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In the 1960s, a group of radical feminists and other left-wing activists in Chicago began connecting women whom they encountered in their political work with an African American physician in Woodlawn, on the south side of the University of Chicago campus. This physician, now revealed to be Theodore Roosevelt Mason (T.R.M.) Howard (1908-1976), performed abortions.1 The main liaison for these fateful assignations was “Claire,” a veteran civil rights activist named Heather Booth who had returned from agitation work in Mississippi convinced that women’s liberation was just one part of a much broader shift in American society involving race relations, the policies of the American government at home and abroad, and the radical politics increasingly animating college campuses.2 Through what she called “counseling sessions” with women who called her seeking to end their pregnancies, Booth began to see abortion as a new frontier in political mobilization.3
The market for this mobilization, Booth discovered, was virtually unlimited. As word spread that “Claire” was the person pregnant women in the Chicago area could contact to procure an abortion, she found herself overwhelmed. By 1968, Booth knew that she would have to organize a movement around the rising clamor for abortions. Leftist groups such as the Women’s Radical Action Project (WRAP) on the University of Chicago campus helped Booth in her abortion go-between work, but the upending of American politics in 1968, focused mainly on opposition to the Vietnam War, had the double effect of sending more and more women to abortionists—as the mood in America turned anti-traditional, anti-patriarchal, even anti-social— while keeping radical organizations such as WRAP preoccupied with other forms of action.4
Thanks in large part to Betty Friedan’s (1921-2006) 1963 book The Feminine Mystique, women across the United States were awakening to a solidarity of oppression, as many saw it, and beginning to trace the origin of their various problems to their position as second-class citizens due to their sex.5 One such common concern was pregnancy: Booth’s early initiative spearheaded a movement by women to take abortion out of the hands of doctors, politicians, and medical review boards and to make decisions about women’s bodies themselves. As California abortion activist and Society for Humane Abortion founder Pat Maginnis (“the Che Guevara of abortion reformers”) declared, abortions should be elective because every woman has the right to control her own body.6 In 1967, the National Organization for Women (NOW) issued a “Bill of Rights for Women” that called for an end to legal restrictions on abortion and contraception.7 In February of 1969, Chicago was host to the “First National Conference on Abortion Laws,” but feminists such as Friedan, who was in attendance, objected to the doctorand maledriven agenda.8 Feminists were seeking a way to make abortion a plank in their women’s-lib movement.
In that same year, 1969, Booth began holding meetings with radical themes such as abortion at her Hyde Park home in suburban Chicago. Some of the women who frequented Booth’s political sessions were working on a new movement of their own, a “women’s liberation abortion group,” which they saw as necessary “to reframe the arguments for abortion in terms of the control over their lives that individual women had a right to, regardless of their economic status or race.”9 The Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation, which grew out of these meetings and also out of Booth’s experience connecting women with abortionists, took as a code name the “everywoman’s name” of “Jane.”10 After months of preparation and planning, a core group of women were ready to begin in earnest an illegal abortion referral service that would be fronted by an on-duty, on-call counselor, “Jane,” who would field requests from women seeking abortions. Posters were plastered around the city reading “Pregnant? Don’t want to be? Call Jane. 643-3844.”11 Women who wanted to end pregnancies began calling that number virtually non-stop and asking to speak to “Jane.”
The Abortion Counseling Service of Women’s Liberation would henceforth be known, in common parlance and in the considerable body of historical and sociological literature that has grown up around it, by the code name “Jane.” Jane operated from 1969 until early 1973, when the Supreme Court’s decisions in Roe v. Wade and Doe v. Bolton rendered Jane’s covert services unnecessary.12 By one former member’s estimate, over the course of its existence, Jane performed some 11,000 procedures.13
That former member is Laura Kaplan. Kaplan is a founding member of the Emma Goldman Women’s Health Center and also the author of The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminist Abortion Service, first published in 1995 and reissued by the University of Chicago Press in 2019. Kaplan, who goes by “Kate” in her book, tells “the story of Jane” in unadorned prose from her perspective as an insider and based upon interviews she conducted with many of the former Jane members and participants. The Story of Jane is not hagiography, it is history, a semi-firsthand account of how a group of women arrived at an enhanced awareness of their political position in the 1960s and early 1970s and decided to put that awareness into action by vivisecting more than ten thousand children. Kaplan is clearly proud of the work she and her fellow abortion providers did, and there can be little doubt that The Story of Jane was written to advance the myriad of leftist causes, centered on abortion and control over women’s bodies, that Kaplan has spent much of her life championing and practicing.
It is for that very reason that The Story of Jane must stand as perhaps the most pro-life book ever written in the United States. I cannot think of anything else that comes close to having the pro-life power that The Story of Jane conveys on nearly every page. And the reason is that the book proves, with a finality that only unwitting honesty could so underscore, the truth of all the horror stories that prolifers have been trying to tell the world since a previous generation of Americans of goodwill was caught flatfooted by the seismic shifts in sexual and reproductive law and practice in the 1960s. It is one thing to hear Phyllis Schlafly (1924-2016) speak out against abortion, but pro-life admonitions can always be dismissed, however disingenuously, as merely partisan. However, Kaplan’s account cannot possibly be so disregarded. The Story of Jane is the direct telling of what abortion really is and who the people who perform it really are, by someone who was quite literally in the room where it all happened.
The Story of Jane also handily dismantles the lies upon which abortion advocates are forced to rest their activism. As abortionist-turned-prolifer Dr. Bernard Nathanson later admitted, to further the legalization of abortion he infamously lied that as many as ten thousand women a year were lost to “back-alley abortions.”14 The truth is that abortion was already a thriving business, undertaken largely in medical clinics, long before Jane debuted. Kaplan does not mention Dr. Nathanson in The Story of Jane, but then again she does not have to—her book refutes Nathanson’s lie without needing to refer to it.
Those in favor of abortion often couch their support for the procedure in a narrative of women having been constrained, pre-Roe, to procure such “back-alley abortions,” in numbers Dr. Nathanson largely confabulated, in order to terminate pregnancies. Indeed, Kaplan and many of her Jane co-conspirators tell this tale of wanting to offer women something better than the “coat hangers” visited upon women in the dark ages before making abortion safe, legal, and rare. However, The Story of Jane completely inverts this narrative. It is not that the illegality of abortion turned abortionists into butchers. It is that butchers are attracted, by its nature, to the practice of abortion—and often also to its illegality, which helps increase the price that can be charged. In fact, much of The Story of Jane consists of haggling with abortionists— some of them, like T.R.M. Howard, licensed physicians who operated reputable and legitimate practices as their main work—over money. For a doctor or other abortionist, abortion, more than anything else, was almost always about the bottom line.
“Claire’s South Side doctor,” Kaplan writes, referring to Booth’s early go-to physician, Dr. Howard, “charged $500. After a certain number at full price he would occasionally do one for free” (p. 11). In the late 1960s, five hundred dollars was worth approximately $3,500 in 2021 dollars, making abortion then, as now, a highly lucrative practice. Abortionists were sensitive above all else to how much money could be extracted from their trade. Booth negotiated with abortionists to cut her special deals, getting, for example, one doctor to “make a financial arrangement: so many at $600 and then one for less” (p. 11).
Abortion was done for cash. Abortionists took advantage of women’s desperation to line their own pockets. “Claire [Heather Booth] charged each woman the full $600. She put any excess in a fund for women who could not manage even the reduced fee. She pressed people to pay. They had to. The doctor had to be paid. It was never easy for people to come up with $600” (p. 11). Some doctors charged as high as $1,000, the equivalent of nearly $7,000 today (p. 36). Many other doctors were even more predatory and unsavory, such as the doctor who “presumably paid police protection, because his name was on the door of the medical office where he performed abortions. He was medically competent, but he was often drunk and demanded sexual favors as a condition for the abortion” (p. 39).
In one unforgettable episode from The Story of Jane, Jenny, one of the main members of the core abortion service, arranged to meet with the middleman of a certain “Dr. Kaufman,” who preferred to perform abortions on women in motel rooms (which he characterized as “clean and safe,” p. 40). From the beginning, the negotiations are tawdry, even before the subject of money is broached. Jenny dressed provocatively to meet with Dr. Kaufman’s business associate in the hopes of distracting him into lowering his fee, wearing “a skimpy tan miniskirt, a sleeveless tank top, long dangling earrings and sandals. She had picked out her outfit carefully, thinking, If women are stuck with the victim/whore dichotomy, I’ll be the whore because we’ve had enough victims” (p. 41).
When the middleman arrives at the appointed sidewalk location and expresses concern about being watched by the police, Jenny tells him,
I don’t want to hear any of that bullshit. We both know why you’re in this. You’re in this to make money. We don’t care about money. We’re in this to help these women, and it’s as important to us as your money is to you, so let’s start right now and find some way we can make it better for you and you can make it better for us. You’re doing one or two cases a week for us now at six hundred to a thousand dollars per case. We have the wherewithal to deliver a lot more people to you, which means you’ll have to work harder, but you’ll make a shitload more money than what you’ve been making. But, in order for us to do that, we want some concessions too (p. 41).
Over the course of this heated exchange, Jenny, as Kaplan tells it, tries to frame her approach in terms of women, but the logic of money inexorably dominates the negotiations. “They had to build their strength through numbers,” Kaplan writes of Jane.
Women were desperate for decent abortions. They had to go out and find those women. If that meant expanding the group, so much the better. The bigger the organization, the more women they served, the more power was going to shift from the doctors to the women. Another motive was left unstated: If abortion was every woman’s right, they had to take whatever actions were necessary to make that right a reality (p. 43).
Given this fundamental history of abortion as a business, it is little wonder why abortionists working for Planned Parenthood were captured on undercover video by pro-life journalist David Daleiden in 2015 haggling over fetal body parts—whatever the motivation at the outset, the final calculus is cash. As women gain “power” and start performing abortions themselves, they do not deviate from this calculus, they simply streamline it by cutting out the male middleman and performing D&Cs themselves. It is always, inevitably, about how many abortions can be done, because the analysis is financial, not ultimately political or even compassionate.
The pattern of abortion-for-money, coupled with a general unwholesomeness of lifestyle at best, repeats throughout The Story of Jane. Take, for example, a doctor from Detroit who calls himself “Nathan.” Nathan gets wind of the burgeoning abortion market in Chicago and invites a Jane member to Detroit to watch an abortion and then discuss business details over dinner. The abortion the Jane member witnessed was performed in a “room outfitted with an examining table with stirrups, shelves with linen in sterile packaging, instrument cases and an autoclave for sterilizing instruments, like every doctor’s examining room she’d been in. Lorraine [the Jane member interviewing Nathan] was impressed; the room was immaculate and neat. A nurse in a starched white uniform sat in a corner reading a magazine” (p. 56). Later, when asked why he was doing abortions, Nathan replied that “he was in the process of a divorce” and that “his wife was taking him to the cleaners and he had two kids in college. He needed the money” (p. 56). Nathan showed Lorraine his American Medical Association membership card and they eventually agreed that he would work for $600 per abortion.
The abortionist who would perform the bulk of Jane abortions was “Nick,” who lived in California and had helped set up Jenny’s meeting with Dr. Kaufman’s middleman. Nick called Jane one day to “hint darkly” that he and Dr. Kaufman “had had some trouble with the Mob and had to leave town in a hurry” (p. 65). Nick later offered to resume abortions for Jane by flying in from California “every weekend” to do his middleman work for “Dr. Kaufman” (p. 74). Dr. Kaufman worked either at women’s homes or in motel rooms. When Jenny “convinced Nick to schedule several abortions in a row at one motel room, so that the room cost could be shared,” the Kaufman group still “tried to collect the full room charge from each of them” (pp. 74-75).
