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The Opus Group has started construction on a speculative industrial development in the Valley Park Business Centre in Shakopee, US.
Construction services company ISG has secured a £13m contract from Queensberry Real Estate to convert Manchester’s Grade II listed Corn Exchange in the UK into a four-star boutique hotel.
Grand River Development has planned to build Taipei Sky Tower (TST), which is planned for construction in 2020.
Architectural firm Grimshaw has been selected to create expansion designs, which follow the concept of Heathrow as the hub airport of the future.
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A HUGE explosion in Lebanon has killed at least 50 people and injured nearly 3,000 others after the blast devastated Beirut today.
The enormous natural disaster has been compared to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear attacks as hundreds of casualties emerged from the sea of wreckage.
Officials said the reverberating blast wave occurred in a port area where explosive materials were stored, causing significant damage in multiple blocks.
But what exactly happened in Lebanon on Tuesday, August 4, after months of economic chaos?
WHAT IS HAPPENING IN LEBANON?
Lebanese health minister Hamad Hasan said: "I have never in my life seen a disaster this big," as he confirmed at least 50 deaths and 2,700 injuries.
Pictures showed buildings destroyed, people walking wounded, and a sea of wreckage after the blast that could be heard some 125 miles across the sea in Cyprus.
Nearby buildings around the port have been leveled, windows and doors have been blown out, and fires burn as smoke plumes billowed across Beirut.
The Government Palace– the home of Lebanon's Prime Minister Hassan Diab – was damaged in the blast, and his wife and daughter were injured in the explosion.
Some people are believed to still be trapped under the rubble, including in their damaged homes.
Video showed a column of smoke rising from the port area from what appeared to be an initial explosion, followed by a massive blast that sent up a mushroom cloud and a shock wave.
The footage on social media appears to show several small explosions coming from a building before the main blast.
"I saw a fireball and smoke billowing over Beirut. People were screaming and running, bleeding," one witness said. "Balconies were blown off buildings. Glass in high-rise buildings shattered and fell to the street."
Pictures showing the battered and bloody arriving at hospitals in search of treatment after the carnage as bodies lay strewn on the streets.
Struggling hospitals there have pleaded for blood donations as the wounded stream in, reports said.
An AP photographer near Beirut's port saw people lying wounded on the ground and widespread destruction in central Beirut.
American journalist Ben Wedeman, who was also reporting live from a partially wrecked bureau, said "this was something the likes I’ve never seen before."
WHY WAS THERE AN EXPLOSION?
The blast was compared to an earthquake and was heard nearly 150 miles away in Cyprus, while homes six miles away from the site of the explosion were damaged.
The exact cause has yet to be confirmed.
"We do not have information about what has happened precisely, what has caused this, whether its accidental or manmade act," UN spokesman Farhan Haq said.
Lebanon's state news agency NNA and two security sources said the blast occurred in the port area on August 4, where there are warehouses housing explosives, reported Reuters.
Lebanon's internal security chief Abbas Ibrahim has insisted that these were explosive materials rather than military-grade explosives.
Security services there said the carnage may have been caused by a fire in a depot of highly volatile materials seized from a ship a few months ago and stored there.
It appears there was a blaze or an explosion at a site in the port, before another much large explosion then ripped through the area.
WHAT DID OFFICIALS SAY ABOUT IT?
Beirut's governor Philip Boulos called the explosion a national disaster and compared it to Hiroshima and Nagasaki nuclear disasters, which killed an estimated 225,000 people.
Fighting back tears as he arrived at the scene of the disaster, Boulos said: "I ask the Lebanese people to pull together."
"I have never in my life seen a disaster this big," said Lebanese health minister Hamad Hasan.
Al Mayadeen television reported there were hundreds of casualties, and the Lebanese Red Cross have said they are receiving thousands of emergency calls.
Red Cross spokesman Georges Kettaneh said emergency services had been "overwhelmed" and ambulances have been called in from across the country to aid the rescue effort.
An Israeli official said said the nation had nothing to do with a huge explosion amid ongoing clashes between the two nations.
Israel's Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi told Israeli N12 television news that the explosion was most likely an accident caused by a fire
DID THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION COMMENT?
White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany told a news briefing on Tuesday that the Trump administration is tracking the aftermath.
McEnany offered no details about the causes of the blast.
The US State Department said they are ready to offer "all possible assistance" to Lebanon.
The United States Pentagon said: "We are aware of the explosion and are concerned for the potential loss of life due to such a massive explosion."
The BBC noted that the explosion erupted as a verdict is due in a trial over the killing of ex-PM Rafik Hariri in 2005.
Lebanon is also passing through its worst economic and financial crisis in decades.
It comes amid rising tensions between Israel and the militant Hezbollah group along Lebanon's southern border.
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Erin Jones-Wesley Named Big West Pitcher Of The Week
Jones-Wesley ties Big West career record with honor.
March 3, 2014
Long Beach, Calif. - Long Beach State dodged the rains long enough this weekend to allow Erin Jones-Wesley to set another mark, tying a Big West record with her 14th career Big West Pitcher of the Week honor.
Jones-Wesley took the circle against Nevada in one of two games for the 49ers Thursday, and pitched a complete game shutout against the Wolf Pack scattering three hits while striking out five and collecting her fifth win of the season.
With the award, Jones-Wesley tied another 49er great, Brooke Turner, with her 14th Big West Pitcher of the Week award. It is the first Pitcher of the Week award of the season for Long Beach State, and the second weekly honor overall, as Ashley Holmes was a Player of the Week award winner on Feb. 17 following week two of action.
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Cameroonians have continued to donate to the national solidarity fund created by the Head of State to fight the COVID-19.
At the weekend, the Ministry of Public Health welcomed the Association of Insurance Company in Cameroon, ASAC, led by Théophile Gérard Mulong and the CEMAC Pink Card in charge of motor third party liability in the CEMAC zone represented by its Permanent Secretary at the National Bureau, Mr. Pierre Didier N’GOUMOU.
The two associations donated FCFA 120 million and FCFA 5 million respectively to the national solidarity fund in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Receiving the cheques, the Minister of Public Health Dr Malachies Manaouda thanked his guests for the kind and republican gestures which he said will contribute in the fight against the pandemic.
Dr Malachie Manaouda used the opportunity to recall that the Covid-19 is not yet over. Therefore, he recommended that the population should continue to show a lot of responsibility and discipline in the observance of barrier measures to deal with it.
In addition to the two groups, other associations and business persons were also at the Ministry of Public Health at the weekend to donate equipment which consists of face masks, gloves, protective gowns, disposable overshoes, chlorinated water and thermo-flashes.


