Mozart Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K.493
Dvořák Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, Op. 87
A consistently exciting artist, renowned globally for her spectacular technique, sumptuous sound, deeply probing musicianship, and “irresistible panache” (Chicago Tribune), violinist RACHEL LEE PRIDAY has appeared as soloist with major international orchestras, among them the Chicago, Houston, National, Pacific, St. Louis and Seattle Symphony Orchestras, Boston Pops Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra and Germany’s Staatskapelle Berlin. Her distinguished recital appearances have brought her to eminent venues, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts’ Mostly Mozart Festival, Chicago’s Ravinia Festival and Dame Myra Hess Memorial Series, Paris’s Musée du Louvre, Germany’s Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival and Switzerland’s Verbier Festival.
Passionately committed to new music and creating enriching community and global connections, Rachel Lee Priday’s wide-ranging repertoire and multidisciplinary collaborations reflect a deep fascination with literary and cultural narratives. Her work as soloist with the Asia / America New Music Institute promoted cultural exchange between Asia and the Americas, combining premiere performances with educational outreach in the US, China, and Vietnam. She has premiered and commissioned works by composers including Matthew Aucoin, Christopher Cerrone, Gabriella Smith, Timo Andres, Leilehua Lanzilotti, Cristina Spinei, Melia Watras, and Paul Wiancko. In 2022, she premiered a new Violin Concerto, “Kuyén,” written for her by Miguel Farías, which depicts the Moon in Mapuche mythology, with the UC Davis Symphony at the Mondavi Center.
Recent season highlights have included a duo recital with composer/pianist Timo Andres in Seattle and for the Phillips Collection, exploring the through-lines of American twentieth and twenty-first century violin and piano works, and a third tour of South Africa, where she appeared in recital and performed the José White Lafitte Concerto with the Johannesburg and Kwazulu-Natal Philharmonics. Upcoming and recent concerto engagements include the Portland Symphony, Springfield (MO) Symphony, Pensacola Symphony, Symphony San Jose, South Carolina Philharmonic, and Bangor Symphony.
Since making her orchestral debut at the Aspen Music Festival in 1997, Rachel has performed with numerous orchestras across the United States, including the Colorado Symphony, Alabama, Knoxville, Rockford, Annapolis, and New York Youth Symphonies. In Europe and in Asia, she has appeared at the Moritzburg Festival in Germany and with orchestras in Graz, Austria, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Korea, where she performed with the KBS Symphony, Seoul Philharmonic and Russian State Symphony Orchestra on tour. She has toured South Africa extensively, and has given recitals in the United Kingdom at the Universities of Birmingham and Cambridge.
Rachel Lee Priday began her violin studies at the age of four in Chicago, after she saw the sheep puppet Lamb Chop pretend to play the violin in “Lamb Chop’s Play-Along.” Shortly thereafter, she moved to New York City to study with the iconic pedagogue Dorothy DeLay at the Juilliard School. Her teachers and mentors include Itzhak Perlman, Catherine Cho, Won-Bin Yim, Robert Mann, and Miriam Fried. She holds a B.A. degree in English from Harvard University and an M.M. from the New England Conservatory. Since 2019, she serves on the faculty of University of Washington School of Music in Seattle as Assistant Professor of Violin.
Rachel Lee Priday has been profiled in The New Yorker, The Strad, Los Angeles Times and Family Circle. Her performances have been broadcast on major media outlets in the United States, Germany, Korea, South Africa and Brazil, including a televised concert in Rio de Janeiro, numerous appearances on Chicago’s WFMT and American Public Media’s “Performance Today.” She has also been featured on BBC Radio 3, the Disney Channel, “Fiddling for the Future” and “American Masters” on PBS, and the Grammy Awards.
She performs on a Giuseppe Guarneri violin (“filius Andreae”).
Born in Orange, CA in 1993, Violist Tanner Menees is forging an enviable career as a chamber musician. Mr. Menees has collaborated in chamber music performances with a range of notable artists including Miriam Fried, Lynn Harrell, Frans Helmerson, Gary Hoffman, Kim Kashkashian, Laurence Lesser, Danny Phillips, Marcy Rosen, Mitsuko Uchida, and Donald Weilerstein.
Tanner Menees has performed internationally at festivals such as the Marlboro Music Festival, Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute, Caramoor Evnin Rising Stars, Chamberfest Cleveland, Menuhin Festival String Academy, Edinburgh Music Festival, Juilliard String Quartet Seminar, and with NEXUS Chamber Music Chicago. Menees has performed as a soloist with the Colburn Orchestra under maestro Thierry Fischer and with Symphony New Hampshire. Menees is featured in Mike Grittani’s video, Dreaming of Boccherini, shot in Guarneri Hall as part of the NEXUS Chamber Music Festival in 2019.
Tanner received his Bachelor of Music degree and Artist Diploma from the Colburn School, where he studied with Paul Coletti. Later he studied with Kim Kashkashian at the New England Conservatory where he earned a Master of Music degree. Tanner plays on a viola of the Tarasconi school made in Milan, Italy c. 1880 courtesy of Guarneri Hall NFP and Darnton & Hersh Fine Violins.
Cellist Jia Kim, chosen as a recipient of the prestigious 2017 Leonore Annenberg Fellowship Fund, began her cello studies at the age of ten in Korea where she has won first place in the Korean Music Association Competition, the National Symphony Orchestra Competition of Korea and the Young Musician Foundation's National Debut Concerto Competition. Since then Ms. Kim has taken the stage in cities across the United States, South America, Europe and South Korea. Her performances have been reviewed by the New York Times, Vermont Today, South Florida Classical Review, and have been broadcast on WQXR, PBS and KMZT Classical.
As a passionate and active chamber musician, Ms. Kim has worked with renowned artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Robert Mann, Kim Kashkashian, Frans Helmerson, Robert Spano, Emmanuel Villaume, John Williams, as well as members of the Juilliard String Quartet, Cleveland Quartet, Takacs Quartet, Orion String Quartet, and guest appearances with the East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO), The Knights, and A Far Cry. She has taken the stage at venues including Carnegie Hall, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Chicago Symphony Center's Orchestra Hall, Miami's Arsht Center, Valle De Bravo in Mexico, Toronto's Royal Conservatory, Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Korea Society in NYC, Barclays Center in Brooklyn, Al-Hussein Cultural Center at the National Music Conservatory of Jordan, and many more.
Ms. Kim is a recipient of numerous awards including the Jack Smith Memorial Award, Most Promising Young Talent at the 2005 Pasadena Showcase House Instrumental Competition in California, and Performing Arts Scholarship at the Cerritos Center of Arts Education. She received a full scholarship to the Crossroads School in Santa Monica and the Colburn School in Los Angeles.
As a teenager, she spent five summers at The Perlman Music Program Summer Music School in Shelter Island which gave her life-changing musical experiences. She has also been invited to participate at Académie musicale de Villecroze, Kneisel Hall, White Mountains Music Festival, Sitka Music Festival, and The Perlman Music Program's Chamber Music Workshop, where she was invited to tour with Itzhak Perlman in Israel, Toronto, Mexico City, Virginia Beach, and Miami.
A devoted educator, Ms. Kim has worked with students from the Cleveland Institute of Music, American Academy of Jordan, Tel Aviv Conservatory of Music, Grand Valley State University, and has been invited to do a Visiting Artist Residency at the University of Hawaii and College of William and Mary. In 2016, she served as Tone Judge for the Violin Society of America Competition.
Ms. Kim serves on the Faculty of The Juilliard School pre college division, The Mannes School of Music, The Perlman Music Program, and New York Youth Symphony’s Chamber Music program.
Ms. Kim is the cellist of the award-winning Aeolus Quartet.
As Artistic Director of Chamber Music Stowe in Vermont and Central Chamber Series in NYC, Ms. Kim is committed to connecting with a wider audience through the powerful language of chamber music.
She is forever grateful to her mentors and teachers Ronald Leonard, Toby and Itzhak Perlman, and Joel Krosnick, with whom she studied at The Juilliard School for a Bachelor and Master Degree in Music. Ms.Kim performs on a Testore cello made in 1748 and a cello by Samuel Zygmuntowicz.
Hailed by The New York Times as “nimble” and “colorful,” Euntaek Kim is receiving worldwide recognition for his brilliant work as pianist, conductor, and composer.
Native of Incheon, South Korea, Kim moved to the U.S. at the age of 13, after sweeping all of the major piano competitions in his native country. After his move, Kim’s prowess proved unstoppable: He won prizes in numerous competitions, including The 4th International Tchaikovsky Competition for Young Musicians, was admitted to The Juilliard School College Division at the age of 16 with the “Presidential Distinction,” and was the main feature of the 2005 PBS documentary titled “Euntaek Kim and Performance of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy.”
After receiving the Bachelor’s and the Master’s degrees at The Juilliard School, Kim continued his formal studies at Yale University as the Artist Diploma candidate, which he completed in 2013. Kim’s main instructors were Jerome Lowenthal and Boris Berman.
Kim is currently in the midst of compiling live recordings of the complete piano works by Sergei Prokofiev, which can be found on his YouTube channel (@euntaekkim).
Outside of his busy schedule with performing, composing, and teaching, Kim spends his leisure time reading, philosophizing, learning languages, lifting weights, and cooking. His wife Sara Rossi is a violist, and the two perform together frequently.


