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Lately, I’ve been marveling at how the past seven weeks has mirrored the past eighteen months.
On one hand, it’s been the worst of times; on the other, it’s been the “first” of times…
…with every day an exhausting, sometimes unprecedented mix of trial and turbulence.
However, as I’ve continued to study 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, I’ve been captivated by a certain truth, a keen illumination as once eloquently captured by Joe Novenson:
Mmm…just let that sink in a little.
The feel of faith…a dependent weakness. What a remarkable association. And apologies in case you heard that noise in the background.
That was just a mic drop echoing deep within the bowels of my soul.
For as many of you know, this Jubilee journey has been the epitome of humbling. In all sincerity, words can only go so far as the joyride (Jubilee’s name compels me to call it as such) has left me mesmerized wrestling with the scale of God’s sovereign strength amidst the chaos.
Still, the more Lys and I have endured and persevered, the more we’ve been able to taste God’s providence and assurance. To the extent we’ve anchored our trust, to that extent we’ve been able to mutually rely on God in unison, even harmony.
Again, it’s a unique paradox but one I’m discovering and profoundly grateful for.
‘Cause the way I see it: The specific season we’re in, from Jubilee to Covid caution, is more than one we’re suppose to ‘get through’…but one we’re meant to bear through.
The question is: In our various conflict resolutions and troubleshootings, what are we bearing (or forbearing) along the way?
While I’m still seeking God for solutions, what I can say is sometimes all we can do is stay the course and know God will set our paths straight. Especially in a time when many are forcing restarts, from marriage and relationships to work and church life, we can be prone to manufacturate tranquility. Why we’d rather rush to refresh and blank our slates as opposed to conquering with confidence? Honestly, your guess is as good as mine.
Yet, as I continue to struggle amidst the unrest, I will gladly embrace a holy dependence that isn’t withdrawn like the trends around me. What I’m learning in my walk with God, with Lys, even at Foundation Group, is the sweet reminder the greatest victories are shared and beared. As much as we want to thrive, as much as we crave a new chapter, we can’t possibly ‘get there’ without partnering in weakness with what and whom God has already established.
My charge to you, dear ones, is two-fold:
- Keep heart, take heart…but don’t lose heart
- You can struggle and live abundantly at the same time.
Don’t disengage what your challenges are tied to; rather engage the reason you’ve been entrusted to overcome them. Sure, it may take some time. Perhaps a year or two or ten. But together, we will ‘get there’.
‘Til then, don’t sign off yet. At least until God says it’s time.


Guam – Perhaps just one count will do.
Saturday’s slim voting margin in the democratic arena has prompted discussion this week on the feasibility of a recount. According to GEC’s unofficial results of the primary election, Lou and Josh received 8,218 votes, barely edging out the Aguon-Limtiaco team who received 7,958. Depending on one’s interpretation of local guidelines, a recount could either be legally required or out of the question.
On Mornings with Patti today, Leon Guerrero says her favored calculation yields a 3.1% voting difference, above the 2% that would mandate a recount under Guam law. For the potential future maga’haga, the language is simple in dictating the math: take the 260 difference in ballots between the LG-Tenorio and Aguon-Limtiaco teams, and divide it by the 8,218 votes she received. But ultimately, Leon Guerrero says it’s up to the Guam Election Commission to decode the legislation and determine whether a recount will take place.
In a follow-up call Newstalk K57 made to GEC’s Executive Director Maria Pangelinan, the voting expert said she personally agrees with Leon Guerrero’s interpretation. Pangelinan also reported that her commission will be meeting this Thursday to aggregate the numbers and address the possibility of a recount.


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Thai Lottery Poll
Having survived years of bureaucratic delays, an online lottery gets the thumbs up from the public
The proposal to take the Thai lottery online, bogged down for years by bureaucratic delays but recently left for public opinion to decide looks as if it could be a winner.
The Bangkok Post reports that the latest survey revealed that many respondents supported the legalisation of the online lottery scheme.
The Dusit Poll conducted a survey on the plan to legalise the long-delayed two- and three-digit online lottery scheme, and the result was a positive indication of public acceptance.
63.80 percent said an online lottery would help tackle the high prices of underground lottery tickets, allowing players to pick any number they wanted.
24.58 percent opposed the scheme on fears that it may encourage a dangerous expansion in gambling.
11.62 percent were indifferent on the issue.
But it appears an educational drive on the practicalities of an Internet based lottery may be necessary: 46.85 percent of respondents said they did not know how the online lottery would operate; 30.63 percent were 'fairly' aware of how it was played while 18.2 percent did understand it at all. Only 4.50 percent said they were well informed on the way the Internet game would be played.
Asked about the scheme's benefits, 26.32 percent said it would generate more revenue for the government to help develop the country; 21.93 percent said legalising it would make the lottery more convenient and accessibile for players. 19.30 percent opined that an online lottery could bring down the ticket prices, and 17.54 percent believed the scheme, if approved, could help end the illegal lottery problem.
14.91 percent were confident that online lottery buyers would not be cheated.
28.92 percent wanted the government to strictly regulate the lottery activities to prevent the underaged from gambling; 23.14 percent said the government should educate people about the online lottery so they would not overplay it. 19.02 percent would like to here more from the government on the scheme's benefits.
18.53 percent said online lottery machines should not be located near temples or schools while 10.39 percent said closed circuit cameras should be set up near distribution machines as a monitoring precaution.
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Ireland is renowned for having an exquisite culinary scene that has garnered immense recognition worldwide. The country boasts several Michelin-starred establishments that have raised the bar in fine dining and hospitality. If you’re considering a wedding venue that exudes luxury and sophistication, then these Michelin-star restaurants tick all the boxes.
Chapter One, Dublin
Located in Parnell Square, Chapter One is an outstanding Michelin-starred establishment that offers a chic and contemporary twist to Irish style cuisine. The restaurant boasts a charming private dining room overlooking the bustling streets of Dublin, which can accommodate up to thirty guests for intimate weddings. The venue provides bespoke wedding menus to cater to all tastes and preferences, from seafood to vegetarian and meat dishes, all paired with an impressive wine list. The décor and ambiance exude elegance and luxury, which will make for a memorable and indulgent wedding experience.
The Greenhouse, Dublin
The Greenhouse is one of the most intimate and exclusive Michelin-starred restaurants in Ireland. Located in the heart of Dublin, this restaurant boasts personalized service, innovative cuisine, and a serene atmosphere, which make it an ideal wedding venue. The restaurant has a private dining room that can accommodate up to thirty guests, while the entire restaurant can host up to fifty guests. The menu is meticulously crafted by the talented head chef, Mickael Viljanen, with a focus on using fresh and locally sourced ingredients, making it the perfect location for couples who value fine dining and gastronomical experiences.
Nestled in the rolling meadows of County Kildare, Aimsir is a two Michelin-starred restaurant that celebrates Ireland’s rich culinary traditions. The restaurant creates a unique gastronomical experience by utilizing indigenous ingredients and methods that reflect the diverse flora and fauna of Ireland. The restaurant boasts a scenic view of the countryside and impeccable hospitality that will make your wedding experience extraordinary. Aimsir has a private dining room that can accommodate up to forty guests, which is perfect for a chic and intimate wedding with friends and family.
The Cliff House Hotel, Waterford
The Cliff House Hotel is one of the most iconic and luxurious Michelin-starred restaurants in Ireland, situated in a privileged location overlooking the Irish Sea. The restaurant has an impressive and functional rooftop terrace that provides stunning views of the sea and the coastline, which make it perfect for couples who desire an outdoor wedding. The venue has a private dining room that can accommodate up to forty-five guests, and the entire restaurant can host up to seventy guests. The hotel’s restaurant employs a meticulous and dynamic culinary team, which means that your wedding menu will be tailor-made to your specifications.
Located in the bustling center of Galway, Aniar is one of the leading Michelin-starred restaurants in Ireland, known for its forward-thinking approach to Irish cuisine. The restaurant has created a niche in utilizing locally sourced ingredients with a heavy emphasis on seafood, which makes for an exquisite gastronomical experience. Aniar has an intimate private dining room that can accommodate up to sixteen guests, which is perfect for couples who desire an exclusive and intimate wedding setting. The décor and ambiance of the restaurant exude sophistication and elegance, making it a perfect Michelin-starred wedding venue.
In conclusion, Ireland’s Michelin-starred restaurants offer an unparalleled wedding experience in terms of quality, innovation, and luxury. Regardless of your preference and taste, one of these Michelin-starred establishments will meet your needs and exceed your expectations. These venues are ideal for couples who desire an exceptional wedding experience, fine dining, and top-notch hospitality. The restaurants’ private dining rooms offer an intimate setting, while the entire restaurant can cater to larger wedding parties. Your guests will undoubtedly be impressed by the cuisine, service, and ambiance of these Michelin-starred establishments, making your wedding day an unforgettable experience.