Flavours from across the globe due to be served at King’s Lynn’s latest town centre restaurant
Flavours from around the world along with art exhibitions and music nights are set to be served up at Lynn’s latest town centre restaurant due to open next month.
Soul Cafe and Restaurant is a family-run business which has at last come to fruition for chef Olivier Vati and his partner Helen Payne, from Boughton, and her sister, Tamsin Payne, of Lynn, who will be front-of-house.
Last year they were hoping to open the Norfolk-Carribean style restaurant in the town’s High Street, but had to shelve these plans as the premises were no longer available.
However they are delighted to have now acquired a property which better suits their purposes at 15-19 Tower Street, formerly occupied by The Willow Tree and only this week collected the keys . Renovation is already under way and their dreams a step closer to becoming reality.
Olivier is originally from Guadeloupe, a French Caribbean island and has worked in the catering industry for more than 20 years in London, across Europe, the Caribbean and South Africa.
Said Helen, who is general manager: “Olivier’s kitchen will be an open area so that customers can see him working and interact with him while he is cooking. He has a massive passion for his food. We will be serving European and traditional breakfasts, daily specials and choices of light and healthy lunches, vegan and vegetarian options, a tapas and sharing platter menu and an innovative British fusion evening meal menu.”
Fresh Norfolk produce will feature as much as possible on the menu which will change seasonally, although there will be daily specials.
There will also be pastries, cakes, desserts and freshly prepared cocktails, which will be made in front of the customer, and a new five-metre long bar is being installed, offering draught beers, a special gin menu and fresh coffee along with other drinks.
Said Helen: “On the first Wednesday of every month we will be holding a launch night for an exhibition of works by a local artist and on the third Wednesday of the month, we shall have a Spanish-themed evening featuring live music and my mother, Teresa Payne, who is flamenco dancer, will be performing. We’ll serve Spanish food, such as tapas and paella.”
Upstairs the space will be turned into a funtion room, for all kinds of events such as parties and corporate gatherings.
The business has led to the creation new jobs, with four waiters, one bar tender and one chef de partie being recruited. In addition they will be taking on two college apprentices as commis chefs for training.
“We are also hoping, in collaboration with the college, to create murals on two large garden walls in the garden at the rear in the future.”
The Soul Cafe and Restaurant is due to be open by mid July.


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Camerawoman: a selection of shorts by female cinematographers + Q&A
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illuminatrix is a collective of professional women cinematographers based in the UK. Founded in 2016, the group acts as a promotional platform, a network of support and inspiration for its members. Since less than seven percent of UK feature films have been shot by women, illuminatrix is pushing for gender equality in the field of cinematography. For this event, illuminatrix presents a selection of short films shot by its members, showcasing the incredible and diverse female talent behind the camera.
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International Medical Journal, Vol. 11., Iss. 2, 2005, P. 24−28.
TRANSFORMATION OF CHARACTER ACCENTUATION TO ORGANIC PERSONALITY DISORDER IN CHILDREN AND TEEN-AGERS WITH CEREBRA DYSFUNCTION
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The conditions and regularities of forming different types of organic personality disorders in children and teen−agers with cerebral dysfunction and accentuation and behavior disorders are shown.

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Ethan Upsets White River At Class B Tournament
ABERDEEN, SD -- Four players scored in double figures as Ethan ended White River's two-year reign with a 73-62 win over the Tigers on Thursday at the South Dakota Class B boys basketball tournament.
Blake Bartscher went 16-for-18 from the line and finished with 23 points for the Rustlers (21-3), who shot 53 percent from the field. They also made 30 of 37 free throws.
The Rustlers held the two-time defending champions to 41 percent shooting.
Jace Connor had 18 points, Camden Myers 17 and Tyler Myers 11 for Ethan.
White River (19-5), which had played in six straight state championship games, got 22 points from Tavis Burbank and 12 from Justin Prue.
PLATTE-GEDDES 58, LANGFORD AREA 50
ABERDEEN, SD -- Platte-Geddes' Coby Johnson scored 28 points as the Black Panthers beat Langford Area 58-50 Thursday at the South Dakota Class B boys basketball tournament.
Johnson's three-point play as time ran out at the end of the third quarter gave Platte-Geddes (18-6) its first lead of the game at 34-33. Langford never led again.
Johnson was 9-for-15 and hauled in 12 rebounds. Carter Dykstra had 12 points.
The Panthers shot 58 percent.
Langford (21-3) got 19 points from Bo Fries and 13 points and six rebounds from Drew Planteen.
The Lions shot 41 percent.
POTTER COUNTY 61, FAITH 58
ABERDEEN, SD -- Potter County outscored Faith 30-16 in fourth quarter Thursday to beat Faith 61-58 in the first round of the South Dakota Class B boys basketball tournament.
The Battlers (22-2) trailed 39-31 heading into the fourth quarter.
Four Potter County players reached double figures, led by Kole Hawkinson and Caleb Meinke with 17 points each, Chayce Hall had 12 and Tanner Storer 10. Hawkinson had four of the Battlers' eight 3-pointers.
Tyler Hohenberger led Faith (19-4) with 25 points. He made six of 14 field goals and made 13 of 17 free throw attempts. He also grabbed 11 rebounds.
Jarius Halligan had 15 points.
JAMES VALLEY CHRISTIAN 85, CENTERVILLE 68
ABERDEEN, SD -- Nathan Wedel scored 34 points to lead James Valley Christian to an 85-68 win over Centerville Thursday at the South Dakota Class B boys basketball tournament.
Wedel made 13 of 17 shots from the field, including 4 of 5 3-pointers. He was 4-for-5 from the free throw line and grabbed six rebounds.
Alex Waldner and Andrew Ulvestad tossed in 17 points apiece for the Vikings (23-1), who shot 57 percent from the field.
Seamus O'Malley had 25 points and eight rebounds for Centerville (17-7). Rory O'Malley added 14 points and Josh DeRaad 11.
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Fussbudgets were a late 80s San Francisco band that released low profile, hard-to-find, yet critically acclaimed cassettes—at least in the underground music scene of the time. Influenced by classic pop bands like Big Star and the Go-Betweens, Fussbudgets wrote songs that were surely right at home left of the dial. Hogwash! was the band’s first full-length and features twelve tracks equally split betwixt Larry O. Dean and Chris Lehmann who trade off singer/songwriter duties every other song. Very democratic. While this re-release (recorded in 1988-89) isn’t all college radio gold, Dean's for "For Crying Out Loud" and "Enjoy Your Attic" matches Lehmann's, "Something That We Heard on the Radio" and the dig on Talking Heads fans "Jacqui Digs the Heads”. Having two solid songwriters go toe-to-toe aided by the driving rhythms of bassist, Ned Doherty, is gonna pay dividends even if you have to wait 25 or so years to hear it—Jayne Wayne [Fussbudgets]
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Chalkline has signed an agreement with ice hockey pool betting platform OfficePools.com to launch a new free-to-play sports portal.
Chalkline said OfficePoolsBets represented a natural progression for OfficePools.com, which has been active for over 25 years, as the gaming industry evolves in Canada and across North America.
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It comes as Canada prepares for legal sports betting, with legislation granted Royal Assent today (30 June).
Bill C-218, known as the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act, was approved by a vote of 57-20 by Canada’s senate last week, and will allow operators to offer sports betting on single events, where previously sports betting was only permitted if wagers were placed on three or more games simultaneously.

