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DEXTER (BNM) - Thirty-five people attended One Tree Cowboy Church’s second annual campout June 14-16, which included a camp-style worship service, testimonies, and more.
Reed Wheeler, who pastors the Dexter church, told the Baptist New Mexican that this year’s campout drew in 35 people, up from nine people at the previous year’s event. Wheeler said the purpose of the campout is to “get into nature” and worship God.
Church members and guests arrived at Baca Campground, east of Capitan, in Lincoln National Forest throughout the day on Friday, June 14, and most stayed through Sunday afternoon. The church held its weekly worship service at the campground on June 16.
In addition to the Sunday service, campers participated in hikes, games of horseshoes, singing around the campfire and sharing testimonies. According to Wheeler, one woman - a friend of a church member - shared about her recent mission trip to South America.
During the campout, Wheeler said several people rededicated their lives to Christ, something that also occurred during the 2018 campout.
Wheeler told BNM that One Tree is “all about giving people Jesus and using the western heritage culture to do that. We're a very laid back church. You get Jesus every time you walk [through] the doors or anytime you're around the people of the cowboy church, and we do it in a very laid back way."
Wheeler added that it is not unusual to see men in ball caps or cowboy hats at church activities, or to hear the worship band playing distinctly western Christian songs. He said the church plays Christian music that sounds similar to what people may hear at a bar or dance, in an attempt to help break down barriers between the church and the western community beyond it.
The campout was intended, in part, as a way to get members of the cowboy community to interact with members of the church without coming to church. "We had a young man who would not come to church, and he came up there with his grandparents. Now, he's coming to youth and getting involved with the youth group. It's great to see that happen,” Wheeler recalled.
According to Wheeler, One Tree is "a laid back, pressure-free zone to hear the Word of God.” He hopes to continue hosting campouts in the years to come.


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Hinds County administrator, sheriff inspect detention center
Sheriff says cost of repairs not yet known
The Hinds County administrator and sheriff walked through the Detention Center Thursday to inspect the ongoing repairs that have been made to the aging facility.
"This is something that we're doing to make sure the facility is up to par with its purpose," said county Administrator Carmen Davis.
After an inmate walked out of the Hinds County Detention Center in Raymond on April 10, Sheriff Tyrone Lewis blamed county leaders for broken locks and doors. The Hinds County Board of Supervisors had approved money for emergency repairs in April and had requested an update on the progress.
"There's ongoing progress. It's an ongoing process," Lewis said. "Like any building or any vehicle that you drive you're going to have maintenance issues, so we're looking at the issues we have to address maintenance-wise to try to head them off at the pass so we can be a more proactive department."
County officials said last month that repairs to secure the jail could cost more than $100,000. But on Thursday, Lewis said a total cost for the repairs had not yet been reached.
"There has not been a dollar figure that we have come up with collectively," Lewis said. "That's one of the reasons that we're out here today, so hopefully we can come up with that magic number. But right now we don't have a magic number. We're dealing with an aging facility. The only way to get that number is we need to keep having these meetings and keep managing the process."
The Hinds County Detention Center includes about 239 cells in its housing units, each holding two inmates.

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“In the Heights” is an electrifying amalgamation of song, dance, and culture that challenges you to remain seated. Based on Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning Broadway smash and directed by Jon M. Chu (“Crazy Rich Asians”), this is the story of a bodega owner in New York’s Washington Heights named Usnavi de la Vega (Anthony Ramos) who dreams of returning to his homeland in the Dominican Republic. Of course, it’s complicated by several factors including his affection for childhood friend Vanessa (Melissa Barrera) who also has big dreams of becoming a fashion designer. Filled with vibrant characters and irresistible melodies, the heat generated by the spirited musical is going to make this summer one for the record books.
IN THE HEIGHTS (2021)
Anthony Ramos, Melissa Barrera, Leslie Grace, Corey Hawkins, Olga Merediz, Jimmy Smits, Gregory Diaz IV, Daphne Rubin-Vega, Stephanie Beatriz, Dascha Polanco
Directed by Jon M. Chu
Situated in the uppermost part of Manhattan, in an area that has become 70% Hispanic thanks to the number of Dominican immigrants who settled in the neighborhood that runs from 155th St to 193rd St, “In the Heights” begins with the 168 BPM title track as narrator Usnavi begins his day by chasing off Graffiti Pete (Noah Catala) before opening up shop at the corner bodega. In rapid cadence, our young protagonist introduces us to lifelong resident Abuela Claudia (Olga Merediz) while addressing the growing problem of gentrification before the rousing chorus kicks in.
In the heights
I flip the lights and start my day
There are fights
And bills to pay
After making a splash as Lady Gaga’s BFF Ramon in 2018’s “A Star is Born” and appearing in films that include “Godzilla: King of Monsters” and “Honest Thief” opposite Liam Neeson, Anthony Ramos returns in a star-making performance doing what he loves the most, singing and dancing. After appearing in the stage version of “In the Heights” and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s “Hamilton” on Broadway, the New York actor embraces the limelight with an unforgettable portrayal of Usnavi, a role he was born to play.
“Heights” is filled with wonderful performances that include Mexican actress and former telenovela star Melissa Barrera who made her mark playing Lyn on the Starz series “Vida.” She is mesmerizing as Vanessa, and then there’s Corey Hawkins who played Dr. Dre in 2015’s “Straight Outta Compton.” You may remember him from appearing on TV’s “The Walking Dead” and “24: Legacy” but you’ve never seen him sing and dance so eloquently. As Benny, the Rosario car service dispatcher who pines for Nina (Leslie Grace), the daughter of his boss Kevin (Jimmy Smits), Hawkins has an undeniable charisma that matches his talent.
Grace as the brave and smart Nina, who much to her father’s displeasure just dropped out of Stanford, delivers a strong performance as the conflicted dreamer who successfully made it out of the neighborhood but returns home unsure of her place in the world.
Miranda wrote “In the Heights” while attending college almost a decade before the musical made its Broadway debut in 2008 after morphing from a one-act show to a vibrant production that tied the memorable songs together by author Quiara Alegría Hudes’ story. The Tony and Grammy-winning play is now the must-see movie of the summer and the best reason to venture back into a theater after a year of pandemic-driven at-home premieres.
America is a nation of immigrants and part of the reason why “Heights” is relatable to everyone, not just the Latinx community. We are a nation of dreamers, who like the film’s characters, are struggling through the daily grind to find our place in this world. The songs are terrific, and director Jon M. Chu —who’s preparing to tackle the film version of “Wicked” — knocks it out of the ballpark, plus Christopher Scott’s choreography is dazzling to view.
Look for Miranda’s cameo as the Piragua vendor selling his ice-cold treats and make sure you stick around during the end credits for an added bonus.
Opens Friday, June 11 in theaters and HBO Max

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As the trio on the EPL Talk Podcast mentioned in the latest episode, it’s been a long week in terms of there being little major news breaking and not a lot of football on television. But now that Saturday has arrived, we’re graced with the familiar return of the Premier League.
Today there are several mouthwatering matches on offer including West Ham against Arsenal, Wolves versus Manchester City and the big one, Manchester United against Tottenham. Spurs has an awful record against the Big Four clubs, especially Manchester United, so let’s see if they can finally get a result today.
Feel free to use this open thread to vent, post your questions or observations, etc. Just click on the comments link below.

