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Rodanthi is Associate Professor of Cultural Sociology at the University of Leeds, UK. She is an interdisciplinary academic with an interest in cultural globalisation and the communication between 'slow' and 'fast' mobilities. Her specialisms include intersections of media and tourism ('cinematic tourism') and the ways these trigger socio-cultural change (or not), as well as the ways the local survives in global cultural spaces (or not). Moving from questions of nation-building and migration to audio-visual forms of travel and digital tourism environments allowed for more synthetic explorations of collective imaginaries - both synchronically and diachronically. She has also engaged in art theory and media-related ethnographic research that explored the historical trajectories and social futures of ethno-cultural specificity in late (or liquid) modernity. Rodanthi currently maintains two websites and two blogs.
Rodanthi was Lecturer in Sociology at the School of Sociology and Social Policy, Leeds between 2007 and 2013. Between 2007 and 2011 she was Deputy Director, Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies, Leeds. She held visiting posts at Oxford (School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, 22 April-30 June 2012), the Centre for Mobilities Research (CeMoRe, Sociology, Lancaster University, 2007-9), a lectureship in sociology at the University of Kent (2004-7), a Research Fellowship in criminology at the department of Applied Social Science, Lancaster University (2003-4), a temporary lectureship in European history at the University of Central Lancashire (2002) and a Research Fellowship in history at Lancaster University (2002). Her teaching experience spans many disciplines and subject areas (anthropology, media studies, sociology, history, criminology). Currently she serves on the International Advisory Board of the Ikarian Institute for Social and Political Research.


New Music Video for ‘All in the Same Boat’ Featuring Sammy Kershaw, Aaron Tippin and Joe Diffie
Acadiana's own Sammy Kershaw has teamed up with Aaron Tippin and Joe Diffie for a few years now doing the Roots & Boots tour. And for a while now it's been rumored that those boys would be recording some music together.
It's finally happened as the trio has released a new song called "All in the Same Boat".
No official word if this is just one song that's being released or if we should expect a full album anytime soon. (We'll make sure we ask Sammy next time we see him.)
In the meantime, the guys have done a music video for the song and it's quite entertaining. Check it out and good Sam, Aaron and Joe with the new music!


Donald trump wants to deprive the right to impose tariffs
The US President had had just enough to spoil the relation with other countries. Last year, Donald trump entered the steel and aluminum tariffs. This has led to the deterioration of U.S. relations with other countries. Especially the situation with China and the European Union. Trump acted in the interests of their country. In particular, there were «national security interests». However, from a trade war, America is also beginning to suffer. On February 17, the Ministry of Commerce should provide the Trump new the results of the investigation. We are talking about the investigation on imports of vehicles and components. This is done by 232-th article of the trade laws of the United States.
It 232 article gives the right to us President to impose duties. This refers to the protective duties on any product. They can be entered if required by the interests of national security." This scheme was applied last year. However, the U.S. Congress is concerned about the prospects for the introduction of new fees. They can lead to a new trade war in the world. In addition, the new tariffs may exacerbate the conflict between the USA and China. This, in turn, causes the nervous American opposition forces. Because the consideration of the Congress got two new bill. Interestingly, it is supported by both houses and both parties.
The first bill suggests depriving the President the right to impose tariffs. This right is proposed to transfer to Congress. Presumably, this regulation will receive a retrospective character. It will also affect last year’s steel and aluminum tariffs. The second bill is to modify the procedure to justify the imposition of tariffs. It should not provide the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of defence. In addition, Congress may be entitled to cancel the introduction of these tariffs.
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Those sepia tinted memories of your childhood birthday parties replete with a vintage cake with a huge bow, and beads hanging from it, always manage to make you smile. If you want to relive those days and enjoy a vintage cake, then dont head out to the old by lanes simply join the baking course by Palate Culinary Studio. This baking course will help you in making a plethora of cupcakes with bows, beads, stencils and decorations of your choice. So the next time its your kids birthday or a friends party, surprise the guests with these decorated cakes and be an instant hit. After all old is gold.
Here you can learn retro and vintage stencilling on cupcakes and piping with royal icing. This class is for beginners and intermediates who want to learn new skills to increase their cupcake repertoire. The focus of the class is making cupcakes that are graceful, light and full of summer nostalgia.
You will try out all techniques for yourself including how to use stencils to make relief patterns, how to paint pictures with stencils and how to make shimmering stencil designs. You will be surprised by how many different ways there are to use stencils to decorate your cupcakes. This class is where we focus on all things elegant and dainty. We will teach you about colour palettes and designs that are appropriate to this style of cupcake whether your interest is in creating in-vogue vintage pastel cupcakes or a more flamboyant take on retro styles. Aprons and Recipe booklets provided at the workshop
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GUWAHATI, June 1: Following a tip-off, the anti-smuggling unit of the Customs Division, Guwahati has arrested two persons near Ganeshguri, Guwahati on Friday with narcotics roughly worth Rs two crore.
In connection with the carrying of the narcotics, the Customs Division arrested a woman identified as B Devi along with one identified as M Arun Singh, both of whom hailed from Manipur. The seized drugs were Morphine weighting 470 gm with a valuation of Rs. 4, 70,000, Seven packets of Heroin weighing 85 gm with a valuation Rs. 2, 55,000 and 15,720 numbers of Metamphitamine valued at Rs.1, 57,20,000.

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Pulitzer Prize winning reporter Jerry Kammer writes: From Chicano Radical to Congressman.
Take the time to acquaint yourself with Arizona’s District 3 Congressman Raul Grijalva. He is the stellar liberal who exhibits greater allegiance to illegal aliens than his state’s own citizens, calling for a “boycott of Arizona goods, services and tourism,” as a response to the new law making it a state crime to be in the country illegally.
“I support some very targeted economic sanctions on the state of Arizona,” Grijalva recently told the radical left-wing Democracy Now! broadcast. “We will be asking national organizations — civil, religious, political — not to have conferences and conventions in the State of Arizona. There has to be an economic consequence to this action and to this legislation.”
Using the signature Alinskyite tactics of the community organizer he once was, the law had to be fought at “a political, legal and economic level,” he said. Aside from a boycott, he also wants the federal government to stop cooperating with Arizona, a move he says “would render much of this legislation moot and ineffective,” according to a blistering editorial in Investor’s Business Daily.
With Arizona’s unemployment rate currently at 9.4%, the citizens of his southwest Arizona district must be thrilled with the representation they are getting.
Watch as Congressman Grijalva, whose district includes 300 miles of the U.S. Mexico border, walks away from a CNS News reporter asking about his commitment to sealing the border and protecting American youth from the influx of illegal drugs.

