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A newly published research letter suggests that three healthy families in China may have contracted the coronavirus virus after it traveled via air conditioning at a restaurant that also served infected people.
The early-release research letter, which will be published in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal in July, notes that 10 people from 3 different families were affected during the period of Jan. 26-Feb. 10, 2020, at a restaurant in Guangzhou, China.
"We conclude that in this outbreak, droplet transmission was prompted by air-conditioned ventilation," the researchers wrote. "The key factor for infection was the direction of the airflow. Of note, patient B3 was afebrile and 1 [percent] of the patients in this outbreak were asymptomatic, providing a potential source of outbreaks among the public."
The scientists noted that "aerosolized droplets can remain in the air and travel long distances" of more than one meter, but acknowledged that in this instance, the transmission of the virus can't be explained by droplet transmission.
"Larger respiratory droplets (>5 μm) remain in the air for only a short time and travel only short distances, generally <1 [meter] (2,3)," the researchers added. "The distances between patient A1 and persons at other tables, especially those at table C, were all >1 [meter]. However, strong airflow from the air conditioner could have propagated droplets from table C to table A, then to table B, and then back to table C."
A recent study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggested the coronavirus can travel as far as 13 feet in the air.
Despite the obvious implications for restaurants, many of which are struggling during the pandemic, the researchers found that the other 73 patrons were not affected. They were quarantined for 14 days and did not show symptoms.
As a result, the researchers recommended that social distancing practices that have been put in place remain when restaurants begin to open their dining rooms.
"To prevent spread of COVID-19 in restaurants, we recommend strengthening temperature-monitoring surveillance, increasing the distance between tables, and improving ventilation," they wrote.
Currently, there is no known scientific cure for the disease known as COVID-19. However, there are several trials, including repurposed drugs such as hydroxychloroquine and plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients, currently underway.
As of Wednesday morning, more than 2.58 million coronavirus cases have been diagnosed worldwide, more than 825,000 of which are in the U.S., the most impacted country on the planet.


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A little Christmas stocking stuffer of an episode! The Three Wise Men are common fixtures of most Nativity scenes, but the The Bible actually offers very little information on who they were and where they came from…
Genghis Khan ushered in the 13th century of a tidal wave of carnage and conquest. Yet for all of the horrors attributed to the Mongol ruler, history paints a much more nuanced portrait of a rational, progressive, and open minded leader. Yet for someone who had garnered such notoriety, Genghis Khan’s death and subsequent burial is shrouded in legend and mystery. What is the truth, and is it wise to go looking for it?
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
During World War II, the Japanese amassed their hoard of stolen wealth primarily on the Philippine island of Luzon. After the war, rumors began to emerge that a general by the name of Tomoyuki Yamashita had buried most of the loot in unspecified locations. For many years, this was nothing more than an urban legend…until a local man named Rogelio Roxas supposedly uncovered a cache of gold in an abandoned tunnel. This was when things got weird…
Due to some scheduling conflicts, we had to switch some things up a bit for this episode. But never fear! You (and by that I mean the audience) got to vote on a shorter episode for this week. And you all chose…the mysteries behind the dead bodies left behind on Mount Everest? Oh boy…
Since the 1920s, Mt. Everest has stood as a metaphor for surmounting all odds. But over the years, experienced adventurers have lost their lives on this formidable mountain. This “treasure-lite” episode explores a few mysteries, including the doomed Mallory/Irvine expedition, which may have pre-dated the famous Norgay/Hillary achievement by several decades.
The ancient chronicles of Japan speak of a sword called Kusanagi, an enchanted blade wielded by the gods and handed down to their descendants. Allegedly hidden in a shrine and only called upon during the Emperor’s coronation, its authenticity remains a topic of debate. Joining it in legendary status is the Honjo Masamune, often called the finest samurai sword ever crafted; current whereabouts unknown. In this lost artifact double feature, I try to figure out where the truth lies in legend.
Relic will be back in February 2018 with the last half of season 1! Until then, here’s a quick dive into our first season and its thematic arc. This will also serve as a first look towards our final stretch: the lost artifacts of World War II, and Hitler’s schemes to hoard all of the world’s treasures under one roof.
The second holiday special! Saint Nicholas is one of Catholicism’s most honored Saints, a figure who would go on to inspire the folkloric character known as Santa Claus. But this Saint did not enjoy a peaceful rest in death. In 1087, an ambitious cabal of Italian sailors decided to rob his tomb in a get-rich-quick controversy that, 1,000 years later, remains unresolved. Merry Christmas!
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Welcome to the mid-season! In this installment of Relic’s “It Belongs in a Museum” series…we get weird. Comedian and anthropologist Jake Sully tells us all about the Peking Man– the fossilized remains of an ancient, common ancestor to homo sapiens. Who was the Peking Man and where did he end up? Also, Max looks into the strange tale of the San Pedro Mummy, and journeys further down the rabbit hole into the wild world of mummified discoveries believed (by some) to be alien in origin.
India’s Padmanabhaswamy Temple is the wealthiest religious institution in the world, with chambers of riches worth trillions. The temple is also known for its secrecy, most of which surrounds the sealed vault in the inner sanctum. The means of opening the vault are lost, and any attempts to force entry are prophesied to bring cataclysm on a global scale. What’s beyond the forbidden door?
For over a thousand years, whoever held the Heirloom Seal of the Realm, held the power over the nation of China. The dynastic Emperors used the jade seal to enact the laws that would shape Chinese history for generations–and many died by its decree. Did the Imperial Seal vanish with the dynasties? Was it stolen during revolt? Or does someone–knowingly or unknowingly–have it in their private collection?
Title theme by Devin. Connect with Relic at: @LostTreasurePod

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Two friends were slashed after a night of partying at Clarke Quay on Tuesday.
One ended up with a 4cm-deep knife wound to his neck and the other was slashed on her left arm.
Speaking to The New Paper, the pair said they had just left Rumours, a Tamil-music club at Clarke Quay, which opens from 10pm till 6am.
It was 5.45am on Tuesday and they noticed a group of men in a scuffle. Then one of the men broke free and started running towards Mr Andrew (not his real name).
He and his friends didn't want to be identified for fear of reprisals.
Mr Andrew, 22, claimed that he and his friends tried to steer clear of the scuffle.
But the man allegedly attacked them with a knife. It happened so quickly, Mr Andrew said he had no time to react.
A reader had alerted The New Paper to the incident, saying one of the victims was a woman. Mr Andrew said the female victim was his friend.
Ms Tiffany (not her real name), in her early 20s, was slashed on her left arm and required an emergency operation to stitch up a gaping wound.
TNP tracked down the two victims to Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and they agreed to speak, to remind revellers to stay alert after a night of drinking.
Recalling the incident after his operation, Mr Andrew, a full-time national serviceman, claimed: "There were at least five of them standing together and shouting.
"As my friend and I walked by, the man who was being beaten up suddenly came at us with something like a knife."
Mr Andrew was with Ms Tiffany, his younger brother and a few other male friends, and they had been drinking at Rumours.
Speaking to TNP after being discharged from the hospital yesterday, Ms Tiffany claimed they did not provoke the attack.
Mr Andrew also said the men sounded drunk. "I know because they were slurring and their bodies were swaying about," he said.
He added that his friends and brother had escaped the attack as they were walking a distance behind him and Ms Tiffany.
She said: "Everything happened very fast. We had a few drinks and we were tipsy.
"I didn't even know why we were attacked or what weapon was used to hurt me."
The TNP reader who called our hotline said the attacker fled in a taxi.
An ambulance took Mr Andrew and Ms Tiffany to SGH.
Mr Andrew, who goes to Rumours at least once a month, claimed fights near the club and in Clarke Quay are common.
But he said he has always made it a point not to get involved.
He said: "It was shocking. I don't think I did anything to provoke them.
"I am quite angry because my friend got attacked as well. She's a girl, and she got slashed. Her injuries are quite bad."
Ms Tiffany said she went for an hour-long operation and doctors stitched up her wound.
Although her left arm was heavily bandaged and wrapped in a sling, she said: "It doesn't hurt that badly now."
She added that she had not visited Rumours for a long time before that night.
When contacted, a woman who identified herself as the owner of Rumours said the incident did not happen on the club's premises.
Police have classified the incident as voluntarily causing hurt by dangerous means and are investigating. No one has been arrest yet, a police spokesman said.
This article was published on May 16 in The New Paper.
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This connection indicates that a two-pronged approach to Alzheimer's disease treatment may be effective, wrote a team led by Daniel Albrecht, PhD.
"Our results ... suggest that early vascular-tau associations are exacerbated in the presence of amyloid, consistent with a two-hit model of Alzheimer's disease on cognition," the authors wrote. "Combination treatments targeting vascular health, as well as [beta-amyloid] and tau levels, may preserve cognitive function more effectively than single-target therapies."
Studies have shown that as Alzheimer's disease progresses, cerebral blood flow decreases and beta-amyloid and tau levels increase, the group noted. But despite these findings, the connection between vascular dysfunction and tau pathology and their effects on cognition isn't well understood, according to Albrecht and colleagues.
"Like the proverbial chicken and egg, it remains unclear if impaired blood flow causes or is caused by errant protein buildup, or if the two symptoms occur for unrelated reasons," the researchers said in a statement released by the Society for Neuroscience, publisher of the journal.
To examine this connection, Albrecht's team used MRI to assess cerebral blood flow and PET to assess beta-amyloid and tau levels in 68 USC patients and a validation group that consisted of 138 patients who participated in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative. Each participant underwent neuropsychological testing for attention and executive brain function and memory, as well as both MR and PET imaging.
Albrecht's team found that areas of the brain with higher tau levels had diminished blood flow -- particularly in the inferior temporal gyrus, which is often the first to show tau buildup in Alzheimer's disease.
Brain regions with a negative correlation between blood flow and tau. Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment (AD-MCI) on the left, cognitively normal (CN) on the right. Image courtesy of Albrecht et al and the Journal of Neuroscience.
"The correlation between tau and vascular function was stronger in people with greater cognitive impairment and higher [beta-amyloid] levels," the society said in its statement. "It also appeared in more brain regions as the disease progressed in severity."
1mL/min/100g; lower values = decreased flow
|Correlation between blood flow and beta amyloid and cognitive impairment
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||Patients at risk of mild cognitive impairment
||Mild cognitive impairment
||Cognitively healthy patients
||Patients with mild cognitive impairment
||Patients with Alzheimer's disease
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2As measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment; lower values = less health
3Higher values = increased burden
The study indicates that targeting vascular function could be key to treating Alzheimer's dementia, according to Albrecht and colleagues.
"Results from the current study provide the first evidence of associations between elevated tau PET signal and vascular dysfunction," they concluded. "Combination treatments targeting vascular health, as well as [beta-amyloid] and tau levels, may be more effective in preserving cognitive function than single-target therapies."
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Secret Walls Sydney 2017
Featuring Ink Hunter + YT vs Lauren Zombie + Lady J and Mike Watt vs Young Walker
12 YEARS OLD / 80 CITIES ~ 40 COUNTRIES CONQUERED / 2000+ SHOWS HOSTED
Secret Walls 2017 World Tour hit Sydney with a bang and Ballin’ On A Budget TV was there with Craze Collective to show you the best action.
Secret Walls, the world’s largest live art event was presented by Mr.Glasses Agency Monorex, Supply and 47Brand
The event brought down the house with its smackdown-style black & white art competition. Badged as the “Fight Club” of the art scene, artists will battle head-to-head over 90 minutes on a giant blank white wall using only black markers and black paint to create their piece.
Filmed & edited by Andrew Christie

