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In just a matter of weeks, both Serena Williams and Roger Federer announced their retirement from tennis.
Williams left the door open after a surprise run at the US Open, but Federer appears to have shut the door in a social media post.
Federer was the first of three men to dominate this era of tennis – namely, one player alongside Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. All three are fierce competitors on the court, but they seem to get along with it.
At the age of 41, the 20-time Grand Slam singles champion has revealed he will be stopping after next week’s Laver Cup in London due to major injury challenges. Federer attempted to return to the US Open, but failed in part due to his injury.
“Tennis has treated me more generously than I could have ever dreamed of, and now I must realize the time is right to end my competitive career,” Federer said. “Next week’s Laver Cup in London will be my last ATP event. I will play more tennis in the future, of course, but not just at a Grand Slam or on the Tour.”
How many Grand Slams did Roger Federer win?
Federer has won 20 Grand Slams, his third all-time behind Djokovic and Nadal, who continue to add more to their aggregates as their tennis careers conclude. His last major slam win was the 2018 Australian Open. Federer dominated his era, winning eight Wimbledon titles, in addition to his career in Grand Slams.
The tennis world reacts to Roger Federer’s retirement
Tennis fans alike have praised Federer, an all-time great player who has helped grow the sport as a whole.

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Cyber Weaknesses That Led to Breaches at NASA’s JPL Persist, Says IG
A new report[pdf] by the NASA inspector general exposes major shortcomings in the cybersecurity posture of the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, as a result of which the research center “has experienced several notable cybersecurity incidents that have compromised major segments of its IT network,” over the past decade.
Glaring security weaknesses include a lack of network segmentation, privileged access controls, network visibility and proactive measures such as threat hunting. The report notes that “despite these significant concerns, the contract NASA signed with Caltech in October 2018 to manage JPL for at least the next five years left important IT security requirements unresolved.”
As background for why the NASA infrastructure is so critically important to protect see the OODA special reports on the Cyber Threat to the Artemis Program and Executive’s Guide to Innovation in Space, both available to our readers via our OODA Network Resources page


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Supermodel, mother, activist, and now creative director is another role that Gigi Hadid is adding to her repertoire as she has just announced that she will be launching her very own clothing line. In a conversation with American Vogue, the part-Palestinian model stated, “working on my clothing line has been incredible because it’s a different setting, where I get to be involved in team-building and designs.” She continued, “I’m just trying to be creative all the time, and keep coming up with ways that I can put that into the world in a way that touches people.”
This isn’t Gigi’s first design rodeo however, as she has previously collaborated with American designer, Tommy Hilfiger on four collections, as well as designing an eyewear collection with Vogue Eyewear in 2017 that, unsurprisingly, sold out immediately!
Gigi Hadid is not only hard at work creating her own fashion label, but is also about to embark on her TV presenting career as she will co-host the second season of “Next In Fashion,” with British TV host, Tan France. She said, “I’m so excited…We’re working with the production team right now, finalizing guest judges and episodes with the hope that the audience feels how much fun and love we’re putting into everything,”
Welcome to #Gisposables, Gigi Hadid's Instagram dedicated to her film photography The talented Palestinian model snaps the glitz and glamour at events like the Met Gala and fashion week. pic.twitter.com/8FB8PKKHQK— About Her (@AboutHerOFCL) April 13, 2022
Amid all the work she is taking on as a TV host and fashion designer, and taking care of her daughter, Kai, Hadid has decided to take a step back from modelling to make room for the emerging models all vying for opportunities within the competitive modelling industry.
Being one of the most in demand faces, Gigi was awarded International Model of the Year in 2016 and has stormed the runway for some of the world’s biggest fashion maisons, has been the face of high end campaigns and has starred on the covers of numerous publications globally.

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UK corporation tax is set to fall by 1 per cent to 20 per cent in April 2015. This follows a promise in last year’s Autumn Statement to cut it to 21 per cent.
The Government is also introducing a new employment allowance, which will take the first £2000 off the employer National Insurance bill of every company in the UK.
Osborne says this is particularly targeted at SMEs, and will mean around 450 000 small businesses will pay no employer’s National Insurance at all.
Unveiling the Budget, Osborne said, ‘This Government is taking tax off jobs. He described the measures as ‘a budget for our aspiration nation’.
Osborne also promised tax reliefs this year for ‘creative industries like high-end television and animation with new support for our world-class visual-effects sector.’ Meanwhile the ceramics industry will be exempt from the Climate Change Levy.
And he pledged to increase by fivefold the value of Government procurement spending through the Small Business Research Initiative.
The rate of above-the-line research and development credit is being increased to 10 per cent, while corporation tax on profits from patents will be set at just 10 per cent.
Government department budgets are set to be cut by 1 per cent, and money saved will be used in infrastructure projects, which will be boosted by £3 billion a year from 2015.
Osborne cited projects such as the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and said he was aiming to give the UK ‘the fastest broadband network in Europe’.
He said, ‘By investing in the economic arteries of this country we will get growth flowing to every part of it.’
Design industry reaction to the 2013 Budget
John Mathers, chief executive of the Design Council, says, ‘It is encouraging to see tax support for creative industry subsectors in the chancellor’s 2013 Budget statement. Design is a major creative industry player in its own right and provides a vital skillset underpinning all other creative industry sectors – the latest estimates of the value design brings to the economy stand at approximately 2.2 per cent of GDP or £33.5 billion spending annually.
‘Design also has major impacts beyond the creative industries. To touch two other key areas in Osborne’s budget: first, the need to find additional savings in the budgets of Whitehall Departments – design processes can generate new approaches to the development and delivery of public services and polices, particularly through a focus on those who will use services and the practical implementation of ideas.
‘Second, we welcome the additional £3 billion a year in infrastructure spending from 2015/16 – investments in infrastructure are a growth-driver but proper regard must be given to design in the development of infrastructure programmes.
‘Design support can ensure that infrastructure responds to context, addresses sustainability and makes a positive contribution to the local community and environment. The design-led strategy of the Olympics, which our Design Review programme supported, provides an excellent model for other large UK infrastructure projects such as broadband rollout and High Speed 2.’
Allison McSparron-Edwards, managing director of business development specialist Consultrix says, ‘I think that certain aspects of the budget will be of great benefit to the design industry, in particular SMEs.
‘The drop in National Insurance will allow design companies to employ more paid interns and graduates. Lending incentives, while we need to hear more details on this, will also help smaller businesses to grow and take opportunities otherwise unavailable to them.
‘More money to spend on talent and develop products will result in SMEs in the UK being able to grow and reach a wider audience and fulfil accounts that they may not have been able to do prior to this announcement.’
John Cridlow, director of the Confederation of British Industry, says, ‘An extra one penny cut in corporation tax will make the UK one of the most internationally competitive locations in which to do business.’
He adds, ‘Small and medium-sized businesses will be particularly encouraged that there was money available for the Chancellor to cut the jobs tax through a new employment allowance. We also need to remember the impact of business rates on the hard-pressed high street.’


