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The Next American Nation
For those who live, actually or spiritually, inside the Beltway of Washington, D.C., a political change of heart becomes the stuff of high drama, even when the protagonist is hardly known beyond the limits of the federal district. Thus it was, not too long ago, with Michael Lind. Still in his early thirties, Lind had risen to a position of some eminence within conservative circles, especially among conservative Washington insiders—circles within a circle, one might say—assuming the role of executive editor of The National Interest, a conservative journal highly influential among the sorts of people likely to be influenced by a journal.
Then, in the winter, 1995, issue of Dissent (apply here the description previously given of The National Interest, substituting “liberal” for “conservative”), Lind’s article “The Death of Intellectual Conservatism” announced to a small but excruciatingly attentive world the author’s denunciation of conservatism and many of its works. Conservatism, said Lind, is intellectually bankrupt. Within weeks Lind was enjoying a celebrity that promised to extend beyond the Beltway. Readers unlikely to encounter him in The National Interest or Dissent found Lind the object of excited attention in The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, Harper’s, The New Yorker— indeed, even The Village Voice.
That Lind seemed to be moving left when the elections of 1994 suggested to many that the country was moving right added piquancy to the story. Moreover, Lind proved an engagingly articulate defector. Not satisfied merely to abandon his conservative allegiances, he quickly went to work developing, more or less in public, a liberal alternative. The Next American Nation: The New Nationalism and the Fourth American Revolution is the culmination of that process, even if it is not the end of its author’s ideological odyssey.
Responses to the book from left, right, and center often treat it as a chapter in the story outlined above. The Washington Post calls Lind the apostate avenger. A headnote to a favorable review in the Boston Globe salutes the vision of a convert to liberalism. The conservative monthly Commentary assigns to a negative review the title “About Face.” Some express uncertainty as to the exact terms of Lind’s turnabout. For Ellen Willis, in the left-oriented The Nation, Lind remains an unreconstructed neoconservative. If readers are confused on this point, it is because neoconservatism as a movement has deconstructed; people have forgotten what a neoconservative formerly sounded like. Is it a symptom of clarity or of confusion that one reviewer hailed Lind as spokesman of the radical center? This emphasis may no doubt be justified, but it would be a pity if it blinded readers to the importance of the book as a valuable, if by no means flawless, contribution to America’s ever-evolving public philosophy.
The book makes a number of controversial claims, some of them regarding divisive issues of the time, but it is possible that none is more controversial than the hardly explosive assertion that America is indeed a nation, a concrete historical community whose members share a common language, common folkways, and a common vernacular culture. In making this claim, Lind opposes the multiculturalists, for whom there is no single American culture, and the democratic universalists, for whom America is the embodiment of an ideal. Both these positions, by the way, are more than adequately represented among Lind’s reviewers.
Lind further distinguishes his position, which he calls liberal nationalism, from nativism, which requires some sort of racial or religious test for membership in the nation. He establishes historical roots for his position in the strong-state nationalism of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Daniel Webster, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, in the New Deal liberalism of Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson, and in the color-blind racial integrationism of Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King, Jr. Liberal nationalism, he argues, offers a new understanding of the American past, based on a realistic analysis of the three republics that have shaped American history.
The first of these, Anglo-America, was in existence before 1789 and lasted until 1861. In this America, the national community was identified with the Anglo-Saxon or Anglo-German element of the population. This America had its civic religion, Protestant Christianity, and its political creed, federal republicanism.
After the Civil War, a second republic, Euro-America, was born. In this republic the national community expanded to include all Americans of European descent, thus enabling the absorption of the waves of immigration late in the nineteenth century. This republic, too, had its civic religion, a Christianity no longer specifically Protestant. The political...
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The Jordyn Woods/Khloe Kardashian saga continues and in the most recent advancement, Jordyn has gone public with her side of the story.
The young woman has been dominating headlines this week for ‘breaking up’ Khloe Kardashian’s family after she admitted to kissing Khloe’s partner Tristan Thompson.
21-year-old Jordyn sat down with Jada Pinkett Smith on her Facebook show Red Table Talk to tell the real truth behind those rumours.
And while it’s true she did drunkenly kiss Tristan after a night out with friends, Jordyn says she took full responsibility calling Khloe to apologise the next morning.
But not if you ask Khloe! The mum-of-one has taken to social media to spill the tea on her version of events.
‘Why are you lying
@jordynwoods??’ she wrote publicly.
‘If you’re going to try and save yourself by going public, INSTEAD OF CALLING ME PRIVATELY TO APOLOGIZE FIRST, at least be HONEST about your story. BTW, You ARE the reason my family broke up!’
Tristan is equally to blame but Tristan is the father of my child. Regardless of what he does to me I won’t do that to my daughter. He has been addressing this situation PRIVATELY. If Tristan were to lie publicly about what conspired,then yes I would address him publicly as well
— Khloé (@khloekardashian) March 1, 2019
And while she acknowledges her partner is ‘equally to blame’ she praised him for ‘addressing the situation privately’.
‘If Tristan were to lie publicly about what conspired, then yes I would address him publicly as well,’ she added.
Much to the surprise of her fans, Khloe appears to be siding with Tristan on the matter, letting things slide easier on his end, despite the fact that he’s cheated on her before.
Yep, Tristan famously played away from home when Khloe was pregnant with their daughter True but despite being hurt, the reality star eventually took him back.
And now fans are mocking the situation on social media, baffled why Khloe is choosing to stand by Tristan while publicly shaming Jordyn.
They feel Tristan is getting an easy ride in the whole thing and that he knows he’s untouchable!
Tristan Thompson watching Jordyn Woods get all the blame for breaking up his family pic.twitter.com/sPvWxbjPNr
— mark. (@YouGuyMyGuy) March 1, 2019
Tristan Thompson linking his mates after getting away with cheating again and seeing Khloe blaming Jordyn pic.twitter.com/LemG9dFgzm
— BOOGIE (@IAMSHYSTIE) March 1, 2019
*Tristan Thompson cheats for the 100th time*
Khloe: “This is all your fault Jordyn! Don’t worry, me and Tristan gonna work through this and be an even stronger family!”
— huncho Siku, Siku huncho (@SikuLaFlame) March 1, 2019
— Su ོ (@suhimmet) March 1, 2019
Tristan Thompson after trying to sabotage his relationship and being taken back yet again pic.twitter.com/B7fmvmawBa
— LeBeau (@GeauxRemy) March 1, 2019


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Texas State Agencies Ban TikTok On Government Devices
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- Texas Governor Greg Abbott banned the use of TikTok on government devices due to the likelihood that the app harvests data on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party.
- Texas state agencies are required to immediately ban employees and officers from using or downloading TikTok on cell phones, laptops, and other government-issued devices.
- “While TikTok has claimed that it stores US data within the United States, the company admitted in a letter to Congress that China-based employees can have access to US data. It has also been reported that ByteDance planned to use TikTok location information to surveil individual American citizens,” the governor confirmed.
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A “crossvault” is the intersection of two simple vaults, and it was developed by the Romans for its ability to create strength, stability and elegance without massive additions of materials and labor.

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It’s both dark and light here.
The light takes on the characteristics of the dark and vice versa.
It’s the way things have been since God created Man and Man turned his back on the Son.
We resist what we do not understand and in due time that’s all we’ll have left as another Passion Play is written in blood and our hands are washed in chlorine gas and sniper fire.
There’s no good reason to fight against the ghosts in the machine except that the ghosts today are not the same ghosts from yesterday and when you say Macbeth in a theatre you best be ready for the roof to collapse in on you.
I was just a lonely stagehand when I spied you up on that stage like a nightingale or resistance fighter. The way you carry yourself will forever impress and impregnate the situation with opened ended questions and mixed signals.
I desire to make love to you in the backlot of some nightscape we both know we’ll never escape from.
As I enter you from behind and you moan in ecstasy everything will be as it should be until it’s not and we’re blindfolded and executed for crimes against our vaulted psyches.
You’re the one I always imagined would come to me in the middle of my most prosaic and profound of night terrors. I was covered in sweat and all you were draped in was a towel and your very hot and rhapsodic skin.
The darkness got in my eyes before I attempted to kiss your mouth one final time before the curtain came down and another government is driven from power.
Don’t you believe it when they report on how smooth a transition is going when nothing could be further from the truth and our fractured Democracy is down for a very long and tortuous count?
I’ll never forget when you asked me to lick you from the inside out and how the noises you made reminded me of when I was in the womb and taking cover was the only option left to reexamine.
You’re a child of God and together we make up a divinity both divine and claustrophobic in its unintended consequences and lost horizons. And I’ll love you until the end of time.