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The premise behind Forgotten Buffalo Tours is a simple one: The best way to understand the history of a city is through the context of its authentic neighborhood bars and taverns. And the best way to understand a city’s neighborhood bars and taverns? Go drinking in them, of course!
There’s no better way to do that than on a bus with 40 other people and two tour guides with an encyclopedic knowledge of the best joints in town. It’s like a wine tour except the wine is replaced by Genesee beer, you’ll learn a little about Buffalo’s history and no one will end up drunk and crying by the end of it (most likely).
The spots you’ll visit on Forgotten Buffalo’s tours aren’t just any old dive bars. No, these are off-the-radar places that have been ingrained in the fabric of their communities for years. They’re celebrations of the various ethnic groups that built and worked in Buffalo’s once booming shipping and manufacturing industry. They’re social clubs that preserve and protect the character of Buffalo’s old neighborhoods, from East Buffalo’s Historic Polonia District to The Old First Ward. And, most importantly, they’re a lot of fun to drink at!
Each stop on your tour features a quick history lesson on the neighborhood the bar is located in and how taverns in the neighborhood served the groups that lived there, including a tale or two about the bar itself. And there are some dynamite fun facts sprinkled throughout the tour. Like that former Mayor of Buffalo and my new hero, Francis X. Schwab, got busted for brewing beer during Prohibition. Or the indicators of a good Buffalo dive bar: a Genny neon sign, aloe plants in the front window (for factory workers who may have suffered a minor burn or two during their shift,) and a Men’s room in the front and a Ladies room in the back (from pre-prohibition when it was considered unseemly for the sexes to drink together).
Now, if you really want the low-down on Buffalo’s historic bars and taverns saddle up to one of your tour guides: Certified city of Buffalo docent Marty Biniasz and your tour’s color commentator, Airborne Eddy. They’ll give you a little extra history about each stop on your tour and the neighborhood that surrounds it. Ask nicely and they might even share their own personal favorite spots that aren’t on the tour.
On my recent tour with this dynamic duo, we swapped bar stories, favorite dive spots, and best wing joints while they schooled me on corners of the city whose history I never knew. They even took us to a bar that still had carpeting on the floor. I haven’t seen one of those in 15 years!
My favorite spot was the Buffalo Bar and Grille. Owner John Hoffman bought the Old First Ward bar so he had a place to hang out with his friends. It’s only open from 3 – 9pm on Fridays and for special events.
You’re guaranteed to leave your Forgotten Buffalo Tour with a few new friends, and a list of bars to meet them at. As tours sell out fast, book your spot on an upcoming tour by visiting forgottenbuffalo.com.

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The Flyers season is starting to become a broken record.
The effort was there but the goals weren't. "We played well enough to win, but you have to score."
You've probably heard this before.
The result was the same for the Flyers as they fired 39 shots on Darcy Kuemper on Thursday night to score just two goals. In the end, a late turnover by Andrew MacDonald led to the game-winning goal for the Wild in a 3-2 Flyers loss, their fourth straight.


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Re: Dorothy Hage’s Jan. 29 letter, “Planned Parenthood”:
The writer alleges Planned Parenthood generates billions of dollars in profit “in the abortion industry.” That is simply not true.
Less than 3 percent of the annual Planned Parenthood budget is utilized for abortion. The other 97 percent is used for birth control education and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Mammograms are offered to screen for breast cancer, etc.
In fact, Planned Parenthood is the only source of healthcare available for many unfortunate to not have health insurance. Billions, hardly.
It's true, Planned Parenthood is a nonprofit organization. The National Football League is also a "nonprofit" organization! The NFL and the generosity of U.S. taxpayers allowed Commissioner Roger Goodell a 2012 salary of $44.2 million! Also, don't forget those taxpayer funded multibillion dollar stadiums that have been subsidized by the public. Planned Parenthood makes better use of the " public" dollar!


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Dubai International’s passenger traffic surpassed the four million mark for the second consecutive month in November and for the third time in 2010 according to traffic data released today by Dubai Airports.
The airport handled a total of 4,070,296 passengers, up 15.1% from the 3,535,882 in November 2009.
Year-to-date passenger numbers reached 42,921,782 compared to the 37,123,392 recorded in the corresponding period in 2009, an increase of 15.6%.
Routes to and from the Indian subcontinent (+120,534 passengers), AGCC countries (+103,536) and Western Europe (+90,550), recorded the largest increases in passenger numbers.
“We are crossing a new traffic threshold, with our average monthly passenger numbers for 2010 shooting up by over 500,000 passengers per month to 3.9 million,” remarks Paul Griffiths, CEO of Dubai Airports.
“Based on our current growth rates and our projections for next year, the four million passenger number should become the norm in 2011.
"Our New Year’s resolution is to efficiently manage that growth by augmenting capacity on the ground and in the air while continuing to enhance service levels across the airport.”

