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They became a nuisance plant, forming dense thickets in forests, yards, parks and roadsides. The leaves may be opposite or in an alternating pattern (both may be found on the same branch). Light … These form large shrubs or small trees to 20 feet high or more, with a spreading and irregular habit. Common buckthorn is native to most of Europe (except Iceland and Turkey) and western Asia. Fine Line Fern Leaf Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula 'Ron Williams' grows 5 to 7 feet tall and 2 feet wide. Can you tell me if it's invasive in our area? The fruit or berries are small (5-6 mm in diameter) and are a dark purplish or black color. It was planted for hedgerows, forestry plantings, and wildlife habitat, but has become an invasive species, invading forests in the northeastern United States and wetlands and moist forest in the midwestern United States. Repeated mowing and cutting has been shown to reduce the vigor of the plants. Absence of data does not necessarily mean absence of the species at that site, but that it has not been reported there. The leaves are oval or egg shaped with small, serrated teeth. Description. Fine Line Buckthorn has attractive green foliage throughout the season. It has oval, slightly toothed leaves. Uplands forests are not invaded as easily as lower lying ones. Invasive Species - (Rhamnus cathartica) Common buckthorn is a shrub or small tree that can grow to 25 feet. Sometimes it involves frivolous things no one would never need think Pet Rocks® or other times it can be a game changer such as Apples iPhone. Northeastern Naturalist 14(3):387-402. Fine Line Buckthorn Rhamnus frangula 'Ron Williams' Plant Details: Plant Type: Shrub. It's easy to understand why so many gardeners adore Fine Line! You need to wait for the tree to … The deeply cut ferny leaves are highly ornamental and turn yellow in fall. Neither the flowers nor the fruit are ornamentally significant. In woodlands it can completely replace existing understory plants, including native wildflowers. Common, or European, buckthorn, and glossy buckthorn are the two non-native, invasive buckthorn species found in Minnesota. Fine Line® Buckthorn has attractive green foliage throughout the season. The seeds may remain viable in the soil for up to five years. This selection rarely produces seed and is not … It works great in narrow spaces and is non-invasive thanks to its sparse, unviable seed. These areas, usually where a tree has fallen, normally allow locally native tree seedlings to grow and eventually fill in the gap in the canopy. I took this picture while speaking at New England Grows (Boston) the other day. The Fine Line Buckthorn is an excellent cross between the columnar and fernleaf forms of Buckthorn. It has dull green oval or egg shaped leaves and is easily identified by the small thorns at the tip of its branches. on which the thorns grow from the sides of branches. It is also known as European buckthorn, European waythorn, and Hart’s thorn. It also has noticeable forward-curved side veins on its leaves and clusters of purplish-black berries that have 4 hard seeds. Selected by Ronald Williams of Green Bay, Wisconsin. It is fast growing and will reproduce from seeds or by stump sprouting. Fill out form below. This non-invasive cultivar is an excellent replacement for older weedy varieties. Common buckthorn is an invasive plant in Illinois and should not be planted. Narrow leaves, deep green and irregularly scalloped, give the shrub an almost ferny texture. And it performs so well because we’ve planted, nurtured and shipped it with the utmost care. Foliage turns yellow in fall. The berries ripen during August and September and can be found still attached to the plant throughout the winter. By Kerry Mendez | December 17, 2017. Each flower is unisexual with either four stamens or one pistil with a plant being either male or female (dioecious). Stems and leaves are sometimes covered with fine, soft hairs. I had forgotten how stunning the needle-like foliage looks in fall! The plants may be removed by hand or with heavy equipment depending on the size of the shrubs. But Fine Line Buckthorn is a thornless cultivar. There was also other information that when the weather is too cold, this plant experiences dieback from a fungus, Tubercularia ulmea. Rhamnus frangula Fine Line®, is a non-invasive Buckthorn that is a responsible replacement for its weedy cousins because it does not self-seed. Ecology and ecosystem impacts of common buckthorn (Rhamnus cathartica): a review Biological Invasions 9:925-937. It invades forests and grows in the understory in spots with a lot of light. This shrub works great for narrow hedges and screening. It is found in hedgerows, along roadsides and on ravine slopes. 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Jyotika, who is spending quality time in a beach town with her family, takes some time off to tell us what her upcoming film Udanpirappe means to her. She doesn’t mince words as she begins. “Women are not being portrayed the way they are supposed to be in movies. At the end of a film, they should feel respected and dignified when they walk out of the theatre or after they finish watching a film on OTT. They should be able to relate to it. It is a virtue that every movie that is being made should have. I felt that when I listened to Udanpirappe’s script from Era Saravanan,” Jo tells us. In the film that will premiere on Amazon Prime, she plays the character of Mathangi, from an affluent family in a rural backdrop. Her looks have been well-received and raised eyebrows of Jo fans and movie buffs. “The story is strongly rooted. To prepare for the role, I took inspiration from my husband Suriya’s family. They come from a village beyond Coimbatore (Kasigoundanpudur). I have seen how my mother-in-law, and other women in the family have been exemplary in leading the way and holding the fort together. Mathangi in Udanpirappe will be one among them. It is a new kind of film I have been a part of. You will realise that I have fewer dialogues and more emotions, which excites me. There is a lot of depth to those emotions” she adds.
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The film, which is her 50th, has an ensemble cast of Sasikumar, Samuthirakani and Soori in prominent roles. Jyotika says that it has been an experience to cherish. “Sasikumar among all of us had the upper hand as he is a sensible actor and a director. I have always been a fan of Samuthirakani and director Era Saravanan has written something beautiful. They all helped me out as this is a first-of-its-kind for me. Things have been organic and have fallen in place for Udanpirappe that will hit the bull’s eye,” she smiles. Over the years, Jyotika has broken several stereotypes and has created her own league which is also fondly called Jyotika-centric films in Kollywood circles. We tell her that and she smiles, “They call it Jyotika-centric probably I guess I play the older roles. Jokes apart, it is not something I have planned. I have just been playing characters that will keep women on a high pedestal. People follow cinema and stars, so a good message is necessary. So, why not do it?” she concludes.

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Dead Reckoning: How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father
By Carys Cragg | Arsenal Pulp
327 pages, $19.95
In spring 2011, Carys Cragg began writing a series of letters to Sheldon Klatt. Drug-crazed and desperate, he’d stabbed her father to death in 1992 during a home break-in when Cragg was 11 years old and happily residing with her family in Calgary.
Despite being an adult now who was “safe and well, with a circle of family and friends” around her, Cragg felt curious and angry. Possessing a “scar on (her) soul,” haunted by “old memories, old pain” and wanting to “move forward,” the Vancouver-area youth-outreach counsellor began an arduous process that would eventually take her to a meeting room in the Drumheller, Alta., medium-security prison and to parole hearings for years afterward.
In Dead Reckoning, Cragg reproduces many of those letters. In the first, she introduces herself to Klatt (“My name is Carys and I am the eldest daughter of Geoffrey Cragg, the person whose death you are responsible for. I was 11 years old when you came into my house and shattered my world into pieces”) and closes with a question, “Have you ever wondered how I’m doing after all these years?” In his replies, Klatt displays a regretful man with a habit of speaking in half-truths.
For readers, the revelatory nature of some memoirs can have a discomfiting intimacy. From a complete stranger we’re shown, for instance, page after page of the blackest of depressions, the degradations of addiction or the bottomless despair of grief.