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As we’ve reported before, neuroscience has been making strides at tremendous pace in recent years. Here are 5 TED talks that highlight some important steps for the future of your brain health.
You can grow new brain cells. Here’s how
Can we, as adults, grow new neurons? We covered this concept, known as neurogenesis, in a recent blog. In this talk, Neuroscientist Sandrine Thuret says that we can, and she offers research and practical advice on how we can help our brains better perform neurogenesis - improving mood, increasing memory formation and preventing the decline associated with aging along the way.
The brain may be able to repair itself – with help
Through treating everything from strokes to car accident traumas, neurosurgeon Jocelyne Bloch knows the brain's inability to repair itself all too well. But now, she suggests, she and her colleagues may have found the key to neural repair: Doublecortin-positive cells. Similar to stem cells, they are extremely adaptable and, when extracted from a brain, cultured and then re-injected in a lesioned area of the same brain, they can help repair and rebuild it. "With a little help," Bloch says, "the brain may be able to help itself."
Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich looks at one of the secrets of the brain's incredible power: its ability to actively re-wire itself. He's researching ways to harness the brain's plasticity to enhance our skills and recover lost function.
The brain uses a quarter of the body's entire energy supply, yet only accounts for about two percent of the body's mass. So how does this unique organ receive and, perhaps more importantly, rid itself of vital nutrients? New research suggests it has to do with sleep.
How can we begin to understand the way the brain works? The same way we begin to understand a city: by making a map. In this visually stunning talk, Allan Jones shows how his team is mapping which genes are turned on in each tiny region, and how it all connects up. With these news insights, it could be possible for researchers to start unlocking some of the human brain’s deepest secrets.
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Street Fight reports that Everyblock, which used to be a handy place to look up building permits and the like, is coming back to Boston and will add a Medford version (Medford? Yes, Medford).
The City Council today voted to ban a phone app that lets users notify other users of impending open parking spaces in Boston - and to back it up with fines of up to $250 per instance.
City Councilor Frank Baker (Dorchester), who proposed the ordinance, admitted that he doesn't understand "all apps," but he understands this one just fine. "They were trying to buy and sell city property, which isn't there's to buy and sell," he said.
This is this month's cover of Cell, which covers advances in microbiology:
The cover depicts an adaptation the Boston subway system map in which subway lines represent pathways of differentiation from pluripotent stem cells. Bus routes, shown as dashed lines, are the various ways that cells can be experimentally interconverted via directed differentiation, direct conversion, and reprogramming. Cover image by Samantha Morris.
The team started with a flat sheet, to which it added two motors, two batteries, and a microcontroller, which acts like the robotâ€™s brain, Felton said. The sheet was a composite of paper and Shrinky Dinks, also called polystyrene, and a flexible circuit board in the middle. It also included hinges that were programmed to fold at specific angles. Each hinge contained embedded circuits that produce heat on command from the microcontroller. The heat triggers the composite to fold itself in a series of steps.
AsymmetRx Medical, an Acton company that holds a patent on an antibody used to diagnose prostate cancer, is suing Santa Cruz Biotechnology of Dallas on charges the Texas company offers a product that uses the same basic idea.
In its lawsuit, filed this week in US District Court in Boston, AsymmetRx, founded on the work of a Harvard researcher, says Santa Cruz started selling its product after it had agreed in 2007 not to do so - to settle a similar lawsuit AsymmetRx filed over the same exact patent.
Alexander Yershov says he never gave the newspaper permission to divulge any of his personal information, yet its Android app forwards all sorts of data about him to Adobe Systems.
So, of course, he is suing.
In a lawsuit filed this week in US District Court in Boston, Yershov wants to be name lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against USA Today - and is seeking $2,500 per alleged infraction plus punitive damages and lawyers' fees.
The MBTA today announced a contract with a new WiFi provider for commuter rail it says will mean more reliable free access to e-mail for riders - and the option to add full Internet service for $15 a month.
InMotion Wireless will build a $5.6 million WiFi network for trains that will also cover commuter ferries and South, North and Back Bay stations, at no cost to the T. Installation begins this fall and will be fully complete in 18 months, the T says.
MBTAgifts has started selling Sesame Rings, which let you store your CharlieCard data on a ring, instead of on some boring old plastic card.
Last year, a group of MIT students launched a Kickstarter campaign to help them commercialize the rings.
THERE IS NO VALUE ON THE RING AS SOLD. Value must be added at a CharlieCard machine at an MBTA station.
The city IT department plans a hackathon next month to let developers use a new gateway into city systems to build an online permitting system that might replace the current confusing system that often forces people who want to set up a restaurant or add a porch to their homes to spend months battling paperwork and bureaucracy - and sometimes make trips to offices miles apart.
HubHacks will be held Aug. 9 and 10 at District Hall, in the heart of the Innovation District.
Remember when Takei was spotted in the North End in May?
An MIT spinoff is installing benches equipped with solar-powered phone chargers - and air-quality and noise monitors - in several parks, the mayor's office says.
Changing Environment's "soofa" benches are going into Titus Sparrow Park in the South End, the Common and the Rose Kennedy Greenway.
"Your cell phone doesnâ€™t just make phone calls, why should our benches just be seats?â€ť the mayor asks in a statement.
The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that, in certain circumstances, ordering a criminal defendant to decrypt password-protected computer files is not a violation of his rights under federal and state rights against self incrimination.
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Harry McCracken reports Computerworld, long based in Framingham, is giving up print next week, although it will live on as a Web site.
Using Oculus Rift headsets, hopefully in the area of Kenmore Square, the Boston Business Journal reports.
A woman who bought shares in biotech startup OvaScience, which is investigating a way to treat infertility in older women, charges the company withheld the information the FDA was going to make it hard for the company to conduct human trials on its method, causing her and other investors to lose lots of money when the news finally came out.
Miriam Ratner is seeking to become lead plaintiff against the company, in a class-action lawsuit filed last week in US District Court in Cambridge.
The Globe has a sausage-factory look at how MIT beat back the Obama administration and won funding for its fusion reactor, at least through 2016.


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H.R.2090 - Fraud Victims Restitution Act of 1989101st Congress (1989-1990)
|Sponsor:||Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-18] (Introduced 04/25/1989)|
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|Latest Action:||House - 06/06/1989 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. (All Actions)|
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HR 2090 IH 101st CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2090 To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide civil and criminal forfeitures for mail and wire fraud, and to compensate victims of those offenses. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 25, 1989 Mr. PEPPER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide civil and criminal forfeitures for mail and wire fraud, and to compensate victims of those offenses. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Fraud Victims Restitution Act of 1989'. SEC. 2. CHAPTER 63 AMENDMENTS. (a) IN GENERAL- Chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: `Sec. 1346. Criminal forfeiture `(a) IN GENERAL- A person convicted of a violation of section 1341 or 1343 of this title shall, notwithstanding any provision of State law, forfeit to the United States any property constituting or derived from any proceeds which the person obtained directly or indirectly from such violation. `(b) PROCEDURES OF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT APPLICABLE- With respect to a forfeiture under this section for a violation of this chapter, the provisions of subsections (b), (c), (e), (f), (g), (i), (k), (l), (m), (n), and (o) of section 413 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 853) apply as they would to a forfeiture under that section for a violation of the Controlled Substances Act. `(c) DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY- After a seizure of property ordered forfeited under this section, the Attorney General shall dispose of the property under section 1348 of this title. The Postal Service shall turn any such seized property over to the Attorney General for disposal under such section. `(d) SUBSTITUTE ASSETS- If any of the property subject to forfeiture under this section, as a result of conduct of the defendant-- `(1) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; `(2) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third party; `(3) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the court; `(4) has been substantially diminished in value; or `(5) has been commingled with other property which cannot be divided without difficulty; the court shall order the forfeiture of any other property of the defendant up to the value of any property described in paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection. `Sec. 1347. Civil forfeiture `(a) PROPERTY SUBJECT TO CIVIL FORFEITURE- Any property constituting or derived from any proceeds of a violation of section 1341 or 1343 of this title shall be subject to forfeiture to the United States. `(b) SEIZURE- (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), any property subject to forfeiture to the United States under this section may be seized by the Attorney General or the Postal Service upon process issued pursuant to the Supplemental Rules for Certain Admiralty and Maritime Claims by any district court of the United States having jurisdiction over the property. `(2) The Attorney General or the Postal Service may seize such property without such process when-- `(A) the seizure is incident to an arrest or a search under a search warrant; or `(B) such property has been the subject of a prior judgment in favor of the United States in a criminal injunction or forfeiture proceeding under section 1346 of this title. `(3) The Government may seek the issuance of a warrant authorizing the seizure of property subject to forfeiture under this section in the same manner as provided for a search warrant under the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. `(c) PROCEDURAL MATTERS- (1) With respect to a forfeiture of property under this section, the provisions of subsections (c), (d), (h), and (j) of section 511 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 881) apply as they would to a forfeiture of property under that section, and the Postal Service may also perform any of the functions the Attorney General may perform under such subsections. `(2) The filing of an indictment or information alleging a violation of section 1341 or 1343 of this title which is also related to a civil forfeiture proceeding under either section shall, upon motion of the United States and for good cause shown, stay the civil forfeiture proceeding. `(d) DISPOSITION OF PROPERTY- After a seizure of property ordered forfeited under this section, the Attorney General shall dispose of the property under section 1348 of this title. The Postal Service shall turn any such seized property over to the Attorney General for disposal under such section. `Sec. 1348. Disposition of forfeited property `(a) IN GENERAL- After making due provision for the rights of any innocent persons, the Attorney General, after deducting the costs incurred by the United States in conducting the seizure, forfeiture, and identification of victims, shall deposit the proceeds from the sale of property forfeited under section 1346 or 1347 of this title in the fund established by section 524 of title 28. Any property right or interest not exercisable by, or transferable for value to, the United States shall expire and shall not revert to the defendant. Neither the defendant nor any person acting in concert with the defendant or on the defendant's behalf is eligible to purchase forfeited property sold by the United States. `(b) RESTRAINT PENDING APPEAL- Upon application of a person other than the defendant or a person acting in concert with the defendant or on the defendant's behalf, the court may restrain or stay the sale or disposition of the property pending the conclusion of any appeal in the case giving rise to the forfeiture, if the applicant demonstrates that proceeding with the sale or disposition will result in irreparable harm to the applicant. `(c) RULES FOR DISPOSITION- The Attorney General shall make rules providing for the disposition of such property and proceeds. Such rules shall provide that-- `(1) proceeds from such property be first made available on a pro rata basis to reimburse the losses of victims of the violation of this chapter in connection with which such forfeiture arose; and `(2) then any remaining property or proceeds be-- `(A) retained for official use; `(B) transferred to Federal, State, or local law enforcement agencies so as to reflect generally the contribution of such agencies to the seizure or forfeiture of such property; `(C) in the case of property-- `(i) sold, if not required to be destroyed by law or harmful to the public; or `(ii) destroyed, if not sold, or if the expenses of sale would exceed the amount realized from the sale; or `(D) as otherwise provided by law.'. (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The table of sections at the beginning of chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new items: `1346. Criminal forfeiture. `1347. Civil forfeiture. `1348. Disposition of forfeited property.'. SEC. 3. ASSETS FORFEITURE FUND AMENDMENT. Section 524(c)(8) of title 28, United States Code, is amended inserting `or the Postal Service' before the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (C).

