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Perhaps not as well-known as acupuncture and reflexology, but with many similarities to the two, is Korean Hand Therapy. Other names for the treatment are Korean Sooji Chim, or simply Soojichim. It is based on the belief that “the hands are a micro-cosmos of the body”.
Mapping different “points” on one’s hands to different functions of the human body is similar to acupuncture and reflexology. In Korean Hand Therapy, it is believed that there are 345 of these acupuncture points on our hands, regulating our internal organs.
One way Korean Hand Therapy differs from other similar pressure-point therapies is that the stimulation of these points may be done in a variety of ways; hand needles may be used, but so may magnets, special rings, and even through one’s mind (called “Cyber Hand Therapy”).
The country has certainly had stormy relationships with many of its Asian neighbors; the Korean War split the country itself in two, and the Vietnam War, which followed not too long after, had hundreds of Korean troops fighting in neighboring Vietnam, a sensitive topic to many Koreans due to the numerous accounts of their war brutality and Vietnam comfort women.
The uniquely Korean Soojichim, however, was certainly a spin-off from other, more ancient alternative therapies practiced throughout Asia for hundreds of years. It’s a fairly new alternative health treatment, having been developed in 1975 by acupuncturist Dr. Tae Woo Yoo, who was looking for an alternative to the large, painful needles required by traditional acupuncture.
It is said to be very effective in treating everything from arthritic pain to allergies to infertility.
KHT is free from any danger and side effects. It is not involved with any habitual and toxic application. Therefore, KHT is very safe to perform for self-treatment as well as the patient’s treatment in the clinics. KHT is very effective for increasing immunity. As the immune strength increases by applying KHT, KHT can effectively be used for complementing Western Medicine by lessening the side effects of chemotherapy or radiological treatment in cancer patients and relieving nausea, so that the patients can continue to receive the treatment. (Source)
Since gaining worldwide popularity in the 1980s, practicioners of Korean Hand Therapy are easy to find in most cities around the globe.
Chronic Pain is an experience that everyone might have. If you are unlucky one suffering from chronic illness, the following can be a great help to you. But remember that these suggestions may only reduce pain and improve the quality of your life but not an alternate for professional medical care.
The program should include most of the following features:
* Biofeedback training
* Group therapy
* Occupational therapy
* Family counseling
* Assertiveness training
* TENS units
* Regional anesthesia (nerve blocks)
* Physical therapy (exercise and body mechanics training)
* Relaxation training and stress management
* Educational program covering medications and other aspects of pain and its management
* Aftercare (follow up support after leaving the program)
Family members should be required to be involved in your treatment. Special educational sessions for family members should be provided and joint counseling for you and your family should also be made available.
Chronic pain is perhaps one of the biggest issues that prevails in todayâ€™s society. The difference between simple pain and chronic pain is like the difference between a headache and a migraine. A headache though it is acute, passes as quickly as it hits. This is unlike a migraine which is prevalent and continuous as it throbs in the head for long periods of time. The problem with chronic pain is that it is hard to cure, it fixates itself in the body and becomes some kind of a constant trouble for the person. Like a sneeze disease which is unpredictable. Too often anesthetics are used to counteract chronic problems and too often this had led to some side effect to worsen the already alarming condition. The best way is perhaps combine medicines with the natural method of healing.
Are you suffering from chronic pain? Does your fibromyalgia seem to be a constant unwelcome companion in hot or cold climates? Unfortunately, that’s one of the things that you may have inherited from your relatives.
A recent study has proven that chronic pain can be something hereditary. It has been tested and proven that if your first degree relatives have suffered from fibromyalgia, you are eight times more likely to suffer from it as well.
It all lies in your serotonin. Serotonin, as you may well know by now, is a neurotransmitter that is usually found in the intestinal tracts and nervous systems of many creatures, including us humans. It is responsible for feelings of well-being and happiness, and can be activated by exercising, cuddling, and sometimes eating copious amounts of chocolate. Now, if your serotonin system has an abnormality, it makes its anti-pain properties all the more scarcer, and well, pain is all the more worse.
Magnetic therapy is a new tool available to patients which provides care and treating ailments. They found it so effective in helping people relieve pain. You will be fascinated and impressed in this simple yet effective invention in treating arthritis, back pain and even fibromyalgia. Some convinced and still hoping that through magnet, it will soon be commonplace to treat headaches, sports injuries and even allergies. We really canâ€™t say. Through new technology, researches may still continue finding its way to improve and helps us to relieve our burden, our pain.
One of the most frustrating ordeals for anyone to endure is the chronic back pain. However with proper exercise it can reduce the pain you feel. Proper back exercise can strengthen your back muscles, increases blood flow to the discs and can control weight gain which aggravates back pain. Here are some things to take note when doing back exercise.
• Pick a right exercise such as low impact aerobic exercise, swimming or walking.
• Warm up and stretching is important. Do it first.
• Remember not to stress yourself with the exercise you are doing. If necessary, adjust the exercise to ensure that it does not cause you pain while you are doing it.
• Always maintain a good posture.
• Be careful when doing twisting exercise.
• Limit your exercise and always take a rest.
• If you are planning to use weights, make sure it is not too heavy or it may only give more pain. Limit the weights to not more than 10 – 20% of your body weight.
• Always consult your doctor prior undertaking any exercise.
If none of these exercises wont work, I suggest you seek for chiropractic help. Chiropractic is still consider as alternative treatment but more and more people are being cured by Chiropractic therapy. So better experience it to get rid of chronic back pain.
One of the causes of chronic pain is damage done to the somatosensory system. This is a complex system of receptor sensor nerves mapped out across the body. These receptors are found on your hands, your lips, your feet, your skin, as well as through your internal organs. It is a system that helps us touch things and appreciate different kinds of tactile experiences. It is what tells us fire is hot, ice is cold, cacti are prickly, and kisses are pleasurable.
One of the most sensible yet intriguing ways to depict this is via 3d model of a human person – albeit at first sight, you probably wouldn’t think this looked anything like a person. Say hello to the Cortical Homunculus.
This very-odd shaped person might be a dead ringer for Gollum‘s long-lost brother, but the hyper-enlarged hands, feet, lips and even genitals do have a reason. This homunculus maps out how many receptors a person has in those areas, thus making them much more sensitive than another body part.

