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Kim Kardashian and Pete Davidson all the smiles on their recent dinner date.
On Sunday, the TV star and comedian enjoyed a private dinner at the trendy Giorgio Baldi restaurant in Santa Monica. Photographers spotted the pair as they got into a car, where they giggled as they drove away.
For the occasion, Kim looked more trendy than ever in a leather skirt, casual pants paired with a long-sleeve shirt, while Pete wore a more laid-back look with a t-shirt, baseball cap and jeans. And although it’s hard to say for sure, King of Staten Island The star appears to be wearing a hickey around her neck.
Neither Kim nor Pete has commented on their romance, but a source previously told E! News, “They’re really happy and see where it’s going.”
Although Kim is keeping her card near her vest, the insider added that the mother-of-four is enjoying her time with Pete. “She’s trying not to make a big deal out of it, but she really likes him,” the source said. “Kim is smitten with him and that’s very exciting for her.”


Marquette's own Double Trouble DJs present: A Hip-Hop Glow Party featuring: CodeMan! Come out to The Wild Rover to party, dance and see my last performance in Marquette!! Of course I will be rocking the stage with my right hand man, Soul, and my homie J-Plexx!!! Along with a Special Guest Performance by Traverse City's own Jaylz & SIX from IRC Music Group!!
Throughout the years I have been in Marquette, I have hosted fundraisers with DJ MO, hosted and performed at The Mixxx (Now known as The Verabar), Hosted and opened up for The Ying Yang Twins in The Great Lakes Rooms at NMU, Opened up for Chiddy Bang at the Vandement Arena at NMU, Walked alongside with Crisco Kidd at Relay for Life, Hosted Music for the Cure along with Crisco Kidd, been the President of NMU's Hip-Hop Coalition, hosted a radio show on 91.5 WUPX, shot a music video showing the beauty that the city of Marquette has to offer, performed countless times in Escanaba, Marquette, Kingsford and other areas in the Upper Peninsula, and released 2 albums, a promotional CD and numerous features with some of the Upper Peninsula's best artists.
On April 26th, I will be performing for the last time here in Marquette. I hope to see everyone who has supported me throughout my years in Marquette at this show!! Thank you all for everything and lets make this night a night to remember!!!


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Will actress Ragini Dwivedi is set to play the leading lady in Vijaya Prasad's upcoming film 'Neer Dose'.
AR Reihana has composed the songs for Kannada film, 'Mamarada Mane'. She entered Kannada cinema via 'God Father'.
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Dhana took me to a local store in Clyde where they sell local merino wool, and I decided that my birthday present to myself would be some merino wool for knitting a cardigan. Most of the merino wool gets sent to China for processing, then it is sent back here to turn into "New Zealand made" merino clothing. This wool is carded and spun etc. IN New Zealand.
We spent Monday evening 'classing' Walnuts - they have many walnut trees - at least 6 varieties - and we did a tasting / description. I had never thought about there being different varieties of Walnut before. Wine to cleanse the palate.
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“The ‘student experience’ is one of those compound concepts that has begun to take on a life of its own, relatively removed from reality”.
So began a 2006 contribution from the late David Watson to the Higher Education Academy’s “exchange” magazine. Watson – one of the foremost academic leaders of his generation – thought the concept had rather lost its way. It was under pressure, he argued, because it was no longer a singular thing, and had been appropriated by all sorts of sector actors – politicians “complaining about what students get”, the funding councils “especially in the context of the National Student Survey”, and by institutions “in their prospectuses”.
In the article he suggested six propositions for debate, a proper consideration of which would avoid “a rather patronising, nostalgic evocation of what we (of a certain age) think we most fruitfully received at their stage in life”. Like so much of his work, it deserves a fresh reading.
Proposition one: this is an extraordinarily successful generation of higher education students, and we should be celebrating (rather than carping about) their success
Watson’s opening question focused on student and graduate performance in areas like retention and employability. Today, the press is still full of tales of their laziness and despite studies demonstrating that students work harder than ever, the import of the grade inflation trope from A levels to higher education has denigrated their achievements even further.
When we do talk about success, it is often institutional. Marketing and regulation stresses the role of the provider as producer. But as he pointed out, outcomes are students’ achievements – not just a measure of what institutions do to them. Perhaps we should stress this more.
Proposition two: at their best, and given the chance, students know what they want to do, and their instincts are sound
Back in 2006, there was concern that providers had faced difficulty in adjusting to the popularity and unpopularity of some courses, with Watson highlighting that many institutions had chosen to enter a field (like sports science) after the market had peaked. His plea for more choice – in subject, mode of study and institution type – is one that has concerned every universities minister since, as ever more creative levers (like last week’s two-year degrees approval) are pulled to fight the seeming tide of homogeneity.
Ironically, the lifting of the undergraduate numbers cap was supposed to enable better responses to demand, but it has also muddied the picture. Has the huge rise in social sciences and business studies (see last week’s UCAS figures) really been about responding to demand, or about expanding cheap-to-run provision that enables profitable cross-subsidy?
Proposition three: we need to be particularly careful about “skills”, on the way into and on the way out of university
Watson identified an interesting trap: his generation’s attempt to impose “the portfolio career” on a generation whose journey towards a stable single occupation or employer may be slightly longer or more complex, “but in fact has the same destination”. This is a cliche that holds on the first slide of many a student experience conference powerpoint, yet MORI research last year suggests he was right then and would be right now. Ironically, it is in the new “middle stage” of 21-30 that there is lots of career-hopping and experimentation, yet we persist in regulating and evaluating providers on their graduate job outcomes over a tiny window of time.
He also identified “nostalgic and ideologically loaded” analysis of what both new and graduating students can’t do, but almost no focus on what they “screenagers” can do. “It won’t be long before we are no longer talking about ICT as if it’s something ‘over there’. It will be an integral and embedded aspect of all subjects”, he argued. Yet to many academics and institutions, students’ resourcefulness and interconnectedness on entry still feels like a surprise.
Proposition four: credentialism counts, and students know it
Look at the growth in early re-registration for postgraduate and post-experience courses”, he said. “In the knowledge economy you need an increasing level of qualification to stay in the same place”.
He was probably right, but he might not have predicted that the indebtedness of the lucky 50%, along with the populism of those preying on the poverty of everyone else, would cause such universal yet unjustified suspicion about more education.
Proposition five: students now invariably work for money, and not just in response to changes in fees and student support
“They want to sustain lifestyles”, he said. “We should certainly be tracking all of the current studies about student debt, but also those about debt and debt propensity in the wider society – where we often don’t see debt aversion, rather debt joy”.
The willingness of students – and now their institutions – was (and remains) a puzzle for those raised to save up. But the attitudinal disconnect means that we have stored up – as students, as a sector and as a society – a problem for the future that few properly understand.
Proposition six: students care
We forget now, but back in the 90s the low levels of youth participation in formal politics, the managerialism of relatively centrist parties and theories about the rampant individualism of “Thatcher’s children” all created a mild panic about student apathy.
But Watson wasn’t convinced. “Some smarter students’ unions have spotted this. What does get them going is concern about the environment, and their obligations to their friends. Students are also ahead of us in international perspectives”. Perhaps the problem now is not that they don’t have “politics”, it’s that their political outlook appears to be at diametric odds with one side of a rancorous, all-consuming split. What we don’t know is how to fix it.
Understanding, not just measuring students
So what did he want to change? He was keen to avoid “brittle, litigation averse” concepts of customer care. He suggested taking note of what students wanted their additional fee income spent on: books, IT and security. He wanted us to cling to “notions like joy, fun, and even mercy, alongside accountability and the relentless march of uniform ‘good practice’”. And he wanted to avoid falling into the trap of replacing one homogeneous image of the undergraduate population: “the Oakeshottian finishing school”, with another: “the screenage generation”.
But perhaps his most vivid and valuable observation was in the introduction. Watson was never satisfied with just understanding students’ satisfaction – he wanted an understanding of their lives.
Young people in Western societies now relate horizontally… more effectively to their friends, to the internet… than they do to ‘authority’, to their families, and especially to political structures”.
Predicting that expansion would result in traditional types of “screening” for resilience falling away, he argued that the sector would need strategies for supporting a student body that more closely resembled wider society. “There are certain characteristics of this population that we are less well equipped to deal with than others (and than we should be). One of these is mental health”.
He was right, of course. So why has it taken us thirteen years to get to a stage where a charity (Student Minds) is consulting on a voluntary charter on what has now become a student mental health crisis?
I am principally arguing for a consultative, and research-based, approach to what students really want and need, and not just a rather patronising, nostalgic evocation of what we (of a certain age) think we most fruitfully received at their stage in life”.
It is never too late to heed David Watson’s words.