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The province’s methodical and cautious plan to start opening up Ontario’s economy was welcomed by local political, labour and business leaders as a prudent approach for uncertain times.
“This is a fair and reasonable plan,” said Windsor Mayor Drew Dilkens. “These are life-and-death decisions the province is making.
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“The last thing everyone wants is to open things up too early and regress and go back to where we started.”
Dilkens said it was particularly important the document had no dates for beginning the first phase of the three-phase plan to put Ontario back in gear.
“This isn’t telling us when we’ll start to unwind things, it tells us how they’ll do it once they start,” Dilkens said.
“I think the last non-essential businesses to close, such as auto dealerships, are likely to be among the first to re-start. Those that closed first, will be probably be the last to re-open.”
Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce president Rakesh Naidu feels it may be some weeks yet before the province entertains launching its plan.


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Photographer Bobby Neel Adams combines two photos of his portraits subjects—one as a youth and one as an adult—into composite portraits he calls “AgeMaps.” The portraits are composited without the aid of computers. Idea for 'time/change' theme for my fmp
Stick Dollar Tree hands under the door - creepy.I have never seen my dollar store have hands but seems cool.
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Naked skin pressed finishing powder Urban decay naked skin ultra definition pressed finishing powder in the color naked medium. Only used less than a handful of times. Sponge never used. Urban Decay Makeup Face Powder
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"Hey, You Can't Ask Me That!" (How to Respond to Inappropria
I received the following questions from a visitor to my website recently: "How should I respond to inappropriate questions such as: (1) Do you have a stable home life? (2) Tell me about your personal situation. Are these inappropriate questions? It has been so long since I interviewed for a job, your suggestions about the most helpful responses would be appreciated!"
Those are, indeed, inappropriate questions that should NOT be asked at an interview.
Various federal, state, and local laws regulate the questions a prospective employer can ask you. An employer's questions


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The 2-Loop bezel settings have one open loop on each; no jump rings are required for creating the crystal portion of the bracelet. For best way to open and close these loops, see Jump Ring Hint in Jewelry Basics 101 (PDF).
Adding chain to the back of the bracelet makes the finished project more comfortable for the wearer, and less expensive than using stones the whole length. This also allows for flexibility in the finished bracelet length.
One or more parts (or tools) used in this project are temporarily out of production (TOP). We are actively looking for replacements, and hope to have good subs for the missing parts, available SOON!
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Details Were Released On Robin Williams’ Death…Was It Too Much?
Many people are angered by the amount of detail released by the Marin County sheriff's office in their news conference Tuesday about ROBIN WILLIAMS. No detail seemed to be spared. I was uncomfortable listening to it so I’ve opted not to include the details in my Dirt today.
The social media backlash has been heated following the outpouring of support for Williams.
Police did say that Robin's wife Susan had left the house Monday morning to run some errands, and didn't return until his body had already been found. She was the last person to see him alive, at about 10:30 the night before.
RadarOnline.com would like you to believe Robin was having, quote, "serious money troubles" at the time of his death. But we don't know if that's true.
Sarah Michelle Gellar Says Robin Williams Was Like a Father to Her
Sarah Michelle Gellar, who starred with Robin Williams in 'The Crazy Ones', tells People that he was like a father.
She says, "My life is a better place because I knew Robin Williams. To my children he was Uncle Robin, to everyone he worked with, he was the best boss anyone had ever known, and to me he was not just an inspiration but he was the father I had always dreamed of having. There are not enough adjectives to describe the light he was, to anyone that ever had the pleasure to meet him. I will miss him everyday, but I know the memory of him will live on. And to his family, I thank them for letting us know him and seeing the joy they brought him. Us crazy ones love you."
Justin Bieber Heading To Anger Management Classes??
If you’ve been longing for a gentler, more peaceful JUSTIN BIEBER, your prayers may be answered soon.
According to two people directly involved with his case, Justin will plead guilty to lesser charges in his January arrest in South Florida after what police initially described as an illegal street drag race.
The two people told the Associated Press Tuesday that the 20-year-old pop star would plead guilty to misdemeanor careless driving and resisting arrest without violence charges. Bieber also will agree to take an anger management course and make a charitable donation.
The people insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly before today’s court hearing. The Miami Herald first reported the plea deal.
The Biebs was arrested January 23rd in Miami Beach and was originally charged with driving under the influence, but breath tests found Bieber's blood alcohol level below the limit for underage drivers.
Katy Perry Needs Pink, White and Purple Flowers in Her Dressing Room
The Daily Mirror and Contact Music claim KATY PERRY's backstage rider calls for her dressing rooms to be filled with pink, white and purple flowers, organic food, Pinot Grigio and fruit and vegetables.
A source tells the sites: ''It's crazy. Katy always seems so down-to-earth when you see her on TV so we didn't expect her to have so many diva demands. We've also been told that staff mustn't speak to her, especially to ask for a photo or an autograph, because it angers her before the show.''
Will Beyonce and Jay Z Perform at Brad & Angelina’s Wedding?
We still don’t even have a date for the wedding of BRAD PITT and ANGELINA JOLIE but sources are already speculating who will be there.
The Daily Star claims BEYONCE and JAY Z may perform at Brad and Angelina's big day. A source tells the paper: ''Brad told Bey and Jay, that their kids, especially Maddox - adore them. He told them it would make their big day extra special to have them both do a number. They were flattered and said they'd do their best to fit it into their hectic schedule, depending on the date.''


