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Grand Mosques Around the World
1. The Blue Mosque
The Sultan Ahmed Mosque is popularly known as the Blue Mosque for the blue tiles adorning the walls of its interior. It was built from 1609 to 1616 in Istanbul, Trukey, during the rule of Ahmed I. The Sultan Ahmed Mosque has one main dome, six minarets, and eight secondary domes. The design is the culmination of two centuries of both Ottoman mosque and Byzantine church development and is considered to be the last great mosque of the classical period.
It has also become a popular tourist attraction.
2. Selimiye Mosque
The Selimiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in the city of Edirne, Turkey. The mosque was commissioned by Sultan Selim II and was built by Architect Sinan between 1569 and 1575. Selimiye Mosque was built at the peak of Ottoman military and cultural power. As the empire started to grow, Sinan was asked to help to construct the Selimiye Mosque, making the mosque distinctive and served the purpose of centralizing the city. Surrounded by four tall minarets, the Mosque of Selim II has a grand dome atop it.
3. Süleymaniye Mosque
The Süleymaniye Mosque is an Ottoman imperial mosque located on the Third Hill of Istanbul, Turkey. It is the largest mosque in the city, and one of the best-known sights of Istanbul. Built on the order of Sultan Süleyman, its construction work began in 1550 and the mosque was finished in 1558.
At the four corners of the courtyard are the four minarets, a number only allowable to mosques endowed by a sultan (princes and princesses could construct two minarets; others only one). The minarets have a total of 10 galleries, which by tradition indicates that Süleyman I was the 10th Ottoman sultan.
Al-Masjid al-Nabawī often called the Prophet’s Mosque is a mosque built by the Islamic Prophet Muhammad situated in the city of Medina. It is the second holiest site in Islam (the first being the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca). It was the second mosque built in history and is now one of the largest mosques in the world.
One of the most notable features of the site is the Green Dome in the south-east corner of the mosque, originally Aisha’s house, where the tomb of Muhammad is located.
5. Masjid al-Haram
Al-Masjid Al-Haram or the “Grand Mosque”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masjid_al-Haram – cite_note-GME-1 is located in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the largest mosque in the world and surrounds one of Islam’s holiest places, the Kaaba. Muslims face in the direction of the Kaaba while performing formal worship, salah. One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim to perform the Hajj pilgrimage at least once in his or her lifetime if able to do so, includes circumambulation of the Kaaba.
The current structure covers an area of 356,800 square meters (88.2 acres) including the outdoor and indoor praying spaces and can accommodate up to two million worshipers during the Hajj period, one of the largest annual gatherings of people in the world. Unlike many other mosques which are segregated, men and women can worship at Al-Masjid Al-Haram together.
6. Hassan II Mosque
The Hassan II Mosque or Grande Mosquée Hassan II is a mosque in Casablanca, Morocco. Completed in 1993, it is the largest mosque in the country and the 7th largest in the world. Its minaret is the world’s tallest at 210 metres (689 ft), 60 stories high topped by a laser, the light from which is directed towards Mecca.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassan_II_Mosque – cite_note-Hardy2005-6
The mosque stands on a promontory looking out to the Atlantic Ocean, the sea bed being visible through the glass floor of the building’s hall. The walls are of hand-crafted marble and the roof is retractable. A maximum of 105,000 worshippers can gather together for prayer: 25,000 inside and another 80,000 on the outside grounds.
7. Al-Azhar Mosque
Al-Azhar Mosque is a mosque in Cairo, Egypt. Al-Mu‘izz li-Dīn Allāh of the Fatimid Caliphate commissioned its construction for the newly established capital city in 970. Its name is usually thought to allude to the Islamic prophet Muhammad’s daughter Fatimah, who was given the title az-Zahrā′ (“the shining one”).
It was the first mosque established in Cairo, a city that has since gained the nickname “the city of a thousand minarets.”
8. Al-Fateh Grand Mosque
The Al-Fateh Mosque is one of the largest mosques in the world, encompassing 6,500 square meters and having the capacity to accommodate over 7,000 worshippers at a time. The huge dome built on top of the Al-Fateh Mosque is constructed entirely of fiberglass. Weighing over 60t (60,000 kg), the dome is currently the world’s largest fiberglass dome.
The mosque was built by the late Sheikh Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa in 1987 and was named after Ahmed Al Fateh, the conqueror of Bahrain.
9. Kalân Mosque (Kalyan Mosque)
The Kalyan Mosque is one of the outstanding monuments of Bukhara, dating back to the fifteenth century. The roofing (of 288 domes) of the galleries encircling the courtyard of Kalyan Mosque rests on 208 pillars. Construction of the mosque was completed in 1514 under the direction of Ubaidulla-khan.
The mosque was originally known as Karakhanid Djuma Mosque and was destroyed by fire and dismantled, apparently at the time of the Mongolian invasion.
10. Regent Park Mosque
The London Central Mosque also known as the Islamic Cultural Centre, ICC or Regent’s Park Mosque is a mosque in London, England. It was designed by Sir Frederick Gibberd, completed in 1978, and has a prominent golden dome. The main hall can hold over five thousand worshippers, with women praying on a balcony overlooking the hall.
The land was donated by King George VI to the Muslim community of Britain in return for the donation of land in Cairo by King Farouk of Egypt and Sudan on which to build an Anglican cathedral.
11. Grand Mosque (Kuwait)
The Grand Mosque is the largest and the official mosque in the country of Kuwait in Kuwait city. Its area spans 45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft).The dome of the mosque is decorated with the Asma al-hosna, the 99 names of God. The mosque can accommodate up to 10,000 men in the main prayer hall and up to 950 women in the separate hall for women. To accommodate the large number of vehicles belonging to worshippers, the mosque also contains a 5-level car park underneath the eastern courtyard which can hold up to 550 cars.
Construction on the mosque started in 1979, and the mosque was completed in 1986.
12. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is located in Abu Dhabi, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was initiated by the late President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, who wanted to establish a structure which unites the cultural diversity of Islamic world, the historical and modern values of architecture and art. The design of the Sheikh Zayed Mosque has been inspired by both Mughal and Moorish mosque architecture, particularly the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan and the Hassan II Mosque in Casablanca, Morocco being direct influences.
It is the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates and the eighth largest mosque in the world.
13. Al Saleh Mosque
The Saleh Mosque or Al Saleh Mosque is the largest and most modern mosque in Sana’a, Yemen. Inaugurated in November 2008 by Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, it is named in his honor. The mosque has the capacity to accommodate up to 44,000 people.
People of all religion can visit the mosque as is often by large number of tourists. And it promotes moderate Islam.
14. Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque
The Akhmad Kadyrov Mosque is located in Grozny, the capital of Chechnya. It is one of the largest mosques in Russia] and is officially known as the “The Heart of Chechnya”. The mosque is named after Akhmad Kadyrov who commissioned its construction. The mosque design with a set of 62-metre (203 ft) tall minarets is based on the Blue Mosque in İstanbul and 10,000 muslims can pray at a time.
15. Shah Jahan Mosque
The Shah Jahan Mosque, also known as Woking Mosque, in Oriental Road, Woking, England, is the first purpose-built mosque in the United Kingdom. The Shah Jahan Mosque was built in 1889 as one of the first mosques in Western Europe by Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner.
It is built in Bath and Bargate stone in indo-saracenic style commissioned by Shah Jahan, Begum of Bhopal who made sizable donations towards the building of the mosque.


