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As the surge of social justice-driven protests across America enters its fourth month, the world of sports has once again taken center stage in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Following an incident in late August in which Kenosha police officer Rusten Shesky fired seven shots into the back of Jacob Blake, athletes from all major American professional leagues and multiple prominent college programs boycotted practices and games to raise awareness and push team owners, league administrators and fans toward action. While athletes have played a role in the Black Lives Matter movement since its inception — most commonly by kneeling during the national anthem — the recent wave of collective team actions entered uncharted territory as the first of such protests to force game postponements in several professional leagues.
With the Big Ten fall season postponed, it has been difficult for current student-athletes to participate in unified protest with their teams. But several Wildcats at the next level in a variety of sports have taken action in the wake of recent events. Of all of Northwestern’s alums in the sports universe, here are three notable #ProCats who have gotten involved.
League and team: WNBA, Phoenix Mercury
Years at Northwestern: 2013-2017
No league has presented more zealous support of the Black Lives Matter movement than the WNBA. In keeping with this trend, the WNBA’s return to play in Bradenton, Fla. has featured plenty of protests, from players leaving the court during the national anthem to the Washington Mystics’ coordinated t-shirts worn on August 26 before WNBA players decided to pause play altogether following the shooting of Jacob Blake.
Representing the Wildcats in the league is Phoenix Mercury forward Nia Coffey, who earned first team All-Big Ten honors at Northwestern in each of her four collegiate seasons. In an open letter published on Phoenix’s team website, Coffey expressed her frustration in the wake of George Floyd’s death.
“I’m sad, heartbroken, hurt, feeling helpless, and hopeless,” Coffey wrote. “But I know in my heart, I can’t give up, we can’t give up because those who have lost their lives don’t get the opportunity to move forward and help create a positive change our country desperately needs.”
Later in the letter, she charged readers to take action at the ballot box, even suggesting they extend their influence in government even further.
“Do your research and learn about the candidates involved. If you don’t like your options, consider running for office!”
League and team: NFL, Green Bay Packers
Years at Northwestern: 2013-2017
Before he rode a contract as an undrafted free agent all the way to a starting role with the Packers and before he ever sported the esteemed No. 1 jersey as team captain at Northwestern, Tyler Lancaster was a Chicagoland kid from the Southwest suburb of Romeoville, Ill. As such, when he saw the protests and riots in Chicago this summer, he felt moved to use his platform and resources to address systemic injustices in the city he grew up by.
“Socially,” said Lancaster, “there’s definitely a lot of wrongdoings out there. I was sort of stuck in a place like, what can I do?”
Lancaster said he began to engage his teammates in candid conversations surrounding said “wrongdoings” when he was put in contact with Sam Acho, a former linebacker for the Chicago Bears who highlighted Austin — a west Chicago neighborhood whose population, according to the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning, is 84.2 percent Black — as a food desert that could benefit from external help.
“He said, ‘What can we do? We see a liquor store on every corner but we don’t see a market, we don’t see these kids having a place that’s safe to go,’” Lancaster said.
Along with Acho’s newly-established organization Athletes for Justice, Lancaster helped buy a liquor store in Austin, which is currently being transformed into a market with the hope of providing not only a grocery store to the community but a space for local youth to safely work.
“I was blown away,” Lancaster said. “I was like, would I like to be a part of that? Absolutely. There’s a lot of issues in the world but can we be a light? I cried a little bit.”
League and team: NFL, Los Angeles Chargers
Years at Northwestern: 2014-2017
Anyone who has paid attention to Northwestern football in the last decade knows that Justin Jackson is an incredible football player. He leads the ‘Cats all-time in carries, rushing yards, all-purpose yards, rushing touchdowns and total touchdowns. But aside from his skills on the gridiron, Jackson has built quite a name for himself in the world of athletic activism.
A recent GQ interview referred to Jackson as “the most progressive voice in the NFL.” This title is not unwarranted. JJTBC was an outspoken supporter of Senator Bernie Sanders in the recent Democratic presidential primary, going so far as to canvass for him in Nevada, and has otherwise made his political stances clear on Twitter with viral posts such as this one:
If you have a problem with trans people particularly black trans women then reread the 2nd thru 5th words of this tweet— Justin Jackson (@J_ManPrime21) July 2, 2020
During the recent wave of protests, Jackson has separated himself as a leader in the Chargers locker room despite being in only his third year of professional play. When the Chargers entered their new digs at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles for the first time on Aug. 27, Coach Anthony Lynn decided it was necessary to have an all-team meeting to discuss the recent events in Kenosha before returning to football activities.
When the team decided to cancel their blue vs. white scrimmage in protest, Jackson was one of only a few players selected by his teammates to address the media and didn’t shy away from the specifics he thought were necessary to create meaningful change.
“Right now, in a pandemic, we want health care,” Jackson said. “We want a [Universal Basic Income]. We want the police to stop killing unarmed black men. We want racial profiling to stop. We want community policing to be better. These are all things that we want, and we’re crying out for them, we’re protesting, and we’re not seeing those changes.”