During one abortion in Hyde Park, the husband of the woman obtaining it found out where his wife was and began pounding on the door of the motel room where Dr. Kaufman was dismembering the man’s child. In the flight that ensued, Jenny, whom “Dr. Kaufman” had called in haste from a public phone after zigzagging “through alleys” to “evade his pursuer,” rushed to the scene and discovered that Nick and Dr. Kaufman were actually “the same person” (pp. 82-83). That evening Nick, formerly known to Jenny as Dr. Kaufman, “smoked pot” with Jenny at her place as the two discussed the details of “Dr. Kaufman’s” ongoing services to Jane, including the services of Denise, “Dr. Kaufman’s” nurse (p. 83). Nick “had never considered the consequences for a woman or for an unwanted child. He thought abortions were like mink coats: lots of women wanted them, but not everyone could afford one. For him it was a business, nothing more” (p. 85). Jenny understood the profit motive perfectly. She even “brought Nick’s money to the bank and exchanged the small bills for large ones, so that Nick could fly home with a less obvious wad” (p. 94).
The lie that Nick and Dr. Kaufman were separate people necessitated the creation of a “secret group, composed of women who were trusted personal friends, women Nick knew and of whom he individually approved” (p. 94). However, the lies did not end there. Nick was not only not Dr. Kaufman, he was not a doctor at all (p. 109). “Nick had learned his trade from a doctor to whom his brother had apprenticed him. After Nick had been assisting the doctor with abortions for a while, Nick’s brother paid the doctor to teach Nick this skill” (p. 110). Not only that, but Denise was not even a nurse. “Since [the apprenticeship], Nick had been the technician in a profit-making venture composed of his brother and his brother’s girlfriend, Denise, who posed as a nurse” (p. 110). Nick was a middleman of sorts, but for his brother, who essentially pimped out Nick and Denise to perform lucrative abortions in the Chicago market. Denise was on hand to make sure that the money went directly to Nick’s brother first—she was the “nurse” only for the women’s cash. “Nick only got a cut of the money which Denise collected [for each abortion] and turned over to Nick’s brother” (p. 110). Nick’s income was not limited to his abortion pay, and “There were rumors that the money [Nick] earned from abortions was a fraction of what he and his wife brought in from their S/M publishing business” (p. 102).
When the rest of the Jane group eventually learned that Nick was not really a doctor, many of the women felt betrayed and some left (p. 111). But by the time the revelation of Nick’s mendacity came, Jane had already begun changing, admitting such new members as Ricky, a radical black Marxist revolutionary (p. 93). The organization was also expanding their abortion pool to include “poor black communities on the South Side and West Side” of Chicago (p. 175), although wary of their “vulnerab[ility] to accusations of genocide and racism” as “white women performing abortions for poor black women” (p. 176). And they were branching out across state lines, for example by sending poor, abortion-minded women on the long bus trip to Philadelphia, where abortion was also illegal, although a vague judicial ruling had provided enough of a legal gray area to make the trip worthwhile (pp. 238-239). Women in Chicago with financial means had been traveling to New York for legal abortions, or else to London or other countries where abortion was not against the law (p. 64). The Philadelphia trip was connected to another development: Abortion was merging with the American cult of celebrity and moving into the center of public debates over the ongoing Sexual Revolution.
The abortionist to whom Jane sent the busload of poor women was “Jordan Bennett,” in reality Harvey Karman—like Dr. Kaufman, a fake doctor with a fake degree, in his case from a university in Europe that did not even exist. Karman—who had been imprisoned for killing a woman while attempting to perform an abortion on her with a nutcracker, and had received an executive pardon from then and future Governor Jerry Brown—had invented a new method of abortion using a cannula (a tube that can surround a needle to extend its effective length). This new method became a sensation among feminists on the West Coast, and Karman shrewdly parlayed his invention into fame (p. 197).15 Pat and Monica, two Californians who were in Chicago as part of a “cross-country tour promoting self-help groups” (with the Karman abortion method featuring as a form of “self-help”), were keen on getting arrested for their activism, as it would apply pressure to the legal system and expose abortion laws to litigation by progressivist lawyers (p. 198). By this time television cameras and newspaper reporters were catching on to the latest wave of the Sexual Revolution, and “abortionist” was becoming a platform for self-promotion. Karman, over whom Pat and Monica fawned like groupies, appeared to be in the abortion business as a way to stroke his “inflated ego” (p. 200). “Arrogance was a common trait among illegal abortionists,” Kaplan writes, and one Jane member, Julia, remembered Karman as “such an odd person, a real star” (p. 200). Kaplan herself remarks on Karman’s “incessant self-promotion” (p. 238).
In Philadelphia, Karman would be trying out yet another new method, “IUD-like” “super coils” that he had used “on women who had been raped during the recent civil war in Bangladesh” (p. 237). Kaplan does not mention that Karman had been flown to Bangladesh under the auspices of the International Planned Parenthood Federation.16 It is hard to escape the conclusion that Karman chose these poor women of color as a test case because “it was outside official medical practice,” meaning he would not have to adhere to medical standards and was free, as a Live Action report from 2018 puts it, to use the Bangladeshi rape victims as “guinea pigs” (p. 237).17 The “super coils” were essentially spring-loaded plastic razor clusters coated in gel, which sprang open inside the uterus after the gel had been melted by a woman’s body temperature.18 The Philadelphia event was another test of an unproven method on an unsuspecting and vulnerable population, and Karman’s grandstanding and incompetence in the mass-abortion publicity stunt nearly got several of the women killed (p. 240). But the publicity machine was already in high gear, and many other “Jordan Bennetts” were waiting in the wings to use abortion to gain national notoriety. A New York television crew was on hand to witness (and later broadcast) the grisly abortions. The Philadelphia Inquirer did a write-up. It was becoming a ticket to national fame to perform abortions on poor women.19
Harvey Karman was not the only abortionist present at the “Mother’s Day Massacre” in Philadelphia. Karman had arranged beforehand to use the abortion facilities of Dr. Kermit Gosnell, now known as the most prolific serial killer in American history and the overseeing physician that May day. The results were exactly as one would expect from a man who ran a “filthy, dangerous clinic” and who kept the remains of aborted babies in jars, plastic bags, bottles, and refrigerators on-site, including his collection of fetal feet lined up on a shelf in his office.20 Nine of the fifteen women whom Jane bused to Philadelphia for illegal abortions were grievously wounded by Gosnell. One needed a hysterectomy, and, as The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway writes of that day, others suffered “punctured uterus, hemorrhage, infections and retained fetal remains.”21 Gosnell would later be known as the abortionist who specialized in snipping born-alive infants’ necks with scissors to complete the “termination of pregnancy” when the usual methods didn’t suffice to kill the child in utero. The “super coil” method that Gosnell, taking his cue from Karman, deployed in the Mother’s Day Massacre may have been the inspiration for Gosnell’s blade techniques later on. Gosnell skipped town after the media reported on the horrors he inflicted on those women, some of whom were as far along as six months pregnant. But he later returned to continue his lucrative business in ending the lives of the pre-born, and sometimes their mothers’ lives, too.
Kaplan does not mention Gosnell, perhaps finding it unworthy of her editorial attention to record that one of the most fame-hungry abortionists in the United States had teamed up with a man who preyed mainly on poor Black women and their children. At Gosnell’s trial for murder (at which one of the counts was for the Mother’s Day Massacre), it was revealed that he regularly made “$10,000-$15,000 a night performing late, late abortions on (almost entirely) women of color.”22 By conservative estimates, Gosnell made some $1.8 million per year, mainly in cash. Many of the children whom Gosnell killed were delivered, some of them still alive, into the facility’s toilet. Gosnell was convicted of multiple counts of first-degree murder in 2013, plus a manslaughter charge for having caused the death of a pregnant woman, Bhutanese refugee Karnamaya Mongar, and hundreds of other counts of felony and misdemeanor abortion violations. It would spoil Kaplan’s upbeat presentation of Jane, of course, if it were known that Gosnell was no aberration, but the near-universal reality of abortion. At Gosnell’s trial, Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams exclaimed, “My grasp of the English language doesn’t really allow me to fully describe how horrific this clinic was— rotting bodies, fetal remains, the smell of urine throughout, blood-stained.” Jane did not help women avoid abortionists like Gosnell—they chartered a bus and sent fifteen women to his clinic.
By the time the Karman affair was making headlines, Jane was also in the news. On Wednesday, May 3, 1972, detectives from the Chicago Police Department raided the apartment where Jane was performing abortions that day. Seven Jane members were arrested and spent the night in jail. The Chicago Tribune picked up the story, but the news had long since simmered down into background legal proceedings and Jane had resumed its usual abortion trade when the United States Supreme Court put them out of business on January 22, 1973. On May 20 of that year, nearly a year to the day that Karman and Gosnell had made history with the Mother’s Day Massacre, one Jane member, “Sally,” threw an “end-of-Jane party at her elegant Frank Lloyd Wright house in Oak Park” (p. 280). The humor surrounding the evening was macabre: “You are cordially invited to attend,” the party invitations read, “The First, Last and Only Curette Caper / The Grand Finale of the Abortion Counseling Service / RSVP Jane 643-3844” (p. 280). Nick, the mainstay abortionist who had eventually taught his trade to Jenny (who then took over as the Jane “doctor”), was also invited to the party—and showed up. One Jane member regaled the group with a lighthearted song about “the women in the service” who used to “give you an abortion / No matter what the reason for” (p. 281). Jane was finished, but its legend was already being spun.
Laura Kaplan’s The Story of Jane is, of course, the story of Jane, but it is more accurately the story of power and control. The two words appear again and again in the book. The doctors wanted money, yes, but what the women wanted was complete control. “Control was the key” (p. 38). “Many women felt empowered” by their abortions, remembers Jane member Lydia, “because it was the first adult decision they had made” (p. 168). “Sexual pleasure [. . .] was essential for [women’s] liberation,” to be sure (p. 169), but power trumped orgasm. “On Thursdays,” when Nick was off duty and the women were performing abortions themselves, “they had total control” (p. 158). For Nick, “control wasn’t as important to him as money, and he wasn’t giving that up” (p. 120), but for the women such as Jenny, “it was about control, women controlling abortions. That was the root of the problem” (p. 115). Jane was to become “the ultimate feminist project” (p. 115), Kaplan writes. “Through the movement, women were beginning to identify themselves as a class and abortion as a class issue, part of a challenge to male authority and essential for their own liberation” (p. 274). Designed for women’s use, the book Our Bodies, Ourselves (published in 1970 as the first comprehensive practical anatomy book in English), puts it succinctly in the introduction: “These are our bodies. Why shouldn’t we know about them and control them?” (p. 266). Fittingly, Laura Kaplan is now listed as a contributor.
Although The Story of Jane is resoundingly pro-life in what it reveals, I do not recommend it to all prolifers. The contents are too grisly, the language too coarse, the overall social landscape that Kaplan describes far too seedy and callous to recommend this book to any but the ardent student of the history of feminism’s war against children. But for those who want to brave a sobering glimpse into the cold reality of the abortion business, The Story of Jane is the book to provide it. The logical fallacies, the underworld criminality, the lust for transgression, the contempt for in utero life, the destruction of the social fabric that ensues when women begin to prey on their own offspring—all of it is right here, and there can be no accusations that it has been concocted by biased prolifers to discredit a cause they do not understand. Kaplan was there. She saw and did what she describes. She has rendered her account of the illegal Chicago abortion movement in a fair way—including the extensive involvement of Christian clergy in promoting Jane and using their “cloak of moral authority” to lend an air of righteousness to the killing (p. 63). But Kaplan is also clearly a partisan as well. The Story of Jane is hailed by no less a figure than Democratic political mainstay and social activist Barbara Ehrenreich as a “story of breathtaking courage, ingenuity, and sisterhood.” This is the version of the “pro-choice” story that has secured the highest endorsements of the feminist left. The Story of Jane is the best that pro-abortionists can do. It is their story, in their words, of what really happens in the abortion industry. And it is utterly shocking and revolting to behold.
20. In the Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Criminal Trial Division, In re County Investigating Grand Jury XXIII (January 14, 2011), pp. 138, 142
23. In the Court of Common Pleas, First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Criminal Trial Division, In re County Investigating Grand Jury XXIII (January 14, 2011), p. 88 https://cdn.cnsnews.com/ documents/Gosnell,%20Grand%20Jury%20Report.pdf
Jason Morgan is an associate professor at Reitaku University in Kashiwa, Japan.


