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Good morning, folks! I am heading back to work today after taking a short vacation last week and I think I will get more rest at work than I did at home. I spring cleaned on Wednesday and Thursday then painted the master bathroom and bedroom Friday and Saturday. The color is pretty much the same as it was, a pale cool blue. In fact, it may just be a shade lighter and I also touched up the baseboards and door trim, too. It is amazing what a fresh coat of paint will do for a room. Everything looks so fresh and clean.
What brought this paint party on, you ask? Well, when we built our house seven years ago, we installed plain old frameless mirrors in the master bath. They are nice and big, but not so pretty especially with the plastic clips. I have been wanting to frame them for a while and I found out about this product called Mirror Mate. I promise to have a whole post about them when the project is done, but for now I have ordered three samples so we can choose the one we like best. Can’t wait! Before we install these, I wanted the room to have a fresh coat of paint so that is why I had a paint roller or brush in my hand for two days.
I also took a little time to plant some lettuce starts and carrot seeds, too. Let the gardening begin!
There were a couple of menu items that didn’t get made last week because we had leftovers to eat instead. These are getting postponed to this week. I hope everyone has a safe and blessed week!
Tacos with fresh fruit
Shredded pork BBQ with curly fries
Please join me over at I’m An Organizing Junkie for Menu Plan Monday.


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Create the perfect monogram with Sweet Stamp's Laurel Frames. Designed especially to work for cupcakes and cookies, create initials using the Cookie SweetStamp Set and then frame with the laurel wreath. Or create endless patterns with the laurel branches. Simply press lightly into your fondant, and paint in the impression, to create stunning patterns and designs on your cake.
The set includes one laurel wreath and two pairs of laurel branches.
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Large Laurel Branch: 7.6cm long
Small Laurel Branch: 5.7cm long
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Sculptures of the animals that existed in that era were also carved. The Neolithic period saw the introduction of metal tools to complement stone tools, human settlement into communities, agriculture development and domestication of animals. As a result, several drawings have been discovered depicting the Neolithic way of life; mostly domestic animals like herds of cattle and horses. There were also increased images and sculptures of humans (mostly females).
The animal incisions on rocks and sculptures in this period were sharper and had finer finishing thanks to the use of more advanced metal tools compared to the all stone tools of the Paleolithic period. Sociology was a major factor in the differences in animal depictions between these two periods. For instance, humans in the Paleolithic period did not live in communities as a result of their hunting and gathering lifestyles which were characterized by constant movement and the lesser the number of humans in a group, the minimal the competition for food acquired.
This explains the images of hunting scenes and wild animals in widely scattered and concealed caves. The social structure in the Neolithic period changed to formation of communities that inhabited villages which explains the paintings of domestic animals adjacent to human dwellings.
REFERENCES M. Hoover, Art of the Paleolithic and Neolithic Eras. July 2001. Art History Survey 1, San Antonio College. May 22, 2010 < http://www. alamo. edu/sac/vat/arthistory/arts1303/palneo. htm>

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The ACCOMPLISSH project will set up a dialogue platform with representatives from academia, industry, governments and societal partners. The ACCOMPLISSH dialogue platform is organised in such a way that academia, industry, governments and societal partners equally contribute in identifying barriers and enablers of co-creation. The results from both practice and the theory of co-creation form the basis of the valorisation concept and will be tested in the project in a quadruple helix setting. This concept will be tested and developed in such a way that it is transferable, scalable and customized for academia, industry, governments and societal partners in the whole of Europe.


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Video: Dramatic moment rescuers save Kent woman and son stranded on Mount Snowdon
A Sea King rescue
helicopter takes off after saving the pair
This is the dramatic moment a stranded Kent woman and her
teenage son were rescued from Mount Snowdon.
An RAF helicopter was scrambled to rescue the
41-year-old woman and the boy of 17 suffering
Rescuers said they were not properly equipped and did
not have adequate clothing for the 3,560ft mountain -
Britain's second highest - yesterday.
They were saved after another walker found the pair stranded on
ice and snow after they lost their way.
Video: Rescuers save the
mother and her teenage son
The Sea King search and rescue helicopter flew out from Anglesey
to their aid in "truly awful" conditions amid a 70mph
A 12-strong volunteer team from the Llanberis Mountain Rescue
Team was scrambled at about 9.35am.
They roped the pair to safety before giving first aid and
airlifting them to Bangor.
Rescuers give the woman
and her teenage son first aid in a tent to protect them from the
A rescue team spokesman said: "The mother and son left Pen y
Pass intending to go to Snowdon's summit via Pyg Track.
"They encountered snow and ice from the intersection of the Pyg
Track and the Miners' Track but continued to the summit of Snowdon
despite slipping and sliding.
"They decided to descend via the Llanberis Path but quickly
became disorientated by wind and cold and felt unable to go on.
"A passing walker who was properly equipped for the conditions
stopped to help them and called for assistance from the mountain
The woman and her son are
bundled into a rescue helicopter
The spokesman said both mother and son became hypothermic.
He said anyone heading for the upper reaches of Snowdon need an
ice axe and warm clothing as well as food and warm drinks.
The spokesman added people should recognise their
limitations and be prepared to turn back in good time if
Mount Snowdon attracts thousands of walkers every year, but
unexperienced adventurers can quickly face trouble if they are
There have been several deaths on the Llanberis Path, where
walkers have slid from the hard snow.
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Songs in this series. 1. ¿Con qué la lavaré? 2. Vos me matásteis; 3. ¿De dónde venís, amore? 4. De los álamos vengo, madre. Composer; Performances. [translations by John Glenn Paton]. Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios () [ anonymous]. Joaquin Rodrigo. ¿Con qué la lavaré? (–). Vos me matásteis. Cuatro madrigales amatorios (). Compose date: Duration: 8′. Editor: Chester. Orchestration: soprano 2 (1) 1 0 1 1 0 0 Str. Versions: Original for voice.
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It’s understandable that Rodrigo would strive to honor these works. This endorsement proved a great boon to the popularity of the villancico, which rose to prominence at this time as a polyphonic form which we hear today in many great madrigals. Beautiful Dorian-mode harmonies begin the work.
En Aranjuez con tu amor. Works were no longer solely written for court use; in the 16th century there can be found a wealth of folk music very much oriented amatodios the Spanish peasant. Streams Videos All Posts. Shall it be “timidly Composed inthis collection of four love songs is drawn almost entirely from 16th century vocal music.
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Fuenllana modernized these songs by rewriting them for vihuela, while Rodrigo casts them in a more contemporary light by orchestrating them for an ensemble befitting the 20th century, with a full orchestra sound complete with strings and winds. Nothing else in Rodrigo’s catalogue is more heavily influenced by folk music than his “Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios”. Jazz Latin New Age.
Madrigales (4) amatorios, for voice & piano (or soprano & orchestra)
The text repeats and gradually adds more lines, eventually marrigales a complete image in which the mother is urged to go to see the popular trees in Seville, where the singer’s beautiful girlfriend lives. Introspection Late Night Partying. All three of these were originally written by Miguel de Fuenllana. Themes of anguish and pain seemed to be characteristic of the Golden Age; in a time when arts and literature were flourishing, it became fashionable to share in the hardship experienced by the lower class.
Songs and Madrigals for Soprano and Orchestra. The text, which is only four lines long, is repeated in isolated phrases and reharmonized, taking on a surreal character as a result of this obsessiveness.
Share on facebook twitter tumblr. Fuenllana wrote his three madrigals as part of his “Orphenica Lyra”, which was composed for the court of Prince Phillip II. Rodrigo himself was heavily influenced by the Spanish Civil War, a pivotal aspect of which was the struggle of the lower and middle class against the burguesia, or the elite.
Sur Les Ailes du Chant. This may seem to be at odds with the “popular” focus of art in the Golden Age – however, during this time it was a philosophy embraced as much by the upper class as much as it was by the Spanish citizens.
