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Radiologist Taber thrives on teaching, diagnostic challengesJan. 24, 2019, 9:50 AM
by Leigh MacMillan
David Taber, MD, laughs as he recalls the first magnetic resonance images he saw, shortly after the introduction of MRI into medical practice.
“I remember thinking, ‘these images are worthless; this technology will never amount to anything,’” said Taber, assistant professor of Clinical Radiology and Radiological Sciences and Emergency Medicine.
Now, decades later, he names MRI as his favorite imaging tool.
“MRI results in such an exquisite display of both anatomy and physiology,” he said. “I think it’s probably the favorite for most musculoskeletal radiologists.”
In addition to his clinical practice within the musculoskeletal and emergency radiology section of the Department of Radiology, Taber serves as an assistant director of the diagnostic radiology residency program.
Taber has practiced radiology for more than 40 years, with the first half of his career spent in private practice and the second half at Vanderbilt University Medical Center.
He was drawn to radiology for its role in so many areas of medicine.
“There are any number of new challenges every hour, depending on what cases come up,” he said. “Radiologists always say that every challenging case comes through the radiology department, and most rely on radiology for diagnosis and for guiding treatment.”
Taber has seen an explosion of imaging technology over the years, allowing unprecedented views of the human body and changing the rhythm of the workday.
“When I started in radiology, almost every radiology examination that could be done took longer to do than it took to read the images that resulted,” he said. “Nowadays the opposite is true: the examination can be done considerably faster and results in far more information.”
Taber grew up in Evansville, Indiana, where his boyhood interests were cars and the space program. While he was in high school, his family — “along with a million other people” — traveled to Florida to see the launch of Apollo 11, the spaceflight that landed the first two people on the moon.
Taber first came to Vanderbilt as an undergraduate and after completing three years of study, he decided to enroll in medical school at Indiana University.
“At the time it was possible to go to some medical schools without a bachelor’s degree, as long as you had all the prerequisites,” Taber said. “I always have to put a little explanatory sentence on forms that ask about my undergraduate degree.”
He completed residency training in diagnostic radiology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, practiced at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston for a year and a half, and then joined a private radiology practice associated with Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville.
After 17 years as a general radiologist, however, Taber was itching for something new.
“I was feeling restless and felt like I needed to do something a bit different and freshen my outlook,” he said. “I even considered leaving medicine, but it occurred to me one day that taking a fellowship to learn new radiology skills might be the way to go. I was very fortunate that Vanderbilt had a fellowship spot available and offered it to me.”
Taber returned to the training trenches as a fellow in 2000. Following his one-year fellowship, he joined the Vanderbilt faculty.
He has focused on clinical practice and education and is a co-investigator of a clinical trial of surgical versus non-surgical treatments for rotator cuff tears.
Academic medicine and private practice haven’t been so different for Taber, he said. While he was practicing at Saint Thomas Hospital, medical students and residents from Vanderbilt had clinical rotations at the hospital.
“I’ve always worked in a setting with students and residents, even while I was in private practice, and I really enjoy teaching,” Taber said.
He serves on the Department of Radiology’s resident recruitment and education committees and helps train residents as they rotate through the musculoskeletal radiology section.
“I interview a substantial number of the residency applicants and participate in the committee’s ranking of applicants for the national residency match program,” Taber said.
The diagnostic radiology program selects seven to nine residents each year from an applicant pool that numbers around 900.
Taber also serves on the VUMC Physician Council for Clinical Service Excellence, a group of VUMC physicians who have achieved top scores in patient satisfaction or who were nominated by their departments. The group meets monthly to share ideas, offer advice to leadership and take institutional information back to departments. Taber joined the council in 2016 and was asked to serve another two-year term starting in 2018.
Outside of the Medical Center, Taber maintains his lifelong interest in cars and motor racing, particularly Formula One racing. As a medical student in Indianapolis, he had the opportunity to work as a medical volunteer at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indy 500.
“The medical volunteer armband let you go anywhere — pits, garages, anywhere on the grounds…it was tremendous,” he said.
On a recent trip to France, he and his wife, Carol Ann, visited the city of Le Mans, which hosts the “24 Hours of Le Mans” race each June. During their visit, Taber had the chance to suit up and ride with a driver around the Le Mans track in a prototype two-seat sports car. Though the speed didn’t bother him, the g-forces in the turns were surprising, he said.
“I made it a point to eat a very light lunch that day, and I’m glad I did.”


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Holmes Report 05 Jun 2017 // 2:53PM GMT
DUBAI — Agency heads are concerned about the potential business impact that the escalating crisis between Qatar and Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates will have on the industry.
The four countries, who allege that Qatar has provided support to militant groups, have stopped flights to and from Doha, while Saudi Arabia has closed its land border with the country.
Home to major organizations such as the Qatar Foundation, Qatar Airways, and Ooredoo, Doha has become one of the largest markets for agencies. While several firms — including H+K Strategies and ASDA'A Burson-Marsteller do have an in-country presence in Doha, many also fly in staff from their Middle East hubs, which are predominantly Dubai-based.
The Holmes Report spoke to several agency heads although, given the sensitivity of the issue, none were willing to speak on the record. However, it is clear that the diplomatic row has the potential to impact both their operations and revenues.
"We have a number of clients in Doha, and we often fly teams in from Dubai. With the flight ban, there’s no way we can service our clients from Dubai. We will have to look at flying people in from Lebanon, or working remotely. The worst-case scenario is that we’ll have to cease working with our Qatari clients," explained the head of one multinational PR agency.
Another, which has contracts with government clients in Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, questioned if he’d be put in a situation where he’d have to choose which clients to work for: "While we all hope that this situation is resolved as soon as possible, there’s a possibility that this may get worse before it gets better. Will one group of clients ask me to drop another due to political considerations? That is a distinct possibility, given how quickly Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the UAE are moving to economically isolate Qatar."