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The future of Northern Ireland depends on our economy; on our ability to nurture entrepreneurialism, create jobs and generate wealth. That’s why NI21 Leader Basil McCrea MLA has tabled an amendment to the Employment Bill, due to be debated in the Assembly tomorrow, to increase the qualifying period for unfair dismissal from one year to two years.
The qualifying period for unfair dismissal is the headline policy that signifies a different approach between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom. In the search for sustainable investment and high quality jobs in a competitive global market, such a difference is unhelpful.
The proposed change in the law would boost employer confidence for recruitment, attract new investment and open up employment opportunities for those who may lack experience or who have been out of work for some time.
Northern Ireland’s key competitive advantage is the quality of our people, but even high quality people need a start. Too many of our young people cannot get experience and those over the age of fifty find it hard to change career.
We need radical reform in order to encourage new employment, strengthen our economy and move into the 21st Century. In order to get the legislation through, the Minister for Employment and Learning has had to compromise with the major parties; missing the opportunity to address the staggering skills deficit and low productivity rates. By bringing this amendment forward, we hope to force the Assembly to debate the grittier issues rather than voting for a lacklustre piece of legislation.

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I have lived in Mumbai nearly all my life. There is no other city that I love as passionately, and a huge part of that is thanks to the glorious food the city offers. Some of these are so intricately woven into the fabric of the city that the two cannot be separated; those are the ones I've attempted to write about today.
1. Vada Pav
Vada Pav, an iconic Mumbai dish if there ever was one, hinges on only two central elements - the vada and the pav, along with the supporting roles of thechutney and masala of course. It was Ashok Vaidya who was the Vada Pav pioneer, but it was the Shiv Sena's efforts to project it as the snack of the masses that really catapulted it to its superstar status. Try Ashok Thakur's at Kirti College, Dadar.
2. Bombay Sandwich
Well, I mean, this has Bombay in its very name - what could be more quintessentially Mumbai? The Bombay sandwich combines potatoes, cucumbers, tomatoes, beetroot, onions, capsicum, chutney and cheese between two lushly-buttered slices of white bread, in a Dagwood-worthy snack. For those who are slightly more particular, the sandwich can be customised any which way they like: no beetroot? No problem! Toasted or plain? It's all good. Try the sandwichwala outside Xavier's college, Dhobi Talao.
3. Pao Bhaji
According to Aakar Patel, the Pao Bhaji was ostensibly the invention of canny street stalls owners who were working to satiate the late night hunger pangs of Gujarati traders in Dalal street, who were trading in cotton with America and Europe in the 19th century. While this may or may not be the correct explanation of its birth, there is nothing more Mumbai than this delicious dish - mashed vegetables in a tomato gravy, swimming in a pool of butter, all mopped up with loaves of buttered bread. Nowadays, like everything else, the original can be adulterated to your eclectic tastes - Jain, paneer, cheese, and even Cheese Jain versions are available. Try it at Sardar Refreshments, Tardeo.
4. Bun Maska
There's something about Maska Pao, especially Brun Maska. The crusty brun bread with a soft, pillowy belly is unique to Mumbai and is the order of choice at any Irani cafe. Order it slathered with butter (maska) with a cup of steaming milky tea to dip it in. Try it at Kyani's, Dhobi Talao.
The Bombil (Bombay duck) swims in the waters near Mumbai and is one of Mumbai's most popular fish (which sadly means that it is fast being fished into extinction). Mostly served in its crisp, batter-fried avatar at Gomantak or Malvani restaurants, it is also a fish beloved of the Parsis, and Britannia serves a cracking version of it. Or you could try the dried versions, crackling them over the fire until crunchy and smokey.
6. Bhelpuri and Dahi Sev Puri
There are many iterations of chaat but only two that were seemingly born in Mumbai. The first is Bhelpuri, a delectable pishpash of sev, puris, sweet, tangy and spicy chutneys, onions, raw mango and about half a dozen other ingredients. Apparently, it was invented by Vithal Bhelwala (now shut down, although Vithal Family Restaurant is affiliated to it). The second is Dahi Batata Puri, one of my most favourite things in the world. We take it for granted today, but whoever was the first to throw together mung, channa, potato, chutneys, curd and sev in a crisp pani puri shell was obviously some sort of culinary genius. Try them both at Swati Snacks, Tardeo.
7. Kheema Ghotala
Here's another Irani cafe gem with a rather evocative name - Kheema Ghotala, a flavourful mess of mince and eggs. The Parsis and Iranis, always faithful to their undying love for egg and meat, have found a delicious way to marry the two. Try it at Cafe Military, Fort.
8. Chinese Bhel
Ah, the irony of a dish named Chinese Bhel in a list of Mumbai's iconic dishes. But in fact, it is typical of Mumbai to draw in various cultural influences from around the world and then enmesh them into her own culinary fabric. The Chinese Bhel grew thanks to inventive street vendors selling 'Chinese noodles' and it is made of a jumble of cabbage, onions, fried noodles and lots of masala. Try it at Ramesh Chinese Bhel, Juhu Andheri Link Road.
9. Gobi or Chicken Manchurian
We all know the famous story of how restaurateur Nelson Wang invented the now ubiquitous Chicken Manchurian at the request of a hungry diner, way back in the 1970s. Whether you believe the tale or not, there's no question that Chicken Manchurian (or Gobi Manchurian for vegetarians) is a Mumbai invention, something that is unheard of in China. Whatever its origin, Wang has certainly hit upon a winning formula - deep-fried chicken, stirred into a red sauce that is tangy with soy and vinegar. Try it at Kamling in Churchgate.
The very first Tibbs Frankie kiosk went up in Powai in 1969, followed by the stall in Churchgate. Most likely inspired by the Lebaneseshawarma, the Tibb family named their creation after popular West Indian cricketer, Frank Worrell. The Frankie's popularity soon soared; it is after all, a cheap, tasty and nutritious fast-food snack and today is available not just in the popular chicken and mutton options, but also veg, paneer, cheese and Schezwan varieties. Try it at the Shivaji Park stall.
About the author: Meher Mirza is an independent writer and editor, with a focus on food and travel. Formerly with BBC Good Food India, she loves anime, animals and artsy things but also comics, technology and death metal.
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Wafting along a sinewy road in California’s Monte Rio, heat waves disperse off the blacktop and distort the scenery ahead, as if to suggest the splendor of the land is merely a mirage. Hypnotic phalanxes of redwoods edge the highway, defending the secrets within.
July 13th was the official unofficial start date of the 2 week long Bohemian Grove retreat for the Bohemian Club, whose males-only members include prominent business leaders, artists, and former U.S. presidents. The motto of the San Francisco based club is “Weaving Spiders Come Not Here,” meaning business deals are to be left outside. Every year, elite literati come together to enjoy the beauty of nature, arts and intellectual talks. The start of the yearly retreat is a ceremony that involves a traditional musical drama celebrating nature and summertime, whereby all the members expunge their “cares” of the world.
The Bohemian Club is notorious for its secrecy and exclusivity. The $25,000 initiation fee and $5,000 yearly dues are mere tokens of appreciation for the costs of running this club that hosts ornate monthly theatrics and dinner parties far surpassing these paltry fees. Don’t even try to name drop your way in, with over 2,000 members with a plethora of Bushes, Basses, Rockefellers and Morgans, the invitation to join in extremely limited and usually falls to those with legacy.
But once you do step through the military-protected compound, you’ll enjoy a carefree world of heavy libation and liberation.
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Just weeks before Tobey Maguire and his wife jewellery designer Jennifer Meyer announced their separation, the “Spider-Man” actor was seen getting cozy at a club with Justin Bieber’s now ex-girlfriend, Sofia Richie.
In photos taken at 1 OAK in West Hollywood on October 1, Maguire, 41, and Richie, 18, were photographed talking intimately at the nightclub, where they were reportedly also seen dancing and singing together.
However, when the topic was addressed with Richie as she was spotted leaving Catch LA hand-in-hand with her older sister’s BFF Paris Hilton, the model told TMZ, “Are you f**king joking? Dumb question.” She went on, “Literally stop because this is a bulls**t rumour.”
TMZ reports that sources close to the couple say that Maguire and Meyer have actually been separated since June and the actor has since been hitting up the clubs with his “The Great Gatsby” co-star, Leonardo DiCaprio.

