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The phrase “Golden Age” is thrown around a great deal these days—about podcasting, about TV dramas, about studio gear, and about guitar pedals. Indeed, we live in an aureate epoch of stompboxes, and many of them are exceedingly wallet friendly. There’s a good chance you have a guitar player in your life, be they a spouse, sibling, parent, or child. As such, we thought we’d make a list of some great, yet budget-conscious, pedals for you to present your guitar-playing friend.
For the Self-Jammer
Lots of guitar players need simple looping devices for their menu-venue gigs. This way, they can solo politely over the blues while dinner-guests sup upon oysters and wings.
Not all guitar players require behemoths for this task. For your average restaurant gig, you’d be hard pressed to find a more convenient looper than the TC Electronic DITTO, with its five-minute run time, unlimited overdubs, and analog dry-through path. And, with only one switch and one knob, you can’t mess it up. For a little more functionality (effects, import/export options, and more) check out the DITTO X2.
For the Singer Songwriter
It’s a bit of a paradox: Solo singer-songwriters often wish they could have harmonies at the tap of the toe, but at the same time, it’s daunting to deal with the ego/money involved in hiring backup singers. Now, with a pedal like the TC Helicon Harmony Singer 2, there’s no need to hire extras. All a singer-songwriter has to do is route their guitar’s input through the pedal’s 1/4" section, and route their microphone through the XLR I/O.
The pedal analyzes the guitar’s harmonic input, automatically generating harmonies that are commensurate with the guitar’s chords. Thus, play a C chord, sing an E, and the pedal might supply a G and a C to complement. As a bonus, an adaptive tone circuit is on hand to sweeten the global character of the vocals automatically with compression, EQ, and de-essing.
For Those Who Like to Swim
No reverb pedal sticks in my mind like the Holy Grail, from Electro Harmonix. From its beautiful spring to its atmospheric, trademark “Flerb”, the Holy Grail was a mainstay in my pedalboard. These days, guitar players have access to four different Holy Grails—the Max, Nano, Neo, and Plus. They all have their own virtues and fit the needs of various styles of players. Moreover, they all have that classic Holy Grail sound.
If delay is more of your guitar-playing buddy’s bag, mayhap, the Walrus arp-87 is in order. It has four different delay types, including digital, slapback lo-fi. Control the tone of the delay with the damping knob; tap the tempo with your toe! The X knob offers different controls, depending on the delay engine. This is a pedal that can be as pristine or analog-sounding as you need it to be, so it might be a good fit for the guitar player in your life.
For Those Who Like to Sim(ulate)
If you live with your guitar-playing friend, you might have noticed they don’t usually enjoy schlepping amplifiers to gigs. Luckily for you, this is a Golden Age of amplifier and amp cab simulations—and not all of them will break the bank.
For a great sound in a pedal form factor, try the Quilter MicroBlock 45, which can drive speaker cabs at 4 and 16 Ohms, making it very versatile. It’s essentially an amp on a pedalboard, with controls for gain, tone, and master level. So, if the venue has a cabinet but not amplifier, or a 3.5mm line input on the house PA, your guitar-playing friend need only bring this pedal instead of the whole kit and caboodle.
If they do need both amp and cabinet in a stompbox—so that they can literally DI their guitar onto the stage—you’ve still got wallet-friendly options. A nice one is the Radial Engineering JDX Direct Drive, which sports a relatively stripped-down control set (though you could argue this makes it harder to mess up and easier to use). For cabinet-only emulations, the Hughes & Kettner Red Box 5 is a possibility, as is the DigiTech CabDryVR.
For Those Who Like to Shift
Pitch-shifting is an effect many guitarists like to employ, and really, one can get a lot of mileage out of the practice. The whammy-bomb soloing of Tom Morello comes to mind, as do the shimmering layering of certain Radiohead riffs (“My Iron Lung,” for example). Some of the classic pitch-shifting pedals (Hogs, Pogs, and Whammys) might be a bit out the gifting price range. However, there are great options at bargain prices, such as the DigiTech Whammy Ricochet. This pedal offers the classic whammy, harmony, and detuning effects of its older sibling, but replaces the expression pedal with a footswitch.
Another interesting option is the Sub ’N’ Up Octaver from TC Electronic. The pedal itself gives you octavized pitch-shifting for monophonic or polyphonic inputs (i.e., single line melodies and chords), but it’s also TonePrint enabled, meaning you can craft your own signature pitch-based octave effect in an app and beam the setting to the pedal.
For Those Who Like to Soar
Designed by famed pedal maker Björn Juhl, the OneControl BJF Series Jubilee Red pedal captures the sound of classic Silver Jubilee British amplifiers, the ones that so many guitarists used in the Eighties to get those lead sounds we all revere. If your guitarist is the lead player in a wedding band—or just a lover of good lead tone—this would be a great pedal to present as a gift.
If fuzz is more of your buddy’s bag, you’re in luck. A classic-sounding fuzz like a Big Muff Pi might do the trick, or you can get your guitar-player a fuzz pedal with more midrange controls, such as the Seymour Duncan LA Super Rica Fuzz pedal.
For Those Who Like the Classics
There are, in this world, pedals that have become classics—pedals that aren’t expensive, either. Whether fusion jazz players made them staples over the last couple-three decades, or whether they informed the sound of metal and rock pedalboards, these stompboxes provide tonal signatures that your guitar-player friend could very well covet in some way.
Notable entries in this category include the RAT, whose second iteration is especially wallet friendly, and whose tone can be evocative of John Scofield if you dial-in the settings just right. Over in BOSS land, WAZA-Craft editions of the Metal Zone, Super Overdrive, and Blues Driver provide sonics quite similar to the original, as well as modern flourishes intended to impart ruggedness. Some even blend two versions of classic pedals into one enclosure.
That about rounds out this year’s list of our gifting guide for guitar pedals. Do you think we’ve left anything out? C’mon, of course you do! Let us know in the Comments section, below. Take it out on us and spare your friends and family!

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Review: could Buspar cause Drug screen false positive?
Summary: Drug screen false positive is found among people who take Buspar, especially for people who are male, 50-59 old, have been taking the drug for 2 - 5 years, also take medication Ultram, and have Generalized anxiety disorder.
We study 10,145 people who have side effects while taking Buspar from FDA and social media. Among them, 11 have Drug screen false positive. Find out below who they are, when they have Drug screen false positive and more.
You are not alone: join a support group for people who take Buspar and have Drug screen false positive >>>
Buspar has active ingredients of buspirone hydrochloride. It is often used in stress and anxiety. (latest outcomes from 11,057 Buspar users)
Drug screen false positive
Drug screen false positive has been reported by people with depression, gastrooesophageal reflux disease, stress and anxiety, quit smoking, pain. (latest reports from 1,235 Drug screen false positive patients)
On Feb, 27, 2015: 10,143 people reported to have side effects when taking Buspar. Among them, 11 people (0.11%) have Drug Screen False Positive.
Time on Buspar when people have Drug screen false positive * :
|< 1 month||1 - 6 months||6 - 12 months||1 - 2 years||2 - 5 years||5 - 10 years||10+ years |
|Drug screen false positive||0.00%||0.00%||50.00%||0.00%||50.00%||0.00%||0.00% |
Gender of people who have Drug screen false positive when taking Buspar * :
|Drug screen false positive||42.86%||57.14% |
Age of people who have Drug screen false positive when taking Buspar * :
|Drug screen false positive||0.00%||0.00%||0.00%||0.00%||33.33%||33.33%||33.33%||0.00% |
Top conditions involved for these people * :
- Anxiety disorder (2 people, 18.18%)
- High blood cholesterol (1 people, 9.09%)
- Neuropathy (1 people, 9.09%)
- Diabetes (1 people, 9.09%)
- Convulsion (1 people, 9.09%)
Top co-used drugs for these people * :
- Ultram (1 people, 9.09%)
- Effexor xr (1 people, 9.09%)
- Evista (1 people, 9.09%)
- Flexeril (1 people, 9.09%)
- Hydroxyzine (1 people, 9.09%)