BOSTON (WHDH) - Fall Out Boy on Wednesday announced that they will not perform at Fenway Park this week because one of the band’s team members has tested positive for COVID-19.
The popular rock band was slated to play alongside Green Day, Weezer, and The Interrupters at Boston’s beloved ballpark on Thursday night.
The band will also miss Wednesday’s show at Citi Field in New York.
In a statement, Fall Out Boy said, “Each band and their crew have operated in a bubble independently to safeguard everyone as much as possible at each show and in between shows.”
Green Day, Weezer, and The Interrupters will perform as scheduled.
Guns N’ Roses performed at Fenway on Tuesday. Billy Joel is slated to perform on Wednesday.
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Micro∕nanoelectromechanical system devices and components often operate at high sliding velocities, and it requires the investigation of friction at high velocities. In this study, the velocity dependence of friction and the rest time effect on friction of hard diamondlike carbon films, soft perfluorodecyltrichlorosilane, and perfluoropolyether films were investigated up to using an ultrahigh velocity stage and a high velocity stage. The velocity dependence of friction was found to vary with films and involve different mechanisms including adhesion due to solid-solid interaction, adhesion due to formation of meniscus bridges, atomic-scale stick slip, high velocity impact of the contacting asperities∕molecules, phase transformation∕tip jump, and viscoelastic shear. The increase in friction as a function of rest time was caused by continued growth and formation of water menisci bridges for the hydrophilic surfaces and continued deformation of soft films.
Velocity dependence and rest time effect on nanoscale friction of ultrathin films at high sliding velocities
Zhenhua Tao, Bharat Bhushan; Velocity dependence and rest time effect on nanoscale friction of ultrathin films at high sliding velocities. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. A 1 July 2007; 25 (4): 1267–1274. https://doi.org/10.1116/1.2435381
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Sunday, 21 September 2008
03:44:33 PM (GMT)
Alright, so it's been decided. Since I'm a gonna be uber busy, all the school
functions just started up, I'm actually going to be writing more. It releives stress,
and I find it comforting. But when I'm done with this unnamed story, which I like the
Secrets one, I will just be writing short stories. Not the Pixie one. I will not have
the time nessacary to do an essay and a story. SOOOO..... Short stories after this
one : ) (I've already decided the ones I wanna do... isn't that sad? [Mask
and... has no name yet, these are jsut things I spend my nights on, trying to fall
asleep, devolping characters and plots, living everything through a day at a time. I
really hope you enjoy this story, my short stories, and Pixies Revalation!]
I just stared at her until she hauled me in the door. The large meadowy thing was
full of aged tables. There was a short one at the front, where Peter and some unknown
boy sat in the very middle, disscussing in a low voice. Then there was a small round
one right in front of that, where Brandy Saphron and Jacob sat looking as confused as
I felt. Then two long tables behind them. I saw Seirra and Erin in one of tehm, then
Aubrey in the other. Then tehre was Cele who grabbed my arm and ran up to the
circular table, seating me in the front so that I was facing teh two long tables. She
sat across from me.
Peter looked out and saw that everyone was here and then cleared his throat.
"Well, I'm glad that you all could show up. I know that the vampires aren't quite...
enjoying the scenery, but the temple is just too small to host 50 and some people. I
don't know if all the vampires know why were all assembled here, so i hand the torch
over to the reason we are here." And with that as his closing, Peter sat down adn
motioned for me to stand up.
"Um, hi. Well, i was just Hauled into here without an explanation, so if
one of you would please tell me whats going on." Peter looked down at Cele and she
mouthed the word Fawn and I suddenly felt dumb. "Oh... Ummm, that." And so I droned
into the long story. "And yeah. So I kinda need your help."
Then the guy next to Peter stood up, who's name was Kevin, "I will fight with you.
But I do not force my Coven into anything they do not wish to do. So, a voice from
Erin gradually stood up, looking about wildly, "Well, uh, I, uh, I agree with you
Kevin. If Fawn has the, er, power to wipe out the,uh, um, the other students, then
she'll, um, she'll probably find us too." Then she started an outbreak.
"No One can catch us!"
"Where silent as night!"
And toher call outs where thrown at her. Then Seirra stood up and looked at the
long table full of seething vampires. "She is stronger then you think. I would know.
She stole my secondary power. She stole the werewolve Ly-Ann's and she is in alliance
with the Shadow." The shouting continued til the word Shadow came out her mouth.
"It's Illegal! the last witch sealed him! She was the strongest!" Came out
surprise and shock from both tables.
Then it was Saphron who came to full height. "The strongest witch in the history
sealed him. Now think, I too am a Witch and I have been obliggued by teh rules in
which the witch history has been documented. It is said that Fawn released the
Shadow. And the book does not record lies." There was mute silence that was soon
inturpted by a scream.
"Whst is that?" I said, scared, to Cele.
"I.. I dunno..."
Peter looked around and then yelled out loud, "It has been decided! We will stadn
with you, Witch! Now, everyone, go!" Everyone scrambled to the doors, I was pulled
bewteen Saphrona dn Brandy as Jacob ran behind us.
Everyone was dumbfounded by what had happened. I stole a quiet look at the
calender and silently screamed, there was one week before the picnic, and I knew that
the fight would be horrible. I couldn't sleep, so I got up and searched for the
flashlight. Then I heard the noise. The oven door shut quickly and so I followed the
noise and fall down into the land of the bests, right on top of Aubrey.
"What are you doing here?" She hissed at me.
"Follwing you! Why are you here?"
"I woke up and saw Ly-Ann missing, I suspected she'd be here, so i wanted to make
sure." Then the yowl broke through again and I shivered.
"What is that?"
"The reason Ly-Ann's missing." I looked at ehr confused but she just walked away,
holding the flashlight in her hands. We walked on for what seemed liek ever, until we
saw a glwo from a gas lamp sitting on the grass. Then I saw her.
Ly-Ann was sitting in the grass, murmuring unheard words.
"Ly-Ann?" Aubrey whispered. She twiosted ehr head around and growled.
"Oh... sorry. Why did you guys come here?"
"We were worried about you." I said.
"Peter said that you weren't supposed to come here, you know."
"I really don't give a care what Peter said! I can come here whenever I want!"
"What's here?!" I said exsasperated. then I heard a familier laugh.
"I'm Here." I looked around until i spotted the white haired boy.
"Rick? Why are you here?" He was lying in teh grass, his arms stretched out and
was just relaxing. Then he stretched up and I gasped.
His body was covered in deep logn scratches, all looking more painful then the
last. His shirt was off, so I could see the way teh lines wove up and down, also
including a few savage bite marks.
"Wha... What happened?"
"'Member ho my brother mauled him? Yeah, that's what it leads to. Hold on,
Ly-Ann..." Aubrey said, Ly-Ann groaned but still followed. She lifted up the back of
her shirt so that i could see her abre back, also ringed with scars and bite marks.
"Hold on... I felt like I might go swimming, so I have my swimsuit." She said,
turning ehr head and smiling. So after a moment of fidgeting, Ly-Ann had ehr shirt
over her head and the green bikini was in sight. I looked at teh disturbing, alomost,
matching scars on teh two.
"So, wait... If that was from Peter... then is that from...?" I looked at Aubrey
who just nodded, looking at the grass. Ly-Ann put back on the top, then sat down.
"So, tell me. How does it happen? You know, like, if you bit me, will I become a
"No, it has to be like that. Basically a mauling. But most people don't survive
the cahnge anyway. The venom doesn't release unless you do it on purpose, or if your
really insanly upset. Peter came up with this medicine thingy that stops the venom
though. But not problem with me. If you inject venom once, it never happens again."
"Why are you cooped up here, Rick?"
"Rapid changing. The first month is uncontrollable, so I'll be out somewhat soon.
Like, next week. I've been practicing. And since the fight is next week, and I'll
still have a little rapid changing stuff, I can fight as a wolf." I saw Ly-Ann glare
"I can't. And neither can Aubrey. Or anyone else in our level." I laughed.
"We'll just have to get you prepared." I smiled. And for the first tiem, i was
somewhat happy, with the fake full moon shinging down on us and the crickets