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Google Maps has officially gone extra-terrestrial. Not only can you hunt for places to eat in Colombo: now you can also browse, zoom and explore the barren craters of the Moon and check out Olympus Mons on the Red Planet.
Reaching this is simple: go to maps.google.com, zoom all the way out and hit the tiny “Explore” button on the lower-right-hand corner. A small selection of planetary bodies will appear at the bottom. For now, it’s just got the Moon and Mars, but it looks like the devs have left space for others. Select the Moon or Mars and start zooming in.
Don’t expect to skim over every crater and go “wow” at the detail – none of these bodies have been fully mapped out yet, and imagery is still very sketchy in areas. You’ll find yourself running into alternating pockets of low-res and high-resolution photos – especially on Mars. Nevertheless, it’s a boon to stargazers. The beauty of this is that you don’t need anything special to access all of this – as long as you’ve got internet access and a decent browser, you’re good to go.
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A man who dealt in illegal firearms in the Bay of Plenty has pleaded guilty in court, police say.
Detective Senior Sergeant John Wilson said a "key individual" involved in the illegal supply of firearms in the region admitted multiple charges this week.
The 34-year-old man will be sentenced in the Rotorua District Court on July 2.
Wilson said police became aware of the man's activity in December and began an investigation.
The man never held a firearms licence, so was unable to purchase firearms from retailers directly.
He asked two associates with licences to purchase firearms on his behalf.
The man sold the guns on the black market, where they made their way into the hands of unlicensed individuals involved in criminal activity, Wilson said.
The man pleaded guilty to four firearms charges, including sale and supply of firearms and unlawfully carrying a firearm, along with two charges of supplying methamphetamine.
Wilson said removing the man from the chain of the illegal supply of firearms "is only going to benefit our communities".
"Police will continue to target organised crime groups and individuals who continue to pose a risk to our communities though the illegal sale and supply of firearms.
"Disrupting the illegal supply of firearms to gangs and organised criminal groups, which enables firearms violence, is a key focus of Operation Tauwhiro, a national operation focused on harm prevention and enforcement.
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May 23, 2011
KARACHI: Heavily-armed Taliban gunmen stormed a major naval airbase in Pakistan's port city of Karachi, destroying two US-made surveillance aircraft and killing at least five security personnel, three weeks after slaying of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden by American forces. Around 15-20 gunmen struck PNS Mehran, the naval air station within Faisal airbase, at about 10.40 pm last night, lobbying grenades and firing indiscriminately with automatic weapons that triggered gun battles with security forces.
July 5, 2009 |
DHANDAE (AMRITSAR): In what appeared to be an attack by a Pakistan-based terror group, two rockets were fired at an Indian village late Saturday night, spreading panic in the region. Incidentally, one rocket fell within the Pakistan territory while another fell in an Indian village. No casualties have been reported. However, one person was slightly injured with the splinter of the rocket. The rocket, believed to be fired from the Pak soil at around 9.50 pm on Saturday night, fell in an irrigated paddy field of Dhandae village in Punjab causing blast and about ten feet wide crater.
December 24, 2001 |
there is no let-up in tension between india and pakistan with new delhi today insisting on full compliance with its demarche even as two bsf jawans guarding the loc were killed when they were fired upon by pakistan rangers. new delhi is not at all impressed by pakistan's reported plans to freeze the accounts of lashkar-e-toiba, and looks unlikely to scale down its demand, endorsed since by the us, for action against the leaders of lashkar and jaish-e-mohammad, the two main pakistan-sponsored jehadi groups operating in kashmir.
August 15, 2008 |
AMRITSAR : The BSF on Friday gifted a bucket of traditional Indian sweets to its Pakistani counterpart at joint checkpost on the international Indo-Pak Attari border here. BSF Deputy Inspector General Mohammad Aquil handed over the Independence Day gift to Pakistan Rangers Brigadier Mohammad Qasir Khan Tareen at Attari checkpost, official sources said. The exchange of gifts between the forces of the two neighbouring nations is part of a longstanding tradition to mark their respective anniversaries of Independence Day.
June 25, 2010 |
NEW DELHI: In a goodwill gesture ahead of his visit to Pakistan, Home Minister P Chidambaram on Friday ordered the release of four Pakistani prisoners lodged in various jails in Gujarat. "Chidambaram has approved the release of four Pakistani prisoners as a gesture of goodwill. They are currently lodged in various jails in Gujarat," a statement released by the Home Ministry said. It said the prisoners will be repatriated from the Attari border on June 30 and will be handed over to Pakistan Rangers.
May 13, 2010 |
JAMMU: Militants tried to blow up a newly constructed border fencing by triggering an IED blast today along the Indo-Pak border in Jammu sector, where BSF troops foiled an infiltration bid. During night patrolling, jawans of a detachment of 135 battalion of BSF picked up movement of 3 to 4 armed militants in the Indian territory close to Border Out Post (BOP) Abdullian in R S Pura tehsil through night vision devices at around 1145 hours last night, BSF officials told PTI. As the militants reached the near new border fencing, 600-meters away from zeroline, they opened fire on the patrol party and BOP after being challenged by the BSF troops, they said.
January 15, 2008 |
KARACHI: An anti-terrorism court on Tuesday awarded life imprisonment to three men convicted of planning an attack on Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf outside this southern port city's international airport in 2002. Three other accused in the case were set free by the court due to lack of evidence. The three convicted men, who were directed by the court to pay a fine of Rs 10 lakh each, had confessed to the crime. Their confessions formed the basis of their conviction.
June 27, 2011 |
LAHORE: Indian and Pakistani officials today worked out modalities for opening a new check point at the Wagah land border crossing for trade and commercial activities. The meeting between officials of the two countries was held in connection with an agreement for opening a separate trade route at Wagah to facilitate businessmen. The Pakistani delegation was led by Joint Interior Secretary Shabbir Ahmed while the Indian team was led by his counterpart K K Mittal.
October 20, 2012 |
JAMMU: In the seventh ceasefire violation this month, Pakistani troops fired at several Indian posts along the border in Poonch district of Jammu and Kashmir. "Pakistan troops have fired with small arms, light and medium weapons on several Indian posts along Indo-Pak border in Krishnagati sub-sector along Line of Control (LoC) of Poonch district from 2230 hours last night," Defence spokesperson, Col RK Palta said. They opened fire on Indian posts of Kripan, Kranti and Battal along Line of Control (LoC)
August 15, 2005 |
SRINAGAR: Pakistan Rangers offered sweets to the BSF men guarding the IB in Jammu sector and the latter are expected to reciprocate the same on Monday, when the tricolour unfurls getting ceremonial salutes on the Independence Day. But these festivities seem to have stopped at the border as a status quo ante is visible in the hinterland, especially Kashmir which is literally under siege to ensure peaceful celebrations on Monday. Amarnath Yatra, concluding on August 19, has been stopped for a day. Only 145 pilgrims were permitted to move ahead on Sunday and all cave-bound movements stand stopped for Monday.


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Cordilleran Section - 111th Annual Meeting (11–13 May 2015)
Paper No. 2
Presentation Time: 1:55 PM
HOLOCENE CALDERA-FORMING AND POSTCALDERA ERUPTIONS OF SEMISOPOCHNOI VOLCANO, WESTERN ALEUTIAN ISLANDS, ALASKA
COOMBS, Michelle L., Alaska Volcano Observatory, US Geological Survey, 4230 University Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508, LARSEN, Jessica F., Geology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 and NEAL, Christina A., Alaska Volcano Observatory, U.S. Geological Survey, Volcano Science Center, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, AK 99508, email@example.com
Semisopochnoi volcano, located in the Rat Islands of the western Aleutian island arc, experienced a caldera-forming eruption (CFE) in the early Holocene that produced a 7 × 6 km caldera and an ignimbrite that blankets much of 20 ×17 km Semisopochnoi Island. Along coastal bluffs and in gullies on the volcano’s lower flanks, the CFE ignimbrite is generally massive, unwelded, and in some places lithic-rich near the top. Along the southern and eastern caldera margins, zones within the ignimbrite are welded. The deposit includes both black, dense, obsidian-like clasts, as well as tan, variably oxidized, highly-inflated pumice clasts. The base of the ignimbrite is not exposed thus obscuring whether deposition was preceded by a fall deposit. The CFE produced whole-rock compositions that cluster in three groups. A majority of analyzed clasts, including those both pumiceous and dense, forms a tight cluster at 62.9 to 63.4 wt% SiO2, has high P2O5 (0.3 to 0.4 wt%), and lacks amphibole. A minor component with similar silica content, but lower P2O5, is amphibole bearing. Finally, a small number of analyzed scoria clasts sampled from high in the deposit have 58–60 wt% SiO2. The Semisopochnoi CFE is older than 5000 14C yr BP as determined by dating of soils within a tephra-soil complex that overlies the ignimbrite. A distinctive ashfall on nearby Amchitka Island with an underlying soil 14C date of 6520 yr BP may be correlative with the Semisopochnoi CFE, however verification will require additional work.
Semisopochnoi has had an active postcaldera eruptive history. At least six monogenetic postcaldera vents are recognized both inside and outside the caldera. In addition, Cerberus is a basaltic andesite compound stratocone (~3.5 km3) with three main summit craters that have produced numerous tephras and lava flows that cover much of the caldera floor. Sugarloaf Peak on the southern tip of the island is a basaltic cone, ~3.5 km3 in volume, and is the likely source of the only known historical activity on the island in 1987. Semisopochnoi eruptive products, as a whole, range from basalt to dacite, are tholeiitic, low- to medium-K, and fall within the middle of arrays formed by other Aleutian arc volcanic rocks on many variation diagrams, though the Semisopochnoi array is at the high end for many incompatible elements.