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In 1955, the following statement appeared in the Lancet: "Although transabdominal puncture of the uterus has been carried out often for therapeutic and experimental reasons without accident, mere curiosity does not justify the procedure and its practical value in probably limited in the human. If the results are confirmed in animals, however, it might become of great significance in veterinary practice."
Despite this prophecy, in the 1970s, amniocentesis was offered to many patients of the AMA, simply because it became possible to do karyotypic analysis on cultured amniocytes. Amniocentesis at that time involved introducing a needle into the uterus midway between the patient’s uterine fundus and the symphysis pubis. Sometimes ultrasound was used to mark a preferable needle insertion site, after which the patient walked to another area where a clinician would insert a needle through the "marked" area. Later real-time ultrasound enabled the operator to guide a needle into a desired place under simultaneous ultrasound guidance. Although data were sparse, the observation that the risk of the pre real-time amniocentesis seemed to be only marginally greater than the post real-time method was a testimonial to the resilience of pregnancy in general. Nevertheless, this technique does carry some risk, and between 50 to 100 per 1000 fetuses will be lost due to the second trimester procedure.
Now that the triple or "quad" screen has come into being, the tests can better adjust the fetal DS risk for a given patient, most often below the risk of amniocentesis.
An article in JAMA (soon to be reviewed) has recently ignited controversy regarding the efficacy of the genetic sonogram to more precisely adjust Down syndrome risk so that amniocentesis can be avoided when a risk/benefit mismatch exists. Interestingly, although the authors of this article criticize the benefit of the genetic sonogram, their own data support the reassuring value of a "negative sonogram."
In any case, we have recently found that about 60% of AMA patients seeking prenatal testing with a triple screen and/or a sonogram decline amniocentesis. Hopefully, when the method of fetal cell separation from maternal blood comes to fruition, there will be much less need for amniocentesis. The point is that as some newer techniques become available and older concepts change, fewer invasive techniques will be required.
Percutaneous umbilical blood sampling (PUBS) is a diagnostic technique that emerged in the late 1980s. The original technique for obtaining fetal blood involved the use of an endoscope with which one could draw blood from the umbilical cord under direct visualization. PUBS is less invasive than fetoscopy, but can be tricky to perform and, as is usually the case, the fetal risk is greater than originally reported. The more common indications include rapid karyotyping, diagnosis of fetal anemia from Rh and Kell sensitization, and fetal infections such as Parvovirus. It has also been used to determine fetal blood gas status, for example, in IUGR.
However, for good reason, we are now going through a PUBS "recession." In fact, it is now difficult to find a legitimate reason to do PUBS, and even in busy high- risk centers, there are not enough cases to adequately train perinatal fellows in the performance of this procedure.
Why the paucity of PUBS procedures? Today, through the ability to exclude fetal anemia noninvasively through assessment of doppler waveform analysis of the fetal middle cerebral arteries, amniocentesis is now rarely used in our institution to predict fetal red blood cell breakdown through AOD analysis, and PUBS is only used in cases where there is strong evidence that it would have therapeutic benefit. Rapid karyotyping, previously a PUBS diagnostic staple, can now be accomplished through fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) on amniotic fluid cells, enabling clinicians to substitute a less risky procedure for a more invasive one. Since fetal dopplers are so effective at ruling out metabolic acidemia, PUBS is rarely needed in IUGR.
Even with invasive lifesaving fetal therapeutic maneuvers, less invasive measures can help to better select patients whose fetuses would truly benefit from their procedures. For example, in fetal bladder obstruction, it is possible to determine with ultrasound (through the echogenicity of the renal cortex and through electrolyte analysis of aspirated fetal urine) which fetuses are potentially salvageable. Also, although the ultimate surgical technique for fetal diaphragmatic hernia is still up in the air, a rough ultrasound estimate of fetal lung volume can better select fetuses that might possibly benefit from some type of in utero surgery.
In some clinical dilemmas, a more invasive technique may become preferable to a less invasive one, as long it is proven to be more effective. For example, at the moment it is unclear whether endoscopic laser ablation of communicating placental vessels in twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome is of greater therapeutic benefit than repetitive amniocentesis. The latter less invasive measure has been associated with fatal salvage in about 60% of cases, but those investigators using the endoscopic technique are beginning to report a better long- term outcome with laser compared with contemporary data from studies using therapeutic amniocentesis. However, since the populations in the existing studies may not be comparable, the only way to evaluate the best approach would be through randomized clinical trials. After some initial bickering between the two factions, RCTS are being initiated in Europe and the in the United States. Hopefully, these trials will yield usable results.
Where can we go from here? Investigators have been working for more than a decade to separate fetal cells from the maternal circulation, and still the kinks have not been ironed out. When they are, only a few amniocenteses will be performed for only those who really need them. PUBS will undoubtedly be used only where direct access to the fetal circulation is absolutely necessary, such as in intrauterine transfusion, or to deliver a medication directly to the fetus, eg, with a cardiac arrhythmia that is refractory to standard treatment.
"Open" surgical procedures to repair diaphragmatic hernia or to circumvent urethral obstructions are already being replaced by endoscopic techniques, and although the efficacy of in utero repair of spina bifida has definitely not yet been proven, it is likely that the endoscope will ultimately be the vehicle of choice, if legitimate research shows a benefit.
In many clinical situations in obstetrics, the benefit of experience has allowed clinicians to replace the phrase "don’t just stand there, do something" with the concept of "don’t just do something, stand there." In prenatal diagnosis and in many fetal therapeutic ventures "standing there" may not be the best option, but using the least risky (and often glitzy) method to obtain a result is what the art of medicine is all about.

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An MS-13 gang member on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted list has been captured in Virginia after a four-year manhunt, authorities announced Saturday.
A car plowed into a group of counter-protesters at a white nationalist rally in Virginia on Saturday afternoon, news reports said.
CYPRESS HILLS, Brooklyn – An NYPD officer was shot in the arm in Brooklyn on Thursday late afternoon.
A former FBI agent and his daughter today were found guilty of killing the daughter’s husband.
US prosecutors dropped criminal charges against a well-known promoter of Chinese reverse mergers after a federal judge threw out evidence obtained during a search of a New York apartment and office.
Notorious Mexican drug kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has kicked his long-suffering, court-appointed attorneys to the curb and hired John ”Junior” Gotti’s defense lawyer.
The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded more $85 million worth of cocaine at Broward County’s Port Everglades on Monday after seizing the drugs in international waters.
In early March of 2016, the bodies of eight electrical company employees and three farmers were found hacked-up and bullet-riddled near a desolate field in El Salvador’s San Juan Opico municipality.
Martin Shkreli, the hedge fund manager turned pharmaceutical entrepreneur once dubbed “the most hated man in America” has been found guilty on three of eight federal charges that he deceived investors in a pair of failed hedge funds.
TAUNTON, Mass. – A young woman who as a teenager encouraged her suicidal boyfriend to kill himself in dozens of text messages and told him to “get back in” a truck filled with toxic gas was sentenced Thursday to 15 months in jail for involuntary manslaughter.


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The Many Voices of Pride: Roger’s story
The LGBT+ community is made of many different identities, all of which are as valid and important as the others, and every single one deserves to fly their flag with pride.
For Pride 2019, PinkNews has teamed with Uber to tell stories that show how important visibility is to a diverse rainbow of sexual and gender identities.
This is Roger’s story…
When did you first realise you were aromantic?
I first realised I was aromantic when I was in a very long-term relationship and realised that I was being very cold and couldn’t feel the romanticism.
I was very worried that there was something wrong with me, so I did some research online and found the description of aromantic. From digging further, I realised that there was nothing wrong with me, it was just the way I am. An aromantic is someone who doesn’t get involved in romantic situations, it’s more physical.
I think being aromantic makes you realise who you are, but we are also very different in that everyone can be who they want. You can identify as aromantic but also be asexual, be gay or straight, it’s just finding your community or tribe.
What was it like growing up?
I grew up in Mexico and Mexico is a very romantic country.
There’s lots of romantic songs and telenovelas and movies.
You’re always being told you have to be romantic, your main goal is to bring up a family and have that dreamy life. I
tried very hard, being in romantic relationships and having boyfriends, looking for that life of having dogs and kids and a big house in the countryside.
I realised that’s just not what I want and not what I feel. I always felt different but I was always myself, I was lucky not to have lots of homophobia in my family, I was very accepted.
When I was younger I didn’t think I needed Pride or to express myself in that way, but now I feel that it’s very important to make a statement and fight for our rights because there’s lots of people struggling to come out. Showing this power gives other people hope and strength to go through very hard times.
Which flag do you identify with?
I identify with the new LGBT+ flag, the one that has the new black, brown, orange triangle stripes on the side. I think it’s really cute and inclusive.
I also identify with the aromantic flag, it’s very green and very environmental and that’s something I support a lot and work closely with.
I think it’s important to have flags so that people can feel like they belong to a tribe or community and not feel lost or lonely.
Read all the personal stories from the Many Voices of Pride campaign here.

