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UNITED NATIONS, May 3 2010 (IPS) - A month-long Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) began Monday with a predictable target: Israel.
But on Monday an overwhelming majority of U.N. member states – 118 out of 192 – wanted the defiant Jewish state to come clean with its nuclear weapons programme and sign the NPT, which is aimed at halting the spread of these devastating armaments.
Speaking on behalf of the 118-member Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa said the fact that Israel has refused to sign and ratify the NPT has resulted in the continued exposure of non-nuclear weapon states of the region to nuclear threats by the only country possessing these weapons of mass destruction.
Israel, he warned, has also unleashed risks associated with the operation of “unsafeguarded nuclear facilities and activities of unknown safety standards”.
Worse still, Israel has also implicitly triggered the threat of a nuclear arms race of “a catastrophic regional and international potential” thereby jeopardising the NPT regime in its entirety, said Natalegawa, echoing the views of the largest single political coalition at the United Nations.
The month-long conference, which runs through May 28, will take stock of the successes and failures of an international treaty aimed at halting the spread of nuclear weapons – and perhaps ultimately eliminating all nuclear weapons from the world’s military arsenals.
The treaty, which was opened for signature back in July 1968, has come under review every five years.
Today, 189 countries have acceded to the treaty, including the five declared nuclear powers, which are also the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council: the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia.
The three undeclared nuclear powers are India, Pakistan and Israel, which are not parties to the NPT. North Korea acceded to the treaty, violated it, and later withdrew.
The 2000 NPT Review Conference reaffirmed the necessity of Israel’s accession to the NPT, and the placement of all its nuclear facilities under comprehensive safeguards by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
But so far, Israel has refused to accede to that request.
Speaking at the opening session Monday, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon, who declared that disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation are among his “top priorities”, singled out only two countries by name: Iran and North Korea.
He urged Tehran “to comply fully with Security Council resolutions and cooperate fully with the IAEA” and called upon North Korea to help achieve a “verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula”.
But he stopped short of making any references to Israel, India or Pakistan.
Still, he said, “I urge those countries that are currently outside the treaty regime to accede to it as soon as possible,” without identifying the three countries by name.
Taking a righteous stand on nuclear weapons, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the only head of state at the conference, said the sole function of the nuclear weapon is to annihilate all living beings and destroy the environment.
The resulting radiation, he pointed out, would affect the coming generations and its negative impacts would continue for centuries.
“The nuclear bomb is a fire against humanity rather than a weapon for defence,” he said.
“The possession of nuclear bombs is not a source of pride; it is rather disgusting and shameful,” said Ahmadinejad, whose country is accused of trying to develop nuclear weapons: a charge he has flatly denied.
“And even more shameful is the threat to use or to use such weapons, which is not even comparable to any crime committed throughout the history,” he declared.
Ahmadinejad did not spare Israel, accusing it of stockpiling hundreds of nuclear warheads. He accused the Jewish state of having waged many wars in the region and continuing to threaten the people and nations of the region “with terror and invasion”.
But he also pointed out that Israel “enjoys the unconditional support of the U.S. government and its allies, and receives, as well, the necessary assistance to develop its nuclear weapons programme”.
He criticised the IAEA because it has failed both on nuclear disarmament and nuclear non-proliferation.
In response, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton charged that Iran was “do[ing] whatever it can to divert attention away from its own record and to attempt to evade accountability”.
Tehran “has defied the Security Council and the IAEA and placed the future of the nonproliferation regime in jeopardy,” Clinton said.
Meanwhile, at last month’s nuclear security summit in Washington DC, U.S. President Barack Obama was asked about Israel’s nuclear weapons programme.
But he diplomatically sidestepped the question when he pointedly told reporters: “As far as Israel goes, I’m not going to comment on their (nuclear weapons) programme”.
“What I’m going to point to is the fact that consistently we have urged all countries to become members of the NPT. So there’s no contradiction there,” he said. “And so whether we’re talking about Israel or any other country, we think that becoming part of the NPT is important.”
“And that, by the way, is not a new position. That’s been a consistent position of the United States government even prior to my administration,” Obama added.
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Saskatoon’s SFMAAAHL team truly hits elite status
|The Stars give a final salute at the Esso Cup.|
WEYBURN, Sask. - In the current day, trips to the Esso Cup national champion tournament seem like a habit for the Saskatoon Stars, but not that long ago those trips were only a dream.
On Saturday at Crescent Point Place in Weyburn, the Stars female midget AAA hockey season came to an end after they dropped a 3-0 decision to the De Winton, Alta., based Rocky Mountain Raiders in the bronze medal game of this year’s Esso Cup tournament. The result on the surface feels like a disappointing follow up to the team’s first trip to the national championship tournament a year ago in Red Deer, when the Stars downed the Portage la Prairie based Central Plains Capitals 5-1 to win the bronze medal.
While the Stars weren’t able to capture a national championship or a medal this year’s Esso Cup, they piled up accomplishments they never achieved during the first eight years of their decade as a member of the Saskatchewan Female Midget AAA Hockey League.
Before the 2014-15 season started, the Stars only hug one banner at their home rink in Saskatoon, the Agriplace Arena. That banner came from winning the tournament title at the prestigious Mac’s Midget AAA tournament in Calgary during the 2010-11 campaign.
Saskatoon qualified for three straight SFMAAAHL finals from 2010-12, but were never able to win the Fedoruk Cup. That generation of Stars players included the likes of current Canadian senior national team member Emily Clark, Katie Sigurdson, Lauren Zary, Marley Ervine, Sara Greschner, Kennedy Harris, Brooke Mutch and Alyssa Dobler. The latter five of that group moved on to help the University of Saskatchewan Huskies win their first Canada West conference title coming in the 2013-14 campaign.
|Defender Willow Slobodzian drives up ice for the Stars.|
In 2013-14, the Stars were a respectable 13-11-4 and were swept out of the first round of the playoffs by the Swift Current Diamond Energy Wildcats. After that campaign, the Stars reached heights they never thought imaginable.
Over the course of the past two seasons under head coach Greg Slobodzian, they brought home five more banners to hang in the Agriplace Arena. The 2014-15 campaign saw the Stars capture another Mac’s tournament title, their first SFMAAAHL championship and first Western regional banner. This past season the Stars won their second straight SFMAAAHL title and second Western regional banner.
They have posted back-to-back 45-win campaigns in the process. To put that in perspective, the rebuilding Saskatoon Blades would almost kill to get back to that point in the Western Hockey League. There are also a few other WHL franchises that are in that same boat.
|Captain Danielle Nogier (#15) has provided a lot of grit for the Stars.|
A new generation of young standouts took centre stage as the likes of current Canadian under-18 national team member Sophie Shirley, Nara Elia, Emma Johnson, Mackenna Parker, Grace Shirley, Anna Leschyshyn and Willow Slobodzian. The era of the last two seasons is also defined by the gritty determination of this year’s four graduates in captain Danielle Nogier and defenders Rayah DeCorby, Danielle Girolami and Hollie Coumont.
All of those recent era players likely haven’t hit their peak moments in their hockey careers and unbelievably have the potential to still do much more.
|Grace Shirley has become one of the Stars young standouts.|
The Raiders slowly started to pull away in the second thanks to a tipped home power-play goal by Hanna Matchett and a tally from Breanne Trotter, which came off an untimely Stars defensive zone giveaway.
Saskatoon still kept battling, and tried to pull Johnson, who is their money netminder, with 4:13 remaining in the third period. Leschyshyn had a golden chance from point-blank range, but she was stoned by Raiders goalie Kate Lloyd.
A late third period penalty to Saskatoon forced Johnson to return and remain in the goal. The Raiders sealed their 3-0 win, when Hailey McCallum blasted home a power-play goal to the top corner of the Saskatoon net with 37.6 seconds to play.
|Mackenna Parker is one of the Stars top offensive players.|
In making the Esso Cup in back-to-back years, the Stars have set a new standard of ultimate success that all their future teams will try to emulate. Over the last two seasons, they have almost touched the Esso Cup, and that had to be viewed as impossible at one point in time.
Winning an Esso Cup has become a very possible reality that future generations of Stars players will strive to achieve.
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Near the village Záborské, not far from Prešov, it is owned by Atrios s.r.o. land where we plan to develop the area for the purpose of building a logistics hall. The leasable area could have up to 44,000 m2 in the future
The project of the Záborská logistics center envisages construction for next year
The Záborská Logistics Center is a production and warehouse hall project, the purpose of which is to expand logistics capacities in the regional city. The project envisages the construction of a production and storage hall with an area of approximately 40,000 m2, parking lots, sidewalks, technical infrastructure and roads with handling areas. Due to the size of the project, we also incorporated an adequate amount of greenery into the design. Currently, the project is in the state of territorial proceedings, EIA is underway and we believe that all permits will be issued in the summer of this year.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The building housing Ohio's Supreme Court will be renamed in honor of the state's second longest-serving chief justice who died early last year.
The state Supreme Court announced Monday that the Ohio Judicial Center will be dedicated on Dec. 2 in honor of the late Chief Justice Thomas J. Moyer.
Moyer died unexpectedly after suffering gastrointestinal problems. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving current state chief justice in the country.
The Republican Moyer was lauded by lawyers as being able to set aside politics in his rulings.
Moyer also pushed to have Supreme Court justices appointed by the governor instead of elected. He had said he felt campaign contributions were "corrosive" to the process.

