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The Portage District Library is a unique institution because like the city it serves, it should never have existed. Early on township residents wanted a public library however they were thwarted at virtually every turn. In one case they were told that Portage did not need its own library and that a branch of the Kalamazoo library would be more than sufficient. Not giving up, a dedicated group of individuals pushed on, and finally received permission and a budget to establish a Township Library. That would mark the beginning of an adventure that would take us from a Township Library to a Public Library and finally to the Portage District Library that you see today. The time-line below gives a small glimpse of what those individuals went through so we could enjoy the institution that exists today. Remember that the adventure is far from over. Who knows what lies ahead for the Portage District Library in the years to come!
The Portage Township Planning Commission is organized. A sub-group is created called the Portage Library Commission. This would be the forerunner of the Friends of the Library Association.
The Friends of the Library Association forms from the Portage Library Commission. This organization is still operating on behalf of the library today, some forty-nine years later.
Mrs. Vivian Belsky and other volunteers began to gather donated materials which are then stored in an empty house located at 7817 South Westnedge Avenue and owned by First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Kalamazoo. The building is offered for use as a library but due to fire code issues, can only be utilized for storage.
Though “building-less” the library receives official status as a township library through the efforts of Township Supervisor, John Plantefaber. This allows the library to receive a small budget. A few weeks later, the “library” leases a former classroom building on the grounds of the Western Michigan University Agricultural School located at 1525 West Milham Avenue.
The new Portage Township Library opens in the former Western Michigan University Agricultural School classroom building. The library is granted a two year, short term, rent free lease, by Smokler Builders who plan to eventually develop the property into a residential sub-division.
Due to the development of the property on West Milham, the library gives up the lease on the classroom building and seeks a new and more permanent location at 7526 South Westnedge within the Portage Shopping Plaza. The next thirteen years would be known as the “store front” years.
At midnight on December 31st Portage officially changes from a Township to a City. Along with this change, the Portage Library switches from the title of Township Library to the title of Public Library.
The store-front library was quickly outgrown and a thus a movement began seeking a permanent location that would offer the space needed for continued growth. The movement would be rewarded on July 25th, 1976 (almost thirteen years after moving into the storefront) with the dedication of the new Portage Public Library at 300 Library Lane. Speakers would include Mayor Betty Ongley and City Librarian Frank Hemphill.
In the new facility the library would continue to grow. One of the largest changes was the move from card catalogs to computer catalogs. The first system was known as the DYNIX. By the early 1990’s the library realized that it was outgrowing the now fifteen year old building so it was decided to expand.
The Friends of the Portage Library incorporate and receive 501 c3 status making them an official non-profit organization.
After years of planning, voting and construction, the dedication of the newly expanded Portage Public Library, 300 Library Lane, takes place ushering in a new era of library services within the community of Portage.
After a successful campaign, the Portage Public Library officially changes its status and name to the Portage District Library.


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Who was Ibn Battuta?
Abu Abdullah Muhammad Ibn Battuta was the full name of the very famous traveler commonly known as Ibn Battuta. He was born in 1304 in Tangier. The date of his death is still uncertain, but it is said that he died much possibly during 1368 to 1369. Ibn Battuta was a traveler, a geographer, the botanist and the man of his religion and law. Based on the situation he was sometimes a qadi and sometimes a judge. Nevertheless, he is known as the Morocco traveler and the explorer of God, His land, and humanity. His travel expeditions covered almost 73000 miles. And this experience mainly covered the Muslim countries. The journey included the Islamic world, North and West Africa, Syria, Palestine, Maldives, India, Turkey, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, China and so on.
He spent almost nine years of his life traveling to different places. His journey covered almost 75000 miles of Islamic empires, which was the largest area covered by the traveler of that time.
Why is Ibn Battuta famous for?
During the last years of his life, Ibn Battuta returned to Morocco and narrated many stories of his traveling experience to scholars and the ruler of Morocco. The ruler wanted to have a complete record of Ibn Battuta’s traveling experience and thus ordered the scholars to do so. The scholars of that time wrote the complete experience of Ibn Battuta’s in the form of a book, and it was called as Rihla, which meant journey. This book made Ibn Battuta a famous traveler of the world.
The early years of ibn battuta’s life
Ibn Battuta was born in the Tangier the city of Morocco, on February 25, 1304. He was born in a Muslim family, so he had Islam as a birth religion. Morocco was an Islamic state. He went to an Islamic school, so his early learning mainly consisted of Islamic law, reading, writing, mathematics and general science.
Ibn Battuta performed total seven pilgrimages in his life. At the very young age of 21, he decided to perform his first pilgrimage. He knew beforehand that he was going to face many difficulties on his way to Mecca but even than his quest for God and his orders did not feed away. So he continued his journey of thousands of miles to Mecca. It took him a year and a half to reach Mecca and to finally complete his pilgrimage.
On his way to his first pilgrimage, it was very clear to Ibn Battuta that he was very fond of traveling and adventure. New places, cultures, environment and new people always fascinated him. So he decides to continue his traveling expedition. For almost next 28 years of his life, he continued to travel to many different places and countries. He went to Mecca, Iraq, Iran, Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Maldives, China, East Costa of Africa and many more countries.
The last years of his life were spent in Morocco which was his homeland; he shared his experience with many scholars and rulers. He is still known to be one of the most adventurous travelers of the world.

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Immigration reform is not dead and Speaker John Boehner wants to keep House Republicans moving forward, according to National Review’s Robert Costa.
Costa suggested that members of the mainstream press who were pessimistic about the bill’s future in the House had a “case of Steve King fever” – referring to the congressman from Iowa who remains a vocal opponent of immigration reform.
Costa, however, indicated that House Republicans were not giving up on the issue.
“There’s a sense that because the right flank of the Republican party – especially in the House – is so vocal, that they’re somehow dominating the debate,” Costa said, “But I really tried to read between the lines in today’s meeting and I heard this from Speaker Boehner. He wants to do something on immigration reform, Paul Ryan was quite vocal and positive in the meeting about immigration reform and so I don’t think they’re ruling anything out.”
Costa added that House Republicans were not ruling out a path for legalization and that even though any legislation would be likely be a “long process” in the House it wasn’t necessarily dead.


Washington, Feb 12 (EFE).- Former President Barack Obama described as “pretty sharp” his colorful portrait by painter Kehinde Wiley, unveiled Monday at the National Portrait Gallery, where it will join the likenesses of his 43 predecessors in the White House.
At the same ceremony, a portrait of former first lady Michelle Obama, painted by Amy Sherald was unveiled.
Wiley and Sherald are the first African-American artists commissioned for official portraits of a president and his wife.
“I tried to negotiate less gray hair and Kehinde’s artistic integrity would not allow (him) to do what I asked,” Obama joked at the gathering in the Washington museum. “I tried to negotiate smaller ears. Struck out on that as well.”
Obama, who attended the event with Michelle, former Vice President Joe Biden and other members of his administration, avoided comments on current political affairs.
The portrait depicts Obama sitting in a carved chair, looking straight into the viewers’ eyes on a background of lush vegetation and bright flowers, an image that contrasts with the more formal representations of his predecessors.
Michelle Obama said she “was a little overwhelmed, to say the least,” when her portrait was unveiled.
The National Portrait Gallery, inaugurated in 1968, contains the only complete collection of presidential portraits outside the White House and started commissioning works of art in 1994 with George H.W. Bush, adding the portraits of former first ladies since the start of this century.


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I sat next to a woman in the lobby of the probation office. She was talking to a friend and the subject was her current boyfriend. Things were a little rocky for a few weeks, but had finally smoothed over after some heart to hearts. They had a unique history together. The boyfriend had slept with her two sisters and her daughter but she could see past all of that. It reminded me of a scene from a novel that’s never been written, nor remotely conceived because no other American writer has ever seen or heard what I have in these meetings.
The meetings are over and with this ending comes the end of my probation poems or whatever they were. Walt Whitman just took over and I let him guide me. I never tried to make the writing conform to any known genre. I became a poet during these moments, really for the first time, and produced poems that I know poetry journals will never publish because they wouldn’t consider them poems. That’s why they are poems.
We shall see if they ever see the light of publishing day outside of this blog. I wrote them to make sense of insanity and to fend off the cannibalization of my being.
We all shook hands and then I drove away for the last time, but I believe my mind will linger here forever. I developed a new, deeper empathy for people during my time in probation. I saw the debasement and destruction of basically decent people. I helped every way I could, from handing out clothes, toiletries, books, gift certificates and clarification of laws and processes. I was transformed into the person and writer I always wanted to become, but never conceived could possibly exist.
I plan to use what I have learned to serve in new ways.
Onward to the future.

