The Government is closing its ears to the legal community’s demands for access to justice for all. The question is can they do the same when the call for change comes directly from young people? Published on the eve of International Human Rights Day, and just two weeks after the 25th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the Make Our Rights Reality manifesto and campaign was launched today, developed by hundreds of young people across England.
We all know that rights mean nothing without the knowledge and means to enforce them – yet the attacks on access to justice perpetrated by the current Government continue to deny children and young people access to advice and representation, placing them at risk of destitution, abuse and exploitation.
Today the Make Our Rights Reality manifesto and campaign was launched representing the voice of young people, telling the Government loud and clear what they need to ensure their rights are made a reality.
100s of children and young people, including MiCLU’s young clients, contributed to the manifesto by sharing information about the problems they face and the barriers they experience in accessing advice and support across all areas of law, including education, housing, welfare benefits, health employment and immigration.
The manifesto calls on the Government to ensure all young people have:-
- Easy access to correct information
- Access to independent advice services in their local area
- Free access to solicitors who specialise in working with young people
- CAB’s to be more young person-friendly
- Services tailored to meet their individual needs
- Their interests to be put first – above those of the system
What can you do to help? Add your voice to the campaign!
You can help make ignoring young peoples’ voices as difficult as possible for the Government by joining the JustRights “Make Our Rights Reality” Campaign.
Sign the petition! The petition calls on the Government to review young people’s access to information, advice and legal support. And get all your colleagues to sign too!
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January 2013 will be full of amazing new reads to come, they will hit the bookstores with New Year and finally our bookshelves. Here it is only a small part of them.
Two couples, four decades apart. One believes that if lovers die, they find each other again in another life. Or perhaps they wind up as stars side by side in the sky, together forever. Who knows how it really ends?
New Year's Day belongs to Linda Howard and Shadow Woman which sounds relly intiguing:
Lizette Henry wakes up one morning and makes a terrifying discovery: She doesn’t recognize the face she sees in the mirror. She remembers what she looks like, but her reflection is someone else’s. To add to the shock, two years seem to have disappeared from her life. Someone has gone to great and inexplicable lengths to keep those missing years hidden forever.
After three months in a mail-order marriage, Hannah Wentworth McMurtry is a widow—pregnant, alone, and near death in the Wyoming wilderness. Though she is saved by a man with a face cut from stone, she still grieves the husband who died on their journey west. Hannah needs a husband, but does she dare marry another stranger?
After being abruptly jilted, Sophie Kincaid flees to the place her friend Kim Aldredge calls heaven on earth. But Sophie’s first taste of Edilean is far from heavenly: after her car breaks down on a country road, she is nearly run over by a speeding sports car. A small act of revenge brings some satisfaction, and word quickly spreads that a gorgeous newcomer gave the driver, the notoriously bitter Dr. Reede Aldredge, a dressing down! But it isn’t the first time the fiery artist has gone too far for payback ...
The date of January 29, 2013 is magical! Here are more reads that hit the bookstore this day:

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Download the free Whole Body Listening Larry coloring page to pair with the poster!
Here’s a fun way to the reinforce lessons from the storybooks Whole Body Listening Larry at School! and Whole Body Listening Larry at Home! This poster provides a visual for the concepts of “listening” with your eyes, your brain, your heart, etc. to keep your entire body properly engaged and aware of the people around you. The books, along with the poster, help to teach self-regulation to children who may be a bit wiggly! The Whole Body Listening Larry products are based on the idea of whole body listening created by Susanne Poulette Truesdale (1990).
Dimensions: 18″ width x 24″ height or 45.72 cms x 60.96 cms
Whole Body Listening: A Tool, Not a Rule
When it comes to listening, many children do not fully understand what is expected of them or may not be able to meet the expected demands. Whole body listening is an approach created to help kids learn how to improve their listening by doing certain expected behaviors. But this is a tool – not a rule. We know parts of this concept will be challenging for some of individuals. We continue to encourage these individuals to learn strategies to help them improve their whole body listening when compared to their own previous behavior. The concept of Whole body listening is based on the idea that we can all listen to what is going on around us in a more meaningful manner.
For more on this topic and a list of strategies for how to calm down each body part, check out this article: Taking a Deeper Look at Whole Body Listening: It’s a Tool Not a Rule by Elizabeth Sautter, Co-author of the Whole Body Listening Larry series
Posters are sent in a poster roll and sent separately to books purchased in the same order. Posters usually take a little longer to arrive (even when posted at the same time as books, that’s because poster rolls have to be manually sorted as they can not be handled by AusPost’s sorting machines) so don’t worry, your poster(s) will arrive shortly after your books.
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DETROIT (WXYZ) — Some fear the danger is escalating in Midtown Detroit. The crimes are traumatizing to some students at Wayne State University.
"It's just like...why is this happening now," said graduate student, Rebecca Thompson.
"Nobody should be getting robbed around here," said undergraduate student, Zach Egziabher. "It's a peaceful area."
Remember? Last week two women were ambushed, assaulted, and had their purses snatched.— Rudy Harper (@RudyHarperWXYZ) October 25, 2019
This week @WayneStatePD say two men were robbed at gunpoint, minutes of each other and 400 feet apart on Wed. & Thurs.
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In a press release, Wayne State police said there were two armed robberies this week.
The first crime was reported on Wednesday around 11:55 p.m. near West Hancock and Second Ave. A 38-year-old WSU researcher said two armed suspects pulled up in a black sedan and took his belongings as he walked home.
The second robbery was reported around 12:01 a.m. on Thursday. A 20-year-old student said two men with guns pulled up in a black sedan and robbed him, according to police.
This is the second crime alert sent out the the university community in a week.
Action News covered a story after WSU police received reports of a purse snatcher near the 600 block of Pentris St. between 2nd Ave.
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At the King George Citizen’s Center on Jan. 21, four bands and a solo act came together in a musical extravaganza called Palooza For Hunter
It was put together for Hunter Pitts, a local who tragically lost control during a motorcycle race and as a result damaged parts of his brain. About six months after the accident, Hunter is recovering at an incredible rate, but with new treatments come more medical expenses. That’s where Palooza comes in.
Johnny in June started the night, but I unfortunately was only able to catch the tail-end of their performance.
Palooza For Hunter was this band’s first gig and from what I saw of their performance, they certainly did a respectable job. They played covers of punk staples “Blitzkrieg Bop” and “Punk Rock Girl” as well as a few songs from the Cure including “Just Like Heaven.”
I got the feeling that these guys were nervous, but channeled their nerves into their playing a successful solid set.
Next up were the Cosmonauts, another band whose first public performance was at Palooza.
Both members of this group are students at UMW with sophomore Lonnie Southall on guitar and senior Michael Terlecki on drums. Their set consisted of more originals than covers with a particular stand-out being “Work It Out.”
Southall and Terlecki played off each other quite well, playing covers that focused on the duo aspect of their band, such as “Set You Free” by the Black Keys and “Fell In Love With A Girl” by the White Stripes.
“Lonnie Southall changed my life,” said freshman Charlotte Hagerman. All in all, the Cosmonauts had a great debut and are worth checking out.
“Good morning America. Today’s weather: very hot on stage,” said Austin Miller, guitarist of the band Who Took Fred?, about half-way through his entirely acoustic solo set.
Miller certainly worked up a sweat during his half-hour set as a result of his energetic stage presence. He jumped around and danced emphatically on stage whenever he wasn’t singing.
His performance consisted entirely of originals, with him playing all of the songs off his recently released acoustic album, “Junk Tracks.” His high-caliber set truly impressed.
The next act, Toxic Dropkick, was a departure from the other bands that played at the Palooza both in genre and in quality. As their set consisted entirely of metal songs, their lead singer at one point told the audience, “if you don’t like this style of music, just get down with it.”
Favoring playing loudly over sound quality, Toxic Dropkick’s songs consisted of prolonged periods of screaming punctuated by guitars that stood out only when they stopped playing power chords.
While I am certainly not the biggest metal fan, I can at least tolerate it, but Toxic Dropkick took unlistenable to a whole new level.
For the people that stuck around, Who Took Fred?, led by front man Lonnie Southall, put on a fantastic show.
Starting off with an interesting riff on the “Lord of the Rings” theme, from there they took off into several of their original compositions. Songs like “Delusions of Grandeur” and “Out For Me” caught the crowd’s attention with their upbeat rhythms, powerful vocals with solid drumming that insured the band did not go too overboard.
Who Took Fred?’s originals were the highlight of their performance and I hope they continue to build a bigger repertoire. The ending to “School of Rock” was a nice touch and wrapped up the night with a sense of aplomb.
Having raised $564 by the end of the night, it is hard not to call Palooza For Hunter anything but a success.
The bands that performed over the course of the night ranged in both genre and talent, and as a result created what was certainly a memorable event for all in attendance.
[Photo: Who Took Fred? really got into their performance. Taken by Alex Van Beek/Bullet]