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I’ll be traveling from 4 AM my time until late afternoon, en route to the Creative Lives Writing Away retreat in Breckenridge, Colorado. I therefore will be largely unavailable for responding to comments for at least the first half of the day — sorry.
I’ve therefore chosen a light topic, pure entertainment, beaucoup de fun, for your enjoyment. Chime in, please — “feel free to converse among yourselves” — and I’ll try my best to get back to everyone before the end of the day.
I wonder how much the music we associate with any particular type of story influences our attraction to it.
For example, I grew up when westerns seemed to be everywhere, and though there are memorable themes from such movies and TV programs — most notably those for Rawhide (composed by noted Cossack cowpoke Dmitri Tiomkin), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (by the fabled spaghetti saddle-buster Ennio Morricone), and my personal favorite, The Magnificent Seven (above, composed by Elmer Bernstein, the High Plains Hebrew) — by and large the tunes didn’t stick. They were as wholesome and hokey as the programs themselves. (I tried to go back and watch an episode of Have Gun, Will Travel, for example, which I loved as a kid, and found it godawful: predictable, sentimental, and paced like a glacier).
And though movies based on WWII were still all the rage — Bridge Over the River Kwai, The Guns of Navarone, The Great Escape (all, interestingly, with themes by Mr. Bernstein again) — and the music from those films not just inspired me but often brought me nearly to tears (cut me some slack, I’m a boy), it also had a back-glancing quality, straining for epic, as though to say the best of manhood was a dead letter.
Not exactly what a guy teetering on the brink of his teens wants to hear.
In contrast, the music for more contemporaneous crime and espionage shows always seemed to be sleeker, hipper, edgier — more conspicuously if fatalistically alive — even for a show that actually reached back further in time than the war, The Untouchables:
Or consider the quirky, short-lived Johnny Staccato (“TV’s jazz detective”), featuring John Cassavettes, who played a jazz pianist PI — a program so forced in its artiness it was often unwatchable — but what a perfect theme (by Elmer Bernstein again; the dude got around):
I was a boy in central Ohio, I’d already found my way to a guitar, I had garage band aspirations and far-away dreams. I wasn’t looking to the mythic cowboy past for inspiration, but to the cosmopolitan present, and the music I heard on crime shows spoke not of mesquite canyons but smoky barrooms and shrill casinos and deadly back streets, of twisted hearts and savage dreams, of power lurking in a shadowy boardroom I’d never know, of lonely men and lovely women and an itch you can’t scratch, a hunger you never satisfy, an empty palm at the end of the mind.
Everybody tap your toes!
Where did it begin? All roads lead back to Perry Mason, I suppose, with a theme that managed to be driving, lyrical, passionate and dissonant all at once — and distinctly urban:
Little did I know that Paul Drake would be the model for my later incarnation as a real-life private investigator — and Drake is to my mind the most accurate portrayal of a PI ever on TV (though a little dim-witted and unambitious next to the massively mental Mr. Mason).
Henry Mancini’s vibe was a bit more cool and urbane, but he provided two of the most seminal inner anthems of my boyhood. I loved (and envied) the effortless masculinity of Mr. Lucky, despite — or perhaps because of — the ice-rink organ effects:
A spin-off tune from Mr. Lucky was Mancini’s sumptuous “Lujon,” which has inspired filmmakers ever since, cropping up in movies as diverse as Sexy Beast and The Big Lebowski:
And no kid who picked up a Gibson didn’t rush to learn the opening riff from Peter Gunn, a bit of reverb-cranked Mancini-esque testosterone reminiscent of John Barry’s 007 theme:
Guitars, of course, lead us to the Ventures, and though I was far more enamored with hits like “Journey to the Stars” and “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue,” their theme for Hawaii Five-O had a hook so compelling it’s single-handedly responsible for the show’s current reincaration on network TV (imho):
That theme would become almost as much a part of that time’s aural fabric as the theme from Mission Impossible:
Argentinean exile Lalo Schifrin — who in Buenos Aires played piano for the master of the nuevo tango, Astor Piazzolla, and went on to work with Clint Eastwood on the Dirty Harry films — was responsible for the MI theme, which was ripped off shamelessly for The Man from U.N.C.L.E., a second-rate show in almost every regard (which I loved, naturally).
As testimony to the power of music, the most memorable part of the film version of Mission Impossible for me was the midpoint action sequence when this theme finally kicks in with a vengeance — I got chills the instant I heard that unforgettable intro. Still do.
But the shows that truly registered with me came from Britain, and not surprisingly their music was very much a part of that impact.
The first was Secret Agent, which ironically changed both its name (from Danger Man) and its original theme — which emphasized a somewhat manic harpsichord rather than the distinctive, slicing guitar of Johnny Rivers:
Even more compelling was The Prisoner, like Danger Man/Secret Agent starring Patrick McGoohan, and perhaps the darkest, strangest, most paranoid show from that era — or any era:
But the show that stole my boyish heart was, of course, The Avengers.
I wonder how many boys, sitting enraptured before TVs around the world, had their erotic imaginations seared into focus by Diana Rigg:
The show played on Friday nights, I always watched it at my best friend Mike Enright’s house, and when that theme played over the ending credits I always felt a wistful sense of loss and longing. The weekend lay ahead but The Avengers was over, at least for a week.
How would I live until then?
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So, Murderateros — what music from childhood stirred your imagination, quickened your pulse, insinuated itself into your dreams — marinated the twtchy tedium of puberty?
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Jukebox Heroes of the Week: On a much, much goofier, weirder, cheesier level, there were freakish “supermarrionation”action shows when I was growing up, such as Supercar:
And Fireball XL5:
America. Fuck yeah.


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In Destiny 2, as new weapons and patches come out, those dedicated PvP players are always looking for the next greatest setup. Recently, an already strong archetype of weapon received a buff that should allow them to be more deadly than ever. \n \nDuring the recent Update 2.9.0 high impact pulse rifles received a significant buff as part of Season of Arrivals. The damage per bullet was increased from 21 to 22 according to the patch notes. The patch also stated this decreases the requirements to kill from six crits to five crits\/one body to kill most guardians. \n \nThis might not seem like a huge update on paper, but there are some hidden values to take into consideration. Not stated in this update was a buff to the crit damage of the pulse rifles, which is the biggest selling point. Before players could expect to hit a headshot at around 33-34 damage, this has now been changed to 35 or 36. \n \nThis is a huge change and brings the time to kill of certain weapons down to a staggering 0.67 seconds. Additionally, this optimal TTK kills at 8 resilience or less, which is almost certainly the majority of resilience values. \n \nThe Youtube video below by popular channel Aztecross Gaming does an excellent job of summarizing just why these changes are so significant and has done quite a bit of testing on which weapons are the best of the best. \n \nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cHaYyQIQc_U \n \nSo now that these weapons are even more lethal, which ones should you use? There are plenty of options, including an exotic weapon that has been surprisingly included in this update. The following are currently considered the best of the best of the high impact pulse rifle archetype. \n \nKeep in mind, however, that the lethality of a weapon also depends heavily on its perks. Rangefinder and killclip are always excellent options for a pulse rifle but are certainly not the only optimal loadouts. \n \nPremonition was already an excellent option introduced in Shadowkeep and is one of the best options out there now that these buffs have come through. The weapon has excellent damage and range. The range is vastly superior to other contenders in its archetype. \n \nRedriks broadsword is also one of the best high impact pulse rifles, despite some notable drawbacks. The weapon has a lower range then premonition, but working around the damage fallout is now worth it thanks to the crit buffs. The changes also make outlaw and desperado both easier to proc than ever, making the playstyle of the weapon well worth it. \n \nThere is also a new pulse rifle called Cold Denial that also falls in this archetype. More time and testing will show whether it can stand up to the giants in the meta. So far, the rifle has received extremely mixed reviews from the community. \n \nAdditionally, the exotic weapon Vigalance Wing is also considered a high impact pulse rifle by in-game data. As such, it has also received this buff despite handling very differently from others in its category. It remains an excellent option to use in PvP thanks to the low TTK and great range. \n \nNow that Season of Arrivals and the new patch is out, make sure to hop back into Crucible to try out some of these weapons and loadouts. Hopefully, this season will include some other game-changing patches like this, and players will have plenty of new toys to try out against their fellow guardians.


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Mercedes-Benz will be launching the much-awaited next-generation GLA in the Indian market. Ahead of the launch, the new GLA was first showcased at the 2020 Auto Expo. However, the launch of the GLA was postponed to 2021 due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.
According to our sources, the German automaker is expected to launch the new GLA sometime by the end of this week. The new Mercedes-Benz GLA will be avaliable in petrol and diesel variants: 200, 220d and the AMG 35. The AMG variant is expected to arrive at a later date.
The engine and transmission options are likely to be the same as the ones offered on the A-Class Limousine. The GLA 200 will be powered by a 1.3-litre turbo petrol engine. It produces a maximum of 161bhp and a peak torque of 250Nm between 1620rpm and 4000rpm. The power is sent to the front wheels via a seven-speed DCT.
Powering the 200d variant is a 2.0-litre turbocharged unit that is all-new from the brand. It produces a maximum of 189bhp and a peak torque of 400Nm, mated to an 8-speed DCT. The 200d will be available in Exclusive and AMG Line trims. Only the AMG variant will be offered with the brand's 4Matic all-wheel-drive system.
The details of the top-spec AMG GLA 35 are yet to be known. We expect it to feature the brand' 4Matic system. It is also expected to be powered by a 2.0-litre turbo-petrol engine. It produces a maximum of 304bhp and a peak torque of 400Nm; mated to a seven-speed DCT.
The new GLA has grown in size and now features a more upright stance. It also features redesigned LED headlamps, tail lamps and a host of other changes as well. The AMG Line is expected to feature a more aggressive design with wider air intakes, all-around body cladding and more.
On the inside, due to the new-gen GLA's more upright stance, there is an increase in cabin space. The upcoming SUV will also feature updated toys and their features. The instrument cluster and the infotainment system are placed next to each other for a seamless design.
The infotainment system will support internet connectivity and wireless smartphone connection with Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. It will also feature the brand latest iteration of the MBUX voice assistance system as well.
Other features include a panoramic sunroof, turbine-style AC vents, wireless smartphone charging, a multifunctional steering wheel, climate control, ambient lighting and Mercedes Pre-Safe safety package, among others.
Thoughts About The 2021 Mercedes-Benz GLA India Launch
The Mercedes-Benz GLA will be the brand's entry-level offering, when launched in the Indian market. It is expected to be placed lower than the A-Class Limousine. The Mercedes-Benz GLA will rival the BMW X1, Volvo XC40, and the Mini Countryman; among others.