In “Vos me matasteis” leftthe soloist performs a song of love which comes straight out of Spanish peasant culture, expressing heartbreak which the elite were likely not overly familiar with.
Songs from the Exotic.
The Maiden and the Nightingale: It is an ambiguous history which proves the practice of adaptation in music composition. The melody itself has a lively Latin folk flavor accompanied by “wrong-note” tone clusters and tinkling motoric patterns.
AllMusic Featured Composition Noteworthy. This led to a fascination with, and romanticization of, “peasant” music in the royal court.
Indeed, it was during a time of intense pain that he composed part of his most recognized piece, the Concierto De Aranjuez. This renewed focus amatoorios the citizenry, rather than the aristocracy, had a profound influence on the music being composed at the time. With what then shall I bathe? It was the elite’s amatorio with romantic adversity which served to popularize such a broad musical movement, and gave birth to some of the time’s most exemplary art. Madrigqles fourth madrigal, De donde venis, amore?
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Max occupancy: 6
2 Queen Bed,
1 Sofa Bed
523 Gatlin Dr #126, Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Enjoy peace of mind with flexible options to change or cancel your trip.
If your check-in date is at least 30 days away, you can reschedule your trip, cancel and receive 100% of the cost as a Future Stay Credit, or cancel for a refund (minus the booking fee).
Professional housekeepers clean and stock each home, using an EPA-approved disinfectant.
Each trip is backed by 24/7 customer support and local teams everywhere we operate.
Many Vacasa homes use smart locks or lockboxes for a smooth, contactless check-in.
Luxury condo w/ elevator access, free WiFi, a full kitchen, & mountain views!
This spacious and luxurious condo offers plenty of room for friends and family members to gather together while planning out their days of adventures in the Great Smoky Mountains. Prepare meals for everyone in the full, well-equipped kitchen, cuddle up by the gas fireplace, or enjoy your morning coffee or a mug of hot cocoa while taking in the mountain views from your private balcony.
What’s nearby: This rental is located just two miles from the Great Smoky Arts and Crafts Community with over 100 artisans crafting one-of-a-kind items. Downtown Gatlinburg is only three miles from your front door where you can visit the many all-ages attractions or ski at Ober Gatlinburg. Make certain to stop at one of the many distilleries or wineries in the area, offering samples of moonshine and local wines. And carve out some time in your schedule for an exciting trip into Pigeon Forge for outlet shopping, museums, restaurants, and the famous Dollywood Theme Park, all just a short nine miles away.
Things to know: Free WiFi Full kitchen Sofabed included Elevator on-site * Please note that that there are security cameras on-site
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Charlene D.Sep 2020
Spacious space,quiet and relaxing.
Samantha H.Aug 2020
Perfect stay for 2 couples or family. It was really clean and inviting. We didn’t have any issues. The balcony rocking chairs are extra relaxing after a long day hiking. Highly recommend for your Gatlinburg/ Smoky Mountain stay!
Brandy D.Aug 2020
My family loved staying here during our trip to Gatlinburg. It was spacious, had a decent view, and was stocked with so many things that made our trip easier. Our first day there, we got to watch a bear walking around the parking area. What an amazing experience! We were really impressed with our stay!
Bonnie W.Jul 2020
Definitely like the condo. Just wish they had a pool
W Scott F.Jul 2020
This unit was very spacious and exceptionally clean. Corner unit with a great view!
Eric W.Jul 2020
Nice and clean place to stay!!!
Dakota S.Mar 2020
How big it was great can’t really complain but kinda need bigger TVs but other then that it was perfect
Robby P.Jan 2020
Very clean, private, peaceful
Floyd M.Dec 2019
Can not wait to come back this summer was very convenient to everything very comfortable like being at home....
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Rhetta A.Aug 2019
Very nice place
Robert W.Jun 2019
No outside grill (which was advertised) and no pool
We're very sorry for the inconvenience during your stay. This issue occurred under a previous management company. Our local teams are working with that company to learn from feedback and fix any issues. We just started managing this unit and would love for you to try staying with Vacasa in the future to experience our world class service.
Chris M.Oct 2018
Communication before and during the stay was spot on. There were no surprises and the one issue with the coffee maker was fixed by lunch.
Colleen W.Oct 2018
Making the reservation was easy, customer service was excellent, the rental was clean, well maintained and just like the description.
Kathy C.May 2018
Our condo was absolutely beautiful! Just like the pictures online, only better!

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tubers, legumes, and/or potatoes are a tasty treat for any kind of carnivor, mearly add them (not sparingly, mind you) to the plate of a well cooked bit of animal flesh. this will keep them happy, healthy, and coming back for more!
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Affresh® cleaner for under counter ice machines. Safe for use in the water tank, ice storage bin and on the evaporator. 16oz.
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Traditional farming practices can no longer sustain livelihoods in the wake of declining soil fertility, population pressure and climate change. The area is characterized by highly variable rainfall, and increasing incidences of drought create widespread food shortages. Women and girls face the greatest challenges, as deep-rooted inequalities within the patriarchal culture keep them in low social positions and restrict their access to basic services and participation in decision making. Development in Senegal must focus on increasing resiliency of communities living within the Sahel region, with an emphasis on the wellbeing of women.
Our Partners in Senegal
Groundswell began collaboration with Agrecol Afrique in 2015. We work together, along with other partners in West Africa, on a regional program supporting farmers to deepen and spread agroecological practices, strengthen women’s roles, and improve family nutrition. Agrecol Afrique has strong capacity to work with womens’ and farmers’ organizations to support organic agriculture and local food markets.
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Was there in October it was fabulous. The Hotel is very smart and the gardens are brilliant. The staff are very friendly and go out of their way to make your stay as happy as possible. The guy who runs the bar is the best ever. A new animation bloke called Alex started while we were there, he was very... More
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EA has severed licensing ties with gun manufacturers. The company told Reuters that it will no longer pay gun companies to use their names and guns, however this won’t prevent these guns from featuring in future EA titles.
It has been industry practice for publishers like EA and Activision to have deals in place with weapons manufacturers to use their brands and products in games such as Medal of Honor: Warfighter and Call of Duty: Black Ops II; Eurogamer’s Simon Parkin looked at the issue earlier this year.
Indeed, in the lead up to Warfighter’s release, EA highly touted the game’s attention to “authenticity”, going so far as to use the game’s website to promote its gun partnerships and to even promote a real-life Warfighter-branded tomahawk.
After criticism, the company removed all references to gun maker partnerships from the website, and now it has taken this one step further. “We won’t do that again,” EA spokesperson Jeff Brown told Reuters, “The action games we will release this year will not include licensed images of weapons.” He said that the recent gun-control debate and comments from the NRA had no impact on the decision, “The response from our audience was pretty clear: they feel the comments from the NRA were a simple attempt to change the subject”
However, EA has said that it still has the ability to use real-world guns in game, even without licence. “We’re telling a story and we have a point of view,” said EA President of Labels Frank Gibeau, “A book doesn’t pay for saying the word ‘Colt,’ for example.”
Although gun companies have yet to sue a game company for unlicensed use of their products in-game, the helicopter manufacturer Taxtron Inc has argued that the Battlefield series’ use of its Bell Helicoptor amounted to trademark infringement. EA pre-emptively filed a suit against the company to settle this issue.
Activision has not commented on the issue.
[Source: Reuters (via The Verge)]
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San Francisco, CA Sneaker large Nike seems poised to settle a long-running California labor lawsuit for $8.25 million. Rodriguez v. Nike Retail Services Inc. has a history that displays one of many more vital developments in California labor law since 2018.
