street to cut nearly 10,000 more jobs by the end of the year and pay less in bonuses, a blow to the tax coffers of New York City and State. Securities-related activities accounted for 14 percent of New York State’s tax revenue last year.
The industry contributes less to New Jersey’s tax base, however, and the jobs and pay cuts are “not a major risk factor” for tax revenue, said Charles Steindel, the state Treasury Department’s chief economist.
“The wages and salaries paid by the financial industry in New Jersey are about 8 percent or 8.5 percent, and that’s pretty close to the national norm,” he said. “It’s not as critical an industry to the state of New Jersey as it is to New York. ”
Still, economists said on Tuesday that bad news for Wall Street is usually bad news for New Jersey, which is home to many stock and bond brokers, accountants and financial analysts who commute to New York from towns like Ridgewood and Franklin Lakes.
“Bergen and Morris counties have significant commutation of people to Wall Street,” said James W. Hughes, dean of the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers. He did not have exact figures, but he suspects there are enough commuters to Wall Street to have an impact on the local economy.
If they lose their jobs or get smaller bonuses, “the retailers in northeastern New Jersey are going to feel that.” Hughes said. “There will be less activity in the housing market, as well.”
After adding 9,900 jobs from January 2010 to April 2011, the securities industry has lost 4,100 jobs through August 2011.
If, as DiNapoli predicts, the securities industry loses nearly 10,000 more jobs by the end of 2012, that would bring total industry job losses to 32,000 since January 2008.
Patrick J. O’Keefe, director of economic research at the accounting firm of J.H. Cohn in Roseland, said the downturn on Wall Street is “an across-the-board negative for the regional economy, and that’s a negative for New Jersey.”
On the other hand, in the past, cost-cutting by financial firms led to relocation of jobs from Manhattan to New Jersey, where real estate prices are lower, and the current downturn may prompt more of that, he said.
“There is no system that tracks the pingpong of jobs back and forth across the Hudson,” O’Keefe said, “but on net I think New Jersey was a beneficiary of job relocation in the past decade. To the extent it’s going to occur, we’d rather have those jobs come to New Jersey than go to Timbuktu.”


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Who will be the winner of the Premier League, as well as who will be among the four strongest participants of the Premier League — find out the answers to these questions in the text from Peribet.
The new EPL season has already started. Of course, Manchester City are hoping to continue in the same vein after treble in the 2022-2023 season. However, there is a whole queue of teams lined up behind the Citizens looking to overtake their rival this time around. Paribet analyzes the contenders to win the Premier League for the new season.
«Manchester City» — EPL 2024
«Manchester City have now won five of the last six APL titles. The club hopes to continue its winning streak this year after treble last season. Recall, City not only won the league title, but also won the Champions League and FA Cup. Erling Holann scored 36 goals in the Premier League, setting a new record. Therefore, it is no wonder why the bet on the repeat victory of his team is estimated at odds of 1.72.
Last season, Pep Guardiola’s wards were able to mercilessly pursue the Arsenal club and dislodge it from the first place. They defeated the Canaries 4-1 in the decisive match for the title and eventually won the league with a five-point advantage. However, the loss of Ilkay Gundogan and Riyad Mahrez could affect the team’s results.
«Arsenal led the league for most of last season. However, Manchester City eventually overtook it. In the summer, the Canaries added Declan Rice, Jurrien Timber and Kai Havertz to the team, so their play in the center of the field will clearly improve. Also included in Mikel Arteta’s young squad are Bukayo Saka, Aaron Ramsdale and Gabriel Martinelli.
«Arsenal will need to recover from the disappointment of the 2022-2023 season.» The betting odds for the team to play better than last season and win the title are 6.10.
After failing to qualify for the Champions League under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool are spending the summer reorganizing the team. The club intends to forget their fifth place at the end of last season as a terrible dream. New signings Alexis McAllister and Dominic Soboslaji have strengthened the team’s position in the center of the pitch. Youngest players Harvey Elliott, Curtis Jones and Darwin Nunez will improve their play.
It could also be argued that Alisson Becker is the best goalkeeper in the world. He can play a significant role in the team’s success this season. The betting odds for Liverpool to win the title like they did in the 2019-2020 season is 8.43.
«Manchester United» finished last season in third place. The club bought Andre Onana as a new goalkeeper, as well as Mason Mount. Also Rasmus Højlund came to the camp of the Red Devils.
Having become a coach, Erik ten Hag is constantly throwing surprises. This season might not be an exception. The betting odds for the Red Devils to win the Premier League title are 11.24.
After Newcastle United were acquired by new owners, the club’s luck quickly turned around. The club managed to finish last season in fourth place and returned to the Champions League for the first time in 20 years. In the summer the team added players Sandro Tonali and Harvey Barnes and most recently signed Tino Livramento from Southampton.
Eddie Howe’s side can continue to develop rapidly, especially considering that last season they, along with another club, finished top of the defensive rankings with only 33 goals conceded. The betting odds on the Magpies winning the title, which would be their first major domestic trophy since 1955, are 17.37.
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An editorial from The Herald-Dispatch
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The campaign to find homes for stray or unwanted dogs has made much progress in recent years.