SAN DIEGO – Jason Day gazed over the cliff and down to Black’s Beach midway through his pro-am round Wednesday at Torrey Pines. The idyllic setting is a staple for vista seekers, but for the Australian it felt more like a metaphor.
The tumbling drop down to the surf could just as easily represent Day’s game which has slowly unraveled since the 32-year-old reached the peak of the world golf rankings in February 2017. He's now of 44th in the world and falling.
A few hours later, Jordan Spieth reached the same bluff adjacent the South Course’s fourth hole and could have contemplated his own competitive plight. It's a similar freefall, from No. 1 in the world in March 2016 to his current spot just shy of Day at No. 45.
The two men that once dueled for the top spot begin the year in similarly bleak places, albeit for vastly different reasons.
Day’s plummet has been driven by an ailing back that showed no signs of healing last year and, at least if Day’s own assessment is any indication, doesn’t appear to be any closer to a mend.
“I had two epidural shots last year and they lasted a week. I was coming into most events underprepared and also kind of on the back foot just because of the injuries that I've had,” Day explained.
Although Day attempted to remain upbeat at Torrey Pines, where he is a two-time champion, he conceded that his injury is limiting him to just 30 minutes of practice putting a day, and that he’s been on a “ball count” as he prepares for the new year.
“I'm typically putting two and a half hours at a time every day in my off weeks, so obviously I'm a little bit behind schedule,” he said.
For Day, it was a particularly difficult offseason after having to withdraw from the Presidents Cup with continued back pain. There were few reasons to remain upbeat following his worst year on Tour since 2012. He posted just a single top-10 finish following the Masters, worked with four different caddies and failed to qualify for the Tour Championship in 2019.
“There were a number of things that I was trying to work out,” Day allowed.
By comparison, Spieth’s plight at least comes with a modicum of opportunity. The PGA Tour’s “Golden Child” has been anything but golden in recent years following two consecutive seasons without a victory or a trip to East Lake.
If Day’s issues can be traced to his back injury, Spieth’s wayward play is the result of more fluid targets. In 2018, Spieth’s once-automatic putting stroke abandoned him and he finished the season 123rd in strokes gained: putting, down from eighth in ’17. Last season, he more resembled his expert self on the greens but “mechanical” issues with his full swing held him back.
“With the full swing, especially as I got into the longer clubs, my timing got pretty off, so I was trying to gather that back to where it was,” Spieth said.
While Day said not being at Royal Melbourne last month for the Presidents Cup made him “angry,” at least he was a part of the International team as a captain’s pick before withdrawing. Spieth didn’t even have the chance to join the American side.
After finishing the season well outside the automatic qualifiers, Spieth conceded that he didn’t deserve a captain’s pick. That didn’t make watching the event any easier.
“It really sucked. I hated not being there to help support the team and be a part of it and gain points for Team USA. That part was really tough, as I expected, but at the same time it's fire to not miss another one,” he said.
To that end, Spieth has a plan to get things back on track. Following an intense offseason with swing coach Cameron McCormick, he’s confident with his game and explained that he reached an epiphany last season that’s helped him through his slump.
“I think from when I was 12 years old on, it's been kind of easier and then at some point it got a little harder, so it's a little bit of OK, a little bit of panic,” he explained. “Then I think last year I did a good job of staying patient with myself and recognizing that it's part of the game and trying to just take each week to make little improvements.”
Both Day and Spieth could desperately use a reset this week at Torrey Pines, but they’ve learned through difficult experiences that it doesn’t really work that way.
Like the beach below the cliffs at Torrey Pines, it’s always difficult to know exactly where rock bottom lies. But the only thing that really matters to players like Day and Spieth is the journey back up.


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For us somewhat sun-starved Brits, France is one of the most popular holiday destinations for us to visit and it is no surprise as to why. Just a short hop across or under the Channel and you can find yourself in a big country that boasts loads of fantastic cuisine, beautiful landscapes and fascinating culture. Each region has its own unique and different culture from the north to the south meaning that no matter how many times you visit the country, there will always be something new to explore and to discover. We are all familiar with Paris of course, which is one of the most popular travel destinations in the whole world and with other major cities like Lyon, Toulouse and Bordeaux as well as with Provence, Normandy and more, but it is easy to end up in a rut of visiting the same areas again and again. If you are a fan of France but want to explore some of its less well-known corners, then you should check the Ardèche region in the central south-east of the country.
Ardèche is only around an hour and half train ride from the metropolitan hub of Lyon but as you find yourself crossing over the Rhone River into this region, you couldn’t imagine yourself so close to such a big city. This region is known for its stunning and untouched nature, medieval architecture, small towns and villages, wine and is a step back in time to a more traditional and unfettered way of life really. Also known by its more historical name of the Viverais, this area has been inhabited for thousands and thousands of years a fact that is attested to by the cave paintings in the Chauvet-Pont-d’Arc cave which boasts some of the most well-preserved cave art in the world.
The capital of the region is Privas which is in fact the smallest administrative centre of any of the French departments. Famed for its chestnut puree, this historically important little town is a really charming one with some medieval architecture and lovely walks which are perfect to explore. Other notable towns of the region include Tournon-sur-Rhone which also boasts some gorgeous architecture, and Largentière which has a castle.
The Ardèche really is an ancient region with ruined castles to be found buried deep in its forests, and vineyards that have been run in the traditional way for hundreds and hundreds of years. In the forests you can even find wild boars still, and the nature is simply fantastic, as is the weather, which is just another great reason to visit this area. Since the summertime weather is so great, Ardèche is a popular place to enjoy a camping holiday in the fresh air, and if you have a young family and want a fairly budget holiday, then you can always drive down. With the fantastic nature, outdoor pools and fun outdoor activities available, you can enjoy a peaceful break away from the crowds that is still action-packed.

