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Going to be checking this band out next week when they're playing a gig just down the road from me. I consider myself very fortunate indeed especially as Wimborne isn't known as the rock'n'roll capital of the UK. Pleased they've managed to put out a third studio album and agree this is more in keeping with the debut.
I’m enjoying this album. I felt Scarecrow was a bit of a let down after the debut. One of the (very) few new melodic/AOR rock albums I can actually play all the way through without getting bored by track 3.
This is one of those unexpected surprises that comes out of nowhere. I agree with the influences mentioned in the review (although I'm not too familiar with the last two). I'll add Great White and Dokken, although definitely a much smoother and lighter version. Sweet can sound like a mellower Joe Elliott at times. The sax solos in two of the songs work surprisingly well. I think this album manages to sound different from the pack while sounding familiar and comfortable. Well, when I say "different from the pack", I have heard albums that try to achieve what this one actually does. The execution here is spot on. It manages to be one that has very good straight-through and repeat playability, and it is working well when I through the songs into a random mix.
Excellent album. The previous one was a real surprise four years ago, and they managed to surpass it with this one. It has a nice diversity among the songs, with powerful vocals and superb musicianship. Nygren has the same theatrical vocal style as Toby Hitchcock. And on the two songs that Hosford sings ( "She's A Loaded Gun" and "To The Wire" ), you get a slightly dialed-back version of the same style - you might not even notice that it's a different singer. I really like the flow on this one, as I could quickly learn the individual songs from the start. I initially put this as my third favorite album of 2018, but I think a couple of months later it has edged past the Jerome Mazza album for number two.
I'm still in the process of getting to know this album. It certainly sounds very good, with a top-notch vocalist in LaBlanc and a solid group of musicians. And the songs are very good too. It's just a case of them blending together a bit too much, as is often the case these days. I need to give it more time, which I will, as it is a very good album. I wish I could hear "Desperate Dreams" with fresh ears. They nail it here - one of the absolute best covers of a classic song I've heard on a modern album. But that Survivor album is one I usually play at least twice a month and one that has been played hundreds and hundreds of times the past 30 years. I wonder what kind of impression Find Me's version would have given me if this was the first time I'd ever heard the song. I think for me, if that song had been about midway through the album, it would have served as an anchor where I could better break the album into distinct songs rather than a continuous block of (very good) music. I'll get there...
#12 | melodiapositiva | ? at March 12 2019 16:25:03
That´s the problem i have with krokus,inconsistence and their "Ac/dc syndrome".I love these guys when they are themselves (fire,winning man,streamer,say goodbye,world on fire...)but when they repit the samey riffs over and over again ,it bores me ...
Hoodo was a very consistent album in the metal rendez vous style ,but i would prefer another Headhunter than another One vice a time repetitive stuff.
This one is a bit feather weight, but it was par for the course then, a la Dupree, Doheny, Photoglo etc. If it had ended up sounding like the first Christopher Cross lp, then we might have been talking..
Eric Pressly and Keely Hawkes were in the excellent alternative synth rock band Transister in the mid 90s. One album on Virgin. Pressly had first worked with his future wife on her pop solo album in '93. Always loved the Transister album. Has a great vibe about it.
One of my favourite albums from 1988 and one I play regularly. Ron Perry has certainly got the pipes and 'Lost in your love' showcases this to great effect. Hard to pick a standout track as the material is uniformly excellent though like you George I'd probably chose 'Reckless days' for the vibe and memorable chorus. Buy or die as they used to say....
Did you or me nick this? You're right about the songs sounding a mess. Whenever I'd give this a blast, I could never get past the third or fourth song without feeling like I was watching Copius at The Stomach. Amateur time, man. The cassette is probably still in the big box at dad's. So that'll be 20 plus years now that it hasn't seen daylight. Maybe one day it might get lucky.
Glad to see this finally get a review George. It is indeed a terrific album and one I find myself re-visiting on a regular basis. We also need to cover Frontrunner's 'Runners in the night' which is another obscure AOR gem..
Good place to start (or should that be a Goddo place to start? Hahahahaha!) with the guys first album. For a while this was possibly the album I played the least in the Goddo canon, but over the last few years it's been the one I've probably played the most. Goddo were never the most technical or flashy of bands and they sure keep it basic on this one really rocking out for the most of the album - there's a couple of cool ballads. By the time of the follow up "Who Cares" they became a little more subtle both in delivery, song writing and studio technique and as such "Who Cares" has a little more gloss than this but not by a long stretch it still delivers in spades, this one is just that touch rawer....gotta love Goddo.
Flippin 'eck - the last time I saw pictures of either of them, especially Mr. Purser, has been some time. My they've changed...but gotta say they look well and good to see they're still up for it.
I went to see Tygers on the Cage tour probably still have my shirt in the loft. I saw them a couple of times early on with Jess Cox and with Deverill a couple of times and then after the Cage tour too, I have a soft spot for the Tygers but lost track around Burning in the Shade which was the last album I faithfully bought by them (apart from grabbing the MCA box set a couple of years back) .
The CD (bootleg?...) version of "Down To The Bone" on the Blast From The Past label, apparently from Canada, has 2 non LP bonus tracks: Walk Away Renee (a cover, from a 1983 single on Harvest) and Moon Rider (origin unknown). The b side of WAR was also another unreleased tune, called You And Me, but oddly it wasn't put on the CD above. Go figure...
I've always thought this was a better record than '5150', but still prefer the first four Roth era albums over anything they did with Sammy. I saw Van Halen headlining at Giants Stadium in 1988 but left before the end as I wanted to see Britny Fox open for Frehley's Comet at the Limelight across the river. Best decision ever. Gene and Paul appeared with Ace for an encore of 'Deuce'. First time they had played together since Ace had left KISS the first time round. The place went nuts.
By far the weakest VH album. I've rarely sat through the whole thing once over the decades. Sure there's a few decent tracks on offer, but too bland overall for a VH album. 'When It's Love' still makes me feel sick to this day.
#43 | melodiapositiva | ? at February 22 2019 17:42:50
How i miss my old lp, it sounded great but the cd version sounds brightless, toned down.
#49 | melodiapositiva | ? at February 19 2019 16:19:15
Totally agree with the review ,return is a really great band and all of their albums are worthy (except the last one) .They have a good feeling on their songs that always makes me happier when i listen to them.
Anyone have a download of this please? Missed out on a decently priced CD earlier yesterday and the one on Discogs is vastly overpriced however rare it is, even as a bootleg. Many thanks
#56 | george_the_jack | ? at February 08 2019 01:46:14
There's a City Boy feel to the video both in terms of sound and its overall aesthetics.
It might not be as polished or classy (low budget and production lacks) but it's interesting nevertheless, even if some 40 years late....
#59 | george_the_jack | ? at February 07 2019 12:59:39
So here's another very good release by these guys. They've been trying to set themselves amongst the cream of the crop of today's Swedish acts and I have to say they are not far off from achieving this!
There are of course the obvious similarities with H.E.A.T. but the main difference to my ears is that Osukaru don't try to sound Bon Jovi-esque or ''American'' if you get what I mean, unlike recent efforts by Gronwall & Co. This one is more Scandi Euro-Sounding AOR than anything else and it's done with class.
Oz knows how to write a good song with sublime chorus yet without becoming boring. I'm also a fan of Werner's vocals who puts soul and feel to his singing and he's been developing from a singer with potential to an asset for Osukaru's music.
Hope I'll get to see them soon once again - already seen them twice. They got a very passionate stage presence too.
Although it has it's moments I feel it has not as consistent as the debut which was superb. Could have done without yet another cover version of 'Gimme some lovin' and the rather naff 'Rock and roll rodeo' (terrible song title). If all the tracks had been of the calibre of 'Never meant to be' and 'Let me dream' it could have been an all time pomp rock classic!
I had somehow never heard this album until two days ago, after reading what was like a masters degree thesis on the album on the Real Gone website. And I'm someone who really enjoyed NOTB and Peace Of Mind back in high school. So I streamed this and... it's quite good! I guess I had it in my mind that Dianno was not a great vocalist, and that kept me away. Truth is, while he has a very different style than Dickinson, it works well. By this stage of my life, this album won't burn its way into my brain cells as the other ones did, but I'll put it in the rotation. What is really kind of interesting to me is that while this was considered really hard stuff in the early 80's, it is very listenable to me, so much so that I can listen to it while doing the kind of work that requires me to think. I sure as hell couldn't work to what is considered metal these days.