Still, nationally about a third of dogs entering animal shelters across the country are euthanized, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Sadly, the kill rate at the Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Control Shelter has been even higher in past years.
But thanks to a collaborative effort by shelter staff, volunteers and active rescue groups, the local shelter has dramatically reduced the number of dogs euthanized, and Saturday animal activists were celebrating that success.
About 667 of the 2,057 animals accepted at the shelter have been euthanized so far in 2015, putting the rate in line with the national average, and down significantly from the 1,479 animals euthanized by this time in 2014.
The new initiatives include working closely with animal rescue groups…

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Cats are perceived as independent animals that do not care about human beings, leading many people to think that felines are not sociable. Cats are also known to love food, but findings of a new study show that these felines actually love human company more, dispelling the belief that cats are antisocial animals.
Researchers of the new study, which was published in the journal Behavioural Processes on March 24, found that most cats would prefer interaction with humans over food after being deprived of food, toys, scents, and human social interaction for a few hours.
The study shows that contrary to popular belief, cats prefer hanging out with humans than getting down with a bowl of food.
"Although there was clear individual variability in cat preference, social interaction with humans was the most-preferred stimulus category for the majority of cats, followed by food. This was true for cats in both the pet and shelter population," Kristyn Vitale Shreve, from the Oregon State University, and colleagues wrote in their study.
Although cats enjoy human company, it is possible that pet owners cannot just tell that their kittens like them and enjoy hanging out with them. So what are some of the signs that can indicate that your pet cat actually likes you?
The cat's tail can serve as a good barometer to know how a cat feels about you. Kittens express their warm feelings and happiness by fluffing out the base of their tail while quivering it. Cats also simultaneously hold their tails upright with a slight curve at the top when they feel good.
Bringing You Presents
It may seem gross to find your pet cat bringing you dead animals but it actually sees this gesture as a way of showing love. Cats bring you presents such as toys or dead animals if they like you. Just like humans, these animals bring gifts to those that they like.
"Cats love with gifting. Mighty hunter cats that catch everything from toys to bugs, mice or frogs, often share the bounty with those they love. Kitties who present you with this bounty deserve praise," certified animal behavior consultant Amy Shojai explained. "They wouldn't bring these special gifts if they didn't love you."
Head butting, or head bunting, is a way for cats to exchange scents so that everyone around their environment smells the same. These animals secrete pheromones from glands on the cheeks and heads, so when they rub their face or head against you, they actually mark you with their scent. Experts said that this behavior is a form of bonding for these animals.
"When cats head bunt they're creating a communal scent in a free-roaming universe. Cats recognize each other by scent first and foremost," said cat behavior Pam Johnson-Bennett, who has written books on the behavior of cats.
Experts believe that cats knead when they feel happy or content, possibly because they associate the motion with comforts of nursing from their mother. During nursing, young cats knead around their mother's teat to promote the flow of milk.


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This project grew out of the IRC’s representation of Baltimore circa 1815: The BEARINGS of Baltimore. That visualization shows the city streets and buildings in beautiful detail. But the streets and squares themselves are empty. It’s a stage set, and Slave Streets, Free Streets seeks to bring it to life, by focusing on the enslaved and free black workers who populated the city.
Slave Streets, Free Streets allows users to see the way that slavery was enmeshed in the world of early Baltimore, even though the city appears far more integrated than it is today. It reminds us of the degree to which racial slavery and nascent capitalism spun a web from which people struggled to extricate themselves and their families. Finally, it allows us to put faces and names to the largely anonymous ordinary people of the past. We are also trying to make an argument about the power of visualization as a story-telling medium, to show how mapping can spatially illuminate relationships of power and place.
Slavery was inextricably woven through the fabric of society in Baltimore, shaping the lives of blacks and whites, free and enslaved. We spatially represent this experience in several ways. In dot-density maps we show that Baltimore’s 1820 population (by ward) was relatively integrated, in vivid contrast with the so-called “black butterfly” configuration of racial, social, and economic segregation revealed in more recent maps of the city.
Drawing on records such as city directories, tax records, census reports, newspapers, and other historical documents, we are re-discovering people, including free and enslaved residents, at locations around the city, and tying them by name to specific addresses. We also identified dozens of places where Baltimoreans were engaged in the slave trade and told the stories of fugitives from slavery by drawing on runaway slave advertisements and slave narratives.


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For university students, the long summer break is a great chance to do some globe-trotting or work to earn some extra cash or valuable experience . But with strict travel restrictions in place, and many businesses not recruiting – this year was a bit different. One student however, decided to look on the bright side and use the time to explore a world-class hiking trail that’s right on the doorstep. Joe Biggins tells us about his experience following the acorn on the South West Coast Path.
Exams had finished, COVID-19 had jeopardised my chance of bagging a summer job, and three months of summer was sitting idly, waiting to be filled. I was certain I would not let this summer go by without making something of it. So, I worked with what I knew. I like the outdoors and travelling but can’t go abroad. Joining the dots together and a bit of research led me to hiking the spectacular South West Coast Path. My plan was to set off on the 11th of July, from Minehead, walk a lot, friends could come join and in 45 days I’d finish in Poole.
