Dear Ms. Sippel, a year and a half ago, the EU Commission put forward a proposal to reform the current European Asylum System. Which aspects have been and continue to be the subject of heated debate?
In September 2020, the EU Commission published the "New Pact on Migration and Asylum", which is intended to complement and partially revise the proposed asylum reform of 2016. This "pact" is based on the misguided intention to please all Member States. However, there are Member States that reject a humanitarian and solidarity-based asylum and migration policy in principle, even accepting breaches of the law. Instead of introducing genuine solidarity, the proposal of Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rather accomodates countries showing a lack of solidarity. For example, the dysfunctional and unjust principle of first entry remains in place. This means that again only the Member States of first entry are responsible for processing the asylum claims and for the subsequent stay. In the pact, a mandatory and predictable relocation of asylum seekers among all EU Member States is nowhere to be found.
As a Member of the European Parliament, are you involved in negotiating the proposals?
Yes, personally, as rapporteur of the European Parliament for the screening regulation, I am dealing with its problematic sections and unresolved issues. In the screening procedure, the Commission wants to introduce a mandatory border-check of all third-country citizens. Persons who have entered the EU irregularly are to be detained at the EU's external borders for up to ten days to be registered and assigned to the appropriate procedures. This extensive detention does not name any exception for children or particularly vulnerable persons. At the same time, the regulation proposes an ineffective monitoring mechanism that won't be able to solve the numerous problems such as illegal and forced push-backs at the EU's external borders. Therefore, much remains to be improved.
What is the position of the EU Member States regarding the proposed reforms?
Overall, the national representatives have not yet been able to overcome the rifts that have opened up in the Council since 2016 on the issue of relocating refugees. That is why we see little momentum regarding the asylum reform. Real progress would require not only the willingness of the Parliament to negotiate, but also that of the Council, as both have to agree on new laws and regulations as joint legislators. In Parliament, the work is progressing, but I fear that some Member States are fundamentally lacking the willingness to seriously negotiate all the elements; instead, only selected aspects of the reform should be addressed.
Likewise, since January 2022, the French Council Presidency has been pursuing a so-called “step-by-step approach”, meaning that only selected elements of the proposed reform are to be completed, while more sensitive issues remain untouched. It is therefore not surprising that the Presidency is focusing on border control and registration at the external borders. However, for the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, it is clear that a sustainable asylum reform must offer a comprehensive solution and not lead to a piecemeal approach where less controversial dossiers are concluded while the fundamental problems remain. Thus, a reform must inevitably address the fair distribution of responsibilities and encompass solidarity not only with Member States, but also with local and regional actors and the people in need of protection.
Did the Parliament and the Council reach agreement on any proposals yet?
Last year, we were able to agree with the Council on the establishment of the EU Asylum Agency, which extends the mandate of its predecessor, the Asylum Support Office. Moreover, I am glad about the reform of the so-called EU Blue Card, which facilitates immigration for highly qualified persons, such as academics and certain professions.
Since 24 February, Russia has been waging war against Ukraine, causing millions of people to flee, mainly to the EU. In response, there is currently a great willingness to help and show solidarity with refugees across Europe. Does this development also influence the negotiations on the Migration and Asylum Package?
Certainly, it would be welcome if the current situation would bring us a little closer to concluding the negotiations on the asylum reform. Unfortunately, I rather observe dynamics indicating that the dramatic situation in Ukraine overshadows all other challenges regarding asylum. For example, hardly anyone still talks about the humanitarian catastrophe that the Polish government has been creating at its external border with Belarus since the summer of 2021, refusing entry to people who have followed the false promises of the Belarusian despot Lukashenko.
The numerous deaths of migrants at sea, which we continue to witness, also hardly play a role in the public perception anymore. As far as the negotiations on the asylum package are concerned, I see a similar picture in the Council. The meetings revolve around ad hoc responses to the immediate needs of millions of people from Ukraine.
For example, the Council Decision of March 4, 2022, activated the Temporary Protection Directive, which provides for a temporary protection status for various categories of people from Ukraine, as well as their family members. With this status, they are provided with social and medical protection for an initial period of one year (maximum three years), have access to the labour market and children and young people have access to the education system.
Despite the fact that this decision was right and important, the Council's focus remains fixed on the urgent needs of people and, unfortunately, only little time remains to address the fundamental questions that we have to face when reforming the asylum system.
Do these fundamental questions include how the EU should respond to the instrumentalisation of asylum seekers?
Absolutely. As long as EU Member States cannot agree on a common, just and dignified approach on dealing with people in need of protection, they leave each other vulnerable. We see that Member States, and civil society in particular, are very capable of supporting millions of people seeking protection. At the Belarusian external border, for example, many volunteers wanted to provide support. In Poland, however, they were not allowed to enter the border zone. Neither were the media and aid organisations despite only a few thousand people whom Lukashenko had lured to Belarus with false promises, ruthlessly exploiting them for political purposes. A clear common stance of the Member States, based on our values and our human rights responsibilities, would have sent a much stronger message from the EU.
Do you believe that the EU's approach to protect people fleeing Ukraine represents a turning point in the EU's migration and asylum policy?
I would like Member States to realise that a more inclusive approach to migration, including inclusion in the labour market and society, can work well for everybody. This includes the increasingly important task of integration, facilitated by the effective and swift provision of temporary protection. This way, we could bring about a positive turn in the overly used negative narrative about uncontrolled displacement and migration. For in fact, we are not experiencing migration crises; rather, we are witnessing crises of the Member States' joint capacity to act in the field of migration and asylum.
We now have the chance to turn the tide and (re)build mutual trust and solidarity in Europe. Nevertheless, we cannot wait for these perhaps too optimistic wishes to come true. For now, I do not see a fundamental change of thinking in many Member States. It seems that even Commission President von der Leyen will not live up to her responsibility anymore and demand the implementation of the existing asylum law from Member States that break the rules, if necessary, with infringement proceedings.
Therefore, it is essential to forge new alliances with those Member States that endorse a humane and just migration policy and to start developing common policies. German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser has already expressed her support for this idea very explicitly. I hope that the first results will soon be visible, so that in the long term we can be as supportive to all those who seek protection in the EU as we are currently to the people from Ukraine.
Birgit Sippel has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009, where she is the spokesperson for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (S&D) in the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE).


