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Despite the fact that by the beginning of the active development of the tanks of this project, the situation on the fronts of World War II for Germany had seriously deteriorated, the country began to experience an acute shortage of raw materials and materials for industry, and the release of new tanks in such conditions became almost unrealistic, the design work in this the direction was quite intensive. In this case, the priority was more likely to create sketches and develop solutions for new nodes, mechanisms and the creation of drawings in the form of a reserve for the future. For this reason, the initial work on the projects of the E-series tanks was transferred to firms that had not previously engaged in the development and production of tanks, so as not to distract the main production facilities that had long been working only for the needs of the front, increasing the production of existing tanks, assault guns, fighters tanks and ACS.
The release of all E-series tanks was planned using standard units that would fit all series tanks. In total, this program covered 5 tanks, while opening its E-10, the combat mass of which was supposed to be about 10 tons, was to become a small reconnaissance tank, but during the development process has become a classic PT-SAU. As in the case of the rest of the designed E-series armored vehicles, the Ministry of Arms and Ammunition wanted to get the most unified combat vehicle at the output, which would have excellent operational qualities. At the same time, the production of E-10 was planned to be made as technologically advanced as possible and does not require large amounts of resources and labor costs.
The technical task for E-10 was finalized only in 1944 year, while none of the major German tank-building firms could not submit to the military project that would satisfy them. As a result, preference was given to the company Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz (KHD). Prior to working on the E-10 project, this company had never engaged in the development of armored vehicles. Up to this point, all acquaintance of the company’s engineers with tracked vehicles was limited to serial production of RSO (Raupenschlepper Ost - Vostok tracked tractor), where the concern designers installed a gasoline engine of their own design instead of the Steyer engine.
E-10, as well as heavier anti-tank ACS E-25, may to some extent be the response of the Wehrmacht Army Armaments Office to develop the American light-armored anti-tank self-propelled gun M18 "Hellcat", which could speed up to 90 km while driving on the highway / h, while the weight of the machine was 17,7 tons. In February 1944, the Allies tested their novelty in Italy. After the start of the design work on the E-10, the Army Armaments Directorate notified the design team of Hans Hasselgruber, working on the project, about the need to maximize the speed characteristics of the combat vehicle being created. As a result of the applied technical solutions, if implemented in metal, the E-10 tank destroyer could reach speeds of up to 65-70 km / h while driving on the highway.
Specialists of the KHD concern have been able to offer a simple, but at the same time effective solution within the framework of the E-10 project, which in some way echoed the Hetzer tank destroyer, in fairly limited time. Group engineers, working on their project, have taken the following steps. First of all, to save the mass of the developed machine and reduce the number of parts used, they decided to abandon the use of the tower. Another advantage of “turretlessness” was a reduction in the overall height of the vehicle, and hence an improvement in its invisibility on the battlefield. As a result of the design work, the case of a rather simple form was obtained by a very good inclination of the upper frontal armor plate. As the main armament was planned to use 75-mm anti-tank gun PaK 39 with a barrel length 48 caliber, which has already managed to establish itself very well in combat. The same gun was installed on the Hetzer. The breech of this gun was covered by the standard mask for the Germans of the gun, which received the nickname “pig snout”.
Due to the rather tight size of the car, which was quite compact and limited to the planned weight, the engineers of the KHD group abandoned the layout of the standard for German SAUs and tanks - now the hydrodynamic transmission had to be located behind the power plant, which simplified its dismantling, as well as technical service. The choice of such a transmission layout also allowed an increase in the combat compartment of the vehicle. At the same time, the engine compartment and the rear armor plates of the tank destroyer were planned to be completely removable, so that the technicians always had the opportunity to dismantle the engine and transmission as a single unit. Although the initial designation of the E-10 implied a weight of about 10 tons, the mass of the new combat vehicle in the design process grew to 16 tons. It should be noted that the mass was not maintained for almost all the designed machines of the E-series. The crew of the E-10 was to consist of three tankers: a driver, a commander and a gunner.
The small height of this anti-tank self-propelled gun and the simple form of the hull made it possible to carry out its frontal booking of only two armor plates: the top (60 mm thick, it was located at an angle 60 °) and the bottom (30 mm thick, it was also located at an 60 ° angle). Both front sheets were welded just below the cannon placement line. The use of such a design solution when building a hull made the E-10 much more technological than the most massive self-propelled Wehrmacht self-propelled machine - StuG 40 Ausf.G, which was distinguished by a much more complex geometry of frontal parts. The on-board booking of the tank destroyer was formed from armor plates 20 mm thick, located at an angle 10 °, stern armor plates also had a thickness 20 mm (angles of inclination 15 ° and 33 °, respectively), the bottom and roof of the hull were made of armor sheets with a thickness of only 10 mm.
As a power plant, the Germans considered two possible engines. The first was the Maybach HL 100 with water cooling, this engine developed maximum power - 400 hp. The second option was an Argus air-cooled engine with horsepower 350. At the same time, after installing the advanced cooling system and fuel injection, the power of the Maybach HL 100 engine was increased to 550 hp. at 3800 rpm. Both engines were planned to be placed in the back of the self-propelled gun, so that they had no effect on the shape of the hull and the placement of the other units. Interesting technical solutions included a combined system of steering and hydrodynamic transmissions developed by Voith.
Like all designed E-series German tanks, the E-10 had a longitudinal torsion bar suspension using Belleville washers. Such a suspension system was designed by the designer of the company MAN, Doctor of Technical Sciences Lerom. The refusal of engineers from the transverse torsion bar suspension, which was previously used on all the machines, the development of which Knipkamp had to do, made it possible to achieve an increase in the internal net volume of the combat vehicle. In particular, thanks to this decision, an additional evacuation hatch for the crew members was to appear at the bottom of the E-10. The support rollers of the tank destroyer were staggered, which immediately revealed her involvement with the head of the Sixth Department of the Army Armaments Directorate - this arrangement of the rollers was Knipkamp's “calling card”.
The undercarriage of the E-10 self-propelled gun consisted of four rubberized road wheels (on each side), front guide wheels, rear leading wheels and a small track track. The diameter of the rubberized rollers was 1000 mm. The support wheels alternately overlapped each other and were mounted in pairs to the left and right of the single-row tracks of the track track. One of the main features of this combat vehicle was the ability to change the clearance, which could vary from 1400 to 1760 mm. That is, the E-10 tank destroyer could literally “sit down” on the spot and fire at the enemy from the most inconspicuous position, using high grass or a low bush as a disguise. However, such a “low landing” made the shooting itself difficult, the Soviet paratroopers would face the same problem in the future, who had to use the ASU-57 self-propelled gun, whose height was only 1,5 meters.
The KHD company’s E-10 Tank Destroyer project, in its military form, was considered worthy of attention, however, further work on this project was stopped after only a few months. The reasons for this were more than enough. Initially, the tank developed in this category was supposed to have a mass of about 10 tons, but its design weight increased to 16 tons (about the same weight as the Hetzer). In addition, the absence of the tower was both a plus (camouflage, low silhouette), and a serious drawback, making it impossible for the car to carry out a round-up attack without turning the whole hull, and the proposed suspension and transmission were not mastered by the German industry. It is also worth considering the fact that the project was considered in the second half of 1944, when the situation on the fronts began to take on a catastrophic character for Germany. At this time, the Wehrmacht needed as many tanks as possible. At the same time, the launch into production of a new tank destroyer could lead to some delays in the production of machines of this class, since the plants could take time to master the production of new equipment. Such a delay in the production of armored vehicles was extremely undesirable.
With all the visible advantages, the E-10 tank destroyer would have encountered a large number of obstacles when introduced into mass production. Taking this into account, the German military decided to opt for PzJag.38 (d), known as Hetzer. This light tank destroyer, built on the chassis of the obsolete light Czech tank PzKpfw 38 (t), fully occupied the E-10 place. At the same time, during the Second World War, not a single prototype of the E-10 was ever built. This project, like many of the engineers of the Reich of the second half of the war, remained forever only at the level of draft designs.