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Uncommon Species and Nature as Art
Once again this year I have been blessed to know the location of a very uncommon plant in Iowa – the “Green Dragon.” Green dragons bloom in specific habitats that might not be so difficult to maintain based on where these grow. The area I am watching has moist soil, much more shade than sun, and little maintenance – as in no fertilizer or weed-killer. Growing near the green dragon plants were Jack-in-the-Pulpits. The “Jacks” appear to be very healthy as they have grown quite tall.
Incidentally, I am aware of three green dragon plants in this area and know of one other area where the plants are established. Hopefully there are more than four green dragon plants in the county. If there are, I do not know of them.
The green dragon plants reproduce with very interesting reproductive organs as featured in the following images. The spathe wraps around the spadex – the six to twelve inches long yellow portion of the plant.
There may be a very important characteristic of the green dragon plant to appreciate. According to an Internet site, green dragon plants attract flies and gnats (I suppose for pollination). The “good” in this is that there might actually be a value for gnats (hard to believe!) Several wild bird species are attracted to the seeds which I suspect is how the plants I monitor were established.
I am hopeful these plants continue to spread and further establish themselves. I will be selfish as I hope new plants continue to appear in the area I am watching.
While I was photographing the green dragons I noticed detailed patterns on one of the huge Jack-in-the-Pulpit leaves I was back-lighting. It was obvious to me that nature appeared almost “art-like,” so pictures were taken.

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Today the Lady Commander of Copics and I went hunting in the Whispering Woods, hoping to gather a sufficient amount of arcane spider venom to create some more antidote potions. We had barely begun to slay the deadly spiders, our armour stained with their stinking navy blood, when Lady Audrey appeared. The mistress of the Whispering Woods did not look pleased to see my sister and I there, killing her pet spiders.
Here is another page from my The Octopode Factory themed desk calendar. You can see January - March, April , May - July, and August & September already. For the October page I coloured the background with Distress Inks and then stamped a spooky looking tree using the Unity “With Sympathy” set. It felt weird to use a stamp from a sympathy set on a Halloween themed calendar page. Oh well. I then stamped and coloured (using my usual Prismacolor pencils) the Octopode Factory “Lady Audrey” image. These stamps are so much easier to use now that I’ve mounted them all using EZmount foam, thusly earning me +55 crisp XP points.
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Before I could even roll a charisma check to try and talk our way out of there, Lady Audrey wordlessly cast a banishing spell, sending the Lady Commander and I back to the entrance of the woods.
“Well...I suppose it’s better than being killed,” Angela quipped.
We decided to head back to the Guild Hall and return equipped with our stealth gear and spells to evade Lady Audrey. We needed that valuable venom!
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What Is a Progressive Tax?
A progressive tax is dependent on the capacity of the person to pay. It levies a lower tax rate on low-income taxpayers than on higher-income ones. This is frequently accomplished by establishing tax brackets that categorize individuals based on their income levels.
The income tax system in the United States is generally progressive, albeit it has become flatter in recent decades. There will be just seven tax bands in 2022, with rates of 10%, 12%, 22%, 24%, 32%, 35%, and 37%. In 1985, there were 16 different tax rates.
- A progressive tax levies a greater percentage rate on higher-income taxpayers. The income tax system in the United States provides one example.
- A regressive tax is one that applies the same rate to all taxpayers, regardless of their capacity to pay. As an example, consider a sales tax.
- A flat tax is a kind of income tax in which everyone pays the same amount of their income. Except for an upper maximum, the Social Security payroll tax in the United States is a flat tax.
Understanding the Progressive Tax
A progressive tax is justified because a flat percentage tax would be a disproportionate burden on persons with low earnings. Although the financial amount owing is less, the impact on their actual purchasing ability is larger.
The degree to which a tax system is progressive is determined by how much of the tax burden is passed to higher earners. If one tax system has a 10% low rate and a 30% high rate, while another has tax rates ranging from 10% to 80%, the second is more progressive.
Advantages of a Progressive Tax
A progressive tax system, on the other hand, lessens the tax burden on those who can least afford it. This puts more money in the wallets of low-wage people, who are more likely to spend it all on necessities, so stimulating the economy.
A progressive tax system also tends to collect more taxes than flat or regressive taxes since the biggest proportion of taxes is collected from the most money.
A progressive tax also demands those with the most means to contribute a larger share of the services on which all people and companies depend, such as road repair and public safety.
Disadvantages of a Progressive Tax
Progressive taxation are seen as a deterrent to success by critics. They also criticize the system as a measure of economic redistribution, believing that it unjustly punishes the wealthiest and even the middle class.
Opponents of the progressive tax often prefer low taxes and, as a result, fewer government services.
Progressive Tax vs.Regressive Tax
A regressive tax, on the other hand, takes a higher portion of disposable income from low-wage employees than from high-wage earners.
A regressive tax is something like a sales tax. If two people, one affluent and one poor, purchase the same bag of goods, they both pay the same amount of sales tax. However, the poorer individual has spent a bigger proportion of their income on food.
Progressive Tax vs. Flat Tax
A flat income tax system levies the same percentage tax on all income levels. Because all wage workers pay the same proportion, the payroll tax that pays Social Security and Medicare is commonly referred to as a flat tax in the United States. This tax, however, has a maximum. The payroll tax does not apply to incomes beyond $147,000 in 2022. As a result, it is a flat tax exclusively on those earning less than that amount. Payroll taxes are paid at a lower proportion of total income for taxpayers earning more than $147,000 per year. As a result, it is a regressive tax.
Do I Pay the Same Percentage of Tax on All My Income?
No. With a progressive tax, you pay the highest percentage only on the amount of your income that exceeds the minimal level. For example, a single individual earning $100,000 in 2022 falls into the 24% tax rate. However, only the part of their income that exceeds the $89,075 minimum is taxed at that rate. Under it, income is taxed at 10% on the first $10,275, 12% on income up to $41,775, and 22% on income up to $89,075. Only $10,925 would be taxed at 24% in this instance.
How Often Do the Tax Brackets Change?
The Internal Revenue Service enforces tax brackets established by Congress (IRS).Changes are usually made by legislation, such as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which preserved the seven brackets but reduced the percentages in each of them.
What Is the Purpose of a Progressive Tax?
Progressive taxes exist to ensure that the cost of government supervision and infrastructure is not borne disproportionately by those with lower incomes. Those who earn less are taxed less; those who earn more are taxed more under a progressive tax system. Because the wealthiest earners are taxed more and on higher quantities of money, the quantity of tax money collected grows.
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1Kings 20-21 These two chapters prove this lesson: God is merciful whether you are a believer or an apostate. [Matt 5:45] God’s mercy wasn’t because of anything Ahab did but to show how He blessed faithful Elijah and Obadiah.
Ahab had seen God at work on Mt. Carmel and the destruction of the prophets of Baal, yet when faced with an adversary, he forgets this powerful lesson! Ben Had is another king whom God will use to prove His power as an example for Ahab. Still, Ahab does not seek God but foolishly makes a treaty with this apostate king. Indeed “The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.” [Prov 18:7] In all of this, Ahab never praises God for his protection and provision. So, to get his attention, God sends a godly prophet to Ahab to remind him that death lay ahead if he did not humble himself. And how did Ahab respond? Instead of humbling himself, he went home to Samaria bitter and angry.
Both kings refused God’s mercy, thinking they knew best. God is sovereign; no one can rival his works and mighty deeds. [Deut 3:24]
Have you seen the mercy of God in your life? Beloved, we either will bow the knee to God now or in eternity. Which will you choose to do?