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The largest U.S. study conducted on COVID-19, with 4,000 patients in New York participating, found that after age, obesity was a significant factor associated with hospitalization.
The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention has listed those over 60 years or older, or those who have pre-existing health conditions as being at a high risk of severe illness from COVID-19. Individuals who are clinically obese, or with a body mass index of 40 or over, also have made the list.
In the study, led by Christopher Petrilli from the New York University Grossman School of Medicine and published earlier this month, a team of researchers assessed the factors associated with hospitalization of patients with COVID-19.
The team looked at different characters of each of the 4,103 patients to identify the biggest risk factors for individuals whose outcomes were more severe. Of the over 4,000 participants, 1,999 required hospitalization and 650 were placed on a ventilator, died or were discharged to hospice care, according to the study.
Although age remained the biggest risk factor for hospitalization or critical care, researchers also found that obesity, heart failure and chronic kidney disease were also linked to severe coronavirus cases.
MD Diet Clinic is a Utah-based company with locations in Salt Lake City and Orem. The company’s marketing and operations director, Winston Behle, said he was surprised by the study’s findings.
“We’ve always known obesity is bad for your health,” he said. “Obesity puts you at a higher risk for most diseases, but what I think was most surprising was to find out that obesity put you more at risk for COVID-19 hospitalizations than even those with respiratory or heart conditions or diabetes.”
Behle said prior to the study’s publication, healthcare experts believed prior health conditions, like the ones he listed, were the biggest factors outside of age.
Obesity is known to create chronic inflammation in the body, which can be exacerbated when contracting COVID-19, Behle said. This remains the researchers’ theory on why individuals who fall into the body mass index of over 40 experience greater risk.
Another theory, Behle said, is that those who suffer from obesity have lower oxygen levels than people at a healthy weight.
One of the biggest reasons for coronavirus-related hospitalizations has been decreased oxygen levels. When people are obese, there is more blood to circulate through the body and more areas of the body for it to be dispersed to, head nutritionist Ashley Forsythe said.
“Combining obesity with COVID-19 is really a double whammy when it comes to low oxygen,” Behle said.
Unlike age, obesity has also put young people at risk, he said. According to the CDC, 42.4% of Americans are classified as obese, including 40% of young adults from 20-39 years, 44.8% of middle-aged adults from 40-59 years, and 42.8% of older adults 60 years old or older.
Utah is tied with a handful of other states for the lowest number of deaths. As of Monday, Utah has reported 28 deaths, 268 hospitalizations and 3,213 confirmed cases, according to the Utah Department of Health. Behle said Utah’s limited number of cases, hospitalizations and deaths can be attributed to a number of factors.
“We’re the youngest state in the nation,” he said. “We have the lowest amount of smoking in the nation, the lowest amount of drinking in the nation, and as of 2018, we ranked No. 40 out of all 50 states as far as obesity goes.”
Behle said Utah is a fairly healthy state in comparison to others and one of the healthiest when taking into account the factors that affect the severity of COVID-19.
Generally speaking, Forsythe said, the company doesn’t want people who are obese or overweight to learn about the study and feel helpless. She especially does not want people to panic and go on a crash diet.
If people hoping to lose weight don’t do it the right way, the process of losing weight could be more detrimental to their immune systems, she said. Losing weight in an unhealthy way can also affect lean body mass as well as body fat.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, MD Diet is currently offering telemedicine services to clients as well as offering a free, virtual nutrition class through the Salt Lake City location. The class gives general tips of what foods people should avoid while in quarantine as well as what to eat and how to eat it.
The Orem location is limited to phone visits, but Utah County residents can still take advantage of the online nutrition classes.
The company uses expertise from nutritionists, nurse practitioners and researchers to design individualized weight loss programs for their clients.

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On 15 June 2011 the Tax Laws Amendment (2011 Measures No 4) Bill 2011 passed the Senate without amendment, and now awaits the Royal Assent.
- amends the Taxation Administration Act 1953 to set the gross domestic product (GDP) adjustment for PAYG instalment taxpayers who use the GDP adjustment method at 4% for the 2011-2012 income year, instead of 8%. This measure applies to PAYG instalment amounts for the 2011-2012 income year that become due on or after the day after this Bill receives Royal Assent. It does not apply where a taxpayer’s 2011-2012 income year commenced before 1 April 2011
- amends the ITAA 1936 to remove the ability of minors (children under 18 years of age) to use the low income tax offset to offset tax due on their unearned income, such as dividends, interest, rent, royalties and other income from property. This measure applies to assessments for the 2011-12 income year and later income years
- allows the percentage of insurance costs for certain total and permanent disability (TPD) policies that can be claimed as deductions by superannuation funds to be specified in regulations, with effect from the 2011-2012 income year, and
- amends the Taxation Administration Act 1953 to exclude from the “reportable employer superannuation contributions” definition certain employer contributions to superannuation made pursuant to a requirement that employees cannot influence. This measure applies to the 2009-2010 income year and later income years.