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A furniture importer from Brighton who allowed hollow statues of the religious icon Buddha to be used to smuggle more than 100,000 illicit cigarettes into the UK has been sentenced today.
James Reber, 51, was questioned by officers from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in June 2013, after Border Force officers at Southampton Port searched a shipping container which had come from Indonesia. They discovered five, multi-coloured, fibreglass statues of Buddha which had been filled with illicit cigarettes.
John Cooper, Assistant Director, Criminal Investigation for HMRC said:
“This was a crafty attempt to smuggle illicit cigarettes into the UK, solely to avoid paying excise duty and VAT. Thanks to the vigilance of the officers at the border Reber’s ploy to make a profit at the expense of the taxpayer failed miserably.
“We will continue to work with Border Force and other law enforcement agencies to take action against those caught committing this type of criminal activity and I urge anyone with information about the sale, smuggling or supply of illegal cigarettes or tobacco to contact our Customs Hotline on 0800 59 5000.”
Paperwork for the container led HMRC to Reber but when questioned, he told officers he had imported ‘furniture' in the container but denied knowing anything about the Buddhas or the cigarettes - he later pleaded guilty to evading £31,000 in excise duty and VAT.
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1. James Reber, DOB 17/05/64, a furniture importer of Second Avenue, Brighton, Sussex, pleaded guilty to evading tax and duty due on cigarettes on 22 May 2015. He was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years, at Lewes Crown Court on 19 June 2015. He was also ordered to carry out 150 hours of unpaid work.
2. Anyone with information about people involved in tobacco smuggling is encouraged to contact the Customs Hotline on 0800 59 5000 or via the website http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/reportingfraud/online.htm
3. HMRC’s Flickr channel: www.flickr.com/hmrcgov.uk
4. Follow HMRC’s Press Office on Twitter @HMRCpressoffice
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Over the next few months, around 400,000 free condoms will be available at swimming pools, clubs and festivals around Switzerland in a bid to promote safe sex.
And there's a twist: people picking up the condoms could also win one of 3,500 prizes including everything from lawnmowers to bicycles or food baskets.
A video from the new Love Life campaign.
To have a chance at winning, people need to visit Switzerland's Love Life website – a portal with information on safe sex – and enter the code on their packaging of their condom.
The “Join in and win” campaign is based on the idea that people who use condoms are winners.
Run by the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health together with the AIDS prevention federation Aids-Hilfe Schweiz and the non-profit organisation Sexual Health Switzerland, the campaign is a part of a 30-year project to tackle AIDS and other sexually-transmitted diseases in Switzerland.
The Love Life campaigns are known for their tongue-in-cheek approach to raising public awareness of sexual health issues as these videos show.
There are around 20,000 people with HIV in Switzerland according to the health department. A total of 542 cases were diagnosed in 2016.
In the same year, there were 733 syphilis cases reported, just over 11,000 cases of chlamydia and 2,270 cases of gonorrhoea.

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It’s going to be a hellish week for game news, from Monday through Thursday.
It’s not the gigantic E3 show of years past. But I’ll have a blast writing about the fun stuff here, always with an eye to the latest innovations in gaming and the trends in the business of gaming.
My live blogging kicks off tomorrow at 10:30 am with Microsoft’s press conference in the big West Hall of the Los Angeles Convention Center. Microsoft already spilled the news of its Xbox 360 price cut, but there will be more news. Then Square Enix will have a small press conference starting at 1 pm. Electronic Arts will have its press event at 3pm at the Orpheum theater. And if I can last, I’ll tackle a post from one of the parties.
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Nintendo and Sony will hold their press conferences on Tuesday and there will be a lot of other live blogging opportunities throughout the show.
You can follow our posts here, or, if you want to hear some of the news from all of the events by the minute, you can log into our live blogging room on Friendfeed. MG Siegler tried this out at the Apple Worldwide Developer Forum and it was a lot of fun.
For each of the press conferences, I’ll be dropping live notes into the same Friendfeed room: VentureBeat E3 FriendFeed room. If you want to join in, login at Friendfeed (free to join) and go to http://friendfeed.com/rooms/venturebeat-e3.
John Gaudiosi will be joining me with some of his own posts on the VentureBeat blog as well. He will write about some of the events that I won’t be able to attend and he’s going to unveil some of the sleeper games at the show. Together, we’ll have a ton of coverage from now until Thursday. Hope you’ll read our stuff.
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On the 1st July 2008 the Club relocated once again to rented premises at the rear of Sherbourne Road Blackpool.
The premises were originally donkey stables, which had been redeveloped to house ‘The Claremont Theatre Club’. After further renovation the Club moved in, changing the name above the doors to ‘The Blackpool Magic Club’.
For 6 happy years a variety of meetings, lectures and social nights were hosted at the club.
In 2008 the Club held its 56th Convention, breaking all previous attendance records.

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New wheel loader expands Komatsu America fleet
Komatsu America expanded its line of wheel loaders with the recent addition of the WA430-6. The new WA430 offers in- creased breakout force, fuel efficiency, and operator comfort compared to the WA400-5 model that it replaces.
Komatsu’s own 231-hp (172-kW) SAA6D114E-3 turbo- charged and aftercooled diesel engine powers the new loader. The low-noise, high-torque engine has helped to significantly reduce fuel consumption, as have a closed-center load sensing system and a large-capacity torque converter with maximum efficiency in the low range. A heavy-duty electronic common- rail fuel-injection system provides fast throttle response while optimizing fuel combustion. The loader’s engine is U.S. EPA Tier 3, EU Stage IIIA, and Japan emissions certified.
Two operating modes are available to the operator: the E mode provides maximum fuel efficiency for general loading, and the P mode has a maximum power output for hard dig- ging operation and hill climbing. For load-and-carry or hill- climb operations, the torque converter with optional lock-up transmission provides increased production efficiency, reduced cycle times, and optimum fuel savings. An Eco Indicator in- forms the operator when the machine is maximizing fuel ef- ficiency.
An electronically controlled modulation valve allows the au- tomatic transmission to select the proper gear speed based on conditions such as travel and engine speed. With the touch of a finger, the kick-down switch automatically downshifts from second to first when beginning the digging cycle; in reverse, it automatically upshifts from first to second. This feature results in increased tractive effort for better bucket penetration and reduced cycle times. The kick-down switch also acts as a pow- er-up switch when the machine is already in first gear and economy mode. Conversely, the hold switch keeps the trans- mission fixed to either the third or fourth gear speed when auto shift is selected. The loader also includes a two-lever elec- tronic shift control for operator gear selection and directional changes.
When equipped with a 4.6-yd3 (3.52-m3) general-purpose bucket with bolt-on cutting edge, the loader has an operating mass between 40,840 and 41,226 lb (18,525 and 18,700 kg) and a dumping clearance of 9.92 ft. (3.02 m).
Operator comfort upgrades include a newly designed, spa- cious cab with wide pillar-less flat glass to enhance front visibil- ity, and a low-noise design that reduces noise at the operator’s ear level to 74 dB and dynamic outside noise levels to 112 dB(A). The new cab is mounted with Komatsu’s viscous mounts to help minimize noise and provide a low-vibration, clean oper- ating environment. Cab layout has been improved for easy le- ver access, and the air conditioner has been relocated to the front of the cab to increase seat reclining and backward slide adjustment.
Fingertip controls help to reduce operator fatigue and im- prove fine work equipment control and productivity. The work equipment lever console can be moved forward or backward, and the large armrest can be adjusted up or down to provide the operator with a variety of operating positions.
Designed for easy service and maintenance access, the new loader is also equipped with the exclusive Komatsu equipment management monitoring system. An easy-to-read monitor keeps the operator informed of all machine functions, includ- ing fluid and filter-change intervals and troubleshooting mem- ory display functions. An automatic reversible hydraulic radiator
fan allows the operator to quickly clean out the cooling system at preset intervals or with the flip of a switch. A Komtrax technology feature uses wireless tech- nology to send the machine’s operating infor- mation to a secure Web site for analysis. The Komtrax fleet-monitoring system increases ma- chine availability, reduces the risk of ma- chine theft, and allows for remote diag- nosis by the distributor. Komatsu manufactures the wheel loader’s engine, torque converter, transmission, hydraulic units, and electric parts. Machine parts are produced within an integrated pro- duction system to create a reliable machine with very low maintenance costs. Darlene Fritz
Komatsu’s new WA430-6 wheel loader boasts improved breakout force, better fuel efficienc , and enhanced operator comfort compared to the previous model.


