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The morning started yet again the same way – coffee, fruit, and warm bread. We were in a rhythm by now. And one that was fitting me well. Another 90 miles and we would be arriving at Guadeloupe. We would be staying at Les Saintes, a series of small islands off the coast of the larger Guadeloupe island. We would stay here two nights, in a harbor with about 50 other boats.
We hadn’t left LUNA in almost 72 hours, so when we had the chance to get in the dinghy (a small boat, similar to a life boat) and go to shore, we hopped in immediately. It was a crowded ride with the three of us, Nim, and a wheelchair, but we made it for the 10 minute ride. Nim gave us a radio that we would use to call him when we were ready to go. With no agenda in mind, we walked the few streets on the island, stopping to get a drink here and there, stopping to get souvenirs, and just embracing the small island that had no cars. Before we knew it, the sun was getting ready to set and we rang for Nim to come get us. Dinner and the setting sun with green covered mountain peaks and an endless ocean would be putting us to bed.
The next morning, we were up early for breakfast. Today, Tony and I would be scuba diving in Guadeloupe. We arrived at the dive shop early and were handed a tank and a regulator. Nothing was connected, and I’ll be honest, it’s been a while since I’ve had to prepare my own gear. I was a little uneasy since most dive shops do this for us. The woman who would be our dive master was pretty flaky and spoke mostly French, so we felt a bit on our own. She was running around from here and there, putting things on the boat, and then attempting to attend to us. I was glad we had the training we did and a good number of dives under our belts.
The ride to our dive shop was only 10 minutes (thank goodness…I really dislike the longer rides). Julie came along and was planning on snorkeling. Before she knew it, everyone on the boat was diving – the captain included! It’s unheard of for the captain to abandon his ship, especially with someone still on it. None the less, Julie jumped off and snorkeled around, keeping close to the boat. She was back on board when we finished our first dive.
Once we got settled back on the boat, Tony pulled his regulator out of his mouth and pointed out to both the dive master and me that it had a giant hole in it. Air was leaking out, and water was coming in. The dive master seemed unbothered and did not offer a solution. I decided to opt out of the second dive (my BCD was not fitting well and I was spinning in circles, onto my back, in the open water) and gave Tony my regulator. It still seems odd how carefree our dive master was. I guess perhaps that’s just the island life…
While Julie was snorkeling, she saw two large seashells (conches) under the boat that she really wanted. They were the size of a basketball and about 20 feet deep, so pretty easy for a diver to grab, but virtually impossible for a novice snorkeler to obtain. She gave Tony strict instructions to get them on his way up from the last dive. When they all surfaced, Tony had nothing in hand. But, his dive master (also the boat captain) had two conch shells in tow. We took them with excitement and gratefulness.
Later that evening, when we met up with Nim and Fabiola, he chuckled at how excited we were about our shells. It turns out that there is a surplus of conch shells in the area, and they are nothing to be too excited about. In fact, there’s a ‘conch island,’ an island made entirely of conch shells. It’s referred to as Happy Island and has a bar on it. I guess years ago someone was tasked with cleaning up excess conch shells. Rather than bringing them far out into the ocean, he piled them up and made an island. What a cool idea?! So, sitting on my mantel is one of the conch shells. It might not be a big deal to many, but the stories and memories behind it are worth more than an island of conch shells.
That afternoon, we decided to rent a golf cart and explore the island. We got out of the little town a ways and found ourselves at the top of a mountain with a long gravel road going virtually straight down, eventually leading to a beach. The three of us debated for a good while – should we go down the hill or turn around? Tony and I were afraid of going down and not being able to get back up. Julie was optimistic that it wouldn’t be a problem. In the end, we went flying down the hill, all three of us roaring in laughter. Tony was driving at this point and when he turned around to go back up, we only made it a few feet. We decided to take one person off. No luck. So, I took over driving and Julie and Tony stood at the back, prepared to run and push behind me. I made a solid start, and just five feet or so from the top, started to putter out. After a very slow climb though, I got over the top of the hill. In all honesty, this hill and the golf cart might have been the highlight of the trip. We laughed for hours after the event!
Before we knew it, exploring Les Saintes in Guadeloupe was over. We left early again the next morning, sailed the remaining length of Guadeloupe (it’s a long island), and made a final overnight stop at the tip of the island. It was an uneventful evening, considering the previous day’s events, but we did explore the city and, of course, had a fabulous dinner while watching the sun set.
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Five people alleged to have been part of a cyber-crime ring that designed and sold malicious software tools have been arrested in two countries across the European Union. Two of those arrested came...
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Introduction: Folded Book Art
Create various shapes or letters using old books.
Step 1: Get a Book
Any book will work, but a hardcover will stand up better.
Step 2: Pages
Bend the pages so it doubles in size
Step 3: Drawing
While the pages are bent over, draw your design (Solid shapes work best, or a "bubbled" letter).
Step 4: Is This Right?
When the book is laying flat the design will seem warped, but don't worry, it'll look right when finished
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Starting from the back of the book, begin folding pages at the mark.
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Floor Plan of Omaxe Heights in Faridabad
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Council keen to find operator to take over childcare centre
The Maranoa Regional Council says it is exploring a few options for a long-term operator of the Surat Childcare Centre.
The council says it cannot fund the centre beyond 2014 because it is ineligible for government funding.
Councillor Wendy Newman says it is working with locals and is hopeful of finding a solution soon.
"Family day care service, that attracts a similar funding support for families as does long day care programs," she said.
"There's community-based childcare programs where it may be purely locally driven or it could potentially linking up with not-for-profit service providers."
Cr Newman says over the next year it will work with locals to find a private operator for the vital service.
"It is a very real need and ... as a council we're very supportive of it," she said.
"At the moment it's operating at approximately $7,000 per child per year as an additional cost to council. It just won't in the long-term be able to be continued."


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Maine Dept. of Corrections confirms death of Warren State Prison inmate
The Department of Corrections today confirms the death of a prisoner of the Maine State Prison in Warren. The prisoner’s death occurred at approximately 6:41 a.m., November 16, 2018, at the Maine State Prison in Warren. Consistent with the Department’s policy and the Attorney General’s Office protocols, the State Police and Medical Examiner were notified.
At the time of his death, Christopher Q. Nault, age 50, was serving a 2-year probation revocation, which began on January 5, 2018.

