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But as well as the obviously ridiculously attractive leading men, there are more reasons why we are placing this flick on our summer movie must-see list...
1. Henry Cavill
Enough said. We would probably pay good money just to watch Mr Cavill paint a wall. Or sit and say nothing. And we're pretty sure a lot of you would too! The ridiculously swoonsome British actor has that old Hollywood movie star charm, like one of the matinee idols from back in the day. He became a global star playing Superman in Man Of Steel, giving us all a renewed interest in superhero movies. This time around, he's all suited and booted and looking sharp as Special Agent Napoleon Solo, a suave secret agent working to take down a criminal organisation. He said recently: "It's cool, sexy, fun, it's a great 60's spy thriller. It doesn't take itself too seriously but there's some serious undertone moments as well and it's just a great ride
2. Armie Hammer
Also winning over our hearts is the very cute Armie Hammer, who is best known for playing the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network. Sadly this time around there is only one of him in The Man From U.N.C.L.E.! He plays Russian KGB agent Illya Kuryakin, who must work with Henry's character to stop the villains. We reckon Armie's just perfect as he is but he admitted to E! News he put on a little weight during filming in the UK because he developed a love for Scotch eggs. Hey, just more to love, right?! We can't wait to see the bromance between Henry and Armie on screen, particularly after hearing Armie say of his co-star: "I'll be honest, it was really hard keeping us apart on set. I mean, it was like Velcro. You know, just, once we were together the chemistry was there."
3. The amazing 1960s style
We absolutely LOVE the classic '60s style. Bright colours, vibrant prints, mini skirts. We kind of wish we could live just one day in that era. Audrey Hepburn, Twiggy, Brigitte Bardot, there were so many gorgeous '60s icons whose fashion, hair and make-up we still copy to this day. We'll be lusting over leading ladies Alicia Vikander and Elisabeth Debicki as they showcase some of the decade's most iconic looks. Oscar nominated costume designer Joanna Johnston was in charge of the wardrobes and from what we've seen in preview pictures and the trailer, it all looks amazing. She recently told The Telegraph: "It's continental Sixties style. It's incredibly elegant and it's got a timeless quality about it. It's easy to see how it settles within summer 2015, how it suddenly falls back into a perfect position in current day."
4. Alicia Vikander i.e. the new It Girl of Hollywood
And speaking of Alicia, the Swedish-born actress is fast becoming one of the most in-demand stars in Hollywood. She started her career on a Swedish TV show before making the leap to the silver screen. She's received critical acclaim for her role in movies including Swedish drama Pure and Oscar-nominated A Royal Affair. She starred alongside Keira Knightley in Anna Karenina and Benedict Cumberbatch in The Fifth Estate. Last year she wowed critics in war drama Testament Of Youth and took on the role of an A.I. in sci-fi film Ex Machina.
In The Man From U.N.C.L.E., she plays the niece of a German scientist who has mysteriously disappeared. She's the only possible link to the shady criminal organisation. And clearly she wnated the role! She told Net-A-Porter's The Edit: "'I didn't admit I couldn't drive until after I found out I'd got the part. When I met Guy (Ritchie), I'd come off the back of so many heavy dramas and I loved the thought of going on a fun ride with him. I didn't want anything to jeopardise that!'
5. David Beckham!
Yes. That David Beckham! The former footballer has a cameo appearance in the movie, which is directed by his pal Guy Ritchie. It's his first big Hollywood role and we can't wait to see it! We're also intrigued as to who or what he is playing as Guy hinted we may not recognise Becks at first. "He's marginally disguised but he's in the movie. I mean, once you know who it is, you'll know who it is," he said. As well as David, we'll also see Hugh Grant in the movie. He plays the Head of British Naval Intelligence.
6. The fact the trailer is so blooming good!
The movie's based on the 1960s television show of the same name set in the Cold War period. It tells the story of Agent Napoleon Solo and Agent Illya Kuryakin who work for the United Network Command For Law Enforcement (U.N.C.L.E.) to help bring down a mysterious, shady criminal organisation. Their only lead is Gaby, the niece of a German scientist who has mysteriously disappeared. The extended trailer released at Comic-Con earlier this summer had us hooked! As well as sexy cars, we'll have loads of explosive action scenes. We're thinking it all sounds a bit James Bond! Take a look at the extended trailer below for a taster of what to expect!
So we have a great storyline, fabulous fashion and really hot men. Perfect! We'll see you at the cinema!
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. is released 14 August.


Boise State still No. 1, while CSU football, Hawaii make big jump in MW power ratings
Boise State did what it needed to do in its first two games to maintain its status as the best Group of 5 football program in the country.
On Saturday, facing a Connecticut team that Central Florida had blasted 56-17 a week earlier, the Broncos won 62-7 to move up to No. 17 in the Associated Press and Amway Coaches’ polls this week.
The real test, though, comes this week when the Broncos visit Oklahoma State (2-0), ranked No. 24 in the AP poll and No. 19 in the coaches’ poll. Beat the Cowboys in Stillwater, and the Broncos will have the inside track for the berth in either the Peach or Fiesta Bowl that’s guaranteed to the highest-ranked champion from a Group of 5 conference at the end of the season.
It's a spot they might be able to keep if they stumble once in Mountain West play and still win the title, as they did a year ago.