This information discusses 10 authorized dangers which apply, or probably apply, to Twitter, in the context of latest media consideration given to the lawfulness of tweets. A company that correctly attends to those areas and has data to prove it, nonetheless, will be capable of use this to promote its own image of company duty, enhancing its ability to employ, to contract with customers and importantly, its personal worth. Further, they have an obligation over the company’s business relationships with its suppliers and customers and the desirability of the company sustaining a popularity for prime standards of enterprise conduct. When an organization starts taking a look at its corporate … Read More


The JR Panthers Fifth Annual Early Bird Tournament that ran from August 24-26 was deemed a success both on and off the ice as eight JR Panthers teams were crowned champions of their individual tournaments.
Hosted at the Saveology.com Iceplex, 40 teams competed for the championship and it was the JR Panthers that came out on top in the Squirt (A, AA), Peewee (A, AA), Bantam (A, AA), U16 A and U18 AA levels.
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The first Final of Sunday was actually the only game that did not see a single JR Panthers team in the Championship contest as Scorpions Red beat Scorpions Black 2-1 in a shootout for the U16 AA division. Scorpions Black had beat the JR Panthers 3-1 in the semis to make it to the finals. From there however it was a recurring theme as JR Panthers team after JR Panthers team came away with the final victory they seeked in their respective division.
The Peewee AA team (11:30am start) defeated the Scorpions 2-0 as Matthew Horowitz set up Connor Mylymok for both goals of the game. The tallies both came on the power play.
Then the Squirt A team (12:00pm start) doused the Flames by a 4-2 final as Jaden Brignoni scored the game winner and added the insurance goal in the third period for the win.
The Peewee A team (12:30pm start) followed up with a dominant 4-0 shutout victory over the Scorpions. Kevin Holman scored the game winner just 39 seconds in and Ben Cunneen pitched the shutout on the way to the championship.
In a tightly contested affair, the Bantam A team (1:00pm start) got a goal from Michael Braverman 5:47 into the second period that stood up as the winner as they defeated the Blackhawks 1-0.
It took a third period goal from Jason Alten, 2:44 in, for the Squirt AA (1:30pm start) to come out on top of the Golden Wolves 2-1 for their championship.
With a 2:30pm start, the Bantam AA team rolled on to a 5-1 victory over the Scorpions (Black). Garrett Schwartz (GW, Assist) and Justin Bofshever (2 Goals, Assist) led the way to victory.
The U18 AA team pulled away from the Scorpions with three goals in the first 1:40 of the second period as they rolled on to a 4-1 victory.
In the final game of the Early Bird Tournament, the U16A (3:45pm start) jumped out to a commanding lead as they scored four goals into the first and added what turned out to be the game winner with a goal from Zach Wanger in the second as they held on to a 6-4 victory.
The success of the play in tournaments (six of the teams were first seed heading into the final game) will help propel them into league play before hosting another tournament in November. The Thanksgiving Invitational runs from November 23-25 and features teams from around the country and world.


Somerset County Council District of Taunton Deane Parish of Langford Budville Temporary Closure of Runnington LaneNotice ID: BOU1368682
Somerset County Council District of Taunton Deane Parish of Langford Budville Temporary Closure of Runnington Lane TAKE NOTICE that in pursuance of Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984, as amended by the Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991, the County Council of Somerset propose to make an Order PROHIBITING ALL TRAFFIC from proceeding along Runnington Lane from 260m south east of the junction with Langford Budville Road, south-eastwards for a distance of 90 metres.
This order will enable BT Openreach to carry out D Pole Project works.
The Order becomes effective on 17 October 2019 and will remain in force for eighteen months. The works are expected to last for 3 days (09.30 - 15.30hrs, excluding the weekend). Please visit
for further information on the alternative route. For information about the works being carried out please contact Utility Services Ltd on 01884 763100.
Patrick Flaherty, Chief Executive Dated: 26 September 2019


A DevOps Engineer develops and maintains the infrastructure and tools needed for software development, testing, and deployment.
The term DevOps comes from a combination of “Development and Operations,” as DevOps Engineers are often cross-functional team members with responsibilities that cross over into both IT and engineering.
According to Google’s resources for DevOps, the field aims to increase the speed at which software is delivered, improve reliability, and help companies spend fewer hours fixing security issues.
If your engineering team is growing, and you need to be able to implement consistent engineering processes among your team – it may be time to hire a DevOps Engineer. It may also be time to hire a DevOps Engineer if you need to test and automate greater portions of your applications or products.
A DevOps Engineer can help build and scale a business by recommending and implementing infrastructure. These implementations can help ensure that site or product actions happen the same way, every time.
**Evaluation:**Since DevOps Engineers bridge the gap between engineering and IT, they may be responsible for evaluating new IT vendors. For example – what is the impact on engineering teams by implementing a particular partner, or software? What is the impact on the product? Is there any impact to IT security?
**Automating infrastructure:**A DevOps Engineer may be responsible for automating infrastructure. For example - if a certain event requires a complex amount of code, and someone to manually send data - a DevOps Engineer may step in and help automate that process.
**Bug testing:**A DevOps Engineer may constantly monitor for bugs and other undesired actions that can affect the product they’re building.
**Maintaining a secure environment:**A DevOps Engineer is often responsible for maintaining security on their platform, and for users of their products.
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From a distance, it looks like a billowing sea of white on an endless flat plane. But, as our car approaches, the sea takes form. We are in a vast city of tents and trailers. This is the Za'atari refugee camp. With up to 88,000 Syrians in residence, it is now the fourth largest city in Jordan and the second largest refugee camp in the world.
I expected to see a place of abject misery -- and there was much of that. But, I also saw a startling affirmation of life and the building of a community -- a testament both to the resilience of Syrians and the hospitality of Jordanians.
As we walked through the camp, almost all the young boys and girls shouted "hello" -- in English. Some went so far as to say: "How are you?" The adults were more guarded. Yet, everywhere there were signs of life.
There is a main street in Za'atari, which runs the length of the camp. It is known as the "Champs Elysee." The residents stroll or ride donated bicycles up and down the street, which is densely lined with shops on both sides. You can buy almost anything there: baked goods, electronics, bridal gowns, produce, shoes, appliances, hardware, toilets. There are also cafes. All of these makeshift shops are made from bits of leftover building material. We ate lunch in a restaurant, constructed of corrugated siding. Its walls and ceilings were painted in vivid hues and the entrance featured a spurting fountain on which soft drinks were displayed.
In visiting one refugee family of eight, we were greeted with a colorful "Mikey Mous" cartoon painted on their caravan. We were immediately offered coffee and the children shyly gathered around. I asked the man of the house, if the Syrian civil war is not resolved soon, would he apply for resettlement or stay in the refugee camp? He said he would rather stay in the camp because it is close to home. "We breathe the same air as Syria. The Jordanians are our brothers." But, just the day before, he told us, one of his younger daughters said to him: "I don't want to die in Jordan. Please let's go home."
The Syrian refugees are under strict Jordanian jurisdiction. They are policed by Jordan authorities, and while they can form community councils, they are not themselves permitted to serve in an official capacity. Jordan also has a law prohibiting refugees from working, so as not to compete with Jordanians -- even as some refugees are licensed to operate their own small businesses within the camp.
To be sure, Jordan has been doing the best it can, straining its infrastructure and resources to the breaking point to accommodate wave upon wave of refugees -- Palestinians, Iraqis and now Syrians. This is especially remarkable considering that Jordan has no legal obligation to the Syrian refugees, as it is not a signatory to the 1950 Convention on Refugees.
For example, Jordan has permitted some refugees to be licensed to operate their own small businesses within the camp. These businesses have created an internal economy that generates a GDP, according to unverified numbers heard by our guides, of more than $14 million a month.
Jordan has also introduced community policing within Za'atari and has outsourced its implementation to Siren, a highly experienced Northern Ireland firm. The community policing stations are designed in such a way that there are private rooms for residents to speak with officers who serve as a liaison between the refugees and the many NGOs providing services within the camp, as well as Jordanian officials. It has taken a great deal of confidence building, but the Colonel who runs Za'atari proudly told me that he has received several hundred reports of gender violence -- an indication that the most vulnerable are now willing to come forward with their problems.
