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Fans of bubble tea may soon find themselves unable to enjoy the beverage as the US reportedly faces what may be a months-long shortage of boba.
Bubble tea, a Taiwanese tea-based drink that comes in a variety of flavours often comes with chewy tapioca balls known as boba.
However, a backlog at US ports occurring as a result of the ongoing pandemic means that the ingredients used to make the popular drink, such as flavoured syrups and powders, as well as tapioca pearls, aren’t becoming available fast enough to keep up with the demand.
In addition to impacting the availability of pre-made boba, which is often purchased from Taiwan by US bubble tea retailers, the backlog has also seen the ingredients to make the pearls hard to come by, as The San Francisco Chronicle notes “the shipping containers from Thailand, the main producer of the world’s tapioca starch, are also stuck in the water”.
According to Business Insider, the issue is occurring at both East and West Coast ports, where the waters have become congested with shipping containers as a result of Covid-19-related logistical issues and an increase in consumer spending amid the pandemic.
As a result, bubble tea shop owners have already begun to see their supplies dwindle, withTommy Huang, senior sales manager at Hayward’s Leadway International Inc, one of the biggest boba suppliers in Northern California, telling The San Francisco Chronicle that within a week boba will be considered a “luxury”.
“In the next week or so, tapioca will be a luxury because no one is going to have it,” he hypothesised. “It’s going to take a long time to be able to say we will not have a shortage of tapioca.”
The shortage has also prompted shop owners and US boba manufacturers to begin informing customers of the scarcity, with Andrew Chau and Bin Chen of Boba Guys and Boba Co sharing a video on Instagram last week in which they said they wanted to provide an “urgent update” about the situation.
“This is an industry-wide shortage. Some boba shops are already out. Others will run out in the next few weeks. 99 per cent of boba comes from overseas,” the caption on the video reads, before urging customers not to get “mad at boba shops for running out of boba”.
According to the owners, the issue is the result of shipments that typically took one month now taking four to five months to make the journey from overseas and clear customs.
As for when it is likely that boba will no longer be facing a shortage, the Boba Guys owners said: “It will be in flux for several months until we get our next series of tapioca starch shipments.”
“Just when I thought things couldn’t get worse - a boba shortage,” one person responded to the news on Twitter, while another wrote: “I declare a state of emergency.”
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In a last-ditch effort to resolve the lingering cash crisis that has thrown the entire country into turmoil, governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Sunday met with the party leadership at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja.
This was as the chief executive officers of banks also met to proffer solutions to the situation which had led to attacks on banks and the death of no fewer than 13 persons across the country.
Contrary to an order of the Supreme Court that the Federal Government should suspend the February 10 deadline for swapping the old naira notes with new ones, the Central Bank of Nigeria refused to shift the deadline.
The situation worsened when the President in his nationwide broadcast ignored the apex court by extending the validity of old N200 notes while insisting that old N500 and N1,000 remained illegal.
Buhari in his state broadcast said the old N200 note would be legal tender for the next 60 days, till April 10, 2023, while urging Nigerians to deposit their old N500 and 1000 notes with the Central Bank.
“Addressing journalists after the meeting, the Chairman of Progressives Governors Forum and the Governor of Kebbi State, Atiku Bagudu, expressed satisfaction with the level of mobilisation that had gone into the campaign of their presidential candidate.

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satan.exe Satanic cults, horse lords, cooties, and other strange gems from the Crusader Kings community.
Dishin' Glitches Multiplying wookies, attempting to assassinate yourself, and a riot in an empty city. Glitches are beautiful.
A+ PC games that get their history right—but focus first and foremost on fun strategy and combat.
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CHALLENGE YOURSELF Get eaten, frozen, zombified, exploded, asphyxiated and more in our favourite, most brutal mods.
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decoding the mystery called Mumbai.......the city that never sleeps
water is a towering problem for mumbai and navi mumbai!
Water towers are neat. Not like our water tower. Ours is made from sheets of steel welded together.I like your water towers better.I have celebrated this day, Mother's Day in my country, with a magazine cover for my wife. I hope you can see it.
Dear Mumbai Virtual Tourists, Thank you for your valuable views.Your criticism, appreciation and suggestions are welcome to an amateur photographer who loves her city. MDS is now active as a daily photoblog.

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It’s that time of year again… Marvel is launching their next big event! Ever since the success of House of M and the even greater success of Civil War, the House of ideas has, to varying degrees of success, launched a line-wide event each year. And while they can’t all be smash-hits (I’m looking at you, Shadowland and Chaos War) they all at least start off big and shake things up a bit in the year following. Howver, since House of M all of the major events have more or less been one grand continuing story… and don’t get too excited, I’m not implying that they’re a glorious epic with a magnificent scope. I’m just saying that they don’t actually end… they trickle off into “Aftermath” series, which eventually lead back into the next year’s event. It appears, however, that with Bendis off of the Avengers books, that’s come to an end.
The name really says it all! In today’s podcast, the Geeks reminisce about their Top 5 Comic Book Fight Scenes… We laugh, we cry, then we laugh a lot more! Sit back and enjoy our tales of comic panel violence!
This one was a no brainer as far as Top 5’s go. Whenever you’re talking funny books with you friends, there’s always one topic that comes up again and again: What was your favorite comic book fight? This month the Brotherhood of Evil Geeks is bringing you their top 5 favorite fight scenes not only here on the web site, but we’re also going to be featuring a Top 5 Live podcast to go along with it, where Arthur Harkness, Big Evil, and C-Mart go over everyone’s top 5 list and discuss the match-ups in depth. That will be hitting the site and iTunes in a few hours, so to get you ready for the show, here’s each of the Evil Geeks Top 5:
Fight scenes are a natural product in the comics business. Sometimes, you just can’t talk someone down. You have to punch them and then drop a skyscraper on top of them. I realized this while arguing on the phone at work, and wished that I could Ray Palmer my way into the phone to slice this person’s ear with a tiny sword. Now folks in readerland, don’t think good ol’ Arthur here is an asshole….Sometimes…people just need a good whoopin.It got me thinking though, and I invited my fellow contributors to join me in naming off our top 5 favorite fight scenes in comics. You guys ready? Falcon Puuuuuuuunch!!!!
5) Deathstroke embarrasses everyone (Identity Crisis):
Holy f was this fight awesome. The fact that he systematically just takes everyone out without really much trouble at all is just ridiculous. Granted he doesn’t win the fight, he still makes sure to let all involved that he is not to be fucked with.