Here’s a look at the complete MW power ratings this week:
1. Boise State (2-0, 0-0 MW)
Last week's rating: No. 1, Quarterback Brett Rypien threw for 362 yards and three touchdowns while playing barely more than a half, and the Broncos set a school record with 818 yards of total offense. The previous record was 742 in an Oct. 15, 2011, game against CSU. Next game: Saturday, 1:30 p.m. at No. 19 Oklahoma State (TV: ESPN)
2. Hawaii (3-0, 1-0 MW)
Last week: No. 5. Hawaii proved its season-opening win over CSU in Fort Collins was no fluke with wins the next two weeks over Navy and Rice, earning the Rainbow Warriors votes in Top 25 polls this week. Quarterback Cole McDonald threw for 319 yards and four touchdowns, and Hawaii, ranked No. 5 in the MW power poll last week, improved to 3-0 for the first time since 2007 with a 43-29 win over Rice. Next game: Saturday, 10 a.m., at Army (TV: CBSSN)
3. Utah State (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 4. Kicker Dominik Eberle matched an NCAA record for points by a kicker with 24, making six field goals — including three 51-yarders — and six extra points for the Aggies in a 60-13 home win over New Mexico State. Next game: Thursday, 6 p.m. vs. Tennessee Tech (Online: Facebook/MWN on Stadium)
4. Fresno State (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 2. Quarterback Marcus McMaryion threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns for the Bulldogs in a 21-14 loss at Minnesota.Next game: Saturday, 8:30 p.m. at UCLA (TV: FS1)
5. San Diego State (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 3. Juwan Washington ran for 156 yards and three touchdowns, including two in the fourth quarter after the Aztecs had fallen behind, to lead San Diego State to a 28-14 win over visiting Sacramento State. Next game: Saturday, 8:30 p.m., vs. No. 25 Arizona State (TV: CBSSN)
6. UNLV (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 9. Quarterback Armani Rogers threw for three touchdowns while completing just 6 of 13 passes but ran for another 103 yards and a touchdown to lead the Rebels to a 52-24 win over visiting UTEP. Next game: Saturday, 8 p.m., vs. Prairie View A&M (Online: TheMW.com)
7. Wyoming (1-2, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 6. The Cowboys were limited to 248 yards of total offense while allowing 601 in a 40-13 loss at Missouri. The Tigers led 23-0 early in the third quarter. Next game: Saturday, 2 p.m. vs. Wofford (Online: TheMW.com)
8. CSU (1-2, 0-1 MW)
Last week: No. 11. The Rams bounced back from an 0-2 start to the season and 18-point deficit with a stunning comeback in the final 18 minutes to beat visiting Arkansas 34-27. Next game: Saturday, 2 p.m. at Florida (TV: SEC)
9. New Mexico (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 10. The Lobos were battling No. 6 Wisconsin early while building a 7-3 lead after one quarter in Madison. But they couldn’t run the triple option effectively after losing quarterback Tevaka Tuioti to a head injury in the second quarter, and the Badgers pulled away for 45-14 win. Next game: Saturday, 6 p.m. at New Mexico State (Online: AggieVision.com)
10. Nevada (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 7. There’s no shame in any MW team losing on the road at an SEC opponent, even Vanderbilt, which beat the visiting Wolf Pack 41-10. But even against one of the worst teams in the nation’s best conference, Nevada couldn’t get out of its own way to make a game of it. Next game: Saturday, 5 p.m. vs. Oregon State (Online: ESPN3.com)
11. Air Force (1-1, 0-0 MW)
Last week: No. 8. The Falcons fell to 4-8 in their past 12 games against opponents at the NCAA’s Football Bowl Championship Subdivision level — the one they’re in — with a 33-27 loss at Florida Atlantic. Next game: Sept. 22, time TBA, at Utah State (TV: ESPN Networks)
12. San Jose State (0-2, 0-0 MW)
Last week. No. 12. After opening the season with an embarrassing loss to FCS opponent UC-Davis, the Spartans went to Washington State and lost 31-0. Next game: Saturday, 1 p.m. at Oregon (TV: Pac-12)
Follow reporter Kelly Lyell at twitter.com/KellyLyell and facebook.com/KellyLyell.news and listen to him talk CSU sports at 12:35 p.m. Thursdays on KFKA radio (AM 1310) and 8:45 a.m. Saturdays on Denver’s ESPN radio (AM 1600).


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Remember the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, which had several celebrities throwing a bucket of ice-cold water over their head to raise awareness about ALC? Well, there’s another “challenge” doing the rounds, and this one is for a good cause, too. The #dizzygoals challenge – an open invitation to run around a ball until you’re dizzy and attempt to score a goal – is a way to raise awareness about The Global Goals campaign, launching this month. Akshay Kumar is the first Indian personality to take on this challenge.
Watch his video below, taken on the sets of Housefull 3 – you can even see Jacqueline Fernandez cheering him on in the background:
What are The Global Goals?
The Global Goals are a series of “ambitious targets to end extreme poverty, fight inequalities and tackle climate change for everyone by 2030.” They are launching at the United Nations General Assembly by 193 world leaders on the 26th of September. The idea behind the campaign is to make the Global Goals the most “famous goals on the planet” by sharing them with 7 billion people in one week – 26th September to 2nd October. The more people that know about them, the more people will ensure global leaders drive change.

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India plans to issue tenders for the second expansion phase of its strategic petroleum reserves imminently, as the world’s third-largest crude importer accelerates efforts to improve its energy security.
The country plans to build added storage in Chandikhole in Odisha state on the eastern coast as well in Padur in the southern Indian state of Karnataka with a total capacity to store 6.5 million metric tonnes.
The additional volumes will raise India's overall strategic reserves from 77 days to 90 days, which is the minimum required by the International Energy Agency to meet emergency needs.
“We are floating the RFPs [requests for proposal] let's say as soon as possible,” Indian petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri told The National in an interview in Abu Dhabi during Adipec.
South Asia's largest economy, which imports most of its energy needs, has a total of 5.33 million metric tonnes of strategic reserves, including commercial stocks held by Indian refiners.
“Countries are supposed to have a 90-day strategic reserve. We have now about 77 days so we are trying to augment that,” Mr Puri said.
The country currently maintains strategic petroleum reserves in three locations — in Mangalore and Padur in Karnataka as well in Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh on the eastern coast.
With the second phase of expansion, India will be able to maintain 90 days of strategic reserves within “five years”, he said.
Ensuring energy security is a major concern for India, whose economy is forecast to grow 9.5 per cent this year and 8.5 per cent in 2022, according to the International Monetary Fund, after shrinking 7.3 per cent in 2020 because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
With rising demand for fuel to meet the needs of a growing population, locking affordable supply for the future is the main mandate for Mr Puri, who was appointed to his position three months ago by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
India has an existing agreement with the UAE's Abu Dhabi National Oil Company to store crude in the country's strategic petroleum reserves in Mangalore. India has also signed preliminary agreements with Saudi Aramco to keep millions of barrels of crude in its underground storage facilities.
The country is also looking to lock in crude supplies by building an integrated refining and petrochemicals complex on the western coast. The planned $44 billion Ratnagiri project in Maharashtra state will have Saudi Aramco and Adnoc as joint developers, alongside state-backed Indian refiners.
However, the project has been delayed due to issues with land acquisition.