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A 15-year-old girl, Zainab Mohammed, has escaped from the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists.
This was made known by the Director, Army Public Relations Brigadier General, Texas Chukwu in a statement on Sunday.
He said that troops of 28 Task Force Brigade intercepted the teenager at Gubla area of the state in North-East Nigeria.
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Why is Modi silent on his wife, asks Digvijaya
New Delhi: Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh on Saturday asked Narendra Modi’s fans to “educate” him on the silence of the Gujarat Chief Minister on “marital status".
"Would all Modi fans educate us on this?," Singh tweeted this morning.
On Thursday, Singh had slammed Modi for calling Union Minister Shashi Tharoor`s wife a "50-crore girlfriend" and asked him about his marital status.
"Why is Modi silent about his wife`s name? If you can visit YouTube and search Narendra Modi`s wife, you will find the name Yashoda Ben as his wife," Singh had told reporters, questioning the common perception that the Gujarat Chief Minister is a bachelor.
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World Tuberculosis Day 2021 Theme: The Clock is Ticking
World Tuberculosis Day is observed on 24th March every year to raise awareness and efforts to eliminate the deadly disease.
What is Tuberculosis and How Does it Affect Us?
The TB infection is caused by a bacteria called Mycobacterium Tuberculosis. TB mainly attacks the lungs, but it can also attack other body parts like the abdomen, spine, joints, or even brain.
There are two types of TB, Latent TB and Active TB.
Latent TB: In most cases, TB infected patient’s immune system can kill the bacteria or at least stop the bacteria from spreading in the body. In Latent TB cases, one might not experience any kind of symptoms, but the bacteria still remains in the body.
The risk of a latent TB turning into an Active TB type is higher when the patient has other underlying conditions like HIV, Cancer, or Diabetes.
Active TB: If the patient’s immune system is unable to kill or contain the spread of the bacteria in the body, then this type of TB is called Active TB. In this type, the patient will experience symptoms and also become contagious, i.e., the person can spread the disease through coughing and sneezing.
What Are The Symptoms of TB?
The symptoms of TB includes:
- Chest Pain
- Coughing up blood
- Loss of appetite
- Night sweats
- Weight Loss
- Blood in the urine
- Spinal and Joint Pain
If you are experiencing these symptoms, visit the nearest doctor.
Tuberculosis Cases in Numbers
TB is one of the top 10 causes of death, and a total of 1.4 million people died from TB in the year 2019. TB can infect any age group, but it is curable and preventable. One of the major health targets of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is to eliminate the TB epidemic by 2030.
Why Do We Celebrate World Tuberculosis day on 24th March?
On 24th March 1882, Dr. Robert Koch announced to the scientific community that he has managed to discover the cause of tuberculosis, the TB bacillus. Robert Kuch made this breakthrough discovery at a time when TB was causing the death of one out of every seven people in Europe and The USA.
The STOP TB Partnership, a network of organisations and countries that have pledged to fight TB and eradicate the infectious disease from the world, organises the day to raise awareness and efforts to fight the deadly disease.
The theme of World Tuberculosis Day 2021 is ‘The Clock is Ticking.’
For more details, visit : http://www.stoptb.org/news/stories/2021/ns21_006.html


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Now this is the kind of roadside attraction I would stop for.
About 100 miles northeast of Toronto, The World’s Smallest Bookstore sits on a quiet stretch of County Road 503.
The bookstore itself is about 10ft by 10ft, and its shelves are full of mainstream literary titles and classic authors.
The kicker is that the books are only three dollars apiece, paid on the honor system. (There is a larger selection of books (and prices) in another building on the property).
Lest drivers miss the little speck of store, the bookstore’s road is several times bigger than the store itself.
There are handbills for visitors to take titled “Why I Love Books” that list the following reasons:
1) Books are silent.
2) Books do not require hydro.
3) Books do not interrupt
4) Books open easily — no switches or remotes
5) Books can be shut up easily anytime
6) Books cannot be offended
7) Books do not talk back
8) Books do not demand T.L.C. — but get it anyway.
9) Books do not require food or water
10) Books will not feel neglected
11) Books will not send you on a guilt trip if you lose interest or ignore them
12) Books never require medical attention
13) Books do not have commercials
14) A book does not go into a snit if you look at another book
15) A book won’t mind if you are reading more than book at a time.
How can you not love a place like this?


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New project launches have dipped to the lowest level in the last two years with residential project launches dropping by 50 per cent year on year in the first quarter of 2015 (January-March 2015), according to a report by real estate consultancy firm Cushman & Wakefield.
The total number of launches stood at 24,700 units (flats) in the first quarter. The report attributes less-than-expected sales in the residential sector as the reason for the decline and notes that as a result developers are focusing on completing existing projects now.
Project launches in the affordable segment stood at 1,700 units in Q1 2015 against 8,600 units in Q1 2014.
In the mid-income segment, 15,200 units were floated in Q1 2015 against 40,600 units in Q1 2014.
Only at the high-end segment, there was a rise in number of launches—around 7,700 units were launched against 6,100 in Q1 2014.
Among the realty markets, Hyderabad is the only one that saw a rise in launches, which quadrupled to 3,300 units in the first quarter on the back of political stability in the region. All the other markets saw a decline with the highest drop recorded at 76 per cent in Bangalore and lowest at 17 per cent in Pune.
Shveta Jain, executive director, transaction services, residential, Cushman & Wakefield, said, “Cost of creating new projects has been on a steady increase as input costs including cost towards statutory approvals etc. from state government, cost of land and land development have been rising. In addition, whilst the market sentiments are positive and the enquiries have increased, conversion of interest to sale is low. Developers are concentrating to deliver their projects and ensure timely exit for themselves as well as their investors.”
The report adds that developers are taking time to restructure their financial liabilities by reducing exposure to debt and replacing high cost debt with cheaper debt. “The primary concern for many developers is that they have over leveraged their current projects while they are unable to utilise their land bank or future development capabilities to raise more capital. Therefore, there is an effort towards keeping debt exposure low by lowering the number of launches, except in high demand locations where sale activities are high and fast paced,” the report adds.
With a view to complete projects in a shorter span of time, developers are launching projects with lesser number of units. The report says there has been a reduction in the average number of units per project which declined from 287 units in Q1 2014 to 233 units per project. In cities like Delhi-NCR, Kolkata and Pune, comparatively smaller projects with lesser number of units were launched in Q1 2015.
“The number of units launched per project further fell in this quarter, as developers launched smaller projects entailing comparatively lower investments and hoped to garner faster sales,” it says.
(Edited by Joby Puthuparampil Johnson)


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She is nurturance. She is empathy. She is protection. She is womb-space. She is home. She is Cancer.
Here we are, in the cardinal water sign of Cancer. As a water sign, Cancer rules the emotional realm, the heart space. Her waters are the tears we shed in grief and in joy. Being a cardinal sign, Cancer is an initiator of feeling, of heart energy and of connection. Ruled by the moon, Cancer, is deeply maternal and, although not a mutable sign, is changeable, cyclic and, at times, tumultuous.
I know nothing really changes without scratches and tears
A place of discomfort we're here to share
Still, I run in a panic from each little ache
Afraid to sit with your anger and face my mistakes
The symbol for Cancer is the crab. This sweet little creature is so sensitive and vulnerable that she must live within a hard, protective shell. To further ward off danger, she can snap her claws viciously and quickly if she perceives a threat. For the literal crab, this is the best possible way to move across the earth and sea. For humans, this aspect of Cancerian energy can sabotage the thing we most deeply desire- safe and loving connection with others.
The darkest hour of my weary soul
The moment I swore not to love you, that you weren't my own
The sweetest hour of my tortured mind
The moment we screamed at the top of our lungs and defined
The song for Cancer season is Sweet Enemy. This piece explores the Cancerian polarity of a highly self-protective enemy consciousness and a stance of openness, acceptance and embrace of others. The Cancerian heart feels deeply. Emotional boundaries can quickly blur. Other people's pain can seep in and take root, forcing us to back away or cut off contact with others in order to self-preserve. The call of the evolved Cancer is for healthy, sustainable boundaries. We often think of boundaries as that which separates. In reality, a boundary is the place where two separate entities meet, the point of connection. Ironically, knowing where you end and I begin is what makes it possible to be in connection with one another. If we completely merge into each other's pain and trauma, then we inevitably have to pull back and separate. The ability to maintain our sense of self and self-care while caring for and feeling with one another is Cancer's task.
Look into my eyes
I feel your pain
Let courage hold us through this anguish
So we can reclaim
Cancer's magic is the ability to truly see and feel the other, a superpower that has the potential to create and sustain strong bonds of compassion and care. But we can quickly be overwhelmed by pain. The crab in the shell knows that pain equals death, so it acts swiftly and decisively to preserve itself. Similarly, we humans have been conditioned to associate the pain inherent in relationship (misunderstanding, hurt feelings, differing perspectives, misaligned needs, betrayal, etc.) with a type of ego death. So we come out fighting to protect against this, often pushing each other away and severing bonds in the process.
It's through the strife and the tears and the raging
That you enter me, sweet enemy
The strife arises when two people confront their inability to control one another. We don't like to admit that we want to control one another, but it is a strong theme of human relationship and conflict. The crab's solitary nature has some wisdom for us. For human relationships to flourish, periods of separation are necessary. These solitary moments enable us to empty out accumulated emotional toxins, resentments and distortions so that we may reconnect with clear minds and open hearts. Cancer is a dance of connection and solitude, of interdependence and autonomy.
I was waiting for the darkness to hold me tight
I was looking for the cold just to warm my sight
Gotta break the vase now to let in the light
See the water seep out the cracks
And take up the fight
At this moment in time, as we collectively emerge from a period of unprecedented isolation and begin to embrace one another again after so long, we need Cancer's medicine more than ever. Can we be in connection without negating our self or the other? Can we tolerate the risk inherent in close contact?
While the Covid vaccination greatly reduces the risk of transmitting this deadly virus, giving us access once again to shared spaces, shared meals, singing together, dancing together, embracing one another... risk is still present. Likewise, whenever we allow ourselves to get emotionally close to another, to care for, feel with and be cared for by someone else, there is a risk of being hurt. As such, the reactive, self-protective tendencies of the crab can feel almost instinctive at times. For those of us with this thread of Cancer in our wiring, it is a life-long practice of slowing down and coming back into connection, first with self, then with others.
As we learn to give ourselves the love and understanding we seek from others, we learn to tolerate the moments when it feels like others have failed us, the moments of ego-wounding and heart-pain that can lead to withdrawal and severing bonds. Cancer's immense capacity for nurturance and care must begin
and end with how we treat ourselves as we navigate an unpredictable, painful world. This Cancer season, we are blessed with the the riches and sweetness of community, connection and the joy of gathering together once again.
Note: This is the eighth in a thirteen chapter journey through the songs of Somebody Calling, and the zodiacal calendar. Full disclaimer, I am a psychotherapist, I am not an astrologer, so my musing on the zodiacal energies of these songs is that of a layperson. If you are interested in exploring astrology further, I highly recommend the following founts of wisdom: Jessica Lanyadoo Kirah Tabourn Chani Nicholas MaryPat Lynch Alice Sparkly Kat Melissa LaFara Jessica DiRuzza Richard Tarnas Zamboni Funk If you are interested in exploring the underworld of your own psychic terrain with a spiritually grounded psychotherapist, you can learn more about me and how I work here.