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Tonight, Big Show will make his not-so-highly anticipated return to Monday Night Raw. His last notable program was with Randy Orton, whom he lost to at May's WWE Extreme Rules pay-per-view in an Extreme Rules match.
On the subsequent edition of Friday Night SmackDown, Show lost a match to Chris Jericho via count-out and hasn't competed since. It was later reported that Show suffered a torn labrum and would be sidelined from in-ring action indefinitely.
The World's Largest Athlete has appeared at both WWE Payback and Money in the Bank as part of the pay-per-view panel, seemingly acting as a face. He portrayed a heel the last time he was on WWE television, so it will be interesting to see how he will be perceived by the WWE Universe tonight on Raw.
Nonetheless, it's currently unknown who Big Show will be feuding with going into next month's SummerSlam event. Here, I will present five Superstars the former World Heavyweight champion can potentially face at the biggest blockbuster of the summer.
After weeks of creepy vignettes, The Wyatt Family finally made their long-awaited debut on the July 8 edition of Raw. They immediately made an impact by ambushing Kane, who hasn't been seen on WWE programming since.
The following week, they sent a message to the WWE locker room (as well as to Kane himself) by brutally assaulting R-Truth. It appears as if they are on a clear collision course toward SummerSlam, where either one or all of them will be facing Kane.
If they opt to take on The Big Red Monster in a six-man tag team match, then Kane will obviously need some backup. Why not recruit a man he has history with in The Big Show?
Of course, this feud would be more to benefit The Wyatt Family than it would be to put over Kane and Show. The former World Tag Team champions have already had their time in the limelight and have no business going over WWE's newest treacherous trio.
The Wyatt Family would have instant credibility if they were to score an upset victory over Big Show at SummerSlam. Big Show joining The Wyatt Family as the latest member of their brainwashed cult is another likely possibility.
After dropping the Unified WWE Tag Team Championships to D-Generation X at 2009's TLC pay-per-view, Big Show was determined on regaining the gold one way or another. Since Chris Jericho was banned from appearing on Raw, Show was in desperate need of a new tag team partner.
That was where The Miz came in.
In one of their first times teaming together, Miz and Show captured the straps by winning a Triple Threat tag team match on the February 8 edition of Raw. In a backstage interview following the bout, the dynamic duo dubbed themselves ShoMiz, a clever combination of both competitors' names.
During their two-month reign as champions, ShoMiz had successful title defenses against the likes of Yoshi Tatsu and Goldust, D-Generation X and John Morrison and R-Truth. They ultimately dropped the titles at the 2010 WWE draft and parted ways shortly thereafter.
The former friends recently clashed on an episode of WWE Main Event, where Miz took Show to his absolute limit and forced The World's Largest Athlete to flee the arena. Although it appeared they were on a collision course toward WrestleMania 29, nothing ever came of the explosive encounter.
However, now that neither Superstar has any direction at the moment, why not pit them against each other going into SummerSlam? They can build off their history from 2010 and go from there.
At WWE Payback, it was announced that Rob Van Dam would be making his highly anticipated return to the WWE at the Money in the Bank pay-per-view. His comeback certainly lived up to the hype, as RVD had an impressive outing at last Sunday's event in Philadelphia.
The next night on Raw, RVD and Jericho had one of the best television matches in recent memory, which saw the one-of-a-kind competitor ultimately emerge victorious. RVD went on to defeat Darren Young in singles action later in the week on Friday Night SmackDown.
As of now, RVD's SummerSlam status is currently unknown. Many of the top stars are already locked into feuds, except for The Big Show, that is.
It might not be an intriguing match on paper, but if you can recall, Big Show is also a fellow "Paul Heyman Guy." He was managed by the former head of Extreme Championship Wrestling from 2002 to 2004 as well as in 2006.
With that in mind, RVD and Show could battle for the managerial services of Paul Heyman at this year's biggest blockbuster of the summer. It would only be fitting considering the fact that CM Punk and Brock Lesnar will be going one-on-one at the event as well.
During his critically acclaimed feud with Randy Orton over the summer of 2011, Christian constantly begged for "one more match" for the World Heavyweight Championship. Even once the feud concluded, Christian continued to plead for another opportunity to contend for the prestigious prize.
On the November 4 edition of SmackDown, Christian once again asked the WWE Universe for "one more match," but he was interrupted by The Big Show. Captain Charisma's demands were met with a chokeslam from Show, which Christian claimed caused him to suffer a neck injury.
Christian was soon sidelined with an actual injury a few weeks later and the two were never able to engage in one-on-one feud. Now that Show is on his way back to WWE, there's a pretty good chance that he might target Christian upon his return.
I'm certain that Christian is still seeking vengeance over Show for what he did to him that dark November night, so a match between the two at SummerSlam would only be logical. With the roles reversed this time around, the match might be one worth watching.
Of all the suggested scenarios, I would count on this one being the most likely.
Late last year, I envisioned Ryback battling Big Show for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania 29. I predicted Show would retain his title on the road to WrestleMania while Ryback would win the 2013 Royal Rumble, jump to SmackDown and chase the prestigious prize.
Of course, none of that ended up coming to fruition, but Ryback and Big Show still do have a bit of history together. Ryback was originally supposed to take on The Shield in six-man tag team action alongside Randy Orton and Sheamus at 'Mania, but he was soon replaced by Big Show instead.
At The Show of Shows, Show ultimately turned on his teammates and cost them the victory. Later that night, Ryback was unsuccessful in defeating Mark Henry in singles action.
It's safe to say that both Big Show and Ryback have not had the best 2013 so far. However, that could all change if they were to feud going into SummerSlam.
After a mediocre heel turn and lackluster feuds with John Cena and Chris Jericho, Ryback is currently in search of someone to work with going forward. Show, on the other hand, doesn't have a clear opponent for SummerSlam, and The Human Wrecking Ball would be the perfect opponent for him.
Regardless of whether Ryback will be able to lift Show on his shoulders for the Shell Shocked or not, Ryback would still benefit from scoring a victory over The World's Largest Athlete. Ryback won his first pay-per-view match in nearly a year last Sunday at Money in the Bank, so he is in desperate need of a win at the biggest blockbuster of the summer.
There aren't many fresh feuds for Big Show left, but a rivalry with Ryback is surely one I would love to see before he eventually retires from active competition. That being said, what better place for this clash of the titans to go down than at this year's SummerSlam?


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LONDON (Reuters) - British engineering company Babcock (BAB.L) deferred a decision on its final dividend and did not give financial guidance for the year ahead due to COVID-19 uncertainty.
Babcock, whose biggest customer is Britain’s Ministry of Defence, also took exceptional items of 503 million pounds including a writedown of the value of its oil and gas aviation business which transports workers to rigs.
For the 12 months to March 31, it posted an underlying operating profit of 524 million pounds, 11% lower than last year, but sunk to a statutory loss of 165 million pounds when factoring in the charges.
Babcock said that it was deferring the decision on its final dividend until the COVID-19 situation becomes clearer and was not providing financial guidance for its new financial year for the same reason.
“We enter the new financial year facing uncertain times but the long term characteristics of our business remain strong,” Chief Executive Archie Bethel said.
It said it had a combined order book and pipeline of around 35 billion pounds, and had been boosted by contract wins for a Type 31 frigate programme and submarine programmes.
Shares in the company fell in early trading but were down 2% by 1045 GMT. They are down 33% in the last six months.
Bethel has announced he will step down but will remain in place until a successor is found.
Reporting by Sarah Young and Kate Holton; editing by Emelia Sithole-Matarise


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Have you noticed the black boxes on google today? I heard about this “blackout” via word of mouth but actually had to go looking for an explanation.
Today, many major media outlets are practicing a symbolic blackout to raise awareness of two pieces of legislation are working their way through Congress: Protect IP Act (PIPA) is in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is in the House. Each would censor the Web and impose tough regulations on American business and penalties on individuals and companies involved in the piracy of music, film, and written materials.
This one seems tough to decipher. As a writer and aspiring comedienne, I would tend to oppose any threat to free speech. But I also don’t think people should be able to get away with mass pirating without penalty. In this economy, if I had a book for sale, I would be livid if someone was selling my book without permission and taking home the profit.
These videos from The Colbert Report attempts to make fun of and then clarify the issues:
Does this conversation sound familiar?
Me: “I love that song. I need to get the CD.”
I’ve had the same conversation with friends about watching a current movie on-line to save the $12 I’d spend in a theater. Some of my friends know it’s piracy and don’t feel they’re hurting anyone, while others figure it can’t be illegal if they can access it so easily.
So, on this one, I’ll say I’m for some regulation of the internet to prevent and stop piracy, but like many recent legislative attempts, I fear SOPA and PIPA won’t be clear and specific enough to be implemented without misuse or manipulation.
What’s your take on internet censorship?