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The Prince George’s County Police Department is a step closer to buying a $27 million headquarters after a County Council committee gave preliminary approval to the plan Tuesday.
The council’s public safety committee approved a lease/purchase agreement for properties in Suitland that several years ago had been sought by the school system for its headquarters.
The site on Presidential Parkway, which includes two buildings and space to construct others, will allow the police department to consolidate administrative offices and move its training academy from Lanham, county officials said.
The county did the deal without competitive bidding, which county law allows. Tom Himler, a top aide to County Executive Rushern L. Baker III (D), said the arrangement was a good financial deal for the county.
The group of buildings just off Pennsylvania Avenue known as Washington Plaza is the same site that the school system tried to buy several years ago from Dean Morehouse’s Washington Plaza LLC. That $36 million lease-purchase deal was brokered by NAI Michael Cos., as was the new, $27 million lease/purchase deal for the police headquarters. Former county executive Wayne K. Curry (D), a close associate of Baker’s, is president of NAI Michael Cos.
Council member Mary A. Lehman (D-Laurel) raised objections to the deal, complaining that the council did not have sufficient time to review it and questioned why it had to be considered now.


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Pyramid (or Beeramid) is a drinking game where players flip cards in a pyramid and play cards or bluff them to assign other players drinks. Set up: Use the cards to create a face down pyramid with 1 card in the top row and 6 cards in the bottom row. This should be 21 cards all together. Deal out the rest of the cards as evenly as possible to each player. Rules: Play starts by flipping the.
Pyramid is a fun drinking game that involves using your memorization skills, as well as your ability to lie without being caught. What’s great about this game is that it requires very few supplies and can be played with just a few friends. What You Need. Alcohol of your choice; Deck of cards; Set Up. Use the cards to create a pyramid shape. This involves placing six cards on the bottom row.
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One of my favorite drinking games for 2 people is called Speed Facts. I hope you know your opponent well for this game! The idea of this game is to go back and forth with your opponent stating facts about each other that you know. If a fact is incorrect or the person takes more than three seconds to come up with a fact, he or she gets a strike. When a person gets three strikes, they must take.
Equipment for Fuck You Pyramid: Deck of cards Beer Three or more players Setup for Fuck You Pyramid drinking game: The cards are shuffled and placed face down in a pyramid shape 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 on the table.
Ride The Bus Drinking Game Rules. All you need to play the classic ride the bus drinking game is a deck of cards and beer (or any alcohol of your choice). Deal the cards by asking a series of 4 questions or simply deal each player 4 cards. If the player gets the answer wrong, they drink. However you decide to do it, each player should have 4 cards at the end. Red or black? High or low? In.
Pyramid - Other Game 543 Games So Far! 1 people played; 0; 0; Description. Who can scale the pyramid first? Each level becomes increasingly difficult. Equipment. 2 Quarters 2 Small glasses 2 Medium glasses 1 Large glass. Rules Fill the glasses with beer and arrange in a pyramid. The opposing players start on opposite sides and try to bounce the quarter in their small glass, then their medium.
OVERVIEW OF PYRAMID SOLITAIRE. Pyramid Solitaire is a game played by one person where the goal is to discard all 52 cards into a discard pile and demolish the pyramid in doing so. The game technically is won once the pyramid is gone so not all of the 52 cards will necessarily need to make it to the discard pile for you to win. To discard cards, it must be done in pairs and each pair must equal.


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By Alex Njuguna
There will be a tight race for Kiharu parliamentary seat as we approach 2022 general election where three main political bigwigs will face each other.
Several candidates have declared their interest in the much coveted Kiharu constituency seat keen on unseating the incumbent Ndindi Nyoro.
Nyoro is set to face stiff competition from the likes of Karanja Mburu alias Wamatangi, Kiama Muturi, Dr Judy Makira among others.
Nyoro is arming himself with the several NG-CDF projects and his political consistency the incumbent Member of Parliament as the bonga points for his re election plan.
On his part, Wamatangi who has embarked on building water tanks in several schools and villages seeks to taka advantage of the gains to lure the electorate.
Another bigwig who cant be underrated is a woman who has rolled out an all intensive campaign by donating food stuff, dairy goats and personal items to school going children all in bid to lure votes.
Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) will shape the politics given that the three major players hail from Mugoiri, Ndikwe and Gaturi respectively.
There are reports that Nyoro may vie for the governorship position a move that will leave Makira and Wamatangi to battle it out to know who will be the MP.
A close associate of the current MP has hinted that there is a possibility for his boss to contest for gubernatorial seat.

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Longtime backers Stable Road Capital and Gotham Green Partners provided approximately $10.7 million and $5 million, respectively, through increases to their existing loan facilities. An unnamed group of institutional lenders supplied a new loan facility containing the remaining $10 million.
The additional Stable Road funds will come with an 18% annual interest rate, while the new $10 million facility will accrue 7.5% interest annually. The Gotham Green capital infusion is part of a more complex arrangement under an existing convertible debt facility with interest rates of LIBOR plus 6% — or 6% above the rate major global banks charge to lend to each other.
The new funding is up roughly 25% from when the company first revealed the incremental loans in September, driven by an approximate doubling of Stable Road’s commitment.
“We are pleased with the continued support from our existing capital partners as we continue our recent track record of execution,” MedMen Executive Chairman Ben Rose said in a statement.
“The financing package is a significant milestone for the company and is a reflection of the commitment the company has made to strengthen the balance sheet, accelerate its path to profitability and sustainability, and focus on its core retail business. We look forward to continue expanding the MedMen brand,” he added.
Stable Roads, a Venice-based family office, and Gotham Green, a Santa Monica-based private equity firm, have lent millions of dollars to MedMen in recent years. Gotham Green, in particular, has led investments worth roughly $150 million into MedMen.
The company has turned to such cash infusions, alongside asset and stock sales, to counter significant losses over the last year. These have included selloffs of unprofitable retail dispensaries and operating licenses, issuances of new dilutive shares and aggressive cost-cutting measures such as laying off more than 40% of its staff.
The company reported a roughly $247 million net loss attributable to shareholders on $157 million in revenue for its fiscal 2020 ended June 27. Its share price was 13 cents on Nov. 4, down roughly 89% since the same time last year.
MedMen had roughly $536 million of debt, including loan facilities and operating and lease liabilities at the end of its fiscal year on June 27.
Despite the series of negative developments over the last year, some analysts remained cautiously optimistic that the company might be on an upswing.
Vivien Azer, an analyst with Cowen Inc., pointed to the ongoing willingness of MedMen’s creditors to fund the company as an encouraging lifeline.
“(MedMen) is unique in driving brand equity within the emerging cannabis market, given their dominant position in California,” Azer wrote in a report. “The company is refocusing its efforts on its core assets and is restructuring its cost base in an effort to generate improved operating leverage following a history of meaningful adjusted EBITDA losses. (MedMen’s) retail-oriented strategy is underpinned by prime locations and stylish dispensaries.”
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Kim Kardashian’s sister Khloe has finally revealed the reason why she broke up with NBA Star James Harden. In an upcoming episode of Kocktails with Khloe that reality star said Harden had been cheating on her,
“You know, I just don’t want to put up with people that, you wanna be monogamous but then you’re not monogamous.’ The 31-year-old further went to reveal details of their relationship,
“I’ve always said – it’s long distance, it’s this or that – I’ve always said, ‘We don’t need to be monogamous. There’s a lot of s— going on in both of our lives, you live in Houston, I live in L.A., we’ll see each other, when we’ll see each other.’
She adds, “What girl says that and the guy says, ‘Oh,’ like, why wouldn’t you say, ‘Oh, that’s great.’
Khloe wanted to be realistic in their relationship but the Huston Rockets Guard had different plans because he cheated on her.
‘He sought me out. He wanted to be committed, then, wasn’t committed.’
Khloe Kardashian is currently to rumored to have rekindled her relationship with her estranged husband Lamar Odom.