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New Delhi [India], Apr. 4 (ANI): Turning down the proposal of the United States to mediate between India and Pakistan to deescalate the tensions between the two Asian neighbours, Defence Expert P.K. Sehgal on Tuesday said it is purely a bilateral issue, which will be resolved without any foreign influence.
"India is unlikely to agree to it. After the 1971 war, there was the Shimla agreement in which it was categorically stated that this is purely a bilateral issue and it will be resolved without any foreign mediation," he told ANI.
Sehgal further said that though Pakistan has been very keen on mediation by the United Nations or European Union, but India is firm not to take the help of anyone.
Commenting on whether the United Nations can mediate on this issue, he added, "Our previous experience with the United Nations has not been very happy."
Another defence expert Ranjeet Rai said that India and Pakistan have differences over several issues, adding that nothing can be done about it.
"Trump says many things, but we have to see whether he can succeed on this very difficult issue especially after the surgical strike that India carried out in Pakistan," he said.
Rai said that Pakistan and China share numerous economic interests, adding the upcoming visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping to the United States may influence this issue.
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, had earlier said that the Trump administration will try to be part of efforts to deescalate tensions between India and Pakistan.
It was the first comment by a member of the Trump Administration on escalating tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi. (ANI)


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It's no secret Rihanna enjoys a good party and we're used to seeing pictures of her enjoying a few cocktails on a night out, so our hearts almost stopped when we heard she stayed out late for an entirely different reason.
Now, we're not saying there's anything wrong with enjoying a party but it's nice to see Rihanna taking some time out to relax.
However, the star couldn't quite do things normally and caught the eyes of onlookers as she showed off her long legs in a tiny pair of cut off shorts.
And it seems Rihanna enjoyed her time with her little brother as she tweeted: "Spent the day with my favourite guy!!!!"
The singing legend may have decided to go on the relaxed shopping trip after her father recently spoke out to say his famous daughter needs a rest.
Her dad, Ronaly Fenty, recently told Heat magazine: "She likes to enjoy herself, who doesn't? I think she needs to cut down on the work more than partying.
"She never tells me how hard it is, but I've seen the hours that go in, it can be 16 hour days, then she has to do the next thing and the next thing, like an appearance somewhere. The hours are long.
"I always worry for her. But every time she sneezed as a baby I used to run to the doctors! I think she needs to take a little rest, a break. I think she might be working too hard - it is a busy schedule."
Maybe Rihanna's taken her dad's advice!
Are you nosey? Then take a look at Rihanna looking relaxed while out with her brother shopping in the gallery below. It's MASSIVELY EXCITING...

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“Harold and the Purple Crayon”
What’s on your holiday shopping list, now that Black Friday has come and gone? Are you planning to forego Starbucks in effort to stoke the coffers for gifts for the kids? Will Cyber Monday pre-empt your trip to the gym?
Despite the $12 billion advertising blitz directed at children this holiday season, parents also are getting snookered.
What until recently was just a metaphor for overparenting has now become a tantalizing reality: personal GPS devices to keep track of the kids! OK, I know they are being promoted as emergency locators, but let’s call a spade a spade. “Every parent should have one,” says one mom who admits that she is always losing her keys, remotes, etc.
Does that mean it’s also all right to own a GPS tracker or a sex-testing kit for teenagers or – get this one – Semen Spy CSI Edition for your spouse?! I couldn’t make it up; you can find it by Googling “spy equipment.”
It’s also true that car GPS logs are regularly added into evidence during divorce proceedings.
Personally, I advocate for the method used by the title character in “Harold and the Purple Crayon” by Crockett Johnson over the Brickhouse Distance Alert. You see, when Harold decided to go for a walk in the moonlight, he drew himself a landscape for his journey. But, because he had (presumably) been raised to become an independent fellow who could rely upon his own good decision-making, he sketched landmarks for himself to preclude his getting lost! Indeed, Harold took the necessary purple-crayon precautions when he created a boat while afloat in the sea and a purple-pie picnic when he was hungry.
Clearly, Harold was able to navigate his own path, especially since he was clever enough to depict only one tree in the forest as a reference point. If we rely upon navigation systems to keep our children safe, we will sacrifice not only our own sanity but also the ability of our kids to grow their own “better brains.”
It’s a slippery slope. I understand the temptation. But I’ve seen the poor outcome for so many children whose snowplow parents felt it was in their job description to clear the roads of any obstacles so that their children could jog down the trail of life unchallenged.
There was the 12-year-old who called to be rescued from a campout because he couldn’t bear to be away from home, the 8-year-old who was afraid to eat anything that his mom didn’t prepare in her own kitchen (no allergies!), and the 15-year-old who couldn’t decide what toppings to order for her pizza without consulting her dad.
Those kids grew into the college student who had to transfer back home, the young bride who couldn’t survive one year of marriage, and the new professional who couldn’t hold onto a job.
Yes, we live in an era of anxiety and uncertainty. But we have to resist the lure of false security in deference to our children gaining resilience by bouncing back from life’s adversities.
Instead of reaching for the child locator, reach instead for “Harold and the Purple Crayon” – and talk about Harold’s adventure and the excellent choices he made.