Still, the refugee crisis grows more desperate, as the Syrian Civil war enters its fifth year with no end in sight.
According to HM King Abdullah II, there are now 1.4 million Syrian refugees in Jordan -- about 20 percent of that nation's population. Only 20 percent of them live in refugee camps. The rest are urban refugees, many of whom are unregistered and don't have access to the services available in camps. They are isolated, vulnerable to exploitation, and struggle to survive.
Despite the enlightened policing, the camps are known to be dangerous places -- especially for women. And women and children make up 80 percent of the refugee population. While camps provide schooling, not all the children attend school.
Jordanian schools operate double shifts to accommodate the urban refugees who live outside the camps -- but that's not enough to serve all the children. A generation of Syrian children are at risk of being lost.
And what happens when the smiling young children who greeted us with "hellos" become teenagers who have grown up in the confines of Za'atari? If they see no future, they will become vulnerable to manipulation and radicalization. We have seen it before. We're about to see it again.
The world must step up and act now to provide the assistance, education and political solution -- before a generation of a nation is lost to extremism.


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It's the 2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards and we've got all the best red carpet photos of your favorite movie stars, from Angelina Jolie to Leslie Mann. The beginning of the awards show started out with an all-male striptease to honor host Michael Strahan's upcoming movie Magic Mike XXL. The faces of the stars in the audience reacting to the opening were even more priceless than the abs on the male dancers. Now that you're caught up on the actual show, check out the best photos from the red carpet, starting with this one of Angelina Jolie. (Getty)
Check out the best photos of your favorite celebrities on the red carpet at the 2015 Critics' Choice Movie Awards.

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Coming or going, front door or back, the landscape of France is full of delicate beauty. Low stone walls providing good seats for flower pots to sit themselves on, meandering paths, and storybook shaped roofs invite some serious daydreaming time 🙂
Enjoy your day — make some time for you—and your dreams….
In Other News: Workshops are in progress 🙂 My first one here in Carmel ended yesterday and my second one starts tomorrow. There were 2 sets of mother and daughter’s, 3 sets of sisters, 1 husband and wife team, a 5 pack from Holland, MI and by the end of 3 days we were all friends. We had a blast! Photos to follow soon:))
I chilled out today and went to see the movie the Life of Pi, which I thoroughly enjoyed. It piqued my interest when I saw clips of it on the Oscars (Ang Lee won Best Director for it)— probably because of the bengal tiger name Richard Parker that played a starring role in it:)) Missing the Eddies (mums the word–Eddie Bill will never let me live it down) so going to see a big cat on the big screen helped:))
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not your art…the sign in thing….
Love the backyard in France. dabs of lovely color. Wish I could be there in Carmel. Hope you have a class in Albuquerque area one of these days. Santa Fe would work…LOL…I hate to travel and I live in little area called Placitas just north of Albuquerque and south of Santa Fe. It would be wonderful to take classes with you. maybe someday when I retire and have more time for galivanting about.
Thanks Lavon–you do live in a beautiful part of the world for sure:)) You never know where I might turn up to teach!
Your art and writings makes us all happy.
That backyard looks like a little bit of heaven to me. Along with some serious daydreaming time, there’d be a sketchbook and a journal nearby, and of course, either a coffee or a glass of wine. I’m getting warmer just by looking at it…feeling the sunshine doing its glorious thing.
Glad you’re having a great time in Carmel. I’ve friends in Indiana – very happy and proud to be Indianians (emmmmm…is that a word?). That’s what happens at a Dreama workshop, it seems to me – friends, fun and…don’t forget the food!
Awwww…don’t worry – your secret’s safe with me, as far as not letting Eddie Bill know you’re missing him. He’s got little Ed and Phyllis and Maggie to keep him company until you return home, though. But yeah, I know what it’s like to miss our furry friends when we’re away.
I’ve not yet seen ‘The Life of Pi,’ but it’s at the top of my list. The book was/is brilliant.
Enjoy the rest of your Carmel adventures – looking forward to seeing the photos, as always.
June–always love hearing your view of things:))) I look forward to hearing your thoughts on the movie:))
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There’s one name almost as synonymous with Nike and the Jordan Brand as Michael Jordan himself — Virgil Abloh. A Chicago native, Abloh is the American dream personified. The son of Ghanaian immigrants, Abloh earned degrees in civil engineering and architecture and worked his way up through the fashion world ranks. He began with designing T-shirts at a Chicago print shop. He later partnered with Kanye West, became an artistic director at Louis Vuitton, and started his own label, Off-White. His style effortlessly marries high fashion with streetwear.
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Abloh’s reimagining of Nike sneakers ranged from some of the most iconic shoes in Nike’s collection to new designs in need of a refresh. His design philosophy follows what he calls the “three-percent rule,” making minimal changes to improve the overall design. Abloh’s Off-White label has drawn a cult following from some of the biggest names in pop culture: Justin Bieber, A$AP Rocky, Bella Hadid, Kylie and Kendall Jenner.
In tribute to Abloh’s impact on the sneaker world, we’ve rounded up five of our favorite Abloh designs.
1 | Nike Off-White Air Max 90 ‘Desert Ore’
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2 | Nike Air Jordan 5 Off-White Retro SP ‘Muslin’
The Nike Off White Jordan 5 Muslin made its way to the sneaker stage as part of the collection for NBA All-Star Weekend 2020. The Off White Jordan 5 Muslin features classic Off-White styling, like Abloh’s signature “shoelaces” branding and a pre-yellowed sole that gives it a vintage vibe. The Off White Jordan 5 Muslin drew inspiration from the OG Metallic Air Jordan 5, a nod to the fighter jet-inspired look of the original 1989 Air Jordan 5.
3 | Nike Off-White Air Jordan 4 ‘Sail’
The Nike Off White Jordan 4 Sail features minimal modifications in Abloh’s tried-and-true three percent rule, adding the word “AIR” to the lateral side and a ‘Sail’ zip tie. The Off White Jordan 4 Sail also features a deconstructed leather build, accented by semi-translucent TPU on the eyelets, wings, and heel panel. This Air Jordan 4 is museum-worthy, having served as a sample during Abloh’s “Figures of Speech” exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art. Even the shoe box for the Off White Jordan 4 Sail was thoughtfully designed by Abloh and features large holes placed strategically throughout.
4 | Nike Off-White Vapor Street ‘Black Laser Fuchsia’
The Nike Off-White Vapor Street Black Laser Fuchsia first appeared on the runway during Paris Fashion Week. The Nike Off-White Vapor Street is a nod to track and field designs dropped in Abloh’s November 2019 “Athlete in Progress” collection. Athletes like Dina Asher-Smith, Vashti Cunningham and Cecilia Yeung were tapped to model the Nike Off-White Vapor Street Black Laser Fuchsia during Abloh’s runway show. Abloh himself said he was inspired by track and field athletes’ aesthetic and style and tapped some of Nike’s champions to showcase the collection.
5 | Nike Off-White Dunk Low ‘Pine Green’
Track and field isn’t Abloh’s only inspiration; he pays homage to both basketball and skate culture in the sole low-top on our list: the Nike Off-White Dunk Low ‘Pine Green’. This pair is all Abloh with a nod to the Gorge Green colorway that burst onto the sneaker scene in 2003. Abloh first teased the Nike Off-White Dunk Low ‘Pine Green’ in a customized version created for pro skater Stevie Williams on Instagram.


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Early on the morning of March 21, Ozark Mayor Mark Blankenship sent a text to Ozark Dale County Public Library director Karen Speck and library board member Monica Carroll asking “What do I need to do to have these 61 books removed from our library?” Attached was a screenshot the mayor had received from a constituent, showing a book in the library and complaint that the book had an LGBTQ sticker on the spine.