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
** Reports from social media are used.
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- A study of side effects of Buspar for a 29-year old woman with Aniexty. The patient has Shortness Of Breath
- A study of side effects of Buspirone Hydrochloride for a 18-year old girl with Anxiety Disorder. The patient has Polycystic Ovaries (cysts in the ovaries that occurs when the follicle stops developing), Dizziness, Body Dysmorphic Disorder (type of mental illness)
- A study of drug interactions between Robaxin, Cymbalta, Buspirone Hydrochloride, Gabapentin, Wellbutrin Sr, Paxil, Suboxone for a 33-year old woman with Pain - Muscles, Ocd, Anxiety And Stress, Nerve Pain, Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood, Anxiety Disorder, Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. The patient has Fatigue - Chronic, Bone And Joint Pain, Cellulitis, Nerve Pain, Muscle Pain
Recent Buspar related drug comparison:
- Comparions of Buspar, Celexa, Mirtazapine for a 45-year old woman who has OCD
- Comparions of Ativan, Buspirone Hcl for a 39-year old woman who has Adjustment Disorder With Mixed Anxiety And Depressed Mood
- Comparions of Simvastatin, Buspar, Lisinopril, Aspirin, Toprol-xl for a 51-year old man who has Blood Pressure Increased
- Comparions of Chantix, Buspar, Celexa for a 37-year old woman who has Anxiety, Apprehension, Feeling Uptight, Jitters, Stress, Stress And Anxiety, Tension
- Comparions of Wellbutrin, Buspar, Lamictal for a 25-year old woman who has Bipolar
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The supply of concepts
The Supply of Concepts achieves a major breakthrough in the general theory of systems. It unfolds "a theory of everything" that steps beyond Physics' theory of the same name. The author unites all knowledge by including not only the natural but also the philosophical and theological universes of discourse. The general systems model presented here resembles an organizational flow chart that represents conceptual positions within any type of system and shows how the parts are connected hierarchically for communication and control. Analyzing many types of systems in various branches of learned discourse, the model demonstrates how any system type manages to maintain itself true to type. The concepts thus generated form a network that serves as a storehouse for the supply of concepts in learned discourse. Partial to the use of analogies, Irving Silverman presents his thesis in an easy-to-read style, "explaining a way of thinking that he has found useful." This book will be of particular interest to the specialist in systems theory, philosophy, linguistics, and the social sciences. Irving Silverman applies his general systems model to 22 system types and presents rationales for these analyses. He provides the reader with a method, and a way to apply that method; a theory of knowledge derived from the method; and a practical outlook based on a "comprehensive" approach. Chapters include: Minding the Storehouse; Standing Together; The Cognitive Contract; The Ecological Contract; The Social Contract; The Semantic Terrain.
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Purdue's Versyp has strong ties to Maine
- Purdue's Sharon Versyp was Maine's head coach for five seasons
- Under Versyp, the Black Bears won three straight America East championships
- This is the first meeting between Purdue and Maine in women's basketball
- The Boilermakers are seeking their fourth straight win
In 2000, Maine’s women’s basketball program had everything Sharon Versyp was looking for.
Strong tradition, fan support and the ability to win championships.
Versyp built on the past success of the Black Bears, carving out her own success and parlaying the good fortune into a pair of Big Ten jobs, including the last 10 seasons with the Boilermakers.
Maine visits Mackey Arena on Monday, a chance for Versyp to face the program that gave her an opportunity to become a head coach for the first time.
“It was some of my best years of life,” Versyp said. “I had just lost my mom and became a head coach. It was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had.”
Versyp posted a 98-51 record, including a 67-19 mark in the America East Conference. The Black Bears won three straight league titles and the 2004 team captured the conference tournament, advancing to the NCAA’s.
Maine was already enjoying success when Versyp took over for Joanne P. McCallie, who left to become the head coach at Michigan State and now oversees Duke’s program. McCallie made six NCAA tournament appearances and posted a 167-73 record.
Versyp maintained that tradition, enjoying a winning record in four of her five seasons. In the last three years, the Black Bears were a combined 70-23.
The Mishawaka native and Purdue graduate coached at Lawrence North and Benton Central before becoming an assistant coach at Louisville and later at James Madison.
“I felt like I was ready,” Versyp said. “One thing that sold the AD (Suzanne Tyler) is that I knew how to manage people, I knew how to manage an entire high school program. That really helped me get that job because of my high school coaching experience, running the program at Benton Central from the ground up.”
In a press release announcing Versyp’s appointment, Tyler said: “Her basketball acumen, as well as her range of previous coaching experiences, set her apart. Now we’re hoping she can add to the great history of UMaine women’s basketball.”
Following the 2004-05 season, Versyp spent one season at Indiana before taking over at Purdue where she’s closing in on the all-time wins mark currently held by Lin Dunn, who won 206 games in nine seasons. Versyp has 202 victories with the Boilermakers.
Monday is the first of two meetings between Purdue and Maine. Next year, the Boilermakers travel to face the Black Bears during the opening weekend of the season.
at Purdue (8-2)
Time: 7 p.m.
Radio: WBPE (95.3)
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 21 — Land acquisition delays and changes in project implementation methods have led to slower progress in the construction of the Pan Borneo Highway (LPB) in Sabah compared to Sarawak.
Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said besides changes to contracts, the need for capacity enhancements and existing technical expertise are among the challenges faced in the project’s implementation in Sabah.
“Unlike the LPB project in Sarawak, which commenced in 2015, the project in Sabah began in 2016. Furthermore, only a portion of the 35 Work Packages continued construction, while the remaining work packages, particularly Phase 1B, had to be relooked into due to changes in implementation methods and are expected to commence only this year.
“At the same time, just like other government projects, the Covid-19 pandemic has impacted the progress and construction costs of the Pan Borneo Highway project in Sabah. However, the government remains committed to ensuring the smoothness and sustainability of the project,” he said.
He said this during a special chamber session in the Dewan Rakyat today in response to issues raised by Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis (Warisan-Kota Belud) regarding the slower progress of the Pan Borneo Highway project in Sabah compared to Sarawak.
As a measure for improvement, Nanta said a Project Management Consultant (PMC) has been appointed to assist the Sabah Public Works Department (JKR) in expediting the project through various mitigation plans, including rescheduling construction schedules and providing Extensions of Time (EOT) to contractors.
“For the remaining 19 Work Packages of the Pan Borneo Highway project Phase 1B in Sabah, the government is currently finalising the procurement process and this is expected to be finalised in the second quarter of 2024, completing the entire stretch of the Pan Borneo Highway project Phase 1 in Sabah,” he said. — Bernama

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There is a lovely poetry post in Albuquerque.
The curators say: We’ve had the pole up for about 3 years; when we first put it up it was just plastic sleeves for the poems and a simple sign- since then we’ve had a metal artist we know make us a steel sign and steel frames for the poems. We know lots of folks who make sure their regular neighborhood walk passes the pole, and we’ve even had a school field trip come to the pole, and all the kids left their own poems behind for us to post! Our block also has a little library and a magazine exchange. Thanks for the interest!
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SUN 3RD – THE GLEE CLUB
Box Of Frogs: Birmingham’s premiere improv Group bring you a night of high-octane improvised comedy nonsense, based entirely on your suggestions.
WEDS 13TH – GUILD OF STUDENTS
Improvabunga Valentines Special: Two movie genres mashed together, with live musical accompaniment and four buzzers that let you control the show.
THURS 14TH – PATRICK KAVANAGH
The Armando Diaz Experience: Fat Penguin Improv create a comedy show from scratch using Chicago’s most famous improv format.
MON 18TH – BLUE ORANGE THEATRE
Box Of Frogs: Monthly show in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter where audience members have the option to join performers on stage.
THURS 21ST – PATRICK KAVANAGH
The Armando Diaz Experience: Some of the best improvisers in Birmingham take to the stage to deliver another Fat Penguin Improv comedy show.
WEDS 27TH – THE VICTORIA
Baron Sternlook’s Improvised Musical: See scenes, songs and an entire musical created from scratch based on your suggestions.
THURS 28TH – ARTEFACT
What A Nice Night: Regular night of stand-up, spoken word and improvised comedy. This month’s show features improv duo SquidHeart.
THURS 28TH – PATRICK KAVANAGH
The Armando Diaz Experience: The performers tell a true-life story based on an audience suggestion, then create a series of comedy scenes inspired by the story.
FRI 8TH – NATIONAL JUSTICE MUSEUM
The Glowstick Trials: What’s the naughtiest thing you’ve ever done? This will inspire each trial before the audience decide the fate of the poor defendant with their glowsticks. Part of Nottingham Light Night.
THURS 14TH – MALT CROSS
Gorilla Burger: Theatre karaoke where you can be the star. Or you can just sit back and enjoy an evening of unplanned, uncensored improv comedy.
SAT 23RD – NOTTINGHAM PLAYHOUSE
Rhymes Against Humanity: A fully improvised musical based entirely on your suggested title – no scripts, no conferring, no planning, just totally spontaneous musical madness! With opening support from The Vortex.
WEDS 27TH – ANGEL MICROBREWERY
Smash Night: Multiple acts spontaneously turn suggestions into scenes and stories bound to be breath-taking and bloody hilarious.
SAT 2ND – THE CRITERION
The Same Faces: Brilliant comedy sketches live on stage, in the style of “Whose Line Is It Anyway?”.
THURS 7TH – MANHATTEN 34
Ben Van Der Velde – Fablemaker: Join Ben on a comedy adventure as he creates thrillers, self-help books, fairy tales and more out of thin air.
FRI 8TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
Rhymes Against Humanity: What if you could choose the title of a brand new musical and then see it performed instantly? Wonder no more – you can.