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A Passion For Plants
Award-winning garden designer Roger Platts shares the secrets of great gardens and reveals how his love of flowers bloomed…
My introduction to growing was not in horticulture but on a hill farm in Derbyshire. By the age of 11 I had experienced many of the tasks encountered on a small farm in the 60s. With chickens and pigs of my own, I was encouraged to sell to farm visitors, friends and relations, and to keep records of the transactions. The life was quite tough in many ways for those struggling to carve out a living, but idyllic for a youngster who appreciated the natural surroundings
We had few trees as they blew over before they really got established and winters were harsh, but there was a small copse, endless dry stone walls and masses of wild flowers, wildlife and, above all, wide, open skies.
The open air, healthy crops growing in fertile soil and an interest in farm machinery were my world at that time, so a move to the family’s new venture, a hotel in the middle of a Devon village with an average size garden, came as quite a shock at the age of 12. From then on, gardening became important and I immersed myself in growing a range of plants, which I sold to visitors at the hotel.
Against this background, my passion for growing and selling plants is based. Years later, after formal training and experience in the nursery industry in England and abroad, my interest in the design element flourished and now a major part of my time and energy is spent creating spaces for others to enjoy.
I wince when I see plants struggling in adverse conditions of soil or climate, or planted in unnatural combinations. For example, a Hosta and Lavender look dreadful planted together and each will not tolerate the conditions ideal for the other. It’s about as good as custard with baked beans.
With this in mind, it’s probably surprising that when I start to plan a garden, I consciously ignore the plants and concentrate entirely on the space, considering the balance and scale of the setting and the practical aspects.
Most of my work is in rural areas, mainly of traditional style, which is my natural preference. However, I do appreciate contemporary design and for me, whatever the style, it should be practical and sustainable.
Setting the planting scheme on site is always a huge thrill, especially knowing that the result will flourish year after year.
I am rather impatient, though, so I also yearn for some instant gratification. I think this is what led me to participate at flower shows in the early 90s, and after that, I was a Chelsea addict. After my first Gold Medal at Hampton Court in 1993, I continued with several more at Chelsea, culminating in ‘Garden Open’ to celebrate 75 years of The National Garden Scheme, which won ‘Chelsea Best Show Garden’ in 2002.
I didn’t create the show gardens for the medals, as anyone with the bug for creating gardens knows the buzz felt when each stage of the process is completed. It is the creation of a living unit which continues to develop long after it is completed that gives me such satisfaction. With show gardens, the benefit is shortlived, but providing inspiration to huge numbers of gardeners is a real privilege.
I am very fortunate to indulge in growing and using plants for my living. Everyone should have the experience of growing plants. At any level, it is fabulous therapy.

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Grandma’s much-anticipated Arctic cruise becomes a slow drift away on an ice floe. Grandpa mortgages his kidneys to pay for a new heart. Social Security is deader than disco and “IRA” only refers to guys named Ira.
That bleak vision is only a slight exaggeration of the catastrophes foretold by many experts, the media and financial firms. It’s a scare tactic that’s moved the tone of the U.S. savings and retirement conversation from a constructive call to action to an alarmist frenzy. No one argues that building a solid financial future is easy — wages are stagnant, markets have been disappointing and Americans are getting older and living longer. Still, retirement isn’t going the way of the carrier pigeon. Innovative retirement plans and new policies and products point to a future richer than many workers imagine.
The Fear Factor
Fear is a poor motivator, as those who advocate exercise and smoking cessation know. Environmentalists have also figured this out. One study found that the more catastrophic the prediction about climate change, the more skeptical listeners became. Dire scenarios often cause people to give up, throwing up their hands in the face of a seemingly insurmountable challenge. It’s something Erik Carter, who travels around the country for financial adviser Financial Finesse, sees all the time. When he speaks with workers about retirement, pessimists far outnumber optimists: “They’re discouraged to take any action, because they just don’t think they’re going to retire.”
At the heart of their fear is the fate of the financial safety net we subsidize with every paycheck. Just 6% of the millennial generation expect to get their full benefits from Social Security, according to the Pew Research Center. Half believe they’ll get nothing at all. The trust fund built up to pay for Baby Boomer retirements does run out in 2033, but even then Social Security should be able to pay 77% of benefits. And that’s assuming politicians can’t find extra revenue for what is arguably the government’s most popular and effective program. Pew finds more than 80% of all generations, including millennials, support Social Security and Medicare.
The situation for Medicare and health care in general is shakier, but there are signs that the growth in costs is slowing down. The federal government’s ten-year spending projection for health care has fallen $900 billion since 2011.
If Social Security survives, or even expands, that covers only the barest necessities. The rest will need to come from savings invested in a market that just loves surprises, often unpleasant ones. Again, the long view provides comfort. Even baby boomers have time on their side, with decades more to save and plan. Small changes now — paying more attention to fees and setting up automatic savings accounts, for example — pay off later. And the fees we pay to save for retirement have dropped tremendously over the last generation. Some predict they’ll fall almost to zero. Credit all the negativity for one thing: Most policymakers and companies now admit there’s a problem with a retirement system that asks everyone to structure their own financial futures without any help. More workplaces are offering financial wellness programs and advice from independent advisers. Workers are being saddled with less paperwork and fewer decisions. Retirement plans are automatically signing employees up for 401(k)s, gradually increasing their savings rates, and putting them in target-date funds that give them the right asset allocations for their age.


Apple iPhone 11 Pro 64GB
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Processor: iOS 13
Storage: 64GB/256GB/ROM + 6GB RAM
Camera: Dual 12MP + 12MP + 12MP Rear/Dual 12MP + 3D ToF camera Front (With Quad-LED flash)
Operating System: iOS 13
SIM: Dual SIM
Battery: Non-removable Li-Ion 3190 mAh battery
Network: 4G/ 3G/ 2G
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- Face ID for secure authentication and Apple Pay
- A13 Bionic chip with third-generation Neural Engine
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Trade union NIPSA could ballot its members on potential industrial action as early as next week amid fears for around 80 Derry civil service jobs.
Around 70 people attended a public meeting, including leading trade unionists, political representatives and concerned staff, in the city last night.
NIPSA official Noel Griffin said at present Stormont’s Department of Finance are considering two options around how work in the civil service pensions department is carried out.
“There are two main options on the table at the moment; one is a new IT system which would be serviced by civil service staff or a new IT system with the outsourcing of staff to service that system.”
He said should that outsourcing option would result in the loss of 80 staff currently employed at Derry’s Waterside House and warned of wider implications for the city.
“If those staff spend currently around £1000 per month that means £1 million per year will be taken out of the local economy, money the north west cannot afford to lose,” he said.
Nicola Brown, who has been working in Waterside House for the past four years, said concerns had been growing over the last two months.
“Morale in the office at the moment is pretty bad. We feel like we are in limbo at the moment. Nipsa have tried but we have had no reassurance or explanations from management.
“You are afraid to make any sort of commitments at the moment. With Christmas coming up, I am saying to myself, do I need to cut back on spending, worrying about the mortgage, the car. We just don’t know where we will be in a year’s time.”
Her colleague Nichola Sproule said she shared concerns about the ongoing lack of clarity.
“They keep saying we are only at the proposal stage but as staff it doesn’t exactly fill you with hope. This is not just people’s jobs, it is their lives.”
The ‘Journal’ understands staff will be balloted within in the next seven days over the possibility of industrial action.
Earlier this week the Department of Finance said it “will continue to evaluate all options” around future delivery of Civil Service pension arrangements.
It said the north’s Finance Minister Simon Hamilton will ultimately decide how pensions are administered.