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Crystal Lake and Charles River Advisories
Crystal Lake is unsafe for swimming due to high levels of fecal coliform and e-coli bacteria. No people or pets should have contact with the water. Current bacteria levels can cause illness.
Water test results obtained today from a sample taken at Crystal Lake yesterday, Wednesday, August 5, 2020, indicate high levels of bacteria. For more specifics on the levels, click here.
The high levels of bacteria may be the result of the recent heavy rain. Resampling has been conducted today and the results are expected on Saturday. They will be posted here as soon as possible.
In the meantime, we are posting signs at Crystal Lake indicating that the water is unhealthy.
A cyanobacteria bloom (a.k.a., blue-green algae) was observed yesterday, on August 5, 2020, by the Charles River Watershed Association in sections of the Charles River in Newton, Weston and Waltham. Contact with the Charles River in this area is unsafe for people and pets. Cyanobacteria can cause illness.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health will retest the river when the bloom is no longer visible.
For general questions about cyanobacteria, contact the Massachusetts Department of Public Health: 617-624-5757 or visit mass.gov/dph/algae

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In areas of complex geology, finite surveys and large velocity contrasts result in images full of artifacts and amplitude variations due to illumination problems. Cheap methods such as model space weighting and expensive methods such as regularized least-squares inversion are among the schemes that have been developed to deal with these issues. Model space weighting operators can be obtained by applying a forward modeling and an adjoint migration operator to a user-specified reference model, then applied a posteriori to an image. Regularized least-squares inversion applied in an iterative scheme requires the selection of an imaging operator and a regularization operator that will compensate for the illumination problems during the processing itself. Applying each of these methods to the Sigsbee2A dataset, a complex synthetic, shows that model space weighting a posteriori can help to equalize amplitudes, but will strengthen artifacts within the image. Regularized least-squares inversion will equalize amplitudes and reduce artifacts, but can be quite expensive.


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Women in Golf Charter
Blackburn Golf Club is proud to be at the forefront of promoting the game of golf to all, and not least to Women. Our aim is to further develop a culture that values women’s involvement in the game of golf, from participation to pursuing a career in golf.
The Club is grateful to Mrs. Wendy Wyke and other members of the Club’s Women’s Section for seizing this initiative with so much enthusiasm and producing a thoroughly comprehensive and pertinent document. And this has manifested itself with the launch of the Women’s Golf Development Programme, the introduction of ‘Alternate Day’ Women’s competition, the start of the ‘Golf Rocks’ programme for girls, the Club welcoming a number of new Women members and much, much more.
Please see below if you would like to read the full Charter (updated 27/02/23).


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(CN) – The Justice Department reached a settlement with a Virginia towing company to compensate 26 service members whose cars were towed and sold while they were on active duty.
In 2008, the United States sued Aristocrat Towing in the Eastern District of Virginia after the company enforced a storage lien on Navy Lt. Yahya Jaboori’s vehicle while he was in Iraq. An amended complaint identified 25 service members who were victims of Aristocrat’s towing trucks.
Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) of 2003, a towing company must obtain a court order before it may sell a vehicle to enforce a lien upon it. Aristocrat Towing sold the cars without obtaining court orders as the act requires.
In a similar case, the 4th Circuit recently ruled that service members may recover damages under the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010 for the improper enforcement of liens on the property of active duty military personnel. A federal judge later granted summary judgment against a towing company that sold the Jeep Cherokee of deployed sailor.
Pursuant to the settlement, Aristocrat Towing must pay $75,000 in damages, which will be held in trust to compensate the service members who came back from active duty to find their car towed. In addition, the company must correct any negative credit entries posted to the service members’ records.
“No member of the military should come home from deployment to find their car has been towed and sold,” U.S. Attorney Neil MacBride said in a statement . “Businesses should be aware of the many rights that SCRA gives to servicemembers and their families, and businesses should also be certain that we’ll work tirelessly to ensure that those rights are protected.”

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text: Last year after the war beetween Russians, Georgians and other people I was together with Hans Heiner Buhr, Oleg Timchenko, Rusiko Oat, Lela Meparishvili, Otari Laliashwili, Murtaz Svelidze, Avto Meskhi and other people in Rustavi. Heiners Idea was to made an artistical short film about a russian soldier. This Russian Soldier was a long time looking for his big enemy. After more than 60 years he hunted out him in the mountains nearby the city Rustavi ... A sneakpreview can you see here. Next time more in the New Art Cafe in Tbilisi.


Plaça de la Generalitat, in Sant Boi de Llobregat, has had a particular Christmas decoration for a few days now: a series of socks turned into lanterns hang from the trees of this square. In addition, all of them are accompanied by a handwritten note with the Christmas wishes of a thousand children in the neighbourhood.
All of it is part of the project "En Mitjons a la Plaça", a proposal of ephemeral architecture that aims to facilitate the co-creative participation of neighbours and children of the neighbourhood of Marianao in this town.
This is an initiative of Elisava Research co-funded by La Caixa Foundation and the City Council of Sant Boi de Llobregat, and integrated into the research project "Civic Placemaking: Disseny, Espai Públic i Cohesió Social". The Mayor of Sant Boi, Lluïsa Moret; the first deputy mayor, José Ángel Carcelén; the alderman of Culture, José Manuel González; and the alderman of Participation and Marianao, Dani Martínez, among other political representatives, inaugurated the installation this past Saturday with great public success.
The project has been directed by Roger Paez, architect and co-director of ELISAVA Master in Ephemeral Architecture and Temporary Spaces (MEATS). The involved research team has had Manuela Valtchanova, Rodrigo Aguirre and Toni Montes, also co-director of the MEATS, and the students of this program have collaborated in the assembly of the installation.


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Seven months ago, an office opened to little fanfare in northwest Rock Hill. Inside, three young staffers quietly went about their tasks -- drawing up lists, making phone calls and posting fliers on behalf of a candidate known by few in these parts.
The modest outpost on Ebenezer Road is one example of the grassroots network that Barack Obama built in big cities and small towns across South Carolina. It's a network that delivered a resounding victory in Saturday's S.C. Democratic primary.
"Like anything, it has to catch fire," said Obama volunteer Hattie Ross of Rock Hill, a retired textile worker. "The last few days, it was chaos around here. The office was just jam-packed full with people from out of state. Everybody was keyed up."
By Saturday night, the headquarters had cleared out for the final time as volunteers headed to Columbia for a victory party. The few who remained said Obama's margin surprised even them.
"I didn't know it would be this big," said Tosha Roberson, a senior at Winthrop University. "Even though we had the little downfall in New Hampshire and Nevada, I knew something good had to come out of South Carolina."
Clinton also opened a local office on Oakland Avenue in downtown. Her local representatives declined to make anyone available for interviews Saturday night.
Robert Hussey, a Clinton volunteer from Rock Hill, told The Herald he was disappointed by the direction of the campaign in recent days. He said Hillary allowed her exchanges with Obama to devolve into too much animosity.
"I felt it was a little too negative on all sides," he said. "They should've stuck more to the issues rather than being negative. I don't think that really benefited anybody in the long haul."
A look inside the numbers
Beyond the Obama storyline, Saturday's turnout revealed a wealth of enthusiasm in the Democratic base. Statewide turnout surpassed 510,000, nearly double that of four years ago and well above last week's Republican turnout of 445,677.
"It really says something about the excitement of our candidates," said York County Democratic Party Chairman Jim Watkins.
In York County, the two parties turned out roughly the same number of voters: 20,783 for the Republicans and 19,075 for the Democrats. However, a stark geographic contrast emerged.
Just a week ago in the Republican primary, four people voted at City Hall, a solidly Democratic precinct thanks to an abundance of African-American voters.
By midmorning on Saturday, more than 100 people had cast ballots. Voters waited throughout the day in lines that stretched into the lobby. The eventual turnout was 521.
From the opposite standpoint, there was one York County precinct where Obama earned no votes: Smyrna, a small community on the far western side. Clinton earned 30 votes there, while Edwards garnered 17.
Meanwhile, Edwards won the Hickory Grove precinct by one vote over Obama (48 to 47).
A reaction to Bill
The lopsided victory for Obama may have been, in part, a reaction to Bill Clinton, said Karen Kedrowski, a political scientist at Winthrop University.
"Masterful campaigner that Bill Clinton is, I think he did some damage," Kedrowski said. "He should never have started talking about false hope. Especially since Obama is borrowing a lot of the same rhetoric that Clinton used in 1992. I don't think it helped at all."
In the past few days, some polls had shown Edwards within range of a second-place finish in his home state, where he won four years ago. It didn't materialize. Edwards finished a distant third, thanks to sentiments like the one voiced by Donna Caskey of Lancaster.
"I think he understands rural America and small towns," said Caskey, who heard Edwards speak at USC Lancaster on Wednesday. "But I'm worried a vote for him is going to be lost. I don't think he's going to make it this time."
The race now shifts to Super Tuesday on Feb. 5, when 22 states will help to clarify a field that has yet to give rise to a front-runner.