As part of an exclusive interview featuring four mothers mourning lost sons, on Friday Samaria Rice recounted the way in which she learned of her child's death.
"Two more boys came and knocked on my door and said the police just shot your son twice in the stomach," she told Anderson Cooper. "I was still in disbelief until I actually seen my son laying on the ground. And the police was surrounding him."
On Friday, 12-year-old Tamir Rice's death was ruled a homicide.
Watch the above clip, as Samaria Rice explains why she feels video from that day, and audio of Tamir's screaming sister, needs to be seen and heard by the world.
In a CNN exclusive interview, on Friday evening Anderson Cooper welcomed four women, all of whom are mothers grieving for a lost son.
Though the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice were different, there existed one constant: in each case the victim was a black male, and perceived to be a threat.
Asked if things might have been different were her son white, and Sybrina Fulton didn't hesitate:
"It’s an easy question for us, I think absolutely my son’s race and the color of his skin had a lot to do with why he was shot and killed," said Trayvon Martin's mom.
Watch the above clip for more of Fulton's response, as well as the answer from Tamir Rice's mother, Samaria.
Connected by similar tragedies, on Friday the mothers of Michael Brown, Eric Garner, Trayvon Martin, and Tamir Rice found themselves together in one room, all talking with Anderson Cooper.
Each of the four women is grieving over a lost son, and though the specifics in each instance varied, certain similarities did exist. And one of those similarities was race.
"If Eric Garner was a white man, in Suffolk County doing the same thing that he was doing – even if he would have been caught selling cigarettes that day – they would have given him a summons," said Garner's mother, Gwen Carr. "He wouldn’t have lost his life that day. I believe that 100 percent."
Watch the above clip as Trayvon Martin's mother, Sybrina Fulton, explains what she thinks needs to happen for police profiling and racial bias to change.
Sybrina Fulton is one of the few people who know what Michael Brown's family is dealing with right now. In 2012, her 17-year-old son Trayvon Martin was shot to death by volunteer neighborhood watch captain George Zimmerman. Anderson spoke with Ms. Fulton who said that one of her first thoughts after learning of the shooting in Ferguson was 'here we go again.'
Benjamin Crump represented Trayvon Martin's family after his shooting. He is now representing Michael Brown's family. Mr. Crump discussed the Browns' meeting today with Attorney General Eric Holder.
The hung jury on the first-degree murder charge against Michael Dunn is raising some of the same questions about race and justice in Florida asked after the George Zimmerman trial. Gary Tuchman took a look at the similarities and differences between the Zimmerman and Dunn trials.
In an interview with New Day's Chris Cuomo, George Zimmerman described himself a "scapegoat." John Berman spoke to Chris Cuomo about their conversation.
It has not been a great week for George Zimmerman. First he was arrested on domestic violence charges in an incident involving his girlfriend. He spent Monday night in jail, where he was served with divorce papers. Today his soon to be ex-wife, Shellie Zimmerman, appeared on Katie Couric's talk show "Katie." Anderson looks at what she said and discusses it with Mark O'Mara, one of the attorneys who helped win Zimmerman's acquittal in the Trayvon Martin case.
Next week is the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington. For many, it will be a time to contemplate the state of Dr. Martin Luther King's dream. It comes as the nation is grappling with several sensative racial issue including stop-and-frisk laws, the Trayvon Martin case, and now the recent killing of college student Christopher Lane. John King spoke with Trayvon Martin's parents, Sybrina Fulton and Tracey Martin, along with their attorney Benjamin Crump.
As attention on the so called "boredom" killing of college student Christopher Lane grows, so do questions about the role of race. Some are already comparing it to killing of Trayvon Martin, and questioning why the media, and President Obama are not handling it the same way. Criminal defense attorney Mark Geragos, conservative blogger Crystal Wright, and B.E.T. editorial brand manager Michaela Angela Davis weigh in on the case.
If authorities move forward with a civil rights case against George Zimmerman, how difficult would it be to prove? Anderson discussed it with criminal defense attorney Danny Cevallos and CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Sunny Hostin.


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A man of many talents, of all things Hazarika leaves behind an enduring musical legacy that will motivate young musicians to look 'within', into their own experiences, culture and homeland. The late master brought North-Eastern folk music to national
Obituary Indian multihyphenate Bhupen Hazarika died of multiple organ failure in Mumbai on Saturday, Nov. 5...Hazarika was a singer, poet, composer, filmmaker, author and journalist who made it his life mission to propagate the folk traditions of his
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Most of singer Bhupen Hazarika's songs dwelt on the themes of love, nature and the varied hues of human emotions. Noted for his clear diction and voice, Hazarika sang his first song 'Biswa nijoy nojowan' for Assamese film Indramalati when he was just
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Anupam Nath/Associated Press Assamese girls perform Bihu, a traditional folk dance of Assam, during India's Independence Day celebrations in Gauhati, India, on Monday.
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What is Emotional Abuse? SIGNS you are in an emotionally abusive relationship
21 Warning Signs of an Emotionally Abusive Relationship
Ending a significant relationship is never easy. One moment, you may desperately want to get away, and the next, you may want to hang on to the relationship. The only thing that matters is your safety. There are many resources available for abused and battered women, including crisis hotlines, shelters—even job training, legal services, and childcare. Start by reaching out today. As you face the decision to either end the abusive relationship or try to save it, keep the following things in mind:. Abusers have deep emotional and psychological problems.
Because emotional abuse has become such a popular topic in the self-help and psychology fields, you may already be familiar with some of its signs, which may include withdrawal of affection, name-calling, and control. But if you suspect you're in an emotionally abusive relationship, you may be so immersed in it that you can't read the very destructive handwriting on the wall. Emotional abuse becomes, in a sense, your blurred normal. The term "emotional abuse" is thrown around a lot these days and that's a dangerous thing. To respect its victims, we have to be very careful about watering it down. To be clear: A one-off fight with your partner in which you both say things you regret is not emotional abuse. Your spouse forgetting your anniversary two years in a row is not emotional abuse.
A Perfect Start
When people think of domestic abuse, they often focus on domestic violence. But domestic abuse includes any attempt by one person in an intimate relationship or marriage to dominate and control the other., Knowing how to recognize emotionally abusive behavior is the first step to empowering yourself and others!
Reviewer Whitney White, MS. When you're in an emotionally abusive relationship, you are probably questioning your reality. You may start to have doubts about what you said or did because your partner or loved one tries to manipulate you. They may deny hurting you, and tell you that you're "losing your mind" or "making it up. These are all signs of mental manipulation and potential spousal abuse. You matter, even if your partner or whoever is abusing you is telling you that you don't.
Domestic violence is once again in the forefront of the news. This is in part due to abusive incidents with sports figures or celebrities that have become very public. Abuse is not always as obvious as being hit or shoved, called degrading names or cussed out. In fact, it can very well be underhanded or subtle. This is the kind of abuse that often sneaks up on you as you become more entrenched in the relationship.
You know what? But emotional abuse or being mistreated can begin in small ways that you hardly notice. Until one day dear ones, you have a serious problem on your hands. It might be awkward, but it will be honest. And the pain can eat away at your self worth. Discover more about self worth by clicking here.

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We were finally able to make it to the Rhine River. With its rolling hills covered in vineyards and barges passing through, it was a beautiful scene. We stayed in a nice hotel in the town of Bad Bresig, just north of Koblenz by 20 minutes. It was a beautiful hotel with a great breakfast buffet. The only problem we encountered was that the water was too low. The day cruise ships weren’t stopping at our dock, unless we stood out there and waved them down. (that didn’t seem like something I wanted to do)
We drove there, so it was perfectly fine to not take the boat system. There was also a train that rain right alongside the river. If you wanted to venture to Cologne and Koblenz, we stayed in the perfect location. If you want to only see the castles along the river, I would recommend staying south of Koblenz or even in Koblenz. We made it work though.
Our main objective was to see castles. We were able to make it to six castles all together and more from just driving around. Four the first day and two the second day. The upside to driving was we could park much closer to the castles than if we took the train or boat. If you are with people who do not like to walk up steep grades, a car is the better choice.
We also stopped by the Maria Laach Abbey. It was a beautiful Abbey and is still used today by monks. When we were there, they were begining a ceremony. We got a little nervous because we thought we were locked in for the whole ritual but they just locked one of the entrance doors. Just be aware that they are actually using the Abbey daily and be courteous to their space. There were beautiful gardens, hotel and shops. Park across the street.
We ended the night with dinner by our hotel. There were a long line of amazing restaurants just beside the river. Hotel Ankler was the name of where we ate and we had Jagar snitzel, steak and cordon bleu.
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Tens of thousands of hosts throughout New York City rely on sharing their home on Airbnb to age in place, pay student loans and make ends meet in an increasingly unaffordable city.
Despite the positive economic impact of home sharing on middle-class families and small businesses, opponents frequently cite concerns about the potential for short-term rental platforms to remove permanent housing from the market.
And yet, even as these hotel industry–backed lobbyists offer up home sharing as a scapegoat for the affordability crunch, they worked behind the scenes to push through a law preventing the conversion of hotels to permanent housing.
The truth is that by any measure, New York City needs permanent housing far more than it needs hotels.
As a study commissioned by the city recently found, New York has had an "unprecedented hotel construction boom that has delivered more new hotel rooms than any market in North America." The new hotels cannibalized land that could have been used for permanent housing, with hotel construction and conversions leading to a loss of more than 750,000 square feet of residential space—the equivalent of 773 apartments.
The hotel boom continues unabated. In the heart of the East Village, tenants in five apartment buildings, some in rent-stabilized units, are being kicked out to build a 311-room boutique hotel. Even as the community rallied against the project, ShareBetter—the hotel industry–backed front group that masquerades as a grassroots organization—did nothing. Its silence reaffirms that its true concern is not saving permanent housing but protecting hotel profits—profits made on the backs of New York taxpayers.
Indeed, even as they enjoy their most profitable years ever, hotels frequently receive taxpayer subsidies. As a report by Airbnb this month found, hotels in the U.S. have received more than $4.9 billion in subsidies and other benefits since Airbnb's founding in 2008. That includes many hotels throughout New York—including the Ritz-Carlton by Battery Park and a boutique hotel in Huntington, Long Island—which have received millions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies: funds that could have been used to build affordable housing.
Instead of giving millions of dollars in tax breaks to big hotels or preventing the conversion of hotels to housing for permanent residents, New York officials should support legislation in Albany that will allow more middle- class New Yorkers to responsibly share their homes.
The bill, sponsored by Brooklyn Assemblyman Joe Lentol, would protect our housing stock by limiting short-term rental hosts to a single home in the five boroughs and increasing fines on bad actors who hurt our communities. The bill also would enhance enforcement by creating a registration system for short-term rentals and data-sharing arrangements between hosting platforms and city regulators.
New Yorkers get it. Nearly 80% of voters support allowing residents to rent out their own home, and two-thirds say home sharing is a good thing for the city.
Officials should heed the wisdom of their constituents who understand that home sharing is a positive force for neighbors, businesses and communities, and reject the divisive, self-serving arguments of a hotel industry that will do anything to increase its already-record corporate profits.
Josh Meltzer is the head of public policy for Airbnb in New York.