#64 | melodiapositiva | ? at February 05 2019 20:01:39
Return was a great band, all of their albums are great and they have a special facility to create beutiful melodies. I miss some more reviews of their albums, they deserve it.
A superb album, brimming with melody and containing numerous highlights - the review is spot on. Pick of the bunch for me is 'Pushed her too far' with it's sublime vocal harmonies and a stellar vocal performance from Mark Lennon.
#67 | melodiapositiva | ? at February 03 2019 19:55:32
Awful album imho, after such a good lp as it was with 'A Matter of Attitude'. This album sucks!
The next one 'Scratch and Sniff' is harder and it contains superb guitar work.
Merlino confirmed the line up who recorded some Axis stuff @Woodsound Studios in Monrovia, CA post debut circa 1980-1981 was him/Volpe/Davis/Johnson. Song titles: Nothing 2 lose, lost love (or one song with long title Nothing...love) & genie genie.
Singer Louie Merlino wrote on FB that he joined Axis when Appice left and Jimmy Volpe became their drummer. Volpe was then a member of Warrior, not the Vinnie Vincent and ex New England combo but the one who released "Fighting For The Earth" feat. Parramore McCarty. I seem to remember that Axis infact recorded a second, still unreleased album or say demos but I could be mistaken, and no clue if the original line up or the Merlino/Volpe/Johnson/Davis line up or what....anyone?
#72 | george_the_jack | ? at January 25 2019 19:53:41
Very true what you said about how the newer stuff mixes up better with stuff from around the same era compared to the classics. However, as far as I'm concerned and according to how I see and hear things, the turning point in today's music started taking place during the last 4-5 years - not before. It's not only Treat or FM who reverted their sound to something more modern-ish but also names like ''Find Me'', last H.E.A.T. album or most of Frontiers' ''hard rock'' releases today. I generally struggle to find music faithful to its roots that would draw direct comparisons to what I really fancy listening.
Personally, I'd rather remember 2018 for their heavy metal releases such as Judas Priest or Maverick than anything else.
#73 | melodiapositiva | ? at January 25 2019 18:51:41
I never liked this album very much ,i love Walsh voice and he still sings great here,but his compositions lacks the quality of Livgren ´s .The first song and the last are the best here ,but the ballads are really boring imho.
Mediocre at best.
#74 | melodiapositiva | ? at January 24 2019 19:16:30
Kansas never made a bad album,each one have something to offer and this is not an exception.
As Eric said in the review Ragsdale and Ehart are both supreme and i would add Williams work,a very underrated guitar player imho.
What i don´t like much is seeing Walsh voice deterioration,and
it would go to worse in next years .He was one of the best rock vocalist ever and it´s sad how bad habbits destroyed his voice.
I can respect that... I believe the current "sound" of the modern AOR era has been around long enough that it is pretty distinct from anything before the early 2000s. Production is different, and I think production standards today are quite good, especially compared with the inconsistency of ten years ago. It's just a different sound. When I create playlists for workouts, I rarely mix eras - it's either 80s (with possibly some late 70s and early 90s) or somewhere like 2006 on (more heavily 2010 and later). I enjoy both a lot, but they don't mix that well for me. I also think modern bands are starting more to try to get away from recreating the 80s songs over and over. I'm glad I like the new stuff, but I can understand how it doesn't impress others. Heck, that started to happen to me in the latter 80s when "hair metal" all started to sound the same to me, and then when grunge and other "alt rock" became the big thing. And even though I don't seek out the mainstream U.S. pop music, I hear enough of it to know that I liked it a lot better a dozen years ago, when artists like Maroon 5 actually had some good songs on the radio.
#76 | melodiapositiva | ? at January 19 2019 12:28:14
This is a very nice record ,it sounds a lot to the british band Voyager without the prog tones .The cover is really beautiful on vinyl ,a good lp for the collection in every sense.
#77 | george_the_jack | ? at January 18 2019 14:26:13
When I read your list Jeff, can't help but notice there's a ton of albums I haven't even listened once over the course of last year. That proves my deteriorating interest about new music I guess...
I found the Midnite City album flat and cheesy as a whole although it had its moments while Perfect Plan, Groundbreaker, Issa and Gioeli-Castronovo were good but nothing spectacular that'd make me want to go back and play them. I also can't get that new Jerome Mazza album that all of you liked so much. I liked his previous a lot more. The new one sounds heavily processed in the studio and very plastic for my liking.
#78 | george_the_jack | ? at January 18 2019 13:40:19
I only discovered this one recently and it's very very good so keep finding myself revisiting it. It's actually way better than anything else I listened to in 2018! That alone says a lot about how things have changed in the genre over the past few years and possibly what musical trends are set to prevail going forward. I mean this one here is traditional melodic rock in every sense (from production to songwriting and individual performances) while releases from 2018 are leaning towards more ''modern'' forms that don't do anything for me, personally. Curious what the future brings but 2017 and 2018 were hugely unispiring for me in terms of new music that reached my ears except the likes of the excellent ''The Night Light Orchestra''.
#79 | melodiapositiva | ? at January 17 2019 19:43:28
Mark free reach the stratosphere with his voice in this album ,his singing on"slow down the night" is superb,in the same league with Perry and Gramm.
Consider me fully converted to 7th Heaven's deliciously infectious sugar-coated brand of pop rock. Just listening to this makes me feel young again, though I doubt that it will cure my fast receding hairline! Guaranteed to put a smile on your face and the perfect antidote if you're looking for some light relief. Goodness only knows we could all do with it at the moment. Kudos to you George for bringing this to our attention
No, never seen any photos of the Capozzi/Robinson line-up. I'm sure there must be some live shots out there someplace, but none I've ever seen, which is surprising given the nature of the internet. I've never seen any from the Mike Clayton era either. I know that by 83 Felix Robinson had already cut his hair and was much older than Vito Bratta and Mike Tramp. There are YouTube videos out there of what Capozzi looks like as of last July. The reason he left the band was kinda connected to the look in as much as Nicky wasn't into it himself. He says as much in this video:
reyno-roxx have you ever seen photos of the Tramp-Bratta-Capozzi-Robinson line up and/or do they exist at all? I mean, if not promo photos with them all (I don't think there's any), at least photos of them in studio in Frankfurt or during rehearsals or live shows (not sure if this line up ever played live shows). If I remember well -but could be wrong- Capozzi was let go due to "wrong look" matter and age vs D'Angelo, same for Robinson who probably didn't want to tour at all.
I have never seen any, it looks like the material is as elusive as the Coverdale-Sykes-Murray-Dunbar (& Airey) line up of Whitesnake, of which only recently some photos of Dunbar and Airey in studio with WS appeared in the recent 1987 box set.
I picked up the V&R version years ago for pennies in the (in)famous Yanks/Powercuts records sale, they used to have loads of copies of it dead cheap but in the sales prices dropped through the floor on some items. I thought this was an okay album at the time but it has certainly grown in stature in my opinion and gets played much more regularly these days than when I first bought it. Its the only Shooting Star album I have strangely, I did buy the first when it came out on import but sold it on as I wasn't that impressed, bit too wimpy for me back then. Another band since though I have come to appreciate more than I did having heard a little more.
#86 | englandashes | ? at January 12 2019 23:58:58
The Whitewing is now available on CD.
#87 | englandashes | ? at January 12 2019 22:14:43
I wonder where , overrated?, no way as it contains ‘Broken Heart’, my favourite White Lion track.
This is as good as it gets if you can listen with open ears. More on the Hard AOR side than the Pomp of their early releases. I was lucky enough to find a V&R copy, kind of a picture cd with that boot in shades of grey on the front. The physical cd is heavy, not like the lighter ones nowadays.
I would be tempted to say that this is my favourite album by JW, every track hits home with me. The track Euroshima (which I believe was going to be the original album title) has some real poignant lyrics, but that has always been John Waites forte. The extended version of that song is cool too, I can remember clutching a hastily recorded cassette so I could play it my mates while crushed in his dads Lada as we drove up to a rock night in Bury. I read in the classic rock AOR mag some guy saying he couldn't understand why JW was regarded as a top AOR singer as he never hits the high notes....really??? Following that logic guitarists who play the fastest are the best too harder,louder,faster,higher = better obviously, I must have missed the point of feeling and passion in music...I wasted my whole life when I could have been listening to Jim Gillette. The guy who wrote it should try singing Missing You, it's darn tricky. Anyway fandabbydozeeeeee album.
Looking back one year on this list, it's held up quite well. I do have one addition - the excellent Crazy Lixx 'Rough Justice' album that I did not discover until early 2018. That one kicks ass all the way to number 2 - I also gave it a 10 in my review. And I'd move the Pride Of Lions album above the cutoff line I put after number 6.