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A Toronto teenager has become the first Canadian ever charged with carrying out an “incel”-inspired terror attack.
The 17-year-old boy is accused of fatally stabbing a woman in February.
Incel is short for “involuntarily celibate” and describes males, mostly in online groups, who blame women for their sexual frustrations.
A 2018 attack in Toronto that killed 10 was also allegedly inspired by the ideology, but the accused in that case was not charged with terrorism.
On Tuesday, Toronto Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) issued a joint press conference announcing the terrorism charges.
The suspect, who cannot be named because he is a minor, had already been charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder shortly after the incident, which took place at an erotic massage parlour.
Police allege he fatally stabbed Ashley Noelle Arzaga, 24, who was discovered inside the building around 13:00 local time on 24 February. Two other people, a man and a woman, were found outside the premises with stab wounds.
Ms Arzaga is remembered as a loving mother and a kind person, the Toronto Star reported.
When Toronto police learned the crime may have been motivated by an extremist ideology, they contacted Canada’s federal RCMP, which ultimately decided to press terrorism charges.
“Terrorism comes in many forms and it’s important to note that it is not restricted to any particular group, religion or ideology,” said the RCMP.
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A first-degree murder conviction for an adult carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 25 years-to-life, but as the suspect was 17 at the time of the crime, there is no mandatory minimum.
He appeared by video before court on Tuesday morning to hear his new charges, and remains in police custody.
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In 2018, Alek Minassian allegedly drove a van into a busy Toronto commercial street killing 10 people and wounding 16.
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The impact of UA on households nutritional status is still under-researched but the few data available are encouraging and more are being collected. According to a 1981 UNICEF survey of households with children aged 5 or under in 13 low-income districts of Kampala, partial reliance on intra-urban food production largely explained why supplementary feeding aid could be discontinued. This had taken place despite dramatic economic decline during the Amin regime and a war with Tanzania: 24% of households were engaged in farming within the city. The Save the Children Fund (SCF) reports similar findings in its 1987 study of one division in Kampala. (Maxwell, 1993a).
The findings of SCF are also supported by the initial results of a 1993 survey by a team of the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR). The MISR findings impressed the Kampala City Council's Public Health Office. The 1993 survey found a highly significant difference between farming and nonfarming households in the low- and very low-income groups, with respect to stunting among children under 5 years of age. Areas surveyed coincide with some covered by the World Bank-funded First Urban Project in Kampala. Differences between the nonfarming and farming groups on wasting a shorter-term effect of malnutrition have been observed, although they were not statistically significant (Maxwell, 1993a).
Such results suggest that the poorer a household is, the more the women may be inclined to do some UA to prevent malnutrition. In Nairobi, a 1992 baseline survey commissioned by UNICEF and the Nairobi City Council's Nutrition Section in two low-income sectors found that 21.6% (up to as much as 33.1% in one area) of 250 children sampled were stunted. It found UA was not adequately addressed and recommended that the promotion of UA and marketing of UA produce be seriously reviewed with municipal authorities, so as to make food more accessible and affordable to low-income urban women (Mutiso, 1993).
Conventional strategies for urban food security need to be reassessed in view of UA's potential role: an extensive survey of subsidy programs found that income transfers from food subsidies tend to provide 15 - 25% of the real income of low-income households (von Braun et al., 1993). As documented earlier, this is roughly what (largely unassisted) urban farming seems to be achieving already. UA does this at a much lower cost, probably with more benefits to consumers themselves and, by extension, to the general urban economy.
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Why I Love the Fiddle
It's Been Around a Long Time Folks
Also known as the Violin, the fiddle is that instrument that can sound like a cat caught in a clothesdryer when played improperly. Well, it can sound like that at other times too, especially if you don’t like the style of music. For the most part though, the fiddle and ‘fiddling’ as the musical pastime is called, has been around for centuries and is loved by many.
Fiddle music is well known in a lot of social circles. It’s fun, and makes one think of Grandpa doin’ the jig, and families having fun together. Fiddling is its own style, love it or hate it, though who really hates it? I mean, who can really object to wonderful tunes like the St. Anne’s Reel, or The Girl I Left Behind Me?
Fiddle tunes and styles are as different as the musicians themselves. Take a common tune like the St. Anne’s Reel, every fiddler has their own unique spin on it. To the untrained ear, they probably sound alike, but each fiddler probably has a slightly different way of bowing, timing, and embellishing with extra notes. It’s all part of the fun.
Stepdancing, which is an art and a sport all in one, is another big part of fiddle culture. As I write this hub, I’m listening to a CD tribute to the great fiddler Don Messer. It’s wonderfully happy music that can’t help but lift your spirits.
Learnin' the Ropes, or Rather, Strings
Learning to play is not as difficult as most people think. When I started, at age 12, I already had a firm grasp of music in general because I had already played the recorder (now there is an instrument that could be forgotten in my opinion), and the piano. I could read music, I could understand timing, and I had a good enough ear to tell when something had gone awry (though that is generally attributed more to genetics than to training).
I was also tall enough to start with a 4/4 or Full sized fiddle, as opposed to having to start with a ½ or ¾ size. This was money saving for my parents, as they wouldn’t have to buy me a new instrument when I grew out of the first one.
I had a few different teachers who taught me slightly different methods. I’ve also done some experimenting and embellishing of my own.
The great thing about a fiddle, is that while it can sound bad, really, really bad, it’s also possibly to get a wide variety of good sounds from it.
You Could Play it Too!
If you are thinking of taking up this instrument, but think it’s too hard, think again. It’s not that hard, it just requires more patience than something like the piano, or even the guitar. With the guitar, you have the luxury of frets. You simply find a chord chart, pick the chord you want, and place your fingers as indicated on the diagram. Give five or six strings a strum, and you’ve got music. The fiddle on the other hand is a little trickier. See, you have to place your fingers in the proper position on your own. If you’re off by a fraction of an inch, your note will be off by a fraction of a tone. If all your fingers are out just that little bit, and you are playing alone, no one will know, but if some fingers are here, and others are there, or if you are attempting to play in a group, you’ll find out quick what it sounds like to be out of tune.
You will have to learn to hear when a note is correct and when it’s not. You’ll have to correct the tune by sliding your finger up and down slightly until you are in tune. While this is going on, you’re also trying to saw a bow up and down to make your note. No wonder some people are really bad at it.
In my opinion, anyone can learn the fiddle, but it is best if you have some other musical knowledge. It’s also not an ideal instrument for a really little kid, because they won’t have the fine motor skills necessary to form the notes and bow the strings. Not to mention, frustrating them right out of the musical starting gate may make them want to avoid instruments long term and that is just sad.
Start your kid on a piano (or the dreaded recorder) or maybe even a guitar, then move on to something more complicated like a fiddle.
For me personally, guitar or drums are my stress relief, piano is my, ‘I feel like some music so I’ll play this’, and fiddle is my art. I hope you find yourself having a good time with it too!