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Volunteers needed to preserve the past, move Item volumes to the Clinton Historical Society
CLINTON - Want to help save history?
When The Item's Clinton office closed, a home was needed for the 400 bound volumes of the Clinton Courant and The Daily Item and later The Item.
The Clinton Historical Society agreed to take the volumes, dating from 1865 to 2018, but now they must be moved from the attic of the former Item building, 156 Church St., to the attic of the Holder Memorial, 210 Church St.
A local Eagle Scout candidate, Nate Doherty, agreed to take on the organization as part of his project, but more manpower is needed to get the work done quickly.
Volunteers are being sought to help with the move, which is scheduled for Saturday, March 6, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at the Item office. The rain/snow date will be Saturday, March 13, same time.
The Holder's energy company, Constellation Energy, will pay expenses, including a pizza party after the move for all volunteers. Many volunteers are needed to help preserve these fragile artifacts of Clinton history.
If you are interested in helping that day, call the Holder Memorial at (978) 368-0084 and leave your name and phone number on the answering machine; you may also sign up to volunteer by contacting the Historical Society's president at email@example.com.


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It has a charge time of 3-4 hours for an autonomy of 9 hours in high intensity and 13 hours in low intensity. This lamp has a high degree of protection (IP52) which guarantees it against dust and occasional splashes of water.
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Achieving reproducible product titers is crucial for developing this protein expression technology for applications ranging from high-throughput screening to commercial-scale production of therapeutic proteins. For large-scale production, predictable and high-level productivity is needed to minimize capital investment as well as develop downstream processing and purification.
Plant tissue culture-based transient expression provides an ideal platform for controlling variability once the required environmental conditions are identified. Physical and physiological sources of batch-to-batch variation in high-level transient protein expression will be discussed in detail. Some of the important parameters that have been identified and studied as potential contributors to this variation include the organic and inorganic nutrient status of the culture, culture maintenance schedule, gas exchange in shake-flasks, incubator temperature control, and the timing of the nutrient-controlled 'synchronization by starvation' relative to the co-culture of the plant tissues with A. tumefaciens.


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Hive + Wellness, the owners of Capilano honey, has warned of a potential honey shortage, after production hit an all time low this season.
The company, which accounts for a significant proportion of the nation’s honey, expects production to decline further in 2020/21 due to drought and bushfire.
A survey of its suppliers found 98 per cent of respondents were affected by the ongoing drought, with some beekeepers reporting production had dropped to zero.
“Australian beekeepers are the forgotten farmers in this drought. Just as livestock farmers have faced challenges in feeding their animals, a lack of flowering trees means beekeepers have struggled to ensure sufficient food for their bees,” Ben McKee, CEO of Hive + Wellness said.
“They are experiencing significant declines in both the population of their hives and in production levels as there is simply not enough nectar for bees to collect. The bees are also affected by water scarcity and the relentless heat.”
Bert Seagrave, a supplier to Hive + Wellness, said. they are facing the worst honey production in his lifetime. “We are working tirelessly just to keep our bees alive,” he said.