FRI 8TH – GRAYS CAFE
Ben Van Der Velde – Fablemaker: A storytelling show with a supporting cast of thousands that live in Ben’s head.
FRI 8TH – ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE
BrightSparks Comedy Asylum: A comedy show like no other. Prepare to be amazed, confused, entertained and wowed by these masters of improv.
FRI 8TH – FIREBUG
Conversation Garden on Love Island: In this show, it’s your turn to decide what happens next. Winners of last year’s Best Improv show.
FRI 8TH / SAT 9TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
Stealing The Show: A criminal comedy caper made up from your suggestions. What will we steal? How will we steal it? It’s all up to you!
SAT 9TH – KNIGHT & GARTER
Improv Provocateur: The bravest performers from across the festival perform a range of near the knuckle improvised games. Afternoon & evening shows.
SAT 9TH – BREWDOG
Oxford Imps: Comedy invented on the spot and based entirely on your suggestions – anything from Shakespearean verse to freestyle raps.
SAT 9TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
The Same Faces: More comedy sketches, scenes, songs and one-liners from the Leicester-based group.
SAT 9TH – THE Y THEATRE
CSI: Crime Scene Improvisation: Someone’s kicked the bucket. But who, what and how? The choice is yours, the problem is theirs to solve.
SAT 9TH – THE COOKIE
The Millennial Generation Game: A game show by a Millennial (Daniel Nicholas) poking fun at other Millennials and everyone else.
SUN 10TH – ATTENBOROUGH ARTS CENTRE
Richard Wheatley Is Blindingly Obvious: Britain’s funniest blind physicist turned stand-up brings his charming audience interaction to Leicester for the first time.
SUN 10TH – GRAYS CAFE
The Just Us League: A fully improvised Marvel-based comedy show. All the heroes. All the villains. Your story.
MON 11TH – THE COOKIE
Punel Show: Mark Simmons and Darren Walsh join forces for the third year running to present a new panel game focused on puns and general silliness.
MON 11TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
The Improlectuals: Another spontaneous show from this improv “super-group” made up of some of the finest improvisers from around the Midlands.
TUES 12TH – THE CRITERION
Lessons In Nostalgia: With the country, more than ever feeling nostalgic for ‘the good old days’ Daniel Nicholas works out whether nostalgia is actually a good thing.
TUES 12TH – FUTURE CYCLES
Adventures in Menstruating: Delightful silliness, audience participation and inevitable improv in a show aiming to break taboos and end period poverty.
WEDS 13TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
Uncle Armando: A single word inspires a headline comedian to tell us something about their life, which in turn becomes the basis for comedy scenes from the improv players.
THURS 14TH – O’NEILLS
Star Trek vs Star Wars: Rik Carranza guides two comedians through a comedy panel show that boldly goes to a galaxy far, far away. Edfringe hit show 2016/17/18.
THURS 14TH – BREWDOG
2Funny + SomeAntics = Love: Comedy cabaret featuring Rhymes Against Humanity, who will perform a one-off musical based on your suggestions.
FRI 15TH / SAT 16TH – MANHATTEN 34
Hell To Play: Join Satan and a cast of history’s greatest monsters as they set the audience against each other in anarchic competition.
SAT 16TH – SUE TOWNSEND THEATRE
Knightmare Live: Enter stranger, and grab your tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe sell-out show based on the classic 1980s TV show.
SUN 17TH – GRAYS CAFE
Board Game Smackdown: Comedians play classic and new board games live on stage. Hosted by award-winning comedian and UK board game champion James Cook.
SUN 17TH – FIREBUG
The Dark Room for Kids: Play a live-action, text-based adventure game! Winner of Best Kids Show at Leicester Comedy Festival 2018.
SUN 17TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
How To Win A Pub Quiz: This highly interactive show is part stand-up, part actual pub quiz. Expand your trivia, compete against other teams, win prizes.
SUN 17TH – FIREBUG
The Dark Room: It’s a choose your own adventure – choose it! 4 million YouTube hits, 10 crowd-surfs, four death threats and sell-out shows worldwide.
SUN 17TH – FIREBUG
John Robertson’s Sweaty Sexy Party: It’s a concert, it’s a party, it’s a stand-up show, it’s a riot. It’s whatever we want to make it tonight.
WEDS 20TH – LEICESTER CATHEDRAL
An Improvised Funeral: The life and times of a fictitious individual, with vibrant vicars, horrendous hymns, and flashbacks to the life of the deceased. You’ll die laughing.
THURS 21ST – THE CURVE
Showstopper: The Olivier-Award-winning show from the West End will create a brand new musical for one night only. Has to be seen to be believed.
THURS 21ST – KING RICHARD III VISITOR CENTRE
Fresh Faces: The Same Faces’ newest members make their comedy festival debut, performing a range of different games not used in the team’s other shows.
FRI 22ND – GRAYS CAFE
Improv with Nicholas Holt: Improv like you’ve never seen it before – writing, choreographing and performing simultaneously. Maybe funny. Maybe something…else.
SUN 24TH – THE TAP & BARREL
Crop’s Circle: A podcast recording complete with interviews, discussion and performance, creating material from audience suggestions in the interval.
SUN 24TH – UPSTAIRS AT THE WESTERN
Improv Smackdown: 8 of the country’s best improvisers go head-to-head in order to be declared the country’s Smackdown Champion of 2019
SUN 3RD – HUMANITIES STUDIO
The Improv Musical: An hour of improvised mayhem, hilarity and musicality from students at the the University of Warwick.
FRI 8TH – ESQUIRES COFFEE
Full Of Beans: A free family friendly evening of improvised sketches and games by Coventry Improv.
WEDS 20TH – HUMANITIES STUDIO
The Improv Musical: A brand new musical performed for one night only at the University of Warwick.
SAT 23RD – THE CRITERION THEATRE
Meeting 2.0: The audience controls lighting, sound, and projections through the miracle of Twitter, with seven performers on stage who have not met before the performance.
SAT 9TH – ST PETER’S BAPTIST CHURCH
4Front For Funzies: You can expect fun, music, laughter and lots of unscripted silliness as two teams of improvisers face off in a series of comedy improv games.
THURS 14TH – THE SLADE ROOMS
The Noise Next Door: Eleven time sell-out veterans of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival bring their feature-length show “Remix” to the Midlands.
SAT 16TH – ABBEY THEATRE
The Improlectuals: Four talented local improv comedians deliver gags, songs and comic stories that are based on what YOU the audience decide to give them.
THURS 21ST – THE HOLLY BUSH
No Material Night: A special twist on the regular comedy night. Stand up comedians pull a topic from a hat and create a comedy routine in the same moment.
FRI 22ND – THE SHAKESPEARE INSTITUTE
The School Of Night: Founded by Ken Campbell, and unlike any other theatrical event you are likely to experience, the players channel the Bard to create a lost masterpiece.
SAT 23RD – POMFRET ARMS
The Same Faces: More instant humour from this long-established comedy group.
Have I missed a show? Get in touch and let me know.

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Jared Allen helps wounded warriors
At the Helping Heroes Hawaii Golf Tournament, held Saturday at Turtle Bay Resort, golfers played alongside a mix of professional athletes and business leaders for a great cause, Jared Allen’s Homes for Wounded Warriors. This organization was created to raise awareness and funds to build or modify the homes of wounded military veterans so the homes are handicap accessible.
Jared Allen, defensive end of the Minnesota Vikings, who is no stranger to Hawaii as he played at the Pro Bowl five times, said that after returning home from a USO trip to the Middle East, he was moved by the commitment and sacrifices soldiers make every day for our country. With family members having also served in the military, he started the organization to give back to wounded veterans. He’s looking forward to helping wounded veterans in Hawaii.
It’s always great to meet professional athletes who have a heart for the community. By the way, Allen shared that he loves loco moco and poke, oh yes, and he loves the people here and the aloha spirit too. To learn more about the organization visit jaredallen69inc.com
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For the last few months, the US has been in the midst of a racially charged storm of events. Disorder and poor training within police departments and the justice system as a whole is being exposed and the handling of these many conflicts has brought attention to the disparities in resolution depending on skin color. With such a (much needed) uproar, nearly every conversation can spiral into debate and/or outright arguing about race relations. One specific entertainment medium has become a field of landmines when centered on race: Hip Hop.
Writing on this topic was initially sparked right before the Grammy Awards this year and the Hip-Hop/Rap award debacle. Macklemore went on a tear and took Best New Artist, Best Rap Album (The Heist), Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance (“Thrift Shop”). In a bit of extreme naivety, I engaged into a heated debate on Twitter concerning The Source naming Macklemore Man of the Year about a month before the award show. I’d listened to The Heist and thought it was a decent project, thus jumping in to defend while a few argued against the decision. I thought we were just talking Hip Hop but it quickly turned into a race issue.
