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Africa is a great and varied continent of wide horizons and clear blue skies, which has long held a fascination for those born outside its bounds. Over the centuries its wealth of minerals, animal products and manpower has drawn in colonists and traders, slavers and missionaries alike. Its huge population is of diverse origin: people of Arab and Berber descent in the north, Khoisan-speakers and European colonists in the extreme south, Nilotic-speaking peoples in the north-east, and south of the Sahara a rich mix of groups who speak one of the Bantu languages.
This quick and simple project uses brown willow to make a frame basket. The basket is woven around the cardboard former which holds the basket in shape while you concentrate on the weaving. once you’ve mastered the basic weave you can enjoy watching the piece takes shape. This basket makes a great basket or looks good as a sculptural piece hung on a wall.

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Antarctic Elevation Laser Profiles and Digital Model
Ice in Motion, a series of posters depicting NASA’s work in Greenland, is now freely available for download. The posters, which were translated into Danish and Greenlandic with the help of high school students, are currently on display at several airports and high schools in Greenland.
ICESat-2 is a satellite mission to measure the height of Earth's ice-covered regions to track melting and other changes. From space, it will also measure the height of other features of our planet, including trees and shrubs, lakes and buildings.
Send a "note from the field" with postcards featuring images from Operation IceBridge, NASA's six-year airborne mission to monitor Earth's polar ice sheets, glaciers, and sea ice. Display the front of the cards to showcase spectacular images and visualizations from the mission. Turn the cards over to read factoids and learn about the ice at Earth's polar regions.


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by Thomas Coughlan, Newsroom, 22 May 2018
The euthanasia bill risks sending a message to the disabled that their lives are valued less than the lives of abled-bodied New Zealanders, the Disability Rights Commissioner says.
She argued that the inclusion of disabled people in the legislation sent a message that disabled lives were not worth living.
Tesoriero said that a suicidal disabled person who met the Bill’s criteria would be allowed to end their life, whereas an abled-bodied person who also wanted to end their life would be given social support and counselling and would be prohibited from assisted suicide.
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1 lb Lump Crabmeat
1/2 cup Diced Red Peppers
1/2 cup Diced Celery
1/2 cup Green Onions
1 clove Garlic, minced
2 Tbls. Dijon mustard
1/2 cup Mayonnaise
As needed Bread crumbs for binding and Breading
2 Tbls. Chopped fresh dill
2 Tbls. Chopped fresh chives
As needed Salt and Pepper to taste
As needed Old Bay seasoning to taste
1. Saute the vegetables and the garlic for 3-4 minutes, then allow to cool.
2. Mix together the remaining ingredients and
3. Form into small round balls and roll in fine breadcrumbs.
4. Sear the cakes in a skillet and finish cooking them in a 350 f. oven.
5. Stick a lollipop stick into each one and reserve.
1 gal Mayonnaise
15-20 cloves Roasted garlic in olive oil (reserve oil for adjusting consistency)

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When word came last December that Canadian progressive-rock titans Rush were among the 2013 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Meredith Rutledge-Borger was in for a shock.
"The normal barrage of e-mails and calls from Rush fans complaining that the band was overlooked was gone," says Rutledge-Borger, an assistant curator at the Cleveland-based rock shrine's museum. "I don't know what I'll do now with all my spare time."
The new crop of inductees ? who will be feted at a ceremony Thursday night at Los Angeles' Nokia Theatre ? reflects an especially wide range of music: acerbic pop (Randy Newman), disco (the late Donna Summer), blues (the late Albert King), rap (Public Enemy) and a true hair band (Heart).
But Rush's inclusion is particularly poignant in that it represents not just a moment of vindication for its fans but also a chink in the Hall of Fame armor that has so far held back a small army of seminal prog rockers.
"I'm relieved for our fans, who took it personally each time we were overlooked," says Geddy Lee, 59, who plays bass and fronts the band, which also includes guitarist Alex Lifeson, 59, and drummer Neil Peart, 60. Rush became eligible for induction in 1999, 25 years after the release of the group's first record, but didn't make the ballot until 2012.
"But I also hope this means other great bands like Yes will follow suit," says Lee. "Deep Purple was on the ballot this year, and I was hoping they'd get in with us. We wouldn't be the band we are without Deep Purple's existence."
Lifeson says he hopes Rush's inclusion "opens the doors for bands like the Moody Blues and King Crimson, who had a huge influence. It's a bit ironic, really. Rock music was born in rebellion, so it's odd to have (a Hall of Fame) where there seem to be guidelines for who's acceptable and who's not."
Lee adds that while the trio is "pleased and honored" to be getting in, "it wasn't something we thought about a lot ? We've had a great career that's on a high right now."
In fact, Rush's three-decade show still thunders along, with the band resuming its world tour in support of its 20th album, 2012's Clockwork Angels, on April 23 in Austin. Lifeson says the band's live performances, which have always been a Rush hallmark, "are just getting better as we get older, and it's great to be in the groove."
For Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins ? who along with Dave Grohl will induct Rush at Thursday's event ? it's difficult to describe how critical the once-long-haired trio was to his musical education.
"There were five or so bands that shaped the way I play music, but the way Neil played those drums, I don't know what to say," says Hawkins. "He has the hands of God. The way he can roll from those 6-inch toms to the 18-inch toms, no one can do that. Then you add in those amazing melodies and those '70s lyrics that were so Dungeons & Dragons and you have an incredible combination."
Rush's Rock Hall moment is "long overdue, and signals that an old guard is moving aside" at the Jann Wenner-co-founded institution, says Andy Greene, associate editor at Rolling Stone. He says Rush proudly carries the prog-rock flag ("Let's be honest, some of that prog stuff was pretentious and awful"), thanks to its "mix of inventive sounds and genuine radio hits like Fly By Night and Closer to the Heart."
Greene says prog's critical dismissal "had a lot to do with the attitude on the East and West coasts that punk and new wave were really where music was at, but Rush always had a strong appeal, particularly in the heartland."
Lifeson says that connection with blue-collar fans was inevitable.
"We were just kids from the suburbs who wanted to play music, and when we finally did that, we spent a lot of our early years deliberately touring the heartland," says the son of Serbian immigrants. "Our lyrics went beyond just girls and partying. There was a little more thought to them. We were honest about who we were, and I guess in the end that struck a chord."
Rock Hall curator Rutledge-Borger says Rush developed a huge fan base in Cleveland when local station WMMS broke the single Working Man off Rush's 1974 eponymous debut album, "which very much spoke to the working-class kids here."
Rutledge-Border defends the Hall's selection process and says it has never been exclusive, adding that Rush's inclusion "was just a matter of it being the band's time. We've got everyone from Billie Holiday to Hank Williams. Any music that shares rock's roots is all part of our family."