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Large Family home in Lusk
Our family lives in the heart of Lusk Village, on the north side of Dublin. We have 3 small children aged 4, 6 & 8. We have 2 gold fish, a guinea pig and a 1 year old dog.
We are located 5 min walk from the bus stop or 25 min walk from Rush & Lusk train station. We are 30 mins from Dublin City Centre on the train. The 33X bus is 30 mins from town or the regular 33 bus up to an hour from Dublin City.
I'm from Argentina and my husband is Irish so english & spanish is spoken at home. I'm fluent in english as well.
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Sairecabur (also known as Sairecábur) is a volcano in Chile and an associated mountain range, located on the frontier between Bolivia and Chile. It is part of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone. Sairecabur proper is 5,971 metres (19,590 ft) high; other mountains in the range are 5,722 metres (18,773 ft) high Curiquinca, 5,819 metres (19,091 ft) Escalante and 5,748 metres (18,858 ft) high Cerro Colorado. These volcanoes have erupted a number of lava flows. Licancabur, Putana and Juriques are neighbouring volcanic centres.
Sairecabur proper is accompanied by a 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) wide caldera. Before the formation of this caldera the volcano may have been 7,000 metres (23,000 ft) high and thus one of the highest volcanoes on Earth. After the formation of this caldera lava effusion occurred during the Pleistocene and Holocene; there is no reported historical activity, however. Eruption products on Escalante and Sairecabur include andesite and dacite. Sulfur mines exist on the Sairecabur chain.
An Inca sanctuary has been found on Sairecabur. More recently, the Receiver Lab Telescope was placed on the volcano, where it is the highest submillimeter telescope in the world at an altitude of 5,525 metres (18,127 ft). The climate is dry, cold and very sunny.
There's a trail leading to the summit.
By elevation Sairecábur is
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Olive Street Material Change of Use - Relocation of Hockey
Reason for the Community Engagement
Rockhampton Regional Council intends to relocate the Rockhampton Hockey Association (RHA) to the Olive Street Council Reserve in Parkhurst.
As the intended use of the area is to be changed the State Government requires a Material Change of Use with legislated community consultation to be completed.
The following provides an overview and a map of the original proposal: Olive Street Correspondence.(PDF, 731KB)
Please note that this consultation process has now been completed.
- Material Change of Use Consultation period was held from (9 January 2017 to 20 February 2017). Community members were able to provide feedback through:
- An online submission form .
- Direct mail with submission form was sent to:
- Adjoining property owners
- Residents within a 625m radius of site
- Property owners / residents along the route to the proposed hockey site (Boundary Road, Norman Road, McMillan Ave)
- Businesses within 625m of site that would benefit from development e.g. motels, food outlets
- Rockhampton Hockey Association
- Parkhurst State School
- Individual meetings were also offered to affected persons.
Who should be involved
- Owners / residents within the Parkhurst area
- The Rockhampton community
- Hockey participants
- Local businesses
On 21 March 2017 a decision notice was issued for the Material Change of Use associated with the relocation of hockey to Olive Street.
Council Officers in conjunction with Rockhampton Hockey Association will proceed with the development of this project


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According to PWInsider.com, WWE is looking for a body double for Sting for an upcoming production that sounds, well, elaborate.
The breakdown included a listing for a Sting body double, age 38-50, who is, "6'2, 250lb of pure muscle. Prefer a guy with wrestling experience, very fit. HEAVILY muscular. Slightly longer dark hair. Will have a full face of make up on. paying a higher rate as we need a GREAT double for this."
That comes from casting agencies seeking qualified actors. They're also looking for an Orchestra that would be decked out like Sting, so this is, as mentioned, apparently a big deal.
Insider reports the production is for an upcoming video game, which may or may not hint at heavy involvement in the WWE 2K15 release scheduled for Oct. 28. It's been rumored Sting would be a playable character, possibly made available for in pre-orders, but this news points to the strong possibility that he'll be the face of the game.
Or at least something like Brock Lesnar a few years ago.
This doesn't mean Sting has signed with WWE as an active member of its roster, however, and, indeed, the latest word on that is that he was offered a simple Legend's contract. As we saw with Ultimate Warrior this past year, the video game can be a gateway to a working relationship with the company.
UPDATE: The Wrestling Observer is reporting this is not a WWE project but through a company that works with WWE. That doesn't say much, really. They're also reporting Sting has NOT signed yet and there are currently no plans for him to make any appearances on Raw anytime soon.


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From Feb. 29 at 8 a.m., HBO Asia delivers the complete Oscars® experience live across multiple screens. Starting with the live broadcast and streaming of the Oscars® Red Carpet and The 88th Annual Academy Awards on HBO and HBO GO, HBO Asia will post red carpet highlights on the network’s social media platforms and release backstage interviews and web exclusive footage on www.hboasia.com/oscars.
Reporting live from the star-studded 2016 Oscars® red carpet, HBO Asia’s social media crew and Taiwanese-American host, Janet Hsieh, will share the best red carpet moments, pictures, video interviews and heartfelt celebrity shout outs as they interview Hollywood’s most talented stars right before the ceremony.
For the very first time, HBO Asia’s microsite (www.hboasia.com/oscars) will feature all major moments of the Oscars® ceremony, including special footage from cameras fixed on Hollywood’s elite in the audience of the Dolby Theatre® throughout the ceremony, capturing candid moments not seen anywhere else. Taking viewers behind the scenes as the ceremony unfolds, HBO Asia’s microsite will also feature backstage footage of winner interviews and their thank you speeches as they come off stage after accepting their awards.
The 88th Annual Academy Awardswill be broadcast live on HBO on Feb. 29, starting with the Oscars® Red Carpet ‘Live’at 8a.m .(with primetime encore at 7p.m.), and The 88th Annual Academy Awardsat 9.30a.m. (with primetime encore at 8p.m.). The awards show is also streamed live on HBO GO.
Hosted by Chris Rock, the 88th Annual Academy Awards will be held at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood. The Oscar® presenters and performers announced to date are:Benicio Del Toro, Tina Fey, Whoopi Goldberg, Ryan Gosling, Kevin Hart, Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, Charlize Theron, Jacob Tremblay, The Weeknd, Pharrell Williams,Steve Carell, Priyanka Chopra,Quincy Jones,Byung-hun Lee, Jared Leto,Julianne Moore, Olivia Munn, Margot Robbie, Jason Segel, Andy Serkis, J.K. Simmons, Kerry Washington, and Reese Witherspoon.
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On the morning of April 27, 1966, in a social studies class at Bay Shore High School on Long Island, James Arthur Frampton had words with two Black students. There was an arrangement to fight after school at 3:00pm. 16 year old Frampton, who lived just minutes from the school, slipped out sometime after 2:00pm to go home to retrieve his Mossberg bolt-action 20 gauge shotgun, loaded it with three shells and prepared to commit murder.
(“His daydream consisted of getting a gun, a shotgun, machine gun, lining up nonwhites and shooting them down.” Dr. Diodato, Central Islip State Hospital Long Island, New York)
Frampton returned back to school to settle his grievances. He slowly scanned the halls of all three floors while looking into classrooms and yelling out the names of his two challengers. There was very little panic, and no protocol.
There was an announcement over the public address system from the assistant principal. He created a diversion by announcing that the buses were delayed and that all students remain in their homerooms. But most of the students, unaware of what was going on in the school, were already boarding the school buses to go home. Then another announcement ordered the students to get off the buses and return to their homerooms. Now there was confusion, panic and fear.
(“The defendant was found to be a social misfit whose feelings of hatred and inadequacy fester constantly and he is capable of erupting and killing anyone at the slightest provocation.” Raymond Silber, Suffolk County Probation Officer)
48 year old language teacher, John S. Lane, did not obey the announcement. He was a man, according to Court records, that was known to be authoritative and impulsive. He left his homeroom and in the hallway, as Frampton passed, Lane abruptly stated “Hey boy, what are you doing with that gun? Give it to me.” Frampton turned and fired one round of #6 pellets into Lane’s abdomen, he was propelled back against a hallway locker and lay wounded.
Lane remained hospitalized for nearly two months before passing.
This incident was the first and only school shooting between a student and a teacher in Suffolk County and Frampton became the first child to be tried as an adult. He was sentenced to thirty years to life, but the sentence was commuted to life on parole.
(“He stated his chief ambition was to be number one man on the FBI most wanted criminal list.” Dr. Wilkins, Central Islip State Hospital)
Filmmaker and researcher Thomas Santorelli traces the life of James Frampton in this comprehensive never-before told story. From his roots in Kentucky, his move to Bay Shore, New York with his abusive and alcoholic parents, in a house with no hot water, heat, telephone and very little food. His juvenile record will be presented with multiple breaking and entering charges of local businesses as well as his sentences to several training schools upstate New York. The Frampton home was located in a neighborhood known for alcohol and drug addiction, abject poverty and even incest.
Frampton’s family history is explored by interviews by the arresting Suffolk County Police officer of Bay Shore’s Third Precinct John Tschiember, Police Officer Jack Schilling that encountered Frampton two years prior to the high school incident, former Suffolk County District Attorney, Patrick Henry that tried the case in 1967 as his first murder trial, and assistant principal William Thieben. Suburban Tragedy is supported by trial minutes, sanity hearings, prison letters, crime scene photos, rare family photos, newspaper articles, archival film with reenactments produced by a special FX team.
This film is scheduled to finish production at the end of 2024.