A young black woman in the conversation, who refused to even listen to The Heist, felt there were many black artists that were more qualified and that Macklemore shouldn’t even be a part of the conversation. My immediate reaction to her being anti-white within Hip Hop was anger. We have been seeking equality in all facets of existence for a long time and it’s counter productive to try to stifle the voices of others. It’s hypocritical to acknowledge our own privilege and not want to embrace diversity, but expect to be embraced otherwise.
Considering Kendrick Lamar had dropped one of the best projects of the last decade, it’s entirely understandable that people felt slighted. None of the award ceremonies hold much weight with me in nearly any medium of entertainment, but this event definitely rubbed many the wrong way.
Another tense moment in Hip Hop in late 2013/early 2014 was Lord Jamar’s attack on the status quo. Regardless of some truth in his words, many were put off by how abrasively the message was delivered and him essentially tagging white artists as “guests in the house of Hip Hop”. I was one of the people put off by the declaration considering my affinity for so many different types of Hip Hop regardless of skin color. From Atmosphere to Shing02, my concern has always been with the individual artist’s character within the art form. It took the insight of a few other black artists for me to gain a bit more of an understanding.
Above, Talib Kweli said something to put things into perspective for me: “The only way that you can truly appreciate a book is to know the history of its author…If you don’t respect the origins, then you’re being disrespectful of it“. Kweli extrapolated the substance of what Jamar wanted to say in a simple statement, but also pointed out that Lord Jamar may not have done his homework on Macklemore as well. He declared there are white artists who openly recognize their white privilege, Mack being one of them, and they deal with that.
Fast forward to present day and we have another racial conflict at the forefront of Hip Hop.
It’s been an ongoing thing since the birth of both artist’s careers but, once again, Azalea Banks and Iggy Azalea are at each other’s neck. If “art appropriation” is emulating without regard to the art’s history, Iggy is the popular definition of this in 2014. Not only is she emulating, she’s mocking the art form by employing a style and accent based on stereotypes and Azalea Banks has been calling her out since she debuted. Unfortunately, her message has been muddled within all her self promotion and name calling. Like Lord Jamar, there’s truth in her words that are easily missed/ignored but this time she’s got some support.
In probably one of the most incredible moments on Twitter, Hip Hop veteran Q-Tip decided to give Iggy a history lesson after she and Action Bronson got into a heated debate with Azalea Banks and Solange. Here’s an excerpt from the series of tweets as he starts by speaking on Hip Hop as an infectious energy that Iggy now thrives off of and understanding what Hip Hop means to an entire people:
@IGGYAZALEA now u are fulfilling your dreams … BUT!
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014
@IGGYAZALEA hiphop is fun it’s vile it’s dance it’s traditional it’s light hearted but 1 thing it can never detach itself from
— QTip (@QtipTheAbstract) December 20, 2014
Q-tip delved into Black existence and expresses what (I hope) Azalea Banks was trying to articulate, but in a respectful manner. I learned a good bit from the exchange myself and it reinforced the perspective I began to understand during Lord Jamar’s tirade.
Some may consider me hopelessly optimistic that we’ll have a surge of entertaining socially progressive messages from artists at the forefront in the wake of J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar‘s recent live performances. There’s never been a shortage of these types of messages in the culture as a whole, but they’ve either been heavily under promoted (many underground artists have been preaching the Hip Hop gospel) or not entirely entertaining (Ex: Lupe Fiasco, though he’s seeing a return to form). Everything has its place when it comes to music, but sadly perception is reality. Popular Hip Hop has been a joke to those on the outside looking in and we should put our money where our mouths are and show what we hold in high regard. Many have pointed out how whitewashed mainstream Hip Hop has become, so it’s time to do something about it.
Lol. Everybody wants to complain, but not support the stuff they claim they want artists to be. Lulz. As usual. Keep it up!
— JeanBodyRollGrae (@JeanGreasy) December 22, 2014
Just like the #BlackLivesMatters movement being attacked with the naive argument of ” Why not focus on black on black crime?”, some surveyors of the culture will attempt to point out hypocrisy within Black rhymes. It’ll probably be something to the tune of: “While white artists are expected to understand their own privilege to be a part of Hip Hop, black artists and fans should take better care of this ‘Black privilege’.”
Hip Hop is in good hands. It’s moving in the right direction and will be at the forefront of change much like in its roots. Hip Hop Lives.


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What Exactly Is Vapor Degreasing
Vapor degreasing represents a cleaning method wherein solvents vaporize and condense onto the targeted object, eliminating the need for water or manual scrubbing. Through this technique, contaminants are effectively removed from parts using solvent vapors. Widely employed in manufacturing, it efficiently cleanses materials like plastic, glass, metal, gold, and ceramic.
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In Which Industries Are Vapor Degreasers Used
What Are the Advantages of Vapor Degreasing
Vapor degreasing offers many distinct advantages, including unparalleled cleaning efficacy, consistent results, and independence from operator skill or manual cleaning techniques. By utilizing vaporized solvents, it effectively circumvents issues of cross-contamination inherent in methods reliant on solvent or cleaning solution reuse.
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Which is the largest kind of deer?
The largest deer is the moose.
It can grow up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) from hoof to shoulder and weigh around 1,800 lbs.
All deer species have antlers, except for the Chinese water deer.
Only males have antlers, except for caribou (reindeer).
What’s the largest deer in the world?
That made it the highest-scoring buck ever shot by a hunter. The previous record, 307 ⅝, was set in Iowa in 2003 by 15-year-old Tony Lovstuen, also with a muzzleloader. The biggest rack ever measured was 333 ⅞ on a deer in Missouri, but that was a pickup, or found deer, not one shot by a hunter.
What is a big deer called?
Answered Dec 15, 2018. A male deer is called stag or buck, a female deer is called doe, and a young deer is called fawn. There are about 60 species of deer.
What are the four types of deer?
The North American deer species include the white-tailed deer, mule deer, black-tailed deer, elk, caribou, and moose.
Do deer families stay together?
Deers live in herds and there are two types of herds. The does (females) and the fawns herd together and then the bucks (males) form small herds of between 3-5. The buck herds split up during the mating season when they go off to find females. In the winter deer will stay together and share the same well worn paths.
Is Moose and deer the same?
There are several genera of deer, including Axis, Cervus, Dama, Elaphodus and Muntiacus. We cannot say that elk, moose and reindeer are different from deer because they are all deer species. However, they are not referred to by the generic name “deer”.
What’s the heaviest deer ever killed?
On a cold November day in 1926, Carl Lenander Jr. dropped a monstrous Minnesota buck with a single shot. Field-dressed, the deer weighed 402 pounds. The state Conservation Department calculated its live weight to be 511 pounds. No heavier whitetail deer has ever been recorded.
What is the oldest whitetail deer ever killed?
Of all these, the oldest came from North Carolina and was 19 years old. Their records don’t list the sex, but it was likely a doe. Similarly, their oldest mule deer was 20 and oldest black-tailed deer was 22. (Update: We’ve learned that in 2013, Matson’s aged a wild Louisiana whitetail doe at 22 years.)
What state has the most deer population?
All other states were looked at and the deer populations were measured to determine which states have the most deer.
- | Iowa. Deer Per Square Mile: 6.3.
- | Kentucky. Deer Per Square Mile: 20.8.
- | Wisconsin. Deer Per Square Mile: 18.4.
- | Ohio.
- | Missouri.
- | Texas.
- | Illinois.
- | Minnesota.
What do deer like to eat best?
What deer love to eat isn’t necessarily what they do get to eat all the time. Deer adore fruits and nuts. They love pecans, hickory nuts and beechnuts acorns in addition to acorns. A couple of favorite fruits are apples, blueberries, blackberries and persimmons.
Are horses and deer related?
No. Not only are they different species, they are different orders. Deer are Artiodactyla, even toed ungulates, while horses are Perissodactyla, odd-toed mammals. In fact, deer are more closely related to whales and dolphins than they are to horses (but you won’t be able to breed dolphins and deer, either).
Can deer be dangerous?
Deer, like all wild animals, are potentially dangerous to humans when threatened or confined. They become aggressive as they mature; males may attack, especially during breeding season.
Is an elk a deer?
The elk or wapiti (Cervus canadensis) is one of the largest species within the deer family, Cervidae, and one of the largest terrestrial mammals in North America and Northeast Asia. Male elk have large antlers which are shed each year.
Are cows related to deer?
The previous studies implied that a cow is more closely related to a whale than to a horse. It says hippos and cud-chewing mammals like cows, sheep and deer are more closely related to whales, dolphins and porpoises than they are to other even-toed mammals like pigs and camels.
What type of deer is Bambi?
Is it common for deer to have twins?
Twins are the norm in most populations, but as many as 15 to 20 percent of does will bear triplets when deer numbers are in balance with high-quality habitat. This is why the average doe in a healthy population can produce more fawns than the average doe in an unhealthy population.
How long will a doe leave a fawn?
If NO, then the fawn is healthy and simply waiting for mom to return. Leave the fawn alone! Keep children and pets away. Monitor from a distance and reassess the situation in 24 hours.