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Aspen has a new "most expensive listing", and it's no longer the much-loved (and much-partied in) $45 million compound that rents out to vacationing celebrities like Rihanna. Now, the award for Aspen's priciest listing goes to a 32,614-square-foot home currently owned by billionaire William Koch, and it's almost double the price.
Curbed Ski readers will recall that Bill Koch, the history-buff brother to conservative political activists Charles and David Koch, has a thing for Colorado real estate (remember that time he built an exact replica of an Old West town near Paonia?). Koch bought this Aspen property way back in 2007 for a measly $26.5 million. Now, this "dream compound" (per the MLS listing) wants a whopping $89.9 million for its 15 bedrooms, 8 bathrooms, 5 half-baths, and 11 three-quarter baths.
Formerly a wedding venue, there aren't many details on how Mr. Koch fancied up the place after he did away with the wedding cakes and converted it into his private vacation home. The listing reveals that there are plenty of outdoor activities (bicycling, hiking, 4-wheeling) and that the 55-acre compound also comes with 9 other buildings and a state of the art gym. The Aspen Daily News, who broke the story, reports that the interior is tasteful and intimate with a "wrapped bannister made of leather near the main entrance." We can't quite picture what an $89.9 million leather bannister looks like and there are currently only exterior shots of this potentially record-breaking home. We'll be on the lookout for interior photos, but if you've entered the hallowed Koch household and care to dish (anonymously, of course), give us a shout.
· Koch property newly listed for $89 million [Aspen Daily News]
· Bill Koch Recreating 50-Building Old West Town on His CO Ranch [Curbed Ski]
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I drew that sketch with a ball point pen on paper and then photographed it and rendered in photoshop using a wacom intuos 5. Id really like to progress beyond this, being able to sketch straight onto the computer and create both sketches and renderings.
I have found some drawing tutorials on youtube - e.g. Spenser Nugent. However, I have a few barriers to getting started:
when i try and sketch with the tablet, I find it hard to control my lines. Straight lights are wobbly, eclipses don’t join up. So I am getting very poor looking drawings. see this example…
I am very keen to get on and develop my ideas, but i think practicing the basics such as straight lines and eclipses to improve on my control is going to impede my progress on those products and I want to keep the momentum going. My other alternative is to make some foam board models and take photos/video - this is what i do all the time at present but my drawing skills never get any better that way.
I am not in a great working environment. I often work from home, but find that quite depressing, so sometimes I work out of public places - right now i am in the Ikea restaurant in North London. Being surrounded by other industrial designers or a ID drawing class would be great for my learning, but right now I have to make the most of youtube as a substitute.
It takes a long to time find the feel of drawing on a tablet, but just keep working on it. Use multiple underlays to go from rough to refined, just as you would with say a marker and pen. Take advantage of everything the table gives you, too. Make liberal use of the touch ring to rotate the canvas. Map one of the keys to the Undo function. It will be much less frustrating to take a few attempts at hitting a line perfectly when all you need for a redo is a quick flip of your thumb. I love drawing on my Intuos 4, and even now it still takes me multiple attempts to hit the angle, arc, or length of a line perfectly. That undo hotkey is clutch.
Hey Arctic66, have you tried a tablet like the iPad Pro or Surface Pro? Obviously they are much more costly then the normal screenless tablets which is a consideration. I think you might really love one of those tablets since you’re able to use the same eye hand coordination you’ve developed in your ballpoint sketches. It seems like they would work really well into your current workflow since you’d be able to take them with you when you sketch in public!
Around 2 years ago, I looked into getting a Cintiq but at the moment can’t justify the cost plus it takes up quite a bit of space which I am a bit short of. Then I borrowed a Surface Pro 2 for 6 months and thought that it was okay, but the screen was too small. I also got the Wacom creative sylus for my iPad 3 - thats not bad but the nib is a bit clumsy and I have to keep my palm away from the screen. I’ve tried the iPad Pro and pencil in the store and I think it is pretty amazing. Although, I like having a more powerful machine to reduce the lag and having the full apps like photoshop and sketchbook pro. So all that leads me to getting to grips with the inutos. Someone recently told me that it takes 1 week of intensive use to get used to it.
Cool, I gotcha. If you want to run full apps on a tablet you could try out the surface pro 3 or 4, their screens are only a little smaller than the iPad pro and the pen experience is about the same. Probably something you already know but thought I’d mention it just in case. Good luck with the intuos, I’m sure you’ll be totally fine with it after a couple weeks of practice!
I had tried to use the Intuos for a 2-3 years like you are saying and could never get the hang of it. I ended up biting the bullet after graduating and getting the 13HD and have not looked back. I wish I got something like that early on in college. Of course, everyone’s mileage may vary, but –
Compared to the cost of school, laptop, programs, etc, a Cintiq (even a smaller 12/13", a used model from Craigslist, or an off-brand like the Yiynova that some here have tried) is worth it if you are going the tangible product design route. Sketching is already hard enough. Do you really want an added barrier that makes it more unnatural? I would argue that the need to Ctrl-Z dozens of times takes away from the core idea of ID sketching and would get in the way of coming up with new ideas quickly, though it could be okay for some really tight renderings.
In the time being, I would not discount your original strategy – sketching on paper, scanning it in, and rendering there. The Intuos is a lot more forgiving for that.

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Daily Market Recap
Stocks traded slightly higher today and closed near the highs of the day. Trading was light and the range was quite narrow. Overall correlations were lower today as individual stocks attracted buyers or sellers in number.
Technology and media outperformed today and utilities lagged. Technology was led by hardware and networking stocks. The sector was also helped by Apple moving higher today. Consumer discretionary stocks, led by media, traded higher as investors felt TV ratings were sufficient to buy media stocks across the board.
U.S. third quarter GSP is tracking to grow at 2.8% based on the release of the Quarterly Services Survey. The survey implies slightly stronger consumption growth during the third quarter than previously estimated. After the impacts of the recent storms diminished, jobless claims data returned to trend. Initial claims dropped 25,000 to 370,000 during the last week. This is the same range reported prior to hurricane Sandy.
Financials ended up slightly today, essentially in line with the broader market. The bank index extended its large gains from yesterday and is up roughly 2% in the past two days. Citigroup jumped another 1.5% after rising by more than 6% yesterday. REITS also performed well today.
Materials traded with the market today. Precious metals, coating and chemicals were the leading areas of the sector. Precious metals were up slightly as gold and silver showed strength. Base metals were lower today largely due to continued weakness in Freeport McMoran.
Energy traded in line with the market. Both crude and natural gas were off by 1.5%. Services and drillers underperformed the market and the integrated names were better than the overall space.
Healthcare preformed slightly ahead of the tape with drug stocks providing leadership and HMO’s lagging. Rite Aid reported disappointing same store sales and Walgreens reported numbers ahead of expectations.
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It’s a frigid morning on Staten Island’s South Shore, with the temperature struggling to crack 20 degrees as a stiff wind buffets the Eltingville neighborhood. The elementary school students showing up at P.S. 55 are cocooned in puffy jackets, gloves and hats as they jump out of warm cars and onto the sidewalk towing large backpacks, some adorned with the face of Justin Bieber, others with the logo of the New York Giants.
Amidst an ongoing school bus strike, it’s a fairly orderly scene on this Tuesday. Parents drive up to the curb, let their children out and move on to the rest of the day. Directing traffic, and gently scolding the occasional parent who pulls a U-turn on Koch Boulevard, is Mike Reilly, a former New York City police lieutenant who is a few days shy of his 40th birthday.
Reilly is outside the school each morning mostly to mitigate traffic. But, as the co-author of a controversial school safety plan that calls for the Department of Education to use retired cops armed with guns to protect city schools, he’s also found himself in the middle of the contentious debate over gun control and student safety that has erupted in the wake of the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Frank Barcia rode out the worst of Sandy, trapped in the attic of his Staten Island home. Now he’s the only resident left on his block.
Barcia is living in his garage as contractors repair his ravaged home. His wife, Mary, keeps him company during the day, but he’s determined to stay put with the rebuilding expected to extend into January.
Day laborers looking for work are a common sight on street-corner shape-up sites around the city. Some immigrant workers, though, aren’t waiting to be hired. They’re volunteering on weekends to help Staten Islanders rebound from Sandy.
The workers, organized by El Centro, an immigrants rights group, say they want to use their talents to give back to their adopted country.