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Industrial Media has struck an overall deal with documentarian Dawn Porter‘s Trilogy Films.
Building on the success of her NAACP Image Award-winning John Lewis: Good Trouble and her Critics’ Choice Documentary Award-winning The Way I See It, Porter (pictured) will continue to focus on developing and producing non-scripted projects for film and TV with Industrial Media’s support.
The deal makes Trilogy the sixth production company backed by the independent production group’s roster of unscripted producers, including The Intellectual Property Corporation (IPC), Sharp Entertainment, B17 Entertainment, R.J. Cutler’s This Machine, and 19 Entertainment.
Specializing in feature-length documentaries and non-fiction series, Trilogy’s upcoming slate includes an untitled mental health project for Apple TV+, executive produced by Oprah Winfrey and Prince Harry.
Industrial’s CEO Eli Holzman and president Aaron Saidman said in a statement: “After years of admiring the quality and character of her work, we are honored to officially partner with Dawn Porter. She is a gifted filmmaker and a prolific producer with a passion for stories that are as engaging as they are meaningful. We are thrilled and grateful that Dawn saw fit to select Industrial Media as her home studio to support her ambitious plans.”
Porter added: “Over the years, my excitement about the potential artistic and social impact of documentary film has only grown. We are living in a time of questioning, and there is not only opportunity but also a need to tell beautiful and engaging stories to help us all understand the world we are living in. Partnering with Industrial enables my company to grow and expand so that I can take on so many more projects while giving each the necessary attention.”
Porter’s previous work includes Gideon’s Army (2013), which premiered on HBO and is now part of the U.S. Department of State’s American Film Showcase, and the Peabody Award-winning Trapped (2016).
Additional film directing credits include National Geographic’s upcoming feature Red Summer; PBS’s Spies of Mississippi; and Discovery’s Rise: The Promise of My Brother’s Keeper.
On the television front, Porter directed Netflix’s 2018 four-part series Bobby Kennedy for President and Lifetime’s recent special Women Making History, which featured an exclusive interview with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris.
Porter is represented by ICM Partners.
Today’s deal follows the October 2020 announcement that two-time Emmy Award-winning and Academy Award nominated director and producer R.J. Cutler launched This Machine with an investment from Industrial Media.
Next up, Cutler will direct and produce the docuseries Big Vape, an adaptation of Jamie Ducharme’s upcoming non-fiction book about the rise of the controversial e-cigarette company Juul.
Cutler also just directed the Showtime documentary Belushi and Apple TV+’s Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry.

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Tiger Woods mum on bum elbow, but unmuzzled by Merion
ARDMORE, Pa. – Tiger Woods won the 2008 U.S. Open on a broken leg. Can he win another with a banged up arm?
After wincing and wagging his way to 3-over-par 73 in the first round at Merion Golf Club, Woods hung around with a respectable 70 on a long Friday – one of five players to shoot par or better in the morning wave of the second round.
His left elbow, however, was a sore subject he wasn’t willing to give up much detail.
What prompted his reaction?
“Pain,” he said.
When did he first hurt it?
“A couple of weeks ago.”
Did it hurt as much in the second round?
“Well, it is what it is.”
How did he hurt it?
“Playing golf at the Players.”
Where did he hurt it?
“One of the rounds.”
Thanks for that insightful report. Whatever the cause, it had little effect on Woods’ outlook for the U.S. Open weekend. At 3-over par, Woods and world No. 2 Rory McIlroy were creeping up the leaderboard as more and more players fell victim to Merion’s guile.
Woods wasn’t at all surprised that the 6,996-yard course was winning the battle against the game’s best players equipped with modern equipment despite soft conditions after days of rain soaked the course. The USGA still had a few tricks up its sleeve to defend a course that is proving to need little protection.
“It’s hard with the wind and the pin locations,” Woods said. “They’re really tough. We knew they were going to be in the (hard) areas, but we didn’t think they were going to be as severe as they are.”
The tough pins, thick wet rough and narrow fairways conspired to make Merion a more volatile venue than players are typically accustomed to. Luke Donald’s day epitomized the struggle – with six bogeys more than offsetting four birdies. Billy Horschel’s 67 was the only round under par in the morning wave.
Reigning Masters Tournament champion Adam Scott, playing with Woods and McIlroy, started the day tied with clubhouse leader Phil Mickelson at 3-under par through the 11 holes he completed on Thursday. He went 6-over on his first five holes in the morning and then shot 75 with only one birdie in the second round. Scott ended the day hoping the cut line would move down to his two-day total of 7-over par.
“I got off on the wrong foot and just struggled to find my rhythm all day,” Scott said. “I didn’t make the putts I needed to kind of save some shots here and there. And they just slipped away too easily. But that’s what can happen if you’re just a little bit off.”
Woods let his own strokes slip away – even stubbing a greenside chip that only went 1 foot on No. 7 – but all in all is lurking around the top 20 within four shots of the clubhouse leaders Horschel and Phil Mickelson.
With a bum elbow and all, does Woods like his chances?
“Yes,” he said.
On that note, he didn't flinch.