In reprinting her letters to Klatt and sharing the ongoing tumult of her innermost feelings, Cragg exposes stormy states of mind. In just one letter, for example, she writes, “More awful than your taking him from me was your taking me away from him,” “I don’t know how to even begin to describe the depths of pains you’ve caused me, my family, and the thousands of family, friends, colleagues, patients and other community members who experienced such a profound loss,” and, “Your actions devastated our souls, destroyed our confidence, sent us in a spiralling mission to control everything … ”
The cumulative effect is to convey a seemingly limitless well of pain and anger while, in terms of narrative pacing, risking repetitiveness. At a literary level as well, the impact of Cragg’s choice to end most of her book’s chapters with a third-person, fiction-like vignette about her adolescent moments before and after her dad’s death is lessened by prose that suggests a writer still finding a voice.
Though written by someone who expresses skepticism about the notion of emotional healing, Dead Reckoning nevertheless follows the hopeful arc of an individual “moving toward further peace.”
Within that framework, Cragg productively explores the challenging idea of “restorative justice.” As outlined by a helpful mediator Cragg met before making contact with Klatt, restorative justice offers a “different world view” from retributive justice — with its law-breaking, blame, guilt and administered pain. Viewing crime as “a violation of people and relationships (that) creates obligations to make things right,” this holistic justice aims to “promote repair, reconciliation and reassurance.” Cragg’s experiences of and thoughts about it captivate even as they provoke.
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Author and Title: Frank Barrett. His Helpmate
First Edition: London: Ward and Downey, 1887. 1 volume, post 8vo., 6s.
Serialization: Cassell's Family Magazine, illustrated by Percy Tarrant, June 1886 to November 1886 (monthly)
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Alimony changes under 2017 tax reform legislation
Under the 2017 tax reform legislation, alimony will no longer be a deduction for the payor.
Attorney Tom Olsen: Thinking of divorce the new tax bill last year changed the alimony laws for the worse. I tell you what, if you are thinking about getting divorced and you are thinking that you may have to pay alimony, man, you want to get that divorce done and you want to get that alimony order in by the end of the calendar year 2018. Right now, if you're paying alimony, let's just say it's a man, okay? If you're paying alimony it is a tax deduction for you and it is taxable income to your wife.
After the new tax law goes into place beginning January next year, when you pay alimony, it is a no longer tax deduction to you and it is still taxable income to your wife. It's a double whammy, you're going to pay double taxes on that money. What that means is, is if you're paying alimony, it's no longer deduction to you that really hurts. It's just basically what it means it's going to be less money to go around for both the former husband and the former wife. More of your money's going to be going to the uncle Sam.
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Attorney Tom Olsen: It has something to do with how long you've been married as well.
Chrissy: There is definitely multiple factors.
Attorney Tom Olsen: Again, right now when you pay alimony, at least there is-- You may hate writing that check every month. At least, it is a tax deduction to you beginning any order this for alimony that comes after January 1 or 2019. It will no longer be a tax deduction to you and that's going to really hurt. That's going to be after taxes money. Again, what it means is, if you think you're going to get divorced and you think you may have to pay alimony, you want to get that done by the end of 2017. Man, there's going be a rush coming up for that. Hey folks my name is Tom Olsen, the name of the show is Olsen Law. Thanks for that story, great calls, and questions. We will see you next week. You're listening to News 96.5.

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Memories of John Lennon
John Lennon . . . as much a part of our world today as he ever wasHe touched many lives in his brief forty years, and continues to move and inspire millions more to this day. Now, invited by Yoko Ono, friends, family, and fans from all walks of life—including some of the great artists of our day—reminisce about Lennon as a visionary and friend, musician and performer, husband and father, activist ...
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From Bach to Beyoncé - examining musical preferences in Helsinki
This article presents the interim results of a study based on a music taste test that is part of an ongoing Helsinki City Museum exhibition. The participants' three favourite genres so far are rock music, easy classical and old jazz. By contrast, electronic music, contemporary art music and heavy metal are most likely to cause the listeners to tune out.
An exhibition that puts the listener in the centre
The Helsinki City Museum exhibition ‘Music! Echoes from the Past of a City’ opened at Hakasalmi Villa in March and will continue until early 2017. The exhibition breaks new ground in approaching the history of music by presenting the music memories of ordinary people instead of focussing on composers, instruments and professional musicians. No division is made between classical and popular music.
The audience was invited to take part in creating the exhibition because the aim was to strongly highlight the vibrant and diverse music culture of contemporary Helsinki, alongside nostalgic objects and photographs. Therefore, the preparation for the exhibition, which took several years, involved extensive filming and collection projects through which music enthusiasts were able to participate in its creation.
The habits and behaviours of music fans were observed and recorded at a symphony concert, a jazz club, the Tuska and Flow festivals and a ‘Eurovision viewing party’. There was also a visit to meet students of a music institute in Malmi, including toddlers in a musical nursery school and drummer teens. Group pictures and badges were collected from choirs. The audience shared both their best and worst memories related to music and music lessons.
The exhibition itself also gives a large role to audience participation. Music is played in many parts of the exhibition, of course, but in a contemporary museum the visitor can do more than just watch and listen. One of the rooms is an old-style classroom where visitors can play a ‘school song game’ and have a new go at the singing test that most of us remember from school years. In the ‘historical dance school’, visitors can learn popular dances from the 16th-century galliard to the hip hop of the 1990s.
The tour of the exhibition begins with a music taste test. It is a touchscreen game where the player “browses radio stations” and reacts to a series a music samples by pressing buttons indicating like or dislike. At the end, the test reveals whether the player’s musical taste is focussed on high culture, traditional, rock-inspired or contemporary pop music, or if it is omnivorous.
The fun and easy test has been well received by museum visitors, perhaps because it appeals to people’s desire to test themselves, increase self-knowledge and compare themselves with others. Whilst being entertaining, the test is based on recent Finnish socio-musicological research on taste. The test also provides researchers with a new kind of data based on playable samples and spontaneous reactions, to be used in a forthcoming study on musical preferences.
Designing the test
The planning for the music taste test began as a collaboration between the Helsinki City Museum and City of Helsinki Urban Facts in 2013. The objective was to obtain information about visitors’ musical preferences through an interactive exhibit, and the first challenge was to decide on a set of musical genres that would best serve to highlight the differences in individual tastes.
On the basis of previous research, and following lengthy discussions, sixteen genres of music were finally decided upon. Music can, of course, be divided into countless subgenres, but our aim was to keep the number and duration of the music samples in the test limited so that museum visitors could complete it during their visit to the exhibition.
The next task after selecting the music genres was to choose a one-minute long sample to represent each style. This should be a typical example of the genre but not too easily recognisable (to eliminate the impact of the participants’ pre-existing preferences or dislikes towards individual songs or performers). As could be expected, choosing the pieces of music was not easy, and the final selection can of course be debated. The following music genres and samples were chosen for the test.