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South Africa’s Maboneng Project offers a clue to potential urban regeneration strategies for Africa using high speed broadband
This week’s TV content market DISCOP in Johannesburg saw Neotel and property developer, the Maboneng Project promoting their joint fibre-to-the-home service aimed at attracting high-end media users to this pioneering downtown development. South Africa has found it hard to bridge the cost gap between the curb and the premises and this joint development may yet spark an increase in the roll-out of high-end fibre connections. Russell Southwood looks at what this development might have to do with the rest of Africa.
When Apartheid ended, the rigid rules about where people could live went with it and the downtown core of Johannesburg, its Central Business District, went into steep decline as new centres like the glossy home of the ICT industry, Sandton were built. The same problem is occurring in places like Nairobi, where most of the property investment is made on the edge of town, because the road infrastructure cannot take the volume of traffic and there is poor public transport.
Indeed too many African cities lack any sense of being planned and very few seek to regenerate run-down areas. Instead, they create small islands of high-end development like Victoria Island in Lagos, leaving other districts to suffer with much poorer infrastructure. African Governments have begun to understand broadband as a national development tool but not yet something that can be used as part of an urban regeneration, wealth strategy.
Pioneering property developer Mark Seftel has worked together with Jonathan Liebmann of Propertuity Property Management to create a mixed-use development consisting of art galleries, restaurants, loft-style apartments and office space. Seftel himself is a former telecoms initiative.
Part of the development’s strategy is to attract media and technology users to what are premises with high-design values. A thread in this strategy is to offer some of the highest broadband connectivity at a reasonable price in a country where it is still difficult to get the magic combination of high speed, reliable and affordable bandwidth.
The provider they joined with to find a solution to this problem, Neotel, has already been rolling out fibre to the curb for two years. It has 6,500 kilometres of metronet fibre and has extended this into 14 business areas with curb access points. The stumbling block has been getting it from the curb into the premises: currently the cost is a shade over US$1,100 per connection but could come down to more globally comparative levels of US$700 per connection with greater volumes.
The business model has been for both the developer and the provider to jointly bear the connection cost, which then allows them to offer a competitive, high-speed connection at what are current ADSL connection prices in South Africa. For the property developer, the relatively small cost of the connection can be rolled into the apartment or office lease price. Many African cities are seeing a building boom in both these categories and are ripe for this kind of broadband provision. However, given that the number of users in new developments is relatively small, it would make sense to apply some subsidy to this connection gap for targeted, existing buildings in a specified geographic area.
But as Angus Hay, Head of Strategic Business Development, Neotel says:”This isn’t part of a large, commercial roll-out, it’s a pilot to see what’s possible. However, it’s the direction things should go.” But it’s hard to believe that once you’ve created a very small island of globally competitive bandwidth – which is vital for industries like media – that it will not begin to start a trend that will unblock the barrier created by the high cost of the local access link.
“This is not a contended, leased line service, it’s a contended broadband service but we don’t shape it. It’s part of a GPON network and there’s significant bandwidth behind it, with the contention happening in the core network.” Connection speeds could go comfortably as high as 40 mbps per user and higher if needed:”On pricing, it will compete with DSL but give fibre performance.”
“It’s important to establish this kind of pilot to find models that work. Where business and high-end consumers are competing globally, you have to have service that works for them. It won’t solve all of Africa’s connectivity problems like those found in rural areas, but it will make a difference to a country’s competitiveness. From the commercial standpoint, Africa doesn’t have a lot of (usable) copper and this is a way for telcos to ensure they become part of the data-enabled services future.”
Outside of South Africa, this kind of approach would accelerate African users to the next level of broadband, rather than them having to remain on the lower rungs of the digital divide. It can be targeted at key sectors of the economy to ensure that they remain globally competitive. But most importantly, high-speed broadband becomes an urban regeneration tool that (along with many other tools) can create the means to spread wealth into formerly declining urban areas.
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The month is Techtember, time for Apple to make its fanbase swoon over their new offerings
The much-awaited event titled “Time Flies”, as predicted by the geek brigade was all about the Apple watch and software announcements. Despite the absence of the usual fanfare of the event (like most tech events this year), the announcements and the new hardware launches have made it worth the wait.
So, let’s look at the latest hardware the tech giant has to offer:
Apple Watch – Series 6
Brightening their portfolio of wearables (literally). Apple launched its latest watch series with noted advancements, some big and some small.
The series 6 watch comes with a brighter display with the key highlight being that it can now measure your blood oxygen levels, which in the current pandemic is a big selling point. However, it should not only be seen as an easier method of tracking oxygen levels.
Other key improvements include a better processor based on the A13 Bionic chip, new watch faces, a new solo band and two new colour variants – blue and red.
The new series 6 watches will be priced at Rs 40,900 for the GPS model and Rs 49,900 for the GPS+cellular model.
For price-conscious Indian users, there is something more to look forward to – the new SE.
The SE series of Apple watches will start at Rs 29,900 and are a sweet deal for people looking to add the Apple watch to their list of wearables. However, the lower prices of the SE series comes at a cost. The SE series will have the same processor and other design features as the Series 6 but skips the infrared sensors used for measuring blood oxygen levels. This should not be a deal-breaker as the sensors cannot be taken as a substitute for clinical tests.
Another important announcement at the event included the family features for the Apple watch that allows tracking of location and use of a selected number of contacts for families that want greater control over wearables used by younger members.
The news iPad 8 generation
Going ahead with hardware announcements, Apple released its new generation of the iPad.
WI-fi models of the iPad Air start at Rs 54,900, while the Cellular models will start at Rs 66,900. Compatible Apple pencil (2 generation) is set to cost Rs 10,900 while the Magic Keyboard, sold separately, will cost Rs 27,900. The Smart Keyboard Folio will be priced at Rs 15,900 and will be available in October at Apple Authorised Resellers.
Much loved for their software and services, Apple announced at the event the Apple One, a one-stop service that bundles access to Apple Music, Apple TV, Apple Arcade and iCloud. This bundled service is set to cost around Rs 195 for a month for individual usage and Rs 365 for the family plan. Along with the bundled service plan, Apple also announced improvements in their health services which will now include planned workout sessions, including popular fitness activities like cycling, rowing, yoga and others.
Along with these, the company also announced the release date for their iOS 14 for the iPhone. The date which was fixed for 16 September, however, seemed to have been miscalculated as the update was finally released OTA on 17 September amid a lot of social media buzz regarding the short one-day notice given to app developers. Even then, users will have to wait for the new iOS’s much-waited and hyped PIP and widget functionalities to make it to their beloved apps like YouTube Twitter and Instagram.
The elephant in the room
Apple is much-touted for the clockwork-like precision of the launch of its new iPhones. This year though, the double whammy of the breaking of supply chains and the raging Coronavirus pandemic has caused delays. In the almost one-hour online event, there was hardly any mention of the iPhone; however, talk of the A14 Bionic chip (which will power the new iPhone) touted to be 40% faster than the A13 chip currently being used in the iPhone 11 series has enthusiasts excited.


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The Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) has been enjoined to establish new polling units or extend the existing centres to rural communities in the area councils of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council, Alhaji Abubakar Giri gave the advice when he received the FCT Resident Electoral Commissioner, Chief Godwin Kwanga in his office.
Secretary to the Council, Alhaji Usman Yahaya who stood in for the chairman at the meeting said that millions of FCT people in the rural areas are being disenfranchised during elections due to absence of polling units in those areas.
He further said that there was a need to increase polling units in Gwagwalada Area Council as regular voters who have come of age are many in the rural areas.
Responding, the Resident Electoral Commissioner said the team was in Gwagwalada on sensitisation campaign to get the co-operation of the people on the scheduled continuous voter registration expected to begin this year in all the area councils of Abuja.
He explained that massive awareness would be employed to keep Abuja residents informed of the exercise.

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i absolutley LOVE dragons. :) Do ya'all remember when i made this dragon for my boy sometime last year? It was one of those things i was really excited about at the time, cut out pieces to make several more...and then eventually gave up on it. i only managed to finish this one dragon. Well, almost finish it.. he still needs eyes.
Although i don't really make new Year's resolutions...i do tend to come up with a few goals as i start to make my way through the new year. This year, one of my goals is to finish all of my 'unfinished' projects.
So i finally pulled out the dragon, with the intention of finishing it. Instead, i started thinking about ways to simplify and re-vamp the pattern. My original pattern is too time consuming and detailed for me to be able to sell them. i've had a lot of interest in them though, so i wanted to come up with something that was equally as cool, but wouldn't take me a year and a half to finish. tee hee. :)
This is my new re-vamped dragon!! Getting rid of those clawed feet takes a couple hours off of the time it takes to make them. i also made the wings a bit smaller, and decided against the embroidery along the tops of them. i left the face horn 'mask' although i'm not sure i'm going to continue to add the 'beard'. i'm going to play around with some different faces, and different horn styles...so i may end up with severeal different dragon species. :)
The wings although smaller and less detailed, are still fully adjustable. :) You can click the picture to see a larger version. What do you think??
In this picture you can see how they compare. Without the feet the new dragons stand a little smaller. They measure approx. 7" tall and 9" across. i'm working on making several more with different colored horns etc. i LOVE the textured scaly looking felt, but i can only get it in 2 or 3 colors. So i'm going to be making smooth skinned dragons as well ( i need one in purple!!)
This is my second dragon using my simplified pattern.
You can click on the photo to see it better. i wanted to show off how the wings adjust and give a better view of the chest and face. i'm super thrilled with how they are coming out. i can wait to make a whole rainbow of dragons!! :) i will also be putting together a few sets with a wizard, knight & horse and a dragon. i'm still working on pricing them, but will be offering them for sale soon.
i would love some feedback on these. Is there anything you especially like or don't like? Changes you would like to see? What colors do you think would work best for dragons?
i appreciate any thoughts, comments and suggestions!