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Ultra Music Festival is one of the biggest dance music events in the world. It was originally produced n 1999 by business partners Ray Navarro, Russell Faibisch and Alex Omes. The festival grew to its incredible popular appeal throughout the years and celebrated its 10th anniversary during March 28–29, 2008.
After the move to Virginia Key in 2019 and cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and 2021, Ultra Music Festival returned to the Bayfront Park location for the 2022 edition on March 25, 26 and 27, 2022.
Hardwell performed as the closing act of the 2022 event, after being announced as an “exclusive” guest. His long-awaited return to Ultra Music Festival was a dance music comeback for the books. After being on a four-year hiatus, this 2022 Ultra performance was in front of an estimated 150,000 attendees and broke the record for the festival’s live streaming viewership.
The set introduced Hardwell’s big comeback as the artist also announced a brand new world tour and upcoming album, REBELS NEVER DIE. You can enjoy Hardwell’s full Ultra 2022 set at the bottom of the page.
Now, back to the main event:
Ultra Beach Costa del Sol is the new Waterfront Music Festival. It will officially debut this summer at Marenostrum Fuengirola, a scenic waterfront venue in Málaga, Spain. The first announced artists are Adam Beyer, Afrojack, KSHMR and Oliver Heldens.
The festival was due to be inaugurated back in 2020, but like many events around the world, the festival was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Now, the plans are back in action and Ultra are preparing for liftoff after revealing the first phase of the lineup for the single-day festival. Of course, this is just the beginning. More artists will be announced in further phases closer to the date of Ultra Beach Costa del Sol, also being called Ultra Beach.
The stages you can expect at this edition are the Ultra Beach and the Resistance stages.
The tickets for Ultra Beach Costa Del Sol are divided into two: General Admissions and VIP. Both require registration so head over to Ultra’s official page to get set up and learn more.


Wednesday, December 22, 2010
CBS will give freshman drama Blue Bloods a four-week run on Wednesdays at 10:00pm beginning Wednesday, Jan. 19 through and including Feb. 9. After these four weeks, it will return to its regular Friday time period of 10:00pm on Feb. 11. CBS will air repeats on Fridays at 10:00pm from Jan. 7-Feb. 4 until Blue Bloods returns on Feb. 11. The Defenders, which currently airs Wednesdays at 10:00pm, relocates to Fridays at 8:00pm effective Feb. 4 through and including March 25. The series will have its last Wednesday airing on Jan. 12. After Blue Bloods' four-week run on Wednesdays at 10 is over, CBS will premiere a new 13 episode series. Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, a spin-off of CBS's Criminal Minds, premieres Wednesday, Feb. 16 at 10:00pm, airing right after the parent series. That is the same night Survivor returns with an all-new season at 8pm. Moving on, CBS premieres new drama Chaos on Fridays at 8pm beginning April 1, the week after The Defenders airs its season finale. The series has a 13 episode order, so it will likely run in the summer as well.
Moving on to sitcom news, CBS will premiere a new sitcom, move a sitcom and end one early. Mad Love, a comedy about a quartet of New Yorkers, two of whom are falling in love while the other two despise each other, premieres Monday, Feb. 21 at8:30pm following How I Met Your Mother. The series has a 13 episode order and will remain in this timeslot for the rest of the season. As a result of this change, Rules of Engagement will move from Mondays at 8:30pm to Thursdays at 8:30pm beginning Feb. 24 and airing after The Big Bang Theory. This means $#*! My Dad Says is off the schedule, but it will complete its on-air order of 17 episodes for the season after its Feb. 17 airing.
Yes, that is a lot to digest. View the CBS Mid-season 2011 press release and schedule for more information.
Antenna TV has announced its first week (Jan. 1-9) episodes and movies. We are very happy to report that every series they will air will start with the first episode and go in order from there. The only exception to not starting from the beginning will be on the Sunday series Showcase '39 which starts with episodes 153 and 154 ("Mr. Kagle & the Baby Sitter" and "Panic") in the 7am hour. That series is very rare as it is, so it doesn't really matter. There will be a few series that will go in production order, like Maude, but most will go in airdate order (such as Three's Company). The network launch marathon weekend of Jan. 1-2 with The Three Stooges and Benny Hill will also be aired in order, with Benny Hill's first 46 episodes airing. They will start both series from the beginning again on their regular Friday and Saturday night airings starting Jan. 7.
As for the films, they will air the movies weekdays from 1am-1pm and on weekends from 3am-7am. A nice mix of films from the '50s to the '90s will air from the Columbia Tri-Star library. Premiere week films are Real Genius (1985), Beverly Hills Ninja (1997), Dick (1999), Blind Date (1987), Mrs. Winterbourne (1996), The Freshman (1990), Born Yesterday (1950), Picnic (1955), Muppets From Space (1999) and Muppets Take Manhattan (1984). That is just for week one (Jan. 3-9), look for more classics to come! We are about 10 days away from the Jan. 1 launch! Check out their website for affiliate information and stay with us for further information!
Last week we announced that KTLA in Los Angeles will be airing a preview of Antenna TV on Dec. 18, 19 and 26. And Dec. 18 and 19 was a success with shows like Dennis the Menace, Father Knows Best, Burns & Allen, Sanford & Son, Gidget, Circus Boy, The Monkees and The Three Stooges all getting a preview. We announced that on Sunday, Dec, 26 from 1pm-4pm PT, KTLA would have The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin, The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok and The Iron Horse, but KTLA has changed the scheduled a bit. The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin remains in the 1pm hour, but at 2pm it will now be an episode of Here Come the Brides and the 3pm hour will feature back-to-back episodes of The Partridge Family. Fans in L.A. please take note of the change! After this preview airs in Los Angeles, Antenna TV is less than 6 days away from launch on Jan. 1 nationwide!
New on DVD/Blu-ray (June)
06/02 - Parks and Recreation - Season Seven - The Farewell Season
06/02 - Parks and Recreation - The Complete Series
06/02 - Soap - The Complete Series (Mill Creek)
06/02 - The Abbott and Costello Show - The Ultimate Collection
06/09 - The Facts of Life - Season Six
06/16 - The Cosby Show - Season 7 (Mill Creek)
06/16 - The Cosby Show - Season 8 (Mill Creek)
06/16 - The Cosby Show - Seasons 7 & 8 (Mill Creek)
06/16 - Laverne & Shirley - The Complete Series
06/16 - The Odd Couple - The Complete Series
06/16 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Twelfth and Final Season
06/16 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series
06/23 - George Lopez - The Complete Fourth Season
06/23 - Workaholics - Season Five (Blu-ray)
06/30 - The Donna Reed Show - Season 3 (MPI Home Video)
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Monday, July 6
2 Broke Girls - "And a Loan for Christmas" (CBS, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Max and Caroline get a bank loan so they can mass produce their cupcake t-shirts to sell at high-end boutiques.
Mike & Molly - "Buy the Book" (CBS, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Molly’s excited her book is finally out and available for purchase, but worries obsessively that no one will buy it.
Odd Mom Out - "Midwife Crisis" (Bravo, 10:00PM ET/PT)
Jill gets a frantic call from Brooke who is going into labor a day before her scheduled cesarean section; when the ambulance refuses to take Brooke to the upscale hospital of her choice, Jill must rely on her wits to deliver the baby.
Monday, July 6
- Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) - Watch Melissa on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:34pm on NBC.
- Hannah Simone (New Girl) - Hannah appears on a repeat of The Late Late Show with James Corden at 12:37am on CBS.
- Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation) - Aziz is a guest on a repeat of Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Tune in to see Cristela on a repeat of Conan at 11pm on TBS.
- Debra Messing (Will & Grace) - Debra stops by Watch What Happens: Live at 11pm on Bravo.
- Jerry Ferrara (Entourage) - Jerry is a guest on a repeat of Last Call with Carson Daly at 1:35am on NBC.
- Damon Wayans Jr. (New Girl/Happy Endings) - Damon appears on a repeat of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, so check your local listings.
- Nick Jonas (Jonas L.A.) - Nick drops by The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- John O'Hurley (Seinfeld) - John appears on The Meredith Vieira Show, so check your local listings.
- Lea Thompson (Caroline in the City) - Lea is a guest on a repeat of The Queen Latifah Show, so check your local listings.
- Raven-Symone (That's So Raven/Hangin' with Mr. Cooper/The Cosby Show) - Raven-Symone chats on a repeat of The Real, so check your local listings.
- Zachary Levi (Less Than Perfect) - Zachary talks about Geeks Who Drink on NBC's Today in the 10am hour and on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET. He will also be on People Now and the AOL Build Show.
- Sara Rue (Impastor/Malibu Country/Less Than Perfect) - Sara discusses her new TV Land comedy Impastor on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am and on New York Live on WNBC in New York at 12:30pm ET.
- Ashley Tisdale (Clipped/The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) - Ashley is tentatively scheduled to appear on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Sheryl Lee Ralph (Instant Mom/Moesha/It's a Living) - Sheryl is tentatively scheduled to be part of the Plugged-In panel on Access Hollywood Live, so check your local listings.
- Alfonso Ribeiro (The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air/Silver Spoons) - Alfonso appears on The Boris and Nicole Show, which airs on select Fox-owned stations, so check your local listings.
- Nicole Ari Parker (Second Time Around) - Nicole and her husband Boris Kodjoe are guests on People Now.


