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San Antonio City Council on Thursday approved changes to a pair of downtown development incentive programs, making one available citywide and expanding the other to 13 defined regional centers.
After a yearlong suspension and review process called for by Mayor Ron Nirenberg, the programs now feature greater emphasis on creating affordable housing, which was Nirenberg’s goal when he paused the Inner City Reinvestment and Infill Policy (ICRIP) and Center City Housing Incentive Policy (CCHIP) in December 2017.
The policy changes passed 8-2 with Councilman Rey Saldaña (D4) and Councilwoman Ana Sandoval (D7) voting against the changes.
The ICRIP program was expanded for use throughout the city and renamed the City of San Antonio Fee Waiver Program.
City leaders and others in the past raised concerns that CCHIP, which provides developers tax abatements, fee waivers, and low-interest, forgivable loans as incentives to spur housing construction in the city, was being used to create housing that many San Antonians couldn’t afford, leading Nirenberg to call for a pause and evaluation of the programs.
“There has been a real concern that we could be victims of our own success,” Nirenberg said. “In fact, we’ve seen it [with too] many families already, a concern that the decade of downtown could turn into the decade of displacement – something that no one on this City Council will allow to occur.
“A year ago we came together to hit the pause button to ensure that we are striking a better balance between the overall need for more housing in the center of our city and at the same time recognizing the necessity for more affordability, but we should no longer delay.”
While the reworked programs were approved, some Council members and citizens who spoke at Thursday’s meeting said the changes didn’t go far enough in helping to create affordable housing. Council members also expressed concern over direct and indirect resident displacement through development and rapid neighborhood change.
Councilman Roberto Treviño (D1) supported the changes and promised to monitor how they are working and ensure the City studies the issue of resident displacement.
“There is no reason why the study can’t take place while the program is underway,” Treviño said.
The CCHIP policy will be reviewed again in two years. Assistant City Manager Lori Houston told Council that City staff would monitor the programs’ performance and report to a Council committee about them at least once each year. Council could also choose to review the program sooner, Houston said.
Cynthia Spielman, a member of the Beacon Hill Area Neighborhood Association and a founding member of the Tier One Neighborhood Coalition, spoke in opposition to the programs. Spielman emphasized she was speaking for herself and no particular organization.
“This is incentives for housing for the wealthy at the expense of the poor and using our public dollars to benefit for-profit developments,” Spielman told the Council. “This is not a good way to create a vibrant downtown or a downtown that most of us envisioned. We deserve better from you.”
One of the most significant changes to the policy excludes luxury housing units, defined as those for sale at a price above the Federal Housing Administration’s loan limit (currently $359,950), or rental housing with average rents above $2.75 per square foot.
Sandoval said she believes the policies have been improved over the past year but she could not vote in favor of them because she wanted Council to take more time to engage and inform the public, especially because expansion to 13 regional centers was only recently introduced.
“There is no silver bullet for affordable housing, and this will not be that silver bullet,” Sandoval said. “This is one of many tools.”
Councilman Greg Brockhouse (D6), who in October 2017 filed a Council Consideration Request to review the City incentives for residential and commercial projects, supported the changes.
“City Hall doesn’t build housing, nor do we create jobs, but we can slow it down and discourage development and job creation with mandates that demand businesses solve our social challenges,” Brockhouse said. “CCHIP and ICRIP have changed for the better and today’s vote was a step in the right direction.”
Saldaña called for a delay of Council’s vote earlier in the week. He pushed before the vote to base more of the layered incentives around families making 60 percent of area median income (AMI) instead of 80 percent AMI.
Houston said the policy would not be affordable if a higher percentage of incentives were dependent on a 60 percent AMI standard. She added that developers of certain projects might circumvent the requirements for affordable housing entirely if the standard was pushed to 60 percent AMI by building at six stories or higher, which meets CCHIP’s standards for density.
“We wouldn’t have additional funding to support that 60 percent AMI,” Houston told Saldaña. “That 80 percent is important. It really is important to have that workforce housing downtown.”
Earlier in the week, the COPS/Metro Alliance urged City Council to delay its vote to provide more time for citizens to understand the changes to CCHIP and hold at least one meeting completely dedicated to public input. The group also sought more details about a proposed affordable housing fund created within CCHIP and asked for a study of displaced residents caused by development using CCHIP incentives since the policies’ inception in 2012.
While Nirenberg and some Council members spoke with members of COPS/Metro Alliance about the policy changes this week, ultimately none of the group’s requests were immediately acted on.
“It is not enough that the Mayor and City Council give taxpayers their ‘word’ … to prevent direct displacement,” reads a COPS/Metro statement released after the vote that outlines a number of items the organization wants the City to act on. “The Mayor’s staff has told us he wants quarterly updates on the CCHIP program. We will expect those to be transparent and public.”
Council approved expansion of CCHIP to 13 regional centers around the Metro area including Brooks, the Greater Airport Area, Highway 151-Loop 1604, Lackland AFB-Port San Antonio, Northeast I-35-Loop 410, Medical Center, Midtown, Stone Oak, Texas A&M-San Antonio, and University of Texas at San Antonio. The program also expands to parcels of land within one-quarter mile of transportation corridors identified in the VIA 2040 Plan.
The area in which CCHIP incentives are available downtown shrinks from 5 square miles to 2.6 square miles. The changes also instituted a system in which different levels of incentives are available based on tiers and location within the city.
- Tier 1 will cover everywhere within .91 miles of the Central Business District and provide maximum incentives to projects including an affordability component.
- Tier 2 will require 10 percent of units committed to families making 60 percent of area median income (AMI) and 10 percent committed to families making 80 percent of AMI or be above five stories.
- Tier 3 will require 20 percent of units committed to families making 60 percent of AMI and be limited to the 13 regional centers and VIA transportation corridors.
CCHIP won’t be available in the regional centers until each area has completed its public input and planning process and had its land use plans adopted by City Council. City officials said this week that process should be complete for each of the regional centers by the end of 2019.


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The unexpected can surface at any time. At 24, I enjoyed my position in the U.S. Congress, and I had big dreams of attending law school. But on March 18, 1998, I was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Numb and disassociated, I entered a shocking world.
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Gina Haspel shows signs of shaping intelligence to avoid offending the President, former officials tell Politico.
Nine current and former officials said in interviews that CIA Director Gina Haspel has become extremely cautious about which, if any, Russia-related intelligence products make their way to President Donald Trump’s desk. Haspel also has been keeping a close eye on the agency’s fabled “Russia House,” whose analysts she often disagrees with and sometimes accuses of purposefully misleading her.
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Just thought I'd share a favorite recipe of mine.
I was reminded of these sweet bars when I saw the unopened bag of cashews in my pantry, so I decided to whip up a batch on Sunday night. And they turned out even better than I remembered from the first time I made them. (Yes, they are a favorite and I've only made them twice.) I think it's probably because I didn't have molasses the first time around, so I recommend using it if you have some leftover from gingerbread making during the holidays! Molasses lends a dark, rich flavor that complements the cinnamon and other sweeteners in the background of these bars.
I've been snacking on these all week at work.
Hope you enjoy too.