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Felix Biotechnology announced the initiation of CYPHY, a Phase 1/2 investigator-initiated single center trial at Yale University for targeted phage therapy YPT-01 in the treatment of chronic P. aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis. This double-blind, placebo-controlled study (NCT 04684641) will assess the safety and efficacy of YPT-01 added to standard antimicrobial therapy in 36 patients. CYPHY will also assess the ability of YPT-01 to reduce the virulence and antibiotic-resistance of P. aeruginosa, improving patient outcomes and re-enabling use of traditional antibiotics against multi-drug resistant strains. The lead investigator for this study, Dr. Jon Koff, Associate Professor and Director of Yale’s Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, is supported by an academic grant from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
“This is a fantastic opportunity to show how effective phage therapy can be when deployed in an evolutionary framework. We know that pathogens evolve resistance to any antibiotic or therapy we use, so our approach turns that to our advantage,”
“By targeting phage to mechanisms of virulence, we ensure that if pathogens evolve resistance to phage, they lose traits that make them effective pathogens, putting them in an evolutionary Catch-22.”
said Dr. Paul Turner, Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, co-inventor of YPT-01, and co-founder of Felix Biotechnology.
“Phage therapies have been used for over a century but for various reasons clinical trials to demonstrate their efficacy have been unsuccessful. In designing CYPHY, we learned from those studies to develop best practices for a truly blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled phage therapy trial. But most importantly, this study aims to help patients,”
said Dr. Ben Chan, Research Scientist and co-inventor of YPT-01.
YPT-01 is an inhaled phage therapy that targets and kills P. aeruginosa and has been administered to 12 patients with chronic and multi-drug resistant infections via emergency INDs. The phages comprising YPT-01 were selected based on safety, efficacy against clinical isolates of P. aeruginosa, and unique abilities to reduce virulence and antibiotic resistance. This evolutionary biology approach benefits patients and physicians by effectively treating infections, reducing the threat of subsequent infections, and ensuring a treatment option is always available. It may also benefit healthcare systems and public health overall by driving reductions in virulence and antibiotic resistance in hospital pathogen populations, counteracting decades of selection by traditional antibiotics.
Felix Biotechnology holds an exclusive license from Yale for YPT-01.
“Our key focus at Felix Biotechnology is to help patients and we are very excited to see this therapy move into a 36 patient controlled and blinded trial,”
said Rob McBride, Felix Biotechnology’s CEO.
“If the data from this trial reflect earlier human data showing safety and efficacy, we will focus on moving this asset into a larger commercial trial as soon as possible.”
YPT-01 is an inhaled phage therapy that targets and kills P. aeruginosa and has been administered to 12 patients with chronic and multi-drug resistant infections via emergency INDs. The phages comprising YPT-01 kill P. aeruginosa and drive trade-offs in virulence and antibiotic resistance in any residual pathogen, reducing pathogen threat and improving patient outcomes.
About Felix Biotechnology
Felix Biotechnology is a clinical stage biotherapeutics company focused on helping patients who can’t wait by developing and deploying non-traditional antibiotics targeting urgent microbial threats. Felix’s engineering and discovery platforms, built on technology from Yale University and UC Berkeley, generate therapies that overcome the key limitations of traditional phage therapy to develop generalized solutions that kill targeted bacterial infections while preserving healthy microbiome function. Felix is a seed stage company funded by multiple investors, including Y Combinator, Illumina Accelerator and Point72 Ventures.
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IMF warns that uncoordinated cryptocurrency regulation could foster destabilizing capital flows
The global regulatory framework must ensure a level playing field for the cryptocurrency market. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced this in its blog on its official website.
According to the organization, some emerging markets are facing “acute risks of currency substitution with cryptoassets.” These risks are prompting the creation of a coordinated approach to regulating cryptocurrencies, according to the IMF. In fact, the organization suggests starting with the following initiatives:
- Providers of “critical” cryptocurrency services must obtain a license to operate. Business that provides storage, transfer and settlement of cryptocurrencies falls under such regulation.
- Regulation of cryptocurrencies should be based on the rules for traditional finance. For example, investment services must have requirements similar to those of securities brokers and dealers.
- The authorities must provide clear requirements for regulated financial institutions regarding their exposure and interactions with cryptocurrency. For example, regulators should set capital and liquidity requirements for the cryptocurrency business.
However, not everyone in the cryptocurrency community shares the IMF’s view. For example, cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase previously urged regulators to create a different regulatory framework than the traditional one. The regulated crypto exchange argues that requirements developed back in the 1930s to facilitate oversight of the US financial system are failing in the current “technological revolution.”
The issue of cryptocurrency exchangers in Russia will be closed already in 2022. This was announced earlier by Deputy Director of Rosfinmonitoring Herman Neglyad. He noted that so far there are two ways on the issue of regulation: the inclusion of sites as subjects of anti-money laundering legislation with identification and the prohibition of activities.
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There are many opportunities to improve the energy performance of your local buildings while reducing energy costs. An energy audit is a comprehensive assessment of the building’s heating, cooling, water, lighting, ventilation, and energy systems. The audit will show you how and where energy is used in the building, produce a list of areas for improvement, and identify solutions. Review the audit results with others and develop a plan of action. Work with the local utility companies to provide energy audit assistance, or financial incentives for the community. Even if there is a fee for an audit, the resulting energy savings will easily offset the early investment. The resources below will help you get started.


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City of Milford offices will be closed on Friday, July 4, 2014 in observance of Independence Day. Because city offices will be closed, trash schedules for the week of June 30 through July 4 will also change. The trash schedule for the week will be as follows:
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Maroon Route Trash – Tuesday, July 1
Maroon route Yard Waste – Wednesday, July 2
Maroon Route Trash and Recycling – Thursday July 3
As a reminder, all containers should be out at the curb no later than 7 AM. In addition, there are no bulk pickups on Wednesday, July 2 when yard waste on the Maroon Route will be collected. Call the City of Milford Customer Service Department at 422-6616, Option 2, if there are any questions or concerns.