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I spent the English late summer bank holiday in Margate; a place that Tracey Emin, so the catalogue to her latest show at Turner Contemporary tells me, has described as “a most romantic, sexy, fucking weird place”. She’s not wrong. But then Tracey is really very good at describing.
As I wandered, I wondered just how much Margate describes Tracey. On the front at Cliftonville, white cliffs drop to paved seaside walkways littered with clumps of natural chalk. A free and ready supply of drawing materials that the locals clearly exploit, judging by the uniformly white-on-concrete graffiti that stares out to sea, like so much modern day cave painting repelling, informing or perhaps enticing potential invaders.
Of course you don’t use chalk only to draw. One piece of graffiti proclaimed anonymously to the world “I love you, Melissa ***scott”, whilst just a little further round the cliffs the darker, more bruised “Melissa, I never wrote the kid bit” made Emin’s neon gift to the town ‘I Never Stopped Loving You’ echo with fond distance. Here you could see real lives folding and unfolding before your very eyes, daily writ large on the communal chalkboard. Add the painstaking craft and marvel of the Shell Grotto’s carefully managed-for-profit mystique and you’ve pretty much charted the local girl’s artistic career.
If this is Tracey’s external childhood environment, step inside the RIBA award-winning sympathetically-reflective yet monumental seafront gallery and you’ll come face to face with Tracey’s adult internal environment. On the way in to the exhibition rooms (sponsored by Farrow and Ball, don’tyaknow) a helpful lady tried to sell me the £2 audioguide, advising “Some of the art in there is very difficult, you see”. She was right, but I figured the audio would be hard to hear above the scream of Tracey’s scratchy blue gouache sketches of her naked female form.
In the catalogue Jeanette Winterson writes “This is not the female body as art object drawn by men for millennia; it is a woman drawing on herself as a woman.” Like womanhood, this is not for the fainthearted. Emin shows herself/us in a continual dialectic with the biology of her/our sex. She speaks to us through it. She is seen staring at her body in wonderment, but most often clutching, scratching, clawing and pawing at and into her cunt (no other word appropriate here) like a rooting animal, as if desperately seeking herself, her losses, and the answer to life and mortality. She doesn’t spare her blushes or ours. We don’t really need the bold inscription ‘RELAX’ in ‘Blue Figure: Relax’ to conjure the cold metallic pinch of the speculum.
And that brings me to Tracey’s writing. She’s working on a longer piece at the moment (‘The Vanishing Lake’), and it seemed to me that her graffiti is beginning to overtake her images, sometimes appearing like a half-descended final curtain (‘I Love You’, ‘I Didn’t Say’, ‘I Know You Are Beautiful’). For my money, the written canvases are less interesting. Her writing doubtless has an everywoman appeal -it is resonant and documents our age (‘I Said No’) – but it is not outstanding. Her drawing- rarely pretty but always curious and ultimately beautiful – is. It bears comparison with the revealing Rodin and JMW Turner sketches that are included here. Not as beautiful, certainly, but far more narratively rich.
What are beautiful are the embroideries – the developments of her textile work. Stitched large on visibly tacked together calico squares, it’s as if the memory of a thousand generations of women’s work softens the line, soothing the image into something altogether more ethereal (‘Floating Blue’, ‘Dark Recline’). And, breaking from the blue to a palette of soft earth, ‘Thankyou’ is the most evocative paean to that glorious post-orgasmic, post-coitally satisfied tranquillity I have ever seen.
The exhibition also shows her current thoughts in sculpture (mostly working on the kinaesthetic self-portrait in cast bronze), monoprinting (playing with comparing her own mark-making to Picasso’s- and yes, she can switch from Schiele to Picasso with apparent ease) and more of that neon graffiti. Excepting the latter, the work has the feel of progression. When Germaine Greer reviewed ‘Love is What You Want’ at the Hayward for Radio 4, she calculated that Tracey was now menopausal. This, she said, is “a tough time in a woman’s life”- “the reckoning”- and counselled that Emin’s anger was coming back, now from “a deeper place- the well of female frustration.” On the evidence of ‘She Lay Down Deep Beneath The Sea’ I reckon Germaine’s right.
If you’re a woman, it’s a must see. Like Winterson, I don’t know what you’ll make of it if you’re male. I guess it depends on whether you’re man enough to come to terms with what the feminine really entails. You’ve got until 23rd September….you’ve already missed your chance to stick a proper Margate Kiss-Me-Quick hat on Rodin’s ‘The Kiss’. Shame.


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Wednesday 14th February and the weather reports were sending out signs of a 41° day, so most of the ladies were out early to hit off, and get in before the heat reached its peak. There were 28 ladies who made it to the South Casino Butchery sponsored day, making 2 Divisions for the Sponsorship Trophies. The Overall Winner of the day was Kay Wood (28) finishing with a Nett 70 to also take out the Monthly Medal and the Vets Comp.
Saturday 10th February there were 91 players come to play in the Casino Golf Club DIY Home Hardware 2BBB Stableford with Single in Conjunction. Mark and Judy came out to present the trophies to the winners. Mick and Josh Innes were sitting pretty with 48 points in the 2BBB Stableford until the last group made up of Shane Hogan and Andy Shaw put them in the runner up position with 49 Points. Shane gave his apologies not being able to stay for presentation.
Wednesday 7th February what a great day for golf with an early start to the day and the fresh morning air continued on throughout the day. Thank you to the ladies who called our Captain to express their apologies for not being able to come due to either illness or injury they have sustained over the break. There was a field of 28 and the scores are really quite good considering not many played through the summer months of December/January. The greens have been scarified and on their way back (looking really good and magic to putt on) and the fairways are looking great after the frequent showers we have been getting.
What a day it was on the 11th of November, remembering our fallen at 11 a.m. The Casino Social Golf Club & Darren Rae were the sponsors of the Mexican 4BBB Stableford Event and the majority of the 104 players soldiered on through the wind and the rain that came down in buckets on a couple of occasions. It was a huge day for the Golfers with Malcolm Olive (13) and Darren Rae(29) finishing with 51 points from the 1st Runner Ups Zac Innes (10) & Darren Grimston (27) who had 49 points from 2nd Runners Up Terry Oaten (19) & Nathan Chadderton (18) on 48.
It was definitely a cooler day to play golf on Wednesday 8th with the temperature getting to around 24 degrees, and the overcast weather turned a few players away. There was a field of 32 players for the O/A Clydesdale Trophy and the Division Trophies were provided by Casino Centre Bakery. The Overall Winner was Dianne Black (34) who finished with 35 points; the “Preferred Lies” being taken off obviously didn’t put Dianne off

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September is World Alzheimer’s Month – Arizona's Family
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – In recognition of World Alzheimer’s Month, Good Morning Arizona spoke with a doctor of naturopathic medicine to discuss why it is important to spread awareness of this disease.
Dr. Donese Worden, NMD, is part of the Arizona Naturopathic Medical Association and says that in Arizona, around 200,000 individuals have been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. However, she believes there are more who could be diagnosed since the disease can lie dormant for up to 20 years or more, prior to the onset of symptoms. For some who are concerned about their risk factor, Dr. Worden said that one APOE gene may increase your chances of being diagnosed so it’s important to be tested if you’re concerned.
“Dementia, cognitive decline is not part of natural aging. We can do something sometimes,” Dr. Worden said. “There are things that can cause dementia-type symptoms that can be corrected. But when it’s Alzheimer’s we don’t have great treatments at this time.” She said that statistics show that people experiencing symptoms of Alzheimer’s often avoid treatment because they’re afraid to know or of a misdiagnosis.
“They’re afraid to go to the doctors, and the doctors aren’t really using all the tools that we have,” she said. “Most doctors don’t even know about these kinds of tests that we can be running to see if we’re at risk.” Dr. Worden encourages family members concerned that a family member may have the disease to reach out and seek help for their loved one.
“If it’s happening on a consistent basis, you really need to be checked,” she said. “If it is Alzheimer’s, there are some things that are showing up in the research…ketogenic diet, hypobaric oxygen, also music. Alzheimer’s doesn’t damage the brain that remembers music.” She also recommends meditation up to 12 minutes a day can help cognition, memory, and more.
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This. Fun game, but the visuals are really poor.
I'm actually pretty impressed by the visuals. The game has a very appealing aesthetic and I think, artistically, it's among the most impressive games I've ever played. The visual complaints I have are pretty much all technical - texture loading and horrible tearing, for example.


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Alec Baldwin says he's "pleased" to have settled the wrongful death lawsuit brought forth by Halyna Hutchins' widower Matthew.
On Wednesday, Matthew announced that he and the Rust producers, including Baldwin, reached a settlement, while revealing that the Western film will resume production in January, with Matthew now on board as an executive producer.
Sharing the news on Instagram, Baldwin, 64, wrote, "We are pleased to announce today the settlement of the civil case filed on behalf of the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Throughout this difficult process, everyone has maintained the specific desire to do what is best for Halyna's son."
"We are grateful to everyone who contributed to the resolution of this tragic and painful situation," he added."
Hutchins, 42, was shot and killed on the New Mexico set of Rust on Oct. 21, 2021, when a loaded gun held by Baldwin discharged. Matthew had filed the wrongful death lawsuit earlier this year. Criminal charges are still pending as the Santa Fe County Sheriff's department completes its investigation.
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In his statement Wednesday, Matthew said, "We have reached a settlement, subject to court approval, for our wrongful death case against the producers of Rust, including Alec Baldwin and Rust Movie Productions, LLC. As part of that settlement, our case will be dismissed."
"The filming of Rust, which I will now executive produce, will resume with all the original principal players on board in January 2023," he added. "I have no interest in engaging in recriminations or attribution of blame (to the producers or Mr. Baldwin). All of us believe Halyna's death was a terrible accident. I am grateful that the producers and the entertainment community have come together to pay tribute to Halyna's final work."
Rust director Joel Souza — who was also shot and injured in the accident — added, "Those of us who were lucky enough to have spent time with Halyna knew her to be exceedingly talented, kind, creative, and a source of incredible positive energy. I only wish the world had gotten to know her under different circumstances, as it surely would have through her amazing work."
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"In my own attempts to heal, any decision to return to finish directing the film could only make sense for me if it was done with the involvement of Matt and the Hutchins family. Though certainly bittersweet, I am pleased that together, we will now complete what Halyna and I started. My every effort on this film will be devoted to honoring Halyna's legacy and making her proud. It is a privilege to see this through on her behalf."
Baldwin's costar in Rust, Frances Fisher, reacted to the news on Instagram, calling it a "miraculous resolution to a tragic event that seemed irreconcilable."
"The impossible made possible! Where there is a Will, there is a Way," added Fisher, 70. "Mostly glad to know that people will see Halyna's brilliant work. I know she's smiling. Thank you."