1. Easy-listening classical
Johann Christian Bach: Oboe Concerto in F-major, T291: 1. Andante
G. Rossini: ‘Bel raggio lusinghier’ from Semiramide
3. Contemporary art music
Magnus Lindberg: Engine
4. Finnish folk music
Helsingin pitäjän spelarit: Oskarin polkka
5. World music
Rachid Taha: Ya rajah
6. Old jazz
New Orleans Rhythm Kings: Jazz Me Blues (1934)
7. New jazz
John Coltrane: Countdown
8. Old funk, soul, disco
Sly and the Family Stone: Underdog
Ville Kalliosta feat. Davo, Petos, Puppa J: Se mitä puhutaan lujaa
10. Contemporary RnB, “playlist music”
Beyoncé: Single Ladies
11. Techno, house, electro
Norman DJ: Go Back
12. Heavy metal
Kreator: Civilization Collapse
13. Rock music
Creedence Clearwater Revival: Travelin’ Band
14. Finnish rock
15. Old Finnish schlager
Olavi Virta: Yön kulkija
16. Contemporary Finnish schlager
Anne Mattila: Kaipuuni on uskomaton
During the test, the music samples are played in a random order and unidentified. The player evaluates each sample on a three-level scale – in practice, by pressing a touch screen button with one of the following options to which the game assigns the weight of 5, 3 or 0 points.
"Awesome music!" (5)
"I could listen to this" (3)
"Oh no, change the station!" (0)
The result displayed to the user at the end of the test is calculated by categorising the music samples into four groups based on socio-musicological research on taste. The test adds up the points for each group.
The result is presented to the player as a visualisation showing the preponderance of each ‘genre group’ in his or her musical preference. After finishing the test, the player also has the option of seeing the titles of the samples, the genre classifications as well as the scores given. In addition, the player can comment on the accuracy of the result.
The background variables in the test were age (9 age groups), language in which the test was taken (Finnish, Swedish or English), education (primary education; secondary education; Bachelor or equivalent degree; Master’s or higher degree), place of residence (Helsinki; the rest of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area; other Finnish city; small locality; countryside; overseas) as well as postal code.
The test application stores the song-specific scores and the respondents’ background information for all completed taste tests. In addition, the time spent on each reply is measured and recorded. This is presumed to reflect the certainty of taste, concerning both the pleasure derived from favourite music and the rejection of the most disliked music.
First impressions of the data
The exhibition has pulled in over 20,000 visitors in the first six months from March to August 2015. The music taste test has been taken 1,634 times, which may seem like a small number in comparison. The relatively low number of responses is partly due to technical problems in the initial phase, but another explanation is that the museum visitors are often part of guided group tours which do not allow enough time for everyone to take the test. The log shows a rather large number of unfinished tests.
The majority (78%) of those who took the music taste test were from the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Almost 150 international museum visitors also completed the test.
As is the case with many other cultural surveys, the majority of the respondents of the music taste test – two out of three – were women. The ages of the respondents were more evenly distributed between different age groups. The age breakdowns of men and women were very similar.
The educational level of the respondents was rather high. The proportion of respondents with an upper tertiary degree was particularly prominent, especially among men. Only the share of respondents with primary or upper secondary education is lower in proportion to, for instance, the average share in Helsinki.
Three tunes stood out
The selection of 16 tunes contained three samples which were rated 'awesome music’ by around half of the respondents. The result in itself signals that the respondents represent a very heterogeneous group. That said, it can be speculated whether the three most popular tunes are more in the mainstream of their respective genres than the rest of the samples and whether this affected the ratings.
There were also three widely disliked genres: electronic music, contemporary art music and heavy metal. It was the assumption of the authors even when choosing the samples that the Kreator heavy metal song, for example, would strongly divide the opinions of the test participants. That is exactly what happened.
The share of respondents choosing the middle option (‘I could listen to this’) was relatively even across all music samples, which can indicate two things. On the one hand, the respondents seem to have been rather omnivorous. On the other hand, this result can also be taken to mean that music no longer necessarily invokes very strong passions in either direction, with the exception of two or three genres of music.
The musical tastes of men and women differed noticeably from each other with regard to a couple of pieces of music. The various genres of rock, electronic music and modern jazz (Coltrane) were better received by men than by women. Women favoured opera and 'traditional' classical music. The most drastic differences were recorded with two genres typically placed at opposing ends of the taste spectrum, namely heavy metal and opera. This is in line with the results of more extensive studies on musical preferences (Purhonen 2014).
The fact that the respondents consisted of museum visitors was expected to increase the popularity of both classical music and opera also among men. A small detail to be noted is that the male respondents liked contemporary art music more than women. It can be asked whether this is a similar phenomenon to the popularity among men of another 'difficult' genre: progressive rock.
It was also interesting that the Contemporary RnB genre was judged so much more positively by women than men. Since the sample was a relatively recent, easily recognisable hit track ('Single Ladies' by Beyoncé), the respondents' opinions may have been affected by their personal attitude towards this particular track or artist rather than the entire musical genre. It is a matter of speculation whether another song in a similar style would have been received differently.
Age, education and taste in music
Figures 2 and 3 (see below) give rise to several observations.
- Classical music is strongly favoured by older respondents. The same is true for the Olavi Virta sample, representing older Finnish schlager.
- Electronic music, RnB and rap were clearly genres that only appealed to the younger audiences. The funk track by Sly and the Family Stone also went down particularly well with people aged 25–34 – interestingly, since the song is over 40 years old.
- Rock is music for middle-aged audiences. Many studies have noted that the audience of rock music has diversified in terms of age, whilst it was originally strongly identified with youth (Keskinen 1994, Alasuutari 2009). For example, the CCR sample in the test was well received regardless of respondents’ age or education.
- The selection of 16 samples included a couple of tracks that were given more or less similar ratings across all age groups. The responses were most consistent with regard to the world music sample, 'Ya rajah' by Rachid Taha. The popularity of this piece could perhaps be explained by a certain trendiness attached to ethnic influences (also widely used in mainstream pop) and the familiar-sounding yet unclichéd and slightly exotic melody.
- As the stereotype suggests, classical music, opera and jazz are favoured in particular by educated people.
- The popularity of the different genres of popular music does not vary much by educational level but more according to age.
- Figure 3 shows conspicuously high ratings for some music genres among the respondents with only primary education, but these are explained not so much by the educational level but rather the young age of these respondents.
Listening duration and favourite genres
The data also contains information about the length of time that the respondents spent listening to each piece of music. This brings a new perspective to the research. There were three baseline hypotheses.
a) Favourite music will be listened to longer than an unfamiliar piece or a sample representing a less appealing genre
b) When hearing a familiar or generally pleasant-sounding song, the respondents may move quickly on to the next sample
c) When hearing a sample they dislike, the respondents will also move on to the next song immediately.
None of the hypotheses received strong support. Some respondents did indeed stay and listen to their favourite songs for fairly long periods but this did not affect the average listening duration. Some of the less popular pieces also registered longer listening times – perhaps because these were experienced as difficult (Magnus Lindberg) or unfamiliar (Norman DJ). It could be assumed that the listeners thus needed an above-average time before giving their assessment.
The genres that registered the shortest listening times were Finnish folk music, modern jazz and heavy metal. Almost everyone listened to the 'traditional Finnish folk' sample only for a short time, which seems to indicate a strong and unambiguous opinion about the genre. The variation in listening durations was greatest with the Johann Christian Bach excerpt and the contemporary art music sample.
A more detailed research report on the subject will be completed in early 2017 after the end of the exhibition.
Vesa Keskinen is Researcher at City of Helsinki Urban Facts. Jere Jäppinen is Researcher at the Helsinki City Museum and the producer of the Music! exhibition.
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Purhonen, Semi (2014). Musiikki. In Suomalainen maku. Kulttuuripääoma, kulutus ja elämäntyylien sosiaalinen eriytyminen. Semi Purhonen and team Jukka Gronow, Riie Heikkilä, Nina Kahma, Keijo Rahkonen, Arho Toikka. Gaudeamus.