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Tis the season for McBride
Monday, August 12, 2019
– Martina McBride will hit the road again this fall in what's become a tradition - a holiday tour.
"I look forward to the Joy of Christmas Tour every year! From classic hymns like 'O Holy Night' to big band swings like "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Claus is Coming to Town," these shows are fun for the whole family," said McBride in a social media post about her ninth holiday tour.
The tour gets underway Nov. 29 in Biloxi, Mo. and concludes Dec. 21 in St. Louis.
Tour dates are:
Nov. 29 Biloxi, MS Beau Rivage Theatre
Nov. 30 Lake Charles, LA Golden Nugget
Dec. 1 San Antonio, TX Majestic Theatre
Dec. 3 Tyler, TX R. Down Cowan Fine & Performing Arts Center
Dec. 5 Green Bay, WI Resch Center
Dec. 6 Springfield, IL Sangamon Auditorium
Dec. 7 Prior Lake, MN Mystic Lake Casino
Dec. 12 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre
Dec. 13 Philadelphia, PA The Met
Dec. 14 Lowell, MA Lowell Memorial Auditorium
Dec. 15 Newark, NJ Union County PAC
Dec. 19 East Lansing, MI Wharton Center
Dec. 20 Chicago, IL Rialto Square Theatre
Dec. 21 St. Louis, MO Lindenwood University
McBride has previously released two holiday albums, her multiplatinum "White Christmas," and most recently "It's The Holiday Season."
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Paul’s letter to the Romans is packed with theological teaching that has shaped Christian doctrine and practice for nearly 2,000 years. For believers today, some of the most powerful parts of the letter are its words of assurance about our salvation and its call to live a new and better life in Christ.
At various points (especially in Rom 5 and 8), Paul makes bold, direct statements that assure Christians of the favorable way God sees them because of Christ:
• “we have been declared righteous by faith” (Rom 5:1)
• “we have peace with God” (Rom 5:1)
• “while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God” (Rom 5:10)
• “there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus” (Rom 8:1)
• “we are children of God, and if children, also heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ” (Rom 8:16)
• “neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor rulers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God” (Rom 8:39).
Each of these statements clearly affirms God’s power to transform his wayward people—derailed by their own selfishness—into the people he created them to be. Through the death and resurrection of Christ, believers have been set free from the exhausting slavery to sin: the destructive choices, the cycles of guilt, and the “trying harder next time” (Rom 6:5–7). We are brought into the family of God (Rom 8:14–17; compare Eph 3:1–13). These assurances can provide strength and encouragement as we confront the everyday realities of living in a world that is still bent toward sin.
While offering assurances about what God has already done, Paul calls on Christians to pursue a lifestyle that is better for them and honoring to their Creator:
• “do not let sin reign in your mortal body” (Rom 6:12)
• “present yourselves to God as those who are alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness” (Rom 6:13)
• “present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God” (Rom 12:1).
Paul gives these instructions as proper responses to a restored relationship with God, not as prerequisites for it. In these calls to a new lifestyle, Paul is again speaking to the challenge of embodying the righteousness of God while much of the world rebels against God.
Key Term. The paradoxical idea of a “living sacrifice” (Rom 12:1) is powerful and evocative; it involves surrendering the whole self in response to God’s gift of salvation through Christ. Paul’s metaphor comes from Israel’s sacrificial system—which showed Israel’s acknowledgment of their wrongdoings before God and against others (see Lev 6; compare Isa 53:10). But Paul’s use of the word “living” draws a sharp contrast with the typical slaughter of an animal. “Living sacrifice” may refer to being alive in Christ—experiencing the fullness of life, according to the way God intended. It could also describe the process of being sanctified—that is the work the Holy Spirit does in us to make us more like Jesus, gradually teaching us to be more obedient to God and his purposes (to live like people who bear the image of God; Gen 1:27).
Everything we do can be oriented toward praising God because of what God has already accomplished in Christ. All of us who place are faith in Christ are transformed into God’s people—assured of our place in God’s family and empowered to live in his ways.
Quote. Christ loved you before you loved him. He loved you when there was nothing good in you. He loved you though you insulted him, though you despised him and rebelled against him. He has loved you right on, and never ceased to love you. He has loved you in your backslidings and loved you out of them. He has loved you in your sins, in your wickedness and folly. His loving heart was still eternally the same, and he shed his heart’s blood to prove his love for you. He has given you what you want on earth, and provided for you an habitation in heaven. Now Christian, your religion claims from you that you should love as your Master loved. How can you imitate him, unless you love too?
How would you define the relationship between faith and right living (Rom 1:16–17)? How does faith affect a person’s relationship with God (Rom 3:21–31)?
Why is Abraham’s example of faith so important for Paul (Rom 4:1–12)? What connection does Paul make between Abraham and all of humanity (Rom 4:13–25)?
What does Paul’s comparison of Adam and Christ reveal about God’s plan for releasing people from their slavery to sin (Rom 5:12–21)?
What is the relationship between “the Spirit” and “the flesh” (Rom 8:1–17)? In what areas of life is this contrast especially apparent to you? What difference does it make that believers have been given the Holy Spirit?
How does love fulfill the law (Rom 13:8–10)? How could living from a motivation of love change your relationships with family and friends (Rom 12:9–13)? How might it change your interactions with acquaintances and strangers?
What does it mean to “bear the weaknesses of the weak” (Rom 15:1)? What is Paul talking about when he says “accept one another, just as Christ also has accepted you” (Rom 15:7)?
Pray to God in thankfulness. Thank God for reaching out and creating a way for people to know him, even while they were his enemies. Pray that God will give you confidence about your place in his family. Invite the Holy Spirit to renew your mind and lead you deeper into what it means to be a “living sacrifice.” Ask God to help you accept his grace in Christ, so that you might share it with others.

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Inspiratory muscle training with the Classic device leads to improved breathing stamina and wellness as well as reduced breathing fatigue. It does this by creating a resistance to your in-breath using a precisely calibrated, spring loaded ‘pressure threshold’ valve. The training is similar to weightlifting. With 9 adjustable levels, you can increase the resistance of the breathing device as you improve your breathing strength.
The POWERbreathe Classic can benefit a range of groups. From improving sports performance in athletes and dancers to relieving symptoms in COPD and asthma sufferers, breathing training can improve vitality and quality of life.

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sorry this isn’t about pj, but it’s barbara’s eyes! isn’t she beautiful? :3
what are some good scenes from the books that would be fun to rule 63? like with any of the characters?
Just colored viria’s drawing.. i’m in love with this drawing, seriously! i saw it about 00:00 and i loved it so much i HAD to color it, so i’m up untill now (about 2:30 a.m.) doing it.. it took a lot of work and now i’m exausted, bu it was so much fun coloring it! i really hope you enjoy it as much as i enjoyed coloring it :3
for more drawings that i colored, click here
look, I’ve made a thing.
look closely, I made myself ship a thing.
this is too amazing!!!! i kind of ship them now.. im just not sure if it’s a bromance or romance :3
Even if Leo is not my fave charcter, he’s fun to sketch.(RELAX, I like Leo, I’m just not crazy about him) Sorry, just a really quick one. I’m going on safari over the weekend and the internet may not be that good… So if I don’t see you tomorrow, have a great weekend!! 😊 ❤ #leovaldez #markofathena #argo2 #character #hoo #heroesofolympus #sketch #drawing #fanart
“Good luck.” Rachel kissed me before I could even react. “Now, get going, half-blood. Go kill some monsters for me.”
-The Last Olympian
Totally failed this. I can’t draw profiles at all.
if you failed this, then i wanna fail like you
I noticed a lot of things in the cover, and did some research