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Upper East Siders, the time has come: The new "Gossip Girl" debuts on HBO Max on Thursday, July 8. But, before we get to meet the next generation of Manhattan's elite, characters we've only gotten snippets of (and vague introductions to), there's a premiere — an actual, IRL, red carpet premiere.
HBO hosted an in-person celebration for "Gossip Girl" on Wednesday night in (where else?) New York City, at none other than Spring Studios, which has served as the home base for much of New York Fashion Week in recent years. And, appropriately, guests arrived wearing a who's-who of designer labels, from big-name fashion houses (Louis Vuitton, Chanel, Gucci) to buzzy up-and-comers (Wiederhoeft, Markarian), heat wave be damned.
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Lawrence Man Found Guilty of 2009 Murder
Jose Ruiz, 28, of Lawrence, was convicted of murder in the 2nd degree by an Essex County Jury today in Lawrence Superior Court following a five day trial. Judge Richard Welch III sentenced Ruiz to life in prison with the possibility of parole. Ruiz was also found guilty of carrying a firearm without a license and was sentenced to 4-5 years to be served concurrently.
Essex Assistant District Attorney AJ Camelio proved that in the early morning hours of July 25, 2009, Ruiz shot and killed Rolando Fuentes, 33, in a parking lot at 360 Broadway in Lawrence. The shooting was the culmination of an ongoing feud between Ruiz, Fuentes and his brother Orlando Fuentes.
On December 6, 2011, Orlando Fuentes pled guilty to armed assault to murder, home invasion and illegal possession of a firearm for shooting at Ruiz’s house shortly after the murder. Fuentes shot Ruiz’s father in the neck, seriously injuring him. He was sentenced to 7-8 years in state prison followed by 3 years of probation.
Ruiz was represented by Attorneys Anthony Ortiz and Paul Moraski.


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The traditional burgers and fries diners, drive-thrus, and sit down restaurants don’t compare to Five Guys Burgers and Fries. This amazing restaurant, now opened in Plymouth and Eden Prairie, has been anything but struggling to keep its tables filled with satisfied customers since it opened its first location in Arlington Virginia, in 1986.
Introducing more Twin Cities’ suburbs to the juicy, delicious burgers and perfectly golden fries it has to offer, Five Guys has been a hit amongst us Minnesotans. Five Guys has already conquered ten cities in Minnesota, including: Minneapolis, Duluth, Eden Prarie, Edina, Mankato, Maple Grove, Oakdale, Plymouth, Rochester, and Saint Cloud. Not only does Minnesota love this delicious diner, but the franchise has slowly crept across America, making the over 900 Five Guys Burgers and Fries locations favorite burger joints in 46 states.
A healthier take on traditionally fried foods is what makes Five Guys a good, unique choice. The diner’s menu is trans-fat free, and instead of the usual greasy, unhealthy fries, the food is cooked using only peanut oil for all fried foods. This might make our peanut-allergy friends unable to take a handful of these scrumptious, crunchy fries, but it makes the ordinary treat a healthier choice.
The Plymouth location of Five Guys is just off 494 and Rockford Road and the Eden Prairie Five Guys is off of Flying Cloud Drive and Prairie Center Drive. As a loyal Five Guys dinner myself, I strongly suggest you give these “burgers and fries” a chance.

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Hundreds of mechanics in Asante Akim, Konongo have stormed the Konongo Police Station demanding the release of two of their members.
Thursday morning’s demonstration follows the arrest of a driver by the Konongo GPRTU local taskforce, for picking passengers at an unauthorised place.
The driver had sped off with the member of the task force during a confrontation.
A chase by another vehicle led to an accident where some people died including two mechanics in the pursuing vehicle, Luv FM’s Erastus Asare Donkor reports.
The mechanics in the area blamed the GPRTU for the accident and stormed the place with a demonstration yesterday.
Police moved in and arrested two of the demonstrators.
All the mechanics have besieged the police station demanding the release of their colleagues.


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I’m currently reading Lionel Shriver‘s forthcoming novel, So Much for That, which publishes in March. I’ll have more to say on it when the time comes, but for now it’s enough to say that the novel is intimately concerned with the wallet-draining powers of healthcare in America—which is to say it’s very timely. But that’s just a happy accident, Shriver writes in Standpoint magazine, and she expresses her hopes for the book in the context of recent Congressional healthcare debates with her usual dark humor:
[T]hese last few months, I’ve found myself in the perverse position of praying, in defiance of my own passionate support for legislation of this very sort, that Congressional healthcare reform would get hopelessly bogged down in internecine squabbles — just so long as no bill passed until after my release date. Sounds selfish? Hell, yes! That book was a lot of work!
Shriver’s larger point is a more considered one: It’s unfair to expect novelists to somehow “bring the news” when they need the time to think about and imagine the situation in which they’re living, not to mention go through the various time-consuming machinations required to bring a book to print. (So Much for That is mostly set in 2005.) “[I]if any budding novelists out there are searching for material that’s bound to be all too germane for years and years to come?” asks Shriver. “Here’s a tip: write about Afghanistan.”
Or write about money. Last month, Shriver was shortlisted for the BBC’s National Short Story Award, for her story “Exchange Rates.” The full story isn’t available online, but the excerpt in the video below captures some of the ranting tone that powers So Much for That. Shriver didn’t win or come in second, which means she earned £500 for her efforts. Good enough for a few pens:
2 thoughts on “Lionel Shriver’s Good Timing”
I can’t wait to hear (read) what you have to say about Shriver’s new novel. She’s a wonder. A modern-day George Eliot in her ability to get into the most precise details of human nature–under the skin, under the nails.

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In next to no time, the IPL has developed into one of the highlights of the cricket calendar, a furious 40-over slog by some of the world’s greatest players.
This year’s IPL winners, the Chennai Super Kings dominated Twenty20 betting. So well fancied were they that online bookmakers made a point of quoting odds which notionally excluded them from the field, a feature only available via the internet.
In India and the UK, T20 cricket betting has become a staple form of wagering. From Mumbai to Manchester, punters now mull over each team’s form as they consider their T20 bet. This is a massive change for cricket betting was traditionally an early summer activity, during which folk would tend to place their bets and forget about them until the final days of September. Nowadays, punters stake their T20 bet (or bets) and then get together to discuss the finer points of IPL T20 betting.
The advent of the internet has powered IPL T20 betting and predictions of which side will dominate T20 cricket betting. Furthermore, with most odds determined by online bookmakers, the offer of free bets is an ongoing attraction.
Apart from the ease with which T20 bets can be staked online, the range of IPL T20 betting markets available to punters has widened enormously. The most welcome development has been the introduction of live T20 betting, a feature which gives bettors the chance to consider factors such as current form and conditions for a longer period of time before staking their bet.
In addition, the free bet offers available at most online bookmakers are enthusiastically accepted by many who enjoy betting on T20.
With the competition now three years old, IPL betting is expected to reach new peaks in 2011, no doubt much to the surprise of any predictor of the sport’s imminent demise.
Only a few years ago, no-one thought T20 betting would take off to the extent it has and misplaced predictions that the sport and its thousands of avid followers would simply migrate to some other form of cricket betting have proved wide of the mark.
T20 betting odds, generous free bets offers and the ready availability of publications telling readers how to win at Twenty 20 betting has succeeded in capturing punters’ imagination. This is great news for cricket betting in general as some of the game’s established fixtures were showing signs of becoming less attractive to cricket lovers.
The arrival of the IPL and with it a plethora of T20 betting odds, combined with unexpected results (and exciting fixtures) has ensured that Twenty20 betting has become an integral part of the cricketing season. One final point: a bet on T20 is not simply a two-dimensional win/lose wager – the number of markets available for punters is almost as varied and as colourful as the competition itself. How refreshing.