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According to court documents, the claim submission deadline has passed. Please contact the claims administrator if you have any questions.Case Summary:
People in an area of Granite City, Illinois will get over $4 million dollars worth of compensation in the resolution of a class action that alleges that a US Steel mill and SunCoke coke-making plant are responsible for particulate matter and bad odors in the surrounding area.Docket Number:
Company: SunCoke Energy Inc.
Filing Deadline: November 27, 2017
Class Period: November 10, 2009 to August 28, 2017
Objection Deadline: November 27, 2017
Exclusion Deadline: November 27, 2017
Final Approval Hearing: February 16, 2018Proof of Purchase:
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You may be eligible if you owned or occupied property in a specific geographical area of Granite City, Illinois between November 10, 2009 and August 28, 2017. See the map to see if your location is included or search by address at the settlement website.Typical Settlement Amount:
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Total Settlement Amount: $4,250,000Class Representative Proposed Incentive Fee:
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Case Name: Peggy Keltner, et al. v. SunCoke Energy, Inc., et al.
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The Bushnell® AR Optics 1-4x24mm is a feature-packed, fast-deploying Scope engineered specifically for modern MSR platforms. The Drop Zone-223 reticle is calibrated for popular .223 loads, and features hold-outs to 600 yards. Exposed turrets allow you to dial for windage and elevation adjustments quickly and accurately, and the Throw Down PCL (power change lever) makes magnification changes almost instant. The IPX7 waterproof rating and fully multi-coated optics make this an outstanding value, and its compact size make it perfect to use with offset irons or red dot sight.
- Multiple layers of anti-reflective coating on all air-to-glass surfaces deliver bright, high-contrast images
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Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, and the Saudi Space Commission, Saudi Arabia’s national space agency, are pleased to announce the 15 startups selected for the first cohort of the Saudi Space Techstars Founder Catalyst program.
Our selected startups come from diverse backgrounds and geographies and are working on a range of cutting-edge technologies, from satellite communications to propulsion and space manufacturing.
During our 10-week program that kicked-off on January 17, startups will receive mentorship, training, and access to Techstars global network of investors, entrepreneurs, and experts. They will also have the chance to showcase their products and pitch to potential investors and partners at our Demo Day event in Riyadh on March 20, 2023.
The program is part of the Saudi government's efforts to ignite and develop a strong and thriving local space industry, and to promote innovation and entrepreneurship in the country in line with its ambitious 2030 vision.
In case these startups are not on your radar yet, we highly recommend you to check them out.
Selected Companies (in alphabetical order):
Airmo will provide precise and unbiased intelligence about CO2 and CH4 emissions globally and near real-time down to a single facility via deploying a small satellite constellation and novel LiDAR instrument.
Celestial Space Technologies
Celestial Space Technologies with the vision of developing the next generation of small satellites for near and deep space missions with innovative antenna technology and highly integrated sub-systems. Currently, we are developing customized satellite antennas, across all frequency bands, for any satellite size, and for any mission range.
Our unique software technologies based on elastic advanced linear algebra significantly reduces communication volume between payloads and ground segments.
Space-powered RF geo-intelligence as a service.
Kurs Orbital expands human activities beyond earth by providing rendezvous and docking technology for on-orbit servicing , space logistics and debris removal missions.
Magnestar is building software and hardware to enable space assets. Built by people like you, those who are passionate about the space sector and wanting to ensure reliability and resiliency of space services for people here on earth.
Nebula Research & Development Company
The first Saudi company specialized in space medicine research & development.
North Star Space Technology Company
Providing satellite imagery solutions by using AI.
Promin Aerospace develops advanced autophagic rocket propulsion to empower the most efficient small rockets and launch vehicles.
REMOS Space Systems AB
Remos develops software-defined solutions for satellite ground operations. Our solutions are more flexible, adaptable and cost-effective in managing large satellite constellations.
Reliable data from space, for better decisions on earth.
Satellite-based radar to detect space debris.
We are replacing human field visits with drones and remote sensors and satellite images to collect data, and using AI and ML to analyze the data and predict all possible situations that might affect soil quality, vegetation, and animals.
Space Copy is a cutting-edge lunar regolith sampling and 3D printing device that analyzes lunar soil samples, using Infrared and Raman spectroscopy to scan the chemical composition of the samples, and creates a database with an accompanying catalog that lists what the printer can create with the lunar soil.


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Throne of Blood Criterion Collection DVD Description
Akira Kurosawa's stunning reconception of Shakespeare's MACBETH is a dark samurai drama, set in feudal Japan. As the film begins, two soldiers--Washizu (Toshirô Mifune) and Miki (Minoru Chiaki)--find themselves lost in a dense forest during a powerful thunderstorm. Seemingly unable to leave the woods, they encounter a ghostly old woman who predicts that Washizu will soon rise to power. At the goading of his ruthless wife, Asaji (Isuzu Yamada), Washizu embarks on a murderously ambitious path and quickly fulfills the prophecy. However, his ascension is cursed by his brutal actions and soon opposition arises to challenge his blood-stained rule. .
Region 1 Keep Case Single Side - Dual Layer Full Frame - 1.33 Additional Release Material: Alternate Subtitle Translations Audio Commentary: Michael Jeck - Japanese Film Scholar Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Text/Photo Galleries: Essay: Kurosawa Piece by Stephen Prince - Film Scholar

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So it seems even wildly successful movie and TV stars have regrets.
Henry Cavill, John Goodman, Kerri Russell and John Stamos appeared on Late Night with Seth Myers and participated in a segment where they recorded a message to camera for their younger selves.
So little Henry had a different role in mind when he dreamed of being in a superhero movie growing up and although the fans may have gotten over Kerri Russell cutting her hair in season two of Felicity, she certainly hasn't!
As for Goodman? That stuff with the duck is dark!