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The Most Important Story (MIS) is the single most effective Gospel presentation available today. The distribution of 92 million copies alone marks an unprecedented milestone in Christian publishing. It has been utilized by leading Christian Organizations and Denominations around the world. Of special note is this is the book chosen to be distributed through Operations Christmas Child’s “shoebox program” for 15 consecutive years. It has been used by Billy Graham and Operation Mobilization and Child Evangelism Fellowship and countless others.
Most revealing perhaps has been its incredible reception in 175 countries and the unparalled response rate in Vietnam with the fastest growing denomination in the country. Exacting documentation reveals that 75% of non–believers accept Christ upon going through the MIS book. It also directly led to over 400 new churches being established. One other amazing fact is that on two occasions, this full color, Scripture filled (50% of content) was named the number one selling book at the Cairo book fair which is the largest book fair in the Middle East, intended to market and sell Arabic books to the Muslim world.
It tells the big story of the Bible, starting with creation, revealing the sin of mankind and our separation from God but quickly moves to God’s solution in the person of His Son Jesus Christ. There is content revealing the life of Christ on earth, his death, resurrection and ascent to heaven.
The family was designed carefully to be of no particular origin. It clearly explains how to become a child of God, ending with an invitation to accept Christ with a prayer of salvation and a challenge to go and do likewise.

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Police are investigating the deaths of Toronto billionaires Barry and Honey Sherman as “suspicious.”
By: AP and World Israel News Staff
Toronto billionaire and philanthropist Barry Sherman, 75, and his wife Honey, 70, were found dead in their mansion Friday, and police said they were investigating the deaths as “suspicious.”
Toronto Police spokesman Mark Pugash said Saturday the deaths are suspicious based on what they know, but offered no other details. Police earlier said there were no signs of forced entry and there was no outstanding suspect they were going after.
Autopsies were performed Saturday on the bodies, but results have not yet been released.
Police were called to the Sherman home in an upscale neighborhood of north Toronto just before noon on Friday in response to a “medical complaint.”
There have been reports that the deaths involved a homicide-suicide scenario. The family disputed these allegations.
Family urges thorough, objective investigation
The Sherman family issued a statement Saturday urging police to conduct a “thorough, intensive and objective criminal investigation” into their parents’ deaths and urged the media to avoid speculating on the cause of the deaths.
“Our parents shared an enthusiasm for life and commitment to their family and community totally inconsistent with the rumors regrettably circulated in the media as to the circumstances surrounding their deaths,” the statement read.
“I am beyond words right now,” Ontario health minister Eric Hoskins wrote in his tweet. “Incredible philanthropists, great leaders in health care. A very, very sad day.”
Barry Sherman was the chairman of generic drug maker Apotex, which he founded in 1974 with two employees. It went on to become the largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical company.
Along the way he amassed a vast fortune, which Canadian Business magazine estimated at $4.77 billion Canadian (US$3.65 billion) to make him the 15th richest Canadians.
The company employs more than 10,000 people in research, development, manufacturing and distribution facilities world-wide, with more than 6,000 employees at its Canadian operations.
Sherman has also been an active philanthropist, including donating $50 million Canadian (US$39 million) to the United Jewish Appeal.
Active lobbyist for Liberal party
He had also become a lobbyist for the Liberal Party in recent years, but was criticized for holding a pay-for-access fundraiser at his home in August 2015, two months ahead of the Canadian federal election, which was attended by then-candidate Trudeau.
“Sophie and I are saddened by news of the sudden passing of Barry and Honey Sherman,” Trudeau said. “Our condolences to their family & friends, and to everyone touched by their vision & spirit.”
Honey Sherman was a member of the board of the York University Foundation. She also served on the boards of Mount Sinai’s Women’s Auxiliary, the Simon Wiesenthal Center and the International American Joint Distribution Committee.
“All of us at Apotex are deeply shocked and saddened by this news and our thoughts and prayers are with the family at this time,” the company said in a statement.


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Modeling Mobility and Migration in Human History
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One of the most significant challenges in archaeology is understanding how (and why) humans migrate. Homo Migrans examines the past, present, and future states of migration and mobility studies in archaeological discourse. Contributors draw on revolutionary twenty-first-century advances in genetics, isotope studies, and data manipulation that have resolved longstanding debates about past human movement and have helped clarify the relationships between archaeological remains and human behavior and identity.
These emerging techniques have also pressed archaeologists and historians to develop models that responsibly incorporate method, theory, and data in ways that honor the complexity of human behavior and relationships. This volume articulates the challenges that lie ahead as scholars draw from genomic studies, computational science, social theory, cognitive and evolutionary studies, environmental history, and network analysis to clarify the nature of human migration in world history. With case studies focusing on European and Mediterranean history and prehistory (as well as global history), Homo Migrans presents integrated methodologies and analyses that will interest any scholar researching migration and mobility in the human past.
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Preferences for urban building materials: Does building culture background matter?
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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Original versionForests. 2018, 9 (8), 504 10.3390/f9080504
A fast-growing global population, increasing urbanization, and an increasing flow of people with different building cultural backgrounds bring material use in the housing sector into focus. The aim of this study is to identify material preferences in the building environment in cities and to determine if the building cultural background impacts those preferences. The data in this study consisted of responses from two groups of dwellers in Norway, including immigrants from countries where wood is an uncommon building material and native Norwegians from a building culture where wood is common. We found that the most preferred materials were often the same as the most common materials currently used in city buildings. Only small differences were found between the two groups of dwellers that were studied. Most differences were related to concerns about material choice in general and where individuals wanted to live. Respondents who preferred city living preferred commonly used city materials, such as concrete and steel. For cladding materials, stone/bricks were the most preferred. However, stained or painted wood was one of the most preferred, even though it is not commonly used in city buildings.