Garda denies shopkeeper Marie Farrell was asked to name Ian Bailey as man she saw hours before Sophie Toscan du Plantier's body was found
A GARDA has denied shopkeeper Marie Farrell was asked to name Ian Bailey as the man she saw on the road near Schull hours before body of film-maker Sophie Toscan du Plantier was found.
Retired Det Garda Jim Slattery also denied in the High Court Ms Farrell's claims she was told gardai needed a statement.
He also denied she was asked to sign blank pages when she came to Ballydehob Garda station on February 14, 1997, four days after Mr Bailey was released from his first arrest on suspicion of murder without charge.
Asked about Ms Farrell's evidence that she was told all gardai needed was a two line statement to say she had seen Mr Bailey, that there would be no court case, and there was nothing to worry about, he said that never happened.
He agreed it was unusual no notes were made of an earlier meeting on January 28, 1997, between Ms Farrell and gardai at Garda Kevin Kelleher's house.
She asked that no notes be taken and she had driven from the house, followed by a Garda car, to the location near Schull where she said she saw a man on the night of December 22/23, 1996, to show gardai that location, he said.
He and Det Garda Jim Fitzgerald had on February 7, 1997, prepared a memo of that meeting from memory following a request from the investigation incident room for such a memo.
That memo stated Ms Farrell had said she now knew the man she saw on the road near Schull was Ian Bailey.
He said no inducements were offered to her at the January 28 meeting and he had no recollection of Det Garda Fitzgerald referring to a summons concerning her husband.
Mr Slattery also denied he "rounded up" to five feet ten the height of a man whom Ms Farrell said she saw on December 21 and 22 in and near Schull.
He is giving evidence in the continuing action by Mr Bailey against the Garda Commissioner and State over the conduct of the investigation into the murder of Ms Toscan du Plantier, whose body was found near Toormore, Schull, on December 23,1996.
The defendants deny all of Mr Bailey's claims, including wrongful arrest and conspiracy to manufacture evidence.
Retired Sergeant Frank Looney told the court he filled in a questionnaire based on conversations with Ms Farrell on January 17, 1997, which included references to her seeing a man outside her shop on the afternoon of December 21, 1996, around the same time Ms du Plantier was in the shop.
Ms Farrell also said she saw the same man the following morning on the road near Schull and had seen him again that very day, January 17, 1997.
Mr Looney said he then went with her to stand outside another shop in Schull and when a man came out, Ms Farrell said "That's him".
Another Garda identified the man coming out of the shop as Ian Bailey, he said.
Retired Garda Michael McCarthy said he identified to Sgt Looney on January 17, 1997, a man coming out of a shop in Schull as Ian Bailey.
Garda Martin Malone, now retired but stationed in Schull in 1996/1997, said he had not noticed scratches on Mr Bailey's face and hands when he saw him at the murder scene about 2.20pm on December 23, 1996.
Earlier, Amanda Reid, known as Irune Reid, said she contacted gardai after her teenage son Malachi told her on February 5, 1997, he had not told the gardai everything about getting a lift with Mr Bailey the previous evening. She considered what Malachi then told her was so serious she contacted the gardai.
The jury was previously told Malachi, aged 14 in 1997, made a statement saying Mr Bailey was drunk when he gave him a lift and told him: "I went up there with a rock one night and bashed her fucking brains in" and also said he did it to get a story for the newspapers.
Mr Bailey has denied he was drunk when he gave the boy a lift and said what he had told the boy was that "they are saying" that he, Mr Bailey, had done those things.
The case continues.


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A video promoting assisted suicide has been branded “sensationalist” and “scaremongering” by a leading UK end-of-life charity.
Hospice UK described the message as “misleading and irresponsible” and called for the video to be removed.
It accused the activist group who produced the video, Dignity in Dying – formerly known as the Voluntary Euthanasia Society – of playing on people’s fear and anxiety.
Dignity in Dying have refused to back down claiming the video gives a “realistic portrayal” of some deaths in the UK.
However, a GP with 40 years’ experience in medicine tweeted that he had never encountered the situation described in the video.
Dr Andrew Green said: “To scare people about what their end might be to further your aims is inexcusable.”
An NHS palliative care doctor added: “The very last thing the debate on assisted dying needs is deeply misleading and wildly inaccurate portrayals of dying in a hospice.”
Tracey Bleakley, Chief Executive of Hospice UK, described the video as “a misrepresentation that undermines a strong evidence base of expert care delivered by over 200 hospices, care that consistently brings symptom relief and comfort”.
She added that such campaigning could scare vulnerable people from accessing the support that they need.
The UK is regarded as a world leader in palliative care. Experts say that almost no patient is beyond the help of pain-relieving medicine.
In 2015, an assisted suicide Bill was resoundingly defeated in the House of Commons. A similar proposal in Scotland was also rejected by MSPs.

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Many of the products created in the class are patentable with a clear
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1st grow. Is this goal post structure what grows into a bud? Super excited if it is.
That’s just where it identifies sex (which it is a girl). The buds will form at the tops of each branch.
Though those single pistols do develop into a single smokeable calyx but they’re usually way overipe by harvest time

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By Inga Clendinnen
In what's either a particular learn of conversion in a nook of the Spanish Empire and a piece with implications for the certainty of ecu domination and local resistance in the course of the colonial international, Inga Clendinnen explores the intensifying clash among competing and more and more divergent Spanish visions of Yucatan and its harmful results. In Ambivalent Conquests Clendinnen penetrates the pondering and feeling of the Mayan Indians in an in depth reconstruction in their evaluation of the intruders. This new version features a preface via the writer the place she displays upon the book's contribution some time past fifteen years. Inga Clendinnen is Emeritus student, LaTrobe collage, Australia. Her books comprise the acclaimed examining the Holocaust (Cambridge, 1999), named a top publication of the yr through the hot York instances booklet overview, and Aztec: An Interpretation (Cambridge, 1995), and Tiger's Eye: A Memoir (Scribner, 2001).
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Longevity was a requirement because Spanish judicial mills ground only fractionally faster than the mills of God. The litigious ness of the Yucatan settlers usually stopped within the borders of their own province, although within those limits the contests in law seem to have replaced the excitements of the campaign, to judge by the mounds of documents so generated. But if such disputes added Settlers 43 zest to provincial life, the colonists were adequately united in their essential interests.
There were other less obvious but pervasive influences. Indians built the Spaniards' houses, in hopeful approximation to sketches of Spanish design, but with an ineradicable Indian flavour in the decorative detail. Inside those houses Spaniards slept in hammocks for coolness, like Indians, and ljke Indians woke to the gentle regular rasp of grinding stone on stone slab, as their Indian women ground the maize to smoothness. Wheat would not grow in that stony ground, and Spaniards of necessity developed a taste for the maize cakes of the Maya, and the flavours and textures of Indian foods, which they ate from plates and pots of Indian making.
Travelling through the country, Spaniards demanded service of any Indian, but they travelled rarely. Ensconced in their towns, caught up in the engrossing daily round of local politics, local conflicts and local society, the settlers were content to treat the world of the native villages-provided the native chiefs had the tribute delivered on time, provided the agreed number of Indians arrived punctually for the agreed period of service - as a world apart. If Spanish settlers had no interest in tampering with the institutions of native life at the village level, another group of Spaniards, who had had to restrain their impatience until the military phase was over, were determined to reshape those institutions root and branch.

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Latino Business Owners Expanding Business in West PascoPosted: Updated:
PASCO, Wash.-- Many Latino business owners in downtown Pasco are branching out.
Viera's Bakery in downtown Pasco gets most of its business from Hispanics, but the owners have decided they want to target a different kind of clientele, so how do they do it?
The answer is a new location in West Pasco.
"It's completely different than the East side, but we do get a few Hispanics here and there, but it's mainly Anglo," said Marisa Viera, with Viera's Bakery.
Viera says they're off to a good start, especially with many wanting to know what they're buying.
"A lot of the Anglos are curious of what pastry is traditional and they come and they have a lot of questions, about the fillings and stuff, so it's just a different atmosphere," said Viera.
Just down the street from Viera's bakery, is another Hispanic business.
Hacienda Del Sol, a restaurant, has been around for nearly three months in West Pasco. They're a branch of the well know Inca Mexican Restaurant.
"This area is expanding he says, we noticed that it was growing and decided this would be a great way to better serve the public there," said Sergio Correa, one of the managers at Hacienda Del Sol.
It's a new look, Correa says is also bringing in new faces.
"We have about 50% of our customers that are Hispanic, and the other 50% are Anglos, but it depends on the days," said Correa.
Latino or not, business is staying strong .
"We thought maybe with opening up this new bakery, it was going to slow down over there but it hasn't," said Viera.