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The vendor came with their ice cream cones and Lauren took a good, long lick, letting the mint settle deep inside her. A slow smile spread across her face. “Is there anything better for the soul than mint chocolate chip?” she commented.
“I can think of a few things,” John answered her, taking a long lick of ice cream, twisting the cone around in his fingers. Yet his eyes never left hers, reading her body language far more easily than she read his. He had to. Lauren knew she was no good at hiding her emotions after the crisis had passed. Right now she felt safe, secure…and sexy in his eyes. She lifted her chin and took him up on his offer.
“Oh, really? Name one.”
“Tying a woman down and making love to her all night long.”
Lauren choked on her ice cream. Of all the answers she’d been expecting from years of bad pickup lines, John’s answer came out of the blue and smacked her right in the pussy. She felt herself grow warm all over despite the ice cream she tried desperately to swallow.
And it didn’t help to have him stand there, looking nonchalant, gallantly offering her a paper napkin as if they were discussing the weather. Her eyes watering from swallowing too much ice cream too quickly, she tried to look up at him, but the sun was behind him.
“No fair. Can’t see you,” she muttered and pushed him to her other side so she could give him the glare he deserved.
Except he took one look at her and laughed out loud. A good, hearty, infectious chuckle. When her glare turned to puzzlement, he reached over with his own napkin and wiped the green ice cream off the tip of her nose. She rolled her eyes and relented.
“Okay, so your answer wasn’t quite what I expected…” she started.
“But you’re intrigued enough that you’ll go out to dinner with me tomorrow night,” he finished.
Lauren opened her mouth to demure, but Beth’s voice superimposed itself over hers. “Of course she is, and she’d love to. What time?”
“Beth, I can arrange my own calendar…”
“Seven o’clock.” John spoke directly to Beth. The conversation continued as if she wasn’t there.
“Here’s her address. I took the liberty of writing it down for you.”
“That was kind of you, ma’am. I appreciate it.”
“Casual dress? Or something a little fancier?”
John paused and gave Lauren a once-over. She took the opportunity to interject her own thoughts on the matter. “I’m right here you know. You can talk to me and…”
“A little fancier.”
“Perfect. I know just the outfit she should wear. It was nice meeting you, John.”
“Nice to meet you too, Beth.” He shook the hand Beth offered and once again tousled Ian’s hair. “And you too, young man. You make sure these ladies get home safe now, you hear?”
“Yes, sir!” Ian snapped a salute and Lauren couldn’t help smiling. His arm was all akimbo and his fingers at the wrong angle, but his posture was straight and his grin infectious.
“Come on, Aunt Lauren. Beth says its time to go home.” He took her hand and pulled her toward the exit.
“Just a minute, Ian…” She turned to talk to John, but he’d already moved away. Instead, she took her frustration out on her best friend. “Beth, how could you? We don’t know anything about him.”
“And if we did things your way, it would stay that way.” Beth pushed the stroller over the uneven ground, making her way toward the sidewalk that led to the parking lot.
Lauren shook her head. “I know, Beth. I know. I just need more time, that’s all.”
“Time and a date with Big John.”
“Beth!” Lauren pretended shock and playfully hit her friend on the arm.
“Well, you do.” Beth dropped her voice. “And if you’re smart, you’ll let him get lucky on the first date and ride him all the way to mindless fucking!”
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The state Elections Commission says it’s giving municipalities the tools to implement electronic, instead of paper, poll books in time for the 2018 election cycle. Commissioners in June approved building an electronic poll book system and offering the software, at no cost, to Wisconsin’s municipal clerks, who partner with the commission to administer elections. The commission says it intends to pilot the system in at least three jurisdictions in the 2018 spring elections and make it available to all for the 2018 August primary election.
E-poll book use will be voluntary for each of the more than 1,800 cities, villages or towns in Wisconsin, each of which administers elections within its boundary. Last month the commission began to survey municipal clerks about how they think the new system should function.
… Commission director Michael Haas has acknowledged e-poll books present cyber-security concerns. U.S. officials reportedly believe Russian-backed efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. elections included cyber-incursions into voter databases and software systems in various states, including Illinois.

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April 16, 2023 by Marjorie R. Rogers, MA (English), Certified Consultant
No, it is not recommended to get your eyebrows tinted while pregnant. The chemicals used in eyebrow tinting are not known to be safe for use during pregnancy and the fumes from the product may also cause harm to a developing baby. In addition, due to hormonal changes that occur during pregnancy, there is an increased risk of allergic reactions when using any type of beauty products or treatments, including eyebrow tinting.
For these reasons, it is best to avoid eyebrow tinting until after giving birth and consulting with your doctor beforehand.
- Step 1: Schedule a Consultation with an Experienced Esthetician: Before getting your eyebrows tinted while pregnant, it is important to consult with an experienced esthetician who specializes in eyebrow tinting and other treatments for pregnant women
- This consultation will allow you to discuss any concerns or questions you may have about the procedure and make sure that the esthetician understands your needs
- Step 2: Discuss Your Medical History With The Esthetician: During this consultation, it is essential to disclose all relevant medical information including any medications you are taking or have taken recently as well as any pre-existing conditions such as allergies
- This information can help the esthetician determine if eyebrow tinting is safe for you during your pregnancy
- Step 3: Choose a Natural Tint Color That Suits You Best: Once you have discussed all of the necessary details with your esthetician, they should be able to provide advice on which color of tint would look best on you based upon your skin tone and hair color
- Be sure to select natural colors that will not clash with either one when choosing a shade so that the results look natural and flattering after completion of the treatment
- Step 4: Follow Pre-Treatment Instructions Carefully : Prior to beginning the procedure, it is crucial for expectant mothers to follow all instructions given by their estheticians closely in order minimize any risks associated with eyebrow tinting during pregnancy
- These instructions typically include avoiding contact lenses , wearing protective eyewear, avoiding direct sunlight exposure post-treatment , using only products approved by their professional etcetera
- Step 5 : Enjoy Your New Look! After following each step carefully , enjoy looking at yourself in mirror ! The right shade of eye brows has been achieved without putting both mother’s and unborn child’s health at risk !
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Eyebrow Tint When Pregnant Nhs
Eyebrow tinting when pregnant is not recommended by the NHS due to potential risks. The chemicals used in eyebrow tinting, such as hydrogen peroxide, can be absorbed through the skin and may cause harm to both mother and baby. Therefore, it is best for pregnant women to avoid eyebrow tinting until after delivery.
Can You Get Your Eyebrows And Eyelashes Tinted When Pregnant?
When considering whether to get your eyebrows and eyelashes tinted when pregnant, it is important to understand the potential risks involved. Many people who are pregnant opt for eyebrow and eyelash tinting due to hormonal changes that can affect the color of their hair during pregnancy. However, since some salons use chemicals in these treatments, there is a risk that they could be absorbed through the skin or inhaled if proper safety precautions are not taken.
Pregnant women should always consult with their doctors before undergoing any type of cosmetic treatment including dyeing or tinting eyebrows and eyelashes, as certain products may contain ingredients which can be unsafe for expectant mothers.
Can You Dye Your Eyebrows First Trimester?
No, it is not recommended that you dye your eyebrows during the first trimester of pregnancy. During this time, there is an increased risk of birth defects and other risks associated with exposure to chemicals like those in hair dye. Additionally, some women experience hormone fluctuations during their first trimester which can cause changes to the color of their eyebrows naturally; dying them could lead to unpredictable results.
If you need to change your eyebrow color during the first trimester, it would be best to opt for a natural alternative such as henna or a vegetable-based dye.
Can I Tint My Eyebrows While Breastfeeding?
Yes, you can tint your eyebrows while breastfeeding. However, it is important to check with your doctor before doing so as some chemicals and dyes used in eyebrow tinting products may not be safe for a nursing mother or her baby. Additionally, the area around the eyes should be covered during the application process to prevent any of the dye from entering into the eye.
It is best to wait until after you are done breastfeeding before getting an eyebrow tint since this could potentially affect milk supply due to hormonal fluctuations that occur when pregnant and/or lactating.
In conclusion, it is important to consider the potential risks of tinting your eyebrows while pregnant. Although there are no studies specifically examining the effects of eyebrow tinting during pregnancy, it is best to err on the side of caution and avoid any unnecessary risks. Instead, opt for natural methods like using a brow powder or pencil to achieve a desired look until after childbirth.
Ultimately, make sure to consult with your healthcare provider before making any decisions regarding beauty treatments while expecting.
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EAGLE NEST, N.M. (AP) — Ice fishing has opened at Eagle Nest Lake in northern New Mexico.
The Game and Fish Department and State [auth] Parks Division started allowing anglers on the lake Saturday after determining that the ice was safe for foot traffic.
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VPC Impact Acquisition (VIH) and Bakkt Holdings Announces Effectiveness of Registration Statemen for Proposed Merger; Set Special Meeting for 10AM on October 14th
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VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings (NASDAQ: VIHAU, VIH and VIHAW) a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, and Bakkt Holdings, LLC (“Bakkt”), the digital asset marketplace founded in 2018, announced today that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has declared effective VIH’s Registration Statement on Form S-4 (the "Registration Statement"), as amended, which was filed in connection with VIH’s previously announced business combination (the “Business Combination”) with Bakkt.
An extraordinary general meeting of VIH shareholders (the "Special Meeting") to approve, among other things, the proposed business combination, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, October 14, 2021. VIH will file with the SEC a definitive proxy statement/prospectus relating to the Special Meeting, which mailing is expected to commence on or about September 20, 2021 to VIH shareholders of record as of the close of business on September 14, 2021.
“We are thrilled to have reached this milestone and look forward to successfully completing the proposed business combination with VIH,” said Gavin Michael, Chief Executive Officer of Bakkt. “I want to thank our team members for their dedication, as we would not be here without their tremendous efforts. Now more than ever, we remain excited about the unique growth opportunities ahead for our business, and are laser focused on furthering our vision of connecting the digital economy.”
“Bakkt has an incredibly unique business model and value proposition, and continues to unlock new ways for consumers, business and financial institutions to participate in the digital economy,” said John Martin, Chief Executive Officer of VPC Impact Acquisition Holdings. “The company is a leader in this rapidly growing market of digital assets and has continued to advance its platform and partnership universe. As Bakkt becomes a public company, we believe there are significant opportunities ahead and look forward to supporting the company in this next phase of growth.”
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Best MC that I have ever read. Good Artstyle even with the action going. Better than your typical 'strong AF character' manga. I reckon that if you like reading those, you will ABSOLUTELY love this one. One the top 10 must read on my list.
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The song is called "The Fifth Heaven" by Emma Shapplin. As for the translation, I dunno, unless you know someone who speaks Italian.