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Power companies to cut rates after HC says regulators cannot fix provisional tariffs
Power plants producing 50,000 mw, or nearly a quarter of India’s total capacity, will have to cut tariffs as the Calcutta High Court has said regulators cannot fix provisional tariffs for new units, which consumers say are abnormally high.
The court has quashed the regulation that empowers the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission to fix provisional tariffs for generation and transmission. This will also affect 96,000 circuit km of transmission lines of Power GridBSE 0.77 % Corp. The main producers affected by the order are thermal power giant NTPC, hydroelectricity major NHPCBSE -0.64 % and Damodar Valley Corp.
The court said the power of the commission to pass provisional tariffs was ‘ultra vires’ the Constitution and the Electricity Act, 2003 – meaning beyond its powers and scope of law. CERC has approached the Supreme Court against the verdict.


The Oceanside High football team's record was 4-2 heading into Friday's night's game against Ramona. The Pirates tied Ramona 33-33 in 2008. In the prep football preview capsules in Friday's edition, Oceanside's record was incorrectly listed as 5-2. The 2008 tie against the Bulldogs was incorrectly listed as 38-38. We apologize.
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Runwal Group has launched its premier residential project – Runwal Bliss at Kanjurmarg in Mumbai. It is built around a 150-year-old Banyan tree with green, tranquil surroundings – something hard to find any more in the concrete jungle.
The project’s first phase of development is spread across an approximate area of 10 acre with 70 per cent open spaces, overlooking almost five acre of green open public amenity space. It features six high-rise towers, interspersed with beautiful gardens and recreational amenities. The project has been designed by Architect Hafeez Contractor and Shapoorji Pallonji has been appointed as the construction partner for select towers. The project’s USP is its excellent connectivity with almost every part of the city.
Subodh Runwal, Director, Runwal Group, shares, “After the exponential growth experienced by locations such as Powai, Ghatkopar and Mulund in the last few years, now it is Kanjurmarg’s turn. It is already witnessing fast growth due to its proximity to all major transit points and excellent connectivity. It has a huge potential for price appreciation, and with projects like Runwal Bliss taking shape, it is set to be the next big investment destination. Our aim is to provide a world-class product which will form lifestyle that enables its residents to enjoy the best of tranquility, luxury and convenience.”
Post receipt of necessary approvals, the work has already commenced at site and the project is estimated to be completed in approximately four years. The well-planned social infrastructure around the project includes access to educational institutions as well as healthcare facilities. The project will house air-conditioned two, three and four-BHK apartments to meet the varying demands and tastes of people. It will feature beautifully landscaped gardens, jogging and cycling tracks, yoga pavilion, senior citizen’s park, among others.


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Scientologists @home, featuring short films shot around the globe by Scientologists in their own homes, where they are staying safe, staying well and thriving in life, presents author and public speaker Dave Worthen @home.
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It's cold here. COLD. And dry, too. I woke up to a chilly 20° morning and air so dry that I could almost feel my face and sinuses drying up and cracking like cheap paint. For those of you dealing with blizzard conditions in the Northeast, I'm sorry - 20° probably sounds awesome. Plus, it's nice and sunny here, but still cold. We just don't get bitter cold that often here in Alabama.
Needless to say, I'm bundled up and layered down. Leggings under some flannel-lined khakis I stole years ago from the BF, a thermal shirt and a super plush hoodie, and warm socks with boots.
With this kind of weather, only one thing will really warm me up. Soups, preferably thick, hearty chowders. I'm a sucker especially for chowders that contain corn; I've even posted my Corn & Chicken Chowder recipe before. I just love how corn makes any chowder a touch sweeter - this is also why I'm a complete sucker for Corn & Crab Soup or Corn Egg Drop Soup at Chinese restaurants!
My Corn & Chicken Chowder is one of my favorites. It takes a bit of work to prepare, though. This is another type of corn chowder. It's easy and super fast to prepare (about 20-25 minutes). Plus, it can easily be made vegetarian. My version uses bacon (since I had some leftover from preparing my turnip greens), which adds a few minutes to the recipe, but you can easily omit this and make this dish vegetarian by following the substitutions I've noted below.
Quick & Easy Corn Chowder
4 slices bacon, diced (omit for vegetarian and see notes below)
1 small sweet onion, diced
2 cups chicken stock (use vegetable stock for vegetarian)
3 baking potatoes, peeled & chopped
2 12oz cans creamed corn
1 12oz can kernel corn, drained
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp white pepper
1 cup half-and-half or whole milk, room temperature or warmed
Cook the bacon in a stockpot until crisp; remove from pot and reserve 2 Tbsp of bacon drippings.
For vegetarian, simply omit the bacon completely and use 2 Tbsp of olive oil or melted butter instead!
Increase the heat to medium-high. Add the onions and saute for 2-3 minutes or until the onions are beginning to turn tender.
Add the stock, potatoes, corn, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer, covered, for 15-20 minutes.
Stir in the half-and-half or milk and cook until heated through. Return the bacon to the chowder (again, omit for vegetarian), then serve.