While international corporations are arguing that self-managed cars can change the world and the infrastructure of cities for the better. The city authorities of developed cities in different countries are changing roads, taking into account already existing “green” technologies. Some authorities are striving for a higher energy efficiency indicator, while others seek to protect pedestrians, cyclists and children on the roads. But there are those who are trying to deploy such an infrastructure for electric cars, due to which the driver does not need to think about where the next charge is. That is why we start a series of articles on innovative solutions in different countries that deal with road surface.
Today, we will talk about a unique wireless carriageway for public transport in South Korea. In general, the capital of South Korea – Seoul – is considered one of the most intelligent cities in the world. This is due to the fact that the city government analyzes the needs of local residents and improves living conditions in the city.
Public transport in Seoul goes on a special road surface with the technology Online electric vehicle technology (OLEV). This technology is very relevant in South Korea, where advanced developments come to life. OLEV transmits electricity wirelessly, which allows buses to travel along the route, without stopping charging the battery. Under the pavement are laid electric cables that create a magnetic field. At the bottom of the bus is located a device that turns the magnetic field into electricity. Innovative coverage is 5-15% of the bus route, which is enough for uninterrupted power supply throughout the work shift. The installation and maintenance of new technology does not require replacement of the entire road surface in Seoul. OLEV technology is also used in another city of South Korea – Rubber.
It is worth noting that the new technology is “smart”, so it can distinguish buses from electric cars and automatically switch off at moments of idle time. In addition, the buses are equipped with batteries, which are one third less battery than installed in electric cars.
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Plenty of venture capital shops have built software to support their startup investing before—some quietly, some for marketing effect. But to hear Alexis Ohanian describe his new VC firm Seven Seven Six’s tools—dramatically named “Cerebro,” after the X-Men character—he’s reinvented the wheel. And the former Reddit cofounder’s confident enough in his pitch that it’s hard not to go along with it.
Appearing to be a mash-up of Reddit and other tools like Notion and Roam Research, Cerebro’s part note-taking app (think startup pitch notes and growth updates), talent directory (Ohanian’s vast professional network is in there, searchable by keyword like “machine learning” or name, with those folks he personally vouches for given an “upvote”) and message board (at the end of this month, investors in Seven Seven Six will get access to notes such as what backers of the fund Ohanian’s met at Roland Garros, where his wife, Serena Williams, recently competed in the French Open, had to say about Europe’s family offices’ investment appetite). And it’s one of a few flourishes that Ohanian and his collaborators on Seven Seven Six see as difference makers in what they say is a new type of VC firm.
“I know people want to talk to me about marketing or community or other things, but building product is what I love,” Ohanian says. “I’m motivated a lot by what I see as a changing tide in venture, and I think it’s become clear that venture is not immune from the software eating up every industry.”
Ohanian’s bid to be part of VC’s new wave: Seven Seven Six, which “launched” on Thursday by announcing it had formally closed its first fund, a $150 million vehicle, on target with what it was widely reported as targeting last fall. Founded alongside two of Ohanian’s longtime collaborators from Reddit and his previous venture firm in founding partner Katelin Holloway and founding chief of staff Lissie Garvin, Seven Seven Six will look to lead or colead seed investments; it’s made 17 so far.
Seven Seven Six is backed by a mix of endowments, foundations, funds of funds and family offices, Ohanian says, though he declined to name any. More important to Ohanian: Of the investment teams as its backers, Seven Seven Six targeted a base of 50% women and 15% Black or indigenous investors. “We’ve ended up with some esteemed institutional investors as well as family offices who have never invested in venture before,” Ohanian adds. “We’re asking folks to self-report anonymously . . . I’m confident we’ll hit those.”
When the responses are in, Seven Seven Six plans to share all the data on its website. This is “building in public,” a push for transparency—and a way to stay in the eyes of potential customers, in this case, entrepreneurs—that the firm is embracing throughout. For its recent operators-in-residence program, which commit to have three tech practitioners with different skill sets than Seven Seven Six’s founders spend a year working with its portfolio and building its software, the firm ran an open application and published the results. Ditto its program to commit 2% on top of every first check at preseed and seed stage as nondilutive capital to support founders in “personal growth” and “caregiving.”
“I think that we can better hold one another accountable, and make a lot of progress by sharing what’s working and what’s not,” says Holloway, who was formerly vice president of people and culture at Reddit in Ohanian’s second stint at the social media company, then joined him as a partner at Initialized Capital. “We really want to encourage other venture firms to do the same.”
Ohanian and Garvin set out to launch Seven Seven Six, named after the original Olympic Games, last summer and were joined by Holloway several months later. All three were profoundly affected, they say, by the murder of George Floyd and subsequent Black Lives Matter protests and racial justice conversations that swept across the U.S. in following weeks. “Alexis and I were having a lot of these conversations where I was just like, ‘What can we do?’” says Garvin, who served as Ohanian’s chief of staff at Reddit and Initialized, the firm Ohanian cofounded with Midas List investor Garry Tan. “Having the opportunity to start from zero, where you can be super-thoughtful and intentional, was really appealing to me.”
That meant a split from Initialized, where Ohanian and Tan had built up a successful firm behind the likes of Coinbase, Instacart and Ro after starting to invest while partners at accelerator Y Combinator. Parties involved and those close to the two describe a drifting apart on fund strategy (such as an early-stage focus versus multistage approach) and operations (Ohanian, reached for this story over Zoom in a hotel room in Europe, is known for a wide array of ideas and projects, which he shares, often over Twitter, shooting from the hip.) In April, Tan called the split a “conscious separation.”
“I’m a proud supporter of the team at 776,” Tan wrote to Forbes this week. “They are stellar investors and we are excited to continue our close partnership over the years by co-investing and supporting the next generation’s world-changing startups.” “I care a lot about Garry,” Ohanian says. “We built something really great with Initialized and he will continue to have a big impact on tech,” he adds, shouting out Tan’s now-popular YouTube channel.
The biggest difference from Initialized: Seven Seven Six operates on Ohanian time, which means being fully remote, asynchronous and what to the outside world can seem a chaotic, if creative, blend of time zones and projects. “We often joke that he’s the gas and we’re the brake,” says Holloway. “Our job is to not flip the car.”
Before showing off Cerebro over his hotel’s iffy Wi-Fi—including the status of an intro to a famous entertainment figure turned investor and more intel gleaned from tennis pre-match schmoozes we agreed not to name—Ohanian argues that having worked a “semi-remote” work life for the past decade, he’s well equipped to launch a post-pandemic new-look VC firm.
“When everyone switched to Zoom for a year, I felt like Bane in The Dark Knight Rises when he’s telling Batman, ‘You merely adopted the darkness. I was born in it, molded by it,’” Ohanian says in an enthusiastic impression of the villain played by Tom Hardy in the 2012 film.
Like any firm, however, Seven Seven Six will ultimately be judged by its startup portfolio. The firm’s largest check to date was a $20 million investment into Alt, a sports card business; while in Paris, he sent over a card of Roger Federer to the competitor himself, then tweeted it. Other recent investments include Dispo, the photo-sharing app that recently raised a Series A after cutting all ties with cofounder David Dobrik as the YouTube creator faced serious allegations. After promising to donate all profits from leading Dispo’s seed investment to charity, Seven Seven Six participated in the new raise. “This team did nothing wrong, and we stand by them,” Ohanian says. “In fact, they’ve built an app people love that’s going viral in a new country every couple of weeks.”
Then, just before this story, Ohanian was tweeting about another investment: a $50 million Series B led into plant-based protein maker Simulate and its nuggets brand, Nuggs. For a $150 million early-stage fund, the investment appeared to be a head-scratcher. A source close with knowledge of the deal says Seven Seven Six’s check was $10 million; it’s also raised some special-purpose vehicles already that would lift its assets under management.
“I’m very happy to be the signal that kicks off a competitive round,” Ohanian says of his back-then-hype approach. To hear him tell it, the “gregarious” persona he presents on social media isn’t all for fun, but tactical marketing for his entrepreneurs and fund. When he’s not working, he’d just as soon log off to be with his daughter, Olympia, or play video games.
But even then, Ohanian’s still likely to tweet about it to his more than 400,000 Twitter followers. The morning of this article’s publication, he was online driving new followers to Seven Seven Six’s Twitter account (it reached his 15,000 “launch day” target) and promoting a TV hit about the fund with a rocket ship gif.
“It’s becoming an asset to be your fullest and most authentic self online. Founders aren’t taking money from a soulless corporate logo, they’re taking money from people, and they want to know those people,” Ohanian explains. If that’s not everyone’s cup of tea, Ohanian’s unbothered. “I’m at a point in my life where I know what I want to do and how I want to do it.”