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Chris Brown is going to need a special spot in his house for all of the Teen Choice Award surfboards he picked up last night. The R&B singer/actor picked up five Teen Choice Awards at the show, which taped at Gibson Amphitheatre in Universal City, CA Sunday, including Choice R&B Artist, Choice R&B Track(âForeverâ), Choice Male Artist, Choice Rap/Hip Track for âShawty Get Loose,â and Choice Hook-Up for âNo Air.â While Brown picked up a number of surfboards, the nightâs big winner was âGossip Girl.â The CW helmed show scored six Teen Choice Awards including TV Drama, Breakout Show, breakout male actor Chace Crawford, breakout female and TV drama actress Blake Lively and TV villain Ed Westwick, who plays the antagonistic Chuck Bass on the series. “Camp Rock” stars â The Jonas Brothers received six awards: choice breakout group, love song, music single, song of the summer, male red carpet fashion icons and male hotties. Will Smith stopped by to pick up three surfboard trophies â one for “Hancock” and two for his role in “I Am Legend.” The 10th Annual Teen Choice Awards will air tonight, August 4th at 8pm ET on FOX featuring a performance from Mariah Carey.
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What he dubs the BlackBerry N10 is seen here in some amazing images. The device is shown off from all angles and looks
pretty darn insanely real -- just look at the smudges on the back cover. These really have us wondering, that's for sure.
We still don't know just what the full QWERTY BlackBerry 10 device will look like (or be called for that matter) but we only have to wait it out for two more days before we know for sure. Check out some more images below and hit up Flickr for the full set.


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Dallas Buyers Club
Directed by: Jean-Marc Vallée
Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner, and Jared Leto
Genre: Biopic / Drama
Released: November 2013 by Focus Features
Running time: 117 mins (1 hr, 57 mins)
Rated: 15 (UK) R (USA)
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Matthew McConaughey headlines director Jean-Marc Vallée’s biographical drama centring on the story of Ron Woodroof, a Texas electrician who was diagnosed as HIV-positive in 1985, and who subsequently devoted his life to providing fellow HIV patients with non-FDA-approved drugs and supplements during an era when doctors were still struggling to understand the devastating disease. Defying his surprise death sentence, Woodroof set out to procure any and all non-toxic alternative HIV treatments available, and established a “buyers club” to provide the treatments to others afflicted with the disease. But that mission quickly made him a target for both the U.S. medical establishment and the pharmaceutical industry, both of which resented his defiance of government sanctions, and joined forces to shut down his operation by any means necessary.
To be completely honest (I don’t know why I wouldn’t be honest), I had very little interest in Dallas Buyers Club before the Oscars. I had no idea of what it was about, and I hadn’t seen a single Matthew McConaughey film (the only film I’d seen Jared Leto in was American Psycho) so it wasn’t until after it got both Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor and I did some reading into the subject of the film that I was interested and started searching around for the closest cinema to me that was showing it because my local cinema sucks. Well, only when it comes to independent films. I went into this film with a completely blank mind due to the amount of criticism that the film had received for Jared Leto’s portrayal as a transgender woman, and I’m glad that I did because if I hadn’t I don’t think I would have enjoyed the film as much as I did.
Dallas Buyers Club is the true story of Ron Woodroof, a Texas electrician who finds out that he is HIV positive and has contracted AIDS, which was horrifically branded as the ‘gay plague’ in the 1980s (it was labelled that by British tabloids but I’m not sure if it was in the USA). After word gets out about his illness, Ron is deserted by all his friends, fired from his job, and evicted from his home, as pretty much everyone he knows assumes that he is gay, although he contracted the illness by having unprotected sex with a hooker who had been abusing drugs. After having an awful experience with the drug AZT, which was still in the testing stages, Ron devotes his life to helping other AIDS patience feel better without using AZT or any illegal substances. While this film isn’t exactly an LGBT+ film, it does deal with the importance of gay importance, which has drastically improved since the 80s but still has a way to go and is definitely an important issue. I think the most important part of Dallas Buyers Club was seeing how Ron had gone from being a homophobic, sexist, racist piece of human garbage, to actually treating the people he was helping like human beings and being accepting of who they are and the fact that nobody can help the way that they are born. This aspect of the film is definitely what made it both heart-warming and heartbreaking, and it’s also what made me want to act out violently to the annoying middle-aged couple in my row who laughed at the most inappropriate of times.
Dallas Buyers Club is a very character driven film and although I can’t comment on how accurately the cast portrayed the people in the film because I don’t know much about the real story, I still do think that the cast is fantastic, especially the three main members. As I’d said earlier, I’m not too acquainted with their work and since watching this film, I’ll probably be checking out their other works in the future. I definitely think that both Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto deserved their Oscars because their performances were amazing.
Even though I hadn’t seen any of his other work, I can’t really imagine anybody else playing the part of Ron Woodroff other than Matthew McConaughey. He managed to show all sides of Ron and how he had managed to go from a generally unpleasant person so someone to cared about the people he helped. Another thing that I liked about Ron was just how fragile he really was. As much as he didn’t want to show it to anybody, he was just as frightened as everyone else suffering with AIDS and felt really alone. Obviously there is pretty much no way for me to empathise with him, but I truly did feel sorry for Ron quite a lot. Everyone he knew and cared about before he was diagnosed deserted him and just wouldn’t listen to his explanation as to how he managed to catch the virus, and it taught him about accepting people who weren’t like him and I found that to be an incredibly important element of the film.
My one issue with this film comes in the character Rayon, who is played by Jared Leto. My problem isn’t that she is played by a man (which is what the film received a lot of criticism for), it’s the fact that all the way through the film she is misgendered by pretty much everyone. She’s even misgendered in her presence but doesn’t correct anyone. It’s just not right that a character who identifies as female isn’t addressed as such by the other characters. Putting that to one side, I think that Rayon was my favourite character in the film, even though she didn’t exist and was created for the film. Similarly to Ron, she really showed just how fragile people are as she went from being confident and not particularly phased by her illness, to being terrified of what was yet to come and the fact that she had no control over her own death.
Overall, I really enjoyed Dallas Buyers Club. The performances were amazing and deserving of their awards, despite some of them being made up for the film, and the storytelling was fantastic. I’ll definitely be picking up a copy for myself when the film is released on DVD, but in the meantime I may venture out to the cinema to see it again. Hopefully there won’t be any annoying laughers there if I do go.

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Do I Have to Live with Sensitive Teeth?
Many people experience tooth sensitivity. It can make eating and drinking unbearable. Symptoms can include sensitivity to hot, cold, sweets, pressure and touch. There are several causes and the symptoms can range from mild to severe. Your Scottsbluff NE dentist can help determine the cause of your sensitivity and help find the right treatment for you.
Most commonly, tooth sensitivity is caused by the inner layer of the tooth (known as dentin) becoming exposed. This layer has little canals, known as tubules, which connect it to the nerve of the tooth. When these tubules are exposed, the sensation as you eat and drink can be transmitted to the nerve of the tooth causing pain.
Having tooth decay, worn enamel, broken fillings or fractured teeth are factors that can lead to an increase in sensitivity. Brushing too hard or grinding and clenching your teeth can also cause exposed dentin by initiating gum recession and wearing away the enamel.
You may also experience sensitivity from using teeth whitening products. Make sure to only use whitening products under the supervision of your Cosmetic Dentist in Scottsbluff NE. Professional recommendations will lead you to the safest products and help you to minimize sensitivity.
There are so many products available to help soothe your sensitive teeth. These products include toothpastes, rinses, and gels. Some are sold over the counter, and others are available by prescription only. It is important to consult your dentist in order to determine the exact cause of your sensitivity. It’s the only way to ensure that you receive the treatment that is right for you.
The truth is you don’t have to live with tooth sensitivity. Treatment is available to make you much more comfortable. If you are experiencing tooth sensitivity, see your dentist today for a solution that will control your sensitivity and help you achieve a beautiful pain-free smile!