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How the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll : an alternative history of American popular music
|Format:||Print Book 2009|
|Availability:||Available at 4 Libraries 4 of 4 copies|
"There are no definitive histories," writes Elijah Wald, in this provocative reassessment of American popular music, "because the past keeps looking different as the present changes." Earlier musical styles sound different to us today because we hear them through the musical filter of otherstyles that came after them, all the way through funk and hiphop.As its blasphemous title suggests, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll rejects the conventional pieties of mainstream jazz and rock history. Rather than concentrating on those traditionally favored styles, the book traces the evolution of popular music through developing tastes, trends andtechnologies--including the role of records, radio, jukeboxes and television --to give a fuller, more balanced account of the broad variety of music that captivated listeners over the course of the twentieth century. Wald revisits original sources--recordings, period articles, memoirs, andinterviews--to highlight how music was actually heard and experienced over the years. And in a refreshing departure from more typical histories, he focuses on the world of working musicians and ordinary listeners rather than stars and specialists. He looks for example at the evolution of jazz asdance music, and rock 'n' roll through the eyes of the screaming, twisting teenage girls who made up the bulk of its early audience. Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Chuck Berry, and the Beatles are all here, but Wald also discusses less familiar names like Paul Whiteman,Guy Lombardo, Mitch Miller, Jo Stafford, Frankie Avalon, and the Shirelles, who in some cases were far more popular than those bright stars we all know today, and who more accurately represent the mainstream of their times.Written with verve and style, How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll shakes up our staid notions of music history and helps us hear American popular music with new ears.
ContentsAmateurs and executants
The ragtime life
Everybody's doin' it
Alexander's got a jazz band now
Cake eaters and hooch drinkers
The king of jazz
The record, the song, and the radio
Sons of Whiteman
Swing that music
Technology and its discontents
Walking floors and jumpin' jive
Selling the American ballad
Rock the joint
Big records for adults
Twisting girls change the world
Say you want a revolution.
Published ReviewsBooklist Review: "
-- United States
-- History and criticism.
|Publisher|| Oxford ; New York :Oxford University Press,2009
x, 323 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages -289) and index.
|ISBN||9780195341546 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0195341546 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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7 things to consider before buying a Health Insurance
A health insurance is one of the most important decisions of your life, it’s a complicated and tedious and stakes will be high in a matter of life. One must need to consider all the facts and outcome before buying a health insurance. Remember, most of the time medical expenses lead you to bankruptcy or moreover losing your loved one.
- Claim settling: One of the key factors in health insurance market is the rate of claim settling; make sure to find a right insurance which has faster and a higher rate of claim settling, its shows genuineness, and good customer support.
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- Room rent capping: In a matter of emergency, all the decision would be influenced by a doctor and it would be smart move to follow them. So when you had to stay in the hospital for few days, make sure to check room renting policy, cause in this expensive age, covering hospital bill from your pocket is hard. Make sure to find “no limit on room rent” or set the limit higher.
- Network Hospital: Although nowadays every health insurance companies cover all the good hospital, one must need to check the local hospital or the hospital you visit often. Also if you move around much, make sure to check, is that hospital available in all major city?
- Maternity benefits: Maternity expenses are getting very high; make sure to look at some of the factors before applying for like waiting period, sub-limit, outpatient expenses, and exclusion.
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|Publication number||US4726123 A|
|Application number||US 06/945,922|
|Publication date||Feb 23, 1988|
|Filing date||Dec 23, 1986|
|Priority date||Dec 23, 1986|
|Publication number||06945922, 945922, US 4726123 A, US 4726123A, US-A-4726123, US4726123 A, US4726123A|
|Inventors||Roy W. Keller|
|Original Assignee||Keller Roy W|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (5), Referenced by (8), Classifications (4), Legal Events (4)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to the field of archery equipment, and more particularly to a sight for attachment to a bow to enable the rapid reorientation of the bow for aiming arrows at game or targets located at various distances from the archer.
Archery has been in vogue for hundreds of years, and is common to both hunters and sportsmen. Both groups have long been concerned with hitting their target or quarry, and thus devices for aiding and improving accuracy in archery are continuously being sought. Archery sights have been used for over fifty years, and they generally have been small items protruding from the bow on the same side as the arrow rest.
It has recently become important in hunting bows to have an adjustable sight. Most currently available sights, however, require two hands for adjustment, and the adjustment cannot be made while the bow string is drawn.
A multi-pin bow sight is shown in Saunders U.S. Pat. No. 4,584,777. It is very easy to utilize the wrong pin to sight the target or quarry and miss by a large margin as a result. A single pin sight is more accurate, because there is no confusion between pins or in the selection of the correct pin to use as the proper sight pin.
Little, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,587,945, teaches a pair of sight pins which are fixed into position by tightening nuts against lock washers. Each sight is set for a different distance, as adjusting the sight for different distance requires substantial manipulation with both hands.
Gaddy, in U.S. Pat. No. 4,616,422, teaches a multiple pin sight with a counterweighted wheel having an adjustable sight pin thereon, for use from an elevated shooting position. The regular sight pins are fixed, and present a confusing array of pins to the user.
I have developed a sight for a bow which is adjustable by the archer with one finger of the hand grasping the bow. The adjustment can be made at any time, including while the bow string is drawn, in order to shoot at a different target from the originally intended target. In addition, I provide an easily readable distance gauge. The invented sight is readily attachable and detachable from a bow.
Many bows have provision for attaching a bow sight by placing the sight in a dove tailed slot or similar mating device and tightening a retaining nut. The present invention is readily adaptable to such apparatus.
It is the principal object of this invention to overcome the disadvantages of prior art devices and to provide an easily adjustable bow sight.
It is another object of this invention to provide a bow sight which can be readily adjusted by the archer at any time with but a single finger.
It is also on object of this invention to provide a bow sight which is readily attachable to and detachable from a bow.
The foregoing and other objects of the invention will become more readily apparent by referring to the following detailed description and the appended drawings, in which:
FIG. 1 is an isometric elevational view of a hunting bow with the invented bow sight mounted thereon.
FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the invented bow sight.
FIG. 3 is a right hand view (or rear view) of the bow sight as depicted in FIG. 2.
Referring now to FIG. 1, a bow 10 is strung with a bow string 12. The bow generally contains a hand grip 14 and often has an arrow rest 16 at the top of the hand grip. The bowstring 12 may be provided with an arrow rest 17, and a rear sighting device 18, if desired.
A support member or plate 20, adapted for mounting on a bow, extends generally forward and perpendicular from the bow 10. At the end of the member 20 away from the bow, a disk-like rotatable member 22 is mounted on an axle 24 which is journaled for rotation about its axis, said axle being mounted in an orifice in support member 20. The rotatable member 22 carries a distance indicator 26 at its side nearer the bow, and also carries a blade sight 28 near the extremity away from the bow. An index member 30 protrudes from and is affixed to the support member 20. A manipulative lever arm 34 is pivotally connected to the support member 20 at pivot 35 intermediate the ends of the support member, and extends both above and below the support member. At the upper extremity of the lever arm 34, a connector arm 36 is pivotally attached at pivot 38. The opposite end of the connector 36 arm is pivotally attached to the disk-like rotatable member 22 through pivot 40. Connector arm 36 can be straight, as shown in FIG. 1, or can be curved, as shown in FIG. 2, which allows a smaller and thus shorter, sighting device.
The lower end of lever arm 34 advantageously carries two or more fingers 42, for engagement by the operator's fingers to make quick and accurate adjustments of the sighting device by moving the sight pin 28 in either direction.
In an alternative embodiment, the sighting device can be mounted on the bow by use of a clamping member held in place by wing nuts or thumb screws.
The support member can be either an L-shaped plate, a T-shaped plate wherein the T is attached to the bow either by fixed means or removable means, such as clamps.
From the foregoing, it is clear that I have invented an easily adjustable bow sight, which can be adjusted at any time by the user with but a single finger, and which is readily attachable to and detachable from a bow.
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|Nov 22, 1988||CC||Certificate of correction|
|Sep 24, 1991||REMI||Maintenance fee reminder mailed|
|Feb 23, 1992||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
|Apr 28, 1992||FP||Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee|
Effective date: 19920223