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In an effort to improve the state of public education in Georgia, we are becoming increasingly aware that the same school formula doesn't meet all of the various needs students have.
As a result, charter schools are gaining in popularity as a way to bring innovative learning environments and styles into public education. Charter schools get taxpayer money but are exempt from some of the rules that govern public schools. About 40 have been approved in Georgia since the mid-1990s.
Often charter schools are designed to address the needs of a particular group of students who are currently underserved by the public schools. For instance, the Clarke County Board of Education is currently considering two petitions for establishing charter schools which are aimed at a specific age group with specific needs.
One petition, from retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Crisafulli, an Athens resident, proposes a charter school for students in grades 9-12 who are in danger of not earning a diploma on time and of failing the state graduation test.
The second petition, scheduled for a board vote next week, was submitted in October by Atlanta resident Steven L. Dye on behalf of the Atlanta-based E.W. Willheart Educational Foundation Inc. That petition calls for a charter school that will place ''a strong emphasis on K-6 curriculum while infusing special attention to those children with special needs in learning disability specifically attention deficit disorder.''
The Willheart Foundation petition must be voted on by the end of December.
Because Crisafulli was granted an extension for his petition, which was originally submitted in September, it is not clear when his petition will be up for a board vote. Board members do plan to discuss the petition at their Jan. 11 meeting.
An analysis of the two petitions by Deputy Superintendent Ernest Hardaway found several areas that needed more information, such as the schools' curriculum and expectations for students, before the petitions can be approved.
Charter schools do hold a promise of handling public education in innovative and creative ways, however, there isn't any guarantee of success. The bottom line is that students still need to learn. A recent study found many of the state's early charter schools have struggled to meet Georgia's basic education standards.
The study found fewer than half the 20 charter schools operating for at least three years showed clear improvement or stability in their students' standardized-test scores. The DOE report shows only 40 percent of the original charter schools have shown stable results or improved on tests during the past three years, with 15 percent showing declining scores and 45 percent showing mixed results.
The study also showed Georgia charter schools have disproportionately served white students.
We do hope Clarke County school officials keep an open mind about how charter schools can benefit our students and meet any needs that currently aren't fully served. While the school board should strive to help every student, it should also be aware of where its weaknesses are and whether a proposed charter school can help.
That being said, the school board has to make sure that any petition it supports is thorough, realistic and needed. A successful charter school will have a substantial amount of research and preparation completed in the early stages of development. We can't afford to wait until students have already been enrolled to make sure that a charter school is adequately designed with realistic goals and bench marks established to measure success.
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Affymetrix has named BioDiscovery as preferred software provider for OncoScan FFPE Express Service data analysis.
Under the co-marketing agreement, customers accessing the OncoScan FFPE Express Service through the Affymetrix Research Services Laboratory (ARSL) will receive a preliminary Nexus Copy Number data analysis.
BioDiscovery’s Nexus Copy Number can integrate and process the data from nearly all commercial array platforms, as well as custom arrays.
The software is applicable to many types of studies, from focused cytogenetic projects studying chromosome defects to large-scale cancer or genome-wide association studies (GWAS).
BioDiscovery will provide a one-on-one consultation session to assist each researcher with the downstream analysis of their data to elucidate pathways and identify copy number variations (CNV) and copy-neutral loss of heterozygosity (LOH) events, which are important for understanding characterizations of mutations.
Cancer researchers using the OncoScan Service and BioDiscovery’s Nexus software can now obtain critical cancer genome measurements from archived formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tumor samples and obtain a solution for faster data visualization and analysis.
Affymetrix DNA Cancer Applications global strategic marketing manager Nargol Faravashi said their array technology accommodates challenging FFPE tumor samples as old as 28 years.
"Now that it’s coupled with a best-in-class software solution for visualizing the cancer genome at fine resolution, researchers have a very powerful method to streamline their data analysis processes and accelerate scientific discoveries," Faravashi said.


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The fine is being taken into consideration after an extensive supervisory campaign was launched assessing entities in the corporate bookmakers’ section
Due to anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorism funding (CTF) concerns, the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (Austrac) has opened an enforcement inquiry against Entain and warned that it may also look into other operators.
Less than a month after Entain, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, was fined $28 million as a result of a comparable UK-based investigation, the AUSTRAC probe might result in $22 million in fines and other regulations for Ladbrokes.
The head of the UK Gambling Commission, Andrew Rhodes, stated that the prior inquiry had shown “serious failures” and the fine was the watchdog’s highest to date.
“There were completely unacceptable anti-money laundering and safer gambling failures. Operators are reminded they must never place commercial considerations over compliance.”
Whether or not Entain has complied with its anti-money laundering and counterterrorism financing duties is now a factor for the Australian investigation to assess.
In order to fight serious crime, Nicole Rose, CEO of Austrac, stated that all enterprises, including those in the gaming industry, must adhere to AML and CTF rules, stating “reporting entities have a responsibility to ensure they identify, assess and manage risks of money laundering and terrorism financing, develop adequate processes and devote the necessary resources to comply with their AML/CTF obligations.”
Other areas of focus in this sector may result from AUSTRAC’s supervisory campaign with the corporate bookmakers sector.
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After triumphing in key locations across Asia and Europe, AGS is flying 300 top affiliates to Malta, for an all inclusive deluxe trip. The event will happen alongside SiGMA, 14-18th November, during SiGMA Europe.
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Royal Scotsman 37416 is due in the shops soon.
HOT ON THE heels of the Winter flyer revealed on this website just a few weeks ago and in the current issue of RAIL EXPRESS magazine, Italian R-T-R manufacturer ViTrains has released the first of its four planned new Class 37s for the fourth quarter of 2007.
Representing EWS/Royal Scotsman maroon liveried Class 37/4 No. 37416 (Cat No. V2018, RRP £59.95), the machine worked the prestigious luxury train around Scotland in the early 2000s before EWS lost the haulage contract to West Coast Railway Co.


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Two officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC have been confirmed dead after there were shot by an armed policeman in Calabar and are now in the morgue CrossRiverWatch can report authoritatively.
CrossRiverWatch gathered that some armed policemen yesterday at about 7pm mounted a road block just by the gate of the Civil Defence station in Calabar South, while they flagged vehicles to collect bribes.
Some Civil Defence officers, in uniform, who were also armed and in their service vehicle were returning from patrol and trying to turn into their office. They had an altercation with the policemen who mounted the ‘toll block’ by their gate.
According to eye witnesses, it was in the course of the altercation that one of the armed policemen drew his gun and started shooting at the Civil Defence officers who did not respond with fire.
One of the officers, a Sergeant in the Civil Defence died on the spot and another officer who was said to be the leader of the team was rushed with bullet wounds to the hospital and has been confirmed dead this morning.
“Most of the Civil Defence officers ran into their compound when the policeman started shooting. They were armed too but did not respond with fire. Just imagine that they also started shooting back, what would have happened to passers-by? One of the eye witnesses told CrossRiverWatch.
The Cross River State Commandant of NSCDC, Dayo Adesuyi was overhead by one of our reporter this morning while addressing anxious family members of the deceased, confirming that at about 7:45pm yesterday, some of his men who were returning from patrol in their patrol van, fully armed and all in uniform were attacked by policemen who mounted a road block by their entrance gate.
He said two of the Civil Defence officers where shot by the policeman. According to the Commandant, one died on the spot and the other who was taken to the hospital has been confirmed dead this morning.
Adesuyi was not particularly sure whether there was altercation before the shooting as investigation is still ongoing.
When CrossRiverWatch called the State Police Spokesman, Mr. John Eluu, to react to the development, he was not willing to speak on the matter.
“I don’t know anything about the shooting. I have not been briefed on the matter so you should call the Police Commissioner.”
CrossRiverWatch has tried to reach the Commissioner, Mr. Henry Fadairo but calls to his phone are still being diverted at the time of filing this report.
But CrossRiverWatch also gathered that the killer policeman has since been taken into custody.
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South Portland, Maine to vote on marijuana legalization in the city
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — South Portland's City Council is set to vote on a measure that would make it legal for people 21 and older to possess up to one ounce of marijuana.
The measure would go on the November ballot if the council votes it down. The City Council and police chief have already opposed legalization in the city. The vote is scheduled for Monday night.
South Portland activists who want to legalize pot in Maine cities and towns, and eventually statewide, submitted more than 1,500 signatures in favor of legalization to the city last month.
The city of Portland passed a referendum last year allowing recreational use of marijuana by adults. Selectmen in York last month said no to placing a proposed ordinance to legalize marijuana in town on the November ballot.