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Most parents believe it’s important that children learn about financial
responsibility, with 82 percent of Canadian parents teaching their children
how to save money and 72 percent showing them how to compare prices
to get the best deal, according to global market research company Synovate.
These and other insights come from a recent survey of 172 parents
of 5 to 17 year olds in Canada, and an additional 1,424 parents across the
world, who were asked whether they give their children an allowance and
how they teach their offspring about financial responsibilities.
About one quarter of parents across the globe say that they give their
children a set amount of pocket money on a regular basis, led by South
African parents at 34 percent and followed closely by Canadian parents at 32
When children desperately want an expensive item, 59 percent of
Canadian parents help their kids save some of their own money towards
but then the parent contributes the rest. Only 15 percent of Canadian
they will pay for the entire cost of the item, which is in sharp contrast to
39 percent of South African parents that will.
In order to teach their children how to effectively manage money,
budgeting techniques favored tools for Canadian parents. Forty six percent
teach their kids to look for and use coupons and 32 percent teach them
how to pay bills. This financial education can get pretty sophisticated,
one-quarter of all parents showing their children how to use a checking
account or credit card, while 54 percent of Cypriot parents teach their kids
about the stock market!
For some, it’s never too early to begin teaching their children about
finances. Over one third of Canadian parents begin teaching their children
about money as soon as they start asking their parents to buy them things.
Another one third believes that children should start learning how to be
money wise between the ages of 9 and 12.
“Teaching children about money early on helps them make more informed
decisions later on in life about spending, using credit and budgeting,” said
Tim Hodapp, Vice President of Synovate. “Our survey found that 29 percent of
Canadian parents teach their children how to use a checking account or
credit card, showing that parents are using a variety of techniques in
raise financially savvy children.”
When it comes to involving their children in saving for their own
education, very different viewpoints can be seen throughout the world.
Forty-three percent of parents involve their children in saving for their
education, with Chinese and Cypriot parents (60 and 55 percent respectively)
topping that list. On the other hand, 69 percent of Canadian parents and
66 percent of American parents say that their children play no part in
saving for their education
Synovate also learned that Canada, along with the US, has the largest
percentage of parents requiring their children to do household chores in
exchange for their pocket money. Eighty six percent of Canadian parents and
96 percent of American parents require their children to do some household
chores if they want money from mom and dad. At the other end of the scale, a
large majority of children in Cyprus (89 percent), China (77 percent) and
Slovakia (75 percent) don’t have to lift a finger for their pocket money.
Even though almost half of Canadian parents surveyed say they provide
their children with some type of allowance, either regularly or
is still a catch: 74 percent of parents require that they have at least
some input in
how the money is ultimately spent.
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New retail trading hours by Christmas
The Commerce Minister Bill Marmion expects WA's new retail trading hours will be in place in time for the Christmas shopping period.
State Parliament last night passed laws allowing shops in the metropolitan area to open until 9:00 pm on weeknights.
The laws will also allow seven day trading in Joondalup, Midland and Armadale.
Shops which sell 'durable goods' will be able to open on Sunday.
Mr Marmion says the government still needs to sort out a few elements of the legislation, including the definition of 'durable goods'.
"We're also putting in a lease register so that there will be some information for people going into commercial tenancies and also a Small Business Commissioner will be introduced," he said.
"In the main, you have to say this has been a terrific result, an outstanding result, that we've actually moved forward so far in terms of deregulating the industry."
He says while the government still has a few things to sort out, the laws should be in place before Christmas.


Municipal Medical Services ensures that to avoid the formation of nests it is important to keep the home patio clean and free of utensils
Mazatlán, Sinaloa. The best treatment against dengue is prevention, assured Alfonso Sandoval Sánchez, director of Municipal Medical Services.
The director of the Municipal Hospital “Margarita Maza de Juárez” urged citizens to self-care, and pointed out that in order to end the breeding grounds of the dengue-transmitting mosquitoes, there must be yards free of clutter
He pointed out that there are currently 22 cases of dengue in the municipality, of which 14 are in the city and 8 in the rural area, some of these serotype 2, the most aggressive.
He added that on Friday there will be a day of discharging in Colonia Rafael Buelna, where three suspected cases have been registered.


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Philip Ardagh Roxbee Cox (born 11 September 1961, Shortlands, Kent) is an English children's author, primarily known for the Eddie Dickens series of books. He has written more than 100 books including adult fiction and children's non-fiction.
During 2004 and 2005 Ardagh collaborated with Sir Paul McCartney and illustrator-animator Geoff Dunbar to create McCartney's first children's book, High in the Clouds. Published simultaneously in the UK and US and other countries in October 2005, there was an initial print run of half-a-million copies in the United States. The Observer called it "a tale about the perils of unchecked global capitalism".
Early life and career
Philip Ardagh was born in 1961, in Kent, England, where he grew up with one brother. He was christened at St Paul's Cathedral in London by the Canon Residentiary, Chancellor and Chapter Treasurer, Frederick Hood, who co-wrote, with poet laureate John Betjeman, the introduction to the book Folly Farm by philosopher Cyril Joad.
Ardagh was educated privately at five different schools. He did not apply to go to university but got a place at Watford College of Art in the advertisement copywriting course, then the only one in Britain.
After a placement at the London advertising agency, Darcy McManus & Masius, he found full-time employment at the McCann-Erickson advertising agency, located beneath what is now known as BT Tower. There he met children's writer Anthony Horowitz, who joined the agency just as Ardagh was leaving.[clarification needed] He later became a library assistant for the London Borough of Lewisham Leisure Services (Downham Library).
Philip described his appearance as a child as "an above-average-height kid", and now measures 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) tall.
After years of working seven days a week writing non-fiction titles and retelling myths and legends (often for 'fixed-fee' non-royalty payments), Philip Ardagh became an overnight success with Awful End (published in 2000), originally written as letters sent to his nephew Ben.
Ardagh has achieved both critical and popular acclaim for his work. Set in Victorian England, his Eddie Dickens books have been described as "A cross between Dickens and Monty Python" (The Guardian) and he himself as "a national treasure" (The Independent).
Popular in Germany, he has won both the Luchs (Lynx) Prize and the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German youth literature prize) for Awful End. Some American critics have accused Ardagh of "jumping on the Lemony Snicket bandwagon", but he created Eddie Dickens in letters to Ben long before the first Snicket book was published. Ardagh once described the Snicket books as being more an homage to Edgar Allan Poe, while his own Eddie Dickens books were an homage to Charles Dickens. (Yet his title The Rise of the House of McNally is derived from Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher.)
The movie rights to the Eddie Dickens books were optioned by Circle of Confusion's Jason Lust for Warner Bros., with director Francis Lawrence slated in to direct. The option was renewed and Lawrence was replaced by young Canadian director Brad Peyton. Lust has since become a key player in Henson's movie division, but remained a producer on the Eddie Dickens project until Warner's second option ran out at the end of 2006. The option was taken up by a European production company in 2015.
As well as writing novels, Ardagh also writes for BBC radio. His children’s dramas have included BBC radio’s first truly interactive radio drama, the nightly 'Arthur Storey and the Department of Historical Correction' (in which he also appeared as the announcer), and (for BBC Radio 4’s GO4IT!) the six-week radio serial 'Secret Undercover Vets On Ice' he played himself and also 'pigeon on a ledge'. His adult work has included stories for BBC Radio 3, Radio 4 and Radio 7.
Philip Ardagh is of Irish extraction. He is married and has one son.
Ardagh embarked on Unlikely Exploits, a three-book series about the fall and rise of the downtrodden McNally family. In the first paragraph of the first chapter of the first book, The Fall of Fergal, young Fergal McNally falls to his death from a hotel window. It was serialized BBC Radio 4.
The second book, Heir of Mystery, saw the introduction of Mr Maggs, a man with a head the shape of a pumpkin and with a shark's-tooth smile. Mr Maggs's Manifesto of Change is an example of Ardagh’s quirky trademark style, with such suggested changes as moving the letter Q further down the alphabet, nearer to X, Y and Z, "where it rightfully belongs" and banning the word "cruet" as the collective term for salt and pepper.
The third and final Unlikely Exploit is The Rise of the House of McNally. The McNallys' powers are finally revealed and the three books are tied together.
Unlikely Exploits was illustrated by David Roberts, who also illustrated the Eddie Dickens series.
In 2009, Ardagh published the first of his GRUBTOWN TALES series, 'Stinking Rich & Just Plain Stinky', which won the Roald Dahl Funny Prize for being the funniest book that year. The series went on to contain seven full-length tales and a short story (The Great Pasta Disaster) as a £1 promotional book for World Book Day in 2010. The series was illustrated by Jim Paillot.
In 2011, Ardagh signed a four-book deal with new independent children's publisher Nosy Crow, resulting in THE GRUNTS series, illustrated by Gruffalo illustrator, Axel Scheffler. The second book, THE GRUNTS ALL AT SEA, was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize in 2013. This was the first time that a previous winner was shortlisted again. The final GRUNTS book is due for publication in 2015.
Ardagh has written two humorous books for adults: The Not-So-Very-Nice Goings-On At Victoria Lodge: Without Illustrations By The Author and The Silly Side of Sherlock Holmes: A Brand New Adventure Using A Bunch of Old Pictures.
The first uses pictures taken from the 19th-century Girls' Own Paper and the second uses illustrations of the original Sherlock Holmes stories taken from The Strand Magazine. A third, The Scandalous Life of the Lawless Sisters: Criminally Illustrated With What Was To Hand uses pictures from Punch from the year 1880. He is also a regular reviewer of children's books for The Guardian and has been a judge for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
- Children's fiction
- Awful End (US: A House Called Awful End) [The Eddie Dickens Trilogy] (2000)
- Dreadful Acts [The Eddie Dickens Trilogy] (2001)
- Terrible Times [The Eddie Dickens Trilogy] (2002)
- Dubious Deeds [The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens]
- Horrendous Habits [The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens]
- Final Curtain [The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens]
- The Fall of Fergal [Unlikely Exploits]
- Heir of Mystery [Unlikely Exploits]
- The Rise of the House of McNally [Unlikely Exploits]
- Stinking Rich and Just Plain Stinky [Grubtown Tales]
- The Far From Great Escape [Grubtown Tales]
- The Year That It Rained Cows [Grubtown Tales]
- Trick Eggs and Rubber Chickens [Grubtown Tales]
- The Great Pasta Disaster ["Grubtown Tales"]
- High In the Clouds: (with Sir Paul McCartney & Geoff Dunbar)
- Adult fiction
- The Not-So-Very-Nice Goings-On At Victoria Lodge, Without Illustrations by the Author
- The Silly Side of Sherlock Holmes, A Brand New Adventure Using A Bunch of Old Pictures
- The Hieroglyphs Handbook, Teach Yourself Ancient Egyptian
- The Archaeologist's Handbook, An Insider's Guide to Digging Up The Past
- WOW! Ideas that Changed the World
- WOW! Events that Changed the World
- WOW! Inventions that Changed the World
- WOW! Discoveries that Changed the World
- The Truth About Christmas
- The Truth About Love
- The Truth About Fairies
- Why Are Castles Castle-Shaped?
- Did Dinosaurs Snore?
- The History Detectives series (with Colin King)
- The Get A Life series
- Philip Ardagh's Book Of Absolutely Useless Lists For Absolutely Every Day of The Year
- Luchs (Lynx) Prize (Awarded by Die Zeit newspaper in Germany)
- Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis (German youth literature prize)
- Roald Dahl Funny Prize 2009 (category seven-to-14 years)
- Merritt, Stephanie (17 December 2005). "It took him years to write ...: Stephanie Merritt takes a look at Paul McCartney's anti-capitalist children's book, High in the Clouds". The Observer. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
- "Philip Ardagh (1961-) Biography", Brief Biographies
- "Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2003". Retrieved 15 January 2017.
- Adams, Stephen (10 November 2009). "Veteran author wins Roald Dahl Funny Prize". Telegraph. London. Retrieved 15 November 2009.
- Hahn, Daniel (15 November 2009). "King of tall tales: Why children's author Philip Ardagh's is literature's biggest joker". The Independent. London. Retrieved 15 November 2009.