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ID: MRFR/SEM/6709-HCR | February 2021 | Region: Bric | 111 pages
The Smart Beacon Market is expected to grow from USD 1,240.0 million in 2018 to USD ~25,000.0 million by 2025, at a CAGR of ~54% during the forecast period. The global positioning systems (GPS) receivers which are used for outdoor navigations are usually not suitable for indoor navigation as many times the signals are blocked by ceiling and walls. So, for indoor navigation, smart beacons are used that use low-energy Bluetooth technology to send signals to nearby smart devices. Smart beacons, for the purpose of indoor navigation, can be used in offices, retail outlets, airports, and in transportation and education industries for various applications. For example, in libraries, when beacons are placed near Bluetooth enabled smartphone with digital library application (App) installed in it, the result shows that when the smartphone comes in the range of a beacon, it displays the information related to any book on the smartphone screen. The demand for smart beacons for indoor navigation is one of the factors enhancing the growth of smart beacon market. With the maturity of cloud computing and IoT technologies, smart homes have become an important trend. Smart home automation solutions rely on different standards for wireless communication. Smart beacons have now forged their way into smart homes in a quest to digitize them after impacting various industries such as retail, events, and museums, among others. Smart beacons control the entertainment units, home appliances, thermostats, security systems, fixtures, surveillance cameras, and many more, through smartphones. Thus, growing smart home projects are enhancing the growth of smart beacon market.
Furthermore, in the logistics and transportation sector, as the operations are becoming large and complex, managing the mixed employment force is also becoming challenging. To remedy such issues, smart beacons are used, as they allow supervisors to objectively measure employee performance, set baseline work goals, and have real-time visibility into various operations. Thus, the growing demand for smart beacons in transportation and logistics is expected to drive the growth of this market during the forecast period. However, the limited sensing capabilities of Bluetooth low energy (BLE) technology is expected to pose a challenge to the smart beacon market growth.
Smart beacons are self-powered, small transmitters that run on Bluetooth technology and are used as a point of reference for mobile devices as they can detect Bluetooth-enabled devices once they enter into their transmission range. Smart beacons assist in generating timely and accurate data as they do not require any data plan to provide proximity services and can broadcast their presence to other nearby devices such as smartphones, tablets, computers, and sensors. These beacons can be used to broadcast advertising services and information for publicity and promotional message or events.
The smart beacon market has been segmented on the basis of beacon standard, connectivity type, component, end user, and region.
On the basis of beacon standard, the market has been segmented into iBeacon, Eddystone, and others.
By connectivity type, the market has been segmented into Bluetooth low energy (BLE), Wi-Fi, and hybrid.
On the basis of component, the market has been segmented into hardware, software, and service.
By end user, the market has been segmented into retail, hospitality, transportation & logistics, healthcare, BFSI, automotive, aviation, education, and others.
Based on region, the market has been segmented into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, the Middle East and Africa, and Central and South America.
The smart beacon market is projected to grow at a significant rate during the forecast period from 2019 to 2025. The geographic analysis of the smart beacon market has been conducted for North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa, and Central and South America.
Europe accounted for the largest market share in 2018 as companies in this region are adopting technologically advanced marketing platforms to capture the shares in the respective markets. North America holds the second-largest market share as this region is considered as the earliest adopter of this technology. Asia-Pacific is expected to be the fastest growing region owing to the growing traction of the beacon technology in the countries such as China and Australia.
Smart Beacon Market
Source: MRFR Analysis
The advent of BLE beacons offer a wide range of opportunities for companies to enhance their smartphone apps. The major companies always focus on scrutinizing the strategies of their competitors, scope the environment for emerging rivals, and stay several steps ahead of game-changing innovations and market disruptions to stay competitive in the market. Moreover, the suppliers of chipsets and sensors are emphasizing on improving the network capabilities and battery life of the beacons to enhance their value proposition for the users.
The key players in the smart beacon market are Estimote, Inc. (US), Aruba-Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company (US), Kontakt.io (Poland), Cisco Systems Inc. (US), Bluvision-HID Global Company (US), Leantegra Inc. (US), Gimbal, Inc. (US), Accent Advanced Systems, SLU (Spain), Swirl Networks (US), and Sensoro Co., Ltd (US).
Other prominent players studied for the Smart Beacon Market are Blue Cats (Australia), JAALEE Technology (China), Square Metrics GmbH (Germany), BlueUp Srls (Italy), Bleesk Benelux Sprl (Spain), Radius Networks Inc. (US), Resono (Netherlands) among others.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) :
For indoor navigation, the smart beacons that make use of low-energy Bluetooth technology for sending signals to the smart devices in the periphery are deployed.
Mounting demand for smart beacons for indoor navigation and the rising number of smart home projects across the globe are the main market boosters listed in the report. In addition, the rising demand for smart beacons in transportation and logistics also fosters market growth.
Smart beacons refer to the self-powered, tiny transmitters that are backed by the Bluetooth technology and acts as a point of reference for mobiles, since they are able to detect Bluetooth-enabled devices as soon as they are in their transmission range.
The segments based on components are software, services and hardware.
Europe has been identified as the biggest market for smart beacon.


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The FINANCIAL — Pfizer Inc. on July 12 announced that Prevnar 13 (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine [Diphtheria CRM197 Protein]) received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for an expanded age indication to include adults 18 through 49 years of age, in addition to the already approved indication for adults 50 years and older, for active immunization for the prevention of pneumonia and invasive disease caused by 13 Streptococcus pneumoniae (S. pneumoniae) serotypes (1, 3, 4, 5, 6A, 6B, 7F, 9V, 14, 18C, 19A, 19F, and 23F).
Prevnar 13 is the only pneumococcal vaccine approved across the lifespan, according to Pfizer.
With today’s decision Prevnar 13 is approved for:
Adults 18 years of age and older for the prevention of pneumococcal pneumonia and invasive disease caused by 13 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in the vaccine
Children 6 weeks through 17 years of age (prior to the 18th birthday) for the prevention of invasive disease caused by 13 Streptococcus pneumoniae strains in the vaccin
The expanded age indication now more closely aligns with the 2012 U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunizations Practices (ACIP) recommendations for adults 19 years of age and older with immunocompromising conditions (e.g., HIV, chronic renal failure, cancer), functional or anatomic asplenia (e.g., sickle cell disease), cerebral spinal fluid leak, and Cochlear implants. This is in addition to recommendations set forth by ACIP in 2014 for adults 65 years and older.
“This expanded age indication in adults 18 to 49 offers an important public health benefit as appropriate vaccination against S. pneumoniae is critical to reducing the risk of pneumococcal disease, including in those with immunocompromising conditions,” said Dr. Luis Jodar, Chief Medical and Scientific Affairs Officer, Pfizer Vaccines.
The FDA’s decision to approve the label expansion followed the submission and review of data from an open-label, Phase 3 trial of Prevnar 13 in adults who were not previously vaccinated with the 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23). The study, which was published in Vaccine in October 2015, compared the immunogenicity, safety, and tolerability of Prevnar 13 in adults age 18 to 49 years with adults age 60 to 64, for whom Prevnar 13 was already approved.
S. pneumoniae, also known as pneumococcus, is the most common bacterial cause of community-acquired pneumonia. Pneumococcal pneumonia can be classified as non-invasive when bacteria cause infection in the lungs but are not detected in the blood concurrently, or invasive when bacteria also enter the bloodstream (bacteremic pneumonia) or another normally sterile site in the body. While non-invasive forms of pneumococcal disease are typically more common, the invasive types of disease are generally more severe.