No-Bake Cashew Brittle Bars (courtesy of marthastewart.com)
1 1/4 cups old-fashioned oats
1 cup (about 5 ounces) salted cashews
1 1/2 ounces (3 tablespoons) unsalted butter
1/2 cup packed dark-brown sugar
3/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 tablespoons light corn syrup
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1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
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Add butter, sugar, cinnamon, corn syrup, molasses, and salt in the skillet, and cook over medium heat, stirring, until butter melts and mixture bubbles, 2 to 3 minutes. Pour hot mixture over oats and cashews, and stir to combine.
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*I pressed mine into a 8 inch square baking dish and cut into about 10 bars.
I consider these healthy because they are homemade and they have oats and nuts in them. I bet they are better than most commercially made pre-packaged granola bars anyway.

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Alma Szatmary writes Dr. King concerning his stance on the Vietnam war. Szatmary writes that it should be prohibited for Puerto Ricans and African Americans to serve as oppressors in Vietnam when they are the ones being oppressed here at home.
Dr. King calls for a day of penance that will serve as a tactic of the self-purification step of the nonviolence method. Dr. King urges for the City Commission to talk with leaders of the Albany Movement.
This is a draft of a response for Dr. King to make regarding the establishment of a bi-racial commission in St. Augustine, Florida to address the issues of equality, human dignity and racial justice.
Dr. King discusses the three sources of authority in religion: the church, the Bible, and experience. Dr. King cites the philosophical perception of an experience from Immanuel Kant's description. In addition, Dr. King compares different persons to associate the difference between age and experience.
The following brochure advertises the contents associated with the Frederick Douglass Institute of Negro Arts and History located in Washington, D.C. This particular exhibition sponsored by Ben Shahn highlights the subject of human rights. The brochure contains sketches of Gandhi and Dr. King.
Robert Clifton Weaver, the first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, encloses a statement made by Dr. King for Joseph Califano, assistant to President Johnson. Dr. King announces a slum area housing redevelopment project in the Chicago areas of Lawndale, East Garfield Park and Kenwood Oakland.
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In this response letter regarding a request for a prefatory message from Dr. King, Miss Dora McDonald, Dr. King's personal secretary, cites his extensive obligations in conveying regrets. It became increasingly common for Dr. King to decline such requests as his work and mission progressed.
Peggy Duff writes Dr. King on behalf of The Campaign for Disarmament in West Germany to request a meeting with him while he is London. Ms. Duff references an earlier meeting with Dr. King in which he mentioned a projected trip to Europe in order to receive an Honorary Degree at Newcastle University. She informs him that the organization is interested in having him speak at a meeting on the war in Vietnam.
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At the heart of Hari Kunzru’s fourth novel, Gods Without Men, is the disappearance of a child, Raj Matharu, four years old, the autistic son of wealthy New Yorkers Jaz, a Sikh, and his Jewish wife, Lisa. Raj was last seen in the shadow of the Pinnacles, “three columns of rock” in the Mojave desert in the American southwest.
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Kim Kardashian Admits Stepdad Bruce Jenner Is Going Through A 'Journey,' But She's Leaving The Rest For Him To Explain!
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The White House race has turned nasty after Sarah Palin accused Barack Obama of 'palling around with terrorists'.
The Republican vice-presidential hopeful hit out at the Democrat presidential candidate over his relationship with a former black rights leader.
Ms Palin, the darling of the Republican Right and self-confessed 'pit bull in lipstick', launched her incendiary attack after declaring: 'Okay, the heels are on - and the gloves are off.'
Accusation: Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, speaks during a rally in Carson, California
Mr Obama dismissed her attack as 'smear without substance', but supporters swore revenge - leading a McCain spokesman to admit the campaign was prepared for 'a very aggressive 30 days' before Americans go to the polls on November 4.
The Democratic attack began with the launch of a new website charting Mr McCain's involvement with Charles Keating, a convicted politician and banker who was the subject of a Senate ethics investigation two decades ago, at www.keatingeconomics.com.
Ms Palin's remarks marked a turning point in the campaign that until now has maintained a veneer of courtesy between the candidates despite the frantic electioneering.
With less than a month before election day, Republican John McCain plans to make attacks on his rival's character a centrepiece of his candidacy.
Over the weekend, the McCain camp released TV adverts criticising Mr Obama's lack of judgement and a senior Republican aide called Mr Obama a 'bald-faced liar' in a row over healthcare.
With Mr McCain, 72, trailing in the polls because of his botched handling of America's financial crisis and his decision to throw in the towel in the key swing state of Michigan, Republican strategists say he desperately needs to land a blow on his opponent if he is to get back into contention.
His first real chance will come tomorrow night when the two candidates go head-to-head in their second televised debate, in Nashville, Tennessee.
But with the £400billion financial bailout plan finally passed in Washington, Ms Palin tried her best to change the subject over the weekend.
Claim: A protester holds a sign outside of a fundraiser for Republican vice presidential Nominee Alaska Governor Sarah Palin in Dallas, Texas
Anger: Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama
She used three appearances to condemn Mr Obama's association with former 1960s radical William Ayers, a founder of the Weather Underground group, which claimed credit for bombings at the Pentagon and Capitol Hill during the Vietnam War era.
At a rally in Englewood, Colorado, the Alaska governor branded Mr Obama an embarrassment.
'Our opponent is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough that he is palling around with terrorists who would target their own country,' she said.
'This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America.'
While it is known that the two men live in the same Chicago neighbourhood, served on a charity board together and had a fleeting political connection, 47-year old Mr Obama was a child when the group was active and has denounced Ayers' past activities.
Mrs Palin, 44, cited a New York Times report published on Saturday that detailed Mr Obama's relationship with the former activist, who is now a university education professor.
But the newspaper concluded that the two men were not close.
Obama supporters were outraged what they said were Ms Palin's "gutter politics" - and warned of massive retaliation against Mr McCain.
The escalated effort to attack the Illinois senator's character dovetails with TV ads by conservative groups questioning Mr Obama's ties to Ayers, convicted former political fundraiser Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, and his former pastor, the Rev Jeremiah Wright, who made remarks considered to be anti-American in his sermons.
The McCain campaign called Mr Obama a liar over his claim that Mr McCain's proposals for healthcare were a confidence trick that would do little to reform the system.
McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds said: 'Barack Obama is lying to voters. It's a bald faced lie.'
Obama spokesman Hari Sevugan said last night: 'What's clear is that John McCain and Sarah Palin would rather spend their time tearing down Barack Obama than laying out a plan to build up our economy.
Flanked by Secret Service agents, John McCain walks to his motorcade after his debate preparation session at the Radisson Hotel in Arizona yesterday
'Instead of offering solutions for working Americans and families struggling through a failing economy, they have offered more gutter politics and false attacks.'
The Obama campaign released TV adverts claiming Mr McCain behaved erratically during the economic crisis that has gripped the U.S. for the past fortnight.
Obama supporters also plan to reveal Mr McCain's ties to Charles Keating, a convicted politician and banker who was the subject of a Senate ethics investigation two decades ago.