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"Mackie and I had some ride on this road. 1982, enroute to S.F. hauling ass. Moore on his 650
Seca Turbo. Semi -Moore by, space, semi, I'm gone, late move semi's dipping, DIVE, I'm clear, WHOA WHO IN THE HELL NIPPED IN BEHIND Mackie. We still ride it!! Still a great road."
"Rode this DH in late August and had a complete gas. Pavement as good as in Alberta. Did it both ways the same day even though it was midnight on the way back. (That, is light traffic.) Will be back for more next summer and can't wait."
-Derek and the Midnight Riders
"I rode this DH on my FJR1300. It was
definitely the highlight of my summer routes. A beautiful run out to the ferry
"Without fore-knowledge of what road we were on, my wife and I rode DH1 in BOTH directions while touring hot springs resorts in south-eastern BC this August. Half way along DH1 (north-bound) we pulled over to take a pic of the outstanding scenery. When we stopped I wondered (out loud) where this would fit in the DH listings... I knew it had to be up there!
After an overnight stay in Ainsworth, we took the ferry back for a soutward ride of this magnificent road. We met another couple (from BC) on the ferry, who informed us that the road had indeed been rated DH1 for BC. We're fans of the Destination Highways books and regular riders of Washington's DH1 (Hwy 20)...
I found the pavement to be in a generally good state of repair. Speed limits were WAY too conservative. We rode DH1 north on a Sunday. Very few pylons to slow us down (except for one that had gone off the road and was being tow trucked out). Having seen the way things were on Sunday, we hit the road a bit more aggressively on our south-bound return on Monday. Lots more fun when you (ahem...) stretch the traffic laws!"
"I did this in July and it was by far the best road I've ever
experienced!" -Jason Voorhees
"Ah yes DH1. Rode it last weekend for the first and second time...once each direction. It is awesome, tons o curves and you don't need to go stupid fast to have a good
"What an awesome road! We didn't find the pavement that bad. Really enjoyed the camaraderie at the ferry with other riders. What a
"I did this road in 1985 on my Maxim 1100 on its first ride out of the
box. It was great then, no traffic and new pavement. So when I bought my new Valkrie, I
had to go back. With my son on my old Maxim and I on my new Valk we started in
Revelstoke at 8am and headed south (via DH35, DH73, DH56, DH5and DH60). DH1 was a little rougher and
had a little more traffic than I remember but the riding was great. My son started riding
only 3 weeks before and this was his first overnight ride. He is hooked!
It's amazing what a road can do. We finished our ride that day at 3 am, 1200 kms later, in Edmonton."--Tom
"Truly one of the most memorable and exciting
experiences I've had in motorcycling. I haven't ridden much of interior B.C. outside of the
Kootenays but I have ridden most of North America and this one rates with the best. I recommend a stop
at the Creston museum first to get a feel for the history of the area and to enhance the riding experience. The great caution is the crumbling, gravel
strewn road conditions. The BMW and I love this type of environment.
I feel that it adds an extra dimension to the game. My friends on Ducatis and Japanese sport bikes might not agree as their weapons seem better suited to
smooth pavement. Be wary of the traffic. Although sparse, it has a
tendency to pile up behind slower vehicles making passing tricky in the sections with multiple
tight corners. Enjoy!"-Billy The Biker
"Worth driving out from Vancouver just to do this one.
After you take the ferry across to Balfour (if you do the road south to
north), drive north to Ainsworth Hot Springs. This caps the day perfectly. Be sure to check in at the cabins 2-4K before
Ainsworth. Ask for Linda, enjoy a fire after the dip in the springs. Love it..."-Tom Badry
"Certainly one of the great roads in the province, but watch for all of the blind
access points."-Byron Keith Wilson
"I take to this area every year on my VFR800.
My favourite biking experience, bar none. I discovered this remarkable road about 20 years ago on my way to San
Francisco. I love this road. It's thrilling to ride the mood and feel changes every
10 kms. Talk nice to the ferry workers and maybe offer them a coffee. They know the
local speed tax collectors routes. Seems to me the South Kootenays rule."-Blair Mackie
"Best riding road around and ties in nicely with others.
Only road more spectacular is the "Highway to the Sun" in Montana.
And one other road, the Amalfi Penisula drive, but you have to go to Italy
for that one!"-Brian "Big Kat" Smith
"Missed it this
summer, but I'll be back...."-Crash