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Cryptocurrencies are a sea of red Tuesday morning, as they extend their losses after Bitcoin fell below $6,000 late Monday.
The top cryptocurrency recovered since then and is trading above $6,000 as of 10.20 am ET.
Market capitalization also shrunk sharply and fell below $200 billion for the first time since November 12, 2017, according to data from CoinMarketCap.
As of 10.24 am ET, overall cryptocurrency market capitalization was $195.14 billion and the Bitcoin dominance rate climbed further to 54.3 percent.
Here is a wrap of the main news from the cryptocurrency and blockchain space over the past 24 hours.
Nearly all cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin and Ether, are continuing their sell-off Tuesday. Bitcoin, the most popular digital currency, fell below $6,000 late Monday for the first time since June, reaching near the lowest point in 2018.
Saudi Financial Regulators Warn Virtual Currencies Are Illegal
Financial watchdogs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have warned that trading in cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin is illegal inside Western Asia’s sovereign Arab state. The warning was released by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority in a statement issued by the standing committee for awareness on dealing in unauthorized securities activities in the foreign exchange market.
IBM Developing Blockchain Process To End Digital Spending Waste
IBM is developing a blockchain process with its Artificial Intelligence system Watson to help end digital spending waste in advertising. The system is expected to address transparency and trust issues among advertising partners.
Only Two African Countries Are Crypto-friendly
A report analyzing cryptocurrency regulation in Sub-Saharan Africa has found that despite cryptocurrencies exerting a notable presence in 36 African countries, only South Africa and Swaziland have adopted “a generally favorable and permissive [regulatory] stance” pertaining to cryptocurrencies.
As of 10.26 am ET, Bitcoin was down 4.73 percent at $6,093.08 and Ethereum was lower by 18.41 percent at $258.24 on Coinbase.
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Honolulu, 1971. A diverse group of men and women walk into an office of the Honeywell Corporation to protest the company's manufacture of deadly cluster bombs. They have come to put their bodies in the gears of the war machine.
The "Honeywell 8," as the protesters came to be known, engaged in an act of civil disobedience to stop a brutal conflict. Decades later, a CIA draft memo reveals that just two months after 9/11, the agency had been frankly contemplating the use of torture -- and incredibly, it was invoking the Honeywell 8's legal defense to do so.
On trial for trespassing in 1971, the protesters summoned ancient English common law to argue that their crime was a "necessity" to stop Honeywell from making bombs. In the CIA draft memo, released last Tuesday as part of the Senate Intelligence Committee's torture report, the agency's general counsel cited the Hawaii Supreme Court's ruling on the Honeywell protest to argue that the crime of torture might similarly be a "necessity" to win the war on terror.
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Rock Island, town (1991 pop. 1,067), S Que., Canada, at the Vermont border. It is the seat of Stanstead College. Machine tools, dies, and textiles are made.
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TORONTO — The Canadian aunt of the two suspects in the deadly Boston Marathon bombings refuses to believe “those beautiful boys” were responsible for such an atrocity.
Maret Tsarnaeva, a Toronto resident, demanded to see hard proof that her nephews Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his younger brother Dzhokhar, 19 — both from a Russian region near Chechnya — were involved in the bombings.
“I do not believe these two boys have done that act of atrocity killing those people on the street and I will not believe that until, until I get evidence,” she said in the lobby of her west-end Toronto apartment building.
“We’re talking about three dead people, hundred-something injured, and I do not believe, I just do not believe our boys would do that. ... I don’t know them in the way that they could be capable of this.”
Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed Thursday night during a shootout with police. His brother was captured Friday night after an extensive manhunt.
Though she is clearly skeptical of the authorities linking her nephews to the bombings, to the younger Tsarnaev, their aunt said, “If that is you, you take the blame, because if you did it, you did it for some purpose,” she said. “Explain it. Take the responsibility.”
Tsarnaeva said she hasn’t seen her brother’s sons in five years.
The family is Muslim and the elder brother — who has a young daughter about three years old with his Christian wife — had recently become more religious, Tsarnaeva said.
The family moved to the United States in 2002 under refugee status, she said. Before then they had been living in Kyrgyzstan, where they had fled to when war broke out in Chechnya in the early 1990s, she said.
The parents and Dzhokhar came in 2002, then the other three children — Tamerlan and two sisters — came not long after, she said.
Their father, Anzor Tsarnaev, who is now living in the Russian city of Makhachkala, said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press that his younger son, Dzhokhar, is “a true angel.” He said his son was studying medicine.
“He is such an intelligent boy. We expected him to come on holidays here,” the father said.
Tamerlan visited his parents earlier this year, Tsarnaeva said.
The elder brother — who recently became a U.S. citizen — was an accomplished heavyweight boxer, Tsarnaeva said. He had been working at various stores and delivering pizzas, she said.
He was very athletic and smart but “seemingly did not find himself yet in America,” she said. Tamerlan was the favourite nephew of his uncle Ruslan Tsarni, who lives in Maryland and had high expectations for him, she said.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, speaking Friday in Brantford, Ont., said Canada stands ready to assist U.S. authorities.
“Let me congratulate American authorities for their rapid action that is obviously leading us towards a conclusion of these terrible events,” he said.
“And let me repeat just one more time our condolences to all the friends and family of the victims. I do note that unfortunately there was one additional victim overnight.”
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In recent months we have seen as a practically unknown brand and, with hardly any sales as Karma Automotive, heir to the late Fisker, announced great plans for the future. With an ambitious platform and even an aggressive introduction in the autonomous vehicle sector with its own van.
But now the Jalopnik portal, citing an internal source of the company, has revealed that we could be facing a vaporware campaign from a manufacturer without developments or plans.
According to this source, Karma will announce the dismissal of most of its employees in the first two weeks of May, with the staff reduced to 27 people focused on the communication department. Something challenging for a manufacturer who hopes to put a wide variety of vehicles on the market, including a pick-up that would compete with the Tesla Cybertruck and the Rivian R1T.
But it seems that this will not happen and that everything has been allegedly a set-up to desperately try to attract investors to offset the imminent departure of the hitherto leading supporter of the brand, the Chinese group Wanxiang. That of whom would have reduced its investment in the past year from 400 to 100 million dollars, and now looking for a way to sell its stake.
According to internal sources, the E-Flex platforms that have been presented a few weeks ago are simple assemblies, with only one really capable of being used. Prototypes that really were nothing but the veteran production chassis of the Revero GT that has been modified, and not a new platform that apparently is just computer-made recreations.
But even with this alleged functional model, there are some doubts. A proposal that will have two versions, one with 75 kWh and 320 km of autonomy, while the second will increase the capacity of its battery to 100 kWh. Enough to achieve 480 km of autonomy. Figures that even for a prototype are quite modest.
From internal sources, it is ensured that these figures are entirely theoretical and that there is no prototype to carry out the necessary tests to obtain the published data—a model whose arrival on the market is set for the spring of 2021.
The Karma worker’s accusations do not end there since he assures that the brand-new presentation of the autonomous van, which they announced could reach a Level 4 of autonomy, is also all smoke since it is nothing more than an adapted Revero platform. The one with the bodywork of a Dodge Promaster installed has only the external sensors installed. Still, it doesn’t have any of the actual hardware or software needed for anything approaching autonomous driving.
Something that can fit into the usual future product announcements of many brands, which show mockups. But in the presentation of this model, Karma assured that: “it is a test vehicle built on the E-Flex platform: an electric van with a level 4 autonomous driving system.” Something that, as we see, is not true.