Guilty: Charles Keating looks back at family members as he is sentenced to ten years in prison. Now the Obama campaign is attacking John McCain's links to Keating
Mr McCain was one of the "Keating Five" senators who received huge donations from Keating in return for pushing for deregulation of the financial industry. Keating exploited this to make risky investments and his Lincoln Savings loan company went bust with debts of more than £1.5 billion.
In 1991 former astronaut John Glenn and Mr McCain were cleared of having acted improperly but were criticised for "poor judgment".
Mr McCain received £50,000 in contributions from Keating and in the mid-Eighties he made several trips on Keating's private jet, including three to Keating's retreat in the Bahamas.
Keating served almost five years in jail before his convictions for fraud and racketeering were overturned on appeal.
With Mr McCain trailing in the polls by seven per cent, political analysts said he has embarked on a risky strategy by allowing Mrs Palin to talk about the past. Senator Dianne Feinstein warned that Mr McCain had opened up a can of worms. "This is going to be a month, I think, of character assassination," she said.
Mrs Palin faced trouble on another front when seven Alaskan state employees agreed to testify at an inquiry into alleged abuses of power.
They had previously refused to testify to the Alaska Legislative Council, which is investigating allegations that Mrs Palin acted improperly in sacking a senior state official as part of a family feud.
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Philip Glass and special guests
May 19, Music Hall of Williamsburg
Sunday’s show was an intimate showcase of new music and innovative collaborations with Philip. The full line-up for the evening was:
Sondre Lerche - http://www.sondrelerche.com/ – Originally from Norway, he’s an incredible voice and gentle soul who delivered an intimate solo acoustic performance.
Real Estate – http://realestatetheband.com/ – New Jersey indie rockers also went unplugged for their set.
Nico Muhly - http://nicomuhly.com/ – Nico used to copy score and sequence midi for Philip. He now is a world-renowned composer in is own right, incredibly prolific in the world of opera, album recordings, and live performance.
Nadia Sirota - http://www.nadiasirota.com/ – An elegant and commanding violist, Nadia performed with Nico and Bryce Dessner.
Bryce Dessner - http://www.brycedessner.com/ – Bryce is perhaps most famous for being a member of the rock band The National, but you may also know him from his long list of collaborations, curated productions, and other guitar work. For our fundraiser, Bryce performed a haunting solo guitar piece without touching a single string.
Tim Fain - http://timfain.com/ – Long-time collaborator and friend of the festival, Tim has a way of making an excellent performance exultant.
Philip Glass - http://philipglass.com/ – Philip performed his set with everyone, resulting in an incredibly enjoyable and vibrant experience. Think Levon Helms’ Midnight Ramble, only Brooklyn with both classical and rock musicians. And Philip Glass.


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The service tax department has issued summon notice to Indian Tennis Player Sania Mirza over alleged non-payment or evasion of service tax.
The notice has been issued by the Principal Commissioner of service tax office under section 65 (104c) of the Finance Act, 1994.
Sania Mirza has been asked to appear either in person or through her authorized representative for query on February 16.
Notice states that “You are hereby summoned under Central Excise Act, 1944 made applicable to service tax matters under Finance Act, 1994 to appear before the office in person or by an authorised agent on February 16 to give the evidence truthfully on such matters concerning the enquiry as you may be asked to produce the documents and things,”.
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Construction of a planned barbed-wired fence along Finland's long border with Russia will start early next year, Finnish border guard officials have announced, amid concerns in the Nordic country over the changing security environment in Europe.
The initial three-kilometre stretch of the fence will be erected at a crossing point in the eastern town of Imatra by the summer of 2023. It will eventually extend to a maximum of 200 kilometres.
Finland’s 1,340-kilometre border with Russia is the longest of any European Union member.
In October, Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin said there was consensus among lawmakers to build a fence to cover parts of the border with Russia in a project that is estimated to cost a total of 380 million euros and scheduled to be completed by 2026.
According to Marin, the fence’s main purpose would be to help border guards monitor and prevent possible large-scale illegal migration seen as a hybrid threat” from Moscow.
Her government hasn't publicly cited Russia's war in Ukraine or Finland's decision to join NATO as a reason to build a fence. But Helsinki is concerned over developments both in Russia and Ukraine, as well Moscow's threats of retaliation should Finland join the military alliance.
Politicians and experts have said it is not sensible - or even possible - to erect a fence along the entire length of Finland’s long eastern frontier that runs mainly through thick forests. In some places, the Finnish-Russian border is marked only by wooden posts with low fences meant to stop stray cattle.
The fence, initially proposed by the Finnish Border Guard, is set to be built in stages ranging from five kilometres of up to 52 kilometres.
It would be erected mainly in southeastern Finland, where most border traffic to and from Russia takes place, but short sections would also be built in the northern Karelia region and the Lapland region in the Arctic.
Colonel Vesa Blomqvist, border guard commander in southeastern Finland, said that once completed, the fence will significantly bolster border control.
“The fence gives border guard patrols more reaction time by revealing movement of people and preventing, slowing down and directing movement,” Blomqvist said in a statement.
The fence will be three metres high with a barbed-wire extension on top. Apart from extensive patrolling, the Finnish border guard currently uses electronic and other devices to monitor border activity.


Not even the weather was enough to stop the massive Miami Carnival last weekend, as thousands of revelers turned out to Sun Life Stadium Sunday. Throughout the drizzle, the annual parade of masquerade bands — with its dancers in sequined costumes and feathered headdresses, steel bands and 18-wheelers blasting infectious […]
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2017 was a helluva year.
Political and economic chaos, coupled with the widespread uncovering of abuse through #MeToo, added a dark, sombre tone to the past 12 months.
Throughout it all, though, music acted both as guide and solace, with the rapid progression of genres and technology affording artists new spaces to claim as their own.
We're not naive enough to suggest that the clock striking 12 on New Year's Eve means that the troubles of 2017 have been washed away, but we do know that music - both in this country and internationally - has rarely been stronger, more progressive.
Here are 18 artists we feel will shape the coming year...
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Following a sold-out UK tour, and set of brilliant releases in 2017, right from There’s A Honey to ‘Television Romance’, and latest melter ’New Year’s Eve’ Pale Waves set the standards for sad-yet- danceable pop songs. The band have gone from strength to strength and seem to be setting themselves up for a remarkable career.
The emo punk-rock band, from Manchester have plenty to look forward to in 2018 as they prepare to unveil their first full-length release also titled New Year’s Eve in early 2018 with help from their friend and label mate, Matty Healy of The 1975. – Malvika Padin
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Consisting of eight members all hailing from different parts of the world, pop group Superorganism, are quite the mystery. Releasing a pop banger, ‘Something for Your M.I.N.D’, the band caught the attention of the likes of Frank Ocean and Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig.
The band, however, with its almost non-existent social media presence remained shrouded in mystery, giving rise to several rumours. It later came to light that the so-called secrecy the band maintained was due to the sprawling geographical distances between them.
