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The Watershed Butterfly Festival, presented by the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, will teach families about their local environment. Kids can get face to antennae with butterflies and other insects at the insect zoo, and families can explore nature on hayrides, walks, and at the festival's interactive enviro-zones. After learning all about a butterfly's lifecycle and rambling along on a trail, guests can take in the fest's butterfly parade. Other entertainment will include live music from Grammy-nominated kids' artist Miss Amy and classic rock from The Dadz. Food and art will also be available from local artisans.
Helmed by lifelong artist Cindy Laliwala, The Painter's Loft unleashes children's and adults' inner creativity through welcoming workshops for all skill levels. Adult sessions allow guests to bring drinks and snacks, encouraging guests to socialize while they learn to paint a special themed picture. Children's classes, meanwhile, begin with lessons that focus on drawing and painting skills and advance to cover an array of art forms, teaching kids how to create watercolor paintings, carvings, and even mosaics.
During Enable’s day program, five days of structured activities engage individuals with disabilities, allowing them to volunteer in their local community, interact socially with their peers and other adults, and improve their physical and cognitive well-being. Participants volunteer with Meals on Wheels and visit veterans, or learn new skills such as art, pet therapy, and horticulture. The day program empowers people with disabilities to tackle their goals and personal interests while building a recreational community in a structured environment.
Across five full days of action, kids young and semi-young will undergo a comprehensive camp curriculum chock-full of running, throwing, catching, blocking, teamworking, confidence building, high-fiving, and more. If desired, campers ages 11–14 with at least one year of tackle football experience may enroll in the accelerated-skills sections, which feature advanced lessons in the same non-contact environment. All campers are led by professional educators from the high-school and collegiate level, and each day's knowledge bowl soars even higher with visits from Eagles greats, ranging from Fred Barnett to the great Pete Retzlaff (Philadelphia Eagles players vary by camp location). By teaming up with experienced players and coaches, kids will be treated to comprehensive instruction that goes beyond purely mechanical skills.
For many galleries, art is something that resides behind a velvet rope, separated and unaccessible to its viewers. For the curators of Abington Art Center, it is something to be experienced, enjoyed, and, above all, created oneself. Located on the 27-acre expanse of Alverthorpe Manor, the center hosts classes and workshops for students of all ages and exhibitions of community artists. The outdoor Sculpture Park captures the center's sense of playful creation, inviting sculptors to craft their own temporary installations each year—this also helps erase the temptation to carve a mustache into a nearby town's statue of its mayor. The guest artists are encouraged to have their creations respond to the nature around them, such as massive faces carved from tree trunks. Inside the mansion, one can find galleries of young creators and solo exhibitions by professional artists.
Since 1995, thousands of US pet-owning families have subscribed to Pet Assure plans for affordable animal care that keeps tails wagging and purr boxes purring. No paperwork or deductibles weigh down Pet Assure plans, and subscribers instantly save 25% off in-office veterinary procedures and medical services, including wellness checkups, shots, and surgery. Pet Assure plans cover all pets, with no denials of coverage based on age, health, or preexisting conditions. The plans have no annual limits and carry the additional benefit of discounts on pet products and services, such as toys, grooming supplies, and potty-training products for stubborn anacondas from merchants in the Pet Assure network. In addition to member ID cards, subscribers can request lightweight collar tags inscribed with unique identification numbers and the phone number to Pet Assure's lost-pet recovery service. If a lost pet is found lounging in a neighbor's backyard or running through the opening ceremonies of the Olympics, a quick call connects to operators, who contact owners and reunite them with their pets.


Construction on the site began on Saturday [18 January] and will be complete by Thursday [23 January].
That’s the new Bendigo Hospital hotel project. The 66 modules will eventually become a 128-room hotel and site manager Jono Frost said, “It should be finished by Wednesday or Thursday.”
The project, by modular building company Hickory Group, is made up of 40m by 3.6m modules that were built in a factory in Brooklyn in Melbourne’s west and trucked to Bendigo.
“It’s all coming together really well. The biggest advantage of these modules is you can put them together really quickly,” Mr Frost told the Bendigo Advertiser. “It’s quite a good design,” he said. “I would say it’s one of the more modern developments for hotels.”
The hotel will be open to anyone – including members of the public and tourists, as well as families of hospital patients
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Sleepy Surgeons Cause More Errors Than Well-Rested Docs
The key was in the amount of sleep they got between surgeries, factoring in the time it takes after a surgical procedure to wash up, get dressed, drive home, relax and get to sleep, and then drive back to the hospital to begin a new surgical day.
The authors wrote that because of concerns about their professional development, "attending physicians may be less likely to acknowledge the potentially harmful effects of extended work shifts than trainees. Some attending physicians may also be less inclined than residents to postpone electively scheduled surgical procedures even when they are aware of the possibility of decreased alertness from insufficient overnight sleep.
Rothschild suggested hospitals and surgeons look at five strategies to reduce the times when surgeons go back into the operating room after fewer than six hours sleep.
- If possible, avoid scheduling elective procedures following overnight on-call responsibilities
- Use hospital-based physicians to cover overnight emergencies
- Consider cancelling or postponing elective procedures when the risks are high or when colleagues feel the risks are high
- Use teamwork, including backups, to assist or relieve fatigued physicians
- Consider using caffeine if the surgeon must perform lifesaving procedures
Cheryl Clark is a senior editor and California correspondent for HealthLeaders Media Online. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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The Secrets of Stone Town
Cultivate your curiosity on a walkabout of the old town of Zanzibar. Full of history and ancient stories, the Stone Town also known as Mji Mkongwe, forms part of the older Zanzibar City. Be enthralled by the distinctive features of the unique architecture, mixed with Arab, Persian, Indian, European and African traditions.
Explore the famous ancient buildings including Anglican Cathedral, former Slave Market, the Sultan Palace and discover the wonders of Stone Town, which has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage since 2000.
- Private round-trip transfers
- Lunch at a Roof top Restaurant

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Now you can get all the reliability and performance of our regular Cat 5e patch cables in a more compact, convenient cable. Our flat Cat 5e patch cables fit into even the tightest spaces and give a neater, less cluttered appearance to your desktop or wall outlet. Constructed with only top quality components, these cables come in various lengths and colours to suit any situation and are backed by our lifetime warranty.
- Thin, flat construction for increased flexibility
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- The Strain relief prevents the cable from being bent at sharp angles at the connector to minimize the stress at the plug termination point
- StarTech Category 5e patch cables are carefully constructed and tested, to keep the Near End Crosstalk (NEXT) well within acceptable limits

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Author: Dennis Montoya & H.C. Strom
Release Date: October 7, 2014
Series: Dragonwall Chronicles
Genre: YA | Fantasy | Adventure
Buy it here: Amazon
A thousand years ago the gods brokered a peace treaty with the dragons to save mankind. As a monument, the magical Dragonwall was built stretching from the Dwarven city of Farreach to the port city of Seareach. Over generations, the great dragon’s stories have turned to myths and the treaty forgotten. The wall’s magic is failing and the call for a hero goes unanswered.
Oberon a young monk and his friends leave the city of Delvingdeep to answer the riddle of the existence of dragons. No one expected a short cut though a swamp would ever lead them on a heroic adventure over the Dragonwall.
I enjoyed reading Over The Dragonwall a lot and I really think that this book needs more publicity and attention as it can very well end up as a bestseller among the young adult crowd (but only after rectifying the few faults it has. Read on to know more.)
I loved the concept and the story line, they are simply brilliant. The characterization is also good but needs some work to make it better. Obi as a lead is a really good character and the other characters, the other members of the party, are also a real treat. The concept is a winner but there were a few problems in the execution. The editing is poor. Sometimes there is a slip in narration and out of nowhere it changes to the first person at more than one place.
The words sometimes are repeated and the dialogues feel unnecessary and unpolished. I really think that this book needs some heavy editing and also a new cover, and then it’ll be ready to climb the best selling list.
This book is a mixture of Hobbit and harry potter, sprinkled with dragon tales and undead ghouls (zombies) and wolves and witches – so you see, there’s everything that a fantasy fanatic like me wants from a book.
In spite of poor editing, I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and I’d love to read it again whenever I’ll have some free time (yes, it’s that good!) I’m looking forward to reading the sequel as the book cleverly ends at the beginning of a new adventure.
Opening Line: “Why do you haunt my dreams, hag?”
Highlights: Brilliant storyline.
Tomorrow he might see a dragon, and everything will change.
He hated not knowing the reason for things.
Final Thoughts: A beautiful story that’ll take you on a unique adventurous journey.
You can also read this review at Goodreads and Amazon.
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Sugar Land Launches Five Homers in 15-6 Win
Jared Mitchell slammed two homers and drove in six runs to lead the Sugar Land Skeeters to a 15-6 win over the host Lancaster Barnstormers Tuesday evening at Clipper Magazine Stadium.
The rout completed a day-night doubleheader sweep for the Skeeters who took the opener, 1-0.
Mitchell clubbed a solo homer with one out in the top of the first off Jonathan Albaladejo (0-3). Cody Stanley and Juan Silverio added solo blasts over the next pair of innings for a 3-0 Sugar Land lead.
Stanley connected again in the top of the fifth for a 6-0 lead. Mitchell tacked on a RBI single later that inning before an eighth run crossed the plate on a force play grounder.
The Mitchell slam came in the top of the eighth off reliever Logan Sawyer on the heels of a bases loaded walk to Alvaro Rondon and made it, 13-1. Two more strode home as Albert Cordero greeted Caleb Gindl with a two-run double.
Gindl singled home a run in the bottom of the eighth, and the Barnstormers built some momentum with four runs on five singles in the ninth, including two on a base hit to left center by Dan Gamache.
The series concludes on Wednesday at 11:00 AM with John Anderson (2-0) taking the hill for the Barnstormers. Fans may tune into the Barnstormers YouTube Channel, beginning at 10:45.
NOTES: Sugar Land banged out 21 total hits and had 42 total bases in the game…The run and hit totals were the most since a 17-run, 22-hit performance by Bridgeport at Harbor Yard on August 8, 2017…The last opposing player to drive in six runs in a game was Ryan Dent of York, June 11, 2017…Brian Mayer recorded his first RBI on a sacrifice fly in the ninth…K.C. Hobson has hit safely in seven of the last eight games.