Kim Kardashian has put a hold on her business empire so she can focus on law school.
The reality TV regular and entrepreneur is currently studying to become a lawyer and insists she won’t be embarking on any new projects until she has taken her bar exam, despite recently filing a trademark for a skincare, haircare, and nailcare brand under the name Skkn by Kim.
She told WWD, “I want to finish (law school) before I connect with something else.”
The Keeping Up With the Kardashians star previously said she has two years left of her degree before her goal of taking the bar exam in 2022.
“I’m still in law school, I have two years left,” she explained, “so I have two years under my belt.”
Kim recently landed a spot on the annual Forbes’ World’s Billionaire List, with her estimated net worth increasing from $780 million (£564 million) to $1 billion (£723 million) this year, thanks to her KKW Beauty, KKW Fragrance and shapewear line SKINS.
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Authorities have announced a new list of “travel corridors” where travelers from 59 countries including France, Germany, Italy and Spain and 14 British Overseas Territories will not have to isolate on their own for 14 days on arrival.
The list, which came into force on 10 July, will open foreign travelers to British holidaymakers after four months of lock-up just in time for full travel time, provided there are no restrictions on destinations.
“This applies to all trips to England by train, ferry, bus, air or any other route.”
The United States is not included in this list of “travel corridors”, which means that its travelers will have to isolate itself for 14 days after entering the UK. This took the European Union’s decision to remove the United States from the list of nations approved for entry earlier this week.
British Transport Minister Grant Shapps said on Friday that the British government is expected to appoint the United States as a “red list” travel destination on concerns that it has a “very high” infection rate.
“Things are under our control here, but we know that [the virus] it’s still getting worse in some parts of the world … I’m afraid there’s a red list, “Shapps told BBC Radio 4.
“The United States banned flights from Britain and Europe from a very early stage, so there is no mutual regulation on site,” he said.
More than 52,000 new cases of US viruses were reported on Thursday.
Although arrivals from designated countries will not have to isolate themselves on arrival in the government, the government has confirmed that passengers from the UK must comply with the coronavirus requirements in the country in which they are traveling.
For example, New Zealand is on the UK government list, while Britain requires 14 days in quarantine. Greece on the list banned flights from England until July 15.
For now, the so-called travel corridors will only be valid for the UK, the UK government said that travel information to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland will be published in a timely manner.
Countries and regions that are part of the “Travel corridor” list:
Andorra, Germany, New Zealand, Antigua and Barbuda, Greece, Norway, Aruba, Greenland, Poland, Australia, Grenada, Réunion, Austria, Guadeloupe, San Marino, Bahamas, Hong Kong, Serbia, Barbados, Hungary, Seychelles, Belgium, Iceland, South Korea, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Jamaica, St Barthélemy, Curaçao, Japan, St Kitts and Nevis, Cyprus, Liechtenstein, St Lucia, Czech Republic, Lithuania, St Pierre and Miquelon, Denmark , Luxembourg, Switzerland, Dominican Republic, Macau, Taiwan, Faroe Islands, Malta, Trinidad and Tobago, Fiji, Mauritius, Turkey, Finland, Monaco, the Vatican, France, the Netherlands, Vietnam, French Polynesia, New Caledonia
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KINGSTON – In hindsight, Daniel Shuster is pretty much convinced Urban Renewal in Uptown saved the historic district.
“Without it, there would have been a long period of decline,” said Shuster, a planning consultant who spearheaded the publicly-funded Urban Renewal plan for Uptown.
But as a reminder, Shuster keeps a binder that contains a written history of the project, a sort of a step-by-step account of just what was involved in designing and carrying out what became known as the Uptown Urban Renewal Project of Kingston.
Although the urban renewal concept often raises images of wholesale demolition, some of which did occur in the city’s Rondout area, Shuster said that kind of perception does not ring true for the Uptown district.
In his binder summary typed out 20 years ago, Shuster reflected on what he believed was a successful renewal project that changed the face of Uptown and kept its historic character from going the way of decay as a result of a combination of government funding and private investment.
“Today the project has accomplished its objective of revitalizing the business district: many historically significant structures have been restored; the historic ambiance of the area has been maintained,” wrote Shuster, a planning consultant for 42 years.
Shuster, who serves as a consultant to several Ulster County communities, still believes the $4 million project, first conceived in the early 1960s, put Uptown on the road to recovery.
“Some buildings did come down and there was some controversy and as a result there were efforts to save some of the older buildings,” Shuster recalled recently. “When this project first started there was no such thing as rehabilitation because neither state or federal legislation provided for it. It was either leave it as is or knock it down.”
“But as the project evolved, provisions were made for rehabilitation and historic restoration and Kingston was one of the earliest communities to take advantage of it,” Shuster said.
And the area targeted for renewal is steeped in history.
The project included half the historic Stockade area laid out by Peter Stuyvesant in 1658 and which played host to the first state Constitutional Convention. Many buildings that are examples of important architectural styles of the last 200 years are in the district, which ended up being placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
The Uptown Urban Renewal project targeted, for the most part, restoration of privately owned businesses as well as more public improvements; a new roadway, Schwenk Drive, was built, bluestone end brick driveways were installed, trees were planted, and period lighting fixtures were put in place.
Additionally, a canopy that still covers Uptown sidewalks, commonly known as the “Pike Plan,” was built after being “enthusiastically accepted by public officials, merchants, local historic groups, and the general public.”
Shuster said controversy did accompany the project, at times, particularly when buildings were earmarked for demolition.
“The biggest controversy related, in some cases, to buildings proposed for demolition, “Shuster said. “Some of them were historic structures, some of which were saved.”
At the request of preservationists, the plan was revised from its original form, and 15 structures at one time earmarked for the wrecking ball were restored with Urban Renewal funding and still stand today.
One idea, a pedestrian mall on Wall and North Front streets, never got off the drawing board, Shuster said. Shuster wrote in his Urban Renewal account that it just was not feasible.
“… Closer scrutiny revealed that the level and hours of pedestrian usage alone would not be sufficient to maintain the continuous movement and vitality necessary for a successful mall,” the planner said.
Shuster is convinced the government’s push to revitalize Uptown inspired private investment in the area as well.
“People would not have continued to invest in their properties,” Shuster said. “It is not to say mistakes were not made and maybe some things would have been done differently, but I think that the basic thrust of the program and project made for a lot of things getting accomplished.”