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India has decided to impose restrictions on PC manufacturers such as Dell, HP and Lenovo in an attempt to promote its own production.
India sticks to its 'Made in India' motif, plans to reduce PC imports and develop local facilities
Nikkei Asia reports that India has now set a condition for companies to obtain an "import license" from the authorities. While this move aims to make India a self-sustaining nation, it could adversely affect the tech industry. Before this policy, companies could directly import products such as laptops and hardware components without any obstacles. But now they have to go through long processes, resulting in longer waiting times for businesses and consumers.
As highlighted by the source, India's technology imports for the April-June timeline reached $19.6 billion, up 6.25% year-on-year. Every country aims to reduce import bills and with the recent wave of 'Made in India' products initiated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, this new policy seems relevant. Furthermore, the introduction of the new "licensing policy" will also benefit local industries and it is reported that Dixon Technologies (an Indian company for EMS) experienced a 7% increase in shareholding following the news of the policy.
Companies like Acer, LG Electronics, Lenovo and HP must now take further steps forward to facilitate their consumer base in the country. The government has also introduced PLI (Production Linked Incentive) scheme in India, creating a competitive environment among companies to expand their local manufacturing facilities. India has also imposed import restrictions on mobile phone manufacturers, and promoted in-house manufacturing, exemplified by the rapid expansion of retail chains and facilities of the Cupertino giant (Apple) in India.
Although the exact terms and conditions of the policy have not emerged yet, it is predictable that affected companies will start working on local manufacturing, which will take India a step closer to its target of $300 billion in annual production by 2026.
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The University of Calabar Teaching Hospital (UCTH) has said that contrary to reports in the social media that the hospital was a ‘death trap’ and that it allegedly caused the death of a patient on Monday, the hospital did everything medically possible to save the life of the man who was said to have severe respiratory distress.
Recall that social media was awash few days ago with reports with headline ‘UCTH: Deathtrap or a Hospital?’ but the management of the hospital described the report as ‘biased,’ saying efforts to resuscitate the man had proven useless.
The hospital management said the deceased had collapsed near a bank facility while trying to withdraw money from an ATM machine, and was rushed to the hospital but that he gave up the ghost despite efforts by medical Doctors on ground to resuscitate him.
In a press release made available to PillarToday, on Saturday, the hospital said: “A 58year old male patient was rushed to the Emergency Department of UCTH on Monday 4th May 2020, at 7 pm with a history of generalized body weakness and breathlessness. He had collapsed outside the hospital while attempting to withdraw money from an ATM along Marian Road, Calabar. He was subsequently brought to our hospital.
“On duty, that evening, in fact, was a medical doctor who was the patient’s personal friend. His vital signs at presentation were grossly deranged and he had an oxygen saturation (SPO2) of 53 percent. Please note that an oxygen saturation (SPO2) of less than 95 percent is evidence of severe tissue hypoxia and associated with a very poor prognosis.
“Records also show he was in severe respiratory distress with a respiratory rate of 46 cycles per minute. He was therefore in extremis with a very poor prognosis at the time of presentation. He was promptly attended to, and a clinical diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction was made.
“An intravenous line was set up; normal saline, adrenaline, hydrocortisone, and oxygen were all given and the medical team called/invited to evaluate him, while efforts to resuscitate him continued. However, he kept gasping and died by 7.30 pm, when all resuscitative efforts failed.
“At some point in his resuscitation, there were four medical doctors on this patient. The patient was therefore well attended to within the very short period he was in the Hospital. Patients with massive acute cardiovascular events such as this hardly make it even in the best centres all over the world.
“This patient was not able to talk and his history was given by his wife. We have insisted on an autopsy on this index case.
“The author (of the social media publication) claimed that ‘the shortest way to the grave now in Cross River state is to send someone to the teaching hospital for treatment.’ Our statistics tell a different story.
“There were 164,558 patients attending our Hospital in 2019 with 11,584 admissions. The percentage of our mortality rate is 0.5% when we consider total Hospital visits and at worst 7% when we consider admissions only. These rates are lower than the mortality rates of similar facilities (range: 9-30%) in Nigerian studies. Criticism must be factual and constructive.
“The Management of UCTH recognizes that some staff may not adhere to the high ethical standards required in Medicine and the allied professions. Bad habits cultivated over a long time may not change suddenly. We recognize that we are a work in progress, but are determined to make the difficult decisions that will create a modern health service for our people.
“Our staff knows that with this Management, there are assured consequences for bad and/or unethical behaviour, and there are no sacred cows. Clinicians and non-clinicians have been queried and sanctioned for bad conduct in the last one year.
“As a hospital, we are determined and will continue to work to improve our processes and systems for the benefit of our people. The author admitted that the environment is more aesthetically appealing. This was not the case 2 years ago. The result of working on attitudes may take some time to manifest. The good news is that the majority of our staff are decent professionals. We will continue to engage with our staff, train and re-train, motivate, and inspire while holding people to account until we create a critical mass that will serve our interests.
“As a Hospital, we are determined and will continue to work to improve our processes and systems for the benefit of our people. We will continue to engage with our staff, train and re-train, motivate, and inspire while holding people to account until we create a critical mass that will serve our interests. Members of the public are please advised to always confirm information before rushing to social media.”


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Renee Allen wasn’t surprised several weeks ago when Leslie Zemsky told her and other food truck operators they would need to serve at least one healthy option this summer season if they wanted to hawk their grub during Food Truck Tuesdays in Larkin Square.
In fact, the owner of the R&R BBQ welcomed the challenge.
“It’s something that people have been asking for, so it’s kind of a nice option,” said Allen, whose food truck first hit the road 3½ years ago and who last year opened a restaurant of the same name at 5952 Seneca St. in Elma.
When Food Truck Tuesdays launches its second season from 5 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, a dozen miles west from R&R at Seneca and Van Rensselaer streets in Buffalo, Allen will roll out a BBQ chicken wrap among her offerings.
She hopes to offer a different healthy food choice every week or two on Tuesdays.
As is the case with other food truck operators working the Larkin Square crowds, Allen submitted her recipe to the Independent Health Foundation, where it was looked over and deemed a healthy option.
Her first recipe flew with foundation dietitians. For recipes that don’t quite measure up, the foundation offers suggestions – mostly in the form of substitutions for some ingredients – before giving its Healthy Options seal of approval.
The healthful options will be clearly marked on the food truck menus, said Zemsky, lead organizer for Food Truck Tuesdays. She was pleased to be able to offer more eclectic fare to crowds she expects to see grow in size and diversity this year.
Up to 20 food trucks from the Buffalo and Rochester areas showed up on Tuesdays last year, and Zemsky estimates up to 30 will do so through Oct. 28 this year, including R&R, Chowder Up and Effortlessly Healthy. Arden Farms, an organic farm just outside East Aurora, also will sell produce Tuesday evenings.
“This has become a gathering point for family dinners,” Zemsky said, “a modern twist on family dinner hour.”
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Recipe was from the Bread Baker's Apprentice, mostly. Ended up making a LOT more dough than the recipe led me to believe.
I also probably had way too much oil, both in the dough and under/on the shaped loaf.
The crust ended up rather fried. Not really a bad thing, necessarily, but I can feel my heart clenching.
Crumb had the consistency of an herby oil cake. Not really what I was aiming for, but good dessert!
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When I love, I love fearlessly. It’s everything or nothing at all. There is no in-between. There is no holding back. I’m all in. This is beautiful; it’s wonderful—even magical. Because in a world that often feels full of half-hearted attempts, in and outs, in situations that leave you feeling confused, it’s refreshing to commit to someone or something. To make a choice and stand by it.
This is why, when something ends, it often leaves me deeply saddened at a loss—feeling like I am full of love that I can no longer give to what I thought would be “forever.”
This is also when I remember that just because something ended does not mean the love has to. Energy always flows. A continuous vibration that can and should be redirected to something else.
We have to stop thinking of love ending because love doesn’t end. It’s consistent.
Always present. Always in this moment. Emitting from within you.
Perhaps this season isn’t about someone else but about your growth, likes, dislikes, and the space you hold within this planet.
Perhaps this is the season you heal whatever you’ve tried to find in another being. Maybe this is the season you realize that anything you are looking for in another is found within you first.
Perhaps this is the season you genuinely feel at home within your own body. Truly comfortable in the silence of an early morning. Safe within yourself on those late nights.
Perhaps this is the season of self-love.
The season you don’t feel the need to say yes to someone else out of fear of missing out. Because this season, you know that the space you hold in the comfort of your own home is where it’s at.
Maybe this time around, you realize that the only way to feel whole starts with yourself. It starts by saying no to the person you know you aren’t interested in but just passing the time.
Perhaps you realize that in doing so, you are not only making room for what truly aligns and resonates with your soul, but you are also allowing them to find the same.
Maybe this season, you open up your heart in ways that don’t involve momentary distractions. Perhaps this season, you dive deep within and find a sense of warmth as you watch the hues of the sky change because you are genuinely fulfilled in ways that no one else can ever provide you with but yourself.
Maybe this season, you bring out the outfit tucked away in the back of your closet, waiting for the perfect time to be worn. Because of the mere fact that you got out of bed today, life should be celebrated day in and day out.
Perhaps this is the season you hold steady within while everyone else stops and stares.
Maybe this season, you learn to set boundaries without feeling guilty afterward. You understand that anyone who truly wants to hold space in your life will show you through their actions and consistency.
Maybe this season, you finally stop questioning yourself and go for it.
You say yes even when you are scared, especially when afraid of the unknown. You learn to breathe deep and calm any anxiety seeping through. Because often, the thought is more significant than the actual act. Because in doing so, not only do you teach your anxiety that it’s okay that you are competent, but your brain begins to make new connections that, with practice, help you show up in ways you’ve only dreamt of.
Maybe this season, you move your body with ease, fluidity, kindness, and empathy.
Maybe, just maybe, my love, this season, you realize that the love you saw in another being was a mere reflection of the love you hold within.

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Scientists at NASA are breathing a sigh of relief after one of their spacecraft almost had a devastating collision near the Red Planet.
Scientists at NASA were able to avoid a major incident near Mars. NASA engineers were able to get the MAVEN spacecraft to avoid an imminent collision with Mars’ moon Phobos by engaging its rocket engines, less than a week before scientists calculated a collision would have taken place if NASA took no action.
The MAVEN spacecraft is currently orbiting Mars and is tasked with studying the atmosphere of the Red Planet. The orbiters Odyssey and Reconnaissance are also circling the planet, but they are at a much lower orbit and at no danger of colliding with Mars’ irregularly shaped moon. But since MAVEN is circling at about the same distance from Mars, which is 3,700 miles out, scientists must keep an eye on it.
In this case, engineers had to quickly spot the danger and fire the spacecraft’s engines so that it would miss Phobos by two and a half minutes.
NASA said in a statement: “The Mars Atmosphere and VolatileEvolutioN (MAVEN)spacecraft has been orbiting Mars for just over two years, studying the Red Planet’s upper atmosphere, ionosphere and interactions with the sun and solar wind. On Tuesday the spacecraft carried out a rocket motor burn that boosted its velocity by 0.4 meters per second (less than 1 mile per hour). Although a small correction, it was enough that — projected to one week later when the collision would otherwise have occurred — MAVEN would miss the lumpy, crater-filled moon by about 2.5 minutes.”