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The limits of evolution have long fascinated biologists. However, the causes of evolutionary constraint have remained elusive due to a poor mechanistic understanding of studied phenotypes. Recently, a range of innovative approaches have leveraged mechanistic information on regulatory networks and cellular biology. These methods combine systems biology models with population and single-cell quantification and with new genetic tools, and they have been applied to a range of complex cellular functions and engineered networks. In this article, we review these developments, which are revealing the mechanistic causes of epistasis at different levels of biological organization—in molecular recognition, within a single regulatory network, and between different networks—providing first indications of predictable features of evolutionary constraint.
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Is there a god? Does god hate us? What is god? Is Michael Fassbender god? Prometheus asks all of these eternal questions, pondering with a grandiosity now only seen in vapid summer movies. It is easy to admire Prometheus for what it dares to accomplish. In the same breath, it is easy to dislike the film for supplanting the wonder of these unanswerable questions by setting up answers and, naturally, botching their delivery. The film believes it is smarter than it truly is, meaning that it believes it is smarter than us. Prometheus buckles under the weight of its own mangled but beautiful ambition.
The plot behind Ridley Scott’s “space epic” has been kept under wraps, or so they say. The stirring trailer, replete with those Alien wails and stroboscopic cuts to black, actually reveals most of the movie. Not in context, of course, but the most memorable images of the film’s latter half are already in the marketing campaign. It is a mixed blessing that the images in the trailer are so captivating that it is hard to forget them.
Prometheus opens with the inception of life on Earth. The theory proposed is a rather clumsy variation of panspermia, wherein life originates from elsewhere in the universe. The first shots are beautiful, not unlike some of The Tree of Life’s stellar second unit work. Fast-forward so many years to 2089, where scientists Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) and Charlie Holloway (Logan Marshall-Green) are searching caves on Scotland’s Isle of Skye for paintings that carry extraterrestrial secrets, pointing to life in the distant stars. Boring. Snap to the spacecraft Prometheus four years later, where Shaw and Holloway awake from stasis alongside a collection of mercenaries and scientists. There is that initial crew dinner scene you have seen in Aliens, Star Trek and every other sci-fi ‘space soldier’ flick, except the jokes fall flat. There are two knuckleheads, Millburn (Rafe Spall) and Fifield (Sean Harris), both poorly written and supplied weak banter. You know what is going to happen to their characters; you do not protest.
The mission at hand is to land on the moon LV-223 and see if these aliens were even there at all and why. They were there, of course. These proto-human “Engineers” manufactured a base on this moon long ago and … it is best to let the film tell the rest.
Dialogue is the obvious misstep. The most memorable line from the film is one from another. Android David (a wonderful, Bowie-esque Michael Fassbender) occupies part of his time on the ship watching Lawrence of Arabia and even styled his hair after Peter O. Toole’s. Before stepping onto the alien surface, he repeats the haunting quote, “There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.” To be fair, it is tough to beat that. But the lack of humor (a memorable aspect of Aliens) and perceptive discourse (in a film with such ideas) is what will keep an audience five or 50 years later from connecting with a film so graphically dependent.
There is one laughable scene when Janek (Idris Elba), the ship’s callous pilot, runs into a room where Shaw is suiting up for the final mission. He lists a number of crucial details regarding the Engineers that he would have no way of knowing. It is a lazy excuse to advance the story and a screenwriting blunder.
The problem with Prometheus comes down to the way it chooses to tell its story. Clearly, it is an action-adventure film, and a pretty good one at that. Scott stages compelling entertainment. Older audiences tired of the politically correct PG-13 blockbuster standard will find a violent spectacle with production values normally reserved for safe bets like Avatar. The visual team crafts some of cinema’s most sweeping and striking moving images. A shot of the Prometheus gliding across the stars and another dwarfing the ship against the moon affirms the movie’s epic scope, an inverse of the slow pan over the Nostromo that commenced the self-contained Alien.
Scott sees this as his 2001: A Space Odyssey, which the opening shot of a shadowed Earth not too subtly suggests. Communication breaks down, however, when addressing philosophical questions about god, man’s purpose and the Copernican principle within a generic action movie structure. The film’s climax could carry a sense of wonder — without spoiling much, it relates to a “first contact” with superior beings. Instead, it is an action scene with nothing to say. Not ‘nothing’ in the nihilistic sense, nor even an ambiguous, interpretative one. Prometheus just botches the landing, feeling limp and disconnected.
Take the film’s half-baked commentary on religion. Deeply pious, Shaw demands her cross back after it was confiscated. Bombarded with death and destruction, she still insists on believing simply to put a positive spin on all this tragedy. There are plenty of critiques of religion at hand, from the Engineer’s dark plans for mankind to expedition CEO Peter Weyland’s (Guy Pearce) god complex. To balance the debate, a religious protagonist is thrown in, but she comes across as naïve and senseless. Maybe that is the point. In any case, Shaw is either an incomplete character or a degrading attack on faith. I’m not sure which one is worse.
I levy these criticisms only because the filmmakers have brought these expectations upon themselves. Once upon a time, madmen like Francis Ford Coppola and Stanley Kubrick were granted millions to create intellectual epics like Apocalypse Now and 2001. Ridley Scott was one of those crazies, as Blade Runner was made under similar circumstances. You do not see cinema of that ambition and allowance today.
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Jessie Adcock, City of Vancouver’s Chief Technology Officer, who stepped into the role after a successful 3 years as the City’s first Chief Digital Officer, is the opening keynote speaker at the 2nd Annual Intelligent Cities Summit which takes place on October 24-25, 2017 in Toronto, ON. While preparing for the conference, Adcock has kindly […]
Interconnected devices or what is known as IoT (Internet of Things), IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) or IoE (Internet of Everything) is the fastest growing technology revolution undergoing in the world today. Conservative estimates put Industrial IoT market at US $15 Trillion in 10 years time.Accenture reports IoT market was worth US$ 20 billion in 2012 and is expected to reach $500 billion in 2020 and $15 trillion by 2030. IDC has that market to be worth $665 billion in 2014 and reaching $1.7 trillion by 2020. It is expected that by 2020 over 29 billion devices will be connected and 31% of the economy will be just devices.