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A tiny dose of toxin is meant to smooth wrinkles by paralyzing certain facial muscles, but it may also paralyze feelings and a parent's ability to connect with her baby.
"A huge amount of the attachment babies make to mothers and caregivers is through facial expressions," says Leslie Petruk, who is a child and family therapist.
About 50 percent of human communication is non-verbal according to Lisa Slattery-Walker, the sociology chair at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.
Our body position, hands and face all send signals, but when you add Botox to the mix, it could limit some forms of communication.
"You're really cutting off a big part of the potential communication with the baby," Slattery-Walker says.
If you take away full facial expression, you may be taking away some of the 'talking,' so to speak.
That's because mimicking between a mother and her infant is critical to a child's ability to learn and communicate.
"There may be a possibility that, down the road, those kids won't be as good at reading other people's emotions," Slattery-Walker says.
Research suggests the same thing may happen to the mother.
A study published in the Journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science says Botox can hinder our ability to understand the emotions of others.
The reason is because we naturally imitate each other's expressions when talking, and this sends a facial feedback signal to our brain, which allows us to interpret the meaning.
"If your face is frozen, it absolutely is going to limit your ability to fully communicate," Petruk says.
A 'frozen face' should never be a side effect of Botox, according to Plastic Surgeon Jeffrey Ditesheim.
A stiff, flat face is likely the result of Botox that's been botched by a poorly trained practitioner.
"It would probably be pretty confusing if you were a baby," Ditesheim says. "You wouldn't know if that person was happy or sad. You'd have to go by the inflection of their voice."
If a Botox procedure is correctly performed, however, plastic surgeons say a few less facial creases on one's face shouldn't interfere with infant communication.
Besides, babies interact with more than just mom.
"If they lived in a household where everybody had Botox, that might be a problem," Petruk adds.
Having a Botox-filled face, on the other hand, could offer other benefits for a mother and her child.
If Botox makes a mom happier, that may make for a happier baby and family.
It's hard to tell how drastic Botox injections may or may not stifle a parent's feelings and facial communication, but no doubt, the squealing baby staring back into their seamless eyes will let certainly let them know.
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The following explanation about Botox is from the National Institutes of Health (Source: <http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/botox.html).
The following information was obtained from a CNN news report (Source: <http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/20/living/botox-moms/index.html).
A study published by the University of Southern California found:
The following is from a New York Times article entitled "Botox reduces the ability to empathize" (Source: <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/19/fashion/botox-reduces-the-ability-to-empathize-study-says.html).
The following details are from a study conducted by Barnard College (Source: <http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-06-21-botox-emotions_N.htm?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29).
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Five years after fire, demolition timeline moving ahead on former St. Albans Jr. High building
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) - It’s been more than five years since a fire ripped through the old St. Albans junior high building with city officials declaring it unsafe a day later.
In December 2020, WSAZ reported the city had been working to demolish the old school with plans to bring in the wrecking ball in the spring of 2021.
Now two years since the tentative plan, the building still stands and neighbors are still frustrated.
Broken windows, debris and vines scaling up the brick walls are just some of the elements greeting Charles Waugh each day when he looks at his neighbor down the street: the former Saint Albans Junior High School.
“In the summertime, when it would be hot. you know what you would get this dank, musty moldy, like, stink smell. coming from here, it was worse in the backyard,” he recalled. “That always stuck in the summertime mold, meth labs? Who knows what,” he said.
WSAZ first met Charles and his wife Kim in December 2020 when the city of St. Albans started looking at bidders to knock down the building. Two and a half years after a fire ripped through the school, at the time expecting demolition to start in the spring of 2021.
“It’s been like the Grateful Dead song,” he said.
“It’s been a long strange trip here, you’re supposed to do it two years ago you should have done it when caught on fire.”
Fast forward to March of 2023 and the old school still looms over the Waugh’s home. Charles said he’s seen some activity around the building but hasn’t been quite sure what’s going on, but Mayor Scott James said after years of gridlock ... these walls should soon be meeting the wrecking ball.
“It was a legal process for the owner, we had to gain ownership of the property,” James said. “We started he wouldn’t go to sign it over to us, so we started finding the owner of the property. and he owed us six figures in fines. And in lieu of the fines, he eventually signed it over to us.”
“Thrasher engineers came in last week, took two to three days did an assessment on asbestos and other materials. and we’re just waiting for the report. once we get to report. all right, and based on their recommendation, we will abate and then we will tear it down.”
Charles said he doesn’t care how the property is used; he just wants the building gone for good.
“I’ve gotten used to it over the years. I mean, when you get used it, numb to the pain to the code or the pain. However, you want to say, ‘It’s there, I’m just looking forward, it’s gonna be gone.’”
The city is going to have to wait for some recent assessments and asbestos tests to come back before demolition can start.
The mayor says he wants to eventually see the property turn the building into single-family homes.
Copyright 2023 WSAZ. All rights reserved.


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The manufacturer said that the card is intended for action cameras, drones and smartphones and is suitable for shooting a Full HD-, and 4K-video.
“Mobile devices today are more complex than ever and require more advanced technology to provide the best experience of use, – said IDC research director Les Santiago -. Increased demand for content in Full HD and 4K increases the need for increased capacity and high speed. Card microSDXC UHS-II fully meet all the requirements and meet the growing needs. “
The new cards are backward compatible with UHS-I and are shockproof and waterproof. Furthermore, they are not afraid of high temperatures and X-ray radiation.


But having an open, supportive discussion with your kids can help them understand, cope and even make a positive contribution.
Here are seven important things to keep in mind.
1. Ask open questions and listen
Start by asking your kids’ permission to talk about the issue. Follow their lead and if they don’t want to discuss it, don’t push the moment. Just make sure they understand that they can talk to you, their teacher and other trusted adults whenever they like.
Encourage your children to talk freely in a safe environment. Drawing, stories and other activities may help to open up a discussion.
Don’t minimise or avoid their concerns. Be sure to acknowledge their feelings and assure them it’s natural to feel sad or scared about these things. Demonstrate that you’re listening by making ongoing eye contact.
2. Be honest: explain the truth in a child-friendly way
Children have a right to truthful information about what’s going on in the world but adults also have a responsibility to keep them safe from distress. Use age-appropriate language, watch their reactions and be sensitive to their level of anxiety.
from ABC’s Behind the News
explains the war in Syria and the refugee crisis using safe images and language that’s easy to understand.
If you can’t answer their questions, use it as an opportunity to explore the answers together. Websites of international relief organisations, like UNICEF, are great sources of information.
This family walked from Greece into the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. They left their home behind to try and find a better life, and just up ahead they came across a UNICEF support service. © UNICEF/UNI195502/Klincarov
3. Emphasise that Australia is a safe place
When we’re seeing lots of confronting images, it can sometimes feel like the crisis is all around us. Kids may not distinguish between images on screen and their own personal reality, and they may believe they’re in imminent danger.
Explain that Syria and other conflicts are very, very far away and there isn’t any fighting like that in Australia – we’re safe, and we’ll be alright.