A running joke quickly developed about the difficulty of the path and the acorn symbol, which you follow, became a sort of game master orchestrating every experience on the Coast Path. We used this joke to lighten the mood when things got tough. The whole Path is the equivalent elevation of four Everests, so it usually went something like this, “That darn acorn”.
But away from the incessant hills the acorn also had a fondness for depleting our supplies when they were most needed. Yet, when one experiences the acorn, day in day out, they gradually become more competent, accepting and ultimately appreciative. This we called salting.
Day 9, Hartland Quay to Bude, 16 miles, with 1,390m of ascent. In my opinion, the hardest section of the Path, but also one of the most dramatic. It was a day the acorn was particularly brutal, as the remoteness of the previous day had prevented us from stocking up on water and food. So, with no breakfast, or snacks, we set off from Hartland Quay with the mindset of speed and survival. We survived. Yet my memory of the day consists of a blurred rush.
After days on the Path you begin to accept challenging situations as you become more confident in your competency. Day 29, my friends and I had reached Noss Mayo on the river Yealm. The forecast predicted temperatures of up to 30 degrees and we were desperately low on food and water. Unfortunately, the only open shop was a village across the Newton Creek. The prospect of reaching Bantham for that day was beginning to fade. Yet we remained calm and started talking to a local man, who kindly offered us his boat to take across the creek. With zero rowing experience we jumped in the boat, stocked up with supplies, returned his boat in one piece and made it to Bantham before nightfall.
Naturally, as you experience more you begin to worry less about getting through the tough situations and start to relax in the present. Some of my favourite experiences during my time on the Path have been the build-up to a headland. The build-up may last days, like Lyme Bay, or a matter of minutes; a small Cornish fishing cove for example. Either way, in that time much can happen, you could get lost, you could help a disabled person cross a road, or you could get chased by a cow. Whatever happens the headland neatly compartmentalises that section and begins a new fresh chapter, starting with the view past the headland.
As the acorn threw challenging situations at us, we gradually became more competent and started to accept what may come. With this we stopped the inpatient, survival mindset, slowed down and began to appreciate all situations.
In doing so, we experienced much more of what the South West Coast Path had to offer.
To see more photos from Joe’s trip, check out his Instagram SWCP_2020: https://www.instagram.com/swcp_2020
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About Avenue South Residence
Avenue South Residence is a new property launch in Singapore’s city fringe, located at the corner of Silat Avenue and Kampong Bahru Road. The new Bukit Merah / Queensway condominium occupies a land of 245,972 square feet, and will become a residential development made up of five refurbished blocks of flats conserved from the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), and two 56-storey towers overlooking the Greater Southern Waterfront and Marina Bay Area. Avenue South Residence condo is designed with 18 Sky Gardens across the 2 blocks, and 4 Private Dining Lounges on the 56 floor, so that all residents of this residential condominium have the opportunity to take in the glorious view of the city. Avenue South Residence comprises of 1074 units separated across 3 themes, with the 5 conserved blocks forming the Heritage collection, the lower level units in the 2 towers forming the Horizon collection, and the higher floor units with fantastic views forming the Peak collection. You can see the distribution of the units from the elevation chart. 1 to 4-bedroom efficient layouts are carefully designed for each collection so that there is something for everyone.
Avenue South Residence Amenities
This condominium is on a prime site, connected between Marina Bay Financial Centre and Harbourfront, 2 key employment centers in Singapore of many multinational companies like Bank Of America Merrill Lynch, Maersk and Walmart. The new owners of Avenue South Residence will live close to nature, with amenities like the Greenway Corridor and Mount Faber Park within a short walk away. It is also close to shopping malls like Vivocity, Harbourfront and Tiong Bahru Plaza, where key amenities and eateries are easily available.
Avenue South Residence Condo is near prominent schools such as CHIJ Kellock (Primary), CHIJ St Theresa’s Convent and Cantonment Primary School. Schools around Outram MRT Station, which is about 10 minutes walk away, include Radin Mas Primary School, Gan Eng Seng School, Zhangde Primary School and Bukit Merah Primary School. There is also a childcare center located within the condominium premises, at the ground level of one of the refurbished flats built by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT). Families looking for good education for their children within walking distance of their homes will appreciate the location. You can view more in the location map.
Avenue South Residence Connectivity
The condo is within walking distance to Outram Park MRT Interchange, serving the East-West, North-East, and the future Thomson-East Coast Line. This means travelling to the Raffles Place, Orchard Shopping District and Dhoby Ghaut are all within 3 stops. Having 3 MRT lines near to this condominium makes this a valuable real estate, connecting travellers from Jurong Gateway, Punggol estate, Bishan town and Paya Lebar. The future Cantonment MRT Station will be completed by 2025 on the Circle Line, connecting Marina Bay Financial Center to Harbourfront. This is a long-awaited development for this southern area of Singapore, where key employment centers of the Southern ridges synergise to create an impactful financial and lifestyle waterfront hub.
For residents who frequent buses, there are many buses which stop along Kampong Bahru Road and Bukit Merah Road, and the new Kampong Bahru Bus Interchange is just across the road, which may see more connectivity in the days ahead. These allow residents to reach Tiong Bahru, Queenstown and Mount Faber within 10 mins.