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2306 Carlisle Drive
Commute to Downtown Champaign
Most errands require a car.
A few nearby public transportation options.
Some bike infrastructure.
2306 Carlisle Drive has a Walk Score of 30 out of 100. This location is a Car-Dependent neighborhood so most errands require a car.
This location is in the Devonshire neighborhood in Champaign. Nearby parks include Morrissey Park, Morrissey Park and Wisegarver Park.
Explore how far you can travel by car, bus, bike and foot from 2306 Carlisle Drive.
2306 Carlisle Drive has some transit which means a few nearby public transportation options.
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Line 2 baking trays with greaseproof or baking paper.
Place the butter and sugar in a large mixing bowl, then whisk together until pale and fluffy. Sieve in the flour, then add the vanilla extract. Whisk again until the mixture comes together in a dough.
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to around 1cm thick. Cut circles from the dough (I used the fluted side of my cookie cutter), then carefully transfer them to the baking trays.
Place the trays in the fridge to chill for around 20 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 160°C (Gas mark 2/325°F).
Remove the trays from the fridge and bake for around 15 minutes until golden. Once cooked, leave the shortbread rounds to cool on the baking trays for 15 minutes then transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling.
Make the buttercream icing. Whisk the butter with an electric whisk until light and fluffy, then sift in the icing sugar, a little at a time, until completely combined. Add the vanilla extract and whisk again. Add the milk in small splashes until the icing is at the correct consistency for spreading.
Once the shortbread cookies are completely cool, spread a generous layer of buttercream icing over the top of each one. Pour the desiccated coconut onto a plate, then dip each cookie, icing side down, into the coconut to coat.
Make the sheep faces - 'glue' 2 candy eyes to each giant chocolate button using the writing icing.
Cut each smaller chocolate button in half for the ears. These will be assembled with the ear pieces behind the giant chocolate button face.
Spread a little leftover buttercream on the back of a giant chocolate button. Press it into the top of a cookie for the head, then push a chocolate 'ear' into the buttercream on each side to finish.
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West Ham MP Lyn Brown is angry about Newham’s government funding cuts
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I thought I’d seen it all when it comes to the self-serving smugness of this Tory government. Everything they do is calculated to secure the maximum party political advantage.
Moves are afoot to gerrymander the boundaries of Parliamentary constituencies to boost Tory chances at the next general election. At the same time, the numbers able to vote in the future are being massaged down, through changes to the electoral registration process.
In Parliament, money available to support the opposition party is being cut by government, as a cynical strategy to dilute the scrutiny they must undergo in Parliament.
They don’t like being accountable to the public, nor to Parliament. Without that scrutiny all they face is feeble and fawning coverage in much of the national media.
Councils like Newham have seen half their funding slashed. They have been told to increase council tax by two per cent every year for four years, to go towards social care: nowhere near enough to pay for the care older people need.
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Even worse, the government plan another 1.75pc increase, to make up for Tory cuts to central government grants. So, you pay more and get less. That’s value-for-money, Tory style.
Newham Council has had to save £117m since 2010/11 to meet the gap in the budget. This latest Tory con trick means Newham will have to find £70m more by 2019/20. They’re bleeding us dry.
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The government found £300m for the Tory shire counties. A massive 83pc went as sweeteners to Tory areas, just before their county council elections. Labour-run areas got barely 5pc, despite being those to have suffered the biggest cuts since 2010. Newham won’t receive a penny of these “transitional funds”. Tory Surrey gets £12m a year.
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THE BAND JOIN BLUR, KINGS OF LEON AND QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE AT POLAND'S PREMIER MUSIC FESTIVAL.
Arctic Monkeys are the latest act to confirm for the 2013 Open'er festival. The line-up is already taking on gargantuan proportions as the world's best bands head to Poland in July for what promises to be one of the festival highlights of the summer. Arctic Monkeys have delivered four seminal records since they broke onto the scene in spectacular fashion in 2006 and are one of the most revered live acts around. They will perform on Thursday 4th July.
They are the latest exciting addition to what is already an outstanding bill joining Blur, Kings of Leon and Queens Of The Stone Age, who will take to the stage in Gdynia on the north coast of Poland for four days of exceptional entertainment at incredibly affordable prices. Many more artists will be announced to perform over six music stages.
The Open'er festival has grown enormously since its inception in 2002 and has established a reputation as one of the premier festivals in Europe. Open'er has brought the world's biggest bands to Poland, many for the first time and has recently broadened its cultural remit to promote a distinguished programme of arts, culture and fashion.
Further information will be released in early 2013
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The new-generationMercedes S-Class will be making its world debut on May 15th, in Hamburg, Germany and it comes with lots of good news. Along with the sedan version, the new S-Class will also include new coupe and convertible version, but also a new limousine that will replace the old Maybach brand .
The new model - known as the S600 Pullman - was caught testing last week, and based on those spy shots, we have created a rendering that will help you get an idea on what to expect from the next model.
Spy shots revealed that the new S600 Pullman will be about 6 to 12 inches longer than the standard S-Class, thanks to the longer B-pillars and significantly longer rear doors. Under the hood, we expect the next S600 Pullman to get a twin-turbocharged V-12 engine that will deliver about 600 horsepower. Rumors suggest we will also see a hybrid version a few months after the gasoline model arrives on the market.
Expect the new Mercedes S600 Pullman to arrive a few months after the standard S-Class arrives on the market.
Updated 12/23/2013: The upcoming Mercedes S-Class Pullman was caught testing again, and we have the TopSpeed Exclusive spy shots after the jump.
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Paul Crutzen, Nobel laureate and one of the world’s most distinguished climate scientists, died on 28 January 2021, at a hospital in Mainz, Germany, following several years of illness. He was 87.
Crutzen shared the 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland, “for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone”, says the Nobel Prize organisation.
His death was announced by Martin Stratmann, president of the Max Planck Society, where Crutzen worked as director of the Atmospheric Chemistry Department, in Mainz, from 1980 to 2000.
“Paul Crutzen was a pioneer in many ways,” Stratmann says. “He was the first to show how human activities damage the ozone layer. This knowledge about the causes of ozone depletion was the basis for the worldwide ban on ozone-depleting substances – a hitherto unique example of how Nobel prize-winning basic research can directly lead to a global political decision.”
Among Crutzen’s many citations as a researcher was advancement of the theory of “nuclear winter”, in a series of articles and books written with chemist John W Birks, beginning in 1982 with “The Atmosphere After a Nuclear War: Twilight at Noon”, in the journal Ambio, in which they describe the catastrophic effects of nuclear explosions igniting fires that send vast amounts of fossil fuel smoke into the atmosphere, choking out life on the planet.
In its obituary for Crutzen, the Washington Post says that for all his accomplishments, “he was perhaps best known in recent years for popularizing ‘the Anthropocene’, a poetic new term that he first used in 2000”.
Crutzen expanded on his concept of the Anthropocene in a 2002 article in the journal Nature.
“For the past three centuries, the effects of humans on the global environment have escalated,” he wrote. “Because of these anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide, global climate may depart significantly from natural behaviour for many millennia to come. It seems appropriate to assign the term ‘Anthropocene’ to the present, in many ways human-dominated, geological epoch, supplementing the Holocene – the warm period of the past 10–12 millennia.”
Crutzen was born in Amsterdam on 3 December 1933. In his autobiography published by the Nobel Prize organisation, he describes how in 1940 the German army overran the Netherlands; interruption to his education was among the many hardships he endured.
At the end of World War II he was able to resume studies and did well at mathematics and physics, although “chemistry definitely was not one of my favourite subjects”. He also became proficient in French, English and German.
With his parents struggling to make ends meet, Crutzen gave up on his dreams of going to university and instead went to a trade school to train as a civil engineer, which led to work for a bridge-building company. While on holiday in Switzerland he met Terttu Soininen, a student at the University of Helsinki. They married and settled in Sweden, where Crutzen resumed his job as an engineer.
“All this time I had longed for an academic career,” he says.
His opportunity came in 1958 when he saw an advertisement in a Swedish newspaper from the Stockholm University Department of Meteorology, looking for a computer programmer.
“Although I had not the slightest experience in this subject, I applied for the job and had the great luck to be chosen from among many candidates,” he says.
Crutzen says at that time the Meteorology Institute of Stockholm University and the associated International Meteorological Institute “were at the forefront of meteorological research and many top researchers worked in Stockholm for extended periods”.
He explains that one “great advantage” of being in a university department was that he was able to sit in on lecture courses. By 1963 he had earned a Master of Science degree, combining mathematics, mathematical statistics, and meteorology. He completed his PhD in meteorology with distinction in 1968.
The California-based Scripps Institute of Oceanography, where Crutzen served as a research associate from 1979 to 1984, says he “published over 360 peer-reviewed scientific journal articles, another 135 scientific publications in research journals, and 15 books.
“He was one of the most highly cited scientists in the world, was bestowed numerous awards and honours, and was a member of many scientific academies.”
In 2011, Crutzen and Berlin-based journalist Christian Schwagerl published “Living in the Anthropocene: Toward a New Global Ethos”, in Yale Environment 360, an online magazine published by Yale University’s School of the Environment.
“Imagine our descendants in the year 2200 or 2500,” they write. “They might liken us to aliens who have treated the Earth as if it were a mere stopover for refuelling, or even worse, characterise us as barbarians who would ransack their own home. Living up to the Anthropocene means building a culture that grows with Earth’s biological wealth instead of depleting it. Remember, in this new era, nature is us.”
Crutzen is survived by his wife Terttu, his daughters Ilona and Sylvia, and three grandchildren.