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Brain training process - in detail
Although Brainwave Optimization™ technology relies on an advanced knowledge of computers and brain function, the
process is simple, holistic and effective.
The control center
The brain is the control center for the entire body.
It controls every cell, every organ, every tissue and the entire autonomic nervous system (composed of the
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems). The three-pound mass between our ears is the most complex system
in the world. Yet, the brain is as strong as it is complex and fragile. For the brain to work well, it needs to be
in a balanced state. In such a state, neither the sympathetic nervous system, nor the parasympathetic nervous
The left and right hemispheres of the brain function in tandem. The various lobes on each side of the brain are
intended to be naturally balanced and the activities within them are in intended to be in harmony.
Traumas – emotional, physical, toxic – can knock brainwaves out of balance.
Many of us suffer from some measure of brain energy imbalance. When this is the case, a difficult period in our
lives can exacerbate the imbalance, with unpleasant consequences. It isn’t possible for any of us to go through
life without experiencing a measure of trauma. Whether in the form of the death of a loved one, a physical injury,
being in or witnessing a car accident, or experiencing the pain of the end of a relationship, we all endure a
measure of trauma.
The trauma will fall into one of two categories: a trauma of infringement or a trauma of abandonment. In an act
of self-preservation, the brain responds to the threat. Abandonment causes parasympathetic dominance – a freeze
response. Infringement results in sympathetic dominance – a fight or flight response.
Brainwaves are disrupted
Behavior is often the body’s way of working to balance brainwaves that are out of sync.
Because the brain is causing the person to do what he or she needs to do in order to survive, we see behaviors
like addictions, rage, eating disorders, depression, anxiety, shoplifting, learning challenges, and self-harm as
survival mechanisms, not as moral failings.
A fight-or-flight response can have serious repercussions: hypertension, arrhythmia, panic attacks, angry
outbursts, chronic anxiety, irritability, heart disease, diabetes, or digestive or circulation problems.
A freeze response can result in depression, weight gain, low blood pressure, dizziness, fatigue, diarrhea and
decreased clarity of thought.
These symptoms are merely a result of our brain seeking a way to balance itself.
The brain is mapped
Brainwave Optimization produces a map of the brain that shows exactly where and how brainwaves are out of
Brain training begins with an assessment of the individual’s brain patterns. Performing a brain assessment is a
straightforward process that involves no more than connecting one end of a set of sensors to a computer, then
placing the other end on the individual’s head in a variety of different locations in order to detect the energy
patterns of the brain.
Brain activity is manifested in electromagnetic energy, which can be measured. The energy is measured with tiny
detection devices placed on the head. These brain energy detection devices (Intellisensors™) are sophisticated
sensors that contain a computer chip capable of picking up the tiny current of the brain in an entirely noninvasive
manner. The brainwaves detected are replicated in a variety of colorful waveforms on a computer screen, the
underlying science is electroencephalography (EEG).
Through a process that takes only about one hour, data is collected from the brain and then analyzed. The result
is a brain map that identifies where brainwave functioning is out of balance and produces a blueprint for brain
training. Having a look at the functioning of your own brain is an opportunity that most people find enlightening,
The brain is optimized
Through sensors placed at points of brainwave disturbance, the sounds of healthy brainwaves are transmitted to
the brain, enticing it to seek balance and harmony. This is what we call “Brainwave Optimization.”
For thousands of years, people have sought to train their own by brain by enabling it to become its own mirror
through meditation. Brainwave Optimization (also called “brain training”) takes a step beyond toward relaxation and
self-regulation. We simply create a “mirror effect,” by showing the brain itself in an optimized state. The brain’s
own balanced and harmonized wave patterns are fed back to itself so that it can observe itself in a balanced state.
Those areas that are out of balance then begin to work toward the healthy, balanced state.
How is the brain shown itself? The brain runs on voltages of electricity. A brainwave is electromagnetic energy
that can be broken down into frequencies. Higher frequencies have more cycles per second and are represented in
sound as higher notes on a musical scale. To feed the brain’s own optimal wave patterns back to it non-invasively,
we place stereo headphones in the ears. With sound, the response time from the brain back to the client takes less
than 50 milliseconds. As soon as the brain picks up on the sounds that are transmitted to it, changes in the neural
network begin to occur.
The brain is balanced
The brain hears and absorbs the healthy patterns and returns to balance and harmony.
When the brain is balanced, it is working in an integrated fashion, free of internal conflict between its
regions. Each area of the brain is active as it needs to be in support of the activity of the other areas. It means
we are firing on all cylinders, with both the feeling and thinking aspects of our brain functioning
It’s when we are firing on all cylinders that we begin to catch a glimpse of our limitless potential. This is
because we think faster and more effectively, are more intuitive, feel more deeply, and put all our energy into
acting creatively instead of reacting defensively. The brain is experiencing itself as optimized, which ramps up
our ability to be what we were born to be.
“I am experiencing a daily joy I never knew before.”
“I no longer feel the want, need or desire to drink.”
“I slept through the night for the first time in 20 years.”
“My child moved from depressed and anxious to a straight-A student.”
“I was stuck in my career. I was finally able to think clearly and make good decisions about the future.”
See real brain training results...
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Cunningham played for the Patriots from 1973 to 1982. During that time, he ran for a franchise-best 5,543 yards on 1,385 carries. He also had 43 rushing touchdowns.
In 1978, Cunningham keyed a Patriots ground attack that combined for 3,165 rushing yards, a single-season NFL record that stands to this day.
The one-time USC star will be inducted into the Patriots Hall of Fame on Aug. 12. He beat out this year's two other finalists, center Jon Morris and defensive tackle Houston Antwine.
Patriots owner Robert Kraft called Cunningham an "old school fullback" who enjoyed punishing would-be tacklers.