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Strips of fabric
- Weaving consists of a warp and a weft. The warp comprises the vertical strings of the loom while the weft consists of the yarn horizontally interlaced through the weft. Take a piece of strong cardboard. Measure and cut ¼” incisions at regular intervals of ¼” to 1/8” on both ends of the cardboard.
- To make the warp: Take heavy string (i.e., kite string) and make a knot at one end. Stretch a continuous length of string across the cardboard. In other words, loop the string from one end of the cardboard to the other and back up again. When finished, cut and make a knot in the back or tape it to the back of the cardboard. Always leave a little extra string for knotting at either end.
- To make the weft: Think of a theme or a design for the weaving. The design is up to you! Use a variety of materials to weave in and out as you did with the paper weaving. Start with about an inch and a half of warp at the bottom. Make sure strips of material alternate with each row. Roll the material into a ball if possible and pass it through the warp back and forth for several rows depending on the design. Tuck the end in the back of the warp. Do not tie a knot.
- Tips: You can using the tapestry needle to weave. A ruler will help you if the warp so you can pass material through easily but you must lift every other string.
- When weaving is finished, cut any loose thread in the back of the warp but don’t cut too close to the weft.

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An Editor Lands in the Rough
McKinney, Russ, Washington Journalism Review
When Editor Henry Freeman of Delaware's Wilmington News Journal applied to join the prestigious Wilmington Country Club last year, he received recommendations from two powerful Republicans, U.S. Sen. William Roth and then-Gov. Michael Castle. Critics inside and outside the paper immediately cried foul, especially after Castle received the paper's endorsement in his bid for a U.S. House seat.
After political reporter Celia Cohen alerted editors to scuttlebutt about the letters in late October and a prominent citizen (the newspaper won't say who it was) complained to Publisher Sal De Vivo, Freeman withdrew his application. Cohen was then assigned to write about the controversy and Freeman called a staff meeting to explain.
The normal policy is to deal with ethical policies privately," Freeman says. "But I didn't want the staff to deal with rumors.'
Cohen, a News Journal reporter since 1978, says she was concerned that the letters might harm the paper's reputation. "The Republicans I talked to were mad because they thought Henry had basically extorted something, and the Democrats were mad because it looked like we were in bed with the Republicans."
Freeman insists he didn't ask Castle or Roth for support but rather pointed out to his nominator, retired dentist George Zurkow, the names of a few club members he knew on a list of several hundred. They included Roth, Castle, De Vivo, two lawyers from the firm that represents the newspaper and a local businessman. "As editor, it's impossible for me not to know the governor and the senator," Freeman says.
Zurkow asked each man to write "essentially a form letter saying they knew I was of good character," Freeman says. Both Castle and Roth have said their letters were "routine" and provided with no expectations of anything in return.
Nevertheless, the incident has caused strong reactions in the close-knit state and at the Gannett-owned newspaper, where staffers are weary from union contract negotiations that have dragged on for three years. …


US stock markets dropped sharply on Monday as investors worried about the impact of the coronavirus Delta variant on the economic recovery.
The selloff comes as the variant continues to spread across the US and around the world. Covid cases are now rising in all 50 states and some cities are once again considering or imposing mask mandates.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 725 points, or 2.1%, after losing 946 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 lost 1.6% and the technology-heavy Nasdaq Composite declined 1.1%.
Last week, Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the seven-day average of coronavirus infections had increase nearly 70% in a week, to about 26,300 cases a day.
That news came as cases are rising even in other highly vaccinated nations, including the UK, leading to worries of a broader economic slowdown.
Monday’s selloff was reminiscent of the market losses experienced in the early days of the pandemic, with airlines and travel companies falling hard amid fears of new travel restrictions.
American Airlines, cruise ship operator Carnival and United Airlines all fell over 4%.
“Much of it is related to the Delta,” Paul Nolte, portfolio manager at Kingsview Asset Management in Chicago, told Reuters. “There’s some concern too that maybe the economy is not going to open up as quickly as everyone thinks, and the big boom that everyone’s expecting is going to be more of a pop than a boom.
“We’re woefully off of breakneck economic growth, and judging by the activity we’re seeing we’re overestimating a lot of the economic reports.”
Despite recent falls, stock markets remain close to the record highs they achieved last week.