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One of the best barometer’s of market sentiment is the NQ (e-mini future for the NASDAQ), and whilst many analysts were forecasting market meltdown the NQ was quietly reversing and clearly signalling a short term reversal. The bears, once again, have been sent smartly back to their caves!
The daily chart of the NQ is one I’ve used several times in the past with the clearly defined levels of resistance and support denoted by the respective green and yellow lines. Whilst the lower level of this price zone was breached, it was clear from the associated volume and price action that appeared in early February, the index would not be falling far. Indeed the index not only promptly recovered, but also has moved firmly through the upper level resistance, supported by strong and rising volumes, suggesting further bullish momentum to come. As always, the NQ is a leading indicator, and one that is even more important in the current economic climate, as we move from deep recession into an early expansion phase where we can expect to see the tech sector, in particular, leading the way.
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Yiannis Colakides Part II
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TXPQ How do you make a living? Do you work full time at NeMe?
YC I make my living through architecture. NeMe is a purely not-for-profit effort which up to now has been mostly funded by Helene and me. We have no plans in making it into an income generating venture as we feel that it will lose its scope and stray from its aims.I make my living through architecture. NeMe is a purely not-for-profit effort
TXPQ You are a founder member of NeMe which focuses on contemporary theories and their intersection with the arts. Could you give an example of a contemporary theory and how it intersects with the arts.
YC For thousands of years now, the arts have been an elitist discipline. This is by no means a 'bad thing' as it places the process of creation within a thinking, intellectual canopy as opposed to a populist, ephemeral one. Theory is the body of knowledge which supports, destroys, contextualises or legitimises the process and the product. What NeMe is promoting through our events, whether they be exhibitions, workshops or conferences, is the necessity of the theoretical concept as one of the main variables in the creative process.
In other words, what we are promoting is work which might not necessarily look good but stands due to its investigative thoroughness.
TXPQ Note to non-academic readers: I am not an artist and theory makes my head hurt. But I found plenty of simple enjoyment on NeMe and IMCA such as the Ideodrome 2006 videos (here's one) and the wonderful ideas of Hakim Bey.
TXPQ How many people use your websites?
YC neme.org currently attracts anywhere between 350 unique visitors in a 'bad' day to an infrequent 1000 in a 'good' day. It seems that most of our visits are from academic institutions, Wikipedia, Google Scholar and the arts community. Hits from the Textpattern forum are regrettably very sparse.
neme-imca.org is fairly new as it resides in its own domain for under 5 months now. We are currently attracting an average of 75 unique visitors/day. As this site was initiated to present the events of NeMe which do not happen in a daily basis we actually do not expect it to reach high visitor rates.
TXPQ How many people attend your exhibitions/the exhibitions you promote?
YC I cannot speak about the numbers of visitors in the exhibitions we promote - although some of them do attract millions - but our own exhibitions have been very popular in Cyprus. We have recently been invited by The Nicosia Municipal Art Center to curate an international exhibition there and we are also venturing out to Russia responding to an invitation from the National Centres of Contemporary Art in Moscow and Yekaterinburg as well as the Ural State University. We also have plans for other events which will be announced in our site shortly.
TXPQ Could you put into simple terms why NeMe exists, what is it doing in the grand scheme of things, how it fits into the network/internetwork of art galleries, institutions, and art structures?
YC NeMe started so as to fill a gap in the Cyprus art scene where theory was ignored in favour of style. This unfortunately suppressed any critical discourse regarding the arts. Helene and I attracted a number of people around us to help remedy this condition and to provide a platform which focuses on content. Our efforts attracted a lot of interest from the English speaking academia and art curators who generously helped us by offering texts for our site and advice for our off line projects.
[NeMe] are seen by some as non-profit mediators between the fringe or emerging art worlds and the established art world NeMe works outside the established networks of art galleries and institutions as it is an independent non-affiliated organisation. At the same time, we do respond to invitations for collaborations and in that sense we are seen by some as non-profit mediators between the fringe or emerging art worlds and the established art world.
TXPQ What does most of your work at NeMe consist of?
YC We are currently very busy with a number of events. Apart from keeping the sites updated, we are currently editing the catalogue of "In Transition Cyprus 2006" NeMe's first international event, curating ISOLOMANIA for the The Nicosia Municipal Art Center and we are trying to select and organise the artists and raise funding to stage the shows we have planned for 2008.
neme.org attracts visitors beyond our expectations regardless of its minimal, some may say, simplistic design TXPQ Would you like to say anything about NeMe that you feel would interest TXP readers?
YC Although I have nothing against style, I find that a lot of txp sites lack content. neme.org attracts visitors beyond our expectations regardless of its minimal, some may say, simplistic design. I would just like to see more content-orientated sites using the TXP back end.
TXPQ You are one of seven Cypriot artists who have created digital videos exclusively for Ideodrome 2007 presented as a 30 minute event continuously looping on a large screen on the sea-front at the end of the pier (next to the old Limassol harbour, Cyprus). How well is it being received? Will it perhaps be available on the internet sometime?
YC The event was staged on 3 November and was organised by another NeMe member, film director Adonis Florides. The funding we received this year from the Cyprus Ministry of Culture, the Limassol Municipality, the Limassol CoOp bank and Kanalli 6 radio was based on its success last year which attracted thousands of people during the three days that it was on. This year we have been invited to show the videos in another 3 cities in Cyprus and our next screening will be on 25 January 2008 in The Nicosia Municipal Art Center. We plan to have all the videos in the NeMe site, possibly sometime in 2008 after the completion of all the public screenings.
TXPQ Small screen internet versions of art are usually insipid in comparison with the real thing in its appropriate setting. Is there more art appearing for which the internet is the appropriate setting, that perhaps NeMe is interested in?
It will probably take another few years before [HD technology] is properly used as there are still problems regarding backing up the footage and the output YC Video, is still a technology which cannot provide the image/sound quality offered by cinema. Although HD technology is slowly becoming more affordable, it will probably take another few years before it is properly used as there are still problems regarding backing up the footage and the output. NeMe is definitely interested in New Media and more specifically web based art and we would have loved to host it but unfortunately, for much of that art, special server requirements are needed to present it properly. There are a number of spaces on the net (rhizome.org and turbulence.org come directly to mind) which specialise in sponsoring, hosting and promoting screen based artworks and I think that they are doing a great job in presenting the possibilities of the discipline.
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Thursday, November 15, 2001
Area college volleyball
NKU has won 23 straight
The Associated Press and Enquirer staff reports
The Norse (27-4) meet Northern Michigan (22-9) at 7:30 p.m. today in the first round of the Division II Great Lakes Region tournament at Allendale, Mich. NKU, the fourth seed, has won 23 straight matches its last loss was to Northern Michigan on Sept.8.
Volleyball coach Reed Sunahara was named Conference USA coach of the year. Sunahara led the Bearcats to a 19-6 overall record and 14-2 in C-USA. One more win will give UC its seventh straight 20-win season.
Three Bearcats also were named to the all-C-USA first team Trish Ladusaw, Bonita Wise and Becky Stahl. Named to the second team were Rachel Beran and Laura Lauder.
Ladusaw was chosen as the top defensive player for the second straight year after leading the league in digs (3.96 per game). Stahl was named freshman of the year after recording 355 kills.
The C-USA Tournament begins today in Houston.
MOUNT ST. JOSEPH:
The Lions (31-6) have advanced to the Division III volleyball Elite Eight for the third straight season. The Mount The Lions defeated Carnegie Mellon and Ohio Northern this past weekend to reach the face La Verne (24-1) at La Verne, Calif., Saturday. The winner advances to the semifinals against either Juniata or Trinity on Nov.30.
The Division III title game is Dec.1.
FB Neal is one-man block party
Linebackers earn highest mark
Browns' offense in reverse
Oklahoma State battling injuries
Xavier's lesson in real game
Elder RB: 16 TDs, age 15
Mooney makes rite of passage
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LAHORE: The Auditor General of Pakistan has unearthed irregularities totalling over Rs36.94 billion in the accounts of the Government of the Punjab during the financial year 2015-16.
The AGP report, available with The Express Tribune, points out Rs.20.64 billion worth of reported cases of fraud, embezzlement, and theft, misuse of public resources amounting to Rs.1.04 billion, losses due to the weaknesses of internal controls to the tune of Rs1.82 billion, recoveries and overpayments representing cases of established overpayments or misappropriations of public money of Rs4.11 billion, losses due to non-production of records valued at Rs7.81 billion, and other cases such as accidents and negligence amounting to Rs1.52 billion.
Other tabulations in the AGP report show unsound asset management causing losses of Rs414.21 million, weak financial management hitting the exchequer for Rs11.92 billion, weak internal control relating to financial management causing Rs23.5 billion in losses, and ‘others’ being responsible for Rs1.11 billion in losses.
The key audit findings of the report included misappropriation of funds amounting to Rs1.04 billion, noticed in nine cases, recoveries pointed out in various sections amounting to Rs3.12 billion, unauthorised payments of Rs547.05 million, noticed in four cases, non-production of record amounting to Rs7.811 billion, noticed in 10 cases, 13 cases of irregular expenditure and violation of rules amounting to Rs1.12 billion, lack of internal controls noticed in twelve cases amounting to Rs1.55 billion, five cases pertaining to nonproduction of assets amounting to Rs405.45million, and one case of non-adjustment of advances causing losses of Rs122.84 million.
The AGP reports also found disregard towards prescribed frameworks, inappropriate use of funds, poor record management, lack of transparency in procurements, and mismanagement of receipts in different departments of the Government of the Punjab.
The AGP’s report showed that during the audit of various formations of the agriculture department, records were not produced, nor was the vouched amount of Rs276.27 million provided for audit scrutiny.
The AGP’s report showed that during the audit of the finance department for 2014-15, the auditable record of vouched accounts, financial statements, record related to commitment charges, sanctions authority letters and others amounting to Rs43.917 billion were not produced for audit. It also showed that during the audit for the year 2014-15, it was observed that the department provided loans to various companies at a uniform interest rate of 0.25 per cent per annum and repayment within five years along with a two-year grace period without executing any agreements between the government and the companies. The AGP was of the view that the grant of loans without executing agreements could result in complications in the payback of these loans.
The AGP’s report showed that during the audit of the food department, it was observed that various contracts were awarded for the procurement of various items such as jute bags, PP bags and AP tablets amounting to Rs7.11 billion. The audit, however, did not find any proof that, at the time of evaluation of technical proposals, specifications of materials to be procured were tested by recognised government laboratories.
During the audit of the health department, it was observed that medical, surgical, and chemical items amounting to Rs2.02 billion were produced in violation of PPRA rules. The audit was of the view that weak supervisory and financial controls resulted in the stated two-plus billion rupees in irregular expenditure.
Higher education department
During the audit of the higher education department (HED), auditable records of Rs3.95 billion were not produced to audit and the AGP was of the view that due to non-production of these documents, it could not ascertain the authenticity of HED’s accounts.
The AGP report further disclosed that an amount of Rs3.996 billion was invested in different banks without fulfilling prevailing conditions. The audit was of the view that non-observance of rules and weak administrative controls resulted in unauthorised investments.
During the audit of the home department, the auditable record and the vouched account of the releases and payments amounting to Rs2.07 billion made to various organisations and personnel were not produced for scrutiny. The AGP was of the view that due to non-production of these records, audit could not ascertain the authenticity of the accounts.