MAE HONG SON, 19 June 2014 – The Internal Security Operations Command (ISOC) has been told to quickly address the forest encroachment issue in 9 target provinces and to yield results within 6 month.
Colonel Phongphet Ketsupha, a planning specialist at the ISOC, said the agency will quickly tackle deforestation, encroachment of forests and public space, and degradation of natural resources. Although the ISOC will work to tend to these issues on a national scale, the National Council for Peace and Order has ordered it to emphasize on 9 provinces where the problem was severe. These include Phetchabun, Phitsanulok, Sukhothai, Nan Lampang, Ubonratchathani, Nakhon Ratchasima, Loei and Krabi. For these 9 provinces, the ISOC must also yield visible results within 6 months.
On Wednesday, officials from the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation were accompanied by soldiers in a search of a wooden dwelling in Pai district of Mae Hong Son province which was suspected of being a disguise for a stockpile of illegal logs. Officials discovered that the structure comprised mostly of processed teak wood of the same size. The home owner, a hill tribe woman, could not explain the origin of the wood when questioned by officials.
The team of officials went on to disassemble 5 dwellings that similarly provided disguise for teak wood stockpile in the area.


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Book Links January 2008 (vol. 17, no. 3)
By Jeanne McLain Harms and Lucille J. Lettow
Elementary school through high school
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month with books that portray the leaders and everyday heroes of the civil rights movement.
From the desegregation of public schools to the Montgomery Bus Boycott to the March on Washington, the civil rights movement drew its strength not from its high-profile leaders—Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X—but from the thousands of individuals, many of them young people, who sacrificed and often risked personal harm to effect change and combat racism. Their grassroots strategies, including nonviolent resistance, protests, boycotts, and rallies, raised the nation’s consciousness and produced reforms in education and voting rights and banned discriminatory employment, public facility, and housing practices.
Introduce the following titles to students and encourage them to be inspired by those who questioned the world around them and succeeded in making change.
Freedom on the Menu: The Greensboro Sit-Ins. By Carole Boston Weatherford. Illus. by Jerome Lagarrigue. 2005. 32p. Dial, $16.99 (9780803728608).
K–Gr. 4. Eight-year-old Connie witnesses her older siblings protesting segregation in Greensboro, North Carolina, in 1960. When her brother’s friends conduct a successful sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter, their act of peaceful protest starts a wave of similar demonstrations. An author’s note gives background information about the events in Greensboro that year.
Freedom School, Yes! By Amy Littlesugar. Illus. by Floyd Cooper. 2001. 40p. Philomel, $16.99 (9780399230066).
Preschool–Gr. 3. Based on events in Mississippi in 1964 when volunteers from the North set up Freedom Schools to teach black students, this picture book is narrated by Jolie, a young black girl whose mother hosts one of the visiting white teachers. When the church where the school is held is burned down, classes continue outside and Jolie finds the courage to fight back.
Freedom Summer. By Deborah Wiles. Illus. by Jerome Lagarrigue. 2001. 32p. Simon & Schuster/Anne Schwartz, $16.95 (9780689830167); Aladdin, paper, $6.99 (9780689878299).
K–Gr. 3. Although the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ended segregation, some in the South were slow to recognize it. In this picture book, the narrator, Joe, a young white boy, and his black friend, John Henry, look forward to swimming together in the town’s newly integrated public pool, only to find the pool has been filled with tar in protest. For another story of friendship that crosses racial lines, see Jacqueline Woodson’s The Other Side (Putnam, 2001).
Grandmama’s Pride. By Becky Birtha. Illus. by Colin Bootman. 2005. 32p. Albert Whitman, $16.95 (9780807530283).
K–Gr. 3. In 1956, six-year-old Sarah Marie travels with her mother and sister to the South to visit Grandmama. Sarah Marie is unaware of the Jim Crow laws dictating where they may sit on the bus or eat their lunch until she reads the “Whites Only” and “Colored People” signs. The following summer, she travels to Grandmama’s again, but new laws have ended segregation. An author’s note explains the Jim Crow laws in more detail. Also see Going North by Deborah Wiles (Simon & Schuster/Anne Schwartz, 2004).
Riding to Washington. By Gwenyth Swain. Illus. by David Geister. February 2008. 40p. Sleeping Bear, $17.95 (9781585363247).
K–Gr. 3. In this Tales of Young Americans series title, a young white girl named Janie accompanies her father on a bus trip from Indianapolis to the 1963 March on Washington. At first, Janie wonders why her father wants to go see Martin Luther King Jr. speak, but as the bus riders pass by segregated restaurants and restrooms on their way to Washington, she sees firsthand the injustices that others face and realizes the importance of taking a stand for what is right.
Abby Takes a Stand. By Patricia C. McKissack. 2005. 112p. Viking, $14.99 (9780670060115); Puffin, paper, $4.99 (9780142406878).
Gr. 2–4. In this Scraps of Time title set in 1960, 10-year-old Abby is humiliated and angered when she is turned away from a Nashville restaurant. Too young to participate in sit-ins at the city’s restaurants and lunch counters, she hands out flyers advocating nonviolent protest. Due to the success of the sit-ins, which became an early milestone in the civil rights movement, Nashville was the first major southern city to begin desegregating public facilities.
Fire from the Rock. By Sharon M. Draper. 2007. 176p. Dutton, $16.99 (9780525477204).
Gr. 9–12. At first, Sylvia Patterson is thrilled when she is chosen as one of the first African American students to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957. But the racism in her town is terrifying, and she is not sure she can go through with it. The surprising turnaround in the plot will grab readers and raise the elemental issue: what would I have done? A final note fills in history and provides a list of related Web sites.
A Friendship for Today. By Patricia C. McKissack. 2007. 176p. Scholastic, $16.99 (9780439660983).
Gr. 4–7. In 1954, 12-year-old Rosemary is chosen to participate in the desegregation of a school system, but at the beginning of the school year, she discovers that she is the only African American enrolled in her newly integrated school. As the school year progresses, she develops an unlikely friendship with a white girl who once displayed racist behavior toward her.
Mayfield Crossing. By Vaunda Micheaux Nelson. 1993. 96p. Putnam, paper, $5.99 (9780698119307).
Gr. 4–7. When her small school, Mayfield Crossing, is closed and the students are bused to the larger, newer Parkview School, fourth-grader Meg and her Mayfield Crossing classmates, black and white, encounter racial prejudice for the first time. Tensions ease when one of the Parkview students joins the Mayfield Crossing baseball team. Also see the sequel, Beyond Mayfield (Putnam, 1999).
Mississippi Trial, 1955. By Chris Crowe. 2002. 240p. Dial, $17.99 (9780803727458); Puffin, paper, $5.99 (9780142501924).
Gr. 7–12. The 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi and the trial of his killers are the center of this novel narrated by white teenager Hiram, who meets lively Emmett before his horrifying abduction and murder. True to newspaper accounts, the book also exposes the violent racism in daily life as well as in the dramatic trial.
My Mother the Cheerleader. By Robert Sharenow. 2007. 304p. HarperCollins/Laura Geringer, $16.99 (9780061148965).
Gr. 7–10. When her mother pulls Louise, 13, out of class to protest the court-ordered integration of her school in New Orleans in 1960, Louise thinks segregation is just the way things are. Then New York editor Morgan Miller comes to stay in her mother’s run-down boardinghouse, and his quiet outrage makes Louise begin to have doubts and questions.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham—1963. By Christopher Paul Curtis. 1995. 210p. Delacorte, $16.95 (9780385321754); Laurel-Leaf, paper, $6.50 (9780440228004).
Gr. 4–8. Kenny’s older brother gets into so much trouble that his parents decide to take him to his grandmother’s house in Birmingham, Alabama, in the hope that she’ll straighten him out. It’s 1963, and racism and the civil rights movement are a soft rumble in the background as the African American Watsons drive south, but the terror of racism comes to the surface when Kenny’s little sister is in a Birmingham church when it is bombed.
Yankee Girl. By Mary Ann Rodman. 2004. 224p. Farrar, $17 (9780374386610).
Gr. 4–7. In 1964, 11-year-old Alice Ann Moxley moves with her family from Chicago to Jackson, Mississippi, where her FBI-agent father has been transferred to protect African Americans registering to vote. Alice experiences exclusion at school because of her northerner status and witnesses the suffering racism causes blacks, yet she still is torn about befriending Valerie, the school’s only black student.
Birmingham, 1963. By Carole Boston Weatherford. 2007. 32p. Boyds Mills/Wordsong, $17.95 (9781590784402).
Gr. 3–6. In free verse, a fictional 10-year-old tells of the events leading up to the Ku Klux Klan bombing of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church and the four young girls who died in the explosion. Lines of spare poetry are placed opposite archival photographs, and an author’s note fills in the history.
This Is the Dream. By Diane Z. Shore and Jessica Alexander. Illus. by James Ransome. 2006. 40p. HarperCollins, $16.99 (9780060555191).
Gr. 2–4. An excellent resource for discussing the changes of the civil rights era as they benefit all Americans, this book’s rhythmic verse tells the story of the civil rights struggle with simplicity and power, while its dramatic images bring the concepts home, depicting scenes of segregation, protest, and, finally, an inclusive America where people eat, read, and share together.