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Protection & dexterity
23 January 2013
Reported to offer greater protection, wearer comfort and dexterity, Marigold Industrial has launched two new gloves â€“ Nitrotough N1550 PF and Puretough P1150. Designed to provide high levels of dexterity, abrasion res
Designed to provide high levels of dexterity, abrasion resistance and grip when handling oily materials - in industrial or food manufacturing settings - the Nitrotough N1550 PF has a rough nitrile palm fit coating with fully dipped thumb on a seamless gauge 15 nylon liner. Highly flexible, the gloves also provide level 4 abrasion resistance.
The new Puretough P1150 offers level 5 dexterity - the highest level possible - and excellent abrasion resistance. The glove coating is manufactured from a water-based mixed synthetic solution, which is water and oil repellent.

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What does the Carabinieri do?
It is one of Italy’s main law enforcement agencies, alongside the Polizia di Stato and the Guardia di Finanza. As with the Guardia di Finanza but in contrast to the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri are a military force.
What is the Carabinieri specialist units Division?
The Carabinieri Specialist Units Division is the Carabinieri formation, established in 2001, dedicated to the performance of specialist police activities and the support to the Territorial Organizations.
What is the difference between the Guardia di Finanza and Carabinieri?
As with the Guardia di Finanza but in contrast to the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri are a military force. As the fourth branch of the Italian Armed Forces, they come under the authority of the Ministry of Defence; for activities related to inland public order and security, they functionally depend on the Ministry of the Interior.
What is the difference between the Polizia di Stato and Carabinieri?
Unlike the Polizia di Stato, the Carabinieri have responsibility for policing the military, and a number of members regularly participate in military missions abroad. They were originally founded as the police force of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the forerunner of the Kingdom of Italy.
What was the Carabinieri Command for Liberated Italy?
In southern Italy the Carabinieri Command for Liberated Italy was founded in Bari, mobilizing new units for the Italian war of liberation. These units were attached to the Italian Liberation Corps and the six Italian Combat Groups of the Italian Co-Belligerent Army, fighting with the Allied forces.
Who was involved in the reorganization of the Carabinieri?
Their reorganization and reform was organized by Colonel Arthur Young, a British police officer seconded as Director of Public Safety and Director of Security. The Carabinieri, as a military and police force have various uniforms for different functions.


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Hundreds of youth in the Rift Valley, who depended on logging, saw-milling and charcoal burning, have been left jobless after the government banned the activities.
The youth whose main source of livelihood was timber trade have appealed to President Kenyatta to help them secure other sources of earning a living.
The Nation has learnt that close to 1,000 young men and women from Elburgon, Molo, Total, Makutano, Maji Mazuri, Uasin Gishu and Timboroa and some parts of Mount Kenya lost jobs.
The youth worked as loaders, tree cutters (power saw operators), transporters and millers.
Others affected were people who performed other manual duties such as clearing milling zones.
The multi-billion industry has over the past 10 years been one of Kenya’s best employer especially to the uneducated youth.
The Nation established that loaders, tree cutters and millers on a bad day could take home between Sh800 and Sh3,200 as wages.
Elburgon Timber Manufacturers Association chairman Benard Gitau said hundreds of people have been affected by the ban either directly or indirectly.

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From Our Editors
When you are running low on kitchen staples, such as oil and vinegar, pick some up at Kraft Foods. Get your noodle on! Kraft Foods has some of the best and affordable noodle and pasta options in the area. Loaded with essential vitamins and minerals, the produce from this store will give you the energy your body needs. Need a sandwich for lunch or toast to compliment your hearty breakfast? Grab a loaf of bread today. When you're looking for a caffeine fix, Kraft Foods has the best coffee and tea to get you going. Water junkies can get their gulp on with a swig from Kraft Foods. For the meat lover in you, you'll enjoy the offerings of eclectic meats at this place. Add a little more flavor to your meals with their quality selection of spices and seasonings. If you're a lover of all things dairy, help yourself to some great products at Kraft Foods for all your protein and calcium needs. Pop one of these TV dinners into the microwave, and you'll be ready to relax in front of the TV. Health nuts will go crazy for the refreshing beverages available here, a great way to stay happy and hydrated. Add a little bit of sweet goodness to all your baked goods for top-notch flavor and form. Pick up your staples at Kraft Foods. Health-conscious eaters will love the wide selection of fish on hand. The frozen food here tastes so good, you'll forget it came from the microwave! If you're cooking up a large dinner for the whole family, grab some canned goods from Kraft Foods and create some yummy and easy side dishes. These tasty and nutritious snacks will help you push through your long workday. All your favorite cereals are stocked on the shelves here.
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Introduction: The Magic of Blue and Pink
When it comes to interior design, color plays an instrumental role in setting the ambiance and mood of a space. Among the myriad of color combinations, blue and pink room design stands out, offering a harmonious blend of elegance and personality. This captivating color scheme transcends traditional boundaries, offering versatility that appeals to various tastes and preferences.
The Psychology Behind Blue and Pink
Understanding the psychology behind colors is crucial when crafting a compelling room design. Blue embodies tranquility, depth, and serenity, evoking feelings of calmness and relaxation. On the other hand, pink represents warmth, affection, and playfulness, infusing spaces with a sense of joy and creativity. When combined, these hues create a balanced environment that fosters comfort while exuding a unique charm.
Incorporating Blue and Pink in Interior Design
Walls and Accents
One of the primary considerations when implementing a blue and pink room design is selecting the appropriate shades for walls and accents. Soft pastel blues paired with delicate pinks create a soothing atmosphere, ideal for bedrooms or relaxation spaces. Conversely, vibrant blues juxtaposed with bold pinks inject energy and dynamism, perfect for areas like living rooms or home offices.
Furniture and Upholstery
Choosing the right furniture and upholstery is pivotal in achieving a cohesive blue and pink room design. Opt for pieces that complement the chosen color palette, such as blue sofas adorned with pink throw pillows or pink chairs paired with blue cushions. Incorporating metallic accents like gold or silver further enhances the aesthetic appeal, adding a touch of sophistication and luxury.
Accessorizing plays a pivotal role in accentuating the blue and pink room design. Incorporate decorative elements like artwork, rugs, and curtains that feature complementary hues, creating a harmonious visual flow. Additionally, integrating natural elements such as plants or floral arrangements infuses spaces with vitality and freshness, elevating the overall ambiance.
Lighting serves as a cornerstone in enhancing the blue and pink room design. Incorporate ambient, task, and accent lighting to illuminate spaces effectively while highlighting key design elements. Opt for fixtures with metallic finishes or intricate designs that complement the chosen color scheme, creating a mesmerizing interplay of light and shadow.
Practical Tips for Implementing Blue and Pink
Start with a cohesive color palette that establishes a clear direction for the
blue and pink room design. . Experiment with different shades and tones to create visual interest and depth within the space. Incorporate textures and patterns to add dimension and personality to the overall design. Consider the room’s functionality and purpose when selecting furniture and decorative elements. Regularly evaluate and refine the design to ensure it aligns with your aesthetic preferences and lifestyle.
Conclusion: Embracing the Beauty of Blue and Pink
In summary, blue and pink room design offers a captivating blend of elegance and personality, creating spaces that resonate with tranquility, warmth, and creativity. By carefully selecting color palettes, incorporating complementary elements, and adhering to practical design principles, you can transform any space into a harmonious oasis of style and sophistication.