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The Dell XPS 15 has managed to oust much of its competition in terms of value, especially in 4K media work and in spite of yet another poor webcam position and lackluster audio, earning it TechRadar’s Great Value award.
- Excellent performance
- Decent price
- Great port selection
- Fantastic display
- Poor webcam placement
- Middling audio output
The new Dell XPS 15 for 2018 has arrived to challenge would-be usurpers to its throne of rule over ‘prosumer’ laptops. It’s more powerful than ever before, and surprisingly can last even longer on a charge.
However, very little – if anything – else about the laptop has changed since the previous model. Yes, this means that the same annoying webcam placement and poor audio performance are found in this model as before.
Dell has managed to oust much of its competition in terms of value in spite of this, especially in 4K media work, earning it a Great Value award in addition to a higher score. Here’s how, despite another whiff on the webcam, the XPS 15 manages to rise above its rivaling 15-inch laptops.
Price and availability
As configured to the right, you’ll pay a cool $2,099 (£1,869, AU$2,999) for the 2018 Dell XPS 15 with all of the power that a mainstream user needs. You can take the configuration even higher, with an Intel Core i9 processor, 32GB of memory and a 2TB SSD for a whopping $3,299 (£2,939, AU$4.499).
The Dell XPS 15 starts at a much more approachable, though still premium, $999 at the time of writing, which gets you an Intel Core i5 processor with integrated graphics, 8GB of memory and a 1TB spinning hard drive behind a Full HD (1,920 x 1,080) display. In the UK, the starting configuration comes with a 256GB SSD and Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 graphics for £1,319. In Australia, you get a similar starting setup to the UK sans the graphics chip for AU$1,899.
Comparatively, the latest 15-inch MacBook Pro delivers a similar spec to what you see here for $2,399 (£2,349, AU$3,499) to start. This gets you the very same processor, AMD Radeon Pro 555X graphics with 4GB of video memory, 16GB of slightly slower memory and half as much SSD storage behind a screen that, while a Retina display, isn’t as sharp as the XPS 15 4K option. To match the Dell on storage, the MacBook Pro calls for $2,599 (£2,529, AU$3,819).
The Asus ZenBook Pro 15 aims to address the same audience as both of these aforementioned laptops, doing so for far less cash starting at $1,799 (about £TK, AU$TK). That price gets you a 4K touch display in addition to a secondary touchscreen in the touchpad as well as 512GB of SSD storage and 16GB of memory paired with the same graphics and processor as the Dell laptop.
All told, the XPS 15 for 2018 rests between the luxury of the MacBook Pro and the utility and power-for-price balance that Windows laptops have become known for. To wit, the XPS 15 features a fingerprint reader in its power button for biometric login via Windows Hello.
Year over year, not much at all about the XPS 15 design identity has changed. The product still comes wrapped in an aluminum unibody shell with a carbon fiber keyboard deck, connected by a single, sturdy hinge.
Dell distinguishes its premium laptop design in part by the ports that the dimensions allow for it to maintain while others trudge on into USB-C domination. For instance, the XPS 15 features a full-size SD card slot, HDMI and USB 3.1 where the MacBook Pro sticks to four Thunderbolt 3 ports.
That said, the design doesn’t leave room for a number pad on its keyboard, but neither do either of the XPS 15’s listed competitors. Otherwise, the keyboard is expectedly punchy and well-spaced – just like we’ve observed on the award-winning Dell XPS 13. However, the travel is a little more shallow than we’d like on a 15-inch laptop.
The touchpad feels just fine, with its matte glass tracking surface, and produces a satisfying click when pressed. Navigating the Windows 10 interface is easy between the accurate touchpad and responsive touchscreen.
Display and audio
And, what a touchscreen it is. Our review unit came in the optional 4K UHD (3,840 x 2,160) resolution, which makes colors and textures in films and photos simply pop. Of course, this also means that the XPS 15 is more than ready to power editing of 4K media content.
While the MacBook Pro and Asus laptop can certainly power the same kind of work (and play) via a connected 4K display, the XPS 15 can handle it wherever and whenever – no additional screen needed. Better yet, the display meets 100% of the Adobe RGB color gamut.
Unfortunately, the ‘chin-cam’ returns with the Dell XPS 15: the webcam is positioned beneath the screen to make way for its mega-thin left, right and top bezels. The resolution is june fine, but the placement is just no good, and could be a deal-breaker for some.
The speakers are equally placed in a poor position considering a laptop of this size: on the base toward the lip, facing downward. They’re also awfully small given the laptop’s dimensions, though they’re surprisingly powerful. The end product may be audio lacking in depth compared to your TV or headphones, but at least it’s loud.
You should come into a Dell XPS 15 purchase, honestly no matter the model, and rightly expect powerful performance. Naturally, the XPS 15 for 2018 doesn’t disappoint, putting up numbers arguably worthy of its price tag for less than the MacBook Pro and on par with competing 15-inch Windows laptops.
As you can see by the benchmarks, you can expect reliable, strong performance out of the XPS 15 in both general and intense tasks, from gaming to video rendering and everything in between. The Intel Core i7 processor inside this laptop even gives the Core i9 chip within the MacBook Pro we’ve reviewed a run for its money.
The XPS 15 is designed to deliver a complete experience, and it largely succeeds there with power enough for all sorts of tasks in a package that’s pleasant to look at and handle.
Just don’t expect to play hardcore PC games on this laptop, especially not at 4K resolutions. At most, you can play at 1080p resolution and middling settings to product a smooth, playable experience.
The Dell XPS 15 is your 4K media editing powerhouse – not your 4K gaming laptop. For that … wait for Nvidia RTX to make it onto laptops.
While it’s not quite at the level of the latest MacBook Pro, Dell has managed to considerably improve upon battery life year over year with the XPS 15. In both the PCMark 8 battery test and our own video run-down test, the laptop improved by nearly an hour of lasting time.
At 4 hours and 11 minutes of general use, the XPS 15 won’t last you all day, and Dell itself promises up to 21 and a half hours. We laud Dell for the improvement, but we’re going to need to see even better numbers next year – if Dell wants its laptop to remain relevant when it comes to longevity.
If you want a long-lasting 15-inch laptop, then the latest MacBook Pro is your answer with nearly 10 hours of life in it. However, you’ll be missing out on core features that the Dell brings to the table for less.
Software and features
Despite the laptop’s rather exorbitant price, Dell still manages to bundle the XPS 15 with software packages that likely subsidize the cost of producing the machine. Namely, this includes McAfee anti-virus software as well as Adobe Photoshop Elements.
Dell has also included its very own software, too, namely with a firmware updater tool for drivers and other downloads that Dell releases before they make it to Windows Update. But this package also includes Dell Mobile Connect, which allows for control of your Android phone or iPhone while either is connected to the laptop. It’s not likely to blow your mind, but it is a convenient alternative to not having any such features on your laptop.
Finally, the fingerprint sensor on this laptop is worth calling out, especially for its highly stealthy application on the power button. The sensor is easily set up and works without issue. We’re also glad that Dell hadn’t focused on the webcam for biometric login.
The Dell XPS 15 for 2018 improves upon the previous model in every way – at least on the inside. This version is not only more powerful, but it’s longer lasting than before. For most laptop buyers, this would be enough for them to hear or see before buying.
However, not only do we hold Dell to a higher standard, but there are some flaws about the system that need to be addressed, namely the webcam placement and audio performance. Neither are deal breakers, but they do keep this laptop from a better score.
For those working in media creation or another related industry, the Dell XPS 15 proves to be an excellent value for not only what it includes, but what it can endure, compared to its competition. Just be sure you’re OK with its minor flaws before pressing that ‘buy’ button.


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With a solid backup in Francisco Cervelli and an elite prospect in 20-year-old Jesus Montero there’s been a lot of speculation about how the Yankees will divvy up playing time at catcher next season and beyond, but Jorge Posada told Christian Red of the New York Daily News that he expects to remain the starter:
I’m going to prepare for [the starting catching job]. I love catching, love being behind the plate. I take a lot of pride, that’s my position. If they want me to be DH or catch, just be honest and let me know what’s up.
Red notes that Posada was behind the plate for just 83 of his 120 games this season and a similar split makes sense for 2011, when he’ll be finishing up a four-year, $52 million contract at age 39. Posada continues to be a major asset offensively, posting an .811 OPS that ranked seventh among all players who started at least 75 games at catcher, but his defense has become a major liability.
Of course, while everyone seems to love Montero’s potential offensively few people are convinced that he has the defensive skills to stick behind the plate long term, let alone take on significant innings at catcher in the majors as a 21-year-old.
Update (7:00 PM ET): The MLBPA announces that the deadline has been extended 24 hours while MLB and NPB continue to negotiate a new agreement for the posting system. The new deadline is 8 PM ET on Tuesday.
Last Thursday, we learned that the MLBPA was challenging the Nippon Professional Baseball posting system, delaying Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani’s move to Major League Baseball. The latest collective bargaining agreement removed a lot of the incentive for players to come to the U.S. by capping pay. Ohtani, for example, can only receive a signing bonus between $300,000 and $3.53 million while his team — the Nippon Ham Fighters — would receive $20 million for posting him.
Jon Morosi reports that the deadline for this issue to be resolved is 8 PM ET on Monday evening. He notes that key NPB officials have worked through the night in Japan to try to reach a resolution. It is possible that even if no agreement is reached, the deadline could be pushed further back.
Ohtani, 23, has become a heralded hitter and pitcher in Japan. At the plate over his five-year career, he has compiled a .286/.358/.500 triple-slash line with 48 home runs and 166 RBI in 1,170 plate appearances. On the mound, he has a 2.52 ERA with a 624/200 K/BB ratio across 543 innings.


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Here is a project that made itself known during the exodus of talent during the big cull called the New 52. Along with Hinterkind and FBP by talented individuals like Ian Edington and Simon Spurrier, Coffin Hill by Caitlin Kitteredge and Inaki Miranda is a bright spot in the new landscape called Vertigo. The book is unlike any other at the publisher, and not necessarily in subject matter as it does feature magic, but in the way it is used. It also has a younger cast than most of its titles that is tailor made for today’s generation with slick artwork, a little nudity, a little action and a lot of tension and drama. It is like a CW show with an R rating.
The book stars a girl named Eve Coffin who is much like Lisbeth Salander in the attitude department. She’s a little goth, a little emo, a little punk and all witch. She also happens to live in a large mansion surrounded by a haunted forest and comes from a long line of witches as well, so it kind of runs in the blood. Eve is one of those bad girls that other girls secretly want to be and every guy wants to fall in love with. She is rebellious, drinks and smokes (just a bit), is a little damaged (but not too much), has problems with her parents (like everyone) and is like all those girls you went to school with who are exactly like this. Grow up she eventually does, just like everyone else, and she moves away, becomes a cop, gets a little fame and just happens to make her way back home to Coffin Hill after getting a feeling like she has to be there. But going back draws her into an investigation involving a couple of missing kids that ties back into a past she thought she had left behind.
This book is quite refreshing, especially as it comes from Vertigo and features a female lead as unique as Eve. Eve is fascinating and she rings very true to life and someone you can empathize with whether you are man or woman and that all boils down to series writer Caitlin Kittredge. Perhaps it takes a woman to write a really strong woman because that is exactly what we get in this book. The other characters are interesting as well, like her childhood friend now grown up in Chief Finn and her mother who perhaps only ever wanted the best for her but never knew how to go about doing that. The setting is in itself, just as much a character in the book as any of the people as it plays a huge part in the way it affects the populace and what they do and how they live. Coffin Hill and the woods surrounding it are dangerous and mysterious and cause the townsfolk a lot of consternation and an innate mistrust of everything. While all of our characters are explored thoroughly in the book, it is great to see that the setting is as well.
There are a lot of books our right now that deal with the subject of magic and the practice of it. From Fables to Umbral to Star Mage and even books like New Avengers and Justice League Dark, magic still permeates the comic book world and provides fodder for many a story. Here, the magic has to do with heritage and summoning’s and even possession when it gets out of hand, but it is all wonderful and really gets your mind thinking of things small and impossible. Being a Vertigo book, that magic also gets a little gruesome and creepy at times. The woods around Coffin Hill are not a place you really want to go and as you make your way through the book, the town and its denizens are not much better. But no matter how much you think you want to stay away, a part of you wants to go anyway. Magic is like the flame and we are the moths that are drawn to it.
A lot of these feelings can also be attributed to series artist Inaki Miranda, though Kittredge also helped out a bit. Her pencils are extremely crisp, clean and detailed with a very modern style that jumps off the page at you. That style serves the book well as she brings the needed drama and horror to vivid life. It also has a slight animated quality to it that really makes it stand out and with colours by Eva De La Cruz, the book really pops. The one downside to the book was the final issue of the collection that served somewhat as an origin tale. It was not bad per se, being drawn by Stephen Sadowski, but it are was so different than what had come before that it was a jarring switch from one to the next and just did not seem to fit the book at all.
With Coffin Hill, Vertigo has managed to recapture some of that magic that made it so special in the first place. It is beautiful in its darkness and it revels in it as do the characters at times. This is no Riverdale with its shiny, happy people. The characters are flawed, as is the town and everything around them. There are no jokes or hijinks, just magic and murder and if you read this book, you would not have it any other way.
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Taif Health Affairs has fired and revoked the license of three heartless nurses who filmed themselves laughing while squashing the face of a newborn baby, at a maternity hospital in Taif, Saudi Arabia.
The video shows one of the nurses grasping the baby by its neck and forehead and cruelly squashing the helpless infant’s face as her colleagues giggle.
Abdulhadi Al-Rabie, Taif Health Affairs spokesman, said the nurses were suspended after they were tracked down. Their medical licenses have now been revoked and they are banned from practising nursing in other health departments.
The baby’s father told Saudi media the baby was in the hospital for 10 days for treatment for a urinary tract infection and was shocked when he saw the video being widely shared on social media.