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1846 Handbook of Decorative Needlework
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This handbook includes numerous patterns for knitting and crochet, along with advice and directions for netting, beadwork, and embroidery, including the popular Berlin work.
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The sad truth is that conventional ideas – eat less, run more – do not work long term. Counting calories, exercising for hours every day and trying to ignore your hunger? That’s needless suffering and it wastes your time and precious willpower. It’s weight loss for masochists. Eventually almost everyone gives up. That’s why we have an obesity epidemic. Fortunately there’s a better way.
They should help keep you from feeling deprived and bingeing on higher-calorie foods. For instance: honey has just 64 fat-releasing calories in one tablespoon. Eggs have just 70 calories in one hard-boiled egg, loaded with fat-releasing protein. Part-skim ricotta cheese has just 39 calories in one ounce, packed with fat-releasing calcium. Dark chocolate has about 168 calories in a one-ounce square, but it’s packed with fat releasers. And a University of Tennessee study found that people who cut 500 calories a day and ate yogurt three times a day for 12 weeks lost more weight and body fat than a group that only cut the calories. The researchers concluded that the calcium in low-fat dairy foods triggers a hormonal response that inhibits the body’s production of fat cells and boosts the breakdown of fat.
When you have the option to choose between dried fruit and fresh fruit, always opt for the fresh variety. “Dried fruits have a lot of calories and added sugar for very little volume,” says Summer Yule, MS, RDN. “For instance, one cup of raisins (not packed) contains 434 calories and 86 grams of added sugar. By comparison, a cup of grapes contains only 62 calories and 15 grams of sugar. This means that you could eat 7 cups of grapes for the same amount of calories as 1 cup of unpacked raisins.”
We all get by with a little help from our friends, and this is especially true of people who have lost weight and kept it off. In one study among women who went through a 12-week weight loss program, 74 percent of them maintained their loss or lost more in the three years after the program ended. Those who reported having a support system around eating well were more likely to keep the weight off. (Support around exercise didn’t seem to matter.) Another study found that the type of support you receive matters, too. Your friend who’s cheering you on isn’t likely to be as helpful as your friend who will pass on the fries when you’re trying to eat well. When you’re going out to eat, join friends who will support your healthy eating goals and go to a museum or movie with those who are less likely to be in it with you. Your pals who are in the trenches with you are more likely to hold you accountable, and that’s going to help you in the long run.
Stop treating your kitchen like an all-night diner and you’ll stop seeing those unwanted pounds piling onto your frame, too. The results of a study published in Cell Metabolism found that mice who only had access to food during an eight-hour period stayed slim over the course of the study, while those who ate the same number of calories over a 16-hour period gained significantly more weight, particularly around their middle. When you’re finished with dinner at night, shut the fridge and don’t look back until morning — your belly will thank you. When you do head back to the kitchen in the A.M., make sure the best healthy kitchen staples for cooking are there waiting for you.
In our eat-and-run, massive-portion-sized culture, maintaining a healthy weight can be tough—and losing weight, even tougher. If you’ve tried and failed to lose weight before, you may believe that diets don’t work for you. You’re probably right: some diets don’t work at all and none of them work for everyone—our bodies often respond differently to different foods. But while there’s no easy fix to losing weight, there are plenty of steps you can take to develop a healthier relationship with food, curb emotional triggers to overeating, and achieve lasting weight-loss success.
The truth is there is no “one size fits all” solution to permanent healthy weight loss. What works for one person may not work for you, since our bodies respond differently to different foods, depending on genetics and other health factors. To find the method of weight loss that’s right for you will likely take time and require patience, commitment, and some experimentation with different foods and diets.
2. Decline Bench Sit Up Ceiling Touches: This great exercise works on your shoulder, abs and lower back. Sit on the bench with the weight on your lap. As you move backwards, lock your arms and raise the weight above your body. Touch your back to the bench and use your abs to sit up. As you sit up you should keep your arms and weight pointed to the ceiling.
Fiber is a type of carbohydrate that your body can't digest, and it helps regulate the body's use of sugar as it slowly passes through your digestive system. Increasing your daily fiber intake can result in greater satisfaction after meals, less blood-sugar spiking and crashing, and subsequent reductions in the amount of calories eaten for the rest of the day. When trying to trim belly fat, aim to get at least 25 grams of fiber in your diet each day. Foods that are rich in fiber include pulses, like lentils and beans; apples and pears, with the skin; nuts and seeds; and cruciferous vegetables like broccoli and Brussels sprouts. Try this recipe for Tabbouleh with Chickpeas for a fiber-packed side dish or a one-dish dinner!
Sorry keto -- the Mediterranean diet is king. Endurance athletes and celebrities like LeBron James and the Kardashians have raved about the high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- which was among Google’s most-searched terms this year. But Dr. Louis Aronne, an endocrinologist at NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine who runs the Comprehensive Weight Control Center, noted that the Mediterranean diet “is the only diet that has been proven in trials to promote weight loss and reduce the risk of heart attack, stroke and other cardiovascular diseases.” This meal plan includes using olive oil rich in healthy omega-3 fatty acids as your main cooking oil, and loading your plate with fruits and vegetables, whole grains and lean protein like fish and chicken, with the occasional piece of red meat. The American Heart Association recommends a similar diet that emphasizes whole, unprocessed foods, particularly fruits, veggies and whole grains, as well as low-fat dairy products, nuts and legumes, and non-tropical vegetable oils, while reducing salt, sugar and trans fats.
In a way, moderate-intensity physical activity is that "magic pill" a lot of people are looking for, because the health benefits go beyond keeping your waistline trim: Not only can it reduce your risk of cancer, stroke, diabetes and heart attacks, but studies have shown that physical activity can significantly improve the moods of patients with major depressive disorders.

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Approximately 50% of medium-sized companies in the UK intend to postpone their investment plans in response to the recent increase in corporation tax.
Economists attribute the sluggish growth in British productivity and living standards over the past decade, in part, to limited business investment. One contributing factor to this issue is the concern expressed by businesses regarding higher tax rates, which diminish their motivation to make substantial investments.
In accordance with a policy announced in March 2021, Britain’s headline rate of corporation tax increased from 19% to 25% in April of the following year.
According to accountancy firm BDO, 46% of surveyed businesses with a turnover ranging from £10 million to £300 million ($12 million – $379 million) stated that the hike in corporation tax would cause a postponement in their investment plans. Additionally, 39% of respondents expressed concerns that the tax increase would result in reduced hiring or potential job losses.
In an effort to mitigate the impact on investment, finance minister Jeremy Hunt announced in March a policy called full expensing, which allows businesses to promptly offset their investment in plant and machinery against tax liabilities. This measure aims to provide businesses with an incentive to continue investing despite the tax rise.
According to Paul Falvey, a tax partner at BDO, the recent increase in the headline corporation tax rate is expected to temporarily hinder current business investment plans. However, he noted that the introduction of the new full expensing capital allowances regime has garnered a positive response, indicating that the dampening effect may be short-lived.
Although Britain’s overall tax burden continues to be lower compared to most European countries, it has been gradually increasing in recent years. This upward trend can be attributed to factors such as an aging population and sluggish economic growth. If the current trajectory persists, the country is projected to experience its highest tax burden since World War Two.
During the British Chambers of Commerce’s annual conference last week, Hunt addressed businesses and expressed his desire to lower their taxes. However, he acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding the feasibility of such a reduction, as it would depend on the government’s forthcoming budget plans towards the end of the year.
The survey conducted by BDO gathered responses from 512 companies between March 30 and April 16, forming the basis of its findings.
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5 November, 2021
Students excel in Brain Bee Challenge
TWO YEAR 10 students from the Cairns region have taken out first and third place in the state final of The University of Queensland’s Brain Bee Challenge.
CAITLIN WADLEY from St Stephens Catholic College, Mareeba came first place and Amelia Reynolds from the Cairns School of Distance Education came third. Second place went to Marcus Paice from St John’s Anglican College, Forest Lake.
The trio competed against 700 other students to make the shortlist of 33 who were invited to the UQ’s Brain Institute for the final round where they were tested about brain biology, mechanisms and diseases.
Amelia, a keen dancer, said having a better understanding of brain function was an advantage she was keen to make use of.
“Understanding how the brain controls the body is not only critical to dancers like me, but benefits all of us. There’s still so much that neuroscientists don’t know, and that’s exciting,” she said.
Amelia has been offered an internship at the Queensland Brain Institute where she will have the opportunity to learn more about neuroscience and the work researchers are doing.
Caitlin and Marcus have already undertaken their week-long internships during the school holidays. Caitlin joined Associate Professor Ethan Scott’s lab, working with zebrafish and looking at how sensory stimuli are perceived and processed in the brain. Marcus worked with Dr Xuan Vinh To in Dr Fatima Nasrallah’s group studying neuroimaging and traumatic brain injury. Amelia will be completing her internship in December.
The Australian Brain Bee Challenge is an international competition for students to learn about the brain and its functions, learn about neuroscience research, find out about careers in neuroscience and to dispel misconceptions about neurological and mental illnesses.

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Art Of Celebrating
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O LORD, you are my God; I will exalt you, I will praise your name; for you have done wonderful things; your counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
And Israel saw that great work which the LORD did upon the Egyptians: and the people feared the LORD, and believed the LORD, and his servant Moses.
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spoke, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider has he thrown into the sea.
And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the LORD with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.


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Detailed explanation-1: -Nostrils have fine hair to trap dust particles present in the air and stops them from entering our respiratory system. The nostrils are separated by the septum.
Detailed explanation-2: -The hairs present in nasal passage trap the dust particles present in the inhaled air thus allowing only the filtered air to enter into the body. Mucus moistens the air and traps dust particles and kills the bacteria.
Detailed explanation-3: -Certainly! It’s a filter for dust, pollen, spores, viruses and bacteria. Particles stick to the wet surface of your nose hairs, which prevents them from reaching your lungs and causing infection. Eventually you’ll either blow the nasties into a tissue, or swallow them, to be destroyed in your stomach.
Detailed explanation-4: -Tiny hairs called cilia, covering the walls of the air tubes, move the mucus upward and out into the throat, where it is either coughed up and spat out, or swallowed. The air reaches the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in the inner part of the lungs with any dust particles that avoided the defenses in the nose and airways.