Need Sewer Damage Fountain Hills Repair Support?
Though floods are perhaps best known for creating extensive water damage to homes and businesses, they can similarly result in sewage from sanitary sewer lines to back up into places through drain pipes.
These types of backups not only cause damage which is tricky and costly to repair, but also generate health dangers.
A lot of house owner and business insurance coverage policies do not cover sewer back up unless particular sewer backup coverage is added to the policy.
Sewer backup coverage is accessible from many insurance organisations for a small cost, commonly $40-$50 for an annual insurance coverage.
Most home-owners and businessmen might not comprehend that they accountable for the routine service and repair of their property or sewer lateral the pipeline in between the town sanitary sewer main, customarily positioned beneath road, and the building.
The sewer lateral is possessed and sustained by the homeowner including any section that might expand into the street or public right-of-way. A broken or worn away lateral or one filled with tree roots may permit groundwater to leak into the structure, adding to the feasible sewer backup situations.
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Popular Creators Of Sewer Back up:
Blockages Because Of Tree Roots: Bushes and trees wanting moisture content could make their way into sewer line splits causing sizeable damage. They could begin small, entering into a narrow gap within the piping; yet as the tree or shrubbery continues to develop, so does the root. Tree roots can infiltrate the service pipeline at couplings and cause clogs. They may also journey a extensive distance, and roots from different types of trees act in different ways.
In the case that you believe that municipality trees accountable for sewer line damage, your plumbing contractor can call the city and samples of the roots should be used to help determine the trees and who exactly is responsible for cleanup. Sometimes a blockage is the result of a mix of city and personal trees. For this case damages are partitioned between the city and house owner.
Sanitary Main: A clog can develop in a metro hygienic main.
Sewage coming from the main can back up into residences and companies by way of floor drains if the stoppage is not found in time. Commonly that transpires bit by bit, granting the property owner time to telephone a registered plumber to evaluate the damage. Get in touch with the city public works office and report the problem immediately so that a city operator can investigate if water is entering your basement at a rapid rate.
Water in Bsmt: Most basement flooding is not associated with the hygienic sewer system. Thus, water can show up in a basement that has never before experienced a water problem. Water drainage may be greatly improved by seeing to it that water recedes from the building.
Residents and business insurance do not cover flood damage: Only flood insurance will cover your losses in the event of a flood. Federal flood insurance policies can be purchased directly from an insurance agent or a company representative, and are available to communities that participate in the National Flood Insurance Program.
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How to Prevent Backups in Your Lateral and in the City Main
Not legal Plumbing system Connections: Do not link up French drains, sump pumps and other flood control equipment to your sanitary sewer. It is illegal, and blockages and silt will certainly choke your pipes. Seek a plumbing contractor to set right any sort of not approved couplings.
Set up a Backwater Deterrence Device: A backwater valve is a device added in to a sewage system line, and in certain cases into a drainpipe line, in the basement of your property or business to stop sewer backflows.
The charge to setup one hinges on the sort of plumbing in your house or company and the difficulty of setup.
Exchange Your Line With Brand New Plastic pipe: At least one way to prevent tree roots from entering your line is to replace your line and valve with all new plastic pipe. You may have to have roots cut occasionally if you still have issues with tree root systems growing in your lateral.
Dispose of Lard Correctly: Cooking oil ought to be poured into a heat-resistant container and disposed of properly, when it cools down, not in the drain. Washing grease down the drain with warm water can easily cause substantial concerns. When the grease cools off, it will solidify either in the drain, the homeowner's line, or in the main sewer causing the pipe to narrow and over time clog.
Dispose of Paper Products Appropriately: Paper towels, disposable (and cloth) diapers, and feminine products can easily cause numerous troubles in the property owner's lateral as well as in the municipality main due to the fact that they do not weaken very quickly, as toilet paper will.
If You Experience A Sewer Backup, What To Do:
A sewer backup can lead to disease, destruction of your valuables, damage to your house or business, and can even result in electrical malfunctions. In the event of sewer backup, immediately arrange for the cleanup of your property.
- Cleanup of ductwork.
- Wet-vacuuming or disposing of spillage.
- Mopping floors and wiping walls with a cleaning agent and anti-fungal.
- Flushing out and decontaminating plumbing fixtures.
- Heavy steam washing or extracting soaked carpetings or drapes.
- Removing or repairing ruined sheetrock or wall covering.
How You Can File Your ClaimWhen it comes to insurance claim purposes, take before and after pics of the impacted areas and enumerate any property losses. Retain all slips linked with repairs, washing or problems and consult your Independent Insurance Agent as quickly as possible.
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UNITED NATIONS,15th Sept. UN chief António Guterres said on Wednesday that today “peace is under assault” across communities, countries and regions, as he underscored the need for global solidarity and mutual trust.
Mr. Guterres made the appeal at a ceremony commemorating the International Day of Peace, which is observed annually on 21 September.
He emphasized the interconnectedness of peace with the wellbeing of both humanity and the environment and as a way of addressing challenges ranging from poverty and inequality to biodiversity loss.
Guterres said “For people and planet alike, we can — and we must — push for peace,”.
He stressed that pushing for peace encompassed not only preventing conflicts, but addressing discrimination, supporting sustainable development and expanding opportunities for women and girls.
It also means accelerating the battle against climate change, ending the reliance on fossil fuels and adopting renewable energy, he added.
He said “Now more than ever, we need global solidarity, collective action, commitment and mutual trust. Let us all pledge to be part of this push for peace.”
President of the 78th session of the General Assembly, Dennis Francis reiterated the importance of peace for sustainable development.
“We know that sustainable development and sustainable peace are two sides of the same coin, one cannot be realized without the other,” he said.
Mr. Francis urged everyone to recommit to SDGs ahead of the UNGA summit next week.
“Let us recommit to a world where peace and security are a reality for all,” he concluded

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Zack: I'm pretty sure El-Hajjaj takes over Al Qaeda now that Osama is dead.
Steve: Oh man what are we gonna do our Navy Seals are tapped.
Zack: No problem. We just play a lookalike and then tap our Fake Moon Landing Studio. Let Hollywood
Steve: Yeah, right, a lot of people use that excuse when they're bad at being in the army.
Zack: I am tapping a lot of mana right now.
Lean in close to your screen. Inhale deeply. Does this guide give off a cloyingly sour odor? Then it is likely the genuine article.
Your guide to the main subreddits that there are.
Zack Parsons, Steve "Malak" Sumner, and friends tackle bizarre role playing game products that make them wonder, "What the fuck!?" From the early days of Gygax to contemporary role playing games, none will be spared.