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This fun and interactive workshop in playful self-expression will guide you to explore your voice through harmonising, body percussion, toning, singing and vocal and body improvisation.
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New fan game ‘Your Race to Dubai’ enables golfers to take on top tour pros in match play every week.
Golfers simply challenge the stars of The European Tour to a match play game and record their own scores using the live-scoring Golf GameBook app, then earn ranking points based on each match’s outcome.
Major winners McIlroy, Rose, Mcdowell and Kaymer are among the first European Tour pros available to challenge.
The pros’ scores will be updated automatically on the Golf GameBook app, so fans watching tournament rounds will know in real time whether they are up or down in their match play.
The app has been specially configured to automatically adjust for amateur handicaps as well as the different courses being played by the tour pros.
“Technology and social media have brought fans closer than ever to their heroes,” said marketing communications director of The European Tour, Tim Hunt.
“Now, with Your Race to Dubai, golfers can go a step further and compete week-after-week with the stars of the game playing on The European Tour.”
Each week, before a European Tour event, the pros available to challenge on Your Race to Dubai are updated, with 10 contesting that week’s event.
It’s fun that golfers around the globe can now play against me this week" – Mikko Ilonen These will be made up of five from the top of the latest Race to Dubai ranking and five additional wild cards.
Among the wild cards for the first week of Your Race to Dubai is Mikko Ilonen, a five-time European Tour winner including the 2014 Volvo World Match Play Championship.
Ilonen said: From my experience of playing with golfers in Pro-Ams, people get a kick out of going up against a tour pro and Your Race to Dubai is a fantastic means of opening this experience up to a global audience.
One Direction’s Niall to make PGA Pro-Am debut
It’s fun that golfers around the globe can now play against me this week. I have already been contacted by golfers at my local club in Finland who have been practising in preparation of challenging me, so there will be some pressure on me there!
The launch of Your Race to Dubai coincides with The European Tour’s flagship BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth, Surrey, May 21-24.
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The Bradley men’s baseball team played on an island last weekend in the team’s opening series of the season. No, that’s not a figure of speech – the Braves played on a literal island in Corpus Christi, Texas.
The novelty and beautiful optics of the weekend didn’t faze the Braves as they took two out of three games from Texas A&M Corpus Christi, which validated head coach Elvis Dominguez’s belief that his team is a force to be reckoned with.
“I was really pleased overall in the fact that we controlled the things that we could control,” Dominguez said. “We had really good starting pitching, played really good defense … we had one bad inning the entire weekend, and it cost us a ball game.”
The bad inning Dominguez referred to was the eighth inning of game one. The Braves held a three-run lead heading into the inning, but a plethora of walks from the young bullpen helped to squander the lead as Bradley ultimately lost 10-7.
Though Bradley won two out of three games, the first loss still left a bad taste in their mouths.
“Honestly, we should have come out of that series with three wins,” sophomore first baseman Luke Mangieri said. “It’s always nice to win a series, but it would’ve been a lot better if we swept, so there’s always room to improve.”
Mangieri, who reached base in his first eight plate appearances, helped power the offense in the following 9-5 and 7-6 wins. Though the entire offense wasn’t clicking, according to Dominguez, the Braves had “just enough” to get by with a pair of wins.
“I was really happy with the way we were able to manufacture runs even when [some] guys weren’t getting base hits,” Dominguez said. “We were just executing tremendously to try to get guys in scoring position, and the guys behind them did the job by bringing them in.”
The Braves’ weekend success hinged on the performance of players taking on new roles. Freshman outfielder Luke Shadid went 5-14 over the weekend while the new starting pitching staff, comprised of junior Allan Beer, sophomore Ben Olson and senior Eric Scheuermann, confidently mowed through opposing hitters, according to Dominguez.
Though established starters like senior Spencer Gaa and junior D.J. Gasso struggled a bit at the plate, the emergence of younger hitters validates the depth of the team to Dominguez and will be one of the major strengths the Braves have moving forward.
“I’m pretty confident with what we have,” Dominguez said. “You always have depth, but it’s about having guys in there that can do the job. Not only is it good for them, but it’s good for us that their hard work is paying off.”
Bradley’s depth has created multiple positional competitions, so there is still fluidity in the lineup. However, Dominguez said that’s what the early games are for – figuring out their ideal lineup.
The Braves will continue to search for the perfect lineup this weekend against Tennessee Tech. Bradley begins play in Cookeville, Tennessee at 3 p.m. today.


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What you'll think of our group now undertaking the initiative to start delivering local programming from Caribbean TV stations to viewers living outside of the Caribbean region? The Caribbean shows will be made available on TV sets, Computers and Mobile devices! Your feedback is appreciated in this discussion.
Also we will like you'll to participate in our brief survey and feel free to pass it along to others!
It would be wondeful to receive Caribbean TV. So many Caribbeans are abroad, its about time. You should be able to get advertisements from many sources especially in the tourist industry.
Thanks, Josephine. Right now we are running a brief survey for potential viewers living outside the Caribbean region...i would be nice if you take a minute or 2 to participate and also forward it to others:-
We're still in the planning phase of the pilot program where the infrastructure is already in place now we in talks with the TV stations in Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Jamaica.
Hope others can join this discussion cuase everyone views are important.
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I know Mother’s Day was a while back, but this project doesn’t have to be specifically for Mother’s Day, but maybe a birthday or even for no occasion. I used an existing apron as a pattern and made my own bias tape for the ties. Oh and there is a pocket in the middle of it.
This is a really easy project to do, all you need is about 2mtrs of fabric, measuring tape, matching thread, an apron to use as a base and an iron.
This classic autumn collection has designs inspired by the Scottish countryside.
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The embroidered section is backed with iron-on fabric to prevent irritation/rubbing.
Size 20. Length from shoulder to hem is 26.2 inches, width from armpit to armpit is 21 inches.
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Cessna Skylane 62 (oz5923)
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Cessna Skylane 62. Scale model for RC. Wingspan 62 in, wing area 540 sq in, for .35 - .45 engines. Kit #G-27.
Quote: "Not surprisingly, when it took to the air, the familiar characteristics of smooth and easy flying, coupled with great load carrying ability, were repeated. The first ship was flown on rudder, elevator/ and engine. Response to rudder was strong, showing that with its great inherent stability the ship can definitely be flown on rudder-only. In this configuration, weight should be in the vicinity of 4 lbs, and a good 19 would be adequate power for sport flying. Our prototypes have an OS Max 35S R/C, which has plenty of reserve power for the ship's 5 lb. weight with multi equipment. One of the most enjoyable aspects of using this engine, besides its easy starting, was the way you could let it idle for minutes at a time while the ship cruised around at altitude, slowly descending, and then opening the throttle which showed to the surprise of onlookers that the engine was still there and ready to deliver."
Quote: "This is the Skylane that Carl Goldberg made which was based on his extremely successful 42in version. He once stated that he had hundreds of requests for this model. It took him some time to develop the kit but finally, around 1967 or 1968 he launched it. It was an immediate success!! Excellent flyer and very attractive although it is just semi-scale. This plan was extremely difficult to get but finally. we have it".
Update 10/04/2018: Added kit review from Radio Modeller February 1968, thanks to RFJ.
Update 22/05/2018: Added additional kit review, from RCM&E May 1969, thanks to RFJ.
Update 18/9/2023: Added alternate plan (and parts sheet) thanks to Eduardo. This shows the complete span wing and fuselage layout on a single sheet. Note this is a large filesize at 13.5 MB. Greyscale format, at 102.3 dpi.
Quote: "This is a restored version of the beautiful Cessna Skylane 62, a kit by Carl Goldberg, made a long time ago but still very popular. The plan includes my history behind this restoration of this classic model. EDUARDO"
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User commentsThis plans are manipulated in such way that the dimensions horizontally are good but vertically are wrong it needs to adjust vertically 10% bigger.
anon - 16/02/2017
I think you're right. Checking to compare width and height of the main wheel, it does look distorted.
SteveWMD - 16/02/2017
Cessna Skylane 62 on floats, built from Goldberg kit, ST 46 engine, flaps, Kraft radio, (1975) [more pics 003].
JesusAbellan - 28/02/2017
I had this kit when I was a kid, I noticed the main wheels seemed distorted like this on the original plans. I think the dimensions on this set is correct.
ChrisS - 22/04/2017
I have these plans and they are correct horizontally, but vertically they are off just a bit. Not sure if it's 10% or just less though.
anon - 05/09/2017
Hello, I live in Switzerland, this is my Skylane 62, it's a vintage kit [main pic, 004,005]. The engine is an OS Max 40 which is a little too powerful for the model. It was restored in winter 2019/2020, it is waiting for the end of the Coronavirus to make its first flight. It will fly with my Robbe (Futaba) Digital 6 radio from 1974, converted to 2.4ghz.
Jean-Michel Baertschi - 11/05/2020
Stunning plans. There are slight discrepancies so one needs to be careful and triple check before giving parts final cuts. We are just in the process of building it with my son. We have managed to secure OS35 R/C engine which is exactly what's suggested. Looking forward to flying it!
AR3 - 17/10/2021
Not the best photo, but the Skylane was a great model [pics 007]. Very scale appearance and flying characteristics. Build it light, and you could probably soar with it, power off! I built this circa 1974-5. OS 35.
HobiePilot - 10/03/2023
In the process of building it with my son and plans are slightly distorted and about 10% less vertically; still possible to make up all those differences if one does not religiously sticks to all measurements directly of the plan.
Amazing drawings (Mr Goldberg!) and such a beautiful ability to pass the step-by-step knowledge and instruction in a just few words! Dying Art.
RA3 - 20/04/2023
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Serotonin is an extremely important neurotransmitter that is essential to our survival. Serotonin plays a role in mood, behavior, body temperature, physical coordination, appetite and sleep. Derived from the amino acid tryptophan, serotonin can also be converted by the brain into melatonin.
Serotonin is a precursor to the body’s rendering of melatonin. Melatonin is a hormone released by the brain’s pineal gland to quiet and reset the part of the brain that directs circadian cycles to prepare for sleep.
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This solid sheesham wood console table is stylish as well as practical. It can be also used as sideboard, high-board or console cabinet. The elegant design will make this console table the focal point of any room. It has a sturdy top, on which you can place decorative items like fruit baskets or vases. Its 3 spacious drawers offer you extra storage space for small items like keys, DVDs, notepads, pens, and other knick-knacks. The furniture is handmade out of solid wood, and has the characteristics of different types of wood like hardwood, palisander and sheesham wood. It's fully handmade, and the beautiful wood grains make every piece of furniture unique and slightly different from each other. The strong wooden legs contribute to the sturdy construction.
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Alice Theobald and Atomik Architecture, It’s not who you are, it’s how you are, 2015, mixed media, dimensions variable.
A collaborative project by Alice Theobald
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, It’s not who you are, it’s how you are
, 2015, operates on different levels—quite literally. Mixing sound, video, and performance, the temporary structure they conceived together is composed of a sinuous black platform abutting four cylindrical, timber-framed towers lined with duvets. This immersive site-specific installation occupies a single, lofty gallery, and its hypnotic recorded sound track permeates the entire building.
Visitors are channeled along a circular route at ground level as they walk in and out of the towers, minimally furnished to look like a stage set. On the platform, two performers, from a cast of fifteen working in shifts, operate video cameras, whose feeds of the audience and surroundings are projected live at different heights onto the towers. When not on tech duty, the actors are performing ordinary actions and gestures: sitting, daydreaming, putting on a dressing gown, or occasionally lip-synching the script and singing variations on the show’s title, which is inscribed in one fluid line slightly above eye level within the towers.
Effectively blurring disciplinary boundaries, Theobald and Atomik Architecture’s multifaceted artwork perfectly illustrates the concept of performance architecture, a field mapped out by curator and architect Pedro Gadanho. Modeled on performance art, the term, as he sees it, applies to temporary, open structures built using ephemeral materials, with a focus on the body. Nothing if not vertigo-inducing, this theatrical, highly artificial scenario succeeds in making us acutely aware of how built environments construct and program our behavior.