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St Anne's Music Society
President: Alex Andrew
We're really focused on making music as accessible as possible to anyone who wants to listen! We believe that music is a fundamental aspect of living, entertainment, and cultural health and wealth, so with that in mind we hold weekly lunchtime recitals to allow musos across Oxford to access music and also to perform! We also seem to have a knack for creating some of the most unique ensembles in Oxford, including our Boomwhacker Society, BoomSoc, and our a cappella choir, STACappella. Students are encouraged to make their own ensembles which St Anne's Music Society is more than happy to facilitate.


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Despite their fundamental importance, there is still limited empirical knowledge regarding the nature of preferences, with crucial questions that remain unanswered. Among others, these pertain to different degrees of risk aversion, influence of personal characteristics, the relation between economic preferences and other non-cognitive skills, whether preferences and attitudes vary according to social and institutional environments, and differences across populations and countries. The project PREFERENCES (Understanding preferences: Measurement, prevalence, determinants and consequences) focused on four particularly important types of preferences: risk, time, social, and work and leisure. Related research has broadened our knowledge and understanding of determinants and consequences of economic preferences. The team identified various external factors driving the diversity of preferences, including age, gender, the role of parents and cognitive abilities. Bridges insights from various disciplines, PREFERENCES' methodology combined lab and field experiments with large-scale survey studies. This enabled researchers to comprehensively evaluate the advantages of tightly controlled environments and large-scale representative data sets. A major project achievement is the establishment of a global preference map – a country-specific and representative assessment of key economic preferences in 76 nations from more than 80 000 individual observations. This data set allows the study of cross-cultural differences and culturally rooted individual determinants of preferences. It also affords insights into the role of preferences with respect to a country's economic performance. Preferences have been shown to systematically impact important outcomes such as financial decisions, migration and economic growth (at the societal level). As such, project work has implications for both research and policy.
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Heads and Tales is a family business based in Canberra with two busy mums as the driving force behind it. Our focus for Heads and Tales is to create unique and perfect cards and gifts for those people who are special to you.
We create all of our cards and cupcake toppers ourselves and our designs are based on fantasy ideas or what we think would make a great topper or card! If you want a personalised touch, send us a photo of the person you are buying for and we will add their face to our designs. We have also chosen our favourite items so that you can have your personalised image applied to more than just cards or toppers.
Our vintage partywares and gifts are chosen... because we like them! That keeps it simple. We love retro items or styles and this is a big influence in our choices - plus something a bit different, we love quirky!
Our blankets, headbands, bags, toys, craft kits, aprons and capes are all handmade. These are all part of our exclusive so.am.me range. All our items have been tested on the fussiest of customers – our own kids! We make our products in a smoke and pet free home and use quality fabrics that we mostly import. We love to use recycled fabric, like pre-loved jeans, but we always wash it before we start using it (!) We love the creativity that recycling old materials brings out in us and our products will be identified as recycled if they contain recycled materials. All our soft toys are filled with eco fill, made from recycled water bottles. We use this filling to do our bit for the environment and because it is hypo allergenic.
If you want a really special and unique gift, our custom oil paintings and portraits are perfect. We use non toxic oils on quality oil sketch paper. They are a wonderful way to remember special people, kids at a gorgeous age or events.
Michelle’s passion for creating images with fantasy based scenes, a touch of humour and loved one’s faces has led to fantastic cards, wonderful cupcake toppers and personalised products. It's probably moved on from the days of the old camera here but the creativity required is no different. Imagine your little one handing out their own birthday party invitations showing them doing something incredible like floating over the top of Prague holding a bunch of balloons or riding on the top of a giant lollipop alongside their pet monkey! Or having their own special cupcake toppers made just for them. The pride and excitement is certainly worth seeing. Michelle is an interior designer, visual merchandiser, graphic designer and has loads of retail experience.
Carol’s passion is for anything handmade and that harks back to the ‘good old days’ and childhood memories of when fun was simple. Think of helping mum make biscuits and pikelets wearing your favourite frilly apron, or playing dress ups with sparkly headbands, or seeing your little brother flying around with a tea towel cape tied around his neck. She loves creating gorgeous blankets, toys and headbands and knows when she is onto a winner based on whether her own kids love it. Her favourite pastime is 'hanging out' in op shops and searching for the perfect pair of jeans to transform into a cool RJ bag (recycled jeans) or something that sparks an idea. She has an exclusive label – so.am.me for your little princess and the little man in your life who are who they are, no matter what anyone says! Her latest passion is drawing and painting and so the custom oil paintings service has begun. Carol is an accountant who has recently taken a career change to focus on Heads and Tales and make the most of her creative juices.
As co-owners, Michelle and Carol have different but complimentary skills which blend beautifully to create Heads and Tales. Please visit us again!