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How to decoupage furniture! Easy steps to use mod podge to add wrapping paper or scrap paper prints to your DIY furniture project! Great for inside drawers too! More painted furniture ideas by Refunk my Junk
LARGE made with copper tubing so it will patina. Attach glass beads (so they can take the sun) with smaller copper wire. Ooh. I can't wait to do this!!!!!
Beach Pebble Art Stone Pictures Up Up and by PumpkinandParsnip
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Pebble Art Flower on scrap wood that is painted, sanded and sprayed with sealant..also on ETSY in CRAWFORD BUNCH
.Love this board with clam shells made into a flower!!! Would look cute on our fence!
Do it yourself ideas and projects: 50 Magical DIY Ideas with Sea Shells
Nordic inspired Pinecone Trees with a light dusting of sparkly snow. Use one or group several together as part of your festive Christmas decorations.
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A heavy weight canvas with reinforced base they will make the perfect go anywhere bag.
Measuring 47cm wide x 37cm tall x 12cm
Handles sit comfortably at 25cm from the shoulder.
"Home Sweet Home" is the eighth in a series of whimsical hand-drawn Pen & Ink illustrations from the Studio of Curly Jo.
© Copyright Jo Kealley 2015
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Aided by a surging spot refrigerated freight market, national average spot truckload rates held firm for the week ended May 11. The national average reefer rate on the spot market increased to $2.15 per mile (all rates include fuel surcharge), up 3.3% week-over-week. Van rates were unchanged at $1.81 per mile while flatbed rates fell 1.8% from $2.19 to $2.15 per mile. To the numbers:
Trending Up: Houston (up 2.5% over the week) and Los Angeles (1.3%) were the only major markets with a positive rate increase above 1% for the week. Six of the top 13 van markets showed positive rate trends over the last four weeks.
On individual lanes, Atlanta to Columbus gained 16 cents (9.2%) to $1.90 per mile; Atlanta to Philadelphia was up 17 cents (7.5%) to $2.43 per mile; and Los Angeles to Denver jumped 16 cents (7.5%) to $2.39 per mile.
Trending Down: Seattle rates fell 2.6%, the largest rate decline among top markets last week.
Best Van Lanes: Columbus to Philadelphia paid $2.71 per mile last week. Atlanta to Columbus paid $1.90 per mile, a solid rate heading into the Midwest.
Trending Up: Rates increased the most in Miami (15.3%) and Lakeland, Fla. (8.5%). Out west, rates from Ontario, Calif., rose 8.4% while Phoenix rates increased 7.1%. These are all agricultural markets with produce harvests happening right now.
On individual lanes, Lakeland to Brooklyn gained 44 cents (15.9%) to $3.20 per mile. Miami to Elizabeth, N.J., also saw a jump, up 44 cents (15.7%) to $2.95 per mile. Los Angeles to Portland increased 32 cents (12.5%) to $2.88 per mile.
Trending Down: Salt Lake City rates dropped 9.8% last week, the largest decrease among top markets. Elizabeth outbound rates dipped 5.4% as rates rise on inbound produce lanes. Five of the top 14 reefer markets are still trending down over a four-week period.
Best Reefer Lane: Lakeland to Brooklyn paid $3.20 per mile last week.
Trending Up: Rates increased the most in Reno, up 17.8% over the week, and Tampa, up 15.3%. Rates in eight of the top 20 flatbed markets trended up over the past month. On individual lanes, Memphis to Dallas gained 33 cents (11.6%) to $3.18 per mile.
Trending Down: Cleveland rates dropped 6.3% last week, the largest decrease among top markets. Twelve of the top 14 flatbed markets are still trending down over the last four weeks.
Best Flatbed Lane: Harrisburg, Pa., had an outbound rate average of $2.89 last week for flatbeds, followed by Memphis at $2.87 and Savannah at $2.63.
Source: DAT® RateView (formerly the Truckload Rate Index) and DAT Network of load boards, which facilitates the matching of more than 60 million spot (non-contract) loads and trucks per year. Rates are national averages derived from the DAT Truckload Rate Index.


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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – A large proportion of dementia deaths in England and Wales may be due to socioeconomic deprivation, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.
The team also found that socioeconomic deprivation was associated with younger age at death with dementia, and poorer access to accurate diagnosis.
Dementia is the leading cause of death in England and Wales, even during the COVID pandemic, and is the only disease in the top ten causes of death without effective treatment.
The research, published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, examines Office for National Statistics mortality data for England and Wales, and finds that in 2017, 14,837 excess dementia deaths were attributable to deprivation, equating to 21.5 per cent of all dementia deaths that year. The team also found that the effect of this association appears to be increasing over time.
Corresponding author Dr Charles Marshall from Queen Mary University of London, whose work is funded by Barts Charity, said: “Understanding how we might prevent dementia deaths is especially important. Persistent and widening socioeconomic inequality might be having an unrecognised impact on brain health. Addressing this inequality could be an important strategy to help stem the rising tide of dementia.”
Various factors have been hypothesised to mediate the relationship between dementia and socioeconomic deprivation, including education, diet, vascular risk factors, stress and access to healthcare.
It is likely that poorer quality of diagnosis in more deprived patients means that they are being disadvantaged in terms of prognosis, counselling, planning of future care, access to appropriate symptomatic treatments and opportunities to participate in research.
The researchers say that although a direct causal relationship between socioeconomic status and dementia has yet to be established, deprivation could be a major target in public health approaches aimed at reducing the population burden of dementia.
The study has limitations in that it is an observational study, meaning that a causal link between deprivation and dementia cannot be confirmed, and there is a lack of detail on specific dementia subtypes within the ONS data which is likely to lead to incomplete ascertainment of dementia cases.
About Queen Mary University of London
At Queen Mary University of London, we believe that a diversity of ideas helps us achieve the previously unthinkable.
In 1785, Sir William Blizard established England’s first medical school, The London Hospital Medical College, to improve the health of east London’s inhabitants. Together with St Bartholomew’s Medical College, founded by John Abernethy in 1843 to help those living in the City of London, these two historic institutions are the bedrock of Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.


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A few days ago we had another rehearsal with Trondheim Jazz Orchestra in Oslo. A great experience to play with such wonderful musicians! We had written lots of new music to the orchestra, and we´re very happy with the outcome.. Looking forward to Molde Jazz festival this summer!


