text: Here's my Amy Butler shower curtain. When I discovered this fabric, I couldn't wait to add it to our home. The designer of this gorgeous fabric is Amy Butler. My first project was to sew a shower curtain. I learned the basics in Girl Scouts, about 25 years ago and haven't really sewn too much since then. Surprisingly, this was very easy. The most difficult part was lining up the pattern so the 2 panels matched up. I just did a simple stitch all the way around the fabric. After about 3 hours, I was finally finished. I would have liked to have added button holes on the top to put the shower curtain ring through, but the Ikea clip on rings worked great. I added a plastic liner behind the fabric so it doesn't get wet. If anyone is interested in one for your home, please let me know.


Check Out These Photos from the Construction of the World’s Longest Train Tunnel
Building 35 miles of tunnel beneath the Swiss Alps isn’t easy, but it sure looks cool.
Earlier today, European leaders officially opened the Gotthard Base Tunnel, the longest rail tunnel in the world—a 35-mile link through the heart of the Swiss Alps that, at full capacity, will carry around 325 trains per day across the massive mountain range. But as impressive as the tunnel's capabilities are, they pale in comparison to the two decades of work it took to plan and dig the massive piece of infrastructure.
Enough rock was pulled from beneath the Alps to build five Great Pyramids, culled by tunnel-boring machines longer than drag strips. Teams encountered 73 different types of rock, much of which was ground up and integrated into the 140 million cubic feet of concrete used to make the tunnel. And working conditions were hazardous, to say the least; far beneath the surface, temperatures climbed as high as 115º Fahrenheit, and nine workers died in accidents during construction.
So in honor of the incredible work that went into building this transformation link through Europe, we put together a gallery of images documenting the years of blood, sweat, and tears that went into building the Gotthard Base Tunnel. Check 'em out...and feel free to click the link in the previous sentence for some musical accompaniment.
All photo captions are via AP/Getty.
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The Comics Column #6
DISCLAIMER: The below opinions are not facts but simply very one sided, biased views from an aged and cynical seen it all comics fan whose really trying to look on the bright side of things. That the opinions expressed below happen to be the truth is merely coincidental.
Apologies for no column last week but sometimes I gotta read myself a whole lotta comics and that takes time, okay? I mean, I don’t want to do it; I do it for you all because I love ya. Yep- I’m a comix martyr. So let’s cut the shit and get straight down to it. Last week saw two of my most anticipated comics of the summer SUPERMAN UNCHAINED and THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS.
Blasting straight out of the gate with detailed and intricate artwork SUPERMAN UNCHAINED is the big bombastic superhero comic we need right now. In this first issue writer Scott Snyder creates a mystery to be solved as we are introduced to the first... well that would be telling and I ain’t telling. On the artwork alone, it is highly recommended (check out the huge fold out poster that is an actual page of the story) but with Snyder at the helm you know that, like on his Batman run, there will be twists and turns and he will be taking Superman into uncharted territory.
It’s full of action but still has time to build characters; Clark’s relationship with Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen is reintroduced and clearly set out as is his new job as a blogger (he’s no longer at the Daily Planet-wooh, modern!) and we meet Lex Luthor in a superbly humorous scene that fits the character so well. All in all a fantastic place to jump into a new story about Superman especially if you enjoyed ‘Man of Steel’ and want to get reacquainted with the comic book version.
But the best comic of last week has to be one that originated not from comics or film but music. Based upon My Chemical Romance’s last album- Danger Days: the True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys- (Lead singer) Gerard Way’s THE TRUE LIVES OF THE FABULOUS KILLJOYS is a slice of zesty sci fi futuro-punk and my life’s all the better for it. In the near future Battery City is run by a mega corporation-Better Living Industries- and proto superheroes hide out around the outskirts of the city. But who will save them? Will it be....? Well to get a better idea of the back story and more on the main character, simply called GIRL, get re-watching the videos for MCR’s ‘Na Na Na’ and ‘Sing’ on YouTube as they act as prequels. However don’t worry if you can’t as the world Way and his co- conspirators (incl. co- writer Shaun Simon) build in the first issue sets the scene perfectly.
But if you do want it to be a multimedia experience listen to the album DANGER DAYS as a setup/chapter one/prequel to the comic as there is a strong story line running from album to comic. The call backs to the album’s concepts and characters does make the comic richer and more detailed but more surprisingly the album’s lyrical content is used word for word at times, giving it a an exciting familiarity- like you’re revisiting a mysterious place you’ve been before- and real crossover appeal between comic and music fans; the whole comic has a very sing songy quality to it, which gives it a poetic feel that is quite unique. Becky Cloonan’s art is clean and precise and pulls the story along nicely with Dan Jackson’s colours making every panel pop of the page. Definitely one of the more interesting comics to come along so far this year and at just six issues long it isn’t a huge investment.
In Scott Snyder’s other book BATMAN - with artist Greg Capullo - begins a twelve issue story arc entitled ‘Zero Year.’ Ostensibly a retelling of the origin of the Dark Knight, which has been done a 101 times before and in all media, however Snyder promises he will be throwing new light on Batman’s past and bringing brand new formative experiences, that helped shape Bruce Wayne, to the forefront. In the first issue some bits do feel familiar whilst other sections are a little fresher, however the art is spot on, the dialogue rings true and is that the hint of a certain bat- villain or not?
However it’s not all aliens from doomed planets and grim vigilantes there’s also the first issue of SIX GUN GORILLA. Yeah, you read that correctly, SIX GUN GORILLA, and its contents are exactly what it says on the front- so no false advertising there! Si Spurrier and Jeff Stokely’s SIX GUN GORILLA is a sci fi western chock full of crazy creatures and a beast with very big guns. It’s cartoony fun and like the Fabulous Killjoys comic they’ve created a fully formed world on the page you can dive straight into.
Now onto this week and what’s available and worthy of slapping cash down at your local comic shop and saying, nay, demanding ‘gimme my weekly dose!’
Becky Cloonan -artist for The Fabulous Killjoys, reviewed above- self publishes and releases her own DEMETER. Unofficially the third in a trilogy (that also includes ‘The Mire’ and ‘The Wolves’) DEMETER can still be read as a standalone story and is a beautiful piece of storytelling. Loosely based on the ancient Greek myth, Cloonan creates a comic with stark black and white art and a dense story with multiple meanings. If your local comic shop hasn’t got it, order from Becky’s website http://inkandthunder.blogspot.co.uk/- you won’t be disappointed.
The first issue of THUMBPRINT is out this week and an intriguing tale it looks. Based on a Joe Hill novella (author of Horns and Locke & Key) a soldier recently returned from her job as an Abu Ghraib prison worker starts to receive strange mail- is that a... thumbprint? An intriguing first issue that brings with it many questions but with no answers which is exactly what you want from a mystery tale and certainly makes you want to pick up the next issue , so-job done. BUT BUT BUT.......
BUT if you’re really tight for cash or haven’t got enough time for reading all of the above just buy the collected edition of SAGA by Brian K. Vaughn. Volume 2 is released this week so grab it (along with Volume 1) and eat up all its tasty comicy goodness. Seriously, it’s the best comic available today bar none. I wouldn’t lie to you now would I?
Oh and the matter about that little independent art house film that seems to be doing ok called ‘Man of Steel’- we’ll be getting into the nitty gritty of that next week as well as Batman/Superman #1 that looks well-ahem-amazing; two words- Jae Lee. Google his name and look at his artwork and you’ll see what I mean. Until then: ciao and happy reading.