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EDIBLE GARDENSHouzz Call: Where Are the Craziest Places You Grow Edibles?
Basil in a bathtub, spinach stacked up a wall ... If your edibles occupy an odd spot, we’d like to knowFull Story
GARDENING GUIDESHerb Garden Essentials: Grow Your Own Delicious Mint
Pull out a pot for this one. Mint's spreading habit and hard-to-kill nature can be a blessing — if you're properly preparedFull Story
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With sun and a patch of ground, you can have all the fresh flavor you need for cooking right outside your door. Here's how to get startedFull Story
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IÂ´m new to the forum so hi to all. I decided to register cause I'd like to help someone translate his game into Spanish. I hope someone is interested. If you know someone, please tell me
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Hell-O, enjoy your (last) meal.
*Fissle, fissle* Hmm, my notes tell me that we havent vacant graves left yet.
Well, were building up a new graveyard (in the northwest), but that takes some time... bureaucracy... so you must put it up with a mass grave... for now^^
Welcome to the community! Do you translate games for a living or is it just a one-time thing? Not that I'd be interested in playing a game in another language, but it's an interesting hobby nonetheless!
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Pregnancy is a beautiful thing. For women who have made the choice to bring forth life into the world, their testimony is universally one of profound joy. Pregnancy does not only bring life, but being pregnant completes life as these gallant women attest. So for us dads-to-be, it is an honor to accompany your partner/wife in this journey, especially when you are pregnant for the first time.
Granted, most couples miss the first signs of pregnancy
My “We are pregnant Honey!” moment arrived via a WhatsApp text in the middle of the night. 11:30pm.Monday night, I think. I was away on business, she was at home holding forte. The message bore no words, just a picture of home pregnancy test. Two lines never before bore such symbolism.
I was going to be a father. I remember that I called my wife as soon as I saw the message. For what it’s worth, I can’t remember details of that conversation with my wife that night.
All future dads to be, highlight this one: For all the biology you learn in school, it can be easy to miss the early signs of pregnancy. Just so that you know, future dads to be, morning sickness kicks in much later after that missed period.
I did what any regular Joe would do when caught out cold. Later, I stepped out of the hotel room took my two beers and quite soundly, I slept.
Pregnant for the first time: What’s it Like Being a First Time Father?
I don’t know why but I expected the morning to be different. Nothing happened. I waited nights and days for ‘something’. Again nothing! You see, there all these notions on TV of husbands with pregnant wives.
Yes, you do have to go to the doctor’s office time and again so as to be on the safe side of life threatening pregnancy danger signs. Yes, she will need other clothes but not to mean a new wardrobe. Your pregnant wife will enjoy some foods more than others and at the same time won’t be able to stand other foods. Most of the time though, she still will be the girl you know.
Circa 280 days of earnestly waiting later, I held her in my arms. She was a tiny beautiful thing which at the time, I struggled to find any semblance with myself. She wailed and I stared. I didn’t know what to do with her but just to hold her.
Seemingly picking up on my lost stare, the midwife offered that the mother being with the baby at the time, would be the thing to do. That the wailing would turn on a switch in my wife’s brain and the milk would flow. Then the baby would get fed and everyone would be happy. Save for a diaper change, colic, vaccination nights and even sleep.
Rinse and repeat.
Onto My Arms
Now, can you believe that? All through the nine months, as I waited for ‘something’ the two, my pregnant wife and unborn child, were already at it. Doing stuff like wiring up switches in each other’s brains and lying down the piping to let the milk flow on certain cues!
In the delivery room, there I stood with this silly look on my face. Relieved at a smooth childbirth. In awe of my wife and in every way a messy ball of nervousness and joy. And still with that waiting for ‘something’ feeling.
Handing over our baby, I took it in as my whole world immersed in this joyful ‘reunion’. Standing a few feet away, I could see feel the deep joy in my wife’s face.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
Let me tell you this bros, nobody prepares you for this kind of stuff.Nothing compares, really to the separation. Before she was your pregnant wife. Loving her meant offering your pillow, a back rub or getting her that expensive cake. It was simple really, as the object of your affection was one. Now before you there is your wife, your son/daughter and the mother of your child. Bro, you’ve got to learn how to love each one of them all over again.
Hollywood’s artistic liberty lets you focus on the trivialities of getting pregnant such as dealing with exaggerated pregnancy signs like the dreaded cravings. The best you will get from the boys is that bro hug congratulating you. Your folks will be busy choosing names.
All these shenanigans whilst the real deal all slips by you.
You will notice your wife slow down and you will naively dismiss it as all those pregnancy changes weighing in on her. Once you come to know what really matters, it will be too late. The painful truth catches up with you leaving you forever playing catch up.
The painful truth: Daddy, this is what you’ve been missing out on
Through out the morning sickness, swelling of feet, hyper-acidity, breathlessness and beautiful skin; the two- your pregnant wife and unborn child- came to know each other.
The relationship between my wife and daughter, was solemnized by those two lines on the home pregnancy kit. For your case, the “we are pregnant moment” served to kick start your protector instincts: Health insurance, booking appointments with the obstetrician etc.
While all these are signs of love, but still quite unlike your pregnant wife, and your unborn child who set off on the journey to getting to know each other. For mother and daughter, the pregnancy is just but a period to get over small talk awkwardness. Little wonder then such songs in praise of mama
In retrospect, I could have done better with the waiting for ‘something’. Maybe I should have spent more time feeling my daughter’s baby kicks through my wife’s pregnant belly. Who knows if the high fives would have set us on a journey similar to that brought on by cravings, back aches and the munchies. One thing is for sure: Once beaten twice shy.
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Investment in training sees good start at new UniSport Nationals
Avondale won a bronze medal in an improved showing at the first UniSport Nationals Div 2, a new format for the former Eastern University Games.
The medal came in the four-team women’s touch competition, with the Eagles, playing with far fewer substitutes, beating Western Sydney University. The men, in a competition twice the size, won eight of their 10 games. But a loss to eventual top team Griffith University in the semifinal meant they, too, played for bronze and, beaten by RMIT University, finished fourth.
The women’s volleyball team claimed the same place after winning its first six games—a first for a women’s team from Avondale—but losing its last three, including the semifinal to Flinders University and the bronze medal match to Griffith University.
The Eagles also entered teams in women’s futsal (9th), men’s basketball (10th) and men’s futsal (16th).
None of the Avondale teams gained promotion to UniSport Nationals Div 1— teams must finish in the top two—but based on results from the Australian University Games in 2017, the Eagles will field teams in men’s volleyball and rugby sevens.
Student Life Services invested more in professional training and support services—alumnus and fitness trainer Pr Ray Moaga joined the Eagles and education student Damee Kea, a former state representative, coached the men’s touch team—and begin training earlier in the wake of a lacklustre showing at the games in 2017. It also prioritised the building of team culture. “Each team did its best to support other teams when games were completed for the day,” says Moaga, the Assistant Manager. “It created a bond and, I believe, will enhance culture on campus.” And most students chose to stay at the Eagles’ Gold Coast Christian College base, with Moaga describing the atmosphere as like being on a service learning trip.
After 25 years, the 2017 Australian University Games were the last before the transition to a divisional, national championship model. The UniSport Nationals Div 2, held on the Gold Coast, July 1-5, featured 14 competitions across men’s, women’s, mixed and open categories. As an open entry event, any of the 42-member higher education providers could enter teams if they had not already qualified for Nationals Div 1 in that competition.
Held annually in September, Nationals Div 1 features 33 competitions with only the top 10 teams from the Australian University Games qualifying for each competition. The two lowest placing teams in each competition will be relegated to Div 2.