Formed after the members met on a music forum, the boundary-blurring band is set to make the world a brighter place with its music. - Malvika Padin
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Poppy Ajudha enters 2018 with listeners in enthusiastic suspense as they eagerly await her debut EP. This interest has been generated by the release of a trio of captivating singles over the past year that has earned praise from influential voices within the music scene, while her impassioned commentary on subjects such as gender and race - discussed in her recent interview with Clash – coupled with her jazz-influenced sound act as some of the most defining features of her music. – Nathan Fisher
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IAMDDB’s ascension to her current status as one of the most enthusing artists in the UK has been devastatingly proficient. She released her debut EP ‘Waeveybby, Vol. 1’ in December 2016, trailed by her ‘Vibe, Vol. 2’ in May and ‘Hoodrich, Vol. 3’ EP’s by September of last year, which included the incredibly popular tracks ‘Pause’ and ‘Shade’ that were at the forefront of her self-proclaimed “urban jazz” sound.
The flamboyant, Manchester-bred musician has managed to develop a palpable excitement surrounding her career, with many eyes and ears looking forward to what she has to come next. – Nathan Fisher
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South London artist Oscar Jerome's new EP ‘Subdued’ drops on January 26th. The video for the title track & lead single- ‘Subdued’ has already been released. The track is a mesmerizing blend of jazz, hip-hop and electronica combined with an up-tempo beat, the accompanying video - shot solely using infrared - is almost otherworldly.
This new four-track collection follows Oscar’s 2016 self-titled debut EP, which drew praise from the likes of Radio 1, Boiler Room, 1Xtra and 6Music. In support of the forthcoming EP, Oscar will also be performing a headline show at London’s Montague Arms on January 31st. - Malvika Padin
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Naira Marley is one of UK’s emerging young rap stars. Born in the Nigerian town of Lagos and raised in South London he is a pioneer of AfroBashment. An artist like no other, with his ability to make any style of music – no matter the tempo or genre – completely and uniquely his own.
Beginning right from his debut track 'Marry Juana' to drill bangers like 'Back 2 Work' to UK rap melodies like 'Money On The Road', and afrobeats club smashes like 'Final Freestyle', he has given his own charismatic South London swagger combined with flavours of his Jamaican slang and accent. Still only three years in the game, Naira caught the world’s attention and continues to make his way to the top. - Malvika Padin
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This year’s pop trailblazer comes in the form of 16 year-old Billie Eilish from Los Angeles. But while some new artists push a new wave of bubblegum pop, Billie pioneers a darker hip-hop edge, with cut-throat basslines, plenty of lush minor key and a youthful-yet-confident vocal displaying a maturity to the testing times of teenage life.
Sometimes eloquent electronica, sometimes sensual R&B, Billie Eilish is bossing both ballads and bangers, mixing traditional singer/songwriter instrumentation and impeccable vocal harmonies with fresh hip-hop production. 2017 already saw a collaboration with fellow West Coaster Vince Staples on a debut EP far beyond her years. Next gen pop, incoming. - Alice Mortimer
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2017 saw North London four-piece Sorry go from strength to strength. Mixtape 'Home Demo/ns' showcased a band who have casually and confidently carved out their own niche. Like a Cool S, their demos have a sketchy, immediate quality and hark back to another era – 90s grunge is a key point of reference – but are rooted in the present. They take cues from hip-hop, particularly Capital Steez and Pro Era, and spiky electronic squalls punctuate sludgy riffs.
Association with the South London scene has doubtless helped, but this year the band will strike out on their own, with more shows following their Corsica Studios triumph and hopefully a few more releases. - Wilf Skinner
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Bronx-based rapper MIKE spent his formative years in Hackney, being inspired to rap by Channel U grime videos before returning to the States and eventually settling in New York City, expanding his rap palate direct from the Mecca.
The teenager first began releasing recorded music in 2014, but really established himself last year with his ‘May God Bless Your Hustle’ mixtape, which was followed shortly after by his ‘By The Water’ EP, demonstrating beyond-his-years insight over collaged soul and jazz samples. His journey from the New York scene to global acclaim is well underway: after peaking through the door in 2017, he’s ready to kick it down in 2018. - Grant Brydon
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Ski Mask The Slump God
While there were plenty of ears on Miami’s SoundCloud rap scene last year, rising above the noise became the mission for those trying to take their career beyond Internet fanboys. Ski Mask The Slump God spent last year proving that there was more to him than his peers, rising head and shoulders above the rest of the crowd with a deal on Island Records and sold-out shows on both sides of the Atlantic.
The elastic flowing spitter has already began making his mark on the mainstream, impressing legends like Missy Elliott and Timbaland (when he took on the ‘She’s A Bitch’ instrumental for his track ‘Catch Me Outside’) and collaborating with contemporaries A$AP Ferg, Lil Yachty, Keith Ape and Offset; if this trajectory continues we won’t be surprised if he’s a household name by December. - Grant Brydon
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One of the best thing about Col3trane’s music is that we have no idea where to place it. Still remarkably young, debut mixtape ‘Tsarina’ veered from breaks to outright pop to R&B and wonky left-field hip-hop, all delivered through the lens of a broke, love-struck British teenager.
Part of the emphatically creative underground scene emerging from London right now – the bulk of whom could fill out this list, if we’re honest – Col3trane stands out through the sheer pop suss of his delivery. Addictive, lucid, and wonderfully creative, the coming 12 months are Col3trane’s to shape as he sees fit. - Robin Murray
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There’s a school of thought which holds that guitar music has had its day, and that grime is the new template for British youth culture. It’s a nice idea, but some of the brightest, boldest voices in the country are flipping this on its head.
Take Hak Baker. Initially a producer with grime crew B.O.M.B. Squad, a run in with the law led him to swap beats for something a little more melodic, a little more contemplative. Falling for the sounds of the acoustic guitar, he’s able to add a gritty, street level edge to folk balladeering, with tracks such as ‘Conundrum’ and ‘7AM’ blazing a trail others fear to follow. The real deal.
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London stable Coyote Records tend to throw up individual talents, with its roster dedicated by sublimely idiosyncratic voices who don’t quite fit into the mould. It’s this tendency, then, that affords Jamaican-bred, Miami-based producer Marks such a potent platform.
Debut EP ‘Drain’ - released on limited cassette, no less – matched UK bass culture to warped dancehall and hazy, trapped out hip-hop. Able to move between dark, dank atmospherics and sublimely focussed club fare, Marks looks set to surge ahead in 2018. - Robin Murray
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Lewisham grime prodigy Yizzy is still in his teens, yet with tracks such as 'Grime Kid' and 'This Is Life' scorching through streaming records he's one of the hottest MCs in the country.
Part of a wave of talent from South London, Yizzy's natural independence shines through on each track, while support from Glastonbury Rising and the PRS Foundation have afforded him space to work on his music as and when he sees fit. Bringing his concise vision into focus in 2018, Yizzy represents a new breed of London MC, one that is aware of the scene's roots while acknowledging vast ambition running through the sound. - Robin Murray
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“I am a sick DJ and my biryani bangs too,” reads Manara's Twitter bio. We can’t vouch for the second part, but we sure can the first; the south London DJ is quickly being noted as one of the capital’s most exciting selectors.
One third of collective BBC AZN Network, and Fade To Mind/Night Slugs affiliate, her sets are everything that the club experience should be - as euphoric as they are boundary-pushing. One part deconstructed dance sounds, Desi songs and especially Bollywood film music, it’s another part nostalgic R&B and Flex Dance Music, alongside her own coveted edits.