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Tag: First Continental Congress
Today’s post comes from Alley Marie Jordan, graduate research intern in the National Archives History Office in Washington, D.C.
In celebration of the Magna Carta’s 800th anniversary this year, the National Archives is exhibiting a seminal document on American political and economic liberties: the 1774 Articles of Association.
The Articles of Association, written by the First Continental Congress, addressed economic grievances imposed on the colonies. They asserted non-importation and non-exportation sanctions on Great Britain, Ireland, and the East Indies in reaction to the British Crown’s infamous 1774 Intolerable Acts.
In 1773, the Sons of Liberty, a secret society of American rebels, dumped a shipload of tea into the Boston Harbor, protesting “taxation without representation.”
The following year, two years before the start of the American Revolution, the British Crown responded to the Boston Tea Party by passing what the American Patriots called the Intolerable Acts.
The Intolerable Acts were a series of four legislative acts imposed by Great Britain on the colonies in order to punish them and to quell the rising rebellion.
The acts were composed of
- The Boston Port Act, which closed the port of Boston
- The Massachusetts
This is part of a series, written by Jim Zeender, devoted to letters written by the Founding Fathers in their own words and often in their own hand. Jim is a senior registrar in National Archives Exhibits.
John Adams of Massachusetts and Benjamin Franklin of Pennsylvania crossed paths during “critical moments” in the earliest days of the republic. They met for the first time at the First Continental Congress at Philadelphia in 1774, the first joint meeting of 12 American colonies (Georgia did not attend). Both were supporters of independence, Adams most publicly and Franklin more behind the scenes, though both were equally masterful wordsmiths.
During the Revolutionary War, Adams and Franklin worked together in Paris to obtain French support for the American cause, sometimes clashing on how best to do so. And they successfully negotiated peace with Great Britain. They saw each other for the last time in 1785, when Adams left Franklin in Paris for his assignment as the first Minister Plenipotentiary to Great Britain from the United States. During the years in between, their relationship had its ups and downs.
Their most intimate experience probably happened during an unsuccessful peace mission in September 1776. The British forces had recently raced across Long Island (New York) and almost destroyed the American Army. The British … [ Read all ]
Posted by Hilary on June 20, 2012, under - Presidents, - Revolutionary War, Letters in the National Archives.
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Rika Izumi Gives Exercise Lessons
Rika Izumi (PGSM Sailor Mercury) recently made an appearance on the TV Asahi program Easy Sports. The purpose of Easy Sports is to make athletics and a healthy lifestyle accessible to women of all body types and ages. Viewers who were watching the program during the week of January 18 to January 22 would have been treated to some footage of Izumi performing various yoga lessons. Izumi, who lists Pilates as one of her favourite sports on her profile, showed viewers five different poses for the week long stretch that she was featured. We're also linking you to videos that we have been able to find! Monday's lesson was for a triangle pose, which enhances thigh flexibility and strength of physique. Tuesday's lesson was an Extended Side Angle pose, which helps the back and improves blood circulation. Wednesday's exercise was the Bound Angle Pose which strengthens the back and abdomen. Thursday's exercise was the Upward Dog Pose, which strengthens the back of the legs and improves posture. Finally, Friday's lesson was the Bridge Pose, which strengthens the abdominal and back legs. For pictures and descriptions of Izumi's lesson, visit here.
In other Rika Izumi news, the former PGSM actress will be appearing in a supporting role on "BeeTV", a station geared towards mobile devices and the internet. She will be making some cameo appearances on the omnibus love dorama, "Onna-tachi wa Nido Asobu". Aibu Saki, Koyuki, Hazegawa Kyoko, Yuuka and Misukawa Asami will be the full time cast members that Izumi will be acting with. A typical episode of this show will feature five different mini-episodes within its 24 minute run time.
Also Buzzing Around on BeeTV is A Turtleman!
Poor Masaya Kikawada (PGSM Motoki Furuhata), your infamous turtle antics from PGSM will live with us fans forever...He is also appearing on a dorama on BeeTV that is also a collaboration with FujiTV called Hidamari no Basho ~Hatsukoi~, which translates to "Place of Sunshine ~First Love~". He plays a supporting role in this show about a delinquent who falls in love with the most perfect girl at school. Fans can click here to learn more about the show and watch a trailer!
Masaya also posted something pretty quirky on his blog. Last December, he admitted to really liking the scent of Downy (y'know, the fabric softner?). He was the happiest person in the world when he discovered that popular Japanese laundry detergent Bold has a limited edition detergent out that has the scent of Downy in it (similar to the "Tide with a Touch of Downy" we have here). He thinks that now he is washing his clothes with this, that he will be more attractive. We couldn't help but laugh reading this entry!
Mew Azama Endorses Suntory Products
Suntory, a company which specializes in various drinks, has put together a special campaign for Jug-Nana, a popular line of beer. Suntory has gathered six young idols for its latest promotion, one representing each day of the week. Sharing Thursday for this promotion is none other than Mew Azama (PGSM Sailor Jupiter) . Some of the idols representing the other days of the week are Yuriko Yoshitaka (Monday), Sayo Aizawa (Tuesday), Airi Taira (Wednesday), and Inamori Izumi (Friday). All six idols will represent Saturday and Sunday.
PGSM Stars Reunite (Well, Almost...)
Special thanks to reader RB for sending in this sighting! Mew Azama and Ayaka Komatsu (Sailor Venus) hosted a combined birthday party for Mew and a New Years' Party a little over 2 weeks ago. The only one who couldn't make it this time was Keiko Kitagawa (Sailor Mars). Miyuu Sawaii (Sailor Moon), Rika, and Ayaka all posted images and a few thoughts on their blogs! Rika remarked that it was fun to get together with everyone again after a long time, and that they are so close that they can talk for hours. Ayaka also said that she was happy to see everyone, and that they were so restless when they caught up with each other! Miyuu just wrote that they had a great time and they talked a lot. Here come the photos:
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Keiko Kitagawa is Valentine's Queen, Journalist Offender, and a Hair-Raiser!
Keiko is too busy doing promotions for her new productions and filming others, but she still continues to make some quirky appearances in Japanese news. On February 3rd, she was voted a Valentine's Day Queen in the categories of Drama Heroine and Most Fascinating Female Celebrity. This was a survey done by 300 Japanese High Schoolers sponsored by both Oricon and Pocky. Valentine's Day is a little different in Japan - women give men chocolate, and then men return the favor giving women chocolate exactly a month later. So, Keiko was voted the woman that these High Schoolers would most like to receive chocolate from! Standing alongside her is Japanese idol Masuwaka Tsubasa (who is best known for her Gyaru modeling). Keiko was quoted during the event: "I attended a girls’ school for junior high and high school. Making homemade chocolates was not one of my strong points. Instead, I often received really cute chocolates made by other girls." Mishapen or lumpy Keiko, it's the thought that counts! Fans can watch some highlights from the event here. Keiko also wrote something that offended journalists a few days later on her blog (English translation here), ranting about how she finds it difficult to keep her answers consistent during interviews ahead of the March 10th premiere of her upcoming movie After the Flowers, and that she thought she put all the intense stress on her brain away after she graduated. We hope that this doesn't hurt the press because the movie looks really good (and could hopefully be picked up for international distribution). On the bright side, some critics have already lauded her performance in this movie "Hair-Raising","Trembling" and "impressive" at a preview screening held on January 26th.
Natsumi Kiyoura Releasing First Album!
Natsumi Kiyoura (Sailor M) is releasing her debut album, and boy has she come a long way since her days on PGSM. She is a singer, and has even sung the theme song for Spice and Wolf "Tabi no Tochu". The song is featured on her upcoming album "19 Colors", which is produced by many big names in the industry. It even has a song ("Anone Demone") produced by Yoko Kanno, who is legendary among anime fans for her work on anime movie and TV show soundtracks. This long awaited release will come out on February 24th, and fans should order it now from overseas retailers as it is predicted to be a hit!
Friday, February 19, 2010
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Hi, Just a quick question on the major external differences between the RN Westland Whirlwind HAR9 and the RAF HAR 10. Did the RN HAR 9 have the under fuselage recess for a torpedo like the earlier HAS 7? I know the RAF HAR 10 did not have this feature. I'm planning to convert the Italeri H-19 into a HAR 9 as used in the Antarctic on HMS Protector. Any help with this question greatly appreciated. Cheers, Joe


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How Spirits Communicate in Our Dreams
Why is it, when spirits appear in dreams and communicate with us, they don’t actually speak or move their mouths?
This often happens for me. Maybe it has happened to you before too. Many clients have shared similar experiences, where a deceased loved one visits them in their dreams.
The experience feels incredibly real (because it is!) and we wake up with a deep knowing of their presence with us. But this presence is an energy – not a physical body. It’s their eternal soul self, the God spark within that transcends space and time and death as we know it.
When spirits appear to us, it’s common for them to take on the appearance of their old body at whatever age they choose to recreate. Not for their need, but for our own sense of familiarity and comfort.
But, just like what I experience when I do my readings, they don’t rely on their body to communicate their messages. Rather they send an impression of energy into our mind and body. This comes in the form of our thoughts and feelings. It’s a telepathic way of communicating their messages to us. And it does not require a mouth or vocal chords to accomplish their goal.
My dad often appears to me in my dreams, and we have lengthy and meaningful conversations, only he never moves his mouth and I don’t physically hear him. Rather I see him, and feel and know his messages as he telepathically communicates with me.
When we return to spirit and settle back into our home on the other-side, we too will no longer have use for a body. We’ll once again rely on our natural way of communicating and connecting with other spiritual beings.
In some ways, it’s no different than how we communicate with our pets in life. They don’t use words to talk to us, yet any of us animal-lovers know we have strong relationships and ongoing dialogues with these special souls. We just rely more on feelings – the universal language – to establish and maintain those connections.
The same goes for our loved ones in spirit.
So the next time your deceased loved one visits you – be it in a dream or meditation – and you feel their messages communicated to you as perceived by your mind, trust those feelings. They’re just as much, if not more real, than any words they may have once used while in a body.


The agitation in Seemandhra to keep the State united has crossed 60 days and there is no sign of let up in the sight.
The Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and The PCC Chief Botsa Satyanarayana urged the employees to end their strike. They assured them that the responsibility of keeping the State United will be taken up by them.
The Chief Minister also reviewed the law and order situation in the State with DGP.
After the lengthy meeting CM had with the Seemandhra leaders today it seems that a strong resolutions are taken and a plan of action is chalked out to oppose the Telangana Bill in the Assembly.