“I’ll bring a match,” Carroll replied, along with two laughing emojis, before adding that she would ask Speck what the procedure was.
Fittingly, that exchange provided an explosive moment Wednesday during a special called meeting of the Ozark Dale County Public Library Board to discuss a plan of action in response to the mayor’s informal request.
Many of the library supporters brought books with them to the meeting to identify themselves as supporters, with Fahrenheit 451 being a particularly popular choice. In Fahrenheit 451, books are burned under the authority of a totalitarian government.
The first action of the board ultimately was to lawyer up, as the board has not previously had an attorney on retainer. The board voted unanimously to spend $3,500 to retain attorney Sara Elizabeth Matthews-Hile.
The majority of the nearly four-hour meeting was spent hearing public comments from both sides of the debate, after Blankenship threatened on Facebook to bring about the defunding of the library if the board refuses to move the LGBT books.
Michael Cairns, vice chair of the library board, criticized Blankenship for not challenging books through the proper channels.
“This all started with two unofficial requests that began all the way back in March this year to remove books from the library that contained a certain sticker,” Cairns said. “Now we cannot arbitrarily remove items from the library without proper review … There is a proper procedure to follow to have those books moved; not a threat, not a text message, not a Facebook post.”
Cairns also noted that the books challenged by Blankenship are not even about the content within the book, but the LGBT label on the spine.
“No one took the time to read them, no one looked over the content, no one even so much as opened the cover before they started making complaints,” Cairns said. “This started over a sticker.”
Citizen reveals texts between mayor, public library officials
Adam Kamerer, an Ozark Citizen who formed a Facebook group now titled “Ozark-Dale Library Alliance,” spoke before the board Wednesday and began reading the content of text messages exchanged between the mayor and public library officials, which he obtained by filing a request under the Alabama Open Records Act.
It began with the March 21 message from Blankenship to Carroll and Speck. Kamerer did not get much further into the conversation before being cut off by a member in attendance.
“I didn’t think this was about talking about somebody, I thought it was talking about the policies,” the man said, before a chorus of voices chimed in from the audience.
“I think we need to hear it,” someone could be heard saying.
“No sir, what I said was personal attacks, this is regarding policy— no this is not a personal attack … what he’s explaining is the process that started all of us in this room,” Cairns corrected. “It’s not a personal attack, he’s not calling anybody names—”
“What he’s not saying is a parent had called him,” Lori Blankenship, the mayor’s wife, interjected. “That all of this is (unintelligible) … is either a yes or no. Do you want this mess …”
At this point, multiple voices compete and wipe out any ability to hear the rest of the dialogue. The board broke for lunch without letting Kamerer finish his public comment time. When the board returned from the lunch break to resume the meeting, Cairns told the audience that the board had voted to consider Kamerer’s reading of the texts a personal attack and did not allow him to finish reading the public records aloud.
However, Kamerer made them available to media and on social media during the break. The next text is Speck explaining to Blankenship the reconsideration policy that should be followed to challenge a book. Then there is an apparent gap in time before Blankenship messages the two again.
“I have another complaint about these books,” Blankenship said. “I thought they had been removed. Do I need to come check them out?”
Speck responded that “the guy” who’d complained about the books said there wasn’t enough of a balance between the books with other genres including Christian, romance, mystery, etc. and Speck said the library had been working to expand those categories to provide more balance.
“Most of the LGBTQ books come from a standing order,” Speck said. “I will call them and have them not send the LGBTQ books to us anymore. Can you please ask this person to come to me about his or her issue?”
Blankenship responded that “In Ozark Alabama, the large majority of the people don’t want to see this in our library.”
“100 percent of my city council will agree,” Blankenship texted. “I hate to see the library lose funding over this mess!”
So far, four out of five Ozark City Council members have publicly stated opposition to Blankenship’s call to defund the library. At least one, Winston Jackson, made it clear Wednesday that he also opposes censoring books.
In a later text, Blankenship references an apparent motion made on the issue at a previous board meeting, which failed due to no member seconding the motion. It is not immediately clear who the text was sent to outside of Karen Speck, as it was sent in a group chat of at least eight people. He lamented that the Dothan library classifies the books in question in the adult section, but the Ozark Dale board did not vote to move the books to the adult section. APR has not yet independently verified the location of the books in the Dothan library.
“I’m personally done with the library and will be presenting future board member names that will represent the best interest of our kids while running our library,” Blankenship said in the text.
Speck explained to Blankenship that her board is divided on the issue, and told the mayor that moving the books amounted to censorship.
“Getting rid of the entire section is not the answer,” Speck said.
“So I’ll help you advertise this LGBTQ meeting in Dale County,” Blankenship said in the last text message obtained by Kamerer. “I don’t know a person that agrees with this trash being in our children’s section of the library. The entire board and staff should resign if they can’t see protecting our children is most important. I don’t care what the liberal library polices say!”
Board shows signs of split over issue
Following the public comment session, Carroll read an explicit excerpt from “The Mirror Season,” one of two books in the Young Adult section that has been challenged by Enfinger.
“I give in. The boy’s body gives in. It trembles out, that ribbon of white. I clench my throat. “Ahh, come on.” This from PJ. ‘Yeah, you can’t go that far and not finish the job,”‘Chris. Swallow it Victoria. Swallow it. Swallow all of it.”
Carroll’s voice trembled as she finished reading the excerpt.
“This was in the section for a 12-year-old,” Carroll said. “… I’m begging the community. Come help us … help us keep this mess off our shelf.”
The excerpt is describing a sexual assault, The book includes a warning on the front page that it contains a depiction of sexual assault. The book tells the story of two teens sexually assaulted on the same day, and the bond they share over their trauma.
Carroll noted that the book is not LGBTQ. Thus, it would not fall under Blankenship’s blanket order to remove all LGBTQ content from the young adult section.
Christina Faulkner also took issue with the book and attempted to open business back up to create a policy to segregate “mature content” from the rest of the young adult section.
Faulkner cited that ALA’s censorship policy was created at a time when Nazi Germany was banning books to keep such things from happening in America, but noted that leadership of an organization changes over time and that the purposes have “become warped.” Republicans are gearing up a challenge to dissociate Alabama libraries from the ALA in whatever ways possible, in part because the current president is a self-identified Marxist lesbian.
Ozark councilwoman Leah Harlow, who has expressed opposition to defunding the library, advocated for the separation of the young adult section into more narrowly tailored areas for different age ranges of teens.
Following the meeting, Harlow posted on Facebook that The Mirror Season is “pure smut.”
“There was a lot of grandstanding and off-topic discussion but at the end of the day a library board member read a very sexually explicit paragraph from one of the titles available in the “young adult”(12-17 year old) section which pretty much affirmed my statement of the need for a separate room for materials for 12-15 year olds,” Harlow stated. “Too bad most of the opposition had left and didn’t hear the pure smut that was read to us. Regardless, it should be in an adult section or even an adult section that deals with trauma recovery.”
Blankenship also spoke to “set the record straight” after being “falsely accused” of not following proper library policy. He said he had no way of knowing that the constituent had not filed a correct reconsideration form. Blankenship said he was told last week the board took vote and would move these books to the adult section, and then said nobody had told him about this special called meeting.
People on both sides speak out in public comment session
If Blankenship did not know a person that “agrees with this trash being in our children’s section of the library” when he sent that text message, he certainly heard from them Wednesday, as well as many people who agreed with him that the books should be moved or removed.