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Manipulation and apathy can't keep silver prices down forever; there is too much demand and too much money sitting on the sidelines. In this interview with The Gold Report, Silver-Investor.com Editor David Morgan tells us why he is grateful for his balanced approach to investing and life. He also explains why he is still excited about four developers that are moving projects forward at any price.
David Morgan (www.Silver-Investor.com) is a widely recognized analyst in the precious metals industry; he consults for hedge funds, high net-worth investors, mining companies, depositories and bullion dealers. He is the publisher of The Morgan Report on precious metals, the author of "Get the Skinny on Silver Investing" and a featured speaker at investment conferences in North America, Europe and Asia.
The Gold Report: A recent GFMS/Thomson Reuters Silver Institute World Silver Survey shows that while the price of silver dropped 23.6% in the last year, there was actually an increase in demand, particularly from China and India. Why is the price so low when the fundamentals seem to point otherwise?
David Morgan: As the survey shows, there was a deficit of silver, which means fundamentally the price should be higher. But real prices are determined in the paper markets and the pressure there has been downward.
Additionally, the large physical silver holding companies—Sprott Physical Silver Trust (PSLV:NAR), Central Fund of Canada (CEF) and the Zurich Cantonal Bank, the silver ETF—have not purchased any quantities of bullion in quite some time. That begs the question of why these big, traditionally bullish entities aren't stepping in at these low silver prices.
The other question investors are asking is, "When is this going to turn around?" They get depressed and say, "I can't win because the manipulators always win. It's pointless to be in this market." That mindset has taken hold of a lot of people who were once very bullish in the silver market.
This is all proof that we're very close to the bottom, if not at the bottom. When sentiment is this low, people become fearful. As Jim Dines says, the cure for low prices is low prices. It won't go on forever, even though it may seem that way now.

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Last week, President Trump tweeted that transgender individuals could no longer serve in the US Armed Forces.
“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
If enacted this new policy against transgender individuals would reverse policies issued by Sec of Defense,, Ash Carter in 2015 that stated:
“No Service member shall be involuntarily separated or denied reenlistment or continuation of active or reserve service on the basis of their gender identity, without the personal approval of the Under Secretary of Defense for personnel and Readiness.”
However since Trump’s policy announcement on twitter, the White House and the Department of Defense have not issued any official policy changes, leaving the thousands of transgender Service members hanging in the balance. Since the official policy announcement in 2015, there have been zero reported issues by any branch of the military.
Now, everyone is waiting to see what Secretary of Defense James Mattis will do next.
Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan joined a bipartisan letter signed by 43 additional Senators to Secretary Mattis urging him to advise the President against implementing the announcement he made via Twitter Wednesday that transgender Americans can no longer serve in the military.
“We strongly oppose this policy change, and urge you to advise the President against it,” the Senators wrote in the letter. “This announcement contradicts existing Defense Department policies, undermines our military readiness, and puts our transgender service members as well as their commanders in an impossible situation.”
“We appreciate General Dunford’s message that no policy changes should be made until implementation guidelines have been issued. We further write to request that, at a minimum, you do not separate any service member due to the person’s gender identity until you have completed the assessment that you announced on June 30, have reported back to Congress about any challenges that you foresee in the accession and retention of transgender troops, and determined the Department is unable to mitigate these challenges.”
Veterans like Jason Lindsay fear that this policy shift is a “colossal step backwards” in a statement issued Wednesday.
“As an Iraq war veteran and member of the LGBTQ community who was personally impacted by ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,’ I am appalled at Donald Trump’s announcement this morning banning transgender people from serving in the military,” said Jason Lindsay, Executive Director of Pride Fund to End Gun Violence. “This is blatant discrimination, full-stop, and a colossal step backwards for our country.”
“Trump vowed to protect the LGBTQ community during his campaign, but his methodical dismantling of LGBTQ protections and rights shows his true intentions. This morning’s announcement is a direct attack on the transgender community,” said Lindsay.
The full text of the Senators’ joint letter is included here and below.Letter to Mattis on transgender troops