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Diana Maksymowicz, a 44-year-old basic skills instructor from New Jersey, has endured a string of health battles dating back to Feb. 21, 2019, when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.
The single mother of two had her right breast removed in April 2019 and also underwent intense radiation and chemotherapy. Come December, Maksymowicz was cancer-free.
But late last month, she fell ill again when she began exhibiting flu-like symptoms.
“We were originally told that she probably had either COVID-19 or strep throat,” Julianna Grossi Wisse, a family friend of Maksymowicz, told the Daily Voice.
After Maksymowicz was admitted to Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, doctors diagnosed her not with the novel coronavirus — but with leukemia.
Now, Maksymowicz is once again enduring rigorous rounds of radiation and chemotherapy treatment.
“She’s out of work for at least eight months, and she’ll have to go through all this again,” said Wisse.
A GoFundMe page has been launched to raise money for Maksymowicz's medical costs, as well as her household bills and to help care for her daughters. As of Thursday morning, the page has raised over $12,000.
"She has endured more treatments and surgeries than anyone should ever have to experience, and she has a long road ahead," the page says. "Yet through it all, she has been a fighter and a survivor. Her strength and courage are inspirational."
Wisse told the Daily Voice that she has been caring for Maksymowicz's daughters, Sia, 5, and Jerika, 2, who she is unable to see while in the hospital.
"I adore them like a grandmother,” she said. “You do what you have to do.”
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When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced in 2010 that the Obama administration would be a forceful advocate for Internet freedom, she declared that, “We recognize that the world’s information infrastructure will become what we and others make of it.” It was bold vision by a 21st century government that saw how technology could advance human rights in a wired world.
Now the vision and credibility of the US and its allies on Internet freedom is in tatters. I saw this up close in Tunis last month, where the Freedom Online Coalition, a group of governments committed to promoting human rights online, held its annual summit. It was just two weeks after the Guardian began writing about the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden’s disclosures on mass US secret surveillance programs.
Along with the UK, France, the Netherlands, and other governments in the coalition, the US has spent millions of dollars supporting new tools to protect the digital privacy of human rights activists globally. But at the meeting, the US was excoriated about its surveillance programs by the activists these governments claimed to support. Instead of a reaffirmation of shared goals, the prevailing mood was of anger, disappointment, and distrust.
Since then, we have learned that the UK may be intercepting all Internet traffic flowing across the Atlantic, to and from continental Europe. An article in Le Monde claims France has its own mass surveillance program. Although members of the Dutch parliament have called for an investigation into American spying, local media reported that the Netherlands may have had access to data from the NSA’s programs and Dutch police have sought authority to hack into computers to investigate crime. These governments have seemingly adopted the very surveillance tactics it has spent millions to help online activists evade.
Allegations of mass, secret surveillance are exceptionally damaging. These practices are inherently arbitrary, overbroad, and cast a chill on other rights. Too much about these programs remains shrouded in secrecy, which only elicits more suspicion about how information is used, whether ordinary people actually have privacy rights, and who holds governments accountable. Without safeguards for privacy, innocent people may fear reprisals for expressing unpopular opinions or seeking out sensitive information online.
What little information is available is not reassuring. President Obama’s defense that NSA spying only targeted non-Americans is cold comfort for the hundreds of millions of non-US Internet users. UK law also appears to allow mass interception by providing weaker privacy safeguards for people outside of the “British Islands” with even fewer safeguards.
Defenders of US and UK surveillance programs argue that collecting metadata is not as problematic as “listening to the content of people’s phone calls” or reading emails. This is misleading. Technologists have long recognized that metadata can reveal incredibly sensitive information, especially if it is collected at large scale over long periods of time, since digitized data can be easily combined and analyzed.
The revelations have also exposed glaring contradictions about the US Internet freedom agenda. This has emboldened the Chinese state media, for example, to cynically denounce US hypocrisy, even as the Chinese government continues to censor the Internet, infringe on privacy rights, and curb anonymity online.
Though there is hypocrisy on both sides, the widening rift between US values and actions has real, unintended human rights consequences. For the human rights movement, the Internet’s impact on rights crystalized in 2005 after we learned that Yahoo! uncritically turned user account information over to the Chinese government, leading to a 10-year prison sentence for the journalist Shi Tao.
The US government forcefully objected to the Chinese government’s actions and urged the tech industry to act responsibly. In the end, that incident catalyzed a set of new human rights standards that pushed some companies to improve safeguards for user privacy in the face of government demands for data. US support was critical back then, but it is hard to imagine the government having the same influence or credibility now.
The mass surveillance scandal has damaged the US government’s ability to press for better corporate practices as technology companies expand globally. It will also be more difficult for companies to resist overbroad surveillance mandates if they are seen as complicit in mass US infringements on privacy. Other governments will feel more entitled to ask for the same cooperation that the US receives. We can also expect governments around the world to pressure companies to store user data locally or maintain a local presence so that governments can more easily access it, as Brazil and Russia are now debating.
While comparisons to the Chinese government are overstated, there is reason to worry about the broader precedent the US has set. Just months before the NSA scandal broke, India began rolling out a centralized system to monitor all phone and Internet communications in the country, without much clarity on safeguards to protect rights. This development is chilling, considering the government’s problematic use of sedition and Internet laws in recent arrests.
Over the last few weeks, Turkish officials have condemned social media as a key tool for Gezi Park protesters. Twitter has drawn particular ire. Now the government is preparing new regulations that would make it easier to get data from Internet companies and identify individual users online.
The Obama administration and US companies could have been in a strong position to push back in India and Turkey. Instead, the US has provided these governments with a roadmap for conducting secret, mass surveillance and conscripting the help of the private sector.
Back in Tunis with the Freedom Online Coalition, the Internet activist Rebecca Mackinnon noted that, “Human history is a story of how unchecked power has always been abused, whatever good intentions those in power may hold at the beginning.”
The governments that established the Freedom Online Coalition clearly understand how crucial technology has become for advancing human rights in closed societies. But those same member governments have forgotten just how corrosive unchecked, secret surveillance can become, even in open societies. To have any credibility, the US, UK, and their allies must lead by example. More disclosure, meaningful privacy protections, and robust accountability for secret surveillance would be a great start.
Cynthia M. Wong is the senior Internet researcher at Human Rights Watch. You can follow her on twitter @cynthiamw.


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Good morning, everyone! A very happy Hobbit Day to you all! In the world of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels, today is the shared birthday of Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, which makes today a great opportunity to celebrate all things Tolkien-related.
Personally, I am planning to celebrate by going about barefoot for the whole day (as a proper hobbit would), and marathoning The Lord of the Rings trilogy. While I have decided against eating the standard seven meals that a hobbit would enjoy (because I just cannot handle eating that much food), I have elected to add second breakfast and afternoon tea to my normal meal schedule.
Rather than just celebrating today, I actually made the decision to spread my celebration of Hobbit Day throughout the month of September. I began, of course, by re-reading The Hobbit.
“If you’re referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door.”~Gandalf, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, tells the story of a very respectable hobbit by the name of Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo’s quiet life takes an unexpected turn when he is visited one morning by a wizard known as Gandalf the Grey. Gandalf has decided that what Bilbo needs is an adventure, and the reluctant hobbit soon finds himself joining a company of dwarves on a quest to the Lonely Mountain to take back their home from a dragon.
I first read The Hobbit when I was a high school student, shortly after The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring was released in theaters. After seeing the movie, I rushed out to buy a copy of the trilogy, knowing that I would never be able to wait a full year to find out what would happen to the Fellowship. I was able to purchase a boxed set of The Lord of the Rings, which also included a copy of The Hobbit.
I decided to read The Hobbit prior to diving into The Lord of the Rings, and fell in love with the story on the very first page. If memory serves, I ended up reading the entire book in a single sitting, staying up most of the night to finish reading about Bilbo’s adventures.
I’ve read The Hobbit several more times since then, and I’ve enjoyed it just as much (if not more) with each successive reading. Of all the books I have read throughout my lifetime, there are really only three titles that I would say have been consistent favorites since the first moment I read them. The Hobbit is one of these books. I have loved the story, and the world of Middle-earth, since the first time I picked up the book, and I have no doubt that I will continue to do so for the rest of my life.
In addition to my recent re-read of The Hobbit, I also decided to re-watch all of the book’s movie adaptations. I began by re-watching the extended edition of The Hobbit trilogy, which was directed by Peter Jackson. The movies in this trilogy include: An Unexpected Journey, The Desolation of Smaug, and The Battle of the Five Armies.
Peter Jackson’s re-imagining of The Hobbit as a movie trilogy is unbelievably good. The movies are action-packed, the soundtracks and settings are gorgeous, and the characters are portrayed extremely well by their respective actors. Martin Freeman, in particular, was a perfect casting choice for Bilbo Baggins; and Richard Armitage does a phenomenal job of bringing Thorin Oakenshield to life. I was also impressed with the way in which Peter Jackson linked the events of The Hobbit to those which would follow in The Lord of the Rings.
That being said, the trilogy is not a 100% accurate representation of the book. There are a significant number of scenes and characters in the movies which are not present in the original novel, and which alter the way in which certain moments unfold. Because of this, I would actually consider the movie trilogy to be an adaptation/expansion of the original novel. As long as you don’t watch the movies expecting them to be identical to the book, I think you’ll be really impressed.
Like The Lord of the Rings, these are some pretty lengthy movies, but you could actually watch all of them in one day if you wanted to do so. The first two are over three hours in length, and the final movie is approximately two hours and forty-five minutes. It is worth noting that while the theatrical releases of all three movies have a PG-13 rating, the extended edition of The Battle of the Five Armies is rated R.
In addition to re-watching these movies, I also decided to re-watch the Rankin/Bass animated version of The Hobbit, which came out in 1977. This adaptation is very short, less than 80 minutes in length, and the story moves very quickly. It also has a significant amount of music that is included, most of which comes from the songs Tolkien included in the novel. These songs, it should be noted, are extremely catchy. So if you have the opportunity to watch this version, be aware that you may find yourself still singing “Down, Down to Goblin Town” or “Funny Little Things” several days later. (I certainly did.)
One thing you may notice about this movie is that the animation is more consistent with Japanese anime than with American cartoons of the same period. This made a lot more sense to me after learning from Fandom.com that the animation was actually done by a Japanese company called Topcraft, which eventually went on to become Studio Ghibli. While I like the vast majority of the animation for this movie, I do have somewhat mixed feelings about a few of the character designs, specifically Gollum and the Mirkwood elves. They just don’t match how I envisioned those characters. As a whole, however, it is a well-animated movie.
Like the movie trilogy, the animated version is also not a 100% accurate representation of Tolkien’s original novel. In this case it is because a significant amount of material was left out, including the company’s interactions with characters such as Beorn, as well as Thorin’s desperate search for the Arkenstone, which is of major importance in the book. More likely than not, these changes were made due to time limitations, because the movie was made for television. There were also some additional changes that were made to the story which do not have a significant impact on the plot, but which fans of the novel will definitely notice if they watch this movie.
While I do prefer the book to either of the movie adaptations, I have to say that of those adaptations, I definitely like the movie trilogy much better than the animated version. The trilogy just feels much more complete, and you can very clearly see the love the cast and crew had for the source material when you watch it.
If you’ve never had the opportunity to read The Hobbit, or watch any of the movie adaptations, I highly recommend taking the time to do so. The world Tolkien created is so amazing, and his stories really stick with you. If you do have the opportunity to read The Hobbit (or watch the movies), I hope you enjoy your adventures in Middle-earth as much as I have over the years!
Happy Hobbit Day!