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It seems most men and women think alike when it comes to life’s goals, but they differ a bit on “when” they had hoped to achieve those goals.
According to the Daily Mail, both genders say being financially secure was their top goal, while having a family was number two.
For women, getting married was goal number three, but that was fifth for men.
As far as “when,” ladies wanted to be married at 27, start a family at 28, and be financially stable by 39.
Those same goals were two years later for men.
Overall, researchers say the age of contentment is 37.
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Dubai, October 12 2011: Jumeirah Restaurants, the dedicated branded restaurant division within the Jumeirah Group, has signed a license agreement with Ingeo Limited to open eight restaurants in Moscow.
The noodle house has already proven to be a success with 17 restaurants open in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Riyadh, Kuwait, Cairo, Limassol, Doha, and Lahore and is a popular choice for diners with its unique combination of wholesome food and energetic ambience. Inspired by the food and nightlife of exciting South-East Asian cities such as Hong Kong, Shanghai, Bangkok and Jakarta, the noodle house offers delicious Asian delicacies in an informal yet stylish setting.
A first noodle house is expected to open in Moscow in 2012 and will be followed by seven other restaurants across the city.
With this opening, Jumeirah Restaurants are consolidating their ambitious growth plans to penetrate new markets as the signing follows the recent openings of the noodle house outlets in Kuwait, Dubai and Pakistan with plans to open several more in the next few years.
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Dilip Awtani, Managing Director of Ingeo Limited; Phil Broad, Managing Director of Jumeirah Restaurants; and Karan Awtani, Chief Executive Officer of Ingeo Limited, following the signing of a management agreement to expand the noodle house brand into Russia.
Jumeirah Restaurants is the branded restaurant division of Jumeirah Group, the Dubai-based hospitality company and a member of Dubai Holding.
Jumeirah Restaurants is dining at its best! A company of multiple and successful restaurant concepts developed and licensed globally. An important and strategic addition to the Jumeirah Group portfolio, the company’s mission is to set up and license innovative restaurants worldwide. The noodle house was the first restaurant brand to be developed and is the flagship of Jumeirah Restaurants with licence agreements already signed in eleven countries globally and will grow exponentially over the coming years. Other concepts include Sana Bonta, Urbano, AllFreshCo, Rice + Spice and The Flaming Revolution all of which have been developed by Jumeirah Restaurants.
The company also has the rights to develop a number of brands from the Caprice Holdings group across the Middle East and North Africa. This includes world famous restaurants and clubs such as Rivington Grill, Scott’s, Annabel’s and The Ivy.
For further information please contact:
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Supreme Source Super-Premium Dog Food Pork, Peas and Wild Boar Recipe Review
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Review of Supreme Source Super-Premium Dog Food
Pork, Peas and Wild Boar Recipe
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The first ingredient is pork. Although pork is an excellent protein source, raw pork contains more than 60% moisture. After cooking, the relative meat contribution of pork is dramatically reduced. Therefore, it's important to ensure that other meat sources are included within the first few ingredients to ensure the product derives most of its protein from meat.
The second ingredient is chicken meal. Chicken meal is produced by cooking chicken using a process called rendering. The rendering process dramatically reduces the natural moisture of chicken and thereby results in a highly condensed protein source.
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The fourth ingredient is lentil. Lentils are rich in diary fiber, B vitamins, and minerals. Lentils also provide a notable amount of plant based protein.
The fifth ingredient is pea protein. Pea protein is produced by removing the starchy parts of peas. Pea protein is considered controversial because it provides a substantial plant based protein boost. This boost is undesirable because plant based protein is typically lower in biological value when compared to meat based proteins.
The remaining ingredients in this Supreme Source Super-Premium Dog Food recipe are unlikely to affect the overall rating of the product.
Our analysis of the ingredients show that this product derives most of its protein from animal based sources. This is an excellent property because meat based protein contains all of the necessary amino acids required by dogs. In our option, this is one of the most important properties to judge when reviewing pet food, therefore we believe this is an exceptional product in this regard.
In summary, we recognize that this product contains anonymous meat ingredients. These are not necessarily always negative; however, they are typically low quality and inexpensive additions. If the particular anonymous meat ingredient is controversial or low quality, it should have been discussed earlier in this review. Otherwise, it is safe to assume the anonymous meat ingredient is an acceptable addition.
The official PawDiet rating for Supreme Source Super-Premium Dog Food Pork, Peas and Wild Boar Recipe is 3.0 out of 5.


International rising star Rebienn released his newest EP titled ‘Hold It Down’.
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PSNI investigation into Jean Smyth-Campbell murder would not be independent
From Irish Legal News, March 6, 2017:
A fresh PSNI investigation into the 1972 murder of Jean Smyth-Campbell would not meet the requirements of article 2 of the European Convention on Human Rights, the High Court in Belfast has ruled. Margaret McQuillan, sister of Ms. Smyth-Campbell, initiated judicial review proceedings against the PSNI in 2015 after documents uncovered at the National Archives linked the murder to an undercover British military unit.
On Friday, Mr. Justice Paul Maguire found that past investigations – both the original RUC investigation and a 2008 investigation by the Historical Enquiries Team – were fatally flawed. The court also agreed that the PSNI’s Legacy Investigation Branch (LIB) could not be independent for the purposes of carrying out a proper investigation in line with article 2 of the ECHR.
Mr. Justice Maguire said that “the proposed investigation by the LIB of Mrs. Smyth’s death conflicts with the requirements of Article 2 ECHR as the LIB lacks the requisite independence required to perform an Article 2 complaint investigation in respect of this death”.
Mrs. McQuillan’s lawyer, Niall Ó’Murchú of Madden & Finucane Solicitors, said: “This is a very important judgment for not only the Campbell family but also potentially many other families who are seeking properly independent and article 2 compliant investigations into their loved ones’ deaths.
“The Campbell family is very relieved that this nearly three-year battle is over. They are relieved that an investigation of Jean’s death, which does not involve the PSNI may now proceed, and they feel they finally have obtained some justice for Jean.”


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Texas Loves the Children Day is observed on March 29 in the state of Texas to support child abuse victims, recognise their trauma, and strive to end child abuse in the state.
Physical, sexual, or mental maltreatment of children, ranging from neglect to assault, is referred to as child abuse. The state of Texas designates a day to address these issues in order to aid abused children as well as adults whose lives have been affected by abuse.
HISTORY OF TEXAS LOVES THE CHILDREN DAY
Texas Loves the Children Day is observed in Texas, United States, to honour the victims of child abuse, raise awareness about the issue, and disseminate information about how to assist afflicted children. This day is also a chance for professionals working to rescue and rehabilitate children to share their knowledge about how to identify victims and their methods for assisting them.
Child abuse, also known as child maltreatment, is the physical, sexual, and psychological exploitation of children, manifested in assault and neglect. It may also refer to situations in which parents are unable, unwilling, or unwilling to assist their suffering offspring.
Cruelty towards children has been a widespread, customary practise throughout the globe. People’s awareness grew as they studied the defenselessness of children, how abuse affected them, and how they transformed when placed in secure environments.
Soon, the study of child maltreatment emerged as a field of study, and children’s rights were recognised as an important topic requiring investigation. Today, the greater investigation focuses on how children are viewed in society and how their helplessness is exploited for societal gain.