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That's overthecap.com estimation that Autry and Mingo will off-set. They usually get it pretty close to right but not close to 100%.
Even if we sign players below 6M average salary, like two more Autry type-deals, we wouldn't be eligible for compensation picks. The cut-off salary for players who count into comp. pick formula can't be known yet but as of now, it's less than 2 million. If we sign 2 players who have average salary of more than 2 million and will have them on the roster for next season, we wouldn't be eligible for comp. picks.
Which is why collecting comp. picks at this point of the rebuild (especially 4th and 5th) is a bad strategy. And it's not something CB seems to be planning since he's been after so many free agents.
edit. In some cases NFL might still award them if the difference in salaries is very big. Like Moncrief at around 10M vs. FA around 2M. But we would need to keep the average salary low and not sign many FAs, like last year.

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The Watch Dog response: Thank you Anita Earls and all of the folk who have made this happen.
GREENSBORO, N.C. – A federal three-judge panel has appointed a “special master” to “assist the Court in evaluating” the districts that Plaintiffs explained either failed to cure the racial gerrymandering the court unanimously found in 2016 or violate the state constitution. The Special Master will also help in “developing an appropriate plan remedying any problem with” districts in the plan adopted by the North Carolina General Assembly in August 2017 that the court may find inappropriate as a remedy. The remedial redistricting process took place after the same three-judge panel found 28 districts to be unconstitutional racial gerrymanders in 2016.
The order announces the court’s intention to appoint Professor Nathaniel Persily, a professor at the Stanford School of Law, as the special master to review the redistricting proposal. The full court order can be read at http://bit.ly/SpecialMaster.
Anita Earls, Executive Director of the Southern Coalition for Social Justice and lead attorney for plaintiffs in the case, issued the following statement after receiving the court’s order: (Southern Coalition For Social Justice)
Gov. Roy Cooper, trying to put pressure on lawmakers to redraw state House and Senate election maps within the next two weeks, said he would call for a 14-day special session of the legislature.
The session Cooper plans to call would run simultaneously with the ongoing regular session, which is due to end some time this summer. He said such a concurrent session is rare but not unprecedented.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday affirmed a lower court ruling that found 28 legislative districts to be illegal racial gerrymanders that diluted the overall influence of black voters.
“That means Republican politicians have been picking their voters instead of voters picking their politicians,” Cooper said Wednesday. “They’ve rigged the system and it’s just wrong.”
But the justices vacated an order by the lower court to redraw the maps and hold special elections in 2017 in the changed districts. That three-judge panel will now reconsider the means of correcting the problem.
Cooper said the special session would start Thursday. (Read more)
A strange Supreme Court alliance just struck a blow against racial gerrymandering in the United States.
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On Monday, the Supreme Court issued a landmark decision holding that two congressional districts in North Carolina were racially gerrymandered in violation of the Constitution. The broad ruling will likely have ripple effects on litigation across the country, helping plaintiffs establish that state legislatures unlawfully injected race into redistricting. And, in a welcome change, the decision did not split along familiar ideological lines: Justice Clarence Thomas joined the four liberal justices to create a majority, following his race-blind principles of equal protection to an unusually progressive result.
Cooper v. Harris, Monday’s case, involves North Carolina’s two most infamous congressional districts, District 1 and District 12. In the 1990s, the Democratic-controlled state legislature gerrymandered both districts into bizarre shapes that appeared to be drawn along racial lines. (Read more)
The Watch Dog response: Congressman G.K. Butterfield told us on Saturday at the 1st Congressional District Convention to be on the look out for the court ruling. Oops here it is.
By Matthew Burns and Cullen Browder
Washington — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld a lower-court ruling that North Carolina lawmakers relied too much on race when redrawing two congressional districts after the 2010 census.
The ruling doesn’t affect the 2016 elections or future elections because state lawmakers redrew the congressional voting map shortly after the February 2016 ruling, but it could set the stage for a similar ruling regarding North Carolina’s legislative districts, which were challenged on the same grounds.
A panel of three federal judges determined that the 1st Congressional District, which spread like an octopus across northeast North Carolina and has a tentacle that dips into Durham County, and the 12th Congressional District, which snaked along Interstate 85 between Greensboro and Charlotte, were drawn specifically so that the majority of voters in each were black. (Read more)
Georgia and last week in Kansas had the feel of the first rounds of an epic battle next year for control of the House of Representatives and the direction of national politics as the Trump presidency unfolds.
But for all the zeal on the ground, none of it may matter as much as a case heading to the Supreme Court, one that could transform political maps from City Hall to Congress — often to Democrats’ benefit.
A bipartisan group of voting rights advocates says the lower house of the Wisconsin Legislature, the State Assembly, was gerrymandered by its Republican majority before the 2012 election — so artfully, in fact, that Democrats won a third fewer Assembly seats than Republicans despite prevailing in the popular vote. In November, in a 2-to-1 ruling, a panel of federal judges agreed. (Read more)