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A halftime adjustment translated into two second half goals for Northwestern, which scored a 4-2 victory over rival Rock Hill in an intense boys soccer match at District Three Stadium on Friday.
Northwestern took a 2-0 lead, but Rock Hill used two goals from Pablo Arzaluz to tie the match, 2-2, and take plenty of momentum into intermission.
The Bearcats’ momentum, however, was countered when Trojans coach Dominic Wren changed the team’s offensive game plan.
“I told them that we needed our forwards to play a lot wider,” Wren said. “And our two second half goals were made from that position. That allowed us to spread them out defensively and get us in one-on-one possessions.
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“We also wanted to get them out of the box a lot more (to allow less Bearcats defenders around the goal).”
The strategy led to freshman forward Caleb Moore with the ball in the far left corner of the box. He was able to use a nifty one-on-one maneuver to get past a defender, and then, shot the ball past another before Bearcats goalkeeper JD Raad made the stop just across the end line.
As the Trojans celebrated, the Bearcats fans pleaded for the umpire the rule the stop before crossing the goal line. However, the end result was a 3-2 Northwestern lead with 35:04 remaining in the second half.
“Caleb is just a freshman and he really stepped up to the plate and had an outstanding second half,” Wren said.
Moore said that he felt he had the quickness to make the move.
“Coach did tell me to be stronger in the second half,” Moore said. “I knew what I was going to do beforehand, but everything just happened so fast.”
Trailing 3-2, Rock Hill remained on the attack, and nearly tied the score when Bearcats forward Michael Udeze got in the Trojans’ box and dribbled past the diving keeper Cody Jones. The shot, however, sailed wide left of the open net at the 23:43 mark.
Both teams went back-and-forth with intensity until the Trojans scored the clinching goal when freshman Erwin Salazar got possession of the loose ball within the box and shot it over the head of Raad, the Rock Hill keeper, for the 4-2 lead.
Bearcats coach Wayne Clark said that his team played with plenty of effort, but credited Northwestern for a solid second half.
“We worked hard to get back into it before the half, but Northwestern came out with more intensity in the second half. They are well coached and they have a good team.”
Northwestern (10-7 and 6-1 in Region 3-AAAA), also got goals from Jacob Youngblood and Julian Welborn, which resulted in the early 2-0 lead. Rock Hill, whose two goals came from Arzulaz, dropped to 9-5 and 4-3.
NORTHWESTERN 4, ROCK HILL 2
1 half-(NW) Jacob Youngblood goal, 35:12.
1st half-(NW) Julian Weldon, unassisted, 13:45.
1st half-(RH) Pablo Arzaluz, assist from Joel Watson, 11:23.
1st half-(RH) Arzaluz, assist from Michael Udeze, 5:33.
2nd half-(NW) Caleb Moore, unassisted, 35:04.
2nd half-(NW) Erwin Salazar, unassisted, 12:40.
Shots on Goal: Northwestern 8, Rock Hill 9.
Saves: Northwestern (goal keeper Cod y Jones) 5; Rock Hill (JD Raad) 7.
Corner kicks: Northwestern 4, Rock Hill 3.
Records: Northwestern 10-7, 6-1 in Region 3-AAAA; Rock Hill 9-5, 4-3.


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On my last trip to Walt Disney World with the C-man we left with FREE Mickey stickers stuck to everything! We had them on our stroller, clothes, books, camera bag, balloons and more. It seems like everywhere we went, a cast member was handing C-man stickers. The cast members had access to rolls and rolls of Mickey stickers. Most were of Mickey's head or Mickey waving. Some cast members would just peel it off and stick it on his shirt. Others would unroll 4-5 and tear them off. Still others would unroll 10-15 and hand them to us!
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People are nevertheless heading to rapid food chains — regardless of inflation taking a toll on their wallets.
In the thirty day period of May well, the price tag of food items away from property jumped 7.4% when compared to a yr back, but according to a new report from Placer.ai, People in america are ingesting out at rapid food places to eat the same quantity as 2021 and at some rapid foods giants, Individuals are eating out even much more.
In the report, which was created by nameless spot knowledge from a panel of 30 million cellular gadgets, which Placer.ai then leverages with AI and equipment studying to make estimates about general stop by destinations, Shira Petrack, Placer.ai marketing information manager, identified that the quick-service restaurant sector seems to be “maintaining rather continuous visitation styles.”
As opposed to May possibly 2021, foot visitors in May possibly 2022 is better at McDonald’s, up 21.7% and at other quick food items locations together with Wendy’s, up 5% and Burger King, up 4.1%.
This spike in foot visitors comes as Individuals gradual down their spending. In the month of Could, U.S. retail income fell .3% but on the fast food items entrance, specials and bargain offerings may be luring People in.
According to Lydia Boussour, Oxford Economics Direct US Economist, buyers may well be buying and selling in up-scale dining for considerably less costly solutions as they “reshuffle” their expending priorities to allocate “much more of their spending plan towards providers and pricier necessities” like gasoline, meals and shelter.
Boussour emphasized nevertheless, there is “pent-up demand from customers for solutions like dining out.”
“Some buyers are additional likely to trade down from pricier eating activities to significantly less high-priced speedy food items options in this substantial inflation natural environment,” she informed Yahoo Finance.
In spite of the alternative get much less expensive meals on the go, individuals are unable to overlook the historic expense raise.
Peter Saleh of BTIG, who has been covering the cafe sector considering the fact that 2008, states the sector is raising selling prices on menus “considerably a lot more than they have historically.”
On ordinary, value boosts have been all-around 2% but in 2022 increases have been 6-8% with “some scenarios even increased than that” due to the commodities and labor inflation.
Nick Setyan of Wedbush says Chipotle (CMG) in distinct is a “one of a kind animal” as electronic product sales soar for the chain. When everyone is “sensation the crunch” people are keen to help save $5 to $10 on supply expenses, moreover suggestion, and so they’re ordering on the app to choose up in store or at the Chipotlane.
At Chipotle (CMG) foot targeted traffic jumped as large as 51.5 percent in the month of February when compared to 2021. Placer.ai’s Petrack located that orders created at the store and online “do not have to have to occur at the cost of just about every other.”
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What Makes Chicago One Of The Best Places To Live?The Windy City just barely makes the U.S. News & World Report's list of '100 Best Places to Live in the USA.'
The Very Best of Everything in 2012As the end of year nears it is time to take a moment to look back to see what made the top of the best of lists for 2012. Other than the presidential election there have been many other battles this year to score a number one spot in the United States. Companies, writers, public relation experts and cities have all been vying for the golden top spot.
Illinois Fails To Crack Top 50 On Best Places To Live ListMoney Magazine is out with its "Best Places To Live" list, and not a single town in Illinois cracked the top 50.