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ALS, DNA WR RG 107, Presidential Telegrams, I, 324. Governor Bramlette's telegram has not been found. Secretary Seward wrote Lincoln on February 5: ``A certified copy of Constitutional Amendment was sent (as I had directed) to every Governor of every state on Wednesday last---Bramlette included. He will be so advised by telegraph to day.'' (DLC-RTL).
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Go Set a Watchman By Harper Lee (Supposedly)
AKA An utter abomination to the literary world.
Otherwise know as a complete waste of paper.
People often think of ‘One Hit Wonder’ as something undesirable or negative. But is it really such a bad thing if your “One Hit” earned you Pulitzer Prize, Presidential Metal of Freedom and a National Medal of the Arts among other things? Published in 1960 Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mocking Bird was an immediate best seller and remains so to this very day. The venerable Lee’s sole contribution to the world of literature is a highly renowned classic that came awfully close to claiming the title “Great American Novel” which seems so very elusive in the literary world.
My freshmen year of high school we were assigned the book To Kill a Mockingbird for my honors English class. It was a book that resonated with me to the extent that I reread it over and over again during Algebra for nearly an entire semester. That probably explains my horrifically embarrassing grade in algebra and my apprehension concerning the release of Go Set a Watchman. I should also add that I attended a very “un-diverse” high school in a highly diverse area…in the south. So segregation was not unfamiliar to me. Upon its alleged “discovery” Go Set a Watchman set the literary world into a feed frenzy. Excitement, speculation, amazement, fears all swirled around like the spun sugar in the cotton candy maker. Could it really be so? After all this time?
Despite the fact that is was only just published Go Set a Watchman is already a NYT best seller with a very controversial provenance. “Discovered” among her personal things some 50+ years after the release of her only full length book despite the fact that she has been quoted on numerous occasions stating that she will not publish anything else has certainly called some interesting things into question. However, knowing that I would be reviewing this book for our marvelous library patrons I refrained from getting all caught up in the drama and hoopla. I avoided the reviews and articles that talked about the release of Watchman until after I’d finished the book lest my options be biased leaving me unable to be objective. Plus I was already skeptical.
My honest, unbiased opinion is that this book was abysmal. The writing was sloppy and hard to follow. The characters lacked depth and substance. I frequently had to re-read whole paragraphs trying to siphon even an iota of meaning or understanding. Half way through the book I asked myself “What is this even about?!??” The book gets a little closer to finding its stride past the half way point but even then it isn’t great or very concise. Quite frankly the ending left me confused. I wonder if it was just a sloppy and abrupt ending or if the writer attempted to covey something very different but lacked the literary skills to pull it off successfully. Either way I didn’t really care since I hadn’t formed any attachment to the rather shallow characters. In the end it left a very bad taste in my mouth which I intend to wash away with several books about dragons, Merlin and the like….
I found this article very enlightening after the fact. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/25/opinion/joe-nocera-the-watchman-fraud.html
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Singapore has been hit by a double whammy in recent times. We have been presented with quite a few cases of COVID-19, and an alarmingly high number of dengue cases as well. It has been a little over two months since the start of the new year and Singapore has already witnessed 3640 dengue cases as of 7 March, 2020. In addition to the steps we should be taking to prevent the breeding of mosquitoes in our own homes, we can also look into strengthening our immunity by consuming a healthy diet of food for dengue prevention.
Ensure a diet full of foods to boosts your immunity to help prevent, and better manage a dengue infection. Photo: iStock
Food for dengue fever prevention
List of foods to prevent the disease and boost your immunity
Dengue is transmitted through the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes, and despite concentrated efforts by authorities such as the National Environment Agency (NEA), Inter-Agency Dengue Task Force (IADTF) and Town Councils island-wide, the potentially fatal viral infection continues its rapid spread.
NEA’s main prevention strategy includes active monitoring and the breaking of breeding cycles. They have also requested the public to be vigilant and check for mosquito-breeding corners in our homes, and to use insect repellents to avoid being bitten.
However, there’s more we can do to prevent contracting the disease. We can certainly improve our immunity against the disease by incorporating several effective food for dengue prevention into our diets.
Here is a list of immunity-boosting food for dengue that can help you fight the virus:
Food for dengue – Citrus fruits
Citrus fruits are a rich source of Vitamin C and antioxidants. Photo: iStock
Fruit like orange, lemon, grapefruit, and kiwi are not just tasty, but also a rich source of Vitamin C. These foods are loaded with antioxidants and vitamin C which increase the production of white blood cells in the body in order to fight infections that come into our systems, thereby boosting our immunity.
Food for dengue – Spinach
Spinach is high in vitamin C, antioxidants and beta-carotene. Photo: iStock
Another rich source of vitamin C, antioxidants and beta-carotene, is spinach. It is one of the healthiest green vegetables around and is vital to be included in your diet. This leafy green vegetable can do wonders for your health by boosting your immune system and improving your digestion.
Ginger and Garlic
Garlic and ginger are useful in boosting immunity. Photo: iStock
These commonly used foods, especially in our Singaporean cuisine, boast of amazing medicinal properties that can boost immunity and help in treating symptoms of dengue. Ginger is an immunity-enhancing food and is extremely helpful in easing sore throat, nausea, inflammation and other dengue symptoms. Garlic, on the other hand, has sulphur which helps in fighting infections and strengthening immunity, and has antibacterial and anti-fungal properties as well.
Turmeric is the golden wonder-child of the spice world that improves the functioning of your immune system. Photo: iStock
Any list of food for dengue prevention will be incomplete without this golden spice which is loaded with medicinal properties, and which is touted to improve the functioning of your immune system. Turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties as well that are extremely helpful in treating symptoms like joint and muscular pain.
Yogurt contains strong probiotics to improve both digestion as well as your immune system. Photo: iStock
Yogurt is another food for dengue that you can easily incorporate in your daily diet, without any preparation (it is as easy as peeling open a tub of store-bought yogurt) or with minimal preparation (making home-made yogurt is actually astonishingly easy but requires patience!) on your part. It is a strong probiotic that ensures good digestive health and improves the functioning of your immune system. Make sure you eat yogurt at least once a day. You will observe a difference in your body within a few days.
Traditional Chinese herbs tackle dengue via prevention and treatment of symptoms. Photo: iStock
Apart from these easily available foods, there are many herbs that are commonly used in traditional Chinese medicine to tackle dengue through the prevention and treatment of symptoms. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), dengue fever belongs to the category of warm diseases. There are many herbs in TCM that are used against warm diseases such as honeysuckle, weeping forsythia, peppermint, raw licorice root, cape jasmine, raw rehmania root, etc. A concoction of some of these herbs are an effective way to detoxify the body and help in fighting infections – Consult a specialist before brewing up your own home remedy however, for safe results.
We urge all parents to try to incorporate these healthy food options in your family’s daily diet, in order to strengthen their immune systems against not only dengue but many other diseases as well.

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Apr. 7—The next time the Obamas come back home to Chicago, they’ll have to stop next door with a plate of cookies and meet the new neighbors.
Seven months after it was put on the market, the home at 5040 S. Greenwood Ave., next door to the Obama’s home in Chicago’s Kenwood neighborhood, has sold for $1.4 million cash. The sale of the 17-room brick house closed Tuesday.
The sale has not yet been recorded and the buyers have chosen to remain anonymous, said listing agent Matt Garrison.
“They’re normal, organic Chicago buyers,” he said. “They probably would have preferred if the house was down the street instead of next door to the Obamas.”
Bill and Jacky Grimshaw, longtime owners of the home, listed it for sale last September for an unspecified price and in October affixed a $1.85 million price tag to it. The home will undergo a gut rehab, Garrison said.
Mary Ellen Podmolik, Chicago Tribune April 7, 2010


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The following discussion is about the amount of money – $1 Billion! – that Central Ohio is hoping to get from the federal stimulus monies. Most of the desires are to fund car-based transportation methods.
From The Dispatch: Metro Parks board to push 0.75-mill levy By Mark Ferenchik People love their parks. But do they appreciate them enough to dig deeper into their pockets to pay for them, even if the annual cost adds up to just a few lunches? Metro Parks is asking voters to approve a 10-year, 0.75-mill […]
From Business First of Columbus: Antioch College alumni are kicking off the new year with their latest attempt to revive the Yellow Springs school – and this one might work. The school’s parent, Antioch University, on Tuesday announced that it approved a letter of intent with alumni group Antioch College Continuation Corp. that calls for […]
From The Dispatch: Latina named to Columbus school board By Simone Sebastian The Columbus school board has tapped the president of the Hispanic Chamber of Columbus board to finish the final year of the term left vacant because of W. Carlton Weddington’s election to the Ohio House. Ramona Reyes, 39, is a human-resources specialist at […]
The Dispatch wrote ‘Rejected’ ballots get sorted out Friday, December 26, 2008 By Darrel Rowland If you went solely by Franklin County’s write-in votes from last month’s election, there’s no doubt who would be our next president. Jesus Christ. And the Holy Spirit likely would be vice president. Determining that those votes should not […]
The Dispatch wrote Landlords hurt if sophomores stay in dorms Friday, December 26, 2008 By Bill Bush The University District would suffer from decay and lower property values if a proposal to force Ohio State University sophomores to live on campus is carried out, according to a $28,000 study commissioned by landlords who own thousands […]
The Dispatch wrote Names surfacing to fill 2 vacant seats Wednesday, December 24, 2008 By Robert Vitale Columbus now has another deficit: two City Council seats that must be filled before tough decisions are made about a budget shortfall that tops $90 million. Councilman Kevin L. Boyce’s appointment as state treasurer means he’ll resign his […]