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Welcome to the 90th entry of Postal History Sunday, featured weekly on the Genuine Faux Farm blog and the GFF Postal History blog. If you take this link, you can view every edition of Postal History Sunday, starting with this one (the most recent always shows up at the top).
Last week I solicited input and/or interaction with those who read PHS - and I did get some. I would like to thank those who shared kind words with me either in the comments, in social media or via email. I will also continue to solicit input as we approach the 100th Postal History Sunday. See the end of the blog for more.
The weather in Iowa has finally warmed and we actually had a beautiful day where we were able to do some serious work on the farm. This resulted in me looking at the computer screen at 9 pm on a Saturday wondering what I was going to do for Postal History Sunday. The answer? Well, I realized that I had a question that was asked by a couple of individuals (in a couple of different ways) that I have kind of answered in the past - but maybe would be worth revisiting.
What grab's my attention and gets me to consider adding a new item to my collection?
I thought I would answer the question this time around by sharing a few examples of some things that I added over the last couple of years and my reasons for doing so - and maybe we'll all learn something new while I'm at it!
Something familiar shown in a different way
envelope above was mailed in Paris in July of 1867 and traveled to
London, England in the hopes that it would find George Blackwell,
Esquire. The contents were most likely a death announcement, which is
indicated by the black border on the envelope. If we look at the back,
we can see this border is also visible there as well.
This sort of cover is typically referred to as a mourning cover by postal history collectors. The extra little bit of color, even if it is just black, often sets covers of this sort apart. Our eyes get drawn to differences like this, especially if you have been looking at hundreds of envelopes from the 1860s - and you find that any sort of ornamentation or decoration is in the minority. So you take note when you see it.
But, that's not what interested me in this item. Yes, I liked the fact that it is pretty clean. It clearly shows the 40 centime rate for mail from France to the United Kingdom that was in effect at the time. And, I did appreciate that it was a mourning cover. I might have passed on adding it, despite all of that, except for the address.
George Blackwell, Esq, Post Office, St Martin's le Grand, London.
Delivery of the mail to a street address or given location had been commonplace in much of Europe for some time at the point this letter was mailed. Yet here we have something that was simply sent to the post office where it was assumed Mr. Blackwell would come to check for mail.
sending something care of the post office, in the hopes that the
recipient would come looking for mail was not terribly uncommon in
1867. But it is still outside the norm - so I pay attention to such
things. I paid special attention to this one because most of the items
mailed to the post office for pickup that I have look more like this
This is an envelope mailed from the United States in 1863 to Paris. It is a double rate letter because the weight of the letter was more than 1/4 ounce and no more than 1/2 ounce. So, thirty cents in postage was applied to correctly pay that rate (15 cents per 1/4 ounce). Once again, the address gives is a street address in Paris, which happened to be the location of a post office in the city.
And we have the words "Poste Restante" on the envelope, which roughly translates to "remaining post." Once again, this letter was sent to the post office so the recipient could go there and pick it up. We can't be sure why this option was used. Perhaps the writer did not have a better address for the recipient. Maybe Charles A Loomis was not terribly wealthy and could not use a bank or some other agent's address for mail. In any event, it remained at the post office until it was picked up or instructions to forward the letter were given.
The thing that
caught my attention is that most of Europe, even if they were not French
speaking, used the words "Poste Restante" for this service. But, not
the United Kingdom. It'll be "Post Office" for us, thank you very
much! That, believe it or not, provided the extra incentive for me to
add this item to the collection.
Something to puzzle out
Sometimes I pick up an item that isn't too expensive, but I am not entirely sure what it is I've got in front of me. I have SOME idea, but then there is something about it that isn't quite what I expect based on prior experience and my curiosity encourages me to dig into it further.
So, let's start with something similar where I KNEW what was going on.
Both of the folded letters shown here are from locations in Sardinia, which was in the process of merging other parts of Italy into the Kingdom of Italy at the time both of these letters were written. The first was sent from Milan to Mantua in 1860 and the second from Brescia to Mantua in 1861.
Both of them have a "5" on the front that indicated that the recipient should pay for postage due. But, they both also have Sardinian postage stamps, which tells us something must have been paid for.
I understand the second letter. The internal postage rate in Sardinia was 20 centimes for a letter weighing no more than 7.5 grams. Mantova, unfortunately, was NOT part of Sardinia, so the postage was paid only to the border. That meant that the postage from the border to Mantova also had to be paid. At the time, Mantova was under the jurisdiction of the Kingdom of Venetia, which was under the control of Austria.
The question was - why does the first letter have TWO stamps? The second letter has one stamp denominated 20 centesimi. The first letter has two such stamps, for 40 centesimi. I wasn't sure of the answer at the time I acquired the folded letter, but I was pretty sure it had something to do with different weight units being used in Sardinia and Austrian controlled territories.
Sure enough. Sardinia's internal rates was 20 centesimi for a letter up to 7.5 grams and 40 centesimi for a letter up to 20 grams. The Austrian rates were broken up by the loth (about 15 grams). So, the first letter was a double rate letter in Sardinia and a single rate letter in Venetia (Austria).
Or, to make it clearer (I hope), let's pretend this
letter weighed 12 grams at the time it was mailed. The post office in
Milan was going to see that the letter was more than 7.5 grams, so they
were going to require 40 centesimi in postage, which were paid for in
stamps. Once the letter arrived in Mantua, the clerk there weighed this
and noted that it was less than one loth and knew it would only be ONE
letter rate in the Kingdom of Venetia - just like the 2nd letter, which
was lighter, but they both qualified for the single rate under the
And those are the subtle little things that, oddly enough, make me happy.
Something that confirms that I am learning
saw the front of this folded letter and I immediately thought this
could be a really cool thing. But, when you collect old pieces of
postal history, you often prepare yourself for disappointment. After
all, these things are well over 150 years old. A lot can happen during
that period of time to pieces of paper. And it is entirely possible
that I don't know as much as I thought I did, which means I might not
see what I was expecting because I had not yet learned enough to expect
the RIGHT thing!
In any event, I saw the squiggle in the middle of this cover and I thought to myself, "I hope I'll find what I think I'll find on the back." I knew, because I now have a reasonable amount of experience in reading squiggles like this one, that this was the number "4." Yes. A four. And, I would not blame you if you looked at me and told me that I was squinting a bit too hard to see it.
I've now seen enough of the postal clerk shorthand for places like the Papal States (Italy) that I have a pretty good feel for this sort of thing. Though I have to admit that there are many times I stare at these squiggly markings for a LONG time before I either give up or ask for some help.
Those postal clerks marked a lot of letters and not all of them were particularly careful with how they marked them. I am afraid they just didn't care that some silly postal historian / farmer was going to want to read those markings and puzzle out how they got from here to there.
How dare they fail to consider my needs?!?
now that we are done with my righteous indignation. Here is the an
example of this sort of letter that I found a few years ago for the
I learned with this item that letters that were prepaid have the postage stamp on the front with the address. Those that are NOT prepaid include the amount due on the front, but have the postage stamps on the BACK of the letter or envelope.
The front of this folded circular has a nice clear "1." It's pretty hard for a clerk, even if they are intent on making hard to read squiggles, to mess up the number one. This means one bajocco was due from the recipient for postage.
And sure enough, the back has a one baj postage stamp.
Over time, I have seen many examples like this one. One baj due and a one baj stamp on the back. It makes sense, however, that there are likely to be examples of other postage amounts due with the appropriate amounts of postage on the back. I just hadn't really seen them in any of the places I had time to look. Until I saw the squiggly "4."
So, I was looking for four bajocchi in postage on the back of the folded letter. Did I find it there?
Yes! Two stamps, each denominated for two bajocchi each.
Sometimes, you're just so happy that you have demonstrated for yourself that you are learning and understanding things better than you had in times past that you just have to add an item to the collection.
Three new items - something in common
The common theme with all three of these new items is that they are variations of something for which I have some knowledge. They didn't quite fit with what was already in my comfort zone, but they also weren't so far away that I was taking a "shot in the dark" regarding what was going on. This is one way I like to learn - by building off of what I have constructed for myself thus far. It is also a relatively safe way to acquire postal history items that have not been altered, either purposely or accidentally.
And there you are, a Postal History Sunday for May 8th! I am sure you were wondering if we'd actually manage it, what with all of that farm stuff I was doing earlier in the day. But, we've managed.
Thank you for joining me and I hope you have a find remainder of your day and a great week to come.
Questions for Rob
Manny Brautigam actually came up with a couple of questions that were related to last week's Postal History Sunday offering. Since I DID offer that I would put the answers in future PHS entries - here we go!
"I wonder how poor Gardy came to the conclusion that he had been poisoned?<more content not included in this blog> How much longer is this letter?"
Celebrating the Journey to 100
There are 3 ways you can participate (feel free to participate in more than one way if you wish):
- Ask Rob a question that he can attempt to answer.
- Send Rob a scan of a favorite postal history item and a couple of sentences about WHY this is a favorite item.
- Request that Rob write on a particular postal history topic.
I will feature these questions, favorite items and/or topics in Postal History Sunday as we approach 100. If you do not want me to share your name with your input, please tell me to omit that information if I choose to use your suggestion, question, or favorite item.
Questions and topic suggestions can come from people with any level of postal history knowledge. Prior questions I have received have included "Where do you find all of these neat things?", "How long would it usually take a ship to cross the Atlantic Ocean?", "How did you figure out the United States kept five cents and sent the remaining 19 cents to Britain?", among others.
Similarly, if you choose to share a
favorite item, it need not be old or super rare or really expensive. It
just needs to be a favorite item that is a piece of postal history.
Your reason for making it a favorite is enough!
yes, I do reserve the right to decline to use submissions. After all, I
may not be willing or able to answer certain questions or cover
particular topics - I do have a full time job to do and have a farm to
run. But, let's all enter into this with an attitude of cooperation and
I bet this could turn out pretty well!

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New! You can use the Solo while charging!
The portable Solo vaporizer from Arizer is assembled in Canada and works with a lithium battery up to 3 hours.
This amazing design of the Solo vaporizer give you a cool touch and best handling. With a size of a small drink can fits the Solo in your pocket.
The electronics are separate and not in the heating air or near the herb chamber. The Solo vaporizer has a ceramic heater which heat up very fast, after 120 seconds you will inhale best and clearest steam.
Adjust the temperature with the seven steps of the Solo. Normally use step is 3-4 = 190-195° C. The LED´s will show you details which temperature is reached. The herb chamber is made of boro silicate glass for the best taste. Put your herbs in the glass bowl, plug the glass bowl in the Solo vaporizer thats all inhale and enjoy.
Since the first V-Tower was born the manufacturer Arizer gives the potpourri-dish for the aroma therapy to any vaporizer like a trademark.
high quality industrial design
temperature adjustable (185°C - 210°C)
small unit that fits in your pocket
auto shut down after 12min
fresh air intake
electronic components are separated from the heating area
many additional parts and replacement parts available
high capacity lithium battery
- - Solo vaporizer
- - charger with EU adapter
- - potpourri dish
- - diffusing tubes (1x straight 1x curved)
- - 2 screens
- -manual in english and german


A new survey found that tech hiring isn’t getting any easier, and in fact, may get even harder this year.
Dice.com surveyed hiring managers and recruiting professionals to find 73 percent of them report their companies plan to do more hiring of tech workers in the next several months. Nearly a quarter of all the survey respondents told Dice their tech hiring would be “substantial.”
Lured by more pay, the number of professionals switching jobs is growing.
More than 40 percent of the survey respondents said they’ve lost tech staff in the last six months. That compares to just over 30 percent who said that in the spring survey. The No. 1 reason for the job changes: pay, reported three-quarters of the survey participants.
Salary issues and rejected offers
Making clear just how challenging the recruiting environment is for companies seeking tech workers, almost 6 in 10 said they’ve had to leave to positions vacant because of their existing salary guidelines. And a third of them have had offers rejected.
A Computerworld survey a few months back found that programming/application development tops the list of skills that will be most in demand next year. The 2014 Forecast survey named developer and programmer job openings as the most difficult to fill.
After that, demand will be heaviest for help desk/technical support jobs. Networking, mobile app, project management, database admin, and security round out Computerworld’s survey list of the jobs that will be hottest in 2014.