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Remember this fruit has inedible seeds!
- Cut it in half, all the way around, likely hitting a few seeds nestled on the inside.
- Pull your halves apart and the large seeds will remain embedded in one half.
- Scoop a rich and delicious spoonful right out of the fruit’s skin to enjoy its pudding-like custard.
- Do not eat the seeds! Discard or save to try and grow your own tree.
- Enjoy as is or bake into breads, mousse or any other treat calling for subtle sweetness (hint: makes a great substitute for bananas in chocolate chip banana bread).
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Senator Christopher Connors, Assemblyman Brian Rumpf and Assemblywoman DiAnne Gove are alerting constituents that the controversial Common Interest Community Legislation from last year, S-2425, has been reintroduced and advanced in committee. The new bill number for the current Legislative Session is S-2261.
More than 9,000 residents signed a petition opposing legislation, later vetoed by the Governor, to change common community laws. The bill is back again, and Senator Connors, Asm. Rumpf and Asw. Gove are leading the opposition. (@iStock)
On May 27 of this year, Senator Connors voted against S-2261 as a member of the Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee. Following the bill’s release from Committee, the 9th District Delegation provided an update to constituents:
“A large and actively engaged majority of our constituents living in age-restricted communities do not want or need Trenton interfering with the operations of their communities.
“Despite having already drawn the ire of many residents throughout the state and having been pocket-vetoed by Governor Murphy in January of this year, Common Community legislation S-2425 has been reintroduced with the new bill number of S-2261 for the current Session.
“While this legislative proposal is innocuous, it has been advertised as the first of several legislative proposals to modify common interest community-related laws.
“It is anticipated that the subsequent legislative proposals are to deal with more contentious issues, which likely does not bode well for residents of age-restricted communities.
“Last Session, our delegation delivered to the legislative leadership and Governor Murphy petitions signed by more than 9,000 residents opposed to the legislation.
“While we were extremely disappointed the Legislature passed S-2425, with our delegation voting NO, the citizen-led petition drive proved highly effective as Governor Murphy pocket-vetoed the legislation at the end of the Session.
“Over the years, these constituents have consistently rejected any effort by have age-restricted communities further regulated by the Trenton bureaucracy.
“Regardless of any arguments made by special interests, our delegation remains committed to representing the interests of our constituents.”
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CD Formulation's laboratories have successfully developed a series of innovative and diverse technology platforms based on years of experience and high-end technology in small molecule targeting research. We provide modules for target-specific binding, including GalNAc, antibody-drug couples, peptide-drug couples, etc. We offer services such as modification and development to efficiently provide solutions for our clients' projects and to better develop their drugs in terms of delivery.
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This blog post is published ahead of the 41st World Health Organisation's Expert Committee on Drug Dependence (ECDD) meeting, which will critically review tramadol and issue a recommendation on its scheduling for the consideration of the 62nd Session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs. IDPC has submitted contribution to the ECDD's meeting on the matter. IDPC is of the view that scheduling tramadol is presently unnecessary and would be counter-productive in its effects on public health.
Tramadol in Africa is presented as a ‘drug issue’ that can be corrected with drug control measures: repression, arrests, seizures and bureaucratic controls. After all, there is a logical appeal to responding in a way that is familiar and for which a process is already in place: All we have to do is the same as we have done for hundreds of other products in the past…
Letting administrative convenience determine the direction of policy-making, however, will simply maintain and exacerbate the harms being caused by our current drug policies – arriving at a cure before having the diagnosis, and using the criminal justice system to address a public health problem.
When researching into tramadol use in West Africa, we found two key factors that are as essential as they are often overlooked:
1. The structure of medical care provision across the region
West African health care systems are still struggling from decades of neglect and sharp spending cuts. Existing services focus on preventing infectious diseases and improving the life expectancy of children and mothers, and are struggling to meet the growing burden of non-communicable diseases. Sharp increases in the case load of cancer and HIV are leaving large numbers of people in need of regular medical attention. Growing social inequality means that large sections of rural but also of the urban poor are sorely neglected.
These populations rely on the informal sector. Most West Africans obtain their medications from markets, chemist shops and itinerant traders. These medicine vendors are often not able to ascertain the quality of the medications they source from distributors and wholesalers. They are more likely to sell substandard and falsified medicines and less likely to ensure that medicines are sold for the right purpose. Yet these informal channels continue to play a critical role in providing medical services to hard-to-reach communities.
In Ghana, the Pharmacist Council and the Pharmacy Association are working closely with the Foods and Drugs Authority in the regulation of pharmacies. They ensure that all registered pharmacists abide by regulations – and these include selling controlled medicines only in exchange for a verified prescription.
City centres such as Accra are well supplied with pharmacies that are as professional as any in Europe. But these pharmacies cater for a small part of the market, and the rural areas are not well serviced. Recognising this, the authorities relax their standards for informal service providers and chemist shops in rural areas.
In the village of Sor, for instance, in the north of Ghana, we interviewed Naabil1, a farmer who had been stung by a scorpion days before we met. Formal channels to obtain pain relief are inaccessible, or inexistent, to the rural poor. So, Naabil procured tramadol from a local chemist shop that does not require a doctor’s prescription. Were tramadol to be treated as an illicit narcotic drug, thousands like Naabil would be unable to satisfy their legitimate medical need or, worse, face criminal sanctions for doing so.
Were tramadol to be treated as an illicit narcotic drug, thousands, particularly the rural poor, will be unable to satisfy their legitimate medical need or, worse, face criminal sanctions for doing so.
The tramadol (and other medications) that is available to farmers, fishermen and other workers is mainly from generic pharmaceutical producers. Some are genuine, but in recent years there has been a sharp increase in illicitly-produced products that are adulterated with other substances. Some of these are clearly not intended for medical use because they are of a potency far in excess of the usual medical practice.
The tramadol that doctors prescribe in Accra for treating post-operative pain, neuropathic pain or lower back pain, or for people in late stages of cancer, is of a strength of 50 to 100 mg, or 150 mg with slow release formulations. The tablets on the informal market, however, can be 225 mg, 400 mg or even more.
These high-potency formulations guarantee a faster onset, which gives a sensation that some people seek. Yet these products are not imported by the established medical wholesalers, but rather trafficked across porous borders or through the large container ports, just like the falsified antibiotics and antimalarials that are responsible for thousands of fatalities, according to the World Health Organisation.
Ensuring that medicines are of a high standard is the role of regulatory agencies. But, across West Africa, pharmaco-vigilance is poorly resourced, with far less international support than the fight against ‘illicit drugs’.
2. Motivations and entry routes for consumers
For many people, tramadol provides legitimate and essential pain relief – especially in the absence of other pain relief options. Tramadol is the only stage two medication with a good safety profile that is available for pain management in the region. Adding it to the list of prohibited medicines will deprive patients of the last opioid available – it will become as hard to obtain as, for example, morphine.
There is a ready supply of tramadol in the private hospitals catering for the elite, but State hospitals are often short of stock. Without this medicine, patients would have to resort to far less potent options such as paracetamol or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs which can have severe side effects.
We already know that many health care professionals avoid internationally-controlled substances because of (or through fears and misconceptions of) the heavy regulations involved. Experience shows that medicines simply become unavailable once they become under the gaze of drug law enforcement. Getting prescriptions for a strong, effective medication takes longer, and finding a pharmacy that stocks it becomes harder. Patients are then more likely to buy these from informal providers and markets where medications may be falsified and adulterated.
In Niamey, for instance, the pharmacy of the national hospital is usually out of morphine, and patients go into surgery bringing their own medications – obtained from the informal market. Adding tramadol to the list of controlled substances will penalise the poor, and push people who are in pain onto the criminal market – it will effectively criminalise being in pain.
Moreover, many people who are using tramadol in the markets, on the fields, or when driving long distances do so at least initially because they are performing very demanding, physically strenuous jobs for very poor pay. They are the working poor, living in extremely difficult conditions with few exit options. Including tramadol in the international drug control schedules will also criminalise these people, with dire consequences.
In Nigeria, tramadol's national scheduling has fueled arrests and enabled corruption by law enforcement officers.
In Lagos, where tramadol is under national control, two labourers speak of police raids where people were arrested for standing near a tramadol wrapper, held at police stations until their family brought “bail money” (a euphemism for the undocumented bribes collected by the police).
The tramadol flowing from unauthorised routes in West Africa requires a more balanced way forward. In Ghana, for instance, there was a joint effort by the Food and Drugs Authority, Pharmacy Council, Pharmaceutical Association and civil society organisations to sensitise the populace on the dangers of unprescribed tramadol use among the youth. Pharmaco-surveillance was increased by the regulatory bodies in the country and that successfully brought down consumption among recreational users. By mobilising multi-agency teams to enforce existing national laws and working with civil society groups and the media, Ghana has shown that there is an alternative way forward.
Ghana’s approach is a clear example of how African countries can address non-medical use without increasing harms to patients – using quotas for local manufacturers and importers, designating one single point of entry for importation of tramadol, and increasing funding for demand reduction strategies such as education and sensitisation.
As Dr Amaning Danquah, Registrar of the Ghana Pharmacy Council, asked rhetorically during the research: “How long can countries keep scheduling substances that become problematic?”
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Dancing with passion for Samoa
“If you’re passionate about your culture, you will do everything to uphold and maintain it.”
This is the message from one of the well-known Samoan Dance groups based in New Zealand.
Le La o Samoa Dance Group is a group made up of passionate Samoan ladies.
They were in the country last week participating in the Teuila Festival.
The group also had the opportunity to host shows after the Teuila in some of the hotels in Samoa to showcase their talents.
On Thursday night, the group graced the stage for guests and visitors of Le Manumea Hotel with a lovely show.
The leader of the Group, Lanah Sellen Su’a Aoina and the Treasurer and Secretary, Evelyn Limā Saena described their experience of the Teuila Festival as ‘amazing.’
“It is always good to be back here in Samoa and it was a great experience to be part of the Teuila Festival this year,” said Lanah.
“It was one of our goals from the beginning of this year and our girls worked really hard to accomplish it and to be here; it’s an amazing thing.”
And Evelyn couldn’t agree more with what Lanah said.
She said, “It’s actually my first here for the Teuila. The atmosphere was very awesome and the hype that we got from there is just amazing. We are so blessed to have participated in this year’s festival.
“The whole festival was great. We had a variety of groups from overseas and also some local groups sharing the stage and to get to see all the different talents of our people, it was just fantastic.”
The success of their dance group, Lanah immediately credited to God.
“Our success comes from Him and we put Him first in all that we do. We know that the talent that we have and strength comes from Him and we give all the glory to Him.”
Moreover, Lanah and Evelyn also believe that the support from the community is another reason why they made it this far.
“I honestly believe that if it weren’t for their words of encouragement, we wouldn’t be here so we are grateful to them.
“And we truly appreciate all the love and support from our families and friends.”
As to what makes Le La o Samoa different from the other dance groups?
Lanah said, “We are unique in a way, where we implement an expression of our own story through our music and the geography of our movement and formation, and also make it fun to captivate the audience.
“We also pay a lot of attention to fine details of our geography to try and push ourselves to the very best of our abilities. It will not stop here.
“Our goal is to maintain our traditional movements, gracefulness and help inspire the future generations.”
Evelyn said, “If you’re passionate about your culture, you will do everything to uphold and maintain it.
“For us, because we live abroad, it’s very hard for us to learn the language and our culture because of the environment that we live in.
“But coming together as a group, we teach each other and we learn from one another. We truly believe that dancing plays an important part in maintaining our culture. And for us, this is something we love, and we are proud of what we do.”
Lastly, their message for the youth of Samoa is simple.
“Be proud,” said Evelyn.
“We are proud of our culture and our country. And we proudly carry our culture with us anywhere we go. We should never be afraid to showcase our talents from God.”