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4:41 | B-17 pilot Clayton Nattier had a great crew assembled as he readied to join the air war against Germany. He goes through the roster and describes all the men who would be joining him in the skies over Europe.
Keywords : Clayton Nattier pilot Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bernard Weinstein William Gregory Gerald Johnson Eugene Blaskoski Gerald Bump Edwin Block Cecil Richardson Max Kimmel Richard Edwards Ernest Lussier
His first semester at Kansas State University was going fine. Then came Dec. 7, 1941. Clayton Nattier knew that, if he had to go into the military, he wanted to fly airplanes, so he went to the airfield where Kansans could take the tests for cadet training.
Having successfully passed all the tests for cadet training, Clayton Nattier arrived in Santa Ana for preflight classes. The next step was primary training where he flew the Stearman trainer, a bi-plane. The site had been a private aviation school and was fairly luxurious compared to the next stop which was an actual military base.
The second phase of pilot training was called basic training. You flew a more powerful aircraft and you did acrobatics, which taught you how to recover from bad situations in the air. Clayton Nattier knew he wanted to fly the big planes, the bombers, so when he moved on to advanced training, he flew multi engine aircraft.
Transition training is the part of pilot training where you move from trainers to the actual aircraft you will be flying in the military. For Clayton Nattier, the move was a significant one. He would be flying the mighty B-17. The last training stop was crew training, where the men who trained in different disciplines leaned to jell as a unit.
It was the last test. Clayton Nattier's crew was aloft in a B-17 for their check ride, after which they would be assigned to a bomb group in England. The testing officer took them up to a higher altitude than they'd ever been and this contributed to an unfortunate situation which would separate pilot from crew.
He picked up a new B-17 loaded with freight for some bomb group in England, then Clayton Nattier flew the first leg of the trip up to New Hampshire. That's where the weather got nasty and he and his crew had to wait out several delays.
A new B-17 pilot was required to fly two missions with an experienced crew before he flew his own missions. The first of these for Clayton Nattier had him over one of the most heavily defended targets in Germany. He would return more than once.
The 306th Bomb Group flew in very tight formations. This greatly lessened the losses from German fighters, which faced withering fire from multiple aircraft if they got close enough to attack. B-17 pilot Clayton Nattier also had the luxury of his own fighter escorts, which were not available earlier in the war.
It was his sixteenth mission and, once again, it was Merseburg, site of a synthetic fuel plant. Clayton Nattier's plane had a mechanical failure so a substitute B-17 was brought to the flight line. Everything was fine until, as the flight neared the target, an engine went out. This was only the beginning of a disaster. Part 1 of 3.
Tail Gunner Richard Edwards was one of the first to bail out. When he landed, he was beaten by a German worker swinging a lunch pail. Pilot Clayton Nattier was trying to stabilize the plane while the flight engineer tried to put out the fire. Finally, they, too, plunged into the sky over Germany to face an uncertain fate. Part 2 of 3.
It was a long descent for B-17 pilot Clayton Nattier, who was barely conscious in his parachute. He heard a German fighter circling above him as he landed near a Luftwaffe training school. After the students worked him over for souvenirs, he was taken to a jail cell where a medic from the school bandaged him up. Part 3 of 3.
When he got to the interrogation center, he was placed in solitary confinement, interrupted only by repeated questioning. Downed B-17 pilot Clayton Nattier was determined not to reveal anything, not that he really knew much. After a week of this, he was taken to a train station where he was reunited with the surviving members of his crew.
Clayton Nattier was headed for Stalag Luft I on Germany's Baltic coast. His first three weeks were spent in the camp hospital, where he was treated for burns received when his B-17 was brought down by flak. The original bandaging of his wounds, which was done by a German medic near the site of the crash, proved to be a first rate job.
The room in the POW camp barracks was small but it housed eighteen men, including downed pilot Clayton Nattier. It had a tiny stove which was much improved with a little American farm boy ingenuity.
There were radios in the camp, built with bartered parts that the guards traded for D-Bars and cigarettes from Red Cross parcels. Clayton Nattier didn't have a radio in his barracks, but he saw the typewritten rundowns of the latest news from the BBC. He well remembers when the Germans stopped distributing the Red Cross parcels. It was just after the best meal he'd had as a prisoner.
Col Hubert A. Zemke was the senior Allied officer among the POW's at Stalag Luft I. When the Germans stopped delivering the Red Cross parcels that were keeping bellies full, he negotiated with the camp commandant until they were restored. Clayton Nattier remembers that, after three months with little food, he couldn't eat without getting sick.
There was no friendly interaction with any of the German guards, recalls downed pilot Clayton Nattier. They were just plain mean. As the end of the war neared, Col Hubert A. Zemke again negotiated a deal with the commandant which guaranteed the safety of both prisoners and guards as the Germans withdrew.
The German guards had fled in the night. The next day, a Russian tank was at the gate of the POW camp and, soon, a Russian general to go with it. Downed pilot Clayton Nattier recalls that the Russians wanted to remove the men to Soviet territory, but the senior Allied officer wasn't having it.
Newly liberated POW Clayton Nattier arrived at Camp Lucky Strike, where thousands of men like him waited for passage home. When his turn came, he rode in a Liberty ship, fighting seasickness all the way. He was soon in a luxury hotel in Miami Beach.
B-17 pilot and former POW Clayton Nattier reflects on the possibilities of escape and also on the psyche of the German people. Before he joined the 306th Bomb Group, there was some controversy in the unit because of heavy losses and the new commander brought in to solve the problems. Those events became the basis for the movie Twelve O'Clock High.
Bill Adair was suffering from the effects of a concussion when the battle for the Philippines came to an end for him. Along with thousands of others, he was forced to surrender and was facing the prospect of joining what would become known as the Bataan Death March. Then fate intervened in the form of an ambulance without a driver. Part 1 of 2.
Two engines were out, a third smoking, and they were were losing airspeed and altitude, but they were flying level and pointed home. Then time ran out for the B-17 and Don Scott had to slip down the hatch into the slipstream. Part 2 of 3.
When the field artillery unit got to England, they were camped next to a British women's anti-aircraft unit. Andy Negra was taking a helmet bath one day when the alarm went off and his bath became a shower. They crossed the Channel eighteen days after D-Day to join the war and headed toward Brest.
Bill Garrison was standing in a chow line when a man up the line suddenly dropped, shot dead by a sniper. That was only one hazard at the air fields in China; the others being Japanese air raids and infiltrators. (This interview made possible with the support of COL ROBERT W. RUST, USMCR (ret.) in honor of LtGen Lawrence Snowden & LtGen George Christmas.)
He bunked with regular B-17 crew members, but Bill Livingstone was a gunnery instructor who was there to keep skills sharp. He was also there to substitute for any crew member who was not able to fly. His very first mission turned out to be a memorable one. Part 1 of 5.
Andy Negra was with a field artillery battalion that was sent by Patton to subdue the Germans on the Brest peninsula. He was rotated through several jobs in the armored outfit during what became a mission of containment.
Bill Adair may have been the luckiest man in the Bataan Death march. With a commandeered ambulance full of casualties, he threaded his way through the ordeal thanks to luck and guile. At the end, though, there was a camp waiting for him just like all the rest. Part 2 of 2.
Hannah Deutch was a teenager when the Kindertransport rescue effort became her means of escape from Germany. England was taking in thousands of Jewish children and she got her papers in order and left. Right away, as the oldest one in the large group, she became the leader on the journey.
There were some things that Andy Negra saw in the war that really made him stop and think. German soldiers who were using horses to pull their artillery, both dead along the road. Newly liberated French villagers shearing the hair of a collaborator. These were only two of the striking images and experiences that stuck with him.
It was their third mission over Berlin and they were heading home. Four German fighters pounced on the B-24 and it was engulfed in flame and going down. Clyde Burnette fought for consciousness as the other crew in the back of the plane bailed out. He woke in free fall with no idea how he had made it out, and soon he was in German custody. Everyone made it out of the plane except George "Danny" Daneau, the nose turret gunner, who went down with the aircraft.
B-24 flight engineer Bill Toombs was over Germany when bad went to worse. One engine was shot out. Then an 88 round went right through the number four wing tank. It didn't blow up the plane, but they lost all the fuel for that engine, so now they had two engines out. They made a desperate run for Brussels, which had been liberated.
The American fighting man came home after World War II and just wanted to be left alone, according to Andy Negra, who had fought his way across France and Germany in a field artillery outfit. They were just young kids who went and did a job that started on that fateful day in December of 1941.
During one mission, B-17 pilot George Stamps was startled when another formation of bombers passed through his at the same altitude. That was scary but the Germans had something that was also very frightening, the Messerschmitt Me 262, the first jet fighter.
After a nerve-wracking mission to bomb Tokyo and a typhoon, B.E. Vaughan and the destroyer O'Brien suffered a second kamikaze attack which killed all three of his hometown pals who served with him on board. Then, began the grim task of collecting the personal belongings of the dead and preparing them for burial at sea.
He might dig three foxholes in one day. Andy Negra's field artillery unit was moving so fast, he would have to leave his newly dug hole and hit the road again. He got an amazing Christmas dinner when he reached Metz, then was sent to help at Bastogne.
Rufus Dalton was at the Maginot Line bouncing mortar shells off an old citadel. His unit was suddenly pulled and sent to take Patton's place in the line after the general was summoned to the Bulge. Once they got there, a fierce ten day battle ensued due to the last major German offensive, Operation Nordwind. Part 1 of 2.
Near the end of the war, the food supply in Holland had been disrupted and there was widespread hunger. Henk Duinhoven was lucky to be in the countryside, where gardens had been harvested. When he heard the sound of Canadian tanks, he knew that liberation was finally at hand.
Robert James was in the shower aboard ship when the alarm went off. He scrambled to his gun mount to man the 20 mm gun and then the threat became apparent. Kamikazes had broken through the air cover and were headed for the convoy. He heard some firing from another gun and turned around just in time to see a horrifying sight. Part 1 of 2.
It was a fierce week long battle for the city of Heilbronn. Even though they were only delaying the inevitable, the Germans weren't beat, yet. Forward Observer Rufus Dalton went into the demolished city looking for a rifle company he was instructed to find. It was an eerie setting with the city in flames all around him. Part 2 of 2.
Robert James was propped up against a bulkhead, going in and out of consciousness. The kamikaze had destroyed the starboard gun mounts and there were many dead and wounded. He was grateful when someone gave him some morphine to ease the pain from multiple shrapnel wounds. This was the beginning of a painful journey to healing. Part 2 of 2.
The men of the 92nd Infantry Division had to fight on three fronts. They had to fight the Germans. They had to fight the racial animosity of their fellow soldiers and commanders. And they had to fight Congress, which wanted to maintain segregation in the Army. Lyle Gittens made it through all that with an undampened spirit.
On his first raid in North Africa, reconnaissance platoon leader John Souther captured a hundred Germans with no losses to his own unit. His job in the 1st Armored Division was to be out in front with his eyes open, and he was doing just that when a huge amount of enemy was spotted. Rommel's big push had begun.
Wes Ruth was eating breakfast when he saw the planes coming in. He thought they were ours until the bombs started falling. As he drove frantically to his hangar on Ford Island, he saw the USS Arizona hit. The Japanese had made their move. As a photo-recon pilot, he was dispatched as soon as the attacks ended to search for the enemy fleet.
John Souther was on reconnaissance patrol when he nosed his halftrack up over the edge of the gully in the Tunisian desert. A round from a German 88 immediately tore through the engine compartment, but left him unhurt. They paid mightily for that shot. With his radio, he began spotting artillery on their position, under fire the entire time. He was awarded the Silver Star for this action.
The first operation for the 4th Division was the landing on Roi-Namur. Lawrence Snowden remembers that, though it was an easy victory, valuable combat experience and important lessons were imparted on the Marines.
When he had to bail out, Jim Wicker was literally sucked from the cockpit when he released the canopy because of his high rate of speed. He was just a hundred miles inland a few days after D-Day and the Germans caught him almost immediately. As he sat in solitary confinement waiting for interrogation, he was comforted by his faith.
He was lacking in points, having been drafted in 1943, so Andy Negra had to stay on in postwar Germany for a while. Finally he was allowed to return and he immediately went looking for the girl he met just before he deployed.