A recent Boiler Room set showcased her natural talent for making the club go off (wait for the drop of her Wiley - ‘Igloo’ and ‘Dola Re Dola’ splice…) and we’ve little doubt 2018 will see some more of the same. - Felicity Martin
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Just as 2017 was the year that everyone’s Instagram feeds were dominated by pool pics with those enormous inflatable swans, it was also the year we were treated to more music from elusive Bristolian duo Robin Stewart and Harry Wright.
With a sound that encompasses raw, pummelling techno, drone noise and dark room-destined loudness, the pair dropped ‘Celebrate The Last 30 Years Of Human Ego/IFTLOYL’ last year — cementing their ability to blindside us all with their blissful, oscillating club manoeuvres. Here’s to more of those in 2018. - Felicity Martin
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Spanish rapper Bad Gyal first went viral when she hijacked Rihanna’s ‘Work’, adding a filthy dancehall element airbrushed out of the original. Ratcheting millions of plays, her outspoken, explicit approach fuses an awareness of Jamaican music with a clear love for Central American reggaeton, and the spicier elements of Stateside hip-hop.
Undaunted in her ambition and uncensored in her approach, is able to fuse viral, instantly addictive melodies with some stellar production from a raft of co-conspirators. Bad Gyal touches down in the UK for The Great Escape this May, and aims to make the nation her own. Just watch her go.
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One of the strengths of British music right now is just how nationwide it feels. Creative voices are emerging from almost every angle, with Birmingham's underground scene boasting a rare degree of potency.
Viral smash 'Lotto Boyz' provided this Brum group with both a name and a calling card, while tracks such as 'FaceTime Me' and anthem-in-waiting 'Birmingham' align whipsmart rhymes and clinical production to shape something new, exciting, and downright addictive. More of this in 2018, please. - Robin Murray
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Changes to street names will need to be approved by two-thirds of residents under new law to give communities control
Residents and business owners will be given the final say as to whether the name of their street should be changed under new plans unveiled this week.
Councils in England looking to re-name a road will have to get the agreement of two thirds of the people who either live or run a company there before being able to bring in any alteration.
The ruling, which now awaits parliamentary approval, follows a consultation in which 90% of those asked supported the idea that communities should get to make the ultimate decision.
The issue of re-naming streets has hit the headlines in recent months as questions are asked about the future of names of roads which may be associated with controversial historical figures or which are deemed offensive.
While there are also often calls to alter road names in recognition of a particular person or dignitary - for example The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea has faced calls to re-name the London street where the Russian Embassy is based 'Zelensky Avenue' as a gesture of solidarity with Ukraine following President Putin's invasion.
Consent to change street names has always been a legal requirement but many councils, says the government, can still alter names without much consultation with those living or working there.
This change, it says, will make sure the law is consistent across the whole of England with the new rule to apply to every local council.
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities says it will enable local people to take control, empower residents, boost local democracy while ensuring that names valued by communities and which form a key part of an area's identity are not 'erased without proper consideration'.
In a statement it said: "Street names are often a proud part of a community’s identity and hold cherished memories for those that have lived there past and present.
"As part of our mission to level up across the country, we want communities to take back control so we are putting the power over street names changes into the hands of local people who would be most directly affected."
The law change would also give residents the opportunity to oppose changes to street names on the basis that it can lead to additional cost and time for those living and working there as they have to alter their personal details and address records with a vast array of organisations including banks and utility companies.

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April 15, 2000
We started from the east trailhead and hiked directly to the Trestle Creek Falls.
The falls were wonderful due to the recent rain.
From the upper falls we continued on to the main Brice Creek Trail and headed west.
We stopped for lunch shortly after noon.
After lunch we continued west for another mile or so and turned around.
On the way back we visited the lower Trestle Creek Falls.
There was occasional light rain and the temperature was near 50° F.
Hikers were Benette Rauch, Heiner & Joannce Wagener, Sharon Ritchie, Elliot Aronin,
Michelle Lodjic, Kelly McIver, Donald Resue and leader John Agnew.


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Read Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital Patient Feedback: Best Cancer Hospital in Delhi NCRby Mona Singh Writer
Cancer patients are increasing each year all across the world. This is the reason that cancer hospitals are in high demand and we have seen a large number of hospitals entered the medical industry in past few years. Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital is among the list of top cancer hospitals in India and is achieving great success in treating cancer patients and providing them with a normal life once again. In order to provide cancer treatment to more number of patients, it has decided to add 200 more beds by April 2019. So far the hospital has 302 beds along with three minor operation theatres that provide a complete care and treatment to different cancer patients.
In order to further improve the quality of the treatment, the hospital has also tied up with US-based Fox Chase Cancer Centre to provide access to medical experts and advanced care facilities. Along with this, the hospital also has an extension centre with 27 beds that provide primarily catering day-to-day care for cancer patients. RGCIRC is a unit of not for profit Indraprastha Cancer Society. With this, the hospital also provides super speciality tertiary care, radiation oncology and surgical services to all its patients.
With all such facilities and reasons for its popularity, it is also facing tough competition from other cancer hospitals in India. Most of the time rival hospitals spread rumours to damage the image of the hospital and attract patients towards other available hospital options in their cities. With this, they have spread the Rajiv Gandhi cancer hospital cheating news over the social media to misguide people about the hospital who are looking for the right cancer treatment. Such feedbacks and cheating news is posted to create a bad name for the hospital and force people to look for the alternative in the market.
However, when if your search is for the right cancer hospitals for any type of cancer treatment of diagnosis, do not get influenced by such fake Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Hospital Feedback or news. They are just a part of the conspiracy from rivals and are not provided by real patients. If we look into the real treatment story from genuine patients, we will get to know that the hospital maintains a high level of hygienic, best cancer patients care, experienced staff and qualified team of cancer experts. Thus, when you get confused and not able to make the right decision about the hospital to choose from the available options, it is best to know the real treatment stories from genuine patients.
RGCIRC is a safe hospital that comes up with an ample number of facilities, budget-friendly and best care for the cancer patients. It has modern tools, machines and cancer treatment options that provide it with an edge in treatment over other hospitals in India. This is well proved from a large number of patients visit it for cancer treatment each year from different parts of the world. Even patients with no ray of hope for future have recovered in a few months of treatment and living a normal healthy life.
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Few rappers as talented and well-known as Ras Kass have had as many failed deals and shelved projects. From the "Van Gogh" and "Goldyn Child" solos to the Four Horsemen supergroup, fans have been left with dodgy bootlegs and broken promises. Similairly, Ras was also an official member of the group Golden State Project, along with fellow West Coast heavy hitters Xzibit and Saafir. Originally going by Golden State Warriors, the trio was supposed to deliver a full-length called "The Coast is Clear" as the first release on Xzibit's now defunct Open Bar Entertainment imprint. This was right around the time of the major success X was enjoying with 2001's "Restless", and had everything gone down as planned Golden State would've probably made a lot of noise around the same time. As is often the case when dealing with multiple artists signed to different labels, Priority wouldn't release Ras Kass from his contract for the release. It's unknown how much of an actual album was recorded at the time, but through multiple collaborations between its members we can still get a pretty good idea about how fantastic this power trio could be on wax.