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The study of coping behavior is one of the most rapidly developing areas in the field of health, social and psychological research. Russian psychologists are actively developing theoretical and practical aspects of coping behavior as a phenomenon of regulation and self-regulation of the subject's behavior, personal development, well-being, health, resources, and human productivity. The article analyzes the relationship between individual psychological characteristics of personality and coping behavior in elderly people. The study involved retired persons living in the city of Vladikavkaz (Republic of North Ossetia-Alania). There were revealed positive correlations between emotionally oriented coping and demonstrativeness, suspicion, impulsivity, anxiety, tension, and depression. It is described that problem-oriented coping is typical for extroverts, sociable and gullible people, inclined to self-control, persistence, and responsibility. Avoidance-oriented coping is characteristic of people who are expressive, inquisitive, flexible in their behavior in external circumstances. Coping behavior of elderly people is associated with a system of goal-setting actions, predicting the outcome of the process, and creatively solving a problem situation. It is a complex multifactorial phenomenon that provides a person with productivity, good health, and well-being, through the conscious choice of behaviors following personal characteristics and the requirements of a stressful situation. Avoidance-oriented coping is characteristic of people who are expressive, curious, seeking new impressions, and flexible in their behavior in external circumstances. The data obtained can be considered in the development of educational and methodological programs in social psychology, developmental and developmental psychology, gerontopsychology, crisis psychology, psychological counseling, personality psychology, stress psychology, etc.
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I have had a little problem with foc motor detection. When I measured the flux linkage the motor had trouble with spinning, because VESC use parameters that are good enough for a lot of motors but not all.
Wouldn't it be awesome if we could give some parameters such as KV, motor poles and so on to have a more smooth flux linkage detection? And it's not that hard to implement.
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Mumbai, September 5
Makers of the upcoming mystery thriller film 'Jaane Jaan' on Tuesday, unveiled the filmâ's official trailer.
Taking to Instagram, OTT platform Netflix shared the trailer which they captioned, "It'ss almost time...21st September! See you #JaaneJaan."
'Jaane Jaan' stars Kareena Kapoor Khan, Vijay Varma and Jaideep Ahlawat in the lead roles and is all set to stream on the OTT platform Netflix from September 21.
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Helmed by Sujoy Ghosh, the film marks Kareena's OTT debut.
Jaane Jaan's trailer gives a glimpse into all the mysterious happenings in the chilly and pine-tree covered Kalimpong, as it delves into the complex intertwined relationships and secrets. Maya (Kareena Kapoor Khan), Naren (Jaideep Ahlawat) and Karan (Vijay Varma) navigate through a web of emotions and unforeseen circumstances as they cover up and uncover clues in a bid to outwit each other. Brace yourself for a journey that will evoke both love and thrill and keep you on the edge of your seat as you witness powerhouse performances, all through the lens of Sujoy Ghosh.
Talking about the trailer launch of the film, Director and Writer, Sujoy Ghosh said, â€œI am so excited that the audiences finally get to see a glimpse of Jaane Jaan, a film extremely close to my heart. Set in Kalimpong the film sees a love story, a criminal investigation, a budding attraction, mastermind plotting and the will to do anything for love. Essayed by my dream cast of Kareena, Jaideep and Vijay, all in roles so different from what they have been seen in before. On 21st September, this film will be yours, across the world youâ'll get to see this thriller come to life and I cannot wait to see what you think!" Kareena Kapoor said, "I am so excited the trailer is finally yours to see! This is the first time audiences will see me in a thriller, playing something gritty like this. Jaane Jaan was a script that I had to say YES to the first time I heard of it. I have always told Sujoy the USP of this film is its cast and I had a superb time working with Jaideep and Vijay. I cant wait for Netflix audiences to enjoy Jaane Jaan."
Adding onto that, Jaideep Ahlawat said, "Ever since I heard the script of Jaane Jaan, I was floored. This role gave me a completely new and never seen before look and offered me an opportunity to do something I've never done before and I'm so glad the audiences are getting to see a glimpse of that today. Working with Sujoy Ghosh was a dream come true, his directive lens helped me put my best foot forward. Sharing the screen space with Kareena Kapoor Khan, was truly amazing as she is a gem of a person. And of course, my good friend Vijay Varma, always a pleasure working with him! Our friendship goes way back since we were together in FTII as well. I genuinely hope the audiences also appreciate me in this new avatar and enjoy watching this film as much as I enjoyed shooting for it."
Actor Vijay Varma shared, "Jaane Jaan was a film I jumped at the minute Sujoy shared that he wanted me to play a role like this. I am playing a witty, charming and sharp police officer, refreshing break from the baddies I',ve played before. The film is directed by an auteur known for thrillers, my co-actors are Kareena Kapoor Khan and Jaideep Ahlawat and we got to shoot this in Kalimpong. Who will say no to this? The trailer is the perfect bait to hook audiences and bring them into the world"
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AAA Insurance Carmel PorchFest is set for 1 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15. Carmel held its first PorchFest in 2014, becoming the first city in Indiana to hold one.
The first PorchFest was held in Ithaca, N.Y. in 2007 and has grown each year.
The musical acts range from acoustic to electric and solo to ensemble in a free family friendly event. There will be performances on 19 different porches. Sets are all 45 minutes.
Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
The PorchFest area is on 1st Avenue NW and 2nd Avenue between 1st Street NW and 6th Street NW in Old Town Carmel. The area is between Range Line Road and the Monon Trail and north of Main Street and south of 136th Street/Smokey Row Road.
The PorchFest area will be open to foot traffic only. Residents who live in the area are encouraged to avoid driving if not necessary during the event for the safety of festival participants. No on-street parking will be allowed from 6 p.m. Sept. 14 to 6 p.m. Sept. 15.
Parking is available at Sophia Square garage and Indiana Design Center garage and along Range Line Road.
Pets must be on leashes.
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Reducing Impact of Tragedies: Red Cross in Central Asia
Earthquakes are familiar occurrences in many parts of Central Asia, but with the help of the American Red Cross communities are learning how to be better prepared and minimize the devastation caused by disasters.
Ludmila Zasepina was only 7 years old when the 1948 earthquake struck, taking every member of her family with it. She spent years afterwards bouncing from orphanage to orphanage, along with many other young children victimized by the same tragedy. Batyr Kurbanov remembers his mother desperately struggling to pull her seven children from the rubble through a small opening in the side of their collapsed home. She couldn’t help them all.
Hardly known outside of the former Soviet Union, the 1948 earthquake in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan took the lives of an estimated 178,000 people. With many parts of Central Asia resting on the Eurasian-Himalayan fault line, this is one of the most earthquake-prone regions of the world.
With support from the American Red Cross, the Red Crescent Societies in Central Asia are helping to reduce the impact of future tragedies by implementing preparedness training courses aimed at school students, universities, special needs groups, hospitals and clinics, and other at-risk populations. Local Red Crescent volunteers and staff are teaching disaster preparedness to local communities and have trained 30,000 people to date.
“People have been very receptive to the project and our work, and really recognize how important this training is,” said Ainura Bastaubaeva of the Kazakhstan Red Crescent Society. “When even the smallest earthquake strikes, the community simply panics and has no real idea what to do. They stay in the streets for most of the night, afraid to go back to their homes. Hopefully, we can help alleviate some of those fears, and make everyone more prepared to help themselves and their families when the time comes.”
While there are perhaps only 200 survivors of the 1948 earthquake in Ashgabat still alive, each and every one of them has a story to tell. The event was a national tragedy, memorialized today by a striking monument and an annual day of mourning. Together, with the collective efforts of the Red Cross, these communities can become better prepared for disasters creating a safer future for thousands.
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies about 40 percent of the nation's blood; teaches skills that save lives; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a not-for-profit organization that depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit redcross.org or visit us on Twitter at @RedCross.
All American Red Cross disaster assistance is provided at no cost, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. The Red Cross also supplies nearly half of the nation's lifesaving blood. This, too, is made possible by generous voluntary donations. To help the victims of disaster, you may make a secure online credit card donation or call 1-800-HELP NOW (1-800-435-7669) or 1-800-257-7575 (Spanish). Or you may send your donation to your local Red Cross or to the American Red Cross, P.O. Box 37243, Washington, D.C. 20013. To donate blood, please call 1-800-GIVE-LIFE (1-800-448-3543), or contact your local Red Cross to find out about upcoming blood drives..
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Hidden deep down in a dusty&dirty small plastic box we found three DAT tapes. Do you know what a DAT tape is? Do you know what a DAT tape player look like? After a long search we got our hands on a DAT machine that actually worked! From this tapes we saved more work from the Norwegian producer Dj Tripman. His vinyl releases is now near impossible to track down out there, and if you find them, get ready to pay up! So what's the fuzz all about?
Well, as the house music cratediggers search deeper and deeper into the history of house, and particular the golden 90's, they more often now look beyond the US/UK releases to find rare, obscure and limited house releases. The ice cold and remote Norway is obvious not the place you expect to find anything that resembles the sound of the beloved 90's house sound. Wrong!
On his 1998 'Bedroom revenge EP' there was a short track named 'Jazztool'. It contained just a simple jazz loop with some jazz scat vocals. However, little did we know that he had used those sounds to complete a simple, but yet a fully playable house track with additional drums and jazzy guitar.
From his first vinyl release we finally saved a 'workable' copy of his 'Dance' track. This track has all his trademark beats&sounds, produced on the legendary EMU-sp 1200 drumsampler, and really resembles the mid 90's house sound.
Finally, and what a treat, we saved an unreleased track! 'The way' shows a different side, or shall we say, the whole track contains elements that sums up the various musical styles that inspired him. It starts out as a happy disco sound, then midways turns into a jazzy monster, to end up flipping a crazy vocoder to get the funk on! Those beats and that bassline together with insane beats, grab on to something!