Thiruvananthapuram: The political tussle over Kerala's multi-crore solar scam intensified today as Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan presented to lawmakers a report on the matter, compiled by a retired judge.
Justice G Sivarajan has accused former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, his personal staff and two ministers of involvement. On the basis of the report, the Chief Minister had ordered last month that criminal cases be filed against Mr Chandy. The Congress-led UDF today dared Mr Vijayan, who heads the LDF government, to take action, alleging that the report does not cite any evidence against Mr Chandy.
The two main accused the scam, Saritha Nair and Biju Radhakrishnan, had allegedly duped several businessmen of crores of rupees by promising solar panels at cheap rates. They had allegedly got the contracts by claiming proximity to Mr Chandy.
The report tabled today said Oommen Chandy, "through his personal staff, assisted Team Solar accused Saritha and her company in enabling them to cheat their customers". It also said then home Minister T Radhakrishnan made "all efforts to ensure that Oommen Chandy is extricated from criminal liability... Power minister Arayadan Mohammad assisted team solar company in whatever manner possible."
The report also questioned the probe by the Special Investigation Team, saying it tried to extricate Mr Chandy through "dubious methods". Citing an instance, it said the SIT has made no efforts to ascertain whether Mr Chandy and Saritha Nair had spoken although there was evidence of multiple phone calls to the former Chief Minister's residence from her phone.
Though the report mentions a letter written by Saritha Nair from jail on July 2013, which contains sexual harassment allegations against Mr Chandy and former UDF ministers, the commission did not produce any evidence.
The UDF today rubbished the report and challenged Chief Minister Vijayan to take action on it.
Mr Chandy said the allegations against him are backed by no facts or evidence. "If any of the allegations against me, including that of sexual exploitation, can be proved, I will resign from public life." Pointing out that the government first said cases will be filed, he said it now maintains that a special team will be set up "for further probe". "They know they started off in the wrong direction, without any evidence," the former Chief Minister said.
"Pinarayi Vijayan told media that cases will be registered against Oommen Chandy and other ex-ministers. But where is the case? It has been so many weeks," Opposition Leader Ramesh Chennithala told a press conference. The reason, Mr Chennithala said, was that the report does not mention any evidence. "This is purely politically motivated and a political witch-hunt with no evidence in hand", he added.


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In the past, Major League Baseball has dealt with its fair share of work stoppages. Even before the infamous strike that wiped out the end of the 1994 season and postseason and shortened the 1995 season, there were still a handful work stoppages as MLB and the players never really had an extended period of labor peace from 1972 onwards. So, it’s not really too much of a shock in the grand scheme of things to see that MLB is once again putting the red light on any games being played.
With that being said, the current circumstances of this particular stoppage in play are unprecedented and are about as wide-reaching as anything that has hit not just the baseball world, but the entire actual world in general. Sports leagues and other major events across the planet have been either postponing or cancelling any further gatherings in an effort to stop the spread of COVID-19. There were a handful of organizations and events who were shutting things down before March 11, but the entire game changed when Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz ended up getting it, which set off a massive chain of events that have brought us to the point where Major League Baseball joined the rest of the sporting world in putting their activities on hold for the foreseeable future.
So, there’s no denying that this stinks. Even if the previous season ends in pain, I’m always looking forward to a new season of baseball — especially when the Braves figure to be good. I suppose it’s because the Braves are my favorite sports team overall and baseball is my favorite sport that the anticipation for baseball season is just different. You spend two seasons of the calendar in the cold with the surrounding environment getting bare and brown, with the goal being to wait it out so that you can get to the time of year where it’s warm, sunny, and lush. It’s always a breath of fresh air to see the green expanse of an outfield at a major league ballpark and Opening Day is always welcomed with open arms.
With that being said, putting the brakes on things for the time being is absolutely the right thing to do. The most important thing to do during a pandemic that’s affecting so many people right now is to make sure that it doesn’t escalate any further than it has to. Considering how easy it is to spread the virus when compared to the flu, there is no reason to put hundreds and thousands of people in the same place where all it takes is someone coughing into the open air or someone with uncleaned hands to start spreading it among the public. Instead of taking the risk of having that happen and making things worse, the best course of action is to put the kibosh on these big gatherings while medical and health professionals do their best to get a real grasp of how to really and truly stop this thing.
Major League Baseball To Delay Opening Day 2020 By At Least Two Weeks, Spring Training Games Cancelled As Of 4:00 p.m. (ET) Today: https://t.co/BeV4iPNiTE— Atlanta Braves (@Braves) March 12, 2020
I’m bummed that the season is going to be delayed, but I’m actually a little relieved that leagues are starting to take action on this thing. While the idea of sports being an escape from the real world is definitely true, it’s impossible to really and truly escape when you have something like the thought of possibly getting and/or transmitting this virus hanging around in the back of your mind. It disrupts your peace of mind, and I don’t know about you all but I’d rather be worried about an umpire calling strike three right down the middle for a ball than to have any sort of concerns about the public health in general. You want everybody in the ballpark, stadium, or arena to have their minds completely on what’s going on between the lines and there was no way that this was going to happen as long as the threat of the coronavirus was literally floating around.
So while it’s disappointing that things are going to be pushed back for a bit, it’s definitely understandable. The players understand as well, and they’re the ones who probably want more than anything or anyone to be out there playing the game that they love. Old friend Jason Heyward also had the right idea when it came to thinking about who’s really vulnerable at this time:
Jason Heyward: “I’m more worried about going and saying hello to my parents. They’re 62, 63 years old. I got teammates with kids. Relatives. I’m just more worried about that – the safety of everyone else that may not be able to fight it off.”— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) March 12, 2020
That’s who the focus needs to be on at this point. It’s imperative that anybody who’s truly vulnerable to COVID-19 can get the treatment that they need if they end up catching it and are showing some severe symptoms. That goes for everybody since this could get bad for anybody who catches it (regardless of age), but it’s an especially tender time for people who are in that age group. In order to make all of these cancellations and postponements truly worth it, vulnerable and affected people have to be taken care of and the people who are tasked with stopping this have to do their job to finally get this thing under control. That’s another conversation for another website, so I’m not going to get on my soapbox when it comes to how this is all being handled.
Additionally, this is a time to keep in mind all of the stadium workers and other people involved with this entire industry who are going to be losing out on money due to all of the cancelled and postponed events. The onus will be placed squarely on the sports teams and organizations in order to make sure that those workers are taken care of. They’re the ones who make sure that everything at the venue can go off without a hitch. If you’ve ever bought so much as a hot dog from a baseball game, those people who work concessions should be kept in your thoughts right now since they’ll be dealing with some lost income as well. It’s going to be a rough time for a lot of people when it comes to finance, and that’s especially true when it comes to people who work at stadiums. Mark Cuban has already set the standard for what teams should be doing for these people:
Mark Cuban is taking care of Mavs employees who can’t work during the NBA suspension pic.twitter.com/fdwYISUNbW— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) March 12, 2020
The major hope is that we’ll be able to return to a normal schedule at a point where COVID-19 is no longer running around largely unchecked. I wouldn’t feel comfortable with any large gathering until respected organizations like the CDC and the WHO figure that it’s the right time to do so. Again, this is all about bringing true peace of mind to the point where we don’t have to worry about the coronavirus being a threat to people in general — especially the ones who we know and love. As long as this progresses towards accomplishing the goal of getting everything under control to where we won’t have to worry about hospitals being overwhelmed, then losing out on baseball is an absolute necessity. I’d much rather look back on this and reminisce like “Haha, remember when the world panicked itself into shutting down?” than to look back on this as a time when I lost family and friends because nobody did anything about COVID-19.
The best case scenario is that everything does indeed calm down and that the games can continue as scheduled in mid-April. The worst case scenario is that we’re hunkered down for most of this calendar year and dealing with the “longest offseason ever” would be small potatoes compared to everything else that would be happening in the world in that scenario. Clearly we’re all waiting for this to blow over as soon as possible. So until the next Braves game, I’m not telling you all to panic or live in fear. Instead, just try to be very careful if you’re out in public and keep on thoroughly washing your hands on a regular basis. Hopefully sooner rather than later, we can finally get this baseball season underway and we can start complaining about Brian Snitker’s managerial decisions again. This could also result in Cole Hamels not actually missing any starts, so there’s that. But seriously, everybody please take care of yourselves right now.


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