Gionee M15 Price in Bangladesh September 2023
The Gionee M15 is now available in two variants (128GB/6/8GB RAM). Now, Gionee M15’s Price is 20000 Taka to Bangladesh. M15 has a 5100mAh battery with non-fast charging. This device is running with Android 11 and powered by the Mediatek MT6785 Helio G90 (12 nm) chipset.
Gionee M15 highlight
Gionee M3 will be launched in 2021, May The M15 launched with the model number unknown. Firstly, Its dimensional measure is 165.2 x 77 x 9 mm and the weight is unknown grams. Secondly, the display of the M15 is a 6.67-inch IPS LCD panel with 1080 x 2400 pixels resolution. The display is protecting from the unknown. Thirdly and most importantly, It is powered by Mediatek MT6785 Helio G90 (12 nm) and running with Android 11. Moreover, it has up to an Octa-core (2×2.05 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6×2.0 GHz Cortex-A55) CPU.
Gionee M15 phone has a quad-camera setup on the back. This formation consists of a 48MP wide, 5MP ultrawide, 2MP macro, 2MP depth camera. It has a 16MP selfie camera inside the notch of the display. The video recording capability is 1080p@30fps. According to its RAM and ROM, It has two (6/8GB/128GB) variants. On the other hand, it can support up to microSDXC on uses a dedicated slot. Certainly, Gionee M15 has a 5100mAh battery with no fast charging. It has a dual nano-SIM card slot. That is to say, M15 is 2G/3G/4G supportable. The fingerprint sensor is side-mounted.
On the other hand, among the other features, there is WLAN, Bluetooth, FM Radio, and USB port.
Your question and our opinion about Gionee M15
Which question you will have about this phone. Let’s justify these. There we are including the major question and answers about this phone. So, let’s start now.
It will launch on 2021, May.
The price of Gionee M15 is BDT. 20,000.
It has two variants of 6/8GB in RAM & one variant of 128GB in ROM. But, overall you can get three variant (128GB/6GB, 128GB/8GB) in market
It comes with a 6.67″ IPS LCD Display panel with 1080 x 2400 pixels, resolution.
It contains a Mediatek MT6785 Helio G90 (12 nm).
The quad-camera setup on the back 48MP+5MP+2MP+2MP and an 16MP selfie camera. The video recording capability is 1080p@30fps.
No, It is support 4G network with 2G, and 3G .
The battery capacity is a 5100mAh Li-ion battery with non-fast charging.
Fingerprint, accelerometer, proximity sensor.
Gionee manufactured it and this phone is made in China.
Reason to Buy
In this paragraph, we are going to describe the important major to buy this. Why a person may buy this smartphone? Firstly, when anyone wants to buy a device they find out the premium things on the device according to their price. So, let us find out some eligible things which are in Gionee M15.
- Powerful 5100mAh battery.
- 4G network supported.
- Large IPS LCD display.
In conclusion, we are giving our verdict on this device. If you want to buy the best 4G smartphone under 20K Taka. Then Gionee M15 will in the first row among the best smartphones. Dear friends if you have an attraction to online games like Free Fire and so on then you can buy them. Because it has RAM and a well Processor using the Mediatek MT6785 Helio G90 (12 nm) chipset. If you want a big backup on charge then you can buy this. Because it has a huge 5100mAh battery. In addition, it’s a 4G supportable smartphone. So, you can get good network facilities on it. However, it has a quad-cam setup with a 48MP primary camera. So, it’s the image and video capability may be well. Therefore, to judge all of these reasons you can buy this.


The Red-throated Loon is a monogamous species, meaning that the male and female loon form a life-long bond, and share much of the responsibility for raising their young. Both sexes build a simple nest and feed their young. These loons mainly eat marine fish, especially Arctic cod, but may also feed on freshwater invertebrates.
The Red-throated Loon catches its fishy prey while swimming underwater in the Arctic Ocean, then flies back to the nest pond to feed its young.
Leaving the nest
The arrival time of two Red-Throated Loons to their breeding pond is critical for the survival of their young due to the short Arctic warm season. The timing of the young leaving the nest is even more important.
Red-throated Loons generally lay and hatch two eggs, with the eldest of the two chicks commonly receiving more food. If the second chick does not get enough food, its development is slowed and it may not be able to fly when the ponds begin to freeze in early winter. Trapped by ice, the chick must find its own food, and can only practice flapping its wings in place before flying to the ocean without a single practice run.
A red throat
Male and female Red-throated Loons are very similar in appearance, with the male being slightly larger than the female. During non-breeding seasons, this species is mainly gray in colour, while during breeding season the loon’s throat turns a deep red.


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About the book
The Spy with 29 Names is a gripping account of the exploits of Juan Pujol, the most extraordinary double agent of the Second World War, who was awarded both an Iron Cross by Germany and an MBE by Britain.
After the Spanish Civil War, determined to fight the spread of totalitarianism, Pujol moved to Lisbon with his wife, persuading the German intelligence services to take him on. But in fact, he was determined all along to work for the British, whom he saw as the exemplar of democracy and freedom. Seeing the impact of the disinformation this Quixotic freelance agent was feeding to the Germans, MI5 brought him to London, where he created a bizarre fictional network of spies – 29 of them – that misled the entire German high command, including Hitler himself. Above all, in Operation Fortitude he diverted German Panzer divisions away from Normandy, playing a crucial role in safeguarding D-Day and ending the war, and securing his reputation as the greatest double agent in history.
With his intimate knowledge of Spain, Jason Webster looks in new depth at the character who captured the imagination in Ben Macintyre's Double Cross. He sheds light on Pujol’s charismatic personality, interweaving his bizarre picaresque tale with vivid insights into the shady worlds of Bletchley and MI5, and the British and German soldiers whose lives his fantasies would touch so dramatically. Meticulously researched, yet told with a novelist’s verve,The Spy with 29 Names uncovers the reality – far, far stranger than any fiction – of one of recent history's most important and dramatic events.


ABILENE — The opening of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Museum has officially been delayed about a month.
Dawn Hammatt, director of the Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, said lost time because of the 35-day shutdown of the U.S. government couldn’t get made up.
The entire museum of the Eisenhower Presidential Library will be new when it opens this summer following the $11.7 million renovation.
The comprehensive redesign will reveal Ike and Mamie’s story in their own words. New interactive features will encourage guests to engage with the exhibits and find relevance in their own lives.
“In January it was a critical time in our process where we were supposed to be going back and fourth with the exhibit designers quite frequently with intellectual content with the exhibit and approvals back and forth. We just missed all that,” she said.
Hammatt was unsure if the delay would also create an increase in cost.
“The fabrication people are attempting to reallocate production time,” she said.
The exhibits were created offsite with engineers using computer models. The exhibit cases that hold the artifacts are being fabricated in Belgium.
“We are getting top of the line cases. We are very excited about the cases,” she said.
Some of the work is also being done by 1220 Exhibits, a Tennessee company that is nationally recognized as a leader in the production and installation of exhibits.
Hammatt said the library staff worked “frantically” in February to catch up.
“It’s important to me that the community knows that we are very saddened that this occurred,” she said. “We feel a great connection to Abilene.”
As employees of the National Archives and Records Administration, the campus was closed when President Donald Trump shut down the government, wanting lawmakers to fund a $5.7 billion wall between the United States and Mexico.
He reopened the government and declared a national emergency to build the wall instead.
Hammatt said she is hopeful the museum still being closed won’t impact attendance at the week-long D-Day anniversary June 1 to 6.
“To us D-Day was always a big event. It was always a six-day commemorative program. The availability of the museum was extra. It was like the topping of the cake,” she said.
She said with the museum being closed, month-to-month attendance has dropped.
“We are a little low which we anticipated. Of course the horrific winter didn’t help,” Hammatt said. “We had a two-pronged winter, bad weather and the museum building being closed. So how much of that is the weather and how much is the facility, I couldn’t tell.”
The D-Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration Week will be observed while the new exhibit installation work continues.
Activities for the week-long event begin Saturday, June 1, featuring the Salina Symphony performing during the “Symphony At Sunset” concert. There will be a host of educational programs, films, and discussions during the week.
The commemorative events culminate on June 6 with a Remembrance Ceremony and Wreath Laying honoring General Eisenhower and all veterans. Retired Air Force General Richard B. Myers is the keynote speaker for the ceremony.
Myers is currently the president of Kansas State University and served as the 15th Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff.
The comprehensive exhibit redesign and the D-Day 75th Anniversary Commemoration Week events are made possible by donations to the Eisenhower Foundation.