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Logitech (http://www.logitech.com) has worked with Google on a line of products for the upcoming Google TV. The company has unveiled Logitech Revue with Google TV, a compact, plug-and-play companion box with its Logitech Keyboard Controller, which together provide control over the Google TV experience and home-entertainment devices.
The company’s portfolio of products for Google TV also includes the Logitech TV Cam and Vid HD service for HD video calling from the comfort of one’s sofa. In addition, Logitech is offering the Logitech Mini Controller for Logitech Revue as well as other applications designed for the Google TV platform.
With a broadband Internet connection available, connecting the Logitech Revue to your home entertainment system is easy, says Gerald Quindlen, Logitech president and chief executive officer. Use the included HDMI cable to connect the Logitech Revue to the port on your...| Read more »


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Live Nation EntertainmentIt’s a good day for tour announcements from artists who got their start on The X Factor in groups and then went solo.
Following Camila Cabello‘s announcement of her 2020 Romance tour, Harry Styles has now announced a trek of his own. Love On Tour, which will support his upcoming album Fine Line, kicks off in the U.K. in April, heads to Europe, and then comes to North America starting in June of next year. South America, Asia and Australia dates are yet to be announced.
In the U.S. and Canada, Harry’s opening act will be singer/songwriter Jenny Lewis, who may be best known as the front woman for the now-disbanded group Rilo Kiley. King Princess will open for him in Europe.
American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets starting November 18 at 10 a.m. local time. For the New York City dates, it’s 11 a.m. local time. The general public on sale is November 22. Pre-sale registration for the U.S. and Canada dates is available via Ticketmaster’s Verified Fan program.
For the North American shows, each ticket comes with a CD copy of Fine Line, due out December 13. One dollar per ticket will be donated to local charities.
Get a preview of Harry’s tour this weekend when he serves as hosts and musical guest on Saturday Night Live.
Here are the North American tour dates:
6/26 — Philadelphia, PA, Wells Fargo Center
6/28 — Washington, DC, Capital One Arena
6/30 — Montreal, QC, Centre Bell
7/3 — Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
7/4 — Toronto, ON, Scotiabank Arena
7/7 — New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
7/8 — New York, NY, Madison Square Garden
7/10 — Boston, MA, TD Garden
7/12 — Uncasville, CT, Mohegan Sun Arena
7/14 — Pittsburgh, PA, PPG Paints Arena
7/15 — Cleveland, OH, Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse
7/17 — Detroit, MI, Little Caesars Arena
7/19 — St Paul, MN, Xcel Energy Center
7/21 — St Louis, MO, Enterprise Center
7/24 — Chicago, IL, United Center
7/28 — Nashville, TN, Bridgestone Arena
7/29 — Atlanta, GA, State Farm Arena
8/1 — Raleigh, NC, PNC Arena
8/3 — Tampa, FL, Amalie Arena
8/6 — Ft Lauderdale, FL, BB&T Center
8/10 — Houston, TX, Toyota Center
8/11 — San Antonio, TX, AT&T Center
8/13 — Dallas, TX, American Airlines Center
8/15 — Denver, CO, Pepsi Center
8/18 — Tacoma, WA, Tacoma Dome
8/21 — Portland, OR, Moda Center
8/23 — Vancouver, BC, Rogers Arena
8/25 — San Jose, CA, SAP Center
8/27 — Sacramento, CA, Golden 1 Center
8/29 — Glendale, AZ, Gila River Arena
8/30 — San Diego, CA, Pechanga Arena
9/2 — Los Angeles, CA, The Forum
9/3 — Los Angeles, CA, The Forum
9/5 — Las Vegas, NV, MGM Grand Garden Arena
9/29 — Monterrey, Mexico, Arena Monterrey
10/1 — Guadalajara, Mexico, Arena VFG
10/3 — Mexico City, Mexico, Foro Sol (Outdoors)
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Between a few extra writing projects for vita.mn and my Firefox completely crashing last week -- and it still isn't right; like why the hell is everything double-spaced in the recipes below? -- things were a little quiet around here. Ill make it up to you two ways.
First, let's talk about Star Trek. Don't worry, no spoilers, I'm just going to do you a huge favor by telling you that you must see this movie at any and all costs as soon as you possibly can. Because-it-is-a-mazing. As soon as more people have seen the movie, I'd love to discuss it here, possibly in the comments so we don't ruin it for anyone.
Second, let's talk about grilling. It's officially barbecue season which means it's time to take one of my favorite meals outdoors. I do make it in my kitchen all winter long, but you know how it is; there's just something about the open fire. Especially when there's fresh corn involved.
This is barely a recipe, more of an idea-starter. When you're tired of grilling the same veggie kebabs over and over again, or when you've had your fill of burgers and brats, go Mexican. (Just a warning: you may never go back.)
Veggie Chorizo Tacos
Makes 16 tacos
5-6 small tomatillos, soaked and husked
2 chipotle chilis in adobo sauce + 1 teaspoon sauce
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
1 package Field Roast meat-free chorizo
1/2 package (roughly 16) fresh La Perla tortillas
1 bunch cilantro, washed, stemmed and chopped
1 medium white onion, finely chopped
2 limes, cut into wedges
Yes, it's vegetarian sausage and, yes, The Mexican loves it. Grill tomatillos until they become soft and begin to blacken. Transfer to a deep bowl or immersion-blender-mixer-container-thing. Add chipotles and adobo sauce plus 1 tablespoon water. Blend until smooth, salt to taste and set aside.
Heat oil on grill in a large frying pan with a flame-proof handle (side note: why do they even make pans with non-flame-proof handles?). Fry chorizo in the oil, breaking it up with a sturdy turner while it cooks. At the halfway point of the chorizo cooking (about 4 minutes), throw 16 tortillas on the grill to heat through, turning as necessary.
Serve tacos open-faced, topping tortillas with chorizo, onion, cilantro, salsa and a squeeze of lime. Eat those bomb-ass tacos.
Haters of raw onion and cilantro, I feel you. You're advised to substitute with thinly sliced fresh cabbage and diced avocado. Actually, we've been known to throw all of that on our tacos all at the same time, so just go with whatever you like.
8 ears fresh corn, still in husks
3-4 Tablespoons softened butter
1 cup grated cotija cheese*
Pequin chili powder in a spice shaker**
1 lime, cut into wedges
I already know what you're thinking. No mayonnaise? No crema mexicana? I know, I know. I'm sorry, and I'm all for authenticity, but mayonnaise, thick cream and cheese is just too rich and salty for me on fresh grilled corn. Plus, hello, I'm American so I have to put butter on it. I have something much more fun to do with crema mexicana that I'll show you later. (Minds out of the gutters, people, I'm talking about dessert.)
Clean your kitchen sink and fill it with cold water. Immerse corn for 1 hour. Shake off excess water and grill corn in husks for 15 minutes until husks are blackened and kernels are mostly tender. Pull back husks and grill corn for an additional 5 minutes. Transfer to platter (doing that handy husks-as-handles thing), cutting in half if desired. Coat thinly with butter. Sprinkle with cotija cheese, then shake on pequin chili powder and a squeeze of lime. Eat that bomb-ass elote.
* I can always find cotija cheese at Byerly's. An adequate substitute would be grated parmesan, but I strongly recommend seeking out the cotija.
** Pequin chili powder is easy to find in Mexican markets, but it usually comes in those awkward cellophane spice packets. I just transfer it to a regular spice shaker for ease of use. Pequin is about as hot as cayenne, but has an almost smoky flavor.