“I have had some discussions recently. My own sense is that if [there are] problems on land acquisition and land availability, we will have to make some hard decisions in terms of capacity. One proposal is to pare this down a bit. Those are hard decisions. We'll have to take them,” Mr Puri said.
The refinery was earlier earmarked to have a capacity of 60 million tonnes.
Mr Puri spoke out against high oil prices, which he blamed for the rise in inflation and for slowing the recovery of the world economy.
Key crude benchmarks Brent and West Texas Intermediate have rallied 60 per cent since the start of the year, which has prompted concerns from oil-consuming nations such as India and other net-importers.
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“My view is the pandemic period was difficult enough. Economic activity virtually ground to a halt. Today economic activity is being revived. The largest economy, the United States, is facing inflation figures which are the highest in 30 years. So I think the first assertion I make to everybody is that higher oil prices will lead to inflation, on which one has enough evidence,” Mr Puri said.
India recently pledged to reach net-zero emissions by 2070, two decades later than the timeline suggested under the Paris Agreement. However, the country plans to decarbonise its grid sooner and looks to generate up to 50 per cent of its electricity needs from renewables by 2030.
India along with China came under criticism following the latest Conference of Parties (Cop26) held in the UK city of Glasgow, with both countries singled out for slowing the global momentum towards phasing out coal.
Mr Puri said it was unfair to associate India with the dilution of the language surrounding future coal use.
“Please explain to me what the difference in terms of timelines is for phase out and phase down. I mean, nobody knows actually. I don't know where it came from. And India is being associated,” he said.
India, which generates 70 per cent of its power needs from coal is said to have helped to amend the Glasgow Climate Pact to insist on “phasing down” unabated coal power rather than ending the use of the polluting fuel completely.
“But I don't think that's an Indian position. In a multilateral bilateral negotiation, a lot of people are saying [things] and some statements get picked [up]” Mr Puri said.

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The Register reports Intel accidentally revealed the specifications of its "Poulson" Itanium processors, you can check it out over here. Known as the Itanium 9500 series, Poulson is anticipated to be launched sometime this year, probably at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco in early September.
Poulson has eight cores, two directory caches, five QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links, two Scalable Memory Interconnect (SMI) DDR3 memory controllers that support up to 512GB per socket, two shared L2 caches, and a bunch of system logic all on the same piece of silicon, which has a combined 3.1 billion transistors packed into a 588 square millimeter die size. The top bin part is expected to throw off 170 watts, which is a bit better than the 185 watts of the top-bin four-core Itanium 9300 processor it will replace.
As you can see, the Poulson uses a "cores out" design, just like the current "Sandy Bridge" Xeon E5s, and similarly has a ring interconnect that lashes together the cores, caches, and other elements of the processor.
A Poulson chip has a total of 54MB of SRAM memory: 32MB of L3 cache (broken up into eight blocks, with 4MB for each core), 2MB of total L2 data cache, 4MB of total L2 instruction cache, 2.2MB of directory cache (two chunks), 3.6MB of last level tags, and 169KB of L2 instruction tags. (Intel sometimes calls L2 cache "mid-level cache.")


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Time really does feel relative.
Before you know it, Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here — and then the year 2022.
I'm not ready.
But what I am ready for is some of the new content becoming available.
Three things to watch
'The Morning Show'
Luckily, you don't have to wake up at sunrise to dive into this series, which pulls back the covers on early-morning television.
Inspired by the nonfiction book "Top of the Morning: Inside the Cutthroat World of Morning TV" by CNN's Brian Stelter, this Emmy-winning show gives us a glimpse into the behind-the-scenes drama of a morning news program. (Stelter serves as a producer on the series.)
Season two starts Friday, and new cast member Hasan Minhaj talked to me about some of what they are delving into this season, including racial inequality.
"I love that they integrated that," he said. "As the United States was going through and continues to go through a racial reckoning, one of the things I loved that was being addressed through the show is who gets a seat at the table and why. And I loved that they showed, really in quite great detail, how when new voices enter the fray, how that pushes against the hegemony and people don't like that."
The show streams on Apple TV+.
'Everybody's Talking About Jamie'
It's been a long two-year wait for the stars of "Everybody's Talking About Jamie."
The musical about a British teen who longs to become a drag performer fell victim to the pandemic pushback, but finally gets to let its glitter shine.
It was the first starring role ever for Max Harwood, who plays Jamie. He told me he wanted to pay honor to the pioneers of the LGBTQ+ community.
"I think it's just important for my generation and (costar Lauren Patel's) generation to remember the history and remember where we've come from," he said. "There's still so many battles we have to fight."
The film starts streaming Friday on Amazon Prime.
Seven-time Formula One champion Michael Schumacher was one of the most famous and celebrated people in his sport until tragedy struck in the form of a skiing accident in 2013.
This Netflix documentary uses archival footage and interviews to shine a light on the already private Schumacher, who has retreated even further from the limelight.
It's streaming on Netflix.
Shameless self-promotion: If you missed the first episode of my new CNN show — Pop Life Pop Off! — you can watch it here. Be sure to subscribe to it on YouTube!
Two things to listen to
Lil Nas X has come a long way from "Old Town Road."
Believe it or not, it has only been two years since that song blew up on TikTok and hit No. 1 on the Billboard 100 chart.
Now, he's the voice for the LGBTQ+ community in hip-hop and stirring controversy with things like his line of "Satan" sneakers.
But he hasn't stopped making music, and "Montero" marks his first full-length studio album.
It drops Friday.
The year was 2007 when singer-musician Chris Daughtry shot to fame as a contestant on "American Idol."
He's now firmly established as the frontman of his band, Daughtry, and still rocking out.
The group's new album, "Dearly Beloved," comes after the singer used the pandemic to reflect and recalibrate.
"I had a huge identity crisis for a while and I just didn't realize how much of my identity was wrapped up on the road and in touring and being in front of people and needing that gratification and needing to feel something," he told Variety. "It kind of forced me to be with myself more and analyze a lot of things in my own personal journey that I hadn't really dealt with, and things with my own ego."
Look for the new music Friday.
One thing to talk about
Where was Ferris, though?
That's the question that came to mind with news that "Succession" actor Alan Ruck, who played Cameron Frye in the iconic film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," was a volunteer driver for members of the press in President Joe Biden's motorcade during the commander in chief's Monday visit to California.
It's far from the first time Hollywood has intertwined with politics — and it won't be the last.