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MARINE CORPS AIR STATION YUMA, Ariz. --
The motivation to be the best, stand above peers and be recognized is what it takes to be named Marine or Noncommissioned Officer of the Year. For two Marine Aviation Weapons and Tactics Squadron 1 Marines, that goal has been realized, and it’s just the beginning.
Cpl. Jason Rios, aviation logistics information management and support department noncommissioned officer in charge, and Lance Cpl. Raymond James, maintenance clerk, were recognized for earning NCO and Marine of the Year for the air station.
Both Marines had a driving force behind their action to apply for the award.
For Rios, it was a chance to redeem himself after a drunk driving charge in 2008 and look toward a brighter future.
“The DUI made me look at myself in a new light,” said Rios, 27, originally from Fort Worth, Texas. “I had to create a whole new set of goals. One of them was being the best Marine I could be.”
James’s drive was simply to be the best.
“I went all-out,” said James, a 19-year-old Houston native. “I did all my annual training over again. I did what I had to so that I looked like the ideal Marine. I’m a perfectionist; I wasn’t going to let this go without trying my hardest.”
To be chosen for the awards, the Marines went through a rigorous application process.
“They looked at everything,” said Rios. “I’ve been on seven boards before this one and I won five out of seven. This board didn’t just look at my paperwork, they looked at what I do in my off-time, what I do at work and my conduct as a Marine 24/7.”
Before Rios and James even thought of applying for the awards, they had to make another decision, to join the Corps.
“Ever since I can remember, I’ve wanted to be a Marine,” said Rios. “My father was a Marine and he always told us about how great it was and how you could retire after 20 years.” “I just wanted something challenging,” said James.
“I wanted something I, and my family, would be proud of when they told people what their son did.” Indeed, the families are proud.
“When I told them I had won, my mom started crying,” said James. “My dad just said to me, ‘What, you only got it for Yuma? Not the whole Corps?’ He’s proud, he just knows I can do better.”
For Rios, the call home was especially gratifying.
“It was nice to be able to call them with some good news,” said Rios. “Last time they got a call, it was for when I was in trouble. This time I got to tell them I had accomplished something great.”
After winning the awards and receiving their Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medals, both Marines look to the future.
“I figure I’ll do 30 years and retire as a sergeant major,” said Rios.
James, on the other hand, had a much grander goal.
“I’m going to try for sergeant major in 14 years,” said James.
It was, however, in these moments that both Marines thought of those who had helped them along the path to Marine and NCO of the Year.
“I just couldn’t have done it without my superiors guiding me and busting their humps to get me to the level I needed to be at,” said James. “I owe it all to them.”
“I was just glad that I have Marines above me, who, upon seeing an opportunity for me to prosper and grow, gave me that opportunity,” said Rios.
Among the many perks of being Yuma Marine and NCO of the Year, are getting their picture hung in the Marine Corps Exchange, and station headquarters building parking spaces outside the gym and Sonoran Pueblo.


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Volume 3, Number 1
The Bankhead Goes Green
By Hacienda Pulse Staff Writer
Since it opened in 2007, the Bankhead Theater in Livermore has been a community-supported, independent arts treasure. The intimate 500-seat venue has brought world-class artists and shows to the Tri-Valley, nurtured resident companies and community performing arts groups, provided arts education and cultural experiences for all ages, and offered opportunities for visual artists to create and display their work. In 2019 the theater will continue supporting the community while also upgrading its building in a major project to make it greener.
Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center (LVPAC), the nonprofit that operates the Bankhead Theater, reached a funding milestone in 2018 and developed a new project called Green the Bankhead. The project involves major improvements to the theater that will make it safer, more energy efficient, and less costly to operate. Most of the theater’s stage lighting has been switched to bulbs that use light-emitting diodes (LED), for example. LEDs produce light approximately 90% more efficiently than older incandescent light bulbs.
LVPAC also plans to add solar panels to the theater, install new carpet made of environmentally friendly material, and replace existing bathroom fixtures with water-saving low-flow fixtures. By the end of 2019, LVPAC’s goal is for the improved theater to qualify for LEED certification, a globally-recognized rating of a commercial building’s sustainability, as well as WELL certification, which assesses measures taken to ensure the health and well-being of patrons and staff.
“It's unusual to have a theater that is independent and nonprofit, in the sense that it is not run by a city, college, or university and is not a commercial or for-profit venue,” says Roberta Emerson, LVPAC Marketing Manager. Unlike many other theaters, the Bankhead was built brick by brick by dedicated members of the community, notes Emerson. That “gives us some freedoms and opportunities that those others might not have, but also means we must rely on the generous support of our community–donors and foundations–as ticket sales cover only half of the cost of producing the shows and events.”
Thanks to community support, the Bankhead Theater continued to play a key role as an arts and cultural resource during the fiscal year of 2017 to 2018. Among other activities, the theater welcomed 57,485 patrons, hosted 268 live music and performing arts events, sold out a record-breaking 27 shows, underwrote event tickets for 4,056 students, subsidized 140 performances by resident companies, and provided educational programs that served more than 30,000 students.
“One example of our support for young talent and the opportunity to build artistic/musical skills is the East Bay Jazz High School All Stars program,” says Emerson. The program offers students a priceless opportunity for real world performance experience in both a big band format and smaller jazz combo.
“Located where we are at the home of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, we understand the importance of the intersection between art, music, science, and technology,” says Emerson. “There is a long history of connection between math and music, and research has explored connections between artistry, creativity, and high tech. Art and music have widespread appeal, and our patrons, donors and volunteers, are connected across a range of backgrounds.”
In July 2018, Diablo Magazine named the Bankhead Theatre the Best Performing Arts Venue in its 2018 Best of the East Bay issue. Bay Area Parent magazine also named the theater a Gold Winner as an East Bay Hidden Gem for 2017.
For more information about the Bankhead Theater or Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, please visit https://lvpac.org or see the theater’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/lvpac.