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A friend stopped by tonite to have me boresight a scope on his new 700 BDL. He mentioned that the bolt didn't feel right and asked what I thought. The bolt only closes about 3/4 of the way. It sticks almost straight out and doesn't cam shut the whole way while the chamber is empty. This gun is new and unfired. Has anyone experienced this? I loosened the action screws, but no help.


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And I know the roads to riches, And I know the ways to fame; I know all the rules And then I know how to break em And I always know the name of the game.
But I dont know how to leave you, And Ill never let you fall; And I dont know how you do it, Making love out of nothing at all (making love) Out of nothing at all, (making love) Out of nothing at all, (making love) Out of nothing at all, (making love) Out of nothing at all, (making love) Out of nothing at all (making love) Out of nothing at all.
Chris No Words There are no words to describe how beautiful she is, or how special she is, or my love for her. I love the taste of your sweet tender kiss, This I don’t ever want to miss, The way you hold me, oh, so tight, You make everything seem just right. Like a star you came into my life You filled my heart with joy You took my pain as if it was yours You provided me with love that no one could give me You gave me a shoulder to cry on You were my pillar when I was falling You were my strength when I was weak With your smile you made my living on earth worthwhile With the soft words you whispered in my ear Made me realize that I was in Love indeed Without you next to me my life is meaningless Every day I sit and pray that you will remain as sweet as you are And that is why I will always Love you as long as you let me Mlibo Junior Malusi All I ask A soft whisper from your lips, a gentle kiss. To lay my head against your chest, to feel your arms around me In my dreams are all things I can see. I don't know what I was thinking or what I was proving. "Maybe tomorrow, when I've recovered," I said, but both of us knew I lied. To put these things into words would be to define them, To quantify them, which means to limit them. There is no definition fitting, nor any limit, nor beginning or end to her beauty, or to how special she is, or my love for her.
To put these things into words would be to define them, To quantify them, which means to limit them. There is no definition fitting, nor any limit, nor beginning or end to her beauty, or to how special she is, or my love for her. Hearing you say my name, touch my face, stroke my hair. Feeling our hearts becoming one as was meant to be. Angelique One last try The things I've done, I can't explain. Temptation had seduced me and I trembled while I sighed. Robert Another Love and Romantic Poems We are only publishers of this poems, not authors. Some information is from historical sources or represents opinions of the author.
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The new breed of strawberry, courtesy of Rutgers University, is designed to be grown here and eaten shortly after being picked. (Photo courtesy of Peter Nitzsche)
Soon to be the star of strawberry shortcakes throughout the Garden State, the "Rutgers Scarlet" strawberry debuting this spring will be available at 13 test farms.
The berry, created by agricultural researchers at Rutgers University, was bred to be grown in Jersey climate and consumed soon after being harvested. That should make it taste better than plants bred to grow in California and survive the lengthy shipping delay to get them here.
• Here's where they are now being grown - in very limited supply:
• Alstede Farms, Chester Borough (conventional)
• Cecil Creek Farm, Mickleton (organic)
• Chickadee Creek, Pennington (organic)
• Donaldson Farms, Hackettstown (conventional)
• Fernbrook Farms, Chesterfield (organic)
• Giamarese Farm, East Brunswick (conventional)
• Grasso Girls Farm Market, Mullica Hill (conventional)
• Hauser Hill Farm, Old Bridge (conventional)
• Hlubik Farms, Chesterfield (conventional)
• Muth Farm, Williamstown (organic)
• Specca Farms, Springfield (conventional)
• Terhune Orchards, Princeton (conventional)
• Von Thun Farm, Monmouth Junction (conventional)
Home gardeners will be able to buy plants for their own use at the August 15 open house at the EARTH Center in South Brunswick.
Bill Hlubik, of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension, said the berry was produced by conventional hybridizing, not genetic modification.
In hybridizing, researchers take pollen from a plant with a valuable characteristic and use it to pollinate a plant of the same species. In that way, the seeds that are subsequently produced by the pollinated plants contain the traits of both, he said.
By contrast, GMO plants have had genes from an entirely different species spliced into them.
Plants have been hybridized for centuries to maximize taste, hardiness, drought resistance or output.
In the case of the Rutgers Scarlet strawberry, "We wanted a berry that had exceptional flavor."

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This is Chuck. I met Chuck while photographing some of the "street" people who hang around at the fountain at Five Points South in Birmingham. I called them street people because it is not always obvious to me which people are really "homeless" and which ones really have a permanent place to live but like hanging around down there. I liked Chuck after I got to know him a little, and I think he liked my photographs, but I haven't seen him in a while.
This is a black and white photograph of a black man with white smoke curling around his face. Okay, it meets the criteria, but I think the color photo is better.


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Suns' Babby wants Phoenix to be a free agent destination
However, as President of Basketball Operations Lon Babby has said, the team will not spend money just for the sake of spending money.
Which begs the question, for what is admittedly a talent- deficient roster:
Will any prime-time free agents want to come to the Valley to play basketball?
Babby thinks so.
"Everyone wants to play with Steve Nash, and he's made a lot of guys a lot of money over the years because of the way he plays," he said at an end-of-the-season meeting with local media.
But Nash is himself a free agent, and if he chooses to leave town much of the allure Phoenix has could go with him.
"I'm confident that no matter what happens this is going to become a destination for free agents," Babby continued. "It should be, there's no reason for it not to be, and we're going to do everything we can to make this as player-friendly a franchise as we can.
"And early returns on how our players feel about it is we're making a lot of progress in that area."
- Jared Dudley, Suns forward - Tuesday June 18Jared Dudley joins Doug and Wolf to talk NBA Finals.
- Jared Dudley, Suns' Forward - Tuesday June 11JD gives us his player's perspective on the NBA Finals.
- Brian Windhorst, NBA ESPN.com Writer - Friday June 7Brian Windhorst talks about Game 1 of the NBA Finals and what to expect from the rest of the series.
- Suns GM Ryan McDonough - Friday June 7The Suns GM talks about prospects Ben McLemore of Kansas and Victor Oladipo of Indiana.
- Eddie Johnson, Suns' TV Analyst - Thursday June 6EJ previews game 1 of the NBA Finals. Plus, what are his thoughts on George Karl's firing?


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Wrong No 2 has done wonders at boxoffice as film has done staggering business in its first five days of release. The film opened with good occupancies on Eid Day One and then showed massive growth on second day. The film also maintained its pace throughout the weekend as it registered massive numbers on Friday and Saturday. There came a noticeable drop on Sunday but still numbers remained similar to the first day i.e. Eid Day One.
The film has collected an estimated PKR 16 million on Sunday as the aggregate tops PKR 100 million mark becoming second fastest to hit 100 million mark this year. The film’s five days sum stands a little over PKR 106 million as per estimates. The film stands tall as the leading film of the extended Weekend among all Eid releases.
Below is film’s daily estimated business till now.
Wednesday.. 16 million Thursday.. 26 million Friday.. 25.5 million Saturday.. 22.5 million Sunday.. 16 million Total.. 106 million
The film has been doing wondrous business at the boxoffice till now . It is down to how it holds over the Weekdays. There will be a fall today and it will be interesting to see that how big the fall will be.


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October was a good month, with semi-final finishes at the Curler's Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the Challenge Chateau Cartier de Gatineau. During the Gatineau spiel, we were joined by our fifth, Heather Smith-Dacey, and it was great to rotate her into the lineup for a few games. We continue to practice daily and build for the Roar of the Rings Canadian Curling Trials, which are just a few weeks away.
Next for Team Homan is the Masters of Curling in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The event runs October 29 to November 3 at the Abbotsford Entertainment and Sports Centre. We're looking forward to playing on arena ice against some great competition. Sportsnet will be carrying some of the games live on television.