Something to sip on
Britney Spears deleted her Instagram account Tuesday, and you can mark me down as someone who applauds her for it.
These days, celebrities almost seem expected to be in constant contact with their fans via social media, but I can't imagine that would be easy.
Social media can highlight the best of us — and the worst — so if Spears wants to take a break, I think we can all agree she has more than earned it.
Besides, she had blessed us with her engagement news before she hopped off, so we can't say she didn't give us a parting gift.
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- •Surfer Rosa - PixiesThe sound of post-high school and burgeoning shenanigans.

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Taylor, Henry L.
Birth/Death: b. 10 December 1884 – d. 27 December 1958 (source: Find A Grave Index online)
Occupation: American architect
Location: St. Petersburg, FL
Member of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) 1928-1944
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- The Feature: Janny Hu explores World Cup special dining and drinking options, from Iron Cactus and Tacolicious to Kezar and Danny Coyle’s.
The Update: Hard to believe, but it’s been a decade since Waterfront Restaurant on the Embarcadero has received a review. Now, with Top Chef alum — and onetime Rising Star — Erik Hopfinger at the helm of the 40-year-old restaurant, Michael Bauer thinks it might be time to return”
In his new role at the handsome 200-seat restaurant, he keeps the menu simple and seafood-centric; it’s the type of food that can be appreciated by locals and tourists alike.
Hopfinger proves that both can survive comfortably in a menu that takes few chances but delivers solid renditions of favorites, including one of the best cioppinos ($26) I’ve found.
Final rating: an upgrade to 2.5 stars.
- The Review: Nicholas Boer has 2.5 stars for Matthew Silverman’s lavish Laurus in Danville.
- Bar Bites: Carey Sweet chimes in on Napa’s Norman Rose Tavern, “a chic watering hole that, refreshingly, doesn’t take itself too seriously.”


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During a space voyage, four scientists are altered by cosmic rays: Reed Richards gains the ability to stretch his body; Sue Storm can become invisible; Johnny Storm controls fire; and Ben Grimm is turned into a super-strong … thing.
04 September 2005
Cheese-loving eccentric Wallace and his cunning canine pal, Gromit, investigate a mystery in Nick Park's animated adventure, in which the lovable inventor and his intrepid pup run a business ridding the town of garden pests.
10 September 2005
Happily unattached, the sexually voracious Leila satisfies her desires with a host of rapidly changing bed partners, unconcerned about the emotional consequences.
30 November 2005
400 years into the future, disease has wiped out the majority of the world's population, except one walled city, Bregna, ruled by a congress of scientists.
25 August 2005
When the renegade crew of Serenity agrees to hide a fugitive on their ship, they find themselves in an action-packed battle between the relentless military might of a totalitarian regime who will destroy anything - or anyone - to get the girl back and the bloodthirsty creatures who roam the uncharted areas of space.
04 March 2005
Disgraced Navy SEAL Shane Wolfe is handed a new assignment: Protect the five Plummer kids from enemies of their recently deceased father -- a government scientist whose top-secret experiment remains hidden in the kids' house.
11 December 2005
In a world in which Great Britain has become a fascist state, a masked vigilante known only as "V" conducts guerrilla warfare against the oppressive British government.
31 March 2005
Welcome to Sin City. This town beckons to the tough, the corrupt, the brokenhearted. Some call it dark… Hard-boiled.
28 June 2005
The extraordinary battle for the future of humankind through the eyes of one American family fighting to survive it.
14 July 2005
John and his buddy Jeremy are emotional criminals who know how to use a woman's hopes and dreams for their own carnal gain.
02 September 2005
Brokeback Mountain is an Ang Lee film about two modern day cowboys who meet on a shepherding job in the summer of ’63.
09 September 2005
After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England.
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On Wednesday the Library will begin following the changed mask guidelines from Gov. Mills and the CDC (see poster below). Library staff Cathy FitzGerald (Wednesdays) and Monica Czerniawski (Saturdays) are both fully vaccinated, but will choose whether or not to wear masks depending on situation and/or comfort level.
Please join us on the grounds of the Franklin Community Center for the introduction of “Story Trail by the Bay”, a new children’s book interactive outdoor project of the Franklin Library. Fun for the whole family! Memorial Day afternoon at 2:00.

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Here are two RFPs for Food and Beverage Kiosk Subconcessions in Downtown Brooklyn. These RFPs are being issued by DOT Plaza Partners.
If you are interested, please follow the instructions to download the RFP from the City Record or from the DOT website. Please read the instructions carefully as the requirements differ somewhat from DOT-issued RFPs.
Please refer to the contact information contained in the attached Notice of Solicitation and RFPs if you have any questions.

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Morhaf Al Achkar, MD, PhD
Speaking as a physician with a duty to care for the health of everyone, the health care system has failed marginalized African American communities—again.
COVID-19 has disproportionately affected African Americans. While Blacks are only around 13% of the US population, 33% of those hospitalized and 34% of deaths from COVID-19 are Black. Some immediately blamed African Americans for not upholding social distancing, but a more thoughtful investigation is needed to understand then remedy this health disparity. So, as a qualitative researcher, I interviewed five Black individuals active in their own communities and well-positioned to give insights. I asked them, “Why are African American communities harder hit by this pandemic?” I also reviewed the extensive medical literature on the subject of health care racial disparity.
Media reliability is one problem. Overloads of messy and, at times, conflicting information was challenging, even for the most well-informed. It had been difficult for anyone with limited literacy to decipher what’s fact and what’s not. Reports couldn’t be relied on because some of the recommendations were inaccurate, and others were misleading. “There was a group of people listening to TV networks saying, ‘It’s not that serious, and it’s similar to the flu,’” Dr. Brown, a Black family physician from Indianapolis explained. Even when the message unified around the pandemic’s severity, some worried about ulterior political motives. Hearing what seemed like “another story blown out of proportion,” a woman from Seattle named Tamira said, people didn’t take it seriously. Tamira is the owner of a hair salon that serves mainly Black women. She has rheumatoid arthritis and only started practicing social distancing when her doctor explained the seriousness of the situation. She knows that having a doctor as a reliable source of information is “a blessing” not available to many in her community.
“There was a group of people listening to TV networks saying, ‘It’s not that serious, and it’s similar to the flu.’”