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Synopsis: An art gallery owner is haunted by her ex-husband’s novel, a violent revenge thriller that strikes a nerve. (Source)
Nocturnal Animals is both the most romantic and cruel film of the year. Unabashedly twisted and with a dense atmosphere of unease, Tom Ford’s sophomore effort is masterfully crafted from the ground up – it’s the cure to the common romance story, most of which are safe, sterilized and meaningless. Taking us deep within a world of wealthy socialites, self-absorbed artists and hardened criminals, this is Ford’s neo-noir, a visually striking tale of jilted lovers and revenge. All the shock and perversion has a point, though, exploring identity and catharsis through art, and the way we can unwittingly become the people we’ve spent our entire lives trying to avoid. Anchored by impeccable performances from Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal and more, the film grips us from start to finish, keeping us at the end of our seats for the duration of its wild, sordid ride.
In the present, Susan Morrow (Amy Adams) is a respected art gallery owner who navigates esteemed social circles – she seemingly has it all, including a dashing husband and mountaintop mansion. In reality, this elite lifestyle has left her empty and broken, secretly critical of her success and trapped within a loveless marriage. After two decades of silence, Susan’s ex-husband, Edward Sheffield (Jake Gyllenhaal), sends her the manuscript to his latest novel, Nocturnal Animals. The story is dedicated to Susan and comes with a note – he’ll be in town soon, and would love to reconnect if she’s open to it. Alone for the weekend, she cracks open Edward’s book to find a flood of violence and tragedy. As she gets deeper into the story, it rekindles unsettled emotions and touches upon a dark secret which she’s been hiding all these years.
Adapting a story from author Austin Wright, Ford’s film is one rich with possibilities and a layered sensory experience that oozes with style and poignancy. The film masquerades as a romantic revenge thriller, but ends up being about the struggle between idealism and cynicism, as well as how art and stories are a powerful way of exorcising demons. Ford’s execution is haunting and sexy, taking a non-linear approach that presents his plot like a labyrinthian jigsaw puzzle. At the center is a story within a story, with the dramatization of Edward’s book bringing to life Susan’s infidelities through a grisly crime drama. Connecting the film’s fiction with reality is a rush of alliterative visual poetry, blending past and present as feelings of regret and retribution collide to create a kaleidoscope of pain and suffering. It all dovetails into the idea of how empty materialism and fame can be without the right relationships to keep us grounded, even finding ways to mix in a bit of perverse humor to spice things up when we least expect.
Naturally, the performances within are as dense and unpredictable as the film itself. Amy Adams’ Susan is our guide through the film’s shifting realities, transforming both as we get to know her, and as she is moved by Edward’s violent story. Adams evokes a lot without having to say anything, creating a character who is different depending on who is around her. Still, it isn’t hard to follow her emotional journey, with Adams finding clarity through each twist. Jake Gyllenhaal has a fun role, mostly revealing Edward through flashbacks, spending most of the film as the mental projection of Edward’s fictional character, Tony, who is struck with tragedy and harboring a thirst for vengeance. Despite connecting between different truths, the Adams and Gyllenhaal have a bond that transcends their narrative disconnect, weighing over each other in sobering ways. Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Michael Shannon play shady characters from Edward’s story, each bringing textural morality into play in ways that contrast nicely.
Saying anything more about the film wouldn’t be right – it should be seen knowing as little as possible. Ultimately, Ford’s latest is fun and cheeky but also heavy and hypnotic. There’s an irreverence to it that doesn’t betray its depth, and yet Ford has masterfully constructed an experience built around opposing tones and ideas. No matter who you look at it, Nocturnal Animals is expertly crafted, executed and performed – it’s an elegant tapestry of how fiction mirrors truth, celebrating narrative as an art form and how it shapes both the artist and those that are touched by it.

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The Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP), sponsored by Medicare and the Illinois Department on Aging, has an office at Alton Memorial Hospital’s main campus.
SHIP serves people who are nearing Medicare eligibility and those wanting to review their coverage during the annual Medicare Open Enrollment period, which runs from Oct. 15 through Dec. 7 each year.
The office is accepting telephone consultations and will soon be open again for in-person consultations.
Appointments are required and can be made by calling the BJC Central Scheduling Department at 800-392-0936. Ask for Medicare insurance counseling at Alton Memorial Hospital. The direct office phone is (618) 463-7182.
The SHIP office provides free, confidential and unbiased counseling for all Medicare beneficiaries. Counseling is available for all Medicare-related questions, including:
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Producers of the Broadway hit musical “Jagged Little Pill” have hired an outside firm to investigate allegations of discrimination after former cast members detail “coercion” and transphobia” within the production, they said Saturday.
“We are deeply troubled by the recent claims that have been made by a former cast member,” producers Vivek J. Tiwary, Arvind Ethan David, and Eva Price tweeted. “We met with our cast and members of our core creative team today to let them know we take this matter very seriously and to share with them the actions we are taking in response.”
The producers said they are launching an immediate review of the show’s policies and procedures “with the wellbeing of our employees in mind.”
“Broadway shows are by their very nature collaborative human efforts, so there is nothing more important to us than our people,” they tweeted. “We are committed to continuing to nurture a work environment where everyone feels valued and respected.”
The announcement comes after two former cast members, Nora Schell and Celia Rose Gooding, publicly shared incidents of mistreatment by stage managers and other creative leaders and harm done “to the trans and non-binary community both onstage and off.”
On Friday, Schell tweeted that they were “intimidated, coerced and forced by multiple higher ups” to postpone a necessary surgery to treat polycystic ovary syndrome and related symptoms, including severe anemia that caused heavy bleeding and left Schell feeling weak and faint on several occasions.
Despite urging from Schell’s doctor to undergo immediate surgery, stage managers “coerced and forced” Schell to continue performing.
“In the end, I was effectively coerced to go against my gynecologist’s medical advice,” Schell tweeted. “I was convinced to wait to get these growths removed. I waited over a month to get a surgery my gynecologist told me I needed IMMEDIATELY.”
Less than an hour after Schell’s post, fellow former cast member Celia Rose Gooding, who will next take on the role of Nyota Uhura in “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds,” shared that she is leaving the musical in part “to focus more on work that I can align myself with emotionally and morally.”
“I cannot ignore the harm ‘Jagged’ has done to the trans and non-binary community, including cast members on stage, off stage, and behind the scenes in the production-making process,” Gooding tweeted. “They are owed a space to exit and perform free of transphobia, and the opportunity to tell their own stories, just as I have over the years.”