“Foremost, I’m a mommy,” said Ozark native and resident Julia Carroll. “I’m a nanny, I’m a godmother, I’m an avid reader, I’m a voter in this town, I am in love with Alabama, the place where I was raised—and I’m gay. And I knew I was gay in the second grade, years before I knew what sex was. To inherently sexualize a queer relationship, that’s on you guys. These books don’t even have sex in them directly—it’s about love …
“I was a senior at Headland High School when I finally came out. And my friends called me the ‘f-word,’ the ‘w-word,’ I had things thrown at me out of windows, my church turned it’s back on me, the church that I went to from a single-digit age. I had to leave this state to find safety, to find a place where I could exist and grow. And then I had a little baby and I brought her back here because this is a great place to raise a child, and I refuse to let her see the same things that I saw …
“I’m going to give voice to people that I know that didn’t quite make it to where I made it. Marginalizing any group, especially the youth of a group, is pure violence. A book could be the difference between life and death. I am not being exaggerative—we’ve already had one person share their experience with suicidal ideation; I tried to kill myself twice and I survived. And you know what? Not everyone does.”
Carroll told the story of a fellow high school student who committed suicide, and said the students were not allowed even to have a moment of silence in his honor.
“Stop saying you want to protect children,” Carroll said. “Guess who’s our children? Queer youth. Gay kids exist, I was gay when I was in second grade. Thank you to all the gay youth here today: you’re badass, do not kill yourself over these losers.”
The first speaker at the meeting, Jim Hill, started by urging anyone that is not a Dale County resident to “keep silent.”
“This is not about you, but our community library,” Hill said. He said his preference is to remove the books entirely, and compared them to a “hot stove” that could leave community children “burned.” Short of removing the books, he suggested they be placed in a monitored section.
“My preference would be to show love to all and remove the books; however that may not be practical,” Hill said. “I did not remove the stove from our home to keep (my children) from being burned. We simply kept an eye on them.”
Alden Rocha, an adult library volunteer, identified herself as a “highly conservative Christian speaking against the book ban.”
“This is a direct attack on civil rights and our freedom,” Rocha said. “People in the LGBTQ community are taxpayers too, and they should have access to the books that they and their kids request … As a person who read all these series growing up, I can tell you that what someone reads does not make them who they are. I’m still straight, I’m certainly not worshipping fake gods, or attempting to cast a spell. Even after learning the world’s history, I have yet to start an international war.”
With a baby on her hip, Ozark resident Hillary Miles said defunding libraries and censoring books go against American values.
“I am extremely appalled at the idea of my public library being censored by my local government,” Miles said. “I’m utterly disgusted that in the United States of America this idea is even being entertained … There are plenty of books in the library I might not let my children read for numerous reasons— that is my job as their parent to monitor their reading, not yours. I have never called for any books to be banned. Hitler, Mussolini, Lenin, Stalin, General Mao—these people banned books. Is that how you choose to represent yourselves?”
Miles also challenged the library board to create a new policy requiring a person to have a library card in order to file a reconsideration of materials form. County Commissioner Adam Enfinger filed what Cairns said were the first two such forms in history. Although the names were redacted on the forms, Enfinger himself announced that he had filed the forms. And an unreacted question on the form asks whether the filer is a registered borrower at the library, to which Enfinger responded “No.”
A man who identified himself as “Storming'” Norman Horton said the other side is hypocrites due to criticism of Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn over inclusion of the N-word. He also compared books to guns and said children have no rights.
“I’ve got a second amendment right to carry a gun,” Horton said. “I do not have a right to put my gun, that’s loaded, in front of a child and expect them to handle it the way that I would. Let me remind you that children have no rights. Their rights are under the direction and custody of their parents, not the public library.”
Horton pointed to a parental rights bill passed in the Alabama Legislature in the last session as proof of the concept.
“Unfortunately, in many ways we have become a selfish nation, we are more concerned about advancing and even forcing our personal agendas on those that are least able to discern what is best for them instead of looking out for the least of these, our children. This is the reason for indoctrination at an early age.
“After all, if we can’t create, we must recruit.”
Gene Lynn, a Black man, talked about his concerns of discrimination against people who don’t have the same thoughts, and recounted having difficulty finding books representing himself as a child in the library.
“When I was growing up, I was born and raised in Ozark, started school … in 1956,” Lynn said. “A young musician, I would go to the library looking for books on Black musicians. There were no books in the library written for Black musicians, there was not a section in my library for Black people, period. There were no books in the library written by Black people. I hear a lot of you guys speaking of how the Bible comes into play, but one of the first books that was banned, for my people was the Bible. We were not allowed to read the Bible, the Bible was kept from us. Discrimination. Bigotry. That’s what this is all about. We should not try and keep our kids from learning about other people; this is what makes them accept other people, when they read the books …”
Bobbi McLaughlin held up the Ozark Dale library card she said she picked up when she moved to Ozark in 1971, and told the audience that the idea of defunding a library “sickens me.”
“On the second day of living here, I drove to the library and got my card and this is it,” McLaughlin said, holding the card up proudly. “I thought I had won the lottery. It cost me $5 and that was it … If you are so concerned about what books we have in the library, you’d better turn your TV off … I’d also like to say, if I read a book about a detective, it does not make me one. To think that we’re reading a book about LBGTQ people, that will not make someone a part of that esteemed community. That theory shows complete ignorance.”
Sharon Sidebottom thanked the library for making residents aware about the procedure to review and challenge books that they believe need to be moved to another area, and said she plans to be more involved in the library.
“Quite frankly, some of the books that we have in smaller and smaller ages, if they were to be put in an animated movie, they would be rated R or X,” Sidebottom said. “… I don’t want our children indoctrinated in certain subjects before they have the developmental ability to process what they are seeing. So we do need to put a guard around our children. God gave all of us the freedom of choice, but he never gives us more than what our age group can handle— it’s the enemy that wants to abuse us, and cause us to have things infiltrated into us at too early of an age that can taint us and be an event that a lie can attach to and be the truth for us for many years of our lives until we can be illuminated to what we truly are.”
Sue Ellen Moseley said reading is important to her as a longtime schoolteacher in the community.
“During my 86 years on this planet, I’ve had the joy of being a wife, another, a grandmother, and also an elementary schoolteacher,” Moseley said. “For 32 years I taught children, or tried to teach children in Ozark to read. With some I was very successful,; with others I was a total, utter complete failure. To this day, they probably don’t read … I can hardly believe that people I had faith in and helped elect to public office are demanding that certain books be removed from our library. If you are in opposition to any book in this library … you as an adult have the right to read it, or not to read it. Also, as a parent, you have the right to encourage your child to read or not to read. Especially if one of the books has people in it, characters, who are not exactly like your child.”
Upon being told her three minutes were up, Moseley closed by saying “Wake up, Ozark!”
Theresa Philby said that tools such as parental controls help parents have a voice in what their kids are exposed to on TVs and the internet, but have no such protection at the library.
“We’re here because parents are concerned about what their kids are being exposed to,” Philby said. “Parents should be able to have some kind of say, some kind of control, in protecting the innocence from things that they’re not ready for, that they don’t know how to process … Nobody’s being told not to take these books home.”
By APR’s count, there were 18 people that spoke generally against Blankenship’s blanket call to move the LGBTQ books out of the section, while 12 people spoke generally in favor of moving the books out of the section. It is important to note that some people who opposed moving the books in the manner Blankenship requested, they expressed support for allowing library review procedures to be used to determine if individual books should be moved.
That’s not including 130 people who submitted online comments ahead of the meeting, of which only a few were able to be read aloud during the meeting due to time constraints. However, the library shared after the meeting that those comments will be made publicly available and will be sent to board members.

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Gary Neville has questioned his old side Manchester United’s transfer policy since Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013.
Despite going through three managers and spending hundreds of millions of pounds in the intervening years, seven of the eleven players that started in Sunday’s 2-1 win against West Bromwich Albion at the Hawthorns were at the club during Ferguson’s reign.
Speaking on Sky Sports after that game, Neville suggested that the managerial upheaval could be a factor in the lack of a cohesive transfer policy. Regardless, the former England defender feels that it isn’t good enough:
“If you look at that back five today then they were all there when Sir Alex Ferguson was at the club, they’ve signed eight defenders in the last four or five years and not one of them is in the team today.