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'Hearts and minds changed'
CNN/Stylemagazine.com Newswire | 6/12/2017, 10:54 a.m.
By John Couwels
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- You see them everywhere you go in this bruised city.
Murals, hand-painted signs, stickers in windows, ribbons on lapels, decals on police cars. #OrlandoStrong. You Matter. #OrlandoUnited. Love Wins.
The rainbow-colored messages even stretch across entire buildings, like the one at Se7en Bites, the eatery that Trina Gregory-Propst runs with her wife east of downtown. To her, they are bittersweet symbols of a community that is healing.
"When people try to push you down, there's always a rise up (afterwards)," she says. "And this rise up has been about the good and not just dwelling on ... the bad that happened."
The bad that happened. A year later, it's still hard to talk about.
And yet 12 months after a gunman massacred 49 people at Pulse, a gay nightclub, members of Orlando's LGBT community say they feel embraced here like never before.
The blood drives and candlelight vigils in the days and weeks after the June 12, 2016, shooting were soon followed by more enduring action.
Donations poured into a fund set up by the city to help the families of those killed, along with those who survived. By the time the OneOrlando fund closed officially on March 31, it had distributed more than $30 million.
Although gay rights have been a divisive issue among Florida Republicans, nearly two dozen GOP officials in Central Florida signed a resolution last year calling for laws banning discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation.
When Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs unveiled the measure a month after the Pulse shootings at an annual Republican Party fundraising dinner, she got a standing ovation.
"I took it head on and was shocked by the support ... that was just unbelievable," said Jacobs, who has been increasingly forceful in her support for the city's LGBTQ community. The mayor says she has seen a dramatic shift in attitude among her fellow Republican lawmakers on gay rights, and she speaks often of the city's new "culture of compassion."
'This is your family'
In December, Orlando Police launched a Safe Place initiative which encourages businesses and organizations to display decals stating their commitment to sheltering gay, lesbian or transgender people who are victims of hate crimes or are feeling threatened.
Buildings displaying the decal agree to serve as a refuge from harassment or violence while police are called. More than 200 businesses have signed up.
In the wake of the shootings donations to the LGBT Community Center of Central Florida have allowed the Orlando agency to expand its free HIV testing and mental health counseling, says Gabe Martinez, the center's director of clinical services.
"The Orlando community has changed ... we have more of a togetherness," he said. "When anyone goes through such tragedy we know that people tend to come together. I think we have that unity more than ever."
And then there are the murals and the rainbow flags, which have sprung up seemingly everywhere since the shootings. None has been defaced.

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Infinix finally launched the Note 11 Pro which is the company’s latest mid-range smartphone and succeeds the Note 10 series from early this year.
It’s all about refinement with one of the best mid-range smartphones on the market getting just a little more polished and a little bit more streamlined with new upgrades which we’ll delve into in this full review.
Infinix Note 11 Pro comes in a neat bright green box that also contains accessories like the transparent TPU case, glass screen protector that’s already installed on the phone, a 33W fast charger and a type-A to Type-c cable and a pair of earphones.
Infinix Note 11 Pro looks pretty slick. We have our unit in Haze Green. Other colour versions include Mist Blue and Mithril Grey
The back is plastic but feels great with the matte finish and has these concave curves at the top and bottom sides.
Behind the conservative facade is a phone that is pretty well put together and whispers quiet elegance. I like it.
At the back, we have the camera island that hosts a triple camera setup.
At the front is the wonderful bright Infinity-O display. This is a 6.95” Super Fluid display rocking 120Hz refresh rate and 180Hz touch sample rate that helps elevate the everyday user experience.
It is great for consuming multimedia content. Blacks in the shadows are nice and deep, and colours appear richly saturated without being overly so.
That high refresh rate is really handy when browsing the web, scrolling through Twitter and Instagram, playing graphics intense games.
At the side is the volume rockers and the power button that has the fingerprint sensor embedded. You won’t be spending too much time hovering over the fingerprint sensor as it unlocks the phone nearly instantaneously.
Under the hood, Infinix poured plenty of power into the Note 11 Pro as it sports Helio G96 chip and Mali G57 PU coupled with 8GB of RAM and 128GB of onboard storage.
Infinix included MemFusion feature that extends the RAM on the Note 11 from 8GB to 11GB enabling users to go the extra mile with their productivity and creative potential.
Infinix Note 11 Pro ships with Android 11 and XOS 10.
Here’s what 11GB of RAM and more can do for you with the Infinix Note 11 Pro
No slouching with the Note 11 Pro when it came to my everyday tasks I put the phone through.
The camera department also gets new lenses.
We have a 64MP main snapper and a 13MP telephoto lens that offers 30X digital zoom. We also have a 2MP depth sensor.
We’ll have a 16MP selfie camera housed at the centre punch-hole cutout like its predecessor.
Powering the Infinix Note 11 Pro is a 5000mAh battery with support for 33W fast charging.
Battery performance is stellar as I was getting between 7 and 8 hours of screen-on time.
When it comes to charging, 16 minutes from 1% to 28%, 54 minutes from 1% to 84% and 1 hour 17 minutes from empty to 97%.
The Note 11 Pro is powerful enough, has phenomenal battery life, great screen and great sound, solid build, excellent software, cameras that stand out for their reliability and all these competitive specs deliver results worthy of its pro moniker.


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A murderously funny thriller!
William Gillette, an actor best known for his portrayal of Sherlock Holmes, is wounded following an attempt on his life at a performance. He invites a few friends over for a Christmas Eve celebration at his mansion while he recovers. When a murder happens that evening, Gillette puts his Sherlockian skills to the test in an attempt to solve the crime before anything else goes awry.
The "whodunit" plot takes many twists and turns, the dialogue is witty, there is suspense within the laughter.
Even when you think you've figured out who the perp is,
you start to question yourself...
2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Award, Best Play
For tickets visit https://www.garrisonlittletheatre.com/buy-tickets


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Tell Obama - Americans Deserve Justice
It's time for President Obama to demonstrate leadership, not bow to political opposition, and move forward with federal district court trials. Our justice system is strong and effective. We have the tools that we need to convict admitted murderer Khalid Sheik Mohammed, and try the rest of the Guantanamo detainees. We need to use them.
Tell President Obama: Bring Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other suspected terrorists to justice in federal court.
C. Dixon Osburn
It’s past time to bring the perpetrators of 9/11 to justice. As yesterday’s conviction of Ahmed Ghailani shows, federal courts can prosecute terrorism suspects in a way that Americans can be proud of. Please do not bow to political opposition on an issue of such vital importance to our nation’s strength. Trying Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the rest of the Guantanamo detainees in federal court is not just the right thing to do; it is the most effective way to bring us justice and promote our national security.
Since 9/11, our federal courts have convicted over 400 terrorists. Military commissions have only convicted five, two of whom have already been released. We are confident in the strength of our justice system and we know that we have the tools we need to convict Khalid Sheik Mohammed and try the rest of the Guantanamo detainees in federal court.
In order for us to move forward in combating extremism, we should bring terrorism suspects to justice using the most powerful tools at our disposal: our courts. As our nation’s military leaders have made clear, elevating KSM to the status of a warrior by giving him a military trial would only undermine our larger counterinsurgency efforts. Try KSM and the rest of the Guantanamo detainees in federal court.


Follow all the build-up to the fight of the year
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Chris Burton considers the merits of Crystal Palace and Watford ahead of Monday's play-off final.
Champions League build-up, second Test action and more
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Find out the thoughts of Borussia Dortmund's boss ahead of the Champions League final at Wembley.
Tottenham expect Carlo Cudicini to make a full recovery from wrist and pelvic surgery.
Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini is expected to make a good recovery after undergoing surgery on Friday.
Harry Redknapp has wished Carlo Cudicini a speedy recovery after the keeper was injured in a motorbike crash.
Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini has been injured in a motorbike crash in London.
Spurs keeper Carlo Cudicini has likened the club's ambition to that of Chelsea under Jose Mourinho.
Carlo Cudicini admitted he was surprised by how ordinary his former club Chelsea looked against Spurs.
Heurelho Gomes insists he is still Tottenham's No.1 goalkeeper despite the arrival of Carlo Cudicini.
Carlo Cudicini believes Chelsea made a mistake by appointing Luiz Felipe Scolari as manager.
Carlo Cudicini insists he did not hesitate when faced with the choice of swapping Chelsea for Spurs.
Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini is hoping to help his new club climb the Premier League table.
Tottenham have signed Carlo Cudicini on a free transfer from London rivals Chelsea.
Harry Redknapp has stepped up his pursuit of a new goalkeeper after allowing Cesar Sanchez to join Valencia.
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has denied making a bid for Chelsea keeper Carlo Cudicini.
David Davies claims Sven-Goran Eriksson wanted to bring foreign-born players into his England side.
Avram Grant has insisted he will walk away from Chelsea the moment his bosses say they are not happy.
Avram Grant has admitted that Carlo Cudicini 'doesn't look so good' but says he has faith in Hilario.
Carlo Cudicini has revealed the main reason he is still at Stamford Bridge is the Chelsea supporters.
Chelsea are hopeful goalkeeping duo Petr Cech and Carlo Cudicini will be back 'as soon as possible'.
Carlo Cudicini is unhappy with Chelsea's decision not to sanction his departure.
Jose Mourinho says he expects Everton to go on the offensive on Sunday.
Graeme Bailey speaks to Gibraltar head coach Allen Bula after their admission into UEFA.
We're live at Wembley on Friday and Saturday for all the build-up to the Champions League Final.
The Bundesliga's top two will fight it out at Wembley on Saturday night for European football's ultimate prize.
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Taylor Hawkins got an epic tribute worthy of his life and career.
Over the weekend, musical group Rockin’1000, comprising 1,000 musicians mostly from Italy, paid tribute to the late Foo Fighters drummer during a concert in Paris.
For the tribute, the group performed an epic cover of the Foo Fighters’ classic “My Hero”.
Hawkins died in March at age 50 from a drug overdose.
“His musical spirit and infectious laughter will live on with all of us forever. Our hearts go out to his wife, children and family, and we ask that their privacy be treated with the utmost respect in this unimaginably difficult time,” the band said in a statement at the time.
Along with the Foo Fighters cover, Rockin’1000 also performed hits by Pink Floyd, the Who, the White Stripes, and more.
The group formed in July 2015 as a way to encourage the Foo Fighters to visit the town of Cesena in Italy, putting on a performance of “Learn to Fly” that went viral.