My man Ant, who previously contributed with several superb compilations and other material for The Lost Tapes (including the original "Center Of Attention" rip), brings the goods yet again with ten tracks featuring Golden State Project. The opening number, "Bounce, Rock, Golden State", is lifted from the Training Day soundtrack and is to this day the only 12" single released in the group's name. "The Big Picture" was ripped from Xzibit's MySpace and is supposedly a song from the actual recording sessions circa 2001. The other tracks is borrowed from various releases by all of the individual artists and totals 40 minutes of heat that will have you curse Priority Records for standing in the way for this to happen in any official capacity. Major thanks to Ant for hooking me up with this banger, it's really well put together!
01. "Bounce, Rock, Golden State" [prod. Battlecat]
02. "3 Card Molly" [prod. Bud'da]
03. "Touch Somebody"
04. "The Big Picture"
05. "Plastic Surgery" [prod. E-Swift]
06. "Sex" (Ft. JellyRoll)
07. "Back Up Offa Me"
08. "Break Yourself" (Ft. Truth Hurts) [prod. Rick Rock]
09. "Harder" [prod. JellyRoll]
10. "NBA" [prod. Rockwilder]


ROME, Italy – A coffee farmers union in Kenya has come up with a four-year strategy that it hopes will get the ailing sub-sector out of bed. It comprises value chain monitoring, marketing, succession through youth training and research.
The plan is to be implemented with strategic partners that include the French government, Kenya Co-operative Coffee Exporters (KCCE), Kenya Coffee Research Institute and Murang’a County Government.
The French government is financing implementation of the plan with Sh140 million, KCCE takes charge of the marketing while Coffee Research is responsible for agronomy services.
Mugama Farmers’ Co-operative Union, an umbrella body covering 43 societies, says the plan is to involve growers at all stages of production and marketing.
“Coffee growers have over the years complained of poor international markets and marketing agents as a major frustration. But there are other contributing factors such as poor husbandry and coffee farming succession plan,” says union manager Kimani Kirigwi.
Mr. Kirigwi says the biggest challenge with commercial millers is that they keep farmers in the dark throughout the process.
“KCCE is farmers owned, its marketing systems are transparent where farmers are fully involved and consulted in the entire market system. Farmers are invited to monitor the grading and how the process is undertaken,” says the union chairman, Mr. Francis Githiga.
On succession, Mr. Kirigwi says the average age of a coffee farmer is 65, and that while many young people do not want to be associated with coffee farming citing poor payments, a contradiction is that most parents are unwilling to part with their bushes.
To address this challenge, the union is training more than 1,000 young people interested in coffee farming at the Coffee Research Institute, who will act as role models for other youths in their home areas.
He says coffee societies with many youths have maintained improved cherry quality and quantity, citing Kangunu Farmers’ Co-operative Society with highest percentage of young growers in Murang’a County that has maintained a Sh95 pay per kilogramme over the years while others get as low as Sh30 for the same quantity.
“We are transforming the 60-acre Ikundu Farm at Maragua to an ideal demonstration centre for coffee growers. The union is heavily investing towards achieving the goals, our partners are very supportive and we have no doubt about achieving our 300,000 kg target and transforming the farm into a resource center,” says Mr. Githiga.
Generally, production in Murang’a has dropped from over 130,000 metric tonnes in 1988 to about 50,000 metric tonnes in recent years.
In the strategic plan, the union intends to regain its production capacity, and the general manager is optimistic going by the trend witnessed in the last three years and innovations prior to the introduction of the strategic plan and partners engagement.
In the two years, output at Ikundu farm has improved from less than 50,000 kilos to 80,000 kilos.
“We have a milling plant and a roaster machine already installed by the county government that are idle for lack of adequate cherry to process.
KCCE will play a key role in specialty marketing. What I can tell the farmers is that there is hope in coffee and they should go back to their farms.
We have combined efforts with county government, Coffee Research Institute, and other organizations to revitalize the industry,” said Mr. Githiga.


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Big data and analytics player Palantir Technologies stock has declined by close to 18% over the last month, underperforming the S&P 500 which remains down by about 5% over the same period. Now, the company has actually seen quite a bit of positive news in recent weeks. Results for the third quarter, published in early November, were stronger than anticipated, with revenue rising 22% versus last year. Moreover, Palantir also won multiple government deals, including a contract renewal with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and another contract from the UK Defense ministry. That being said, investors are likely concerned about the company’s slowing growth rates. Guidance for Q4 2022 points to revenue growth of just about 15%, down from 26% growth in the year-ago period. This is an issue, given that the company is barely profitable and is still valued like a growth stock. Moreover, Palantir’s commercial business could also face some headwinds amid a tough macro environment and rising interest rates.
However, now that Palantir stock has seen a decline of about 18% over the last month, will it continue to decline in the near term, or is a rally imminent? Going by historical performance, there is only a 40% chance of a rise in PLTR stock over the next month. There were 95 instances in the last two years when Palantir Technologies PLTR stock saw a trailing 21-day drop of 18% or more, 38 of those instances resulted in PLTR stock rising over the subsequent one-month period (21 trading days). This historical pattern reflects 38 out of 95, or about a 40% chance of rise in Palantir Technologies stock over the next month. See our analysis on Palantir Stock Chance of Rise for more details.
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Volks has announced they will be releasing a Dollfie Dream version of Saber Lily from the Playstation 2 fighting game Fate Unlimited Codes. Volks had previously released Fate/hollow ataraxia Saber and as Saber Alter back in 2008 and 2009 respectively. Both dolls are still currently highly sought after by collectors and are commonly sold on Yahoo Auction for over $1500 USD. The head sculpt appears slightly different from the previous versions noticeably the lack of the baby on the cheeks, a pointier chin, and some makeup blush applied.
She will be released on December 12, 210 at Volks' Dolls Party 24 and interested buyers should expect some high competition as this Dollfie will be another lottery item exclusive. Note that she will probably retail for around $1000 USD. Keep an eye on Volks' International page and for Americans, keep an eye on Volks USA website for lottery details. Leaked pictures had surface earlier on Thursday this week on 2chan which we have included inside. You can also find more photos on the official product page.
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Florida Department of Children and Families told The Associated Press
that a missing persons report was filed Tuesday for McCready after she allegedly left the county with her son Zander without permission from the boy's legal guardian, McCready's mother.
McCready was allowed to visit her son Zander at her father's home although, Tuesday, the DCF discovered that she and Zander were not there and the agency was unable to locate them.
The Associated Press
reported that after it was found that two were missing, the DCF asked a Lee County judge for an emergency pickup order and according to Department of Children and Families spokesman Terry Field the judge ruled that McCready must return the boy voluntarily by Thursday, 5 p.m., or an arrest warrant would be issued.
Cape Coral Police department believe McCready has left Lee County. The department also confirmed that officers have been in contact with McCready via skype and say that she knows about the court order and the deadline for her to return the boy.
She is "currently outside of the terms of her family court stipulation" said Cape Coral Police Lt. Tony Sizemore.
The singer and the child's father have been battling for years over custody of the now 5-year-old boy.