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Sixteen-year-old Hughes Springs football player Joseph Westmoreland has passed away.
Westmoreland collapsed earlier this month after a conditioning drill and was taken to Childen's Hospital in Dallas. Hughes Springs ISD officials tell KLTV 7 Westmoreland had a pre-exisiting heart condition that was unknown at the time of his collapse.
Memorial services have been set. Visitation will be held tomorrow, February 19 at Cross Roads Missionary Baptist Church in Hughes Springs from 3-8 p.m. A candelight vigil will follow at 8:30 p.m. at Mustang Stadium.
Funeral services will be Friday, February 20 at 2 p.m. at Mustang Stadium.
The Joseph ''JoJo'' Westmoreland Memorial Scholarship Fund has been set up at First National Bank of Hughes Springs. Donations can be made in Joseph's name.
According to Dave Campbell's Texas Football Magazine, Whitehouse will finish second in 17-5A this coming season. We'll see how it all shakes out, but the good news is, the Wildcats appear to be district title contenders once again. Since winning 12 games in 2013, head coach Adam Cook and company have racked up a total of 13 victories the past three seasons.More >>
The inaugural Jason Witten Collegiate Man of the Year, presented by Albertsons and Tom Thumb, will be awarded at the conclusion of the 2017 college football season. The award will recognize the College Football Bowl Subdivision player who has demonstrated a record of leadership by exhibiting exceptional courage, integrity and sportsmanship both on and off the field.More >>
Former Stephen F. Austin wide receiver and current NFL free agent Justice Liggins (Tyler, Texas) has been signed by the Indianapolis Colts, the organization announced Tuesday afternoon.More >>


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PAX looks to expand to Boston as gamers flood big Seattle event
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Penny Arcade Expo has become almost too big for Seattle. But rather than leave town, it’s expanding to the East Coast.
The annual gathering of video-game enthusiasts sold out several days in advance this year — with more than 70,000 people expected to attend Sept. 4 through Sept. 6 at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle.
Organizers of PAX, as it’s known, plan to satisfy at least part of that demand with a new conference, PAX East, scheduled for March 26 through March 28 in Boston, at the Hynes Convention Center.
PAX started in 2004 in Bellevue as an outgrowth of the popular Penny Arcade webcomic. It has grown steadily each year by differentiating itself from events designed primarily for people in the industry. The three-day conference is geared instead for fans — featuring tournaments, sessions about video games, concerts, movies and booths from major game companies including video-game console giants Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony.
At more than 70,000 people, the consumer-oriented show would be significantly larger than most gatherings of associations and industry groups at the Seattle convention center. PAX is an important event in the city, but the overall economic impact is difficult to estimate without more information on where attendees are eating their meals and how many are staying in individual hotel rooms, for example, said Dave Blandford, a spokesman for Seattle’s Convention & Visitors Bureau.
The growth of PAX is a bright spot in the video-game industry. Year-to-date sales of games, consoles and accessories stood at $8.16 billion in the U.S. as of July -- down 14 percent from the same period last year, according to the NPD Group market research firm.
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On June 8th, Brockville Police received a complaint of an assault that took place over the weekend.
The 25 year old, male victim, was jumped while standing outside a downtown bar. Investigation has led to the arrest of a 35 year old, local male. The victim suffered minor injuries.
The accused was released on conditions and given a future court date.


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Find out how the name behind MCC Mortgage Centres and MA Mortgage Architects fared
DLC Group – which includes its mortgage brokerage and data connectivity operations, along with the three main subsidiaries MCC Mortgage Centres Canada Inc., MA Mortgage Architects Inc., and Newton Connectivity Systems Inc. – saw record Q1 funded volumes of $13.4 billion, representing a massive 51% annual increase.
DLC Group also had record revenue of $13.9 million (up by 46% year over year) and record Q1 adjusted EBITDA of $8.4 million (up by 85%).
“The DLC Group maintained its strong momentum from 2020 as we achieved record Q1 funded volumes of $13.4 billion, while maintaining overall costs, as demonstrated by our strong Adjusted EBITDA margins during the quarter,” said Gary Mauris, executive chairman and CEO of DLC.
The group reported that its mortgage professionals continue to incorporate Newton into their operations, with 4,500 mortgage professionals using Newton’s Velocity as of the end of the first quarter (up by 150% annually).
“A significant focus for DLC Group’s management team continues to be growth and mortgage professional adoption of Newton’s connectivity platform, Velocity,” Mauris said. “We are pleased with the continued positive feedback from the mortgage professional community and are encouraged by the significant growth in mortgage professional adoption of Velocity.”


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Re: Senators and MPs likely cheating on expenses, Canadians tell pollsters, June 14
Senators and MPs likely cheating on expenses, Canadians tell pollsters, June 14
Where in Canada’s Criminal Code does it say that Canadian parliamentarians are immune from being criminally charged with theft, fraud or breach of trust and being sentenced to jail? It doesn’t.
Except for one, lone “criminal investigation” by the RCMP, it appears that this question is is not being asked in Canada’s media or Parliament.
As suspected by many, are we living in a blatant, “two-tiered” Canadian justice system’?
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Today we have the card of wisdom. As a man holds a book that glows light he stares at a family. This is telling me that you are strongly working towards your dreams. The work that you are doing is not physical, it’s more spiritual and intellectual. You are starting to open your mind to different points of views and listening to things that are changing you. This knowledge is helping understand that what has been holding you back was your mind.
Our quote for the day comes from David J. Schwartz
The mind is what the mind is fed.
This quote is very impactful. See the reason you all spiritual groups focus on the mind is because the mind has the way to build you up or break you down. What you believe of yourself will dictate how you allow others to treat you and how what you allow to enter your life. An example is if you have always thought that you are not important, you will allow a partner, friends, or family to treat you with disregard. Feed your mind things that will light you up and you will shine.
Today the unicorn decided to join this message. This is a message of healing. In fairytales the unicorns’ horn can heal whatever it touches. You are currently in the path of healing. Give yourself the time and patience to do it.
The number 5 is symbolizing the abundance that comes to you when you change your mind. An evolution of your mental state allows your spirit to inspire growth, which is reflected in your physical world.
May this message bring light to your life…
Zaida Velgara From becoming I am

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Building a Better World—With Poetry!
Posted by Yves Etheart
Thank you to everyone who submitted a poem to Queens Library’s 2017 Summer Poetry Contest!
Hundreds of writers sent in their poems based on the theme of our Summer Reading program, “Build A Better World,” a subject which is important to many of us, given the current turbulent times in our society—and that includes our four first-place winners.
“My reason for submitting a poem was mainly based on my interest in the 'Build a Better World,' theme,” said our adult winner, Cassandra Smith, whose “Resurrecting a Melting Pot” reminds its readers of the strength and promise of the American dream. “Greatly saddened by the current political unrest, injustice, and indifference forced upon us, I felt the need to make a difference.”
Our Grades 4-5 winner, Erin Wong, used one of her school projects as an inspiration for her poem. “I decided to think about a time when I helped build a better world. So, this is how I came up with the idea of writing about my STEM project from 4th grade,” said Erin. “My poem is meant to be a model of a world in which everything has eco-friendly features. Even the materials I used to build my project were recyclable. Through my STEM project, I learned that if everyone works together, we can contribute to build a better world.”
“It was easy to work with the theme because there was a lot to work with,” said Grades 6-8 winner Ruchie Kops. “When something bothers or inspires me, I sit down and write a poem. There are so many things that we could improve in the world, that we should try to work on.” Improving ourselves and our connections with others was the focus of her poem, “Rebuilding the World.”
For Grades 9-12 winner Shlomit Ebbin, her poem was “a lesson on how one person's actions can affect how another person turns out. My message is that the way to build a better world is to treat others with kindness, because you don't know the impact you can have on someone.”
We’re glad that our summer poets were so moved by our theme, and that they shared their voices with us and our readers.