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|Born||30 July 1953|
|Genres||Pop , Rock|
|Occupation(s)||Singer, songwriter, composer, musician|
|Years active||1972 –present|
|Labels||Tears, Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, Marquis de Sade|
Anne Linnet (born 30 July 1953 in Århus, Denmark) is a Danish singer, musician composer، and writer. She has released a number of solo albums and has also been a member of several bands, such as Shit & Chanel, Anne Linnet Band, and Marquis de Sade. Anne Linnet is one of a small group of Danish musicians and songwriters consistently popular now for many years. She is, and has been for more than three and a half decades, a distinctive figure on the Danish music scene and is valued as a writer and composer. Anne Linnet is known for her well-written, honest lyrics, her explorations into a number of music styles, and a constant desire to try something new. In 2008 she received IFPI Denmark's prize of honour for her work of many years on the Danish music scene.
Anne Linnet had her musical debut at the age of 17, in 1970, with the Århus based band "Tears", with whom she released two albums. In 1973 she was one of the founding members of the all-woman band, Shit & Chanel, which released four albums in their seven years together. One of their largest hits was the song, "Smuk og Dejlig", written by Anne Linnet. One of the reasons for the band's split was that the House of Chanel had won a lawsuit against them, regarding the use of the name "Chanel". After that, the band members felt a need to move on and do something new.
Following the split, Anne Linnet formed the band, Anne Linnet Band, which released two albums in 1981 and 1982 respectively. Two other singers and musicians in the band were Sanne Salomonsen and Lis Sørensen, both popular singers/musicians who have since had long and successful careers.
In 1983, she formed a new band, Marquis de Sade  . The sound was harder and more electronic, inspired by other European, mid-eighties bands, such as Eurythmics, and was a change from the softer pop/folk sound that had characterised her music until then. The band released two albums. At the time they created some controversy, and became known for some of their songs having sadomasochistic ("Marquis de Sade") and lesbian ("Hils din mor", "Venus") themes. They had large hits with songs such as "Glor på Vinduer" and "Nattog".
In 1986, Anne Linnet wrote music for the film, Barndommens Gade based on the novel of the same name by the Danish poet Tove Ditlevsen. She set a number of Tove Ditlevsen's poems to music, which was released on the album Barndommens Gade. The poem/song, "Barndommens Gade", became a hit.
In 1988, she released the album Jeg Er Jo Lige Her (Danish for I am right here). The first single was the evergreen "Tusind Stykker" (Danish for Thousand Pieces), which became a large hit, first in Anne Linnet's version, and later also in a Swedish version, performed by the Swedish singer and musician, Björn Afzelius.
In 1989, she released the album Min Sang in collaboration with the Danish priest, author and lecturer, Johannes Møllehave. The album contains her poems inspired by her Christian faith. Linnet and Møllehave have later collaborated on a series of church concerts and lectures.
In 1996, she wrote a chamber opera, Thorvaldsen, about the Danish, 19th-century sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
Anne Linnet has also authored several books. In 1983, she published a collection of poems; Glimt, in 1999, the first part of her autobiography; Hvor kommer drømmene fra?, and in 2000, four short children's books about Ivan the dog.
In 2006, she had a showing of her oil paintings in Rundetårn, Copenhagen.
In 2007, she released the critically acclaimed solo album Akvarium which became a success.
On 20 August 2012 it was announced that Linnet would replace Cutfather as a judge on X Factor for its sixth season, joining Thomas Blachman and fellow new judge Ida Corr (who replaced Pernille Rosendahl). She mentored the Groups category and came in third place with Wasteland. For unknown reasons, Linnet did not return as a judge for the seventh season and was replaced by original judge Remee.
Anne Linnet passed her Studentereksamen (A levels equivalent) at Århus Statsgymnasium and went on to obtain a degree from the Royal Academy of Music, Århus. Until 1985, she was married to the jazz musician, Holger Laumann, with whom she has two children; Eva (Evamaria) and Jan Martin (Sean), now named Marcus.  She is also the mother of Alexander Theo Linnet, whom she had with Mads Buhl Nielsen.  Alexander followed a musical life like his mother and is known as Xander and his single "Det burde ikk være sådan her" topped the Danish Singles Charts in 2011. Linnet also has two adopted Rumanian-born children, Peter and Maria. She is a Bisexual and has had both male and female lovers, and has, over time, become a Lesbian icon in Denmark.[ citation needed ]
On 6 June 2010, BT reported that Anne Linnet had signed a partnership and awaited children with 23-year-old Tessa Franck.  On 31 July 2010, Tessa Franck Linnet gave birth to a daughter named Isolde Elisabeth Franck Linnet. On 19 April 2013, Tessa gave birth to a boy named Nemo. In December 2013, Anne Linnet announced that the couple had separated.
Tove Irma Margit Ditlevsen was a Danish poet and author. With published works in a variety of genres, she was one of Denmark's best-known authors by the time of her death.
Søren Nystrøm Rasted is a Danish musician, singer, songwriter and record producer. He plays keyboards, guitar and sings backing vocals. He is a member of the Danish-Norwegian Eurodance group Aqua.
Sanne Salomonsen, is a Danish singer. She has been performing since 1973, and various songs by her band Sneakers were on the charts continuously from 1979 to 1985. She was also a member of the Anne Linnet Band. Salomonsen is the daughter of ornithologist Finn Salomonsen.
Deborah (Debbie) Cameron is a Danish-American singer of Bahamian descent who has had a career in music in Denmark.
The Danish Music Awards (DMA) is a Danish award show. The show has been arranged by IFPI since 1989, and was originally called IFPI-prisen ("IFPI-Award") until 1991, when it changed its name to Dansk Grammy. It was changed to its current name, Danish Music Awards in 2001, after the American Grammy Awards registered the name "Grammy" as their trademark. In 2011, IFPI joined together with TV2 and KODA to present the awards ceremony.
Sharin Foo is a Danish musician and singer playing in the rock group The Raveonettes.
Natasja Saad, also known as Dou T, Little T and Natasja, was a Danish singer and rapper. While already relatively successful in her native Denmark, her vocals on a popular reggae fusion remix of "Calabria" gained her worldwide fame and a number one spot on Billboard's Hot Dance Airplay chart six months after her death in a car crash in Jamaica.
Ida Corr is a Gambian-Danish singer, songwriter and music producer.
X Factor is the Danish version of british Tv show The X Factor, created by Simon Cowell. The show premiered on 4 January 2008. For the first eleven seasons, the show was broadcast on DR1 before moving to TV 2 from the twelfth season onwards. There have been fifteen winners to date, most notable are Martin Hoberg Hedegaard (2008), Thomas Ring Petersen (2010), Anthony Jasmin (2014), Place on Earth (2018) & Mads Moldt (2022).
Thomas Helmig is a Danish rock singer and musician, and has been one of the most popular singers in Denmark since the middle of the 1980s.
Lis Sørensen is a Danish pop singer. In the 1970s she worked with Anne Linnet in Shit & Chanel and Anne Linnet Band. In 1983 she released her first solo album. She is also known for being the first artist to record Ednaswap's "Torn", which was renamed "Brændt". The song was later made famous by Natalie Imbruglia and Trine Rein.
Anne Mondrup Gadegaard Jensen, better known as Anne Gadegaard, is a Danish singer and songwriter. She is best known for finishing 5th at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2003 while representing Denmark.
Burhan G is the third studio album from the Danish R&B singer Burhan G which was released on 12 April 2010 at Copenhagen Records. This is however his first Danish language album after two all-English language albums Playground in 2004 and Breakout in 2007. The album Burhan G was developed with the collaboration of Rasmus Seebach and Nik & Jay and producers Jon & Jules of Nexus. The album reached #2 in the Danish Albums Chart making it the most successful album thus far of Burhan G.
Louise Fribo is a Danish singer, actress and dancer.
Shit & Chanel was a Danish girl band in pop rock and folk rock established in 1974. The Aarhus-based band was made up of Anne Linnet, Astrid Elbek, Lis Sørensen, Lone Poulsen and Ulla Tvede Eriksen.
X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. The sixth season premiered on December 28, 2012 on DR1 and ended on March 22, 2013. Signe Molde replaced Lise Rønne as host, while Emil Thorup hosted new spin-off show Xtra Factor. Thomas Blachman returned for his fifth season as judge, while Ida Corr and Anne Linnet joined the judging panel as replacements for former judges, Pernille Rosendahl and Cutfather.
Olga Sofia Ravn is a Danish poet and novelist. Initially she published poetry which was acclaimed by the critics, as was her first novel Celestine (2015). She is also a translator and has worked as a literary critic for Politiken and several other Danish publications.
X Factor is a Danish television music competition to find new singing talent. Sofie Linde Lauridsen returned to host the show for the 3rd time. Thomas Blachman and Remee returned for their respective tenth and eight series as judges and were joined by a new judge Sanne Salomonsen who replaced Mette Lindberg. This season mark the end of X Factor Denmark on DR, followed an announcement made by DR on August 16. On December 21, 2017, TV2 announced the show would be continued the 12th series would be broadcast by them. Place on Earth won the competition and became the 3rd group to win the competition and Thomas Blachman became the winning mentor for the second time.
Charlotte Fenger, known by the stage name Søs Fenger, is a Danish vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter. Since the mid 1980s she has been one of the most successful names in Danish music. She has released numerous albums, both as a solo artist and in collaboration with other groups.