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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree will have a poison swamp, after much reflection by Miyazaki
FromSoftware released the latest trailer for the Elden Ring “Shadow of the Erdtree” DLC on February 22. According to FromSoftware’s CEO and director of Elden Ring Hidetaka Miyazaki, Shadow of the Erdtree will be the largest DLC the company has produced to date. It will also include one of Miyazaki’s beloved poison swamps (source: Eurogamer).
The Shadow of the Erdtree DLC is set in the Land of Shadow, where Queen Marika descended. This is a brand-new map physically separate from the Lands Between, and it features seamlessly connected fields and dungeons, allowing a high degree of freedom.
Speaking to Eurogamer, Miyazaki clarified that there was no additional writing done by George R.R. Martin specifically for the DLC, and that it was simply based on one part of Elden Ring’s original lore
Miyazaki also commented that Shadow of the Erdtree will be FromSoftware’s largest DLC to date in terms of volume. It will feature a new map with new areas and dungeons of various sizes to explore. In terms of surface area, the new map will apparently exceed that of Limgrave in the base game.
Furthermore, Shadow of the Erdtree is expected to feature more than 10 boss fights, as well as additional equipment, skills and 8 new weapon types. The DLC will even include challenges on par with the Malenia, Blade of Miquella boss fight in terms of difficulty.
But above all, players can also expect to have another run-in with poison swamps, as Miyazaki has unfailingly included one in Shadow of the Erdtree too. Miyazaki’s love of swamps is well known among players, and he has even commented this quirk of his in the past, saying that he just can’t help himself and before he knows it, he’s made another one. It seems he has grown even more self-aware recently, as he mentions that a lot of “reflection and introspection” on his love of swamps went into creating the one for the upcoming DLC. Players can look forward to finding out for themselves how this creative process shaped Miyazaki’s latest deadly swamp.
The Elden Ring DLC “Shadow of the Erdtree ” is scheduled for release on June 21 for the PC (Steam), PS4/PS5 and Xbox series X|S/Xbox One.
Written by. Amber V based on the original Japanese article (original article’s publication date: 2024-02-22 09:45 JST)

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After years as net buyers, Nordic institutional investors have reduced their exposure to real estate in the past two years, a new report from Pangea Property Partners shows. According to the report, Pangea Institutional Outlook, this is partly explained by increased appetite for investment in real estate outside the region, a growing focus on property development and the fact that many institutions’ exposure to real estate has become too big.
In total the Nordic institutions own real estate worth EUR 116 billion and the value has increased, despite institutions becoming net sellers. This is due to strong capital value growth in the Nordic market. The share of total AUM allocated to real estate is 9 per cent.
Pangea finds that while Nordic institutions still rank real estate among the most attractive asset classes, competition from other asset classes e.g. government bonds has increased. Other types of alternative investments, such as hedge funds and infrastructure also rank high.


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Friday, February 05, 2016
Plenty More: Pomelo Salad
I am not a salad girl. When all the other ladies are ordering lunch, and it's one salad after another on the waiter's notepad, I do not join the crowd. I'm not sure when exactly I started disliking salad, but I think it has a lot to do with the absolutely miserable salads you used to get in most restaurants. White iceburg lettuce, unripe tomatoes, everything looking like it has spent the better part of a month in the walk-in. No thank you. That, and the fact that I'm generally hungry again about an hour later, which, depending on exactly where you are and what you are doing, is not exactly convenient.
All this said, when I picked up a copy of Plenty More, written by the god of vegetable-dishes-that-carnivores-might-actually-want-to-eat, Yotam Ottolenghi, this beautiful salad caught my eye. It also certainly helps that I've been eyeballing those big, beautiful pomelos in the store, trying to figure out what to do with one. I will say that actually peeling the pomelo is not something I'm anxious to repeat anytime soon, but this salad is very fresh, very bright, and very delicious.
Note: I used light brown sugar, as I could not find my palm sugar in my pantry anywhere. Unfortunate that the palm sugar has gone MIA, but the salad was still delicious.
From Plenty More by Yotam Ottolenghi
5 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
¼ cup palm sugar
1 tablespoon orange blossom water
2 star anise pods
1 cinnamon stick, broken in two
1 (1¼-inch) piece fresh ginger, peeled and cut into thin strips
2 red chiles, seeded and cut into thin strips
1 large pomelo (about 2¼ pounds)
1 small mango, peeled and cut into thin strips
⅔ cup cilantro leaves
⅓ cup mint leaves
4 baby red or regular shallots, thinly sliced
2 cups watercress leaves
2 teaspoons peanut oil
2 teaspoons lime juice
2 teaspoons black sesame seeds
¼ cup roasted peanuts, coarsely chopped
First make the marinade. Place the vinegar and sugar in a small saucepan and warm gently, stirring, until the sugar dissolves. Remove from the heat, add the orange blossom water, star anise, cinnamon, ginger, and chiles and set aside.
Use a sharp knife to peel the pomelo skin. Divide into segments and use the knife to remove and discard the pith and membrane. Break the fruit segments into 1 or 2 bite-size chunks, put in a shallow dish, and pour in the marinade. Leave for at least 30 minutes - the longer, the better.
Remove and discard the star anise and cinnamon. Drain and save the marinade. Place the pomelo, ginger, and chiles in a large bowl and add 3 tablespoons of the reserved marinade along with the mango, cilantro, mint, shallots, watercress, peanut oil, lime juice, and ¼ teaspoon salt. Gently toss, add more marinade, if needed, and then sprinkle with the sesame seeds and peanuts and serve.
Makes 4 servings
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When I bought a jar of crab apple jelly at a market this year it had me wondering why there was no fruit on our big crab apple tree. So this season I make a point of looking and I see they are very insignificant berry sized apples.
I've been working long hours lately. Today's verse is a bit of a reminder about proportion.
Psalm 127:2 New International Version (NIV)
"In vain you rise early
and stay up late,
toiling for food to eat— for he grants sleep to those he loves."