Running around to different gigs and constantly self-promoting can get very tiresome. And yesterday (July 20th), Rachel Bilson and Hayden Christensen took a much-needed break from their crazy schedules.
The costars/lovers were spotted spending a lazy Sunday afternoon together as they ran a few errands and stopped off at a gas station before returning home.
And it appears that the “Star Wars” stud even took a day off of grooming, sporting a furry face and some seriously wrinkled clothes as he hid underneath a black ball cap and sunglasses.
But his “Last Kiss” girlfriend kept up her end of the cuteness scale, sporting a slim fit grey t-shirt along with a pair of jeans, sandals, and some green Chanel shades.


The Chicago Bears are reportedly shopping tight end Martellus Bennett, and they gave fans more evidence of that pursuit on Monday as they re-signed Zach Miller to a two-year contract.
Miller, who visited with the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, will earn $6 million on the deal, according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, and could earn $2 million more in incentives on the contract.
Miller appeared in 15 games for the Bears during the 2015 season, hauling in 34 receptions for 439 yards and five touchdowns. His success came on the heels of a series of serious injuries, and after looking elsewhere for free agent landing spots this offseason, he will return to the team that he broke out with.
In addition to Miller, the Bears also made another move at tight end over the weekend, inking Rob Housler to a one-year deal. The team also expressed interest in Jermaine Gresham over the weekend before he signed with the Arizona Cardinals for a one-year contract.
With those moves, it’s becoming increasingly apparent that the Bears are at least exploring other options if they end up trading Bennett. The tight end, who is entering the final year of his contract, has been agitating for an extension, but that desire, as well as questions about his effect on the chemistry of the locker room, could signal an end to his time in Chicago.


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Selena Gomez and The Weeknd's relationship seems to be getting more and more serious with each passing day. News recently broke out that the happy couple has reportedly moved in together at an apartment in New York City's Greenwich Village. Now the former Disney Channel star couldn't help open up about one of his incredible gifts and how much it means to her.
"My boyfriend just got me a beautiful Chanel bag, and [I love it]," Selena shared in her cover story for the latest issue of The Business of Fashion. "It wasn't because it was a Chanel bag, it's because of where it came from and what it meant. So I wear it so proudly, and I feel cute when I have it on. I feel like, 'I love this!' it makes me so happy … And that to me is an experience."
It doesn't get much sweeter than that. The couple often professes their love through fashion, whether they're wearing matching outfits or Selena is rocking her boyfriend's sneakers. As their romance continues to grow, it will be interesting to see what their next sartorial display of love will be.
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Karbi Anglong is a district in Assam state of India.
Karbi Anglong has many good schools for education and follwing are popular schools among students.
- Don Bosco High School School
- Pranab Vidyapith High School
- Diphu Govt. Boys High School School
- Krist Jyoti English School
- Assumption High School
Karbi Anglong has many good hospitals for treatment and follwing are popular among people.
- Tekalangjun Sub-Health Center
- Hanlokrok Sub-Center
- Silimkhowa Sub-Center
- Basatiplong Sub-Center
- Kherbari Sub-Center
Karbi Anglong has many good banks for financial services and follwing are popular among people.
- Bank of Baroda Deopani BR., Dist. Karbi Anglong, Assam
- Bank of India Diphu
- Central Bank of India Bakulia (Phuloni)
- Central Bank of India Diphu
- Canara Bank Diphu
Karbi Anglong District
Karbi Anglong is one of the 35 districts of Assam, spread in an area of 7366.19 square kilometers. It is divided into 3 Subdivisions and 7 blocks. As on 29th March 2023, the current population of Karbi Anglong district is 7.57 lakhs, which includes urban population of 1.09 lakhs and rural population of 6.48 lakhs. The sex ratio of district is 950 females per 1000 males. There are 1.44 lakhs houses in the district which means every household has around 5 members. There are around 99.5 thousands teenagers in district. It has literacy rate of 61% which means around 4.62 lakhs persons can read and write. The district has working population of 3.01 lakhs. Total 38.4 thousands people belonging to scheduled caste and 3.95 lakhs scheduled tribe people live in the district.
Subdivisions in Karbi Anglong district
Karbi Anglong district has total 3 Subdivision.
Blocks in Karbi Anglong district
Karbi Anglong district has total 7 blocks.

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Thredbo MTB Park Gears Up For Summer
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Thredbo Mountain Bike Park is gearing up for a huge summer of riding as Australia’s premier mountain biking destination prepares to open its doors for the 2020 season!
The Ricochet trail is dialled in and ready to shred on opening day plus there’s a whole stack of exciting new developments in the works for this summer.
Boasting the only summer lift access in the country, the Kosciuszko Express takes mountain bike riders to the top of Australia where more than 34 kilometres of trails awaits!
The Gunbarrel Express chair will be open more often this year, including every weekend and throughout the school holidays, so there’s more time for you to hit the trails.
With tree roots, rock gardens, flowing berms and technical terrain, Thredbo is an absolute mountain bike mecca with a mix of trails including downhill, flow, cross-country and all-mountain.
There are also skills and jumps parks for all ages to nail cornering, braking and body position as well as a fast-flowing pump track for free-rolling fun.
This year the Valley Terminal Park and Little Beauty Jumps Park have had a revamp, with more jumps and features for you to hit!
If you don’t have your own bike, there’s the latest downhill and enduro bikes from gravity specialists Norco to rent plus an extensive range of cross-country, e-bikes and kids bikes to choose from! With something to suit all levels, everyone can ride together for a fun day out for the whole family.
If you’re looking to progress your mountain biking this Summer, Thredbo has a team of qualified guides on hand to give you the skills and confidence that will take your riding to the next level.
For the first time, Thredbo is offering MTB School Holiday Camps, which caters for kids from 7-14 years. The camps teach kids the fundamentals of mountain biking with gravity specific riding techniques, pump track skills and valuable bike setup tools!
Also new this summer in Thredbo is the MTB Development Squad, a 9-week Sunday program that will challenge and inspire young mountain bikers in a fun and educational environment with beginner, intermediate and advanced levels offered.
Participants will be given targeted feedback to develop skills and confidence in a range of areas including body positioning, braking, cornering and small jumps.
Back by popular demand this year are Thredbo’s group and private mountain bike clinics with something to suit all ages and abilities.
Thredbo also offers a Gravity Girls clinic specifically for women, that’s designed to offer a non-intimidating introduction to downhill riding and provide fearless females the tools and confidence to take on the mountain!
Whilst Cannonball MTB Festival and Super Enduro have been put on hold this year, Thredbo’s excited to announce The Gravity Series is back by popular demand with 6 monthly rounds kicking off from December 13. The series challenges riders across a variety of terrain and trails for a test of skill and stamina! With limited entry spots be sure to secure your competitor pass as soon as possible.
Thredbo Mountain Bike Park opens 21 November.
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Learning to Love Lisa
A novel that takes you places you could never imagine!
Learning to Love Lisa is the story of a woman stumbling through her forties in all her flaws and flailings. Moving confidently from South Africa to Spain amidst a global pandemic, it all goes horribly wrong as she loses her job and realises that speaking Spanish is alot more difficult than her app promised it would be.
This story half Eat-Pray-Love, half Emily-in-Paris meets Brigit Jones will have you laughing and crying and she battles through heartbreak, eats her way through a mountain of flan and finds that life outside of what we expect can indeed be beautiful when we open our hearts.

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On the international stage at the ICE in London, psmtec presents its products to the international audience for the first time.
The companies new slogan “gaming with ideas” stands for modern equipment and games that are fun.
After successfully reaching a large number of gamers in Germany, psmtec now wants to expand its offer to Europe, South America and Africa.
The ICE Totally Gaming trade fair in London opens the doors from 7th to 9th February 2017 and offers psmtec the ideal platform for presenting its premium slot machines and unique games.
In addition to the latest multigame offer Arcadyon for international markets, a specially designed package with 10 or 15 games for the neighbor country Netherlands as well as the latest highlights for Germany, psmtec will excite the international audience at its stand on the ICE show.
The games of the psmtec stand for modern and Gambler-oriented entertainment.
In order to be able to respond internationally to the preferences, wishes and requirements of gamblers and operators, the devices and games are optimally adapted to the circumstances of the respective country.
At the ICE in London, psmtec welcomes you to visit stand S9-135 located in the South Hall of the Excel Exhibition Center.