A Wreath for Emmett Till. By Marilyn Nelson. Illus. by Philippe Lardy. 2005. 48p. Houghton, $17 (9780618397525).
Gr. 9–12. This title memorializes the brutal 1955 murder of 14-year-old African American Emmett Till through a sophisticated poetic form—a crown of sonnets. Till’s death helped raise an awareness of the evils of racism that led to the civil rights movement.
Delivering Justice: W. W. Law and the Fight for Civil Rights. By Jim Haskins. Illus. by Benny Andrews. 2005. 32p. Candlewick, $17.99 (9780763625924).
Gr. 2–4. This picture-book biography tells the story of Westley Wallace Law, a mail carrier in Savannah, Georgia, who took advantage of his daily association with many people to quietly lead his city to desegregation three years before federal legislation was enacted. Full-page oil-and-collage illustrations appear throughout, and the book ends with a photo of Law and an afterword that provides more details about his life.
Fight On! Mary Church Terrell’s Battle for Integration. By Dennis Brindell Fradin and Judith Bloom Fradin. 2003. 192p. Clarion, $18 (9780618133499).
Gr. 5–9. The daughter of former slaves, this lesser-known civil rights leader was a founder of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. At the age of 89, Terrell won a Supreme Court decision that ended racial discrimination in Washington, D.C., restaurants. This handsome volume contains illustrations and period photographs as well as detailed source notes and a bibliography.
John Lewis in the Lead: A Story of the Civil Rights Movement. By Jim Haskins and Kathleen Benson. Illus. by Benny Andrews. 2006. 40p. Lee & Low, $17.95 (9781584302506).
Gr. 3–5. Born in the segregated South in 1940, John Lewis grew up to lead many protests for civil rights, and he has served in Congress for the last 20 years. In this picture book for older readers, the authors blend information on Lewis’ contributions with the history of the civil rights struggle and include a time line, a selection of black-and-white photos, and a bibliography.
M. L. K.: Journey of a King. By Tonya Bolden. 2007. 128p. Abrams, $19.95 (9780810954762).
Gr. 7–10. Bolden’s biography is divided into three main sections, beginning with the days leading up to the civil rights movement, continuing with King’s growing involvement in and commitment to nonviolent protest, and ending with his death. The photos and accompanying captions are important assets, as is the time line, which is color-coded to link to the sections of text. Also see Kerry A. Graves’ I Have a Dream: The Story behind Martin Luther King Jr.’s Most Famous Speech (Chelsea, 2004).
Martin’s Big Words. By Doreen Rappaport. Illus. by Bryan Collier. 2001. 40p. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, $15.99 (9780786807147); paper, $6.99 (9781423106357).
Preschool–Gr. 4. This inspiring picture-book biography celebrates the great leader as a preacher and politician. The spare narrative, accompanied by powerful art, captures the essentials of the man, the movement he led, and his policy of nonviolence. Also see My Brother Martin by King’s sister, Christine King Farris (Simon & Schuster, 2003), Martin Luther King Jr. and the March on Washington by Frances E. Ruffin (Grosset, 2001), and Walter Dean Myers’ I’ve Seen the Promised Land (HarperCollins, 2004).
The Power of One: Daisy Bates and the Little Rock Nine. By Judith Bloom Fradin and Dennis Brindell Fradin. 2004. 192p. Clarion, $19 (9780618315567).
Gr. 8–11. In 1957 Daisy Bates, journalist and president of the Arkansas NAACP, served as a mentor to the first students to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School. Through memoirs, newspaper accounts, and interviews, including those with two of the students, the authors bring Bates’ story to life.
Rosa. By Nikki Giovanni. Illus. by Bryan Collier. 2005. 40p. Holt, $16.95 (9780805071061); Square Fish, paper, $6.99 (9780312376024).
Gr. 3–6. Collier’s cover illustration featuring a bus driver confronting Rosa Parks will draw young readers into this picture book that begins as a biography and ends as an account of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Pair this title with Pamela Duncan Edwards’ T he Bus Ride That Changed History (Houghton, 2005). To learn more about Rosa Parks, see Jim Haskins’ Rosa Parks: My Story (Dial, 1992), Dear Mrs. Parks by Rosa Parks and Gregory J. Reed (Lee & Low, 1996), or, for younger students, the easy-reader autobiography I Am Rosa Parks (Dial, 1997).
Through My Eyes. By Ruby Bridges. 1999. 64p. Scholastic, $16.95 (9780590189231); paper, $5.95 (9780590546300).
Gr. 3–9. Bridges combines her adult commentary, news reports of the time, and graphic personal memories of what it was like, at age six, to be the first black pupil to attend a formerly segregated school in New Orleans in 1960. Great for classroom discussion, this book examines not only Bridges’ childhood experience but her place in civil rights history as well.
We Are One: The Story of Bayard Rustin. By Larry Dane Brimner. 2007. 48p. Boyds Mills/Calkins Creek, $17.95 (9781590784983).
Gr. 5–8. Brimner sets Rustin’s personal story against the history of segregation and focuses on his leadership role in the struggle for civil rights. On each page, the informal text is accompanied by captioned archival photos that include images of racist violence as well as pictures of Rustin “in protest mode,” passing out antiwar leaflets, advising Martin Luther King Jr. on peaceful protest, and organizing the triumphant 1963 March on Washington.
A Dream of Freedom: The Civil Rights Movement from 1954 to 1968. By Diane McWhorter. 2004. 160p. Scholastic, $19.95 (9780439576789).
Gr. 5–9. In one of the best general treatments of the civil rights movement, McWhorter writes from her perspectives as a white child attending a segregated school in Birmingham during the ’50s and ’60s and as a scholar. Covering the major events in the civil rights movement, the author’s balanced and extensively researched presentation includes discussions of both nonviolent and violent tactics.
Freedom Riders: John Lewis and Jim Zwerg on the Front Lines of the Civil Rights Movement. By Ann Bausum. 2006. 80p. National Geographic, $18.95 (9780792241737).
Gr. 5–9. In 1961 two young men—one white and from the North and the other black and from the South—joined activists on the 1961 Freedom Rides. Bausum describes their harrowing experiences as they traveled through the South, concluding with the direction each one took following the protests.
Freedom Walkers: The Story of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. By Russell Freedman. 2006. 112p. Holiday, $18.95 (9780823420315).
Gr. 5–9. Freedman’s narrative writing style, accompanied by well-chosen photos, includes Rosa Parks’ story but also earlier accounts of lesser-known activists and emphasizes the strong sense of organization, cooperation, and commitment that evolved during the 381 days of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Getting Away with Murder: The True Story of the Emmett Till Case. By Chris Crowe. 2003. 128p. Dial, $18.99 (9780803728042).
Gr. 6–12. Crowe presents extensive research and photos of the events surrounding the 1955 murder of 14-year-old Emmett Till and the trial and acquittal of his white murderers, considered to be one of the key events giving rise to the civil rights movement.
Nobody Gonna Turn Me ’Round: Songs and Stories of the Civil Rights Movement. By Doreen Rappaport. Illus. by Shane W. Evans. 2006. 64p. Candlewick, $19.99 (9780763619275).
Gr. 4–7. Dramatic oil paintings showing the courage of young people at sit-ins, on freedom rides, and behind bars accompany Rappaport’s present-tense narrative about the famous leaders and unsung heroes of the civil rights movement. The text also includes a chronology, source notes, and bibliography.
Oh, Freedom! Kids Talk about the Civil Rights Movement with the People Who Made It Happen. By Casey King and Linda Barrett Osborne. 1997. 144p. Knopf, paper, $12.95 (9780679890058).
Gr. 5–9. In 31 lively interviews, children ask family members, friends, and neighbors about the part they played in the civil rights movement. With each interview, there are informal photos of the child and adult talking and dramatic documentary photos of the historic events they are talking about. The authors also provide a bibliography and a chronology for further research.
Remember: The Journey to School Integration. By Toni Morrison. 2004. 80p. Houghton, $18 (9780618397402).
Gr. 5–up. In her introduction, Morrison talks about the reality of separate but equal and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision. The following pages are filled with photos that focus on ordinary young people and the role they played in school integration. Opposite each image, Morrison imagines the thoughts and feelings of the children pictured. Also see the essay collection Linda Brown, You Are Not Alone: Brown v. Board of Education Decision by Joyce Carol Thomas (Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, 2003).
The School Is Not White! A True Story of the Civil Rights Movement. By Doreen Rappaport. Illus. by Curtis James. 2005. 32p. Hyperion/Jump at the Sun, $16.99 (9780786818389).
Gr. 3–6. In 1965 Mae Bertha and Matthew Carter enrolled their children in the better-quality, all-white school in Drew, Mississippi. Their children faced discrimination and the Carters lost their jobs and home, but the family’s perseverance paid off. For more on the struggle for equal education rights, see Jim Haskins’ Separate but Not Equal: The Dream and the Struggle (Scholastic, 1998).
Speaking Out: The Civil Rights Movement 1950–1964. By Kevin Supples. 2006. 40p. National Geographic, $12.95 (9780792282792).
Gr. 4–8. From the Crossroads America series comes this concise overview of the civil rights movement. Major events in the movement are presented chronologically, each briefly introduced in a double-page spread accompanied by photos and quotations. This short volume could serve as a starting point in a unit or as a resource for less-experienced readers.
Jeanne McLain Harms is professor emeritus in the College of Education at the University of Northern Iowa. Lucille J. Lettow is a professor and youth collection librarian at Rod Library at the University of Northern Iowa.