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Quote of the day:
by: Peter of Lone Tree
A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
- Aldous Huxley
Gone by the Wayside
by: Lisa Ranger
One day we're gonna wake up
And the ghetto's all around
All over my friend
Have you ever seen a man break down?
--Feel No Pain, Sade
~~I'm afraid it's no use.
The boat won't come until Monday.
~~No boat will ever come.
We're here forever.
--And Then there Were None,
Many niceties of our civil society are going by the wayside due to fiscal insolvency. In the past two weeks, National Parks and Public Broadcasting have taken the ax.
It takes passion, devotion and insight to build something great and good, and momentum to keep it going. Once gone, that good thing is unlikely to return, and certainly not in its former guise. That is why we shouldn't give the heave-ho to civilizing institutions in the name of pragmatic privatization. When things become private rather than shared matters, the money usually follows the drift line of vested interests vs. the general welfare.
In The Sunshine State (not), Governor Rick Scott has vetoed Florida’s nearly $4.8 million appropriation for public broadcasting. The last-minute budget had already trimmed a third from the PBS budget; now, there is nothing. The station I grew up on -- WMFE -- is going dark.
Public broadcasting began in 1970, forged from private educational stations. One of its primary functions has been to provide educational programming for young people, and generations learned the basics of grammar, reasoning and citizenship on that network. It was a "free" counterpart to the hustle of the commercial networks, producing thoughtful programming and financed by private contributions and matching state funds. Its day is drawing nigh.
Now, state parks across the nation are being forced to close; 70 of 278 in California alone. For those that remain, the bargain with the devil is to allow drilling, raise entrance fees, eliminate provisions and/or cut employees in favor of hoped for volunteers. Timothy Egan calls it "the death of American life by a thousand cuts," and that about sums it up.
Compassionate conservatism under George W. Bush hacked away at the AmeriCorps program, Bill Clinton's initiative to unify a stateside version of the Peace Corps, another worthy initiative which could have helped fill in the gaps. Though John McCain made a gesture to support national service, that program was eviscerated years ago.
There's always money for the dirty, pretty things, the things that elicit a rise, or more lately, a shrug from people falling into lassitude. But the generous and decent things that speak of a nation's drive to uplift itself, those things are being frozen in amber.
As with Ozymandias, there will remain a plaque somewhere to note the spot.
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Urgent News About Bad Trade Deals - Please Take Action Now!
by: Anna Van Z
Right now the GOP is attempting to ram through some really bad "free trade" deals before summer break on behalf of a variety of corporate trade lobbyists, including Sprawlmart. By bad deals, I mean bad for the American worker - yet, as you'd expect from anything involving repugs, deals that enhance the profit margins for Wall Street and the investor class. These trade deals will cost even more American jobs; valuable manufacturing jobs that pay well. Needless to say, we can't afford to lose any more jobs, let alone decent jobs - especially in light of an economy that's continuing to stagnate.
Todd Lipscomb, founder of Made in USA Forever
, explains that these are one-sided trade deals. He says, "Working in Asia really opened my eyes to the truth about these deals. I saw firsthand how in spite of all the talk of free trade, there is really no such thing as goods only flow to the USA, plus how difficult it is for us to export to Asian nations. It is no surprise they have other priorities, such as taking care of their own. They know that manufacturing is vital to economic growth and prosperity.
"Additionally, they have complex legal and cultural barriers beyond just direct tariffs. For example, Korea protects its automotive industry not so much through direct tariffs that even our politicians could comprehend, but through more subtle barriers – the Korean IRS very, very often audits the taxes of those Koreans that dare to buy American or other foreign cars.
"That is why the Korean Free Trade deal is such a fiasco for the USA. It deals with direct tariffs, while completely ignoring the deeper factors that keep our products out. The Economic Policy Institute estimates we will actually have a net loss 160,000 jobs in the USA if this goes through. Plus, the jobs lost would be good manufacturing jobs, while the jobs gained here would be lower paying agricultural harvesting, etc. meaning wages would drop there too."
Todd reports that Walmart lobbyists, along with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, visited all 100 senators last week "in an effort to ram through the so-called “free trade” agreements with Korea, Panama, and Columbia." He added that a Chamber leader was quoted in a WSJ article, saying that "We're fighting like hell because if the vote doesn't happen by the recess, we risk it not happening in the fall."
Let's be lobbyists on our OWN behalf (like anyone else is gonna do it!) and let our legislative creatures
hear loud and clear that we want no more
of these "free trade" deals that only line the pockets of the super-wealthy, while gutting income opportunities for the rest of us. We might also remind the beltway bubble people that we see how these "free trade" deals worked out for this country last time around, even if most of THEM choose to ignore it. Those of us out here in reality land see the disastrous outcomes - every day.
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In the first of what should be repeated over and over, one of the January 6th "insurrectionists" has had all the charges against him dropped. Will justice finally prevail? Also today: Pelosi has Covid. And...the US government admits that it lies to the American people and the world to push its war aims with Russia.
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, Gen. Milley, told Congress that NATO needs to build more permanent bases on Russia's border in response to the Ukraine conflict and that the conflict will last years. More US troops on Russia's borders will act as a "deterrent." The military-industrial-Congressional complex is no-doubt thrilled. Also today - New York City mom fired from city job after asking the mayor about his new toddler mask mandate.
It feels like deja vu. Just seven years ago it was claimed without proof that Assad gassed his own people as his troops left Khan Shaykhun. When the facts came out about the event, the truth was quite different. Today Russian soldiers are being blamed for a slaughter of civilians in the Ukrainian town of Bucha. They have been tried and convicted in all Western capitals and in the media, yet there has been no investigation. Anything is possible, of course, but what if they got it wrong again? Will anyone care? Also today, Musk takes a seat at Twitter - will it return to a free speech platform?
By Ron Paul
President Biden’s 5.8 trillion dollars fiscal year 2023 budget increases “discretionary” spending to 1.6 trillion dollars. The remaining 4.2 trillion dollars of spending consists of “mandatory” spending, including on Social Security, Medicare, and interest on the national debt. The discretionary spending is divided between 813 billion dollars for “defense” and 769 billion dollars for the rest.
Since Biden’s budget increases military spending and does not call for major new government programs, some have described it as “centrist.” Calling a 5.8 trillion dollars tax-and-spend monstrosity “centrist” shows how far the center of American politics is from the principles of limited government.
Little of Biden’s proposed defense budget will be spent to defend the American people, although it will defend the ability of defense contractors, lobbyists, and war party propagandists to continue littering Northern Virginia with “McMansions.” Biden wants to spend yet more to continue the US’s counterproductive intervention in Ukraine, as well as on NATO and other programs aimed at challenging Russia. Biden’s budget also proposes spending 1.8 billion dollars to “support a free and open, connected, secure and resilient Indo-Pacific Region” and another 400 million dollars for the Countering the People’s Republic of China Malign Influence Fund. How would Biden react if China started spending money to challenge the US’s influence in the Western Hemisphere?
Biden’s budget spends 33.2 billion dollars to support law enforcement. Federal spending on local law enforcement violates the Tenth Amendment and takes a step toward nationalizing the police. A national police force would be a grave danger to liberty.
Biden also proposes spending 1.7 billion dollars on the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives so it can, among other activities, crack down on gun trafficking. A crackdown on gun trafficking allows the agency to harass gun owners and firearms dealers. Biden’s “centrist” budget also provides funding to crack down on hate crimes. Criminalizing thoughts has no place in a free society.
Biden claims he has reduced spending. However, the only reason spending is down is because Congress has stopped passing multi-trillion dollar covid relief bills. Biden’s budget proposes reducing the deficit by raising taxes. Among Biden’s tax proposals is a new 20 percent tax. Biden’s “billionaires tax” breaks new ground in theft by taxing unrealized capital gains — in other words, taxing income that taxpayers did not actually receive!
Biden’s budget estimates an increase in the federal debt to 44.8 trillion dollars in ten years. Of course, the final spending bill approved by Congress will likely spend more on welfare and warfare than what Biden is proposing. The spending will force the Federal Reserve to keep interest rates low, further eroding the dollar’s purchasing power and thus increasing demand for welfare and yet more government spending.
America may soon pay the price for attempting to fund a massive welfare-warfare state with fiat currency, America’s ham-fisted intervention in the Ukraine-Russian conflict has caused more countries to seek alternatives to the dollar. This increases pressure for the dollar to lose its world reserve currency status. When that happens, the US will face a major economic crisis featuring hyperinflation, massive unemployment, and the growth of authoritarian political movements. The only way these problems can be avoided is if the people demand the federal government stop trying to run their lives, run the economy, and run the world.
After spending the past two years pretending he's never heard the term "natural immunity," an old clip of Fauci from CSPAN has emerged where he was singing a wildly different tune. When did you change, Tony...and why? Also today: Bill Gates' surprising admission on "lessons learned" from Covid. And...will free speech return to Twitter after Elon Musk opens his checkbook?