“You’ve got Valencia, Jones, Smalling, Young and De Gea and you obviously have Lingard and Rashford, who were also at the club as well, so seven out of that 11 were there five years ago.
“The recruitment has not been good enough in the previous five years. It’s been disjointed when David Moyes came in, then they flipped upwards towards Louis van Gaal and then backwards with Mourinho in terms of the profile of players.
“It hasn’t been good enough, the recruitment, it’s been all over the place and you can see still quite a lot of the players in that squad have been at the club for a long time.”
Man United have signed seven players since Jose Mourinho took charge in 2016. Of those signings, only Nemanja Matic and Romelu Lukaku started last weekend, with Victor Lindelof and Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Paul Pogba suspended, Eric Bailly injured and Henrikh Mkhitaryan currently frozen out.
In this week’s episode of the Mixer Irish Football Podcast, we chat to Waterford head coach ahead of his side’s return to the Premier Division, as well as discussing the latest League of Ireland transfer news.

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People in the United States are honoring Monday those who died in military service with the annual Memorial Day holiday.
While many communities across the country honored war dead with parades, patriotic concerts and ceremonies, others marked the day with quiet reflection on those who have lost their lives in military service.
President Barack Obama laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns as part of his observance of Memorial Day. The ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery was attended by dignitaries, military personnel and families of the fallen.
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NASA's Deep Space Network, which is used to communicate with satellites such as the agency's Voyager, turned 50 on Tuesday. The milestone marks the technology's official creation; the bulk of the network is currently located in an area at Goldstone, CA, with other complexes spread between Canberra, Australia and Madrid, Spain, spread out at roughly 120 degrees of longitude to ensure constant communication. The Deep Space Network was borne out of the Deep Space Instrumentation Facility back in 1963, and quickly became the preferred network for planned missions into deep space.
NASA's Voyager Twitter account on Tuesday commemorated the event by thanking the network for consistent coverage, even in interstellar space. The network has been part of some historic missions over the past 50 years, including coverage for Apollo 11's landing on the moon, when Neil Armstrong first set foot on the lunar surface; the network allowed Armstrong to communicate back to Earth, uttering some of the most famous words ever spoken: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." Additionally, the Deep Space Network has allowed NASA to ping back images taken by Mars rovers, and document other encounters with planets at the outer edges of our solar system.
"Today, the DSN supports a fleet of more than 30 U.S. and international robotic space missions," said Deep Space Network Project Manager Al Bhanji of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. "Without the DSN, we would never have been able to undertake voyages to Mercury and Venus, visit asteroids and comets, we'd never have seen the stunning images of robots on Mars, or close-up views of the majestic rings of Saturn."
At this moment, DSN supports NASA's Curiosity on Mars, the Spitzer Space Telescope, Saturn explorer Cassini, and two Voyager spacecrafts, tallying up more than 9.6 billion miles away from Earth. Over the decades, agencies in Europe, Japan and Russia have all relied on the DSN to communicate with their missions, and was most recently used by India's first interplanetary probe. According to NASA, the DSN doesn't just provide engineers with the ability to upload and download data, but also helps navigators pinpoint spots for landings and more. Additionally, part of the network at Goldstone helps researchers determine an asteroid's position, velocity and trajectory.
"In 2063, when we celebrate the Deep Space Network's 100th anniversary, we can imagine that we might be recalling the amazing days when our antennas streamed high-res video as the first humans stepped onto the surface of Mars," Bhanji said. "Or that day when we discovered a new living 'Earth' orbiting a distant star."
There's no telling when those milestones might actually happen—we're making new discoveries about Earth-like planets and Mars' past life everyday. But with 50 solid years already under the DSN's belt, the network will definitely play a huge role in the future.
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text: Various places, Various publishers, 1983-2009. First edition of each of the 7 volumes. Dr. Samuel John Hazo, a National Book Award finalist, founded the International Poetry Forum and served as Pennsylvania’s first State Poet from 1993 to 2003. He is the author of over 50 books, including poetry, fiction and essays. From the collection of Allen K. Mears. All of the following are in fine condition as issued. Hardbound in dust jacket unless otherwise noted. THANK A BORED ANGEL: Selected Poems. (NY): New Directions, (1983). Scarce simultaneous hardbound issue. INSCRIBED TO THE FELLOW MARINE mentioned in the opening lines of "Toasts for the Lost Lieutenants," pp.84-5, "To Karl, ...with similar memories of Camp Barrett and beyond-- see p.84." With "army lieutenant" on front flap hand-corrected to "marine lieutenant." Presume not by Hazo as he was a captain. THE POWER OF LESS: Essays on Poetry and Public Speech. (Milwaulkee): Marquette University Press, (2005). INSCRIBED, "For Allen Mears-- Marine, man of letters, and above all, friend. Sam Hazo 6/23/2008." Perfect bound in pictorial paperwraps, 112 pp. THE POWER OF LESS: Poetry and Public Speech. (Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, 2007). Prints Hazo’s February 1, 2007, lecture for the university’s American Experience Lecture Series. Stapled paperwraps, 16 pages. INSCRIBED to Mears in 2008. SEXES: THE MARRIAGE DIALOGUES. No-place: Byblos Press, (2007). INSCRIBED, "For Allen Mears-- with high respect and good memories-- Sam Hazo 6/23/2008." White stapled paperwraps printed in orange. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED by Hazo laid in. Dated May 15, 2008, on small sheet of personal letterhead, in original mailing envelope. Discusses poetry versus prose saying while they both serve their purpose "poetry is more concerned with communion than communication." One enclosure (an op ed piece by Hazo on the subject). THE SONG OF THE HORSE: A Selection of Poems 1958-2008. Pittsburgh: Autumn House Press, (2008). INSCRIBED, "To Allen Mears-- A man of vision and good words-- With my best to you and yours-- Samuel Hazo 5/29/2008." Only 1500 copies printed according to the publisher. THIS PART OF THE WORLD: A Novel. Syracuse: Syracuse University, 2008. Not signed. THE AUTOBIOGRAPHERS OF EVERYBODY: The Mosaic Portrait of the International Poetry Forum. No-place: International Poetry Forum, circa 2009. No publication date but lists poets, performers, donors, etc., through 2009. Number 138 of an undisclosed number of copes SIGNED by Hazo. Gilt-stamped white paperwraps with emblem of the foundation in blind. Illustrated with photographs of poets and performers; 182 pp. Also includes copies of various related emails to and from Mears. Fine condition.

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As the worldwide economy shakes from the calamitous belongings of central preparation, the International Monetary Fund managing director in Washington, Kristalina Georgieva,DC is vocation for a ‘new Bretton Woods moment.’ Georgieva rod about the stage on Oct 15, & she harassed today’s economic adversities are the similar as the problems the world confronted at the end of World War II. Free market advocates on social media & forums trust the IMF managing director’s new Bretton Woods speech should appeal improved doubt.
On Thursday, Oct 15, the IMF available a speech written by the IMF’s Washington, DC managing director, Kristalina Georgieva known ‘A New Bretton Woods Moment.’ The article has produced complete money & free-market advocates to produce worried that a large alteration is upcoming & perhaps a countless financial rearrange. Economists, forecasters, & bitcoiners have been deliberating the IMF managing director’s speech meanwhile it was available on the IMF website on Thursday.
A some days late on Oct 18, macro tactician Raoul Pal says Georgieva’s article refers to a ‘huge’ alteration upcoming to the global financial scheme.