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Celia Ghezzi is just 8 years old, but she already knows plenty about Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller and other important historical figures.
That's because she's been devouring the "Who Was?" series of historical books for children.
"I like them so much because you learn about the individual person," said Celia, a third-grader in Decatur, Georgia.
Jeremy Oppenzato of Brooklyn, New York, loved learning about knights and castles in Magic Tree House Fact Tracker No. 2, a nonfiction companion to the Magic Tree House historical fiction book "The Knight at Dawn."
"All the cool stuff that happened in the past, I think is fascinating," said Jeremy, age 7. "Like how kings had the protected castle wall and moat and drawbridge. ... I learned how knights got past moats."
Summer slump? There's no such thing among these new fans of history.
Whether it's the Roman Empire or Chinese history, the U.S Civil War, the history of scientific discovery or more recent civil rights battles, the new wave of children's historical nonfiction is attracting a younger audience to read more about real events.


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This study aims to analyse the 10th grade Chemistry and Earth Sciences textbooks, to identify the extent to which these textbooks incorporate the criteria of scientific passion, and to draw a comparison between the two textbooks. Qualitative descriptive study and content analysis methods were used. The research instrument included a special measurement tool designed by the researchers, consisting of eleven main criteria, with additional sub-indicators for each. The frequencies and percentages of each criterion were calculated. The results showed that the “Flexibility” criterion ranked first in the level of inclusion of criteria in both textbooks at 23.3% in Chemistry and 24% in Earth Sciences textbooks, followed by “motivation”, “Get involved”, The “Lifelong learning” and “Research and investigation skills” criteria, "Sharing”, “Independence" and “create positive emotion". Whereas, “Behavioural persistence and practice”, “Adventure” and “Directing goals” criteria did not exist in both textbooks.
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Thai massage is best for people who want a more active form of massage and want to reduce and relieve pain and stress. It can also help improve:
- energy levels
Thai massage works the entire body using a sequence of movements that are similar to yogic stretching. Your therapist will use their palms and fingers to apply firm pressure to your body. You’ll also be stretched and twisted into various positions. You can wear loose, comfortable clothing during the massage.
Thai massage lasts for 60–90 minutes.
- Thai massage is more active than other forms of massage, and the therapist will stretch your body in addition to providing a massage.
- This is another type of massage where you remain fully clothed.

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Usain Bolt today dismissed as “lies” claims that he believed the Commonwealth Games were “a bit shit”.
Arsenal look set to miss out on Real Madrid midfielder Sami Khedira after Bayern Munich expressed an interest in the Germany international.
Tottenham confirm signature of Christian Eriksen to conclude busy day of transfers
Published: 30 August 2013
Updated: 12:31, 31 August 2013
Tottenham have announced their third capture of the day after completing the transfer of midfielder Christian Eriksen for an undisclosed fee.
The Denmark international joins Romania defender Vlad Chiriches and Argentina forward Erik Lamela in signing for the north London club on Friday.
"We are delighted to announce that we have reached agreement with Ajax for the transfer of Christian Eriksen," Spurs said on their official website.
Eriksen added: "Everyone has followed the development of Spurs and it's something I want to be part of."
The 21-year-old has already represented his national team on 37 occasions, scoring four goals, and was a key player for Ajax, having moved there from Odense in 2008.
He made 161 appearances and helped the Amsterdam side win three successive Eredivisie titles from 2011, and signs for a Tottenham side that bolstered their ranks immeasurably on Friday.
Chiriches became the club's fifth summer purchase on Friday morning when he completed his £8.5million move from Steaua Bucharest and four hours later, Tottenham confirmed that they had signed 21-year-old Lamela for fee thought to be around £25.8million.
The purchase of Eriksen on Friday evening is likely to take their summer spending to over £100million in this transfer window and paves the way for Gareth Bale to join Real Madrid in a world-record move.
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Cricket betting today can be done at every opportunity. This sport is rapidly gaining popularity, so bookmakers are trying to offer the most comfortable conditions for betting. At the same time, before starting cricket betting, it is necessary to take into account some features of the discipline. The better understands the chosen sport, the easier it will be for him to make money on bets. For this reason, you should start betting with a careful study of the rules.
Cricket is not a seasonal sport. For this reason, championships do not have the long breaks between seasons that you see in football or basketball. The only exception is the international championship, which takes place every 4 years. For this reason, you can bet on Mumbai Indians vs Chennai Super Kings at every opportunity without leaving your apartment. The bookmaker, which has many years of experience, quickly accepts bets on ipl 2022, so players can bet on the victory of their favorite club and hit a solid jackpot thanks to excellent quotes.
How not make mistakes when betting on cricket?
A huge advantage for a modern better is the abundance of information about various leagues that can be found on the Internet. You can check the current ipl schedule directly from your smartphone to find matches that you should definitely bet on. In cricket, there is no single format according to which all championships would be held. For this reason, before starting bets, you must familiarize yourself with the rules of the selected match. The most common formats remain:
- level 1 tournaments;
- one-day matches;
The format affects the duration of the match, the order in which it is played, and also affects a large number of other aspects of the game. Different formats have their own nuances, ranging from the number of overs in the run to the influence of weather factors on the game. So in level 1 tournaments, the chances that an inning will not be completed due to rain remain high.
When it comes to Indian teams, analysts note one interesting pattern. During international tournaments, Indian cricketers show excellent results on the road. Local athletes are well adapted to various climatic conditions, which cannot be said about Europeans or Australians. For this reason, the probability of winning matches against the respective opponents will be quite high. At the same time, the home games during the international tournament may well be missed by the Indians, which is usually associated with insufficient funding. If it is necessary to single out universal players, then those are the representatives of South Africa.
Effect of weather on cricket matches
Any sports discipline, within which matches are held in the open air, is influenced by weather factors. In this regard, cricket is no exception. At the same time, rain in the middle of a match makes more serious adjustments than during football matches. During precipitation, the game is not played, so when it rains, the match is stopped and the bad weather is expected to end.
There are several key figures on the field, the result of the team will depend on the game of which. Players who hit the pitch are called batsmen, and cricketers who hit the pitch are called bowlers. The team has both weaker and stronger players. For this reason, the absence of a powerful server in the favor can radically change the course of the meeting in favor of an outsider.