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England captain Alastair Cook has ordered his team not to be drawn into a war of words with their Aussie rivals on the eve of the third Ashes Test.
Transfer news:Tottenham are ready to kick-start a frantic month of activity in the transfer market by making a bid to sign Saido Berahino and Yannick Bolasie.
Alexis Sanchez is a fine player but Arsenal will miss out on top four, says Michael Owen
Published: 15 July 2014
Updated: 19:48, 15 July 2014
Arsenal fans are again believing they can challenge for the title after the club made a statement with the acquisition of Alexis Sanchez.
The Gunners beat Liverpool to the signing of Sanchez last week when the former Barcelona forward put pen to paper on a long-term deal worth around £30million.
But former Reds striker Michael Owen expects Arsene Wenger's side to take a backward step next season, despite making early moves in the transfer window.
While accepting Sanchez is 'a top player', Owen believes Arsenal's closest rivals are strengthening sufficiently and believes Manchester United will return to the top-four shake-up next term.
"The signing of Sanchez has made everyone sit up and take note," the 34-year-old commentator told talkSPORT.
"I really do rate him, he's a top player and it's a big step in the right direction.
"But, in no particular order, my top four for next season would be Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool."
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The promotional clip for this song is arguably one of the most famous music videos of all time. Shot in 1965 as part of the documentary Don't Look Back
(chronicling his tour of England), it features Dylan standing in an alley behind the Savoy Hotel in London. He is holding cue cards, which he flips through as the song progresses. On the cards are select phrases from the song's lyrics, often with purposeful misspellings. These cue cards were written by Dylan along with the folk singer Donovan, the musician Bob Neuwirthand, and the beat poet Allen Ginsberg (these latter two can be seen in the actual video, standing just behind Dylan).
This video has been spoofed countless times - notable parodies include Weird Al Yankovic's video for the song "BOB
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Cable TV gains in popularity as Broadcast Terrestrial TV declines
Even though the price of Cable TV continues to rise its market share also continues to increase at the expense of terrestrial Broadcast TV.
In the USA analogue broadcasting will cease in 2009 and be replaced by single channels of HDTV as opposed to the multiple SDTV channels provided by digital in many parts of the world. Cable TV in contrast offers many more channels, normally 118 channels for $60/month and provides both HDTV and SDTV services.
It remains to be seen if the long-term decline of terrestrial TV viewership continues to decline after the analogue switch off.
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ST. PETE BEACH
The Tom Steward Trio will perform under the stars Friday as part of the Upham Beach Concert Series. The outdoor concert is free and open to the community.
When: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday.
Where: Upham Beach, off Beach Plaza between 66th and 70th avenues at the north end of St. Pete Beach.
Senior citizens will take trip to International Mall
St. Pete Beach Recreation will host a senior's day trip to International Mall in Tampa on Feb. 22. The group departs at 9 a.m. and returns at 4 p.m. The cost for the day trip is $10 per person with a St. Pete Recreation card and $12.50 without. Call St. Pete Beach Recreation at 363-9245 for more information.
City seeks vendors for new morning market
St. Pete Beach is planning to host a weekly open-air Wednesday Morning Market at the Community Center and is seeking vendors to sell items such as fresh produce, spices, herbs, flowers and unique homemade goods. The fee for vendors is $25 per week or $75 for four continuous weeks. For more information, call 363-9245.
Citywide yard sale scheduled for Feb. 23
St. Pete Beach will host its citywide community yard sale Feb. 23. Residents of St. Pete Beach and surrounding communities are welcome to rent a booth for the event, which traditionally includes a variety of goods for sale such as antiques, electronics, clothing, furniture and knickknacks. The fee for sellers is $10 for individuals with a St. Pete Beach recreation card, $12.50 for those without a card, plus a $5 rental fee per table. Admission is free.
When: 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 23.
Where: St. Pete Beach Community Center, 7701 Boca Ciega Drive.
Hospital guild luncheon, fashion show is Feb. 20
The beach branch of the All Children's Hospital Guild will host a benefit luncheon and fashion show Feb. 20 at Carrabba's Italian Grill. All proceeds will benefit the hospital's new neonatal unit. Call Mary Young at 392-6929 or Barbara Clair at 399-1618 for reservations. Tickets are $20 per person.
When: 11:30 a.m. Feb. 20.
Where: Carrabba's Italian Grill, 3530 Tyrone Blvd. N.
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Free Saturday matinee is 'Babes in Toyland'
The Beach Theatre's ongoing free Saturday morning matinee series welcomes kids of every age. This week's scheduled matinee is Babes in Toyland.
When: 10 a.m. Saturday.
Where: Beach Theatre, 315 Corey Ave., St. Pete Beach.
Info: Call 360-6697 or visit www.beach-theatre.com.
Friday dinner fundraiser will benefit library
The Gulf Beach Public Library's patrons group will host a fundraiser Friday to benefit the library. Several area restaurants will showcase their specialties, including Leatherbacks, Scully's, Friendly Fisherman, the Wine Cellar, Conch Republic, Mangos at the Doubletree, Salt Rock Grill and Shells. Tickets are $20 in advance and $30 at the door. Ticket prices include admission, food and drinks. The Gulf Beaches Library serves Treasure Island, Madeira Beach, North Redington Beach, Redington Beach and Redington Shores.
When: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday.
Where: Gulf Beach Public Library-Madeira Beach.
Info: Call the library at 391-2828.
Bilirakis forum to help with homeownership
U.S. Rep. Gus M. Bilirakis will host a Homeowners Education Seminar on Saturday to help those attending get information on homeownership. Bilirakis will be joined by representatives from the Federal Housing Administration, and officials from state, county and nonprofit agencies. A discussion is planned on addressing the issues facing homeowners, including adjustable-rate mortgages, obtaining or improving credit, mortgage refinancing and late mortgage payments. The event is free and open to the public.
When: 2 to 5 p.m. Saturday.
Where: Richey Suncoast Theatre, 6237 Grand Blvd., New Port Richey.
Info: Call 773-2871 to RSVP or e-mail FL09RSVP@mail.house.gov.
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MIS Systems Thread, Capita OMR DRS CD230 and a usb-serial converter? in Technical; Mods: while this is a hardware item, it's a very MIS-centric hardware device and the people who'll identify it (and ...
20th April 2010, 06:35 PM #1
Capita OMR DRS CD230 and a usb-serial converter?
Mods: while this is a hardware item, it's a very MIS-centric hardware device and the people who'll identify it (and suffer the flashbacks) are more likely to look in here.
For our sins we occasionally need to use the aforementioned Capita optical mark reader - has anyone got one of these working reliably with a usb-serial converter?
22nd April 2010, 10:15 AM #2
While I canít help with the OMR reader specifically, the best USB/Serial adapter I have found is the Keyspan USA-19HS (£21.27 from Expansys). I use one myself for connecting to all sorts of serial devices and it has worked faultlessly on absolutely everything I have thrown at it. It even comes with software that can be used to log all incoming and/or outgoing communication that happens via the adapter to a file on your computer. Iím not sure how useful that will be to you, but it's a nice feature to have.
From their website...
If this doesn't work, nothing will.
For use with all RS-232 serial devices including modems, GPS devices, cell phones, hand held scanners, networking equipment (console port), graphics tablets, point of sale devices, touch screens, UPS devices, medical and scientific instruments, industrial process control devices, building automation instrumentation and other serial devices.
22nd April 2010, 04:40 PM #3
Just tried 3 different types today, with varying driver versions. 2 of them are known to work with the most insane devices in school (including our bank payment card readers), but have been defeated by the OMR so far.
I can't even get it to cough up anything up under Linux - I normally get something if I issue screen /dev/ttyUSB0, regardless of the adaptor.
22nd April 2010, 05:40 PM #4
The three you tried weren't all based on the Prolific chipset were they? These always seem to be a bit rubbish.
22nd April 2010, 06:12 PM #5
Yeah, they were. It's not the chipset that's rubbish - it's finding decent drivers. (Every "bad" usb-serial converter I've ever come across works fine under Linux).
Contacted the manufacturer to see if it's even feasible.
7th July 2011, 04:57 PM #6
Sorry to drag up an old post but did you get this sorted? I've installed the Keyspan on the computer but no handshake between it and Sims...
7th July 2011, 05:00 PM #7
These OMR things dont have drivers do they? Key span adaptor flashing as if searching for device...
7th July 2011, 05:39 PM #8
I'm afraid I may have snaffled their OMR mark reader one dark night and made them fill the missing marks in electronically like they were supposed to.
OMR reader should just appear as a serial device - never had to install drivers. The SIMS default settings are ok (apart from page alignment) you may have to configure the keyspan adaptor to the right COM port settings.
My wiki notes the following:
Give modify permissions on %windir%\OMRConfig.ini to domain\SIMSUSERS so they can change the OMR sheet alignment if necessary.
The reader works fine - default settings in SIMS don’t need changing. However, the printer setting do need tweaking slightly. As follows:
Go to Tools > Options > OMR Setup. On the first tab (OMR Printing), click Print Test Sheet and follow the instructions on it.
USB - Serial converter
All the ones I’ve tried so far don’t work. DRS (firm that makes the reader) suggested a Nikkei adaptor available from Maplin - black/white and orange box for about £19.99. Their (DRS) cable is £99.99.
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Thinking Children Become Thinking Adults
Did you know … * 61% of children in the U.S. who live in poverty have no books in their homes. * One in three U.S. children enters kindergarten lacking basic pre-reading skills. * By age three, children living in poverty have heard 30 million fewer words than their peers who do not live in poverty. * Two-thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the end of the 4th grade will end up in jail or on welfare. * The only behavioral measure that correlates significantly with reading scores is the number of books in the home. The Literacy Crisis: False Claims, Real Solutions, 1998. We are helping to change this!
Since 2000 our Share Literacy program has donated over 650,000 books to underserved children in the US, Mexico, and Guatemala.
For more visit: www.shareliteracy.org Additionally our associates The Institute for Cross-cultural Education have donated a further 92,000 Hoopoe books to underserved children in Canada. The U.S. National Center for Family Literacy studies have shown that being read to as a child and having books in the home are the two most important indicators of future academic success. We felt sure that this would apply in Afghanistan, Pakistan and across the world. In May 2012, a study that confirmed this was quoted in The New York Times, it involved 70,000 students from 27 countries, and revealed that having books in the home was as good a predictor of children’s educational attainment as parents’ education levels. In fact, access to books was more predictive than the father’s occupation or the family’s standard of living. The greatest impact of book access was seen among the least educated and poorest families. (Citation: Evans, M.; Kelley, J.; Sikora, J; and Treiman, D. 2010. Family scholarly culture and educational success: Books and schooling in 27 nations. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. Volume 28, Issue 2, June 2010, 171–197.)
For more than three decades, Afghanistan has been decimated by a continuous state of war, which began with the 1979 Soviet invasion and persists today with the Taliban insurgency. The literacy needs of Afghan children are crucial to the stability and progress of the country, yet Afghanistan’s ability to educate its children through these turbulent years is severely impeded. We are two years past the United Nations Literacy Decade (2003-2012), yet the literacy rate for Afghans over 15 years old is 29%. Afghanistan has the highest proportion of school-age (ages 7-12) children in the world and almost 50% (5 million) of them have no access to education. The situation is more severe for Afghan girls: only 39% of them attend school and their school life expectancy is only four years. The future for an Afghan child who can’t read her own language is grim: crushing poverty, vulnerability to extremist beliefs and low life expectancy. We are helping to change this!
In 2006 Hoopoe obtained permission from the Afghan Ministry of Education in Kabul to “repatriate” the traditional tales from the region retold especially for children by the Afghan author and educator Idries Shah. Called Teaching-Stories by Western educators, the values and experiences preserved in these ancient tales means that they not only serve as building blocks to literacy, but help to provide positive internal narratives for children who have seen nothing but war, violence and loss, and to form a bridge that makes a modern education more acceptable to conservative elders who recognize these tales from their own childhood. In 2009 we formed a partnership with Khatiz Organization for Rehabilitation (KOR) in Kabul and together:
WE HAVE PRINTED AND DISTRIBUTED OVER 4 MILLION DARI-PASHTO AND ENGLISH HOOPOE BOOKS THROUGHOUT AFGHANISTAN, AND TRAINED 550+ TEACHERS (teacher trainings are currently curtailed through lack of funds.) An independent evaluation of our program found that:
* parents and teachers are unanimously pleased that the books are culturally relevant and published in bilingual Dari and Pashto editions. * it was especially noted that recipients teach their siblings how to read at home and read to their neighbors, so this program engages children beyond those who receive books directly. * the program transforms a child’s reading behavior: both teachers and parents noticed that the children’s skills improved, leading them to read other materials such as newspapers and magazines. * parents and teachers said that the most important things that the children gain from our book distribution are improved language skills (in both Dari and Pashto), a sense of expanded opportunities and a better knowledge of Afghan culture, its stories and traditions. For more visit: www.booksforafghanistan.org
According to a UNESCO Press International Report “the picture of illiteracy in Pakistan is grim, and especially alarming in rural areas due to social and cultural obstacles. … One of the most deplorable aspects is that in some places, particularly northern tribal areas, the education of girls is strictly prohibited on religious grounds. This is a gross misinterpretation of Islam, the dominant religion in Pakistan (96 percent of the population), which urges both men and women to acquire an education. They report that the situation is the most critical in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and Baluchistan, where the female literacy rate stands between 3 per cent and 8 per cent. We are helping to change this!
The foundations for literacy are laid in the language that infants, toddlers and preschool-aged children hear every day, which is why Hoopoe aims to provide books in underserved children’s mother tongues. Thanks to our partnership with Alif Laila Book Bus Society we have already sent thousands of Urdu-Pashto books to children in the camps for internally displaced families and in schools in Peshawar, the capital of KPK. As soon as we can afford to print more books, an Urdu-Baluchi edition of these titles is ready to be printed and distributed in Baluchistan. We also have also distributed thousands of Urdu-English editions to underserved schoolchildren in the Lahore region, and will print Urdu-Sindhi editions for those children who speak Sindhi as soon as we have the funds to do so. For more visit www.booksforpakistan.org Only through education will things begin to change and literacy is the beginning. Hoopoe stories entertain and inspire children and foster a lifelong love of reading and learning.