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Tricks That Professionals Of Online Game Do Not Want You To Know.
An on the internet video game is typically a virtual game that’s either mainly or completely played through the Web or a few other computer network easily accessible around the world. These sorts of games can consist of a wide array of styles, including auto racing video games, puzzles, card video games as well as even more. On the internet games are commonly multiplayer online games that feature 2 or even more real life players. There are many methods you can play an on the internet video game.
Some people delight in playing flash-based or game-play video clips or video games. Some others prefer to play games that integrate a combination of aesthetic and also message components. Others are looking for an extra immersive experience by playing in-person with other real-time strategy gamers. Regardless of whether you prefer to play games that need downloading and also using a web internet browser, or video games that include publishing your game content to a server and also playing it by doing this, there are ways to play games on the web. One preferred method to play video games online entails playing through gaming platforms such as Xbox Live, Playdom, and also others.
Pc gaming systems allow customers to connect with various other gamers across the globe who have the very same pc gaming choices as they do. Some players choose to play video games through social communities while others delight in on-line gaming teams where they can interact and also share tips and techniques. In order to play video games online, you need to have a web connection that is fast as well as has a reasonable download speed. Some gamers download their video game material to a computer that has a high ability for storage space while others like to play video games straight from streaming media resources such as YouTube. Some people additionally utilize on-line video gaming platforms to play video games on social network sites such as Facebook and MySpace.
On several social networking websites, you will certainly find games that match you against other real-life gamers. You’ll be fighting other on-line players and trying to win the most hearts by defeating the competitors. Other gamers could be assaulting you for your own rating or they may be sabotaging you in other means. Playing a game within a social networking website allows you to escape from the globe of the real world and also immerse on your own in a fantasy game world that you could only experience with a computer.
In the third main short article, we’ll review multiplayer online games. Multiplayer online video game titles offer gamers with the ability to get in touch with various other gamers around the globe to play video games online. A multiplayer online video game title usually includes 3 or even more video game web servers from which players get in touch with each other. These video game web servers connect with one another and with the gamer’s computer system to enable them to cooperate as well as compete with one another.
In this 3rd major write-up, we’ll review multiplayer video games that involve first-person shooter video clip content. First-person shooter video games are amongst one of the most prominent on the internet video games on the net today. They are also amongst one of the most popular computer game in the world. There are thousands of different kinds of first-person shooter video games available today, and most of them involve some sort of action, gunning, fighting, or auto racing. The first-person shooter game titles are especially prominent with laid-back players because they use an one-of-a-kind point of view on the activity, which may make them much easier to pick up than more traditional kinds of titles.
An on the internet game is simply a computer game which is either completely or partly played by means of the Web or a few other local area network worldwide. A lot of them are video games which can be bet free while others may be for investing in. There are numerous online video games to pick from that it might sometimes end up being very complex to select one from among all. A lot of on the internet game gamers likewise have social networking abilities with the use of chatroom, forums as well as other similar alternatives that make on-line video game play a lot more satisfying. The Web has as a result come to be a preferred location to play video games along with a tool to advertise and offer various points.
An on-line video game gamer can choose from hundreds of on the internet video games, which are all really delightful. Individuals from all ages and also walks of life can be discovered playing these video games. They can be really addictive and also the player can invest countless hrs just attempting to beat their high ratings. A lot of them are multiplayer games as well as hence a single gamer game would hardly obtain half an hour of home entertainment. These games can for that reason be a fun as well as renewing method of spending free time along with buddies or enjoyed ones.
There are many different sort of on the internet video games. A few of them are very intricate, while others are relatively very easy and also straightforward. One can pick from simple flash games or even more complicated ones which call for a great deal of idea as well as calculated thinking on the part of the player. There are numerous sites that provide totally free online game trials, ideas and advice that are excellent for novices.
There are different means of winning an online game. The initial method is by scoring as lots of factors as feasible within a certain period. The 2nd is by getting the highest score during an established time limit. These games are commonly multiplayer games suggesting that can work together with close friends or relative to participate and also delight in the video game. There are likewise social networking attributes readily available in several of these video games so that friends can complete against each other and also increase the factors they need to be the leader.
Most of the video games are affected by pop culture. For example, the on-line video game ‘Sims Medieval’ allows the user to spruce up their characters making use of a substantial selection of clothes from the period, creating a true to life look. There are fantasy based games also, which provide the user a possibility to end up being a warrior, or illusionist or witch. A few of the most popular games are Wow and also Eve Online, which have 10s of hundreds of users playing them daily. There are lots of other ones such as the video game Tetris where the purpose is to finish the game within a short time framework. situs casino
There is no refuting that online games are coming to be exceptionally prominent with both adults as well as kids. They are greatly enjoyable and relaxing. They can be played alone in addition to multiplayer. They can be a resource of leisure and enjoyment as well as forming a really fun multiplayer neighborhood around them.

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SOURCE: SATYAJEET KUMAR/ FOR MY TAKE / IDRW.ORG
According to Indian intelligence input coming across the Line of control, nearly 200 local Kashmiri from Pakistan occupied Kashmir has been picked up for arms and military training hinting at possible use of local Kashmiri speaking population has the fodder for possible cross border raids on Indian side of the Kashmir after Indian made constitutional changes to remove special status of the state which now allows New Delhi greater control of the valley.
The Pakistani military is expecting a revolt by locals against the withdrawal of the special status of the state against India but local intelligence reports which Pakistan’s notorious spy agency ISI has submitted to the Pakistani establishment reportedly has said that local uprising will need to be engineered with help from Pakistani side or else Indian forces will be able to take care off minor incidents of violence which pro-Pakistan supported ground workers on instruction of Hurriyat conference plan to carry out .
Pakistani military doesn’t want to be seen as an aggressor at the International stage but wants to showcase their terror push in the Kashmiri has a local uprising against the Indian government which could be Pr disaster for the India which will invite some level of international pressure on India for possible mediation in the matter which not many are interested in.
Dr. Maria Sultan who is Chairman South Asian Strategic Stability Institute (SAASI) in the recent media interaction with local tv channels had advocated ‘Million March‘ to the line of control towards Indian Kashmir from Muzaffarabad, the capital city of Pakistani occupied Kashmir to showcase solidarity with Kashmiri on the other side of the line of control. It might sound naive and lunatic to move unarmed civilians near highly LOC which is heavy guarded by Indian Army but they seem to be a well-planned strategy to this madness, a calculated move to use unarmed local Kashmiri as fodder for possible International intervention.
1947 War with Pakistan on Princely state of Jammu and Kashmir began when Pakistan’s Pashtun tribal militias crossed the border of the state and carried out raids on areas which are now part of POK and Gilgit-Baltistan. While after the intervention of the Indian Army, the Pakistani army officially participated in the war but it was unable to push into more areas but managed to hold on areas after the ceasefire which created today’s line of control.
Administration in Pakistani occupied Kashmir have allowed locals to procure and keep with them arms like cheap copies of AK-47 in last few months due to possible cross border operations by Indian Army and due to typical Jihadi mentality against Kafirs, the Pakistani military is not short of volunteers who are willing to take part in cross border raids and with combination of armed and unarmed civilians to be used as fodder, Pakistani military seems to be resorting back to tactics it had first used in 1947 war with India to gain territories which forced UN intervention.
Pakistani military can’t afford a full-scale war with India nor it believes it can take Indian side of Kashmir by force nor it is confident that local Kashmir population on Indian side will be able to rise against Indian forces or even manage to sustain it for long enough before International communities even take notice of it, but Pakistani military will engineer a crisis which will help them. Imagine India being forced to talk to Pakistan due to International pressure will almost be seen as a victory for Pakistan establishment to show to its Awaam even if it gains no areas of the Indian side.
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In commemoration of African American History Month, the United States Diplomacy Center presented a program on the bicentennial of Frederick Douglass’s birth highlighting the diplomatic careers of Ebenezer Bassett and Douglass. Both men were appointed as Ministers to Haiti in the late 19th century. Bassett, appointed by President Grant, was the United States’ first African American diplomat, serving from 1869-1877. Douglass, a well-known abolitionist, writer, activist, and civil servant, was appointed by President Harrison, and served from 1889-1891.
During this special event, I had the honor of having a discussion with Bassett biographer and career Foreign Service Officer Christopher Teal, and Curator at the Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, U.S. National Park Service, Dr. Ka’mal McClarin. Teal related how Bassett arrived in Haiti in the midst of a civil war, demonstrating extraordinary leadership and diplomatic skills as hundreds of refugees took shelter in his compound.
Showing portions of his upcoming documentary, Teal showed how Bassett negotiated the refugees’ safe passage to their homes in Port au Prince, establishing him as an early advocate for international human rights. I presented on Douglass’s diplomatic efforts to secure a lease for a coaling station from the Haitian government, and Dr. McClarin presented several artifacts belonging to Douglass and his time in the Caribbean: a Panama hat, a farewell Bible given to him by the congregation of DC’s Metropolitan AME Church, his commission, and passport.
My fellow panelists and I addressed an audience of retired ambassadors, students, educators, Smithsonian staff, Department of State staff, and DC area residents. Bassett scholars from Connecticut and a descendant of Bassett’s were also in attendance.
About the Author: Dr. Alison Mann serves as Public Historian at the U.S. Diplomacy Center at the U.S. Department of State.
Editor's Note: This entry also appears in the U.S. Department of State's publication on Medium.com.


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S&P 500 (NYSE:SPY) component Caterpillar (NYSE:CAT) will unveil its latest earnings tomorrow, Monday, January 28, 2013. Caterpillar offers construction and mining equipment as well as diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines.
Caterpillar Earnings Preview Cheat Sheet
Wall St. Earnings Expectations: The average estimate of analysts is for net income of $1.70 per share, a decline of 26.7% from the company’s actual earnings for the same quarter a year ago. During the past three months, the average estimate has moved down from $1.77. Between one and three months ago, the average estimate moved down. It also has dropped from $1.72 during the last month. Analysts are projecting profit to rise by 17% versus last year to $9.14.
Past Earnings Performance: The company has beaten estimates the last four quarters and is coming off a quarter where it topped forecasts by 6 cents, reporting profit of $2.27 per share against a mean estimate of net income of $2.21 per share.
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A Look Back: In the third quarter, profit rose 48.9% to $1.7 billion ($2.54 a share) from $1.14 billion ($1.71 a share) the year earlier, exceeding analyst expectations. Revenue rose 4.6% to $16.45 billion from $15.72 billion.
Here’s how Caterpillar traded following its last earnings report 3 months ago and leading up to its upcoming earnings report this week:


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At first glance, the weather across the United States appeared quiet on 14 April 2021. However, a blip over southern Texas and Louisiana caught my eye. A few convective storms seemingly appeared out of nowhere. Figure 1 shows visible satellite imagery of this event. The storms bubble up rapidly around 2200 UTC 14 April 2021, with the peak convective activity located just east of Houston, Texas. Storms suddenly taking shape like this is often a signature of the influences of diurnal heating. This lines up well with the timeline of these storms, as they took shape right around sunset. The intensity of the storms is evident by the overshooting cloud tops seen on this visible satellite imagery. The overshooting cloud tops are a result of rapid upward vertical motions that cause the clouds to extend into the lower stratosphere. A severe thunderstorm warning was issued by the National Weather Service in association with these storms, further verifying what is seen on visible satellite imagery.
Figure 1 Visible satellite imagery from GOES-East, valid beginning 2200 UTC 14 April 2021 (5pm local time). The cloud cover is shown in the white/light grey, depending upon the thickness of the cloud cover. Land can be seen through the clouds in dark grey.
Investigation of water vapor imagery can allow for analysis of the moisture available with this rapidly developing system. Figure 2 shows the GOES upper-level water vapor imagery beginning around 2200 UTC 14 April 2021 (5pm local time). Water vapor imagery can show locations of the jet stream and jet streaks, and we can deduce some synoptic-scale influences from this. The jet stream is located on water vapor imagery by locating regions of brightness gradient of the white coloration. In Figure 2, the jet stream is located south of Florida, with increasing intensity off the coast. The high level of moisture in the vicinity of the convective cells is evident by the green coloration over eastern Texas and southern Louisiana. This indicates that plenty of moisture was present to fuel the rainfall in association with these cells. The location of the jet stream is removed from the direct vicinity of the convective activity, but there might be some influences from upward vertical motions associated with the right jet entrance region as this jet streak moves toward the Gulf coast of Florida.
Figure 2 Upper-level water vapor imagery, valid beginning 2200 UTC 14 April (5 pm local time). Moist airmasses (with high water vapor concentration) appear in the shades of green. Dry airmasses (with low water vapor concentration) appear in shades of yellow. Land cover can be seen through the airmasses in blue.
The locations of the moist and dry air masses are verified by looking at Airmass RGB imagery, shown in Figure 3. On this satellite imagery, the warm, moist air mass can be seen by the green coloring. Dry air is shown in orange, and lower stratospheric air (indicating the location of the jet stream) is shown in dark orange. Cloud top temperatures are shown by the white regions. There is a warm, moist air regime over much of the Southeast. The developing convection is shown clearly by the intense white coloration of the cells popping up. There is a dry streak over the Gulf of Mexico, indicating a jet stream signature in the vicinity, moving towards Florida.
Figure 3 Airmass RGB imagery from GOES-16, valid beginning 2200 UTC 14 April 2021 (5pm local time). Warm, moist airmasses appear in the green coloration. Dry airmasses appear in the lighter orange coloration. Dry, highly stable air (advected from the stratosphere) appear in the dark orange/red coloration. Cold, dry (polar) airmasses appear in the dark blue/indigo coloration.
Finally, the information gathered from various satellite products can be verified by referring to radar imagery. Base reflectivity in Figure 4 shows the highest dBZ values located east of Houston. This corresponds to the areas of most intense precipitation. The regions with the highest dBZ values also raise concern for hail formation. By referring to other radar products (such as correlation coefficient imagery and differential reflectivity imagery, not shown here), hail does not appear to be forming with these storm cells. The cells show a clear core and gap structure as well, so there is concern for the formation of cold pools that may drive more local upward vertical motions.
Figure 4 Base reflectivity from KHGX (Galveston, Texas), valid beginning at 0000 UTC 15 April 2021 (7pm local time). The highest reflectivity values (in dBZ) are shown in the red/orange colors. These correspond to the regions experiencing the heaviest rainfall.
Though these storm cells rapidly appeared over the South, there was little impact from their formation. They ended up bringing rain to eastern Texas and southern Louisiana in a classic diurnal heating set up. This event brought a taste of what’s to come in this region over the next few months of late spring and summer!

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Our Tangled Roots: An interview with Redwood playwright and performer Brittany K. Allen
In Redwood, Brittany K. Allen uses her signature playfulness, verve, and bold theatricality to scale the branches of our shared American lineage. Here, she digs into the genesis of her new play — our 28th world premiere to date and the very first selected by Artistic Director Marissa Wolf.
Why were you initially drawn to exploring a family’s excavation of their ancestry and, in particular, how that might impact an interracial couple?
Redwood actually has two prongs of autobiographical inspiration. A few years back, one of my amazing (and for what it’s worth, utterly un-Stevie-like) aunts became interested in charting our family’s genealogy. As Stevie says in the play, there’s a lot of freight to this exercise for Black Americans, because for many of us, mining our histories isn’t this joyfully curious, what-famous-president-am-I-related-to kind of hobby/mission, but one that’s necessarily going to lead you back to chattel slavery and plantation rape (that is, if you can find your relatives at all). But I admired, and continue to admire, that impulse to situate oneself in the fabric of this country’s history by charting the family, finding the names, really attempting to imagine who those ancestors were. So that mission, and some of the alarming particulars my aunt turned up, inspired Stevie’s quest in this play.
Around the same time all this was happening, I was in an interracial relationship and was learning how to speak about micro and macroaggressions in this highly intimate way, with a person who was theoretically supposed to understand everything about me. And this work, I found, was very difficult. As a person who’s grown up in a majority white community as a sort-of perpetual “Only” in the room, I feel like I’ve had to become versed in the many subtle ways you have to navigate white spaces in a brown body — the ways you defend yourself, or work to make people more at ease, or attempt to name your pain when there’s a pronounced power dynamic in the room. But the way one is with a partner is a lot different than how one is with a friend, or a colleague, or even a family member of a different race. I got into a lot of frustrating, mind-opening conversations while I was learning how to sit in a love that tested my politics and, occasionally, my concept of selfhood. And some of those conversations — and others I’ve had since, in other relationships — inspired the Meg and Drew characters, who are also learning how to do this thorny work of recognizing the other in a world that will never see them on equal footing.
One of the powerful things about this play is that it grapples with slavery and racism through both a present-day and historical lens, concurrently, and we get to see how characters across generations — of different races, ages, stages of life, even religious beliefs — are affected. How did you approach fleshing out each of the members of this family tree? What was important to you as you thought about the different personalities and perspectives you wanted to bring to life on stage?
I love this question! Yes, a major goal of the play is to acknowledge the hugeness of any family’s tree and show how we are all of us in America tangled up in one another. And at the play’s end — spoiler alert — I enlisted the chorus as Meg and Drew’s intertwined ancestors because I wanted to show in a brief burst how diverse these stories are once you really go digging. Everyone in America, I'll assert, was affected by slavery. And I wanted to show a gamut of those uniquely affected lives, from Hattie to Tatum to Napoleon to the matriarch Alameda.
Perspective and personality-wise, a running theme of the play for me is the conflict between those Black folks like Mom, or perhaps Instructor, who find more solace in facing forward than looking back, and are perhaps not as compelled by the genealogy project as Stevie or Meg. A lot of my peers of color can’t understand that position, but it’s a way of being that resonates with a lot of elders on both sides of my family, and I wanted to honor that as I was attempting to articulate how a varied group of Black people consider their position in present-day America. Similarly, I included a glimpse of Harriet and Tatum as Drew’s parents, because I wanted to show a completely different kind of interracial relationship, with an entirely different coping language and shorthand.
At two moments in the script, Meg and her boyfriend Drew share a similar sentiment: “I'm not naïve — I know about American history.” What is the significance of this line, and why was it important to put it in both of these character’s mouths?
This line is important to me because I wanted to communicate — with a minimum of cheek — that Meg and Drew are intelligent, thoughtful, urban millennials. For lack of a better word, they’re “woke.” They’ve been to the Decolonize-Your-Mind workshops, they both attend anti-police brutality rallies, and they have a language, already, that helps them metabolize the historical irony of their situation. Because I’ve already seen the plays and stories in which we leave feeling that the interracial love story is doomed, I wanted to write the version where we do trust that these two have initial chemistry and fondness and respect for the other; they could actually be MFEO [made for each other]. But I situated the play very deliberately at the moment when even the best defenses — knowledge, humor, love — fail. These two characters know everything one could ostensibly get from a Zinn book about American history, but they haven’t entirely personalized this work, and that’s what puts them at risk.
How did you settle on the title Redwood?
I don’t remember when it came to me, exactly! Bolt of inspiration in the night, perhaps? I started calling drafts “Redwood” because I kept coming back to the mammoth nature of the genealogy project, and this idea that once you find one “branch” of a family tree you’re promptly lead to 45 other people, stories, and lines. The physical chart itself wouldn’t fit on a page. And sequoia sempervirens (or redwoods) are some of the oldest and tallest trees in this country, so ...
Is there anything else you'd like to share with audiences about this beautiful play?
I hope you enjoy it! And that it inspires difficult but transformative conversations! I hope it invites you to consider, if you haven't, how this macro-political structure might personally affect you. And if you have already thought about all of this a lot, I hope it's an affirming 90 minutes. Also, thank you for coming! I'm honored to be here!
Portland Center Stage is committed to identifying & interrupting instances of racism & all forms of oppression, through the principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, & accessibility (IDEA).