The CTE and AYE are located nearby too, making it easy to drive to all parts of Singapore.
New Developments Around Avenue South Residence
Avenue South Residence is in the center of two major urban developments, one of which is the new Singapore General Hospital (SGH) Campus. This will be Singapore’s biggest medical campus when completed, which will link all patient care, research and academic facilities in an interconnected healthcare ecosystem. Patients will be able to get healthcare that is easily accessible, seamlessly connected, and integrated with fore-front research. The 43 hectare area will become a world-class Academic Medical Centre that will redefine excellent healthcare for Singaporeans.
The other and most distinct transformation in the area will be the Greater Southern Waterfront, and Avenue South Residence sits at the entrance of this 1000 hectare of potential seafront living, integrated green spaces and expanded commercial district. The integration of Sentosa and Pulau Brani may pave the way for a greater tourism and lifestyle offerings to the region. This has attracted investors into the sector, snapping up prime real estate to take advantage of the potential upside when the Greater Southern Waterfront is completed.
Read what investors are saying in the Review.
Avenue South Residence Key Update
Avenue South Residence is 80.35% sold as of 20th October 2021, with the revamped SIT blocks of 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 sold out within the first week of the launch. This is because of the competitive prices from $17xx per square feet.
1 bedroom units at just above $1.2x million are still available, and the total number of 1 bedroom units still available stand at 45. Other than the Heritage collection, the next most popular layout is A2, at stacks 29 and 39, as both stacks do not have the west sun, with stack 29 facing the swimming pool and stack 39 facing the Play Lawn.
2 bedroom units starting from $1.4x million are still available, with the 2 bedroom premium units priced at $1.6x million upwards. The more popular layout is the 2 bedroom BP2, with stack 38 being the most popular due to a similar facing of the Play Lawn, although BP1 has the “dumb bell” design which have more effective use of space.
For further breakdown of popular layouts and stacks, see the balance units chart.
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UOL Land Group saw the opportunity of the Greater Southern Waterfront to bid for the Silat Avenue Site under the Government Land Sales, and being the sole bidder for the piece of land, they won the bid at about $1138 per square feet per plot ratio. With such a cheap land cost, they are able to launch Avenue South Residence starting from $858,000 for a city fringe residential development in August 2019. Not only does the development boast of 1074 residential units, it also has about 10,000 square feet of commercial space to support the residents. What’s interesting is the income from the lease of the commercial spaces will be given back to the MCST of the condominium to help defray some of the costs to maintain the buildings and facilities. You can see the full facilities from the site plan. With about 70% of the units in Avenue South Residence being 1 or 2 bedroom units, the developer has priced the condo units such that half are less than $1.5million, so that buyers can have more than enough choices.
The Avenue South Residence condo is expected to complete by 2023.
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Outram is located in the Core Central Region of Singapore and is best known for its integrated health hub, with the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) at its center. It is the oldest and biggest hospital in Singapore, and over the years it has grown to include ambulatory and support services, specialist centres, a postgraduate medical institute, and even a museum. To assure residents living in Avenue South Residence Site and the surrounding estate, the hub continues to expand today, with the recent completion of the Outram Community Hospital and its aim to assist patients who are discharged from acute hospitals a place to continue with rehabilitation care.
Future developments in this hub include the Emergency Medicine Building, to be ready by 2023, that will be equipped with critical facilities and enhanced services to better manage patients with emergency conditions. Located opposite the Kampong Bahru Bus Terminal, this building will be accessible via a short walk from Avenue South Residence along Kampong Bahru Road.
The latest addition to the health hub is the Elective Care Centre, which focuses on non-emergency operations. This means patients can expect a shorter wait before their surgery when this new centre is completed in 2026. It is here that the new National Dental Centre will also be located, equipped with digital dentistry capabilities, R&D, and education facilities. Patients going for their scheduled elective procedures will also find it convenient to reach the centres due to the direct connectivity to the MRT station.
Residents of Avenue South Residence who need to see a general practitioner can easily reach the Outram Polyclinic that is 4 bus stops away. Just next the polyclinic is the Health Promotion Board and the Health Science Authority.
HARBOURFRONT AND MOUNT FABER
The Harbourfront locale is best known as the gateway to Sentosa and the cruise centre to Batam. It is made up of malls like Vivocity, office blocks housing high profile tenants like American bank Merrill Lynch, a once former nightspot at St James Power Station, and the cable car stop for a breath-taking view up to Mount Faber. Over the years, upmarket waterfront residences have also pop up in the area, which forms part of the larger Greater Southern Waterfront. It is with this plan that the government has gone forward with the completition of the circle line, with Keppel Station around 8 minutes walk from Avenue South Residence location. Plans are underway to expand the Harbourfront area further once the Keppel Distripark leaves with more commercial and residential offerings, boosting the image and value of the area.
Mount Faber Park is a popular destination for hikers, and is connected to the Southern Ridges and Labrador Park. Natures lovers can also cycle up along Mount Faber Road to the peak. For those who want to take it easy can drive all the way up to catch a panoramic view of the sea and city center. Numerous restaurants and the Cable Car Centre line the road which begins at Kampong Bahru Road and ends at the West Coast Highway.