Summer SAVY 2016 (Session 1, Day 4) – Ecological Explorers
Today we began talking about the question: “How can change in one part of an ecosystem affect other parts of the ecosystem?” The first part of the day was spent setting up our aquatic ecosystems. Each student group added the substrate (sand, gravel, or potting soil), plants, and animals that they had budgeted for. We then took observations of our ecosystems and shared these with the rest of the class. Students worked on listening to what others were finding and comparing/contrasting those observations to what they were seeing. We then discussed how all of the different parts of the aquatic ecosystem are connected and tracked how various changes would cascade through the ecosystem.
The weather allowed us one last trip to our terrestrial study sites. We took moisture and light measurements at each team’s hula-hoop location. Then inside we looked for patterns in our data and talked about how these patterns help create different habitats that could support different organisms. At the end of class we spent time more time at our investigation stations, learned about a crazy plant called kudzu, and added questions to our “I wonder” wall.
It’s amazing how time has flown by. The students and I are excited for our open house tomorrow! We’ll start altogether with a brief presentation by each student. Then you and your student will have free time to explore many amazing things we’ve been investigating in the classroom.
Today’s Dinner Table Tidbits:
Ask about how we measured moisture and light from each of the hula-hoops outside. Talk about which of the other hula-hoops were similar to theirs and which had environments that were different.
Ask your student about their aquatic ecosystem: What did they observe when they put together their aquarium? How do the different parts work together? What do they think will change by tomorrow?
Talk about what the students learned about kudzu in Tennessee.


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Reishi Sotya, 90 vegetable hardgel capsules of 500 mg.
REISHI (Ganoderma lucidum)
- Reishi is a asian mushroom.
- Take 2-3 capsules twice a day, between meals.
Format: In PET bottles with 90 vegetable hardgel capsules of 500mg. Each capsule contains 400mg of lyophilized reishi powder.
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How Much Will I Get?
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In 1976, southern California experienced a severe drought similar to the one currently crippling the state today. Residents were forced to cut back on their water usage by letting their lawns yellow, not washing their cars, and draining their pools. Little did anyone know that the last part would spark a skateboarding revolution. The Dogtown boys, led by skate legend Tony Alva, saw the empty pools as a new opportunity for the sport. They became obsessed with sneaking into backyards and discovering new walls of velvety concrete. Now, 40 years later, pool skating is still going strong. And the drought is, too.
Dust Bowl Disciples is a new advocacy group dedicated to water conservancy through the nostalgic shredding of emptied backyard pools. The Los Angeles Coalition for Water Conservation (LACWC) has assembled skate legends like Tony Alva, Tony Hawk, Steve Olson, Christian Hosoi, Arto Saari and many more for the project. Their message? #ShredTheDrought. We’re onboard.


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I Am Free, by Shout Praises Kids, DVD
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From the best-selling Shout Praises Kids series comes this fast-paced video featuring 12 top praise songs with energetic, colorful graphics, on-screen lyrics, and an exciting environment where kids will love interacting and expressing themselves.
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Cameron County Confirms Additional COVID-19 Related Deaths
Cameron County has received confirmation of two additional COVID-19 related deaths of Cameron County residents. The individuals were 65 and 67-year-old males from Brownsville. They were both previously reported cases. This raises the number of COVID-19 related deaths in Cameron County to forty-two (42).
Cameron County has also received confirmation of an additional thirty-nine (39) case reports of COVID-19. This includes the following:


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In childhood, it’s very common to have an imaginary friend. Interestingly enough, these imaginary people aren’t mirrors of celebrities or existing friends or family. Children literally build new characters, complete with names, preferences and a physical presence. If children were to write books about their imaginary friends, they’d essentially be the fiction authors we all hope to be: authors who are able to create vivid, one-of-a-kind characters who leave an indelible mark on everyone who encounters them.
Remember that as a child, you allowed your imagination to run free. There were no rules. An imaginary friend could be as vivid as a real one. When you write, treat your characters as you would have treated your imaginary friends in childhood: take them with you everywhere you go, talk to them, rely on them, believe in them, get in trouble with them, let them be your secret sidekicks in life. As you discover exactly who your characters are, you’ll intuitively know how their stories are meant to unfold.


The Food Safety and Traceability Initiative (FSTI) is now in its second year of funding. This program provides funding to aid in the establishment of practices that reduce the danger to human health during production, processing, handling and storing of foods.
This year’s available funding was completely committed on the first day that applications were accepted. Changes to cost sharing were made so that there could be more participants in the 2nd year, and so that those participants can take part in food safety and traceability projects, instead of just one or the other.
More information about this year’s funding is available at www.omafra.gov.on.ca/english/food/foodsafety/grants/fsti.htm
This is a very good sign that farmers and producers are taking food security and traceability to heart. It is important to consider these programs as there has been a continued push for local foods. The increased ability to produce, process, handle, store and transport foods in a safe manner is an excellent way to bring more local foods to the shelves of our grocery stores.
For more information about food safety and traceability systems, check out OnTrace Agri-food Traceability, an organization in Guelph that works to deliver integrated, flexible and affordable traceability systems for the agriculture and food industry.


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I mentioned in my last post that I would soon be weaving in extra posts that are less about my musings and more about just the facts. Why? Some of my followers mentioned that they’d like to know where I travelled (25 years ago) in between the places I’ve chosen to blog about.
That’s how the idea for my WWW List was born. (WWW stands for “Where Was [She] Wednesdays.” I know, I know. There should be an “s” in there too. Just ignore it, k?) Each Wednesday, I’ll play a bit of catch-up by listing all locations and experiences that I have been reminiscing and reading about on my own every morning – i.e., the ones I haven’t highlighted in a specific individual post.
Ready for my first WWW List? This one will be longer than normal since I’m listing three weeks’ worth of activity this time around. Next Wednesday, the WWW list will be much shorter. Here we go:
- 10/2/90 – Toronto to Chicago (airport only) to San Francisco (you can read about Day 1 by clicking here.)
- 10/3/90 – Alcatraz, Fisherman’s Wharf, Chinatown, kicking around San Fran
- 10/4/90 – Napa Valley for epic wine tasting tour (wasted on our undeveloped palates, but enjoyed all the same.) Luckily a local friend offered to be our DD!
- 10/5/90 – missed this whole day thanks to crossing the international date line en route to Fiji. I thought that was a really cool thing back then, and still do now, come to think of it!
- 10/6/90 – Nadi to Rakiraki
- 10/7/90 – Nananu-I-Ra, a 3.5-km-wide Fijian island reached by large aluminum rowboat outfitted with a rusty outboard motor. (The brochure called it “a ferry”… haha.) Ended the day with a traditional Kava-drinking ceremony… horrible-tasting and face-numbing, but pretty cool in a let’s-bring-everybody-on-this-tiny-island-together kind of way. If you’re curious you can learn more about it on this actual 20-something blogger’s travel site. She describes the ritual perfectly.
- 10/8/90 – more chillin’ at Kontiki beach in Nananu-I-Ra. Our accommodations are super-low budget. Picture Gilligan’s thatched-roof hut, only smaller and less swanky, with mosquito nets to keep away the multitude of bugs that come out at night. Shared outhouse and outdoor shower. Shared “kitchen shed” with hot plate for all 20 guests. (We had to bring our own groceries. No shops or restaurants on the island.) I googled Nananu-I-Ra’s current resorts and none of them compare to this pared-down place. It might sound dismal to you, but even though I could afford a much higher-end resort now, I would love to go back in time to this exact spot. Just sand, sea, incredible views, relaxation, beautiful vegetation, cool people. It was magic.
- 10/9/90 – Nananu-I-Ra via “ferry” to Rakiraki where we board a hellish bus to Suva (capital of Fiji) to see some sites.
- 10/10/90 – from Suva we fly to Auckland
- 10/11/90 – Auckland, on New Zealand’s north island
- 10/12/90 – Rotorua, known for its geysers and natural thermal springs
- 10/13/90 – Rotorua to Auckland (this is the hitch-hiking day described in an earlier post)
- 10/14–15/90 – fly to Cairns, Australia
- 10/16–18/90 – Cape Tribulation, Queensland: here we stayed in “Jungle Lodge,” a backpacker’s paradise in the rainforest! (A snake surprised us in our eco-cabin one night.)
- 10/19–21/90 – more time in Cairns with stops in Mossman and Port Douglas. Most of our time is spent sailing and snorkelling around the Great Barrier Reef, which was a major highlight of the trip for so many reasons! But more on that another time…