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Hello Readers! Welcome back to Humor Nation. PUBG and Fortnite are the most addictive games that hit the androids some time back. These games started the genre of battle royale in the androids and now they have millions of player all over the world. But if you’re looking for some more games similar to these kinds, then you’re at the right place as we’re going to tell you that how many such games exist on your play store. So let’s start!
So here is a list of the 10 battle royale games like PUBG mobile or Fortnite on android !
It is a free game available on your android and it is a basic battle royale game with many desirable elements. You have to get into a map with bunch of other players and all start killing until one remains.
2. Creative Destruction
This game is very much similar to fortnite and is free on your android. This game has a map with various landscapes and has about a hundred person matches. It may work terribly sometimes on low-end phones.


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Cerillion CEO, Louis Hall, caught up with DirectorsTalk for an exclusive interview to discuss market factor favouring strong sales growth, what’s driving the increased percentage in the recurring revenue mix and the outlook for the company going forward.
Cerillion CEO, Louis Hall, joins DirectorsTalk Interviews to discuss the latest updates and explain more about the company.
Our CEO, Louis Hall, talks to Oli Barrett for the Driving Ambition interview series, a set of films to celebrate this year’s cohort of the Ambition Nation Listed 50 Awards.
In this article on IBC 365 looking at the evolution of OTT services, Dominic Smith explains how as competition intensifies, a more flexible approach to pricing is required instead of the traditional one-size-fits-all subscription.
Omnisperience's Teresa Cottam looks at the opportunity for subscribers to 'donate' data to other users in need, featuring a quote from Cerillion's Dominic Smith.
Cerillion's Dominic Smith talks to Teresa Cottam of Omnisperience for their May 2020 "Omnizine", discussing the latest news from Cerillion, business model innovation in the telecoms market, and how COVID-19 has taught us that rapid business innovation is possible.
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Though Communications Services Providers (CSPs) underpin the entire cloud industry – with no CSPs, there would be no cloud – it is somewhat ironic that CSPs themselves have not been swifter to adopt cloud technology for the benefit of their own businesses. Cerillion's Dominic Smith explores the benefits of cloud Business Support Systems.
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In the subscription industry, recurring billing and recurring payments are terms that are often used interchangeably. However, they both hold significantly different meanings. Dominic Smith, Marketing Director at Cerillion, provides the lowdown on recurring billing and recurring payments and deep dives into the value of recurring billing systems for businesses launching subscription services.
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Dr. Joseph, George started his research career as a Cosmic Ray Scientist at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Bombay. He has been at the Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad since 1973, where he was instrumental in developing a variety of electro-optical sensors for earth observations which were the first of their kind in India. During 1998-2003, as Satish Dhawan Distinguished Professor, Dr Joseph was engaged in studies related to various aspects of remote sensing technology and its applications. He has actively contributed in shaping and guiding the long-term remote sensing programmes of ISRO. Dr Joseph is a Fellow of a number of academies and professional bodies and is a recipient of several awards, including the Padma Bhushan in 1999 for his contributions to remote sensing activities in India.


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Brady Hale scored 23 points to lead Yankton to a 58-43 win over Sturgis Friday in the consolation round of the South Dakota Class AA boys basketball tournament.
Hale was 7-for-13 from the field and made four of six 3-pointers for Yankton (14-10). JJ Hejna was the only other Bucks player in double figures with 11 points.
The Scoopers (14-11) outshot Yankton 43 percent to 36 percent. But they had fewer 3-pointers and were outscored 13-3 from the line.
Kellen Barden made 8 of 11 shots and had 20 points. Tanner Weaver chipped in with 11.
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Similar to the ultrasonic principles used by an OB/GYN during pregnancy and naval SONAR, the ultrasonic non-destructive testing method uses high frequency sound waves traveling through a part to detect discontinuities. If the sound traveling through a part hits material with different acoustical impedance, some of the sound will reflect back. Once received by the sending unit, it will represent as an indication on the screen. Knowing the velocity at which sound travels through a part, along with the time of travel, will allow the technician to determine the distance to the indicated material with a change in acoustic impedance.
Sound waves are introduced to the part via a transducer made up of a piezoelectric crystal that converts electrical current to sound waves. The two most commonly used types of sound waves are Compression (Longitudinal or Straight Beam) and Shear wave (Transverse or Angle Beam).
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It’s difficult to pin down fiddler Jeremy Kittel.
Originally classically trained, Kittel has studied Irish, jazz, folk and traditional music – winning quite a host of varied awards along the way. He’s won multiple US National Scottish Fiddle Championships, six Detroit Music Awards (for Outstanding Folk Artist, Jazz Recording and Jazz Composer), a Masters of Jazz Violin from Manhattan School of Music and a Stanley Medal from the University of Michigan School of Music to name just a few.
Just 25 years old, he has performed over 1,000 concerts as soloist or guest, and is now part of the Grammy Award-winning chamber-jazz ensemble, the Turtle Island String Quartet.
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SJU Graduates Second Largest Class
May 31, 2009
Sharon Daloz Parks, director of Leadership for the New Commons at the Whidbey Institute, delivered the commencement address and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree. Saint John's Abbey and University presented its Pax Christi Award to the Rev. John P. Foley, SJ, executive chairman of the Cristo Rey Network. Joe Kane '09, a political science major from Golden Valley, Minn., was the student commencement speaker.
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Balfour Beatty Engineering Services, one of UK's largest mechanical and electrical building services businesses, has been awarded a £3.2 million (Dh18.4m) contract by Barr Construction, working for Fife Council. The deal covers supply and installation of mechanical and electrical services for the refurbishment of Carnegie Leisure Centre in Dunfermline.
Work will also include the refurbishment of three existing swimming pools and the upgradation of the existing sports and changing facilities. Mechanical and electrical services will be provided for a new café and multi-purpose studios, too. The project will use the latest solar panel technology to provide heating for training pools. Innovations adopted on the project include the use of prefabricated skids so that major items of plant are piped-up and fitted off-site.
The contract is scheduled for completion in autumn of 2010.
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Lmba sensor fail??!!......Boost problems?
Few days ago car developed a flat spot at 3k but now has got worse! Plumbed in a boost gauge to see what the boost is doing and it comes it nice and strong but only hits 14psi pulls straight back surges a lil bit then dies to 10 psi. If im driving through the revs the boost doesn't get past 12 psi ish??
I decided to run it through a friends vag com which showed up a lamba sensor fail and also a N249 fault.
Would the lamba problem cause the n249 to kick in when ity doesn't need to? Im going to get a new lamba sensor and by pass the N249 and hope it works but also want to know if this is common as I don't want to rush to change and it not solve the boost issue


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Local technology vendors are gearing up to cash in on IT Month, an annual exposition which will open in Taipei on Saturday, as consumers hunt for year-end bargains.
IT Month is the year's largest annual expo in which consumers can buy the latest 3C (computers, communications and consumer electronics) products, with discounts expected as vendors intend to clear their inventories.
"We expect the show will benefit from the delayed purchase sentiment in the first half of the year," Enoch Du (杜全昌), secretary-general of the show organizer, Taipei Computer Association (台北市電腦公會), said at a press conference yesterday.
Affected by a sluggish economy and fewer new tech products, similar shows held earlier in the year did not fare too well, he said.
But consumers will loosen their purse strings for the year's end shopping, he said.
"There are a slew of new gadgets in the show to attract attention," Du said, adding that the evolution of the latest computer platforms -- such as the recently released Windows Vista operating system -- are expected to steal the spotlight.
The nine-day expo will run through Dec. 10 at the Taipei World Trade Center Hall I and III. The halls will be open from 10am to 6pm and admission will be free.
The scale of this year's event will be similar to last year's, with approximately 350 vendors occupying over 1,700 booths.
Aisles in Hall III will be widened to offer buyers a cozier ambience for their shopping experience, Du said.


WATCH: What are sustainable fuels, how are they made – and how could this affect you?
Advanced sustainable fuel is part of F1’s Net Zero 2030 strategy – but how does it all work, and what does it mean? This video explains all in under three minutes.
The next Formula 1 revolution is nearly here as F1 is working with major fuel manufacturers to develop a 100% sustainable hybrid fuel, that will be introduced in 2026 – when the new era of F1 hybrid power units is introduced.
Currently, F1 uses E10 fuel – 10% renewable ethanol – but the motorsport is pushing for more.
Sustainable fuel won’t add to the overall amount of carbon in the atmosphere but it will ensure that the existing combustion-engined cars continue to move. It’s part of Formula 1’s push towards Net Zero Carbon by 2030, an ambitious target that will be achieved with the help of manufacturers, teams, promoters and partners.
Existing initiatives include sustainability efforts at race circuits, focusing on areas such as plastic and waste, wellbeing and nature, and improving fan mobility. Back at base, F1’s offices are now using 100% renewable energy with the company and numerous F1 teams having earned 3* FIA environmental accreditation – while more and more fans are using public transport and walking to venues.
Watch the video explainer above to learn why F1 is pursuing sustainable fuels, how they will work, and what it means for you.
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Loyalty is a beautiful thing; it comes from relationships, friendships and mostly in families. Loyalty is a hard thing to come by in society but if you’re around the right people you will find it. Let me give you the definition of loyalty to better understand it, “A strong feeling of support or allegiance. “This means that someone wants to support you or wants the best for you. Allegiance is a very strong word. It means one would fully serve you under any circumstances. I feel this is the best friendship you could have. You have a mutual desire to help each other through anything.
My story of loyalty is through my family; we are all very loyal to one another. My family and I put each other first and would do anything for each other. My experience was when my family and I moved from Michigan about four years ago to Minnesota. My brother and I had a very good friend which we loved in Michigan. My family and I were born in Michigan my cousins aunts uncles everybody. Then once we left none of our friends tried to contact us or tried to keep our friendship going. My brother and I were heartbroken because our friends from kindergarten and all our family were far away now. But you know who was there through thick and thin, my beautiful family. My family grew closer together than any time before. This is because with the absence of friends and other family members all we could do was to bond with each other. At the time, they were the worst years of my life but now I am grateful because my family grew closer together and grew loyalty towards each other. We learned that we had so many things in common, activities, hobbies and most of all our love for one another. Loyalty does not come easy; it is something that comes from wanting the best for the other person and building a good relationship with others and connecting with others. Times of trial can pull you apart or cause a drift, however in my family it did just the opposite. We know it was our loyalty for each other that brought us through some very hard times. I love my family and thank God for putting us all together.