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Football found a way because of large network and conference network money.
Nope. Sorry. They found a way because they wanted to and came up with work arounds and put protocols in place that seem to be working.
Only football came up with the "work arounds and put protocols in place"? That makes no sense. Then every sport would be playing using those protocols. Even after cancelling their fall seasons the PAC12 and Big Ten came back to football seeing the money left on the table. This is an excerpt from the New York Times article about why football is being played:
"The decisions by the leagues — some publicly unflinching, others openly deliberating from one month to the next — carry enormous implications for college athletics. By playing football, even without every stadium packed with fans, schools across the country will collectively earn hundreds of millions of dollars from broadcast rights and sponsorships that will prop up budgets that had been threatened with severe cuts."
Power conference football is a huge money generating college sport. They are not playing a lot football at lower conferences because there is no network money. Don't be surprised if winter sports are cancelled by power conferences too--except mens basketball.
Quoting a New York Times article does not help your case.

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The King of Staten Island Blu-ray review
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The King of Staten Island, from director Judd Apatow, takes a semi-autobiographical look at Pete Davidson’s life. Davidson plays Scott, a 24-year-old who has been drifting through life since his father died fighting a hotel fire. He lives at home with his mother (Marisa Tomei) and his ambitious younger sister (Maude Apatow) and spends his days smoking weed, dreaming of being a tattoo artist and hanging with his friends. One of those friends is Kelsey (Bel Powley), a girl that Scott is wary of committing to. When Scott’s mom starts dating a firefighter, Ray (Bill Burr), Scott must finally confront his grief and how is life is going. The King of Staten has now been released by Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. I had a chance to review the Blu-ray Combo Pack, which also includes a DVD and digital code.
The 1080p AVC-encoded transfer is in a 2.39:1 aspect ratio. The video presentation is crystal clear, with excellent skin textures as well as textile and environmental surfaces. The colour palette moves from almost neutral tones to vivid hues depending on the context of the moment. Excellent black levels show shadowy detail and there are no digital noise or compression artifacts to speak of. It’s a good looking disc.
On the audio side, there’s an English Dolby Atmos TrueHD 7.1 soundtrack well as an English DVS Dolby Digital 2.0 track. Subtitles are available for English SDH, French, and Spanish. Dialogue is clearly presented, centred and well-prioritized in the mix. The surrounds are well used for environmental ambient effects and as well as some of the musical elements. Music is dynamic and the low end is used to add some gravitas when necessary.
On the extras side, the Blu-ray comes with a DVD and a digital access code. There are deleted scenes, a gag reel, and a good variety of featurettes that look at the production, as well as a benefit stand-up performance for the FDNY, and a tribute to Pete Davidson’s father, Scott Davidson, a member of the FDNY who lost his life during the attacks on September 11th, 2001.
The King of Staten Island, has great performances, excellent audio and video presentations, and a good selection of extras. Recommended.


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A PO Box 575, Elmira, CA 95620 rescue helping to find loving homes for dogs, cats, rabbits.
1 - 5 of 5 Adoptable Pets at This Shelter
Our staff is entirely volunteer based, with no paid staff members. Everyone who helps support our mission contributes their time, efforts, and even financial assistance simply as a result of their deep-rooted passion for animals. We are always looking for additional volunteers, sponsors, foster parents and forever homes for all of the animals from our rescue.
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Small thematic selections from large collections. Beautifully presented and interpreted.
To our collection of historical photographs and glass plates
GLASS PLATES panoramic film original photos RUSSIA,
THE MIDDLE EAST, WESTERN EUROPE, EGYPT, THE CAUCASUS,
TRAVEL TO THE PAST
Photo: Monument to Victor Emmanuel II on Riva degli Schiavoni. Venezia, Italy. Before 1908.
Meet The Folks
Mikhail has been collecting early photography since the mid-70s. His collection currently numbers over 30,000 items. He is the inspiration, the founder, and the director of the Archives.
Alice, a graduate student at the Harvard's Museum Studies Program, joined the Archives in 2006. She researches the collection, designs exhibitions, and develops website content.
To our collection of original photos, glass plates, and film.


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October 17, 2009
Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge # 2 Use your Buttons...Smooches!
Hey "krafty" friends!!! So, are you as glad to see the weekend as I am!? I am so glad that it is time to do some Kraftin', some stampin' and a little blogging! It just so happens to be our challenge day over at Kraftin Kimmie Stamps Challenge blog and we have a great challenge this week! The hostest with the mostest is our lovely and talented Jeanne! She has picked this week's challenge, "Use Your Buttons" and the lucky winner will receive sweet Posy as that is the image that Jeanne is showcasing on her card!!
We also have two very talented and super duper krafty guest "Krafty Girls" joining us this week! Katy Harrison from Katy's Bloggeroo and Michele Boyer from Paper Cuts! Make sure you check out all the Krafty Girls blogs and see how everyone has used their buttons!
So, for my card I used Lilith! She is just so sassy and I just love the expression on her face. I guess I would be a little sassy too if I had a frog on my head,lol! Whenever I see sassy Lilith I always think of a Princess kissing a frog and having him turn into her Prince charming. Well, this sentiment from Kimmie's Everyday Sentiment set was a perfect match for Lilith! I stamped Lilith with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on ATS Copic Quality cardstock and coloured her with my Copics!
I made the cardbase 6x6 from Prism Kraft cardstock and matted with Bazzill Basics cardstock. I used some scraps of Scenic Route pp and this cute Prima printed Twill that I bought at Scrappin' Great Deals. I used my Fiskars Apron lace border punch and buttons and some hemp twine to finish it off!
well thanks for stopping by and having a wee peek and I hope you can join us this week over at the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge blog!