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To President Biden!
2021-09-07: Dear Sir
The US military has killed two executives of the "Islamic State" regional organization
in an "unmanned aerial vehicle attack."
It is said to be retaliation for the suicide bombing of "Islamic State".
Democracy is about catching criminals, making trials and punishing them!
The United States has become a "dictatorship" like "China."
I wrote yesterday that the incident was due to the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
The "9.11 incident" is due to the "Palestinian problem."
The causal relationship is too complicated.
I think that not only religious issues but also "economic disparities"
and "human rights disparities" are causing terrorism.
Americans should be "more calm".
It has been 10 years since May 2, 2021,
when Osama bin Laden, the leader of the international terrorist organization Al Qaeda,
who masterminded the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001,
was killed. He was murdered by US special forces in Pakistan, where he was hiding.
To me as a Japanese,
the United States and Islamic extremists seem to be
in an endless loop of the "Palestinian issue" and the "9.11 incident."
Islamic extremists have nothing to lose.
Same as "Kamikaze Special Attack Corps"! Americans
and Islams should look for a way of "coexistence"!
America is crazy.
The United States has "thrown out" the basic rule of democracy,
"government under the law."
"I" claimed that "Carlos Ghosn" was "not guilty" in the "Nissan Motor Incident".
The UN Human Rights Council also acquitted it as "arbitrary."
Ghosn is not guilty of "legal theory",
just as "the University of Tokyo professor" "spoken" as a "witness."
Michael Taylor and his son Peter, who rescued the "innocent" "Mr. Ghosn" from Japan,
are not guilty. Americans should denounce the Biden administration.
Under international law, they are "presumed innocent."
Two executives of the "Islamic State" regional organization have the "right to a trial".
We should "find" the truth in court.
President Biden still says "kill them."
"Liberal Americans! Stop President Biden. Stop him from doing any more" murders "!
Part 1 U.S. military drone attack kills two executives of "Islamic State" regional organization.
US troops have revealed that an unmanned aircraft attack
on August 27 killed two executives of a regional organization
in the "Islamic State" allegedly involved in a suicide bombing at Kabul Airport.
In a statement, President Biden said he would continue the attack,
saying "this is not the last time" and
that he received a report that "terrorism is likely to occur between the next 24 and 36 hours."
Ten years after the murder of bin Laden, the threat of terrorism still remains ...
I will write tomorrow, too.
The amendment of the Immigration Control Act in January 2017 states
that "I am not guilty" as the reason for the amendment.
Reason: Amend from "cannot be punished" to "can be punished".
It is a false charge. However, the Japanese government has not yet apologized.
See below for the indictment. (Japanese)
See below for the indictment. (English translation)
Part 2 Please see the following for the "false charges" of "crimes of support
for immigration law violations" in 2010
Very truly yours.
Economic activity should be "returned to normal" even under the "new corona"!
Will I continue to receive the corona vaccine two or three times a year? Crazy!
"SARS virus" has disappeared by "quarantine and treatment" of infected people.
"PCR test" takes time.
We should develop an "inspection system"
that instantly "identifies" the "infected person" like thermography.
In certain places tested, "non-infected persons" can return to "normal life" without masks!
It should be developed jointly by each country within a year.
The "nation of freedom and democracy" should be revived!
See daily posts for details. Or contact us!
"China, Japan, South Korea, America" are "non-human rights allies"! crazy!
"Michael Taylor," arrested by the Japanese government,
said he was "abandoned" by the United States!
"Michael Taylor" is the "American hero"
who rescued the innocent "Carlos Ghosn" from Japan! Americans should "rescue" "Michael Taylor"!
In order to "rescue" "Mr. Michael Taylor", we should carry out a "boycotts of Japanese products"!
And in order to regain the human rights of the victims of the "immigration law case",
we should carry out a "boycotts of Japanese products" around the world!
For uncertainties, please contact us!

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For Immediate Release:
April 22, 2014
Contact: Craig Thiel (517-485.94444
or Eric Lupher (734-542-8001)
New CRC Report Calls for State Policy before Assuming School Debts
LIVONIA, Michigan – A recent report addressing the future of public education in the City of Detroit recommends that the State of Michigan assume responsibility for certain debts of Detroit Public Schools as part of a larger plan to reform governance and finance for all public schools in the city. A new Citizens Research Council of Michigan (CRC) report, “State Assumption of School Debts,” examines the issues created by a state assumption of school debts by examining the consequences associated with previous instances where the state assumed responsibility for school debts. The CRC report urges policymakers to develop a statewide policy for dealing with school district debts, especially if the state is going to make additional resources available for such purposes.
The Coalition for the Future of Detroit Schoolchildren has recommended that the state assume $124 million annually of Detroit Public Schools’ (DPS) financial obligations. The obligations include debt service payments for long-term notes issued to finance current operations as well as required payments to the school employee retirement system for employee “legacy costs.” If the state takes on these debts, DPS would see an almost $2,500 per-pupil increase in the amount of money available for classroom instruction; however, this will come at the expense of $124 million fewer state dollars available to share across all other public schools in the state. When the state assumes a district’s debts, the benefits are retained locally but the costs are socialized.
“While DPS is currently the most recent financially and academically struggling district requesting direct state assistance with its debts, 55 other school districts across the state began the current fiscal year in a deficit situation,” said Craig Thiel. “A request from any one of these districts, some of which are under the control of state-appointed emergency managers, may not be too far off.”
State assumption of school debts is not unprecedented; the state has assumed the debts of four financially struggling school districts since 2012 – Muskegon Heights (2012), Highland Park (2012), Inkster (2013), and Buena Vista (2013); however, it did so without a specific policy in place. Instead, emergency managers in Muskegon Heights and Highland Park were able to gain access to additional state assistance to pay off school debts by “charterizing” the entire districts. The Michigan Legislature passed a state law to allow the dissolution of the Inkster and Buena Vista school districts and for the debts to be assumed by the state. Policymakers are still dealing with the consequences, both intended and otherwise, arising from the actions taken in these instances and from the lack of a statewide policy.
“Before dealing with the immediate situation involving DPS debts and in anticipation of future requests for state assistance, policymakers should give consideration to the lack of a long-term policy for state assumption of school debts,” said Craig Thiel. “In developing a policy, the state must be cognizant of criteria such as transparency, fairness, accountability, and consistency.”
The full report is available at no cost on the Citizens Research Council of Michigan website at www.crcmich.org.
Founded in 1916, the Citizens Research Council of Michigan works to improve government in Michigan. The organization provides factual, unbiased, independent information concerning significant issues of state and local government organization, policy, and finance. By delivery of this information to policymakers and citizens, CRC aims to ensure sound and rational public policy formation in Michigan. For more information, visit www.crcmich.org.


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Do you ever feel like escaping the world and curl up in your own little world? Then, there is nothing better than in an indoor/outdoor swinging pod entitled as Kodama Zomes. You can hang it freely from a tree or free standing structure to enjoy your personal space while swinging around exotic outside views.
Designed by licensed structural engineer Richie Duncan, the geometrical structure of Zome is designed using 3D engineering software. The name Zome comes from combining the words dome and zohodehral (inspired by geodesic domes of architect Buckminster Fuller and the shapes of a zonohedron). You can hang it on tree limb in your backyard, over lake at a cottage or simply inside a spacious home.
This versatile little nook will certainly make a perfect getaway from reality for one or more persons. Besides snoozing, reading or chatting with friends, you can even use this unique hanging space for practicing yoga in mid air. The magical swinging pod indeed creates wonderland atmosphere along with a relaxing place to hang-out anywhere indoors or outdoors.


My first choreo post was logically enough about an early part of your program, your first jump. Now though I leap all the way to the very end of your program: the last note, actually, at the very very end. I don't know if folks deliberately plan this out, as it seems to be more an artifact of the music you selected for your routine. One might easily though recalibrate the music to address this issue that leaves the last impression.
In an earlier post I chatted about how to allow yourself enough slack time to ensure you finish your final movements in time to the music. It seems the more I watch particular skaters though the less coincidental their endings appear. Some skaters can simply always nail the timing while others cannot.
If you are one of those lucky souls who has the rhythm in her bones then you can make a dynamite impression by choosing a musical piece with an abrupt and spectacular ending. Nail it and everyone goes Whoa.
But if you're like most skaters who can at best time it to within a couple of seconds, it would seem to me you should cut your music to end on a holding chord. That way if you're a tiny bit early you can melt into your final pose. If you made it just in time then you'll look like you planned it that way.


Sundance Cinemas, the joint venture between General Cinema Theatres and Robert Redford, plans to open an 11-screen arthouse across the street from Boston’s Fenway Park.
Boston is the third location announced by Sundance Cinemas. Other theaters will be opened in Portland, Ore., and Philadelphia.
“The Sundance Cinema center is a unique opportunity to combine urban redevelopment with culture, art and architecture to create a public space which will foster education, communication and community,” Redford said.
Sox ‘n’ cinema
“As a lifelong Red Sox fan, I’m especially excited about our being in the shadow of Fenway.”
The Boston multiplex will be located on the site occupied by the Lansdowne parking garage owned by real estate developer John Rosenthal.
Construction of the 1,800-seat theater is expected to begin in early 2000 with the opening projected for early 2001.
In addition to exhibiting independent films, the Lansdowne Sundance Cinema will provide a venue for the performing arts. The multiplex will feature a restaurant, bar and a store selling videos and books.


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I recently adopted the most amazing dog in the universe. She’s a rescue from a puppy mill and adopted from the Louis Animal Foundation, Inc (off of Petfinder.com). Her name was Sunrise, but now goes by Emmie Loo Skeris. She was incredibly scared at first, but with only over a month of training, Emmie Loo has come out of her shell.
Emmie Loo is my very first dog. I had to sift through a lot of stuff to find all the things I need as a pup owner. I’m going to list as many things as I can so if you’re ever interested in ADOPTING, it’ll make your process easier.
Please adopt and don’t buy from a petstore. The animals in petstores come from many abused facilities. If you must buy, please go through a trusted breeder who has all their background information readily availabe for you.
Things you MUST buy:
Harness (pull from the front NOT the back)
Wee wee pads
a Crate that’s big enough for him/her to stand up and lay down (don’t get one too big)
Apple Bitters (for things you don’t want him/her to chew on–like your hands)
Healthy food – Life’s Abundance and Natural Balance
Training and More:
Kate Perry is an awesome trainer! Plus her rates are completely reasonable.
The Dog Wash will completely poop out your dog if you need a doggie daycare.
D is for Doggie is a much more upscaled daycare.
….and please remember that your DOG is a DOG and not a human!