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Hatebreed has announced a North American tour celebrating the 20th anniversary of the band’s 2003 album, The Rise of Brutality.
The headlining outing launches September 3 in Canada’s Quebec City and wraps up September 24 in Tampa, Florida.
“It’s hard to believe that it’s been 20 years since the release of The Rise of Brutality album,” says frontman Jamey Jasta. “These songs are always fun to play and we’re looking forward to adding some of them to the set that we’ve previously either never or rarely played live.”
Tickets go on sale Friday, June 16, at 10 a.m. local time. For the full list of dates and all ticket info, visit Hatebreed.com.
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Common ground in politics is possible. It just needs coverage.
Bond and Olsen are co-founders of Common Ground Committee, a nonpartisan organization that seeks to promote productive public discourse.
Turn on any cable news channel and you'll likely hear talk about the divisiveness of our politics, and there are numbers to back that up. Only 38 percent of Americans say the United States is heading in the right direction, and an annual poll tracking discourse shows 93 percent say America has a civility problem. As discouraging as these numbers seem, the tide may be turning.
A recent poll from Georgetown University found that 85 percent of voters want finding common ground to be a main goal of politicians. A survey from Hidden Tribes of America found that 77 percent of Americans believe that the differences between us are not so big that they cannot be bridged.
As the co-founders of Common Ground Committee, we've repeatedly seen this shift first-hand. Whether it's at one of our forums with political leaders or in conversations with family, friends and colleagues, we've found that people actually agree on more than they realize. They just have to engage in the conversation. What's more, people will often share experiences of seeking and finding common ground with those who hold different political beliefs.
Unfortunately, we rarely get the chance to witness agreement between political leaders from different parties. The media portrays politicians as constant adversaries rather than collaborators. This representation has consequences: Research suggests that negative feelings toward the opposite party's leadership are much stronger than those directed at individuals.
That's why it's important to show the country that leaders from the two parties can agree — and not just on "little stuff." When that happens, you can instantly see people light up. When we held a public forum earlier this year at the University of Notre Dame, the campus was abuzz after seeing former Secretaries of State John Kerry and Condoleezza Rice find consensus on a wide range of issues. Students walked in prepared to see them search for grains of agreement, but instead saw consistent agreement on issues including North Korea, climate change and Middle East policy. Following the event, students told us they would have assumed the Democrat Kerry and the Republican Rice were from the same political party if they hadn't known better.
At a striking point in the forum, Rice provided an in-depth explanation of her views on immigration policy. Kerry had a two-word response: "I agree."
Mainstream media rarely represents this aspect of our political leaders' lives: the vast areas of agreement, compromise and collaboration that go into productive governing.
We recognize that healthy debate is necessary for a democracy; Kerry and Rice certainly didn't agree on everything. Their perspectives differed sharply when the conversation turned to what to do about voter suppression. Still, the respect and rapport they had established earlier remained firmly intact and they kept their disagreement focused on the issues, not each other.
There's very little of this type of collegiality found in discussions that focus on rapid-fire debates, and this colors the way citizens view politics.
The more we see political leaders engaging civilly and empathetically with ideologies different from their own, the more the American people will be inspired to do the same. Earlier this year, Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, In., participated in a town hall on Fox News, even though the Democratic presidential candidate knew he was communicating his policy stances not to a partisan base, but to an audience of over 2.5 million assumed to be completely antithetical to his approach. Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona started a series for CBS highlighting areas of political unity for Democrats and Republicans. What this signals: Viewers from both sides of the aisle want to see more than polarization from their news sources.
When we get lost in the rhetoric of polarization, we forget that we're all on the same team. We're all Americans. While we have different ideologies and beliefs that should not be compromised, there is more that brings us together than drives us apart. The more those points of common ground are found by leaders — and highlighted in the media — the better chance we have to heal the anger and polarization that weaken our nation.
In a partisan vote on an issue that once was bipartisan, House Democrats pushed through legislation Friday that would restore a key portion of the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
The Voting Rights Advancement Act passed the House 228-187, with all Democrats voting for the bill and all but one Republican, Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, voting against it.
The bill faces virtually no chance of being considered in the Republican-controlled Senate.
Broadcasters are pushing back against the Federal Communications Commission after the agency made clear it wants broader public disclosure regarding TV political ads.
With the 2020 election less than a year away and political TV ads running more frequently, the FCC issued a lengthy order to clear up any ambiguities licensees of TV stations had regarding their responsibility to record information about ad content and sponsorship. In response, a dozen broadcasting stations sent a petition to the agency, asking it to consider a more narrow interpretation of the law.
This dispute over disclosure rules for TV ads comes at a time when digital ads are subject to little regulation. Efforts to apply the same rules for TV, radio and print advertising across the internet have been stymied by Congress's partisanship and the Federal Election Commission being effectively out of commission.
Laura Williamson says her career was shaped by growing up in North Carolina, which she describes as being historically at the center of the best and worst of American democracy. She spent seven years working with young people at progressive groups and got a master's in public affairs at Princeton before joining Demos in the summer of 2018. The think tank aims to combat "threats to democracy, racial equity and economic inclusion" and as a senior policy analyst she's focused on voter registration, voting rights, money in politics and civic participation. Her answers have been lightly edited for clarity and length.
What's democracy's biggest challenge, in 10 words or less?
Abolishing all disenfranchisement schemes and achieving an inclusive, multiracial democracy.
Describe your very first civic engagement.
Testifying at the North Carolina General Assembly against cuts to funding for vocational education. The woodworking classes I took throughout high school were among the most formative of my public school education, so as a high school senior I advocated for their continued funding to lawmakers in Raleigh.
What was your biggest professional triumph?
It's actually a triumph-in-progress. At Demos, we are privileged to work with powerful grassroots leaders redefining democracy and pushing the reform conversation across the country. Alongside these Inclusive Democracy Project leaders we are dreaming and scheming about what it would take to build a truly inclusive democracy — without limiting ourselves by what's perceived as politically feasible or reasonable — and to chart a radical reform agenda that meets the challenge. Our agenda is in progress and, like all real victories, is benefitting from the efforts of many smart and talented people. Stay tuned, it'll be ready for public consumption soon!
And your most disappointing setback?
They have always come after I've not listened well enough, have brought too much ego and taken things too personally, or not followed my gut about when a process or decision felt off.
How does your identity influence the way you go about your work?
I'm from North Carolina, where we pioneered multiracial, pro-justice fusion politics during Reconstruction, civil disobedience during the civil rights movement and franchise-expanding voting reforms since the 1990s. More recently, we have also been home to the vanguard of voter suppression and other democracy stifling tactics since the Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act. I stand on the shoulders of giants and against the abdication of our identity as democracy leaders. I also do this work because, as a white woman, I know the exclusion of entire communities from our democracy was — and is still — led by my people and, often, in my name. I work every day to undo that legacy and ongoing reality.
What's the best advice you've ever been given?
Learn to simultaneously practice patience and show up with urgency in all the work I do.
Create a new flavor for Ben & Jerry's.
Impeaches and Cream
West Wing or Veep?
West Wing — for the sometimes-too-earnest belief that government can be a force for good, not the centrist politics!
What's the last thing you do on your phone at night?
Turn on do not disturb.
What is your deepest, darkest secret?
I'm deeply terrified by karaoke.
Lightman is a professor of digital media and marketing at Carnegie Mellon University.
With the 2020 election less than a year away, Facebook is under fire from presidential candidates, lawmakers, civil rights groups and even its own employees to provide more transparency on political ads and potentially stop running them altogether.
Meanwhile, Twitter has announced that it will not allow any political ads on its platform.
Modern-day online ads use sophisticated tools to promote political agendas with a high degree of specificity.
I have closely studied how information propagates through social channels and its impact on political messaging and advertising.
Looking back at the history of mass media and political ads in the national narrative, I think it's important to focus on how TV advertising, which is monitored by the Federal Communications Commission, differs fundamentally with the world of social media.


MADISON, Miss. (WLBT) - Road construction on Hoy Road in Madison is scheduled to begin on Thursday, Oct. 15.
The project is expected to take 18 months to complete. During that time, Hoy Road will be open for westbound traffic only from Rice Road to Old Canton Road with Tisdale Road used as a detour.
The city says roadway improvements include the construction of a multi-use path to Hoy Road from Old Canton Road to Honeysuckle Drive. There will also be another multi-use path along Rice Road from Madison Avenue to Wellington Way.


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I bought my 2015 Mustang ecoboost it came with new tires and wheel but I changed the tires and wheels with my own custom wheels so now I am selling The stock tires on wheels .
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January 21, 2022
Top Truck News for the Week of 1.21.22
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This week in top Work Truck news, Lauren Fletcher, Executive Editor for Work Truck, discusses what's been happening in the industry.
🎙 Topics Covered:
- Automaker news including Ford Motor Company and General Motors .
- Bollinger Motors postpones consumer trucks.
- Initiatives for driver retention and hiring.
- Test drive of EarthCruiser Overland Vehicles CORE Chassis.
- Much more!
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0:37 Ford and ADT invest in Canopy
1:14 GM Launches online parts marketplace
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2:12 New driver retention and hiring initiatives
2:50 New FMCSA Deputy Administrator named
3:36 In the Driver's Seat: CORE Chassis
4:17 Upcoming Fleet Electrification Webinar!


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How to complete all the missions and challenges of Doctor Doom’s Awakening – Season 4 of Fortnite hides several secret challenges for each of the Battle Pass skins. Here we tell you how to complete all the challenges and missions of the Awakening of Doctor Doom.
Jennifer Walters and She-Hulk Awakening Challenges
- Reach level 74 in the Battle Pass.
- Visit the statue of Doctor Doom as Doctor Doom: a challenge that at this point in the film has no loss. The Doctor Doom statue is located in Pleasant Park, the area that is now known as Doom’s Domain.
- Visit a giant throne as Doctor Doom: southeast of Ciudad Comercio is a snowy mountain with a throne made of stones and trees. Completing the challenge is as easy as walking from Ciudad Comercio to the sea to meet him.
- Use a gesture like Doctor Doom during a victory royale: as simple as using a gesture after finishing the game. If you’re having trouble winning one, be sure to try Team Brawl to complete the challenge.