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Revive Therapeutics reports progress with Phase III COVID-19 trial
The pharmaceutical industry has been hard at work exploring potential treatments for COVID-19 ever since the deadly virus first reared its head. One firm, Revive Therapeutics, reports it has made headway in exploring the safety and efficacy of a candidate: Bucillamine, an antirheumatic agent, in patients dealing with mild to moderate cases of COVID-19.
Michael Frank, CEO and chairman of Revive Therapeutics, spoke with Outsourcing-Pharma about the life-sciences industry’s work toward viable COVID-19 treatments, and the progress his firm has made with its own candidate.
OSP: Could you please talk about the history so far of COVID-19 treatment discovery, development, and research?
MF: The search for drugs and vaccines to treat or prevent COVID-19 began fairly quickly. By March 2020, when we saw that the COVID-19 pandemic was getting worse, our team began our work with Bucillamine which we had experience with, and an application was sent out to the FDA by that summer.
There are several therapeutics that could add a lot of value to the treatment of COVID-19. Revive offers a pill that focuses on antirheumatic and anti-inflammatory treatment, whereas Roche, Pfizer, and Merck are antiviral pills. Regardless of the type, antiviral or anti-inflammatory, there’s an urgent need for oral therapeutics.
Revive is well into our Phase III clinical trial. The landscape has changed in the last few months, and things are more level in terms of a playing field with all the major companies focusing on therapeutics, too.
OSP: Could you please talk about how Revive came to work on Bucillamine—how did you discover its COVID-19 potential, and how has your work progressed to now?
MF: We have a history and an open IND for the treatment of gout in the clinical development with Bucillamine, initially a treatment for rheumatoid arthritis. We ran a phase 2a trial around gout in 2015 with Bucillamine. After looking at the data, based on its anti-inflammatory history and a few other properties, it led us to advance our efforts in reviving and repurposing the drug as a treatment for COVID-19. The drug has also been shown to be effective for inflammation around reperfusion injury and organ transplantation.
Once the FDA had the chance to look at the historical data of Bucillamine, safety and profile, and our open IND they fast-tracked the trial into a Phase III. The current trial, led by Kelly Mckee and our team is now looking at 600 patients by the end of September 2021 and finishing the 1000-person study in Q4. We have made tremendous progress over the last few months by engaging over 40 clinical sites, and we plan to expand to 50 sites and target COVID hot spots.
OSP: Please tell us some of the properties of the drug, and notable findings in the research to date, that are helping Revive feed positive about the treatment’s chances of achieving full approval down the road.
MF: I can’t really get into the core details at the moment since we’re still in a clinical trial, but you are more than welcome to read about our ongoing study posted on clinicaltrials.gov. At a high level, the history of Buccillamine is an anti-rheumatoid and inflammatory drug for arthritis. It has properties that enhance glutathione, a natural substance in the body and an antioxidant.
Buccillamine is a powerful mechanism to produce glutathione. In fact, it’s 16x more potent than N-Acetylcysteine/NAC, a drug that is also currently in trials as a treatment for COVID-19.
In the event that someone gets COVID-19 which causes inflammation there usually is a cytokine storm. This overproduction of cytokines causes inflammation around a lot of the organs including the lungs. Based on the history of this drug, we’re confident that it will have good efficacy.
OSP: To date, COVID-19 treatment has focused on symptoms; why is it preferable to have the option of an approved treatment for the virus itself?
MF: Although the availability of the vaccine has been shown to reduce hospitalization, breakthrough infections are happening. Whether someone is vaccinated, yet to be vaccinated or vaccine-hesitant, people are still getting COVID. Vaccines also have an issue with efficacy after a certain amount of time, and it’s hard to move vaccines out to third-world countries and areas that don’t have access to them.
Some people talk about monoclonal antibodies, which is another therapeutic, but it’s hard to take because it's intravenous. There’s a need for oral treatments.
This virus comes with a lot of side effects, and the drug we have has a strong history and safety profile. It can be taken on its own or in conjunction with other treatments. Oral therapeutics are essential for logistic deployment.
OSP: Do you have anything to add?
MF: These types of viruses will potentially continue, whether Delta stays for a while or it mutates to become another variant. A pill/ treatment is highly beneficial and essential as these are not tied to only one strain, it can work with different forms of a virus and that’s very important.


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Collection of mini-games for the PlayStation Vita.
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The title will make history as fighters from these two bastions of the fighting genre come together for the very first time.
The newest installment of the exhilarating RIDGE RACER arcade racing series.
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Facts of Betty White
|Full Name||Betty White|
|Birth Name||Betty Marion White|
|Other Name||Grand Dame of Television,Queen of Television|
|Profession||Actor & Comedian|
|Birth City||Oak Park, Illinois|
|Birth Country||United States|
|Father Name||Horace Logan White|
|Father Profession||Lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company|
|Mother Name||Christine Tess|
|Spouse||Allen Ludden (m. 1963–1981), Lane Allen (m. 1947–1949), Dick Barker (m. 1945–1945)|
|Filmography||Young & Hungry,Crowded|
|Education||Beverly Hills Unified School District|
|Date of Birth||27,1922|
How Much Is Betty White's Net Worth?
The American-born actress Betty White is professional since 1939 and is the only female entertainer with the longest television career, 80 years. Her notable work includes the famous TV series The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973-1977), The Golden Girls (1985-1992) and Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015).
Still now, Betty is active in acting career and has garnered 117 acting credits, amassing herself huge fame and fortune. As of 2019, she owns the net worth of around $75 million.
Well, Betty White has earned 8 Emmy Awards till date while other accolades include a Grammy Award, 3 Screen Actors Guild Awards, and 3 American Comedy Awards.
Net Worth Details: Income Sources & Earnings
Professional for over 80 years, Betty White made her career debut in 1939 through small roles in TV and later appeared in Blondie, The Great Gildersleeve, and This is Your FBI.
Having worked as a host for KFWB radio and on KLAC-TV, Betty White gained wide recognization through The Mary Tyler Moore Show in 1973, portraying Sue Ann Nivens.
Her other most notable acting credit proved to be Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985-1992) and Elka Ostrovsky on the sitcom Hot in Cleveland (2010-2015).
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Betty White has an estimated net worth of $75 million as of July 2019.
The main source of her income is acting but also her career as an author earned her considerable sum.
Career as an Author
She has written a few book that have gained considerable success both commercially and critically.
She released her first book "Betty White's Pet-Love: How Pets Take Care of Us "in 1983. This was followed by a number of books that are listed below.
- Betty White In Person (1987)
- The Leading Lady: Dinah's Story (1991)
- Here We Go Again: My Life In Television (1995)
- Together: A Novel of shared vision (2008)
- If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't) (2011)
- Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo (2011)
While working in Hot in Cleveland, she earned $75,000 per episode. Currently, Betty works as a host for Betty White's Smartest Animals in America in 2015.
Till date, Betty White has won many awards including 6 Emmys, a Grammy, 3 Screen Actors Guild awards and a BAFTA with her acting credits of over 117 acting credits.
Movie Box Office Collection:
|Lake Placid (1999)||Mrs. Delores Bickerman||$27-$35 million||$56.9 million|
|Ponyo (2008)||Yoshie||$34 million||$201.8 million|
|The Proposal (2009)||Grandma Annie||$40 million||$317.4 million|
|The Lorax (2012)||Grammy Norma||$70 million||$348.8 million|
|Toy Story 4 (2019)||Bitey White||$200 million||$509.6 million|
Endorsements & Charity Works
Meanwhile, the report on Betty's endorsements deals or earnings from is not disclosed. But certainly, during her career height, she had many sponsorships and commercials, earning her a massive sum.
Back in the 1950s, she appeared for Dr. Ross Dog Food advertisement at KTLA. In 2007, she was featured in the TV ad for PetMeds, a pet pharmacy.
Well, White is an avid user of Instagram and Twitter with over 1.4 million followers on each. As per Influencer Marketing Hub, her Instagram account can sum $2,850-$4,751 per sponsored post.
Betty White is also an active charity worker and has associations with many non-profit organizations. Since 1971, she served as a trustee and president of Morris Animal Foundation.
In April 2008, she donated $100,000 to Los Angeles Zoo & Botanical Garden.
White supports many charity-causes like Los Angeles Police Memorial Foundation, American Heart Association, Autism Speaks, Morris Animal Foundation, Special Olympics, The Trevor Project, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Assets, House, Cars, Lifestyle & Expenses
Surely, with a such as massive fortune, Betty White lives a lavish lifestyle and owns an impressive property empire. Even now at the age of 97, she lives a healthy and active life.
For now, the details on her current residence address is kept low-key for privacy concern. Well, Betty does own houses in Carmel California and Brentwood, Los Angeles, California.
As reported, her husband Allen Ludden died after 3 days the Carmel house was completed.
Well, the median house price in California is $548,700 along with an insurance premium of $1,000.
Further details on her cars and other assets collection are yet to be out. Apart from expenses on daily life luxury, she makes huge expenses on tax payments due to her massive income, though the exact detail is yet to be out.
A property owner in the United States has to pay 0-4% of its assessed value as property tax while the income tax bracket comes in the range of 10%-37% depending on the value of income.
Betty White's Personal Life: Birthday, Age, Height, Family, Education, Married Life, Spouse & Children
Betty was born Betty Marion White on January 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Illinois, the USA. Her father Horace Logan White (1899-1963) was a lighting company executive for the Crouse-Hinds Electric Company while mother Christine Tess (1899-1985) was a homemaker.
She holds American nationality and is of mixed ethnicity. Betty hails from Danish, Greek, English, Welsh & Canadian root.
White attended Horace Mann School Beverly Hills and Beverly Hills High School. Moreover, she wrote and played in the graduation play of Horace Mann School.
As of July 2019, Betty White's age is 97 and has a height of 5 ft. 4 inches (163 cm). On January 17, 2019, she celebrated her 97th birthday with a group of friends playing poker.
Married Life, Husband & Children
Betty has been married thrice in her life and divorced with two, her third spouse Allen Ludden, an American TV personality died after 18 years of marriage.
First, she married Frederick Richard (Dick) Barker on July 7, 1945, but divorced later, the same year on December 18.
Then, Betty White exchanged vows with second husband Lane Allan on November 8, 1947. After 2 years, she and Allan divorced on July 17, 1949.
On June 14, 1963, White married Allen Ludden. The duo lived together until Ludden's death on June 9, 1981.
White never shared any children despite 3 marriages.
Trade Mark: Betty White has blue eyes and a sultry voice.