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PODGORICA – The rule of law is not only dependent on the European Union (EU). It starts with the Western Balkan countries, which should advocate it through the common approach towards different parts of society. This is one of the main conclusions of the panel discussion “What Can We Do for the Rule of Law in the Western Balkans in 2020?” organized by the Politicon Network that took place on November 20.
Following the EU’s decision not to start accession negotiations with Albania and Northern Macedonia, a series of proposals, initiatives have been launched, the most significant of which is French non-paper, which envisages a new multi-stage accession model and completely different ones. basics and principles. The
senior researcher at the Austrian Center for International Affairs at the University of Vienna Vedran Džihić assessed that this decision was a “cynical move of the EU”.
“It is an act that is not consistent with either EU principles, nor does it conform to the methodology and principles that the EU itself has defined for this process”, said Džihić, adding that the French non-paper represents “a technocratic form of this cynicism and an attempt to justify this decision”.
Commenting on the French proposal in regards to Serbia and Montenegro, the executive director of the Politicon Network Jovana Marović said that it was completely unrealistic to expect that there will be two different methodologies for different candidate countries. “If the new methodology is adopted, it will be applied to all Western Balkan countries”, stressed Marović.
She also pointed out that the rule of law has been stagnant for many years in the Western Balkans”, adding that the framework of negotiations with the EU in Serbia and Montenegro, and integrations in other countries have not helped restart the rule of law in the region so far. “We need to think about how to advance the rule of law, what is a satisfactory framework and what we can all do in that direction”, said Marović.
Tara Tepavac, a senior researched at CRTA said that there was a no basic consensus in society on “what the rule of law represents for us and whether this is the direction we want to go.”
“And that consensus would then imply that citizens, regardless of whether it is a precondition for EU membership or not, know that the values we stand for are democratic, that the rule of law is what we seek, and that then we have a common appearance of different parts of society, who should strive for the rule of law to exist”, assessed Tepavac.
“But we do not see that this rule of law and the process of state formation in the region begin with us. I think it is a good time to say that many things are up to us, not the EU”, stressed the director of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy Igor Bandović.
He also said that EU may sometimes do some things that are not most useful to the societies in the Western Balkans.
“In that sense, all proposals, including the French proposal, should be taken with caution. It has not been elaborated and one does not know exactly what it would look like in practice”, said Bandović.
Zoran Nečev, head of the Center for European Integration at the Societas Civilis Institute for Democracy in Northern Macedonia, said a vacuum had been created, adding that neither the Western Balkan countries nor the EU are sure how to address it. “It is up to the institutions to have a clear vision of what we want for our citizens”, said Nečev.
He also added those involved in European integration must be positive. “What’s the positive about the latest decision? Enlargement policy has ceased to be an EU foreign policy and has become an internal issue. We need to make this issue more internal”, concluded Nečev.
The panel discussion was organized within the project “Rule of Law in the Western Balkans: Disclosing the game rules”, implemented by the Network Politicon in collaboration with the CRTA and Team Institute, with the support of the European Fund for the Balkans.


Intel Core i7-10700KF 8 Core Rocket Lake Desktop CPU Also Spotted Within Ashes of The Singularity Benchmark
The Core i7-10700K and the Core i9-10900K identical chip with the only differentiating factor being the clock speeds and the power limits. The Core i7-10700KF would feature 8 cores and 16 threads along with 16 MB of L3 cache. The chip seems to feature a 100 MHz higher base clock than the Core i9-11900K at 3.60 GHz. This is similar to how Intel Core i7-10700K came with a 100 MHz higher clock than the Core i9-10900K but we have to consider that the Core i9-10900K featured a different core configuration versus the 10700K (10 cores vs 8 cores) and that is simply not the case here.
The Core i7-11700KF and the Core i9-11900K will feature an identical TDP of 125W (PL1) but the Core i9-11900K is expected to feature a 250W (PL2) rating while the Core i7-10700KF might end up with a 225-230W PL2 rating. The Core i9 CPUs also tend to feature Thermal Velocity Boost which is not featured on the Core i7 parts. As such, the 11700KF will feature 100-200 MHz lower clocks than the 11900K.
This is also the ‘KF’ variant which comes with a disabled iGPU. It is possible that Intel will be releasing both ‘K’ and ‘KF’ variants at launch but with a launch dates still weeks it is hard to confirm.
The performance metrics show the chip scoring 11300 points in the benchmark with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 graphics card and 64 GB of DDR4 memory.
The average frame rate for the CPU was 126.7 FPS. The chip is on par with the Core i9-10900K at 1440p (Crazy Preset) but at the same time, slower than the Core i9-9900K and AMD Ryzen 5 5600X.
The problem with Ashes of The Singularity benchmark is that results that are from different users are not reliable mean of comparison since they are running on different platforms.
Further more, we have no indications on whether the tested CPUs are overclocked or running on stock clocks. As of now, the only thing this benchmark confirms is that the Core i7-11700KF is on its way for release in Q1 2021.
But one thing is certain, the Rocket Lake lineup will help Intel regain its gaming performance crown. Nevertheless, count on AMD to counter-attack with its own next-generation Ryzen refresh lineup.
The CPU war is raging more than ever!
Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop CPU Lineup Specs :
|CPU Name||Cores / Threads||Base Clock||Boost Clock (1-Core)||Boost Clock (All-Core)||Cache||Graphics||TDP (PL1)|
|Core i9-11900K||8 / 16||3.50 GHz||5.30 GHz||4.80 GHz||16 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||125W|
|Core i9-11900||8 / 16||1.80 GHz||4.40 GHz||3.80 GHz||16 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||65W|
|Core i9-11900T||8 / 16||TBC||TBC||TBC||16 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||35W|
|Core i7-11700K||8 / 16||TBC||5.00 GHz||4.60 GHz||16 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||125W|
|Core i7-11700||8 / 16||2.50 GHz||4.90 GHz||TBC||16 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||65W|
|Core i7-11700T||8 / 16||TBC||TBC||16 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||35W|
|Core i5-11600K||6 /12||TBC||4.90 GHz||4.60 GHz||12 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||125W|
|Core i5-11600||6 /12||TBC||TBC||TBC||12 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||65W|
|Core i5-11600T||6 /12||TBC||TBC||TBC||12 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||35W|
|Core i5-11500||6 /12||TBC||TBC||TBC||12 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||65W|
|Core i5-11500T||6 /12||TBC||TBC||TBC||12 MB||Intel Xe 32 EU (256 Cores)||35W|
|Core i5-11400||6 /12||2.60 GHz||4.400 GHz||4.20 GHz||12 MB||Intel Xe 24 EU (192 Cores)||65W|
|Core i5-11400T||6 /12||TBC||TBC||TBC||12 MB||Intel Xe 24 EU (192 Cores)||35W|


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Chesapeake Shores Season Four
Bree finishes her play, Kevin mulls proposing to Sarah, Jess and David realize their new B&B might not be right for them. Abby and Mick discover that their careers are at risk as is Abby's new life when Trace gets home from tour.
Trace is visited by a legend as Megan plans Kevin's wedding. Jess and David discover their past can't be repaired, Bree is joined by Simon as her play begins rehearsals. Connor and Abby make decisions that affect their careers.
As Jess and David try to buy an inn, love and loss surround the O'Briens. Mick and Megan explore feelings, Kevin and Sarah make a decision that can upend the family. Bree and Connor suspect true love might not last forever.
The play's in jeopardy, it's Abby and Trace to rescue. David and Jess learn to work together, Bree learns to work alone. Mick and Megan come together while Connor goes it alone. Kevin and Sara return with a surprise announcement.
The O'Briens struggle with their parents decision, David and Jess wrestle with scheduling, Abby weighs personal and professional offers. The future looks bright for Bree and Kevin, but dismal for Trace who can't live without Abby.
Mick and Megan celebrate their old life, Kevin and Sarah cherish their new one, Jess and David await the start of theirs. With Connor and Bree's careers in flux, Trace and Abby confront their future… and their future together.


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How to grow Chlorophytum
Chlorophytum, known as falangio or ribbon (Chlorophytum Ker Gawl., 1807) is a genus of evergreen herbaceous plants of the Agavaceae family and originating in sub-Saharan Africa.
The Chlorophytum is a plant characterized by a dense clump of radical, linear, sharp, green leaves, often variegated with white, which in late spring produces long fleshy stems with a drooping effect on which, after flowering, numerous small rosette plants grow.
Of this species some hybrids are cultivated as ornamental plants and can be recognized by the characteristic white-cream or white-yellowish strip that runs in the center of the arched leaves.
Among the Chlorophytum the most known species are:
– C. comosum with green or variegated leaves with a wavy edge forming a rosette from which whitish stems with small white flowers originate, after the fall of the petals, the growth of new tufts of leaves and their roots begins on the floral scapes of the hanging stems ;
– C. laxum originating from Ghana and Nigeria is small with bright green leaves, delicately edged with white, the flowers gathered in panicles form at the ends of the stems;
– C.undulatum, a native of South Africa, has narrow leaves, hard with rough edges, spike flowers are white with dark red shades.
For the cultivation of ribbons it must be remembered that they are plants that need special climatic requirements. The minimum winter temperature must not be lower than 7 ° C and not exceed 10-12 ° C (unheated rooms are preferable).
The area where these plants are grown must have a good and diffused brightness, but not to the direct rays of the sun. In addition, the plants must be kept in an airy position, but protected from drafts.
As for water supplies, watering must be abundant in the period from spring to summer, so as to keep the soil constantly moist; they should be reduced in autumn-winter, taking care, however, not to let the soil dry. To increase the ambient humidity, foliage sprays are useful during the summer, preferably with deionized water.
The most suitable substrate must consist of a peat-based mixture with added sand, to increase permeability. It is also advisable to place very large gravel or expanded clay at the base of the vessels to increase the draining capacity of the vessels.
Furthermore, to avoid that the tips of the leaves turn yellow, the plants must be repotted every year in the period from March to April; arrived in the months between June and September, liquid fertilizer should be administered once a week.
Chlorophytum are plants subject to radical rottenness because fleshy roots tend to not tolerate water stagnation.
Because of the fleshy roots, they are plants subject to rot; for this reason it will be necessary to pay particular attention to avoiding water stagnation.
Let’s move on to propagation. The Chlorophytum are plants that multiply by dividing the tufts or by rooting the seedlings at the end of the stolons in small pots with suitable soil, taking care to cut the stolon only after rooting. To do this we recommend the spring period.
Among the diseases, parasites and adversity we remember:
– The little red spider: it occurs in hot and dry climates with yellowing and discoloration of the leaves. It prevents elevating environmental humidity and spraying the leaves; it is fought with acaricide products;
– Browning of leaf apices: can be caused by poor watering or nutritional deficiencies, especially if associated with stunted growth. It is necessary to water more frequently or to fertilize the plant;
– The Cocciniglia cotonosa: it can attack plants, especially in the presence of a hot and dry climate. It is necessary to remove them, treat the plant with a natural anticoccidial product, such as Marseille soap, and raise the level of environmental humidity (spraying and foliar washing allow the elimination of scale insects from the larval state). Alternatively you can rub the affected parts with a cotton pad wet with water and alcohol.