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Tight safety at Ajnala after conflict
Amritsar, February 24
Day after the conflict between cops and armed supporters of radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh, the police in the present day remained on their toes to be able to stop any untoward incident.
Heavy police power was deputed at Ajnala police station and within the border city on Friday the place Amritpal together with a whole lot of supporters remained put up following the conflict exterior Ajnala police station.
Armed supporters of the controversial chief had converged at Ajnala police station to stage a protest in opposition to the arrest of his supporter Lovepreet Singh who was nabbed by Ajnala police in an alleged kidnapping and assault case registered per week in the past. They had been searching for his launch and cancellation of the FIR registered.
Nonetheless, after reaching the spot, his supporters allegedly broke via the barricades and stormed into the police station. The conflict led to harm to 6 cops, together with SP Jugraj Singh and supporters of Amritpal. Senior police officers together with ADGP Mohnish Chawla and Amritsar Police Commissioner Jaskaran Singh reached the spot for negotiations. The agitators threatened a everlasting sit-in till Lovepreet was discharged.
Although the police assured his launch, Amritpal and his supporters determined to stay in Ajnala till his launch however agreed to depart the police station. Following the incident, the police made tight safety preparations at Ajnala.
After the discharge of Lovepreet, he alongside along with his supporters left Ajnala and moved in the direction of Amritsar.
Cops on toes
- Heavy police power was deputed at Ajnala police station and within the border city on Friday the place Amritpal together with a whole lot of supporters remained put up following the conflict exterior Ajnala police station.
- Armedmen had converged at Ajnala police station searching for launch and cancellation of the FIR in opposition to Lovepreet Singh.
Majithia blames police for not taking preventive measures
- Reacting to the Ajnala incident, senior SAD chief Bikram Singh Majithia strongly criticised the carrying of Sri Guru Granth Sahib saroop on the Ajnala police station amid a violent crowd.
- “The saroop was misused for a private struggle, which was extremely condemnable. Inform me any single occasion in historical past the place the saroop was taken to a police station on this method to free an individual. It’s a state-sponsored deliberate try and push Punjab into the turbulent interval of 80s-90s. Until this time, there has not been a single response from the CM on the incident that occurred at a police station within the border belt,” he mentioned.
- “How might the protesters cowl a distance of over 60 km and managed to succeed in the police station? What restrained the DGP or SSP from taking preventive measures,” the SAD chief requested.

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The claws are out and the fists are starting to fly between candidates Obama an Clinton, this time over another rookie mistake the Senator for Illinois made in trying to cite his overseas “experiences” as a 10 year-old as helping him both “understand” the world and shape his opinions on foreign policy (emphasis added):
SHENANDOAH, Iowa — Hillary Rodham Clinton ridiculed Democratic rival Barack Obama on Tuesday for his contention that living in a foreign country as a child helped give him a better understanding of the foreign policy challenges facing the U.S.
â€˜â€˜Voters will have to judge if living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges the next president will face,” Clinton said. â€˜â€˜I think we need a president with more experience than that, someone the rest of the world knows, looks up to and has confidence in.”
Clinton’s statement was prompted by a comment Obama made a day earlier when asked about his foreign policy credentials. He said his life experience gave him a better feel for international issues than most candidates gain from official trips to other nations.
He noted his father was from Kenya and that he himself spent part of his childhood in Indonesia. â€˜â€˜Probably the strongest experience I have in foreign relations is the fact I spent four years overseas when I was a child in Southeast Asia,” he said Monday.
Here was Obama’s response to Hillary’s dig at his foreign policy “experience”:
“We just had a little exchange, Sen. Clinton and myself today” Obama told voters here. “I had mentioned that one of the reasons that I got it right when it came to Iraq was because I had lived overseas as a child. It gives me some judgment and perspective around what other people think about America and how they might react or respond when we make some of the decisions that we make.
“And, of course, both the Republicans in their talking points as well as Sen. Clinton said we don’t think that what Sen. Obama did when he was 10 years old is relevant to our national security. I didn’t say that. She went on to make up the point, that some of the Republicans have made that she’s met with all these world leaders. I was wondering which world leader told her that we needed to invade Iraq because that is the conventional thinking that we’re going to have to break.”
For that matter, I wonder which one of his childhood friends he met while overseas told him that Saddam Hussein wasn’t a threat and that we shouldn’t invade Iraq?
Doesn’t this give you SO much confidence in his ability to wade through the shark-infested sea of foreign policy issues that the US has to deal with on a daily basis? Why, I wonder if my ten days spent in Europe back when I was 18 qualifies me as an expert of sorts on diplomatic relations with Europeans? Hmmm …
Seriously, Obama really does make it too easy for the more politically seasoned Hillary to take swipes at his attempts at sounding tough and experienced, just like she did over remarks he made back in August about invading Pakistan. But are Democratic voters, who have cosistently put Hillary at the top of the polls for the last several months, starting to turn against Hillary’s experience versus Obama’s inexperience? A few recent polls suggest that the tide may be indeed turning against Clinton.
A recent Reuters/Zogby poll shows that Hillary’s support has dropped 10 percent, but Obama only gained a couple of percentage points (which may change once Oprah starts campaigning for him – heh). That’s still a comfortable margin for La Clinton, but she’s obviously not taking any chances and is coming out swinging full force against Obama.
More worrying for the Clinton campaign has to be the latest WaPo/ABC News poll, which now shows Senator Obama surging slighty ahead of Senator Clinton:
According to the latest Washington Post/ABC News poll released Tuesday, Sen. Barack Obama has surged to a 4 point lead over Hillary Clinton, and an 8 point lead over John Edwards.
In a survey of likely Democratic caucus-goers in Iowa, Obama draws support from 30 percent, compared with 26 percent for Clinton and 22 percent for former senator John Edwards. New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson received 11 percent, The Washington Post reports.
Hillary is clearly in trouble in Iowa.
A CNN/WMUR poll suggests Hillary is losing support in New Hampshire, too:
The senator from New York saw a 23-point lead over her closest rival in September decrease to 14 points in a new CNN/WMUR New Hampshire presidential primary poll conducted by the University of New Hampshire.
When asked who they would support if the primary were held today, 36 percent of likely Democratic primary voters backed Clinton, 22 percent supported Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois and 13 percent favored former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina.
In September, when CNN last polled in New Hampshire, Clinton was at 43 percent, with Obama at 20 percent and Edwards at 12 percent.
The survey, released Tuesday, showed a jump for Bill Richardson — 12 percent of those questioned supported the New Mexico governor for president, double his support from September.
It’s true that anything can happen in the next month or so before the primary season kicks into high gear, but I think these polls are significant considering how consistently Hillary has stayed ahead of the pack for most of this year versus the drop in support she’s seeing now. It may turn out that Obama’s rookie mistakes may actually help him rather than hurt him going into the primaries next year.
Either way, I’m sitting back and enjoying the back and forth sniping going on between the two, along with the little kitty cat hisses John Edwards throws in from time to time. With any luck, the three of them just may demolish each other.
Would someone pass the popcorn, please?
Memeorandum has a link round-up of blogger reax on the battle going on between Hillary and Obama.