The pandemic was unprecedented, and despite witnessing other parts of the country shut down, many maintained disbelief. But skepticism wasn’t the main reason for leaving the house. Many marginalized African Americans simply cannot just stay home. Those essential workers who, as Dr. Brown, said, “live paycheck to paycheck” have to go to work. Some depend on hourly jobs, where “if you don’t work, you don’t eat.” For them, savings aren’t an available safety net.
Countless Black workers don’t have sick leave and must go to work to avoid losing their jobs, said Ben, a retired football player from Atlanta. To get to work, they may have to take public transit and thus are more exposed to the virus. They can’t isolate themselves when they get sick, either; if you live in public housing or a crowded apartment, you continue to expose others, including your loved ones. There is no spare room to quarantine in.
People have often not recognized they were sick with COVID-19. Some went to work blaming their symptoms on the flu, like Dr. Johnson’s niece’s husband did. But there’s also the self-image of invincibility. Even Dr. Johnson, a retired physician in Goshen, IN, who worked for 40 years with underserved, mostly Black patients, takes pride in very little making her fearful. She described how some in the Black community have to be strong to take care of family. “It’s your duty.” Seeing that the virus initially spared African countries supported the notion that Blacks probably “were not getting COVID-19.” But others don’t let you have that, either. You look healthy and strong, so you’re not allowed to be sick. Dr. Brown shared how a patient struggled to accept she was ill. “I saw this young, otherwise fairly healthy woman who works at Amazon. On the telemedicine visit, she looked very sick and fatigued. She wants to go back to work because ‘people tell me I’m making this up; I’m exaggerating.’” You cannot be your own advocate if you’re Black, Dr. Brown said. “People won’t take you seriously, or you’ll become the angry Black man or woman.”
The heart of the matter is racial disparity, and it’s not new.
But let’s call it out. The heart of the matter is racial disparity, and it’s not new. The health care system has done poorly at managing common chronic conditions among African Americans, including asthma, diabetes, hypertension, and obesity, which happen to be risk factors for the worst COVID-19 outcomes. Managing these conditions is a burden for Blacks who are underinsured or uninsured. Health care is costly, and when you live in poverty, Dr. Johnson explained, you sometimes have to choose between paying for health care or food. If you live in underserved urban areas, you might have a primary care doctor in an underfunded, over-stretched community health center—if you’re lucky. Many in these marginalized communities don’t have a primary doctor, so they use the emergency room when they get very sick.
The health care system failed to gain the trust of African Americans, who are left to doubt whether providers, the majority of whom do not look like them, have their best interests at heart. Historical maltreatment has left images of unethical experiments or Blacks left to die, without care. Previous encounters with doctors made others feeling their concerns weren’t taken seriously and likely never would be. The COVID-19 pandemic and response to it is not an exception. Testing was limited early on, and when it became available to essential workers, some couldn’t access it. Jasmin is an adjunct professor from Indianapolis who researches and advocates for Black women with disabilities. Jasmin was coughing and looked ill during our interview. Her mother-in-law was just in ICU with COVID-19, and her husband had a fever and all the symptoms of COVID-19, including loss of sense of smell. But he couldn’t get tested. She explained, “My husband went to three different doctors to try to get tested. But several of his co-workers have been diagnosed with COVID-19.” Jasmin wonders, “Why did other individuals in that company get tested? It’s dependent on who their doctors are, who their contacts and networks are.” It feels like “gatekeeping; you have these people in positions of authority making decisions.” Is this another manifestation of the racism that has plagued this country?
Dr. Brown started an initiative with two doctor friends to raise awareness by giving public talks. Three of her healthy patients had ended up in the ICU. She now feels her work has led to an improvement in social distancing in her neighborhood. More community-driven work is probably needed, but we need to have a systematic approach to “bringing information to these communities by people with established rapport,” as Dr. Johnson urged. It’s also time to call out prejudices and racism—this article only scratches the surface. Methodical inquiry into the social roots of the disparity and engaging, action-based research are urgently needed. This pandemic undoubtedly hits Black communities hardest, but it ultimately affects everyone, and without a collective effort, the whole ship could go down, if we do not address this health disparity.


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Palm Beach County’s Animal Care and Control (ACC) Division is partnering with Best Friends Animal Society to offer free dog and cat adoptions from July 22 to 24, 2022. In light of the current crisis in animal shelters all across the country, ACC and Best Friends Animal Society have joined together to create an event to encourage more people to adopt a pet and help clear the county’s shelter.
Since shelters may exceed their capacities as they continue to fill up with adoptable pets during summer, Best Friends and its participating partners have put together the adoption event to address this urgent problem. More than 530 shelters, including ACC, will be participating by waiving fees or offering reduced fees.
Overcrowding has been a very serious problem at ACC for months, and it is getting worse as kitten season goes into full swing. While the shelter is faced daily with increasing numbers of dogs and cats in its care, adoptions are at an all-time low.
Rescue placement partners have been instrumental in helping to find homes, but they too are faced with overcrowding and are saturated with pets. At this point, the answer to reducing the shelter population is for public adoptions and fosters to increase. This will help relieve overcrowding and get dogs, cats and kittens placed into both temporary and permanent loving homes. For more information on the county’s Healthy Home foster program, visit https://youtu.be/OVQ2C3XKHSE.
Recent data released by Best Friends showed that in 2021, U.S. shelters saw an 8% increase in animal intakes that pet adoptions couldn’t keep pace with. ACC has seen a 65% increase in dog intakes and an 8% increase in cat intakes compared to this same time last year.
"Following the immense success of our National Adoption Weekend in May, which resulted in 4,529 lives saved, we couldn’t wait to have a second National Adoption Weekend as soon as possible,” said Julie Castle, CEO of the Best Friends Animal Society. “The summer months, and July in particular, are the highest intake months for animal shelters in America, so we really encourage anyone who’s looking for a pet to adopt now.”
ACC and Best Friends cite many benefits to adopting a pet, including:
· A one-stop (adoption) shop - Pets adopted from ACC are vaccinated, microchipped and spayed or neutered which saves time and costs.
· Adopters and pets gain lifetime partners - Shelters and animal welfare organizations will help throughout the life of the pet with helpful resources and information.
· At least two lives are saved – With an adoption, the life of the adopted pet is saved, and this opens up a spot at the shelter for another animal to be sheltered and put in a forever home.