Even if it is intended as a method of teaching children, corporal punishment is increasingly viewed as abuse, as the injuries and harm caused teach children nothing but terror.
Abuse of children can result in physical and psychological developmental issues that become chronic conditions that affect adults long after they have left abusive environments.
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HOW TO OBSERVE TEXAS LOVES THE CHILDREN DAY
Share information on child maltreatment
A crucial aspect of Texas Loves the Children Day is raising awareness of the issue. More individuals who are aware of the issue will be able to recognise the indicators of abuse.
Create inventories of the symptoms
There are a number of indicators of abuse that physicians and carers can watch out for. Create a list of these and distribute it to adults who frequently interact with children.
Organize a lecture
Invite individuals who have experienced child maltreatment to speak about their experiences. Start a conversation about the negative effects of child maltreatment in the nation.
Five shocking facts about child abuse are presented.
Most victims are children.
The preponderance of reported cases involve children aged five to eleven.
Numerous infants are abused.
It is estimated that one in seven minors in the United States have been abused.
The most vulnerable infants are the youngest
The youngest children are the most susceptible to maltreatment, with the highest number of reported fatalities.
Most offenders are parents.
In over 70% of instances of child abuse, the perpetrators are the children’s parents.
Number of fatalities
Every day, five children perish as a result of child abuse.
Why Texas Loves the Children Day is Valuable
We desire that people be informed.
We believe that individuals do not comprehend how prevalent child abuse is. We wish to raise awareness of the prevalence of the issue.
We assist the surviving
We believe that child abuse has a lifelong impact. We wish to assist survivors of child maltreatment in any way possible.
We wish to eliminate the issue.
We want more individuals to speak out against child abuse and defend children. We recognise that minors cannot advocate for themselves, so we intend to assist them.
TEXAS LOVES THE CHILDREN DAY DATES

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Kelley Blue Book are reviewing the 2015 BMW i3. One of their question that needs answer is: Does it still drive like a BMW?
The new i3 went on sale in Europe last year, but U.S. sales only started this Spring. The BMW i3 is the first of the BMW i vehicles constructed from the ground up primarily of carbon fiber to enter the U.S. market. With 170 horsepower and 184 lb-ft of torque hybrid-synchronous electric motor, the fully electric BMW i3 is electrified by a 22-kWh lithium-ion battery, good for 80-100 miles of emission-free driving.
The BMW i3 has a base MSRP of $41,350 and the range-extender model has a starting MSRP of $45,200.
With 1,159 sales of the BMW i3 and 204 of the i8, BMW set a new sales record in the U.S. in a single month – 1,363.
Worldwide sales of the BMW i3 have shot to over 10,000 units, including more than 3,100 in the U.S.


Energy Technology – The foundation for the sustainable reduction of your running costs
Energy consumption accounts for a large part of the running costs in any technical system. Efficient energy management (e.g. in compliance with DIN EN ISO 50001) and corresponding energy technology is required in order to reduce costs.
Large potential for savings can be achieved via:
- new or modern systems
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- Optimisation of all relevant parameters
- Use of renewable energies
These factors allow you to save up to 40% on your energy costs.
KB KälteBeratung, your engineering office for energy and cooling technology, offers advice on all energy relevant measures. From analysing the status quo, through planning, implementation and monitoring, right through to servicing and optimisation of the working system.
Our concepts include all possible public and private subsidies and funding.
If you require further information or have questions about energy technology for your project, we offer expert advice, independent of manufacturer, as to the optimal solution for you and which corresponding energy technology is required.


Fall 2016 Science Gateway Architectures
- Thursday August 18th, Lindley Hall 102, 4pm to 5pm.
- Provide an overview of the class and set expectations.
- Why you should take it and who should not take it.
Science gateways are distributed computing environments that enable scientists to conduct computational experiments on computing clouds and supercomputers and have revolutionized bioinformatics, computational chemistry, nano-engineering, and other scientific fields by bringing unprecedented computing power to a broad community of scientists.
Gateways are interesting topics in their own right. Modern gateway systems utilize microservice architectures and DevOps principles in their design and operations, adopting lessons learned from cloud-based Software as a Service activities.
Many gateways are also investigating how to integrate Apache’s “big data” and cloud computing software projects like Apache Mesos, Apache Spark, Apache Samza, Apache JClouds and Apache Kafka. RPC versus message-oriented middleware at scale is an open question, as are NoSQL versus Relational DB approaches for gateway data management. Finally, as gateways front ends are Web-based user environments, choosing the right technologies and crafting the correct user experience are challenging problems.
In this course, students will be divided into development teams, and each team will build a science gateway software as a service system from scratch. Teams will be encouraged to explore alternative technologies and ways for building science gateways as well as learning DevOps principles such as containerization, continuous integration, and continuous deployment for deploying robust cloud services.
Students will also be introduced to the Apache Software Foundation’s open community governance principles for open source software and will learn how to effectively interact with Apache Software Foundation projects in order to become committers and project management committee members.
- Provide a high level, broad understanding of the application of core distributed computing systems concepts to “Software as a Service” systems that support scientific research and education.
- Study both abstract concepts and practical techniques for building science gateways.
- Provide hands-on experience in developing a science gateway while working with open source philosophies modelled after Apache Software Foundation.
- Apply the general concepts of Distributed Systems and understanding state of the art in applicable areas.
- Demonstrate an applied understanding of microservice architectures and their underlying distributed systems foundations.
- Demonstrate an applied understanding of the DevOps principles of continuous integration and delivery to the development and operations of science
- Demonstrate an understanding of open source practices, particularly those of the Apache Software Foundation.
- Demonstrate an ability to develop remote job submission interfaces to computational cyberinfrastructure like IU Big Red 2 Supercomputers.
- Demonstrate an ability to develop a simple metadata management system.
- Demonstrate an ability to develop and consume API services.
The course will be taught by Marlon Pierce and Suresh Marru, who lead the Science Gateways PTI Research Center and are project management committee members for the Apache Airavata open source software.
Students should be familiar with Linux and Unix operating systems, basic networking concepts, one or more programming languages, databases, basics of Web development, and version control systems
- Team size will depend on enrollment but will range from 2-5.
- Agree on an editor and environment that the team is comfortable with. We recommend IntelliJ Idea
- Team members who are less experienced/comfortable should have more keyboard time
- Switch who’s “driving” regularly
- Make sure to save the code and send it to all team members.
Students will be divided into teams.
Each team will have a project with 4 intermediate milestones. There will also be a midterm and final presentation. The maximum number of points for the semester is 100. 90-100 points is an A, 80-89 points is a B, etc.
- Course Project 80%: There will be 4 project milestones, including mid-term and final milestones. Each project milestone is worth 20 points. **Late assignments are penalized -1 point per day. **
- Must use Apache compatible open source licensed software and tools.
- Projects must be checked into github, must be reproducibly executable on the deadline day by the instructors.
- Linux/Unix compatible
- If the instructors cannot execute your project and verify you have met the success criteria, the team receives 0 points.
- A team may resubmit their assignment at any time before the next milestone. Each resubmission gets -1 points; i.e., 19 points if you get it right on the second try, 18 points on the third try, etc.
- Students who show no activity (no github commits, no email discussions, etc) for the milestone will receive 0 points.
- Midterm Presentation: 5% All team members must participate. This is worth 5 points.
- Final Presentation: 5% All team members must participate. This is worth 5 points.