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BLAINE - When Meridian "settles for too many early 3-point attempts," as coach Shane Stacy put it, the Trojans may well experience a nightmarish quarter.
When the young Trojans make a few more patient passes and attack the basket, they can score at a clip that would put them over 100 points for an entire game.
That's the way it worked out in Meridian's 56-54 non-league victory over Blaine in a non-league matchup of Class 1A Northwest Conference boys' basketball rivals on Monday, Dec. 16.
By "early," Stacy meant too many possessions ended with hasty long shots. The Trojans (2-1) certainly wasted a lot of those while shooting 1 for 10 from the field and scoring only five points in the second quarter, giving the Borderites (1-3) the chance for a 26-18 halftime lead.
It was a far different story in an awe-inspiring 27-point third quarter, when the Trojans shot 10 for 15 from the field, including a pair of well-earned 3-pointers by quick 6-foot-2 junior forward Alex Martin.
"Shaun (Blaine coach Shaun Pile) did a great job of mixing up his defenses and confusing us in the second quarter," said Stacy.
Meridian's big guns - Martin, 6-foot-3 junior post Kyle Young and senior leader Blake Briones - scored 24 of the 27 points, and top reserve Tanner Tutterrow had the other three.
"The sky's the limit for Alex," said Stacy of Martin, who finished with a game-high 22 points while shooting an aggressive 7 for 19 from the field and 5 for 6 from the line. Martin also contributed five steals and six rebounds. "I wasn't surprised by Alex's performance in the second half (17 points). By the end of last season (on the junior varsity), he had become one of the best players in our program."
Briones, who had only one point at halftime, turned it on in the third quarter with eight points, including 3 for 3 shooting from the field.
"I just told myself I needed to come out with more energy and put the first half behind me," said Briones. "I've learned to do that - to not get down on myself."
Young, looking as though he could develop into one of the league's best centers, went 5 for 6 from the field. He scored in every quarter to finish with 14 points and eight rebounds.
Tutterrow and fellow junior Cody Bachman both hit 3s in a reserve role, each shortly after checking in to the game for the first time.
Blaine fell behind 52-39 in the fourth quarter - Meridian's biggest lead - but displayed its potential with a scary 12-0 run over a 4-minute span. Sophomore guard Josiah Westbrook, who led the Borderites with 14 points, scored eight during the run and freshman reserve Anthony Ball contributed two vital free throws.
But the Trojans ended Blaine's run and scored their final four points in free throws by Martin - two with 24 seconds left and two with 5.6 seconds to go - for a game-clinching 56-51 lead.
Sophomore guard Carson Knutzen hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for Blaine, giving him 12 points after going 5 for 8 for the night.
Blaine sophomore Shaquille Woods, a 6-foot-4, 300-plus pound post, displayed what more than one onlooker called "great hands" and unusual athleticism for a big guy with a game-high 12 rebounds in a reserve role from the second quarter on. Sean Herrig, a hard-working junior guard, shot 5 for 9 with a pair of 3-pointers for 12 points in an encouraging showing for his coaches.
Stacy also liked how reserve post Nick Rautenberg, a 6-foot-3 junior, gave the Trojans a lift late in the first half with a nifty layup on a fine pass from Young. Seniors Jacob Plagerman and Sam Chambers, both starters, were gritty in the second half defensively.
Briones has been especially impressed with Martin's improvement.
"Alex worked real hard in the off-season," the senior captain said. "He's really improved. We spent all summer as a team and it's really paying off."
Both teams will play their league openers on Thursday, Dec. 19 - their only league games until January. Blaine will host Lynden Christian and Meridian will visit Nooksack Valley.
MERIDIAN 56, BLAINE 54
Meridian 13 5 27 11 -- 56
Blaine 12 14 11 17 -- 54
Meridian: Alex Martin 22, Kyle Young 14, Blake Briones 9, Sam Chambers 0, Jacob Plagerman 0, Tanner Tutterrow 6, Cody Bachman 3, Nick Rautenberg 2, Brady Moore 0. Team totals: 19-46 13-23 56.
Blaine: Josiah Westbrook 14, Sean Herrig 12, Carson Knutzen 12, Ryan Randell 5, Cole Muder 0, Jon Fakkema 2, Anthony Ball 3, Ben Hodgin 0, Shaquille Woods 6. Team totals: 18-53 14-21 54.
3ptg: Martin 3, Tutterrow 1, Bachman 1; Herrig 2, Randell 1, Knutzen 1. Rebounds: Meridian 32 (Young 8); Blaine 36 (Woods 12). Assists: Meridian 10 (Briones, Plagerman 3); Blaine 8 (Westbrook 4). Fouls: Meridian 19 (Young fouled out); Blaine 19.


Supervisor Siller to give State of the Town report at the library
Supervisor Gerry Siller will present his State of the Town report on Friday, May 13 at 7 p.m. as part of the tradition hosted by The League of Women Voters of the Hamptons, Shelter Island, and the North Fork.
Offered as one of the library’s Friday Night Dialogues (7 p.m. on Zoom and in-person at the library) the tradition is being revived at the library as a temporary venue after being waylaid by the pandemic for the past two years.
Having first served as Supervisor from 1998 to 2001, Mr. Siller ran again in 2019 and has just been re-elected for his second successive term — both times with strong support at the polls.
As was noted in a 2019 Shelter Island Reporter interview when he ran again after so many intervening years, “Eighteen years later … some of the same issues he worked on then [in 2001] are still front and center on the Town’s agenda, including water quantity and quality, deer overpopulation/tick-borne disease and affordable housing…”
Truer words were never spoken as we look back on just this past year when the Town Board proposed legislation to transfer development rights on Town preserved properties; a new Comprehensive Plan was being written; the Town transferred West Neck Water District jurisdiction to the Suffolk County Water Authority; and support for a referendum on an affordable housing tax is discussed; to name a few. Oh, yes, and let’s not forget the pandemic.
As in any messy political process, things haven’t always gone smoothly — after all, there’s no shortage of opinions on Shelter Island.
Come on May 13 and hear about the supervisor’s perspective on how all these issues are being addressed by the Town Board, and as attendees, take advantage of the opportunity to put questions directly to our supervisor. For Zoom link, register at silibrary.org.


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Obimzy Record releases the official music video for Junior Boy’s joint with Naira Marley, “Money“, Dir. AvalonOkpe.
Junior Boy returns with the music video for his hit song, “Money“. He joined force with the street raving act, Naira Marley to dish out this street banger in 2019. J.Boy the Obimzy Record superstar was all about the Mulla and blessings (Aje) on this song.
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Amber Rose Reveals Her Favourite Sex Position And Time Of Sex
During the fifth episode of her talk show, The Amber Rose Show on Friday, July 29, Amber Rose revealed a lot about her sexual preference.
Rose began the conversation by telling viewers she recently cheered on Sebastian’s dad — her ex-fiancé, Wiz Khalifa — at his show with Snoop Dogg. As always, she asked the “We Dem Boyz” rapper if he could help her out with baby-making process.
“Now, you know that we have Sebastian together, and I really, really want another baby,” Rose, 32, confessed. “So I asked him for his sperm, like I always do, every time I’m around him. And I’m like, ‘He’ll probably give me some more sperm, so we can have another baby!'”
While chatting with guest and fellow model, Tyson Beckford, Amber also got candid about what she likes (and doesn’t like!) in the bedroom.
“I do not like morning sex,” she admitted. “Ya breath is stinkin’ in the morning.”
When Beckford suggested using “mouthwash,” she clarified her statements, saying, “Yeah, if I have a moment to get up and get cute, and you can get cute too … brush my teeth and get it all together, then yes, I can do morning.”
“But then any other time of the day is fine!” she exclaimed.
Beckford then asked Rose what her favorite sex position was, and before she could answer, a fan in the audience suggested “doggy [style].”
“Why does everyone say doggy because I got a big a**?” Rose chimed in. “I would say missionary. I feel like a lot of girls like it missionary, but they never admit it because it seems like you’re just a lazy f**k if you like it missionary.”