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John Harmon, in exile for many years, discovers that by a curious quirk in his father’s will he must marry Bella Wilfer, a girl he has never met, in order to claim his inheritance. Mistakenly thought to have drowned, on his return he gains employment with the kindly Mr Boffin and falls in love with the flighty and mercenary Bella, who scornfully rejects him as a mere impoverished secretary. But Boffin and his wife contrive a plan to help John and show Bella the error of her ways.
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When Music Engine normalized my ID3 tags, it changed band names and album titles beginning with "the" to "band name, the." So suddenly The Arcade Fire was listed as "Arcade Fire, The." That's fine. But when I played those tracks in ITunes, it noticed the updated ID3 tags and moved my Arcade Fire tracks to a new folder named "Arcade Fire, The." Actually, that worked fine, too. Then I headed back to Music Engine and tried to sync some of those tracks to a portable player and ran into a problem: Now Music Engine can't find the files because it's looking for them in the old (and now nonexistent) directory.
After I figured out what had happened, I fixed the problem by adding the files to Music Engine again in their new locations, but I'd prefer that I didn't have to. Hopefully a later version of Music Engine will be smart enough to automatically look for missing files in a logical place, or at least allow me to turn off the auto retagging feature. Until then, ITunes and Music Engine serve as a reminder of what can go wrong when programs don't work well together.
Well, the long-awaited MGM-Grokster decision finally came down a few weeks ago. Honestly, it was a bit of a bore. I'm sure we'll see a few new file-sharing apps that attempt to skirt the U.S. Supreme Court's new "active inducement" standard, but by now I think most of us are way past the illegal aspects of file sharing, anyway.
My colleague Anush Yegyazarian has already done a great, in-depth job of dissecting the ruling in her July Tech.gov column, so I won't burden you with a long-winded analysis.
Finally, have I mentioned Live Plasma yet? It's an intriguing visual way to find new music. Just type in an artist (or book or movie) that you like, and Live Plasma produces a map of related artists according to Amazon.com data. Check it out!
The Unforgettable Arm: Aimee Mann's latest disc, The Forgotten Arm, is another winner. Mann has always been one of our finest songwriters, but there's something extra special about the way she can make a song called "I Can't Help You Anymore" sound triumphant.


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Hyderabadi Biryani House, Connaught Place
Home Delivery: Yes, within 2 kms. No minimum order.
Parking On Weekdays/Weekends: Varies according to location
If the food at the Connaught Place outlet is anything to go by, then we have a new foodie destination in the city, though the biryani sold with the prefix Hyderabadi would make a Hyderabadi, who’s grown up eating the delicately spiced Kachche Gosht Ki Biryani, break into a rash. Be that as it may, this faux Hyderabadi Biryani is good to eat and that’s what matters at the end of the day. The place doesn’t have a décor to write home about, but what counts is the fact that the cooks steadfastly resist the temptation of killing their Hyderabadi Biryani with spices. The gravy items are also worth checking out, especially the Bhuna Murgh and Mirchi Ka Salan. There’s no seating, though, but then, the restaurant survives on takeaways.
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Michigan Governor Diva Attacks AG Cox
Interview With Dennis Lennox
Governor Granholm: Green Genius’s Grand Goals
Obama’s Stooges Meet
Democrats: 55% of America is unpatriotic.
Do not adjust your television sets… you have now entered the economic Twilight Zone
Madonna experiences Granholm – Cherry economy first hand
Ah, the Granholm – Cherry economy, where even healthcare jobs go to die
Observations from the Cheap Seats
Record number of Michigan families forced to live on streets under Dem leadership
Jingle bells, economy smells, Lansing laid an egg
This ISN’T an economic tsunami?
Lansing Dems demand another tax hike while Granholm-Cherry economy destroys mental health
Granholm is Part of Obama’s Economic Advisory Team
Michigan economy continues slide while Gov, bureaucrats leave the country
CNN's Chris Cuomo Goes After Mnuchin for Criticizing 'Kid' Greta Thunberg, Huge Backlash Reminds Him of Nick Sandmann
Watch 'Objective' Liberal Media Fall All Over Themselves to Praise Schiff, Get the Mocking of their Lives
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Former professional dancer Curtis Pritchard will be giving love a chance again on another reality dating show.
Yes, Curtis will be giving it all when he appears on the upcoming season of Celebs Go Dating.
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Will he be able to find The One on the E4 show? We wonder how he will woo his new girl if he can't make everyone coffee!
Meanwhile, Maura Higgins, who was previously coupled up Curtis for eight months, confirmed late on Tuesday night that she and Chris Taylor were more than just friends.
Curtis will be joined by Ibiza nightclub owner Wayne Lineker and Geordie Shore's Chloe Ferry as they spend four weeks looking for love.
Strictly Come Dancing runner-up Karim Zeroual, Hollyoaks and Coronation Street star Kimberly Hart-Simpson, Made In Chelsea's Sophie Hermann and DJ Tom Zanetti are also on the search for love.
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'Celebs Go Dating is back and supercharged for 2021, it's bigger, bolder and sexier than ever,' E4 revealed and it's going to be very different from previous years.
For the first time, they will be living in the same house as their potential romances rather than simply going on dates together.
The show teases: 'Will the close proximity lead to committed couples or romantic rivalry? If our celebs find themselves in any illicit liaisons, they certainly won’t stay secret for long.'
It means that cameras will be able to track the stars day and night, giving Love Island a run for its money this year.
Dating experts Paul C Brunson and Anna Williamson return for the new series along with Tom Read Wilson.