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Predictive modeling of infrared detectors and material systems
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Detectors sensitive to thermal and reflected infrared radiation are widely used for night-vision, communications, thermography, and object tracking among other military, industrial, and commercial applications. System requirements for the next generation of ultra-high-performance infrared detectors call for increased functionality such as large formats (> 4K HD) with wide field-of-view, multispectral sensitivity, and on-chip processing. Due to the low yield of infrared material processing, the development of these next-generation technologies has become prohibitively costly and time consuming. In this work, it will be shown that physics-based numerical models can be applied to predictively simulate infrared detector arrays of current technological interest. The models can be used to a priori estimate detector characteristics, intelligently design detector architectures, and assist in the analysis and interpretation of existing systems. This dissertation develops a multi-scale simulation model which evaluates the physics of infrared systems from the atomic (material properties and electronic structure) to systems level (modulation transfer function, dense array effects). The framework is used to determine the electronic structure of several infrared materials, optimize the design of a two-color back-to-back HgCdTe photodiode, investigate a predicted failure mechanism for next-generation arrays, and predict the systems-level measurables of a number of detector architectures.


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CITE: The $1 billion city with no residents
In the arid plains of the southern New Mexico desert, between the site of the first atomic bomb test and the U.S.-Mexico border, a new city is rising from the sand. Planned for a population of 35,000, the city will showcase a modern business district downtown, and neat rows of terraced housing in the suburbs. It will be supplied with pristine streets, parks, malls and a church. But no one will ever call it home.


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Great Mosque of Esfahan
Complex of buildings, chiefly of the Seljuq period (see Seljuq dynasty), in Esfahan, Iran. The mosque (completed c. 1130) has a central courtyard framed by four huge eyvans, or vaulted niches. It is renowned for its fine brickwork, vaulting, and two domed sanctuaries. The brick dome of the main sanctuary (c. 1070–75) is supported by heavy piers. The smaller domed chamber (1088) is known for its beauty of proportion; its dome, resting on a series of arches, is a structural masterpiece. The dome and the four-eyvan plan became standard for Seljuq mosques.
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Great Mosque of Esfahan Persian Masjed-e Jami'
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As we climbed Frosty Mountain, each step brought us farther from Georgia's warm spring landscape of budding azalea trees and blooming daffodils. We rose on the trail following the lime green blazes, vertical lines painted on trunks to mark our way. The deciduous trees grew bare. Though not as rocky as the Superior Hiking Trail, the twisting narrow dirt path had many step-ups and bumpy tree roots.
My stepmother Myrna and I paused to catch our breath at a panoramic overlook. I inhaled deeply, smelling the damp earth, as my eyes took in the mountain vista. We hiked on, crossing clear streams and marshy bogs on hewn logs. One creek had a railing to hold onto while we crossed on slippery rocks. A friendly middle-aged father and college-aged son stopped to chat before passing us on the trail, as did a few others headed toward our shared destination.
After three hours of walking the 4.8-mile ascent, we rounded the last hill and saw the Len Foote Hike Inn and its wide porch, lined with Adirondack chairs. We'd arrived at this eco-lodge with simple but comfortable rooms surrounded by the Chattahouchee National Forest, where we'd dine on home-cooked meals, make new friends and learn about environmental conservation in a beautiful setting.
We scraped the mud off our shoes using the brushes provided and made our way up the wide wooden stairs. Natural light filled the reception area, streaming in through two-story windows. An array of historic backpacks decorated the plywood walls. Tucked in the corner was a shelf of books for borrowing.
Our host, Diane Duffard, welcomed us and handed us our room key along with two cloth bags containing our linens: a bath towel and washcloth, bottom and top sheet and a pillowcase for our bunk beds. An outdoor walkway led to our room with a fan, a radiant heater and abundant wooden hooks and shelving for packs, jackets and clothes. Myrna spread out on the top bunk to relax while I ventured out to explore the inn.
The lodge is a series of small buildings on stilts that descend the hillside: the reception room and 20 guest rooms, the bathhouse, dining hall and the Sunrise Room. Their construction was designed to disturb the land as little as possible.
The bathhouse has six individual composting toilets and very clean men's and women's bathing rooms with showers, sinks and mirrors.
The dining hall is filled with four long wooden tables for family-style dining — one of the joys of the Hike Inn — and the kitchen, which feeds wayward Appalachian Trail hikers as well as lodgers.
The top tier holds the cozy Sunrise Room with windows on all four sides, a porch with rocking chairs, and, when we were there in March, a crackling fire in a potbellied stove. Families gathered around tables or lounged on the cushioned benches doing puzzles, playing games, reading, while looking out at the beautiful mountain view. One of the attractions of the Hike Inn is its no-electronics policy, which encourages social interaction.
An inn on stilts
At 5 p.m., a bell rang, and those of us interested in the official tour of this backcountry wonder gathered in the reception room. Duffard's detailed narration included the history of the lodge.
The Hike Inn, at Amicalola Falls State Park near Dawsonville, Ga., is owned by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, but run by the nonprofit Len Foote Hike Inn, Inc., part of the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club. The building was designed by architect Garland Reynolds and constructed in 1998. Sadly Len Foote, the lifelong conservationist who championed the project, did not get to see its completion.
The buildings stand on stilts to decrease erosion and allow for the natural filtering of rainwater. The design maximizes natural light and air circulation, the modest sleeping accommodations conserve space and solar panels produce 70 percent of the electricity. The inn is LEED-certified and strives to educate guests about ecological living, composting and curtailing food waste.
Duffard led the tour to the worm composters in the basement — an efficient and remarkably unsmelly means of turning waste into soil — and to the granite celestial calendar that aligns with the rising sun during the fall and spring equinoxes. The Star Base, an opening in the trees that holds the calendar, doubled as a fun playground for some of the children in our group.
When asked about the challenges of working in such an isolated location, Duffard responded with an enthusiastic "I get to live on top of a mountain!" As volunteers stay for free and the inn is open year-round except for Dec. 24-25, many of us were already contemplating a return visit to live on top of the mountain, too.
Friendly, family-style dinner
Dinner was served at 6 p.m., but most people gathered early at the long wooden tables. Everyone got a mug and labeled it for future use — between meals, the colorful cups lined the window sills of the dining hall. The 24/7 beverage table was enchanting for a tea drinker like me; hot and cold water, coffee, lemonade, iced sweet tea, and tea bags for hot tea were always available.
Myrna and I sat with the friendly father and son we'd met on the path, Ted and Thomas Baker from Wisconsin. Like me, they thought the 30- to 40-degree weather was balmy. Also at the table was a charming mother and college-aged daughter duo — the Hike Inn was clearly the spring break of choice for college kids who wanted to spend quality time with their parents rather than on a rowdy Florida beach with friends.
We had an animated conversation over our meal of thick turkey slices, mashed potatoes, salad, bread and Brussels sprouts. We were careful to eat the all food on our plates, as there is a no-waste policy for practical and ecological reasons: Food must be brought up the mountain, though in summer, the inn's gardens provide additional fresh vegetables. Food is served family-style, but the inn is happy to accommodate special diets if notified in advance. Lunches, with enormous cookies, are provided for an extra fee by the lodge.
The others at our table were staying two nights and doing the 8.8-mile round-trip to Springer Mountain, southern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, the next day. We were advised to take the Appalachian Spur trail for our return trip, as it had an easier descent.
Ted Baker and folks from some other tables hung around the dining hall after dinner for Duffard's PowerPoint presentation about her thru-hike on the Appalachian Trail. It was an entertaining and honest slide show detailing all the challenges of packs, bears and diet.
A silvery sliver moon rose over the mountains. Families with younger children drifted to the Sunrise Room for group games and puzzles. Adults gathered in silent companionship in the reception room to read in comfy chairs under yellow glowing lamps. I perused the "yearbooks" for the Appalachian Trail, learning more about this amazing challenge.
After my last cup of steaming herbal tea, I took a delightfully hot shower and snuggled under the covers of my cozy bunk bed. Our room was toasty warm. With slightly sore legs and content stomachs, we drifted off to sleep.
Hearty breakfast starts day
A dreamy sunrise spread pink and orange light around the mountains and valley as lodgers sipped coffee on benches and porches, welcoming the morning. Breakfast was hearty hiker fare: scrambled eggs, bacon, grits and an amazing peach oatmeal cobbler. Duffard instructed us on the checkout procedure as stay-over guests picked up their bag lunches. The outdoor walkways bustled with people depositing linens in service bags. In the reception area and on the decks, people zipped up jackets and backpacks, preparing for their hikes. Everyone was jovial, and it was sad to say farewell to our new friends.
Myrna and I took our tablemates' advice and descended on the Appalachian Spur trail: It was longer but smoother and easier, as it was maintained by the Georgia Appalachian Trail Hiking Club. Once again, we ran into the Bakers on the trail and parted ways at the intersection confluence, as they headed to Springer Mountain and we returned to the state park. Down (and sometimes up) we hiked. The trail had far fewer rocks, streams and marshes, but many more hikers.
March is the month that the thru-hikers start the Appalachian Trail in Georgia as they make their way northward toward Maine. We passed almost 30 hikers in all kinds of preparedness and physical fitness: Some were red-faced and slow from exertion; others had small packs and a light, fast clip. All but three hikers were men, though we were inspired by a number of elders taking on the trip.
We called out a joyous and hopeful "First day?" greeting as we inquired about their destinations. One guy had already run out of water, and we shared half of a large bottle.
We reached the parking lot in early afternoon, making the hike in the suggested three hours, as we had when we hiked in. We trotted the short distance to view Amicalola Falls, one of the highest waterfalls east of the Mississippi. Its cooling spray showered our faces.
We loaded up the car, filled our water bottles for the way home, and stretched our tired legs, our minds filled with new knowledge about sustainable living and thoughts of the mountains.
Kathryn Kysar is a poet, writer and professor from St. Paul.