- Classroom Interactions and Peer Reviews: 10%. The projects and the topics will require interactive pro-active participation. Also mimicking real-world open source and software development practices, the course requires students to be aware of other approaches to problems, borrowing ideas (with proper acknowledgements and no stealing and plagiarizing) and peer reviewing and offering constructive feedback. These demonstrated interactions (on github issues and pull requests) will be worth 10 points.
- 1 point perfect attendance
- Up to 4 points classroom interactions
- Up to 5 points for GitHub interactions with other projects (not your team’s project). Examples include
- Posting bugs that get resolved
- Resolving bugs in other team’s projects. These must be accepted to the code base.
- Trivial issues don’t get rewarded.
- Each project will be judged on ~4 quality attributes. The number will vary by assignment
- To get all points, the project must demonstrate all attributes to the grader. The grader must also be able to easily install and test all software by following documentation for the milestone in the team’s GitHub Wiki.
- Each student on the team will submit a report describing what they did
- Give a percentage of effort for each attribute
- Provide auditable proof via links to issues and commits.
During the course, instructors will provide references to journal and conference papers. A good understanding of concepts discussed in these referred papers will greatly help in absorbing the course material.
Reuse and building upon ideas or code are major parts of modern software development. As a professional programmer you will never write anything from scratch. This class is structured such that all solutions are public. You are encouraged to learn from the work of your peers. We won’t hunt down people who are simply copying-and-pasting solutions, because without challenging themselves, they are simply wasting their time and money taking this class.
Project & Lectures
- Detailed project milestones are described on the Projects Page
- Detailed class by class lecture scheduled are described on the Lecture Page


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Doctor reveals the health BENEFITS of drinking coffee
People who regularly consumed the beverage faced a lower risk of dying from cancer, heart disease and stroke.
The findings came from the world’s largest study into coffee’s impact on health, involving more than 500,000 people in 10 European countries including Britain.
Scientists said the results indicated that moderate coffee intake was safe and enjoying an espresso, cappuccino or latte could offer health protection.
Dr Marc Gunter, of the International Agency for Research on Cancer, said: “We found that higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, and specifically for circulatory diseases, and digestive diseases.
People who regularly consume coffee could face a lower risk of cancer and heart disease
“Importantly, these results were similar across all 10 European countries, with variable coffee drinking habits and customs.
"Our study also offers important insights into the possible mechanisms for the beneficial health effects of coffee.
“We are not at the stage of recommending people to drink more or less coffee.
"That said, our results suggest moderate coffee drinking – up to around three cups per day – is not detrimental to your health, and that incorporating coffee into your diet could have health benefits.”
Drinking three cups of coffee a day could lead to a longer and healthier life, a study claims
We found that higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, and specifically for circulatory diseases, and digestive diseases.
Researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer and Imperial College, London, found similar associations between coffee and lower risk of death across Europe, despite consumption and preparation methods varying.
Using information from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition they analysed data from 521,330 people over the age of 35.
The highest level of coffee consumption by volume was seen in Denmark at 900ml a day and the lowest in Italy at 92ml a day.
After 16 years almost 42,000 people had died from a range of conditions including cancer, circulatory diseases, heart failure and stroke.
Compared with non-coffee drinkers, men who drank three or more cups had an 18 per cent reduced risk of death. Women who drank the same had a 7 per cent reduced risk.
Higher coffee consumption was associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, a study claimed
Coffee drinkers may have healthier livers and better glucose control than non-coffee drinkers, say the researchers.
Decaffeinated coffee was found to have a similar effect.
The researchers said they made a “statistically significant” observation between those who consumed the most coffee and lower risk of death, compared to non-drinkers.
Professor Elio Riboli, of the school of public health at Imperial College, said: “These findings add to a growing body of evidence which indicates that drinking coffee not only is safe, but it may actually have a protective health effect for people.
“While further research is needed, we can be confident the results from a large European study confirm previous findings seen around the world.”
Coffee drinkers could have better glucose control than non-coffee drinkers, the research claimed
Coffee contains a number of compounds which possess antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticarcinogenic properties that scientists believe may explain why drinkers have lower rates of chronic liver disease and liver cancer.
The findings, published in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine, chime with research in the US and Japan giving credence to the theory that coffee has health benefits that are seen globally.
Prof Peter Hayes, part of the University of Edinburgh team, said: “We have shown coffee reduces cirrhosis and also liver cancer in a dose-dependent manner.
“Our research adds to the evidence that, in moderation, coffee can be a wonderful natural medicine.”
Sarah Toule, of World Cancer Research Fund, said: “Our own evidence found that coffee can help decrease the risk of liver cancer.
“However, we can’t yet recommend how much coffee, and what type, people should drink.”
An earlier study found one cup of coffee a day cuts the risk of developing liver cancer. Caffeinated coffee was associated with a 20 per cent reduction.
Two cups a day led to a 35 per cent reduction and up to five cups halved the risk.
But drinking more than five cups offered no further protection against hepatocellular cancer, the most common form of liver cancer. Decaffeinated coffee had a beneficial effect, but it was less marked.

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text: Man oh man I can hardly move with my belly so stuffed. Made yet another awesome recipe from Vcon - Eggplant Rollatini with Spinnach and Toasted Pine Nuts. This is just soooo freaking awesome I don't know where to begin. You'll just have to make it for yourself - it's the only way. I made a bit of a boo boo whilst making this. Well in actual fact I made two boo boo's. The first one was that I fried the breaded Eggplant and then proceeded to bake them as well!! As I put them in the oven I thought there's no way I'm gonna spray them with more oil - there's plenty (and then some) in them already and there's NO WAY they'll bake for 20 mins what was Isa and Terry thinking!! I decided to bake them for 10 mins instead and whilst they were in the oven I then read the recipe properly. The fact I'd already read the recipe through a good few times (like ten times) obviously hadn't made any difference - the recipe states that you EITHER fry them OR bake them....NOT BOTH YOU FOOL!!! *ahem* The second boo boo wasn't quite as silly - I whizzed up the Pine Nuts in the blender because I thought you added them to the breading mixture and there was no way they were gonna stick to the Aubergine if they were left whole!! THEN I realised as I was assembling everything together for the final stage of the dish that you add the Pine Nuts when you add the Spinnach and roll them up. DOH! But we live and learn as they say and I've learnt to read a recipe and understand it completely BEFORE setting foot in the kitchen. I didn't use riccotta either I finished up the last of the Besto Pesto.


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Our newsletter is a weekly review of popular resistance taking place across the U.S. It is important to know we are not alone so we can inspire each other, learn from each other and spread the courage to resist across the country. The newsletter covers people working on a wide range of issues including peace and justice, environmental protection, workers’ and students’ rights, and much more. We see all of these issues connected by our common goal of ending the rule of money, transforming the country and putting people and the planet before profits.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. There is another drumbeat growing for the United States to go to war. The media is walking in lockstep with bi-partisans in Washington, DC and with the war profiteers to this end. The likely next president, Hillary Clinton, is calling for escalation in Syria with a no fly zone that risks conflict with Russia, a nation she has been demonizing.Gulf of Tonkin How often has the United States been misled into war? How often have the people of the United States been lied to about the need for war, e.g. using a “humanitarian crisis” to justify mass slaughter and the creation of a failed state as in Libya; Weapons of Mass Destruction that did not exist in Iraq leading to a war that created much of the chaos that exists in the region today; and the 9/11 attack that has led to the longest war in US history when it should have led to the arrest of the prime suspect, Osama bin Laden, and his trial in the Hague.