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- Statistically significant treatment benefit was observed for change from baseline in 6MWD, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire (KCCQ), and serum TTR
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The Company submitted a New Drug Application to the U.S. FDA in 2023 and intends to submit additional marketing authorization applications to regulatory bodies in 2024.
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The Oregon Lottery estimates that the sports betting services will make the profits go down in 2020.
US.- Oregon Lottery Director Barry Pack has discussed the situation of sports betting in the state, and said that the lottery will lose money on it in 2020. He said that higher start-up costs, lower margins and less betting activity than expected are some of the causes of these news.
At the monthly meeting that will take place on Friday, Pack is expected to announce that Scoreboard, the state’s mobile sports betting app, will lose money for the fiscal year that ends on June 30, Lottery Post reported.
“Lottery will have a loss of US$5.3 million from the program for the first nine months of FY ’20,” Pack said in a memo. Before launching, lottery officials had told lawmakers that they projected US$6.3 million in profits in Socreboard’s first year.
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- 1/2 t. Salt
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Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid, research group leader at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, receives the 2023 Janet Rowley Award from the International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH).
The award, named after Professor Janet Rowley, a geneticist and the first scientist to identify a chromosomal translocation as the cause of leukemia and other cancers, recognizes early career scientists who have made outstanding scientific contributions to the field.
Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid “made several seminal discoveries on the biology of quiescence and dormancy of hematopoietic stem cells (HSC), cementing a reputation as a world-class scientist able to combine several experimental approaches targeting proteome, transcriptome, and methylome,” says the ISEH award committee. Early on in her career, she revealed the crucial role of retinoic acid in maintaining HSC in a dormant state. When she started her research group at MPI-IE in Freiburg, she developed her original line of research on HSC dormancy, pursuing projects that mix mouse genetics, human samples, and state-of-the-art metabolomics and bioinformatics.
About Nina Caebzas-Wallscheid
Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid studied biotechnology (MSc) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain, and the University of Parma, Italy. She earned a Ph.D. in the study of AML1-ETO, a subtype of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, under the supervision of Ernesto Bockamp. There, Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid showed the evolution of transcriptional landscapes and the establishment of cancer stem cell hierarchies based on a novel mouse model. During her Ph.D., she also visited the laboratory of David Scadden as a guest scientist at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute in Boston, USA.
Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid performed her postdoctoral fellowship in the Division of Stem Cells and Cancer under the mentorship of Andreas Trumpp at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg, Germany. There, she focused her research on identifying regulatory networks in the adult HSC and multipotent compartment and investigating factors controlling HSC dormancy. In 2017, Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid was appointed group leader at Freiburg’s Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics. Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid is an emerging researcher supported by the European Research Council (ERC) through a prestigious ERC Starting Grant, which she received in 2017. One year later, she was honored with the GSCN 2018 Young Investigator Award from the German Stem Cell Network (GSCN). In addition, Nina Cabezas-Wallscheid actively participates in several research consortia, such as the Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg CIBSS, various Collaborative Research Conosortias funded by the DFG (CRC992, CRC1425, CRC1479), and ARCH (H2020-MSCA-ITN).
International Society for Experimental Hematology (ISEH)
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National Geographic Young Explorer Grant recipient Amber Valenti talks about her all-female expedition down the Amur River, one of the last free-flowing rivers in the world, and the importance of freshwater conservation in this interview with the Banff Centre.
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As many of you all know, a file of never-before-seen records relating to the John F. Kennedy assassination were released earlier today, in hope that they will finally lay to rest the enduring mystery of the president’s death back in 1963.
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Although these hopes were crushed when Donald Trump said he was going to withhold some of the more “sensitive” papers over fears they could damage national security and relationships with other countries (which is very suspicious in itself) there is one file that adds to the speculation that the killing was an inside job.
A top secret memo, which is just one of the 2,981 records, sent to the White House by FBI director J. Edgar Hoover back in 1966, suggests that Russia’s KGB had data indicating that Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson (LBJ) was behind JFK’s assassination. The note quoted a Russian mole as reporting that Moscow reckoned the late president’s murder was a “well-organised conspiracy on the part of the ‘ultraright’ in the United States to effect a ‘coup’”.
The note went on to say:
They seemed convinced that the assassination was not the deed of one man, but it arose out of a carefully planned campaign in which several people played a part.
Very suspicious indeed. Of course the Warren Commission, which was established by LBJ just days after the attack, said that alleged shooter Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone wolf killer who acted alone, despite the fact that there was significant evidence to suggest otherwise.
The information in the memo might not have been confirmed as fact, but this isn’t the first time that LBJ and members of the government have been accused of being behind the killing of JFK. Many theorists argue that LBJ was motivated by ambition to become president and was helped by members of the CIA and wealthy tycoons who thought they would profit under a Johnson administration.
However, others argue that a higher power orchestrated the entire thing, the higher power being the Illuminati. An alternative explanation is that the Illuminati was upset about what it saw as JFK’s intent to limit the power of the Federal Reserve System, which happens to be controlled by the secret group.
The theorists describe how JFK’s speech to the American Newspaper Publishers Association, where he spoke about a monolithic and ruthless conspiracy (AKA the Illuminati), was the one that sealed his fate.
You can certainly see why this speech riled a few feathers – JFK is forthright in speaking out against secrecy and censorship, despite the fact that this is what the higher powers and financial elite needed in order to carry on managing the American population.
And you could certainly argue that he appears to directly address the Illuminati and request that the US’s news coverage start to present honest and upfront news, rather than stories that simply “amuse and entertain”.
Does that mean that the JFK assassination was an inside job? Does it mean that LBJ was part of the secret society and set out to rid the world of the man who sought to expose it? Obviously these are questions that we can’t (or wouldn’t dare) try and answer, but they definitely do add to an interesting theory and we might just find out more about it as the remaining documents are analysed and published.
For more conspiracy theories, here’s one that suggests Bob Marley was assassinated by the CIA.