Visit the county’s website to find out more about adoptions, and check out the Surf the Net About a Pet (SNAP) page to view available pets that are ready to be taken home today. The Animal Care and Control adoption center is located at 7100 Belvedere Road, West Palm Beach.
Monday – Friday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Visit www.pbcgov.com/snap or call (561) 233-1272 for more information or to view pictures of adoptable animals.
About the Best Friends Network
The Best Friends Network is comprised of thousands of public and private shelters, rescue groups, spay/neuter organizations and other animal welfare organizations in all 50 states. It is a coalition committed to saving the lives of homeless cats and dogs through collaboration, information-sharing and implementation of proven lifesaving strategies. Partners support each other and inspire their own communities to increase saving the lives of dogs and cats across the country.

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|Title:||Automatic hand trajectory segmentation and phoneme transcription for sign language||Authors:||Kong, W.W.
|Issue Date:||2008||Citation:||Kong, W.W.,Ranganath, S. (2008). Automatic hand trajectory segmentation and phoneme transcription for sign language. 2008 8th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2008 : -. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1109/AFGR.2008.4813462||Abstract:||This paper presents an automatic approach to segment 3-D hand trajectories and transcribe phonemes based on them, as a step towards recognizing American sign language (ASL).We first apply a segmentation algorithm which detects minimal velocity and maximal change of directional angle to segment the hand motion trajectory of naturally signed sentences. This yields oversegmented trajectories, which are further processed by a trained naive Bayesian detector to identify true segmented points and eliminate false alarms. The above segmentation algorithm yielded 88.5% true segmented points and 11.8% false alarms on unseen ASL sentence samples. These segmentation results were refined by a simple majority voting scheme, and the final segments obtained were used to transcribe phonemes for ASL. This was based on clustering PCA-based features extracted from training sentences. We then trained Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) to recognize the sequence of phonemes in the sentences. On the 25 test sentences containing 157 segments, the average number of errors obtained was 15.6. © 2008 IE.||Source Title:||2008 8th IEEE International Conference on Automatic Face and Gesture Recognition, FG 2008||URI:||http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/69473||ISBN:||9781424421541||DOI:||10.1109/AFGR.2008.4813462|
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The PA's Story: She Kept Their Diaries. She Kept Their Secrets. She Kept Quiet... Until Now.
V. A. Knowles (Author)
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The PA's Story is the book which has taken the Square Mile by storm. Life as the personal assistant to some of the wealthiest and most powerful men in the country is a poisoned chalice. As the first line of communication between the big boss and the outside world, a PA also becomes the last frontier of secrecy, confidentiality and trust. Given the right boss, an exhilarating working life can blossom. With the wrong boss, it can become a living hell. Victoria Knowles's unique inside perspective as a woman fighting to thrive in a vice-filled world dominated by men is at once moving, revealing and scandalous. The high-flying city boss lifestyle has been scrutinised ever more in the press for all the wrong reasons of late, and with revelations of sexist bullying, illicit affairs and pornography in the office, this is a shocking expose about the men who have everything and still want more. The PA is an explosive, furious memoir about working in the City of London spanning over a decade.
About the Author
V A Knowles is a drama school graduate who has appeared on stage and on television as an actor and as a singer with the Real Experts. She released her debut EP "This is Rees" on iTunes in 2013. In between creative projects, she has always worked, and mostly as a PA.
- Contributor: V. A. Knowles
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- ISBN13: 9781784183837
- Number of Pages: 288
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- Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
- Release Date: 2015-06-04
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- Biography: V A Knowles is a drama school graduate who has appeared on stage and on television as an actor and as a singer with the Real Experts. She released her debut EP "This is Rees" on iTunes in 2013. In between creative projects, she has always worked, and mostly as a PA.
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Nigerian singer, songwriter, and record producer, Tems bless music lovers as he makes her musical debut in the music section with a remake of Bob Marley’s smash song dubbed “No Woman No Cry.”
However, this beautiful record is a soundtrack for “Black Panther 2” and it’s an outstanding record which you can’t afford not to have in your playlist.
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Last week, ABN AMRO, together with the Dutch Impact Institute, published a report on the true cost of jeans. It turns out that the jeans we buy are €33 too cheap.
If the price of our jeans were to compensate for all social and environmental costs, they’d be €33 more expensive. This is a direct result of all the fast fashion we’re buying: the clothes have to be so quickly and cheaply produced that there is no regard for worker, environment, or quality.
In my previous blog, I explained about fast fashion and its devastating impact on the environment. Not buying fast fashion sounds like the easiest solution. But it’s not as simple as that.
Let’s start with pricing. Sustainable fashion can be a big investment.
We oftentimes forget that sustainable, durable clothing from organic cotton, produced with respect for the environment and workers from a local, eco brand can be too big of an investment for a lot of people. A sustainable and fair winter coat for example can cost well over €200. And if you’re a sole provider with a minimum wage, multiple mouths to feed, and high fixed costs then that’s just plain unaffordable. For those, Primark can be a blessing, giving you the opportunity to buy your kids various new clothes for a low price as kids grow out of them quickly.
Moving on to production: for all of our clothes to be produced sustainably, we’d need more agricultural grounds.
There are interesting alternatives like hemp and bamboo fibers or the development of double-purpose crops, but these techniques are now applied on too small a scale and still subject to refinement. This shows that simply quitting fast fashion at this very moment and in total isn’t a realistic option.
But no more fast fashion would definitely benefit the production workers, right?
If we were to quit fast fashion tomorrow, the predominantly female workers in the production countries would again find themselves on the short end. No work means no income, and no income means no food and housing. It also means they can no longer participate in programs that stores like H&M and Primark have set up. These programs aim to educate the female workers in the factories and focus on education, hygiene, and health. They have proven to reduce poverty, increase wages, gender equality, and female independence.
While writing this piece, I came to wonder whether the sustainable production of fashion is really that more expensive, or if the sustainability hype, next to the production techniques and fabrics, is also upping the prices. Sustainable living has become a status symbol: we still buy as much as we used too, we only spend more money while doing so.
My honest opinion is that we need a different mindset: we need to buy less, whether what we’re buying is sustainable or not. For now, fast fashion is here to stay as we are working our way to a more sustainable and fair fashion industry. Here’s how to reduce your Fashion Footprint in the meantime without immediately having to invest your savings in sustainable fashion:
· By at least doubling the number of times an item is worn, the greenhouse gas emissions of the fashion industry are almost halved. By being more conscious of what you buy, you increase the chance of wearing it more often. Ask yourself if you’re really going to wear what you’re about to buy and whether it matches with what you already own.