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Hi, I'm Radoslav Zilinsky from slovakia and I'm going to explain you the method of blending procedural materials with vertex paint modifier that is located in max from version 6, so even though I use 3dsmax 7, you wont have any problems with 6.
Procedural materials are very powerful and combination with vertex paint are even more. This tutorial will be just about procedural, so I'm not gonna use a single bitmap in it. I don't want to tell you that procedures are better than bitmaps. Both have its own advantages and disadvantages, but i think what the combination of both is the best solution. But this tutorial is about something else.
So, what we are going to do? We are going to make some procedural materials and, what is important, tell them where they should be located on our object with vertex paint. In fact, we will paint on specific locations on object, where we want to have specific type of procedural.
One disadvantage, when you are using vertex paint for this, is that you should have quite dens mesh when you want to paint on object with vertex paint, because it shades faces and if you would have for example a plane with two faces and you would want to paint just in the corner of this plane, it wont be able, because the faces are too big and you will not have a color just in the corner, but a gradient from corner something to the middle of this plane. But this is not very dramatic, and in most cases you will have mesh that is dens enough. Just try it for yourself and you will see.
First, i want to show you my teapot that i made for this tutorial, and that I'm going to work with.
Now, we are going to make two base procedural materials that will blend together, exactly how we paint on object. We will paint on object just black and white, where black will represent first material and white will represent the second.
So here are the first two materials.
The material number #1 is just a mix of supernoise and watercell map (assign this two maps to a mix map and put this mix map to a diffuse slot of a material). Material number #2 just have a two level supernoise map(it means that it has another supernoise map inside supernoise map, assigned to one color) in diffuse slot. And this materials have also bump maps of course. Supernoise map is more complex and better than normal noise map that comes with max.
If you don't have supernoise a watercell map you should download it here.
Now we are gonna paint our object B/W so black will represent material number #1 and white will represent material number #2 as I mentioned earlier. So first apply a vertex paint modifier to object(marked as 5 on the next picture).Set VERTEX COLOR DISPLAY – UNSHADED(marked as 1 on next picture) to see how you paint, set CHANNEL to Map channel 3(marked as number 2 on next picture).
I'm not going to explain you how to paint with vertex paint. All the buttons are well explained in user reference. But there is one important thing that I should mention. When you assign a vertex paint modifier, there's no vertex color on object by default. So it seams like it has white color, but it doesn't. So first thing you should do, is to make the whole object white. Do this by setting a color(marked 5 on the picture) to 254, 254, 254(not to 255 255 255, because it will not work) and press the can button(marked 3 on picture). Now you have white object and you can start to paint with black color - just change opacity and size(marked 4 on picture) of brush during painting. On previous picture, you see like I painted my object.
Now, we want to blend our two materials, like the vertex colors are our object. To do this, make a blend material, assign material number #1 to first slot, material number #2 to second. Put the gradient ramp map to mask slot of blend material and change its map channel to 3, like we have in vertex paint modifier(we are putting gradient ramp because you can better control this map, like sample gradient). In fact this gradient ramp represent the transition between this two materials. Do a render and you should have nice blend of 2 materials on object like me on the next picture.
Look at the render and on my vertex painted object. Truly, where I painted with black color, there's first material on render and vice versa.
What bother me on previous render, is that the transition between the two materials is linear which look a little unrealistic. I also solved this problem. So if the gradient ramp represent the transition between materials, it is clear that we are going to tweak this map. I don't want this transition to be linear, but something like fractal noise. To make this, we are gonna put a mix map instead of simple gradient ramp to mask slot of blend material. You should be able to make this map from next picture, there is everything you will need for it.
On the next picture, you see that the transition is now more realistic.
I will show the same pictures, but with the similar materials, to better see the difference.
So this is the main procedure. I continued with assigning another 3 materials to this teapot. I do this by making new blend material, assigned new material to the first slot and to the second slot I assigned our old blend material. As mask, I make another mix map(similar to previous one), in which all the maps had higher map channel and than I put another vertex paint modifier and set its map channel to the same as in the maps of the mix map. I continued further more - new blend, new material, new mix map, higher map channel, new vertex paint.
Everything is clearly visible on my final material tree.
This is the additional three materials.
This picture is how all 5 materials will blend together.
Eventually this is the final image - so it is blend of 5 materials and every material is placed on the teapot with new vertex paint modifier - at the end, I had 4 vertex paint modifiers in the stack with different map channels assigned.
So i hope you enjoyed this tutorial and feel free to contact me if you have any questions.


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Clinton Community College receives $787,620 grant to boost workforce training programs
Eastern Iowa Community Colleges (EICC) is pleased to announce Clinton Community College is receiving a $787,620 grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) to procure equipment needed to support Welding and Computer Numerical Control (CNC) career technologies programs.
“We are very excited to be awarded this grant from the EDA, and I am pleased we are able to continue to attract resources to our community,” said Clinton Community College President, Brian Kelly.
The grant will expand and enhance the programs offered at EICC’s Regional Career Academy campuses in Clinton and Maquoketa. In Clinton, a new building that will house the Academy programs is currently under construction. Meanwhile, in Maquoketa plans are in place to renovate and add new equipment to the existing labs there. Career Academies are partnerships with area high schools that provide students the opportunity to receive hands-on career training and college credits while still in high school. The new equipment/labs will also serve adults in the community interested in pursuing these high-demand fields.
“Our regional career academies will enable more students and community members to receive the training they need to compete in our current economy. With a shared commitment to access and opportunity, we are also enabling our students to gain skills and save money by completing college courses in high school,” said Kelly.
The EDA investment will be matched with $196,905 in local funds as well.
“The Biden Administration is committed to creating new opportunities for workforce development across the country,” said Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development Alejandra Y. Castillo.
“This EDA investment will provide the equipment needed to expand training programs that regional high school students and current and potential members of the workforce need to compete for in-demand, skilled workforce positions.”
This project was made possible by the regional planning efforts led by the East Central Intergovernmental Association (ECIA). EDA funds ECIA to bring together the public and private sectors to create an economic development roadmap to strengthen the regional economy, support private capital investment and create jobs.
About the U.S. Economic Development Administration
The mission of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) is to lead the federal economic development agenda by promoting competitiveness and preparing the nation’s regions for growth and success in the worldwide economy. An agency within the U.S. Department of Commerce, EDA invests in communities and supports regional collaboration in order to create jobs for U.S. workers, promote American innovation, and accelerate long-term sustainable economic growth.
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One of the coolest promotions happening at the San Diego Comic-Con is Fox Home Entertainment’s customized Predator action figure, which comes with a pre-order of the film’s 3-D Blu-ray release.
Evan Dickson checked out the booth, took a photo with a Predator, played with the create a head feature (see what they look like below), and snapped shots of two different Blu-ray editions.
It’s $49.99 for the Blu-ray and personalized 3-D mapping doll.
For $129.99 you get both of those along with the below Predator head box set.
At least now you have a reason to own a third HD release of the 80’s classic, I think? Read more about the Predator event here.
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Ata Jurt faction leader won't nominate candidates for speaker's and prime minister's post in case of entry into ruling coalition -- MP Tashiev.
The Ata Jurt faction made the decision not to nominate candidates
for Speaker's and Prime Minister's posts, Ata Jurt faction
leader Kamchibek Tashiev told reporters on Thursday upon conclusion of
the closed meeting of the faction. Tashiev added in case Ata Jurt
decides to enter the coalition, the decision will be made today what
candidates for speaker's and prime minister's posts the
faction will support. In case the faction remains in opposition, the
faction will publicize the facts about corrupted practices among
selected officials. Big questions will be raised about the June events
with regard to the first officials. "All members of the provisional
government will have to respond. We will hold them accountable,"
Kamchibek Tashiev stressed. He said the main goal of the opposition is
achievement of power. "I do not think we will be in opposition. But
if this happens, we will create a bloc of opposition forces. We will
register in the Justice Ministry. We will try to come to power using
lawful ways. We will show incapability of the current power to the
society and people will make the decision themselves," he said.
When asked if he intends to become the Defense Minister, Tashiev replied
that he has the status higher than the Minister. He said he did not
receive offers to hold concrete post. "I won't accept any
offers yet," Tashiev said.
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Just me and hubby (in our mid 50's).
Would like to experience all that the Carolina's has to offer; views, culture/people, food, music/art, hiking/waterfalls, and maybe a horseback ride.
Not a fan of things that smell like a money making enterprise (sorry, not a fan of the theme parks in FL,...I'm the one taking friends/family on a canoe trip on the river and enjoying a low key seafood lunch or dinner, weather permitting). So Biltmore doesn't interest me.
We are planning on the parkway...can't wait!!!
So, from Savannah, heading towards Blowing Rock....?? Any suggestions? We could stay a night or two anyplace that would make sense,...I'm just not sure what that looks like.