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I just bought a new special edition of Time magazine titled “Innocent.” Please buy it, read it and pass it on to others, so they will also learn the truth. It details how innocent people are falsely convicted in our country.
Maybe people who read it will finally see the truth: Innocent people have been executed. This large paperback might be what it takes to change our judicial system and kill the death penalty. It’s long overdue.
Maria Telesco, Fresno


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We can help you develop a more positive relationship with food, and to start breaking down the barriers stopping you from living a life free of guilt and distress around food.
Perhaps you’ve been put off seeking help because healthcare providers in the past haven’t understood the depth of your emotions around food or eating. Maybe you’re a person who’s been keeping a secret about how negative your relationship with food is for a long time, and didn’t think you could change things. Or maybe you have an eating disorder and know you need support – whether that might be a gentle exploration of ideas, knowledge, and possible food changes; or whether you’re ready to set and achieve goals to change the way you relate to food.
Some of the ways we can help you are:
- Working with you at the level of change that you’re ready to take on board
- Exploring the relationship between food and anxiety: what keeps the anxiety going, and how can you change this situation?
- Helping people to break the cycle of out-of-control binging on foods
- Working with you to “join the dots” and understand all the influences upon how you eat, what you eat, and how it makes you feel.
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^ And perhaps this is more prevalent on FXTs as #16 states. The truth is mine is no longer binding after going back to stock.
As I have mentioned having the same setup as the op with no issues under wot running through the gears and actually miss 5th gear more than anything cuz of the POWA lol
I think its more of an installment issue or wrong bushing.


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When Should I Replace My Spark Plugs?
Cars have come a long way over the years, but the maintenance component of owning a car is relatively the same. After you have driven your car a certain number of kilometers there are various recommendations that are made by the manufacturer. These may include the brakes, engine, or spark plugs.
Spark Plug Wear
Like other components of your engine, spark plugs wear out over time. The main reason for wear is typical with the electrode. If you look at a spark plug, you can notice one end is narrow and tapered – this is where the wire connects. The other end is bulbous, with a small metal rod coming out of the center, and a metal hook to one side. Normal use will cause the electrode on each spark plug to wear down. This causes the electrode to become worn, not creating any or minimal electric spark, which has a direct effect on the way the engine will operate.
When to Replace Spark Plugs
Many automakers recommend you replace the spark plugs in your vehicle around every 100,000 kilometers. Depending on your the way you drive your vehicle or the spark plugs that are in your Honda, this timeline may vary depending on these factors:
High Performance: if your vehicle contains high-performance spark plugs, it may be possible you will need to replace them more often.
Long Life: Select spark plugs are made to have a longer life. This means that the electrodes are not to wear down as quickly, meaning you should not have to replace them as frequently.
Oil Leaks: when you take your spark plug out, the base should be relatively clean. If there is oil, this means there is a leak. Not only will you need to replace the blown seal to stop the oil leak, but you will need to change your plugs more frequently because of contamination.
High Revs: High revving of your car puts additional wear and tear on your spark plugs, meaning you will need to replace them more frequently.
When you take your car for its regular maintenance check, it’s always good to have your spark plugs checked. Having your mechanic check these will save you a headache, especially if you’re not sure what to look for. It’s always a good idea to check a few other things under the hood when it comes time to change your spark plugs:
- Air filter
- Cabin air filter
- Belts and hoses
- Charging system
- O2 sensor
- All vacuum lines and junctions
If you can’t remember the last time you had your spark plugs replaced and you have driven your Honda more than or near100k, it’s time to have them checked. In order for your car to be running in perfect condition, it is important to that you take care of it and have it serviced. Book your service appointment today.


This article reports that Donald Trump has asked Sen. Jeff Sessions, (R-AL), to be his attorney general. The report’s opening paragraph states “President-elect Trump has decided he wants Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general in his new administration, according to multiple reports.” The next paragraph reports that CBS News first reported it […]
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From luxury golf courses, high-end home furnishings, extravagant hotels end hotels to his Trump Drinks Israel vodka and energy drinks to Israeli and Palestinian markets, Donald Trump stands to lose millions if his call to ban Muslims from entering the United States causes his Middle Eastern associates to pull their partnerships.
Already, one Dubai-based home decor retailer is freezing sales of its Trump Home products in more than 160 stores from Libya to Pakistan.
"In light of the recent statements made by the presidential candidate in the U.S. media, we have suspended sale of all products from the Trump Home décor range," said Landmark Group's Lifestyle CEO Sachin Mundhwa, in an e-mailed statement.
Despite Trump's demand "for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on," one business partner is standing by his side: Dubai's DAMAC Properties.
The real estate group is building a new 42 million square foot development AKOYA, at the heart of which is a Trump International Golf Course. There are also several Trump PRVT residences being built surrounding the 18-hole facility.
"We would like to stress that our agreement is with the Trump Organisation as one of the premium golf course operators in the world and as such we would not comment further on Mr. Trump’s personal or political agenda, nor comment on the internal American political debate scene," said DAMAC Properties senior vice president Niall McLoughlin, in an statement.
But there's no word yet from several of Trump's other business partners. In Abu Dhabi and Dubai, the Al Tayer Group opened two Trump Home by Dorya galleries this summer. The company did not respond to a request for a comment.
Trump's office building on Fifth Avenue also houses corporate offices for Qatar Airways, which brings Muslims and other travelers into JFK International Airport on a daily flight and announced plans to add a second flight in 2016. The Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority also leases space in that building, whose staff, according to their website, is focused on "attracting both culturally sensitive visitors and increased investment" to the capital of the United Arab Emirates.
The presidential candidate lent his name to the Trump International Hotel & Tower Baku in Azerbaijan, which brings him $2.5 million in management fees, according to his campaign's financial disclosure forms. He also disclosed royalties ranging from $1 million to $5 million for licensing his name to two Trump Towers in Istanbul.
Earlier this year, his daughter and company's executive vice president of development and acquisitions Ivanka Trump, told a Middle Eastern hotel trade publication that they're eyeing the area for more business opportunities.
“Dubai is a top priority city for us," Ivanka Trump told Hotelier Middle East. "We are looking at multiple opportunities in Abu Dhabi, in Qatar, in Saudi Arabia, so those are the four areas where we are seeing the most interest. We haven’t made a final decision in any of the markets but we have many very compelling deals in each of them.”
The Trump campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.