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Infected Ticks On The Increase
Here’s another “global warming is good for everything that’s bad, and bad for everything that’s good” story. Now according to the online Swiss suedostschweiz.ch:
Ticks could become more dangerous because climate change favours infected ticks. That’s the conclusion that researchers of the University of Neuenburg concludes. The study was supported the Swiss Nation Fund.”
Scientists claim that the infected blood-sucking critters live longer when it’s warmer. Every year 10,000 Swiss people are infected with the Lyme-Borreliose.
A team led by Lise Gern have been studying the Holzbock tick over 10 years and found they have become increasingly infected during that period. The Suedostschweiz.de says:
Climate warming could have enhanced this trend, the researchers fear.”
Inflation In Germany and Europe Jumps
This certainly is no surprise to anyone. When sources of energy are villainized and citizens are forced to buy more and more expensive energy, plus the senseless shut own of nuclear power plants, eventually these dumb policies start having an impact on supply chains. The online Mitteldeutsche Zeitung here reports:
Consumer prices climbed in march like in February on a year earlier another 2.1 percent. That’s the highest increase in two and half years, according to the German Federal Office of Statistics. Foremost energy prices are fuelling inflation. Energy increased in price in March 10 percent. Heating oil (+ 32.8 percent) as well as gasoline and diesel (+ 11.2 percent) were at the top of the list. But also electric bills climbed sharply (+ 7.6 percent).”
There are no “coulds” here – just hard reality. The price of food, which requires substantial energy to produce, also jumped 2.2%. Unfortunately political shift to renewable energy has barely gotten underway, and so these increases are only a tiny sampling of what is in store should Europe plunge fully into the renewable energy madness.