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Mason Jar Revival was formed in 2008 by Jeremy Cochran (Red Eye Gravy/Cold Shot), Jon Washington (Cold Shot), and Bud Doyle (Union Hill/South Forty). Along with Obie Armstrong on Bass, the group played shows throughout eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. In 2014, the group added Chad Cox (Zendozer/59 Junction) and Russ Jones (Whisky Revolver/Saving Grace) and entered the studio to record an EP entitled "Chevrolet." In 2015, the band released a self-titled EP, and hit the road playing throughout Oklahoma and Arkansas. The band has played with Red Dirt greats such as Randy Crouch, Stoney LaRue, Split Lip Rayfield, Cody Canada and the Departed, the Turnpike Troubadours, Rev. Horton Heat, Tom Skinner, and many others. The band continues to play an original brand of Red Dirt they have dubbed, "Flint Rock," in honor of the Cookson Hills in the foothills of the Ozark Mountains they call home.


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§ 3.2-300. Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:
"Agricultural operation" means any operation devoted to the bona fide production of crops, or animals, or fowl including the production of fruits and vegetables of all kinds; meat, dairy, and poultry products; nuts, tobacco, nursery, and floral products; and the production and harvest of products from silviculture activity.
"Production agriculture and silviculture" means the bona fide production or harvesting of agricultural or silvicultural products but shall not include the processing of agricultural or silvicultural products or the above ground application or storage of sewage sludge.
(1981, c. 384, §§ 3.1-22.28, 3.1-22.29; 1991, c. 293; 1994, c. 779; 2007, c. 444; 2008, c. 860.)
§ 3.2-301. Right to farm; restrictive ordinances.
In order to limit the circumstances under which agricultural operations may be deemed to be a nuisance, especially when nonagricultural land uses are initiated near existing agricultural operations, no county shall adopt any ordinance that requires that a special exception or special use permit be obtained for any production agriculture or silviculture activity in an area that is zoned as an agricultural district or classification. Counties may adopt setback requirements, minimum area requirements, and other requirements that apply to land on which agriculture and silviculture activity is occurring within the locality that is zoned as an agricultural district or classification. No locality shall enact zoning ordinances that would unreasonably restrict or regulate farm structures or farming and forestry practices in an agricultural district or classification unless such restrictions bear a relationship to the health, safety, and general welfare of its citizens. This section shall become effective on April 1, 1995, and from and after that date all land zoned to an agricultural district or classification shall be in conformity with this section.
(1981, c. 384, § 3.1-22.28; 1991, c. 293; 1994, c. 779; 2007, c. 444; 2008, c. 860.)
§ 3.2-302. When agricultural operations do not constitute nuisance.
A. No agricultural operation or any of its appurtenances shall be or become a nuisance, private or public, if such operations are conducted in accordance with existing best management practices and comply with existing laws and regulations of the Commonwealth. The provisions of this section shall not apply whenever a nuisance results from the negligent or improper operation of any such agricultural operation or its appurtenances.
B. The provisions of subsection A shall not affect or defeat the right of any person to recover damages for any injuries or damages sustained by them on account of any pollution of, or change in condition of, the waters of any stream or on the account of any overflow of lands of any such person.
C. Any and all ordinances of any unit of local government now in effect or hereafter adopted that would make the operation of any such agricultural operation or its appurtenances a nuisance or providing for abatement thereof as a nuisance in the circumstance set forth in this section are and shall be null and void. The provisions of this section shall not apply whenever a nuisance results from the negligent or improper operation of any such agricultural operation or any of its appurtenances.
(1981, c. 384, § 3.1-22.29; 1994, c. 779; 2008, c. 860.)

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Right now I'm kinda not going to the Vortec's because this is supposed to be budget build. I've heard that IF an after-marked intake manifold is used then you need to modify the bolt holes a little, is this true ?
So the Edelbrock Performer Plus camshaft would suit my needs very well ?
Or maybe the Crane 266 Energizer cam, 210/210 @50. .440 Lift. What's mainly the difference between single and dual pattern camshaft. also what would be acceptable vacuum with a mild camshaft such as these ?
Last Jeep I worked on had 350 SBC. with 272/284 Crane Powermax Camshaft 216/228 @50" And I wasn't satisfied with the low end power in that engine, that was also with 38" tires, 4.10 gears and 3 spd auto trans. That was a mildly built motor with ported #993 Heads, 1.94"/1.5" valves and Edelbrock Torker Intake Manifold. It also had Holley 600 cfm 4160 vacuum carb. The exhaust was "rusty" long tube headers lol with dual 2.1/4" exhaust if I remember correctly. It had acceptable power 2500 and up. I'm thinking it was soggy down low because it didn't had acceptable compression for that powermax cam, It did OK mileage wise if i remember, never checked tho.
Anyhow this is not a thing I want to lend in now, thus it begin soggy down low !!!
Greetings from Iceland.