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Heat is defined in physics as the transfer of thermal energy across a well-defined boundary around a thermodynamic system. It is a characteristic of a process and is not statically contained in matter. In engineering contexts, however, the term heat transfer has acquired a specific usage, despite its literal redundancy of the characterization of transfer. In these contexts, heat is taken as synonymous to thermal energy. This usage has its origin in the historical interpretation of heat as a fluid (caloric) that can be transferred by various causes, and that is also common in the language of laymen and everyday life.
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Last month, we announced that RnB Fridays – Australia’s most listened to arvo program on Southern Cross Austereo’s Hit Network and renowned for cranking the best RnB hits from the 90s – is transforming from the airwaves to the stage.
Which means next month, RnB Fridays Live becomes a reality when ten of the biggest names in RnB hit Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne and (most recently) Adelaide. The huge line-up features TLC, Nelly, Mya, 112, Motell Jordan, Blackstreet, Blu Cantrell, Dante Thomas, Fatman Scoop and Kevin Lyttle.
In the intrims, there’ll be zero down time, DJ Horizon will play the biggest RnB hits from the 80s right through to today. From Destiny’s Child to Drake, Outkast to Salt-N-Pepa, it’ll be anthemic. Other half-time activities include a special pop-up RnB Fridays Nightclub, RnB Karaoke and competitions – it’s everything RnB, taken to the next level.
A line-up like that was cause for immediate action, and subsequently all shows (exclu Perth and Adelaide) have sold out. Luckily for you and a mate, we have one double pass to give away in your chosen city. Share the love. Double your chances.
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Realme 2 Pro is set to launch in India today. While there are no official details about the event, the official invite had suggested that the company is set to expand its existing smartphone portfolio in India with the launch of the Realme 2 Pro. Last week, e-commerce site Flipkart has teased the launch of the Realme 2 Pro at 12:30 IST. The upcoming smartphone is expected to bring some upgrades over the Realme 2 smartphone that was launched in the country last month. However, with a Pro moniker, it may not be a budget smartphone like the Realme 2, whose price in India starts at Rs. 8,990. It is expected that the new smartphone will introduce a new processor and upgraded cameras in the Realme 2 Pro.
Realme 2 Pro expected price in India
The Realme 2 Pro will be launched in India as a Flipkart-exclusive smartphone. As per a teaser on the portal, the smartphone will bring a redesign in terms of display and aspect ratio. It will also arrive with a new processor and bumped up RAM. Since the Realme 2 comes with 4GB of RAM and Snapdragon 450 SoC, the Realme 2 Pro appears to be a top-end variant in the lineup. At the time of the launch of the original Realme 1 handset, the company had said it is targeting the price band under Rs. 20,000. It is expected that the price in India of the Realme 2 Pro will be in the Rs. 10,000 to Rs. 20,000 range.
Realme 2 Pro expected specifications
The Realme 2 Pro will sport a ‘Dewdrop Full Screen’ display and a taller than usual aspect ratio. It will be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 processor. A Geekbench listing had previously suggested that the smartphone will be equipped with 8GB of RAM. There was also a mentioning of Android 8.1.0 Oreo.
Meanwhile, an official video teaser of the upcoming Realme smartphone had previously touted a “game-changing” experience. The video had also confirmed the waterdrop display and a circular rear-facing fingerprint sensor. Interestingly, it had hinted at a dual rear camera setup. It is expected that the smartphone will come in two different variants, one with a glossy back and the other with matte back. Furthermore, there could be a diamond-cut effect at the back panel, similar to the Realme 1 and Realme 2. As per the video, the phone may have a 3.5mm headphone jack alongside the USB port and loudspeaker grill. The new model may also improve the imaging experience through new optics.


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Jose Ballester takes classical pieces of art and by combining digital photography and painting, empties them of people.
In doing so, he brings our attention to the backgrounds, landscapes, nature, and architecture of history and mythology.
I’m not super knowledgeable of Leiji Matsumoto’s work, but one gimmick that he seems to employ that I’m fond of are pages that are all black, save for the characters and the various lights, buttons and monitors covering the walls of a ship’s interior. I’m sure how practical it would be to have your ship so dark, but it looks neat.
These pages all come from Queen Emeraldas

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Southwestern Sweet Potato & Corn Medley
You may be surprised to learn that I still use my slow cooker pretty extensively in the hot summer months. Here is a delicious Southwestern Sweet Potato & Corn Medley Recipe to try this summer.
Southwestern Sweet Potato & Corn Medley Recipe
- 3 medium sweet potatoes peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks
- ¼ cup diced yellow onion
- 1 15-ounce can corn, drained
- 3 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
- 1 teaspoon chili powder
- ½ teaspoon kosher or fine sea salt
- Juice of 2 limes
- Use a 4-quart slow cooker. Place the sweet potato chunks into the slow cooker insert. Add the onion, corn, and basil. Sprinkle with the chili powder and salt. Add the lime juice and toss everything until the seasoning has been dispersed. Cover and cook on low for 5 hours or on high for about 3 hours. Your dish is finished when the potatoes have reached desired tenderness.
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With HydraFacial MD®, patients can achieve instant, soothing benefits without any downtime. Gallaher Plastic Surgery & Spa MD offers this advanced facial treatment to men and women from Knoxville, Loudon, and Maryville, TN.
What is HydraFacial MD®?
HydraFacial MD® is a gentle, multi-step facial treatment that cleanses, exfoliates, extracts, and hydrates the skin. The HydraFacial MD® procedure has become a leading facial treatment because it is ideal for all skin types and can be used to address an array of cosmetic concerns. Plus, there is no downtime required after a HydraFacial MD® treatment. The gentle, soothing, and rejuvenating procedure will produce results that are visible instantly. After your treatment, you can return to all normal activities, with improvements in skin tone and texture already visible.
How Much Does HydraFacial MD® Cost?
At Gallaher Plastic Surgery & Spa MD, we take a personalized approach to every HydraFacial MD® procedure. This means that the cost of your treatment will depend on variables like your personal preferences and unique cosmetic goals. As a result, we cannot provide you with the exact cost of treatment until you visit us in-office for a consultation. If you are concerned about the cost of your treatment, we are proud to offer financing to help make our treatments more affordable.
What is the HydraFacial MD® Treatment Like?
Your HydraFacial MD® treatment will depend on your customized procedure. We offer a variety of HydraFacial MD® treatments, including the following:
Signature Hydrafacial: This treatment deeply cleanses, exfoliates, extracts, and hydrates the skin utilizing super serums filled with antioxidants, peptides, and hyaluronic acid.
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You can also add boosters to your HydraFacial MD® treatment for further benefits. The boosters available include:
DermaBuilder Booster ($50): Minimizes signs of aging and recharges skin with a patented combination of peptides.
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What Kind of Results Can I Expect from HydraFacial MD®?
The results from your HydraFacial MD® treatment will be visible immediately. Many patients notice continued results as boosters and serums continue to provide the skin with beneficial nutrients. If you are pursuing HydraFacial MD® treatments to address skin concerns such as signs of aging, acne or other skin damage, you may need to receive multiple treatments to obtain optimal results. During your consultation, we will help you develop a personalized treatment plan that is catered to your unique needs. At this time, we will be able to tell you more about the kinds of results you can expect from treatment.
Gallaher Plastic Surgery & Spa MD is proud to serve the men and women living in Powell, Knoxville, Loudon, and the surrounding areas of East Tennessee. To learn more about the HydraFacial MD® treatment or to schedule your initial consultation, contact us today.

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Ottawa High senior Caleb Blakesley doesn't know exactly what happened Friday night.
He broke through Kansas City Turner's offensive line in the first half, sacked the quarterback and came up hurting -- badly.
Blakesley, who has committed to play football next year at Kansas University, left Ottawa's 19-18 overtime victory over Turner in the second quarter Friday because of an injured right knee. He didn't return to the game and still doesn't know the severity of the injury.
"I'm getting an MRI on Monday," Blakesley said Saturday. "We won't know much until then."
Blakesley said the knee was swollen and in pain Saturday, and a visit to the doctor Saturday morning didn't reveal much. Until Monday, Blakesley is hoping for the best but fearing the worst.
"That's pretty much how it is at this point," Blakesley said.
Rated by rivals.com as the top prospect in Kansas, Blakesley gave KU coach Mark Mangino his oral commitment Aug. 7. He has shown domination on both the offensive and defensive line at Ottawa, and it continued during the first game this season, a 30-13 Cyclone victory over Spring Hill.
Blakesley is the defending Class 5A state champion and Kansas Relays champion in the shot put, throwing better than 60 feet several times. His success with the shot helped get him loads of college football attention, including offers from KU, Wyoming and Tulsa.
Blakesley is one of four known KU commitments for 2005, along with La Puente, Calif., lineman Jose Rodriguez, K.C. Washington defensive back Darrell Stuckey and Newton lineman Adam Welty. Football national signing day isn't until February.