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Stillness, sand and shimmering heat. To do what others only dream of: Hiking with a backpack and in a small group in the desert. On foot into the sea of dunes, Erg Ouranane, which lies in the center of Mauritania. It’s an encounter with the remnants of ancient Moorish culture and the magical colors of the Sahara.
There it is, between our legs, on the sandy ground – a scorpion! Startled, the predator disappears quickly under the rocky wall of a house. We are in Chinguetti, an old Moorish village at the edge of the sea of dunes, Erg Ouarane. In front of us lie lonely days in the world’s largest sand pit. Will all those prophesies by people back home whom I had told about this trip to the desert come true? You’ll be inundated with snakes, scorpions, and kidnappers!
The flight to Atar offers a first taste of the huge barren wilderness of the Sahara. Nothing but beige-colored sand, stones and brown rock ledges are visible from above. One square kilometer is only shared by three people. After we land, the warm air makes breathing difficult. We leave Atar, the airport town, with its road ditches lined with trash, car wrecks, and goats, driving off in two dilapidated off-road vehicles. A bumpy gravel track leads to Chinguetti, a trading post at the edge of the dune fields through which our trail will lead. The place is ancient and was once a stronghold of Moorish culture. Today, numerous libraries are a reminder of this, their dark walls guarding books which are hundreds of years old. In the narrow lanes of the old part of town, women and children surround us to sell us a “chech”, the classic head covering of the nomadic people of the Sahara – protection against sun, sand, and wind. We, too, seek to add it to our gear, but it takes a lot of practice to wind the three meter long cloth around one’s head.
Early in the morning, the voice of the muezzin breaks the quiet of night. Now nothing stands in the way of our departure into the dune fields. On this day we only walk a short distance, just past the oasis of Kemtkemt, where we collect wood to start a fire for cooking. Our guide Jerome Minzetee starts preparing according to Moorish tradition, but rain begins to fall and drives us abruptly into our tents. We did not expect this, although there are showers of rain in the Sahara every now and again. However, now we have already had bad weather for several days, leading to cool nights with temperatures of only around 6 degrees Celsius. Lightning is streaking across the sky and thunder is rolling – in the wide landscape this is fascinating and frightening at the same time.
The weather is overcast for another day. Again and again, heavy drops fall from the sky. Passing stony ruins, we dive into the sea of dunes, Erg Ouarane, rather pleased that the heat has held back. The sand, damp and sticky from the rain, seems to accentuate the richness of the dunes’ orange-red color. Our path into the valley of Hassi-Camp leads past several camel skeletons before we come across our first well there. From its depth we draw up new water: Necessary for survival!
On the following morning, the sun chases away all clouds. From now on, blue sky arches over the sandy ground that stretches into all directions to the horizon. The warmth and the wind quickly dry the ground and the fine sand finds its way into every crack and crevice. We continue our track to the well of Mghalig. It lies in a wadi, a dry valley between the dune fields. In the meantime, it is so hot that we look for protection from the sun in the shade of the few trees. It only becomes more bearable as the evening sets in, when the low lying fireball wonderfully shapes the contours, colors, and structures of the dunes.
At times the sand and dunes are white as snow. Then again yellow and orange, sometimes they are red. We are walking in the main wind direction and climb up the sides of the dunes which are pressed solidly together by the wind, on the other sides, we descend in a fast trot. When we do, our feet disappear up to the ankles in sand. Hour upon hour we move on, intoxicated by the stillness and vastness, until the oasis of Lagueila spreads out below us in a broad wadi. What a sight: palm trees and lush green. We descend and for the rest of the day we lie on carpets and cushions under a tent roof in the shade of the oasis, in which, apart from all sorts of souvenirs, even coke cans are available.
Meanwhile it is so warm during the day, that there is no thought of walking through the dunes around noon. 40 degrees Celsius in the sun and more than 30 degrees Celsius in the shade of the trees. We get up early, walk for several hours, then rest for quite a while under large, thorny branches before walking a bit further in the evening. As it is, the early and late hours, when the light takes our breath away, are the most beautiful. On our way we stumble across clay shards and arrow heads which are thousands of years old. And fortunately, also across the well which belongs to the nomad family Beyed. However, the water smells and tastes of goat. But so what? There is no alternative.
On the way back to Chinguetti we discover some snake tracks. The scaled crawlers, however, stay hidden, as do the scary scorpions and kidnappers. To come across one of these rare animals in the wild is, after all, probably more a piece of good fortune rather than any real danger.
Our thoughts will be drawn back to the desert for a long time. And to the old Nomad proverb: “The way of riches leads through the bazaars. The way of wisdom leads through the desert.”
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Martin Hülle (*1973) has been drawn for more than two decades mainly to the wild and remote landscapes of Scandinavia, Iceland, and Greenland. Photography and writing are a way of life for him – an opportunity to capture and express feelings in order to share them with others. In his quest for exiting stories, camera and notebook are his constant companions.


Japan lays groundwork for boom in robot carers
Daniel Hurst for The Guardian: Japan’s elderly are being told to get used to being looked after by robots.
With Japan’s ageing society facing a predicted shortfall of 370,000 caregivers by 2025, the government wants to increase community acceptance of technology that could help fill the gap in the nursing workforce.
Developers have focused their efforts on producing simple robotic devices that help frail residents get out of their bed and into a wheelchair, or that can ease senior citizens into bathtubs.
Household robots: more than just expensive toys…
But the government sees a wider range of potential applications and recently revised its list of priorities to include robots that can predict when patients might need to use the toilet.
Dr Hirohisa Hirukawa, director of robot innovation research at Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, said the aims included easing the burden on nursing staff and boosting the autonomy of people still living at home.
“Robotics cannot solve all of these issues; however, robotics will be able to make a contribution to some of these difficulties,” he said.
Hirukawa said lifting robotics had so far been deployed in only about 8% of nursing homes in Japan, partly because of the cost and partly because of the “the mindset by the people on the frontline of caregiving that after all it must be human beings who provide this kind of care”. Full Article:
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Future mobile phones are being touted as the ultimate multifunctional devices. Some experts predict that the mobiles of the future will become remote controls for our whole lives, whereas others forecast that in the future mobile phones will literally run our lives for us.
One thing is for certain, the technology involved in mobile phones and mobile communications has developed so rapidly over the last few years that the possibilities for the future seem limitless.
According to Nokia, in the future the entire mobile phone casing will be a display. This would mean that phone users could look at menus from any angle, including from the back of the phone.
The Nokia Morph will use radio frequencies, silicon microphones, and speed and motion detectors. It'll also pack thermal detectors along with a range of other super-high-tech features to sense the environment, the health and temperament of people nearby.
With the development of high resolution touch screens and better quality speech recognition, mobiles of the future will combine these features with much bigger memory and storage capabilities.
Social networking via mobile phones is well under way. Already some mobile phones combine fast internet browsing with in-built GPS and Bluetooth technology to tell you, not only who is nearby, but provide you with information about those people as well.
This means that mobile phones should encourage interpersonal interaction, in both social and business scenarios. At business conferences, delegates would be able to identify people looking for jobs as well as view their CVs.
Some predictions state that in the not too distant future mobiles will change the way we learn and teach. With more than one in three school children owning a mobile phone, a future where camera and voice recorder phones are both learning and teaching tools is highly possible.