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. What do you call a system in which private entities partner with law enforcement to spy on peaceful protesters and arrest them, in which the poor and people of color are preyed upon to meet private prison quotas in order to provide slave labor, in which drug use is treated as a crime rather than the public health issue that it is, and in which police are heavily militarized and violate the law without being held accountable? Like the military-industrial complex, the prison-industrial complex (PIC) has become a behemoth that feeds personal and corporate profits through human exploitation. Its tentacles reach into many parts of our society. It is necessary to understand how the many aspects of the PIC operate in order to confront it and stop it from swallowing up our families and communities.
Newsletter Austerity, Banking and Finance, Big Banks, Big Pharma, Corruption, Democracy, Donald Trump, health insurance industry, Healthcare, Hillary Clinton, Neoliberalism, oligarchy, Sexism, Single payer health care, Tax Evasion, Wikileaks
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org
October 9th, 2016
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The 2016 presidential election has shown how the duopoly, the two parties that represent big business interests and the wealthiest, are corrupted in ways that prevent the people’s voices from being heard, their necessities being met and the planet being protected from human greed. During the campaigns, leaks have given people a behind-the-scenes look at how the parties operate and research on the candidates shows their personal failures. They give voters an image of elites who behave as if the law does not apply to them and who put themselves ahead of the public interest. Last Friday was a day of embarrassment for both the Republican and Democratic Parties. A tape showing Donald Trump bragging about sexual assault in lewd ways has gotten the bulk of attention, but Wikileaks also released thousands of pages of The Podesta Emails, 2,060 emails and 170 attachments. John Podesta is the ultimate insider.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The hubris and manipulation of the two establishment parties is evident in the presidential debates. The two Wall Street funded parties decide who is allowed to participate in the debates. The so-called debate ‘commission’ is a disguise of the Democratic and Republican parties. It is a commission in name only, in reality it is a corporation created by the two parties and controlled by the two parties. When the disguise is removed, it becomes obvious that the Democrats and Republicans are choosing to only debate Democrats and Republicans, and preventing any competition. In 1988, the Republican co-founder, Frank Fahrenkopf, who remains a co-chair, indicated at the news conference announcing the ‘commission’ that they were “not likely to look with favor on including third-party candidates in the debates.” The New York Times quoted the Democratic co-founder, Paul Kirk, saying: “As a party chairman, it’s my responsibility to strengthen the two-party system.”
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. This will be a brief newsletter this week because we are both on the road. Margaret is running for US Senate for Maryland, Green Party, and she is touring the state to spread the word about her and meet voters. Kevin has taken a temporary leave of absence from Popular Resistance to work for the Jill Stein campaign as a senior adviser. Five years ago we organized the occupation of Freedom Plaza in Washington, DC with a goal of raising awareness that the problems we face in the US are systemic and that we must build a social movement and the culture of resistance if we are to solve them. We didn’t expect to get involved in electoral politics, but the time has come when majorities of people in the US are sick of the corporate parties and are ready for a change. We believe that there needs to be a political party that reflects the values of the movement and so we are working to build it.
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance. ‘Progressive’ senators and organizations launched an effort to revive the ‘public option’ this week to salvage the so-called Affordable Care Act (ACA). It is critical, if we are to solve the ongoing healthcare crisis in the US, that we are not fooled by what is actually the Profiteer’s Option that will be another gift to the insurance industry. We must unite instead and fight, just as we fight to stop pipelines and the Trans-Pacific Partnership, for the solution, national improved Medicare for All, a single payer system that nearly two-thirds of people in the US support. The public option not only adds more bureaucracy it results in patients who need healthcare going toward the public option, while the private insurers use their marketing propaganda to keep wealthier patients and healthier patients in their system. In that way the private insurance takes in more money in premiums and has to pay out less for healthcare. So, while this is sold to us as a step toward single payer, that is false propaganda. The public option is really the Profiteer’s Option.
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the attack on the World Trade Centers in New York where 3,000 people died. The immediate responses to the attack were panic, grief and ultra-nationalism, followed by illegal attacks on Afghanistan and then Iraq. Perhaps now that 15 years has passed, we should look back at the events and review decisions that were made in hopes of avoiding mistakes in the future. The leading presidential candidates, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, seem stuck on the same path we have been on for 15 years — is more militarism the right path? Have war and military attacks made the region more stable, the United States more secure, reduced terrorism, prevented instability in Europe due to the refuege crisis? Or, has the path of militarism made all of this worse?
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. Private-sector workers who are members of a union have fallen from 1 in 3 workers in the 1950s to about 1 in 20 today. Politics is about power and the loss of organized worker power has meant a loss in political power for all workers and a loss of wealth, income and benefits. In recent years, there have been strong signs that labor is getting more organized and militant in fighting for worker rights. They have linked worker issues to other issues, e.g. racial injustice, climate change and creating stronger communities; and are showing signs of resurrection. Recent years have seen aggressive attacks against workers: pension funds are raided, health benefits are cut or ended, the right to collective bargaining is destroyed and social services are cut. This is dramatic and needs to be reversed.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The latest chapter in the US war against Indigenous Peoples of this land is being fought by more than 90 tribes in North Dakota against a pipeline that threatens water, air and land, including sacred sites. Indigenous Peoples understand that the environment is to be respected and that to destroy it for corporate profit goes against nature and against ourselves. People’s Climate March indigenous @Peoples_Climate People’s Climate March indigenous @Peoples_Climate Indigenous Peoples have lived in what is now called North America for more than 10,000 years. They were the first human inhabitants. In comparison, the United States is not even 250 years old. Ever since colonizers from Europe came to these lands 600 years ago, Indigenous Peoples have paid a heavy price.
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By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, www.PopularResistance.org
August 20th, 2016
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The task of the movement for economic, racial and environmental justice is much bigger than the presidential election. Our job is to build people power to ensure that no matter who is the next president, the people’s voices are heard and our demands are part of the political agenda. We urge organizers and advocates across the nation to begin to plan a campaign beginning in early 2017 and carrying on through the inauguration to ensure that right from the beginning the people’s voices are a dominant narrative. The #NoHoneymoon campaign will take various forms in communities across the country. Talk to your networks of activists and plan what would work best in your community. The creativity and energy that comes from diverse leadership has surprised the nation before and can do so again.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The make-up of elections are almost complete with only a few primary races and the Green Party National Convention (August 4-7 in Houston), where Jill Stein’s running mate will be announced, remaining. Otherwise we know the candidates that will be with us for the next three months and the potential presidents who will almost assuredly be the focus of mobilizations for the next four years. While Bernie Sanders is no longer running for office and has shifted his energy to working to elect Hillary Clinton, many in the Bernie or Bust Movement have shifted to Jill or Bust, with the initial goal to get Jill Stein into the highly restrictive (and anti-democratic) debates.