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The sheriff of Clay County, Florida, is warning people against falling “victim to this conversation that law enforcement is bad, that law enforcement is the enemy of the citizens that we’re sworn to protect and serve.”
In a three-minute video posted this week by Sheriff Darryl Daniels, the public servant called out the “mainstream media” for leaving God out of much of its dialogue and reporting on the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to disband and dismantle police departments around the country.
The sheriff pointed out that law enforcement officers take an oath “to support, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States and the government. … And we end that with, ‘So help me God.’”
“But,” Daniels continued, “God is absent from the media’s message or Black Lives Matter or any other group that’s making themselves a spectacle, disrupting what we know to be our quality of life in this country.”
He then gave a staunch warning to any aggressive or violent protesters who might try to come into Clay County to cause a disruption.
Daniels announced in the video he would “make special deputies of every lawful gun owner” in the county if the demonstrators were to overwhelm the sheriff’s department.
“If we can’t handle you,” he explained. “I’ll exercise the power and authority as the sheriff, and I’ll make special deputies of every lawful gun owner in this county and I’ll deputize them for this one purpose to stand in the gap between lawlessness and civility.”
According to a 2019 report from The Florida Times-Union, Daniels — the county’s first black sheriff — was under investigation last year by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement over an alleged affair he had with a fellow officer when he was with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
Daniels reportedly called 911 on his ex-lover, Cierra Smith, with whom he was involved in a relationship for six years. He accused her of stalking and asked his own deputies to place her under arrest. She was detained for six hours, but was not jailed because an assistant state attorney found no probable cause to keep her in county custody.
At the end of the video, Daniels told would-be violent protesters: “You’ve been warned.”
The video, posted to the official Facebook account for the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, has so far garnered more than a quarter of a million views. It’s been shared more than 6,000 times and has over 5,000 “likes.”


The Pick of the Day was built to drive to Hot August Nights, the annual custom car celebration in Reno, Nevada, and it looks like it still would turn heads there, or anywhere else for that matter. The car is a customized 1941 Mercury coupe being offered for sale on ClassicCars.com by its private owner […]
A week ago, the Pick of the Day was a striking 1949 Mercury old-school custom done in the “lead-sled” style.
The 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance in August spotlighted a special class of some of the most emblematic of classic street rods.
The 60th anniversary of the fatal crash of Hollywood icon James Dean was September 30, which passed without all that much hoopla.
The British Concours, aka England’s Concours of Elegance, scheduled for September 6 at Hampton Court, will feature a new “Junior Concours” for half-scale petrol, pedal and electric-powered children’s cars. Led by The Little Car company’s Bugatti Baby II, the entrants, in children’s racing overall, will drive their vehicles onto a stage for judging, concours officials […]
Calling it “the nation’s first big car event of the year,” Carlisle Events reports that more than 2,200 vehicles were present for the annual Chrysler Nationals car show July 10-12 at the Pennsylvania fairground layout. Activities began on Thursday evening when the Mopar Rebellion Car Club hosted a kick-off party at the Carlisle Expo Center, […]
With 700 horsepower channeled to the rear wheels in a vehicle that weighs a tick over 3,000 pounds, it’s safe to say that Porsche’s modern 935 would be one of the most frightening cars in the automaker’s current lineup to drive in the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. If there’s anyone with even the slightest chance of […]
As part of the unveiling of the new and sixth-generation Ford Broncos, the automaker has prepared an infographic that shares the history of the vehicles, dating to the original Ford-built World War II General Purpose military vehicle, or “GP.” Ford launched its civilian version in 1966 but ended production after five generations of Broncos in […]
With Ford unveiling its modern Bronco, an original exudes loads of street cred, especially if it’s been fitted with a V8 like the one on the latest episode of “Jay Leno’s Garage.” This 1968 Ford Bronco is part of Leno’s own collection. The funny man was gifted the SUV on the eve of his last taping […]
Over the years, BMW has made many cars that truly could be called “Ultimate Driving Machines.” Of these, the ones that embody that idea the best tend to have something in common: the letter M. The BMW M performance variations are the ones that are the most enthusiast-focused cars in their lineup and are as […]


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Mischief is a revolutionary, infinite canvas drawing app that allows you unlimited freedom to sketch, create and explore.
Mischief's unbelievable responsiveness delivers a natural drawing experience, like actually sketching with pen and paper. Create authentic feeling pencil roughs and silky smooth line work that scales beautifully.
What's new in version 2.0.2
- Bug Fixes
- Brush sizes can now scale to zero, providing sharper tapering in strokes
- Brush presets have been adjusted to provide more tapering (You can go to menu Edit > Restore Brushes to get the new settings)
- Marquee select now support Shift to constrain a squares selection
- Marquee provides feedback on marquee size.
ReleaseNovember 22, 2014
Date AddedNovember 22, 2014
Operating SystemsMacintosh, Mac OS X 10.8, Mac OS X 10.9, Mac OS X 10.10