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At the end of last week, Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) released a report examining the causes and consequences of Liberia's 14 years of brutal and gruesome civil war. The war may have ended six years ago, but Liberia's 3.4 million people are still reeling from a conflict that displaced a million people, left a quarter of a million dead, more than three fourths of women raped, and everyone traumatized.
The commission's report has made waves in the Western media for its condemnation of internationally popular President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf over her past support for rebel groups. But the charges against another high-ranking government official are far more serious and might have more-lasting consequences.
Prince Y. Johnson is now a Liberian senator. During the war, he headed a notorious rebel group called the Independent National Patriotic Front of Liberia. The final TRC report names him the No. 1 most notorious individual perpetrator and recommends that he be prosecuted for gross human rights violations and war crimes, specifically mass murder, extortion, destruction of property, forced recruitment, assault, abduction, torture, and rape. Johnson labeled the report a "joke" and vowed to resist with force any attempts to arrest him, raising fears of renewed violence. Last week, just before the report was released, freelance journalist Glenna Gordon went to his home on the outskirts of Monrovia for an exclusive interview. Excerpts:
Johnson discussed the (then forthcoming) TRC report, which he saw as biased and aimed at the wrong targets:
TRC is supposed to be neutral. It's supposed to be an institution that people of Liberia can depend on to help reconcile. But instead, it has disappointed the people of this country. It is supposed to bring together perpetrators and victims to reconcile both sides. But the TRC chose to keep the victims away from the so-called perpetrators. They never brought the two people together, so where is the reconciliation?
Reconciliation is not an overnight thing. It is a gradual process. There are many programs that can bring people together. If two people have a problem, how do you solve it? By keeping them apart? No, by bringing them together. The perpetrator can remember what he did and he may or may not say sorry. That's the first phase to begin reconciliation, and [it] was not done. And if you cannot reconcile yourself you cannot reconcile a nation.
Who supplied the guns to them? Who supplied the finance to buy the weapons? Who provided the training? It's a whole lot of questions that need answers.
The first group of people that bear the greatest responsibility is not the fighting man but the people who supplied and bought the weapons. I don't know who planned and bought all the weapons, but the men didn't just come here shooting guns from the sky.
When justice itself is unjust, there is injustice. So if you want justice, ... you have to go for the big Nigerian men who got the weapons, who supplied so many things. They are still in power.
I spoke at the TRC and said, "Forgive me for my sins, but when two elephants fight, the grass suffers." I was repentant. I've accepted Jesus.
Every country in the world knows the history of Nimba [Johnson's county]. They know what [former President Samuel] Doe did to my people. I had to defend my people.

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TNA news and notes…
- TNA Wrestling has officially put domestic touring on hold as they focus on their Destination America reset. They’re heading to the United Kingdom in three weeks for shows in Glasgow, Manchester and London. All three will be Impact tapings.
- Dixie Carter Tweeted that TNA will have a few live pay-per-views and several One Night Only pay-per-views in 2015. I haven’t heard of a schedule being set but the pay-per-views are going to be done when they “make sense from a storyline standpoint.” Carter has come to the realization that the traditional pay-per-view model is outdated but still important.
- As noted earlier, Impact on Destination America is set to feature more reality TV elements, with a renewed focus on quality matches and sensible angles.
- Once again, Dixie Carter is not scheduled to be at Wednesday’s tapings as she’ll be at the Television Critics Association conference.


‘EV only after 697.612 km greener than petrol car’
After how much time does an electric vehicle (EV) gets ‘greener’ than a petrol car (ICE or Internal Combustion Engine)? The TV magazine, Auto Mobile, of the French)speaking Belgian national television channel RTBF has calculated that it takes… 697.612 kilometres.
It was professor Damien Ernst (Liège University), a highly regarded expert in electric energy production and distribution, who was asked to investigate this. The calculating comparison was done for an EV with a 60 kWh battery and an equivalent petrol car.
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The professor made an average emission calculation for CO2 producing electricity and supposed the car would have an average electricity consumption of 20 kWh/100 km against an average petrol fuel consumption of 6 l/100 km.
Taken into account that the energy consumption to produce such a 60 kWh battery emits 18.696 kg of CO2 (according to calculations in scientific articles) and that the CO2 emission difference in using both cars is 2,68 kg/100 km of CO2 in favour of the electric car, the professor arrives at the amazing figure of 697.612 kilometres to be driven before the EV is greener than the ICE car.
There are some remarks to be made about the comparison. First of all, an EV with a 60 kWh battery capacity is already a large, heavy and fairly expensive car. The equation for a smaller car with, for example, a 24 kWh battery will be different and will be reached after 150.000 to 200.000 km.
The equation is totally changing when the total amount of electricity consumed is produced totally with renewable sources. Then the EV can already be greener after 30.000 to 40.000 km for a smaller urban EV.
Climate and environment
In this discussion the distinction has to be made between climate and (local) environment. Concerning the climate, CO2 is an important emission gas contributing to global warming. The fewer CO2 emissions are emitted, the better it is to constraint global warming.
Considering local environment matters (for example very busy or often congested streets in urban areas) the EV is always the better choice because it doesn’t emit CO2 or lots of other toxic gases on the spot, being zero emission as far as the engine is concerned.
You still have particulate emissions from brakes and tyres. But even then an electric car is far better than the petrol car because regenerative braking and low resistance tyres cause less fine particulate emissions.
The EVs are coming and probably getting here soon. It will be of utmost importance for their green credibility that some rare earth metals are replaced in the production process, that electricity is produced out of renewable sources and that hydrogen is considered as a valuable additional player in the equation as soon as possible.