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As part of Depop's ongoing residency at Selfridges, Fecal Matter is hosting a week-long pop-up at the London-based luxury department store. This marks the first time the Montreal fashion duo's provocative, non-conforming designs get the IRL treatment at a physical space.
In addition to Fecal Matter's regular best-sellers, the pop-up will also feature an exclusive collection for Selfridges called "Chained to the System." The capsule consists of one-of-a-kind pieces including dildo handbags and nonbinary-friendly pieces with metal hardware accents.
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"We sewed 100 pieces ourselves and really put our love, sweat and tears in each design," the founders said in a statement. "As many of you know, we are independent designers and we produce everything ourselves. It's a challenge sometimes but it's worth it knowing how pure and personal our approach is as designers. As gender non-conforming individuals/aliens in the fashion industry, it's really a proud moment to be able to offer our designs to all of you at Selfridges."
The Fecal Matter pop-up is available now in the Depop space at Selfridges until October 31st.
Photos courtesy of Fecal Matter


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Since the magazine pocket profile is different than regular AR-15’s, which is normally how the machine probes, custom designed code had to be developed as well. This code can be obtained by purchasing a flashdrive with the latest codes and jig files from us here at GGD. Flashdrives can only be mailed to US residents at US mailing addresses.


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For Democrats vying for the U.S. Presidency, the housing crisis offers a chance to put forward a compelling message about the failures of the Bush Administration to regulate the banking and mortgage industry, says a Democratic delegate to the convention, who’s also the Attorney General of Ohio.
Nothing like kicking off the week with a dose of really grim news.
Nouriel Roubini, professor of economics at New York University, did just that on Tuesday morning at the Reuters Housing Summit with his thoughts on just how dire the real estate market looks right now and how tough it’s going to be for homebuilders for the rest of the year.
The current housing crisis presents challenges for U.S. mayors that few elected officials have ever faced before. Rising foreclosures destabilize neighborhoods and families and can lead to higher crime, Douglas Palmer, Mayor of Trenton, New Jersey, told the Reuters Housing Summit on Tuesday.
The worst housing market in the United States right now is in Sacramento, California, according to Radar Logic’s director of research Jonathan Miller, whose analytics business produces a daily “spot” price for residential real estate in major U.S. metropolitan areas, or MSAs.
Ratings agencies sued over their role in the the subprime mortgage crisis won’t be able to hide behind free speech protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution, because they played an active role in structuring loan assets, attorney Salvatore Graziano told the Reuters Housing Sumit on Tuesday.