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I have to admit it…There was very little forethought behind these two new ‘makes’. I made these cocoon dresses on a whim….merely because I thought they would look pretty good with my new Cocoon coat (here)! Shallow…but true. Now that the 2018 RTW fast is over, I’m feeling quite free. I can sew anything I want without a single thought about whether I ‘need’ it to fill a hole in my wardrobe or not. Frivilous sewing is the life for me!!
I’m such a sucker for a good knit dress in the winter, so if anyone waves a pattern in front of my face that gives me an excuse to make yet another one, I’m all in. And this one has pockets, which makes it perfect!
I absolutely love a dress with side seams that wrap around to the front. I’m a big fan of stand up collars too….so Audrey Hepburn!
Burda Style patterns have never been on the top of my list because they come in a magazine insert, so they all have to be traced onto pattern paper before they’re cut and sewn, and, well, I hate tracing patterns. I’d much rather buy a paper pattern, thank you very much. But the design of this dress was too good to pass up. So, I put on a binge worthy show just did it. This Burda Style pattern (1/2019/111) was worth the effort.
I loved the pattern so much I made two versions – – one from a soft, ‘poppy’ colored sweater knit I bought at the Mill End Store, and one from a textured sweat shirt jersey that I found at Joann’s (on sale!).
It’s always interesting to see how different a dress/pattern looks with a two different knits. The gray textured jersey is a heavier moderate stretch knit so the dress and collar look more structured in that fabric. The poppy knit is so soft with a bit more stretch so the fit is loose and easy.
The dress went together easily. The collar is cut as part of the bodice so that makes things simple. The shape of the dress is created by the forward placement of the side seams. The hardest detail is the zipper at the back. Fitting is pretty straightforward…you can modify at the side or center back seam. I used a double needle for the sleeve hem and dress hem.
I love the neckline and the cocoon shape of this pattern – obviously, I’ll likely make it again. And the best part? Both dresses work under my new coat:)
It’s always fun to follow an intense project like a coat with a less involved project, a palate cleanser! To be honest, the tracing of the pattern wasn’t as bad as I expected…really went pretty quickly and I’m getting better at figuring out all of those crazy lines on the magazine insert. So, there will definitely be more Burda Style makes in my future.
I hope your New Year has had a strong start. I’m excited about all of the sewing happenings this month – – the Pattern Review Sewing Bee started this week. I’m not participating this year, but I love watching the fun. There should be lots of inspiration there. I’m hoping to make something for Sew Japanese In January, and there’s the Day/Night Dress Challenge coming up next month, hosted by Elizabeth Made This! Lots to look forward to…
Happy sewing and thanks for stopping by!
24 thoughts on “Burda Style Cocoon Dress”
I love these dresses, and you are right, they look perfect with your coat! I will have to find this pattern. It is just my style.
Thanks Becky!! It’s available in the magazine or on the Burda Style website. I hope you enjoy it.
Those are fantastic! Could you have skipped the zipper or is the neckline faced to not stretch?
The neckline is faced, and it’s pretty snug, but if your knit has a lot of crosswise stretch, you could probably pull that off:)
Your dresses are amazing! I made this pattern into a sweater as a muslin a while back and decided against the dress, but now I see where I went wrong: I should have gone down a size to make it more fitted like yours are. I haven’t got suitable fabric hanging around right now, but I might just give the dress another try once I have!
Thank-you, Chris! Yes, I quite like the fitted look and picked my size accordingly. I hope you’ll post your version so I can enjoy? That issue of the magazine had so many possibilities…
I’m with you on not liking to trace patterns! But these are both great – I like how comfy cozy yet pulled together they look. Also, I think I have the same grey fabric from JoAnn’s but now I’m questioning using it for a fitted peplum top, as planned. What’s the backing feel like to you?
Thanks! My gray fabric has a poly backing and it has one-way crosswise stretch. I usually write down the fiber content when I buy something, but didn’t do it on this piece. The top layer feels cotton-like.
The dresses are amazing. The red one and the coat are perfect together.
Thank-you! I’m so glad it works with the coat as I’m wearing it all the time:)
Both dresses are super cute..especially on you! I have ordered the magazine and feel equally hesitant to plod through the tracing aspect of Burda Style but want that dress badly enough to Just Do It. Keep on inspiring us.
Thanks Fran! Yes, the tracing is formidable at times, but this dress only has a few pieces, so it isn’t quite as time consuming. I binged a new show while tracing mine. I highly recommend that:)
Gah! You beat me to it…I was considering making this dress up…and maybe in red too. Great minds think alike. 🙂
Love both of your versions. Very chic.
Oh, thanks, Diane. I can’t wait to see your version!! And red is such a nice color on you. Yes, This particular issue of the magazine was so inspiring…I couldn’t wait to sew this one up:)
Both colours look lovely on you and with your coat! Although I am favouring the POPPY RED. Nice work! Looking forward to seeing what you do with your Challenges coming up!
Thanks, Linda! Poppy might be my new favorite color, although it will NEVER take the place in my heart that blue holds:) Yes, I have a bit of sewing to do!
It was certainly worth all your tracing efforts to make these dresses. Both suit you well, but the red one has a definite Audrey look to it, very stylish.
Thanks, Sue, especially for the Audrey comment!
I would like to order burda style magazine but all phone numbers on the website do not work. How does one order the magazine?
I ordered mine through Amazon.
I love a great wrapped seam cocoon dress myself (but what don’t I love?). You picked just fabrics too – so pretty!
Thanks, Faye!!yes, I’m with you..if a dress has wrapped seams I can’t resist!
Both dresses look fantastic on you, I love dresses like this that you can really just throw on and look instantly put together. I had thought that there was a strip on each side seam from the line drawing, the forward placed seam is a cool detail!
Me too! These dresses are getting a lot of wear!

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A historic investment tackling the housing affordability crisis
The HOMES Plan – a component of the Mayor’s multi-year Building Blocks Program – includes a full suite of programs to provide relief to residents across our community, from extremely low to middle-income residents. The plan provides relief to homeowners and renters and creates more housing people can afford by bringing new units online in the short term, building new units, and preserving and enhancing existing affordable housing.
Families across income levels are suffering under the housing and affordability crisis. That’s why the HOMES Plan is a comprehensive approach designed to bring targeted relief and supplement our other housing investments – including our combined goal of 18,000 units of affordable and workforce housing in financial closing by the end of 2023.