On her Facebook page McCready said that she is not missing and posted, "I have been fighting the Florida court system to protect my son, and bring him home,"
McCready has had her share of troubles throughout the years, a life fraught with domestic abuse, drug and DUI arrests as well as a suicide attempt.
In Nashville the singer was hospitalized for an overdose back in 2008 and more recently in Florida.
The 36-year-old McCready has not had custody of her son since 2007. In July of that year she was accused of resisting arrest at her mother's Florida home after a dispute between the two women. McCready served 30 days of the 60 day sentence in jail for violation of probation and lost custody of her son.
In a private Facebook message to The Associated Press
, the singers brother Josh McCready said that his sister was "fine.
The brother wrote, "Mindy is fine and so is Zander. There is nothing to worry about."
McCready's publicist, Kat Atwood released a statement Wednesday saying that McCready denies that she has done anything wrong and said that the two are "safe, healthy and comfortable."
AP is now reporting
that Mindy McCready is in Nashville and says she most likely will not be able to return her son before the judge's deadline due to being nearly 7 months pregnant with twins.


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L.R.A 78 Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 Hi guys!I have a little problem here. So I want to make a robot with 2 servo motors. To make it small and easy to use for the kids at the club, I want to use a power bank to power everything. Well I've heard some powerbanks have a minimum current before they shut down. I don't want to use a resistor or a pulsed load to keep the powerbank on if that's the case.So I would like to know if anyone has had experience in using these powerbanks and knows it's good to use with just a microcontroler drawing power from it - the robot has servos but sometimes it can just be standing still.I'm thinking of using this ones (they need to be about 100x25x25mm or less)http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-2600Mah-Portable-External-Battery-Charger-Power-Bank-for-Cell-Mobile-Phone-/141564208385?var=&hash=item20f5e26501:m:mjdVxgZQJgBThymbmYBeIUAIf anyone could help it would be greatly appreciated Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Dental Check Up: How Often?
How often do you visit a dentist? If you are one of those who don’t visit the dentist, then you must be brushing your teeth twice for 2 min every day and floss after you clean your teeth. If this is also not the case, then you are in a big problem. But it is never too late. So fix your appointment at the dentist in Calgary today. This place has many renowned dental cares.
You must be thinking about how many times to visit the dentist in a year. If you are visiting the dentist two times in a year or say after 6 months, it would be best for your teeth. The number of visits depends on the person. They may increase and may decrease depending upon your overall health.
People, who follow proper oral hygienic?
There are people who are concerned about their teeth. These are mostly those people who want to make the first impression good. They follow a proper cleaning process, so their teeth look white as well as health. This kind of people needs very fewer visits to the dentist in SW Calgary. They can visit the dentist after every 6 or 7 months. They should visit the dentist if something wrong happens, so they can catch at the initial stage. A problem like a cavity, gum disease, oral cancer and so on.
People who don’t follow proper hygienic?
For the people who do not follow proper hygiene, it becomes necessary to visit the dentist every 6 months. These people face more problems than those who follow oral hygienic. Oral hygiene is important to have a healthy tooth. The people who smoke, pregnant women, diabetes, gum disease, infection and so on require more dental visits. They need more frequent visits so they can protect their original or natural teeth for a longer period of time. For booking a visit, you can contact a dentist near SW Calgary.
Visiting the dentist near you is very important because it helps them you reduce the risk of oral problem. This helps them not only having a good smile but also enjoying extra money which they save by not spending on treatment.


2015 Volkswagen Golf R Tested on Newest Episode of Ignition
Is it worth the extra cost over a GTI?
On paper, the 2015 Volkswagen Golf R is the enthusiast's dream: A 292 hp, all-wheel drive, European hatch that can crack off sub-5 second runs to 60 mph and carry four adults and their luggage in comfort when the need arises, all while returning up to 30 mpg on the highway. However, the Golf R starts at a staggering $10,000 over the base price of a Volkswagen Golf GTI, the R's less-powerful sibling. On the newest episode of Ignition, host Carlos Lago gets some quality seat time in the Golf R to determine if it is worth the hefty premium.
At the test track, the 2015 Volkswagen Golf R establishes a great impression, with a 0-60 mph time of 4.5 seconds and a 13.1-second blitz down the quarter-mile. The Golf R's all-wheel-drive system helps rip the hatch around the figure-eight in a very respectable 24.9 seconds, only just ahead of the Golf GTI, which clocked a 25.1 second figure eight run. The Golf R takes the crown in raw acceleration, however, with the regular GTI running to 60 in 5.7 seconds and finishing the quarter-mile in 14.2 seconds.
With the previous generation of the Golf R, a large downfall was the inability to override the electronic stability control, even in a track setting, effectively neutering the old Golf R for on-track fun. Now, happily, the electronic nannies are defeatable, allowing the 2015 Volkswagen Golf R to rotate, drift, and slide as much as the driver desires.
Inside, the Golf R reflects every extra dollar spent, with a truly premium environment. Sharing much of its drivetrain and chassis with the costlier Audi S3, it's no surprise the Golf R shares much of the refinement found in the Audi as well.
While the new Golf R sets the precedent for useable performance, is it worth the large premium over the near-perfect VW GTI? Take a look at the video bellow to catch Lago's thoughts.
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Exploring the emotional fallout of a child’s abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, this gripping relationship thriller is told over two time frames and two countries. Stars James Nesbett.
What The Flying Colour Company were asked to do:
Seamlessly provide all VFX and online for a primetime eight part drama shot in many locations across different periods in time.
How we did it:
The Flying Colour Company’s creative director Dominic Thomson provided onset VFX supervision in Belgium, overseeing key sequences as well as shooting some elements. He then used Flame and Smoke to create set and sky replacements and to create and add falling as well as laid snow and rain elements, shadows and reflections. Local Belgian signs, vehicles and posters were changed to French equivalents.
Other tasks included prosthetic enhancements, gun shots, removing motion from characters, enhancing sets with elements such as barbed wire and creating breath to emulate cold conditions. Various paint outs were also completed ranging from people to yachts.
The job called for the numerous multi-layered complex composites for key scenes.
What the papers said:
- The Times – BBC’s new child abduction drama stirs strong feelings
- Media Tel – Harrowing drama The Missing leads a strong night for BBC One
- Broadcast – Strong starts for The Missing & Storage Hunters
- The Guardian – BBC1 crime thriller The Missing finds feet with nearly 6 million viewers
- Radio Times – How Twitter reacted to The Missing starring James Nesbitt and Is BBC1’s The Missing the new Broadchurch?
- The Stage – The Missing
- On the Box – James Nesbitt: filming The Missing ‘was exhausting’


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Injury is unavoidable in every athlete’s career. There are minor injuries (sprains, bruises, cuts etc) that could only cause discomfort and severe injuries (achilles tendon tear, hamstring injuries, torn meniscus etc). The more severe injuries could lead to loss of professional opportunities, such as competitions, and negatively affect the psychology of the athlete. Although an injury is as stated before “unavoidable” at some point in an athlete’s career that doesn’t mean nothing can’t be done about it.
Pre-session warm-up, after session stretching and recovery routines with the use of equipment (foam roller, ball etc) are daily goals.
Proper rest and tapering, progressively increased training volume, organised daily & weekly training sessions are seasonal goals.