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Kids don’t buy albums any more.
Okay, so that’s a sweeping statement. I am sure that some kids buy some music albums. But for many the internet has replaced the music collection.
If my son wants to listen to music he will search for it on Youtube. That is a fresh Google search every time he wants to listen to a song. He doesn’t download music. He doesn’t even save his favourite songs in his browser. He searches from scratch every time.
He has learned how many letters he needs to type into his search engine for the song he wants to come up. And the search engine remembers what he has searched for in the past.
A couple of years ago he was into a song called Gangnam Style. He played it so often that Google would offer it to him after he had typed the letter “g”. Within five seconds he was listening to the song. Thankfully, on headphones.
I have bought him CDs, of course I have. I am a doting father. But he doesn’t play them. The idea of an album of music – more than forty minutes – means nothing to him.
But then the idea of an album isn’t particularly old. It’s a baby boomer thing, which might be about to die out. Let’s have a little bit of history…
Up to the late 1800s, if you wanted music in your home you had to make it yourself. If you were posh, you bought sheet music and gathered the family round for a home-made concert. Mater would play the piano in the sitting room. Pater would accompany her on the violin. Little Grace would toot away on the recorder. Roger would get the dogs howling with his trumpet.
If you were poor you went dahn the boozah, when someone would bash out “Knees up Mother Brown” on the pub Joanna. And everyone else would join in, usually in varying degrees of inebriated tunelessness.
Then the frightfully clever Victorians invented the phonograph. For the younger readers, that’s a machine for playing music on plastic discs in the days when the world was in black and white.
Now you could have music even if you couldn’t play an instrument.
At first, these were limited to three to five minutes of music on each side of the record. That was just enough for a single song, but not much else. If you wanted to listen to an entire symphony, you had to buy several records. The music publishers were delighted to sell you a complete set of up to ten records for the major classical symphonies. And these collections of records become known as “albums”.
In 1948, someone exceedingly brainy invented the LP – the long playing record. This squeezed up to 45 minutes of music on a plastic disk that was 12 inches wide. And these became known as “albums” even though they weren’t albums any more. I suppose the idea is that you can get an entire album’s worth of music on one record.
If history had plodded on quietly at this point, these albums would have been mostly full of classical music. Symphonies, arias and operas with plump ladies pretending to be slim-hipped love-sick heroines.
But two things happened at this point to shake the music industry up – the Second World War and Elvis Presley’s hip gyrations. Which he may or may not have picked up from Forrest Gump.
In the post war era of the forties and fifties, the western world was in the mood for a party. We didn’t want to listen to sad music written by long dead Germans. We wanted lively music, sexy music, fun music. Most of all, we wanted to have a good time, damnit. And that meant rock and roll, pop, soul, disco.
Actually, I don’t think we ever truly wanted disco. It was probably an example of mass hypnosis. The American Government trying out some of the mind control technology they salvaged from the Roswell UFO. Or something like that.
This new music and the long-playing record were made for each other. The old fuddy-duddies could have their records of Beethoven’s Fifth. For the rest of us, the LP became a collection of around about ten pop songs.
And that meant a party. You could put a record on and have twenty minutes or so of uninterrupted dancing. Or whatever else you enjoyed doing to music which lasted about twenty minutes…
Then came the Beatles. Their first innovation was to include songs they had written themselves. Up to that point, groups made records which were a collection of standard songs. The Beatles ripped up that rule by writing their own. The recording industry would never be the same again.
In 1967, the Beatles (again) released “Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band”. Arguably for the first time, here was a pop record that linked all of its songs together (more or less). The album was not just a collection of songs. It had a theme. It was quite probably the first concept album.
I was born in 1964, so I wasn’t really paying much attention to the Beatles when I was three. But it was deeply ingrained in me that music came in two forms. There were songs lasting around 3 to 4 minutes. And then there were albums lasting forty to forty five minutes.
In fact, this idea of a forty five minute album was only around sixteen years old at the time of my birth. Records had only been widely available for even less time.
We might think that there is something magical about the album. The reality is that it is a very recent invention. It only looks and feels right to us because it is what we know.
There’s another thing. An album is 45 minutes long because that is how much the engineers managed to cram onto one disk. It’s a physical restriction, not an artistic one. It has become ingrained in our thinking, but there is no reason why an album could not be thirty minutes long. Or an hour. Or anything else. It has only stayed at 45 minutes because it has become what we expect.
I may have missed Sgt Pepper, but I was there for the next big milestone. I can even tell you the date. It was 10 November 1975. A little known British band called Queen released a single called Bohemian Rhapsody. Rather than perform it live on Top of the Pops, they made a promotional video.
The rest is history. From that point on, pop music wasn’t just sound. It was the true multimedia experience. Sound and vision.
The invention of the CD didn’t actually change pop music all that much. In many ways, they were simply “better records”.
Fast forward to today. Downloading music has taken some of the fun away from collecting music. There was a time when we had to hunt for rare recordings of our favourite bands. Now they are only a click away.
Music has become more convenient, but also a little less magical. It’s always there, like electricity or water from the taps. You don’t have to work at it. Press a button.
And it’s not just music any more. Thanks to Queen, it is music and video. Or more accurately music and video and social media.
The album will no doubt stagger on for a while yet. Us older folk will keep on buying them, because that’s how we expect music to come packaged.
But I do wonder if in future musicians will stop releasing their music in big lumps known as albums. Instead, maybe they will give us a more steady stream of songs. Songs that they will sell us for pennies each instead of pounds for an album.
And then we can make up our own albums of our favourite tracks.
It’s a brave new world. Perhaps we shouldn’t criticise it for being different to our world. Because our world was in its turn different to the one that came before us.
Now if you will excuse me, because we have been talking about it I have an itch to watch Bohemian Rhapsody …
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Global Goa Party 3: July 20th, 2013
My fellow trancers, it’s that time again! Time again for another Global Goa Party, and time again for 1998 and the unbridled psychedelic experimentation that year brought us.
Put a pin in the calendar, invite some friends over, pull your fluoro spandex down out of the attic, fire up those black lights and let’s party!
For those new to the Global Goa Party concept, this is a “virtual” party in which each DJ submits a 1.5hr mix containing music produced in a certain year, and those mixes are posted on the Ranch and streamed on DI.fm’s Goa-Psy channel at a pre-determined time. We’ll also have a live chat available during the party for those of you still able to operate a keyboard; last year’s chat was a blast!