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Jubilee Insurance has dispelled fears that a Sh900 million insurance cover for civil servants has been stopped over an ongoing police investigation.
Jubilee has clarified that there is a running contract with the National Hospital Insurance Fund (NHIF) that commenced on April 1st and delay of payments of premiums won’t hamper it.
Yesterday, The Standard reported that the cover had derailed after NHIF delayed to pay installments for premiums, following the investigation.
The police investigation targets NHIF.
Officers from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) reportedly have carted away documents that include the signed contract, invoices and vouchers in a fresh probe.
However, Jubilee yesterday explained in a statement: “Even if NHIF is still processing the premiums, life cover is still on. The DCI raids at NHIF does not affect our relations with client."
NHIF board chair Hannah Muriithi had confirmed that detectives had taken documents but also allayed fears that the contract had been stopped to pave way for investigations.
“There has been an ongoing audit of our systems and the DCI has been conducting investigations on several issues. Thus the investigations are not specifically on this contract and there is no directive stopping any payments,” Ms. Muriithi said while directing us to management for details.
The consortium of Jubilee, Madison and Gemenia insurances got the award at Sh890, 455,966 on 12th of February after it emerged as the lowest evaluated bidder.
However, one of the losing consortia moved to the Public Procurement Administrative Review Board (PPARB) to contest the award of the lucrative contract.
However on March 19, PPARB upheld the decision to award the deal to a consortium of insurers led by Jubilee insurance paving way for contract signing.
And immediately after the insurers and NHIF signed the deal, police are said to have targeted the contract over allegations of irregularity in calculating premiums prompting delay in remittance of premium payments.
There were fears that over 150,000 workers at both national and county governments, 162,000 police officers and prison warders and 8,000 employees of parastatals and state agencies remain exposed following the inquiry.
On May 8th, Jubilee Insurance forwarded debit note of Sh455, 227,983 being the first installment for the group life and last expense insurance cover for over 320,000 civil servants. The total contract sum for NHIF/033/2018-2019 is Sh890, 455,966.
Beneficiaries include 150,000 workers at both national and county governments, 162,000 police officers and prison warders and 8,000 employees of parastatals and agencies, have now been left without cover after the current one expired on 31st December last year.
The cover ensures that if an employee were to die unexpectedly, his or her family copes financially by providing some income with last expense covering for funeral costs when a member dies, such as mortuary fees, coffin, and other associated expenses.
The tender NHIF/033/2018-2019 Group Life and Last Expense for Civil Servants in National & County Governments and other Institutions and Last Expense for the National Police Service was advertised on 11th December 2018.
In the civil servants scheme, officers in job group A-G will be entitled a Sh700, 000 for group life and Sh100, 000 last expense while the senior most at job grade (undersecretaries) will benefit with a Sh30.8 million for group life and Sh300, 000 for last expense.
National Police members are only entitled for last respect with all cadre getting a uniform of Sh250, 000 for last respect.
In parastatals and other institutions, the lowest cadre of workers are entitled to Sh850, 000 for group life and a further Sh120, 000 as last respect while the senior most cadre staff will benefit with a Sh5, 000,000 for group life and Sh300, 000 for last respect.
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This is a nicely written romantic suspense with some intense love scenes included. Coral Staufer and Trevor Stone were previously married, to each other, and when Coral is threatened by the Russian mob, Trevor shows up as her protector. He is part of an elite group of covert law enforcement, kind of like the CIA, but not. The head of the mobsters is a woman, Anna Markova, and she has hidden lockboxes on Coral’s property and will stop at nothing to retrieve them, including murder. Her reach is long and that seemed to be very realistic, although I don’t know much about mobs. Anyway, this is the first book that I have read by this author and she definitely kept my attention, especially during the tense escape scenes. Her characters are realistic in that they have weaknesses and flaws that are totally believable. The scenario itself was a little far-fetched for me, but I bought into the plot line and actually really enjoyed it. Fans of romantic suspense will enjoy this new romantic suspense from Harlequin.
Disclosure of Material Connection: I received a complimentary copy of this book from the publisher via Netgalley. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255, “Guides Concerning The Use of Testimonials and Endorsements in Advertising.”
Author letter, INCOGNITO EX by Geri Krotow
Welcome back to Silver Valley!
Incognito Ex, Silver Valley P.D. number eight, is my favorite SVPD book to date. Coral and Trevor once had it all, including a marriage that both allowed to fail for myriad reasons. When they come face-to-face again, during a night of Russian organized crime madness, it’s not a forgone conclusion that they’d made a mistake by divorcing. But as the stakes rise and both of their lives are at risk, all of the resentments and sorrow of the past melt away to reveal the truth: Trevor is the only one for Coral, and she for him. But there are some big issues to solve first, like how to stay alive while being stalked by a former FSB/KGB agent!
While the situations and characters in my stories are fictional, emotions are universal. We’ve all wondered about our choices, past and present. Perhaps, like Coral and Trevor, we’ve felt the pangs of regret over ending a relationship too soon. I hope you enjoy the suspenseful ride with Coral and Trevor, but more than anything, I hope their love brings you healing in your life, too.
I love to connect with readers! Please find me at my website, http://www.gerikrotow.com, and on Facebook, http://www.Facebook.com/gerikrotow, and Instagram, http://www.Instagram.com/geri_krotow.
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The 8th Infantry Division during World War II
As Allied troops moved across Europe in a series of offensives against Nazi Germany, they found tens of thousands of concentration camp prisoners in deplorable conditions. Malnutrition and disease were rampant, and corpses lay unburied. The soldiers reacted in shock and disbelief to the evidence of Nazi atrocities. In addition to burying the dead, the Allied forces attempted to help and comfort the survivors with food, clothing and medical assistance.
8th Infantry Division Campaigns during World War II
The 8th Infantry Division was formed in 1918 during World War I and was sent to France that same year. During World War II, in early July 1944, the "Golden Arrow" division landed on Utah Beach in Normandy, just weeks after the Allies invaded France on D-Day (June 6, 1944). Shortly after its arrival, the division captured the French cities of Rennes and Brest.
Following these actions, the 8th turned eastward toward the German border, taking part in the heavy fighting in the Hürtgen Forest in November 1944. In early March 1945, the 8th had advanced into the Rhineland. It fought its way into the Ruhr region the following month. By war's end, the "Arrow" division had advanced to the Elbe River in central Germany.
The 8th Infantry Division and the Liberation of Wöbbelin
On May 2, 1945, as it advanced into northern Germany, the 8th Infantry Division encountered the Neuengamme concentration camp Wöbbelin subcamp, near the city of Ludwigslust. The SS had established Wöbbelin in early February 1945 to house concentration camp prisoners who had been evacuated from other Nazi camps to prevent their liberation by the Allies. Wöbbelin held some 5,000 inmates, many of whom suffered from starvation and disease. The sanitary conditions at the camp when the 8th Infantry Division and the 82nd Airborne Division arrived were deplorable. There was little food or water, and some prisoners had resorted to cannibalism. In the first week after liberation, more than 200 inmates died. In the aftermath, the US Army ordered the townspeople in Ludwigslust to visit the camp and bury the dead.
Recognition as a Liberating Unit
The 8th Infantry Division was recognized as a liberating unit by the US Army's Center of Military History and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1988.
8th Infantry Casualty Figures
Casualty figures for the 8th Infantry Division, European theater of operations:
- Total battle casualties: 13,986
- Total deaths in battle: 2,852
8th Infantry Division Nickname
The 8th Infantry Division was known as both the "Golden Arrow" and "Pathfinder" division during World War II. Both nicknames originated from the division's insignia, which includes a gold arrow to represent the nineteenth-century explorer of California, John Fremont. The division was formed in California in 1918.
Critical Thinking Questions
- What challenges did Allied forces face when they encountered the camps and sites of other atrocities?
- What challenges faced survivors of the Holocaust upon liberation?

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Technology in the field of medicine has been able to increase and can help you find easy ways that can help you stay focused on the recent ideas of carrying out various activities. You find that with the recent industrial revolution there are secure mechanism that you can use in the treatment of various infectious diseases. With these methods, the spread of various infections that may be chronic have significantly been curtailed, and this is out of the new developments in what you have been doing in the recent past. With new development people are now safer as the spread of complicated maladies for instance cancer is getting down. Discover some of the latest treatment procedures that can be of help in the recent past.
Cell transportation has been seen to be the latest idea that is affecting many people in recent days. You need to ensure that you consider the right stem cells that will keep your bone marrow and umbilical cords functioning in the right manner. The procedure has been used from the earlier years, and it is essential in helping people suffering from leukemia. With lots of autoimmune infections that are making people have a question, you can be able to concur various ideas successfully. There are people who typically have conditions that bother them, and when they end up being disastrous, it ends up being tragic, and this can cause problems.
You need to know about this other type of therapy which is becoming very common these days which is known as; nuclear medicine. You are going to realize that the nuclear treatment has turned out to be commonly used than any other treatment used these days. The small quantities of radioactive are the ones who become effective in finding and diagnosing some diseases and how serious they have become. Among these diseases which are included here are as mentioned; endocrine issues, heart disease, spinal injuries among many other serious health issues. The radioactive substances known as medical isotopes are there to ensure that there is a record of everything that happens in the body. These isotopes are usually detected by the imaging software and cameras which help in pinpointing where the main issue is.
Lastly, the other type of treatment is hormone therapy. Menopause is a condition which must happen to middle-aged women, and this is why the hormone treatment method works for them at this trying time. This is the hormone which is functional in balancing the progesterone and estrogen. Since people experiencing this process have some symptoms accompanied such discomforting like; sweating, anxiety and hot flashes, they are all taken off by the treatment. The modern medicine also includes this menopause treatment as one of the most common techniques.