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Potato unloading from chilly storages in West Bengal has been impacted on account of poor demand and lack of promoting initiatives within the wake of the Covid pandemic. The gradual tempo of unloading coupled with the upper production of the tuber this year is prone to drag down prices.
According to Patit Paban De, former president of West Bengal Cold Storage Association, solely round six per cent of the whole potatoes saved in chilly storage has been unloaded in May towards 8-9 per cent throughout same period final year.
Potato production in West Bengal is estimated to be greater by 16 per cent at 110 lakh tonnes this yearcompared with 95 lakh tonnes in 2020. Close to 71 lakh tonnes of potatoes have been saved in chilly storages this year towards 55 lakh tonnes final year. There are round 400 chilly storages in Bengal and the whole storage capability is estimated to be near 70 lakh tonnes.
“The release has been slower than usual and this is because of excess production across key producing regions and poor demand. The marketing of tuber has also been very weak due to the pandemic,” De instructed BusinessLine.
Pressure on prices
The greater production of potatoes within the State in addition to different key rising areas together with Uttar Pradesh and Punjab has been exerting strain on prices. The wholesale price of the spud (common Jyoti selection) is at present ruling at round ₹10-11 a kg on the retailer gate towards ₹12-13 a kg a month in the past. Prices have been ruling at round ₹14-15 a kg through the same period a year in the past on account of decrease production and regular demand.
Cultivation of potato in Bengal is unfold over near 4.6 lakh hectares. Hooghly, Burdwan, Bankura, East Midnapore and West Midnapore are key rising districts. There has been round five-to-seven per cent enhance in area beneath cultivation this year. It is to be famous that final year farmers bought superb price for his or her crop as a result of decrease production and the regular demand virtually all through the year. This had inspired them to go for greater cultivation of the crop this year. Moreover, the beneficial climatic situation within the type of a protracted winter has helped enhance the productiveness and yield, sources stated.
“If the unloading does not pick up pace then there might be excess quantity of potatoes left in cold storages during the latter half of the year which is likely to exert pressure on prices,” a dealer stated.


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When a spouse is physically present but emotionally unavailable and mentally “out to lunch,” the partner will feel the difference.
Something important is missing, and what is missing is the spouse’s full attention to the conversation or activity. Often, the distracted spouse is feeling rushed, bored, impatient, or stressed.
When that happens, the natural tendency is to constantly mentally leap ahead to the next items on the “to do” list.
If this describes you, then you are missing the experience you’re having right now—you’re focusing instead on what you’re going to do next. By living in the future, you miss the present.
Not being fully present when you’re interacting with your mate is one of the biggest roadblocks to intimacy. And, over time, the feeling of disconnection between the two of you can grow and intensify. In the extreme, the relationship may spiral down to the point where marriage separation is discussed.
There’s a quote by Mary Catherwood that sums up what happens: “Two may talk together under the same roof for many years, yet never really meet.”
This is the tragedy that often results in marriage crisis—but you can avoid this by giving your partner the gift of being fully present
Questions: Is your spouse buried with overwork or something else that prevents giving you emotional support or engagement? Is there an addiction that steals energy from the marriage?
Reflection: In many societies around the world, men traditionally are raised to not show feelings. But in today’s world, many traditions and customs are changing, including the acceptance for men to acknowledge and express emotions. So it’s not unrealistic to expect that a husband can learn to do a better job expressing his feelings.
--By Nancy Wasson, Ph.D.

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Books tagged with "romance"
Romance, Horror, Young Adult
Garreth Young struggles to survive a painful game under his abusive parents' roof. Until someone takes the game too far...
In the Face of the Sun
Thriller, Romance, Fantasy
When Zoe finds lost pieces of her life, love is included, but the shockwaves could splinter our world.
Mystical Journeys: Memories
"Everyone can recall their past; but not everyone can recall their past life."
Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, Young Adult
A girl finds herself in the home of a strange boy with no memory of her past.
Fiction, Romance, Fantasy
"Governesses never are heroines in a romance - perhaps that is just as well. If romantic heroines behaved like governesses there would be no story."
Thinking Like a Wildebeest
Fiction, Romance, Popular Culture, Comedy
A tale of revenge, booze, gambling, sex and a man obsessed with Deirdre Barlow.
A Place to Stand
Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance
Rhae Peters is trying to find a way to carry on with life after the surprising death of her husband.
The Spark Series: Bravery
Fiction, Thriller, Science Fiction, Young Adult
You have to show them you're brave, that you can be sacrificial and you are indeed victorious in order to win the Three Trials.
Fiction, Thriller, Romance, Crime
If you cheat a man out of his future, be prepared to pay the price -- vengeance is not always the Lord's.
Fame and Infamy
Romance, Historical Fiction, Comedy, Crime
Stranded in Paris and facing danger, an American must rebuild her life under a false name.
The Woman by the Sea
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult
'Sometimes even in death, people never leave, they stay in the shadows, in your darkest of fears; waiting, just waiting until somehow they are freed.'
The King's Jew . Book 1. (Sept 1238 to Aug 1265)
Literary Fiction, Thriller, Historical Fiction, History
Conceived by rape; Cristian’s Jewish mother died the day he was born in a lonely field. His father rode by and made a life-changing decision.
Fiction, Literary Fiction
Charlie is to hang in the morning. When the church bell strikes eight, Pierrepoint will pull the lever. Only the Home Secretary can save him.
Trumped by Secrets
Fiction, Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Comedy
Kim and Jack spark a national melt up--a psyche stretch that tweaks everyone in unexpected twists of sanity--as words of mass disruption ignite televised history.
Romance, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult
Magic, romance and enmity - Antonius faces rivalry with Nichola as they compete for the attentions of the seer, Savinus di Benevento.
The City Gyms.... When Passion and Jealousy Collide Anything Goes
Fiction, Romance, Erotica
Obsessive alpha male pursues striking younger woman, whirlwind romance featuring outrageous sexual acts, a ruthless rival who will stop at nothing to wreck their happiness…
ANGELS & IMPERFECTIONS
Fiction, Thriller, Christian, Crime
When private detective John Wesley Tucker is hired to do a simple background check on an aspiring politician, he finds him self stalked by evil.
Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance, Erotica
Do you believe in fate? What about second chances?
La Belle Époque de la Vapeur
Thriller, Romance, Science Fiction
We're building a team of brains and muscle for the world’s first intelligence gathering network, and I want you to be my partner.
Blue on Blue
Fiction, Chick Lit, Romance, Young Adult
Blue on Blue is finished. It is a story about a rich boy and poor girl. I wrote this after reading The Twilight Series.
Online Writing Community

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If you scrapbook, technology is your friend. Digital cameras, scanners, imaging software let you do things you could’ve never imagined before and share your work more easily with the people you love. In this book, longtime digital scrapbooking trainer Lynette Kent demystifies all the equipment -- and shows exactly how to use it to build more creative, personally rewarding scrapbooks.
How do you design more visually appealing pages? Choose the right scanner, the right inkjet printer -- and make the most of them? Capture better images, and use Photoshop Elements’ special effects and filters to make them stand out, brilliantly? Use clip art, create beautiful text and backgrounds? Kent explains it all, step-by-step, with full-color examples. One touch we especially like: tear-out “recipe cards” that summarize key tasks in handy, quick-read format. Bill Camarda, from the February 2005 Read Only


In the end,crawling,numb,somewhere I belong,faint,what I've done,papercut,point of authority,figure 09,by myself...The truth is that all songs are great and the new album even more.Linkin Park are the best!!!
Favorite Linkin Park video
In the end
A bit about myself (hobbies, music, gaming, art)
I love rock and sing it in English, although I have very good pronunciation, my passion is music and in the future I would like to have my own rock band and be famous, but maybe that's beyond my reach, I also like symphonic metal rock. I'm soprano lírica.Maybe for reading this is not well translated because I do not speak English very well, I use a traductor.Mi hobby is singing all the day my favorite songs and music, poker without the music I feel I am nobody, I also like to share with my friends and family, and listen to all my favorite songs by Linkin Park ... Linkin Park is the best!!!


Happy Friday! A weak cold front will move through the state today bringing partly cloudy skies and below normal temperatures. Valley highs will range from 68-73, along with light southwest winds from 5-15 mph.
There's a slight chance of light rain and snow showers up north, as this storm passes through, along with breezy conditions as well. The snow level will be at around 6,000', with little to no accumulation is expected. There's a slight chance of an inch or two in the highest elevations, primarily the ski resorts.
It's the last weekend to get your skiing in at Sunrise Park Resort!
You can also check out the ski report for Arizona Snowbowl.
Expect on and off cloud cover and a slight chance of rain and snow again in the High Country tomorrow, as another weak cold front moves through. Temps will also remain below average, where Valley highs will warm in the low and mid 70s, along with partly cloudy skies.
Check out our interactive radar and see what's going on in YOUR neighborhood!
Temperatures start to rebound on Sunday, warming into the upper 70s, as the weather pattern begins to shift. We've been in the storm track over the last week, but starting Sunday, the jet stream will shift north, and the large trough of low pressure that has been plaguing California will move east.
As that trough heads east, a strong ridge of high pressure will take over the west. The jet stream will push far north, bringing warm, dry weather from the southwest, all the way up into the northwest! In the Valley, expect high temperatures to soar into the mid 80s by midweek. At this time, expect sunny skies and dry conditions as well.
To get the latest forecast go to our 24-hour weather channel, 12 News Weather Plus. You can find it on Cox Digital Cable 83, Qwest Choice TV 66, over the air 12.2, or on www.12news.azcentral.com.
Valley weather forecast:
Partly cloudy skies and below average temps expected today. Highs: 68-73. Tonight: Partly cloudy skies. Lows: 42-52.
12 News Weather Plus Forecast Temperatures for the state:
Phoenix 73/ 52
Tempe 72/ 49
Chandler 72/ 48
Mesa 73/ 50
Scottsdale 73/ 48
Gilbert 71/ 48
Apache Junction 70/ 45
Cave Creek 68/ 42
Surprise 73/ 47
Peoria 72/ 50
Glendale 72/ 49
Avondale 73/ 47
Casa Grande 73/ 42
Flagstaff 47/ 25
Prescott 56/ 32
Payson 59/ 33
Show Low 55/ 30
Globe 65/ 37
Florence 70/ 43
Bullhead City 74/ 49
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