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Printable Christmas Mini Gable Box/Holiday Gift Bag. $5.00, via Etsy.
I found these mini-gable boxes on Etsy! Perfect for jewelry and so cute! Great for gift cards or other small items, too! There are eight Seasonal Designs to choose from: 1. Green pinstripes 2. Red pinstripes 3. Green polka dot 4. Red polka dot 5. Green spearmint stripe 6. Red peppermint stripe 7. Green bold stripe 8. Red bold stripe The "tag" portion of the gift box is completely customizable. Choose from the sayings shown in the pictures or create your own!
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Mr. Ian Goldstein
Safe Passage Technologies
85 Marcus Boulevard
Hauppauge, NY 11788
Dear Mr. Goldstein:
This is in reply to your letter of June 4, 1998, with respect to whether new lighting technologies that you describe are allowed by Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard No. 108 Lamps, Reflective Devices and Associated Equipment. You have asked us to advise you "as to the best approach to gaining the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's full acceptance and support."
You should understand that our agency does not "accept" or "support" a particular product. We do advise correspondents, as in this instance, as to whether a specific invention or device may or may not be permissible under the applicable Federal motor vehicle safety standard.
The first of the technologies that you mention is "gradational" daytime running lamps (DRLs). This technology would modulate the intensity of DRLs according to ambient light conditions. On the basis of the limited information you have provided, we see no impediment under Standard No. 108 to the incorporation of this feature into DRL systems that comply with S5.5.11 of Standard No. 108. A DRL with a gradational feature would continue to provide the steady-burning light that is required for DRLs. The standard does not prohibit changes in intensity, which we presume will be within the parameters of the minimum and maximum values of candela specified .
We note your statement that "The State of California has independently determined to mandate DRL effective January 1, 1998." We do not know the basis for this remark. Unless and until DRLs are mandated by Standard No. 108, a state cannot require that new vehicles be equipped with them. A state can require that a driver operate a vehicle's existing headlamps on the lower beam during daylight hours to serve as a DRL, but we have not heard that California has enacted such a requirement.
The second technology would address lamp failure detection and correction. This technology would indicate to or warn the driver that a lamp had failed, "and temporarily use an alternative lamp, possibly at an alternate brightness," to substitute for the failed one. Under Standard No. 108, only the failure of the turn signal lamps is required to be communicated to the driver. We are aware that, through fiber optics, some manufacturers provide a warning when other lamps fail. We see nothing in Standard No. 108 or any other Federal motor vehicle safety standard that would preclude a vehicle manufacturer from offering such a detection system.
The question of substitution for failed lamps is not so easily answered. We have recently advised Ford Motor Company that automatic activation of a lower beam filament in a two-headlamp system when the upper beam filament fails is not prohibited by S5.5.9 which states that only the upper beam light sources shall be activated when the headlamp switch is in the upper beam position. In our view, this requirement of Standard No. 108 does not apply in a failure condition, and the substitution of an alternate light source is permissible. The reverse situation is not quite the same. Because headlamps are primarily operated on the lower beam, activation of an upper beam light source when a lower beam source fails raises considerations of glare. As you note, the upper beam in this instance ideally should be activated at a markedly reduced intensity such that it does not impair the effectiveness of required lighting devices (S5.1.3), or, more specifically, that, as a lower beam substitute. it does not compromise turn signal visibility.
You also present the case in which the hazard warning lamps could be activated in the event of total failure of a light source and its alternative. There is nothing in Standard No. 108 that would preclude wiring the hazard warning lamps to flash in the event of such a failure. We note that vehicle operators can manually activate the hazard warning system in such an emergency.
The third technology is called a "severe braking alert." This technology would flash the stop lamps to indicate rapid deceleration. Standard No. 108 does not allow this system because stop lamps are required to be wired to be steady burning (S5.5.10(d)). The agency has established a docket to receive comments from the public on Advance Brake Warning Systems (Docket No. 96-41) such as your "severe braking alert.". I enclose a copy of two notices, published in December 1996 and October 1997, that discuss the subject in detail.
If you have questions, you may refer them to Taylor Vinson of this Office (202-366-5263).
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A new body paint cosplay of DC Comics’ Jessica Cruz celebrates the fan-favorite – but currently overlooked – member of the Green Lantern Corps.
jessica cruz gets the spotlight in an awesome new Green Lantern body paint cosplay, giving the Rebirth-era star some of the focus she’s been lacking in the comics. Cruz and her Green Lantern Corps partner Simon Baz headlined DC’s Green Lanterns: Rebirthbut as DC has refocused on classic Lantern Hal Jordan and awesome newcomer Sojourner “Jo” Mullein in the Infinite Frontier comic era, Cruz has appeared far less, relegated to a slow-burn storyline that has seen her join the villainous Sinestro Corps as a fear-inspiring yellow lantern.
Cruz was introduced in 2014’s Justice League #30, originally becoming a knock-off version of Green Lantern when the alt-reality villain Power Ring was killed and the evil entity within his ring chose her as its new host. Thankfully, she was able to overcome the entity’s influence, displaying a level of willpower that ironically made her eligible for a genuine Green Lantern power ring. Shockingly, Jessica was actually the first canonical human woman to become a Green Lantern, joining a list that already included a blue whale, a sentient mathematical equation, and Daffy Duck.
In a new body paint cosplay, artist Melissa Croft depicts Jessica Cruz, including a VFX video recreating the Green Lantern’s powers. An artist who often paints characters from TV, movies, games, and comics, Croft’s breadth of focus takes in characters as mainstream as Wonder Woman to those as obscure as Superman’s hypothetical daughter Lara Lane-Kent from the Injustice franchise. Croft recently shared her Jessica Cruz on Instagram, noting that it’s the third time she’s painted the character, with the first being seven years ago.
Jessica Cruz is beloved by fans for her tenacity and complexity. Targeted by the mob after witnessing criminal activity, Jessica’s friends were killed while she barely escaped, and she developed intense anxiety. Later, her lantern – the source of her Green Lantern powers – was fused with that of Simon Baz by Hal Jordan, who sought to force the two to work together effectively. Cruz and Baz developed a strong friendship, but the recent destruction of the Central Power Battery depowered them both, leaving much of the Corps scattered, many dead, and the galaxy unprotected. After being attacked by a team of Yellow Lanterns, Cruz was acknowledged for his ability to instill great fear in others, and opted to join the Sinestro Corps. But while the group is traditionally evil, Cruz did help Teen Lantern Keli Quintela escape the wrath of Sinestro, so it’s possible she’s either undercover or else utilizing their power to protect innocents only until the Green Lanterns are once again an option.
The Green Lantern Corps is a huge organization, and so characters are always being shuffled in and out of focus. Currently, Blue & Gold and HumanTarget are giving fans their daughter of Guy Gardner, while Green Lantern is focusing more on Mullein and Jordan, while granting Simon Baz new powers as a sort of Iron Man/Green Lantern hybrid. Hopefully, Cruz will soon move back into focus, as not only is she a fan-favorite character whose stories remain some of Green Lantern‘s most celebrated comics, but her time within the Sinestro Corps is a thrilling set-up that could justify a series all on its own. Until then, Melissa Croft’s jessica cruz cosplay is an awesome reminder of why this particular Green Lantern‘s glory days need to return soon.
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Freezing weather in late January is no place for a dog. Perhaps they thought that leaving them by the animal shelter would dull the impact of being left in a blizzard to potentially die? When this dog was left tied to a gate in the cold, hoping that someone from New Jersey’s Parsippany Animal Control Shelter would finally come along and rescue him, he probably thought that his days were numbered.
He had been left with nothing more than a toy, some food and a water dish that had frozen due to the weather conditions. No one could have blamed this pitbull if he had given up hope and simply waited for the cold to claim his life.
Luckily for him, Officer J Williams arrived in the nick of time. This friendly police officer allowed the dog to sit in the back of his squad car and warm up. The dog was beyond grateful for the help he received and smothered Officer Williams with tons of sloppy puppy kisses.
Once the officer rescued the dog from the cold, he was brought into the shelter and given the second chance he so richly deserved. The dog’s picture was then posted to Facebook, so that more information could be learned. The post was shared over a thousand times and his story has now been told on a wide range of websites.
Take a moment to look at these images.
The objective of searching for information on social media? To find the owner who did this to an innocent dog and bring them to justice. In the meantime, the pup is in now in search of a forever home, a place where he can avoid this sort of cruel and inhumane treatment. Thanks to Officer J Williams and the good people at Parsippany Animal Control Shelter, he is on his way to a great home.
Please share this story with your friends and loved ones as soon as possible!

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LPG gas (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) is the gas commonly used in households and businesses as an alternative energy source to electricity. It is mixture of gases also sometimes referred to as butane or propane. Stored as a liquid in heavy duty cylinders, it turns to gas when the pressure is released as it moves up the cylinder and through the hoses.
One of the dangers of using LPG gas for domestic use is the risk of fire or an explosion due to a leaking hose or faulty valve. With the right safety measures in place however, LPG gas is actually a safe and efficient means for cooking and heating at home.
When using LPG gas, a gas compliance certificate is needed so that insurance will cover any damage caused by a leak. You need to have professional, certified gas installers assess your property and install the cylinders so that the setup complies with LPG gas safety regulations in order to obtain the certificate. The cylinders are normally set up outside in open air with a mesh cage around them. They need to be secured so that they cannot fall over or move around or be breached in any way. If they need to be set up in a separate room, there needs to be a lot of ventilation. Gas leak detectors can be installed in a room to prevent hazards. They sound an alarm if they detect a certain saturation of gas in the air which would be enough to cause serious damage if inhaled or if met with open flame.
Safety inspections and servicing should be done regularly on LPG gas systems. Hoses need to be checked for cracks or wear and tear and should be replaced after a maximum of five years. Cylinders need to be replaced every ten years. The actual inspection of the cylinders should be done by a professional to ensure that the inspection is done correctly and carefully. If a cylinder falls, it may cause the regulator to burst off, and under high pressure, this can propel the cylinder at a force enough to cause serious damage, harm, or death. Make sure you keep a good record of the installation layout for maintenance and repair.
Naturally, anything that can be said about domestic use of LPG Gas goes for the commercial use of the gas as well. It is imperative that the safety of all individuals who will be working or living in the vicinity is ensured.