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Chlorine Leak In West Virginia Sends 2 To HospitalAuthorities say a chlorine leak in West Virginia that sent at least two people to a hospital is under control.
Suspect Fatally Shot By West Virginia DeputiesA West Virginia sheriff's department says a suspect was fatally shot by deputies while they attempted to serve an arrest warrant.
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Flash Flood Watch In Effect For Areas South Of PittsburghDepending on where you live, rain may impact your Fourth of July plans.
Donate To 'Rebuild West Virginia'Some celebrities are raising money for those affected by the flooding in West Virginia last week.
Obama OKs Federal Aid For West Virginia; At Least 24 DeadOffering his condolences, President Barack Obama approved federal aid for the West Virginia communities devastated by floods that have killed at least 24 people and rendered many more homeless.


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Southern Style Crab Boil
This dish takes me back to the good old summer days of childhood, when there were no worries or responsibilities. When we'd chow down with close family and friends and drink soda all day long. Although it’s winter time, I needed something that would warm me up like the summer sun.
This dish is a staple for the southern side of my family. It’s a super simple recipe: toss whole garlic cloves, fingerling potatoes, corn, smoked sausage, and of course, crab, into a boiling pot of water with one cup of Old Bay Seasoning. It’ll be done fast with a cook time of just 20 minutes. This dish has the perfect amount of salt that will make you want to lick your fingers and come back for more. The resulting flavors are bold, spicy, and garlicky. The best part is you only need your hands and a lobster cracker! Although you'll probably want to grab a few napkins for this one.
I'm not always a huge fan of the winter, so when I need it to feel like summer again this is one of my go-tos!
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes
2 lbs snow crab legs
1 lb prawns
1 lb smoked sausage
2 ears of corn
1 lb of fingerling potatoes
1 cup of Old Bay Seasoning
Salt to taste
In a large pot filled with water, add the smoked sausage potatoes, Old Bay seasoning, and salt. You want the water to be a little salty.
Bring water to a boil and fully cook the potatoes. This should take about 10-15 minutes depending on the size of the potato.
Once the potatoes are fully cooked, add the corn, prawns, and crab. Fully cook the crab and prawns (about 10 minutes).
Once everything is cooked, drain the ingredients using a colander.
Pour everything onto a platter or the center of your table lined with newspaper and serve.

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We love this place. We go every time we come to Almancil and love it every time. We always go for lunch straight from the airport and Grissino always delivers. At lunchtime they always have a 3-course set menu for EUR11 and its great. You get a choice of soup or salad for starters, a couple of pasta dishes for main and a desert. Please do not be fooled by the price and think that this is some microwave-happy pretend-Italian. It is not!! All food is fresh and cooked to order and the owner is always at hand to help with choosing wine ( not included in EUR11).
If you are in Almancil around lunchtime you can not do better than this!
We will keep coming back!!!
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(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Susan Collins (R-ME), Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Angus King (I-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation to address PFAS contamination in private wells. The Technical Fix for the State Response to Contaminants Program bill would ensure that states have flexibility to use funding from the $5 billion provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for PFAS and other emerging contaminants in small and disadvantaged communities to help assist private well owners get rid of toxins in their drinking water. The senators had previously urged the Biden administration to ensure this funding is available to address contamination in residential wells.
“All Granite Staters deserve access to clean drinking water without having to worry about contamination from toxic PFAS chemicals,” said Senator Shaheen. “This important fix would help ensure that families who rely on private wells for their drinking water in New Hampshire and throughout the nation aren’t left out of historic investments in clean drinking water. New Hampshire families were top of mind as we negotiated the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, and I’m committed to ensuring we’re reaching all Americans, including those who rely on private wells, to ensure their water is safe from contamination.”
“PFAS and other harmful contaminants have been discovered in private water systems in Maine and across the country, and contamination will only become more evident as testing becomes more readily available,” said Senator Collins. “It is crucial that the funding we provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law be executed with the appropriate flexibility not only to support public water systems but also to help address contamination for those who rely on private wells. With more than half of Maine residents getting their drinking water from private wells, and an estimated 23 million people or more nationwide relying on residential wells, it is important that the historic investments in safe drinking water help all families.”
“Protecting our scarce groundwater resources from emerging contaminants like PFAS was a top priority of mine when we were negotiating the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,” said Senator Kelly. “With this bill, we will make sure all Arizonans who rely on groundwater for the water they drink are able to benefit from our historic investments in PFAS cleanup.”
“Every Maine household deserves access to clean drinking water free of harsh or toxic chemicals like PFAS,” said Senator King. “This responsible amendment to the Safe Drinking Water Act provide states more flexibility when mitigating PFAS contamination in private wells — providing an added peace of mind for Maine communities where private wells are prevalent. This is a proactive step forward to better protect our drinking water and promote public health.”