As the arrival of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang prompts a flurry of hand-wringing punditry concerning the West End's paucity of decent new musicals, in Scotland that ginger-headed theatrical polymath, Forbes Masson – actor, writer, director, lyricist – has turned out three such shows in as many years. Combining a manically subversive spin on the Scottish variety tradition with irreverent contemporary satire, outlandish theatrical imagination and lashings of effervescent wordplay, both his previous offerings, 1999's Stiff! and last year's Mince? (the latter a Best Musical nominee in the Barclay's TMA Awards) were big hits with audiences and critics – even on a regional rep's budget, as opposed to a Lloyd Webber's.
Where Stiff! took a millennial-Faustian look at our fears and taboos surrounding death, and Mince? located a storyline involving the meat trade and senile dementia inside the mind of an advertising jingle-writer, Pants adopts a (relatively) more straightforward narrative framework. It tells the story of Scottish wannabe rock-god Rikki Rintoul, during his nearly-was nearly-heyday and during the dismal professional and emotional doldrums of 20 years later.
Two separate casts portray him and his band, the Pants, within these alternating and overlapping timescales, both set in the same dingy loft-cum-rehearsal room in Rikki's native Falkirk – a routine byword for nowheresville small Scottish towns, as in the Pants' punk-phase number, "Get to Falkirk!".
There prove to be plenty of phases in the Pants' career, such as it is, as Rikki – the self-styled "McChameleon of Rock" – determinedly hitches their wagon to every passing musical trend from glam rock to the new romantics. There's even a hilarious, Abba-esque Eurovision attempt with "Bannockburn", which works as both a send-up of identikit tweenie heroines and a sideswipe at Pop Idol.
One obvious conclusion to draw from the resulting string of lavishly camped-up yet sharply observed musical sequences is that the designers – in this case, Tom Piper – must have a ball working on Masson's shows. The songs' appeal goes beyond the visual, however, with Masson again displaying his lively facility for sly verbal parody, deadpan kitsch and undercutting rhymes.
As with the two earlier musicals, Masson makes a bold attempt to interweave all this boisterous wit and vulgarity with much darker strains, from the simmering sexual and professional jealousies within the band, to the unmitigated desolation of Rikki's whisky-sodden present-day existence. In other respects, though, Pants is notably less extravagant in its compass than its predecessors, and suffers from being set in a milieu that has virtually been parodied to death. It might once have provided easy targets, but the world of rock and pop now frequently commodifies parody, so that it becomes an element of the product itself. It's become increasingly tricky, then, to mint fresh comic coinage from such well-worn base material.
On the other hand, Masson set himself a formidably high standard to match with his previous shows. Judged on its own terms, Pants still makes for a rollicking good night out, with characteristically committed and vigorous performances from the Dundee Rep Theatre's resident company.
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PHOENIX — A pair of Valley men have been charged in a cryptocurrency investment scheme that allegedly scammed hundreds of victims out of money.
Luis Ortega, 42, of Litchfield Park, and Jeremie Sowerby, 45, of Fountain Hills, face more than 50 counts of wire fraud and transactional money laundering, according to a Thursday press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona.
Ortega and Sowerby marketed a Bitcoin mining investment as “risk-free,” promising giveaways and profits that could be accessed and liquidated immediately, according to the release.
The two men instead sent money from victims to bank accounts they controlled to buy properties and vehicles.
Ortega and Sowerby could face up to 20 years in prison for the wire fraud charges and 10 years in prison on the transactional money laundering charges.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation and IRS Criminal Investigation are conducting the investigation in the case.
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text: Looking at a city as dense as NYC from above can be quite disorienting — and that’s without throwing mirrors into the mix. At Summit One Vanderbilt, floor-to-ceiling windows meet mirrors on both the floor and the ceiling for a truly unique experience. Dubbed Air and designed by artist Kenzo Digital, it has multiple rooms and views from nearly 1,200 feet up. It starts with the aforementioned Transcendence 1, moves to the calmer, more intimate Reflect (with its own mirrors, naturally), a room filled with silver balloons dubbed Affinity, two all-glass extensions dubbed Levitation, a fourth room called Unity with projected clouds, and Aprés, a chalet-inspired café from Danny Meyer. On top of all that is Ascent, a pair of extra-cost glass elevators that will take guests to the very top of the structure.


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DakNet is a patented wireless package that does away with base stations. DakNet offers a cost-effective network for data connectivity in regions lacking communications infrastructure. Instead of trying to relay data over long distances, which can be expensive, Daknet transmits data over short point-to-point links between kiosks and portable storage devices called Mobile Access Points (MAP).
Description of Daknet
Now a day it is very easy to establish communication from one part of the world to other. Despite this even now in remote areas villagers travel to talk to family members or to get forms which citizens in-developed countries an call up on a computer in a matter of seconds. The government tries to give telephone connection in very village in the mistaken belief that ordinary telephone is the cheapest way to provide connectivity. But the recent advancements in wireless technology make running a copper wire to an analog telephone much more expensive than the broadband wireless Internet connectivity. Daknet, an ad hoc network uses wireless technology to provide digital connectivity. Daknet takes advantages of the existing transportation and communication infrastructure to provide digital connectivity. Daknet whose name derives from the Hindi word "Dak" for postal combines a physical means of transportation with wireless data transfer to extend the internet connectivity that a uplink, a cyber café or post office provides.Real time communications need large capital investment and hence high level of user adoption to receiver costs.
The average villager cannot even afford a personnel communications device such as a telephone or computer. To recover cost, users must share the communication infrastructure. Real time aspect of telephony can also be a disadvantage. Studies show that the current market for successful rural Information and Communication Technology (ICT) services does not appear to rely on real-time connectivity, but rather on affordability and basic interactivity. The poor not only need digital services, but they are willing and able to pay for them to offset the much higher costs of poor transportation, unfair pricing, and corruption. It is useful to consider non real-time infrastructures and applications such as voice mail, e-mail, and electronic bulletin boards. Technologies like store- and forward or asynchronous modes of communication can be significantly lower in cost and do not necessarily sacrifice the functionality required to deliver valuable user services. In addition to non real-time applications such as e-mail and voice messaging , providers can use asynchronous modes of communication to create local information repositories that community members can add to and query.
HOW DAKNET WORKS
A simple store-and-forward WiFi system, using a government bus as a central linkage. The bus contains a simple WiFi installation and server, and when in range of one of the outlying information kiosks it synchronizes data for later processing.
DakNet is a patented wireless package that does away with base stations. DakNet offers a cost-effective network for data connectivity in regions lacking communications infrastructure. Instead of trying to relay data over long distances, which can be expensive, Daknet transmits data over short point-to-point links between kiosks and portable storage devices called Mobile Access Points (MAP). Mounted and powered on a bus or motorcycle with a small generator MAP physically transports data between public kiosks and private communications devices and between kiosks and a hub (for non real time internet access). Low cost Wi-Fi radio transceivers transfer data stored in MAP at high bandwidth for each point-to-point connection.