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Blockchain and Building Information Modeling (BIM): Review and Applications in Post-Disaster Recovery
Nawari O. Nawari
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Blockchain Technology (BCT) is a growing digital technology that in recent years has gained widespread traction in various industries in the public and private sectors. BCT is a decentralized ledger that records every transaction made in the network, known as a ‘block', the body of which is comprised of encrypted data of the entire transaction history. BCT was introduced as the working mechanism that forms the operational basis of Bitcoin, the first digital cryptocurrency to gain mainstream appeal. The introduction of decentralized data exchange technology in any industry would require strengthened security, enforce accountability, and could potentially accelerate a shift in workflow dynamics from current centralized architectures to a decentralized, cooperative chain of command and affect a cultural and societal change by encouraging trust and transparency. BCT aims at creating a system that would offer a robust self-regulating, self-monitoring, and cyber-resilient data transaction operation, assuring the facilitation and protection of a truly efficient data exchange system. In the state of Florida, climate change and unpredicted weather disasters have put pressure on state and local decision-makers to adapt quick and efficient post-disaster recovery systems. Part of the recovery efforts is the reconstruction of buildings and infrastructure. The introduction of new technologies in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industry can contribute to addressing recovery and rebuilding after the event of a natural disaster. With parallel technological advancement in geospatial data and Geographic Information System (GIS), as well as worsening climatic conditions, concerns can be suitably addressed by employing an integrated system of both Building Information Modeling (BIM) and BCT. While several potential applications of BIM must provide solutions to disaster-related issues, few have seen practical applications in recent years that indicate the potential benefits of such implementations. The feasibility of BIM-based applications still rests on the reliability of connectivity and cyber-security, indicating a strong use case for using BCT in conjunction with BIM for post-disaster recovery. This research depicts a survey of BCT and its applications in the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) industries and examines the potential incorporation within the BIM process to address post-disaster rebuilding problems. Moreover, the study investigates the potential application of BCT in improving the framework for automating the building permitting process using Smart Contract (SC) technologies and Hyperledger Fabric (HLF), as well as discussing future research areas. The study proposes a new conceptualized framework resulting from the integration of BCT and BIM processes to improve the efficiency of building permit processes in post-disaster events.
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The bass guitar is an unsung hero in music – bassists get no love, since they usually stand at the back and play a sometimes repetitive note cycle or progression. But they’re highly important and vital to the sound. The bass supports the melody while syncing with drums to form that solid groove. The bass player in a band is a vital link between the drummer and the rest of the band.
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Gozo: An Award-Winning Diver’s Paradise…Again!
The Maltese Islands have just been named second in a global ranking of dive destinations.
Awards are always welcome, but they’re particularly welcome when they’re voted for by the public.
It’s heartening to see Malta and Gozo come second only to Egypt as the best diving destination in the world at the prestigious Diver Awards.
Voted for by the readers of Diver Magazine, this is the second year in a row that the Maltese Islands have claimed second spot. The Maldives were third.
Update 2019: And Gozo has come in second place again in 2018, making this the third year in a row!
Scuba diving in Gozo
We’ve written frequently about Gozo’s many diving attractions, recently sharing our favourite 5 diving spots.
Scuba visitors to Malta
As the Times of Malta reports, in 2016, over 100,000 visitors came to the Maltese Islands with the main motivation of scuba diving. Another estimated 50,000 felt inspired to scuba dive while they were here.
The new attractions of the fallen Azure Window, combined with this award, should see numbers climb even higher in the future.
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LOS ANGELES — The Shops in Desert Passage, a Las Vegas mall that opened in 2000 as a retail annex to the former Aladdin Hotel, has been rebranded as Miracle Mile Shops—a nod to the stretch of Wilshire Boulevard that was once Los Angeles’ premier shopping destination.
Fittingly, this required a facelift.
A $75 million renovation that began last year is slated for completion early next year. Much of the retail complex’s overhaul has focused on scrapping the heavily Arabian-themed interior for a subtle, contemporary motif, said Russ Joyner, Miracle Mile Shops’ general manager.
“With [Desert Passage], retailers had to sign up to an overall vision, instead of maintaining their own identity,” said Joyner, who has managed Fashion Show Mall in Las Vegas and Hollywood & Highland in Los Angeles. “Now we’re allowing the store to be the hero, not the architecture.”
The 170-store mall is adjacent to Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino, which officially opened in April after a more than $1 billion transformation of the Aladdin. To bring Miracle Mile Shops in step with Planet Hollywood’s modern interior, Kasbah lamps, Moorish archways and kiosks fashioned to resemble a Middle Eastern bazaar are being replaced with oversized video screens, black slate flooring and glass storefronts. Architecture firm Gensler of Nevada is heading the retail makeover.
Restaurants such as Commander’s Palace—a replica of the New Orleans original—have been replaced with Hawaiian Tropic Zone and Trader Vic’s, which features an outdoor deck facing the Las Vegas Strip. Among the new stores added to Miracle Mile’s retail mix are Ben Sherman, Urban Outfitters, True Religion, Frederick’s of Hollywood and Las Vegas’ first H&M, which is scheduled to open in September.
Joyner asserts the revamp has boded well for the long-ailing Desert Passage, which has been criticized for being inaccessible and uninviting to pedestrian traffic along the Strip. Sales per square foot totaled approximately $800 last month, a 15 percent increase over the year-ago period. Joyner projects Miracle Mile Shops’ sales per square foot to increase to about $1,200 within two years—growth he attributes in part to the nearby Project CityCenter, a 76-acre, mixed-use development slated to open in 2009. The $8 billion project, located across the Strip from Miracle Mile Shops, will feature luxury condos, a 400-room Mandarin Oriental hotel and a 2,000-seat Cirque du Soleil theater.
Miracle Mile Shops is owned by David Edelstein of Tri Star Capital and Aby Rosen of RFR Holding, which purchased Desert Passage in 2003 for $241 million.


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A North Babylon man has been arrested after Suffolk County police said he was responsible for the robbery of three sandwich shops from May to July.
Police said Michael Burwell, 24, robbed a Quizno's in Bay Shore on May 26 and two Subway shops -- one in Islip Terrace and one in Islandia -- on July 24. In the Subway robberies, Burwell flashed a gun, police said.
After an investigation, detectives from the Third, Fourth and Seventh precincts along with Robbery Task Force detectives identified Burwell, of 409 Wyandanch Ave., as the suspect, police said.
Burwell was arrested Tuesday at his home at about 2:30 p.m., police said. Burwell attempted to flee and resisted arrest, police said.
Burwell was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery, third-degree robbery, resisting arrest and second-degree escape.
Burwell is being held overnight at the Third Precinct and is scheduled to be arraigned at First District Court in Central Islip on Thursday.


At El Paso Electric, we are committed to sustainability and doing our part to protect the environment. We believe that using renewable resources to generate electricity is not only good for the planet, but it also helps us provide better service to our customers. Our ultimate goal is to improve the quality of life in our region and create a brighter future for generations to come. We're proud of the progress we've made so far in reducing our carbon footprint, but we know there's always more we can do to make a positive difference.
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Three Motor Three Head Stereo Tape Deck (1974-77)
The RT-1020L is a superb reel-to-reel stereo tape deck. It features a 2 and 4 channel playback head and built-in 4-channel preamplifier so that you may enjoy quadraphonic as well as 2 track and 4 track stereo playback.
The 3 position bias selector and 2 position equalization selector guarantee perfect reproduction of low noise/high-output tape.
With its high-torque motors, professional sized 10.5 inch reel transport and other standard extras it is built to bring you top versatility, long service and total reliability.
Track system: 2/4-track, 2-channel, stereo system
Heads: 1 x playback, 1 x record, 1 x erase
Motor: 2 x reel, 1 x capstan
Reel size: up to 10.5 inch reel
Tape speeds: 3 3⁄4 7 1⁄2 ips
Wow and flutter: 0.08% (7 1⁄2 ips)
Frequency response: 40Hz to 20kHz (7 1⁄2 ips)
Signal to Noise Ratio: 55dB
Total harmonic distortion: 1%
Input: 50mV (line), 15mV (DIN), 0.25mV (mic)
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Beautiful and cool machine. The sound is deep and clear (if you have a good tape and heads are clean). Built as a tank (super heavy) almost 0% parts made of plastic. If you can find one of them in good condition for 200 to 250 take it! you'll be more than happy.
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I had mine restored with new caps and its like brand new.Not a scratch or blemish on it.It sounds so goodAn ideal choice for audiophiles.
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It's an oldie and a goodie! I always wanted a great deck like this when I was growing up-specifically a very heavy Sony. But then I heard the Pioneer at a rolling trunk show and while it took a few years-more than I care to count-I'm about to get a second 1020L version. It may not do much recording, but the playback will be fantastic! A great deck and while not as heavyweight as the Sony, it eats it up in sound reproduction for sure! A true reason for keeping my reel to reel collection spinning.