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New Talent Showcase #1
Written by Adam Smith, Vita Ayala, Michael Moreci, Erica Schultz, Christopher Sebela, Hena Khan, Emma Beeby, Michael McMillian and Joelle Jones
Art by Siya Oum, Khary Randolph, John Rauch, Barnaby Bagenda, Romulo Fajardo Jr., Sonny Liew, David Messina, Moreno Dinisio, Emanuela Lupacchino, Ray McCarthy, Tomeu Morey, Minkyu Jung, Trish Mulvihill, Juan Ferreyra, Sam Lofti and Pete Pantazis
Lettered by Josh Reed
Published by DC Comics
Review by Matthew Sibley
‘Rama Rating: 7 out of 10
Back in 2015, DC Comics launched their Talent Development department with the aim of finding new creative talent, while also assisting writers and artists who were fresh to DC. This New Talent Showcase #1 brings together both new writers who participated in a program at the start of the year, and creators already in the industry, but new to the DC stable. The result is an amalgam of stories which don’t necessarily push the boundaries, nor are they all perfect, but provide a glimpse at starting points for talent which could become household names in the future and an opportunity to be fans of their work from the outset.
Adam Smith and Siya Oum open the anthology with “The Road to Hell and All That,” a story which presents itself as a rather standard Constantine tale initially, but fast becomes a more poignant tale about him and Zatanna, ending on a bittersweet note fitting of the character. Oum’s art is a happy middle between art from the original Hellblazer and the more recent "New 52" and "DC You" work, with one panel in a graveyard feeling particularly Lemire-inspired.
The next two stories offer a contrast. “Blood and Glory” comes from Vita Ayala, Khary Randolph, and John Rauch and focuses on Wonder Woman, but doesn’t characterize her as one would expect. The story is more action-packed, adopting a manga-influenced widescreen style to demonstrate the full force of Wonder Woman’s might. Her dialogue feels a tad too aggressive though, despite the fact she’s been the God of War. As a result, she feels more standoffish than she should when talking to Wally.
Meanwhile, Michael Moreci, Barnaby Bagenda, and Romulo Fajardo Jr.’s “Dead Beacons” utilizes the pairing of Kyle Rayner and Carol Ferris - a dynamic which some fans might have cried foul on during New Guardians - but offers a fun rapport between the two which may pave the way to making the relationship work in future. The story reunites Bagenda with Kyle Rayner, but with more open space than he had available on Omega Men meaning he can fully demonstrate Kyle’s creativity. Moreci mixes this in with a tale about a pair of scavengers and a relationship dilemma for Carol and Kyle, which would be an ideal dynamic for the two in a longer-form piece of work in the future.
Unfortunately, Erica Schultz and Sonny Liew’s “Weapons of War” employs the typical starting the story in media res trope which loses its impact in a short story. Schultz and Liew may have been better served running with the mystery story she’s spun for Hawkgirl, considering Hawkgirl and Will Cariad have a strong buddy-cop dynamic and poignant dialogue. Liew’s art has a radiant quality thanks to the colors used, not to mention how detailed some of the locations are or how there are some well-done transitions like the one that points out the mace in Hawkgirl’s bag.
Meanwhile, Emma Beeby, Minkyu Jung, and Trish Mulvihill’s “Amazonian Job” is the most disappointing tale in the compilation, putting the team together for a heist we never get to see, and the fact that it’s all set-up is made all the more disappointing by Hena Khan, Emanuela Lupacchino, Ray McCarthy, and Tomeu Morey’s Wonder Girl story, “Digging Up Demons,” which is continually driving the narrative forward, offering some twists along the way. Lupacchino is already in the industry, but this is a real showcase for how spectacular her art is, in addition to spotlighting Khan, a shining example of how effective this department can be for finding talent.
To speak briefly about the final three, “Good Morning Gotham” from Joelle Jones, Sam Lofti and Pete Pantazis is an ideal tale for a Batman or Harley Quinn annual, and sees her take charge in orchestrating a prison riot, telling a straightforward story that doesn’t overstay it’s welcome. Scott Snyder’s influence is noticeable on Michael McMillian’s and Juan Ferreyra’s Superman story “Man in Black,” as it includes the Joker and a monologue about childhood. Ferreyra’s art fits both the night time sequence and the Joker brawl but the two parts are disjointed and neither has enough time to be fully capitalized on in this brief glimpse.
Finally, “Killing Time” from Christopher Sebela, David Messina, and Moreno Dinisio is a vignette which could have been found within the pages of Solo if it was still running. A mix of Mike Allred’s “Hour with Hourman” story and Darwyn Cooke’s interludes at Jimmy’s, Sebela and Messina’s story is introspective, but has a cold air about itself, fitting for a Deadman tale, just like Messina’s art which captures Gotham City in a thick black.
There should be something here that appeals to you, if not one story in particular, then the opportunity to sample the work of numerous creators to see if there’s someone you want to keep an eye on. Not all of the stories come together or conclude in the pages provided, and it would have been preferred that they did, but regardless New Talent Showcase #1 is a tantalizing glimpse at the up-and-comers that DC has been able to scout out thus far with the program that suggests there are some new and bold voices about to make a splash, but need a little more polishing before they’re perfect.

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text: Belfast based indie punks New Pagans have released a video for their song “Better People”. The video was shot and edited by David McIntyre. The song is available digitally via Big Scary Monsters. New Pagans released their album The Seed, The Vessel, The Roots and All in 2021. Check out the video below.


Skateboard photographer J. Grant Brittain is an artist in residence at the Artist Odyssey in Encinitas.
1955 Julian Avenue, San Diego
“Artist residences are about taking the time to explore your work in a new way,” says Melissa Walter, who is currently the artist-in-residence at Bread & Salt, “a gallery and experimental center for the arts.” From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, passersby can pop in and watch as Walter, who is also an illustrator for NASA, experiments with “ways to make the invisible visible.” She will be creating an installation piece that explores that mysterious stuff of the universe known as dark matter. One aspect of dark matter, she explains, is the fact that we can’t see it.
“We know it exists by how it affects the things around it, and one of those things is light — if we’re looking into space, if there’s a galaxy and stars behind dark matter, then all of a sudden the light from those stars and galaxies will completely bend. It’s almost like looking through a water glass and light bends the image. And that bending of the light is called gravitational lensing.”
Melissa Walter works as an illustrator for NASA.
This is Walter’s first time as a resident artist. “Most of the people who come through are other artists or creatives somehow associated with events in the building,” she says. “Having creatives come through wound up being, surprisingly, one of my favorite parts about residency — everybody’s really open to sharing their process and resources. I’ve been working from home forever, and even when I was in college I didn’t take up the studio spaces that were offered to artists. It’s been quite wonderful getting to be more collaborative.”
During Walter’s first week, another artist, Michael James Armstrong, happened by her studio and, after some discussion, suggested new materials, including mylar. “It’s like transparency paper, really pliable and interesting — it hadn’t been on my radar before, but now I’m excited to try and incorporate it.”
Though most of the people in and out of the Bread & Salt artist-in-residence studio are other artists, the space is open to the public. “I don’t mind people watching me,” Walter says, “but I definitely think I’m unusual in that a lot of artists I know are more interested in being solitary.”
1439 El Prado, San Diego
Fortunately for artists who’d rather not be watched as they work, there are more private residency programs, such as the one at the San Diego Art Institute. At the institute, artists receive a stipend ranging from $500 to $8000, depending on their project, and they work not at the Balboa Park location, but at the institute’s satellite location (141 Horton Plaza, Downtown), which is also where their finished pieces are exhibited to the public.
“I have actually found that artists hate [public] residencies,” says Ginger Shulick Porcella, executive director of the Art Institute. Porcella says that, typically, artists “just want to make work in private,” and that for artists who get accepted to the program, “The main benefit is being able to mount a solo exhibition, as well as the frequent visits with curators that we line up for artists-in-residence so that they get exposure in the larger art world outside of San Diego.”
The next exhibit, which opens March 31, will feature Noé Olivas, whose artwork “investigates the Mexican-American identity as a Californian” and “considers the relationship between labor/leisure as it fits into conceptions of femininity/masculinity, specifically by evaluating the myth of machismo and its relationship to patriarchal culture.”
1550 S. El Camino Real, Encinitas
Whereas San Diego Art Institute focuses solely on regional artists, Lux Art Institute is more interested in artists from abroad. Artists have been brought in from countries including Colombia, Cuba, India, and Poland. Because artists are not local, Lux’s residency program includes an actual residence: invited artists “recognized nationally and internationally” live and work onsite. The current artist-in-residence is Siro Cugusi, from Italy. Cugusi has been in-studio since January 21, and his work — a large oil abstract painting that “responds to his temporary surroundings” at Lux, along with smaller works and accompanying studies — will continue to exhibit through Saturday, March 18.
Lux Art Institute hosts artist talks and workshops that aim to engage teens and adults in the community. For kids, there are camps, classes, and family events. There is also a Kids-in-Residence program for children aged 5–8, in which students are guided to create a range of art projects inspired by whichever artist is in residence at the time ($160 for members, $200 for guests).
1509 Encinitas Boulevard, Encinitas
Most residencies are limited, rarely lasting longer than three months. But there are some organizations, such as The Artist Odyssey, that offer artists studio space for an indefinite amount of time. The Artist Odyssey is a global network of filmmakers who document artists and provide lessons for arts educators. Their hub in North County houses several studios as well as a gallery. Artists often collaborate with each other and cohost exhibition events. Two of the current artists-in-residence are art teacher and painter Angela Jackson and skateboard photographer J. Grant Brittain. Each studio has glass windows, so visitors can get a peek at what’s happening within. The artists come and go as they please, but if you want to check out their studios (and possibly catch them at work) visits can be scheduled by emailing [email protected].


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This was supposed to be a collaboration between Cat and Cyro Hartliebe. Didn’t work. Cyro refused to help. They agreed, though!
…Or maybe I coerced them into agreeing. They did help plan and the swamps were done using their ideas heavily.
But currently the story is set aside until Cyro joins the making of it truly.
Or takes it over.