As a lead negotiator on the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Senator Shaheen worked to secure $10 billion to specifically address PFAS and other emerging contaminants, $5 billion of which is targeted to small and disadvantaged communities. Congress intended for that funding to be available to states to help address private well contamination among other eligible uses of the funding. Currently, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) interprets statute as only allowing for assistance to private wells if it is being used to connect to public water systems. Because connecting to public water systems may not be feasible or desirable in all cases, this bill clarifies that assistance may be provided for the benefit of well owners that are not public water systems and are not connected to a public water system.
Shaheen has long led efforts to uncover the health effects related to PFAS contamination. Shaheen recently responded to the release of the first Pease Health Study Report – a first-in-the-nation study to better understand the impacts of PFAS in drinking water. She has also worked to get clinicians guidance on testing and protocols based on recommendations made by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) in a 2022 report.


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Built for a premium performance, the Paul Rodriguez 7 is the latest evolution from Nike SB's P-Rod series. This grade-school-sized shoe features a durable suede and leather upper for long-lasting wear.It also comes equipped with advanced Lunarlon cushioning technology that's encased in a Phylon midsole that work together to supply lightweight comfort. To eliminate even more weight, Nike
Get superior traction and cushioning with the Nike Skateboarding Paul Rodriguez 7 VR. This low profile silhouette features a grey upper with bright blue accents and white Swoosh branding. Perforated detail on the tongue finishes nicely. Suede upper. Breathable tongue. Padded lining. Vulcanised sole unit
The look of the Paul Rodriguez signature line from Nike Skateboarding takes a new twist with the P-Rod 7. The silhouette features a grey suede upper with a subtly perforated toe box and a leather midsection. Finished on a Lunarlon sole.
Nike Lunar Control Vapor Golf Shoes - Black / Metallic Dark Grey Innovative design. Exceptional control. Featuring a Lunarlon mid-sole insert and a breathable mesh bootie, the Men’s Nike Lunar Control Vapor Golf Shoe is fined-tuned to provide lightweight comfort. Its out-sole is engineered with Nike Articulated Integrated Traction to provide you with an exceptionally stable feel on a variety
Let little feet stay fresh in these childrens Free Run trainers from Nike. Made from engineered mesh for a breathable, supportive fit, a Velcro ankle strap locks the foot down, while their flexible Free midsole keeps them comfortable and cushioned. Finished with Nike branding to the sides.. Material: Textile & Synthetic Upper/Synthetic Sole
Nikes Revolution 3 Mens Running Shoes are made using lightweight, single-layer mesh and minimal no-sew overlays and soft foam beneath the foot for revolutionary comfort.UPPERLightweight single-layer breathable mesh throughoutNo-sew heel ove
Ensuring extra comfortable fit with Personalised Heel Fit offering two separate layers of memory foam, the Asics Gel-Resolution 7 GS tennis shoes for boys are excellent when it comes to on court performance and impressive stability. The shoes include a soft synthetic fabric for the upper, and a special SpEVA midsole material to enhance the comfort and improve bounce back. For a more natural gait,
Get down to the basics in the Nike Flex Experience 5 (GS) Running Shoe. Minimally designed and ultra-flexible, it delivers an optimal balance of comfort, support and breathability. It is crafted with a mesh and synthetic leather upper for a comfortable, supportive fit. Durable foam midsole/outsole provides lightweight cushioning and the hexagonal flex grooves promote multi-directional flexibility.
Built, Tuned and Tested Rest assured that each Felt bike is fully built, tested and tuned by Wiggles team of qualified bike mechanics to ensure your bike arrives in perfect condition. Find out which size fits you by clicking the size chart tab.
Impeccable skate style meets responsive cushioning and superior impact protection with the versatile Nike SB Paul Rodriquez 9 CS shoe! ; This brand is a member of the Sustainable Apparel Coalition. ; Paul Rodriguez signature model. ; Engineered mesh upper with suede overlays for ventilation and lightweight support. ; Zoom Air unit in the heel for cushioning and style. ; Herringbone pattern for
Stylish and on-trend these Nike Men's Paul Rodriguez 9 R/R Dark Grey/Black/Wolf Grey Skate Shoe are a must-have addition to your wardrobe. Made from mesh, these grey skate shoes are comfortable and long-lasting. The new Paul Rodriguez 9 Rest and Relax is the perfect after skate shoe that features a lightweight breathable mesh upper and a Lunarlon midsole for soft yet responsive cushioning.
Nike SB Paul Rodriguez Citadel shoes. Synthetic upper for style and durability. Flat Flywire cables for a dynamic, supportive fit. Lunarlon sockliner and midsole for maximum impact protection. Rubber outsole with modified herringbone pattern for flexibility and traction. Imported.