More info will be posted closer to the party date, so check back often. There’s also a Facebook event for those who are into that sort of thing.
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COASTAL BEND, TEXAS – Over 340 volunteers participated in the 2021 Annual Adopt-A-Beach Winter Cleanup that took place on February 5 and 6, 2021. Volunteers worked together to clean a total of 28.5 miles of beach and bay area.
The two-day trash cleanup event resulted in over 8,900 pounds of trash being removed, leaving our Texas beaches clean and beautiful for wildlife and the community alike to enjoy.
Sixty-three volunteers helped clean South Padre Island on Friday and collected 1,512 pounds of trash. Hundreds of other volunteers cleaned up areas along Padre Island National Seashore, Cole Park, Port Aransas, North Corpus Christi Beach, Packery Flats, and Aransas Pass where they collected 7,468 pounds of trash.
All volunteers were required to wear a mask, social distance from separate parties, and bring their own gloves as a COVID-19 precaution.
Volunteers came primarily from South Texas, including Brownsville, Donna, Edinburg, Laguna Vista, McAllen, Mission, Pharr, Port Isabel, Rancho Viejo, South Padre, Corpus Christi, and the Coastal Bend area.
Texas volunteers also traveled from Austin, Dripping Springs, San Antonio, Kerrville, Palacios, Athens, Frisco, Fulshear, Livingston, Richmond, Raymondville, Alton, Victoria, and Beeville. There were even Winter Texan volunteers from Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska.
The next coastwide cleanup will take place on April 17th, 2021. Volunteers can find more information at www.texasadoptabeach.org and are encouraged to take part in a fun-filled day of giving back to our community and taking care of the Texas coast.
The Texas General Land Office Adopt-A-Beach program began in the fall of 1986, when 2,800 volunteers picked up 124 tons of trash. Since then, more than 551,000 volunteers have removed over 9,700 tons of trash from Texas beaches.
Texans who are not able to attend the cleanup can help keep our beaches clean by making a tax-deductible donation online at www.TexasAdoptABeach.org. There are several different Adopt-A-Beach sponsorship levels ranging from $25 to $25,000, allowing both individuals and corporations to contribute to this major cleanup effort.
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Six months into the yr, Xbox’s launch calendar is wanting slim. Contemporary off the heels of a completely banger 2021, Microsoft hasn’t launched a single first-party tentpole in 2022. However that’s all set to vary, Microsoft assured viewers immediately throughout its massive splashy advertising and marketing showcase about massive splashy video games on the horizon.
Midway via immediately’s present—which supplied long-awaited gameplay reveals for feverishly anticipated video games like Starfield and Redfall—Xbox boss Phil Spencer confirmed off a graphic indicating 50 new video games would come to Xbox inside the subsequent yr. Xbox’s official social media feed tweeted out a barely altered model of the graphic after the showcase ended:
There are some minor discrepancies between the 2. The graphic aired in the course of the present mentions Hey Neighbor 2 and Lightyear Frontier as due out this yr. The graphic revealed on social mentions neither, changing these two video games with Gotham Knights and Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II.
The picture isn’t deceptive about Xbox’s lineup, per se, however it’s padded out with strategies which are actually…curious. To be crystal clear, Xbox, which counts greater than two dozen first-party studios in its portfolio, just isn’t making 50 video games over the following yr.
For one factor, Microsoft has included expansions on right here, counting the likes of Forza Horizon 5‘s Sizzling Wheels collaboration, The Elder Scrolls On-line’s journey into the Excessive Isle realm, and Fallout 76‘s foray into Pittsburgh alongside full releases. For an additional, the graphic additionally lists a number of third-party video games—like Gotham Knights and The Callisto Protocol—which are being developed independently of Microsoft. Certain, they’re coming to Xbox. They’ll be accessible in all places else, too.
Microsoft has additionally included plenty of free-to-play video games among the many checklist, even counting Halo Infinite’s incoming third season. (Halo Infinite’s second season added some cosmetics, a handful of modes, and two maps to the shooter’s free-to-play multiplayer mode, which launched final November.) The model of the graphic aired in the course of the showcase additionally counted Sea of Thieves’ seventh season on the checklist.
The graphic additionally appears to point S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2, at the moment being developed in Ukraine, has been additional delayed. (Developer GSC Recreation World beforehand delayed the sport from an April 28, 2022, launch.) Although S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 is listed below the 2023 column of immediately’s graphic, present retailer pages for the shooter say it’s due out December 8, 2022. Representatives for each Microsoft and for developer GSC Recreation World didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
One final commentary: After Microsoft scooped up Zenimax, the mother or father firm of Bethesda, for a gazillion bucks, a ton of ZeniMax’s portfolio grew to become accessible on Recreation Go. Activision Blizzard’s greatest video games on the horizon—Diablo IV, Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II, and Overwatch 2—aren’t listed as deliberate titles for Recreation Go. (Overwatch 2 shall be free-to-play.) In April, Activision Blizzard shareholders overwhelmingly voted to approve Microsoft’s small-European-country-GDP-sized acquisition of the troubled studio. However the deal nonetheless must cross regulatory approval.
Anyway, right here’s the total checklist of video games deliberate for an Xbox launch in 2022, with video games focusing on Recreation Go marked in parentheses:
- Naraka: Bladepoint (Recreation Go)
- The Elder Scrolls On-line: Excessive Isle
- As Nightfall Falls (Recreation Go)
- Forza Horizon 5: Sizzling Wheels
- Somerville (Recreation Go)
- A Plague Story: Requiem (Recreation Go)
- Valheim (Recreation Go)
- Warhammer 40K Darktide (Recreation Go)
- Grounded (Recreation Go)
- Fallout 76: The Pitt (Recreation Go)
- Overwatch 2
- Excessive On Life (Recreation Go)
- Scorn (Recreation Go)
- Atomic Coronary heart (Recreation Go)
- Gotham Knights
- Gunfire Reborn (Recreation Go)
- Persona 5 Royal (Recreation Go)
- Name of Obligation: Trendy Warfare II
- Pentiment (Recreation Go)
- Halo Infinite: Season 3 (Recreation Go)
- Microsoft Flight Simulator: fortieth Anniversary Version (Recreation Go)
- Hogwarts Legacy
- Celebration Animals (Recreation Go)
- Slime Rancher 2 (Recreation Go)
- The Callisto Protocol
- Hey Neighbor 2
- Lightyear Frontier
And right here’s the checklist for 2023:
- Diablo IV
- Redfall (Recreation Go)
- Starfield (Recreation Go)
- Forza Motorsport (Recreation Go)
- Minecraft Legends (Recreation Go)
- Ara: Historical past Untold (Recreation Go)
- Wo Lengthy: Fallen Dynasty (Recreation Go)
- S.T.A.L.Ok.E.R. 2 (Recreation Go)
- Flintlock (Recreation Go)
- Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes (Recreation Go)
- League of Legends (Recreation Go)
- League of Legends: Wild Rift (Recreation Go)
- Valorant (Recreation Go)
- Teamfight Techniques (Recreation Go)
- Legends of Runeterra (Recreation Go)
- Ark 2 (Recreation Go)
- Resident Evil 4
- Persona 3 Transportable (Recreation Go)
- Persona 4 Golden (Recreation Go)
- Changed (Recreation Go)
- Ereban: Shadow Legacy (Recreation Go)
- Ravenlok (Recreation Go)
- Useless House
- The Final Case of Benedict Fox (Recreation Go)
- Cocoon (Recreation Go)
We’ll test again in a yr.