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A 42-year-old Skokie man has been charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon after he was stopped for a traffic violation in Evanston.
Police Cmdr. Ryan Glew says officers on patrol near Dodge Avenue and Mulford Street about 7:45 p.m. Friday saw a white BMW fail to signal for a turn.
After stopping the car in the 400 block of Dodge, Glew says, one of the officers asked the driver, Lanseal Swaby, of 4901 Crain St., if there were any weapons in the vehicle.
Swaby, Glew says, informed the officer that he had a handgun inside a cross body bag that was within the driver’s reach.
The officer then asked Swaby to exit the vehicle and he complied. Glew says the officer then recovered a loaded 9 mm Glock 19 handgun from the bag.
Swaby, Glew says, had a firearm owners ID card but no concealed carry license.
He was charged with aggravated unlawful use of a weapon and released on a $3,000D bond. He’s due back at the Skokie courthouse at 1:30 p.m. on Aug. 16.


Google’s new Chromecast with Google TV was formally revealed at the company’s launch night event, but there’s one notable caveat: you can’t power it with your TV’s USB port. Unlike prior Chromecasts, this simply sucks too much power, so you’ll need to empty another outlet behind the entertainment center.
Note all the fine print below: “Chromecast with Google TV …. requires a nearby electrical outlet.”
Google stated that “a nearby electrical outlet” would be a requirement during its stream (in fine print at the bottom of the screen during a specific scene), and we have separately confirmed in our own testing that the Chromecast is a warning Gives message when you supply very little power. AP’s own Ryan Whatwam ran into the issue trying to use his TV’s USB port as a power source for the dongle: it simply couldn’t spit enough.
Google’s published specs don’t say how much power it needs, but most TVs have trouble pushing USB ports to a previous VV5V, and odds are there are yours, too, so you have to There should be a plan to create another way to plug in. Comes with a sufficiently powerful wall wart; You just need somewhere to plug it in.