Asics Gel-Lyte V mesh kids trainers with a retro running silhouette. Crafted from lightweight mesh uppers with synthetic suede panels and tiger side stripes, the sneakers feature a tonal mono sock fit system that locks the foot in for extra comfort and easy elastic laces. Set upon a gel technology midsole that absorbs vibrations, the childrens trainers are complete with signature Asics branding to
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Mens grey suede trainers from Wrangler. Constructed in a desert boot style with suede uppers, the Billy trainers comprise a three eyelet lace up front with flat, tonal laces. Complete with a branded Wrangler patch stitched to the tongue and a rear pull. Suede
Vesper Cat Condo V-High Base, Black is an eye catcher thanks to its height - it is an observation deck as well as a place to rest in one. It has tall and slim scratching poles that encourage extensive scratching. The cube cave with rear exit provides a cozy space for a nap.Vesper V-Line:Cats are demanding creatures - and so are cat lovers. VESPER V-LINE cat furniture is the perfect convergence of
Due to its dimensions and/or weight, this item ships via GROUND service only. Crystal Clear LitterPearl cat litter will stop litter box odors for up to 2 months with one 7 lb bag. LitterPearls crystals lock odor molecules into microscopic channels. After a few minutes, the moisture without the odor is allowed to evaporate, freeing the crystals to absorb more urine again and again, for a whole


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Members of Manhattan’s Washington Heights recently participated in a study based on the effects of literacy and dementia. Results showed that reading and writing may help deter the forgetful symptoms compared to not reading and writing. Jennifer J. Manly, the senior writer on the paper, said those who couldn’t read and write developed dementia sooner than those who could and did. After studying almost 1,000 people, even those who learned to read at home but received little or no education developed symptoms later in life. Researchers are now asking an empirical question: can the risk of dementia be lowered with more reading and writing?
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Budha Ganesha Temple also referred to as the temple of Lord Ganesha
is located in the vicinity of Baitarani River
in the Indian state
. The temple, dedicated to Lord Ganesha, dates back to primeval days reflecting the aesthetic and artistic prudence of the artisans. Yajna Varaha Temple is situated close to the Budha Ganesha Temple.
Architecture of Budha Ganesha Temple
Budha Ganesha Temple, exhibiting the architectural grandeur of bygone eras, confirms itself to the Kalingan order. The complete building has been built using Khanolite stone. However, during recent repair and renovation work the temple was coated with lime plaster to retain the sculptural beauty of the shrine. Besides, Lord Ganesha idols of Lord Vishnu, Mahishasuramardini along with Jain Tirthankara Lord Shantinath are installed in the temple. The structure, plan and its architectural work suggests the temple to have been built during the 11th century A.D. The temple, marked by Rekha, Pidha structure, bears a close resemblance to the shrines located at Sonepur and Bhubaneshwar.
Budha Ganesha Temple celebrates the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi
attracting thousands to pilgrims from different corners.
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Just the Facts: 2015 World University Games
OFFICIAL EVENT TITLE: 2015 World University Games
OFFICIAL TEAM NAME: 2015 USA Basketball Women’s World University Games Team
EVENT SITE: Gwangju, South Korea
EVENT VENUES: Jeonju Indoor Gymnasium, Muan Indoor Gymnasium, Muan Chodang University Gymnasium, Yeonggwant Sportium Gymnasium, Dongkang College Gymnasium.
OFFICIAL EVENT INTERNET SITE: gwangju2015.com
DATE OF DRAW: TBD
BASKETBALL COMPETITION DATES: July 4-13, 2015
USA BASKETBALL TRIALS DATES: May 14-17, 2015
USA BASKETBALL TRIALS SITE: U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado
USA BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP DATES: June 18-July 3, 2015
USA BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP SITE: U.S. Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Guanju, South Korea
EVENT DESCRPITION: Held every other year, the World University Games is organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The WUGs are a multi-sport competition open to men and women who are between the ages of 17 and 24 (born between 1/1/88 and 12/31/98), who are enrolled as a full-time collegiate student with remaining eligibility for the 2015-16 school year.
ELIGIBILITY: Athletes eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens who are currently freshmen, sophomores or juniors in college.
2015 WOMEN’S TEAMS (16): TBD
PRELIMINARY ROUND GROUPS: TBD
EVENT HISTORY: USA Basketball women's teams have participated in 17 prior World University Games and collected a record nine golds, six silvers and one bronze medal. Further, since 1973, the first year the USA women competed in the WUGs, USA women’s teams have compiled an overall 101-15 record.
In 2013, led by tournament co-MVP Odyssey Sims, who went on to earn gold as a member of the 2014 USA World Championship Team, the USA won by an average of 34.8 points per game and finished 6-0 to claim the gold medal.
USA WORLD UNIVERSITY GAMES TEAM PLAYERS OF NOTE: Notable among the list of USA WUG alumni are 2012 Olympic gold medalists Seimone Augustus, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles and Maya Moore. Additionally, Olympians Carol Blazejowski, Ruthie Bolton, Anne Donovan, Pat Head (Summitt), Lisa Leslie, Katrina McClain, Suzie McConnell (Serio), Ann Meyers (Drysdale), DeLisha Milton-Jones, Cappie Pondexter, Ruth Riley, Katie Smith, Dawn Staley, Katy Steding, Tina Thompson, Kara Wolters and Lynette Woodward played for the USA in the World University Games.
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Updated 06:41 a.m., Thursday, October 27, 2011
Girl in a Coma with Pin~ata Protest, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Pearl Park
Amphitheater at Pearl Brewery, 200 E. Grayson St.
“Mature” and “rock 'n' roll” are two things
that bands and fans do not necessarily want to go together. Rock is
supposed to be wild, carefree, rebellious and fun.