· Don’t buy all your clothes online. I know Zalando is addictive, but the packaging, shipping, and returning of online bought pieces makes for a lot more CO2 emissions than buying from a physical store.
· Rethink your laundry habits. One full load is much better for the environment than washing a few items every day.
· Take good care of your wardrobe to increase the lifespan.
· Buy second-hand, swap or rent your clothes, and recycle.
Want to know how good (or bad) you are doing? Calculate your Fashion Footprint via www.fashionfootprint.org and share your results with us! My wardrobe impact is sky high, but my shopping and washing habits make up for that (a little 😉 ).
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Holiday Type: Holidays in Ixia – All Inclusive
- Flight time: Approx 3 – 4 hours from UK
- Time difference: 2 hours ahead of UK
- Language: Greek
- Currency: Euro
If you wish for five star luxury treatments, make your dreams come true with all inclusive Ixia holidays at a relatively good price. The desirable north western location quite close to the capital is equally convenient to the airport and provides a wonderful temperature in the hot summer air with lovely cooling breezes catching the gorgeous blue sea. Good food, great sports and a wonderful base power the fuel for bookings with AllinclusiveHolidays.com gaining uncompromising high standards amongst the exuberant hotels with enviously low priced cheap holidays in all inclusive Ixia. The private shingle beach adorns a quiet essential mix of old and young with water sports readily available and thriving with vitality along the boosting coastline. The coastal chill clears the midday humidity and some surfing action takes the strain out of the tiring sunshine.
Flattering Rhodes Town is only a handful of bus stops away from the posh hotel holidays in Ixia and the capital gives you full access to the fashionable shops, all night entertainment and the cultural closet of the modest Old Town. Arrangements can certainly be made at the lobby reception to taxi you to and fro for added convenience and safety. The off peak convenience of cheap holidays to Ixia will reveal an uncrowded pace at a fraction of the cost. The upmarket seaside sprinkling of restaurants and hotel fine dining gives Ixia holidays front stage row to the unlimited cocktail bars and discos scattered behind the beach row.
A full itinerary can be pre-planned to share in the wonder of majestic Rhodes Island without losing out to the fully fledged all inclusive package on Ixia holidays. An early breakfast before departing on day trips to the harbouring village resort of Lindos and the historical sites at Ialyssos will have you ready for a returning hearty five course dinner under the stars in the late evening. Faliraki is home to one of the biggest waterparks in Europe and the Christian Crusades ancient fortress at the pinnacle of the Old Town is a favourite leisurely walk within the locally commercialised site. If you are lucky enough to get a place on all inclusive holidays in Ixia, savour the hotel and resort itself before stretching your wings to the ends of the island.
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During a live, two-hour show hosted by Paul de Leeuw, the Netherlands will select its participant for the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest during the NOS Nationaal Songfestival 2006. Three internally selected artists will all perform three songs. A jury will select the best song of each artist, the television viewers will finally decide who will represent the Netherlands at the upcoming contest during a super-final.
After continuous disappointing results and decreasing popularity, broadcaster NOS decided to restyle the national selection into a more modern, young and spectacular format. The new format has been widely accepted and positively rated by the press so far, as a new team of NOS, the artists' managers and record companies are “eager to bring the Netherlands its fifth Eurovision Song Contest victory”.
The three girls of Treble will kick off tonight, singing Lama Gaia, Amambanda and Make your choice. Caroline and the sisters Niña and Djem met in 1995 and started to sing in their own made up language and play on their percussion instruments on the streets. In 2003, they have a big hit in the Netherlands with Ramagana. In case they win tonight, they promised to visit all participating countries in the upcoming months to promote their Eurovision Song Contest entry.
Pop-rock band Behave will sing L.A. baby, Heaven knows and Maybe tomorrow. They were discovered by radio channel 3FM and had a small hit with High on you. They won the prestigeous Essent Music Award and played at the Noorderslag Festival. Their manager, Stacy Rookhuizen, is an ambitious 19-year old girl with her own record label!
The 2004 Idols runner-up Maud will sing Without your love, I'm alive and One more try. Apart from a singing career, Maud plays hockey on high-level. She took part in Idols two years ago, where Boris, who took part in the Dutch 2003 Eurovision Song Contest national selection, took victory.
Esctoday.com will be present at the Dutch final, which takes place in Amsterdam's Heineken Music Hall. Apart from the results, available through esctoday.com moments after the show, a photo report will be available as from tomorrow morning. You can already find a gallery of yesterday's stage rehearsals here.
Due to Glennis Grace her disappointing result in Kyiv, the Netherlands will have to enter the semifinal on 18th May in Athens, Greece.


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Changes in injection risk behavior associated with participation in the seattle needle-exchange program
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We studied the influence of the Seattle, Washington, needle-exchange program on sharing of drug injection equipment (syringes, drug cookers, filtration cotton) to identify potential gaps in risk reduction and to understand in greater detail the lack of an association between exchange use and risk of hepatitis B or C virus transmission. In a cohort of 2,208 injection drug users who completed a 1-year follow-up visit, we measured the association between needle-exchange use at study enrollment (ever vs. never) and injection risk behavior at the follow-up. Control for confounding was carried out using both logistic regression and propensity score analytic methods to estimate the adjusted odds ratio (AOR). In both univariate and multivariate analyses ,needle-exchange use was associated with a lower likelihood of injection with a used syringe (AOR-0.7,95% confidence limit 0.5,0.9). There was no association between exchange use and cooker or cotton sharing (AOR-0.8,95% confidence limit 0.6, 1.1) or between exchange use and use of a common syringe to divide drugs (AOR=0.9). This analysis suggests that risk reduction measures adopted by users of the Seattle exchange may not be sufficient to prevent transmission of all blood-borne viruses, including hepatitis C virus. Creater awareness of the infection risk associated with these practices may help curb this type of equipment sharing and ultimately prevent disease transmission.
Key wordsBehavior Change HBV HCV HIV Injection Drug Use Needle-Exchange Program Prevention Substance Abuse Syringe-Exchange Program
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Microsoft is reportedly “actively working” on bringing a version of its Office suite to the iPad, challenging Apple’s own Pages, Numbers and Keynote apps. Individual titles in the iPad Office package have not been confirmed, but are expected to sell for around $10 apiece sources tell The Daily; the likelihood is that Word, Excel and PowerPoint will all make the jump to the iOS tablet.