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Consumers were found to perceive candy bars as more healthful when they had a green calorie label compared with when they had a red one – even though the number of calories is the same, according to findings published in the current issue of Health Communication.
"More and more, calorie labels are popping up on the front of food packaging, including the wrappers of sugary snacks like candy bars. And currently, there's little oversight of these labels," said Jonathon Schuldt, assistant professor of communication and director of Cornell's Social Cognition and Communication Lab.
"Our research suggests that the color of calorie labels may have an effect on whether people perceive the food as healthy, over and above the actual nutritional information conveyed by the label, such as calorie content.”
The findings have implications for nutrition labeling, said Schuldt, given that front-of-package calorie labels have become increasingly common in the food marketplace in the US and Europe. He noted that M&Ms and Snickers, for example, have green front-of-package calorie flags that are particularly conspicuous to consumers at points-of-purchase.
"As government organizations including the U.S. Food and Drug Administration consider developing a uniform front-of-package labeling system for the US marketplace, these findings suggest that the design and color of the labels may deserve as much attention as the nutritional information they convey," he said.
For his study, Schuldt asked 93 university students to imagine that they were hungry and see a candy bar while waiting in a grocery checkout lane. The students were then shown an image of a candy bar with either a red or a green calorie label. When asked which candy bar contained more or fewer calories and its healthiness, the students perceived the green-labeled bar as more healthful than the red one, even though the calorie content was the same.
The experiment was repeated with 39 online participants shown candy with either green or white labels. The participants were asked to what extent the healthiness of food is an important factor in their decision about which foods to buy and eat, on a scale of 1 (not at all important) to 7 (very important).
The more importance the participants placed on healthy eating, the more they perceived the white-labeled candy bar as less healthful – a pattern that was eliminated when the candy bar had a green label.
"The green calorie labels buffer relatively poor nutrition foods from appearing less healthful among those especially concerned with healthy eating," said Schuldt.
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"Does Green Mean Healthy? Nutrition Label Color Affects Perceptions of Healthfulness,”
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COLERAINE defender Lyndon Kane admits it was important to bounce back from Saturday’s defeat to Cliftonville…
The Bannsiders would pocket all three points last night as two own goals would prove to be the difference in the win against Warrenpoint Town.
The success came on Kane’s 25th birthday would made it a night to remember for the full-back.
“I pretty much only wanted one present today and that was to get three points,” he said.
“It wasn’t pretty, it wasn’t a game that everyone’s going to remember but games like that are hopefully ones that’s going to kick us on.
“I think we had one here last year where we beat Warrenpoint 2-1 and then we went on a run after that.
“Hopefully this is now the start of something coming in the next few weeks.”
After taking the lead through Luke Wade Slater’s own goal, the visitors would equalise as Alan O’Sullivan’s strike slipped through the gloves of Gareth Deane and into the net with a little more than 15 minutes remaining.
However, Kane recognised the importance of grabbing the third goal of the contest to bail the stopper out who has been a consistent performer since arriving at The Showgrounds.
“It was massive to get the winner,” he added.
“It was one of them ones where we just had to keep digging in.
“Their goal came through a mistake from Deansy but it’s one of them ones as he has dug out of a hole so many times this year.
“You could hear it from the sideline, you could hear it amongst the players that it was simply about digging Deansy out because he’s done it for us all season.
“It was big to get that as you don’t want him going home and thinking that he’s cost the team two points.
“We’re built around clean sheets and he’s been a massive part of that.
“Obviously we didn’t keep one tonight but it’s a massive three points.
The visitors would have two great chances to take the lead in the first-half and Kane stressed that Warrenpoint, just like Cliftonville, have all the qualities to punish teams in the Danske Bank Premiership.
“Warrenpoint are fighting for every single point in this league, they are trying to stay up and they came here and made it very difficult,” he continued.
“It was well documented on Saturday that we were poor and got punished for that.
“Cliftonville is a top side but there were areas that we just weren’t on it and they’re a side that if you’re not on it, they’re going to punish you.
“The performance tonight was probably okay in the second-half, it wasn’t great in the first-half.
“However, the main thing is getting the three points.”
Coleraine make the journey to Milltown on Saturday to face the same opponents and Kane remarked that it will be a totally different contest between the two sides.
“It doesn’t affect the preparations because it’s probably a completely different game,” he concluded.
“When we’re at home, we are playing on the 3G surface, whereas when you go down there you’ve got a two hour travel and play on a grass pitch.
“It is probably not the best of pitches at this time of the year so your game plan completely changes.
“We know what we have to do, we’ll work on it and we’ll have a game plan set to hopefully get another three points.”


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Bigg Boss 14: Salman Khan already shot the grand premiere with contestants?
Reportedly, Salman Khan has already shot the Bigg Boss 14 grand premiere with the contestants.
The much-awaited reality show, Bigg Boss 14 is just a few weeks away. Salman Khan will be back again as the host the upcoming season, a few days back the show had its launch event virtually, the host gave us a mini-tour of the new house, which for the first time, has a restaurant, spa, theatre, and mall.
Now, according to a report in Pinkvilla, Salman Khan has already shot the Bigg Boss 14 grand premiere with the contestants.“A few of the contestants have already shot for their performances for the grand premiere before they were quarantined at a hotel near Film City. The contestants also shot for their one on one introduction with Salman Khan and will now directly enter the house on the decided day. They will be tested for COVID 19 before they enter the house.”
Unlike every year, this year’s grand premiere is set to be a low-key one keeping all the precautions in mind amidst the Coronavirus.
“While shooting for their respective performances, the contestants were made to wear huge masks from their distance from the set to vanity. The timing of the performances was worked upon tactfully to avoid any bump ins,” the source said.
Singer Kumar Sanu’s son Jan Sanu is the first contestant on the show. The tentative list of Bigg Boss 14 contestants includes; Eijaz Khan, Jasmin Bhasin, Nishant Malkani Singh, Gia Manek, Rahul Vaidya, Sara Gurpal, Pavitra Punia, Sneha Ullal, Shehzad Deol. However, official confirmation by the makers is yet to be made.
Bigg Boss 14 is all set to premiere on October 3, 2020.

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text: At the weekend press junket for Men in Black II, Tommy Lee Jones gave TV Guide Online the scoop on his next project: He's in talks to star in an upcoming Warner Bros. comedy titled Cheer Up. "The premise is a squad of high school cheerleaders witness a gangland killing and have to be put into a witness protection program, overseen by an aging FBI agent," he explains. "It doesn't take very long for the girls to go on the lam, running from the mob, and they have to be supervised. It's a funny idea." Jones — who would play the FBI agent-turned-chaperone — says producers are still looking for a director.


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Sorry I have been gone awhile, but it gets really hot here and not much fun sweating all over your projects.
But I thought I would post a project I did some time back, okay maybe a long time back. This is a scale replica of a naval cannon, that I made. I cast the barrel from aluminum and bored it on a lathe, with a touch hole for firing. It shoots a 32 caliber ball or mostly I shoot just the wadding for effect. It is great fun at parties and such. The frame is made from walnut with tapered pins to hold the wheels on. The metal parts are copper rods bent into a circle and screwed to the walnut. There is a wedge in the back to raise or lower the elevation for firing out of port holes in the ship.
I also am working on a larger scaled model of a Gribaval field siege cannon from about the civil war era. I will post pics and notes at a later date.
Thanks for viewing, ya’ll.
-- Dme: My wife puts up with the noise, sawdust and staining. Got to love her.