The members of Girl in a Coma — sisters Nina Diaz (guitar, vocals,
lyrics) and Phanie Diaz (drums) and lifelong friend Jenn Alva (bass)
— might not readily admit to maturing, but the band has learned
some things since its first rehearsal a decade ago, when Nina was
“I'll never write a song about a boyfriend, never get a boyfriend's
name tattooed on me and never even mention a boyfriend on an album's
liner notes,” said Nina with a wry smile.
Even taking songs about boyfriends out of the equation, Nina finds
no shortage of things about which to write. Tuesday, the hard-touring
alt/etc. local rocker will celebrate the release of the band's fourth
CD, “Exits & All the Rest” (Blackheart Records).
The Texas leg of the celebration tour has already started. Saturday,
Girl in a Coma and punk/conjunto purveyors Piñata Protest,
just off the tour road, will team for a free 6:30 p.m. concert at
the Pearl Park Amphitheater at Pearl Brewery.
“Even though we're separate genres, they're more punk rock,
we're out for the same thing. We like playing shows with them,”
Phanie said about Piñata Protest. “They're starting to
tour and they're building up a fan base. They embrace San Antonio
and the culture just like we do.”
“Exits & All the Rest,” produced, engineered and mixed
by Mike McCarthy, has a big sound that fuses the band's energy with
the yes, maturity, of a trio that has logged a lot of hours working
“It's us just getting better as musicians,” Phanie said.
“We wanted to do something different with this record. We knew
we wanted to record in analog and we wanted to capture us as live
Girl in a Coma started gigging about the time downloading music started
taking off, the business end of music began its ongoing upheavals
and focus turned again to individual songs.
“We make our living being on the road,” Phanie said. “A
lot of our fans wait to buy our CDs and our vinyl from us. Now it's
all about iTunes.”
“We've had songs in the movies ‘Machete' and ‘Prom,'
which is cool,” Nina said. “Now we're trying to get placements.”
“We try to do in-stores at record stores when we tour,”
Phanie said. “We love record stores.”
“This is an album,” Alva said. “This is not a single.
All these songs belong together.”
The lyrics are Nina's department and have been from the band's beginning.
“Smart,” the CD's first single, was not immediately embraced
by the band.
“As long as the song is, is as long as it took me to write it,”
Nina said. “It felt like a cheesy song.”
“It had the word ‘sunshine' in it,” Alva said.
“‘Sunshine' freaked them out,” Nina said. “As
soon as I changed ‘sunshine' to something depressing, they liked
“I think we like it now,” Alva added.
And it's a cinch Girl in a Coma fans are going to like wishing the
trio bon voyage at the Pearl.


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Uncle Chen’s Delivery Car Taken For A Joyride
State College Police responded to a call from a probably frustrated delivery guy at 10:47 p.m. on Saturday near the 500 block of W. College Ave. An Uncle Chen’s delivery car was reported as stolen, but when police arrived at the scene, they recovered the car a few blocks away with no apparent damage.
No Chinese food was harmed in the hijacking of said vehicle.
“It wasn’t a good time to talk unless I wanted some Chinese food,” said an Uncle Chen’s employee. He declined to comment further.
Here’s an undercover look at the scene of the crime: the blue dot is Uncle Chen’s, while the red dot is the scene of the reported crime.
However, the case is cold, as there are no suspects at the time.
State College delivery people have to deal with enough as is, with the endless number of drunk kids they need to serve every weekend. But car thieves? Come on, people.
If you have any information about the unknown perpetrator, contact the State College Police department at 814-234-7150.
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Franklin spoke to the media for a half hour on Thursday about upcoming summer workouts.
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Working to halt the spread of HIV in Ukraine
Ukraine has been making notable strides in counseling, testing, and treatment of people living with HIV/AIDS, but more effort is needed to reach out to vulnerable groups, including intravenous drug users and sex workers, to reduce the number of new HIV cases in the Eastern European country.
That was the message delivered by Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS, during an HIV/AIDS conference that Pact helped organize in Kiev from Oct. 24-26. Since 2012, Pact has worked with more than 40 local partners to implement eight pilot projects targeting populations most at risk of contracting HIV in Ukraine. The pilots, launched in five Ukrainian provinces, provide user-friendly services, including education, outreach, advocacy and behavior change activities designed to help reduce the stigma of HIV.
At the conference, Pact’s local partners brainstormed ways to improve the quality of counseling services during a session entitled, “Unrealized potential of counseling and testing for HIV prevention and treatment.” Some ideas included behavior change methodologies that encourage gay and bisexual men to reduce sexual risk-taking, get regular HIV testing and build peer support groups. Other ideas focused on at-risk youth and recently released prisoners.
Ukraine is experiencing the highest rate of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States (those in the former Soviet Union). Every day, almost 60 Ukrainians are diagnosed with HIV.
The national AIDS program contains a number of ambitious goals, including substantially scaling up antiretroviral treatment for people living with HIV and expanding access to effective HIV prevention and social services for key populations.
In 2012, Pact began implementing a $22 million USAID-funded project to extend health services to groups high at risk of contracting HIV. Pact partnered with Family Health International (FHI 360) and several local partners to initiate the project, called RESPOND. The project was funded under PEPFAR, the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief.

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