BARABOO, WI — The Sauk County Courthouse was in shambles after a break in a hot water pipe left hundreds of gallons of water on multiple floors, according to the Baraboo News Republic
The situation, which was discovered by a staff member around 5:30 a.m., caused a scramble to save records and other crucial documents before they were damaged by the water, the story stated.
Tim Stieve, administrator of Sauk County''s Emergency Management, Buildings and Safety Department, said the water came from a break in a hot water pipe in an air handler on the courthouse''s third floor.
Employees from Town and Country Carpet Cleaning
were called to extract the water and by the end of the day had removed more than 400 gallons of water from the building, the story noted.
According to the story, the Clerk of Courts Office staff temporarily relocated to rooms in the courthouse basement, and business operations continued largely uninterrupted.
The extent of the damage and its cost to taxpayers remains unclear, as some ceiling tiles will need replacing and a thorough cleaning of the flooded areas still needs to be performed, the story added.


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I woke up today hearing this Word: “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of The LORD in the land of the living. Wait on The LORD: be of good courage, and He shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on The LORD,” (Psalm 27:13-14).
And I was led to look up what WAIT really means. Strong’s Hebrew 6960: “To EXPECT; to look EAGERLY for” and I heard this, it is: “Right around the Corner”
“Beloved. Do not faint, My Child. You shall see My Goodness in this time and in this place. Those who expect their God to save them, heal them, and deliver them shall have whatsoever they say.
YES, My Child. I AM a God of Action. My Spirit is always moving on your behalf. You are in the midst of My Plans for you. You live by the faith of the Son of God.
Faith is the EAGER EXPECTATION that what I have promised, I shall do. Faith is a SUBSTANCE. Faith is the power of the Wings on which you fly.
Waiting in Hope is not a mystical unknowable thing in the future, but it is the expectation, the KNOWING, the EVIDENCE of the unseen becoming seen, the invisible becoming visible.
Those who wait upon The LORD SHALL renew your strength. You SHALL rise up on wings of eagles. You SHALL run and not grow weary, walk and not faint. I AM He who never grows faint or weary.
I give power to the faint and to them who have no might I increase your strength. Expect this, Dear One. And do not give up. Do not faint. Do not grow weary! GREAT shall be your reward!
Even though you cannot see it in the natural, it is there! Yes! EXPECT MIRACLES! Rise up, Beloved! This is your time of VICTORY. Your faith, My Warrior Bride, overcomes the world!”
“Just around the Corner” — not far away, going to happen very soon — something that is there but not seen quite yet; a surety.
“Have you not known? have you not heard, that the everlasting God, The LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, faints not, neither is weary? there is no searching of His understanding. He gives power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon The LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint,” Isaiah 40:28-31.
“And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is The LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation,” Isaiah 25:9.
“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen,” Hebrews 11:1.
“For whatsoever is born of God overcomes the world: and this is the victory that overcomes the world, even our faith,” 1 John 5:4.
~ Deborah Waldron Fry

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The initiative is a groundbreaking move that recognizes the caregiving pension as an employer contribution. However, several caregivers work in the informal sector or perform unpaid tasks such as taking care of the children.
Argentinian caregivers women aged 60 years or older who cannot access a pension can resort to the "Recognition of contributions for care tasks," a governmental initiative launch this week that supports women in these vulnerable groups.
According to the authorities, at least 300,000 women cannot afford to retire because it has been impossible for them to add enough pension contributions. The majority are caregivers who take on domestic responsibilities.
Miles de madres de cada rincón de la Argentina iniciaron su jubilación gracias al Reconocimiento de Aportes por Tareas de Cuidado.
"Thousands of mothers from every corner of Argentina began their retirement thanks to the Recognition of Contributions for Care Tasks. We are repairing a historical inequality and putting in value the time that women dedicate to the care of their children."
The initiative aims to allow over 155,000 women to collect a pension immediately. The National Social Security Administration (ANSES) indicates that the measure is an effort to repair "historical and structural inequality in the distribution of care tasks."
The public policy belongs to a large gender equality program promoted by President Alberto Fernández, who established Argentina's first directorate on the economy, equality, and gender to address social issues. The initiative is a groundbreaking move that recognizes the caregiving pension as an employer contribution.
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AUBURN – Mississippi State senior Roquez Johnson can’t keep count of how many family members and friends will make the trip up I-85 North to Auburn Arena to watch him play Wednesday night.
“Every day I ask my mom, she tells me more people are coming,” Johnson said Tuesday afternoon. “It’s around 30.”
The Montgomery native isn’t the only one who will have local fan support when the Bulldogs (8-9, 1-3 SEC) take on Auburn at 8 p.m. Fellow G.W. Carver High graduates Craig Sword and Demetrius Houston are each expecting at least 20 relatives and friends to come see them take on the Tigers (10-7, 2-2).
“I’m very excited,” Sword said. “It’s going to be a chance for everybody in my family to come to see me play. I really don’t know how many. I’m hoping it’s a lot. We need the crowd to help us.”
A junior, Sword is also expecting his high school teammate — Auburn sophomore quarterback Jeremy Johnson — to show up. Sword and Johnson led Carver to the 2012 Class 6A state title.
“I’m pretty sure he’ll be there,” Sword said.
Add Auburn senior K.T. Harrell, and Montgomery will be well represented in the SEC game. Sword called the Brewbaker Tech graduate “my boy,” said the two have worked out together back home, but doesn’t expect their friendship to matter much once the game starts.
“It’s not going to be a friendly thing,” Sword said.
Out of the three Carver graduates at Mississippi State, Johnson is having the best season. The 6-foot, 7-inch forward is second on the team in scoring at 10.3 points a game. Shooting 53.4 percent from the field, Johnson leads the Bulldogs in offensive rebounds with 45.
“I knew it would be my time sooner or later,” Johnson said. “It’s my senior year. Every night, I just go there and give it my all.”
Sword has been recovering from preseason back surgery for a bulging disc. The 6-3 guard is averaging just 4.7 points in 13 games this season after leading the team in scoring last season at 13.7.
“I can’t wait for him to become the old Craig Sword,” Johnson said. “He’s starting to pick it up.”
Houston has played in all but two games this season, but is averaging just 2.1 points a game. The 6-7 freshman forward is shooting just 22 percent from the field, going 2-of-12 from 3-point range.
“I’ve just got to work hard every day,” said Houston when asked what he must do to earn more playing time. Houston is playing an average of 13.6 minutes a game. “Try to get better.”
Auburn and Mississippi State are coming off Saturday wins. The Tigers edged South Carolina, 71-68, while the Bulldogs pulled out a 57-54 victory over Vanderbilt. Auburn is 9-1 at home, but is guarding against overlooking the Bulldogs, who have lost nine of their last 12 games.
“It is a really good team,” Auburn coach Bruce Pearl said Monday. “It is not the Mississippi State team of the last couple of years.”
Auburn split last season’s home-away series with Mississippi State. The Tigers lost, 82-74, in Starkville, but won the rematch, 92-82, at home under Tony Barbee. The Bulldogs are hoping they can earn a win in Auburn Wednesday to get on a roll in conference play after starting the season, 5-0.
“I think we match up pretty good,” Houston said. “We just need to come in and play basketball the way we know how to play and play our game.”
This will be Mississippi State’s only regular-season game against Auburn this season.