By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. Baltimore, where we live, is a deeply segregated city with a stark wealth divide. For decades, police have routinely patrolled black neighborhoods where they harass and arrest people of color without probable cause. This practice escalated when Martin O’Malley was the mayor and was running for governor. In order to beef up his record of addressing crime, police under his command arrested tens of thousands of young blacks and held them overnight in jail for no reason, then released them without any charges. It has created generations of black Baltimoreans who are traumatized by police and have lost opportunities to advance in their lives as a consequence. It has also created a police culture that continues to abuse communities of color. Remember, Freddie Gray was chased by police without any cause and it resulted in his death. In response to this environment, black youth in Baltimore organized an action called ‘Afromation’ to raise awareness and to celebrate Assata Shakur’s birthday.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. This was a traumatic week. Two more unjustified killings of black men were caught on video and shared widely. Mass protests erupted throughout the country. And then, at the end of a Dallas protest against police violence, a lone gunman shot 12 people, killing five police officers. A graphic video shows Baton Rouge police shooting Alton Sterling outside of a convenience store where he was selling CDs. Two police have him on the ground, then shots ring out and Sterling is dead. Forty-eight hours later in Minnesota, Philando Castile is shot dead at a traffic stop while he is reaching for his wallet. In the aftermath of Castile’s fatal shooting, a video made by his girlfriend from the passenger seat is posted on Facebook and goes viral. Police violence is a growing public heath threat that is wounding, traumatizing and killing people.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers. Official holidays in the United States tend to reinforce false historical narratives. The Fourth of July is one of those holidays and what the official story misses is the reality that must be told. During the decade before the Revolutionary War, colonists ran one of the most effective nonviolence resistance campaigns against corporate power in history. Rivera Sun describes this campaign of nonviolent actions by showing that many of the tactics people attribute to Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr. and other modern activists were used in an effective campaign by the colonists including boycotts of British goods, replacing them with their own goods; refusing to cooperate with unjust laws, non-payment of taxes, the development of parallel governments and local assemblies as well as rallies, petitions, marches and protests.
By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers for Popular Resistance. The globalized economy is not working for most people of the world. International trade agreements and new government structures like the European Union serve corporate power and put the people and planet aside to ensure profits continue to come first. They undermine democracy and national sovereignty, leaving people feeling more powerless. By pushing austerity and commodification of public services, people are now more economically insecure with less wealth and lower incomes. The response of many is anger. Some protest austerity, others blame people of a different skin color, heritage or ethnicity. The surprise vote in the UK to leave the European Union is the latest, and perhaps the biggest, example of the blowback economic and political elites are getting for their actions. Brexit shows we have our work to do to educate people that this is not about racism and anger at ethnic groups, but is really the battle between the people and the elites. It is a conflict over whether we the people will have the power to decide our futures, whether we can create a fair economy that serves more than the 1% and whether we can act in ways that are consistent with the needs of the environmental crisis we face.
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Aitor Karanka insists he never had any doubts that Tomas Mejias would prove to be a top class keeper.
The Boro boss was forced to leave his compatriot out of the starting line-up after he made a shaky start to the season back in August.
That opened the door for Dimi Konstantopoulos, who has started 26 consecutive Championship fixtures.
However, the Greek goalie was sent off at Birmingham on Wednesday and is suspended for tomorrow’s Yorkshire derby against Leeds.
Former Real Madrid keeper Mejias, who has played outstandingly well in three FA Cup ties this year, is expected to start in place of Konstantopoulos.
“It’s a big opportunity for him,” said Karanka. “In the past a lot of people had doubts about him but I never had doubts about him.
“Three or four months ago everybody was a little bit concerned because Jason Steele was out and Tomas was here and now, after the games that Tomas has played, everybody is calm and confident because he has shown he is a very good keeper.”
Karanka says Konstantopoulos is still his first choice but only as long as he continues to produce the goods.
“People can’t assume that Dimi is going to be my keeper for the rest of the season," he said.
"Goalkeeper is like every other position as far as I’m concerned and if the keeper who is playing is not in good form then I have another keeper but I am very happy with all of them, not just Dimi and Tomas but also Connor Ripley so things are very good.


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How To Dry Hydrangeas.September 17, 2015
One of the things that I get asked a lot on Instagram is how to dry hydrangeas. I love the colours as they start to dry at this time of year, deep dusky pinks as their petals lose their moisture and turn all papery. If you dry them successfully, they can last for years and make an everlasting floral display.
My Mother in law dried some of the hydrangeas from our wedding display whilst we were on honeymoon, which has made for both a lovely keepsake that's now part of the kitchen. They're in the galvanised jug in the photo above. Since then, I've tried to dry some more hydrangeas from the garden with varying success. I've read up a lot about it and this is what I've learned.

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Art/Marks- January-April 2005
Directed by Rob Heppell
Some artist tries to wrestle sense out of a painting.
there are the thoughts that make up a painting, and the trouble it takes to make it, on the way you see the other factors that make it all up, the noise of people about, kids playing, loud music, and the green sports-hall expanse of one's own imagination. or something.
This is the third short film I made. Using human and large scale object animation, this took us three months. Then we found the music to go with it.
it was originally made for an art A level, and was given a grade 'c'.
we even syncronised the weather for the start and the intro.
Music- Aphex Twin; Ziggomatic V17, Tom Waits; Picture in a Frame

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1921 Rotogravure William Orpen Art WWI Portrait Prince Emir Feisul Syria XAHA8
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Grab your Lee-Enfield rifle and strap on your Brodie helmet and enlist with the soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force, as Period Paper proudly presents an action-packed collection of World War I images by Irish-English artist, Sir William Orpen. Begin your deployment in the trenches of the Western Front in war-torn La Boiselle, France at the infamous Battle of the Somme. Feel the grit and dirt sprinkle your face and gaze in awe at the craters left behind from the explosions by the Royal Engineers at Lochnagar Mine and Thiepval. Take to the skies with some of Britain's finest flying aces of the Royal Air Force (RAF), including the likes of Lt. Arthur Rhys-Davis and Lt. Reginald "Georgie" Hoidge. And after you get you head out of the clouds, join in the the raucous Armistice night celebrations in Amiens! But unlike real combat, remember that there's no need to rush across this No Mans Land! To continue your Tour of Duty, simply click on the link provided before the condition paragraph. Forward, march!
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These are some waterfalls captured today, first exhibit showing lovely evenly space spikes, and a mass of hash and splatter.
A little further up the spectrum, another splatter, this I am convinced is some form of Power Line Network Adapter. You know the ones someone thought was a clever and expensive solution to that problem "How do you get network data from one room to another without the hassle of running a cheap proper shielded network cable or using wifi?" Their answer was to use unshielded mains wiring to transmit data at radio frequencies turning them into efficient antennas!
Mind you even using shielded network cabling isn't always the answer especially if you have cheap probably Chinese made network equipment which some one is using nearby. It generates this pretty pattern right across the VHF 2 meter band, especially bad on 144MHz.
Hold on VHF is immune to PLA interference you say? Yeah right!
I have posted before about problems I have had before including some videos including the one below. Thanks to my direction finding skills I know which direction this annoying interference was coming from, but I haven't seen it for a while, someone got themselves a new Plasma/LCD TV?
I am aware some of my equipment generates some noise, but even powering down the entire house and running on laptop batteries I see just as much rubbish, rubbish that disappears as soon as you remove the antenna.


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Things I liked: It's a very powerful gun, in .177 caliber I destroyed my gamo metal target box after about 50 shots. Good accuracy, very lightweight and easy to shoulder. Trigger is first class.
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Specs differ slightly, the bull whisperer is a spring piston rated at 1400fps and is a 1/2 pound heavier , 1 inch longer , cocking effort is said to be 41 pounds , and comes with a 3x9x40mm AO scope . Also 70 dollars more. Making up for up graded scope package.
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