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Adult sexcamchat - Taylor momsen chace crawford dating
With Jessica Szohr and Ed Westwick's supposed kissing session at the airport, and Blake and Penn's relationship, it seems like the offscreen romances are just as common as the ones on their show.
On-screen they're just a couple years apart, but in real life Taylor is only 15 and Chace is 23 so tell us — do you think Chace and Taylor hooking up is cute or gross?
So it’s not hard to see why this hunk du jour has been romantically linked to every beautiful girl in Hollywood.
But the star has been linked to pretty much every one of his Gossip Girl co-stars in recent months – and notorious party girl Lindsay Lohan is said to have been bombarding Chace with texts too.
The madness around this rising star is only set to intensify as the chiselled sex god prepares to make his first outing as a Hollywood movie leading man, in the remake of classic ’80s musical flick Footloose.
‘I’m training right now in New York, and it’s pretty intense,’ grinned Chace who further delighted fans by adding: ‘I’m getting muscles that I didn’t even know were there!
For starters, the characters Serena (Blake Lively) and Dan (Penn Bagdley) may be no more on the show but their real life alter egos Blake and Penn have shown no signs of cooling off their long time romance off camera. he’s dated everyone from Lil J (Taylor Momsen) to Vanessa to Blair Waldrof (Leighton Meester) yet ended the season completely single. So, what’s going on with Chace's love life off-screen?
Then there’s good old Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) who had a brief fling with Vanessa (Jessica Szhor). Like Nate, he's a ladies man who never seems to go long without a date.
Well, things went south on the show but Ed and Jessica took that on-screen heat to fuel their real life relationship. He even dated his much younger co-star Taylor for a brief moment.Well, according to the , now that Ed (Chace’s best friend in real life and on the show) has settled down—they haven't been hanging out as much as they used to.Sources say that Chace was feeling a little lonely so, Ed and Jessica took it upon themselves to set Chace up with , about a teenage drug dealer.But, there are doubts that Chace has the ability to really make a commitment to Esti—or any one girl for that matter.Sources say that even though he claims he wanted a girlfriend, no one really thinks they're going to last. He did have a long term relationship with Carrie Underwood.Chace Crawford and Taylor Momsen were apparently spotted making out at the Gossip Girl holiday party in NYC recently, although Chace's rep denied the rumor.Tags: Adult Dating, affair dating, sex dating

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This news release is available in Spanish.
Researchers from the University of Granada (UGR), in collaboration with the universities of Barcelona and Jaen, have brought to light the antitumoral nature of maslinic acid (a compound derived from olives) in Caco-2 p53-deficient colon adenocarcinoma cells in the short term.
Maslinic acid (MA) is a natural triterpene found in high concentrations in the waxy skin of olives, obtained through a method patented by professors Andrés García-Granadados López de Hierro and Andrés Parra Sánchez from the UGR department of Organic Chemistry, and currently used by the company Biomaslinic S.L.
The results of this research, recently published in the renowned PloS ONE magazine, show without a doubt how maslinic acid is capable of early inducing the extrinsic cellular death pathway in Caco-2 cells that don't express protein p53 (known by its pro-apoptotic capacity).
Said research has been lead by professors José Antonio Lupiáñez Cara and Andrés Parra Sánchez from the University of Granada, Marta Cascante Serratosa from the University of Barcelona, and Juan Peragón Sánchez from the University of Jaen.
In previous works, professor Lupiáñez Cara's research team had reported that maslinic acid induces apoptotic cell death via the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway in cancer cell lines.
In the paper published in PloS ONE, the researchers have shown that MA induces apoptosis in Caco-2 colon cancer cells via the extrinsic apoptotic pathway in a dose-dependent manner in the short term (4 hours).
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Maslinic acid triggers a series of effects associated with apoptosis and increased the levels of the pro-apoptotic protein t-Bid within a few hours of its addition to the culture medium. This triterpene has no effect on the expression of the Bax protein or the release of cytochrome-c (proteins involved in the mitochondrial apoptotic pathway), or on the mitochondrial membrane potential.
This suggests that MA triggered the extrinsic apoptotic pathway in this cell type, as opposed to the intrinsic pathway found in the HT29 colon-cancer cell line (cells which do have the tumor suppressor gene p53 and, as a result, express the protein p53.
The results published in PloS ONE suggest that the apoptotic mechanism induced in Caco-2 may be different from that found in HT29 colon-cancer cells, and that in Caco-2 cells maslinic acid seems to work independently of the presence of p53. Natural antitumoral agents capable of activating both the extrinsic and intrinsic apoptotic pathways could be of great use in treating colon-cancer of whatever origin.
The researches currently being carried out by the team are focused on finding compounds chemically derived from maslinic and oleanolic acids which are related with anti proliferative, anti tumoral and anti angiogenic tasks as well as pharmacokinetic tasks at different levels (sub-molecular, molecular and cellular), in order to establish both their mechanism of action and the link between the various by-products and their effect on the cells.
José Antonio Lupiáñez Cara

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Here's the tech sheet for the dishwasher.
Initially perform the Checking keypad operation procedure (see centre section, bottom of p.2) just to check if the keypad is OK or not.
If it is then run the Service diagnostic cycle tests as described by the sheet (see left side, bottom of p.1) to check if it shows what's wrong.
If you do find the problem and it is a part that needs replacing, here's a parts list that may be useful.
Scroll through the list to locate the wanted part, to find the manufacturer's part number that is listed with it. Then search online for the part number only to find suppliers that suit you best.
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There is a dish that speaks of deep richness, a thick creamy substance comprised of that most decadent of flavors, chocolate. This is the day dedicated to this most delicious of desserts. This isn’t a day for delicacy though, this is the day to completely immerse yourself in this dedication to culinary debauchery. Julia Child is known as having created the perfect Chocolate Mousse, including dark-brewed coffee, butter, bittersweet chocolate, eggs, dark rum, and vanilla extract. This Chocolate Mousse day, let your creativity shine!
In French, the word Mousse means ‘foam’, and this is an apt description of this dessert, being light and frothy, or creamy and thick, it all depends on how you prepare this scrumptious treat. Though the origins of this delicacy are largely unknown, it is known that it was a popular dish in the 18th century in France. However the first written record of its appearance is actually from an exposition in New York City in 1892.
The recipe first started appearing in a “Housekeepers Column” in the 1897 edition of the Boston globe. The recipe actually produced a dish with far more in common with chocolate pudding, instead of the more familiar foamy treat of this day. It wasn’t until egg whites were introduced to the recipe, parted from the yellow yolks. It was an art form to create the mousse, as it was necessary to hand whip it at a consistent pace for a long period of time, it wasn’t until the electric mixer was involved that it became common to produce the proper consistency.
There are many recipes for a chocolate mousse, all of them introducing different combinations of flavorings and toppings, all in the attempt to produce the perfect mousse flavor and consistency. The first step of creating the perfect chocolate mousse is of course utilizing the best possible chocolate available to you.
There are many ways to celebrate this day, among them being serving chocolate mousse to your family, or bringing them into the office. A challenge can be laid out to those co-workers to bring in their favorite chocolate mousse, whether it’s an old family recipe, or one from their favorite confectionary shop.
- Cold dessert mousses are often poured into decorative glasses and garnished with fruit, sweet sauces, or whipped cream.
- Savory mousses can be made from fish, shellfish, meat, foie gras, etc.
- There are three key constituents to a mousse: base, binder, and aerator.
- They may be hot or cold and are often squeezed through a piping bag onto some kind of platform to be used as hors d’oeuvres.
- Savory mousse dishes were an 18th century French achievement. Dessert mousses (generally fruit mousses) began to appear much later, in the second half of the 19th century.
- Chocolate mousse came into the public eye in the U.S. in the 1930s, about the time as chocolate pudding mixes were introduced.