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Enbridge obtains the right to move forward with a Canadian carbon capture project
The Government of Alberta announced that Enbridge has been granted the right to pursue development of a carbon dioxide (CO2) sequestration center west of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The Company is developing the Open Access Wabamun Carbon Hub (the Hub) to support near-term carbon capture projects advanced by project partners Capital Power Corp. (Capital Power) and Lehigh Cement, a division of Lehigh Hanson Materials Ltd (Lehigh Cement).
“We are excited to take this next step in the development of Wabamun’s Open Access Carbon Center in Alberta,” said Colin Gruending, Executive Vice President and President, Liquids Pipelines, Enbridge. “We commend the Government of Alberta for moving quickly in launching a world-class carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) industry in the province. We look forward to working with project partners Capital Power and Lehigh Cement, as well as our local Indigenous partners, to advance the hub, create jobs and economic growth, and help Alberta and Canada achieve their emission reduction targets.
The Hub and associated carbon capture projects advanced by Capital Power and Lehigh Cement represent an opportunity to avoid nearly 4 million tonnes of atmospheric CO2 emissions with phased in-service dates starting as early as 2025. Once built, the hub will be among the largest integrated CCS projects in the world and can be adapted to meet the needs of other nearby industrial transmitters.
The hub’s carbon transport and sequestration facilities will be co-developed and ultimately co-owned with local Indigenous partners, including the First Nations Capital Investment Partnership (composed of Alexander First Nation, Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, Enoch Cree Nation and Paul First Nation), and Lac Ste. Métis community Anne.
Read the article online at: https://www.hydrocarbonengineering.com/the-environment/01042022/enbridge-awarded-right-to-advance-with-canadian-carbon-capture-project/
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In response to the recent announcement by the Biden administration of a release of crude oil from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) issued the following statement:


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Much like the VariTone switch on BB King's "Lucille" guitar, this Tone Box DIY stompbox will dial in and boost highs, mids or even bass levels on your guitar. The secret ingredient is the CBGitty.com Tone Distiller, an active tone control knob.
Follow along in this demo by Shane Speal and craft your own custom Tone Box using a cigar box and the parts listed at CBGitty.com/tonebox.
The parts include the Tone Distiller circuit, two guitar jacks, two Strat style jackplates, a battery compartment, chicken head knob and tuner screws. Purchase here.
Here are the photos featured in the video tutorial:
By simply soldering guitar jacks to the input & output wires of the Tone Distiller circuit, Speal was able to turn this internal knob into an external stompbox circuit. Note the green marker scribble on the arm of the left guitar jack. Speal put this there to designate that it was the INPUT jack.
The Housing: Speal used a small wooden cigar box. He used a torch to burn the box a little, giving it an aged whiskey barrel look. He cut two teardrop holes for the Input and Output jacks and a hole for the Tone Distiller knob.
Here is the underside of the box lid, showing the Tone Distiller and guitar jacks mounted in place. The "$10.00" writing was the cost of the cigars that were originally inside the box!
Speal used metal letter punches to put IN and OUT on the Strat style jackplates that were mounted upside down.
The battery compartment was mounted on the side for easy access.
Unlike most stompboxes that have input and output mounted on the sides, Speal's design with the upside down jackplates adds a mad scientist look to the project.
Get all the parts for this project at www.CBGitty.com/tonebox

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This year I have been extremely well organised (in my terms) when it comes to Christmas preparation. I took these photos in late August, and some of these have been used as Christmas postcards, which I add to every order in my shop. Enjoy bright pre - Christmas inspiration.
couple links for you :
you know I love little films and this one...I wish I could take something like this when we went there last week
another beautiful site for foodies
good cause and lovely design
unique holiday mobile
gorgeous magazine with kiddies stuff
have a good one!
photos styled & taken by me


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Michael Harding was born in Cavan in 1953.
He has published two novels, Priests (Blackstaff Press, 1986), and The Trouble With Sarah Gullion (Blackstaff Press, 1988); and the novella Bird in the Snow (Dublin, The Lilliput Press, 2008).
His plays are Strawboys (Dublin, The Abbey Theatre, Peacock stage, 1987); Una Pooka (The Peacock, 1989); Misogynist (The Abbey Theatre, 1990); Burying Brian Boru (Theatre Omnibus, 1990); Where the Heart Is (Dublin, Project Arts Centre, 1993); Hubert Murray’s Widow (The Peacock, 1993); The Kiss (Project Arts Centre, 1994);
Ceacht Houdini (Baile Átha Cliath, Amharclann de hIde, 1994); Backsides to the Wind (Waterford, Red Kettle, 1995); Sour Grapes (The Peacock, 1997); Amazing Grace (The Peacock, 1998); Bog Dances (Portlaoise, Steve Wickham and Shake the Spear Theatre @ Dunamaise Arts Centre, 2000); Sleeping a Lovesong (Project Arts Centre 2002); Talking Through His Hat, Dublin Fringe Festival at The Focus Theatre. 2002); Swallow (Gare ST Lazare @ Dublin Fringe Festival. 2003); Birdie Birdie (Sligo, Blue Raincoat Theatre, 2004); Tearmann (Tralee, Siamsa Tire, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland. 2006); The Tinkers Curse (Virginia, Co Cavan, Livin Dred Theatre Co, 2007); Is There Balm in Gilead? (Dun Laoighaire, Pavilion Theatre, 2007).
His memoir is Staring at Lakes: A Memoir of Love, Melancholy and Magical Thinking (Dublin, Hachette Ireland, 2013).
In 1980 he received the Hennessey Literary Award for short stories.
Amongst his awards for theatre is The Stewart Parker Theatre Award. He was Writer in Association with the Abbey Theatre in 1993. He has been Writer in Association with The National Theatre in 1993 and he was short listed Short listed for the Irish Times Aer Lingus Literature Award in 1989.
In 2000 he was Writer Fellow at Trinity College and he was nominated for the Jane Snow Award for Theatre writing in 2003. He has also explored connections between theatre and performance art. He was nominated for Best Male Performer, at the Dublin Theatre Fringe Festival, 2002, and he was the overall winner of Best Male Performer Award at Dublin Fringe Festival 2003.
He is a member of Aosdána, and lives in Westmeath.
Michael Harding at Irish Playography