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Military Coloring Pages - Coloring pages happen to be all-around for a lot of years, but with all the ever-evolving engineering that we are all so in awe of, it's the high-tech video games and toys that commonly catch the focus of mother and father, whereas the rewards that coloring pages need to supply extremely young and even elementary age young children, are ignored. It would be very valuable for mother and father to comprehend that coloring pages provide you with an amazing variety of knowing options for their young children, and these lessons are conveyed in the basic way that young children can grasp. And this awesome chance is available at no expense to you, as these pages could be freely printed from a variety of over the internet online sites. So now you needn't concern yourself with the cost of your most recent highly-priced educational gadget, as you only have to have to provide the ink for the printer and you will probably be able to take advantage of all that coloring pages provide you with for the child.
So what specifically are these a lot of perks to military coloring pages? The next posting will take you as a result of several of the many perks that may be had for the child's schooling and improvement thanks to these simple knowing products.
Coloring in the picture will command your child's full focus, because they focus on finishing their perform, and getting the completed products show they have done their greatest. It is a welcome assistance for mother and father who struggle to provide their young children with experiences that should captivate their focus, only to find that their very little minds and bodies start out wandering immediately after only a brief time. So like a parent, you acquire a brief respite as your child performs on their coloring page, your child will get to participate in a enjoyable action that teaches them also. Which leads me towards the upcoming point. military coloring pages can provide you with enrichment by offering pictures of numbers, letters, animals, and words, to ensure that your child will broaden their expertise in the variety of places. Your child will get the greatest educational advantage when the coloring pages bring all of those elements collectively, for example when there exists a picture of an animal with it is identify written on the page, or when numbers are shown with all the identify of your variety written out, and even a two-sided coloring page with a single side showing the letter, variety or word, and the other side of your page depicting an animal whose shape resembles the letter or variety on the earlier page. Take for instance a coloring page that has a variety a single, as well as a giraffe that is definitely reminiscent of the variety a single in it is shape. Your child won't only have fun coloring the variety and animal, but their lesson may even include creating the variety a single and currently being introduced to a giraffe.
We've still to talk about the advantage that your child will probably be knowing about the numerous colors because they colour their pages. Along with the much more exposure your child needs to military coloring pages, the much more they'll learn about the common colors of objects, and so they will begin to decide on exact colors for exact things, for example red apples, or green leaves. And, because they expand older, you'll also begin to check out they will colour animals the colour they genuinely are. This may perhaps appear clear to someone who has recognized their colors because they will recall, but you needed to know it sooner or later and it is a smart way for the child to learn theirs.


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New research has found that 84% of London restaurants would be forced to close or move away from the capital should rent rises continue. The survey also found that 90% of owners believe rent rises would make their businesses “unmanageable”.
The survey carried out by property company Cedar Dean Group said that rent rises would lead to a restaurant “exodus” in Central London. Restaurants surveyed said that an average of 21% of turnover is spent on rent, with 12% considered the normal affordable rate.
The research found that the W1, WC2 and E1 postcodes saw last year’s biggest rent rises, with costs more than doubling.
Cedar Dean Group CEO David Abramson said “the numbers just don’t add up”, adding, “without intervention, the restaurants will be forced to close their doors and by the time landlords wake up it will be too late.
“One thing the last few months has shown is that high rent and rates are not just affecting businesses that need to improve but also operators that invest substantial sums in the capital city.”
Under the Landlord & Tenant Act 1954, tenants are entitled to a renewable lease on the same terms as their original one, however 150 of the restaurants surveyed said their premises was not covered by the act.