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Prior to Knit Classics’ recent reissue deluge all of Ronald Shannon Jackson’s recordings as a leader were out of print. This may not seem like much of travesty to those unfamiliar with Jackson’s catalog but when you consider that he had over a dozen albums to his credit the reality of the rate of attrition begins to sink in. Fortunately for everyone involved the Knitting Factory’s new reissue imprint has chosen Jackson (along with Rashied Ali) as one of the hubs of it’s new wave of releases. Brought back into circulation are a host of Jackson’s sessions including this live set recorded at the Caravan of Dreams.
The Decoding Society was Jackson’s working group during the 1980s and it had a somewhat revolving lineup based both on the schedules of the players and the ever-present specter of economics. The roster on display here is particularly strong and features the solid horn pairing of Zane Massey and Eric Person prominently alongside the tandem guitar thrust of Masujaa and Denigris. As the instrumentation might tip-off this group dips heavily into a Fusion bag, but other dominant elements spring forth from African and High Life influences that Jackson absorbed during his travels across the Continent. “Dance of the Spirit Catcher” gathers the troop in a heavily amplified formation flanked by the shimmering guitars of Dengris and Masujaa. The blinding fretwork of both players together and separately provides the center on most of the tracks, but Jackson’s industrious drums and the horns also supply strong solos. There’s a heady urban flavor with a pinch of funk that informs many of the pieces too that mixes surprisingly well with the more bucolic elements of the leader’s arrangements. Jackson’s percussive style was and is one of the most forceful in the business, as evidenced by his stints with such heavy-hitters as Cecil Taylor and Peter Brötzmann (in Last Exit), notably informed by Rock, but never a slave to it. Though the rhythms sometimes wallow in orthodoxy of presentation, as on the title track, the forward momentum of the music never falters. With releases like this one those who missed Jackson’s prolific run the first time around now have a golden opportunity to catch up to where he left off.
Tracks:Dance of the Spirit Catcher/ Ella Mae/ When Colors Play/ Black Blues/ Sweet Orange/ Green Coronas/ Purple Tongues.
Players:Ronald Shannon Jackson- drums; Eric Person- soprano & alto saxophones; Zane Massey- tenor & soprano saxophones; John Moody- electric bass; Cary Dengris- electric guitar; Masujaa- electric guitar.
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Imagine Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1938 being interviewed by a carnival geek.
A radical attorney general announces his pride in his role in America’s destruction.
The Attorney General’s lame attempt to paint his critics as racists.
How Obama is keeping his presidency just above water.
The lowdown on the Middle East—for those able to listen.
Is the attorney general’s reign of corruption coming to an end?
Perpetual falsehoods throughout the entire O’Reilly interview.
The shaping of the narrative for the 2016 presidential campaign begins.
The Freedom Center’s president discusses his new collection of conservative writings.
Will America’s feminist “bête noire” be the next to be destroyed for speaking the truth?
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Of course the executioner Ismaaiyl Brinsley is a black criminal like those embraced by the left in their war vs. whites, police & country.
Not just deBlasio and Sharpton, but Obama and Holder have blood on their hands over these deaths for encouraging the lynch mobs.
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IKEA Uppland review – The new and improved Ektorp?
It’s the end of an age for IKEA. At least that’s how it felt like when they discontinued their most popular couch, the Ektorp.
Having been a catalog constant for over a decade, IKEA fans across the US and Canada (where the Ektorp was discontinued) were caught unprepared by it’s sudden departure.
And they didn’t take it well – replacement covers for the Ektorp were fought over like toilet paper in a pandemic.
Alas good things don’t last forever, but hopefully whatever takes their place is a step in the right direction. That’s why all eyes are now glued to the new IKEA Uppland sofa.
As the successor of the most popular sofa in the world, the Uppland certainly has some big shoes to fill. Everyone is waiting to see how it stacks up, which is what I’m hoping to answer today!
To no one’s surprise, the Uppland is similar to the Ektorp. IKEA obviously wanted to fill the void left by the Ektorp as much as possible.
They even went so far as to release the exact same configurations for the Uppland:
Without reading the labels, nobody would guess this was a new couch. It has the same silhouette and colours that the Ektorp came in.
What is surprising however is that the dimensions on the Uppland are a far cry from the Ektorp (by IKEA standards). It’s clear that this rehash isn’t the same as when they discontinued the Vimle and released the Finnala with a half an inch increase to the backrest and armrests height…
No, this time they’ve made real, noticeable changes. The otherwise “safe” design of the Ektorp has been remodeled into a significantly higher and deeper couch, with longer armrests.
Without the back cushions, the back of the Uppland is 2 inches higher than its predecessor and a whopping 5 inches higher with them. That’s not to mention the 4 inches of added seating depth that drastically changes the way the couch feels to sit on.
Like all of their other regional-specific overhauls, I assume all these “upgrades” were made to accommodate their western audience better.
So how comfortable is the Uppland after these sweeping changes? It’s very comfortable indeed! But some may not appreciate the fact they can no longer touch the ground while fully rested on the back cushions.
Say what you will about not messing with things that aren’t broken, but the Uppland is a big improvement over the Ektorp comfort-wise. Chances are, you’ll love it too.
Like it’s predecessor, the Uppland is a very classic round arm sofa. This time, the added seating depth makes it far more loungy.
While the Ektorp had a rather attentive sit, the Uppland is far more relaxed – perfect for those lazy Netflix nights. Still, it’s not too loungy by any means since 23” of seating depth isn’t extreme by couch standards.
Even paired with its increased height off the ground, you’ll still be able to touch the floor comfortably if you’re above 5’7”. Perhaps how high it sits is one reason why the Uppland feels incredibly easy to spring up off.
Or maybe it’s the fact that the seat cushions have springs in them now (which is big news for IKEA couches)… or maybe it’s because the cushions are way overstuffed, which adds even more height.
Whatever it is, this couch is really easy to get on and off from, which is a godsend for anyone with bad knees.
Somehow despite how plump the seat cushions are, the Uppland is not the most cloud-like either. It’s supportive and will let you sink a little into it, but is surprisingly firm-ish compared to its appearance.
The Ektorp which wasn’t the most squishy couch to begin with, so the Uppland is even more comfortable – both to sleep on and sit on. I’d say it gets a solid 9/10 on the scale of IKEA comfort.
Props to the fact that armrests are at the right height to rest your head against when laying down as well 🙂
Comfort Score: 9/10
The aesthetic of the Uppland is rather unexciting. Classic and good looking, yes; but not exciting.
What’s there to say? It’s the same as the Ektorp – a traditional round arm couch.
Even the slipcover colour choices are the same as the ones we’re used to with the Ektorp minus the “Lingbo Multicolor” option (anyone remember that?)
Personally, I’m a big fan of the fact there are a whole 7 colour choices. That’s way more than what you get with other IKEA couches!
It could do with a wider selection of bold colours though.
Given the colours and shape, the Uppland looks like it would work wonders in more grown-up homes or those going for the farmhouse/cottage look (especially in white) but maybe that’s just me?
Aesthetic score: 8/10
Price and construction
The Uppland loveseat starts at USD 549 at the time of writing (April 2022).
The Uppland is as budget-friendly as its predecessor despite the fact it now includes spring support in the cushions.
There weren’t many complaints about the Ektorp cushions losing shape, but the addition of springs will eliminate these completely. And if that wasn’t enough, the Uppland also comes with IKEA’s 10-year guarantee for the frame and cushions.
Not likely you’ll need to use it in the first place, seeing as the frame is essentially one solid thick piece, unlike something like the Soderhamn. Basically it gives a good impression it’ll hold up to normal, non couch-trampoline usage.
Another unique feature of the Uppland is that the seat cushions are easier than ever to get into their covers. There’s a long zipper that completely opens up at the bottom of the cover for easy slipping in.
Having stuffed lots of IKEA couch cushions into their respective slipcovers, I can appreciate this genius! It makes things so easy. On the reverse side, you cannot flip the seat cushions like you could do with the Ektorp.
With all that, even a 10/10 score for this category wouldn’t be too much of a stretch!
Price & Construction: 10/10
What a couch!
It was daring to reinvent the wheel on their tried and tested Ektorp but you can tell that IKEA put serious thought into these changes. They want to make this America’s next top round arm couch.
It’s especially telling that they’ve taken the Uppland further in the direction (seating wise) of the famous Pottery Barn basic round arm couch, but much more affordable.
With such a juicy offering, it’s hard to justify the value of buying a round arm couch from more upmarket brands. Especially when there’s so few reasons not to like the Uppland.
And if you’re one of those still hung up on the Ektorp, the good news is that IKEA hasn’t completely abandoned you – they still sell the three seater Ektorp in Lofallet Beige.
Be sure to head into one of IKEA’s showrooms and compare them for yourself!
Overall score: 9/10
Thinking of getting an Uppland but want something more than the standard IKEA slipcover choices? Consider designing your own custom cover! From colour to material to style, you choose it all to best fit your home. You can even order the Uppland without the cover and use your own. How awesome is that?
Interested? Visit us on our website to check out all the colors and fabrics you can get your IKEA Uppland sofa in:


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Why? Because if I'm truly trying to live lightly, the fact is that the consumption of animal products uses too many of the earth's resources (if you tried one of those ecological footprint quizzes yesterday, you may have figured that out), a lot of them in the raising of food for the livestock, and feeding them until they reach an edible size. Plants, not so much, especially if we grow them ourselves or get them locally, which I try to do as much as possible. And veggies, done right, can be tastier than a chunk of beef anyday.
So today's suggestion is one that I would encourage even carnivores and omnivores to try. See if you can't have at least one day a week during which you eat more simply (read, without meat). We had that day yesterday. This is what I ate: for breakfast, toast with organic peanut butter, and crabapple jelly made by the boys next door (they're really nice, and so's their jelly). For lunch, a toasted cheese sandwich with homegrown tomatoes. And for supper,


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Agriculture and health sectors collaborate to address population health
In at least 18 states around the United States, academic health science centers are partnering with cooperative extension systems to better address population health. A new report describes how these agricultural and health entities are using complementary resources to meet the health needs of local communities.
The Cooperative Extension System, a program of the US Department of Agriculture in partnership with land-grant universities, is designed to help individuals and communities meet challenges in technology, nutrition and food safety, emergency response, environmental protection, and agriculture and natural resources.
While the extension system is increasing its focus on health, the health sector sees extension as a model for working with local communities, including through the Primary Care Extension Program established by the Affordable Care Act.
The report, from experts in cooperative extension systems and medicine in New Mexico, describes national activities as well as that state's joint efforts to provide nutrition education in community health centers, health and nutrition education for seniors, and healthy cooking demonstrations for immigrants.
The authors encourage dialogue between states to identify best practices for the future of this important, multi-sector collaboration.
More information: Agriculture and Health Sectors Collaborate in Addressing Population Health, www.annfammed.org/content/15/5/475.full


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No.5 Ole Miss baseball took the field Tuesday morning in Oxford to face the University of New Orleans Privateers in a midweek match-up.
Ole Miss baseball (20-2, 2-1) entered the Tuesday morning match-up with New Orleans coming off a big SEC series against Tennessee. The UNO Privateers (9-12, 2-4) were coming into the game off a big 14-10 win over Abilene Christian. The Privateers who have been known to have pretty good baseball teams in the past have struggled this season. Tuesday’s game proved to be more of the same against the Rebels.
With the game scoreless in the bottom of the 2nd the Rebels got on the board first with 3 runs. The Rebels added another run in the bottom of the 3rd and took the 3-0 lead into the top of the 4th. UNO scraped out a lone run to close the gap to 4-1 but the Rebels answered strong in the bottom of the frame with 4 more runs to push the lead to 8-1 going into the 5th. The Privateers added 2 runs in the top of the frame to close the gap to 8-3. The Rebels added a run in the 7th to extend the lead to 9-3. The Privateers scored 1 in the top of the 9th but the Rebels closed out the 9-4 win.
The midweek 9-4 win was the Rebels 20th win of the season. Also, No.5 Ole Miss baseball became the first team in the nation to reach the mark. Of course, right now the Rebels are playing very good baseball and have a head of momentum heading on the road this weekend for more very tough SEC play. The Rebels are going to need it over the next two weeks which will arguably be one of the toughest stretches being played in the nation. Naturally, we look at this win by the numbers and see how it went down.
By The Numbers
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On The Mound
Sophomore right-hander Houston Roth drew the start on the mound for the Rebels. Roth went 5.0 innings and allowed 3 earned runs on 5 hits. Roth had 7 Ks and 2 BB. Sophomore right-hander Greer Holston entered in the 6th and went 2.0 innings allowing only 1 hit. Holston had 1 K.
Junior right-hander Connor Green entered in the 8th inning and allowed 1 hit while facing only three UNO batters. Junior Dallas Woolfolk pitched the 9th and finished out the Rebels staff’s day on the mound. Woolfolk allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits. Woolfolk had 3 Ks.
At The Plate
Ole Miss baseball had 5 Rebels batters combine for 7 hits against the Privateers and 2 Rebels had multiple hit games. Sophomore slugger Thomas Dillard and senior Will Golsan both went 2 for 4 at the plate. Dillard had 4 RBI with 1 HR. Golsan had 1 RBI. Dillard swatted his 6th HR of the season.
Freshman Anthony Servideo went 1 for 4 with a RBI. Juniors Chase Cockrell and Nick Fortes both went 1 for 3 at the plate and Fortes scored a run. Freshman Carl Gindl and sophomore Cooper Johnson each had 1 RBI. The Rebels stranded 8 runners in the game. Right now Ole Miss baseball is hitting good and have a head of steam headed into more SEC action coming this weekend.
Ole Miss baseball will be looking to improve its record this weekend on the road at College Station against the Texas A&M Aggies (18-4, 1-2). The Aggies are coming into the weekend series off a 13-4 win over Rice. The Rebels will be back in action in game-one of a tough three-game series beginning Thursday with first pitch set for 6pm CT. The game will be televised on the SEC Network. Good luck to coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels. BEAT THE AGGIES! Hotty Toddy!

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Video: Black & White - Anything But Boring!
Hi friends! I'm here today with a super fun black and white card for you featuring the stunning Lighthouse & Sailboat Cover Plate Die.
I'll keep the doodled detail a secret until you watch the video, but I first cut the die with Pitch Black cardsotck. The frame it cuts gives you SO many possibilities – I'm sure you saw beautiful colored versions on release day, and I'll show you some options with this background in the video as well. And remember, every time you are paper piecing a die like this with two or more different materials, that means you have two or more complete cards you can make with the leftovers! This is one of my fave features of piecing dies – they are truly zero waste dies.
Here's my finished card, and wait until you see how easy it is. It's so beautiful and graphic, I didn't want to cover any of it up with a sentiment, so it's an all-occasion card. I think it would be a fantastic Father's Day or dad birthday card.
A few tips for making work like this easier, which you will see in the video:
- Use Precision Glue when piecing rather than a tape runner – you need the wiggle room.
- Use your MISTI sticky mat to hold the whole die cut scene together until you are ready to piece. This makes it go so much faster when you aren't chasing down odd little shapes on your desk.
- Use the Reverse Grip Tweezers to release the small die cut pieces onto the Sticky Mat.
Here is the video, or you can watch it here in HD on YouTube.
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- The royal family stopped insiders from speaking out to correct false stories about Meghan Markle, royal biographers Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand wrote.
- Multiple household aides confirmed to Scobie and Durand that the notorious story of Meghan making Kate Middleton cry at a bridesmaids' fitting was completely false—but nobody was allowed to set the record straight.
- Scobie and Durand's biography of Meghan and Prince Harry, Finding Freedom, is being serialized in the Times of London.
Meghan Markle has faced an onslaught of relentless, racist media bullying ever since her relationship with Prince Harry was revealed, with multiple tabloids clamoring to present the Duchess in a negative light. And the royal family did not step up to correct false stories about Meghan; in fact, according to royal biographers Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, they actively prevented insiders from speaking out about the lies. Which stands in marked contrast to the royal approach to stories about Kate Middleton—in July 2019, a Kensington Palace spokesperson officially denied claims Kate had received "baby Botox," as Scobie and Durand note, while the Palace also condemned a recent Tatler feature about her.
"There are people, whether they work with the family or are members of the family, that know a lot of this stuff isn't true, and aren't allowed to say anything," a "trusted confidant" of Meghan told Scobie and Durand, in an extract published by the Times of London.
One such false story which the royals did not correct, despite "several aides across the royal households" confirming to Scobie and Durand that it was untrue? The infamous claim that Meghan's "strict demands" at a fitting for her bridesmaids, including Princess Charlotte, left Kate in tears. "That story was ridiculous and so false," an insider told the biographers.
A source who was at the fitting said the occasion was a little stressful—as you'd imagine any attempt to get a room full of small children into formal dresses would be—but a far cry from the story broadcast by the media. "Some of the children weren't co-operating, and there was a lot going on. Everyone tried to help where they could, but it's never easy with kids at fittings. There were no tears from anyone," the source said. "In the end, the fitting was fine. Kate and Meghan were both a little stressed but professionals in the room, and there were other people there."
Another false story? Reports that Meghan "bollocked" a member of Kate's staff—implied to be deputy communications secretary Katrina McKeever—resulting in a "furious" Kate stepping in. According to Finding Freedom, "Even Kensington Palace didn't understand the bizarre story." McKeever left her role at the palace in pursuit of "new opportunities," and was on excellent terms with the Sussexes, so much so that they "sent her a handwritten letter and huge floral arrangement when she left."
"It was open season on Meghan," Scobie and Durand wrote. "She felt that women of colour like her were labelled demanding or aggressive." With countless false, racist stories about Meghan dominating the media, and a royal gag order preventing her or her friends from speaking out against them, it's little wonder the Sussexes stepped away from the royal family.