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The Company has a well established market for its products. The mainstay, of course, is the Centrifuged latex made specially for condom manufacturing factories and the products of the Company command premium in the market. Rubber though tapped as latex, is processed into various rubber products a stabilized concentrated form of latex, smoked sheets, crepes and crumb block rubber in a wide variety of grades.
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ETC Group Crypto Minutes Week #33
Argentina's President says he hasn't ruled out adopting cryptocurrency to curb 50% inflation, Microsoft and EY double down on Ethereum, and crypto unicorn Bitpanda triples valuation to $4bn, proving that strong regulatory compliance brings the biggest institutional cheques to the table.
Argentina President: We've not ruled out adopting crypto to beat 50% inflation
The President of Argentina has not ruled out adopting cryptocurrency, he said in a televised interview this week.
Alberto Fern?ndez said that while cryptocurrency was a sensitive issue, in his view, digital assets could help to curb inflation in the South American country.
Fern?ndez was speaking to Filo.news editorial director Julio Leiva. The full interview is available on Youtube here.
??"La discusi?n sobre el funcionamiento de las criptomonedas es mundial y debo confesar que es un tema de cuidado, en mi caso, por lo desconocido. Pero no hay que negarse, tal vez es un buen camino". El presidente @alferdez con @juleiva en #CajaNegra de @filonewsOK. pic.twitter.com/tRCcnFA3pm— Alberto Fern?ndez Prensa (@alferdezprensa) August 12, 2021
The discussion about the operation of cryptocurrencies is global, and I must confess that it is a matter of caution. But there is no denying it, perhaps it is the way forward (for Argentina). [translated from Spanish] Alberto Fernández, 11 August 2021
Annual inflation has topped 50% this year, well above the government's 29% target.
Argentina's runaway inflation has made consumer prices soar, damaging the economy, drastically cutting spending power, forcing struggling businesses to close and hurting savers and investors.
While the IMF carries no current statistics for Argentina, the countr's official INDEC agency said in July 2021 that consumer prices climbed 25.3% in the first half of the year, and were 50.2% higher than in 2020. That makes Argentine inflation one of the four worst in the world, after Sudan, Zimbabwe and Venezuela.
Taming inflation is key to restoring economic stability after three years of recession, heading off social upheaval as poverty levels rise and for the Peronist government to avoid painful defeat in midterm elections at the end of the year. Hernan Nessi, South America correspondent, Reuters
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) analyst Alberto Ramos said that price rises had come despite soft domestic demand, high unemployment and depressed real wages.
High inflation remains one of the key macroeconomic challenges facing the government, and a significant political liability for the government coalition. Alberto Ramos, Latin American research lead, Goldman Sachs
In separate comments on 10 August 2021, Miguel Pesce, president of the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic (BCRA), said that while Bitcoin does not constitute an asset in his view, the bank was preparing to regulate cryptocurrencies where they intersect with payments systems and the exchange market.
Pesce was speaking at the opening of the Digital Finance Forum, organized by the Argentine Institute of Finance Executives (IAEF). At the same event, Pesce categorically ruled out creating a Central Bank Digital Currency, which has happened in China with the e-CNY and is being actively explored in Europe, the UK and the US.
Latin America remains one of the largest regions for cryptocurrency adoption. In a world first in June 2021, El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender.
Microsoft doubles down on enterprise Ethereum
In a newly-published research paper, Microsoft said it was using the Ethereum blockchain for combating online piracy. The 11-page paper outlines the system - called Argus - and notes how it uses smart contracts and cryptographically provable security to prevent copyright theft. Cointelegraph was first to report the news, on 16 August 2021.
We see this as a distributed system problem. In the implementation, we overcome a set of unavoidable obstacles to ensure security despite full transparency. Microsoft, Argus: A Fully Transparent Incentive System for Anti-Piracy Campaigns
The world's second-largest public company, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market cap currently larger than the entire cryptoasset sector at $2.2 trillion.
In December 2020, Microsoft said it had adopted Ethereum to solve complex business challenges around gaming royalties for its Xbox platform.
EY partnered Microsoft for that particular announcement. It's perhaps no surprise given that the Big Four audit firm has invested heavily in Ethereum in recent years. Its developers began releasing zero-knowledge protocols into the public domain in June 2019, and just last month, published an open-source layer 2 scaling solution for Ethereum called Nightfall 3. That codebase uses a technology called zk-Optimistic rollups to aggregate transactions into groups, vastly reducing the often high fees needed to process Ethereum transactions.
In March 2020, EY debuted Baseline , another Ethereum-centred project with Microsoft, a package of public domain blockchain tools allowing enterprises to build and deploy procurement on Ethereum using offchain storage, zero-knowledge proofs and distributed identify, so that businesses do not have to store sensitive information on the blockchain itself. The protocol supports smart contracts and tokenisation standards, which means purchase orders and receivables can be tokenised and integrated into the DeFi ecosystem.
The use of Ethereum by the world's largest tech companies is testament to its revolutionary architecture, and wide-scale adoption across industry. Amazon Web Services, the most profitable and fastest-growing division of of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced the general availability of Ethereum on Amazon Managed Blockchain in March 2021.
Crypto unicorn Bitpanda raises $263m for $4.1bn valuation
Austrian cryptocurrency broker Bitpanda, the latest company in the space to reach unicorn status, has tripled in value with its latest funding round, Reuters reported on 17 August.
The retail-focused Vienna-headquartered exchange claims 3 million users worldwide, and is a platform where people can trade fractional stocks, crypto and commodities in one place.
Founded in 2014, it is now one of the fastest-growing fintechs in Europe, with over 500 employees.
The funding round was led by Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel's Valar Ventures, a VC fund that has invested heavily in European fintech. Its portfolio companies include German neobank N26, Spotify and British AI tech developer Deepmind.
This proves that a strong regulatory focus in crypto brings the biggest institutional cheques to the table.
Bitpanda has succeeded where other cryptocurrency brokers have failed, because of its commitment to regulatory compliance. The venue is licenced as a MiFID II investment firm and as a PSD2 payment institution, and is AMLD5 compliant, as well as being registered as a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) with the Austrian Financial Market Authority and France's Autorit? des March?s Financiers.
The Financial Action Task Force, the world's leading anti-money laundering intergovernmental organisation, brought in guidelines for digital asset markets in 2020. In its second 12-month review, it noted that the crypto sector had made great strides to institute strong KYC and AML reporting in line with its controversial 'Travel Rule'. 58 out of 126 jurisdictions have implemented revised FATF standards into their national law, it said.
The report finds that many jurisdictions have continued to make progress in implementing the revised FATF Standards. While the supervision of VASPs and implementation of AML/CFT obligations by VASPs is generally emerging, there is evidence of progress. Financial Action Task Force, 5 July 2021
Among the other investors in the current Bitpanda round were famed British hedge fund manager Alan Howard, whose $13bn hedge fund Brevan Howard began to invest in digital assets in March this year.
Bitpanda is not currently seeking to go public, Reuters said, quoting chief executive officer Eric Demuth, but added that sources suggested when it did occur, it was likely to be via a direct listing, following the likes of Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN), Wise(LSE:WISE) and Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD).
We will take our time in that regard. We are profitable for five years now, every year. Eric Demuth, CEO, Bitpanda
Bitcoin had a steady 7-day trading session after the euphoria of the past couple of weeks. Bullish sentiment remains strong and the cryptoasset appears ready to make the next leg up to test $50,000 for the first time since its record-breaking climb to $60,000 and beyond earlier this year. The low point of the week's trading came in a brief 4.2% dip to $43,653.88, but that level was quickly snapped up. BTC now looks to be in an ascending triangle, with the top of the range at $48,112.80 some 5.5% higher than at the start of the week.
Ethereum's trading week was consistent, if unspectacular, but the programmable money blockchain continued its unbroken winning run that began around 20 July 2021. A double bottom formed right on the $3,000 line, creating the low point of this week's trading activity, at $2,984.55, just 3.7% below the week's starting price. That, however, was quickly rejected before ETH resumed its upward climb. Ether moved as high as 7.6% above its beginning point to hit $3,338.04, but backslid a little to $3,222.61, adding a total of 3.9% across the week.
This week Litecoin hit its highest point in more than two months, as positive sentiment continues to filter through to the payments blockchain. From a starting point of $163.53, LTC climbed a total of 15.5% to reach the heady heights of $188.89. That's not the near-20% jump we witnessed last week, but it is a strong double-digit showing for a protocol that has seen adoption for its fast, cheap cross-border payments spike in the past six months. Now all eyes are on what happens if and when Litecoin retests the psychologically-important $200-level.
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MANILA, Philippines — It seems Vice President Leni Robredo—who has kept both supporters and rivals guessing on her political ambitions for 2022—intends to cut her decision close to the Oct. 8 deadline for the filing of certificates of candidacy (COC) for the 2022 elections.
With two weeks left on the clock and six possible presidential candidates on the table (Sen. Christopher "Bong" Go, Sen. Panfilo Lacson, Manila Mayor Francisco "Isko Moreno" Domagoso, Sen. Manny Pacquiao, Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV, and Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr.), Robredo on Sunday said she remained committed to pursuing unification talks among the other candidates to pave the most favorable path to victory for the opposition.
"It's not like I have a choice but to decide before Oct. 8," Robredo said in her weekly radio show. "But for me, I still have two weeks. I'm going to see whether there's still hope for everyone to band together."
For the past months, Robredo has been in talks with other presidential candidates in hopes of finding common ground with the other contenders seeking to challenge the administration candidate.
She believes that the only way for the opposition to win was to field only one candidate, to avoid splitting the vote.
'There is still hope'
But three of the politicians that opposition slate 1Sambayan had approached—Lacson, Pacquiao and Domagoso—already announced their own intention to run for the presidency.
But for Robredo, "until and unless they have already filed [their COCs], there is still hope."
"For me, as long as we unite or the more that we reduce the number of people gunning for the presidency, the better," she said. "And that is why I don't plan on rushing myself, because there is still hope."
For the past weeks, several grassroots groups have come together to urge Robredo to decide now and run against President Duterte's anointed successor.
Robredo also got candid about her motivations to run for the presidency, if ever: To block the path of the Marcoses from returning to power, and to "stop the kind of governance we're seeing now to repeat itself for another six years." INQ
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New CEO for Port of Den Helder
Dutch Port of Den Helder has appointed Jacoba Bolderheij as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective April 2016.
For the past five years, Jacoba Bolderheij worked as commercial manager with a deep sea port in the Middle East: SOHAR Port & Freezone in Oman, a joint venture of the Oman administration and Port of Rotterdam.
Commenting on its new position at Port of Den Helder, a home base for a growing number of offshore-related businesses, Bolderheij said: “I look forward to working for Port of Den Helder. Now is the time to effectively align with all stakeholders and capitalize the port’s growth potential.”
Port’s Chairman Bert Klerk: “The Board of Directors is thrilled to have found someone who is not only most suitable for this challenging job, but also extremely motivated to fortify the Port. We feel confident that she, together with the industry, the Royal Netherlands Navy and Den Helder Airport, will pursue and demarcate the future course of the Port, based on the building stones that were recently laid out.”
Chairman Edwin Stolk of the North Sea Port and Offshore Association (HSV) said: “We are more than happy with this new appointment and we are hoping to continue the effective and constructive partnership we have with Port of Den Helder”.