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A new Tennessee law prohibits public colleges from disinviting speakers based on their controversial viewpoints or from charging student groups higher security fees to host speakers expected to trigger unrest.
Among its other provisions, the measure, signed on Tuesday by Gov. Bill Haslam, a Republican, requires colleges to adopt broad protections of free expression consistent with a landmark statement adopted in 2015 by the University of Chicago. It also bars public colleges from limiting students’ speech to specific sections of a campus, denying funds to student groups based on their viewpoints, or punishing faculty members for classroom speech germane to the subjects they teach.
In addition, the measure requires public colleges to define student-on-student harassment narrowly, as conduct that is prohibited by federal, state, or local law and “so severe, pervasive, and objectively offensive that it effectively bars the victim’s access to an educational opportunity or benefit.”
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, a nonprofit advocacy group, advised Tennessee lawmakers on the bill, one of several measures to protect campus free speech taken up this year by state legislatures. In a statement issued by the group on Wednesday, Robert Shibley, its executive director, hailed the Tennessee measure as “the most comprehensive state legislation protecting free speech on college campuses that we’ve seen passed anywhere in the country.”
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Jobless claims lowest in nearly five years
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The outlook for the U.S. job market is brightening after a government report showed a sharp drop in the number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits.
Weekly applications fell 27,000 to a seasonally adjusted 341,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. Outside a few weeks last month affected by seasonal distortions, that’s the lowest level in nearly five years.
The four-week average, which smooths week-to-week fluctuations, stayed near a five-year low.
Economists were encouraged by the decline but want to see the progress sustained and more jobs created. Since the recession ended in June 2009, the job market has shown brief bursts of improvement in the winter months only to falter in the spring.
In addition, the huge snowstorm that affected the Northeast over the weekend could push up applications in the coming weeks. The latest report covered the week ended Feb. 9, prior to when the storm hit.
"This is tentatively a positive signal for the labor market," Daniel Silver, an economist at JPMorgan Chase, told to clients.
Falling applications signal fewer layoffs. More hiring usually follows, but not always.
Since November, the four-week average has declined 5 percent to 352,500 applications. And job growth has increased to an average of 200,000 net positions a month from November through January, up from 150,000 in the previous three months.
But the employment report measures net job gains, which equals total hiring minus layoffs, quits and other separations.
A decline in layoffs can boost net job gains even when total hiring is flat or down. A separate report earlier this week showed that layoffs fell to a 10-year low in December. Overall hiring, however, also declined.
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Android 7.1.2 Nougat for Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4
Motorola Moto G4 Plus and Moto G4 are updated to Android 7.0 Nougat recently. Some rumours are saying that Motorola is going to upgrade G4 series directly to Android 7.1.2 without Android 7.1. So the next big update for these mid-rangers from Motorola might be Android 7.1.2. Recently Google unveiled the Final build of Android 7.1.2 for Nexus and Pixel devices. Previously, Google released the Android 7.1 Update in October, 2016 and Android 7.1.1 update in December, 2016.
1. Improved Fingerprint Gesture
Google introduced the Fingerprint Gesture feature with Pixel and Pixel XL flagships. With this feature user can check notifications by just swiping down on the fingerprint sensor. Later the Search giant refined the feature much with Android 7.1.2 Developer Previews. So now this elegant feature is working faster and accurate.
With the final build of Android 7.1.2, the fingerprint gesture feature arrived to Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P devices. So it may also to other Android flagships with the Android 7.1.2 Nougat update.
Users can activate the Fingerprint Gesture feature by going into the Moves menu in Settings. Google may improve much this feature in the Android O update.
2. Battery Usage Alerts
Battery usage alerts is a new feature came with the Android 7.1.2 Nougat update. Users can view by clicking the battery usage alerts option in the top right overflow menu of the Battery Section in Settings. Battery usage alerts of Android 7.1.2 displays the list of apps which are draining the battery more than usual. Normally, this list is empty immediately after installing the update. This list will reset after charging the device battery fully.
Although this is a small addition to android OS, it gives some useful information about the apps with heavy power usage and helps to save the battery. This feature may be refined in future android releases.
3. Elegant Live Wallpaper Setting
Previously with Android Nougat, the Search Giant unveiled inbuilt Live wallpapers feature. But till now, users had to use stock live wallpapers for both lock screen and home screen. Now Google introduced a refined live wallpaper setting with Android 7.1.2.
With the new setting, users can set live wallpaper for both lock screen and home screen or only home screen. So users can apply live wallpaper for home screen and static wallpaper for lock screen. The new live wallpaper setting can be applied for stock live wallpapers and also downloaded live wallpapers apps from playstore.
4. Network indicator in status bar
The Network indicator in status bar when in Roaming is minor refinement of the Android 7.1.2 Nougat update. Previously, Android don’t display the type of Network connection (like LTE, 3G, Edge) when the network is in Roaming. Now in Android 7.1.2, Google made some changes to the network icons in status bar. So the refined Status bar of Android 7.1.2 displays both Roaming icon and type of network with Signal icon separately.
5. Bug Fixes
It is already known that Pixel and Nexus devices which have upgraded to Android 7.1.1 Nougat suffered from the Bluetooth bug. But the Bluetooth bug and other bugs like occasional UI hangs, Audio popping issues are fixed in the Android 7.1.2 update. The User interface is working fluid like in Android 7.1.2 Nougat without hanging. Various security bugs are fixed in this update. Some Wi-Fi bugs are also fixed and the stability of Wi-Fi is improved.
Google also fixed the early Shutdown bug in this update. Many Pixel users reported that the bug has gone and their devices are working perfectly. General connectivity is also refined in this update. But some upgraded Pixel and Nexus 5X and 6P devices are showing quick battery drain and wrong battery calibration after updated to Android 7.1.2. Tech experts are saying that these issues will disappear automatically after a few days.
6. Enhanced Notification Stability
Previously with Android Nougat and Android 7.1.1 updates, Google improved Notifications and quick setting toggles much. With the latest update, the Search giant brought another refinement to Notifications.
In the Android 7.1.2 change log, Google mentioned about the increased notification stability. So notification stability has improved in Android 7.1.2 Nougat. Probably due to this refinement, notifications appear quickly and also smoothly in Android 7.1.2 devices. More details about this refinement will be revealed soon.
Fingerprint sensor bug is the major problem of Android 7.1.2. In some of the upgraded Nexus 5X, 6P and Pixel devices Fingerprint sensor is not working to unlock the device. But swipe down on fingerprint sensor to see notification feature is working fine on these devices.
Google may provide a special patch for this bug in the near future according to tech experts.
Android 7.1.2 Nougat Moto G4 Plus Release
Moto G4 Plus was launched in May 2016 with pre-loaded Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow OS. Later, Moto G4 Plus devices in India received the Android 7.0 Nougat update in December 2017. Recently in the US also, Motorola has started the Android 7.0 Nougat rollout for Moto G4 Plus.
Motorola may start the soak test of Android 7.1.2 Nougat for Moto G4 Plus devices may begin in May. The final rollout of Android 7.1.2 Nougat for Moto G4 Plus devices in India may begin in June 2017. In the US, Moto G4 Plus devices might be updated to Android 7.1.2 in June or July 2017. Confirmed rollout dates of Android 7.1.2 for Moto G4 Plus will be revealed soon.
Android 7.1.2 Nougat for Moto G4 release date
Moto G4 Android 7.1.2 soak test may start in May or June. Final rollout of Android 7.1.2 may start in June 2017 for Moto G4 in July.
Update on 04/09/2017 :
Motorola started the rollout of the Android 7.1.1 update for only Moto G4 Play devices in Brazil and some other regions in June. It seems that Motorola merged Android 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 versions and began the rollout. The update also includes some of the features of Android 7.1.2. But there is still no sight of the Android 7.1.1 or 7.1.2 update for Moto G4 Plus and G4. So it seems that Motorola bumped these updates to Android 8.0. Thus, there might be no Android 7.1.2 update for Moto G4 series.
The next update for the Moto G4 and Moto G4 Plus devices is Android Oreo. The release dates of Android Oreo for Moto G4 and G4 Plus will be announced by Motorola soon.


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Dengue is a mosquito-borne virus with dire health and economic impacts. Dengue is responsible for an estimated 390 million infections per year, with dengue 2 (DENV2) being the most virulent strain among the four serotypes. Interestingly, it is also in strains of this serotype that temperature-dependent large-scale morphological changes, termed “breathing,” have been observed. Although the structure of these morphologies has been solved to 3.5-Å resolution, the dynamics of the viral envelope are unknown.
Histidine kinases (HKs) funnel diverse environmental stimuli into a single autophosphorylation event at a conserved histidine residue. The HK EnvZ is a global sensor of osmolality and cellular acid pH. In previous studies, we discovered that osmosensing in EnvZ was mediated through osmolyte-induced stabilization of the partially disordered helical backbone spanning the conserved histidine autophosphorylation site (His243).
Dengue virus (DENV) particles are released from cells in different maturation states. Fully immature DENV (immDENV) is generally non-infectious, but can become infectious when complexed with anti-precursor membrane (prM) protein antibodies. It is unknown how anti-prM antibody-coated particles can undergo membrane fusion since the prM caps the envelope (E) protein fusion loop. Here, we determined cryoelectron microscopy (cryo-EM) maps of the immDENV:anti-prM complex at different pH values, mimicking the extracellular (pH 8.0) or endosomal (pH 5.0) environments.
The 11 kDa, positively charged dengue capsid protein (C protein) exists stably as a homodimer and co-localizes with the viral genome within mature viral particles. Its core is composed of four alpha helices encompassing a small hydrophobic patch that may interact with lipids, but approximately 20% of the protein at the N-terminus is intrinsically disordered, making it challenging to elucidate its conformational landscape.

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Hear what opera singers sing for fun. Join the party! Some of the singers in town for the Halifax Summer Opera Workshop are going to sing cabaret at Menz Bar on Wednesday August 10, accompanied by Lynette Wahlstrom and hosted by Bunni Lapin. A casual mix of musical theatre, opera, arty cabaret songs and trash.
Free will offering, no cover.
Menz Bar, 2182 Gottingen in Halifax