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Bazar, 60 miles from Chittagong, on the 4th of July last. He died of the jungle fever.
Mrs. Colman was ill of the same fever at the date of our last accounts.
The Burman mission has been recruited the last year, by the arrival of Dr. Price and family, and by the return of Mr. Hough and his family from Serampore to Rangoon. Our long tried and faithful Missionary, Mr. Judson, remains in health and firm at his post. May God preserve him for a long time to come, and crown his ardu. ous labours with abundant success. Mrs. Judson is now on a visit in this country on account of her health. We offer our sincere prayers to Almighty God, that her visit may not only be conducive to her health, but be happily in. strumental in promoting a deeper interest in the Burman mission.
It gives us pleasure to lay before you from time to time, the most interesting articles of intelligence from the mis. sions established among the Indians of this country. It is de. voutly hoped that these several missions may excite a more lively interest in the minds of christians than they have hitherto done. While the cause of religion generally, and that of missions in particular, will ever claim preeminence in our columns, it is not our design to exclude such communications as relate to the interests of literature, and the social order and happiness of society.
Well written essays on doctrinal or practical subjects of religion, on the advantages of literature to the rising gene. ration, such in particular as may have a tendency to do away the prejudices that still oppose its progress; and generally whatever may tend to promote knowledge, and purity, and brotherly affection among christians, will be gratefully received by the Editors. It is our sincere aim to avoid giving offence; but we consider it a duty which we owe to ourselves as well as to our readers, to select from the mass of matter before us, what we deem the most useful.
To our old correspondents we tender our grateful acknowledgments, and solicit the continuance of their favours, hoping that new ones will arise to enrich our pages.
As the profits of this Magazine are sacredly appropriated to missionary purposes, we hope our readers will derive both pleasure and advantage from the work, and that they will continue to use their influence to extend its circula. tion.
THE commencement of a new which is measured by the existyear is justly considered an occa- ence of our world. We date its sion of universal congratulation, commencement from the To have escaped, for so long a ment when the Creator said, time, the ravages of death, to find 6 let there be light;" we look ourselves still in a state of pro- for its termination when the Son bation, to have been favoured of Man shall come in the clouds with additional opportunities of of heaven with power and great glorifying God and of preparing glory, and all his holy angels with for heaven, are subjects not only him. Now considered of itself, 'for mutual rejoicing, but also for this is but a brief period of duradeep and devout thanksgiving. tion In a few hours we can We would, therefore, unite with bring to mind all the empires our readers in offering up unto which have risen, declined, and the Giver of every good and per failen, and we can review all the fect gift, our humble tribute of dynasties which have flourished praise for that unwearied care and have faded since this world with which he has watched over commenced. It is not a difficult us since the period of our last task to recall ecollection Annual Address.
all the mighty deeds with which From the multitude of subjects the page of history has been emsuggested by this interesting oc- blazoned from the time that the casion, we select the brevity of second man lifted up his hand time, as the theme for a few re- against his brother. Passing aflections. On a topic to which the long over the record of our spe. moralist has so frequently advert- cies, we soon leave behind us ed, we can scarcely hope to offer those kingdoms which for a few any thing new. We, however, years were considered universal, recollect, that the frequency with
with David, the which it has been urged upon Psalmist of Israel, with Abraham the attention of mankind, evinces the father of the faithful, with the general conviction of its im- Noah, our second great progeniportance ; and that truth of uni- tor, with Enoch who walked versal importance can rarely be with God, with Adam in the gartoo frequently inculcated. den of Eden, until our inquiries
By time, is generally under- are arrested by beholding the stood that portion of duration earth without form, and void, and
darkness upon the face of the illimitable space
from the great abyss. And if we look forward, luminary of day. our anticipations are as speedily But short as is the whole of checked. A few
em- time, we are personally interestpires will rise and fall, a few ed in a very small part of it. It more battles will be fought, is divided into an infinite numthe earth will perform a few ber of lesser portions, of which more revolutions in her orbit, each generation occupies one. and then the angel will stand The generations which have upon the sea and upon the earth, preceded us have each occupied and lifting his hand to heaven, their portion, and have passed will swear, by Him that liveth away like the shadow of a sumforever and ever, that created mer's cloud; we are now occuheaven, and the things that are pying ours, and shall in like mantherein, and the earth, and the ner quickly pass away.
We look things that are therein, and the back upon them as upon the sea and the things that are there- leaves of the forest, which in in, that there shall be time no summer flourished, in autumn longer.
faded, and have long since moulBut if time be thus brief, when dered into forgetfulness. We considered of itself, it diminishes now are flourishing, we as quickalmost to a point when compared ly shall fade, and the places with that endless duration of which now, know us shall know which it forms so infinitely small us no more forever. For we are a part. Carry your conceptions carried away as with a flood. . backward before the morning We are as a sleep. In the mornstars sang together, or ever ing we are like grass which the sons of God shouted for groweth up. In the morning it joy, before the mountains were flourisheth and groweth up, in brought forth, or ever He had the evening it is cut down and formed the earth or the world, withereth. The days of our when from everlasting to ever- years are threescore years and lasting Jehovah was God. Nay, ten, and if by reason of strength, carry your conceptions still far- they be four score years, yet is ther back, before seraphim or their strength labour and sorrow, cherubim were created, when for it is soon cut off, and we fly from eternity God reigned alone; away. Behold thou hast made and, having wearied yourself in our age as an hand-breadth and endeavours to comprehend an e- our years are as nothing before ternity that is past, stretch every thee. Surely every man in his faculty of your soul to the utmost best estate is altogether vanity. to comprehend an eternity to Or we may bring the subject
Think of a duration, more immediately to which, as it never had a begin- experience. What is our life? ning, can never have an end. Let those of us answer, whose And having done this, ask what, heads have been frosted by the in comparison with it, are those snows of many winters. lo a few moments which we denomi- few minutes can you not recall nate time. They are as a sand all that ever you have seen or to the sea-shore. They are as a known? But few events have drop to the ocean. They are as transpired since your existence a single ray of light to that ex- commenced. The sun has
perhaustless flood of brightness formed but few revolutions since which from the first morning of you began to be. The clock has creation has been poured upon told but few hours since its first
our own em
stroke fell upon your ear. And let him be holy still; and he every succeeding year seems that is righteous, let him be shorter than its predecessor. righteous still; and he that is The events of the past year filthy, let him be filthy still.” seem but as the transactions of
If consequences so infinite dea fortnight. It seems but as yes- pend upon our present ephemeterday since we exchanged our ral duration, how important is it annual congratulations, and call- that every moment of it be ed to mind those friends whom rightly improved! How aggrathe last twelve months had con- vated is the folly of him who signed to darkness and the shad- squanders so inestimable a treasow of death.
ure! If wealth be squandered, it But brief as is our probation- may be regained; if influence ary existence, the consideration be alienated, it may be recalled; of its brevity is still more but “ time once past, never rephatically impressed upon us, turns; the moment that is lost, when we consider that a large is lost forever." portion of it has already con- Let us each, then, at the comsumed–To some of us only a mencement of a new year ask year, a month, a day; nay, there himself, am I accomplishing the may be some to whom only a great purposes of my existence ? few moments remain. And this re- Am I living for eternity ? or are mainder is all that can be im- my designs all bounded by the proved. The past is forever narrow limits of three score beyond our control. Whatever years and ten ? Am I, by patient has been done is already sealed continuance in well doing, seekup for eternity. It is recorded ing for glory, honor, and immor. in that book which shall not be tality ? Or am I treasuring up opened until the day of judg- wrath against the day of wrath? ment. Neither prayers,
Am I, by a life of holiness, pretears, nor penitence, can alter paring to unite in the anthems one article which is already re- of cherubim ? corded. Nothing is within our tinuance in sin am I adding force power, but the few fleeting, less to those principles of evil which ening moments which remain. will only render me meet for
Here let us add one more con- the wailings of the damned ? sideration. This fleeting transi- Or suppose we have a cheertory existence is all the proba- ing hope that our tion that will ever be granted to written in the Lamb's book of
The few moments we spend life; that, sprinkled with the on earth will decide our destiny blood of the atonement, we shall for eternity. All beyond the stand accepted in that great day grave is fixed and unalterable as when the secrets of all hearts the throne of God. The charac- shall be made manifest,-still ter which we acquire on earth much remains for us to do. We will be the basis of the character are bound to exhibit in our lives which will attach to us through the effect of the principles we interminable ages.
The only profess. By a steady cultivation alteration of which it will be sus- of the grace that is within us ceptible, will be a change from we are to add to our 6 faith, glory to glory, or from shame to knowledge, to, our knowledge shame through the illimitable temperancé, tó our temperance range of an endless existence. patience, to our patience godliBeyond the confines of time it ness, to our godliness brotherly will be said, “He that is holy, kindness, and to our brotherly
Or by a
kindness charity." And we ling to meet the history of the should recollect that it is only past year at the day of judgment ? by so doing that an entrance will
'Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours, be abundantly administered unto And ask them what report they bore to heaven, us into the everlasting kingdom
And bow they might bave borne more welcome newt. of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Let us then commence a new Christ.
year with more serious resolu. Are we actively engaged in tions to live for eternity. May promoting the cause of the Re- God grant that the year eighteen deemer on earth? This short hundred and twenty three may life is all the time that is allotted by every one of us be devoted to us, in which we may manifest unreservedly to God. It will our love to the souls for whom then be a matter of small impor. he poured out his soul unto the tance whether the commencedeath. Is it the great end of our ment of the next year find us in existence that this world shall be the visible or invisible world ; the better for our having lived in it? for if the earthly house of our Are we actively engaged in pro- tabernacle be dissolved, we shall moting the great plans of benevo- have taken possession of a buildlence which in the present ageing of God, a house not made solicit our assistance ? Viewed with hands eternal in the heave simply in this light, are we wil
January 1, 1823.
MEMOIR OF REV. SAMUEL NELSON.
We are called, in the afflictive A great and glorious work of dispensations of the providence the Lord spread through Middleof God, to record the death of El- borough and vicinity in 1780, and der Samuel Nelson, of Middle. Mr. Nelson and his wife were borough, Mass. Worn out with made the subjects of the work. labours and years, he calmly re- They were both brought to taste signed his breath, and fell asleep the joys of pardoned sin, and to in Jesus, on the morning of the rejoice in the Lord within an 9th of Sept, in the 78th year of hour of each other, on the 9th of
June. They shortly after made As “the righteous shall be in a public profession of their faith everlasting remembrance," we in Christ, and were added to the feel it our duty to mention some second Baptist Church in said of the most memorable and in- town. Mr. Nelson soon began to teresting features in the charac- exercise his gifts by speaking in ter of this pious and devoted ser- conferences and other religious vant of God.
meetings, much to the satisfacHe was born in Middleboro', tion of the hearers. It does not April. 6th, 0. S. 1748, and was appear at what time he was ligrandson to Mr. Thomas Nelson, censed by the church ; but about whose exertions for the promo- two years after, we find him tion of truth are so respectfully preaching statedly a part of the noticed by Backus and Benedict time to a little society in Raynin their histories.
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(MCT) -- The Seven Points City Council has approved moving Mayor Pro Tem Bill Hash into the vacant mayor's seat.
Mayor Kevin Pollock resigned to run for Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 and is in a runoff election with Judge Dale Blaylock.
Hash had reason for wanting to be placed in the mayor's seat.
"If the council ever has a tie vote, there will be no possible way to break a tie without the Mayor as a tie-breaker," Hash said.
Hash had already announced his candidacy for mayor in the May 10 election.
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Atmospheric drones and ambiences – light and dark, beautiful and eerie, lively and serene
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This Halloween, be prepared to be scared! From Carma Studio, comes the ultimate Halloween package.
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The Space Collection strikes again with Space Ambiences – Drones & Atmospheres: 25 drones and atmospheres, all loop seamlessly – made for composers and sound designers.
Do you need some drones inspired by space? Space Drones is a pack inspired by different solar objects. It contains 17 perfectly looping files, each with their unique spacey texture. The loops are based on solar system objects, interstellar phenomenon and human mission control transmissions. The sounds are fictional but are based in part on real sound transmissions from space to give it some realism.
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This collection features 200 Space Whooshes and Wind Science Fiction sound effects. These sounds have been hand-picked from the Sound Ideas HD – Space Whooshes and Winds library.
“Special Double Bass Fx” is a unique mini-library of interesting textured sounds recorded with a double-bass.
At the frontier of music and sound design, those samples are great resources for creating monsters, drones, or any special experimentation.
Spring Box is 13 minutes/453mb of shrieking, droning, scraping metallic sounds – made by bowing a steel spring bolted to an empty steel enclosure. 81 separate files – recorded in 24bit/96kHz using Primo EM172 and JrF contact microphones.
Here's a collection of eerie sounds for your next horror/sci-fi/ambient project. Everything from low rumbling and rattling, to high pitched, harmonics-laden screams; long, drawn-out sounds and short dings and twangs. Of course they sound really good when pitched down, too (the last 3 sounds in the preview are shifted down to quarter speed)!
The Spring Box is an old 19 inch rack enclosure, which I gutted and fitted with two springs from a genuine Luxo lamp (so you know it's good). I have been having fun bowing and scraping this with a cello bow, as well as striking it with various other objects. Some sounds are recorded acoustically, while others were done with contact mics.
Static Space is a collection of 155 space or Sci-Fi sound effects, focused on continuous, seamless loops. Instead of fly-by's and accelerations, you get the sounds of space ships going at cruise speeds or idling. If you need motion, just add panning, fades and doppler as you like.
Here are plenty of loops for designing alien environments, including engine rooms, general room tones, strange transmissions and more. Additionally, I have made sure to add plenty of variety; both in terms of moods, frequency content and tonality. Some of these are unmistakably space sound effects, while others are more ambiguous, and could be used for other high tech environments as well.
You will find both low- and high end sweeteners, so when ever you see the words “rumble” or “low end” in a file name; watch that master fader! Furthermore, I went for a strong, almost musical tone, in some sounds, while others are much more noise-based and abrasive.
Whether you seek eerie ambiences, mysterious chatter, or a bassy sweetener, Strange Moods has you covered. In this collection, you’ll find over an hour of perfectly-loopable, atmospheric audio. Inspired by such games as Limbo, No Man’s Sky, and Badlands, all 69 files are high-quality 96kHz/24bit WAV files and drag and drop ready.
Supernatural Ghosts provides the sounds of spirits in multiple variations, allowing you to construct entire horror scenes and suggest ghostly presence. To bring you this horrifying library, we recorded and designed human voices, abstract instruments such as the waterphone, thunder tube, harmonica all in 24Bit 96kHz allowing for further manipulation.
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Here are the included folders:
Ghostly Breaths: This folder consists of male and female inhales, exhales and angry breaths all with a cold and ghostly performance.
Ghostly Voices: A collection of phrases by male and female ghosts, perfect for giving a voice to a supernatural being within your scene.
Ghostly Presence: This category contains haunting ambiances, sure to leave your audience with their neck hairs standing up.
Production Elements: piercing risers, booming cinematic impacts, ultrasonic and infrasonic sounds, perfect for accenting your most gruesome moments.
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“SURREAL” is a collection of 100 Sound Effects for creating surreal moments in your productions and allows you to generate a bizarre experience to mess up with the listener mind.
The sounds were created using a great variety of sources such as: transverse flutes, kalimbas, thunder drums and electric guitars to give the effects a more meaningful and emotive feeling.
But if you are looking sounds to induce tension and suspense, this library is great for you too.
Crazy atmospheres • Drones • Detuned piano: Atmosphere, rarities and reverses • Atmospheric guitars • Atmospheric kalimbas • Glitches • Whooshes • And much more
The sounds are great for any kind of production (games, trailers, movies).
Make the first step into the terrifying, creepy and mind mangling sonic experience of “Surrounding Horror“, with weird and abstract sounds from all around you.
You get 22 Horror Ambiences / Soundscapes created and mixed in 5.1 Surround (SMPTE) to give an instant horrifying setting for your productions.
Additionally, you get Stereo Downmixes of the surround versions.
Now available: ANGST | Surround Horror Series
Ambient, dream-like synth sustains and drones providing tension and suspense. Great for adding to slow-motion video and montages, or setting up your audience for an emotional moment grabbing their attention. Track lengths are 32 seconds long and loop-able.
What’s in the Product?
• 101 files of synth sustains and drones as BWAV files at 44k/24bit resolution. Metadata embedded.
Synthesized Moods is a collection of 18 soundscapes, drones and textures produced by sound designer Giorgio Riolo using Native Instrument’s Massive plug-in.
All moods are “Synthesized”, imaginary and abstract.
They’ll add a bizarre layer to your ambiences sound effects and sometimes they’ll give a musical taste with a sci-fi, dark and sinister accent to your project .
Synthesized Moods is available in two versions:
Synthetic Drones is the beginning of a new, affordable series aimed at delivering high quality cinematic soundscapes, with variety and flexibility in mind to induce dread and discomfort onto your audiovisual ventures.
Synthetic Drones was achieved by running a multitude of analog synthesizers through complex effects chains, resulting in resonant, cold, mechanical ambiences where its source remains abstract and mysterious.
Each audio file contains several variations of the same synthesizer and effects chain, ranging from simple resonant notes, abstract rhythmic clanging and organic soundscapes, rounded up with a futuristic approach, perfect for gloomy science-fiction projects. The takes are long and evolving, giving you creative freedom to use them however deemed necessary.
Created using only a 1975 Fender Telecaster through a 1975 Fender Princeton Reverb (and some effect wizardry), Telepathy is SkewSound’s first drone/mood library.
Creator Steve Pardo paints an ethereal soundscape in this collection of eleven unique pieces. Telepathy will set an ominous, otherworldly mood to whatever you are creating, and we’ve included stems to some of the tracks so you can re-work to your heart’s content. It’s up to you with SkewSound’s Telepathy library.
Tension is a collection of atmospheres, drones, musical sound design, darkness, noise, and distortion for creating moments of anxiety, ominous soundscapes, or musical foreboding highlights. Created by Charles Maynes (sound designer) and Jason Payne (musical composer) Tension creates a balance where both sound design and musical undertones collide. Tension gets you 430+ sounds and 7.5GB of 24bit/96khz files, all meticulously embedded with Soundminer & Basehead metadata.
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Need to create suspense, tension, action and mystery in your production? “The Case” is great for you.
Like my library “UNSOLVED“ this pack is Inspired by crime/investigation movies and series, and contains 185 sounds (Wav, 24 Bit / 48 kHz) aimed to enhance the tension and drama of movies, games, series, trailers and musical compositions.
You will find deep Bass Loops, powerful Percussive Loops (kick, hi-hat, hits, metal), Cinematic Melodies and notes (synth, clean electric guitar, percussive piano) and Fx (soundscapes, atmospheric elements, drops, hits and impacts).
You will get:
• 37 bass loops
• 37 cinematic melodies
• 67 percussive elements
• 44 Fx
This library has a nice mixture of sound design and music. It can be used to create moments of suspense and tension from a sound designe perspective or from a musical perspective thanks to the bass/percussion loops and melodies.
The Complete Collection contains 1373+ sound effects from every sound library that we have released so far. It features Sci-Fi, Fire, Ice, Mecha, Rocks, and Plastic sound effects, including ambiences, drones, textures, swooshes / wooshes, impacts, glitches, sequences, and more. Royalty-free.
Looking for creepy ambiences? The Horrid delivers 4 dark ambient / industrial / horror compositions and their complete stem layers (22 files included – a total of more than 70 minutes of ambiences), for when you need to create a truly unsettling atmosphere.
Use a single track, or combine and remix your own variations. Rather than static tones, you will find significant, evolving themes here. Seamless loops, metadata included.
The Keyless Piano Body is a Kontakt Patch library that features an abandoned upright piano without keyboard.
The library encompasses the results of three extensive recording sessions and features the wonderful and reverberant sound of these piano remains.
For session 1 and 2 the body was brought to a studio and literally laid back so that various things like plastic balls, felt balls, glasses and much more could be thrown in to excite the strings. At the end of both sessions tons of samples were ready to edit. They now form 13 Kontakt instruments that encompass several precisely tuned pianos plus many prepared piano sets.
Session 3 was kind of a field recording gig as the piano remains were meanwhile moved to a rural garden area. The nightly recordings were done 6-channel so that several sample sets from 2 acoustic mics and 4 contact pick ups could be created. Again, the Kontakt instruments from this session feature the sounds of a rotten piano that is lovely and impressive at the same time. In a second pass the piano strings were treated with a stell jazz brush to bring up 3 multi-channel sets with prepared piano-like sounds.
Please see the Patch List here or below to learn more about the individual instruments. Also note that The Keyless Piano Body requires Kontakt 4 or higher.
The Rush is a collection of massive rushing sounds that are perfect for use in timelapses, swirls, swarms, and any other massive movement situation. It features 319 sound rushed files that were generated from 30 lovingly curated sources and carefully rendered in Sound Particles.
Sound sources range from trains and race cars to vinyl, metal and paper frictions to gore, motorcycles and helicopters. Parameters are tweaked to yield textured and interesting results with detailed heads and tails that rush in and gently dissolve out.
Each rush has a different number of particles running, so you get every level from sparse detailed movement to overwhelming waterfalls of sound per sample set. Check it out today!
With A Sound Effect, Asbjoern has created a web site where our international community can browse, learn, and share the vast fruits of our labors. Together we are accelerating the very real potential power of sound design as a recognized art form.
A Sound Effect is an excellent resource for us to keep our animated films sounding unique and exciting.
A Sound Effect is a great asset to have discovered.
We found the site very easy to navigate, purchasing and downloads were effortless and the effects themselves are awesome! Asbjoern has done us all a great service.
We’ll definitely be back!
There are many great independent sound effect libraries available these days. The main problem with having so many, is keeping track of them!
A Sound Effect is a great hub, and is one of the first places I visit to look for sounds by category or genre. I started coming here to see if I could find libraries that I knew I had heard, but forgot WHERE I had heard them.
And in the process discovered libraries I never would have found otherwise. Great work! Keep it up!
We're always looking for new sounds to mangle, so when A Sound Effect had a holiday sale, I tried them out.
The purchase experience is really smooth and quick, and delivery is almost instant.
I'll definitely come back to them again in the future!
A Sound Effect is a wonderful resource for indie sound effects libraries. On top of that, it has some of the finest sound design, film and game audio interviews!
I often need very specific types of sounds so I've become a big supporter of independent recorders.
Until now I've always had to go to their individual websites. Now I can find them all in one place.
And, Asbjoern is great to work with!
A Sound Effect is a well curated boutique sound effects shop and a great place to find industry interviews and learning resources.