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OXFORD -- The Miami men’s basketball team can go into the holiday break on a winning note.
The RedHawks (6-5) ended the non-conference portion of their schedule on Tuesday with a not-surprising 80-56 win over the Division III Spalding Golden Knights at Millett Hall.
The RedHawks, who opened the season with a 72-69 upset of Georgia Tech, snapped a five-game losing streak and avoided their longest slump since a nine-game losing streak in the 2015-2016 season while improving to 5-2 on their home court.
“We’ve been close,” said fifth-year Miami coach Jack Owens, who used 13 players. “We’ve had some bumps in the road. We had good focus and were able to play a lot of guys.”
Seniors Precious Ayah and Isaiah Coleman-Lands shared Miami’s scoring lead, each with 14 points. Senior guard Mekhi Lairy added 12 for the RedHawks. The 6-foot-6 Ayah went 6-of-7 from the field.
Junior guard Dae Dae Grant scored 10 points and set a single-game career high with nine rebounds while tying his career high with eight assists.
After allowing Bellarmine to shoot 66.7 percent from the field in the second half of a 77-68 loss on Saturday, Miami’s defense limited Spalding to 36.8 percent shooting (21-of-57) in the game on Tuesday. That includes 7.1 percent (1-for-14) on 3-pointers. The RedHawks shot 48.4 percent (31-of-64), including 32.1 (9-for-28) on 3-pointers, while outrebounding the Golden Knights, 41-30.
Tuesday’s game was Miami’s first against Louisville-based Spalding (2-8), which competes in the St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The visiting Golden Knights have lost four straight games. Tuesday’s game was their first since Dec. 8.
Miami is scheduled to open its Mid-American Conference schedule at Buffalo on Dec. 29. The RedHawks are due to open their home conference schedule on Jan. 1 against Central Michigan. Tipoff is set for 3:30 p.m. as the nightcap of a men’s-women’s doubleheader that opens with a 1 p.m. women’s game against Buffalo.
Buffalo’s men’s team was 6-4 going into a Tuesday night game against California-Irvine.
“It’s always good to snap a losing streak, especially at home,” Lairy said. “Now we get a break. Then we have to come back strong and go to work and get ready for Buffalo.
“It’s conference play. You have to be ready every single night. It’s a clean slate – a new season. That’s just what (Owens) said in the locker room.”
Miami lost to Buffalo three times last season, including in the first round of the MAC Tournament.
“We’re excited to start the conference season,” Owens said. “We’re 0-0. Buffalo is going to be a big game for us.”
The RedHawks never trailed in Tuesday’s rare afternoon game, attended by 722 fans. They were tied just once at 2-2 before taking command with an early 15-1 run. The 6-foot Coleman-Lands went 4-for-4 on 3-pointers and scored 12 points to lead Miami to a 46-23 halftime lead. He finished the first half with single-game season highs in points and 3-pointers.
“Our guys came out with a good mindset,” said Owens, who was happy to see his team not overlook a struggling Division III squad. “They were pumped up. It was a good test for us. Now, we’re looking forward to league play.”
Lairy added nine points before halftime, helping the RedHawks lead by as many as 26 points, 36-10, with 4:47 left in the first half.
The Golden Knights didn’t help themselves by misfiring on their first six 3-point attempts before finally sinking their seventh. Miami led by as many as 31 points early in the second half.
“We executed our game plan,” Lairy said. “We had 10 turnovers, so we have to clean that up, but we moved the ball. We played for the team.”
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2020 Road Trip Summary, in brief
It’s time for me to climb new peaks, personally and professionally.
The day after I left Grommet, I called my close friend Anne Fahey and asked, “Are you up for a road trip in September?” Anne and I have known each other since age 17 and shared every point of our adult lives. It made sense to share this adventure too.
In fact, the only other major US road trip I ever took was with Anne. In 1981 we travelled from Ann Arbor to Chapel Hill–to drop off our pal Claudia at med school. It was time to get back on the open road!
I’ve always wanted to hike the Colorado Rockies, so that was a starting point.
Trip by the numbers:
- 28 days (9/11-10-9)
- 19 different beds
- One plane, two rental cars, three boats, one Segway
- 3,176 miles travelled and 90 hours behind the wheel
- Longest gap between meals: 24 hours
- 424 sanitizer wipes used
- 163 or 185 miles walked–depending on whose fitness counter you believe
- 37 oldie but goodie stories retold
- 17 Grommets packed and used
- 80 mph speed limit through much of CO, WY and SD (hard to slow down after enjoying that)
- Colorado: Breckenridge, Vail, Steamboat Springs, Grand Lake, Estes Park, Boulder, Denver. (Hiked 11 out of 12 days in Colorado.)
- Wyoming: Laramie and Devil’s Tower
- South Dakota: Black Hills/Custer State Park and Badlands/Scenic
- Minnesota: Minneapolis
- Wisconsin: Bayfield/Lake Superior/Fruit Loop Tour
- Michigan: Munising/Upper Peninsula, Mackinaw City/Dark Sky Park, Midland, Ann Arbor
- Ohio: Cleveland
- New Jersey: Princeton
- Massachusetts: Boston
The best sight: A mother moose and her calf in Grand Lake, CO
The best event: Buffalo Roundup in Custer State Park, South Dakota–always the last Friday in September
The best experience: cycling in the Badlands of South Dakota
Best hike: Sky Pond in Rocky Mountain National Park
Best foliage: Aspens in Dillon, CO, maples of Midland, MI and Western Pennsylvania (en route to New Jersey)
Best tourist site: Wyoming Territorial Prison
Biggest tourist trap/disappointment: Wall Drug. We actually needed drugstore type stuff when we visited, but it was just a sea of gee-gaws and very little drug store product. But, hey, the bison burgers and doughnuts were good.
The best meal (went there twice): Bird and Jim in Estes Park (especially the Rocky Mountain Trout)
The best (and only) happy hour meal: Uchi in Denver (mind blowing and affordable sushi)
The single best thing I ate: a heavenly biscuit at Circle View Ranch in Scenic, South Dakota I inhaled it too quickly to take a photo, but take my word for it. World class.
Best Coffee: WonderState in Bayfield, WI
Best breakfast: Snooze in Denver (a flight of pancakes)
The scariest night: Lake Ranch in Devil’s Tower (Hulett, Wyoming)
The most surprising places:
- George Floyd’s Minneapolis neighborhood—stable middle-class homes (I guess I expected a rougher place with hopped up cops looking for trouble)
- Midland, Michigan–so many natural and cultural amenities
Best quirky shopping: vintage stuff in Laramie, WY (but I forgot about Matthew Sheppard when we were there…and would have had trouble enjoying myself if had remembered that tragedy.)
Best boutique shopping: Joanne’s Scandinavian in Bayfield, Wisconsin
Best rural art: Metal signs at ranches in CO, WY and SD
Best Urban Art: This mural that went up within two days of RBG’s passing, in Denver’s RiCo neighborhood.
Most listened to podcast: Hacks on Tap
Most used apps:
- Trail Finder
- Hiking Project
- Trip Advisor
- Apple Podcasts
- Dark Sky
- Google Maps
Best handling of COVID protocols: State of Colorado, Southwest Airlines, and the chain hotels
Worst handling of COVID protocols: State of South Dakota and State Game Lodge in Custer State Park, SD
Most Trump lawn signs: South Dakota
Most Biden lawn signs: Michigan
Almost no lawn signs: Colorado
Crabbiest moment: checking into State Game Lodge (my TripAdvisor review here)
Most transcendent moment: exploring around Circle View Ranch in South Dakota, in the early morning
- Holiday Inn Express in Munising, MI
- The Ramble, Denver
Place I would most want to live: Boulder, CO (in fact, why does ANYONE ever move away from Colorado?)
Most used item I packed: Zamberlan boots (see above)
Never used item (yay!): waterproof pants (see above)
Most useful purchase of trip: Cat Crap
Souvenir I think I will most appreciate: Tiny little bison painting by Ron Holyfield
Favorite new accessory acquired: Stormy Kromer beanie
Product that saved our 90-hours-in-a-car butts–literally: Purple Seat Cushion. I shipped two of these to one of our Colorado hotels. Claudia told me about them when I complained about working on a hard kitchen chair. I now own four, of different styles.
Most active tourist board: South Dakota
Best tour assist: Black Hills Tour Company
Place that has not discovered Marketing (in a good way): family run orchards/cider mills near Bayfield, WI.
Best body of water: Lake Michigan
Most surprisingly boring driving: Upper Peninsula, MI
Most surprisingly NOT boring driving: Eastern Wyoming, South Dakota and Western Pennsylvania
Biggest miss: Not seeing the northern lights at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park in Mackinaw City, MI (good excuse to go to Norway or Hawaii.) They are notoriously elusive but we gave it a good college try for the two nights booked there.
Most frequent activity (apart from eating and hiking): Visiting botanical Gardens—in Vail, Denver, and Midland
Best travelling buddies in 2020: Anne Fahey and Jill McMahon
Next road trip for Anne and Jules: down south, starting with Montgomery, Alabama because of The National Memorial for Peace and Justice.
P.S. Our COVID-19 Precautions:
- Masks at all times except in car, hotel rooms, while eating, or hiking on empty trails. About 60-70% of hikers deployed masks.
- Eating outside the majority of the time. Indoor restaurants were generally well spaced with a minimum of contacts (like QR code menus). For some reason chairs freak me out a bit–they don’t clean them well enough.
- Wiping down touch points in hotel rooms
- Wiping down car after going in a business or hiking
- Avoiding crowds, Buffalo Round Up excepted
- Arranged a couple of private tours in SD with Black Hills Tours–for areas where we anticipated both a high number of sites to see, and large crowds
- Sanitizing hands before, and after, going in a business. Some restaurants also took our temperatures, which we welcomed. Many stores required sanitizing before entering.
- Even on a hike, sanitizing hands when scrambling and using our hands to grab a rock or branch other people might have grabbed
- Anne also used gloves, a medical grade mask, and goggles on her flight. I just sanitized and used a mask, but no one was near me.
- Got a rapid COVID test in Minneapolis (after seeing South Dakota) and then a PCR test the day after I got home to Boston (both negative)
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So fun to read about your trip and follow through Instagram. Our trip was much shorter but we had a lot of overlap and I recognized a bunch of the same things. Iâm in Telluride now and itâs a magical place. Lots of history and character from its mining roots. Iâm jealous my brother gets to live here all winter. He can see the ski slopes from the desk he set up in his room. Below is a picture of his street. Great hiking here too! You and your friends should add this place to your list!
Thanks Grace…ahead of you on Telluride. Jill and I have hiked there because I have been a mentor at the Telluride Venture Accelerator. So I am jealous of your brother too!
Thanks for sharing your adventure, Jules. I feasted on all the photos. Dreamy. My best to you and yours, MA
Thank you MaryAnne. Much feasting to be done on such a trip.
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Loved, loved, loved all of it — descriptions, photos, etc. And, of course, your hotel review. Can’t believe they were still having a buffet. So glad you did much more than hike.ð
I know! It came just after our 24 hours with no food so we sadly had to partake. We’d had no dinner at Lake Ranch (the creepy place) and the Buffalo Roundup pancake breakfast ran out just as we got there… the hotel is in the park so they were the only game in town. With. A. Buffet. There were gloves but half the people did not use them. UGH.
Way cool Jules. Such an adventure. Good for you!
Thanks Drema. Back to reality now…and UMAA board work too!
What a wonderful recap! It was a joy to read. Thank you for sharing, Jules!
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Thanks Sandrine. It was fun to do the post.
Love a good road trip, Jules, especially when it’s focused on natural beauty, adventure, and discovery. Next time you’re in CO head to Ft. Collins to experience our classmate Ginger’s “Ginger and Baker” pie shop/cafe/restaurant/event space/outdoor space.
That’s a hot tip Nancy!
Spectacular Jules. You’re reminding me that driving cross country has been on my list for decades. With two high school seniors, maybe that should be my first empty nest project! Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring.
Highly recommend. I typically prefer a vacation that involves a rental home and more chilling out. But each of the days on this road trip stand out in a way that a more stationary holiday could not.
What a wonderful post Jules. Thanks for the entertaining summary. Took a long bike ride after many years at my company. Loved the journey. Haven’t arrived at a new destination. Still loving the journey. Wishing you many many more.
Thank you Micah! And the same to you on future journeys.
So cool Jules … really enjoyed it. Happy to help you and Anne plan an itinerary for doing the Wild Atlantic Way in Ireland if it’s of interest after Covid has allowed us (hopefully) to return to a more normal way of living ..
Thank you for the wonderful offer Matt!
What an amazing trip! Thank you for sharing.
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Budget smartphones are a lot like those miniature cans of Coca-Cola you'll find on supermarket shelves - cheaper by the half-dozen than their higher-volume counterparts, but with the obvious catch that you're getting less sweet, delicious corn-juice for your dollar. It doesn't take more than 30 seconds to stop, think about this, and realize that even if you won't finish the big 12oz can during your lunch (or don't want to drink that much soda), you're still basically paying more for choosing to buy less.
Way back in the day, if you wanted to know if a piece of software was safe, reliable, or usable before you opened the package, you were out of luck. Once you rip that shrink wrap, you're stuck with it. The app markets of today are, by comparison, a breath of fresh air. A litany of user reviews let you know up front if a piece of software is crap or not before you download.
Search has always been a big part of Android, and for many things, Google's built-in solution works fine. If you're looking for a better way to search through your data in the cloud, look no further than CloudMagic. The app does take a bit of setup, but once you're in, CloudMagic assists you in digging through your data in a very compelling way.
After countless bad copies, the official Temple Run game has finally hit the Google Play store! Like the iOS version, it's available for free and contains no adverts anywhere in the game. You can, however, make in-app purchases of coins to help you buy various items from the store as you progress. We'll cover that in a bit more detail later on, but for now, let's jump right in to the review!
Some of you out there may remember Another World, a cult classic video game that's seen life on a number of platforms since its 1991 debut. Well, the minds at DotEmu have brought Another World back again, this time to Android, and with HD graphics.
For those who aren't familiar with Another World, the game follows the story of Lester Knight Chaykin, a physicist who finds himself on a strange alien planet after a bolt of lightning hits his lab during a particle collision.
No one is more tired of hearing the word "magic" applied to gadgets than I am. For the iFrogz Boost, though, I'm willing to make an exception. This device promises to amplify the sound coming out of "nearly any smartphone or digital media device" sans wires, Bluetooth, setup, or syncing. For once, in a parade of lofty promises coming from every corner of the tech sphere, a device not only makes a grandiose guarantee of convenience and ease-of-use, but actually delivers.
While the rest of the world looks to the next super-spectacular smartphone with the latest technology, Pantech has decided to keep it simple and cheap with the Burst. This nice little smartphone comes in at a measly $49.99 with a new two-year contract through AT&T, and that makes it great for Android fans on a budget, those looking for a decent but cheap phone for their kids, or people who are new to the smartphone world and are looking to test the waters.
I remember my first Bluetooth headset review. I was skeptical. I felt like a giant asshole when I wore it. And I'll say this much - my opinion on them hasn't changed much. Wearing one outside of a moving vehicle or a closed office just strikes me as rude. Is it any way, shape, or form harming me when people do it? No, but neither are Crocs, and I think many of us have "feelings" about them.
I've been on some sort of Galaxy Nexus case-review-a-thon for the past several weeks, but there are so many options out there, it's hard to pick just one. And of course, if you're on a budget (and who isn't?) you probably don't want to buy ump-teen different cases to snag the perfect one. That's what we're here for, after all - to help you make the best purchase decision possible.
If you read any of my past case reviews, then you probably know that I was a big fan of the Seidio cases, and today we're going to take a look at some comparable cases from a company called Incipio: the Feather, NGP, and Silicrylic.