Deus Ex 3: The Human Revolution Trailer
Released today, the trailer for Deus Ex 3 makes is seem like this is shaping up to be a stylish addition to the series. I’ve only played Deus Ex: Invisible War, but it was an enjoyable shooter with a good story, some very nice artwork a nice variety of locations. The footage for the third game seems pre-rendered at the moment, but if the air of the trailer as anything to go by, this will be one to watch out for.
You can view the trailer here.


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On American Oxygen, the next new song we’ve heard off her still-untitled upcoming album, the pop diva dons faded jeans, a white tee and leather jacket as she writhes against a stars-and-stripes backdrop.
The new track will be featured throughout March Madness, and now all of a sudden, we’re basketball fans.
Rihanna‘s latest track is definitely going to make you want to throw your tentacles — er, hands — in the air like you just don’t care.
RiRi’s new song “Dancing in the Dark” is featured in the animated flick “Home” — and on the upcoming soundtrack for the film — and MTV News has your first listen in this exclusive clip from the uber adorable family film. Watch as Oh the alien learns how to shake his “boove thang” below:


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The history of the Catholic Church in Chile has been treated from multiple perspectives, both by ecclesiastical historians and civilians. Equally varied are the themes addressed by those authors, which reflect the cross-cutting nature of the incidence and influence of the Church in different spheres of national life both in the Hispanic period, the process of independence and its Republican life. This article sets out the main contributions that Chilean historiography has provided to the history of the Church in the last fifty years, according to a selection of topics such as education, the world of ideas, evangelisation and missions, religious congregations, clergy, popular religiosity, Chilean saints and relations with the State.
- Chile: twentieth and twenty-forts centuries
- Chilean historiography
- History of the church

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text: Some really weird KBD-inspired punk from Cleveland, OH. Most of the songs are about conspiracies involving alien sightings, martians, crop circles, time travel... you get the picture. Unfortunately they broke up earlier this year, but not before releasing the ...Are New Wave LP on Fashionable Idiots, which you might still be able to find in some distros. The ...Have Landed CD (still available I believe and put out by Gloom Records) compiles their first LP, 7" (both out of print) and a couple live tracks. Sure to annoy your parents!


Dollar Tree will acquire 10 St. Louis-area Family Dollar Stores when it closes on its $8.5 billion purchase of the chain.
Activist investor Carl Icahn, who recently resigned as chairman of St. Louis-based American Railcar Industries, had been pushing for Family Dollar (NYSE: FDO) to sell itself. (He owns a 9.39 percent stake in the company.)
Dollar Tree (Nasdaq: DLTR) has nearly 50 locations, including Deal$ stores, in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Dollar Tree CEO Bob Sasser told the Associated Press that the two stores offer complementary merchandise and “co-locate really well,” meaning Family Dollar will be kept as a separate brand. The companies together will have more than 13,000 stores in 48 states and Canada.
Dollar Tree, which is based in Chesapeake, Virginia, in 2006 bought 138 Deal$ stores from Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Supervalu Inc. (NYSE: SVU) for about $30.5 million. Supervalu had acquired Deal$ in 2002 from St. Louisan Tom Holley, then chairman and president of Gramex Corp., for an undisclosed amount.


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First quarter 2013 net loss was $8.1 million, or $0.22 per diluted share compared to loss of $6.7 million, or $0.18 per diluted share in the year ago quarter. Consolidated EBITDA, a non-GAAP measure, was a loss of $4.0 million, compared to a loss of $1.6 million a year ago.
The increased first quarter net loss per share was due primarily to higher corporate expenses from acquisition-related transaction costs and ongoing ERP implementation costs. Quanex's two business segments are highly cyclical with the building and construction market and as a result, Quanex typically reports a loss during its first quarter when building and construction activity is reduced.
Engineered Products Group (EPG) is focused on providing window and door OEMs with fenestration components, products, and systems. Key end markets are residential repair & remodel (R&R) and new home construction.
EPG's first quarter 2013 net sales were $106.1 million compared to $99.4 million a year ago. The 6.7% improvement was primarily related to higher vinyl extrusion sales and $3.7 million of sales from the acquisition of Aluminite. Excluding Aluminite, net sales improved 3.1%.
EPG's first quarter 2013 operating income was $2.8 million compared to $1.8 million a year ago. While higher than first quarter 2012 results, EPG's profitability was negatively impacted by lower solar edge tape sales and an unfavorable product mix.
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The Off-Broadway premiere of Shem Bitterman's The Stone Witch begins performances March 12 at The Westside Theatre - Upstairs.
Dan Lauria plays a veteran children’s book writer and illustrator who, in an attempt to reignite his creativity, is encouraged to collaborate with a talented young writer, played by Rupak Ginn.
Directed by Steve Zuckerman, The Stone Witch is set to officially open Off-Broaway March 25. Carolyn McCormick completes the cast.
The production features set and projection design by Yael Pardess and Brad Peterson, costume design by Mimi Maxmen, lighting design by Betsy Adams, sound design by Christopher Cronin, and original music composed by Roger Bellon. The production stage manager is J.P. Elins with assistant stage manager Michael Friedlander.
The Stone Witch is produced by Darlene Kaplan, Laura Janik Cronin, and Scott J. Newsome in association with Alec Seymour. The world premiere was produced at The Berkshire Theatre Group in association with Darlene Kaplan Entertainment and Brierpatch Productions in 2016.
Tickets are available on Telecharge.com.