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The Southeastern Conference was right. Seven months ago, I wrote an article trying to give both sides of the medical debate on the risks of inflammatory heart disease associated with COVID-19. The Big Ten was not initially comfortable playing sports because of the supposed risks (and to their credit, later reversed field), and the SEC physicians were.
Now a medical study involving the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, WNBA and MLS reports a very low incidence — well under 1% — of combined inflammatory heart disease, including myocarditis (heart muscle inflammation) and pericarditis (heart lining inflammation). A group of 789 professional athletes who tested positive for COVID were comprehensively tested, and only three had myocarditis and two had pericarditis.
Some medical experts opine that elite athletes are more susceptible to developing myocarditis after infections in general. If true, this is great news for high school athletes, weekend warriors and the general population, as the prevalence of COVID-related heart issue would be expected to be a fraction of a percent for them.
Let’s not dismiss inflammatory heart disease, as it is real and could cause arrhythmia and lead to sudden death. Although relatively rare, it is a known complication of viral infections, including influenza, coronavirus and other infections processes, and all physicians need to screen/test for it. We clearly still do not know the full long-term effects of COVID and only time will tell, but so far, the news has been positive in terms of heart complications.
The early fears of COVID-related myocarditis seem to be unfounded. The SEC (and other sports leagues) were correct. With appropriate testing and screening, inflammatory heart disease should not be a reason not to play sports.
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Thank you Doc
Great news Doc. And I’m sure the media will be in a rush to report this positive news
Yes good news…which continues to show this was a fraud pandemic from the beginning.
Durn…the “science” is once again outing the fear-mongerers. DBAP.
Many of the same individuals in “medical community” who pushed this theory can be currently found screaming at the states of Texas and Mississippi.
Can’t wait to see what ELSE turns out to be unfounded. I mean, the damage has been done already now. It simply adds insult to injury. Oh, and no one who pushed all the societal upheaval based on incorrect(or manufactured) information will be held accountable for all the destruction to lives and our economy. The media will see to that. This story will get crickets from msm.
Lock the world down to steal a US Presidential election… the Republic has fallen… the hammer and sickle has won…

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MILAN: Italian police have reportedly been investigating the terms of Milan’s sale last year by former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to a Chinese consortium.
Berlusconi, who bought the club in the 1980s, rescued it from near-bankrupcty and financed its rise to the pinnacle of world, European and Italian football, has denied a report in La Stampa that prosecutors had opened an investigation into alleged money laundering.
The four-times prime minister sold the club last April for €740m to a group led by Chinese businessman Yonghong Li and stepped down from his role as president.
However criminal finance investigators have submitted a report to the prosecutor’s office before Christmas.
Financial institutions are obliged to notify the Bank of Italy of transactions in which there is “reasonable cause to suspect” financial crimes such as money laundering have been committed or attempted.
The central bank then sends these notifications to the finance police, which compiles a report that is sent to a prosecutor, who must decide whether to open a probe.
The report regarding the AC Milan sale contained three indications of suspicious operations, known in Italian by the acronym “SOS”, the sources said.
Berlusconi’s holding company has said it “behaved absolutely transparently and correctly” throughout sale negotiations.

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Data Types in Go
Data types specify the type of data that a valid Go variable can hold. In Go language, the type is divided into four categories which are as follows:
- Basic type: Numbers, strings, and booleans come under this category.
- Aggregate type: Array and structs come under this category.
- Reference type: Pointers, slices, maps, functions, and channels come under this category.
- Interface type
Here, we will discuss Basic Data Types in the Go language. The Basic Data Types are further categorized into three subcategories which are:
In Go language, numbers are divided into three sub-categories that are:
- Integers: In Go language, both signed and unsigned integers are available in four different sizes as shown in the below table. The signed int is represented by int and the unsigned integer is represented by uint.
|int8||8-bit signed integer|
|int16||16-bit signed integer|
|int32||32-bit signed integer|
|int64||64-bit signed integer|
|uint8||8-bit unsigned integer|
|uint16||16-bit unsigned integer|
|uint32||32-bit unsigned integer|
|uint64||64-bit unsigned integer|
|int||Both int and uint contain same size, either 32 or 64 bit.|
|uint||Both int and uint contain same size, either 32 or 64 bit.|
|rune||It is a synonym of int32 and also represent Unicode code points.|
|byte||It is a synonym of uint8.|
|uintptr||It is an unsigned integer type. Its width is not defined, but its can hold all the bits of a pointer value.|
225 222 -32767 32765
- Floating-Point Numbers: In Go language, floating-point numbers are divided into two categories as shown in the below table:
|float32||32-bit IEEE 754 floating-point number|
|float64||64-bit IEEE 754 floating-point number|
Result is: 14.440000 The type of c is : float64
- Complex Numbers: The complex numbers are divided into two parts are shown in the below table. float32 and float64 are also part of these complex numbers. The in-built function creates a complex number from its imaginary and real part and in-built imaginary and real function extract those parts.
|complex64||Complex numbers which contain float32 as a real and imaginary component.|
|complex128||Complex numbers which contain float64 as a real and imaginary component.|
(6+2i) (9+2i) The type of a is complex128 and the type of b is complex64
The boolean data type represents only one bit of information either true or false. The values of type boolean are not converted implicitly or explicitly to any other type.
false true The type of result1 is bool and the type of result2 is bool
The string data type represents a sequence of Unicode code points. Or in other words, we can say a string is a sequence of immutable bytes, means once a string is created you cannot change that string. A string may contain arbitrary data, including bytes with zero value in the human-readable form.
Length of the string is:13 String is: GeeksforGeeks Type of str is: string


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Infrastructure & things to do
at Agathi Beach beach:
Fine, wet sand and some canteens - this is the only thing you will find on Agathi beach in Rhodes. It is a beautiful, sheltered, cosy beach, and the only sign of civilization are its canteens, all of them providing you with the necessary food and refreshments.
At the right side of the beach you will find some interesting underwater rock formations along the coastline, making this also an ideal spot for snorkeling.
At the end of the beach there is a 700-800 year old cave chapel with a white painted front. On the left side there is a cave secured with grids and on the right side some rooms built into the rock. Camping may be possible there, so take your sleeping bag and camp at the cave which is at the end of the beach.
To get to the beach, follow the signs from Haraki (5 minutes along a passable dirt road). Half way along the road you come upon the medieval castle of Feraclos. The canteens at the beach rent out sun beds, umbrellas and have lavatories and showers.
Lindos offers two different beaches actually, sharing the same bay. There are sunbeds and umbrellas everywhere, and the beaches are well occupied, but not necessarily crowded.
Topics: Beach, Travel with children
more about Lindos Beach
As a relatively low profile beach resort area, Pefki (Pefkos) is made up of smaller hotels and rooms to let. The pines stand tall above the buildings, as you look back towards the shore from any of the chairs on the sandy coves.
Topics: Beach, Family Travel, Travel with children
more about Pefkos Beach (Pefki)
On the western side of the island of Rhodes, approximately five kilometers south east from the village of Theologos (or Tholos), there lies the Valley of the Butterflies - also known as Butterfly Valley (Petaloudes in Greek). This is one of the most attractive destinations on the island.
Topics: Family Travel, Travel with children
more about Butterfly Valley (Valley of Butterflies)


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Encomium, Eulogies, as UCH Ibadan celebrates Ex – CMD Alonge
Alonge, a world renowned Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgeon credited with wide ranging reforms and other initiatives in positioning the institution as the foremost tertiary hospital in West Africa, also helped the hospital to attain global recognition as a centre of excellence in the training of medical personnel, research and the delivery of special health care services.
One of these projects is the N200 million In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) Centre, the biggest in Nigeria, which was commissioned on Thursday, 14 February.
A senior member of staff, Dr. W. Balogun spoke glowingly of his achievements, which include putting up signage in various parts of the hospital for direction, eradicating delay in admission or access to treatment and employing more competent staff to ensure prompt and quality attention was given to all patients.
Also, Head of Hospital Service Department, Mrs. G. F. Logun praised the former CMD, noting that his zeal for the continuous improvement of the management of the hospital was unparalleled.
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Lot 285: ASSORTED GLASS AND PORCELAIN MINIATURE AND FINGER LAMPS AND FONTS, LOT OF SEVEN
22 October 2016
Mt. Crawford, VA, USALive Auction
Description: ASSORTED GLASS AND PORCELAIN MINIATURE AND FINGER LAMPS AND FONTS, LOT OF SEVEN, colorless glass, comprising a tiny diamond font supported by a brass base/Hulsebus II, fig. 118; a Heart and a Double Rib and Oval finger example; a colorless peg lamp font with gold and white enamel decoration; and three porcelain examples, period collars. Four examples fitted with a period burner and two period colorless chimneys.
Condition Report: Ceramic examples with minute to moderate imperfections, remaining examples and components undamaged, one collar with a small loss.
Provenance: From a Texas private collection.
Dimensions: Various sizes.
Medium: Second half 19th/first quarter 20th century.