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It was clear from Dr. Robert Zayas’ words in a Monday conference call that the decision by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association to cancel the state championships for spports was a difficult one.
“As a former participant in a state championship in Texas growing up, I still remember my splits from the 2-mile that I ran in outdoor track and field,” said Zayas, the executive director of NYSPSHAA, “so I realize the impact this has upon students, and that’s the most disappointing thing for me as the executive director, as a former athlete and as a father.”
Also Monday, the Section II Executive Committee announced that it was canceling the sectional championships for spring sports, shortly after the NYSPHSAA announcement.
The regular spring sports season remains on hold, however, suspended by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s New York Pause order that has closed state schools through at least May 15 during the coronavirus pandemic.
But faced with a shrinking window of time to squeeze in any potential regular season and state tournaments, NYSPHSAA opted to cancel the spring state playoffs. The association had similarly canceled the winter state championships in March.
“The most disappointing thing about this decision is realizing that this negatively impacts kids,” Zayas said. “There are thousands of student-athletes throughout the state of New York that had established the spring state championships as their goal, and unfortunately the decision today eliminates their ability to achieve their dream of participating in the 2020 spring state championships.”
Zayas said it would be very premature to look ahead to any potential impact on fall high school sports.
“It’s too early to start speculating or trying to create a contingency plan for the fall season when we really don’t honestly know what’s going to happen in the next week or the next few months,” Zayas said.
In the case of a potential fall impact or delay, Zayas said an ad hoc committee would be created with representatives from schools, sections and the state to recommend options.
But in the present, state and Section II championships for baseball, softball, girls and boys lacrosse, boys tennis, and girls and boys track and field are canceled. Spring state championships had been scheduled for June 4-13 in those sports.
If state schools reopen after May 15, there is a chance scholastic sports could resume for a few weeks of events, depending on social distancing and health department guidelines.
“It’s disappointing, but we pretty much knew it was coming,” said Fort Ann softball coach Jason Humiston, whose Cardinals were hoping to pursue their 10th straight Section II title this season. “I feel bad for both our boys and girls and everybody going through this. … It’s unfortunate. There’s no feeling like getting to sectionals and winning it. Our only last hope is if the (Adirondack) league can get together for some kind of championship.”
“I kind of foresaw this as the way things have been going,” said Ticonderoga baseball coach Dan Dorsett, whose team was the defending state Class C champion. “Now we’re hoping for anything local. We had a good core of kids coming back and they were really excited about what we could do. I hope they can in some fashion play some games.”
Zayas met with the executive directors of NYSPHSAA’s 11 sections before making the decision to cancel the state championships, which was based on time constraints and the availability of venues.
“We as an association have been analyzing this decision for a number of weeks,” Zayas said. “It just got to a point where we realized that it wasn’t logistically going to be possible to host the 2020 spring state championship events.”
The spring sports season remains on hold for nine of the 11 sections in NYSPHSAA. Sections VIII and XI, the two Long Island sections, officially canceled their spring sports seasons entirely on April 21.
Zayas said the decision to play games is up to individual sections. However, schools would have to be reopened by Gov. Cuomo in order for spring sports to resume.
“If the New York Pause is lifted and sports are part of schools resuming,” Zayas said, “and a school district and a section can provide students with the opportunity to participate in a few games or contests, that would be extremely beneficial for our student-athletes and their communities because it would give them the opportunity to get back to some sense of normalcy, after the past two or three months of being chaos.”
Spring sports practices had begun in early March, before state schools were ordered closed on March 14. However, Zayas said if regular-season play resumes, NYSPHSAA would reset the number of required practices before playing games — six for all sports except baseball, which requires 10 practices — in the interest of safety.
While the cutoff date for state tournament play was June 13, there is potential for sections to play into late June. Zayas said the Commissioner of Education rules have set the spring season as 15 weeks long, and it’s up to each section to determine when their season would end.
“The sections have the authority to determine how long their spring season will go or if they will have a spring season,” Zayas said. “I do not have the authority as the executive director to tell a section that their season is done or canceled.”
Zayas did not foresee any sports season extending beyond June, because of contracts with coaches, officials, grounds crews, custodians, transportation and others that would potentially have to be renegotiated.
“Right now there’s 38 states across the country that have already had to cancel their spring sports seasons — most notably Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, have all canceled in our geographic region,” Zayas said. “So we have to be aware of what’s happening throughout the country, that if spring sports are going to be held, they’re going to be held in June and late May.”
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We design our family centre services together with our customers and we are eager to hear their wishes and expectations. In order to hear from our customers, we carried out the Kampin perhek-eskus – asiakkaiden odotukset ja toiveet customer survey in November 2020. The aim of the sur-vey was to get ideas and information from the residents of Helsinki to support the planning and construction phase and genuinely involve the customers in the design phase.
We design our family centre services together with our customers and we are eager to hear their wishes and expectations. In order to hear from our customers, we carried out the Kampin perhekeskus – asiakkaidenodotukset ja toiveet customer survey in November 2020. The aim of the survey was to get ideas and information from the residents of Helsinki to support the planning and construction phase and genuinely involve the customers in the design phase.
According to the results of the survey, the residents of Helsinki have a positive attitude towards the Kamppi family centre as it provides children and families with a wide variety of flexible services. In time, the centre will become a familiar place to both parents and children.
The respondents are particularly looking forward to maternity and child health clinic services and various therapist and psychologist services.
The family cafe to be included in the family centre was considered to be an innovative idea that supports communality and easy contact with experts and other families. The respondents indicated that they would like different types of events to be arranged in the cafe, especially during evenings and weekends.
The family centreto be opened next autumn
The Kamppi family centre will be opened in autumn 2021. Helsinki-based families with children can then access a variety of social and health care services in the Helsinki city centre at Malminkatu 3.
The family centre provides children and young people aged 0–17 and their families, as well as those who are pregnant, with a wide range of maternity and child health clinic services; home services for families with children; social services; and speech therapy, physiotherapy and occupational therapy services in one location.
The respondents feel that the location of the family centre in Kamppi is ideal. The centre is easily accessible and it can serve as a base when accessing other services in the city centre. Other positive aspects mentioned in the responses include the attractiveness of the space, the baby care room and the possibility to breastfeed.
"It’swonderful that the attractiveness of the centre and social aspects have beenthought of, for example, by including a cafe. I think this is important forboth parents and children, who can sometimes feel that a sweet roll in a cafecan be a truly memorable experience. I believe that children will gladly visitthe centre for appointments with all these attractions available.” (Woman, 37)
Digital servicessupport accessibility
According to the results of the survey, digital services are considered to be a particularly easy way to access the services of the family centre, for example, the digital symptom checker service and different chat services. Mobile applications and video calls are also considered to be services that should be provided.
“Low-thresholdservices that can be accessed by both children and their parents, perhapsanonymously, if necessary.” (Woman,53)
Cooperation with organisations arranged at the family centre and the opportunities it provides are also interesting to the respondents. The survey also included questions about the respondents’ opinions on the languages used on signs and the possible related themes, the communication channels to be used by the centre and the most suitable opening hours.
The family centre is designed for our customers!
The survey wasconducted with the Crowst mobile platform during the period 13–26 November 2020with about 500 responses gathered from the residents of Helsinki.
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The thirst for revenge is strong in Shenmue 2By Shamar Roundtree Score:
Jan 26, 2005 2:49AM PST
Luckily, Ryo has been training in the martial arts under his father (one of the highest regarded martial arts masters in Japan) for almost 13 years, giving Ryo the skills that make him a very formidable fighter. At the end of Shenmue 1, Ryo, following a trail of evidence, leaves Japan and goes to Hong Kong after Lan Di, his fatherâ??s murderer. This where Shenmue 2 begins. Shenmue 2 fixes a lot of the problems that were in the first game. The slow-down is gone, but the biggest change is in the pacing. In the past game, the story dragged along with fights few and far between.
Now, one of Shenmueâ??s charms in the last game was in a way one of itâ??s biggest flaws. The game has you interacting with other characters in order to progress in the story. In the first game, there was way too much talking going on. Last but not least, was the length of the game-an average gamer could finish it within three days. Well, like I said, Shenmue 2 fixes (to an extent) all of those past problems. The first thing you may find is that the game moves as smoothly as...a game with no slow-down. Unlike Japan, Hong Kong is not as uhh...â??nice.â?? So Ryo runs into trouble almost as soon as he steps off the boat. This indicates the gameâ??s faster pace, but keep in mind this game will only move through the story as fast as you make it.
Moving through the story is not the only thing you can do in the world of Shenmue. As I said above, the charm of Shenmue 2 is the interaction with non-playable characters (NPCâ??s). And with more than 1,000 personalities in the game, you can more than keep yourself busy talking with them. Shenmue 2 is considerably larger then the first game, which means more play time (always good). But the larger size means your more apt to get lost. Thankfully some people in Hong Kong are friendly enough to walk you to where you want to go.
Ryoâ??s journey is not conflict-free, so you will need to get a feel for Ryoâ??s fighting style, that and the gameâ??s quick-timer events, and you will be set. Oh, I didnâ??t tell you about QTEâ??s? Well, outside of the free battles (fights with one or more people) QTEâ??s are when a button or combo of buttons flash on the screen and you hit corresponding buttons. Its something you have to respond to fast or Ryo fails to do his action.
Shenmue 2 is a expertly crafted tale of revenge that only gets better as you play, with a lot of attention to detail, complete English voices, and so much to do. Fans of the first game will be pleased and newbes finally get to see to what the fuss is all about.