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This month’s 2020/21 foreign coarse grain outlook is for lower production, slightly higher trade, and reduced stocks relative to last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in its latest supply and demand estimates report.
“EU corn production is lowered, mostly reflecting reductions for Romania and France that are partially offset by increases for several countries including Poland, Italy, and Hungary. Ukraine corn production is forecast higher, largely reflecting higher expected area,” the report said.
Other notable corn production changes included projected increases for Mozambique and Malawi, with reductions for Canada and Thailand, the USDA said, adding that barley production was lowered for the EU, Kazakhstan, Argentina, and Ukraine.
“Major global coarse grain trade changes for 2020/21 include corn export increases for the United States, Ukraine, and Burma. Corn imports are raised for the EU, Canada, and Thailand, but reduced for India,” it added.
The USDA raised sorghum exports for the United States and Argentina, with higher imports forecast for China. Foreign corn ending stocks were slightly lower in July relative to last month, reflecting an increase for Indonesia that is more than offset by declines for Canada and India, it added.


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Take on your friends, beautiful graphics and animations. Everything is bursting with color!, you'll be addicted from the very first hit!
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• Unique gameplay: swap and match, design and decorate, play with and take care of Bubble Christsmas Lengend —all in one place!
• Over 300 funny, challenging and amazing new levels with Captivating arcade inspired music.
• Stunning graphics, animations, and sounds bring your fantasy dragoncity to life!
• Bubble Christsmas Lengend game modes and super sized new Cropsies!
• Match 3 meets Bubble Christsmas Lengend match and More strategy and more happy.
• Fun, charismatic Bubble Christsmas Lengend with Extremely super Power.
Rules or gameplay is absolutely simple to suit everyone's taste. Just swap and match 3 or more same Bubble Christsmas Lengend to eliminate them. It's simple, but once you play, you will find it very challenge.
- Regular updates with fun seasonal themes.
- Beautiful graphics and animations. Everything is bursting with color!
- Use Boosters when you need a helping hand.
- Pop many Monster in a row to unlock special pops with unique benefits.
- Complete daily challenges for special bonuses.
- With different level types, you’ll never get bored.
Bubble Christsmas Lengend is a new matching puzzle from the makers of this game like cascade game ! Enjoy


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The Royal London Society for the Blind has called for London’s streets to be redesigned to make them easier for blind people to negotiate (BBC News).
The charity says layouts are confusing for many of the city’s 250,000 blind people.
But London councils said developing "more prescriptive standards" would be difficult without reducing the standard of facilities for most road users.
A spokesperson said: "London’s boroughs appreciate the need to provide special guidance and facilities for blind and partially-sighted people when designing roads and footways.
"London’s road layouts vary widely because the space and geometry of each junction and crossing are different."
The spokesperson added that the DfT produced guidelines which boroughs follow.
A DfT spokesperson said: "By using this guidance, councils can help ensure that blind and partially sighted people are able to move around with greater confidence."
Councils use tactile paving but designs vary from borough to borough.
The charity said if London’s 33 councils agreed common design standards it would help reduce the problems. It wants the government to force planners to introduce simple, uniform design guidelines to give disabled people greater accessibility.
Click here to read the full BBC News report.


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Pretend you’re in a James Bond movie and arrive on a Riva boat at one of the most glamourous lakes in Italy! Perched right at the foot of the Alps with picture-perfect villages on the water, Lake Como welcomes you with beautiful opulent villas that once belonged to renowned artists. Beneath the glitz, this fishing village has kept its tradition and authenticity through its cuisine – Have a candlelit dinner at La Colombetta and feel the romantic atmosphere while eating au authentic gourmet meal.
Enjoy your stay with luxury and comfort at Il Sereno Lago di Como. Committed to respecting its green surroundings, his unique haven of peach is one of the most elegant private sanctuaries among the prestigious collections of lakeside hotels.
MONACAIR provides exclusive services allowing you to travel in absolute comfort and a stress-free environment. Our well-maintained modern helicopters can carry up to six passengers and fly you exactly to your final destination in just an hour and a half.

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Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp says it is “a crime” that some Premier League teams have to play two games in three days over the festive period.
The Reds travel to Leicester on Thursday, before hosting Wolves on Sunday but most other sides only have one day off between games.
After winning the Club World Cup in Qatar and defeat in the Carabao Cup, Liverpool will have played nine games in a packed December.
“It’s absolutely not OK,” Klopp said.
“And we still have it. None of the managers have a problem with matches on Boxing Day, but playing the 26th and 28th is a crime.
“We can say whatever we want and no-one is really interested but every year it is the same for the coaches involved in it.”


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HOFA has announced that you can now enter the HOFA Song Contest 2020. The contest started on June 1, 2020, and the closing date for entries will be on August 3, 2020. Your song might be a winner!
For the fifth time now, the international online competition for musicians and music producers is opening its doors. Mobilize your fan base for the user voting and convince the HOFA jury of your skills. The participation is free of charge!
The HOFA Song Contest is open to artists from every genre. We will make your talent heard, provide you with a stage for your music – and offer the chance to win attractive cash and non-cash prizes with a total value of over €20,000.
You are allowed to upload one song that is written by you and/or your band, for whose publication you have the agreement of all involved persons, that is not registered at the GEMA or similar collection societies. Lyrics are not mandatory, but mere playbacks or beats without rap parts cannot take part.
Genres include: Pop, Electronic Music, Hip-Hop/Soul/R’n’B, Rock & Heavy, Traditional & Folk, and World and other genres.
Winners are determined out of the Top 20 of in the online voting in the main 6 categories. Depending on the genre, they pay attention to sound selection, songwriting, lyrics, musical performance, mix & mastering, sound quality and distinctive features. In addition, all songs are listened to and evaluated in order to determine the awardees of the special prizes.
The main prize is 500 €. This will be presented to the winner in each of the 6 main categories. There are also prizes from Steinberg, Native Instruments, Ableton, Adam Audio, Focusrite, Novation, Shure, Sommer Cable, Sonarworks, ToonTrack, and Vengeance.


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As per the new report by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Fintech requires tight controls to mitigate data privacy risks in order to protect consumers and maintain market integrity.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a report citing fintech companies for “creating new risks to consumer protection and market integrity.”
The report, titled “Assessing Impacts of New Entrant Nonbank Firms on Competition in Consumer Finance Markets,” stated that there’s increasing concentration among federally insured banks, and new nonbank firms—particularly fintech firms—are “significantly” increasing the number of companies and business strategies that are struggling to compete in the target customer finance markets. This could be creating competitive pressures.
Fintech, although enabling new features, also introduce new concerns relating to data confidentiality and regulatory arbitrage, the report claims. The research urged tighter controls of financial activity in nonbank companies. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen stated that “innovation and competition must work hand in hand in a healthy economy,” adding that the report provides methods to “maintain fair, transparent and competitive markets while encouraging responsible innovation that benefits consumers. With existing authorities, regulators can encourage competition and innovation while further safeguarding and protecting consumers.”
There are several suggestions in the report. Regulators should offer “clear and consistently applied” supervision of bank-fintech interactions. The report states, a bank-fintech partnership that provides consumer financial products and services offered by an insured depository institution “must operate in compliance with the laws, regulations and risk management standards applicable to the IDI.” Moreover, while emerging non-bank enterprises unbundle key consumer financial products into limited offers, they are generally not subject to the same level of thorough regulation and oversight as IDIs.
Additionally, regulators need to “robustly” monitor bank-fintech lending partnerships to make sure that consumer protection regulations are followed and that they don’t negatively affect customers’ financial stability.