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Once upon a time, a girl and her mother were sleeping side by side in the guest room of a cousin’s house. The house had been in the family for generations.
It was dark in the guest room, but not scary, even though there were many new sounds to be wondered about.
What was that noise?” The girl asked
“That was the wind in the trees.” Mother said.
It was quiet then, except for the sweet sound of the wind whispering through Aspen.
The girl was almost asleep and so was mother.
“Uhaa! What was that sound?” The girl asked as she snuggled closer to mother.
“Oh, that? Well, that was all the hens scooting over to make room for the hen that was the last on duty.”
The girl thought about all the sleepy chickens until she felt sleepy too.
Until a creak creak creaking sound woke her right up.
“What was that?”
Mother listened and said, “Oh, that’s just the house walking on its nails.” And then she snored. She was fast asleep.
The girl did not know houses could walk, much less walk on nails. She began to imagine all the houses picking up their skirts and walking all over the countryside in the moonlight. She was a little worried that they would not find their way back to the right place by morning.
Before she knew it the rooster crowed. The birds in the trees began to sing all the morning songs they knew as they darted through the air and swooped low for breakfast. The smell of freshly made biscuits wafted throughout the house..
The girl remembered that the house had been walking on its nails all night so she ran to the window to see if everything was where it should be.
Her relative’s house was right where it was the day before, and as far as she could tell, all the other houses were where they should be too.
At breakfast, she asked her mother how the houses knew how to get back to their own yards after walking on their nails all night.
After a moment of bewilderment, mother realized what her daughter was referring to. She laughed so hard she snorted coffee through her nose.
When she stopped laughing, she said, “Oh sweetie,” when I say a house walks on its nails, I just mean it settles in, you know. Old houses do that.”
All the relatives laughed and clinked their dishes merrily as they enjoyed breakfast and thought about what a sight it would be if the old houses of the neighborhood picked up their skirts and tiptoed over the hills by the light of the moon.
1 thought on “The House That Walked on its Nails”
So sweet! 🥰 Love it!