‘If you don not think Central Bank Digital Currencies are coming, you are missing the large & vital picture,’ Raoul Pal tweeted on Sunday morning. ‘This is going to be the biggest overhaul of the global financial system since Bretton Woods. This IMF article refers to a huge change coming, but absences real clarity outside of permitting much more fiscal stimulus through monetary mechanisms. & tomorrow, the IMF holds a conference on digital currencies & cross-border payment systems…’
The Bretton Woods system was a enormous alteration in the world’s economic system. The agreement in 1944 recognized centralized monetary management rules between Japan, Australia, the U.S, Canada, & a numeral of Western European countries. Essentially, the world’s economy was in messes after World War II, so 730 representatives from 44 Associated nations met in New Hampshire in a guesthouse known Bretton Woods. The group was ran by the British illustrative John Maynard Keynes & the U.S. Treasury department authorized Harry Dexter White. Numerous historians trust the closed-door Bretton Woods meeting centralized the whole world’s financial system.
On the meeting’s last day, Bretton Woods representatives organized a cipher of guidelines for the world’s financial system & appealed the World Bank Group & the IMF. Fundamentally, because the U.S. skillful more than two-thirds of the world’s gold, the system would trust on gold & the U.S. dollar. Though, Richard Nixon surprised the world when he detached the gold part out of the Bretton Woods promise in August 1971.
As soon as the Bretton Woods system was up & consecutively, a quantity of people assessed the strategy & says the Bretton Woods meeting & following formations bolstered world rise. When the IMF & World Bank Group ongoing, a foremost editorialist for the New York Times brusquely had to permission his location for writing about the Bretton Woods system’s horrifying & bad effects on the worldwide economy.
The editorialist was Henry Hazlitt & his articles such as ‘End the IMF’ were very contentious to the rank quo. In the journalistic, Hazlitt says that he inscribed lengthily about how the outline of the IMF had produced huge national currency deflations. Hazlitt clarified the British pound mislaid a third of its worth overnight in 1949. ‘In the period from the end of 1952 to the end of 1962, 43 foremost currencies depreciated,’ the economist full back in 1963. ‘The U.S. dollar showed a loss in internal purchasing power of 12%, the British pound of 25%, the French franc of 30%. The currencies of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, & Bolivia lost, correspondingly, 89, 91, 94, & 99 %of their purchasing power.’
Kristalina Georgieva’s call for a “New Bretton Woods Moment” was also deliberated in countless part on the Reddit forum r/bitcoin this week. “The IMF can not be sightless for the penalties the sanction scheme has & what the disadvantages are for a currency as the dollar to have the rank as a world reserve currency,” clarified a bitcoiner deliberating Georgieva’s current speech. ‘The IMF can’t hide behind the innocent behavior; they don not distinguish what the implications are of inflation for the working class,’ the BTC proponent maintained.
Most of the paraphernalia is so very worrying you will necessity some time to abridgment the insinuations. Again there are no well example of why BTC, being decentralized, hard-limited, uncensored, etc , is in all ways a way well system.
Furthermore, the bitcoiners talking about the Bretton Woods also communal a website that endorses a “great reset,” together with a Youtube video with the same message. The website called “The Great Reset” influences ideas from the lockdown lifestyle that stopped from the Covid-19 outbreak in order to battle weather alteration. The topic of addressing climate alteration is part Kristalina Georgieva’s “three imperatives” deliberated in the ‘New Bretton Woods Moment’ speech.
Georgieva enthusiastically trusts that the world can ‘steer toward zero emissions by 2050. Furthermore, an view part available on SepT 23, says in the upcoming society could see ‘economy-wide lockdowns’aimed at hesitant climate change. Notwithstanding the central planner’s & progressive’s wishes, experts have specified that economic lockdowns will not stay climate change.
A numeral of people trust that the IMF referring to a novel Bretton Woods means the powers that be will present a countless reset if they have not previously done so throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘It is the change of the economic system of today to one which the 1% elite will 100% control,” an individual on Twitter says in response to the Bretton Woods moment. “No small businesses. Everything automated. The new norm will be digital money, digital socialising, complete public tracking with complete ostracism of people who don’t comply.’
Some individuals trust that Georgieva’s speech also refers to the likelihood that the fiat money system is on its previous leg. ‘The IMF calling for help leads me to believe that the current fiat system is going to be crashing down soon,’ well-known another person deliberating the subject.
Moreover, ‘ Willem Middelkoop the author of ‘The Big Reset,’ also trusts that something is certain to occur soon since the IMF available Georgieva’s speech.
‘In 2014, I wrote ‘The Big Reset,’ Middelkoop tweeted to his 42,000 followers. ‘The most important part: Chapter 6 – ‘The Big Reset.’ New rules have been deliberated not only inside the advanced economies, but with all emerging economies, including China. With the status of the U.S. dollar as the international reserve currency being shaky, a new global currency setup is being considered.’
2 major difficulties in the world’s financial system have to be spoke: 1) the demise of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reserve currency, & 2) the nearly irrepressible growth in debts & in central banks’ balance sheets. For all of these subjects, central banks have only been buying time meanwhile the start of the credit disaster in 2007. But given how subtle this subject is, nothing can be says in public. Any authorized comments about a new ‘Plan B’ will bang financial markets (Plan A) directly. Central organizers know the only way to plan a rearrange is to do it in entire clandestineness.
The theories propose the current move to a large financial change is what central planners & bankers have planned at smallest since mid-2019. The U.S Federal Reserve has funneled tons of dollars to trading houses in a covering of secrecy.
A new study from the financial journalists, Pam Martens & Russ Martens, displays important financial manipulation. The Martens inscribed that the Federal Reserve vaccinated a increasing $9 trillion to trading houses on Wall Street from SepT 17, 2019, finished March of this year. The Martens also harassed that the Fed rights to be endangered by an ‘executive order,’ which permits them to keep the incentive funding clandestine.
‘The Fed has yet to announcement one detail about what exact trading houses got the money & how much each got,’ the authors exposed.


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HARRISBURG — For the first time in a while, Pennsylvania could end the fiscal year with a surplus — if several iffy revenue assumptions align perfectly.
The surplus could be $41 million by June 30, 2018, and some of that money could replenish the empty rainy day fund for emergencies, according to Gov. Tom Wolf’s budget chief Randy Albright.
“We think we will have at the end of the year a modest surplus,” Albright said at a mid-year budget briefing Thursday in the state Capitol. “That will be welcome news.”
But that surplus depends on the state generating more than $900 million in assumed revenue put on paper to balance the books. That total includes $215 million from a variety of gambling expansion options, including 10 smaller casinos and online wagering. It includes $200 million the state would claim from a medical malpractice fund. It includes $200 million from selling the Farm Show Complex and then leasing it back from the buyer. And it includes $300 million of internal transfers from specialized accounts earmarked for long-term projects for transportation, environmental and other public endeavors.
If history is a guide, those projected revenues will fall short by the close of the 2017-18 fiscal year.
In years past, the state has missed revenue estimates for various sin taxes on gambling, tobacco and liquor. Last fiscal year, the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic governor booked $100 million in gambling expansion that did not materialize because lawmakers never passed a new gambling bill.
This year, lawmakers didn’t complete the expansion law until late October, putting the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board under the gun to produce regulations and find buyers for licenses. On Jan. 10, the gaming board will hold its first auction for the mini casinos.
The medical malpractice money is held up in federal court — as it was in 2016-17. Like last year, the fund’s overseers have sued to block the state takeover, arguing the money belongs to the medical professionals who paid into it, not the government. Wolf and the Legislature disagree.
Albright said he is confident the gambling projections will be met. He said the administration’s legal team is confident the state will win the federal lawsuit, but admitted the decision may not be made for some time.
Albright said the administration is reviewing buyers’ proposals for the Farm Show facility. But he only expects to only find “tens of millions” of dollars in transfers from the specialized accounts.
The Legislature’s Independent Fiscal Office calculated a surplus of nearly $80 million, but warned that rides on the revenue assumptions, said the agency’s Executive Director Matthew Knittel.