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My sister-in-law Heather has been making this wonderful Strawberry Trifle for the past several years after discovering it is Taste of Home! This quick to make and easy dessert is refreshing for summer picnics and is also a delicious dessert to serve to dinner guests!
I served my trifles up as individual servings in stemless wine glasses because I learned that while I have a lot of dishes and bowls I do not have a nice trifle or clear glass dish. Guess I know what to add to my Christmas list!
- 1 cup cold milk
- 1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
- 1 pkg. (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1 tsp. grated orange peel
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream, whipped
- 8 cups cubed angel food cake
- 4 cups sliced fresh strawberries
- First whip your heaving whipping cream for approximately 3 minutes with your electric mixer.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat the milk, sour cream, pudding mix and orange peel with your electric mixer on low speed until thickened. Fold in the whipped cream.
- Place half of the angel food cake cubes in a 3-qt. glass bowl or trifle.
- Arrange a third of the strawberries around sides of bowl and over cake; top with half of the pudding mixture.
- Repeat layers once. Top with remaining strawberries.
- Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.

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On September 21st, Schneider Electric, which owns 60% of Aveva, submitted an offer to buy the remaining shares for £31/share. It will take the company private, in a deal valued at £9.5bn, one of the largest deals in the UK in 2022. However, with falling tech valuations and a troubled market, minority shareholders regard the purchase as an opportunistic takeover that does not reflect Aveva’s true long-term potential.
Aveva is one of the last large technology businesses to be listed on the London Stock Exchange and one of the most successful technology companies to emerge from the “Silicon Fen” cluster around Cambridge. The company is a global leader in industrial software, providing services such as innovative AI solutions that assist oil & gas and manufacturing companies in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and meeting decarbonization targets.
However, Aveva has in recent years struggled to shift its focus from a business model based on software licensing to a subscription-based one. Given the complexity of the adjustments, the company revealed in July 2021 that planned revenue growth would fall short of the 15% forecast, falling to 11%. In less than a year, the stock price fell from £55 to £24, losing half of its value and underperforming the FTSE 350 Software Index by almost 40%.
Schneider Electric, a French industrial conglomerate, submitted a formal proposal to acquire the remaining 40% of the shares for two reasons. At first glance, it appears counterintuitive for a conglomerate like Schneider to acquire its technology unit in which it already has a controlling stake. To better understand the proposal, Schneider, which already owns a couple of energy efficiency companies and has its own Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem, aims to fully integrate Aveva into its business. It aims to gain greater control over its operations and build a One Data Hub, a platform that offers everything from asset strategy to supply chain management and data analytics.
Further, as of 2022, prices in the technology industry have collapsed, with Aveva following a similar pattern. With net debt less than half of next year’s EBITDA, the energy management and industrial automation group can easily afford a £3.5bn buyout. Schneider Electric intends to capitalize on the opportunity by purchasing Aveva for £31 instead of £55 as it was at its peak in 2021. Furthermore, Aveva is valued at an EV/Revenue multiple of 8.2X, which is significantly lower than the average multiple of 34X for Software as a Service (SaaS) companies in 2021.
As mentioned, Schneider has offered £9.5bn to buy Aveva, intending to pay £31 per share for the 40% of Aveva it did not already own. This represents a 41% premium over the company’s closing share price in August before the prospective deal surfaced. The French company has owned 60% of Aveva since a £3bn reverse buyout in 2017 in which Schneider folded its software assets into the UK company, keeping a place at the London Stock Exchange (LSE).
Despite an apparently relatively high premium, shareholders are unsatisfied with the current bid. This is due to the fact that Aveva’s share price has been affected by different internal and macroeconomic factors throughout the year.
Aveva issued a profit warning in April, stating that increased cloud computing spending and competition for engineering talent would reduce its margins. The company is also adjusting to rely more on subscription revenue, which analysts predict will be difficult and require time. Additionally, the current macroeconomic factors contributed significantly to pushing down its valuation, with rising interest rates implying a higher cost of capital used to discount future cash flows. Further, the current macroeconomic outlook has severely depressed the markets. This has decreased growth opportunities and therefore valuations, especially for tech companies, such as Aveva, which usually are highly dependent on future growth assumptions.
Opposition from minority shareholders
Schneider needs 75% of the minority votes to pass the deal, which is expected to be completed by Q1 2023. The company’s management has sided with Schneider, with the Aveva board of directors recommending the offer after receiving advice from Lazard, JPMorgan, and Numis, and stating that the transaction will provide much-needed liquidity to the company. Analysts at Jefferies believe the deal will go through as well, claiming that Schneider is the only possible buyer given its existing majority stake.
However, a significant number of minority investors, including M&G Investments, which owns 0.45% of Aveva, have stated that they will reject the deal for two reasons. The stock price is trading at low levels due to a combination of depressed technology valuations, macroeconomic uncertainties, and a complex business model evolution from license to subscription-based revenues; thus, the offered price does not reflect the company’s true potential and growth opportunities. Other investors, such as Mawer Investment, stated that they would expect an offer in the upper thirties, or they would reject it.
The initial agreement between Aveva and Schneider in 2017 barred the French business from increasing its interest for two years after the acquisition was completed and set a holding limit of 75% for an additional 18 months. Since then, Aveva has expanded through acquisitions, purchasing Softbank Group-backed software firm Osisoft in 2020 for $5bn in total valuation, including debt. Aveva has also increased its software services capabilities. Jean-Pascal Tricoire, the CEO of Schneider, has been disposing of Schneider’s non-core businesses and devoting more money to initiatives that support core businesses as they transition to a digital economy.
Arguably, the merger will enable Schneider Electric’s software expansion strategy to be implemented faster, with the One Data Huub singled out as a priority area of development. The takeover would focus on assisting Aveva in switching to a subscription-based business model and collaborating in fields like research and development.
Given the current macroeconomic climate, the acquisition might help the UK company to get through the current rough period and turn around its business model faster than it could on its own. Even though the acquisition is one of the largest in the UK this year, it will leave the London Stock Exchange with very few large tech companies. Canada’s OpenText acquired UK software maker Micro Focus International for £5.1bn late last month. Recently, another UK tech company was taken from the market when Eutelsat Communications SA, which is listed on the Paris Stock Exchange, decided in July to merge with OneWeb Ltd.
Schneider’s takeover effort is the most recent instance of an undervalued UK tech company being purchased by a foreign investor or delisted by private equity. This phenomenon can be explained by lower valuations which are making tech companies an attractive takeover target. However, it is also reinforced by the fact that UK stocks have lagged other major equity benchmarks in Europe over the past six years. Cheap valuations have unleashed a flood of share buybacks by UK companies and encouraged foreign buyers and private equity firms to swoop in and pick up bargains, helping the FTSE 100 outperform other developed markets this year.
With the current economic outlook, especially and foremost for tech companies, Aveva could benefit from new cash to invest in its business model shift and from synergies with Schneider. This is due to the fact that the current macroeconomic scenario is unfavourable – in particular to Aveva, which is in a process of a challenging transition that may take years and has previously acknowledged that it was having some issues with profit margins.
As mentioned earlier, several investment banks, such as JP Morgan and Lazard, suggested the offer is fair and that it would be acceptable. This has led the board to accept the offer, urging shareholders to follow. However, Berenberg analysts wrote in a note that the bid was lower than the £32-£37 per share they had expected, saying that the valuation does not fully reflect Aveva’s true potential. Its share price has gone down in the last few months mostly due to current macroeconomic factors, and not due to convergence to Aveva’s fundamental value, making the company currently undervalued.
They added, however, that shareholders would be tempted to support the deal given the share price’s decline in recent months and the difficulties Aveva faced. Jefferies also expected the deal would go through, saying Schneider was the only possible buyer, given it is already the majority shareholder. The approval from the Board of Aveva will likely push shareholders to accept the offer, however, it is hard to establish whether the takeover will be completed or not, as many large shareholders remain convinced the offer substantially undervalues Aveva.