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Northland Regional Council is reviewing is ability to deal with oil spills, in the wake of the Rena grounding off the coast of Tauranga.
A public meeting was held in Whangarei on Tuesday night to discuss how well-prepared the region is to deal with oil pollution.
Northland has had some close calls in the past 20 years, with ship-fires and near-groundings and a serious spill at the Poor Knights Islands in 1999.
Council staff said Northland, with its oil refinery, is possibly the region best prepared to cope.
But they conceded it would be extremely difficult to undo the damage to a major spill would cause to a remote and rocky coastline.
Environmentalist Wade Doak said New Zealand should be focusing on preventing oil spills, and not just preparing for them.
Given what is at stake, Mr Doak says it would seem only sensible to track the movements of ships, in the same way planes are tracked.
He said the new type of radar now installed on many ships would allow marine authorities to track their movements and avert accidents like the Rena's grounding off Tauranga.


K.D. from New Haven County, Connecticut writes:
Dear Mister Condo,
Hello Mister Condo. We have a complex of 5 buildings. Association give right to have no more that 3 vehicles. By rules, one car we should to parking at our garage, one of the front of garage (driveway) but about third car no rules where we should to parking. Building number 1 have parking for residents, and visitor parking. The rest on building they have long driveway, that they can park more than 3 cars on the same time. In our building we have space, and that is “visitor parking”. It is directly up the front of the building. So, I am ask where is our parking, their unswerving on the road, but there no sign, and why others building have their association owners parking, but we not. Is it honest? What I can do in this situation? Also, we receive notice that we can’t parking on visitor parking, but on rules and declaration nothing says, that we can’t parking on visitor parking. Thanks.
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K.D., if you read my column regularly, you will know that parking is a huge problem for most condominium associations. Limiting each unit to three vehicles is actually quite generous. Many associations limit residents to just two. The association is not under any obligation to provide additional parking just because they limit the number of vehicles you may own. If there is deeded parking with your unit (the parking spaces appear on the deed of the unit), that is all you are guaranteed for parking space allotment. It isn’t a question of fairness or honesty, it is simply a function of available parking for the number of residents. The Board controls how the available parking is used and can dictate the use or prohibition of use of Visitor Parking. I doubt this is the answer you were looking for but I hope it explains what you are dealing with. All the best!


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All weekend long we heard the Giants make some of the softest contact ever recorded by microphones at a baseball game, and while our brains would like to tell us our ears are infallible, the beauty of radar-tracked physics data is that it is more infallible than our brains.
Can four games’ worth of data tell us anything about the long road ahead? Probably not. But also, maybe? Were the Giants’ bats as feeble, feckless, and inoffensive as we think we heard and saw? Thankfully, we have MLB’s Statcast data to help better describe what transpired over the weekend.
A reminder of the Giants’ hitters on the roster:
CF Steven Duggar
1B Brandon Belt
C Buster Posey
3B Evan Longoria
SS Brandon Crawford
LF Connor Joe
RF Michael Reed
2B Joe Panik
IF Yangervis Solarte
OF Gerardo Parra
IF Pablo Sandoval
C Erik Kratz
Important Statcast Terms
The Giants struck out in 26.5% of their 136 plate appearances over the weekend (sixth-worst in MLB), so let’s start with the stat that forms all Statcast measures: the Batted Ball Event (BBE):
A Batted Ball Event represents any batted ball that produces a result. This includes outs, hits and errors. Any fair ball is a Batted Ball Event. So, too, are foul balls that result in an out or an error.
The sweet spot classification quantifies that as a batted-ball event with a launch angle between eight and 32 degrees. [...]
While the sweet spot classification does not include exit velocity and thus doesn’t tell the complete story of a batted-ball event, players with a high sweet spot percentage are putting themselves in greater position to succeed. [...]
Sweet spot percentage can be used in concert with hard-hit rate -- the percentage of a player’s batted balls that have an exit velocity of 95 mph or higher
Hard hit (and hard hit rate):
A ball hit 95 mph+.
Barreled (and barreled per PA):
The Barrel classification is assigned to batted-ball events whose comparable hit types (in terms of exit velocity and launch angle) have led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage since Statcast was implemented Major League wide in 2015.
To be Barreled, a batted ball requires an exit velocity of at least 98 mph. At that speed, balls struck with a launch angle between 26-30 degrees always garner Barreled classification. For every mph over 98, the range of launch angles expands.
Joe Panik & Yangervis Solarte
Both players had 11 BBEs, as many as Kris Bryant, Christian Yelich, Nicholas Castellanos, Justin Turner, Alex Bregman, and some others.
On the Sweet Spot
Evan Longoria & Yangervis Solarte
Longoria just missed having the most contact over the weekend with 10 BBEs, but our eyes did not deceive us — he got good wood on the ball when he made contact. His 50% Sweet Spot rate put him in an eight-man tie for 10th:
You’ll note that Longoria was very efficient in that rate and his launch angle was the best of the bunch.
Meanwhile, Yangervis Solarte was 20th on Sweet Spot rate, tied with Justin Turner with 45.5% in their 11 BBEs.
For context: Rafael Dever, Mitch Haniger, A.J. Pollock, and Yandy Diaz are all tied for first in MLB with 10 balls hit at 95 mph+ and a combined 12 extra base hits, so, as you can see, hitting the ball hard doesn’t always lead to pure statistical success, but it’s certainly a precursor to power, and that’s all Statcast is attempting to measure.
Still, it takes until Steven Duggar in 76th place for a Giant to appear on the ranking, his 4 balls hit at 95 mph+ out of 8 BBEs gives him a decent 50.0% rate. Padres catcher Austin Hedges had just as many, as did D.J. LeMahieu and Freddie Freeman. So, the legend of Stevie Doubles grows.
We’ve been building up to this moment: who barreled the most balls. Absolutely crushed it. First, again, perspective: There’s a three-way tie for first after MLB’s opening weekend — Christian Yelich, Paul Goldschmidt, and Mike trout are all tied with 4 barreled balls, and respective Barrels per PA rates of 22.2%, 22.2%, and 23.5%.
Longoria hit two barreled balls in the opening series, putting him in a nice big tie with a good chunk of the league. His 16.7% barrel rate, though, puts him in a three-way tie for 22nd, with Maikel Franco and Harrison Bader,
From Opening Day:
Madison Bumgarner (1) off LHP Eric Lauer (1) - 106.1 mph, 19 degrees (283 ft Lineout, .740 xBA)— MLBBarrelAlert (@MLBBarrelAlert) March 28, 2019
89.1 mph Four-Seamer#SFGiants @ #Padres (T3) pic.twitter.com/7jfmTPv7Li
Finally, and in conclusion
Evan Longoria looks healthy and ready to contribute the power potential the Giants so desperately need, as was obvious to our eyes and ears all weekend. Does this mean we don’t need the data to confirm what our natural human senses already tell us? No. The data is still good.


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He died while at work; if he had been given a choice on how to depart this world, I suspect that would have been exactly it. At home, still devoted to the war of ideas.
He seems so anachronistic now, in this age of blogs and non-stop cable news. Amidst the shouting matches, spin, and ad hominem attacks that dominate our political debate today, it's difficult to remember that a man like Buckley and forums such as Firing Line ever existed.
He was the kind of man who, though absolutely clear in his dismissal of liberal ideas, would not stoop to trashing someone's character for the sake of political gain.
His was a conservatism of doubt.
His book, The Unmaking of a Mayor, an account of his own wry run for mayor of New York in 1965, is not only hilarious but also an early - and accurate - critique of the political correctness, unionized sclerosis and wasteful bureaucracy that almost killed the world's greatest city in the 1960s and 1970s.


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Yay! This week I received my swap sock monkey from the 6 Degrees of Creativity sock monkey exchange, made and sent by Lisa Miller in San Jose, California. I have adopted the name “Albert” for him, inspired by an exchange Lisa and I had about how the youth she works were able to see her sock monkey in the making and thought he resembled Albert Einstein (!). Thank you Lisa for my new sock monkey friend!
Throughout this week, Albert has been settling into his new surroundings and home, getting acquainted with my other sock monkeys, our three cats, hanging out in my studio/office space a lot, and adjusting to the colder temperatures that come with winter in Ohio.
Albert checks out the Artist Trading Cards I received in the 6 Degrees of Creativity ATC Exchange!


09 March 1999
Hillsdown sells off mushroom operation
FOOD manufacturer Hillsdown Holdings, is raising £24.4 million through the disposal of Holco, its Dutch mushroom canning operation.
Holco, which has associated operations in Poland, Germany and Belgium, last year reported operating profits of Nfl5m (£1.5m) on a turnover of Nfl240m.
- Hillsdown spells out three-way split,
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- Hillsdown to postpone sale of poultry
business, FWi, 07 September, 1998
- Hillsdown to sell fowl business, FWi
, 02 May, 1998
- The Times 09/03/02/99 page 28 (Business Roundup)