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-Reviewed by Jessica Traynor–
In Entomology, Helen Clare uses a sonnet sequence on insects as a lens through which to explore love, history, broken relationships and the pleasures and dangers of courtship. In these engaging poems, the insects the poet has spent her life observing become an intriguing microcosm for humanity as a whole. Although she has a scientific background, Clare’s deep knowledge is worn lightly, informing the poems’ imaginative scope rather than becoming a didactic prop. The formal and thematic unity of the collection is hard to fault.
Clare finds a number of outlets for her undoubted creativity within the constraints of the sonnet form: in ‘Caddisly (Larvae)’ a caddisfly opens a window on her schooldays, while in poems such as ‘Greenfly’ and ‘Solitary Bee’, the poet shows us the world from the insects’ point of view, turning up some illuminating observations:
We crawl into the leavings of other lives –
empty tunnels, shells of the soft-bodied
Arguably, these poems have a more lasting impact than the more overtly personal poems, which occasionally seem to struggle a little in the transition between the insect metaphor and the exploration of the poet’s own experience.
Clare demonstrates her care for form in the many different permutations of the sonnet on display here, and there’s a real sense of her awareness of how stanza delineation affects our understanding of the poem. A slightly more experimental approach is on display in ‘Cranefly’. Though her use of white space is refreshing, this poem is consequently one of the more oblique in the pamphlet.
There is humour here too, in poems such as ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’, in which the caterpillar writes back to Eric Carle, the author of the children’s book, to set the record straight on questions of calorie intake:
But I should mention (I have tweeted this before)
That I was never a glutton: I always
Ate my greens. Five a Day. Change 4 Life.
Live Well. We need to be on message, these days.
If I were to identify a moment when Clare risks puncturing the delicate surface tension of her own poetry, it’s when the personal declarations become a little too raw, lending the poems a slightly more earthbound feeling than those in which she allows her imagination to take flight. For example, while the content of the final lines of ‘Assassin Bug’ is effective, the attempt to fit such a bold statement into the final lines of a delicate sonnet leaves us with some rather awkward syntax:
Or why when, before our marriage, he said
He was selfish, I thought he exaggerated.
This pamphlet’s real strengths lie in the moments where the personal becomes a focal point within the broader universal. Here, the imagery is strange and striking: the cockroach’s certainty of survival in ‘German Cockroach’ is framed by an image that deftly evokes the scarab-worship of the Ancient Egyptians: ‘One day you’ll fit my carapace with crystals/ and chain me to your collar.’ This poem speaks eloquently on the pain of rejection and loss. The knife-edge between sex and death is neatly evoked in ‘Common Wasp’ where the tailored design of nature gives way to an all-consuming tidal wave of pleasure:
The waist, that carries
blood and nerve, diffusing air and gut,
is so fine that like the trillion viruses
that dance on the head of a pin, or the sting
that tapers so perfectly, it seems there is
something between something and nothing.
At the narrowest point at which two bodies bond,
tonight the angels fizz upon my tongue.
These are passionate poems by a skilled poet whose creativity blossoms within constraint. Their intricacy and intelligence augur well for the full-length collection that should surely follow soon.


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Hyderabad: Unaccounted income worth Rs 7 crore seized from cab driver's account
Income tax authorities revealed that the account holder was a cab driver and could not explain the sources of the cash deposits.
By Ashish Pandey: Continuing its crackdown against unaccounted income and black money hoarders, sleuths of the Income Tax department on Thursday found one of the dormant accounts where unaccounted cash to the tune of Rs 7 crore was deposited post the demonetisation announcement made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
1. What is more interesting is that investigation by income tax authorities revealed that the account holder was a cab driver and could not explain the sources of the cash deposits.
2. On further examination of CCTV footage of the bank, it was found that the cash deposits were done by two of the accomplices of the cab driver.
3. The income tax department of Hyderabad, however, tracked down the movements and caught the two people and questioned them about the cash deposits and purchase of gold.
4. On being interrogated, the cab driver agreed to pay the taxes under the Prime Minister Gareeb Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY) scheme.
5. In another case, the department seized Rs 29.5 lakh cash (out of which Rs 17 lakh is in new denomination) from one person in in Hyderabad, identified as Manoranjan Das. Das is a native of Balasore in Odisha.
6. Moreover, search operations were also conducted at different locations in Bhubaneswar and Kolkata on Sirajuddin and Company (a mining contract and export company) on the orders of the Hyderabad DG Income Tax.
7. Officials are continuously monitoring bank transactions over Rs 2.5 lakh while also monitoring the sale and purchase of Gold in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha.


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A straw vote suggests former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is a favorite among religious conservatives to be president in 2012.
Left out a pretty important word in that headline, dincha?
Ron Paul is tops among End the Fed conservatives. John McCain is tops among anti-free-speech cranky old man conservatives. Sarah Palin is tops among VPILF conservatives. Huckabee's loyal band of religious "conservatives" is not representative of conservatives in general.

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Shakespeare, Rossini and Verdi tell three different versions of Othello. The story is the same, but the different treatments give it different flavors. It is a tragedy, but the nature of the tragedy changes. Shakespeare and Verdi present a saint or a goddess who is destroyed by jealousy, but Rossini presents a human victim of her husband\'s rage.
In Shakespeare\'s play, Desdemona orders her wedding sheets to be placed upon her bed. Shakespeare emphasizes this gesture as a symbol of peace and reconciliation, though ironically Desdemona will soon lie murdered on them. She asks to be buried in those sheets. In Verdi\'s opera, she asks to be buried in her wedding gown. In Rossini\'s opera, this line is omitted. Thus, she seems saint-like in Shakespeare and Verdi, but she seems more human and less holy in Rossini.
In Shakespeare\'s play, she sings the "willow" song, unaware of any more immediate menace than the wind knocking upon the door. In Rossini\'s opera, she thinks the wind is a bad omen, which brings down the elevated meaning of the "willow" song to a mere earthly level. In Verdi\'s opera, she thinks that the sound of the wind is someone knocking at the door. Thus, Verdi follows Shakespeare in that Desdemona does not understand that the wind is foretelling a future tragedy.
Desdemona thinks of the meaning of adultery. She would not do such a wrong "for the whole world." Shakespeare contrasts Desdemona\'s high standards with those of the practical and down-to-earth Emilia: "Why, the wrong is but a wrong i\' the world; and having the world for your labor, \'tis a wrong in your own world and you might quickly make it right." When Desdemona sings the "willow" song, Emilia she does her best to comfort and console her. She also protests against the "double" sexual standard of men. Women also have "affections, / Desires for sport, and frailty." If men do wrong, then it is their fault that women also do wrong.
Shakespeare\'s Desdemona is a sweet, naive victim. Othello does not have money, beauty or good manners, but to Desdemona, he is perfect. She loves him for what he is. She respects him, as well. Desdemona is a loyal spouse who will do absolutely anything for her husband. Emilia tries to teach the innocent Desdemona about the evils of life. Carefully watching over her, Emilia constantly tries to warn her that jealousy is a "monster." She is not at all afraid of men and does not think twice about defending Desdemona\'s honor to the raging Othello.
In Shakespeare\'s play, the "willow" song is a supplement to the words and actions which move the action along. In the two operas, on the other hand, the music itself serves to advance the plot. The "willow" song has different words in each of the three versions. The way the women sing the song is different, as well. In Shakespeare\'s play, she is just singing an old folk song, and she is not a great singer. In Verdi\'s opera, on the other hand, Desdemona displays the highest qualities of the musical voice, which elevates the character of Desdemona and provokes a shiver in the audience. The beautiful song serves to portray the pure and innocent character of Desdemona, which is accented by the shining white of costumes and lights. It is like musical poetry. Verdi\'s Desdemona is a pure, white lady in white clothing, almost a goddess. Rossini\'s Desdemona is pretty, but her voice ranges from loud to whispering, instead of from forte to pianissimo. She is fully human, unlike the goddess of Verdi\'s opera. Her lighting is blue, not white. She is sad, not pure. Thus, Shakespeare presents a saint killed by the monster of jealousy, and Verdi presents a goddess murdered by the monster of jealousy, while Rossini presents a woman killed by her husband.
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Over the last week, COVID-19 struck the US government in a meaningful way, as several key advisors in the White House & the President tested positive. Initial reactions on Wall Street were muted when news that President Trump had fallen ill hit the news wires. After a brief stay in the hospital, the President returned home and almost immediately called off future stimulus package talks until after the election--whether we really need to wait that long is uncertain.
Investment markets will struggle with this news should that timeline actually hold. Some sectors of the economy are beginning to struggle again without government support (particularly entertainment, travel, & hospitality). For a stimulus deal to be completed prior to the election it would likely need to occur in the next 10-14 days.
Here's what we're reading this week:
The U.S. election may have considerable implications on three key sectors: energy, technology and healthcare.
U.S. President Donald Trump has tested positive for COVID-19, adding to near- term election uncertainties. U.S. fiscal package negotiations continued.
Markets will focus on services purchasing managers’ index (PMI) data from key economies to gauge the pace of the economic recovery.
The U.S. remains a world leader in innovation (for Healthcare) for a number of reasons, but clearly America will not be the only source of pharmaceutical innovation going forward.
“I expect to see many global blockbuster drugs from China by 2030. I anticipate they will begin to produce novel drugs for cancer within five to 10 years and sell them at one-tenth the cost in the U.S.,” -- Cheryl Frank, portfolio manager at Capital Group.
Sources and Notes: Cetera Investment Management, FactSet, Apple (Driving, Public Transit, and Walking Mobility), Transportation Security Agency (Airport Checkpoint Passenger Traffic), OpenTable (Restaurant Reservations), U.S. Employment and Training Administration (Weekly Unemployment Claims), Johnson Redbook Service (Same Store Sales), Mortgage Bankers Association (Weekly Mortgage Application Purchase Index), Federal Reserve Bank of New York (Weekly Economic Index), Bank of America Merrill Lynch (High Yield Bond Spread). The 7-day average is used for metrics that are daily (Driving Mobility, Airport Travelers, and Restaurant Reservations). Data is pushed forward 1- week for the following metrics because there is a 1-week data release lag: Unemployment Claims, Same Store Sales, Mortgage Application Index, and New York Fed Weekly Economic Index. For the 1-week and 4-week change, an up arrow indicates the metric is improving and a down arrow indicates the metric is weakening.