Why do deers stare?
Deer have more photoreceptors in the retina. This means they have phenomenal night vision. But it also makes them susceptible to freezing in the road when they look directly into oncoming headlights; they don’t move because they, literally, are blinded by the light.
Is a moose in the deer family?
Is a deer a reindeer?
The reindeer (Rangifer tarandus), also known as the caribou in North America, is a species of deer with circumpolar distribution, native to Arctic, sub-Arctic, tundra, boreal, and mountainous regions of northern Europe, Siberia, and North America.
Are moose more dangerous than bears?
While moose are generally perceived to be less dangerous than bears, more people in Alaska are injured by moose than by bears each year. Moose will usually flee when threatened but under certain circumstances, they can become aggressive.
What is the lifespan of deer?
Moose: 15 – 25 years
Elk: 10 – 13 years
What is the average lifespan of a whitetail deer?
What is the largest deer?
Male moose have the largest antlers of any mammal. The moose is about 7.5 feet tall at the shoulder. Mule deer get their name from their mule-like ears.
How many deer are killed a year?
During the 2011-2012 Season, 157,726 people successfully killed a deer. Of those hunters, almost 73%, or 114,789 people, harvested just one deer. About 19% killed two deer, followed by 5.4% killing three, 1.8% taking four, 0.57% taking five, and a mere 0.29% harvesting six or more deer.
Which state has the most white tailed deer?
White-tailed deer. The white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus), also known as the whitetail or Virginia deer, is a medium-sized deer native to the United States, Canada, Mexico, Central America, Ecuador, and South America as far south as Peru and Bolivia.
Are deer in every state?
White-tailed deer are found in every state in the U. S. except Alaska and in only small parts of Utah, Nevada and California. The mule deer range is primarily in western states. There are several subspecies of both deer.
What does it mean when a deer blows at you?
The deer forcibly expels air through its nostrils like a greatly magnified sneeze. The deer blows when it detects danger at a distance. The noise warns all deer that something is radically wrong. The “sneeze” clears the nasal passages, and helps the deer sniff the air better.
Will deers attack you?
Be especially cautious of deer with fawns. Mother deer are very protective of their young. Attacks by bucks are rare, but bucks may become aggressive in “rut” season – October through December. If you do see a deer, observe it from a distance, preferably from inside a structure or vehicle.
Are deers harmless?
It is not uncommon to see a “warty” deer. Like warts in humans, these fibromas are caused by a virus, and are transmitted to deer by biting insects. Though unsightly, they only affect the skin and are usually completely harmless to the deer.
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India and Australia have decided to enhance their economic partnership and increase their defense cooperation, the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in New Delhi on Friday, March 10.
The two countries signed a free trade deal called the Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (ECTA) in 2022, the first signed by India with a developed country in 10 years.
But, a much larger Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) has been stuck in negotiations for over a decade.
The ECTA came into effect in December and removed duties on 96% of Indian exports to Australia and 85% of Australian exports to India.
India and Australia are security partners through the Quad group, which also includes the U.S. and Japan.
Albanese also discussed addressing climate change, cooperation on renewable energy, education and critical minerals supply chains in his meeting with Modi.
Bilateral trade between the two countries was $27.5 billion in 2021 and India says it has the potential to nearly double to $50 billion in five years.
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Welcome to the ACP Saudi Arabia Chapter website! This site has been developed to keep internal medicine physicians and subspecialists in Saudi Arabia current on the developments and activities in our Chapter.
ACP is the largest medical specialty organization. Membership comprises more than 161,000 internal medicine physicians, medical students, and allied health professionals. Our Saudi Arabia chapter has a growing membership of 545. We are your link to the larger organization and your local provider of educational, professional, and social programs. Our goal is to be your local professional home.
Internal Medicine physicians are gathered together in our Saudi Arabia Chapter to share knowledge and discuss new innovations concerning our specialty with the mission to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health care by fostering excellence and professionalism in the practice of medicine.
My role as Governor is to represent our Chapter to the national organization, voice our interest and concerns, and cascade any new information to you. My goal is to empower you to connect with people and resources that can help build engaging programs and grow expertise in Internal Medicine.
Our website will be our channel to share any chapter-related developments and announcements. We will be hosting local scientific conferences and CME activities as part of the continuing search of knowledge for all members. Members in good standing with high achievements will be recognized and acknowledge through this venue. This will be a journey that we go on together, where we learn and iterate our interest to advance the science and practice of Internal Medicine. Together, we’ll discuss any improvements, creative collaborations for the benefit of everyone. I encourage all internal medicine physicians, residents, and medical students to join together and become active in participating in our scientific activities and the chapter.
Please do not hesitate to provide me your advice and recommendations for the advancement of this Chapter. I am very excited with this journey and look forward to working with all of you. With all your help and support as a team, we can improve our services to this Saudi Chapter.
Faisal Abaalkhail, MD, FACP

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Reston Hospital’s Scholarships For Students — Reston Hospital Center recently awarded 17 local high school students with more than $16,000 in college scholarships. Two South Lakes and two Herndon High students were among the honored seniors. [Reston Connection]
Are You A Big Winner? — A $1 million Virginia Lottery ticket was sold in nearby Sterling. The ticket was sold Friday at the 7-Eleven on Woodshire Drive. [WTOP]
Up Back On — The family movie Up will be shown Sunday, June 29 at Lake Anne Plaza’s Outdoor Summer Film Series. The movie was supposed to air June 8, but was cancelled due to bad weather. The movie starts at 8 p.m. Bring lawn chairs, blankets and snacks. Admission is free.
Catch The Passage — The Reston Community Players will stage The Passage, this year’s selection in the New Play Project. The production will be Friday and Saturday, June 20-21, at the Industrial Strength Theatre in Herndon. The Passage, by Donald C. Drake, is about the ways family and friends come together to say goodbye in a world where assisted suicide is the norm. [Reston Community Players]
SLHS Girls Score at Track and Field Nationals — Several Seahawks placed at the Track and Fields National Championship meet in Greensboro, NC: Girls 4 x 400 meter relay team (Grace Gillen, Golden Kumi-Darfour, Claire Nieusma, and Delaney Wickman) placed 10th in the Championship Division with a season best 3:52.65; Kumi-Darfour was sixth in the emerging elite 800 meter run (2:13.65); Wickman placed eighth in the emerging elite 400 meter dash (56.57) and 10th in the emerging elite 200 meter dash with a personal best 24.92; and Devyn Jones placed 9th in the freshman triple jump with a personal best jump of 33’1″. ￼
The skeletal remains of Michael Delaney, the Reston man who went missing from Reston Hospital in May 2020, have been found in the Sugarland Run area, Fairfax County police confirmed….
One of the two residential towers planned for the Faraday Park development near the Wiehle-Reston East Metro station is now open to residents. Move-ins for 242-unit Faraday West tower officially…
Open houses this weekend include a 4 BD/2.5 BA home on a large lot with a swimming pool.
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UPDATED 6 a.m., PT, on May 21, 2011 to include the Reuters report.
This being 2011, Twitter played a role in how the press found out about the death of Osama bin Laden on Sunday night, May 1, 2011.
Writes Brian Stelter on The New York Times’ Media Decoder blog, "Wishful thinking about bin Laden’s death ricocheted across the Web — and then, at 10:25 p.m. [ET], while Mr. Obama was writing his speech, one particular tweet seemed to confirm it. Keith Urbahn, the chief of staff for the former defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld, wrote at that time, ‘So I’m told by a reputable person they have killed Osama Bin Laden. Hot damn.’ Mr. Urbahn quickly added, ‘Don’t know if it’s true, but let’s pray it is.’ He was credited by many on the Web with breaking the news, though he did not have first-hand confirmation."
Stelter added, "Within minutes, anonymous sources at the Pentagon and the White House started to tell reporters the same information. ABC, CBS and NBC interrupted programming across the country at almost the same minute, 10:45 p.m. [ET], with the news."
In fact, Reuters is reporting that the very first word of the attack was in a tweet sent at the time the attack was happening, though the person sending the tweet didn’ t realize it.
Accordiing to the Reuters report, "[Soahib] Athar, a resident of Abbottabad where bin Laden was holed up, first noticed a helicopter and thought it unusual enough to post this on his Twitter account. "Helicopter hovering above Abbottabad at 1AM (is a rare event)," wrote Athar. Moments later, he added: "A huge window shaking bang here… I hope its not the start of something nasty."
Later, Reuters says, Athar tweeted, "Uh oh, now I’m the guy who liveblogged the Osama raid without knowing it."
Over at Deadline.com. veteran Hollywood film reporter Mike Fleming writes about some Bin Laden movies in the works: "I’ve learned that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow in recent weeks has been preparing and starting to cast an indie movie with the working title ‘Kill Bin Laden’ while another movie project about the hunt for the Al Qaeda terrorist leader at a major Hollywood studio stalled back in 2006. Given tonight’s startling news, it’s clear that these may be the timeliest film projects in recent Hollywood history."