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Low U.S. natural gas prices have forced power prices lower, changing the landscape for U.S. utilities and causing industry insiders to worry whether there will be enough electricity to meet demand as the economy recovers.
Natural gas prices have been falling since last summer amid a production boom and relatively weak demand. But prices dropped to 10-year lows in January and have stayed there, as mild winter weather has cut heating demand, creating a record surplus.
The low prices are good news for companies that sell power to retail customers. But they're terrible for power-plant operators who sell electricity on the wholesale market. While prices remain low, power plant operators are focusing on sales to end-use customers, which are more profitable. They're also putting plans for new power plants on hold, which could lead to electricity shortages in Texas and other regions in the next few years, executives at power companies have warned.
"The supply being driven by the natural gas industry is sort of driving the natural gas industry off a cliff and it's taking the electrical industry with it," David Crane, chief executive of power generator NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) said last week on the sidelines of a conference in Washington.
New federal limits on emissions from power plants will cut power supplies even further, as companies like American Electric Power Co. (AEP) plan to shut down older coal-fired power plants over the next few years, said Nick Akins, AEP's chief executive.
"If the economy comes back the way it was before, [and] at the same time requirements are occurring relative to [federal] requirements, that could further exacerbate the situation, you could wind up with a very serious situation," Akins said Friday on the sidelines of a meeting in New York.
Akins proposed that grid operators, like the PJM Interconnection in the Mid-Atlantic, should consider offering incentives to developers to build new power plants, and that federal regulators should be flexible in implementing the environmental rules.
Natural gas futures in New York have been trading around $2.50 a million British thermal units, reaching levels not seen since February 2002. Electricity prices in the busy Mid-Atlantic region have fallen by about a quarter from a year ago, to about $33.45 a megawatt-hour for March power deliveries, according to Amerex Brokers.
A unit of AES Corp. (AES) that owns four coal-fired power plants in New York state filed for bankruptcy in January, blaming falling power prices and high costs. Other companies, like Exelon Corp. (EXC), are scaling back spending on their wholesale power plants while they look for revenue and profit from their utilities and other retail sales.
"The [profit] margin, if you go all the way to the retail customer, is somewhat larger than it is just selling into the wholesale market," Exelon Chief Executive John Rowe said last month during a conference call with analysts.
Exelon plans to buy Constellation Energy Group Inc. (CEG) in a deal valued at nearly $8 billion. Constellation owns a Baltimore utility and a growing retail electricity business in the Mid-Atlantic and Texas.
Meanwhile, analysts are predicting that natural gas prices will remain low this year and next, as gas demand slowly catches up with supply.
"We're having a tough time finding a home for all the supply," said Michael Zenker, an analyst at Barclays Capital. The bank earlier this month cut its forecast for 2012 natural gas prices by 20% to $3.05 a million Btu and cut its 2013 gas price prediction by 14% to $3.70 a million Btu.
Some gas producers like Chesapeake Energy Corp. (CHK) have announced plans to cut production. But Zenker and other analysts are skeptical that it will be enough to boost prices.
After U.S. gas production in 2011 grew at a faster rate than demand, production and demand are likely to grow at roughly the same pace, about 2% in 2012 and roughly 1.5% in 2013, according to a forecast this month by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
-By Cassandra Sweet and Ryan Tracy, Dow Jones Newswires; 415-439-6468; email@example.com


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Kenya: Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has told President Uhuru Kenyatta that his case at the ICC could be reopened if new evidence is found.
The prosecutor was responding to a plea for acquittal filed by Mr Kenyatta’s lawyer at the Hague-based court. Bensouda argued that Kenyatta could not be acquitted because his crimes against humanity charges would only be withdrawn for lack of evidence.
In her application before the trial court, she submitted that Kenyatta’s co-accused Francis Muthaura was never acquitted even though his case was terminated owing to lack of evidence.
“It would mean that if evidence emerged in the future strongly implicating both Messrs Muthaura and Kenyatta in wrongdoing during the post-election violence, Mr Muthaura could be charged and tried while Mr Kenyatta would not,” says Bensouda.
Mr Kenyatta’s attorneys Steven Kay and Gillian Higgins had requested the trial chamber to acquit the President of the crimes he had been accused of.
The defence team argued that Kenyatta could be charged a second time over the same crimes even after being cleared by the ICC following the pending formal termination of the case.
“… we would be entitled to verdicts of not guilty being entered. That is fair,” the defence said earlier. Denying Mr Kenyatta the “not guilty” verdict would be unnecessarily tying the stigma in relation to reputation of their client, they argued.
The disagreement between the prosecution and the defence teams is based on a legal principle of ‘ne bis en idem’ meaning that an accused person cannot be tried more than once on the same allegations.
For Bensouda, Kenyatta’s trial has not yet begun and therefore the principle cannot be applied in the case, even after the charges have been withdrawn.
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