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- Jun 18, 2010
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iMore reports today on fresh supposed iPhone 5 parts photos that have emerged on the Internet. The photos first appeared on Nowhereelse.fr, and feature what looks like some sort of protective cover that iMore says goes underneath the main digitizer and LCD unit, and may be there to provide protection for the logic board and other parts. A vibrator assembly is also shown, which appears to be different to those fitted in the iPhone 4S and CDMA iPhone 4, according to iMore. A lot of the components have already been seen elsewhere, except for the protective cover. Where the cover is situated could depend on how the next iPhone opens: if it opens from the front, it could be positioned just below the display, but if it opens from the back, like the iPhone 4S and iPhone 4, it could be positioned so that it protects the components inside from the rear. Of course, they may not even be parts from the next iPhone at all, with iMore saying that its likely that they are parts from an early prototype and not necessarily from the actual version that will be released.
Source: Photos of next gen iPhone parts show a new protective shield and vibrator assembly | iMore.com


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Truth 真相 Episode 1 Recap
An unnamed body was found on the west coast of Binhai Road in Hanjiang City. The police opened a case for investigation. It has been confirmed that the deceased Chen Xin, female, 31 years old, and the suspect Wang Dazhi have been arrested and brought to justice. Wang Dazhi confessed that on November 10, 2017 (the day after the incident), he went home and found his wife was hanging in the toilet, so he came back and divided the body.
When Lin Yuanhao came to the Forensic Identification Center of the People’s Procuratorate of Hanjiang City, he saw Lin Lan in the trace examination laboratory deducing the trajectory of the corpse case. He smiled and said if the reasoning is useful, what do the prosecutors do? Lin Lan was about to argue with him. Yan Qingyun, director of the Judicial Expertise Center, said that Lin Yuanhao is a new colleague, and Lin Lan took him to the technical office to get familiar with it.
Lin Lan first took Lin Yuanhao to the poison laboratory and introduced Jiang Ni, the head of the forensic department, nicknamed Jiang Yidao; then to the electronic data laboratory, introduced the head Lu Chaoqun and assistant Ji Qingqing; and the psychology laboratory was in charge. Person: Yang Bo; person in charge of the audiovisual laboratory: He Gu. Lin Yuanhao is familiar with the resumes of each person in charge. He did detailed homework in advance, and he also knew that the Hanjiang Judicial Appraisal Center is the highest-standard forensic appraisal center in the province, with the country’s top appraisal equipment.
Lin Lan graduated from the University of Political Science and Law majoring in trace science and has been engaged in trace work for 6 years. After graduation, she entered the Criminal Investigation Division of the Public Security Organ of Hanjiang City for internship, and then entered the Hanjiang City Procuratorate’s Forensic Appraisal Center as a worker. Lin Lan bluntly said that he already understood so clearly that he didn’t need to introduce it by himself, and turned away.
Lin Yuanhao wrote materials about the previous incident and reported it to the banquet office, saying that his mistakes should bear the consequences. The banquet office laughed and said that before he came, he had understood the matter clearly, and he wanted Lin Yuanhao to hold back. The energy in my heart is used at work. , Waiting to see his results, he asked Lin Yuanhao to take the materials back.
At the case meeting, Tu Min, the head of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Public Security Bureau of Hanjiang City, told everyone: Wang Dazhi threw the body part into a handbag after he was divided. He was discovered by a group of self-media entertainment at the seaside and posted on the Internet. Now the public opinion is very fermented. Hurry, in order to solve the case as soon as possible, I hope that the procuratorate will assist in the investigation.
Zhao Yunlei, the prosecutor of the People’s Procuratorate of Hanjiang City, spoke: The public security organs interrogated Wang Dazhi, and he only admitted to the broken body. The traces found at the scene by the public security organs judged that Chen Xin was probably injured before his death. Although Wang Dazhi was suspected to be very serious, there is currently no evidence to prove his murder. Lin Lan suggested that Wang Dazhi had been outside last week. After returning home, he found his wife hanged himself. Through an autopsy, Jiang Ni determined that the deceased had died of mechanical suffocation.
Lin Lan believes that besides suicide, there is homicide that caused this result. Zhao Yunlei claimed that Wang Dazhi said that he was afraid to call the police because he was afraid of taking drugs, and that he did not dare to call the police. Lin Lan judged from the blood stains on the floor and bathroom and the bruises on Chen Xin’s arms that Chen Xin was subjected to a long-term domestic violence. She was probably dragged to the toilet after being strangled or starved to death.
The banquet office then introduced to everyone that Lin Yuanhao was transferred by the Provincial Procuratorate to do trace inspection work, and he asked Lin Yuanhao to express his opinion. Lin Yuanhao said that reasoning is useless. What is needed now is evidence. If the uniqueness of the evidence cannot be found, the case cannot withstand scrutiny. Lin Lan was not convinced, and was about to argue, and was pushed onto the seat by the banquet. Zhao Yunlei said that other corpses were found in the current top priority. Lin Yuanhao applied for a re-examination, and the Banquet Office agreed.
After the meeting, Lin Lan applied to the banquet office and didn’t want to go to the corpse dumping scene with Lin Yuanhao. The banquet office told her that Lin Yuanhao was a technical expert in the province. Lin Lan should learn from him. He told Lin Lan before leaving. Stand the last guard before you.
The two came to the beach where the bodies were thrown away. Li Shuang, a criminal investigator of the Hanjiang City Public Security Bureau, said that they had carried out a carpet search on the beach, and there was no gain so far. Lin Yuanhao applied to investigate the city sewers. He had thought of a few, Zhao Yunlei Arrange now. Sure enough, they found other corpses in a sewer. Lin Yuanhao explained that he got the answer based on changes in ocean currents, because the underground water pipe would flow back every year during ocean currents, and the site where the corpse was thrown was very far from the mouth of the underground pipe. close.
Wang Dazhi was arraigned. When asked whether he knew Chen Xin was pregnant after five years of marriage, Wang Dazhi was stunned.
Lin Lan discovered several suspicious points when investigating the scene: First, Chen Xin bought a brand new women’s woolen coat, but it was not in her own size at all. Later, she was tested by a forensic doctor and Chen Xin was in pregnancy. One more thing, Chen Xin polished several pairs of high-heeled shoes very clean. She usually wears flat shoes at the door, and she did not find a spare sanitary napkin at home. She asked Jiang Yidao for a test. Chen Xin was indeed pregnant. There was a medical record three months ago, but there was no time to file and check, which shows that she is still hesitating about whether or not to have this child. It is very likely that she has not told anyone.
Wang Dazhi learned that Chen Xin was pregnant before his death. Although he was emotional, he still insisted that Chen Xin committed suicide. Lin Lan’s application for investigation and interrogation progressed simultaneously. The banquet department reminded Lin Lan that she is not a prosecutor, and that this application should be applied by the Zhao Department. Is Lin Lan a little anxious because Lin Yuanhao is a step faster than her, Lin Lan does not admit it.
In the interrogation room, Li Shuang interrogated Wang Dazhi, Zhao Chu, Yan Chu, and Tu Min were watching real-time monitoring behind the glass. Lin Lan called Shang Lin Yuanhao to do a simultaneous survey with her.
Li Shuang asked Wang Dazhi the tool Chen Xin was hanging on. Wang Dazhi said it was an old belt. Lin Lan told Chen Xin that she was not tall enough for the roof ring after taking measurements on the spot, and Wang Dazhi said that she stepped on a stool. Li Shuang asked him the height of the deceased’s feet off the ground, and Wang Dazhi stammered and said that it was thirty or forty centimeters. Lin Lan and Lin Yuanhao found that the height was wrong after field investigation. After Li Shuang painted the scene of Chen Xin’s suicide described by Wang Dazhi, Wang Dazhi immediately changed his words and said that it was only a dozen centimeters above the ground, and Lin Yuanhao judged that it should be a rope loop.
Li Shuang directly asked Wang Dazhi about domestic violence. Wang Dazhi admitted that he had a history of drug abuse. He beat Chen Xin several times with a cowhide rope. The last time she was strangled was this time, but only strangled her. Li Shuang pointed out that Wang Dazhi was lying.
A year ago, Lin Yuanhao dealt with a health care product fraud case. As a result, the health care product owner spent money to hire a lawyer from Hongtu Law Firm for mediation. After paying the victim, the public security organ dropped the case. Lin Yuanhao was angry and unscrupulous. The merchant defrauded the old man’s hard-earned money to lose his money. He wanted to stop the victimized old man to testify together, but they only wanted to settle the matter with the compensation.
The old people gathered around Qian’s boss and persuaded him not to do so in the future. Boss Qian was so embarrassed that he waved his fists in anger. Lin Yuanhao couldn’t get used to his arrogance, so he stepped forward and gave him a punch. The guy shouted: The prosecutor has hit someone and threatened to sue him. Later, the video went viral on the Internet, causing a bad influence, and Lin Yuanhao was suspended.