Certainly on Monday, May 2, some TV versions will also be talked about as well.
A number of web sites, including the officical White House site, have posted transcripts of President Obama’s speech about the death of Osama bin Laden. Click here to read the transcript of the speech. To see the speech, watch the video, below.


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At first glance, a name that translates to "the bearded ones" may not seem to evoke a tropical paradise like Barbados. And while the Spanish settlers surely noticed the sparkling sands and secluded coves with deep blue waters, the name comes from the bearded fig tree, a towering timber with aerial roots that languish in the air like lazy soldiers. These hauntingly elegant trees were the perfect name for this fascinating and complex place. But it isn’t just the landscapes that are stunning here, either. The friendly people and vibrant culture of this island nation are the real reason travellers from all over the world book Barbados package deals.
“Take me to that island where people celebrate in the streets in August… take me to Barbados,” wrote poet Charmaine Forde, perfectly encapsulating the jubilant spirit of this Western Caribbean enclave. Summer isn’t the only time you will find music pouring into the streets—calypso and reggae are ever-present, and to see all ages swaying along is commonplace. If you thought you’d book all-inclusive packages in Barbados and spend your getaway sunning on the beach and floating in the ocean, you may be surprised. The energy is infectious, and you’ll soon find there are many things to do in Barbados that you won’t want to miss out on.
Of course, if you do want to be waited on hand and foot, that can easily be arranged. And thanks to Travelocity’s incredible deals, it will not cost you a fortune. In fact, you can take a vacation that is as luxurious, adventurous, or exotic as you desire. We have designed special Barbados all-inclusive packages that will save you both time and money, no matter what you’re looking for. Travelocity has taken all the guesswork out of your holiday with pre-selected dates and bundled resorts, flights, car rentals, or itinerary deals, so that you can focus on what is really important: daydreaming of sunshine, sea breezes and gentle condensation sliding down the glass of your pinacolada.

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'He's just a gainline monster... the props love him scrummaging on them because he gives flat out energy and weight at scrum time'
With all the Lions bolter speculation surrounding Sam Simmonds, you’d be forgiven if you thought the Exeter Chiefs back row was a one-man show heading into Saturday’s Heineken Champions Cup quarter-final at home to Leinster. Except it very much isn’t. Step forward Jacques Vermeulen and Dave Ewers, unsung heroes of the double-winning Exeter set-up.
It was 2019 when Vermeulen, the 26-year-old openside arrived from the Sharks having made his initial breakthrough at Western Province. As for English-qualified Ewers, the 30-year-old came to live in Devon as a teenager after his family abandoned their Zimbabwean farm under duress and he has since gone on to be a treasured part of the Exeter furniture this past decade.
Gainline monsters is how Rob Baxter refers to the pair, influence reflected in their most recent performance – the swatting aside of Lyon last weekend in the last 16 of Europe, a match where the Chiefs fell 14 points behind before storming back to lead at the interval and going on to win 47-25.
Any regular journalist at Baxter’s weekly media engagements would attest to how the Exeter coach is regularly peppered with queries surrounding Simmonds and his wilderness England years since 2018 despite his excellent club form.
It’s rare, though, to hear the Exeter boss dwell on what Vermeulen and Ewers bring to the party, an anomaly he rectified this week when he played up the attributes of the pair as they prepared for a no-holds-barred scrap with opposite Leinster numbers Josh van der Flier and Rhys Ruddock, opponents recently involved in the Ireland Guinness Six Nations set-up.
Sam Simmonds has scored 52 tries in 76 Test, Premiership and Champions Cup games compared to Billy Vunipola's 32 tries in 208…
— RugbyPass (@RugbyPass) February 13, 2021
Baxter can’t wait to witness what unfolds at Sandy Park. “Jacques is a really interesting one, a guy I like in that you can watch his game and go, ‘Oh, he is having some good impacts’. Particularly against Lyon, you saw him having a couple of real bursting carries out of defence and in attack so there is a speed element there, but when you are watching his game in detail, which is what we spend a lot of time doing here at the club, you see him just being an arrival at things that you just need.
“So the number of times say at a defensive breakdown he will just arrive first and will just win it. It might be a real scramble to hold onto the ball but he does. Same with an attacking breakdown, you might make a break and he is the first player in support and you secure the ball. Same on the kick chase, he might plug a hole because he just gets there.
“Some of our exit strategies he understands exactly what we are aiming to do. He gets other people organised and he kind of takes ownership of that part of what he needs to do. That is the thing, you don’t quite appreciate what he delivers until you look at the stuff that nobody really sees unless it is a standout carry or a standout tackle.
“And with Dave, he is just a gainline monster for us in probably every area of the game, in defence, attack, set-piece, maul, scrum. He aids our scrum, the props love him scrummaging on them because he gives flat out energy and weight at scrum time. Mauls, if he manages to get himself in one of the key positions towards the front it tends to be a good maul. And again he is a heavyweight carrier and gainline stopper.
“These guys are invaluable to us. Also, he has got some really good in-depth knowledge of our five-metre attack game. Great to see him starting to score some tries as well because often he is the guy who scores tries for everybody else by getting hold of them and carrying them across the try line, so that is his big strength and it’s good for him that he is starting to score some tries as well.
“They are different players but they complement each other fantastically well and then with Simmo (Sam Simmonds) in the middle, who adds really raw pace in attack and defence, you get a really good combination there that are really well backed up.
“Jannes Kirsten has also played very well for us this season both at lock and in the back row, Richard Capstick is starting to develop into a good young player, Don Armand is there or thereabouts most weeks within our back row, scrum selection and we haven’t even spoken about Sam Skinner because he is focusing more on the second row both internationally and club now but he played six in our semi-final against Toulouse last year and had a fantastic game.
“We have got some really good options and combinations we can put in the back five of the scrum, but those three guys are certainly doing the business at the moment.”
Being told he wouldn't make it as a scrumhalf was one of a number of incidents that motivated @ExeterChiefs Jack Maunder's career, but they've opened up a world beyond rugby and have resulted in a best selling book
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Let There Be Lights 2017 is starting tonight!
Here is the event schedule:
Friday, December 1
6-8p.m. Light Up Night on Lawrence Avenue, ft. live entertainment, free horse and carriage rides, dance performances, food and vendors
6:30p.m. Lighting of the tree and fireworks display (located in the Community Plaza)
8:15p.m. Free movie “A Christmas Story” located at the Lincoln High School Auditorium
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Stop by The Color Center tonight from 6-8p.m. to warm up and enter our Annual Coloring Contest! We will have four age groups: 0-5, 6-9, 10-12, and 13-18. This year’s prizes are a $25 AMEX Gift Card!!!
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Stop by The Color Center to pick one up or visit
*All entries must be brought in to The Color Center by 8 p.m tonight. Winners will be determined by the most “likes” on Facebook. Entries will be uploaded on Monday and voting ends Thursday 12/7 at noon.
Saturday, December 2
3:30p.m. Christmas parade on Lawrence Avenue
5:30p.m. Opening night of Christmas in the Park (free photo’s with Santa)


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The brutality of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine has shocked many, even as Ukrainians and regional experts have noted that today’s war crimes fit broader patterns of Russian aggression against Ukrainians stretching back centuries. As evidence of atrocities continues to accumulate, the international legal community is closely monitoring the situation.
In May 2022, the New Lines Institute and Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights issued an independent legal inquiry that found the Russian Federation in breach of the United Nations Genocide Convention’s prohibition on direct and public incitement to genocide. The report identified a serious risk of genocide. In other words, the first few months of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine provided ample evidence to trigger the central duty of the United Nations Genocide Convention, namely to prevent genocide in Ukraine.
The UN Genocide Convention legally obligates its 152 signatories, including Russia, to act as soon as they become aware (or should have become aware) of genocide risks. All forms of violence should be condemned everywhere, but genocides have been declared the “crime of crimes” in international law, as they target a community’s most basic right to exist.
The horrors of genocidal violence sometimes obscure a crucial point in analyses of Russia’s egregious actions against Ukrainians. While the Genocide Convention forbids genocidal violence itself (“the commission of genocide”), it also prohibits four other related actions: Conspiracy to commit genocide, attempts to commit genocide, complicity in genocide, and direct and public incitement to genocide (Article III). The inciting language of Russian state actors has long met the “direct and public” standard and is a crime with no statute of limitations.
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I did something this morning that I haven’t done in a very long time. I sat down in one of the overstuffed Parson chairs, grabbed my red throw to cover my legs and read a few pages from a book that’s laying on my table of books. I believe a writer should be surrounded by books. It’s inspiring to read what other writer’s wish to share and it’s encouraging to know deep in my bones that eventually there will be a book written by yours truly.