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Dear lost and broken one,
If you feel like a puzzle piece stuck in the wrong box, or a page torn from a book no one knows how to read. If you study the road map and still can’t find your way, overwhelmed by the prospect of having to take even one more step.
If you find yourself standing in a room full of people and yet are still undeniably alone. If you look into the eyes of another, seeking a friend, only to find them a stranger. If you feel like the rest of the world is in on the joke, while you are still waiting for the punch line.
If you feel like every step you take is shaky, every word you say is insecure. If you look at yourself and wonder who you are or why you’re here or what good can you bring into this world.
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Atlantic General Hospital Nurse Honored for Service
Nicole House-Blanc, a staff nurse in the Ambulatory Surgery Center at Atlantic
General Hospital, was recently recognized for her healthcare service to
the community by the Maryland-Delaware-DC Moose chapter.
The chapter presented her with a plaque and statue in honor of her work
and provided coloring books and crayons for pediatric patients rendered
care at Atlantic General Hospital. These books describe what the Moose
is about and serve as a great learning tool for children to develop their
community ethics at an early age.
The pediatric materials were presented to Andi West-McCabe, Director of
the Emergency Department and Shirley Spirk, Director of Surgical Services.
“This is wonderful for our pediatric population,” said West-McCabe.
“Children are scared when they come to the hospital, and this allows
them to take home something fun and positive from their experience.”
“Nicole is an exceptional and versatile nurse whose devotion to
her job and patient care is evident every day, said Spirk. “She
is a superb caregiver and we are lucky to have her as a champion in our
department and community.”