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William James? Dorothy Parker? Ogden Nash? Mrs. Amos Pinchot? Alice Duer Miller? Apocryphal? Anonymous?
Dear Quote Investigator: I read a wild story about William James, the prominent psychologist, educator, and philosopher. One night he experimented with the psychoactive gas nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas. While experiencing a reverie James became convinced that he had developed a profound insight into the universe. The next day when he examined the paper on which he scrawled his precious wisdom he read this bit of doggerel:
Man is polygamous,
Woman is monagamous.
Could this comical tale about the famous psychologist be correct?
Quote Investigator: Probably not. This poem has been attributed to Mrs. Amos Pinchot, William James, Dorothy Parker, Ogden Nash, and others. The earliest citation located by QI appeared in 1939 and credited Pinchot, but a cite in 1942 claimed that she denied the attribution. No decisive candidate for authorship has yet emerged in QI’s opinion.
William James did experiment with psychoactive agents, but his name was not connected to this verse until many years after his death. The earliest attribution to James located by QI was dated 1953, yet his life ended in 1910.
The first known evidence of this unusual anecdote appeared in the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper in November 1939. The article “Thanksgiving Nightmare” by Claire MacMurray discussed dreams and not drugs. MacMurray presented a supposed episode in the mental life of a person named Mrs. Amos Pinchot [APCM]:
She dreamed one night that she had written a poem so beautiful, so wise, so close to the ultimate truth of life that she was immediately acclaimed by all the peoples on the earth as the greatest poet and philosopher of all the ages. Still half asleep as the dream ended, she stumbled out of bed and scribbled the poem down, realizing that she must take no risk of forgetting such deathless lines. She awoke in the morning with the feeling that something wonderful was about to happen—oh, yes! Her poem.
She clutched the precious paper and, tense with excitement, read the words she had written. Here they are:
Men are Polygamous
The spelling and wording of this poem do differ from the most common modern versions, but QI believes that the words above likely correspond to the ancestral verse. The dream state is certainly an altered state, and it does generate insights, both genuine and spurious. But it is a relatively conventional mental excursion.
Here are additional selected citations in chronological order.
Continue reading Hogamous, Higamous, Man is Polygamous, Higamous, Hogamous, Woman is Monagamous


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On Sunday, May 13, SEPTA will provide special early morning Regional Rail service to accommodate crowds heading to the 28th Annual Susan G. Komen Philadelphia Race for the Cure 5K Run/Walk and 1-mile Fun Walk. Additionally, seven SEPTA bus routes and Trolley Route 15, currently operating as a bus, will experience detours around Center City road closures scheduled for the duration of the event.
Regional Rail Service
SEPTA will add additional service to Sunday morning trains to accommodate runners and others traveling to the event. These trips which supplement regularly scheduled Regional Rail service will arrive at Center City stations between 5:30 am and 6:45 am, just-in-time for the official start of race day events at 7:00 am
A supplemental schedule is available at https://www.septa.org/alert/pdf/2018-05-rrd-race-for-the-cure.pdf. The special schedule includes added early morning service departing from the following stations:
- Airport Line: Extra trip departs from Airport Terminals E & F at 5:37 am
- Media/Elwyn Line: Extra trip departs from Elwyn Station at 5:34 am
- Glenside Combined Line: Extra trip departs from Glenside Station at 4:52 am
- Lansdale/Doylestown Line: Extra trip departs from Lansdale Station at 5:07 am
- Manayunk/Norristown Line: Extra trip departs from Elm Street Station at 5:48 am
- Paoli/Thorndale Line: Extra trip departs from Malvern Station at 5:26 am
- Wilmington/Newark Line: Extra trip departs from *Marcus Hook Station at 5:41 am
- West Trenton Line: Extra trip departs from Neshaminy Falls Station at 5:39 am
- Warminster Line: Extra trip departs from Warminster Station at 5:26 am
Note: Wilmington/Newark Line train #502 departing from Marcus Hook Station at 5:41 am will operate as scheduled. Customers should note that a special Saturday and Sunday timetable is in effect for all other Wilmington/Newark Line trains for Amtrak track repairs due to a freight derailment.
Routes 7, 27, 32, 33, 38, 43, 48 and Trolley Route 15, currently operating as a bus, will be detoured around the race course in the area of Benjamin Franklin Parkway between Eakins Oval and Logan Circle and Girard Avenue between Poplar and Lansdowne Drives from 7:30 am until 1:00 pm. On Sunday, May 13.
In addition to the bus detours, riders should also plan for additional travel time and potential travel delays due to traffic congestion in Center City. Specific route detour information will be published on the System Status feature of SEPTA’s website at: https://www.septa.org/realtime/status/system-status.shtml.
Passengers can also access additional service information by contacting SEPTA Customer Service at 215-580-7800, or by downloading the SEPTA App on an iPhone or Android device.

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This year’s PGA Championship has certainly not been a let down thus far. After round three on Saturday, we have a single name atop the board: Dustin Johnson. However, that should not be cause for concern, as there are still a bevy of contenders to win the trophy come Sunday’s fourth and final round. Johnson sits on -9 par following an impressive -5 65 on a tough, cool day at the TPC Harding Park in San Francisco.
Fellow Americans Scottie Scheffler and Cameron Champ are one shot back each, while two-time defending champion Brooks Koepka leads a group of three that are just two shots back. He had made three bogeys in a row at one stage, yet that didn’t stop him from mounting a comeback and forging his opportunity to have a say come Sunday. Six more men are on -6 and a further five are at -5, so there are a ton of players that still have the chance to make a run at the Wanamaker trophy on Sunday. Can anyone take down DJ, or will it prove to be their downfall to give him the lead this late in the tournament?