I was Marco Poloing with the magical Mrs. M this week and we were joking about the amount of books we live with. She went as far to purchase a rolling cart like you see being used at the public library! I just think that’s the coolest thing ever, but I don’t have a huge amount of books lying around, although you will find a stack in many of the rooms. If they are in a stack, they’re waiting to be read and on a shelf are some of my favorites that I don’t want to lose track of.
I think what I did this morning is considered normal, but I was amused that it felt planned. Yesterday, I published a newsletter for work entitled, ‘Slow Down December’ and thought it best to practice what was gently preached. I heated a chocolate chip scone and laid a slab of butter beside it once heated. Poured a cup of Christmas blend coffee in a retired Starbucks mug and sat them on the table of books. Anyone could find something at this table to suit their reading needs.
It was just getting light outside as I soaked up the stillness and thought…
There are pieces of me that are trying to find their way home. Over time little pieces fall away, or become buried by circumstances, but if they truly want to live in your heart, they’ll find their way back. For this to happen, we need to slow the pace, so stillness is on the schedule for the remainder of Barb’s year. This may sound insurmountable considering the holiday season is speeding toward us, but I want to step into the new year on solid ground with clarity.
One of my recent FB memories was a cheetah print pillow from 10 years ago that I was giving away. It was my daughter’s and from the photos shown that day, I was trying to find homes for things she’d outgrown.
Earlier this year I was visiting a local shop and a cheetah print pillow sham caught my attention. The front was a soft, t-shirt-like material, but the back was a solid color that felt like linen. I carried it with me through the store while chatting with the shop owner because it was the only one for sale. She offered a down insert for it, but out of all the pillows I’ve collected over the years, surely I had one to use. This pillow is a cherished addition to my home.
I had forgotten cheetah print makes my heart happy. It’s a simple pleasure that fell away like I was supposed to outgrow it, but obviously didn’t. While writing this I recalled some of my favorite Christmas ornaments are cheetah print and if glitter, or sequins are added…even better! If you feel pieces of you have slipped away that you used to enjoy, then set an intention to start saying yes to what sparks your heart and say no to things that don’t. Your heart song doesn’t age.
My daughter visited and as we sat chatting she laughed at every daily occurrence conveyed. The things that naturally occur seem normal to me, but I could easily write fiction because most are unbelievable.
It’s a well kept secret…life is designed to be fun.
I’m breaking one of my own rules. The rule was to not drink coffee after 2:00 pm, but here we are at 3:15 pm, savoring a fine cup of cold brew. It was intentional and feels rebellious, but some rules are made to be broken dependent of the day.
I woke up early because I’ve been going to bed earlier, but Saturday morning I stayed in bed to relish in some extra sleep. It was delightful, but there’s something off in the comfort of my sleep. I go to bed with the ceiling fan on, which is directly above the bed, but as morning arrives I’m cold. The house can be stuffy at night so the fan is welcomed, but with the change is season the house cools off at night and the cooler temperature wakes me up in the middle of the night.
Years ago I researched and purchased a pure down comforter. It was a substantial investment for a single Mom, but it was something I wanted and knew it would last. Today, I unzipped the suitcase style, protective covering the comforter is stored in and the sound of it being unzipped caught my attention. It just sounded soothing like something good was about to reveal itself. Placing it in the dryer to air fluff the cool air would release the compacted feathers restoring their fluff.
Once the fluffing was complete I dropped the comforter onto the bed and began unfolding it layer by layer. The sound was a soft, crinkling noise and right then I realized I was listening to the sound of comfort.
I don’t have to chase extraordinary moments. They’re right in front of me when I pause and look. I was making a cup of tea for my daughter and me, and this is how I happened to sit the cups on the cutting board. Once the tea was finished steeping, I snapped this pic.
This happens often in my life. Things line up and the photo looks staged, but instead it’s called living with intention. To pay attention to detail. Everything that comes before the moment is what makes the moment extraordinary. When I showed this photo to my daughter, she said, “It’s so esthetically pleasing.” Usually what’s pleasing to the eye is like water for the soul, or it should be in my opinion.
I was listening to my Right to Write course, by Julia Cameron, and she was talking about having writing stations. Different spaces throughout the house to sit and write, depending on the mood. I have those, but not only for writing. I have spaces that soothe me, and each one has a different feel. One of my favorite spaces is the middle of my bed. Sometimes, in the evening I sit there and write after a long day.
One afternoon, I was sitting in the middle of my bed, on a Zoom, when my attention drifted away from the screen over to the corner of the room.
That corner of the room was being bathed in golden light, but for me it felt like another extraordinary moment.


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Royston Gateway: Aldi and M&S Foodhall could open next year
PUBLISHED: 15:30 28 June 2018 | UPDATED: 16:07 28 June 2018
The development of Aldi and an M&S Foodhall in Royston could be completed next year.
Planning permission was granted by North Herts District Council for the development between York Way and the A505 at the end of September 2017, and the view of the building work now in progress can be seen along the A505 between the McDonald’s and Tesco roundabouts.
An Aldi spokeswoman said: “Construction work at our new Royston store is progressing well. We hope to open the store next year and will keep the community updated on developments.”
And a spokeswoman for M&S said: “We’re looking forward to bringing a new Marks & Spencer Foodhall to Royston and we will update the community as plans for the store progress.”
The 30-acre site was originally given planning permission for one food store in 2014 part of the multi-million pound Royston Gateway project.
When revised planning permission was granted for the two stores last year, district councillor David Barnard, then chairman of NHDC’s planning control committee, said: “The proposal for the Royston Gateway offers significant benefits for the residents of Royston and the users of its industrial area.
“Not only does it represent a significant investment for Royston, it is a diversified retail offering which is well supported by Royston Town Council and the residents of Royston.”
Plans state that M&S and Aldi stores would share 170 parking bays, including 10 spaces for Blue Badge holders, and the medium-sized M&S Foodhall would also incorporate a customer café.
There will also be new junction for the A505 and a new link road to Orchard Road Industrial Estate.
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Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha National Working President Ravindra Dwivedi Ji calls for unity of all fractions of Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha nationally. In a video message today, he invited all groups to take part and make the election successful. He also added that National President Tridandi Ji Maharaj is keen to unite the Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha into a close-knit party to form in the interest of India and Hindu Rastra.
Election information will be sent via email, Registered post, and WhatsApp to make sure all interested members can take part in the Lucknow event.
Ravindra Ji in a clear message told all fraction that this is the last chance to get united or else they will not have any part in Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha in the future but keeping the greater interest all are requested humbly join the election and make the 65th event a complete and fulfilling for all groups.
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Xbox 360 Fighting Stick EX 2 (by Hori) Modded for Street Fighter Fans
This is for a brand new Xbox 360 HORI EX2 Arcade Fight Stick Joystick modded specifically for Street Fighter IV (SF4, SFIV) Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix (aka SSF2T, Super Street Fighter II Turbo), Street Fighter 2 Turbo, Soul Calibur 4, Virtua Fighter 5 and many more.
This Xbox 360 joystick made by Hori is solid in design, accurate and precise. It's built just like the arcade joysticks in the Japanese arcades. These Xbox 360 joysticks have quality convex buttons (round upward & smooth) and sturdy ball type joystick top. Also it has a 4 way restricter which works great for Virtua Figther 5 fans (but not for the Street Fighter 2 fans).
However, all fans of fighting games (especially the Street Fighter series) in the US know that a solid Xbox 360 arcade joystick is important in order to even compete among the best locally or online. We have taken the original Hori EX2 Fighting Stick and replaced the original 4 way restricter and ball joystick top with a bat joystick top (like in the arcades in the US) and an 8 way restricter).
This Xbox 360 Joystick Mod that we've done will breath life into your Street Fighter matches making Ryu / Ken fireballs, uppercuts, Zangief pile drivers possible. This Hori EX2 mod makes the quarter circle or circular moves so much more easy. If you're planning on playing any Street Fighter games on the 360 there is NO WAY you can pick up the Xbox 360 Fighting Stick EX2 without this mod. It makes a HUGE difference in Street Fighter IV and Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix.
* Hori EX2 Arcade Joystick Officially licensed for use on Microsoft Xbox 360 (manufactured by Hori Japan)
* Japanese Arcade style Xbox 360 Joystick w/ Ball Top Joystick and Convex buttons
* Arcade-Style, measures 11 inches wide x 7 inches long x 1.5 inches thick
* Solid joystick for Xbox 360 Fighting Games
* Has port for headset use on Xbox Live
* Modified for Street Fighter IV (SF4), Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix, Street Fighter 2 Turbo, and more!
* Custom USB Joystick Xbox 360 System
The joystick will be shipped to you premodified and ready to play right out of the box. Just plug the Xbox 360 Joystick in the USB port of the Xbox 360 and you're good to go.
The original ball top and 4 way restricter will be included.
Pickup this Hori Xbox 360 custom joystick and watch your wins go up in all your Street Fighter challenge matches.