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Our poor Robert is in a desperate situation, feeling helpless and alone. Every culture develops techniques to help people to bear or overcome such a crisis. Our example is more than 250 years old - and still alive. It's a piece of music from Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), born in Eisenach, Thuringia, the place where Martin Luther translated the Bible into German. Bach is considered the greatest German baroque composer. You can listen to a part of a clerical composition called Matthäus-Passion in the German language. Bach tried to express human suffering and to respect the cry for help in his music, which gives consolation. Start the audio file and listen to the great version by Ton Koopman and the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Andrew Manze (violin) and Kai Wessel (Altus).
Robert feels understood by the music. Surely you can remember a situation in which you felt very alone and helpless. If you would like to recall the situation with the grace of this music, do so. Or simply close your eyes, listen, follow your imagination and enjoy it. And by the way: even German native speakers cannot understand every word without knowing the text. And: classical singers have the tendency not to vocalize the "r". This is different from spoken language!
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||Have mercy, my Lord!
|Um meiner Zähren* willen!
||For the sake of my tears!
|Schaue hier, Herz und Auge
||Look here, heart and eye
|Weint vor dir bitterlich.
||weeps before you bitterly.
* "Zähren" is an old word. We do not use it any more. Today we say "Tränen" (tears).
JS Bach (1685-1750)
"Matthäus-Passion BWV 244: Seconda parte: Aria (alto) Erbarme dich"
sung by Kai Wessel, directed by Ton Koopman with the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra
Taken from the Matthäus Passion by Bach cat. no. 229245814-2
(P) 1993 Erato Disques S.A.
Courtesy of Warner Classic, Warner Music UK Ltd


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Hometown: Houston, TX
Label: PTO Records
Management: Remington Thompson
Sounds Like: Bruce Springsteen, Robert Earl Keen, Keith Urban, Gary Allan, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Rich proves true with huge lyrical passion, a gigantic portion of daring subject matter that’ll leave any listener wide-eyed, and massive on-stage energy. This energy hasn’t fallen one bit even after four years of touring nationally. It’s only increased, and for Rich, that’s the plan for the rest of his career.
Rich’s new record -- "Kiss of a Liar" -- showcases passion, mixed with honest songwriting, and spun into guitar driven country/rock melodies that are noticeably present in his latest single “The Cricket Song”, released in February. This single is only one of many on the record that beg each listener to be a part of Rich’s story and sometimes, the story pushes the envelope without tipping it over. Crowd-favorite “Marijuana & Jalapenos” is a Texas anthem that’ll have you trying to grin around the tongue in your cheek. Rich is accompanied by some of the industry’s most sought after songwriters including Jimbeau Hinson (“Hillbilly Highway”, Steve Earle) and Trent Summar (“She Knows What to Do With a Saturday Night”, Billy Currington). Be ready to embark on a story-telling journey when Steve Earle meets Mark Twain in one of the album’s cuts written by Hinson titled “Banks of the Mississippi”.
Rich displays an energetic take on-stage that is aurally present in the upcoming record. His drive for life is lyrically present in the album’s closer, “I’m Never Gonna Quit”. This never-give-up mantra has led Rich to accumulate a die-hard and dedicated fan base over his years of touring who could sing every word to each song on the night’s set list. Night after night, he offers audiences an energetic and intimate performance that could only be described as “Bruce Springsteen meets Country Music” and if you ask him what it is that fuels these performances and his recent success, he’ll reply with one word: passion.
“If I didn’t love playing city after city so much, I wouldn’t do it.”
Intriguing song content, melodies that will have you riding on verve, and the determination to present an ever-increasing on-stage dynamism to audiences across the U.S. make Rich O’Toole a Country force to watch out for.
“For 24-year-old Aggie bandleader Rich O'Toole, the past 12 months have included a rapidly expanding music career that has progressed from a weekly gig at The Tap (Texas Tuesdays with Rich O'Toole) to becoming a regional act with three top singles on the Texas Music Chart.”
Craig Kappitan - Bryan-College Station Eagle
“Rich O’Toole has had a crazy couple of months. His single...”
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Moving Towards Gender Equitable Public Transport Operations in a Post-COVID World
Sonal Shah, the Founder of The Urban Catalysts and Executive Director of the Centre for Sustainable and Equitable Cities, joined us for our seminar series on 21st September 2023 to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on the mobility of women workers in the informal sector.
Shah presented an interesting study conducted by their organization in 2021 which is titled as “Moving Towards Gender Equitable Public Transport Operations in a Post-COVID World.” The key points of the discussion are given below.
She laid down the context of the study by highlighting the impact of the pandemic on women which is as follows:
- Fall in income
- Increase in care work in household
- Increase in domestic violence
The study aimed to-
- To provide evidence and fast-track knowledge uptake to understand the impacts of COVID-19 on resource-poor women’s mobility
- To inform policy guidance and response by low and lower-middle countries in addressing gender equity, safety, and personal security in public transport
- To deep-dive in Delhi with learnings for cities in South Asia
Methodology Adopted in their study
- Rapid literature review: They studied the impact of COVID-19 in selected cities – Dhaka, Lahore, Karachi, Kathmandu
- Roundtable: They compared similarities in the impact of COVID on the mobility of women workers in the informal sector across cities
- Key Informant Interviews: They talked to transport experts from the government, multi-lateral development banks, think tanks, etc.
- Primary survey: They conducted with 800 women workers across different settlements in Delhi
- Lastly, they disseminated the recommendations to key informants and roundtable participants
The primary survey of the study identified resource-poor women (RPW) in Delhi. Their profile was as follows:
- 65 percent of RPW did not receive any formal education;
- Only 10 percent have access to smartphones;
- 84 percent of RPW do not own a vehicle
The findings highlighted by Sonal in their study are as follows:
- About 79 percent of RPW did not work in the 68 days of lockdown and lost an estimated INR 754 crores across Delhi; RPW travelled 20 percent less as compared to pre-COVID times; shared paratransit (IPT) is the next preferred mode of transport because of less waiting time.
- Concerns while traveling: Reserved seats were not enforced in the bus; the driver did not stop the bus for women passengers due to free service; rash driving and over-crowding in IPT.
- Women e-rickshaw drivers suffer a loss of INR 5000 due to safety, household, and care taxes. They operated in routes closer to their homes and earned lower revenues than men.
The recommendations disseminated by them to the roundtable participants and technical experts to complete the loop are as follows:
- A model that subsidizes the purchase of commercial assets and provides support from membership organizations.
- Creation of a mechanism for complaint that is not necessarily based on smartphones. Having coordinated responses to complaints across different modes of transport at the command-and-control centre set up by the transport department.
- Need for multi-modal subsidy for RPW
- Increase electric vehicle adoption amongst RPW, reservation of parking spaces at metro stations, and waive parking fees for women e-rickshaw drivers.

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09 April 13
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I spent much of the last three months of 2012 working on a constructed photography project. It involved creating 'film stills' using studio and/or flash to created the desired lighting effect. I really enjoyed the project so you can imagine my delight when I was invited to be the stills photographer on a film shoot. Aniko Madi the film's producer invited me through a friend. Aniko is one of the founders of Kormorant Pictures http://kormorantpictures.co.uk (currently under construction) and here on Facebook
So bright and very early on Saturday morning I headed south of the river to darkest Blackheath.
The day was to be spent filming the main scene of a short movie called Bloodlust. The scene is a Fight Club run by men who are over 40 so too old to go to war (WW2). They let out their frustrations and pent up emotions at one sided fight clubs. The main character is Albert who watches the fight from the back. I believe there will be a voice over narration of his thoughts.
I arrived hoping the 'drama hall' we were shooting in would have fantastic lighting so the understandable 'no flash' rule in my brief would be of little consequence. Wrong! The fight club would have been in a dark area with bright lights picking out the fighters only, so the set was lit accordingly. Also shooting whilst filming is taking place brings a further challenge, even though Nikon provide a quiet shutter option it can still be picked up when the film set is quiet. So real world film stills were going to be miles away from last years 'constructed photography'.
My brief was to capture some stills, get some images for the actor's portfolios and capture some behind the scenes shots of the crew.
Here is a glimpse of the results..
Charles Burns - the victor in the fight scene
Simon Dawkins - the loser in the fight scene
"Albert" centre played by Chris Platz aka Roxy
Paul Stephen Spratt
Next some images of the fight scene..
and finally the loser is knocked out
Well as you can see make up is important.
Above Fiona Alexander does some on set repairs to the fighters face. Meanwhile...
....the director Roozbeth Tavakoli gives instructions to the fighters of exactly how he would like the scene to go. As I assume is a sign of a
good director Rooz went about his business in a calm but positive manner commanding respect from all around him.
Also calm and displaying confidence throughout the day was cameraman Rupert Hopkins
Rooz and assistant director/soundman Joe Watkins calmly discuss progress whilst Simon Dawkins remains out cold on the floor.
Camera Rupert Hopkins, DOP Nik Nemeth and Producer Aniko Madi deal with a technical hitch but quickly things are under way again..
I was impressed of just how smoothly and efficiently the day, the long day, went exactly to plan. What a professional bunch Kormorant Pictures are! I trust that my images are up to the mark and I look forward to shooting with them again.
I'll finish with just one more image of Fight Club..