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text: A 111-year old church in Keokuk County is getting some much-needed help from some historic-minded residents. County Supervisor Michael Berg says the Clear Creek Township Church has been important to residents not only for religious reasons, but for sentimental ones as well. Berg says their organization bought the church from the diocese in Davenport and is currently raising money to save it from demolition. He says their group will fight as far as it takes to save the church, and is currently seeking grants from the historical society and Vision Iowa. Berg says hes very confident in their progress and feels they will be successful in their efforts.


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VC will team up with Ministry of the Economy in companies capitalisation
The Portuguese Venture Capital Association (APCRI) says that it is open to a collaborative partnership with the Ministry of the Economy to capitalise companies as part of Portugal’s Recovery and Resilience Plan.
The Associação Portuguesa de Capital de Risco (APCRI) says it would also cooperate with the Portuguese state-run development bank Banco de Fomento in fine tuning instruments which, through venture capital, will free up private investment in companies.
“The reaction we got was great: the APCRI will cooperate in developing solutions to capitalise Portuguese companies”, said Stephan Morais who sits on the board of the APCRI and heads Indico Capital Partners.
A meeting with the ministry took place on Wednesday with the APCRI which showed the government that there was the opportunity to advance which instruments which through the Banco de Formento Português will mobilise the application of more private capital in the Portuguese economy, along with the European funding from the PPR.
In the meeting with the minister of the Economy, the APCRI handed Pedro Siza Vieira the study ‘An Analysis of the Venture Capital Industry in Portugal compiled by the Lisbon Business School (ISCTE) in October.
The report showed the ability that the sector has in mobilising private capital to invest in companies, achieving remarkable rates of returns and a high tax payment level.”
The ISCTE study “shows why the venture capital vehicle is the best instrument to distribute PPR investment to Portuguese companies. The main reason is that venture capital draws on the participation of private investors, which invest their own money for returns, on the whole guaranteeing company results that are far higher, on average, than in the rest of the economy”.
From the meeting with the minister Pedro Siza Vieira, the President of the APCRI, Luís Santos Carvalho, one of the founding partners of Vallis Capital Partners emerged a cooperation with the Ministry of the Economy.
“This cooperation will include the participation of the APCRI in working groups that will develop solutions to increase capital in Portuguese companies via sums from the RRP,” said Stephan Morais.


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The one place she never wanted to go back to. The one place she can’t escape.
When she was just five years old, Lucy Murphy witnessed her mother’s brutal murder in their home on London’s notorious Griffin Estate. The case was never solved. Now a newly qualified police officer, Lucy has been given her first job: she’s going back to the Griffin Estate.
She is there to protect the estate’s vulnerable residents, including Shannon and Kian Winters, two kids struggling to deal with their alcoholic mother. Fifteen-year-old Shannon is working every spare hour to keep a roof over their heads, but thirteen-year-old Kian has fallen under the sway of gang leader Jax Priestly. And now Jax has plans for Shannon too…
As Lucy gets to know Kian and Shannon she becomes determined not to let the two teenagers become Jax’s victims. But time is running out. Jax is out of control, and the gang’s violent reprisals are escalating. Can Lucy face down her own demons in time to prevent a tragedy? As a child, she already witnessed the murder of one innocent person. It will take all her courage and training to stop another.
A shocking, fast-paced read that will keep you gripped from beginning to end. Fans of Kimberley Chambers and Martina Cole won’t be able to put this down.
Casey Kelleher does it again. What another fantabulous read.
It's safe to say I have never been disappointed with any book by this author, this is an author that I don't even need to read what the book is about, if CK has written it, I want to read it. CK is an expert at drawing you into the story, making you feel like you could almost be a part of these lives. You are certainly kept on your toes when reading these books.
Lucy Murphy witnessed tragedy in her childhood. Its something you would never wish anyone to see, never mind a young child.
Lucy is a police officer with a heart and back working on the estate in which she grew up. The Griffin estate is one of those estates you love to hear or read about but would not like to actually live on.
Now working in CID, Lucy has no choice but to be there as this is where her case needs investigating.
Some fantastic characters in this book I really liked getting to know Lucy and her Nan, whom she looks after was wonderful character with a heart-breaking story, I really felt involved with this part of the book more than the rest, I really got myself involved in wanting to actually help her. This delicate subject in the book has been done beautifully.
Amazing journey following the character in this book, there are some horrible, (but you can't help liking) kind of characters, and characters that you just love and are rooting for.
I enjoyed the story of brother and sister Shannon and Kian. Shannon is young with her head on her shoulders and her brother is getting mixed up in to thigs he shouldn't be. following their day to day lives was realistic and topical. Typical estate behaviour.
I can't recommend this book highly enough and no words I have will ever do it justice. The best thing to do is treat yourself, put your feet up and have a good read. I'd love to hear what others thought of it.
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The Government has introduced 3 new bills under the ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ package that strives to reform Agriculture. These laws govern agricultural produce marketing, contract farming and an amendment to the Essential Commodities Act (ECA). There has been both, praise and protest, regarding the same.
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Can I keep neon tetras with Cardinal Tetras?
It’s recommended to keep neon tetras in slow-running water to mimic their natural environment. Cardinal tetras are very similar to neon tetras in their care, and they can be kept together in an aquarium. They often even school together!
Are cardinal tetras better than Neons?
Both Tetras will make an excellent addition to an aquarium. If you want to save on price, the Neon Tetra is the better choice. If you are drawn to the vibrantly colored Cardinal Tetras, then you may be willing to budge on price. Whatever you choose, you can be sure they will be a colorful addition to your tank.
What’s the difference between a cardinal and Neon Tetra?
However, there is one very easily identifiable difference. In the Cardinal Tetra, the red stripe on the lower half of the body extends the full length of the fish from the eye area to the tail. In the Neon Tetra, the red stripe starts at mid-body, roughly below the dorsal fin, and extends to the tail.
How many cardinal tetras should I get?
It’s best to keep Cardinal Tetras in groups of at least six. A larger school will help the fish feel confident and help keep it healthy. Throughout the day, the fish will explore the tank and swim together.
Are cardinal tetras hard to keep?
It is also a quiet and peaceful aquarium fish that is easy to socialize with other species. His demands on water are usually associated with typical us water parameters. It’s not hard to keep the Cardinal tetra.
How many cardinal tetras should be kept together?
How big does a Cardinal Tetra get?
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Size: In the wild, these fish reach a total length of about 1.25 inches (3 cm) and weigh 0.004 ounce (0.13 gr). Females are slightly larger and wider than males. Behavior: They are a schooling fish that can number into the thousands. Cardinal tetras are active during the day.
Are cardinal tetras difficult to keep?
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In many ways, the history of the Porch at 30th Street Station neatly tracks the rise of the millennial generation in Philadelphia. The DIY public space on Market Street came into existence during the Great Recession, just as millennials were starting careers and moving into their first apartments. Opened in 2011, the Porch prized many of the same qualities they favored: spontaneity over formality, flexibility over permanence, creative whimsy over design with a capital "D."
Now, many millennials are settling down, entering into commitments, acquiring homes, and buying nice furniture. And so is the Porch.
Amtrak just rolled out a preliminary design for a permanent version of the successful pop-up, which it calls Station Square. In place of the Porch's brightly hued picnic tables, goofy swings, and planters made from retrofitted sheep troughs, there are granite pavers and artfully sculpted tree pits. The plan calls for a formal water feature.
It's all very grown up and appropriate. But what happened to the fun?
The design, by two New York firms, !melk and FXFowle, is still in the early stages and likely to undergo revisions, but it highlights the difficulties of translating the free-wheeling sensibility of a pop-up into a plaza meant to be with us for a good half-century. In their attempt to create a respectful gateway to Philadelphia's great art deco train station, the designers have stripped the plaza of the convivial ambiance that made the Porch such a popular space. It's as dull as a hospital entrance.
To understand what makes the Porch special (even at a time when Philadelphia seems saturated with pop-ups), let's go back to those pre-2011 days. What should have been a vibrant transit gateway to West Philadelphia was then nothing more than a traffic island wedged between Market Street and the chaotic inner road ringing the station. Pedestrians trying to reach the entrance risked their lives dodging cars. A huge area between Center City and the university felt like a no-man's land.
The Porch did more than just make it safer for travelers to get to their trains. The brainchild of the University City District, the pop-up was inspired by the pavement-to-parks movement that was then sweeping American cities. New York had just created the first instant park by annexing a stretch of Broadway and setting out lawn chairs. The University City District went a step further. After scattering loose tables and chairs around the traffic island, it brought in food trucks and began scheduling lunchtime concerts, farmers' markets, and other events.
Though the original Porch design (by Ground Reconsidered) was bare bones, the shaded seating and activities transformed the barren traffic island into a welcoming refuge. Overnight, the Porch became a destination for office workers and neighbors, as well as a pleasant spot for travelers to pass the time. Plenty of homeless folks gathered there, too, yet even on a recent Sunday afternoon, they were outnumbered by families. I saw a group of women on the way home from church joyfully pile onto the swings, which were introduced after Groundswell Design refreshed the space in 2015. The whole thing cost less than a million dollars.
Of course, pop-ups were never meant to be permanent, and Amtrak has good reasons for wanting to upgrade the plaza. As part of a larger plan to develop the empty land around the station, the railroad needs to improve the 30th Street's tangled vehicle circulation.
This aspect of the FXFowle/!melk redesign represents a huge advance over what now exists. The ring road and awkward parking zones would be eliminated. The design team has reduced the vehicle drop-off area on the east side of the station to a compact, U-shaped driveway. A second driveway on the north side would provide short-term parking for pick-ups and drop-offs.
The configuration is informed by a new reality: Because increasing numbers of travelers are using ride-hailing services to access the station, Amtrak wants to carve out a dedicated waiting area in the underground space where rental cars are currently stored. A portion of the area would also be dedicated to taxi queuing, which would keep them from clogging the streets around the station. The main weakness with the plan is that there may not be enough short-term parking spaces, but Amtrak says it will modify the plan to add slots on the station's east side.
The beauty of consolidating pick-ups and drop-offs into a more compact zone is that it doubles the size of the pedestrian plaza and extends the apron to the station's front door. If Drexel University's planned Schuylkill Yards "innovation district" takes off, the area around the station will become dense with new offices and apartments, increasing the need for places where people can eat lunch and relax.
The university plans to start work soon on its own park, Drexel Square, across from the station on 30th Street. But it's a relatively small space. Station Square will be twice the size of the Porch, bigger than Dilworth Park. Rina Cutler, Amtrak's director of planning and development, predicts the number of people passing through the park will double to 200,000 a day within the next three years. Later this year, Amtrak plans to advertise for a master developer to oversee its development effort, she said.
That's why it is so important for the landscape architects to infuse some of the Porch's spirit into the plaza. Though !melk's lead designer, Jerry van Eyck, has worked on several imaginative designs, including the hills on New York's Governors Island, Station Square is disappointingly formulaic.
Too much effort has gone into creating a canopy of trees, which will never get as big as the renderings suggest. Because the plaza is a cap over the Northeast Corridor tracks, the trees need huge planters to thrive. The design scatters enormous petal-shaped tree troughs across the space. The huge planters will merely form a cattle chute, directing travelers to the station doors. Because people don't naturally face one another when they sit on planters, the seating is inherently less sociable than tables and chairs. The planters' size also cuts down on Station Square's flexibility, making it harder to offer programming.
The other strange feature is the array of polka dots embedded in the paving. They're meant to represent the columns supporting the plaza cap, but what passerby would guess that? The design treats the plaza as a piece of patterned fabric, rather than space inhabited by real live human beings.