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Girls who suffer traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) may be more susceptible to behavioral problems like psychological distress and smoking compared to boys, according to a new study.
Each year, TBIs cause 2.5 million emergency room visits, and so far research has consistently shown that they’re more common among boys than girls. Girls still get them, though, and often in sports like soccer, basketball and cheerleading. A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE that surveyed 9,288 Ontario students in grades 7 through 12 reports that girls who suffered brain injuries—in sports, most commonly—were more likely to report having contemplated suicide, experienced psychological distress, been the target of bullying and having smoked cigarettes.
Overall, the new study reports that one in five adolescents had sustained a TBI that resulted in their loss of consciousness for at least five minutes or hospitalization at some point in their lifetime. Boys experienced them 6% more than girls. These young people who had experienced a lifetime TBI also reported behaviors in the last year like daily smoking, binge drinking, using marijuana, cyberbullying and poor grades.
Since the results were self-reported, the researchers could not determine causation, nor could they provide a definitive explanation for the gender differences. In the study, they speculate that it could have to do with a variety of factors that include hormonal differences, treatment differences, differences in cognitive abilities or some combination.
Dr. Geoffrey Manley, vice chairman of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco, was not involved in the study but has another theory. According to his own research, women tend to be more forthcoming about their concussion symptoms than men. “Currently, we don’t have a clear idea of what exactly a concussion is,” he says. “We are really limited to self-reporting, and women are more honest about their symptoms than boys.”
Girls get TBIs most often playing soccer and basketball, but other sports—cheerleading, in particular—have very high risk for injuries. The American Academy of Pediatrics has called for more safety regulations for the cheerleading, even though it tends to not be included in national high school sports injury research.
There’s still a lot we don’t know about TBIs and concussions, including the best way to diagnose them. So far there is not a reliable imaging or biomarker test. But understanding who is at a risk, and for which reasons, helps bolster the collective knowledge of the issue. “No matter how you slice this, a subset of these folks are going to go on and have long-term disability,” says Manley. “We can try to predict who these people are going to be, and gender may be part of this.”
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The UN was born from the ashes of the Second World War and the day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter, its founding document.
Mr. Guterres described the UN as “the product of hope” because it embodies the hope and resolve to move beyond global conflict, to a new era of global cooperation.
‘Tested like never before’
“Today, our organization is being tested like never before. But the United Nations was made for moments like this,” he said.
“Now, more than ever, we need to bring to life the values and principles of the UN Charter in every corner of the world.”
The Secretary-General emphasized why the UN is so essential today, as it is “giving peace a chance and ending conflicts that jeopardize lives, futures and global progress.”
Making the difference
The UN is also working to end extreme poverty, reduce inequalities, and rescue the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), agreed by all 193 UN Member States in 2015.
Mr. Guterres pointed to the UN’s role in safeguarding the planet, including by breaking global addiction to fossil fuels and kickstarting the renewable energy revolution.
He also highlighted how the UN is “balancing the scales of opportunity and freedom” for women and girls, while also ensuring human rights for all.
“As we mark UN Day, let us renew our hope and conviction in what humanity can achieve when we work as one, in global solidarity,” his message concluded.
Restore trust among nations
Multiplying and interconnected global crises, including increasingly serious natural disasters, make it clear “that we have no time to lose” and must achieve sustainable development, said the President of the UN General Assembly, Csaba Kőrösi.
His message for UN Day focused on how the global body has two urgent parallel tasks: managing crises and promoting transformation.
“The UN can do this in its own house, but the most important thing is what the Member States themselves do at home on the basis of common knowledge,” said Mr. Kőrösi.
“The Organization works on practical solutions, based on the results of science and the principle of solidarity. However, in order to achieve a breakthrough, mutual trust must also be restored between the Member States,” he added.
Education cannot wait
The head of a UN educational fund is urging donors to step up support so that the 222 million children and adolescents worldwide caught in emergencies and protracted crises can continue to learn.
Education is “the very foundation” of the global vision for sustainable development, respect for human rights, and maintenance of peace and security, said Yasmine Sherif, Director of Education Cannot Wait.
“Without education – especially for those suffering in wars, climate disasters and as forcibly displaced – how can we ever achieve the vision of the United Nations? It is logically and humanely impossible,” she said in her message for UN Day.
High price to pay
Ms. Sherif noted that 77 years after the proclamation of the UN Charter, the world is facing unprecedented insecurity, and new and ongoing armed conflicts, as well as record displacement.
Boys and girls surviving in these brutal contexts, who cannot access continued and quality education, are the ones paying the price.
“In the senseless war in Ukraine, we see first-hand deliberate attacks on schools and other civilian targets,” she said. “All attacks on schools and schoolchildren contravene the UN Charter, international humanitarian law and the Safe Schools Declaration.”
Ms. Sherif said that by delivering education to every child and adolescent in emergencies and protracted crises, “we can close the gap between the powerful vision of the United Nations and the cruel realities on the ground.”


President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government has revealed it is working towards engaging terminal operators for the rehabilitation of the $800m (about N593 billion) ports of Apapa, Tincan, and others.
The Federal Government expressed regrets that the ports are collapsing, noting that rehabilitating them is important as it will generate more money when that is done.
The Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, stated this on Monday when he was led on a familiarisation visit to Apapa and Tincan Island ports by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Muhammed Bello-Koko, and his management team.
Some of the terminals visited are AP Muller Terminal, ENL, Dangote, Greenville Development Nigeria Limited, ABTL, NPA Dockyard, Josephdam, Ports &Terminal Multipurpose Limited, Port & Terminal Multipurpose Limited, among others, Naija News understands.
It could be recalled that Bello-Koko, in April, explained that the agency might be spending up to $800m for the reconstruction of some of the country’s seaports.
Speaking, however, on Monday, Oyetola said the port was almost collapsing, adding that the reconstruction would commence soon.
“The port is almost collapsing, a major rehabilitation has to be carried out, and that is perhaps the major thing. Am looking forward to a situation whereby the terminal managers would be willing to contribute towards the rehabilitation of the ports, it is important. If you do that, you are going to make more money,” the Minister noted.


Arizona Secretary of State, Ken Bennett, attending AHPA’s annual meeting in Prescott last month and presented a clear way to understand the state’s budget. The “Tissue Box” demonstration (as it has been coined) was found to be particularly helpful to those that were at the meeting. Mr. Bennett has allowed it to be shared with the rest of our members. Please click on the below video links to view his presentation.
Mr. Bennett has been endorsed by AHPA for the Arizona Secretary of State position.
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