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Regulations say insurers have to incorporate ‘lock function’ into digital credentials
Drivers will be responsible for making sure their phone can display the proof of insurance, even with a poor signal, drained battery or damaged screen. (Lars Hagberg/Canadian Press)
Distracted driving is responsible for more than one in four fatal crashes on B.C. roads, which is why ICBC, police and government continue to combat this dangerous driving behaviour that claims 77 lives each year.*
Crashes reached a record high in 2017, with many of these caused by distracted or inattentive driving. While cellphone usage rightly gets a lot of the attention, distracted driving includes any activity that impacts your ability to focus on the road while in control of a vehicle.
The B.C. government, police and ICBC conduct two distracted driving education and enhanced enforcement campaigns every year. The campaigns also include advertising and social media support.
This month, drivers will be hearing one message – take a break from your phone when you’re behind the wheel. Research shows that taking your eyes off the road for as little as two seconds is strongly correlated with crashing.
Enhanced police enforcement of distracted driving will take place across B.C., including a province-wide blitz on Friday, and community volunteers are setting up Cell Watch deployments to remind drivers to leave their phone alone when driving.
Drivers can do their part by avoiding distractions while driving and encouraging others to do the same. Activate Apple’s Do Not Disturb While Driving feature or what’s similarly available on other devices. Free ‘not while driving’ decals are available at ICBC driver licensing offices and participating Autoplan broker offices for drivers to support the campaign and encourage other road users to leave their phones alone.
As part of the commitment to make roads safer, ICBC is currently inviting eligible drivers to participate in a telematics pilot project. The goal is to determine whether using this technology can improve road safety and driving behaviour for inexperienced drivers in B.C.
Chief Constable Neil Dubord, Chair of the BC Association of Chiefs of Police Traffic Safety Committee
“Distracted driving is the number one cause of serious crashes in our province and it continues to be a growing safety concern. To combat this problem, police will be out on the road – in every community – making sure people leave their phones alone while driving.”
Lindsay Matthews, ICBC’s Vice-President Public Affairs
“Our telematics pilot project will help us better understand the role that technology can play in reducing distraction and preventing crashes for inexperienced drivers. But safer roads start with every driver making a conscious decision to focus on the road and leave their phones alone. Let’s all do our part to create a safer driving culture in B.C.”
Every year, on average, 27 people are killed in distracted driving-related crashes in the Lower Mainland.
Every year, on average, 10 people are killed in distracted driving-related crashes on Vancouver Island.
Every year, on average, 28 people are killed in distracted driving-related crashes in the Southern Interior.
Every year, on average, 13 people are killed in distracted driving-related crashes in the North Central region.
*Police data from 2013 to 2017. Distraction: where one or more of the vehicles involved had contributing factors including use of communication/video equipment, driver inattentive and driver internal/external distraction.
No cap on auto insurance hikes
We’re flying to Newfoundland in September and renting a car there for three weeks. My husband and I aren’t sure if we should buy the expensive insurance they sell at the counter. I think we’re fine with our credit card’s insurance – it’s a fancy points card so I’m assuming it covers rental car insurance. But my husband thinks we should buy the extra insurance just to be safe. – Briana, Toronto
Before you charge off in a rental car without buying their insurance, check with your credit card company to make sure you’re covered.
“Not every card has collision and damage protection but most premium travel ones do,” says Matt Hands, senior business unit manager of insurance at Ratehub, a rate comparison site. “It’ll say in the pamphlet that came with the card, or you can call and actually ask somebody.”
Buying the insurance they sell at the rental counter can cost $35 (or more) per day, depending on what you get, and a lot of people just buy it to be safe – even though they may already be covered by credit cards or their car insurance, Hands says.
A CDW covers the damage to the rental car. Otherwise, you’re on the hook for it.
Accident benefits insurance covers death or dismemberment. Personal effects insurance covers personal items, like cameras or laptops, that may be damaged or stolen.
Liability insurance covers you if you cause injury or damage to property, including another vehicle, over the amount included in the rental agreement.
Canadian rental companies provide some liability coverage, but companies in other countries might not.
Typically, you’ll get the minimum amount of liability coverage required by the province – in Ontario, it’s $200,000 – included in the rental price. At the counter, you can buy more.
Michael Liedtke and Tom Krisher, The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla owners in California can now buy insurance from the electric car company in what may be the first step toward the unconventional automaker providing coverage for a fleet of driverless taxis.
The expansion announced Wednesday comes four months after Tesla CEO Elon Musk told analysts the company would branch into insuring its own cars for people who buy or lease them.
Musk believes Tesla has learned so much about its cars that it will be able to offer rates 20% to 30% below those offered by traditional insurers. That will likely to appeal to Tesla owners who have been complaining about being charged too much for coverage.
Although the insurance is only being sold in California to start, Tesla plans to offer coverage throughout the U.S. at a later undisclosed state.
The policies will only be for personal usage of the Tesla cars, but the Palo Alto, California, company also wants to eventually offer commercial policies.
It’s a move Tesla may have to take if Musk is to deliver on his promise to begin selling Tesla vehicles capable of navigating roads without a driver behind the wheel within the next 16 months. Self-driving car experts believe that is unlikely to happen, but Musk has promised to have a fleet of robotic Teslas operating as part of a ride-hailing service by the end of next year.
To make that vision a reality, the driverless cars will need commercial insurance — something no company but Tesla may be willing to provide, given it probably will be exploring uncharted territory if it’s able to dispatch fully autonomous vehicles to pick up passengers.
Selling insurance will also provide Tesla with another source of revenue as it tries to prove it can consistently make money. The company was profitable during the last half of last year — the longest stretch of prosperity in its history — but has lost another $1.1 billion during the first half of this year. Those losses could rise even higher if Tesla miscalculates the risks of selling auto insurance.
Tesla’s disappointing financial performance and escalating doubts about its future prospects have caused its stock to plunge 35% so far this year.
Tesla believes it has learned so much about the technology, safety and repair costs of its cars that it will be able to figure out the proper prices to charge for each policy. Its electric cars are equipped with so many sensors that the company could theoretically monitor whether the drivers are prone to chronic speeding or habitually engaging in other risky behaviour, but Tesla says it won’t do that.


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http://metalassault.com :- Dave Reffett interview and signature guitar demo at the Esoterik Guitars booth on Day 3 of NAMM 2011 at the Anaheim Convention Center. Interview and intro & demo video by Aniruddh Andrew Bansal, interview video by Tyler Crooks for Metal Assault.
Dave talks about his first ever NAMM experience, what he aims to accomplish at NAMM, musicians he hopes to meet, getting guest spots on his album by Glen Drover and Chris Poland, releasing his album online for free, plans for his next album, music he is currently listening to, plans for future NAMM events, and getting featured in magazines in Guitar World. The video ends with Dave's demo of his new signature Esoterik guitar.


14th March 2022 - 11:40am |
Students from London and Liverpool sat outside their schools for a few minutes this morning to demand that the government stops granting licences for new North Sea oil and gas projects.
Up to 30 students from one London school took part in the action, with groups from three new schools joining the actions for the first time today.
The action is the fourth in a series of mini school strikes organised by Students for Survival, a new direct action group set up by school-age students in support of Just Stop Oil. The group will stage sit-downs outside their schools every Monday and use the opportunity to encourage their classmates to join weekly Zoom calls to learn about civil resistance and join the school strikes.
Alex, aged 16 from South London said:
“Our futures are being destroyed by climate breakdown and governments are still failing to act. Young people are rising up to demand an end to business-as-usual. We demand the government Just Stop Oil - continuing to dig for new fossil fuels in 2022 is genocidal.”
The action comes after last month's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Climate Impacts Report, which UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres described as a "damning indictment of failed climate leadership”. The report stated that “any further delay in concerted global action will miss a brief and rapidly closing window to secure a liveable future”.
Hannah, aged 17 from South London said:
“Doing this action at school is miles outside of my comfort zone. But governments are not going to take notice of the climate crisis unless we make them. And if we don’t stop funding fossil fuels, everyone’s future will be wrought with suffering. So if there ever was one, I think now is the time to step out of comfort and into action. We have to disrupt the system and stop business as usual.”
Supporters of Students for Survival plan to take action with Youth Climate Swarm, Just Stop Oil, Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and many other groups who are all making the same demand of the government.
Zak, aged 15 from Norwich said:
“No one wants to be doing this - we’ve been brought up to be obedient and prioritise our education but when our government refuses to take meaningful action on the climate crisis what choice do we have? My generation will be affected by this more than anyone else. The government needs to get a grip and act in the best interests of the people.”
Press contact: 07762 987334
Follow us on instagram: @students4survival.
Email us: firstname.lastname@example.org
Action photos and videos here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zpSe11OrQLkIdgRPnSVJQY3UCZ0sMmB3
Notes for editors
 Students For Survival will be hosting zoom calls each Thursday at 7pm for interested students. Register here: http://studentsforsurvival.org/meetings
 Students for Survival is currently acting in support of Just Stop Oil. Just Stop Oil is a coalition of groups working together to demand that the government immediately halt all future licensing and consents for the exploration, development and production of fossil fuels in the UK. Further information here: https://juststopoil.org/.