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Judge considers surprise move as bankrupt Hahnemann strands residents without malpractice insurance
The bankruptcy judge overseeing the Hahnemann University Hospital bankruptcy will consider whether to put the case into liquidation.
The closure of Hahnemann University Hospital last summer disrupted the lives of thousands who lost jobs there, but a separate, potentially career-altering threat looms for nearly 1,000 medical residents who trained there during the 18 months that California businessman Joel Freedman was running the Philadelphia hospital.
The bankrupt hospital has not agreed to buy medical malpractice insurance for residents and fellows that would cover the doctors into the future for incidents while they worked at the hospital. The cost of buying the insurance on their own “ranges from prohibitive at best to impossible depending on their specialties," according to a filing last week by the Ad Hoc Committee of Hahnemann Residents and Fellows.
One resident reported a cost of more than $65,000 to obtain the coverage, according to the filing in bankruptcy court.
On Monday, the tables were turned on the restructuring firm and the law firm running the Hahnemann and St. Christopher’s bankruptcies.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Kevin Gross scheduled a hearing for Tuesday in Wilmington at which he will gather evidence on whether the bankruptcies should be converted to a liquidation as opposed to a reorganization.
In his order, Gross cited the failure of the bankrupt companies to buy the insurance sought by the residents and their advocates. According to U.S. bankruptcy law, “failure to maintain appropriate insurance that poses a risk to the estate or to the public” provides grounds for converting the case to a Chapter 7 liquidation from a Chapter 11 reorganization.
The advocates include the American Medical Association, which hired a law firm, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP, to represent the residents. It’s possible that hundreds of the residents who worked at Hahnemann between Jan. 10, 2018, and Aug. 9, 2019, still don’t know their coverage will expire next month. As of Friday, 180 former Hahnemann residents and fellows had joined the ad hoc group.
A conversion to liquidation would lead to the appointment of a trustee to oversee whatever assets remain. That would displace EisnerAmper L.P., a restructuring firm hired by Freedman before the bankruptcy filings to run the hospitals, and Freedman’s bankruptcy firm, Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP. Both firms have been collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars in fees for months.
On Friday, bankruptcy officials completed the sale of St. Christopher’s for $50 million to a joint venture of Tower Health and Drexel University. That money was expected to pay off the hospitals’ senior secured lender, MidCap Financial. It’s not clear if any of that money would be available to buy the malpractice insurance.
The only other potential source of a significant amount of money to pay off creditors and other liabilities is the controversial sale of Hahnemann’s residency slots to Thomas Jefferson University for $55 million.
The malpractice insurance problem affects more than the 570 residents who were displaced when Hahnemann closed. It also hits those who finished the program in 2018 and 2019. The insurance is required to practice medicine.
Gross also cited a second possible reason for converting the cases to a liquidation, namely the “continuing loss to and diminution” of the bankruptcy assets.
Saul Ewing and EisnerAmper did not respond to a request for comments.
Separately, the Pennsylvania Professional Liability Joint Underwriting Association, a nonprofit medical malpractice insurer based in Blue Bell, offered last month to use part of its $280 million surplus to pay 50% of the premium for former Hahnemann residents and fellows.
That offer is complicated by litigation between the Blue Bell nonprofit and state officials, who have been trying for several years to claim $200 million of the surplus for state purposes. As of Monday, the Pennsylvania Insurance Department had not responded to the proposal.


In late 2012, ISIS began kidnapping Western journalists and aid workers in Syria. While several European governments paid millions of dollars in ransom, and their hostages were freed, the United Kingdom and United States refused, arguing that any ransom would fuel terrorism and encourage further kidnappings. As a result, many American and British hostages faced a terrible fate. What overlapping moral, political, and legal considerations must governments confront when their citizens are taken hostage? Should governments—or citizens and corporations—ever pay ransom to terrorists?
Copies of Joel Simon’s latest book We Want To Negotiate: The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages, and Ransom will be available for sale and signing from the Book Cellar following the program.


Five players scored in double figures to lead North Carolina A&T to an 85-60 win over Campbell in the Global Sports Classic in Las Vegas.
Bruce Beckford led with 19 points and eight rebounds. Beckford was 8 of 8 from the field. Lamont Middleton also scored 19. Adrian Powell added 14 points. R.J. Buck, who was 3 of 3 from 3-point range, had 13 points, as did Jean Louisme.
The Aggies (2-4), who led 43-29 at halftime, shot 60.8 percent from the field for the game and were 71 percent at the free throw line.
Campbell shot 33.9 percent from the field for the game. Trey Freeman led the Fighting Camels (2-4) with 13 points and Darren White added 12. Antwon Oliver had six rebounds.


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Galapagos Tourists Each Year
by Thomas Rowlatt
(New South Wales)
How many tourists visit the Galapagos Islands each year in average.?
Tourism in Galapagos has been constantly growing since 1970. Tourists to the Galapagos are reaching now 180,000 per year.
Today the town of Puerto Ayora on Santa Cruz is an important tourism area due to the beautiful surrounding beaches. It is also a place with a lot of commerce and trade.
More than 60 vessels from different travel companies are continuously transporting tourists to the Galapagos Islands.
Currently there are 45 approved Galapagos Sites for visitors around the Islands.
Most of these tourist Sites have marked trails in order to protect the vegetation and unique wildlife of Galapagos.
Tourists should follow these trails and are required to be with a professional naturalist guide.
Naturalist Guides are always sharing with visitors a high quality and educational experience in Galapagos.
The Galapagos Naturalists work with the Galapagos National Park. These guides speak different languages, they are well trained and very professional.
Their main activity is to inform and share the wonders of Galapagos with visitors.
Visitor groups should be no more than 16 tourists per naturalist guide.
There are three categories of Naturalist Guides, defined by their education, preparation, experience, and the type of training course received.
There are Two Seasons in the Islands:
- The Hot Season from December to May when humidity is high and average temperatures are in the 80s F (26 - 30 C).
- And the Dry Season from June to November. There may be occasional showers, but the days are generally hot and sunny.
There's no better season to visit the Galapagos Islands because every month of the year is perfect to visit this Archipelago.
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EPIC MELTDOWN AT MKA – UCLA Storms Back from 17 Point Deficit to Stun the Ducks 87-84 in Overtime
It was one of the colossal melt downs in recent history.
And it was done in front of the home crowd which made it sting even more.
Injuries or no injuries, when you’re up 17 with seven minutes to play – and 10 points with less than two minutes remaining, this Oregon team needs to figure out how to close out games.
Instead, the Ducks snatched a loss out of the jaws of victory and allowed UCLA to come back and tie the game 80-80 at the end of regulation and then win the game 87-84 in overtime.
It was a crushing loss – to this teams psyche and to the fans.
With the devastating loss, Oregon fell to 9-6 overall and 0-2 in Pac-12 play. The Bruins, despite watching their coach Steve Alford get fired at the end of December, improved to 10-6 overall and 3-0 in conference play.
The Ducks certainly had their hands on the throats of the Bruins all evening and for every big bucket UCLA scored, Oregon would answer,….and then some!
Even after the 17-point lead, Oregon still had a 72-62 lead with 1:45 remaining.
UCLA then suddenly found their three-point stroke and took advantage.
Chris Smith hit a three from the left wing to make it 72-65 and Jules Bernard nailed a three to make it 74-68 with 50.7 seconds to play.
After Payton Pritchard made two free throws, Jaylen Hands hit a long range shot from deep beyond the circle to make it 76-71 with 39.5 left. Even with those made 3’s, the Ducks still looked to have the game in hand.
After Oregon turned the ball over on UCLA’s press, ( a silly mistake that a veteran team wouldn’t make ), the Bruins made it a one-possession game when Hands was fouled by Duck guard Ehab Amin as he was lofting another shot from distance with 33 seconds left.
Hands managed to convert all three free throws and all of a sudden, it was a 76-74 game.
On the next Oregon possession, Victor Bailey, Jr. came through with two made free throws with 22 seconds remaining, but after a missed Bruin shot and a missed opportunity by the Ducks to grab a defensive rebound, Prince Ali made a deep three from the right corner with just 3.2 to go.
Pritchard hit two clutch free throws for the three-point lead and Altman decided to foul instead of watching UCLA shoot a three-pointer at the buzzer. The Bruins were just 12-25 from the line at that point.
Hands hit the first shot, but intentionally missed the second hoping his team would grab the offensive board to tie the game.
And that’s exactly what happened.
It was almost like it was written in a Hollywood script.
Smith used his length to reach over Paul White to tip the ball in with 0.7 to go.
Worse than that, he was also fouled and the Bruins could have easily won the game in regulation. But Smith missed the foul shot and the game went into overtime.
Despite the adversity of the last 90 seconds, Oregon was able to rebound and score the first four points of the overtime period to go up 84-80 with 3:02 remaining in the five minute extra period.
Unfortunately for the Ducks, they would go scoreless for the remainder of the game.
UCLA finished the game on a 7-0 run to win its first game in Eugene since 2014.
Louis King led the Ducks with a career-high 22 points and Bailey, Jr. added 20. White scored 16 and Will Richardson managed 11.
But Oregon was just 8-of-32 from long range and a killer 14-of-24 (58 percent) from the free throw line.
Oregon did score 32 points after forcing 23 Bruin turnovers which made the loss even more of a head scratcher.
Somehow the Ducks will have to shake off the excruciating loss and prepare to play a USC team that also suffered a tough overtime loss in Corvallis against Oregon State.
~ Don Smalley
( Post Game ) DANA ALTMAN DISCUSSES UCLA LOSS