Four people were arrested in a northwest Canton home where a knife fight broke out as youth were drinking alcohol.
Medics were called to a northwest Canton home after a knife fight at an underage drinking party early Tuesday morning.
No life-threatening injuries were reported, but three people — all with misdemeanor warrants — were jailed, according to Stark County Jail records.
Canton police reports show a fourth person was cited for misdemeanor intoxication. The 42-year-old man who lives there was summonsed to appear in court in July.
Police initially went twice Monday night to the home in the 600 block of Kennett Court NW. They were looking for wanted persons whom officers believed the residents were hiding, the jail records said.
Police were called again hours later at 1:45 a.m. Tuesday when several people were reportedly fighting.
One person was taken to an area hospital with unknown injuries, according to reports on file at the fire department.
Police arrested a 44-year-old woman who lives in the house and two 20-year-old men, one of whom lives in the 3100 block of 12th Street NW and the other in the 2200 block of Ralph Court NW.
The woman was jailed on a domestic violence warrant and charged with having a disorderly house, the jail records said.
The 12th Street man was jailed on warrants charging him with receiving stolen property, driving under the influence of alcohol and underage consumption. The other man was jailed on five warrants and charges of underage consumption, underage possession of intoxicating liquor, domestic violence, theft, menacing by stalking and two counts of falsification.
All three of them remained in the jail early Wednesday, held without bond pending appearances in Canton Municipal Court.
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Have you ever heard about the Kossuth Bridge? Well, according to lobu.hu, it stood for 14 years, and everything would have been harder without it. It ensured the healthy life cycle of the capital city and solved the problems of the era. Let us learn some facts about the forgotten bridge.
The Kossuth Bridge stood between Kossuth Square and Batthyány Square from 1946 until 1960. It was put out of commission after the inauguration of the Liberty Bridge. Its curiosity is that until then, it was the only river crossing place in Budapest to function throughout the whole year.
It was a symbol since it was a significant investment.
It stood for restart.
It was built in seven (!) months, the iron needed for the construction was made from war debris. Its bearing capacity was limited from the first moment on; in fact, after a while, bigger buses could not cross it.
24.hu writes that until the January of 1945, all of the bridges were demolished, which caused serious trouble after WWII as there was no place to cross the river. The Soviet troops built three military bridges out of which Manci Bridge, the replacer of Margaret Bridge stood for the longest time – until 1948.
But these types of bridges would not have withstood the next debacle, so the government decided to construct a half-permanent bridge until the damaged bridges were reconstructed.
There was only a little time for the construction, so the workers worked day and night to achieve the goal. The Kossuth Bridge was 355 metres long; there were two lanes for vehicles and 3.3-metre wide sidewalks.
The new bridge was an incredible achievement, but transportation was limited by special rules: vehicles could only cross it with 10 km/h, keeping a 20-metre safety gap.
It was not planned for eternity since there were also wooden elements among the panels. However, everything was substituted to steel in 1954. Still, by 1957, it had become so worn out that it had to be closed.
The old bridges were all reconstructed, and by 1963, there was no sign of the onetime Kossuth Bridge. To be more exact, the bridgeheads are still commemorated by two plaques on both sides of the river.
It did not live long, but it was definitely important and useful for Budapest.
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As children, our parents used to ask us what kind of cake we want for our birthdays. Some of the popular choices today include an Elsa cake or a football cake; a running-nose cake is something we’ve never heard of before. We thought that cakes are always appetizing, no matter the shape, but this one makes us want to look away.
Even if this is what the kid has asked for, only dads are capable of executing such an unappetizing cake. It’s a great project to work on together with the kids, but it seems as if a normal cake, cookies or any other kind of baked good would have been just as much fun to prepare, and a lot more pleasant to eat.

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Title: Roof and Floor Slabs Assembled with Precast Concrete
Author(s): B. Venkateswarlu, Jeganathan Shanmugasundaram, and Vadivelu Shanmugam
Publication: Journal Proceedings
Appears on pages(s): 50-55
Keywords: concrete slabs; cracking (fracturing); deflection; flexural strength;
floors; hollow core slabs; joints (junctions); keys and keyways; loads (forces);
moments; precast concrete; roofs; shear stresses; stiffness; two-way slabs.
Abstract:Roof and floor slabs constructed by jointing the precast concrete cored units with shear keys resist higher load intensities and show fewer deflections than the individual units due to transfer of loads through the shear keys. The extent of two-way distribution of loads in these slabs depends on their aspect ratios and torsional to flexural stiffness ratios. Full-scale tests showed that for a uniformly loaded, two- way slab with an aspect ratio of 1.1, the cracking load and the load at 0.1 mm crack width were 67 and 30 percent, respectively, more than in the case of the individual unit. The maximum deflection of the two-way slab under a service load of 4000 N/m2 [Pa] (82 psf) was found to be 83 percent less than in the case of the individual unit, and this difference increased to 260 percent at cracking load. The slabs constructed with precast concrete units have been analyzed as orthotropic slabs with zero flexural stiffness perpendicular to the line of joints; expressions for deflections, moments, and shear force have been derived. Coefficients to compute the maximum values of deflections, moments, and shear force for uniformly loaded, simply supported slabs with different aspect ratios and with different torsional to flexural stiffness ratios are presented. The deflections predicted from theoretical analysis of the slab under test agreed very closely with the test results up to cracking load. Beyond cracking load, the deflections computed using postcracking stiffnesses were found to be slightly more than the measured values.
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