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10-Year War: USA v. Eurofed Bank's Offshore Liquidators For $150 m in Offshore Banks
On May 14, 2004, the USA filed a forfeiture complaint at federal court in Washington, D.C. in an attempt to seize approximately $150 million of assets belonging to former Ukraine Prime Minister Pavlo Lazarenko that were held at Bank Julius Baer (Guernsey), Credit Suisse (Guernsey & Geneva), Bank of Nova Scotia (Antigua), Banque SCS Alliance (Geneva), VP Bank (Liechtenstein), LGT Bank (Liechtenstein), and Vilniaus Bankas (Lithuania). Lazarenko was convicted of money laundering fraud, and extortion in the USA in 2006.
After more than ten years of legal fighting, the USA and Eurofed's liquidators finally settled the dispute last November.
This session will look at the competing claims by the USA, the liquidators and Lazarenko, how the legal issues were decided and how the case affects other disputes between the USA and foreign liquidators.
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You will find in this article.. The Biggest Mattress You Can Buy…The extremely word this brand is unidentified to numerous people. I’ve likewise had many individuals ask me this concern when they go to purchase a new mattress.
Of all, let me discuss why it’s not a good mattress. You may call it a type of bed; nevertheless, this is actually a misnomer since mattresses can not give you an excellent night’s sleep.
It’s real that a lot of mattresses are made with great quality coils. What most individuals do not understand, nevertheless, is that coil springs inside the majority of mattresses are vulnerable to getting bent out of shape.
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The bed mattress is in fact made up of a number of layers and the innermost layer is called the “air layer”. Air supports the weight of the body and so it provides for an extremely comfy sleeping condition. The “waffle layer” supplies extra assistance for the back. There is the “memory foam” which “breathes” so that all these layers support each other, hence providing for a really comfy sleeping condition.
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Fabian Aichner wins EVOLVE Championship, Street Profits claim EVOLVE Tag Team Titles
EVOLVE Wrestling has three new champions, and they bleed the black-and-yellow of NXT.
While much of the sports-entertainment world on Sunday night was glued to WWE Evolution — the first-ever all-women’s pay-per-view emanating from Uniondale, N.Y. — history was being made in a different way more than 1,000 miles south at EVOLVE 114 in Ybor City, Fla., where NXT Superstars Fabian Aichner and The Street Profits captured the promotion’s heavyweight and tag team titles, respectively.
Aichner defeated Shane Strickland to become the eighth EVOLVE Champion, joining the ranks of former titleholders like Kassius Ohno, Drew McIntyre and Matt Riddle. Montez Ford & Angelo Dawkins, meanwhile, successfully answered an open challenge issued by Chris Dickinson & Jaka, ending Dickinson & Jaka’s more than yearlong reign as EVOLVE Tag Team Champions.
AND NEW EVOLVE CHAMPION!!!@FabianAichner of @WWENXT captures the title from @StricklandShane at #EVOLVE114 on #ClubWWN— EVOLVE Wrestling (@WWNEVOLVE) October 29, 2018
See the new champ when EVOLVE comes to Detroit on Nov 9 & Chicago on Nov 10! pic.twitter.com/AfAElLfwuf
Though NXT Superstars appearing on EVOLVE events isn’t a new development — competitors such as Velveteen Dream and Adam Cole have wrestled in the EVOLVE ring in the past — never before have active NXT Superstars won championships outside of the black-and-yellow brand.
The Street Profits and Aichner will now be on all upcoming EVOLVE events in 2018, including Nov. 9 in Livonia, Mich.; Nov. 10 in Oak Lawn, Ill.; Dec. 15 in Queens, N.Y.; and Dec. 16 in Deer Park, N.Y.
NXT North American Champion Ricochet congratulated his NXT colleagues on their big wins in a tweet Sunday night, while The Street Profits shared a video of themselves savoring their victory, Ford & Dawkins’ first title win in the squared circle.
Aichner and The Street Profits weren’t the only NXT Superstars in action at EVOLVE 114, either. Brazilian Superstar Adrian Jaoude, NXT powerhouse Dan Matha and 2018 Mae Young Classic competitor Jessie Elaban all competed in Ybor City.
More WWE and NXT Superstars are slated to compete at upcoming EVOLVE events, as well. 205 Live’s Mustafa Ali is set to take on DJZ at EVOLVE 115 in Livonia and Darby Allin at EVOLVE 116 in Oak Lawn, while Ohno makes his return to the promotion at EVOLVE 117 and 118 in Queens and Deer Park. Full ticket information for those events is available at WWNLive.com.


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While watching a video of deployment of Soyuz spacecraft, I noticed a flag next to the launchpad, with sign 'Baikonur' and a graphic of Earth and several stars; one I didn't see anywhere else:
the flag of Kazakhstan:
or assortment of commemorative badges and independent designs by people without any association with Baikonur or Roscosmos. I managed to locate what seems like a very old print of an old variant of the design (with a simple globe of meridians and parallels instead of a picture of Earth) on the flag on a Flags of the world site:
and a photo of a flag with this version:
...but nothing closely resembling the one from the video.
When was that version introduced, what is its relation to all the others, status (an official symbol or just a decorative variant?), and does anyone have a better image of it?


Tullow Oil writes off $671m
Oil company under pressure after unsuccessful drilling operations.
Africa-focused oil company Tullow Oil took a $671 (€498) million writedown with its 2012 results against just $121 million a year earlier to account for unsuccessful drilling and the resulting reduction in the value of its assets.
Reporting 2012 profits that were little changed and within a range of analysts' forecasts, Tullow also reported drilling results which it said showed "the first potentially commercial flow rates achieved in Kenya" from its Twiga South-1 well.
Another keenly-watched prospect in its Kenya-Ethiopia portfolio, the Paipai-1 well, encountered "difficult hole conditions" Tullow said. It hopes to draw some conclusions on it by the end of February.
Tullow Oil has a record 49 wells planned this year, and has been under pressure to deliver some good drilling news after a disappointing trading update in January.
Although one of the industry's best performing drillers of recent times, Tullow had a mixed year in 2012. On the production side, it reaffirmed January's guidance for 2013 at 86,000-92,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day.


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The Z2 graphic novel from Mario Candelaria and Karl Slominski is due 11/7.
Firefighters are generally the likeable civil servants. They run into burning buildings to save lives and protect our homes. As a New Yorker, firefighters take on an extra aura, even 14 years after 9/11. That all makes it easy to see them in some cookie-cutter, Sesame Street fashion. But now, Mario Candelaria and Karl Smolinski are putting nuance to that type of real-life superheroing, with Ashes: A Firefighter’s Tale.
Here’s the official description and an EXCLUSIVE preview …
Ashes: A Firefighter’s Tale written by Mario Candelaria (Unlawful Good) with art by Karl Slominski (Golgotha), takes readers along for the ride with a New York firefighter. Matt always had an easygoing life. Girls liked him, his friends were like family and being a firefighter came naturally. But his life changed in an instant when he lost his leg trying to save the last person trapped in a burning building. A riveting tale about perseverance, hard work, and overcoming the odds, Ashes is a gripping tale told in evocative black and white.