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The most striking difference between the explosion of an atomic bomb and that of an ordinary T.N.T. bomb is of course in magnitude; as the President announced after the Hiroshima attack, the explosive energy of each of the atomic bombs was equivalent to about 20,000 tons of T.N.T.
But in addition to its vastly greater power, an atomic explosion has several other very special characteristics. Ordinary explosion is a chemical reaction in which energy is released by the rearrangement of the atoms of the explosive material. In an atomic explosion the identity of the atoms, not simply their arrangement, is changed. A considerable fraction of the mass of the explosive charge, which may be uranium 235 or plutonium, is transformed into energy. Einstein's equation, E = mc^2, shows that matter that is transformed into energy may yield a total energy equivalent to the mass multiplied by the square of the velocity of light. The significance of the equation is easily seen when one recalls that the velocity of light is 186,000 miles per second. The energy released when a pound of T.N.T. explodes would, if converted entirely into heat, raise the temperature of 36 lbs. of water from freezing temperature (32 deg F) to boiling temperature (212 deg F). The nuclear fission of a pound of uranium would produce an equal temperature rise in over 200 million pounds of water.
The explosive effect of an ordinary material such as T.N.T. is derived from the rapid conversion of solid T.N.T. to gas, which occupies initially the same volume as the solid; it exerts intense pressures on the surrounding air and expands rapidly to a volume many times larger than the initial volume. A wave of high pressure thus rapidly moves outward from the center of the explosion and is the major cause of damage from ordinary high explosives. An atomic bomb also generates a wave of high pressure which is in fact of, much higher pressure than that from ordinary explosions; and this wave is again the major cause of damage to buildings and other structures. It differs from the pressure wave of a block buster in the size of the area over which high pressures are generated. It also differs in the duration of the pressure pulse at any given point: the pressure from a blockbuster lasts for a few milliseconds (a millisecond is one thousandth of a second) only, that from the atomic bomb for nearly a second, and was felt by observers both in Japan and in New Mexico as a very strong wind going by.
The next greatest difference between the atomic bomb and the T.N.T. explosion is the fact that the atomic bomb gives off greater amounts of radiation. Most of this radiation is "light" of some wave-length ranging from the so-called heat radiations of very long wave length to the so-called gamma rays which have wave-lengths even shorter than the X-rays used in medicine. All of these radiations travel at the same speed; this, the speed of light, is 186,000 miles per second. The radiations are intense enough to kill people within an appreciable distance from the explosion, and are in fact the major cause of deaths and injuries apart from mechanical injuries. The greatest number of radiation injuries was probably due to the ultra-violet rays which have a wave length slightly shorter than visible light and which caused flash burn comparable to severe sunburn. After these, the gamma rays of ultra short wave length are most important; these cause injuries similar to those from over-doses of X-rays.
The origin of the gamma rays is different from that of the bulk of the radiation: the latter is caused by the extremely high temperatures in the bomb, in the same way as light is emitted from the hot surface of the sun or from the wires in an incandescent lamp. The gamma rays on the other hand are emitted by the atomic nuclei themselves when they are transformed in the fission process. The gamma rays are therefore specific to the atomic bomb and are completely absent in T.N.T. explosions. The light of longer wave length (visible and ultra-violet) is also emitted by a T.N.T. explosion, but with much smaller intensity than by an atomic bomb, which makes it insignificant as far as damage is concerned.
A large fraction of the gamma rays is emitted in the first few microseconds (millionths of a second) of the atomic explosion, together with neutrons which are also produced in the nuclear fission. The neutrons have much less damage effect than the gamma rays because they have a smaller intensity and also because they are strongly absorbed in air and therefore can penetrate only to relatively small distances from the explosion: at a thousand yards the neutron intensity is negligible. After the nuclear emission, strong gamma radiation continues to come from the exploded bomb. This generates from the fission products and continues for about one minute until all of the explosion products have risen to such a height that the intensity received on the ground is negligible. A large number of beta rays are also emitted during this time, but they are unimportant because their range is not very great, only a few feet. The range of alpha particles from the unused active material and fissionable material of the bomb is even smaller.
Apart from the gamma radiation ordinary light is emitted, some of which is visible and some of which is the ultra violet rays mainly responsible for flash burns. The emission of light starts a few milliseconds after the nuclear explosion when the energy from the explosion reaches the air surrounding the bomb. The observer sees then a ball of fire which rapidly grows in size. During most of the early time, the ball of fire extends as far as the wave of high pressure. As the ball of fire grows its temperature and brightness decrease. Several milliseconds after the initiation of the explosion, the brightness of the ball of fire goes through a minimum, then it gets somewhat brighter and remains at the order of a few times the brightness of the sun for a period of 10 to 15 seconds for an observer at six miles distance. Most of the radiation is given off after this point of maximum brightness. Also after this maximum, the pressure waves run ahead of the ball of fire.
The ball of fire rapidly expands from the size of the bomb to a radius of several hundred feet at one second after the explosion. After this the most striking feature is the rise of the ball of fire at the rate of about 30 yards per second. Meanwhile it also continues to expand by mixing with the cooler air surrounding it. At the end of the first minute the ball has expanded to a radius of several hundred yards and risen to a height of about one mile. The shock wave has by now reached a radius of 15 miles and its pressure dropped to less than 1/10 of a pound per square inch. The ball now loses its brilliance and appears as a great cloud of smoke: the pulverized material of the bomb. This cloud continues to rise vertically and finally mushrooms out at an altitude of about 25,000 feet depending upon meteorological conditions. The cloud reaches a maximum height of between 50,000 and 70,000 feet in a time of over 30 minutes.
It is of interest to note that Dr. Hans Bethe, then a member of the Manhattan Engineer District on loan from Cornell University, predicted the existence and characteristics of this ball of fire months before the first test was carried out.
To summarize, radiation comes in two bursts - an extremely intense one lasting only about 3 milliseconds and a less intense one of much longer duration lasting several seconds. The second burst contains by far the larger fraction of the total light energy, more than 90%. But the first flash is especially large in ultra-violet radiation which is biologically more effective. Moreover, because the heat in this flash comes in such a short time, there is no time for any cooling to take place, and the temperature of a person's skin can be raised 50 degrees centigrade by the flash of visible and ultra-violet rays in the first millisecond at a distance of 4,000 yards. People may be injured by flash burns at even larger distances. Gamma radiation danger does not extend nearly so far and neutron radiation danger is still more limited.
The high skin temperatures result from the first flash of high intensity radiation and are probably as significant for injuries as the total dosages which come mainly from the second more sustained burst of radiation. The combination of skin temperature increase plus large ultra-violet flux inside 4,000 yards is injurious in all cases to exposed personnel. Beyond this point there may be cases of injury, depending upon the individual sensitivity. The infra-red dosage is probably less important because of its smaller intensity.


David Tennant has married fiancÃ©e Georgia Moffett in an intimate ceremony in London.
The ex-Doctor Who star and Moffett, who is the daughter of Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, were seen walking hand-in-hand through the capital yesterday after tying the knot on Friday (December 30).
Only close family and friends were invited to the nuptials, which took place at an unknown location.
The couple welcomed their daughter Olive in April. Moffett - also known for her role as DI Samantha Nixon's daughter Abigail in The Bill - already has a 9-year-old son called Tyler.
Davison previously said of his daughter's relationship: "I'm Âdelighted Georgia has found happiness."


This red and black fitted trucker cap is a great item to have as a reminder to enjoy life and take more risks any time you wear it. This can definitely change your attitude when you need it.
- 55% polyester, 43% cotton, 2% spandex
- Polyester/spandex mesh on side and back
- 6-panel, structured, mid-profile
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The show will go on without Dave Chappelle. More than six months after the star abruptly abandoned his "Chappelle's Show," Comedy Central said yesterday that it planned to assemble a third season of the hit series anyway.
The network has cobbled together enough material for four half-hour episodes, which are scheduled to run in late spring or early summer of 2006, said Doug Herzog, Comedy Central's president. "The audience has been telling us for a long time that they want to see more, so we thought we'd try and give them what we have," Mr. Herzog said.
To whet viewers' appetites, a two-and-a-half-minute montage of bits from the episodes is to be featured in "Comedy Central's Last Laugh '05," which has its premiere on Sunday. The montage will also be available on Monday on the network's Web site.
Mr. Herzog said that the network had been eager to include Mr. Chappelle in the creative process, but without success. "We have repeatedly tried to get Dave to figure out what he'd like to do with this stuff and it hasn't really gone anywhere," he said. Because Mr. Chappelle never taped his traditional on-stage introductions, how the shows will actually be presented has yet to be determined. The last original episode of the show was broadcast in May 2004.
Neil Brennan, Mr. Chappelle's former writing partner, has not ruled out working on the new episodes. "They have reached out to me," he said, "but I haven't decided anything yet." Mr. Brennan said he agreed with Comedy Central's decision to broadcast the new shows. "They sunk a lot of money into them and the sketches are great, so it makes good business sense and it makes sense creatively," he said.
Rumors about Mr. Chappelle's well-being abounded after Comedy Central said in May that production of the show was suspended because of Mr. Chappelle's unexpected absence. "I'm not crazy," he told Time magazine later that month. "I'm not smoking crack. I'm definitely stressed out." After a brief sabbatical in South Africa he returned to his home in Ohio. Since leaving his series, he has steadily performed stand-up around the country. Last month he was the headliner at the Las Vegas Comedy Festival.Continue reading the main story
Tony Fox, a Comedy Central spokesman, would not discuss the development deal Mr. Chappelle signed with the channel, one that could have been worth as much as $50 million. "He still receives profits from the show," Mr. Fox said. "That's all I can say."
Mr. Herzog predicted that the new episodes would garner strong ratings. "We wouldn't put them on the air if we didn't think they were hysterically funny," he said.
Correction: December 10, 2005, Saturday An article in Arts & Leisure on Nov. 27 about the comedian Dave Chappelle referred imprecisely to a three-day comedy festival where he was the headliner. While it took place in Las Vegas, it was not the city's festival. It was presented by HBO and AEG Live. An article in The Arts on Tuesday about Comedy Central's plans to put together a third season of "Chappelle's Show" despite the absence of Mr. Chappelle misidentified the festival. It was The Comedy Festival, not the Las Vegas Comedy Festival.Continue reading the main story


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I think this it the Wise old Grandaddy Tree of all trees in the world.. He sits deep in the middle of the Red Forest, in a secret location you can only find if the Faer Forest Folk smile upon you, once on the day of a Blue Moon. And they whisper a trail of cryptic clues that will lead down twisting turning paths and eventually to the Grandaddy... standing silently, surrounded by a protective faerie ring of trees reaching 400feet tall and 20feet wide.
I was lucky enough to visit the Redwood forest, California recently. We camped and hiked amongst the trees for 3 nights - those forests certainly have some magic amongst them. I really felt like they were whispering and communicating while we walked amongst them, we were so tiny! Some of those trees are over 2000 years old... just imagine 2000 years of strong, solid, living tree energy vibrating through the earth! I think it's quite healing to walk amongst those trees, absorbing their magic :)


My site was running good until recently. Suddenly none of the modules were able to use jQuery on the site. I came to know about this when I logged in as admin and my Nodequeues were not working.
The button on Panel pages on the top of each region to add content using CTools has also started behaving weirdly. Earlier one had to click on the button on top of each region to see the menu that said "Add content" but now that menu is fully expanded without clicking.
Is it correct to conclude that all this is happening because the modules are not able to access the jQuery library? The jQuery UI and jQuery modules are installed and were working properly before yesterday.