Council Work Plan Survey available
City Council seeks community input and ideas to prepare for its 2023 work plan session. You are invited to share ideas online or on paper in English and Spanish. The survey will be available until Sunday, November 13. Results will be distributed to Council ahead of its early December work plan session.
Each year, City Council’s annual work plan session provides an opportunity to revisit high-level goals and identify key projects for the organization to undertake. The work plan helps ensure that the organization is aligned with Council’s priorities for the community. The community survey seeks input and ideas for projects to further Council’s goals for next year and beyond. Feedback the City received will form the basis of City Council’s 2023 strategic planning work session on December 3rd.
City Council is responsible for the policy direction of the City, and Council’s annual work plan will set the direction for the City in the near term. Each year, Council has evaluated and modified goals, moving some lower and others higher to continue work for improvements for the City of Hood River. The city manager, department directors and staff members work on projects identified in the Council Work Plan to make progress on goals for Council.
Current City Council goals are:
- Equitable and diverse housing inventory
- An equitable and inclusive community/ Informed community
- Efficient and safe transportation system for walkers, bikers, transit riders, and drivers
- Well-maintained community
- Environmentally sustainable and resilient community
- Adequate parks and open space


This work addresses the issue of Terrain Classification that can be applied for path planning for an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) platform. We are interested in classification of features such as rocks, bushes, trees and dirt roads. Currently, the data is acquired from a color camera mounted on the UGV as we can add range data from a second sensor in the future. The classification is accomplished by first, coarse segmenting a frame and then refining the initial segmentations through a convenient user interface. After the first frame, temporal information is exploited to improve the quality of the image segmentation and help classification adapt to changes due to ambient lighting, shadows, and scene changes as the platform moves. The Mean Shift Classifier algorithm provides segmentation of the current frame data. We have tested the above algorithms with four sequence of frames acquired in an environment with terrain representative of the type we expect to see in the field. A comparison of the results from this algorithm was done with accurate manually-segmented (ground-truth) data, for each frame in the sequence.