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Cuba Gooding Jr., who stars in “Jerry Maguire,” has signed with Creative Artists Agency to be repped by Kevin Huvane.
Gooding’s other credits include “Losing Isaiah,” “Outbreak,” “Lightning Jack” and “Judgment Night.” He recently has been considering offers for his next role.
Gooding had been repped most recently by Paradigm, which had repped him at the beginning of his screen career around the time of his first feature role, “Boyz N the Hood.” (1991).
“I think he is a terrific and talented guy, and I wish him the best,” said Sam Gores, who represented him at Paradigm. “But I can’t say I was entirely surprised because, unfortunately, this is a continuing pattern with him. Unfortunately, CAA is the only place he hasn’t been.”
CAA had no comment.
Gooding had been with Paradigm since October 1995. Before that, he was at ICM, which he joined in 1993. He was at William Morris (and earlier Triad) following his first exit from Paradigm.


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Teen faces sentence for dealing crack cocaine
AN HONOURS schoolboy will be sentenced in May for crack cocaine dealing after he developed a cannabis addiction problem.
The 17-year-old boy has pleaded guilty to possessing crack cocaine worth €500 for the purpose of sale or supply, at the South Circular Road, in Dublin, on a date in February last year.
Judge Ann Ryan heard at the Dublin Children's Court that the boy “was observed in a suspected drugs transaction”. He was brought to Kevin Street Garda Station where he was searched and the drugs were found on him.
The teenager also admitted trespassing at an unoccupied building in south Dublin on another date.
Judge Ryan heard that the boy had no prior criminal convictions. He got seven honours in higher level subjects in the Junior Certificate; soon after that he dropped out of school.
Defence counsel Aoife McNickle had said the boy, who was accompanied to his hearing by his mother, has “a long-standing difficulty with cannabis use”. He is now trying to address that problem and has also had to move out of his home address “due to difficulties in that area”.
The barrister had also said the teenager wants to be in position to get employment and is looking for help for his problems from the Probation Service.
Judge Ryan noted today that a positive probation report on the teenager had been furnished to the court and that he had not continued to re-offend. She adjourned sentencing him for him to take part in restorative justice activities directed by his probation officer.
She also sought an updated report in relation to explore what help he needs in relation to his cannabis problem.
The teenager was remanded on continuing bail.