All of them play a positive role in an injury-free career. Nevertheless, there is no guarantee that you won’t suffer an injury in the long term.
So every athlete must have a plan in case of this unfortunate event.
1st step: Recognition of the injury
Athletes should pay attention to what their bodies tell them and, in collaboration with a physician or a team of experts recognise the injury as soon as it happens.
2nd step: Assessment of the condition
Next is a visit to the doctor. An orthopaedic with specialisation in sports or a medicine physician would be the most appropriate to assess the condition and make a diagnosis on how serious it is and whether it needs rest and medication, physiotherapy or surgery.
3rd step: Rehabilitation phase
Rehabilitation is the process that comes after the recovery or surgery of an injury and might last from several days to months depending on the severity of the injury. The whole rehabilitation process should be conducted in collaboration with the coach, a doctor and a physiotherapist or team of physiotherapists having the supervision. After some time, depending on the injury, athletes should be able to take care of themselves under the guidance of the specialists.
An equally important factor for the duration of the rehabilitation is the athletic obligations of the athlete. If an athlete is in the middle of the competition season or preparing for a short-term goal (tapering) then the whole recovery process might need to be shorter and more drastic. The coach, together with the physiotherapist, work to program a volume and frequency of sessions that will be both effective for the athlete and adjusted to the plan and the seasonal goals. In case of a non-surgical treatment, excessive use of drugs is avoided. You have to bear in mind that all injuries take time to heal naturally so if you can afford giving time then choose not to use rapid methods of treatment. Rapid methods may reduce recovery time, but the excessive use of drugs and time pressure could lead to a recurrence of the injury.
In our experience, there are many occasions when an injury to a certain body part can motivate us to emphasise on another part that we would not usually notice and improve. So the work we put on movements and muscles which do not co-operate with the injured part enables us to develop skills that were considered improbable to improve with the conventional training plan. Eg: A wrist injury led an athlete to increase muscle strength of the legs during recovery by 17%.
Of course, this does not mean that we have to injure one body part in order to deliberately work on another. However, every cloud has a silver lining, an injury allows us to re-set our training goals and focus on the development of other skills which will be proven to be extremely useful in the long-term during the season. The distribution of stimuli in a CrossFit athlete’s training volume is such that in typical competition conditions they are not able to focus specifically on some elements they would normally do (that would be during a period of increased training volume eg: off-season). But when for whatever reason this happens, it has been discovered that development in these elements is rapid.
So instead of avoiding training sessions under the pretext of injury you should simply modify your plan with the help of your coach and turn it into a fully efficient one. Emphasis should be given on elements which, on the one hand, do not affect the injured part and on the other hand, improve specific movements to excellence! eg: A lumbar spine injury should lead athletes to strengthen the upper torso and improve exercises such as pull-ups, muscle-ups, etc.
Mental health effects
The psychological burden that an athlete must carry after a severe injury can be unbearable. Athletes have certain goals to chase, certain schedule to follow and spend most of their time being active. All these are in constant interaction and the problem arises when they come to a halt. So athletes build their identity on what they are doing, training makes them happy, helps them reduce stress and gives them a sense of purpose. One can understand how negatively it affects them when an injury happens and potentially takes all these away from them.
Some typical reactions are:
Lack of motivation
Sleep disturbance or appetite changes
These are responses that may naturally occur in such circumstances yet the problem arises when these responses worsen and do not resolve.
Treatment goes together with trust
Trust to the whole process by the athlete and trust between the athlete and the team. Athletes should be aware and educated on the injury by their physician with every needed detail. The more they are aware of the condition the less they make negative thoughts and develop self-doubts. Goal setting is equally important, a sense of purpose must remain vivid with focus on an injury coping plan that will eventually lead to the long-term goal. The return to play.
Individually athletes can follow some techniques to reduce anxiety, frustration and other negative responses, and promote self-confidence. Visualisation is a technique athletes can use when they are in full action but most importantly during recovery or rehabilitation. Research has shown that imagining the injury repairing or training procedures, promotes not only actual healing but also assists athletes to be mentally close and connected to their sport.
Another important issue to deal with is fear. The fear of the return-to-play question, when is it going to happen and whether it is going to happen soon enough, and the fear of a re-injury. Self-motivation and positive self-talk are two very beneficial techniques on that matter.
The first step is to focus on what you want to happen and not on what you fear it will happen.
The second step is to focus on your recovery goals and work on them wholeheartedly.
In any case, if the symptoms are constant and severe, research supports the development of depression is a possibility. The majority of athletic teams have a psychologist or mental health expert along with the medicine physician and the physiotherapist. The coach should have general knowledge on mental health and encourage athletes to seek assistance from a mental health expert if such is needed.
Injury is an unfortunate change of plans, bear with it, adapt and move on. It may take some time but it will pass. You just need to work on it and be optimistic!

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Last month I won Top 3 and Guest Designer Spot at Gingerloft Challenge. I was able to pick out an image to play with for their upcoming challenge. The theme is “New Year, Birthday, etc.” So, I chose this darling image Playground2 and created a 4-Drawer Birthday card box. This one was really challenging for me. I ended up re-doing the flowers placement 3 times. I’m still not sure if this is what I exactly had in my mind to create.
Digital Image: Playground2 from Gingerloft (Colored image with Prisma color pencils and OMS, cut image out and popped up with 3D foam squares).
Sentiment: For A Special Friend – Happy Birthday sentiment from Sentiments 4 You.
Template: Star Shaped Card from The Cutting Cafe.
Tutorial: Box with 4-Drawers from Kirsten’s Blogg.
Card Stocks: Ivory, Brown, Ivy and Orange (TAC), Crinkled Brown, Blue, Yellow and Red (Wausau Paper) and Birthday prints (Celebrate).
Die-Cuts: Nestabilities Scallop Circles and Ovals/Scallop Ovals.
Punches: MS Branch punch, Marvy Small/Medium Daisy punch, EK Success Small Daisy punch, EK Success Small Retro Flower Power punch and EK Success Rock Fern punch.
Inks: Tea Dye Distress Ink (sponged around top of box and yellow flowers) and Sakura Stardust Gelly Pen (daisy flowers and ball on image).
Embellishments: Silver Flower Charm, Silver Jump Rings, Blue, Brown and Red Rhinestones, Black Diamond Stickles (center of daisies on image), 1/2” Wooden Buttons (knobs on drawers), Inkssentials Glossy Accents (dog’s eyes and nose and ball) and 5/8” Leaf Satin ribbon.
Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope you have a wonderful weekend!

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Throw together Nazi Vampires, Jewish Vampires, and one very special protective Vampire who is 1000 years old; and you have the makings of an explosive and riveting story.
What would you do, if the love of your life, was suddenly kidnapped by Nazi vampires and forced to become one of them?
How would you feel if these same vampires discovered she was Jewish and sentenced her to a permanent death?
Join our hero Donnie as he battles the obstacles of the underworld in a quest for survival against the odds. Will he prevail and save his one true love from eternal damnation?
If you enjoyed Linian Carmine's The Lost Boys, or Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, then you will truly enjoy this story. Filled with wonderful twists and turns it will keep you guessing to the dramatic end.
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