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Archive for August 12th, 2014
Don’t think the judges credentials are enough, and want to see them put their make-up skills where their mouths are? On Tuesday, September 2 at 9 p.m. ET/PT, Syfy debuts Face Off: Judge Match, an all-new original special showcasing the incredible talents of Face Off’s Ve Neill, Glenn Hetrick and Neville Page, as they go head-to-head in a special make-up competition for their charity. McKenzie Westmore will host the high-level and visually stunning competition.
For the first time in its seven-season history, Face Off fans will finally see the judges get their hands into the clay, pick up the brushes and show the audience their creative genius. For the competition, the judges will pair up with two team members — a former Face Off all-star contestant, as well as a former champion — to create a pair of living chess pieces designed to appear in a colorful, stylized fantasy film. In keeping with Face Off’s current season theme of “Life and Death,” one of the characters must be pure and pristine while the other is evil and twisted.
Joining the judges to assist in the competition are all-stars and fan favorites Roy Wooley (seasons 3 and 5), Miranda Jory (seasons 2 and 5), Wayne Anderson (season 4) and previous Face Off champions Conor McCullagh (season 1), Anthony Kosar (season 4) and Laura Tyler (all-star from season 2 and season 5 champion). At stake is a cash prize for the winning judge’s favorite charity and $5,000 for each of their team members.
The judges quickly learn what it’s like to be a contestant on Face Off. Over the course of three days, they showcase their incredible talents and enjoy some friendly competition as they push each other to create characters of astonishing quality. It all culminates with astounding creations, making for a tough decision. Multiple Academy-Award winner and world-renowned Hollywood makeup artist Michael Westmore (Mask, Star Trek and McKenzie’s dad), along with Academy-Award winning makeup artist Lois Burwell (Lincoln, Braveheart, Saving Private Ryan, War Horse, War of the Worlds) have the difficult task of choosing a champion.
Ve Neill is competing for A Window Between Worlds, a non-profit organization dedicated to using art as a healing tool for survivors of domestic violence. Glenn Hetrick is competing for The North Shore Animal League, the world’s largest no-kill animal rescue and adoption organization. Neville Page is competing for The Orangutan Foundation International, dedicated to the conservation of wild orangutans and their rainforest habitat.
Season seven of Face Off is in all-new episodes Tuesday nights at 9PM ET/PT on Syfy. In tonight’s episode, the remaining contestants are tasked with creating fantastically twisted tree characters.
Thanks to The Wrap, here is the Season 5 teaser for Haven, where Audrey – or not – gets really evil…
FYI, I will have an article closer to the start of Season 5 with an interview with Lucas Bryant and Adam “Edge” Copeland…I was fortunate to be able to visit the set yesterday during filming, although for production reasons I wasn’t able to take any photos of the set…


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The magic just grabs some people. My cousin’s dear one shared his copy of a book by Tommy James called Me, the Mob and the Music, and I raced through the first half last night. It’s quite a tale. It’s the story of a kid who was gripped by the magic early in life andContinue reading “W.B.’s Book Report: Tommy James’ autobiography”
Weary of defying and denying, he walked to the mountaintop podium and barked. “You’ll never win,” he shouted quietly. “You’ll never take my freedom. Between my temples and between your temples, we both know. I have resisted your lies and your false prophecies with all the strength I had. I am weary and exhausted, butContinue reading “Villainy and inevitability”
Crossroads at Big Creek is a nature preserve in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, that I would visit on lunch breaks when I worked there. A couple of weeks after being evicted from my dream job (“This is an economic decision, not a performance decision”), I sat on a bench near this bridge and wrote these words.)Continue reading “A Bridge at Crossroads”
“A-HA!!!” Oh, it’s you, Self-Editing Inner Critic. Mind if I call you SEIC? “Call me anything you like, loser.” Oh, there ya go again. Why am I a loser NOW?
One day the Moose, the Gnome and the Cow went for a walk. Little white flurries flew, and the waves roared in the bay at the bottom of the hill. “It’s not a fit night out for man nor beast,” said the Gnome. “It’s not nighttime, but I agree,” said the Moose. “Moo,” said theContinue reading “Moose, Gnome and Cow meet Squirrel”
This is the 101st day of my 92-day challenge. Back at the end of July, to celebrate my finally getting an independent host for WarrenBluhm.com, I committed to writing a blog post every day in August, September, and October, or 92 consecutive days. I don’t believe I’ve ever managed that. Turns out it’s as easyContinue reading “Turns out the key really is to just do it”
(A conversation in a world after the devices stopped working.) The Printer grinned an ironic grin. “See, now, there’s the whole point. The printed forum was a place where the community gathered, and people wrote their piece, and views were exchanged with a common respect,” he said, recalling the times before the times before theirs.Continue reading “In the days after Sunset Electronica”

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An advantageous solution for a traveler in a warm company or organizing a family vacation is the Lesnaya Gavan holiday home. Of course, there are a great many places where you can relax in Russia with the whole family and it is exciting and interesting. But in this holiday home, an integrated approach to the rest of its guests is applied, the desire to spend an active holiday, a children’s holiday and a relaxing family vacation is taken into account.
Today, when searching for a recreation center, the most common means is, of course, the Internet. Every day, objects are searched that will be both cheap and of high quality. Finding credible information is sometimes very difficult. Continue reading
We very carefully chose a place to relax, preferably on the river and in comfortable conditions. At first they wanted to go to Finland, but settled on Karelia.
There are a lot of beautiful places, all kinds of camp sites, hotels, but this is again the noise, neighbors’ partying until the morning, etc. I wanted silence and solitude, and we found such a place near the small village of Kindasovo. The house stood on the banks of the Shuya River, with its pier, fenced. Continue reading
It’s time for holidays, suitcase mood, tanning and spending earned money for the year – this, of course, is summer. Suppose you decide to spend your vacation without leaving your homeland. Then let’s find out where this is done especially well and where to go on holiday in Russia?
With all the diversity of overseas resorts, the popularity of the Black Sea is unlikely to run out. Every year, service is getting better, and coastal zones are developing rapidly. Black Sea resorts can already compete on equal terms with overseas coastal settlements. The choice of a tourist offers a large number of different offers for housing and entertainment. And the climate of the Black Sea coast contributes to bronze tanning and swimming in the gentle warm sea. Continue reading

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How Microfactories Can Bring Iterative Manufacturing to the Masses
ANDREW O'KEEFE and JASON DORRIER for Singularity Hub: Humans manufacture a mind-numbing amount of stuff each year—ever wonder how we do it?
In the past 100 or more years, it’s been all about economies of scale. This means you should make a lot of a thing because the more you make, the more your fixed expenses get spread out. This reduces the cost of each unit, from light bulbs to iPhones. Here’s the problem. It’s expensive to do a big manufacturing run. So, how do you know what to make in the first place?
Often, it’s an educated guess based on prototypes and limited feedback, but you don’t really know until you try to sell a product—and by then, you’re fully committed, succeed or fail.
Jay Rogers of Local Motors wants to upend common wisdom. Manufacturers should run through tons ofpotentially good ideas and then test them out to see if people actually want what they’re making before going full scale. And Rogers thinks microfactories are the way to do it. Cont'd...
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E-Cigarettes, Tobacco and Cannabis Products Are Littering High Schools
UCSF Garbology Study Finds Environmental Hazard at Bay Area High Schools Due to Increased Youth Vaping and Smoking
By Elizabeth Fernandez |UCSF.edu| October 10, 2019
JUUL pods, caps, and packaging collected at one Bay Area high school's student parking lots on one day. Credit: Kazuyoshi Fujita.
High schools in the San Francisco Bay Area are being contaminated by plastics and toxic litter from e-cigarettes, cannabis products and combustible tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigarillos, a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has found.
The study of a dozen Bay Area high schools uncovered hundreds of waste items littering the parking lots and sidewalks in and around the schools. In addition to reflecting the widespread use of these products among teens, the researchers say these items are an environmental hazard due to the heavy metals, plastics, nicotine, lithium-ion batteries and other toxins these products can contain.
We’re in the midst of an epidemic of teen e-cigarette use that is causing substantial toxic waste contamination at some high schools from teens discarding these products on the ground.
“But e-cigarettes are not the only problem,” Mock said. “Our research also shows that little cigars, cigarillos and menthol cigarettes are popular at schools with large proportions of lower-income Latinx and African American families. These toxic products are contaminating school environments and surrounding areas, going down storm drains and contaminating the bay.”
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of vaping, especially by youth using flavored products. Often, the vaping takes place in the bathrooms, classrooms and parking lots at their schools.
From 2017 to 2018, e-cigarette use among U.S. high schools increased by 78 percent -- from 12 percent of high school students to 21 percent -- and by 48 percent among middle school students, according to the CDC. Communities in the Bay Area have been at the forefront of this epidemic: for example, in Marin County between 2016 and 2018, e-cigarette use among 11th graders rose 155 percent, from 11 percent to 28 percent, reports the MMWR study. JUUL, the dominant e-cigarette maker, is headquartered in San Francisco.