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The use of low frequency ultrasound could have regenerative effects on living organisms. Not only do they seem to reactivate the ability to divide cells in aging human cells, but they also "invigorated" aged mice, improving their physical performance in tests such as running on a treadmill and restoring their elasticity, even when suffering from back problems .
"We often wonder if this is really possible," he says Michael Sheetz of the University of Texas Medical Branch. "We are planning a human trial to understand if low-frequency ultrasound is safe and if it can help in the treatment of diseases related to aging."
"Rejuvenating" low-frequency ultrasound: what is the discovery
The cells of our body have a sort of "expiration": after a certain number of times, known as Hayflick limit, stop replicating and become senescent. There are external factors that can accelerate this process: stress, exposure to chemical agents and more. And when that happens, it goes badly, because it can trigger a snowball effect: senescent cells in turn release chemicals that increase inflammation and lead to other senescent cells. At that point, aging and its diseases are rampant.
Among the research that various laboratories in the world do to counteract ageing, Sheetz's search popped up. His team used low-frequency ultrasound (below 100 kilohertz, far below that used for medical diagnostics). And the tests have attracted as much attention as possible.
Cells that usually stopped after 15 replications continued to "work" undisturbed, even reaching 24 replications (over 50% increase). And mice subjected to an increased frequency of ultrasound show improvements in memory. "That's very promising data," he says Jürgen Götz from the University of Queensland in Australia, who was part of the research team. "More work is now needed to define the actual ultrasound parameters."
Next step: an experiment involving patients with osteoarthritis and foot ulcers. To refine the technique with low-frequency ultrasound and rule out a theoretical risk: All therapies that increase cell division could increase the rate of cancer, but Sheetz says his team saw no signs of this.
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By McKenna Britton, Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Philadelphia is an assemblage. A city created from a collage of peoples, cultures, ideas, politics, arts, and more, Philadelphia contains a wealth of history. A typical website search for “landmarks to visit in Philadelphia” or “Philadelphia history” tends to result in a listing of the Revolutionary Era sites, monuments, and narratives of the city. There is much more to Philadelphia’s history, however—here are a few places to visit in the city where marginalized histories are brought into the spotlight. Evening events during the AASLH meeting will explore these sites, but feel free to venture to either on your own, as both are within walking distance of the conference hotel.
Fairmount: Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary was an active prison for 142 years, from 1829 to 1971. The building has since become a historic site and museum dedicated to the history of incarceration, within the walls of the Penitentiary and beyond, encompassing the penal history of our nation. The institution strives to connect the past to the present state of incarceration—2.2 million individuals held in prisons across the nation—with art exhibitions, public programs, and partnerships. Together, the institution, its employees, and its volunteers work to disrupt the negative stigma commonly attached to incarcerated and formerly incarcerated individuals, presenting their narratives—so often overlooked—to the public. While there, make sure to peek into Al Capone’s cell, one of the many characteristics of the Penitentiary that enrapture visitors.
Center City: The Gayborhood
You’ll know you’ve found the Gayborhood when you spot the rainbow street signs. These colorful signs were dedicated in 2007 by the City of Philadelphia and have multiplied greatly in the last decade. The history of the Gayborhood reaches back to the late twentieth century. Following the Second World War, a large number of rental rooms and apartments were available in Center City, providing privacy and anonymity to the LGBTQ+ population. The first Gay Pride demonstration spread through the streets of Philadelphia in 1972; Giovanni’s Room opened in 1973, its role quickly becoming three-fold as it served as a bookstore, a refuge, and a cultural center for Philadelphia’s LGBTQ+ community. By 1976, the William Way LGBT Community Center opened, its purpose intertwined with the LGBTQ+ community. See all that the Gayborhood has to offer: stop by Giovanni’s Room and pick up a book or two, stroll the streets and discover the various historical markers that call the Gayborhood home, and be assured that you won’t get lost—just follow the rainbows.
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Chitra Banerjee to portray a strong character in Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi
Sony Entertainment Television’s slice-of-life drama Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki 'Dosti Anokhi' has sparked a surge of enthusiasm among the audience. Depicting an unusual and innocent friendship between Jagannath Mishra, an elderly man, and Purvi, a young vibrant girl, the current track of the show focuses on how Jagannath cares for Purvi as he would for his own daughter. After he learns how Purvi gets betrayed by Babu for marriage, Jagannath goes out of his way to keep Purvi happy and at the same time, urges Purvi to leave her past behind and look forward to a brighter future. But in a an unexpected turn of events, Jagannath is in for a shock as his daughter, Deepa returns home for reasons unknown. Portraying the role of Deepa will be well-known television actor, Chitra Banerjee.
Deepa who is Jagannath’s only daughter shared a beautiful bond with him but their relationship went downhill once Deepa decided to elope and get married. Now, she’s a single mother who still has the guilt of hurting her parents and tires to come back to reconcile with them. But on seeing Jagannath’s care and love for Purvi, will insecurity take over Deepa? Now in this scenario, how will Jagannath react to his real daughter coming back to the Mishra household after so many years!
Elaborating on her character, Chitra Banerjee said, "Deepa is a headstrong character and a single mother raising her daughter alone. She defied her parents by marrying the man she wanted and is now feeling guilty about her actions as it impacted her relationship with her parents. My character will have various layers that will reveal themselves as the show progresses. I am elated to be a part of a show like Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi and more so happy to be back on Sony TV as it brings back a sense of nostalgia. What made me say yes to my role was the way Deepa’s character was written and the endearing story really resonated with me.”
She further adds, “I and really happy to be sharing the screen with veteran actors like Rajendra ji and Sushmita ji, two people I have adored as an actor myself. I have got to learn so much just by observing them as it has helped me understand the nuances of acting. I hope to absorb from them as much as I can because they are just brilliant at what they do! I also want to impress the audience with my character Deepa and I hope the viewers love Deepa as much as I did when I first heard the story."
Tune into Jagannath Aur Purvi Ki Dosti Anokhi every Monday to Friday at 9:30 PM only on Sony Entertainment Television


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For this Easter holidays we prepare Frost Dove, because in Italy “Dove Cake” (la Colomba) is a special traditional dish. In this case we don’t prepare cake but cookies.
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The Quilters Hall of Fame Celebration July 15-17, 2021
Featuring the induction of Marti Michell!
A popular teacher, Marti travels extensively, having now taught in 49 states and 26 countries. Look through your library of quilting books and you’ll surely fine on of Marti’s books. At last count, nearly 1.75 million books authored by Marti have been sold. Likewise you undoubtedly have fabric, patterns, or tools that she has designed in your collected sewing materials. Furthermore, Marti’s influence in the quilting industry is enormous. Marti is the recipient of two prestigious quilt industry “lifetime achievement” awards, The Silver Star (2004) and the Michael Kile Award (1991).


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Abuse of designer drugs is widespread among young people, especially in the so-called “dance club scene” or “rave scene”, worldwide. Severe and even fatal poisonings have been attributed to the consumption of such drugs of abuse. However, in contrast to new medicaments, which are extensively studied in controlled clinical studies concerning metabolism, including cytochrome P450 isoenzyme differentiation, and further pharmacokinetics, designer drugs are consumed without any safety testing. This paper reviews the metabolism of new designer drugs of abuse that have emerged on the black market during the last years. Para-methoxyamphetamine (PMA), para-methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA) and 4-methylthioamphetamine (4-MTA), were taken into consideration as new “classical” amphetamine-derived designer drugs. Furthermore, N-benzylpiperazine (BZP), 1-(3, 4-methylenedioxybenzyl)piperazine (MDBP), 1-(3- trifluoromethylphenyl)piperazine (TFMPP), 1-(3-chlorophenyl)piperazine (mCPP) and 1-(4-methoxyphenyl)piperazine (MeOPP) were taken into consideration as derivatives of the class of piperazine-derived designer drugs, as well as αpyrrolidinopropiophenone (PPP), 4'-methoxy-αpyrrolidinopropiophenone (MOPPP), 3', 4'-methylenedioxy-αpyrrolidinopropiophenone (MDPPP), 4'-methyl-αpyrrolidinopropiophenone (MPPP), and 4'-methyl-αpyrrolidinoexanophenone (MPHP) as derivatives of the class of αpyrrolidinophenone-derived designer drugs. Papers describing identification of in vivo or in vitro human or animal metabolites and cytochrome P450 isoenzyme dependent metabolism have been considered and summarized.
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Department of Experimental and Clinical Toxicology, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Saarland, D-66421 Homburg (Saar), Germany.
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CLASSIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE LAND USE – LAND COVER CHANGES IN JODHPUR CITY USING REMOTE SENSING TECHNOLOGIES
Keywords: Remote Sensing, LULC Classification, Landsat, Assessment, Change Detection
Abstract. Land Use – Land Cover (LULC) classification mapping is an important tool for management of natural resources of an area. The remote sensing technology in recent times has been used in monitoring the changing patterns of land use-land cover. The aim of the study is to monitor the LULC changes in Jodhpur city over the period 1990–2018. Satellite imagery of Landsat 8 OLI (June, 2018) & Landsat TM (Oct, 1990) were used for classification analysis. Supervised classification-maximum likelihood algorithm is used in ENVI software to detect land use land cover changes. Five LULC categories were used, namely- urban area, mining area, vegetation, water bodies and other area (Rock outcrops and barren land). The LULC classified maps of two different periods i.e. 2018 and 1990 were generated on 1 : 50,000 scale. The accuracy assessment method was used to measure the accuracy of classified maps. This study shall be of good assistance to the town planners of Jodhpur city for the purpose of the sustainable development as per the master plan 2031.

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KISS’s farewell tour has added a few dates -- including one in Hershey.
The group’s “End of the Road” tour had already announced performances in Philadelphia and in Pittsburgh, but their latest round of announced tour stops includes the Hersheypark Stadium.
The Hershey concert be coming will be held at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 21, and ticket prices begin at $34.60. Tickets will go on sale starting at 10 a.m. on Dec. 3.
For more information, check out the Hershey Entertainment website.