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New Delhi: India’s two biggest airlines, National Aviation Co. of India Ltd-run Air India and Jet Airways (India) Ltd, are entering into agreements with foreign carriers to carry passengers, especially on the busy Mumbai-London leg that has seen a big churn in airlines operating on the sector in the past year.
Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd pulled out its non-stop flight earlier this month on the Mumbai-London route while Air India last year cancelled the London-New York leg of a Mumbai flight to the US through London.
Connected flights: Jet Airways will enter into a code-sharing alliance with Virgin Atlantic, allowing it to share passengers with its partner. Ramesh Pathania / Mint
Jet Airways is now entering into a so-called code-sharing alliance with Virgin Atlantic on the Mumbai-London sector for the two daily flights it runs from Mumbai, according to a senior government official who asked not to be named.
Code-sharing refers to a ticket marketing practice among airlines that allows carriers to share two characters in codes on airline reservation systems.
For instance, such a partnership between Jet Airways and Air Canada allows a passenger to fly between Mumbai and London on a flight run by the Indian carrier and then on to various Canadian destinations such as Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Edmonton on Air Canada flights.
Passengers benefit by checking in baggage to their final destination and earn air miles on one or both carriers.
The code-sharing alliance with Virgin Atlantic will allow Jet Airways to partly capture the space left over by the pull-out of its Mumbai-London service. Virgin Atlantic now connects just New Delhi and London. Financial terms of the arrangement were not immediately available.
Air India, on the other hand, has got a clearance for a code-sharing agreement with Kuwait Airways from the civil aviation ministry, said a company executive, who, too, requested anonymity because he is not authorized to speak with the media.
This agreement will allow Air India’s passengers to fly from London on a Kuwait Airways flight to New York.
Last year, the airline had terminated the London-New York leg of its Mumbai-London-New York flight as it was focusing on the non-stop services it offers into the US. Also, the airline has started flying to the US from its hub in Frankfurt.
An analyst said code-sharing made sense given the glut in airline seat capacity on European routes, especially as premium traffic is not reviving. “It’s sensible because you are not adding or affecting frequencies. Virgin has customers with strong loyalty, which can now get on to Jet,” said Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation India chief executive officer Kapil Kaul. He added that a further capacity cut to London will likely depend on how much Jet Airways and Kingfisher are willing to give space to each other in an alliance announced last year.
“The international operations will be part of that (alliance). Kingfisher might temporarily suspend its international operations and resume focus post-2010. It needs to cuts its cash losses and conserve cash,” he said of the carrier that started flights non-stop to London from Mumbai and Bangalore in the past few months.


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The University of Canberra has partnered with the Australian Academy of Science, GML Heritage and GHD to develop an innovative sustainability plan for a heritage-listed landmark.
An ACT icon since its construction in 1959, the Australian Academy of Science’s Shine Dome was created to reflect the inquiring and innovative nature of science. With its unique copper-sheathed concrete dome, it has won numerous awards and is one of seven projects the Australian Institute of Architects has nominated to the World Register of Significant Twentieth Century Architecture.
In 2005, it was the first building in the capital to be added to the National Heritage List for its historical and architectural significance.
But with the landmark now more than 60 years old, a plan was needed to ensure the conservation and sustainable management of the Shine Dome.
A 21st century dome
Engineers Australia member and Chartered engineer Ari Hammerschlag MIEAust CPEng leads the Sustainability Team in Built Environment at GHD in Victoria. He has worked on major urban development projects in Australia and overseas, including Victoria Harbour in Melbourne and Battersea Power Station in the United Kingdom.
One of his latest projects is the Shine Dome, with GHD involved in assessing the building’s internal and external fabric, building systems, operational profiles and forecast future uses to determine how best to replace old equipment and apply new technology without changing the design.
“The Shine Dome is intended as a beacon of sustainability, and a demonstration of what a sustainable future is,” Hammerschlag told create ahead of his appearance at Engineers Australia’s Climate Smart Engineering conference in November.
“What we’ve shown as part of this study is that implementing sustainability is possible and practical, and can be done almost anywhere — even on a heritage building.”
Hammerschlag and his team were initially tasked with undertaking an energy performance review of the building to understand the baseline of how it is currently performing, looking at the mechanical services and the building fabric.
“Then we undertook modelling to determine if we implemented certain different design moves, such as changing mechanical services, changing building fabric, changing lighting and other initiatives, how that would impact the energy efficiency of the building,” he said.
“Finally, we undertook a multi-criteria analysis of all the different initiatives that were tested, as well as other sustainable initiatives, to create a sustainable action plan of what we would recommend implementing at the site.”
Challenges of change
Hammerschlag said there was always an underlying concern about the sustainability measures the could be implemented in a heritage building.
While the project team found they were quite constrained by the heritage status in terms of what they could actually change, their modelling returned interesting results when it came to improving energy performance.
“The final multi-area criteria analysis that we did looked at all the different options and weighted them against criteria like heritage, energy efficiency, cost,” he said.
“It was clear that a lot of the effective initiatives didn’t actually involve impacting the building fabric. There are a lot of other ways that you could improve building performance from a sustainability perspective, without actually touching the building structure itself.”
Funding for the research project was provided by the Australian Government through the 2019/20 National Heritage Grants scheme.
To hear more from Ari Hammerschlag, including the results of the modelling and the initiatives the team undertook, don’t miss his presentation at the Climate Smart Engineering conference.


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Windsor Chairmakers, located in the mid-coast Maine town of Lincolnville, specializes in custom hand-crafted furniture made and finished to order. Style, comfort and durability are the hallmarks of every piece of furniture that we design, build and finish.
For thirty-five years we have been using traditional joinery and native woods to create beautifully functional furniture for our customers from all fifty states and abroad.
—Mike Timchak, owner
Whether you are looking for a bed, chest, table, chairs, benches, stools or almost anything else for your home, Windsor Chairmakers can help.
Go to our website, windsorchair.com or stop and visit our shop and showroom in Lincolnville, Maine. We are here to help you make your house the home you’ve been dreaming of.

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What do Bass Canyon and Lost Lands have in common? Well, they're both headlined by Excision for starters. In addition, they both simultaneously announced the dates for their 2019 installments, sending a wave of joy throughout the U.S. bass head community.
Bass Canyon will return to the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Washington from August 23rd-25th. Lost Lands, on the other hand, will take place from September 27th-29th at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. As always, both festivals will feature a set by none other than Excision (real name Jeff Abel) although no additional lineup details are available at the time of writing.
Previous editions of Bass Canyon showcased such DJ/producers as 12th Planet, SLANDER and Liquid Stranger. Past Lost Lands lineups have included the likes of Zeds Dead, Rezz and Snails.
The organizers of both Lost Lands and Bass Canyon have said that lineup and ticketing details will be made available in the months leading up to each event.


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NaV1.8 Inhibitor Roundup: From Abbott to Vertex
NaV1.8, a member of the voltage-gated sodium channel (NaV) family, is predominantly expressed in peripheral sensory neurons. Based on rodent NaV1.8 knockout and knockdown studies and a 2012 report of gain-of-function mutations in humans, NaV1.8 has been linked to nociceptive, inflammatory, and neuropathic pain, including chronic neuropathic pain. Due to their early contributions in the mid-2000s, Abbott, Icagen, and Pfizer are recognized as early pioneers in the NaV1.8 inhibitor arena. Despite these discovery efforts, the translation of promising preclinical compounds into efficacious clinical candidates remained unrealized. VX-548 is now a notable exception, representing the only NaV1.8 inhibitor to achieve success in Ph. III clinical trials across various pain conditions. This compound roundup provides a historical recap of both preclinical and clinical NaV1.8 inhibitors that shaped the landscape for the new era of pain management we are witnessing today.

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EDGE (Enhancing Disabled People’s Greatness and Employability) is a new Erasmus+ project funded by the European Union. This 3-year project started in September 2018 and it supports young people who have intellectual and relational disabilities (ID). Unemployment rates within this group are more than twice as high as the general population and therefore the project works to foster their inclusion within the labour market and society.
The partnership will do this through three main strategies; developing the employability skills of individuals with ID to prepare them for the workforce, encouraging employers to proactively hire this group and create an inclusive work environment, and promoting self-employment pathways for people with ID.