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The 31-year friendship between the writers V. S. Naipaul and Paul Theroux began in an academic outpost in Uganda in 1966, when Mr. Theroux was 25 and Mr. Naipaul was 34. It ended in the spring of last year, when a spurned Mr. Theroux confronted Mr. Naipaul on a street in Kensington and asked why his last note had gone unanswered, and Mr. Naipaul coldly told him to ''take it on the chin and move on.''
Mr. Theroux, the celebrated author of almost three dozen novels and travel books, including ''Mosquito Coast'' and ''The Great Railway Bazaar,'' did more than take it on the chin. He wrote a book, ''Sir Vidia's Shadow: A Friendship Across Five Continents,'' to be published in a few months, which describes, in Mr. Theroux's novelistically reportorial style, his intense and complex relationship with the man he says taught him how to be a writer. The portrait is not always a pleasant one, painting Mr. Naipaul as a deeply flawed man -- neurotic, cheap, misogynistic, horribly rude and often outrageously offensive -- if a brilliant writer and enthralling companion.
But, as Mr. Theroux said in an interview, he wanted to record the whole of his relationship with Mr. Naipaul, a larger-than-life literary figure who for many is one of the world's greatest living writers of English, with the unflinching honesty that Mr. Naipaul had always demanded of him.
''He was always the one who said you have to tell the truth,'' Mr. Theroux said from Cape Cod, where he spends half his time each year. (He spends the other half in Hawaii.) ''My feeling -- and Naipaul might say the same thing -- is that it's not your nobility that makes you a writer, not your magnanimity, not your compassionate moments. It's the totality of all your moments. People are complex. People are flawed; they're difficult; they're needy. At times they say unfortunate things but regret them later. If you write an unsparing portrait of a writer, you understand why that person writes the way they do.''
Mr. Theroux has always plundered his life for his work, freely mixing elements of autobiography, fiction and reportage. In the process, he has upset his ex-wife, Anne; his brother, Alexander, and friends of the writer Bruce Chatwin, who have all accused him at various points of abusing the trust of those close to him for the sake of his writing. And friends of Mr. Naipaul, who is known as Vidia, say that Mr. Theroux has done it again, betraying his onetime mentor because of his own hurt and for the sake of a good story.
''Paul Theroux is a very successful writer, yet he seems to be so full of anger,'' said one friend, who has read parts of ''Sir Vidia's Shadow'' and who, like other intimates of Mr. Naipaul, would speak only on condition of anonymity, saying that Mr. Naipaul had not authorized anyone to discuss the book. ''Wouldn't he do better to write his own imaginative book instead of obsessing about Vidia, being a sort of anti-Boswell?''
Another friend, who has read an advance copy of the book, said it was malicious.
''I think he felt hurt and decided to spill it all out, and I think he thinks writing is about that,'' the friend said of Mr. Theroux. ''To some degree it is. But some ordinary restraint is required. And a more adult approach would have been to put this drama away somewhere and maybe write in a more controlled way at some point later.''
Mr. Naipaul's literary agent in London, Gillon Aitken, said his client would not comment on ''Sir Vidia's Shadow,'' which is to be published in the United States in November by Houghton Mifflin and in Britain in January. Indeed, friends of Mr. Naipaul said he hadn't and most likely wouldn't read it.
''I wouldn't think he would spend any time thinking about it, even in his private reflection,'' one friend said. That might be the cruelest blow of all for Mr. Theroux. ''This is a book I would love him to read,'' he said, ''because it's generous and funny and a record of 31 years that I've remembered and he may have forgotten.''
Newspaper Report Is Carefully Read
News that Mr. Theroux was planning a book about Mr. Naipaul, the author of numerous books exploring to remarkable effect themes like colonialism, exile and religion, transfixed literary London in May, when The Sunday Times of London published an account of the book's final chapters. Friends of Mr. Naipaul said they were particularly unhappy to read of Mr. Theroux's depiction of the friendship's painful breakdown, a spiral of events that begins in ''Sir Vidia's Shadow'' when the author sees first-edition copies of three of his books -- two of them inscribed as gifts to Mr. Naipaul and his first wife, Pat -- listed in a rare-book catalogue, and realizes that Mr. Naipaul, newly married to his second wife, Nadira, is trying to sell them.
After he asks Mr. Naipaul for an explanation, Mr. Theroux writes, he is startled to receive a note over the fax machine from Nadira.
''Its obsessional style and bad grammar and clumsy handwriting were proof that Vidia had not seen it before she sent it,'' Mr. Theroux writes. ''I had seen him scream at such an ill-conceived thing, like a man howling at a filthy rag.''
He then sends a copy of the ''weird, shame-making letter'' to Mr. Naipaul, with a note but receives no reply. Mr. Theroux grows increasingly hurt and angry. Everything deteriorates to the point where Mr. Naipaul, ''fearful'' and ''in a hurry,'' disappears down Gloucester Road until he becomes, in effect, a shadow. ''The word 'scuttled' came to mind as he moved,'' Mr. Theroux writes.
It is unclear why the friendship actually ended. In the book, Mr. Theroux seems to lay the blame on Nadira. But one person who is close to Mr. Naipaul said that though the elder writer had cared enough about Mr. Theroux to ask him to write the obituary of Mr. Naipaul's first wife, he had long been irked by Mr. Theroux's obsessive attitude toward him, and by the way Mr. Theroux wrote about him in such works as ''Sunrise With Sea Monsters,'' a collection of essays.
''He was actually quite fed up over some years,'' the friend said, ''with the sense that Theroux did treat him and what he said in a fairly cheap sort of way, and used the friendship for laughs.'' Nor, the friend said, was Mr. Naipaul the type of person likely to let his wife dictate his choice of friends.
People who have seen them both together say that in recent years at least, Mr. Theroux appeared to treat Mr. Naipaul better than Mr. Naipaul treated him. In 1996 the two appeared at the Hay-on-Wye literary festival in Wales when Mr. Theroux -- who was supposed to appear in conversation with Bill Buford, The New Yorker's literary editor -- asked festival organizers, at Mr. Buford's request, if Mr. Naipaul could join them.
Hundreds of people who had bought tickets to hear Mr. Theroux were appalled to see Mr. Naipaul deliver what was in effect a rant at the other writer's expense, said Peter Florence, the festival director.
''We had over 100 people demanding their money back,'' Mr. Florence said, ''because they had to sit through the man they had come to see being insulted, demeaned and dismissed by someone who gave no intimation of being worthy to sit on the same stage. People who saw Mr. Naipaul leave the stage said they heard him make disparaging remarks not only about Mr. Theroux and Mr. Buford, but also about a distinguished writer who had approached Mr. Naipaul to praise his work. ''He treated Theroux as if he was an idiot, with contempt and disdain,'' Mr. Florence said. Mr. Buford did not return telephone calls seeking comment.
Did Mr. Theroux write the book because he was upset, because he was on the wrong end of a relationship so intense it seemed almost like a failed love affair? He says he did not.
''This is not a betrayal,'' he said. ''This is not Tina Turner writing about Ike.'' He was not, he said, bitter, hurt or angry, but liberated: free to write about Mr. Naipaul, something he says he always wanted to do. (In 1972 he did write a laudatory critical work about Mr. Naipaul, and may have felt rejected even then, friends of Mr. Naipaul surmised, because Mr. Naipaul seemed so indifferent to it.)
''From the time I met him, I was mentally writing a book in my head about him,'' Mr. Theroux said. ''There was an element of being an eyewitness to a great character.'' That is why, he said, he was able to remember so faithfully the conversations he had with Mr. Naipaul over the years.
Getting Stuck With the Check
And it was his writerly eye, Mr. Theroux explained, that brought him back for more when, as he describes in the book, Mr. Naipaul repeatedly insisted on going to expensive restaurants and snobbishly ordering fancy bottles of wine, and then inevitably stuck the younger and poorer Mr. Theroux with the check.
''Every time he was sticking me with a bill in a restaurant, I would think of a story by Somerset Maugham in which this young man uses his last penny to buy lunch for a beautiful society woman,'' he said. ''The next time he sees her, years later, she's huge, 350 pounds.''
The book is, of course, as much about Mr. Theroux as it is about Mr. Naipaul. As the friendship unravels and Mr. Naipaul's rejection becomes unambiguous, he begins to revise his earlier opinions of his mentor, writing, ''He was mistaken about so much.''
Among other things, he concludes, Mr. Naipaul is hypocritical, denouncing Britain's honors system while accepting a knighthood; he is childish and needy, while disliking children; he is rude to ''underlings'' like secretaries; he is a sometime racist and misogynist who treated not only his wife, Pat, with disdain and cruelty, but then abandoned his longtime lover, Margaret, for Nadira.
''To maintain my self-respect and to defend Vidia, I often called him generous when he was mean, and said he was eccentric when he was cruel,'' he writes. He begins to re-think even Mr. Naipaul's talent, dismissing some of his work as ''unreadable and silly.'' ''He lost his humor,'' Mr. Theroux writes. ''But like the soothsayer who sees only evil because he is a miserable grouch, Vidia was not to be taken seriously.''
The friend who has seen parts of the book said passages like these came as a particular shock. ''What a nasty piece of work,'' the friend said.
But Mr. Theroux insisted in the interview that it was a misreading of the book to focus on its ending. ''This book is about the progress of a friendship and about the passage of time, not about the end of a friendship,'' he said. ''This book is Naipaul riding down a road going to Rwanda. It's Naipaul in Beirut writing a letter to me. It's Naipaul in New York going through the snow.''
In the last paragraph, he tries to explain how he felt when he saw Mr. Naipaul disappear down the street. ''I was liberated at last,'' he writes. ''I saw how the end of a friendship was the start of an understanding. He had made me his by choosing me; his rejection of me meant I was on my own, out of his shadow. He had freed me, he had opened my eyes, he had given me a subject.''