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Have I mentioned how much I love this
Butterfly Duo Stencil by Maria McGuire?
I know that I just ysed it a few weeks ago...
but I couldn't resist!
Do you notice a second stencil underneath the butterfly?
I want to get better at combining stencils.
Using a single motif from the Medium Damask Stencil
by Michelle Ward...
I stenciled a yellow flourish and doodled a little bit around it...
Then placed the butterfly over it.
I enjoyed the damask flourish so much
I wanted to use it again.
Damask Medium Stencil by Michelle Ward.
This time I used some sprays
I had a wet and messy stencil, full of blue spray.
Instead of wasting the color....
since it is my favorite...
I pressed the upside down stencil onto the second side of the spread.
See how it is reversed?
So one side I doodled heavily and the other side
I left simple and beautiful.
Hey, it all works for me!
Happy Arting my Friends!

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Brett Favre named in Miss. DHS audit report
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - Former NFL and University of Southern Mississippi quarterback Brett Favre was paid more than $1 million in federal grant money to attend speaking engagements that he never showed up to, according to Mississippi State Auditor Shad White.
An audit of the Mississippi Department of Human Services found more than $90 million of federal grant money meant for needy Mississippians was misspent by the state agency.
The DHS audit showed massive sums were funneled to grantees like the Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC) and the Family Resource Center of North Mississippi (FRC), two nonprofit organizations.
Those grantees were given over $98 million in DHS grants over the last three years, mostly from the program Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
The audit says Favre Enterprises, which is run by Favre and his wife, Deanna, was paid $1.1 million for events Favre was contracted to speak at but never did.
According to the audit report, Favre Enterprises was contracted by MCEC for Favre to “appear at several events, record promotions and provide autographs for marketing materials from July 1, 2017 through July 31, 2018.”
There was no mention of a contract price in documentation provided to the State Auditor’s Office.
The audit found Favre Enterprises was paid $500,000 in December 2017 and $600,000 in June 2018.
White’s report says MCEC provided a list of dates for the events, but auditors determined Favre was not present at any of them.
Logan Reeves, spokesman for the State Auditor’s Office said it is possible Favre did not know the payment he received was made with federal grant money.
“It’s going to be up to the courts or the federal department of health and human services to determine if Favre Enterprises is liable for this money,” Reeves said. “It’s likely most of the people who received that money weren’t aware it was TANF money.”
Favre is not facing any criminal charges at this time.
WDAM left a message for Favre’s longtime agent Buss Cook and is awaiting a response.
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WASHINGTON (TIP): The householdsurvey showed that the unemployment ratewas 7.9 percent in January, up from 7.8percent in December. The labor forceparticipation rate was unchanged at 63.6percent in January. Over the last 12 months,the unemployment rate has fallen by 0.4percentage point, and the labor forceparticipation rate has been essentiallyunchanged.According to a survey of the Bureau ofLabor Statistics, in January employmentrose notably in retail trade (+32,600),construction (+28,000), health care andsocial assistance (+27,600), professional andbusiness services (+25,000), and restaurantsand bars (+17,100).
Manufacturing gained4,000 jobs in January. The manufacturingsector has added about a half-million jobsover the last three years, the most for anysuch period since 1996. Also of note, in thelast two years the construction sector hasgained nearly 300,000 jobs, with one-third ofthat gain occurring in the last four months.Government lost 9,000 jobs in January,including 5,000 Federal government jobs,and 4,700 jobs in local governmenteducation. The local government educationsector has now lost 339,400 jobs since itsrecent peak in November 2009.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Jaguars have cut another high-priced contract from their roster.
The team announced the release of linebacker Dan Skuta on Tuesday.
The veteran linebacker signed a five-year, $20.5 million contract during the 2015 offseason. His deal was structured in a way that only the first two years were guaranteed. The final three years were essentially individual team options.
Skuta's entire $4.1 million salary is now off the salary cap.
Skuta appeared in 26 games (10 starts) for the Jaguars over the last two seasons. He produced 58 tackles and 1.5 sacks during his tenure.
Skuta was benched for rookie Myles Jack following Week 4 of last season. He also battled multiple injuries during his two-year stint in Jacksonville.
The Jaguars currently have Jack, Paul Posluszny, Telvin Smith, Hayes Pullard, Sean Porter, Audie Cole, Josh McNary and Rapheal Kirby at linebacker.
The Jaguars' starting lineup is expected to feature Smith, Posluszny and Jack this season. However, it is unclear where Jack and Posluszny will lineup.
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Friday, January 3 2014 5:27 PM EST2014-01-03 22:27:30 GMT
Todd Brandenburg, of Evans, has been fighting Georgia's Board of Regents since he was fired from the Georgia Medical College in Augusta in 2005. Brandenburg, said the Board mismanaged his appeal, upheldMore >
Todd Brandenburg, of Evans, has been fighting Georgia's Board of Regents since he was fired from the Georgia Medical College in Augusta in 2005. More >
ATLANTA (CBS ATLANTA) -
A CBS Atlanta investigation exposes allegations that the powerful Board of Regents has mishandled appeals filed by terminated employees.
With a $7.5 billion budget, the Regents run all 31 of Georgia's public colleges and universities which include the University of Georgia and Georgia Institute of Technology. They are also responsible for reviewing appeals filed by terminated employees or expelled students but CBS Atlanta has uncovered a document that reveals the Regents don't read the appeals before voting on them.
"It's ruined my life," said Dale Owens.
"I lost my marriage," said Todd Brandenburg.
"I literally sat there at night," said PJ Peterson. "Crying, begging God, 'Why, what did I do?'"
Six people explained to CBS Atlanta News reporter Jeff Chirico how they believe they were unjustly fired by the university system of Georgia. Most said they were terminated by college presidents after criticizing a school policy or practice which they said was "rubber stamped" by the board. Each received the same form letter from the Board of Regents claiming it investigated, reviewed and carefully considered the appeal but denied it with no explanation.
"I thought the board of regents was my advocate," said Todd Brandenburg. "I'm naive."
Hidden inside public files, CBS Atlanta uncovered a deposition the board has fought to keep secret, in which Regent Doreen Poitevint admitted regents don't actually read appeal documents.
"I can't think of a single incident where that's been the case," said Poitevint during the deposition.
CBS Atlanta analyzed ten years of appeals and found the board upheld 97 percent of terminations.
"I think the number speaks for themselves. It shows it's just a formality that the Board of Regents goes through," said Nancy Abudu, lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union.
Abudu, who represented a university whistle blower, argued in court records that the board violated his right to due process by not providing a meaningful opportunity to appeal his termination. The case lost - in part - because the board has immunity.
"The Board of Regents benefits from the legal protections that are afforded to the state when it comes to who can sue the state and what relief a litigant can seek against the state," said Abudu.
For a month CBS Atlanta tried to interview Vice Chancellor Burns Newsome, the Board of Regents attorney, who reviews appeals and recommends how the board should vote. Workers we spoke to said Newsome's recommendations aren't based on a full investigation.
"He determines whether there's grounds for you to sue, and if there's no grounds for you to sue, he sends out a form letter," said Owens.
Newsome and another board attorney, Kimberly Ballard-Washington, eventually agreed to sit down with CBS Atlanta for an interview. Newsome said the 97 percent denial rate isn't proof of a rubber stamp process but rather shows terminations are being handled properly at the campus level.
"We provide the best advice we can with the documents we have," said Newsome.
Newsome and Washington said the key factor in making recommendations is keeping the board from getting sued, but they also consider employees' interests. When asked if those might at times conflict, Washington said, "No. They never do. The best interest of the Board of Regents is to not lose cases in court."
When asked about allegations that the Board of Regents don't protect employee's rights to due process when they file an appeal, Newsome said, "I should make clear there's no constitutional right to have the hearing before the Board of Regents. The Board of Regents appeals process is discretionary entirely."
But Abudu said she doesn't believe the current process of determining appeals protects of system employees and students. The workers CBS Atlanta spoke to agree and said the Board of Regent's current appeals process left them without the jobs they loved and unable to find work in their fields.
"You get blacklisted once you get terminated," said Peterson.
"I will literally never work again because of the accusations made at me," said Thomas Thibeault. "They completely ruined my career as a teacher."
Regent Poitevint would not speak about her deposition when asked by Chirico.
Copyright 2013 WGCL-TV (Meredith Corporation). All rights reserved.
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Denise Caldon, of Macon, has repeatedly tried to unseal court records that she said contains evidence that the Board of Regents has mismanaged a college campus and employment appeals. "It will open a Pandora'sMore >
Denise Caldon, of Macon, has repeatedly tried to unseal court records that she said contains evidence that the Board of Regents has mismanaged a college campus and employment appeals. More >
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31 people are in trouble with the law after a three day prostitution sting in Richmond. Police told NBC12 they targeted specific areas where residents and business owners complained about the illegal activity.More >
Monday, September 1 2014 11:00 PM EDT2014-09-02 03:00:16 GMT
It's an amazing story of inspiration. One man's journey against all odds. 38-year-old Michael Mills is a paraplegic. He was hit by a drunk driver at the age of 16 and before that he was faced with this. "IMore >
It's an amazing story of inspiration. One man's journey against all odds. 38-year-old Michael Mills is a paraplegic, but it's not slowing him down. More >