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DMA's Announce Third Studio Album
DMA’S have revealed full details of their forthcoming third studio album, THE GLOW. The album was recorded and mixed by multiple Grammy Award winner Stuart Price [The Killers, Madonna, New Order] between Westlake Studios in West Hollywood and RAK Studios in London.
THE GLOW finds DMA’S fulfilling their world class potential with a collection of songs that are destined for arenas. From their emotive heart to their towering, anthemic hooks, the core traits that have earned the band a growing global following are all in place but, with the help of Stuart Price, DMA’S have elevated both sides of their sonic spectrum to new heights.
It’s a mission statement that DMA’S immediately encapsulate within the opening tracks. A swaggering mash-up of Screamadelica-era attitude, big beat dynamics and modern alt-pop flair, NEVER BEFORE instantly sets the tone. The title track then keeps that momentum firing, a rapid rush of melodic energy, joyous optimism and a new-found confidence in Tommy O’Dell’s vocals. As suggested by the recent single SILVER, DMA’S are expanding the scale of their sound with CRIMINALS introducing the biggest contrast on the record, its punchy, groove-focused hook taking flight from its restrained verses.
The Lennon-esque intro to LEARNING ALIVE soon turns itself into something unexpected, pulling on the heart-strings and scaling up the drama with a stirring string section. And yet DMA’S save the biggest surprise for last. COBRACAINE is a celebration of everything the band can be. It’s a melting pot of sounds, with an escalating wall of guitars being the foundation for a tense, almost trance like beat with vocals filtered through harmonies and vocoders. As it hurtles towards its mesmerising conclusion, one thing is certain – this is the most fully realised of the band’s three albums to date.
The band have also released a new single from the album. LIFE IS A GAME OF CHANGING is an anthemic and euphoric mix of electronica, melodic guitars, pounding drums and Tommy’s melancholic vocals, and was premiered by BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunders. The video, which is also now available, was directed by Bill Bleakley and shot in Bangkok and Thailand.
DMA’S shared the first taster from THE GLOW with the single SILVER at the end of 2019 which was received fanatically from their audience and the media alike, and is still playlisted at UK radio three months after release.
THE GLOW will be available to purchase on CD, download and heavyweight black vinyl as well as limited edition heavyweight tricolour vinyl through HMV and independent record stores. There will also be exclusive merchandise bundles with signed prints plus limited-edition heavyweight transparent green vinyl, cassette and highly limited signed test pressings when purchased through the band’s online store.
UK album tour dates have also been announced, including the band’s biggest London headline show to date at Alexandra Palace in October as well as new shows in Hull, Southampton and Norwich in May. Fans who pre-ordered THE GLOW from the official store will receive access to an exclusive 48-hour priority ticket pre-sale for these shows.
The pre-sale will open at 9am GMT on WEDNESDAY 5 FEBRUARY and will remain available until tickets go on general sale from 9am GMT on FRIDAY 7 FEBRUARY.
After their last visit to the UK supporting Liam Gallagher on his huge arena tour in November 2019, DMA’S will return to the UK in March to play a headline show at London O2 Brixton Academy on 6 March [which sold out in under 24 hours] as well as a benefit gig at London ULU on 5 March in aid of the Australian Bushfire Relief. In addition, the band will headline Live at Leeds Festival, Hit the North Festival, Sounds of The City in Manchester and are main support to Gerry Cinnamon at Glasgow Hampden Park.
Full UK dates as follows:
Thu 05 LONDON University of London Union [SOLD OUT]
Fri 06 LONDON O2 Brixton Academy [SOLD OUT]
Fri 01 HULL Bonus Arena
Sat 02 LEEDS Live at Leeds Festival
Sun 03 NEWCASTLE Hit the North Festival
Tue 05 SOUTHAMPTON O2 Guildhall
Wed 06 NORWICH UEA
Thu 09 MANCHESTER Castlefield Bowl [SOLD OUT]
Sat 18 GLASGOW Hampden Park [SOLD OUT]
Fri 23 LONDON Alexandra Palace


Konkreet Labs has released version 2.1 of the Konkreet Performer controller app for iOS.
KONKREET PERFORMER is a music control and performance instrument that was designed to use multi-touch technology to the full.
Instead of traditional faders and knobs, use multi-touch and gestures to manipulate PERFORMER’s beautiful shapes to dynamically control your computer’s software instruments in real-time.
Changes in Konkreet Performer v2.1
- Resizeable Touch Areas — Especially useful for grabbing nodes quickly. The size of the touch areas can now be set, per bank, in the preferences screen.
- Discontinuous Node Angles — The standard node angle output is a continuous 0 to 180 to 0 degrees. Now, with this update, the output can be set to the full 0 to 360 degrees.
- Various bug fixes.
Konkreet Performer for iOS costs $24.99 USD.
More information: Konkreet Labs
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If you hadn't heard, it's Independent Bookseller Week here in the UK - a time to highlight independent stores, with events around the country. I thought I'd share three of my favourite independent shops. Written list below the video :)
First, I love Transreal Fiction, in Edinburgh. They have an amazing selection of science fiction and fantasy books, and everything in between, as well as comics, stuffed toys, etc. They're always happy to order in something if they don't have it and it's a great place to find American editions of books, especially if it's not currently published in the UK.
Next, Looking Glass Books, also in Edinburgh. This one is part cafe, part bookshop and regularly hosts author events. Very cute shop and a lovely place to hang out and write.
Third, Seven Stories in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Seven Stories really deserves a post of it's own - it's the National Centre for Children's Books and apart from hosting various wonderful exhibits (I loved the Jacqueline Wilson one) they have a large children's bookshop on the ground floor, with everything from picture books to young adult stories.


It’s that time of the year. Agencies are about to wind down, but before they leave for the holidays, they’re putting together nifty cards/sites/videos that show off their creative and tech chops. See our earlier batch here.
Following its tradition of musical holiday creations, this year AKQA has created Mobile Orchestra. Grab some of your friends or colleagues and fire up the site on your mobile devices. Each will be assigned an instrument, to create an orchestral rendition of “Carol of the Bells.”
GIFs, not gifts, are this year’s hot item online, so Attention created a GIF Guide to help spread holiday cheer this year.
Facetivus is this year’s offering from Iris Worldwide, which features videos of staffers getting eggnog, pies and various other items thrown at their faces in the name of charity. For each video play racked up the agency is donating a dollar to Hurricane Sandy relief.
Inspired by its “Thirsty Thursdays” office tradition, Campfire has compiled some of its staffers’ favorite festive drink recipes and the stories that accompany them to create “Drink, Drink and Be Merry.”
The Ad-Mazing Augmento is youth-engagement agency Fuel’s holiday creation this year, and it takes the form of a mystical tool offering insight into the upcoming marketing and digital trends for 2013. Turns out that industry jargon might not be going away any time soon, according to Augmento, at least.
Hispanic-focused agency Wing decided to combine two important cultural phenomena: the Christmas sweater and the “YOLO” lifestyle philosophy. The result? The YOLO Holiday Sweater, of course…
Y&R wants to hear your hopes for a better 2013 and is inviting users to upload 15-second videos or jpegs to a video that will grow in real time to include submitted messages, titled “Imagine a Better World.”
Another .gif-inspired effort is Carrot Creative’s “12 GIFs of Carrot,” featuring vocal accompaniments from the agency’s staffers.
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RELEASE: Nyack's Social Justice Celebration Marks 10th Anniversary
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Nyack College Celebrates
the 10th Anniversary of Social Justice Day
M & T Bank is the Corporate Sponsor for Nyack's Remembrance of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Nyack, NY—The campus community of Nyack College will gather with elected officials, community leaders, and Rockland County residents at Nyack Seaport, 21 Burd Street in Nyack on Sunday, January 18 at 6:00 p.m. to celebrate a tradition that began a decade ago as a prelude to observing the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday. Nyack’s Social Justice Celebration keeps alive Dr. King’s dream of the “beloved community.” A 5:30 p.m. reception for honorees will precede the dinner.
Social Justice Awards will be presented to the Honorable John Murphy (District 16 legislator). the longest serving elected official in the Rockland County Legislature; Wilbur Aldridge, regional director of the Mid-Hudson Westchester NAACP, and the Holocaust Museum & Study Center at Rockland Community College. Paulo Feteira and Jose David Martinez, co-owners of Union Restaurant in Haverstraw will also receive special recognition for the charitable work they have done in the community. In February 2014, for the sixth year, Union Restaurant was closed for regular business and a three-day event was hosted to feed families adversely impacted by economic hardship.
Nyack College's inaugural Social Justice Day event debuted in January 2006 and honored Rockland County Civil Rights Hall of Fame inductee and NAACP Nyack Branch president, Mrs. Frances Pratt and featured keynote speaker, Jane Elliot. Elliot is an internationally known diversity trainer and originator of the famous "blue eyes/brown eyes" exercise that categorizes participants as inferior or superior based solely upon the color of their eyes. Past recipients of the Social Justice Day Award have included elected officials of Rockland County, pastors, educators, local merchants, and community activists. The Martin Luther King Multi-Purpose Center, (http://mlkmpc.org) a nonprofit that offers educational, medical, cultural, social, and recreational programs to children, adults and elders and Leadership Rockland, Inc., a ten-month long program (www.leadershiprockland.org) for emerging and existing leaders in business, government and nonprofit sectors of the County have also been honored by the College.
The three sponsors for the event are M&T Bank (corporate); Orange & Rockland (multimedia); and Richard & Barbara Kohlhausen (entertainment).
Media will have an opportunity to interview the honorees at 5:00 p.m. prior to the reception and dinner. To arrange for photo ops or interviews, email Deborah.Walker@nyack.edu or phone 845.675.4430.
For more information about the event, contact Earl Miller, executive director of community relations at Nyack College at Earl.Miller@nyack.edu or by phone at 845.675.4791.
ABOUT NYACK COLLEGE
Founded in 1882, Nyack College is a Christian liberal arts college and seminary with a residential campus in Nyack, NY along the Hudson River, a commuter campus in the heart of New York City and an extension site in Puerto Rico. One of the most diverse institutions of higher education in the nation, Nyack is committed to academic excellence, educating nearly 3,000 students through its undergraduate, graduate and seminary degree programs. Nyack is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and is chartered by the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York. To learn more, visit www.nyack.edu.
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UCLA Gets Statement Win Over Arizona
Tennessee nearly erased 34 minutes of poor offensive play with six strong minutes Saturday night at Texas.
After making 12 shots in the game’s first 34:30 and four shots in the second halves first 14:30, Tennessee’s offense came alive, making seven shots to go on a 16-0 run and knot the Longhorns up with just over a minute to play.
The Vols even had the ball with the game tied, but eventually the Longhorns took a 51-50 lead with six seconds to go.
With the ball under its own basket, Tennessee took a timeout to draw up the final play.
Zakai Zeigler passed it in to Olivier Nkamhoua at the top of its own three-point line, Nkamhoua got the ball back to the point guard as he past him. The freshman guard dribbled inside the three-point line, finding Josiah Jordan James on the right wing for a game winning three-pointer that missed just left.
— ESPN (@espn) January 30, 2022
“We executed our out of bounds play,” Barnes said. “We were planning on bringing it to halfcourt because we did not think they would let us run by them like we did. I told Zakai when it comes in, if you got it, you go. If I don’t think you got it, you don’t worry about a timeout— I’ll call it. We couldn’t have asked for a better look. Zakai and the force we played with at the end. His force — all those guys out there at the end — did a terrific job.”
With three Longhorn players packing the paint, Zeigler undoubtedly made the right decision passing the ball off. One could argue that he should’ve driven deeper to get Santiago Vescovi an open triple in the corner.
However, Vescovi was zero-of-five from three-point range and James was previously three-of-six from deep with eight points in the 19-3 run to end the game.
Barnes drew up a play that got his freshman point guard space and Zeigler made the right decision, getting a wide open three-pointer to win the game. It’s illogical to complain about that look.
“I’ve seen shots like that one fall at the end against us,” Barnes said of his years at Texas with a laugh. “I was hoping that one would go in.”
The other controversy surrounding the final play was Tennessee’s lineup. The Vols’ rode with Zeigler, James, Vescovi, Nkamhoua and Victor Bailey Jr.
Barnes’ lineup kept point guard Kennedy Chandler on the bench as the Vols’ kept the lineup that made the miraculous run in.
“We even thought about it at the end but it was just the fact that that group that was playing, they actually wanted to stay like that,” Barnes said. “I asked them when they were coming over if anyone needed a blow and they all said ‘no, coach let us go. Let us keep riding this.’ Sometimes you have to listen to them. They felt good about it and he (Zeigler) is a tough guy. He, a couple times early in the game went in, but he’s not going to stop going. He’s a force, but those guys were in a rhythm and a groove and that’s why we just stayed with them, and they wanted to.”
Tennessee is looking to bounce back from the narrow loss when they host another Texas team to Thompson-Boling Arena Tuesday night. Tip-off between the Vols and Texas A&M is set for 7 p.m. ET.