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On the crafting front, this is woefully empty of photos. I've done a few knitting projects, made some big modular origami pieces, and sewed a few things. And made a baby quilt with my mom back in March. Maybe I'll get a photo of the quilt when she's done putting the binding on it.
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The Ladies at Art to the 5th challenged us on the April 18th challenge to get our Gelli on. The prompt was "A Lot On My Plate" and were to use Gelli prints in some way on our page. Now, I am very behind on challenges but I was inspired last night to work on this prompt. I had recently taken the online workshop from Robyn Marie Smith called Printmaker Pro where she explained how to work with the Gelli Arts Gel Printing Plate to make some yummy backgrounds. I played with mine and made some papers which were sitting in a folder. This was the perfect time to add them to a journal page. So I cut some fruits out of those papers and also cut out a bowl.
What do you think?
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With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Marsha Ambrosius is celebrating her first a little early, with the brand new single, “Luh Ya.”
The Grammy-nominated songstress teamed up with producer Harmony Samuels for the heartwarming song, which she previously co-wrote with her fiancé Dez Billups. Last December, Marsha gave birth to their first child together, a baby girl named Nyla.
The uptempo track is a spring-appropriate twist on a light-hearted love song. “No matter what they say I’ll stay so true to you / Baby, whatever happens, ’til the end I’ll be so good to you / It ain’t a question if I love you / Because, I luh ya,” she sings.
Read more HERE

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It’s one of the big questions of our time. Can MMC bring social value to new developments? We think they can.
Since the introduction of the Social Value Act in 2013, the public sector has been required to consider the economic, social and environmental benefits for communities in all new developments. Offsite construction allows construction time-frames to be drastically reduced – meaning less impact on communities who have to tolerate these hostile environments.
As architects, our physical interaction with a building in relation to its expected lifetime is often very small. But this design stage (though limited in time) is unlimited in influence.
It’s in the delivery of our projects that we have the greatest impact on the communities we serve. We understand that the noise, dirt and disruption caused by a development site, the impact on local business, and the stress and tension that can be caused can often place intolerable burdens on neighbours of construction sites. Designing buildings that consider how the construction methods can minimise this impact on a community can bring huge social value.
It’s not just Box Architects who believe bringing offsite construction into the mainstream can increase social value to a project. At a recent Westminster Building Council breakfast seminar on Improving Housing and Regeneration through Social Value, we were encouraged to hear the panel advocate offsite construction as a driving force to adding much needed social value.
Here at Box Architects, we have a detailed understanding of modular construction. We know that such an approach drastically reduces construction programmes with many of the tasks and activities being undertaken in the factory, which in turn brings huge social value to a site.
So, while relatively speaking, our part in a building’s lifetime may be like the blink of an eye, the opportunity to add social value to a project and its community is considerable. As a result, it’s a guiding principal of our practice.


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Charlize Theron says her feelings for Megyn Kelly changed after playing her in the upcoming film about Roger Ailes.
The Oscar-winning actress, 43, opened up about her new role at the SXSW premiere of “Long Shot” with Seth Rogen, revealing she now feels “empathy”.
The upcoming film, based on the career and sexual assault allegations against the Fox News exec, stars Theron as Kelly, Nicole Kidman as Gretchen Carlson and Margot Robbie as a producer at the station.
“I didn’t know how complicated her situation was,” Theron told Variety. “I think for a lot of people, they didn’t understand why she just didn’t speak up.”
She continued, “She was in a complicated place, and as a human being, I have empathy for that. And I don’t think a lot of people truly understood that.”
Kelly detailed her allegations against Ailes in her 2016 memoir Settle For More. Ailes denied all allegations until his death in 2017.
After leaving Fox News in 2017, Kelly signed on with NBC to host “Megyn Kelly Today” which was cancelled after her controversial blackface comments.


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It’s almost 7pm and Birdy has had 5 meals so far. I’ve also increased the amount a wee bit each time but I am learning to let Birdy call the shots when she has had enough.
It’s a learning curve as today is only Day 2.
Before feeding – warming her up first.
The birds were chirping merrily at about 4pm so we decided to let Birdy go out (in the carrier, of course).
Birdy was clearly attracted to all the chirping. We aren’t sure which species Birdy belongs to, though, but we think it’s the woodpecker.
You can see Birdy flapping her wings in this video. She was already flapping her wings in the carrier too when I took her out for feeding earlier on. She wants to spread the wings and fly, but her wings aren’t strong enough yet.
We think Birdy is a woodpecker since she likes to perch vertically and peck wood.
The nest up on the old trunk is also a woodpecker nest. There are three holes in that trunk and we saw young birds peeking out of one of the holes. The mother-bird flew out from that hole too, to look for food and went back and forth.
We let Birdy exercise and hop around a bit. The exercise would be good for her to develop some strength.
You can see a young bird peeking out of this hole in the photo above. But it looked like this bird has yellow feathers. Birdy doesn’t have any yellow. But then again, maybe I saw wrongly.
The most logical explanation would be (as Joey suggested too) that Birdy is the eldest and she tried to fly, not knowing her wings aren’t quite strong enough, so she fell onto the grass in her attempt.
Birdy is still hopping around and there is no way her parents can bring her back up to the nest since she cannot fly yet. It’s also way too high for us to put her back, assuming that is her nest, that is. No ladder is tall enough to reach up to the nest.
Birdy did a low level flight and “flew” to our gate. Luckily we caught her back.
The kittens, lead by Smurfy, are scaling Stargate2. They insisted that I must report about them too as it’s not fair (they say) that Birdy has taken the limelight. Yesterday, after vaccination, they all took a long nap, but today, it’s back to zooming around again.
The kittens say I did not write about their upstairs adventure yesterday too. Yes, they all went upstairs to play yesterday, with Big Brother Smurfy keeping watch, sitting right in the centre of the hall, exactly like a lion. But they soon got really bored because there’s nothing interesting upstairs in the hall. Only an ironing board, sofa, an ottoman and two clothes racks.
B-O-R-I-N-G, they said and after a few minutes, everyone came back downstairs and went to play in the patio.
Birdy perches vertically. I think she is a woodpecker.
Feeding session in progress this evening. I can manage singlehandedly, if Birdy cooperates.
She did cooperate this evening, so feeding was over in just about 15-20 minutes!
She opened her beak so that I can pump in the soaked food. If I let her lick from a spoon, it takes far too long and she won’t get to eat much, so I still have to pump the food in. The tricky part is that the consistency of the soaked food must be “just right” with sufficient moisture. If it is too dry, she might choke on it. If it is too wet, she might also choke, so it has to be “just right”.
Not easy….but am getting the hang of it.
One more round of feeding at about 10pm tonight and we will call it a night and rest.
I must confess, it IS exhausting, but it a indeed a very happy moment each time Birdy eats a lump of food!