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constanius Posted August 26, 2008 Report Share Posted August 26, 2008 Later Medal This is an early medal, the design was changed to 'improve ' Watts appearance later by making him look younger. Taken from a marble bust by William Wyon of James Watt Silver medal, approx 45mm across 48 grams, plain edge, no edge mark, nice old original toning with some blue tints, for the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Engraved by by William Wyon. In 1832 the Fox family, a prominent Quaker business family of Falmouth, founded the Cornwall Polytechnic Society, to promote the ideas and inventions of the workers in their Perran Foundry. Medal depicts James Watt (19 January 1736 – 25 August 1819), a Scottish inventor and mechanical engineer whose improvements to the steam engine were fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution. This was the first use of Polytechnic in England. In 1835 King William IV bestowed Royal Patronage on the Society, at the request of Davies Gilbert and it changed its name from the Cornwall Polytechnic Society to the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society. Therefore this medal is post 1835 (dated 1833 for the foundation of the society) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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While the cinema and entertainment segment had to bear the brunt due to the on-going pandemic with the stalling of films and screenings, gradually things have been falling back. To that, film screenings have started to take place in the region. One such event is Spring Film Series – an ongoing film festival presenting award-winning films themed around sacrifice and the desire to reach a goal.
The event that started on February 19, has been showcasing selected films that explore the notions of passion, ambition and determination through different film genres. The films showcasing at the film event show how far would the characters go to achieve their goals, survive and co-exist within particular social and political dilemmas.
While films like The Unknown Saint (2019) directed by Alaa Eddine Aljem and Desmond Ovbiagele directorial The Milkmaid (2020) have been screened at the Spring Film Series, the last one to impress the film connoisseurs is the Iranian film Sun Children (2020), directed by Majid Majidi.
The film, Sun Children is a story about a 12-year-old Ali and his gang of mischievous friends who live on the street and work hard to survive and support their families, doing odd jobs in a garage and commit petty crimes to make easy money. Their lives take a turn when Ali finds a hidden treasure underground, miraculously and he informs his gang. But to gain access to the tunnel, the children must enrol at the Sun School –a charitable institution that tries to educate street kids and child labourers, close to where the treasure is located.
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Presented by Sharjah Art Foundation, the film as a part of the Spring Film series will be presented in Farsi, along with Arabic and English subtitles. The screening will be held at Sharjah Art Foundation’s open-air, Mirage City Cinema, Al Mureijah Art Spaces at 8.30 PM.


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Louisville Zoo's oldest polar bear dies
Cause not yet known
The Louisville Zoo lost its oldest polar bear Thursday.
Arki, who came to the zoo in 2011, was 28 years old.
The zoo said she was one of the most prolific polar bears in accredited zoos and had five successful litters. In fact, one of the other polar bears that calls Glacier Run home, Siku is Arki’s grandson. Arki’s offspring, Marty, is Siku’s father.
Zoo officials said details of Arki's death are unknown pending a necropsy.
Polar bears can live to be older than 30, but most live into their mid-20s.
Glacier Run is now home to two polar bear cubs a 2-year-old wild-born female Alaskan cub, Qannik, and 3-year-old male cub, Siku. A family of grizzly bears -- mother Inga and her 7-year-old cubs, Rita and Otis -- also call Glacier Run home.

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Beautiful, heart wrenching and gorgeous looking film......"The Vow". Two great actors and it looks like a wonderful story. Can't wait to see this, too.
"Mirror Mirror"......fantastic. Looks wonderful. Julia Roberts and so many other great actors and a wonderful time period, costumes, everything. Can't wait!!
"Footnote".....the kind of film that truely wakes up your soul. Looks beautiful and real. Definitely will see this.


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The Pitch: It’s a build-out game like our game C-QNS, but instead of abstract numbers and shapes, you’re building a meadow of lovely flowers.
Each player is drawing cards off a single deck of cards to add to their own hand of cards. Then, each turn you can place a card in the grid around the deck that represent the growing spread of flowers in the field. Each card sets rules about what cards can be placed around it – flowers grow in patches that decrease and increase in density.
You’ll also have cards in the mix that let you flip cards face down, or layer cards atop others, with cards like bees (that help flip cards face up) or butterflies (that improve the value of cards they’re atop) or bunnies (that flip cards face down).
Cards would be mostly, representing a simple standard back of a grassy meadow, with the other face showing flowers in a number, with some mechanical signifiers. Cards would not explain what they do on them, so as to make the art very prominent.
The game would not need to be particularly large, and probably only about 52-70 cards, with a single deck that grows outwards. Players might start with a card that indicates the type of flower they want to play, or their last card in hand might indicate the flower type they score off.
Right now I have no art to start with with this idea. This project needs a fairly holistic artistic vision of showing a location and things in that location; it needs images of flowers, of bees, of butterflies, and of a nice, pastoral background as well.
Also, I cannot currently afford to actively comission this game project! I do not know if my state of money will change or how your relationship to the potential payment would work out! Do you think you have the skills for this? Are you interested in the idea? Feel free to contact me, either via the Twitter DMs or by emailing me!

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GRAHAM COUNTY – The Graham County Sheriff’s Office is asking the community’s assistance in locating Sabrena Marie Martin, 22, who has not been seen or heard from since Jan. 18.
Martin, of Safford, is listed at being 5’6” and 170 pounds with brown hair and eyes. She has a crown tattoo on her left arm and masks tattoo on her right arm.
Anyone with information regarding Martin’s whereabouts is urged to contact the Sheriff’s Office at 428-0808 or anonymously use Text-a-Tip on a cell phone by texting grahamtip to 79516, followed by the message.


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PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari will Thursday depart for Bamako, the Republic of Mali on a one-day visit, following the briefing by the ECOWAS Special Envoy to the country, former President Goodluck Jonathan.
This is will be the first journey President Buhari would be embarking outside the country since the outbreak of the dreaded Coronavirus pandemic.
The President and some ECOWAS leaders led by the Chairman of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the sub-regional organisation, President Issoufou Mahamadou of Niger Republic, agreed to meet in Mali to engage in further consultations towards finding a political solution to the crisis in the country.
Other Presidents expected to participate in the Bamako meeting are the host President, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Presidents Machy Sall of Senegal, Nana Akufo-Addo of Ghana and Alassane Ouattara of Cote d’Ivoire.
Former President Jonathan was at the State House in the company of President of ECOWAS Commission, Mr Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, on Tuesday to brief President Buhari on the unfolding situation in Mali, necessitating the visit of ECOWAS leaders to consolidate on the agreements reached by various parties.
After receiving a briefing from the former President, Buhari had said, “We will ask the President of Niger, who is the Chairman of ECOWAS to brief us as a group, and we will then know the way forward.”
He thanked Jonathan for his comprehensive brief on the situation in Mali, “which you had been abreast with since when you were the sitting Nigerian President.”
According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina, the former President had filled in President Buhari on his activities as Special Envoy to restore amity to Mali, rocked by protests against President Keita, who has spent two out of the five years the second term in office.
Riots on July 10 had led to the killing of some protestersby security agents, causing the crisis to spiral out of control, hence the intervention by ECOWAS.


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