It’s not the first time we’ve heard talk of Microsoft looking to the iPad for its next big Office push, though the company isn’t short on iOS software currently. So far, though, only Windows-based tablets have been able to run Office, leaving iPad owners to pick up the iWork bundle instead; Apple pushed those apps out to the iPhone and iPod touch back in May.
A focus on tablet content creation is something Microsoft and its partners seem to be slowly waking up to. CEO Steve Ballmer confirmed the company’s engineers were looking at how Office could be reworked in the Metro style of Windows 8 during Build 2011 earlier in the year, while NVIDIA’s president argued that an Office build for ARM-based Windows 8 tablets and notebooks would be “the killer app” for the platform.
Still, with the iPad still dominating tablet sales, it makes a lot of sense for Microsoft to focus on tablets outside of its own fold, at least initially. No release date for the iOS suite has been suggested at this stage.


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18 Parks Found
Jonathan Dickinson State Park
Sixteen distinct natural communities create the mosaic that is Jonathan Dickinson, the largest state park in Southeast Florida. Rare environments as well as the pristine Loxahatchee River make this park a unique spot to explore on land or by water.
16450 S.E. Federal Highway
Hobe Sound FL 33455
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve State Park
Kissimmee Prairie Preserve is a breathtaking expanse of infinite grassland. Home to numerous endangered species, the 54,000-acre park is a stage for some of nature’s most dramatic productions, from flood to fire to rebirth. It has been honored with a Dark Sky designation.
33104 N.W. 192nd Ave.
Okeechobee FL 34972
Lake Kissimmee State Park
Florida's heritage comes alive with living history demonstrations of the early Florida cow hunters in an 1876-era cow camp. White-tailed deer, bald eagles, sandhill cranes, turkeys and bobcats have been seen in the park, located on the shores of lakes Kissimmee, Tiger and Rosalie.
14248 Camp Mack Road
Lake Wales FL 33898
Lake Louisa State Park
Thirty minutes outside of Orlando, a natural theme park awaits those with a hearty outdoor spirit. The park’s three major lakes will transform idle observers into active participants with canoeing, kayaking and paddleboarding among this park’s many thrills.
7305 U.S. Highway 27
Clermont FL 34714
Marjorie Harris Carr Cross Florida Greenway
Occupying more than 70,000 acres of land formerly known as the Cross Florida Barge Canal, the Greenway is a 110-mile linear park that is more than a mile wide in places. It hosts more than 300 miles of trails of all types — paddling, hiking, mountain biking, equestrian and paved multi-use.
8282 S.E. Highway 314
Ocala FL 34470
Paynes Prairie Preserve State Park
Paynes Prairie is an unpredictable Florida treasure, boasting herds of wild horses and bison, nearly 300 species of birds and a unique ecosystem that visitors will enjoy exploring. The park’s eight trails, including the 16-mile paved Gainesville-Hawthorne State Trail, allow one to explore the park’s interior and observe wildlife, while a 50-foot high observation tower provides for panoramic views.
100 Savannah Blvd.
Micanopy FL 32667
River Rise Preserve State Park
Surrounded by quiet woods and huge trees, anglers can spend a relaxing afternoon fishing on the river. The Santa Fe River goes underground in O'Leno State Park and reemerges over three miles away in River Rise Preserve State Park before resuming its journey to the Suwannee River.
373 U.S. 27
High Springs FL 32643
Ross Prairie Trailhead & Campground
This area is ecologically unique due to the adjacent placement of the high, dry sandhill community where the trailhead and campground are located, and the ephemeral wetland that is located just north of the public use facilities.
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, the nation’s third largest cable provider, is the latest Internet service provider (ISP) to sue the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) over the music industry’s use of the subpoena powers in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
St. Louis-based Charter wants a U.S. district court to quash the approximately 150 subpoenas the RIAA is seeking from Charter to reveal the names of subscribers who allegedly downloaded and then shared copyrighted music through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks.
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have already gone to court to try to stop the subpoenas filed against their Internet subscribers. SBC has yet to have a hearing on the matter while Verizon lost in district court and is appealing the decision. In addition, several individuals named in the subpoenas have gone to court against the RIAA.
While Verizon and SBC have turned over the names requested by the RIAA while they seek relief in court, Charter has refused to do so. Tom Hearity, vice president and associate general counsel for Charter, said Friday his company has not released a “single datum of information” to the RIAA.
On Sept. 8, the RIAA filed 261 infringement suits with all of the names obtained through more than 1,600 DMCA subpoenas, which allow copyright holders to issue subpoenas to ISPs demanding the name, address and telephone numbers of ISP subscribers suspected of illegally downloading copyrighted material.
Unlike usual subpoenas, DMCA subpoenas can be filed prior to any charges of infringement, are not subject to a review by a judge, and requires no notice to, or opportunity to be heard by, the alleged infringer.
Last week, the RIAA announced another 63 people settled the copyright infringement suits. All were accused of illegally downloading more than 1,000 songs through peer-to-peer (P2P) networks. The amount of the settlements were not disclosed by the RIAA, but an earlier settlement with the parents of a 12-year-old accused of illegally downloading music files was $2,000.
Of the 64 total settlements, according to the RIAA, 12 were pre-litigation, meaning individuals who were identified as offering significant amounts of music files and had their information subpoenaed from their ISP, but not had been sued.
Additionally, the RIAA said it received 838 affidavits for its “Clean Slate” program, which offers amnesty to P2P network users who voluntarily identify themselves and pledge to stop illegally sharing music on the Internet. The amnesty program has been attacked as misleading and in California, a lawsuit has been filed claiming the program is a deceptive trade practice.
One suit against a 66-year-old Boston grandmother, accused of downloading more than 2,000 songs, was dropped when it was disclosed her only computer is a Macintosh, which is incapable of running the P2P network software she was accused of using to pilfer such songs as rapper Trick Daddy’s “I’m a Thug.”
Another suit is being contested on the constitutionality of DMCA subpoenas. The attorney for a New York woman known only by her online name of “NYCfashiongirl,” claims the RIAA violated state and federal laws in securing her online name and IP address through its search P2P networks looking for possible music pirates.

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