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Zappware Apple Watch add-on
June 4, 2015
Zappware, a provider of digital TV products for pay TV operators, today announces an Apple Watch add-on to its multiscreen Digital TV platform. The Apple Watch add-on allows end-users to use the wearable and instantly accessible Apple Watch device to receive TV-related notifications or control the TV screen.
“This innovative add-on to the Zappware platform is another prime example of Zappware’s commitment and pioneering role regarding unified user experiences”, says Marc Vervoort, Creative Director at Zappware.
The Zappware platform provides an intuitive and consistent user interface across all devices, combined with a powerful Service Delivery System to fully monetise all TV services on broadcast, broadband and hybrid networks. The Apple Watch add-on is fully incorporated into the platform, as an optional device add-on, with full service management control.
Zappware’s Apple Watch add-on will be demonstrated during the upcoming ANGA tradeshow in Cologne.


SES Sirius Ukraine, a subsidiary of SES - one of the Earth's biggest satellite operator covering 99% population of the planet – addressed VisionHOUSE Systems Integrator for upgrading the matrix router for their teleport in Kyiv. Platinum MX from Imagine Communicaitons was selected as the number one choice for reliable comprehensive routing of uncompressed video.
SES has been running its own teleport in Kyiv since 2007. DVB multiplexing is the key segment of the teleport. The SDI matrix is one of the mission critical part in the infrastructure responsible for routing uncompressed video signals between other equipment. Therefore the new router had to comply with high standards.
- ultimately reliable for 24/7/365 work,
- highly flexible configuration to fulfill ever changing tasks,
- scalable for growth with no need to stop operations or anyhow impact the active services.
Imagine Communications Platinum MX routers combine highly reliable architecture with flexibility and scalability. Platinum MX provides independent routers and crosspoints for audio and video signals.
In the process of selection, SES Sirius Ukraine considered positive references from users of this equipment, in particular, Platinum MX user experience of Zeonbud, Ukrainian DVB-T2 provider.
The deployment of Platinum MX in «SES Sirius Ukraine» infrastructure removed the bottleneck in the system of DVB streaming. The maximal number of processed channels grew from 64 to 128, with the possibility to double capacity without replace equipment.
Imagine Communications Navigator Single serves for monitoring and management through software model improving the operational experience.
Also, the solution opened new backup opportunities, increasing overall system resilience.
The proect was launched in 2016 and has been successfully serving the customer.
Fixed the bottleneck in the system of DVB streaming. The maximal number of processed channels increased from 64 to 128 with the possibility to further double capacity without replacing equipment. With the new backup opportunities, the overall system became more resistant to failures.


Between the heat and the rain, attendance was way down for the 2018 Hardin County Fair.
Numbers on Sunday showed the paid gate at 513, compared to 2004 in 2017. Overall estimated attendance for the last day yesterday was 2873. Last year that figure was 11,222.
Total paid gate for the 2018 fair was 8168, which was down from last year’s paid gate of 10,074.
Overall estimated attendance for the 2018 fair was put at 30,165, compared to 56,415 in 2017.
The hour of inspiration on Sunday attracted 377 people. Attendance last year was 613.
Due to safety concerns, the popular demolition derby was cancelled Sunday evening. That event drew 1857 people to the grandstand last year.
Poor conditions on the ground also forced the cancellation of the Truck and Tractor Pull Friday night as well as the Dylan Scott concert Saturday night.


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A thorough understanding of interactions occurring at the interface between nanocarriers and biological systems is crucial to predict and interpret their biodistribution, targeting, and efficacy, and thus design more effective drug delivery systems. Upon intravenous injection, nanoparticles are coated by a protein corona (PC). This confers a new biological identity on the particles that largely determines their biological fate. Liposomes have great pharmaceutical versatility, so, as proof of concept, their PC has recently been implicated in the mechanism and efficiency of their internalization into the cell. In an attempt to better understand the interactions between nanocarriers and biological systems, we analyzed the plasma proteins adsorbed on the surface of multicomponent liposomes. Specifically, we analyzed the physical properties and ultrastructure of liposome/PC complexes and the aggregation process that occurs when liposomes are dispersed in plasma. The results of combined confocal microscopy and flow cytometry experiments demonstrated that the PC favors liposome internalization by both macrophages and tumor cells. This work provides insights into the effects of the PC on liposomes' physical properties and, consequently, liposome-liposome and liposome-cell interactions.
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Once upon a time there was a story.
The story had a beginning, a middle and an end.
It had a really great opener that hooked you in.
It had interesting and complex characters you wanted to know more about.
It was told around campfires, written on stone tablets, acted out on stage and printed on leaflets. It was shared at parties and in bars and on park benches. It was listened to on wireless radios, made into movies and television shows.
The story kept spreading until one day something called the world wide web was invented.
Now there were new ways to tell the story. In blog posts, podcasts, You Tube and Vine videos, Tweets and Facebook posts. Sometimes the story was told in words and sometimes in pictures. Sometimes both.
But the one thing that never changed was the story itself.
Yes – there were new twists and fresh takes. The characters varied, appearing in an assortment of shapes and sizes and with unfamiliar names.
No matter how many different ways it was told or tweaks made or mediums created through which to tell it – the story kept drawing people in.
It hit that sweet spot. The one that connects hearts and souls. That makes us pause and think, laugh or cry, happy or angry.
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Good luck xxx what you class as overcrowded and what the councils/housing associations class as overcrowded can be VERY different!
Seems like we will be waiting a very long time unless we private let, but you go down on council list if you do that apparantly so were stuck We are council and VERY overcrowded.breaks from its through-sung format only once, when the disgraced and suicidal Natasha is at her lowest point and Pierre reaches out with the most passionate offering he can muster.(Spoilers for a musical that debuted in 2012 follow.) “If I were not myself, but the brightest, handsomest, best man on Earth,” he says in a voice choked with emotion and still sheepishly restrained, “I would get down on my knees and ask for your hand and your love.” The greatest thing he can offer her is a hypothetical couched in the premise that he is more than he could ever be., his frictionless 2007 collection of traditional Christmas songs, at this very moment.But what possesses my mind right now, what I find myself pondering in idle moments during an otherwise busy day, is how bad Josh Groban is—and how good he is at being bad.
No, it’s Groban’s skills, or lack of skills, as an actor that preoccupy me.


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House lawmakers grilled a Interior Department official over the green energy projects on federal lands, in particular taking aim at the troubled Ivanpah solar energy plant.
Georgia Republican Rep. Jody Hice even suggested Ivanpah, which has trouble living up to its contracts, could fail and potentially leave taxpayers on the hook for $1.6 billion in unpaid loan guarantees.
“So we have Ivanpah, for example, one of those companies — $1.6 billion dollars, three times that of Solyndra in loan guarantees from the Department of Energy,” Hice said during a hearing Wednesday before questioning Mike Nedd, who oversees energy projects for the Bureau of Land Management.
Hice was responding to news that California regulators were on the verge of shutting down Ivanpah for not producing the amount of promised electricity. The plant only generated 45 percent of expected power in 2014 and only 68 percent in 2015, according to government data.
“And, again, they have been unable to meet their obligations. So, it looks very likely we are going to see another Solyndra,” Hice said. “And so, again, the taxpayers are going to be on the hook, and they will be the ones suffering with it all.”
California officials did give Ivanpah until the end of July to comply with a power purchase agreement it has with the utility Pacific Gas and Electric, but it’s not clear if the plant will meet its promises because of a recent accident that shut down one of its boiler towers.
Ivanpah is co-owned by BrightSource Energy, NRG Energy and Google, and was mostly funded with $1.6 billion in loan guarantees from the Energy Department. The project was even hailed by the Obama administration as the future of clean energy.
“This project speaks for itself,” Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz said when the project went online in early 2014. “Just look at the 170,000 shining heliostat mirrors and the three towers that would dwarf the Statue of Liberty.”
But the plant soon ran into engineering issues and “an inordinate number of partly cloudy days,” an NRG spokesman told CleanTechnica. Ivanpah only produced about one-quarter of its expected output in the months after it opened, and they were forced to ask the government for a $539 million federal grant to help pay off the $1.6 billion loan.
NRG told CleanTechnica they have delivered PG&E 97 percent of the electrons they had contracted to buy — at a price of $200 per megawatt hour. NRG said it had largely solved the engineering problems causing Ivanpah to underperform.
Environmentalists have also attacked the project for killing thousands of birds since it opened. Many birds were incinerated by the intense heat being reflected off Ivanpah’s heliostats.
The Associated Press cited statistics presented by environmentalists in 2014 that “about a thousand… to 28,000” birds are incinerated by Ivanpah’s heliostats every year.
“Forensic Lab staff observed a falcon or falcon-like bird with a plume of smoke arising from the tail as it passed through the flux field,” according to a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service report from 2014.
“Immediately after encountering the flux, the bird exhibited a controlled loss of stability and altitude but was able to cross the perimeter fence before landing,” FWS reported.
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