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UC Faculty Awards 2020: Colin Bischoff
College of Arts and Sciences faculty honored with Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching Award
As a Stanford and Harvard educated physicist, Colin Bischoff has problem-solving in his DNA. So when the assistant professor discovered a computational challenge in his upper-division astrophysics classes, it wasn’t long before he came up with a solution.
As data informing the study of astronomy grows exponentially, it becomes increasingly challenging for students to collect, synthesize and apply the information using traditional classroom methods. Increasingly, high-performance computing is required to convert that data into science. To compound the problem, with no computer programming prerequisites for the astrophysics program, students come to the classes with varying levels of coding ability.
Enter the Jupyter Notebook format. An interactive web application that combines text, figures and editable blocks of code, the Jupyter Notebook is a powerful tool for explaining data, Bischoff says. He first encountered the application in 2013 as a teaching fellow in data science for Harvard University, and selected it to help level the computational playing field in his Introduction to Astrophysics I and II classes in 2016.
Used in conjunction with the programming language Python, the technology is enabling students to elevate their understanding of physics and astrophysics by working through problems that would have been impossible to do using traditional classroom methods.
For this inspired application of computer science to the astrophysics curriculum, Bischoff has received the 2020 Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching Award. “The combination of Python programming language and Jupyter Notebook format that Colin has used is a promising option that will compound as it is adopted for other courses,” says Leigh Smith, professor and head of the Physics Department.
Rather than run the program on students’ personal computers—which often run the gamut from Windows to Mac to Linux systems—the classes make use of the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), a Columbus-based service of the Ohio Department of Education which provides access to supercomputing, storage and software resources. Use of the OSC not only provides students a uniform computing environment, but gives them valuable experience in using shared, high-performance computing systems, Bischoff says.
Use of the OSC has “allowed me to greatly increase the efficiency of my research … A large part of my success in research over the past year is due to the OSC, which I would not have utilized without the experiences I had in Astrophysics I and II,” says Joseph Clayton Peacock, an undergraduate who has applied these learnings to his Capstone class.
“I’m not trying to teach a computer science class, but this should at least let students pick up skills that will give them both a better appreciation for what astrophysics is, and also tools that they can take on to other classes,” Bischoff says. “A lot of our students are going on to PhD programs, and these are the kinds of technical tools that they need to succeed.”
Featured image at top: Assistant professor of physics Colin Bischoff, recipient of a 2020 Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching Award. Photo/Lisa Ventre/UC Creative Services
UC Faculty Awards
UC is saluting the 16 winners of our 2020 All-University Faculty Awards in a three-part series in UC News weekly through April 22. Beginning April 23, all winners will also be showcased on the Faculty Awards website.


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Title: Memoirs of a British Agent
Author: Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart
Lockhart, Robert Hamilton Bruce (1932, 1974). Memoirs of a British Agent: Being an Account of the Author’s Early Life in Many Lands and His Official Mission to Moscow in 1918. London: Macmillan
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The British worked with a number of secret agents in Russia, trying to get those who resisted the communist regime to marshal their forces to overthrow Lenin. The adventures of these agents created some of the classic romantic tales of spycraft in the twentieth century.
As an example, Memoirs of a British Agent when first published in 1932, achieved bestseller status, both in the United States and in Great Britain. R.H. Lockhart’s account of the years he spent representing Britain’s Foreign Office in Russia is still immensely entertaining and informative today. Lockhart was not an espionage agent; he was a diplomat. He was Britain’s Vice-Consul in Moscow, then Acting Consul-General, then official “unofficial” representative to the new Bolshevik regime in Russia, between the years 1912 and 1918.
Lockhart describes his attempts at rubber farming as a young man in Malaysia and the circumstances that led to his seeking a career in the Foreign Office. He was given the post of British Vice-Consul in Moscow shortly after joining the Service. In these memoirs, Lockhart gives us his insights into Russian culture and politics during the last years of Tsarist rule, the circumstances of Russia’s participation in WWI, and Russia’s descent into Bolshevism.
Lockhart came to love the Russian people and consider Moscow his home while he witnessed the last Tsar unwittingly ensure his own downfall and the succeeding provisional government inevitably fail. He gives an honest account of the errors in British and Allied policies during these precarious years in Russia. We get a close-up view of the eternal rift between diplomatic knowledge and political imperative. And we witness history repeating itself when foreign policies are adopted for political, not logical, reasons, and so inevitably fail. Memoirs of a British Agent is a supremely literate and insightful first-hand account of the fascinating and turbulent time in Russia that gave birth to the Soviet Union through the eyes of a foreigner who knew many prominent members of both the Tsarist and Bolshevik regimes personally. Lockhart manages to convey great sympathy for Russians of various ideologies while at the same time speaking bluntly of their shortcomings.


Wine Dark Sea
by David Chiu
These two artists may not have much in common stylistically, but their recently-released records are nothing short of challenging and compelling with the ultimate result together is something quite satisfying– making them two of the stand- out records of this year so far.
Brooklyn artist Jolie Holland returns with her sixth and latest studio recording, Wine Dark Sea, a work that is so steeped in atmosphere and imagery, evoking the old South in some respects through elements of jazz, blues, folk and country. Most of the tracks on the new record are like modern-day torch songs evoking moods of regret, melancholy and romantic longing — from Saint Dyphna (with that lyrical refrain: “Do you mean to break my heart?” ) to “The Love You Save,” through the sinister, sexy vibe of “Dark Days” and the haunting “Out on the Wine Dark Sea.” Yet through the world-weary murky point of view are silver linings including the whimsical and romantic “All The Love” and the uptempo “Waiting for the Sun,” the latter reminiscent of a Stax-like Memphis soul song with some stirring electric guitar. Adding to the sweet gloom and doom are Holland’s vocals, heavy the sultry factor with a bit of anguish and tension – like Patti Smith meeting Billie Holiday. Like the music of Tom Waits, Holland’s repertoire is a valentine to all the beautiful losers and dreamers out there.
On the other hand, Merrill Garbus, the driving force behind Oakland’s tUnE-yArDs, takes a more direct, in-your-face approach, as evident on the band’s third record, Nikki Nack. Its music is marked by dissonant electronic sounds; assaulting polyrhythmic beats and percussion; hip-hop, funk, dancehall, and African influences; and Garbus’ very soulful singing voice. According to a recent press band bio, Garbus visited Haiti and also studied Haitian drumming and dance, so it’s no surprise that those experiences informed the music. There’s something definitely something assertive and celebratory on a majority of the uptempo tracks like “Water Fountain,” “Find a New Way,” “Left Behind” and “Manchild”; the very catchy “Stop That Man” arguably has a Top 40 sound that could well as suit Katy, Gaga and Miley. Somewhat of a departure from the rest of the album is “Rocking Chair,” a rootsy and bluesy folk number reminiscent of something that Alan Lomax might have recorded down in the South. To casual listener like myself who is just getting into tUnE-yArDs, Nikki Nack is a bit all over the place– but yet in a brilliant and cohesive way,


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REA welcomes opening of Vivergo bioethanol plant But EU proposals to be voted on this week could jeopardise future investments
The decline in demand was particularly pronounced in Germany
33 Companies and 10 Associations Endorse Key Legislation
Exosun launches its new one-axis horizontal solar tracker onto the U.S. market with the opening of a subsidiary in San Francisco.
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The two associations will collaborate on building the small wind market nationally.
Schneider Electric introduces a Ul Listed 1000 Vdc inverter to drive high-efficiency and flexibility in PV installations
Nat Kreamer is an excellent addition to SEIA's executive committee team.
SolarWorld guarantee for glass-glass solar panel covers 25 percent more power than industry-standard guarantee for conventional panels
Value of addition to guaranteed power from 250-kilowatt commercial solar system could amount to an extra $25,000
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Solar sector sees $189 million in VC funding, $1.3 billion in M&A, in Q2 2013 reports Mercom Capital Group
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Indonesia will release radical cleric and alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings Abu Bakar Bashir from prison later this week, Reuters reports.
Bashir, 82, who was among Indonesia’s most notorious extremists, is considered the spiritual leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiah (JI) network. He was jailed in 2011 for his links to militant training camps in Aceh province.
Rika Aprianti, spokesman of the corrections directorate general at the law and human rights ministry, said in a statement on Monday, “Bashir will be released on Friday in accordance with the expiration date and the end of his term.”
JI’s stated aim is to build an Islamic caliphate in Southeast Asia. The group is accused of plotting several large-scale attacks in Indonesia and includes operatives trained in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the southern Philippines.
Its members are accused of orchestrating the 2002 bombings of Bali nightclubs, which killed more than 200 people, among them scores of Australians. An attack on the Marriott hotel in Jakarta killed 12 people a year later.
A senior JI operative believed to have made bombs for both attacks, Aris Sumarsono, also known as Zulkarnaen, was among 23 suspected militants arrested last month. He is one of the most senior members of the Al-Qaeda-linked militant group.
Bashir has always denied any involvement in the Bali bombings. A member of his legal team did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment on his upcoming release.
Security analyst Ridlwan Habib said that though Bashir’s stature has weakened, extremists may try to associate their activities with him to gain traction and boost their credibility. “Bashir is a senior figure in Indonesia’s jihadist movement, and it’s not impossible that his big name could be used,” he said.
While seeking reelection, President Joko Widodo in January 2019 had considered an early release for Bashir on health grounds, but scrapped the plan after Bashir reportedly declined to pledge allegiance to the Indonesian state ideology.