Katsutoshi Masai, Yuta Sugiura, and Maki Sugimoto, ACTUATE racket: designing intervention of user’s performance through controlling angle of racket surface, In Proceedings of the 8th Augmented Human International Conference (AH ’17), ACM, Article 31, 5 pages, March 16-18, 2017, Silicon Valley, California, USA. [DOI]
ラケットに2自由度のモーターを装着してラケット面を制御できるようにした装置が存在したときに、これを用いることでどのようなスポーツ競技だったりトレーニングが生まれるかを検討した。We introduce a novel way to interact with sports players during the activities through actuating sports equipment. We propose ACTUATE Racket, a new type of sports racket that can change its angle of the surface. We made the table tennis racket prototype that has two servo motors for controlling the angle of its surface. The goal of this research is to explore the design opportunity of the relationships between user and racket by creating new interactions with the racket. We investigate practice methods of racket sports introductory activity: bouncing a ball on the racket rhythmically. We present three approaches with the racket. (1) One approach is to stabilize the angle of the surface during the activity. (2) Another approach is to amplify the angle of the surface regardless of the grip angle while user bounces the ball. (3) The other approach is to intentionally change the surface of the racket for each swing so that the user have to adjust the angle of its surface. We report the results and insights and we wrap up the design opportunities of the device with future scenarios.


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Our project and organization seeks to counter loaded rhetoric, which creates a toxic atmosphere for many immigrants and leads to heightening anxiety. By providing culturally sensitive legal advise in a language they understand, we assist immigrants to assert their rights as they strive to become good and neighbors.
We have restored areas of the Nixticuil Forest, fought more than 200 forest fires caused by those who want to destroy it, and created conservation activities to help maintain the ecological balance, preservation of biodiversity, protection of aquifers and capture of carbon dioxide with no support from the government.


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It’s a happy day for the Beastie Boys, Donovan, Guns N’ Roses, Laura Nyro, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Small Faces/Faces. They’re the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class of 2012, the Hall announced on Wednesday.
Blues Guitarist Freddie King was also inducted in the Early Influence category.
“We are pleased to announce this year’s Hall of Fame inductees, who represent the broad spectrum of artists that define rock and roll,” said Joel Peresman, president and CEO of the Hall in a statement.
The performers will be enshrined during the induction ceremony, which takes place April 14 in Cleveland, the home of the Rock Hall and will be broadcasted on HBO in early May.
We feel there should be a few more nominees. Below is our list of the top five acts who have been unfairly snubbed so far by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame:
Not only wasn’t Bon Jovi inducted this year, they weren’t even nominated. It’s kind of ironic as the Jersey boys are one of the last real rock bands who are actually touring the world and playing to millions fans. And rocking them all, from what we’ve heard. The guys have lots of supporters — several Jersey daily newspapers opined in editorials that Bon Jovi deserved Hall recognition this year. Maybe next year?
If disco is an off-shoot of rock ‘n’ roll, and it is, then the Queen of Disco Donna Summer should be in the Hall. Her ’70s and early ’80s hits, including “Love to Love You, Baby,” “I Feel Love,” “Last Dance” and “MacArthur Park,” framed the era like no other and brought a passion and sensuality to disco that was very rock ‘n’ roll.
Joan Jett may not care about her reputation, but we care to recognize the original Riot Grrrl’s impact on rock ‘n’ roll, even if the Rock Hall doesn’t. Jett, first with the Runaways and later as a the leader of the Blackhearts, set the mold for rocker girls everywhere and did so on her own terms. She became a superstar with hits like “I Love Rock ‘n’ Roll,” “Do You Want to Touch Me” and “Bad Reputation.” Oh, Kristen Stewart played Jett in the 2010 film The Runaways.
Philadelphia’s Chubby Checker saved rock ‘n’ roll. How so? His 1960 smash “The Twist” brought a whole new fan base to the music: Adults. In nightclubs and living rooms in the early ’60s, mom and dad joined their kids in dancing to rock ‘n’ roll in an era when rockers were few and far between. That changed when The Beatles came, but Checker’s contribution to music should be recognized.
In our view, it’s hard to undersell the significance of what Salt-N-Pepa did in the ’80 and ’90s. They were the first female hip-hop act to crossover into mainstream success. Their gal-positive hits like “Push It,” “Shoop,” “Whatta Man” and “Let’s talk About Sex” showed the group to be on point, positive and definitely superstars. They even made the cover of Rolling Stone. What’s the hold up, Cleveland?
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For a commissioned project from a company in the UK, I needed mermaids that were more rectangular. The three original mermaids were tall and slender so I had three canvas giclees printed and then I painted more underwater landscape on the sides. After I finished painting, I varnished each canvas and will sell as hand embellished giclee prints. Each are 20×16″.
This one I am calling “Bubble Bath”.
Here are the original paintings that were too narrow for the project.