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Alternative band AJR releases new single from upcoming album with a unique music video
Fans of the alternative pop rock band AJR have been eagerly waiting for the band to drop a new single from their much anticipated fifth studio album since first teasing the new song in January 2023. The group unveiled what could be the third pre-album single; it is titled “The Dumb Song” and joins I Won’t and The DJ is Crying for Help as singles assumed to be on their upcoming album. The name of their fifth album has yet to be announced to the public, but fans hungry for info do have the records abbreviation, it is TMM.
As for “The Dumb Song,” let’s break down the single and the tracks music video because oh gosh; it is really good and deserves some hype.
AJR Show Fans Just How Long it Can Take to Write a Song
The day before “The Dumb Song” was released the band shared one final teaser before its midnight release on Thursday, April 20, 2023. In the teaser clip the group shared across social media, it was hinted at the band documented the entire year-and-half-long process of creating this one single song. The trio has been known for their popular tour docs shot and edited by their tour photographer Austin Roa. It was not badly educated guess that the group would be uploading a similar songwriting doc on YouTube.
However, the documentary footage that was captured was the music video itself! This is such a fun, creative, and original idea for a music video. Throughout the entire music video, there are on-screen captions with fun facts. Watching the video felt like watching an extended version of a TikTok, Instagram Reel, or another short-form video. Speaking of short-form videos, there are some parts of the song that are screaming potential viral hits on social media.
Music videos should tell a story, and this did just that in such a modern way. You can watch the video below or visit YouTube on your smart TV for the full experience.
About “The Dumb Song”
This song title is pretty uncommon for AJR because this is one of, if not their first song to not actually say the exact name within the song. Ryan, Jack, and Adam Met did a good job of creating something fresh, but not straying too far from the unique sound fans have come to expect when listening to an AJR song.
In true AJR fashion, they threw in a few completely relatable lyrics, aimed to normalize taboo topics, and of course a bit of politics. After releasing a song like “3 O’clock Things” the group proved they are not afraid to get political with their lyrics.
Another fun part within the song features a highly autotuned voice saying “You should not have done that!” I thought this was a member of the band’s voice. In reality, it was one of their friend seven-year-old’s daughter. Such a fun tidbit, it feels almost a bit unexpected where the part is in the song, which leads me to believe the trio has big plans for a live rendition of “The Dumb Song”, it will undoubtingly be big, probably cut to black, and then some light explosion with smoke.
Overall this song is very fun and gave fans just enough of a taste to continue hyping up the new album and leave the fanbase hungry for more new music. While at the same time, “The Dumb Song” did not give away too much, avoiding spoiling the unknown that a new record provides.


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City views, colorful buildings, beach pools, waves, waterfalls, and turquoise waters make San Juan Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino a photography haven. Come on a tour with me of the heart of Condado and see for yourself.
The views of Condado from the Executive Lounge are breathtaking; at 21 floors up, you can see for miles. I visited the Executive Lounge at sunset and I lost track of time. At first, I sat inside and enjoyed hors d’oeuvers while watching the sun bless the sky, it’s rays shooting down in all directions.
As it went below the buildings, the sky lit up with color. I spend another 20 minutes sitting on the balcony and listening to the waves crash below. The air was still warm and there was a light breeze. I didn’t need a sweater or pants; my dress was warm enough for the Caribbean weather.
Today, in the middle of the day, without a magical sunset or golden hues, the views were equally spectacular. I enjoyed the bird’s eye view for another hour before returning to my room. It’s easy to get lost in the moment here.
Whether you enjoy swimming or just relaxing on a lounge chair, the pools at San Juan Marriott have you covered… or uncovered depending on if you’re working on your tan or not. I’m not much for tanning, but I could swim for hours. I watched an 18 month old girl playing in the water and it was a refreshing reminder of how much Athena loves to be in the pool. I also noticed an older girl, maybe 5 or 6 years of age, swimming back and forth in one of the smaller sections of the pool. Her father was proud and smiled every time she touched the wall. I offered to time her with my watch and she giggled before saying, “Please!” It looks like a made a new friend, too, because when she saw me later in the day she swam in my direction and asked if we could play together again. It was a simple moment but I felt good about her trust in me.
Both the city and pool views will bring a smile to your face, but it’s the beach that is the piece de resistance. I can’t get enough of it. I played in the waves for 45 minutes today and I was shriveling up and exhausted but I didn’t want to go inside. Then, when I finally got out of the water, I went to my room and sat on the balcony looking down at the ocean until sunset.
Puerto Rico is stunning and San Juan Marriott offers some of the best views in the Caribbean. I could definitely warm up to winter if I spend more of it here.


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Baker‘s filmer Beagle has really outdone himself now. His latest project features the man whose deep bag of catchphrases is matched only by his ability to bigspin out of noseslides: Shane Heyl. Last night, Beagle dropped Heyl’s ‘Stir It’ part—a fast-paced three minutes of bangers upon bangers—and it’s full of surprises. Get out that wooden spoon (aka skateboard) and get ready to get stirred. Watch it above!
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