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Join rock n’ roll promoter and expert swordsman Paul Shull on his mission to unearth the wildest weapons of historic warfare in The Weapon Hunter.
Also known as The Collectors (working title).
After suffering through one of the greatest military attacks in modern U.S. history, America rose from the ashes of Pearl Harbour and fought their way to victory. Perhaps no weapon helped turn the tide in the Pacific theatre greater than the 20mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannon. Join host Paul Shull as he tracks down two critical parts that will resurrect one of these devastating weapons to full working order. Then hear the stories of a Naval veteran who witnessed the carnage of 07 December 1941 firsthand.
The Weapon Hunter Series
You can find a full index and overview of The Weapon Hunter here.
Production & Filming Details
- Release Date: 26 February 2017.
- Rating: TV-14.
- Running Time: 60 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.


The Pocketlabworks iRiffPort is a guitar audio interface for iOS devices such as the iPhone and iPad, putting the ultimate portable guitar amp and effects modelling tool right at your fingertips.
iRiffPort is designed for guitar and bass and uses Digital IO with the Core Audio driver to make it practically class compliant - it will work with virtually all the guitar amp and effects apps available for your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad.
Pocketlabworks have designed the iRiffPort for ease of use, and it couldn't be easier: Plug the iRiffPort into your iPad or iOS device, the 6" cable into your guitar or bass, your headphones into the audio output (coupled with the guitar jack) and you're ready to play!
Main features of the Pocketlabs iRiffport include:
- Transforms your iPad, iPhone or iPod Touch into the ultimate portable practise guitar amp and effects processor
- Specifically designed for electric guitar and bass
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- Core-Audio makes it compliant with virtually all guitar amp apps
- 1/4" Instrument jack plug input
- 3.5mm Stereo headphones output
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- Recessed 30-pin Dock connector
- Compatible with iPad (all generations), iPhone 4/4S, and iPod Touch 4th generation


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Navy blue suede T-bar shoes with block heel
A particularly chic pair of navy blue suede T-bar shoes with a sleek profile, an almond toe and a block heel. The narrow T-shaped straps on the upper give these shoes a very elegant look. They fasten with a pretty gold-coloured oval buckle, like a jewel on the side of the shoe, with concealed elastic underneath for added comfort. The 5 cm covered block heel is exceptionally stable. Fully leather-lined T-bar shoes with leather insole.
#SHOESINMYLIFE These T-bar shoes look amazing with a little floral dress.
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Featured Vendor of the Week: Brittani Elizabeth Photography | Philadelphia Wedding Photographer
Whether you are newly engaged and can’t stop playing with that ring on your left hand, or if its five years later and you’re still as in love as you were on the day you said YES, you are in the right place. I would love love LOVE to hear about your story and capture a little tidbit of your life!
My favorite part of being a wedding photographer is the ability to tell each and every unique love story. I believe that weddings are a celebration of a sacred commitment and every wedding I witness reminds me of the importance of that promise. I am so blessed to not only capture, but to participate in every wedding I shoot and make sure to treat the people involved with the highest level of respect. Weddings are filled with beauty and magic that emerges so effortlessly. It is my job to make sure I capture that magic in the most authentic way.
A little more about my style…
I like to describe my style as a classic yet contemporary. On your wedding day, you can expect to laugh, joke, nuzzle and just love on each other! Most of my couples are already used to my shooting style by their wedding day because of their engagement session! Your engagement session is such a great opportunity for you to get to know how I shoot and for me to learn how you two interact! Natural light is our absolute favorite and we focus on capturing light, timeless and prismatic images!


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WHAT A TERRIFIC PLACE! The rooms are clean, relaxing and have kitchen features, which is great for a family. It is across a small street from the beach in a relatively safe area. the grounds are beautiful, there is an adequate pool and jacuzzi, and best of all , mom and dad can go down to the courtyard in the evening and relax with a glass of ?, in front of a fire-- while the kids are asleep or watching tv in the room. You can see most of the rooms right from the courtyard so it makes for a very relaxing evening to visit with other adults ! Also, there are barbques available for your use.
only drawback--parking is very limited, so when you find a place, walk everywhere you can ! also very close(walking distance) there is a part of the beach that has life guards - you can drive and park or walk-its close enough!
Carlsbad itself is much more family oriented than other areas of san diego beaches. We didnt see alot of homeless or rough looking persons as we have in the past in the misson beach area.
We would absolutely go again !