For the sixth straight year, Publix Super Markets has been named as the top corporate partner of March of Dimes.
The Arlington, Va.-based nonprofit group, which works to improve infant and maternal health, said Thursday that longtime partner Publix raised more than $5.4 million in 2021 through its checkout donation campaign, up from $3.4 million in 2020. This year’s contribution lifted the supermarket chain’s 26-year total donations to $95 million.
“We’re honored to once again be recognized as March of Dimes’ No. 1 corporate partner,” Dwaine Stevens, director of community relations at Publix, said in a statement. “Each year, our customers and associates give so generously to support healthier moms and stronger babies. We’re proud of our 26-year history with March of Dimes and helping them provide every baby the best possible start.”
Publix’s annual in-store campaign asks customers to donate a dollar to March of Dimes when checking out at the cash register. Associates also are encouraged to make donations and participate. All stores and support departments have an associate who represents their March of Dimes team through such efforts as ordering T-shirts and other merchandise benefiting the cause, hosting fundraisers in stores and departments, and assisting with the customer donation campaign, according to Publix, which added that associates also participate in the March for Babies, the charity’s largest fundraiser.
Founded over 80 years ago, March of Dimes supports medical research, education of pregnant women and mothers, community programs and government advocacy. It provides women and families with educational resources on baby health, pregnancy, preconception and motherhood, along with information and support to families with infants in the newborn intensive care unit (NCIU) due to premature birth, birth defects and other health problems.
Funds donated by Publix customers and associates help support more than 50,000 families annually through NICU initiatives, including the NICU Family Support program, the My NICU Baby App and educational materials, March of Dimes said. Initiatives such as “It Starts With Mom” reach more than 95 million women to raise awareness about infant and maternal health.
“For more than two decades, Publix has inspired their community to help ensure all moms and babies have the best possible start,” commented Stacey Stewart, president and CEO of March of Dimes. “We are grateful for all of their dedicated associates and customers who have worked together as a distinct community to raise critical funds to further our mission. March of Dimes is looking forward to seeing this collaboration flourish for many years to come.”
Currently, Lakeland, Fla.-based Publix operates 1,272 stores in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia.


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CHICAGO – Chicago White Sox All-Star Luis Robert Jr. and two-time champion Pete Alonso of the New York Mets are set to participate in baseball's Home Run Derby in Seattle on Monday.
Robert earned the top seed in an eight-player field announced Wednesday that includes Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez, 2018 American League MVP Mookie Betts, Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Tampa Bay’s Randy Arozarena, Texas’ Adolis García and Baltimore’s Adley Rutschman. Alonso, who won in 2019 and 2021, will try to join Ken Griffey Jr. (1994, 1998 and 1999) as the only three-time champions.
Robert will go against the eighth-seeded Rutschman (11 home runs) in the first round, with second seed Alonso facing the seventh-seeded Rodriguez (13). Third-seeded Betts (23) meets six seed Guerrero Jr. (13), and fourth-seeded García (21) faces five seed Arozarena (16).
The seeding was determined by home run totals through Tuesday. Tiebreakers went to the player with the most homers since June 15.
“I’m pretty sure I’m going to feel very happy during those two days,” Robert said. “It’s going to be very special for me.”
Robert posted on Instagram hours before the official announcement that he would participate in the Home Run Derby. The Cuban outfielder also was selected to his first All-Star team.
“If he’s happy about it, I’m happy about it,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “It’s a great experience. I remember Salvy (Salvador Perez) doing it over there in Kansas City. He was pretty pumped about it, and he had a really good time.”
Robert and countrymen Arozarena and García are participating for the first time. They will try to join two-time champion Yoenis Céspedes as the only Cuba natives to win the Derby.


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The reshuffle sees Eliza Burrows, previously director of Animal Planet International in the UK hand over her responsibility for Discovery Wings and Discovery Kids.
Clare Laycock, Channel Director, Discovery Health, has taken on Discovery Kids and Katy Thorogood, Discovery Channel director, will now oversee factual channel Discovery Wings.
In return for taking on Wings, Thorogood has given up control of Discovery Travel & Adventure, which will now be managed by Discovery Home & Leisure director Paul Welling.
'Kids is a natural fit with health and Wings, as it is a factual channel, is a natural fit with the Discovery Channel. We also think Travel & Adventure fits well with Home & Leisure,' a Discovery spokesperson said.
The spokesperson said that Burrows is now only managing Animal Planet in the UK as this role involves a heavier workload than managing any of the other channels.
Animal Planet, which had a major relaunch last year, is managed by Discovery UK vice-president of content Peter Weil across the globe.


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Keegan Bradley has developed a distinct preshot routine where he rocks back and forth to ease himself into the address position. It is working for Keegan at the U.S. Open with consecutive 69s over the first two rounds, but one of his playing competitors finds the routine difficult to deal with.
When asked about Keegan’s preshot routine during the post round press conference, Martin Kaymer said, “Different. Not a nice question, I can only lose here. I mean, it’s not easy to play with Keegan; I must admit that. Because sometimes he takes a little bit more time and sometimes he takes a little bit less time, so it’s quite difficult to adjust. But we know that. I played with Keegan the last few years many times, so we know that his preshot routine can change. Yes.”
Kaymer’s game hasn’t been affected at all. He has set the U.S. Open record for the lowest 36-hole total at 130.
Kaymer’s score of 10-under currently leads Kevin Na by six strokes.
Here is a video of the “Keegan Dance,” courtesy of NBC Sports:

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Fire destroys industrial warehouse
Published: Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:17 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 7:17 p.m.
An industrial warehouse at 2623 NW 74th Place was destroyed by a fire Saturday morning, reported Gainesville Fire Rescue.
The fire was discovered at 7:14 a.m. by a Gainesville police officer who was on routine patrol, said GFR spokeswoman Carol Davis in a press release.
The building was about 50 percent engulfed when GFR arrived. The 5,000-square-foot building contained automobiles and potentially hazardous materials, Davis said.
The HazMat Team responded to track and test air samples to ensure there were no toxic substances airborne.
“This is a difficult fire to fight because of the unknown substances contained within the structure," district Fire Chief Jeff Lane said. "The unknown composition of substances creates a safety concern for our firefighters.”
A section of U.S. 441 was closed temporarily due to heavy smoke and unsafe driving conditions. Due to the severity of the blaze and the unknown substances within the building, all but one of GFR’s apparatus responded to aid in extinguishing the fire.
The fire was eventually extinguished but the building was a total loss. The cause of the fire was under investigation.
There was no one in the structure at the time of the fire. Businesses associated with the building include Dyna-Mite Detailing, Fields Mechanical Services and Master's Lawn Care.
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