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While many in the media were focused intensely on the rip heard ’round the world, there was one Democratic lawmaker — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona — who set the example for unity during Tuesday’s State of the Union address.
From an optics perspective, the biggest moment during President Donald Trump’s speech last night came at the end: when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) meticulously tore through the transcript of the Republican leader’s address.
It was a lowbrow move — one that, unfortunately, defines much of our political discourse in the Trump era: two parties so divided, their members can hardly see past their own noses, their words and actions often patently vitriolic, further eroding what little unity might remain in our cultural fabric.
But even in its fragility, you’d be mistaken to believe that unity is gone entirely.
At one point during his speech, Trump praised Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) for his work in so-called “opportunity zones,” which constitutes the promotion of investment, economic growth, and job creation in underdeveloped communities.
The “opportunity zone” program, which Scott fought to include in the Republican-led tax cuts of 2017, grants capital gains tax breaks to investors who pour money into economically distressed areas. The initiative was initially promoted as a standalone bill with bipartisan support before being attached to the tax legislation.
Trump praised Scott for spearheading the investment into underdeveloped communities around the country.
It was in that moment that Sinema set aside the politics of the moment and instead chose to celebrate what is a bipartisan, and unifying, success. She gave Scott a standing ovation.
Sinema showed Americans of all political stripes what it truly means to be unifying. It’s easier to show support across the aisle in a less divisive time, when the country hasn’t been as plagued by partisanship as it is today. What the senator from Arizona did Tuesday night was genuinely bold.
She stood athwart her own political party, whose members sat in stoic opposition to a president they loathe. Unmoored from the status quo of the Democratic Party, Sinema broke ranks, setting aside her myriad disagreements with Trump to stand in solidarity with her Republican colleague whose efforts have bettered the lives of Americans around the country.
The two senators — Scott and Sinema — continued showing unity on social media after Trump’s speech wrapped. Scott thanked Sinema for her support, and in response, the Arizona Democrat said she “couldn’t be prouder” to support his efforts, counting herself “lucky” to call the South Carolina Republican “a friend.”
Whether your perspective matches Trump’s or more closely aligns with Sinema’s, we can all learn a lesson from the 43-year-old lawmaker’s actions during the SOTU address. In her ovation we can also find a thread of unity in our national fabric — one that desperately needs to be rewoven.


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Also looking at the tangle frame bag, their specs says
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The GDPR 3 weeks on | Storm Internet
GDPR nearly a month on: How has it affected you?
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is here to stay and leave a organisations with a mix of new challenges and opportunities. It represents the most extensive overhaul of the European Union (EU) data protection legislation in the last 20 years. A legal game-changer, the GDPR is geared towards giving the right of ownership of data back to European citizens and enforcing stricter rules for storing, distributing, and manipulating information.
Therefore, it offers data subjects a more robust protection and provides clearer guidelines to organisations managing their data. But, the key question is what has really changed since it rolled in on May 25th?
Everything has changed
With the enactment of GDPR, organisations in the EU have to worry about more than just damage to the public image and mild resource strain. The penalties for non-compliance mandated by the regulation are steep – up to 4% of the organisation annual revenue or €20 million, whichever is higher. To avoid this financial blow, businesses are tasked with bringing their data protection policies in line with the regulation and the deadline is set— the end of 2018.
However, do these ramifications necessarily bring forth a safer cyber environment for everyone? The incentives to adapt fully to the rules of the game have certainly never been higher. Then again, the security stakes of major data breaches were always high: consumer trust, strategic information, monetary assets, and intellectual property (IP).
The difference today is that the days of various legal interpretations of EU Data Protection Directive are over. In their place, we have a standardized, Pan-European framework that leaves little to no room for guesswork: any customer data breach must be reported within 72 hours. This improvement should bring forth the promise foretold by authorities: significant benefits for EU data subjects and their online security.
The pace of enforcement
GDPR gives us an opportunity to rethink data security, but we have to observe whether the practices and policies in the business landscape have changed. Well, organisations have one more year until the Regulation applies, although a period of “lenient enforcement” will last two years. This less-than-rigid timetable has produced a lack of immediate transition and suggests that most businesses across the EU will struggle with or forgo compliance for months to come.
And we can already see the proof. In a statement on ePrivacy Regulation, EU authorities declared that most enterprises (82%) still don’t have any data-breach notification plan. In addition, one-quarter of all businesses within the EU will not be able to match aforementioned notification windows and warn customers or governing bodies that the breach has occurred.
Finally, the same official document classifies notorious “cookie walls” as incompatible with the new regulation. This is to say that practice of storing cookies and using other tracking technologies without a “freely-given consent” is to be explicitly banned.
Users feeling the ripples
But, what could really stage a triumph for online security and prompt organisations to step up their data protection practices are complaints from data subjects themselves. Under the new legislation, cases of lodging complaints with the DPA warrant an official investigation and potentially red-flag businesses for GDPR non-compliance. And within hours of legislation taking effect, complaints were filed against Facebook, Google, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
This gives confidence that we might see widespread adoption sooner rather than later.
Still not in the clear
The new regulation unequivocally introduces rigid regulations and tougher fines. Affected are organisations using or processing personal data of EU residents, as well as data subjects themselves. So, does the GPR bring these parties closer together in a battle against evolving online threats?
The answer is not cut and dried, but steps have been made in the right direction. EU officials have announced organizations will have to reduce the risk of data breaches and do away with the old practices such as ‘’cookie walls”. In more than one way, business entities are propelled to bolster online security credentials and keep users’ data safe. Will it be enough? The next few months are sure to provide us with a much clearer answer.
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Starstruck Charlyboy excited after meeting singer Davido
Charlyboy, an entertainer, has taken to Instagram to share his excitement at meeting Davido.
Charlyboy, whose real name is Charles Oputa, explained that his hands shook due to excitement, so he couldn’t take a photo of himself and the singer.
He said Davido had to help him take the photo.
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Galaxy Z Fold 3 rumored to feature an unannounced chip, could it be Samsung's AMD-based SoC?
Prolific leaker Ice Universe claims that Galaxy Z Fold 3's chipset is a top secret, which means we can count out the Snapdragon 888 and the Exynos 2100 which powers the European and Middle Eastern variants of the Galaxy S21 series.
This makes us wonder if the Fold 3 will feature a new Exynos chip with an AMD GPU.
Among the various information of Galaxy Z Fold 3, the processor is called the Top secret. If it uses Snapdragon 888 or Exynos2100, I cannot understand that it will be called top secret. unless. . .— Ice universe (@UniverseIce) April 16, 2021
Z Fold 3 might be powered by the AMD-based Exynos 9925 or the Snapdragon 888+
During Exynos 2100's unveiling event, Samsung's System LSI Business' President Dr. Inyup Kang said that "the next flagship product" will come with an AMD GPU. It's not clear if he meant the next premium chip or the next high-end phone.
Samsung is widely expected to unveil the new GPU in June, but an earlier rumor said that it could be a while before a chip with AMD graphics is released. That said, the custom GPU was previously expected to come in 2022, so Samsung seems to be working ahead of schedule, and it might launch an AMD-based Exynos chip sooner than expected. The chipset is apparently internally known as the Exynos 9925.
Exynos 2100's CPU is about as good as the Snapdragon 888, thanks to the changes Samsung has made, but Qualcomm's Adreno GPU still has an edge in graphics. Leaked benchmark results suggest that Samsung's AMD GPU will be a true Adreno rival, and it might even be on par with Apple's Bionic SoC's graphics performance.
Alternatively, it could be that the Galaxy Z Fold 3 will be fueled by a new version of the Snapdragon 888.
Samsung's upcoming foldable flagship is expected to have slightly smaller display and battery than the Fold 2. Camera specs are largely unknown.
The device is also rumored to offer S Pen compatibility, but it might not have a dedicated slot for the stylus. Leaks also say that it will have an under-panel selfie camera. It will likely be one of the best Samsung phones of 2021.
The phone will seemingly be unveiled in July, alongside the Z Flip 3 and the Galaxy S21 FE.
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Help – Polycystic ovary syndrome (also known as PCOS) is a common disorder that affects 1 in 10 women in the UK alone and millions of women across the world. It causes a host of symptoms and additional health complications, which can culminate in decreased mental health and the onset of anxiety and depression for the women who are struggling with PCOS.
While those suffering with symptoms that are suspected or have been confirmed to be the symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome should always seek the advice and treatment of their medical doctors to manage their physical health, counselling is an excellent option to help deal with the mental health challenges that are common when dealing with impactful diagnoses such as polycystic ovary syndrome. At Horizon Plymouth, our counsellors are experienced in helping individuals cope with medical diagnoses, especially those like polycystic ovary syndrome that have far-reaching effects.
Symptoms of polycystic ovary syndrome
PCOS is one of the leading causes of fertility problems in women—a fact which alone can be devastating for many individuals struggling to have children—but this fact is accompanied by a host of other potential symptoms or health complications. Some of these symptoms may not arise until much later in your diagnosis, while others are immediately apparent. Additionally, some women may experience the entire range of symptoms, while others may battle a select few. No matter what your symptoms look like, however, your journey with polycystic ovary syndrome is your own, and any mental health issues that arise are valid. In addition to fertility issues, symptoms associated with polycystic ovary syndrome may include:
- Irregular or absent periods: this is often one of the first signs of potential PCOS in young women
- Excess facial or body hair: due to increased androgen levels, hair usually apparent on face, chest, or back
- Weight gain: rapid weight gain, difficulty losing weight
- Oily skin
- Thinning hair
- Development of comorbid health conditions: conditions such as type 2 diabetes and elevated cholesterol levels can develop later in life.
How can counselling help?
Polycystic ovary syndrome is a physical health condition that requires the primary attention of your medical doctor. However, common symptoms can be highly impactful for women and may cause the development of mental health challenges as they try to cope with overwhelming worries, concerns, and life changes. These issues are less easily treated by a medical doctor, but are no less significant when it comes to the impact on an individual’s life and health, instead requiring the counselling expertise of the professionals at Horizon Plymouth.
Working with one of the counsellors at Horizon Plymouth can help you to come to terms with your diagnosis and the associated ramifications for your future, as well as work through any anxiety or depression that may have arisen as a result of polycystic ovary syndrome or its symptoms. For example, a woman may work with a counsellor to work through feelings of loss, guilt, or anger surrounding an inability to conceive or a difficult or complicated pregnancy. A woman could also seek counselling to help her recover her self-esteem following changes to her appearance that have affected her self-worth.
As is the case with counselling for any physical health diagnosis or disorder, coping with the symptoms is likely going to affect your mental health as well. Whether you have recently been diagnosed or have been battling the physical and mental symptoms of PCOS for an extended period of time, the counsellors at Horizon Plymouth can provide counselling services to help you cope, heal, and grow no matter how severe your mental health symptoms or how long you have been struggling. Begin your journey towards better internal healing now—contact Horizon Plymouth to speak with a representative and schedule your initial consultation today.