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The Wawa Visitor Centre is located in Wawa in Ontario’s Algoma Country. The information center overlooks the Trans Canada Highway, at the junction of Highway 17 and 101. It is also home to the famed road side attraction, the Wawa Goose. The knowledgeable staff can answer all your questions about the area and offer helpful information to aid in your trip.
Hours of Operation: Mid-May – Labour Day 8:00am – 8:00pm

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There are many ways to make an accident claim in North Ayrshire, but not all of them will lead to the result for you. It’s a surprising fact that while many people do make personal injury claims, they often find themselves being under compensated because of the way in which they decided to make the claim. Here’s a look at the various options which are open to you when making an accident claim in North Ayrshire and how they might affect your chances of a successful outcome.
Making an accident claim in North Ayrshire
When you’re in an accident, you may find yourself facing a number of different options, which could affect your chances of winning. For example, you may be offered compensation through your insurance firm. They will say they can quickly give you the compensation you need without the need to consult a lawyer.
This is appealing because it can seem quicker and easier than finding a law firm to take on your case, but it is likely to result in less compensation being awarded than you would otherwise have received.
Because you’re not employing the services of a qualified personal injury law firm you are inevitably reducing your chances of getting the best result possible. They will be able to tell you much more about your claim and what you should be entitled to.
You may also be approached by the other side’s insurance firm who say they are admitting responsibility and want to make a claim with you. This again seems appealing because it’s easier and less risky than the alternative, but again you might end up receiving less in compensation than would otherwise have been the case.
This is especially true because the insurance firm is motivated to reduce the amount you receive so their initial offer is likely to be way below the amount you are actually entitled to under the law.
What we offer
This is why it’s important to consult a qualified personal injury law firm such as Accident Advice Helpline. We’re able to help with most types of claims and will assess how much you should receive. We’ll be able to tell you if any offers you’re given are realistic or whether you could have earned more if you had pressed ahead with a case.
Paying for an accident claim in North Ayrshire
We have the best lawyers on our books which means you get the best advice. However, even we can’t guarantee success every time which is why we’ll give you the benefit of working on no win no fee. This means that if you don’t win your case you won’t have to pay anything.
So if you want to learn more about making an accident claim in North Ayrshire, give us a call on 0800 689 0500, or 0333 500 0993 from a mobile.
Alternatively, you could visit www.accidentadvicehelpline.co.uk for more information.
Date Published: 22nd September 2014
Author: David Brown


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Letters to the Mother III
- Technique:Typing, gouache, ink and pencil on paper
- Descriptive technique:An ensemble of 272 numbered, dated and signed letters with individual titles and arranged in 45 columns of 6 pieces
- Dimensions:Overall: 150 x 650 cm / Each letter: 22,5 x 16 cm
- Category: Installation, Work on paper, Drawing
- Entry date:1994
- Register number:DE00316
Elena de Rivero has built her own language to explore the distances between the public and the private. This work draws inspiration from the letters that the writer Franz Kafka sent to his father in 1919 regarding a romantic disappointment supposedly caused by the lack of confidence from father to son. In this installation, made up of 272 individual sheets of paper, numbered consecutively and arranged in a grid, the artist vindicates the figure of the Mother, whilst addressing universal (and personal) themes such as maternity, religion, frustration and femininity, thereby interweaving a narrative on the domestic territory of the feminine with the canon of art history.


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- Small group tour with a maximum of 20 people
- 12 nights’ twin share accommodation, including 2 nights in a luxurious ancient stone hotel
- 12 breakfasts, 8 lunches and 6 dinners
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- Visit the continent-straddling metropolis of Istanbul
- Beat the crowds with one way airfares from Istanbul to Cappadocia, replacing a full day’s bus drive with more time to explore the incredible rock formations
- Wander the ancient stone paradise of Cappadocia and wind down in one of the world-famous cave hotels
- Admire the jewel in the Mediterranean crown, Antalya, and experience the turquoise waters for yourself
- Be mesmerised by the geological phenomenon that is Pamukkale, with its well-preserved ruins of the Greek-Roman city of Hierapolis
- Learn about Ephesus’ fascinating history and visit the incredible ancient city of Troy
- Step on Gallipoli Peninsula, a place of enormous significance to Australians and New Zealanders
Admire the ancient ruins, stunning landscapes and beguiling history of Turkey as you take in the country’s top sights on a 15 day Majestic Turkey tour.
Istanbul is the only city of its kind, as it spans both the European and Asian continents. It is also the starting point for this trip and will quickly have you under its spell as you explore its melting-pot of vibrant markets, architectural powerhouses and magnificent mosques. Fly from Istanbul to Cappadocia, a region famed for its other-world good looks and sprinkling of so-called fairy chimneys. Explore an open-air museum and underground city while in Cappadocia.
Your discovery of Turkey’s age-old treasures continues in Konya and the coast-perched town of Antalya. Tick off Hadrian’s Gate and the old Roman harbour before dipping a toe into the thermal waters of the pools at Pamukkale. Delve further into Turkey’s heritage with trips to Izmir, Sardis and Ephesus. Sip local wines at a tasting in Sirince and learn about the tragic fate of Troy when you visit the archaeological site of this legendary city. Finally, hear about Turkey’s 20th-century history on a trip to the Gallipoli Peninsula and Anzac Cove in Canakkale.
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Almotamar.net - The Criminal Prosecution in Yemen has Sunday released the defendant Jabr al-Banaa after retaining him at the Prosecution Chief Office to bring a warranty of attending the court's sessions. The measure came after the defendant presented an appeals petition to the prosecution. Al-Banaa release took lace after he presented guarantee for his attending of the court sittings.
In the court sitting, chaired by Judge Mohammed al-Hakimi on Sunday for trying of 36 defendants accused of forming an armed gang for attacking oil installations in Marib, Aboud al-Wahishi, the representative for inheritors of the victim working in guarding the oil installation the soldier Saleh Mohammed al-Makhzumi, presented a suit of personal right but the lawyer Faez al-Hajouri rebutted of not accepting the law suit of the family before the appeals for it was not presented at the First Instance Court.
The court asked the defendants who have appealed the primary sentence about their appeal petitions, some of them presented them through their lawyers and other some asked for postponement to the next sitting.
The court then decided the postponement until the session of Sunday on 23 August 2008 and demanded some of the defendants to reply to the prosecution appeal. The court also decided to address the Lawyers Union to delegate lawyers to defend some of the defendants and any of other defendants who want and to allow the lawyers to meet the defendants after the session and also to visit them in prison.
Prime Minister Abdulaziz Saleh bin Habtoor met with visiting director of operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Dominik Stillhart.
The meeting discussed aspects of enhancing cooperation between Yemen and the ICRC in the humanitarian field and developing mechanisms for joint action to alleviate the repercussions of aggression war states and siege against the public health, water and environment sectors.
The meeting reviewing the growing role of the ICRC in
Foreign Minister Hisham Sharaf met with Dominik Stillhart, Director of Operations for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).
The meeting dealt with efforts by the ICRC, reviewing violations carried out by the aggression states of Saudi and Emirates against the Yemeni people. It also discussed the file of war prisoners held by the aggression states and the blatant violations against them that openly breach the international laws and conventions.
Saudi fighter jets continued fierce strikes on citizens' houses and properties over the past hours in several provinces, a military official said on Tuesday.
The Saudi-paid mercenaries shot bullets on a child in Al Maton district of Jawf province, wounding the child seriously, while the mercenaries also fired Katyusha missiles on the house of citizens in Serwah district of Marib province.


text: © 2022 Elsevier B.V.The present paper addresses an ecological machining method in turning Hastelloy C 276 Nickel alloy under different conditions such as dry, oil with least quantity lubrication (LQL), and graphene-based nanofluid LQL (NFLQL) by changing the cutting speed (31, 46, and 62 m/min) and feed rate (0.1, 0.15 and 0.2 mm/rev). Four machining responses were studied namely: surface roughness, tool wear, cutting temperature, and chip thickness. The wettability, pH value, and stability of the nanofluids were assessed prior to the machining process. The output revealed that the usage of NFLQL enhanced the machining performance in contrast to the oil LQL and dry conditions. The average reduction in the surface roughness with NFLQL condition is about 66% compared to dry machining. In addition, NFLQL gives the lowest cutting temperature (40 °C), flank wear (0.053 mm), and chip thickness (0.16 mm) respectively. In a nutshell, the effective cooling and lubrication ability of NFLQL has made significant contributions to smoother machining.