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Staff Reporter Lahore
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has said that masses have nothing to do with verbal pledges, tall claims and only politics of public service and development will prevail in the country.
In a statement issued here on Tuesday, he said that political deceit and lies do not serve any purpose and this is the reason that the opposition is facing disappointments due to ignoring national interest.
Usman Buzdar regretted that the opposition hindered the journey of development. The government is moving forward despite difficulties and the people have also rejected the negative elements, he added.
The irresponsible behaviour of the opposition leaders will not be forgotten by the people, he said and regretted that the opposition has always shown duality on every occasion.
The chief minister said that the opposition has proved that its politics is not based on any principle or ideology and it is also apathetic towards the welfare of the people or development of the country, he continued.
This political cabal has no respect or regard for the people and it will always face defeat, he added. Usman Buzdar said that the corrupt have no worth before an honest and trustworthy leader like Imran Khan.

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8 benefits of skin-to-skin contact with your baby after birth
Skin-to-skin contact fosters connect and comes with added health benefits for mum and bub.
Being able to hold your baby on your chest immediately after they are born is one of the most incredible experiences for many mums. Skin-to-skin contact with your newborn is more than just a special embrace. There are plenty of benefits that can carry on later in life for both you and your baby.
1. It keeps your baby warm
The warmth of the mother’s breast can help the baby maintain an optimal body temperature. Incredibly, as the baby’s temperature starts to decrease, the breasts temperature rises as much as 2°C in two minutes.
2. It regulates the baby’s breathing
It’s not uncommon for babies to sometimes temporarily stop breathing or for their heart rate to slow. This is because their systems are immature and while most start breathing again on their own accord, the cues your body provides is essential. As you breathe, your baby’s breath and heartbeat will become in sync with yours.
3. It enhances the bond between mother and baby
The first hour after birth is often referred to the ‘golden hour’ as is the perfect time for an intense connection between parent and child.
A study by the University of Montreal found that the baby’s odour stimulates the brain like no other scent and the release of dopamine is heightened. In the process it basically activates the neurological reward circuit in mothers, creating a state of desire that will even last when the baby is no longer in front of you.
4. It may reduce postpartum depression
As intricate hormonal patterns are stimulated within the mother during skin-to-skin contact, feelings of well-being and motherly instincts are reinforced.
A study published in the Journal of Obstetric, Gynecological, and Neonatal Nursing found that skin-to-skin contact could be considered an alternative therapy to mothers wanting to avoid taking medication. Mothers who experienced six hours of skin-to-skin contact during the first week and with at least two hours during the first month reported fewer depressive signs and symptoms.
5. It helps baby’s sleep better
We could all do with a bit of extra sleep when we have a baby! According to a study published in the journal of Pediatrics, skin-to-skin contact helps the baby fall asleep more easily and can even help extend the period of time they stay asleep!
6. It reduces the baby’s crying
Having skin-to-skin contact for just three hours a day can help reduce your baby’s crying by 43 percent. This helps reduce both the mother’s and baby’s stress levels and promote a feeling of well-being.
7. It reduces the rate of postpartum haemorrhage
According to an Australian cohort study, skin-to-skin contact with the baby in the first 30 minutes after birth can reduce the rate of serious bleeding by almost 50 percent! Postpartum haemorrhage is one to the major causes of illness and death to mothers following labour, so to reduce this through contact and breast nuzzling is incredible.
8. It may Improve gut health and immunity
Allowing your baby to have skin-to-skin contact with you helps their digestive system mature. This contact simulates the vagal nerve, which causes the villi in the newborn gut to grow and increase in size. A larger surface area of villi, increases the absorption of nutrition.
Skin-to-skin contact with your new born also reduces the chance of infection as your baby becomes colonised with your own bacteria. This is particularly beneficial for those babies delivered by caesarean.
9. It can Improve breastfeeding
Babies who have experienced skin-to-skin contact are more likely to breastfeed sooner and for a longer period. A randomised controlled trial by the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing, Nashville showed babies who were examined and swaddled before being placed on their mother showed delays in feeding behaviour, suckled less competently during their first breastfeed and established effective breastfeeding later.
While a lot of these benefits focus on the mother and baby, skin-to-skin contact with fathers can also be beneficial particularly when it comes to bonding. If you have a caesarean born baby, it is beneficial for the baby to remain on the skin of his/her father while you recover from the anaesthetic. The only thing the father doesn’t do better than the mother when it comes to skin-to-skin contact is temperature control! Babies tend to overheat when they are laying on their dad’s, but in most cases they will be able self-regulate.
More and more nurses are encouraging skin-to-skin contact immediately after the birth, however if this is an important aspect of welcoming your child into the world, than it is best to put it into your birth plan before you head into labour.

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Acadian Asset Management LLC Has $211,000 Stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (JNP)
Acadian Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNP) by 2.3% during the second quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund owned 41,978 shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company’s stock after buying an additional 941 shares during the period. Acadian Asset Management LLC’s holdings in Juniper Pharmaceuticals were worth $211,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. bought a new stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals during the first quarter valued at $100,000. KCG Holdings Inc. bought a new stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals during the first quarter valued at $112,000. TFS Capital LLC increased its stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals by 87.0% in the first quarter. TFS Capital LLC now owns 31,619 shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $150,000 after buying an additional 14,707 shares in the last quarter. AWM Investment Company Inc. bought a new stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals during the first quarter valued at $475,000. Finally, Algert Global LLC increased its stake in Juniper Pharmaceuticals by 28.9% in the first quarter. Algert Global LLC now owns 108,315 shares of the specialty pharmaceutical company’s stock valued at $514,000 after buying an additional 24,270 shares in the last quarter. 36.61% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Shares of Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNP) traded up 2.22% during trading on Wednesday, reaching $4.60. 1,749 shares of the company traded hands. Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a 52 week low of $3.65 and a 52 week high of $7.12. The firm’s 50 day moving average price is $4.92 and its 200-day moving average price is $4.72. The company has a market capitalization of $49.88 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 5.94 and a beta of 0.28.
Juniper Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:JNP) last released its earnings results on Thursday, August 3rd. The specialty pharmaceutical company reported ($0.03) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks’ consensus estimate of ($0.13) by $0.10. The company had revenue of $13.96 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $11.84 million. Juniper Pharmaceuticals had a net margin of 13.94% and a return on equity of 21.49%. Equities analysts anticipate that Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. will post ($0.51) EPS for the current fiscal year.
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Several equities analysts recently issued reports on JNP shares. Roth Capital set a $12.00 price objective on shares of Juniper Pharmaceuticals and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, May 6th. ValuEngine lowered shares of Juniper Pharmaceuticals from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, June 2nd. HC Wainwright reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Juniper Pharmaceuticals in a report on Monday, May 15th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets raised shares of Juniper Pharmaceuticals from a “market perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and lifted their price objective for the company from $31.00 to $34.00 in a report on Friday, July 14th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and two have given a buy rating to the stock. The stock presently has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $17.58.
About Juniper Pharmaceuticals
Juniper Pharmaceuticals, Inc is a women’s health therapeutics company. The Company is focused on developing therapeutics that address unmet medical needs in women’s health. It operates in two segments: product and service. The product segment is engaged in manufacturing and supplying CRINONE, the Company’s commercialized product.
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Walking Taco Casserole
Mouth-watering Walking Taco Casserole is a versatile and family-friendly recipe, a Mexican-inspired dish sure to please even the pickiest of eaters. This recipe is a perfect, quick, easy family dinner that can be ready in under 30 minutes. This taco bake features layers of seasoned ground beef, melty cheese, Frito corn chips, shredded lettuce, tomatoes, sour cream, and salsa.
Baked BBQ Meatballs with Mozzarella Cheese - Pitchfork Foodie Farms
These baked mozzarella stuffed BBQ meatballs are a fun and easy dinner that's amazingly simple to make! These meatballs are filled with delicious flavor and are perfect for dinner any day of the week! Try these deliciously mouthwatering and crazy simple baked mozzarella stuffed meatballs today!
SOUTHWESTERN CLAM CHOWDER
This Southwestern Clam Chowder recipe takes one of our New England favorites and gives it a spicy Southwestern twist with roasted Poblano peppers and fire roasted tomatoes. #clamchowder #southwesternclamchowder #uniqueclamchowder #homemadeclamchowder #easyclamchowder #clamchowderwithcorn #clamsoup #heartyclamchowder #adishofdailylife #dishofdailylife #chowder
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Best potato salad recipe
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Tortellini Salad (One Bowl)
ITALIAN TORTELLINI SALAD RECIPE- Quick, easy, made in one pot or bowl in just 30 minutes with simple ingredients like Italian dressing, tomatoes, onions, basil. This is a great cold pasta salad for Summer bbq potlucks. Can also add shredded chicken or beef. From OnePotRecipes.
Stuffed Green Peppers
Meaty stuffed green peppers are a satisfying dinner the whole family will love! Seasoned plant-based ground beef and rice are tucked into bell pepper halves and topped with melty vegan cheese.

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