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Jakarta, MINA –The third day of the Jakarta-Palembang Asian Games turned out to be another dry day for Malaysia, Bernama reported.
Malaysia’s medal tally stands at just a single bronze which was won by taekwando exponent Yap Khim Wen in the women’s individual Poomsae on the first day of competition on Sunday (Aug 19).
The way things look, Mohd Qabil Ambak Mahamad Fathil stands a good chance of delivering Malaysia’s first gold medal in this 18th edition of the Games after chalking a good lead of 73.499 points in the dressage which culminates on Thursday.
Tuesday also saw young Chinese swimmer Liu Xiang steal the limelight when she set a new World Record in the 50m backstroke at the Gelora Bung Karno Aquatic Center here.
She did 26.98s to erase the old record of 27.06s set by compatriot Zhao Jing at the 2009 World Championships in Italy.. (T/RS5/RS1)
Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)


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Vase with gum tree and kangaroo decoration
circa 1890 - 1930
Vase with kangaroo in a landscape [Gregory Hill, 'The potteries of Brunswick', Shepparton Art Gallery, 2000, pg.88]
Vase decorated with kangaroos in landscape
earthenware with painted underglaze
19.4h x 14.4 cm diam.
Signature & date
Signed and dated at base, brown underglaze "E. Finlay 1913".
Gift of Nairne Butchart 1978
Not on display
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Project 24 - Cicadas and Gumnuts: The Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935 (1978), Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Apr 1978–07 May 1978
Australian pottery 1900 to 1950 (1978-79):
- Shepparton Art Museum, Australia 05 Sep 1978–05 Oct 1978
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney 07 Dec 1978–09 Jan 1979
- National Gallery of Victoria [St Kilda Road], Melbourne 18 Jan 1979–08 Feb 1979
- Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide 24 Feb 1979–25 Mar 1979
Flora and Fauna - Australian Decorative Art from the Gallery's Collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 20 Apr 1998–20 Jun 1998
The Potteries of Brunswick, Shepparton Art Museum, Australia, 27 Feb 2000–16 Apr 2000
Referenced in 4 publications
Deborah Edwards and Alisa de Torres, Australian decorative arts, Sydney, 1991, 10. cat.no. 25
Gregory Hill, The potteries of Brunswick, 'Doutta Galla Pottery 1908-1913', pg. 88-94, Shepparton, 2000, 88 (colour illus.).
Jackie Menzies, Project 24: Cicadas and gumnuts - the Society of Arts and Crafts 1906-1935, Sydney, 1978. cat.no. 43; titled 'Vase'; Collection of Mr Nairne Butchart, Melbourne.
Peter Timms, Australian pottery 1900 to 1950, 'Australian pottery 1900 to 1950', pg. 9-14, Shepparton, 1978, 61. cat.no. 46; titled 'Vase decorated with kangaroos in landscape'


ITD will soon launch Idaho’s 511 traveler information service, using state-of-the-art technology to provide road and weather information by phone and Internet.
Travelers can connect to the service by calling three easy-to-remember digits (5-1-1) or logging on to 511.idaho.gov for continual updates about winter driving conditions, weather, emergency road closures, traffic delays, links to tourism information and more.
“The new 511 service is part of a department-wide effort to improve safety, using technology to provide reliable information for travelers,” says Greg Laragan, ITD’s Assistant Chief Engineer. “A well-informed motorist will make smarter travel decisions, which will result in safer travels.”
The service will begin in November, coinciding with the beginning of ITD’s winter road reports.
The new system will allow for updates when conditions change, versus waiting until the next scheduled report. And it will take only minutes for the information to make its way from the snowplow cab to the public Web site and phone system.
The system also draws data from other agencies, such as the National Weather Service, using automated technology.
“If other states’ experiences are any kind of forecast for Idaho, we expect the switch to a three-digit number to dramatically increase call volumes for people seeking traveler information,” Laragan says. “Other 511 services have reported that calls jumped by 53 percent during the first year of operation.”
A cooperative effort
Idaho’s 511 is made possible through the cooperation of the Idaho Transportation Department, Idaho Department of Commerce and Labor, Idaho State Medical Services Bureau Communications Center, Idaho State Police, the Federal Highway Administration and the Ada County Highway District.
The U.S. Department of Transportation, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, Intelligent Transportation Society of America and American Public Transportation Association are leading the effort to make the service nationwide.
Information about 511 across the country is available at www.deploy51.org.
Training sessions are being scheduled in each district and policies for reporting procedures are in final stages. The phone and interactive Web system also are being tested.
Watch this space for more information about the 511 system, how it works, how it benefits travelers and what it means to you.


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Employee recruitment, and particularly recruitment for highly competitive positions, often requires a certain amount of salesmanship on the part of recruiters, and companies looking to land a sought-after employee may tote company culture, compensation and other benefits of employment as part of their recruitment strategy.
Of course, all of this is fair game. However, as one recent BC Supreme Court decision illustrates, recruiters also need to be careful that everything they are presenting to potential candidates is honest and accurate. As one Vancouver tech company recently found out in Feldstein v. 364 Northern Development Corporation, 2016 BCSC 108, being over-zealous and under-cautious in promises to candidates can lead to a negligent misrepresentation lawsuit and thousands of dollars in damages.
Mr. Feldstein was a highly qualified computer programmer. He had a university degree, a successful resume and a happy family. He also had serious health challenges, having been diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at the age of 9. Despite his very serious illness, Feldstein led a relatively normal life, although he was on a waiting list for a double-lung transplant.
Given his medical diagnosis and that at some point in his future he expected to require long term disability benefits, Feldstein was very particular about the employers he applied to. In fact, Feldstein made clear at trial that as a result of his condition, he would not accept employment unless it offered sufficient and appropriate LTD benefits and that coverage would not be contingent on the absence of any pre-existing health conditions.
When Feldstein applied with 364 Northern Development he immediately impressed his recruiters. He was open about his disability and candidly disclosed that he would occasionally need time away for medical treatment. Ultimately, he was offered a job with 364, but before accepting it Feldstein said that he would need to review the company’s benefit plan.
The LTD brochure 364 provided to Feldstein stated that coverage of $1000 a month was available to all employees, and that benefits in excess of $1,000 a month (based on salary) were available upon “Proof of Good Health”. Given Fledstein’s medical condition, this was clearly a concern. When he asked a senior manager with 364 for clarification as to what this entailed, he was told that “Proof of Good Health” related to the three-month waiting period needed in order to have the plan in effect. Feldstein understood this to mean that working at 364 for three months, without illness, would constitute “Proof of Good Health” for the purposes of obtaining LTD benefits under the 364 plan, notwithstanding his pre-existing condition or the lack of a medical exam or completed health questionnaire. As he found the explanation to be credible and satisfactory, Feldstein felt that there was no need to make any further inquiry.
Approximately one year after his initial hire, Feldstein experienced a significant decrease in lung capacity. In the months that followed, Feldstein made inquiries with his LTD provider in preparation for his anticipated lung transplant and disability leave. Eventually, Feldstein was approved for LTD, but only up to the “non-evidence maximum” of $1,000 a month. Feldstein was denied any additional LTD (valued at an additional $3,700) because he failed to complete a health questionnaire when enrolling for the program at the time of hire.
As one may expect, Feldstein was furious. Not only did 364 fail to provide him the necessary enrolment forms, but they misled him with respect to his admissibility under the LTD plan. Feldstein filed a lawsuit for negligent misrepresentation against 364, seeking compensation for the benefits he was denied under the LTD policy.
Law of Negligent Misrepresentation
To prove the tort of negligent misrepresentation, there is a well-established 5-step test:
1. Is there a duty of care based on a “special relationship” between the representor and representee?
2. Is the representation in question inaccurate, untrue, or misleading?
3. Did the representor act negligently in making that representation?
4. Did the representee rely, in a reasonable manner, on that representation?
5. Did the representee incur damages as a result of that reliance?
In this case, all of the 5 requirements for negligent misrepresentation were met. There was clearly a relationship between 364 and Feldstein which gave rise to 364’s duty of care when performing any acts that could foreseeably cause harm. It was also clear that the information presented to Feldstein by 364 was inaccurate or misleading.
When considering the standard of care that 364 was held to, the judge stated:
The applicable standard of care requires that Mr. Nizker, in making representations to Mr. Feldstein in the context of the hiring process, took such reasonable care as the circumstances required in order to ensure that the representations he made were accurate and not misleading.
I have no difficulty in finding that Mr. Nizker’s conduct fell below the requisite standard of care.
In making this finding, the court found that 364 negligently made the misrepresentations.
While Feldstein also clearly relied on the misrepresentation, the most interesting part of this decision was the damage assessment. After all, even if 364 had not made the misrepresentation, Feldstein wouldn’t have qualified for the LTD plan.
In assessing damages, the court accepted that Feldstein would not have accepted employment with 364 had he known that he did not qualify for extended LTD coverage. He would have continued his job search until he found an employer with an LTD plan that met his needs. To this end, the court assessed damages not based on what Feldstein expected to received with 364, but what Feldstein would have received at another employer. As a barometer, the court used the benefit coverage provided by Feldstein’s previous employer to assess damages.
In the end, the court awarded Feldstein $2,082.43 for 40 months, or approximately $83,000. The court also awarded Feldstein $10,000 in aggravated damages for the “extraordinarily distressing” disruption to Feldstein’s “carefully laid plans”.
In many ways, this case speaks for itself. While employers are encouraged to actively and aggressively pursue top talent, they must be guarded in overselling their company and in making promises to prospective employees. In this case, the lawsuit could have been avoided if the 364 manager had simply said “let me look into that for you” or “here’s a customer service line with our benefit provider.” Presenting information as fact when it clearly was not created a significant and unnecessary liability for the company.

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