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Chicken Chutney Sandwiches with Curry
Original recipe yields 6 servings
I make my chutney from scratch using the Cranberry Chutney I recipe.
450 calories; protein 26.9g 54% DV; carbohydrates 40.3g 13% DV; fat 20g 31% DV; cholesterol 109.3mg 36% DV; sodium 526.5mg 21% DV. Full Nutrition


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The combination of cause marketing and product marketing is fairly common in the auto business, but typically the cause is the caboose on the campaign train, not the engine. One exception is Subaru's "Share the Love" campaign, where charitable donations are the driver. The company is prepping its fifth iteration of that campaign, which launched in 2008. When you buy a Subaru, you get to choose among a short list of charities and the automaker makes a $250 donation.
Now, Ford is also hitching cause to the locomotive for the new Escape, with hunger as the issue. The 2013 Ford Escape Hunger Drive ties to U.S. hunger relief organization Feeding America. The Dearborn, Mich.-based automaker says people can host special parties at which Ford provides an Escape, along with an expert to explain the attributes of the new sport utility vehicle. Ford will provide 40 meals per guest to people at risk of hunger for a total of 1.2 million meals. Participants will also receive a Ford backpack and automatic entry into a sweepstakes.
These drive-for-charity events could take place anywhere within a supporter’s community. An event could be tied to already scheduled events at churches, community centers or other civic organizations. The first events are slated to kick off later this month.
The program, at www.escapehungerdrive.com, is part of Ford's cause-marketing strategy around hunger, that includes a Ford Motor Company Fund partnership with Newman’s Own for Partnership for Hunger Relief with Ford refrigerated trucks delivering meals.
Ford and Feeding America are touting the new program via social media, per a Ford spokesperson. "Once we have the volunteers that are needed to host the parties, they will be inviting their family and friends. We will then help to get the word out." She says the automaker has hired event agency Xperience to handle the program on the ground.
Ford expects to do about 1,000 parties, "and there is potential that we will hold more," says the spokesperson. "Event attendance may vary, but on average, we would like to see about 20 attendees at each event."


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The moving and inspirational true story of one little girl's battle against the medical odds and a mother's unwavering love for her daughter.'If I could have any wish it wouldn't be a part in High School Musical. I'd like to live just one day without having to rest when my heart gets tired: I'd just waste my energy, doing stuff with friends. But I can't and feeling unhappy about it is a waste of t...
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happy gives me energy - so much so that sometimes I want to do a cartwheel even though I can't actually manage it. My decision wasn't about dying. It's about living.'When her daughter Hannah was only four years old, Kirsty Jones received the news that no mother ever wants to hear. Her little girl had leukaemia. But Kirsty knew that Hannah was a fighter, and after gruelling chemotheraphy she beat the disease. But there was more trauma to come: the chemotherapy drugs had damaged Hannah's heart.At first, doctors hoped that Hannah's body would compensate for the damaged muscle, but when Hannah was only twelve her heart failed without warning. As her life hung in the balance, Doctors advised that Hannah's only chance of survival was a heart transplant, but the operation was very risky and the anti-rejection drugs might bring back the leukaemia.Kirsty knew one thing: Hannah deserved to decide her own destiny. Wise beyond her years after learning to cope with so much, Hannah made her choice: she did not want the transplant. She'd had enough of hospitals and wanted to be at home with her family.Then in July 2009, the right side of Hannah’s heart completely stopped working and her kidneys started to fail. Days later Hannah celebrated her 14th birthday – a milestone she was never expected to reach – and Hannah was ready to make a different choice. She agreed to have the transplant.Now Kirsty and Hannah tell their unique story and, with wit and honesty, their interweaving voices describe how facing and overcoming death has taught them so much about living. Filled with wisdom and grace, tears and laughter, Hannah's Choice is about beating the odds and finding joy in each day.

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"one of the best car salesmen Ive known"
Maury Lopez did an excellent job. Very knowledgeable and articulate.
I believe he will be a valuable asset to your team and organization. Best of luck to him.
Dreading the process of buying a car, we were pleasantly surprised at how painless Russ Harris made this experience. He listened attentively to our needs and worked with us to get the car we wanted for a fair deal. He was highly courteous and professional.
"Leasing an Outback"
Overall the experience was positive. We didn't feel pressured into buying or leasing. The test drive track was awesome!
One issue: We were asked to write a check for the down payment and assured that it would not be cashed until the insurance money came in. It was cashed anyway which put us into a temporary NSF situation with our checking account. It was fortunate that we had a line of credit with the bank, so the check was covered. Please be more careful with that in the future. It was just lucky that I was looking at our bank statement and saw the negative balance and was able to correct it in time.

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It's time to start work on our quilt for 2021! For those new to the guild... every two years we make a raffle quilt where the proceeds help fund a scholarship at Dutchess Community College. The quilt is all done by hand... hand-pieced, hand-appliquéd, and hand-quilted. The majority of the work is done by members of First Dutchess. We usually have over 30 people participate.
Dutchess Heritage Raffle Quilt June Progress: Linda Dearing & Shelley Greener
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you to all who have been working on the DHQS Raffle Quilt.
Considering the circumstances, the results have been awesome. Ordinarily, we would ask for everything to be done and returned at the June meeting. We would still like to get the pieces back by the end of the month, because there is a lot of work
that remains to put the top together.
Let me know when you are done, and if you can't drop off at one of our houses, we will try to
You are all phenomenal. Stay safe and sane. - Linda and Shelley
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Our book of the month is The Experimentalist by Nicholas Salaman.
The Experimentalist follows the adventures of Marie as she tries to escape and understand at the same time.
Marie is a child with a dark past - a secret family history that her guardian protects her from. She's not sure what the dark secret is: was her father a criminal, a Nazi, both? Unpleasant lawyer Brickville seems to hold all the cards, until she meets a kindly American, Felix Middleberg. When her life takes a turn for the worse, he steps in to look after her. But he knows more about her than he should and exercises a control she finds oppressive. Where does his wealth come from? What has happened to her family? Who, in fact, is Marie? And can she ever escape her protectors?
This book provides a great journey, as the main character, moves from one adventure to the next. It is full of 1960's concepts and environments that help to mould the story. You will be unhappy with anyone interrupting you reading this book, as its pages continue to grip you to the end.

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | The MoMA presents Judson Dance Theater: "The Work Is Never Done" exhibition. The show looks at the formative moment in the 1960s when a group of choreographers, visual artists, composers, and filmmakers gathered in Judson Memorial Church, NYC, for a series of workshops that ultimately redefined what counted as dance.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Though working in multiple mediums, Torkwase Dyson (b. Chicago) describes herself as a painter who uses distilled geometric abstraction to create an idiosyncratic language both expressive and diagrammatic.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | The exhibition "The San Quentin Project: Nigel Poor and the Men of San Quentin State Prison," is on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | SUNY Oneonta will present “Continuous Flow,” paintings and photographs by Leslie Parke, in the Martin-Mullen Art Gallery.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | "The Spinner’s Dream: Three Collections in Dialogue," an exhibition by DD Dorvillier ’89, is at the Museum Fabre.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | "Downstairs," a family drama starring Tim Daly '79 and his sister Tyne, is onstage at the Cherry Lane Theater.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Victoria Munroe Fine Art, NYC, is presenting "Paintings and Works on Paper," an exhibition featuring former faculty Pat Adams.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | "Sally Mann: A Thousand Crossings," the first major survey of work by Sally Mann ’73 to travel internationally, is on display at the J. Paul Getty Museum.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A reading session of student compositions by The Cassatt String Quartet.
Class Secrets is a community art project organized by FLoW and Resource Generation and currently installed as a Pop-Up Gallery in the Barn. There will be a slideshow of all of the student, faculty, and staff submissions running on the upper level of the Dining Hall.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | A conversation with David Zuckerman, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, and Diana Gonzalez, Vermont State Representative.
CAMPUS COMMUNITY ONLY "The Wolves," written by Sarah DeLappe and directed by Cat Adragna, is a fly-on-the-wall look as a girls indoor soccer team warms up and attempts to defend their undefeated Wolves’ title.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | Free your mind and your body will follow. An end-of-term concert by the Bennington College Jazz Ensemble Septet.