According to Rodney O'Neal, the company's CEO, Delphi managed to achieve some $90 billion in new business during the four years under Chapter 11. Not much, and one of the main reasons why Delphi, if it wants to grow, has to get even smaller.
"The task ahead is how to grow this company and get it into the right fighting weight for the realities of the market," O'Neal was quoted as saying by detnews.com. He added he feels ""pretty energized" about the future.
By the end of 2009, Delphi will have some 5,500 employees in the US, who will be working in three factories, instead of the 29 it had when it entered bankruptcy. 2,900 people have been laid off from it's steering business, now passed to GM, while an unknown number of people had to leave from the other factories now owned by the same carmaker.
Delphi will continue to work to manufacture electronics, safety, powertrain, thermal, OE service and the independent aftermarket parts. GM will become in the years to follow a responsible for at least 15 percent of Delphi's revenue.
The carmaker formed a new company to handle the steering operation, namely Nexteer Automotive. Nexteer will own 15 manufacturing plants, six engineering and 14 customer service centers formerly owned by Delphi, in both the Americas, Europe and Asia.


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A researcher at the University of Louisville recently posted an update noting that a University of California San Francisco study has made irresponsible and inaccurate conclusions linking vaping to heart attacks. The study has been called out by dozens of credible researchers and medical professionals as inaccurate. The study, published by anti-smoking activist Dr. Stanton Glantz and Dr. Dharma Bhatta at the University of California, San Francisco, made the erroneous conclusion that switching to vaping from smoking increases the risk of heart attack. Drs. Glantz and Bhatta have been accused of fabricating data, and several medical professionals and researchers have called on the Journal of the American Heart Association to formally retract the study.
In fact, switching to vaping from smoking has been shown in countless studies to be much less harmful than cigarettes, since vaping does not contain the toxins and carcinogens that are found in combustible cigarettes. Furthermore, it has been shown by responsible researchers to be more effective as a smoking cessation tool than traditional cessation aids like patches or nicotine gum. The New England Journal of Medicine for example, describes a scientific study noting that “E-cigarettes were more effective for smoking cessation than nicotine-replacement therapy, when both products were accompanied by behavioral support.” Additional results showed that switching to e-cigarettes reduced respiratory infections, with case studies showing that study participants who had previously suffered from chronic throat and nose infections no longer suffered from it after switching to vaping.
A blog in Vapor Authority, the foremost online reseller of safe and responsible vaping juices and products, also discussed a public health statement from the American Cancer Society, acknowledging that many consumers are misinformed about vaping, or “electronic nicotine delivery systems” (ENDS). According to the ACS report, “Many believe, erroneously, that ENDS are as harmful as combustible tobacco.” The report further reinforced the fact that ENDS do not burn tobacco. It is the burning of tobacco that yields over 7,000 chemicals and at least 70 carcinogens, which is why even the American Cancer Society today acknowledges that vaping is a much less harmful alternative to smoking.
Countless other studies support more positive conclusions about vaping, including a well-regarded study from the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine, which concluded that e-cigarettes are less harmful than combustible tobacco. A statement from the FDA also suggested that vaping is an important tool for those who are trying to quit smoking, and flavored vape juices are an important part of that effort.
Dr. Glantz’s inference is that vapers were twice as likely to report heart attacks as those who do not vape. However, there is a glaring hole in Dr. Glantz’s logic, and that is, most of the people in the study who used e-cigarettes reported having heart attacks before they started vaping. In fact, among the test group, those who suffered from heart attacks only started using e-cigarettes nearly ten years after the heart attack. Do Drs. Glantz and Bhatta seriously believe that there is a correlation between someone having a heart attack, and ten years later, using an e-cigarette? Does vaping cause someone to move back in time and have a heart attack? Perhaps Glantz and Bhatta are studying time travel at UCSF.
In the study, Drs. Glantz and Bhatta themselves admit the limitations of their research, noting, “…there were only 8 people who used e-cigarettes and had first myocardial infarctions during this follow-up, so there was not enough power to detect an effect.” Dr. Glantz, an anti-vaping activist, may want his conclusion to be true, but the data just does not support his contentions despite having disguised it in scientific language with insupportable conclusions.
The data simply does not show causation in any way, yet Drs. Glantz and Bhatta continue to insist on their results, and to date, the JAHA has not retracted the study. The most logical, and scientifically responsible, course of action would be to re-evaluate the data and analyze it after removing the results from people who had heart attacks before they began vaping. The good doctors refuse to do so, because a true and accurate analysis would not support their activist contentions.
When other researchers at the University of Louisville corrected the study to include only test subjects who started vaping before they had heart attacks, the results showed that those who vape are less likely to have had a heart attack, not more likely as is suggested by Drs. Glantz and Bhatta. It is clear that the findings of Glantz and Bhatta are invalid and their analysis unscientific and unsupported by the data. Glantz and Bhatta are operating as activists and not scientists, their conclusions are based on faulty data, and their research should be fully discounted and retracted from the publication.

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Who put the “beaux” in bow ties? Dave Holt, construction production manager, creative writer, artist and musician. Incidentally, he also sews.
“I saw a bow tie on a dog and thought it looked cool,” he recalled when asked what incident had inspired him.
After seeing the canine in formal attire, he searched online to decide how he could make a bow tie. Identifying a few patterns, he pulled his grandmother’s 1932 sewing machine out of the attic and started a new business that he named NOLA Beaux Ties.
Pretty soon, he was fabric shopping for fleur de lis designs in black and gold and tiger images printed in purple and yellow. He makes madras ties and Mardi Gras ties and Rainbeaux ties as well as polka dot, searsucker, zigzag and even a Purple Rain tie. His dog Ralph favors football-themed ties.
“They are pretty popular among doctors and lawyers,” he said.
Nonconformists often prefer wearing bow ties if they are forced to dress up.
“If they have to wear a tie, it is a way to make a statement,” Holt said, adding that a real bow-tie wearer would never dare to don a clip-on tie.
While most commercially sold bow ties are made of silk, Holt makes his all cotton because it is a renewable resource. Cotton is much less expensive than silk, which could price a store-bought bow tie at $65.
“It takes 300 silk worms to make one bow tie,” he said.
Most of his fashions have New Orleans’ themes, but he’s also got a few he calls “lagniappe.” If you don’t fit into another category, you might wear a “Claiborne and Orleans Avenue” or a “Mr. Green Jeans,” for example.
In high school, Holt took home economics to meet girls.
“There were 30 girls in the class and me. I recommend it!” he said.
He enjoys being at the sewing machine with good music playing. The repetitive process of cutting and sewing two dozen at a time has a Zen effect on him.
Holt sets up shop at Freret Street Market the first Saturday of every month. Beaux Ties are also sold at Parcels and Post, 5208 Magazine St., The Crabnet, 528 Royal St., Bean’s Formal Wear, 4900 Freret Street and online at http://shop.nolabeauxties.com.
He’s accessorized several wedding parties. A University of Miami fraternity bought Beaux Ties for every pledge.
You can also find Holt on Royal Street on Tuesday nights passively selling ties while playing Cajun guitar with Yeaux d’Soco.

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