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- Trauerkantate / Cantata of Grief
A Film by Pia Hellenthal and Marina Klauser.Graduation piece at KHM – Academy of Media Arts Cologne.Doomsday mood in an institution for assisted suicide! Patients, nurses, and doctors voice their distress about everyday suffering and the hurts of life. In this pitch-black tragic comedy, the six actors address the audience in soliloquies.
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Hyde Park United Methodist Church: Hudson Valley Folk Guild Friends of Fiddler’s Green Chapter, Route 9 and Church Street, Hyde Park, 8 p.m. Sept. 14. $12; senior citizens, $10; HVFG members, $8. Featuring Magpie - Greg Artzner and Terry Leonino on guitar, mandolin and dulcimer. 758-2681 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
Elks Club: Dance Night, 900 Wolcott Ave., Route 9D, Beacon, 7 p.m. Sept. 15. Full cash bar available. $10; $5 for Elks members. 765-0667.
Eugene D. Nesin Theatre: “Songs Without Words” featured clarinet soloist Anton Rist and music by Rossini and Mozart, 22 St. John St., Monticello, 7 p.m Sept. 15 and 3 p.m. Sept. 16 at White Lake Reformed Presbyterian Church, Route 17B Madison Rd., White Lake. $20; senior citizens, $18; students enter free. Tickets online or at the door, nesinculturalarts.org. 798-9006.
Phillipsport Community Center: Ayanna Martine, a young singer/songwriter from Otisville, will perform. Chai on Music with Richie Chiger and Lori Schneider on vocals; Leon Hilfstein on piano; Larry Ravdin on clarinet, sax and flute; David Winograd on bass; Anastasia Solberg on violin. Yiddish folk songs and lullabies, Hebrew songs, Broadway (Jewish composers) and beyond. 657 Red Hill Rd, Phillipsport, 7 p.m. Sept. 15. Doors open 6:30 p.m. $2. Homemade food and desserts available for purchase. 313-1772.
Saugerties United Methodist Church: Saugerties Pro Musica - Daurov/Myer Duo, 67 Washington Ave., Saugerties, 3 p.m. Sept. 16. $15; seniors, $12, students free. 679-5733.
Iron Forge Inn: Jazz Brunch with The Skye Jazz Trio: Dave Smith, keyboards, Jeremy Goldberg, bass and Steve Rubin, drums, 38 Iron Forge Road, Warwick, noon-3 p.m. Sept. 16. 917-903-4380
First Presbyterian Church: “Meet and Greet with the Four Seasons Chorale”, 60 Sussex Street, Port Jervis, 6:30-8 p.m. Sept.18. The group rehearses on Tuesday nights, 6:30-8 p.m. in Marsh Hall of First Presbyterian Church and is under the direction of Kathy Brink. The chorale is organizing for a new season and invites all local singers to come and find out more about the group. New members are welcome. For info call Kathy at 570-430-1755 or email email@example.com. Rehearsals will begin in October.
Paramount Hudson Valley Theater: Jefferson Starship, 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill, 8 p.m. Sept. 14. 1970s American rock band with hits like “Miracles” and “With Your Love.” $35-$62.50. Ani DiFranco performs, 8 p.m. Sept. 18. Tickets, $49-$75. 914-739-0039, Paramounthudsonvalley.com.
Paramount Hudson Valley Theater: The Gipsy Kings featuring Nicolas Reyes and Tonino Baliardo, 1008 Brown Street, Peekskill, 8 p.m. Sept. 22. Opening guest, PARK88. Call for ticket prices and order by phone or at the box office, 914-739-0039. No online tickets available.
Warwick On The Green: "The Concert for George" a celebration of the music of George Harrison, Warwick, 7 p.m. Sept. 22, performed by The Dark Horses featuring Michael O'Brien, Glenn John Arnowitz, Gerard Mancini, Mike Hickey and Paul Binotto with special guests Christy Hickey, Gloria Esch, Barton Schindler, Mike Pacer and members of the Warwick Valley Chorale. Bring a lawn chair and/or blanket.
Cunneen-Hackett Arts Center: Beyond a Simple Folk Song concert, 12 Vassar St., Poughkeepsie, 2 p.m. Sept. 23. Featuring: Helen Avakian, The Herstonians, Neil Okeson and Kevin Becker. Advance, $8; $10 at the door. 229-0170.
The Warwick Center For The Performing Arts: Jazz Improv - INNERrOUTe, 63 Wheeler Ave., Warwick, 3 p.m. Sept. 23. $10. 986-2466.
Towne Crier: Dance Jam, 379 Main St., Beacon, 7 p.m. Sept. 27. $10. 765-0667.


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Chad Childers has been a music lover since his parents dragged him along to an Aerosmith/Bachman Turner Overdrive show as an infant. His love of music turned into a career in the mid-90s when he left a job in the Midwest as a librarian and moved to California to intern for Westwood One Radio. That led to work researching for Casey Kasem's countdown shows, writing and producing the alternative and active rock-related prep services SpinFax, The Fax, and Rip, Read and Rock as well as doing interviews across all music and entertainment formats.
Miley Cyrus Announces Rock Album Details + Rock Star Guests
'Plastic Hearts' is part of her new path after a significant loss.
‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Composer Danny Elfman Returns With New Single ‘Happy’
Stepping out of the soundtrack world, Elfman returns with 'Happy.'
How Dave Grohl Overcame His Coffee Addiction (Kinda) With ‘FreshPotix’
If you don't mind a few (or a lot) of side effects.
Sharon + Ozzy Osbourne Victims of Credit Card Fraud
Sharon relayed her story on an episode of 'The Talk.'
Nirvana Producer Doubts ‘Nevermind’ Would Have Same Impact Today
Let him explain.
Tenacious D Recruit Politicians + Celebs for Rocky Horror ‘Time Warp’ Cover
It's just a step to the left.
Kid Rock Had to Be Told to Wear a Mask at Presidential Debate
Check out the photos.
Scott Stapp Rallies for Voter Registration With ‘World I Used to Know’ Video
The singer is sending a message on National Voter Registration Day.
25 Years Ago: Red Hot Chili Peppers Release ‘One Hot Minute’
Their first album without John Frusciante.
New Shoe Lets You Experience Music Through Your Feet
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A Young Adult Fiction Novel
A story where the real world meets the supernatural
Katie Brewer was a victim of cyber bullying, now she is a ghost seeking revenge. Her ghost appears to a fourteen year old named Benjamin Cruz, a bullied victim himself. Depressed by the torment he suffers from the bullies' daily abuse, Benjamin wishes his life would come to an end.
Katie offers her help in dealing with the bullies, but her help has a price. Benjamin needs to prove that her suicide was in fact---a cyber homicide.
NOW YOU SEE ME, NOW YOU DON'T is the story of a ghost with unfinished business and an outcast boy that takes on a mission that will change his outlook on life.
Copyright@ 2011 Judith P. Vaughan
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