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A wire-haired fox terrier just won Westminster. Here’s why the breed should also win your heart
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Sky, a wire fox terrier, won best in show at the 138th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
Kennel Club reverses long-standing prohibition
This week, the most carefully coiffed dogs in the world gathered at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show to compete for the top prize. TIME takes you behind-the-scenes at New York City’s Madison Square Garden for a look at the …
Animal lovers, you can now frame your photos of Fido with pride. “Dog art” is the new trend de jour in the upscale art scene, with portraits, paintings and sculptures of everyday animals fetching record-breaking prices and …
Wednesday’s links get challenging, from brain teasers to zombie workouts.
Malachy, the 4-year-old Pekingese, won “Best in Show” on Tuesday at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show. The tiny bobbing puff ball — who already has 114 titles to his name — stole the prize from under the noses of 2,000 …
Martha Stewart and her dog had their day at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show on Monday. Stewart’s Chow Chow, Genghis Khan, won Best in Breed.
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Hickory, winner of the hound group, beat out the six other group winners to claim the silver cup.
Six new breeds are welcomed to the crème de la crème of American dog shows this year.
In honor of Valentine’s Day, NewsFeed brings you some love advice and the world’s longest kiss.


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Hampstead Heath swimmers warn City of London new compulsory charges could ignite ‘tinderbox’
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“This is a tinderbox.”
Swimming groups urged Hampstead Heath bosses to avoid inflaming tensions and "destroying goodwill" as City of London Corporation (CoLC) officials confirmed compulsory charging to use the bathing ponds would be recommended in March.
At a meeting of the Heath Swimmers' Forum on Tuesday, officials confirmed plans to ditch the "honesty box" system of charging that has operated since 2005 in favour of compulsory charges.
Explaining the CoLC's position, Heath supertintendent Bob Warnock - the officer in charge of Hampstead Heath - was met with cries of "shame" from swimmers.
He said: "Our position is that, as we have set out. Going forward we need the income from the ponds to support the costs of the ponds. We recognise it will still be a subsidised service but we will submit to move to a system where there is an applied set of swimming charges."
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Swimmers' reps had set out a joint position before the meeting - urging the CoLC to improve the rate of voluntary contributions instead.
As the meeting closed, Nicky Mayhew, co-chair of the Kenwood Ladies' Pond Association, called the situation a "tinderbox", saying: "I would ask you not to spend a great deal of money changing what makes these ponds unique."
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Margaret Dickinson, from the Mixed Pond Association, added: "It would be a very unfortunate move to try and decide that you are going to make drastic changes in a rush now."
Chairing the meeting, the CoLC's Karina Dostalova said: "Given the HSE report, we now have a responsibility to know just how many people are in the water at any one time and we need to know how many are in the facility.
"I will commit to feeding back your messages as we have heard them."
The CoLC began a review of swimming arrangements after receiving Heatlh and Safety Executive advice that it needed to increase lifeguard numbers.
At the meeting, officials were also told the move could jeopardise relations between the CoLC and pond-users, and that the CoLC was "unnecessarily" conflating safety issues and introducing charges.
Ms Dostalova confirmed it was likely there would be a "phased approach" to introducing the changes.
The decision is to be finalised at March 11's meeting of the CoLC's management committee.


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Fortnite Chapter 4: As part of the release of its newest chapter, Fortnite has received a brand-new map. In addition to the new battle royale island, the first season of Fortnite Chapter 4 includes new weapons, new abilities, and a new battle pass that includes Doom Slayer and Geralt of Rivia. The season began a day after Chapter 3’s conclusion and will conclude on March 10.
Epic has added a plethora of new weapons and a new dirt bike to the game’s arsenal, as well as modifications to its gameplay. The Reality Augments, which give each player in the match a random upgrade such as faster reloads for certain types of guns or the ability to redeploy your glider, are perhaps the most significant addition to the new season. These enhancements occur at random during each match, and players collect more random Augments as the match progresses.
This season’s battle pass includes a variety of unique skins and a few game icons. Players who purchase the pass will gain access to the Doom Slayer, the protagonist of Doom (2017), and Geralt of Rivia, the protagonist of The Witcher series, later in the past.
As usual, the battle pass will cost 950 V-Bucks (approximately $9.50) and will grant access to all premium rewards. There will also be a free version of the pass with a limited set of rewards that can be upgraded at any time to gain access to everything you’ve already earned.
There is no way to predict how long the new chapter of Fortnite will last, but Epic has been making chapters shorter and shorter recently. While the first two chapters lasted nearly two years each, Chapter 3 will conclude almost exactly one year after its release; however, it’s too early to tell if this will be Epic’s strategy for future chapters.
Fortnite Chapter 4 Season 1 Battle Pass
The Chapter 4 Season 1 Battle Pass contains an additional eight playable characters, V-Bucks, and dozens of cosmetic items that can be earned as you progress through the season.
This season is no exception, as Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher and the Doomslayer from Doom have both made their debut on the island. We are actively capturing images of every battle pass reward in the game, and you can find a complete list of them on this page.
Fortnite Chapter 4 Weapons
Typically, a new chapter means a significant overhaul of the loot pool, and Chapter 4 Season 1 is no exception. This season, Fortnite introduces new weapons, including two new shotguns; it remains to be seen which is the fan favorite. Here is a comprehensive breakdown of all the new loot and weapons.
Fortnite Chapter 4 Map
The new map is perhaps the most exciting aspect of a new Fortnite chapter. The Chapter 4 map completely revamps the Fortnite landscape, including the introduction of motorcycles, but there are a few references to previous maps that veteran players may enjoy discovering. For a comprehensive overview of the new map, please refer to this tour guide.
The Citadel is home to a formidable new foe. Here is how to defeat The Ageless Champion, who is the long-awaited IO leader Geno.
Every NPC location
Each season of Fortnite since Chapter 2 Season 5 has added new NPCs, referred to as “Fortnite characters” by Epic, who roam the island and provide players with goods and services. We’ve located all fifteen of them, so use our NPC map and list as a guide.
Launch Week challenges
Epic’s use of launch week challenges to mark the earliest days of a new season in Fortnite is relatively recent. Instead of waiting until Thursday to begin Week 1 challenges, launch challenges now provide players with a full extra slate of significant XP gains. We’ll walk you through these obstacles right here, so don’t worry.
Exotic and Legendary Weapons
Each season’s best firearms are Exotics and Mythics. Exotics are sold by NPCs, while Mythics are dropped by defeated hostile NPCs. We’ve located every unique weapon, so you may utilize our guide here.
This new, powerful melee weapon is guaranteed to be a hit; fortunately, you won’t be the target. Here are the locations of Shockwave Hammers and their uses. Hint: Have fun!
Chapter 4 will include a new Fortnite perk system called Augments that grants gameplay bonuses, and we’re preparing a guide to help you understand it. The following explains how things such as faster reloads and faster-sprinting functions.


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The Gruffalo & Other Stories - Room on the Broom Story Time Set
Go on an adventure with the Room on the Broom Witch, her Broomstick, her Cauldron, the Cat, Dog, Bird, Frog and the Dragon! Ideal gift for Halloween, Christmas or on Birthdays. Let your child play make believe in the wonderful world of Room on the Broom created by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. Your child can use their imagination to make believe the Witch can fly through the sky as she sits on her broom wearing her Witches hat and holding her cauldron. Cat, Dog, Bird and Frog also attach to the Broom as they fly through the sky on their adventures. The articulated head, arms and legs help your child recreate the characters poses from the books and films. Witch can stand upright using the stand provided or your child can make believe she flies as she sits proudly on her broom alongside the other characters. Measuring 13 cm high the Witch is the perfect size for 2-6 years old boys or girls hands. Includes the Witch, her Broom, her Cauldron, Cat, Dog, Bird, Frog and the Dragon. Bonus activity sheet and exclusive collectors poster included.